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Erlebnisse einer Landhebamme - Abridged by Rosalie Linner
Erlebnisse einer Landhebamme - Abridged
Rosalie Linner
Erlebnisse einer Landhebamme - Abridged by Rosalie Linner

Erlebnisse einer Landhebamme - Abridged

By: Rosalie Linner

Narrated by: Rosalie Linner

Length: 3 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Was auf dem Land rund um die Geburt von Kindern so alles geschieht, wie sich eine beherzte Hebamme manchmal zum Wohle von Mutter und Kind in das Eheleben einmischen muss, welche Familie an weiteren Kindern besonders schwer trägt und wo trotz aller Mühsal doch Frieden und Harmonie herrschen, dies erzählt Rosalie Linner in einem neuen Band ihrer... Read more

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Meine Zeit als Landhebamme - Abridged by Rosalie Linner
Meine Zeit als Landhebamme - Abridged
Rosalie Linner
Meine Zeit als Landhebamme - Abridged by Rosalie Linner

Meine Zeit als Landhebamme - Abridged

By: Rosalie Linner

Narrated by: Rosalie Linner

Length: 3 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Rosalie Linner hat viel erlebt in der Zeit, da sie als Landhebamme insgesamt über 4000 Kindern ans Licht der Welt half. Eine Fülle von Geschichten, in denen Freud und Leid der Familien oft nah beieinander liegen, kennen viele bereits aus Bänden wie "Tagebuch einer Landhebamme" oder "Als Landhebamme unterwegs". Für dieses Buch hat sie wiederum in... Read more

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Mirror to America - Abridged by John Hope Franklin
Mirror to America - Abridged
John Hope Franklin
Mirror to America - Abridged by John Hope Franklin

Mirror to America - Abridged

By: John Hope Franklin

Narrated by: John Hope Franklin

Length: 6 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Ninety years of American history as lived by the nation's preeminent African American historian and winner of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
John Hope Franklin lived through America's most defining twentieth-century transformation, the dismantling of legally-protected racial segregation. A renowned scholar, he has explored that transformation... Read more

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Nerd Do Well - Abridged by Simon Pegg
Nerd Do Well - Abridged
Simon Pegg
Nerd Do Well - Abridged by Simon Pegg

Nerd Do Well - Abridged

By: Simon Pegg

Narrated by: Simon Pegg

Length: 4 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Abridged, 5 hoursRead by the authorThe unique life story of one of the most talented and inventive comedians, the star of Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and Star Trek the movie. Read more

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خلف خطوط العدو - Abridged by أسامة المندوه
خلف خطوط العدو - Abridged
أسامة المندوه
خلف خطوط العدو - Abridged by أسامة المندوه

خلف خطوط العدو - Abridged

By: أسامة المندوه

Narrated by: قصي حمود

Length: 6 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: Yes

يروي هذا الكتاب قصّة بطولة لمجموعة استطلاع مصرية بقيادة النقيب أسامة المندوه، وقد دفعت القيادة المصرية مجموعته منذ بداية الحرب للتمركز خلف خطوط العدو وفى قلب تجمعاته، وبالقرب من طرق اقترابه الرئيسية، ومراكز قيادته. يسرد الكتاب بأسلوب سلس جذاب ومشوق كيف نجحت مجموعة الاستطلاع المصرية فى أن تعد على العدو حركاته وسكناته وآلياته فى عمق سيناء، وتسهم... Read more

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Lebenslauf eines Optimisten - Abridged by Ludwig Ganghofer
Lebenslauf eines Optimisten - Abridged
Ludwig Ganghofer
Lebenslauf eines Optimisten - Abridged by Ludwig Ganghofer

Lebenslauf eines Optimisten - Abridged

By: Ludwig Ganghofer

Narrated by: Bernd Ungerer

Length: 12 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Im 'Buch der Jugend' beschreibt Ludwig Ganghofer seine Ausbildungs- und Studienzeit. Am Ende des Buches beschreibt er auch seine Vorstellung eines idealen Staatswesens in allen Einzelheiten. Einzelne Ideen könnt man auch heute noch herausgreifen und weiter verfolgen, doch im großen und ganzen spiegeln seine Vorstellungen den Zeitgeist jener Zeit... Read more

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Aufbruch in die Freiheit - Abridged by Tom Doyle, JoAnn Doyle & Greg Webster
Aufbruch in die Freiheit - Abridged
Tom Doyle, JoAnn Doyle & Greg Webster
Aufbruch in die Freiheit - Abridged by Tom Doyle, JoAnn Doyle & Greg Webster

Aufbruch in die Freiheit - Abridged

By: Tom Doyle, JoAnn Doyle & Greg Webster

Narrated by: Daniel Kopp & Simone Merz

Length: 5 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Das Hörbuch "Aufbruch in die Freiheit" von Tom und JoAnn Doyle erzählt die Geschichte von Frauen, die mitten in extremen Situationen zu Jesus gefunden haben. Farah liebt ihren Beruf und die schicken Klamotten, die sie sich leisten kann. Als die Familie dringend Geld braucht, um eine lebensrettende OP für ihre Mutter bezahlen zu können, wird... Read more

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لكل المقهورين أجنحه - Abridged by Radwa Ashour
لكل المقهورين أجنحه - Abridged
Radwa Ashour
لكل المقهورين أجنحه - Abridged by Radwa Ashour

لكل المقهورين أجنحه - Abridged

By: Radwa Ashour

Narrated by: منار مراد

Length: 16 hours

Abridged: Yes

إن كل من يقرأ لرضوى عاشور لا يمكنه أن يبتعد عن كتبها، فيجد نفسه يبحث عن مؤلفاتها ورواياتها دوماً، وهي صاحبة الجملة السلسة والعبارة البليغة، فكتابتها مميزة وذات عذوبة خاصة. هذا الكتاب هو مجموعة من المقالات المتنوعة وبعض منها ينشر لأول مرة وهي تتناول عدة مواضيع في الأدب والتجربة الشخصية والنقد والسياسة والتعليم، وقد قام زوجها الشاعر والأديب... Read more

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Known and Unknown - Abridged by Donald Rumsfeld
Known and Unknown - Abridged
Donald Rumsfeld
Known and Unknown - Abridged by Donald Rumsfeld

Known and Unknown - Abridged

By: Donald Rumsfeld

Narrated by: Donald Rumsfeld

Length: 13 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A powerful memoir from the late former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld

With the same directness that defined his career in public service, Rumsfeld's memoir is filled with previously undisclosed details and insights about the Bush administration, 9/11, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. It also features Rumsfeld's unique and often... Read more

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My Trade - Abridged by Andrew Marr
My Trade - Abridged
Andrew Marr
My Trade - Abridged by Andrew Marr

My Trade - Abridged

By: Andrew Marr

Narrated by: Andrew Marr

Length: 3 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

How do you decide what is a 'story' and what isn't? What does a newspaper editor actually do all day? How do hacks get their scoops? How do the TV stations choose their news bulletins? How do you persuade people to say those awful, embarrassing things? Who earns what? How do journalists manage to look in the mirror after the way they sometimes... Read more

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Born Free Trilogy - Abridged by Joy Adamson
Born Free Trilogy - Abridged
Joy Adamson
Born Free Trilogy - Abridged by Joy Adamson

Born Free Trilogy - Abridged

By: Joy Adamson

Narrated by: Joanna David

Length: 5 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Joy Adamson is world-famous as the woman who walked with lions. These are the books that brought the story of her work to a public whose imagination was captured by the discovery of this remarkable interaction between man and beast.



Born Free was first published in 1960, and tells the story of her relationship with Elsa, raising her from a young... Read more

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Eleventh Month, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour - Abridged by Joseph E. Persico
Eleventh Month, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour - Abridged
Joseph E. Persico
Eleventh Month, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour - Abridged by Joseph E. Persico

Eleventh Month, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour - Abridged

By: Joseph E. Persico

Narrated by: Harry Chase

Length: 6 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: Yes

November 11, 1918. The final hours pulsate with tension as every man in the trenches hopes to escape the melancholy distinction of being the last to die in World War I. The Allied generals knew the fighting would end precisely at 11:00 A.M, yet in the final hours they flung men against an already beaten Germany. The result? Eleven thousand... Read more

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الدحيحة - غزو أمريكا - Abridged by طاهر المعتز بالله
الدحيحة - غزو أمريكا - Abridged
طاهر المعتز بالله
الدحيحة - غزو أمريكا - Abridged by طاهر المعتز بالله

الدحيحة - غزو أمريكا - Abridged

By: طاهر المعتز بالله

Narrated by: أحمد الغندور

Length: 48 minutes

Abridged: Yes

أكبر إبادة عرقية في التاريخ! في القرن الخمستاشر، بينما الصراعات الدينية والعسكرية مشتعلة في أوروبا والحروب الأهلية في إنجلترا أو ما يسمى بحرب الورود، ملهمة الروائي جورج رر مارتن بكتابة سلسلة صراع العروش، كان المستكشف الإيطالي كريستوفر كولومبوس على ميعاد مع اكتشاف هيغير مجرى التاريخ! أقنع كولمبوس ملك إسبانيا بتمويل رحلاته لأمريكا بعد اكتشافها... Read more

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Upfront and Personal - Abridged by Coleen Nolan
Upfront and Personal - Abridged
Coleen Nolan
Upfront and Personal - Abridged by Coleen Nolan

Upfront and Personal - Abridged

By: Coleen Nolan

Narrated by: Coleen Nolan

Length: 2 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Writing with the warmth and humour that have made her so popular, Coleen describes her eventful life, from joining her sisters' band The Nolans when she was only nine to growing up in the spotlight as they went on to chart-topping success around the world.

Coleen also reveals how she coped with her tumultuous marriage to television star Shane... Read more

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The Audacity of Hope - Abridged by Barack Obama
The Audacity of Hope - Abridged
Barack Obama
The Audacity of Hope - Abridged by Barack Obama

The Audacity of Hope - Abridged

By: Barack Obama

Narrated by: Barack Obama

Length: 6 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In July 2004, Barack Obama electrified the Democratic National Convention with an address that spoke to Americans across the political spectrum. Now, in The Audacity of Hope, Senator Obama calls for a different brand of politics–a politics for those weary of bitter partisanship and alienated by the “endless clash of armies” we see in Congress... Read more

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My Kind of Place - Abridged by Susan Orlean
My Kind of Place - Abridged
Susan Orlean
My Kind of Place - Abridged by Susan Orlean

My Kind of Place - Abridged

By: Susan Orlean

Narrated by: Susan Orlean

Length: 4 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: Yes

New Yorker writer and author of The Library Book takes readers on a series of remarkable journeys in this uniquely witty, sophisticated, and far-flung travel book.

In this irresistible collection of adventures far and near, Orlean conducts a tour of the world via its subcultures, from the heart of the African music scene in Paris to the... Read more

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الدحيحة - محمد صلاح - Abridged by طاهر المعتز بالله
الدحيحة - محمد صلاح - Abridged
طاهر المعتز بالله
الدحيحة - محمد صلاح - Abridged by طاهر المعتز بالله

الدحيحة - محمد صلاح - Abridged

By: طاهر المعتز بالله

Narrated by: أحمد الغندور

Length: 49 minutes

Abridged: Yes

زي ما عندهم كريستيانو عندنا صلاحيانو! في الوقت بدل الضايع من ماتش المنتخب المصري مع الكونغو في تصفيات كاس العالم، كان صلاح على ميعاد مع تسجيل أهم ضربة جزاء في تاريخ كرة القدم المصرية، أمام 80 ألف متفرج في استاد القاهرة، وكانت سبب في تأهل مصر لكاس العالم بعد غياب 28 سنة.ملايين المصريين شافوه واقف يسدد بهدوء وثبات وتركيز، لكن اللي محدش يعرفه إنه... Read more

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Kabarettistisches um, über und mit Joachim Ringelnatz - Abridged by Peter Eckhart Reichel & Joachim Ringelnatz
Kabarettistisches um, über und mit Joachim Ringelnatz - Abridged
Peter Eckhart Reichel & Joachim Ringelnatz
Kabarettistisches um, über und mit Joachim Ringelnatz - Abridged by Peter Eckhart Reichel & Joachim Ringelnatz

Kabarettistisches um, über und mit Joachim Ringelnatz - Abridged

By: Peter Eckhart Reichel & Joachim Ringelnatz

Narrated by: Michael Quast & Moritz Stoepel

Length: 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Joachim Ringelnatz zählt heute zu den wenigen Dichtern, die das deutschsprachige Kabarett seinerzeit überhaupt hervorgebracht hat. Aber nicht nur auf den Brettl-Bühnen, auch im alltäglichen Leben war er ein Original, ohne dies überhaupt sein zu wollen. Mit seinen Streichen lieferte er jedoch ausreichend Stoff für unzählige Anekdoten, die... Read more

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الدحيحة - محمد علي كلاي - Abridged by طاهر المعتز بالله
الدحيحة - محمد علي كلاي - Abridged
طاهر المعتز بالله
الدحيحة - محمد علي كلاي - Abridged by طاهر المعتز بالله

الدحيحة - محمد علي كلاي - Abridged

By: طاهر المعتز بالله

Narrated by: أحمد الغندور

Length: 2 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: Yes

يطفو كالفراشة ويلدغ كالنحلة! قصة أشهر ملاكم في التاريخ، فاز ببطولة العالم في الوزن التقيل وعمره اتنين وعشرين سنة، وأول تصريح ليه بعد الفوز كان قنبلة مدوية في الأوساط العالمية، أعلن اعتناقه الإسلام وانضمامه لمنظمة "أمة الإسلام" تحت اسم محمد علي كلاي! حول الملاكمة من رياضة أقرب لمصارعة التيران لفن معتمد على المهارة والذكاء وسرعة رد الفعل قبل... Read more

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The Family - Abridged by Kitty Kelley
The Family - Abridged
Kitty Kelley
The Family - Abridged by Kitty Kelley

The Family - Abridged

By: Kitty Kelley

Narrated by: Kitty Kelley

Length: 10 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

They have wielded enormous financial power and dominated world politics for more than half a century. They have been appointed to positions of great power and have been elected as governors, congressmen, senators and presidents. They have shaped our past and, with our country at war under the leadership of their number one son, they are, more... Read more

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Grace and Power - Abridged by Sally Bedell Smith
Grace and Power - Abridged
Sally Bedell Smith
Grace and Power - Abridged by Sally Bedell Smith

Grace and Power - Abridged

By: Sally Bedell Smith

Narrated by: Anne Twomey

Length: 5 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In GRACE & POWER: THE PRIVATE WORLD OF THE KENNEDY WHITE HOUSE, New York Times bestselling author Sally Bedell Smith takes us inside the Kennedy White House with unparalleled access and insight. Having interviewed scores of Kennedy intimates, including many who have never spoken before, and drawing on letters and personal papers made... Read more

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Bootlegger's Boy - Abridged by Barry Switzer
Bootlegger's Boy - Abridged
Barry Switzer
Bootlegger's Boy - Abridged by Barry Switzer

Bootlegger's Boy - Abridged

By: Barry Switzer

Narrated by: Barry Switzer

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

A riveting memoir by one of the most successful football coaches in America!As head coach of the Oklahoma Sooners, Barry Switzer was the fourth most successful coach in NCAA history. Both praised and reviled by the media as the "outlaw" of college football, Switzer was characterized as the "greatest rogue, pirate, hustler, and con man" ever to... Read more

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الدحيحة - مالكوم إكس - Abridged by طاهر المعتز بالله
الدحيحة - مالكوم إكس - Abridged
طاهر المعتز بالله
الدحيحة - مالكوم إكس - Abridged by طاهر المعتز بالله

الدحيحة - مالكوم إكس - Abridged

By: طاهر المعتز بالله

Narrated by: أحمد الغندور

Length: 3 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: Yes

قصة حياة الحاج مالك الشباز. في مايو 1925 تحديدًا في مدينة أوماها بولاية نبراسكا، اتولد مالكوم ليتل ومعاه نبوءته. مالكوم ابن العائلة الفقيرة لأب داعية مسيحي فقير وأم ذات شخصية قوية وشجاعة، كان بيحمل صفات اسم المدينة اللي اتولد فيها. أوماها، تعني المشي عكس التيار! من هو مالكوم ليتل الذي تحول لمالكوم إكس؟ وإزاي قصة حياته كانت مؤثرة في المجتمع... Read more

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Jetzt sag ich's - Abridged by Marina C. Watteck
Jetzt sag ich's - Abridged
Marina C. Watteck
Jetzt sag ich's - Abridged by Marina C. Watteck

Jetzt sag ich's - Abridged

By: Marina C. Watteck

Narrated by: Waltraut Haas

Length: 3 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Mariandl" erinnert sich Waltraut Haas ist seit über 70 Jahren eine Ikone des deutschsprachigen Films und der Bühne. An der Seite von Stars wie Peter Alexander, Johannes Heesters, Conny Froboess, Heinz Rühmann, Curd Jürgens oder Hans Moser spielte sie in zahlreichen Musik- und Unterhaltungs-filmen, darunter "Der Hofrat Geiger", "Im weißen... Read more

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