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  The Sustainable Legacy of Agnès Varda (eBook, ePUB)

  Drawing especially on the encounters and relationships that defined her exceptional career, The Sustainable Legacy of Agnès Varda outlines a sustainable legacy for the celebrated director and visual artist. Over nine chapters, it unpacks how creation, connection, and environment form the core of Varda's artistry, which centers foremost on relationships with her family, with other artists, even with passersby she would meet in her travels around the world. Also celebrating her feminist legacy, the chapters cover a wide range, from the classic Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962) to documentaries The Beaches of Agnès (2008) and Faces Places (2017) as well as selected art installations. The book's final section is dedicated to teaching Varda's work; here, ten scholars from around the world consider how Varda's art and feminist pedagogies offer unique ways to bring crucial concepts into the classroom. By seeking a sustainable praxis to discuss and teach Varda's work, and by making pedagogical concerns an explicit part of this approach, this book argues that Varda's insights about the nature of creative work will inspire new generations of viewers and audiences.

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  The Stolen Body , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 42min

  Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) was a prolific English writer of science fiction stories and novels and is frequently credited as being the father of science fiction. 'The Stolen Body' tells the story of two men who are experimenting with mind over matter. On prearranged evenings they sit in their own rooms, two miles apart, and each attempts to make himself apparate in the room of the other. One evening one of the men, Mr. Bessel, succeeds in making himself visible to his friend. The friend rushes across town to discuss the success of the experiment - but to his amazement Mr. Bessel's rooms are in disarray, and the man himself has disappeared. Later that evening he finds Bessel on a London street attacking passersby, using his cane as a club. Mr. Bessel attacks and injures him before continuing his reign of terror along the streets of London. Yet within a short time, Mr. Bessel has disappeared completely, and the mystery is complete. But where is he? And what has brought about this terrible change in him? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cathy Dobson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/redd/000888/bk_redd_000888_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Dad Jokes: Terribly Hilarious and Clean Fun Jokes for All Ages , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 80min

  Dad Jokes: Terribly Hilarious and Clean Fun Jokes for All Ages is a compilation of jokes on many subjects to get giggles and groans out of all those closest to you! With everything from silly on-liners to full-story jokes, you’re sure to find one for any occasion that will delight family, friends, coworkers, and even passersby at the grocery store.Everything from the great outdoors to the kitchen sink is covered within this book! Nothing is safe from these chuckle-worthy cutups.Break the ice at the next party you throw with these jokes that will get you talking about any subject under the sun!Did you know that making people laugh (or groan) is the fastest way to build a rapport with someone? Let us help you speed up the process!Keep your friends and family giggling and groaning at every gathering, no matter what the occasion!Get your copy of Dad Jokes: Terribly Hilarious and Clean Fun Jokes for All Ages today and regale those around you with wacky tales and jokes that will leave a lasting impression for years to come!Keep calm and laugh on!Get this book now and start telling jokes like never before! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Frank Gerard. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/162304/bk_acx0_162304_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Complete Tiny Little Guide to Becoming an Author: How to Write and Publish Your Non-Fiction Book , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 109min

  Imagine the moment: You enter a bookstore and make your way to that aisle. There it is, crisply typeset and beautifully displayed, quietly announcing its promise to passersby. It looks so perfectly legitimate. From its humble origins as little more than an intriguing notion in your mind, your idea has developed into a tangible book in a store. Editors, publishers, and copy experts have all poured over it, partnering with you in the process. You watch as a perfect stranger scoops it up, browses for an endless moment, then carries it to the counter. Your words and your world are about to become a part of a stranger’s internal intellectual life.  There is something special about being a writer. Yet the process is not mystical - it’s just hard work. Here is how you can do that hard work intelligently, from a writer who loves the craft and has a publishing history to show for it. Douglas Kruger is the author of 12 commercially published books, with four separate publishers on three different continents. His topics span business, wealth, leadership, politics, and philosophy. In this surprisingly quick, surprisingly thorough, surprisingly humorous little guide, he covers the practical how-to of writing and publishing your nonfiction book, as well as providing simple but profound insights on how to elevate the quality of your writing. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Douglas Kruger. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/dkru/000512/bk_dkru_000512_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Secret of the White Rose , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 571min

  The murder of Judge Hugo Jackson is out of Detective Simon Ziele's jurisdiction in more ways than one. For one, its high-profile enough to command the attention of the notorious new police commissioner, since Judge Jackson was presiding over the sensational trial of Al Drayson. Drayson, an anarchist, set off a bomb at a Carnegie family wedding, but instead of killing millionaires, it killed passersby, including a child. The dramatic trial has captured the full attention of 1906 New York City. Furthermore, Simons assigned precinct on Manhattan's West Side includes the gritty Tenderloin but not the tonier Gramercy Park, which is where the judge is found in his locked town house with his throat slashed on the night before the jury is set to deliberate. But his widow insists on calling her husband's old classmate criminologist, Alistair Sinclair, who in turn enlists Ziele's help. Together they must steer Sinclair's unorthodox methods past a police force that is so focused on rounding up Drayson's supporters that they’ve all but rejected any other possibilities. Once again, Stefanie Pintoff’'s combination of vital characters and a fascinating case set amongst the sometimes brutal and sometimes glittering history of turn-of-the-century New York makes for totally compelling reading in Secret of the White Rose, the third novel in her Edgar Award-winning series. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Joe Barrett. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/003073/bk_adbl_003073_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Chalk Artist: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 627min

  A tender affair and the redemptive power of art are at the core of this compelling novel from National Book Award finalist Allegra Goodman, "a romantic realist who dazzles with wit [and] compassion" (The Wall Street Journal). Collin James is young, creative, and unhappy. A college dropout, he waits tables and spends his free time beautifying the streets of Cambridge, Massachusetts, with his medium of choice: chalk. Collin's art captivates passersby with its vibrant colors and intricate lines - until the moment he wipes it all away. Nothing in Collin's life is meant to last. Then he meets Nina.... The daughter of a tech mogul who is revolutionizing virtual reality, Nina Lazare is trying to give back as a high school teacher - but her students won't listen to her. When Collin enters her world, he inspires her to think bigger. Nina wants to return the favor - even if it means losing him. Against this poignant backdrop, Allegra Goodman paints a tableau of students, neighbors, and colleagues: Diana, a teenage girl trying to make herself invisible; her twin brother, Aidan, who's addicted to the games produced by Nina's father; and Daphne, a viral-marketing trickster who unites them all, for better or worse. Wise, warm, and enchanting, The Chalk Artist is both a finely rendered portrait of modern love and a celebration of all the realms we inhabit: real and imagined, visual and virtual, seemingly independent yet hopelessly tangled. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Orlagh Cassidy. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/005161/bk_rand_005161_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  House of Stone: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 783min

  Pulsing with wit, seduction, and dark humor, House of Stone is a masterful debut that explores the creative - and often destructive - act of history-making. In the chronic turmoil of modern Zimbabwe, Abednego and Agnes Mlambo’s teenage son, Bukhosi, has gone missing, and the Mlambos fear the worst. Their enigmatic lodger, Zamani, seems to be their last, best hope for finding him. Since Bukhosi’s disappearance, Zamani has been preternaturally helpful: hanging missing posters in downtown Bulawayo, handing out fliers to passersby, and joining in family prayer vigils with the flamboyant Reverend Pastor from Agnes’s Blessed Anointings church. It’s almost like Zamani is part of the family....But almost isn’t nearly enough for Zamani. He ingratiates himself with Agnes and feeds alcoholic Abednego’s addiction, desperate to extract their life stories and steep himself in borrowed family history, as keenly aware as any colonialist or power-mad despot that the one who controls the narrative inherits the future. As Abednego wrestles with the ghosts of his past and Agnes seeks solace in a deep-rooted love, their histories converge and each must confront the past to find their place in a new Zimbabwe. Pulsing with wit, seduction, and dark humor, House of Stone is a sweeping epic that spans the fall of Rhodesia through Zimbabwe’s turbulent beginnings, exploring the persistence of the oppressed in a young nation seeking an identity, but built on forgetting. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cary Hite. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/051834/bk_adbl_051834_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Flatiron: The New York Landmark and the Incomparable City That Arose with It , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 621min

  The marvelous story of the Flatiron: the instantly recognizable building that signaled the start of a new era in New York history. Critics hated it. The public feared it would topple over. Passersby were knocked down by the winds. But even before it was completed, the Flatiron Building had become an unforgettable part of New York City. The Flatiron Building was built by the Chicago-based Fuller Company - a group founded by George Fuller, "the father of the skyscraper" - to be their New York headquarters. The company's president, Harry Black, was never able to make the public call the Flatiron the Fuller Building, however. Black's was the country's largest real estate firm, constructing Macy's department store, and soon after the Plaza Hotel, the Savoy Hotel, and many other iconic buildings in New York as well as in other cities across the country. With an ostentatious lifestyle that drew constant media scrutiny, Black made a fortune only to meet a tragic, untimely end. In The Flatiron, Alice Sparberg Alexiou chronicles not just the story of the building but the heady times in New York at the dawn of the 20th century. It was a time when Madison Square Park shifted from a promenade for rich women to one for gay prostitutes; when photography became an art; motion pictures came into existence; the booming economy suffered increasing depressions; jazz came to the forefront of popular music - and all within steps of one of the city's best-known and best-loved buildings. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: A. Savalas. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/012449/bk_adbl_012449_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Lost & Found , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 435min

  An irresistible debut novel about the wisdom of the very young, the mischief of the very old, and the magic that happens when no one else is looking. Millie Bird, seven years old and ever hopeful, always wears red gumboots to match her curly hair. Her struggling mother, grieving the death of Millie's father, leaves her in the big ladies' underwear department of a local store and never returns. Agatha Pantha, 82, has not left her house - or spoken to another human being - since she was widowed seven years ago. She fills the silence by yelling at passersby, watching loud static on TV, and maintaining a strict daily schedule. Karl the Touch Typist, 87, once used his fingers to type out love notes on his wife's skin. Now that she's gone, he types his words out into the air as he speaks. Karl's been committed to a nursing home, but in a moment of clarity and joy, he escapes. Now he's on the lam. Brought together at a fateful moment, the three embark upon a road trip across Western Australia to find Millie's mother. Along the way, Karl wants to find out how to be a man again; Agatha just wants everything to go back to how it was. Together they will discover that old age is not the same as death, that the young can be wise, and that letting yourself feel sad once in a while just might be the key to a happy life. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Nigel Carrington, Nicolette McKenzie, Helen Walsh. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/peng/002519/bk_peng_002519_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Violated: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 421min

  Bill Pronzini is crime-writing royalty. His more than 80 published novels have won or been nominated for Edgar, Hammett, Anthony, Shamus, and Macavity awards - a clean sweep of the crime fiction awards field - and received rave reviews from critics. He crafts masterful stories, often from multiple perspectives, in which the human condition is on full display. The Violated is no exception. In Echo Park, in the small town of Santa Rita, California, the mutilated body of Martin Torrey is found by two passersby. A registered sex offender, Torrey has been a suspect in a string of recent rapes, and instant suspicion for his murder falls on the relatives and friends of the women attacked. Police chief Griffin Kells and detective Robert Ortiz are under increasing pressure from the public and from a mayor demanding results in a case that has no easy solution. Pronzini cleverly unfolds the case through alternating perspectives - Martin Torrey's wife, caught between her grief and the fear her husband was guilty; the outraged husbands of the women violated; the enterprising editor of the local paper; the mayor concerned most with his own ratings; the detectives, often spinning in circles - until a surprising break leads to a completely unexpected conclusion. The Violated is Bill Pronzini at the height of his storytelling powers. Read by Traber Burns, Rachel Fulginiti, Keith Szarabajka, Mark Ashby, Tanya Eby, Kate Rudd, Joe Barrett, Thom Rivera, Hillary Huber, Erin Spencer, Elizabeth Wiley, Caroline Shaffer, Emily Sutton-Smith, Johnny Heller, Emily Woo Zeller, and R. C. Bray. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: full cast. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/009728/bk_blak_009728_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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