168 Results for : skyrocketing
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Clump: An American Splatire , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 680min
Clump is a man with no known name, no known past and, most importantly, no head. The huge, heavily muscled giant lacks any awareness of the world around him but miraculously becomes the most popular entertainer in America. Clump's medical and media handlers must manage his skyrocketing career as a music video star and create a wholesome, family-friendly public image...while concealing the inconvenient fact that the headless man is homicidally dangerous when touched. A so-called "splatire" owing to the mix of razor-sharp comedy and graphic violence, Clump's satiric targets include the entertainment industry, medicine, journalism, corporate greed and ineptitude, politics, and a morally vacuous culture that increasingly and enthusiastically embraces the brainless. Stylistically, Clump is like a head-on collision between Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., and Chuck Palahniuk. It is not for the faint-hearted, the thin-skinned, or the unadventurous, but is an all-you-can stomach buffet for those who like their comedy dark and their social commentary barbed. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jack de Golia. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/047704/bk_acx0_047704_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Well Now!: Today's Comprehensive Health & Wellness Guide , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 329min
It has never been more confusing for Americans to navigate their health care. Juggling the complexities of insurance, coordination of care and treatments from various providers and specialists, and skyrocketing medical costs leave most of us confused and frustrated.In this audiobook, Dominic Gaziano, director of the Body and Mind Medical Center in Chicago, offers practical strategies to keep yourself healthy and, when necessary, engage effectively and efficiently with the health-care providers and systems you need - getting more out of your appointments and visits, better treatment, and even lower medical bills. You’ll learn how to practice self-health, research your symptoms online, find appropriate holistic and over-the-counter remedies, find the right doctor, communicate your symptoms to professionals, decide which type of care you need, budget your health needs, find the right insurance, and so much more.Well Now! is your essential guide to better health and more effective health care. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dominic Gaziano, MD. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/158669/bk_acx0_158669_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Fine Things, Hörbuch, Digital, 162min
Smart, likable, Bernie Fine was the wonder boy of Wolff's, New York's most glamorous department store. A senior VP moving up, he arrives in San Fransisco to open a West Coast store. His career is skyrocketing, but his life is lacking a center. When he looks into the wide, innocent eyes of five-year-old Jane O'Reilly, and then into the equally enchanting eyes of her mother, Liz, Bernie knows he has found what he has been looking for. Bernie thought he had found love to last a lifetime, but when Liz is stricken with cancer shortly after the birth of their first child, time becomes painfully short. Alone with two children, Bernie must face the loss and learn how to move on. New people, new experiences, a new life alone with two kids. He meets it with courage and humor, and learns some of life's hard but precious lessons as he does. Language: English. Narrator: Richard Thomas. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/003151/bk_rand_003151_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Dear Emily , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 747min
Chin up, Emily Thorn faces the pain and heartache of love lost and years wasted. At 40, all she has to show for 20 years of marriage is a Federal Express letter from her husband that begins "Dear Emily" - and ends their life together. She had put her own life on hold to pay Ian's way through medical school. She believed him when he told her that one day she'd have everything she ever wanted - children, an education, a career of her own. What she got was overweight, out of shape - and dumped. Emily needs to reclaim her life. Slimming down and starting up a chain of fitness centers, she is soon skyrocketing toward entrepreneurial success...and into relationships with two exciting new men. One is kind and compassionate, the other unpredictable and alarmingly sensual. Now, to keep her hard-won independence and balance it with a truly fulfilling love, all she has to do is choose the right one. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jeanine Bartel. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/reco/010038/bk_reco_010038_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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In Bed with Susie Bright 24: Motherhood & Sex, Hörbuch, Digital, 32min, (USK 18)
This week's Media Whore segment might be better named The Media Madonna and Whore segment as Susie and her two guests, authors Anne Semans and Cathy Winks, talk about the conflict between being a mom and (still) being great in bed. Semans and Wink are the authors of The Mother's Guide to Sex. In this interview, they cover everything from how your body and sex changes during pregnancy to finding time for sex and talking to your kids about sex. Also, in this week's Front Page, Susie offers some advice for Southern Baptist Congregations searching for answers to skyrocketing divorce rates among their young couples And in her Try This at Home mailbag, Susie answers a man who wonders if his attraction to cartoon women is unusual. Don't forget - you can ask Susie your confidential questions about sex and sexuality by sending mail to susie@audible.com. For Adults Only: Explicit language. Must be 18 years of age to purchase. Language: English. Narrator: Susie Bright. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/pf/suzy/010529/pf_suzy_010529_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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DareDreamers: A Start-up of Superheroes , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 497min
India’s first start-up of superheroes with a mission of saving lives is here to kick ass. Rasiq is riding the highs of life thanks to his successes as an investment banker. But his arrogance soon gets the better of him, and he ends up losing everything he holds dear. Managing to salvage only his grit from the wreckage, Rasiq reboots his life and teams up with five uniquely talented superheroes to start a rescue venture - DareDreamers. These superheroes - Nick: a crazy inventor; Halka: an inhumanly strong man; Arjun: a champion shooter; Natasha: a Bollywood stunt double; Dr Vyom, a medical Sherlock Holmes; and, of course, Rasiq: the mastermind - combine their unique talents to deliver spectacular rescue operations. Their skyrocketing success, however, comes at a price - an enemy hell-bent on tearing down their fame and reputation. Will DareDreamers defeat its wily adversary? Or will it become yet another failed start-up? Treachery, action and adventure come alive to make DareDreamers a pause resister. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tavish Bhattacharyya. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/052561/bk_adbl_052561_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Exercised
'Endlessly fascinating and full of surprises. Easily one of my books of the year' BILL BRYSON The myth-busting science behind our modern attitudes to exercise: what our bodies really need, why it matters, and its effects on health and wellbeing. In industrialized nations, our sedentary lifestyles have contributed to skyrocketing rates of obesity and diseases like diabetes. A key remedy, we are told, is exercise - voluntary physical activity for the sake of health. However, most of us struggle to stay fit, and our attitudes to exercise are plagued by misconceptions, finger-pointing and anxiety. But, as Daniel Lieberman shows in Exercised, the first book of its kind by a leading scientific expert, we never evolved to exercise. We are hardwired for moderate exertion throughout each day, not triathlons or treadmills. Drawing on over a decade of high-level scientific research and eye-opening insights from evolutionary biology and anthropology, Lieberman explains precisely how exercise can promote health; debunks persistent myths about sitting, speed, strength and endurance; and points the way towards more enjoyable and physically active living in the modern world. 'Myth-busting, illuminating, brilliant - Lieberman will completely change the way you think about your body' Professor ALICE ROBERTS, presenter of Our Incredible Human Journey- Shop: buecher
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Banking on Growth Models (eBook, ePUB)
Banking on Growth Models contends that China's rapid economic rise from the late 1970s to today has been built on and shaped by a highly politicized and inefficient bank-centric financial system. Stephen Bell and Hui Feng argue that if the Chinese growth model drives how key economic sectors interact, no amount of incremental reform can have much impact on the financial system-meaningful reform can stem only from a revised growth model.For a time after the global financial crisis, it appeared that the expansion of a more market-oriented shadow banking system might help sustain China's economic growth. Since around 2015, however, Xi Jinping's regime has reversed this trajectory and placed China's financial system under heavy state control, resulting in slowed economic development and skyrocketing national debt. China's market transition and economic rebalancing are now in doubt, as is the fate of the nation's economy. By pinpointing finance as a vital element of the growth model, Bell and Feng provide a convincing assessment of financial risks and the prospects for economic rebalancing in China.Banking on Growth Models demystifies the world of Chinese banking and finance as it investigates an ever-rising national debt, a declining rate of economic growth, and the possibility of dire and drastic reform by the Asian superpower's government.- Shop: buecher
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Banking on Growth Models (eBook, PDF)
Banking on Growth Models contends that China's rapid economic rise from the late 1970s to today has been built on and shaped by a highly politicized and inefficient bank-centric financial system. Stephen Bell and Hui Feng argue that if the Chinese growth model drives how key economic sectors interact, no amount of incremental reform can have much impact on the financial system-meaningful reform can stem only from a revised growth model.For a time after the global financial crisis, it appeared that the expansion of a more market-oriented shadow banking system might help sustain China's economic growth. Since around 2015, however, Xi Jinping's regime has reversed this trajectory and placed China's financial system under heavy state control, resulting in slowed economic development and skyrocketing national debt. China's market transition and economic rebalancing are now in doubt, as is the fate of the nation's economy. By pinpointing finance as a vital element of the growth model, Bell and Feng provide a convincing assessment of financial risks and the prospects for economic rebalancing in China.Banking on Growth Models demystifies the world of Chinese banking and finance as it investigates an ever-rising national debt, a declining rate of economic growth, and the possibility of dire and drastic reform by the Asian superpower's government.- Shop: buecher
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A Toxic Brain (eBook, ePUB)
'A Toxic Brain' provides more than hope with science-based proven protocols and lifestyle interventions to prevent and reverse cognitive decline. Upon witnessing her husband's sudden onset of mysterious symptoms, and without conventional medical tests revealing any definitive issues, Strauss embarked upon a quest for answers of vital relevance for 21st century health. Millions are suffering with debilitating maladies, undergoing a series of tests, yet often without revealing what's causing their misery. Without detecting underlying causes, this is putting health destinies at risk. Written in collaboration with Dan Watts, MD, 'A Toxic Brain' alerts readers of the connections between root causes to dementias, autoimmune disorders, and other chronic inflammatory conditions. As an endurance run of body, mind, and heart, Strauss also shares other matters related to dementing illnesses-relationship shifts, family dynamics, legal and financial concerns, along with valuable strategies for navigating similar situations. Through their 12-year journey as healthcare consumers, she gained insights into the paradigm of care needed today for treating skyrocketing 21st century health issues. Precision evaluations combined with effective treatments are transforming health destinies including those with conditions once believed to be irreversible. This is a must-read in today's toxic times because answers do exist!- Shop: buecher
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