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    The Metamorphosis: The Illustrated Edition
    Acclaimed graphic artist Peter Kuper presents a brilliant, darkly comic reimagining of Kafka's classic tale of family, alienation, and a giant bug. Kuper's electric drawings—which merge American cartooning with German expressionism—bring Kafka's prose to vivid life, reviving the original story's humor and poignancy in a way that will surprise and delight readers of Kafka and graphic novels alike. "A brilliant illustrated adaptation of Franz Kafka's famous story. It's a real pleasure to read and one in which everyone will recognize the existential drama and uncanny wit of the original text."—Susan Bernstein, associate professor of comparative literature and German studies, Brown University
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    In a Strange Land and Other Stories , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 131min
    A timeless observation of the human condition from one of the best story writers in the history of world literature. Chekhov’s stream-of-consciousness technique that revolutionised modern literature and his characteristic mix of humour and poignancy unite the 11 stories featured in this collection: "A Tragic Actor", "In a Strange Land", "Oh the Public", "The Looking Glass", "Her Husband", "Overdoing It", "Talent", "Anyuta", "The Helpmate", "Ivan Matveyich", and "Polinka". ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Max Bollinger. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/mxbo/000012/bk_mxbo_000012_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Portrait of a Lady, Volume II , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 649min
    When Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American, is brought to Europe by her wealthy Aunt Touchett, it is expected that she will soon marry. But Isabel, resolved to determine her own fate, does not hesitate to turn down two eligible suitors. She then finds herself irresistibly drawn to Gilbert Osmond, who, beneath his veneer of charm and cultivation, is cruelty itself. A story of intense poignancy, Isabel's tale of love and betrayal still resonates with modern audiences. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Flo Gibson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbk/000003/bk_adbk_000003_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Jealous Kind , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 706min
    On its surface life in Houston is as you would expect: drive-in restaurants, souped-up cars, jukeboxes, teenagers discovering their sexuality. Against this backdrop Aaron Holland Broussard discovers the poignancy of first love and a world of violence he did not know existed. When Aaron spots the beautiful Valerie Epstein fighting with her boyfriend, he inadvertently challenges the power of the Mob. He also discovers he must find the courage his father had found as an American soldier in the Great War. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Will Patton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/howe/003168/bk_howe_003168_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Signs Along the Road: Short Fiction by Bob Ryan , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 442min
    From Africa to America, Sarajevo to Nashville, the road these stories describes is peopled with an oddball cast of cowboys, detectives, office workers, and used tire salesmen. Along the way, they begin new enterprises and end old ones, lose loved ones and find new ones. They annoy one another, elude death, complain about the food, and find a little light. And some of them just might reach their destination. The author's narration showcases the humor and the poignancy in these 16 stories. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bob Ryan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/202650/bk_acx0_202650_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    1916: A Novel of the Irish Rebellion , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 940min
    The Easter Rising of 1916 was a major turning point in Irish history. Peopled by patriots and poets, fueled by a desperate desire for freedom, and played out in the historic streets of Dublin against the background of World War I, the rebellion is a story of tremendous power and unique poignancy. 1916 is the story of the valiant men and women who, for a few desperate days, fought against all odds to realize an impossible dream: to give Ireland back to the Irish. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Fiacre Douglas. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/000478/bk_brll_000478_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Imagine Me Gone , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 652min
    When Margaret's fiancé, John, is hospitalized for depression, she faces a choice: carry on with their plans or leave. She decides to marry him. This is the story of what unfolds from this act of love and faith, when their three children help their mother to care for Michael. Told in alternating points of view by all five members of the family, this searing, gut-wrenching and yet frequently hilarious novel brings alive with remarkable poignancy the depth of family love. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Robert Fass, Ellen Archer. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/howe/003005/bk_howe_003005_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Hood , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 659min
    For 13 years Pen and Cara have had a tumultuous relationship crammed with bickering and intimacy, recrimination and desire. When Cara dies in a car crash, Pen is left to cope with a secret widowhood. Along with that burden comes a hidden story of painful and pleasurable memories. With humour and poignancy, Hood follows Pen through the week of Cara’s death; through the paralysis of grief and the ecstasy of nostalgia to a point where mourning and making a new life melt into one. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Caroline Lennon. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/isis/001863/bk_isis_001863_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Lost Ghost , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 41min
    Mary Wilkins Freeman (1852-1930) was an American writer best known for her stories reflecting the world of women fighting for dignity and independence from men. Her tales typically describe domestic settings and intimate relationships and are told with sensitivity and a poignancy which illuminates a bygone era in vivid detail. 'The Lost Ghost' is a supernatural story told by one woman to another about a child ghost who wanders around an old house in search of her mother.... The story has an extraordinary ending. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cathy Dobson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/redd/000738/bk_redd_000738_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Border Vista: Poems (eBook, ePUB)
    Winner of the 2020 Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize in Poetry, a striking exploration of being undocumented in America Border Vista intimately narrates the experience of being undocumented, or precariously documented, in America. In poems that consider migration as an ongoing process rather than a finite event, Anni Liu writes exquisitely and on fear (useful and paranoid) and agency, loneliness, and the way the violence of the carceral state shapes our most intimate relationships to each other and to the land. As she does, she revisits moments of unexpected poignancy: searching for turtles in a drainage ditch, picking crabapples along a rural highway, smelling the namesake flower of her mother, who is half a world away.
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