105 Results for : preposterous
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Mindslip: Evolution's Nemesis , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 586min
When Betelgeuse turns supernova and showers the Earth with unexpected radiation, it changes everything. Mindslip is totally preposterous, yet the story unfolds as if it is happening to you, right now. You are astrophysicist Geoff Arnold, and suddenly you find your body changed beyond all recognition. You then discover that your wife and children have vanished into a world you can hardly recognize. Can you find them and save the world from the effects of Mindslip?Prepare to be immersed in bizarre and unexpected characters and to imagine their impossible yet frighteningly realistic predicaments.Penned by Tony Harmsworth, a new British author who has already achieved two UK Kindle best sellers in his first year, Mindslip is an extraordinary, truly unique book that blends science fiction with soft psychological horror and unexpected humor. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kym Miller, David Sweeney-Bear. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/228726/bk_acx0_228726_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Hags of Black County , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 197min
Ruled by a committee of Hags, and fueled by toothless rivalries, Black County lurks just far enough out of the way to be completely unnoticed by the rest of civilization. Its inhabitants have been mentally warped for generations and the land itself seems to have the power to drive anyone unlucky enough to visit into ridiculous hillbilly madness. When a construction Company needs to bury a pipeline through its ludicrous hills and valleys, a twisted charm goes to work and every aspect of already bizarre Black County life takes a gory turn for the hysterical. Take a preposterous trip along with its citizens, both native and new, through escapades such as the Hag parade, the grand opening of Madame Skunk's House of Ill Repute, the demolition derby riot, and the rabid zombie clown apocalypse. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michelle Bowser. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/091149/bk_acx0_091149_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Ivy Chronicles , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 728min
Fans of New York Times best seller The Nanny Diaries will rejoice in this wickedly hilarious novel, which acclaimed author Katharine Weber says is "much funnier and darker". Optioned for a major motion picture starring Catherine Zeta-Jones, The Ivy Chronicles skewers the twisted priorities of America's well-heeled elite. Ivy Ames, 40-something mother of two, loses her high-flying job (to downsizing) and her husband (to their neighbor) in the same day. To pay for her daughters' private schooling, she starts a new business helping wealthy Manhattanites get their resume-toting youngsters into the best kindergartens. Soon her clients include media moguls, mob bosses, and a lesbian couple that believes their adopted African-American disabled son is "the triple crown of diversity" who schools will clamor to enroll. Prepare to laugh uncontrollably, and possibly be a little frightened, by this witty look at our sometimes preposterous society. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Julia Gibson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/reco/000524/bk_reco_000524_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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No Place for a Dame , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 602min
Beautiful, bold, and brilliant Avery dreams of becoming a member of the Royal Astronomical Society - and the only way she can join the all-male society is to disguise herself as a boy. After helping Giles, Lord Strand, escape a disastrous engagement she is certain he will assist in her daring masquerade. No lady would ever come up with such a preposterous scheme, and no gentleman would accept . . . but fortunately for Avery, Giles is no gentleman. A bargain is struck between the stargazing adventuress and society’s most sophisticated lord. He will sponsor her as his prodigy and she will cover for him as he hunts London’s darkest warrens for a missing colleague from his shadowy past. But time and again Giles finds his quest compromised by his fierce and unwise attraction to the lovely girl who, though no lady, may well be the one dame to finally unlock the secrets of his heart. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Alison Larkin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/005590/bk_brll_005590_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Forestrial: The Star-Spirit Chronicles , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 136min
Maximus never thought his life would change so dramatically. Orphaned from a horrible accident caused by unicorns, the youngster is adopted by the Royal family who just lost their own son the same night. The love Maximus receives from the ruler of Forestrial, King Drummond, is exactly what he needs the most. Queen Zelebeth, on the other hand, has a closed heart and wants nothing to do with Maximus. She despises him. Forestrial is a story based around a very serious problem; the loss of a child. Told with creativity and humor in a fantastical and creative setting, the outrageous characters are as animated and wacky as can be. With magic, abiding love and preposterous villainy, Forestrial is a story of loss and a story of redemption. It is a story of a failure to endure. And, it's funny. It's absurd. It's ethereal as human emotion itself, and it's unlike any other story ever written. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Scott Richard Ehredt. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/041261/bk_acx0_041261_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Self-Help , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 22min
W. W. Jacobs was best known for his humorous tales of sailors, often related by his most popular and enduring character: The night-watchman on the wharf in Wapping, recounting the preposterous adventures of his acquaintances Ginger Dick, Sam Small, and Peter Russet. These three characters, pockets full after a long voyage, would take lodgings together determined to enjoy a long spell ashore; but the crafty inhabitants of dockland London would soon relieve them of their funds, assisted by the sailors' own fecklessness and credulity.In this story, Sam Small meets a man in a pub who claims to be a detective in need of a sailor to help him catch a pickpocket. Ginger Dick and Peter Russet point out that the whole plot is a set-up which will result in Sam being robbed himself. Sam refuses to listen to them, so Ginger and Peter decide to take matters into their own hands... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cathy Dobson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/redd/000317/bk_redd_000317_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Substitute , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 27min
W. W. Jacobs was an English writer, famous for his humorous short stories, particularly those relating the preposterous adventures and misadventures of sailors on leave. The collection Short Cruises contains some of W. W. Jacobs' most popular characters, including the night watchman at the docks in Wapping who relates the stories of his friends Ginger Dick, Sam Small and Peter Russet. 'The Substitute' is a humorous story narrated by the night watchman who has made two dangerous enemies - the office boy and the philandering skipper of a coal barge. The office boy is determined to catch the watchman doing something he shouldn't in order to get him in trouble. The skipper is keen to dally with his mistress without being observed. And the watchman would just like to nip off for a beer during his watch without anyone noticing. After a series of awkward encounters between the three protagonists, the situation is further complicated when the skipper's wife decides to pay him a surprise visit. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cathy Dobson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/redd/000998/bk_redd_000998_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Roughing It , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 946min
In 1861, young Mark Twain found himself adrift as a tenderfoot in the Wild West. Roughing It is a hilarious record of his travels over a six-year period that comes to life with his inimitable mixture of reporting, social satire, and rollicking tall tales. Twain reflects on his scuffling years mining silver in Nevada, working at a Virginia City newspaper, being downandout in San Francisco, reporting for a newspaper from Hawaii, and more. This humorous account is a patchwork of personal anecdotes and tall tales, many of them told in the “vigorous new vernacular” of the West. Selling 75,000 copies within a year of its publication in 1872, Roughing It was greeted as a work of “wild, preposterous invention and sublime exaggeration” whose satiric humor made “pretension and false dignity ridiculous.” Meticulously restored from a variety of original sources, this text adheres to the author’s wishes in thousands of details of wording, spelling, and punctuation. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Grover Gardner. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/004749/bk_blak_004749_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Darkness at Noon , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 494min
A fictional portrayal of an aging revolutionary, this novel is a powerful commentary on the nightmare politics of the troubled 20th century. Born in Hungary in 1905, a defector from the Communist Party in 1938, and then arrested in both Spain and France for his political views, Arthur Koestler writes from a wealth of personal experience. Imprisoned by the political party to which he has dedicated his life, Nicolas Rubashov paces his prison cell, examining his life and remembering his tempestuos career. As the old intelligentsia is eradicated to make way for the new, he is psychologically tortured and forced to confess to preposterous crimes. Comparing himself to Moses, led to the Promised Land but refused entry, he sees only darkness at the end of his life, where once he saw such promise for humanity. Frank Muller's narrative expertise is perfect for this haunting work. Rubashov's personal agony becomes Muller's as he presents Koestler's relevant and important questions. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Frank Muller. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/reco/003535/bk_reco_003535_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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A MisreadBible Christmas: The MisreadBible, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 114min
The NativityDuring the reign of King Herod of Judea, an unwed teenage virgin called Mary is impregnated with a magical baby by the Holy Spirit. She and her fiancé, Joseph, travel to Bethlehem for a preposterous census, and Mary has to give birth in a stable. Meanwhile, a group of stargazing magi who have traipsed hundreds of miles after a star inadvertently inform the king of Judaea of the Messiah’s birth."Herod’s Christmas Carol"King Herod, the infamous baby massacring tyrant of the nativity, is recast as Scrooge. On the day that would come to be known as Christmas Eve, he is haunted by the ghost of his dead wife, Mariamne, who has come to deliver a warning. He is visited by three spirits who take him on a journey to his past, present, and future. Will the king heed the spirits’ message and mend his ways, or will he forever be the villain that the Bible portrays him to be?Bonus:"Parodies of a Visit from St. Nicholas" ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Joshua Saxon. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/232436/bk_acx0_232436_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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