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The Memory Police

Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2020, an enthralling Orwellian novel about the terrors of state surveillance from one of Japan's greatest writers. 'Beautiful... Haunting' Sunday Times 'A dreamlike story of dystopia' Jia Tolentino __________ Hat, ribbon, bird rose. To the people on the island, a disappeared thing no longer has any meaning. It can be burned in the garden, thrown in the river or handed over to the Memory Police. Soon enough, the island forgets it ever existed. When a young novelist discovers that her editor is in danger of being taken away by the Memory Police, she desperately wants to save him. For some reason, he doesn't forget, and it's becoming increasingly difficult for him to hide his memories. Who knows what will vanish next? __________ Finalist for the National Book Award 2019 Longlisted for the Translated Book Award 2020 New York Times 100 Notable Books of the Year 'This timeless fable of control and loss feels more timely than ever' Guardian, Books of the Year 'Echoes the themes of George Orwell's 1984, but it has a voice and power all its own' Time 'A novel that makes us see differently... A masterpiece' Madeleine Thien

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Individutopia: A Novel Set in a Neoliberal Dystopia , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 329min

The #1 best-selling author has returned with an orwellian classic....Beloved friend,The year is 2084, and that famous Margaret Thatcher quote has become a reality: There really is no such thing as society. No one speaks to anyone else. No one looks at anyone else. People don’t collaborate, they only compete.I hate to admit it, but this has had tragic consequences. Unable to satisfy their social urges, the population has fallen into a pit of depression and anxiety. Suicide has become the norm.It all sounds rather morbid, does it not? But please don’t despair, there is hope, and it comes in the form of our hero: Renee Ann Blanca. Wishing to fill the society-shaped hole in her life, our Renee does the unthinkable: She goes in search of human company! It’s a radical act and an enormous challenge. But that, I suppose, is why her tale’s worth recounting. It’s as gripping as it is touching, and I think you’re going to love it....Your trusty narrator,PPPerfect for fans of 1984 and A Brave New World. Not so great for neoliberals.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Douglas Thornton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/156044/bk_acx0_156044_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Hayek: A Collaborative Biography

Hayek: A Collaborative Biography ab 117.49 € als Taschenbuch: Part XI: Orwellian Rectifiers Mises' 'Evil Seed' of Christianity and the 'Free' Market Welfare State. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Wirtschaft & Soziales,

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End of the World: As We Knew It, Hörbuch, Digital, 121min

There is a growing global unrest. A large faction of people from all walks of life, both young and old, feel they are being affected by an outside source, sharing a deep-rooted fear that all is not right. Many feel that time itself is moving too fast, that they are traumatized by the pressure to keep up with the ever-changing landscape around us, leaving many paralyzed and overwhelmed by the cacophony and mindless chatter of technology that pervades every aspect of their lives. Are we losing ourselves amidst this modern world? Are we living a lie under the charade of an advanced and civilized society, all while we are destroying life on Earth - polluting our air, food, water, and ultimately our minds while destroying species, habitat, and even human lives on a daily basis? Are labor-saving devices, products, and services for anything and everything erasing our true selves or simply making our lives easier? Since the industrial revolution, man has continued to distance himself from the world in which we came, a world of flora and fauna to which we were once deeply connected throughout our evolution. Now many experts feel we are no longer in the age of common sense, that we are just steps away from a truly Orwellian existence, and that we are now devolving to the point of no return. Language: English. Narrator: Paul Hughes. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/real/000415/rt_real_000415_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Well: A Story of Love, Death & Real Life in the Seminal Online Community , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 308min

The Well was conceived during the Orwellian year of 1984, yet instead of heralding Big Brother, it became a boundary-breaking cultural invention that helped change our world. Though few glimpsed its potential, it quickly became indispensable to the evolution of the Internet as we know it today. Its creators were Larry Brilliant, a visionary software engineer and philanthropic doctor, and Stewart Brand, Sixties legend and originator of The Whole Earth Catalog. They imagined a new kind of community, one whose members would meet in everyday space, as ideal communities always have, while also inhabiting a new kind of environment, the virtual ether of a world that hadn't even yet been named. By the end of the 1980s, the pioneering community founded by Brilliant and Brand was attracting thousands of early adopters, from former commune-dwellers to students to technologists to businesspeople to fans of the Grateful Dead, all participating in online conferences with other Well-beings (as they called themselves) on myriad topics. This fascinating anecdotal history unfolds their story. It is filled with memorable personalities and their early electronic postings, which are quoted as they were originally transmitted, as it analyzes the many reasons for the Well's legendary success, from its beginnings less than two decades ago up to the present day, including its recent purchase by salon.com. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Wendy Almeida. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/029737/bk_acx0_029737_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Papers Please: The Gabriel Ramirez Series, Book 73 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 84min

It's a dark time when a book of fiction is banned. This book is 1984. The book was banned in the United States and North Korea for being communist propaganda. It was prohibited in Russia and China for anti-communist propaganda.Who was George Orwell before he wrote books? His name was Eric Blair, and as a young man he worked for a department of the British government in the 1930s. He was so disgusted by the propaganda the British Government used against its people, that he resigned in disgust and started writing books under the alias of George Orwell; he was labeled a communist and a traitor.His books were listed as fiction in the hope that people would not take him seriously. Sadly, as we now know only too well, his nightmarish predictions are becoming truer each day, and his books should be reclassified to nonfiction.George Orwell's novel has been brought up recently because of the dark times we live in now, with all the news laws and all constitutional rights taken away from us. Many terms and facts he used and the world he crafted does have some similarities, but it is dystopian in its own right.He who controls the present controls the past, he who controls the past controls the future. What caused this to happen? What made 1984 such a dark novel that "Orwellian" is now a term? How can a simple book of fiction get banned? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Doris Rego. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/202984/bk_acx0_202984_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Censorship

Censorship ab 42.49 € als Taschenbuch: Euphemism Thomas Bowdler Hate speech List of books banned by governments Book burning Samizdat Frank Harris Motion Picture Production Code Orwellian Cover-up Frankenchrist Master of the Revels Slaughterhouse-Five Google bomb. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Wirtschaft & Soziales,

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Freedom of expression

Freedom of expression ab 48.49 € als Taschenbuch: Freedom of religion NKVD Clear and present danger List of books banned by governments Book burning Freedom of the press Orwellian Spiegel scandal Fishman Affidavit Park51 Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Wirtschaft & Soziales,

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The Entire Life Story of Henry Ford: The Founder of the Ford Motor Company: Great Biographies, Book 5 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 103min

If we could peer at each other’s driveways right now, there is a more than reasonable chance that we would be looking at a vehicle with an elliptical blue badge. Written in white across its middle will be the word "Ford". If we find ourselves in one of these many countries: The USA, Canada, the United Kingdom, and often New Zealand, then that car not only has a fair opportunity of being a Ford, it is more likely to be of that brand than any other. Even in some surprising outposts, Ford reigns supreme - Nigeria, Venezuela to name just two. Indeed, the very fact that there is an automobile in our driveways, at all, is, in large part, down to one man. Henry Ford.You’ll listen about:An Automobile for AllBorn to CreateThe Power of FordA Political Beast Plagued by Imperfections"If I’d Listened to Customers, I’d Have Given Them a Faster Horse"And much more!Is everything about Henry Ford good? This is a man who was more than liberally doused in dogma. Ford was a man whose existence changed the way we live. With the Ford Model T, he brought affordable, flexible transport to the masses. Henry Ford opened up the world. Here is the story of a man of contrasts - genius and pendant, pacifist and supporter of thuggery, social liberator and Orwellian Big Brother. Whatever we conclude about Henry Ford, he is undoubtedly a man about whom we should know more.Buy the audiobook and listen to this biography now!PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jason Zenobia. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/214687/bk_acx0_214687_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Tales of the Future: Judgement Day and Other Short Stories , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 55min

Francis Beckett, an author, journalist, and playwright, edits Third Age Matters, the UK national magazine published by the University of the Third Age. His latest book is What Did the Baby Boomers Ever Do For Us ("Grey-haired hippies will read this book and shudder; the rest of us, though, will read it for the splendid stories and shafts of insight" - Dominic Sandbrook, BBC History) and his latest play is The London Spring ("The virtue of Beckett's nightmare vision lies in its Orwellian detail" - Michael Billington, The Guardian). For the first time ever, you can now download Francis’ four science fiction short stories - "Judgement Day", "The Leadership Gene", "Seafood", and "Swiftbuck’s Christmas". "Judgement Day": "M’rek had had to decide whether humans were going to reach Emotional Level 3.… He was to decide whether the planet lived or died.… He reported back that this race would soon be safe. But had he been wrong?" "The Leadership Gene": "Great things were expected of Julia, she was headed for the top, perhaps a future Global President, controlling the lives and destinies of hundreds of millions of people…" "Seafood": "Arkee’s mother was wise. She waited until she was sure he had come to himself, then said in a quiet, clear voice: ‘It was just a dream. Do you want to tell me about it?’… He just said: ‘Is it true that humans used to rule the Earth?’" "Swiftbuck’s Christmas": "The Ghost of Christmas Present had appeared to Rosie as a woman called Crumbly - which, as it happens, was the name her fellow ghosts used for her. She befriended Rosie in the supermarket and accepted her invitation to come home for a cup of tea." ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David Robins. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rksw/000032/bk_rksw_000032_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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