73 Results for : foreshadowing
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Journal , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 429min
From April 1942 to March 1944, Hélène Berr, a recent graduate of the Sorbonne, kept a journal that is both an intensely moving, intimate, harrowing, appalling document and a text of astonishing literary maturity. With her colleagues, she plays the violin and she seeks refuge from the everyday in what she calls the "selfish magic" of English literature and poetry. But this is Paris under the occupation and her family is Jewish. Eventually, there comes the time when all Jews are required to wear a yellow star. She tries to remain calm and rational, keeping to what routine she can: studying, reading, enjoying the beauty of Paris. Yet always there is fear for the future, and eventually, in March 1944, Hélène and her family are arrested, taken to Drancy Transit Camp and soon sent to Auschwitz. She went - as is later discovered - on the death march to Bergen-Belsen and there she died in 1945, only five days before the liberation of the camp. The last words in the journal she had left behind in Paris were "Horror! Horror! Horror!", a hideous and poignant echo of her English studies. Hélène Berr's story is almost too painful to read, foreshadowing horror as it does amidst an enviable appetite for life, for beauty, for literature, for all that lasts. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Guila Clara Kessous. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/qpuk/000119/bk_qpuk_000119_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Sensitive Man , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 143min
By the end of the 21st century, a deep-state human-systems organization, the Psychotechnic Institute, has begun melding neuroscience and psychoanalytics to create the foundation for generations of more peaceful, more powerful, more "sensitive" human beings. In Poul Anderson's 1954 science-fiction thriller, The Sensitive Man, one such human, Simon Dalgetty, is on the trail of brutal men who kidnapped Michael Tighe, keeper of the keys to the Institute's secrets, and, thus, to the fate of world order. In the midst of his pursuit, Simon falls prey to his own carelessness and, trapped by the men he is pursuing, is taken to an island hideout where Tighe is being held. Simon faces torture if he cannot get Tighe to reveal the Institute’s plans. As he contemplates the possibilities for escape, Simon reaches out to Elena Casimir, an enigmatic, possibly problematic adversary allied with Simon’s captors. What does the sensitive man see in Elena that gives him hope not only of escape, but of Tighe’s rescue and the capture of the kingpin responsible for Tighe’s kidnapping? Anderson’s tight plot, breezy dialogue, fascinating scene-setting, political foreshadowing, and well-woven characters, both good and bad, make for a fun, exciting, and future-forward glance at what may lie in store for the world in the century ahead. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: C James Moore. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/mike/002480/bk_mike_002480_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Summary of Clinton Cash: by Peter Schweizer: Includes Analysis , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 24min
Peter Schweizer's Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Helped Make Bill and Hillary Rich is an exposé of the business dealings of Bill and Hillary Clinton between 2001 and 2015. The Clintons and their foundation have both been enriched by money from dubious sources. The payments the Clintons received as speaking fees and the funds they accepted as donations to the Clinton Foundation may have led Hillary to alter US policy when she served as senator and secretary of state. This pattern of possible corruption should be investigated by law enforcement. Bill was governor of Arkansas from 1978 to 1981 and from 1983 to 1992. While Arkansas governor, he and his wife were involved in suspicious financial and real estate dealings involving the Whitewater Corporation, in a foreshadowing of later ethical questions. Others connected to the deal were prosecuted and convicted, but no charges were ever brought against the Clintons. PLEASE NOTE: This is key takeaways and analysis of the book and NOT the original book. Inside this Instaread Summary of Clinton Cash: Overview of the book Important people Key takeaways Analysis of key takeaways About the author With Instaread, you can get the key takeaways, summary and analysis of a book in 15 minutes. We read every chapter, identify the key takeaways and analyze them for your convenience. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sam Scholl. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/064768/bk_acx0_064768_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Plato's Republic, Hörbuch, Digital, 734min
More than 2,000 years later, Plato's Republic remains astonishingly relevant to our everyday lives. It poses one question after another that might well have been drawn from the headlines and debates of our nation's recent history: What sort of person should rule the state? Are all citizens equal before the law? Should everyone have equal access to health care? Plato's greater inquiry, however, was into the question of defining justice itself and the reasons why a person would choose a life aligned with that virtue. These 24 remarkable lectures lead you through the brilliant dialogue Plato crafted both to define and examine the issues with which political philosophy still grapples. Chapter by chapter, Professor Roochnik introduces you to Plato's literary recasting of his own great teacher, Socrates, and the dialogue through which Socrates and the Republic's other characters create the hypothetical ideal city. It is by dissecting life in this presumably just city - the "Republic" of Plato's title - that the nature of justice itself can be examined. Many of Plato's ideas will startle contemporary readers, who may recognize in them the foreshadowing of some of humankind's darkest moments. Indeed, some have called the Republic the "great-great-grandfather of all totalitarian experiments." You'll wrestle with Plato's controversial vision, and you'll be surprised just how contemporary these arguments sound. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. Language: English. Narrator: Professor David Roochnik, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tcco/000241/bk_tcco_000241_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Passion for the Inner City (eBook, ePUB)
"There is little credibility in healing a privileged world. If the Church is failing the powerless of this world, it is failing the Gospel totally."In 1971, two priests from a Catholic order left their monastery in order to reinvent the contemplative life amid a Liverpool community oppressed by poverty and systemic racism. Foreshadowing the 'new monastic' movement, the members of a 300-year-old religious order began to translate the radical, self-sacrificial values of monastic living into an open, hospitable, practical life on the margins of society.Passion for the Inner City is a probing spiritual reflection on the first twelve years of Austin Smith's life in the inner city. He describes a new model of faith-not just giving up his possessions, but letting go of assumptions, dependencies, all his rationalisations-until he sees the poorest in society outside of his own agendas. By living and suffering alongside them, he calls out the deep offensiveness of the inequality we daily permit.With stories, insights and reflections, Passion for the Inner City is a fascinating account of 'old' monasticism embracing the challenges of the present, and also a trove of wisdom and challenges that still have sharp questions to ask anyone pursuing their faith today."I have gone on marches in the inner city; I have fought for better housing; I have been part of the struggle for better education for our children; I have stood on the street in riots; I have been part and parcel of the struggle for community power; I have set my face against my own racism and the racism of others. Why? Because I believe where creation is sinned against, where human beings suffer, Jesus is being crucified."- Shop: buecher
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Summary and Analysis of Unlucky 13 (Women's Murder Club) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 42min
The opening of the first part of the novel is set one week after the discovery of the first two bombing victims in the prologue. Lindsay and Conklin learn more about their victims. Lara Timble was a graduate student studying music. David Klatz, the driver of the vehicle, was working on his postgraduate in psychology. Neither victim had any political involvement or known enemies to suggest a suspect for the crime. Due to the nature of the crime, the FBI quickly comes in and takes over the case. With that, there is limited evidence available to the detectives which point to any kind of perpetrator, and they have yet to even figure out what kind of bomb was used or how it was implanted in the victim's stomachs. It is at this point that listeners get their first glimpse of Lindsay's home life. Her husband, daughter, and dog are introduced, and we see that Lindsay is a loving wife and mother who enjoys the time she gets to spend at home. However, Lindsay is also cautious and worries about the safety of her family. This acts as foreshadowing to the fact that her family will be a vulnerable point and a source of weakness for Lindsay, as she hunts down dangerous killers who take up personal vendettas against her. Here is a preview of what you'll learn: General overview and summary of Unlucky 13 Characters from Unlucky 13 Analysis of Unlucky 13 Subplots from Unlucky 13 ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lynn Longseth. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/064023/bk_acx0_064023_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Case of the Mysterious Lithuanian Hex: The Cleveland Cab Driver Who Jinxed Joe DiMaggio , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 49min
On July 17, 1941, the streak ended. Many people know immediately what that streak is - explaining it is not even necessary. Certainly, the title gives plenty of foreshadowing to "the rest of the story", as Paul Harvey used to say. However, as stories go, we must explain the beginning before we get to the end; and in this saga the beginning starts in Cleveland. For those of you who are impatient, the story is about baseball; however, you will find that this tale contains so much more. You should also know that this narrative, while about baseball, is ultimately a mystery. Of course, there are many of you who are saying, "What story starts in Cleveland?" Nevertheless, the writer will attempt to dissuade that opinion. This book examines the hex, or jinx put on the New York Yankees' Joe DiMaggio by an unsuspecting Cleveland cabbie on July 17, 1941. While there have been many publications that review Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak, and many that mention this Cleveland cab driver, no solid evidence or background has been provided on this particular subject. Further, many have overlooked the historical importance of the mysterious Cleveland cabbie; this work will attempt to accomplish this task. This book is a case in short; it reveals information not previously known to the baseball community at large and offers, through the course of investigation, new insights into the reasons for the ending of Joe DiMaggio's now legendary consecutive games hit streak. In this case the listener will find out just who this cabbie was, and discover how the cabdriver contributes to a new, previously untold baseball narrative. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Christopher Shelby Slone. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/043033/bk_acx0_043033_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Her Smoke Rose Up Forever , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1435min
These 18 darkly complex short stories and novellas touch upon human nature and perception, metaphysics and epistemology, and gender and sexuality, foreshadowing a world in which biological tendencies bring about the downfall of humankind. Revisions from the author's notes are included, allowing a deeper view into her world and a better understanding of her work. The Nebula Award-winning short story "Love Is the Plan, the Plan Is Death", the Hugo Award-winning novella The Girl Who Was Plugged In, and the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning novella Houston, Houston, Do You Read? are included. The stories of Alice Sheldon, who wrote as James Tiptree Jr. (Up the Walls of the World) until her death in 1987, have been heretofore available mostly in out-of-print collections. Thus the 18 accomplished stories here will be welcomed by new listeners and old fans. ''The Screwfly Solution'' describes a chilling, elegant answer to the population problem. In ''Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death,'' the title tells the tale - species survival insured by imprinted drives - but the story's force is in its exquisite, lyrical prose and its suggestion that personal uniqueness is possible even within biological imperatives. ''The Girl Who Was Plugged In'' is a future boy-meets-girl story with a twist unexpected by the players. ''The Women Men Don't See'' displays Tiptree's keen insight and ability to depict singularity within the ordinary. In Hugo and Nebula award-winning ''Houston, Houston, Do You Read?'' astronauts flying by the sun slip forward 500 years and encounter a culture that successfully questions gender roles in ours. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dina Pearlman, Adam Grupper. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/054650/bk_adbl_054650_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Fourth Cup: Unveiling the Mystery of the Last Supper and the Cross , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 257min
From the best-selling author of The Lamb's Supper and Signs of Life comes an illuminating work on the Catholic Eucharist and its link to the Jewish Passover meal. “Read this book. And don’t just read it. Pray about it. Reflect on it. And share it with others.” (Brant Pitre, author of The Case for Jesus) In this brilliant audiobook - part memoir, part detective story, and part biblical study - Scott Hahn opens up new vistas on ancient landscapes while shedding light on his own enduring faith journey. The Fourth Cup not only tracks the author’s gradual conversion along the path of Evangelicalism to the doorsteps of the Catholic faith, but also explores the often obscure and misunderstood rituals of Passover and their importance in foreshadowing salvation in Jesus Christ. Revealing the story of his formative years as an often hotheaded student and earnest seeker in search of answers to great biblical mysteries, Hahn shows how his ardent exploration of the Bible’s Old Testament turned up intriguing clues connecting the Last Supper and Christ’s death on Calvary. As Hahn tells the story of his discovery of the supreme importance of the Passover in God’s plan of salvation, we, too, experience often-overlooked relationships between Abel, Abraham, and the Hebrews’ liberation from slavery in Egypt. Along the way, Hahn reveals how the traditional fourth cup of wine used in the concluding celebration of Passover explains in astonishing ways Christ’s paschal sacrifice. Rooted in Scripture and ingrained with lively history, The Fourth Cup delivers a fascinating view of the bridges that span old and new covenants and celebrates the importance of the Jewish faith in understanding more fully Christ’s life, death, and resurrection. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Arthur Morey. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/005323/bk_rand_005323_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Edgar Allan Poe: Master of Horror, Hörbuch, Digital, 319min
Master storyteller. Madman. America’s dark genius. Who was Edgar Allan Poe, and why have his bizarre and fascinating works resonated with readers so strongly? Through these 10 lectures, you will delve into the darkness of Poe’s most nightmarish stories, including “The Tell-Tale Heart”, “The Pit and the Pendulum”, and “The Fall of the House of Usher”. You’ll also learn how he invented the detective story and explored themes of love and loss in such poems as “Ulalume” and “Annabel Lee”. And you’ll discover how Poe employed symbolism, imagery, rhythm and rhyme, irony and paradox, repetition, simile, and foreshadowing to create a unique body of work that has enthralled readers and influenced writers for more than 150 years. But our fascination with Poe is only partly his provocative, often disturbing literature. He is widely known for living an unconventional and tortured life - a life filled with loss, poverty, neglect, and self-destruction. So, in addition to the scope of his work, you’ll get captivating insights into the man himself: his tragic life and the inner workings of his curious mind. Plagued with more than his fair share of illness, conflict, misery, and death through most of his existence, Poe also notoriously exhibited bizarre behaviors that frequently undermined his quest for literary fame. Your professor, Mark Canada, draws on his own research into Poe’s psychology, including some insights from modern brain science, to understand why Poe acted and wrote as he did. Unpack the works, the life, and the mind of Edgar Allen Poe to discover what makes him a uniquely haunting author to this day. Language: English. Narrator: Mark Canada. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/or/orig/001320/or_orig_001320_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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