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    In Search of Lost Time [volumes 1 to 7] (XVII Classics) (The Greatest Writers of All Time) (eBook, ePUB)
    In Search of Lost Time (French: À la recherche du temps perdu)- previously also translated as Remembrance of Things Past, is a novel in seven volumes, written by Marcel Proust (1871-1922). It is considered to be his most prominent work, known both for its length and its theme of involuntary memory, the most famous example being the "episode of the madeleine" which occurs early in the first volume. It gained fame in English in translations by C. K. Scott Moncrieff and Terence Kilmartin as Remembrance of Things Past, but the title In Search of Lost Time, a literal rendering of the French, has gained usage since D. J. Enright adopted it for his revised translation published in 1992. The novel began to take shape in 1909. Proust continued to work on it until his final illness in the autumn of 1922 forced him to break off. Proust established the structure early on, but even after volumes were initially finished he kept adding new material and edited one volume after another for publication. The last three of the seven volumes contain oversights and fragmentary or unpolished passages, as they existed only in draft form at the death of the author; the publication of these parts was overseen by his brother Robert.
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    The Storm of Echoes (eBook, ePUB)
    "A hallucinatory marriage of Pride and Prejudice and A Game of Thrones."-Matthew Skelton, author of the Endymion Spring books In this gripping finale to Christelle Dabos's international best-selling Mirror Visitor saga, Ophelia, the mirror-traveling heroine, and Thorn discover that the truth they have been seeking has always been hidden behind the mirror. Christelle Dabos takes us on a journey to the heart of a great game to which the all-too-human affairs of her book's protagonists are ominously connected. The distrust between them has been overcome and now Ophelia and Thorn love each other passionately. However, they must keep their love hidden. Only in this way can they continue their journeys toward an understanding of the indecipherable code of God and the truth behind the mysterious figure of the Other, whose devastating power continues to bring down entire pieces of arks, plunging thousands of innocents into the void. Ophelia and Thorn arrive at the observatory of the Deviations, an institute shrouded in absolute secrecy and overseen by a sect of mystical scientists who secretly conduct terrifying experiments. There, Ophelia and Thorn hope to discover truths that will halt the destruction and death and bring the world back into balance.
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    Racing for the Bomb: The True Story of General Leslie R. Groves, the Man Behind the Birth of the Atomic Age , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1381min
    In September 1942, Colonel Leslie R. Groves was given the job of building the atomic bomb. As a career officer in the Army Corps of Engineers, Groves had overseen hundreds of military construction projects, including the Pentagon. Until now, scientists have received the credit for the Manhattan Project's remarkable achievements. And yet, it was Leslie R. Groves who made things happen. It was Groves who drove manufacturers, construction crews, scientists, industrialists, and military and civilian officials to come up with the money, the materials, and the plans to solve thousands of problems and build the bomb in only two years. It was his operation, and in Racing for the Bomb, he emerges as a take-charge, can-do figure who succeeds in the face of formidable odds. Revealed for the first time in Racing for the Bomb, Groves played a crucial and decisive role in the planning, timing, and targeting of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki missions. Norris offers new insights into the complex and controversial questions surrounding the decision to drop the bomb in Japan and Groves's actions during World War II, which had a lasting imprint on the nuclear age and the Cold War that followed. Groves's extensive influence on key institutions of postwar America has been overlooked for too long. In this full-scale biography, which includes archival material and family letters and documents and features several previously unpublished photographs, Norris places Groves at the center of the amazing Manhattan Project story. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Peter Johnson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/020100/bk_adbl_020100_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Hard Measures: How Aggressive CIA Actions After 9-11 Saved American Lives , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 481min
    From a top-level operative in the counterterrorism unit of the CIA comes an explosive memoir about the behind-the-scenes fight against Al Qaeda after September 11. Since the death of Osama Bin Laden, interest in counterterrorism is at an all-time high. Most people don’t know that Bin Laden’s death was the culmination of years of covert operations and tactics largely overseen by Jose Rodriguez from 2001 to late 2007 and built on by his successors. Like a real-life Jack Bauer from television’s 24, Rodriguez’s sometimes controversial tenure as Chief of the Agency’s Counterterrorism Center involved CIA officers capturing and detaining key senior Al Qaeda operatives and implementing Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, tools which were an integral part of the War on Terror but are no longer available to those fighting America's fiercest foes. Born in Puerto Rico and raised in Columbia, Bolivia, and the Dominican Republic, Rodriguez shares his unlikely journey from law school student to CIA recruit and finally, at the end of a 31-year career, to being America’s top spy. Rodriguez sparked controversy and a three-year investigation by his decision to order the destruction of videotapes showing CIA officers conducting harsh, but what he describes as “legal, necessary, and effective interrogation[s]”. Riveting and timely, Hard Measures also examines how the current political climate and resulting policies have negatively impacted the CIA’s efficiency - even taking away the mechanisms that made feats like the successful Bin Laden operation possible. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sean Pratt. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/005942/bk_sans_005942_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Chance: An Action & Adventure Romance Novel (Sacrifice Book Book 2) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 245min
    Pandora has been under the care of The Sapient since she was a young child. This is the life that she knows. When an army of men from The Order led by Aiden Ripley break into the prison in which she is kept, she is forced to make the decision to stay or leave. What The Order does not know is that Pandora's captivity is for the good of all men. Once her abilities have been unleashed, terror and death will rain down on everyone around her. Convinced that she can control her abilities and live as normal as is possible within the care of The Order, Pandora leaves her captors. Pandora comes to be known as simply Dora to those she befriends. She forms a fast bond with those around her while hiding her capabilities for fear of dismissal. However, when the lives of those she loves are endangered by the very same men she had escaped she is forced to make one of the hardest choices of her life. All decisions are based on possibilities and chances. Whether the results are joyful or dire rests in the hands of a young woman who knows nothing save for the life lived as a captive with clutches for the control to reign herself and her abilities. "Chance knows not of the divine, nor the strands of fate. It is but a ripple in our precarious existence, easily overseen, seldom noticed." ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Amanda Brewer. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/036379/bk_acx0_036379_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Queen Elizabeth II: The Life and Legacy of Britain's Second Longest Reigning Monarch , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 80min
    When I was 21 I pledged my life to the service of our people, and I asked for God's help to make good that vow. Although that vow was made in my salad days, when I was green in judgement, I do not regret nor retract one word of it. (Elizabeth II) Until the implementation of new legislation on March 26, 2015, men were given preference to women in the British royal line. This system of male primogeniture meant that women seldom inherited the throne, and even when they did, they were often dominated by male councilors. Those women who married British kings gained the title of queen, but they were queen consorts, holding the title with no power. This makes Elizabeth II one of a select few queens regnant - queens ruling in their own right - and one of even fewer to set her own course in the history of her family and its throne. Nonetheless, Queen Elizabeth II has become so much a part of British society and culture that her presence is taken almost for granted, setting the standard people now expect of a British monarch. The longest lived and second longest reigning monarch in British history, Elizabeth II has overseen her country during a time of incredible turmoil and ever-accelerating change, providing a stable figure at the heart of a nation going through seemingly endless upheavals. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lavina Jadhwani. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/037686/bk_acx0_037686_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Once Broken Faith: October Daye, Book 10 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 688min
    New York Times best-selling October Daye series Hugo Award-winning author Seanan McGuire "Top of my urban-paranormal series list!" (Felicia Day) Includes a brand-new map and original bonus novella! Politics have never been October "Toby" Daye's strong suit. When she traveled to the Kingdom of Silences to prevent them from going to war with her home, the Kingdom of the Mists, she wasn't expecting to return with a cure for elf-shot and a whole new set of political headaches. Now the events she unwittingly set in motion could change the balance of modern Faerie forever, and she has been ordered to appear before a historic convocation of monarchs, hosted by Queen Windermere in the Mists and overseen by the High King and Queen themselves. Naturally, things have barely gotten underway when the first dead body shows up. As the only changeling in attendance, Toby is already the target of suspicion and hostility. Now she needs to find a killer before they can strike again - and with the doors locked to keep the guilty from escaping, no one is safe. As danger draws ever closer to her allies and the people she loves best, Toby will have to race against time to prevent the total political destabilization of the West Coast and to get the convocation back on track...and if she fails, the cure for elf-shot may be buried forever, along with the victims she was too slow to save. Because there are worse fates than sleeping for 100 years. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mary Robinette Kowal. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/020214/bk_adbl_020214_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Claw, Hörbuch, Digital, 127min
    The Claxton Lore and Apparition Warehouse is located on a remote private property in the deep swamps of Louisiana, and overseen by a robot designed by Mr. Claxton, called CLAW. The warehouse is filled with a maze of crates labeled with things like The Beast, Mr. Mason’s Jars, Snap, The Atomic Ants, which are filled with the things of legend, and it is CLAW’s job to make sure the objects don’t get out. But CLAW is a curious robot, and what lay inside these crates just may make their way out and haunt the imaginations of listeners everywhere.Patrick Carman is the award-winning author of many books for young adults and children. He spent a decade living in Portland, where he worked in advertising, game design, and technology. Now, he writes books for kids at Scholastic, HarperCollins, and Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. His best-selling books and series includes The Land of Elyon, Atherton, Elliot’s Park, 39 Clues, Floors, Trackers, Thirteen Days to Midnight, Dark Eden, Pulse, 3:15, and Skeleton Creek. Mr. Carman’s books have been translated into approximately two dozen languages.  The complete list of narrators is as follows:Dr. Mike Kennedy, Hunter Peterson, Marlin Ramsey Chan, Shalom Mitchell, Shasha Mitchell, Shiloh Mitchell, Sinead Mitchell, Jordan Maron, David Raygoza, Karen Stauffer, Adam Cardozo, Jon Barnett, Ryan Sander, Isabella Astor, Grace Choi, Jim Stauffer, Cody Lawrence, Elizabeth Lanier  Language: English. Narrator: Dr. Mike Kennedy, Hunter Peterson, Marlin Ramsey Chan, Shalom Mitchell, Shasha Mitchell, Shiloh Mitchell, Sinead Mitchell, Jordan Maron, David Raygoza, Karen Stauffer, Adam Cardozo, Jon Barnett, Ryan Sander, Isabella Astor, Grace Choi. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/or/orig/000726/or_orig_000726_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Clause in Christmas: A Poppy Creek Novel, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 495min
    This endearing, sweet romance will warm your heart and fill you with hope.Cassie Hayward hates Christmas. Especially this year. No job. Flat broke. And an ex most definitely on the naughty list.But the unexpected inheritance of a Victorian cottage in the idyllic town of Poppy Creek may be the miracle Cassie needs. Except for one problem: a clause in the will. Cassie must complete a series of festive tasks for each day in December leading up to Christmas. Overseen by the disarmingly handsome, Christmas-loving lawyer Luke Davis. Luke is as strong and steady as the bespoke furniture he crafts as a hobby. He has to be. Stepping into his late father's shoes as the town lawyer comes with a sleigh full of responsibilities. Which means the alluring stranger collecting her inheritance is a distraction he can't afford.As the unlikely pair work together to complete the daily tasks, fighting their attraction becomes more futile than putting good ole St. Nick on a diet. But when Cassie's ex reappears with the offer of a lifetime, she'll have to choose between love and the life she always wanted. Curl up with a cup of hot chocolate and visit a town that feels like home. A "must-read" year after year."The Clause in Christmas is a gift that will keep on giving, no matter the season." (Dave Cenker, author of the heart-warming Pigeon Grove series) Includes a recipe, playlist, and your own Christmas Calendar to follow along with CassieRating: PG ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: E.L. Beckett. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/177828/bk_acx0_177828_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Mug the Wumph the Dancing Wizard , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 283min
    Twelve-year-old Minty Taylor is a daydreamer.She loves to lose herself in her own imagination and artwork of fantasy characters.She is struggling with loneliness at school, after two of her closest friends are among 12 pupils, who mysteriously disappear during an Orienteering lesson overseen by bumbling supply teacher Mr Crumpler.Then one day, Minty discovers a unique 10-sided copper coin, inscribed with the words “Quaerite et Invenietis”. Taken by its beauty, though others think it is just “tat”, she picks it up and holds onto it for safe keeping.Later that night, while she is struggling to sleep because of the summer heat, she remembers the coin, and tosses it into the air.Without realising it, she has summoned Mug the Wumph the Dancing Wizard, Cupro Blue his faithful cat, and the magical Concur Bird, who arrive in Minty’s road on a small blue floating carpet.What unfolds is an epic magical adventure.Mug the Wumph is convinced that Grimacant, an evil wizard who lives on the other side of Wild Boar Wood is up to no good.Is the disappearance of Minty’s best friends and her other classmates just a co-incidence or is Grimacant stripping them of their memories and using them to his own end?And how does Mr Crumpler fit into everything?Mug the Wumph is a magical tale of dancing wizardry, beautiful music, and the imagination and bravery of a twelve-year-old girl put to good use to help save the children from Primrose Valley Comprehensive. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Penny Scott-Andrews. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/202247/bk_acx0_202247_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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