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    Desert Foxe , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 396min
    Skyler and his friends go to Palm Springs for the annual White Party and find murder! Out and proud high school English teacher Skyler Foxe and his posse of friends go to the annual Palm Springs White Party for a weekend of fun, frivolity, and luscious men. But there are boy troubles of all kinds ahead. Skyler's boyfriend and high school coach, Keith Fletcher, has to endure an embarrassing number of Skyler's former hook-ups, one of the SFC might be going solo, Skyler encounters unexpected and unwelcome participants at the party, and there's a murder on the dance floor, literally at Skyler's feet! Both Skyler and Keith are drawn into investigating more than murder when the FBI asks Skyler to do the unthinkable. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Joel Leslie. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/056555/bk_acx0_056555_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Marie Antoinette, Hörbuch, Digital, 389min
    Marie Antoinette's dramatic life-story continues to arouse mixed emotions. To many people, she is still 'la reine mechante', whose extravagance and frivolity helped to bring down the French monarchy; her indifference to popular suffering epitomised by the (apocryphal) words: 'let them eat cake'. Others are equally passionate in her defence: to them, she is a victim of misogyny. In this biography Antonia Fraser examines her influence over the king, Louis XVI; the accusations and sexual slurs made against her; her patronage of the arts, which enhanced French cultural life; her imprisonment; the death threats made against her; rumours of lesbian affairs; her trial (during which her young son was forced to testify to sexual abuse by his mother); and her eventual execution by guillotine in 1793. Language: English. Narrator: Lindsay Duncan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/orio/000295/bk_orio_000295_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Suicide Kings , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 617min
    As a young woman in Florence, Diana Savrano's life is a privileged one of elegant balls, handsome suitors, and frivolity. But the sudden death of her mother leaves her adrift and abandoned.  As she sobs over her mother's casket, another member of the procession reveals the awful truth. Before her last days, Diana's mother had joined a Luciferian cult.  Despite knowing little beyond her pampered world, Diana determines to unmask those responsible for her mother's death. But someone does not want such secrets revealed, and they are willing to send assassins to keep her silent.  Paranoia and loneliness set in as even her closest friends reveal hidden agendas. Worst of all, the further she follows the intertwined threads, the closer they appear to lead to her own father. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jasmine C. Miller. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/139192/bk_acx0_139192_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Mr. Darcy's Decision: A Sequel to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 486min
    In Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen brought together one of the most beloved literary couples of all time - Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy. Now, Mr. Darcy's Decision continues the story of these passion-filled newlyweds as they enter London’s glamorous high society. This pause-resisting novel finds Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy entangled in the frivolity and ferocity of social intrigues. Although Elizabeth makes a powerful friend in the Marchioness of Englebury, the rivalry and jealousy among her ladyship’s prestigious clique threatens to destroy the success of her new marriage. Written in the style of Jane Austen, full of humor and sardonic wit, Mr. Darcy's Decision brings Regency society vividly to life and continues the romantic, sometimes tragic, stories of other popular Pride & Prejudice characters including Georgiana Darcy and Kitty Bennet. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Polly Lee. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/017524/bk_adbl_017524_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Sidetracked: A Kurt Wallander Mystery , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 873min
    Detective Kurt Wallander is called to a nearby rapeseed field where a teenage girl has been loitering all day long. He arrives just in time to watch her douse herself in gasoline and set herself aflame. The next day, he is called to a beach where Sweden's former minister of justice has been axed to death and scalped. The murder has the obvious markings of a demented serial killer, and Wallander is frantic to find him before he strikes again. But his investigation is beset with obstacles: a department distracted by the threat of cutbacks and the frivolity of World Cup soccer, a tenuous relationship with a widow, and an unshakably haunting preoccupation with the girl who set herself on fire. Fascinating and astute, Sidetracked is a compelling mystery enhanced by keen social awareness. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dick Hill. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/002264/bk_blak_002264_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Richmond Theater Fire: Early America's First Great Disaster
    On the day after Christmas in 1811, the state of Virginia lost its governor and almost one hundred citizens in a devastating nighttime fire that consumed a Richmond playhouse. During the second act of a melodramatic tale of bandits, ghosts, and murder, a small fire kindled behind the backdrop. Within minutes, it raced to the ceiling timbers and enveloped the audience in flames. The tragic Richmond Theater fire would inspire a national commemoration and become its generation's defining disaster. A vibrant and bustling city, Richmond was synonymous with horse races, gambling, and frivolity. The gruesome fire amplified the capital's reputation for vice and led to an upsurge in antitheater criticism that spread throughout the country and across the Atlantic. Clerics in both America and abroad urged national repentance and denounced the stage, a sentiment that nearly destroyed theatrical entertainment in Richmond for decades. Local churches, by contrast, experienced a rise in attendance and became increasingly evangelical. In The Richmond Theater Fire, the first book about the event and its aftermath, Meredith Henne Baker explores a forgotten catastrophe and its wide societal impact. The story of transformation comes alive through survivor accounts of slaves, actresses, ministers, and statesmen. Investigating private letters, diaries, and sermons, among other rare or unpublished documents, Baker views the event and its outcomes through the fascinating lenses of early nineteenth-century theater, architecture, and faith, and reveals a rich and vital untold story from America's past.
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    Compromising Miss Tisdale: The Regency Blooms, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 471min
    Ambrosia Tisdale is the very picture of propriety and the epitome of what a respectable young lady should be. Haunted by a memory and compelled by her family, she pursues perfection to a fault. The Earl of Bristol, Duncan Maddox, has returned to London after years of familial-imposed exile. As the second son, he has led a life filled with frivolity, leisure, and a healthy dose of debauchery. Now, his older brother has died, leaving the family's flailing legacy in Duncan's unwilling arms. At the behest of his uncle, Duncan is advised to do the one thing that could provide instant fortune and respectability - he must marry. But there is only one prospect who meets the unique requirements to solve all the earl's problems - the lovely Miss Ambrosia Tisdale. But securing the prudent daughter of a viscount's hand proves to be more challenging than this scandal-ridden second son of an earl has bargained for. With scandal, extortion, treachery, and even love itself threatening to keep him from his goal, will Duncan succeed or find himself compromised by Miss Tisdale? Contains mature themes. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Beverley A. Crick. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/008274/bk_tant_008274_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Cry to Heaven, Hörbuch, Digital, 172min
    In a sweeping saga of music and vengeance, the acclaimed author of The Vampire Chronicles draws listeners into 18th-century Italy, bringing to life the decadence beneath the shimmering surface of Venice, the wild frivolity of Naples, and the magnetic terror of its shadow, Vesuvius. This is the story of the castrati, the exquisite and otherworldly sopranos whose graceful bodies and glorious voices win the adulation of royal courts and grand opera houses throughout Europe. These men are revered as idols - and, at the same time, scorned for all they are not.Praise for Anne Rice and Cry to Heaven"Daring and imaginative.... [Anne] Rice seems like nothing less than a magician: It is a pure and uncanny talent that can give a voice to monsters and angels both." (The New York Times Book Review)"To read Anne Rice is to become giddy as if spinning through the mind of time." (San Francisco Chronicle)"If you surrender and go with her...you have surrendered to enchantment, as in a voluptuous dream." (The Boston Globe)"Rice is eerily good at making the impossible seem self-evident." (Time)PLEASE NOTE: This is the abridged edition. Language: English. Narrator: Tim Curry. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/000082/bk_rand_000082_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Billionaire's Defiant Acquisition & The Sicilian's Stolen Son , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 542min
    A very seductive kind of deal Conall Devlin is a ruthless man ready to achieve ultimate success. So, to acquire the missing piece of his property portfolio, he's willing to accept an unusual term of the contract - taming his client's wayward daughter! Party girl Amber Carter appears to live a life of luxurious frivolity, but deep down she feels lost and alone in her material world. Until one morning her new landlord turns up, every inch of him pinstripe-clad perfection, offering her an ultimatum: Either Amber is thrown out onto the streets or she accepts her first-ever job - being at his beck and call day and night. At the Sicilian's bidding - and bedding! The only link Jemima Barber has to her troubled late twin sister is her nephew. So when the boy's father storms into their lives to reclaim the child who was stolen from him, Jemima lets the forbidding Sicilian believe she is her smooth seductress of a sister. Though his son's mother might be gentler than Luciano Vitale remembers, he's resolved to make her pay in the most pleasurable way imaginable. But when he discovers she's a virgin, her secret is out! Now Luciano has a new proposal: Jemima can atone for her sister's sins - by becoming his wife! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ione Butler. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/004981/bk_harp_004981_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Klass Act Christmas , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 320min
    A night of Christmas magic in New York City.Imagine Christmas Eve, the streets of New York City bright with holiday cheer. All over the city, people are getting ready to celebrate. Tomorrow is Christmas day. Well, at least for some people it is! For Liam Klass, however, it is just another busy day at the office. There is so much work to do and so little time in which to do it. There’s just no time for Christmas frivolity. But it’s all worth it. After all, this law practice is her family’s legacy, and what could possibly be more important than that?But when Liam accidentally bumps into her bartender ex-husband Jackson Act, her life will never be the same. Christmas Eve will again play host to the past, present, and future. But, this time in New York City. Guided by a lost soul, Liam and Jackson discover what the future holds for the two of them. And from what they see, it is clear they both need to make a change.Listeners will love Klass Act Christmas by Alanna K. Puzak, a magical, modern twist on a classic old Christmas tale. So, make yourself comfortable, grab a little Christmas cheer, curl up in your favorite chair, and enjoy this charming little Christmas romance. Buy the audiobook today! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Rae Lang, Parker Joseph. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/182771/bk_acx0_182771_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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