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Locke and the Sacramento Delta Chinatowns

de Lawrence Tom, Brian Tom, Chinese American Museum of Northern California ...

Series series Images of America
Chinese pioneers in the Sacramento River Delta were the vital factor in reclaiming land and made significant contributions to California�s agricultural industry from farming to canning. Since the 1860s, Chinese were already settled in the delta and created Chinatowns in and between the two towns of Freeport in the north and Rio Vista in the south. One of the towns, Locke, was unique in that it was ... Leer más

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Chinese pioneers in the Sacramento River Delta were the vital factor in reclaiming land and made significant contributions to California�s agricultural industry from farming to canning. Since the 1860s, Chinese were already settled in the delta and created Chinatowns in and between the two towns of Freeport in the north and Rio Vista in the south. One of the towns, Locke, was unique in that it was
... Leer más
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The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris

de Daisy Wood ...

Narrado por Laurel Lefkow, Tom Lawrence ...

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11 hora 1 minutos

A war-torn city. A dangerous secret. A shocking betrayal…Paris, 1940. War is closing in on the city of love. With his wife forced into hiding, Jacques must stand by and watch as the Nazis take away everything he holds dear. Everything except his last beacon of hope: his beloved bookshop, La Page Cachée.But when a young woman and her child knock on his door one night and beg for refuge, he knows ... Leer más

$28.99 USD

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A war-torn city. A dangerous secret. A shocking betrayal…Paris, 1940. War is closing in on the city of love. With his wife forced into hiding, Jacques must stand by and watch as the Nazis take away everything he holds dear. Everything except his last beacon of hope: his beloved bookshop, La Page Cachée.But when a young woman and her child knock on his door one night and beg for refuge, he knows
... Leer más

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The Burning Men

A totally addictive and page turning police procedural thriller with a killer twist

de Will Shindler ...

Narrado por Tom Lawrence ...

Series series DI Alex Finn
Completo

10 hora 26 minutos

THE FIRST IN A PHENOMENAL NEW PROCEDURAL SERIES FEATURING DI ALEX FINN AND DC MATTIE PAULSEN.Perfect for fans of Mark Billingham, Peter James and Peter Robinson.When a high-rise development in South London catches fire mid-construction, a close-knit team of fire fighters tackle the blaze. The building should be empty, but they find a man, unconscious, next to several cases of money.The fire crew ... Leer más

$24.99 USD

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THE FIRST IN A PHENOMENAL NEW PROCEDURAL SERIES FEATURING DI ALEX FINN AND DC MATTIE PAULSEN.Perfect for fans of Mark Billingham, Peter James and Peter Robinson.When a high-rise development in South London catches fire mid-construction, a close-knit team of fire fighters tackle the blaze. The building should be empty, but they find a man, unconscious, next to several cases of money.The fire crew
... Leer más

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The Cold Case

A totally gripping crime thriller with a killer twist you won't see coming

de Will Shindler ...

Narrado por Tom Lawrence ...

Series series DI Alex Finn
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11 hora 38 minutos

The brand-new gripping thriller in Will Shindler's acclaimed DI Alex Finn seriesYears ago someone got away with murder... But time's up.2009During a summer heatwave, teenagers are going missing. Junior officer Alex Finn takes the case and fears that the disappearances are linked. In a race against the clock to find and rescue the children alive, Finn and his team are only partially successful. Two ... Leer más

$31.99 USD

Disponible también en: eBook

The brand-new gripping thriller in Will Shindler's acclaimed DI Alex Finn seriesYears ago someone got away with murder... But time's up.2009During a summer heatwave, teenagers are going missing. Junior officer Alex Finn takes the case and fears that the disappearances are linked. In a race against the clock to find and rescue the children alive, Finn and his team are only partially successful. Two
... Leer más

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The Blood Line

an absolutely gripping detective crime novel to keep you hooked

de Will Shindler ...

Narrado por Tom Lawrence ...

Series series DI Alex Finn
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10 hora 55 minutos

The next instalment in Will Shindler's critically acclaimed and explosive DI Alex Finn and DC Mattie Paulsen series - a gripping London-set detective story full of twists and turnsAn ordinary day. An ordinary street. A gruesome delivery waiting on the doorstep that's going to set off an spine-chilling chain of events...Claire Beacham returns from a busy day at work to a parcel on her doorstep - no ... Leer más

$27.99 USD

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The next instalment in Will Shindler's critically acclaimed and explosive DI Alex Finn and DC Mattie Paulsen series - a gripping London-set detective story full of twists and turnsAn ordinary day. An ordinary street. A gruesome delivery waiting on the doorstep that's going to set off an spine-chilling chain of events...Claire Beacham returns from a busy day at work to a parcel on her doorstep - no
... Leer más

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Ape that Understood the Universe, The

How the Mind and Culture Evolve

de Steve Stewart-Williams ...

Narrado por Tom Lawrence ...

Completo

15 hora 53 minutos

The Ape That Understood the Universe is the story of the strangest animal in the world: the human animal. It opens with a question: How would an alien scientist view our species? What would it make of our sex differences, our sexual behavior, our child-rearing patterns, our moral codes, our religions, our languages, and science? The book tackles these issues by drawing on ideas from two major ... Leer más

$22.99 USD

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The Ape That Understood the Universe is the story of the strangest animal in the world: the human animal. It opens with a question: How would an alien scientist view our species? What would it make of our sex differences, our sexual behavior, our child-rearing patterns, our moral codes, our religions, our languages, and science? The book tackles these issues by drawing on ideas from two major
... Leer más

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France

An Adventure History

de Graham Robb ...

Narrado por Tom Lawrence ...

Completo

17 hora 1 minutos

Beginning with the Roman army's first recorded encounter with the Gauls and ending in the era of Emmanuel Macron, France takes listeners on an endlessly entertaining journey through French history. Frequently hilarious, always surprising, Graham Robb's France combines the stylistic versatility of a novelist with the deep understanding of a scholar.Robb's own adventures and discoveries while living ... Leer más

$30.99 USD

Disponible también en: eBook

Beginning with the Roman army's first recorded encounter with the Gauls and ending in the era of Emmanuel Macron, France takes listeners on an endlessly entertaining journey through French history. Frequently hilarious, always surprising, Graham Robb's France combines the stylistic versatility of a novelist with the deep understanding of a scholar.Robb's own adventures and discoveries while living
... Leer más

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Empire of Destruction

A History of Nazi Mass Killing

de Alex J. Kay ...

Narrado por Tom Lawrence ...

Completo

14 hora 56 minutos

The first integrative history of Nazi mass killing—showing how policies of mass murder were crucial to the regime’s strategy to win the warNazi Germany killed approximately thirteen million civilians and other noncombatants in deliberate policies of mass murder, overwhelmingly during the war years. Almost half the victims were Jewish, systematically destroyed in the Holocaust, the core of the ... Leer más

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The first integrative history of Nazi mass killing—showing how policies of mass murder were crucial to the regime’s strategy to win the warNazi Germany killed approximately thirteen million civilians and other noncombatants in deliberate policies of mass murder, overwhelmingly during the war years. Almost half the victims were Jewish, systematically destroyed in the Holocaust, the core of the
... Leer más

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Postcapitalist Desire

The Final Lectures

de Mark Fisher ...

Narrado por Tom Lawrence ...

Completo

7 hora 31 minutos

Edited with an introduction by Matt Colquhoun, this collection of lecture notes and transcriptions reveals acclaimed writer and blogger Mark Fisher in his element — the classroom — outlining a project that Fisher's death left so bittersweetly unfinished.Beginning with that most fundamental of questions — "Do we really want what we say we want?" — Fisher explores the relationship between desire and ... Leer más

$24.99 USD

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Edited with an introduction by Matt Colquhoun, this collection of lecture notes and transcriptions reveals acclaimed writer and blogger Mark Fisher in his element — the classroom — outlining a project that Fisher's death left so bittersweetly unfinished.Beginning with that most fundamental of questions — "Do we really want what we say we want?" — Fisher explores the relationship between desire and
... Leer más

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The Hunting Ground

A gripping detective novel that will give you chills

de Will Shindler ...

Narrado por Tom Lawrence ...

Series series DI Alex Finn
Completo

10 hora 25 minutos

THE THIRD NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BURNING MEN AND THE KILLING CHOICE, FEATURING DI ALEX FIN AND DCI MATTIE PAULSENSadie Nicholls has been found dead, brutally and strangely murdered, in her South East London flat. Her little boy is missing.DI Alex Finn and DC Mattie Paulsen know that, in the case of a missing child, it's the first 24 hours that count. They don't have many left to find out ... Leer más

$24.99 USD

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THE THIRD NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BURNING MEN AND THE KILLING CHOICE, FEATURING DI ALEX FIN AND DCI MATTIE PAULSENSadie Nicholls has been found dead, brutally and strangely murdered, in her South East London flat. Her little boy is missing.DI Alex Finn and DC Mattie Paulsen know that, in the case of a missing child, it's the first 24 hours that count. They don't have many left to find out
... Leer más

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The Killing Choice

Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month ‘Riveting'

de Will Shindler ...

Narrado por Tom Lawrence ...

Series series DI Alex Finn
Completo

10 hora 51 minutos

THE SECOND NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BURNING MEN, FEATURING DI ALEX FIN AND DCI MATTIE PAULSEN'Leave your daughter with me, or I will kill you both.'It felt like any other evening before Karl and his daughter were ambushed by a figure in a blank mask. A knife is put to her throat, and Karl is forced to make an impossible decision. Stay and die, or walk away and take this thug's word that they ... Leer más

$24.99 USD

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THE SECOND NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BURNING MEN, FEATURING DI ALEX FIN AND DCI MATTIE PAULSEN'Leave your daughter with me, or I will kill you both.'It felt like any other evening before Karl and his daughter were ambushed by a figure in a blank mask. A knife is put to her throat, and Karl is forced to make an impossible decision. Stay and die, or walk away and take this thug's word that they
... Leer más

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When the World Was Ours

de Liz Kessler ...

Narrado por Tom Lawrence, Willow Nash ...

Completo

7 hora 1 minutos

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Emily Windsnap series, Liz Kessler, comes a “brutally honest and totally believable” (Booklist, starred review) story of three young friends whose fates are intertwined during the devastation of the Holocaust—based on a true story.Three friends. One memory.Vienna. 1936.Three young friends—Leo, Elsa, and Max—spend a perfect day together, unaware ... Leer más

$19.99 USD

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From the New York Times bestselling author of the Emily Windsnap series, Liz Kessler, comes a “brutally honest and totally believable” (Booklist, starred review) story of three young friends whose fates are intertwined during the devastation of the Holocaust—based on a true story.Three friends. One memory.Vienna. 1936.Three young friends—Leo, Elsa, and Max—spend a perfect day together, unaware
... Leer más

Disponible también en: eBook