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    Dangerous to Know: Women, Crime, and Notoriety in the Early Republic , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 439min
    In 1823, the History of the Celebrated Mrs. Ann Carson rattled Philadelphia society and became one of the most scandalous, and popular, memoirs of the age. This tale of a woman who tried to rescue her lover from the gallows and attempted to kidnap the governor of Pennsylvania tantalized its audience with illicit love, betrayal, and murder. Carson's ghostwriter, Mary Clarke, was no less daring. Clarke pursued dangerous associations and wrote scandalous exposés based on her own and others' experiences. She immersed herself in the world of criminals and disreputable actors, using her acquaintance with this demimonde to shape a career as a sensationalist writer. In Dangerous to Know, Susan Branson follows the fascinating lives of Ann Carson and Mary Clarke, offering an engaging study of gender and class in the early 19th century. According to Branson, episodes in both women's lives illustrate their struggles within a society that constrained women's activities and ambitions. She argues that both women simultaneously tried to conform to and manipulate the dominant sexual, economic, and social ideologies of the time. In their own lives and through their writing, the pair challenged conventions prescribed by these ideologies to further their own ends and redefine what was possible for women in early American public life. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sally Martin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/067406/bk_acx0_067406_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Second Sex
    'One is not born, but rather becomes, woman'First published in Paris in 1949, The Second Sex by Simone de Beavoir was a groundbreaking, risqué book that became a runaway success. Selling 20,000 copies in its first week, the book earned its author both notoriety and admiration.Since then, The Second Sex has been translated into forty languages and has become a landmark in the history of feminism. Required reading for anyone who believes in the equality of the sexes, the central messages of The Second Sex are as important today as they were for the housewives of the forties.
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    Knock Out!
    The American boxing champion Emile Griffith gained notoriety in 1962 when he brutally defeated the Cuban fighter Benny Paret. Ten days after the fight, Paret, who had directed a homophobic slur at Griffith during the weigh-in, died from his injuries. In Knock Out!, Reinhard Kleist draws a powerful, emotive portrait of a bisexual black athlete who, facing racism and homophobia in 1960s America, found success in the world of boxing. This is the story of a fierce and ambitious fighter, and of a knock-out blow that ended one life and changed a second forever.
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    Poems by Lord Byron, Hörbuch, Digital, 56min
    Byron was the ideal of the Romantic poet, gaining notoriety for his scandalous private life and being described by one contemporary as "mad, bad and dangerous to know". Here, Tyrone Power reads a selection of his finest work. Language: English. Narrator: Tyrone Power. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/slnd/000042/bk_slnd_000042_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Mary Boleyn , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 791min
    Mary Boleyn was the mistress of two kings, Francois I of France and Henry VIII of England, and sister to Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s second wife. In this astonishing and riveting biography, Alison Weir’s extensive research gives a new and detailed portrayal, in which she recounts that, contrary to popular belief, Mary was entirely undeserving of her posthumous notoriety as a great whore. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Maggie Mash. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/howe/001115/bk_howe_001115_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Devil's Cocktail: Book 2 in Wallace of the Secret Service Series , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 769min
    Sir Leonard is not a man to desire fame or notoriety. His chronicler has been forced to fall back on office records and information supplied by various members of the secret service to tell of the struggles of Wallace and his intelligence officers and their battles against the Soviet Union, terrorism and subversion in the British Empire, Nazi Germany and the tentacles of global organised crime. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David Timson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/howe/002733/bk_howe_002733_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Wallace of the Secret Service: Wallace of the Secret Service Series, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 679min
    Sir Leonard is not a man to desire fame or notoriety. His chronicler has been forced to fall back on office records and information supplied by various members of the secret service to tell of the struggles of Wallace and his intelligence officers: of their battles against the Soviet Union, terrorism and subversion in the British Empire, Nazi Germany and the tentacles of global organised crime. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David Timson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/howe/002775/bk_howe_002775_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Options Discovery: The Advantages to Trade Options , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 12min
    Trade exchanged options begun trading in 1973. In spite of the fact that they have a notoriety for being hazardous speculations just master dealers can comprehend, options can be helpful to the individual finance specialist. In this audiobook, we'll take a gander at the focal points offered by options and the worth they can add to your portfolio. Discover the world of options trading, and start in the right way.  ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David Bernard. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/170561/bk_acx0_170561_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Advice: A Book of Poems , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 60min
    An annotated version of a classic containing a detailed biography, a free study guide, and discography by the original author, Maxwell Bodenheim.Maxwell Bodenheim (May 26, 1892 - February 6, 1954) was an American poet and novelist. A literary figure in Chicago, he later went to New York where he became known as the King of Greenwich Village Bohemians. His writing brought him international notoriety during the Jazz Age of the 1920s. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Boban Miovski. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/170831/bk_acx0_170831_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Mysteries of Free Masonry Containing All the Degrees of the Order Conferred in a Master's Lodge , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 706min
    After being denied admission to a Masonic lodge in Batavia, William Morgan secured a sizable advance from a local newspaper publisher for this work. That publisher, David Cade Miller, released this book after Morgan's death, presumably at the hands of the Masons. Because of the notoriety of the previous events, The Mysteries of Free Masonry Containing All the Degrees of the Order Conferred in a Master's Lodge became an instant best seller and an American classic. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ken Maxon. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/003859/bk_adbl_003859_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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