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The Mississippi Scheme: In Which a Scottish Adventurer Destroys the Economy of France: Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 116min

In the early 18th century, 80 years prior to revolution, France went wild for stocks and bonds. Mechanics dropped their tools and tradesmen closed their shops. There was but one profession, one employment, one occupation for persons of all ranks, from peasant to prince. And that profession was speculating in stocks. This is the story of the time one adventurous Scotsman played chance against an entire nation. That Scotsman was John Law, and historians are still divided in opinion as to whether they should call him a knave or a madman. Both epithets were unsparingly applied to him in his lifetime, but posterity has found reason to doubt the justice of the accusation; to confess that John Law was more deceived than deceiving, more sinned against than sinning. Posterity, however, has also found reason to uphold its first judgement and declare John Law to be a bankrupt, murderer, and outlaw, a gambler, cheat, and cardsharp, a flatterer, sycophant, and projector unmatched in the art of hyperbole. This is his story. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: A Man with a Cat. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/097080/bk_acx0_097080_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Benjamin Franklin's Last Bet (eBook, ePUB)

The incredible story of Benjamin Franklin's parting gift to the working-class people of Boston and Philadelphiaa deathbed wager that captures the Founder's American Dream and his lessons for our current, conflicted age. Benjamin Franklin was not a gambling man. But at the end of his illustrious life, the Founder allowed himself a final wager on the survival of the United States: a gift of two thousand pounds to Boston and Philadelphia, to be lent out to tradesmen over the next two centuries to jump-start their careers. Each loan would be repaid with interest over ten years. If all went according to Franklin's inventive scheme, the accrued final payout in 1991 would be a windfall. In Benjamin Franklin's Last Bet, Michael Meyer traces the evolution of these twin funds as they age alongside America itself, bankrolling woodworkers and silversmiths, trade schools and space races. Over time, Franklin's wager was misused, neglected, and contestedbut never wholly extinguished. With charm and inquisitive flair, Meyer shows how Franklin's stake in the leather-apron class remains in play to this day, and offers an inspiring blueprint for prosperity in our modern era of growing wealth disparity and social divisions.

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Benjamin Franklin's Last Bet: The Favorite Founder's Divisive Death, Enduring Afterlife, and Blueprint for American Prosperity

The incredible story of Benjamin Franklin's parting gift to the working-class people of Boston and Philadelphia?a deathbed wager that captures the Founder's American Dream and his lessons for our current, conflicted age. Benjamin Franklin was not a gambling man. But at the end of his illustrious life, the Founder allowed himself a final wager on the survival of the United States: a gift of two thousand pounds to Boston and Philadelphia, to be lent out to tradesmen over the next two centuries to jump-start their careers. Each loan would be repaid with interest over ten years. If all went according to Franklin's inventive scheme, the accrued final payout in 1991 would be a windfall. In Benjamin Franklin's Last Bet, Michael Meyer traces the evolution of these twin funds as they age alongside America itself, bankrolling woodworkers and silversmiths, trade schools and space races. Over time, Franklin's wager was misused, neglected, and contested?but never wholly extinguished. With charm and inquisitive flair, Meyer shows how Franklin's stake in the ?leather-apron? class remains in play to this day, and offers an inspiring blueprint for prosperity in our modern era of growing wealth disparity and social divisions.

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Beggar Magic , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 364min

In Gelia City, magic is music: a constant ever-changing melody known as the strains. Hereditary ability to use the strains divides the city into two classes: the wealthy Highmost, who can access the full potential of the strains, and the common tradesmen, who are limited to mundane spells, known as beggar magic. With the help of the strains, common teen Leilani rescues and befriends a gifted Highmost girl, Zebedy. The girls' friendship opens Leilani's eyes to the world of the Highmost. She's intrigued by Zeb's close relationship with the strains, and longs to know them as she does. Zeb, in turn, comes to depend on Leilani's strength and intelligence, making them an inseparable team, ready to take on anything with the strains at their back. As their unlikely friendship strengthens and endures, Zeb draws Leilani further into the Highmosts' intrigues. Beneath the polished, academic facade of the Highmost manors lurks a threat to the strains. An unknown force consumes their music, leaving only heart-rending silence behind. Leilani and Zeb will do anything to save their beloved strains, but as the silence grows, they face danger their previously sheltered lives could never prepare them for. Whoever is behind the death of the strains is willing to kill to keep their secret safe. To preserve the strains, the girls may have to sacrifice their friendship, or even their lives. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sheri Sheridan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/069177/bk_acx0_069177_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Season of Shadows: Volume One of The Summerlands , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 896min

The last royalist refuge... When the peasant rebellion, led by the Chamber of Statesmen, overthrew the royal line of Albin, only one haven remained to such loyal warriors as the king's military leader, Sir Andrew - the new world. This largely unexplored continent soon became the gathering place for all the malcontents, surviving Royalists, religious dissidents, and criminals, who otherwise might disrupt the peace of Albin. Yet while the colonists had expected to face dangers of the wild, nothing had prepared them for the humanoid winged creatures - the yerren - that flew the skies, attacking their struggling outposts seemingly without reason. Nor could they root out the spies within their own ranks who were ready to betray them to the Chamber of Statesmen. Still, Sir Andrew swore he'd provide a place of safety for the precious treasure he guarded - the last surviving member of the Royal line, the princess who now went by the name of Katin and masqueraded as a fledgling herbalist. But when word came of an invasion fleet setting forth from Albin, Sir Andrew knew he could not lead poorly trained and equipped farmers and tradesmen against two foes. He would have to put an end to the threat of the winged beings before the fleet's arrival - even if it meant risking his own life in the heart of Yerren territory.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: A. C. Fellner. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/007717/bk_adbl_007717_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Tiger's Prey , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 916min

The Malabar coast is full of dangers: greedy tradesmen, fearless pirates, and men full of vengeance. But for a Courtney, the greatest danger might just be his own family.... Francis Courtney flees the comfort of his Devonshire estate when his stepfather's gambling debts leave him penniless and at risk. He sails to South Africa with revenge and fortune on his mind: his uncle Tom Courtney killed his father, and Francis intends to avenge his death and make his fortune in the process. However, upon his arrival in Cape Town, he uncovers a truth that leaves him overwhelmed and disoriented. Christopher Courtney sets out to make his own way in the world, giving up his privileged position as the son of the Governor of Bombay. The perils and betrayals on his journey carve a fierce warrior out of him, but they also harden his soul and lead him to greater violence and treachery. As the lives of these two Courtney men intertwine, the sins of the fathers will forever alter the lives of a younger generation. The Tiger's Prey takes listeners on an epic journey from the southernmost point of Africa, through the perilous waters of the Arabian Sea, to the lush Indian coastline. It is an incredible and breathless tale of intrigue and family betrayal from one of the world's greatest storytellers. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mike Grady. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hcuk/003054/bk_hcuk_003054_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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47 Ronin , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 449min

For those looking for the real story behind the fictionalized movie account of the 47 Ronin story, this is the definitive, fascinating account of this unforgettable tale of a band of samurai who defied the Emperor to avenge the disgrace and death of their master, and faced certain death as a result. It led to one of the bloodiest episodes in Japanese history, and in the process, created a new set of heroes in Japan. In 1701, young Lord Asano is goaded into attacking a corrupt official at the Japanese Court. Although the wound Asano inflicts is minimal, the Emperor's punishment is harsh: Lord Asano is ordered to commit seppuku, or ritual suicide. His lands are confiscated and his family is dishonored and exiled. His samurai retainers now become ronin, or masterless, and are dispersed. These ronin are not trusted by their enemies and live under the watchful eyes of spies for months. They appear to adapt to their new circumstances by becoming tradesmen and teachers. But the ronin only seem to accept their fate. They are in fact making careful plans for revenge, biding their time until the moment to strike is right! Their deeds became Japan's most celebrated example of bravery, cunning, and loyalty in an age when samurai were heroes, and honor was worth dying for. John Allyn's masterful retelling of 47 Ronin has long been considered the definitive version of these dramatic historical events. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David Shih. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/high/000805/bk_high_000805_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Irena's Children: The Extraordinary Story of the Woman Who Saved 2,500 Children from the Warsaw Ghetto , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 631min

From the New York Times best-selling author of The Widow Clicquot comes an extraordinary and gripping true account of Irena Sendler - the "female Oskar Schindler" - who took staggering risks to save 2,500 children from death and deportation in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II. In 1942 one young social worker, Irena Sendler, was granted access to the Warsaw Ghetto as a public health specialist. While she was there, she began to understand the fate that awaited the Jewish families who were unable to leave. Soon she reached out to the trapped families, going from door to door and asking them to trust her with their young children. She started smuggling children out of the walled district, convincing her friends and neighbors to hide them. Driven to extreme measures, and with the help of a network of local tradesmen, ghetto residents, and her star-crossed lover in the Jewish resistance, Irena ultimately smuggled thousands of children past the Nazis. She made dangerous trips through the city's sewers, hid children in coffins, snuck them under overcoats at checkpoints, and slipped them through secret passages in abandoned buildings. But Irena did something even more astonishing at immense personal risk: She kept a secret list buried in bottles under an old apple tree in a friend's back garden. On it were the names and true identities of these Jewish children, recorded so their families could find them after the war. She could not know that more than 90 percent of their families would perish. In Irena's Children, Tilar Mazzeo shares the incredible story of this courageous and brave woman who risked her life to save innocent children from the Holocaust - a truly heroic tale of survival, resilience, and redemption. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Amanda Carlin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/007645/bk_sans_007645_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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A Town Called Hope Complete Series: A Town Called Hope Box Set Complete Series, Book 24 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 568min

Nine books of them, to be exact. That’s nine chances to meet characters who will quickly become like old friends from best seller author Katie Wyatt in one boxed set!The story of the grooms’ parents were a part of a wave of German immigrants who came in the 1840s to Texas to create a New Germany. This didn’t work out and the immigrants spread out. One group decided to take what they knew and create a new town, Hoffnung (meaning Hope), in Wyoming.Some went as cattle ranchers, some as tradesmen, and some as farmers. When the Civil War began, many of the young men decided to join the Union Army. Upon their return, they learned that the town was struggling. Many families had left due to harsh conditions or illness.In their wake, a powerful landowner named Eugene Munro is attempting to buy up land and will stop at nothing to get what he wants. The returning soldiers want to stand firm, but they know that they must start families and put down roots in order to keep their land. They turn to an international mail order bride company to find German wives.Listen to all the books in A Town Called Hope Romance complete series by bestselling author, Katie Wyatt!Book 1 – A Town Called HopeBook 2 - Ambitious AnnaBook 3 - Fearless FriedaBook 4 - Hardworking HannaBook 5 - Merry MinnaBook 6 - Elegant ElkaBook 7 - Grateful GretaBook 8 - Engaging EmilieBook 9 – Reserved RosaListen to all box set complete series by best seller author Katie Wyatt!A Novel Christian Romance Series Sweet Frontier Cowboys Collection 1 - 4Montana Mail order Brides Brides of Bedford Series Collection 1 - 4Aspen Falls Complete SeriesCartwright Wilderness Outfitters Complete SeriesSnowy Mountain Complete SeriesListen to all mega box set complete series.li ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Arwa Hezzah, Monica Reed. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/201980/bk_acx0_201980_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Lambrusco , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 686min

The extraordinary Resistance movement of the Italian people in the Second World War is brought to life in a captivating, deeply moving story of a mother's search for her son, by the author of the widely acclaimed A Private Hotel for Gentle Ladies.The year is 1943. Nazis have invaded Italy; American troops have landed. At Aldo's restaurant on the Adriatic coast, Lucia Fantini, wife of the late Aldo, entertained customers for years with her marvelous opera singing, but normal operations have ceased; the restaurant has been seized by nazifascisti, and a resistance squad of waiters and tradesmen has been formed, led by Lucia's son Beppino. When he disappears after acting on his own to destroy a German truck, Lucia asks, "What kind of a partisan are you, blowing something up without telling your mother?" and sets off to look for him.Lucia is aided in her efforts by a richly drawn cast of characters, including Annmarie Malone, the American Army Intelligence officer who's a professional golfer back home; Tito Roncuzzi, the butcher who taught neighborhood dogs to pee on Fascists' boots, Etto Renzetti, the factory owner who scoffs at Dante, and Ugo Fantini, Aldo's physician cousin, who has reasons of his own for wanting to be near Lucia.Lucia's journey across a war-devastated Italy is operatic in its scope and intensity. Ellen Cooney has drawn on her heritage as a third-generation Italian-American to invoke not only a country in crisis but also its literature, its moods, and, most of all, its music. This is a tale told with lyrical grace and an effervescent comic spirit to match the wine that nourishes them all - Lambrusco. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cassandra Campbell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bkot/001090/bk_bkot_001090_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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