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    The Aunties , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 604min
    A Struggling Writer Finds Inspiration in Family History Deborah's career is at a dead end. After a splashy debut with her first novel, she's languished as a freelancer, her potential unfulfilled. But the death of an elderly aunt provides unexpected source material, as she and her family discover journals and letters that bring to life a colorful and shocking past.  The Aunties is a novel within a novel - the story of Deborah's quest to fictionalize her unexpected legacy. Along the way, she learns more about Marian, her strong-willed grandmother determined to break out of poverty, whose proto-feminism succumbs to the lure of an unwise romance. Her daughters, Deborah's beloved aunties, reap the harvest of their mother's mistake as they travel their own journeys. From Gilded Age America to World War II, from plain farm life to high society, from America's heartland to wild and colorful Brazil, The Aunties is a story of family love and loyalty through adversity. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Monroe Clark McBride. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/cher/000694/bk_cher_000694_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    If I Can Make it Here: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 579min
    Is it too late for coffee or too early for wine? That’s a question Madeline Burke has come to ask herself all too often. She needs a change, and a big one at that.Coming into her late 20s, she finally finds the courage to pull herself out of a boring nine-to-five life in Texas and launch the exciting new career she’s always dreamed about. Thanks to a little chutzpah and some quick thinking, she has landed an internship working in film publicity in New York City. It’s her favorite city in the world, concrete jungle where dreams are made...or crushed. The prospect is both exciting and intimidating for a woman with an ambitious work ethic and a pesky anxiety problem. What could possibly go wrong?As Madeline goes behind the velvet ropes of movie premieres and celebrity press tours, she finds out what really happens after the cameras flash. Navigating her way through splashy scandals, inflated egos, romantic entanglements, and impossible office demands has her catching her breath behind one too many bathroom stall doors.The hectic and fast-paced reality that is her new life has her questioning whether or not she has what it takes to stick it out. She decides it is up to her and her alone to make it in New York City.As the saying goes, if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere...right? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Stefanie Kay. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/151939/bk_acx0_151939_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Whisky King: The Remarkable True Story of Canada's Most Infamous Bootlegger and the Undercover Mountie on His Trail , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1094min
    At the dawn of the 20th century, two Italian men arrived in Canada amid waves of immigration. One, Rocco Perri, from southern Italy, rose from the life of a petty criminal on the streets of Toronto to running the most prominent bootlegging operation of the Prohibition era, taking over Hamilton and leading one of the country’s most influential crime syndicates. Perri was feared by his enemies and loved by the press, who featured him regularly in splashy front-page headlines. So great was his celebrity that, following the murder of his wife and business partner, Bessie Starkman, a crowd of 30,000 thronged the streets of Hamilton for her funeral.  Perri's businesses - which included alcohol, drugs, gambling and prostitution - kept him under constant police surveillance. He caught the interest of one man in particular, the other arrival from Italy, Frank Zaneth. Zaneth, originally from the Italian north, joined the RCMP and became its first undercover investigator - Operative No. 1. Zaneth’s work took him across the country, but he was dogged in his pursuit of Rocco Perri and worked for his arrest until the day Perri was last seen, in 1944, when he disappeared without a trace.  With original research and masterful storytelling, Cole details the fascinating rise to power of a notorious Prohibition-era Canadian crime figure twinned with the life of the man who pursued him.PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.  ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Richard Davidson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/034167/bk_adbl_034167_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Widow's House , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 650min
    Edgar Award Winner, Mary Higgins Clark, 2018This chilling novel from the best-selling, award-winning author of The Lake of Dead Languages blends the Gothic allure of Daphne DuMaurier's Rebecca and the crazed undertones of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper with the twisty, contemporary edge of A. S .A. Harrison's The Silent Wife - a harrowing tale of psychological suspense set in New York's Hudson Valley. When Jess and Clare Martin move from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, to their former college town in the Hudson River valley, they are hoping for rejuvenation - of their marriage, their savings, and Jess' writing career. They take a caretaker's job at Riven House, a crumbling estate and the home of their old college writing professor. While Clare once had dreams of being a writer, those plans fell by the wayside when Jess made a big, splashy literary debut in their 20s. It's been years now since his first novel. The advance has long been spent. Clare's hope is that the pastoral beauty and nostalgia of the Hudson Valley will offer some inspiration. But their new life isn't all quaint town libraries and fragrant apple orchards. There is a haunting pall that hangs over Riven House like a funeral veil. Something is just not right. Soon Clare begins to hear babies crying at night and seeing strange figures in fog at the edge of their property. Diving into the history of the area, she realizes that Riven House has a dark and anguished past. And whatever this thing is - this menacing force that destroys the inhabitants of the estate - it seems to be after Clare next.  ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cassandra Campbell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/005852/bk_harp_005852_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Top of the Rock: Inside the Rise and Fall of Must See TV , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 536min
    Seinfeld, Friends, Frasier, ER, Cheers, Law & Order, Will & Grace… Here is the funny, splashy, irresistible insiders’ account of the greatest era in television history - told by the actors, writers, directors, producers, and the network executives who made it happen… and watched it all fall apart. Warren Littlefield was the NBC President of Entertainment who oversaw the Peacock Network’s rise from also-ran to a division that generated a billion dollars in profits. In this fast-paced and exceptionally entertaining oral history, Littlefield and NBC luminaries including Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander, Kelsey Grammer, Matt LeBlanc, Lisa Kudrow, Julianna Marguiles, Anthony Edwards, Noah Wylie, Debra Messing, Jack Welch, Jimmy Burrows, Helen Hunt, and Dick Wolf vividly recapture the incredible era of Must See TV. From 1993 through 1998, NBC exploded every conventional notion of what a broadcast network could accomplish with the greatest prime-time line-up in television history. On Thursday nights, a cavalcade of groundbreaking comedies and dramas streamed into homes, attracting a staggering 75 million viewers and generating more revenue than all other six nights of programming combined. The road to success, however, was a rocky one. How do you turn a show like Seinfeld, one of the lowest testing pilots of all time, into a hit when the network overlords are constantly warring, or worse, drowning in a bottle of vodka? Top of the Rock is an addictively readable account of the risky business decisions, creative passion, and leaps of faith that made Must See TV possible. Chock full of delicious behind-the-scenes anecdotes that run the gamut from hilarious casting and programming ploys to petty jealousies and drug interventions, you’re in for a juicy, unputdownable read. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bob Balaban. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/002998/bk_rand_002998_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Domestic Affairs: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 741min
    Sex and politics dominate national headlines, but what do these dangerous dalliances look like from inside? Bridget Siegel - veteran of John Edwards' and Barack Obama's presidential bids - tells a provocative, page-turning tale of a talented young woman who falls in love and in bed with the wrong White House candidate. When 20-something fundraiser Olivia Green's good friend taps her to help with the presidential run of her boss, Georgia Governor Landon Taylor, she knows she has just landed her dream political job. Taylor ardently believes in the decency of the American people and the possibility of prosperity for all, including a strong hand up for the working poor. Sacrificing her sleep, comfort, and income to make the world a better place is the obvious call. Right? But what's a girl to do when the man with a vision has the most earnest, captivating blue eyes? And what's a professional on the rise to do when the most charming, erudite, capable, and ostensibly honorable man in the free world wants to take her to bed (but he's married and her boss)? Domestic Affairs: A Campaign Novel vividly captures the fervor and idealism of campaign life, as well as the emotional heat generated from late work hours, splashy fund-raisers, and exotic fact-finding trips abroad. Ultimately, campaigners must decide how much daily principle gets forsaken for the long-term gain of the country - and the very personal needs of a lonely heart. How does it feel for Olivia to keep the biggest secret of her life from her best friend and coworker, because a news leak could destroy the country's next great hope and break her best friend's trust? How far does one go when the end appears to justify the means? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bridget Siegel. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/003186/bk_rand_003186_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Holes (eBook, ePUB)
    Winner of the Newbery Medal and the National Book Award! This #1 New York Times bestselling, modern classic in which boys are forced to dig holes day in and day out is now available with a splashy new look. Stanley Yelnats is under a curse. A curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather and has since followed generations of Yelnatses. Now Stanley has been unjustly sent to a boys' detention center, Camp Green Lake, where the boys build character by spending all day, every day digging holes exactly five feet wide and five feet deep. There is no lake at Camp Green Lake. But there are an awful lot of holes. It doesn't take long for Stanley to realize there's more than character improvement going on at Camp Green Lake. The boys are digging holes because the warden is looking for something. But what could be buried under a dried-up lake? Stanley tries to dig up the truth in this inventive and darkly humorous tale of crime and punishment-and redemption. Includes a double bonus: an excerpt from Small Steps, the follow-up to Holes, as well as an excerpt from Louis Sachar's new middle-grade novel, Fuzzy Mud. "A smart jigsaw puzzle of a novel." --The New York Times WINNER OF THE BOSTON GLOBE-HORN BOOK AWARD A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW NOTABLE CHILDREN'S BOOK SELECTED FOR NUMEROUS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR AND ALA HONORS
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    The Sci-Fi Siren Who Dared Love Elvis and Other Stars , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 671min
    Angelique Pettyjohn (1943-1992) was groomed and pampered to be the next Marilyn Monroe by the studio system. But on her way to stardom, she took a slight detour and became an icon in her own right, beloved by millions of fans worldwide. This is the incredible, true-life story of "the girl in the silver bikini" who dared to love Elvis Presley and give the King of Rock-n-Roll his only son. She also taught Captain Kirk on Star Trek how to make love to alien women, outsmarted Secret Agent Maxwell Smart, spied on the Girl from U.N.C.L.E., came between TV's Batman and Robin, put the sting back in the Green Hornet, showed partner Bruce Lee (as Kato) a few fast moves, headlined several sci-fi movies as an unforgettably sexy siren, was picked up as a hooker on the top-rated Hill Street Blues, and proved that women over 40 were shagadelic, baby! She was also a Las Vegas showgirl, exotic dancer, model, femme fatale, scream queen, comedian, Playboy pin-up, suburban housewife, and friend. During her 30-year career in show business, Angelique Pettyjohn always lit up the stage or screen with her splashy personality and sexy good looks. She dated most of Hollywood's leading men, and if her sex diary ever surfaced, there would be plenty of red faces in Tinsel Town. I met Angelique at a Star Trek convention in 1982, and during the last 10 years of her life, we developed a truly one-of-a-kind friendship. We became inseparable, and there wasn't a thing I would not have done for her. She asked me one final favor, while she lay dying; she asked me to tell her story, warts and all. This book, which has taken 28 years of exhaustive research, is my love letter to Angelique Pettyjohn, her story of tragedy and triumph in show business. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kevin E. Brown. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/223850/bk_acx0_223850_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Swim Team
    ?Combines wonderful characters and history to create a story that will make you want to dive right in!? JERRY CRAFT, author of the Newbery Medal?winning New Kid A splashy, contemporary middle grade graphic novel from bestselling comics creator Johnnie Christmas! Bree can't wait for her first day at her new middle school, Enith Brigitha, home to the Mighty Manatees?until she's stuck with the only elective that fits her schedule, the dreaded Swim 101. The thought of swimming makes Bree more than a little queasy, yet she's forced to dive headfirst into one of her greatest fears. Lucky for her, Etta, an elderly occupant of her apartment building and former swim team captain, is willing to help. With Etta's training and a lot of hard work, Bree suddenly finds her swim-crazed community counting on her to turn the school's failing team around. But that's easier said than done, especially when their rival, the prestigious Holyoke Prep, has everything they need to leave the Mighty Manatees in their wake. Can Bree defy the odds and guide her team to a state championship, or have the Manatees swum their last lap?for good? Praise for SWIM TEAM: ?A revelation! You'll root for Swim Team?the water is just right.? ?JOHN JENNINGS, New York Times bestselling and Eisner Award?winning creator ?Swim Team is a beautiful story about trying new things. Johnnie Christmas is a fantastic storyteller and artist.? ?KAZU KIBUISHI, author of Amulet ?Full of charm, heart, and pulse-pounding races. A winner!? ?GENE LUEN YANG, author of American Born Chinese and Dragon Hoops
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    Swim Team
    ?Combines wonderful characters and history to create a story that will make you want to dive right in!? JERRY CRAFT, author of the Newbery Medal?winning New Kid A splashy, contemporary middle grade graphic novel from bestselling comics creator Johnnie Christmas! Bree can't wait for her first day at her new middle school, Enith Brigitha, home to the Mighty Manatees?until she's stuck with the only elective that fits her schedule, the dreaded Swim 101. The thought of swimming makes Bree more than a little queasy, yet she's forced to dive headfirst into one of her greatest fears. Lucky for her, Etta, an elderly occupant of her apartment building and former swim team captain, is willing to help. With Etta's training and a lot of hard work, Bree suddenly finds her swim-crazed community counting on her to turn the school's failing team around. But that's easier said than done, especially when their rival, the prestigious Holyoke Prep, has everything they need to leave the Mighty Manatees in their wake. Can Bree defy the odds and guide her team to a state championship, or have the Manatees swum their last lap?for good? Praise for SWIM TEAM: ?A revelation! You'll root for Swim Team?the water is just right.? ?JOHN JENNINGS, New York Times bestselling and Eisner Award?winning creator ?Swim Team is a beautiful story about trying new things. Johnnie Christmas is a fantastic storyteller and artist.? ?KAZU KIBUISHI, author of Amulet ?Full of charm, heart, and pulse-pounding races. A winner!? ?GENE LUEN YANG, author of American Born Chinese and Dragon Hoops
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