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Are you looking for an educational and fun animal audiobook to dive into? One that shares the good, the bad, and normal life of each individual species, one that will be interactive with facts and questions? Well, you have finally found it! This audiobook is designed for a fun and rememberable experience for listers and of all ages. Perfect for car rides, or family night, with interesting random facts about life and the animals in the Arctic, you are sure to remember something fun that you can use to stand out in any conversation.

Colton Caldwell is hotter than I remember—broad chest, muscles in all the right places, wavy brown hair, and eyes that suck me in. All private-school perfection. Pity he can’t drive worth a damn. He hit me with his truck, just backed out without looking, leaving me bruised, aching… and well aware of him. But things have changed since he left. A lot of things. He’s no longer the budding football star, and I’m no longer the gawky kid he never noticed.

Australia is home to some of the most unusual animals in the world. Did you know, millions of years ago, all the continents were clumped into one large landmass? When the continents began to break away, South America, Antarctica, and Australia were still stuck together. Later, South America connected to North America, but Australia separated. It kept evolving in isolation, which is why the animals of Australia can look very different from animals anywhere else in the world.

Hanna Majewski y su hermana menor, Stefa, no pueden ser más diferentes: mientras que Hanna deja Polonia para vivir libre de las ataduras que su religión le impone, Stefa es una adolescente modelo, obediente y comprometida con las tradiciones judías. Sin embargo, ambas están seguras de que el amor que sienten la una por la otra es incondicional y, por eso, cuando la Segunda Guerra Mundial estalla y los nazis comienzan a sacar de sus hogares a miles de judíos para encerrarlos en el gueto de Varsovia, Hanna decide regresar a su patria para salvar a su familia, sin importarle que esto pueda costarle la vida.

Los nazis quieren silenciarla, pero ella no se callará. 1920. Aunque el mundo ha cambiado tras la Primera Guerra Mundial, sigue dominado por hombres. Incluso alguien tan audaz como Niki Rittenhaus, una joven actriz, necesita crear alianzas para sobresalir. Su matrimonio con Rickard Länger, un productor de cine en Berlín, parece conveniente para ambos, hasta que él comienza a producir propaganda nazi. Profundamente decepcionada, Niki abandona su sueño de ser una estrella de cine y escribe Una mujer en Berlín, una novela en la que denuncia los horrores de la nueva ideología alemana.

Durante el verano de 1942, en el corazón del régimen nazi, una serie de panfletos anónimos que denunciaban a Hitler y sus atrocidades aparecieron en plazas públicas y buzones de correo, e inundaron la Universidad de Munich. Natalya Petrovich, una joven estudiante de enfermería, sabe quiénes están detrás de estos papeles que llaman a la resistencia: un grupo secreto conocido como la Rosa Blanca, dirigido por Sophie y Hans Scholl.

While some have attempted to explain the cultural and religious significance of this cactus and drug, Alexander S. Dawson offers a completely new way of understanding the place of peyote in history. In this provocative new audiobook, Dawson argues peyote has marked the boundary between the Indian and the West since the Spanish Inquisition outlawed it in 1620.

In tales buzzing with possibility, hope, innovation, anger, and tenderness, Tasting Light offers a dazzling challenge to connect with open minds, hearts, and senses in a fast-changing world.

Tameka had it all, a bright future and a new career. And then she met Caleb, Wall Street’s broker of the year. Caleb was like a dream, a fairytale come true. Tameka’s only problem, was that she was in love with Erick too. She juggled both relationships, and kept both men apart, Then Erick found out about Caleb, and everything fell apart. Poor Tameka, what is she to do, Now that Boyfriend #1, wants her to set up Boyfriend #2!

High school isn’t kind to girls like me. I’m the one who freezes when the bullies close in. The one my brothers guard like I’ll break. The one who rattles off random facts to cover the silence, praying no one notices how small I feel. But when Maiken Maxwell transfers to our school, everything shifts. He doesn’t know my past or the cruel nickname everyone else whispers. He just looks at me like I matter—like maybe I’m worth standing tall for.

In Africa there are over one million different species of animals, insects, and birds, not including the ones undiscovered by the human civilization. Of these million animals, include the tallest, heaviest, and strongest land animals in the world, and we are going to learn all about them and the vast environments in which they live in. From the Lion King to Black Panther, the continent has captured the popular imagination many times.

Could you ever imaging taking a trip to the Zoo and finding out that the Silverback Gorilla is extinct? Like many animals across our world, they may become extinct within our lifetime, if we do not start changing our ways immediately. Did you know that the Amazon Rainforest has the longest river in the world by only 65 feet, and that within this river it holds a diverse bioactive environment for millions of marine and aquatic life? With the nickname of “The Lungs of the Earth” it is apparent how vital this ecosystem is to our environment.

Trying to rebuild her life, 17-year-old Lacey Robinson moves from one coast to the other to start over. But the pain and devastation of her past can't be left behind - not after a loss like that. When Lacey meets the brooding, sexy Kade Maxwell, he just might have the magic touch that awakens her feminine side, and a kiss that erases her worst nightmares.

Senior year was supposed to be perfect—Friday night games, late-night talks, and planning the future with Maiken Maxwell, the boy who already owns my heart. But one night changes everything. A party meant to celebrate our last summer together spirals out of control, leaving me grounded and my relationship with Maiken hanging by a thread.

Are you looking to pass by time, but do not want to be mindlessly scrolling? Are you looking for a trivia game that has interesting topics that will blow your mind? Road Trip Trivia Game Show is a great way to pass time while traveling. In this audiobook, there will be 11 trivia categories to choose from and eight other secret bonus categories. Each category will have 25 questions, and unlike other trivia books, this one allows you to navigate around to each topic you would like to test yourself on!

Maiken Maxwell isn’t just the star of the basketball team. He’s the boy who makes my heart race with every smile, every kiss, every whispered word that I’m his. But dating him also paints a target on my back, and Tessa—the queen of mean—isn’t about to let me forget it. Now she’s challenged me to a showdown on the ice, and the whole school is watching. If I fall, I risk losing more than my pride. And with rumors that Maiken’s family might move away, I can’t shake the fear that our fragile first love could slip through my fingers.

May 1917: Emma Lewis Swan's husband, Tom, has gone from Boston to France, eager to do his duty as a surgeon on the Western Front. Emma, a sculptress, has stayed behind, pursuing her art despite being dismissed by male critics. On the bustling sidewalk she spies a returned soldier. His brutally scarred face inspires first pity, and then something more - a determination to use her skill to make masks for disfigured soldiers. Emma's union with Tom has been steady yet passionless, marred by guilt over a choice she made long ago.

This book is designed for a fun and enjoyable experience for listeners of all ages. Perfect for car rides or family night with interesting , random facts about the animals in the ocean, you are sure to remember something fun that you can use to stand out in any conversation.

Death and pain brought them together. Vengeance and darkness might tear them apart. Kade Maxwell will do anything to save Lacey Robinson from her past - and from herself. A task that is harder than he ever realized as fate has something else in store. Bound and determined to push through her demons and achieve her dreams, Lacey just might dare to go too far - right into the arms of a killer.

Every year, our deserts are growing hotter and hotter due to global climate change. This brings many challenges to the animals of our deserts, but luckily, they have found a solution for survival! From extra water storage, giant ears for cooling, or microscopic silver hairs used to repel the heat, these animals are always adapting and changing to the environmental shifts caused by the human race over many years.