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    Protest , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 891min
    Whatever happened to British protest? For a nation that brought the world Chartism, the Suffragettes, the Tolpuddle Martyrs and so many other grassroots social movements, Britain rarely celebrates its long, great tradition of people power. In this timely and evocative collection, 20 authors have assembled to reimagine key moments of British protest, from the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 to the anti-Iraq War demo of 2003. Written in close consultation with historians, sociologists and eyewitnesses - who also contribute afterwords - these stories follow fictional characters caught up in real-life struggles, offering a street-level perspective on the noble art of resistance. In the age of fake news and post-truth politics, this book fights fiction with (well researched, historically accurate) fiction. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Clare Corbett, Jonathan Keeble. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/030794/bk_adbl_030794_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Flux: Tales of Human Futures: Book Two of Maps in a Mirror , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 499min
    This second volume of Orson Scott Card's five-volume anthology of short stories features seven tales exploring possible future scenarios for the human race. A fascistic government's capital punishment extends beyond death. Intellectually superior aliens from a doomed world choose Earth's dogs as their new vessels. Not-quite-human beings on an Earth wasted by biological warfare continuously fight an enemy which has long been annihilated. These and other possible fates may be discovered in this collection, which includes: "A Thousand Details", "Clap Hands and Sing", "Dogwalker", "But We Try Not to Act Like It", "I Put My Blue Genes On", "In the Doghouse", and "The Originist. Card" includes background commentaries for each story in his afterwords and introductions. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Paul Boehmer, Arte Johnson, Stefan Rudnicki. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/003635/bk_blak_003635_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Price of Salt
    This Norton Critical Edition includes: . The 1952 novel along with-for comparative reading-Patricia Highsmith's two Afterwords (1984 and 1990). . Editorial matter by Terry Castle. . Background materials on The Price of Salt's textual history and genesis (1948-52). . An unusually rich Criticism section, thematically arranged to promote classroom discussion. Letters to Patricia Highsmith (1952-65)-never before published-allow today's readers to understand something of this novel's deeply personal power, while reviews of the 1952, 1984, and 1991 editions trace the novel's critical reception in a changing world. Other topics include lesbian pulp fiction, a brief history of lesbianism in the 1950s and Carol, the 2014 film adaptation of The Price of Salt. . A Selected Bibliography.
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    Lost Songs: The Hidden Stories: Book Five of Maps in a Mirror , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 452min
    This final volume of Orson Scott Card's five-volume anthology of short works features the "hidden stories", including his first published piece, some tales about Mormon family life, and other stylistic departures, and several stories that were later developed into acclaimed novels, such as Ender's Game, Songmaster, Invasive Procedures, and The Tales of Alvin Maker series. Watch Card craft a paranoid thriller, a spoof of "serious" contemporary literature, an epic narrative poem, and much more. Stories include: "Ender's Game"; "Mikal's Songbird"; "Prentice Alvin and the No-Good Plow"; "Malpractice"; "Follower"; "Hitching"; "Damn Fine Novel"; "Billy's Box"; "The Best Family Home Evening Ever"; "Bicicleta"; "I Think Mom and Dad Are Going Crazy", "Jerry"; and "Gert Fram". The author includes background commentaries for each story in his afterwords. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David Birney, Cassandra Campbell, Gabrielle de Cuir. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/003637/bk_blak_003637_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Cruel Miracles: Tales of Death, Hope, and Holiness: Book Four of Maps in a Mirror , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 402min
    I believe that speculative fiction - science fiction in particular - is the last American refuge of religious literature. Real religious literature, I think, explores the nature of the universe and discovers the purpose behind it. (Orson Scott Card, from his Introduction) This fourth volume in Orson Scott Card's five-volume anthology of short stories features six tales with religious and spiritual themes, exploring the mysteries of ritual, sacrifice, faith, and death. Discover why immortal beings seek mortal gods, witness the consequences of a vengeful spirit, enter behind the scenes of the lives of television faith healers, and more. Stories include: "Mortal Gods", "Saving Grace", "Eye for Eye", "St. Amy's Tale", "Kingsmeat", and "Holy". In a series of introductions and afterwords, Card offers background commentaries for each story. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Grover Gardner, John Rubinstein, Stefan Rudnicki. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/003636/bk_blak_003636_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Subway Art
    In 1984, photographers Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant captured the imagination of a generation with Subway Art, a groundbreaking book documenting the work of graffiti writers who illegally painted subway cars in New York City. The 2009 edition of the book is now available in a new, slightly reduced format. Henry Chalfant's images of the trains retain their impact, while Martha Cooper's narrative pictures tell the story. In the introductions, the authors recall how they gained entry to the New York graffiti community in the 1970s and 1980s and describe the techniques that they used to photograph it. Afterwords report how the lives of the original subway artists have unfolded, and chronicle the end of the subway graffiti scene in the late 1980s and its unexpected rebirth as a global art movement. This is an essential book for all fans of graffiti, stunning photography and 1980s-cool.
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    Absolute Batman: Arkham Asylum
    Unlike any Batman book you've ever read. A pshycological horror masterpiece from the minds of Grant Morrison and Dave McKean now presented in a beautiful Absolute edition format. BATMAN CLASSIC, RESTORED TO ITS ORIGINAL BEAUTY The lunatics take control of the asylum and the Dark Knight descends into this heart of madness alongside them in Batman: Arkham Asylum, one of the most successful graphic novels of all time. Written by legendary comics creator Grant Morrison (All-Star Superman) and stunningly illustrated by Dave McKean (Sandman), this dark and cerebral tale remains as captivating now as when it was first published 30 years ago. In this newly restored Absolute edition, every page has been painstakingly revived by the artist, leaving a breathtaking final product that matches his original painted artwork more closely than any reproduction to date! Also includes more than 100 pages of behind-the-scenes content, including Morrison's complete annotated script, sketches, pinup gallery, and afterwords by Morrison, McKean, and series editor Karen Berger.
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    The Golden Ass
    Apuleius's The Golden Ass, one of a handful of extant ancient novels, remains relatively unknown. Peter Singer, the renowned philosopher and author of the modern classic Animal Liberation, remedies this neglect, bringing the comic tale back to the wider reading public. With a version stripped of the many tales extraneous to the main narrative, Singer exposes the core of the text: the adventures of the man-turned-animal, Lucius. Singer has teamed with Apuleius scholar and translator Ellen Finkelpearl to create a delightful rollicking story in which we follow the adventures of this cocky young man transformed into a donkey, through his travails, erotic adventures and enlightenment. With Singer's vision, superbly illustrated by prize-winning artists Anya and and Varya Kendel, this newly rendered canonical work is bound to be enjoyed by anyone who cares about human and animal life. Afterwords by Singer and Finkelpearl assess the significance of The Golden Ass for our thoughts about animals, ancient and modern.
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    Broken on the Wheel of Sex , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 514min
    This edition of Jack Ketchum's Broken on the Wheel of Sex: The Jerzy Livingston Years is the most complete edition of the Stroup stories ever collected together. These stories, written from 1976 to 1981 and appearing in various men's magazines and other outlets, offer Ketchum fans a look into this author's formulative years. This is where Jack Ketchum honed his writing craft that has become so well known with his novels The Girl Next Door, The Crossing, Off Season, and The Lost. Collected here is his character simply known as the Stroup stories written under the pseudonym Jerzy Livingston, which are rare and difficult to locate almost 30 years after the original publications gave them life. "I've called these the Jerzy Livingston years because over half of them were written under that name and the rest under my real one. Somehow Jerzy seems more appropriate for this collection. My adoption of that particular pseudonym was both a joke - a play on words - and a nod to a very good writer, which I hoped some day to be." (Jack Ketchum, from the author's introduction) Also includes Afterwords for each story by the author. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: George Kuch. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/108527/bk_acx0_108527_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Thought X: Fictions and Hypotheticals (Science-Into-Fiction, Book 6) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 540min
    Science is always telling stories. Whether in the creation myths of evolution or the Big Bang, or in the eureka moments of science history, narrative just as much as metaphor is a key tool in the scientist's surprisingly literary toolkit. Perhaps the most interesting use of story is the thought experiment, the intuition pump, that draws on the most instinctive parts of the imagination to crack otherwise perplexing problems. From Newton's Bucket to Maxwell's Demon, from Einstein's Lift to Schrodinger's Cat, all are examples of 'fiction' being used at the highest level, not just to explain, but to deduce, to prove. In this unique anthology, authors have collaborated with leading scientists, to bounce literary, human narratives against purely theoretical ones, alloying together real stories with abstract ones, to produce truly extraordinary results. Also featuring stories by Annie Clarkson, Marie Louise Cookson, Claire Dean, Andy Hedgecock, Sarah Schofield, Zoe Gilbert, Sandra Alland, Margaret Wilkinson, and Anneliese Mackintosh; plus afterwords by Professors Stewart Boogert, Sarah Bridle, Seth Bullock, Steven French, Roman Frigg, Frank Jackson, Michela Massimi, Tara Shears, Jonathan Wolff and Ana Jofre. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John Banks, Nicola Bryant. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/029865/bk_adbl_029865_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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