59 Results for : strived
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The Progressive Era: A History from Beginning to End , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 73min
The Progressive Era was the period of American history between the 1890s and 1920s. It was a movement dedicated to political and social reform, largely driven by the middle class. In a world that was dominated by wealthy industrialists and threatened by radical ideas of laborers, the middle class strived for order. In this audiobook, you will explore the following topics:Stirred to actionWomen’s suffrageTemperance and anti-alcohol campaignsThe dark side of progressiveness: forced sterilizations and eugenicsThe African American experienceProgressive presidents and the start of WWIAnd much more! Women played a prominent role in the movement. Their main objective was gaining the right to vote, but they also worked tirelessly on temperance, urban reform, and other social reforms. Women gained a strong influence even before they achieved suffrage.Progressiveness was dominated by optimism for the future and the ability of civilization to find solutions to age-old problems. Those in the movement had an overriding faith, particularly in Western civilization and its apparent greatness. The end of the era embodied a severe questioning of that faith. Ultimately, the Progressive Era left a legacy of hope, but also a warning against hubris. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jeffrey Howard. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/156504/bk_acx0_156504_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Minutes Before Sunset: The Timely Death Trilogy, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 578min
Two destinies. One death. "Her kiss could kill us, and my consent signed our death certificates." Eric Welborn isn't completely human, but he isn't the only shade in the small Midwest town of Hayworth. With one year left before his 18th birthday, Eric is destined to win a long-raging war for his kind. But then she happens. In the middle of the night, Eric meets a nameless shade, and she's powerful - too powerful - and his beliefs are altered. The Dark has lied to him, and he's determined to figure out exactly what lies were told, even if the secrets protect his survival. Jessica Taylor moves to Hayworth, and her only goal is to find more information on her deceased biological family. Her adoptive parents agree to help on one condition: perfect grades. And Jessica is distraught when she's assigned as Eric's class partner. He won't help, let alone talk to her, but she's determined to change him - even if it means revealing everything he's strived to hide. Minutes Before Sunset is the first book in The Timely Death Trilogy. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sarah Puckett, Steve Campbell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/121807/bk_acx0_121807_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Marital Blissaster , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 323min
Callie Hartley has everything she has ever asked for. She married the one man she knew she couldn't live without after losing him once and vowing to never let him go again. Her life is exactly what she had hoped for. Madison Reid pretended she had everything but inside she was a lost soul. She had an unhappy marriage and spent her days resenting her life. She was lonely and underappreciated. She strived for a life of happiness and to make her forget what she passed up years ago: her dreams. One woman will fight for her marriage that starts to crumble before her eyes, while the other throws it away carelessly. A friendship between them that they thought would last a lifetime is changed forever by decisions that can't be reversed. Opportunities enter their lives and they have to determine if the risks are worth the rewards. Can doubt or guilt eat a person alive? How far would you go to save your marriage? If you had never truly been loved, would you risk it all when you thought you could? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Em Eldridge, Dara Rosenberg. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/029361/bk_adbl_029361_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Elsewhere: A Memoir , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 452min
After eight commanding works of fiction, the Pulitzer Prize winner now turns to memoir in a hilarious, moving, and always surprising account of his life, his parents, and the upstate New York town they all struggled variously to escape. Anyone familiar with Richard Russo's acclaimed novels will recognize Gloversville, once famous for producing that eponymous product and anything else made of leather. This is where the author grew up, the only son of an aspirant mother and a charming, feckless father who were born into this close-knit community. But by the time of his childhood in the 1950s, prosperity was inexorably being replaced by poverty and illness (often tannery-related), with everyone barely scraping by under a very low horizon. A world elsewhere was the dream his mother instilled in Rick, and strived for herself, and their subsequent adventures and tribulations in achieving that goal - beautifully recounted here - were to prove lifelong, as would Gloversville's fearsome grasp on them both. Fraught with the timeless dynamic of going home again, encompassing hopes and fears and the relentless tides of familial and individual complications, this story is arresting, comic, heartbreaking, and truly beautiful: an immediate classic. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Richard Russo. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/003291/bk_rand_003291_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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From the West Comes the Wind (eBook, ePUB)
A war prisoner turned traitor.A slave who's never tilled a field.Nicke was barely a child when she was included in the war terms of the Laertan king: to be sent to that city and be the prisoner that shackled her father's thoughts of revenge. The brutal hand that followed her as she grew and strived for a better life was inescapable, even as her talent in war came to light.Zephyros was a man owned wholly and utterly by fate. Raised in a backwater and bought and sold as a war chest designed to force Laerta's hand, he is quickly sponsored and turned from man hunted to man reborn.When Laerta asserts herself, the city that was unbeatable on land, Nicke and Zephyros find themselves thrown about by the forces around them. And when Lysander, Nicke's lover and Zephyros' brother, is caught in the sights of the Laertan king, will there be enough bravery between them to save him? Or will the city again swallow their hope whole?The first in the Earth and Gods Series, From the West Comes the Wind is a story of stepping beyond the brutality of fate to forge a new path. It tells of how safety and love can be the difference between a life undone and finding happiness.- Shop: buecher
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Make It Nice
The Real Housewives of New York City fan favorite Dorinda Medley takes us inside her roller-coaster life and iconic Blue Stone Manor to share how we, too, can Make It Nice. Throughout her life, Dorinda Medley has always strived to "make it nice" regardless of the circumstances. In her incredibly candid memoir, the real housewife of New York City opens the doors of Blue Stone Manor, her Berkshires sanctuary, welcoming fans into her beloved home. In her first-ever written life story, Dorinda clips away all pretense and noise to unveil the not-so-glamorous bumps in the road that have marked her colorful journey toward becoming the person fans, colleagues, and friends know and love today. This is a vulnerable and emotional account of love, motherhood, loss, and the not-entirely-planned adventure from her modest beginnings in the Berkshires to her personal, social, and professional ascent—told in her trademark manner. Chronicling the life of the reality television star, Make It Nice also features life lessons for those who may experience similar challenges, as well as the celebrated hostess's invaluable entertaining tips, all presented with the humor and wit that have "oh-so-well made" Dorinda Medley a most compelling compilation.- Shop: buecher
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Sanctuary: Being Christian in the Wake of Trump , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 325min
Throughout her nearly 40 years in ministry, Heidi Neumark has strived to make the communities she was part of sanctuaries amid the turmoils of life. Now, with the social and political upheaval of the years since Donald Trump was elected president, Neumark believes the true Christian calling is to live out a counterpoint to today’s prevailing spirits of exclusion and hatred. Using her own bilingual, multicultural congregation as a model, she moves through the seasons of the church calendar to reflect on what it looks like to live out essential Christian convictions in community with others. Sanctuary is an amplifier for the many voices crying out against policies and rhetoric that are cruel, dehumanizing, and dangerous. Neumark begins each section with a quote from Donald Trump that she defies and dismantles with the power of her own stories - anecdotes about offering shelter for queer youth in her city, supporting immigrants and asylum-seekers being harassed by ICE, and embracing her church’s diversity with a Guadalupe celebration, to name a few. This is an audiobook born out of the necessity of our current times that will nevertheless stay relevant as this era’s deep wounds, inflicted before and during Trump’s presidency, remain long past its end. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tanya Eby. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/214955/bk_acx0_214955_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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A Clear Blue Sky: A Memoir , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 506min
An emotionally rich, moving and nuanced memoir from the Yorkshire and England wicketkeeper. As a young boy of eight, Jonny Bairstow was dealt a cruel blow. His father David 'Bluey' Bairstow, the combative and very popular wicketkeeper and captain of Yorkshire, took his own life at the age of 47. David left behind Jonny; Jonny's sister, Becky, and half brother, Andy; and his wife, Janet, who had recently been diagnosed with cancer at the time of his death. From these incredibly tough circumstances, Jonny and his family strived to find an even keel and come to terms with the loss of their father and husband. Jonny found his way through his dedication to sport. He was a gifted and natural athlete, with potential careers ahead of him in rugby and football, but he eventually chose cricket and came to build a career that followed in his father's footsteps, eventually reaching the pinnacle of the sport and breaking the record for most Test runs in a year by a wicketkeeper. Written with multiple-award-winning writer Duncan Hamilton, this is an incredible story of triumph over adversity and a memoir with far-reaching lessons about determination and the will to overcome. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Paul Tyreman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hcuk/003113/bk_hcuk_003113_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Queen of Beauty: The Century Trilogy, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1051min
Petra Durst-Benning's captivating historical novel pays homage to the trailblazing women of the early twentieth century - like Elizabeth Arden and Estée Lauder - who shaped culture, shattered convention, and strived to make the world around them more beautiful. Despite all that Clara Berg has achieved as a wife, mother, and chemist - especially for a woman in turn-of-the-century Berlin - ending her abusive marriage comes at great cost. The judge hands her inheritance - her parents' pharmacy - over to her ex-husband. Now, with her reputation in near ruins thanks to the scandal that rocked her marriage, no reputable chemist will hire her. Worst of all, she has lost all rights to her young son and daughter. Only her dearest friends, Josephine and Isabelle, themselves no strangers to hardship, remain steadfast. With their encouragement, Clara decides to start over in the spa town of Lake Constance, where she creates a homemade cream and launches a cosmetics revolution. Against all convention, she teaches other women and herself how to face the challenges of each new day with confidence and beauty. Soon her renown brings prestige, professional accolades, even new romance. But through it all, her heart beats for her beloved children - will success finally bring the reunion she longs for? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Teri Clark Linden. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/009061/bk_brll_009061_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Stop Doubting Yourself: Overcome Your Limiting Beliefs, Face Your Fears and Build Unshakable Self-Confidence , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 216min
Discover how to stop doubting yourself, overcome your limiting beliefs, and build unshakable self-confidenceStop Doubting Yourself is a self-help audiobook for people who want to improve their lives. It will help you identify and overcome your limiting beliefs, face your fears, and reach the goals you’ve always strived for. This audiobook is structured as a step-by-step guide and includes practical examples of problems you might be facing and the ways of coping with them. It contains practical exercises and easy to understand, yet highly effective strategies and techniques designed to help you stop doubting yourself and build unshakable self-confidence. Here’s what you’ll discover in Stop Doubting Yourself:How to identify and overcome the limiting beliefs that are holding you backValuable strategies and techniques that will help you face your fears, overcome self-doubt, and set yourself up for successThe power of long-term thinking and emotional intelligence which will help you master your emotions, focus on the long-term goals, and avoid getting stuck in the momentBy the end of Stop Doubting Yourself, you’ll understand how your limiting beliefs are holding you back, how to overcome them, how to change what you don’t like, how to accept and love what you can’t change, and how to live the live you’ve always wanted.Get Stop Doubting Yourself start improving your life now! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Steve Carlson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/234816/bk_acx0_234816_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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