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The Death of Ivan Ilyitch, Hörbuch, Digital, 151min
The Death of Ivan Ilyich", first published in 1886, is a novella by Leo Tolstoy, one of the masterpieces of his late fiction, written shortly after his religious conversion of the late 1870s. The novel tells the story of the death, at age 45, of a high court judge in 19th century Russia. Living what seems to be a good life, his dreadful relationship with his wife notwithstanding, Ivan Ilyich Golovin bangs his side while putting up curtains in a new apartment intended to reflect his family's superior status in society. Within weeks, he has developed a strange taste in his mouth and a pain that will not go away. Several expensive doctors are consulted, but beyond muttering about blind gut and floating kidneys, they can neither explain nor treat his condition, and it soon becomes clear that Ivan Ilyich is dying... Language: English. Narrator: Laurie Anne Walden. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/lind/001480/bk_lind_001480_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Age of Voltaire: A History of Civlization in Western Europe from 1715 to 1756, with Special Emphasis on the Conflict between Religion and Philosophy , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 2575min
The Age of Voltaire, the ninth volume of The Story of Civilization, is an in-depth examination of France and England in the first half of the 18th century. In this masterful work, listeners will encounter: The English ideas that inspired the Enlightenment in France - skepticism, scientific experiment, constitutional government, "natural rights", and individual liberty The salons of Paris, where the wits and thinkers of all Europe gathered to exchange ideas The philosophers - intellectuals, playwrights, and poets who consulted and consorted with kings and queens Voltaire himself - the incarnation of the Enlightenment and a devotee of reason who still defended religious faith Mme. Pompadour, patron of the philosophers, who seduced King Louis XV and through him influenced French policy The Augustan Age in English literature - Alexander Pope's poetry, Jonathan Swift's satires, and the novels of Samuel Richardson and Henry Fielding ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Grover Gardner. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/007673/bk_blak_007673_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Meditations , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 263min
Live each day as if it were your last. Written in Greek by the only Roman emperor who was also a philosopher, without any intention of publication, Marcus Aurelius's Meditations offers a remarkable series of challenging spiritual reflections and exercises developed as the emperor struggled to understand himself and make sense of the universe. Ranging from doubt and despair to conviction and exaltation, they cover such diverse topics as the nature of moral virtue, human rationality, divine providence, and Marcus's own emotions. But while The Meditations was composed to provide personal consolation and encouragement, in developing his beliefs Marcus Aurelius also created one of the greatest of all works of philosophy: a timeless collection of extended meditations and short aphorisms that has been consulted and admired by statesmen, thinkers, and readers throughout the centuries. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Wanda McCaddon. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/001234/bk_tant_001234_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Car Talk, The Telltale Grease, April 26, 2014, Hörbuch, Digital, 53min
This week on Car Talk, Robin is racked with guilt after taking her Corolla to the dealer for its 30,000-mile service, rather than her trusty mechanic. Should she 'fess up before her mechanic notices there's someone else's grease under the hood? Elsewhere, Wendy's mechanic is so baffled by her Golf's noise that he's consulted a Ouija board; Dee tried to get rid of his truck's noise by driving it into the side of a car; and Amy's husband is brilliant at everything – except keeping his car on the right side of the road. Also, should Scott listen to his uncle's advice and disconnect the odometer on his Accord? (Do we need to mention that Scott's uncle is a used-car salesman?) All this and more, this week on Car Talk. [Broadcast Date: April 26, 2014] Language: English. Narrator: Tom Magliozzi, Ray Magliozzi. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/cart/140426/rt_cart_140426_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Nature-Inspired Metaheuristic Algorithms for Engineering Optimization Applications
This book engages in an ongoing topic, such as the implementation of nature-inspired metaheuristic algorithms, with a main concentration on optimization problems in different fields of engineering optimization applications. The chapters of the book provide concise overviews of various nature-inspired metaheuristic algorithms, defining their profits in obtaining the optimal solutions of tiresome engineering design problems that cannot be efficiently resolved via conventional mathematical-based techniques. Thus, the chapters report on advanced studies on the applications of not only the traditional, but also the contemporary certain nature-inspired metaheuristic algorithms to specific engineering optimization problems with single and multi-objectives. Harmony search, artificial bee colony, teaching learning-based optimization, electrostatic discharge, grasshopper, backtracking search, and interactive search are just some of the methods exhibited and consulted step by step in application contexts. The book is a perfect guide for graduate students, researchers, academicians, and professionals willing to use metaheuristic algorithms in engineering optimization applications.- Shop: buecher
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The Best Business Stories of the Year, 2002 Edition , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1029min
A Vintage OriginalThe first installment of an exciting new annual anthology - a year's worth of the most interesting, noteworthy, and best-written articles on all aspects of the business world.Series editor Andrew Leckey and guest editor Marshall Loeb have scoured the print media, consulted with the editors of major business and general interest publications, and surveyed journalism school deans in order to find the thirty best business stories from the past 12 months. Among those selected: Ken Auletta on Herb Allen's CEO retreat, from The New Yorker; Diane Brady on Martha Stewart, from Business Week; Steve Silberman on creating a borderless global cyber-marketplace, from Wired; and many others from the pages of Harper's, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, The Nation, and Rolling Stone.Comprehensive in the range and consistent in the quality of the writing, this volume marks the beginning of a fascinating new anthology series. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Eliza Foss, Beth McDonald, Jeff Woodman, Oliver Wyman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhau/000079/bk_rhau_000079_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Creating Positive Relationships: Your Power to Turn Problems into Peace of Mind, Hörbuch, Digital, 280min
Gerald G. Jampolsky, M.D., psychiatrist, and Diane V. Cirincione, businesswoman and lecturer, can help you, as they have thousands, shift your perceptions about life and living. When you undergo this attitudinal shift in your perceptions, wonderful things begin to happen. You become truly fearless. You find safety in defenselessness. Love becomes the guiding force in your life; and your inner, intuitive voice unfailingly helps you make the right choices. Jerry and Diane have gained international recognition for their lectures and workshops. They have traveled worldwide, lecturing and counseling diverse audiences in response to the growing awareness that attitudinal healing - the letting go of our negative, fearful thoughts - can constructively affect every aspect of our lives. They have consulted with many organizations and corporations worldwide. They are co-directors of the international project Children as Teachers of Peace, a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing friendships between children from different countries. Language: English. Narrator: Gerald G. Jampolsky, M.D., Diane V. Cirincione, Ph.D.. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/ntgl/000217/bk_ntgl_000217_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Best Business Stories of the Year, 2001 Edition , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1029min
An exciting new annual anthology: a year's worth of the most interesting, noteworthy, and best-written articles on all aspects of the business world.Series editor Andrew Leckey and guest editor Marshall Loeb have scoured the print media and have consulted with editors of major business and general-interest publications and with the deans of several schools of journalism in order to find the 30 best business stories from the past 12 months.Among the articles selected: Ken Auletta on Herb Allen's CEO retreat, from The New Yorker; Diane Brady on Martha Stewart, from Business Week; and Steve Silberman on creating a borderless global cyber-marketplace, from Wired. Other pieces come from the pages of Harper's, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, The Nation, and Rolling Stone. Comprehensive in the range of its subjects and consistent in the quality of the writing, this volume marks the beginning of a fascinating new anthology series. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: James Lurie, Eliza Floss. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhau/000040/bk_rhau_000040_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Vory: Russia's Super Mafia , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 687min
Mark Galeotti is the go-to expert on organized crime in Russia, consulted by governments and police around the world. Now, Western listeners can explore the fascinating history of the vory v zakone, a group that has survived and thrived amid the changes brought on by Stalinism, the Cold War, the Afghan War, and the end of the Soviet experiment. The vory - as the Russian mafia is also known - was born early in the 20th century, largely in the Gulags and criminal camps, where they developed their unique culture. Identified by their signature tattoos, members abided by the thieves' code, a strict system that forbade all paid employment and cooperation with law enforcement and the state. Based on two decades of on-the-ground research, Galeotti's captivating study details the vory's journey to power from their early days to their adaptation to modern-day Russia's free-wheeling oligarchy and global opportunities beyond. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Nigel Patterson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/011185/bk_tant_011185_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Magnolia Story: How Chip Gaines and Joanna Gaines Created the Fixer Upper Empire , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 38min
Fixer Upper is a popular reality television series on HGTV, starring Chip and Joanna Gaines and based in Waco, Texas. The pilot episode first aired in May of 2013. Season one began nearly one year later, in April of 2014, followed by the second season in January of 2015, the third season in December of 2015, and the fourth season in November of 2016. Before starring in Fixer Upper, Chip and Joanna Gaines consulted with clients on purchasing and remodeling homes. The couple had worked on over 100 homes in total. The show begins with Chip and Joanna showing three potential homes to a couple, with each home requiring varying amounts of renovation or repair. The couple chooses a home and Joanna takes care of the design, while Chip handles any renovations or repairs. Homebuyers featured on the show usually keep a budget of $200,000 and at least $30,000 for renovations. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Janis McCubbrey. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/082538/bk_acx0_082538_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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