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    Political Suicide: Missteps, Peccadilloes, Bad Calls, Backroom Hijinx, Sordid Pasts, Rotten Breaks, and Just Plain Dumb Mistakes in the Annals of American Politics , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 338min
    A collection of entertaining and cautionary tales of political missteps in American history, from the birth of the nation through the present day. Just in time for the presidential election of 2016 comes Political Suicide, a history of the best and most interesting missteps, peccadilloes, bad calls, backroom hijinks, sordid pasts, rotten breaks, and just plain dumb mistakes in the annals of American politics. They have tweeted their private parts to women they're trying to impress. They have gotten caught on tape doing and saying things they really shouldn't have. They have denied knowing about the underhanded doings of underlings - only to have a paper trail lead straight back to them. Nowadays, it seems like half of what we hear about politicians isn't about laws or governing but is instead coverage focused on shenanigans, questionable morals, and scandals too numerous to count. And while we shake our heads in disbelief, we still can't resist poring over the details of these notorious incidents. In Political Suicide, the foibles of our politicians are brought from the tabloid pages to this entertaining - and cautionary - tale of American history. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lisa Flanagan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/008687/bk_blak_008687_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Elizabeth Taylor: The Last Star, Hörbuch, Digital, 157min
    Here's the unauthorized, best-selling biography of one of America's brightest - and most flamboyantly glamorous - stars. Elizabeth Taylor has beguiled audiences since National Velvet, and her many loves and peccadilloes have provided endless spice and interest for the movie-going and star-watching public. Biographer Kitty Kelley tells all - even the parts Liz would rather keep secret! - in this uncensored biography. Language: English. Narrator: Susan Strasberg. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/pnix/000340/bk_pnix_000340_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    At the Bar
    At the Bar ab 26.49 € als Taschenbuch: The Passions and Peccadilloes of American Lawyers. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Wirtschaft & Soziales,
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    The Washington Dossier Stories , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 153min
    Diplomacy, ethics, and passion clash in these chronicles of the social scene in the nation's capital. Originally published in Dossier magazine, these stories are a priceless series from Warren Adler about the rarely revealed, behind-the-scenes peccadilloes of official Washington. Revelations of life in the nation's capital, these stories make you privy to Washington's socially elite circles. Warren Adler provides an intimate look into the sexual mores of official Washington and the erotic stimulation of power, capturing how the rich and mighty live in Washington, D.C. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michael Adler. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/stne/000001/bk_stne_000001_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Game-Players of Titan , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 463min
    Years ago, Earth and Titan fought a war and Earth lost. The planet was irradiated and most of the surviving population is sterile. The few survivors play an intricate and unending game called Bluff at the behest of the sluglike aliens who rule the planet. At stake in the game are two very important commodities: land and spouses. Pete Garden just lost his wife and Berkeley, California, but he has a plan to win them back. That is, if he isn’t derailed by aliens, psychic traitors, or his new wife. The Game-Players of Titan is both satire and adventure, examining the ties that bind people together and the maddening peccadilloes of bureaucracy, whether the bureaucrats are humans or aliens. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Christopher Lane. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/005033/bk_brll_005033_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Mimi , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 624min
    It's Christmas Eve in Manhattan. An eminent plastic surgeon slips on the ice, lands on his butt, and sprains his ankle. So far, so good. A woman such as he's never known yanks him to his feet and conjures the miracle of a taxi. Harrison recuperates with Franz Schubert, Bette Davis, and a foundling cat. Then it's back to rhinoplasties, liposuction, and the peccadilloes of his obnoxious colleagues. It is only when he collides again with that strangely helpful woman that things take a wild and revolutionary turn. Sparkling, polemical, irreverent, slippery, and sexy, Mimi is a love story, a call to arms, and Lucy Ellmann's most tender and dazzling audiobook. It's also the feminist novel of the century. (So far.) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Matthew Josdal. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/016957/bk_adbl_016957_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Volume II: 1664 - 1666 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 2248min
    The Diary of Samuel Pepys is one of the most entertaining documents in English history. Written between 1660 and 1669, as Pepys was establishing himself as a key administrator in the naval office, it is an intimate portrait of life in seventeenth-century England, covering his professional and personal activities, including, famously, his love of music, theatre, food, and wine and his peccadilloes. This Naxos AudioBooks production is the world premiere recording of the diary in its entirety. It has been divided into three volumes. Volume II covers some of the most famous passages in the diary. Pepys was there, in London, during the terrible plague of 1665. And he was there during the Great Fire of London the following year, playing an active role in the actual event and the aftermath. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Leighton Pugh. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/naxo/001279/bk_naxo_001279_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Infamy , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 500min
    Rome is an empire with a bad reputation. From its brutal games to its depraved emperors, its violent mobs to its ruthless wars, its name resounds down the centuries like a scream in an alley. But was it as bad as all that? Join the historian Jerry Toner on a detective's hunt to discover the extent of Rome's crimes.From the sexual peccadilloes of Tiberius and Nero to the chances of getting burgled if you left your apartment unguarded (pretty high, especially if the walls were thin enough to knock through) he leaves no stone unturned in his quest to bring the Eternal City to book.Meet a gallery of villains, high and low. Discover the problems that most exercised its long-suffering citizens. Explore the temptations of excess and find out what desperation can make a pleb do. What do we see when we look at Rome? A hideous vision of ancient corruption - or a reflection of our own troubled age? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Robert Perkins. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/052633/bk_adbl_052633_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Volume I: 1660 - 1663 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 2563min
    The Diary of Samuel Pepys is one of the most entertaining documents in English history. Written between 1660 and 1669, as Pepys was establishing himself as a key administrator in the naval office, it is an intimate portrait of life in 17th-century England covering his professional and personal activities, including, famously, his love of music, theatre, food, wine and his peccadilloes. This Naxos AudioBooks production is the world premiere recording of the diary in its entirety; the result of many years of scholarship by Robert Latham (Magdalene College, Cambridge) and William Matthews (University of California). It has been divided into three volumes. Volume I covers the opening years of the Restoration and introduces us to many of the key characters - family, government and royalty. Pepys was there when Charles II returned to England, and he lived through those opening years of the Stuart monarchy, with its revenge on the regicides. He also recorded the reopening of theaters, and how he relaxed from the Puritan way of life. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Leighton Pugh, David Timson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/naxo/001277/bk_naxo_001277_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    King's Games: The Commentaries , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 216min
    An introduction to the original Game of Thrones: the War of the Roses. King's Games, The Commentaries," brings to life the personalities and events leading to the fall of the last Plantagenet king of England, Richard III. In a series of historical and personal essays, the playwright condenses a lifetime of study into an easily understood overview of a tumultuous period of English history, as well as the creation of the modern verse play, King's Games, A Memoir of Richard III. This is a comprehensive guide and reference resource containing three diverse types of timelines: an entertaining essay overview focused on the principal participants; military confrontations; and a year-by-year, month and day, breakdown that encapsulates significant, influencing events from 1400 A.D. to Bosworth Field. Additionally, along with describing her research, and travails, in creating two separate versions of the play, the playwright shares insightful observations of the characters of key participants involved, as well as incidental thoughts on such diverse topics as Shakespearean hatchet jobs, understanding the reading and delivery of iambic pentameter, and the always fascinating private (if not astonishingly short-sighted) peccadilloes of royalty. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Nance Crawford. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/066821/bk_acx0_066821_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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