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The Fate of Progress in British Romanticism (eBook, PDF)
What did Romantic writers mean when they wrote about "progress" and "perfection"? This book shows how Romantic writers inventively responded to familiar ideas about political progress which they inherited from the eighteenth century. Whereas earlier writers such as Voltaire and John Millar likened improvements in political institutions to the progress of the sciences or refinement of manners, the novelists, poets, and political theorists examined in this book reimagined politically progressive thinking in multiple genres. While embracing a commitment to optimistic improvement-increasing freedom, equality, and protection from injury-they also cultivated increasingly visible and volatile energies of religious and political dissent. Earlier narratives of progress tended not only to edit and fictionalize history but also to agglomerate different modes of knowledge and practice in their quest to describe and prescribe uniform cultural improvement. But romantic writers seize on internal division and take it less as an occasion for anxiety, exclusion, or erasure, and more as an impetus to rethink the groundwork of progress itself. Political entities, from Percy Shelley's plans for political reform to Charlotte Smith's motley associations of strangers in The Banished Man, are progressive because they advance some version of collective utility or common good. But they simultaneously stake a claim to progress only insofar as they paradoxically solicit contending vantage points on the criteria for the very public benefit which they passionately pursue. The "majestic edifices" of Wordsworth's imagined university in The Prelude embrace members who are "republican or pious," not to mention the recalcitrant "enthusiast" who is the poet himself.- Shop: buecher
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Robert B. Parker's The Hangman's Sonnet (eBook, ePUB)
Jesse Stone, still reeling from the murder of his fiancée by crazed assassin Mr Peepers, must keep his emotions in check long enough to get through the wedding day of his loyal protégé, Suitcase Simpson. The morning of the wedding, Jesse learns that a gala 75th birthday party is to be held for folk singer Terry Jester. Jester, once the equal of Bob Dylan, has spent the last forty years in seclusion after the mysterious disappearance of the master recording tape of his magnum opus, The Hangman's Sonnet.That same morning, an elderly Paradise woman dies while her house is being ransacked. What are the thieves looking for? And what's the connection to Terry Jester and the mysterious missing tape? Jesse's investigation is hampered by hostile politicians and a growing trail of blood and bodies, forcing him to solicit the help of mobster Vinnie Morris and a certain Boston area PI named Spenser. While the town fathers pressure him to avoid a PR nightmare, Jesse must connect the cases before the bodies pile up further.'The writing is taut, visceral, visual and wry, and the plot is smartly slick - fans of the series will not be disappointed by this latest edition to the Jesse Stone canon' - LovereadingLook out for the other novels in the Jesse Stones series published by No Exit Press: Night Passage, Trouble in Paradise, Death in Paradise, Stone Cold, Sea Change, High Profile, Damned If You Do, Robert B. Parker's Blind Spot, Robert B. Parker's The Devil Wins, Robert B. Parker's Debt to Pay, Robert B. Parker's The Hangman's Sonnet, Robert B. Parker's Colorblind and Robert B. Parker's The Bitterest PillFinished all the Jesse Stone mysteries? Search for the Spenser series and the Sunny Randall series to meet Robert B. Parker's other iconic detectives!- Shop: buecher
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Lady Bird and Lyndon: The Hidden Story of a Marriage That Made a President , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 966min
A fresh look at Lady Bird Johnson that upends her image as a plain Jane who was married for her money and mistreated by Lyndon. This Lady Bird worked quietly behind the scenes through every campaign, every illness, and a trying presidency as a key strategist, fundraiser, barnstormer, peacemaker, and indispensable therapist. Lady Bird grew up the daughter of a domineering father and a cultured but fragile mother. When a tall, pushy Texan named Lyndon showed up in her life, she knew what she wanted: to leave the rural Texas of her childhood and experience the world like her mother dreamed, while climbing the mountain of ambition she inherited from her father. She married Lyndon within weeks, and the bargain they struck was tacitly agreed upon in the courtship letters they exchanged: This highly gifted politician would take her away, and she would save him from his weaknesses. The conventional story goes that Lyndon married Lady Bird for her money and demeaned her by flaunting his many affairs and that her legacy was protecting the nation's wildflowers. But she was actually a full political partner throughout his ascent - the one who swooped in to make the key call to a donor, to keep the team united, to campaign in hostile territory, and to jump-start him out of his paralyzing darkness. And while others were shocked that she put up with his womanizing, she always knew she had the upper hand. Lady Bird began the partnership by using part of her nest egg to help finance Lyndon's first political campaign. Over and over, she kept him from quitting, including the 1948 election when he was so immobilized with self-pity that she had to pick up the phone to solicit donations on his behalf. She was also the one who got him out of bed when he was in a deep funk to go to the 1964 Democratic nominating convention. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Amanda Carlin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/007258/bk_sans_007258_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Beyond Valor: World War II's Ranger and Airborne Veterans Reveal the Heart of Combat , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 826min
Previous books have promised to describe the combat experience of the World War II GI, but there has never been a book like Patrick O'Donnell's Beyond Valor. Here is the first combat history of the war in Europe in the words of the men themselves, and perhaps the most honest and brutal account of combat possible. For more than 50 years the individual stories that make up this narrative - shockingly frank reflections of sacrifice and courage - have been bottled up, buried, or circulated privately. Now, nearing the ends of their lives, our WW II soldiers have at last unburdened themselves. Beyond Valor recaptures their hidden history. A pioneering oral historian, Patrick O'Donnell used his award-winning website, The Drop Zone, to solicit oral- and "e-histories" from individual soldiers. Gradually, working from within the community, O'Donnell convinced some of the war's most battle-hardened soldiers to tell their stories. The result is WW II seen through the eyes of the men who saw the most intense of its action. O'Donnell focuses on the elite units of the war - the Rangers, Airborne, and 1st Special Service Force - troops that spearheaded the most dangerous operations and often made the difference between victory and defeat. From more than 650 interviews O'Donnell has chosen oral- and e-histories that form a seamless story line, a pointillistic history of the war in Europe from the first parachute drops in North Africa through the final battles in Germany and the long trip home. It is the story of the war not discussed in polite company. O'Donnell presents the wreckage of entire battalions nearly annihilated, invisible personal scars, and hauntingrevelations of wartime atrocities. But more important are the men who recount lives risked without hesitation for comrades and cause, and those who did not return: the friends who died in their arms. Their stories remind all of us that victory came only at the highest price. Remembe ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Scott Brick. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/003405/bk_adbl_003405_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates: And a Thousand Cocktails , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 353min
Two reckless but lovable all-American bros make a strong case for maturing slowly through their outrageous yet enlightening misadventures across this great country of ours. My brother and I are looking for wedding dates for our cousin's wedding. We've been told by the bride that bringing dates is "mandatory" so we "won't harass all of my friends all night" and will "stay under control". Rather than ask some fringe women in our lives to go and face the inevitable "does this mean he wants to take it to the next level?!" questions, we'd rather bring complete strangers and just figure it out.... We're both in our 20s, single, dashingly tall, Anglo-Saxon, respectfully athletic, love to party, completely house trained - love our mother, have seen Love Actually several times - raw, emotional, sensitive, but still bad boys. You should be attractive, or our aunts will judge you, but not TOO attractive, or one of our uncles might grope you. Dave and Mike Stangle thought nothing of it when they boozily decided to turn to the "activity partners" section of Craigslist to solicit dates to their cousin's wedding. The hilarious, out-of-this-world ad that they came up with - featuring a picture of the two brothers as centaurs - immediately went viral, eventually landing these Wayfarers-wearing, moped-riding, completely reckless but ultimately loveable bros in the annals of the "Internet famous". In Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, the Stangle brothers bring their trademark off-color humor to everything from their most embarrassing adolescent experiences (like getting beat up by a girl on their front lawn...in front of their dad) to the most outrageous predicaments (like tripping on mushrooms with their bulldog, Frank) to proper sexting etiquette and finally to breaking up a midget bar fight (you have to shoo them away). ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dave Stangle, Mike Stangle. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/007081/bk_sans_007081_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Dark Psychology and Manipulation: For a Better Life: The Ultimate Guide to Learning the Art of Persuasion, Emotional Intelligence, Body Language, NLP Secrets, Hypnosis, and Mind Control Techniques (Emotional Intelligence Mastery, Book 1) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 338min
Get ahead in life and work by learning the art of dark psychology and manipulation.Do you feel that you need to influence people to solicit their cooperation but cannot? Do you need to get ahead in life by working with others and desire to better convince them?If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, keep reading.So many people do not realize their full potential in life - not because they do not have the skills to do their job well but, rather, because they do not know how to convince others. Countless times, the CEOs of major corporations have shared with us that the most important skill is knowing how to deal with people. Dark psychology may have received a bad reputation in the past, but that is so because a lot of people do not understand what it is or how it works. While it has been used by some criminals to manipulate their victims, it is mostly used by law enforcement officials to interrogate suspected criminals, by CEOs of global corporations, and also by prudent parents to ensure that their children are staying away from unlawful activities and growing up well.This book will help guide you into understanding what is dark psychology and manipulation, how to practice it, and in what circumstances will it be required.In this amazing audiobook, here’s what else you’ll learn:What is dark psychology, how does it work, and when can it be advantageousHow to understand what people are trying to communicate, how is one’s body language at play, and how to read the underlying emotions What does mind manipulation mean, what are the elements that comprise it, and how does it workWhat techniques do mind manipulators use, and how do they persuade others into doing what they wantHow to know when someone is trying to manipulate you, and how to defend yourself against being manipulated How to dive deeper into dark persuasion and how does it work in rela ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michael Fryar. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/207001/bk_acx0_207001_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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