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  This Train

  The new novel from the acclaimed author of Six Days of the Condor-set on a heart-pounding cross-country train ride. "Grady's style is loose, colorful, challenging and fun. I sometimes thought of Orwell's novel 1984, sometimes of the Dylan song 'Desolation Row.'"-Patrick Anderson,The Washington Post "Grady is a master of intrigue."-John Grisham This Train races us through America's heartland, carrying secrets. There is treasure in the cargo car, along with an invisible puppeteer. There is a coder named Nora, Mugzy, the yippy dog, and Ross, the too-curious poet. On board, it's a countdown to murder… On this train there is a silver madman, a targeted banker, and crises of conscience. This train harbors the "perfect" couple's conspiracies, the chaos of being a teenager, and parenthood alongside the wows of being nine. There is a widow and a wannabe, and the sleaziest billionaire. On this train, there is the suicide ticket, the bomb, sex, love, and loneliness. The heist. Revenge. Redemption. This Train is a ticking clock, roaring through forty-seven fictional hours of non-stop suspense and action, through the challenges of now: Racism. Sexism. Global warming. What it means to be alive. This train carries all of us. All aboard!

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  Strings , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 635min

  Sometimes the strings that tie us down are the same strings that set us free. Sixteen-year-old Pia has always lived in a mysterious facility where mechanical strings control her existence. She plays apprentice to her father, Gio, in performing nanotech designs for the Company, and she soon suspects there are diabolical human forces behind the manufactured reality of her world. Though her childhood memories and the origins of the strings remain strangely elusive, she begins to find solace with the introduction of two unlikely friends: daring, irrational Sofia, and calm, tender Marco. As the truths of the past and present unravel together, Pia must find a way to free herself from her strings and escape the facility before facing the wrath of the unstable head of security, Mr. Davis. But to gain her freedom, she must navigate the dangers posed by Davis and by her suspicious new friends to find the real identity of the puppeteer. If Pia can succeed in revealing the secrets of the Company, she may very well find the independence she so desperately seeks. But in her controlled world nothing is as it seems, and the closer she gets to the truth, the graver the consequences. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kate Rudd. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/052709/bk_acx0_052709_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  A Killer's Alibi: Philadelphia Legal , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 768min

  For attorney Mick McFarland, the evidence is damning. And so are the family secrets in this twisty legal thriller from the Amazon Charts bestselling author of A Criminal Defense. When crime lord Jimmy Nunzio is caught, knife in hand, over the body of his daughter’s lover and his own archenemy, he turns to Mick McFarland to take up his defense. Usually the courtroom puppeteer, McFarland quickly finds himself at the end of Nunzio’s strings. Struggling to find grounds for a not-guilty verdict on behalf of a well-known killer, Mick is hamstrung by Nunzio’s refusal to tell him what really happened. On the other side of the law, Mick’s wife, Piper, is working to free Darlene Dowd, a young woman sentenced to life in prison for her abusive father’s violent death. But the jury that convicted Darlene heard only part of the truth, and Piper will do anything to reveal the rest and prove Darlene’s innocence.As Mick finds himself in the middle of a mob war, Piper delves deeper into Darlene’s past. Both will discover dark secrets that link these fathers and daughters - some that protect, some that destroy, and some that can’t stay hidden forever. No matter the risk. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Adam Verner. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/011500/bk_brll_011500_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Great Gilly Hopkins , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 279min

  At age 11, Gilly is nobody's real kid. If only she could find her beautiful mother, Courtney, and live with her instead of in the ugly foster home where she has just been placed! How could she, the great Gilly Hopkins, known throughout the county for her brilliance and unmanageability, be expected to tolerate Maime Trotter, the fat, nearly illiterate widow who is now her guardian? Or for that matter, the freaky seven-year-old boy and the shrunken blind black man who are also considered part of the bizarre "family"? Even cool Miss Harris, her teacher, is a shock to her. Gutsy Gilly is both poignant and comic as, behind her best barracuda smile, she schemes against them and everyone else who tries to be friendly. The reader will cheer for her as she copes with the longings and terrors of always being a foster child. Katherine Paterson, winner of the 1978 Newbery Medal for Bridge to Terabithia and of the 1977 National Book Award for The Master Puppeteer, again reaches across boundaries with her wit, compassion, and love, and here creates an immensely engaging story about a child's desperate search for a place to call home. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Alyssa Bresnahan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/001961/bk_harp_001961_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Day I Died: Apocalypse Cycle , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 408min

  Oshin Fletcher lives by three rules: Obey authority, don’t draw unnecessary attention to yourself, and above all else, never leave the city walls.Some say that rules are meant to be broken. For Oshin, her world shattered on the day she was betrayed. A secret meeting leads her beyond the safety of her city. Lured by the ignorance that comes with being lonely and hopeful, Oshin was about to discover just how severe consequences could be. Lost and alone, she waited; no one came. But they did. The infected, the decaying, the undead.Oshin wakes to find herself in an abandoned house, deep within the forest. Her body was changing, her desire to feed, uncontrollable. She was a marionette - her hunger, the puppeteer. She pivots on a line between life and death. They say the undead are mindless, but Oshin was very much aware. She sets out in an unknown world where the worst evils aren’t the undead, but humanity itself. With only days before the effects of the disease take hold and decay sets in, Oshin must race to find a way back home for a cure. She soon discovers that home is not everything she thought it to be. Dark secrets have been in play since the moment she was born.An emotionally intense zombie survival story. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Diana Kiester. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/191165/bk_acx0_191165_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Fred Rogers: A Captivating Guide to the Man Behind Mister Rogers' Neighborhood , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 184min

  If you want to discover the captivating life of Fred Rogers, then pay attention.... Mister Rogers was more than just a puppeteer, a teacher, or an entertainer, though he was all those things; he was also a trusted friend and adviser. Rogers spoke personably with kids and helped them identify and organize their emotions. He explained how to deal with anger in simple, relatable terms and sang songs to help his guests and viewers cope with their feelings. He told generations of young people that it was okay to cry and show emotion, since these are feelings every person experiences. In Fred Rogers: A Captivating Guide to the Man Behind Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, you will discover topics such as:A Boy with a Name That Said It AllThe College YearsFamily LifeWorking for NBCPublic Television and The Children’s CornerMister Rogers and the Canadian Broadcasting CorporationMister Rogers’ NeighborhoodProgram Themes and DistributionCelebrity Sightings in the NeighborhoodThe Assassination of Robert KennedyThe Famous Foot BathPBS Funding and the Supreme CourtI Don’t Want to Eat Anything That Has a MotherMister Rogers Goes to Sesame StreetMister Rogers the ComposerThe Conflict SeriesWhen Fred Met KokoFred Retires from the NeighborhoodSatire and CriticismIllness and DeathAwards and LegacyDaniel Tiger’s NeighborhoodAnd much, much more!So if you want to learn more about Fred Rogers, scroll up and click the "add to cart" button! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Desmond Manny. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/146142/bk_acx0_146142_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Emotional Intelligence: How to Analyze People, Enneagram, Dark Psychology, Persuasion, Manipulation, NLP , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1290min

  Have you gone from one author to another trying to learn the secrets of mental manipulation, but you’ve never found the information that you have been looking for? Do you need to possess those immortal skills that make you one step ahead of others? If you have, keep reading...Attention: This is not a simple book, but a collection of information that can be dangerous if used for vile purposes. Furthermore, the techniques and contents of this book could impact the the reader, so if you consider yourself a weak person, this book is not for you. Mental manipulation is that branch of psychology that professionals in the field don't want to talk about. In this book, advanced techniques for hacking mental processes are revealed. Once you have gained confidence with what is contained in Emotional Intelligence by Jack Carter, you can use it in every field of your life like:Love: defend yourself from manipulative and narcissistic people Friendship: cultivating them and attracting new and more valuable onesBusiness or work: pull the threads of your potential customers mental processes just like a puppeteer pulls the threads of his puppets during a show (ethically).The first three books will trigger the earthquake before the gigantic wave of information of the fourth, the fifth and the sixth book! Do you want all this? Do you feel really ready to be hit by a tsunami of information? Click now on the “Buy Now” button! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cliff Weldon. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/201893/bk_acx0_201893_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Adventures of Pinocchio (MinaLima Edition)

  The enduring children's tale The Adventures of Pinocchio, retold for a new generation in this spectacular full-color deluxe gift edition, packed with beautiful artwork and seven interactive features created by the award-winning design studio behind the graphics for the Harry Potter film franchise, MinaLima.Originally published in 1883, The Adventures of Pinocchio is one of the best known and beloved children's classics. Written by Italian political satirist Carlo Collodi, it is the story of Geppetto, a poor puppeteer who uses an enchanted piece of wood to carve a marionette boy he calls Pinocchio. The impish Pinocchio does not want to be a puppet; he yearns to become a real boy. Soon, his curiosity, mischievousness, and naivete lead him away from his father's shop and into a series of perilous encounters with vicious puppet masters, cunning animals, and other magical characters. Along this perilous journey, the magical puppet learns how much turmoil, heart, and hard work it takes to become a "real boy." With a nose that grows larger with each lie he tells, Pinocchio has become an enduring icon in children's literature, and now his story is brilliantly reimagined in this stunning gift edition. The Adventures of Pinocchio includes specially commissioned artwork and exclusive interactive features, including:A Pinocchio puppet with clothingAdditional finger puppetsA small theatre for a puppet showA court deck with Pinocchio behind sliding barsA fold out shark revealing Pinocchio and Geppetto insideThis wondrous edition will enchant readers of every age an become a treasured keepsake passed down for generations.

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  Elbow Room: The Varieties of Free Will Worth Wanting , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 594min

  In this landmark 1984 work on free will, Daniel Dennett makes a case for compatibilism. His aim, as he writes in the preface to this new edition, was a cleanup job, "saving everything that mattered about the everyday concept of free will while jettisoning the impediments". In Elbow Room, Dennett argues that the varieties of free will worth wanting - those that underwrite moral and artistic responsibility - are not threatened by advances in science but distinguished, explained, and justified in detail. Dennett tackles the question of free will in a highly original and witty manner, drawing on the theories and concepts of fields that range from physics and evolutionary biology to engineering, automata theory, and artificial intelligence. He shows how the classical formulations of the problem in philosophy depend on misuses of imagination, and he disentangles the philosophical problems of real interest from the "family of anxieties" in which they are often enmeshed - imaginary agents and bogeymen, including the Peremptory Puppeteer, the Nefarious Neurosurgeon, and the Cosmic Child Whose Dolls We Are. Putting sociobiology in its rightful place, he concludes that we can have free will and science, too. He explores reason, control and self-control, the meaning of "can" and "could have done otherwise", responsibility and punishment, and why we would want free will in the first place. A fresh listening of Dennett's book shows how much it can still contribute to current discussions of free will. This edition includes as its afterword Dennett's 2012 Erasmus Prize essay. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Don Hagen. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/gdan/001814/bk_gdan_001814_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag: A Flavia de Luce Mystery , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 590min

  From Dagger Award-winning and internationally best-selling author Alan Bradley comes this utterly beguiling mystery, starring one of fiction’s most remarkable sleuths: Flavia de Luce, a dangerously brilliant 11-year-old with a passion for chemistry and a genius for solving murders. This time, Flavia finds herself untangling two deaths—separated by time but linked by the unlikeliest of threads. Flavia thinks that her days of crime-solving in the bucolic English hamlet of Bishop’s Lacy are over—and then Rupert Porson has an unfortunate rendezvous with electricity. The beloved puppeteer has had his own strings sizzled, but who’d do such a thing and why? For Flavia, the questions are intriguing enough to make her put aside her chemistry experiments and schemes of vengeance against her insufferable big sisters. Astride Gladys, her trusty bicycle, Flavia sets out from the de Luces’ crumbling family mansion in search of Bishop’s Lacey’s deadliest secrets. Does the madwoman who lives in Gibbet Wood know more than she’s letting on? What of the vicar’s odd ministrations to the catatonic woman in the dovecote? Then there’s a German pilot obsessed with the Brontë sisters, a reproachful spinster aunt, and even a box of poisoned chocolates. Most troubling of all is Porson’s assistant, the charming but erratic Nialla. All clues point toward a suspicious death years earlier and a case the local constables can’t solve—without Flavia’s help. But in getting so close to who’s secretly pulling the strings of this dance of death, has our precocious heroine finally gotten in way over her head? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jayne Entwistle. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/002194/bk_rand_002194_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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