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7 Money Mantras for a Richer Life: How to Live Well with the Money You Have , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 551min
The best financial planner Michelle Singletary ever knew was Big Mama, her grandmother. Big Mama raised Michelle and her four brothers and sisters on a salary that never reached more than $13,000 a year. Yet at her death, Big Mama owned her own home, had paid off a car loan, and had a beautiful collection of Sunday-go-to-meeting church hats and a savings account that supplemented her Social Security check and small pension. Most important, she had taught Michelle 7 Money Mantras for a Richer Life. Those mantras serve as the inspiration for this straight-talking book of practical personal financial advice that really works.The 7 Money Mantras are:1. If it's on your ass, it's not an asset!2. Is this a need or is it a want?3. Sweat the small stuff.4. Cash is better than credit.5. Keep it simple.6. Priorities lead to prosperity.7. Enough is enough.In a plainspoken, sassy, non-nonsense voice, Michelle provides answers to the financial issues that confront almost every household: how to teach children the value of money; how to address money issues in a relationship or marriage; household saving tips; getting the best loans; and much more.With humor and down-home financial wisdom, Michelle Singletary offers practical and realistic advice that will help you live well with the money you have. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michelle Singletary. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bkot/000161/bk_bkot_000161_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Let God Send: Crossing Boundaries and Serving in Christ’s Name , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 164min
You have a calling, but you also have a “sending”.A calling is a familiar idea. People search for their true calling, hoping to find what they were made to do, eager to fulfill their life’s purpose. Let God Send reminds us that regardless of our individual vocation, we are always sent people, propelled by God’s Spirit into the world to serve others. This sent-ness comes from the very nature of God who is always on the move in our world. Jesus was sent. The Holy Spirit is sent. Abraham and Moses were sent. The first disciples became sent-ones as well.The journeyers in the biblical narrative tell us that when God sends, the path is never clear or direct. Being sent can be daunting, disconcerting, and disorienting. We can feel underqualified, undereducated, or unprepared. But none of our hesitancy changes the reality that a life of following Jesus is a life of being sent out. Using strong biblical narratives and questions for reflection or group discussion, Matt Brough guides us into an examination of what holds us back from making a move, how to go in a humble and listening way, and ultimately what each disciple of Jesus is called to do in our going. Let God Send is a straightforward, plainspoken plea for people who follow Jesus to get moving. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Rick Morrison. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/229031/bk_acx0_229031_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Crying in H Mart
From the indie rockstar of Japanese Breakfast fame, and author of the viral 2018 New Yorker essay that shares the title of this book, an unflinching, powerful memoir about growing up Korean American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity. In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singer, songwriter, and guitarist. With humor and heart, she tells of growing up one of the few Asian American kids at her school in Eugene, Oregon; of struggling with her mother's particular, high expectations of her; of a painful adolescence; of treasured months spent in her grandmother's tiny apartment in Seoul, where she and her mother would bond, late at night, over heaping plates of food. As she grew up, moving to the East Coast for college, finding work in the restaurant industry, and performing gigs with her fledgling band--and meeting the man who would become her husband--her Koreanness began to feel ever more distant, even as she found the life she wanted to live. It was her mother's diagnosis of terminal cancer, when Michelle was twenty-five, that forced a reckoning with her identity and brought her to reclaim the gifts of taste, language, and history her mother had given her. Vivacious and plainspoken, lyrical and honest, Zauner's voice is as radiantly alive on the page as it is onstage. Rich with intimate anecdotes that will resonate widely, and complete with family photos, Crying in H Mart is a book to cherish, share, and reread.- Shop: buecher
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Summary of Crying in H Mart: A Memory by Michelle Zauner (eBook, ePUB)
Crying in H Mart Book Complete Analysis & Study Guide Chapter by ChapterA high-quality summary of Michelle Zauner¿s book Crying in H Mart, including chapter details and analysis of the main themes of the original book.About the original book:Michelle Zauner proves herself to be far more than a talented singer, songwriter, and guitarist in this magnificent story of family, food, tragedy, and endurance. She tells of growing up in Eugene, Oregon, as one of the few Asian American students; of struggling with her mother's particular, high expectations of her; of painful adolescence; and of cherished months spent in her grandmother's tiny apartment in Seoul, where she and her mother would bond late at night over heaping plates of food. Her Koreanness grew increasingly remote as she grew up, relocating to the East Coast for college, finding work in the restaurant sector, and performing gigs with her nascent band-and meeting the man who would become her husband-even as she found the life she wanted to live. Michelle's identity was forced to cope with when her mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer when she was twenty-five, and she was able to recover the gifts of taste, language, and history that her mother had given her. Zauner's voice is as vibrantly alive on the page as it is onstage, vivacious and plainspoken, poetic and honest. Crying at H Mart is a book to treasure, share, and reread, full of intimate experiences that will connect widely and be filled with family photos.- Shop: buecher
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Destined for Destiny: The Unauthorized Autobiography of George W. Bush , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 257min
In Destined for Destiny, "George W. Bush" offers listeners an intimate, plainspoken, and sometimes articulate look at the character-shaping achievements that led to his inevitable rise to the office of President of the United States. Written from the heart, not from the brain, this definitive autobiography takes listeners on a journey through the 43rd President's life, including his hardscrabble beginnings as the child of West Texas oil millionaires, the remarkable academic performance that earned him entry into the finest East Coast schools, and his proud service to the country as an occasional member of the National Guard, sometime around 1972 or 1973. To help craft this lasting account of his life and leadership, "George W. Bush" turned to two writers who have earned not only his trust but his deep friendship: Scott Dikkers, editor-in-chief of The Onion and coauthor of the #1 best seller Our Dumb Century, and Peter Hilleren, former producer for public radio and some of the nation's finest public-access cable television stations. Dikkers and Hilleren call on their finely honed journalism expertise every week to write and record the President's weekly radio address on WeeklyRadioAddress.com. Their work on such stirring addresses as "June Terror Update" and "The Pope Is Dead" made them the ideal choice to meet the challenge of chronicling the visionary mark left on history by its shining light, President George W. Bush. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Scott Dikkers, Peter Hilleren. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/000775/bk_sans_000775_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Moonlight over Paris: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 531min
USA Today and international best-selling author Jennifer Robson takes listeners to 1920s Paris in an enthralling new historical novel that tells the riveting story of an English lady who trades in her staid aristocratic life for the mesmerizing salons and the heady world of the Lost Generation. It's the spring of 1924, and Lady Helena Montagu-Douglas-Parr has just arrived in France. On the mend after a near-fatal illness, she is ready to embrace the restless, heady allure of the City of Lights. Her parents have given her one year to live with her eccentric aunt in Paris, and Helena means to make the most of her time. She's quickly drawn into the world of the Lost Generation and its circle of American expatriates, and, with their encouragement, she finds the courage to pursue her dream of becoming an artist. One of those expats is Sam Howard, a journalist working for the Chicago Tribune. Irascible, plainspoken, and scarred by his experiences during the war, Sam is simply the most fascinating man she has ever met. He's also entirely unsuitable. As Paris is born anew, rising phoenixlike from the ashes of the Great War, Helena realizes that she, too, is changing. The good girl she once was, so dutiful and obedient, so aware of her place in the world, is gone forever. Yet now that she has shed her old self, who will she become, and where and with whom does she belong...? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jane Copland. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/004867/bk_harp_004867_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Senator Next Door: A Memoir from the Heartland , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 736min
One of the US Senate's most candid - and funniest - women tells the story of her life and her unshakeable faith in our democracy. Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar has tackled every obstacle she's encountered - her parents' divorce, her father's alcoholism and recovery, her political campaigns and Washington's gridlock - with honesty, humor and pluck. Now, in The Senator Next Door, she chronicles her remarkable heartland journey, from her immigrant grandparents to her middle-class suburban upbringing to her rise in American politics. After being kicked out of the hospital while her infant daughter was still in intensive care, Klobuchar became the lead advocate for one of the first laws in the country guaranteeing new moms and their babies a 48-hour hospital stay. Later she ran Minnesota's biggest prosecutor's office and in 2006 was the first woman elected to the US Senate from her state. Along the way she fashioned her own political philosophy grounded in her belief that partisan flame-throwing takes no courage at all; what really matters is forging alliances with unlikely partners to solve the nation's problems. Optimistic, plainspoken and often very funny, The Senator Next Door is a story about how the girl next door decided to enter the fray and make a difference. At a moment when America's government often seems incapable of getting anything done, Amy Klobuchar proves that politics is still the art of the possible. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Amy Klobuchar. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/aren/002044/bk_aren_002044_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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America's Pastor: Billy Graham and the Shaping of a Nation , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 861min
During a career spanning 60 years, the Reverend Billy Graham’s resonant voice and chiseled profile entered the living rooms of millions of Americans with a message that called for personal transformation through God’s grace. How did a lanky farm kid from North Carolina become an evangelist hailed by the media as “America’s pastor”? Why did listeners young and old pour out their grief and loneliness in letters to a man they knew only through televised “Crusades” in faraway places like Madison Square Garden? More than a conventional biography, Grant Wacker’s interpretive study deepens our understanding of why Billy Graham has mattered so much to so many. Beginning with tent revivals in the 1940s, Graham transformed his born-again theology into a moral vocabulary capturing the fears and aspirations of average Americans. He possessed an uncanny ability to appropriate trends in the wider culture and engaged boldly with the most significant developments of his time, from communism and nuclear threat to poverty and civil rights. The enduring meaning of his career, in Wacker’s analysis, lies at the intersection of Graham’s own creative agency and the forces shaping modern America. Wacker paints a richly textured portrait: a self-deprecating servant of God and self-promoting media mogul, a simple family man and confidant of presidents, a plainspoken preacher and the “Protestant pope.” America’s Pastor reveals how this Southern fundamentalist grew, fitfully, into a capacious figure at the center of spiritual life for millions of Christians around the world. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bob Souer. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hove/001223/bk_hove_001223_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Deliver Us From Evil: Defeating Terrorism, Despotism, and Liberalism, Hörbuch, Digital, 280min
As Americans face the ongoing war against terrorists and their state sponsors around the world, Sean Hannity reminds us we must also cope with the continuing scourge of accommodation and cowardice at home. With his trademark blend of passion and hard-hitting commentary, he urges Americans to recognize the dangers of putting our faith in toothless "multilateralism" when the times call for decisive action. He believes that only through strong defense of our freedoms, at home and around the world, can we preserve America's security and liberty in the dangerous 21st century. "Evil exists," Hannity believes. "It is real, and it means to harm us." Tracing a direct line from Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin through Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden, he reminds us of the courage and moral clarity of our great leaders. And he reveals how the disgraceful history of appeasement has reached forward from the days of Neville Chamberlain and Jimmy Carter to corrupt the unrepentant leftists of the modern Democratic Party, from Howard Dean and John Kerry to Bill and Hillary Clinton. Hannity's first blockbuster book, the New York Times best seller Let Freedom Ring, cemented his place as the freshest and most compelling conservative voice in the country. As host of the phenomenally successful Hannity & Colmes and The Sean Hannity Show, Hannity has won a wildly devoted fan base. Now he brings his plainspoken, take-no-prisoners style to the continuing War on Terror abroad, and liberalism at home, in Deliver Us from Evil. Language: English. Narrator: Sean Hannity. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/000772/bk_harp_000772_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Gospel of Mark 101: A Course for Catholics, Hörbuch, Digital, 289min
Join Fr. John R. Donahue, S.J., one of Catholicism's leading Mark experts, in exploring the Gospel of Action.Christianity was at a crossroads. The great apostles Peter and Paul had died. Members of the original Christian communities had passed. Jesus' word might also soon be buried and forgotten. But it was Mark's good news - not Matthew's - that saved the faith.Did you know that Matthew's Gospel includes over 90 percent of Mark's material? The Church has long revered both as divinely inspired. But for centuries, it was thought that Mark was the "orphan gospel", simply a briefer version of Matthew. Most scholars now believe Mark was written first.Did you know that Mark is the only Gospel in which the word that translates to "good news" actually appears? Although the shortest and most plainspoken of all the Gospels, it is also a crucial independent source on Jesus, His life and His ministry.Boasting decades of scholarship on Mark, Fr. Donahue tells Jesus' story through Mark's eyes as Jesus faces evil, heals the sick, and urges us to examine how we live our own lives. Most importantly, you will see Jesus as not only divine, but as a man who died for the world's sins.These 12 talks will prove to be invaluable companions for anyone seeking a deeper and fuller understanding of this simple, but fulfilling, Gospel.This course is part of the Learn25 collection and includes a free PDF study guide.PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio. Language: English. Narrator: John R. Donahue. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/nykm/000089/bk_nykm_000089_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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