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    Distracted : The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 623min
    Do you text during family dinners or read e-mails during meetings? Does your spouse learn about your day from Facebook? Do you get news about the world by scanning online headlines while also doing something else?Welcome to the land of distraction. Despite our wondrous technologies and scientific advances, we are nurturing a culture of diffusion, fragmentation, and detachment. Our attention is scattered among the beeps and pings of a push-button world. We are less and less able to pause, reflect, and deeply connect.In Distracted, journalist Maggie Jackson ponders our increasingly cyber-centric world and fears we're entering a dark age of interruption that will render us unable to think critically, work creatively or cultivate meaningful relationships. Jackson warns of what can happen when we lose our ability to sustain focus and erode our capacity for deep attention the building block of intimacy, wisdom, and cultural progress. The implications for a healthy society are stark. Societal ADD will adversely affect parenting, marriages, personal safety, education and even democracy. And yet we can recover our powers of focus through a renaissance of attention. Neuroscience is just now decoding the workings of attention, with its three pillars of focus, awareness, and judgment, and revealing how these skills can be shaped and taught.In her sweeping quest to unravel the nature of attention and detail its losses, Jackson offers us a compelling wake-up call, an adventure story, and reasons for hope. Put down your smart phone and prepare for an eye-opening journey. We can and must learn to focus attention in this Twitter culture. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Christine Carroll. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/001861/bk_adbl_001861_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Impossible Us
    In this funny and poignant novel, two strangers learn that their soul mate might be both as close as breath and as distant as a star, from British Fantasy Award recipient Sarah Lotz. Bee thinks she has everything: a successful business repurposing wedding dresses, and friends who love and support her. She's given up on finding love, but that's fine. There's always Tinder. Nick thinks he has nothing: his writing career has stalled after early promise and his marriage has disintegrated, but that's fine. There's always gin. So when one of Nick's emails, a viciously funny screed intended for a non-paying client, accidentally pings into Bee's inbox, they decide to keep the conversation going. After all, they never have to meet. But the more they get to know each other, the more Bee and Nick realize they want to. They both notice strange pop culture or political references that crop up in their correspondence, but nothing odd enough to stop Bee and Nick for falling hard for each other. But when their efforts to meet in real life fail spectacularly, Bee and Nick discover that they're actually living in near-identical but parallel worlds. Now to beat impossible odds they'll have to face impossible choices-and their worlds will see unthinkable consequences… Story Locale: London and alternate universe London
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    A World Without Email
    ***NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*** Feel like you're always drowning in email? How much more would you achieve without them - and how much happier would you be? 'A World Without Email crystallizes what so many of us feel intuitively but haven't been able to explain: the way we're working isn't working.' Drew Houston, co-founder and CEO of Dropbox ________________ Emails are an integral part of work today. But the 'kind regards', forwards and attachments we check every 5.4 minutes are making us unproductive, stressed and costing businesses millions in untapped potential. Bestselling author of Deep Work and Digital Minimalism, Cal Newport, is here to offer a radical new vision - a world without email. Drawing on sociology, behavioural economics and fascinating case studies of thriving email-free companies, Newport explains how this modern tool doesn't work for our ancient brains and provides solutions you can implement today to transform your workday into one without constant, distracting pings. Revolutionary and practical, A World Without Email will liberate you to do your most profound, fulfilling and creative work - and be happier too. ________________ 'If you are currently drowning in endless email and not sure where to start: read this book' Emma Gannon, author of The Multi-Hyphen Method 'Read this superb book. It might just change your life; it's changing mine' Tim Harford, author of How To Make The World Add Up 'This is a bold, visionary, almost prophetic book that challenges the status quo' Greg McKeown, author of Essentialism
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    Cyber Security: The Beginners Guide to Learning the Basics of Information Security and Modern Cyber Threats , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 121min
    Cyber security is here to stay.Do you often wonder how cyber security applies to your everyday life, what’s at risk, and how can you specifically lock down your devices and digital trails to ensure you are now “hacked”?Do you own a business and now becoming aware of how dangerous the cyber threats are to your assets? Would you like to know how to quickly create a cyber security plan for your business, without dealing with any technical jargon?Are you interested in pursuing a career in cyber security? Did you know that the average starting salary of a cyber security professional ranges from $65,000 to $80,000 and jumps to multiple figures in a few years, depending on how far you want to go.Here is an interesting statistic, you are already compromised. Yes, at some point, one of your digital devices or activities has been hacked and your information has been sold. If you knew how bad the threats really are, you would never go online again or you would be very paranoid.And we’re not talking about those ads that suddenly pop up and follow you around everywhere because you were looking at sunglasses for sale on google or Amazon, that’s called retargeting marketing and is totally legal and legitimate.We’re talking about malware that hides deep in your device watching everything you do and type, just as one example among hundredsOur society has become saturated with internet-connected devices and trackers everywhere.From home routers to your mobile phones, most people are easily hacked if targeted. But it gets even deeper than this; technology has advanced now to where most hacks are automated, by software. International hackers have vast networks and computers set up to conduct non-stop scans, pings, and probes for weaknesses in millions of IP addresses and network domains, such as businesses and residential home routers.Check your router log and you’ll see it yourself. Now most devices have firewalls but s ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gary Westphalen. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/168128/bk_acx0_168128_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Christmas Heat , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 313min
    TYLERI knew being an omega would get me fired one day, I just never thought hiding it would be the excuse they needed. Irony, you suck. For years I was their best employee, right up until their new alpha hire smelled me in heat. I could’ve kept my job by playing his game, but I’ve spent my whole life running from my biology. I have principles. I also have bills. Which is the only reason my desperate search for a roommate ended with a grizzled alpha veteran, Stefan. Brooding and damaged from years of battle. My biology and I are not on speaking terms now. But who needs words when you live inches from an alpha who looks like that? I was just kidding myself, pretending it wasn’t inevitable, our wild night of passion that ended with me pregnant and freaking out. And kicking him out. Look, mistakes were made. Now I’ve got a new job with tons of stress, a baby on the way and a wannabe mate who doesn’t know he’s gonna be a dad. All because I’m paranoid he’s gonna take the baby and leave me. The way everyone else has. Maybe its why I don’t listen when he tells me my new job is shady. Why I’m so eager to prove him wrong. To prove myself right. Except I hardly ever am… STEFAN I was the best of the best, and now I’m nothing at all. A broken alpha who can’t even get his omega roommate to look at him with need. Desire. Hunger. I don’t know why I thought things would be different with Tyler, but I did. There was an undercurrent to the way he avoided me in the mornings. A tension when he said he didn’t need or want an alpha. Want me. Or so I thought, but one frantic, amazing night together and it’s like he can’t even stand to look at me now. I try and keep my distance. Give him what he wants, even if that’s not me. But something about his new job pings all my alarms. Instincts that’ve kept me alive all these years. I wish his work was everything he wants it to be, but deep down I know bet ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Max Tone. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/137922/bk_acx0_137922_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Monkey in der Zwickmühle / Meister Ping. Das Original Hörspiel zur TV-Serie: Kung Fu Panda 10
    Monkey in der ZwickmühleEine mysteriöse Verbrechenswelle sucht das Dorf im Tal des Friedensheim. Als Mr. Pings Nudelnotgroschen gestohlen wird, läuft er mit den aufgebrachten Dorfbewohnern in den Jade Palast und bittet Meister Shifu um Hilfe. Po möchte das Verbrechen gerne mit Monkeys Hilfe aufklären, aber der macht sich unter seltsamen Ausfl üchten aus dem Staub. So geht Po mit Ersatz-Partner Mantis und der Assistentin Tigress ins Dorf und begibt sich auf Spurensuche.Meister PingDrei Reisende erscheinen im Dorf und sind auf der Suche nach dem Drachenkrieger, der ihnen die geheimen Kung Fu Griffe beibringen soll. Po vertritt gerade Mr. Ping im Nudelrestaurant. Doch er muss Tsao, Bao und Lao leider enttäuschen. Geheime Griffe haben es nun mal so an sich geheim zu sein, und allein Meister Shifu entscheidet, wer sie erlernen darf. Darüber geraten die Drei mit Po in Streit, und weil Po während des Streits nicht auf den Reiskocher aufpasst, wird der zu heiß und das Restaurant fliegt in die Luft.Die vollständige Liste aller Sprecher beinhaltet Robert Missler, Fritz Rott, Kathrin Fröhlich, Sebastian Jacob, Gerald Paradies, Hasso Zorn, Luisa Wietzorek, Michael Iwannek, Raimund Krone.
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    Things That Matter: Overcoming Distraction to Pursue a More Meaningful Life
    Discover practical steps you can take today to live a life focused on things that matter, from the bestselling author of The More of Less and The Minimalist Home. "Things That Matter points the way to free ourselves from the distractions of everyday life so that we can build the lives we seek to create."-Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project Do you want to live a meaningful life-with very few regrets-and make a positive difference in the world? But is culture distracting you from doing so? Perhaps moments, days, and years go by without you stopping to ask yourself, Am I living out my true purpose? Even if that question whispers to you, are you brushing it aside because you don't know what to change in life's busyness? In Things That Matter, Joshua Becker helps you identify the obstacles-such as fear, technology, money, possessions, and the opinions of others-that keep you from living with intention, and then he provides practical ideas for letting go of those distractions today so you can focus on what matters most. He uses practical exercises and questions, insights from a nationwide survey, and success stories to give you the motivation you need to • identify the pursuits that matter most to you • align your dreams with your daily priorities • recognize how money and possessions keep you from happiness • become aware of how others' opinions of you influence your choices • embrace what you're truly passionate about instead of planning that next escape • figure out what to do with all those emails, notifications, and pings • let go of past mistakes and debilitating habits Things That Matter is a book about living well. It's about overcoming the chatter of a world focused on all the wrong things. It's about rethinking the common assumptions of today to find satisfaction and fulfillment tomorrow. How do we get to the end of our lives with minimal regrets? We set aside lesser pursuits to seek lasting meaning. And we discover the joy of doing it every day.
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    Things That Matter (eBook, ePUB)
    Discover practical steps you can take today to live a life focused on things that matter, from the bestselling author of The More of Less and The Minimalist Home. "Things That Matter points the way to free ourselves from the distractions of everyday life so that we can build the lives we seek to create."-Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project Do you want to live a meaningful life-with very few regrets-and make a positive difference in the world? But is culture distracting you from doing so? Perhaps moments, days, and years go by without you stopping to ask yourself, Am I living out my true purpose? Even if that question whispers to you, are you brushing it aside because you don't know what to change in life's busyness? In Things That Matter, Joshua Becker helps you identify the obstacles-such as fear, technology, money, possessions, and the opinions of others-that keep you from living with intention, and then he provides practical ideas for letting go of those distractions today so you can focus on what matters most. He uses practical exercises and questions, insights from a nationwide survey, and success stories to give you the motivation you need to • identify the pursuits that matter most to you • align your dreams with your daily priorities • recognize how money and possessions keep you from happiness • become aware of how others' opinions of you influence your choices • embrace what you're truly passionate about instead of planning that next escape • figure out what to do with all those emails, notifications, and pings • let go of past mistakes and debilitating habits Things That Matter is a book about living well. It's about overcoming the chatter of a world focused on all the wrong things. It's about rethinking the common assumptions of today to find satisfaction and fulfillment tomorrow. How do we get to the end of our lives with minimal regrets? We set aside lesser pursuits to seek lasting meaning. And we discover the joy of doing it every day.
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    Radio Cineola:Trilogy
    (Deluxe 3CD) Das neue Opus Maximus von Matt Johnsons The The besteht aus Coverversionen, einem Radio-Stück mit Soundscapes und polit. Beiträgen und einem Poem / Spoken Words.Das neue Opus Maximus von Matt Johnsons The The ist ein großes Stück als Radioübertragung und enthält Coverversionen von The The-Stücken von Bands wie Elysian Fields u.a., ein Radio-Stück mit Soundscapes und polit. Beiträgen und einem Poem / Spoken Words. Die RADIO CINEOLA TRILOGY: A BROADCAST BY THE THE gliedert sich in drei Alben, basierend auf 12- bzw 24-stündigen Zyklen und sind wie Borromäische Ringe miteinander verbunden. THE END OF THE DAY The The Covers, Innterpretationen & Performances THE INERTIA VARIATIONS Gedichte / Poetry / Soundscapes / Spoken Word MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT Elektronische Scores / Politische Kommentare / Radioübertragungen Sie erscheinen in drei Versionen: Standard 3xCD / Limited Edition Deluxe 3xCD Boxset / 3xLP Deluxe Limited Edition Vinyl Boxset Mit Beiträgen von JG Thirwell, Thomas Leer, Johnny Marr, James Eller, Meja, Anna Domino, Zeke Manyika, Colin Lloyd Tucker, John Tottenham, Thomas Feiner, Liz Horsman, Charlotte Etc. Tom Bright u.v.a. TRACKS: Disc 1 1. This Is The Day - Thomas Feiner 2. Slow Emotion Replay - Meja Kullersten 3. Weatherbelle - Thomas Leer 4. Gravitate To Me - Elysian Fields 5. Bugle Boy - Colin Lloyd Tucker 6. Pillar Box Red - Anna Domino 7. December Sunlight - Liz Horsman 8. Bluer Than Midnight - Charlotte Etc 9. Love Is Stronger Than Death - Tom Bright 10. Phantom Walls - Gillian Glover 11. We Can t Stop What s Coming 12. This Is The Night - Willis Disc 2 1. Introduction 2. Atmosfear 3. A Long Hard Lazy Apprenticeship 4. Fear Of Known Things 5. Atmosmear 6. Nothing 7. An Explanation 8. How Little How Far 9. Atmostear 10. Consolation 11. The Challenge 12. Atmoshear 13. Suddenly 14. The Rites Of Indolence 15. Yellow Afternoon Of The Soul 16. Tense Offering 17. Creation 18. Ceremony 19. A Time Of Reckoning 20. Art And Eros 21. Suddenly Again 22. Lying On My Side 23. A Wednesday In August 24. Molasses 25. That Time Of Day 26. I m Not Tired 27. Taped 28. Chair, Sofa And Bed 29. Leaden Afternoon 30. Inaction Figure 31. The Island 32. Butterfly Springs 33. Rush Hour 34. Butterfly Pings 35. Droning 36. The Legacy 37. Drowler 38. The Shadows Of Purpose 39. Accomplishment 40. Time Moves, But Not I 41. Another Day 42. Butterfly Rings 43. Gaslight 44. Ruinous Tranquility 45. Beauty 46. Days 47. Inured To Otiosity 48. Blood Streams 49. Anomic Otiosity 50. The Measure Of A Man 51. Elsewhere 52. Alien Lungs 53. View From A Hill 54. Born Winner, Self-Made Loser 55. Dust Falls Regardless 56. Drench 57. Riveting Torpor 58. Drenched 59. The Prime Of Life 60. Entitlement 61. Lifelong Lean Period 62. Point Hope 63. Room With A Void 64. The Arrival 65. Figment To Filament 66. Constancy 67. Ode To Invented Melancholy 68. Improvidence 69. This Day 70. Feelings 71. Point Hope Disc 3 1. Introduction 2. Between The Living And The Dead 3. The Late Station 4. William Engdahl 5. Wireless Trip 6. Zoe Hepden 7. When Tomorrow Becomes 8. Night Flight 9. David Edwards 10. Same Face Different Mask 11. Wireless Ship 12. Abdi Assadi 13. Wargasm 14. Here Come The Drones 15. Secretum 16. Lucinda Rogers 17. Spyrograph 18. The Divided Selfie 19. Neil Sanders 20. Between Raindrops 21. Digital Dystopia 22. Marian St Laurent 23. Missing People 24. Radiophonique 25. Neil Clark 26. The Watchers And The Watched 27. The Invisible Empire 28. Wireless Blip 29. William Engdahl 30. The Future Isn't What It Used To Be 31. The New Normal 32. David Edwards 33. The Space Between Words 34. The Veil Of Amnesia 35. Goodnight 36. Every Secret Life
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    Journey's Threads
    7 pieces of music featuring the beautiful counter tenor voice of Daniel Tucker and the elegant violin playing of Michael Peck, combined with the delicate piano, classical guitar, vocals and electronics of Ian Harris. An album that moves from breathtaking simplicity to dazzling virtuosity, creating varied landscapes of polished sound. REVIEWS "There are some classical music aficionados who are averse to the atonal tendencies of many modern compositions. Pianist Ian Harris however, has masterfully counteracted this trait with his clever inclusions of aurally pleasing tones and placid sparkle. On the Britain's second album The Journey's Threads he once again works with counter tenor Daniel Tucker and violinist Michael Peck. The opener "Over Ice Land" is hauntingly beautiful with it's stark mysterious aura. Tucker's vocals are lovely and ethereal with Peck and rustic flute calls echoing in the distance. Harris lends his vocals in the latter half of the song with his warmth nicely complementing the celestial counter tenor. The mostly instrumental "Between White Clouds" takes the romantic notion of painting the aural picture the title implies, yet Harris' rendering is more sophisticated. The delicate bells and electronic noises he employs around his piano work are like the wispy silver linings of the clouds. Peck's violin statements are thither and gone like a gentle gust. In the final portion of the song, Harris' tender vocals sing the title. "Walking Towards the Rainbow" is a quiet piano solo that begins with a melodic idea twice stated, as if to build up the gumption. Then Harris gently and ever so subtly plays an eighth note journey of rises and falls like footsteps on a garden path, yet as glistening as the water from a stream flowing over smooth pebbles. The listener can become so absorbed that the ending seems to sneak up. Water is actually heard along with mechanical gears in the onset of "Of the Loss of Time," whose lyrics are taken from the Elizabethan poet John Hoskins' work of the same title. Harris mixes synthesized strings with Peck while Tucker chants in this more modern sounding piece with no clear tempo and long pauses. Each musical idea is independent yet with the echo and the counter tenor's legato vowelizations there is a shroud of mist that encompasses and binds the song together. More direct is the violin and piano conversation in "Journey to the Horizon." Harris and Peck at times sound like they are playing in different key signatures, yet the two instrumentalists deliberately and expertly continue their statements exhibiting excellent dynamics and musicality. "L'espoir d'été" loosely translates to "the hope of summer" and Harris plays a cheery lead on piano adorned with violin, bells, triangle and synthesized bass guitar sachets. His lovely grace notes on the keys and overlaid vocals at the end harbour tranquility. The most mesmerizing piece on The Journey's Threads is the violin featured "Song of the Trees." Peck is multi-tracked playing different voices crying their own lament, yet they all fit into each other by a greater design, like the giant canopy of an antediluvian forest. Harris plays classical guitar adding structure and a glint of sunshine as it pours down into the depths and touches the golden branches beneath the thick leaves. Faint electronic pings undulate quietly as the song hypnotically melds all the musical voices in and out of each other until finally fading away. Harris has been an avid composer for over fifteen years. Therefore it is not surprising how elite and polished The Journey's Threads is. The composer's unique instrument pairings and shrewd melodic weavings can easily bring modern music to a wider and more appreciative audience." Reviewer: Kelly O'Neil, Review You Rating: 4 stars REVIEW The music found on The Journey's Threads involves the three-fold combination of counter tenor Daniel Tucker's vocals, Michael Peck's violin and Ian Harris' piano and various electronic instrumentation. It's a 7-song release that veers among jazz, classical pop and what used to be termed new age music. This album, however, is under Harris' name. Harris is both a composer and a video artist based in the UK. He's a trained visual artist, with a BA in Fine Art, as well as a scholarly musician with an MA in music. One of his more fascinating past works is the music he created for a 2001 film version of a Thomas Mann novel, which was broadcast on BBC Radio 3. He's also worked on orchestrations for multi-instrument performances, some of which were presented at the famous spiritual event, Greenbelt Festival. The album's most classical sounding track is one titled "Walking Towards The Rainbow." It's a mid tempo piano piece that clocks in at 3:29. For whatever reason, it conjures up images of an Irishman searching for that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Maybe it's the word 'rainbow' in the title that brings such stereotypical pictures to the mind. Nevertheless, it's a pretty tune and quite a meditative one. "Of The Loss Of Time" makes excellent use of Tucker's vocals, as his voice simply soars over the instrumental section of the piece. This track is music put to a poem by John Hoskins, who was not only a writer of poems, but also a scholar of Greek, a lawyer, judge and politician. It's interesting to hear the way Tucker's voice plays off Peck's violin on this one. It's a credit to Tucker's singing ability that many times the listener may have trouble aurally discerning the difference between the vocal parts and the string parts. Tucker is such a spot-on singer when it comes to hitting the right notes, there are portions when his vocal and Peck's violin blend together nearly seamlessly. This is fascinating, and likely one of the probable reasons Harris chose to include both of these two artists on his project. "Journey To The Horizon," on the other hand, is an excellent collaboration between Harris and Peck. This one leans particularly close to the jazz spectrum of the stylistic continuum, as both Harris and Peck trade notes throughout. It leaves the overall impression of a jazz standard, only performed instrumentally. "L'espoir d'ete," is a slow, thoughtful piece. The project's finale, "Song of the Trees," multi-tracks the violin for both a beautiful and mysterious creation. One imagines environmentalism is near and dear to Harris' heart, as the cover photo on his album is a close-up of a very green leaf. The inside cover pictures a similar leaf, only this time a red one. Although it's difficult to pick out just one theme intended for this project, nature is one of it's bigger ones. In addition to the aforementioned "Song of the Trees," along with the leaf photography utilized in the CD's artwork, the land is mentioned in "Over Ice Land," clouds come up with "Between White Clouds" and God's amazing natural invention, the rainbow, plays into "Walking Towards The Rainbow." The overall impression left by this work is that of beauty. Beauty that is consistently found in nature, matched with beautiful music likely intended to reflect nature's beauty. Rock and pop music fans may be hesitant to investigate an album such as this one that prominently features a counter tenor singer in it's credits. For many, the very thought of a classical participant might give them cause to hesitate. However, once you hear what these three talented musicians have created together, your prejudices will likely disappear like a vapor. Reviewer: Dan MacIntosh, Review You Rating: 4 Stars (out of 5) REVIEW Those who haven't listened to a lot of new age releases might think of new age as a genre that is electronic 100% of the time. But while it is true that some new age recordings rely on electronic programming exclusively, that is by no means true of all new age recordings. Many other new age albums have successfully combined the electronic and the acoustic. On such albums, electronic programming and synthesizers are likely to be used alongside acous
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