35 Results for : summarily
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Warped Conduit: Platoon F Book 6 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 392min
A new master. A tug on the heartstrings. A mission to destroy a planet. After breaking away from the Segnal Space Marine Corps, the crew of The SSMC Reluctant is searching for what to do next. Unfortunately, a race of beings who call themselves "The Overseers" already have plans for them. It's one of those deals they can't refuse. Worse, Captain Don Harr quickly learns that his new masters truly want everyone who isn't an Overseer to die. It means no competition... Fortunately, there is a new political movement that is requesting that entire planets not be destroyed anymore. They crew has to travel to a planet that is making technological headway on a warp drive and destroy the device before it's too late. If they fail, the planet will be annihilated and every member of Platoon F will be summarily executed. To make things even more trying, Harr believes he's finally found the love of his life. Worse, she's the lead scientist on the warp drive project... Warped Conduit is the hilarious sixth installment in the Platoon F sci-fi series. If you like quirky aliens, naughty overlords, and silly adventures, then you’ll love John P. Logsdon and Christopher P. Young’s fun-filled adventure. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John P. Logsdon. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/040643/bk_acx0_040643_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Tracker: A Western Story , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 510min
Tom Fuller - a scrupulously honest fellow, a person of extraordinary physical strength, and owner of a savage horse, Rusty, that he alone was able to tame - is generally regarded as a half-wit. He has been summarily fired from every job he has ever had and even comes to regard himself as a failure. He makes one more try when he is hired on as a blacksmith's assistant by Boston Charlie. Finally here is a job that Tom can perform successfully, and his spirit soars. Oliver Champion, who stops at the smithy to have his wagon horses newly shod, is impressed by Tom's ability. Champion also recognizes Tom as the son of the late Washington Fuller, a renowned gunfighter. Boston Charlie, far from being impressed by this revelation, is outraged and fires Tom, insisting that he leave at once. Champion takes this newfound opportunity to propose that Tom, who in addition to his physical strength is also an excellent shot, should become his bodyguard. Not having any alternative, Tom accepts the offer. It is obviously a decision made in haste, as Tom soon learns that Champion is new to the West, that he is an escaped convict from a prison in the East, and that he has come all this way in pursuit of a master criminal, Henry Plank, the man actually responsible for the robbery for which Champion was imprisoned. Now Champion wants Tom to lead him through unfamiliar country to get his revenge. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Barry Press. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/007013/bk_blak_007013_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Nordic Aliens and the Amazon Queens: Giant Warrior Women Who Ruled the World (Through the Wormhole, Book 6) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 492min
In a remote age of human history, women ruled kingdoms so vast that you might even say that women ruled the world. These giant warrior women were born of the gods, and in battle, one woman fought as fiercely as 10 men. They led armies into war, built cities, roads, canals, bridges, and irrigation systems. Amazons established botanical gardens with freshwater fountains along major roadways to provide food and water for weary travelers. Kings wanted to beget sons by the Amazons, so they kidnapped and enslaved these women, and if husbands existed, they were summarily killed. Soldiers who “caught” an Amazon and gifted her to a king were rewarded handsomely. It’s no wonder that Amazons formed women-only colonies in which men were forbidden to live. No more would men steal these giant women as trophies or force them into marriage. Amazon accomplishments have often been credited to men, presumably by the same historians who were so incredulous as to deem the “extraordinary” and “unnatural” exploits of the Amazons “impossible to believe” as one described it. And yet, Amazon colonies spanned three-quarters of the world. They were the Rakshasi demons of India, the Candace queens of Africa, the Gorgons of Greek legend, the white-haired queens and yellow-haired giants of America, the genii of Chinese legend, and one was born of a mermaid in a flying egg. All carried the genes of Nordic extraterrestrials whom we once worshipped as gods. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Peter L. Delloro. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/196707/bk_acx0_196707_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Identity Unknown: Rediscovering Seven American Women Artists , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1078min
Who hasn't wondered where - aside from Georgia O'Keeffe and Frida Kahlo - all the women artists are? In many art books, they've been marginalized with cold efficiency, summarily dismissed in the captions of group photographs with the phrase 'identity unknown' while each male is named. Donna Seaman brings to dazzling life seven of these forgotten artists, among the best of their day: Gertrude Abercrombie, with her dark, surreal paintings and friendships with Dizzy Gillespie and Sonny Rollins; Bay Area self-portraitist Joan Brown; Ree Morton, with her witty, oddly beautiful constructions; Loïs Mailou Jones of the Harlem Renaissance; Lenore Tawney, who combined weaving and sculpture when art and craft were considered mutually exclusive; Christina Ramberg, whose unsettling works drew on pop culture and advertising; and Louise Nevelson, an art-world superstar in her heyday but omitted from recent surveys of her era. These women fought to be treated the same as male artists, to be judged by their work, not their gender or appearance. In brilliant, compassionate prose, Seaman reveals what drove them, how they worked, and how they were perceived by others in a world where women were subjects - not makers - of art. Identity Unknown speaks to all women about their neglected place in history and the challenges they face to be taken as seriously as men no matter what their chosen field - and to all men interested in women's lives. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dina Pearlman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/029836/bk_adbl_029836_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Blue Eye , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 795min
A story inspired in part by the works of John Le Carre, Stieg Larson, Michael Creighton, Dan Brown, Ludlam’s Bourne, and Hilton’s Lost Horizon and set against the backdrop of Baikal, the world’s oldest lake, Blue Eye is the first in a trilogy of high-octane thrillers. Populated with unorthodox characters and locations, fast-paced international action, and the all-too contemporary premise of corporate business colliding with nature, one man’s struggle to come to terms with his own conscience may decide the future of civilization. London-based derivatives trader Scott Carty doesn’t give any weight to the inexplicable dreams he’s been having. That is, until his mercurial boss, Arthur D’albo, summarily dispatches him to an energy conference in Kazakhstan along with the curious instruction to deliver a locked briefcase to one of the delegates. Soon enough, the dream’s premonitions begin to resonate with an alarming clarity as he becomes entangled with his enigmatic translator, Lisa Isotova, and begins to uncover D’albo’s sinister business - a huge trading fraud which is lubricating the wheels of a covert Cold War energy technology. It’s a secret, though, that carries a deadly price. Targeted, they're forced to flee into the Siberian forest around the shores of Lake Baikal. There, his understanding of reality is challenged as he learns of the technology’s staggering truth: its threat to the global economic order. Meanwhile, back in London, everyone presumes he’s dead - everyone, that is, but the intelligence agencies. What do they really know about this enigma, and why is Carty’s survival so important? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Simon de Deney. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/228937/bk_acx0_228937_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Kingslayer: Seven Steps to the Arbiter , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 146min
The year: 3975. The man: Christopher Randolph Kellan. The mission: Kill the king of the galaxy. He is the Kingslayer.Young Kit Kellan has led a rough-and-tumble life - knocking around the Vega System in his youth as a tiger hunter, a brawler, and a bouncer in a bar. But his real fight is just beginning. Summarily expelled from the prestigious Terra University, he is taken into custody by an agent of the System Bureau of Investigation (SBI). Kit's crime: thinking too much and thinking too well. He’s not in custody for long, however. Snatched from captivity by the People’s Revolutionary Society, Kit sets out an epic adventure that will take him to the farthest reaches of the universe - as he is chosen to undertake a mission of extraordinary difficulty and danger: assassinate the Arbiter. Just who is the Arbiter? He is the omnipotent ruler of the stars. Empires rise and fall, wars rage, planets vanish...all at the snap of his fingers. And as Kit discovers, it’s not easy to kill the most powerful man in the universe. He’ll have to outsmart shadowy spies, battle deadly saboteurs, and match wits with women as beautiful as they are dangerous. In the end - if he lives to see the day - he might just make a discovery that will change him, and the galaxy, forever. “An exciting novel of the future. One thrilling adventure to another, ending with a surprising climax. Highly recommended.” (Los Angeles Daily News) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: R.F. Daley, Denise Duff, Jim Meskimen, full cast. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/gala/000001/bk_gala_000001_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Shadow Warriors , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 692min
Five misfit teens kidnapped to space must create a fighting force to confront an alien threat.Can they save themselves, save Earth, and save their own kidnappers?Cal’s father is drinking himself to death over the passing of his wife. He has lost his job and spent himself into complete bankruptcy. Their home is posted for foreclosure.Letty’s parents started out poor, but the business they founded has made them rich. Now, though, they fight all the time, and it’s driving Letty crazy.Tony has lived on the street for months with his prostitute mother, but he woke up this morning to find her dead, OD’ed on drugs.Ophelia is the daughter of a billionaire, but her father died mysteriously and now her stepmother is plotting to take all her inheritance.Sasha lives in a foster home with an abusive family that feeds him scraps and threatens that if he complains, they will send him to jail.All five have terrible personal problems and then one day, they wake up aboard a spaceship, kidnapped. They must train as the crew of a galactic fighter to defend the very civilization that has abducted them. The enemy is a predatory, unstoppable enemy that threatens the entire galaxy, including their home planet Earth.Most of these “Shadow Warriors” hate each other, and none of them wants to train or fight, but regardless, they will be summarily loaded aboard a fighter and sent into battle to die. Train they must - and yet, they can’t even get along.Can they coalesce as a team and go on to become a top fighting crew - to save themselves and save the Earth?A gripping new adventure series in the spirit of Ender’s Game! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tom Bishop. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/166864/bk_acx0_166864_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Decisive Moments in History: The Reign of Terror , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 198min
As one of the seminal social revolutions in human history, the French Revolution holds a unique legacy, especially in the West. The early years of the Revolution were fueled by Enlightenment ideals, seeking the social overthrow of the caste system that gave the royalty and aristocracy decisive advantages over the lower classes. But history remembers the French Revolution in a starkly different way, as the same leaders who sought a more democratic system while out of power devolved into establishing an incredibly repressive tyranny of their own once they acquired it. The height of Republican France's tyranny came during a 10-month period forever known as the Reign of Terror, the most notorious and arguably most memorable part of the French Revolution. One of the first victims of the Reign of Terror was its most famous: former French Queen Marie Antoinette. But Antoinette was followed by thousands more, including everyone from aristocrats to clergy to prostitutes and even instrumental revolutionaries like Danton, Desmoulins, and, most notably, Robespierre. It was Robespierre whose position on the Committee of Public Safety made him the Reign of Terror's instrumental figure until he himself became a victim of it in July 1794. Robespierre's date with the guillotine is often considered the official end of the Reign of Terror, but by then it is estimated that at least 16,000 people were guillotined in that time and possibly 25,000 more were summarily executed across the country. Decisive Moments in History: The Reign of Terror chronicles this instrumental period of the French Revolution, explaining the historical background leading up to it, the seminal moments of the Reign of Terror, and its aftermath and legacy. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tim Welch. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/036139/bk_acx0_036139_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Ancient Aliens and the Age of Giants: Through the Wormhole , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 489min
Analyze thousands of years of giant skeletons from seven to 15 feet tall, along with DNA evidence, genetic mutations, newspaper articles, archeological notes, and excerpts from the Smithsonian Institution's own records. Meet a living tribe of 19th century Stone Age giants. A leading anthropologist compared their bones to Cro-Magnon skeletons. Do they represent the original humans prior to the arrival of extraterrestrial giants, or the biblical Nephilim? Explore the advanced technology of the extraterrestrial giants: two-way radios, aircraft, self-propelled boats, wormholes, military vehicles, and aerial weapons that blasted Earth. Historical accounts, first-person encounters, plus legends and mythology tell us who they were, where they came from, how they interacted with humans, and left us with predictions of their return. There is a systematic attack on the evidence, however, that keeps giants mired in disbelief and ridicule. Documents are being rewritten one word at a time to give us an altered history that completely erases extraterrestrial giants, except in the realm of fairytales and fantasy. Dissect several alleged hoaxes and questionable discoveries for an in-depth look at how debunkers twist the facts: How does Area 51 and several missing witnesses fit into one of the biggest hoaxes in giant history? Were giant mummies used as a diversion for the Roswell UFO crash? Take an expanded look at the mummified, red-haired Lovelock giant found in Lovelock Cave, Nevada, and see how debunkers twisted the facts. Revisit the Los Lunas Decalogue Stone, and see how the Navajo translation was summarily dismissed by casting a shadow of doubt on the credentials of the translator - a translator whose credentials are impeccable. What happened to King Solomon's Cave in Montana? What turned this cave of giants into a giant hoax?? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Peter L. Delloro. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/030521/bk_acx0_030521_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Eye of the Red Tsar: A Novel of Suspense , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 544min
This riveting suspense debut introduces both a stellar new voice and a remarkable detective, an outsider who must use his extraordinary talents to solve the one case that may redeem him. Shortly after midnight on July 17, 1918, the imprisoned family of Tsar Nicholas Romanov was awakened and led down to the basement of the Ipatiev house. There they were summarily executed. Their bodies were hidden away, the location a secret of the Soviet state.A decade later, one man lives in purgatory, banished to a forest on the outskirts of humanity. Pekkala was once the most trusted secret agent of the Romanovs, the right-hand man of the Tsar himself. Now he is Prisoner 4745-P, living a harsh existence in which even the strongest vanish into the merciless Soviet winter.But the state needs Pekkala one last time. The man who knew the Romanovs best is given a final mission: catch their killers, locate the royal child rumored to be alive, and give Stalin the international coup he craves. Find the bodies, Pekkala is told, and you will find your freedom. Find the survivor of that bloody night and you will change history.In a land of uneasy alliances and deadly treachery, pursuing clues that have eluded everyone, Pekkala is thrust into the past where he once reigned. There he will meet the man who betrayed him and the woman he loved and lost in the fires of rebellion—and uncover a secret so shocking that it will shake to its core the land he loves.With stunning period detail and crackling suspense, Eye of the Red Tsar introduces a complex and compelling investigator in a fiercely intelligent thriller perfect for readers of Gorky Park, Child 44, and City of Thieves. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Paul Michael. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/002281/bk_rand_002281_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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