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    Fooling Houdini: Magicians, Mentalists, Math Geeks, and the Hidden Powers of the Mind , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 554min
    When Alex Stone was five years old, his father bought him a magic kit - a gift that would spark a lifelong love. Years later, while living in New York City, he discovered a vibrant underground magic scene exploding with creativity and innovation and populated by a fascinating cast of characters: from his gruff mentor, who holds court in the back of a rundown pizza shop, to one of the world's greatest card cheats, who also happens to be blind. Captivated, he plunged headlong into this mysterious world, eventually competing at the Magic Olympics and training with great magicians around the globe to perfect his craft. From the back rooms of New York City's century-old magic societies to cutting-edge psychology labs; Three-Card Monte on Canal Street to glossy Las Vegas casinos; Fooling Houdini recounts Stone's quest to join the ranks of master magicians. As he navigates this quirky and occasionally hilarious subculture, Stone pulls back the curtain on a community shrouded in secrecy, fueled by obsession and brilliance, and organized around a single overriding need: to prove one's worth by deceiving others. But his journey is more than a tale of tricks, gigs, and geeks. In trying to understand how expert magicians manipulate our minds to create their astonishing illusions, Stone uncovers a wealth of insight into human nature and the nature of perception. Every turn leads to questions about how the mind perceives the world and processes everyday experiences. By investigating some of the lesser-known corners of psychology, neuroscience, physics, history, and even crime, all through the lens of trickery and illusion, Fooling Houdini arrives at a host of startling revelations about how the mind works and why, sometimes, it doesn't. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Alex Stone. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/010696/bk_adbl_010696_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    A Higher Education: A Modern Retelling of Pride & Prejudice , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 896min
    It is a truth universally acknowledged that first impressions are a bitch.In a sea of college freshmen, Elizabeth Bennet feels more like a den mother than a returning student. She’d rather be playing Exploding Kittens than dodge-the-gropers at a frat party, but no way was she letting her innocent, doe-eyed roommate go alone.Everything about Meryton College screams old money - something she and Jane definitely are not - but Elizabeth resolves to enjoy herself. That resolve is tested...and so is her temper when she meets Will Darcy, a pompous blowhole with no sense of fun and his relentlessly charming wingman, Charlie.Back at school after prolonged break, Will Darcy is far too old and weary for coeds. Yet, even he can see why Charlie spontaneously decides the captivating Jane is “the one”. What throws Will is his own reaction to Jane’s roommate.Elizabeth’s moonlight skin and shining laugh hit him like a sucker punch. And he doesn’t like it. Elizabeth Bennet is dangerous, not only because she has a gift for making him make an ass of himself but because she and her razor-sharp wit could too easily throw his life off course, and he can’t afford for that to happen again.Yet, he also can’t seem to stay away.Warning: This audiobook contains explicit language, very adult scenarios, and references to past sexual assault and drug abuse. A buttoned-down hero with a mile-wide guardian streak, a brash heroine with a nine-mile-wide streak of feminism, a little prejudice, a little more heat, a lot of pride, and a whole lot more love. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Fran Donato. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/172687/bk_acx0_172687_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    To the Best of Our Knowledge: Channeling Creativity, Hörbuch, Digital, 52min
    In this hour, celebrated cartoonist and novelist Lynda Barry talks with Steve Paulson about her latest book. Part memoir, part comic and part activity book, What It is reflects Barry's belief that everyone is an artist and has stories to tell. Next, James Othmer was the creative director of advertising behemoth Young & Rubicam. He tells tales of that life in his book, Adland. Othmer tells Jim Fleming about the ad he created using veterans on the fiftieth anniversary of the D-Day invasion, and we hear it.Then, it was the best of times for Pattie Boyd. Her modeling career was booming and the sixties were exploding on the London scene. One day she got a call - she'd been cast in a Beatles film. The rest is history: she married George Harrison. Eric Clapton courted her while she was still married to Harrison, and both of them wrote songs for her. We meet the woman who inspired three of the most famous rock songs of all time, from George Harrison's "Something" to Eric Clapton's "Layla." She's just published her story, called Wonderful Tonight and tells Steve Paulson about it.After that, James Lovelock created the Gaia Theory. His latest book is The Vanishing Face of Gaia: A Final Warning. Lovelock tells Steve Paulson that our planet is a self-regulating system that will carry on without people and that it is too late to reverse global warming. Humanity will just have to live with the consequences, if it can. And finally, Geoffrey Colvin is the author of Talent is Overrated and Fortune Magazine's Senior Editor at large. He talks with Anne Strainchamps about genius and says great performance is within the grasp of anyone who's willing to put in the right kind of practice. [Broadcast Date: September 24, 2010] Language: English. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/tbon/100924/rt_tbon_100924_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Healthcare Heretic: Leadership for Disruptive Change , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 300min
    The Healthcare Heretic is both a call for disruptive change to a system that is clearly broken and a rallying cry to potential leaders of the economy of the future. It challenges the obsolete mind-set of the Industrial Age - decayed notions that have lulled corporations and the people who work for them into the illusion that doing things the “old way” is safe and that change is a danger to all.By exposing the myths, fears, and distorted belief systems that have caused people to sleepwalk through their life and work rather than live it courageously, Natalie Yeadon offers the listener - and the healthcare system - an opportunity to break free from the protectionist status quo and crippling establishment thinking that keeps us fettered to the past.Yeadon instead invites listeners to dare to assume a leadership role in the new, connected economy - one that promises congruency, authentic partnering, and more power in the hands of loyal “tribes”. New technologies and new partnerships promise to bring to the exploding medical field the commoditization of medical knowledge, empowered patients, and the catalyzing force needed to fuel a healthcare revolution.  About the author:Natalie Yeadon is an entrepreneur, a sought-after lecturer, and an inductee in the Top 100 Inspiring People in Pharma. Before entering the pharmaceutical industry, Yeadon spent four years as a radiation therapist treating cancer patients, which shaped her perspective on society’s big health issues. This life-and-death work also inspired the vision of her company Impetus Digital to catalyze authentic partnerships between healthcare stakeholders through online advisory boards and working groups. The Healthcare Heretic, her provocative first book, seeks to rattle healthcare leaders into evoking disruptive change.  ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Andre Schikolenko. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/224208/bk_acx0_224208_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Shadow Summit: One Man, His Diagnosis, and the Road to a Vibrant Life , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 454min
    In the shroud of darkness, the brilliance of an unknown path forward can shine through.Lose yourself listening to the inspired, witty, insightful, and remarkable story of how Jon Chandonnet flipped life’s script from a dark, lost hope spiral to a life of clarity, freedom, discovery, hope, resilience, ease, and fulfillment.Are you anxious and afraid thinking about the direction your life’s heading? Do you sometimes find yourself wishing you could go back and do things differently? Don’t. Stop. It’s still possible for you to change the tables. It’s not too late, even if all seems lost. You can choose a vibrant and whole life, even when it feels like life is working against you, or you’re just going through the motions.What if life could be easy? What if you could choose: HealthConnectionLovePurposePassionFulfillmentEaseYou can. But you have to have the courage to step onto an unknown path to allow your brilliance to shine. You have to stop living in the shadows of your life and rise to your personal summit. In Shadow Summit, you’ll listen to the story of a 27-year-old grad student at one of the most renowned universities in the world with a guaranteed seat at the table of the exploding dot-com revolution, who received a disease diagnosis with the likelihood of stopping him in his tracks.The story told in Shadow Summit led Jon to test the bounds of life’s limits in his quest to live his best life, despite a condition hell-bent on stopping him. It propelled him to unlock a life of clarity, freedom, discovery, hope, resilience, ease, and fulfillment - his best life. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jon Chandonnet. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/229604/bk_acx0_229604_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Stop Procrastinating & Overthinking: Learn the Mind Hacks to Cure Your Procrastination Habit and Improve Your Perseverance to Overcome Laziness. Eliminate Negative Thoughts and Stop Worrying , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 408min
    I tried everything else, but it’s still a never-ending battle....Everybody knows that procrastination is the biggest waste of time - I am talking about those moments when you imagine what you should do in your mind a dozen times, but that still stays in your head, and deep down, you already know that.You may have already tried a couple of daily routines to change your bad habits. Some cross out to-do lists to make sure that you get everything done during a day, but still, after a few “productive” days, your will power burns out, and you end up in the same place where you started - with an iPhone in your hands, scrolling down Facebook, texting friends, and watching YouTube videos during ”breaks". And I’ve been there as well.For these exact reasons I created a special two-book series that follows a completely new, proven-to-work, effortless productivity approach I discovered.Take a look at just a few things you’ll discover inside:Is it your habit or disorder? Find out why you really procrastinate and some proven tactics to slowly eliminate that.Three types of procrastination? Here are eight ways to destroy them all!How bad is your daily stress and anxiety? Let me teach you how you can relax at the end of the day without exploding head and home problems.This five-step "mindfulness meditation" formula will help you clear up your mind and calm down your body - check it out!And these are just a few of many key strategies that will give your days much more freedom and make you way happier and fulfilled.Don’t hesitate and take action now!Scroll up, click on “buy now”, and start listening! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Brian Woodward. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/230758/bk_acx0_230758_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Confessions of a D-List Supervillain , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 346min
    Exploding from the pages of Horror, Humor, and Heroes, Volume One - it’s the full length adventures of the one and only Mechani-Cal! So grab your battlesuit and prepare to get a little nasty. "Being a supervillain means never having to say you’re sorry - unless it’s to the judge or the parole board. Even then, you don’t really have to. It’s not like it’s going to change the outcome or anything." Those are the words of Calvin Matthew Stringel, better known as Mechani-Cal. He’s a down-on-his-luck armored villain. Follow his exploits as he gets swept up in a world domination scheme gone wrong and ends up working for these weak willed, mercy loving heroes. Immerse yourself in epic battles and see what it’s like to be an outsider looking in at a world that few have ever experienced. Climb into Cal’s battlesuit and join him on his journey. Will he avoid selling out his principles for a paycheck and a pardon? Can he resist the camaraderie of being on a super team? Does he fall prey to the ample charms of the beautiful Olympian Aphrodite? How will he survive the jealous schemes of Ultraweapon, who wears armor so powerful it makes Cal’s look like a museum piece? See the world of “righteous do-gooders” through the eyes of someone who doesn’t particularly care for them. Revel in his sarcasm and hang on for one wild ride! Just remember: losing an argument with a group of rioters isn’t a good excuse to start lobbing tear gas indiscriminately at them. You’ve only got so many rounds and it’s going to be a long day, so make sure you get as many as possible with each one. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jeffrey Kafer, Talmadge Ragan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/kafr/000059/bk_kafr_000059_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Minecraft: The Island (Narrated by Samira Wiley): The First Official Minecraft Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 398min
    Random House presents the audiobook edition of Minecraft: The Island by Max Brooks. Two editions, two narrators, one thrilling story. Enjoy this version read by Samira Wiley, and then be sure to check out the other available version narrated by Jack Black. The first official Minecraft novel! In the tradition of iconic adventures like Robinson Crusoe and Treasure Island, the number one New York Times best-selling author of World War Z tells the story of a hero - stranded in the world of Minecraft - who must unravel the secrets of a mysterious island in order to survive. Washed up on a beach, the lone castaway looks around the shore. 'Where am I? Who am I? And why is everything made of blocks?' But there isn't much time to soak up the sun. It's getting dark, and there's a strange new world to explore! The top priority is finding food. The next is not becoming food. Because there are others out there on the island...like the horde of zombies that appear after night falls. Crafting a way out of this mess is a challenge like no other. Who could build a home while running from exploding creepers, armed skeletons, and an unstoppable tide of hot lava? Especially with no help except for a few makeshift tools and sage advice from an unlikely friend: a cow. In this world, the rules don't always make sense, but courage and creativity go a long way. There are forests to explore, hidden underground tunnels to loot, and undead mobs to defeat. Only then will the secrets of the island be revealed. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Samira Wiley. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/002901/bk_rhuk_002901_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Mobilize Your Customers: Create Powerful Word of Mouth Advertising Using Social Media, Video and Mobile Marketing to Attract New Customers and Skyrocket Your Profits , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 168min
    Mobilize Your Customers - Create Powerful Word of Mouth Advertising Using Social Media, Video and Mobile Marketing to Attract New Customers and Skyrocket Your Profits Ask anyone, "What is the best form of advertising?" Word of mouth is almost always the answer. People know, like and trust the opinions of their friends and family. Wouldn't it be great if your customers were telling all of their friends and family how great you are? Your reputation online will determine how you appear on social media sites and in the search engine results and that will have a lasting effect on your income. In this audiobook, John Cote reveals the techniques he uses to help his clients find more customers, follow up with them and generate more revenue in their business. Inspired by the many conversations he has with business owners and the questions they ask, he will help you discover how to effectively use social media, video and mobile marketing. Several real case studies and examples help to illustrate the effectiveness of these tactics. Business owners, entrepreneurs, authors and speakers can all benefit from using them. No matter what you are selling from cars to pizza or plastic surgery to houses and everything in between, cross channel marketing is a must. You must be mobile optimized since smartphone and tablet usage are exploding. Your customers want to have two-way conversations with you on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Pinterest and your blog among others. They are talking about you online whether you like it or not. Learn how to be part of the conversation or your competitors will! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Reid Kerr. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/016380/bk_acx0_016380_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Prohibition Era in the United States: The History and Legacy of America's Ban on Alcohol and Its Repeal , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 72min
    The Prohibition Era in the United States ran between 1920 and 1933, but its background and legacy are so massive and wide-ranging it may be affirmed that the subject is adhered to the country's history, from its first years until the modern era. In this 13-year period, the entire nation was forcibly converted to a society of non-drinkers. The movement formed slowly, exploding in 1920. Once it had passed, its effects continued to be felt through the rest of the 20th century. To this day, it can be said that Prohibition teaches an important lesson. The 18th Amendment making Prohibition constitutional and the Volstead Act detailing its enforcement did not come out of the blue - it was neither an electoral occurrence, nor was it a quick and surprising attack by a one interest group taking another unprepared. It was actually the result of a long period of indoctrination, a century of struggles between two political, and above all, moral positions: those who supported Prohibition - the so-called "drys", and those who opposed it, partly because they thought it should not be a government prerogative to control individual freedoms, also known as "the wets". The first group believed Prohibition of liquor, intoxicants, and saloons was a necessary measure to eradicate the great evils that were a part of the nation's life: drunken and violent husbands, labor accidents due to alcoholism, shattered homes, battered wives, and the family's patrimony lost in a single day. The wets defended a legitimate industry that produced jobs and taxes. They spoke of economic interests that would be damaged and of respect for sacrosanct individual freedom. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Scott Clem. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/082285/bk_acx0_082285_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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