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Where Is God When It Hurts? , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 604min
If there is a loving God, then why is it that...? You've heard that question, perhaps asked it yourself. No matter how you complete it, at its root lies the issue of pain. Does God order our suffering? Does he decree an abusive childhood, orchestrate a jet crash, steer a tornado through a community? Or did he simply wind up the world's mainspring and now is watching from a distance? In this Gold Medallion Award-winning book, Philip Yancey reveals a God who is neither capricious nor unconcerned. Using examples from the Bible and from his own experiences, Yancey looks at pain - physical, emotional, and spiritual - and helps us understand why we suffer. Where Is God When It Hurts? will speak to those for whom life sometimes just doesn't make sense. And it will help equip anyone who wants to reach out to someone in pain but just doesn't know what to say. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Maurice England. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/zond/000901/bk_zond_000901_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Highland Devotion: The Band of Cousins, Book 7 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 315min
The greatest heroes are soft-spoken. Gregor Ramsay has never seen himself as a hero, but when the lass he fancies falls into the clutches of the Channel of Dubh, he’ll do anything he can to save her. Linet Baird will not be sold across the sea on his watch. Together with his cousin Connor, he follows Linet’s trail to Edinburgh, where it’s rumored they’ll find one of the Channel of Dubh’s final headquarters. There’s only one problem: Linet claims she doesn’t wish to be saved. Although Linet didn’t ask to be kidnapped from Ramsay land, she’s grateful it happened. The dark secret she left behind was destroying her. Even so, it quickly becomes apparent that her protector Sela has limited power to help her. Just like her, Sela is in the grips of a larger organization, one controlled by cruel, capricious men who lack any form of conscience. When Gregor Ramsay offers to save her, she’s tempted to trust the lad she once fancied, but to do so, she will need to face the trauma of her past. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Paul Woodson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/155958/bk_acx0_155958_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Mad God's Muse: Sins of the Fathers, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 807min
The fate of the world rests on his shoulders. Will he crumble? Ahmed’s faith is strong, and so is his sword-arm, but as for details, those were for his fallen master. Now, he must somehow rise to the task of leading his men and, by Ilaweh's grace, thwart the Dead God's apocalyptic prophecy. But how can he command hardened veterans of war, men with much blood on their hands, when he has accomplished so little in his young life? If Ahmed can earn their respect, there might still be time to do as his master had hoped - ally with the sorcerers of Nihlos. They are dangerously unpredictable and capricious, perhaps even mad, but their power is undeniable. Ahmed will need that power. For he knows something even his master never guessed: their ultimate destination is the true heart of darkness. An ancient city of evil and death that none survive.Don't miss book 2 in this epic fantasy adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat listening. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ralph Lister. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/155552/bk_acx0_155552_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Dog: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 608min
A New York Times notable book.Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2014.PW's best of the year 2014.The author of the best-selling and award-winning Netherland now gives us his eagerly awaited, stunningly different new novel: a tale of alienation and heartbreak in Dubai. Distraught by a breakup with his long-term girlfriend, our unnamed hero leaves New York to take an unusual job in a strange desert metropolis. In Dubai at the height of its self-invention as a futuristic Shangri-la, he struggles with his new position as the "family officer" of the capricious and very rich Batros family. And he struggles, even more helplessly, with the "doghouse", a seemingly inescapable condition of culpability in which he feels himself constantly trapped - even if he’s just going to the bathroom, or reading email, or scuba diving. A comic and philosophically profound exploration of what has become of humankind’s moral progress, The Dog is told with Joseph O’Neill’s hallmark eloquence, empathy, and storytelling mastery. It is a brilliantly original, achingly funny fable for our globalized times. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Erik Davies. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/003966/bk_rand_003966_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Story of God: A Biblical Comedy about Love (and Hate) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 224min
The Bible offers some clues to God's personality - he's alternately been called vindictive and just, bloodthirsty and caring, all-powerful and impotent, capricious and foresighted, and loving and hateful. But no one has ever fully explored why God might be such a figure of contrasts. Nor has anyone ever satisfactorily explained what guides his relationship not just with angels, the devil, and his son, but also with all of creation. Might he be completely misunderstood, a mystery even to himself? Might his behavior and actions toward humankind tell us much more about him than it does about us? Enter the mind of the creator of the universe, travel with him through the heavenly highs and hellish lows of his story, from Genesis to Revelation, to better understand his burdensome journey: being God isn't easy. After hearing his story - at times troubling and tragic but always hilarious in its absurdity and divine in its comedy - you'll never look at a miracle or catastrophe - or at our place in the universe, or God's - the same way again. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Chris Matheson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/047084/bk_acx0_047084_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Dirty Mind , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 310min, (USK 18)
Alexander Popescu is a university lecturer in a quiet German town. He’s a respectable man in his 30s who stays fit, has a decent career, and travels alone — his only vice is an occasional greasy meal. And beer. And violent computer games. Nobody has to know about the other Alex — the acclaimed smut writer. His ingenious fantasies earn him good money and keep his capricious mind harmlessly entertained. When his young friend and protégé Christian transfers to Freiburg for medical school, Alex is overjoyed…and terrified that Christian will find out about Alex’s indecent alter ego. The time they spend together, as lovely as it is, could overturn Alex’s carefully balanced life. Suddenly, the writing is not good enough, his hair seems to be thinning, his careful hookups leave him unfulfilled, and his dreams are haunted by the innocent young man he’s vowed to protect. However, Christian is not a boy anymore. He’s a grown man of 21, clever and deadly attractive. And he’s hiding some secrets of his own. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Vance Bastian. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/232805/bk_acx0_232805_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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A Love Most Dangerous , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 674min
Her beauty was a blessing... and a dangerous burden.... As a Maid of Honor at the Court of King Henry VIII, beautiful Alice Petherton receives her share of admirers. But when the powerful, philandering Sir Richard Rich attempts to seduce her, she knows she cannot thwart his advances for long. She turns to the most powerful man in England for protection: the King himself. As beautiful as she is intelligent, Alice easily captures the King's interest. He takes her to bed on the day of his son Edward's birth. But the King is capricious, and he casts out Alice when Queen Jane dies. Although Alice knows well the risk of becoming the King's wife, it isn't long before she charms her way back into Court and the King's heart. The challenge is remaining his favorite while avoiding the dangers of becoming his next bride. Reveling in her newfound power, Alice soon forgets that enemies lurk behind every corner at court... and there are some who are eagerly plotting her fall.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Heather Wilds. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/006718/bk_brll_006718_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Hand of God: Finding His Care in All Circumstances , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 368min
Are we hapless victims of life's whims? Are we driven along by some blind and impersonal force? Are we battered by circumstances beyond all control?A thousand times, "No!" says pastor and author Alistair Begg. Instead, Begg says we are the objects of God's providential care. We reside under his guiding and protecting hand.In this richly textured study of Joseph's life, listeners will discover God at work shaping Joseph's circumstances so that he can ultimately redeem and reconcile his family. And they'll see the hand of God in their own lives, lovingly guiding them through their disappointments and struggles to a place of peace.It's an amazing and comforting fact: God rules and overrules in the circumstances of life. God's authority is neither capricious nor vindictive - quite the contrary - God works through the circumstances of life to bring about something miraculous, something abundantly good, even out of what we perceive to be our darkest moments. We can entrust the baggage of our past, the fears of our present, and the prospects of our future to the God who cares. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David Cochran Heath. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hove/003773/bk_hove_003773_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 426min
James Sveck, 18-year-old New Yorker, charming, precocious, confused, doesn't quite fit in (doesn't really want to), If his future (i.e., college) seems completely meaningless, not to mention terrifying.... Then: he'll start anew (move to the Midwest?). James Sveck is misunderstood by a capricious mother, a self-absorbed father, a mordant older sister, his Teutonic therapist, his D-list celebrity grandmother, his unnervingly attractive art gallery colleague.... If: What one wants is enigmatic.... Then: Life can be hell. But: as the summer gets hotter, James comes to recognize the wrenching truth of his emotions. James archly comic bravado fuels this sharply observed novel of a teen adrift in an adult world, struggling to make sense of the problems of love and of lack. The engaging voice of our idiosyncratic antihero is deftly captured by the adroit prose of Peter Cameron. Often hilarious, deeply compassionate, smart, and lyrical, Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You is every bit as sui generis as James Sveck himself. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lincoln Hoppe. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/lili/000908/bk_lili_000908_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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All Stories Are Fiction: Serenity Through Viciousness, Hörbuch, Digital, 51min
Mike Daisey is a fierce storyteller, one minute hilarious, the next minute sweet, with a fine-tuned ear for digression. He circles in on his uneasy subject matter, closer and closer, until he exposes the raw heart. The New York Times calls him "the master storyteller" and he has been compared to Garrison Keillor, Spalding Gray, and David Sedaris. In these seven monologues, recorded before live audiences at New York's Performance Space 122, Daisey tells true stories from his life that range from the terrible beauty of his rural Maine hometown, to shipping weapons to the Middle East, to the unintentionally hilarious dangers of defending free speech. Family is at the forefront in this monologue: aunts, uncles, grandparents, and drawing boundaries on what you can take from your family and what, ultimately, has to be given away. Aunt Linda has taste, but that doesn't mean it's good; the game of Furry Cockroach and its capricious rules are revealed; and we learn the terrible truth of Lucinda Moore and what happened at the 8th grade dance. Language: English. Narrator: Mike Daisey. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/pf/dais/000005/pf_dais_000005_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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