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  Wolseley , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 176min

  New South Africa emerged peacefully and full of hope after Apartheid. Yet life is looking desperate for one white family, struggling to survive. Martha, Hendrik and their daughter Magda are six months behind with their rent when they are finally asked to vacate their house in the quiet town of Wolseley. Selling their remaining things, they head to Cape Town, their last chance. Cape Town proves to be unconcerned with their misfortune and the broken family must navigate the streets. It is from the streets that they'll learn that though Apartheid has ended, it is poverty that still segregates. Each character narrates their part of the story and the journey, moving further away from the hot coffee and sanity of Wolseley. "Simple, beautifully told coming-of-age story in a wrenching account of loyalty, betrayal, heartbreak, and redemption…Le Grange writes beautifully, laying out the story in direct, simple prose while at the same time infusing it with vivid symbolism and deeply evocative images…Rarely has a difficult subject been so easy to read about…A profoundly affective novel brimming with solid writing that delves into the darker corners of being human." (Kirkus Reviews) "Martha and Hendrik live with their 18-year-old daughter in Wolseley, in a house they owe six months' rent on. Apartheid's end brought changes in their lives they didn't expect, including Hendrik's retrenchment. While he mutely fights off poverty, his wife finds ways to cope that tear their marriage apart. The author brings a different perspective to apartheid's aftermath, introducing a "white" world riddled with hopelessness..." (Times Live) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: J. John le Grange. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/024700/bk_acx0_024700_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Storm Before the Storm: A Novel of Preparedness and Survival: American Sundown Series , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 439min

  As a prepper, Dave Galanos has always made an effort to do what he can to prepare for the unexpected. But when something goes terribly wrong halfway through a backpacking trip with his wife and family, his world is turned upside down, and he is tested in a way he had never planned for.  The trip into the Alleghenys of West Virginia starts off well enough but takes an unexpected turn when the two women, Sandra and her sister, Jen, leave camp and don’t return from a nearby stream. Dave and Mike, Jen’s new boyfriend, go looking for them and find evidence that the women may have been kidnapped. Miles from civilization and with no working cell phones, Dave and Mike will set off to find Sandra and Jen, unconnected and unconcerned about what is happening in the world around them.  Dave has been hardened by real-world self-defense scenarios in the past and has naturally equipped himself with tools that may be required for an unexpected circumstance. He will have to work together with Mike, who he sees as more of an annoyance and a liability than a useful ally. They will have to work together to beat the clock, the elements, and a group of dangerous locals in order to rescue their companions in this realistic, rugged, and action-packed story of preparedness and survival.  The storm is just beginning. Will Dave and his companions have what it takes to survive?  The Storm Before the Storm is the premier novel by postapocalyptic author Joe Russell and the first installment in the American Sundown series. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kevin Pierce. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/107980/bk_acx0_107980_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Narcissistic Personality Disorder: How to Combact the Abuse of Narcissism , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 281min

  Persons with narcissistic personality disorders are self-centered and arrogant people with appropriate behavioral patterns, do not need to think and empathize with other people, and have a feeling of extreme admiration. How does narcissistic personality disorder occur? Is there any treatment?Persons with narcissistic personality disorder are those who are indifferent to someone else's thoughts and wishes. Narcissistic people who are arrogant, who are insensitive to the experiences and experiences of others and who constantly want to bring themselves to the forefront are called narcissistic. These people do not put themselves in the place of others, they do not understand others.Narcissist people tend to feel worthless, even though they seem to engage with them. They cannot come to criticism of others. They like to use them for their own purposes. They are insatiable in power and love and have the characteristics of seeing themselves as one of a kind. They can't empathize with anyone. They expect approval and attention from others. When their expectations are not met, their self-esteem is shaken, and they feel resentment and depression. They despise anyone who doesn't show interest or respect.Since this personality disorder is associated with antisocial, borderline, and histrionic personality disorders, it is very difficult to diagnose. As they age, their beauty and strength disappear. They become angry in the face of negativity, and have a sense of revenge. They become unconcerned in the criticism of their lives. They see the criticism as worthless.The following criteria are combined; the person may be diagnosed with narcissistic disorder.People who use others for their own interestsPeople who are reluctant to understand the feelings of other people, who cannot empathize, who envy others, or think that others are jealous of themPeople who think that they are very importantPeople who constan ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michael Stuhre. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/175358/bk_acx0_175358_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Manipulation and Body Language: The Complete Guide to the Art of Persuasion, Discover Things About Dark Psychology and Learn How to Read and Influence People by Analyzing Body Language , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 180min

  Over the years, we have come to the conclusion that persuasion is positive while manipulation is the exact opposite. That is not entirely true. Whether you are persuading or manipulating a person, the real difference is your intention. According to some of the scholars studying the difference between manipulation and persuasion, there are three components determining what a person is doing.  What intent lies behind your desire to persuade another person? How truthful and transparent is the process you are using? What is the net impact or benefit of your action to the other person? There is manipulative persuasion and dark manipulative persuasion. The first type, manipulative persuasion, normally involves attempts to convince another person to do something without necessarily thinking about tactics or specific motivations. Anyone can easily use manipulative persuasion because it is not entirely necessary for the manipulator to understand his/her victim. A persuader will mostly look for ways to make the best out of the people he/she is manipulating. For instance, a politician can try to prevent war by creating peace ties where there were none. He/she might not fully understand the results of the ties, but will try anyway. In fact, a manipulative persuader can try to grasp at straws wildly hoping to get something.  On the other hand, dark manipulative persuasion involves understanding the bigger picture and strategizing. The dark persuader understands the person he/she is trying to persuade, knows the exact buttons to push and just how far he will go before getting results. In most cases, manipulators who use dark manipulation techniques are unconcerned with the morality of their actions. All he/she wants is to fulfill his/her desires regardless of the situation.  The bright side of dark manipulation is that the manipulator is in most cases aware of what he/she is doing. All of us have manipulated othe ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Paul Tuma. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/219632/bk_acx0_219632_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Priddy's Tale , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 405min

  What doesn't kill you sometimes makes you wish it had.... Priddy's a lost soul in a part of Cornwall the tourists don't get to see. He's young, sweet-natured, and gorgeous, but that's not enough to achieve escape velocity from his deadbeat village and rotten family life. He's a drifter and a dreamer, and self-preservation isn't his strong suit. An accidental overdose of a nightclub drug leaves him fractured, hallucinating, with too many vital circuits fried to function in a tough world. When a friend offers him winter work in a lighthouse - nothing to do but press the occasional button and keep the windows clean - he gratefully accepts. His plans to live quietly and stay out of trouble don't last very long. A ferocious Atlantic storm washes a stranger to Priddy's lonely shore. For a shipwrecked sailor, the new arrival seems very composed. He's also handsome as hell, debonair, and completely unconcerned by Priddy's dreadful past. Priddy has almost given up on the prospect of any kind of friendship, and a new boyfriend - let alone a six-foot beauty with eerily good swimming skills - out of the question entirely. But Merou seems to see undreamed-of promise in Priddy, and when they hit the water together, Priddy has to adapt to Merou's potentials too, and fast. His lover from the sea might be a mere mortal from the waist up, but south of that line.... Far-flung west Cornwall has 100 mermaid tales. Priddy's loved the stories all his life. Now he has to face up to a wildly impossible truth. Merou's life depends upon his courage and strength, and if Priddy can only find his way in the extraordinary world opening up all around him, all the ocean and a human lifetime needn't be enough to contain the love between merman and mortal. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Chris Clog. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/028824/bk_adbl_028824_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Spring Cannot be Cancelled

  THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A burst of springtime joy' Daily Telegraph 'A springboard for ideas about art, space, time and light' The Times 'Lavishly illustrated' Guardian David Hockney reflects upon life and art as he experiences lockdown in rural Normandy On turning eighty, David Hockney sought out rustic tranquility for the first time: a place to watch the sunset and the change of the seasons; a place to keep the madness of the world at bay. So when Covid-19 and lockdown struck, it made little difference to life at La Grande Cour, the centuries-old Normandy farmhouse where Hockney set up a studio a year before, in time to paint the arrival of spring. In fact, he relished the enforced isolation as an opportunity for even greater devotion to his art. Spring Cannot be Cancelled is an uplifting manifesto that affirms art's capacity to divert and inspire. It is based on a wealth of new conversations and correspondence between Hockney and the art critic Martin Gayford, his long-time friend and collaborator. Their exchanges are illustrated by a selection of Hockney's new, unpublished Normandy iPad drawings and paintings alongside works by van Gogh, Monet, Bruegel, and others. We see how Hockney is propelled ever forward by his infectious enthusiasms and sense of wonder. A lifelong contrarian, he has been in the public eye for sixty years yet remains entirely unconcerned by the view of critics or even history. He is utterly absorbed by his four acres of northern France and by the themes that have fascinated him for decades: light, colour, space, perception, water, trees. He has much to teach us, not only about how to see... but about how to live.

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  Fascism: A Warning , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 593min

  A personal and urgent examination of Fascism in the 20th century and how its legacy shapes today’s world, written by one of America’s most admired public servants, the first woman to serve as US secretary of state. A Fascist, observes Madeleine Albright, 'is someone who claims to speak for a whole nation or group, is utterly unconcerned with the rights of others, and is willing to use violence and whatever other means are necessary to achieve the goals he or she might have.' The 20th century was defined by the clash between democracy and Fascism, a struggle that created uncertainty about the survival of human freedom and left millions of innocent people dead. Given the horrors of that experience, one might expect the world to reject the spiritual successors to Hitler and Mussolini should they arise in our era. In Fascism: A Warning, Madeleine Albright, draws on her own experiences as a child in war-torn Europe and her distinguished career as a diplomat to question that very assumption. Fascism, as Albright shows, not only endured through the course of the 20th century but now presents a more virulent threat to international peace and justice than at any time since the end of World War II. The momentum toward democracy that swept the world when the Berlin Wall fell has gone into reverse. The United States, which has historically championed the free world, is led by a president who exacerbates popular divisions and heaps scorn on democratic institutions. In many countries, economic, technological and cultural factors are weakening the political centre and empowering the extremes of right and left. Contemporary leaders such as Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un are employing many of the same tactics used by Fascists in the 1920s and '30s. Fascism: A Warning is an audiobook for our times that is relevant to all times. Written with wisdom by someone who has not only studied history but helped to shape it, this call to arms teaches ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Madeleine Albright. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hcuk/003816/bk_hcuk_003816_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Fast Ride to Hell: When the Dalton Boys Rode in Kansas , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 138min

  The Adair robbery was the beginning of the end for the Dalton gang. By all accounts, it was one of their more successful raids. The take was estimated at somewhere over $17,000 - not bad for a single night's work. But the pressure put on the gang afterwards led them down the path to carelessness - and ruin. Eight well-armed men rode up to the small frame station about an hour before the KATY No. Two train on the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas line pulled in. Night station agent Heywood found himself taken captive before he knew what had happened. The robbers appeared unconcerned. They waited on the station platform - laughing, and shooting jokes. For Heywood things weren't near as pleasant. He was kept at the muzzle end of eight Winchesters as he waited to flag the train down. As soon as the train came to a standstill Emmett and Grat boarded the engine. One of them took engineer Glen Ewing captive. Bill Doolin, George "Bitter Creek" Newcomb, and Dick Broadwell fanned out, and grabbed the conductor, and the rest of the train crew. Charley Pierce stayed behind to watch the horses. After the robbery, the Dalton boys rested up in the Dog Creek Hills that night. They split up the booty, and slept all day. After that, they split up and rode off in groups of two and three. In Beyond the Law, Emmett says Bob took an inventory of the gang members, and trimmed the band down to five core members he knew he could trust - the remaining members were the brothers, Bob, Emmett, and Grat Dalton, Bill Power, and Dick Broadwell. Bill Doolin was wild and unruly, mentally awkward. Pierce and Newcomb displayed an uncurbed "rampant foolishness". But the biggest reason for divesting members from the gang was it was too large. There was not enough 'divvy' when each split was made. Bob needed more money for that fabled escape to South America. But that greed, that lust for more money, would leave him shorthanded for the gang’s final job. Another ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bryan J. Howard. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/070724/bk_acx0_070724_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Andromache, Hörbuch, Digital, 91min

  Euripides' classic tragedy in a new verse translation and a new, full cast audio production. After Troy fell to the Greeks, Andromache, the wife of the slain Trojan king Hector, was taken as prize and given to Achilles' son Neoptolemus as his concubine. He treated her kindly, and in the fullness of time she bore him a son. But Neoptolemus went on to take as his wife Hermione, the daughter of Menelaus, but she could bear him no children. Enraged with jealousy, Hermione plots the death of Andromache, and the play opens with Andromache taking sanctuary at the temple of Thetis, the goddess who is also Achilles' mother - Achilles, the man who killed her husband. Often considered as mere political propaganda in the conflict between Athens and Sparta, Andromache showcases Euripides' skill in a vivid and tender portrayal of a powerful woman brought low by fate. About the author: Euripides was the youngest of the three great dramatists of classical Greece, with Sophocles and Aeschylus being his elders. Born around 484 BC, he authored some 92 plays, of which 19 have survived the ravages of time. Ever the iconoclast, Euripides portrayed the gods as capricious agents of fate, unconcerned towards men or righteousness. Mortals, however, were portrayed with all their innate characteristics, from tenderness to treachery, and on a human scale that set him apart from the heroic and larger than life characters of his contemporaries. This concern for the ordinary man would hold his plays in good stead during the Hellenistic period and even today makes Euripides one of the most accessible playwrights of the ancient world. About this production: This production of Andromache was recorded at Mirror Sound Studios in Seattle and Voice Trax West studio in Los Angeles in 2012-13, and features some of the best new talent in theater in the Northwest including Sonya Joseph in the title role, Andrew McGinn as Menelaus, Gene Openshaw as Peleus, and Amy Escobar as Language: English. Narrator: Sonya Joseph, Andrew McGinn. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/006699/bk_acx0_006699_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Fascism

  #1 New York Times BestsellerA personal and urgent examination of Fascism in the twentieth century and how its legacy shapes today's world, written by one of America's most admired public servants, the first woman to serve as U.S. secretary of stateA Fascist, observes Madeleine Albright, "is someone who claims to speak for a whole nation or group, is utterly unconcerned with the rights of others, and is willing to use violence and whatever other means are necessary to achieve the goals he or she might have."The twentieth century was defined by the clash between democracy and Fascism, a struggle that created uncertainty about the survival of human freedom and left millions dead. Given the horrors of that experience, one might expect the world to reject the spiritual successors to Hitler and Mussolini should they arise in our era. In Fascism: A Warning, Madeleine Albright draws on her experiences as a child in war-torn Europe and her distinguished career as a diplomat to question that assumption.Fascism, as she shows, not only endured through the twentieth century but now presents a more virulent threat to peace and justice than at any time since the end of World War II. The momentum toward democracy that swept the world when the Berlin Wall fell has gone into reverse. The United States, which historically championed the free world, is led by a president who exacerbates division and heaps scorn on democratic institutions. In many countries, economic, technological, and cultural factors are weakening the political center and empowering the extremes of right and left. Contemporary leaders such as Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un are employing many of the tactics used by Fascists in the 1920s and 30s.Fascism: A Warning is a book for our times that is relevant to all times. Written by someone who has not only studied history but helped to shape it, this call to arms teaches us the lessons we must understand and the questions we must answer if we are to save ourselves from repeating the tragic errors of the past.

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