61 Results for : appropriated
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Planet Taco: A Global History of Mexican Food , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 611min
As late as the 1960s, tacos were virtually unknown outside Mexico and the American Southwest. Within fifty years the United States had shipped taco shells everywhere from Alaska to Australia, Morocco to Mongolia. But how did this tasty hand-held food - and Mexican food more broadly - become so ubiquitous? In Planet Taco, Jeffrey Pilcher traces the historical origins and evolution of Mexico's national cuisine, explores its incarnation as a Mexican American fast-food, shows how surfers became global pioneers of Mexican food, and how Corona beer conquered the world. Pilcher is particularly enlightening on what the history of Mexican food reveals about the uneasy relationship between globalization and authenticity.The burritos and taco shells that many people think of as Mexican were actually created in the United States. But Pilcher argues that the contemporary struggle between globalization and national sovereignty to determine the authenticity of Mexican food goes back hundreds of years. During the nineteenth century, Mexicans searching for a national cuisine were torn between nostalgic "Creole" Hispanic dishes of the past and French haute cuisine, the global food of the day. Indigenous foods were scorned as unfit for civilized tables. Only when Mexican American dishes were appropriated by the fast food industry and carried around the world did Mexican elites rediscover the foods of the ancient Maya and Aztecs and embrace the indigenous roots of their national cuisine. From a taco cart in Hermosillo, Mexico to the "Chili Queens" of San Antonio and tamale vendors in L.A., Jeffrey Pilcher follows this highly adaptable cuisine, paying special attention to the people too often overlooked in the battle to define authentic Mexican food: Indigenous Mexicans and Mexican Americans.PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Robin Bloodworth. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/014042/bk_adbl_014042_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Reset: My Fight for Inclusion and Lasting Change , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 640min
The “necessary and incisive” (Roxane Gay) account of the discrimination case that “has blown open a conversation about the status of women” in the workplace (The New York Times)Shortlisted for the 2017 Financial Times and Mckinsey Business Book of The YearNamed a Best Fall Book by Elle and Bustle In 2015, Ellen K. Pao sued a powerhouse Silicon Valley venture capital firm, calling out workplace discrimination and retaliation against women and other underrepresented groups. Her suit rocked the tech world - and exposed its toxic culture and its homogeneity. Her message overcame negative PR attacks that took aim at her professional conduct and her personal life, and she won widespread public support - Time hailed her as “the face of change.” Though Pao lost her suit, she revolutionized the conversation at tech offices, in the media, and around the world. In Reset, she tells her full story for the first time. The daughter of immigrants, Pao was taught that through hard work she could achieve her dreams. She earned multiple Ivy League degrees, worked at top start-ups, and in 2005 was recruited by Kleiner Perkins, arguably the world’s leading venture capital firm at the time. In many ways, she did everything right, and yet she and other women and people of color were excluded from success - cut out of decisive meetings and email discussions, uninvited to CEO dinners and lavish networking trips, and had their work undercut or appropriated by male executives. It was time for a system reset. After Kleiner, Pao became CEO of reddit, where she took forceful action to change the status quo for the company and its product. She banned revenge porn and unauthorized nude photos - an action other large media sites later followed - and shut down parts of reddit over online harassment. She and seven other women tech leaders formed Project Include, an award-winning nonprofit for accelerating diversity ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Emily Woo Zeller. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/005177/bk_rand_005177_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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History for Kids: The Illustrated Life of Geronimo , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 16min
*Perfect for ages 7-9*Includes pictures of Geronimo and other important people and places. "This boy’s name was Apache. Usen taught him how to prepare herbs for medicine, how to hunt, and how to fight. He was the first chief of the Indians and wore the eagle's feathers the sign of justice, wisdom, and power. To him and to his people, as they were created, Usen gave homes in the land of the West.” – Geronimo, on the origins of the Apache people.In Charles River Editors’ History for Kids series, your children can learn about history’s most important people and events in an easy, entertaining, and educational way. Pictures help bring the story to life, and the concise but comprehensive book will keep your kid’s attention all the way to the end. The name “Geronimo” evokes a number of different emotions. Those who believed in 19th century America’s “Manifest Destiny” viewed Geronimo and all Native Americans as impediments to God’s will for the nation. Descendants of people killed by “hostile” Natives certainly considered warriors like Geronimo to be murderers and thieves whose cultures and societies held no redeeming values. Even today, many Americans associate the name Geronimo with a war cry, and the name Geronimo itself only came about because of a battle he fought against the Mexicans.Over time, however, the historical perception of the relationship between America and Native tribes changed drastically. With that, Geronimo, or Goyahkla, was viewed in a far different light. Those who empathized with the fate of the Native Americans saw Geronimo as one of a number of Native American leaders who resisted the U.S. and Mexican governments as their lands were being appropriated, often eluding large numbers of soldiers pursuing them. Unfortunately, Geronimo’s story and that of his people is very similar to those of the majority of Native America ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David Zarbock. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/098912/bk_acx0_098912_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Results-Based Leadership: Heighten Unity and Motivation with a Shared, Principle-Based Vision (Transformative Leadership) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 54min
Formulate a shared, principle-based vision and observe how the members of your organization become more motivated, united, and productive.I know you want your organization to take more significant action, and for that to happen, you desire that all the members are aligned and cooperate in advancing toward clear goals.However, you find that your collaborators are so busy with their daily activities that they often lose sight of the big picture, and at times, different departments pull in different directions, instead of cooperating with one another.Part of the problem may be that your organization lacks a clear, concise vision that all have appropriated and which serves as a guide during daily activities and a compass when making decisions.Or at one time, you may have formulated a vision, but it’s not a living document that you constantly refer to in consulting about short-term goals and daily activities.When you and your principal collaborators consult together to formulate a shared, principle-based vision, express it concisely, and then work with all the members of the organization until they fully understand and identify with it, the results will be greater unity, cooperation, and motivation. Daily activities will become more meaningful and the vision becomes a compass that facilitates decision-making. That’s why I wrote Results-Based Leadership: Heightening Motivation and Unity with a Shared, Principle-Based Vision. Formulating a principle-based vision is a capability of Transformative Leadership that supports social transformation and complements other capabilities that contribute to personal transformation and to enhancing interpersonal relationships.My promise to you is that by listening to this book and by applying its easy-to follow guidelines, you will understand the power of formulating a vision, have a method to develop it, and know how to help the members of your organization to identify w ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Joan Hernandez. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/225525/bk_acx0_225525_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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King Arthur: History and Legend, Hörbuch, Digital, 720min
The saga of King Arthur and his court is the most enduringly popular mythic tradition of Western civilization. For over 1,500 years, the Arthurian narrative has enthralled writers, artists, and a limitless audience spanning the Western world and beyond - and its appeal continues unabated in our time. No other heroic figure in literature compares with King Arthur in terms of global popularity and longevity; now, each year sees literally thousands of new versions of the story appear across diverse media, from fiction writing and visual arts to film and popular culture. Delve into the historical mystery behind the figure of Arthur, and discover the magnificent breadth of these epic tales. These 24 spellbinding lectures reveal the full scope of the Arthurian tradition, from its beginnings in post-Roman Britain to its extraordinary trajectory across the centuries and its latest incarnations in modern times. Your pathfinder in this world of mythic adventure and romance, Professor Armstrong, is one of the world's leading Arthurian scholars and the current editor-in-chief of the academic journal Arthuriana. Demonstrating both encyclopedic knowledge and an infectious passion for the subject, she leads you in tracing how the myth developed across time, clarifying many misunderstood aspects of the narrative, such as the origins of the Round Table and the figure of Merlin, the illicit love between Lancelot and Guenevere, and the varied manifestations of the magical Holy Grail. You'll discover how the legend was appropriated and assimilated by differing cultures, and how each writer and artist in the tradition reflected and commented, through the Arthurian narrative, on the concerns of their own time and place. The result is an illuminating look at one of the most engaging, entertaining, and influential legendary traditions the world has ever known. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in yo Language: English. Narrator: Dorsey Armstrong. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tcco/000404/bk_tcco_000404_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Lamaze: An International History , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 410min
The Lamaze method is virtually synonymous with natural childbirth in America. In the 1970s, taking Lamaze classes was a common rite of passage to parenthood. The conscious relaxation and patterned breathing techniques touted as a natural and empowering path to the alleviation of pain in childbirth resonated with the feminist and countercultural values of the era.In Lamaze, historian Paula A. Michaels tells the surprising story of the Lamaze method from its origins in the Soviet Union in the 1940s, to its popularization in France in the 1950s, and then to its heyday in the 1960s and 1970s in the US. Michaels shows how, for different reasons, in disparate national contexts, this technique for managing the pain of childbirth without resort to drugs found a following. The Soviet government embraced this method as a panacea to childbirth pain in the face of the material shortages that followed World War II. Heated and sometimes ideologically inflected debates surrounded the Lamaze method as it moved from East to West amid the Cold War. Physicians in France sympathetic to the communist cause helped to export it across the Iron Curtain, but politics alone fails to explain why French women embraced this approach. Arriving on American shores around 1960, the Lamaze method took on new meanings. Initially it offered a path to a safer and more satisfying birth experience, but overtly political considerations came to the fore once again as feminists appropriated it as a way to resist the patriarchal authority of male obstetricians. Drawing on a wealth of archival evidence, Michaels pieces together this complex and fascinating story at the crossroads of the history of politics, medicine, and women.The story of Lamaze illuminates the many contentious issues that swirl around birthing practices in America and Europe. Brimming with insight, Michaels' engaging history offers an instructive intervention in the debate about how to achieve humane, empowering, and ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Coleen Marlo. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/017963/bk_adbl_017963_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Mutual Funds: Money , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 6min
Learn about Mutual Funds with iMinds Money's insightful fast knowledge series. A mutual fund is an investment vehicle that allows a group of investors to pool their money, allowing a professional to collectively trade securities on their behalf in exchange for a small fee. The pooled funds are used to purchase a diverse range of assets and provide a return to the investor. Typically the assets purchased are shares of companies and so reflect share market movements, but some funds focus on other markets such as property. Although the term ‘mutual fund’ has specific meaning in United States law, it is globally synonymous with the names managed fund, unit trust or collective investment.The origin of mutual funds can be traced back to a Dutch merchant, who in 1874 created a trust that accepted funds from several small investors. King William I appropriated this idea nearly fifty years later, launching investment companies in the Netherlands that placed a strong focus on investment diversification. It is this diversification that is the strength of the mutual fund. By pooling their funds a group of investors can afford to invest in a wider range of assets than would be possible individually. The benefits of investment diversification come from the exploitation of economies of scale in two ways. Firstly, brokerage costs are significantly reduced and the purchase of wholesale investment assets – which are typically issued in denominations of $1 million or more – becomes possible. Secondly, unsystematic risk is reduced by the diversification of the investment portfolio.iMinds will hone your financial knowledge with its insightful series looking at topics related to Money, Investment and Finance.. whether an amateur or specialist in the field, iMinds targeted fast knowledge series will whet your mental appetite and broaden your mind. iMinds will hone your financial knowledge with its insightful series looking at topics related to Money, Investment and Finance.. whe ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Emily Sophie Knapp. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/imnd/000216/bk_imnd_000216_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Book Thieves: The Nazi Looting of Europe's Libraries and the Race to Return a Literary Inheritance , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 820min
For fans of The Monuments Men and The Hare with Amber Eyes, the story of the Nazis' systematic pillaging of Europe's libraries and the small team of heroic librarians now working to return the stolen books to their rightful owners. While the Nazi party was being condemned by much of the world for burning books, they were already hard at work perpetrating an even greater literary crime. Through extensive new research that included records saved by the Monuments Men themselves, Anders Rydell tells the untold story of Nazi book theft, as he himself joins the effort to return the stolen books. When the Nazi soldiers ransacked Europe's libraries and bookshops, large and small, the books they stole were not burned. Instead, the Nazis began to compile a library of their own that they could use to wage an intellectual war on literature and history. In this secret war, the libraries of Jews, communists, liberal politicians, LGBT activists, Catholics, Freemasons, and many other opposition groups were appropriated for Nazi research and used as an intellectual weapon against their owners. But when the war was over, most of the books were never returned. Instead many found their way into the public library system, where they remain to this day. Now, Rydell finds himself entrusted with one of these stolen volumes, setting out to return it to its rightful owner. It was passed to him by the small team of heroic librarians who have begun the monumental task of combing through Berlin's public libraries to identify the looted books and reunite them with the families of their original owners. For those who lost relatives in the Holocaust, these books are often the only remaining possession of their relatives they have ever held. And as Rydell travels to return the volume he was given, he shows just how much a single book can mean to those who own it. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kaleo Griffith. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/peng/003032/bk_peng_003032_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Songline of the Heart
Traveling internationally for the past 12 years as a professional Dowsing Master and speaker, Shelley Darling synthesizes her knowledge of Emotional Integration, Heart Resonance and Feng Shui with Dowsing, which evokes an energetic "quickening" in the field, uplifting the home, land, and business environment. Shelley's dedication to Love as a practical pathway, combined with her understanding of Conscious Evolution, delivers a dynamic whole-systems model which speaks to Evolutionary Dowsing as a transformational journey whose vision is to restore personal power, prosperity aligned with purpose and planetary peace. Shelley currently lives where the eagles soar at the delta of Merrymeeting Bay in Maine, USA. From the Author: Dowsing came into my life serendipitously, seemingly out of left field. As I dowsed my clients' homes, I found myself in complete awe of how quickly my clients themselves evolved. They became enthusiastic and developed profound confidence and trust in their personal internal guidance systems, often in ways that had previously seemed unimaginable to them. Through Dowsing... I began to experience a more powerful connection with the voice of the land. Each dowsing seemed to support an empowered awareness of the land with a conscious recognition of one's personal power and appropriated guardianship of the land by the Ancestors. The personal transmissions that occur through each dowsing deliver messages to the individual and their families, awakening and renewing their relationships with each other, while simultaneously restoring and harmonizing the energy of the land. My experience has since continued to support these findings, with the strength and conviction of a power and unfolding wisdom, which opens the "Heart Field" through Dowsing. This connection with the Quantum or Unified Field, transforms and uplifts children, families and their communities, as shared in their personal stories. -Shelley Darling- Shop: buecher
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Mixed Marriage: The Diary of a Portuguese Bride , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 335min
Read by the great-granddaughter of Elizabeth Cadell, Alexandra Reynolds! This is the diary of an English girl who falls in love with an eligible young Portuguese, Afonso. The bride recounts, vividly and hilariously, her and her mother's plans for an English country wedding, how they dealt with Uncle George (The Head of the Family), and their success in making sure that on her wedding day the church was filled with music and flowers (both officially banned due to the “mixed” marriage of a Catholic bridegroom and a Church of England bride). She subsequently finds herself living on a horse-rearing estate in a rural part of Portugal, coping with a truculent cook, a primitive kitchen (no electricity, no gas, no fly screens, no taps - unlike the stables, which were far more up-to-date) and watching a husband gradually turning into a horse before her eyes....In Lisbon, a four-hour drive away, lived her husband's parents, his nine brothers and sisters, an unending procession of aunts, uncles, and cousins, and a large number of family servants. She recounts the ups and downs of the early months of her married life at Reinaldo, the family property which she struggles to make her own. Iron bedsteads, straw mattresses, and numerous pictures of the Holy Family gradually make way for chintz, bookshelves, and comfortable veranda furniture; chicken with rice and peppers is replaced by duck and lemon meringue, though a new young cook is swiftly appropriated by her mother-in-law, which could be thought of (but not by the writer) as a compliment. Friends and neighbours are also keenly observed in this light-hearted, observant and humorous account of a girl's path from an English country cottage and a London flat, to love, marriage, and motherhood on a traditional country estate in Portugal. *Note, these titles contain the original, unabridged text exactly as the author first wrote it. Many later editions of Elizabeth Cadell's works were heavily abridg ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Alexandra Reynolds. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/122128/bk_acx0_122128_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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