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    The Birth of Venus: A Novel, Hörbuch, Digital, 371min
    Alessandra Cecchi is not quite fifteen when her father, a prosperous cloth merchant, brings a young painter back from northern Europe to decorate the chapel walls in the family's Florentine palazzo. A child of the Renaissance, with a precocious mind and a talent for drawing, Alessandra is intoxicated by the painter's abilities. But their burgeoning relationship is interrupted when Alessandra's parents arrange her marriage to a wealthy, much older man. Meanwhile, Florence is changing, increasingly subject to the growing suppression imposed by the fundamentalist monk Savonarola, who is seizing religious and political control. Alessandra and her native city are caught between the Medici state, with its love of luxury, learning, and dazzling art, and the hellfire preaching and increasing violence of Savonarola's reactionary followers. Played out against this turbulent backdrop, Alessandra's married life is a misery, except for the surprising freedom it allows her to pursue her powerful attraction to the young painter and his art. The Birth of Venus is a tour de force, the first historical novel from one of Britain's most innovative writers of literary suspense. It brings alive the history of Florence at its most dramatic period, telling a compulsively absorbing story of love, art, religion, and power through the passionate voice of Alessandra, a heroine with the same vibrancy of spirit as her beloved city. Language: English. Narrator: Jenny Sterlin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/000378/bk_rand_000378_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    American: Beyond our Grandest Notions , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 223min
    From Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC's Hardball, star of NBC's The Chris Matthews Show, and the best selling author of Now, Let Me Tell You What I Really Think, comes this celebration of the American spirit.Fiercely independent, in love with freedom, convinced we can make it, we are like no other people on earth. We are a people reluctant to fight who become ferocious warriors when threatened or attacked. We are suspicious of governmental power, yet quick to embrace our flag in times of danger. A deeply practical nation, we loom as the world's great optimists. What unites us Americans is not so much language or ethnicity, but a set of distinct notions about ourselves that comprise our American-ness. The self-made country. The constant rebel. The reluctant warrior. The lone hero. The pioneer. The optimist. You see them in the movies we make, the books we write, the history we have lived. What stirred the souls of our ancestors two centuries ago - and all the generations in between - still does.In American, Matthews presents a portrait of a country that enters the world arena armed with an extremely potent weapon: the collective notions we carry of America at its best. It's a picture of more than just a nation challenged but a people ready and eager to prevail. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Chris Matthews. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/000378/bk_sans_000378_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Is Shakespeare Dead? , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 162min
    As a cub river pilot, one of Mark Twain’s masters was a pilot named George Ealer, who recited Shakespeare by the hour - from memory - and who was a virulent opponent of the notion that the Shakespeare plays and poems were in truth written by Sir Francis Bacon. At first, young Sam Clemens agreed with his teacher and boss, but he soon realized that it was no fun for the pilot to argue with someone who agreed with him all of the time. And so, young Sam Clemens became quite skilled in defending this position: He said he was not a Shakespearite nor a Baconite, but that he was a "Brontosaurian": he didn't know who did write them, but he knew Shakespeare didn't. As Twain explained, "It is the very way Professor Osborn and I built the colossal skeleton brontosaur that stands fifty-seven feet long and sixteen feet high in the Natural History Museum, and is the awe and admiration of all the world, the stateliest skeleton that exists on the planet. We had nine bones, and we built the rest of him out of plaster of Paris. We ran short of plaster of Paris, or we'd have built a brontosaur that could sit down beside the Stratford Shakespeare and none but an expert could tell which was biggest or contained the most plaster." ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Richard Henzel. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bigh/000378/bk_bigh_000378_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Modern Political Tradition: Hobbes to Habermas, Hörbuch, Digital, 1104min
    Without even realizing it, we all use the fruits of political philosophy. From liberty to democracy to community, the terms and concepts originated by political philosophers are ingrained in our global consciousness. Yet many of us have an incomplete picture of how these ideas developed and, quite possibly, a skewed perception of their intentions and implications. This highly relevant course sheds light on the labyrinth of Western political and social theory, as well as its influence on modern history. Guided by an award-winning professor of philosophy and author, these eye-opening lectures reveal how political philosophers, in responding to the societal problems and changing conditions of their day in revolutionary ways, created virtual blueprints of action for leaders. You'll gain not only the tools to comprehend the omnipresent language of politics, but a thorough understanding of the wellspring of thought that has emerged over centuries of political philosophy and the intellectual origins of major historical movements and events. Throughout, questions of democracy, freedom, and distributive justice are addressed, and revolutionary figures who have left an indelible mark on history - from Niccolo Machiavelli to Ayn Rand - are encountered. By the conclusion of lecture 36, you will have the context necessary to appreciate the evolution of a myriad of political ideas, including hot-button topics of today such as libertarianism, neoconservatism, feminism, and environmentalism. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. Language: English. Narrator: Lawrence Cahoone. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tcco/000378/bk_tcco_000378_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Potshot , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 368min
    Boston P.I. Spenser returns - heading west to the rich man's haven of Potshot, Arizona, a former mining town reborn as a paradise for Los Angeles millionaires looking for a place to escape the pressures of their high-flying lifestyles. Potshot overcame its rough reputation as a rendezvous for old-time mountain men who lived off the land, thanks to a healthy infusion of new blood and even newer money. But when this western idyll is threatened by a local gang - a twenty-first century posse of desert rats, misfits, drunks, and scavengers - the local police seem powerless. Led by a charismatic individual known only as The Preacher, this motley band of thieves selectively exploits the town, nurturing it as a source of wealth while systematically robbing the residents blind. Enter Spenser, who has been hired by the comely Mary Lou Buckman to investigate the murder of her husband. The Buckmans, a pair of L.A. transplants, moved to Potshot and started a modest outdoor tour service. It is Mary Lou's belief that when her husband refused to pay The Preacher and his men protection money he was killed. Without any witnesses, Spenser has little to go on, and it's clear the local police chief won't be doing much to help. Calling on his own cadre of tried-and-true cohorts, Spenser must find a way to beat the gang at their own dangerous game. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Joe Mantegna. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bant/000378/bk_bant_000378_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Sophia, der Tod und ich: Live, Hörbuch, Digital, 131min
    Nach einem rekordverdächtigen Jahr als Dauergast in den Bestsellerlisten mit seinem Roman-Debüt "Sophia, der Tod und ich" erscheint nun ein Dokument der ausverkauften Thees-Uhlmann-Lesetour mit über 50 Terminen: Die Live-Lesung vom triumphalen Heimspiel in der Grossen Freiheit 36 zu Hamburg. Eine One- Man-Show der absoluten Sonderklasse! Dass er es in sich tragen könnte, hatte man immer schon geahnt. Wer auch nur einmal mehr als fünf Minuten mit Thees Uhlmann verbracht hat, dem müssen das Feuer, der Humor und die Leidenschaft aufgefallen sein, mit denen dieser Mann auch scheinbar Banales in mitreißende Erzählkunst verwandelt. Und natürlich kannte man die Kraft der Uhlmann'schen Lyrik aus den Songs, die er für Tomte und seine Soloalben geschrieben hat. Aber Prosa, ein Roman, die Langform? Andere Sportart. Insofern durfte man durchaus Angst haben, als "Sophia, der Tod und ich" am 8. Oktober 2015 erschien. Wenn Musiker Romane schreiben, kommen dabei häufig naheliegende Abhandlungen über die eigene Szene heraus - oder notdürftig camouflierte Biografien. In diese Falle ist Uhlmann nicht getappt: Aus einer originellen Idee - Gevatter Tod kommt als neugieriger und lebenshungriger Typ auf die Erde, um den Protagonisten, nun ja: abzuholen - entwickelte der Autor eine der skurrilsten und aberwitzigsten Unterwegs-Erzählungen der letzten Jahre. Über die Liebe, das Leben, die großen und die kleinen Dinge dazwischen - und wie das alles zusammenhängt. Was folgte, hat die kühnsten Erwartungen aller Beteiligten bei Weitem übertroffen. Von sämtlichen Feuilletons bis zum kleinen Punk-Fanzine war das Buch Gegenstand ausführlicher Berichterstattung. Uhlmann war quer durch alle Formate bei Markus Lanz, Jan Böhmermann, Jörg Thadeusz, Katrin Bauerfeind oder Denis Scheck zu Gast. "Sophia, der Tod und ich" stürmte die "Spiegel"-Bestellerliste, erreichte Platz drei in den Verkaufscharts von Amazon, Platz vier in der "Zeit" sowie die oberen Rän deutsch. Thees Uhlmann. https://samples.audible.de/bk/fine/000378/bk_fine_000378_sample.mp3.
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    The MasterMind Marketing System, Hörbuch, Digital, 343min
    Jay Abraham's The MasterMind Marketing System shows you how to take maximum advantage of the hidden opportunities, assets, and advantages you possess now - the advantages that all supersuccessful people capitalize on as a matter of principle. You will discover a kaleidoscopic array of possibilities you can implement immediately to exponentially increase your success, income, and opportunity base. Jay Abraham uses time-tested strategies in a unique layered approach that will free you from business worries as they ironclad your future success. Hundreds of people have become millionaires or multimillionaires by following Jay Abraham's advice. Thousands of people have doubled, tripled, and even quadrupled their sales or income. The secret they know is this: 98 out of 100 people use tunnel vision in their own business endeavors, never looking beyond the traditional ways of doing business in their own field. Through Jay Abraham's experience in over 400 different industries, you will expand your view of what is possible and learn a myriad of ways to keep your customers coming back for your product or service permanently.You will discover how to bring a customer into your sphere of influence and never let him or her go, with strategies to optimize each business relationship. You will learn how to see opportunities differently from how you have before, to remove obstacles and view things from a nonmyopic standpoint. You will uncover the small distractions and adjustments you can easily make to them to increase your business, not laterally but exponentially.In The MasterMind Marketing System, you'll learn:The difference between good leverage and bad leverageTunnel vision versus funnel visionTo develop a strategy of preeminenceThe Power Parthenon strategy for your businessThe only three ways to increase your businessThe power of a great referral systemWhy your business will Language: English. Narrator: Jay Abraham. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/ntgl/000378/bk_ntgl_000378_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Story , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 50min
    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) is widely recognized as Germany's greatest poet and writer. His early works are rooted in the German Sturm und Drang movement, which was also the early phase of German Romanticism. Entitled simply Story, this short novella belongs firmly in this early period and is characteristic of Goethe's early work. His hallmark fascination with nature and the point where it fuses with man-made art to create something more beautiful still is magnificently displayed here in his description of the wonderful overgrown ruined castle. His sense of the dramatic, vividly conjured up in lyrical prose is reflected in the market fire and the escape of the showman's tiger and lion. Story is the narrative of a princess, whose husband has gone out hunting. She is inspired by her uncle showing her paintings of a nearby ruined castle which has become overgrown with trees to ask him to take her there on their afternoon ride. On the way, they pass through the busy market and see that there is a showman exhibiting a range of wild beasts. When they reach the base of the castle, they have a fine view back towards their own castle and the town beneath it, but they quickly spot that something is wrong. A fire has broken out in the marketplace. The uncle sets off with all haste to see if he can help out. Meanwhile, the princess returns more slowly...but suddenly finds herself face to face with a tiger which has escaped from the menagerie in the confusion of the fire. From this follows an extraordinary and astounding set of events. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cathy Dobson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/redd/000378/bk_redd_000378_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Power of Positive Thinking Hypnosis: Be an Optimist & Increase Positive Energy, Guided Meditation, Self-Hypnosis, Binaural Beats, Hörbuch, Digital, 160min
    Are you tired of pessimistic thoughts and feeling bogged down by negativity? Do you want to be happier and more able to enjoy life’s moments? You can change the way you look at life and find joy with this hypnosis program from Erick Brown. The Power of Positive Thinking will help train your mind to see the silver lining and start living with a healthier, more positive spin on life. Subliminal suggestions for deep relaxation and positive change will be received by your subconscious, increasing your positive energy, self-confidence, and helping you to attract the happiness and goals you desire. Why wait another day? Your day can become better with positive thinking! The Power of Positive Thinking includes an instructional track and three hypnosis tracks for you to choose from: One containing a beach induction that will lull you into a deep state of relaxation with the soothing sounds of waves hitting the shore, allowing you to let go of any mental inhibitions and be completely open to positive change. One containing a staircase induction that will walk you down a mental stairway into a deeply relaxed state that ends with you in a peaceful, safe place where you can feel comfortable enough to completely open up to these hypnotic suggestions. And one containing a speed induction that will quickly take you into a deeply relaxed state. Use this track if you are already familiar with the relaxation process and would like to quickly move into deep relaxation. Bonus Track: Deep Sleep Subliminal -This subliminal bonus track can be used with your hypnosis program or on its own for a deep, restful sleep. Binaural beats and solfeggio tones relax your brainwaves and body, melting away tension and stress. Language: English. Narrator: Erick Brown Hypnosis. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/sp/sdhp/000378/sp_sdhp_000378_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Between Good and Evil: A Master Profiler's Hunt for Society's Most Violent Predators, Hörbuch, Digital, 370min
    No one gets closer to evil than a criminal profiler, trained to penetrate the hearts and minds of society's most vicious psychopaths. And no one is a more towering figure in the world of criminal profilers than Roger L. Depue. Chief of the FBI Behavioral Science Unit at a time when its innovative work first came to prominence, he headed a renowned team of mind hunters that included John Douglas, Robert Ressler, and Roy Hazelwood. In a subbasement 60 feet under the Academy gun vault in Quantico, he broke new ground with analytical techniques and training programs that are still used today. After retiring from the FBI, he founded an elite forensics group that consulted on high-profile cases, including the Martha Moxley and JonBenet Ramsey murders, and the Columbine school shootings. But coming face-to-face with the darkest deeds human beings are capable of took a horrific toll. After suffering a devastating personal loss, Depue, on the brink of despair, walked away from the outside world and joined a seminary. For three years this was his safe haven, a place where he exorcised personal demons and found a refuge from terrifying memories of real-life monsters. And it was there, while counseling maximum security inmates, that he rediscovered the capacity for goodness in people, and made the decision to return to the world to resume his work. Here is Depue's extraordinary personal account, from growing up as a police officer's son to tracking down some of today's most brutal murderers. With its harrowing descriptions of human depravity and passionate call to fight against evil, Between Good and Evil is both a riveting dispatch from the front lines of a war against human predators...and the powerful story of one man's journey between darkness and redemption. Language: English. Narrator: David Povall. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/time/000378/bk_time_000378_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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