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Title: The Golden Cub

Author: Rosemarie Gilchrist

Narrator: Peter Gilchrist

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 14 hours 3 minutes

Release date: October 17, 2023

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1

Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1

Genres: LGBTQ+

Publisher's Summary:

The Golden Cub is an epic family adventure set in the 1800#039;s and based on a true story. An Irish Landowners son travels to South Africa with his wife and young child, only to disappear without trace. Reports of a white child living with a remote Tribe reach the family and they send his younger brother to locate and recover the young boy. The Brother#039;s girlfriend, from a poor family, runs away with him to Africa and helps in his daunting search. Colorful characters, grand adventures and the vast African landscape await, in this emotional and brilliantly narrated novel. Enjoy Love, drama and the triumph of the Human spirit in this memorable journey through the African wilds and all it#039;s fascinating inhabitants.

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Title: Ante Bellum

Author: Eric B. Ruark

Narrator: Eric B. Ruark

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 0 hours 39 minutes

Release date: October 16, 2023

Genres: LGBTQ+

Publisher's Summary:

In 1863, General James A. Longstreet asks his trouble shooter, Captain William Wallace, to investigate a murder. The investigation leads Captain Wallace across the south in the search of an apparent serial killer.

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Title: Marius' Mules XV: The Ides of March: Marius' Mules Book 15

Series: #15 of Marius' Mules

Author: S. J. A. Turney

Narrator: Malk Williams

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 15 hours 18 minutes

Release date: October 12, 2023

Genres: LGBTQ+

Publisher's Summary:

The war in Gaul is over. The rebels are defeated. Now the battle for Rome has begun.

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Title: [German] - Und am Ende die Freiheit

Author: Verena Rabe

Narrator: Lisa Rauen

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 54 minutes

Release date: October 10, 2023

Genres: LGBTQ+

Publisher's Summary:

Eine Frau, die im falschen Leben gefangen ist – und eine Liebe, die nie sein durfte ... Während Deutschland in den 50ern langsam aufblüht, fühlt sich Helene in ihrem tristen Alltag als Hamburger Vorzeige-Hausfrau wie betäubt. Erst als sie ihrer Jugendliebe Julius wiederbegegnet, hat sie das Gefühl, endlich wieder atmen zu können. Mit ihm kehren all die Erinnerungen zurück: an eine junge Helene, die gemeinsam mit ihren Berliner Freundinnen verstaubte Konventionen aufbrach, die sich als eine der ersten Juristinnen des Landes behauptete – und die es trotz der heraufziehenden Dunkelheit wagte, den Sohn eines jüdischen Richters zu lieben. Plötzlich spürt Helene: Was damals zerbrach, kann immer noch gerettet werden. Sie muss nur mutig sein ...  -

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Title: [Spanish] - El cuento del terrateniente

Author: Geoffrey Chaucer

Narrator: Luis Marquez

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 0 hours 48 minutes

Release date: October 6, 2023

Genres: LGBTQ+

Publisher's Summary:

En El cuento de Franklin de Los cuentos de Canterbury de Geoffrey Chaucer, Dorigen, la esposa de un noble, hace una promesa aparentemente imposible, mientras que su marido, Arveragus, muestra una confianza y un honor inquebrantables, explorando temas de amor, lealtad y fidelidad.

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Title: [German] - Die Kinder der Torbergs

Series: #1 of Die Torberg-Saga

Author: Martin Redies

Narrator: Rebekka Wolfram

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 23 hours 14 minutes

Release date: October 6, 2023

Genres: LGBTQ+

Publisher's Summary:

1900, Wittenberge/Brandenburg – Die adelige Ida von Brauntal hat Gregor Torberg geheiratet, den Adoptivsohn eines ostpreußischen Gutsbesitzers. Drei Töchter hat er mit ihr und führt erfolgreich eine Bank am Ort. Die beiden ältesten Töchter heiraten standesgemäß: Luise ehelicht den Sohn eines jüdischen Bankiers, Dora wählt einen Offiziersanwärter zum Mann. Carin besucht noch die Schule, als der Kaiser zu den Waffen ruft. 1918, Berlin – Nach dem Krieg brechen die Kinder der Torbergs auf, um ihr Glück zu suchen, aber die Welt der Eltern, die gute alte Kaiserzeit, gibt es nicht mehr. Luise und ihr Mann haben während des Krieges Deutschland verlassen. Als sie zurückkehren, prägen Judenhass und die Sehnsucht nach der Vergangenheit das Land. Doras Mann Gabor wird Offizier der neuen Reichswehr. Doch es herrscht Inflation und sein Gehalt reicht kaum zum Überleben. Carin verliebt sich in einen jungen Mann, der sich den Truppen der Freikorps angeschlossen hat. Es dauert nicht lang, da erschüttern Attentate auf jüdische Politiker die junge Republik.

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Title: [Russian] - История телесных наказаний в России

Author: николай николаевич евреинов

Narrator: владимир самойлов

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 10 hours 0 minutes

Release date: October 2, 2023

Genres: LGBTQ+

Publisher's Summary:

Николай Николаевич Евреинов (1879-1953) – режиссер, драматург, теоретик и историк театра – создал фундаментальный труд, посвященный истории телесных наказаний в России. Зверства Ивана Грозного в эпоху опричного террора и расправы Петра I со стрельцами и придворной аристократией, жестокое подавление восстаний крестьян и казаков и насильственные методы дознаний при расследовании преступлений. Дыба, колесо, кол, четвертование, разрывание, распиливание на части, поджаривание на медленном огне, сдирание кожи и погребение заживо – мрачные страницы истории, которые современному человеку трудно вообразить. Однако несомненная ценность этой книги – не в познании давно отжившего института телесных наказаний, а во «всестороннем изучении быта и нравов народа, практиковавшего на протяжении веков членовредительство, боль и срам как законные и обычные средства воздействия на нарушителей закона». Содержание: Введение. О ценности истории телесных наказаний Часть 1. Телесные наказания в русском праве Глава 1. Телесные наказания в Киевской Руси Глава 2. Эпоха рассвета телесных наказаний Глава 3. От Петра Великого до Екатерины II Глава 4. Эпоха сокращения телесных наказаний Глава 5. Телесные наказания во времена Александра I и Николая I Глава 6. История отмены телесных наказаний в России Глава 7. Телесные наказания в русском праве после 17 апреля 1863 года Часть 2. Административные телесные наказания Глава 1. Административные взыскания в XVII и XVIII веках Глава 2. Полиция в XVIII веке и сыскной приказ Глава 3. Административные порядки в дореформенной России в XIX веке Глава 4. Вопрос об административных телесных наказаниях в связи с реформой 1863 года Глава 5. Административные телесные наказания во второй половине XIX века Глава 6. Телесные наказания при народных волнениях в XVIII и XIX веках Глава 7. Телесные наказания в эпоху революции Глава 8. Современное положение

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Title: The Water Margin: Outlaws of the Marsh

Author: Shi Naian

Narrator: Jonathan Booth

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 33 hours 41 minutes

Release date: June 29, 2023

Genres: LGBTQ+

Publisher's Summary:

The Water Margin is one of the most popular classics of early Chinese literature. It tells the vigorous story of 108 characters who, falling foul of the established state authorities are forced to become outlaws. They form a bandit community in Liangshan Marsh, becoming such a formidable force in their own right that they threaten the power of government itself. The author, Shi Nain, writing in the 14th century, the time of the Ming Dynasty, presents the tale with all the force and directness of a live story-teller. He describes in some detail the numerous one-to-one combats with a wide variety of weapons, as well as hand to hand fights. Despite written over half a millennium ago, it all seems very familiar to the contemporary listener, for the style lives on in the Chinese martial arts movies of today. He pulls no punches with the events themselves. There is deception, murder, torture, adultery, beheadings and massacre on a grand scale, reflecting the disorderly nature of the time – it is set 200 years earlier in a lawless period during the Northern Song dynasty. But the power of the story lies in the portrayal of the individuals who cover the wide spectrum of human kind. There are the honourable figures, wrongly branded on the face as criminals and forced to wear the heavy cangue – the massive wooden collar, punishing and restricting movement. There are the mighty warriors who, despite good deeds (killing tigers that are terrorising the neighbourhood) are forced to flee established society by powerful but envious officials. There are monks displaying varying degrees of ethical behaviour. And there are some who simply love to fight, anywhere, anytime, with any weapons, and find themselves most comfortable in the outlaw milieu. The Water Margin has come down to us in various forms – its huge size attracted abridgements – and the version recorded here is the 70-chapter chronicle by Jin Shengtan, dating from the 17th century. The translation by J. H. Jackson appeared in the 1930s. But it has been recently revised by Edwin Lowe who wanted to bring back the earthy flavour of the original, reintroducing the strong language, the brutality and the unexpurgated nature of Shi Nain's language. In short, it is a rip-roaring tale, unrelenting in its energy, more akin to the modern thriller than the elegant, reflective character one would expect from a Chinese classic! Nevertheless, it often exhibits the features of the morality tale with wise aphorisms. Jonathan Booth gives a virtuoso presentation with vivid characterisation of the principals, and the hundreds of minor individuals who pop up in this detailed account of medieval life in the raw.

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Title: An Impossible Return: A Novel

Author: Caroline Laurent

Narrator: Beresford Bennett

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 30 minutes

Release date: December 1, 2022

Genres: LGBTQ+

Publisher's Summary:

Winner of the Prix Maison de la Presse An epic love story set against a backdrop of injustice, devastating secrets, and the painful price of independence. It’s 1967 in the Chagos Archipelago—a group of atolls in the Indian Ocean—and life is peaceful and easy for hardworking Marie. Her fierce independence and love for her home are quickly apparent to Gabriel, the handsome and sophisticated Mauritian secretary to the archipelago’s administrator; it’s love at first sight. As these two lovers from neighboring islands welcome a new son, Joséphin, a bright future seems possible. But Gabriel is hiding a terrible secret. The Mauritian government is negotiating independence from Britain, and this deal with the devil will mean evacuating the Chagos, without warning or mercy—a betrayal that will put their love to the test. Inspired by a shocking travesty of justice, the repercussions of which still reverberate more than fifty years later, bestselling Franco-Mauritian author Caroline Laurent paints a shimmering portrait of island life, a sensual paradise lost, and a gorgeous star-crossed love against all odds.

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Title: Light to the Hills: A Novel

Author: Bonnie Blaylock

Narrator: Shannon Mcmanus

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 15 minutes

Release date: December 1, 2022

Genres: LGBTQ+

Publisher's Summary:

A richly rewarding novel about family bonds, the power of words, and the resilience of mothers and daughters in 1930s Appalachia. The folks in the Kentucky Appalachians are scraping by. Coal mining and hardscrabble know-how are a way of life for these isolated people. But when Amanda Rye, a young widowed mother and traveling packhorse librarian, comes through a mountain community hit hard by the nation’s economic collapse, she brings with her hope, courage, and apple pie. Along the way, Amanda takes a shine to the MacInteer family, especially to the gentle Rai; her quick-study daughter, Sass; and Finn, the eldest son who’s easy to warm to. They remind Amanda of her childhood and her parents with whom she longs to be reconciled. Her connection with the MacInteers deepens, and Amanda shares with them a dangerous secret from her past. When that secret catches up with Amanda in the present, she, Rai, Sass, and Finn find their lives intersecting—and threatened—in the most unexpected ways. Now they must come together as the truth lights a path toward survival, mountain justice, forgiveness, and hope.