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    The Dangerous Edge of Things , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 569min
    Tai Randolph thinks inheriting a Confederate-themed gun shop is her biggest headache—until she finds a murdered corpse in her brother’s driveway. Even worse, her supposedly respectable brother begins behaving in decidedly non-innocent ways, like fleeing to the Bahamas and leaving her with both a homicide in her lap and the pointed suspicions of the Atlanta Police Department directed her way. Suddenly, she has to worry about clearing her own name, not just that of her wayward sibling.Complicating her search for answers is Trey Seaver, field agent for Phoenix, an exclusive corporate security firm hired to investigate the crime. Seaver is fearless, focused, and utterly impervious to bribes, threats, and clever deceptions. Still in recovery from the car accident that left him cognitively and emotionally damaged, Seaver has constructed a world of certainty and routine. He has powerful people to answer to, and the last thing he wants is an unpredictable stranger “detecting” on Phoenix turf.Tai’s inquiry leads her from the cold-eyed glamour of Atlanta’s adult-entertainment scene to the gilded treachery of Tuxedo Road. Potential suspects abound, including violent stalkers, vengeful sisters, and a paparazzo with a taste for meth. But it takes another murder—and threats to her own life—to make Tai realize that to solve this crime she has to trust the most dangerous man she’s ever met.A Poisoned Pen Press Mystery ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Renée Raudman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/004162/bk_blak_004162_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    What We Say and How We Say It Matter: Teacher Talk that Improves Student Learning and Behavior , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 327min
    We all want our students to feel safe, collaborate well with others, feel ownership for their learning, and be joyfully engaged in their work. Nevertheless, many teachers end up using language patterns that undermine these goals. Do any of these scenarios sound familiar? We want students to take responsibility for their learning, yet we use language that implies teacher ownership. We want to build positive relationships with students, yet we use sarcasm when we get frustrated. We want students to think learning is fun, yet we sometimes make comments that suggest the opposite. We want students to exhibit good behavior because it's the right thing to do, yet we rely on threats and bribes, which implies students don't naturally want to be good. What teachers say to students - when they praise or discipline, give directions or ask questions, and introduce concepts or share stories - affects student learning and behavior. A slight change in intonation can also dramatically change how language feels for students. In What We Say and How We Say It Matter, Mike Anderson digs into the nuances of language in the classroom. This audiobook's many examples will help teachers examine their language habits and intentionally improve their classroom practice so their language matches and supports their goals. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Peter Coates. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/167955/bk_acx0_167955_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Single Sashimi: Sushi Series, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 566min
    Drake Yu. Why would Drake call her after ... what, five years? Six?Venus heard in his voice that resonance that was almost a growl, that titanium-hard determination to get what he wanted. And he usually got what he wanted. The voice said: "I want you to work for me."Not this time... If it was a choice between Drake and McDonald's - she'd choose french fries. She'd never work for him again. It would take an act of God.Venus Chau is determined to start her own game development company and launch the next Super Mario-sized phenomenon. However, she needs an investor to back her idea. When Drake Yu, an old nemesis, approaches Venus with a contracting opportunity at his sister's startup, the offer to become chief technology officer tempts Venus to think the unthinkable.Venus would rather throw away her PS3 than work for Drake again...except Grandma bribes Venus to do this favor for Drake's wealthy family with a coveted introduction to the most respected investor in the game industry. It's also a short job - only a few months - so Venus won't have to stand Drake's presence for very long.But one wild youth group, a two-faced assistant, and Grandma's determined match-making threaten to make them both fail - or go insane. With the encouragement of her three cousins, Lex, Trish, and Jennifer, Venus discovers that even a wounded heart can undergo a beautiful transformation. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Staci Richey. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/zond/000510/bk_zond_000510_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Flat Earth News , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1064min
    When award-winning journalist Nick Davies decided to break Fleet Street's unwritten rule by investigating his own colleagues, he found that the business of reporting the truth had been slowly subverted by the mass production of ignorance. Working with a network of off-the-record sources, Davies uncovered the story of the prestigious "Sunday" newspaper which allowed the CIA and MI6 to plant fiction in its columns; the newsroom which routinely rejects stories about black people; the respected paper that hired a professional fraudster to set up a front company to entrap senior political figures; the newspapers which support law and order while paying cash bribes to bent detectives. Davies names and exposes the national stories which turn out to be pseudo events manufactured by the PR industry, and the global news stories which prove to be fiction generated by a new machinery of international propaganda. He shows the effect of this on a world where consumers believe a mass of stories which, in truth, are as false as the idea that the Earth is flat - from the millennium bug to the WMD in Iraq - tainting government policy, perverting popular belief. With the help of researchers from Cardiff University, who ran a ground-breaking analysis of our daily news, Davies found most reporters, most of the time, are not allowed to dig up stories or check their facts - a profession corrupted at the core. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Steven Crossley. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/howe/000424/bk_howe_000424_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Halliburton's Army: How a Well-Connected Texas Oil Company Revolutionized the Way America Makes War , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 783min
    Halliburtons Army is the first book to show, in shocking detail, how Halliburton really does business in Iraq and around the world. From its vital role as the logistical backbone of the U.S. occupation in Iraq to its role in covering up gang-rape amongst its personnel in Baghdad, Halliburtons Army is a devastating bestiary of corporate malfeasance and political cronyism. Pratap Chatterjeeone of the worlds leading authorities on corporate crime, fraud, and corruption shows how Halliburton won and then lost its contracts in Iraq, what Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld did for it, and who the company paid off in the U.S. Congress. He brings us inside the Pentagon meetings, where Cheney and Rumsfeld made the decision to send Halliburton to Iraqas well as many other hot-spots, including Somalia, Yugoslavia, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Guantnamo Bay, and, most recently, New Orleans. He travels to Dubai, where Halliburton has recently moved its headquarters, and exposes the companys freewheeling ways: executives leading the high life, bribes, graft, skimming, offshore subsidiaries, and the whole arsenal of fraud. Finally, Chatterjee reveals the human costs of the privatization of American military affairs, which is sustained almost entirely by low-paid unskilled Third World workers who work in incredibly dangerous conditions without any labor protection. Halliburtons Armyis a hair-raising expos of one of the worlds most lethal corporations, essential reading for anyone concerned about the nexus of private companies, government, and war. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ray Childs. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/001455/bk_adbl_001455_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Positive Parenting Solutions 2-in-1 Books: Easy Newborn Care Tips & Toddler Discipline Tips: The Official Parents Guide to Raising Your Spirited Child , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 483min
    Do you have any child from newborn to age five? If yes, this box set is probably one of the most important resources that you have known. Keep reading, and you will discover why...The Positive Parenting Solutions box set is your step-by-step road map to tackle your biggest concerns about parenting at their roots, from caring for your newborn baby to ensuring you solve parenting problems, once and for all.Inside this bundle, you will discover:Ways to understand your child’s behavior (since a newborn) and respond correctly and also about decoding nonverbal communicationA complete step-by-step guide to breastfeeding and bottle feeding and its benefits for you and your newborn babyA goldmine of healthy habits during your child’s early developmentHealthy bedtime routine which will benefit your child from a young age, helping them (and the other members of your family, too) to get more sleep at night!The secret to getting your child to want to behave well by using the tools for calming down that you give them, without bribes or punishmentsSteps to use your mind to stay calm and cool the next time your child has a freak-out or doesn’t listenThings to do and say to help your child calm down fast the next time they fly off the handleA simple connection strategy to stop defiance, outbursts, and other challenging behaviors from popping up in the first placeSteps to turn your child’s struggles into superpower.And much more...Discover how raising your spirited child could be more easier. Listen to the audiobook now.  ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Carol Grace Anderson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/175110/bk_acx0_175110_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Rangda's Shenanigans: Divine Space Gods, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 212min
    When the Divine Plan is stupid, humanity’s future is at stake. Due to an unfortunate calendar mistake, the Divine Plan faces a hiccup. Instead of giving birth to the Chosen One, the Martian Rebel Keila Eisenstein unleashes the evil Space Demon Rangda Kaliankan and her army of man-eating Xenos upon humankind. “Fortunately”, The True Maker, the supreme deity of the Milky Way Galaxy, has a plan for dealing with the new threat. To convince Keila’s ex Metatron to find a surrogate mother for his and Keila’s unborn embryo, so the Chosen One can be born and sort out the mess that the True Maker caused. Six months later, Sabina is born. Meanwhile, the new German leader, Hilda Muller, realises how to save Earth from the Xeno invasion. Since the Germans haven’t won a war in a millennium, she bribes the Xeno invaders with copious quantities of German beer, which saves Earth. Because of Hilda’s grand plan, she is promoted to planetary leader. Having failed to invade Earth, Rangda comes up with a new plan. She allies with the Martian Madman Melchior Dorevitch and his cannibal army. Together they defeat Rangda’s ancient enemies the Zetans. After this, Rangda, and Melchior begins an odyssey around the Milky Way looking for the magical plot devices, the Zeto Crystals. Eventually, Rangda has all the Zeto Crystals, and Sabina, as the Chosen One, has to face Rangda. But there is an issue...Sabina hasn’t trained and doesn’t seem very keen to carry out the Divine Plan. In the end, only a miracle can save us! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Elaine Hidayat. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/175029/bk_acx0_175029_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    KOP , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 574min
    Juno is a dirty cop with a difficult past and an uncertain future. When his family and thousands of others emigrated to the colony world of Lagarto, they were promised a bright future on a planet with a booming economy. But before the colonists arrived, everything changed. An opportunistic Earth-based company developed a way to produce a cheaper version of Lagarto’s main export, thus effectively paupering the planet and all its inhabitants. Growing up on post-boom Lagarto, Juno is but one of the many who live in despair. Once he was a young cop in the police department of the capital city of Koba. That was before he started taking bribes from Koba’s powerful organized crime syndicate. Yet despite his past sins, some small part of him has not given up hope. So he risks his life, his marriage and his job to expose a cabal that would enslave the planet for its own profit. But he's got more pressing problems, when he's confronted with a dead man, a short-list of leads, and the obligatory question: who done it? Set up for a fall, partnered with a beautiful young woman whose main job is to betray him, and caught in a squeeze between the police chief and the crooked mayor, Juno is a compelling, sympathetic hero on a world that has no heroes. An exciting science fiction adventure and a dark, gritty noir thriller told in taut, powerful prose, Kop is a remarkable debut novel. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Marc Vietor. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/003682/bk_adbl_003682_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Carrion: Black Swan, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 372min
    When the rule of law fails, dishonest politicians get even dirtier. Shane and Julianna can’t compete with the debased dictators of Jackson County unless they are willing to bend a few rules of their own.Shane Black escaped the city by the skin of his teeth. But his well-stocked mountain retreat is now the target of a local despot who gained his power through bribes, payoffs, and shady politics. Mayor Hayes had few scruples before the collapse. Now that he’s the only law around, he’s down-right ornery.Road trips are always a bad idea in the apocalypse. But sometimes, it’s the only option.Shane’s group spent a massive amount of resources battling it out with the corrupt local government. Without fuel to keep security patrols running, everything they fought for will be lost. Shane must head up a caravan in search of the vital commodity to keep the town alive. The trip promises peril at every turn, but if they don’t go, everyone is dead anyway.The new world is fertile ground for old feelings.Julianna and Shane are forced to work together closely. Will her heart soften toward him, or will she hang on to her grudge? Being so near to her yet feeling pushed so far away proves to be a thorn of constant sorrow for Shane. Despite his heartache, he mustn’t allow it to distract him from the mission at hand.Don’t miss this heart-stopping tale of the coming currency collapse! Start listening today and get a glimpse of the dark future in store for America.As with all books by Mark Goodwin, this audiobook contains no profanity and no embarrassing sex scenes. However, if you're offended by conservative principles and references to Scripture, this audiobook might not be for you. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kevin Pierce. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/166047/bk_acx0_166047_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 742min
    The New York Times best seller, updated and expanded, featuring 15 explosive new chapters. The previous edition of this now-classic book revealed the existence and subversive manipulations of "economic hit men". John Perkins wrote that economic hit men (EHM) "are highly paid professionals who cheat countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars. Their tools include fraudulent financial reports, rigged elections, payoffs, extortion, sex, and murder". In Perkins' case, the tool was debt - convincing strategically important countries to borrow huge amounts of money for enormous "development" projects that served the very rich while driving the country deeper into poverty and debt. And once indebted, these countries could be controlled. In this latest edition, Perkins provides revealing new details about how he and others did their work. But, more importantly, in an explosive new section, he describes how the EHM tools are being used around the world more widely than ever - even in the United States. The cancer has metastasized, yet most people still aren't aware of it. Fear and debt drive the EHM system. We are hammered with messages that terrify us into believing that we must pay any price, assume any debt, to stop the enemies who, we are told, lurk at our doorsteps. The EHM system - employing false economics, bribes, surveillance, deception, debt, coups, assassinations, and unbridled military power - has become the dominant system of economics, government, and society today. It has created what Perkins calls a "death economy". But Perkins offers hope: He concludes with dozens of specific, concrete suggestions for actions all of us can take to wrest control of our world away from the economic hit men and help give birth to a life economy. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tom Taylorson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/008341/bk_blak_008341_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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