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    The Steel Remains , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 906min
    Ringil, the hero of the bloody slaughter at Gallows Gap, is a legend to all who don't know him and a twisted degenerate to those that do. A veteran of the wars against the lizards, he makes a living from telling credulous travellers of his exploits. Until one day he is pulled away from his life and into the depths of the Empire's slave trade. There, he will discover a secret infinitely more frightening than the trade in lives. Archeth - pragmatist, cynic and engineer, the last of her race - is called from her work at the whim of the most powerful man in the Empire and sent to its farthest reaches to investigate a demonic incursion against the Empire's borders. Egar Dragonbane, steppe-nomad and one-time fighter for the Empire, finds himself entangled in a small-town battle between common sense and religious fervour. But out in the wider world, there is something on the move far more alien than any of his tribe's petty gods. Anti-social, anti-heroic, and decidedly irritated, all three of them are about to be sent unwillingly forth into a vicious, vigorous, and thoroughly unsuspecting fantasy world. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Simon Vance. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/orio/000396/bk_orio_000396_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Great Continental Railway Journeys , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 423min
    A must-have purchase for any armchair fan of unique and award-winning travel programming. Great Continental Railway Journeys is now a firmly established series on BBC2, following in the illustrious tracks of its predecessor - Great British Railway Journeys. Both series are fronted by ex-politician Michael Portillo, and in this European odyssey he travels around continental Europe using George Bradshaw's 1913 Continental Railway Guide. Now coming up for its fourth instalment this autumn, Portillo guides the train-travelling fan across Europe, arriving at a myriad of magical and historically fascinating cities we all dream of travelling to by train. From London to Paris, Bordeaux, Lyon, Copenhagen, Oslo, Lisbon, Madrid, Berlin, Monte Carlo, Prague, Munich, Zurich, Rome, Budapest, and St Petersburg all the way down to Constantinople, Haifa and Jerusalem, Portillo describes the great feats of engineering that built the various railway lines connecting Europe and further afield and the men and women who made these journeys famous through their deeds and words. This audiobook covers every single journey Portillo has undertaken across Europe, capturing all the colour, beauty, excitement and fervour of journeying across this historic continent can muster. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michael Portillo, Nicky Henson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/boli/002704/bk_boli_002704_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Rosa's Island , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 703min
    Rosa grew up an orphan in a remote, watery island fastness on the wild east coast of Yorkshire. Taken in as a small child by the motherly Mrs Drew, she realised as she grew up that this large and seemingly close farming family contained many troubled souls: Mr Drew, whose religious fervour held a dark secret; Jim, the eldest son, who was terrified of something from his past; Delia, longing to escape from the island; and tall, handsome, confident Matthew, who wanted only one thing - Rosa herself. But Rosa's background was one of mystery. Her mother, before she drowned in the dyke near their home, had always promised that one day Rosa's father would return to her - a handsome Spaniard, with jewels and silks in treasure chests, sailing in on a ship with golden sails. Mr Drew knew the secret of Rosa's past - and so did the two mysterious Irishmen who came back to the island after many years and who threatened everything which Rosa held most dear. Other novels by Valerie Wood include The Hungry Tide, winner of the Catherine Cookson Prize for Fiction; Annie; Children of the Tide; The Romany Girl; Emily; and Going Home. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Anne Dover. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/002573/bk_rhuk_002573_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Henrietta's War: News from the Home Front 1939-1942 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 227min
    Spirited Henrietta wishes she was the kind of doctor's wife who knew exactly how to deal with the daily upheavals of war. But then, everyone in her close-knit Devonshire village seems to find different ways to cope: There's the indomitable Lady B, who writes to Hitler every night to tell him precisely what she thinks of him; the terrifyingly efficient Mrs Savernack, who relishes the opportunity to sit on umpteen committees and boss everyone around; flighty, flirtatious Faith who is utterly preoccupied with the latest hats and flashing her shapely legs; and then there's Charles, Henrietta's hard-working husband who manages to sleep through a bomb landing in their neighbour's garden. With life turned upside down under the shadow of war, Henrietta chronicles the dramas, squabbles, and loyal friendships that unfold in her affectionate letters to her 'dear childhood friend" Robert. Warm, witty and perfectly observed, Henrietta's War brings to life a sparkling community of determined troopers who pull together to fight the good fight with patriotic fervour and good humour. Henrietta's War is part of The Bloomsbury Group, a new library of books from the early 20th-century chosen by readers for readers. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mandy Gasson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/009688/bk_adbl_009688_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Cry, Mother Spain , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 458min
    In the summer of 1936, Montse is 15 years old and her country is on the brink of civil war. Her tiny village in the north east of Spain is a world away from the tensions beginning to overspill in other parts of the country, but when her brother José returns from working in a nearby town, brimming with anarchic zeal, Montse is captivated. Swept away by the fervour of the revolution, caught between love, family and honour, her sheltered life will be abruptly changed forever. Years later, with her memory almost gone, she is telling her daughter the story of this one dazzling summer - the only one she can remember. Her daughter meanwhile has been reading the anti-Franco pamphlet, Les Grands Cimetières sous la lune by the right-wing novelist, George Bernanos. His revulsion at the Franco regime and the complicity of the Catholic Church, intertwines with Montse's memories, as her story builds to its devastating conclusion. Powerful and deeply personal, Cry, Mother Spain unites two different experiences of one horrific conflict, making up a complex tapestry of love, faith and revolution. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Maggie Mash. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/qpuk/000266/bk_qpuk_000266_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    At the Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 879min
    Paris, near the turn of 1933. Three young friends meet over apricot cocktails at the Bec-de-Gaz bar on the rue Montparnasse. They are Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir and their friend Raymond Aron, who opens their eyes to a radical new way of thinking. Pointing to his drink, he says, 'You can make philosophy out of this cocktail!' From this moment of inspiration, Sartre will create his own extraordinary philosophy of real, experienced life - of love and desire, of freedom and being, of cafés and waiters, of friendships and revolutionary fervour. It is a philosophy that will enthral Paris and sweep through the world, leaving its mark on post-war liberation movements, from the student uprisings of 1968 to civil rights pioneers. At the Existentialist Café tells the story of modern existentialism as one of passionate encounters between people, minds and ideas. From the 'king and queen of existentialism' - Sartre and de Beauvoir - to their wider circle of friends and adversaries including Albert Camus, Martin Heidegger, Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Iris Murdoch, this audiobook is an enjoyable and original journey through a captivating intellectual movement. Weaving biography and thought, Sarah Bakewell takes us to the heart of a philosophy about life that also changed lives, and that tackled the biggest questions of all: what we are and how we are to live. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Antonia Beamish. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/027359/bk_adbl_027359_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Steel Remains (eBook, ePUB)
    Ringil, the hero of the bloody slaughter at Gallows Gap is a legend to all who don't know him and a twisted degenerate to those that do. A veteran of the wars against the lizards he makes a living from telling credulous travellers of his exploits. Until one day he is pulled away from his life and into the depths of the Empire's slave trade. Where he will discover a secret infinitely more frightening than the trade in lives.Archeth - pragmatist, cynic and engineer, the last of her race - is called from her work at the whim of the most powerful man in the Empire and sent to its farthest reaches to investigate a demonic incursion against the Empire's borders.Egar Dragonbane, steppe-nomad, one-time fighter for the Empire finds himself entangled in a small-town battle between common sense and religious fervour. But out in the wider world there is something on the move far more alien than any of his tribe's petty gods. Anti-social, anti-heroic, and decidedly irritated, all three of them are about to be sent unwillingly forth into a vicious, vigorous and thoroughly unsuspecting fantasy world. Called upon by an Empire that owes them everything and gave them nothing.Richard Morgan brings his trademark visceral writing style, turbo-driven plotting and thought provoking characterisation to the fantasy genre and produces a landmark work with his first foray.
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    Confessions of an African Safari Guide: Truths, Tales and Taboos of the Safari Life , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 820min
    So, who is the jeep-jockey in the khaki uniform and the sweat-stained hat, this person you entrust your life to when you venture into the African wilderness? What’s his back-story, why is he even in this bush-guiding gig, really...and what does he think of you? What secrets does he keep, what chances does he take and what lies does he tell? And which colleagues and clients does he remember? And why?Lloyd Camp wrote about how thrilling and addictive African wildlife safaris are in his first book, Africa Bites. In Confessions of an African Safari Guide, Lloyd’s thoughtful stories continue to intrigue, provoke, and amuse. The enthralling and often bizarre world of safari guiding continually delivers evocative theatre; now, Lloyd reveals some of the truths and tricks that ensure a dazzling safari experience, while also underscoring the fervour, foibles and frailties of safari guides. His stories interrogate the actions of the people he has worked with, laugh at some fondly held safari legends told as inviolate truths, and question many of the casual life assumptions of the safari guests in his care.Lloyd is not afraid to lampoon himself...or to poke fun at anyone else! This is a refreshingly forthright view - edgy, heart-warming, personal, pointed, often hilarious, sometimes dark - of the strange and compelling people, ludicrous predicaments, and harsh realities that he has encountered on his journeys through the African wilderness. And if you think you recognise yourself in this audiobook, you’re right! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lloyd Camp. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/228401/bk_acx0_228401_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Holy City , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 357min
    Now entering his 67th year, Chris McCool can confidently call himself a member of the Happy Club: he has an attractive and exceedingly accommodating Croatian girlfriend and has been told he bears more than a passing resemblance to Roger Moore. As he looks back on the glory days of his youth, he recalls the swinging 60s of rural Ireland: a decade in which the cool cats sang along to Lulu and drove around in Ford Cortinas, when swinging meant wearing velvet trousers and shirts with frills, and where Dolores McCausland - Dolly Mixtures to those who knew her best - danced on the tops of tables and set the pulses of every man in small-town Cullymore racing.Chris McCool had it all back then. He had the moves, he had the car, and he had Dolly, a woman who purred suggestive songs and tugged gently at her skin-tight dresses, a Protestant femme fatale who was glamorous, transgressive, and who called him her very own 'Mr Wonderful'. She was, in short, the answer to this bastard son of a Catholic farmer's prayers. Except that there was another Mr Wonderful in town, a certain Marcus Otoyo - a young Nigerian with glossy curls and a dazzling devoutness that was all but irresistible. Although Chris, of course, was interested in Marcus only because of their shared religious fervour and mutual appreciation of the finer things. That was all. Besides, Mr McCool was always a hopeless romantic - some even described him as excessively so - but is there anything wrong with that? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Humphrey Bower. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/boli/000804/bk_boli_000804_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Urban Prey , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 304min, (USK 18)
    The lovely Elizabeth Anne Krueger has become an especially difficult case for The Organization. Though she hired this clandestine company to track her down inside a large bustling city and take her captive, she's proving to be an elusive catch - and time is running out on her contract. Once she's taken, the job will become routine: take her to their headquarters - "The Office" - where, once inside this uniquely designed facility, her every sexual fantasy will come to life - until she's broken, having reached the edgy limits of her most ardent sexual desires. With Elizabeth Anne still averting seizure, Ron Smith is brought in from the wilderness-adventure arm of the company. This large and imposing man is an expert in the art of evasion and capture; he's done it successfully for many years. Though he has an aversion to cities, he finally takes on the task of bringing in this prey with the same fervour he employs with any hunt. He studies his target, gets inside their mind, and then sets his trap. The prey can't help but fall victim to his scheme. However, Ron discovers that the evasive Elizabeth Anne is truly a unique case. Her desires indicate a kind of finesse and plan unusual for most of the company's subjects. Soon, she'll become "The Female" to him - no more, no less. In his mind, he'll strip her of everything but the raw sexual need she exudes. And yet, as he takes this breathtaking female to her limits...she'll take him to his - with some surprising results neither one had planned on. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Benjamin Foster. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/marz/000024/bk_marz_000024_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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