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The Conspiracy against the Human Race

In Thomas Ligotti's first nonfiction outing, an examination of the meaning (or meaninglessness) of life through an insightful, unsparing argument that proves the greatest horrors are not the products of our imagination but instead are found in reality. "There is a signature motif discernible in both works of philosophical pessimism and supernatural horror. It may be stated thus: Behind the scenes of life lurks something pernicious that makes a nightmare of our world." His fiction is known to be some of the most terrifying in the genre of supernatural horror, but Thomas Ligotti's first nonfiction book may be even scarier. Drawing on philosophy, literature, neuroscience, and other fields of study, Ligotti takes the penetrating lens of his imagination and turns it on his audience, causing them to grapple with the brutal reality that they are living a meaningless nightmare, and anyone who feels otherwise is simply acting out an optimistic fallacy. At once a guidebook to pessimistic thought and a relentless critique of humanity's employment of self-deception to cope with the pervasive suffering of their existence, The Conspiracy against the Human Race may just convince readers that there is more than a measure of truth in the despairing yet unexpectedly liberating negativity that is widely considered a hallmark of Ligotti's work.

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The Conspiracy against the Human Race (eBook, ePUB)

In Thomas Ligotti's first nonfiction outing, an examination of the meaning (or meaninglessness) of life through an insightful, unsparing argument that proves the greatest horrors are not the products of our imagination but instead are found in reality. "There is a signature motif discernible in both works of philosophical pessimism and supernatural horror. It may be stated thus: Behind the scenes of life lurks something pernicious that makes a nightmare of our world." His fiction is known to be some of the most terrifying in the genre of supernatural horror, but Thomas Ligotti's first nonfiction book may be even scarier. Drawing on philosophy, literature, neuroscience, and other fields of study, Ligotti takes the penetrating lens of his imagination and turns it on his audience, causing them to grapple with the brutal reality that they are living a meaningless nightmare, and anyone who feels otherwise is simply acting out an optimistic fallacy. At once a guidebook to pessimistic thought and a relentless critique of humanity's employment of self-deception to cope with the pervasive suffering of their existence, The Conspiracy against the Human Race may just convince readers that there is more than a measure of truth in the despairing yet unexpectedly liberating negativity that is widely considered a hallmark of Ligotti's work.

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David Bowie's Diamond Dogs

After his breakthrough with Ziggy Stardust and before his U.S. pop hits "Fame" and "Golden Years" David Bowie produced a dark and difficult concept album set in a post-apocalyptic "Hunger City" populated by post-human "mutants." Diamond Dogs includes the great glam anthem "Rebel Rebel" and utterly unique songs that combine lush romantic piano and nearly operatic singing with scratching, grungy guitars, creepy, insidious noises, and dark, pessimistic lyrics that reflect the album's origins in a projected Broadway musical version of Orwell's 1984 and Bowie's formative encounter with William S. Burroughs.In this book Glenn Hendler shows that each song on Diamond Dogs shifts the ground under you as you listen, not just by changing in musical style, but by being sung by a different "I" who directly addresses a different "you." Diamond Dogs is the product of a performer at the peak of his powers but uncomfortable with the rock star role he had constructed. All of the album's influences looked to Bowie like ways of escaping not just the Ziggy role, but also the constraints of race, gender, sexuality, and nationality. These are just some of the reasons many Bowie fans rate Diamond Dogs his richest and most important album of the 1970s.

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Difficult People: Understanding & Dealing with Difficult People, Bullying & Emotional Abuse at Home & in the Workplace , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 46min

Do you want feel empowered and in a position of control when dealing with the difficult people in your life? Are there people in your life that you're finding difficult to deal with? Perhaps a bullying boss or an overbearing colleague at work? A "friend" who somehow seems to have a way of bringing you down every time you see him? A family member who constantly oversteps the mark? A neighbor who seems intent on making your life miserable? Whatever the case, this book has will help you first understand these individuals, and then, perhaps more importantly, will guide you in exactly how to deal with them. Difficult people can make our lives a living hell, but by understanding them and then following a few simple guidelines we can take back control and empower ourselves when communicating with these individuals. Whether the difficult people in your life are arrogant, overly-critical, haughty, bullying, bossy, negative, whiners, complainers, overly-"nice", show offs, bitchy, pessimistic, passive-aggressive or simply downright difficult, this book has the answers you're looking for! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lesley Ann Fogle. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/067918/bk_acx0_067918_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Last Man , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1353min

The Last Man is Mary Shelley's apocalyptic fantasy of the end of human civilisation. Set in the late twenty-first century, the novel unfolds a sombre and pessimistic vision of mankind confronting inevitable destruction. Interwoven with her futuristic theme, Mary Shelley incorporates idealised portraits of Shelley and Byron, yet rejects Romanticism and its faith in art and nature. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851) was the only daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft, author of Vindication of the Rights of Woman, and the radical philosopher William Godwin. Her mother died ten days after her birth and the young child was educated through contact with her father's intellectual circle and her own reading. She met Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1812; they eloped in July 1814. In the summer of 1816 she began her first and most famous novel, Frankenstein. Three of her children died in early infancy and in 1822 her husband was drowned. Mary returned to England with her surviving son and wrote novels, short stories and accounts of her travels; she was the first editor of P.B.Shelley's poetry and verse. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Barnaby Edwards. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/012036/bk_adbl_012036_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Candidate's 7 Deadly Sins: Using Emotional Optics to Turn Political Vices Into Virtues , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 504min

If you ask candidates and campaign strategists for the keys to a successful campaign, they say logistics like fundraising, poll numbers, and grassroots. These answers aren’t wrong, but they overlook an equally important ingredient to victory: making an emotional connection with voters. If voters don’t connect with you, they won’t vote for you. Our brains are hardwired to bond with others through stories and nonverbal cues. Yet, when many candidates hit the campaign trail, they too often emphasize data and policy, which leaves voters unmoved.In The Candidate’s 7 Deadly Sins, Dr. Peter A. Wish teaches tested strategies that gain candidates the critical advantage over their opponents. He outlines the sins to avoid - being pessimistic, canned, tentative, reactive, cerebral, partisan, and arrogant - and provides a road map for turning each sin into a winning virtue. Dr. Wish draws on past and current case studies of political winners and losers, cutting-edge neuroscience, and his experience working with candidates and campaign teams. Wish found that candidates who connect emotionally with voters don’t just win their hearts and minds - they win elections. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lee Jagow. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/194927/bk_acx0_194927_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Ride of Our Lives: Roadside Lessons of an American Family, Hörbuch, Digital, 289min

Mike Leonard is a lucky man. It's not everyone who gets parents like Jack and Marge. At 87, Jack is a pathological optimist with an inexhaustible gift of gab. Marge, Jack's bride of 60 years, though cut from the same rough bolt of Irish immigrant cloth, is his polar opposite, pessimistic and proud of it. What was their son, Mike, thinking when he took a sabbatical from his job with NBC News so he could pile these two world-class originals along with three of his grown kids and a daughter-in-law into a pair of rented RVs and hit the road for a month? Mike was thinking that he wanted to give his parents the ultimate family reunion. And so, one February morning, three generations of Leonards set out on their journey under the dazzling Arizona sky. Thirty minutes later, one of the humongous recreational vehicles has an unplanned meeting with a concrete island at a convenience store. Thus begins the adventure of a lifetime, and an absolute gem of a book. Language: English. Narrator: Mike Leonard. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/000813/bk_rand_000813_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Changing Times: Hidden Mountain, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 659min

Return to Hidden Mountain.... Lorelei Stewart has always accepted her role as the town tramp's daughter and has earned her fast and loose reputation. She's a hard woman who pays her way and asks for nothing, but times change. Pregnant and overburdened with responsibility, she's given up on men and has a plan to provide her baby with what she never had as a child; a decent home and a loving mother. The old bootlegger, Rollie Roper, needs a caretaker and has room for Lorelei and her coming child; a fair exchange. Everything's almost perfect until Rollie's long lost nephew, Cob Thornton, turns up with money and plans of his own and those plans don't include the woman living in his house, yet something about Lorelei fascinates him. He begins to see past the cold armor she wears to protect herself from pain and finds a vulnerable and loving woman within. Now all he has to do, with a little help from old and new friends, is convince the pessimistic Lorelei that sometimes, changing times can be a blessing in disguise. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Leah Frederick. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/048494/bk_acx0_048494_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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200 Powerful Positive Affirmations and 6 Simple Tips to Put Them to Work , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 60min

This audiobook contains more than 200 uplifting affirmations to replace the automatic negative thoughts most people's days are full of. This collection includes author Andy Grant's personal favorites - the ones that helped him overcome years of pessimistic thinking, depression, and suicidal thoughts. The affirmations are broken down into six categories for easy reference and this audiobook version gives you time to repeat each affirmation. All-purpose affirmations Abundance/Wealth affirmations Career/Success affirmations Growth/Spirituality affirmations Health/Wellbeing affirmations Relationship/Love (self and others) affirmations Beyond a collection of positive affirmations, this book shares six easy-to-apply tips that Andy used in his personal turnaround, including freestyling, rituals and many suggestions for creating time for your affirmations. Plus there are super chargers such as the power of "I am" and mirror work. Do not underestimate the power of working with affirmations. This book shows how to get the most from your affirmation work, how to make it fun and maintain it as a lifelong supportive habit. Enjoy! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Andy Grant. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/067783/bk_acx0_067783_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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100 Quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer: Great Philosophers and Their Inspiring Thoughts, Hörbuch, Digital, 34min

Schopenhauer: here's when great philosophy can be somber, pessimistic, even brutal, and still resonate with a sarcastic laugh. He was among the first to contend that the universe is essentially not a rational place; in his most famous work, The World as Will and Representation, he argues that the individuals of a species do not have as much free will as is ordinarily thought, as the only Will that matters is that of the species, which is to reproduce and carry on. Schopenhauer is very well-known for his radical stance on women, aesthetics, and rhetoric; he is the author of The Art of Being Right, a playful manual designed to utterly crush one's opponent in verbal battle, and of the Metaphysics of the Love of the Sexes, a hilarious application of the theories developed in the World as Will and Representation. We have selected for you 100 of the most powerful quotes written by this somber and playful figure, for you to enjoy his scathing style, profound wisdom, and near-Eastern philosophy. Language: English. Narrator: Jonathan Waite. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/cids/000562/bk_cids_000562_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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