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    The New Mind Readers: What Neuroimaging Can and Cannot Reveal about Our Thoughts
    The ability to read minds has long been the stuff of science fiction, but revolutionary new brain-imaging methods are bringing it closer to scientific reality. The New Mind Readers provides a compelling look at the origins, development, and future of these extraordinary tools, revealing how they are increasingly being used to decode our thoughts and experiences--and how this raises sometimes troubling questions about their application in domains such as marketing, politics, and the law. Russell Poldrack takes readers on a journey of scientific discovery, telling the stories of the visionaries behind these breakthroughs. Along the way, he gives an insider's perspective on what is perhaps the single most important technology in cognitive neuroscience today--functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI, which is providing astonishing new insights into the contents and workings of the mind. He highlights both the amazing power and major limitations of these techniques and describes how applications outside the lab often exceed the bounds of responsible science. Poldrack also details the unique and sometimes disorienting experience of having his own brain scanned more than a hundred times as part of a landmark study of how human brain function changes over time.
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    Her Final Prayer: A Totally Gripping and Heart-Stopping Crime Thriller (Detective Clara Jefferies, Book 2) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 717min
    Her pulse pounded in her ears as she scanned the house. Her eyes traveled over the porch where three empty chairs lazily rocked in the breeze, surrounded by scattered children’s toys. In the yard, there were mounds of earth. Graves. Only big enough for children....When Detective Clara Jefferies is called to a family ranch just outside of Alber, Utah, she’s horrified to find two innocent young children murdered alongside their mothers. But she arrives at the scene quickly enough to rush their father, Jacob Johansson, to the hospital where he begins fighting for his life and to save his two-month-old son, Jeremy, left untouched in his crib. As Clara begins to investigate, nothing she finds out makes sense. Though she uncovers photos of one of Jacob’s wives in his best friend’s trailer, her flower necklace underneath his bed, there are rumors that she was in love with a different man altogether. And as the close-knit community comes together to support Jacob, Clara’s own family shuts her out of the investigation.... But Clara won’t give up. With the killer still at large, baby Jeremy is at risk, and every moment her family is helping Jacob they are also in danger. To earn her family’s trust, Clara finally has to face the past, but can she do it before it’s too late? Her Final Prayer is perfect for fans of Lisa Regan, Melinda Leigh, and Kendra Elliot.  ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kate Handford. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/217253/bk_acx0_217253_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Across America by Motor-Cycle: Remastered and Reset , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 394min
    A veteran of World War I, British RAF Captain C.K. Shepherd arrived in New York in June 1919, bought a top-of-the-line Henderson four-cylinder motorcycle, and headed west on a solo cross-country adventure to see America. He set off on his adventures, arriving in San Francisco two months later. Having completed his voyage, he sold his beloved motorcycle, dubbed “Lizzie”, on the street in San Francisco and then made his way back to his home in Birmingham, England. Three years later, he wrote Across America by Motor-Cycle - a memoir and travelogue that has become a motorcycle history classic. The 1922 book is now in the public domain and has been reprinted and made electronically available by others besides me. However, this is the first known production of the book in audio format. The entire recording has been painstakingly made by reference to a digital copy of the book newly scanned from an original print of the hardcover book as published in 1922. All words in the original book are spoken in a voice selected to most closely represent that of C.K. Shepherd as well as all of the "characters" about whom C.K. wrote. This audiobook will provide listeners with a new way to appreciate this wonderful adventure. Enjoy!PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Will de Renzy-Martin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/145644/bk_acx0_145644_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Hobbit. Graphic Novel
    A brand new revised edition of the best-selling graphic novel based on the enchanting prelude to The Lord of the Rings.First published in 1990, David Wenzel's comic book adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit was an immediate success and has become one of the best-loved graphic novels of the last 25 years.The Hobbit is the story of Bilbo Baggins, a quiet and contented hobbit whose life is turned upside down when he joins the wizard Gandalf and thirteen dwarves on their quest to reclaim their stolen treasure. It is a journey fraught with danger - and in the end it is Bilbo alone who must face the guardian of this treasure, the most-dreaded dragon, Smaug.Illustrated and hand painted in full colour throughout, and accompanied by the carefully abridged text of the original novel, this handsome authorised edition will introduce new generations to a magical masterpiece - and be treasured by Hobbit fans of all ages, everywhere.This new edition has been completely re-scanned from the original paintings to achieve more accurate and vibrant colours, with David Wenzel revisiting the work to provide sensitive improvements and additions to the original edition. The book includes a magnificent and completely new cover design by Wenzel himself.
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    Man Riding West - Grub Line Rider - Down the Pogonip Trail (Dramatized), Hörbuch, Digital, 169min
    Man Riding West: Jim Gary had always tried to avoid trouble, but after he is forced to kill a Mexican gunman in a cantina showdown, trouble seems to seek him out. A shoot-out with the gunman’s vengeful outlaw buddies sends Jim on the run with an unwanted reputation as a dangerous gunslinger. And when he hires on as a cowhand, Jim risks being strung up as a rustler and murderer - unless he can use his wits as quickly as his guns. "Grub Line Rider": Most folks would call Kim Sartain an easygoing, peace-loving man, but the few who crossed the young drifter know there is nothing he likes better than a good fight. When cattleman Jim Targ challenges Sartain’s right to ride across an unclaimed stretch of meadow, Sartain decides he’ll do better than ride through: He’ll put down stakes there and homestead the land. There’s more at risk than land and pride when Targ hires a gunman to teach Sartain a permanent - and deadly - lesson. "Down the Pogonop Trail": Jeff Kurland didn’t have a gun; he didn’t have a chance. The rancher knew that even as he scanned the cabin for a weapon, any weapon. He was trapped with a killer who had a pistol in his hand and a bounty on his head, and outside the pogonip swirled and fell. Death would creep into the cabin with the bone-chilling cold or slice through him with the speed of a bullet. Either way, time was running out...for both of them. Language: English. Narrator: full cast. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/003488/bk_rand_003488_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Battlefield America: The War on the American People , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 481min
    In Battlefield America: The War on the American People, the follow-up to his award-winning book A Government of Wolves: The Emerging American Police State, constitutional attorney John W. Whitehead paints a terrifying portrait of a nation at war with itself and which is on the verge of undermining the basic freedoms guaranteed to the citizenry in the Constitution. Indeed, police have been transformed into extensions of the military, towns and cities have become battlefields, and the American people have been turned into enemy combatants, to be spied on, tracked, scanned, frisked, searched, subjected to all manner of intrusions, intimidated, invaded, raided, manhandled, censored, silenced, shot at, locked up, and denied due process. Yet this police state did not come about overnight. As Whitehead notes, this shift into totalitarianism cannot be traced back to a single individual or event. Rather, the evolution has been so subtle that most American citizens were hardly even aware of it taking place. Yet little by little, police authority expanded, one weapon after another was added to the police arsenal, and one exception after another was made to the standards that have historically restrained police authority. Add to this mix the merger of Internet megacorporations with government intelligence agencies, and you have the making of an electronic concentration camp that not only sees the citizenry as databits but will attempt to control every aspect of their lives. And if someone dares to step out of line, they will most likely find an armed SWAT team at their door. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Eric G. Dove. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/007272/bk_brll_007272_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    444: Holiness Revisited , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 242min
    Justin wasn't shopping for one. But, while on vacation on the East Coast, he purchased a cathedral style radio from an antique store. When he got it back to the hotel and turned it on, he was surprised at what he heard. Terrified voices from three centuries ago spilled into his hotel room as he listened to a terrible storm battering a passenger ship at sea. Then, in the midst of the fearful cries and shouts for mercy from passengers on the ship, in the distance, a man heard some people singing a hymn. How could they be so calm at a time like this? How can we Christians be so calm at a time like this? How can we reach the throne of God and be blessed with permanent peace and saved from the storm of this modern culture battering our hearts and minds today? In the recent past many Christians obtained what has come to be called, a "second blessing" from God in which their hearts, souls, and minds were filled with pentecostal power. Justin and his new found friends listened intently as his supernatural radio scanned the past, finding these long forgotten saints whose wisdom and experience seem no longer relevant today. But is that true?  John Wesley, a co-founder of the Methodist church, said, "Light yourself on fire with passion and people will come from miles around to watch you burn." Did the Christian church miss a chance to catch the world on fire with the Gospel? Will that old radio reveal a secret that could set a holy fire ablaze within each of us? Stay tuned. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Vic Zarley. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/119139/bk_acx0_119139_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Nanny to Mommy: A Single Dad and a Virgin Romance , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 67min, (USK 18)
    Hey Stace. Take a look at this. It’s right up your alley. I glanced up from my book at my roommate Emma, who was holding a newspaper. "What is it?" She scanned the paper. "This daycare wants a pre-k teacher for their two-year-old class. This has your name all over it." I wrinkled my nose. "Um no thanks." "I thought that you wanted to work in childcare." "Nooooo, I want to work with children." Emma frowned. "Okay. Isn’t teaching the same thing?" "Nope." I looked over at her. "I don’t want to have a whole group of ankle biters. I want a nanny job. Preferably, a live in nanny position. That would be better." Emma spread her arms. "How cool would that be to have your own little class? They would be so cute. And-" "Then you do it," I said, shaking my head. "I don’t have those types of aspirations." "Then what is it that you want?" I sighed. "Chelsea got a job as a nanny. Remember? She got to travel with the family on vacations. Had her own room and access to their kitchen and pool. And she got paid well. Very well." "Yeah but the parents were both like famous surgeons or something." "True. But that’s what I want." Emma tossed the paper in our recycling bin. "You know gigs like that come once in a lifetime. She got lucky." I snorted. "I'll just be honest. I want to make a lot of money without expending a lot of energy." "That’s everybody’s dream," Emma said, opening her book. "But some of us have to study. We’re not all born with good looks and daddy’s credit card." ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Theresa Stephens. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/108433/bk_acx0_108433_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Case for Books: Past, Present, and Future , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 339min
    The invention of writing was one of the most important technological, cultural, and sociological breakthroughs in human history. With the printed book, information and ideas could disseminate more widely and effectively than ever before - and in some cases, affect and redirect the sway of history. Today, nearly one million books are published each year. But is the era of the book as we know it - a codex of bound pages - coming to an end? And if it is, should we celebrate its demise and the creation of a democratic digital future, or mourn an irreplaceable loss? The digital age is revolutionizing the information landscape. Already, more books have been scanned and digitized than were housed in the great library in Alexandria, making available millions of texts for a curious reader at the click of a button, and electronic book sales are growing exponentially. Will this revolution in the delivery of information and entertainment make for more transparent and far-reaching dissemination - or create a monopolistic stranglehold? In The Case for Books, Robert Darnton, an intellectual pioneer in the field of the history of the book and director of Harvard University's Library, offers an in-depth examination of the book from its earliest beginnings to its shifting role today in popular culture, commerce, and the academy. As an author, editorial advisor, and publishing entrepreneur, Darnton is a unique authority on the life and role of the book in society. This book is a wise work of scholarship - one that requires listeners to carefully consider how the digital revolution will broadly affect the marketplace of ideas. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David Henry. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/puba/000026/bk_puba_000026_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Roswell: The History of America’s Most Famous UFO Incident , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 74min
    Few things in American history are as controversial as Roswell. The one undeniable fact is that something happened near Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947, but beyond that, the facts become murky as memories and evidence lose their luster over the years. That said, the impact of an unidentified object continues to mystify residents, visitors and the curious, and it has not only put Roswell on the map but has kept it there for thousands of tourists. While much of the information disseminated has been in the form of press releases published in newspapers, the FBI eventually relented and released their records involving the Roswell crash. In 2011, more than 2,000 individual documents about this event were scanned and published as the digital project "The Vault", part of nearly 7,000 items on various subjects in the Freedom of Information Act's Library. Nonetheless, skepticism about the official version of the incident prevails, and a countless number of people continue to believe the American government covered up a crash landing by aliens. As John B. Alexander, PhD, a former project manager at the Los Alamos National Laboratory and consultant to the CIA, put it, "Attempting to come to any complete resolution of the incident is a fool's errand, as whatever the truth may have been has become so distorted over time that facts have merged inextricably with fiction." But fools did abound. The FBI, and anyone else who might have archived top secret memos, reports, or even newspaper clippings, were barraged for years with Freedom of Information requests. When the FBI finally complied with thousands and thousands of pages freely disseminated online, they were still accused of withholding or altering the facts. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David Zarbock. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/088861/bk_acx0_088861_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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