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The Mayor of Polk Street (eBook, ePUB)

Two men in 1940s New Jersey are caught up in organized crime and international intrigue, in this novel by the Edgar nominee and author of Narrows Gate. After a bloody showdown with the mob, grocer Sal Benno is being left in peace-at least for now. But he carries a gun and looks over his shoulder as he goes about his business. Sal's lifelong friend, Leo, is also still in the gritty waterfront town of Narrows Gate-for the time being. Unlike Sal, he has a woman in his life and a promising future at CBS across the river, though the Red Scare hangs over the network and threatens his career. Meanwhile, in Sicily, an exiled Mafia boss works to protect his weakened empire from rivals and opportunists, darting around the world as the CIA tries to keep a tail on him. With chaos ruling in the wake of a crackdown on organized crime, the effects are felt from Havana to Hollywood, Las Vegas to Greece-and in the lives of Sal, Leo, and those they love. In this novel that takes readers into back alleys and halls of power, the two must struggle to hold their friendship and their community together, even as they are driven to desperation. Praise for Narrows Gate "Must be ranked among the half-dozen most memorable novels about the Mob." -Mystery Scene "A uniquely American tale of ambition and failure, of people who underplay their hands and those who overstep their bounds . . . Dazzling." -David Liss, Edgar Award-winning novelist "Equal parts Ellroy, Puzo and Scorsese." -George Pelecanos, writer andproducer of The Wire and author of The Night Gardener "As tender as it is tough . . . A compelling, gritty, and brilliant voice." -Lisa Scottoline, New York Times-bestselling author

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Grocery (eBook, ePUB)

The New York Times-bestselling author "digs deep into the world of how we shop and how we eat. It's a marvelous, smart, revealing work" (Susan Orlean, #1 bestselling author). In a culture obsessed with food-how it looks, what it tastes like, where it comes from, what is good for us-there are often more questions than answers. Ruhlman proposes that the best practices for consuming wisely could be hiding in plain sight-in the aisles of your local supermarket. Using the human story of the family-run Midwestern chain Heinen's as an anchor to this journalistic narrative, he dives into the mysterious world of supermarkets and the ways in which we produce, consume, and distribute food.Groceryexamines how rapidly supermarkets-and our food and culture-have changed since the days of your friendly neighborhood grocer. But rather than waxing nostalgic for the age of mom-and-pop shops, Ruhlman seeks to understand how our food needs have shifted since the mid-twentieth century, and how these needs mirror our cultural ones. A mix of reportage and rant, personal history and social commentary,Groceryis a landmark book from one of our most insightful food writers. "Anyone who has ever walked into a grocery store or who has ever cooked food from a grocery store or who has ever eaten food from a grocery store must readGrocery. It is food journalism at its best and I'm so freakin' jealous I didn't write it." -Alton Brown, television personality "If you care about why we eat what we eat-and you want to do something about it-you need to read this absorbing, beautifully written book." -Ruth Reichl, New York Times-bestselling author

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Keto Diet For Beginners: 50 Quick & Easy Ketogenic Recipes for Rapid Weight Loss, Better Health and a Sharper Mind (7 Day Meal Plan to Help People Create Results, Starting from Their First Day) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 130min

If you want to burn off those unattractive extra pounds, feel amazing, boost your energy levels and attain top physical condition then keep reading...The ketogenic diet is one of the most powerful and effective diets for weight loss out there. It has managed to survive even when other diets had grown and declined in popularity for one reason - it works. There are tons of testimonies from people who've managed to transform their lives using this diet. But a nagging problem for many people considering this lifestyle is the dietary monotony.While the keto diet is undoubtedly effective, it can be hard on the beginner and boring after a while and you begin to miss your favorite foods and desserts, forcing you to go back to what feels comfortable.But it doesn't have to be that way. You can eat your cake and have it.In this guide, Clarissa Fleming shows you the best way to achieve your health and weight goals as quickly as possible, using proven techniques and strategies to help you stay on track with the keto lifestyle without breaking a sweat.You're going to finally say goodbye to boring, "tastes-like-Styrofoam" keto recipe hell and actually get to eat food that tastes great!Here's what you're going to discover in this definitive guide to Keto Diet for Beginners:Everything you need to know about the low-carb ketogenic diet to help you achieve your weight-loss goalsSurefire tips to help you get started with the keto lifestyle on the right foot12 do's and don'ts you absolutely need to remember if you want to stay on track with the keto dietThe one type of vegetable you should avoid when on the keto diet (Hint: it's not cannabis)Eight powerful habits that will help you fast-track your weight loss and achieve optimum healthFive foolproof tips to help you stick to the plan and avoid impulse buying when shopping for keto-friendly groceriesThe ultimate grocer ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Linney Cristanti. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/180237/bk_acx0_180237_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Huntingtower , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 536min

Dickson McCunn, a respectable, newly retired grocer of romantic heart, plans a modest walking holiday in the hills of south-west Scotland. He meets a young English poet and, contrary to his better sense, finds himself in the thick of a plot involving the kidnapping of a Russian princess, who is held prisoner in the rambling mansion, Huntingtower. This modern fairy-tale is also a gripping adventure story, and in it Buchan introduces some of his best-loved characters, including the Gorbals Die-Hards, who reappear in later novels. He also paints a remarkable picture of a man rejuvenated by joining much younger comrades in a challenging and often dangerous fight against tyranny and fear. About the series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. About the Author: John Buchan, Baron Tweedsmuir, was a Scottish diplomat, barrister, journalist, historian, poet and novelist. He wrote adventure novels, short-story collections and biographies. His passion for the Scottish countryside is reflected in much of his writing. Buchan's adventure stories are high in romance and are peopled by a large cast of characters. 'Richard Hannay', 'Dickson McCunn' and 'Sir Edward Leithen' are three that reappear several times. Alfred Hitchcock adapted his most famous book The Thirty-Nine Steps, featuring Hannay, for the big screen. Born in 1875 in Perth, Buchan was the son of a minister. Childhood holidays were spent in the Borders, for which he had a great love. He was educated at Glasgow University and Brasenose College, Oxford, where he was President of the Union. Called to the Bar in 1901 ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Steven Cree. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/012028/bk_adbl_012028_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Divorced from the Mob: My Journey From Organized Crime to Independent Woman , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 575min

From mob wife with blood on her hands to straight-arrow breadwinner for her four kids, a tale of transformation and empowerment from a woman whose life in organized crime makes Carmella Soprano look like June Cleaver. As a child in Brooklyn, New York, Andrea Giovino was pushed out of the house each morning to steal bread and milk from the local grocer, watched her brother become a hit man at age 17, and helped her mother host card games for the Brooklyn wise guys whom she was told would be her ticket to a better life. Divorced from the Mob breaks the mob code of silence and describes the life of a woman born and bred into the Mafia and her inspirational escape. Sexy and street-smart, Giovino married a mob drug runner, earned a seat at '80s nightclub tables next to John Gotti, and took an emotional and bloody ride through organized crime that no mob movie or HBO series could match. Hers was also the task of keeping her children safe (keeping the guns out of reach, washing bloodstains out of her husband's clothes) and maintaining the household's front as a model of American domesticity in her quietly luxurious Staten Island neighborhood of doctors and lawyers, all the while helping manage a criminal enterprise that raked in the money. A murder, a DEA set-up, and FBI wiretaps finally brought Giovino, her husband, and her brother to the brink of prison. Defiantly, Giovino chose to retain her identity, facing down threats against her life and courageously divorcing herself and her children from the Gambino world of organized crime. Now a model working parent, Giovino has penned Divorced from the Mob as an inspirational tale for all women, a perspective of mob life largely unexplored by film and literature, and a headline-grabbing expose of organized crime told in a voice readers will never forget. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Barbara Rosenblat. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/000711/bk_blak_000711_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Seattle Noir , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 478min

Launched by the summer '04 award-winning best-seller Brooklyn Noir, Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies. Each book is comprised of all-new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city. Brand-new stories by: G. M. Ford, Skye Moody, R. Barri Flowers, Thomas P. Hopp, Patricia Harrington, Bharti Kirchner, Kathleen Alcalá, Simon Wood, Brian Thornton, Lou Kemp, Curt Colbert, Robert Lopresti, Paul S. Piper, and Stephan Magcosta. Early Seattle was a hardscrabble seaport filled with merchant sailors, longshoremen, lumberjacks, rowdy saloons, and a rough-and-tumble police force not immune to corruption and graft. By the mid-50s, the town had added Boeing to its claim to fame, but was still a mostly blue-collar burg that was infamously described as "a cultural dustbin" by the Seattle Symphony’s first conductor. Present-day Seattle has become a pricey, cosmopolitan center, home to Microsoft and Starbucks. The city is famous as the birthplace of grunge music, and possesses a flourishing art, theater, and club scene that many would have thought improbable just a few decades ago. But some things never change - crime being one of them. Seattle's evolution to high-finance and high-tech has simply provided even greater opportunity and reward to those who might be ethically, morally, or economically challenged (crooks, in other words). But most crooks are just ordinary people, not professional thieves or crime bosses - they might be your pleasant neighbor, your wife or lover, your grocer or hairdresser, your minister or banker or lifelong friend - yet even the most upright and honest of them sometimes fall to temptation. Within the stories of Seattle Noir, you will find: a wealthy couple whose marriage is filled with not-so-quiet desperation; a credit card scam that goes over-limit; femmes fatales and hommes fatales; a delicatessen owner whose case is less than koshe ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Joe Barrett, Kevin Free, Jonathan Davis, Bronson Pinchot, David Ledoux, Kevin T. Collins, Farah Bala. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/014661/bk_adbl_014661_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Silly Stories About Vegetables, Books 1-4 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 70min

Silly Stories About Vegetables, Books 1-4 consists of 12 silly short stories about 12 different vegetables. The first story is about a stick of rhubarb that meets a hard-boiled egg called Egg while trying to cross a cattle grid. In the second story, there is a radish that hitches a ride down the street on a skateboard. The third short story focuses on three meadow mushrooms in a clearing and the silly stories they imagine, which include a hippo that goes to school. The fourth short story is about a sprig of parsley that runs away from a factory, ends up on a fishing boat, and narrowly escapes being eaten in a sandwich. The fifth short story is about a carrot that finds itself being used as a nose for a snowman before falling into a drain. The sixth story is about a turnip that causes havoc in the village by rolling down the street, through the park, and into the church and baker's store. The seventh story is about a pea that was grown on Phoebe's granddad's allotment. The eighth story is about a tomato that goes missing and ends up in a letter box. The ninth story is about a pumpkin that was sold by a grocer to a boy and his mum at Halloween. The 10th short story is about a leek that didn't get put in Mrs Sidebottom's stew. The children wreaked havoc with that leek when they came home from school. The 11th short story is about a sack of potatoes that goes on a camping trip with Iestyn and Charlie. The potatoes swim with the ducks and then get wrapped up in foil and cooked on the camp fire. The final story is about a cauliflower who doesn't like being on display at the harvest festival in the local church. The cauliflower decides to have some fun and to disrupt the goings-on. These stories can be played by parents to young children or, alternatively, listened to by children of any age. The stories are written and narrated by British author Paul Cook, author of the Pete the Bee stories. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Paul Cook. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/133826/bk_acx0_133826_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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