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HALO: Contact Harvest: HALO, Book 5 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 714min

The New York Times best seller - part of the expanded universe based on the award-winning video game series Halo!It's 2524. Harvest is a peaceful, prosperous farming colony on the very edge of human-controlled space. But humanity has unknowingly trespassed on holy ground - straying into the path of the aggressive, theocratic empire known as the Covenant. What begins as a chance encounter between an alien privateer and a human freighter soon catapults all of mankind into a struggle for its very existence.But humanity is also currently locked in a bitter civil war of its own: the Insurrection. With resources strained to the breaking point, the ultimate survival of Harvest’s citizens falls to a squad of battle-weary UNSC Marines and their inexperienced colonial militia trainees. In this unlikely group of heroes, one will stand above the rest - a young Marine staff sergeant named Avery Johnson.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Holter Graham, Jen Taylor. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/009209/bk_sans_009209_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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TCI: Rise , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 651min

A decade after the infamous Alavite invasion of his home planet and his people's subsequent imprisonment, Jakob Koss finds himself in the unenviable position of being among the last living Draekons left in the galaxy.Mentored by a mysterious voice in his head, he manages to weaponize his race’s unique neon purple Shaz energy, which begins to erupt within him to an unprecedented degree. He utilizes this newfound power to lead a violent and bloody uprising, creating a passionate cry for freedom that reverberates throughout the cosmos. Jakob must now convince the leaders of the remaining free planets to unite by his side if they are to stand any chance against the theocratic Hand of Alavon and his so-called "Chosen Army", who have oppressed and terrorized the galaxy for far too long.Rise is the first entry in the Treaty of Cosmic Infidels (TCI) series - a five-part epic SFF saga driven by a diverse cast of charismatic and complex characters from across the cosmos. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Howard J Davey. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/195986/bk_acx0_195986_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Women's Activism in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Through an intersectional feminist re-reading of the Habermasian theoretical framework, this book analyses how women's activism has developed and operated in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Chapters look at three key areas of women's activism in Iran: how women deliberately engaged with media activism despite the government's controlling and repressive policies; women's involvement in civil society organisations, institutions and communities, and cooperation through multilevel activism; and women's activism in the political sphere and its connection with media and civil society activism despite the theocratic system. Drawing upon interviews, analyses of journal and newspaper articles and documentary/non-documentary films, as well as personal experiences, observations and communications, the book examines to what extent Iranian women's rights' groups and activists have collaborated not only with each other but with other social groups and activists to help facilitate the formation of a pluralist civil society capable of engaging in deliberative processes of democratic reform.This book will be of interest to scholars in Gender Studies and Middle Eastern Studies, particularly those who study women's and other social movements in Iran.

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Galaxy at War: Rise of a Legion , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 558min

A hundred years in the past, there existed a common myth that redheads would no longer exist; a genetic fault that would correct itself over a century. Here we are, a hundred years later, and merely one still exists. The last redhead. The year is 2111, nine years after an intergalactic war has erupted throughout the Milky Way. In a galaxy filled with interstellar species, the Alliance of Republic Worlds continues to step in the way of the rising Wersillian Legion, a theocratic alliance determined to colonize other worlds. James Stone, a soldier with extraordinary gifts, and his unit of five other members must overcome terrible tragedy and near insurmountable odds to combat the superior forces of the Wersillian Legion.In the midst of battle, James comes across one of the deadliest, most feared individuals the Wersillian Legion has at their disposal: one of the eight Warlords of Virtue. After struggling with hard personal choices, James takes it upon himself to rid the galaxy of this warlord - a monster that will push James harder than he's ever been pushed. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Adam McGahee. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/149848/bk_acx0_149848_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Testaments: The Sequel to The Handmaid's Tale , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 798min

Number one New York Times best sellerWinner of the Booker PrizeThe Testaments is a modern masterpiece, a powerful novel that can be enjoyed on its own or as a companion to Margaret Atwood’s classic, The Handmaid’s Tale.More than 15 years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge, with potentially explosive results.Two have grown up as part of the first generation to come of age in the new order. The testimonies of these two young women are joined by a third: Aunt Lydia. Her complex past and uncertain future unfold in surprising and pivotal ways.With The Testaments, Margaret Atwood opens up the innermost workings of Gilead, as each woman is forced to come to terms with who she is, and how far she will go for what she believes. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Derek Jacobi, Mae Whitman, Ann Dowd, Bryce Dallas Howard, Tantoo Cardinal, Margaret Atwood. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/006520/bk_rand_006520_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Desperate Fire: Angel in the Whirlwind, Book 4 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 771min

In the fourth and final book in speculative-fiction master Christopher G. Nuttall's Angel in the Whirlwind series, an epic battle pits the survival of hope against the locus of destruction. As the Commonwealth produces more starships and increases recruits, victory begins to slip from Theocratic control. This can only make the Theocracy more desperate to win...and more dangerous to fight. After a mission to liberate an occupied planet ends in nuclear devastation, Kat Falcone - now a commodore in command of HMS Queen Elizabeth - sees firsthand just how far the enemy will go. Suddenly dealing with the war effort and a humanitarian crisis, many in the Commonwealth want a truce. Kat wants something else: to crush the Theocracy outright - and quickly. Kat devises Operation Hammer, an all-out assault on the enemy home planet, Ahura Mazda. It is a bold and risky plan, but the enemy has revealed there can be no middle ground. Can Kat break the galactic stalemate and deal a death blow to the Theocracy? As two empires prepare to fight the largest space battle in history, Kat must trust her instincts to save her people and avoid oblivion. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lauren Ezzo. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/008950/bk_brll_008950_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Strength of Stones , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 521min

In a theocratic world far into the future, cities control their own movements and organization. Constantly moving, growing and decaying, taking care of every need their inhabitants might think of, the cities have decided that humans are no longer a necessary part of their architecture, casting them out to wander in the wilderness and eke out a meager subsistence. To the exiled humans, the cities represent a paradisiacal Eden, a reminder of all they cannot attain due to their sinful and unworthy natures.But things are beginning to change. People are no longer willing to allow the cities to keep them out, choosing instead to force an entry and plunder at will. The cities are starting to crumble and die because they have no purpose or reason to continue living without citizens.One woman, called mad by some and wise by others, is the only human allowed to inhabit a city. From her lonely and precarious position at the heart of one of the greatest cities ever, she must decide the fate of the relationship between human society and the ancient strongholds of knowledge, while making one last desperate attempt to save the living cities. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ray Chase. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/005268/bk_adbl_005268_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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HALO: The Fall of Reach: HALO, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 663min

The New York Times best-selling origin story of the Master Chief - part of the expanded universe based on the award-winning video game series Halo!The 26th century. Humanity has expanded beyond Earth’s system to hundreds of planets that colonists now call home. But the United Earth Government and the United Nations Space Command is struggling to control this vast empire. After exhausting all strategies to keep seething colonial insurrections from exploding into a full-blown interplanetary civil war, the UNSC has one last hope. At the Office of Naval Intelligence, Dr. Catherine Halsey has been hard at work on a top-secret program that could bring an end to the conflict...and it starts with 75 children, among them a six-year-old boy named John. And Halsey could never guess that this child will eventually become the final hope against an even greater peril engulfing the galaxy - the inexorable confrontation with a theocratic military alliance of alien races known as the Covenant.This is the electrifying origin story of Spartan John-117 - the Master Chief - and of his legendary, unstoppable heroism in leading the resistance against humanity’s possible extinction. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Todd McLaren. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/009216/bk_sans_009216_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Her Majesty's American: Her Majesty's American, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 441min

The union jack takes to space! All-new alternate history science fiction from New York Times best-selling author Steve White. In an alternate future where the British empire never crumbled, the spaceships of Her Majesty’s Navy work to keep the spaceways safe. Commander Robert Rogers of the Royal Space Navy is a defense intelligence officer known for his unconventional ways. Rogers is American born and raised, a loyal citizen of the Viceroyalty of North America. He’s a descendant of the founder of the highly effective, pro-British Rogers’ Rangers during the Colonial unpleasantries of 1776, and he’s inherited his ancestor’s intelligence and drive in spades. But there are those among the stars who are not so happy being subjects of the British Empire. In the Tau Ceti system, a cauldron of trouble brews as a terrorist faction of the rebellious Sons of Arnold attacks the empire from within, and warships of the theocratic Caliphate enter the system, prepared to do their worse to destroy the hated empire head-on. Yet standing against the coming anarchy and tyranny is one intrepid spy prepared to risk all for queen and empire: Commander Robert Rogers, her majesty’s American. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Matthew Lloyd Davies. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/034198/bk_adbl_034198_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Do the Gods Still Dance in Waterfalls?: The New Adventures of Lorewyn & Company, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 270min

Khendryll, a young Acolyte from the rigidly theocratic realm of Khelyria, has an experience when he’s a boy. He witnesses something wonderful and magical that changes his life and drives him to want to explore a deeper understanding of spiritual and mystical truth, an understanding that is forbidden by the Clerics of Jurryk. His trust in his progressive mentor shaken and his best friend alienated by an impulsive decision on his part, Khendryll eventually gives up and accepts the traditional interpretations of the Temple, becoming a Cleric himself and denying what he once believed.But the arrival of Lorewyn and her companions in Khelyria rekindles the young man’s desire to seek the truth, unpopular as it may be, and inspires Lorewyn, Rhianyn, Tristyn, and Blythe to join him (along with a wayward ally from the past) in helping a troubled realm come to understand who Jurryk really is, and what his teachings are truly about.Do the Gods Still Dance in Waterfalls? is the first in a new series of adventures featuring Lorewyn and a few other familiar characters from the Cordysian Chronicles. Look for even more chapters of this “spin off” saga to come, including the upcoming second audiobook, The Brighter Snow Falls in the Dark. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sarah Haley Burfoot. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/231752/bk_acx0_231752_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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