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    DREAMS ARE DANGEROUSUnless she unlocks the powers of her mind.He fights his Otherworld shadow self.And with only fae magic to re-spin their tales.Princess Æroreh Rosen was faerie blessed before her birth. To promote the New Dawn Era, the Queen coded her daughter with every feminine perfection.Beauty. Gentleness. Obedience. Musicality. Kindness. Grace. Good cheer. Hunger and lung sickness plague the kingdom of Ealdspell. But Æroreh is plugged into the Dream, a program created by a sect of faeries to control the realms through illusions of beauty and contentment. All Æroreh has ever known is blissful servitude to a cursed system, and she believes her realm is prospering. Until a different faerie sect decides to wake her sleeping mind and set her true magic free.Meanwhile, Félip Batten MacKinley holds a dangerous secret. One made more threatening by the frostbite scar across his cheek. He’s spit on, beaten, and demonized by a community that values a pretty face over all else. With no easy future in sight, he accepts that he’ll die a burden to his foster parents, his true history erased. But a tempting offer from the faerie’s Fate Maker leads Félip to cross paths with the hauntingly beautiful Æroreh - a young woman who represents all he loathes.Yet only she has the power to awaken a new Dream.Æroreh is a gritty spin on the romantic tale of Sleeping Beauty and blends faerie magic and pagan ritual with high technology. For fans of Margaret Rogerson, Holly Black, fairy tales, and young adult dystopian fantasy.Can be heard as a stand-alone.Name pronounced like Aurora. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Olivia King. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/217032/bk_acx0_217032_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    How to get shredded without exercising, even if you've tried all of the other diets out there. When you buy this book, you’ll get the following:What is the carnivore dietThe problem with most dietsWhy the solution is the carnivore dietWho shouldn't try the carnivore dietBackground and science of eating animal-based foodsMyths and misconceptions about the carnivore dietThe countless health benefits The differences between carnivore, paleo, and ketoWhy no plants?Your first month of carnivore: how to start How to handle the side effects of carnivoreAdvanced carnivore diet tacticsHow to fast on the carnivore dietBest workouts for the carnivore dietHow to feed your non-carnivore familyCheat days/meals What to do when you mess upCarnivore recipesBelow is a short excerpt: Ever since food became relatively plentiful in human societies, health has become an issue. Plentiful food has led to weight gain for more and more people, and this has been the case especially since the end of the Second World War when processed carbohydrates began filling up grocery store shelves. The medical establishment made things even worse when they demonized animal fats, claiming they caused weight gain and heart attacks. Many doctors and nutritionists alike still buy into this antiquated mythology. As a result, the primary dieting plan put forward was to restrict fat intake and count calories. In other words, the fundamental dieting plan was to starve yourself to death until you reached your goal weight. This type of dieting leaves people feeling irritable and unsatisfied. Eating small portions, empty vegetables, and sugar-spiking carbohydrates leaves you physically unsatiated and psychologically unsatisfied. Even worse, such diets make it hard to stay motivated. Dieters are advised to coun ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Rob O'Hara Graff, Bill Jakeway. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/184009/bk_acx0_184009_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    He is both feared and admired, and for the past two decades he has been both lionized and demonized by the media. Outspoken, no-nonsense, and eminently fascinating, Joseph M. Arpaio captured the public's imagination from his first day as sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona (a county larger than the state of New Jersey), in 1992. He has become an icon, not only in his own state, but around the world. For 16 straight years he has averaged an unprecedented 80-percent approval rating. In this book, America's Toughest Sheriff takes an uncensored look at some of the most difficult and important issues facing America today. The only local law-enforcement official in the country directing his deputies to arrest illegal immigrants, Arpaio has shamed the U.S. Border Patrol, the Dept. of Homeland Security, and other federal bureaus, and has become a prominent leader in the fight against some of our most pervasive problems. In Joe's Law he tackles the issue of illegal immigration head on: its relationship with drug trafficking, taxes, and crime, and how it impacts health care and education as well. Arpaio offers fair and innovative ways to solve this dilemma and many others, not only for his own state, but for the entire country. The sheriff's struggle has personal consequences as well, as the book opens with the revelation of an all-too-credible assassination plot against him, arising from his aggressive and very public anti-illegal immigration campaign. Compelling and courageous, Joe's Law is a candid take on some of American society's most pressing problems, and one man's revolutionary vision for eliminating them. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Phil Gigante. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/000433/bk_brll_000433_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    How to get shredded without exercising, even if you've tried all of the other diets out there.  When you buy this book, you’ll get the following:What is the carnivore diet?The problem with most diets.Why the solution is the carnivore diet.Who shouldn't try the carnivore diet.Background and science of eating animal-based foods.Myths and misconceptions about the carnivore diet.The countless health benefits.The differences between the carnivore, paleo, and keto.Why no plants?Your first month of carnivore: how to start. How to handle the side effects of carnivore.Advanced carnivore diet tactics.How to fast on the carnivore diet.Best workouts for the carnivore diet.How to feed your non-carnivore family.Cheat days/meals. What to do when you mess up.Carnivore recipes. Below is a short excerpt:  Ever since food became relatively plentiful in human societies, health has become an issue. Plentiful food has led to weight gain for more and more people, and this has been the case especially since the end of the World War II, when processed carbohydrates began filling up grocery store shelves. The medical establishment made things even worse when they demonized animal fats, claiming they caused weight gain and heart attacks. Many doctors and nutritionists alike still buy into this antiquated mythology.  As a result, the primary dieting plan put forward was to restrict fat intake and count calories. In other words, the fundamental dieting plan was to starve yourself to death until you reached your goal weight. This type of dieting leaves people feeling irritable and unsatisfied. Eating small portions, empty vegetables, and sugar-spiking carbohydrates leaves you physically unsatiated and psychologically unsatisfied. Even worse, such diets make it hard to sta ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Peter Prova. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/154356/bk_acx0_154356_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    In American history, there are few people as controversial or consequential as Nat Turner, who was one of millions of slaves in the South before the Civil War but ultimately led the nation's most notorious slave uprising. In August 1831, Turner led a rebellion that terrorized Virginia for several days, killing dozens of whites and freeing slaves as his band moved from plantation to plantation. The Richmond Enquirer reported, "A fanatic preacher by the name of Nat Turner (Gen. Nat Turner) who had been taught to read and write, and permitted to go about preaching in the country, was at the bottom of this infernal brigandage. He was artful, impudent and vindicative, without any cause or provocation, that could be assigned." Even after the uprising was put down, Turner evaded capture for a few months, and after he was captured, his "confessions" were taken down and published before he was executed. Virginia would put a total of 56 slaves to death for the uprising. The repercussions of Nat Turner's rebellion across the South cannot be overstated. The fear imposed by the uprising led states across the South to enforce even tougher codes on slaves; since Turner had been taught to read and write, states forbade slaves from being taught to read or assemble, and in the aftermath, whites also treated blacks even worse, with an estimated 200 blacks being killed in an outbreak of violence. But while Turner was demonized by whites and held out as a stereotype of what a typical slave might do if given the chance, he was lionized among other slaves and free blacks as providing an example "when the first should be last and the last should be first." The polarization helped harden opinions on both sides, paving the way for future events like John Brown's attempted rebellion at Harpers Ferry in 1859. American Legends: The Life of Nat Turner examines the life of one of America's most famous slaves. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kila Kitu. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/035711/bk_acx0_035711_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Book of Revelation is by far the most explosive prophecy of our day, and many people are now convinced that we are living in the time period that John the mystic wrote about nearly 2000 years ago. With the advent of the 21st Century, hundreds of religious cults and biblical scholars, and the major religions of Islam, Christianity and Judaism are all predicting some type of catastrophic global upheaval. However, as mankind has been reminded for centuries, no one knows the hour or the day (No Man Knoweth the Time) when all of this will suddenly happen. Are we living in the Last Day! This is a question that many biblical scholars, ministers and laypersons are seeking to uncover. The Bible speaks of wars and rumors of wars, brother killing brother, devastating natural disasters, massive corruption, a global world order and much more. And how can we explain the bizarre and perplexing behavior of many of our young people in today's world: children killing children with automatic weapons! This demonized behavior driven by our drug culture, our materialistic mentality and worldview, and the glamorization of death in a fast-paced world, permeates the entire fabric of American and world societies. This is a critical time in world history, and Western Civilization clearly appears to be at the crossroads. In Unveiling Revelation, Rev. James L. Davis provides a clear path for understanding the difficult symbolism of biblical language. This deeply inspired author clarifies the language of the Bible, accurately interprets its hidden meaning, and provides a systematic approach towards understanding the period of time we are living in. He provides an urgent reality check and encourages us to carefully consider the remaining years of the 1990s and beyond. Clarification of the poetic language of the Bible opens the door to a broader understanding of a very difficult and earth shattering prophecy. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Spencer Bryant. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/020178/bk_acx0_020178_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    From the Sunday Times top ten best-selling author of The Psychopath Test, a captivating and brilliant exploration of one of our world's most underappreciated forces: shame. "It's about the terror, isn't it?" "The terror of what?" I said. "The terror of being found out." For the past three years, Jon Ronson has travelled the world, meeting recipients of high-profile public shamings. The shamed are people like us - people who, say, made jokes on social media that came out badly or made mistakes at work. Once their transgressions were revealed, collective outrage circled with the force of a hurricane, and the next thing they knew they were being torn apart by an angry mob, jeered, demonized, sometimes even fired from their jobs. A great renaissance of public shaming is sweeping our land. Justice has been democratized. The silent majority are getting a voice. But what are we doing with our voice? We are mercilessly finding people's faults. We are defining the boundaries of normality by ruining the lives of those outside it. We are using shame as a form of social control. Simultaneously powerful and hilarious in the way only Jon Ronson can be, So You've Been Publicly Shamed is a deeply honest book about modern life, full of eye-opening truths about the escalating war on human flaws - and the very scary part we all play in it. Jon Ronson is an award-winning writer and documentary maker. He is the author of two best sellers, Them: Adventures with Extremists and The Men Who Stare at Goats, and two collections Out of the Ordinary: True Tales of Everyday Craziness and What I Do: More True Tales of Everyday Craziness. He lives in London. This is an updated edition with new afterword, written and narrated by Jon Ronson. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jon Ronson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/022622/bk_adbl_022622_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Greg Bear’s Nebula Award-winning novel Darwin’s Radio painted a chilling portrait of humankind on the threshold of a radical leap in evolution - one that would alter our species forever. Now, Bear continues his provocative tale of the human race confronted by an uncertain future, where “survival of the fittest” takes on astonishing and controversial new dimensions.Darwin’s Children Eleven years have passed since SHEVA, an ancient retrovirus, was discovered in human DNA - a retrovirus that caused mutations in the human genome and heralded the arrival of a new wave of genetically enhanced humans. Now these changed children have reached adolescence...and face a world that is outraged about their very existence. For these special youths, possessed of remarkable, advanced traits that mark a major turning point in human development, are also ticking time bombs harboring hosts of viruses that could exterminate the "old" human race.Fear and hatred of the virus children have made them a persecuted underclass, quarantined by the government in special “schools”, targeted by federally sanctioned bounty hunters, and demonized by hysterical segments of the population. But pockets of resistance have sprung up among those opposed to treating the children like dangerous diseases - and who fear the worst if the government’s draconian measures are carried to their extreme. Scientists Kaye Lang and Mitch Rafelson are part of this small but determined minority. Once at the forefront of the discovery and study of the SHEVA outbreak, they now live as virtual exiles in the Virginia suburbs with their daughter, Stella - a bright, inquisitive virus child who is quickly maturing, straining to break free of the protective world her parents have built around her, and eager to seek out others of her kind.But for all their precautions, Kaye, Mitch, and Stella have not slipped below the government's radar. The agencies fanatically devoted to s ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Scott Brick. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bkot/000178/bk_bkot_000178_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    We are living in a time of mounting political segregation that threatens to tear us apart as a unified society. The result is that we are becoming increasingly tribal, and the narratives of life that we get exposed to on a daily basis have become echo chambers in which we hear our beliefs reinforced and others' beliefs demonized. Global diversity and inclusion expert Howard J. Ross, with coauthor JonRobert Tartaglione, explores how our human need to belong is the driving force for why we are living in a world so extremely divided. At the core of tribalism exists a paradox: as humans, we are hardwired with the need to belong, which ends up making us deeply connected with some yet deeply divided from others. When these tribes are formed out of fear of the "other", on topics such as race, immigration status, religion, or partisan politics, we resort to an "us versus them" attitude. Especially in the digital age, when we are all interconnected in one way or another, these tensions seep into our daily lives and we become secluded with our self-identified tribes. This has consequences even in our most personal relationships in our families and communities - just think about Thanksgiving dinner conversations across the United States after the 2016 election. Drawing on his decades of leadership experience, Ross probes the depth of tribalism, the role of social media in exacerbating it, and how to combat it. Ross and Tartaglione highlight how to maximize our impact in the workplace, noting that it is one of the few places where we are forced to work with people different from ourselves. The goal of the book is to help people understand these dynamics and to develop ways to bridge the divide so that we can move toward an ever more harmonious future. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Wes Bleed. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/112761/bk_acx0_112761_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    A selection of the Akashic Drug Chronicles Series. Featuring brand-new stories by Sherman Alexie, William T. Vollmann, James Franco, Megan Abbott, Jerry Stahl, Beth Lisick, Jess Walter, Scott Phillips, James Greer, Tao Lin, Joseph Mattson, Natalie Diaz, Kenji Jasper, and Rose Bunch. Speed: the most demonized - and misunderstood - drug in the land. Deprived of the ingrained romantic mysticism of the opiate or the cosmopolitan chic of cocaine or the mundane tolerance of marijuana, there is no sympathy for this devil. Yet speed - crystal meth, amphetamines, Dexedrine, Benzedrine, Adderall; crank, spizz, chickenscratch, oblivious marching powder, the go-fast - is the most American of drugs: twice the productivity at half the cost, and equal opportunity for all. It feels so good and hurts so bad. From its dueling roots of pharmaceutical miracle cure and Californian biker-gang scourge to contemporary Ivy League campuses and high school chem labs, punk rock clubs to the military-industrial complex, suburban households to tin-can ghettos, it crosses all ethnicities, genders, and geographies - from immigrants and heartlanders punching double factory shifts to clandestine border warlords, doctors to bomber pilots, prostitutes to housewives, T-girls to teenagers, Academy Award-nominated actors and the mansion on the hill to the poorest Indian on the rez - making it not only the most essentially American narcotic, but the most deceivingly sundry literary matter. The subject of speed is so innately intimidating, yet so undeniably present that it begs to be written about. It is no secret that the drug has historically tuned up the lives of writers, including Jack Kerouac, Susan Sontag, Philip K. Dick, and scores more. Too rarely, though, has it been written about, and its jolt to the bones of the American landscape continues to peak. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: William Dufris, Scott Aiello, Therese Plummer, Christina Delaine, Carol Monda, Edoardo Ballerini, Christian Rummel. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/014660/bk_adbl_014660_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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