Adoptio vai ihmisryöstö?
By: Eri tekijöitÀ
Narrated by: Leo Niemi
Length: 1 hour 1 minute
Abridged: No
Koko juttu alkoi kevÀÀllÀ 2001 Eskilstunaa kiertÀneenÀ huhuna, jonka mukaan erÀÀn pienen maahanmuuttajapojan asiat olivat huonosti ja hÀnen perhesuhteissaan oli jotakin vialla. Huhun kuulleet poliisit olivat kahden vaiheilla. He eivÀt oikein tienneet, mitÀ olisi pitÀnyt tehdÀ, ja niinpÀ he toimivat niin kuin poliisilla epÀvarmassa tilanteessa on... Read more
View audiobookPresidentti James A. Garfieldin kuolema
By: Eri tekijöitÀ
Narrated by: Ilkka Hautala
Length: 56 minutes
Abridged: No
James Abraham Garfield (1831â1881), Yhdysvaltain 20. presidentti haavoittui kuolettavasti salamurhaajan luodista vain noin neljĂ€ kuukautta sen jĂ€lkeen, kun hĂ€net oli asetettu virkaansa. Myöhemmin hĂ€n kuoli vamman aiheuttamiin komplikaatioihin ja sisĂ€iseen verenvuotoon. HĂ€nen hallintoaikansa muistetaan orastavasta ystĂ€vyydestĂ€ latinalaista... Read more
View audiobookTutkimusrahat omaan taskuun
By: Eri tekijöitÀ
Narrated by: Christian Sandström
Length: 1 hour 3 minutes
Abridged: No
Tiedollinen motivaatio, uteliaisuus ja tiedonhalu ovat auttamassa tutkijoita eettisten periaatteiden toteuttamisessa. Ammatti on monelle elÀmÀntapa, johon sisÀltyy sekÀ oman alan tutkimuksen seuraaminen ettÀ tiedepolitiikkaan osallistuminen. Tutkijaa ajaa eteenpÀin usein myös sosiaalinen motivaatio. Se on erÀÀnlaista kunnianhimoa, halua nÀyttÀÀ... Read more
View audiobookThe Great Alone - Abridged
By: Tim Voors
Narrated by: BJ Genten
Length: 5 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Time is precious. The world is waiting. Rediscover yourself. The Great Alone is the epic adventure of a relatable explorer. Why does a 44-year-old father leave his family for six months to walk 4,286âkm across America on the Pacific Crest Trail? What effect does it have on his marriage? on his children? and on himself? Following his... Read more
View audiobookIch war tot
By: Michael Sticht & Jeannette Schlosser
Narrated by: Michael Sticht & Jeannette Schlosser
Length: 1 hour 18 minutes
Abridged: No
Wer nicht an Wunder glaubt, ist kein Realist. Die beiden Geschwister Michael Sticht und Jeannette Schlosser kĂ€mpfen gemeinsam um Michaels Heilung, nachdem er 25 Minuten tot war. Michael konnte auch nach der Krebsheilung seiner Frau nicht an Wunder glauben. Erst nach seinem Tod und vielen kleinen und groĂen Wundern kann er nun nicht mehr... Read more
View audiobookMoses Fleetwood Walker: The Life and Legacy of the Last Black Man to Play Major League Baseball Before Jackie Robinson
By: Charles River Editors
Narrated by: Bill Hare
Length: 1 hour 17 minutes
Abridged: No
Given his legacy, many Americans today believe Jackie Robinson was the first black man to play in Major League Baseball, but that answer is wrong. As far back as the late 19th century, there had been professional baseball leagues that were every bit as segregated as any other aspect of society, but before that, there were, for a brief shining... Read more
View audiobookMichael-fallet
By: Diverse
Narrated by: Thomas Engelbrektsson
Length: 51 minutes
Abridged: No
Den 28 januari 1990 antrÀffades den fyraÄrige vÀsttyske pojken Michael döende, enligt moderns och hennes sambos uppgifter efter ett drunkningstillbud, i ett tÀlt vid sjön Tjeggelvas i Arjeplogs kommun i Norrbotten. Den utredning som verkstÀlldes i Àrendet och huvudförhandlingarna inför tingsrÀtt och hovrÀtt kom att blottlÀgga sÄ skrÀmmande... Read more
View audiobookJurgen Klopp
By: Elmar Neveling
Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
Length: 11 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: No
Brought to you by Penguin.
Updated to include the Champions League Victory 2019
âIt is the intensity of the football, of how the people live football in Liverpool, all the Liverpool fans around the world. It is not a normal club, it is a special club.â JĂŒrgen Klopp
JĂŒrgen Klopp is the charismatic German manager who single-handedly overthrew the... Read more
Private Parts
By: Eleanor Thom
Narrated by: Eleanor Thom
Length: 7 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
How to live happily and well with endometriosis, from someone who has tried everything and lived to tell (and laugh at) the tale.
What the internet can tell you about endometriosis:
Endometriosis is a chronic and incurable condition that affects 1 in 10 women with approximately 1.6 million sufferers in the UK alone, but only 20% of the general... Read more
An Expat's Experiences of Living in Turkey
By: Colin Guest
Narrated by: David Smith
Length: 5 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
After obtaining a married status contract in 1989, I worked on a five-star hotel project down on the Turkish Mediterranean Coast. Here, due to my wife and I loving both the people and area, we bought some land with a Turkish friend and had a house built. This turned out to be a major change in our lives, with our moving from our home in... Read more
View audiobookHeadlines and Hedgerows
By: John Craven
Narrated by: John Craven
Length: 9 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
Brought to you by Penguin.
In this, his first memoir, John recounts his childhood, the highpoints and lowpoints of one of the longest entertaining careers in history, and the people, family and animals in his own life which have shaped it.
Born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, John showed an early interest newspapers when, aged eleven, he wrote the... Read more
A Half Baked Idea
By: Olivia Potts
Narrated by: Olivia Potts
Length: 10 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
Brought to you by Penguin.
At the moment her mother died, Olivia Potts was baking a cake. She was trying to impress the man who would later become her husband. Meanwhile, 275 miles away, her mother was dying.
In the grief-stricken months that followed, Olivia came home from her job as a criminal barrister miserable and tired, and baked soda... Read more
Benny Goodman and Glenn Miller: The Lives and Careers of Americaâs Most Famous Big Band Leaders
By: Charles River Editors
Narrated by: Scott Clem
Length: 2 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
When the phrase âthe Kingâ is used in the context of American music, most people think of Elvis Presley, but Presley was just a baby when the title was first conferred upon Benny Goodman as the King of Swing in 1935. The Swing Era was a magical period in American history between the hedonism of the Roaring Twenties and the rebelliousness sparked... Read more
View audiobookDiderot and the Art of Thinking Freely
By: Andrew S. Curran
Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
Length: 13 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No
Denis Diderot is often associated with the decades-long battle to bring the world's first comprehensive EncyclopĂ©die into existence. But his most daring writing took place in the shadows. Thrown into prison for his atheism in 1749, Diderot decided to reserve his best books for posterityâfor us, in fact. In the astonishing cache of unpublished... Read more
View audiobookRikosreportaasi Suomesta 2003
By: Eri tekijöitÀ
Narrated by: Jarmo MĂ€kinen
Length: 6 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
Rikosreportaasi Suomesta sisÀltÀÀ monia jÀnnittÀviÀ ja autenttisia poliisiselontekoja Suomesta. TutkintatyössÀ mukana olleet poliisit ovat kirjoittaneet selonteot. Kaikki tapaukset on kÀsitelty loppuun ja niistÀ on langetettu tuomiot. Reportaasia lukiessa voi vain haukkoa henkeÀ ja todeta, ettÀ todellisuus on tarua ihmeellisempÀÀ.Lukija saa... Read more
View audiobookRikosreportaasi Suomesta 2004
By: Eri tekijöitÀ
Narrated by: Jarmo MĂ€kinen
Length: 6 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
Rikosreportaasi Suomesta sisÀltÀÀ monia jÀnnittÀviÀ ja autenttisia poliisiselontekoja Suomesta. TutkintatyössÀ mukana olleet poliisit ovat kirjoittaneet selonteot. Kaikki tapaukset on kÀsitelty loppuun ja niistÀ on langetettu tuomiot. Reportaasia lukiessa voi vain haukkoa henkeÀ ja todeta, ettÀ todellisuus on tarua ihmeellisempÀÀ.Lukija saa... Read more
View audiobookForty Years in the Wilderness
By: Dolly Faulkner
Narrated by: Janet Metzger
Length: 12 hours
Abridged: No
"The encounter was so sudden it took my breath away, and for a single moment I stood frozen, staring into the grizzly's eyes. It was so close I could reach out and touch its shaggy bronze fur."
Dolly Faulkner has many heart-stopping moments of terror and anxiety, living much of the time truly alone in the Alaskan wilderness. But she is not... Read more
Rikosreportaasi Suomesta 1998
By: Eri tekijöitÀ
Narrated by: Ville-Veikko NiemelÀ
Length: 8 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
Rikosreportaasi Suomesta sisÀltÀÀ monia jÀnnittÀviÀ ja autenttisia poliisiselontekoja Suomesta. TutkintatyössÀ mukana olleet poliisit ovat kirjoittaneet selonteot. Kaikki tapaukset on kÀsitelty loppuun ja niistÀ on langetettu tuomiot. Reportaasia lukiessa voi vain haukkoa henkeÀ ja todeta, ettÀ todellisuus on tarua ihmeellisempÀÀ.Lukija saa... Read more
View audiobookBaby Catcher
By: Peggy Vincent
Narrated by: Coleen Marlo
Length: 11 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
An inspiring collection of birth stories by a charming midwife.
Each time she knelt to "catch" another wriggling babyânearly three thousand times during her remarkable careerâCalifornia midwife Peggy Vincent paid homage to the moment when pain bows to joy and the world makes way for one more. With every birth, she encounters another... Read more
John Glenn: The Life and Legacy of the First American Astronaut to Orbit Earth
By: Charles River Editors
Narrated by: David Santowski
Length: 1 hour 50 minutes
Abridged: No
From 1959-1963, the United States worked toward putting satellites and humans into orbit via the Mercury program, but they continued to lag behind the Soviets. With the opening of a new decade, the Soviets reinforced their Space Race lead in a big way. On April 12, 1961, the world watched as the Soviets scored two major victories: they sent the... Read more
View audiobookHistory for Kids: The Life of Walt Whitman
By: Charles River Editors
Narrated by: Tracey Norman
Length: 36 minutes
Abridged: No
Walt Whitman was a great American poet, but many people did not get him when he was alive. His family was like most other families, but his friends were different from most other people living then. He was a teacher and reporter, and then he worked for the government. When he was a young man, he was very serious, but when he was older he liked... Read more
View audiobookRikosreportaasi Suomesta 2007
By: Eri tekijöitÀ
Narrated by: Jarmo MĂ€kinen
Length: 6 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No
Rikosreportaasi Suomesta sisÀltÀÀ monia jÀnnittÀviÀ ja autenttisia poliisiselontekoja Suomesta. TutkintatyössÀ mukana olleet poliisit ovat kirjoittaneet selonteot. Kaikki tapaukset on kÀsitelty loppuun ja niistÀ on langetettu tuomiot. Reportaasia lukiessa voi vain haukkoa henkeÀ ja todeta, ettÀ todellisuus on tarua ihmeellisempÀÀ.Lukija saa... Read more
View audiobookKoffertmordet
By: Diverse
Narrated by: Thomas Engelbrektsson
Length: 43 minutes
Abridged: No
En semesteridyll fÄr ett ovÀlkommet besök av en vÀska som innehÄller en tragedi. Det Àr augusti 1969 och semestertid med tillfÀlle till bad och segling, avkoppling och tid utan stress. Morgonen den 7 augusti 1969 strÄlar solen frÄn en nÀstan molnfri himmel. TvÄ dykare Àr denna morgon i bÄt pÄ fÀrd frÄn Lysekil till Grundsund pÄ Skaftölandet... Read more
View audiobookRemembering Emmett Till
By: Dave Tell
Narrated by: David Sadzin
Length: 10 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
Take a drive through the Mississippi Delta today and you'll find a landscape dotted with memorials to major figures and events from the civil rights movement. Perhaps the most chilling are those devoted to the murder of Emmett Till, a tragedy of hate and injustice that became a beacon in the fight for racial equality. The ways this event is... Read more
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