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    The Bet: Paul Ehrlich, Julian Simon, and Our Gamble over Earth's Future , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 430min
    In 1980, the iconoclastic economist Julian Simon challenged celebrity biologist Paul Ehrlich to a bet. Their wager on the future prices of five metals captured the public’s imagination as a test of coming prosperity or doom. Ehrlich, author of the landmark book The Population Bomb, predicted that rising populations would cause overconsumption, resource scarcity, and famine—with apocalyptic consequences for humanity. Simon optimistically countered that human welfare would flourish thanks to flexible markets, technological change, and our collective ingenuity. Simon and Ehrlich’s debate reflected a deepening national conflict over the future of the planet. The Bet weaves the two men’s lives and ideas together with the era’s partisan political clashes over the environment and the role of government. In a lively narrative leading from the dawning environmentalism of the 1960s through the pivotal presidential contest between Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan and on into the 1990s, Paul Sabin shows how the fight between Ehrlich and Simon—between environmental fears and free-market confidence—helped create the gulf separating environmentalists and their critics today. Drawing insights from both sides, Sabin argues for using social values, rather than economic or biological absolutes, to guide society’s crucial choices relating to climate change, the planet’s health, and our own. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Anthony Haden Salerno. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/015474/bk_adbl_015474_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Batavia , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1020min
    The story begins in 1629, when the pride of the Dutch East India Company, the Batavia, is on its maiden voyage en route from Amsterdam to the Dutch East Indies, laden down with the greatest treasure to leave Holland. The magnificent ship is already boiling over with a mutinous plot that is just about to break into the open when, just off the coast of Western Australia, it strikes an unseen reef in the middle of the night. While Commandeur Francisco Pelsaert decides to take the longboat across 2,000 miles of open sea for help, his second-in-command Jeronimus Cornelisz takes over, quickly deciding that 250 people on a small island is unwieldy for the small number of supplies they have. Quietly, he puts forward a plan to 40 odd mutineers how they could save themselves, kill most of the rest, and spare only a half-dozen or so women, including his personal fancy, Lucretia Jansz - one of the noted beauties of Holland - to service their sexual needs. A reign of terror begins, countered only by a previously anonymous soldier, Wiebbe Hayes, who begins to gather to him those are prepared to do what it takes to survive.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Richard Aspel. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/boli/001547/bk_boli_001547_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    FDR, Dewey, and the Election of 1944 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 768min
    Although the presidential election of 1944 placed FDR in the White House for an unprecedented fourth term, historical memory of the election itself has been overshadowed by the war, Roosevelt’s health and his death the following April, Truman's ascendancy, and the decision to drop the atomic bomb. Today most people assume that FDR’s reelection was assured. Yet, as David M. Jordan’s engrossing account reveals, neither the outcome of the campaign nor even the choice of candidates was assured. Just a week before Election Day, pollster George Gallup thought a small shift in votes in a few key states would award the election to Thomas E. Dewey. Though the Democrats urged voters not to "change horses in midstream", the Republicans countered that the war would be won "quicker with Dewey and Bricker." With its insider tales and accounts of party politics, and campaigning for votes in the shadow of war and an uncertain future, FDR, Dewey, and the Election of 1944 makes for a fascinating chapter in American political history.The book is published by Indiana University Press. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks."Clearly written, well-researched narrative." (Journal of American History)"Jordan's writing style is superb." (Intl Social Science Review)"This is a fun volume on an often overlooked presidential contest." (Karl Rove) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Robert Ferraro. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/165737/bk_acx0_165737_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Christmas Poetry , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 60min
    Christmas, they say, comes but once a year. In these days, it seems to also last for much of that year - but this volume is not just for Christmas!For the religious amongst us, this annual celebration of the Birth of Christ must seem bitter sweet: it's acknowledgment by billions of people, countered by the pervasive spread of material possessions translating the event to little more than a sales pitch for material wares. Most religions celebrate their founders, but Christianity seems somehow to have lost possession of one of its key rituals in an ever more secular West. The spread of globalisation seems to have hindered rather than helped the true meaning of the festival. Children today are much more interested in what presents they might receive than any spiritual message. As parents too, most of us buy into this and indulge our offspring rather than instil the underlying themes and aims of the festival's meaning common to us all.In this collection, we rely on the words and wisdom of such fine poets as John Milton, Emily Dickinson, Sir Walter Scott, Daniel Sheehan, William Wordsworth, Robert Louis Stevenson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and a whole host of others to absorb us in a Christmas time of hope and togetherness. The experiences and memories they share with us speak of a time, of a world that did have a common purpose and an ambition to share good fortune with everyone. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ghizela Rowe, Tim Graham. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/copy/000123/bk_copy_000123_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Manology: Secrets of Your Man’s Mind Revealed , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 498min
    In this New York Times best seller, Tyrese Gibson, multi-platinum R&B singer and movie star, and Rev Run of Run-DMC and star of Run's House, present a bold, honest, and uncensored look into the male mind. Tyrese and Rev are the unlikeliest of best friends - Rev is married with six kids, and Tyrese is a single dad still hesitant to settle down. But after an unexpected argument in which Rev insisted that marriage is forever, and Tyrese countered that you could bail when the sex went bad, the two decided not just to agree to disagree, but to team up and open their debate to a larger audience. Manology will help you weed out the cheaters, manipulators, and pimps from the good men, and it will give you the tools to know if your man is the marrying kind. In "Manology after Dark", the guys even give the lowdown on what men need in bed, before and after they put a ring on your finger. Some behavior can't be changed, but as Tyrese and Rev share, it's better to face the truth. With Rev's hard-earned knowledge on how to make a marriage work, and Tyrese's sometimes uncomfortable, but always honest take on the single man's mind-set, Manology is your one source to help you take control of your love life and truly understand your man. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cary Hite. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/009325/bk_blak_009325_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Narcissist: An Effective Guide to Win Against Narcissistic Abuse, Learn Dealing with a Narcissist, Understand Narcissism and Dating with a Narcissist Positively (NPD, Narcissistic Lover) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 193min
    Do you ever feel like something isn't right in your love or friendly relationship? Many times it is because you are a victim of narcissistic abuse. This is a very serious problem and you shouldn't underestimate it.Many times, if not countered properly, narcissistic abuse will lead to permanent psychological (and sometimes also physical) consequences for the victim.This is why I created this book. Here you will find everything you need to know about narcissistic abuse and, most importantly, how to effectively counter it in the right way. My goal is not just to give you the tools to free you from the abuse, my goal is also (where possible) to teach you practical ways to actually help the narcissist to become a better person. I know that many times that person is someone you love or care about and, where sometimes is better to let go, other times I believe you can actually "save him from himself" as well.In fact, in this book you will learn:Causes of narcissistic personality disorder (NPD)Diagnoses, treatment and complicationsRestoration and relief from narcissistic abuseHow to help a narcissist to become a better personWhat you should know before dating a narcissistExperts’ views on narcissismHow to positively and successfully relate with a narcissistHow to win over a narcissistHow to safely quit a narcissistic abusive relationshipGuidelines on how a narcissist can change his or her lifestyleI firmly believe that this book will help you relief from narcissistic abuse and will also help you to understand better what narcissism really is, its causes and actual consequences for the narcissist and for people around him.Now scroll to the top and click Buy Now! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Austin R. Stoler. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/171996/bk_acx0_171996_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Pray for Us Sinners , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 775min
    A British Army bomb-disposal expert goes undercover to try to identify the source of the bombs being used by the Provisional Irish Republican Army in Pray for Us Sinners, a thrilling novel by New York Times best seller Patrick Taylor. In Belfast in 1973 the Troubles are raging. Two Ulstermen. Two sides. On one, British Army bomb-disposal officer Marcus Richardson; on the other, Davy MacCutcheon, Provisional IRA armourer who has been constructing bombs since his teens. Both men are committed to their causes until events shatter their beliefs, leaving each with a crisis of faith and an overpowering need to get out - but with honour. When he is nearly killed by an exploding car bomb, Marcus welcomes the offer of a transfer to the elite SAS - provided that he first accept an undercover mission to infiltrate the Falls Road ghetto, join the Provisional IRA, identify their upper echelon, and expose their bomb-maker. When Davy’s devices are used for civilian disruption rather than military targets, the bomb-maker begins to question what he’s doing. His work is being used to maim and kill innocent people. His request to be discharged is countered by an order that he go on one last mission. Success will bring Davy redemption and permission to leave Ireland with Fiona Kavanagh, the woman he loves. When the paths of the two men cross, Davy realizes that he can use Marcus’s expertise in plastic explosives. A runaway series of events leaves both men in an abandoned farmhouse in the middle of a plot to kill the British Prime Minster. Can Marcus find a way to thwart the plan and escape with his life? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John Keating. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/aren/001587/bk_aren_001587_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 365min
    National Book Critics Circle Award winner, Criticism, 2016. As Ferguson, Missouri, erupted in August 2014 and media commentators across the ideological spectrum referred to the angry response of African Americans as 'black rage', historian Carol Anderson wrote a remarkable op-ed in the Washington Post showing that this was, instead, 'white rage at work. With so much attention on the flames,' she wrote, 'everyone had ignored the kindling.' Since 1865 and the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment, every time African Americans have made advances towards full participation in our democracy, white reaction has fueled a deliberate and relentless rollback of their gains. The end of the Civil War and Reconstruction was greeted with the Black Codes and Jim Crow; the Supreme Court's landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision was met with the shutting down of public schools throughout the South while taxpayer dollars financed segregated white private schools; the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965 triggered a coded but powerful response: the so-called Southern Strategy and the War on Drugs that disenfranchised millions of African Americans while propelling presidents Nixon and Reagan into the White House. Carefully linking these and other historical flash points when social progress for African Americans was countered by deliberate and cleverly crafted opposition, Anderson pulls back the veil that has long covered actions made in the name of protecting democracy, fiscal responsibility, or protection against fraud, rendering visible the long lineage of white rage. Compelling and dramatic in the unimpeachable history it relates, White Rage will add an important new dimension to the national conversation about race in America.  ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Pamela Gibson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/027901/bk_adbl_027901_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Adventure Books for Kids: 3 in 1 of the Most Fun Adventures for Kids: Kids’ Adventure Stories , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 111min
    Three stories in one audiobook.Story one: Eric is dark, lonely, and misunderstood. He gets angry when others stare at him, discovers his new abilities but doesn’t know how to use them. Desperately, he is trying to find his own kind. His search seems to have no end, until he meets Alexander, another Eric with solutions and answers. Can he show Eric the way home and help him control his powers? Don’t wait to find out more about this interesting strange boy, who turns out to be capable of far more than he realizes.Story two: Follow the story of this caterpillar, who lost his family and suffered from amnesia, forgetting his own name and those of his siblings and parents. He is always hungry, but what’s more important is that he searches for truth. He searches for a solution to his problem. On the way to the dangerous underworld, the Lava Cave, he is accompanied by another caterpillar. Together, they venture for the diamond of wisdom in the hope that it will tell the little caterpillar of its origin. Don’t miss this fun adventure and find out how this brave creature discovered his true identity.Story three: A giant creature, an intelligent professor, and a tough corporal are about to confront each other with their best and worst characteristics. The end of the city is apparent, but the disaster can still be prevented. The destruction can still be countered. Are the two inhabitants of this metropolis able to combine forces and come to an agreement, so that they can battle the monstrosity towering over the homes of its innocent victims? Listen now! Find out more about this unfolding adventure with soldiers, chemical labs, and secure plans to defeat an evil being. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John H. Fehskens. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/106280/bk_acx0_106280_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Main Street (Annotated): 100th Anniversary Edition , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1155min
    This 100th Anniversary Edition includes:A new Foreword by biographer Richard Lingeman A new Afterword to the Audiobook by Dr. Sally Parry.Published on October 23, 1920, Main Street was the first of Sinclair Lewis's great successes. According to biographer Mark Schorer, it "was the most sensational event in 20th-century American publishing history, from the point of view both of sales and of public response. The printers could not keep up with the orders, and for a while the publishers had to ration out copies to book-sellers."A biting satire that countered the American myth of wholesome small-town life with a depiction of narrow-minded provincialism, it was to some degree based on Lewis's own experience of growing on Sauk Centre, Minnesota. Set in mid-1910s, it depicts the struggles of Carol Kennicott, a city girl, as she tries to adapt to small town life, having left her librarian job and St. Paul, Minnesota to marry Dr. Will Kennicott of Gopher Prairie. Dismayed by the town’s drabness and the conforming, petty inhabitants, Carol optimistically sets out to improve the town, only to find her ideas met with distrust and derision, and herself becoming a pariah.Lewis was in the vanguard of a generation of American writers seeking realism to their work (Ernest Hemingway. F. Scott Fitzgerald, Willa Cather, Theodore Dreiser...). Lewis’s intimate knowledge of small-town America and subtle characterizations make Main Street a compelling classic still surprisingly relevant today: the religious bigotry, racism, puritanical righteousness, and duplicitous business practices Lewis exposes are with us still. His portrayal of women, especially Carol, is surprisingly sensitive, and his depiction of marriage and the compromises expected of woman offer both insightful social commentary and convincing realism.The Pulitzer Committee recommended Lewis for the Pulitzer for Main Street in 1921, but th ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kitty Hendrix. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/171108/bk_acx0_171108_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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