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    Ruff Road to Glory , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 537min
    Gradually going blind in his 20s, Rich Ruffalo refused to face reality. And then, one rainy evening, unable to make sense of the road before him, he suddenly felt his car thud against a little girl. Jolted into reality, Ruffalo refused to be knocked down and, instead, put his all into achieving. As a teacher he excelled, winning the Princeton University Distinguished Secondary School Teacher of the Year Award and Disney's Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award. Then, he set the bar even higher. Competing in the Paralympics, he aimed to medal in three field events. With focus and determination, he achieved his goal - and then some. Ruffalo won bronze, silver, and gold medals, earned worlds titles, set nine world records, and even won championships against sighted athletes. Sometimes humorous, always insightful, Ruffalo's heartfelt Ruff Road to Glory demonstrates that there are infinite possibilities for everyone. Ruffalo inspires each one of use to persevere, regardless of our circumstances. With faith in God, ourselves, and the unlimited potential of the human spirit, we will triumph. We too can grasp the gold. Edited by Michael Kinsey and Susan Smith. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jerry Byrd. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/083538/bk_acx0_083538_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Carly Fiorina: Understanding the Life and Works of Carly Fiorina , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 53min
    Discover the life of presidential candidate Carly Fiorina today! Carly Fiorina was born in the city of Austin, Texas on September 6th, 1954. Upon being born she was given the name Cara Carleton Sneed. Carly's mother's name was Madelon Montross, but her maiden name was Nee Juergens. Madelon enjoyed creating art and she excelled in the area of painting. Carly's father was a very successful and well known man named Joseph Tyree Sneed III. Joseph Sneed grew up on a ranch his family owned where he worked as a cowboy. Joseph was a smart man who graduated with a Bachelor's Degree from Southwestern University in the year 1941. After graduating college, Joseph decided it would be best for him to join the Army Air Corps. After some time in the Air Corps, Joseph was promoted to become Staff Sergeant, which is the position he held while he served during World War II. Here is a preview of what you'll learn: Carly's Family Background How Carly Became A Top Business Executive The Obstacles That Carly Faced As A CEO Carly Fiorina's Political Opinions ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Megan Mateer. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/059265/bk_acx0_059265_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Jonathan Wild , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 445min
    The real Jonathan Wild, born about 1682 and executed at Tyburn in 1725, was one of the most notorious criminals of his age. His resemblance to the hero in Fielding's satire of the same name is general rather than particular. The real Jonathan (whose legitimate business was that of a buckle-maker) like Fielding, won his fame, not as a robber himself, but as an informer, and a receiver of stolen goods.He was a great organiser, and he controlled various bands of robbers whose lives he did not hesitate to sacrifice when his own was in danger. Naturally he was so hated by many of his underlings that it is a wonder he was able to maintain his authority over them as many years as he did. His rascality had been notorious a long time before his crimes could actually be proved.That Jonathan Wild is for the most part a magnificent example of sustained irony, one of the best in our literature, critics have generally agreed. Admirable, too, is the ironical humour, in which Fielding so excelled, and which in Jonathan Wild he seldom drops. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jill Masters. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/jimc/000056/bk_jimc_000056_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Amy Lowell Anew: A Biography , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 573min
    The controversial American poet Amy Lowell (1874-1925), a founding member of the Imagist group that included D. H. Lawrence and H. D., excelled as the impresario for the "new poetry" that became news across the U. S. in the years after World War I. Maligned by T. S. Eliot as the "demon saleswoman" of poetry, and ridiculed by Ezra Pound, Lowell has been treated by previous biographers as an obese, sex-starved, inferior poet who smoked cigars and made a spectacle of herself, canvassing the country on lecture tours that drew crowds in the hundreds for her electrifying performances. In fact, Lowell wrote some of the finest love lyrics of the 20th century and led a full and loving life with her constant companion, the retired actress Ada Russell. She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize posthumously in 1926. This provocative new biography, the first in 40 years, restores Amy Lowell to her full humanity in an era that, at last, is beginning to appreciate the contributions of gays and lesbians to American's cultural heritage. Drawing on newly discovered letters and papers, Rollyson's biography finally gives this vibrant poet her due. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Suzan Lynn Lorraine. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/032238/bk_acx0_032238_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Person Who Changed My Life: Prominent People Recall Their Mentors , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 327min
    At some point in our lives, most of us have been affected by caring adults whose advice, guidance, and example made a difference. In The Person Who Changed My Life, individuals who have distinguished themselves in their fields write about the men and women who served as their mentors. Among the contributors in this updated and expanded edition of Matilda Raffa Cuomo's first book are Hillary Rodham Clinton, Joe Torre, Rosie O'Donnell, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Nora Ephron, Mary J. Blige, Wynton Marsalis, General Colin Powell, and many others. The contributors evoke the people who had a lasting influence on their personal and professional lives and, in the process, show how profoundly a mentor can impact the life of a young, or not so young, person. The audiobook includes a resource section for readers who are inspired to get involved and become mentors or help start mentoring organizations in their own communities. These moving stories by people who have excelled in their professions through hard work, perseverance, and, most important, the helpful assistance of others, demonstrate the long-lasting impact a mentor can have - and emphasize the importance of passing on the gifts our mentors give us. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Paige McKinney. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/014494/bk_adbl_014494_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    American Legends: The Life of Jackie Gleason , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 76min
    If Lon Chaney will forever be recognized as 'The Man with 1,000 Faces', Jackie Gleason holds a legitimate claim to being 'The Man with 1,000 Personas.' Indeed, during his time hosting The Jackie Gleason Show on television, he developed numerous alter egos, including tough guy Rudy the Repairman, the energetic Joe the Bartender, and the alcoholic Rum Dum. Physically, there was no mistaking Jackie Gleason (the way one certainly could with Lon Chaney), but Gleason also possessed an uncanny ability to alternate between personas. In the years before the Rat Pack made the nightclub lifestyle chic and glamorous on a national scale, Jackie Gleason presided as perhaps the foremost nightclub figure in America, and nobody excelled at situation comedy as well as he. Paradoxically, the iconic element of Jackie Gleason's persona was that he was able to maintain so many personas simultaneously. In a sense, each of these characters bears traces of the "real" Jackie Gleason. But the fact remains that the many personas of Jackie Gleason make it difficult to figure out exactly who Jackie Gleason actually was beneath his show business facades. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: James Shelton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/035149/bk_acx0_035149_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Associate: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 649min
    If you thought Mitch McDeere was in trouble in The Firm, wait until you meet Kyle McAvoy. Kyle McAvoy grew up in his father's small-town law office in York, Pennsylvania. He excelled in college, was elected editor-in-chief of The Yale Law Journal, and his future has limitless potential. But Kyle has a secret, a dark one, an episode from college that he has tried to forget. The secret, though, falls into the hands of the wrong people, and Kyle is forced to take a job he doesn't want, even if it's a job most law students can only dream about. Three months after leaving Yale, Kyle becomes an associate at the largest law firm in the world, where, in addition to practicing law, he is expected to lie, steal, and take part in a scheme that could send him to prison, if not get him killed. With an unforgettable cast of characters and villains, from drug-addled trust fund kid and possible rapist Baxter Tate to quiet former math teacher Dale who shares Kyle's cubicle at the law firm, The Associate is vintage Grisham. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Erik Singer. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/001678/bk_rand_001678_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Associate: A Novel, Hörbuch, Digital, 360min
    If you thought Mitch McDeere was in trouble in The Firm, wait until you meet Kyle McAvoy. Kyle McAvoy grew up in his father's small-town law office in York, Pennsylvania. He excelled in college, was elected editor-in-chief of The Yale Law Journal, and his future has limitless potential. But Kyle has a secret, a dark one, an episode from college that he has tried to forget. The secret, though, falls into the hands of the wrong people, and Kyle is forced to take a job he doesn't want, even if it's a job most law students can only dream about. Three months after leaving Yale, Kyle becomes an associate at the largest law firm in the world, where, in addition to practicing law, he is expected to lie, steal, and take part in a scheme that could send him to prison, if not get him killed. With an unforgettable cast of characters and villains, from drug-addled trust fund kid and possible rapist Baxter Tate to quiet former math teacher Dale who shares Kyle's cubicle at the law firm, The Associate is vintage Grisham. Language: English. Narrator: Erik Singer. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/001679/bk_rand_001679_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Simply Gödel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 351min
    Kurt Gödel (1906–1978) was born in Austria-Hungary (now the Czech Republic) and grew up in an ethnic German family. As a student, he excelled in languages and mathematics, mastering university-level math while still in high school. He received his doctorate from the University of Vienna at the age of 24 and, a year later, published the pioneering theorems on which his fame rests. In 1939, with the rise of Nazism, Gödel and his wife settled in the US, where he continued his groundbreaking work at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton and became a close friend of Albert Einstein’s. In Simply Gödel, Richard Tieszen traces Gödel’s life and career, from his early years in tumultuous, culturally rich Vienna to his many brilliant achievements as a member of IAS, as well as his repeated battles with mental illness. In discussing Gödel’s ideas, Tieszen not only provides an accessible explanation of the incompleteness theorems, but explores some of his lesser known writings, including his thoughts on time travel and his proof of the existence of God. With clarity and sympathy, Simply Gödel brings to life Gödel’s fascinating personal and intellectual journey and conveys the lasting impact of his work on our modern world. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jason Zenobia. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/118878/bk_acx0_118878_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Girl Killer: True Stories of Teen Girls Who Kill , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 74min
    Three harrowing tales of three teenage girls who left behind a trail of murder and mayhem. On the surface Alyssa Bustamante was a pretty 15-year-old girl who excelled in school. Behind closed doors, however, Alyssa was teenager with a dangerous psychosis...she fantasized about killing someone. Her social media pages and diaries all painted the portrait of someone with an irresistible compulsion to inflict pain onto the world. Her thoughts growing darker by the day, Alyssa dug two graves in the woods outside her home and waited...waited for the perfect victim. On October 21, 2009, she found one. Tylar Witt lived in an affluent neighborhood in El Dorado Hills, California, with her 47-year-old single mother, Joanne Witt. Everyone who knew her described her as sweet, but fights were increasing between her and her mother. Tylar was turning into a different person; she was becoming a killer. In 1992 Melinda Loveless would lead a gang of teen girls in the torture murder of Shanda Sharer. Caught in a lesbian love triangle, the four girls would torture the young Shanda and burn her alive. The case would shock the picturesque town in Southern Indiana and make national headlines, making an entire nation ask "why?" ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Adrienne M Roberson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/091599/bk_acx0_091599_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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