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    Momoir: A New Mom's Journey to Embracing Her Not-So-Perfect Motherhood , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 243min
    Have kids, they said. "It will be the best thing that ever happened to you," they encouraged.In therapy, on the cusp of a mental breakdown caused by a sleep-defying baby, Alyssa DeRose listens as her therapist (read: paid best friend) finally puts her version of the truth into words: "It's okay if becoming a mother was both the best and worst thing to ever happen to you."Alyssa now welcomes fellow women into the brutal and transformational season of life called new motherhood, inviting us to reflect on our own flawed stories of motherhood and offering needed permission to embrace our imperfection. Written from the trenches of her daily life, Momoir: A New Mom's Journey to Embracing Her Not-So-Perfect Motherhood provides a front-row seat to Alyssa's struggles with motherhood - through miscarriage and postpartum depression and marital stress and a surprise second baby. She shares her colorful story with authenticity, faith, and a healthy dose of levity, three ingredients she has learned every mother needs to survive. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Alyssa DeRose. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/227958/bk_acx0_227958_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Humor, Seriously
    Anyone-even you!-can learn how to harness the power of humor in business (and life), based on the popular class at Stanford's Graduate School of Business. "The ultimate guide to using the magical power of funny as a tool for leadership and a force for good."-Daniel H. Pink, #1 New York Times bestselling author of When and Drive There exists a mistaken belief in today's corporate world: that we have to be serious all the time in order to be taken seriously. But the research tells a different story: that humor can be one of the most powerful tools we have for accomplishing serious things. Studies show that humor makes us appear more competent and confident, strengthens relationships, unlocks creativity, and boosts our resilience during difficult times. Plus, it fends off a permanent and unsightly frown known as "resting boss face." Top executives are in on the secret: 98 percent prefer employees with a sense of humor, and 84 percent believe that these employees do better work. But even for those who intuitively understand humor's power, few know how to wield it with intention. As a result, humor is vastly underleveraged in most workplaces today, impacting our performance, relationships, and health. That's why Jennifer Aaker and Naomi Bagdonas teach the popular course Humor: Serious Business at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where they help some of the world's most hard-driving, blazer-wearing business minds build levity into their organizations and lives. In Humor, Seriously, they draw on findings by behavioral scientists, world-class comedians, and inspiring business leaders to reveal how humor works and-more important-how you can use more of it, better. Aaker and Bagdonas unpack the theory and application of humor: what makes something funny and how to mine your life for material. They show how to use humor to make a strong first impression, deliver difficult feedback, persuade and motivate others, and foster cultures where levity and creativity can thrive-not to mention, how to keep it appropriate and recover if you cross a line. President Dwight David Eisenhower once said, "A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done." If Dwight David Eisenhower, the second least naturally funny president ever (after Franklin Pierce), thought humor was necessary to win wars, build highways, and warn against the military-industrial complex, then you might consider learning it too. Seriously.
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    Your First Year with Diabetes: What to Do, Month by Month , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 595min
    Your First Year with Diabetes is the 12-month plan for anyone recently diagnosed with diabetes or for those wanting an inspired self-management plan. Taking listeners step-by-step through the first year, this practical guide provides the perfect blend of easy-to-digest information presented in a positive light, builds on need-to-know skills, and offers reasonable action items from which to choose for personal goal setting.Your First Year is a health road map for people with diabetes, regardless of type. It reviews in-depth topics such as the vast array of medications (including insulin and insulin adjustment), ongoing nutrition education, physical activity and weight management strategies, and comprehensive resources including websites and apps. In addition to her clinical expertise, author and cartoonist Theresa Garnero brings some much-needed levity to a very serious topic. The science provided in this book is balanced out with patient-inspired, therapeutic humor. This unique approach is a breath of fresh air to diabetes self-care. It resonates well with people who thrive on messages of hope in a disease state that is often disheartening and overwhelming. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Laural Merlington. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/high/002327/bk_high_002327_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    This Is Not Fame: A "From What I Re-Memoir" , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 675min
    An unfiltered, unapologetic, hilarious, and sometimes obscene assemblage of tales from the down-and-dirty traveling comedy circuit Doug Stanhope has been drunkenly stumbling down the back roads and dark alleys of stand-up comedy for over a quarter of a century, roads laden with dank bars, prostitutes, cheap drugs, farm animals, evil dwarfs, public nudity, menacing third-world police, psychotic breaks, sex offenders, and some understandable suicides. You know, just for levity.  While other comedians were seeking fame, Stanhope was seeking immediate gratification, dark spectacle, or sometimes just his pants. Not to say he hasn't rubbed elbows with fame. He's crashed its party, snorted its coke, and jumped into its pool naked, literally and often repeatedly - all while artfully dodging fame himself.  Doug spares no legally permissible detail, and his stories couldn't be told any other way. They're weird, uncomfortable, gross, disturbing, and fucking funny.  This Is Not Fame is by no means a story of overcoming a life of excess, immorality, and reckless buffoonery. It's an outright celebration of it. For Stanhope, the party goes on.  ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Doug Stanhope, Chad Shank, full cast. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/030232/bk_adbl_030232_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Weird to Exist: Simple Comics about Complex Emotions
    A collection of vibrantly colored yet darkly humorous comics for commiserating over the absurdity of existence "Simultaneously hilarious and insightful, Alison Zai's comics will definitely make you laugh and perhaps send you into an existential crisis-all with irresistible, colorful artwork."-Sarah Andersen, New York Times bestselling author of Sarah's Scribbles We've all felt the pain that comes from realizing a beautiful moment will soon become a distant memory. We're all guilty of avoiding deadlines by researching obscure facts about dirt or binging scary conspiracy videos. Inspired by these universal experiences and existential musings, Alison Zai walks the line between laughing so hard that you burst into tears and crying so hard that you break into laughter. Weird to Exist is divided into three intrinsic human acts-to exist, to love, to create-and ultimately touches on how weird it is to do all of that. Also included is Zai's popular long-form comic Bee Real, which follows one little irritable bee's enlightening mission to extinguish the sun. With sharp levity and emotional complexity, this colorful collection finds the fun in life's hard truths.
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    The Hunger but Mainly Death Games: A Parody , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 308min
    Mockstrich season has begun. Welcome to The Hunger But Mainly Death Games, the hilarious Hunger Games parody, and the only book brave enough to suggest that Suzanne Collins' epic trilogy was way more about death than food. Or at least this is what Bratniss Everclean discovers, when she leaves the comforts of Slum 12, Pandumb's garbage dump, to shortsightedly volunteer for a teenage death tournament. But she soon realizes there are fates worse than death...like weirdly having to date her fellow competitor, and lifelong stalker, Pita Malarkey. Okay, okay, it's not worse than DEATH, but it's still pretty annoying. Still, with help from her agent Oofie Triptrip and her mentor, Hagridmitch, who's pretty sure he can guide Bratniss to victory in the Tri-Wizard Cup, maybe Bratniss will somehow survive this book that she's the narrator of. The Hunger But Mainly Death Games is the perfect book for anyone who's going through Hunger Games withdrawal and ready for a wonderfully twisted take on their favorite story and characters. This book is also for the unfortunate teens who are trapped in a Hunger Games at this very moment and could really benefit from some levity. We're here for you, assuming you brought your books into the arena. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Arielle DeLisle. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/002524/bk_tant_002524_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Holy Lands: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 180min
    A witty epistolary novel, both heartwarming and heart-wrenching, about a dysfunctional family - led by a Jewish pig farmer in Israel - struggling to love and accept each other.As comic as it is deeply moving, Holy Lands chronicles several months in the lives of an estranged family of colourful eccentrics. Harry Rosenmerck is an ageing Jewish cardiologist who has left his thriving medical practice in New York - to raise pigs in Israel. His ex-wife, Monique, ruminates about their once happy marriage even as she quietly battles an aggressive illness. Their son, David, an earnest and successful playwright, has vowed to reconnect with his father since coming out. Annabelle, their daughter, finds herself unmoored in Paris in the aftermath of a breakup.Harry eschews technology, so his family, spread out around the world, must communicate with him via snail mail. Even as they grapple with challenges, their correspondence sparkles with levity. They snipe at each other, volleying quips across the Atlantic, the Mediterranean, and Europe, and find joy in unexpected sources.Holy Lands captures the humour and poignancy of an adult family striving to remain connected across time, geography and radically different perspectives on life. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jess Einstein, Suzanne Toren, Emily Lawrence, Josh Bloomberg, Peter Berkrot. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/051991/bk_adbl_051991_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Take Control of Your Anxiety: A Drug-Free Approach to Living a Happy, Healthy Life , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 360min
    Do you know what really triggers panic attacks? Are you aware of what thinking patterns create anxiety? Are you a chronic worrier? Have you ever self-medicated with alcohol or tranquilizers? According to mental health professionals, anxiety disorders have emerged as the common cold of mental illness. Every family is touched in some way or another by anxiety issues and, with ever-increasing frequency, diagnosable anxiety disorders. In Take Control of Your Anxiety--an easy-to-read self-help book for the layperson--Drs. Cortman, Shinitzky, and O'Connor present the current understanding of anxiety: its genesis in the brain, its functions and contributions to human survival and growth, and its progression to pathology. Each of the five major anxiety disorders is featured in a chapter that explores its etiology, practical steps, and exercises for successful resolution and real-life case studies of patients who have overcome the disorder. The authors use some levity to teach their concepts, including Dr. Seuss-like poems, popular music parodies, and other easy-to-remember aids. A toolbox of simple resources and self-help techniques is also included. Most important, the authors emphasize a non-harmaceutical, evidence-based approach to mastering anxiety issues and living a productive, well-balanced life. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Walter Dixon. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/gdan/001506/bk_gdan_001506_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Casey, Crime Photographer, Vol. 1: Classic Radio Collection, Hörbuch, Digital, 354min
    In the March 1934 issue of the legendary pulp magazine Black Mask, Jack "Flashgun" Casey, crime photographer, made his debut. His creator was former newspaper and advertising executive George Harmon Coxe Jr., who wrote more than 60 crime fiction novels in his lifetime. Casey's keen eye for detail served him well on the job, helping him to solve the crimes he was assigned to photograph for the newspapers. These "Flashgun Casey" stories were an instant success with Black Mask readers and soon made the leap to both radio and the silver screen. Voiced by Staats Cotsworth for more than a decade, Casey was aided in his amateur detecting by fellow reporter Ann Williams, who, like Casey, worked for the Morning Express. When not at work, they frequented the Blue Note Café, a late night lounge where the bartender, Ethelbert, provided both a sounding board and levity for Casey and Ann as they awaited their next job. Casey, Crime Photographer aired on radio from 1943 until 1955 and made the transition to television in 1951. Episodes include "The Grey Kitten", "The Twenty-Minute Alibi", "The Mysterious Lodger", "The Demon Miner", "Box of Death", "The Gentle Strangler", "The Laughing Killer", "Pickup", "Self-Made Hero", "Photoof the Dead", "Bright New Star", and "The Chivalrous Gunman". Language: English. Narrator: Staats Cotsworth, full cast. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/007304/bk_blak_007304_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Bible Me This: Releasing the Riddles of Holy Scripture , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 171min
    The Bible is a stumper for many of us, not unlike the Riddler teasing Batman with his "riddle me this" taunts. But what if we could know what some of those obscure passages mean? What's the truth hidden in the myth of Adam and Eve? And what was up with that Tower of Babel? Bible Me This is a collection of in-depth answers to a variety of questions about the Bible that were asked of a spirit being known only as the Guide, and spoken by Eva Pierrakos. Through biweekly lectures given over the course of two decades, the Guide provided volumes of deeply spiritual yet practical wisdom. Along the way, these teachings were named the Pathwork. Between monthly lectures, Eva also held Q and A sessions during which participants could ask questions related to the most recent lecture, personal problems, or understanding life in general. The Guide also encouraged participants to ask questions about the Bible and those are the answers presented here, edited for brevity (you can thank me later) and levity - this is, after all, a journey toward the light. Contents: Understanding the Bible Understanding myths Myth: Tower of Babel Myth: Adam and Eve Biblical passages explained Commandments explained Reincarnation in the Bible Baptism ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jill Loree. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/090813/bk_acx0_090813_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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