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  Between Dream and Nightmare: Gerhard Richter, Sigmar Polke, Anselm Kiefer: A View of Modern German Art , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 69min

  A study of three leading German artists presently exhibited in London at Tate Modern, the British Museum and the Royal Academy. In 2014, a resonant series of anniversaries and commemorations prompted an enhanced awareness in London of the history of the Teutonic world in general, and - specifically - a sense of post-war Germany in terms of three of its most symbolic and emblematic visual artists. London is a city which, whilst perhaps the most multi-ethnic and multi-cultural on earth, is also the oldest capital of the Anglophone world; and Britain is a country which is irrevocably scarred by its engagements with Germany in the 20th century. Perhaps as part of a subtle healing process, in recent times objects of all kinds are being used in the great national complexes of public museums and galleries in London, notably because of their resources, to provide historic narratives in an attempt to understand other cultures, and for 2014-2018 Germany will have pride of place. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Denise Kahn. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/073648/bk_acx0_073648_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Everville: The First Pillar , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 309min

  Owen Sage is the emblematic college freshman at Easton Falls University. With all the worries about his first year in college, he was not prepared for what would happen next. His way of life was flipped upside down when he mysteriously crossed into another dimension, into the beautiful land of Everville. His excitement was abruptly halted when he discovered that there was a darkness forged against both the natural world, which he knew well, and the new land which he discovered, Everville. He must devise a plan to save both worlds while joining forces with the race of Fron and The Keepers, whom both harbor hidden secrets he must learn in order to gain power over the evil that dwells in The Other In Between. With a race against time to save both worlds, his short time at Easton Falls did not quite prepare him for the evil, dark forces he must fight in order to conquer The Other In Between. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jason Lovett. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/006599/bk_acx0_006599_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Revelation: Know the End , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 199min

  While the world reaches an apex of chaos and cruelty, mankind can expect the Four Horsemen to begin their ride of destruction at any moment. Therefore people must be armed with the truths of Scripture in order to withstand the onslaught of evil that will be released upon the earth. As such, Revelation: Know the End pulls back the curtain of mysteries surrounding the Book of Revelation. Some parts of Revelation are apocalyptic literature and do not have literal meanings. A key is to understand when the writer is using apocalyptic imagery, allegorical (symbolic, metaphorical, figurative, representative, emblematic) language, or if it may be taken in a literal fashion. Literal interpretation does not mean we ignore indicators in a slavishly literal fashion when the text indicates it is a parable, an allegory, or a figure of speech. Dr. CK Quarterman will unravel the mysteries of the book of Revelation for the layman and the student of the Bible. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lynn Benson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/035838/bk_acx0_035838_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The "Line" , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 432min

  The Line" was an artificial barrier more than 100 miles off the coast of New England that separated American and Canadian fisheries resources. It was established in the 1980s by the International Court in the Hauge, hence the name "the Hauge Line".Nearly from the outset, it became a tempting target for American fishermen, but when the Atlantic scallop resource collapsed on the American side of the Line, desperation drove American fishermen to tempt ruin or worse to maintain their livelihood.Enter Mike O'Malley, who lost a dragger to unscrupulous culprits eight years before. The sea was in his blood, and he had to try again - this time, as a scalloper. At first befriended and then sacrificed by a greedy competitor, Mike risks it all for his crew, his boat, and a woman and nearly loses his life in the bargain.Sea chases and storms, hard work and friendship, fishing is all this and more as related in this emblematic tale of the irrepressible New Bedford scalloper. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Andrew Dawson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/224889/bk_acx0_224889_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Hidden History of America at War: Untold Tales From Yorktown to Fallujah , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 763min

  Multi-million-copy best-selling historian Kenneth C. Davis sets his sights on war stories in The Hidden History of America at War. In prose that will remind you of "the best teacher you ever had" (People Magazine), Davis brings to life six emblematic battles, revealing untold tales that span our nation's history, from the Revolutionary War to Iraq. Along the way, he illuminates why we go to war, who fights, the grunt's-eye view of combat, and how these conflicts reshaped our military and national identity. From the Battle of Yorktown (1781), where a fledgling America learned hard lessons about what kind of military it would need to survive, to Fallujah (2004), which epitomized the dawn of the privatization of war, The Hidden History of America at War takes listeners inside the battlefield, introducing them to key characters and events that will shatter myths, misconceptions, and romanticism, replacing them with rich insight. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Arthur Morey, Mark Bramhall, Paul Boehmer, Kenneth C. Davis. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/004169/bk_rand_004169_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Slow Getting Up: A Story of NFL Survival from the Bottom of the Pile , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 499min

  Nate Jackson’s Slow Getting Up is an unvarnished and uncensored memoir of everyday life in the most popular sports league in America - and the most damaging to its players - the National Football League. After playing college ball at a tiny Division III school, Jackson, a receiver, signed as a free agent with the San Francisco 49ers, before moving to the Denver Broncos. For six seasons in the NFL as a Bronco, he alternated between the practice squad and the active roster, eventually winning a starting spot - a short, tenuous career emblematic of the average pro player. Drawing from his own experience, Jackson tells the little-known story of the hundreds of everyday, "expendable" players whose lives are far different from their superstar colleagues. From scouting combines to training camps, off-season parties to game-day routines, debilitating physical injuries - including degenerative brain conditions - to poor pensions and financial distress, he offers a funny, and shocking look at life in the NFL, and the young men who risk their health and even their lives to play the game. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Nate Jackson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/017102/bk_adbl_017102_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  A Short History of the American Revolutionary War

  The American war against British imperial rule (1775-1783) was the world's first great popular revolution. Ideologically defined by the colonists' formal Declaration of Independence in 1776, the struggle has taken on something of a mythic character. From the Boston Tea Party to Paul Revere's ride to raise the countryside of New England against the march of the Redcoats; and from the American travails of Bunker Hill (1775) to the final humiliation of the British at Yorktown (1781), the entire contest is now emblematic of American national identity. Stephen Conway shows that, beyond mythology, this was more than just a local conflict: rather a titanic struggle between France and Britain. The Thirteen Colonies were merely one frontline of an extended theatre of operations, with each superpower aiming to deliver the knockout blow. This bold new history recognizes the war as the Revolution but situates it on the wider, global canvas of European warfare.

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• Tiaras of Dreams, Dreaming of Tiaras

  The luxury French jeweler Chaumet celebrates the beauty of tiaras with an exceptionally creative pop-up book featuring ten fairytales in mesmerizing dioramas. Tiaras are symbols of power and sophistication that Chaumet has mastered throughout 240 years of history-crowning the beauty of prestigious clients, from Napoleon's wife, Empress Joséphine, to contem-porary icons. Celebrating their most emblematic examples, this exceptional piece of bookmaking features colorful illustrations and short stories. The ten tableaux, each highlighting one iconic Chaumet piece, invite readers to travel through space and time: strolling in the Malmaison garden with Napoleon and Joséphine; partying during the Roaring Twenties; wandering under the shade of Japanese cherry blossom trees; or dancing on a rooftop in contemporary Shanghai. Timeless and universal, the stories will appeal to a wide audience while intricate details of the laser-cut dioramas captivate the eye. An invitation to daydream, these scenes reflect an enchanting tale that readers can discover in one sitting or indulge in separately, according to their mood.

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  Imagine Picasso

  The immersive exhibition Imagine Picasso makes it possible to discover Pablo Picasso's work from new, innovative angles. Each visitor is invited to wander through a mosaic of emblematic paintings, removed from their frames and projected on a huge origami-like forms. Penetrating the mesmerizing world of unusual compositions of large-scale artworks gives the opportunity to explore the richness of details of Picasso's art. The album offers the possibility to relive the immersive experience through multiple photos from the exhibition. They are accompanied by texts by Androula Michael which provide clear descriptions of different Picasso's periods and of subjects that were dear to him. The reader can discover Picasso's art from the early years, through blue and pink period, cubism, "neoclassical" period, surrealism, up to his final years. Les demoiselles d'Avignon, Portrait of Dora Maar, Guernica and many more are to be explored in this book that offers a new way of looking at the work of this genius of modern art.

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  People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

  Reflecting on subjects as far-flung as the international veneration of Anne Frank, the blockbuster travelling exhibition called "Auschwitz", the Jewish history of the Chinese city of Harbin and the little known "righteous-gentile" Varian Fry, Dara Horn challenges us to confront the reasons why there might be so much fascination with Jewish deaths, as emblematic of the worst of evils the world has to offer, and so little respect for Jewish lives, as they continue to unfold in the present. Horn draws on her own family life-trying to explain Shakespeare's Shylock to a curious ten-year-old, her anger when swastikas are drawn on desks in her children's school in New Jersey, the profound and essential perspective offered by traditional religious practice, prayer and study-to assert the vitality, complexity and depth of this life against an anti-Semitism that, far from being disarmed by the mantra of "Never Forget", is on the rise.

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