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    Innocent Traitor , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1072min
    Lady Jane Grey was born into the most dangerous of times. Child of a scheming father and a ruthless mother for whom she was a pawn in a dynastic game with the highest stakes, she lived a life in thrall to political machinations and lethal religious fervour. Growing up with the future Queen Elizabeth and her reluctant nemesis, Mary, she soon learned the truth of the values imparted to her by Henry VIII's last Queen, Katherine Parr. Her honesty, intelligence and strength of character carried her through all the vicious twists of Tudor power politics to her nine-day reign and its unbearably poignant conclusion. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Patience Tomlinson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/howe/003151/bk_howe_003151_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The First Heretic: The Horus Heresy, Book 14 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 859min
    Amidst the galaxy-wide war of the Great Crusade, the Emperor castigates the Word Bearers for their worship. Distraught at this judgement, Lorgar and his Legion seek another path while devastating world after world, venting their fury and fervour on the battlefield. Their search for a new purpose leads them to the edge of the material universe, where they meet ancient forces far more powerful than they could have imagined. Having set out to illuminate the Imperium, the corruption of Chaos takes hold, and their path to damnation begins. Unbeknownst to the Word Bearers, their quest for truth contains the very roots of heresy. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gareth Armstrong. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/gawo/000058/bk_gawo_000058_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Nicotine , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 655min
    From the much acclaimed author of Mislaid and The Wallcreeper, a fierce and audaciously funny novel of families, both the ones we're born into and the ones we create - a story of obsession, idealism and ownership, centered around a young woman who inherits her bohemian late father's childhood home. Recent business school graduate Penny Baker has rebelled against her family her whole life - by being the conventional one. Her mother, Amalia, was a member of a South American tribe called the Kogi; her much older father, Norm, long ago attained cultlike deity status among a certain cohort of ageing hippies while operating a psychedelic 'healing centre'. And she's never felt particularly close to her much older half brothers from Norm's previous marriage - one wickedly charming and obscenely rich (but mostly just wicked), one a photographer on a distant tropical island. But all that changes when her father dies, and Penny inherits his childhood home in New Jersey. She goes to investigate the property and finds it not overgrown and abandoned but rather occupied by a group of friendly anarchist squatters whom she finds unexpectedly charming and who have renamed the property Nicotine. The Nicotine residents (united in defence of smokers' rights) possess the type of passion and fervour Penny feels she's desperately lacking, and the other squatter houses in the neighbourhood provide a sense of community she has never felt before. She soon moves into a nearby residence, becoming enmeshed in the political fervour and commitment of her fellow squatters. As the Baker family's lives begin to converge around the fate of the house now called Nicotine, Penny grows ever bolder and more desperate to protect it - and its residents - until a fateful night when a reckless confrontation between her old family and her new one changes everything. Nell Zink exquisitely captures the clash between baby boomer idealism and millennial pragm ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cassandra Campbell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hcuk/002563/bk_hcuk_002563_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Lines in the Sand , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 593min
    In 1975, at the age of 20, Hannah Coady thinks she can change the world. Fiery and idealistic, she proves her mettle as a journalist in the terrible famine in Ethiopia, and is changed forever by the experience. But it's not just the starvation and the politics that change her, it's the beginning of a great love for two remarkable men: Waldo, a cynical but endearing British filmmaker, and Ezekiel, a Rwandan radical whose fervour is a match for Hannah's own. Over the decades Hannah's commitment is frequently tested in the international disaster zones she covers. Her connections with Waldo and Ezekiel ebb and flow, until 1994, in the aftermath of genocide in Rwanda, the unthinkable happens. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Susan Lyons. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/boli/001851/bk_boli_001851_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Dynasty 4: The Oak Apple , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 858min
    1630: after long years of peace the reign of Charles I brings brutal civil war to England. The clash between King and Parliament is echoed at Morland Place when Richard brings home a Puritan bride while his brother, Kit, joins Prince Rupert and the Royalist cavalry, leaving their father Edmund desperately trying to steer a middle course between the fighting factions. As the war grinds on, bitterness and disillusion replace the early fervour, and the schisms between husband and wife, father and son, grow deeper. Edmund struggles grimly through it all in an attempt to keep the Morland fortune intact, but he is thwarted by the estrangement between his sons and then alienated from his beloved wife, Mary. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Terry Wale. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/twuk/000512/bk_twuk_000512_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Holiday Murders , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 573min
    On Christmas Eve, 1943, the newly formed but undermanned Homicide division of the Melbourne police force is called to investigate the vicious double murder of a father and son. When Military Intelligence becomes involved, Homicide's Inspector Titus Lambert must unravel the personal from the political. If only the killings had stopped at two. The police are desperate to come to grips with an extraordinary and disquieting upsurge of violence. For Constable Helen Lord, it is an opportunity to make her mark in a male-dominated world where she is patronised as a novelty. For Detective Joe Sable, the investigation forces a reassessment of his indifference to his Jewish heritage. Racing against the clock, the police uncover simmering tensions among secretive local Nazi sympathisers as a psychopathic fascist usurper makes his move. The Holiday Murders explores a little-known and sometimes violent corner of Australian history, and finds oddly modern echoes in its paranoia, xenophobia, and ugly fervour. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: James Millar. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/021272/bk_adbl_021272_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Radiance of a Thousand Suns , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 643min
    Niki's determination to complete her dead father's unfinished book, his life's work, takes her from India to New York City, where her pursuit of a mysterious immigrant woman turns into an obsession that begins to imperil her daughter, her marriage, and, eventually, Niki herself. When a blizzard blankets NYC, Niki finds herself on a path where the present and past collide violently. Propulsive and poetic, this elegant literary thriller melds the fervour of Punjab with the frenzy of New York. Spanning the cataclysms of Partition and 9/11, via the brutality of Emergency and the pogrom of 1984, the novel explores the impossible choices women are forced to make in the face of violence, the ties that connect them across ages, and the secrets they store. Interweaving the epic Mahabharata, the poetry of Bulleh Shah, and the legend of Heer, The Radiance of a Thousand Suns is a novel about the mythic and the intimate, about stories on tapestry and mobs that recur, about home and love and history and those heartbreaking moments when they all come crashing together. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Pinky Harwani. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/054883/bk_adbl_054883_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Closely Held Secrets , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 322min, (USK 18)
    Three erotic tales of female submission, each exploring a woman's first experience of a D/s relationship with a powerful, dominant man. The glitzy singles club isn't her usual scene, but tonight Trisha is out for adventure, and that is exactly what she finds. From the moment their eyes lock, Will Jacobson recognises something special in Trisha. At his encouragement she whispers her submissive fantasies, sharing secrets never before confessed. As she speaks, a fire ignites in Will's eyes. Drawn like a moth to the flame, and abandoning all caution, Trisha takes the stranger home. Their d/s romance is a fiery burst of intense passion as Will seizes control of Trisha's body, heart and soul. And out of their fervour, their burning ardour, a twist emerges that will leave you breathless. This audiobook contains three stories: 'Closely Held Secrets', 'A Lover's Call' and 'Jewel Thief'. Nb. 'A Lover's Call' is available individually. Adults only. This audiobook contains graphic sexual scenes including spanking, whipping, anal sex, and female submission. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Anne-Marie Amberson, Cressida Wolf. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/marz/000058/bk_marz_000058_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Prodigal Son: The Graham Saga 3, Hörbuch, Digital, 749min
    Safely returned from an involuntary stay in Virginia, Matthew Graham finds the Scottish Lowlands torn asunder by religious strife. His Restored Majesty, Charles II, requires all his subjects to swear fealty to him and the Church of England, riding roughshod over any opposition. In Ayrshire, people close ranks around their evicted Presbyterian ministers. But disobedience comes at a high price, and Alex becomes increasingly nervous as to what her Matthew is risking by his support of the clandestine ministers - foremost amongst them the charismatic Sandy Peden.Privately, Alex considers Sandy an enervating fanatic and all this religious fervour is incomprehensible to her. So when Matthew repeatedly sets his faith and ministers before his own safety, he puts their marriage under severe strain. The situation is further complicated by the presence of Ian, the son Matthew was cruelly duped into disowning several years ago. Now Matthew wants Ian back and Alex isn’t entirely sure this is a good thing. Things are brought to a head when Matthew places all their lives in the balance to save his dear preacher from the dragoons. How much is Matthew willing to risk? How much will he ultimately lose? Language: English. Narrator: Greg Patmore. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/timl/000003/bk_timl_000003_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Opening Shots: Forgotten Voices of the Great War, Hörbuch, Digital, 164min
    During the warm mid-summer of 1914 few people suspected that, by August, Europe would be plunged into the bloodiest conflict known to mankind. Patriotic fervour, often misplaced, swept through the participating countries, but the troops dispatched to the battle fronts soon realised that the popular view: "it will all be over by Christmas", was just an optimistic dream.In the face of the relentless German advance into Belgium, the British Expeditionary Force was engaged in the costly retreat from Mons. The German Army soon took Antwerp, and only the 'miracle of the Marne' stopped them from marching into Paris. The First Battle of Ypres prevented the Germans from reaching the coast, but both sides dug in and the wretched system of trench warfare was established. Following the extraordinary Christmas truce, ferocious fighting restarted over the snow covered battlefields, and casualties on both sides were heavy. In the late spring of 1915 the second Battle of Ypres took place and the Germans used poison gas for the first time. The toll in killed and wounded was disastrous, the British alone losing 50,000 men; but the Allies finally managed to halt the enemy advance. Language: English. Narrator: Richard Bebb. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/000004/bk_rhuk_000004_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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