142 Results for : altruistic

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    My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 193min
    Written in his early 60s, Tesla looks back on the events that shaped his life as the inventor of our modern world. Like many exceptional artists, scientists, and engineers, Tesla's senses and intellect worked on a higher level, which often afflicted him physically. Yet he overcame, and used his special abilities and strong educational background to make electricity the servant of man. He personally invented radio, AC electricity, remote-control, and initiated a plan for the first wireless network. He believed in using renewable energy, and developed the first hydroelectric power plants. And always, his altruistic goal was to make a better world for mankind. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David Mitchell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/clbt/000041/bk_clbt_000041_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Portnoy's Complaint
    The groundbreaking novel that propelled its author to literary stardom: told in a continuous monologue from patient to psychoanalyst, Philip Roth's masterpiece draws us into the turbulent mind of one lust-ridden young Jewish bachelor named Alexander Portnoy. Portnoy's Complaint n. [after Alexander Portnoy (1933- )] A disorder in which strongly-felt ethical and altruistic impulses are perpetually warring with extreme sexual longings, often of a perverse nature. Spielvogel says: 'Acts of exhibitionism, voyeurism, fetishism, auto-eroticism and oral coitus are plentiful; as a consequence of the patient's "morality," however, neither fantasy nor act issues in genuine sexual gratification, but rather in overriding feelings of shame and the dread of retribution, particularly in the form of castration.' (Spielvogel, O. "The Puzzled Penis," Internationale Zeitschrift für Psychoanalyse, Vol. XXIV, p. 909.) It is believed by Spielvogel that many of the symptoms can be traced to the bonds obtaining in the mother-child relationship.
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    Brownsville Bred: Dreaming Out Loud , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 246min
    A YA Memoir based on the award winning, off Broadway stage play and the life of Elaine Del Valle.In the face of her father's addiction, an altruistic young Latina struggles to reclaim her self worth amidst her deteriorating Brooklyn projects.Brownsville Bred (adapted from her autobiographical stage play) is a young adult novel told in a series of vignettes - some funny, some heartbreaking, that together tell Elaine Del Valle’s journey growing up in the toughest project in Brownsville, the toughest neighborhood in New York. But her story refuses to be ghetto-ized. It bursts with the details of life and touches everyone. Prepare to be handheld through a journey that will make you feel more than inspired...It will make you feel capable! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Elaine Del Valle. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/217158/bk_acx0_217158_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Revenge of Frankenstein , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 462min
    There is a fine line between obsession and madness and Frankenstein just stepped across it.… Escaping the guillotine, Victor Frankenstein is now posing as Doctor Stein, altruistic patron of the hospital for the poor. But in a secret basement laboratory he is harvesting body parts from his helpless patients, using them in his twisted experiments in a bid to create the perfect man. And this time he has help from a would-be pupil. His pupil seeks knowledge, but Frankenstein desires vengeance against all those who have tried to stop his terrifying work. The first time he tried, it ended in bloody mayhem, but now he is determined that nothing will go wrong. He wants revenge and God help anyone who gets in his way.… ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sean Barrett. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/001472/bk_rhuk_001472_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Protector's War: A Novel of the Change , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1316min
    Rising from the ashes of the computer and industrial ages is a brave new world. Survivors have banded together in tribal communities, committed to rebuilding society. In Oregon's Willamette Valley, former pilot Michael Havel's Bearkillers are warriors of renown. Their closest ally, the mystical Clan MacKenzie, is led by Wiccan folksinger Juniper MacKenzie. Their leadership has saved countless lives. But not every leader has altruistic aspirations. Norman Arminger, medieval scholar, rules the Protectorate. He has enslaved civilians, built an army, and spread his forces from Portland through most of western Washington State. Now he wants the Willamette Valley farmland, and he's willing to wage war to conquer it. Unknown to both factions, however, is the imminent arrival of a ship from Tasmania bearing British soldiers. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Todd McLaren. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/000717/bk_tant_000717_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Another Glass of Champagne , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 547min
    Amy and husband Paul are expecting their first baby. They want Amy's best friend, Jack, to be godfather, but having left London to 'find himself' he hasn't been heard from in months. When Jack suddenly turns up, things seem to fit nicely into place, but his motives for returning to Richmond aren't all altruistic. He has a plan, one which could put community hub Pickwicks Coffee Shop out of business and potentially ruin a number of old friendships.  Meanwhile, Kit has problems of her own: just when her career as an author has started to take off, she finds herself unable to write, and there's a deadline looming, not to mention two children to see through their difficult teenage years. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Anna Parker-Naples. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/drms/003505/bk_drms_003505_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Uneasy Money , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 440min
    Amiable but stolid peer Bill, Lord Dawlish, possessor of a slender income and a querulous fiancée, resolves to seek his fortune in America. But before he can even get on the boat, he discovers that the eccentric American millionaire whom he cured of slicing his approach-shots on the links at Marvis Bay a few months earlier has unexpectedly left him five million dollars, as a reward for his altruistic action.But to Bill, noblesse more or less obliges him to share the fortune with the old man's disinherited niece, Elizabeth. When Elizabeth refuses to take a dollar, however, Bill discovers just how difficult it can be to give money away, in a tale of assumed identities, bees, automobile magnates, disastrous dancing, and a monkey called Eustace.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Graham Scott. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/mike/002797/bk_mike_002797_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Charles Dickens and the Making of 'A Christmas Carol' , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 74min
    When first published in December of 1843, Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol was hailed instantly as a masterpiece. Since that time, the work has never been out of print and has been translated into dozens of languages, adapted into countless stage and film versions, and even made into operas and ballets. In this penetrating study narrated by leading British voice artist Tanya S. Bartlett, Michael Norris tells the complete story behind Dickens' writing of the book. Norris dives deep into his topic to discover the altruistic angels and monetary demons which drove Dickens, the public debates and rancor which informed him, and the terrible childhood memories which both haunted and inspired him. Here, at last, we have the ideal reader's companion for Dickens' Christmas classic. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tanya S. Bartlett. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/020886/bk_acx0_020886_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Dytin's Stones: Jewel of the Surf , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 380min
    In the story books, a hero gets their time in the spotlight. They are thrown parades, showered with prestige, and adored by all. Samuel Gale, Hero of Cortendale and Guardian of the Wind thought he would gain such notoriety when entering his kingdom’s capitol. What he got was hand irons and a dose of reality. Real paragons of the people warrant suspicion from those in power, altruistic ideals are questioned, and he finds that the world cannot be changed on goodwill alone. Sam is about to enter a place that is altogether foreign inside the walls of this city. Problems aren’t so clear here, enemies not as overt. Will Sam’s ideals be able to survive his time in such a morally ambiguous place? He must take care not to drown while visiting the city in the center of a sea.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Scarlett Webb. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/176184/bk_acx0_176184_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Loving Abby , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 282min
    Abby left home an emancipated, beaten, and broken 16-year-old. Years later she is still tethered by the physical and emotional scars of the past. Having built a successful career at Halseth, Inc. under the steady tutelage of the retiring CEO Jack Halseth, she is in for the shock of her life when Brandon Halseth is named the new CEO. Brandon's attention is much less altruistic and causing her to step outside her safely constructed existence. Brandon surrounds himself with smart people who can help shoulder the burden of the company's success. Abby being the brilliant engineer in charge of the latest government contract, is one such person. Her off-putting personality and personality quirks don't deter him from making her his next "project". The outcome for both of these people from such differing backgrounds will change the path of their lives forever. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Regyn Lee. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/021247/bk_acx0_021247_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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