78 Results for : halting
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The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse, Volume 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 474min
In a night of devastating terror, ISIS operatives have unleashed a coordinated attack on America's infrastructure. Life as we know it in America grinds to a halt as the electrical grid collapses, communication networks are damaged, critical bridges and dams are destroyed, and major fuel refineries go up in massive fiery clouds. When the government responds by immediately halting fuel sales to the public, Jim Powell finds himself in a terrifying predicament - trapped five hundred miles from home with a group of coworkers. With thousands of trapped travelers and scarce law enforcement, the miles between Jim and his family become a brutal gauntlet where the rules of civilized society no longer apply. As Jim puts his years of preparation and planning to the test, he is forced to ask himself if he has what it takes to make it home. Does he have the strength - the brutality - required to meet this new world toe-to-toe? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kevin Pierce. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/038618/bk_acx0_038618_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Star Trek: Discovery: Desperate Hours , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 599min
An all-original novel based upon the explosive new series on CBS All Access! Aboard the Starship Shenzhou, Lieutenant Michael Burnham, a human woman raised and educated among Vulcans, is promoted to acting first officer. But if she wants to keep the job, she must prove to Captain Philippa Georgiou that she deserves to have it. She gets her chance when the Shenzhou must protect a Federation colony that is under attack by an ancient alien vessel that has surfaced from the deepest fathoms of the planet's dark, uncharted sea. As the menace from this mysterious vessel grows stronger, Starfleet declares the colony expendable in the name of halting the threat. To save thousands of innocent lives, Burnham must infiltrate the alien ship. But to do so, she needs to face the truth of her troubled past, and seek the aid of a man she has tried to avoid her entire life - until now. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Susan Eisenberg. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/008048/bk_sans_008048_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Turncoat: Benedict Arnold and the Crisis of American Liberty , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1030min
General Benedict Arnold's failed attempt to betray the fortress of West Point to the British in 1780 stands as one of the most infamous episodes in American history. In the light of a shining record of bravery and unquestioned commitment to the Revolution, Arnold's defection came as an appalling shock. Contemporaries believed he had been corrupted by greed; historians have theorized that he had come to resent the lack of recognition for his merits and sacrifices. In this provocative book, Stephen Brumwell challenges such interpretations and draws on unexplored archives to reveal other crucial factors that illuminate Arnold's abandonment of the revolutionary cause he once championed. This work traces Arnold's journey from enthusiastic support of American independence to his spectacularly traitorous acts and narrow escape. Brumwell's research leads to an unexpected conclusion: Arnold's mystifying betrayal was driven by a staunch conviction that America's best interests would be served by halting the bloodshed and reuniting the fractured British Empire. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Andrew Sellon. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/reco/012107/bk_reco_012107_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Fail Better: Why Baseball Matters , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 604min
Taking seriously the idea that baseball is a study in failure - a very successful batter manages a base hit in just three of every 10 attempts - Mark Kingwell argues that there is no better tutor of human failure's enduring significance than this strange, crooked game of base, where geometry becomes poetry. Weaving elements of memoir, philosophical reflection, sports writing, and humour, Fail Better is an intellectual love letter to baseball by one of North America's most engaging philosophers. Kingwell illustrates complex concepts like theoretically infinite game-space, "time out of time", and the rules of civility with accessible examples drawn from the game, its history, and his own halting efforts to hit 'em where they ain't. Beyond a "Beckett meets baseball" study in failure, Kingwell crafts a thoughtful appreciation of why sports matter and how they change our vision of the world. Never pretentious, always entertaining, Fail Better is set to be the homerun nonfiction title of the season. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jerry Lord. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/032233/bk_adbl_032233_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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How to Build Trust , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 37min
If you want a new, enriched perspective on how to build lasting relationships and successfully manage your business, listening to How to Build Trust is definitely a huge step in the right direction. Trust is the foundation of life - it's what inspires people to productivity, creativity, compassion, and setting up daring goals. A life deprived of trust quickly turns into a life rich in limitations, doubts, and failures. Where trust is violated or choked, skepticism and suspicion become the climate setters. And guess what? There are no worse enemies to your mental comfort, motivation, and teamwork than these. When skepticism is left to govern inside a relationship, team or organization, it's like making a hole in your gas tank before hitting the road - it will sabotage the journey, slowing down and eventually halting the development process, as well as creating a climate infected by suspicion. Thriving healthily in such a climate is simply not possible. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David Williams. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/034923/bk_acx0_034923_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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A Nation Forged by Crisis: A New American History , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 429min
A concise new history of the US revealing that crises - not unlike those of the present day - have determined our nation's course from the start.In A Nation Forged by Crisis, historian Jay Sexton contends that our national narrative is not one of halting yet inevitable progress, but of repeated disruptions brought about by shifts in the international system. Sexton shows that the American Revolution was a consequence of the increasing integration of the British and American economies; that a necessary precondition for the Civil War was the absence, for the first time in decades, of foreign threats; and that we cannot understand the New Deal without examining the role of European immigrants and their offspring in transforming the Democratic Party. A necessary corrective to conventional narratives of American history, A Nation Forged by Crisis argues that we can only prepare for our unpredictable future by first acknowledging the contingencies of our collective past. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Graham Corrigan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hach/004797/bk_hach_004797_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Searching for Always , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 672min
New York Times and USA TODAY best-selling author Jennifer Probst sparks a blissful mind-body connection as her "sexy, satisfying" (Kirkus Reviews) new series continues! She's an expert in helping others de-stress, but Arilyn Meadows is running on fumes. Along with her job counseling singles seeking soul mates at the Kinnections agency in Verily, New York, she's a yoga teacher, animal shelter volunteer, anger management therapist, and helping hand to her beloved grandfather. No time to find Mr. Right - but after discovering her yogi boyfriend in a compromising asana, Arilyn would rather dog-sit for her honeymooning friend Kate than risk her heart on another downward dog. And when police officer Stone Petty - radiating masculinity and bad-boy attitude - is sent to her for mandatory lessons in cooling off when the job gets too hot, Arilyn vows to ignore his seductive glances and sexy grin. But there's no halting their sizzling flirtation - a red-hot, high-speed chase that's breaking all the limits. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Madeleine Maby. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/007130/bk_sans_007130_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Anvil of God: Book One of the Carolingian Chronicles , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1007min
It is 741. After subduing the pagan religions in the east, halting the march of Islam in the west, and conquering the continent for the Merovingian kings, mayor of the palace Charles the Hammer has one final ambition - the throne. Only one thing stands in his way - he is dying. Charles cobbles together a plan to divide the kingdom among his three sons, betroth his daughter to a Lombard prince to secure his southern border, and keep the Church unified behind them through his friend Bishop Boniface. Despite his best efforts, the only thing to reign after Charles's death is chaos. His daughter has no intention of marrying anyone, let alone a Lombard prince. His two eldest sons question the rights of their younger pagan stepbrother, and the Church demands a steep price for their support. Son battles son, Christianity battles paganism, and Charles's daughter flees his court for an enemy's love. Based on a true story, Anvil of God is a whirlwind of love, honor, sacrifice, and betrayal that follows a bereaved family's relentless quest for power and destiny. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michelle Carmen Gomez. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/158331/bk_acx0_158331_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The New Testament: A Translation , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1306min
David Bentley Hart undertook this new translation of the New Testament in the spirit of "etsi doctrina non daretur", "as if doctrine is not given". Reproducing the texts' often fragmentary formulations without augmentation or correction, he has produced a pitilessly literal translation, one that captures the texts' impenetrability and unfinished quality while awakening listeners to an uncanniness that often lies hidden beneath doctrinal layers. The early Christians' sometimes raw, astonished, and halting prose challenges the idea that the New Testament affirms the kind of people we are. Hart reminds us that they were a company of extremists, radical in their rejection of the values and priorities of society not only at its most degenerate, but often at its most reasonable and decent. "To live as the New Testament language requires," he writes, "Christians would have to become strangers and sojourners on the earth, to have here no enduring city, to belong to a Kingdom truly not of this world. And we surely cannot do that, can we?" ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Eric Martin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/011408/bk_tant_011408_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Traveler's Quest: The Traveler Series, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 396min
In the first installment of the Traveler Series, a miracle drug suddenly backfires, threatening to end human life on Earth. It's up to a group of normal teenagers to figure out how to prevent the Supreme Pharmaceuticals corporation from continuing to distribute the drug to the entire population. This isn't just a matter of shutting down the factories and halting production, however. Instead, the teens must figure out time travel and stop the drug before its inception. Now, in this second installment of the series, William, Ellie, and Brent realize their memories have been erased - even though everyone else's is still intact. With Detective Sparks hell-bent on pinning them with Valerie's murder and the threat of a global war in the future, the three friends know their mission is more critical than ever. Full of surprising twists, turns, and cliffhangers that will leave you begging for more, The Traveler's Quest combines the best of the mystery and science fiction genres into a fast-paced thriller for young adults. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Roberto Scarlato. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/062803/bk_acx0_062803_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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