66 Results for : presides
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Orphans at the Carnival: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 773min
Pronounced by the most eminent physician of the day to be "a true hybrid wherein the nature of woman presides over that of the brute", Julia Pastrana stood apart from the other carnival acts. She was fluent in English, French, and Spanish, an accomplished musician with an exquisite singing voice, and equally at ease riding horseback and turning pirouettes - but all anyone noticed was her utterly unusual face. Alternately vilified and celebrated, Julia toured the world, often hobnobbing with high society as she made her fame and fortune. Beneath the flashy lights and thunderous applause lies a bright, compassionate young woman who only wants people to see beyond her hairy visage - and, perhaps, the chance for love. When Julia visits a mysterious shaman in the back alleys of New Orleans, he gives her a potion and says that she'll find a man within the year. Sure enough, Julia soon meets Theodore Lent, a boyishly charming showman who catapults Julia onto the global stage. As they travel the world, the two fall into an easy intimacy, but the question of whether Theo truly cares for Julia or if his management is just a gentler form of exploitation lingers heavily with every kind word. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Heather Wilds. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/high/001165/bk_high_001165_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Oxblood
'Confirms Tom Benn as one of the most powerful and urgent writers of our times' DAVID PEACE, author of the RED RIDING QUARTET 'Powerful and so beautifully written - like David Peace wrote Alan Warner's The Sopranos and so lyrical, too' HARRIET TYCE, Sunday Times-bestselling author of BLOOD ORANGE Wythenshawe, South Manchester. 1985. The Dodds family once ruled Manchester's underworld; now the men are dead, leaving three generations of women trapped in a house haunted by violence, harbouring an unregistered baby. Matriarch Nedra presides over the household, which bustles with activity as she prepares the welcome feast for her grandson Kelly's return from prison. Her grieving daughter-in-law Carol is visited by both the welcome, intimate ghost of her murdered lover, and by Mac, an ageing criminal enforcer, a man who may just offer her a real and possible future. And then there is Jan - the teenage tearaway running as fast as she can from her mother, her grandmother, and her own unnamed baby. Over the course of a few days, the Dodds women must each confront the true legacy of the men who have defined their lives; and seize the opportunity to break the cycle for good. A blistering portrait of a family on fire, Oxblood lays bare the horror of violence, the exile of grief, and the extraordinary power of love. 'If I read a better novel than Oxblood in 2022, it'll be a blinding year for fiction. Tom Benn, please take a bow. Everybody else, please take note' JOSEPH KNOX, author of No 1 international bestseller TRUE CRIME STORY- Shop: buecher
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Fever: Club Inferno, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 402min, (USK 18)
Deep in the shadows of her exclusive fashion resort, Couture, Colleen Bryant presides over a much more intimate world: Club Inferno. The successful businesswoman and sex instructor has built an empire that caters to an elite crowd, but now she finds herself longing for something a bit more ordinary: a man to love. She’s not sure how to find someone who will accept what she does for a living - or the kinks that drive her wild - until her old flame, ex-pro football player Chase Fairwood, comes back into her life. There’s no woman as hot, sexy, or exciting as Colleen - and Chase knows it. He also knows he’s man enough to play her games, and to give as good as he gets. His return to Club Inferno reignites Colleen’s scorching demands, along with a new determination to test his resolve. Soon he’s competing against a rival Dom to brand Colleen as his own. But Chase has a secret weapon: the burning desire to offer his body - and his heart - in sweet surrender. “Don’t miss Fever, the sexy and intense conclusion to a fabulous series that’s hot enough to set your e-reader on fire. Club Inferno is one playground you’ll never want to leave!” (Stacey Kennedy, USA Today best-selling author of Tamed) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Stephanie Murphy. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/156925/bk_acx0_156925_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Revenger , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 781min
1592. England and Spain are at war, yet there is peril at home, too. The death of her trusted spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham has left Queen Elizabeth vulnerable. Conspiracies multiply. The quiet life of John Shakespeare is shattered by a summons from Robert Cecil, the cold but deadly young statesman who dominated the last years of the Queen's long reign, insisting Shakespeare re-enter government service. His mission: to find vital papers, now in the possession of the Earl of Essex. Essex is the brightest star in the firmament, a man of ambition. He woos the Queen, thirty-three years his senior, as if she were a girl his age. She is flattered by him - despite her loathing for his mother, the beautiful, dangerous Lettice Knollys who presides over her own glittering court - a dazzling array of the mad, bad, dangerous and disaffected. When John Shakespeare infiltrates this dissolute world he discovers not only that the Queen herself is in danger - but that he and his family is also a target With only his loyal footsoldier Boltfoot Cooper at his side, Shakespeare must face implacable forces who believe themselves above the law: men and women who kill without compunction. And in a world of shifting allegiances, just how far he can trust Robert Cecil, his devious new master? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Peter Wickham. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hodd/000330/bk_hodd_000330_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Elijah Project Treatment Book I , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 21min
An age-old war is on the precipice of destroying humanity. High Priest Donald Lords reincarnates to conjure an ancient formula left by Egyptian Grandmaster Imhotep. Soon female nurses across Greater New York vanish. Captured by armed men, who have whisked them away to a clandestine laboratory somewhere in Midtown, they are to participate in a dark ceremony involving t13 infants. As the leader of the Order of the Dark Lodge, Donald Lords presides over this brutal ritual and will create humanity’s ultimate deception, the false god, Elijah.A gathering of mercenaries sit on the other side of Manhattan’s 59th Street Bridge in Queens. In anticipation of their marching orders, they wait for the Dark Lodge’s ceremony location to be revealed. When their mole, known only as “Mary”, finally returns with the site coordinates, the soldiers take arms and drive out into the night. Led by their commander Adam “Knowledge” Jackson, the faction calls themselves “The Soldiers Of Wisdom”.Knowledge and his Soldiers infiltrate the Dark Lodge’s lab and immediately engage their guards in combat. Donald Lords signals to execute the nurses and babies. Amid raging pandemonium, Mary manages to rescue Baby number nine from execution, while Dr. Brown, chief scientist of the Dark Lodge, escapes with the formula and Baby number six through a secret passageway into an unforeseeable future. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Roosevelt Davis. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/231753/bk_acx0_231753_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The God Who Weeps: How Mormonism Makes Sense of Life , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 381min
Whether by design or by chance, Terryl and Fiona Givens write, "we find ourselves in a universe filled with mystery. We encounter appealing arguments for a Divinity that is a childish projection, for prophets as scheming or deluded imposters, and for scripture as so much fabulous fiction. But there is also compelling evidence that a glorious Divinity presides over the cosmos, that His angels are strangers we have entertained unawares, and that His word and will are made manifest through a sacred canon that is never definitively closed. What we choose to embrace, to be responsive to, is the purest reflection of who we are and what we love. That is why faith, the choice to believe, is in the final analysis, an action that is positively laden with moral significance." As humans, we are, like the poet John Keats, "straining at particles of light in the midst of a great darkness." And yet, the authors describe a version of life's meaning that is reasonable - and radically resonant. It tells of a God whose heart beats in sympathy with ours, who set His heart upon us before the world was formed, who fashioned the earth as a place of human ascent, not exile, and who has the desire and the capacity to bring the entire human family home again. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Fiona Givens. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/dsrt/000033/bk_dsrt_000033_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Avenger of Rome , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 702min
Emperor Nero’s grip on power is weakening. In every shadow he sees an enemy and like a cornered animal he lashes out at every perceived threat. His paranoia settles on the figure of Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo, Rome’s greatest General who leads the imperial legions in the East. So popular is Corbulo with his men that he effective presides over an Empire within an Empire. Is Corbulo preparing to march against Rome and take the purple? Gaius Valerius Verrens, Hero of Rome, is ordered to Antioch with the power of life and death over Corbulo, a soldier he worships. There he finds word of his mission has preceded him and every man’s hand is turned against him. But Corbulo’s eyes are not on Rome, but on a new threat to the Empire’s border. The Parthian King of Kings, Vologases, is marching to war and with such an army that if not stopped he might overwhelm the entire Roman east. Valerius marches at Corbulo’s side. Outnumbered they make a stand in the barren wastes beyond the Tigris to meet Vologases in an epic contest of military might and ingenuity that will decide the fate of the Empire. And while he fights for the Empire, and for his own survival on the battlefield, Valerius must decide whether to complete his mission, or risk incurring his Emperor’s dangerous wrath. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cornelius Garrett. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/001342/bk_rhuk_001342_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Don't Lose Her , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 454min
When a pregnant federal judge is abducted, Max Freeman pursues an eccentric gang deep into a hidden world he knows better than most: the shadowy waterways of the Florida Everglades. US district judge Diane Manchester has looked across the courtroom into the eyes of evil before. But today, as she presides over the extradition hearing of a notorious Colombian drug lord, she is also eight months pregnant. Her chair is uncomfortable, her robe is constrictive, and her due date is fast approaching. If she shows a single sign of weakness, Diane risks jeopardizing the biggest trial of her career and setting a vicious murderer free. In seconds, her situation takes a harrowing turn for the worse. Walking to her favorite lunch spot, Diane is grabbed off the street, thrown into the back of a white van, blindfolded, and threatened with death. She has no idea who her kidnappers are or what they want. Maintaining a strict code of silence, they refuse to give her even the smallest glimmer of hope. But Diane's captors have overlooked a crucial detail: her husband, Billy, is the employer and best friend of Max Freeman, Philadelphia cop turned South Florida private investigator. Tossing off the rule of law, Freeman sets out to determine which of a rogues' gallery of suspects took Diane - and to save her and her unborn child before it's too late. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Noah Michael Levine. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/022086/bk_adbl_022086_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Unseen Realm , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 943min
In The Unseen Realm, Dr. Michael Heiser examines the ancient context of scripture, explaining how its supernatural worldview can help us grow in our understanding of God. He illuminates intriguing and amazing passages of the Bible that have been hiding in plain sight. You'll find yourself engaged in an enthusiastic pursuit of the truth, resulting in a new appreciation for God's word. Why wasn't Eve surprised when the serpent spoke to her? How did descendants of the Nephilim survive the flood? Why did Jacob fuse Yahweh and his angel together in his prayer? Who are the assembly of divine beings that God presides over? In what way do those beings participate in God's decisions? Why do Peter and Jude promote belief in imprisoned spirits? Why does Paul describe evil spirits in terms of geographical rulership? Who are the glorious ones that even angels dare not rebuke? After listening to this book, you may never read your Bible the same way again. There is a world referred to in the scripture that is quite unseen, but also quite present and active. Michael Heiser's The Unseen Realm seeks to unmask this world. Heiser shows how important it is to understand this world and appreciate how its contribution helps to make sense of scripture. The book is clear and well done, treating many ideas and themes that often go unseen themselves. With this book, such themes will no longer be neglected, so listen to it and discover a new realm for reflection about what scripture teaches. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gordon Greenhill. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/050012/bk_acx0_050012_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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From Behind the Veil: A Hijabi's Journey to Happiness , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 166min
Farheen Khan was the victim of an Islamophobic attack by a stranger in a residential apartment building in Toronto. She managed to elude her attacker, but the assault on her body had only just begun. For fear of dishonoring her family in the South Asian and Muslim community, Farheen didn’t report the incident. Internalizing this experience so deeply sent her body into an allergic overdrive, resulting in fatal anaphylactic shock.Being unable to consume entire food groups gave her an insight into how a third of the people on earth are unable to eat for a very different reason—poverty and food insecurity. Despite her allergies, Farheen worked tirelessly to make a difference locally on building the foundation for the Muslim social-services sector in her city. From the first lick of soy pudding, to despair and back again, she realized that not only can we not fight adversity alone—we are not expected to. This is an honest and candid story about accepting the angels that come in and out of our lives when we need them the most, to show us to ourselves as a reflective surface on a dirty wall. Sometimes being swept away by a giant wave beyond our understanding can take us to beaches we never knew existed; and in losing control, we can often gain control of who we are and what we are really about. Today, cured of 95 percent of her allergies, Farheen has founded and presides over several non-profit organizations to help relieve poverty. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Farheen Khan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/gdan/000414/bk_gdan_000414_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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