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    Great Classic Hauntings , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 161min
    Feel the breath-taking tingle of suspense. Share the captivating horror of the supernatural in these six complete stories presented by a masterful reader. Includes: "A Watcher by the Dead" by Ambrose Bierce: A corpse brings death, dereliction, and madness to those who would play with it. "The Body-Snatchers" by Robert Louis Stevenson: A never-ending demand for bodies for medical dissection delivers nightly horrors. "Adventure of the German Student" by Washington Irving: A German student, caught up in the tempestuous times of the French Revolution, is intoxicated by the beauty of a stranger, and pledges himself to her forever. "Dickon the Devil" by J. Sheridan Le Fanu: Barwyke Hall, isolated and sinister, is haunted by both the living and the dead. "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe: The melancholy House of Usher afflicts its owner with a morbid gloom. Justifiably considered one of the best stories of this genre ever written. "The Open Window" by Saki: A nervous newcomer is overcome by a surprising visit! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Geraint Wyn Davies. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/part/000076/bk_part_000076_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Organic Manifesto: How Organic Food Can Heal Our Planet, Feed the World, and Keep Us Safe , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 317min
    Drawing on findings from leading health researchers as well as conversations with both chemical and organic farmers from coast to coast, Maria Rodale irrefutably outlines the unacceptably high cost of chemical farming on our health and our environment. She traces the genesis of chemical farming and the rise of the immense companies that profit from it, bringing to light the government's role in allowing such practices to flourish. She further explains that modern organic farming would not only help reverse climate change by reducing harmful carbon emissions and soil depletion, but would also improve the quality of the food we eat, reduce diseases from asthma to cancer, and ensure a better quality of life in farming communities nationwide. For every parent wondering how best to safeguard the health and safety of her children; for every environmentalist in search of a solution to the worsening crisis that afflicts our land, air, and waters; for every shopper who questions whether it is worth it to pay more for organic, Maria Rodale offers straightforward answers and a single, definitive course of action: We must demand organic now. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Coleen Marlo. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/014491/bk_adbl_014491_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Carriers (eBook, PDF)
    A tiny mutation on the X chromosome can shape a family's history. Passed down from a "carrier" parent to a child, fragile X syndrome is the most common inherited cause of intellectual disability and autism. Beyond that-and a rarity among genetic disorders-some fragile X carriers not only transmit the mutation but also experience related conditions themselves. In such cases, carriers can have tremors, infertility, and psychiatric disorders that complicate raising children with fragile X syndrome-and all too often, they suffer in silence.The Carriers investigates this common but still little-known genetic condition and its life-altering consequences. Anne Skomorowsky reveals how this disorder afflicts families across generations, telling the stories of the mothers and grandparents of fragile X patients and considering how genes interact with family dynamics. She interweaves the personal narratives and family histories of the people affected by fragile X disorders with clear and accessible explanations of the science behind them. Skomorowsky unpacks the latest research on the fragile X mutation and explores the history of its discovery. She highlights the roles of women as carriers, caregivers, and researchers who have made astonishing scientific breakthroughs over the last three decades.The Carriers is an essential book for fragile X families, including those just learning they are carriers, and for all readers interested in the complexities of heredity, the ethical dilemmas of genetic medicine, and the relationship between genes and personality.
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    First World Problems: 101 Reasons Why the Terrorists Hate Us , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 218min
    You are reading this on a screen. You have First World Problems.First World Problems: 101 Reasons Why The Terrorists Hate Us is a collection of short humorous essays and rants from a man who knows suffering. It is comedy that borders on tragedy. What are First World Problems? A First World Problem is a trivial issue that afflicts people in wealthier nations declared to be in the "First World". Third World Problem: "I have to walk three miles to draw water from a dirty well or else I'll die of dehydration." First World Problem: We have nothing to drink in the fridge except filtered tap water." Do you have nothing to drink except a limitless supply of tap water? Have you ever bought so much food at the grocery store that it molded before you could eat it? Did you buy an iPhone one week before the new model was announced? You're suffering from First World Problems. What follows is the graphic account of what it's like to live in the First World. Tales of unreasonably cold air conditioning, eating to the point of exhaustion, and being unable to enjoy summer weather due to gainful employment in a bad economy. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ben Nesvig. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/004046/bk_acx0_004046_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Diagnosis: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 727min
    Alan Lightman's first novel, Einstein's Dreams, was greeted with international praise. Salman Rushdie called it "at once intellectually provocative and touching and comic and so very beautifully written." Michiko Kakutani wrote in The New York Times that the novel creates "a magical, metaphysical realm . . . as in Calvino's work, the fantastical elements of the stories are grounded in precise, crystalline prose." With The Diagnosis, Lightman gives us his most ambitious and penetrating novel yet. While rushing to his office one warm summer morning, Bill Chalmers, a junior executive, realizes that he cannot remember where he is going or even who he is. All he remembers is the motto of his company: The maximum information in the minimum time. When Bill's memory returns, "his head pounding, remembering too much", a strange numbness afflicts him, beginning as a tingling in his hands and gradually spreading over the rest of his body. As he attempts to find a diagnosis of his illness, he descends into a nightmare, enduring a blizzard of medical tests and specialists without conclusive results, the manic frenzy of his company, and a desperate wife who decides that he must be imagining his deteriorating condition. By turns satiric, comic, and tragic, The Diagnosis is a brilliant and disturbing examination of our modern obsession with speed, information, and money, and what this obsession has done to our minds and our spirits. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Scott Brick. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bkot/000457/bk_bkot_000457_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    His Bright Light , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 557min
    This is the story of an extraordinary boy with a brilliant mind, a heart of gold, and a tortured soul. It is the story of an illness, a fight to live, and a race against death.I want to share the story, and the pain, the courage, the love, and what I learned in living through it. I want Nick's life to be not only a tender memory for us, but a gift to others.... I would like to offer people hope and the realities we lived with. I want to make a difference. My hope is that someone will be able to use what we learned, and save a life with it. (Danielle Steel)From the day he was born, Nick Traina was his mother's joy. By 19, he was dead. This is Danielle Steel's powerful, personal story of the son she lost and the lessons she learned during his courageous battle against darkness. Sharing tender, painful memories and Nick's remarkable journals, Steel brings us a haunting duet between a singular young man and the mother who loved him - and a harrowing portrait of a masked killer called manic depression, which afflicts between two and three million Americans.At once a loving legacy and an unsparing depiction of a devastating illness, Danielle Steel's tribute to her lost son is a gift of life, hope, healing, and understanding to us all. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Traci Godfrey. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/006532/bk_rand_006532_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Combat Irritable Bowel Syndrome Hypnosis: Relieve the Stress of IBS, Using Hypnosis, Hörbuch, Digital, 39min
    Combat Irritable Bowel Syndrome - Relieve the Stress of IBS, using Hypnosis Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) afflicts millions of people every year. Treatments and diet changes help, but they don't get to the root of the problem. You're forced to deal with the pain and apprehension, knowing that sooner or later it will flare up again. It leaves you stressed and unable to get on with your life in the normal way. Relief from IBS is just a click away - with help from hypnosis. Eliminate Abdominal Discomfort Now The Combat Irritable Bowel Syndrome hypnosis session will help you relax and remove the symptoms of digestive difficulty! As you listen, powerful hypnosis and NLP commands will rewire your internal brain-gut communication, helping you adjust your body's responses. You'll begin to feel more at ease every day, able to get on with your life as the frequency and severity of attacks gradually decreases - and ultimately stops altogether. Simply download the session, pop on your headphones, and start listening to discover how to: Eliminate the pain and trauma of Irritable Bowel Syndrome Reduce stress levels to relieve the frequency and severity of symptoms Enhance brain-gut interactions to beat IBS from within Improve digestion and blood flow to diminish discomfort Download the Combat Irritable Bowel Syndrome hypnosis session now to banish IBS from your life for good. Language: English. Narrator: Hypnosis Live. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/ispr/000089/bk_ispr_000089_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    McGowan's Call , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 248min
    Davis McGowan could not have anticipated how his career would isolate him in his private life. After ordination, he finds himself an alien in a world of human need. This fictional account of a young pastor's rise and fall is based on the secret reality faced by the ordinary people who have sensed a "call" to one of the helping professions. Never quite accepted as a local, he navigates the path of conscience through the pitfalls of personal loneliness. McGowan's Call is a collection of short stories and a novella that chronicles Davis' path from the river town of Hatteras, Ohio to the suburbs of Dayton. This work of fiction provides a rare insight to pastoral ministry outside the scandals that regularly make headlines. It is an honest exposé of the real crisis that afflicts those who live in the public eye. Rob Smith is the author of two novels including Night Voices. Ann Joslin of Sandusky Bay Journal describes Night Voices as "an exciting novel of adventure." In McGowan's Call, this talented writer explores the inner landscape of those who find themselves inserted in the personal crises of others. Rob Smith's short stories have appeared nationally in Writer's Journal and other literary magazines. In 2006, he received the Robert Frost Poetry Award for his poem "Catbird". He currently resides on Ohio's north coast and sails the waters of Lake Erie on a sloop that he and his wife are restoring. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Rob Smith. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/080381/bk_acx0_080381_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Anti-Inflammatory Essential Oils: 18 Best Essential Oils for Inflammation , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 101min
    Chronic pain is a condition that afflicts millions of people in the US alone, and that number is rising by 15 percent to 22 percent each year. The intensity of pain can range anywhere from mild discomfort to debilitating pain while its frequency can last for a few short hours to intermittent bouts that go on for days, weeks, months, years, and even decades. In search of relief, people are turning to drastic measures like taking potent drugs or undergoing surgery - both of which actually cause more bodily harm. In the end these become causes of chronic pain, too. This book recommends a nonaddictive (not based on drugs or medications), noninvasive (no surgeries required), and relatively inexpensive way of treating chronic pain in the comfort of your own home. It contains information on the different massages you can use, what kind of essential oils you can apply on your skin, and what oils or compounds you can use for aromatherapy. It also contains detailed information about the healing properties of common and rare forms of herbs, flowers, and plants that are used in essential oils. There are also tips on how to buy essential oils and oil compounds for beginners. After listening to this book, you will have a better insight on why chronic pain exists and why most drugs, medications, and surgeries do not afford permanent relief. You will also be able to choose essential oils based on their primary ingredients that will help ease most or all the symptoms of physical ailments. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Angel Clark. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/041010/bk_acx0_041010_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Life and Love in Vivid Color , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 134min
    Hear the heartwarming tales of ordinary people finding extraordinary lovers as they love and live, in vivid color: "That's a Relief" Walk with Rosalind Davis as she realizes getting a chance at love later in life can be more than a bother. "Loving Daniel" Come along with Eva Grant while she and Santos help one another heal from the death of her husband, his friend. "The Act" Melanie Durst just about has her nest empty. However, the widowed mother of grown up daughters soon finds herself the object of the girls' matchmaking schemes. In an effort to waylay these actions, Melanie joins forces with a handsome regular customer in her store, Tyson Brown. What begins as a force to get her daughters off her back ends up being the beginning of a beautiful relationship. "Three in a Bed" Root for Daria and Maurice James as their loving marriage takes a hit from tragedy. "A Dog or Something" Tisha Randall wants a boyfriend. When a likely specimen walks into her pet store to purchase "a dog or something", Tisha nearly turns him away with her disdain for would-be animal owners who neglected their charges. Upon further review, Tisha realizes the man had a different type of void in his life, very possibly the same one that afflicts her. "My Best Friend's Girlfriend" Aliyah and Andre have been best friends since childhood. Will they be able to build on that foundation and make a go of a proper romantic relationship? "Sunshine" Welcome in the sunshine that Jasmine brings for Lemond when she smiles. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tamika Simpkins. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/043471/bk_acx0_043471_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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