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    Goodbye East End: An Evacuee's Story , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 667min
    As Hitler's bombs threatened London during World War II, eight-year-old David Merron was removed from his family and close-knit Jewish community in the East End and evacuated to the safety of the English countryside. Placed into the car of strangers, life was sometimes unpredictable and lonely. But, with time, the rural world became an exciting adventure playground in which he flourished. Set against a dramatic wartime backdrop, Goodbye East End is about the conflict between a London boy's unexpected love of the countryside and his guilt about not missing home as much as he might. It's the moving story of a childhood experience that changed a young boy's life forever. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David Thorpe. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/002274/bk_rhuk_002274_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    A Christmas to Remember , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 702min
    A few days before Christmas Tess Williams rushes into Albert Payne's tobacconist shop, with two boys in hot pursuit, saying she's a thief. Albert chases the boys away, and though Tess does not realise it, this incident changes her life. Tess lives with her grandmother, Edie, in a small flat on Heyworth Street. She has recently returned from Bell Farm, where she was evacuated during the war. When the handsome Snowy White comes to her rescue she thinks her troubles are over, and returns to Bell Farm for a working holiday. This leaves Edie to her own devices, however, and Tess is jealous of the friendship which blossoms between her grandmother and the tobacconist. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Anne Dover. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/isis/001963/bk_isis_001963_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    A Christmas Candle , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 594min
    1939. Eve Armstrong is being evacuated to Devon. As the train pulls out of London, she takes a last look at the crowded platform, the shabbily dressed evacuees, and a rude little boy sticking his tongue out. At first, Eve is happier than ever at Drake's Farm. It's a different world that invites fresh starts, and so when Eve runs into the boy from the station, Johnny Durrell, they call a truce and soon become firm friends. The war might be a distant reality, but the arrival of Connie Hale makes every day a battle. Connie is stuck up and spiteful - and Johnny's new best friend. Will Eve fight for Johnny or concede defeat? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Anne Dover. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/isis/003005/bk_isis_003005_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    That Liverpool Girl , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 972min
    In the backstreets of Liverpool, Eileen Watson lives with her mother Nellie, daughter Mel and her three tearaway sons. Life isn’t great, but they have each other, and family can get you through anything. Or can it? Then Britain declares war on Germany and their lives change forever. The children have to be evacuated, but Mel refuses to go, and so Eileen says goodbye to her mother and sons, moves away from the street they love and faces a future without her precious family. Thus begins a journey for them all. A journey filled with forbidden love, tragedy and the terrifying sounds of a city they love crumbling into the craters left by the Luftwaffe. Their lives will never be the same again… ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Marlene Sidaway. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/isis/001556/bk_isis_001556_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    We'll Meet Again , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 583min
    London, 1940. Sheila Phipps is orphaned after a devastating air raid claims her family and her home. She is evacuated to Bletchley to live with her aunt Constance, where she forms an unlikely friendship with Prudence Le Strange, who is working in the code-breaking unit at Bletchley. As their friendship grows stronger, the war subjects Sheila and Prue to fresh tragedies as, one by one, those they love are called away to distant battlefields, only to join the growing ranks of the missing, the captured and the dead. As the war escalates, the two friends find their lives increasingly complicated not only by the secrets of wartime but by those the conflict has dredged up from the past. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Annie Aldington. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/isis/002315/bk_isis_002315_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Doctor Who: Shadow in the Glass: A 6th Doctor Novel, Hörbuch, Digital, 548min
    An unabridged reading of this original BBC Books novel featuring the Sixth Doctor, as played on TV by Colin Baker. When an RAF squadron shoots down an unidentified aircraft over Turelhampton, the village is immediately evacuated. But why is the village still guarded by troops in 2001? When a television documentary crew break through the cordon looking for a story, they find they've recorded more than they bargained for. Caught up in both a deadly conspiracy and a historical mystery, retired Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart calls upon his old friend the Doctor. Half-glimpsed demons watch from the shadows as the Doctor and the Brigadier travel back in time to discover the last - and deadliest - secret of the Second World War. Duration: eight hours approx. Language: English. Narrator: India Fisher. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/002328/bk_rhuk_002328_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Cardigan Bay , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 595min
    When Major Charles Davenport is evacuated to England to recuperate from a battle wound received at Tobruk, a letter is awaiting him from his wife in London, informing him that she wants a divorce. Mary Kennedy is a young Irish American who has moved to her grandparents’ cottage in Ireland to mourn the loss of her husband and child. Participating in a Red Cross morale-building effort, she corresponds with a young British soldier, but his letters cease abruptly. Determined to learn what has become of him, she makes her way to the army hospital in Sussex, where she meets his commanding officer, Major Davenport. Thus begins a love story carried out almost entirely by letter, set against the dramatic events of WWII. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Penelope Freeman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/isis/002350/bk_isis_002350_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Earth Evacuation: Star Force Universe, Book 26 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 182min
    Earth's naivety has come to an end. The peace that they thought was their birthright is shattered when their true birthright returns in the form of an alien invasion bent on their total destruction...and from the Dinosaurs no less. The true history of Earth that Star Force has closely guarded is now revealed along with the death sentence for the Humans that are not allowed to exist by decree of the V'kit'no'sat Empire.  Now the Star Force military must fight while the civilians are gradually evacuated rimward, but not all of them are going to make it.... Earth Evacuation is a standalone scifi, romance novella that bridges phase one and phase two in the Star Force universe. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Stephen Day. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/150754/bk_acx0_150754_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    To Dream Again , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 511min
    The outbreak of war brings mixed feelings for Judy Truman and it is a relief to get away from the East End and her disastrous marriage. With her two small daughters, she is evacuated to Norfolk, and billeted on kindly Maggie and Bill Hurst. The children flourish and Judy's confidence returns. But when husband Sid comes home on leave, his violent jealousy frightens Judy and shocks Maggie and Bill. A meeting with a young airman, Pete Gresham, teaches her that men can be gentle and loving. She falls in love but living her life with Pete seems an impossible dream. With her hopes for the future crushed, Judy must concentrate on looking forward, and use her determination to carry her through. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Patience Tomlinson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/isis/002047/bk_isis_002047_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Breaking the Line , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 749min
    1799: Having evacuated the King and Queen of Naples ahead of Napoleon’s advancing army, Nelson must now await developments in Sicily. In the meantime, he and Emma savour their passionate affair, and when Nelson travels back to Britain with the Hamiltons, he finds he is the toast of Europe. To the British elite, however, Nelson is a dangerous upstart, and his love for Emma is his weakness. With rising resentment, Nelson and Emma are forced to keep up appearances. As the war with Napoleon drags on, Nelson engages the Danish fleet at Copenhagen with stunning results. Finally he is given the chance he’s been waiting for: Off a little-known Spanish cape called Trafalgar, he will show the world what he is made of! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Andrew Wincott. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/isis/001814/bk_isis_001814_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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