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    The Perfect Golden Circle
    England, 1989. Over the course of a burning hot summer, two very different men - traumatized Falklands veteran Calvert, and affable, chaotic Redbone - set out nightly in a clapped-out camper van to undertake an extraordinary project. Under cover of darkness, the two men traverse the fields of rural England in secret, forming crop circles in elaborate and mysterious patterns. As the summer wears on, and their designs grow ever more ambitious, the two men find that their work has become a cult international sensation - and that an unlikely and beautiful friendship has taken root as the wheat ripens from green to gold. Moving and exhilarating, tender and slyly witty, The Perfect Golden Circle is a captivating novel about the futility of war, the destruction of the English countryside, class inequality - and the power of beauty to heal trauma and fight power.
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    The Billionaire's Secret Wife: The Pryce Family, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 413min
    Having grown up in a dysfunctional family, Vanessa Pryce knows the futility of relying on a man for happiness. But there is one man who makes her want to ignore the truth: the irresistible Justin Sterling, her no-strings boyfriend since their college days together. Even after they break up, she continues to meet him for passionate encounters while keeping the relationship secret. No need to make public something that's doomed. Billionaire tycoon Justin Sterling understands Vanessa's fears. But he's about to change the game they've been playing. Because when one drunken night of sex leads to pregnancy, he's going to move heaven and earth to rewrite their rules. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kirsten Leigh. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/070939/bk_acx0_070939_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    A Season for Killing , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 724min
    A Season for Killing is told from the perspective of Daniel Ryan, a corporal in Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Virginia in 1864 during the American Civil War, as the brutal campaign in the spring and summer of that year unfolds. Ryan, an Irish immigrant in a Georgian brigade, serves heroically in a succession of battles as the Confederate Army is forced back through Virginia to their capital city of Richmond. Ryan witnesses the steady decline of his Confederate Army, yet he fights on as best he can. What we find in this novel are the perennial issues of conflict, turmoil, futility, and loss, contrasted with the finer human qualities of bravery, love, and hope. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Robert Sebastian Cooper. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/181526/bk_acx0_181526_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    To the Last Man , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 649min
    To the Last Man is Zane Grey's archetypal tale of a bitter feud between two unforgiving factions: the ranchers led by Jean Isbel and, on the other side, Lee Jorth and his band of cattle rustlers. In the grip of a relentless code of loyalty to their own people, they fight the war of the Tonto Basin, desperately, doggedly, to the last man, neither side seeing the futility of it until it is too late. And in this volatile environment, young Jean finds himself hopelessly in love with a girl from whom he is apparently separated by an impassable barrier. How he battles to overcome the difficult situation makes a dramatic conclusion to this desperate feud. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jim Gough. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/001006/bk_blak_001006_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Secret Agent , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 704min
    Inspired by an actual terrorist attack on Greenwich Laboratory in 1894 ‘The Secret Agent’ is arguably Conrad’s greatest work. Mr. Verloc, the spy, is roused to action by his masters. He is to instigate an act ‘of destructive ferocity so absurd as to be incomprehensible, inexplicable, almost unthinkable; in fact, mad’. All does not run smoothly however and leads to Mr Verloc’s wife, Winnie, demonstrating how quickly rational equilibrium can change to frenzied destruction. Setting his story in a subterranean grimy London peopled by deceptive, dishonourable characters, Conrad not only reminds us of the futility of mindless aggression but also of how near it is to the surface of human behaviour. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Peter Joyce. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/assm/000066/bk_assm_000066_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Poems of Wilfred Owen , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 46min
    Poems was published in 1920. The poems of that work are included here and are as follows: Strange Meeting; Greater Love; Apologia pro Poemate Meo; The Show; Mental Cases; Parable of the Old Man and the Young; Arms and the Boy; Anthem for Doomed Youth; The Send-Off; Insensibility; Dulce et Decorum Est; The Sentry; The Dead-Beat; Exposure; Spring Offensive; The Chances; S.I.W.; Futility; Smile, Smile, Smile; Conscious; A Terre; Disabled. With warm thanks to the Trustees of The Owen Estate for permission to record the 1920 poems using the texts from the definitive work, Complete Poems and Fragments (1983) by Professor Jon Stallworthy. It is read by Greg Wagland. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Greg Wagland. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/magp/000019/bk_magp_000019_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Naive Intention
    This title is a resulting work of the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize (MCHAP) emerge, given to the firm Pezo von Ellrichshausen for their Poli House.Introduced by an essay about the vague contradiction between intentionality and chance, necessity and accident, reason and futility, authorship and anonymity, the book presents a selection of images that inform Pezo von Ellrichshausen's cross production between art, architecture and academia. Each page contains a single picture and a brief caption describing it. Beyond a comprehensive depiction of the individual works, the monograph underlines transversal notions of inventory, format, scale, regulation and value within the pictorial representation. In the fashion of a personal album, each drawing, painting, photograph, model or building, evokes the mental world behind the couple's production. This volume could be read both as a collection of ideas, one after another, or as the same one that persists over time.
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    Love Your Life to Death: How to Plan and Prepare for End of Life so You Can Live Fully Now , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 266min
    Love Your Life to Death will make you laugh, and it will make you cry. But most importantly, it may give you a new perspective on life and death. Through heartfelt stories of those who have been deeply impacted by loss and found happiness again and interviews of professionals who deal with grief, death, and dying, you will gain from their insightful experiences.You will be empowered by:Exploring why we have become a "death phobic" society Understanding medical futility and quality versus quality of life Discovering how living fully can help you die peacefullyLooking at grief and filling your self-care tool boxLearning how to start "the talk" about end-of-life wishes and planning And so much more... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Yvonne Heath. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/184459/bk_acx0_184459_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Emotional Metamorphosis , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 244min
    Dan Johnson, a father of two, found himself living his worst nightmare - homeless, jobless, and without friends. Inspired by true events, experience his helplessness facing family-oriented modern religious intolerance. Set in the shadows of the everlasting hills, witness the futility of a man facing divorce courts biased toward women. Desperate to remain a positive influence in his daughters' lives, he must maintain personal integrity against baseless accusations as his world crashes down around him.In a battle for his soul, the worst imaginable, he knew the truth would cost him everything. But even if it cost him his marriage, if his children disowned him, and his neighbors forsook him, if he could do nothing but save himself, he was worth it. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: JM Cullen. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/232479/bk_acx0_232479_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Illegal: A True Story of Love, Revolution and Crossing Borders , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 354min
    A raw account of a young American abroad grasping for meaning, this pulsating story of violent protests, illegal border crossings, and loss of innocence raises questions about the futility of borders and the irresistible power of nationalism.   Illegal tells the true story of love, deception, revolutions, and deportations as it chronicles the trials of John Dennehy. A naïve New Yorker, Dennehy refuses to be part of the feverish nationalism of post 9/11 America. His search for hope takes him to Ecuador, where he falls in love with firebrand Lucia, who perfects his broken Spanish while they find solidarity in the brewing social upheaval. Amid the unrest, Dennehy is arrested and deported to the United States but he has found something worth fighting for. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Joe Passaro. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/113822/bk_acx0_113822_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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