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    The Shadows of Empty Men: Adam Park Thriller Series, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 465min
    When Adam is retained to confirm the veracity of a young heiress' family tree, it sounds like the simple case he needs to break the monotony of life on a Mediterranean island. But it soon becomes clear that others wish to stake a claim to the girl's fortune, sponsored by an organization with one foot in the occult. And something as inconvenient as a private investigator will not stand in their way. As this group calls upon a shadowy killer known as the Pale Boy, Adam's attention turns to the girl herself, learning her illness is viewed by some as "possession" by a spirit intent on righting wrongs from Porajmos, or "the Devouring", the Romani genocide inflicted by Nazi Germany. And even those who profess to represent her may not hold her best interests at heart. Delving into a decades-old secret that people will murder to protect, Adam must fight smart and fight hard - against a seemingly supernatural mercenary, against people of unfathomable greed, and against his own darkening nature. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Nigel Patterson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/008387/bk_tant_008387_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Kill by Numbers: In the Wake of the Templars, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 548min
    Former assassin Raena Zacari thinks she's left the past behind. The Imperial torturer who trained her is dead; the human empire is disbanded; and she is finally free. But Raena is troubled by a series of nightmares that always seem to end with her shooting an ex-lover in the head. She needs to get her mind clear because there's a flaw in the most commonly used starship drive - and the band of media-obsessed pirates she's fallen in with is right at the heart of the controversy. With humanity scattered across the galaxy, she's going to have to rely on the alien crew members of the Veracity to help her put the pieces together. It doesn't help that the Templars - wiped out in a genetic plague while Raena was imprisoned - have left booby-trapped biotechnology scattered across the galaxy. Kill by Numbers mixes military science fiction with sweeping space opera that features aliens, androids, drug dealers, journalists, and free-running media hackers. Kill by Numbers is the second book in Loren Rhoads's epic Dangerous Type trilogy. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Liv Anderson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/025232/bk_adbl_025232_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Aesop's Animals: The Science Behind the Fables
    Despite originating over than two-and-a-half thousand years ago, Aesop's Fables are still passed on from parent to child, and are embedded in our collective consciousness. The morals we have learned from these tales continue to inform our judgements, but have the stories also informed how we regard their animal protagonists? If so, is there any truth behind the stereotypes? Are wolves deceptive villains? Are crows insightful geniuses? And could a tortoise really beat a hare in a race? In Aesop's Animals, zoologist Jo Wimpenny turns a critical eye to the fables to discover whether there is any scientific truth to Aesop's portrayal of the animal kingdom. She brings the tales into the twenty-first century, introducing the latest findings on some of the most fascinating branches of ethological research - the study of why animals do the things they do. In each chapter she interrogates a classic fable and a different topic - future planning, tool use, self-recognition, cooperation and deception - concluding with a verdict on the veracity of each fable's portrayal from a scientific perspective. By sifting fact from fiction in one of the most beloved texts of our culture, Aesop's Animals explores and challenges our preconceived notions about animals, the way they behave, and the roles we both play in our shared world.
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    Narrative of the Life, Hörbuch, Digital, 238min
    Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is an 1845 memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous orator and former slave Frederick Douglass during his time in Lynn, Massachusetts. It is generally held to be the most famous of a number of narratives written by former slaves during the same period. In factual detail, the text describes the events of his life and is considered to be one of the most influential pieces of literature to fuel the abolitionist movement of the early 19th century in the United States."Narrative of the Lif"e of Frederick Douglass encompasses eleven chapters that recount Douglass's life as a slave and his ambition to become a free man. It contains two introductions by well-known white abolitionists: a preface by William Lloyd Garrison, and a letter by Wendell Phillips, both arguing for the veracity of the account and the literacy of its author.The most famous and inspirational works of Frederick Douglass include: "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave", "My Bondage and My Freedom", "Life and Times", "Letter to Thomas Auld", "The Frederick Douglass Papers Edition" and many more. Language: English. Narrator: Sarah Rife. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/edel/015220/bk_edel_015220_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    'Til Murder Do Us Part, Hörbuch, Digital, 138min
    Now a milestone of unsolved true crime, the Hall-Mills case began in New Brunswick, New Jersey, in 1922 and lasted for over a decade. The killer has never been found, and the case continues to fascinate true-crime aficionados. A bon vivant Episcopal minister, a not-so-virginal soprano in his choir. The wealthy wife. Her oddball brother. Their furtive maid. The snooping congregants. The bumbling detectives. And in the denouement, a trial, one of the more notable of America’s Jazz Age, covered by the likes of Damon Runyon, Dorothy Dix, and James Thurber. All of it hanging on the dramatic testimony of a single, strange witness of questionable veracity, a farmer the tabloids came to call "The Pig Woman." Almost everyone in this labyrinthine mystery had at least one secret, sometimes more, and the biggest one remains almost a hundred years later.At Audible’s request, business and true crime journalist Bryan Burrough reopened the case, digging deep into records of the time. His narration in a warm Texas accent lends immediacy and intimacy to a classic New Jersey true crime, as listeners follow his reconstruction of the fateful double-murder…and the botched prosecution that became a national media circus in its day.  Language: English. Narrator: Bryan Burrough. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/or/orig/000455/or_orig_000455_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Rules of Reason: Making and Evaluating Claims , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 89min
    Claims are constantly being made, many of which are confusing, ambiguous, too general to be of value, exaggerated, unfalsifiable, and suggest a dichotomy when no such dichotomy exists. Good critical thinking requires a thorough understanding of the claim before attempting to determine its veracity. Good communication requires the ability to make clear, precise, explicit claims, or "strong" claims. The rules of reason in this book provide the framework for obtaining this understanding and ability.This book is about the 11 rules of reason for making and evaluating claims. Each covered in detail in the book. These are:Acknowledge the limits of your knowledge regarding the claim.Explore your biases related to the claim. Isolate the actual claim. Clearly and precisely define each relevant term. Use terms that reflect the scope of the claim accurately. Operationalize terms when possible. Make the claim falsifiable when possible. Express an accurate and meaningful level of confidence. Convert causes to contributing factors when appropriate. Make strong analogies and call out weak ones. Filter all relevant assumptions through these same rules.By the time you have finished this short book, no matter how good you were before at evaluating claims, you will be even better at it. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bo Bennett, PhD. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/197022/bk_acx0_197022_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Science Fiction Favorites , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 313min
    You may have noticed that I speak of pocket computers. The story was written in 1957 before there were any pocket computers, and now there are. So, it's a little prediction that I managed to make. Of course, the pocket computers I thought of weren't quite like the ones they have now, but that's a detail." - Isaac Asimov More than 50 years after publishing his first story, Hugo Award-winning author Asimov remains one of the great names in science fiction. Almost single-handedly he transformed the field from the romantic and Gothic legacy of Jules Verne and Edgar Rice Burroughs into the rational, clear-minded genre that exists today. In such classics as The Foundation Quartet, Asimov captured imaginations with tight, intricate plots set in distant but believable futures. Many of his innovations, such as the Three Laws of Robotics, are now stock devices in science fiction writing and films, and his ability to tap into his extensive knowledge of science and technology gives his fiction a veracity unmatched by any other writer in the field. This selection of some of Asimov's most enduring and unforgettable stories is read by the author himself. These vintage tales encompass the full range of Asimov's versatility, while displaying his puckish sense of humor. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Isaac Asimov. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhau/000091/bk_rhau_000091_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    What The?: A Little Tale of Love's Vicissitudes and the Pitfalls of Encountering a Player , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 17min
    We may or may not have been there. The internet has changed our lives considerably. So much so that everything seems to be franchised out to cyberspace. Case in point being dating and the pursuit of "love". Dating sites are here to stay, as we have become busier and time is at a premium. However, it has its pitfalls. The potential to deceive and be deceived is all too real. How can you vouch for the veracity of the information put forth by anybody? It's a minefield that many are precariously treading. A measure of faith is required. This little audiobook details such an experience; although fleeting, it was real. Fortunately no one was hurt, but it is a reality that is repeated many times over as individuals exercise choice. Since there is no prevailing history between parties generally, then equally there appears to be no moral obligation to care about the emotional state of the "rejected ones". Some have no problem just dusting off their feet while others are visibly jolted. So, it's best to try and understand the concept for what it is, and if it works out, then bingo! The author has tried her best to smile about it all and gives some cautionary advice at the end. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kathryn Vinclaire. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/208704/bk_acx0_208704_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Resolve to Transform Cancer , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 277min
    With time, leaves change color.… If a snowstorm of an early winter suddenly comes along, what will happen to these variegated beautiful leaves? Will they still hang on, or will they fall off? What kinds of leaves will hang on, and why will they be able to? What kinds of leaves will fall off, and why will they do so? Generally, they should all fall off, but in reality, a few of them unwaveringly remain unshed by the tree branches…. If we are those leaves, and the snowstorm is cancer, how will we react, and what are we thinking when we are diagnosed with deadly cancer? Who among us will overcome cancer, and why will we be able to? Who among us will be defeated by cancer, and why will we be? Typically, advanced medicines and modern equipments could treat most deadly sicknesses nowadays, but the veracity is almost the complete opposite for lethal cancer. Commonly yet characteristically, how are cancerous tumors created to begin with? How can we prevent ourselves from high risks of having cancer? How can we help ourselves fight against fatal cancer? Is cancer actually the untreatable illness? Can cancerous cells be reversibly transformed? This book will provide insight into the most promising way that its listeners can protect themselves not only from cancer but also from most other threatening illnesses once and for all.… ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Josh Goodman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/016265/bk_acx0_016265_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Our Lady of the Forest , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 732min
    From the best-selling author of Snow Falling on Cedars - an emotionally charged, provocative novel about a teenage girl who claims to see the Virgin Mary. Ann Holmes seems an unlikely candidate for revelation. A 16-year-old runaway, she is an itinerant mushroom picker who lives in a tent. But on a November afternoon, in the foggy woods of North Fork, Washington, the Virgin comes to her, clear as day. Father Collins - a young priest new to North Fork - finds Ann disturbingly alluring. But it is up to him to evaluate - impartially - the veracity of Ann's sightings: Are they delusions, or a true calling to God? As word spreads and thousands, including the press, converge upon the town, Carolyn Greer, a smart-talking fellow mushroomer, becomes Ann's disciple of sorts, as well as her impromptu publicity manager. And Tom Cross, an embittered logger who's been out of work since his son was paralyzed in a terrible accident, finds in Ann's visions a last chance for redemption for both himself and his son. As Father Collins searches his own soul and Ann's, as Carolyn struggles with her less than admirable intentions, as Tom alternates between despair and hope, Our Lady of the Forest tells a suspenseful, often wryly humorous, and deeply involving story of faith at a contemporary crossroads. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Blair Brown. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/000320/bk_rand_000320_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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