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    Shikhandini: Warrior Princess of the Mahabharata , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 534min
    Centuries have passed since the Great War of Kurukshetra, but her name is still uttered in hushed whispers - eunuch, hijra, neither man nor woman.... But was this all there was to Shikhandini, Princess of Panchala? Was this her only identity? The firstborn of King Drupada, Shikhandini was trained to be a warrior from early childhood. She became a Rathi, and then an Athirathi, a warrior of unmatched valour and skill, who singlehandedly defeated the hundred Kaurava brothers in battle. All her life she strove to fulfil one goal - to slay the Maharathi of Hasthinapur, in a trans-generational act of vengeance. But was this her final destiny?  At the Battle of Kurukshetra, when the Pandava brothers seem to have lost all hope and are facing defeat, it is Shikhandini who joins them and turns the battle in their favour. If not for her, history would have been written differently. But what was the price she paid? How far did she go in order to prove herself and accomplish her goal? What did she sacrifice along the way? Was she just a pawn in the game between the Kurus? Or was she a true hero, conveniently forgotten because she was not born a man?In this retelling of epochal events, Shikhandini’s transformation from woman to man, based on ancient medical science, is what makes this story both riveting and real in its validity, human intensity, driven purpose, and ultimate sacrifice. In this new dawn, when the third gender is finally gaining acceptance and identity, it is perhaps time Shikhandini’s story was retold in all its tragic glory. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Christina Gamble. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/234212/bk_acx0_234212_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Iranian Revolution: The Islamic Revolution That Reshaped the Middle East , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 100min
    The Iranian Revolution of 1979 has been described as an epochal event, called the peak of 20th century Islamic revivalism and revitalization, and analyzed as the one key incident that continues to impact politics across Iran, the Middle East, and the even the world as a whole. As a phenomenon that led to the creation of the first modern Islamic Republic in the world, the revolution marked the victory of Islam over secular politics, and Iran quickly became the aspiring model for Islamic fundamentalists and revivalists across the globe, regardless of nationality, culture, or religious sect.  When Ayatollah Khomeini was declared ruler in December 1979 and the judicial system originally modeled on that of the West was swiftly replaced by one purely based on Islamic law, much of the world was in shock that such a religiously driven revolution could succeed so quickly, especially when it had such sweeping consequences beyond the realm of religion. Revolutions are nothing new, but most revolutions, especially those in the West, have tended to remain secular. Even when religious ideology and themes were present, as in the English Civil War of the 1640s, these were not dominant driving forces behind the revolution, nor were they a significant factor in its immediate results. Even outside the West, this has mostly proven to be true; the nationalist revolution and war for independence in Turkey, led by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, was a battle for separation of church and state that called for democratic principles of equality, and the result was the formation of a modern and secular Turkey. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jim D Johnston. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/112186/bk_acx0_112186_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Cosmic Cocktail: Three Parts Dark Matter , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 569min
    The ordinary atoms that make up the known universe - from our bodies and the air we breathe to the planets and stars - constitute only 5 percent of all matter and energy in the cosmos. The rest is known as dark matter and dark energy, because their precise identities are unknown. The Cosmic Cocktail is the inside story of the epic quest to solve one of the most compelling enigmas of modern science - what is the universe made of? - told by one of today’s foremost pioneers in the study of dark matter. Blending cutting-edge science with her own behind-the-scenes insights as a leading researcher in the field, acclaimed theoretical physicist Katherine Freese recounts the hunt for dark matter, from the discoveries of visionary scientists like Fritz Zwicky - the Swiss astronomer who coined the term “dark matter” in 1933 - to the deluge of data today from underground laboratories, satellites in space, and the Large Hadron Collider. Theorists contend that dark matter consists of fundamental particles known as WIMPs, or weakly interacting massive particles. Billions of them pass through our bodies every second without us even realizing it, yet their gravitational pull is capable of whirling stars and gas at breakneck speeds around the centers of galaxies, and bending light from distant bright objects. Freese describes the larger-than-life characters and clashing personalities behind the race to identify these elusive particles. Many cosmologists believe we are on the verge of solving the mystery. The Cosmic Cocktail provides the foundation needed to fully fathom this epochal moment in humankind’s quest to understand the universe. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tamara Marston. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/019316/bk_adbl_019316_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Heimat und Welt Weltatlas + Geschichte. Schleswig-Holstein / Hamburg
    Heimat und Welt Weltatlas PLUS Geschichte (inkl. Arbeitsheft Kartenarbeit 978-3-14-100280-5)Grundorientierung erwerbenGrundgerüst zur Erlangung räumlicher Orientierung ist die physische Karte in bewährter Westermann-Qualität. In einheitlichen Maßstäben präsentiert sie die gesamte besiedelte Welt.Nie war es leichter, sich auf den physischen Karten zu orientieren. Die randlichen Suchhilfen wurden grafisch hervorgehoben, um das Aufsuchen von Orten über das Register zu erleichtern.Geschichte erlebenDer Reise durch den Raum folgt eine Reise durch die Zeit. Ein eigenständiger Atlasteil widmet sich allen Geschichtsthemen, bei denen Karten Gewinn bringend anderen Quellen zur Seite gestellt werden können.Ihr großes Plus: Endlich haben Sie alle Geschichtskarten im schnellen Zugriff - epochal gegliedert und ergänzt durch Bilder und den durchgängigen Zeitstrahl, in den Ereignisse zu den Karten eingetragen sind.Motivation weckenDas Arbeiten mit diesem Atlas und seinen Karten soll Freude machen. Viele Erschließungshilfen und Trittsteine wie z.B. markante Fotos bieten Schülerinnen und Schülern erste Zugänge zu den Karten.Eine klare Gliederung erhalten alle Karten durch das als Überschrift hervorgehobene Kartenthema: ein Titelbalken überspannt Legende und Kartenfeld und enthält auch den Maßstab. Hier findet sich jeder schnell zurecht.Methoden kinderleichtAusführlicher denn je werden die Methoden der Kartenarbeit vorgestellt. Das erleichtert das eigenständige Lernen und motiviert zum souveränen Umgang mit Karten und zur besseren Orientierung im Raum.Mit seinen Methodenseiten hilft der Heimat und Welt Weltatlas Plus somit, Karten- und Orientierungskompetenzen aufzubauen. Seine bildhafte Kartengestaltung und die Vielfalt seiner Medien fördern piktorale Kompetenzen.
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    Heimat und Welt Weltatlas + Geschichte. Niedersachsen und Bremen
    Heimat und Welt Weltatlas PLUS Geschichte (inkl. Arbeitsheft Kartenarbeit 978-3-14-100280-5)Grundorientierung erwerbenGrundgerüst zur Erlangung räumlicher Orientierung ist die physische Karte in bewährter Westermann-Qualität. In einheitlichen Maßstäben präsentiert sie die gesamte besiedelte Welt.Nie war es leichter, sich auf den physischen Karten zu orientieren. Die randlichen Suchhilfen wurden grafisch hervorgehoben, um das Aufsuchen von Orten über das Register zu erleichtern.Geschichte erlebenDer Reise durch den Raum folgt eine Reise durch die Zeit. Ein eigenständiger Atlasteil widmet sich allen Geschichtsthemen, bei denen Karten Gewinn bringend anderen Quellen zur Seite gestellt werden können.Ihr großes Plus: Endlich haben Sie alle Geschichtskarten im schnellen Zugriff - epochal gegliedert und ergänzt durch Bilder und den durchgängigen Zeitstrahl, in den Ereignisse zu den Karten eingetragen sind.Motivation weckenDas Arbeiten mit diesem Atlas und seinen Karten soll Freude machen. Viele Erschließungshilfen und Trittsteine wie z.B. markante Fotos bieten Schülerinnen und Schülern erste Zugänge zu den Karten.Eine klare Gliederung erhalten alle Karten durch das als Überschrift hervorgehobene Kartenthema: ein Titelbalken überspannt Legende und Kartenfeld und enthält auch den Maßstab. Hier findet sich jeder schnell zurecht.Methoden kinderleichtAusführlicher denn je werden die Methoden der Kartenarbeit vorgestellt. Das erleichtert das eigenständige Lernen und motiviert zum souveränen Umgang mit Karten und zur besseren Orientierung im Raum.Mit seinen Methodenseiten hilft der Heimat und Welt Weltatlas Plus somit, Karten- und Orientierungskompetenzen aufzubauen. Seine bildhafte Kartengestaltung und die Vielfalt seiner Medien fördern piktorale Kompetenzen.
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    The Noodle Maker of Kalimpong: The Untold Story of My Struggle for Tibet , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 702min
    In December 2010 residents of Kalimpong, a town on the Indian border with Tibet, turned out en masse to welcome the Dalai Lama. It was only then they realized for the first time that the neighbor they knew as the noodle maker of Kalimpong was also the Dalai Lama's older brother. The Tibetan spiritual leader had come to visit the Gaden Tharpa Choling monastery and join his brother for lunch in the family compound. Gyalo Thondup has long lived out of the spotlight and hidden from view, but his whole life has been dedicated to the cause of his younger brother and Tibet. He served for decades as the Dalai Lama's special envoy, the trusted interlocutor between Tibet and foreign leaders from Chiang Kai-shek to Jawaharlal Nehru, Zhou Enlai to Deng Xiaoping. Traveling the globe and meeting behind closed doors, Thondup has been an important witness to some of the epochal events of the 20th century. No one has a better grasp of the ongoing great game as the divergent interests of China, India, Russia, and the United States continue to play themselves out over the Tibetan plateau. Only the Dalai Lama himself has played a more important role in the political history of modern, tragedy-ridden Tibet. Indeed, the Dalai Lama's dramatic escape from Lhasa to exile in India would not have been possible without his brother's behind-the-scenes help. Now, together with Anne F. Thurston, who cowrote the international best seller The Private Life of Chairman Mao, Gyalo Thondup is finally telling his story. The settings are exotic - the Tibetan province of Amdo, where the two brothers spent their early childhood; Tibet's legendary capital of Lhasa; Nanjing, where Thondup received a Chinese education; Taiwan, where he fled when he could not return to Tibet; Calcutta, Delhi, and the Himalayan hill towns of India, where he finally made his home.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lane Nishikawa, Bernadette Dunne. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/007529/bk_blak_007529_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Iran Hostage Crisis: The History of the Standoff That Ended Diplomatic Contacts Between the United States and Iran , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 104min
    On February 1, 1979, amid great fanfare, exiled cleric Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini landed in Tehran. The return of the leader of the revolution to his home country was one of the final markers of the Iranian Revolution, a national phenomenon that had global implications. The Iranian Revolution of 1979 has been described as an epochal event, called the peak of 20th century Islamic revivalism and revitalization, and analyzed as the one key incident that continues to impact politics across Iran, the Middle East, and the even the world as a whole. As a phenomenon that led to the creation of the first modern Islamic Republic in the world, the revolution marked the victory of Islam over secular politics, and Iran quickly became the aspiring model for Islamic fundamentalists and revivalists across the globe, regardless of nationality, culture, or religious sect. When Ayatollah Khomeini was declared ruler in December 1979 and the judicial system originally modeled on that of the West was swiftly replaced by one purely based on Islamic law, much of the world was in shock that such a religiously driven revolution could succeed so quickly, especially when it had such sweeping consequences beyond the realm of religion. Furthermore, while the focus of the revolution was primarily about Islam, the revolution was also colored by disdain for the West, distaste for autocracy, and a yearning for religious and cultural identity. This point was driven home on November 4, 1979 when Iranians stormed the US embassy and took dozens of Americans hostage, sparking a crisis that would last for the rest of President Jimmy Carter's term. A few Americans escaped the embassy and hid in Tehran before being extracted (a mission that was recently adapted into the movie Argo), but for nearly 450 days, the crisis remained at the forefront of America's daily life, and aside from an embarrassing failed rescue mission, the administration seemed uncertain over how to approach the crisis and pro ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dan Gallagher. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/078857/bk_acx0_078857_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Jefferson and Hamilton: The Rivalry That Forged a Nation , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1317min
    A spellbinding history of the epic rivalry that shaped our republic: Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and their competing visions for America.From the award-winning author of Almost a Miracle and The Ascent of George Washington, this is the rare work of scholarship that offers us irresistible human drama even as it enriches our understanding of deep themes in our nation's history. The decade of the 1790s has been called the age of passion. Fervor ran high as rival factions battled over the course of the new republic - each side convinced that the others' goals would betray the legacy of the Revolution so recently fought and so dearly won. All understood as well that what was at stake was not a moment's political advantage, but the future course of the American experiment in democracy. In this epochal debate, no two figures loomed larger than Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton. Both men were visionaries, but their visions of what the United States should be were diametrically opposed. Jefferson, a true revolutionary, believed passionately in individual liberty and a more egalitarian society, with a weak central government and greater powers for the states. Hamilton, a brilliant organizer and tactician, feared chaos and social disorder. He sought to build a powerful national government that could ensure the young nation's security and drive it toward economic greatness. Jefferson and Hamilton is the story of the fierce struggles - both public and, ultimately, bitterly personal - between these two titans. It ended only with the death of Hamilton in a pistol duel, felled by Aaron Burr, Jefferson's vice president. Their competing legacies, like the twin strands of DNA, continue to shape our country to this day. Their personalities, their passions, and their bold dreams for America leap from the page in this epic new work from one of our finest historians. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Stephen McLaughlin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/016085/bk_adbl_016085_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Words of Radiance: The Stormlight Archive, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 2893min
    From number one New York Times best-selling author Brandon Sanderson, Words of Radiance, audiobook two of the Stormlight Archive, continues the immersive fantasy epic that The Way of Kings began.Expected by his enemies to die the miserable death of a military slave, Kaladin survived to be given command of the royal bodyguards, a controversial first for a low-status "darkeyes". Now he must protect the king and Dalinar from every common peril as well as the distinctly uncommon threat of the Assassin, all while secretly struggling to master remarkable new powers that are somehow linked to his honorspren, Syl.The Assassin, Szeth, is active again, murdering rulers all over the world of Roshar, using his baffling powers to thwart every bodyguard and elude all pursuers. Among his prime targets is Highprince Dalinar, widely considered the power behind the Alethi throne. His leading role in the war would seem reason enough, but the Assassin’s master has much deeper motives. Brilliant but troubled Shallan strives along a parallel path. Despite being broken in ways she refuses to acknowledge, she bears a terrible burden: to somehow prevent the return of the legendary Voidbringers and the civilization-ending Desolation that will follow. The secrets she needs can be found at the Shattered Plains, but just arriving there proves more difficult than she could have imagined. Meanwhile, at the heart of the Shattered Plains, the Parshendi are making an epochal decision. Hard pressed by years of Alethi attacks, their numbers ever shrinking, they are convinced by their war leader, Eshonai, to risk everything on a desperate gamble with the very supernatural forces they once fled. The possible consequences for Parshendi and humans alike, indeed, for Roshar itself, are as dangerous as they are incalculable. Other Tor books by Brandon Sanderson:The Cosmere ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michael Kramer, Kate Reading. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/aren/001745/bk_aren_001745_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    One Life Is Not Enough: An Autobiography , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 876min
    Former Minister in charge of External Affairs Kunwar Natwar Singh's autobiography, One Life Is Not Enough, is an honest, searing account of the veteran's life as a bureaucrat, politician, and cabinet minister. Natwar Singh talks about his experiences in Delhi's political corridors and sets the record straight on several events, including the Volcker controversy. Natwar Singh joined the Indian Foreign Service and served as a bureaucrat for 31 years. He joined the Congress Party in 1984 and became a Minister of State in the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's council, with the portfolios of steel, agriculture, and coal and mines in 1985. In this much-awaited autobiography, the former cabinet minister talks justly about his experiences and services in various ministries. Singh has played a significant role in Indian politics for more than 20 years and has been a part of some of the most epochal events of independent India, including Indo-China talks and the formation of Bangladesh. In 2002, when the Congress party came back to power, Natwar Singh was appointed as the Minister for External Affairs. But his eventful career saw its end with the Volcker Report in the year 2005. His name appearing in the Iraqi food-for-oil scam forced him to resign from the cabinet and eventually from the Congress party. Singh talks about all these events and the ups and downs of the Congress party in One Life Is Not Enough, an account of an insider. His association with the party allowed him to observe some of the historical events closely, and he talks about Pakistan in the 1980s under the rule of President Zia-ul-Haq, Indo-Chinese and Indo-USSR relations, and other sensitive developments. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sanjiv Jhaveri. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/028632/bk_adbl_028632_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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