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    Criminal Macabre: The Complete Cal McDonald Stories (Second Edition) (eBook, ePUB)
    The complete collection of Criminal Macabre prose stories by Steve Niles (30 Days of Night) featuring two brand new tales and an introduction by horror legend John Carpenter! The world has two faces. The natural and the supernatural. The face we see every day, people filing past us in an almost zombie-like stupor, numb to the horrors of everyday life or driven to madness by the pain and agony of modern-day existence. And those are the people who aren't zombies or monsters! Cal McDonald is a detective with one foot in the real world, and one in the world of magic. For Cal, the horrors we all dream about in the fevered darkness of the night are all-too real, kept at bay through an almost constant influx of drugs to numb the pain, but never erase it. Cut from the same mold as Sam Spade, Jake Gittes, and the famous detectives of Chandler, Hammett and Spillane, Cal McDonald, whether he likes it or not, is all that stands between us and the nightmare world just outside our vision. Collects the complete Criminal Macabre prose stories Savage Membrane; Guns, Drugs, and Monsters; Dial M for Monster, All My Bloody Things, and two new prose stories: The Dead Son and Out of Water.
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    Winter Flower , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 995min
    From the best-selling author of Just Remember to Breathe and The Last Hour, a shocking and poignant story of a family on the brink of destruction and the transformational events that could bring them back together - or tear them apart.Every day, Cole Roberts reminds himself that life wasn’t always this bleak. He was once passionately in love with Erin. Sam used to be an artistic and lively kid. They hadn’t always lived in a shabby two-room house in rural Alabama, where he runs a mediocre restaurant in the middle of nowhere.That was before Brenna disappeared. It was before Cole lost his job and they lost their home.Every day it gets worse. Erin drinks wine out of the bottle and spends her days with a tormented expression, searching the web for signs of their daughter. Sam hides in his room and rarely speaks. And Cole works himself to a stupor for a paycheck a fraction of the size of his old salary.Until one day, a phone call changes everything.Winter Flower is at once a tragic tale of the disappearance of a child; struggling with gender identity; of the dark world of sex-trafficking and the transformation and healing of a family. Sheehan-Miles' longest novel delves into the depths of family life - and how, sometimes, we can heal and find restoration. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Erika Cockerham. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/161315/bk_acx0_161315_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Saltwater Marathon , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 122min
    The Saltwater Marathon is a sci-fi thriller about a grief-stricken man who puts his emotions aside when he finds himself trapped in a mall with strangers being pursued by a supernatural threat. For the past six months, Bryan Combs has been consumed with guilt. He cheated on his wife, Sirena, and fell for the seductive charms of his boss, Carmela. The adultery proved too great for Sirena to handle, so she hopped in her car and drove it into the ocean. Her body was never recovered. While the fling may have ended, the remorse still remains, and now Bryan buries himself at work, opting for late night shifts at the mall, often drinking himself to sleep in the back office of his once beloved job. But everything changes the morning they show up.... Strangers at his office door...screaming, pleading and begging him to open the door because they're being pursued and desperately need somewhere to hide. As he awakens from his drunken stupor, he begins to wonder if this some sick joke put on by Carmela? Retribution against him for ending their torrid affair? Bryan won't be sure until he let these strangers in. However once he does, he soon witnesses for himself what has these people so afraid, so panicked, and he finds it impossible to stay caught in his own spiral of self-loathing. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Aaron Shedlock. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/072780/bk_acx0_072780_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Angel and the Frog: Becoming Your Own Angel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 277min
    Cleverly crafted by acclaimed author and motivational speaker Reverend Leo Booth, The Angel and the Frog is both a charming fable about relationships and an exquisite insight into life and human relationships, similar in the way George Orwell's classic Animal Farm was an insight into politics and governmental Big Brother. When Christine, a tiny angel in training, falls from the sky into Turnbridge Pond - though not by accident - Cedric the Frog is shaken from his stupor as he quickly swims to save her. Christine's mission is to show Cedric and the other animals how to connect and ultimately become angels themselves, bringing true spirituality into their lives through a system called The Process - an interconnection of insight, wisdom, and harmony. This imaginary world is a welcome metaphor for our lives today, where many feel disconnected from spirituality. It highlights social issues facing society today - racism, bullying, homophobia, emotional abuse, low self-esteem, and shame. These are seemingly beyond our ability to control. The only option we have is how to respond to them. These difficult topics are presented with subtlety and grace, with a great moral ending and characters you have no choice but to fall in love with along the way. The Angel and the Frog is an uplifting listen for all ages and all denominations, where, in the end, Cedric becomes an amphibian ambassador of spirituality, love, and what it means to become your own angel. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Joel Richards. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/010986/bk_adbl_010986_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Ants and Elephants , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 94min
    Ants and Elephants is a story about a 12-year-old boy named Wil who is bullied by Big Mike. Wil admits to being afraid of Big Mike, who has threatened to stomp him. The guy is twice Wil's size and has buddies only too willing to help him beat Wil to a pulp. Chloey, Wil's girlfriend, will not allow him to be intimidated. This savvy young lady teaches Wil psychological techniques that will help him stand up to his enemy. Meanwhile Wil builds a tree house and stakes it out, skipping school until he's mastered the art of showing Big Mike who's boss. Chloey tells everyone Wil has tonsillitis, and brings his schoolwork to the tree house. Wil becomes a town hero when he rescues the old proprietor from a burning building. With his esteem at an all-time high, Wil returns to school. When Big Mike walks over to his table in the cafeteria, Wil doesn't blink. He tells Big Mike off without raising his voice, leaving the bully in a dazed stupor. I enjoyed the witty dialogue, including the friendship between Wil and Chloey. This story can be enjoyed by all ages, but it's especially geared to grammar and middle school-age children. The message Mr. Jordan conveys is constructive and needful. With the right mindset and technique, the blundering elephant is no match for the savvy ant. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bob Jordan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/067185/bk_acx0_067185_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Unbraiding of Anna Brown: Lone Star Love, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 229min
    Anna wanted a job but was unprepared for the emotional labor she would endure when she convinced Carter to hire her to keep house and mind his small son after the death of his wife. She discovers that the gentle, teasing demeanor she'd witnessed from the cowboy previously has been buried along with his wife, forcing her to contend with the glowering, ill-tempered man who snaps at her and doesn't notice or appreciate her earnest efforts. She quietly suffers his apathy and impatience until a single snub pushes her to her breaking point, causing her to take drastic action to get his attention. Carter didn't expect such behavior from this sweet, innocent girl. It startles him out of his stupor long enough to feel his palm itching to connect with her naughty backside. He finds himself slowly drawn out of his grief and depression thanks to the gutsy but kind female presence in his life. Anna discovers that the return of the cowboy's awareness and ability to care means he is on to her penchant for danger and recklessness, and he's not having it. She finds herself getting the bare-bottomed spanking of her life, and feels loved by a man for the first time. Then he abruptly ends her employment. Anna flees, devastated and confused, and Carter knows he must straighten out the situation before he can claim this infuriating and enchanting woman as his wife. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Delynn Campbell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/070419/bk_acx0_070419_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Das Mädchen aus Apulien
    Das Mittelalter in Italien, eine mutige Heldin und ein faszinierender Blick auf den Staufer-Kaiser Friedrich II.:der große historische Italien-Roman von Bestseller-Autorin Iny LorentzDie junge Pandolfina, Tochter einer Sarazenen-Prinzessin und eines apulischen Grafen, ist nach dem Tod ihres Vaters auf sich allein gestellt. Als ihr Nachbar die väterliche Burg gewaltsam in seinen Besitz bringt und Pandolfina zur Heirat zwingen will, flüchtet das Mädchen an den Hof von Friedrich II., von dem sie sich Beistand erhofft.Doch der Staufer-Kaiser, der zu jener Zeit vom Papst gebannt ist, zögert zunächst. Ein Kreuzzug ins Heilige Land steht kurz bevor, der Frieden mit dem Papst bringen soll. Schließlich nimmt Friedrich II. die junge Frau doch noch in seinen Haushalt auf. Sie gehört sogar zu denjenigen, die ihn auf den Kreuzzug begleiten. Als Pandolfina dem Kaiser im Heiligen Land das Leben rettet, ermöglicht er es ihr, als eine der ersten Frauen in Salerno Medizin zu studieren.Dann aber verschlägt das Schicksal Pandolfina nach Deutschland, wo sie erneut um ihr Leben und ihr Glück kämpfen muss.Mit ihrem Mittelalter-Roman um die mutige junge Pandolfina lässt Iny Lorentz die Staufer-Zeit in Italien lebendig werden.Der Staufer-Kaiser Friedrich II. ging als »Stupor Mundi«, Staunen der Welt, in die Geschichte ein. Er zählt noch heute zu den faszinierendsten und bewegendsten Gestalten des Hoch-Mittelalters und regte nicht nur die Fantasie seiner Zeitgenossen, sondern auch zahlreicher Chronisten und Schriftsteller an.Entdecken Sie auch die anderen Mittelalter-Romane von Iny Lorentz:-»Die Löwin« (Italien, Spät-Mittelalter)-»Die Pilgerin« (Spanien, Spät-Mittelalter)-»Die Rose von Asturien« (Spanien, Früh-Mittelalter)
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    Queens of All the Earth , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 312min
    As her freshman classmates move into dorms at Cornell University, Olivia Somerset suffers a nervous breakdown. When months of coaxing and analyzing fail to rouse Olivia from her stupor, big sister Miranda decides the sisters should fly off to Barcelona for some “vacation therapy”. After a mistake at their Barcelona hostel puts the Somersets in a large coed dorm room, Olivia and Miranda are saved by kindly Mr. Brown and his son, Greg, who happily volunteer to surrender their private room. But while Olivia feels an instant connection with brooding Greg Brown, Miranda sides with fellow guest and cocky American travel writer Lenny, who believes the Browns are just plain weird and must be avoided at all costs.In the midst of an urbane priest-in-training from Peru and hordes of Scottish soccer fans, from the shops of La Rambla to the waters of the Mediterranean to the soaring heights of Montjuic, Miranda works to protect her still-fragile sister while Olivia struggles to understand her burgeoning adulthood, her feelings for Greg, and the fear that makes the next step in her life so impossible to take.Inspired by E. M. Forster’s classic novel A Room with a View, debut author Hannah Sternberg’s Queens of All the Earth is a poetic journey of young love and self-awakening set against the beauty of Catalonia. Adults and teenagers alike will be riveted and moved by this literary coming-of-age novel about the conflicting hearts and minds of two very different sisters. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Virginia Ferguson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/221743/bk_acx0_221743_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Crashed: A Junior Bender Mystery, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 635min
    Introducing Junior Bender, the favorite burglar turned private investigator of Hollywood crooks. Junior Bender is a Los Angeles burglar with a magic touch. Since he first started breaking into houses at age fourteen, he's never once been caught. But now, after twenty-two years building an exemplary career, Junior has been blackmailed by Trey Annunziato, one of the most powerful crime bosses in LA, into acting as a private investigator on the set of Trey's porn venture, which someone keeps sabotaging. The star Trey has lined up to do all that's unwholesome on camera is Thistle Downing, America's beloved child star, who now lives alone in a drug-induced stupor, destitute and uninsurable. Her starring role will be the scandalous fall-from-grace gossip of rubberneckers across the country. No wonder Trey needs help keeping the production on track. Junior knows what he should do - but doing the right thing will land him on the wrong side of LA's scariest mob boss. With the help of his precocious twelve-year-old daughter, Rina, and his criminal sidekick, ex-getaway driver Louie the Lost, Junior will have to pull off a miracle to get out of this mess. Timothy Hallinan is the Edgar - and Macavity Award - nominated author of over a dozen widely praised books, including the Poke Rafferty Bangkok thrillers and the Junior Bender series. In 2010 he conceived and edited an e-book of original short stories by twenty mystery writers, Shaken: Stories for Japan, with 100 percent of the proceeds going to Japanese disaster relief. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Peter Berkrot. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/005370/bk_blak_005370_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Transfixed by Prehistory (eBook, PDF)
    An examination of how modern art was impacted by the concept of prehistory and the prehistoricPrehistory is an invention of the late nineteenth century. In that moment of technological progress and acceleration of production and circulation, three major Western narratives about time took shape. One after another, these new fields of inquiry delved into the obscure immensity of the past: first, to surmise the age of the Earth; second, to find the point of emergence of human beings; and third, to ponder the age of art. Maria Stavrinaki considers the inseparability of these accounts of temporality from the disruptive forces of modernity. She asks what a history of modernity and its art would look like if considered through these three interwoven inventions of the longue durée. Transfixed by Prehistory attempts to articulate such a history, which turns out to be more complex than an inevitable march of progress leading up to the Anthropocene. Rather, it is a history of stupor, defamiliarization, regressive acceleration, and incessant invention, since the "new" was also found in the deep sediments of the Earth. Composed of as much speed as slowness, as much change as deep time, as much confidence as skepticism and doubt, modernity is a complex phenomenon that needs to be rethought. Stavrinaki focuses on this intrinsic tension through major artistic practices (Cézanne, Matisse, De Chirico, Ernst, Picasso, Dubuffet, Smithson, Morris, and contemporary artists such as Pierre Huyghe and Thomas Hirschhorn), philosophical discourses (Bataille, Blumenberg, and Jünger), and the human sciences. This groundbreaking book will attract readers interested in the intersections of art history, anthropology, psychoanalysis, mythology, geology, and archaeology.
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