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    The Waiting Gun: A Western Story , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 320min
    Old Mike Varney is a callous, bad-tempered ranch owner of the Pitchfork Ranch, located near the Nevada Mesa during the second half of the 19th century. Bill Varney, his 23-year-old son, is often mistreated by his father; he is thinking about leaving the ranch and starting over somewhere else. His sister, Vida, and his girlfriend, Marian Tracy, try to keep him from leaving. Several of the local citizens and ranchers, tired of Mike Varney' s ruthless behavior and the fear of the old man's plans to buy up the local ranches, pay a gunslinger named Ace Kehoe to gun him down. Vida tries to convince Bill to meet the gunman and kill him before he tries to kill their father. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Graham Winton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/reco/007549/bk_reco_007549_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Bugsy Siegel and Meyer Lansky: The Controversial Mobsters Who Worked with Lucky Luciano to Form the National Crime Syndicate , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 145min
    In the last 70 years, a countless number of people have come across the grisly and morbidly fascinating crime scene photographs of Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel's murder. The photographs are as disconcerting as they are iconic, for they show a gritty glimpse into the haunting reality of a life too often glamorized by pop culture. The less-publicized photograph of Bugsy in the morgue is, in a way, a more chilling reminder of the barbarity and callous irony behind the term “organized crime”. With the blood on his face rinsed off and his hair slicked back, it almost seems as if the photographer had caught Bugsy mid-slumber, but the balls of cotton plugging the gaping bullet holes in his face suggest otherwise. One minute, the fearless Bugsy was stalking the streets of Sin City, his mere presence enough to make even the most hardened thugs break out in a cold sweat, and the next minute, Bugsy was reduced to an unrecognizable body sprawled out on a hard metal slab, with the name on his toe tag misspelled. Bugsy, who helped turn Las Vegas into what it became, had risen to the upper echelons of New York's criminal underworld along with his childhood friend, Meyer Lansky. One of America’s most infamous mobsters, Lansky was also one of the most mysterious, a perplexing, yet inexplicably intriguing individual with multiple reputations. To his admirers, he was in many ways the ultimate genius and survivor within the callous and cut-throat world of 20th century organized crime. He had all the stealth and cunning of a sphinx, and while remarkably even-tempered, gangsters twice his size dared not cross him. To them, he was no more than a wildly ambitious, often misunderstood entrepreneur who trod upon the border between legality and lawlessness with all the mastery of a tightrope artist. Conversely, most will quickly concede that while Lansky was an exceptionally clever criminal, he was a criminal all the same, and the crimes of this dark horse were unforgivable. Meyer ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Scott Clem. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/128502/bk_acx0_128502_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Riding for Justice: A Judge and Dury Western, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 270min
    King Creek was a rough-and-ready mining town set right in the heart of the Nevada goldfields. There was no law to speak of except Stover's Law - and it was ruthlessly enforced by one greedy woman, her three callous sons, and a dozen hired gunmen. The situation was quickly going from bad to worse. A failed assassination attempt had left the only man capable of defying the freebooters crippled for life, and his wife was at her wits' end. The Stovers were systematically fleecing the townsfolk of everything they had. Anyone who stood in their way was either bought off... or killed off. In desperation, she finally turned to Sam Judge, an old friend, for help. But it was a tall order even for that legendary town-tamer. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: J. Rodney Turner. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/021605/bk_acx0_021605_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Picture Man (BBC Radio 3: Drama on 3), Hörbuch, Digital, 63min
    The writer David Eldridge introduces his BBC Radio 3 full-cast drama, The Picture Man starring Martin Freeman, about a man who despairs of the behaviour he sees around him and decides to take action. Originally broadcast in the ‘Drama on 3’ slot on 6 January 2008.Neil decides he has been pushed too far by the uncaring and often callous behaviour he sees around him. But when he begins to intervene in incidents by taking pictures on his mobile phone, it has disastrous consequences.Starring Martin Freeman as Neil, Heather Craney as Janine, Emil Marwa as Hussein and Peter Marinker as George. Also included in the cast are Jake Harders, Ania Sowinkski, Bailey Pepper, Joseph Tremain, Anna Bengo, Laura Molyneux, Alex Lanipekun and Ben Crowe. Directed by Sally Avens. Language: English. Narrator: Martin Freeman, Heather Craney, Emil Marwa. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bbcw/004286/bk_bbcw_004286_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Turner's Paintbox , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 393min
    Lyrical, stylish, and at times achingly poignant, Turner's Paintbox is a love story like no other.Gerard Moyne is a Sydney-based art consultant with a passion for the genius of Turner. He has a particular way of looking at things - discerning, sometimes a little callous, always out of the ordinary. When he meets Julia he falls blindly in love with her, unable to see her as she is.Shadowing their affair is the story of J.M.W. Turner. Known as the Painter of Light, he captured that element within his canvas, as Gerard is captured within the force field of Julia. Her exuberant spontaneity is the opposite of his ordered control, their attraction as mysterious as the workings of art. When it all comes horribly undone, Gerard's perception of life changes profoundly. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Humphrey Bower. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/boli/000351/bk_boli_000351_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Witch's Brew: Marshall Drummond Case Files, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 36min
    By the early 1930s, PI Marshall Drummond had built up an underground reputation in North Carolina as the man to turn to with cases involving the weird and unexplained. So, it should have come as no shock when a notorious gangster wanted to hire him. Even a Northern gangster.But nothing is ever simple with criminals. What seems like a straightforward haunting reveals a callous crime, one that involves cold murder, shallow graves, and macabre ghosts. One that Drummond finds more and more difficult to get away from. So difficult, in fact, that he might even need the help of a witch, if he is to survive.Welcome to the Marshall Drummond Case Files. These stories explore the dark mysteries and thrilling adventures of 1940s PI Marshall Drummond, before he died and became the ghost detective found in the best-selling Max Porter Paranormal Mysteries. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Stuart Jaffe. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/174878/bk_acx0_174878_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Stone: Stone Cold Fox Series, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 350min
    First, hate. Then, want. But in the end? Heartbreak. My celebrity life was supposed to be easy, and this movie was the biggest break of my career. But from the moment Officer Levi Fox gave me a speeding ticket on my way into town, he's been nothing but a thorn in my side. Dominant. Cocky. Callous. Midnight blue eyes, a bad attitude, and muscles for days, he's exactly the kind of man I should avoid. But as the Cold, Montana Police Department's official movie liaison, he's taken up a permanent place in my life that I can't shake. We fight. A lot. Then, we kiss - and my carefully crafted hate toward him no longer feels so much like hate. I'm falling, falling, falling. But how often do alpha-jerks cushion the landing? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Alexander Cendese, Eva Kaminsky. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/011398/bk_tant_011398_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Duke , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 323min
    Thrust together by an extraordinary set of circumstances, Duke and Yanoo set off on what turns out to be an amazing adventure. From very different backgrounds, Duke being the pet of a royal household, and Yanoo the prize exhibit from a travelling circus, the pair set off on a journey of discovery, finding out about themselves and the people who control their world, through a series of exciting and, at times, terrifying escapades. They make friends along the way, but they make enemies too, and none greater than the vindictive and callous bounty-hunter, Van Dolamon, for whom the pursuit becomes personal. Can they stay beyond his mercenary grasp? Full of thrills and moments of great pathos and humor, this is a story which will appeal to 10 - 14-year-olds, who are curious about themselves and about what it means to be human. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: marianne walsh. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/190340/bk_acx0_190340_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    My Dear Duchess , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 379min
    Handsome, dashing Henry Wright, the Duke of Westerland, needed a wife in a desperately short period of time. If he could not find a wife, he would lose the legacy he so desperately desired.  Young, lovely but sheltered Miss Frederica Sayers needed a husband just as much as Henry Wright needed a wife, only she needed a husband to save her from the life of shame that almost certainly awaited her when she fled the callous cruelty of her family.  Marriage between the dashing lord and this reckless runaway was clearly the answer for both of them - until the duke discovered he had a duchess he could not tame and the duchess found that she would rather lose her until then spotless reputation than lose him to another beautiful woman who was everything she was not. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Karen Cass. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/twuk/002016/bk_twuk_002016_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Lord of Salamander: The Epic Salamander Trilogy , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 429min
    When 13-year-old Elijah Pendleton investigates a strange black cat that mysteriously appeared in his backyard, he finds himself at the doorstep of a woman who will split the understructure of his miserable existence by divulging his true identity as an Enchanter. When she also reveals his parents, whom he believed had abandoned him at birth, may, in fact, be laboring under the callous imprisonment of a power-driven dark ruler bent on revenge and total domination, Elijah feels compelled to do whatever it takes to find them, even if it means stepping through a hidden portal into another world. If the long-awaited prophecy is correct, then Elijah's arrival will bring forth the end to the land's decade-long reign of darkness. But if the prophecy is to be fulfilled, Elijah will first have to survive the long and treacherous journey that awaits. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Seth Habhegger. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/209320/bk_acx0_209320_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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