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    The Gargoyle Hunters: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 687min
    Hilarious and poignant, The Gargoyle Hunters is a love letter to a vanishing city, and a deeply emotional story of fathers and sons. Intimately portraying New York's elbow-jostling relationship with time, the novel solves the mystery of a brazen and seemingly impossible architectural heist - the theft of an entire historic Manhattan building - that stunned the city and made the front page of the New York Times in 1974. With both his family and his city fracturing, 13-year-old Griffin Watts is recruited into his estranged father's illicit and dangerous architectural salvage business. Small and nimble, Griffin is charged with stealing exuberantly expressive 19th-century architectural sculptures - gargoyles - right off the faces of unsung tenements and iconic skyscrapers all over town. As his father explains it, these gargoyles, carved and cast by immigrant artisans during the city's architectural glory days, are an endangered species in this era of sweeping urban renewal. Desperate both to connect with his father and to raise cash to pay the mortgage on the brownstone where he lives with his mother and sister, Griffin is slow to recognize that his father's deepening obsession with preserving the architectural treasures of Beaux Arts New York is also a destructive force, imperiling Griffin's friendships, his relationship with his very first girlfriend, and even his life. As his father grows increasingly possessive of both Griffin's mother and his scavenged touchstones of the lost city, Griffin must learn how to build himself into the person he wants to become and discover which parts of his life can be salvaged - and which parts must be let go. Maybe loss, he reflects, is the only thing no one can ever take away from you. Tender, funny, and achingly sad, The Gargoyle Hunters introduces an extraordinary new novelist. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John Freeman Gill. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/004959/bk_rand_004959_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    French Senegal: The History of the French Colony and Senegal’s Transition to Independence , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 101min
    “The equilibrium you admire in me is an unstable one, difficult to maintain. My inner life was split early between the call of the ancestors and the call of Europe, between the exigencies of black-African culture and those of modern life.” (Léopold Sédar Senghor)Near the end of the 19th century, Otto von Bismarck, the German chancellor, brought the plenipotentiaries of all major powers of Europe together to deal with Africa's colonization in such a manner as to avoid provocation of war. This event, known as the Berlin Conference of 1884 - 1885, galvanized a phenomenon that came to be known as the Scramble for Africa.The conference established two fundamental rules for European seizure of Africa. The first of these was that no recognition of annexation would be granted without evidence of a practical occupation, and the second, that a practical occupation would be deemed unlawful without a formal appeal for protection made on behalf of a territory by its leader - a plea that must be committed to paper in the form of a legal treaty.Thus began a rush, spearheaded mainly by European commercial interests in the form of chartered companies, to penetrate the African interior and woo its leadership with guns, trinkets, and alcohol, and having thus obtained their marks or seals upon spurious treaties, begin establishing boundaries of future European African colonies.The ease with which this was achieved was due to the fact that, at that point, traditional African leadership was disunited, and the people had just staggered back from centuries of concussion inflicted by the slave trade. Thus, to usurp authority, to intimidate an already broken society, and to play one leader against the other was a diplomatic task so childishly simple, the matter was wrapped up, for the most part, in less than a decade. Even at that stage, however, the countries would keep jostling for position in Africa against each other, attempting to snap up more land and con ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bill Hare. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/194156/bk_acx0_194156_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Cat and Mouse on the Niger: The History of the Competition Between the British and French for Control of the Niger River , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 117min
    They have soldiers. We only have arguments. (French Foreign Minister Théophile Delcassé)Near the end of the 19th century, Otto von Bismarck, the German chancellor, brought the plenipotentiaries of all major powers of Europe together to deal with Africa's colonization in such a manner as to avoid provocation of war. This event, known as the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885, galvanized a phenomenon that came to be known as the Scramble for Africa.The conference established two fundamental rules for European seizure of Africa. The first of these was that no recognition of annexation would be granted without evidence of a practical occupation and the second, that a practical occupation would be deemed unlawful without a formal appeal for protection made on behalf of a territory by its leader - a plea that must be committed to paper in the form of a legal treaty.This began a rush, spearheaded mainly by European commercial interests in the form of chartered companies, to penetrate the African interior and woo its leadership with guns, trinkets, and alcohol, and having thus obtained their marks or seals upon spurious treaties, begin establishing boundaries of future European African colonies.The ease with which this was achieved was due to the fact that, at that point, traditional African leadership was disunited, and the people had just staggered back from centuries of concussion inflicted by the slave trade. Thus, to usurp authority, intimidate an already broken society, and play one leader against the other was a diplomatic task so childishly simple, the matter was wrapped up, for the most part, in less than a decade.Even at that stage, however, the countries would keep jostling for position in Africa against each other, attempting to snap up more land and consolidate it. As such, the scramble kept going at a fevered pitch until the outbreak of World War I.When they entered the negotiations in Berlin in 1884, the French we ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Daniel Houle. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/218124/bk_acx0_218124_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Devil We Know: Dealing with the New Iranian Superpower , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 586min
    Over the past 30 years, while the United States has turned either a blind or dismissive eye, Iran has emerged as a nation every bit as capable of altering America's destiny as traditional superpowers Russia and China. Indeed, one of this audiobook's central arguments is that, in some ways, Iran's grip on America's future is even tighter.  As ex-CIA operative Robert Baer masterfully shows, Iran has maneuvered itself into the elite superpower ranks by exploiting America's false perceptions of what Iran is - by letting us believe it is a country run by scowling religious fanatics, too preoccupied with theocratic jostling and terrorist agendas to strengthen its political and economic foundations.The reality is much more frightening - and yet contained in the potential catastrophe is an implicit political response that, if we're bold enough to adopt it, could avert disaster.Baer's on-the-ground sleuthing and interviews with key Middle East players - everyone from an Iranian ayatollah to the king of Bahrain to the head of Israel's internal security - paint a picture of the centuries-old Shia nation that is starkly the opposite of the one normally drawn. For example, Iran's hate-spouting President Ahmadinejad is by no means the true spokesman for Iranian foreign policy, nor is Iran making it the highest priority to become a nuclear player. Even so, Baer has discovered that Iran is currently engaged in a soft takeover of the Middle East, that the proxy method of war-making and co-option it perfected with Hezbollah in Lebanon is being exported throughout the region, that Iran now controls a significant portion of Iraq, that it is extending its influence over Jordan and Egypt, that the Arab Emirates and other Gulf States are being pulled into its sphere, and that it will shortly have a firm hold on the world's oil spigot.By mixing anecdotes with information gleaned from clandestine sources, Baer superbly demonstrates that Iran, far from b ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ted Barker. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/001545/bk_rand_001545_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Fairy-Tellers
    'His cornucopia of tellers and tales is a delight, a riveting celebration of a genre that revels in its own hybridity and the imaginative riches produced by the crossing of cultural and literary borders' Financial Times'Like a child after the Pied Piper I pursued Jubber into a world both human and full of magic. A carnival of a book, rigorously researched and jostling with life' Amy Jeffs, author of Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain'Magical tales about magical tales and tellers. Jubber, congenially and fascinatingly, explores the land from which the great fairy stories seeped, making the stories more resonant, powerful and important than ever' Charles Foster, author of Being a Human and Being a BeastThe surprising origins and people behind the world's most influential magical tales: the people who told and re-shaped them, the landscapes that forged them, and the cultures that formed them and were in turn formed by them.Who were the Fairy Tellers?In this far-ranging quest, award-winning author Nicholas Jubber unearths the lives of the dreamers who made our most beloved fairy tales: inventors, thieves, rebels and forgotten geniuses who gave us classic tales such as 'Cinderella', 'Hansel and Gretel', 'Beauty and the Beast' and 'Baba Yaga'.From the Middle Ages to the birth of modern children's literature, they include a German apothecary's daughter, a Syrian youth running away from a career in the souk and a Russian dissident embroiled in a plot to kill the tsar.Following these and other unlikely protagonists, we travel from the steaming cities of Italy and the Levant, under the dark branches of the Black Forest, deep into the tundra of Siberia and across the snowy fells of Lapland. In the process, we discover a fresh perspective on some of our most frequently told stories. Filled with adventure, tragedy and real-world magic, this bewitching book uncovers the stranger lives behind the strangest of tales.
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    Where Dragons Lie: A Novella , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 160min
    In the spirit of the Forgotten Realms and the Dragonlance Chronicles, a novella....Where Dragons Lie is the first in the continuing saga of stories chronicling events in the history of the world of Calasia. Where Dragons Lie is not Calasia’s first story; however, it will serve as a starting point in depicting a series of events that move a world and its inhabitants to the brink of total destruction.The Age of Kingdoms draws to a close as the southern races of Calasia extend their reach into the regions of Free Callibri, announcing the dawn of the Age of Fire. Follow the Chronicles of Calasia, beginning with Where Dragons Lie, a tale of tragedy and triumph, and the birth of a lifelong journey of personal definition for the Hollow Man on his quest to uncover the elusive secrets of his nightmares filled with the suffering of dragons and lost memories that may lead him down a path of no return. He discovers parts of himself beyond his control, as time moves at an increasingly slower pace the closer he gets to living out his dreams of terror. All in the making of a man and the shaping of the world of Calasia.A world of magic and mightExplore the continuing Chronicles of Calasia. Ride with the Knights of Almaria, and follow the elves of Rothgar and the dwarves of the Gunnerdon Mountains. Fly with dragons. Soar through the skies of Calasia; experience a world rich in history and diversity. Witness the rise of wizards and their dark counterparts jostling for control over the looming threat of an unstoppable calamity. Try to understand the malevolence of an alien entity that steers two worlds into darkness.Dragons and knightsDragons have existed for so long that there is no memory of when they came to be. Dragons ruled this world for millions of years, taking from the land only what they needed to survive. They made their homes in the highest crags ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Richard R. Morrison. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/228005/bk_acx0_228005_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    What to Expect When No One's Expecting: America's Coming Demographic Disaster , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 390min
    Look around you and think for a minute: Is America too crowded? For years, we have been warned about the looming danger of overpopulation: people jostling for space on a planet that's busting at the seams and running out of oil and food and land and everything else. It's all bunk. The population bomb never exploded. Instead, statistics from around the world make clear that since the 1970s, we've been facing exactly the opposite problem: people are having too few babies. Population growth has been slowing for two generations. The world's population will peak, and then begin shrinking, within the next fifty years. In some countries, it's already started. Japan, for instance, will be half its current size by the end of the century. In Italy, there are already more deaths than births every year. China's One-Child Policy has left that country without enough women to marry its men, not enough young people to support the country's elderly, and an impending population contraction that has the ruling class terrified. And all of this is coming to America, too. In fact, it's already here. Middle-class Americans have their own, informal one-child policy these days. And an alarming number of upscale professionals don't even go that far - they have dogs, not kids. In fact, if it weren't for the wave of immigration we experienced over the last thirty years, the United States would be on the verge of shrinking, too. What happened? Everything about modern life, from Bugaboo strollers to insane college tuition to government regulations, has pushed Americans in a single direction, making it harder to have children. And making the people who do still want to have children feel like second-class citizens. What to Expect When No One's Expecting explains why the population implosion happened and how it is remaking culture, the economy, and politics both at home and around the world. Because if America wants to continue to lead the world, w ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jonathan V. Last. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/009216/bk_acx0_009216_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Practice-based Learning in Higher Education
    Practice-based Learning in Higher Education - Jostling Cultures. Auflage 2015: ab 117.49 €
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    Practice-based Learning in Higher Education
    Practice-based Learning in Higher Education - Jostling Cultures: ab 96.49 €
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    Jostle It!#*
    Von Robinson & His Own Universe (VR&HOU) truly has created a universe of it's own with a refreshing sense of contagious optimism inherent in the work. Robinson has pegged a sound that has more Beatles, Elvis Costello, & Elliott Smith sensibility than one should dare to shake a stick at, and whooped it into a Elephant 6 Collective modernity. Von writes big, melodic, driving pop-tastic tunes, infused with intelligent and darkly-humorous lyrics. Influenced by his fellow Hoosier, Kurt Vonnegut. Jr., Von's songs resonate respect for the softer qualities of individuals and offer resistance to man-made establishments that distort and devalue those qualities. More accessible than your typical protest songwriter, Von uses pop to connect, jostling the populous with pop. Von began writing music in the 80's. After design school, he had a successful career as an industrial designer, but 21st century world affairs got him writing, again. His new songs drew the attention of several Brooklyn producers, leading to the Jostle It!#¢ sessions and the formation of His Own Universe, a highly talented group of recent jazz school grads. Given the political climate and eagerness of the public to discover the subversive next big thing, Jostle It!#¢ is a much-needed breath of optimism for a vast audience. REVIEWS of Jostle It!#¢ "Von Robinson is best described as a musical force of nature with a mission. 'Satellites and Totem Poles' is not just a great melodic slice of genius, but a scathing political commentary as well... Just think, this is his first EP - I am just drooling in anticipation of a full length album. He is a really accessible artist and I hope you buy his album and encourage him to make more great music!" Powerpopaholic 'On their debut EP, Von Robinson & His Own Universe have crafted a political outcry album like no other in that it's total sugar pop, a la Elvis Costello. The arrangements and vocals are sunny and pleasant and the songs are weighty, but don't press down on you with urgency. For an album that contains lyrics like "The leaders went to rape the planet" and "If you see love as a non-renewable resource/You'll understand greed", it's amazing how POPPY this record is. It almost fools you, it really does. No doubt, though, that this is socially conscious material. It isn't all press hype. Von Robinson has something to say... There's a message here and a brilliant packaging made perfect for singing along to. It's not propaganda, but it's also propaganda at it's best.' Mitch Michaels, 411mania 'It sounds like pop. It reads like poetry. This is such heavy social commentary delivered with a surprisingly subtle hand. This is a smart recording. It is worth understanding the message of the artist.' Neo-zine 'These sleek, harmonious pop rockers bridge the gap (very neatly I must say), between 80's New Wave and current pop punk bands like Bowling for Soup, or The Raconteurs.' Pop Vulture.
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