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    Bookworm II: The Very Ugly Duckling , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 859min
    Not every ugly duckling becomes a swan.... In the wake of the disastrous attack on the Golden City, Lady Light Spinner has become Grand Sorceress and Elaine, the Bookworm, has been settling into her positions as Head Librarian and Privy Councillor. But any hope of vanishing into her books is negated when a new magician of staggering power appears in the city, one whose abilities seem to defy the known laws of magic. Johan is a Powerless, a person born to a magical family yet lacking powers of his own. His dreams of a better life are curbed by his family, who see him as a cripple at best and a burden at worst. But when a political protest goes horrifically wrong, Johan discovers that his true powers have merely been buried, waiting for their chance to explode into the world. As he comes to grips with his newfound talents, he discovers that he finally has a chance to realize his ambitions.... But for the Golden City, reeling after the devastation of six months earlier, he may be the greatest threat the city has ever seen. Elaine must unlock the mystery behind his powers before the political factions can kill him...or use him to unleash a nightmare. Returning to well-loved characters from Christopher Nuttall's best-selling Bookworm and introducing new ones, Bookworm II: The Very Ugly Duckling explores power - and the effect it has on the human mind. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Zehra Jane Naqvi. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/008335/bk_tant_008335_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 938min
    In For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto, Rothbard proposes a once-and-for-all escape from the two major political parties, the ideologies they embrace, and their central plans for using state power against people. Libertarianism is Rothbard's radical alternative that says state power is unworkable and immoral, and ought to be curbed and finally overthrown. To make his case, Rothbard deploys his entire system of thought: natural law, natural rights, Austrian economics, American history, the theory of the state, and more. Society without the nation-state? Rothbard shows that this is the way for peace, prosperity, security, and freedom for all. In the entire history of libertarian ideas, no book has more successfully combined ideological rigor, theoretical exposition, political rhetoric, historical illustration, and strategic acumen. Rothbard poured a lifetime of research and all his intellectual energy into this project, and he succeeded in writing a classic. He shows that the state creates social and economic problems and then further intervenes to make these problems worse than ever - while increasing its power at the expense of everyone else. He is particularly good at highlighting who really benefits from government regulation: usually it is the largest corporations who are attempting to rig the game in their favor. The book is still regarded as "dangerous" percisely because, once the exposure to Rothbardianism takes place, no other book on politics, economics, history, or sociology can be read the same way again. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jeff Riggenbach. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/ludw/000004/bk_ludw_000004_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Adieu : Dating the Wrong Guy, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 92min
    Adieu is book three in Dating the Wrong Guy Series.I woke up to the sound of an alarm clock. The wooden cabin where I found my tired, aching body to be gradually waking up was fairly familiar. The smell of wisdom was merging with the soothing warmth of maple syrup, pan-fried bananas, and hot blueberries. A strong, roasted black coffee curbed its way into my nostrils, shaking up my entire organism, finally encouraging me to step out of the bed and greet the day. There he was, standing by the oven, carefully flipping the pancakes while a rolled tobacco kept dangling from his mouth. Grandpa Sam.I have been in his cabin in the middle of the woods of Upstate New York, hidden from the rest of the planet, wallowing in regrets and memory for two weeks now. After Robert’s arrest in El Paso, my parents and I spend two more days there, since I had to be examined by the police. Mom and dad were devastated; they remained in a hotel for 48 hours, sitting on the bed, both trying to grasp all of that has happened to us. I was devoid of any emotion.What now? How to continue the normal life? How to overcome such pain and regret? What is going to happen next find out in this romantic suspense novella with Italian spice? Buy it now! Sign up to Bella's New Release email list, and you'll automatically be notified as soon as her next book is released! Email: bellarose.bookclub@gmail.com. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ashley Shaw. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/217811/bk_acx0_217811_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Magic Mushrooms: Psilocybin and Healing Mushrooms Cultivation and Safe Use , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 247min
    Cultivate Magic Mushrooms in the Comfort of Your HomeAre you....interested in alternative healing methods?looking for culinary inspiration?eager to cultivate healing mushrooms?Then read on! Mushrooms have been a part of traditional medicine in many cultures. Healing mushrooms were especially well known in China and Mesoamerica. In the United States, research into magic mushrooms was curbed by increasingly strict drug laws - even though psilocybin, a substance naturally occurring in many mushrooms, has been proven to improve mental health in people with depression and PTSD, it was declared an illegal drug. This is why magic mushrooms can’t be a part of mainstream medicine. However, you can cultivate magic mushrooms by yourself. Don’t worry if you don’t have gardening skills or experience - mushrooms are not plants and their cultivation is different from normal gardening. All you need is the knowledge you’ll find in this book. This introduction to growing magic mushrooms explains everything in a beginner-friendly way so you'll avoid mistakes and successfully cultivate magic mushrooms to heal your mind. Of course, you can also use the techniques described here to grow any mushrooms you like - many are delicious and have numerous health benefits. Here’s what you’ll find in this book: A detailed step-by-step instruction to planting mushrooms and taking care of themCulinary tips and recipes with mushrooms A guide to the medical benefits of mushrooms Step-by-step strategies to use mushrooms for weight loss, blood sugar management, and other medical purposesAnd much more!It’s true that mushrooms can be dangerous if you’re not sure which species you’re consuming. However, the knowledge you’ll find in this book will help you avoid poisonous mushrooms and only cultivate the good on ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Matthew Oelkers. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/175093/bk_acx0_175093_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Capital in the Twenty-First Century , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1498min
    What are the grand dynamics that drive the accumulation and distribution of capital? Questions about the long-term evolution of inequality, the concentration of wealth, and the prospects for economic growth lie at the heart of political economy. But satisfactory answers have been hard to find for lack of adequate data and clear guiding theories. In Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Thomas Piketty analyzes a unique collection of data from 20 countries, ranging as far back as the 18th century, to uncover key economic and social patterns. His findings will transform debate and set the agenda for the next generation of thought about wealth and inequality. Piketty shows that modern economic growth and the diffusion of knowledge have allowed us to avoid inequalities on the apocalyptic scale predicted by Karl Marx. But we have not modified the deep structures of capital and inequality as much as we thought in the optimistic decades following World War II. The main driver of inequality - the tendency of returns on capital to exceed the rate of economic growth - today threatens to generate extreme inequalities that stir discontent and undermine democratic values. But economic trends are not acts of God. Political action has curbed dangerous inequalities in the past, Piketty says, and may do so again. A work of extraordinary ambition, originality, and rigor, Capital in the Twenty-First Century reorients our understanding of economic history and confronts us with sobering lessons for today. 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: L. J. Ganser. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/019296/bk_adbl_019296_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Case of the Married Woman (eBook, ePUB)
    Award-winning historian Antonia Fraser brilliantly portrays a courageous and compassionate woman who refused to be curbed by the personal and political constraints of her time. Caroline Norton dazzled nineteenth-century society with her vivacity, her intelligence, her poetry, and in her role as an artist's muse. After her marriage in 1828 to the MP George Norton, she continued to attract friends and admirers to her salon in Westminster, which included the young Disraeli. Most prominent among her admirers was the widowed Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne. Racked with jealousy, George Norton took the Prime Minister to court, suing him for damages on account of his 'Criminal Conversation' (adultery) with Caroline. A dramatic trial followed. Despite the unexpected and sensational result-acquittal-Norton was still able to legally deny Caroline access to her three children, all under seven. He also claimed her income as an author for himself, since the copyrights of a married woman belonged to her husband. Yet Caroline refused to despair. Beset by the personal cruelties perpetrated by her husband and a society whose rules were set against her, she chose to fight, not surrender. She channeled her energies in an area of much-needed reform: the rights of a married woman and specifically those of a mother. Over the next few years she campaigned tirelessly, achieving her first landmark victory with the Infant Custody Act of 1839. Provisions which are now taken for granted, such as the right of a mother to have access to her own children, owe much to Caroline, who was determined to secure justice for women at all levels of society from the privileged to the dispossessed.
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    The Case of the Married Woman: Caroline Norton and Her Fight for Women's Justice
    Award-winning historian Antonia Fraser brilliantly portrays a courageous and compassionate woman who refused to be curbed by the personal and political constraints of her time. Caroline Norton dazzled nineteenth-century society with her vivacity, her intelligence, her poetry, and in her role as an artist's muse. After her marriage in 1828 to the MP George Norton, she continued to attract friends and admirers to her salon in Westminster, which included the young Disraeli. Most prominent among her admirers was the widowed Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne. Racked with jealousy, George Norton took the Prime Minister to court, suing him for damages on account of his 'Criminal Conversation' (adultery) with Caroline. A dramatic trial followed. Despite the unexpected and sensational result-acquittal-Norton was still able to legally denied Caroline access to her three children, all under seven. He also claimed her income as an author for himself, since the copyrights of a married woman belonged to her husband. Yet Caroline refused to despair. Beset by the personal cruelties perpetrated by her husband and a society whose rules were set against her, she chose to fight, not surrender. She channeled her energies in an area of much-needed reform: the rights of a married woman and specifically those of a mother. Over the next few years she campaigned tirelessly, achieving her first landmark victory with the Infant Custody Act of 1839. Provisions which are now taken for granted, such as the right of a mother to have access to her own children, owe much to Caroline, who was determined to secure justice for women at all levels of society from the privileged to the dispossessed.
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    Improve Your Social Skills: The Guidebook to Increase Success in Business & Relationships, Talk to Anyone Using Effective Public and Practicing Mindfulness Speaking & Powerful Communication Training , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 265min
    Learn the ways to improve your social skills and present yourself in style - in just a short listen!Do you want to learn the skills needed to begin seamless conversations with anyone?Do you want to feel confident when giving presentations in your office?Do you want to impress everyone with your public speaking skills?Do you want to become a fun person to talk to?Good social skills can help you become the charmer you have always aspired to be. If you want to know the ways to good social skills, keep reading....Most people are never able to perform better or learn something well because they cannot muster the courage to come forward or ask questions in front of others. They lose the chance to do well in their lives simply because they don’t want to stand out.Have you ever curbed your urge to talk to someone due to the fear of rejection?Have you ever felt that you could have given some presentations better than others, if only you didn’t have to face all those people?Have you felt weak while speaking in front of a group of people, although you knew everything?Have you felt your stomach making funny noises even at the thought of performing in public?Do you know that all these are signs of poor social skills, and you can overcome them, if you want? If you want to know the process to do so, keep reading....There is a wide misconception that improving social skills is only for a certain class. People don’t understand that social skills are essential for everyone. We are social animals, and living without proper social skills is living without a necessary tool.This book will help you understand the basics of social skills and step-by-step tutorials for improving various social skill sets. It will guide you in enhancing your confidence, conversation skills, and public speaking skills.In this book, you will find:A thorough understanding of the fears a ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Chris D'Agostino. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/229999/bk_acx0_229999_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    A Sociolegal Analysis of Formal Land Tenure Systems (eBook, PDF)
    This sociolegal study focuses on the political, legal and institutional problems and dilemmas of regulating land tenure. By studying the development of the Timorese formal land tenure system, this book engages in the larger debate about the role of state systems in addressing and aggravating social problems such as insecurity, poverty, inequality, destruction of nature, and cultural and social estrangement. Land tenure issues in Timor-Leste are complex and deeply shaped by the nation's history. Taking an insider's perspective based on the author's experience in Timorese state administration, and through the investigation of five analytical themes -political environment, lawmaking, legal framework, institutional framework, and social relationships and practices- this book studies the development of the Timorese formal land tenure system from independence in 2002 to 2018. It shows how political, legal, and administrative decisions on land administration are made, what and who influences them, which problems and dilemmas emerge, and how the formal system works in practice. The result is a portrait of a young nation grappling with the enormous task of creating a land tenure system that can address the needs of its citizens in the wake of centuries of socio-political tumult and huge fluctuations in resources. The book concludes by highlighting the importance of lawmaking and how abuses of power can be curbed by adequate administrative processes and laws. Finally, it argues that land administration is primarily a political matter. The political dimension of technical solutions must be considered if we aim to achieve fairer formal land tenure systems. The pertinence of the topics covered, the multi-disciplinary perspective, and the research methodology followed make this book appealing to a variety of readers, including international organizations, practitioners, academics and students engaged in land administration, post-colonial and -conflict issues, lawmaking, rule of law, public administration and issues of access and exclusion.
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    A Sociolegal Analysis of Formal Land Tenure Systems (eBook, ePUB)
    This sociolegal study focuses on the political, legal and institutional problems and dilemmas of regulating land tenure. By studying the development of the Timorese formal land tenure system, this book engages in the larger debate about the role of state systems in addressing and aggravating social problems such as insecurity, poverty, inequality, destruction of nature, and cultural and social estrangement. Land tenure issues in Timor-Leste are complex and deeply shaped by the nation's history. Taking an insider's perspective based on the author's experience in Timorese state administration, and through the investigation of five analytical themes -political environment, lawmaking, legal framework, institutional framework, and social relationships and practices- this book studies the development of the Timorese formal land tenure system from independence in 2002 to 2018. It shows how political, legal, and administrative decisions on land administration are made, what and who influences them, which problems and dilemmas emerge, and how the formal system works in practice. The result is a portrait of a young nation grappling with the enormous task of creating a land tenure system that can address the needs of its citizens in the wake of centuries of socio-political tumult and huge fluctuations in resources. The book concludes by highlighting the importance of lawmaking and how abuses of power can be curbed by adequate administrative processes and laws. Finally, it argues that land administration is primarily a political matter. The political dimension of technical solutions must be considered if we aim to achieve fairer formal land tenure systems. The pertinence of the topics covered, the multi-disciplinary perspective, and the research methodology followed make this book appealing to a variety of readers, including international organizations, practitioners, academics and students engaged in land administration, post-colonial and -conflict issues, lawmaking, rule of law, public administration and issues of access and exclusion.
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