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    Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 500min
    Number-one New York Times best sellerA bold work from the author of The Black Swan that challenges many of our long-held beliefs about risk and reward, politics and religion, finance and personal responsibility.In his most provocative and practical book yet, one of the foremost thinkers of our time redefines what it means to understand the world, succeed in a profession, contribute to a fair and just society, detect nonsense, and influence others. Citing examples ranging from Hammurabi to Seneca, Antaeus the Giant to Donald Trump, Nassim Nicholas Taleb shows how the willingness to accept one's own risks is an essential attribute of heroes, saints, and flourishing people in all walks of life. As always both accessible and iconoclastic, Taleb challenges long-held beliefs about the values of those who spearhead military interventions, make financial investments, and propagate religious faiths. Among his insights: For social justice, focus on symmetry and risk sharing. You cannot make profits and transfer the risks to others, as bankers and large corporations do. You cannot get rich without owning your own risk and paying for your own losses. Forcing skin in the game corrects this asymmetry better than thousands of laws and regulations. Ethical rules aren't universal. You're part of a group larger than you, but it's still smaller than humanity in general. Minorities, not majorities, run the world. The world is not run by consensus but by stubborn minorities asymmetrically imposing their tastes and ethics on others. You can be an intellectual yet still be an idiot. "Educated philistines" have been wrong on everything from Stalinism to Iraq to low carb diets. Beware of complicated solutions (that someone was paid to find). A simple barbell can build muscle better than expensive new machines. True religion is commitment, not just fa ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Joe Ochman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/005408/bk_rand_005408_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    My Name Is Lucy Barton: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 251min
    Number-one New York Times best sellerA simple hospital visit becomes a portal to the tender relationship between mother and daughter in this extraordinary novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Olive Kitteridge and The Burgess Boys.Named one of the best books of the year by The Washington Post, The New York Times Book Review, NPR, BookPage, LibraryReads, Minneapolis Star Tribune, and St. Louis Post-Dispatch.Lucy Barton is recovering slowly from what should have been a simple operation. Her mother, to whom she hasn't spoken for many years, comes to see her. Gentle gossip about people from Lucy's childhood in Amgash, Illinois, seems to reconnect them, but just below the surface lie the tension and longing that have informed every aspect of Lucy's life: her escape from her troubled family, her desire to become a writer, her marriage, her love for her two daughters. Knitting this powerful narrative together is the brilliant storytelling voice of Lucy herself: keenly observant, deeply human, and truly unforgettable. Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize “A quiet, sublimely merciful contemporary novel about love, yearning, and resilience in a family damaged beyond words.” (The Boston Globe)“It is Lucy’s gentle honesty, complex relationship with her husband, and nuanced response to her mother’s shortcomings that make this novel so subtly powerful.” (San Francisco Chronicle)“A short novel about love, particularly the complicated love between mothers and daughters, but also simpler, more sudden bonds... It evokes these connections in a style so spare, so pure and so profound the book almost seems to be a kind of scripture or sutra, if a very down-to-earth and unpretentious one.” (Newsday)“Spectacular.... Smart and cagey in every way. It is both a book of withholdings and a book of great openness and wisdom.... [Strout] is ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kimberly Farr. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/004417/bk_rand_004417_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    First Comes Love: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 727min
    Number one New York Times best sellerA pair of sisters find themselves at a crossroads in this dazzling new novel from the author of Something Borrowed, Where We Belong, and The One & Only. First Comes Love is a story about family, friendship, and the courage to follow your own heart — wherever that may lead.Growing up, Josie and Meredith Garland shared a loving, if sometimes contentious, relationship. Josie was impulsive, spirited, and outgoing, Meredith hardworking, thoughtful, and reserved. When tragedy strikes, their delicate bond splinters. Fifteen years later, Josie and Meredith are in their late 30s, following very different paths. Josie, a first grade teacher, is single — and this close to swearing off dating for good. What she wants more than the right guy, however, is to become a mother — a feeling that is heightened when her ex-boyfriend’s daughter is assigned to her class. Determined to have the future she’s always wanted, Josie decides to take matters into her own hands. On the outside, Meredith is the model daughter with the perfect life. A successful attorney, she’s married to a wonderful man, and together they’re raising a beautiful four-year-old daughter. Yet lately Meredith feels dissatisfied and restless, secretly wondering if she chose the life that was expected of her rather than the one she truly desired. As the anniversary of their tragedy looms, and painful secrets from the past begin to surface, Josie and Meredith must not only confront the issues that divide them but also come to terms with their own choices. In their journey toward understanding and forgiveness, both sisters discover that they need each other more than they knew — and that in the search for true happiness, love always comes first.Praise for First Comes Love“An engaging story of sisterly love.... Illuminating and engrossing.” (People)“[Emily] Giffin delivers another emotionally hon ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Emily Foster, Catherine Taber. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/004525/bk_rand_004525_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Glitter and Glue: A Memoir , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 338min
    New York Times best sellerA memoir from the author of The Middle Place about mothers and daughters - a bond that can be nourishing, exasperating, and occasionally divine.When Kelly Corrigan was in high school, her mother neatly summarized the family dynamic as "Your father’s the glitter but I’m the glue." This meant nothing to Kelly, who left childhood sure that her mom - with her inviolable commandments and proud stoicism - would be nothing more than background chatter for the rest of Kelly’s life, which she was carefully orienting toward adventure. After college, armed with a backpack, her personal mission statement, and a wad of traveler’s checks, she took off for Australia to see things and do things and Become Interesting. But it didn’t turn out the way she pictured it. In a matter of months, her savings shot, she had a choice: get a job or go home. That’s how Kelly met John Tanner, a newly widowed father of two looking for a live-in nanny. They chatted for an hour, discussed timing and pay, and a week later, Kelly moved in. And there, in that house in a suburb north of Sydney, 10,000 miles from the house where she was raised, her mother’s voice was suddenly everywhere, nudging and advising, cautioning and directing, escorting her through a terrain as foreign as any she had ever trekked. Every day she spent with the Tanner kids was a day spent reconsidering her relationship with her mother, turning it over in her hands like a shell, straining to hear whatever messages might be trapped in its spiral. This is a book about the difference between travel and life experience, stepping out and stepping up, fathers and mothers. But mostly it’s about who you admire and why, and how that changes over time.Praise for Glitter and Glue“I loved this book, I was moved by this book, and now I will share this book with my own mother - along with my renewed appreciation for certain debts of love that can never be repa ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kelly Corrigan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/003737/bk_rand_003737_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Stoicism Stoic Wisdom to Gain Confidence, Calmness and Control Your Emotions : Stop Anxiety and Depression in Modern World. Develop Unbelievable Self Discipline and Discover Stoicism Philosophy , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 202min
    Are the troubles of modern life getting to you?The solution to your troubles is contained in the wisdom of the ancients.Stoicism is a philosophy that was started in Ancient Greece, but this 2,000-year-old worldview is enjoying a modern rebirth. All across the globe, people are coming to appreciate the timeless wisdom of Stoicism.You don't have to suffer. You may not be able to control the path your life will take, but Stoicism teaches that you can control the way you see life. By shifting your way of thinking you can eliminate unnecessary suffering, reshape your thought patterns, and achieve that sense of calm you've always wanted.In this book, you will find all of the information you need to understand Stoic thought and put it into action in your life.Start by understanding what Stoicism is and isn't. Once you understand the basic concepts you'll learn the history of this storied philosophy. From there, you will build up your understanding while learning how to put each new concept into practice.Gain insight into the emotions that can keep you from living the life that you want to lead. Find out how to master your heart by feeding positive emotions while starving the negative.Learn a strategy for success that has helped some of history's greatest heroes to triumph in the face of tragedy. When you learn to see obstacles as opportunities you can rise to the top while others fall behind.Find out how to prepare yourself for any challenge life may hand you. Don't wait for tragedy to strike before you learn how to handle it. Start building the skills that will allow you to weather any storm.Take steps today to change your life. This isn't a self-help book for you to listen to and forget, it calls for real action that will create real results.All throughout the book, you will find a treasure trove of Stoic wisdom in the form of quotes from hist UNKNOWN N N ©2019 Tony Bennis;(P)2019 Tony Bennis http://www.audible.de/pd/B083M98BJ5?source_code=PNHFA145032019009G&ipRedirectOverride=true http://www.audible.de/pd/B083M98BJ5?source_code=PNHFA145032019009G&ipRedirectOverride=true Kilo: Life and Death Inside the Secret World of the Cocaine Cartels (Unabridged) 28.95 AVAILABLE Kilo: Life and Death Inside the Secret World of the Cocaine Cartels (Unabridged) Kilo (Unabridged) Toby Muse Join the deadly journey of cocaine, from farmer to kingpin.... Alex Wyndham Penguin Audio 2020-03-26 08:00:00 554 1473579457 English - Nonfiction British English 1.00 9.95 N http://img.audible.de/audiblewords/content/bk/rhuk/004716de/lg_image.jpg http://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/004716/bk_rhuk_004716_sample.mp3 Brought to you by Penguin.Join the deadly journey of cocaine, from farmer to kingpin.Meet Maria. Maria doesn’t see herself as a criminal. She’s just a farmhand picking the crops that never lose money: coca.This is Cachote. He prays to the Virgin of the Assassins that his bullets find their target. If he misses, he’ll have to answer to the cartel who pay him to take out their enemies.Pedro works the coca labs. But this laboratory is hidden deep in the jungle and he turns coca leaves into coca paste, a step just short of cocaine.And finally, here is Alex. Alex is a drug lord and decides where the drug goes next: into Europe or the US. And he wields the power of life and death over everyone around him.In Kilo, Toby Muse takes us deeper into the mechanism of the drug trade than ever before, following a kilo of cocaine as it travels from its origins to the street. On the ground in the drug war for over a decade, earning the trust of those involved on all sides, Muse takes us with him through the endless blood-soaked horror and economic logic, at every level of the journey of the world’s most alluring and dangerous drug. We come to meet and ultimately understand the tainted personal psychology and motivations of each player in this dark El Dorado. But there are no winners here. Anyone who tries to hold the power of the ‘white goddess’ cocaine is ultimately undone, violently stripped of their humanity, their souls and their lives in this endless, pointless dance of death. 9781473579453 N N ©2020 Toby Muse;(P)2020 Penguin Audio http://www.audible.de/pd/1473579457?source_code=PNHFA145032019009G&ipRedirectOverride=true http://www.audible.de/pd/1473579457?source_code=PNHFA145032019009G&ipRedirectOverride=true Kilo: Life and Death Inside the Secret World of the Cocaine Cartels (Unabridged) 28.95 AVAILABLE Kilo: Life and Death Inside the Secret World of the Cocaine Cartels (Unabridged) Kilo (Unabridged) Toby Muse Join the deadly journey of cocaine, from farmer to kingpin.... Alex Wyndham Penguin Audio 2020-03-26 08:00:00 554 1473579457 English - Nonfiction British English 1.00 9.95 N http://img.audible.de/audiblewords/content/bk/rhuk/004716de/lg_image.jpg http://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/004716/bk_rhuk_004716_sample.mp3 Brought to you by Penguin.Join the deadly journey of cocaine, from farmer to kingpin.Meet Maria. Maria doesn’t see herself as a criminal. She’s just a farmhand picking the crops that never lose money: coca.This is Cachote. He prays to the Virgin of the Assassins that his bullets find their target. If he misses, he’ll have to answer to the cartel who pay him to take out their enemies.Pedro works the coca labs. But this laboratory is hidden deep in the jungle and he turns coca leaves into coca paste, a step just short of cocaine.And finally, here is Alex. Alex is a drug lord and decides where the drug goes next: into Europe or the US. And he wields the power of life and death over everyone around him.In Kilo, Toby Muse takes us deeper into the mechanism of the drug trade than ever before, following a kilo of cocaine as it travels from its origins to the street. On the ground in the drug war for over a decade, earning the trust of those involved on all sides, Muse takes us with him through the endless blood-soaked horror and economic logic, at every level of the journey of the world’s most alluring and dangerous drug. We come to meet and ultimately understand the tainted personal psychology and motivations of each player in this dark El Dorado. But there are no winners here. Anyone who tries to hold the power of the ‘white goddess’ cocaine is ultimately undone, violently stripped of their humanity, their souls and their lives in this endless, pointless dance of death. 9781473579453 N N ©2020 Toby Muse;(P)2020 Penguin Audio http://www.audible.de/pd/1473579457?source_code=PNHFA145032019009G&ipRedirectOverride=true http://www.audible.de/pd/1473579457?source_code=PNHFA145032019009G&ipRedirectOverride=true Kilo: Life and Death Inside the Secret World of the Cocaine Cartels (Unabridged) 28.95 AVAILABLE Kilo: Life and Death Inside the Secret World of the Cocaine Cartels (Unabridged) Kilo (Unabridged) Toby Muse Join the deadly journey of cocaine, from farmer to kingpin.... Alex Wyndham Penguin Audio 2020-03-26 08:00:00 554 1473579457 English - Nonfiction British English 1.00 9.95 N http://img.audible.de/audiblewords/content/bk/rhuk/004716de/lg_image.jpg http://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/004716/bk_rhuk_004716_sample.mp3 Brought to you by Penguin.Join the deadly journey of cocaine, from farmer to kingpin.Meet Maria. Maria doesn’t see herself as a criminal. She’s just a farmhand picking the crops that never lose money: coca.This is Cachote. He prays to the Virgin of the Assassins that his bullets find their target. If he misses, he’ll have to answer to the cartel who pay him to take out their enemies.Pedro works the coca labs. But this laboratory is hidden deep in the jungle and he turns coca leaves into coca paste, a step just short of cocaine.And finally, here is Alex. Alex is a drug lord and decides where the drug goes next: into Europe or the US. And he wields the power of life and death over everyone around him.In Kilo, Toby Muse takes us deeper into the mechanism of the drug trade than ever before, following a kilo of cocaine as it travels from its origins to the street. On the ground in the drug war for over a decade, earning the trust of those involved on all sides, Muse takes us with him through the endless blood-soaked horror and economic logic, at every level of the journey of the world’s most alluring and dangerous drug. We come to meet and ultimately understand the tainted personal psychology and motivations of each player in this dark El Dorado. But there are no winners here. Anyone who tries to hold the power of the ‘white goddess’ cocaine is ultimately undone, violently stripped of their humanity, their souls and their lives in this endless, pointless dance of death. 9781473579453 N N ©2020 Toby Muse;(P)2020 Penguin Audio http://www.audible.de/pd/1473579457?source_code=PNHFA145032019009G&ipRedirectOverride=true http://www.audible.de/pd/1473579457?source_code=PNHFA145032019009G&ipRedirectOverride=true Kilo: Life and Death Inside the Secret World of the Cocaine Cartels (Unabridged) 28.95 AVAILABLE Kilo: Life and Death Inside the Secret World of the Cocaine Cartels (Unabridged) Kilo (Unabridged) Toby Muse Join the deadly journey of cocaine, from farmer to kingpin.... Alex Wyndham Penguin Audio 2020-03-26 08:00:00 554 1473579457 English - Nonfiction British English 1.00 9.95 N http://img.audible.de/audiblewords/content/bk/rhuk/004716de/lg_image.jpg http://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/004716/bk_rhuk_004716_sample.mp3 Brought to you by Penguin.Join the deadly journey of cocaine, from farmer to kingpin.Meet Maria. Maria doesn’t see herself as a criminal. She’s just a farmhand picking the crops that never lose money: coca.This is Cachote. He prays to the Virgin of the Assassins that his bullets find their target. If he misses, he’ll have to answer to the cartel who pay him to take out their enemies.Pedro works the coca labs. But this laboratory is hidden deep in the jungle and he turns coca leaves into coca paste, a step just short of cocaine.And finally, here is Alex. Alex is a drug lord and decides where the drug goes next: into Europe or the US. And he wields the power of life and death over everyone around him.In Kilo, Toby Muse takes us deeper into the mechanism of the drug trade than ever before, following a kilo of cocaine as it travels from its origins to the street. On the ground in the drug war for over a decade, earning the trust of those involved on all sides, Muse takes us with him through the endless blood-soaked horror and economic logic, at every level of the journey of the world’s most alluring and dangerous drug. We come to meet and ultimately understand the tainted personal psychology and motivations of each player in this dark El Dorado. But there are no winners here. Anyone who tries to hold the power of the ‘white goddess’ cocaine is ultimately undone, violently stripped of their humanity, their souls and their lives in this endless, pointless dance of death. 9781473579453 N N ©2020 Toby Muse;(P)2020 Penguin Audio http://www.audible.de/pd/1473579457?source_code=PNHFA145032019009G&ipRedirectOverride=true http://www.audible.de/pd/1473579457?source_code=PNHFA145032019009G&ipRedirectOverride=true Kilo: Life and Death Inside the Secret World of the Cocaine Cartels (Unabridged) 28.95 AVAILABLE Kilo: Life and Death Inside the Secret World of the Cocaine Cartels (Unabridged) Kilo (Unabridged) Toby Muse Join the deadly journey of cocaine, from farmer to kingpin.... Alex Wyndham Penguin Audio 2020-03-26 08:00:00 554 1473579457 English - Nonfiction British English 1.00 9.95 N http://img.audible.de/audiblewords/content/bk/rhuk/004716de/lg_image.jpg http://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/004716/bk_rhuk_004716_sample.mp3 Brought to you by Penguin.Join the deadly journey of cocaine, from farmer to kingpin.Meet Maria. Maria doesn’t see herself as a criminal. She’s just a farmhand picking the crops that never lose money: coca.This is Cachote. He prays to the Virgin of the Assassins that his bullets find their target. If he misses, he’ll have to answer to the cartel who pay him to take out their enemies.Pedro works the coca labs. But this laboratory is hidden deep in the jungle and he turns coca leaves into coca paste, a step just short of cocaine.And finally, here is Alex. Alex is a drug lord and decides where the drug goes next: into Europe or the US. And he wields the power of life and death over everyone around him.In Kilo, Toby Muse takes us deeper into the mechanism of the drug trade than ever before, following a kilo of cocaine as it travels from its origins to the street. On the ground in the drug war for over a decade, earning the trust of those involved on all sides, Muse takes us with him through the endless blood-soaked horror and economic logic, at every level of the journey of the world’s most alluring and dangerous drug. We come to meet and ultimately understand the tainted personal psychology and motivations of each player in this dark El Dorado. But there are no winners here. Anyone who tries to hold the power of the ‘white goddess’ cocaine is ultimately undone, violently stripped of their humanity, their souls and their lives in this endless, pointless dance of death. 9781473579453 N N ©2020 Toby Muse;(P)2020 Penguin Audio http://www.audible.de/pd/1473579457?source_code=PNHFA145032019009G&ipRedirectOverride=true http://www.audible.de/pd/1473579457?source_code=PNHFA145032019009G&ipRedirectOverride=true Kilo: Life and Death Inside the Secret World of the Cocaine Cartels (Unabridged) 28.95 AVAILABLE Kilo: Life and Death Inside the Secret World of the Cocaine Cartels (Unabridged) Kilo (Unabridged) Toby Muse Join the deadly journey of cocaine, from farmer to kingpin.... Alex Wyndham Penguin Audio 2020-03-26 08:00:00 554 1473579457 English - Nonfiction British English 1.00 9.95 N http://img.audible.de/audiblewords/content/bk/rhuk/004716de/lg_image.jpg http://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/004716/bk_rhuk_004716_sample.mp3 Brought to you by Penguin.Join the deadly journey of cocaine, from farmer to kingpin.Meet Maria. Maria doesn’t see herself as a criminal. She’s just a farmhand picking the crops that never lose money: coca.This is Cachote. He prays to the Virgin of the Assassins that his bullets find their target. If he misses, he’ll have to answer to the cartel who pay him to take out their enemies.Pedro works the coca labs. But this laboratory is hidden deep in the jungle and he turns coca leaves into coca paste, a step just short of cocaine.And finally, here is Alex. Alex is a drug lord and decides where the drug goes next: into Europe or the US. And he wields the power of life and death over everyone around him.In Kilo, Toby Muse takes us deeper into the mechanism of the drug trade than ever before, following a kilo of cocaine as it travels from its origins to the street. On the ground in the drug war for over a decade, earning the trust of those involved on all sides, Muse takes us with him through the endless blood-soaked horror and economic logic, at every level of the journey of the world’s most alluring and dangerous drug. We come to meet and ultimately understand the tainted personal psychology and motivations of each player in this dark El Dorado. But there are no winners here. Anyone who tries to hold the power of the ‘white goddess’ cocaine is ultimately undone, violently stripped of their humanity, their souls and their lives in this endless, pointless dance of death. 9781473579453 N N ©2020 Toby Muse;(P)2020 Penguin Audio http://www.audible.de/pd/1473579457?source_code=PNHFA145032019009G&ipRedirectOverride=true http://www.audible.de/pd/1473579457?source_code=PNHFA145032019009G&ipRedirectOverride=true Kilo: Life and Death Inside the Secret World of the Cocaine Cartels (Unabridged) 28.95 AVAILABLE Kilo: Life and Death Inside the Secret World of the Cocaine Cartels (Unabridged) Kilo (Unabridged) Toby Muse Join the deadly journey of cocaine, from farmer to kingpin.... Alex Wyndham Penguin Audio 2020-03-26 08:00:00 554 1473579457 English - Nonfiction British English 1.00 9.95 N http://img.audible.de/audiblewords/content/bk/rhuk/004716de/lg_image.jpg http://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/004716/bk_rhuk_004716_sample.mp3 Brought to you by Penguin.Join the deadly journey of cocaine, from farmer to kingpin.Meet Maria. Maria doesn’t see herself as a criminal. She’s just a farmhand picking the crops that never lose money: coca.This is Cachote. He prays to the Virgin of the Assassins that his bullets find their target. If he misses, he’ll have to answer to the cartel who pay him to take out their enemies.Pedro works the coca labs. But this laboratory is hidden deep in the jungle and he turns coca leaves into coca paste, a step just short of cocaine.And finally, here is Alex. Alex is a drug lord and decides where the drug goes next: into Europe or the US. And he wields the power of life and death over everyone around him.In Kilo, Toby Muse takes us deeper into the mechanism of the drug trade than ever before, following a kilo of cocaine as it travels from its origins to the street. On the ground in the drug war for over a decade, earning the trust of those involved on all sides, Muse takes us with him through the endless blood-soaked horror and economic logic, at every level of the journey of the world’s most alluring and dangerous drug. We come to meet and ultimately understand the tainted personal psychology and motivations of each player in this dark El Dorado. But there are no winners here. Anyone who tries to hold the power of the ‘white goddess’ cocaine is ultimately undone, violently stripped of their humanity, their souls and their lives in this endless, pointless dance of death. 9781473579453 N N ©2020 Toby Muse;(P)2020 Penguin Audio http://www.audible.de/pd/1473579457?source_code=PNHFA145032019009G&ipRedirectOverride=true http://www.audible.de/pd/1473579457?source_code=PNHFA145032019009G&ipRedirectOverride=true How America Lost Its Mind: The Assault on Reason That’s Crippling Our Democracy (The Julian J. Rothbaum Distinguished Lecture Series, Volume 15) (Unabridged) 20.95 AVAILABLE How America Lost Its Mind: The Assault on Reason That’s Crippling Our Democracy (The Julian J. Rothbaum Distinguished Lecture Series, Volume 15) (Unabridged) How America Lost Its Mind (Unabridged) Thomas E. Patterson Americans are losing touch with reality. On virtually every issue, from climate change to immigration, tens of millions of Americans have opinions and beliefs wildly at odds with fact, rendering them unable to think sensibly about politics.... Peter Lerman University Press Audiobooks 2020-01-21 11:12:38 375 B0842R8PN1 English - Nonfiction English 1.00 9.95 N http://img.audible.de/audiblewords/content/bk/acx0/180117de/lg_image.jpg http://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/180117/bk_acx0_180117_sample.mp3 Americans are losing touch with reality. On virtually every issue, from climate change to immigration, tens of millions of Americans have opinions and beliefs wildly at odds with fact, rendering them unable to think sensibly about politics. In How America Lost Its Mind, Thomas E. Patterson explains the rise of a world of “alternative facts” and the slow motion cultural and political calamity unfolding around us.A call to action, his book encourages us to wrest institutional power from ideologues and disrupters and entrust it to sensible citizens and leaders to restore our commitment to mutual tolerance and restraint, to cleanse the internet of fake news and disinformation, and to demand a steady supply of trustworthy and relevant information from our news sources.As philosopher Hannah Arendt wrote decades ago, the rise of demagogues is abetted by “people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists”. In How America Lost Its Mind, Thomas E. Patterson makes a passionate case for fully and fiercely engaging on the side of truth and mutual respect in our present arms race between fact and fake, unity and division, civility and incivility.The book is published by University of Oklahoma Press. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks.Praise for the book:“A book...that needed to be written...the response of a reasoned, thinking person to a cultural and political calamity that he and many others saw unfolding in slow motion.” (Keith Gaddie, coauthor of The Rise and Fall of the Voting Rights Act) UNKNOWN N N ©2019 University of Oklahoma Press;(P)2020 Redwood Audiobooks http://www.audible.de/pd/B0842R8PN1?source_code=PNHFA145032019009G&ipRedirectOverride=true http://www.audible.de/pd/B0842R8PN1?source_code=PNHFA145032019009G&ipRedirectOverride=true Akashic Records + Mindfulness Mantra + Happiness Project with the Spiritual Growth: The Complete Guiro for Stop Anxiety, Stop Panick Attacks, Stop Kids Anxiety, Stop Worrying and End Panic (Unabridged) 25.95 AVAILABLE Akashic Records + Mindfulness Mantra + Happiness Project with the Spiritual Growth: The Complete Guiro for Stop Anxiety, Stop Panick Attacks, Stop Kids Anxiety, Stop Worrying and End Panic (Unabridged) Akashic Records + Mindfulness Mantra + Happiness Project with the Spiritual Growth (Unabridged) Layla Sun The complete guide to overcome anxiety. Three books in one.... Michael Stuhre Gabriele Cantagallo 2020-01-22 08:50:23 971 B083QRJB98 English - Science & Technology English 1.00 9.95 N http://img.audible.de/audiblewords/content/bk/acx0/171907de/lg_image.jpg http://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/171907/bk_acx0_171907_sample.mp3 The complete guide to overcome anxiety. Three books in one. UNKNOWN N N ©2019 Layla Sun;(P)2019 Layla Sun http://www.audible.de/pd/B083QRJB98?source_code=PNHFA145032019009G&ipRedirectOverride=true http://www.audible.de/pd/B083QRJB98?source_code=PNHFA145032019009G&ipRedirectOverride=true Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women that a Movement Forgot (Unabridged) 24.95 AVAILABLE Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women that a Movement Forgot (Unabridged) Hood Feminism (Unabridged) Mikki Kendall A potent and electrifying critique of today's feminist movement from a fresh new voice in Black feminism, Hood Feminism is a ferocious clarion call to all would-be feminists to live out the true mandate of the movement in thought and in deed.... Mikki Kendall Penguin Audio 2020-02-25 08:00:00 417 0593166108 English - Nonfiction English 1.00 9.95 N http://img.audible.de/audiblewords/content/bk/peng/004906de/lg_image.jpg http://samples.audible.de/bk/peng/004906/bk_peng_004906_sample.mp3 A New York Times Best SellerA Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of 2020If Hood Feminism is a searing indictment of mainstream feminism, it is also an invitation.... [Kendall] offers guidance for how we can all do better." (NPR)"A rousing call to action for today's feminists. It should be required reading for everyone." (Gabrielle Union, author of We're Going to Need More Wine)A potent and electrifying critique of today's feminist movement announcing a fresh new voice in Black feminismToday's feminist movement has a glaring blind spot, and paradoxically, it is women. Mainstream feminists rarely talk about meeting basic needs as a feminist issue, argues Mikki Kendall, but food insecurity, access to quality education, safe neighborhoods, a living wage, and medical care are all feminist issues. All too often, however, the focus is not on basic survival for the many, but on increasing privilege for the few. That feminists refuse to prioritize these issues has only exacerbated the age-old problem of both internecine discord, and women who rebuff at carrying the title. Moreover, prominent white feminists broadly suffer from their own myopia with regard to how things like race, class, sexual orientation, and ability intersect with gender. How can we stand in solidarity as a movement, Kendall asks, when there is the distinct likelihood that some women are oppressing others?In her searing collection of essays, Mikki Kendall takes aim at the legitimacy of the modern feminist movement arguing that it has chronically failed to address the needs of all but a few women. Drawing on her own experiences with hunger, violence, and hypersexualization, along with incisive commentary on politics, pop culture, the stigma of mental health, and more, Hood Feminism delivers an irrefutable indictment of a movemen ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Adam Breazele. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/178211/bk_acx0_178211_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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