119 Results for : behest
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Thaddeus Stevens: Nineteenth-Century Egalitarian , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 650min
One of the most controversial figures in 19th-century American history, Thaddeus Stevens is best remembered for his role as congressional leader of the radical Republicans and as a chief architect of Reconstruction. Long painted by historians as a vindictive “dictator of Congress”, out to punish the South at the behest of big business and his own ego, Stevens receives a more balanced treatment in Hans L. Trefousse’s biography, which portrays him as an impassioned orator and a leader in the struggle against slavery. Trefousse traces Stevens’ career through its major phases, from his days in the Pennsylvania state legislature, when he antagonized Freemasons, slaveholders, and Jacksonian Democrats, to his political involvement during Reconstruction, when he helped author the 14th Amendment and spurred on the passage of the Reconstruction Acts and the impeachment of Andrew Johnson. Throughout, Trefousse explores the motivations for Stevens’ lifelong commitment to racial equality, thus furnishing a fuller portrait of the man whose fervent opposition to slavery helped move his more moderate congressional colleagues toward the implementation of egalitarian policies. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tom Weiner. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/005525/bk_blak_005525_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Dawn of War: Blood War Trilogy, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 609min
For hundreds of years, the bestial Grol have clawed at the walls of Lathah without success. Now armed with O'hra, mystical weapons of great power, they have returned, to conquer. Witness to the Grol advance, Arrin can abide his exile no longer. He returns to Lathah, in defiance of death, with hopes to save his beloved princess and the child born of their illicit affair. He finds her unwilling to abandon her people. At her behest, Arrin searches for a sanctuary for them only to be confronted by the Sha'ree, a powerful race long thought gone from the world. Through them, he learns it is not just the Grol that threaten the land. Empowered by a magic never before seen, the savage nations spread chaos and ruin across the realm. With Lathah under siege, and the world on the brink of cataclysmic war, Arrin must strike a deal with the Sha'ree to take the fight to the Grol, or forever lose his one true love: his family. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John Pruden. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/020976/bk_adbl_020976_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Wall
Hadrian's Wall is the largest, most spectacular and one of the most enigmatic historical monument in Britain. Nothing else approaches its vast scale: a land wall running 73 miles from east to west and a sea wall stretching at least 26 miles down the Cumbrian coast. Many of its forts are as large as Britain's most formidable medieval castles, and the wide ditch dug to the south of the Wall, the vallum, is larger than any surviving prehistoric earthwork.Built in a ten-year period by more than 30,000 soldiers and labourers at the behest of an extraordinary emperor, the Wall consisted of more than 24 million stones, giving it a mass greater than all the Egyptian pyramids put together. At least a million people visit Hadrian's Wall each year and it has been designated a World Heritage Site. In this new book, based on literary and historical sources as well as the latest archaeological research, Alistair Moffat considers who built the Wall, how it was built, why it was built and how it affected the native peoples who lived in its mighty shadow. The result is a unique and fascinating insight into one of the Wonders of the Ancient World.- Shop: buecher
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The King's Man: Welsh Blades, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 540min
Laura Kinsale Presents…an intense and haunting historical romance by talented new author Elizabeth Kingston. The sword-wielding daughter of a Welsh rebel crosses weapons with King Edward's favorite killer.Ranulf Ombrier is notorious throughout England for his skill at swordplay and murderous reputation. But after years of doing his king's bidding, he follows his conscience away from Edward, all the way to the wilds of Wales. Gwenllian of Ruardean, Welsh daughter of a powerful Marcher lord, has every reason to leave Ranulf for dead when one of her men nearly kills him. As a girl she was married by proxy to a man Ranulf murdered, only to become a widow before she ever met her groom. In the years since, she has shunned the life of a lady, instead studying warfare and combat at her mother's behest. Saving her enemy's life comes with consequences, and Gwenllian and Ranulf are soon caught up in dangerous intrigue. Forced together, they discover a kinship of spirit and a surprising, intense desire. But even hard-won love cannot thrive when loyalties are divided and the winds of rebellion sweep the land. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Nicholas Boulton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/047940/bk_acx0_047940_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Woman in White: BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation, Hörbuch, Digital, 228min
Toby Stephens and Juliet Aubrey star in a BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Wilkie Collins’ chilling Gothic drama. A lonely stretch of road on Hampstead Heath is the venue for Walter Hartright’s midnight first encounter with a mysteriously distressed figure in white. As he helps the woman to escape from unnamed pursuers, he has little understanding of the way she will affect his future. At Limmeridge House in Cumberland, Walter meets and falls in love with Laura, who strangely resembles the woman in white. She, however, is soon to marry the financially embarrassed Sir Percival Glyde. Events at Limmeridge take a surprising turn when Anne Catherick arrives, and Walter recognises her as the mystery figure. It appears that Anne’s recent incarceration in a mental asylum was at the behest of Sir Percival, who is all too aware of the secret she holds. More than one life will be lost before Walter’s mystery of the woman in white can be fully explained. A strong cast brings Wilkie Collins’ tale to life in this BBC Radio 4 production, recorded on location at Beacon Hill, London, in 2001. Language: English. Narrator: Toby Stephens, Juliet Aubrey, full cast. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/002021/bk_rhuk_002021_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Ballistics , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 716min
It is summer and the Canadian Rockies are on fire. Fleeing the fallout of a relationship gone wrong, Alan West returns to the small town in the valley where he grew up. There, his grandfather, Cecil, suffers a heart attack and gives him one last task: he must track down the father he's never known, so that Cecil can make his peace. And so Alan begins his search for the elusive Jack West, a man who skipped town decades earlier and of whom Cecil has always refused to speak. The quest will lead him to Archer, an old American soldier who went AWOL into Canada at the apex of the Vietnam War. Archer has been carrying a heavy burden for many years, and through him Alan learns the stories of Jack, of Cecil, and of Archer's own daughter Linnea, a woman inextricably bound to them all. Together, at the behest of a dying man, they set off on a reckless journey through the burning mountains and, slowly, they unravel the knots of the past. What they find will change all of their lives forever. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Humphrey Bower. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/boli/002007/bk_boli_002007_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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A-List: The Jake Longly Series, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 459min
Nothing is easy in The Big EasyPI Jake Longly and Nicole Jamison head to New Orleans at the behest of Nicole's uncle, movie producer Charles Balfour, when his megastar, A-list actor Kirk Ford, awakens in his hotel bed with the body of Kristi Guidry, a local college coed. Ford, in the Big Easy for a location shoot, remembers little of the evening and nothing of the murder. And, to make matters worse, Kristi is the niece of a local mafioso-type who will do whatever is necessary to avenge her death. Balfour is losing money every day the filming is stalled - he needs his actor cleared, and quickly.Surrounded by glitzy Hollywood stars and intimidated by seedy underworld characters, Jake and Nicole encounter nothing but obstacles. Something isn't right. The facts don't fit. Who would want Kristi dead? Why frame Kirk for the murder? Everyone has an opinion, including Kristi's friends and ex-boyfriend, the local homicide detectives, and a fortune-teller. The clock is ticking as Jake and Nicole struggle to decipher who's lying, who's telling the truth, and exactly who schemed to murder Kristi Guidry. Nothing is easy in The Big Easy. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Thomas Stone. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/138546/bk_acx0_138546_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Compromising Miss Tisdale: The Regency Blooms, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 471min
Ambrosia Tisdale is the very picture of propriety and the epitome of what a respectable young lady should be. Haunted by a memory and compelled by her family, she pursues perfection to a fault. The Earl of Bristol, Duncan Maddox, has returned to London after years of familial-imposed exile. As the second son, he has led a life filled with frivolity, leisure, and a healthy dose of debauchery. Now, his older brother has died, leaving the family's flailing legacy in Duncan's unwilling arms. At the behest of his uncle, Duncan is advised to do the one thing that could provide instant fortune and respectability - he must marry. But there is only one prospect who meets the unique requirements to solve all the earl's problems - the lovely Miss Ambrosia Tisdale. But securing the prudent daughter of a viscount's hand proves to be more challenging than this scandal-ridden second son of an earl has bargained for. With scandal, extortion, treachery, and even love itself threatening to keep him from his goal, will Duncan succeed or find himself compromised by Miss Tisdale? Contains mature themes. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Beverley A. Crick. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/008274/bk_tant_008274_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Tormented by an Alien (Galactic Union, #2) (eBook, ePUB)
Sometimes the mistakes of your past are the only thing that can bring you true love. Prince Ece had it all. Being the heir to the Ocheks should have given him everything he needed. However, now he is on the run from his father and with some precious human cargo in tow. Shirley was taken from her home and forced into a breeding program she never signed up for. Now, she is on the run with Ece, who is the last alien she ever wanted to see again after their disastrous forced union saw her shipped off to be sold to the highest bidder -- at Ece's behest, no less. Tormented by an Alien is the second book in the Galactic Union series. If you like strong female leads who are craving love and hunky aliens that are after the same thing, then this series ticks all of the boxes. Each book in this series is considered a standalone that can be enjoyed in any order but are set in the same universe. If you desire a happily ever after with no cheating and steamy sex scenes then grab your copy today! One-click your copy today! Book two in the Galactic Union Series. Book 1: Taken by an AlienBook 2: Tormented by an AlienBook 3: Seduced by an Alien- Shop: buecher
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The Kiss of Angels: Divine Vampires, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 172min
From New York Times best-selling and award-winning author Selena Kitt. What happens when Cupid falls in love with the Angel of Death? The human notion of Cupid as a sweet cherub who works only on St. Valentine's Day couldn't be further from the truth. The real entity humans call "Cupid" is actually an angel named Muriel who works tirelessly all year round, matching up soul mates at the behest of a higher power. Muriel is a sharp shooter on a mission - and her arrow always hits its mark. But she's grown tired over the centuries of delivering romance to everyone else while secretly longing for someone to call her own. The problem is angels aren't allowed to fall in love. As her friend, Jariel, often reminds her, angels don't even have bodies, so what would be the point? Muriel knows her arrows are only meant for the lucky race of humans, who can experience such delicious emotions as love, lust, and passion. But when she crosses paths with Chariel, who just happens to be the Angel of Death, she finally gets her wish and discovers how the sting of Cupid's arrow can make anyone - even angels - do anything for love. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: E. V. Grove. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/035510/bk_acx0_035510_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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