59 Results for : imposters
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The Confidence Game: The Psychology of the Con and Why We Fall for It Every Time , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 749min
Con men are artists of persuasion and exploiters of trust. They hold a deep, enigmatic fascination for us. But how do they do it? Whether it's a suspicious-looking email or a multimillion-dollar global swindle, Maria Konnikova investigates the psychological principles that underlie each stage of the confidence game and the profile of both the con artist and his mark. We learn how grifters can be so persuasive, even to those of us who consider ourselves immune, and how we can train ourselves to discern the signs of a story that isn't quite what it seems. Insightful and entertaining, telling fascinating stories about some of the most seductive imposters in history, The Confidence Game takes us into the world of the con to examine not only why we believe in confidence artists but how our sense of truth can be manipulated by those around us. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Maria Konnikova. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/cnon/000170/bk_cnon_000170_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Catch Me If You Can , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 510min
Frank W. Abagnale, alias Frank Williams, Robert Conrad, Frank Adams, and Robert Monjo, was one of the most daring con men, forgers, imposters, and escape artists in history. In his brief but notorious criminal career, Abagnale donned a pilot's uniform and copiloted a Pan Am jet, masqueraded as the supervising resident of a hospital, practiced law without a license, passed himself off as a college sociology professor, and cashed over $2.5 million in forged checks, all before he was 21. Known by the police of 26 foreign countries and all 50 states as "The Skywayman", Abagnale lived a sumptuous life on the lam - until the law caught up with him. Now recognized as the nation's leading authority on financial foul play, Abagnale is a charming rogue whose hilarious, stranger-than-fiction international escapades and ingenious escapes - including one from an airplane - make Catch Me If You Can an irresistible tale of deceit. It's also a film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Barrett Whitener. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/000561/bk_blak_000561_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Buyer's Guide to Websites: What You Need to Know to Get the Website of Your Dreams , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 202min
If you've got a business, a product, a brand, or even just an idea, you need a website. In today’s digital landscape, an online presence is no longer optional. It's essential. The Internet remains an unregulated frontier where good guys and scam artists often look very similar. Without experience and knowledge, the web can be a dangerous place. You need a guide. The Buyer's Guide to Websites is a comprehensive tool kit for building and managing an incredible website, from agency vetting and contract creation to development oversight, design input, and digital marketing. Throughout, Drew Barton, the founder and president of an award-winning digital agency, breaks down the process of finding, hiring, and working with web developers and designers. Don't fall prey to unqualified imposters: The Buyer’' Guide to Websites will teach you how to ask the right questions, make the right decisions, and create a website that helps you succeed online. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Drew Barton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/103526/bk_acx0_103526_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Book: The Sequel: First Lines from the Classics of the Future by Inventive Imposters , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 99min
After the last page is turned and the cover closed on a great book, is it really over? Ever wonder what happens to Harry Potter after, say, 20 years of marriage and a steady government gig? Or what Karl Marx would say about today's financial crisis? What did Scarlett O'Hara really think about tomorrow?What comes after "ever after?" Book: The Sequel dares to answer these burning questions with imagined first sentences from would-be follow-ups to classics from The Bible to The Lord of the Rings, and from Green Eggs to Hamlet. A delicious and unexpected return engagement from such favorite characters as Jane Eyre, Ebenezer Scrooge, Jay Gatsby, Holden Caulfield, Wilbur the Pig, and Captain Ahab, Book: The Sequel is a perfect gift for book lovers everywhere - or for anyone to whom "The End" is simply the starting point for the imagination. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David Henry. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/pers/000023/bk_pers_000023_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Digging for Disclosure : Tactics for Protecting Your Firm's Assets from Swindlers, Scammers and Imposters , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 320min
The indispensable due diligence guide: how to protect yourself from corporate crime or fraud in any major investment, acquisition, merger, or deal! Top investigators reveal how to think like a swindler uncover hidden assets and a borrowers true finances perform international or corporate background checks gain powerful competitive intelligence and more! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ken Kliban, Joelle Scott. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/002774/bk_adbl_002774_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Biohack: Gender Wars, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 629min
What would you give for a second chance? Valerie Ramirez, a special ed teacher still haunted by her toddler’s drowning accident, faces a fateful decision when she’s admitted into an exclusive program run by a mysterious biotech company. Kaden Baker, an elite hacker who dabbles in covert ops, finds her life turned upside down when she discovers her parents turn out to be imposters. Where does she come from? Who’s been financing her high-stakes secret missions? The answers lead back to the same sinister biotech firm. As Kaden and Valerie become allies, they make one startling discovery after another about the company’s dark intentions. But each step closer to the truth puts their lives at greater risk. The stakes couldn’t be higher - for Kaden’s freedom, for Valerie’s fate, and for the future direction of humanity itself. Get it now! Biohack is a roller-coaster thrill ride that appeals to both the head and the heart - with a shocking twist you won't see coming. Perfect for fans of the late, great Michael Crichton's science thrillers and fans of Lee Child, A.G. Riddle, and Tim Tigner. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Denise Howell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/119159/bk_acx0_119159_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Gods , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 874min
Welcome to the third and the final installment in the story of a Norse god who fell in love with a Mortal girl Eirik is relentless and unstoppable as he sets out to show Celestia how much she means to him. Not only has he fulfilled the promises he made his mother, his family is finally whole. Yet something doesn't feel right, and he can't quite put a finger on it. Whatever it is may just destroy his plans to focus on Celestia and prove to her that they are meant to be together. Celestia's life has changed since she regained consciousness. Eirik is attentive and loving, and everyone wants to be friends with her, including his psycho sister and her crazy mother. But when accidents start to dog her, she's not sure whether she or Eirik is the target. There are no lengths she won't go to keep those she loves safe, but trying to figure out the source of danger alone might just kill her. Eirik and Celestia will learn that they are stronger together than apart as secrets are revealed, imposters are exposed, and real friends and family discovered. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kelsey Osborne, Gary Furlong. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/032112/bk_adbl_032112_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Maelyn: The Nine Princesses Novellas, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 121min
Maelyn was not born a princess. The king found her as a child, the lone survivor of a poor village slaughtered by the Red Fever. Suddenly she became a princess of Runa Realm, the first of nine orphans adopted by the king. By her eighteenth year, Maelyn rules over Runa and a family of nine sisters. But some call the princesses frauds and imposters, a handful of urchins raised into royalty. Even Uncle Jarrod, the High King of Grunwold, seems determined to prove that Maelyn no longer deserves to be a princess. With a family losing faith in her, and a kingdom growing dangerously hostile, even Maelyn begins to wonder if she is truly a real princess. And if her riches will turn to rags once again... The Nine Princesses Novellas is a series that chronicles the adventures of an unconventional family of princesses, the struggles they face in a kingdom often hostile to their humble origins, and the day-to-day dramas of nine young women whose personalities often clash like swords. Fans of Gail Carson Levine and Shannon Hale would enjoy this young adult series. Recommended for ages 12 and up. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lara Asmundson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/009663/bk_acx0_009663_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Assassins of Consequence (eBook, ePUB)
The autumn semester at the University of Maradaine is underway, and Veranix Calbert is doing his best to balance the new responsibilities of being a fourth-year magic student under the militant Altarn Initiatives, while still acting as The Thorn, the street vigilante deep in a personal war against the drug kingpin Willem Fenmere. With the help of his friends Kaiana, Delmin, and Mila, he's been able to strike real blows against Fenmere's empire. But Veranix's fight has earned him more enemies than just Fenmere, including the mad alchemist Cuse Jensett, the imposters Erno Don and Enzin Hence, and the Deadly Birds Magpie and Jackdaw. These five killers join forces to escape Quarrygate Prison and offer an alliance to Fenmere, bringing with them the perfect leverage to seal the deal: the Thorn's identity. Once Fenmere knows who Veranix is, he doesn't just want to kill him, but to utterly shatter him. Calling on everyone in Maradaine holding a grudge against the Thorn, he unleashes a brutal hunt against Veranix. With old and new enemies all looking to claim the bounty on his head, stripped of the security of his secret identity, Veranix faces the most brutal fight of his all too-short life.- Shop: buecher
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The God Who Weeps: How Mormonism Makes Sense of Life , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 381min
Whether by design or by chance, Terryl and Fiona Givens write, "we find ourselves in a universe filled with mystery. We encounter appealing arguments for a Divinity that is a childish projection, for prophets as scheming or deluded imposters, and for scripture as so much fabulous fiction. But there is also compelling evidence that a glorious Divinity presides over the cosmos, that His angels are strangers we have entertained unawares, and that His word and will are made manifest through a sacred canon that is never definitively closed. What we choose to embrace, to be responsive to, is the purest reflection of who we are and what we love. That is why faith, the choice to believe, is in the final analysis, an action that is positively laden with moral significance." As humans, we are, like the poet John Keats, "straining at particles of light in the midst of a great darkness." And yet, the authors describe a version of life's meaning that is reasonable - and radically resonant. It tells of a God whose heart beats in sympathy with ours, who set His heart upon us before the world was formed, who fashioned the earth as a place of human ascent, not exile, and who has the desire and the capacity to bring the entire human family home again. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Fiona Givens. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/dsrt/000033/bk_dsrt_000033_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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