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    Serious Money (eBook, ePUB)
    The inside story of London's wealthiest residents - and how their money shapes the city for the rest of usLondon is a plutocrat's paradise, with more resident billionaires than New York, Hong Kong or Moscow. Far from trickling down, their wealth is burning up the environment and swallowing up the city. But what do we really know about London's super rich, and the lives they lead?To find out more about this secretive, security-heavy elite, sociologist Caroline Knowles walks the streets of London from the City to suburban Surrey, via Kensington, Notting Hill, Mayfair and elsewhere. Her walks reveal how the wealthy shape the capital in their image, creating a new world of gated communities and luxury developments. A move behind closed doors takes us ever further into the dark heart of the plutocratic city, from multimillion-pound mansions to high-end hotels and gentlemen's clubs. Along the way we meet a wide and wickedly entertaining cast of millionaires, billionaires and those who serve them: bankers, aristocrats, tech tycoons, Conservative party donors, butlers, bodyguards, divorce lawyers and many, many more.By turns jaw-dropping, enraging and enlightening, Serious Money explodes the fiction that wealth is a condition to aspire to, revealing the isolation and paranoia which accompany it when the plutocrat's recompense - a life of unlimited luxury - ultimately proves hollow. It is a powerful reminder us that it is not just the super-rich who get to make the city: we make it too, and could demand something different. Because serious money is good for no one - not even the rich.
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    Serious Money
    The inside story of London's wealthiest residents - and how their money shapes the city for the rest of usLondon is a plutocrat's paradise, with more resident billionaires than New York, Hong Kong or Moscow. Far from trickling down, their wealth is burning up the environment and swallowing up the city. But what do we really know about London's super rich, and the lives they lead?To find out more about this secretive, security-heavy elite, sociologist Caroline Knowles walks the streets of London from the City to suburban Surrey, via Kensington, Notting Hill, Mayfair and elsewhere. Her walks reveal how the wealthy shape the capital in their image, creating a new world of gated communities and luxury developments. A move behind closed doors takes us ever further into the dark heart of the plutocratic city, from multimillion-pound mansions to high-end hotels and gentlemen's clubs. Along the way we meet a wide and wickedly entertaining cast of millionaires, billionaires and those who serve them: bankers, aristocrats, tech tycoons, Conservative party donors, butlers, bodyguards, divorce lawyers and many, many more.By turns jaw-dropping, enraging and enlightening, Serious Money explodes the fiction that wealth is a condition to aspire to, revealing the isolation and paranoia which accompany it when the plutocrat's recompense - a life of unlimited luxury - ultimately proves hollow. It is a powerful reminder us that it is not just the super-rich who get to make the city: we make it too, and could demand something different. Because serious money is good for no one - not even the rich.
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    Die Verschwörung der Krähen
    ÜBER WAHRHEIT UND WÜRDE IN EINER KORRUPTEN WELT Am Ufer der Themse finden Kinder beim Spielen die Leichenteile des größten Verbrechers im britischen Königreich, und nur einer weiß, wie sie dort hingelangt sind ...London besteht um 1700 aus zwei Städten, in beiden regiert die Gewalt. In der Unterwelt kämpfen Einbrecher und Auftragsmörder um die Vorherrschaft, am Hof streiten sich Minister und Aristokraten um die Gunst der Königin: Alles untersteht der Kontrolle Queen Anne Stuarts, religiös und politisch Andersdenkende werden zu Staatsfeinden erklärt, zum meist tödlichen Pranger verurteilt und weggesperrt im gefürchtetsten Kerker Europas, Newgate Prison. So wie Daniel de Foe, Unternehmer, Journalist, Kirchengegner, Geheimagent wider Willen und Intimfeind Queen Annes. Doch als er entdeckt, wer in London wirklich die Fäden zieht, schlägt er sich, gegen die Obrigkeit, auf die Seite der Kriminellen ? mit dem Beistand seiner scharfsichtigen Frau Mary de Foe und der respektlosen Margaret «Midge» Crane. Und um seiner Vernichtung zu entkommen, plant er einen letzten, spektakulären Coup. Markus Gasser erzählt in Die Verschwörung der Krähen über Wahrheit und Würde in einer korrupten Welt, über Armut, Seuchen und Krieg, den schmalen Grat zwischen Schuld und Unschuld, über die Entstehung des investigativen Journalismus unter dem Druck von Zensur, Fake News, Populismus und Paranoia ? und über die Liebe in liebloser Zeit. Eine Geschichte, düster und voller Komik, über Intrigen, Liebe und Verrat im London Daniel de Foes Based on a true story Für Leser:innen von Hilary Mantel, Gabriel García Márquez und Julian Barnes Ein historischer Abenteuerroman über unsere Gegenwart
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    Fatal, Hörbuch, Digital, 297min
    In Chicago, a pregnant cafeteria worker suffering nothing more malevolent than flulike symptoms begins hemorrhaging from every part of her body. In Boston, a brilliant musician, her face disfigured by an unknown disease, rapidly descends into a lethal paranoia. In Belinda, West Virginia, a miner suddenly goes berserk, causing a cave-in that kills two of his co-workers. Finding the link between these events could prove fatal.Five years ago, internist and emergency specialist Matt Rutledge returned to his West Virginia home to marry his high-school sweetheart and open a practice. He also had a score to settle. His father died while working for the Belinda Coal and Coke Company, and Matt swore to expose the mine's health and safety violations. When his beloved Ginny succumbed to an unusual cancer, his campaign became even more bitterly personal. Now Matt has identified two bizarre cases of what he has dubbed the Belinda Syndrome - caused, he is certain, by the mine's careless disposal of toxic chemicals. All he needs is proof.Meanwhile, two women, unknown to one another, are drawn inexorably to Belinda, into Matt's life - and into mortal danger. Massachusetts coroner Nikki Solari comes to attend the funeral of her roommate, killed violently on a Boston street. Ellen Kroft, a retired schoolteacher from Maryland, seeks the remorseless killer who has threatened to destroy her and her family. Three strangers - Rutledge, Solari, and Kroft - each hold one piece of a puzzle they must solve, and solve quickly. If they don't, it will be far more than just their own lives that are at risk. Language: English. Narrator: Henry Leyva. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/000200/bk_rand_000200_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Gaslighting: The Narcissist's Favorite Tool of Manipulation: How to Avoid the Gaslight Effect and Healing from Emotional and Narcissistic Abuse , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 182min
    Still struggling from the effects of an abusive relationship? Many people do and sadly there is very little information available to be found online or in the written research, or with counselors and therapists that can help. The Gaslight Effect is not officially recognized, nor is it widely even known. Even when it is accepted, recognized and known, not many people seem to know what to do about it to heal it.... The fact is being in a relationship with a narcissist over a long period of time has long lasting traumatic effects that can be extremely catastrophic to the person suffering them. Do the following symptoms sound familiar?Doubting yourself and your sanityFeeling like you’re losing your mindFeeling like you’re always apologizingYou’re second-guessing your memoryFeeling like you aren’t good enoughFeeling misunderstoodFeeling lonelyRuined self confidenceExtreme weight loss or weight gainUncharacteristic jealousy/insecurityFeeling like you don’t know the difference between right and wrongExtreme paranoia (being turned into an obsessive detective)Endless, repetitive obsessive thinking about your exConstantly trying to find explanations for what has happenedFeelings of helplessness and despairA desire to self-isolateFeeling desperately misunderstoodOverwhelming feelings of loss and griefExtreme bouts of rageAn inability to be comfortable with yourselfStrange dreamsSudden inexplicable anxiety followed by rapid dips into depressionThe list goes on....“Nobody understands!” I hear this frustrated cry from abused people a lot.Gaslighting is a covert aggressive way of distorting another person’s perception of reality to the point that that person questions their sanity or their memory. Gaslighting is crazy ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Trei Taylor. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/162107/bk_acx0_162107_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Narcissistic Mothers: The Truth About the Problem with Being the Daughter of a Narcissistic Mother, and How to Fix It: A Guide for Healing and Recovering After Narcissistic Abuse , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 193min
    Still struggling from the effects of a narcissistic or psychopathically abusive relationship? Many people do and sadly, there is very little information available to be found online or in the written research, or with counsellors and therapists that can help. Narcissistic Victim Syndrome is not officially recognised, nor is it widely even known.Even when it is accepted, recognised, and known not many people seem to know what to do about it to heal it.... The fact is being in a relationship with a narcissistic mother over a long period of time has long lasting traumatic effects that can be extremely catastrophic to the person suffering them.DO THE FOLLOWING SYMPTOMS SOUND FAMILIAR?Ruined self-confidenceDoubting yourself and your sanityMood swingsSleeplessnessExtreme weight loss or weight gainUncharacteristic jealousy/insecurityFeeling like you don’t know the difference between right and wrongExtreme paranoia (being turned into an obsessive detective)Endless, repetitive obsessive thinking about your motherConstantly trying to find explanations for what has happenedFeelings of helplessness and despairA desire to self-isolateFeeling desperately misunderstoodOverwhelming feelings of loss and griefExtreme bouts of rageAn inability to be comfortable with yourselfStrange dreamsSudden inexplicable anxiety followed by rapid dips into depressionThe list goes on.“NOBODY UNDERSTANDS!” I hear this frustrated cry from abused people a lot.I felt the same way when I was recovering from emotional abuse at the hands of a narcissistic/borderline psychopath. If you try and tell people who have no experience with a narcissist (there is no experience like being with a narcissist, its not their fault they can’t understand) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Trei Taylor. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/154707/bk_acx0_154707_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Big Green Tent: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1369min
    The Big Green Tent epitomizes what we think of when we imagine the classic Russian novel. With epic breadth and intimate detail, Ludmila Ulitskaya's remarkable work tells the story of three school friends who meet in Moscow in the 1950s and go on to embody the heroism, folly, compromise, and hope of the Soviet dissident experience. These three boys - an orphaned poet; a gifted, fragile pianist; and a budding photographer with a talent for collecting secrets - struggle to reach adulthood in a society where their heroes have been censored and exiled. Rich with love stories, intrigue, and a cast of dissenters and spies, The Big Green Tent offers a panoramic survey of life after Stalin and a dramatic investigation into the prospects for individual integrity in a society defined by the KGB. Each of the central characters seeks to transcend an oppressive regime through art, a love of Russian literature, and activism. And each of them ends up face-to-face with a secret police that is highly skilled at fomenting paranoia, division, and self-betrayal. A man and his wife both become collaborators without the other knowing; an artist is chased into the woods, where he remains in hiding for four years; a researcher is forced to deem a patient insane, damning him to torture in a psychiatric ward. Ludmila Ulitskaya's novel belongs to the tradition of Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Pasternak: It is a work consumed with politics, love, and belief - and a revelation of life in dark times. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jonathan Davis. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/028849/bk_adbl_028849_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Jealousy in Relationship: How to Manage Anxiety, Avoid Discussions and Learn How to Tallk to Your Partner and Build Trust , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 302min
    Have you ever thought that you are too jealous? Do you think sometimes that your partner suffocates you? Then keep reading to find out more about jealousy!Jealousy. We’ve all experienced it. Jealousy can be defined as the vigilant maintaining or guarding of something. Jealousy has a bad rap but it’s normal to want to guard the people we love, especially when we see a potential rival cozying up to our significant other. But there’s a difference between feeling jealous and exhibiting unhealthy jealous behaviors.Normal jealousy is a pang that comes on in an instant, one which we can usually dismiss on our own. Unhealthy jealous behavior happens when we indulge that feeling and act impulsively from a place of suspicion and insecurity.When insecurity in our relationships run rampant, jealousy can rapidly grow into paranoia and obsession and threaten to destroy the very relationship we’re most afraid to lose.Here it is what you will find inside:What is the danger of jealousyHow unhealthy jealousy looks likeWhich are the habits of an unhealthy jealousyTactics about how to stop jealousyAnd much more!Real love is not possessive. It does not act out of dominance, fear, or control. Rather, it is a mutual admiration and respect for another human being we long to see happy and whole. In a healthy relationship, there is a balance between compromise, self-love, and consideration for the other person. To find out more about the difference between love and jealousy you will need a good guide like this!Don't lose time anymore! Buy this book now! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Leigh Ann Haga. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/176542/bk_acx0_176542_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Deep Enders , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 447min
    His home destroyed in the attack on Pearl Harbor, Murph Turner stumbles into the exotic town of Broome, hoping for safe harbor. Instead, the troubled teen discovers a wild and lawless place brimming with espionage, treachery, and romance. An outsider in a bewildering land of red dust and paranoia, Murph is quickly taken under wing by Banjo, a cheeky aboriginal scamp with a passion for pyrotechnics, and Micki, a beautiful teenager on the run from authorities. But even as the Japanese armada closes in on the northern coastline, the trio is suddenly thrust into a murderous adventure - all set against the backdrop of a true WW II tragedy so brutal that it was immediately covered up by the government.Praise for The Deep Enders:“A gripping read that will have you on the edge of your seat.” (BookBuzz Magazine)"An action-packed adventure filled with wonderful characters, life and color. The Deep Enders is a wild ride for readers!" (Leah James, film producer)"There's only one word for The Deep Enders, unputdownable. It has adventure, mystery, gruesome villains, hidden treasures and a trio of friends you can laugh along with." (Aziza Green, author and media consultant)About the author: Dave Reardon covered crime, politics, and crocodile attacks as a journalist for major newspapers before joining his wife Ann Reardon in producing one of the world's favorite online lifestyle shows with 500 million views on YouTube. Dave has ghostwritten numerous books, but The Deep Enders is his first novel. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dave Reardon. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/180025/bk_acx0_180025_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Silver Like Dust: One Family's Story of America's Japanese Internment , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 456min
    Kimi’s Obaachan, her grandmother, had always been a silent presence throughout her youth. Sipping tea by the fire, preparing sushi for the family, or indulgently listening to Ojichan’s (grandfather’s) stories for the thousandth time, Obaachan was a missing link to Kimi’s Japanese heritage, something she had had a mixed relationship with all her life. Growing up in rural Pennsylvania, all Kimi ever wanted to do was fit in, spurning traditional Japanese cuisine and her grandfather’s attempts to teach her the language. But there was one part of Obaachan’s life that fascinated and haunted Kimi ever since the age of eleven—her gentle yet proud Obaachan was once a prisoner, along with 112,000 Japanese Americans, for more than five years of her life. Obaachan never spoke of those years, and Kimi’s own mother only spoke of it in whispers. It was a source of haji, or shame. But what really happened to Obaachan, then a young woman, and the thousands of other men, women, and children like her? Obaachan would meet her husband in the camps and watch her mother die there, too. From the turmoil, racism, and paranoia that sprang up after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the terrifying train ride to Heart Mountain, to the false promise of V-J day, Silver Like Dust captures a vital chapter of the Japanese-American experience through the journey of one remarkable woman. Her story is one of thousands, yet is powerful a testament to the enduring bonds of family and an unusual look at the American dream. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Emily Woo Zeller. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bbca/000860/bk_bbca_000860_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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