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    The Wisdom of Life, Counsels and Maxims , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 562min
    'The two foes of human happiness are pain and boredom.' Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) was one of the most influential philosophers of the 19th century because his humanistic, atheistic, if pessimistic views chimed with a new secularism that was emerging from a Western society dominated by religion. Despite his rather forbidding image (and a few outdated views), he is one of the most approachable German philosophers, and this is certainly evident in these two key works, The Wisdom of Life and Counsels and Maxims. This is, says his translator, T. Bailey Saunders, because his theories were based on observation and experience - 'interpreting the world as it is'. In The Wisdom of Life, Schopenhauer considers eudemonology (the science of happiness) - 'the art of ordering our lives so as to obtain the greatest possible amount of pleasure and success'. He begins by dividing 'differences in the human lot' into three: what a man is in the sense of personality; what a man has in terms of property and possessions; and how a man stands in terms of the estimation of others. In the course of the book, he expands on these divisions. In Counsels and Maxims, he develops the theme of eudemonology by advising that it is best to replace the pursuit of pleasure and happiness with a more measured approach based on the avoidance of pain and suffering. However, his views are not as negative and pessimistic as this may seem, not least because he was the first major Western philosopher to be influenced by Eastern thought, notably Buddhism, which he acknowledges. In his exposition, Schopenhauer draws on numerous sources as varied as Plato and Horace, Goethe, Shakespeare, Silesius and, of course, his own major work The World as Will and Representation (1818). Both The Wisdom of Life and Counsels and Maxims first appeared (under the collective heading of Aphorisms on the Wisdom of Life) in his co ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David Rintoul. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/dhrm/000043/bk_dhrm_000043_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    High Stakes: Inside the New Las Vegas , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 567min
    For decades, the name "Las Vegas" summoned up the image of a neon world of nonstop gambling, gangsters, sex, and adult entertainment. But today, Las Vegas has transformed itself into a family vacation spot second only to Disneyworld on America's leisure-time itinerary. What - and who - is responsible for this multi-billion-dollar transformation? With High Stakes, Gary Provost takes the listener on a wide-ranging tour of Nevada's newly revitalized 21st-century vacation world. This inside look at both the gaming business and its new total entertainment centers, which now host 20 million visitors a year, reveals how Las Vegas became a clean, attractive, family-oriented resort. Today, casino gambling is just one attraction of many, most of them new: amazing theme parks, spectacular virtual-reality rides, futuristic glass domes, the world's tallest tower, and a sky laser that can be seen all the way to Los Angeles. Circus Circus Enterprises Inc. is used as a model of excellence to show how the Las Vegas gaming industry develops, markets, and delivers its entertainment "product" at a lower price, and with greater profits, than any of its competitors. Highlighted by a preview of Circus Circus' astonishing pyramid - Luxor - the new centerpiece of the greatest gaming empire in history, High Stakes includes extensive interviews with Luxor's legendary creator, William G. Bennett, the man who taught the entire gaming industry how to attract the vast market of family-oriented vacationers. Also covered are all the games of chance that a casino like Circus Circus offers and the odds each gives; everything the casino hands out for free and why; the different ways in which high rollers and ordinary folk are treated; how legendary casinos of the past have crashed to oblivion and the hot newcomers that have taken their place; and the increasing competition from Atlantic City and the growing list of other venues of legal gambling in the United States ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bill Fike. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/108437/bk_acx0_108437_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Fully Loaded Thrillers: The Complete and Collected Stories of Blake Crouch , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 271min
    From the author of the Wayward Pines Trilogy, comes this collection of short stories. "*69" - Tim and Laura West receive a bizarre voicemail on their answering machine that seems to have unintentionally recorded a brutal murder. But what happens when the killer realizes their mistake? This story develops over one terrifying evening, and this young couple will never be the same. "Remaking" - Tragic events unfold in a snowy, sleepy Colorado town. From the first scene, in which a man sits alone in the cold, watching a father and son in a diner, you know something is about to go horribly wrong. "On The Good, Red Road" - A group of four hard men trying to reach a remote 19th Century mining town become stranded in an early blizzard and resort to drastic, terrifying measures, to stay alive. "Shining Rock" - An older couple encounter a strange and menacing visitor during a camping trip in the North Carolina mountains. Friendly at first, this stranger seems to know them, and their secrets. "Perfect Little Town" - Ron and Jessica Stahl are a power couple from California, on a Christmas holiday in Colorado. When they stop for the afternoon in sleepy Lone Cone, they're charmed by the quaint tourist town. But the folksy hospitality will vanish as the sun drops behind the mountains. "The Newton Boys' Last Photograph" - At 25 words, the shortest story I ever wrote. But it packs a wallop. "The Meteorologist" - Peter, a disgraced meteorologist and chronic wanderer, has traveled the country for years in his Winnebago, in search of the only thing that gives his life meaning. He's just arrived in the middle of nowhere - Hokie, Kansas - for the same purpose, but when he meets a waitress named Melanie, another sufferer, he's faced not only with his first real human contact in years, but perhaps someone who can save him. "Unconditional" - A conversation between two people-devastating, tragic, and beautiful. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Eric G. Dove. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/025992/bk_acx0_025992_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    How Jesus Became God, Hörbuch, Digital, 735min
    The early Christian claim that Jesus of Nazareth was God completely changed the course of Western civilization. What exactly happened, such that Jesus came to be considered God? To ask this question is to delve into a fascinating, multilayered historical puzzle - one that offers a richly illuminating look into the origins of the Western worldview and the theological underpinnings of our civilization. This fundamental historical question and its complex answer speak penetratingly to the spiritual impulses, concerns, and beliefs that have played a seminal role in our world, even as they reveal the foundation of history’s most global religious movement, and fresh insights into the Western world's single most influential human being. Tackling all of these matters and more, Great Courses favorite Professor Ehrman returns with the unprecedented historical inquiry of How Jesus Became God. In 24 provocative lectures, Professor Ehrman takes you deep into the process by which the divinity of Jesus was first conceived by his followers, demonstrating how this conception was refined over time to become the core of the Christian theology. A distinguished scholar of Christianity and New York Times best-selling author, Professor Ehrman develops the inquiry with meticulous research and in-depth analysis of texts. In these lectures, Ehrman reveals that the theological understanding of Jesus as God came about through a complex series of factors and events, each of which must be understood in order to grasp this most extraordinary and historically pivotal story. In the enthralling inquiry of How Jesus Became God Professor Ehrman lays bare the diverse elements that combined to produce both an astonishing true-life story and one of history’s most significant developments. Join a renowned biblical scholar in grappling with this pivot. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available i Language: English. Narrator: Bart D. Ehrman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tcco/000382/bk_tcco_000382_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Strength Training for Women: Burn Fat Effectively...and Sculpt the Body You've Always Dreamed of , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 113min
    Strength Training for Women...Your Answer to Less Fat, Toned Muscle and the Body You've Always Dreamed of. There's a growing army of women out there laughing, because they've turned their bodies into fat burning machines - without exercising most of the week, or eating like a rabbit. They've transformed their bodies - and are now in the best shape of their lives. They now love exercise, feel strong - and love the fact that they never have to do mind-numbing cardio ever again! These are the women who do strength training and are now laughing about the huge misconception - that lifting weights makes women bulky or masculine. The reality is that weight training incinerates body fat, develops lean, toned muscles, increases your strength, improves your mental health, strengthens your heart, lowers your risk of disease, strengthens bones, improves posture, boosts your confidence - the list goes on. The word on these benefits is well and truly out there amongst women, and Strength Training for Women...Your Answer to Less Fat, Toned Muscle and the Body You've Always Dreamed of is written to spread the message even further. Are you fed up pounding the treadmill, literally getting nowhere? Are you frustrated after exercising for weeks, but seeing zero results when you look in the mirror? Are you bored with your fitness classes or the same old boring workout? Do you have to drag yourself along to the gym each time? This audiobook can help solve all those problems. Imagine having to only exercise three times per week, for less than an hour each time? Imagine really enjoying each session and looking forward to your next one? Imagine feeling stronger and more confident every week? And imagine all of that translating into clear, positive changes in your body shape, health, and entire vibe? That's exactly what weight training can deliver. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Evan Schmitt. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/094215/bk_acx0_094215_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Winds of Fate: Fayroll 3, Hörbuch, Digital, 692min
    Harry’s back! The even more anticipated third book from the best-selling Fayroll series is here. With even more epic battles, challenging quests and even rarer items. Following on from "The Road East," Harriton’s work has been very well received, and his new bosses are pleased with him. Seemingly everything is going well, as he enjoys visiting Fayroll more and more and spending time with his new girlfriend, Vika.But is everything as it seems? Can things stay so positive with him? After a visit from his ex-girlfriend’s brother and a meeting with Raidion's Security, it seems the real world might be much more of a dangerous place for him than ever before. He will begin to question how deep he is in this whole project, but with support from his new girlfriend and his team working on The Fayroll Times, maybe everything will be fine? However, this is just outside of the game.In the game, he joins "The Hounds" on a quest through the Northern Mountains and through the mines filled with terrifying and deadly creatures to continue his quest to find the Dryad Sisters, but not before making even more in-game enemies, meeting royalty and saving kidnapped princesses.Winds of Fate continues the best-selling and ever-popular Fayroll series with the author’s great sense of humor, adventure and storytelling skills. This book carries on developing the Fayroll world and also further develops life in the real world. This story has an equally seductive balance between the real world and virtual world, where both settings smoothly complement each other.Vasilyev is showing how much of a writer he is. Every Fayroll book gets better and better. His characters continue to develop and become more real to the reader. His attention to detail and cinematic descriptions have also developed giving the reader a captivating and entertaining read. Winds of Fate is certainly a boundless mix of action, dialogue, humor and colorful descriptions.Andrey Vasilyev s Language: English. Narrator: Adrian Niro. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/litw/000003/bk_litw_000003_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Laziness: How to Stop Procrastinating and Reclaim Time with Self-Discipline , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 63min
    How often has not wanting to do something because you feel too lazy to do it robbed you of precious time which could have been used to be more productive? If you want to learn how to break out of the lazy cycle and overcome that habit once and for all, you've come to the right place.Do you frequently find yourself putting off tasks which could be done immediately, but you don't feel like doing it, so you don't? It is okay to indulge in a lazy day every now and again, but when it happens far too often and develops into a habit, you will be shocked to find just how much time gets wasted. Before you know it, you're older and looking back at your life wishing you didn't waste so much of it. That is what being chronically lazy could do to you. But why let that be your future when it doesn't have to be? Procrastination and laziness are a very real phenomenon, and chronic laziness and procrastination can rob you of valuable time. Time is a resource which you can never get back again. Once it's gone, it's gone for good, so you need to put a stop to it before it stops you from being the productive and successful person you should be. Don't let laziness take over your life! Everything needed to overcome laziness, stop procrastination, and reclaim time is right here. To overcome the problem, we must first understand what we are dealing with, which is why this book is focused on not just the solution to the problem, but really understanding the problem so you can get to the heart of the matter. Once you have understood all that you need to, you will find it much easier to be the productive person that you want to be. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Benjamin McLean. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/106247/bk_acx0_106247_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Infotopia: How Many Minds Produce Knowledge , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 464min
    The rise of the "information society" offers not only considerable peril but also great promise. Beset from all sides by a never-ending barrage of media, how can we ensure that the most accurate information emerges and is heeded?In this book, Cass R. Sunstein develops a deeply optimistic understanding of the human potential to pool information, and to use that knowledge to improve our lives.In an age of information overload, it is easy to fall back on our own prejudices and insulate ourselves with comforting opinions that reaffirm our core beliefs. Crowds quickly become mobs. The justification for the Iraq war, the collapse of Enron, the explosion of the space shuttle Columbia - all of these resulted from decisions made by leaders and groups trapped in "information cocoons", shielded from information at odds with their preconceptions. How can leaders and ordinary people challenge insular decision making and gain access to the sum of human knowledge?Stunning new ways to share and aggregate information, many Internet-based, are helping companies, schools, governments, and individuals not only to acquire, but also to create, ever-growing bodies of accurate knowledge. Through a ceaseless flurry of self-correcting exchanges, wikis, covering everything from politics and business plans to sports and science-fiction subcultures, amass--and refine--information. Open-source software enables large numbers of people to participate in technological development. Prediction markets aggregate information in a way that allows companies, ranging from computer manufacturers to Hollywood studios, to make better decisions about product launches and office openings. Sunstein shows how people can assimilate aggregated information without succumbing to the dangers of the herd mentality - and when and why the new aggregation techniques are so astoundingly accurate. In a world where opinion and anecdote increasingly compete on equal footing with hard evidence, th ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Marc Cashman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/001609/bk_adbl_001609_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Ebola: The Preppers Guide to Surviving the Killer Virus , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 101min
    The current Ebola outbreak in West Africa is the worst case of its type since the virus was discovered in the 1970s. What makes this Ebola outbreak of greater concern is not only that it is the strain that has the higher mortality rates but that it has crossed borders and appeared in regions previously unaffected by Ebola. The Ebola outbreak has the potential to spread on a global scale, particularly due to the long incubation period and the symptoms taking time to develop. Ebola symptoms are very similar to other infectious diseases and as such they can be difficult to spot. If the Ebola outbreak goes global those that are prepared will have the best chance of survival, in short this means the prepper community. WHO have already declared that the Ebola outbreak is spreading quicker than the steps being taken to prevent it. Many peppers are worried about the potential for pandemics of infectious diseases; it appears that Ebola may have the potential to become a pandemic. This audiobook explains the Ebola virus and the current situation with the outbreak in West Africa. It discusses Ebola symptoms and how the disease develops in humans. Like many infectious diseases Ebola can only be transferred from human to human in certain circumstances, we look at those circumstances and how we can best protect ourselves from the Ebola virus. The book offers a look at prepping ideas that can be used if the Ebola outbreak hits our shores. In addition to stockpiling essential supplies the book highlights when it might be prudent to bug out and gives details about the best items to pack in a bug out bag. The bug out bag is probably the first thing that anyone wanting to be prepared should produce. In addition to a response to the Ebola outbreak, these prepper ideas can be applied to any "Doomsday situation". ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jason P. Hilton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/023918/bk_acx0_023918_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Melanie Klein: Object Relations Theory , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 22min
    Melanie Klein's object relations theory is built on careful observations of young children. The emphasis of Freud is on the first four to six years of life, contrasting the accentuation of Klein of the first four to six months of life. Klein insists the drives of infants, such as hunger or sex, are directed to an object, such as a vagina, a penis, or a breast. The child's relation to the breast, according to Klein, is fundamental, serving as a prototype of relations to whole objects later in life, such as a father and mother. The infantile tendency of relating to partial objects gives their experiences a fantasylike or unrealistic nature, affecting interpersonal relations later in life. Hence the tendency of Klein's ideas to shift the focus of psychoanalytic theory to the role early fantasy plays in the formation of interpersonal relationships from organically based stages of development. Klein isn't the only theorist to speculate the importance of the early relationship between child and mother. The belief of Margaret Mahler is that the sense of identity of children is dependent on a three-step relationship with their mothers. The initial step is for the mother to cater to the basic needs of the infant and develop a symbiotic and safe relationship with the powerful mother. Finally, infants will establish their own identities and individuality upon emerging from the protective circles of their mothers. The theory of Heinz Kohut is that the sense of self develops during infancy, when they are treated as unique people by their parents and others. John Bowlby also investigates the negative affects separation from the mother can pose on an infant. Finally, Mary Ainsworth, along with her colleagues, developed a method of measuring the type of attachment style infants display toward their caregivers. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Steven G. Carley. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/042041/bk_acx0_042041_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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