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  Beyond All Dreams , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 570min

  Anna O'Brien leads a predictable and quiet life as a map librarian at the illustrious Library of Congress until she stumbles across the baffling mystery of a ship disappeared at sea. Thwarted in her attempts to uncover information, her determination outweighs her shyness and she turns to a dashing congressman for help. Luke Callahan was one of the nation's most powerful congressmen before his promising career was shadowed in scandal. Eager to share in a new cause and intrigued by the winsome librarian, he joins forces with Anna to solve the mystery of the lost ship. Opposites in every way, Anna and Luke are unexpectedly drawn to each other despite the strict rules forbidding Anna from any romantic entanglements with members of Congress. From the gilded halls of the Capitol where powerful men shape the future of the nation, to the scholarly archives of the nation's finest library, Anna and Luke are soon embroiled in secrets much bigger and more perilous than they ever imagined. Is bringing the truth to light worth risking all they've ever dreamed for their futures? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Xe Sands. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/129941/bk_acx0_129941_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Maryland politicians

  Maryland politicians ab 62.49 € als Taschenbuch: Colonial politicians from Maryland Comptrollers of Maryland Continental Congressmen from Maryland Governors of Maryland Lieutenant Governors of Maryland Local officeholders in Maryland Maryland Attorneys General. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Wirtschaft & Soziales,

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  Black Light: Exposed: Black Light Series, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 426min, (USK 18)

  This BDSM club is just the story Maddie needs....She'd always wanted to be a reporter, but after two years of disappointment in Washington, DC a job finally opens at The Washington Post - and Maddie is willing to do whatever it takes to get it.The stakes are high....There's a secret buried beneath the floors of Runway, and when Maddie investigates she stumbles right into the arms of Thomas Hathaway. Gorgeous and dominant, he is more than willing to show the feisty redhead just how he likes to play inside the exclusive BDSM club Black Light.And he's more than just research....Now Maddie is trapped in a web of lies, getting tied up in ropes by one of the hottest congressmen in the House, and as she sinks deeper into this world of pain and pleasure she knows she will have to make a tough choice before time runs out.But will she follow her dreams or her heart?Get ready for spankings, bondage, drama, and heartache as you follow Maddie and Thomas through all of your deepest fantasies in Black Light: Exposed, a stand-alone audiobook in the Black Light Series! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kai Kennicott, Wen Ross. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/144195/bk_acx0_144195_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  An American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 1846-1873 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 943min

  Between 1846 and 1873, California's Indian population plunged from perhaps 150,000 to 30,000. Benjamin Madley is the first historian to uncover the full extent of the slaughter, the involvement of state and federal officials, the taxpayer dollars that supported the violence, indigenous resistance, who did the killing, and why the killings ended. This deeply researched book is a comprehensive and chilling history of an American genocide. Madley describes precontact California and precursors to the genocide before explaining how the Gold Rush stirred vigilante violence against California Indians. He narrates the rise of a state-sanctioned killing machine and the broad societal, judicial, and political support for genocide. Many participated: vigilantes, volunteer state militiamen, US Army soldiers, US congressmen, California governors, and others. The state and federal governments spent at least $1.7 million on campaigns against California Indians. Besides evaluating government officials' culpability, Madley considers why the slaughter constituted genocide and how other possible genocides within and beyond the Americas might be investigated using the methods presented in this groundbreaking book. Cover image courtesy of the Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum, Los Angeles: 482 ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Fajer Al-Kaisi. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/027232/bk_adbl_027232_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  This Land Is Their Land: Reports from a Divided Nation , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 347min

  Barbara Ehrenreich's first book of satirical commentary, The Worst Years of Our Lives, which was about the Reagan era, was received with best-selling acclaim. The one problem was the title: couldn't some prophetic fact-checker have seen that the worst years of our lives - far worse - were still to come?Here they are, the 2000s, and in This Land Is Their Land, Ehrenreich subjects them to the most biting and incisive satire of her career.Taking the measure of what we are left with after the cruelest decade in memory, Ehrenreich finds lurid extremes all around. While members of the moneyed elite can buy congressmen, many in the working class can barely buy lunch. While a wealthy minority obsessively consumes cosmetic surgery, the poor often go without health care for their children. And while the corporate C-suites are now nests of criminality, the less fortunate are fed a diet of morality, marriage, and abstinence.Ehrenreich's antidotes are as sardonic as they are spot-on: pet insurance for your kids; Salvation Army fashions for those who can no longer afford Wal-Mart; and boundless rage against those who have given us a nation scarred by deepening inequality, corroded by distrust, and shamed by its official cruelty. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cassandra Campbell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/000712/bk_tant_000712_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Embers of Empire: Ava's Crucible, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 390min

  America has fallen, and Ava's band of misfits is all that stands between freedom and absolute tyranny.  Political division in the US has reached the boiling point, and the second American Civil War is underfoot. Communist agitators have been successful in their efforts to intimidate voters from key states. The worst has happened. A far-left socialist candidate has stolen the reins of power, and his designs against the republic are absolute. With a sympathetic Congress, he will sign in sweeping bans on firearms, criminalize free speech, and institute a new government agency to root out dissenters.  Ava's group pledges to launch an insurgency campaign against the occupying force in Texas, but will have to watch out for those who have been tasked with purging the patriots.  A handful of freedom-loving governors and congressmen take a stand against the tyrannical administration by seceding from the Union. They represent an America that wishes to live in peace and live free. But that idea flies in the face of everything the dictatorial regime holds dear.  Ava's team cannot fail in its mission to liberate Texas. If Texas falls, America's demise is all but certain.  As with all audiobooks by Mark Goodwin, this audiobook contains no profanity and no embarrassing sex scenes. However, if you're offended by conservative principles and references to Scripture, this audiobook might not be for you. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Stacey Glemboski. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/116413/bk_acx0_116413_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Team of Rivals

  Winner of the Lincoln PrizeAcclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's political genius in this highly original work, as the one-term congressman and prairie lawyer rises from obscurity to prevail over three gifted rivals of national reputation to become president.On May 18, 1860, William H. Seward, Salmon P. Chase, Edward Bates, and Abraham Lincoln waited in their hometowns for the results from the Republican National Convention in Chicago. When Lincoln emerged as the victor, his rivals were dismayed and angry.Throughout the turbulent 1850s, each had energetically sought the presidency as the conflict over slavery was leading inexorably to secession and civil war. That Lincoln succeeded, Goodwin demonstrates, was the result of a character that had been forged by experiences that raised him above his more privileged and accomplished rivals. He won because he possessed an extraordinary ability to put himself in the place of other men, to experience what they were feeling, to understand their motives and desires.It was this capacity that enabled Lincoln as president to bring his disgruntled opponents together, create the most unusual cabinet in history, and marshal their talents to the task of preserving the Union and winning the war.We view the long, horrifying struggle from the vantage of the White House as Lincoln copes with incompetent generals, hostile congressmen, and his raucous cabinet. He overcomes these obstacles by winning the respect of his former competitors, and in the case of Seward, finds a loyal and crucial friend to see him through.This brilliant multiple biography is centered on Lincoln's mastery of men and how it shaped the most significant presidency in the nation's history.

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  The Zero Game , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 729min

  Matthew Mercer and Harris Sandler are playing a mysterious game. It's a game almost no one knows about: not their friends, not their coworkers, and certainly not their bosses, who are some of the most powerful senators and congressmen on Capitol Hill.   It's a game that has everything: risk, reward, mystery, and the thrill of knowing that, just by being invited to play, you've confirmed your status as a true power broker in Washington. But as Matthew and Harris quickly discover, the Zero Game is hiding a secret so explosive that it will shake Washington to its core. And when someone close to them winds up dead, Harris and Matthew realize this game is far more sinister than they ever imagined. As the bull's-eye turns their way, it's clear they're about to become the game's next victims. In a frenetic chase from the secret tunnels under the Capitol to an abandoned gold mine halfway across the country, the two friends realize they're no longer players in the game; they're pawns. On the run, they turn to the only person they can trust: a 16-year-old Senate page who can move around the Capitol undetected. As a ruthless killer creeps closer, this idealistic young page not only holds the key to their safety, but is the one person who can redeem them in the process. Packed with high-octane suspense and heart-pounding action, The Zero Game is Brad Meltzer at his supercharged best. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Scott Brick. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/time/000322/bk_time_000322_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Zero Game, Hörbuch, Digital, 371min

  Matthew Mercer and Harris Sandler are playing a mysterious game. It's a game almost no one knows about: not their friends, not their coworkers, and certainly not their bosses, who are some of the most powerful senators and congressmen on Capitol Hill. It's a game that has everything: risk, reward, mystery, and the thrill of knowing that, just by being invited to play, you've confirmed your status as a true power broker in Washington. But as Matthew and Harris quickly discover, the Zero Game is hiding a secret so explosive that it will shake Washington to its core. And when someone close to them winds up dead, Harris and Matthew realize this game is far more sinister than they ever imagined. As the bull's-eye turns their way, it's clear they're about to become the game's next victims. In a frenetic chase from the secret tunnels under the Capitol to an abandoned gold mine halfway across the country, the two friends realize they're no longer players in the game; they're pawns. On the run, they turn to the only person they can trust: a sixteen-year-old Senate page who can move around the Capitol undetected. As a ruthless killer creeps closer, this idealistic young page not only holds the key to their safety, but is the one person who can redeem them in the process. Packed with high-octane suspense and heart-pounding action, The Zero Game is Brad Meltzer at his supercharged best. Language: English. Narrator: Scott Brick. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/time/000323/bk_time_000323_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Trumping Trump: Making Democrats Progressive Again , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 299min

  Bob Filner spent considerable time in Congress trying to work a progressive agenda into national legislation. He helped organize the Progressive Caucus in the House during his first term, to gather like-minded progressives into a cohesive force. Although they continued to meet throughout his term in the House, it didn't take long to realize that legislative power is held securely in the hands of the party leadership. The possibility of radical changes in key issues that are important to progressives is bound up in an arcane process--hemmed in by rules and controlled by powerful congressmen who are heavily influenced by persuasive, well-financed special-interest groups.When the opportunity arose for Filner to come home to San Diego and run for mayor, he jumped at the chance. In 2012, after a hard-fought campaign, he was sworn in as the first Democratic mayor of San Diego in a generation. He came into office with a vision of remaking San Diego into a showplace of progressive innovation. Even though it's the eighth-largest city in America, San Diego still had a provincial view of itself. Armed with a list of one hundred things he wanted to accomplish, Filner set to work. His vision would transform San Diego into a more inclusive city that would provide greater opportunity for every neighborhood. In this book, Filner discusses the work he spent 30 years pursuing, and the work he left undone. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ronald Andrew Murphy. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/097201/bk_acx0_097201_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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