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Tango: My Childhood, Backwards and in High Heels , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 151min

Recently hailed as "the greatest cabaret artist of [V's] generation" in The New Yorker, Mx. Justin Vivian Bond makes a brilliant literary debut with this staggeringly candid and hilarious novella-length memoir. With a recent diagnosis of attention deficit disorder, and news that V's first lover from childhood has been imprisoned for impersonating an undercover police officer, Bond recalls in vivid detail coming of age as a trans kid. Always haunted by the knowledge of being "different," Bond was further confused when the bully next door wanted to meet secretly. Their trysts went on for years, and made Bond acutely aware of sexual power and vulnerability. With inimitable style, Bond raises issues about LGBTQ adolescence, homophobia, parenting, and sexuality, while being utterly entertaining. Singer, songwriter, and Tony-nominated performance artist Mx. Justin Vivian Bond is an Obie, Bessie, and Ethyl Eichelberger Award winner. As one half of the performance duo Kiki and Herb, Bond has toured the world, headlining at Carnegie Hall, the Sydney Opera House, and London's Queen Elizabeth Hall, and starring in a Tony nominated run on Broadway, Kiki and Herb Alive on Broadway. Film credits include a role in John Cameron Mitchell's feature Shortbus. Bond has recently released two records, Dendrophile, and Silver Wells. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Justin Vivian Bond. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/011736/bk_adbl_011736_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Irreducible Primary: A Dialogue on Nature, Spirituality, and the Human Condition , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 152min

This audiobook is a must-hear for those who are serious about spiritual growth. Our claims to a desire for spiritual advancement do not align with the intensity of the current global chaos. With The Irreducible Primary, Rob Taylor unapologetically examines the stagnating relationship between spirituality, nature, and human conduct and the overall impact on human interactions.The Irreducible Primary challenges our perspectives on spirituality. Our efforts are not effectively applied to the constructs of human conduct. Rob Taylor surgically guides listeners through a deep dive of their inner spaces. The journey reveals the energetic necessity of practicing disciplined mindfulness and meditation activities."This is nourishment meant to feed the full adult processing his/her individual spiritual transformation." (Reader's Favorite BookReviews)Rob Taylor outlines a continuation of cause-and-effect relationships. Consequently, events are instigated by human thought processes that apply both individually and collectively. The commentary is complemented with original poetry that speaks of the human soul and of our capacity to love and revere each other and nature."The well-ordered narrative is so acutely rational and comprehensive that it can be hard to reconcile the logic of his text with the gracefulness of the poems he spins through each chapter." (Self-Publishing Review) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Daniela Acitelli. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/187920/bk_acx0_187920_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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But Not Forborne: Clint Wolf Mystery Series, Book 10 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 344min

Clint Wolf is in a race against time - leaving little time for sleep - as he tries to find a missing teenager.Rose Murdock was supposed to board Bus 23 for school early one winter morning in Mechant Loup. However, when her mother returns home from work that evening and checks the answering machine, she realizes Rose never made it to school.While a frantic call to the police department finally sets things in motion, the 16-year-old student has already been missing for nearly 12 hours, and Clint is acutely aware that the victim could be halfway across the country or even dead at that point.Wasting no time, the Mechant Loup Police Department - with assistance from members of the community and deputies with the Chateau Parish Sheriff’s Office - launches a full-scale search for the girl while Clint begins gathering evidence and interviewing potential witnesses. It isn’t long before Clint begins developing potential suspects, but finding enough evidence to make an arrest is another matter.As the hours turn into days and searchers find no trace of the student, Clint begins to wonder if he’ll ever find a bread crumb that will lead to Rose Murdock. Or, like Abigail, will this be yet another young girl he couldn’t save? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Thomas Stone. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/221675/bk_acx0_221675_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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An Unlikely Match , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 368min

It isn't every day an impoverished young gentleman inherits a sizable fortune and an estate. Nickolas Pritchard, not only impoverished and young, but a gentleman as well, felt his luck acutely the day just such a remarkable inheritance fell upon him. The future has never looked brighter for once penniless Nickolas Pritchard. Now in possession of an unforeseen legacy from a distant cousin, he can finally woo the exquisite Miss Castleton, belle of the London Season. What better setting for matchmaking than Ty Mynydd, his ancestral home nestled in the untamed hills of Wales? Ideal, indeed...except for the ghost. For nearly 400 years, Gwen has walked the halls of the home in which she lived - and died a mysterious death. But despite centuries as the reigning force within her ancient residence, nothing prepares her for the charm and unexpected appeal of Englishman Nickolas. A deep and abiding affection grows between the two, tempered by the unbreakable barrier that separates them. They cannot possibly hope for a happily ever after. There can be no future between a man yet living and a woman long dead. But how can Nickolas possibly give Gwen up? And how can Gwen face an eternity without Nickolas? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Aubrey Warner. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/dsrt/000082/bk_dsrt_000082_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Burned Deep: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 615min, (USK 18)

Dane captivated Ari from the first moment their eyes locked. Every second thereafter proved they were fated for either love...or devastation. It was a little scary how my body trembled and my breathing wouldn't return to normal. But I couldn't escape the intensity of our desire for each other - and how vibrant and alive he made me feel. Like I'd merely existed before. Gotten by. Now I was acutely aware of my surroundings. Of myself. Of him. Of every sensation blazing inside me.... Ari DeMille has spent her life focusing on the details and planning down to the minute. Haunted by her parents' ugly divorce, Ari believes the only way to prevent emotional scars is to always maintain control. But when the devastatingly handsome - and powerfully dominant - Dane Bax, her new boss, pushes Ari's boundaries, she must learn to shatter the ties that bind her if she is to sate her newfound desires.... But giving into insatiable lust comes with a price. Dane's luxury hotel business is threatened by a consortium of dangerous men who threaten everything Ari holds close. And as the stakes are raised, Ari is treacherously close to losing all control of her life...and her heart. Get lost in the passion of Burned Deep by Calista Fox. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Julia Duvall. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/aren/002089/bk_aren_002089_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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On the Shortness of Life, On the Happy Life, and Other Essays: Essays, Volume 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 367min

As former tutor and adviser to Emperor Nero, philosopher and statesman Seneca was acutely aware of how short life can be - his own life was cut short when the emperor ordered him to commit suicide (for alleged involvement in a conspiracy). And Seneca proved true to his words - his lifelong avowal to Stoicism enabled him to conduct himself with dignity to the end. During his rich and busy life, Seneca wrote a series of essays that have advised and enriched the lives of generations down to the present day. This collection contains five of the key essays - 'On the Shortness of Life', 'On the Happy Life', 'On the Tranquil Mind', 'On Providence' and 'On the Firmness of the Wise Person' - and they are replete with observations to remember. 'Those who forget the past, neglect the present, and fear for the future have a life that is very brief and troubled,' Seneca warns. 'You have all the fears of mortals and all the desires of immortals.' 'As long as we wander at random, not following any guide except the shouts and discordant clamours of those who invite us to proceed in different directions, our short life will be wasted in useless roamings.' Clarity, steadfastness and true enjoyment are his watchwords. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: James Cameron Stewart. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/dhrm/000027/bk_dhrm_000027_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Dog Who Danced , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 613min

From the New York Times best-selling author of One Good Dog comes a novel about a woman’s cross-country journey to find her lost dog and discover herself. If there’s been a theme in Justine Meade’s life, it’s loss. Her mother, her home, even her son. The one bright spot in her loss-filled life, the partner she could always count on, has always been Mack, her gray and black Sheltie - that is, until she is summoned back to her childhood home after more than 20 years away. Ed and Alice Parmalee are mourning a loss of their own. Seven years after their daughter was taken from them, they’re living separate lives together - dancing around each other, and their unspeakable heartbreak, unable to bridge the chasm left between them. Fiercely loyal, acutely perceptive and guided by a herd dog’s instinct, Mack has a way of bringing out the best in his humans. Whether it’s a canine freestyle competition or just the ebb and flow of a family’s rhythms, it’s as though the little Shetland sheepdog was born to bring people together. The Dog Who Danced is his story, one that will surely dance its way into your heart. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Fred Berman, Christina Delaine. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/aren/001385/bk_aren_001385_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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A Good Fall: Stories , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 455min

With the same profound attention to detail that is a hallmark of his previous acclaimed works of fiction, National Book Award winner Ha Jin gives us a collection of stories that delves into the experience of Chinese immigrants in America. Ha Jin depicts here the full spectrum of immigrant life and the daily struggles - some minute, some grand - faced by these men, women, and children.A lonely composer takes comfort in the songs of his girlfriend's parakeet; a group of young children declare their wish to change their names so that they might sound more "American", unaware of how deeply this will sadden their grandparents; a Chinese professor of English attempts to defect with the help of a reluctant former student.All of Ha Jin's characters struggle in situations that stir within them a desire to remain attached to their native land and traditions, as they also explore and take advantage of the newfound freedom, both social and economic, that life in a new country offers. In these deeply moving, acutely insightful, and often strikingly humorous stories, we are reminded again of the storytelling prowess of this superb writer. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tai Sammons, Ray Porter, Robertson Dean, Richard Powers, Anthony Heald, Kate Reading, Eddie Lopez, Malcolm Hillgartner, Bernadette Dunne, Carrington MacDuffie, Scott Brick. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/003558/bk_blak_003558_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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How Many Miles to Babylon? , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 333min

Whitbread Literary Award-winning novelist Jennifer Johnston's story of two young Irish men, whose defiant friendship spans class and, later, rank at the onset of World War I. Born to an aristocratic family on an estate outside of Dublin, Alexander Moore feels the constraints of his position most acutely in his friendship with Jerry Crowe, a Catholic laborer in town. Jerry is one of the few bright spots in Alec's otherwise troubled life. The boys bond over their love of swimming and horses, despite the admonitions of Alec's cold and overbearing mother, who scolds her son for venturing outside of his class. When the Great War begins, he seizes the opportunity to escape his overbearing mother and taciturn father, and enlists in the British army. Jerry, too, enlists - not out of loyalty to Britain, but to prepare himself for the Republican cause. Stationed in Flanders, the young men are reunited and find that, while encamped in the trenches, their commonalities are what help them survive. Now a lieutenant and an officer, Alec and Jerry again find their friendship under assault, this time from the rigid Major Glendinning, whose unyielding adherence to rank leads the two men toward a harrowing impasse that will change their lives forever. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John Keating. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/020389/bk_adbl_020389_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket

A TIME 'New Books You Should Read'A People magazine 'Book of the Week'A New York Times Editors' ChoiceWith a foreword by Elizabeth Strout 'Electric: with wit, with rage, with grief, with the kind of prose that makes you both laugh and thrill to the darker, spikier emotions just barely visible under the bright surface. What a wonderful collection of stories' Lauren Groff Another day! And then another and another and another. It seemed as if it would all go on forever in that exquisitely boring and beautiful way. But of course it wouldn't; everyone knows that.In this collection, Hilma Wolitzer invites us inside the private world of domestic bliss, seen mostly through the lens of Paulie and Howard's gloriously ordinary marriage.From hasty weddings to meddlesome neighbours, ex-wives who just won't leave, to sleepless nights spent worrying about unanswered chainmail, Wolitzer captures the tensions, contradictions and unexpected detours of daily life with wit, candour and an acutely observant eye.Including stories first published in magazines in the 1960s and 1970s - alongside new writing from Wolitzer, now in her nineties - Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket reintroduces a beloved writer to be embraced by a new generation of readers.'A fascinating time capsule of womanhood, marriage and motherhood over the last century . A fabulous book' Emma Straub 'Immensely gratifying, poignant, funny . Breathtaking' Elizabeth Strout, from the foreword

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