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    Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street, Hörbuch, Digital, 180min
    It was wonderful to be young and working on Wall Street in the 1980s - never had so many 24-year-olds made so much money in so little time. In this shrewd and wickedly funny audiobook, Michael Lewis describes an astonishing era and his own rake's progress through a powerful investment bank. From an unlikely beginning (art history at Princeton?) he rose in two short years from Salomon Brothers trainee to Geek (the lowest form of life on the trading floor) to Big Swinging Dick: a bond salesman who could turn over millions of dollars' worth of doubtful bonds with just one call. A born storyteller, Michael Lewis shows us how things really worked on Wall Street. The bond traders, wearing greed and ambition as badges of honor, might well have swaggered straight from the pages of Bonfire of the Vanities. But for all their outrageous behavior, they were in fact presiding over enormous changes in the world economy. Lewis' job was to transfer money, in the form of bonds, from those outside America who saved to those inside America who consumed. In doing so, he generated tens of millions of dollars for Salomon Brothers and earned for himself a ringside seat on the greatest financial spectacle of the decade: the leveraging of America. Language: English. Narrator: Michael Lewis. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/001246/bk_rand_001246_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Fight , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 450min
    Sam Pennington's life has fallen apart. His father is dead. His mum's started drinking. And now they've been dumped in a dismal public-housing complex in East London. Sam's anger at his circumstances puts him on the brink of expulsion from school and into dangerous conflict with those around him. Professional boxing trainer Jerry Ambrose has finally gotten everything together. After a turbulent early life, his newfound faith has helped him reconcile with his past and dedicate his life to helping others. But when a brutal street fight leads Sam to Jerry's boxing club, both their futures are thrown into question. As Jerry reaches out to Sam, an extraordinary fighting talent emerges - a talent that reopens the wounds of Jerry's own life. Both find themselves battling what can happen to a man's soul when his anger is channeled through his fists. Despite wowing ringside crowds, Sam's boxing success fails to bring him peace or happiness, while Jerry's inner struggles threaten the very core of his beliefs. Can Sam be saved from his rage? Or will Jerry's reawakened ambition tear them both apart? 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: Steve Corbo. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/oasi/001375/bk_oasi_001375_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Religions of the Axial Age: An Approach to the World's Religions, Hörbuch, Digital, 750min
    These 24 extraordinary lectures offer you the rare opportunity to relate your own spiritual questions to a variety of ancient quests for meaning and transcendence. Professor Muesse looks at the historical conditions in which the world religions arose and explores how they answered shared metaphysical and human dilemmas. The Axial Age - a pivotal era between 800 and 200 B.C.E. - saw the rise of many of the world's religions in Iran, South Asia, and China. On this stirring journey, you'll learn about the rise of Zoroastrianism in Persia (now Iran); Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism on the Indian subcontinent; and Confucianism and Daoism in China. You'll also see how these religions compare, contrast, and contribute to contemporary Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Through sacred texts, modern scholarship, and thoughts arising from his own personal experiences, Professor Muesse reveals what it meant to be a conscious, morally responsible individual in the Axial Age. You'll enjoy a ringside seat as each founding sage wrestles with moral accountability, the nature of self and ultimate reality, good versus evil, suffering and transcendence - all topics that still puzzle us today. 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: Mark W. Muesse. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tcco/000251/bk_tcco_000251_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Editor Missing (eBook, ePUB)
    This is a time when the space for free speech is shrinking in India, along with a growing intolerance of contrarian views. The right to dissent, which should be the bedrock of any democracy, is seriously endangered. There is widespread belief that we are in an undeclared emergency. Not everyone agrees with this, though, and the jury is out on the state of play in the world's largest democracy. As charges and countercharges fly, with no unanimity in sight, India's national discourse, particularly its news media, is becoming increasingly divided and polarized.In Editor Missing, veteran journalist Ruben Banerjee attempts to provide clarity on the state of Indian media at a time when there is consensus only on the lack of it. The media mirrors society, and Banerjee is best placed to tell its contested story in contemporary India. As a top editor for various publications, he has had a ringside view for years of the decline in its standards, quality and objectivity. His own experiences reflect the time we live in. The book provides rare insights into the minefield that an editor today runs into - from pressures that are exerted to the risks of upsetting the powers that be. At the end of it, the reader is left with a chilling realization that defending the truth can come at a huge personal cost in present-day India.
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    The Celeb Diaries: Tears, Tantrums, and Excess!, Hörbuch, Digital, 172min
    Celebrity is this decade's biggest obsession, and one person has had a ringside seat for the whole thing. As editor of celebrity bible Heat, Mark Frith has had more access to celebrities than anyone else. And now, for the first time, he's opening up his diaries - and no one is safe.Addictive listening, this is the story of the inexorable rise of this thing called celebrity, crammed with previously unheard of stories from the likes of Victoria and David Beckham, Kate Moss, Pete Doherty, Amy Winehouse, Britney Spears, Cheryl Cole, Jordan, Will Young, Teri Hatcher, and more.In 2000, Mark was tasked with turning around the fortunes of an entertainment magazine that was just two months away from closure. He did it - by sweet-talking Victoria Beckham into giving him an interview and stealing a Robbie Williams exclusive from another magazine and essentially inventing the now familiar mix of celebrity photos, confessionals, rumour and gossip.As celebrity obsession took hold of the nation sales of Heat topped 500,000 a week. Heat was there for the incredible rise and fall of Big Brother, and started the Size Zero debate. Tony Blair even agreed to appear topless in their pages. In green rooms and VIP lounges celebrities have confided in Mark, hurled abuse at him, and have been highly indiscreet in his presence. The Celeb Diaries is the exposé of the celebrity world. Language: English. Narrator: Mark Frith. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/000372/bk_rhuk_000372_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Capital Gaines: The Smart Things I've Learned by Doing Stupid Stuff , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 307min
    “National Best-seller—New York Times, USA Today, Publisher’s Weekly, Wall Street Journal” The funny and talented Chip Gaines is well known to millions of people as a TV star, renovation expert, bestselling author, husband to Joanna, and father of four in Waco, Texas. But long before the world took notice, Chip was a serial entrepreneur who was always ready for the next challenge, even if it didn’t quite work out as planned. Whether it was buying a neighborhood laundromat or talking a bank into a loan for some equipment to start a lawn-mowing service, Chip always knew that the most important thing was to take that first step. Now a #1 New York Times bestselling book, Capital Gaines offers readers a ringside seat as Chip relives some of his craziest antics and the lessons learned along the way. His mentors taught him to never give up and his family showed him what it meant to always have a positive attitude despite your circumstances. Throw in a natural daredevil personality and a willingness to do (or eat!) just about anything, and you have the life and daily activity of Chip Gaines. Capital Gaines is the perfect book for anyone looking to succeed not only in business but more importantly in life. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Chip Gaines, Joanna Gaines, Melinda Paul, Rachel Agee, Gabe Wicks. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tnwd/000710/bk_tnwd_000710_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Kind of Blue: A Political Memoir , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1409min
    Ken Clarke needs no introduction. One of the genuine 'Big Beasts' of the political scene, during his 46 years as the Member of Parliament for Rushcliffe in Nottinghamshire he has been at the very heart of government under three prime ministers. He is a political obsessive with a personal hinterland, as well known as a Tory Wet with Europhile views as for his love of cricket, Nottingham Forest Football Club and jazz. In Kind of Blue, Clarke charts his remarkable progress from working-class scholarship boy in Nottinghamshire to high political office and the upper echelons of both his party and of government. But Clarke is not a straightforward Conservative politician. His position on the left of the party, often led Margaret Thatcher to question his true blue credentials and his passionate commitment to the European project, has led many fellow Conservatives to regard him with suspicion - and cost him the leadership on no less than three occasions. Clarke has had a ringside seat in British politics for four decades, and his trenchant observations and candid account of life both in and out of government will enthrall listeners of all political persuasions. Vivid, witty and forthright, and taking its title not only from his politics but from his beloved Miles Davis, Kind of Blue is political memoir at its very best. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ken Clarke. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/macm/000973/bk_macm_000973_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    To the Lifeboats - A Novella: The Lifeboat Augusta Series, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 112min
    Some heroes come into being under pressure. Others show their mettle early on. And then there are the rare few who reach dizzying heights, only to fall from grace. All three exist aboard the Lifeboat Augusta, where they struggle with extraordinary circumstances in an environment none of them ever expected to experience first hand. Randy Tagget is afraid, and he has every reason to be. The entire human race is on the verge of being wiped out, except for a small number of scientists, engineers, and technology experts who have a slim chance at survival in space. If they can overcome the failings of their species, they may earn an opportunity to repopulate the earth - provided they can stay alive to do it. Randy's protector is Keisha Miller, a smart, driven US Air Force pilot who accepts a new, temporary assignment as an astronaut. The posting gives her a ringside seat for the end of the world and a real chance at being one of the few with the chance to rebuild an entire civilization from scratch. Will humanity blink out like a light, or survive the onslaught from deep space and return triumphantly to the top of the food chain? Only time, Randy Tagget, and Keisha Miller can decide the fate of humankind for sure - if they survive the Lifeboat Augusta. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Elizabeth Phillips. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/044591/bk_acx0_044591_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Strong Boy: The Life and Times of John L. Sullivan, America’s First Sports Hero , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 714min
    I can lick any son of a bitch in the world. So boasted John L. Sullivan, the first modern heavyweight boxing champion of the world, a man who was the gold standard of American sports for more than a decade and the first athlete to earn more than a million dollars. He had a big ego, a big mouth, and even bigger appetites. His womanizing, drunken escapades, and chronic police-blotter presence were godsends to a burgeoning newspaper industry. The larger-than-life boxer embodied the American dream for late 19th-century immigrants as he rose from Boston's Irish working class to become the most recognizable man in the nation. In the process the "Boston Strong Boy" transformed boxing from outlawed bare-knuckle fighting into the gloved spectacle we know today. Strong Boy tells the story of America's first sports superstar, a self-made man who personified the power and excesses of the Gilded Age. Everywhere John L. Sullivan went, his fists backed up his bravado. Sullivan's epic brawls, such as his 75-round bout against Jake Kilrain, and his cross-country barnstorming tour in which he literally challenged all of America to a fight are recounted in vivid detail, as are his battles outside the ring with a troubled marriage, wild weight and fitness fluctuations, and raging alcoholism. Strong Boy gives listeners ringside seats to the colorful tale of one of the country's first Irish American heroes and the birth of the American sports media and the country's celebrity obsession with athletes. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Joe Barrett. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/007763/bk_blak_007763_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Living Sin of the Multicultural Christian: A Brutally Honest Book on Race, Christianity, and the Ancient Judgment That Is on a Collision Course With Them Both , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 422min
    As the Church of today breeds the theology of brotherly love throughout the world, an ancient biblical judgment hidden in plain sight threatens to bring down the very pillars of modern society as we know it. A judgment so devastating that when executed by God the first time it altered the course of the world's history forever. But was this judgment a one-time event? Here lies the secret and here lies the mystery. Modern man, failing to realize the corruption of the church long ago as described by Paul and others has resulted in a self-inflicted blindness to the reality of ancient judgment. The early church apostles warned of the coming corruption of the church. Note, Paul and Jude are not singling out individual churches that were being infiltrated; they both are using a general statement that the church as a whole was infiltrated. As Christians, we must understand that we are being handed down what is left over from that corruption of the church so long ago. As Jude tell us, "A faith which was once delivered to the saints now turning grace into lasciviousness." So as the modern church leads the flock into Satan's lair of the corrupted "love theology" of today, the end result will be the reactivation of this ancient judgment. The elite created vehicle that is the harbinger to this biblical devastation has a familiar name. Multiculturalism. Follow the author as he takes you on a journey to understand how this once great Christian nation called America was transformed into the ungodly multicultural nation it is today. Be a ringside witness as he shines a damning light on the false claims from the promoters of multiculturalism to uncover this anti-Christian aberration's true sinister intentions ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Al Remington. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/097406/bk_acx0_097406_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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