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Sumerians: A History from Beginning to End , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 168min

The SumeriansA legendary civilization vanished under the Fertile Crescent and escaped a fate worse than death until Sumerologists questioned widely accepted truths. The Sumerians reemerged onto the extraordinary timeline of human history. Their tales of kings and gods, including the Epic of Gilgamesh, and their fearless trade in distant lands, during the remarkable Bronze Age, centered in the world’s first city-states that chronicled ancient rivalries and their enduring impact.From this audiobook you will learn about:How we know what we know about SumeriansThe Bronze Age - Sumer and its contemporariesHow did the Sumerians become civilizedHow long were they aroundPrimer of impact of Sumerian ancient civilization on our worldWhat did they look likeWhat shaped their worldviewAnd much more Our journey relies on excavated and historical evidence to explore their productive fascinations with order and man’s place in the universe. Their application of impressive knowledge helps us unfold their mysterious civilization. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Christopher Boozell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/120241/bk_acx0_120241_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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A Little History of Religion , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 549min

In an era of hardening religious attitudes and explosive religious violence, this book offers a welcome antidote. Richard Holloway retells the entire history of religion - from the dawn of religious belief to the 21st century - with deepest respect and a keen commitment to accuracy. Writing for those with faith and those without, and especially for young listeners, he encourages curiosity and tolerance, accentuates nuance and mystery and calmly restores a sense of the value of faith. Ranging far beyond the major world religions of Judaism, Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, and Hinduism, Holloway also examines where religious belief comes from, the search for meaning throughout history, today's fascinations with Scientology and creationism, religiously motivated violence, hostilities between religious people and secularists and more. Holloway proves an empathic yet discerning guide to the enduring significance of faith and its power from ancient times to our own. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: James Bryce. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/027018/bk_adbl_027018_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Asylum , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 403min

Once you get in, there's no getting out. For 16-year-old Dan Crawford, a summer program for gifted students is the chance of a lifetime. No one else at his high school gets his weird fascinations with history and science, but at the New Hampshire College Prep program, such quirks are all but required. Dan arrives to find that the usual summer housing has been closed, forcing students to stay in the crumbling Brookline dorm - formerly a psychiatric hospital. As Dan and his new friends Abby and Jordan start exploring Brookline's twisty halls and hidden basement, they uncover disturbing secrets about what really went on here - secrets that link Dan and his friends to the asylum's dark past. Because it turns out Brookline was no ordinary psych ward. And there are some secrets that refuse to stay buried. This mind-bending listening experience blurs the lines between past and present, friendship and obsession, genius and insanity. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michael Goldstrom. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/003563/bk_harp_003563_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Merrick , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 695min

At the center is the beautiful, unconquerable witch, Merrick. She is a descendant of the gens de colors libres, a cast derived from the black mistresses of white men, a society of New Orleans octoroons and quadroons, steeped in the lore and ceremony of voodoo, who reign in the shadowy world where the African and the French - the white and the dark - intermingle. Her ancestors are the Great Mayfair Witches, of whom she knows nothing - and from whom she inherits the power and magical knowledge of a Circe. Into this exotic New Orleans realm comes David Talbot, hero, storyteller, adventurer, almost mortal vampire, visitor from another dark realm. It is he who recounts Merrick's haunting tale - a tale that takes us from the New Orleans of the past and present to the jungles of Guatemala, from the Mayan ruins of a century ago to ancient civilizations not yet explored. Anne Rice's richly told novel weaves an irresistible story of two worlds: the witches' world and the vampires' world, where magical powers and otherworldly fascinations are locked together in a dance of seduction, death, and rebirth. For a full selection of Anne Rice programs available at audible.com and to hear the author answering fan mail, visit the Anne Rice store. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Graeme Malcolm. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/000057/bk_rand_000057_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Power of Gold: The History of an Obsession, Hörbuch, Digital, 359min

Peter L. Bernstein tells the story of history's most coveted, celebrated, and inglorious asset: gold. From the ancient fascinations of Moses and Midas through the modern convulsions caused by the gold standard and its aftermath, gold has led many of its most eager and proud possessors to a bad end. Gold had them, rather than the other way around. And while the same cycle of obsession and desperation may reverberate in today's fast-moving electronically-driven stock markets, the role of gold in shaping human history is the striking feature of this tumultuous tale. This fascinating account begins with the magical, religious, and artistic qualities of gold and progresses to the invention of coinage, the transformation of gold into money, and the gold standard. The more important gold becomes as money, the more loudly it speaks of power. Ultimately, Bernstein confronts the future of gold in a world where it appears to have been relegated to the periphery of global finance. Far more than a tale of romantic myths, daring explorations, and the history of money and power struggles, The Power of Gold suggests that the true significance of this infamous element may lie in the timeless passions it continues to evoke, and what this reveals about ourselves. Language: English. Narrator: Eric Conger. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/000088/bk_rand_000088_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Merrick, Hörbuch, Digital, 317min

At the center is the beautiful, unconquerable witch, Merrick. She is a descendant of the gens de colors libres, a cast derived from the black mistresses of white men, a society of New Orleans octoroons and quadroons, steeped in the lore and ceremony of voodoo, who reign in the shadowy world where the African and the French - the white and the dark - intermingle. Her ancestors are the Great Mayfair Witches, of whom she knows nothing - and from whom she inherits the power and magical knowledge of a Circe.Into this exotic New Orleans realm comes David Talbot, hero, storyteller, adventurer, almost mortal vampire, visitor from another dark realm. It is he who recounts Merrick's haunting tale - a tale that takes us from the New Orleans of the past and present to the jungles of Guatemala, from the Mayan ruins of a century ago to ancient civilizations not yet explored.Anne Rice's richly told novel weaves an irresistible story of two worlds: the witches' world and the vampires' world, where magical powers and otherworldly fascinations are locked together in a dance of seduction, death, and rebirth.For a full selection of Anne Rice programs available at audible.com and to hear the author answering fan mail, visit the Anne Rice store. Language: English. Narrator: Sir Derek Jacobi. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/000073/bk_rand_000073_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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All Your Base Are Belong to Us: How Fifty Years of Videogames Conquered Pop Culture , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 749min

Through the stories of gaming's greatest innovations and most-beloved creations, journalist Harold Goldberg captures the creativity, controversy - and passion - behind the videogame's meteoric rise to the top of the pop-culture pantheon. Over the last 50 years, video games have grown from curiosities to fads to trends to one of the world's most popular forms of mass entertainment. But as the gaming industry grows in numerous directions, and everyone talks about the advance of the moment, few explore and seek to understand the forces behind this profound evolution. How did we get from Space Invaders to Grand Theft Auto? How exactly did gaming become a $50 billion industry and a dominant pop culture form? What are the stories, the people, the innovations, and the fascinations behind this incredible growth? Through extensive interviews with gaming's greatest innovators, both its icons and those unfairly forgotten by history, All Your Base Are Belong to Us sets out to answer these questions, exposing the creativity, odd theories - and passion - behind the 21st century's fastest-growing medium. Go inside the creation of: Grand Theft Auto World of Warcraft Bioshock King's Quest Bejeweled Madden Football Super Mario Brothers Myst Pong Donkey Kong Crash Bandicoot The 7th Guest Tetris Shadow Complex Everquest The Sims And many more! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Eric Martin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/033101/bk_acx0_033101_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Paranormal Phenomena: Modern Tales of the Unexplained , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 84min

Fascinating, terrifying, and unexplained...these paranormal phenomena will leave you mystified. It is no wonder that we are all drawn to the world of the paranormal. The need to research and delve deeper into the unexplained is a tendency which unites and joins humanity as a culture. This has always been the case, from the earliest ghost stories to tales of dragons and sea monsters. Since the turn of the 20th century, modern technology and science have pushed back the boundaries of explanation and shed new light on old secrets. Nevertheless, this does not mean that everything in our world is easily explained. Instead, the new abundance of information simply pushes the barriers of the unknown even further back. While we might be able to explain one instance of paranormal phenomena, two more spring up in its place. Like the heads of the Hydra, every new discovery and explanation simply prompts a fresh wave of paranormal phenomena opening up new fascinations and new mysteries. Inside learn the details about these fascinating unexplained phenomena: The mothman The doppelgangers The Taos hum The chupacabra The Miracle of the Sun Time slip Human combustion Alien encounters Curious? Scroll back up and order your audio copy today! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Charles D. Baker. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/065900/bk_acx0_065900_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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In the House in the Dark of the Woods , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 320min

The eerie, disturbing story of one of our perennial fascinations - witchcraft in colonial America - wrapped up in a lyrical novel of psychological suspense."Once upon a time there was and there wasn't a woman who went to the woods." In this horror story set in colonial New England, a law-abiding Puritan woman goes missing. Or perhaps she has fled or abandoned her family. Or perhaps she's been kidnapped, and set loose to wander in the dense woods of the north. Alone and possibly lost, she meets another woman in the forest. Then everything changes.On a journey that will take her through dark woods full of almost-human wolves, through a deep well wet with the screams of men, and on a living ship made of human bones, our heroine may find that the evil she flees has been inside her all along. In the House in the Dark of the Woods is a novel of psychological horror and suspense told in Laird Hunt's characteristically lyrical prose style. It is the story of a bewitching, a betrayal, a master huntress and her quarry. It is a story of anger, of evil, of hatred and of redemption. It is the story of a haunting, a story that makes up the bedrock of American mythology, but told in a vivid way you will never forget. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Vanessa Johansson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hach/004783/bk_hach_004783_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Any Man: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 273min

In this electric and provocative debut novel, Amber Tamblyn blends genres of poetry, prose, and elements of suspense to give shape to the shocking narratives of victims of sexual violence, mapping the destructive ways in which our society perpetuates rape culture, brilliantly brought to life through a multi-voice performance featuring Glenn Davis, Ben Foster, Marc Maron, Jason Ritter, John Roberts, Russ Tamblyn, Amber Tamblyn, January Lavoy, Phoebe Strole, Robin Miles, Thérèse Plummer, Dan Bittner, James Fouhey, and Michael Crouch. A violent serial rapist is on the loose, who goes by the name Maude. She hunts for men at bars, Online, at home - the place doesn’t matter, neither does the man. Her victims then must live the aftermath of their assault in the form of doubt from the police, feelings of shame, alienation from their friends and family, and the haunting of a horrible woman who becomes the phantom on which society projects its greatest fears, fascinations, and even misogyny. All the while the police are without leads and the media hound the victims, publicly dissecting the details of their attack. What is extraordinary is how as years pass these men learn to heal, by banding together and finding a space to raise their voices. Told in alternating viewpoints signature to each voice and experience of the victim, this audiobook crackles with emotion, ranging from horror to breathtaking empathy. As bold as it is timely, Any Man paints a searing portrait of survival and is a tribute to those who have lived through the nightmare of sexual assault. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Glenn Davis, Robin Miles, Therese Plummer, Dan Bittner, James Fouhey, Michael Crouch, Ben Foster, Marc Maron. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/007340/bk_harp_007340_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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