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    Baby Planner , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 529min
    The Nanny Diaries meets The Wedding Planner in this smart, dishy novel from the author of Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives - featuring a woman who runs San Francisco’s premier baby-planning company and the mommies-to-be who seek out her services. Katie Johnson may make her living consulting with new moms on the latest, greatest baby gadgets no parent should be without, or which mommy meet-ups are the most socially desirable, or whether melon truly is the new black, but the success of her marriage to her husband, Alex, depends on controlling her own urges toward motherhood. He's adamant that they stay childless. Sure, Katie understands that he's upset over the fact that his out-of-town ex-wife rarely lets him see their 10-year-old son, Peter. But living vicariously through her anxious clients and her twin sisters' precocious children only makes Katie resent his stance more deeply. While helping a new client - Seth Harris, a high-tech entrepreneur who must raise Sadie, his newborn daughter, as a single parent after the tragic death of his wife in childbirth - maneuver the bittersweet journey from mourning husband and reticent father to loving dad, Katie’s own ideals about love, marriage, and motherhood are put to the test as she learns one very important lesson about family: How we nurture is the true nature of love. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Holly Fielding. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/010118/bk_adbl_010118_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    2018 Château Palmer 3. GRAND CRU CLASSÉ MARGAUX A.C.
    Der Mehltau-Befall und dem gleichzeitigen Festhalten an den biodynamischen Prinzipien des Château führt zu Mini-Mengen auf Château Palmer. Elf Hektoliter pro Hektar führen zu höchster Konzentration von Frucht, Fülle und Schmelz. Dabei eine verführerische Frische und fantastisch eingebundene Tannine - ein Wein für die Ewigkeit! Falstaff: 100/100 Punkte »The sophistic monster, höchster Tanningehalt, Orange Mehltau nach dem 5. Juli 11 hl. Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Floral unterlegtes intensives dunkles Beerenkonfit, reife Kirschen, ein Hauch von vollreifen Feigen, kandierte Orangen, nuancenreiches Bukett. Kraftvoll, sehr saftig, extraktsüße Textur, präsente Tannine, zarter Nougat, mineralisch, große Länge, die grandiosen Tannine vermitteln ein zusätzliches Frischegefühl.«  Wine Spectator: 97-100/100 Punkte  »The level of glycerine sets this apart, giving the cascade of plum, currant, blackberry and black cherry fruit extra oomph, while seeming to heighten the purity at the same time. Beautiful violet, incense and juniper notes flash in the background. This is packed with iron-laced grip, but remains seamless and extremely long. I suspect this will be one of the most talked-about wines of the vintage.« Decanter: 99/100 Punkte »Possibly the most talked about estate in the vintage, with its mildew-induced 11hl/ha yields making waves all the way back at harvest time. They made it through though, and have made an exceptional wine that will clearly be discussed and enjoyed for years to come. There's no denying that the yields have had an impact - even in the colour you see a rich, velvety density with the violet edging that suggests a good pH (it's 3.83, so a touch higher than usual). There is a stunning sweetness to the cassis and bilberry fruits, and it retains the finesse and floral aromatics of Palmer even with the concentration, complexity and depth on show here. It also has the signature of the vintage, and despite the volume of tannins it feels silky and seductive, and you wonder if it will close down at all. This certainly has a long life ahead of it. Sadly there is no Alter Ego in 2018, for the first time since it was created in 1998, with the production of the grand vin down by about 50% on a normal year. Harvest ran from 13 September to 15 October, and 90% of production went into the grand vin due to the low yields. No sulphur was added to the fruit until after malo, and it is aged in 70% new oak, already barely discernible. Thomas Duroux said, by the way, that if mildew pressure happened again to this extent, he would treat despite his strong commitment to biodynamics. Let's hope it doesn't come to that. 98-100 points. Drinking Window 2028 - 2044«  Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: 97-99/100 Punkte »The 2018 Palmer is composed of 53% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot and 7% Petit Verdot. Grapes were harvested September 13 to October 15, and the wine has a 3.83 pH and 14.3% alcohol. Very deep purple-black in color, the nose is a little reticent to begin, but with coaxing, it slowly emerges to show fragrant violets, underbrush, mossy bark and iron ore with exponentially growing notions of crème de cassis, Black Forest cake, plum preserves, hoisin, Christmas cake and red roses with wafts of dusty earth, Indian spices and cracked black pepper. Full-bodied, concentrated and downright powerful in the mouth, it has a solid structure of firm, wonderfully plush tannins and masses of fragrant accents, finishing very long and very spicy. By the time I finished tasting this, the nose had exploded in this fragrant bomb of fruit, earth and floral notions. This is one of those 2018 wines that has a beguiling brightness that comes from the many floral, spice and mineral accents among all that rich fruit. WOW!« Wine Enthusiast: 97-99/100 Punkte »Barrel Sample. Dense and concentrated, this is a powerfully rich wine. It has a velvet texture that masks the tannins, which are solid, precise and impressive in structure. It is a great wine that comes from a very low-yield crop and it will age quite well.« Weinwisser: 19,5/20 »40 % Merlot, 53 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 7 % Petit Verdot, 11 hl/ha, Produktion nur 6.000 12er-Kisten = 1/3 einer normalen Produktion. Kein Zweitwein Alter Ego. Undurchsichtiges Purpur mit schwarzer Mitte. Betörendes Parfüm nach reifen Pflaumen, Schattenmorellensaft und Cassisgelee. Im zweiten Ansatz duftige Veilchen, Wildkirschen und reife Waldhimbeeren. Am Gaumen mit seidiger Textur und perfekt ausgereiften, polierten Tanninen, cremig und elegant. Im aromatischen, katapultartigen Finale eine Explosion von Heidelbeeren, Lakritze und Nougatpralinen gepaart mit Eleganz und perfekter Präzision. Ein Meisterwerk aus Margaux, dass ich bisher noch nicht erlebt habe. Die Frage wird sein, wie sich dieser Wein entwickeln wird. Dieser wird, neben Pontet-Canet, einer der am heissesten diskutierten Weine sein! Trinken 2028 bis 2050«  James Suckling: 94-95/100 Punkte »It is the essence of cabernet fruit with density that is so thick that it has the texture of grape puree. Full body and melted tannins that give the wine a sense of velvet. Very soft and juicy. With air, it goes to bright, crushed black currants. Tar. Fresh tannins give it energy. I have never tasted anything like this in all my 38 years as a wine critic in Bordeaux. From tiny berries of cabernet sauvignon (53 per cent), 40 per cent merlot and seven per cent petit verdot.« Vinum: 18/20 Punkte »Zurückhaltende Aromatik; ungemein voller Bau, aussergewöhnliche Qualität der Tannine, extrem langes Finale von frischen und getrockneten Beeren, grosszügig auch, doch ohne allzu massig zu wirken. 2028 bis 2040«  Bitte beachten Sie die Sonderbedingungen der Subskription in unseren AGB. 
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    The River Within (eBook, ePUB)
    "Powell has not written a pale imitation of The Crown or Downton Abbey . . . it's a fresh look at the pressures our caste systems place upon all of us." -Los Angeles Times It is the summer of 1955. The body of Danny Masters is found by three of his friends in the river that runs through Starome, a village on the Richmond estate in North Yorkshire. Alexander, one of the three friends that found Danny and the sole heir to Richmond Hall, has always been unpredictable but lately he has grown elusive, his behavior becoming increasingly erratic. His mother, Lady Venetia Richmond, is newly widowed and too busy trying to keep the sprawling family estate together to worry about Alexander, though she could use his help. A second friend, Lennie Fairweather, "child of nature" and daughter of the late Sir Angus Richmond's private secretary, has other things on her mind too. In love with Alexander, she longs to escape life with her over-protective father and domineering brother, Tom, who was also there when Danny's body was discovered. In the weeks that follow the tragic drowning, the river begins to give up its secrets. As the circumstances surrounding Danny's death emerge, other stories surface that threaten to disrupt everybody's plans and to destroy an entire way of life. "[Powell's] novel about love, class, and secrecy in 1950s England reads as if it were written in the era the characters inhabit, her style and tone reminiscent of an earlier generation of reticent yet emotionally brutal writers like Shirley Hazzard and Graham Greene. A mesmerizing escape." -Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Evocative and engrossing." -Heat Magazine
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    The Lantern: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 635min
    A modern gothic novel of love, secrets, and murder - set against thelush backdrop of Provence. Meeting Dom was the most incredible thing that had ever happened to me. When Eve falls for the secretive, charming Dom in Switzerland, their whirlwind relationship leads them to Les GenÉvriers, an abandoned house set among the fragrant lavender fields of the South of France. Each enchanting day delivers happy discoveries: hidden chambers, secret vaults, a beautiful wrought-iron lantern. Deeply in love and surrounded by music, books, and the heady summer scents of the French countryside, Eve has never felt more alive. But with autumn’s arrival the days begin to cool, and so, too, does Dom. Though Eve knows he bears the emotional scars of a failed marriage - one he refuses to talk about - his silence arouses suspicion and uncertainty. The more reticent Dom is to explain, the more Eve becomes obsessed with finding answers - and with unraveling the mystery of his absent, beautiful ex-wife, Rachel. Like its owner, Les GenÉvriers is also changing. Bright, warm rooms have turned cold and uninviting; shadows now fall unexpectedly; and Eve senses a presence moving through the garden. Is it a ghost from the past or a manifestation of her current troubles with Dom? Can she trust Dom, or could her life be in danger? Eve does not know that Les GenÉvriers has been haunted before. BÉnÉdicte Lincel, the house’s former owner, thrived as a young girl within the rich elements of the landscape: the violets hidden in the woodland, the warm wind through the almond trees. She knew the bitter taste of heartbreak and tragedy - long-buried family secrets and evil deeds that, once unearthed, will hold shocking and unexpected consequences for Eve. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kristine Ryan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/002561/bk_harp_002561_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Requiem for the Status Quo , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 416min
    Family caregivers are, oftentimes, ruthlessly challenged by uninvolved family members who are quick to condemn, but reticent to offer assistance. Such is the case for Colleen Strand, a widow who recently found her own footing who takes on the task of caring for her father Patrick Quinn, recently diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.Her older brother Jonathan criticizes Colleen at every turn and verbally abuses the father when he has the gall to exhibit symptoms of his disease. In short, Jonathan travels down the popular road of denial, leaving Colleen to deal with all matters regarding their father's care.Connected tenuously to a father who barely remembers her and a brother who has become an enigma, Colleen faces the moving target that is Alzheimer's disease, determined to clothe her father with the dignity he deserves, while capturing the far too fleeting moments of remaining time with him.This novel reflects the personal experiences faced by the author who lovingly took care of her father who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Although she exercised literary license in writing about her multi-year journey, the author's heart went into each episode she chose to offer her listeners. Those listeners will meet a variety of caregivers and their loved ones who face the challenges of the disease, sometimes with success, other times failing miserably.To be sure, Alzheimer's disease is one of the least humorous diseases known to man, nevertheless listeners will find humor amongst the sorrow, along with elements of victory that will carry the listener through to the very last chapter, far wiser and better-informed than when she or he first started this extraordinarily worthwhile listen. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ashley Ulery. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/215032/bk_acx0_215032_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Eventide of the Bear: The Wild Hunt Legacy, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 765min
    She risked her life to save a human child. Pain was her reward.All her life, Emma longed for someone to love. Instead, disaster sees the brand-new bard banished from her people for long lonely years. Injured saving a child, the werebear has to steal food from humans, breaking shifter Law. The territory’s Cosantir and his lethal grizzly warrior catch her in the act. To her surprise, she’s healed and welcomed. Obviously, they don’t know her past. But oh, she can’t resist being around other shifters - especially the captivatingly powerful warrior. Maybe she can stay...just a little while.As a grizzly warrior, Ben is ordered to house the pretty werebear until she heals. His littermate abandoned him, his home is empty, and he’s been alone for a long time. Intelligent and sweet and lushly curved, Emma is a delight...even if she is oddly reticent about her past. Although having sworn off females, he’s sorely tempted by this one. Damned if he doesn’t want to keep her, secrets or not.Females were trouble. Years past, one split Ryder from his littermate. Now the panther shifter is returning to Ben, bringing his cub with him, a four-year-old he stole from the abusive female. To Ryder’s annoyance, his brother is sheltering a wounded bear. A female. Even worse, she’s beautiful and gentle and loving -damned if he’s going to fall for that act again. But when the dark of the moon arrives and death reigns supreme, he’ll discover that not all females are alike.In a world filled with hellhounds and pixies, can three lonely shifters and one silent cub create a new family together? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Noah Michael Levine, Erin deWard. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/214807/bk_acx0_214807_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Alan Turing: Unlocking The Enigma , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 123min
    Alan Mathison Turing. Mathematician, philosopher, codebreaker, a founder of computer science, and the father of Artificial Intelligence, Turing was one of the most original thinkers of the last century - and the man whose work helped create the computer-driven world we now inhabit. But he was also an enigmatic figure, deeply reticent yet also strikingly naive. Turing's openness about his homosexuality at a time when it was an imprisonable offense ultimately led to his untimely death at the age of only 41. In Alan Turing: Unlocking the Enigma, David Boyle reveals the mysteries behind the man and his remarkable career. Aged just 22, Turing was elected a fellow at King's College, Cambridge on the strength of a dissertation in which he proved the central limit theorem. By the age of 33, he had been awarded the OBE by King George VI for his wartime services: Turing was instrumental in cracking the Nazi Enigma machines at the top secret code breaking establishment at Bletchley Park during the Second World War. But his achievements were to be tragically overshadowed by the paranoia of the post-War years. Hounded for his supposedly subversive views and for his sexuality, Turing was prosecuted in 1952, and forced to accept the humiliation of hormone treatment to avoid a prison sentence. Just two years later, at the age of 41 he was dead. The verdict: cyanide poisoning. Was Turing's death accidental as his mother always claimed? Or did persistent persecution drive him to take him own life? Alan Turing: Unlocking the Enigma seeks to find the man behind the science, illuminating the life of a person who is still a shadowy presence behind his brilliant achievements. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Barnaby Edwards. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/020549/bk_adbl_020549_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Pictures from Italy , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 518min
    In 1843 the material that Dickins had gathered on his trip to America was published with the title American Notes [also produced by Assembled Stories]. The book was viewed with disdain from both sides of the Atlantic and in some quarters, strong disapproval, his criticism having done little for Anglo-American relations. It was no coincidence then, perhaps, that Dickens and his wife, sister in law, five children and assorted servants left England for Italy soon after, in June 1844, for an extensive tour. The plan was to use Genoa as the base for excursions to some of the sights and monuments of the country.In one year the author saw most of Northern Italy and made frequent forays down to Rome and Florence. The family finally left the country via Naples after a terrifying and dangerous visit to the crater of Vesuvius.Dickens was as strongly opinionated as ever but, nevertheless, kept the promise he made in the Preface and refused to mention politics - though he is not reticent about condemning the poverty. It was more difficult to stop his pen when it came to religious matters. Although he apologised in case of any misunderstanding his comments regarding the excesses of piety and profit, there can be no misunderstanding what he thought - particularly in one episode in Rome involving a ‘holy staircase’Anyone familiar with his fiction will recognise the atmospheric and beguiling descriptions of this fascinating country, rich in art, character and scenery. This ‘alternative’ travel guide must have been an excellent substitute for those not wealthy enough to make the tour themselves. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Peter Joyce. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/assm/000086/bk_assm_000086_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    All Shook Up: How Rock ‘n’ Roll Changed America , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 560min
    The birth of rock 'n roll ignited a firestorm of controversy - one critic called it "musical riots put to a switchblade beat" - but if it generated much sound and fury, what, if anything, did it signify? As Glenn Altschuler reveals in All Shook Up, the rise of rock 'n roll--and the outraged reception to it - in fact can tell us a lot about the values of the United States in the 1950s, a decade that saw a great struggle for the control of popular culture. Altschuler shows, in particular, how rock's "switchblade beat" opened up wide fissures in American society along the fault-lines of family, sexuality, and race. For instance, the birth of rock coincided with the Civil Rights movement and brought "race music" into many white homes for the first time. Elvis freely credited blacks with originating the music he sang and some of the great early rockers were African American, most notably, Little Richard and Chuck Berry. In addition, rock celebrated romance and sex, rattled the reticent by pushing sexuality into the public arena, and mocked deferred gratification and the obsession with work of men in gray flannel suits. And it delighted in the separate world of the teenager and deepened the divide between the generations, helping teenagers differentiate themselves from others. Altschuler includes vivid biographical sketches of the great rock 'n rollers, including Elvis Presley, Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Buddy Holly - plus their white-bread doppelgangers such as Pat Boone. Rock 'n roll seemed to be everywhere during the decade, exhilarating, influential, and an outrage to those Americans intent on wishing away all forms of dissent and conflict. As vibrant as the music itself, All Shook Up reveals how rock 'n roll challenged and changed American culture and laid the foundation for the social upheaval of the sixties.The “Pivotal Moments in American History” series seeks to unite ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jack Garrett. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/002808/bk_adbl_002808_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Why Rental Properties Are the Worst Type of Real Estate Investment, Why Storage Facilities Are the Best Type of Real Estate Investment, and How to Make Money to Be Able to Invest in Buying Real Estate , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 106min
    This essay sheds light on why rental properties are the worst type of real estate investment and also elucidates why storage facilities are the best type of real estate investment. Moreover, how to make money so that you can afford to invest in buying real estate is delineated in this essay.In spite of their touted merits, rental properties are arguably the utmost worst type of real estate investment for a multitude of reasons. To the dismay of the investor, buying rental properties, such as single family homes, entails succumbing an exorbitant amount of debt financing which does not always culminate in generating positive cash flows, especially if the tenants renege on their lease agreements and desist from paying their monthly rent. At the end of the day, the property owner is responsible for paying property taxes, home owners association fees, homeowners insurance fees, continual home maintenance costs, and even other unexpected costs. The risks of owning rental properties over other types of real estate can be substantial, especially when you are dependent upon potentially irresponsible tenants to pay your mortgages for these rental properties.Irresponsible tenants can be eminently difficult to evict from your rental properties, even if they continuously shirk off honoring their lease agreement by not paying their monthly rent. Moreover, as a property owner, you may have to pay exorbitant fees out of pocket to undergo the costly eviction process which can take months to finalize. Some investors would not even consider procuring rental properties since the massive risks can easily outweigh the upsides, especially when the the investor feels as though the tenants have more rights than the landlords. Additionally, ample investors are reticent about hiring an expensive property management company to deal with their property issues. Investors that cannot actively manage nor maintain their properties due to living far away from their properties may ne ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Steve Miller. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/181097/bk_acx0_181097_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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