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    Inferno: Thomas Kydd, Book 17 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 665min
    It's 1807. Captain Sir Thomas Kydd's famous sea action aboard Tyger has snatched his reputation from ignominy. He is the hero of the hour. But though Britain's navy remains imperious, a succession of battles has seen Napoleon victorious on mainland Europe. In an attempt to prevent the French from taking control of Denmark's navy, Kydd's great friend, Nicholas Renzi - now Lord Farndon - is sent on a desperate diplomatic mission to persuade the Danes to give up their fleet to Britain. But the Danes are caught between two implacable forces and will not yield, opting instead for the inferno of battle.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Christian Rodska. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hodd/001007/bk_hodd_001007_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Extremis: Starfire, Book 6 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1458min
    An implacable foe with telepathic cohesion in battle, near immortality, and eons-advanced engineering skills threatens to wipe humanity from the galaxy. What's more, they've overcome their one weakness - no faster-than-light travel - and have followed humanity through our star gates and beyond. But humans are the master of adaption and have got a counterpunch of devastating proportions in reserve. Now a hard-bitten and brilliant admiral must face down renewed alien attack and somehow communicate to the enemy that if he is forced to use his ultimate military option, galactic civilization itself may come to a fiery end. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Marc Vietor. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/025614/bk_adbl_025614_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Julio César (eBook, ePUB)
    Parte figura histórica, parte leyenda, Cayo Julio César fue uno de los grandes personajes de la Antigüedad y un individuo complejo: político brillante y maquiavélico, general genial, afortunado e implacable, un consumado conductor de hombres de agitada vida sentimental... Una imagen deformada tanto por la propaganda que el propio César vertió a la posteridad en sus Comentarios como por las sucesivas capas de ornato que, desde la Antigüedad hasta el presente, los historiadores han ido añadiendo a la vida del Divino Julio. Cribar entre realidad y leyenda es lo que plantea Patricia Southern, autora de libros como El Ejército romano del Bajo Imperio o Augusto, para mostrar que la vida de César fue extraordinaria, sí, pero que distó mucho de ser una trayectoria ineluctable, con un destino inevitable, sino que fueron el implacable carácter del personaje y sus decisiones -además de más de un guiño de la diosa Fortuna- las que condujeron a aquel. Si antes de su consulado en 59 a. C. César era un senador más, en los siguientes quince años una extraordinaria sucesión de maniobras políticas y campañas militares le llevaron a acumular un poder inmenso, más del que ningún romano hubiese reunido nunca, apuntando al gobierno unipersonal que su hijo adoptivo Octavio finalmente instaurase. Desde la juventud de un patricio vanidoso y petulante a su asesinato, acaso el más célebre magnicidio de la historia, Patricia Southern consigue sumergirnos en las agitadas últimas décadas de la República romana, acompañando a César en sus ocho años de interrumpidas campañas en la Galia, en la guerra civil contra Pompeyo y los optimates que le llevó a recorrer el Mediterráneo y combatir desde Egipto hasta Hispania, y también a intimar con Cleopatra, la última faraona. Seguir la vida de Julio César es asomarse a un tiempo y una vida convulsos, entreverados de leyenda, pero que este libro despeja para arrojar luz sobre el hombre que hubo detrás del mito.
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    Upon a Nation's Honour - A Sherlock Holmes Adventure , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 275min
    1906. HMS Dreadnaught, Britain's latest battleship, lies in her moorings in a Portsmouth dockyard awaiting her sea trials. Her design and armament renders the current warships of other nations obsolete.  Secret items of novel yet vital radio detection equipment are stolen from her hold by agents of a foreign power. Holmes is requested by military intelligence to determine the perpetrators and trace the existence of the stolen items before they are successfully removed from the country. His investigations reveal the existence of an old and implacable enemy. Secrecy is paramount. Public knowledge of the crime would possibly result in a European war of disastrous consequences. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Steve White. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/118882/bk_acx0_118882_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Counterstrike: Black Fleet Trilogy, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 493min
    Captain Jackson Wolfe never thought he'd see the end of the Phage War in his lifetime. The enemy was too powerful, too numerous, and utterly determined to exterminate humanity. But the appearance of a new ally in the fight has changed all of that. For the first time since the original incursion, Wolfe thinks that maybe there's a chance to stop their implacable enemy before they have the chance to wipe out any more human planets. That opportunity comes at great cost, however, and even as he makes plans for their first offensive move on the Phage, Jackson is all too aware that most of them will not survive. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mark Boyett. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/podm/000249/bk_podm_000249_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Stupeur et tremblements
    Au début des années 1990, la narratrice est embauchée par Yumimoto, une puissante firme japonaise. Elle va découvrir à ses dépens l?implacable rigueur de l?autorité d?entreprise, en même temps que les codes de conduite, incompréhensibles au profane, qui gouvernent la vie sociale au pays du Soleil levant.D?erreurs en maladresses et en échecs, commence alors pour elle, comme dans un mauvais rêve, la descente inexorable dans les degrés de la hiérarchie, jusqu?au rang de surveillante des toilettes, celui de l?humiliation dernière. Une course absurde vers l?abîme ? image de la vie ?, où l?humour percutant d?Amélie Nothomb fait mouche à chaque ligne.Entre le rire et l?angoisse, cette satire des nouveaux despotismes aux échos kafkaïens a conquis un immense public et valu à l?auteur d?Hygiène de l?assassin le Grand Prix du roman de l?Académie française en 1999.
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    The Fifth Child
    A classic tale from Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, of a family torn apart by the arrival of Ben, their feral fifth child.'Listening to the laughter, the sounds of children playing, Harriet and David would reach for each other's hand, and smile, and breathe happiness.'Four children, a beautiful old house, the love of relatives and friends - Harriet and David Lovatt's life is a glorious hymn to domestic bliss and old-fashioned family values. But when their fifth child is born, a sickly and implacable shadow is cast over this tender idyll. Large and ugly, violent and uncontrollable, the infant Ben, 'full of cold dislike', tears at Harriet's breast. Struggling to care for her new-born child, faced with a darkness and a strange defiance she has never known before, Harriet is deeply afraid of what, exactly, she has brought into the world ...
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    The Giants' Spear: Book Four of The Weapon Takers Saga , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 701min
    The quest for the seven weapons of Madria comes to its thrilling conclusion.Few remain to resist the implacable advance of the dark forces unleashed by Diis. In the ice wastes of distant Halvia, Rabigar must locate the spear of the legendary Giants. In the vast expanse of the Lantinen Sea, Soren must search for the lost race of the Asrai.In Kalinth, Belwynn must hold back the armies of the vengeful Lord of Ishari. As time runs out, she knows she must face her greatest test. Can she confront a god, and win?The Giants' Spear is the stunning climax to the epic fantasy series, The Weapon Takers Saga. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Greg Patmore, Bridget Thomas. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/177779/bk_acx0_177779_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Assault on Chimera , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 681min
    The golden age of Man is over.  Humanity’s vast interstellar empire has crumbled under the strain of war. A new regime holds the shattered galaxy together with promises of a bright future and an immediate return to greatness - promises they never intend to keep.  Discovering the truth, one man dares to challenge centuries of established order and crushing military might. Risking retribution, he leads a broken people against the armies of an insane tyrant, one whose machinations threaten to destroy them all.  As the regime’s implacable war machine stirs, he soon learns just how far they will go to retain their power - a power illegitimately gained through humanity’s near-extinction. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Joe Formichella. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/108566/bk_acx0_108566_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Les Miserables, Hörbuch, Digital, 168min
    Jean Valjean, the central character of Hugo's sweeping novel, is one of society's victims. A poor but honest peasant, he stole a loaf of bread to feed his sister's starving family and ended up in prison. By the time of his eventual release, he has become a hardened criminal, but his friendship with the saintly Monseigneur Bienvenu gives him another chance at life. This new, respectable life is precarious, for Valjean is still sought by the law, in the person of the implacable Inspector Javert. This is the backdrop against which Hugo sets his masterpiece of adventure, rebellion, and human redemption. Christopher Cazenove's passionate reading brings Hugo's memorable characters to vivid life. Language: English. Narrator: Christopher Cazenove. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/dove/000209/bk_dove_000209_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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