• Afraid of the Light

  __________________________ The new novel from the bestselling author of The Pursuit of Happiness and The Moment Brendan has always lived a careful, constrained life. A salesman who never liked the work, he's a man who has stayed in his marriage and his faith because it was what was expected of him. But now, having lost his job after corporate downsizing and on the cusp of sixty, he finds himself scrambling to somehow stay afloat in the only Los Angeles work on offer to a man his age - driving for Uber. When one of his rides, a retired professor named Elise, asks to be dropped off outside an abortion clinic where she now volunteers, Brendan finds himself literally driving right into the virulent epicentre of one of the major issues of our time, engulfing his life in the process. A novel of high suspense and considerable moral complexity, Afraid of the Light is a tough, affecting social thriller that speaks volumes about the corrosive divisions of our troubled times. __________________________ 'Kennedy is skilled at zigzag plotting, blending domestic twists with turns created by global affairs' OBSERVER

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  The Boyer Lectures 2017: Fast, Smart and Connected: What Is It to Be Human, and Australian, in a Digital World?, Hörbuch, Digital, 112min

  'Twenty years in Silicon Valley has left me with the distinct sense that we need to keep reasserting the importance of people, and the diversity of our lived experiences, into our conversations about technology and the future. Many conversations seem to originate in the United States, but I think this is a time and place to have that conversation here in Australia. After all, we are not just passive by-standers in this digital world - we have been active creators of it. So it is time for another conversation about our possible digital and human futures and about the world we might want to make together.' Each year since 1959, the ABC has sparked national discussion about critical ideas with the Boyer Lectures. In 2017 world-leading technologist and anthropologist Professor Bell continues this proud tradition by interrogating what it means to be human, and Australian, in a digital world. Thirty years ago Professor Bell left Australia to study anthropology in America. That journey took her to the heart of Silicon Valley, where she led Intel’s first user experience research and development lab and most recently served as their chief futurist. Her job was to help invent the future and ensure that it was shaped by lived experience. Professor Bell has been at the epicentre of the biggest set of digital transformations in our lifetime, and now she’s returned home to Australia, because there are some urgent conversations we need to have about the role of technology in building our future. Language: English. Narrator: Professor Genevieve Bell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/boli/003310/bk_boli_003310_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  How to Be Famous , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 526min

  Random House presents the audiobook edition of How to be Famous by Caitlin Moran, read by Louise Brealey. Life is always better backstage, isn't it? A funny, riotous novel about a young women making it in a world where men hold all the power from the Sunday Times best-selling author of How To Build A Girl.  I’m Johanna Morrigan, and I live in London in 1995, at the epicentre of Britpop. I might only be 19, but I’m wise enough to know that everyone around me is handling fame very, very badly.  My unrequited love, John Kite, has scored an unexpected Number One album, then exploded into a Booze And Drugs HellTM - as rockstars do. And my new best friend - the maverick feminist Suzanne Banks, of The Branks - has amazing hair, but writer’s block and a rampant pill problem. So I’ve decided I should become a 'Fame Doctor'. I’m going to use my new monthly column for The Face to write about every ridiculous, surreal, amazing aspect of a million people knowing your name. But when my two-night-stand with edgy comedian Jerry Sharp goes wrong, people start to know my name for all the wrong reasons. ‘He’s a vampire. He destroys bright young girls. Also, he’s a total dick’ Suzanne warned me. But by that point, I’d already had sex with him. Bad sex.  Now I’m one of the girls he’s trying to destroy. He needs to be stopped. But how can one woman stop a bad, famous, powerful man?   ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Louise Brealey. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/003052/bk_rhuk_003052_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Let The Good Times Roll , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 749min

  'Which is the best band I've been in? The Small Faces were the most creative, The Faces were the most fun, The Who were the most exciting. These were electrifying days in music. We were all untried, untested. What was stopping us? Nothing.'   As drummer with The Small Faces, Faces and later The Who, Kenney Jones' unique sense of rhythm was the heartbeat that powered three of the most influential rock bands of all time.    Beginning in London's postwar East End, Kenney's story takes us through the birth of the Mod revolution, the mind-bending days of the late 1960s and the raucous excesses of the '70s and '80s. In a career spanning six decades, Kenney was at the epicentre of many of the most exciting moments in music history and has experienced everything the industry has to offer. He jointly created some of the world's most loved records, hung out with the Stones, the Beatles, David Bowie, Keith Moon and Rod Stewart, and suffered the loss of close friends to rock 'n' roll excess and success.    The legacy created by Kenney and his bandmates has influenced acts as diverse as Led Zeppelin, the Sex Pistols and Oasis. Now, for the very first time, Kenney tells the full story of how a young Cockney Herbert played his part in the biggest social transformation in living memory - the people, the parties, the friendships, the fallouts, the laughter, the sadness, the sex, drugs, and a lot of rock 'n' roll, while also opening up about his own deeply personal battles and passions, too. This is a vivid and breathtaking immersion into the most exciting era of music history and beyond. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David John, Kenney Jones. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bonn/000015/bk_bonn_000015_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The New Sultan

  *New Edition of the Leading Work on Modern Turkey* In a world of rising tensions between Russia and the United States, the Middle East and Europe, Sunnis and Shiites, Islamism and liberalism, Turkey is at the epicentre. And at the heart of Turkey is its right-wing populist president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Since 2002, Erdogan has consolidated his hold on domestic politics while using military and diplomatic means to solidify Turkey as a regional power. His crackdown has been brutal and consistent - scores of journalists arrested, academics officially banned from leaving the country, university deans fired and many of the highest-ranking military officers arrested. In some senses, the nefarious and failed 2016 coup has given Erdogan the licence to make good on his repeated promise to bring order and stability under a 'strongman'.Here, leading Turkish expert Soner Cagaptay will look at Erdogan's roots in Turkish history, what he believes in and how he has cemented his rule, as well as what this means for the world. The book will also unpick the 'threats' Erdogan has worked to combat - from the liberal Turks to the Gulen movement, from coup plotters to Kurdish nationalists - all of which have culminated in the crisis of modern Turkey.

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  Time is a Mother (eBook, ePUB)

  How else do we return to ourselves but to fold The page so it points to the good partIn this deeply intimate second poetry collection, Ocean Vuong searches for life among the aftershocks of his mother's death, embodying the paradox of sitting within grief while being determined to survive beyond it. Shifting through memory, and in concert with the themes of his novel On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Vuong contends with personal loss, the meaning of family, and the value of joy in a perennially fractured American spirit. Vivid, brave, and propulsive, Vuong's poems circle fragmented lives to find both restoration as well as the epicentre of the break. The author of the critically acclaimed poetry collection Night Sky With Exit Wounds, winner of the 2016 Whiting Award, the 2017 T. S. Eliot Prize, and a 2019 MacArthur fellow, Vuong writes directly to our humanity without losing sight of the current moment. These poems represent a more innovative and daring experimentation with language and form, illuminating how the themes we live in and question are truly inexhaustible. Bold and prescient, and a testament to tenderness in the face of violence, Time Is a Mother is a return and a forging-forth all at once.

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  The Invention of Sicily: A Mediterranean History

  Sicily is at the crossroads of the Mediterranean, and for over 2000 years has been the gateway between Europe, Africa and the East. It has long been seen as the frontier between Western Civilization and the rest, but never definitively part of either. Despite being conquered by empires - Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Normans, Hapsburg Spain - it remains uniquely apart. The islands story maps a mosaic that mixes the story of myth and wars, maritime empires and reckless crusades, and a people who refuse to be ruled.In this riveting, rich history Jamie Mackay peels away the layers of this most mysterious of islands. This story finds its origins in ancient myth but has been reinventing itself across centuries: in conquest and resistance. Inseparable from these political and social developments are the artefacts of the nations cultural patrimony ancient amphitheatres, Arab gardens, Baroque Cathedrals, as well as great literature such as Giuseppe di Lampedusas masterpiece The Leopard, and the novels and plays of Luigi Pirandello. In its modern era, Sicily has been the site of revolution, Cosa Nostra and, in the twenty-first century, the epicentre of the refugee crisis.The Invention of Sicily is a dazzling introduction to the island, its history and its people.

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  Companies of Ukraine

  Companies of Ukraine ab 15.49 € als Taschenbuch: Economy of Ukraine Berdichev machine-building plant Obolon CJSC SCM Holdings Kiev Arsenal Holography Ltd. ZNAK Aviant Levi9 Ukraine Lviv Railways EpiCentre K Coral GROUP Sintal Agriculture Mirasoft MeMZ BG Capital. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Wirtschaft & Soziales,

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  Boost Your Brain Power: Proven Memory Tips, Tricks and Strategies for Improving Your Memory, Brain Power and Cognitive Functioning Today , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 51min

  Do You Want to Take Your Mind and Memory to the Next Level? Do You Want to Upgrade Your Cognitive Functioning? Improve Your Memory? Increase Your IQ? Do you want to perform at a higher level in every area of your life? Well, you are going to love reading Boost Your Brain Power Oftentimes we think intelligence is something we are born with, something that is genetically handed down by our parents. This however, is a complete misconception… Intelligence, memory, cognitive functioning and brain power are all things that can be drastically improved with simple steps. The brain is a muscle, and like any other muscle it can be trained, it can be strengthened and it can grow. Understanding this, and knowing how to ‘train' your brain is the key to increasing its power. In Boost Your Brain Power you will learn quick and easy strategies you can implement today to start training your brain. This book is an action packed, value filled quick read that removes the complications of upgrading your cognitive function. Whether you want to improve your memory, increase your recall speed, boost your IQ or generally increase cognitive function, this book has you covered. From the science behind brain power all the way to the exact protocols you can implement to train your brain, everything you need is in this book. You will even be provided with step-by-step training you can use today to upgrade your mind. One of the best things I've yet to mention is all the benefits you can reap by purposefully training your brain… We have the obvious ones such as memory improvement, recall speed and an increase to IQ. But then we have the lesser known benefits such as: improved focus, decrease in stress, increase in happiness and overall success in life… particularly your career. This all boils down to the fact that the brain is the most important muscle in your body. It is the epicentre. So, grab the book today and upgrade your life. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Forris Day Jr. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/025119/bk_acx0_025119_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Mycophoria , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 458min

  Deep beneath the earth of a North Cumbrian wood lies the germinating mass of a fungus-like organism. How long it has occupied the fibrous soil of that place is uncertain, but Dr. Jim Alburton estimates it is close to 10 million years. Then again, this is not his sphere of expertise. He would normally consult Jane Milner and her partner. But both of them are dead - Jane the victim of a rare acute brain disease. Alburton finds her on the floor of a laboratory, sticky orange fluid oozing from her ears. Her partner’s face is mutilated beyond recognition, an apparent result of his girlfriend’s killing frenzy. Alburton comes to know of the fungus because of Jane’s notebook, which describes its discovery but gives little scientific detail or where it is located. He can’t help thinking the discovery is bound up with her sudden death and that of her partner. The police are moving too slow for Alburton’s liking and don’t accept there’s a connection between this incident and an increasing number of horrific deaths rapidly blooming in the area. A woman walking her dogs along a popular pathway is savagely attacked, a local student inexplicably murders the school nurse, a care-worker suffers a psychotic episode and attacks an elderly man in his home. The news bulletins deliver more reports by the hour. As the number of incidents mounts, Alburton becomes convinced the county is quickly becoming the epicentre of a fungal disease epidemic that could spread nationwide. He concludes the fungus must be acting on its host’s nervous system, causing them to become depraved killing machines. Yet few believe him as he has little evidence for his theory. Now he faces the responsibility of tracking down the source of the disease, persuading the authorities and somehow preventing a cascade of bloody murders. With the newly christened phenomenon known as Mycophoria accelerating in its impact, there are only days or or perhaps hours to accomplish this before the disease g ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tom Adams. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/203881/bk_acx0_203881_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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