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When the Fault Breaks: Life Will Never Be the Same, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 650min
When the Fault Breaks is a post apocalypse book predicated by the rupture of the Cascadia Fault. It is about the stories and lives of survivors of the Mega Quake in a world of chaos and mayhem. It is about one possible way some semblance of a normal life can happen. It is a mix of death and destruction, current social/political outlook, humor, and hope.Preppers, survivalists, and homesteaders will like the book because it has many ideas on how to live off grid in a rural or wilderness setting. It talks about many different types of alternative energies, and agricultural methods. It goes into how things used to be done and how it could be again.Unlike other post apocalypse book that just talks about what is destroyed and who dies When the Fault Breaks uses the quake as a catalyst for the changes that happen. The book is about people pulling together in times of catastrophe, though at first our fragile society collapses, life continues. New boarders are formed and the true nature of people come through. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: William Lytle. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/195628/bk_acx0_195628_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Tyranny of Experts: Economists, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 958min
Over the last century, global poverty has largely been viewed as a technical problem that merely requires the right "expert" solutions. Yet all too often, experts recommend solutions that fix immediate problems without addressing the systemic political factors that created them in the first place. Further, they produce an accidental collusion with "benevolent autocrats", leaving dictators with yet more power to violate the rights of the poor. In The Tyranny of Experts, economist William Easterly, best-selling author of The White Man’s Burden, traces the history of the fight against global poverty, showing not only how these tactics have trampled the individual freedom of the world’s poor, but how in doing so have suppressed a vital debate about an alternative approach to solving poverty: freedom. Presenting a wealth of cutting-edge economic research, Easterly argues that only a new model of development - one predicated on respect for the individual rights of people in developing countries, that understands that unchecked state power is the problem and not the solution - will be capable of ending global poverty once and for all. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jonathan Yen. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/reco/007635/bk_reco_007635_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Let Dogs Be Dogs: Understanding Canine Nature and Mastering the Art of Living with Your Dog , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 583min
America's foremost authorities on dog care and training distill decades of experience in a comprehensive foundational guide for dog owners. No matter what training method or techniques you use with your dog, the training is unlikely to be optimally successful unless it is predicated on an understanding of the dog's true nature. Dogs need food, water, exercise and play, rest, veterinary care - the basics. But since dogs naturally want to be led, they also need focused and compassionate guidance. Through abundant stories and case studies, the authors reveal how canine nature manifests itself in various behaviors, some potentially disruptive to domestic accord, and show how in addressing these behaviors you can strengthen the bond with your dog as well as keep the peace. The promise of this book is that, especially in an ever-accelerating world filled with digital distractions, you can learn from your dog's example how to live in the moment, thereby enriching your life immeasurably. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dan Woren. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hach/003437/bk_hach_003437_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Things (eBook, ePUB)
"Things" is a book by Sinclair Lewis an American writer. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. "Things" is a short story by Sinclair Lewis. "This is not the story of Theodora Duke and Stacy Lindstrom, but of a traveling bag with silver fittings, a collection of cloisonné, a pile of ratty school-books, and a fireless cooker that did not cook. Long before these things were acquired, when Theo was a girl and her father, Lyman Duke, was a so-so dealer in cut-over lands, there was a feeling of adventure in the family. They lived in a small brown house which predicated children and rabbits in the back yard, and a father invariably home for supper. But Mr. Duke was always catching trains to look at pine tracts in northern Minnesota. Often his wife went along and, in the wilds, way and beyond Grand Marais and the steely shore of Lake Superior, she heard wolves howl and was unafraid." Preview.- Shop: buecher
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Rogue Faction: Part 2: A Cyrus Cooper Thriller, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 662min
Doctor Voss has a secret: a technological device that will literally change the course of medicine. But what promises to be an effective new treatment that will save lives, may also become the ultimate tool for espionage. The protected compound where Voss works and his family lives is now under siege from forces that will stop at nothing to claim this prize for themselves. Cyrus Cooper, a member and agent of the Coalition, was ordered to infiltrate the ultra-secure tower of steel and glass, but with each new secret uncovered, he begins to question the validity of his assignment. Is the Coalition trying to keep this new technology out of the hands of dangerous adversaries, or do they really want to claim it as their own? Would he have been given the assignment if the Coalition had known about his history with Natasha, Voss’s oldest daughter? Or, was he assigned to the case predicated on a past he has tried desperately to hide? Allegiances will be tested and deceptions exposed before the dust settles. And in the end, who will be the last man standing when the bullets stop flying? The latest chapter in the Cyrus Cooper Thriller series concludes with this book. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dan Delgado. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/173341/bk_acx0_173341_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Road Behind Me: The Lie of Hannah , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 204min
It's been said a man falls in love, on an average, three times in his life. If that's an accurate assessment, it stands to reason two of those three must end in heartbreak.Author RJ Cook had the misfortune of experiencing two of his three heartaches before the age of 20- both within the same year, separated by only a few months. The Road Behind Me narrates his story of lost love, a tale of a journey, and a late-in-life epiphany - all predicated on a single deception that he lived with for the better part of 40 years. This memoir tells how, from the summer of 1974 to the summer of 1975, he traveled from New Jersey to California to escape the pain of a broken heart, only to discover that distance did nothing to diminish his memories.A true story of the author's failed attempt to create a new life for himself, The Road Behind Me shares the adventures he encountered almost a continent away from home. It's a story of growing up and falling in love in suburban New Jersey; of losing love and seeking refuge in the land of milk, honey, and Disney; and of returning home as a defeated and forlorn road warrior - all during the time of peace and love, Woodstock, Nixon, and Vietnam. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Patrick J. Hinchliffe. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/176417/bk_acx0_176417_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Brain Myths Exploded: Lessons from Neuroscience, Hörbuch, Digital, 715min
Much of the layperson's knowledge of the brain is predicated on a lack of understanding about this mysterious organ. To start building a more straightforward, accurate understanding of current breakthroughs in neuroscience, you have to start by shattering popular brain myths. Each of these 24 lectures takes as its focus a single powerful, prevalent brain myth, and uses it as a launch pad from which to explore myriad topics in neuroscience: decision making, memory, dreams, emotions, neuroplasticity, consciousness, mental illness, and much more. Our memory is an accurate, objective record of the past. Our senses reflect the world as it really exists. Our dreams have hidden meanings. We are only using 10% of our total brain power. Modern technology (including social media) is making us less intelligent. Dr. Viskontas doesn't just settle for obliterating these and other myths. Instead, she replaces them with scientific facts gathered from experiments, research, and case studies. The result is an eye-opening adventure into the latest understanding of why the brain works the way it does. Whatever order you enjoy these lectures in, you'll be left with insights that will help you better determine the hard scientific truths behind the breaking news (and myths) of tomorrow. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. Language: English. Narrator: Indre Viskontas. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tcco/000463/bk_tcco_000463_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Common-Sense Business: Principles for Profitable Leadership , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 418min
Has the potential to transform how all companies are run...Nothing could be more valuable! - Mark Drewell, CEO, Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative (GRLI) From two of the world's most successful business leaders comes Common-Sense Business - an accessible, actionable guide to better leadership, increased profits, and a more sustainable economic model predicated on prudence and socially conscious business. Common sense and prudence have long been among the guiding tenets of society, but in today's economy they have been completely abandoned in the interest of blindly maximizing profits. Common-Sense Business shows that this current economic model is both detrimental and unsustainable, and that we must transform the global economy along the lines of common sense toward the common good. Ted Malloch, a thought leader and policy influencer in global economic strategy, and Whitney MacMillan, the former chairman and CEO of the world's largest private corporation, draw on recent research, history's greatest minds, and their own successes to explain that ethically driven business is both a moral and financial necessity. Inspired by Thomas Paine's Common Sense, this work explains to listeners in all walks of life that ethically driven business will lead to better long-term profits, larger customer bases and more positive customer relations, and a holistically improved business. This book is a must-listen for business owners, entrepreneurs, students, and businessmen and women in all sectors of the economy. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jeff Cummings. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/009464/bk_brll_009464_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Life and Legacy of Salvador Dali: History's Greatest Artists , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 83min
Each morning when I awake, I experience again a supreme pleasure - that of being Salvador Dali. - Salvador Dali In his review of Salvador Dali's first autobiography, George Orwell declared that "One ought to be able to hold in one's head simultaneously the two facts that Dali is a good draughtsman and a disgusting human being." Whether or not one agrees with the famous author's assessment, Orwell captures the polarizing nature of Salvador Dali, and the extent to which his undeniable technical virtuosity often brushed against his penchant for provoking his audiences (not to mention provoking long-entrenched standards of "proper" taste). Dali, after all, was unafraid to eschew Renaissance perspective, thereby incorporating often graphic subject matter. In other words, if Dali stands as one of the canonical figures of modern art, this involved holding both a seminal role in the canon of cutting-edge art but also a tendency to challenge audiences, challenging the contours of "Art with a Capital A". While Orwell may have separated Dali the master technician from Dali the person, it would be more accurate to acknowledge that the virtues of Dali's art cannot be dissociated from its provocative nature. Always a showman, Dali's very public persona was predicated on pushing the boundaries of artistic form, content, and professional identity. He was also not alone in this regard, and Dali's career cannot be separated entirely from important modern art movements, particularly surrealism. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kenneth Ray. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/079233/bk_acx0_079233_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Guilty Minds , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 579min
New York Times best-selling author Joseph Finder delivers an exhilarating and timely thriller exploring how even the most powerful among us can be brought down by scandal and how the lies we tell one another - and ourselves - can never truly stay buried. The chief justice of the Supreme Court is about to be defamed by a powerful gossip website called Slander Sheet, which specializes in dirt on celebs and politicians. Their top reporter has written an exposé claiming that the chief justice had liaisons with an escort, a young woman willing to appear on video and tell the world her salacious yet convincing tale. But the chief justice is not without formidable allies, and his greatest supporter is determined to stop the story in its tracks. Nick Heller is a private spy - a private intelligence operative based in Boston, hired by lawyers, politicians, and even foreign governments. Known as both a maverick and a dedicated, high-powered investigator, he's called to Washington, DC, to help out in this delicate, potentially explosive situation. Nick has just 48 hours to prove the story about the chief justice is baseless. But when the call girl is found murdered, the case takes an unexpected and dangerous turn, and Nick resolves to find the true mastermind behind the Slander Sheet story before anyone else falls victim to the maelstrom of political scandal and ruined reputations predicated upon one carefully concealed secret. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Holter Graham. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/peng/002807/bk_peng_002807_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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