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The Illusionist , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 500min, (USK 18)

Bored and lonely, 15-year-old Helene decides to pay a visit to her father's mistress. Within days, she is captivated by Tamara, a Russian émigré whose arts of enchantment include lingering kisses, sudden dismissals, and savage, rapturous reunions. As long as she submits to Tamara, Hélène is permitted to stay near her: reading forbidden novels, meeting Tamara's bohemian friends, and learning more "refinements of depravity" than the gossiping matrons of her provincial French town could imagine existed. Flemish writer Françoise Mallet-Joris was 20 years old in 1951 when her first novel, Le Rempart des Béguines, - published in English as The Illusionist - created a sensation in France. This contemplative, beautifully written book, with its dark undercurrents of desire, has its origins in Madame Bovary and the novels of Colette, and was a precursor to Françoise Sagan's similarly themed Bonjour Tristesse. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Elizabeth Jasicki. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/000725/bk_acx0_000725_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Origin of Humankind , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 363min

The name Leakey is synonymous with the study of human origins, wrote The New York Times. The renowned family of paleontologists - Louis Leakey, Mary Leakey, and their son Richard Leakey - has vastly expanded our understanding of human evolution. The Origin of Humankind is Richard Leakey's personal view of the development of Homo sapiens. At the heart of his new picture of evolution is the introduction of a heretical notion: Once the first apes walked upright, the evolution of modern humans became possible and perhaps inevitable. From this one evolutionary step comes all the other evolutionary refinements and distinctions that set the human race apart from the apes. In fascinating sections on how and why modern humans developed a social organization, culture, and personal behavior, Leakey has much of interest to say about the development of art, language, and human consciousness. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John Curless. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/reco/012267/bk_reco_012267_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Arts of Seduction , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 447min, (USK 18)

The Arts of Seduction is a guide to having great sex in the 21st century. It seeks to make what has been largely reduced to an act of instant gratification a rather more pleasurable experience. Drawing inspiration from the Kama Sutra, whose groundbreaking attitudes towards sex remain relevant thousands of years after it was first composed, the book delves into numerous techniques and refinements that elevate sex to an altogether different level - whether it is innovative codes for love messages, the effects of applying perfume to different parts of the body, the many different types of kissing, where and how to massage your lover’s feet or what kind of jewellery to wear during lovemaking. Accessible, sensuous and full of surprises, The Arts of Seduction will forever change the way you think about love and lovemaking. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Swasti Shree Sharma. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/051157/bk_adbl_051157_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Jane Austen's Rules of Romance

Jane Austen's Rules of Romance ab 22.49 € als Taschenbuch: The Necessary Refinements and Situations for the Successful Procurement of the Marriageable Man. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Ratgeber,

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An Outpost of Progress , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 60min

Award-winning narrator Mike Vendetti reads this Joseph Conrad classic tale of two white traders, Carlier and Kayerts, comical and pathetic, who move from polite society to the Congo, where they hope to become wealthy on the "Dark Continent" by spreading commerce and civilization to black Africa. But as was often the case, the longer they are away from civilization, the more the refinements of civilization slip away, along with their sanity. Like modern society in general, Conrad suggests, Kayerts and Carlier lack "all independent thought, all initiative", and once they are taken from the customary social rituals and institutions that support them, they are powerless. The men are overwhelmed by their own emptiness. They are unable to describe what they are feeling, but they know they've changed, and not for the better. They are descending into confusion, fear, and loathing. Sparked by an argument over sugar, Carlier gives way to his emotions, calling Kayerts a "slave-dealer". Kayerts is unable to accept the truth and responds violently. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mike Vendetti. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/mike/001372/bk_mike_001372_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Los Angeles in Civil War Days, 1860-1865 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 250min

Most accounts of California’s role in the Civil War focus on the northern part of the state, San Francisco in particular. In Los Angeles in Civil War Days, John W. Robinson looks to the southern half and offers an enlightening sketch of Los Angeles and its people, politics, and economic trends from 1860 to 1865. Drawing on contemporary reports in the Los Angeles Star, Southern News, and other sources, Robinson shows how the war came to Los Angeles and narrates the struggle between the pro-Southern faction and the Unionists.Los Angeles in the early 1860s was a developing town, lacking many of the refinements of civilization that San Francisco then enjoyed, and was much smaller than the bustling metropolis we know today. The audiobook focuses on the effects of the war on Los Angeles, but Robinson also considers social and economic problems to provide a broader view of the community and its place in the nation. The Conscription Act and devalued greenbacks incited public unrest, and the cattle-killing drought of 1862-64, a smallpox epidemic, and recurrent vigilantism challenged Angelenos as well.California historians and those interested in the city’s historical record will find this audiobook a fascinating addition to the body of California’s Civil War history.Published by University of Oklahoma Press."Brief, very readable, and important book...." - Thomas F. Andrews, research historian for special collections, Asuza Pacific University ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Steve Toner. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/106783/bk_acx0_106783_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Intermittent Fasting: Weight Loss the Easy Way - Lose Fat, Get Healthy and Live Longer , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 98min

Lose fat faster than you even thought possible! There are so many crazy fad diets out there these days that come and go within months or a few years. They don’t stick around because they don’t work. The simple strategy of intermittent fasting, however, has stood the test of time. With a few key recent refinements that are grounded in solid scientific research and nutritional science data, intermittent fasting has been the most effective way to lose fat and get healthy for thousands of people all over the world!Start losing fat today!So many people mistakenly believe that fasting is about starving yourself. That simply is not true! Real, effective intermittent fasting is actually an unbelievably powerful method with many different protocols that have changed thousands of lives already. This powerful method of promoting health and losing weight has been the answer so many people never found in fad diets! This audiobook is your complete guide to the many fasting protocols that are possible and gives you a complete breakdown that shows you exactly how to maximize health and weight loss step by step using Intermittent Fasting. This guide relies on the latest scientific research and proven methods so that you will have the success you want in sculpting your body and living your best life.Listen to this audiobook today and start changing your life for the better! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Diana Hernandez. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/145505/bk_acx0_145505_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Compassionate Brain (eBook, ePUB)

Here is the ultimate explanation of the brain for everyone who thinks: a guide to how the brain works, how our brains came to operate the way they do, and, most important, how to use your precious gray matter to its full capacity. The brain, according to current research, is not some kind of automatic machine that works independently of its user. In fact, the circuitry of the brain actually changes according to how one uses it. Our brains are continuously developing new capacities and refinements—or losing them, depending upon how we use them. Gerald Hüther takes us on a fascinating tour of the brain's development—from one-celled organisms to worms, moles, apes, and on to us humans—showing how we truly are what we think: our behavior directly affects our brain capacity. And the behavior that promotes the fullest development of the brain is behavior that balances emotion and intellect, dependence and autonomy, openness and focus, and ultimately expresses itself in such virtues as truthfulness, considerateness, sincerity, humility, and love. Hüther's user's-manual approach is humorous and engaging, with a minimum of technical language, yet the book's message is profound: the fundamental nature of our brains and nervous systems naturally leads to our continued growth in intelligence and humanity.

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Reliability Engineering

This book shows how to build in and assess reliability, availability, maintainability, and safety (RAMS) of components, equipment, and systems. It presents the state of the art of reliability (RAMS) engineering, in theory & practice, and is based on over 30 years author's experience in this field, half in industry and half as Professor of Reliability Engineering at the ETH, Zurich. The book structure allows rapid access to practical results. Methods & tools are given in a way that they can be tailored to cover different RAMS requirement levels. Thanks to Appendices A6 - A8 the book is mathematically self-contained, and can be used as a textbook or as a desktop reference with a large number of tables (60), figures (210), and examples / exercises^ 10,000 per year since 2013) were the motivation for this final edition, the 13th since 1985, including German editions. Extended and carefully reviewed to improve accuracy, it represents the continuous improvement effort to satisfy reader's needs and confidence. New are an introduction to risk management with structurally new models based on semi-Markov processes & to the concept of mean time to accident, reliability & availability of a k-out-of-n redundancy with arbitrary repair rate for n - k=2, 10 new homework problems, and refinements, in particular, on multiple failure mechanisms, approximate expressions, incomplete coverage, data analysis, and comments on ë, MTBF, MTTF, MTTR, R, PA.

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Lost at School: Why Our Kids with Behavioral Challenges are Falling Through the Cracks and How We Can Help Them , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 602min

From the renowned authority on education and parenting, "an in-depth approach to aid parents and teachers to work together with behaviorally challenging students" (Publishers Weekly) - now revised and updated. School discipline is broken. Too often, the kids who need our help the most are viewed as disrespectful, out of control, and beyond help, and are often the recipients of our most ineffective, most punitive interventions. These students - and their parents, teachers, and administrators - are frustrated and desperate for answers. Dr. Ross W. Greene, author of the acclaimed book The Explosive Child, offers educators and parents a different framework for understanding challenging behavior. Dr. Greene's Collaborative & Proactive Solutions (CPS) approach helps adults focus on the true factors contributing to challenging classroom behaviors, empowering educators to address these factors and create helping relationships with their most at-risk kids. This revised and updated edition of Lost at School contains the latest refinements to Dr. Greene's CPS model, including enhanced methods for solving problems collaboratively, improving communication, and building relationships with kids. Dr. Greene's lively, compelling narrative includes: Tools to identify the problems and lagging skills causing challenging behavior Explicit guidance on how to radically improve interactions with challenging kids and reduce challenging episodes - along with many examples showing how it's done Practical guidance for successful planning and collaboration among educators, parents, and kids Backed by years of experience and research and written with a powerful sense of hope and achievable change, Lost at School gives teachers and parents the realistic strategies and information to impact the classroom experience of every challenging kid (and their classmates). / ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Nick Podehl. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/007673/bk_brll_007673_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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