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The Golden Age , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1048min

The Golden Age is a vibrant tapestry of American political and cultural life from 1939 to 1954, when the epochal events of World War II and the Cold War transformed America, once and for all, for good or ill, from a republic into an empire. The sharp-eyed and sympathetic witnesses to these events are Caroline Sanford, Washington, D.C., newspaper publisher turned Hollywood pioneer producer-star, and Peter Sanford, her nephew and publisher of the independent intellectual journal The American Idea. They experience at first hand the masterful maneuvers of Franklin Roosevelt to bring a reluctant nation into World War II, and later, the actions of Harry Truman that commit the nation to a decades-long twilight struggle against communism. The locus of these events is Washington, D.C., yet the Hollywood film industry and the cultural centers of New York also play significant parts. The Golden Age offers up United States history as only Gore Vidal can, with unrivaled penetration, wit, and high drama, allied to a classical view of human fate. It is a supreme entertainment that will also change listeners' understanding of American history and power. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Anne Twomey. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bant/000364/bk_bant_000364_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Dragons of the Storm: In the Land of Whispers, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1069min

Superbly narrated by British actor Nigel Gore, The Dragons of the Storm follows directly on from where The Weight of Smoke left off. Captain John Smith has been stabbed by a stingray and falls deathly ill. The old alchemist and mariner, Jonas Profit, doctors his wound, and to ease Smith’s suffering tells of the daring circumnavigation of the world by Francis Drake, 1577-1580. A masterful interweaving of all the elements that contributed to the birth of the British Empire. “The Dragons of the Storm is as enthralling as The Weight of Smoke. I think John Smith and Francis Drake would rejoice in George Minkoff’s lively re-creation of them.” (Edmund Sears Morgan, Yale University historian) “Historically accurate, inventive in its language, and filled with exciting and epochal event, The Dragons of the Storm is a worthy successor to The Weight of Smoke.” (Peyton Moss, ForeWord Magazine) “The Dragons of the Storm is a tour de force of sailing literature, focused on Drake’s circumnavigation of the world. Embedded in the story of John Smith’s Jamestown, it adds remarkable counterpoint and stretches to encompass not just the exploration of North America, but the Age of Exploration as well. Beautiful, riveting, and sweeping.” (Walter Bode, editor) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Nigel Gore. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/155003/bk_acx0_155003_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Book of Water: Healing, Regeneration and Recovery: The Elements Series, Volume 4 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1552min

In The Book of Water, award-winning astrologer Steven Forrest completes his epochal investigation of the four astrological elements. In this fourth volume of the series, he focuses on how people bounce back from hurt and tragedy. In the beginning, he invokes the haunting image of an old woman dancing on a moonlit beach. He writes, “Every line on the dancer’s face tells a story. Many of those stories are sad ones...and yet we are confronted with an inexplicable miracle: The old woman still dances. Of all of life’s mysteries, is there a deeper one? Not that terrible things happen, but that we dance, anyway. That we can recover. That spirit regenerates. Finding our way back to that dancer is what this book is about. Let’s meet the good medicine of the Water signs - the guardians of the sacred mysteries of healing, regeneration, and recovery.” In this audiobook, Forrest offers a detailed exploration of Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces, along with their planetary rulers and their associated astrological houses: the fourth, the eighth, and the 12th. Together, these powerful words in astrology’s magical vocabulary are the key to returning to joy and wholeness, no matter what life throws at us. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Thomas Miller. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/236919/bk_acx0_236919_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Tage der Toten / Die Kartell-Saga Bd.1

»Das 'Krieg und Frieden' unserer Tage. Epochal, grandios, erschütternd.«Arte / KrimiWelt-Bestenliste»Tage der Toten« ist der erste Teil von Don Winslows herausragend recherchierter Polit-Thriller-Trilogie »Die Kartell-Saga« über den Drogen-Krieg zwischen Mexiko und den USA.Noch nie ist jemand den mexikanischen Drogen-Baronen so erfolgreich in die Quere gekommen wie US-Drogen-Fahnder Art Keller - zu erfolgreich, wie sich herausstellt: Kellers engster Mitarbeiter wird von den Gangstern brutal zu Tode gefoltert, auf den Drogen-Fahnder selbst wird offiziell die Jagd eröffnet.Keller geht daraufhin nur umso gnadenloser gegen die Kartelle vor und merkt beinahe zu spät, dass er sich längst neue Feinde gemacht hat, und zwar nicht in Mexiko ...Vor die Wahl gestellt, seiner Regierung zu dienen oder seinem Gewissen zu folgen, trifft Art Keller eine einsame Entscheidung - und stößt dabei auf unverhoffte Verbündete.Was als »Iran-Contra-Affäre« in die Geschichte eingegangen ist, hat Bestseller-Autor Don Winslow zu einem knallharten, blutigen Polit-Thriller verarbeitet, der weltweit die Bestseller-Listen stürmte.Don Winslows Kartell-Saga umfasst die Polit-Thriller »Tage der Toten«, »Das Kartell« und »Jahre des Jägers«.

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The Accidental Victim: JFK, Lee Harvey Oswald, and the Real Target in Dallas , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 337min

Was the assassination of one of America's most beloved presidents an accident? That is the shocking argument put forth by acclaimed historian James Reston, Jr. Based on years of research and interviews, this revelatory new book makes the case that Texas Governor John Connally, not President John F. Kennedy, was the intended target of Lee Harvey Oswald. Oswald's motive was personal, not political. After he attempted to defect to the Soviet Union, his military discharge was changed from honorable to dishonorable. The proud ex-Marine protested directly to fellow Texan Connally, then Secretary of the Navy, and received a classic bureaucratic brush-off. From that day on, Oswald began nursing a deep, even murderous grudge. Reston masterfully charts the path Oswald took toward that fated moment in Dallas, his hatred of the governor driving him to purchase a mail-order rifle, position himself in the Texas School Book Depository building, and attempt to settle his score with Connally. There was no conspiracy. There was Lee Harvey Oswald, a mail-order gun, and a missed shot. Marshaling all the available evidence - some of it never before seen - Reston will change the way we understand this epochal event: In one of American history's most tragic ironies, President John F. Kennedy was as an accidental victim on November 22, 1963. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: James Reston, Jr.. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/013123/bk_acx0_013123_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Blue Hill , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 509min

Mark Gray had it all together. Until he didn’t. Remarkably creative, successful in business, Gray was a husband, father and son of an elderly clergyman - and a superhero in the online and gaming worlds. Until one night in New York City, when it seems he was responsible for the death of a mysterious woman. Suddenly one of America’s Most Wanted criminals, Gray went on the run - taking a journey back in time and place, where he discovered a long-buried secret. Blue Hill is a story of mystery, memory, faith, forgiveness, and acceptance - a story of lies and truths, of what is real and what is fleeting. Set in 1997, Blue Hill also is a fictional chronicle of an epochal real time: the dawning of the Internet Age, when the culture churned and the world was entering a virtual other-existence. Chat rooms. AOL. Dial-up. Floppy discs. Files measured in kilobytes. The dot-com boom. PlayStation. Nintendo. Super Mario 64. Remember?Here we are today, the fruits of our labor realized, so to speak, with Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, disinformation, viral conspiracy theories, deep-fake videos, etcetera. A new world has arrived, and the real-life artifacts in this novel are its roots.Part thriller, part fantasy and farce, Blue Hill is mostly a novel about who and what matter most in this short life. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: J Kawamoto. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/214372/bk_acx0_214372_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Invisible Brand: Marketing in the Age of Automation, Big Data, and Machine Learning , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 528min

Marketers are harnessing the enormous power of AI to drive unprecedented results The world of marketing is undergoing major change. Sophisticated algorithms can test billions of marketing messages and measure results, and shift the weight of campaigns - all in real time. What’s next? A complete transformation of marketing as we know it, where machines themselves design and implement customized advertising tactics at virtually every point of digital contact. The Invisible Brand provides an in-depth exploration of the risks and rewards of this epochal shift - while delivering the information and insight you need to stay ahead of the game. Renowned technologist William Ammerman draws from his decades of experience at the forefront of digital marketing to provide a roadmap to our data-driven future. You’ll learn how data and AI will forge a new level of persuasiveness and influence for reshaping consumers’ buying decisions. You’ll understand the technology behind these changes and see how it is already at work in digital assistants, recommendation engines, and digital advertising. And you’ll find unmatched insight into how to harness the power of artificial intelligence for maximum results. As we enter the age of mass customization of messaging, power and influence will go to those who know the consumer best. Whether you are a marketing executive or concerned citizen, The Invisible Brand provides everything you need to understand how brands are harnessing the extraordinary amounts of data at their disposal - and capitalizing on it with AI. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jason Culp. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/034112/bk_adbl_034112_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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October: The Story of the Russian Revolution , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 697min

The renowned fantasy and science fiction writer China Mieville has long been inspired by the ideals of the Russian Revolution, and here, on the centenary of the revolution, he provides his own distinctive take on its history. In February 1917, in the midst of bloody war, Russia was still an autocratic monarchy: nine months later it became the first socialist state in world history. How did this unimaginable transformation take place? How was a ravaged and backward country, swept up in a desperately unpopular war, rocked by not one but two revolutions? This is the story of the extraordinary months between those upheavals, in February and October, of the forces and individuals who made 1917 so epochal a year, of their intrigues, negotiations, conflicts and catastrophes. From familiar names like Lenin and Trotsky to their opponents Kornilov and Kerensky; from the byzantine squabbles of urban activists to the remotest villages of a sprawling empire; from the revolutionary railroad Sublime to the ciphers and static of coup by telegram; from grand sweep to forgotten detail. Historians have debated the revolution for 100 years, its portents and possibilities: the mass of literature can be daunting. But here is a book for those new to the events, told not only in their historical import but in all their passion and drama and strangeness. Because as well as a political event of profound and ongoing consequence, Mieville reveals the Russian Revolution as a breathtaking story. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John Banks. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/029800/bk_adbl_029800_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Losing the News: The Future of the News that Feeds Democracy , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 520min

In Losing the News, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Alex S. Jones offers a probing look at the epochal changes sweeping the media, changes which are eroding the core news that has been the essential food supply of our democracy. At a time of dazzling technological innovation, Jones believes that what stands to be lost is the fact-based reporting that serves as a watchdog over government, holds the powerful accountable, and gives citizens what they need. In a tumultuous new media era, with cutthroat competition and panic over profits, the commitment of the traditional news media to serious news is fading. Indeed, as digital technology shatters the old economic model, the news media is making a painful passage that is taking a toll on journalistic values and standards. Journalistic objectivity and ethics are under assault, as is the bastion of the First Amendment. Jones characterizes himself not as a pessimist about news, but a realist. The breathtaking possibilities that the web offers are undeniable, but at what cost? Pundits and talk show hosts have persuaded Americans that the crisis in news is bias and partisanship. Not so, says Jones. The real crisis is the erosion of the iron core of news, something that hurts Republicans and Democrats alike. Losing the News depicts an unsettling situation in which the American birthright of fact-based, reported news is in danger. But it is also a call to arms to fight to keep the core of news intact. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kurt Elftmann. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/011575/bk_adbl_011575_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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About Time (eBook, ePUB)

'An utterly dazzling book, the best piece of history I have read for a long time' Jerry Brotton, author of A History of the World in Twelve Maps'Not merely an horologist's delight, but an ingenious meditation on the nature and symbolism of time-keeping itself' Richard HolmesThe measurement of time has always been essential to human civilization, from early Roman sundials to the advent of GPS. But while we have one eye on the time every day, are we aware of the power clocks have given governments, military leaders and business owners, and how they have shaped our lives and our world?In this spectacularly far-reaching book, David Rooney narrates a history of timekeeping and civilization in twelve concise chapters. Over their course, we meet the most epochal inventions in horological history, from medieval water clocks to Renaissance hourglasses, and from stock-exchange timestamps to satellites in Earth's orbit. We discover how clocks have helped people navigate the globe and build empires, but also, on occasion, taken us to the brink of destruction.This is the story of time, and the story of time is the story of us.

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