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Secret Lives of the Tsars: Three Centuries of Autocracy, Debauchery, Betrayal, Murder, and Madness from Romanov Russia , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 746min

Michael Farquhar doesn't write about history the way, say, Doris Kearns Goodwin does. He writes about history the way Doris Kearns Goodwin's smart-ass, reprobate kid brother might. I, for one, prefer it. (Gene Weingarten, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and Washington Post columnist) Scandal! Intrigue! Cossacks! Here the world's most engaging royal historian chronicles the world's most fascinating imperial dynasty: the Romanovs, whose 300-year reign was remarkable for its shocking violence, spectacular excess, and unimaginable venality. In this incredibly entertaining history, Michael Farquhar collects the best, most captivating true tales of Romanov iniquity. We meet Catherine the Great, with her endless parade of virile young lovers (none of them of the equine variety); her unhinged son, Paul I, who ordered the bones of one of his mother's paramours dug out of its grave and tossed into a gorge; and Grigori Rasputin, the "Mad Monk", whose mesmeric domination of the last of the Romanov tsars helped lead to the monarchy's undoing. From Peter the Great's penchant for personally beheading his recalcitrant subjects (he kept the severed head of one of his mistresses pickled in alcohol) to Nicholas and Alexandra's brutal demise at the hands of the Bolsheviks, Secret Lives of the Tsars captures all the splendor and infamy that was Imperial Russia. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Enn Reitel. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/003912/bk_rand_003912_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Tomb of the Ten Thousand Dead , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 122min

Captain Gordon lives like he flies - by the seat of his pants, taking on any job and all comers. Now he’s bound for the forbidding mountains along the shores of the Arabian Sea, transporting a team of anthropologists on the trail of Alexander the Great. But ancient history is about to come to dangerous life with the discovery of a long-buried map - a map leading to high adventure, untold treasure, and cold-blooded murder....Gordon’s headed deep into The Tomb of the Ten Thousand Dead - unearthing a secret that could bury him. Also includes two additional adventures: “The Price of a Hat,” in which the key to the Russian Czar's life is hidden in a most unexpected place; and “Starch and Stripes”, the story of a US Marine who sets a trap for a tropical warlord that reverberates all the way back to Washington. Join the thrilling treasure hunt as the award-winning audio version of The Tomb of the Ten Thousand Dead gives voice to one of history’s greatest mysteries. “The title story in this trio...(all of them published in 1936) has a very strong Indiana Jones feel to it, even though it predates Indy by nearly five decades.” (AudioFile Magazine)An International Book Awards Winner ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: R. F. Daley, Ralph Lister, Noelle North, Joey Naber, Michael Yurchak, Fred Tatasciore, Enn Reitel. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/gala/000097/bk_gala_000097_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Hell's Legionnaire , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 138min

American Ann Halliday is as fiery as the Sahara sun. And now she’s feeling some real heat, as the prize captive of the Berber leader Abd el Malek also known as “The Killer”.But Abd el Malek wants Ann alive - and in chains - subject to his every whim and fantasy. Dusty Colton, however, an American deserter from the French Foreign Legion, has a different idea, and he’s determined to give “The Killer” a taste of his own bloody medicine. The only problem is Dusty himself is wanted for murder.Can Ann and Dusty team up and turn evil on its head? One thing’s for sure - between Ann and the Hell’s Legionnaire, the temperature is about to get even hotter. Also includes the adventure stories, “The Barbarians”, in which a Legionnaire sets out to avenge a savage killing and makes a stunning discovery; and “The Squad That Never Came Back”, the story of a man who has uncovered the secret to a city of gold - a secret that could turn into a death sentence.Experience the lust for power and the race to escape, as the audio version of Hell’s Legionnaire brings all the passions of the desert to vivid life.“Hubbard’s stories of Americans in the French Foreign Legion positively sparkle in audio format...just plain fun.” (AudioFile)* Awarded AudioFile’s Best Audiobook of the Year Award for 2012 ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Phil Proctor, Gino Montesinos, Enn Reitel, Michael Yurchak, Brooke Bloom, R. F. Daley. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/gala/000076/bk_gala_000076_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Mr. Tidwell Gunner: A 19th-Century Seafaring Saga of War, Self-reliance, and Survival , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 133min

Mister Tidwell is a scholarly Oxford professor snatched out of his bookish world and pressed into service aboard Lord Nelson’s legendary British fleet - in the position of schoolmaster. Such is the life of the land-loving, seafaring Mister Tidwell, Gunner.Thrust into service at the height of the Napoleonic Wars, Tidwell soon finds himself directly in the line of fire and way out of his depth. Fate has cast him into a terrible and terrifying spot - alone on deck to face the fearsome approach of a French man-o’-war.The professor is about to get an object lesson in war, self-reliance...and survival. Overwhelmed by the smell of gunpowder, the sound of cannons, and the sight of death, he will either experience the sweet taste of victory...or the bitter taste of his own blood.Also includes the sea adventures “The Drowned City”, the story of two deep-sea divers who set out in search of a long-lost treasure only to find that the waters are full of treacherous currents and even more treacherous men; and “Submarine”, in which a young sailor on leave enjoys a quiet interlude with his girlfriend - only to have it interrupted by a call to duty and danger.Sail into history and into battle as the audio version of Mister Tidwell, Gunner takes you into the heart of one of the greatest wars for dominance of the seas. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: R. F. Daley, Brooke Bloom, Ron Paulson, Enn Reitel, Jim Meskimen, Michael Yurchak, Christina Huntington. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/gala/000117/bk_gala_000117_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Slickers: In Which a Western Lawmen Cracks Down on Crime...in Manhattan , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 135min

Tex Larimee is a grizzled Arizona sheriff who’s leaving the deserts of Cactus County behind, blazing a trail east to mix it up with The Slickers in the canyons of Manhattan.Tex’s welcome to New York is a rude one. Robbed of his cash, gun and badge, he’s locked in a room in back of a run-down bar. Breaking out of the bar, he goes looking for his best friend...only to find him dead, his throat cut. And the cops accuse Tex of committing the murder....But none of that’s going to keep a good Arizona lawman down. Discovering he’s been the subject of an elaborate frame-up job, Tex has got a few tricks of his own up his sleeve - and in his recovered Colt .45 - to make even the toughest of city birds sing a different tune.Also includes the mysteries “Killer Ape”, in which a man frees a mistreated orangutan, only to end up with a monkey on his back, as he's accused of aiding and abetting the ape in a case of murder; and “Murder Afloat”, the story of a top narcotics cop in the US Secret Service who's pursuit of a million-dollar score could land him in some hot - and deadly - water.Strap on your six-gun and spurs and take a bite out of the Big Apple as the audio version of The Slickers mixes up Wild West action with big city suspense. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: R. F. Daley, Tamra Meskimen, Phil Proctor, Kristin Proctor, Corey Burton, John Mariano, Enn Reitel. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/gala/000121/bk_gala_000121_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1733min

On June 6, 1924, two men set out from a camp perched at 23,000 feet on an ice ledge just below the lip of Mount Everest’s North Col. George Mallory, thirty-seven, was Britain’s finest climber. Sandy Irvine was a young Oxford scholar of twenty-two with little previous mountaineering experience. Neither of them returned. In this magisterial work of history and adventure, based on more than a decade of prodigious research in British, Canadian, and European archives, and months in the field in Nepal and Tibet, Wade Davis vividly re-creates British climbers’ epic attempts to scale Mount Everest in the early 1920s. With new access to letters and diaries, Davis recounts the heroic efforts of George Mallory and his fellow climbers to conquer the mountain in the face of treacherous terrain and furious weather. Into the Silence sets their remarkable achievements in sweeping historical context: Davis shows how the exploration originated in nineteenth-century imperial ambitions, and he takes us far beyond the Himalayas to the trenches of World War I, where Mallory and his generation found themselves and their world utterly shattered. In the wake of the war that destroyed all notions of honor and decency, the Everest expeditions, led by these scions of Britain’s elite, emerged as a symbol of national redemption and hope. Beautifully written and rich with detail, Into the Silence is a classic account of exploration and endurance, and a timeless portrait of an extraordinary generation of adventurers, soldiers, and mountaineers the likes of which we will never see again. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Enn Reitel. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/002800/bk_rand_002800_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Killer's Law , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 115min

Sheriff Kyle of Deadeye, Nevada, is headed east to the nation’s capital. Kyle’s about to discover that the law can be even wilder in the big city than in the Wild West. It’s a fact that hits home when he’s the one accused...of murder.Kyle’s come to the city to give a report to his senator on the misdeeds of Nevada’s filthy rich copper kings. But before he has a chance, he’s knocked unconscious, later coming to alongside his senator - now dead, with Kyle’s knife embedded in the corpse.Welcome to Washington D.C., where corruption, intrigue and murder are all in a day’s work. Kyle’s got no alibi, no memory, and apparently doesn’t have a prayer...unless he can find a way to outwit, outfox and outmaneuver the masters of deception and double-crosses.Also includes the mysteries “They Killed Him Dead”, in which a respected homicide detective solves a murder several times over, only to be proved wrong again and again, to the amusement of his fellow cops; “Mad Dog Murder", the story of a patrol officer who dreams of joining the homicide squad, and finds that the ticket to advancement - and romance - may be a Pekinese dog; and “The Blow Torch Murders”, in which every criminal in town is eager to turn himself in...and the reason is a real killer.Ominous footsteps, hard-hitting fists, and the flash of gunfire all come at you fast and furious as the audio version of Killer’s Law delivers a capital mystery. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: R. F. Daley, Corey Burton, Brooke Bloom, Enn Reitel, Bob Caso, John Mariano, Richard Rocco. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/gala/000112/bk_gala_000112_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Crossroads , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 137min

Farmer Eben Smith is fed up with big government telling him how to run his life and his business. They pay him to bury his crops while folks starve in the streets, and he’s not going to take it anymore. He’s declaring his independence, loading up his fruits and vegetables, and heading for the city to wheel and deal. . . .But before he can trade in his turnips, Eben’ll have to deal with something bigger - a break in the space/time continuum. He’s at The Crossroads, where reality is turned upside-down and inside out. And before it’s over, he’ll turn his turnips into liquor, and the liquor into guns and gold, as he plunges into strange new worlds . . . finding ways to wreak havoc in all of them.Also includes the fantasy adventures, “Borrowed Glory,” the haunting story of two immortals who wager on two mortals given a single day of love ... a wager that leads to heartbreak and tragedy; and “The Devil’s Rescue” based on the legend of The Flying Dutchman, in which the sole survivor of a disaster at sea is “rescued” by the devil himself and finds that fate rests on a roll of the dice.Prepare to set out on the most thrilling, chilling, and thoroughly amusing road trip ever, as the audio version of The Crossroads delivers new dimensions in sound.“Lush music and Hollywood sound design ... the battle scenes will have listeners hopping out of their seats.” —Audiofile magazine* An International Book Awards Finalists ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: R. F. Daley, Corey Burton, Jennifer Darling, John Mariano, Jim Meskimen, Tait Ruppert, Enn Reitel. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/gala/000049/bk_gala_000049_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Golden Hell , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 122min

A blind obsession. A driving ambition. A relentless, unrestrained, single-minded pursuit of a shiny metal. These are the symptoms of a condition known as gold fever, and, like Bogart in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, American mining engineer Captain Humbert Reynolds has got it bad. Possible side effects include: temporary insanity, a propensity for violence, and death. The search for gold has taken Reynolds from the ruins of the Yucatan to the mountains of Ecuador to the wilderness of northern Canada. Now, his search for a yellow brick bonanza has brought him halfway around the world, to the Gobi desert. But the lure of the precious metal is about to lead Reynolds into a Golden Hell, as he plunges into an inferno—a mountain of horrors run by an unspeakably evil gang. And if he doesn’t find a way out, a path to redemption, he may find that instead of snatching the ultimate prize he will have to pay the ultimate price.Also includes the adventure, “Pearl Pirate,” a story of betrayal and deceit in which an American captain loses his ship to a money-lender, and the only way to get it back is to outfight and outfox a ruthless pirate and bring home a fortune in black pearls.Join the race and feel the heat of gold fever as the audio version of Golden Hell leads you into a mountain of unimaginable danger and unexpected twists and turns.“Big on action ... the music, sound quality, and production are top-notch.” —Publishers Weekly“The cast energetically delivers the dialogue interspersed with suspenseful action and music.” —Audiofile ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: R. F. Daley, Owen Sun, Enn Reitel, Richard Rocco, Jim Meskimen, Tait Ruppert, Kelly Ward. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/gala/000045/bk_gala_000045_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Tree: A Natural History of What Trees Are, How They Live, and Why They Matter , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1192min

There are redwoods in California that were ancient by the time Columbus first landed and pines still alive that germinated around the time humans invented writing. There are Douglas firs as tall as skyscrapers and a banyan tree in Calcutta as big as a football field. From the tallest to the smallest, trees inspire wonder in all of us, and in The Tree, Colin Tudge travels around the world - throughout the United States, the Costa Rican rain forest, Panama and Brazil, India, New Zealand, China, and most of Europe - bringing to life stories and facts about the trees around us: how they grow old, how they eat and reproduce, how they talk to one another (and they do), and why they came to exist in the first place. He considers the pitfalls of being tall; the things that trees produce, from nuts and rubber to wood; and even the complicated debt that we as humans owe them. Tudge takes us to the Amazon in flood, when the water is deep enough to submerge the forest entirely and fish feed on fruit while river dolphins race through the canopy. He explains the "memory" of trees: how those that have been shaken by wind grow thicker and sturdier while those attacked by pests grow smaller leaves the following year; and reveals how it is that the same trees found in the United States are also native to China (but not Europe). From tiny saplings to centuries-old redwoods and desert palms, from the backyards of the American heartland to the rain forests of the Amazon and the bamboo forests, Colin Tudge takes the listener on a journey through history and illuminates our ever-present but often ignored companions. A blend of history, science, philosophy, and environmentalism, The Tree is an engaging and elegant look at the life of trees and what modern research tells us about their future. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Enn Reitel. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/004630/bk_rand_004630_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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