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    Haunting You , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 365min
    A past life. A dangerous gift. An unlikely romance.In the haunted halls of her boarding school, Meredith Monroe hides a dangerous gift. She can communicate with the dead.Desperate not to stand out, she worries her powers may attract the wrong attention. Like from the alluring but totally not-for-her new student Nathan Vale.Meredith is impressed Nathan isn’t fazed by the supernatural - not even when a ghost tries to kill him by tossing him off the Rotunda balcony. She’s less impressed with his insistence they share a romantic connection that spans centuries and lifetimes together.Nathan refuses to let the mistakes of their past influence their chances at happiness this time around. But getting Meredith to fall in love with him a second time may be more deadly than either of them bargain for.Fans of Lauren Kate’s Fallen series and Meg Cabot’s Mediator series will love this YA paranormal romance from a USA Today best-selling author! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Abby Anderson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/200187/bk_acx0_200187_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Delivering the Future: Reflections of a Rotunda Master
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    Ming Tea Murder , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 579min
    It's scones and scandal for Indigo Tea Shop owner Theodosia Browning in the latest from the New York Times best-selling author of Steeped in Evil.... Normally Theodosia wouldn't attend a black tie affair for all the tea in China. But she can hardly say no to her hunky, handsome boyfriend Max, who directs public relations for the Gibbes Museum in Charleston. Max has organized an amazing gala opening for an exhibit of a genuine 18th century Chinese teahouse, and the crème de la crème of Charleston society is invited. In the exotic garden staged in the museum's rotunda, a Chinese dragon dances to the beat of drums as it weaves through the crowd. The guests are serenaded by a Chinese violin as they sample an assortment of tempting bites. And to give them a memento of the occasion, there's even a photo booth. But Theodosia makes a grim discovery behind the booth's curtains: the body of museum donor Edgar Webster. While Theodosia prefers tea service over the service of justice, this case is difficult to ignore - especially after Max becomes a suspect. Now she must examine the life of the fallen philanthropist and find out who really wanted him to pay up.... Includes delicious recipes and tea time tips! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Barbara McCulloh. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/reco/008613/bk_reco_008613_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Hilma af Klint
    A groundbreaking study of visionary artist Hilma af Klint. When Swedish artist Hilma af Klint died in 1944 at the age of 81, she left behind more than a thousand paintings and works on paper that she kept largely private during her lifetime. Believing the world was not yet ready for her art, she stipulated that it should remain unseen for another 20 years. But only in recent decades has the public had a chance to reckon with af Klint's radically abstract painting practice - one which predates the work of Vasily Kandinsky and other artists widely considered trailblazers of modernist abstraction. Accompanying the first major survey exhibition of the artist's work in the United States, Hilma af Klint represents her groundbreaking painting series while expanding recent scholarship to present the fullest picture yet of the artist's life and work. Essays explore the social, intellectual, and artistic milieu of af Klint's 1906 break with figuration and her subsequent development, placing her in the context of Swedish modernism and folk art traditions, contemporary scientific discoveries, and spiritualist and occult movements. A roundtable discussion among contemporary artists, scholars, and curators considers af Klint's sources and relevance to art in the 21st century. The volume also delves into her unrealized plans for a spiral-shaped temple in which to display her art - a wish that finds a fortuitous answer in the Guggenheim Museum's rotunda, the site of the forthcoming exhibition.
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    Andrew Jackson: A Brief History of Old Hickory , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 41min
    Andrew Jackson has the dubious honor of being the first President to have an assassination attempt made upon his life. Picture this: 63-year-old Andrew Jackson is walking across the Capitol Rotunda. Richard Lawrence, an unemployed house painter, moves to the front of the crowd. He fires two pistol shots into the President. By luck, both pistols misfire. The aging Jackson charges the attempted assassin, beating him to the ground with his cane. Jackson was no stranger to death or weapons. In his lifetime he fought three duels, faced down the Creek Indians, and ultimately fought the final battle of the War of 1812 at New Orleans. Thomas Jefferson wrote: I feel very much alarmed at the prospect of seeing General Jackson President. He is one of the most unfit men I know of for the place. He has had very little respect for laws or constitutions, and is, in fact, an able military chief. His passions are terrible. He has been much tried since I knew him, but he is a dangerous man. During the 1828 Presidential campaign Jackson's opponents took to calling him jackass. Being the bad-ass he was Jackson liked the idea, and used it as his own for a while. Years later the donkey was adopted as the symbol of the Democratic Party. This short guide will tell you all you need to know to understand the Jacksonian Era in America... even if you know absolutely nothing about the South Carolina Nullifiers, the National Bank Crisis, or Indian Removal. In less than an hour, you'll learn all you need to know to impress your friends about Andrew Jackson, the Battle of New Orleans, the Creek and Seminole Indian Wars, and more. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Richard Rieman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/028692/bk_acx0_028692_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Lucy Stone: An Unapologetic Life , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 715min
    In the rotunda of the nation's Capital a statue pays homage to three famous 19th-century American women suffragists: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Lucretia Mott. "Historically", the inscription beneath the marble statue notes, "these three stand unique and peerless." In fact, the statue has a glaring omission: Lucy Stone. A pivotal leader in the fight for both abolition and gender equality, her achievements marked the beginning of the women's rights movement and helped to lay the groundwork for the eventual winning of women's suffrage. Yet, today most Americans have never heard of Lucy Stone. Sally McMillen sets out to address this significant historical oversight in this engaging biography. Exploring her extraordinary life and the role she played in crafting a more just society, McMillen restores Lucy Stone to her rightful place at the center of the 19th-century women's rights movement. Raised in a middle-class Massachusetts farm family, Stone became convinced at an early age that education was key to women's independence and selfhood, and went on to attend the Oberlin Collegiate Institute. When she graduated in 1847 as one of the first women in the US to earn a college degree, she was drawn into the public sector as an activist and quickly became one of the most famous orators of her day. Lecturing on anti-slavery and women's rights, she was instrumental in organizing and speaking at several annual national woman's rights conventions throughout the 1850s. She played a critical role in the organization and leadership of the American Equal Rights Association during the Civil War, and, in 1869, cofounded the American Woman Suffrage Association, one of two national women's rights organizations that fought for women's right to vote. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dawn Harvey. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/021454/bk_adbl_021454_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Malta Introduction
    Malta Introduction ab 19.49 € als Taschenbuch: Telecommunications in Malta Maltese alphabet Malta Today Maltese Australian Miss World Malta Xemxija Leader of the Opposition Maltese general election 1996 Rotunda of Mosta St Paul's Pro-Cathedral Matriculation Certificate. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Geist & Wissen,
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    1829 architecture
    1829 architecture ab 15.99 € als Taschenbuch: Royal High School Edinburgh Eastern State Penitentiary Salle Ventadour Holy Trinity Brompton Church Skinner-Tinkham House Church of Our Lady Trinity Centre Gorgas-Manly Historic District Rotunda Museum St Peter's Church. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Geist & Wissen,
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    More than They Bargained For: Scott Walker, Unions, and the Fight for Wisconsin , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 794min
    When Wisconsin became the first state in the nation in 1959 to let public employees bargain with their employers, the legislation catalyzed changes to labor laws across the country. In March 2011, when newly elected governor Scott Walker repealed most of that labor law and subsequent ones - and then became the first governor in the nation to survive a recall election fifteen months later - it sent a different message. Both times, Wisconsin took the lead, first empowering public unions and then weakening them. This audiobook recounts the battle between the Republican governor and the unions. The struggle drew the attention of the country and the notice of the world, launching Walker as a national star for the Republican Party and simultaneously energizing and damaging the American labor movement. Madison was the site of one unprecedented spectacle after another: 1:00 a.m. parliamentary maneuvers, a camel slipping on icy Madison streets as union firefighters rushed to assist, massive nonviolent street protests, and a weeks-long occupation that blocked the marble halls of the Capitol and made its rotunda ring. Jason Stein and Patrick Marley, award-winning journalists for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, covered the fight firsthand. They center their account on the frantic efforts of state officials meeting openly and in the Capitol's elegant backrooms as protesters demonstrated outside. Conducting new in-depth interviews with elected officials, labor leaders, police officers, protestors, and other key figures, and drawing on new documents and their own years of experience as statehouse reporters, Stein and Marley have written a gripping account of the wildest sixteen months in Wisconsin politics since the era of Joe McCarthy. They offer new insights on the origins of Walker's wide-ranging budget-repair bill, which included the provision to end public-sector collective bargaining; the Senate Democrats' decision to leave the state to try to block ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gregg A. Rizzo. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/014505/bk_acx0_014505_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Amerika verstehen
    Die USA am Scheideweg - wie angeschlagen ist die Weltmacht nach vier Jahren Trump, was macht sie dennoch stark und gleichzeitig so gespalten?Amerika nach Trump - die vermeintliche Schutzmacht westlicher Demokratien scheint uns Europäern zunehmend fremd zu werden. Der Amerika-Experte Ronald D. Gerste beschreibt die vielfältigen Facetten eines mächtigen, verunsicherten - und manchmal beängstigenden - Landes. Eine kompakte Reise durch Kultur und Geschichte einer Nation, die niemanden gleichgültig lässt.Es waren Bilder, die man nach mehr als 70 Jahren transatlantischer Partnerschaft nicht für möglich gehalten hätte: das Capitol in Washington, Symbol der amerikanischen Demokratie, welche Europa über die Jahrzehnte des Kalten Krieges beschützt hatte, wurde von einem wütenden Mob gestürmt. Viele trugen das Sternenbanner - und traten die Werte, für welche die Fahne steht, mit Füßen. Inspiriert hatte die Menge ein Präsident, der den Ausgang einer Wahl, seine Niederlage, verleugnet hatte - der dramatische und für viele Beobachter abstoßende Höhepunkt einer vierjährigen Amtszeit voller Unwahrheiten und Hasstiraden. Nicht erst mit Trump, aber durch ihn ganz besonders ist die Schutzmacht USA für viele Europäer fremd geworden. Deutsche und andere Europäer teilen mit den Amerikanern wesentliche Werte und unsere Kultur wird in ganz beträchtlichem Maße von amerikanischen Institutionen, von Hollywood bis Facebook, mitgeprägt. Doch Vieles an Amerika und den Amerikanern erscheint uns merkwürdig oder gar erschreckend: die Allgegenwart von Schusswaffen, die tiefe Religiosität, der manchmal exzessive Patriotismus (»America can't do wrong!«), die Kluft zwischen den Rassen, zwischen Metropolen und einer pittoresken, oft aber auch öden Provinz, zwischen intellektuellen Eliten und Rednecks im Pickup-Truck - und grölend in der Rotunda des Capitols. Der Amerika-Experte Ronald D. Gerste führt den Leser durch Geschichte und Gegenwart, durch Kultur und Politik, durchGlanz und Schatten eines fernen Freundes, der heute über sich selbst erschrocken und verwirrt ist.
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