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Blood Lance: A Crispin Guest Medieval Noir, Book 5 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 564min

In late 14th-century London, disgraced former knight Crispin Guest spies a body hurtling from the uppermost reaches of London Bridge. Crispin’s attempted rescue fails, however, and the man - an armorer with a shop on the bridge - dies. While whispers in the street claim that it was a suicide, Crispin is unconvinced. He discovers that the armorer had promised Sir Thomas Saunfayl something that would make him unbeatable in battle. Sir Thomas, a friend from Crispin’s former life, believes that the item was in fact the Spear of Longinus - the spear that pierced the side of Christ on the cross - which is believed to make those who possess it invincible. Complicating matters is another old friend, Geoffrey Chaucer, who is suddenly eager to help Crispin find the missing spear...and locate Sir Thomas, who must face a trial by combat to determine whether he lives or dies. Desperate to help, Crispin, along with his faithful apprentice, Jack Tucker, hunt for the spear while dodging the various powerful factions determined to have it for themselves. Through danger and trials, Crispin finds that the safety of England may have landed solely in his hands. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michael Page. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/004273/bk_brll_004273_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Cowboy Not Included: The Boot Knockers Ranch, Book 6 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 337min, (USK 18)

She never expected to feel the vibrations all the way to her broken heartstrings. Diapers and baby food are uppermost in Skye Blackwood's mind - at least until she's alone at night. Two years is a long time, and her toy collection isn't all that satisfying. Especially since her battery-operated lovers came from Booker, her ex. Everyone said they married too young, and they were right. He could be a bigger part of their daughter's life, though, so she tracks him down - and is shocked to discover he's working at a Texas sex therapy ranch. She reserves a week of something tall, dark, and cowboy for herself, planning to use her downtime to talk to Booker. When Skye steps onto the Boot Knockers stage, Booker doesn't hesitate to pull the plug. A giant misunderstanding may have ended things between them, but no way is he letting another cowboy into her bed. Once alone, their animal attraction flares back to life. But time hasn't healed the emotional wounds that still run deep. And renewing their old bond could be the biggest mistake they ever made. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Janet King. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/inbl/000122/bk_inbl_000122_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Solar Storm: Survival EMP, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 488min

When disaster strikes, a family must fight to reunite.The biggest solar storm in recorded history will hit Earth, and the resulting EMP pulse will fry electricity grids and disable fragile electronics. Transmission wires will melt, transformers will explode, modern vehicles and aircraft will cease to work. In less than a minute, the world will be taken back two centuries. Lauren Nolan is in New York on a business trip when the blackout hits and the transportation system grinds to a halt. Trapped in the panic that envelops the metropolis, she has find a way to get back to her two children, 500 miles away in North Carolina. Unable to get word to them, and with society collapsing around her, she faces a long and harrowing journey on foot. Her husband is serving overseas, and it looks like she might never see him again. Sergeant Rick Nolan is in Syria on a covert-ops mission against ISIS. When the solar storm wipes out his communications and his air cover, he and his small team find themselves on the same level as the enemy that surrounds them. Caught in a desperate fight for survival and forced to run, one thought is uppermost in their mind: How are they going to get home? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Joseph Morton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/099170/bk_acx0_099170_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Castle of Otranto , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 264min

'Visions have always been...my pasture. I almost think there is no wisdom comparable to that of exchanging the realities of life for dreams. Old castles, old pictures, old histories take one back into centuries that cannot disappoint. I waked one morning from a dream of which all I could recover was that I had thought myself in an ancient castle and that on the uppermost banister of a great staircase I saw a gigantic hand in armour. In the evening I sat down to write, without knowing in the least what I intended to say or relate. The work grew on my hands and I grew fond of it - in short I was so engrossed with my tale, which I completed in less than two months, that one evening I wrote till I could not hold the pen to finish the sentence!' (Horace Walpole) The action in The Castle of Otranto never ceases. It is set against the murky background of Gothic battlements where enchanted helmets and swords fall as the villain rants and raves. The heroine escapes his clutches through a musty trapdoor into a chill underground cavern, helped by a mysterious hero of strange origin and a friar who is not all he seems. Will truth and justice triumph? Enjoy the original Gothic thriller leavened with wit and timeless humour and find out. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Peter Joyce. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/assm/000067/bk_assm_000067_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Saint John Bosco , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 26min

“When you speak or preach, always insist on frequent communion and devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary.”The Lord sends us special people to handle special needs at crucial times in the history of our Church and our world. From the time of Jesus, the little ones - the children - have been dear to the heart of the Father.We recall the words of Jesus in Scripture, “Let the little ones come unto me, and do not hinder them. It is to such as these that the Kingdom of God belongs.” (Mk 10:15)Again, he spoke of the children as being important in God’s Plan. “For what you have hidden from the learned and the clever, you have revealed to the merest children.” (Mt 11:25) Children have always been uppermost in the mind of the Father, as they have been helpless and in need of protection. There have been orphans and street urchins from the beginning of time. Over the centuries, the Lord has provided for these little ones, by sending men and women to take care of them.An epidemic of exploitation of children began at the end of the 18th century, with the dawn of the Industrial Revolution. Inventions, such as machines for spinning thread, the power loom, and the steam engine, created a new way of manufacturing goods. It also created a need for massive cheap labor. Families were lured off the farms and brought into the cities to work in factories, under the deception of living a better life. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bob Lord, Penny Lord. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/197616/bk_acx0_197616_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Bishop Oscar Romero , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 48min

The story of Oscar Romero is one of transformation, from one born of poverty, to one living comfortably within the system, to one determined to change the system. The story of Oscar Romero is one of conversion, of Paul on the road to Damascus, of a man who was blinded, and whose eyes were opened by the Lord, to see his brothers and sisters in agony and misery. The story of Oscar Romero is one of a man who committed his life to right wrongs to his flock, or die trying. The story of Oscar Romero is one of a Martyr for Christ. The story of Oscar Romero is an affirmation of the power and mercy of God.A boy from the poor side of town Oscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdamez was born on the Feast of The Assumption of Our Lady, August 15, 1917, in Barrios, a small, mountainous village high above sea level, in El Salvador, Central America. His father, Santos Romero and his mother Guadalupe de Jesus Galdamez, were not what you would call very religious people. The Church, and its rules were not uppermost in their minds. Proof of that is that the child Oscar wasn't even baptized until he was two years old. His father had to be given marriage instructions before he and his fiancee could be married in the Church. And if that's not enough, the father, Santos, admitted to at least one illegitimate child, the fruit of a wild youth. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Luz Elena Sandoval-Lord. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/205021/bk_acx0_205021_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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St. Paul: The Man and His Message, Hörbuch, Digital, 518min

For the person who wants to learn all about Saint Paul in just a few minutes a day. Fr. Jeffrey Mickler presents in this 52-part series, of approximately 10 minutes each, a comprehensive approach to knowing "St. Paul, the Man and His Message." In his insightful and inspiring commentary on the life and times of Paul of Tarsus, Fr. Mickler gives his listeners a truly in-depth and intimate look into this Apostle to the Gentiles. There have been many authors, but none can compare to this all-inclusive presentation that gets to the heart and soul of this earliest and greatest Christian writer of the first century. St. Paul was known for his early influence as a missionary, spreading the Gospel through nascent Christian communities across the Roman Empire. By using the inspired biblical text and time-tested interpretations from the Fathers of the Church, and other scripture scholars, Fr. Mickler details for the listener the life of St. Paul in the Book of the Acts of the Apostles, as well as within Paul’s many letters which make up a major portion of the New Testament. He addresses themes that are found throughout St. Paul’s writings. The life and times of St. Paul the Apostle has always been uppermost in the life of Christians across the centuries. This informative and comprehensive approach by Fr. Mickler gives his listeners food for thought for every week of the year. Other parts of the presentation deal with the subjects of time and date of authorship, the particular book’s theme, and a summary of contents and comments about the context in which each of the books have been written. Language: English. Narrator: Jeffrey Mickler. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/pssp/000106/bk_pssp_000106_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The History of Rome, Book 2: From the Abolition of the Monarchy in Rome to the Union of Italy , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 697min

Nobel Prize in Literature, 1902 Book two of Theodore Mommsen's history begins in 509 BC, when the last Roman king was expelled and a republican form of government was formed. Starting here, we trace Rome's political and cultural development under an aristocracy whose puritan fanaticism is legendary. But security from surrounding hostile tribes was of uppermost concern, and the city was constantly at war with one tribe or another. During the fifth century BC, the Republic's energies were directed toward uniting or subduing her nearby Latin-speaking neighbors. By the beginning of the fourth century BC, Rome was in control of a Latin league. Following the devastating sack of Rome in 390 BC by a Celtic tribe that descended from the Po Valley, the Republic quickly recovered and resumed its confrontation with neighboring tribes. By mid-fourth century the Etruscans to the north, the Sabines to the east, and the Volscians and other Campanian tribes in the south have been reduced. Only the mighty Samnites in the Apenines remained. After a war of almost 35 years, they surrendered. But in 280 BC the Italian Greek city-states become alarmed and invited the leading Greek general of the day, King Pyrrhus of Epirus, to be their champion. Thus began a grinding five-year war between Greek phalanxes and Roman legions. By 272 BC the last Greek city in Italy had capitulated, and Italy was united under Roman hegemony. Although Mommsen used the AUC system of Roman years, which begins as the Roman year 1 (754 BC), we have transposed these dates to those of the Christian era. All dates are BC except where otherwise indicated. We do not recommend Mommsen for those without a firm grasp of Roman Republican history. The work of Cyril Robinson would be a great place to start for the neophyte historian. Translated from the original German by W. P. Dickson. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Charlton Griffin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acon/000207/bk_acon_000207_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Fall: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 749min

In R. J. Pineiro's The Fall, a sci-fi thriller, a man jumps from the uppermost reaches of the atmosphere and vanishes, ending up on an alternate Earth where he died five years earlier. Jack Taylor has always been an adrenaline junkie. As a federal contractor, he does dangerous jobs for the government that fall out of the realm of the SEALS and the marines. And this next job is right up his alley. Jack has been assigned to test an orbital jump, and if it works, the United States government will have a new strategy against enemy countries. Despite Jack's soaring career, his personal life is in shambles. He and his wife, Angela, are both workaholics and are on the verge of getting a divorce. But the night before his jump, Jack and Angela begin to rekindle their romance, and their relationship holds promise for repair. Then comes the day of Jack's big jump. He doesn't burn up like some predicted - instead he hits the speed of sound and disappears. Jack wakes up in an alternate universe. One where he died during a mission five years earlier and where Angela is still madly in love with him. But in this world, his boss, Pete, has turned to the dark side and is working against him, and the government is now on his tail. Jack must return to his own world, but the only way for him to do that is to perform another orbital jump. This time is more difficult, though - no one wants to see him go. Jack's adrenaline is contagious - The Fall will keep listeners on the edges of their seats, waiting to find out what crazy stunt Jack will perform next and to learn the fate of this charming daredevil hero. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: George Newbern. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/aren/002030/bk_aren_002030_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Secret Race: Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France: Doping, Cover-ups, and Winning at All Costs , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 683min

The Secret Race is a definitive look at the world of professional cycling—and the doping issue surrounding this sport and its most iconic rider, Lance Armstrong—by former Olympic gold medalist Tyler Hamilton and New York Times best-selling author Daniel Coyle. Over the course of two years, Coyle conducted more than 200 hours of interviews with Hamilton and spoke candidly with numerous teammates, rivals, and friends. The result is an explosive book that takes us, for the first time, deep inside a shadowy, fascinating, and surreal world of unscrupulous doctors, anything-goes team directors, and athletes so relentlessly driven to succeed that they would do anything—and take any risk, physical, mental, or moral—to gain the edge they needed to win. Tyler Hamilton was once one of the world’s best-liked and top-ranked cyclists—a fierce competitor renowned among his peers for his uncanny endurance and epic tolerance for pain. In the 2003 Tour de France, he finished fourth despite breaking his collarbone in the early stages—and grinding 11 of his teeth down to the nerves along the way. He started his career with the U.S. Postal Service team in the 1990s and quickly rose to become Lance Armstrong’s most trusted lieutenant and a member of his inner circle. For the first three of Armstrong’s record seven Tour de France victories, Hamilton was by Armstrong’s side, clearing his way. But just weeks after Hamilton reached his own personal pinnacle—winning the gold medal at the 2004 Olympics—his career came to a sudden, ignominious end: He was found guilty of doping and exiled from the sport. From the exhilaration of his early, naïve days in the peloton, Hamilton chronicles his ascent to the uppermost reaches of this unforgiving sport. In the mid-1990s, the advent of a powerful new blood-boosting drug called EPO reshaped the world of cycling, and a relentless, win-at-any-cost ethos took root. Its psychological toll would drive many of ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sean Runnette. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/003272/bk_rand_003272_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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