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Ein Hörbuch über Mütter und Töchter und das, was manchmal zwischen ihnen steht
Als Kate jung schwanger wurde, floh sie vor der Enge des irischen Landlebens nach London. Mit ihren Eltern hat sie seitdem kein Wort gewechselt. Doch nun, Jahre später, wachsen ihr die Probleme als alleinerziehende Mutter über den Kopf und sie schickt ihre sechzehnjährige Tochter Sabine für eine Weile zu den Großeltern. Nur langsam schließt Sabine die raue irische...
42) Read Me
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Clark Kemper, a 38-year-old high school dropout, never learned how to read words due to Dyslexia, but he can read people. He developed this skill over a lifetime of navigating a world he couldn't understand.
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Death in Paradise volume 1
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English
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The death of a scientist on the side of a live volcano proves a difficult case to crack for Humphrey and his team when everything appears to point to a death from natural causes.
45) The Commitment
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Filipino
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A gay couple's commitment to each other is challenged while attending a family wedding where they may or not be welcome.
46) Damals
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Die junge S. H., Minnesota genannt, bezieht 1979 ein heruntergekommenes Zimmer in New York. Sie kommt direkt aus der Provinz, und als angehende Schriftstellerin genießt sie den Schmutz wie den Glanz der neuen Stadt. Alles saugt sie begierig auf. So auch, durch die papierdünnen Wände, die Monologe und klagenden Gesänge ihrer Nachbarin: "Lucy Brite" steht auf dem Klingelschild. Von Misshandlung ist die Rede, von Kindstod, ja von Mord. Lucy wird...
47) Thirst for Salt
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It's hard to remember now that I was once that girl, lying in the sand in myred swimsuit and swimming late into the day. Sharkbait, he called me.
It's in the water where she first sees him: a local man almost twenty years her senior. Adrift in the summer after finishing college, a young woman is on holiday with her mother in an isolated Australian coastal town. Finding herself pulled to
Jude, the man in the water, she begins losing herself in the...
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In this powerful, true story, boxer Salamo Arouch (Willem Dafoe) is interned in the Nazi death camp Auschwitz with his family and friends. For the amusement of his captors, Salamo is forced to fight his fellow inmates in brutal contests that send the loser to the gas showers. Salamo's prowess in the ring is both his salvation and his nightmare, as his "victories" condemn others to death. Still he fights on, hoping to somehow save his father and friends...perhaps...
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Summary of Hanya Yanagihara's A Little Life tells the story of Jude St. Francis and the people in his life. Jude, left partially disabled by a terrifying injury as a teenager, is distraught about his past and hides most of that past and himself from others, even those closest to him. The relationships he forms as a young and older adult sustain him longer than he ever expected to live, but in the end, Jude has faced too much abuse and heartache to...
50) Slippage
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Twenty-one works from one of the most brilliant, innovative, and eloquent writers on earth, including the award-nominated novella Mefisto in Onyx. Harlan Ellison celebrates four decades of writing and publishes his seventieth book, this critically acclaimed, wildly imaginative, and outrageously creative collection. The Edgar Award-nominated novella Mefisto in Onyx is the centerpiece, surrounded by screenplays, an introduction by the author, interspersed...
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Rectify volume 5
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English
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Daniel seeks to undo the damage he inflicted on the pool.
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Rene Levesque volume 2
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English
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As a newly elected Minister, Levesque immediately goes to work against corruption, but towards efforts to nationalize electricity, facing strong headwinds in the process. He also learns nothing is more unpredictable than friendship.
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Romanzo Criminale volume 4
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Italiano
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Lebano throws a wild party as the gang's confidence continues to grow, and Dandy decides to expand further into Terrible's territory - but his plan has harrowing consequences for two of his cohorts.
56) The Leopard
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Italiano
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Based on the acclaimed novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard chronicles the fortunes of Prince Fabrizio Salina and his family during the unification of Italy in the 1860s.
57) Abort
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Staring at a crossroads, Monica is battling between making advancements within her career or the next steps in her relationship.
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Father Brown volume 9
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English
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The Kembleford Ramblers' annual outing takes a tragic turn when the local Lord is found strangled. In the name of community togetherness Inspector Mallory and Sergeant Goodfellow are joining some local ramblers.
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Lost and Found Music Studios volume 6
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The new members are revealed, and the veterans of the studio partner up with them to give them a crash course in life at the studio. Annabelle is stuck with Leia, who is too distracted by Luke and Maggie's new bond to be a proper mentor.
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Seventeen-year-old Jem Starling struggles to define her place within her fundamentalist Christian community in rural Kentucky. Even her greatest joy of dancing with the church group is tempered by worry that her actions are sinful and she is caught between a burgeoning awareness of her own sexuality and her religious devotion. With the return of Owen, an enigmatic youth pastor, Jem soon finds herself attracted to his worldliness and charm. Slowly,...
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