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Titel: Die Modernisierung meiner Mutter

Autor:: Bov Bjerg

Erzähler: Bov Bjerg

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 3 hrs and 20 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 08-15-16

Herausgeber: Audible Studios

Bewertung: 5 von 5 von 1 Stimmen

Kategorien: Fiction, Literary

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Das Beste aus 20 Jahren vom Shootingstar der deutschen Literatur: Geschichten über die schwäbische Heimat, das Berliner Exil und das ferne Amerika. Komisch und melancholisch. Vielschichtig und pointiert. Für den literarischen Genuss und den großen Lesespaß.

Gerade als seine Mutter den Führerschein macht, lässt der Gemeinderat eine Fußgängerampel aufstellen, mit fatalen Folgen für Mensch und Tier. Und ausgerechnet während des Urlaubs mit seiner Freundin in einem amerikanischen Nationalpark zieht ein heftiger Sturm auf. Und mitten im Zug auf halber Strecke zum Satireabend nach Frankfurt stürzen die Zwillingstürme ein. Egal ob Mütter oder Söhne, Lokaljournalisten oder Bankdirektoren, Münzsammler oder Apotheker - die Figuren in Bov Bjergs Geschichten haben eins gemeinsam: Für ihren Lebensweg gibt es keinen Verkehrsfunk. Schwäbische Alb, Berlin, Amerika. Das sind ihre Koordinaten. Aber was unterwegs passiert, damit müssen sie irgendwie allein fertig werden.

Mit großer Einfühlsamkeit spürt Bov Bjerg den kleinen und großen Schicksalsschlägen des Lebens nach und sorgt mit seinem besonderen Humor dafür, dass man am Ende trotzdem lacht. Die in diesem Hörbuch veröffentlichten Geschichten waren bis auf eine in dem E-Book "Ohne Brille kann ich recht und links nicht unterscheiden" enthalten.

©2016 Aufbau Verlag GmbH & Co. KG (P)2016 Audible GmbH

Kritik Bewertungen:

Seine Geschichten zu lesen ist ganz einfach immer wieder ein sehr großes Vergnügen.

-- Horst Evers

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Title: A Mother's Love

Author: Santa Montefiore

Narrator: Karen Cass

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 12 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-11-16

Publisher: Wholestory Audiobooks

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

Celeste is mourning the tragic death of her young son, Jack, who died from leukaemia. So when she learns that her nephew is coming to stay, she doesn't think she can bear to have another child in the house.

But when Bruno arrives, she has no choice but to make him feel welcome and loved, even though her heart is breaking. And when he starts to show some insight into what Jack was like, Celeste dares to dream there might be something more than meets the eye....

Critic Reviews:

Praise for the author: "Everything she writes, she writes from the heart." (Jojo Moyes)

"Santa Montefiore is the new Rosamunde Pilcher." (Daily Mail)

Members Reviews:

Such a touching story

I really identified with this story as I also lost a son. The way Celeste felt was so like me and I too have come to terms with it. Santa is a wonderful story teller and describes everything so vividly.

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Title: The Elephanta Suite

Author: Paul Theroux

Narrator: Firdous Bamji

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-04-16

Publisher: Wholestory Audiobooks

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

This fabulous, far-reaching book breathtakingly captures the tumult, ambition, hardship and serenity that mark modern India. Theroux's characters risk venturing far beyond its well-worn paths to discover woe or truth or peace.

A holidaying middle-aged couple veer heedlessly from idyll to chaos. A buttoned-up Boston lawyer finds relief in Mumbai's reeking slums. A young woman befriends an elephant in Bangalore.

We also meet Indian characters as distinctive as they are indicative of their country's subtle ironies: an executive who yearns to become a holy beggar, an earnest young striver whose personality is transformed by acquiring an American accent, a miracle-working guru, and more....

Members Reviews:

One For Three

MONKEY HILL is a definitive portrayal of how and why the expected touristic unease in an ancient country among impenetrable customs, totemic rituals, tribal distinctions, societal barriers, indistinguishable classes, furtive glances, foreign whispers, gods and myths, erotic ennui, erotic fumbling, turns into stark terror. When Paul Theroux gets it right, as he does here, he gets it right forever. When he gets it wrong, THE GATEWAY OF INDIA and THE ELEPHANT GOD fill out the book.

Among my favorites of the lesser-known Theroux fiction

I will give this collection of three novellas the most objective review I can for someone who has never visited India, where all three are set. The clash of cultures, particularly with an erotic twist, is a pervasive Theroux theme, as is the ability to view all cultures with a discerning, if sometimes jaundiced, eye. The stories concern: (a) a self-centered American couple who can't leave the worst aspects of their American-ness at the door when entering a religious-centered spa; (b) an American "fixer" of similar bent whose betrayal by a colleague has an unanticipated result' and (c) an open-minded American college girl who has an unpleasant encounter with the negative side of India. The endings are quite a surprise until the reader runs them through his/her mind again and sees they are probably the only endings that should have been expected. (Don't mean to be cryptic, but can't give them away.) World traveler Theroux can be expected to have a fairly deep understanding of the subcontinent - and certainly knows the mindset of his own country - such that his outcomes are persuasive as well as interesting to read.

I couldn't help but shudder at the unuwanted truths about naive Americans in India

I've read several books by this author and I've loved every one of them. The Elephanta Suite is no exception. Here, the sights, sounds, smells and way of life in modern India are rendered in three short novelas, each poignant with meaning deep enough to give me chills as well as lots of food for thought. Written in 2007 and 273 pages long, I felt I was transported to the author's world, feeling his power to bring these stories to life and he does that job so well that I couldn't help but shudder. These are not easy stories to read. They showcase Americans trying to cope with the monolith that is India, making mistakes, and being crushed by their ignorance and presumptions. Each of these stories shattered my understanding and left me shivering. I do not think I will ever forget them.

The first story is about a wealthy American couple vacationing in India and ignoring its prohibitions.

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Title: It's Better to Be Lucky Than Good

Author: Sonya Larson

Narrator: Eric G. Dove

Format: Unabridged

Length: 40 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-02-16

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

The Vietnam draft is removing the staff of a rural Wisconsin bar one by one. Dishboys, bouncers, and a bartender named Roger are the latest to get induction notices, each showing a proud face while secretly terrified to face the medical examiners who will determine their fate. When help comes from an unexpected place, new problems arise. Shortlisted for Best American Short Stories 2015, Larson's intimate psychological portrait of fear takes the familiar and turns it into something utterly original.

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Title: The Blackbird Singularity

Author: Matt Wilven

Narrator: Mike Rogers

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-01-16

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

Vince stops taking his lithium when he finds out about his partner's pregnancy. As withdrawal kicks in, he can barely hold his life together.

Somewhere between making friends with a blackbird in the back garden and hearing his dead son's footsteps in the attic, he finds himself lost and alone, journeying through a world of chaos and darkness, completely unaware of the miracle that lies ahead.

Members Reviews:

A must listen! Gripping and fascinating.

I absolutely loved this book. It is really beautifully written. The Blackbird Singularity explores how fragile a person can be particularly through dark times in ones life. What makes this book unique is that each chapter begins with a forward that details a scientific concept or philosophical idea which runs as a theme throughout the chapter. So you will learn something as well reading a great story! I would wholeheartedly recommend this book.

Loved this book!

Please don't let the subject matter put you off downloading this book; It's incredibly well written and uplifting. I could go back to the start and listen all over again. This author is one to watch. Brilliant!

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Title: Break in Case of Emergency

Author: Jessica Winter

Narrator: Xe Sands

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-28-16

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

An irreverent and deeply moving comedy set in New York about friendship, fertility and fighting for one's sanity in a toxic workplace.

Jen has reached her early 30s and has all but abandoned a once-promising painting career when, spurred by the economic crisis, she takes a poorly defined job at a feminist nonprofit. The foundation's aim is to empower women, but staffers spend all their time devising acronyms for imaginary programs, ruthlessly undermining one another and stroking the ego of their boss, the larger-than-life celebrity philanthropist Leora Infinitas. Jen's complicity in this passive-aggressive hellscape only intensifies her feelings of inferiority compared to her two best friends - one a wealthy attorney with a picture-perfect family, the other a passionately committed artist - and so does Jen's apparent inability to have a baby, a source of existential panic that begins to affect her marriage and her already precarious status at the office.

Jessica Winter's ferociously intelligent debut novel is a wry satire that explores the difficulty of navigating friendships as they shift to accommodate marriage and family and the unspoken tensions that can strain even the strongest bonds.

Critic Reviews:

"If you need a New York map of our times, have Jessica Winter become your cartographer. Sassy, sarcastic and sleek, this is a wonderfully brash appraisal of how we live" (National Book Award winner Colum McCann)

"Jessica Winter nails the moment in your life when you go from 'young' to 'no longer young' - that see-saw teetering point between your 20s and 30s, and its specific mix of ignorance you'll be embarrassed by later, and confidence you'll someday wish you could have back. If you're wondering what it's like to live in New York when you're young, just buy Jessica Winter's book. It's funny, satirical, and deftly written. And it's much cheaper than a 2-bedroom in Brooklyn." (Mike Schur, cocreator of Parks and Recreation)

"Extremely funny - a satirical masterpiece that is tender and existentially-minded as well. I loved it!" (Elizabeth McKenzie, author of The Portable Veblen)

Members Reviews:

I was going for a beach read and I got a vocabulary lesson.

Really wanted to love this after I heard about it on my favorite Slate podcasts, but the writing was intolerable. She seemed more interested in giving us a vocabulary lesson than writing a great story. Skip it.

Buy in Case of Emergency

When I somehow lost my library copy of this book with only 20-something pages to go, I couldn't bear to delay the gratification of finishing it by reapplying to the library's wait list. So I ordered it from Amazon and will present it to the library as a replacement now that I've gobbled down the last bit. My point is that that is how enjoyable this book is: I paid a dollar a page.

Jessica Winter is a stunning writer who deals hilariously with the bewilderment and frustration of a youngish woman named Jen, a new hire at a "feminist" foundation whose job description should have read: "Applicant must be willing to subject herself to whims of and humiliation by egotistical, hypocritical, manipulative women dedicated to women's empowerment." These devils drape themselves in altruism rather than Prada--well, probably that too--but evil cloaked as do-gooding can be just as devastating.

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Titel: Der Ring des Generals (Die Löwenskölds 1)

Autor:: Selma Lagerlöf

Erzähler: Heidi Jürgens

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 3 hrs and 37 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 07-26-16

Herausgeber: SAGA Egmont

Kategorien: Fiction, Literary

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Der Soldat Bengt Löwensköld wird vom König für seine Verdienste im Großen Nordsichen Krieg ausgezeichnet und erhält ein Landgut sowie einen wertvollen Ring.

Nach seinem Tod nimmt Löwensköld diesen Ring mit ins Grab. Doch dort bleibt er nicht lange, denn der Bauer Brd Brdsson stiehlt den Ring aus dem Grab. Von diesem Tag an wird Brd vom Unglück verfolgt. Von seinem eigentlichen Besitzer gestohlen, scheint ein Fluch über dem Ring zu lasten, der all seinen späteren Besitzern nichts als Unglück bringt. Als der Student Adrian Löwensköld, Enkel des verstorbenen Bengt Löwensköld, von dem Gespenst seines Großvaters heimgesucht wird, versucht er, der Sache ein Ende zu bereiten.

Selma Lagerlöf (1858-1940) ist eine der bekanntesten schwedischen Schriftstellerinnen und ihre Werke zählen zur Weltliteratur. Schon als junges Mädchen widmete sie sich lieber ihren Büchern als der Hausarbeit und besuchte später gegen den Wunsch ihres Vaters ein Mädchengymnasium in Stockholm, um anschließend eine Ausbildung zur Volksschullehrerin zu absolvieren. 1895 gab sie den Lehrerberuf auf und widmete sich ganz dem Schreiben. Zu ihren bekanntesten Werken zählen "Die wunderbare Reise des kleinen Nils Holgersson mit den Wildgänsen", "Der Fuhrmann des Todes" oder die Löwensköld-Trilogie. Selma Lagerlöf wurde als erste Frau mit dem Literatur-Nobelpreis ausgezeichnet und als erste Frau in die Schwedische Akademie aufgenommen.

©2016 SAGA Egmont. Übersetzung von Pauline Klaiber and Marie Franzos (P)2016 SAGA Egmont

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Title: Boat People

Author: Joyce Thompson

Narrator: Tamara Marston

Format: Unabridged

Length: 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-25-16

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

Ten years after the fall of Saigon, a tentative friendship blossoms between a Portland writer and the Vietnamese woman who sells her morning coffee and cigarettes, framing a powerful and original meditation on class, gender, and the power of storytelling to heal the wounds of war.

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Title: Breathwork

Author: Cassandra Dunn

Narrator: Emily Caudwell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 50 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-25-16

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

A brittle young woman juggles her overbearing mother, her pregnant sister, her adoring father, and the intrigue of a handsome stranger she keeps running into. Angie's passive role in her own life, while acting as her sister's support and her mother's adversary, is upended in both the unlikeliest and likeliest of ways.

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Title: The Angel of Holloway

Author: M. R. Williamson

Narrator: Steve Hirsch

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-20-16

Publisher: RadioArchives

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

A normal life was all that soldier Johnny Tremain ever wanted. But laying wounded in the elephant grass deep in the jungles of eastern Vietnam, he saw a vision of a girl from his past, one whom he once loved.

"Get up, Johnny," she urged. "You're not hurt," she said.

Quickly realizing this was no vision, Johnny struggled to his feet and followed her, hopefully toward Camp Holloway. Losing his strength, he passed out only to be brought back by the same, haunting voice.

Those at Camp Holloway accredited Johnny's survival to something angelic. But visions sometimes follow soldiers home, all the way back to the States. And the only way to escape back to normality is to confront them.... But how?

Pro Se Productions proudly presents The Angel of Holloway by M. R. Williamson, the first in a series of digest novels set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War, tales of love, loss, of war and the supernatural.

Cover Photograph by Kimberly Richardson

Members Reviews:

loved it

I really enjoyed this adventure with Johnny Tremain. I hear there will be more and cant wait. set during the Vietnam war this story delivers a nice paced and well told story about a wounded soldier who seems to have a guardian angel all to himself...or does he? Do yourselve a favor and check it out, you wont be disappointed!

Spooky ghost story!

I received a copy of this novella in exchange for an honest review. This is in no way reflected in my opinion of this book.

The Angel of Holloway is a fun little ghost/war story. It's spooky without being graphic, and safe for a younger audience. Haunted by the things that happened overseas, and struggling to find his place at home, Johnny is an easy character to care about. So is Lou, the girl who loves him. She quickly finds out that one of the ghosts that haunt him is all too real. The first part in a series, this enjoyable novella left me wanting to know more about Johnny's guardian angel, I'm looking forward to part two. This is a fast 3.5 star read (110 pages) perfect for a lazy afternoon.