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Slaughter at the Chapel: The Battle of Ezra Church, 1864 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 444min

The Battle of Ezra Church was one of the deadliest engagements in the Atlanta Campaign of the Civil War and continues to be one of the least understood. Both official and unofficial reports failed to illuminate the true bloodshed of the conflict: one of every three engaged Confederates was killed or wounded, including four generals. Nor do those reports acknowledge the flaws - let alone the ultimate failure - of Confederate commander John Bell Hood's plan to thwart Union general William Tecumseh Sherman's southward advance. In an account that refutes and improves upon all other interpretations of the Battle of Ezra Church, noted battle historian Gary Ecelbarger consults extensive records, reports, and personal accounts to deliver a nuanced hour-by-hour overview of how the battle actually unfolded. His narrative fills in significant facts and facets of the battle that have long gone unexamined, correcting numerous conclusions that historians have reached about key officers' intentions and actions before, during, and after this critical contest. Slaughter at the Chapel is the most comprehensive treatment of the Battle of Ezra Church yet written, as powerful in its implications as it is compelling in its moment-to-moment details. The book is published by University of Oklahoma Press. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Chuck Shelby. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/090344/bk_acx0_090344_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Sacrifice and Reward: Paha Sapa Saga, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 443min

Which will be the victor: hatred or love?Mid-18th century North America is a hotbed of unrest between many Native American tribes, who are feuding over territory. By this time, most of the Kiowa bands have been pushed west by the Lakota, who are on the move southward from the Great Lakes region. These invaders from the North want the game-rich, lush pasture lands of the territory for themselves.However, one small Kiowa band is determined to remain in their early homelands in the region of what will be one day known as Eastern South Dakota. These two enemy tribes are brought face-to-face through the vision of a young Kiowa medicine man.Sky Dancer, a beautiful, Kiowa widow, and a proud Lakota warrior, Dark Horse, are forced to marry in order to create an alliance between their peoples. Right from the beginning, they clash in a tests of wills, loathing each other on sight, making a happy marriage seem out of the question.Will the sacrifice that is asked of them save their tribes? Can these two enemies overcome their initial hatred to find love in an unlikely place, or will distrust keep them from the reward they both crave? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jon Reeder. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/105029/bk_acx0_105029_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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With Musket and Tomahawk Vol I: The Saratoga Campaign and the Wilderness War of 1777 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 738min

A comprehensive look at the brutal wilderness war that secured America's independence... With Musket and Tomahawk is a vivid account of the American and British struggles in the sprawling wilderness region of the northeast during the Revolutionary War. Combining strategic, tactical, and personal detail, this book describes how the patriots of the recently organized Northern Army defeated England's massive onslaught of 1777, thereby all but ensuring America's independence. Conceived and launched by top-ranking British military leaders to shatter and suppress the revolting colonies, Britain's three-pronged thrust was meant to separate New England from the rest of the nascent nation along the line of the Hudson River. Thus divided, both the northern and southern colonies could have been defeated in detail, unable to provide mutual assistance against further attacks. Yet, despite intense planning and vast efforts, Britain's campaign resulted in disaster when General John Burgoyne, with 6,000 soldiers, emerged from a woodline and surrendered his army to the Patriots at Saratoga in October 1777. Underneath the umbrella of Saratoga, countless battles and skirmishes were waged from the borders of Canada southward to Ticonderoga, Bennington, and West Point. Heroes on both sides were created by the score, though only one side proved victorious, amid a tapestry of madness, cruelty, and hardship in what can rightfully be called "the terrible Wilderness War of 1777". ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dennis Johnson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/010102/bk_adbl_010102_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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With Musket and Tomahawk Vol II: The Mohawk Valley Campaign in the Wilderness War of 1777 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 386min

A comprehensive look at the brutal wilderness war that secured America's independence… With Musket and Tomahawk is a vivid account of the American and British struggles in the sprawling wilderness region of the northeast during the Revolutionary War. Combining strategic, tactical, and personal detail, this book describes how the patriots of the recently organized Northern Army defeated England's massive onslaught of 1777, thereby all but ensuring America's independence. Conceived and launched by top-ranking British military leaders to shatter and suppress the revolting colonies, Britain's three-pronged thrust was meant to separate New England from the rest of the nascent nation along the line of the Hudson River. Thus divided, both the northern and southern colonies could have been defeated in detail, unable to provide mutual assistance against further attacks. Yet, despite intense planning and vast efforts, Britain's campaign resulted in disaster when General John Burgoyne, with 6,000 soldiers, emerged from a woodline and surrendered his army to the Patriots at Saratoga in October 1777.Underneath the umbrella of Saratoga, countless battles and skirmishes were waged from the borders of Canada southward to Ticonderoga, Bennington, and West Point. Heroes on both sides were created by the score, though only one side proved victorious, amid a tapestry of madness, cruelty, and hardship in what can rightfully be called "the terrible Wilderness War of 1777." ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dennis Johnson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/010103/bk_adbl_010103_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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A Fireside Tale , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 24min

The dramatised narrative, A Fireside Tale, is entirely a work of fiction which owes nothing to either fact or Northumbrian folk legend. The ancient Kingdom of Northumbria covers a large part of North-East England and stretches Southward from the Scottish borders to encompass the Counties of Northumberland and Durham, as far South as the River Tees. The entire region is famed for its great rural beauty and its amazing coastline of sandy beaches. Ancient historic castles are found throughout the region. Fishing and boat-building have traditionally been an important part of the way of life for the hardy descendants of the Saxons and Vikings, and family loyalties and affections run deep. Cullercoats, located just North of Newcastle, was originally a pretty fishing village which, in Victorian times, also became a well-known artists’ colony. But fishing and coble boats were the basis of the Cullercoats traditions, and the legacy of the coble boat (a descendant of the Viking long-boat) still lives on there to the present day. Margaret Harland-Suddes’ own background is from central Northumbria. She was born and educated in the beautiful Cathedral City of Durham where she attended both school and university. Margaret's entire adult life has been spent in education where she has been particularly, but not exclusively, involved in English, art and drama. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: The Lindsay Players. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rksw/000042/bk_rksw_000042_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 29min

This is the poet's final version of this poem. Coleridge is a master of mellifluous poetic phrasing - hypnotic and incantatory - and uses it deftly to weave a spellbinding tale of sin and redemption.How a ship was driven by storms towards the South Pole; and how then she made her course to the tropical Latitude of the Great Pacific Ocean; and of the strange things that happened; and in what manner the Ancient Mariner came back to his own country.An ancient Mariner meets three youths attending a wedding feast, and detains one. The Wedding-Guest is spell-bound by the old seafaring man, and constrained to hear his tale. The Mariner tells how the ship sailed southward with a good wind and fair weather, till it was drawn by a storm toward the South Pole. In this land of ice, and of fearful sounds, no living thing was to be seen. Until a great sea-bird, an albatross, came through the snow-fog, and was received with great joy and hospitality. And happily, the albatross proved to be a bird of good omen. It followed the ship as it returned northward through fog and floating ice. Then, the ancient Mariner inhospitably kills the pious bird of good omen. There follows a tale in which the Mariner relates the incredible story of supernatural, dreamlike, horrific events where a divine nature spirit force imposes punishment and penance on him for the hellish act of killing the albatross. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bob Gonzalez. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/mike/002924/bk_mike_002924_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Hush Now, Don't Explain , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 519min

Honor, an orphan, finds her way to the Victorian boarding house where she thinks her mother might have birthed her. World War II has just ended, which alerted many Americans to the world beyond, but Honor and Billy's lives are limited to the dead-end town of DeForest Junction, Ohio, and its nearby notcherie, where exotic women sell their bodies to the rail men. Alongside her mixed-race "cousin" Billy, Honor grows to womanhood, cared for by Miss Alsada and enchanted by the colorful stories of the shanty store owner, Mr. Augustus Willard, who claims to have traveled far and wide. One day, an itinerant blues musician shows up at the boardinghouse, electrifying Billy with his skill at the upright piano. He departs just as quickly, leaving behind hints that he might be Billy's father. Soon after Buster Stanley's departure, men in white hoods burn a cross in the field behind the boardinghouse and torch a number of shacks occupied by black families. Honor and Billy decide to leave DeForest Junction - a feat they accomplish with the help of Mr. Willard, whose shanty store was burned. With Honor disguised as a boy for safety's sake, the three friends ride the rails southward to their ultimate destination, New Orleans. Billy is on the trail of Buster Stanley, but Honor is on an intense quest for Honor. How will she escape the fate of those women, waiting for a man to fill up the void in her life? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Annette Romano. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/076532/bk_acx0_076532_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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A Cold Night for Alligators , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 598min

A thrilling Knopf New Face of Fiction debut, A Cold Night for Alligators takes the listener on a breathtaking ride through the seedy, sensual Florida Everglades, unravelling a mystery at the heart of which lies a devastating family secret. Twenty-six-year-old Jasper hasn't seen or heard from his older brother, Coleman, in over 10 years. Not since Coleman walked through the back gate one morning, leaving behind a distraught family concerned by his increasingly outlandish behaviour. Now Jasper's life has come to an impasse - he has settled into a rather stultifying existence as a corporate drone, living with a girlfriend he doesn't quite know how to break up with. Until a freak accident and strange phone call change everything. With little more to go on than a random phone call, Jasper follows his brother's trail southward into the Florida Everglades where a family mystery from his childhood may hold the key to Coleman's disappearance. Accompanied by brawny, devout Donny and the extremely eccentric Duane, Jasper embarks on a series of misadventures involving a gorgeous swamp moll, an estranged aunt, and alligator poachers as he gets deeper into his search for his brother. All roads seem to lead to Uncle Rolly Lee, a rock-and-rolling swamp rat whose rather rough exterior belies an even rougher interior. Can Jasper uncover the secrets of the past and find his brother before he gets mired in the swamp and the machinations of Rolly Lee? Populated with unforgettable characters and a suspense-filled story at its heart, A Cold Night for Alligators is a first novel about loss, hope and the ties that bind family together. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: R.C. Bray. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/003566/bk_adbl_003566_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Cool Town: How Athens, Georgia, Launched Alternative Music and Changed American Culture , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 785min

In the summer of 1978, the B-52s conquered the New York underground. A year later, the band's self-titled debut album burst onto the Billboard charts, capturing the imagination of fans and music critics worldwide. The fact that the group had formed in the sleepy southern college town of Athens, Georgia, only increased the fascination. Soon, more Athens bands followed the B-52s into the vanguard of the new American music that would come to be known as "alternative", including R.E.M., who catapulted over the course of the 1980s to the top of the musical mainstream. As acts like the B-52s, R.E.M., and Pylon drew the eyes of New York tastemakers southward, they discovered in Athens an unexpected mecca of music, experimental art, DIY spirit, and progressive politics - a creative underground as vibrant as any to be found in the country's major cities. In Athens in the 80s, if you were young and willing to live without much money, anything seemed possible. Cool Town reveals the passion, vitality, and enduring significance of a bohemian scene that became a model for others to follow. Grace Elizabeth Hale experienced the Athens scene as a student, small-business owner, and band member. Blending personal recollection with a historian's eye, she reconstructs the networks of bands, artists, and friends that drew on the things at hand to make a new art of the possible, transforming American culture along the way. In a story full of music and brimming with hope, Hale shows how an unlikely cast of characters in an unlikely place made a surprising and beautiful new world. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Emily Cauldwell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/054243/bk_adbl_054243_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Dead Hunger X: The Remnants , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 710min

Lula, Georgia, in the year 2030. It's a nice place, post-apocalypse. It’s Flex’s former home, and he and Gem - many years older than when the apocalypse first came crashing down on them - have settled back into their former digs after leaving Kingman, Kansas, behind. They had important reasons for going to Kansas, but it turns out they had an even better reason to leave. To come home.They missed Lula and the first place they shared together. They vowed to teach their adopted son, Colton, how to be as strong as Trina and Taylor, and their late son, Flex Jr. Since the zombie hordes fell dead in the streets, consigning the land to the living once more, people began migrating back to communities like Lula. The small towns were where life’s burdens could be shared. Familiar establishments like Three Sisters Bar opened again, and citizens bartered for goods and services with neighboring towns. It was almost like real life again.But good things always seem to crumble under the weight of so much happiness. When Max and Isis begin getting the old psychic twinges that draw them southward, they investigate, discovering the citizens of Athens, Georgia, know something they haven’t shared with others. Unfortunately, their secret could kill everyone.The Mothers have returned, and they have created a massive new horde of Hungerers. Only this time, they’re different. Dangerously so.Why not join our old friends Flex, Gem, Hemp, Charlie, Max, Isis, Rachel, Nelson, Dave, Serena, Trina, Taylor, Doc Scofield, and the rest of the badass family of survivors as they face down the remnants? It’s bound to be a good zombie-killin’ time. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Eric A. Shelman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/239168/bk_acx0_239168_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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