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    American Legends: The Life of Montgomery Clift , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 66min
    A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history's most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? In Charles River Editors' American Legends series, listeners can get caught up to speed on the lives of America's most important men and women in the time it takes to finish a commute, while learning interesting facts long forgotten or never known. In the World War II and post-war era, the figure of the male hero who was previously presented as an invulnerable, single-minded, and to a larger degree monolithic and unknowable warrior, began to develop into a more multi-faceted and intriguing character in the most important Hollywood films. This was to signal, and in a sense impel the same change in American society that has always mirrored itself after its cinematic models. Much like the era of Austen and the Bronte sisters, the American hero softened to resemble the older British one, vulnerable and uncertain, but still passionate and determined. In Edward Montgomery Clift, the public not only discovered an unusually gifted actor, but a persistent and stoical anti-authoritarian, an extreme non-conformist in a conformist age and a personal enigma who has remained the target of prying Hollywood reporting since his death. Described as the first "method" actor in Hollywood, he was to co-create and develop this lonely, unwilling, and uncertain American hero, filled with deep personal ambiguities, a conflicting will, vulnerable and sensitive. In his eventual arrival to Hollywood following a lengthy period of resistance, he not only embodied this new male model, but inspired the next generation of fascinating characters who didn't "fit in", such as friends Marlon Brando and James Dean. He added to this screen persona a sexual dualism that, while not apparent on the surface, changed the way leading men were perceived by the late 1940s. A first-rate stage actor, Clift approached Hollywood on his own terms, and p ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Scott Clem. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/085238/bk_acx0_085238_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Revolution , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 578min
    Russell Brand wants YOU to join the revolution. We all know the system isn't working. Our governments are corrupt and the opposing parties pointlessly similar. Our culture is filled with vacuity and pap, and we are told there's nothing we can do - "it's just the way things are". In this book, Russell Brand hilariously lacerates the straw men and paper tigers of our conformist times and presents, with the help of experts as diverse as Thomas Piketty and George Orwell, a vision for a fairer, sexier society that's fun and inclusive. You have been lied to, told there's no alternative, no choice and that you don't deserve any better. Brand destroys this illusory facade as amusingly and deftly as he annihilates Morning Joe anchors, Fox News fascists and BBC stalwarts. This book makes revolution not only possible, but inevitable and fun. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Russell Brand. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/001870/bk_rhuk_001870_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    B Is for Beer , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 149min
    A Children's Book About Beer? Yes, believe it or not, but B Is for Beer is also a book for adults, and bear in mind that it's the work of maverick best-selling novelist Tom Robbins, internationally known for his ability to both seriously illuminate and comically entertain. Once upon a time (right about now) there was a planet (how about this one?) whose inhabitants consumed 36 billion gallons of beer each year (it's a fact, you can Google it). Among those affected, each in his or her own way, by all the bubbles, burps, and foam, was a smart, wide-eyed, adventurous kindergartner named Gracie; her distracted mommy; her insensitive dad; her non-conformist uncle; and a magical, butt-kicking intruder from a world within our world. Populated by the aforementioned character ;and as charming as it may be subversive, B Is for Beer involves readers, young and old, in a surprising, far-reaching investigation into the limits of reality, the transformative powers of children, and, of course, the ultimate meaning of a tall, cold brewski. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Laura Silverman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/001843/bk_harp_001843_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Professor's Daughter , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 331min
    Professor's Daughter is a fictional memoir about an eccentric professor who's been a non-conformist his entire career. He's a former ballet dancer, an expert horseman, and an inventor. He's led research expeditions to Nepal and explored the depths of the ocean. After his wife's death, he tries to re-establish his relationship with his estranged daughter, Athena. She wants to know about her father's secret life that he lived apart from both her and her mother. The professor tells Athena about his romantically adventurous life through stories filled with passion, humor, and irreverence. It's a volatile debate between a strong-willed daughter and her maverick father. Don't we all fall in love with many others during our life? And what happens when we pursue those passions? In writing what he calls a "fictional memoir", the author knows that there is always a risk that friends and family might take offense. However, his aim is to explore the mysteries of romance and have a good-natured laugh at the wild chemistry created when mixing men, women and love. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Seve Stratton, Jennifer Thayer. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/009327/bk_acx0_009327_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Office Cowboys: Cautionary Tales from the Cubicle Frontier , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 499min
    You’ve seen the movies. You know the tropes. The rugged, stubborn, and iconic American cowboy is too tough to die, too mean to quit, and too proud to live by anyone else’s rules. Larger-than-life cowboy characters are heroes on the silver screen, where the stories are made up and the consequences don’t truly matter. In the modern office, however, these aggressive individualists can be a massive pain in everyone’s neck. The stubborn, oppositional, uncooperative, and all-around unreliable office cowboy, on the other hand, is tremendously corrosive to discipline, productivity, and team morale. The all-too-common "I do what I want" non-conformist won’t listen to reason. They push social boundaries, break all the rules, and seem determined to make the boss’s life a living hell. If you’ve ever wondered how to handle your own office cowboy, then this book is for you. In this collection of 20 new and expanded columns, Business Reporter’s resident American correspondent Keil Hubert studies the personality types, culture, and social forces that allow these disruptive characters to thrive in the modern white-collar business setting…and recommends some pragmatic tactics for reining your varmints in when they inevitably challenge your authority. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jack Nolan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/189768/bk_acx0_189768_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Generations at Work: Managing the Clash of Boomers, Gen Xers, and Gen Yers in the Workplace , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 576min
    Annoyed with your workmates and flustered with your staff? Don't understand how they think, act, and communicate - especially the twentysomethings who ask questions all the time and want confirmation that they're doing great? All these difficult people may be nothing more than diverse demographics. Friction among Traditionalists, Boomers, Xers, and Millennials has spiked, as four distinct generations are tossed side by side, cubicle by cubicle - and nobody speaks the same language. Generations at Work offers a refreshing way to root out the causes of workplace clashes and bridge the generational gaps. Now updated to include the Millennial newcomers to the workplace, the audiobook serves as both a sweeping overview of generational differences and a solutions-based managerial guide to molding each group into loyal employees who work effectively with everyone, from tech-savvy, high-needs young people to conformist, hardworking seniors. Packed with original research and eye-opening insights, you'll find explanations of what makes each generation tick, key phrases and tactics for motivating each, best practices from companies with generations-friendly cultures, in-depth interviews highlighting problems and solutions, a field guide for mentoring Millennials - and many more valuable tools for turning today's multigenerational workforce into an organizational asset. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Joe Geoffrey. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/gdan/000868/bk_gdan_000868_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Winning Against the Odds: My Life in Gambling and Politics , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 545min
    Winning Against the Odds tells the fascinating, eccentric story of one of England’s most fascinating and eccentric men. Stuart Wheeler went to Eton and Oxford. He was an officer in the Welsh Guards, a barrister, an investment banker, and a major donor to the Conservative Party. You might think that he has led a life of impeccably conformist upper-class respectability. You’d be wrong. For Wheeler is also an illegitimate child adopted at the age of two, a maverick businessman who made his fortune on the back of ‘the most brilliant idea that anyone had had of his generation’, and a devoted gambler who has been thrown out of more than one Las Vegas casino. He played cards with Lord Lucan two nights before his infamous disappearance, effectively invented spread-betting with the creation in 1974 of IG Index and gave William Hague’s Conservatives £5 million (still the biggest political donation in British history) before being expelled from the Tories, joining UKIP, and becoming a key figure in Vote Leave during the Brexit referendum campaign. Forthright, principled, and always entertaining, Winning Against the Odds is a story of bets won and lost, of outrageous personalities and dramatic events, and of a singular mind that engages with the world around it in a completely unique and compelling way. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Richard Paul Thomas. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/167234/bk_acx0_167234_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Million Dollar Race
    "I dare you to predict the winner of The Million Dollar Race. OK, you dragged it out of me: it's the READER!" ?Jerry Spinelli, Newbery Award?winning author of Maniac Magee Perfect for fans of Lizzy Legend and the Baseball Genius series, this quick-paced, heartfelt, and zany novel follows a speedy kid from an unconventional family who will do whatever it takes to win an international track contest. Grant Falloon isn't just good at track; he's close to breaking the world record 100-meter time for his age group. So when the mega-rich Babblemoney sneaker company announces an international competition to find the fastest kid in the world, he's desperate to sign up. But not so fast. Nothing's ever that easy with the eccentric Falloon family. Turns out, his non-conformist parents never got him a legal birth certificate. He can't race for the United States, so now if he wants to compete, he may just have to invent his own country. And even if that plan works, winning gold will mean knocking his best friend?and biggest competitor?Jay, out of the competition. As unexpected hurdles arise, Grant will have to ask not only if winning is possible, but what he's willing to sacrifice for it.
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    My Big Fat Russian Divorce 1.1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 269min, (USK 18)
    This is me in all my glorious and pathetic splendor, I'm the result of treacherous fate. This life is something that I could have never guessed. A choice that I would never have made, a shotgun-suicide that I would have never committed. Who would ever choose to become a brainless zombie begging for brains? No one in their right mind would do such a despicable thing. Boring sheep! All of them, I say. Quite unfortunately for me I'm not just anyone. Most certainly I'm not a conformist and not the average Joe. When it comes to life, I like it hard and sexy all the way to hell even if it's for my own misfortune. Mother didn't raise no losers, if failure is my destiny then I shall majestically fail in such an epic way that no one will ever be able to forget my tragic ending. For this is my righteous destiny and my glorious descent to the fiery pits of hellish damnation. This most precarious choice has a name. Her name is Julia, the reason for all my predicaments and failures. No, I'm not even selling it short. Everything happened because of her! The she devil! But what if life could be different? Could it all be something else? The what if and the maybe not, the unsolved enigma of my sweet life. This is the relentless question that I cannot answer. Just yet.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Marlin May. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/069728/bk_acx0_069728_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Wicca for Beginners: The Complete Guide to Practicing Wiccan Traditions and Beliefs , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 255min
    You are about to learn the fundamentals of the Wiccan religion, including its rituals, magic, witchcraft, and philosophy and experience a life-changing awareness of what lies on the other side of conservative religion! Ever wondered about all the stuff you hear and watch about witches and the “dark” religious activities of certain veiled religions, what they really are all about? Maybe you’ve ever desired to know about the people behind those practices, the true nature of the practices, what they mean, why they’re conducted, and the general nature of these dreaded, marginalized, non-conforming religions....If so, keep listening.Have you had a desire to join a religion that involves deep communion with the Earth, with divinity, and one that promotes intrapersonal and interpersonal peace and a sense of giving? A religion that is centered on positive thought and action, as well as love of nature and the creation of positive energies?If you do, and also have a desire to learn the fundamentals of magic and witchcraft, you’ve come to the right place if your preferred choice is Wicca!At this day and age, you don’t have to feel precluded from venturing into “murky” religious spaces - due to a mere lack of information or an underlying fear based on strong, negative, and subjective generalizations tagging non-conformist practices as ungodly, satanic, and malevolent. This audiobook gives you the chance to educate yourself on the other side of religious practices, by delving into one legally recognized religion (in the US) that, besides fitting my category, is also compatible with science - known as the Wicca religion. So whether your aim is to quench your thirst for knowledge about powerful veiled religions in the world, or join one, this is where your search ends. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kenzy S. Taha. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/192142/bk_acx0_192142_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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