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Humans Are Underrated: What High Achievers Know That Brilliant Machines Never Will , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 475min

From the best-selling author of Talent Is Overrated, an extensive look at the essential human skills that can never be replaced by technology. In the economy of a few years from now, what will people do better than computers? Technology is rapidly invading fields that it once could not touch, driving cars better than humans do, predicting Supreme Court decisions better than legal experts, packing boxes, identifying faces, scurrying around hospitals delivering medications, all faster, more reliably, less expensively than people. In a world like that, how will we and our children achieve a rising standard of living? The real issue is what we humans are hardwired to do for and with one another, arising from our deepest, most essentially human abilities - empathy, social sensitivity, storytelling, humor, forming relationships, creativity. These are how we create value that all people hunger for, that is unique and not easily quantified. Individuals and companies are already discovering that these high-value abilities create tremendous competitive advantage - more devoted customers, stronger cultures, breakthrough ideas, more effective teams. They're discovering also that while many of us regard these abilities as innate traits - "he's a real people person", "she's naturally creative" - it turns out they can all be developed and are being developed in far-sighted organizations from software firms to the US Army to the Cleveland Clinic. To a far greater degree than most of us ever imagined, we already have what it takes. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Geoff Colvin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/peng/002616/bk_peng_002616_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Redemption: The Catherine Kimbridge Chronicles #2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 286min

2123 was not my best year...Let me state for the record... Dying is not fun and is definitely overrated. This was the year the newly formed Galactic Coalition of Planets faced it greatest threat since the D'lralu invasion. The almost omnipotent Heshe sought to redeem themselves for past sins. The problem with this type of redemption was the price others sometimes pay for your salvation... The Catherine Kimbridge Chronicles is a pure science fiction series following the adventures of a future "Horatio Hornblower"-style character called "Admiral 'Cat' Catherine Kimbridge" ...It's a sci-fi adventure series that is chock-full of real-world cutting edge science ranging from VASMR drives powered by liquid fluorine thorium reactors to entangled quantum communications. Add in a six legged cybernetic dog with a passion for chocolate and anything can happen. Uncounted millennia ago the uncreated Creator reached forth a hand and touched a series of disparate universes. The touch set in motion ripples that created life in the Creator's image...a life that was self-aware...a life that aspired to be more than it was...a life that sought to create in its own right. Love and fear walked hand in hand. Thus the stage was set for an epic conflict that would span the universes. These are the adventures of one brave soul and her quest to protect all life. These are the Catherine Kimbridge Chronicles. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Alexis Cruz. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/037117/bk_acx0_037117_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Cuban Chickie Boom , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 241min

Cuba, the last forbidden zone. A tropical paradise located only 90 miles from America. The land of lost casinos. But nothing stays lost forever. Political changes and the death of Fidel signaled a lift in restrictions - a slow revitalization but progress none the less. It was a brave new world where the gates were slowly opening once again. And two middle level mobsters wanted it. They wanted it all. The boys had a good plan for reopening those lost Cuban casinos - under new management, of course. Their management. Yes, it was a great plan. But without Syndicate's approval, it was a death sentence. Still, those two who would be king rolled the dice. Payoffs had already been made, and life was smooth sailing ahead. Perhaps their plan might have reaped fruit. Too bad Private Eye Chick Harmon of Key West was there on vacation to spoil it all. The mobsters captured Sammy the Bull, but Chick got away. One call to Key West brought a band of vagabonds and misfits from 90 miles south to knock down that house of cards. They had one of our pals prisoner, and even though we were strangers in a strange land - out gunned, out muscled, and the game was rigged - we still chose the treacherous path and bet against the house. Life is full of wise decisions. Wise is overrated. Go make some bad choices. Friendship is well worth the risk. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Brian Atkinson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/118323/bk_acx0_118323_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Jake (Single Dads of Gaynor Beach) (eBook, ePUB)

A man isn't defined by the worst moments in his past, but they can be hard as hell to leave behind. Fresh starts are overrated. I've lived in Gaynor Beach my whole life, and I'm damn proud of it. I miss my wife like hell, and a grumpy mechanic may not make the best single dad, but the kids and I are doing okay right here. They're not complaining-maybe because they're never home. Teenagers. Then a fresh start falls into my lap when the hottest man I've ever seen has his car quit on him. And if I can't forget the feel of his arms around me when he rode on the back of my bike…well, nobody needs to know that except me. But now Micah's introducing me to worlds I've never been a part of before, or even imagined I could be. Worlds with chains and explosive chemistry and adventures much bigger than our rides in the Southern California sunshine. Being with him feels like the biggest risk I've ever taken-and not everyone in town wants us to take this chance together. I hope we can hang on when the ride gets bumpy. JAKE is an angsty opposites-attract Romance in the Single Dads of Gaynor Beach world with a grumpy mechanic, a sunshiney high school teacher with a secret, size difference and a few first times, and three teenagers who are more perceptive than their parents bargained for. Please see the sample for possible triggers.

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Jake

A man isn't defined by the worst moments in his past, but they can be hard as hell to leave behind. Fresh starts are overrated. I've lived in Gaynor Beach my whole life, and I'm damn proud of it. I miss my wife like hell, and a grumpy mechanic may not make the best single dad, but the kids and I are doing okay right here. They're not complaining-maybe because they're never home. Teenagers. Then a fresh start falls into my lap when the hottest man I've ever seen has his car quit on him. And if I can't forget the feel of his arms around me when he rode on the back of my bike…well, nobody needs to know that except me. But now Micah's introducing me to worlds I've never been a part of before, or even imagined I could be. Worlds with chains and explosive chemistry and adventures much bigger than our rides in the Southern California sunshine. Being with him feels like the biggest risk I've ever taken-and not everyone in town wants us to take this chance together. I hope we can hang on when the ride gets bumpy. JAKE is an angsty opposites-attract Romance in the Single Dads of Gaynor Beach world with a grumpy mechanic, a sunshiney high school teacher with a secret, size difference and a few first times, and three teenagers who are more perceptive than their parents bargained for. Please see the sample for possible triggers.

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Peri in Progress , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 416min

You know what they say about best-laid plans.... After a disastrous 31st birthday party where she gets stood up by a man she isn't supposed to be dating, Peri McKenna decides it's time to change what hasn't been working - which is pretty much everything. Her love life is going nowhere fast, she's bored to tears by a job that makes her the office pariah, and the lifelong junk food addiction that used to be somewhat quirky is now positively problematic. To top it all off, her newly purchased home is falling apart, and wishful thinking hasn't done much to fix the leaky roof. It's time be an adult now that she's officially 30-something. But when the first step of Peri's self-improvement plan backfires, she starts to wonder if change might be overrated. Enter Milo Preston, an up-and-coming chef who's in town to take over a local restaurant. When Peri and Milo begin working together, she finds it hard to ignore his easy charm and captivating emerald-green eyes. Since Milo is her best friend's estranged brother, Peri has to keep reminding herself that he is completely off-limits. As they grow closer, Milo introduces Peri to new foods and the joy (and pain) of jogging and makes her think her luck might finally be turning. But when the past catches up with them, Peri finds herself back at square one. Will she be able to sort herself out, or will the roof cave in on her once and for all? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Annie Abate. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/057723/bk_acx0_057723_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Radical Acceptance and Self-Esteem: Embrace Your Gifts of Imperfection, Overcome Your Confidence Gap and Build Self-Acceptance , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 182min

Feeling as if you are at war with yourself and your reality? Triggering worry, helplessness, and doubt? Struggling with feeling completely overwhelmed by your emotions? You want to stop those raging emotions within yourself? If you are looking for ways to overcome your personal fears and your vulnerabilities, then you are in the right place. The truth is that everyone at some point feels completely stunned by what is happening both inside and outside of his or her body. Instead of fighting your feelings and your reality, you can embrace radical acceptance.The solution is accepting your own reality and your personality with all your insecurities and vulnerabilities. You have probably done this by trying to fight what is inside you, trying to fight what is around you, and you still ended up in that vicious cycle of negativity, despair, and avoidance. You also may have struggled toward perfection, which is definitely overrated, making people feel less satisfied and more miserable about themselves.Sounds familiar? If it does, then radical acceptance is the way to go. Once there, you get to solve the problem, you get to change your perspective on the problem, and you get to work your way toward accepting and acknowledging. If you want to learn more about turning your resistance into acceptance, get started with the audiobook and learn how to live fearlessly being fully aware of your self-worth and value. Inside, you will discover:What are basic and complex human emotionsWhat are dark emotions and how to heal through your dark emotionsHow to maintain your inner peaceHow emotions affect your body and mindHow are your emotions connected to your self-esteemHow to practice radical acceptanceAnd much much more ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jim D Johnston. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/130185/bk_acx0_130185_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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To the Best of Our Knowledge: Channeling Creativity, Hörbuch, Digital, 52min

In this hour, celebrated cartoonist and novelist Lynda Barry talks with Steve Paulson about her latest book. Part memoir, part comic and part activity book, What It is reflects Barry's belief that everyone is an artist and has stories to tell. Next, James Othmer was the creative director of advertising behemoth Young & Rubicam. He tells tales of that life in his book, Adland. Othmer tells Jim Fleming about the ad he created using veterans on the fiftieth anniversary of the D-Day invasion, and we hear it.Then, it was the best of times for Pattie Boyd. Her modeling career was booming and the sixties were exploding on the London scene. One day she got a call - she'd been cast in a Beatles film. The rest is history: she married George Harrison. Eric Clapton courted her while she was still married to Harrison, and both of them wrote songs for her. We meet the woman who inspired three of the most famous rock songs of all time, from George Harrison's "Something" to Eric Clapton's "Layla." She's just published her story, called Wonderful Tonight and tells Steve Paulson about it.After that, James Lovelock created the Gaia Theory. His latest book is The Vanishing Face of Gaia: A Final Warning. Lovelock tells Steve Paulson that our planet is a self-regulating system that will carry on without people and that it is too late to reverse global warming. Humanity will just have to live with the consequences, if it can. And finally, Geoffrey Colvin is the author of Talent is Overrated and Fortune Magazine's Senior Editor at large. He talks with Anne Strainchamps about genius and says great performance is within the grasp of anyone who's willing to put in the right kind of practice. [Broadcast Date: September 24, 2010] Language: English. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/tbon/100924/rt_tbon_100924_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Theft by Finding: Diaries: Volume One , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 832min

'He's like an American Alan Bennett, in that his own fastidiousness becomes the joke, as per the taxi encounter, or his diary entry about waiting interminably in a coffee-bar queue.' (Brian Logan, Guardian review of An Evening with David Sedaris) The point is to find out who you are and to be true to that person. Because so often you can't. Won't people turn away if they know the real me? you wonder. The me that hates my own child, that put my perfectly healthy dog to sleep? The me who thinks, deep down, that maybe The Wire was overrated? For nearly four decades, David Sedaris has faithfully kept a diary in which he records his thoughts and observations on the odd and funny events he witnesses. Anyone who has attended a live Sedaris event knows that his diary readings are often among the most joyful parts of the evening. But never before have they been available in print or audio. Now, in Theft by Finding, Sedaris brings us his favourite entries. From the family home in Raleigh, North Carolina, we follow Sedaris as he sets out to make his way in the world. As an art student and then a teacher in Chicago, he works at a succession of very odd jobs, meeting even odder people, before moving to New York to pursue a career as a writer - where instead he very quickly lands a job in Macy's department store as an elf in Santaland.... Tender, hilarious, illuminating, and endlessly captivating, Theft by Finding offers a rare look into the mind of one of our generation's greatest comic geniuses. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David Sedaris. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/twuk/001317/bk_twuk_001317_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Case Against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 660min

Why we need to stop wasting public funds on education Despite being immensely popular - and immensely lucrative - education is grossly overrated. In this explosive book, Bryan Caplan argues that the primary function of education is not to enhance students' skill but to certify their intelligence, work ethic, and conformity - in other words, to signal the qualities of a good employee. Learn why students hunt for easy A's and casually forget most of what they learn after the final exam, why decades of growing access to education have not resulted in better jobs for the average worker but instead in runaway credential inflation, how employers reward workers for costly schooling they rarely if ever use, and why cutting education spending is the best remedy. Caplan draws on the latest social science to show how the labor market values grades over knowledge and why the more education your rivals have, the more you need to impress employers. He explains why graduation is our society's top conformity signal and why even the most useless degrees can certify employability. He advocates two major policy responses. The first is educational austerity. Government needs to sharply cut education funding to curb this wasteful rat race. The second is more vocational education, because practical skills are more socially valuable than teaching students how to outshine their peers. Romantic notions about education being "good for the soul" must yield to careful research and common sense - The Case Against Education points the way. Cover design by Leslie Flis. 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: Allan Robertson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/033578/bk_adbl_033578_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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