74 Results for : bungled
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Body Slam: A Touchstone Agency Mystery , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 487min
Targeted by thugs, a wrestling impresario reaches out to an old friend. When Otto Lidke got a tryout in pro football, he hired a lawyer friend named Jim Raiford to handle his contract. The negotiations were bungled, forcing both men into a career change. Trying to start a pro wrestling circuit in Denver, Lidke runs afoul of the national federation, which does everything it can - legal and otherwise - to stamp out his new venture. When shady business practices escalate into threats on his life, Lidke calls on Raiford, now a private investigator, to dig up some dirt on the men who are trying to put him out of business. But instead he gets Raiford’s daughter, Julie - a whip-smart sleuth looking to prove she’s every bit as savvy as her father. As Julie and her dad dig into the vicious world of small-time wrestling, they find that though the fights may be fixed, the danger is all too real. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gary Dikeos. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/017298/bk_adbl_017298_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Suspect: A True Story of Love, Marriage, Betrayal and Murder , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 333min
On a clear autumn morning in 2004, Rachel O'Reilly, a 30-year-old mother of two, was brutally battered to death in her home. It was a merciless killing that stunned the small, trusting community where she lived, and devastated her close-knit family. In the days that followed the discovery of her body, it was thought that Rachel was the victim of a bungled robbery attempt. It soon emerged, however, that police investigating the case believed Rachel had known her killer and that her murder had been carefully planned months in advance. The spotlight immediately fell upon Rachel's husband, Joe O'Reilly, who admitted in a number of extraordinary press interviews that he was a prime suspect in his wife's slaying. The 32-year-old advertising executive vehemently denied any involvement. It was a crime that captured the imagination of the public, who watched as the illusion of the idyllic suburban life the couple shared together began to shatter. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Christina Delaine. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/008041/bk_tant_008041_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Saddam's Bombmaker: The Daring Escape of the Man Who Built Iraq's Secret Weapon , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 719min
Khidhir Hamza, the Iraqi scientist who designed Baghdad's nuclear bomb, tells how he secretly developed the bomb with the cynical help of U.S., French, German, and British suppliers and experts and kept it hidden from U.N. inspectors after the Gulf War. Dr. Hamza also presents a startling, unprecedented portrait of Saddam himself, his drunken rages, his women, his fear of germs, and his cold-blooded murder of underlings. Saddam's Bombmaker is also a saga of one man's journey through the circles of hell. Educated at MIT and Florida State University, dedicated to a life of peaceful teaching in America, Dr. Hamza relates how the regime ordered him home, seduced him into a pampered life as an atomic energy official, and forced him to design a bomb. The price of refusal was torture. The tale of his escape, his first bungled contact with CIA agents, and his flight abroad will keep listeners riveted toward a climax worthy of a well-crafted spy thriller. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Robert Whitfield. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/001157/bk_blak_001157_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Men from the Ministry, Hörbuch, Digital, 120min
Here are four episodes of classic comedy from the days when the Civil Service had a sense of humour. The Men from the Ministry were the hilarious radio forerunners of TV's Yes Minister — bungling bureaucrats who bungled for 15 glorious years from 1962 to 1977. Muddling through were Wilfrid Hyde White, as the first head of the ubiquitous General Assistance Department, and the imperturbable Deryck Guyler, who followed him in 1966. Richard Murdoch was their faithfully incompetent Number Two. Together they created absolute chaos — and an enduring and influential Whitehall spoof. Here, with the help of guests like Warren Mitchell and Roy Dotrice, they mismanage a new road scheme, upset Britain's space programme, confuse the export drive, and attempt to rescue a forgotten army unit. Their potty exploits remain (in the inimitable words of the BBC announcer) "a tribute to the men of our Government service, those men who are sometimes compared to tea bags: they always stick together when they get into hot water". Language: English. Narrator: Clive Dunn, Joan Sanderson, Wilfred Hyde White, Richard Murdoch. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/bbcw/001218/rt_bbcw_001218_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Life! Death! Prizes! , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 453min
Billy's mother is dead. He knows - because he reads about it in magazines - that people die every day in ways that are more random and tragic and stupid than hers, but for 19-year-old Billy and his little brother, Oscar, their mother's death in a bungled street robbery is the most random and tragic and stupid thing that could possibly have happened to them. Now Billy must be both mother and father to Oscar, and despite what his well-meaning aunt, the PTA mothers, social services, and Oscar's own prodigal father all think, he feels certain that he is the one for the job. The boys' new world - where bedtimes are arbitrary, tidiness is optional, and healthy home-cooked meals pile up uneaten in the freezer - is built out of chaos and fierce love, but it's also a world that teeters perilously on its axis. As Billy's obsession with his mother's missing killer grows, he risks losing sight of the one thing that really matters: the only family he has left. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Thomas Judd. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/020997/bk_adbl_020997_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Bordertown , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 599min
Seven missing. One dead. No hope. The Australian outback is beautiful, idyllic, peaceful, and all Detective Bo Campbell has to do is fit in.Within a day of his arrival, however, he's asked to cover up the murder of a local Aboriginal woman found in bushland. When he discovers she's not the only one, his whole world comes crashing down. In 1982, north-western New South Wales is plagued by corruption, deaths in custody and inequality. Sent to the remote area after he accidentally shot and killed his partner in a bungled drug raid in Newtown, Bo finds himself caught in a trap and being squeezed by a ruthless group who will stop at nothing to get what they want. Bo only has one choice: Will he save himself or risk everything to fight for truth and justice? In this harrowing, fast-paced novel, survival of the fittest takes on a whole new meaning. With his life and career crashing down around him, Bo gets help from those least expected. But who will pay the ultimate sacrifice? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Les Horovitz. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/212622/bk_acx0_212622_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Wicked Takes the Witness Stand: A Tale of Murder and Twisted Deceit in Northern Michigan , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 903min
A New York Times best seller! On a bitterly cold afternoon in December 1986, a Michigan State trooper found the frozen body of Jerry Tobias in the bed of his pickup truck. The 31-year-old oil field worker and small-time drug dealer was curled up on his side against the truck's bare metal, pressed against the tailgate, clad only in jeans, a checkered shirt, and cowboy boots. Inside the cab of the truck was a fresh package of expensive steaks from a local butcher shop, the first lead in a case that would be quickly lost in a thicket of bungled forensics, shady prosecution, and a psychopathic star witness out for revenge. Multiple award-winning author Mardi Link's third book of Michigan true crime, Wicked Takes the Witness Stand, unravels this mysterious and still-unsolved case that sucked state police and local officials into a morass of perjury and cover-up, and ultimately led to the separate conviction and imprisonment of five innocent men. This unbelievable story will leave the listener shocked and aching for justice. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jim McCance. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/067269/bk_acx0_067269_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Cabin 28: Behind the Scenes of the Keddie Murders , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 112min
Some time after his second meeting with the therapist, Marty Smartt was overheard telling someone he was afraid if he didn't get help soon he was going to go back to Keddie and “kill somebody, and didn't really give a shit who it was.” Within a short period of time following his last session, he returned to Keddie, California with a "friend" he'd met at the hospital, Severin Bob “Bo” Boubede. Boubede had a criminal background, including charges of bank robbery and had served time in prison. Both men were slowly but surely becoming volatile and hard to control, especially in each other's company. Their friendship - and subsequent actions due to being already very mentally unstable - turned to be a recipe for murder. In Cabin 28: Behind the Scenes of the Keddie Murders, author Brian Lee Tucker examines the weeks leading up to the murders, and the aftermath, with two suspects who were never charged with the murders, and the detectives who bungled the case, setting two vicious killers free to kill again. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Eric Boozer. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/112819/bk_acx0_112819_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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How to Help Your Spouse Heal from Your Affair: A Compact Manual for the Unfaithful , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 127min
Once an affair comes to light, many unfaithful persons "wake up" and want to save their marriages. Yet they usually make terrible mistakes in their bungled attempts to win back their partners' trust. Linda J. MacDonald, an infidelity specialist for 23 years, has identified behaviors and attitudes that determine unfaithful persons' success or failure to mend their marriages after the wrecking ball of an affair. How to Help Your Spouse Heal from Your Affair offers practical advice for those who've strayed and want a second chance. It would take weeks of therapy to learn what Successful Rebuilders know: How to avoid the potholes that doom marriages after affairs Critical guidelines for the first hours after discovery Fifteen essential steps for repair after betrayal Skills to cope with your partner's obsessions and "triggers" Ways to undo the damage from your lies The keys to avoid prolonging your spouse's agony (and yours) The difference between helpful and harmful apologies How to rebuild your broken life, relationships, and integrity PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tamara Marston. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/podm/000010/bk_podm_000010_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Crime and Punishment (AmazonClassics Edition) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1243min
Earphones Award Winner and nominee for the 2019 Audie Award for Best Literary Fiction & Classics AudiobookFeatured title on PBS’s The Great American Read in 2018Living in a squalid room in St. Petersburg, the indigent but proud Rodion Raskolnikov believes he is above society. Obsessed with the idea of breaking the law, Raskolnikov resolves to kill an old pawnbroker for her cash.Although the murder and robbery are bungled, Raskolnikov manages to escape without being seen. And with nothing to prove his guilt and a mendacious confessor in police custody, Raskolnikov seems to have committed the perfect crime. But in Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s world of moral transgressions, with its reason and its consequences, Raskolnikov’s plan has a devastating hitch: the feverish delirium of his own conscience.AmazonClassics brings you timeless works from the masters of storytelling. Ideal for anyone who wants to hear a great work for the first time or rediscover an old favorite, these new editions open the door to literature’s most unforgettable characters and beloved worlds.Revised edition: Previously published as Crime and Punishment, this edition of Crime and Punishment (AmazonClassics Edition) includes editorial revisions. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: James Anderson Foster. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/010674/bk_brll_010674_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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