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Great Medieval Mystics

by Christopher R. Fee, Ph.D. ...

Narrated by Christopher R. Fee, Ph.D. ...

Series series Learn25: Literature
Unabridged

7 hours 14 min

Join medieval literature expert Christopher R. Fee, Ph.D. to examine the foremost mystics from the Middle Ages through the lens of their greatest challenge: expression.In the medieval period, how did religious women and men put into words their intense—and intensely personal—devotional practices, visions, and experiences? And how did those efforts to articulate mystical experiences comport with ... Read more

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Join medieval literature expert Christopher R. Fee, Ph.D. to examine the foremost mystics from the Middle Ages through the lens of their greatest challenge: expression.In the medieval period, how did religious women and men put into words their intense—and intensely personal—devotional practices, visions, and experiences? And how did those efforts to articulate mystical experiences comport with
... Read more
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Medieval Europe

by Chris Wickham ...

Narrated by Derek Perkins ...

Unabridged

14 hours 19 min

A spirited and thought-provoking history of the vast changes that transformed Europe during the 1,000-year span of the Middle AgesThe millennium between the breakup of the western Roman Empire and the Reformation was a long and hugely transformative period—one not easily chronicled within the scope of a few hundred pages. Yet distinguished historian Chris Wickham has taken up the challenge in this ... Read more

$22.95 USD

A spirited and thought-provoking history of the vast changes that transformed Europe during the 1,000-year span of the Middle AgesThe millennium between the breakup of the western Roman Empire and the Reformation was a long and hugely transformative period—one not easily chronicled within the scope of a few hundred pages. Yet distinguished historian Chris Wickham has taken up the challenge in this
... Read more
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Church History in Plain Language, Fifth Edition

The Story of the Church for Today's Readers

by Bruce Shelley, Marshall Shelley ...

Narrated by Tom Parks ...

Unabridged

23 hours 25 min

Over 330,000 copies sold. This is the story of the church for today's listeners.Bruce Shelley's classic history of the church brings the story of global Christianity into the twenty-first century. Like a skilled screenwriter, Shelley begins each chapter with three elements: characters, setting, plot. Taking you from the early centuries of the church up through the modern era he tells a story of ... Read more

$46.99 USD

Over 330,000 copies sold. This is the story of the church for today's listeners.Bruce Shelley's classic history of the church brings the story of global Christianity into the twenty-first century. Like a skilled screenwriter, Shelley begins each chapter with three elements: characters, setting, plot. Taking you from the early centuries of the church up through the modern era he tells a story of
... Read more
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Seven Lies About Catholic History: Infamous Myths about the Church's Past and How to Answer Them

by Diane Moczar ...

Narrated by Kevin F. Spalding ...

Unabridged

5 hours 3 min

The world hates the Church that Jesus founded, just as He said it would (John 15:18). It reviles her doctrines, mocks her moral teachings and invents lies about her history. In every age, but especially in our modern day, historians and political powers have distorted the facts about her past (or just made up novel falsehoods from scratch) to make the Church, and the civilization it fostered, seem ... Read more

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The world hates the Church that Jesus founded, just as He said it would (John 15:18). It reviles her doctrines, mocks her moral teachings and invents lies about her history. In every age, but especially in our modern day, historians and political powers have distorted the facts about her past (or just made up novel falsehoods from scratch) to make the Church, and the civilization it fostered, seem
... Read more
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Maimonides and St. Thomas Aquinas: The Lives and Works of the Middle Ages’ Most Influential Religious Philosophers

by Charles River Editors ...

Narrated by Colin Fluxman ...

Unabridged

2 hours 10 min

Moses Ben Maimon, frequently called Maimonides, was a medieval philosopher who revolutionized thinking about ethics, reason, and the Jewish Torah through his emphasis on reason and evidence. His works were broadly accepted by the Sephardi Jewish community and spread across the medieval world, reaching the Jewish populations as far as Yemen, and though he lived in the 12th century, Maimonides ... Read more

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Moses Ben Maimon, frequently called Maimonides, was a medieval philosopher who revolutionized thinking about ethics, reason, and the Jewish Torah through his emphasis on reason and evidence. His works were broadly accepted by the Sephardi Jewish community and spread across the medieval world, reaching the Jewish populations as far as Yemen, and though he lived in the 12th century, Maimonides
... Read more
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Amanecer de la Orden

by Santiago Machain ...

Narrated by Santiago Machain ...

Series series Caballeros Templarios
Unabridged

5 hours 1 min

En el turbulento siglo XI, Europa era un continente fracturado por el feudalismo, dominado por el miedo y unificado únicamente por una fe que lo era todo: refugio, identidad y promesa de salvación eterna. De ese mundo convulso emergió uno de los experimentos institucionales más audaces de la historia occidental: la Orden de los Caballeros Templarios. Amanecer de la Orden recorre el camino que va ... Read more

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En el turbulento siglo XI, Europa era un continente fracturado por el feudalismo, dominado por el miedo y unificado únicamente por una fe que lo era todo: refugio, identidad y promesa de salvación eterna. De ese mundo convulso emergió uno de los experimentos institucionales más audaces de la historia occidental: la Orden de los Caballeros Templarios. Amanecer de la Orden recorre el camino que va
... Read more
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The Eternal Shadow

English Edition

by Santiago Machain ...

Narrated by Santiago Machain ...

Series series Knights Templar
Unabridged

6 hours 41 min

For centuries, the Templars have been much more than a medieval order. They were warriors of God, custodians of fortresses, protagonists of the Crusades, and victims of one of the most shocking persecutions in European history. However, their true immortality began after their fall.The Eternal Shadow explores how the Templars survived in the world's memory and transformed into a universal symbol ... Read more

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For centuries, the Templars have been much more than a medieval order. They were warriors of God, custodians of fortresses, protagonists of the Crusades, and victims of one of the most shocking persecutions in European history. However, their true immortality began after their fall.The Eternal Shadow explores how the Templars survived in the world's memory and transformed into a universal symbol
... Read more
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The Mongols and the Medieval World

by Santiago Machain ...

Narrated by Santiago Machain ...

Series series The Middle Ages
Unabridged

6 hours 6 min

The Mongols and the Medieval World explores the extraordinary rise of the Mongols from the steppes of Central Asia to the creators of the largest contiguous land empire in human history. Beginning with the life and achievements of Genghis Khan, the book follows the unification of the Mongol tribes, the conquest of vast territories across Asia and Eastern Europe, and the destruction of powerful ... Read more

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The Mongols and the Medieval World explores the extraordinary rise of the Mongols from the steppes of Central Asia to the creators of the largest contiguous land empire in human history. Beginning with the life and achievements of Genghis Khan, the book follows the unification of the Mongol tribes, the conquest of vast territories across Asia and Eastern Europe, and the destruction of powerful
... Read more
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The Hundred Years’ War. Part II.

by Santiago Machain ...

Narrated by Santiago Machain ...

Unabridged

6 hours 24 min

The Hundred Years' War – Part II takes readers into the dramatic final phase of one of the most influential conflicts in European history. Beginning in the aftermath of Agincourt and the Treaty of Troyes, this volume follows the struggle for the French crown as England appears closer than ever to achieving its dream of ruling France. Yet from the depths of national crisis emerges one of history's ... Read more

$19.99 USD

The Hundred Years' War – Part II takes readers into the dramatic final phase of one of the most influential conflicts in European history. Beginning in the aftermath of Agincourt and the Treaty of Troyes, this volume follows the struggle for the French crown as England appears closer than ever to achieving its dream of ruling France. Yet from the depths of national crisis emerges one of history's
... Read more
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Настоящий Дракула. «Сын дракона», мстительный безумец и другие лица Влада Цепеша

by Раду Р. Флореску, Рэймонд Т. Макнелли ...

Narrated by Андрей Новокрещенов ...

Series series History Young Adult
Unabridged

14 hours 16 min

История прототипа главного героя романа Брэма Стокера «Дракула». Внушавший страх своим врагам, служивший примером многим правителям, включая Ивана Грозного, и почитаемый своими соотечественниками до сих пор, Влад Цепеш, несомненно, был одной из самых интригующих фигур в средневековой истории. Когда соавторы этой книги впервые прочитали роман Брэма Стокера «Дракула», они усомнились, что сюжет о ... Read more

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История прототипа главного героя романа Брэма Стокера «Дракула». Внушавший страх своим врагам, служивший примером многим правителям, включая Ивана Грозного, и почитаемый своими соотечественниками до сих пор, Влад Цепеш, несомненно, был одной из самых интригующих фигур в средневековой истории. Когда соавторы этой книги впервые прочитали роман Брэма Стокера «Дракула», они усомнились, что сюжет о
... Read more
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Histoire de l'Empire islamique

by Gabriel Martinez-Gros ...

Narrated by Gabriel Martinez-Gros ...

Unabridged

3 hours 8 min

"Frémeaux & Associés et la Grande Mosquée de Paris s’associent afin de faire connaître l’histoire, la philosophie, les cultures et les savoirs du monde musulman. À la mort du Prophète en 632, l’Empire islamique intensifie ses conquêtes pour s’étendre de l’Asie centrale à la Péninsule ibérique. En moins d’un siècle un immense empire est constitué par la dynastie des Omeyyades, sur la base d’un ... Read more

$25.99 USD

"Frémeaux & Associés et la Grande Mosquée de Paris s’associent afin de faire connaître l’histoire, la philosophie, les cultures et les savoirs du monde musulman. À la mort du Prophète en 632, l’Empire islamique intensifie ses conquêtes pour s’étendre de l’Asie centrale à la Péninsule ibérique. En moins d’un siècle un immense empire est constitué par la dynastie des Omeyyades, sur la base d’un
... Read more
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The Ill-Made Knight

‘The master of historical fiction’ SUNDAY TIMES

by Christian Cameron ...

Narrated by Saul Reichlin ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Chivalry
Unabridged

21 hours 16 min

'Brilliantly evoked' SUNDAY TIMESDiscover the first medieval adventure in the action-packed Chivalry series! Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell, Simon Scarrow and Conn Iggulden.September, 1356. Poitiers.The greatest knights of the age were ready to give battle.On the English side, Edward, the Black Prince, who'd earned his spurs at Crecy.On the French side, the King and ... ... Read more

$31.99 USD

'Brilliantly evoked' SUNDAY TIMESDiscover the first medieval adventure in the action-packed Chivalry series! Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell, Simon Scarrow and Conn Iggulden.September, 1356. Poitiers.The greatest knights of the age were ready to give battle.On the English side, Edward, the Black Prince, who'd earned his spurs at Crecy.On the French side, the King and ...
... Read more
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Medieval Conspiracy Theories: The History of the Most Popular Conspiracy Theories about the Middle Ages

by Charles River Editors ...

Narrated by Michelle Humphries ...

Unabridged

1 hour 19 min

Few eras are easier to let the imagination run wild than the Middle Ages, which have often been coined the Dark Ages based on a perceived lack of progress and information.[1] Indeed, we can say that it is not completely unfounded because we know less about that historical period compared to those that come after it. In addition, it is a period marked by a great number of deaths caused by plague ... Read more

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Few eras are easier to let the imagination run wild than the Middle Ages, which have often been coined the Dark Ages based on a perceived lack of progress and information.[1] Indeed, we can say that it is not completely unfounded because we know less about that historical period compared to those that come after it. In addition, it is a period marked by a great number of deaths caused by plague
... Read more
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Medieval Conspiracy Theories: The History of the Most Popular Conspiracy Theories about the Middle Ages

by Charles River Editors ...

Narrated by Colin Fluxman ...

Unabridged

1 hour 28 min

Few eras are easier to let the imagination run wild than the Middle Ages, which have often been coined the Dark Ages based on a perceived lack of progress and information. Indeed, we can say that it is not completely unfounded because we know less about that historical period compared to those that come after it. In addition, it is a period marked by a great number of deaths caused by plague ... Read more

$6.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Few eras are easier to let the imagination run wild than the Middle Ages, which have often been coined the Dark Ages based on a perceived lack of progress and information. Indeed, we can say that it is not completely unfounded because we know less about that historical period compared to those that come after it. In addition, it is a period marked by a great number of deaths caused by plague
... Read more
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1265. Le Sagittaire d'Evesham - Dolby Atmos

by Claude Marc Bourget, Claude Marc Bourget ...

Narrated by Eric LeBlanc ...

Unabridged

1 hour 12 min

Version Binaurale. Claude Marc Bourget présente 1265, Le Sagittaire d’Evesham, récit médiéval, historique, épique et en partie fabuleux, mettant en scène des personnages, des lieux et des événements authentiques et un personnage principal fictif et fabuleux (le protagoniste et narrateur) tiré de la mythologie grecque : un centaure, créature mi-homme, mi-cheval et qui se révélera un prodigieux ... Read more

$22.99 USD

Version Binaurale. Claude Marc Bourget présente 1265, Le Sagittaire d’Evesham, récit médiéval, historique, épique et en partie fabuleux, mettant en scène des personnages, des lieux et des événements authentiques et un personnage principal fictif et fabuleux (le protagoniste et narrateur) tiré de la mythologie grecque : un centaure, créature mi-homme, mi-cheval et qui se révélera un prodigieux
... Read more
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Charlemagne, the Holy Roman Empire, and the Carolingian Renaissance

by Christopher M. Bellitto ...

Narrated by Christopher M. Bellitto ...

Series series Learn25: Biographies
Unabridged

The relationship between church and state is a powerful thread stitching the medieval era to modern history. Through this captivating course on Charlemagne, you can follow it back to its fascinating inception in the Holy Roman Empire.Join one of the world’s leading Church historians, Professor Christopher Bellitto, in this journey. You will begin this series by unpacking the long history of ... Read more

$17.95 USD

The relationship between church and state is a powerful thread stitching the medieval era to modern history. Through this captivating course on Charlemagne, you can follow it back to its fascinating inception in the Holy Roman Empire.Join one of the world’s leading Church historians, Professor Christopher Bellitto, in this journey. You will begin this series by unpacking the long history of
... Read more
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Danerriget 1. Slægtens offer

by Josefine Ottesen ...

Narrated by Josefine Ottesen ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Danerriget
Unabridged

8 hours 10 min

Året er 1094, og 13-årige Ragnhild vil ud at sejle og drive handel ligesom sin far. Men Ragnhilds farmor ønsker hende giftet bort til sønnen fra nabogården. Ragnhild nægter at trolove sig med den brutale unge mand, men må hurtigt sande, at der ikke er nogen hjælp at hente. Slægten går forud for alt. Ragnhild må enten føje sig eller bede til Jesus eller Frøj i håb om, at en af dem måske vil høre ... Read more

$12.19 USD

Året er 1094, og 13-årige Ragnhild vil ud at sejle og drive handel ligesom sin far. Men Ragnhilds farmor ønsker hende giftet bort til sønnen fra nabogården. Ragnhild nægter at trolove sig med den brutale unge mand, men må hurtigt sande, at der ikke er nogen hjælp at hente. Slægten går forud for alt. Ragnhild må enten føje sig eller bede til Jesus eller Frøj i håb om, at en af dem måske vil høre
... Read more
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Det danske imperium. Storhed og fald

by Michael Bregnsbo, Kurt Villads Jensen ...

Narrated by Jette Mechlenburg ...

Unabridged

15 hours 29 min

Efter det katastrofale nederlag ved Dybbøl Banke i 1864 lukkede dansk historieskrivning sig om sig selv og blev stærkt nationalt selvcentreret. Siden er dansk historie blevet forstået ud fra det grundperspektiv, at Danmark var et lille og ubetydeligt land i den europæiske periferi, presset af den stærke tyske nabo, og at dansk historie handlede om det, der skete inden for det nuværende Danmarks ... Read more

$17.49 USD

Efter det katastrofale nederlag ved Dybbøl Banke i 1864 lukkede dansk historieskrivning sig om sig selv og blev stærkt nationalt selvcentreret. Siden er dansk historie blevet forstået ud fra det grundperspektiv, at Danmark var et lille og ubetydeligt land i den europæiske periferi, presset af den stærke tyske nabo, og at dansk historie handlede om det, der skete inden for det nuværende Danmarks
... Read more
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Crusaders

The Epic History of the Wars for the Holy Lands

by Dan Jones ...

Narrated by Dan Jones ...

Unabridged

16 hours 7 min

A major new history of the Crusades with an unprecedented wide scope, told in a tableau of portraits of people on all sides of the wars, from the author of Powers and Thrones.For more than one thousand years, Christians and Muslims lived side by side, sometimes at peace and sometimes at war. When Christian armies seized Jerusalem in 1099, they began the most notorious period of conflict between ... Read more

$25.00 USD

A major new history of the Crusades with an unprecedented wide scope, told in a tableau of portraits of people on all sides of the wars, from the author of Powers and Thrones.For more than one thousand years, Christians and Muslims lived side by side, sometimes at peace and sometimes at war. When Christian armies seized Jerusalem in 1099, they began the most notorious period of conflict between
... Read more
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Viking Trade Routes

From the North to the South

by Simo Kyllikki ...

Narrated by AI Voice Eric ...

Unabridged

42 min

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. The story of Viking trade routes begins not with a single moment of discovery, but with the gradual awakening of a seafaring culture that would reshape the medieval world. In the fjords and coastal settlements of eighth-century Scandinavia, a perfect storm of circumstances was brewing that would propel Norse merchants and warriors across oceans and ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. The story of Viking trade routes begins not with a single moment of discovery, but with the gradual awakening of a seafaring culture that would reshape the medieval world. In the fjords and coastal settlements of eighth-century Scandinavia, a perfect storm of circumstances was brewing that would propel Norse merchants and warriors across oceans and
... Read more
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Kingdoms of Faith

A New History of Islamic Spain

by Brian A. Catlos ...

Narrated by Bob Souer ...

Unabridged

14 hours 28 min

A magisterial, myth-dispelling history of Islamic Spain spanning the millennium between the founding of Islam in the seventh century and the final expulsion of Spain's Muslims in the seventeenth.In Kingdoms of Faith, award-winning historian Brian A. Catlos rewrites the history of Islamic Spain from the ground up, evoking the cultural splendor of al-Andalus, while offering an authoritative new ... Read more

$24.99 USD

A magisterial, myth-dispelling history of Islamic Spain spanning the millennium between the founding of Islam in the seventh century and the final expulsion of Spain's Muslims in the seventeenth.In Kingdoms of Faith, award-winning historian Brian A. Catlos rewrites the history of Islamic Spain from the ground up, evoking the cultural splendor of al-Andalus, while offering an authoritative new
... Read more
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Heart of Europe

A History of the Holy Roman Empire

by Peter H. Wilson ...

Narrated by Napoleon Ryan ...

Unabridged

34 hours 3 min

The Holy Roman Empire lasted a thousand years, far longer than ancient Rome. Yet this formidable dominion never inspired the awe of its predecessor. Voltaire quipped that it was neither holy, Roman, nor an empire. Yet as Peter H. Wilson shows, the Holy Roman Empire tells a millennial story of Europe better than the histories of individual nation-states.Heart of Europe traces the Empire from its ... Read more

$29.99 USD

The Holy Roman Empire lasted a thousand years, far longer than ancient Rome. Yet this formidable dominion never inspired the awe of its predecessor. Voltaire quipped that it was neither holy, Roman, nor an empire. Yet as Peter H. Wilson shows, the Holy Roman Empire tells a millennial story of Europe better than the histories of individual nation-states.Heart of Europe traces the Empire from its
... Read more
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Lombards, The: The History and Legacy of the Germanic Group that Dominated Italy after the Fall of Rome

by Charles River Editors ...

Narrated by Daniel Houle ...

Unabridged

1 hour 37 min

While many people are familiar with the Vandals’ sack of Rome, the collapse of the Western Roman Empire, and the Byzantine Empire’s attempt to reunify the entire Roman Empire, the history of Italy in the wake of Rome’s fall is often overlooked. The late 5th century’s political instability allowed wave after wave of semi-nomadic peoples, most of them ethnic Germans, to establish new kingdoms, only ... Read more

$6.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

While many people are familiar with the Vandals’ sack of Rome, the collapse of the Western Roman Empire, and the Byzantine Empire’s attempt to reunify the entire Roman Empire, the history of Italy in the wake of Rome’s fall is often overlooked. The late 5th century’s political instability allowed wave after wave of semi-nomadic peoples, most of them ethnic Germans, to establish new kingdoms, only
... Read more
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G/GESCHICHTE - Liebe, Laster, Totentanz: Leben im Mittelalter

by G Geschichte, G Geschichte, Linda Cedli ...

Narrated by Linda Cedli ...

Series series G/GESCHICHTE
Unabridged

2 hours 6 min

In dieser Ausgabe von G/Geschichte dreht sich alles um das Leben im Mittelalter: Schweine suhlen sich vor den Häusern, und von den Werkstätten der Gerber breitet sich ein infernalischer Gestank aus. Arme, Bettler und zuweilen Lepröse bevölkern die Gassen. Vor den Mauern verwesen die Körper der Gehenkten. Die Stadt ist kein romantischer Ort, aber sie verspricht eine Chance auf Freiheit von den ... Read more

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In dieser Ausgabe von G/Geschichte dreht sich alles um das Leben im Mittelalter: Schweine suhlen sich vor den Häusern, und von den Werkstätten der Gerber breitet sich ein infernalischer Gestank aus. Arme, Bettler und zuweilen Lepröse bevölkern die Gassen. Vor den Mauern verwesen die Körper der Gehenkten. Die Stadt ist kein romantischer Ort, aber sie verspricht eine Chance auf Freiheit von den
... Read more

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