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    Backfire: Firefighter Heroes Trilogy, Volume 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 362min
    Michael McGinnis returns in this sequel to Through Smoke. While visiting his brother in Texas, he is struck by the devastation wrought by the drought and wildfires. Learning the fire departments are staffed mostly by volunteers, he feels compelled to stay and help. Having little experience with this type of firefighting, Michael is forced to learn the basics quickly, making him vulnerable to the deteriorating situations in the largest and most destructive wildfire in Texas history. Eva is forced to go back home to New York with the constant worry of his safety on her mind. With danger closing in on him, Michael comes to terms with what is important and must make a crucial decision that can change the lives of everyone he knows. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Elliott Kane. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/056354/bk_acx0_056354_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Backfire: A Reporter's Look at Affirmative Action , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 715min
    In this urgently important book, Zelnick looks past the good intentions to how affirmative action really works in such areas as voting rights, employment, minority set-asides, mortgage and insurance regulation, and education. Buttressing his case with the latest research data and scores of real-life examples, Zelnick shows overwhelmingly that affirmative action: favors the less qualified over the more qualified; endangers public safety in such areas as crime and fire prevention, and even medical care; has made it all but impossible for business and government to use objective merit selection criteria in hiring and promotion; brings few benefits to those most in need of help, and benefits mostly those who don't need it; distracts from - and even exacerbates the real causes of misery among inner city blacks; has developed powerful constituencies in business and government; has been broadened for political purposes to include beneficiaries who want relief but lack the historical claim of blacks; legitimizes negative stigmas about minorities and pandering to the darker instincts of racial animosity; and as an ideology has proven immune to conclusive evidence that it is counterproductive. Zelnick traces how affirmative action was first sold as a short-term program designed to expand employer awareness of qualified minority job applicants, but instead has become a coercive network of race-conscious laws, regulations, quotas, preferences, and entitlement programs - in short, an assault on the very value of equality of opportunity it was supposed to promote. Zelnick also shows how affirmative action is increasingly being challenged in the courts and political arena. He concludes with an in-depth, behind the-scenes report on the affirmative action battles now raging in California, whose outcomes will have major consequences nationwide, and for years to come. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Peter Johnson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/011965/bk_adbl_011965_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Empathy and Concern with Negative Evaluation in Intergroup Relations (eBook, PDF)
    Widespread belief in the benefits of empathy and its healing power is evident in public discourse and across diverse news and social media outlets around the world. Yet research reveals that empathy can sometimes have adverse effects on individuals' intergroup attitudes and behavior. A link between empathy and concerns with negative evaluation helps explain why empathy can backfire. Accordingly, using the minimization of evaluative concerns as an organizing principle, the author makes recommendations regarding when and how to encourage empathy in intergroup contexts, so that its potential to foster stronger social bonds across group boundaries can be fully realized.
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    Second Chance Secrets (eBook, ePUB)
    It may be cold outside, but it is steamy inside...Stranded, pilot Ainsley Worthington takes advantage of her only way out of a snowstorm. Knowing nothing more than his first name, she hops on board an airplane with a complete stranger.When Wyatt Beaufort rescues Ainsley from being stranded at an airport, his whole life flips upside down. He does the unthinkable. He takes her home with him.But will Ainsley and Wyatt's attempt to avoid being snowed in backfire? If you love happily ever after second chance romances, download Second Chance Secrets today and fall in love with Ainsley and Wyatt.
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    Spongebob Squarepants Chapter Book 2: Naughty Nautical Neighbors , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 27min
    SpongeBob and Patrick Star are the best of friends until their annoying neighbor Squidward decides to interfere. But Squidward's plan to split up best friends might backfire on him in a big, hilarious way! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Annie Auerbach, Terry Collins. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/lili/000392/bk_lili_000392_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    A Wicked Winter Wish , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 94min, (USK 18)
    A husband betrayed. A wife accused of adultery. Can Christmas give them a second chance at romance?After discovering that his estranged wife, Sarah, now works at the dubious Inn of the Red Chrysanthemum, Sir Rowan can’t resist seeing for himself the taboo activities that take place there.He should forget Sarah and move on with his life, perhaps entertain his mother’s suggestion to remarry once his divorce is finalized. But after secretly witnessing his wife in a threesome, Rowan decides he must have Sarah for himself.As he ventures into the realm of pain and pleasure, domination and submission, Rowan must grapple with conflicting feelings of anger and arousal. Can he contain his fury at her betrayal? Will his intentions to satiate his desire for Sarah backfire? And how can a simple wicked wish end in disaster?In this wickedly hot Regency, a husband betrayed ventures into the realm of domination and submission to claim his estranged wife. But will his intentions to satiate his burning desires backfire and ruin Christmas? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Arthur Dunn. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/174992/bk_acx0_174992_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    A Defective Santa Claus , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 13min
    The old phrase, "No good deed goes unpunished" may well be the premise of this delightful holiday poem from beloved writer James Whitcomb Riley. A father's surprise may seem to backfire in a very literal way. Written in a fun dialect this story poem is for all ages. Narrated by Glenn Hascall. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Glenn Hascall. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/mike/001005/bk_mike_001005_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Clifford's Good Deeds , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 5min
    Clifford has a good heart, but whenever he tries to do good deeds for others, they always seem to backfire. After many failed attempts, Clifford gives up and goes home. But on the way back, he manages to save two children from a burning house, and then put out the fire. Finally, Clifford is a hero! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Stephanie D'Abruzzo. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/schc/000088/bk_schc_000088_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Rattles Doesn't Like Santa Cat : Rattles, the Barn Cat , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 7min
    When Rattles figures out Santa Cat is coming to her house, she comes up with a plan to make Santa Cat feel unwelcome and leave. Things backfire, and Rattles thinks she's gotten into trouble.Buy Rattles Doesn't Like Santa Cat to find out Rattles' devious plan to get rid of Santa Cat.Suitable for children ages four to nine. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Arlene White. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/134074/bk_acx0_134074_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    How to Squash Negative Thought Patterns, Hörbuch, Digital, 15min
    There are actually quite a number of ways to decondition a negative thought pattern. The basic idea is to replace the old pattern with a new one. Mentally resisting the negative thought will usually backfire - you'll simply reinforce it and make it even worse. The more you fire those neurons in the same way, the stronger the pattern becomes.Here's a little method I use to break negative thought patterns... Language: English. Narrator: Florian Höper. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/edel/016196/bk_edel_016196_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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