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You Belong to the Universe: Buckminster Fuller and the Future , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 320min
A compelling call to apply Buckminster Fuller's creative problem solving to present-day problems. A self-professed "comprehensive anticipatory design scientist", the inventor Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) was undoubtedly a visionary. Fuller's creations often bordered on the realm of science fiction, ranging from the freestanding geodesic dome to the three-wheel Dymaxion car to a bathroom requiring neither plumbing nor sewage. Yet in spite of his brilliant mind and lifelong devotion to serving mankind, Fuller's expansive ideas were often dismissed, and have faded from public memory since his death. You Belong to the Universe documents Fuller's six-decade quest to "make the world work for 100 percent of humanity". Critic and experimental philosopher Jonathon Keats sets out to revive Fuller's unconventional practice of comprehensive anticipatory design, placing Fuller's philosophy in a modern context and dispelling much of the mythology surrounding Fuller's life. Keats argues that Fuller's life and ideas, namely doing "the most with the least", are now more relevant than ever, as humanity struggles to meet the demands of an exploding world population with finite resources. Delving deeply into Buckminster Fuller's colorful world, Keats applies Fuller's most important concepts to present-day issues, arguing that his ideas are now not only feasible, but necessary. From transportation to climate change, urban design to education, You Belong to the Universe demonstrates that Fuller's holistic problem-solving techniques may be the only means of addressing some of the world's most pressing issues. Keats' timely book challenges each of us to become comprehensive anticipatory design scientists, providing the necessary tools for continuing Fuller's legacy of improving the world. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Josh Bloomberg. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/008999/bk_blak_008999_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Secrets from the Past , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 686min
The number-one New York Times best-selling author delivers her most powerful and emotional novel yet, about one woman uncovering the secrets surrounding her mother. At 30, American photojournalist Serena Stone has already made a name for herself with her unique and dramatic coverage of wars in the Middle East, following in her famous father's footsteps. But after his unexpected death in France, she has left her job at the renowned photo news agency that he founded, weary of years of dodging bullets and exploding landmines. Leaving the front lines behind, Serena returns to New York where she starts work on a biography of her celebrated father. When Serena discovers that her former lover Zachary North is in trouble overseas, she's forced to leave the safety of her new life, and head back to a place she was trying to escape...and her life will never be the same again. She brings Zac back to health, first in the agency's bolthole in Venice, and later at her family home in France. It is there that she discovers a shocking secret in the huge photographic archive of her late father's work. It is a secret that will propel her back to war-torn Libya, risking her life looking for clues that she hopes will piece together the mystery surrounding her parents' marriage and the part of their life together she never knew about. Well-kept secrets, passionate love, obsession, betrayal, redemption, and the power of the past to control the future propel this new novel from New York Times best-selling author Barbara Taylor Bradford. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Stina Nielsen. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/aren/001577/bk_aren_001577_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Tortillas to Totems: Every Day an Adventure, Book 4 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 699min
Sam Manicom's dynamic fourth book is an enticing yet frequently challenging motorcycle journey across the dramatic landscapes of Mexico, the United States and Canada. Sam's partner Birgit is no longer a novice motorcyclist - riding through southern Africa and South America turned her into a rider capable of facing any challenge. But Sam was worried. As they arrived into North America they had been travelling around the world by motorcycle for six years and he was beginning to think that North America was going to be easy; too easy in fact. Were all the challenges of travel in the developing world countries going to be missing? Sam couldn't have been more wrong. Samuel Johnson wrote, "The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them how they are." After all, aren't these some of the main reasons for going travelling? To experience as many different things and ways of life as possible? To discover new and wonderful things, but also to have preconceived ideas challenged. This true-life story has more twists and turns than a Rocky Mountain Pass, and more surprises than anyone could expect. As it did them, at times it could challenge you too. Woven into this surprising story are canyons, cowboys, idyllic beaches, bears, mountains, Californian Vineyards, gun-toting policemen with grudges, glaciers, exploding volcanoes, dodgy border crossings, and some of the most stunning open roads that a traveler could ever wish to see. A gripping rollercoaster of a journey across North America. Sam and Birgit are thrown into a completely new set of challenges. These adventures bring alive the history, geography, human relationships and the pure joy of the open road. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sam Manicom. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/084872/bk_acx0_084872_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Lesbian: First Timers , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 16min, (USK 18)
I remember our first time together like it was yesterday. Both of us were extremely shy when we were younger and had decided to wait to make sure that what we were going through wasn’t a phase or a minor infatuation. They were, of course, neither. We snuck away from our homes in the middle of the night, meeting in a cluster of mangrove which towered above our heads and swayed with a gentle wind. We gently kissed, our tongues brushing against one another as I slowly striped her of her gauzy summer white dress, her pale porcelain skin trembling under my touch as I knelt in front of her kissing and sucking at the pink nipples of her small breasts. I kissed down her stomach slowly, her body shaking with anticipation as my mouth finally reached the hairless expanse of her swollen vulva. Her moans of pleasure tore through the calm night air, sending flocks of birds blasting into the darkness as I greedily lapped at her clitoris and pushed my fingers into the welcoming dampness of her c--t. With each thrust her body rocked and swayed with the rhythm of our bodies. Suddenly, I felt her small, delicate fingers grasp two handfuls of my hair and press my face deep inside of her and she erupted with a hot, intense orgasm, her juices exploding thick and wondrous down my chin. After she had calmed herself, she stared down at me, her green eyes shimmering with tears.“I love you, Sara,” She whispered.WARNING - This book contains steamy romance scenes and is suitable for 18+ only. Click the “BUY NOW” button above to get started listening now! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tina Fredrick. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/138107/bk_acx0_138107_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Essential Oils: The Complete Guide: Essential Oils for Beginners, Aromatherapy and Essential Oil Recipes , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 277min
Transform your health with the definitive beginners guide to Essential Oils! Are you ready to improve your health and vitality with the use of nature's greatest medicines? Allow me to introduce you to the world of essential oils and aromatherapy. In this book there is absolutely no prior knowledge required, and everything is explained in simple, easy to understand steps. There is simply nothing more important in life than good health. Health is either the facilitator or the limiting factor in doing and achieving what you want from our time on this gorgeous planet. What if I told you I could teach you a natural treatment that takes care of both your mental and physical health at the same time? What if I could teach you how to cure your common cold without the use of drugs? What if I could teach you to start the day exploding with motivation and energy, whilst finishing the day calm, content and stress-free? All of this and so much more is possible through the proper application of essential oils. Let me introduce you to the amazing world that is going to transform your life. Here is exactly what you will learn whilst listening to this book: A history of the essential oils What exactly essential oils are The three key techniques for extracting essential oils and an explanation of grades A guide to buying essential oils The three important ways to administer essential oils How the essential oils work in the body 10 important rules of safety A detailed guide to the 20 most important essential oils What are the carrier oils and how to use them A detailed guide to the 10 most important carrier oils ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Charlee Prescott. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/038991/bk_acx0_038991_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Science of Fear: Why We Fear the Things We Should Not - and Put Ourselves in Great Danger , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 728min
From terror attacks to the War on Terror, bursting real-estate bubbles to crystal meth epidemics, sexual predators to poisonous toys from China, our list of fears seems to be exploding. And yet, we are the safest and healthiest humans in history. Irrational fear is running amok, and often with tragic results. In the months after 9/11, when people decided to drive instead of fly - believing they were avoiding risk - road deaths rose by 1,595. Those lives were lost to fear. The Science of Fear is a disarmingly cheerful roundtrip shuttle to the new brain science, dissecting the fears that misguide and manipulate us every day. As award-winning journalist Daniel Gardner demonstrates, irrational fear springs from how humans miscalculate risks. Our hunter-gatherer brains evolved during the old Stone Age and struggle to make sense of a world utterly unlike the one that made them. Numbers, for instance, confuse us. Our "gut" tells us that even if there aren't "50,000 predators...on the Internet prowling for children," as a recent U.S. Attorney General claimed, then there must be an awful lot. And even if our "head" discovers that the number is baseless and no one actually knows the truth - there could be 100,000 or 500,000 - we are still more fearful simply because we heard the big number. And it is not only politicians and the media that traffic in fearmongering. Corporations fatten their bottom lines with fear. Interest groups expand their influence with fear. Officials boost their budgets with fear. With more information, warnings and scary stories coming at us every day from every direction, we are more prone than ever to needlessly worry. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Scott Peterson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/gdan/000293/bk_gdan_000293_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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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/harp/002912/bk_harp_002912_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Perfect Instrument: A Michael Bekker Adventure , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 956min
Broad-shouldered US military operative Michael Bekker was looking forward to his first field assignment with the CIA. But while hunting a source of terrorist funding in Baghdad, the new mission goes suddenly, horribly wrong. Blamed for an explosion that he barely escapes, Bekker’s life is shattered: He’s drummed out of the military, loses his dream girl, and is framed for a murder he didn’t commit. Now on the run, his only shot at freedom is to accept a covert op to stop a biological weapons lab in the country of his birth: war-torn Ukraine. Is Michael Bekker truly the “perfect instrument” to prevent bio-weapons from exploding the region’s civil crisis into a full-blown global conflict? Can he unravel the international conspiracy exploiting innocent victims of war in time to save himself or the ones he loves? The story is not just about action and adrenaline. It is about people - what they feel, how they react to certain situations. It is about relationships. It is about different cultures. It is about right and wrong. Readers and listeners who are looking for a pure action book could find it boring or extended. The story is about anyone - even about you, a normal person - who is out of luck in his or her life and feels that there's no control over the situation and how, if it is possible, to get it right and make sense of your own life. What do you need to make it happen? Is it your friend? Is it your faith? Is it your internal strength? Is it your desire? Is it luck? Is it all together? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Will Stauff. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/139537/bk_acx0_139537_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Where the Dragon Meets the Angry River: Nature and Power in the People's Republic of China , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 415min
China’s meteoric rise to economic powerhouse might be charted with dams. Every river in the country has been tapped to power exploding cities and factories - every river but one. Running through one of the richest natural areas in the world, the Nujiang’s raging waters were on the verge of being dammed when a 2004 government moratorium halted construction. Might the Chinese dragon bow to the "Angry River"? Would Beijing put local people and their land ahead of power and profit? Could this remote region actually become a model for sustainable growth? Ed Grumbine traveled to the far corners of China’s Yunnan province to find out. He was driven by a single question: could this last fragment of wild nature withstand China’s unrelenting development? But as he hiked through deep-cut emerald mountains, backcountry villages, and burgeoning tourist towns, talking with trekking guides, schoolchildren, and rural farmers, he discovered that the problem wasn’t as simple as growth versus conservation. In its struggle to "build a well-off society in an all-round way", Beijing juggles a host of competing priorities: health care for impoverished villagers; habitat for threatened tigers; cars for a growing middle class; clean air for all citizens; energy to power new cities; rubber for the global marketplace. Where the Dragon Meets the Angry River is an incisive look at the possible fates of China and the planet. Will the Angry River continue to flow? Will Tibetan girls from subsistence farming families learn to read and write? Can China and the United States come together to lead action on climate change? Far-reaching in its history and scope, this unique book shows us the real-world consequences of conservation and development decisions now being made in Beijing and beyond. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Stephen McLaughlin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/014263/bk_adbl_014263_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Minecraft: The Island (Narrated by Jack Black): The First Official Minecraft Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 377min
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 Jack Black, and then be sure to check out the other available version narrated by Samira Wiley. 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: Jack Black. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/002816/bk_rhuk_002816_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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