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Alle meine Mütter erzählt von dieser besonderen, oft lebenslang komplexen Beziehung und ihren Facetten, erzählt davon, welche Mütter wir selbst zu sein versuchen, wie wir scheitern, zweifeln, stolpern, welche Ängste uns begleiten, was uns bindet und prägt, aber auch, was uns abhält, was es heißt, ungewollt Mutter oder nicht Mutter zu sein, ein Kind anzunehmen, zu verlieren oder nicht loslassen zu können. Eine feinfühlige Erkundung der wohl prägendsten Beziehung unseres Lebens, der zu unseren Müttern. Ein bewegend aufrichtiger Roman. Dieses Hörbuch geht alle an.

Inspiriert von einer wahren Geschichte erzählt #1-Kindle-Bestsellerautor Mark Sullivan das epische Drama zweier Kindersoldaten und ihren Kampf ums Überleben. Uganda in den 1990er-Jahren: Skrupellos entführt der Warlord Joseph Kony Kinder aus den Dörfern, macht sie zu Soldaten und schickt sie schwer bewaffnet ins Feld. Auch Anthony Opoka and Florence Okori werden aus ihrem Leben gerissen und Teil von Konys fanatischem Machtkampf. Fern von ihren Familien und der Hoffnung auf eine gute Zukunft bleibt den brillanten Schülern nur ihr tief verwurzelter Glaube an das Gute im Menschen, um zu überleben.

1969 im Frühjahr, ich bin zwanzig Jahre jung, habe Freunde, Bekannte und einen guten Job auf der Werft. Trotzdem bemerke ich an mir eine, mich seit längerem mehr und mehr beschäftigende Perspektivlosigkeit. Ich bin genervt, gelangweilt von den sich immer wiederholenden, bedeutungslosen Ereignissen in meinem Alltag und völlig unschlüssig, was ich zukünftig daran ändern könnte. Meine große Sorge ist, dass mein Leben so verlaufen könnte, wie ich es bei älteren Bekannten und Kollegen miterlebe. Auf der Werft arbeiten, heiraten, Hochzeitsreise nach Tirol, Kinder. Und die Zeit plätschert so dahin bis zur Rente.

It is 1556 and the queen's astrologer, the prophet Nostradamus has uncovered a secret that could destroy the kingdom of France. The queen, Catherine de Medicis, a dabbler in black magic, has decided to get rid of the king's mistress by seeking out the legendary Undying Head of Menander the Magus, known as the Master of All Desires. But she does not know that evil befalls all those who wish upon this accursed object. And the head, in its coffer, has fallen into the possession of a charming, wryly perceptive but stubborn young woman: Sybille Artaud de la Roche.

All'inizio degli anni Sessanta, a Veules-les-Roses, un piccolo villaggio della Normandia, comincia a circolare una notizia che ha dello straordinario: le lettere indirizzate a Babbo Natale non solo arrivano veramente a destinazione, ma ricevono anche risposta! Dietro questa tenera trovata c'è Magdeleine Morin, responsabile dell'ufficio postale del paese, che, in barba alla regola che le imporrebbe di gettar via le letterine dei bambini, decide invece di aprirle e di fare tutto il possibile per realizzare i sogni che contengono.

From humble beginnings in one of Brazil’s crowded favelas, soulmates Mario Ng and Ana Silva chase ambitious dreams - hers of being a music star - and his of becoming his country’s youngest astronaut. They find success as Ana’s music inspires a global audience and Mario rewrites the record books. How long can their happiness last in an era of rising seas, global unrest, and hackers bent on wreaking havoc? The answer is painful, and Mario must deal with the ghosts of his past, and ghosts of another era - nightmares with far-reaching consequences for the world below.

Inspired by true events, The Death of Us All follows the life of Sister Dorothy Stang, a catholic nun who was brutally murdered by contract killers in 2005. Dedicating her life to save the Amazon Rainforest and stop the atrocities inflicted upon the indigenous peoples; her work in Brazil intertwines with locals, Adriana and Izabel.

Set in the 10th century, The Last Israelite tells the true story of Eldad the Danite who came from Africa and claimed to be from one of the the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel.

Beyond All Priceis a historical novel, based on the real life story of Nellie M. Chase, a Union nurse during America's Civil War. History books have recorded only a few lines about her experiences as a Civil War nurse. She left no personal letters and no formal records, but those whose lives she touched remembered her as an angel of mercy. Her story, told here by a trained historian, is factual whenever events can be documented. Fictional descriptions, conversations, and transitions strive to reflect the true nature of the time in which she lived and struggled.

May 1536, London...a fallen queen sits waiting in the Tower of London, condemned to death by her husband. As death looms before her, Anne Boleyn, second queen of Henry VIII, looks back on her life...from the very beginning.

Una extraordinaria novela basada en la vida de María Casares, la actriz española de teatro que triunfó en el exilio en Francia: su historia familiar, su carrera artística y su relación con Albert Camus, con el que vivió una apasionada historia de amor.

It’s the middle of a long hot summer on the French Mediterranean shore, and the town is teeming with tourists. Sebag and Molino, two tired cops who are being slowly devoured by dull routine and family worries, deal with the day’s misdemeanors and petty complaints at the Perpignan police headquarters. But then a young Dutch woman is found murdered on a beach at Argelès, and another one disappears without a trace in the alleys of the city. Is it a serial killer obsessed with Dutch women? Maybe. The media senses fresh meat and moves in for the feeding frenzy.

A fictional recreation of the turbulence of the 1960s civil rights movement, narrated from alternating perspectives, chronicles the life and times of charismatic African-American leader John Calvin Marshall, from his rise to national prominence to his tragic assassination.

For Conrad Burrell — husband, father, and successful attorney in the autumn of his life — the world has come apart. Having long ago lost his first wife, the mother of his grown daughter and a widow herself, to youth and pride, he’s now lost his second to a violent accident. “You think you’re finished, that you have no more stories in you,” his ex-wife warns, and he fears she’s right. After a lifetime of meeting the expectations of others, none are left but his own, and he must discover whether love survives death as well as divorce.

Charismatic expat Bobby Little built his own funky version of paradise on the remote island of Rum Cay, a place where ambitious sport fishermen docked their yachts for fine French cuisine and crowded the bar to boast of big blue marlin catches while Bobby refilled their cognac on the house. Larger than life, Bobby was really the main attraction: a visionary entrepreneur, expert archer, reef surfer, bush pilot, master chef, seductive conversationalist.

Finding a reason to live again after losing the love of your life, Henry and his beloved wife of almost 50 years, Edith, were preparing for their golden years when the unthinkable happened.

Sugar and Spice is based on the story of Peter and Alison Spice, who graduate from University with degrees in Early Childhood Development and decide to devote their careers to helping impoverished children in the inner cities. Along the way, and quite by accident, they win a Grammy.

While living inside of injustice as a innocent man, getting released only leads him to find true love in a beautiful lady who understood everything he went through.