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    Ahab's Return: or, The Last Voyage , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 474min
    A bold and intriguing fabulist novel that reimagines two of the most legendary characters in American literature - Captain Ahab and Ishmael of Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick - from the critically acclaimed Edgar and World Fantasy award-winning author of The Girl in the Glass and The Shadow Year.At the end of a long journey, Captain Ahab returns to the mainland to confront the true author of the novel Moby-Dick, his former shipmate, Ishmael. For Ahab was not pulled into the ocean’s depths by a harpoon line, and the greatly exaggerated rumors of his untimely death have caused him grievous harm - after hearing about Ahab’s demise, his wife and child left Nantucket for New York, and now Ahab is on a desperate quest to find them.Ahab’s pursuit leads him to The Gorgon’s Mirror, the sensationalist tabloid newspaper that employed Ishmael as a copy editor while he wrote the harrowing story of the ill-fated Pequod. In the penny press’s office, Ahab meets George Harrow, who makes a deal with the captain: the newspaperman will help Ahab navigate the city in exchange for the exclusive story of his salvation from the mouth of the great white whale. But their investigation - like Ahab’s own story - will take unexpected, dangerous, and ultimately tragic turns.Told with wisdom, suspense, a modicum of dry humor and horror, and a vigorous stretching of the truth, Ahab’s Return charts an inventive and intriguing voyage involving one of the most memorable characters in classic literature, and pays homage to one of the greatest novels ever written. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Charles Constant. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/007877/bk_harp_007877_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Morgana: Everybody Loves Large Chests, Book 4 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1063min
    The citizens of Azurvale are starting to feel the pressure. War with the Empire to the south is imminent, and there's talk of the city's adventurers being drafted into the campaign. Though this conflict seems inevitable and promises to be horrific, the common folk can do little but act like there's nothing wrong. Rather than lose sleep over something so wildly out of their control, they instead worry about tiny, personal, inconsequential issues. Things like, "Will the butcher have fresh steak today?" and, "Should I get those new boots now, or wait and see if they go on sale?"However, though they try to maintain some modicum of normalcy, the people of Azurvale have yet to find out that their capital is already under threat. Not by some warmongering nation, but by a certain individual that has come to them seeking asylum, knowledge, profit, and power through any means necessary. As this newcomer burrows into the city's underbelly like a voracious tick, it cares not for the people it hurts along the way. Indeed, any soul unfortunate enough to cross paths with Boxxy T. Morningwood seems doomed to have their life ruined in one way or another. Often through no fault of their own.Whether it's an ancient being, a skilled assassin, a godlike archer, or a fresh-faced recruit, none shall be spared from the whims of chaos.Content warning: Profanity, gore, violence, explicit adult content.The Soundbooth Theater Team for this production:Jeff Hays - narration, sound designAnnie Ellicott - Keira, Rowana, the Dryads, and the rest of the new female cast  Dalton Lynne - editing and proofingAhmed Mahmoud - editing, music, sound design, and mastering ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jeff Hays, Annie Ellicott. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/168995/bk_acx0_168995_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Birds of California (eBook, ePUB)
    "Exquisite and delicious...Katie Cotugno has outdone herself."--Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of Daisy Jones & The Six and Malibu RisingSparks fly and things get real in this sharply sexy and whip-smart romantic comedy set against the backdrop of a post #metoo Hollywood from New York Times bestselling author Katie CotugnoFormer child actor Fiona St. James dropped out of the spotlight after a spectacularly public crash and burn. The tabloids called her crazy and self-destructive and said she'd lost her mind. Now in her late twenties, Fiona believes her humiliating past is firmly behind her. She's finally regained a modicum of privacy, and she won't let anythingor anyonemess it up.Unlike Fiona, Sam Fox, who played her older brother on the popular television show Birds of California, loves the perks that come with being a successful Hollywood actor: fame, women, parties, money. When his current show gets cancelled and his agent starts to avoid his calls, the desperate actor enthusiastically signs on for a Birds of California revival. But to make it happen, he needs Fiona St. James.Against her better judgment, Fiona agrees to have lunch with Sam. What happens next takes them both by surprise. Sam is enthralled by Fiona's take-no-prisoners attitude, and Fiona discovers a lovable goofball behind Sam's close-up-ready face. Long drives to the beach, late nights at dive bars . . . theirs is the kind of kitschy romance Hollywood sells. But just like in the rom-coms Fiona despises, there's a twist that threatens her new love. Sam doesn't know the full story behind her breakdown. What happens when she reveals the truth?
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    Birds of California
    "Exquisite and delicious...Katie Cotugno has outdone herself."--Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of Daisy Jones & The Six and Malibu RisingSparks fly and things get real in this sharply sexy and whip-smart romantic comedy set against the backdrop of a post #metoo Hollywood from New York Times bestselling author Katie CotugnoFormer child actor Fiona St. James dropped out of the spotlight after a spectacularly public crash and burn. The tabloids called her crazy and self-destructive and said she'd lost her mind. Now in her late twenties, Fiona believes her humiliating past is firmly behind her. She's finally regained a modicum of privacy, and she won't let anything-or anyone-mess it up.Unlike Fiona, Sam Fox, who played her older brother on the popular television show Birds of California, loves the perks that come with being a successful Hollywood actor: fame, women, parties, money. When his current show gets cancelled and his agent starts to avoid his calls, the desperate actor enthusiastically signs on for a Birds of California revival. But to make it happen, he needs Fiona St. James.Against her better judgment, Fiona agrees to have lunch with Sam. What happens next takes them both by surprise. Sam is enthralled by Fiona's take-no-prisoners attitude, and Fiona discovers a lovable goofball behind Sam's close-up-ready face. Long drives to the beach, late nights at dive bars . . . theirs is the kind of kitschy romance Hollywood sells. But just like in the rom-coms Fiona despises, there's a twist that threatens her new love. Sam doesn't know the full story behind her breakdown. What happens when she reveals the truth?
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    Top Reasons Why You Should Never Invest in Opening a Franchise Business: Advantages And Disadvantages of Being a Franchisee, and How to Make the Money to Afford to Buy Your Own Franchise Business , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 92min
    This essay sheds light on the top reasons why you should never invest in opening a franchise business and also elucidates the advantages and disadvantages of being a franchisee. Moreover, how to make the money in order to afford to buy your own franchise business is delineated in this essay.There are ample reasons as to why you should desist from ever investing in opening a franchise business that go beyond incurring enormous high-start up costs and lacking any modicum of creative control over your franchise business as a franchisee. First and foremost, franchisers are typically not transparent about the actual earnings of their franchisees. When franchisers supply earnings possibilities, they have a proclivity to provide “average sales figures and profits before expenses are deducted” (“Want to buy,” n.d.). This is problematic when determining if procuring a franchise business warrants the investment since profitability is greatly overestimated when all the business expenses are taken into account. A diligent investor and prospective franchise owner must take all the business operating expenses into account in order to ascertain if opening a franchise business warrants the investment. Investors should not be solely reliant upon the questionable reported earnings provided to them by the franchiser when it comes to determining if the investment in opening a franchise business warrants the opportunity cost. Second, another deterrent appertaining to investing in opening a franchise business, beyond its enigmatic profitability, is that you will have to pay royalty payments to the franchiser in perpetuity each month as a franchisee which further abates your earnings potential. These royalty payments will severely undermine the profitability of your franchise business since they are “based on a percentage of the sales” (“Want to buy,” n.d.). Third, another calamitous issue with investing in opening a franchise business beyond having ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Brian Schwenk. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/207577/bk_acx0_207577_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Native American Tribes: The History and Culture of the Comanche , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 82min
    On the north side of San Antonio, Texas, a stone tower sits atop a hill in a city park. Originally, the tower was manned and served to warn the residents of San Antonio of the approach of Comanche raiding parties. In Texas, the Comanche are vilified and serve as a convenient reminder of the difficulties and hardships faced and overcome by brave white settlers. In reality, the Comanche provided settlers in Texas what William S. Burroughs called "a modicum of challenge and danger." For many Texans, the word "Comanche" is still akin to a curse word. For centuries, the Comanche thrived in a territory called Comancheria, which comprised parts of eastern New Mexico, southern Colorado, northeastern Arizona, southern Kansas, Oklahoma, and some of northwest Texas. Before conflicts with white settlers began in earnest, it's been estimated that the tribe consisted of more than 40,000 members. While the Comanche are still a federally recognized nation today and live on a reservation in part of Oklahoma, they have remained a well-known tribe due to their 19th century notoriety. Indeed, the conflict between the Comanche and white settlers in the Southwest was particularly barbaric compared to other native tribes. During Comanche raids, all adult males would be killed outright, and sometimes women and children met the same fate. On many occasions, older children were taken captive and gradually adopted into the tribe, until they gradually forgot life among their white families and accepted their roles in Comanche society. Popular accounts written by whites who were captured and lived among the Comanche only brought the terror and the tribe closer to home among all Americans back east as well. Of course, the Comanche were far more complicated than the savage depiction that they became known for, even though their culture has been largely overlooked in the retelling of history. Native American Tribes: The History and Culture of the Comanche ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jim Wentland. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/034981/bk_acx0_034981_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Green New Deal: The Rise of Democratic Socialism , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 288min
    In this country, there are two parties that seem to be controlling everything in our daily lives. The Democratic Party - supposedly composed of very liberal folks but which has nothing to do with Real Democracy and the Republican Party - who no longer represents the will of the people - and who are no longer conservative. When you don't act to preserve and protect the traditions of our Constitution, you're not a conservative any longer, you're just in it to win it. Personal advancement, going along with whatever is popular seems to be the hallmark of the Republican Party right now. But, we must remember that Social Security Retirement Benefits, Medicare, basically free health care for the elderly, unemployment insurance, all paid for out of our salaries by the way, weekends, child labor abolished, the abolition of slavery, the minimum wage, equal rights laws, equal protections under the law, social justice advancements, and much more all came from the Democratic Party. I can think of not one single social program that came to us from the Republican Party, and in fact, I can only think of the many administrations, such as the present one, whose only doctrine is to SAY NO TO - OR OPPOSE - any more social programs for the vast majority of us. They seem to want us all to go backwards. So, there must be some modicum of real Democratic sentiment within the Democratic party, and indeed, this is the group that has handed us The Green New Deal Resolution - as of this writing - not yet passed, really just a pipe dream. But, what a powerful puff out of the pipe it is. Many people, mostly Republicans, are calling the concept of trying to save the planet from mass extinction of all life forms, including our own as too RADICAL - but isn't it far more radical an idea that you would do nothing to prevent a disaster of this proportion? Isn't it more radical - not less - for someone to NOT CARE A FIG whether or not the human race survives into the next ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michael Mathiesen. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/163364/bk_acx0_163364_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Hollywood vs. The Author , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 429min
    It’s no secret that authors have a love-hate relationship with Hollywood. The oft-repeated cliché that “the book was better than the movie” holds true for more reasons than the average reader will ever know. When asked about selling their book rights to Hollywood authors like to joke that they drive their manuscripts to the border of Arizona and California and toss them over the fence, driving back the way they came at breakneck speed. This is probably because Hollywood just doesn’t “get it.” Its vision for the film or TV series rarely seems to match the vision of the author. And for those rare individuals who’ve had the fortune of sitting across the desk from one of the myriad, interchangeable development execs praising the brilliance of their work while ticking off a never-ending list of notes for the rewrite, the pros of pitching their work to Hollywood rarely outweigh the cons.Stephen Jay Schwartz has sat on both sides of that desk - first as the Director of Development for film director Wolfgang Petersen, then as a screenwriter and author pitching his work to the film and television industry. He’s seen all sides of what is known in this small community as “Development Hell.” The process is both amusing and heartbreaking. Most authors whose work contains a modicum of commercial potential eventually find themselves in “the room” taking a shot at seeing their creations re-visualized by agents, producers or development executives. What they often discover is that their audience is younger and less worldly as themselves. What passes for “story notes” is often a mishmash of vaguely connected ideas intended to put the producer’s personal stamp on the project.Hollywood vs. The Author is a collection of non-fiction anecdotes by authors who’ve had the pleasure of experiencing the development room firsthand - some who have successfully managed to straddle the two worlds, seeing their works morph into the kinds of feature films and TV shows that mak ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: P. J. Ochlan, Simon Mattacks, Stephen Jay Schwartz, Alan Jacobson, Tess Gerritsen, Lee Goldberg, Naomi Hirahara, Joshua Corin, Andrew Kaplan, Lawrence Block, Diana Gould, Rob Roberge, Alexandra Sokoloff, James Brown. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/011437/bk_brll_011437_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Premium Vienna - Wien
    When Vienna is mentioned, the usual clichés inevitably spring to mind: Schloss Schönbrunn and the city's vast cathedral, chocolaty Sachertorte with lashings of whipped cream, Mozart, the Vienna Boys' Choir and couples in tails and ball gowns waltzing to Johann Strauß. There are also the more general Austrian associations of snow-capped peaks against brilliantly blue skies, gingerbread churches stuffed with fat-faced Baroque cherubs and rosy-cheeked girls in dirndls running up mountains and bursting into song as in The Sound of Music.Many aspects of this postcard idyll do actually exist. Not to be disputed the charm and beauty of many areas of the former imperial capital - from the narrow medieval streets and dwellings of the centre to the elegant suburb of Spittelberg to the wine villages of Grinzing and Nussdorf. Many of the wine taverns, pubs and coffee houses here have clung to a modicum of imperial and royal Habsburg plush despite Austria being a republic for many decades. And which romantic heart doesn't beat all the faster on espying one of Vienna's many horse-drawn carriages doing its gentle rounds of the Ring?Over 350 marvellous photos show the Danube metropolis in all its glorious variety: its mighty churches and palaces, its splendid boulevards and tiny medieval streets, its sophisticated shopping malls and temples of sublime art, all of which help to create an absolutely unique atmosphere in this city hovering between the past and the present. Six specials tell of the powerful Habsburg dynasty, the city's famous musical history, its art ancient and modern, Schloss Schönbrunn, contemporary Viennese architecture and its legendary wine taverns.Ist von Wien die Rede, kommen jedem wohl zunächst unweigerlich klischeehafte Bilder in den Sinn: Schloss Schönbrunn und der Stephansdom, die Sachertorte mit Schlagobers, die weißen Lipizzaner-Pferde, die Sängerknaben und Walzerkönig Strauß. Hinzu gesellen sich mit Blick auf die Umgebung im Geiste pausbäckig-barocke Putten und Madonnen, Gumpoldskirchner und Kremser Weine, Schuberts Landpartien oder Beethovens "Wegerl" durchs Helenental.Viele Aspekte der Ansichtskartenidyllen entsprechen dabei durchaus der Wirklichkeit. Zahlreiche Ecken der ehemaligen Kaiserstadt, von den mittelalterlichen Gässchen und Höfen der City über das "Vorstadtkrätzl" Spittelberg bis hinaus zu den Heurigenrevieren Grinzing und Nussdorf, sind in der Tat von kaum zu überbietender Lieblichkeit. In nicht wenigen Heurigen, Beisln und Kaffeehäusern haben sich Restbestände kaiserlich-königlicher Gemütlichkeit aus der Habsburgerepoche über all die republikanischen Jahrzehnte bewahrt. Und welches Romantikerherz gerät nicht ins Jauchzen beim Anblick der vielen Fiaker, die gemächlichen Gangs auf der Ringstraße ihre Runden drehen?Über 310 grandiose Bilder zeigen die unglaublich vielfältigen Facetten der Donaumetropole - die mächtigen Gotteshäuser und Schlösser, die Prachtstraßen und mittelalterlichen Gässchen, die vornehmen Einkaufspassagen und die Tempel der hehren Kunst samt der einzigartigen Atmosphäre zwischen Geschichte und Moderne. Sechs Specials berichten über das mächtige Herrschergeschlecht der Habsburger, die berühmte Musikgeschichte der Stadt, über alte und neue Kunst, über das Schloss Schönbrunn, moderne Wiener Architektur und die legendären Heurigen. - Der opulente Band ist auch in deutscher Sprache erhältlich!PREMIUMXL-Bildband - - - ein Bildband mit stabilem Schmuckschuber, fast 3kg Buch - - - professionelle Fotografie von renommierten Reisefotografen - - - Bis zu 400 großformatige Bilder auf 224 Seiten - - - Alle wichtigen Sehenswürdigkeiten - - - Kultur und Traditionen - - - Kenntnis- und umfangreiche Texte - - - Ausführliche Bildunterschriften - - - Viele Spezialthemen - - - Farbige Übersichtskarte - - - Detailliertes Register - - - Ein ideales Geschenk, auch für sich selbst.
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    An Artist of Modicum Success
    An Artist of Modicum Success: ab 4.49 €
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