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The Outcasts of Eden , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 516min
Roberta Prescott Reed is both her father's namesake and his nemesis, and has been diametrically opposed to everything he stands for in his business practices at Reed Public Relations for as long as she can remember. From her first impulsive and very public stand against him chained to a tree in a mud-spattered old growth forest in Oregon, she has devoted her life to countering the disinformation her father and his firm, representing the most egregious and corrupt polluters on the planet, disseminates to discredit the environmental movement. After 10 years on opposite sides of every environmental issue, his sudden death in 1994 turns her life upside down when she, his business partners, and his clients are shocked to learn that he has named her CEO of Reed Public Relations. With her friends by her side, brothers Evan and Steven Manning, and her best friend Summer Sparrow, a new generation of leaders takes the reins at RPR, a generation who possess a deep reverence for the tiny blue planet we call home and feel that environmental activism must be a top priority of every business, and she makes it her mission to bring her father's clients, now her clients, into a 21st-century mindset of true corporate environmental responsibility. From the corridors of power in Washington, D.C., to the sophisticated shores of the Cote d'Azur, The Outcasts of Eden is full of complexity and unexpected surprises, and tells the moving story of the opposing forces of environmental activism and business, and the generational shift in thinking as the movement struggled to become accepted as an essential and expected part of doing business around the world. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Liisa Ivary. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/067263/bk_acx0_067263_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 576min
A New York Times Best SellerNamed one of The New York Times “100 Notable Books of 2018″Named one of NPR’s “Best Books of 2018”Named one of the Financial Times “Books of the Year”Named one of The Washington Post’s “50 Notable Works of Nonfiction”One of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s “Best International Nonfiction” books of 2018One of the GreenBiz “10 Best Climate and Business Books of 2018”800-CEO-READ Business Book of the YearThe New York Times best-selling, groundbreaking investigation of how the global elite's efforts to "change the world" preserve the status quo and obscure their role in causing the problems they later seek to solve. An essential read for understanding some of the egregious abuses of power that dominate today’s news. Former New York Times columnist Anand Giridharadas takes us into the inner sanctums of a new gilded age, where the rich and powerful fight for equality and justice any way they can - except ways that threaten the social order and their position atop it. We see how they rebrand themselves as saviors of the poor; how they lavishly reward "thought leaders" who redefine "change" in winner-friendly ways; and how they constantly seek to do more good, but never less harm. We hear the limousine confessions of a celebrated foundation boss; witness an American president hem and haw about his plutocratic benefactors; and attend a cruise-ship conference where entrepreneurs celebrate their own self-interested magnanimity. Giridharadas asks hard questions: Why, for example, should our gravest problems be solved by the unelected upper crust instead of the public institutions it erodes by lobbying and dodging taxes? He also points toward an answer: Rather than rely on scraps from t ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Anand Giridharadas. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/006295/bk_rand_006295_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Justice Laboratory (eBook, PDF)
Examining how international criminal law has-and hasn't-brought justice following war crimes in AfricaEver since World War II, the United Nations and other international actors have created laws, treaties, and institutions to punish perpetrators of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. These efforts have established universally recognized norms and have resulted in several high-profile convictions in egregious cases. But international criminal justice now seems to be a declining force-its energy sapped by long delays in prosecutions, lagging public attention, and a globally rising authoritarianism that disregards legal niceties.This book reviews five examples of international criminal justice as they have been applied across Africa, where brutal civil conflicts in recent decades resulted in varying degrees of global attention and action. The first three chapters examine key international mechanisms: the International Criminal Court, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, and the hybrid tribunal established in Senegal to try state crimes committed in Chad. These chapters illustrate how the design and practice of the institutions led to similarly unexpected and unsatisfying outcomes.The final two chapters examine emerging and proposed international criminal justice mechanisms. One is a tribunal intended to facilitate peace in the new but war-torn country of South Sudan, not yet operational and unlikely to perform better than its predecessors. Finally, the book considers the developing human rights practice of the little-studied East African Court, a regional commercial court in Arusha, Tanzania, to show how local judicial creativity can win a role for courts in facilitating good governance.Written in an accessible style, this book explores the connections between politics and the doctrine of international criminal law. Highlighting little-known institutional examples and under-discussed political situations, the book contributes to a broader international understanding of African politics and international criminal justice, as well as the lessons the African experiences offer for other regions.- Shop: buecher
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How to Determine If Your Girlfriend Is Marriage Material or Your Future Ex-wife, How to Find Out If Your Girlfriend Is a Sociopath or Psychopath, and What Makes a Marriage Long Lasting for Couples , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 143min
This essay sheds light on how to determine if your girlfriend is marriage material or your future ex-wife and also elucidates how to find out if your girlfriend is a sociopath or psychopath. Furthermore, what makes a marriage long lasting between a husband and wife is delineated, why weddings are an egregious waste of money is explicated, and why men should abstain from getting married in the digital era is demystified in this essay. Moreover, how to have a low cost affordable wedding is revealed, the extraordinary benefits of being single forever are identified, and how to earn substantial money online so that you can afford to finance your lofty wedding budget is expounded upon in this essay.Ascertaining if your girlfriend is marriage material is less cumbersome then it is perceived to be in the digital era. Succinctly stated, a six question criterion can be leveraged to ascertain if your girlfriend is deemed marriage material or will likely become your future ex-wife if you choose to marry her.The six basic questions that a prospective husband should ask himself before ultimately determining if a relationship with his girlfriend should be continued encompasses the following:Does my relationship with my girlfriend complement me and is it a non-competitive relationship?Does my girlfriend support me, respect me, and not neglect me?Does my girlfriend enrich every facet of my life?Is my girlfriend emotionally stable and does she never throws tantrums?Is my girlfriend moral, trustworthy, responsible, and a pacifist?Is my girlfriend innately caring, compassionate, emphatic, understanding, and nurturing towards myself and others?If you can answer yes to all six of these aforementioned criterion questions then it is highly likely that your girlfriend is deemed marriage material. If you answered yes to at least five out of six of the criterion questions then it is still likely that your ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Steven Miller. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/192052/bk_acx0_192052_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Dark Side of Entrepreneurship, How to Avoid Losing Money as an Entrepreneur Growing Brands, and How to Alleviate Depression as an Entrepreneur , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 121min
This essay sheds light on the dark side of entrepreneurship and elucidates how to avoid losing money as an entrepreneur when growing brands. Moreover, how to alleviate depression as an entrepreneur is delineated in this essay. Furthermore, how to earn substantial money online so that you can afford to finance your overarching goals without ever having to work for an employer is expounded upon in this essay.The dark side of entrepreneurship is often an overlooked topic since uncommon entrepreneurial success stories that grossly embellish the life of an entrepreneur outshine the dark side of entrepreneurship. In spite of its merits, entrepreneurial endeavors have a proclivity to go awry and culminate in egregious failures for most prospective entrepreneurs. At least 70 percent of businesses fail within a company’s initial 10-year period, and most businesses cannot stay afloat in the long haul in spite of all the goodwill, brand equity, brand loyalty, and brand recognition they accrued over the years.The crux of the issue lies in prospective entrepreneurs not having the business acumen to be able to consistently grow their business, nor efficaciously run a successful business in the long haul. They simply do not understand that a successful business is all about unalloyed innovation, shrewd marketing, and robust communication with customers.Building a successfully brand as an entrepreneur is an eminently challenging endeavor with no paved road to guaranteed success and does not always culminate in a successful outcome in spite of the entrepreneur’s best strategic efforts. Establishing a profitable brand may require tens of thousands of hours of strategically and unremittingly working hard seven days a week for decades as you attempt to deliver unprecedented value to the marketplace.Since the job prospects as a future employee are so grim and bleak for college graduates, it seems as though the only viable career prospect in a competitive m ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Christiana Mellein. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/210476/bk_acx0_210476_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Python Programming: The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Learn Python Step by Step , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 110min
If you are looking to learn Python without getting frustrated, then this audiobook is for you. The problem is that you’ve read other guides and forums about Python, yet they are each more confusing than the next. You’ve downloaded information. You’ve watched video after video. Still you feel like you’re missing something. You try to write out code, but all you get is a blank page, much less anything useful. The great thing about Python is it is effortless for newbies to utilize and study when taught correctly. Don't talk yourself out of it. The best way to begin is to actually begin, without the fear of making mistakes or doing something wrong. The chances of you making an egregious error so bad that you want to lock yourself in the basement is highly unlikely. This audiobook will help ease your fears and even show you how to code your first Python program. In this audiobook, you will learn:The installation of Python, which is quite effortless, and these days, many Linux systems and UNIX distributions consist of a recent version of Python. Actually learn how to code Python.How to find out which individual development environment (IDE) you are currently running and how to use the text editors.How text editors are set up to make Python editing extremely simple.How to look through and find things in any number of introductory guides you may buy or study.How to look at code samples you actually find useful and helpful in real life.If you need to find out whether a specific application or a library with specific features is readily available in Python, generally, there is a multitude of potential resources of information. The Python website offers a Python package directory. There is additionally a search webpage for a range of resources of Python-related content. If for some reason you are unable to find the libraries or that particular information on the Python site, si ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Russell Newton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/131374/bk_acx0_131374_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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An Autobiography: The Story of My Life and Work , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 542min
Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) was one of the most influential African-American leaders of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born a slave in Hale's Ford, Virginia, Washington moved to West Virginia after the Civil War, where he learned to read while working in a coal mine. After several years of part-time schooling, he enrolled full-time at the Hampton Institute, a secondary school for African Americans, and graduated in 1875. Washington spent the next six years teaching school in West Virginia and at Hampton before accepting an offer to start a brand new school in Tuskegee, Alabama. Washington founded what is today Tuskegee University in 1881 and spent the rest of his life making that institution financially viable and academically respected. First published in 1900, The Story of My Life and Work was ghostwritten for Washington by a young African American journalist named Edgar Webber. Webber wrote the book with minimal oversight from Washington, who was on a European tour when his autobiography was sent to the publisher in the summer of 1899. Washington's correspondence, which was later published in the 14-volume Booker T. Washington Papers, reveals that he was furious with Webber's numerous errors and casual tone when he saw the work in print; in the 1901 edition of his Story reproduced here, Washington corrected the most egregious errors; he also removed Webber's picture from the book and his name from the index. At least in part because he was dissatisfied with The Story of My Life and Work, Washington urged his publishers to sell the book to poor, predominantly African-American buyers - so that wealthier, more educated readers would not have a chance to condemn the work. The Story of My Life and Work was very popular and sold more than 75,000 copies in its first four years, but Washington was dissatisfied and selected a more accomplished ghostwriter for Up from Slavery (1901), his second attempt at an ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Stan Jenson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/032226/bk_acx0_032226_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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A Revelation of Tithing: God Does Not Want Your Dime , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 127min
Giving was very important in the churches I grew up in, and tithing was without a doubt, paramount. The pastor made sure we understood the difference between tithes and offerings and how the tithe was “a mandatory tax” and the offering was above and beyond the tithe. It was explicitly clear that the tithe was not an offering. I never totally agreed with the tithe teaching, but it was part of the fundamentals of Christianity, and I had to accept it. After I got married and had two young sons, I went to church two to three times a week and all day on Sunday. Have you ever wondered why some churches pass the offering bucket when it’s time to give, while other churches have the people stand and walk around to give? This is because the leadership understands that when people are made to stand publicly and walk around and pass the offering basket, they are put in a position of embarrassment if they have nothing to give, and it works like a charm! Most people are paid on a weekly or bi-weekly basis. However, the tithe is requested during every service and separate from the offering in many churches. This is also done purposefully. Even though many members pay their tithes during Sunday service, the request being made during weekly services places more pressure for members to give although they have already given. I’ve seen the most egregious abuses in church regarding money: getting paid for prophesies, reading Scriptures on the punishment for breaking vows, and emphasizing living under the curse for not paying “the tax of the tithe”. In hindsight, I cannot believe some of the errors pertaining to finances that I’ve witnessed in church. They do happen and continue to occur. In 2002, I started a new church. And like every other church in America, I continued to teach the doctrine of tithing. Some of my members struggled with giving 10 percent of their income, while others, like me, had been indoctrinated and conditioned to do so for so long th ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: James Ingram. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/190854/bk_acx0_190854_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Confident Public Speaking: Being Heard Above the Noise , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 209min
A good idea not shared or understood by others is a shame. A brilliant idea not shared and understood is a tragedy. Public speaking is so much more than the courage to stand in front of a group and talk. For a presentation to be powerful, it must have the right amount of content, organized in a memorable way for both speaker and audience, delivered with power, warmth, and charisma, and it must be spoken in the language of the audience. How much content is enough? How much is too much? Most public speakers work so hard to give great value to their audiences that they inadvertently make a huge mistake; they include far too much information in far too little time. Time is never a speaker's friend. Going overtime in a presentation is an egregious error and rude to the nth degree. How well is your presentation organized? If you must rely on notes, cue cards, or even worse, slides, to keep you on track, the problem is not one of memory; the problem lies in the organization. Excellent speakers use systems and strategies so that the presentation is simple for them to remember and impossible for their audiences to forget. Through good organization, speakers are able to build anticipation, excitement, and engagement; so simple, but not easy. Speakers are not generally trained actors, but they do need to know their way around a performance space. Don't like that word, "performance"? Get over it, because each time a speaker stands to deliver a message they are absolutely, un-categorically, giving a performance. As such, knowledge of stagecraft is as vital as is the message. Which part of the space is the strongest? The weakest? How can a speaker use that information to assist the audience in understanding the message? What are the best ways to enter and exit? A general understanding of how to use presentation spaces properly is extraordinarily valuable to every great speaker. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Rosemarie Barnes. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/077416/bk_acx0_077416_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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A Hedge Fund Tale of Reach and Grasp: What's a Heaven For , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 718min
A Hedge Fund Tale of Reach and Grasp recounts the ecstasy and the agony of investors in the hubris-filled years of the great secular bull market and the terrors of the financial collapse. It is a story of personal and investment triumph and tragedy in the tradition of An American Tragedy and Bonfire of the Vanities. Though the tale is fiction, it is faithful to the actual market events of the decade of hedge fund madness and the ensuing destruction in the great bear market of 2007–2009 and its aftermath. In A Hedge Fund Tale of Reach and Grasp, the former top-ranked global strategist for Morgan Stanley, and now a hedge fund manager, expertly weaves fact and fiction to describe how the mysterious world of hedge funds and the people who run them really works. It is the story of how the brilliant but toxic interaction of brains, intensity, raw ambition, hubris, and greed combined with the “perform or perish” creed to fuel the egregious excesses and, eventually, contribute to the bursting of the stock market and financial bubbles. Lifestyles, portfolios, and loves were recklessly leveraged creating stunning excesses, but when the world turned, it wasn’t just proud fortunes that were lost; relationships and souls were ravaged as well. There is a compelling, but tragic, love story here about two people who celebrated love as a solution to spiritual isolation. The novel is also an investment chronicle, a tragic saga of how all brilliant performance is transitory and how, unfortunately, there is no stock market strategy that works forever and that too much money can’t spoil. The protagonist is Joe Hill, an authentic American hedge fund success story if there ever was one, who came from nowhere, reached for heaven, and momentarily grasped it. Joe Hill isn’t the typical Wall Street whiz kid sporting an Ivy League education. Born on the wrong side of the tracks in rural Virginia, Joe had to work for everything he wanted. And he wanted it a ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Don Hagen. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/gdan/000510/bk_gdan_000510_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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