83 Results for : thankless
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The To-Do List , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 493min
Between unending housework and thankless efforts to appease a loutish husband and acid-tongued teens, Ginny Cooper's to-do list never seems to get done. Her guilty pleasure - fantasizing about her husband's demise - her weakness - the drive-thru at Arby's. On the job as head librarian at the county's obsolete library, tedium reigns. One afternoon Ginny innocently stumbles upon a dating website, where the rabbit hole awaits. Who is Ginny Cooper? She is every woman who knows the exact number of calories in a Snickers bar, every woman who has ever struggled with her weight. She is every woman who has grappled with the gray areas, every woman who has wanted to escape her own life. At times the listener will want to shake her and talk some sense into her. But Ginny will have to navigate her own road. And through it all, we root for her. Ginny's childhood memories of her fading hometown provide a bittersweet backdrop for The To-Do List. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sara K. Sheckells. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/079675/bk_acx0_079675_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Infinity Beckoned: Adventuring Through the Inner Solar System, 1969-1989 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1360min
Infinity Beckoned illuminates a critical period of space history when humans dared an expansive leap into the inner solar system. Jay Gallentine conveys the trials and triumphs of the people on the ground who conceived and engineered the missions that put robotic spacecraft on the heavenly bodies nearest our own. Based on numerous interviews, Gallentine delivers a rich variety of stories involving the men and women, American and Russian, responsible for such groundbreaking endeavors as the Mars Viking missions of the 1970s and the Soviet Venera flights to Venus in the 1980s. From the dreamers responsible for the Venus landing who discovered that dropping down through heavy clouds of sulfuric acid and 900-degree heat was best accomplished by surfing to the five-man teams puppeteering the Soviet moon rovers from a top-secret, off-the-map town without a name, the people who come to life in this book persevered in often trying, thankless circumstances. Their legacy is our better understanding of our own planet and our place in the cosmos. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michael Burnette. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/079509/bk_acx0_079509_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Invader , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 795min
Roman Britain, AD 44. General Plautius' hard-won defeat of Caratacus should have brought peace. But though the land is conquered, it is far from tamed. A puppet king is doing little to calm the hatred of the tribes and bring them under Roman rule. Fighting is in Optio Horatius Figulus' blood. His Celtic ancestry is mocked by his fellow soldiers, but it gives him the toughness essential for survival. His Centurion, though, is a very different kind of soldier - one who seems to care more about paperwork than leading his men into battle. Sent on a thankless mission deep in hostile territory, in the knowledge that to fail will bring the end of his military career, Figulus finds his courage - and that of his men - tested to the very limit. And, more than anyone, Figulus understands the Celtic mind. He knows that, even utterly crushed in battle, their warriors routed and the Druids driven from their hill forts, the tribesmen of Britannia will sooner die than surrender. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jonathan Keeble. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/head/000450/bk_head_000450_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Vesik: The Dufris Years , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 4530min
A crashed wedding. A scorned vampire. A necromancer's fury...Damian Vesik is no hero. At least, not according to the magical community that turns a blind eye to his battles against evil. So he chalks it up as one more thankless mission when he’s forced to stop his vampire sister from murdering her ex’s entire bridal party....Infiltrating the ceremony to protect the innocent, Damian uncovers something more sinister than a massacre. With the help of his berserker fairy friend, he'll need to prevent an unholy alliance between ancient demons and an undead horde before one hell of an afterparty dooms the world.Dedicated to the memory of William Dufris. This collection includes all eight of the Vesik novels recorded by William Dufris. At the end of this set, you'll find thoughts from Eric R. Asher and an interview with Erin Moon, narrator of The Books of the Dead. Titles included: Days Gone Bad Wolves and the River of Stone Winter's Demon This Broken World Destroyer Rising Rattle the Bones Witch Queen's War Forgotten Ghosts ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: William Dufris. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/234601/bk_acx0_234601_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Rules of Seeing , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 555min
What you see depends on what you’re looking for....Rule of Seeing no. 399.Learning to see is often a thankless task. Then, sometimes, the world opens up and you understand nothing will ever look the same again.Nova can do many things. She can speak five languages. She can tell when someone is lying from the sound of their voice. She can even make an excellent sandwich with peaches, pepperoni and pickles...although she can’t convince anyone to try it.But there’s one thing Nova can’t do. She can’t see. Until an operation restores her sight, and everything changes.Nova meets Kate when both women need each other the most. And as Kate comes into focus, Nova learns that the world isn’t as bright as she first thought it would be. She can sense that Kate’s problems are the ones you can’t see, and from an unspoken connection, an unlikely friendship blossoms.It’s time for Nova to open her eyes and see the world differently, in the very best way. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cariad Lloyd. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hcuk/003991/bk_hcuk_003991_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Gone to Sea in a Bucket: A Harry Gilmour Novel, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 709min
Like all young men of a certain age, Harry Gilmour had his own notion of how a naval battle should be. This wasn't it. Norway, 1940: Sub Lieutenant Harry Gilmour's first encounter with battleship action is not the adventure he had hoped for. Faced with a thankless task and ill equipped to handle it, Gilmour's inexperience leads to a damning allegation. His future hangs in the balance. But then Lieutenant Peter Dumaresq steps in to offer him a lifeline - an advanced navigation course that will take him aboard a crack submarine, HMS Pelorus, under the command of a Royal Navy hero. Faced with a possible court martial, Harry chooses life underwater. Once aboard, however, Harry is confronted for the first time by the full horror of submarine warfare. If he can just overcome his fears, it will be the making of him. Because survival itself is the challenge now. For Harry and the rest of the crew, the next depth charge could be the one that sinks them. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: James Langton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/007621/bk_brll_007621_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Lady of Astoria Abbey , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 713min
Bess leads a quiet life, intent on easing the burdens of her widowed father. She acts as maid, cook, and assistant in his medical practice - but she is wearied by the thankless work and her father’s lack of kindness. And then a miracle happens. Lady Agatha Buxton of Astoria Abbey is seeking a physician for her ailing son, Hugh, and, sensing that Bess is trapped in her situation, offers the young woman a position as nurse. Despite Bess’s father’s objections, she accepts - and her life is forever changed. Bess and Hugh enjoy an immediate bond of friendship, which quickly blossoms into love. Despite his dire prognosis, the couple makes the bittersweet decision to wed, embracing what little time they have. Their tender union ushers in a season of both joy and heartbreak, and Bess discovers greater meaning in life than she’d ever imagined. As she’s confronted with the sorrow of living without Hugh, Bess finds herself at a crossroads - will she have the courage to trust her heart and allow herself to love again? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Luone Ingram. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/dsrt/000640/bk_dsrt_000640_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Mad Lizard Mambo: The Kai Gracen Series, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 529min
Kai Gracen has no intention of being anyone's pawn. A pity Fate and SoCalGov have a different opinion on the matter. Licensed Stalkers make their living hunting down monsters and dangerous criminals, and their lives are usually brief, brutal, and thankless. Despite being elfin and cursed with a nearly immortal lifespan, Kai didn't expect to be any different. Then Ryder, the High Lord of the Southern Rise Court, arrived in San Diego, and Kai's not-so-mundane life went from mild mayhem to full-throttle chaos. Now an official liaison between the growing Sidhe Court and the human populace, Kai is at Ryder's beck and call for anything a High Lord might need a Stalker to do. Unfortunately for Kai, this means chasing down a flimsy rumor about an ancient lost Court somewhere in the Nevada desert - a court with powerful magics that might save Ryder's - and Kai's - people from becoming a bloody memory in their Merged world's violent history. The race for the elfin people's salvation opens unwelcome windows into Kai's murky past, and it could also slam the door on any future he might have with his own kind and Ryder. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Greg Tremblay. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/071420/bk_acx0_071420_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Stalin's Ghost: An Arkady Renko Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 675min
Investigator Arkady Renko, the pariah of the Moscow prosecutor's office, has been assigned the thankless job of investigating a new phenomenon: late-night subway riders report seeing the ghost of Joseph Stalin on the platform of the Chistye Prudy Metro station. The illusion seems part political hocus-pocus and also part wishful thinking, for among many Russians, Stalin is again popular; the bloody dictator can boast a two-to-one approval rating. Decidedly better than that of Renko, whose lover, Eva, has left him for Detective Nikolai Isakov, a charismatic veteran of the civil war in Chechnya, a hero of the far right and, Renko suspects, a killer for hire. The cases entwine, and Renko's quests become a personal inquiry fueled by jealousy. The investigation leads to the fields of Tver, outside of Moscow, where once a million soldiers fought. There, amidst the detritus, Renko must confront the ghost of his own father, a favorite general of Stalin's. In these barren fields, patriots and shady entrepreneurs - the Red Diggers and Black Diggers - collect the bones, weapons, and personal effects of slain World War II soldiers, and find that even among the dead there are surprises. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Henry Strozier. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/005431/bk_sans_005431_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Something Rising (Light and Swift) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 456min
Cassie Claiborne's world is riddled with problems beyond her control: her hard-living, pool-shooting father has another wife; her stoic, long-suffering mother is incapable of moving herself mentally away from the kitchen window; her sister Belle is a tempest of fragility and brilliance; her closest friends, Puck and Emmy, are adolescent harbingers of their own doomed futures. Frustrated by her inability to care deeply enough for so many troubled souls, Cassie finds in the local pool hall an oasis of green felt where she can master objects and restrain her emotions. As Cassie grows from a quietly complex girl into a headstrong young woman, she takes on the thankless role of family provider by working odd jobs and hustling pool. All the while, she keeps her eye on the ultimate prize: wringing suitable justice out of past wrongs and freeing herself from the inertia that is her life. In this ultimately uplifting story, Haven Kimmel reaches deep into the hamstrung souls of her fictional corner of Indiana. Remarkable for its tough tenderness, Something Rising (Light and Swift) is an astonishing work of pure heartbreak. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Chelsey Rives. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/high/000160/bk_high_000160_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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