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    Sleight of Hand: A Detective Novel of 1929: The Cyrus Skeen Mysteries, Book 10 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 230min
    It is October of 1929. The roaring '20s will end with the stock market crash heard round the world. The nation will absorb the consequences of the crash with great difficulty over the next decade, exacerbated by government fiscal policies. However, in the wake of the coming economic catastrophe, Cyrus Skeen, private detective, scion of East Coast wealth, and a figure in San Francisco society, is secure. He never bought on margin. Skeen has a reputation - some would say a notoriety - for justice, and for meting out rough desserts to crooks, criminals, and other realty-dodgers. This has made him admired by some and feared by others. Sharks, conmen, and scam artists approach him with caution - if they dare approach him at all. In this episode of Skeen's cases he is invited by a new political party to stand for the office of public defender in next month's city election, a city office established to provide legal representation to the poor and indigent. He declines the invitation, but strange things keep happening, such as the curious death of the current public defender and the odd behavior of the principals of the new party. Skeen's interest is piqued. He begins to investigate, learning eventually that his clues lead all the way back to Wisconsin. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gregg Rizzo. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/036067/bk_acx0_036067_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (eBook, ePUB)
    THE FIRST BOOK IN THE BELOVED NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY SERIES Fans around the world adore the best-selling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series and its proprietor, Precious Ramotswe, Botswana's premier lady detective. In the first book of the bestselling series, Mma Ramotswe - with help from her loyal associate, Grace Makutsi - navigates her cases and her personal life with wisdom, good humour and the occasional cup of tea.Wayward daughters. Missing Husbands. Philandering partners. Curious conmen. If you've got a problem, and no one else can help you, then pay a visit to Precious Ramotswe, Botswana's only - and finest - female private detective.Her methods may not be conventional, and her manner not exactly Miss Marple, but she's got warmth, wit and canny intuition on her side, not to mention Mr J. L. B. Matekoni, the charming proprietor of Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors. And Precious is going to need them all as she sets out on the trail of a missing child, a case that tumbles our heroine into a hotbed of strange situations and more than a little danger . . .The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is the 1st book in the series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order
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    The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
    THE FIRST BOOK IN THE BELOVED NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY SERIES Fans around the world adore the best-selling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series and its proprietor, Precious Ramotswe, Botswana's premier lady detective. In the first book of the bestselling series, Mma Ramotswe - with help from her loyal associate, Grace Makutsi - navigates her cases and her personal life with wisdom, good humour and the occasional cup of tea.Wayward daughters. Missing Husbands. Philandering partners. Curious conmen. If you've got a problem, and no one else can help you, then pay a visit to Precious Ramotswe, Botswana's only - and finest - female private detective.Her methods may not be conventional, and her manner not exactly Miss Marple, but she's got warmth, wit and canny intuition on her side, not to mention Mr J. L. B. Matekoni, the charming proprietor of Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors. And Precious is going to need them all as she sets out on the trail of a missing child, a case that tumbles our heroine into a hotbed of strange situations and more than a little danger . . .The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is the 1st book in the series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order
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    Ventura Starway (Black Ocean: Mirth & Mayhem, #6) (eBook, ePUB)
    You can buy anything you need, but the best stuff isn't for sale. Operating in the uninhabited, the unexplored, and the uncharted systems of the Milky Way is a permanent swap meet. An ever-changing fleet of nomads, traders, and criminals follows a central ship that acts as common ground, a place of commerce, and a hub of nomad life. Ventura Convoy. When Chuck gets bored of shopping for diapers, cereal, and used electronics and Brad stumbles into a mysterious stranger, they each come up with a plan to pull a heist and make the trip worthwhile. It doesn't take long before a simple resupply trip becomes the crime of the century. Ventura Starway is the sixth mission of Black Ocean: Mirth & Mayhem. It follows a mismatched duo of itinerant comedian and outlaw wizard as they roam the galaxy trying to eke out a living and stay ahead of the consequences of their actions. Black Ocean: Mirth & Mayhem looks back at an earlier era in the Black Ocean universe, and returning readers will get to see how some of their favorite characters came to be. Fans of morally gray heroes and slick talking conmen will love this series. Grab your copy before someone else does.
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    Financial Serial Killers: Inside the World of Wall Street Money Hustlers, Swindlers, and Con Men: Inside the World of Wall Street Money Hustlers, Swindlers, and Con Men , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 476min
    How to make sure you don't fall victim to the next Bernie Madoff. By using true tales of thieves, swindlers, and fraudsters at work, Financial Serial Killers illustrates how these perpetrators get their hooks into investors' wallets, savings accounts, and portfolios - and never let go. The worst financial crisis since the Great Depression revealed that thousands of mom and pop investors had lost millions to so-called Mini-Madoffs. They are the thieves and conmen who had used phony financial acumen to steal investors' money, wipe out savings, and damage lives. Financial Serial Killers reveals the cons, from the grand to picayune, that advisers cultivate with their victims - relationships that are essential to the fraud. Take the story of Lillian, the little old lady who invested with Warren Buffett, one of the richest men in the world. After her husband died, she thought her family's treasure of $24 million in stock controlled by Buffett was safe. It was - until a family relative introduced the 89-year-old grandmother to a pair of unscrupulous insurance agents who convinced her to reinvest her savings in life insurance - decimating her nest egg while padding the agents' pockets. Lillian's story, as well as other accounts of deceit and fraud are the core of Financial Serial Killers. Listeners will learn how to better protect their family's wealth and savings after listening to this book. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Rob Granniss. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/013109/bk_adbl_013109_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Bunny Man's Bridge: A Short Story Collection , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 469min
    These stories are old and young at once: old in that they were written almost 20 years ago, but also young as they were written by the author as a young man. They are an examination of a childhood come to a close and a imagining of what adulthood might look like in a new century. Bunny Man's Bridge wanders from the tragic to the comic, where the magical thinking of children collides with the gritty reality of adults. Characters such as Daniel and Sydney reoccur from one story to the next, coping with their own wounds, dreams and disillusionments. They are accompanied by a series of characters familiar in American literature: the working man, the aspiring woman, the frontier hero, the entrepreneur, the immigrant, the artist, conmen, strippers, saints and sinners. St. Paul, Satan, and God himself all make appearances. Neill explores the dark intersection of youthful exuberance and responsible adulthood; a place where love and adventure, the sacred and profane all seem destined to collide. Transcendence or insanity could lurk behind the next bend and the atmosphere shivers with the potential and anxiety of a country shaking off its past to move into another millennium. The stories remind us just what a heady ride young adulthood is and what, collectively, might lie before us. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John Caliendo, Victoria Meade. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/100358/bk_acx0_100358_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Fact, Fiction, and Flying Saucers: The Truth Behind the Misinformation, Distortion, and Derision by Debunkers, Government Agencies, and Conspiracy Conmen , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 580min
    There is a clear conspiracy to deny the existence of UFOs. The mainstream media has misinformed us for years about UFO studies conducted by highly regarded scientists associated with some of the finest universities in the country. There is significant evidence that the US government has covered up the alien presence through misinformation, distortion, obfuscation, and ridicule. Some prominent, politically connected scientists have engaged in the cover up. And a few professional writers have helped to successfully label any scientists who have been persuaded by the evidence and brave enough to take a stand as unscientific charlatans, fanatics, and kooks. Fact, Fiction, and Flying Saucers examines the wealth of archival documents that clearly demonstrate this cooperative disinformation effort and refute the false claims made by these professional scoffers. Stanton T. Friedman and Kathleen Marden set the record straight by examining politically motivated misinformation and presenting compelling evidence that separates fact from fiction. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Chris Sorensen. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/006566/bk_tant_006566_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Prince of Cons: A True Crime Story , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 300min
    I knew I would not see any of these people ever again. I was ready to start the rest of my life - to tackle the real world. I was ready for my next con. Everyone eventually loses their childhood dreams. It's a fact of life, an indelible element of growing up. You get wiser, older, more jaded, and realize that all the things you wanted when you were young are impractical. Difficult. Impossible, maybe. This is the story of a man who never gave up on his childhood dream: to become an actor. But when the television and film markets proved a tough nut to crack, he took his acting skills to the streets and used them as a con man. Modern Miami wasn't prepared for the ingenious talents of a Latin-heritage con who worked his way up from hustling on the streets as a kid to swindling thousands - and millions - of dollars in industries that ranged from the luxury to the everyday. Follow his rise to power as he scrambled from con to con in the cutthroat chase to finally live his dream, to protect his family, and to out-con even the best of the best. From towering heights to crippling lows, from extreme wealth to hard time and, ultimately, to redemption, this is the true story of the man who'd later be called the Prince of Cons. Get ready for a true-crime biography and thrill ride, replete with a real-world eye-view of crime, criminality, conmen, prison, and redemption in modern Miami. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Aaron Sinn. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/088208/bk_acx0_088208_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Failed Life of a Mormon Missionary , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 611min
    Jerry Wonder is the hero of this hilarious coming-of-age novel. A 19-year-old Mormon missionary, Jerry leaves South Dakota to save souls in New Zealand for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Elder Wonder's path is fraught with challenge. He misses his girlfriend, Susan, who tried valiantly to seduce him before he left, but to his regret, he remained strong for both of them. Now, he worries he will lose her in his two-year absence. And he is flawed. Against the strictures of the LDS church, he is a compulsive masturbator, or in Mormon parlance, a "self-pollinator". Jerry makes a solemn covenant with his Father in Heaven that each time he self-pollinates, he will find a soul for Jesus. After one month, he owes his Father in Heaven 40 converts. Elder Jerry Wonder also has difficulty developing his testimony - i.e. one's absolute belief in the absolute truth of the LDS faith. Complicating his life is Elder Freight, a 20-year-old missionary who teaches him the finer points of converting heathens - when he is not breaking their bones. But he does bond with Brother Ormsby, a Maori who urges him to persist despite his doubts. When Elder Freight takes his life, Jerry is devastated, and he delves into the dark history of the church, learning that the founding polygamist prophets were often conmen, fortune hunters, or even murderers. Salvation of a sort comes when Susan flies to his side. They will be expelled from the church and disgrace their families. But first, Jerry has to protect the mission president and his wife from church officials in Utah, something he manages with characteristic ingenuity. Within its comic frame, the novel is informative about the Mormon church. It also shows how older men try to stifle and control young men. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jack Wynters. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/055952/bk_acx0_055952_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Keep Him Interested: Learn How to Flirt with Men and Overcome Conflict, Jealousy, Insecurity and Fear. Change Your Habits and Master Your Online Dating – Brain Training Guide for Decluttering Your Mind , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 418min
    Manipulation is mainly covered in the concept of dark psychology. Dark psychology is rooted in four dark personality traits. These traits are: narcissism, machiavellianism, psychopathy, and sadism. People with such traits tend to act in ways that are pointlessly harmful to others.Let’s look at examples of how dark psychological aspects are manifested in the real world:“I-Predators” are people or groups of people who use modern technology to prey on others, either directly or indirectly. As we have mentioned, everyone has a dark side, and the anonymity that the Internet offers has a way of bringing out that dark side in many of us. The result is that there is an ever-increasing number of people who are looking to exploit, coerce, stalk, and victimize others online, and through the use of other technological tools.These predators seem to be driven by deviant fantasies, which they feel free to play out because the Internet makes it possible for them to lurk in the shadows. In other words, they are not restricted by the usual social norms that keep people from revealing their dark side because no one online knows their real identities. These people tend to have all sorts of prejudices and preconceptions, which they go to great lengths to impose on others.I-Predators come in different shapes and sizes; there are stalkers, harassers, criminals, perverts, terrorists, bullies, conmen, and even trolls. No matter what kind of predators they are, they all tend to have a self-awareness of the fact that they are harming others. They also tend to go out of their way to cover their tracks, which means they don’t want the people who know them in real life to discover that they have a dark side.Arson is also a different manifestation of dark psychology. Arsonists are people who tend to be obsessively preoccupied with setting fires. Some of them become serial arsonists; they set fires regularly and in a highly ritualistic manner.Necrophili ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Alex Bradford, Sierra Anderson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/233241/bk_acx0_233241_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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