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    Between Two Worlds: How the English Became Americans , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1235min
    Over 350,000 intrepid English men, women, and children migrated to America in the 17th century, leaving behind their homeland for an uncertain future on distant shores. Whether they settled in Jamestown, Salem, or Barbados, these early English migrants - entrepreneurs, soldiers, and pilgrims alike - sought to re-create their old country in the new land. Yet as Malcolm Gaskill reveals in Between Two Worlds,colonists' efforts to remake England and retain their Englishness proved impossible. As they strove to leave their mark on the New World, they too were altered: by harsh wilderness, by illness and infighting, and by bloody battles with Indians. Gradually acclimating to their new environment, later generations realized that they were perhaps not even English at all. These were the first Americans, and their newfound independence would propel them along the path toward rebellion. A major work of transatlantic history, Between Two Worlds brilliantly illuminates the long, complicated, and often traumatic process by which English colonists became American. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gildart Jackson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/007076/bk_blak_007076_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Paul Brand: Helping Hands: Christian Heroes: Then & Now , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 299min
    Watching his father perform medical procedures back in India had convinced Paul that medicine was about blood and guts and ulcers. To his amazement, he found that it was really about causes and cures, alleviating pain, and treating ill people with dignity. The son of missionary parents, Paul Brand did not plan on becoming a doctor. After training as a builder, he was called by God into medicine and spent a lifetime treating leprosy and restoring hope to thousands of sufferers. Dr. Paul Brand became the first surgeon in the world to use reconstructive surgery to correct the deformities of leprosy in the hands and feet. He strove to eliminate the stigma of the disease and rebuild the lives of those destroyed by it. A humble, brilliant servant, he influenced faith and medical communities around the world, reminding us that all people are created in the image of God. (1914-2003) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tim Gregory. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hove/001716/bk_hove_001716_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Blogging: What Steps to Take and What Profits You Make , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 96min
    In the last 10 years, the practice of blogging has increased to a substantial level, and that is the reason more and more youngsters are coming up with the hope of being bloggers. However, most of the new bloggers struggle for the right guidance. There are certain dos and don'ts when one goes for the right blogging pattern and eventually adapts it. This audiobook is a simple guide for the blogger at a beginner's level to come up with the best options to write blogs. The writer has strove to offer the ideas simply. In this audiobook, you will find all the information you're looking for about: Starting to blog What to write about Making money with blogs A complete marketing plan So much more! When you listen to Blogging: What Steps to Take and What Profits You Make, you will understand all you need to know about becoming a blogger! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Chris Brown. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/111314/bk_acx0_111314_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    A King Under Siege: The Plantagenet Legacy, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 628min
    Richard II found himself under siege, not once but twice in his minority. Crowned king at age 10, he was only 14 when the Peasants' Revolt terrorized London. But he proved himself every bit the Plantagenet successor, facing Wat Tyler and the rebels when all seemed lost. Alas, his triumph was short-lived. For the next 10 years, he struggled to assert himself against his uncles and increasingly hostile nobles. Just like in the days of his great-grandfather Edward II, vengeful magnates strove to separate him from his friends and advisors and even threatened to depose him if he refused to do their bidding. The Lords Appellant, as they came to be known, purged the royal household with the help of the merciless parliament. They murdered his closest allies, leaving the king alone and defenseless. He would never forget his humiliation at the hands of his subjects. Richard's inability to protect his adherents would haunt him for the rest of his life, and he vowed that next time, retribution would be his. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kevin E. Green. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/180426/bk_acx0_180426_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Movie Dynasty Princesses: Irene Mayer Selznick and Edith Mayer Goetz , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 436min
    The fascinating lives of celebrated Broadway producer Irene Mayer Selznick (A Streetcar Named Desire; The Chalk Garden) and leading socialite Edith Mayer Goetz are explored in this revealing double bio. As the daughters of iconic MGM mogul Louis B. Mayer, they were Hollywood royalty. Through their marriages to high-profile film producers - Irene to David O. Selznick (Gone with the Wind) and Edith to future Universal mogul William Goetz - the sisters each carved out her own distinctive niche in Hollywood while supporting and influencing their husbands’ work. Edie rose to prominence as queen bee of movie-industry society. Irene left her husband and started a new life in New York, where she embarked on an ambitious career as a theatrical producer, not only succeeding with major hit plays, but blazing a trail for women in the theater. Set against the glamorous backdrop of Hollywood’s Golden Age and postwar Broadway, Movie Dynasty Princesses chronicles the exciting, inspiring, and sometimes heartbreaking journeys of these rivalrous sisters who strove to make their dreams come true. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Holly Palance. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/138555/bk_acx0_138555_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    For Liberty and Glory: Washington, Lafayette, and Their Revolutions , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1281min
    They began as courtiers in a hierarchy of privilege, but history remembers them as patriot-citizens in a commonwealth of equals. On April 18, 1775, a riot over the price of flour broke out in the French city of Dijon. That night, across the Atlantic, Paul Revere mounted the fastest horse he could find and kicked it into a gallop. So began what have been called the "sister revolutions" of France and America. In a single, thrilling narrative, this audiobook tells the story of those revolutions and shows just how deeply intertwined they actually were. Their leaders, George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette, were often seen as father and son, but their relationship, while close, was every bit as complex as the long, fraught history of the French-American alliance. Vain, tough, and ambitious, they strove to shape their characters and records into the form they wanted history to remember. James R. Gaines provides fascinating insights into these personal transformations and is equally brilliant at showing the extraordinary effect of the two "freedom fighters" on subsequent history. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Norman Dietz. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/000521/bk_tant_000521_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Ben Carson: A Chance at Life (Heroes of History) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 293min
    Ben visited Maranda's family the night before the young girl's brain surgery. He spoke to her parents, outlining the risks one last time. "The surgery should take about five hours. There's a strong likelihood that Maranda could bleed uncontrollably and die right there. Or she could survive and be paralyzed and never speak again. There is no way to know what will happen." As a child growing up in Detroit, Ben Carson (1951-) has a dream of becoming a physician, a dream that rose out of struggles with poverty, racism, and poor grades. As Ben persevered and strove for academic excellence, his life became one of compassion and service. Today, Benjamin Carson, MD, is known as the American neurosurgeon with gifted hands. The first surgeon to successfully separate twins joined at the head, he directed pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital for over a quarter of a century. His life continues to be a model of what it means to care deeply, serve brilliantly, and lead courageously. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tim Gregory. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hove/001113/bk_hove_001113_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East, 1776 to the Present , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1679min
    This is the first comprehensive history of America's involvement in the Middle East, from George Washington to George W. Bush. From the first cannonballs fired by American warships at North African pirates to the conquest of Falluja by the Marines, and from the early American explorers who probed the sources of the Nile to the diplomats who strove for Arab-Israeli peace, the United States has been dramatically involved in the Middle East. For well over two centuries, American statesmen, merchants, and missionaries, both men and women, have had a profound impact on the shaping of this crucial region. Yet their story has never been told. Until now. Drawing on thousands of government documents and personal letters, this audiobook reconstructs the diverse and remarkable ways in which Americans have interacted with this alluring yet often hostile land stretching from Morocco to Iran and from the Persian Gulf to the Bosporus. Covering over 230 years of history, Power, Faith, and Fantasy is an indispensable work for anyone interested in understanding the roots of America's Middle East involvement today. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Norman Dietz. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/000413/bk_tant_000413_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Destinies Dark Game: Book Two in the Evolution, Series 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 456min
    The world as Irvin knew it had blinked out of existence. Nothing of humanity had survived the cataclysmic "end of days." While the threat of complete destruction darkened the skies, Irvin struggled below. Minute by minute, he strove to come to terms with his loss of identity and feelings of isolation. His only companions and protection were from a small group of cyborgs, and his only hope was to adjust to his new reality and to wait for his family's promised return.For Jonah, Felicity, and Dante, escaping Earth was easy compared to the labyrinth of existence they were forced to negotiate on the alien planet of Ogzek. They rapidly realized that their view of life would need to shift in a different direction if they were to avoid the many traps.On Azadin, all the inhabitants desired was a new game of vast dimensions and thrills. The only person capable of delivering such an event was their grand designer Dante, but he was nowhere to be found. In his absence, Emperor Talus decides that nothing could be more exciting than to wipe-out the organics and have a space war. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Nigel Peever. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/198558/bk_acx0_198558_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    James Madison: A Son of Virginia and a Founder of the Nation , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 547min
    James Madison is remembered primarily as a systematic political theorist, but this bookish and unassuming man was also a practical politician who strove for balance in an age of revolution. In this biography, Jeff Broadwater focuses on Madison’s role in the battle for religious freedom in Virginia, his contributions to the adoption of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, his place in the evolution of the party system, his relationship with Dolley Madison, his performance as a wartime commander-in-chief, and his views on slavery. From Broadwater’s perspective, no single figure can tell us more about the origins of the American republic than our fourth president. In these pages, Madison emerges as a remarkably resilient politician and an unlikely wartime leader who survived repeated setbacks in the War of 1812 with his popularity intact. Yet Broadwater shows that, despite his keen intelligence, the more Madison thought about one issue - race - the more muddled his thinking became, and his conviction that white prejudices were intractable prevented him from fully grappling with the dilemma of American slavery. Jeff Broadwater is professor of history at Barton College and author of George Mason, Forgotten Founder. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Johnny Heller. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/005392/bk_blak_005392_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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