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    TRAITOR KING
    The explosive new book by the bestselling author of The Mountbattens . Traitor King looks at the dramatic years when the former King Edward VIII abdicated the throne and was kept in exile, feuding with his family over status for his wife. Drawing on extensive research into unused archives and Freedom of Information requests, Traitor King focuses on the extraordinary years following the abdication.
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    Aspects
    "The best writer in America, bar none."-Robert Jordan At last, the final work of John M. Ford-one of the greatest SF and fantasy authors of his time. Enter the halls of Parliament with Varic, Coron of the Corvaric Coast. Visit Strange House with the Archmage Birch. Explore the mountains of Lady Longlight alongside the Palion Silvern, Sorcerer. In the years before his unexpected death, John M. Ford wrote a novel of fantasy and magic unlike any other. Politics and abdicated kings, swords and sorcerous machine guns, divination and ancient empires-finally, Aspects is here. "A great writer who is really fucking brilliant."-Neil Gaiman
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    Aspects (eBook, ePUB)
    "The best writer in America, bar none."-Robert JordanAt last, the final work of John M. Ford-one of the greatest SF and fantasy authors of his time.Enter the halls of Parliament with Varic, Coron of the Corvaric Coast. Visit Strange House with the Archmage Birch. Explore the mountains of Lady Longlight alongside the Palion Silvern, Sorcerer.In the years before his unexpected death, John M. Ford wrote a novel of fantasy and magic unlike any other. Politics and abdicated kings, swords and sorcerous machine guns, divination and ancient empires-finally, Aspects is here."A great writer who is really fucking brilliant."-Neil GaimanAt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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    The Sellout: How Three Decades of Wall Street Greed and Government Mismanagement Destroyed the Global Financial System , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1310min
    The ongoing tumult in financial markets and the global economy began when some of our most esteemed financial institutions, our government, and even average citizens abdicated their collective responsibilities, eventually selling out investors and selling off the American Dream itself. From critically acclaimed investigative journalist and CNBC personality Charles Gasparino comes a sweeping examination of the most volatile, anxiety-ridden era in our nation's socioeconomic history. The winner of the 2009 Investigative Reporters and Editors Award for Books, The Sellout traces the recent implosion of the financial-services business back to its roots in the late 1970s, when Wall Street embraced a new business model predicated on enormous risk. Gasparino reveals a startling trail of culpability - from the government bureaucrats who crafted housing policies to the Wall Street firms that underwrote and invested in risky debt, to the mortgage sellers who indiscriminately handed out loans, and finally to the homeowners who thought they could afford mansions on blue-collar wages. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Thomas M. Perkins. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/000278/bk_acx0_000278_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Darkness of Wallis Simpson , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 349min
    Wallis Simpson, the twice-divorced American woman for whom Edward VIII abdicated in 1936, ended her life as the prisoner of her lawyer who would not allow anyone - friend, foe or journalist - to visit her in her Paris flat. Rose Tremain takes this true story and transforms it into an imaginative and ironic fiction. Her thesis is that Wallis, gaga and bed-ridden, has forgotten the king who gave up an empire for love of her. The other stories in this magnificent collection range over a variety of themes, equally original and unexpected. An East German border guard, redundant after the Berlin Wall comes down in 1989, imagines that he might still have a purpose in life: He tries to reach Russia by bicycling across the hostile wastes of Poland. A jilted man gets his revenge. A baby grows wings. A character in an Impressionist painting escapes from his 'frame' - or does he? And there's a Christmas story set in a seedy hotel... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gareth Armstrong, Jilly Bond. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/019121/bk_adbl_019121_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    March 1917: On the Brink of War and Revolution , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 647min
    We are provincials no longer, said Woodrow Wilson on March 5, 1917, at his second inaugural. He spoke on the eve of America's entrance into World War I, as Russia teetered between autocracy and democracy. Just 10 days after Wilson's declaration, Tsar Nicholas II abdicated the throne, ending a three-centuries-long dynasty and ushering in the false dawn of a democratic Russia. Wilson asked Congress to declare war against Germany a few short weeks later, asserting the United States' new role as a global power and its commitment to spreading American ideals abroad. Will Englund draws on a wealth of contemporary diaries, memoirs, and newspaper accounts to furnish texture and personal detail to the story of that month. March 1917 celebrates the dreams of warriors, pacifists, revolutionaries, and reactionaries, even as it demonstrates how their successes and failures constitute the origin story of the complex world we inhabit a century later. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Julian Elfer. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/high/001241/bk_high_001241_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Woman in the Shadows , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 889min
    Berlin, 1937. The city radiates glamour and ambition. But danger lurks in every shadow. Anna Hansen, a bride-to-be, is a pupil at one of Hitler's notorious Nazi Bride Schools, where young women are schooled on the art of being an SS officer's wife. Then, one night, she is brutally murdered and left in the gardens of the school. Her death will be hushed up and her life forgotten. Clara Vine is an actress at Berlin's famous Ufa studios by day, and an undercover British Intelligence agent by night. She knew Anna and is disturbed by news of her death. She cannot understand why someone would want to cover it up, but she soon discovers that Anna's murder is linked to a far more ominous secret. With the newly abdicated Edward VIII and his wife Wallis set to arrive in Berlin, and the Mitford sisters dazzling on the social scene, Clara must work in the darkness to find the truth and send it back to London. It is a dangerous path she treads, and it will take everything she has to survive. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Julie Teal. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/reco/009701/bk_reco_009701_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Romanov: The Last Tsarist Dynasty , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 271min
    The Romanov family ruled as tsars and emperors of all Russia for just over 300 years - 19 men and women in total, some of them brilliant, some of them mad, most of them somewhere in between. The story of the Romanovs begins in Moscow in 1613, and ends in Ekaterinburg in 1918, at the beginning of a revolution, where Nicholas II, his wife Alexandra, and their five children were slaughtered by a Soviet death squad. In this book, you will learn about the lives and reigns of each Romanov emperor and empress. Hear about Peter the Great, who kept company with peasants and pie sellers but had his own son tortured to death; Catherine the Great, who finally convinced Europe that there was more to be found in the far north than just snow and barbarians; Alexander I, the gallant emperor who famously defeated Napoleon in 1812; Alexander II, who freed the serfs and survived five assassination attempts before perishing in the sixth; and Nicholas II, who ended the Romanov dynasty in 1917 when he abdicated the throne on behalf of himself and his son, the hemophiliac Alexei, who would never be emperor but is now considered a saint. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Alan Munro. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/075598/bk_acx0_075598_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Princess to Queen: The Early Years of Queen Elizabeth II , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 243min
    Elizabeth II, at the age of 91, is the longest-reigning monarch ever to sit on the throne of England. Most people living today have no memory of a time when she was not Queen. But when she was born, no one knew she was destined to rule. Her father, the Duke of York, was only the second son of George V. His dashing playboy brother was Prince of Wales and heir to the throne. It wasn't until King Edward VIII abdicated his throne to marry Wallis Simpson in 1936 that the Princess Elizabeth, then ten years old, knew the course that her life was to take. From the unlikely romance that united her parents, to the abdication that nearly toppled the monarchy, this biography will introduce you to the Princess who came before the Queen. Set apart from other children and sheltered by her parents, her steadiness of character nonetheless enabled her to help fight the Nazis in World War II and overcome steep obstacles in order to marry the man she loved. These were the years that forged the character of the woman whose 65-year reign has seen her country through the second half of the 20th century and beyond. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Alan Munro. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/089760/bk_acx0_089760_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Empty Throne: America's Abdication of Global Leadership , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 491min
    American diplomacy is in shambles, but beneath the daily chaos is an erosion of the postwar order that is even more dangerous.America emerged from the catastrophe of World War II convinced that global engagement and leadership were essential to prevent another global conflict and further economic devastation. That choice was not inevitable, but its success proved monumental. It brought decades of great power peace, underpinned the rise in global prosperity, and defined what it meant to be an American in the eyes of the rest of the world for generations. It was a historic achievement.Now, America has abdicated this vital leadership role. The Empty Throne is an inside portrait of the greatest lurch in US foreign policy since the decision to retreat back into Fortress America after World War I. The whipsawing of US policy has upended all that America's postwar leadership created - strong security alliances, free and open markets, an unquestioned commitment to democracy and human rights. Impulsive, theatrical, ill-informed, backward-looking, bullying, and reckless are the qualities the American president brings to the table, when he shows up at all. The world has had to absorb the spectacle of an America unmaking the world it made, and the consequences will be with us for years to come. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jamie Renell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hach/004782/bk_hach_004782_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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