84 Results for : despotic
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Raider Black Ops: The Russia Strike , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 515min
Russia - An almost lawless country ruled by the FSB, dread successor to the KGB, criminal gangs and Pamyat, fanatical Russian nationalists. Organizations who will commit any crime, murder any civilian, even commit genocide, to further their cause. When a package of sensitive information is stolen in a well-organized robbery in Manhattan, it is soon tracked to the despotic hellhole that no sane person would want to navigate. Yet if the contents are made public, an entire nation will be ruined. Only one group of men can be trusted to carry out the task and retrieve that package; John Raider and his former SEAL buddies. Unwilling to take on the job, Raider finds he has no choice when his family becomes threatened. He must enter the vast sub-continent, where their lives will be on the line the moment they step across the border. Raider's men find themselves embroiled in the politics and struggles of a country at war with itself. The police are criminals, and the criminals compete to carry out even greater atrocities, where human life is often measured against the value of a pack of cigarettes. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Neal Arango. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/067659/bk_acx0_067659_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Raven's Flight to Freedom
Raven's Flight to Freedom ab 29.99 € als Taschenbuch: Odyssey from Wartime Lithuania to Land's End America: A Story of Survival Dedicated to Those Who Retained Their Humanity Amidst Great Evil. Righteousness Ultimately Prevails Over Despotic Forces but Not by Much.. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Wirtschaft & Soziales,- Shop: hugendubel
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A Candid Enquiry Into The Present Ruined State Of The French Monarchy
A Candid Enquiry Into The Present Ruined State Of The French Monarchy ab 19.99 € als Taschenbuch: With Remarks On The Late Despotic Reduction Of The Interest Of The National Debt Of France (1770). Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, English, International, Englische Taschenbücher,- Shop: hugendubel
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Murder Mystery Dinner Party, The Curse of the Green Lady (Spiel)
You're spending a lovely evening with family, friends, colleagues. But the idyllic scene is just a façade: one of you is a murderer!Your mission? To find out whodunnit, with the help of dialogue scenes, secret clues, treacherous letters, shocking photos and secret documents. Not to forget the voice of Chief Inspector Watson with a few more surprises in store. But it won't be easy. Every guest has a dark secret ....Cornwell 1953. Castle Darkmore is the perfect location to shoot a horror film. Within its crumbling walls, there's plenty of rusty armour, creaking doors - and, above all, a genuine ghost. In the 16th century, the unfortunate Lady Darkmore fell to her death here, treacherously murdered by her unfaithful husband. As she lay dying, Lady Darkmore cursed the house, and threatened all adulterers within its walls with certain death.One stormy winter's night in 1953, a film crew staying at the ancient castle to shoot a movie come upon a terrible sight: Oscar Wilder, the despotic film director and notorious ladies' man, has been brutally stabbed to death. In his room are clear signs that just before his death, he had a female visitor - and it wasn't his wife.Intriguingly, his bedroom door is bolted from the inside. And on the brocade robe of the ghostly Green Lady, which is on display in the castle tower, there are traces of fresh blood ....Who murdered Oscar Wilder? Was it the phantom Lady? Or was it a flesh-and-blood killer?- Shop: buecher
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Putin's Wars: The Rise of Russia's New Imperialism , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 562min
This audiobook offers the first systematic analysis of Putin's two wars, placing the Second Chechen War and the War with Georgia of 2008 in their broader historical contexts. Drawing on extensive original Russian sources, Marcel H. Van Herpen analyzes in detail how Putin's wars were prepared and conducted and why they led to allegations of war crimes and genocide. He shows how the conflicts functioned to consolidate and legitimate Putin's regime and explores how they were connected to a third, hidden, "internal war" waged by the Kremlin against the opposition. The author convincingly argues that the Kremlin - relying on the secret services, the Orthodox Church, the Kremlin youth "Nashi", and the rehabilitated Cossacks - is preparing for an imperial revival, most recently in the form of a "Eurasian Union." An essential book for understanding the dynamics of Putin's regime, this study digs deep into the Kremlin's secret long-term strategies. Clearly argued, it makes a compelling case that Putin's regime emulates an established Russian paradigm in which empire building and despotic rule are mutually reinforcing. As the first comprehensive exploration of the historical antecedents and political continuity of the Kremlin's contemporary policies, Van Herpen's work will make a valuable contribution to the literature on post-Soviet Russia, and his arguments will stimulate vigorous debate. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Julian Elfer. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/019344/bk_adbl_019344_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Alpha Prince: Kingdom of Askara, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 467min
The Askaran desert can no longer sustain the secret hybrid population of wolves bred from those sent there to die for their crimes. Justice knows the time has come to lead his wolves to a new life, but soon realizes his pack could never be governed by, nor swear fealty to, the cruel and despotic Alpha of Solonara - Darius - so he hatches a plan to fight and ultimately kill the Alpha, his heir, and take over the territory. Cashel should not exist. It was unheard of for an Alpha-heir to be born an omega, and Darius has made every day a torment for his son. After spending years failing to breed another heir and desperate not to have to give his territory away to another pack, he finally turns his attention back to Cashel and a whole new nightmare begins.Justice’s whole life has been about righting a wrong and delivering the very thing he was named for. Meeting Cashel and finding out he is his true mate sends his carefully constructed plans and promises up in flames. When he discovers Darius’s cruelty runs deeper than any of them imagined, he is faced with a last desperate choice between his love for Cashel or his loyalty to his people. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michael Pauley. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/121411/bk_acx0_121411_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Sherlock Holmes and the Sword of Osman , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 357min
It's 1906. Far from England, the Ottoman Empire ruled by the despotic Sultan Abd-ul-Hamid 11 is on the verge of imploding. Rival Great Powers, especially Kaiser Wilhelm's Germany, sit watching like crows on a fence, ready to rush in to carve up the vast territories, menacing England's vital overland routes to her Indian possessions. At his medical practice in London's Marylebone, Watson receives a mystifying telegram. It's from Holmes. "Dear Watson, if you can throw physic to the dogs for an hour or two I would appreciate meeting at the stone cross at Charing Cross railway station tomorrow noon. I have an assignation with a birdlover at the Stork & Ostrich House in the Regents Park which has excited my curiosity. Yrs. S.H." Watson finds the invitation puzzling. Why should such a mundane meeting at a Bird House excite the curiosity of Europe's most famous investigating detective or anyone else? For old times' sake, Watson joins his old comrade-in-arms. Within days, Holmes and Watson find themselves aboard HMS Dreadnought en route to Stamboul, a city of fabled opulence, high espionage, and low intrigue. Their mission: at all costs, stop a plot which could bring about the immediate collapse of the Ottoman Empire. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: William Irvine. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/110935/bk_acx0_110935_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Scarlet Kingfisher: Discovery of a New Species , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 343min
Nothing could excite Dr. Beach O'Neill more than the possibility of discovering an unknown species of bird. Some day he hoped to travel to exotic rain forests where he could fulfill this childhood dream. His world is flipped out of control when a south Texas ranch foreman reports seeing a strange red bird on the banks of an isolated river where O'Neill is conducting research. Things turn bad when Beach discovers the mutilated body of the foreman. The county sheriff thinks O'Neill is the killer, but doesn't have enough evidence to prove it. Thus begins a reckless contest between Beach O'Neill and an array of despotic villains who wish to be the first persons on Earth to possess the "Scarlet Kingfisher." Unsavory characters, both local and global, want Beach and his botanist girlfriend Rebecca Schroeder, out of the way and off the trail of this unique avian rarity. O'Neill is torn between his obsessive desire to capture the bird and present it to science and Becky's wish to let it remain in its river home as nature intended. Will this red kingfisher and two different world views tear apart their relationship? The disparate forces will have their way. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Todd Owens Chitwood. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/059227/bk_acx0_059227_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Machiavelli Covenant, Hörbuch, Digital, 458min
In Europe for a crucial NATO summit in Warsaw, US President John Henry Harris is ordered by a secret cabal within his own administration to have the president of France and the chancellor of Germany assassinated. Refusal, he knows, will mean his death. Afraid to trust anyone, the president flees for his life. Pursued by the Secret Service, the CIA, and Spanish Intelligence, who believe he is the victim of foul play, Harris joins forces with rogue detective Nicholas Marten and the beautiful but enigmatic French photo-journalist Demi Picard. Together the three uncover one of the most secretive and brutally powerful groups the world has ever known, a brotherhood of blood that will stop at nothing. For 500 years this despotic order of the supremely rich and powerful has kept a secret manuscript by Machiavelli - The Covenant, a terrifying blueprint for gaining and keeping political power - hidden under heavy guard, and worshiped like some divine doctrine. Bonded by complicity in ritual murder and dedicated to a singular vision of global domination, over the centuries they have prospered far beyond any dreams of power and avarice. Outmanned, outnumbered, and outgunned, three people now stand alone against it: Nicholas Marten, Demi Picard, and John Henry Harris, president of the United States. Language: English. Narrator: Jeremy Davidson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/aren/000586/bk_aren_000586_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Marines: Crimson Worlds , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 627min
Erik Cain joined the marines to get off death row. The deal was simple; enlist to fight in space and he would be pardoned for all his crimes. In the 23rd Century, assault troops go to war wearing AI-assisted, nuclear-powered armor, but it is still men and blood that win battles. From one brutal campaign to the next, Erik and his comrades fight an increasingly desperate war over the resource rich colony worlds that have become vital to the economies of Earth's exhausted and despotic Superpowers. As Erik rises through the ranks he finally finds a home, first with the marines who fight at his side and later among the colonists - men and women who have dared to leave everything behind to build a new society on the frontier, one where the freedoms and rights lost long ago on Earth are preserved. Amidst the blood and death and sacrifice, Erik begins to wonder. Is he fighting the right war? Who is the real enemy? Now Included: A sneak peak at Crimson Worlds II: The Cost of Victory. Read the first three chapters, immediately following the end of Marines in this Kindle edition. Crimson Worlds II: The Cost of Victory - Available Now! Crimson Worlds III: A Little Rebellion - December 2012 ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jeff Bower. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/004447/bk_acx0_004447_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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