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If You Were Mine , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 456min

Theo MacLeod wasn't supposed to be the one. Tall, dark and handsome suits me just fine, but the cocky grin, know-it-all attitude, and mammoth ego? No thanks. I only hired him so I wouldn't have to sit at the singles table again. It was just pretend. He wasn't supposed to kiss me. My heart wasn't supposed to pound. We weren't supposed to spend the night together - the hottest night of my life. One night turns into a snowed-in weekend away, and even the blizzard of the century can't cool the fire between us. I can't get enough - of his smile, of his body, of the way he makes me feel. We're nothing alike. He's a daredevil, and I'm a nervous Nellie. He's a drifter, and I want to put down roots. He's an opportunist with a checkered past, and I'm a Girl Scout volunteer. But none of it matters when I'm in his arms. I know he's made mistakes. I know his wounds are deep, and he doesn't trust easily. I know he doesn't believe he could ever be enough to make me happy, but he could. All he has to do is stay. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Renee Givens, Rob Howard. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/030361/bk_adbl_030361_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Deine Wahl

Deine Wahl: Analoger Opportunist oder Progressiver Optimist?Der Wandel ist heute so schnell wie noch nie. Wir drohen an Überforderung durch neue Technologien und maßlose Informationsvielfalt kollektiv zu ersticken - und mit uns das, was wir einmal Gesellschaft nannten. Jene, die den Wandel vorantreiben, haben vor allem zweierlei im Sinn: Profit und Macht. Sie missbrauchen uns als Klickvieh und Datenlieferant, reduzieren uns auf ein Dasein als Human Ressource und Konsument.Dadurch gefährden sie unsere Demokratie, Vielfalt und heute schon die Menschheit als solche. So muss es nicht weitergehen, sagt Humanist und Unternehmer Christopher Peterka. Statt unser Streben nur noch auf seine Wirtschaftlichkeit abzustellen, plädiert er für einen radikal offenen Dialog über das Menschsein: Wer wollen wir sein? Wie wollen wir miteinander leben? Welchen Sinn soll unser Streben haben? Wir müssen diese fundamentalen Fragen neu verhandeln - sonst tun es andere. Ein Weckruf, der uns ermutigt, den Status quo in Frage zu stellen und als progressiver Optimist das System nachhaltig zu verändern.In deiner Audible-Bibliothek findest du für dieses Hörerlebnis eine PDF-Datei mit zusätzlichem Material.

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Legends of the Ancient World: The Life and Legacy of Pericles , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 74min

Future ages will wonder at us, as the present age wonders at us now. We do not need the praises of a Homer, or of anyone else whose words may delight us for the moment, but the estimation of facts will fall short of what is really true. - Pericles In conjunction with the founding of democracy, Athens ushered in the "Golden Age" of the Ancient Greeks. This saw the invention or mastery of everything from mathematics and engineering to philosophy and art. Among the Athenians, none were as influential as Pericles, the West's first great statesman. Leading Athens for upwards of 40 years between the Second Persian War and the Peloponnesian War, Pericles has become an idealized figure over the last millennia, but he was a polarizing figure among his contemporaries. According to some, he was an honest and upstanding politician, while for others he was the lowest kind of demagogue. They thought he was a political opportunist whose ability to wriggle free of criticism was best summed up by the typically pithy comment of his rival Thucydides (not to be confused by the famous historian of the same name, one of the main sources for Pericles's life). When asked who the better fighter was, Thucydides replied, "Pericles - even when he loses, he still convinces the Athenians he's won" ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jim D. Johnston. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/037199/bk_acx0_037199_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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History for Kids: The Illustrated Life of Julius Caesar , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 27min

In Charles River Editors' History for Kids series, your children can learn about history's most important people and events in an easy, entertaining, and educational way. The concise but comprehensive book will keep your kid's attention all the way to the end. Possibly the most important man of antiquity, and even all of history, was Julius Caesar. Alexander Hamilton, the famous American patriot, once remarked that "the greatest man who ever lived was Julius Caesar". Such a tribute, coming from one of the Founding Fathers of the quintessential modern democracy in reference to a man who destroyed the Roman Republic, is testament to the enduring mark that Caesar left upon the world. The ultimate conqueror, statesman, dictator, visionary, and opportunist, during his time in power Caesar expanded the borders of Rome to almost twice their previous size, revolutionized the infrastructure of the Roman state, and destroyed the Roman Republic for good, leaving a line of emperors in its place. His legacy is so strong that his name has become, in many languages, synonymous with power: the Emperors of Austria and Germany bore the title Kaiser, and the Czars of Russia also owe the etymology of their title to Caesar. His name also crept further eastward out of Europe, even cropping up in Hindi and Urdu, where the term for "emperor" is Kaiser. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tracey Norman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/094724/bk_acx0_094724_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Keeping Cool on the Campaign Trail: 101 of 'Silent' Cal's Insights on Voting, Campaigning, and Governing , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 150min

Calvin Coolidge is one of the most underrated presidents America ever had. Rather than reckon with his own words and on his own terms, however, it has become easier to caricature and dismiss him. The real record Coolidge achieved reveals a far more successful administrator, a principled constitutionalist, a much better leader than usually recognized, and a methodically independent - even non-conventional - thinker. The power of his ideas and practical experience over a lifetime in politics, holding nearly every office from city council to the White House, exemplifies not merely a great example of public service but also a stirring call to higher citizenship from each of us. As the 2016 elections approach, America needs the benefit of his many insights, the guidance of his solid grasp of human nature, and the strength of his moral example. This audiobook is not only for candidates and those who already hold office in the public trust, but also for voters to examine every campaign, test its participants. It's for those who want to see past the empty promises, campaign posturing, and good intentions so often masking the true from the false, the vapid from the substantive, and the opportunist from the statesman or woman. Calvin Coolidge, anything but "silent," has much to teach, if we are ready to learn. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Daniel L. Wright, Mary Jefford Wright, Emily Jefford. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/042094/bk_acx0_042094_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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How to Be a Capitalist Without Any Capital: The Four Rules You Must Break to Get Rich , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 408min

A rising business star shares brilliant insights and shortcuts to help you thrive as an entrepreneur - even if you don't have any money to start.You don't need to be university educated, have money, be creative, or even have an idea to get rich. You just need to be willing to break the rules.How to Be a Capitalist Without Any Capital will teach you how to be a modern opportunist - investor, entrepreneur or side hustler - by breaking these four golden rules of the old guard: Focus on one skill: wrong. Don't cultivate one great skill to get ahead. In today's business world, success goes to the multitaskers.Be unique: wrong. The way to get rich is not by launching a new idea but by aggressively copying others and then adding your own twist. Focus on one goal: wrong. Focus instead on creating a system to produce the outcome you want, not just once but over and over again. Appeal to the masses: wrong. The masses are broke ($4k average net worth in America?). Let others cut a trail through the jungle so you can peacefully walk in and capitalise on their hard work.By rejecting these defunct rules and following Nathan Latka's unconventional path, you can copy other people's ideas shamelessly, bootstrap a start-up with almost no funding, invest in small local businesses for huge payoffs and reap all the benefits. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Nathan Latka. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hodd/002142/bk_hodd_002142_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Gaslighting: Trauma by Fire (Personal Support Included): Toxic Others, Book 27 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 27min

When you are with a gaslighter, you are subjected to trauma by fire. Everything you do and every direction you turn, you are going to get burned. The gaslighter makes everything a "no win" situation. You are in a win-lose with the competitive gaslighter.The gaslighter doesn’t have a pro-social personality. He is not vying for his own cooperation with others. He is not seeking an intimate, vulnerable, and reciprocal relationship with others. The gaslighter doesn’t relate to the world around him in this way. The gaslighter is competitive. He is always in it to win it. He plays the world strategically, and he always looks for the upper advantage over someone else.The gaslighter may look like he is an affiliative and amiable person, at first. If you look closer, you will see what we mean in that he is competitive. He has high standards. He has high expectations. His worldview and his blueprint are much different from our own. He doesn’t value vulnerability and weakness and intimacy. He values his own traits and personality and ambiguous morals.The gaslighter doesn’t march to the drum of other people in society. He marches to the beat of his own drum. He is an opportunist, and he is always on the lookout for opportunity. He sold you on the fantasy that he was pitching, but all gaslighters pitch the same fantasy to their women. All gaslighters mirror back some magical world in which only they exist.Buy the audiobook to find out more! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mike Davis. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/180729/bk_acx0_180729_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The O.D.C.: The Online Death Cult: Book Two of the New Reform Quartet , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 641min

Denise is a sexual psychopath. Made in America, and finished in England. Bob is bored and wants to be a world-renowned performance artist. What Bob wants, Bob gets. Brandon is is a dancer with a photographic memory for dance moves, and he craves fame and celebrity status. Alan is an opportunist and fixer. The Online Death Cult is open to new recruits.Jim Lowe's The ODC is a complex, satirical, and action-packed political thriller that explores a cult that has emerged to challenge the far-right New Reform party and their Workfare Not Welfare program. It follows the formation of the cult through to its deadly conclusion.Author Jim Lowe delivers a gripping political thriller - one that finds two troubled teenagers unwittingly pulled into an international terrorist plot. Tatum is the only girl in a family under the firm grip of her father Donald O’Neill, an arms dealer with links to the Ulster Freedom Fighters. Her four older brothers, as well as working for the family business, are football hooligans with Neo-Nazi connections. She learns to fight and shoot to survive and thrive until she is recruited by a political organisation that requires her unique talents.Jack Gardner has had a troubled upbringing that has given him an array of personality disorders. He falls under the spell of an old school friend, Tony Spicer, who may not have the best of intentions by befriending Jack. Tony works for a new political organisation called New Reform, which will take any action necessary to win power in the UK. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jim Lowe. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/184473/bk_acx0_184473_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Prize: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 554min

What do we prize most? Are integrity and ambition mutually exclusive as we seek a place in the world? How do we ultimately value a piece of art - or a life? These are the questions at the core of the evocative new novel by best-selling author Jill Bialosky. Edward Darby has everything a man could hope for: meaningful work, a loving wife, and a beloved daughter. With a rising career as a partner at an esteemed gallery, he strives not to let ambition, money, power, and his dark past corrode the sanctuary of his domestic and private life. Influenced by his father, a brilliant Romantics scholar, Edward has always been more of a purist than an opportunist. But when a celebrated artist controlled by her insecurities betrays him - and another very different artist awakens his heart and stirs up secrets from his past - Edward will find himself unmoored from his marriage, his work, and the memory of his beloved father. And when the finalists of an important prize are announced, creating desperate maneuvering among artists seeking validation, Edward soon learns that betrayal comes in many forms, and he may be hurtling toward an act that challenges his own notions about what comprises a life worth living. A compelling odyssey of a man unhinged by his ideals, The Prize is also an unflinching portrait of a marriage struggling against the corroding tide of time and the proximity to the treacherous fault line between art and money. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tom Taylorson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/007974/bk_blak_007974_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Saturday Night Supper Club , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 596min

Denver chef Rachel Bishop has accomplished everything she's dreamed and some things she never dared hope, like winning a James Beard Award and heading up her own fine-dining restaurant. But when a targeted smear campaign causes her to be pushed out of the business by her partners, she vows to do whatever it takes to get her life back...even if that means joining forces with the man who inadvertently set the disaster in motion. Essayist Alex Kanin never imagined his pointed editorial would go viral. Ironically, his attempt to highlight the pitfalls of online criticism has the opposite effect: it revives his own flagging career by destroying that of a perfect stranger. Plagued by guilt-fueled writer's block, Alex vows to do whatever he can to repair the damage. He just doesn't expect his interest in the beautiful chef to turn personal. Alex agrees to help rebuild Rachel's tarnished image by offering his connections and his home to host an exclusive pop-up dinner party targeted to Denver's most influential citizens: the Saturday Night Supper Club. As they work together to make the project a success, Rachel begins to realize Alex is not the unfeeling opportunist she once thought he was, and that perhaps there's life - and love - outside the pressure-cooker of her chosen career. But can she give up her lifelong goals without losing her identity as well? PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Teri Schnaubelt. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/oasi/001737/bk_oasi_001737_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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