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    The Man Who Sold Air in the Holy Land: Stories
    A brilliant young author's stunning fiction debut: gorgeously immersive and imaginative stories that transcend borders as they render the intimate lives of people striving for connection "A beautiful debut by a deeply humane writer. Every story is a vivid world unto itself, intensely felt, and often revelatory."-Nicole Krauss, author of The History of Love The Man Who Sold Air in the Holy Land announces the arrival of a natural-born storyteller of immense talent. Warm, poignant, delightfully whimsical, Omer Friedlander's gorgeously immersive and imaginative stories take you to the narrow limestone alleyways of Jerusalem, the desolate beauty of the Negev Desert, and the sprawling orange groves of Jaffa, with characters that spring to vivid life. A divorced con artist and his daughter sell empty bottles of "holy air" to credulous tourists; a Lebanese Scheherazade enchants three young soldiers in a bombed-out Beirut radio station; a boy daringly "rooftops" at night, climbing steel cranes in scuffed sneakers even as he reimagines the bravery of a Polish-Jewish dancer during the Holocaust; an Israeli volunteer at a West Bank checkpoint mourns the death of her son, a soldier killed in Gaza. These stories render the intimate lives of people striving for connection. They are fairy tales turned on their head by the stakes of real life, where moments of fragile intimacy mix with comedy and notes of the absurd. Told in prose of astonishing vividness that also demonstrates remarkable control and restraint, they have a universal appeal to the heart.
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    The Soldier and the Siren: Shifters of Black Isle, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 212min
    He's the enemy. Our union is forbidden. That's why I have to have him.Liliwen has all she could wish for, yet her sheltered life as Princess under the Seas leaves her unfulfilled. She goes rogue and travels to the enemy's territory. When she sees him, she knows he's a rare specimen. A soldier with many a battle scar. She ought to flee...but the challenge is on. Can she chisel through his defenses and seduce the enemy? Even though she risks losing her heart, or even her life, in the process?She's the enemy. I ought to capture the spy and throw her in the dungeon.Teaq, as general of Black Isle's armies, has always led a life of all work and no play. Being passed over as his younger brother took the throne left him disgruntled and bitter. All this changes when he finds a mermaid in the waters surrounding his territory. Something about her enchants and awakens feelings in him which he never thought he'd have. A ray of hope lights up the darkness in his heart.Their meeting makes them rethink their allegiances. The war that has raged between their people seems nothing more than a pointless squabble with neither beginning nor end in sight. But in a world so dangerous and fragile, beauty rarely lasts. If discovered, their love will spell the end for both of them.The Soldier and the Siren is the second installment in Lorelei Moone's brand-new fantasy romance series Shifters of Black Isle. Shifters, magic, and relatable characters, set in a mysterious, distant land, where anything seems possible - and yet all its inhabitants hold dear could be destroyed in an instant. Buy now and find out what all the fuss is about! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Richard Turner. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/214990/bk_acx0_214990_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Lonely Hearts Hotel: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 722min
    With echoes of The Night Circus, a spellbinding story about two gifted orphans - in love with each other since they can remember - whose childhood talents allow them to rewrite their future. The Lonely Hearts Hotel is a love story with the power of legend. An unparalleled tale of charismatic pianos, invisible dance partners, radicalized chorus girls, drug-addicted musicians, brooding clowns, and an underworld whose economy hinges on the price of a kiss. In a landscape like this, it takes great creative gifts to thwart one's origins. It might also take true love. Two babies are abandoned in a Montreal orphanage in the winter of 1914. Before long, their talents emerge: Pierrot is a piano prodigy; Rose lights up even the dreariest room with her dancing and comedy. As they travel around the city performing clown routines, the children fall in love with each other and dream up a plan for the most extraordinary and seductive circus show the world has ever seen. Separated as teenagers, sent off to work as servants during the Great Depression, both descend into the city's underworld, dabbling in sex, drugs, and theft in order to survive. But when Rose and Pierrot finally reunite beneath the snowflakes - after years of searching and desperate poverty - the possibilities of their childhood dreams are renewed, and they'll go to extreme lengths to make them come true. Soon, Rose, Pierrot and their troupe of clowns and chorus girls have hit New York, commanding the stage as well as the alleys, and neither the theater nor the underworld will ever look the same. With her musical language and extravagantly realized world, Heather O'Neill enchants us with a novel so magical there is no escaping its spell. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Julia Whelan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/peng/003027/bk_peng_003027_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Forever Moore: A Gay Fairy Tale: Forbidden Love, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 460min
    With his raven hair and snow-white skin, Lord Ansil Eirwin draws unwanted attention wherever he goes. After his father’s untimely death, Ansil is set to become Duke of Ravenswood on his next birthday. The gallant and timid lord would never dream of shirking responsibility, so he subverts his desires in order to please his mother and new stepfather, Reginald.Orien Moore, known as the Huntsman, lives on the fringes and has forsaken close bonds with anyone, even the misfits he has taken in. When Orien is called upon by his brother, Reginald, to kill the pampered future duke, it is the perfect opportunity to seek revenge against his power-hungry brother. Orien formulates a plan to use Reginald’s vicious request to his advantage by kidnapping Ansil and holding him hostage until he can fulfill his birthright.Soon Orien realizes that Ansil is nothing like he’d expected. Kind and joyful, Ansil enchants Orien and his ragtag group. And Ansil, in turn, cannot help but be curious about the gruff huntsman as Orien’s vulnerabilities are exposed. Their mutual interest transforms into affection, followed by overwhelming desire. But they are living on borrowed time.With Reginald seeking power in Ravenswood, they have no way of knowing what will transpire once Orien returns Ansil to his proper place in society. The only certainty is that the odds are stacked against them. Will the young lord and his huntsman ever have the chance to experience the happily ever after they’ve found in each other’s arms?Please note: Forever Moore is a romantic fairy tale - minus the magic - that features one reluctant lord, one brooding huntsman, and plenty of angsty, forbidden love. It’s loosely based on a treasured fairy tale in a make-believe setting that isn’t part of any specific time period and doesn’t play by any traditional rules.It also completely stands alone from the first book in the Forbidden Love series. You do not have to listen to one to ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kale Williams. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/166866/bk_acx0_166866_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Shaggy Muses: The Dogs Who Inspired Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Emily Bronte, Emily Dickinson, Edith Wharton, and Virginia Woolf , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 564min
    In Shaggy Muses, we visit Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Flush, the golden Cocker Spaniel who danced the poet away from death, back to life and human love. We roam the wild Yorkshire moors with Emily Brontë, whose fierce Mastiff mix, Keeper, provided a safe and loving outlet for the writer’s equally fierce spirit. We enter the creative sanctum of Emily Dickinson, which she shared only with Carlo, the gentle, giant Newfoundland who soothed her emotional terrors. We mingle with Edith Wharton, whose ever-faithful Pekes warmed her lonely heart during her restless travels among Europe and America’s social and intellectual elite. We are privileged guests in the fragile universe of Virginia Woolf, who depended for emotional support and sanity not only on her human loved ones but also on her dogs, especially Pinka - a gift from her lover, Vita Sackville-West - a black Cocker Spaniel who soon became a strong, bright thread in the fabric of Virginia and Leonard Woolf’s life together.Based on diaries, letters, and other contemporary accounts - and featuring many illustrations of the writers and their dogs - these five miniature biographies allow us unparalleled intimacy with women of genius in their hours of domestic ease and inner vulnerability. Shaggy Muses also enchants us with a pack of new friends: Flush, Keeper, Carlo, Foxy, Linky, Grizzle, Pinka, and all the other devoted canines who loved and served these great writers.Advance praise for Shaggy Muses “An intimate look at famous women authors whose lives were more difficult than we would ever have imagined. Their dogs helped them to survive and create their great works of classic English literature. Lovers of literature and all those interested in the human-animal bond should read this fascinating book.” (Temple Grandin, author of Animals in Translation)“I so enjoyed Shaggy Muses. It manages very successfully to bring into focus exactly why these dogs wer ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Polly Stone. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bkot/000984/bk_bkot_000984_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Writing Desk , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 699min
    This happily ever after romance tells the captivating story of two women bound together across time by a shared dream and a mysterious writing desk.  Tenley Roth's first book was a runaway best seller. Now that her second book is due, she's locked in fear. Can she repeat her earlier success, or is she a fraud who has run out of inspiration? With pressure mounting from her publisher, Tenley is weighted with writer's block. But when her estranged mother calls asking Tenley to help her through chemotherapy, she packs up for Florida where she meets handsome furniture designer Jonas Sullivan and discovers the story her heart's been missing. A century earlier, another woman wrote at the same desk with hopes and fears of her own. Born during the Gilded Age, Birdie Shehorn is the daughter of the old-money Knickerbockers. Under the strict control of her mother, her every move is decided ahead of time, even whom she'll marry. But Birdie has dreams she doesn't know how to realize. She wants to tell stories, write novels, make an impact on the world. When she discovers her mother has taken extreme measures to manipulate her future, she must choose between submission and security or forging a brand-new way all on her own. Tenley and Birdie are from two very different worlds, but fate has bound them together in a way time cannot erase. “Rachel Hauck enchants us again! Tenley and Birdie are bound together by the understanding that creativity is a guiding force and that their stories must be told. A tale both bittersweet and redemptive, The Writing Desk is your must-read.” (Patti Callahan Henry, New York Times best-selling author)   This sweet, split-time listen is a stand-alone novel, though characters in this story appear in Rachel Hauck’s The Fifth Avenue Story Society. Includes discussion questions.  ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Windy Lanzl. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/zond/001742/bk_zond_001742_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Demon Slave: Paranormal Romance: Shadow Quest Series, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 551min
    From USA Today best-selling author Kiersten Fay comes this sizzling hot tale of a rouge demon mercenary and the Faieara princess who enchants him.  Marik Radkov believed the only thing left from his tortured past were the scars that adorned his body. When he is stranded on a foreign planet and held captive by a beautiful stranger, he is forced to face his past once more.Years after she was forced to take refuge on the icy planet of Undewla, Nadua has all but lost hope that her people will return for her. When the threat of a native rebellion arises, she is inexplicably recused by a ruthless demon who ignites a desire in her she cannot deny.As danger draws near, Marik struggles to contain his powerful lust for her while keeping them both alive.The Demon Slave is the second installment in the best-selling paranormal romance series, Shadow Quest.Interview with the author:Q - Tell us a little bit about your Shadow Quest series.Shadow Quest is a unique mix of genres that incorporates paranormal romance, fantasy, and science fiction romance. My characters are based loosely in mythology with some kick-butt mythical creatures such as demons, witches, and fey-like beings. Since they’re all from different planets, I suppose they’d be considered aliens.Each book focuses on the relationship of the hero and heroine and the trust they must build with one another. The connection they form is a slow-burn at first, and then turns combustible. I play with the fated mates theme, but the conflict and mistrust keeps things interesting. Ultimately love wins out in the end, if they can survive the journey.Q - What order should I read the books in?Each book can be read in any order and the reader can still follow along, but for the full experience, I suggest the following sequence:The Demon's PossessionThe Demon SlaveThe De ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Henry Jones. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/142149/bk_acx0_142149_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Overcoming Porn Addiction: A 10 Step Journey to Overcoming Internet Sexual Addiction Through Jesus , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 28min
    When the Bible said that the system of the world is characterized by "lust of the flesh" (1 John 2:16) it shows that the presence of pornography in the world will never decrease. From the very beginning of human history, sexual sins are not removed from the scenario of humanity's rise and fall. It always plays a major role in the lives of men and women, civilizations, and kingdoms, either for better or for worse. Thus, addiction to it is not uncommon, but seems to be a necessary normal pleasure built in within our self as humans, which we need to be released and expressed if we want to maximize it to our benefit. Now, in the 20th century, the infectious rapid growth of pornography was globalized and is privatized by the rise of modern media inventions such as the Internet. If in the past the access to pornographic materials was difficult to get and was only available to adults or those who are married, but today, because of the Internet and other wireless gadgets invented to maximize it, the "access" to pornographic materials is one click away and is available to all regardless of their age and gender. Just try to look at the government statistics on pornography today and you'll see how it vigorously attracts, excites, and enchants the hearts and minds of many men and women today, young and old. It is no wonder then why the level of addiction that this generation have with regards to pornography is tremendously weighty, strong, and penetrating. I can say that it's really difficult to live sexually pure today. The connections of sexual sins are close and its networks are global; they're everywhere. Thus, this question will naturally arise, "Is it still possible to live sexually pure today?" "I am already addicted to it; do you have ways or solutions to offer that will give me freedom from this?" ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Trevor Clinger. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/038994/bk_acx0_038994_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Scrapbook Pages: A Collection of Five Erotic Stories , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 70min, (USK 18)
    A collection of five erotic stories with mixed and varied themes. Scrapbook Pages by Sommer Marsden. Pictures of an abandoned wooden shack with its door hanging at an angle, a field of sea oats, and a flight of rickety white weathered steps, might just been seen as being artistic. But these are Jill’s favourites because of the intimate memories that it holds for her. Some pictures are worth more than a thousand words! Spying on Audrey by Eva Hore. He’s always been hot for delicious Audrey. As her neighbour, he loves to watch her secretly through her window, yearning to touch her. One night she leaves the drapes open, and that is all the invitation he needs to go over, but what treats will he find if he peeks inside? Watch on the Danube by Donna George Storey. Pru has always considered herself to be an enlightened traveller. But husband Adam can’t quite see the magic that enchants her, until one fateful afternoon when they come across the Baroness and her lover. Inspired by fantasy and the Great Danube River, Pru steers their evening into uncharted waters, while teaching Adam why it’s better to just go with the flow! A Punishment to Some by Anais Nohant. D.H. is furious when he realizes that his hot little minx isn’t complying with his demands. He takes her home intent on making her learn her lesson! But punishments are gifts to some! Backstage by Roger Frank Selby. Busty, bossy and beautiful Laura Lacey is an actress who is used to getting what she wants. And with a body like hers, she usually does! But when a silly mishap backstage puts her in a vulnerable position, only one man can help. She might need more than her acting skills to get her out of this sexy predicament! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Katy Anderson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/summ/000349/bk_summ_000349_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Dime quién soy
    Espionaje e intriga en estado puro, amores y desamores desgarrados, aventura e historia de un siglo hecho pedazos, Dime quién soy es un apasionante relato protagonizado por unos personajes inolvidables cuyas vidas construyen un magnífico retrato de la historia del siglo XX. Un periodista recibe la propuesta de investigar la vida de su bisabuela, Amelia Garayoa, una mujer de la que sólo sabe que huyó abandonando a su marido y a su hijo poco antes de que estallara la guerra civil española. Para rescatarla del olvido deberá reconstruir su historia desde los cimientos encajando, una a una, todas las piezas del inmenso y extraordinario puzle de su vida. Marcada por cuatro hombres que la cambiarán para siempre -el empresario Santiago Carranza, el revolucionario francés Pierre Comte, el periodista estadounidense Albert James y el médico militar vinculado al nazismo Max von Schumann-, la historia de Amelia es la de una antiheroína presa de sus propias contradicciones que cometerá errores que no terminará nunca de pagar y que acabará sufriendo, en carne propia, el azote despiadado tanto del nazismo como de la dictadura soviética. Desde los años de la Segunda República española hasta la caída del Muro de Berlín, pasando por la Segunda Guerra Mundial y la Guerra Fría, la nueva novela de Julia Navarro rebosa intriga, política, espionaje, amor y traición. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A journalist receives a proposal to investigate the eventful life of his great-grandmother, about whom all that is known is that she fled Spain, abandoning her husband and child, shortly before the Civil War broke out. The memoir of an entire century, this novel adds a new, original chapter to Julia Navarro's best-selling career. Tell Me Who I Am surprises and enchants with a captivating and heartrending story. This is a novel about memory and identity with an exceptionally well-drawn and unforgettable literary character: a woman who throughout her extraordinary life was able to achieve the highly difficult feat of knowing herself. A victim of her mistakes, aware of her guilt, frightened by her traumas, she is above all an anti-heroine, a flesh-and-blood woman who always acts according to her principles, facing up to every challenge and making errors for which she will never fully pay. A woman who decided that she couldn't be neutral in this life. Navarro's most personal novel surprises for its melodrama and the raw emotions transmitted by many of its stories. It is filled with pure adventure, introspection and political chronicle. From the tumultuous years of the Second Spanish Republic to the fall of the Berlin Wall, including World War II and the Cold War, these pages are packed with intrigue, emotion, politics, espionage, love, betrayal and settings like Madrid, Barcelona, Paris, Buenos Aires, Mexico, Moscow, London, Berlin and Warsaw with brief stopovers in The Basque Country, Cairo, Athens, Lisbon and New York.
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