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    Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death, and One Man's Story of Redemption in an American Prison , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 399min
    In 1991, Shaka Senghor was sent to prison for second-degree murder. Today he is a lecturer at universities, a leading voice on criminal justice reform, and an inspiration to thousands. In life, it's not how you start that matters. It's how you finish. Shaka Senghor was raised in a middle-class neighborhood on Detroit's east side during the height of the 1980s crack epidemic. An honor roll student and a natural leader, he dreamed of becoming a doctor - but at age 11, his parents' marriage began to unravel, and the beatings from his mother worsened, sending him on a downward spiral that saw him run away from home, turn to drug dealing to survive, and end up in prison for murder at the age of 19, fuming with anger and despair. Writing My Wrongs is the story of what came next. During his 19-year incarceration, seven of which were spent in solitary confinement, Senghor discovered literature, meditation, self-examination, and the kindness of others - tools he used to confront the demons of his past, forgive the people who hurt him, and begin atoning for the wrongs he had committed. Upon his release at age 38, Senghor became an activist and a mentor to young men and women facing circumstances like his. His work in the community and the courage to share his story led him to fellowships at the MIT Media Lab and the Kellogg Foundation and invitations to speak at events like TED and the Aspen Ideas Festival. In equal turns, Writing My Wrongs is a portrait of life in the shadow of poverty, violence, and fear; an unforgettable story of redemption, reminding us that our worst deeds don't define us; and a compelling witness to our country's need for rethinking its approach to crime, prison, and the men and women sent there. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Shaka Senghor. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/004499/bk_rand_004499_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Filling Her Stockings: A Collection of Five Festive Erotic Stories, Hörbuch, Digital, 84min, (USK 18)
    A collection of five festive erotic stories with mixed and varied themes. 'Filling her Stockings' – Elizabeth Coldwell: When her boss Mickey persuades Ellie to dress up in skimpy panties and stockings to pull in the Christmas punters, she is fuming. But what's sauce for the goose is also sauce for the gander, and Ellie shows Mickey who's in charge with some costuming of her own... or has she just fallen further into Mickey's trap? 'The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come' – Mimi Elise: Zara hasn't got time for Christmas parties; she's too busy working. That is, until the ghost of her old friend Pattie comes back to remind her what lies in her past... and what might lie in her present, if she could only let go of her inhibitions. 'Christmas Comes But Once a Year' – Jodie Johnson Smith: Father Christmas is supposed to be an old bloke with a beard, right, who brings presents to kids? That's the story Holly knows, anyway. But when FC turns out to be a hot guy with a different sort of present for adults - not to mention a sleigh with dodgy sat nav.... Holly finds she's really not complaining! 'Bad Credit' – Amelia Thornto: Charlotte's husband Jeff warned her what would happen if she couldn't control her Christmas spending spree: a bit of good old-fashioned discipline. But when he carries out his threat, Charlotte discovers that while she might feel humiliated about being put over Jeff's knee, she's also turned on.... 'The Pre-Christmas Pick-Me-Up' – Caz Jones: Sick of being treated like her husband's skivvy – and on Christmas Eve, of all days - Clare agrees with her friend Julie that she deserves a special treat. Especially one which involves two sexy men giving her a massage (and more) to remember. Language: English. Narrator: Trixi Godwin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/summ/000255/bk_summ_000255_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    All the Rage: A Quest , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 358min
    A moving and surprisingly funny memoir about finding the right balance between anger and compassion "Why aren't you angry?" people often asked Martin Moran after he told his story of how he came to forgive the man who sexually abused him as a boy. At first the question pissed him off. Then it began to haunt him. Why didn't he have more anger? Why had he never sought redress for the crime committed against him? Was his fury hidden, buried? Was he not man enough? Here he was, an adult in midlife, with an established acting career, a husband. A life. And yet the question of rage began to obsess him. As the narrative jumps from dream to memory to theory, from Colorado to New York to Johannesburg, Moran takes us along on his quest to understand the role of rage in our lives. Translating for an asylum seeker and survivor of torture, he wonders how the man is not consumed with the wrong done him, only to shortly thereafter find himself in a wild confrontation with his fuming stepmother at his father's funeral. He admires a pedestrian's furious put-down of a careless driver, and then, observing with a group of sex therapists at an S&M dungeon, he finds himself unexpectedly moved by the intimacy of the interchanges. Hiking the Rockies with his troubled younger brother, he's confronted by the anger and the love that seem to exist simultaneously and in equal measure between them. With each encounter we move more deeply into the human complexities at the heart of this book: into how we wrong and are wronged, how we seek redress but also forgiveness, how we yearn to mend what we think broken in us and liberate ourselves from what's past. It is in this landscape of old wounds and complicated loves that Moran shows us how rage may meet compassion and our traumas unexpectedly open us to the humanity of others. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Martin Moran. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/004650/bk_rand_004650_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Alan Turing: The Life and Legacy of the English Computer Scientist Who Became World War II’s Most Famous Codebreaker , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 100min
    The year is 1930. The US is still freshly reeling from the cataclysmic stock-market crash the previous October and is desperately attempting to claw its way out from the slippery pits of the Great Depression. Four thousand miles away, British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald is struggling himself to prevail over a reality that is as irremediable as it is inextricable: preserving the gold standard and providing adequate aid to the poor and unemployed, the latter of which there were reportedly two million of by year's end. The situation in the UK is comparably dim, for not only had the British also been affected by the crash, they had yet to recover from the lasting wounds of the First World War. It would not be uncommon to see a mob of fuming men posted outside of a labor exchange or the so-called “instructional centers” introduced by Prime Minister MacDonald. These men were armed with not guns, but with placards the length of their torsos. “Release Us from Hunger”, one placard screamed in bold letters. “We Demand Winter Relief", read another. In another part of town, a number of impoverished families awaited their measly share of gruel, provided to them by a makeshift soup kitchen. The scenes became even more depressing following the setting of the sun. If one took a stroll through the streets of the “rough” neighborhoods, they would see countless silhouettes, large and small, camping out in alleyways, street corners, and embankments, huddled up in a futile attempt to escape the biting frost of winter.It was amidst this bleak atmosphere that a peerlessly profound young mind in South West England first envisioned a concept so momentous that it ultimately led to the creation of what is now considered the world's first computer. This young man was none other than Alan Turing, who was far from the suave, pipe-puffing dandy many might associate with such a grand and futuristic idea. At the same time, Turing was hardly the kind of tw ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dan Gallagher. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/121794/bk_acx0_121794_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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