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    The Trial [Tantor Audio] , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 505min
    First published in 1925, The Trial tells the story of a man arrested for an unknown crime by a remote, inaccessible authority and his struggle for control over the increasing absurdity of his life. One of Franz Kafka's best-known works, The Trial has been variously interpreted as an examination of political power, a satirical depiction of bureaucracy, and a pessimistic religious parable. Left unfinished at the time of Kafka's 1924 death, The Trial is nevertheless a trenchant depiction of the seemingly incomprehensible nature of existence and a fascinating exploration of the universal issues of justice, power, freedom, and isolation. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Todd McLaren. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/002067/bk_tant_002067_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Modern Prince (eBook, ePUB)
    What do leaders need to know in order to be effective? Carnes Lord-a political scientist with extensive experience at high levels of American government-here offers witty and trenchant counsel to both leaders and the citizens who elect them. Exploring such issues as leadership in war and crises, diplomacy, intelligence, the media, and the role of political advisors, Lord enumerates the major challenges confronting modern leaders and offers practical advice on how leaders should deal with them. The Modern Prince anticipates-at times in startling fashion-the situation facing the Donald Trump administration in an ongoing political drama that has few precedents in the history of the republic.
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    Bad Dogs Have More Fun: Selected Writings on Family, Animals and Life from the Philadelphia Inquirer , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 368min
    Bad Dogs Have More Fun is an unforgettable collection of more that 75 newspaper columns by John Grogan, the number-one New York Times best-selling author of Marley & Me. Combining humor, wit, poignancy and affection, these columns provide insight into the intriguing and wonderful world we live in. Whether it be writing about animals (from dogs to elephants to geese!), his powerful and moving comments about his own and other families, his trenchant comments on life's foibles and farces, or his interviews and interactions with people who are memorable and unusual in their own right, John Grogan makes us laugh, he makes us cry, he makes us think. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Arte Johnson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/pnix/000106/bk_pnix_000106_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Twelfth Night, Hörbuch, Digital, 121min
    David Tennant stars as Malvolio in Shakespeare's comedy of disguise, madness and love. One of Shakespeare's happiest plays, Twelfth Night is both a comedy of misrule and a trenchant attack on puritanism. Disguise and deceit lead to misadventure, madness and mistaken love. Orsino loves Olivia, but she loves Cesario, who really does love Orsino (for Cesario is actually Viola). But Malvolio believes his mistress, Olivia, loves him, as he is a victim of a trick played on him by those who would make him mad. Naomi Frederick and Paul Ready are Viola and Orsino in his sparkling BBC Radio 3 production. Language: English. Narrator: full cast, David Tennant, Naomi Frederick. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/002123/bk_rhuk_002123_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Silas Marner , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 446min
    Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe (1861) is the third novel by George Eliot. Set in the early years of the 19th century, it seems at first to be only a simple story about the weaver Silas Marner. However, the complex plot and wide cast of characters soon reveal its scope and realism. The narrative deals with a range of issues, from community to industrialization and religion. Silas’ life is changed by Eppie, the little girl he adopts, and their fates are entwined with Godfrey Cass, son of the village squire. The novel’s striking symbolism and trenchant social criticism contribute to make this affectionate portrait of rural life an enduring classic. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Andrea Giordani. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/yurt/002209/bk_yurt_002209_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Abolition of Liberty: The Decline of Order and Justice in England , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 589min
    From identification cards to how we protect our property, public debate rages over what our basic human rights are and how they are to be protected. In this trenchant and provocative audiobook, Peter Hitchens sets out to show that popular views of these hotly contested issues - from crime and punishment to so-called 'soft drugs' - are based on mistaken beliefs, massaged figures, and cheap slogans. His powerful and counterintuitive conclusions make challenging listening for those on both the Left and the Right and are essential listening for all concerned with creating a lawful and peaceful society. The Abolition of Liberty argues that because of the misdemeanours of the few, the liberty of the many is seriously jeopardised. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Peter Hitchens. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/028137/bk_adbl_028137_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Making Globalization Work , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 694min
    Four years after he outlined the challenges our increasingly interdependent world was facing in Globalization and Its Discontents, Joseph E. Stiglitz offered his agenda for reform. Now in audiobook, Making Globalization Work offers inventive solutions to a host of problems, including the indebtedness of developing countries, international fiscal instability, and worldwide pollution. Stiglitz also argues for the reform of global financial institutions, trade agreements, and intellectual property laws, to make them better able to respond to the growing disparity between the richest and poorest countries. Now more than ever before, globalization has gathered the peoples of the world into one community, bringing with it a need to think and act globally. This trenchant, intellectually powerful book is an invaluable step in that process. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jim Vann. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/012323/bk_adbl_012323_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Everything You Think You Know About Politics...and Why You're Wrong , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 444min
    Confused because the conventional wisdom doesn't coincide with your view of the political world? Perhaps that's because the press and pundits have it wrong.In Everything You Think You Know About Politics...and Why You're Wrong, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, a noted expert on presidential politics, offers a guide through the welter of information - generated by politicians and the media - surrounding political campaigns. Jamieson and her team get into the ins and outs of pollling, the use and abuses of the soundbite, "going negative", and whether or not ads work. Combining trenchant analysis and surprising facts, Everything You Think You Know About Politics...and Why You're Wrong will change the way you look at candidates and the media forever. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kathleen Hall Jamieson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhau/000005/bk_rhau_000005_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    From Beirut to Jerusalem, Hörbuch, Digital, 182min
    In From Beirut to Jerusalem, Thomas L. Friedman, a columnist for The New York Times and author of The Lexus and the Olive Tree, has drawn on his decade in the Middle East to produce the most trenchant, vivid, and thought-provoking book yet on the region. No issue in international politics has been more hotly debated than the Arab-Israeli conflict. And no reporter has illuminated both the conflict and the rhythms of life in the Middle East with more immediacy and brilliance than Friedman, a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for international reporting. Whether it's extremism, terrorism, or fundamentalism on right and left, Friedman puts all the operative currents into perspective with an inimitable specificity and clarity. Language: English. Narrator: Thomas L. Friedman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/001350/bk_harp_001350_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Money Culture , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 412min
    The 1980s was the most outrageous and turbulent era in the financial market since the crash of ’29, not only on Wall Street but around the world. Michael Lewis, as a trainee at Salomon Brothers in New York and as an investment banker and later financial journalist, was uniquely positioned to chronicle the ambition and folly that fueled the decade. In these trenchant, often hilarious true tales, we meet the colorful movers and shakers (or did they call themselves Big Swinging Dicks?) who commanded the headlines and rewrote the rules. Whether he is analyzing the unsavory details of the RJR Nabisco takeover or flaying American Express, Michael Lewis brings to task a wicked pen and a triumphant sense of humor. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Alexander Cendese. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/002687/bk_brll_002687_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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