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    Gray Girl , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 505min
    2014 Eric Hoffer First Horizon Award Winner! 2014 Eric Hoffer e-book fiction Winner! Cadet Jan Wishart has been falsely accused of an honor violation at West Point. She believes her accuser is also a predator, guilty of a much more serious crime. At the honor trial, Jan must defend herself and try to reveal his guilt. Yet, two hundred years of fraternal brotherhood stand in the way. The worst is yet to come when Jan and her roommate sneak out after Taps one night. Their discovery in an unauthorized area is more likely to get them kicked out—or killed. Jan realizes the grayness of West Point is not only in its buildings and uniforms. Even honor isn’t always black and white. Relying on her wits and a few friends in the hostile environment of the U.S. Military Academy, Jan discovers the value of friendship, the genuine marks of leadership and her own inner warrior. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Linda Kimbrough. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/033071/bk_acx0_033071_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Saint Iggy , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 327min
    When Iggy Corso gets kicked out of high school, there's no one for him to tell. His mother has gone off, his father is stoned on the couch, and because the phone's been disconnected, even the social worker can't get through. So he leaves a note and goes out to make something of his life, but that's not so easy when you're 16, living in public housing, have no skills, and your only friend is a law-school dropout who's thinking about joining the Hare Krishnas. But Iggy is...Iggy, and he's got the kind of wisdom that lets him see things no one else can. In the week leading up to Christmas, Iggy travels all over the city, finding himself in the lap of luxury, the grayness of a never-ending drug party, the haven of a chapel, and finally at the door to a choice that will change his world forever. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Stephen Hoye. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/lili/000459/bk_lili_000459_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Freak: The True Story of an Insecurity Addict , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 666min
    From its first caustic, blackly hilarious quote to its unbelievable ending, Freak examines a roller coaster ride of a life and never lets up. It tells the true story of Rebecca O'Donnell, an atypical hero who found joy and laughter in the darkest of circumstances. Unlike so many spunky survivors of damaged pasts, Rebecca belonged to those far more common gray areas of depression and insecurity, hidden behind a mask she showed the world. For decades, all her decisions were colored by that grayness, that insecurity; she had put herself into a pit and had to discover a way to crawl out of it. With laughter, self-recognition, and a drop of shaky courage, Rebecca shares exactly how she did that, discovering in the process a gift that she never expected - the ability to help others build their own ladder out of hell. Freak offers hope to anyone who has ever heard that voice of self-hatred - the gremlin of insecurity whispering that we can't, we shouldn't, and we don't deserve. It is the denial of that gremlin and the shattering of its lie that make this memoir resonate with other victims of incest, substance abuse, and depression. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Rebecca O'Donnell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/027208/bk_acx0_027208_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Drug Essays: Aleister Crowley's Reflections on Hashish, Cocaine & Absinthe , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 177min
    The essays in this collection represent Aleister Crowley's ideas and meditations on drugs. Part one explores Crowley's experiences with hashish and its uses in mystical rituals. Part two examines cocaine and looks at whether it should be regulated by law. Finally, part three delves into the sensuality of absinthe and its role in society.The essays are fascinating, both for what they reveal about Crowley's views on drugs, and for the way they tap into some of the occultist's chief preoccupations: the quest for transcendence and the marriage of science to mysticism.Crowley wrote that intoxication - whether from wine, drugs, or art - was what made it possible for man to rise above his "grub" life and achieve transcendence. He said it well here:"The surplus of Will must find issue in the elevation of the individual towards the Godhead; and the method of such elevation is by religion, love, and art. These three things are indissolubly bound up with wine, for they are species of intoxication."Those lines come from Crowley's essay about absinthe, which is by far the most rhapsodic in this collection. Crowley makes no bones about his adoration for the liquor. He gets downright poetic about the drink's "opalescent" appearance and about the "rapture" it provokes. "Absinthe" is perceived as pure beauty, liberation from the grayness of the day-to-day.Perhaps that's the gift that these essays can give us. Perhaps, rather than examining them too closely for truth and accuracy, it would be wise to read the essays in this book as objects of beauty. They are not cold, hard, facts. They are ideas, as opalescent as the absinthe in Crowley's glass. They sound best when we can set aside our doubts and give ourselves up to the enjoyment of what this eccentric man was able to produce. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Henry Schrader. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/229814/bk_acx0_229814_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Embers , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 790min
    There are descendants of angels walking among us. Ember is one of them. Praise for Embers "An impending apocalypse provides a compelling backdrop for romance in this page-turning first installment of a new YA series. Hopkins expertly weaves her plotlines together in this compulsively readable teen romance story...Hopkins delivers many successful elements of young-adult romance - appealing lead characters, high-voltage chemistry, repressed sexuality - which will win her ardent followers." (Kirkus Reviews) "Embers is the start of an action-packed paranormal YA series. Ms. Hopkins draws the reader immediately in with her richly drawn prologue that introduces the lurking evil in a breath-taking manner. a must read for YA, paranormal, fantasy and suspense fans. Make that a delight for any reader!" (Ind'Tale Magazine) Embers is an epic paranormal adventure/romance about an 18-year-old girl who discovers that she's immune to fire - and any other injury - when she's in a horrific car crash that kills her parents. Following a violent episode with her aunt's boyfriend, Ember flees Ohio to live with an old relative in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. Ember's exuberance at escaping a bad home life soon turns to trepidation when she learns that she's a Watcher, a descendant of angels. While Ember is instructed about her heritage and the powers that go along with it, she strikes up friendships with two teenagers who live inside of a frightening walled compound in the forest. Inexplicably drawn to one of the young men in particular, an impossible romance develops. But it's cut short when Ember discovers that her new friends are fighting on the opposite side of a war that's been raging between two factions of Watchers for thousands of years. When the compound's inhabitants threaten the townspeople, Ember takes action, sealing her fate in the ancient battle of good versus evil, and the grayness in between. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michelle Ferguson, Aaron Abano. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/028474/bk_adbl_028474_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Ruins Hotel
    2010 release from the Italian quintet. Hana B began life in 2002 and features Fabrizio Vitale (voice and guitar), Alessandro Ciani (guitar), Francesco Menegat (bass) and Valerio Morrone (drums) and Federico Ciani (piano and keyboards). The five members were a bunch of schoolmates who decided to play their own music. The decision to play a different kind of music, compared to the other bands in the area, is their way to escape from the grayness of their surroundings. Summer Dawn.
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