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    Anthills of the Savannah (eBook, ePUB)
    '[The writer] in whose company the prison walls fell down' - Nelson Mandela. After a long silence Achebe published in 1987 what many see as his greatest work - an acrid, frightening look at oil-boom Nigeria, a world of robberies, road blocks and intimidation in which those who are meant to be protecting a country's citizens are in reality supervising the looting.
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    Blazing Border , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 364min
    In the aftermath of the Civil War, United States relations with Mexico were marked by conflict between the desire to aid Juarez and an unwillingness to openly oppose Emperor Maximilian. Defying the vacillating policy of diplomacy, General Sheridan massed troops and supplies on the Rio Grande, then sent out a call for the one man capable of helping the Juarists. He was Fred Starke, sub rosa agent of the Union army, friend of Juarez, hero of the border, Texas legend. To Starke, battle and death and the acrid taste of secret mission are a daily business: what surprise, then, that the task of outwitting Imperials, guerrillas, and Confederate renegades should fall to him? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jeff Harding. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/isis/001985/bk_isis_001985_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Best of Car Talk, The Stingy Man Spends the Most, April 4, 2015, Hörbuch, Digital, 53min
    This week on The Best of Car Talk, Richie tried to save money on oil changes by installing a dual-filtration system on his truck. The resulting acrid smoke seems to prove Tom and Ray’s mantra that, “It’s the stingy man who pays the most.” Elsewhere, Mare’s husband accidentally inflated their tires to 90 PSI. Should Mare get rid of the tires, or her husband? Also, Scott’s beloved “Uncle Know-it-All" gave him some questionable transmission advice, so he’s turning to two Know-Nothings; John’s trying to slow down his lead-foot son by putting blocks of wood under the gas pedal; and did you know that William Shakespeare was Italian? Neither did we, but Tom and Ray seem to think he was. There’s much ado about a whole lot of nothing, this week on The Best of Car Talk. [Broadcast Date: April 4, 2015] Language: English. Narrator: Tom Magliozzi, Ray Magliozzi. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/cart/150404/rt_cart_150404_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Dead Drift , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 415min
    Burning debris littering the ground... smoke pluming in the acrid air... this is just the beginning if he fails. Seven years ago, operative Luke Gallagher vanished to become part of an elite team set on capturing a deadly terrorist. When Luke returns to face those he left behind, their help becomes his only hope of stopping his target's latest threat of an attack that would shake America to its core. Private investigator Kate Maxwell never stopped loving or looking for Luke after he disappeared. But she also never imagined he left her or his life by choice. Now he's back, and together they must unravel a twisting thread of secrets, lies, and betrayal, all while on the brink of a biological disaster. Will they and their love survive, or will Luke and Kate become the terrorist's next mark? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Therese Plummer. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/reco/012225/bk_reco_012225_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Copper Heart: Maria Kallio, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 456min
    Former police sergeant Maria Kallio gladly left her tiny Finnish hometown of Arpikylä without looking back. But even though Maria despises the small town and the acrid smell from its now-closed copper mine, when Arpikylä's sheriff asks her to serve as deputy sheriff for the summer, she agrees. What should have been a quiet summer soon turns dramatic - and deadly. Meritta, an outspoken local artist, plunges to her death from the copper mine's tower, and Maria immediately suspects someone helped her fall. Now Maria must face the harsh truth that one of the town's residents killed Meritta, and friends Maria has known for decades all harbor their own murderous motives - even Johnny, her gorgeous former crush who almost makes her forget about her long-distance boyfriend, Antti, who is studying in Chicago. In this thrilling addition to the internationally successful Maria Kallio mystery series, the past and present of the beloved Finnish detective violently collide, leaving her future in grave danger. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Amy Rubinate. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/007697/bk_brll_007697_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Sarah Tries to Save the World: A Post-Apocalyptic Novella , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 238min
    The entire land is wasted away. Acrid smoke billows from every corner of the Earth. There are decimated houses, screaming children, crying women, and mass devastation. The dead walk the Earth and the living look more and more like the dead every day. Yet scarier than all the noise is when an eerie silence creeps up on former cities, when there are no more people to cry or houses to destroy. Meanwhile, vicious people-turned-monsters created by a horrible mistake prowl the Earth, ready to silence even more people. Sorry. I probably sound a little bit too dark. The name's Sarah Sindile. And I'm one of the people who have survived the atomic bombs and plagues of World War III. Now, I'm determined to survive the next sets of catastrophes. Tsunamis, earthquakes, and hurricanes are nothing compared to what's happening. We are being silenced, slowly but surely, until no one will be left. I have to try and save the world. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Brittany Pate. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/045919/bk_acx0_045919_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    No Further (A Gabriel Wolfe Thriller): The Gabriel Wolfe Thrillers, Book 8 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 681min
    Kill a hostile nuclear scientist and destroy his lab deep inside Iran? Evade a squad of battle-hardened mercenaries tasked with killing you? Face a sadistic torturer inside the Ministry of Intelligence and Security? Discover the identity of a traitor inside the British Secret Intelligence Service? It's all in a day's work for Gabriel Wolfe. Still haunted by the memories of loved ones and former comrades, the British Government agent faces his toughest mission yet. His mission? To locate and kill Iran's top nuclear physicist. A man named Abbas Darbandi who dreams of targeting a nuclear missile on Jerusalem. Blink and you’ll miss some action.This gritty, fast-moving action thriller is the seventh novel in Andy Maslen’s Gabriel Wolfe series.From air strikes to drone swarms, surveillance to firefights, the action never lets you go.You’ll feel the searing heat of Iran, hear the explosions, smell the acrid tang of gunsmoke as you travel alongside Gabriel and Eli toward a truly shocking climax.Buy your copy of No Further now. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gethyn Edwards. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/205449/bk_acx0_205449_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    From the Inside Out: Harrowing Escapes from the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 327min
    Erik Ronningen was on the 71st floor of the North Tower on September 11, 2001, when American Airlines Flight 11 struck the building. After an incredible, near miraculous journey down through the acrid, smoke-filled building, Erik tried to get to the security command center in the South Tower. Unable to do so, he was the last person to make it out of the South Tower alive. Here is the story of his harrowing escape, interwoven with the accounts of 14 others who were lucky enough to be able to recount them. Altogether, these accounts document the bravery and heroism, selflessness, and generosity demonstrated by hundreds of people when their normal, everyday lives were suddenly plunged into a fiery scramble for survival. The astonishing photograph on the cover of this book was taken by survivor Jim Usher as he lay on the concrete outside the World Trade Center, losing consciousness, so his family could see what he saw during what he thought were the last moments of his life. And yes, that flag was really there! This photograph has never before been made public. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Andrew Firda, Katie McCall. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/038641/bk_acx0_038641_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Hangman of Snakehead Canyon: Bounty Hunter, Book 8 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 224min
    Jake Stone's old friend, Sheriff Harry Mills has lost a crooked election. In old west style, a bunch of outlaws and gunslingers have stuffed the ballot boxes. Not only did they take away his badge, but the outlaw who stole his office is about to take away something even more valuable: his life. They are about to put Harry's neck in a hangman's noose without the benefit of a judge, jury or even a visitor. It will be nothing short of a lynching. Fortunately, through a cowboy locked up for the night in the jail, Harry manages to get a message to Stone. If anyone can rescue him from this assorted bunch of gunslingers and saddle tramps, it will be the tougher than nails investigator, bounty hunter and Special Deputy US Marshal Stone. Stone wastes no time coming to his friend's rescue, having to kill the outlaw "deputy" on duty while breaking his friend out of his own jail. Killing the deputy sheriff to rescue his friend, amidst the acrid smell of gun smoke, Stone leaves as a wanted man himself. Before this thing is over, Stone will have to deal even more of these skunks and saddle tramps a little gunfighter justice. At the same time, they will try to shoot him, stab him and even attempt to blow up both Harry and himself with dynamite. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Carl Hausman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/075744/bk_acx0_075744_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Tinker's War: Tinkerer's Daughter Series, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 562min
    Steam technology and spring-powered engines have evolved since the discovery of Blackrock Steel, which can store vast amounts of energy, but word of this incredible resource has spread far and wide. When a horde of barbarian warriors known as Vangars sweep across the Frigid Sea in massive airships fueled by precious but dwindling supplies of black tar-like oil, they are determined to learn the secrets of Blackrock Steel at any cost. They assault the capital city, slaying King Ryshan and the entire royal family, and then ravage the countryside, leaving a cloud of acrid black smoke and the stench of death in their wake. Breeze has been content with the peaceful life of a pilot, shuttling nobles back and forth in her spring-powered planes for years, but now the kingdom of Astatia has once again been thrust into war. The Vangars have taken Tinker captive and Breeze must rescue the clever old inventor who has been a father to her for most of her life, but she has one chance to defeat the Vangars. If she chooses to save Tinker instead, Breeze might lose that opportunity forever. In the midst of the chaos, Breeze finds herself trapped in the middle of a romantic conspiracy to wed her off to a young pilot. She has no interest in marrying her would-be suitor, nor in the young Tal'mar warrior who would claim her as his own...or does she? The only thing Breeze knows for sure is that if she fails, the secret of Blackrock Steel will fall into the hands of the Vangars and Astatia will face a dark future of slavery and ruin. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Shiromi Arserio. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/008312/bk_tant_008312_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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