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    Digital Nomads (eBook, ePUB)
    A small but growing group of today's knowledge workers actively seek a lifestyle of freedom, using technology to perform their jobs, traveling far and wide, and moving as often as they like. These digital nomads have left their local coffee shops behind and now proudly post their "office of the day" photos from exotic locales, but what do their lives really look like? In Digital Nomads, Rachael Woldoff and Robert Litchfield take readers into an expatriate digital nomad community in Bali, Indonesia to better understand this growing demographic of typically Millennial workers. Through dozens of interviews and several stints living in a digital nomad hub, Woldoff and Litchfield present new answers to classic questions about community, creativity, and work. They further show why digital nomads leave their conventional lives behind, arguing that creative class and Millennial workers, though successful, often feel that their "world class cities" and desirable jobs are anything but paradise. They first follow their transitions into freelancing, entrepreneurship, and remote work, then explain how digital nomads create a fluid but intimate community abroad in the company of like-minded others. Ultimately, Woldoff and Litchfield provide insight into digital nomads' efforts to live and work in ways that balance freedom, community, and creative fulfillment in the digital age. A sympathetic yet critical take on this emerging group of workers, Digital Nomads provides a revealing take on the changing nature of work and the problems of the new economy.
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    Why Do Only White People Get Abducted by Aliens?: Teaching Lessons from the Bronx , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 447min
    The true story of a young teacher attempting to change lives in a troubled educational system. According to Ilana Garon, popular books and movies are inundated with the myth of the "hero teacher" - the one who charges headfirst into dysfunctional inner-city schools like a firefighter into an inferno, bringing the student victims to safety through a combination of charisma and innate righteousness. The students are then "saved" by the teacher’s idealism, empathy, and faith. This is not that type of book. Here, Garon reveals the sometimes humorous, oftentimes frustrating, and occasionally horrifying truths that accompany the experience of teaching at a public high school in the Bronx. The overcrowded classrooms, lack of textbooks, and abundance of mice, cockroaches, and drugs weren’t the only challenges Garon faced during her first four years as a teacher. Every day, she’d interact with students dealing with addiction, miscarriages, stints in "juvie", abusive relationships, and gang violence. These students brought with them big dreams and uncommon insight - and challenged everything Garon thought she knew about education. In response, Garon - a naive, suburban girl with a curly ponytail, freckles, and Harry Potter glasses - opened her eyes, rolled up her sleeves, and learned to distinguish between mitigated failure and qualified success. In this book, Garon explains how she realized that being a new teacher was about trial by fire, making mistakes, learning from the very students she was teaching, and occasionally admitting that she may not have answers to their thought-provoking (and amusing) questions. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Romy Nordlinger. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/013499/bk_adbl_013499_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Life Swap , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 614min
    In February of 1973, Nancy Weber put an ad in the Village Voice offering to trade places with another woman, a stranger, for a month. In hopes of better understanding what was fixed and final in each person - and what was invented, and therefore might be reinvented - they would use each other's names, live in each other's homes, love each other's loves, and do each other's work. After interviewing many of the fascinating women who answered the ad, Weber - single (with a longtime lover) and straight - chose a polyamorous, bisexual, married psychologist and academic, the pseudonymous Micki Wrangler. They spent five months getting ready for their adventure - cajoling their nearest and dearest into participating, exchanging thousands of details, and swapping deep secrets. But, instead of a month, their wild ride lasted only a week. Wrangler was having a rough time (and Weber too good a time, maybe) so they decided to call things off. Wanting The Life Swap to convey more than her own experience, Weber invited Wrangler and 10 others to enrich the book with their uncensored reports. Publicity for the book included stints on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and To Tell the Truth. The book achieved a kind of cult status, in part because it's a relic of 1970s sexual openness (cruelly destroyed by HIV/AIDS) and belief in the right of self-invention. Recent critics have credited the book with inspiring life swap reality TV shows and several popular novels and films. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tessa Aberjonois. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/022093/bk_adbl_022093_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Back Story: Caught Dead in Wyoming, Book 6 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 581min
    Even long memories fade, but murder never dies.Elizabeth "E.M." Danniher has been among TV journalism’s elite. But divorcing her network exec husband ends not only her marriage but her career, and she’s banished to tiny KWMT-TV in Sherman, Wyoming, to finish out her contract. Now she’s exploring what comes next - in her career, her life, and her relationships with family, friends, and those who’d like to be more than friends.But she’s not being left in peace to wrestle with these issues because she keeps being drawn in to murder investigations. Now Elizabeth, and handsome KWMT colleague Mike Paycik, rugged rancher Thomas Burrell, and her colorful cast of collaborators, plunge into mysteries from the past that threaten the present. To succeed, they must untangle characters and plot lines from a long-hidden Back Story.Don't miss any of Elizabeth Danniher's Caught Dead in Wyoming adventures:Sign OffLeft HangingShoot FirstLast DitchLook LiveBack StoryCold OpenHot Roll"While the mystery itself is twisty-turny and thoroughly engaging, it's the smart and witty writing that I loved the best." (Diane Chamberlain, best-selling author)"Colorful characters, intriguing, intelligent mystery, plus the state of Wyoming leaping off every page." (Emilie Richards, USA Today best-selling author)If you like mystery with romance and a bit of humor, try also:Proof of Innocence (set in Virginia)Price of Innocence (2019)Ride the River: Rodeo Knights (includes scenes in fictional Sherman, Wyoming, and cameos from Caught Dead in Wyoming characters)About the authorUSA Today best-selling author Patricia McLinn spent more than 20 years as an editor at the Washington Post after stints as a sports writ ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Betsy Moore. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/191091/bk_acx0_191091_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Other Four-Letter Words , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 600min
    In this evocative and gorgeously wrought memoir reminiscent of Rob Sheffield's Love Is a Mixtape and George Hodgman's Bettyville, Michael Ausiello - a respected TV columnist and founder and editor in chief of TVLine.com - remembers his late husband and the lessons, love, and laughter that they shared throughout their 14 years together. For the past decade, TV fans of all stripes have counted upon Michael Ausiello's insider knowledge to get the scoop on their favorite shows and stars. From his time at Soaps in Depth to his influential stints at TV Guide and Entertainment Weekly to his current role as founder and editor in chief of the wildly popular website TVLine.com, Michael has established himself as the go-to expert when it comes to our most popular form of entertainment. What many of his fans don't know, however, is that while his professional life was in full swing, Michael had to endure the greatest of personal tragedies: His husband, Kit Cowan, was diagnosed with a rare and very aggressive form of neuroendocrine cancer. Over the course of 11 months, Kit and Michael did their best to combat the deadly disease, but Kit succumbed to his illness in February 2015. In this heartbreaking and darkly hilarious memoir, Michael tells the story of his harrowing and challenging last year with Kit while revisiting the 13 years that preceded it and how the undeniably powerful bond between him and Kit carried them through all manner of difficulty - always with laughter front and center in their relationship. Instead of a tale of sadness and loss, Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies is an unforgettable, inspiring, and beautiful testament to the resilience and strength of true love. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michael Ausiello. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/008049/bk_sans_008049_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    All True Not a Lie in It: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 818min
    The story of pioneer Daniel Boone's life, told in his voice - a tall tale like no other, startling, funny, poignant, romantic, and brawling - set during the American Revolutionary War Here is Daniel Boone as you've never seen him: Debut novelist Alix Hawley presents Boone's life, from his childhood in a Quaker colony through two stints captured by Indians as he attempted to settle Kentucky, the death of a son at the hands of the same Indians, and the rescue of a daughter. The prose rivals Hilary Mantel's and Peter Carey's, conveying that sense of being inside the head of a storied historical figure about which much nonsense is spoken while also feeling completely contemporary. Boone was a fabulous hunter and explorer and a "white Indian", perhaps happiest when he found a place as the captive adopted son of a chief who was trying to prevent the white settlement of Kentucky. Hawley takes us intimately into the life-and-death survival of people pushing away from security and into Indian lands, despite sense and treaties, just before and into the War of Independence. The love story between Boone and his wife, Rebecca, is rich and tangled, but mostly it's Boone who fascinates, pushing into places where he imagines he can create a new "clean" world, only to find death and trouble and complication. He is a fabulous character, unrivaled in North American literature, and a prime candidate for the tall tale. The storytelling is taut and expert, the descriptions rich and powerful, the prose full of feeling, but Boone is what drives this outstanding debut. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kirby Heyborne. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/006250/bk_harp_006250_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Ballad of Danny Wolfe: Life of a Modern Outlaw , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 658min
    A gripping, fast-paced account of the life of the indigenous man who founded and led the Indian Posse, one of the most dangerous gangs in North America, into violence, power, and infamy. In 2008, Daniel Richard Wolfe was awaiting trial on two counts of first-degree murder at the Regina Correctional Centre. This wasn't his first time in jail; from his teenage years his life had been marked by stints in and out of prison - with Danny sometimes finding his own way out. This time around, he was orchestrating his boldest move yet: a carefully plotted escape that would send the RCMP on a nationwide manhunt, launching Danny Wolfe to headline-topping notoriety. The Ballad of Danny Wolfe cinematically traces the storied years of Danny Wolfe's life, from his birth in Regina to his relationship with his mother, Susan Creeley, a First Nations woman who was forever marked by her experience in the residential school system; to his first brush with the law at the age of four and then his subsequent arrests; to the creation of the Indian Posse, the street gang he founded with a handful of equally disenfranchised indigenous friends; to the dissonance Danny felt between the traditional world he was born into and the criminal one that became his life; to the dramatic tensions over power and loyalty unfolding in the gang world and within the Posse itself. Drawing on unprecedented access to the Wolfe family and firsthand accounts from the people closest to the gang leader, Joe Friesen's portrait of Danny Wolfe is at once riveting and timely, nuanced, and provocative. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Joe Friesen. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/028664/bk_adbl_028664_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Brute , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 50min
    This comes to you courtesy of Miniature Masterpieces who have an excellent range of quality short stories from the masters of the craft. Do search for Miniature Masterpieces at any digital store for further information. This audiobook is also duplicated in print as an ebook. Same title, same words. Perhaps a different experience but with Amazon’s Whispersync, you can pick up and put down on any device. Start on audio, continue in print, and any which way after that. This, and these are, Miniature Masterpieces. Join us for the journey. Joseph Conrad - An Introduction Born in Poland in 1857, Joseph Conrad became a British citizen just before he turned 30. In the intervening years, he lost both parents. As an orphan at age 11, he was raised by an uncle who let the 16-year-old boy go to Marseille to work on merchant ships where the colorful life of the sea was further enhanced by stints gun running and, intriguingly, political conspiracy. At age 36, his life turned from one of ships to one of literary pursuit. In doing so, Conrad brought to English literature a further layer of style and a deeper examination of the human psyche in a wealth of work. He wrote many novels, rightly regarded today, as some of the finest in English literature. Among their canon are Lord Jim, Nostromo, The Shadow Line and, of course, Heart Of Darkness. For this volume, we dwell among his numerous short stories. In these condensed, narrative structures, much is said in beautiful language. His characters may be brave, comic, and serious, trapped by their own constraints, or as in The Brute, the ship itself, but are always fully formed and true to his word. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Richard Mitchley. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/114898/bk_acx0_114898_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice
    In this groundbreaking biography of George Floyd, Washington Post reporters Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa use the prism of entrenched poverty, systemic racism, a broken criminal justice system, and police violence to tell the story of one man's life, revealing how his tragic killing ignited an international movement for change On May 25, 2020, at the age of forty-six, George Floyd was murdered outside a Minneapolis convenience store by white police officer Derek Chauvin. His death set off a series of protests in the United States and around the world, awakening millions to the dire need for reimagining this country's broken systems of policing. But while police brutality may have been the final injustice of Floyd's life, it was far from the first. This definitive biography of George Floyd places his life within the larger context of America's deeply troubled history, offering an unparalleled look into the forces and experiences that shaped him. From his family's roots in slavery and sharecropping, from his childhood attending segregated Houston schools, from his gridiron dreams to his stints in prison, and his attempts to break free from drug dependence, we see the willpower, hope, and determination Floyd carried, as well as the inescapable pressures of an America built to entrap him. In examining how systemic racism is entrenched in institutions like housing, health care, education, and prisons - and by comparing the trajectory of Floyd's life with that of Derek Chauvin - Washington Post reporters Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa make a poignant and compelling case for what it truly means to envision a different America.
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    Become an Author in 29 Days: The No-Nonsense Guide to Writing & Publishing Your First Non-Fiction Book , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 206min
    There’s a great book inside of you.... Let’s get it out.I know you’ve got an amazing story to tell - and a book screaming to be published.I also know that you’ve got some psychological blocks to doing the work, doubts about sharing your writing with the world, and worries about how long the whole process is going to take or how much it’ll cost.I know because I’ve been there. Every author has been there.Becoming an author isn’t as difficult or daunting as it may seem at first. And thanks to the publishing world opening up via Amazon.com, ordinary people like you and I can achieve what countless writers never could - and proudly hold our own published book in our hands.Become an Author in 29 Days: The No-Nonsense Guide to Writing & Self-Publishing Your First Non-Fiction Book will improve your writing skills, supercharge your productivity levels, and walk you through each step of the publishing process.I’m Steven Tully, an author who has successfully self-published 10 books over the past three years, and I now work as a full-time independent author.I also spent 15 years working in the media - including two stints as an editor of weekly newspapers - and have therefore learnt the best to produce engaging content, emotionally connect with audiences, and create the most impactful stories.Doesn’t matter if you’re an average writer. Part one of this book has simple, yet very powerful, writing tips that can transform your craft.The second part of this book is more like a self-publishing roadmap, taking you from completed manuscript to published author (and your book being available to millions of listeners all over the world).In Become an Author in 29 Days you’ll learn:How to overcome the psychological blocks holding you back from producing your first nonfiction bookHow to identify the perfect book topic for you so that there are no more doubts or hesitati ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Craig Thomasson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/205372/bk_acx0_205372_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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