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Perilous Question: The Drama of the Great Reform Bill 1832, Hörbuch, Digital, 384min

Internationally best-selling historian Antonia Fraser's new audiobook brilliantly evokes one year of pre-Victorian political and social history - the passing of the Great Reform Bill of 1832. For our inconclusive times, there is an attractive resonance with 1832, with its ‘rotten boroughs’ of Old Sarum and the disappearing village of Dunwich, and its lines of most resistance to reform. This audiobook is character-driven - on the one hand, the reforming heroes are the Whig aristocrats Lord Grey, Lord Althorp and Lord John Russell, and the Irish orator Daniel O'Connell. They included members of the richest and most landed Cabinet in history, yet they were determined to bring liberty, which whittled away their own power, to the country. The all-too-conservative opposition comprised Lord Londonderry, the Duke of Wellington, the intransigent Duchess of Kent and the consort of the Tory King William IV, Queen Adelaide. Finally, there were ‘revolutionaries’ and reformers, like William Cobbett, the author of ‘Rural Rides’. This is a audiobook that features one eventful year, much of it violent. There were riots in Bristol, Manchester and Nottingham, and wider themes of Irish and ‘negro emancipation’ underscore the narrative. The time-span of the audiobook is from Wellington's intractable declaration in November 1830 that 'The beginning of reform is the beginning of revolution', to 7th June 1832, the date of the extremely reluctant royal assent by William IV to the Great Reform Bill, under the double threat of the creation of 60 new peers in the House of Lords and the threat of revolution throughout the country. These events led to a total change in the way Britain was governed, a two-year revolution that Antonia Fraser brings to vivid dramatic life. Read by Sean Barrett. Sean Barrett has narrated many television documentaries for the BBC and Discovery Channel, notably The People’s Century, Walking With Beasts, and Great Lives. As Language: English. Narrator: Sean Barrett. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/orio/000585/bk_orio_000585_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Global Risk Agility and Decision Making: Organizational Resilience in the Era of Man-Made Risk , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 823min

In Global Risk Agility and Decision Making, Daniel Wagner and Dante Disparte, two leading authorities in global risk management, make a compelling case for the need to bring traditional approaches to risk management and decision-making into the 21st century. Based on their own deep and multifaceted experience in risk management across numerous firms in dozens of countries, the authors call for a greater sense of urgency from corporate boards, decision makers, line managers, policymakers, and risk practitioners to address and resolve the plethora of challenges facing today's private and public sector organizations. Set against the era of man-made risk, where transnational terrorism, cyber risk, and climate change are making traditional risk models increasingly obsolete, they argue that remaining passively on the side-lines of the global economy is dangerous, and that understanding and actively engaging the world is central to achieving risk agility. Their definition of risk agility taps into the survival and risk-taking instincts of the entrepreneur while establishing an organizational imperative focused on collective survival. The agile risk manager is part sociologist, anthropologist, psychologist, and quant. Risk agility implies not treating risk as a cost of doing business, but as a catalyst for growth. Wagner and Disparte bring the concept of risk agility to life through a series of case studies that cut across industries, countries and the public and private sectors. The rich, real-world examples underscore how once mighty organizations can be brought to their knees - and even their demise by simple miscalculations or a failure to just do the right thing. The listener is offered deep insights into specific risk domains that are shaping our world, including terrorism, cyber risk, climate change, and economic resource nationalism, as well as a frame of reference from which to think about risk management and decision making in our in ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Joseph R. Durika. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/062286/bk_acx0_062286_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Power of Inner Ability: 3 Most Powerful and Infallible Laws of Life: A Guide to Achieving True Success , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 149min

Why this book? This is not a self-help book, because nothing like that really exists. However, let me ask you.... Do you know the two greatest powers you possess within you? Which of these powers dominate you from inside out? Are you using the simple, but profound, WAS method, which is used by successful people, in accomplishing daily goals? Are you familiar with the FOCUS method? You would have to get this book if you answered no to any of the above questions. This book will make you aware (if you are not already) of the incredible inner power (called inner ability) that you already possess within you. It is intended to be a guide to activating the power of your inner ability, so as to start or help you continue on your journey towards true and lasting success - what you were really created for. This book is based on a 10-year study of how people have used, and still use, the three most important, foundational, universal, timeless, and infallible principles for becoming truly successful. The power of inner ability is the outcome of this study. It outlines the three core principles for achieving true and lasting success. It also explains and gives examples of how you can apply these same three core principles of true success to any undesired circumstances in your life and begin to see positive, significant changes. I call these principles of true success the ODD principles. These are the same principles used by any truly successful person you know or have ever heard of. These principles underscore every personal development book you will ever read, every self-improvement course you will ever take, and every seminar on personal improvement you will ever attend. When you understand how these core principles work, you will be able to apply them to any area of your life: finances, relationships, parenting, and every other goal you set. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Pete Beretta. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/038708/bk_acx0_038708_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Justice for All (eBook, ePUB)

Justice for All identifies ten central flaws in the criminal justice system and offers an array of solutions - from status quo to evolution to revolution - to address the inequities and injustices that far too often result in courtrooms across the United States. From the investigatory stage to the sentencing and appellate stages, many criminal defendants, particularly those from marginalized communities, often face procedural and structural barriers that taint the criminal justice system with the stain of unfairness, prejudice, and arbitrariness. Systematic flaws in the criminal justice system underscore the inequitable processes by which courts deprive citizens of liberty and, in some instances, their lives. Comprehensive in its scope and applicability, the book focuses upon the procedural and substantive barriers that often prohibit defendants from receiving fair treatment within the United States criminal justice system. Each chapter is devoted to a particular flaw in the criminal justice system and is divided into two parts. First, the authors discuss in depth the underlying causes and effects of the flaw at issue. Second, the authors present a wide range of possible solutions to address this flaw and lead to greater equality in the administration of criminal justice. The reader is encouraged throughout to consider and assess all possible options, then defendant their choices and preferences. Confronting these issues is critical to reducing racial disparities and guaranteeing Justice for All. Describing the problems and assessing the solutions, Justice for All will be of immeasurable value to criminal justice students and scholars, as well as attorneys, judges, and legislators, who strive to address the pervasive flaws in the criminal justice system.

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SPIKE

Spike Lee is a world-renowned, Academy Award-winning filmmaker, a cultural icon, and one of the most prominent voices on race and racism for more than three decades. His prolific career has included over 35 films, including his directorial debut She's Gotta Have It (1986), his seminal masterpiece Do the Right Thing (1989), and more recently, his Oscar-winning film BlacKkKlansman (2018). Spike Lee's provocative feature films, documentaries, commercials, and music videos, have shone the spotlight on significant stories and have made an indelible mark in both cinematic history and in contemporary society.This career-spanning monograph titled SPIKE is a visual celebration of his life and career to date. The custom bold, typographic design is inspired by the LOVE/HATE brass rings that Radio Raheem wore in Do the Right Thing and that Spike Lee wore at the 2019 Academy Awards. The gold foil deboss on SPIKE on the vibrant fuchsia front cover is a bold and beautiful, eye-catching design. Featuring hundreds of never-before-seen photographs by David Lee, Spike's brother and long-time still photographer, SPIKE the book, includes behind-the-scenes, insider images that underscore his creative process and his significant impact on the culture at large. From his critically acclaimed film Malcolm X (1992) starring Denzel Washington, to his recent film Da 5 Bloods (2020) featuring the late Chadwick Boseman, Spike Lee's work continues to resonate now more than ever. Also included here are his beloved commercials with Michael Jordan for Nike, which helped launch the billion-dollar Jordan brand product empire, as well as his music videos with Prince and Michael Jackson. This is a must-have collector's item and ideal gift for any cinephile and fan of one of the most prominent and influential filmmakers in history.

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Mr. Putin (eBook, ePUB)

Fiona Hill and other U.S. public servants have been recognized as Guardians of the Year in TIME's 2019 Person of the Year issue.From the KGB to the Kremlin: a multidimensional portrait of the man at war with the West.Where do Vladimir Putin's ideas come from? How does he look at the outside world? What does he want, and how far is he willing to go?The great lesson of the outbreak of World War I in 1914 was the danger of misreading the statements, actions, and intentions of the adversary. Today, Vladimir Putin has become the greatest challenge to European security and the global world order in decades. Russia's 8,000 nuclear weapons underscore the huge risks of not understanding who Putin is.Featuring five new chapters, this new edition dispels potentially dangerous misconceptions about Putin and offers a clear-eyed look at his objectives. It presents Putin as a reflection of deeply ingrained Russian ways of thinking as well as his unique personal background and experience.Praise for the first edition:"If you want to begin to understand Russia today, read this book."-Sir John Scarlett, former chief of the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6)"For anyone wishing to understand Russia's evolution since the breakup of the Soviet Union and its trajectory since then, the book you hold in your hand is an essential guide."-John McLaughlin, former deputy director of U.S. Central Intelligence"Of the many biographies of Vladimir Putin that have appeared in recent years, this one is the most useful."-Foreign Affairs"This is not just another Putin biography. It is a psychological portrait."-The Financial TimesQ: Do you have time to read books? If so, which ones would you recommend? "My goodness, let's see. There's Mr. Putin, by Fiona Hill and Clifford Gaddy. Insightful."-Vice President Joseph Biden in Joe Biden: The Rolling Stone Interview.

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Berlin 1945-2000 als fotografisches Motiv

(Please scroll down for English version) BERLIN 1945 - 2000 ALS FOTOFRAFISCHES MOTIV untersucht, wie deutsche ebenso wie internationale Fotografen und Fotografinnen Berlin zwischen der unmittelbaren Nachkriegszeit und dem Ende des 20. Jahrhunderts gesehen haben. Die Kunsthistorikerin und Kuratorin Candice M. Hamelin wählte dafür exemplarische Arbeiten von über zwanzig Fotografen und Fotografinnen aus. Der Ausstellungskatalog - der begleitend zu einer großen Ausstellung der Reinbeckhallen, Berlin erscheint - beginnt mit Schwarzweißaufnahmen des in Trümmern liegenden Berlins und endet mit Bildern städtebaulicher Projekte der Nachwendezeit, die häufig in Farbe und mit bis zu mehrere Jahre langen Belichtungszeiten aufgenommen wurden. Zwischen diesen beiden Abschnitten finden sich Aufnahmen, die den Genres der Street-, Architektur-, Porträt- sowie der subjektiven, konzeptuellen und experimentellen Fotografie angehören. Im Dialog miteinander veranschaulichen die Bilder dieses Buches und der Ausstellung die gewaltigen sozialen, politischen und kulturellen Veränderungen, die die Stadt durchgemacht hat, ebenso wie die vielfältigen fotografischen Praktiken und Tendenzen, die in Berlin im Verlauf von fünfundfünfzig Jahren entwickelt wurden.BERLIN, 1945-2000: A PHOTOGRAPHIC SUBJECT explores how German and international photographers alike photographed Berlin between the immediate postwar years and the end of the twentieth century. Curator and art historian Candice M. Hamelin selected exemplary works by more than twenty photographers. The book, which is published to accompany a major exhibition at the Reinbeckhallen in Berlin-opens with black-and-white photographs of Berlin in ruins and concludes with images of Berlin's urban development projects after the fall of the Berlin Wall that are often in color and taken with exposure times of up to several years. Images that belong to the genres of street, subjective, architectural, conceptual, portrait, and experimental photography can be found between these two sections. In dialogue with each other, the images in BERLIN, 1945-2000: A PHOTOGRAPHIC SUBJECT underscore the immense social, cultural, and political changes the city underwent and, at the same time, the diverse photographic practices and tendencies that developed in Berlin over the course of fifty-five years.Die Fotografen/Fotografinnen in alphabetischer Reihenfolge / Photographers in alphabetical order: Wilfried Bauer, Sibylle Bergemann, Kurt Buchwald, Gundula Schulze-Eldowy, Arno Fischer, Nan Goldin, Herbert Hensky, Max Jacoby, Karl-Ludwig Lange, Will McBride, Rudi Meisel, Roger Melis, Evelyn Richter, Andreas Rost, Michael Schmidt, Maria Sewcz, Michael Wesely, Anno Wilms, Ulrich Wüst, Werner Zellien, Harf Zimmermann und Miron Zownir

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Orb Sceptre Throne

Orb Sceptre Throne - (Malazan Empire: 4): a concoction of greed betrayal murder and deception underscore this fantasy epic: ab 8.49 €

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Underscore: ab 11.89 €

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Functional JavaScript

Functional JavaScript - Introducing Functional Programming with Underscore. js: ab 19.99 €

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