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    Junius and Albert's Adventures in the Confederacy , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 609min
    Albert Richardson and Junius Browne, two correspondents for the New York Tribune, were captured at the Battle of Vicksburg and spent twenty months in horrific Confederate prisons before escaping and making their way to Union territory. Their amazing, long-forgotten odyssey is one of the great escape stories in American history, packed with drama, courage, horrors and heroics, plus many moments of antic comedy. They must endure the Confederacy's most notorious prison; rely on forged passes and the secret signals of a covert pro-Union organization in North Carolina; trust a legendary guerilla leader; be hidden by slaves during the day in plantation slave quarters; and ultimately depend on a mysterious, anonymous woman on a white horse to guide them to safety. They traveled for 340 miles, most of it on foot, much of it through snow, in twenty-six days. This is a marvelous, surreal voyage through the cold mountains, dark prisons, and mysterious bands of misfits living in the shadows of the Civil War. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Danny Campbell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/high/000748/bk_high_000748_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Kings of Queens: Life Beyond Baseball with the '86 Mets , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 552min
    In 1986, the bad guys of baseball won the World Series. Now, Erik Sherman, the New York Times best-selling coauthor of Mookie, profiles key players from that infamous Mets team, revealing never-before-exposed details about their lives after that championship year...as well as a look back at the magical season itself. Darryl Strawberry, Doc Gooden, Keith Hernandez, Lenny Dykstra, Mookie Wilson, Howard Johnson, Doug Sisk, Rafael Santana, Bobby Ojeda, Wally Backman, Kevin Mitchell, Ed Hearn, Danny Heep, and the late Gary Carter were all known for their heroics on the field. For some of them - known as the "Scum Bunch" - their debauchery off the field was even more awe inspiring. But when that golden season ended, so did their aura of invincibility. Some faced battles with addiction, some were traded, and others struggled just to keep their lives together. Through interviews with these legendary players, Erik Sherman offers fans a new perspective on a team that will forever be remembered in sports history. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Darrel J. Caneiro. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/peng/002779/bk_peng_002779_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Almost Anywhere: Road-Trip Ruminations on Love, Nature, Recovery, and Nonsense , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 610min
    What do you do when your world ends? At 28 years old, Krista Schlyer sold almost everything she owned and packed the rest of it in a station wagon bound for the American wild. Her two best friends joined her - one a grumpy, grieving introvert, the other a feisty dog - and together they sought out every national park, historic site, forest, and wilderness they could get to before their money ran out or their minds gave in. The journey began as a desperate escape from urban isolation, heartbreak, and despair but became an adventure beyond imagining. Chronicling their colorful escapade, Almost Anywhere explores the courage, cowardice, and heroics that live in all of us as well as the life of nature and the nature of life. This eloquent and accessible memoir is at once an immersion in the pain of losing someone particularly close and especially young and a healing journey of a broken life given over to the whimsy and humor of living on the road. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Marisa Vitali. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/025184/bk_adbl_025184_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    World War 2: True Stories of German UBoats & Their Dangerous Missions , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 183min
    The History and Bravery of the U-Boats. The brave men, and now women, who choose to serve on today’s submarines have to have a certain type of bravery that many do not possess. There is always the danger that the wrong move, a wrong turn, or mechanical failure will spell certain death for them. At times of war, this danger is even more amplified. Those who signed up for duty in the early submarines were more at risk than today’s military forces. This was the case for the German U-Boat crews. While there is little doubt that those who served the German forces were on the wrong side of the war, many of the men in the U-Boats showed a level of courage and cunning that few have shown then or ever again. The dangers of the sea were a real concern for these men. From faulty equipment to taking on enemy fire, there were several ways that these men could mean there’s watery death.There were tales of bravery as well. Through this book you will learn about both tragedy and heroics that set these men both above and beyond the cut. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jeff Lechtanski. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/170707/bk_acx0_170707_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Hit and Run : The September Day Series, Book 5 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 620min
    A message from the grave. An assassin on her tail. Sniffing out the truth could get them all killed.September Day is ready for a new start with her detective boyfriend. Believing she’s finally put her husband’s death behind her, her life upends when his mother sends her a safety deposit box key that could unlock the truth. But before she can examine the cryptic contents, she’s brutally attacked, the files are stolen, and her former in-law is murdered.Determined to uncover the harrowing facts, September and her dog Shadow battle to stay one step ahead of the merciless killer. But when they stumble upon shady business at a cattery, she must expose the mastermind before she too ends up in the ground.Will Macy-Cat sniff out the key to unmask a decades-old horror? Can September and Shadow confront the past and live to tell the tale?Hit and Run is the pulse-pounding fifth book in the September Day thriller series. If you like action-packed suspense, resilient characters, and four-legged heroics, then you’ll love Amy Shojai’s gripping adventure.Order Hit and Run to dig up buried secrets today! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Amy Shojai. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/229475/bk_acx0_229475_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The German Aces Speak: World War II Through the Eyes of Four of the Luftwaffe's Most Important Commanders , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 656min
    Few perspectives epitomize the sheer drama and sacrifice of combat more perfectly than those of the fighter pilots of World War II. As romanticized as any soldier in history, the World War II fighter pilot was viewed as larger than life: a dashing soul waging war amongst the clouds. In the 65-plus years since the Allied victory, stories of these pilots' heroics have never been in short supply. But what about their adversaries - the highly skilled German aviators who pushed the Allies to the very brink of defeat? Of all of the Luftwaffe's fighter aces, the stories of Walter Krupinski, Adolf Galland, Eduard Neumann, and Wolfgang Falck shine particularly bright. In The German Aces Speak, for the first time in any book, these four prominent and influential Luftwaffe fighter pilots reminisce candidly about their service in World War II. Personally interviewed by author and military historian Colin Heaton, they bring the past to life as they tell their stories about the war, their battles, their lives, and, perhaps most importantly, how they felt about serving under the Nazi leadership of Hermann Göring and Adolf Hitler. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: P.J. Ochlan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/008625/bk_tant_008625_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Black Scorpion Pilot: A Ford Stevens Military-Aviation Thriller, Volume 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 559min
    From Lawrence A. Colby comes another book made for fans of Lee Child, Matthew Mather, and Vince Flynn. Exotic settings, compelling characters, and fascinating military technology. Listen to the second thriller in the blockbuster series!In a hidden base in China, Lieutenant General He Chen licks his wounds. The Devil Dragon project lies in ruins, thanks to the heroics of US Air Force Reserve Captain Ford Stevens and Stevens' best friend, pilot Wu Lee. But now Lee is gone, and as Stevens mourns the loss of his friend, Chen works to complete his second spy plane, codenamed Black Scorpion.Stevens faces a new - some would say impossible - task: slip near China without being detected, cyber-hijack the Black Scorpion, and fly her back to the United States. It's a tough mission that will demand the most out of Stevens, whose grief has led to some potentially career-ending trouble.Filled with adrenaline-pumping action scenes and the grit and courage of an American hero, The Black Scorpion Pilot is a thriller only seasoned military pilot Lawrence A. Colby could write.The Black Scorpion Pilot is the second book in the Ford Stevens Military-Aviation Thriller Series. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Christopher Raab. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/153055/bk_acx0_153055_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    One Good Knight: Tales of the Five Hundred Kingdoms, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 572min
    Another story sparkling with wit and humor from New York Times best-selling author Mercedes Lackey. Traditionally, marauding dragons are soothed only by a virgin sacrifice. And so practical-minded Princess Andromeda - with the encouragement of her mother's court - reluctantly volunteers to do her duty, asking only for a sword to defend herself. Well, her offer is accepted, but the weapon isn't forthcoming, and so Andromeda faces the dragon alone. Until a Champion arrives to save her - sort of. Sir George doesn't quite defeat the dragon, but as Andromeda finishes rescuing herself she discovers that beneath the Good Knight's well-meaning though inexperienced heroics lies a further tale… Still, Andromeda can't leave her seacoast country in further jeopardy from the dragon's return, and so she and…er… George join to search for the dragon's lair. But even - especially - in the Five Hundred Kingdoms, bucking with Tradition isn't easy. It takes the strongest of wills, more than a hint of stubbornness, quick thinking and a refusal to give up, no matter what happens along the way. Somehow, though, none of this was taught in princess school… ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gabra Zackman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/007520/bk_adbl_007520_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Alvin York: A New Biography of the Hero of the Argonne: American Warriors Series , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 503min
    Alvin C. York (1887-1964) - a devout Christian, conscientious objector, and reluctant hero of World War I - is one of America's most famous and celebrated soldiers. York is credited with the capture of 132 German soldiers on October 8, 1918, in the Meuse-Argonne region of France - a deed for which he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. At war's end, the media glorified York's bravery, but some members of the German military and a soldier from his own unit cast aspersions on his wartime heroics. Historians continue to debate whether York has received more recognition than he deserves. In Alvin York, Douglas V. Mastriano sorts fact from myth in the first full-length biography of York in decades. He meticulously examines York's youth in the hills of east Tennessee, his service in the Great War, and his return to a quiet civilian life dedicated to charity. By reviewing artifacts recovered from the battlefield using military terrain analysis, forensic study, and research in both German and American archives, Mastriano reconstructs the events of October 8th and corroborates the recorded accounts. Winner of 2015 William Colby Award ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gary L. Willprecht. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/042913/bk_acx0_042913_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    A More Unbending Battle: The Harlem Hellfighter's Struggle for Freedom in WWI and Equality at Home , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 559min
    The night broke open in a storm of explosions and fire. The sound of shells whizzing overhead, screeching through the night like wounded pheasants, was terrifying. When the shells exploded prematurely overhead, a rain of shrapnel fell on the men below better than when the shells exploded in the trenches... In A More Unbending Battle, journalist and author Pete Nelson chronicles the little-known story of the 369th Infantry Regiment, the first African-American regiment mustered to fight in WWI. Recruited from all walks of Harlem life, the regiment had to fight alongside the French because America's segregation policy prohibited them from fighting with white U.S. soldiers. Despite extraordinary odds and racism, the 369th became one of the most successful and infamous regiments of the war. The Harlem Hellfighters, as their enemies named them, spent longer than any other American unit in combat, were the first Allied unit to reach the Rhine, and showed extraordinary valor on the battlefield, with many soldiers winning the Croix de Guerre and the Legion of Honor. Replete with vivid accounts of battlefield heroics, A More Unbending Battle is the thrilling story of the dauntless Harlem Hellfighters. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jarvis Hooten. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/001555/bk_adbl_001555_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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