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Clay Randal lives in the vibrant, thrilling, cosmopolitan New York City. Known for his smooth talk and wit, he falls victim to the allure of gambling, nightlife, and women. Now, heavily indebted to the notorious gangster Big Sal, Clay pleads with Lady Luck, knowing that with the right angle, you could bet it all and win big. After groveling to the short-tempered Mediterranean gangster, Clay becomes determined to pay his debts more than ever. He dreams of starting anew, doing right, and meaning something to somebody.

Ashley Miller finally managed to leave behind her horse farm in Montana to escape her violent, controlling husband, and took a Greyhound bus to paradise: Montecito, California, home of West Coast old money, movie stars, and other celebrities, and even some English royals. But Ashley, though she is an experienced horsewoman who proves to be an asset in her new job at the polo club, is a naive country girl when it comes to other things. She's definitely not equipped for the kind of games people play in this wealthy upper class enclave, and she finds herself very much a fish out of water.

Her father had ruined my life. She was a means to destroy his. But one look at her, and I knew she would be mine. Now I'm falling for her and want us to have a future, but can we when she finds out the truth?

The Claxton Lore and Apparition Warehouse is located on a remote private property in the deep swamps of Louisiana, and overseen by a robot designed by Mr. Claxton, called CLAW. The warehouse is filled with a maze of crates labeled with things like The Beast, Mr. Mason’s Jars, Snap, The Atomic Ants, which are filled with the things of legend, and it is CLAW’s job to make sure the objects don’t get out. But CLAW is a curious robot, and what lay inside these crates just may make their way out and haunt the imaginations of listeners everywhere.

I initially planned a vacation with my mother, but now she's backing out and wants me to act as her spy. Her mission involves gathering information on a man I barely know. The moment I laid eyes on him, I couldn't deny the magnetic pull of attraction between us. I'm aware of the risks, but I find myself unable to resist the temptation. Pursuing this path is a recipe for disaster. However, in the heat of the moment, I find that I simply don't care.

I was on vacation with my family. The last thing I needed to be doing was lusting after the one man I always wanted but could never have, my stepbrother. Now he's all I can think about. One night of passion turns into more. He's a player and so off limits. But I long to find a way to make our vacation fling last.

Ragnarok burns on the horizon of an urban Nordic city in Midgard, and it's all because of Odin. The Lord of Fangs has ordered his bloodsucking descendants to attack cities all over the world. Though the urban setting is similar to cities on Earth, the magic & monsters are not a secret, and Midgard has its own set of rules.

Ever wondered if the plant-based diet is beneficial at all? Or, if recipes for it can actually taste delicious while including only plant-based foods? Well it’s a good thing you stumbled across this audiobook, because the information contained in it is designed to help fix your dieting issues once and for all. Even if you think nothing will ever work for you and your body, the plant-based diet brings an entirely new plate to the table (no pun intended)!

Dieses unterhaltsame Hörbuch erzählt die faszinierende Business-Geschichte von Peter Jansen, einem Karrieremenschen, der eine Strategie sucht, um die Einstellung und Motivation seiner Mitarbeiter zu verbessern. Als er bei seiner Suche auf das Neuro-Linguistische-Programmieren (NLP) stösst, erkennt er begeistert die unbegrenzten Möglichkeiten.

Im Kern baut dieses NLP - Einstiegshörbuch auf der grundsätzlichen Antriebskraft jedes Menschen auf: den Gefühlen.

Georg Büchners aufregende Erzählung über die schizophrenen Attacken des Dichters Lenz, der im Wahnsinn endete. Mit Musik von Charles Valentin Alkan.

Wie ein schlimmer Traum wirkt diese Geschichte eines Grafen, der von seiner Frau betrogen wird und sie umbringt. Mit Musik von Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy.

Alphonse Daudets "Briefe aus meiner Mühle" sind weltberühmt geworden. Hört man diese drei vergnüglichen Geschichten daraus, dann weiß man, warum! Mit Musik von Cesar Franck.

Die erste Kriminalerzählung der deutschen Literatur, geprägt vom psychologischen Scharfblick Friedrich Schillers. Mit Musik von Carl Ditter von Dittersdorf.

Eine temporeich geschriebene Geschichte über das wilde Leben des berühmten Hamburger Freibeuters Klaus Störtebecker.

Oboler was deeply devoted to the war effort, producing plays of men and women answering the call in spite of everything, and inspiring citizens on the home front to do the same. But, in a frightening world, perhaps he made people brave by poking a bit of fun at fear itself with his terrifying tales of the undoing of misguided souls. This 10-hour tribute featuring performances by James Cagney, Lloyd Bridges, Ingrid Bergman, Peter Lorre, Irene Dunn, Ronald Colman, Dinah Shore, Mary Astor, Olivia De Haviland, Boris Karloff, and more.

This radio dramatization of the classic movie features the four original stars. It aired on September 20, 1943.

Katharine Ramsey lived from 1874 to 1960. Known as the "Red Duchess," in 1923 she became the first woman member from Scotland elected to the House of Commons. Nancy Astor (May 19, 1879 - May 2, 1964) though born in Danville, Virginia, was the first woman to sit as a Member of Parliament in the British House of Commons. Edith Clara Summerskill (April 19, 1901 - February 4, 1980) was a British physican, feminist, writer, and a Labour member of Parliament from 1938 to 1961.

Due to a severe injury, Miranda can no longer work on the force. Fortunately, it isn’t the end of her police career. After coming out of a coma, Miranda discovers she has the ability to communicate with the dead. Now she speaks with deceased victims of violent crimes to try to solve their murders. Her uncanny abilities may be the popular mommy vlogger’s best hope to find her killer.

He was the one man I couldn't stand being around. And now I was stuck with him. On a treasure hunt for his late father, and the man who helped to raise me. I wasn't going to make this easy, I certainly wasn't going to play nice. But I hadn't counted on finding my stepbrother so attractive and wanting to act on those feelings.

In a post-apocalyptic nation where the land of the free is now run under a dictatorship, there is one factor that holds the key to keeping world order—love. The new Regime controls the emotions of the heart. It’s their most vital law. At the age of twenty-one, every citizen is forced into an arranged marriage. The only way to escape the arrangement is to enter the Temptation Trials—a government-sponsored reality TV show where the loyalties of the contestants are tested by Tempters and Temptresses who are impossible to resist.