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    Mile-High Fever: Silver Mines, Boom Towns, and High Living on the Comstock Lode , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 546min
    In the rip-roaring, true saga of the Comstock Lode, Dennis Drabelle skillfully brings to life silver-mining in the late-nineteenth-century American West. The immense wealth extracted from the Lode spurred the growth of San Francisco, and Virginia City, the hell-raising town that sprang up above the mines, was the inspiration for the TV series Bonanza. Innovations in Comstock mining - the use of underground “cubes” to avoid cave-ins and of elevators to bring ore to the surface - was adapted to make possible the modern skyscraper.The boom also accentuated less positive themes in American history. The growth of Virginia City brought ruthless treatment of Native Americans. The risks and expenses of deep mining lent themselves to stock-market manipulations and fraud on a grand scale. To opportunists such as William M. Stewart, a mining lawyer and future U.S. Senatorwith a tenuous grasp of ethics, the Comstock experience meant that the West belonged to the crafty and the strong. Perhaps the boom’s most lasting legacy, however, was the education it gave to a great American writer: Mark Twain. In Virginia City, the young journalist learned the value of plain but salty Western speech and saw how he might use the vivid reality of the frontier in the great books of his future. Full of colorful characters and get-rich-quick schemes, Mile-High Fever brings to light one of the least-known but most pivotal episodes in American history. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: C. James Moore. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/015123/bk_adbl_015123_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Alliance of Equals: Liaden Universe: Arc of the Covenants, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 888min
    A new novel in the popular and exciting science fiction Liaden Universe® series. Over a half million Liaden Universe® books sold with an audience that keeps growing! Beset by the angry remnants of the Department of the Interior, challenged at every turn by opportunists on their new homeworld of Surebleak, and somewhat low on funds, Clan Korval desperately needs to reestablish its position as one of the top trading clans in known space. To this end, Master Trader Shan yos'Galan, aboard Korval's premier trade ship, Dutiful Passage, is on a mission to establish new business associations and to build a strong primary route that links well with existing Loops and secondary routes. But reestablishing trade and preserving the lives of the few remaining members of the clan aren't all of Korval's problems. Matters come to a head as Dutiful Passage, accustomed to being welcomed and feted at those ports on its call list, finds itself denied docking and blacklisted while agents of the DOI mount armed attacks on others of Korval's traders under the very eyes of port security systems. Traveling with Dutiful Passage on this unsettling journey is Padi yos'Galan, the master trader's heir and his apprentice. Padi is eager to make up for time lost due to Korval's unpleasantness with the Department of the Interior. She is also keeping a secret so intense that her coming of age, and perhaps her very life, is threatened by it. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kevin T. Collins. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/025619/bk_adbl_025619_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Battle for Cilicia: Star Legions Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 472min
    They are an unstoppable force of mercenaries from every known Terran planet in the Galaxy. They have little in common, other than their love of wealth and adventure, and a bitter hatred for each other. Known simply as the Black Legion, they will blaze a trail of death and destruction that will be remembered for generations. For Xenophon, the Black Legion is an escape from the state that tried to kill him and his family. Exiled from his homeworld he joins the mercenaries, along with Glaucon, the rich playboy, Roxana, the veteran naval commander, and Tamara, the blue-haired castaway with a hidden past and a violent personality. Nothing will prepare them for the carnage awaiting them as they enter the borders of the Median Empire, the largest and most powerful entity in the known Galaxy, ruled with an iron fist by the tyrant, Emperor Artaxerxes and his legions of slave soldiers. The Black Legion boasts the best weapons, armor, and equipment known to humanity. As well as the most advanced warships ever constructed, from frigates and battleships to the four mighty Titans. These great floating fortresses house thousands of warriors inside their cavernous armored hulls. These mercenaries are no heroes; they are exiles, thieves, opportunists, and criminals. Each looking to make their name in the greatest enterprise in living memory, a military operation deep into the heart of the Empire. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ian Gordon. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/042843/bk_acx0_042843_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Recon: A Battle for the Gods: Recon Series, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 583min
    The mission couldn't be simpler. It sounds like an easy, straightforward operation to take care of some small-time raiders hijacking black-market weapons shipments in the Pirate Worlds. Former Recon Marine war hero Randall Munroe doesn't need to know why his Corporate bosses care about one group of criminals stealing from another, he just has to do the job. But when Munroe is ordered to lead his crack squad of mercenaries into a gang war on the harsh, ice-covered, barely habitable battleground that is Peboan, he discovers that things are never simple and straightforward when you work for Andre Damiani, the Executive Director of the Corporate Council. And just when he thinks he knows what the battle is about, he's thrown a new curve. Because if there's one thing that every criminal, mercenary or Corporate executive in the Commonwealth is willing to kill for, it's access to the lost technology of the mysterious Predecessors. The alien race known as the Predecessors or Ancients engineered hundreds of planets and moons to support life, created a system of wormholes that connected them and then simply vanished without a trace, tens of thousands of years ago. Opportunists search endlessly for any remnant of their world-shattering power, while others go so far as to worship them as gods. And when you're fighting for the powers of the very gods, no price is too high. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kyle McCarley. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/008965/bk_tant_008965_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Disrupted: Strategy for Exponential Change , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 347min
    A guidebook for the COVID EconomyDisrupted: Strategy for Exponential Change details a practical approach for being disruption ready, the fundamentals of a 21st Century strategic framework - Strategy in Action (SiA), and examples of organizations leveraging disruption.Disrupted is the distillation of the wisdom of Resilient Futures' 25-plus years of researching and applying SiA in the USA and Australia.Written in 2015. Now more relevant than ever for the COVID Economy.Referred to as "a guidebook for the COVID Economy", it delivers on three essential ingredients critical for any leader looking to leverage the business and economic impact of COVID-19. These are:Stimulating a new mindset in sync with business in a COVID EconomyA robust tool-set to apply strategy - in actionThe immediate pursuit of opportunity and mitigation of riskSiA is a framework also designed to support teams and leaders to leverage rather than fall prey to exponential, disruptive change like COVID-19.A new way to motivate and focus teams committed to leveraging disruptionBy exploring well-known examples of disruption-opportunists like Apple and Tesla Motors, Disrupted enables listeners to understand the kind of "strategic thinking" that allows teams and leaders to confidently pursue opportunities with a shared strategic language, and a methodology designed for ‘strategic synergy’ and timely and agile execution at all levels of their organization.In Disrupted we are challenged to confront exponential change and ask ourselves: "What are our disruptors, and how will we leverage them?"Perfect questions for leaders committed to moving forward in the COVID economy. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michael Reid. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/210451/bk_acx0_210451_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The King's Shadow (eBook, ePUB)
    Impeccably researched, and written like a thriller, Edmund Richardson's The King's Shadow is the extraordinary untold and wild journey of Charles Masson - think Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid meets Indiana Jones - and his search for the Lost City of Alexandria in the "Wild East" during the age of empires, kings, and spies. For centuries the city of Alexandria Beneath the Mountains was a meeting point of East and West. Then it vanished. In 1833 it was discovered in Afghanistan by the unlikeliest person imaginable: Charles Masson, deserter, pilgrim, doctor, archaeologist, spy, one of the most respected scholars in Asia, and the greatest of nineteenth-century travelers.On the way into one of history's most extraordinary stories, he would take tea with kings, travel with holy men and become the master of a hundred disguises; he would see things no westerner had glimpsed before and few have glimpsed since. He would spy for the East India Company and be suspected of spying for Russia at the same time, for this was the era of the Great Game, when imperial powers confronted each other in these staggeringly beautiful lands. Masson discovered tens of thousands of pieces of Afghan history, including the 2,000-year-old Bimaran golden casket, which has upon it the earliest known face of the Buddha. He would be offered his own kingdom; he would change the world, and the world would destroy him.This is a wild journey through nineteenth-century India and Afghanistan, with impeccably researched storytelling that shows us a world of espionage and dreamers, ne'er-do-wells and opportunists, extreme violence both personal and military, and boundless hope. At the edge of empire, amid the deserts and the mountains, it is the story of an obsession passed down the centuries.
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    The Mayor of Polk Street (eBook, ePUB)
    Two men in 1940s New Jersey are caught up in organized crime and international intrigue, in this novel by the Edgar nominee and author of Narrows Gate. After a bloody showdown with the mob, grocer Sal Benno is being left in peace-at least for now. But he carries a gun and looks over his shoulder as he goes about his business. Sal's lifelong friend, Leo, is also still in the gritty waterfront town of Narrows Gate-for the time being. Unlike Sal, he has a woman in his life and a promising future at CBS across the river, though the Red Scare hangs over the network and threatens his career. Meanwhile, in Sicily, an exiled Mafia boss works to protect his weakened empire from rivals and opportunists, darting around the world as the CIA tries to keep a tail on him. With chaos ruling in the wake of a crackdown on organized crime, the effects are felt from Havana to Hollywood, Las Vegas to Greece-and in the lives of Sal, Leo, and those they love. In this novel that takes readers into back alleys and halls of power, the two must struggle to hold their friendship and their community together, even as they are driven to desperation. Praise for Narrows Gate "Must be ranked among the half-dozen most memorable novels about the Mob." -Mystery Scene "A uniquely American tale of ambition and failure, of people who underplay their hands and those who overstep their bounds . . . Dazzling." -David Liss, Edgar Award-winning novelist "Equal parts Ellroy, Puzo and Scorsese." -George Pelecanos, writer andproducer of The Wire and author of The Night Gardener "As tender as it is tough . . . A compelling, gritty, and brilliant voice." -Lisa Scottoline, New York Times-bestselling author
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    Witchcraft in the Western Tradition, Hörbuch, Digital, 311min
    From Shakespeare’s trio in Macbeth to modern-day Halloween costumes, witches have occupied our imaginations for centuries. Much of what we associate with witchcraft has been the result of myth-making and stereotypes, but where do these stories come from? And why do they continue to inform the concept of “witch” in the popular imagination? Beginning with the witch hunts of the early 15th century, Professor Jennifer McNabb takes you on an eye-opening exploration of witchcraft and superstition in Witchcraft in the Western Tradition. In these 10 lectures, you will better understand where many of our most indelible images of witchcraft come from and how the religious pursuit of witches across Europe and into the Americas in the early modern period spread fear and violence like a contagion, for generations.As you examine the impact of witchcraft hysteria, you will also come to better understand the cultural, religious, economic, social, and other factors that contributed to the witch hunts that caught hundreds of thousands of people in their wake. How did social unrest and competition for resources fuel persecution? Why were women targeted so much more than men? How much of the hysteria surrounding witchcraft was real fear, and how much of it was manufactured by those acting in their own self-interest? As you search for the answers to these questions and more, you will meet perpetrators and victims, true believers and opportunists, the accusers and the accused. And, while these events can feel rooted in the distant past, you will also see how superstition and fear can continue to operate in our modern world, from Nazi witch hunts in the 1930s to the “satanic panic” of the 1980s - and even in our own contemporary response to crisis events. Language: English. Narrator: Jennifer McNabb. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/or/orig/000701/or_orig_000701_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Dark Psychology: Easily Learn the Positive Manipulation, Mind Control and People Reading Techniques , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 185min
    If you want to protect yourself from manipulators and harness the power of your dark side to bring positivity into your life, then keep reading! With all the different types of people we meet on a daily basis, it’s impossible to tell who has good intentions and who doesn’t. And while you try your hardest to keep one eye open, in one way or another, there will be individuals who make us feel like the proverbial rug has been pulled from under us. To make things worse, being on constant high alert is exhausting!So, how can we spot opportunists before they take advantage of our weaknesses and use their own tricks to our advantage?With this audiobook, you will learn how to master the art of dark psychology and easily apply positive manipulation, mind control, and people-reading techniques, so you can catch manipulators before they are able to inflict harm and turn the tables!Here’s what you’ll get:The three timeless elements of persuasion, according to the great AristotleThe crucial traits you need to look out for when trying to spot a manipulatorHow to deal with manipulative peopleHow to use your dark side to uncover your lightHow to master the art of reading peopleAnd so much more!No one wants to be in survival mode all the time. With the help of the evidence-based tools and tips in this audiobook, you will be able to effortlessly spot a manipulator from a mile away, as well as use what you know to persuade people!Don’t allow yourself to live in constant fear and paranoia. Protect yourself from manipulators ASAP!Scroll up, click on “buy now”, and start listening today! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Eric LaCord. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/230167/bk_acx0_230167_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Beach Town , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 848min
    Greer Hennessy needs palm trees. As a movie location scout, picture-perfect is the name of the game. But her last project literally went up in flames, and her career is on the verge of flaming out. Greer has been given one more chance, if she can find the perfect undiscovered beach hideaway for a big-budget movie. She zeroes in on a sleepy Florida panhandle town called Cypress Key. There's one motel, a marina, a long stretch of pristine beach and an old fishing pier with a community casino-which will be perfect for the film's explosive climax. There's just one problem. Eben Thibadeaux, the town mayor, completely objects to Greer's plan. A lifelong resident of Cypress Key, Eben wants the town to be revitalized, not commercialized. After a toxic paper plant closed, the bay has only recently been reborn, and Eb has no intention of letting anybody screw with his town again. But Greer has a way of making things happen, regardless of obstacles. And Greer and Eb are way too attracted to each other for either of them to see reason. Between an ambitious director and his entourage-including a spoiled "It Boy" lead actor-who parachute into town, a conniving local ex-socialite, and a cast of local fangirls and opportunists who catch the movie bug, nothing is going to be the same in Cypress Key. Now Greer is forced to make some hard choices: about the people and the town she's come to care about, and about her own life. True love is only for the movies, right? Can Greer find a way to be the heroine in her own life story? Told with inimitable heart and humor, Mary Kay Andrews' Beach Town is the perfect summer destination. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kathleen McInerney. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/aren/001945/bk_aren_001945_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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