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    The Bleaklisted Books: A Feline Central Book , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 62min
    Many moons ago a despotic cat named Charlie decided that he wanted to be a book critic. It would fit so nicely with his existing roles as food critic, dog critic and owner critic. Thus The Bleaklisted Books was born and Charlie has never looked back. This first volume of The Bleaklisted Books sees Charlie review (pull to pieces) an array of literary masterpieces, including Ulysses, Charlotte's Web and Anna Karenina. Book lovers - and even cat lovers - beware! This could be the stuff of nightmares... (Parental advisory: our cats cannot be relied upon to moderate their language. Sorry kids, this isn't for you) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Saethon Williams. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/026713/bk_acx0_026713_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Statesman as Thinker (eBook, ePUB)
    In The Statesman as Thinker, Daniel J. Mahoney provides thoughtful and elegant portraits of statesmen who struggled to preserve freedom during times of crisis: Cicero using all the powers of rhetoric to preserve republican liberty in Rome against Caesar's encroaching autocracy; Burke defending ordered liberty against Jacobin tyranny in revolutionary France; Tocqueville defending liberty and human dignity against blind reaction, democratic impatience, and revolutionary fanaticism; Lincoln preserving the American republic and putting an end to chattel slavery; Churchill defending liberty and law and opposing Nazi and Communist despotism; de Gaulle defending the honor of France during World War II; and Havel fighting Communism before 1989 and then leading the Czech Republic with dignity and grace. Mahoney makes sense of the mixture of magnanimity and moderation that defines the statesman as thinker at his or her best. That admirable mixture of greatness, courage, and moderation owes much to classical and Christian wisdom and to the noble desire to protect the inheritance of civilization against rapacious and destructive despotic regimes and ideologies.
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    The Statesman as Thinker: Portraits of Greatness, Courage, and Moderation
    In The Statesman as Thinker, Daniel J. Mahoney provides thoughtful and elegant portraits of statesmen who struggled to preserve freedom during times of crisis: Cicero using all the powers of rhetoric to preserve republican liberty in Rome against Caesar's encroaching autocracy; Burke defending ordered liberty against Jacobin tyranny in revolutionary France; Tocqueville defending liberty and human dignity against blind reaction, democratic impatience, and revolutionary fanaticism; Lincoln preserving the American republic and putting an end to chattel slavery; Churchill defending liberty and law and opposing Nazi and Communist despotism; de Gaulle defending the honor of France during World War II; and Havel fighting Communism before 1989 and then leading the Czech Republic with dignity and grace. Mahoney makes sense of the mixture of magnanimity and moderation that defines the statesman as thinker at his or her best. That admirable mixture of greatness, courage, and moderation owes much to classical and Christian wisdom and to the noble desire to protect the inheritance of civilization against rapacious and destructive despotic regimes and ideologies.
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    American Imperialism , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 83min
    Carl Christian Schurz (1829 - 1906) was an American statesman and reformer, Union Army General in the Civil War, senator, and secretary of the Interior. He was also an accomplished journalist, newspaper editor and orator. American Imperialism is a short work in which Schurz denounced the Spanish-American war and the United States’ acquisition of the Philippines, Cuba, and Puerto Rico. He considered the war as a battle of conquest which violated the intent and principles of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. Schurz believed that imperialism should remain the province of despotic European governments. Together with the other leaders of the American Anti-Imperialist League, such as Andrew Carnegie and Mark Twain, Schurz insisted that imperialism was incompatible with liberal democracy. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Frank Clem. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/yurt/001638/bk_yurt_001638_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Code Breakers: Beta , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 568min
    Being human is no longer enough. The fanatical Red Widows sweep destruction across the abandoned lands. Their aggression threatens to destroy the city Gerry had risked his life to save. Petal, the woman Gerry has come to love, is dying. The despotic cabal, The Family, demand he brings her to them, but she's missing, running from the Widows, searching for the truth of her origins before it's too late. When their paths cross, Petal and Gerry will hold the fate of humankind in their hands - if they can survive the malevolent digital entity that stalks them from the shadows. Code Breakers: Beta is a post-apocalyptic, near-future thriller that will delight fans of The Matrix, Neuromancer, and Blade Runner. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Marc Vietor. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/028141/bk_adbl_028141_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Benito Mussolini: A Life from Beginning to End , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 60min
    Benito Mussolini was a figure that was both revered and dreaded. He climbed the ladder of power rapidly in Italian politics, and he was brought down just as fast. Mussolini wished to stir up a united front of nationalism within his people. But, in the end, the only thing he united was their hatred and contempt for him as a despotic leader.  Inside you will hear about.... Searching for Destiny More Socialist Than Ever The Godfather of Fascism Facing the Slackers and Defeatists The Seeds of Dictatorship Creation of the Axis Friends Until the End   And much more! There were several twists and turns in the life of Benito Mussolini, and this book will take you through them all. Follow his astonishing rise and his dramatic fall. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Stephen Paul Aulridge Jr.. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/108019/bk_acx0_108019_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Eradication of Vice: A Femdom Steampunk Story , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 140min, (USK 18)
    Idle dilettante Archie Duntisbourne thinks his luck has turned when he hears of an inheritance from his eccentric great-aunt Agatha. But the inheritance comes with bizarre and unexpected conditions. The young man must submit to the discipline of a fanatical women's organization dedicated to the suppression of onanism and the reformation of the male gender. Archie finds himself under the control of the beautiful but despotic Miss Harper, who intends to train him to control his desires, urges and habits. Special bonus: The audiobook edition of The Eradication of Vice includes its sequel, The Restoration of Sin. Archie Duntisbourne continues to suffer at the hands of the British Women's Association for the Eradication of Vice and its cruel regime of enforced chastity. Archie discovers that the Association has enemies...but are they his friends? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Teresa-May Whittaker. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/082749/bk_acx0_082749_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Rise (A Lantern City Illustrated Novel): A Lantern City Illustrated Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 234min
    Visionary leader or despotic tyrant? Every day, the citizens of Lantern City ask themselves this of their young leader, Killian Grey, the fourth Grey ruler of the great walled city. But Killian is not the first member of the Grey family to elicit such a response. Rise tells the story of Isaac Foster Grey, the first leader of Lantern City. Isaac's battles through misfortunes and his ultimate quest to save his family intertwine with a burning vengeance against his father's killer and that man's plan for domination over every citizen in the land of Hetra. Rise is a journey through a fantastic world of myth, mystery, violence, and epic circumstance that challenges the definitions of good and evil. Rise tells of the legacy of the Grey family and begins the story of the creation of the enlightened and dark world of Lantern City. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bruce Boxleitner. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/014201/bk_acx0_014201_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Second Activation: Activation Series, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 444min
    It began in First Activation, when military veterans Harry and Jack arrived at a silent JFK airport and a New York City full of madmen driven to kill one another. In Second Activation, the two brothers escape from Monroe, Michigan, and head for New York to face down Genesis Alliance, a despotic organization that is implementing the chaos to create a new order. Caught in a race against time, confronted with a local team intent on revenge and expecting the imminent arrival of a larger reinforcement, Harry and Jack must avoid existing dangers, gain allies, and stop the Alliance from launching its next Activation. With the fate of the remaining population at stake, Harry and Jack know that stopping the Activation means going to war once again.... Second Activation is the sequel in the high-octane and thrilling postapocalyptic Activation series. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: James Langton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/006867/bk_brll_006867_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Nero: A Life from Beginning to End , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 58min
    Nero. The very name seems to embody the character of a tyrant. The years of his reign come down to us with tales full of self-serving totalitarianism. Wasn’t he the one that fiddled while Rome burned after all? Wasn’t this the mad monarch who wished to embark upon a building project, so he set the old buildings that were in his way on fire? But besides this power-mad tyranny, what do we know about Nero? Surely even the most despotic dictator has a good side? Come along with us as we explore the multifaceted nature of a man who is often presented as a one-dimensional, dictatorial caricature. You will learn about:A Wedding and a FuneralThe Great Fire of RomeKilling His Wife and Marrying His ManservantThe Jewish-Roman WarNero’s SuicideThe Year of the Four EmperorsAnd much more ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Stephen Paul Aulridge Jr.. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/126852/bk_acx0_126852_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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