Die Stärke der Töchter
Die Falkenbach-Saga 2
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Narrated by:
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Gabriele Blum
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By:
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Ellin Carsta
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Eine Familie zwischen geheimnisvoller Vergangenheit und düsteren Zukunftsaussichten. Der neue historische Roman von #1-Kindle-Bestsellerautorin Ellin Carsta.
Bernried am Starnberger See, 1937: Als Paul-Friedrich von Falkenbach hört, dass ein Kriegskamerad bei einem Unfall in seiner Schreinerei ums Leben gekommen ist, erweckt das sofort sein Misstrauen. Wird er erneut von seiner Vergangenheit eingeholt? Paul-Friedrich will seinen Geschäftspartner Wilhelm Lehmann treffen, um die Sache aufzuklären. Doch der hat gerade ganz andere Probleme: Sein Sohn Leopold hat ihn zum wiederholten Male enttäuscht und er will ihn aus der Familie und der Firma verbannen. Vor lauter Aufregung erleidet er einen Schwächeanfall.
Währenddessen spitzt sich die Lage für die jüdische Bevölkerung in Deutschland weiter zu. Als ihrem Vater plötzlich das Grundstück der Nachbarfamilie am See angeboten wird, ist dies ein weiterer Weckruf für das politische Interesse von Wilhelmine von Falkenbach, ebenso wie ein politisch Verfolgter, der Unterschlupf auf dem Gut der von Falkenbachs sucht. Paul-Friedrichs Tochter spürt, dass sie die opportunistische Haltung einiger Familienmitglieder nicht länger teilen kann...
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Johnnie Rico never really intended to join up—and definitely not the infantry. But now that he’s in the thick of it, trying to get through combat training harder than anything he could have imagined, he knows everyone in his unit is one bad move away from buying the farm in the interstellar war the Terran Federation is waging against the Arachnids. Because everyone in the Mobile Infantry fights. And if the training doesn’t kill you, the Bugs are more than ready to finish the job.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The definitive version!
- By Kristopher G. Hesson on 10-03-24
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Dead Med
- By: Freida McFadden
- Narrated by: Patricia Santomasso, Scott Merriman
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 954
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 929
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 929
When Heather McKinley dreamed of becoming a doctor, she imagined curing sick kids and sporting pink stethoscopes. She never anticipated the sleepless nights, grueling exams, and endless labs. And she certainly never knew that her medical school earned the nickname Dead Med thanks to the tragic history of students overdosing on illegal drugs. But Heather would never consider doing anything like that. That is, until her longtime boyfriend dumps her, she finds herself failing anatomy, and her world starts to crumble.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Hmm
- By Morgan Meaux on 08-22-24
By: Freida McFadden