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River of Smoke , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1329min

In September 1838 a storm blows up on the Indian Ocean and the Ibis, a ship carrying a consignment of convicts and indentured laborers from Calcutta to Mauritius, is caught up in the whirlwind. When the seas settle, five men have disappeared - two lascars, two convicts and one of the passengers. Did the same storm upend the fortunes of those aboard the Anahita, an opium carrier heading towards Canton? And what fate befell those aboard the Redruth, a sturdy two-masted brig heading East out of Cornwall? Was it the storm that altered their course or were the destinies of these passengers at the mercy of even more powerful forces? On the grand scale of an historical epic, River of Smoke follows its storm-tossed characters to the crowded harbors of China. There, despite efforts of the emperor to stop them, ships from Europe and India exchange their cargoes of opium for boxes of tea, silk, porcelain and silver. Among them are Bahram Modi, a wealthy Parsi opium merchant out of Bombay, his estranged half-Chinese son Ah Fatt, the orphaned Paulette and a motley collection of others whose pursuit of romance, riches and a legendary rare flower have thrown together. All struggle to cope with their losses - and for some, unimaginable freedoms - in the alleys and crowded waterways of 19th century Canton. As transporting and mesmerizing as an opiate induced dream, River of Smoke will soon be heralded as a masterpiece of twenty-first century literature. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lyndam Gregory. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hodd/000258/bk_hodd_000258_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Steamboats and Sailors of the Great Lakes : Great Lakes Books Series , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 685min

The Great Lakes shipping industry can trace its lineage to 1679 with the launching on Lake Erie of the Griffon, a 60-foot galley weighing nearly 50 tons. Built by LaSalle, a French explorer who had been commissioned to search for a passage through North America to China, it was the first sailing ship to operate on the upper lakes, signaling the dawn of the Great Lakes shipping industry as we know it today.Steamboats and Sailors of the Great Lakes is the most thorough and factual study of the Great Lakes shipping industry written this century. Author Mark L. Thompson tells the fascinating story of the world's most efficient bulk transportation system, describing the Great Lakes freighters, the cargoes of the great ships, and the men and women who have served as crew. He documents the dramatic changes that have taken places in the industry and looks at the critical role that Great Lakes shipping plays in the economic well-being of the US and Canada, despite the fact that the size of the fleet and the amount of cargo carried have declined dramatically in recent years.Spanning more than three centuries, from LaSalle's voyage in 1679, through 1975 with the mysterious sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, to life aboard today's thousand-foot behemoths, this important volume documents the evolution of the industry through its "Golden Age" at the end of the 19th century to the present, with a downsized US fleet that numbers fewer than 70 vessels.The book is published by Wayne State University Press. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gary L. Willprecht. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/129335/bk_acx0_129335_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Whore and Her Mother: 9/11, Babylon, and the Return of the King , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 395min

Could the writings of the ancient Hebrew prophets be relevant to events taking place in the world today? Did the Hebrew prophets foretell the events of 9/11? Are they relevant to our world today? "Mega-Babylon" - where is it? The Hebrew prophets - from Isaiah and Jeremiah, to the apostle John, spoke of a city and nation they referred to by the code name, "Mega-Babylon". Have these prophecies been fulfilled already? What about Daniel's "writing on the wall"? Is Mega-Babylon: The Roman Catholic Church? A world super-church? Rebuilt ancient Babylon? Brussels Jerusalem Or somewhere entirely different? Should this city/nation have a large Jewish population? Why all the talk about merchants, cargoes, commodities, trade? Can we rely on the words of these ancient prophets? If so, what else did they foretell that is still to be fulfilled? Do they refer to other major nations - USA, Russia, China, Europe? And what about militant Islam? Bible prophecy is a fascinating subject, with more and more relevance to events that are in the news today. As we research the Hebrew prophets we find out what they consistently reveal concerning our modern world. Events that were predicted more than 2,500 years ago appear to be happening right now, and many other unfulfilled prophetic events could well be just around the corner. The prophets speak with a single voice, their revelations building into a clear picture of the near future. If we are not to be taken unaware by coming events, we really need to know what they say and heed their warnings The author says, "My background is in lecturing, publishing, and radio/TV, but previously I ran a construction business. I still love to know how things are put together - buildings, origins of words, phrases - so I have used a similar approach in exploring what I believe to be an extremely important and relevant topi ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Raymond McCullough. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/002703/bk_acx0_002703_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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