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    The Eighty-Twenty Rules: Rules No Longer , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 65min
    The Pareto Principle, or the 80/20 Rule, is the product of the mind of Vilfredo Pareto (1848-1923). In a nutshell, it asserts that, in most situations, 80% of outcomes are the product or outcome of 20% of efforts. In this audiobook, you will hear how America's new political and social landscape is impacting this principle and how this alteration may affect your life, and the life of others. Author William Novak grew up in Illinois and Indiana. He enjoyably taught elementary education for thirty-one years. Once a shoeshine boy, he literally learned a great deal at the feet of many fascinating barbershop patrons. A survivor of a tornado in 1990, he now lives in Southwestern Indiana. His hobbies are theology, philosophy, politics, baseball, 60’s music, and anything nostalgic. He is the father of two daughters, both living in North Carolina. Narrator Alan Sklar has been a freelance voice actor for over 18 years, voicing radio/TV commercials and VNRs. narrating everything from audio books and documentaries to thousands of corporate and medical video projects. He has had great success with some high profile titles like A Civil Action and Black Hawk Down. He lives in New York with his wife, former model Anita. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Alan H. Sklar. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/novk/000001/bk_novk_000001_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Steamboats and the Rise of the Cotton Kingdom , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 455min
    The arrival of the first steamboat, the New Orleans, in early 1812 touched off an economic revolution in the South. In states west of the Appalachian Mountains, running steamboats quickly grew into a booming business that would lead to new cultural practices and a stronger sectional identity. In Steamboats and the Rise of the Cotton Kingdom, Robert Gudmestad examines the wide-ranging influence of steamboats on the southern economy. From carrying cash crops to market, to contributing to slave productivity, increasing the flexibility of labor, and connecting southerners to overlapping orbits of regional, national, and international markets, steamboats not only benefitted slaveholders and northern industries, but also affected cotton production. This technology literally put people into motion, and travelers developed an array of unique cultural practices, from gambling to boat races. Gudmestad also asserts that the intersection of these riverboats and the environment reveals much about sectional identity in antebellum America. As federal funds backed railroad construction instead of clearing waterways for steamboats, southerners looked to coordinate their own economic development, free of national interests. Steamboats and the Rise of the Cotton Kingdom offers new insights into the remarkable and significant history of transportation and commerce in the prewar South. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Fred Filbrich. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/001528/bk_acx0_001528_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Overshoot: The Ecological Basis of Revolutionary Change , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 617min
    Our day-to-day experiences over the past decade have taught us that there must be limits to our tremendous appetite for energy, natural resources, and consumer goods. Even utility and oil companies now promote conservation in the face of demands for dwindling energy reserves. And for years some biologists have warned us of the direct correlation between scarcity and population growth. These scientists see an appalling future riding the tidal wave of a worldwide growth of population and technology. A calm but unflinching realist, Catton suggests that we cannot stop this wave - for we have already overshot the Earth's capacity to support so huge a load. He contradicts those scientists, engineers, and technocrats who continue to write optimistically about energy alternatives. Catton asserts that the technological panaceas proposed by those who would harvest from the seas, harness the winds, and farm the deserts are ignoring the fundamental premise that "the principals of ecology apply to all living things". These principles tell us that, within a finite system, economic expansion is not irreversible and population growth cannot continue indefinitely. If we disregard these facts, our sagging American Dream will soon shatter completely. The book is published by University of Illinois Press. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: MJ McGalliard. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/071810/bk_acx0_071810_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Who Owns the Future? , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 722min
    The dazzling new masterwork from the prophet of Silicon Valley Jaron Lanier is the best-selling author of You Are Not a Gadget, the father of virtual reality, and one of the most influential thinkers of our time. For decades, Lanier has drawn on his expertise and experience as a computer scientist, musician, and digital media pioneer to predict the revolutionary ways in which technology is transforming our culture. Who Owns the Future? is a visionary reckoning with the effects network technologies have had on our economy. Lanier asserts that the rise of digital networks led our economy into recession and decimated the middle class. Now, as technology flattens more and more industries - from media to medicine to manufacturing - we are facing even greater challenges to employment and personal wealth. But there is an alternative to allowing technology to own our future. In this ambitious and deeply humane book, Lanier charts the path toward a new information economy that will stabilize the middle class and allow it to grow. It is time for ordinary people to be rewarded for what they do and share on the web. Insightful, original, and provocative, Who Owns the Future? is necessary listening for all who live a part of their lives online. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Pete Simoneilli. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/006461/bk_sans_006461_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Justice in America: How the Prosecutors and the Media Conspire Against the Accused , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 361min
    The Casey Anthony trial of 2011 is estimated to have drawn the television and reading attention of no less than a quarter of a billion people from around the world. In Justice in America, Anthony defense attorney J. Cheney Mason, who was brought in to save the case, asserts that the jury got it right, and that America, the media, and the public blinded by the nightly lights, got it all wrong. His is the final chapter on the Anthony trial which ignited, mesmerized, and inflamed the public in a way not seen since the O. J. Simpson trial. It became the trial of this century and a piece of legal work destined to be studied for decades to come.Attorney Mason answers the remaining questions left by previous authors with a play-by-play account of what was happening behind the scenes with Casey. He shares never before revealed media bias and enough case secrets to make listeners re-examine their conscience and the quick path to judgment and personal conviction of Anthony. A must-hear for anyone who followed the trial; for anyone interested in justice, and absolutely required for anyone pursuing law or criminal justice as a life passion. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Don Colasurd, Jr.. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/104219/bk_acx0_104219_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The World America Made , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 256min
    What would the world look like if America were to reduce its role as a global leader in order to focus all its energies on solving its problems at home? And is America really in decline? Robert Kagan, New York Times best-selling author and one of the country’s most influential strategic thinkers, paints a vivid, alarming picture of what the world might look like if the United States were truly to let its influence wane. Although Kagan asserts that much of the current pessimism is misplaced, he warns that if America were indeed to commit “preemptive superpower suicide”, the world would see the return of war among rising nations as they jostle for power; the retreat of democracy around the world, as Vladimir Putin’s Russia and authoritarian China acquire more clout; and the weakening of the global free-market economy, which the United States created and has supported for more than 60 years. We’ve seen this before—in the breakdown of the Roman Empire and the collapse of the European order in World War I. Potent, incisive, and engaging, The World America Made is a reminder that the American world order is worth preserving, and America dare not decline. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Robertson Dean. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/002908/bk_rand_002908_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Womanizer , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 610min
    Allen Harris is a pillar of the community, a married lawyer of spotless reputation who is asked to assume the presidency of a conservative university after its last president has been fired for engaging in a sexual affair with a student. He is to be vetted by the Board of Directors, who want to be certain that there is nothing in Harris' past that will cause another scandal that has badly damaged the image of the institution. He asserts to the board that his married life is without blemish and he has never engaged in adulterous or clandestine affairs. His assertion is an outright lie since he, cunningly and secretly, engaged in a series of sexual liaisons in other cities in the course of his practice. To assure that these relationships remain secret, he decides to surreptitiously set about finding these former lovers to be certain that they will not reveal his double life and spoil his chances for the presidency. Of the four women with whom he had entered into these relationships he finds three, but cannot find the fourth. What he discovers is the startling truth about these affairs, and a bizarre twist of fate that reveals what happened to his fourth mistress. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Joel Eutaw Sharpton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/065047/bk_acx0_065047_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Breaking Through "Bitch": How Women Can Shatter Stereotypes and Lead Fearlessly , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 276min
    When a man strongly asserts his point of view and autonomy, he is hailed as a strong, competent leader. When a woman exhibits the same executive qualities, she is labeled a brusque, overbearing bitch. This is not really news anymore, is it? Yet these unfair perceptions are a key reason why only five percent of Fortune 500 company CEOs are women. How can women leaders break through that brick wall of "bitch?" How can they manage gender expectations and still successfully climb the corporate ladder? Breaking Through "Bitch" takes an innovative, sometimes controversial approach, using stories from executives at the highest corporate levels to show how women can hone their innate skills, rise to the top, and be effective, outstanding leaders. It addresses head-on why women cannot and should not "act like men." Breaking Through "Bitch": •Describes the unique profile of behaviors that top women leaders have in common. •Reveals why such stereotypically feminine characteristics as nurturing, empathy, and inclusiveness are the keys to power, not signs of weakness. Shows how these characteristics can be equally effective for men in our fast-changing world. Breaking Through "Bitch" empowers women to be their best selves, overcome stereotypes, and lead! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tanya Eby. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/007460/bk_brll_007460_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Vaccines, Autoimmunity, and the Changing Nature of Childhood Illness , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 257min
    One doctor’s surprising answer to the epidemic of autoimmunity and chronic disease. Over the past 50 years, rates of autoimmunity and chronic disease have exploded: Currently, one in two-and-a-half American children has an allergy; one in 11 has asthma; one in 13 has severe food allergies; and one in 36 has autism. While some attribute this rise to increased awareness and diagnosis, Thomas Cowan, MD, argues for a direct causal relationship to a corresponding increase in the number of vaccines American children typically receive - approximately 70 vaccine doses by age 18. The goal of these vaccines is precisely what we’re now seeing in such abundance among our chronically ill children: the provocation of immune response. Dr. Cowan looks at emerging evidence that certain childhood illnesses are actually protective of disease later in life; examines the role of fever, the gut, and cellular fluid in immune health; argues that vaccination is an ineffective (and harmful) attempt to shortcut a complex immune response; and asserts that the medical establishment has engaged in an authoritarian argument that robs parents of informed consent. His ultimate question, from the point of view of a doctor who has decades of experience treating countless children, is what we are really doing to children when we vaccinate them. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Madison Niederhauser. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/127480/bk_acx0_127480_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Change One Thing: Make One Change and Embrace a Happier, More Successful You , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 246min
    A self-help manual on creating reasonable, achievable improvement in your life. In our attempts to overachieve, many people find themselves frustrated because they cannot relish in their own successes. Though these professionals may reach their goals of job titles and financial stability, they often sacrifice their personal and family lives and discover deep dissatisfaction. In Change One Thing self-help author Sue Hadfield outlines the necessary steps to address the disillusionment that has become a common problem in our work-driven society. While whirlwind change can be overwhelming and unrealistic for a modern worker with a family and responsibilities, Hadfield asserts that a determined person can bring about an impactful change in his life by simply altering one aspect of it. Change One Thing teaches readers to avoid emotions of hopelessness and panic associated with changing too many aspects at once. Hadfield details a step-by-step plan to make a meaningful change and shares real-life examples of people who successfully altered their lives. Those who recognize that professional success is less fulfilling than other facets of their lives will find comfort and guidance in Change One Thing as they embark on missions to improve their lives. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Karen Cass. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/020237/bk_adbl_020237_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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