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    A Sovereign People: The Crises of the 1790s and the Birth of American Nationalism , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 672min
    How George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and John Adams navigated the nation through four major crises and caused the first stirrings of American nationalism. Americans like to believe that the Constitution miraculously brought the United States into being, as though the framers established, in one stroke, the nation we know today. Yet when George Washington delivered his First Inaugural Address on April 30, 1789, he expressed worry about the challenges that lay ahead. He was right to be concerned: The existence of the new nation was anything but secure. Without the support of the American people, after all, the Constitution was only a piece of paper. In A Sovereign People, her brilliant new political history of the 1790s, the acclaimed historian Carol Berkin argues that the young nation would not have survived absent the interventions of the Federalists, above all Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and John Adams. In power throughout the decade, they faced four successive crises of sovereignty. The Whiskey Rebellion was a domestic revolt over the right of the federal government to levy taxes. The Genet Affair saw a reckless French diplomat appeal directly to the American people, in opposition to Washington. The XYZ Affair involved foreign threats intended to draw the United States into a European war. The final crisis was self-inflicted, the result of the Federalists' desire to silence their critics in the press, in the form of the Alien and Sedition Acts. In each instance the Federalists demonstrated the necessity of the federal government established by the Constitution, and by decade's end the American people understood that without an "energetic government", there could be no United States. As Berkin ultimately reveals, while the Revolution freed the states and the Constitution linked them as never before, it was the Federalists who transformed them into an enduring nation. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Betsy Foldes Meiman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hach/003230/bk_hach_003230_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    History of Civil Rights Movement in USA , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 38min
    Long before the particular civil rights movement in the United States of America of the 1950s and 1960s had started making proper headlines, the response of the black community towards oppression as well as racial inequality was highly under its way. Definitely, as the failed emancipation’s promise in the latter half of the 19th century had given rise to the case of Jim Crow - which was viewed as a series of customs and laws that were responsible for segregation and disenfranchising of the black community - it was also responsible for compelling a group of individuals towards launching the efforts for asserting their respective constitutional rights and for improving their given standing in the community. Toward the turn of the century, for instance, the outspoken leader Ida B. Wells had grappled with the most major leading issues of the time: the lynching of the people belonging to the black community. Through a series of highly analyzed orchestrated attack on the journalist, Wells had almost brought the given form of violence that tended to be racial single-handedly - this represented as the major trenchant symbolism of the supremacy of the whites - to the headlines of the consciousness of the nation. However, the others were still mobilizing the overall creation of the leading organizations that would be shaping and supporting the fights and movements for the given civil rights. Under this scenario, Marcus Garvey was responsible for forming the Universal Negro Improvement Association during the time of 1917 for the aim of promoting his contention with respect to the fact that the black community should be working towards self-determination: the idea that was responsible for prefiguring the overall power movement of the black community during the time of the 1960s. Similarly, during the time of the 1905, the man named W. E. B Du Bois and several other leaders had resulted into the formation of the famous Niagara Movement for addressing the ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Andrea Giordani. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/109453/bk_acx0_109453_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    A Tale of Seven Elements , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 457min
    In 1913, English physicist Henry Moseley established an elegant method for "counting" the elements based on atomic number, ranging them from hydrogen (#1) to uranium (#92). It soon became clear, however, that seven elements were mysteriously missing from the line up - seven elements unknown to science. In his well researched and engagingly narrative, Eric Scerri presents the intriguing stories of these seven elements - protactinium, hafnium, rhenium, technetium, francium, astatine and promethium. The book follows the historical order of discovery, roughly spanning the two world wars, beginning with the isolation of protactinium in 1917 and ending with that of promethium in 1945. For each element, Scerri traces the research that preceded the discovery, the pivotal experiments, the personalities of the chemists involved, the chemical nature of the new element, and its applications in science and technology. We learn for instance that alloys of hafnium - whose name derives from the Latin name for Copenhagen (hafnia) - have some of the highest boiling points on record and are used for the nozzles in rocket thrusters such as the Apollo Lunar Modules. Scerri also tells the personal tales of researchers overcoming great obstacles. We see how Lise Meitner and Otto Hahn - the pair who later proposed the theory of atomic fission - were struggling to isolate element 91 when World War I intervened, Hahn was drafted into the German army's poison gas unit, and Meitner was forced to press on alone against daunting odds. The book concludes by examining how and where the 25 new elements have taken their places in the periodic table in the last half century. A Tale of Seven Elements paints a fascinating picture of chemical research - the wrong turns, missed opportunities, bitterly disputed claims, serendipitous findings, accusations of dishonesty - all leading finally to the thrill of discovery. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Barry Campbell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/015488/bk_adbl_015488_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Why Mars and Venus Collide: Understanding How Men and Women Cope Differently with Stress, Hörbuch, Digital, 228min
    Once upon a time, Martians and Venusians functioned in separate worlds. But in today's hectic and career-oriented environment, relationships have become a lot more complicated, and men and women are experiencing unprecedented levels of stress. To add to the increasing tension, most men and women are also completely unaware that they are actually hardwired to react differently to the stress. It's a common scenario: a husband returns home from work stressed out and eager to kick back on the couch and watch television. A wife returns home from work stressed out and wants to talk about it with her husband. What happens? Neither is on the same page, anger and resentment set in, and Mars and Venus collide. Using his signature insight that has helped millions of couples transform their relationships, John Gray once again arms the inhabitants of Mars and Venus with information that will help them live harmoniously ever after. In Why Mars and Venus Collide, Gray focuses on the ways that men and women misinterpret and mismanage the stress in their daily lives, and how these reactions ultimately affect their relationships. "It's not that he's just not into you; he needs to fulfill a biological need," Gray explains. "And it's not that she wants to henpeck you; she also has a biological drive." He shows, for instance, how a husband's withdrawal is actually a natural way for him to replenish his depleted testosterone levels and restore his well-being, and how a woman's need for conversation and support helps her build her own stress-reducing hormone, oxytocin. Backed up by groundbreaking scientific research, Gray offers a clear, easy-to-understand program to bridge the gap between the two planets, providing effective communication strategies that will actually lower stress levels. Whether in a relationship or single, this book will help both men and women understand their new roles in a modern, work-oriented society, and allow them to discover a variety of n Language: English. Narrator: John Gray. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/001589/bk_harp_001589_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Right Kind of Crazy: A True Story of Teamwork, Leadership, and High-Stakes Innovation , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 433min
    From Adam Steltzner, who led the Entry, Descent, and Landing team in landing the Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars, comes a profound book about breakthrough innovation in the face of the impossible.The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is home to some of history’s most jaw-dropping feats of engineering. When NASA needed to land Curiosity - a 2,000-pound, $2.5 billion rover - on the surface of Mars, 140 million miles away, they turned to JPL. Steltzner’s team couldn’t test their kooky solution, the Sky Crane. They were on an unmissable deadline, and the world would be watching when they succeeded - or failed. At the helm of this effort was an unlikely rocket scientist and accidental leader, Adam Steltzner. After barely graduating from high school, he followed his curiosity to the local community college to find out why the stars moved. Soon he discovered an astonishing gift for math and physics. After getting his PhD he ensconced himself within JPL, NASA’s decidedly unbureaucratic cousin, where success in a mission is the only metric that matters.  The Right Kind of Crazy is a first-person account of innovation that is relevant to any­one working in science, art, or technology. For instance, Steltzner describes:How his team learned to switch from fear-based to curiosity-based decision makingHow to escape “The Dark Room” - the creative block caused by fear, uncertainty, and the lack of a clear path forwardHow to tell when we’re too in love with our own ideas to be objective about them - and, conversely, when to fight for themHow to foster mutual respect within teams while still bashing bad ideas The Right Kind of Crazy is a book for anyone who wants to channel their craziness into creativity, balance discord and harmony, and find a signal in a flood of noise. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Christopher Grove. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/peng/002728/bk_peng_002728_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Phaistos Disc: The History of the Indecipherable Ancient Minoan Artifact Found on Crete , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 64min
    The pre-modern world, especially the ancient world, is full of many mysteries, riddles, and enigmas that have perplexed scholars and lay people alike for centuries. One does not have to search long to find some of these mysteries. Ancient Egypt is often thought of as one of the most arcane of all civilizations with many aspects of its culture that are only now coming to light. For instance, the hieroglyphic script was not deciphered until the 19th century and to date scholars are still unsure about the details concerning how the pyramids were built or how mummies were made since there are no extant ancient “guidebooks” of either. Likewise, the oldest European culture to reach the status of “civilization” - the Minoans - remains a mystery to the modern world in many ways.Nearly 2,500 years after the Golden Age of Athens, people across the world today continue to be fascinated by the Ancient Greeks, but the Greeks looked up to the Minoans. In Homer’s Odyssey, Odysseus makes note of “a great town there, Cnossus, where Minos reigned.” It was perhaps the earliest reference to the Minoan civilization, a mysterious ancient civilization that historians and archaeologists still puzzle over, but a civilization that renowned historian Will Durant described as "the first link in the European chain."Nearly 2,000 years before Homer wrote his epic poems, the Minoan civilization was centered on the island of Crete, a location that required the Minoans to be a regional sea power. And indeed they were, stretching across the Aegean Sea from about 2700-1500 BCE, with trade routes extending all the way to Egypt.Archaeologists have found evidence that many of the Cretan cities suffered severe damage and were ravaged by fire at the same time Minoan trade diminished. Although some of the cities were reoccupied and partially rebuilt, the Minoan civilization never fully recovered. Recent archaeological finds have led to a consensus among scholars that the Mi ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Scott Clem. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/106905/bk_acx0_106905_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Zilch: The Power of Zero in Business , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 400min
    What we have to offer can be boiled down to one concept: the power of zero. We get more done with less of just about everything, from our people to our workplaces to our vendors. Zilch is what drives us to be more innovative, more passionate, more creative. So stop whining about your budget cuts and start asking yourself what you'd do if you had zilch. You'll be surprised just how powerful that is. After years of being told to emulate the corporate world, not-for-profit CEOs like Nancy Lublin now find the shoe on the other foot. Tough times have forced businesses to slash their headcount, marketing budgets, and other resources. Managers at small startups and Fortune 100 companies alike are now expected to do more with less - but how? No one is more qualified to answer that question than the leaders who always thrive on a shoestring. Take Nancy Lublin, for instance. She learned firsthand how much you can accomplish with zilch (or close to it). As the founder of Dress for Success, which provides low-income women with interview suits and career development training, she turned a $5,000 inheritance into a global franchise. Then, as CEO of DoSomething.org, she helped turn a struggling startup into one of the largest and most successful youth volunteer groups in the world. Now she draws on her experiences as well as interviews with other "rock star" leaders of flourishing not-for-profits-including Wendy Kopp of Teach For America, Darell Hammond of KaBOOM!, Greg Baldwin of VolunteerMatch.org, and John Lilly of Mozilla. Their examples prove the power of zero in business by teaching us how to: Motivate and retain good people without offering huge financial incentives Use the power of bartering to leverage every asset and minimize your liabilities Create cherished brands without throwing money at studies and focus groups Market your goods or service without paying a penny /ul ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Nancy Lublin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/gdan/000426/bk_gdan_000426_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    School Bullying: How to Tell if Your Child Is Being Bullied , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 102min
    Although at first it may seem simple to define what constitutes bullying behavior, it does not always fit the classic stereotype of the older boy beating up his smaller classmate. Bullying is a multifaceted behavior that shifts with the situation, the people involved, the time and place. The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention defines bullying as "unwanted, aggressive behavior among school-aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time." According to this definition, bullying involves several factors: The behavior is not welcome to the person being bullied. It occurs among school-age children, so although bullying behavior may be found across ages, the technical definition of a bully is a child who engages in such behavior. The bully and bullied both understand the bully to have more power in the situation, even if other factors are "equal." Many times, bullies are bigger, stronger, older, have more friends, which leads to a real power imbalance as well as a perceived one. The bully either repeats the behavior, or their access to the victim implies they will be able to. But this may not comprise a complete definition of bullying. PACER's National Bullying Prevention Center is careful to point out that "while some bullying is physical and easy to recognize, bullying can also occur quietly and covertly, through gossip, on a smart phone, or the Internet, causing emotional damage." In such cases bullying still relies on a power dynamic that places one peer over the other. Perhaps a popular girl has a much wider reach with her nasty words, for instance, or an older boy is on the football team and can therefore influence many of the junior and senior boys at a high school. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Frank Stecky. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/091522/bk_acx0_091522_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Ultimate Self-Directed IRA: Using Self-Directed IRAs & Solo 401ks to Invest in Real Estate, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Cryptocurrencies, Gold, Private Businesses, Startups, Exotics & Much More...in Plain English , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 83min
    Most people have never heard of Self-Directed IRAs (SD IRAs)...And those who discover them can't believe no one ever told them about them beforehand.$20 TrillionAmericans have some $20 trillion (yes trillion!) in retirement dollars (IRAs, 401k, etc.). About 97% of those dollars are invested in Wall Street, i.e., stocks, bonds and mutual funds. Many people are unhappy with the market, but don't know what else to do.Go Off Wall StreetOnly a small percent have learned that they can take their retirement dollars out of Wall Street and invest them elsewhere. For instance, they can invest in real estate; in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies (very hot now); in gold and precious metals; in tax liens; in loans and mortgage notes. Some are even investing in things like Arabian race horses, treasure hunt amusement parks, Hollywood films, etc.An SD IRA opens up an entirely new field of opportunity that most people in the $20 trillion group have no idea exists.Why This Book Is DifferentThe challenge has been informing people of this: letting them know that it exists and explaining it simply in ways everyone can understand. That's what this book by Jeff Astor is about. It explains all the basics in plain English. In an hour or so of listening, you will learn 95% or more of the basics about SD IRAs. And the part you don't know? You’ll know how to find it and/or whom to ask. This book is a breakthrough in that regard. No other book on the subject explains so much so simply so succinctly.The author has manned the phones at Broad Financial, an industry leader in the self-directed plan, daily for five years. He's been in contact with some 10,000 people during that time, explaining the basics and clarifying even the most complex questions with straightforward answers. Now, he's distilled his knowledge in one place, in a "quick no-nonsense guide" - breaking down the information into ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ed Bonnyman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/148636/bk_acx0_148636_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Murder Mysteries: True, Horrific, and Unsolved Murder Cases: True & Puzzling Stories, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 70min
    Statistically, the average serial killer is a white male from a lower-to-middle-class background, usually in his 20s or 30s. Serial killers are often chronically aggressive, and they seem to have an over-controlled hostility towards others. Often they have been hurt and are resentful and traumatized. They become obsessive, paranoid, and then insane. At that point they lose control and can no longer control their needs. It is disturbing to note that serial killers are actually very rational and calculating. When it comes to serial killers, many were physically or emotionally abused by their parents as children. Fledgling serial killers often set fires, torture animals, and wet their beds. Surprisingly, many have attempted to become police, but have been rejected; worked as security guards; or served in the military. In this audiobook, we will look at many aspects of the serial killer. For instance, what qualifies as a serial killer? How do they choose their victims? Who are some of the most famous serial killers? And, we will closely look at unsolved murders by serial killers. What you will discover: Why people murder The many forms of murder How society deals with murderers Information about serial killers Information about unsolved murders The psychology behind serial killers A discussion of the modi operandi among serial killers Would you like to know more? This audiobook contains an in-depth review of why people murder and looks at unsolved serial killer murders. The question is, will you choose delve into the mind of a serial killer, or will you continue to shy away from anything that may be unpleasant? If you are ready to take a look at another side of society, download your copy of Murder Mysteries: True, Horrific, and Unsolved Murder Cases now! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jamie B. Cline. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/036916/bk_acx0_036916_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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