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    South Sea Tales , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 605min
    The literary world was shocked when, in 1890, at the height of his career, Robert Louis Stevenson announced his intention to settle permanently in Samoa. His readers were equally shocked when he began to use the subject material offered by his new environment not to promote a romance of empire but to produce some of the most ironic and critical treatments of imperialism in 19th-century fiction. In stories such as "The Beach of Falesa", "The Bottle Imp", and "The Isle of Voices", Stevenson shows himself to be virtuoso of narrative styles. This is the first collection to bring together all his shorter Pacific fiction in one volume, and in it Stevenson emerges as a witness to the cross-cultural encounters of 19th-century imperialism and to the creation of the global culture that characterizes the postcolonial world. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Robert Ian Mackenzie. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/reco/009368/bk_reco_009368_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Holiness , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 127min
    If there is anything that characterizes God's people in America today, it is the loss of the fear of God," states Henry Blackaby. When you do not fear God, he contends, you will not fear sin. The troubling result of this issue is that many Christians fail to recognize that they have sinned against God. The lack of holiness within the Church has reached epidemic levels. "True revival can only come," notes Blackaby, "when the people of God return to a healthy, holy fear of Him."God, in His holiness, is grieved by our lack of it. In his worthy book, Blackaby urges believers to look inward, to see sin from God's perspective, and to live the standard that He has set up in Scripture. He writes, "The salvation of the nation has little do with Washington or Hollywood - it has to do with the people of God! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mel Foster. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/001023/bk_brll_001023_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Book of Tea , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 120min
    The Book of Tea (1906) by Okakura Kakuzō is a long essay which examines the role of chadō (Teaism) in the aesthetic and cultural aspects of Japanese life. The author explains Teaism as “a philosophy founded on the adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday existence”. Originally written in English for a western audience, the essay deals with the spiritual traditions of Zen and Taoism, as well as the secular side of tea in Japanese life. The author shows how tea as a metaphor inspired the elegant simplicity which characterizes - inter alia - the art and architecture of Japan. According to the philosopher Tomonobu Imamichi, Martin Heidegger's concept of “Dasein” was inspired by Kakuzō’s expression “being-in-the-worldness” for the philosophy of Zhuangzi who composed a foundational text of the Tao. Kakuzó concludes that Teaism in itself serves as a universal remedy for promoting peace and tranquillity. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Blaise Adams. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/yurt/001400/bk_yurt_001400_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Primer to Postmodernism , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 421min
    From the academy to pop culture, our society is in the throes of change rivaling the birth of modernity out of the decay of the Middle Ages. We are now moving from the modern to the postmodern era. But what is postmodernism? How did it arise? What characterizes the postmodern ethos? What is the postmodern mind and how does it differ from the modern mind? Who are its leading advocates? Most important of all, what challenges does this cultural shift present to the church, which must proclaim the gospel to the emerging postmodern generation?Stanley Grenz charts the postmodern landscape. He shows the threads that link art and architecture, philosophy and fiction, literary theory, and television. He shows how the postmodern phenomenon has actually been in the making for a century and then introduces readers to the gurus of the postmodern mind-set. What he offers here is truly an indispensable guide for understanding today's culture. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Nadia May. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hove/000070/bk_hove_000070_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Beethoven: A Character Study , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 378min
    God acts upon earth only by means of superior chosen men. Up to Beethoven's time, musicians in general (Bach is always an exception) performed their work without the aid of an intellect for the most part; they worked by intuition.In everything outside their art, they were like children. Beethoven was the first one having the independence to think for himself and the first to have ideas on subjects unconnected with his art. It was he who established the dignity of the artist over that of the simply well-born. His entire life was a protest against the pretensions of birth over mind.His predecessors, to a great extent subjugated by their social superiors, sought only to please. Nothing further was expected of them. This mental attitude is apparent in their work. The language of the courtier is usually polished, but will never have the virility that characterizes the speech of the free man. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David K. Aycock. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/204940/bk_acx0_204940_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Dying to Cross: The Worst Immigrant Tragedy in American History , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 298min
    In what is indicative of the strained and even desperate times in which we live, comes a tragic story about the death of 19 people, the final hours of their incredible ordeal, and the network of individuals (and countries) who profit from what is considered by many nothing less than modern-day slavery.On May 13, 2003, at least 73 people boarded a tightly sealed trailer truck in what they hoped to be the final leg of an intricate journey toward their dream of living and working within the United States. The trailer they were riding was to take them from Harlingen, Texas, to Houston. The trailer never made it past Victoria, Texas, and became the site of the single worst immigrant tragedy in United States history.With the passion and insightful analysis that characterizes his work, Emmy Award-winning journalist Jorge Ramos recounts the events of this chilling tragedy as he tries to understand how something so inhuman can happen in the 21st century. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jonathan Davis. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/000999/bk_harp_000999_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Devil and Other Stories , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 765min
    This collection of 11 stories spans virtually the whole of Tolstoy's creative life. While each is unique in form, as a group they are representative of his style, and touch on the central themes that surface in War and Peace and Anna Karenina. Stories as different as "The Snowstorm", "Lucerne", "The Diary of a Madman", and "The Devil" are grounded in autobiographical experience. They deal with journeys of self-discovery and the moral and religious thought that characterizes Tolstoy's works of criticism and philosophy. "Strider" and "Father Sergy", as well as reflecting Tolstoy's own experiences, also reveal profound psychological insights.These stories range over much of the 19th-century Russian world, from the nobility to the peasantry, the military to the clergy, from merchants and cobblers to a horse and a tree. Together they present a fascinating picture of Tolstoy's skill and artistry. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kevin R. Free, George Guidall, T. Ryder Smith, Suzanne Toren. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/reco/007800/bk_reco_007800_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Planet Urth: Remains of Urth: Book 7 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 333min
    The world has changed from what it once was. A dark new species rules the planet. Humankind is endangered. I’ve spent all my 17 years deep in the forest in a hidden village with other humans, safe from the savage creatures that inherited Urth.  But one day, all that changed. Our village was found. We were discovered. My people were slaughtered. None were spared except the young. Taken and forced into a life of slavery, we’ve been thrust into a civilization where one rule applies: kill or be killed. It is the only way to survive.  I worry I’ve strayed from what characterizes me as human. I wonder whether I’m any better than the creatures that enslave me. Then the love I feel for my siblings reminds me I still am.  I hate what has been done to them, to me. I vow to avenge what’s happened, to free us or die trying. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jason R. L. Brown. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/117563/bk_acx0_117563_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Active Inference (eBook, ePUB)
    The first comprehensive treatment of active inference, an integrative perspective on brain, cognition, and behavior used across multiple disciplines. Active inference is a way of understanding sentient behavior-a theory that characterizes perception, planning, and action in terms of probabilistic inference. Developed by theoretical neuroscientist Karl Friston over years of groundbreaking research, active inference provides an integrated perspective on brain, cognition, and behavior that is increasingly used across multiple disciplines including neuroscience, psychology, and philosophy. Active inference puts the action into perception. This book offers the first comprehensive treatment of active inference, covering theory, applications, and cognitive domains. Active inference is a "first principles" approach to understanding behavior and the brain, framed in terms of a single imperative to minimize free energy. The book emphasizes the implications of the free energy principle for understanding how the brain works. It first introduces active inference both conceptually and formally, contextualizing it within current theories of cognition. It then provides specific examples of computational models that use active inference to explain such cognitive phenomena as perception, attention, memory, and planning.
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    Active Inference
    The first comprehensive treatment of active inference, an integrative perspective on brain, cognition, and behavior used across multiple disciplines. Active inference is a way of understanding sentient behavior-a theory that characterizes perception, planning, and action in terms of probabilistic inference. Developed by theoretical neuroscientist Karl Friston over years of groundbreaking research, active inference provides an integrated perspective on brain, cognition, and behavior that is increasingly used across multiple disciplines including neuroscience, psychology, and philosophy. Active inference puts the action into perception. This book offers the first comprehensive treatment of active inference, covering theory, applications, and cognitive domains. Active inference is a "first principles" approach to understanding behavior and the brain, framed in terms of a single imperative to minimize free energy. The book emphasizes the implications of the free energy principle for understanding how the brain works. It first introduces active inference both conceptually and formally, contextualizing it within current theories of cognition. It then provides specific examples of computational models that use active inference to explain such cognitive phenomena as perception, attention, memory, and planning.
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