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    Ernie Pyle: The Life and Legacy of the Most Famous Journalist Killed in Battle during World War II , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 87min
    Their life consisted wholly and solely of war, for they were and always had been front-line infantrymen. They survived because the fates were kind to them, certainly - but also because they had become hard and immensely wise in animal-like ways of self-preservation. - Ernie Pyle "No man in this war has so well told the story of the American fighting man as American fighting men wanted it told. He deserves the gratitude of all his countrymen." - President Harry Truman Ernie Pyle's life is like a 1950s movie script. Born the beloved and only child of hardscrabble American farmers, he made good grades in school, graduated, and went off to college at "State", in his case the University of Indiana. Overcoming his shyness, he studied journalism and wrote stories for the school paper that earned him a position of esteem among his fellow students. He partied hard but kept his grades up, and then married a girl as high spirited as he was. Together, they left school early and made their way to the nation's capital, where the farm boy got a job with a big city paper. In the years that followed, they traveled the country, meeting the great and the simple alike, and writing stories that made them the envy of the common man. Underneath the veneer, there was a dark side to Pyle's life, one that made his story, if the whole truth were to be told, more suitable for a cable television miniseries. First, the girl he married grew into a woman with severe mental illness that broke their relationship and opened the door to multiple extramarital affairs. Pyle himself seems to have battled depression and had trouble living in anything less than an exciting, constantly changing environment. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Scott Clem. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/100799/bk_acx0_100799_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    MERRY: A Rivers End Romance with a Touch of Magic : The Witches of Rivers End Series, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 80min
    Rivers End may be a small town - but the romance is big. This series has everything for readers: humour, romance and the occasional touch of magic. (Eileen Cook, best-selling author of With Malice)Merry Tremayne loves Christmas in Rivers End. Festivals, food, and family make the holiday magical - which is fantastic, as long as she’s not the one making the magic. The last time she used her Gift to improve someone’s Christmas spirit, it ended in catastrophe. So when she accidentally casts a spell on a grumpy, gorgeous Grinch, she thinks she’s ruined everything. That is, until he kisses her with enough heat to melt a snowman.For Dillon Clarke, nothing good has ever come from Christmas. But things start looking up when he meets perky, sexy Merry, who’s determined to put the tinsel on his tree and the jingle in his... bells. Together, they might just be able to conquer their fears and begin some new Christmas traditions of their own.When a Christmas witch meets a gorgeous grinch, sparks fly... literally!A note from author CJ HuntWelcome to Rivers End! All my stories take place in the same small town and there is no right or wrong way to explore the stories. You can read them in chronological order, by miniseries (family or theme), or just jump in with any book, novella or story that interests you. Chronologically, within each Miniseries:The Witches of Rivers End: Merry OonaThe MacAllisters: Silver Bells Tipsy Reindeer Games Wedding BellsThe O'Donnells: The ListThe Martinez Family: MaybeAll Rivers End Stories (in Chronological Order:Trick or Treat (newsletter subscriber exclusive!)Silver Bells The ListMerryTipsy Reindeer GamesMaybe ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Erin Bateman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/134183/bk_acx0_134183_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    American Legends: The Hatfields and McCoys , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 41min
    Explains the origins and legacy of the famous feud. Includes a timeline of the feud. Includes a bibliography for further reading. Includes a table of contents. "They were men, who matched the mountains, they were Hatfields and McCoys. They were men, who matched the mountains. They were men, when they were boys." (Jimmy Wolford) A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history's most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? In Charles River Editors' American Legends series, listeners can get caught up to speed on the lives of America's most important men and women in the time it takes to finish a commute, while learning interesting facts long forgotten or never known. The feud between the Hatfields and McCoys is the stuff of American legend and has become synonymous with vendettas. In fact it has become its own term for any large-scale disagreement and has made its way into everything from music to television and movies. Though the fighting took place over a century ago, Americans remain so fascinated by it that The History Channel's 2012 miniseries about the feuding families set records for cable television ratings. These days the feud between the Hatfields and McCoys is a celebrated piece of American folklore, but for two families living along the West Virginia-Kentucky border during the last half of the 19th century, the feud was literally a matter of life and death. Twenty-first century America might celebrate this relic of the country's rural past, but modern society would also likely scoff at the idea of a couple of rural families taking potshots at each other through the woods over slights as insignificant as a stolen pig. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Scott Clem. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/033776/bk_acx0_033776_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    RNWY: A Space Adventure: A Social-Media Space Opera (RNWY Universe, Book 1) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 763min
    [W]ill leave readers eagerly anticipating the sequel. (Kirkus, featured book)"[S]cience fiction for the social media age, perfectly geared to a miniseries adaptation." (Publishers Weekly's BookLife)The year is 2399. Humans' "biological clocks" have been stopped for more than 250 years, freeing humanity from aging and death. AIs have rights and can even acquire full citizenship.It’s also fashion week. Antisocial fashion editor Pablo Starr - who runs Space Fashion Week via RNWY - is bored and depressed, as usual. He has endless riches and (like everyone in 2399) doesn't age, but he's been searching for his lost love for almost 100 years.Meanwhile, supermodel-turned-reality star Samantha (of mean-spirited holo-show Samantha!) is trying to make a name for herself as an inventor, but she's mocked by the media and her shallow coworkers.Their lives are connected, and changed, when DOS, an antiquated robot, crashes the Chanel show looking for Samantha.DOS has a wild story: His owner has been abducted by a Sention sim (a lifelike android made by Fashion Robotics), and Pablo will be next.See a full history, technological specs, and take the "AI Citizenship Test" at RNWYUniverse.com.More about RNWY:Excerpts of RNWY were recently read at the female-driven 360Fashion & Tech "Robotic Dress Exhibition" held by Anina Net and the 360Fashion Network during New York Fashion Week. "When I read a pre-release version of RNWY, I realized immediately the importance of getting this book out to the public," said Anina Net, CEO of 360Fashion Network. "With its strong female, techy character, enlightened ideas about AI rights, diversity, and inclusion, I'm extremely proud to have been one of the first to champion the book and be a catalyst to bring young women into the world of STEM through storytelling." ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Corrinne LePage. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/217952/bk_acx0_217952_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Unicorn's Secret: Murder in the Age of Aquarius , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 940min
    The true story of Ira Einhorn, the Philadelphia antiwar crusader, environmental activist, and New Age guru with a murderous dark side.During the cultural shockwaves of the 1960s and ’70s, Ira Einhorn - nicknamed the “Unicorn” - was the leading radical voice for the antiwar movement at the University of Pennsylvania. At his side were such noted activists as Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin. A brilliantly articulate advocate for peace in a turbulent era, he rallied followers toward the growing antiestablishment causes of free love, drugs, and radical ecological reform.In 1979, when the mummified remains of his girlfriend, Holly Maddux, a Bryn Mawr flower child from Tyler, Texas, were found in a trunk in his apartment, Einhorn claimed a CIA frame-up. Incredibly, the network of influential friends, socialites, and powerful politicians he’d charmed and manipulated over the years supported him. Represented by renowned district attorney and future senator Arlen Specter, Einhorn was released on bail. But before trial, he fled the country to an idyllic town in the French wine region and disappeared. It would take more than 20 years - and two trials - to finally bring Einhorn to justice.Based on more than two years of research and 250 interviews, as well as the chilling private journals of Einhorn and Maddux, prize-winning journalist Steven Levy paints an astonishing and complicated portrait of a man motivated by both genius and rage. The basis for 1998 NBC television miniseries The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer, The Unicorn’s Secret is a “spellbinding sociological/true crime study”, revealing the dark and tragic dimensions of a man who defined an era, only to shatter its ideals (Publishers Weekly). ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: LJ Ganser. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/056575/bk_adbl_056575_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Barracuda: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 882min
    Man Booker Prize-longlisted author of The Slap (adapted into an NBC miniseries) returns in an “immensely moving” (Sunday Times) story of a young athlete’s coming of age Fourteen-year-old Daniel Kelly is special. Despite his upbringing in working-class Melbourne, he knows that his astonishing ability in the swimming pool has the potential to transform his life, silence the rich boys at the private school to which he has won a sports scholarship, and take him far beyond his neighborhood, possibly to international stardom and an Olympic medal. Everything Danny has ever done, every sacrifice his family has ever made, has been in pursuit of this dream. But what happens when the talent that makes you special fails you? When the goal that you've been pursuing for as long as you can remember ends in humiliation and loss? Twenty years later, Dan is in Scotland, terrified to tell his partner about his past, afraid that revealing what he has done will make him unlovable. When he is called upon to return home to his family, the moment of violence in the wake of his defeat that changed his life forever comes back to him in terrifying detail, and he struggles to believe that he’ll be able to make amends. Haunted by shame, Dan relives the intervening years he spent in prison, where the optimism of his childhood was completely foreign. Tender, savage, and blazingly brilliant, Barracuda is a novel about dreams and disillusionment, friendship and family, class, identity, and the cost of success. As Daniel loses everything, he learns what it means to be a good person - and what it takes to become one. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Grant Cartwright. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/003959/bk_rand_003959_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Defying Empire: Trading with the Enemy in Colonial New York , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 506min
    This enthralling book is the first to uncover the story of New York City merchants who engaged in forbidden trade with the enemy before and during the Seven Years’ War (also known as the French and Indian War). Ignoring British prohibitions designed to end North America’s wartime trade with the French, New York’s merchant elite conducted a thriving business in the French West Indies, insisting that their behavior was protected by long practice and British commercial law. But the government in London viewed it as treachery, and its subsequent efforts to discipline North American commerce inflamed the colonists.Through fast-moving events and unforgettable characters, historian Thomas M. Truxes brings 18th-century New York and the Atlantic world to life. There are spies, street riots, exotic settings, informers, courtroom dramas, interdictions on the high seas, ruthless businessmen, political intrigues, and more. The author traces each phase of the city’s trade with the enemy and details the frustrations that affected both British officials and independent-minded New Yorkers. The first book to focus on New York City during the Seven Years’ War, Defying Empire reveals the important role the city played in hastening the colonies’ march toward revolution.The book is published by Yale University Press. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks."An engaging account of New York City during the Seven Years' War." (Choice)"Truxes is to be praised for his efforts to detail colonial smuggling." (International Journal of Maritime History)“Simply riveting. This is an important contribution to political history, but it might also be the script for a wonderful TV miniseries!” (Stanley N. Katz, author of Newcastle's New York) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michael Kazalski. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/138527/bk_acx0_138527_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Flashpoint: The 10th Anniversary Omnibus
    The Flash s world has changed, and the whole DC Universe with it. Even the Fastest Man Alive can run out of time, and if there is to be anything left of the past, present, or future, Barry Allen must learn the secret of FLASHPOINT! Barry Allen awoke in a world he barely recognizes, but it isn t a trick or a parallel Earth. Something or someone has altered time, replacing Barry s world with a new one. And this new world is not a safe place. The planet is on the brink of destruction as Wonder Woman and the Amazons wage war with Aquaman and the Atlanteans. A motley group of heroes is mounting a resistance, but in this world, heroes are hard to come by. No one has ever heard of the Flash, or the Justice League, or even Superman. Hal Jordan was never given a Green Lantern ring, and Bruce Wayne was killed in Crime Alley when he was just a little boy.Without his powers or his friends to aid him, Barry reaches out to a new Batman to put the world right. If they fail, they ll never escape the twisted world of...FLASHPOINT!Collecting the five-issue Flashpoint miniseries along with the prelude story from The Flash #8-12 and all 56 tie-in issues, Flashpoint Omnibus features a rogues gallery of comics talent including GEOFF JOHNS, ANDY KUBERT, BRIAN AZZARELLO, EDUARDO RISSO, SCOTT SNYDER, JEFF LEMIRE, GENE HA, DAN JURGENS, and more.
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    Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific
    "A grand and epic prose poem . . . The purely human experience of war in the Pacific, written in the graceful imagery of a human being who-somehow-survived."-Tom Hanks See Robert Leckie's story in the HBO miniseries The Pacific Here is one of the most riveting first-person accounts ever to come out of World War II. Robert Leckie enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in January 1942, shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. In Helmet for My Pillow we follow his odyssey, from basic training on Parris Island, South Carolina, all the way to the raging battles in the Pacific, where some of the war's fiercest fighting took place. Recounting his service with the 1st Marine Division and the brutal action on Guadalcanal, New Britain, and Peleliu, Leckie spares no detail of the horrors and sacrifices of war, painting an unvarnished portrait of how real warriors are made, fight, and often die in the defense of their country. From the live-for-today rowdiness of marines on leave to the terrors of jungle warfare against an enemy determined to fight to the last man, Leckie describes what war is really like when victory can only be measured inch by bloody inch. Woven throughout are Leckie's hard-won, eloquent, and thoroughly unsentimental meditations on the meaning of war and why we fight. Unparalleled in its immediacy and accuracy, Helmet for My Pillow will leave no reader untouched. This is a book that brings you as close to the mud, the blood, and the experience of war as it is safe to come.
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    How to Write a Novel in Ten Days: WMG Writer's Guides Book 6 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 85min
    Even in today's fast-paced world, the myth that writing fast equals writing badly - or, conversely, writing well equals writing slowly - persists. Now, USA Today best-selling author Dean Wesley Smith aims to shatter this myth once and for all with this latest WMG Writer's Guide. In a series of blog posts, Smith chronicled his process toward ghost writing a 70,000-word novel for a traditional publisher in just 10 days. He wrote about his progress, his feelings about the writing, and how he approached and overcame obstacles. This audiobook takes readers on a journey that demonstrates that writing fast, and writing well, comes from motivation and practice. USA Today best-selling author Dean Wesley Smith published more than a hundred novels in 30 years and hundreds and hundreds of short stories across many genres. He wrote a couple dozen Star Trek novels, the only two original Men in Black novels, Spider-Man and X-Men novels, plus novels set in gaming and television worlds. Writing with his wife Kristine Kathryn Rusch under the name Kathryn Wesley, they wrote the novel for the NBC miniseries The Tenth Kingdom and other books for Hallmark Hall of Fame movies. He wrote novels under dozens of pen names in the worlds of comic books and movies, including novelizations of a dozen films, from The Final Fantasy to Steel to Rundown. He now writes his own original fiction under just the one name, Dean Wesley Smith. In addition to his upcoming novel releases, his monthly magazine called Smith's Monthly premiered October 1, 2013, filled entirely with his original novels and stories. Dean also worked as an editor and publisher, first at Pulphouse Publishing, then for VB Tech Journal, then for Pocket Books. He now plays a role as an executive editor for the original anthology series Fiction River. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Phil Baker. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/025818/bk_acx0_025818_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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