258 Results for : expelled
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Candide: New Translation
Candide is an innocent young nobleman who leads an idyllic, sheltered life andhas adopted the optimistic mindset promoted by his tutor Dr Pangloss. But aftercommitting an indiscretion and being expelled from his family home, Candidefi nds himself on a journey that will take him to Portugal, Argentina, Britain andTurkey and expose him to torture, war, shipwreck and natural disasters, leadinghim to question whether he is really living in the best of possible worlds.Published in 1759, when it became a best-seller and stirred up much controversy,Candide is an exhilarating picaresque romp and a biting satire by one of theEnlightenments major fi gures that still resonates to this day.- Shop: buecher
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Out of Uganda in 90 Days , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 333min
Ms. Patel's startling memoir of survival and escape from Idi Amin's Uganda is an amazing journey through cultures, beliefs, and life-and-death passions. her girlhood growing up in an Indian Hindu family living in the East African nation of Uganda in the 1960s and 1970s. Like all those of Asian lineage, they were expelled from the country when the brutal dictator, Idi Amin, seized power. Ms. Patel describes their life before Amin, as seen through the eyes of a young girl. When the violence began, she was just beginning her passage into womanhood. Amin started encouraging violence toward Uganda's Asian community as soon as he took over. This escalated until the brutal dictator expelled all Asians, giving them 90 days to leave, or they would face death. Meanwhile his followers engaged in random murders, and more and more frequent massacres. Ms. Patel and her family witnessed much of this. At one point she even stood up to Amin's murderous soldiers, yet she lived to tell her tale. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Pamela Antwine. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/084743/bk_acx0_084743_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Slander and the Student: The Most Sensational Trial of 1912 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 274min
In 1912 a penniless Jewish student at the University of Chicago sues one of the deans for slander after being expelled. The girl is accused of lying, immorality, and being a whore. She fires back claiming innocence and charges the faculty with anti-Semitism in a sensational landmark trial that electrifies the nation. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jill Amadio. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/084401/bk_acx0_084401_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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A Game for All the Family: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 766min
Pulled into a deadly game of deception, secrets, and lies, a woman must find the truth in order to defeat a mysterious opponent, protect her daughter, and save her own life in this dazzling standalone psychological thriller with an unforgettable ending from the New York Times best-selling author of Woman with a Secret and The Monogram Murders. You thought you knew who you were. A stranger knows better. You've left the city - and the career that nearly destroyed you - for a fresh start on the coast. But trouble begins when your daughter withdraws after her new best friend, George, is unfairly expelled from school. You beg the principal to reconsider, only to be told that George hasn't been expelled. Because there is - and was - no George. Who is lying? Who is real? Who is in danger? Who is in control? As you search for answers, the anonymous calls begin - a stranger who insists that you and she share a traumatic past and a guilty secret. And then the caller threatens your life.... This is Justine's story. This is Justine's family. This is Justine's game. But it could be yours. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lucinda Clare, Fiona Hardingham, Gavin Stenhouse. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/005194/bk_harp_005194_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Daddy and Step's Dark Lessons: Daddy's Blondes, Book 8 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 28min, (USK 18)
Jessica is a spoiled inexperienced brat who, after getting expelled in her freshman year at an Ivy League University, is in deep trouble with the man of the house and her sibling, another alpha male. They have a lot to teach her, and their methods will unlock something in her that she never knew was there! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Aspen Apex. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/181144/bk_acx0_181144_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Grace , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 408min
A shape-shifting succubus, Grace, is expelled from Hell and given a simple task to prove she's worthy of a return to the pit. However, when circumstances conspire against her, the most powerful ally she can find plays for the other side....A paranormal romance novel written by a team-up between David Adams and Alica Knight. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Stephanie Macfie. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/134750/bk_acx0_134750_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Brotherly Love: Christy Series, Book 12 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 126min
George, Christy's younger brother, is charming and kind. But is he also a thief? Everyone is delighted when George visits Christy at the Cutter Gap Mission. But the delight ends when George reveals what he has been expelled from school for stealing. Can Christy summon the love and faith to help her brother do the right thing? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jaimee Draper. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/oasi/000736/bk_oasi_000736_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Officer-Cadet: Dirigent Mercenary Corps, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 470min
Best-selling author Rick Shelley brings listeners an explosive new series of future warfare. Lon Nolan, a young soldier expelled from Earth's prestigious North American Military Academy on trumped-up charges, is seeking to prove his worthiness in the Dirigent Mercenary Corps, where the bloody craft of battle has been refined into an art. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mark Delgado. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/007881/bk_adbl_007881_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Here I Am
The New York Times bestselling new novel about modern family lives -- from the author of Everything Is Illuminated and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Jacob and Julia Bloch are about to be tested ...By Jacob's grandfather, who won't go quietly into a retirement home. By the family reunion, that everyone is dreading. By their son's heroic attempts to get expelled. And by the sexting affair that will rock their marriage. A typical modern American family, the Blochs cling together even as they are torn apart. Which is when catastrophe decides to strike ...Confronting the enduring question of what it means to be human with inventiveness, playfulness and compassion, Here I Am is a great American family novel for our times, a masterpiece about how we live now.- Shop: buecher
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Puppets on a String: The Hunter Saga, Book 17 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 161min
Another dark and mysterious adventure is about to begin. Why is the expelled American student Chandler Jackson still lurking about like a bad penny? What does he intend to do? A tense situation is about to unfold and it's up to DI Ivor Gunn and DS Arthur Jobb to deal with it before things get out of hand. Are they up to the task? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Nathan Beatty. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/063956/bk_acx0_063956_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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