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    Kartography , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 807min
    What is the moment, that exact moment when everything changes and the friends you have been become the lovers you might be? Soulmates from birth Karim and Raheen finish each other's sentences, speak in anagrams, and lie spine to spine as children. They are irrevocably bound to each other and to Karachi, Pakistan. It beats in their hearts - violent, polluted, corrupt, vibrant, brave, and ultimately, home. However, Raheen is fiercely loyal and naively blinkered and she resents Karim's need to map their city, his need to name its streets and to expand the privileged world they know. When Karim is forced to leave for London their differences of opinion become a painful quarrel. As the years go by they let a barrier of silence build between them until, finally, they are brought together during a dry summer of strikes and ethnic violence and their relationship is poised between strained friendship and fated love. Impassioned and touching, Kartography is a love song to Karachi. In this extraordinary novel, Kamila Shamsie shows us that whatever happens in the world, we must never forget the complicated war in our own hearts. Kamila Shamsie was born in 1973 in Pakistan. She is the author of five novels: In the City by the Sea, Kartography (both shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize), Salt and Saffron, Broken Verses and Burnt Shadows (shortlisted for the 2009 Orange Prize). In 1999 she received the Prime Minister's Award for Literature and in 2004 the Patras Bokhari Award - both awarded by the Pakistan Academy of Letters. Kamila Shamsie lives in London. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tania Rodrigues. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/016849/bk_adbl_016849_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Damned Lies and Statistics: Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 315min
    Does the number of children gunned down double each year? Does anorexia kill 150,000 young women annually? Do white males account for only a sixth of new workers? Startling statistics shape our thinking about social issues. But all too often, these numbers are wrong. This book is a lively guide to spotting bad statistics and learning to think critically about these influential numbers. Damned Lies and Statistics is essential listening for everyone who reads or listens to the news, for students, and for anyone who relies on statistical information to understand social problems. Joel Best bases his discussion on a wide assortment of intriguing contemporary issues that have garnered much recent media attention, including abortion, cyberporn, homelessness, the Million Man March, teen suicide, the U.S. census, and much more. Using examples from The New York Times, the Washington Post, and other major newspapers and television programs, he unravels many fascinating examples of the use, misuse, and abuse of statistical information. In this book Best shows us exactly how and why bad statistics emerge, spread, and come to shape policy debates. He recommends specific ways to detect bad statistics, and shows how to think more critically about "stat wars," or disputes over social statistics among various experts. Understanding this book does not require sophisticated mathematical knowledge; Best discusses the most basic and most easily understood forms of statistics, such as percentages, averages, and rates. This accessible book provides an alternative to either naively accepting the statistics we hear or cynically assuming that all numbers are meaningless. It shows how anyone can become a more intelligent, critical, and empowered consumer of the statistics that inundate both the social sciences and our media-saturated lives. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Patrick Lawlor. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/004957/bk_adbl_004957_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Truth or Dare Menage , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 47min, (USK 18)
    Three huge men salivate at the sight of the busty blonde, ready to ravish the tender and fertile willing woman! Sexy young Chloe dons her tightest, sluttiest outfit and hits the nightclub with her entourage. The busty young blonde is dressed to kill, showcasing her breathtaking body in her tight dress and the full depth of her cleavage. Chloe is no stranger to male attention, and tonight, she is the life and soul of the party. The trio of girls are approached by three men intent on seducing and eventually bedding the women, but as usual, all attention is focused on the seductive and sultry blonde. An impromptu game of truth or dare turns highly sexual very quickly and the innuendos and sexual dares start coming thick and fast. Having dodged two dares, Chloe is forced to surrender her options and take the dare on her third round. The blonde naively expects her imposed dare to be an innocent and simple sexual task, but is caught off guard when she is faced with the challenge of submitting her body to the three men in the middle of the crowded nightclub. An energy awakens inside of Chloe as she feels her innermost fantasy start to become alive, as she salivates at the thought of surrendering her tender, young fertile body to three rugged men in full view of the public. This short story contains explicit sexuality and adult situations including a submissive younger woman with many older men in a steamy hot ménage and should be purchased and heard by adults only. The content may be considered objectionable, so please listen at your own discretion. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: April Simensen. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/111454/bk_acx0_111454_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking: A Memoir of Food and Longing , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 757min
    A James Beard Award-winning writer captures life under the Red socialist banner in this wildly inventive, tragicomic memoir of feasts, famines, and three generations With startling beauty and sardonic wit, Anya von Bremzen tells an intimate yet epic story of life in that vanished empire known as the USSR - a place where every edible morsel was packed with emotional and political meaning. Born in 1963, in an era of bread shortages, Anya grew up in a communal Moscow apartment where 18 families shared one kitchen. She sang odes to Lenin, black-marketeered Juicy Fruit gum at school, watched her father brew moonshine, and, like most Soviet citizens, longed for a taste of the mythical West. It was a life by turns absurd, drab, naively joyous, melancholy - and ultimately intolerable to her anti-Soviet mother, Larisa. When Anya was 10, she and Larisa fled the political repression of Brezhnev-era Russia, arriving in Philadelphia with no winter coats and no right of return. Now Anya occupies two parallel food universes: one where she writes about four-star restaurants, the other where a taste of humble kolbasa transports her back to her scarlet-blazed socialist past. To bring that past to life, in its full flavor, both bitter and sweet, Anya and Larisa, embark on a journey unlike any other: they decide to eat and cook their way through every decade of the Soviet experience - turning Larisa’s kitchen into a "time machine and an incubator of memories". Together, mother and daughter re-create meals both modest and sumptuous, featuring a decadent fish pie from the pages of Chekhov, chanakhi (Stalin’s favorite Georgian stew), blini, and more. Through these meals, Anya tells the gripping story of three Soviet generations - masterfully capturing the strange mix of idealism, cynicism, longing, and terror that defined Soviet life. The stories unfold against the vast panorama of Soviet history: Lenin’s bloody grain requisitioning, ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kathleen Gati. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/003631/bk_rand_003631_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Travel Tales Monthly: No. 7 Jan 2015 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 208min
    The January issue samples safety and security of the woman solo traveler (as well as women traveling together in pairs or very small groups) - the quest to achieve safe and secure, relatively comfortable, unencumbered, and unimpeded travel throughout the world. Unfortunately, travel today for anyone, and particularly for women, has increasing challenges, what with growing terror threats, the imposition of severe and strict cultural and religious restrictions of women's rights and freedoms, as well as the apparent decreasing tolerance for cultural and religious differences and diversity across certain borders around the world. Introduction to "Travel Tales of Women Alone: Hassles & Assaults" Part 1: "Travel Tales of Women Alone: Hassles & Assaults" is divided into two parts simply because there is so much material. Part 1 appears here in the current Travel Tales Monthly No. 7 Jan 2015 issue and serves as a general introduction to this subject matter. Part 2: The unabridged and expanded forthcoming "Travel Tales of Women Alone: Hassles & Assaults", part of the Travel Psychologist Travel Tales Series, is a larger volume and includes both Parts 1 and 2. Women traveling alone and surviving the many hassles and occasional assaults is challenging in the least. For women, alone travel mostly is exciting and relatively safe. But for many women traveling in some countries, particularly in North Africa and the Middle East, can often be traumatic and downright dangerous. I have tales of women constantly doing battle with those who would bother and hassle them. And some women, sad to say, have simply disappeared from the marketplace, never to be seen again. To be a woman and to travel alone in such forbidding places is simply not for the faint of heart. Unfortunately, many young women simply do not "get it", in that they are rather naively unaware and must be exceedingly careful. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gary Roelofs. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/031148/bk_acx0_031148_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Andean Rebel: Three Days in a Life , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 696min
    Are you a hero? Would you risk your life for freedom? When American pilot Anthony Wyatt naively aids a fierce Colombian rebel group, he is haunted by these questions. Andean Rebel explores the themes of love, death, and heroism in a beautiful and aching way that you won't want to miss. In this breathtaking adventure, Wyatt, a rugged, wily fighter, falls for the beautiful Sofia, a rebel. Sofia is the fiery and passionate daughter of the local doctor who is sympathetic to the rebel's cause. To survive, Wyatt must choose either to save the captivating Sofia or to betray his mentor and the charismatic guerrilla leader. In this first novel, described as "For Whom the Bell Tolls meets Fast and Furious", highly acclaimed author Gregory Solsrud plunges his listeners into a high-adrenaline adventure, challenging currently-held beliefs about a still-raging conflict. Solsrud unveils secrets from his first-hand experience into a jarring glimpse of a reality in foreign lands. This intricate, high-action story tells the often untold struggle of a rebel's fight for freedom to live without corruption, to live in peace and to live with hope for a better life. Told through the eyes of four unforgettable characters, the revered and idealistic leader called El Jefe leads a small army of tough rebels along the beautiful high Andean ridges near Columbia's Central Coast. Tito, another savvy rebel leader, joins El Jefe and his band of seasoned fighters along with the wily, megalomaniac Mono to try and defeat government forces. The pilot, Anthony, adds his expertise to battle against a vengeful army colonel who is determined to win, whatever the cost. Anthony's nascent love for the sensual and intelligent Sofia fuels both a greater determination for success, as well as a conflict of priorities. All of his senses are challenged to operate in their highest gear. Will she help him or won't she? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gregory Solsrud. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/073146/bk_acx0_073146_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Warsaw Uprising of 1944: The History of the Polish Resistance's Failed Attempt to Liberate Poland's Capital from Nazi Germany , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 121min
    After a brief revival following World War I, during which it successfully defeated a Soviet attempt to invade in an effort to carry "international revolution" into Germany and Central Europe, Poland once again fell victim to its neighbors in 1939. Adolf Hitler's Third Reich and Josef Stalin's USSR collaborated in the conquest and then split Poland between them. The Germans instituted oppressive rule in their portion of Poland, executing some 7,000 people on political grounds and imprisoning thousands of others. One and a half million Poles became forced laborers in Germany, and though seldom noted, the Soviets applied equally brutal methods in their sector, executing 22,000 Polish officers at the Katyn Forest Massacre. NKVD death squads murdered 40,000 civilians and deported 1.4 million people to Siberia and other remote areas, from which a sizable percentage never returned alive. As the Soviets began to push the Germans back west, the Red Army plunged headlong into Poland in late June 1944, on the heels of German Army Group Center's retreating forces. The British urged the AK to cooperate with the Soviets, but the Russians wanted Poland and treated the Resistance as enemy partisans. The NKVD arrested AK members by the thousands, executing their leaders out of hand. By late July the Polish government in exile thought it was time to order the AK to lead an uprising in Warsaw. The sight of German units retreating and Soviet tanks seen on July 31 very close to the city prompted the order to openly retake Poland's capital for the nation. Unfortunately it was a decision also predicated on a naively optimistic faith in Anglo-American support. As a result the Poles fought bravely but futilely in August and September against the Nazis, and the Nazis, as they so often did, mercilessly destroyed the city causing the trouble. Heinrich Himmler, the head of the notorious SS, told his men, "The city must completely disappear from the surface ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David Hubbard. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/072270/bk_acx0_072270_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    To the Stars , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 221min
    To the Stars is set in an uncertain, strife-torn future when the first starships of man are traveling across the galaxy, but not without extracting a terrible price from their crews. The novel's thought-provoking opening line, "Space is deep, Man is small and Time is his relentless enemy," powerfully captures the challenges facing the brave men and women of these vessels, people who must give up their former lives to explore space as entire generations and whole societies come and go on Earth, while those aboard remain essentially untouched by the passage of time in a vessel traveling at nearly the speed of light. This immersing, remarkably ruthless drama begins when Alan Corday, a naively unseasoned but brilliant young engineer, is shanghaied from the spaceport at New Chicago and taken aboard the "Hound of Heaven", bound for the stars. Commanded by a distantly mysterious but charismatic leader by the name of Captain Jocelyn, the "Hound" traverses the galaxy in an effort to keep a lifeline between Earth and the first colonies in other star systems. But in the time span of a few crossings, conditions on Earth grow gradually worse and more dangerous, while those aboard are increasingly treated as outcasts and a threat to the powers that control the planet. Against his will, Corday is mercilessly driven by Jocelyn to use his untested intellect and abilities to serve the ship and the beleaguered space colonies. But as events unfold among the turbulent reaches of the galaxy, and during the perilous returns to Earth, Corday discovers a startling truth about his destiny that will give a whole new meaning to man's place in the stars. Features music composed and performed by Chick Corea from the album To the Stars. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cathy Schenkelberg, Jim Meskimen, R.F. Daley, Full Cast. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/gala/000002/bk_gala_000002_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Travel Tales Women Alone!: The #MeToo of Travel: True Travel Tales, Volume 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 762min
    This seriesThese are the true travel tales of solo women travelers being sexually harassed and assaulted in their travels around the world and what some of them were able to do about it! They are shouting “Me Too!” to you!I've interviewed nearly 2,000 world travelers. I've weaved the best of their 10,000 travel tales into a psychology of travel as revealed by these very telling stories. These courageous travelers have shared their most personal travel experiences, some good and wonderful and others horrific and life-threatening, which I, in turn, share with you now through my True Travel Tales series.This bookIt deals with safety and security of the woman solo traveler. Unfortunately, travel today finds us in a world of growing terror threats, the imposition of severe and strict cultural and religious restrictions on women's rights and freedoms, as well as decreasing tolerance for cultural and religious differences and diversity around the world.For women traveling alone, having to deal with hassles and assaults is daunting in the least. For women alone, travel mostly is exciting and relatively safe, but for many women, traveling in some countries, particularly in North Africa and the Middle East, can often be traumatic and downright dangerous.I have tales of women constantly being bothered and harassed. And, sad to say, some women have even disappeared, never to be seen again. To be a woman and to travel alone in such forbidding places is not for the faint of heart. Many young women are naively unaware and must be exceedingly careful in their interactions with men overseas. Just because men are well-dressed and speak your language does not necessarily mean that they can be trusted. Every woman traveling abroad needs to know about and prepare herself for dealing with such things. Again, while travel is mostly safe, it can also be foreboding and downright dangerous at times and one must be prudent.If I ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gary Roelofs, Rose Dupouy. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/149970/bk_acx0_149970_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Deadly Roots: The Subtle Destructive Power of Bitterness , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 114min
    Bitterness is the internalization and personalization of a real or perceived injustice with a persistent and intense rumination about the injustice or the agent of the injustice, resulting in more damage caused by the bitterness than could ever be caused by the injustice. You may have suffered some horrible abuse and feel your bitterness has merit. Physical, sexual, or emotional abuse is never justified. Civil society needs strong laws with harsh penalties for abusers. If you have suffered abuse, you do not have to live the rest of your life defined by the pain of the abuse. Abuse is a legless, hungry tiger growling on the other side of the room. Bitterness gives the tiger legs and claws, so now it can tear you to shreds. Do not allow your bitterness to provide a destructive power to abuse.  When I first began this journey to write about bitterness, I naively thought it would be a simple task. Bitter people are victims, victims of their own making, imprisoned by their own hands. Working as a family physician for four decades, I have seen lives destroyed by many agents. I have witnessed cancer taking the life of the young, heart disease kill people in their prime, and addiction rob the lives of many. Of all these agents of destruction, none compare to the devastating impact of bitterness.  Bitterness will turn the wise into fools, the wealthy into beggars, and the delightful into the disgusting. Bitterness will steal your wealth, your health, and at times, your life. I thought it would be a simple matter of just stating the evils of bitterness, sound a loud warning, and I could then move on to another topic. My simplistic view may be of help to someone who is not bitter, but it has no value to those who are already bitter. Bitterness tosses away reason and makes the bitter person both blind and deaf.  If it is possible to help someone caught in bitterness, we must look behind the scenes and address the causes of bitterness. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Richard Hindmarsh. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/203927/bk_acx0_203927_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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