82 Results for : hyperbole
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The Origins of the Vikings: The History and Legacy of the Early Norsemen Who Became Medieval Europe’s Most Notorious Explorers , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 86min
Over the centuries, the West has become fascinated by the Vikings, one of the most mysterious and interesting European civilizations. In addition to being perceived as a remarkably unique culture among its European counterparts, what’s known and not known about the Vikings’ accomplishments has added an intriguing aura to the historical narrative. Were they fierce and fearsome warriors? Were they the first Europeans to visit North America? It seems some of the legends are true, and some are just that, legend. Like many civilizations of past millennia, the Vikings are remembered in popular culture more for the fantastical accounts of their history than for reality. The written records of the history of the Viking period, consisting mostly of Norse sagas, metaphoric poems called skalds and monastic chronicles, were written down well after the events they described and tended to be lurid accounts rife with hyperbole. Furthermore, the most scathing tales of Viking raids are contained in the histories of monastic communities, which were targets of Norse rapacity. These chronicles speak of the heathen Viking depredations of monastic treasuries and the ferocious torture and killing of Christian monks. The colorful bloody tales were certainly based on more than grains of truth, but they were also purposefully augmented to inject drama into history. Similarly Norse sagas written down in the post-Viking Age fixed what had hitherto been flexible oral tradition. They were often slanted to legitimize a clan or leader's authority by emphasizing an ancestor's bravery and skill in pillaging opponent's communities. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dan Gallagher. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/117756/bk_acx0_117756_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Gigged: The End of the Job and the Future of Work , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 435min
With deep reporting and graceful storytelling, Sarah Kessler reveals the ground truth of a key part of the American workforce. Her analysis is both astute and nuanced, making Gigged essential reading for anyone interested in the future of work. (Daniel H. Pink, author of When and Drive) The full-time job is disappearing - is landing the right gig the new American dream? One in three American workers is now a freelancer. This “gig economy” - one that provides neither the guarantee of steady hours nor benefits - emerged out of the digital era and has revolutionized the way we do business. High-profile tech start-ups such as Uber and Airbnb are constantly making headlines for the disruption they cause to the industries they overturn. But what are the effects of this disruption, from Wall Street down to Main Street? What challenges do employees and job seekers face at every level of professional experience? In the tradition of the great business narratives of our time, Gigged offers deeply sourced, up-close-and-personal accounts of our new economy. From the computer programmer who chooses exactly which hours he works each week, to the Uber driver who starts a union, to the charity worker who believes freelance gigs might just transform a declining rural town, journalist Sarah Kessler follows a wide range of individuals from across the country to provide a nuanced look at how the gig economy is playing out in real time. Kessler wades through the hype and hyperbole to tackle the big questions: What does the future of work look like? Will the millennial generation do as well their parents? How can we all find meaningful, well-paid work? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Hillary Huber. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/aren/003472/bk_aren_003472_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Legends of the Ancient World: The Life and Legacy of Nero , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 44min
What an artist dies with me! (Attributed to Nero just before his suicide) A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history's most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? In Charles River Editors' Legends of the Ancient World series, listeners can get caught up to speed on the lives of antiquity's most important men and women in the time it takes to finish a commute, while learning interesting facts long forgotten or never known. Throughout the annals of history, there have been few figures as reviled as Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, better known as Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus, or more simply, Nero. Even today, he remains one of the Roman Empire's most famous - or notorious - figures, a villain whose impact on popular culture is so vast that his name crops up consistently, to this day, in literature, film, TV, and mediums as unlikely as video games and anime. Nero ranks among the very worst of the caesars, alongside the likes of mad Caligula, slothful Commodus, and paranoid Domitian. He is a figure so hated that in many ancient Christian traditions, he is literally - without hyperbole - considered the Antichrist; according to a notable Biblical scholar, the coming of the beast and the number 666 in the book of Revelation are references to Nero. He was the man who famously "fiddled while Rome burned". Nero was an inveterate lecher, a murderous tyrant who showed little compunction in murdering his mother, and he liked to use Christian martyrs as sources of illumination by burning them alive at night. His economic policies, according to many historians, virtually bankrupted Rome. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Doron Alon. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/037420/bk_acx0_037420_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Dark Psychology: The Beginners Guide to Master Covert Manipulation, Discover the Dark Side of Communication and to Learn Persuasion Skills and the Secrets of Human Psychology , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 241min
Dark psychology draws parallels to brainwash, hypnosis, and all forms of control portrayed in popular media. But it is at times difficult to comb through what is true and what is hyperbole. Brainwash is a less mad scientist with electrodes strapped to someone's brain, and more akin to manipulating somebodies emotions. There is no device (that we know of) that could brainwash someone they way it is done in the movies. Instead, subversive manipulation comes in the form of practiced psychological attacks.These attacks are almost always deeply rooted in human language and or emotion.In this audiobook we will discuss the following topics:Understand human psychologyDark personality and dark triad - Machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathyPowerful communication techniquesHistory of persuasionDark persuasion skillsPsychology of manipulationCovert emotional manipulation techniquesDeception Dark psychology techniques and applicationsDark seduction techniquesWays that you can predict other’s mindsIf you get caught...And more!Psychology plays an important role in everyday life, including how we process information, become influenced, or influence others and how we make decisions.It is a study that focuses on the mind and behavior, with many sub-groups or fields of research. In this audiobook, the focus is on dark psychology.Dark psychology is a study of a specific human condition that involves predator and prey behavior, the ability of humans to manipulate and victimize another living being, and how likely certain types of people are more susceptible to acting on these impulses than others. The study of dark psychology is an interesting and revealing field that uncovers how common it is for people to use tools of mind control and manipulation for their own gain, even at the risk of harming someone else.Look no ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John Fander. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/196782/bk_acx0_196782_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Betty Grable & Rita Hayworth: The Most Famous Pin-Up Models of World War II , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 131min
There are two reasons why I'm in show business, and I'm standing on both of them. (Betty Grable) "I've had a lot of unhappiness in my life - and a lot of happiness. Who doesn't?" (Rita Hayworth) No history of American pop culture in the 1940s would be complete without mention of Betty Grable, the most popular pinup girl of the World War II era. Grable possessed the outstanding fortune of not only having an ideal body, but of arriving at the most fortuitous time imaginable. The famous pin-up photo of her, taken by Frank Powolny, made her the highest-earning actress in Hollywood from 1943 to 1951. Indeed, it was not hyperbole that earned Grable the nickname of "the girl with the million dollar legs" - not only were her legs famously adored by American soldiers fighting overseas, they were actually insured to the tune of one million dollars. Grable was the banner actress for the era before the advent of Playboy and other publications designed to satisfy the lust of the heterosexual male, an era that objectified women, but in a more wholesome, less pornographic way, which was designed to reinforce all-American values. However, if Grable was, monetarily speaking, the most successful actress of the 1940s, there is a major gulf between her commercial success and the critical appraisal of her acting talents. Grable never won an Academy Award, and the swift demise of her Hollywood status testifies to her inability to sustain her career. Meanwhile, Rita Hayworth's life and career remain fascinating to both the general public and avid movie fans alike. Even people with just a casual interest in movies appreciate her performances in films such as Gilda (1946), The Lady from Shanghai (1947), and Salome (1953). ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kelly Rhodes. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/035401/bk_acx0_035401_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Vikings at Home and Abroad: The History of the Norsemen During the Viking Age , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 290min
Over the centuries, the West has become fascinated by the Vikings, one of the most mysterious and interesting European civilizations. In addition to being perceived as a remarkably unique culture among its European counterparts, what’s known and not known about the Vikings’ accomplishments has added an intriguing aura to the historical narrative. Were they fierce and fearsome warriors? Were they the first Europeans to visit North America? It seems some of the legends are true, and some are just that, legend. Like many civilizations of past millennia, the Vikings are remembered in popular culture more for the fantastical accounts of their history than for reality. The written records of the history of the Viking period, consisting mostly of Norse sagas, metaphoric poems called skalds and monastic chronicles, were written down well after the events they described and tended to be lurid accounts rife with hyperbole. Furthermore, the most scathing tales of Viking raids are contained in the histories of monastic communities which were targets of Norse rapacity. These chronicles speak of the heathen Viking depredations of monastic treasuries and the ferocious torture and killing of Christian monks. The colorful, bloody tales were certainly based on more than grains of truth, but they were also purposefully augmented to inject drama into history. Similarly Norse sagas written down in the post-Viking Age fixed what had hitherto been flexible oral tradition. They were often slanted to legitimize a clan or leader's authority by emphasizing an ancestor's bravery and skill in pillaging opponent's communities.However, the Vikings’ reputation for ferocious seaborne attacks along the coasts of Northern Europe is no exaggeration. It is true that the Norsemen, who traded extensively throughout Europe, often increased the profits obtained from their nautical ventures through plunder, acquiring precious metals and slaves. Of course, the Vikings were not the onl ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dan Gallagher. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/137636/bk_acx0_137636_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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WikiLeaks and the Age of Transparency , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 272min
The United States government is diligent - some might say to the point of obsession - in defending its borders against invaders, be they terrorists, natural disasters, or illegal immigrants. Now we are told a small, international band of renegades armed with nothing more than laptops presents the greatest threat to the US regime since the close of the Cold War. WikiLeaks' release of a massive trove of secret official documents has riled politicians from across the spectrum. The WikiLeaks organizers themselves "are going to have blood on their hands" (US Senator Joe Lieberman); it is the "9/11 of world diplomacy" (Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini); and they present "a clear and present danger to the national security of the United States" (US Congressman Peter King). Even noted free-speech advocate Floyd Abrams says that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange "may yet have much to answer for" and blames him for the certain defeat of federal shield-law legislation protecting journalists. Hyperbole, hysteria? Certainly. We heard much the same in 1971, when Daniel Ellsberg released the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times (ironically, Abrams was the Times' lawyer in that case). Welcome to the age of transparency. But political analyst and writer Micah Sifry argues that WikiLeaks is not the whole story; it is a symptom, an indicator of an ongoing generational and philosophical struggle between older, closed systems, and the new open culture of the Internet. "What is new," he writes, "is our ability to connect, individually and together, with greater ease than at any time in human history. As a result, information is flowing more freely into the public arena, powered by seemingly unstoppable networks of people all over the world cooperating to share vital data and prevent its suppression." Despite Assange's arrest, the publication of secret documents continues, and websites replicating WikiLeaks' activities have sprung ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Alan Schwartz. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/102897/bk_acx0_102897_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Parenting Out of Control: Anxious Parents in Uncertain Times , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 465min
They go by many names: helicopter parents, hovercrafts, PFHs (parents from hell). The news media is filled with stories of well-intentioned parents going to ridiculous extremes to remove all obstacles from their child’s path to greatness...or at least to an Ivy League school. From cradle to college, they remain intimately enmeshed in their children’s lives, stifling their development and creating infantilized, spoiled, immature adults unprepared to make the decisions necessary for the real world. Or so the story goes.Drawing on a wealth of eye-opening interviews with parents across the country, Margaret K. Nelson cuts through the stereotypes and hyperbole to examine the realities of what she terms “parenting out of control”. Situating this phenomenon within a broad sociological context, she finds several striking explanations for why today’s prosperous and well-educated parents are unable to set realistic boundaries when it comes to raising their children. Analyzing the goals and aspirations parents have for their children as well as the strategies they use to reach them, Nelson discovers fundamental differences among American parenting styles that expose class fault lines, both within the elite and between the elite and the middle and working classes.Nelson goes on to explore the new ways technology shapes modern parenting. From baby monitors to cell phones (often referred to as the world’s longest umbilical cord), to social networking sites, and even GPS devices, parents have more tools at their disposal than ever before to communicate with, supervise, and even spy on their children. These play important and often surprising roles in the phenomenon of parenting out of control. Yet the technologies parents choose, and those they refuse to use, often seem counterintuitive. Nelson shows that these choices make sense when viewed in the light of class expectations.Today’s parents are faced with unprecedented opportunities and dangers for their c ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jonathan Miele. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/232872/bk_acx0_232872_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Brimstone: An Apocalyptic End-Times Thriller (Kingdom of Darkness, Book 2) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 365min
And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound! (Revelation 8:13)Jesus warned that the Great Tribulation would be a time of unmatched tumult and human suffering. As Emilio and Mackenzie are finding out, the Messiah’s words were no hyperbole. They’ve survived the Seven Seal Judgements and the First Trumpet. But the coming wave of destruction foretold by the prophecies will bring about chaos they never could have imagined.Upon arriving back at the resistance compound in Kentucky, Emilio and Mackenzie discover a deep schism among the members. Multiple people are attempting to fill the power vacuum left by Hinkle’s death. If the group can’t work out their differences, they’ll never be able to stand against the Global Order.The Third Trumpet sounds, and a comet strikes the earth, which releases heavy toxins into the environment. Chemicals from the asteroid leach into the ground and poison the water supply. The group rushes to find a solution, but some of the members give up and head for the nearest OASIS city in Atlanta. Emperor Lucius Alexander promises distilled water and sustenance in exchange for the souls of those who will bow only to him.As if Emilio and Mackenzie didn’t have enough trouble already, they’re spotted by Global Order peacekeepers while on a mission to salvage materials for a lager water distillation system. If they manage to survive the firefight, more tribulation and turmoil await. They’ll need to be strong in body, mind, and spirit if they have any hope at all of surviving the coming catastrophe.As with all works by Mark Goodwin, this book contains no profanity and no embarrassing sex scenes. However, if you're offended by conservative principles and references to Scripture, this book might not be for you. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kevin Pierce. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/240072/bk_acx0_240072_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary: The 500 Words You Need to Know to Transform Your Vocabulary...and Your Life, Hörbuch, Digital, 468min
A Bigger Vocabulary = A Brighter Future Words. They're the foundation of nearly everything of value in our world. They have the power to create and the power to destroy. The power to inspire and to terrify. The power to enlighten and also to obscure. And, more specifically for you, they have the power to attract wealth and success and guarantee your brighter future. This is not hyperbole - it is based on rock-solid research. Studies show that those people with large vocabularies are smarter, wealthier, and happier than the average person - and substantially so. And here's the best news of all: a large vocabulary is not tied to your social status, your genes, or even your education level. It is a skill that can be learned - and it takes only 30 days. In this cutting-edge program, 30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary, personal development expert and English enthusiast Dan Strutzel will instruct, enlighten, and inspire you with a concentrated 30-day program that will teach you over 500 words. But, more than teaching you these words, the uniquely designed morning and evening review sessions will ensure that these words become a habit-knit part of your life - and with minimal effort on your part. Best of all, research shows that learning new words has an exponential effect on the size of your vocabulary - since learning one word naturally produces an association between two to three more words. In short, after listening to and applying the system in this 30-day program, you will not only have a bigger vocabulary - you will have a brighter future! Here's just a sampling of what you'll learn: The 10 myths about building a dynamic vocabulary The secret behind the exponential effect of vocabulary building A 30-day program designed to maximize learning and comprehension of over 500 words The words you need to know about money and financial issues The words you need to Language: English. Narrator: Dan Strutzel. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/gdan/001685/bk_gdan_001685_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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