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    Velvet Was the Night
    1970s Mexico City: while student protests and political unrest consume the city, Maite seeks escape from her humdrum life in the stories of passion and danger filling the latest issue of Secret Romance. She is deeply envious of her neighbour, a beautiful art student apparently living the life of excitement and intrigue Maite craves - so when Leonora disappears under suspicious circumstances, Maite finds herself searching for the missing woman, journeying deep into Leonora's secret life of student radicals and dissidents. 'Cements Silvia Moreno-Garcia's incredible versatility as an amazing writer who moves between genres effortlessly. A lush, magnificent trip into a world of danger and discovery. Not to be missed!' S.A. COSBY, author of BLACKTOP WASTELAND But someone else is also looking for Leonora, at the behest of his boss, a shadowy figure who commands goon squads dedicated to squashing political activists. Elvis is an eccentric criminal who longs to escape his own life: he loathes violence and loves old movies and rock 'n' roll. Watching Maite from a distance, he comes to see her as a kindred spirit who shares his love of music and the unspoken loneliness of his heart. As Maite and Elvis come closer to discovering the truth behind Leonora's disappearance, they can no longer escape the dangers threatening to consume their lives, with hitmen, government agents and Russian spies all aiming to find or protect Leonora's secrets - at gunpoint. Velvet Was the Night: an edgy, passionate, simmering noir thriller from a writer at the very top of her game.
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    Jesus Was a Time Traveler , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 761min
    An action-packed dinosaur hunt...wave after wave of bloodthirsty Nazis desperately trying to mow down our heroes...and yes, an appearance by Jesus Himself. All in a couple days' work for Dr. Phineas Templeton. A quirky English chap with a taste for fine scotch, Dr. Templeton builds a time machine at the behest of his mysterious benefactor. His mission? To meet Jesus Christ Himself, and garner all of the fame, recognition, and accolades that writing an epic time travelogue would bring.  Unfortunately for Finny, Jesus is actually a fellow time traveler, a hippie named Trent from Colorado in the future. While Trent explains that the past is fixed and immutable (“What happened, like, happened, man...”), Dr. Templeton realizes that he's made a horrible oversight in his calculations, and can't return to his own time period. The only way home is to follow a list of cryptic instructions his benefactor has hidden on the time machine, which sends him on a madcap, at times hilarious voyage from watching his hero, Sir Isaac Newton, be berated by a high school physics teacher, to hunting dinosaurs, to rescuing two colorful American soldiers and fighting Nazis hellbent on his destruction. A novel that's been called equal parts The Da Vinci Code and Back to the Future, Jesus Was a Time Traveler combines quirky humor, thought-provoking concepts, intriguing clues, and a finicky universe that would like nothing more than to keep things as they are. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Christopher Boucher. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/155077/bk_acx0_155077_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 849min
    In ill health following a stroke, Sir Walter Scott wrote Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft at the behest of his son-in-law, J. G. Lockhart, who worked for a publishing firm. The book proved popular, and Scott was paid £600, which he desperately needed. (Despite his success as a novelist, Scott was almost ruined when the Ballantyne publishing firm, where he was a partner, went bankrupt in 1826.) Letters was written when educated society believed itself in enlightened times due to advances in modern science. Letters, however, revealed that all social classes still held beliefs in ghosts, witches, warlocks, fairies, elves, diabolism, the occult, and even werewolves. Sourcing from prior 16th- and 17th-century treatises on demonology, along with contemporary accounts from England, Europe, and North America (Cotton Mather's Magnalia Christi, for one), Scott's discourses on the psychological, religious, physical, and preternatural explanations for these beliefs are essential for acolytes of the dark and macabre; the letters dealing with witch hunts, trials (Letters Eight and Nine), and torture are morbidly compelling. Scott was neither fully pro-rational modernity nor totally anti-superstitious past, as his skepticism of one of the "new" sciences (skullology, as he calls it) is made clear in a private letter to a friend. Thus, Letters is both a personal and intellectual examination of conflicting belief systems, at a time when popular science began to challenge superstition in earnest. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Eric Brooks. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/003879/bk_adbl_003879_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Carnage and Courage: A Memoir of FDR, the Kennedys, and World War II , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 704min
    Carnage and Courage is the story of an American woman's journey from upper-crust ingénue to a career in the US diplomatic corps. At President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's behest, Page Wilson left the US to serve in London with Ambassador Joseph Kennedy as he took up his post just before World War II began and the Blitz commenced. With the conflict in Europe already underway, Wilson, working with Kennedy, shares the grip of war with the men and women who are engaged against Germany. When the bombs finally fall on Britain, Kennedy sends Wilson back to America - fulfilling a promise he and Roosevelt made to keep her safe - where she anxiously awaits US involvement. Upon meeting the man she will marry, a combat pilot, her role begins to mirror that of so many women of war era - the struggle to maintain a home that is re-billeted constantly and the worry for her husband in combat. Wilson's journey starts with an appointment from the highest levels of government and continues along a path many young women would take as America fought to bring peace to the world. These women's lives are a shared battle through the years of the worst war the world has ever known, the years of struggle between Munich and Hiroshima, between certain death and brave survival, not only for the men and women under arms, but for their wives and families back home as well. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Pam Ward. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/025197/bk_adbl_025197_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Fifty Spiritual Homilies , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 564min
    Macarius was born in Upper Egypt (Southern Egypt) around AD 300. As a young man, he was a saltpeter smuggler and became familiar with the desert. He was known for his wisdom and was called "old young man" by his friends. At the behest of his parents, Macarius got married, but his wife would soon die, along with his parents. He then gave all his money to the poor and sought out an elder to instruct him. The elder he attached himself to guided him in the spiritual science of watchfulness, fasting, and prayer. He also instructed him in the art of weaving baskets. Sometime later, a pregnant woman accused him of lying with her. Macarius did not try to defend himself and accepted the charge in silence. However, when the woman's delivery drew near, her labour became exceedingly difficult. She could not give birth until she revealed the true father. When she did, the town came asking for his forgiveness, but he had fled into the Nitrian Desert to escape glory.While in the desert, he visited Anthony the Great and learned monasticism from him. After he left, around the age of 40, he returned to his former desert and governed a monastic community there for the rest of his life. St. Macarius is venerated in all Christian denominations, and his spiritual homilies have always been held in high regard throughout the ages. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kevin Wagner. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/232285/bk_acx0_232285_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    She Is Risen: The Gun Control Case Studies , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 458min
    Darkness tempts the hands of fate, that for naught- seek their meager ends. Four pawns will play, and be played in an odd twist of destiny. Nature will bend to the will of a mighty priestess… and the hardest of men will be haunted… by the fury of her gaze. Welcome to the world where She Is Risen; a place that pits power and corruption against bravery and defiance. After witnessing a disturbing crime, a former U.S. Army Colonel decides to rebel against his employer, Henry Edwards North America. What begins as a silent protest eventually escalates into all-out war. As the colonel engages his former employer, four lives hang in the balance, unwittingly being manipulated from thousands of miles away. None of these people can figure out why the past week of their lives have been filled with horrible, life-altering events. Although they have allies fighting at their behest, these vulnerable Americans soon find themselves facing the inevitability of death. Can the colonel put a stop to this deadly game before it’s too late? Who is this mysterious priestess from Mexico, and why has she abducted the cartel chief’s firstborn son? She Is Risen is a mixture of powerful dialogue, blistering action sequences, and plot twists that will continually shock the most avid of readers. A thriller that explores the darkest branches of manipulation, and displays the courage to send them crashing to the ground. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Heidi Madagame. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/018240/bk_acx0_018240_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Cult of Yex Saga: Part II: Prophecies of Old: An Epic Fantasy Series , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 473min
    In Prophecies of Old, our four brave heroes journey up the Demon River at the behest of Cael's grandfather, the old, burned-out wizard Boxxaway Hotheway. Fleeing the devastation of the earthquake that nearly destroyed their hometown of Demon's Bluff, the group find themselves in a desperate struggle against a terrifying agent of the ancient Cult of Yex. At every step of their battle against the relentless Elija Abel, they uncover more of the cult's wicked malevolence. Cael, Needle, Brynn, and Mallet are pushed past their limits as they journey toward their inevitable confrontation with the approaching full moon and King Tharchelon himself. The Cult of Yex Saga shatters the mold of traditional epic fantasy, elevating it to new heights of storytelling sophistication. The Cult of Yex Saga is an exquisite blend of magic and high fantasy told in the exciting style of a thriller: with mystery, suspense, and fast-paced action. The exciting new fantasy world is filled with compelling characters, atmospheric settings, and terrifying villains. Don't start listening unless you are planning to lose sleep and skip work. The more layers of the cult's diabolical scheme you uncover, the more you begin to comprehend the far-reaching depths of their nefarious plot. From the captivating first minute to the heart-stopping climax, the masterfully woven plot will compel you to keep listening. Brace yourself: The Cult of Yex Saga is unlike any fantasy series you have ever heard. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Steve Carlson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/038626/bk_acx0_038626_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Wise Guy: A Christmas Tale , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 92min
    The 12 crimes of Christmas: Bart Sagan is a thief, yes, but more or less a good guy - at least, he wouldn’t rob an orphanage if he didn’t have to. Not at Christmastime, anyway. But then the local crime boss, Harry King, loses a shipment of drugs and orders Bart to burglarize the 12 addresses to which it’s been accidentally sent. Can Bart and his ragtag band of independent criminals keep their Christmas spirit while breaking and entering at the behest of a drug lord? Can they keep their lives if they don’t? A comic crime caper for the holiday, “Wise Guy” retells the story of Balthasar, one of the three Wise Men who followed a star from the east for the first Christmas. Or as much of Balthasar, anyway, as a confused and slightly hangdog minor thief can manage. As much of a Wise Man as a Wise Guy can be. The author of three best-selling Kindle Singles, Joseph Bottum is a widely published essayist and poet - whose account of winter on the American prairie, “The Christmas Plains” (from Image/Random House), has been named an instant holiday classic. He is, as the essayist Andrew Ferguson has noted "one of America’s most gifted writers, with a perfect ear and a matchless style". He lives far off in the Black Hills of South Dakota. “Wise Guy” is his first foray into Christmas fiction. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Brian Troxell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/018825/bk_adbl_018825_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Queen of Fire: A Raven's Shadow Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1597min
    In the thrilling conclusion to the "deftly and originally executed" (Booklist) New York Times best-selling trilogy, Vaelin Al Sorna must help his queen reclaim her realm. Only his enemy has a dangerous new collaborator, one with powers darker than Vaelin has ever encountered. "The Ally is there, but only ever as a shadow, unexplained catastrophe, or murder committed at the behest of a dark, vengeful spirit. Sorting truth from myth is often a fruitless task." After fighting back from the brink of death, Queen Lyrna is determined to repel the invading Volarian army and regain the independence of the Unified Realm. Except to accomplish her goals, she must do more than rally her loyal supporters. She must align herself with forces she once found repugnant - those who possess the strange and varied gifts of the Dark - and take the war to her enemy's doorstep. Victory rests on the shoulders of Vaelin Al Sorna, now named battle lord of the realm. However, his path is riddled with difficulties. For the Volarian enemy has a new weapon on their side, one that Vaelin must destroy if the realm is to prevail - a mysterious Ally with the ability to grant unnaturally long life to her servants. And defeating one who cannot be killed is a nearly impossible feat, especially when Vaelin's blood-song, the mystical power that has made him the epic fighter he is, has gone ominously silent. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Steven Brand. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/peng/002613/bk_peng_002613_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Stories of Other Worlds: A Honeymoon in Space , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 252min
    For the very first time in audio, Dudley Sutton reads the pioneering science-fiction serial Stories of Other Worlds: A Honeymoon in Space, written by George Griffith and originally published over six parts in Pearson Magazine at the end of the 19th century in the UK. The adventures, here collected as one audio edition, see his newly married adventurers, exemplars of the 'Race That Rules', exploring planets in different stages of geological and Darwinian evolution on an educational odyssey, drawing heavily on earlier cosmic voyages. Very much products of their time, the stories hold up well against greats such as HG Wells and Arthur Conan Doyle. A truly fantastic piece of Victorian science fiction. As an explorer of the real world, Griffith shattered the existing record for voyaging around the world at the behest of Sir Arthur Pearson, completing his journey in just 65 days. He also helped discover the source of the Amazon river. He died of cirrhosis of the liver at the age of 48 in 1906. In this collection, all six original short stories are brought together and read by the legendary Dudley Sutton (known to so many as Tinker from the Lovejoy TV series): Book 1: A Trip to the Moon Book 2: The World of the War God Book 3: A Glimpse of the Silent Star Book 4: The World of the Crystal Cities Book 5: In Saturn’s Realm Book 6: Homeward Bound ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dudley Sutton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/lbrk/000042/bk_lbrk_000042_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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