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  Building Resilience with Appreciative Inquiry: A Leadership Journey Through Hope, Despair, and Forgiveness , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 318min

  As a leader, you have work that is complex, full of ups and downs. Your ability to be resilient - to pick yourself up after setbacks and keep on going no matter the challenges - is critical not only to successful leadership but also to fostering teams, generating collaboration, and igniting your organization. In this breakthrough book, veteran consultants Joan McArthur-Blair and Jeanie Cockell show that Appreciative Inquiry can be an invaluable tool to build that resilience. Appreciative Inquiry is a time-tested, highly effective, and widely used change method that emphasizes identifying what's working well in a system and building on those strengths. Originating in the 1980s, it's been responsible for dramatic results in every conceivable type of organization. Using the authors' Appreciative Resilience model, leaders can use AI to increase their ability to weather the storms they'll inevitably face and come out stronger. A profoundly practical guide, this book features first-person accounts from leaders in all kinds of settings and situations describing how they've used AI concepts to increase their resilience, as well as a detailed description of the exercises and practices the authors use in their Appreciative Resilience Workshop. McArthur-Blair and Cockell believe that the core of resilience is the interplay among despair, hope, and forgiveness. Every leader experiences despair in those moments when there is no clear path forward. Maintaining hope that a better future is possible enables leaders to keep going. And forgiveness, of one's own shortcomings and those of others, helps leaders move from despair to hope. AI's focus on the best of what is and using that to generate the future makes it a particularly powerful aid and ally on this journey. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Anna Crowe. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/113127/bk_acx0_113127_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Second Kind of Impossible: The Extraordinary Quest for a New Form of Matter , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 681min

  One of the most fascinating scientific detective stories of the last 50 years, an exciting quest for a new form of matter. The Second Kind of Impossible plays like James Gleick’s Chaos combined with an Indiana Jones adventure. When leading Princeton physicist Paul Steinhardt began working in the 1980s, scientists thought they knew all the conceivable forms of matter. The Second Kind of Impossible is the story of Steinhardt’s 35-year-long quest to challenge conventional wisdom. It begins with a curious geometric pattern that inspires two theoretical physicists to propose a radically new type of matter - one that raises the possibility of new materials with never-before-seen properties but that violates laws set in stone for centuries. Steinhardt dubs this new form of matter “quasicrystal”. The rest of the scientific community calls it simply impossible. The Second Kind of Impossible captures Steinhardt’s scientific odyssey as it unfolds over decades, first to prove viability and then to pursue his wildest conjecture - that nature made quasicrystals long before humans discovered them. Along the way, his team encounters clandestine collectors, corrupt scientists, secret diaries, international smugglers, and KGB agents. Their quest culminates in a daring expedition to a distant corner of the Earth, in pursuit of tiny fragments of a meteorite forged at the birth of the solar system. Steinhardt’s discoveries chart a new direction in science. They not only change our ideas about patterns and matter but also reveal new truths about the processes that shaped our solar system. The underlying science is important, simple, and beautiful - and Steinhardt’s firsthand account is an engaging scientific thriller. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.  ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Peter Larkin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/051901/bk_adbl_051901_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Aphrodite's Tears: The Fixer , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 621min

  Roland Tankowicz hates Venus. The last time he went there, he died. So, no one could really blame him if he never went back. Nevertheless, when a squad of Venusian assassins ruins date night, everybody's least-favorite Army-surplus cyborg decides to take a trip to Earth's sister planet and have a sit-down with an infamous group of terrorists. Perhaps it's because he really likes date night. Maybe he just wants to keep the promise he once made to a troubled young man. It is even conceivable that he might still have a heap of unresolved issues with the separatists who blew his body apart years ago. For whatever reason, the big man and his motley crew of misfits strap on their guns and hurl themselves into murky world of interplanetary terrorism. To his dismay, Roland discovers that Venus has changed since his last visit. The black-and-white politics of the fanatics and governments he remembers have now merged into complicated shades of gray. Cyborg killers walk the halls without fear, and the soldiers stationed there seem no better than the thugs they fight. The sweltering underworld of Venus holds terrors and trials that will test the old soldier in ways he is not prepared for, while a crafty assassin stalks them all from shadows both real and imagined. The team must to walk a narrow path between terrorists, soldiers, and their own dark pasts if they expect to get out of this one alive. Is The Fixer strong enough to pull an entire population from the ashes of civil war? If he isn't, they may all drown in a flood of: Aphrodite's Tears. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jay Ben Markson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/111332/bk_acx0_111332_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Sellout

  Winner of the 2016 Man Booker Prize Winner of the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award in Fiction Named one of the best books of 2015 by The New York Times Book Review and the Wall Street Journal A biting satire about a young man's isolated upbringing and the race trial that sends him to the Supreme Court, Paul Beatty's The Sellout showcases a comic genius at the top of his game. It challenges the sacred tenets of the United States Constitution, urban life, the civil rights movement, the father-son relationship, and the holy grail of racial equality-the black Chinese restaurant. Born in the "agrarian ghetto" of Dickens-on the southern outskirts of Los Angeles-the narrator of The Sellout resigns himself to the fate of lower-middle-class Californians: "I'd die in the same bedroom I'd grown up in, looking up at the cracks in the stucco ceiling that've been there since '68 quake." Raised by a single father, a controversial sociologist, he spent his childhood as the subject in racially charged psychological studies. He is led to believe that his father's pioneering work will result in a memoir that will solve his family's financial woes. But when his father is killed in a police shoot-out, he realizes there never was a memoir. All that's left is the bill for a drive-thru funeral. Fuelled by this deceit and the general disrepair of his hometown, the narrator sets out to right another wrong: Dickens has literally been removed from the map to save California from further embarrassment. Enlisting the help of the town's most famous resident-the last surviving Little Rascal, Hominy Jenkins-he initiates the most outrageous action conceivable: reinstating slavery and segregating the local high school, which lands him in the Supreme Court.

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  Clausewitz and Jomini: The Lives and Legacies of the Modern Era’s Most Influential Military Theorists , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 220min

  Carl Philipp Gottfried von Clausewitz died almost 200 years ago, yet he remains one of the most important and influential of all military thinkers. His teachings combined strategy with military knowledge to produce a dialectic approach to the philosophy of warfare, and his work is still widely taught in military academies around the world. There are few senior military leaders anywhere who are not familiar with his seminal book, On War.In fact, with the exception of Napoleon Bonaparte, no man was more influential on the military tactics and strategy of 19th century warfare than Clausewitz, a Prussian soldier and military theorist who stressed the moral and political aspects of war. On War was mandatory for all military students and officers to read during the 19th century, and it was common practice for generals during the American Civil War to carry Clausewitz’s treatise and read it to assist them in strategy and tactics. On War covered every conceivable facet of warfare, using historical battles as examples of what to do and what not to do. The treatise discusses how opposite forces interact, and how unexpected new developments unfolding under the "fog of war" called for rapid decisions by alert commanders. In opposition to Antoine-Henri Jomini, he argued war could not be quantified or graphed or reduced to mapwork and graphs.Few men were more influential on the military tactics and strategy of 19th century warfare than Antoine-Henri Jomini, and yet the introduction for a 1947 English translation of Jomini’s Art of War noted, “The military world that today burns gun-powder at the altar of Clausewitzian doctrine has all but forgotten Antoine-Henri Jomini.” The author of that introduction, Lt. Col. J.D. Little of the US Marine Corps, was right then, and he remains correct today - while Clausewitz’s aphorisms are still used to support everything from military action to business management, the work of his contemporary writer J ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Colin Fluxman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/176278/bk_acx0_176278_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Tarot Reading Guidebook: Learn How to Understand the True Meaning of Tarot Cards , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 247min

  If you've always wondered how to understand the true meaning of tarot cards, then keep reading... Tarot is a card game similar to traditional playing cards. It is used to predict the possibility of events occurring in the life of any individual. In ancient times, tarot was used to play various card games, but then it was used in divination and spirituality. Today, tarot reading is widely practiced in order to know the past, present, and future of an individual. Tarot card reading can help you make important decisions in your life.At first glance, reading tarot cards may seem tough or overwhelming. Each tarot card has many different interpretations. Interpretation depends not only on the nature of the question (work, relationships, or spiritual development) but also on how the cards are asked.In Tarots Reading Guidebook, you will discover:The basics of tarot readingsOrigin of tarot readingsMain meanings that we use for card readingsWays to read the tarotMethods to consult tarotThe game of taroccoAnd much, much more!The symbolism of the tarot cards are explicitly made to energize and animate interpretation from the subconscious part of your mind and to convey that interpretation in a story-like way. One needs to relinquish all preimagined thoughts and restricting convictions and to turn out to be, to some degree, uncorrupt again and open-minded to the stunning conceivable outcomes it can give.As a rule, you will find that your personal tarot reading will uncover numerous pertinence and fittingness to you as you proceed with your day, reviewing and thinking about the information got when all is good and well, which you will know.So, tighten your belt as we delve into the book of tarots. If you want to start this journey, click on the "buy now" button and start listening to this audiobook! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Leigh Ann Haga. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/182271/bk_acx0_182271_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Carl von Clausewitz: The Life and Legacy of the Prussian General Who Wrote On War , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 112min

  Carl Philipp Gottfried von Clausewitz died almost 200 years ago, yet he remains one of the most important and influential of all military thinkers. His teachings combined strategy with military knowledge to produce a dialectic approach to the philosophy of warfare, and his work is still widely taught in military academies around the world. There are few senior military leaders anywhere who are not familiar with his seminal book, On War.In fact, with the exception of Napoleon Bonaparte, no man was more influential on the military tactics and strategy of 19th century warfare than Clausewitz, a Prussian soldier and military theorist who stressed the moral and political aspects of war. On War was mandatory for all military students and officers to read during the 19th century, and it was common practice for generals during the American Civil War to carry Clausewitz’s treatise and read it to assist them in strategy and tactics.On War covered every conceivable facet of warfare, using historical battles as examples of what to do and what not to do. The treatise discusses how opposite forces interact, and how unexpected new developments unfolding under the "fog of war" called for rapid decisions by alert commanders. In opposition to Antoine-Henri Jomini, he argued war could not be quantified or graphed or reduced to mapwork and graphs.Perhaps most importantly, Clausewitz realized the correlation between politics and war. Clausewitz had many aphorisms, of which the most famous is, "War is not merely a political act, but also a political instrument, a continuation of political relations, a carrying out of the same by other means”. This view of warfare is still the standard viewpoint of war today.What it is easy to overlook is that during his life and in the period when On War was first published, Clausewitz was regarded as a fairly insignificant figure, but in hindsight it’s easy to understand why his concepts hav ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Colin Fluxman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/171463/bk_acx0_171463_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Greatest Battles in History: The Battle of Okinawa , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 93min

  If you die there will be no one left who knows the truth about the Battle of Okinawa. Bear the temporary shame but endure it. This is an order from your army Commander. (Mitsuru Ushijima to Colonel Hiromichi Yahara) Near the end of 1944, as Allied forces were pushing across the Pacific and edging ever closer to Japan, plans were drawn up to invade the Ryuku islands, the most prominent of them being Okinawa. Military planners anticipated that an amphibious campaign would last a week, but instead of facing 60,000 Japanese defenders as estimated, there were closer to 120,000 on the island at the beginning of the campaign in April 1945. The Battle of Okinawa was the largest amphibious operation in the Pacific theater, and it would last nearly three months and wind up being the fiercest in the Pacific theater during the war, with nearly 60 thousand American casualties and over 100 thousand Japanese soldiers killed. In addition, the battle resulted in an estimated 40 thousand - 150 thousand Japanese civilian casualties. Okinawa witnessed every conceivable horror of war both on land and at sea. American ground forces on Okinawa had to deal with bad weather (including a typhoon), antitank moats, barbed wire, mines, caves, underground tunnel networks, and fanatical Japanese soldiers who were willing to use human shields while fighting to the death. Allied naval forces supporting the amphibious invasion had to contend with Japan's notorious kamikazes, suicide pilots who terrorized sailors as they frantically tried to shoot down the Japanese planes before they could hit Allied ships. As one sailor aboard the USS Miami recalled, "They came in swarms from all directions. The barrels of our ship's guns got so hot we had to use fire hoses to cool them down." ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Todd Van Linda. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/039294/bk_acx0_039294_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Chronicles of Lumineia Omnibus: Books 1-3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 2083min

  Elseerian, book one: The assassination of heroes was once a warning...for an invasion that nearly destroyed the world. Nations were slaughtered, cities were erased from existence, and defending armies were crushed into oblivion. With hundreds of thousands dead, the races stood on the verge of extinction. But the end did not come. Instead the black horde vanished, leaving terrified survivors in its wake. As the centuries passed, the holocaust faded into myth and legend. With the tale forgotten, the renewed signs go unheeded. Only a supreme warrior can stave off the inevitable, a warrior named Elseerian. For the killings have already begun.... The Gathering, book two: Born of darkness, the ultimate army has been unleashed. The only hope lies in destroying the source - before all life is extinguished. Fate has chosen Elseerian for the impossible feat, but as he embarks on the harrowing journey the invasion must be delayed. With time as their only weapon against extinction, the elves issue a desperate call...for every race to ally. Facing annihilation, many will realize that survival lies in unity, courage sleeps in ordinary citizens, and average people can turn the tide of war. The Gathering has begun. Seven Days, book three: Forced to ally, the world has gathered against the endless night. Numbering over a million souls, they are the survivors of nations. They have armed themselves with weapons and magic and defend the strongest fortress ever built. Led by a supreme strategic mind, the races have organized into battalions, designed unique tactics, and fortified their position beyond any conceivable need. But now their foe is at their gates, and to a man they cling to the same hope - to survive until Elseerian can defeat the source. The best they can last is seven days.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Derek Perkins. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/podm/000172/bk_podm_000172_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Computer Programming: 4 Books in 1: SQL for Beginners, C# for Beginners, C# for Intermediate, Hacking with Kali Linux, Everything You Need for Mastering Programming & Cyber Security , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 900min

  If you want to master programming without having to worry about the technical jargon, then this is for you!Are you a newcomer to computer programming?Do you wish to become a hacking and cybersecurity wizard? Or perhaps you’re already familiar with the niche and only require little assistance to truly find your feet. For many individuals, it’s usually a norm to get lost in the seemingly technical jargon way before you even get close to learning the language of your choice. No matter how hard you try to make sense out of some strange looking symbols and terms, it just doesn’t seem to add up. Does this sound familiar? Good news is, if it does, then the information inside this book is your answer. With basically zero knowledge, what newbies and potential programming gurus lack is a simplified and comprehensive guide that provides great insight into every conceivable topic a complete novice needs to know to become a pro. A problem, which ultimately births this four-in-one book as the paramount solution for both beginners and intermediate programmers. In this highly comprehensive step-by-step programming guide, you will discover:The major obstacle hindering easy and better understanding of the technical jargon in programming and coding as well as how to overcome itThe hidden details and hints that gives way for easier mastering of programming and cybersecurityHow established programming gurus break down a problem into manageable chunksThe simple trick used by several professionals to liberate themselves when stuckWhat you will need to get started and how to build on your skills setI am a complete novice. Can this book work for me?Even if you have zero knowledge about programming or cybersecurity, this book has been crafted to be the easiest route for every beginner to become a well established prof ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Joe Wosik, Jack R. James. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/217088/bk_acx0_217088_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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