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Hyperconsumption
Diving deep into the world of corporate marketing, this incisive and eye-opening work shows how, in the hands of the corporation, business has become manipulative, divisive and disastrously at odds with the needs of the natural world. It calls on us to rethink and rebel.- Shop: buecher
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Speak, Memory
Speak, Memory, first published in 1951 as Conclusive Evidence and then assiduously revised in 1966, is an elegant and rich evocation of Nabokov's life and times, even as it offers incisive insights into his major works, including Lolita, Pnin, Despair, The Gift, The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, and The Defense.- Shop: buecher
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Christus Vincit
In this absorbing interview, Bishop Athanasius Schneider offers a candid, incisive examination of controversies raging in the Church and the most pressing issues of our times. His insights into the challenges facing Christ's flock are essential reading for those who wish to be alert to the signs of the times.- Shop: buecher
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Natural Selections: Selfish Altruists, Honest Liars, and Other Realities of Evolution , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 452min
If we are, in part, a product of our genes, can free will exist? Incisive and engaging, this indispensable tour of evolutionary biology runs the gamut of contemporary debates, from science and religion to our place in the universe. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: L. J. Ganser. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/001106/bk_adbl_001106_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Herman Melville: Selected Stories , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 318min
Herman Melville, known primarily for his epic Moby Dick, also wrote a number of equally incisive, but much shorter stories. This collection contains four of his best: "Bartelby the Scrivner", "Benito Cereno", "Jimmy Rose", and "The Fiddler". ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Walter Covell, John Chatty. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/jimc/000079/bk_jimc_000079_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Strategy of Conflict
'In eminently lucid and often charming language, Professor Schelling's work opens to rational analysis a crucial field of politics, the international politics of threat, or as the current term goes, of deterrence. In this field, the author's analysis goes beyond what has been done by earlier writers. It is the best, most incisive, and most stimulating book on the subject.'- Shop: buecher
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Engineering and the Mind's Eye
In this insightful and incisive essay, Eugene Ferguson demonstrates that good engineering is as much a matter of intuition and nonverbal thinking as of equations and computation. He argues that a system of engineering education that ignores nonverbal thinking will produce engineers who are dangerously ignorant of the many ways in which the real world differs from the mathematical models constructed in academic minds.- Shop: buecher
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Blowback (Second Edition): The Costs and Consequences of American Empire , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 548min
The term "blowback", invented by the CIA, refers to the unintended consequences of American actions abroad. In this incisive and controversial book, Chalmers Johnson lays out in vivid detail the dangers faced by our overextended empire and reveals the ways in which our misguided policies are planting the seeds of future disaster. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tom Weiner. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/002390/bk_blak_002390_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Twitter and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 835min
A firsthand account and incisive analysis of modern protest, revealing Internet-fueled social movements' greatest strengths and frequent challenges. To understand a thwarted Turkish coup, an anti-Wall Street encampment, and a packed Tahrir Square, we must first comprehend the power and the weaknesses of using new technologies to mobilize large numbers of people. An incisive observer, writer, and participant in today's social movements, Zeynep Tufekci explains in this accessible and compelling book the nuanced trajectories of modern protests - how they form, how they operate differently from past protests, and why they have difficulty persisting in their long-term quests for change. Tufekci speaks from direct experience, combining on-the-ground interviews with insightful analysis. She describes how the Internet helped the Zapatista uprisings in Mexico, the necessity of remote Twitter users to organize medical supplies during Arab Spring, the refusal to use bullhorns in the Occupy Movement that started in New York, and the empowering effect of tear gas in Istanbul's Gezi Park. These details from life inside social movements complete a moving investigation of authority, technology, and culture - and offer essential insights into the future of governance. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Carly Robins. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/030170/bk_adbl_030170_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Counsels from My Heart , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 145min
Counsels from My Heart is one of the few volumes of teachings by Dudjom Rinpoche, a legendary meditation master of the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, to become available in English. It features talks to students presented in Dudjom Rinpoche's characteristically incisive and direct style, bringing the timeless heart-counsels of this great teacher vividly to life. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Simon Callow. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sham/000020/bk_sham_000020_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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