272 Results for : devises
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The Heart of It All: HeartSick Series, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 605min
In everything you do, give everything you've got; unless you're giving blood. Austin Kyle just wants to be a normal freshman at college, get a girl, make some friends, maybe even make it to a class or two. Except that he isn't normal. Due to a car accident in high school, and the resulting blood transfusions needed to save him, he now carries the cure for cancer in his blood. Austin's girlfriend, Mia, has been suffering from leukemia. She tries to hide her sickness from Austin and their growing band of friends, wanting them to only see her and not her disease. As her health deteriorates, she pushes them away in an attempt to save her friends from enduring the devastation her own family went through during her mom's losing battle against breast cancer. Dr. Greer has been working towards a cure for the last 10 years, funding and operating a smaller version of a medical X prize. Fate brings these two together when Austin becomes a paid volunteer at the Dr.'s foundation. When the doctor realizes what Austin's blood is capable of, she devises a plan. It's the only way she can be sure to control what might possibly be the cure for every illness on Earth. Will Austin be able to make his way back to her in time? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Don Amodio. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/111220/bk_acx0_111220_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Grayson's Vow , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 799min
A standalone romance from the New York Times best-selling author of Archer's Voice. Kira Dallaire is desperate. Some challenges in life seem too hard to overcome. With little money and even fewer options, the quick-witted and vibrant 22-year-old needs to reinvent herself. Known for her generous heart and impulsive personality, she devises a survival plan - possibly her most outrageous idea yet. Grayson Hawthorn is losing hope. Some obstacles in life seem too hard to overcome. Betrayal definitely being one of them. With limited capital and dwindling resources, he is attempting to resurrect his failing family vineyard - a self-imposed vow seemingly destined to fail. That is until a young woman enters his office with an outlandish, unexpected proposition that's impossible to refuse. What begins as a temporary business arrangement soon evolves into more as vivacious, spirited Kira challenges detached, arrogant Grayson to want more from life. To want more for himself. But as their wills clash and fiery passion ignites, they'll realize that sometimes the past creates walls too difficult to climb and that lies and deception rarely precede a happily ever after. As Kira and Grayson race toward their destiny, they will discover that some vows are meant to be broken, and others are worth risking everything for...even your very own heart. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Maxine Mitchell, Joe Arden. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/026166/bk_adbl_026166_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Bad, Bad Prince: A Royal Bad Boy Romance , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 297min
Lara: Everybody knows that Prince Henry of Corso is the sexiest prince of the century. His bad boy image is hard to ignore, what - with the tattoos, the dirty mouth, and the revolving door of women, each of them hoping he'll choose her as his one and only. I couldn't care less about the prince and his cocky antics. I'm visiting his island to find peace after a tragic accident ripped my life apart. But then the sex-on-a-stick prince saves my life like some kind of superhero in a black leather jacket and shocks me with the most indecent proposal of my life. After knowing me all of a few hours, Prince Henry wants me to marry him...and have his baby! Henry: I like my women easy, my sex rough, and most importantly, I play to win. When my father devises a test to choose which of his sons will inherit his throne, I'll take that bet and beat him at his own game. Out of nowhere, Lara Morgan comes zooming into my life, beautiful and broken and full of fire. With the perfect girl on my arm - and in my bed - that throne is mine. But if I'm not careful, Lara Morgan will be, too. Our arrangement is supposed to be a marriage of convenience. There's nothing convenient about falling in love. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Holly Adams, Joe Arden. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/030155/bk_adbl_030155_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Stupid Boy: Stupid in Love, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 438min
From Cindy Miles, best-selling new adult author of Stupid Girl, comes the next installment of her blockbuster Stupid in Love series - Stupid Boy. Brax Jenkins and Olivia Beaumont are the most envied couple at Winston University - but the so-called "virginity dare", orchestrated by Brax's old fraternity, almost tore them apart. Now, a new dare is taking shape, and it's sure to set emotions ablaze - more than ever before. Winston's "It Girl" Harper Belle isn't just president of the Deltas - she's also a master at keeping her ugly past a secret. So, when the Kappas' dare hits closer to home for her more than anyone realizes, she devises a competition of her own as payback. Three sorority sisters will seek out a notorious womanizer on campus and - unbeknownst their "mark" - secretly train him to be the perfect boyfriend. Always up for a challenge, Harper targets the biggest player she can find: Brax's wickedly handsome foster brother Kane McCarthy. But, Harper discovers there's much more to Kane than girls, games, and partying. His easy smile belies the quiet, old soul reflected in his deep brown eyes. All it takes is one night, one secret laid bare, and one kiss from Kane to shift Harper's world on its axis. Suddenly, the girl who's always walked a straight and narrow path can't think of anything else except losing control. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Elizabeth Evans, Vikas Adam. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/020757/bk_adbl_020757_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Agnes Hopper Shakes Up Sweetbriar: A Senior Cozy Mystery Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 424min
Summer's steamy haze coats North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains, but feisty Agnes Marie Hopper discovers the heat isn't the only thing causing her blood to boil. After a kitchen fire destroys her home, Agnes moves in with her daughter, Betty Jo. Three months later they come to an understanding: neither can tolerate living with the other. So on a sultry August morning, Betty Jo drives Agnes and her few belongings to Sweetbriar Manor, a local retirement home and former house of ill repute. With no intention of staying, Agnes devises a scheme to sneak out of the Manor and find another place to live. Before she can make her exit, she runs into her best friend from high school, along with some other quirky characters. With a nose for trouble, Agnes learns some of the residents are being robbed, over-medicated, and denied basic cable and Internet access. Armed with nothing more than 71 years of common sense and a knack for pushing people's buttons, Agnes sets out to expose the unscrupulous administrator, protect her new friends, and restore Sweetbriar Manor's reputation as a rewarding and enriching lifestyle. But the real moment of truth comes when Agnes is forced to choose between her feisty self-reliance and the self-sacrifice that comes from caring for others. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Beverly Ann Astley. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/047686/bk_acx0_047686_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Unyielding: Love and Resistance in WW2 Germany: World War II Trilogy Series, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 340min
A pledge of love and hope paves the way for a tale of courage and resilience.... After Wilhelm Quedlin takes Hilde Dremmer as his bride, his heart is content and filled with love, but his life becomes much more complicated. As he's pulled deeper and deeper into his intelligence work, Q feels as if what he is doing, how he is contributing to the espionage of war, isn't enough. More than once, he's ready to give up, but Hilde urges him to continue, to stay true to himself. She quietly bears all the hardship war has brought to ordinary people like them until one day the unimaginable happens, and she, too, wants out. But fate wanted them to stay and fight.... Suddenly, inspiration strikes: Q devises a plan to cause a devastating blow to Hitler's regime - assassinate a key player in his organization. One life in exchange for millions of lives saved. In Q's mind, it seems simple, but war is always complicated. Q's plan may have a rippling effect that could potentially end the war and affect change around the world. But can he go through with it? Does Q have the courage to pull it off? Or will the looming fear that it will not only ruin him but also harm his family cause him to abandon the plan altogether? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: James Anderson Foster. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/012199/bk_tant_012199_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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You Feel It Just Below the Ribs
A haunting, provocative novel, You Feel It Just Below the Ribs is a fictional autobiography in an alternate twentieth century that chronicles one woman's unusual life, including the price she pays to survive and the cost her choices hold for the society she is trying to save.Born at the end of the old world, Miriam grows up during The Great Reckoning, a sprawling, decades-long war that nearly decimates humanity and strips her of friends and family. Devastated by grief and loneliness, she emotionally exiles herself, avoiding relationships or allegiances, and throws herself into her work-disengagement that serves her when the war finally ends, and The New Society arises.To ensure a lasting peace, The New Society forbids anything that may cause tribal loyalties, including traditional families. Suddenly, everyone must live as Miriam has chosen to-disconnected and unattached. A researcher at heart, Miriam becomes involved in implementing this detachment process. She does not know it is the beginning of a darkly sinister program that will transform this new world and the lives of everyone in it. Eventually, the harmful effects of her research become too much for Miriam, and she devises a secret plan to destroy the system from within, endangering her own life.But is her "confession" honest-or is it a fabrication riddled with lies meant to conceal the truth?A jarring and uncanny tale of loss, trauma, and the power of human connection and deception, You Feel It Just Below the Ribs is a portrait of a disturbing alternate world eerily within reach, and an examination of the difficult choices we must make to survive in it.- Shop: buecher
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The Rose and the Dagger (eBook, ePUB)
The much anticipated sequel to the breathtaking New York Times bestseller THE WRATH AND THE DAWN.I am surrounded on all sides by a desert. A guest, in a prison of sand and sun. My family is here. And I do not know whom I can trust.In a land on the brink of war, Shahrzad has been torn from the love of her husband Khalid, the Caliph of Khorasan. She once believed him a monster, but his secrets revealed a man tormented by guilt and a powerful curse-one that might keep them apart forever. Reunited with her family, who have taken refuge with enemies of Khalid, and Tariq, her childhood sweetheart, she should be happy. But Tariq now commands forces set on destroying Khalid's empire. Shahrzad is almost a prisoner caught between loyalties to people she loves. But she refuses to be a pawn and devises a plan.While her father, Jahandar, continues to play with magical forces he doesn't yet understand, Shahrzad tries to uncover powers that may lie dormant within her. With the help of a tattered old carpet and a tempestuous but sage young man, Shahrzad will attempt to break the curse and reunite with her one true love.Praise for The Wrath and the Dawn'A potent page-turner of intrigue and romance' Publishers Weekly'Don't be surprised if the pages melt away and you find yourself racing through warm, golden sands or drinking spiced wine in cool marble courtyards. This is an intoxicating gem of a story. You will fall in love, just as I did.' Marie Lu, New York Times bestselling author of the Legend series and The Young Elites- Shop: buecher
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Signal 30 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 295min
Winner of Readers Digest Novel of the Year Award, 2011 Signal 30, the police designation for crime scene with extreme or imminent emergency, is a riveting mystery about the intricacies of a major crime investigation filled with the terror of unpredictable and insane serial bomber. In a quiet suburb of New Jersey, a 12-year-old-girl returns from Christmas vacation and finds an unopened gift at her front door. In the excitement and exuberance of a young child, she opens it. The early evening is shattered as the gift explodes and begins a tangled search for the person who would send this destructive present. Suddenly, other devises show up at a shopping mall in New Jersey, the Holland Tunnel in New York, and the home of the Mayor in a nearby town. Detective Shane Murphy, senior officer with Special Case Investigations, is thrown into the maze of confusion as he attempts to sort out the facts before the perpetrator strikes again. While his personal life crumbles around him, as his wife informs him of her decision to pursue a divorce, Murphy finds assistance with the arrival of Stacy Landou, a Special Agent with Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. The case becomes more complicated when the local press begins to hound Murphy and suggests he is failing in his investigation. With Shane's career, marriage, and reputation seemingly out of control, the bomber continues to move one-step ahead of the investigation. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: James Twerell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/001520/bk_acx0_001520_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Missile Attack: Heroes of Vietnam, Book 6 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 66min
The war in Vietnam has taken a new and deadly turn. The Communists have acquired sophisticated surface-to-air missiles, courtesy of their Russian allies. American aircraft are going down, victim to missile batteries hidden deep in the jungles of South Vietnam, and they bring in an Air Force expert, Colonel Dan Carter, to analyze the defenses and devise a strategy to destroy them. Yet, the Vietcong gets wind of the colonel’s arrival, and plan to murder him.Joe Cooper, Air Cav, returns from an abortive mission to grab an important and high-ranking North Vietnamese. A mission gives MACV an idea to protect their expert. Colonel Dan Mitchell is about to fly in the back seat of a Phantom F-4 to reconnoiter the Communist air defenses. If the enemy discover he is flying the mission, they will put everything they have - MiGs and AA missiles - to bring down the colonel’s aircraft.MACV devises a plan to spoof the enemy and keep their man safe. To send a man who resembles the colonel in a different direction and draw the enemy fire. To a place he will not be safe. The man who most resembled Colonel Carter is Joe Cooper, and they are sending him to his death.Missile Attack, book six of Heroes of Vietnam, is a short fiction set during the Vietnam War. The book is a collaboration between Todd McLeod and Eric Meyer, the best-selling author of more than 50 war novels. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Heath Douglass. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/230968/bk_acx0_230968_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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