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Title: [German] - Die geteilten Jahre (ungekürzt)

Author: Matthias Lisse

Narrator: Peter Lontzek

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 14 hours 27 minutes

Release date: September 16, 2024

Genres: Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Der Roman über eine abenteuerliche Flucht, der auf der wahren Geschichte des Autors Matthias Lisse - bekannt als Autor spannender und erfolgreicher historischer Romane unter dem Pseudonym Mac P. Lorne - basiert, und gleichermaßen eine anrührende Familiengeschichte: Berlin 13. August 1961. Der Traum vom 'Arbeiter- und Bauernparadies' ist ausgeträumt, und wie viele andere haben Wolfgang Leipold und seine Frau nur ein Ziel: die DDR, zusammen mit ihrem kleinen Sohn Marcus, so schnell wie möglich zu verlassen. Doch ihr Entschluss kommt zu spät, denn mit der Errichtung der Mauer ist ihnen der Weg in die Freiheit versperrt und jeder Gedanke an eine Flucht aus der DDR so gut wie unmöglich. Jahre später verzweifelt Marcus, inzwischen verheiratet und Vater einer Tochter, schier an dem verknöcherten und jede Eigeninitiative unterdrückenden Regime der DDR. Bevor er mit dem Staat in Konflikt gerät und die Stasi zuschlagen kann, drängt ihn seine Frau Imke zur Flucht in die Bundesrepublik. Von diesem Moment an unternimmt er alles, um sie und seine kleine Tochter Jessica zu sich zu holen. Bei einem der Versuche, seiner Familie den Weg in den Westen zu ermöglichen, wird Marcus festgenommen. Doch die spektakuläre und einzigartige Flucht von Imke und Jessica in die Bundesdeutsche Botschaft in Prag lässt neue Hoffnung aufkeimen... Ein beeindruckender und authentischer Roman, grandios interpretiert von Peter Lontzek. 'Ein beeindruckender und authentischer Roman.' ― Bayerische Rundschau

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Title: Murder at Thornton Park: Book 1 of the Thornton Mysteries

Series: #1 of The Thornton Mysteries

Author: Ellen Read

Narrator: Sarah Kennedy

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 10 hours 52 minutes

Release date: September 15, 2024

Genres: Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Formerly published as The Dragon Sleeps Dragon statue. An ancient sword. A body on the doorstep. What secret has remained hidden at Thornton Park for the last eighty years? It’s 1927 in Victoria, Australia. A time after the Great War when women have more options opened to them. At a weekend house party at Thornton Park, Alexandra Thornton decides to break the news to her father that she wants to be an antiques dealer, like her father, grandfather and great-grandfather before her. Guests include Zhang Huo, a Chinese antiques dealer who, with his son, has brought a Ming dragon statue from China for Thomas Thornton, Alexandra’s father. Benedict Archer, manager of Thornton Antiques in Melbourne, is also invited. When Edith Blackburn, her friend since childhood, points out to Alexandra that Benedict is attracted to her, Alexandra can’t believe it. Then a body is found on the doorstep, another in the orchard, and before the weekend is over, a priceless artefact is stolen. Alexandra is determined to discover how these things are connected to the Ming dragon and the antiques her great-grandfather brought with him from Hong Kong so many years ago. What treasure is worth killing to possess?

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Title: [French] - Ce parfum rouge

Author: Thérèsa Révay

Narrator: Maud Arrault

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 44 minutes

Release date: September 12, 2024

Genres: Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Lyon, 1934. Nine Dupré, 27 ans, appartient à une lignée de parfumeurs français établie à Moscou sous l’empire des tsars. La révolution bolchevique a mis fin brutalement à son enfance. Son père, qui lui a transmis sa passion, a disparu dans la tourmente. Nine a grandi en exil, à Paris. Désormais, c’est en sa mémoire qu’elle veut se faire un nom dans ce métier exigeant. Alors qu’elle travaille à Lyon pour une grande figure de la parfumerie française qui l’a prise sous son aile, Nine rencontre Pierre Rieux, un commissionnaire au passé sulfureux, proche du pouvoir soviétique. Bien que tout les sépare, ils deviennent amants. Lors de la visite d’une délégation de Soviétiques, Nine respire dans leur sillage un parfum dont seul son père détenait la composition. Comment est-ce possible ? Le maître parfumeur aurait-il survécu au pire ? Et à quel prix ? Une fenêtre s’entrouvre, car Staline vient de lancer un concours international de parfums en prévision des vingt ans de la révolution. Contre toute attente, elle prend le risque insensé de retourner dans sa ville natale, ce Moscou moderne, revu et corrigé par Joseph Staline, en quête de son père. Theresa Révay dévoile une page insolite de la haute parfumerie au XXe siècle. Sur fond de drames historiques et d’amour, elle dresse le portrait d’illustres créateurs mais aussi de personnalités méconnues de cet univers captivant, dont celui de son arrière-grand-oncle, Léon Givaudan.

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Title: The First Friend

Author: Malcolm Knox

Narrator: Mark Meadows

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 12 hours 5 minutes

Release date: September 12, 2024

Genres: Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Even the worst person has a best friend. A chilling black comedy, The First Friend imagines a gangster mob in charge of a global superpower. The Soviet Union 1938: Lavrentiy Beria, 'The Boss' of the Georgian republic, nervously prepares a Black Sea resort for a visit from 'The Boss of Bosses', his fellow Georgian Josef Stalin. Under escalating pressure from enemies and allies alike, Beria slowly but surely descends into murderous paranoia. By his side is Vasil Murtov, Beria's closest friend since childhood. But to be a witness is dangerous; Murtov must protect his family and play his own game of survival while remaining outwardly loyal to an increasingly unstable Beria. The tension ramps up as Stalin's visit and the inevitable bloodbath approaches. Is Murtov playing Beria, or is he being played? The First Friend is a novel in a time of autocrats, where reality is a fiction created by those who rule. Reflecting on Putin's Russia, Trump's America, Xi's China and Murdoch's planet Earth, it is at once a satire and a thriller, a survivor's tale in which a father has to walk a tightrope every day to save his family from a monster and a monstrous society. Where safety lies in following official fictions, is a truthful life the ultimate risk? 'Crackling with energy, irony, wit and terror, The First Friend is a timely and cautionary reminder of the stifling, murderous logic of strong man politics.' TIM WINTON 'Razor-sharp, wildly imaginative, bold, brilliant and often as dark as the inside of a coffin. Another triumph from a truly extraordinary writer.' TRENT DALTON 'The First Friend is not just a cracking read, it's a masterclass in Machiavellian manoeuvres. This is a magnificent piece of gallows humour, bitingly funny and horrifyingly grim at the same time.' KATE MCCLYMONT 'Bleak, intelligent and fearsomely well-researched - I kept telling myself I shouldn't laugh, but couldn't help it.' MICHAEL ROBOTHAM 'Shocking, distressing and, yes, discomfortingly hilarious, The First Friend rocks and rolls through the paranoia, and the maniacal and murderous egomania, in the aftermath of the Great Terror. It is nothing less than Amisian in ambition and achievement.' PAUL DALEY 'A witty, absorbing and at times disturbing depiction of the banalities of horror. We know what's coming but can't turn away. Malcolm Knox has hit on a great idea and delivered a wonderful book: A gripping black comedy that is both a reflection on the past and a warning for the future.' MICHAEL BRISSENDEN

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Title: [Spanish] - Presentes

Author: Paco Cerdà

Narrator: Javier Portugués (Portu)

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 36 minutes

Release date: September 12, 2024

Genres: Historical

Publisher's Summary:

VUELVE EL AUTOR DE 14 DE ABRIL Y EL PEÓN (PREMIO CÁLAMO 2020) CON PRESENTES: UN FENÓMENO INTERNACIONAL EN TRADUCCIÓN A SIETE LENGUAS, GANADOR DEL PREMIO OJO CRÍTICO DE NARRATIVA 2024, Y UNO DE LOS 50 MEJORES LIBROS DE 2024 SEGÚN BABELIA. España, 1939. Once días y sus diez noches. Un viaje al corazón de nuestras tinieblas. «Un retrato coral, riguroso, hiperliterario y distinto -por momentos aterrador, por momentos emocionante- de una España en harapos: así empezó una dictadura eterna. Un libro excelente». Javier Cercas La guerra ha terminado. España está en ruinas. En el cementerio de Alicante exhuman los restos de José Antonio Primo de Rivera. Sus camaradas falangistas van a llevarlo a hombros hasta enterrarlo en El Escorial, morada de reyes, sepulcro imperial. Durante once días y diez noches, el cortejo fantasmagórico avanzará por pueblos y ciudades entre hogueras, escarcha, brazos enhiestos y propaganda: una epopeya fascista de 467 kilómetros para demostrar quién manda en la nueva España. Sin embargo, la guerra no ha terminado. Una memoria se está construyendo y otra memoria se quiere borrar. En esos días crudos del otoño de 1939, miles de vidas humildes sufren la zarpa de la represión. Presos, fusilados, exiliados, trabajadores forzados, internos en campos de concentración, maestros depurados, vencedores desgraciados para siempre. El régimen trata de esconderlos. Pero ahí están: presentes. Paco Cerdà, que trazó el rostro humano del 14 de abril, compone una vibrante sinfonía de posguerra. Con un coro de voces olvidadas por la Historia. Con el delirio megalómano de un mito –José Antonio– al servicio de su amo: Franco. Presentes es un viaje al corazón de nuestras tinieblas. El conmovedor relato de quienes soñaron unos ideales jamás enterrados. La crítica ha dicho: «En Presentes, con erudición y vehemencia, Paco Cerdà convoca una galería de fantasmas reales que habitan en la negrura de la primera postguerra». Antonio Muñoz Molina «Paco Cerdà es el maestro relojero de la Memoria: disecciona el tiempo, lo expande [...]con las voces íntimas de esa otra España condenada a sobrevivir entre las sombras». Paco Roca «Paco Cerdà muestra con este libro tan conseguido e intenso que la no ficción puede ser inmensamente literaria». Use Lahoz «Presentes marca un antes y un después en el modo de contar y de narrar una historia de no ficción en nuestra lengua. Una proeza de la sensibilidad y de la inteligencia narrativa». Agustín Fernández Mallo «Gracias, Paco, por las palabras precisas y la belleza para contar nuestra historia del presente». Aroa Moreno «No hablo de historiografía: se trata de un autor dominando lenguajes, hablas, ritmos, perspectivas. Lo de Cerdá, como mínimo, asombra». Edu Galán, ABC «Cerdà se consagra como un maestro de la no ficción [...] con una poderosa prosa escoltada por un exhaustivo trabajo de documentación, al modo de Antonio Scurati con Mussolini o de Éric Vuillard». Raúl Conde, El Mundo «Absolutamente extraordinario. Aterrador, emocionante, conmovedor y necesario. Este es uno de los libros del año». Antonio Martínez Asensio, Cadena Ser «El motor ético de su no ficción es construir un espacio literario donde sea posible recuperar la dignidad de los olvidados». Jordi Amat, Babelia «Cerdà se sirve de un lenguaje a veces evocador y a veces crudo [...]por momentos, a la telegráfica manera de Hemingway». Jaime Cedillo, El Cultural

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Title: [Spanish] - Las cadenas del destino: Trilogía Almohade 3

Author: Sebastián Roa

Narrator: Germán Gijón

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 29 hours 14 minutes

Release date: September 10, 2024

Genres: Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Año 1195. Castilla ha caído en Alarcos y el califa almohade Yaqub al-Mansur avanza sobre Toledo. Los conquistadores africanos impondrán la conversión al islam más rígido o sembrarán la Península de cristianos crucificados y cabezas cortadas. Las fronteras se resquebrajan, las aldeas y los castillos se vacían, oleadas de refugiados huyen hacia el norte. Por si fuera poco, los reinos de León, Navarra y Aragón se confabulan para repartirse los despojos del derrotado Alfonso VIII, por lo que este no encuentra otro remedio que negociar con los musulmanes. Sin embargo, el embrión de la resistencia se sobrepone a la derrota y a la perfidia, y brota incluso entre la sangre del campo de batalla. En Castilla, la reina Leonor Plantagenet no se resigna a darlo todo por perdido, y aún confía en la unión entre los Estados cristianos para enfrentarse al enemigo común. En Aragón, el joven príncipe Pedro sueña con alcanzar la corona y convertirse en un paladín de la cristiandad. Y en León, una muchacha judía arrojada a la esclavitud será capaz de cualquier cosa por salvar a los suyos. Reinos en lucha, intriga, acción, sexo, giros inesperados y personajes carismáticos e inolvidables hacen de la Trilogía Almohade —La loba de al-Ándalus, El ejército de Dios y Las cadenas del destino — una formidable representación de una época decisiva en la historia de España. Lo que la crítica ha dicho sobre la Trilogía Almohade: «Un auténtico viaje a la Edad Media. Sebastián Roa consigue que nos sintamos como si estuviéramos ahí». El Mundo «Novela de aventuras, escrita con nervio sobre un armazón histórico». El Periódico de Catalunya «Monumental novela histórica. Espléndida». Tiempo «Una novela histórica de altura y bien documentada que combina rigor informativo y aventuras verdaderamente trepidantes». Culturamas «Una trepidante historia, bien documentada y repleta de amores, batallas, traiciones, venganzas y pasiones humanas». elDiario.es «El autor maneja los recursos literarios con maestría». La Razón «Una novela medieval llena de fuerza y rigor». Qué Leer «Sebastián Roa se ha consolidado como uno de los grandes escritores de novela histórica de nuestro país». La Vanguardia

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Title: A Revolver to Carry at Night: A Novel

Author: Monika Zgustova

Narrator: Justine Eyre

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 4 hours 0 minutes

Release date: September 10, 2024

Genres: Historical

Publisher's Summary:

A captivating, nuanced portrait of the life of Véra Nabokov, who dedicated herself to advancing her husband's writing career, playing a vital role in the creation of his greatest works. Véra Nabokov (1902-1991) was in many ways the epitome of the wife of a great man: keenly aware of her husband's extraordinary talent, she decided to make his success her ultimate goal, throughout fifty-two years of marriage until his death in 1977. The first reader of his texts, Véra worked as typist and editor. She organized their lives in exile, as they traveled to Berlin, Paris, Switzerland, and, most importantly, the US, where she convinced Vladimir to focus on writing novels in English. She not only controlled the family's finances and contract negotiations, but also attempted to control his friendships—particularly with women—going so far as to audit his classes. In this rich, sweeping novel, Monika Zgustova immerses us in the daily life of this remarkable couple, offering insights into their complex personal and professional relationships, as well as the real people behind characters such as Lolita. Véra considered herself an independent woman, but was she really, when her husband took up so much space? And without Véra, could Nabokov have become one of the twentieth century's greatest writers?

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Title: Ghost Coach: A Classic Western

Series: #3 of Lucas Cain

Author: Robert Vaughan

Narrator: Michael Butler Murray

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 6 hours 39 minutes

Release date: September 10, 2024

Genres: Historical

Publisher's Summary:

In the highly anticipated return of Robert Vaughan's iconic protagonist, Lucas Cain, the notorious rambling man finds himself embroiled in Old West justice. Haunted by the memory of the SULTANA riverboat disaster, where he witnessed countless lives perish, Deputy U.S. Marshal Lucas Cain reunites with his old friend, Jim Barnes, now living as a small rancher. When Jim's livelihood is shattered by the ruthless theft of two hundred cows, Lucas pledges to recover the stolen herd. As Lucas navigates treacherous Texas landscapes, he encounters the alluring Carolina McVey. Their growing connection, however, becomes a battleground for Lucas as he grapples with the lingering love for his late wife. When a stagecoach arrives in town with all its passengers dead on arrival, known as the Ghost Coach, whispers of Rufus Marley, a remorseless outlaw leader, spread fear throughout the community. Forced to confront his own demons, Lucas stands against a nemesis who stops at nothing—and no one. With a showdown looming on the horizon, the courage of this rambling man is about to be tested once again.

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Title: The Raven

Author: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrator: Myron Hieronymous Thomas

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 0 hours 13 minutes

Release date: September 6, 2024

Genres: Historical

Publisher's Summary:

'The Raven' is a narrative poem by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. First published in January 1845, the poem is often noted for its musicality, stylized language, and supernatural atmosphere. It tells of a distraught lover who is paid a mysterious visit by a talking raven. The lover, often identified as a student is lamenting the loss of his love, Lenore. Sitting on a bust of Pallas, the raven seems to further antagonize the protagonist with its constant repetition of the word 'Nevermore'. The poem makes use of folk, mythological, religious, and classical references.

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Title: [French] - Mémoires de deux jeunes mariées: (version Française)

Author: Honoré de Balzac

Narrator: Chloé Minair

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 7 hours 29 minutes

Release date: September 6, 2024

Genres: Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Mémoires de deux jeunes mariées nous plonge dans l'intimité de deux amies d'enfance, Louise de Chaulieu et Renée de Maucombe, qui, à travers une correspondance bouleversante, révèlent leurs âmes et leurs destins contrastés. Louise, passionnée et exaltée, rêve d'un amour absolu et se lance dans une quête effrénée de liberté et de passion. Renée, plus terre-à-terre et réfléchie, choisit la voie du mariage traditionnel, cherchant la stabilité et la paix intérieure. Au fil de leurs lettres, Balzac dévoile des portraits profondément humains, peignant avec brio les choix, les doutes et les désirs qui hantent ces deux femmes. Un récit captivant sur l'amitié, l'amour, et la quête d'identité.