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A Dreamer's Tales : A Fantasy Collection by the Man Who Invented the Genre , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 267min

Lord Dunsany was the most influential writer in the genre that came to be known as fantasy, which his stories set trends for that continue to this day.Before him, the closest thing to fantasy that existed was folktales; after him, people built worlds beyond imagining and epic stories in the lands he first explored.He was an influence on Tolkien, Lovecraft, Gaiman, Borges, Clarke, Moorcock, Yeats, Le Guin, and many more besides. Worlds of monsters and magic, of strange names and stranger tales, were all born in Dunsany’s work.Contained herein are tales of mysteries and monsters, deserted cities and dangerous dreams, of war between the gods and men who are not all they seem.Listen on and luxuriate in this collection of find sixteen stories from the first and greatest master of the fantasy genre. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Chirag Patel. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/191527/bk_acx0_191527_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Mishkât Al-Anwar (The Niche for Lights): The Classic Work of Sufi Mystical Thinking , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 268min

The classic work of Sufi mystical thinking is from 1100CE, available in audiobook for the first time. It is also known as A Niche of Lamps.In the middle ages, Sufi scholars reconciled rationality and faith, both of which were ascendant in the empires of the time. This is one of the great philosophical and theological works from that period, and shows another side to Islam than the doctrinaire version that is more commonly spoken of.Al-Ghazali is often called "the proof of Islam" (hujjat al-islam), because he tried to bridge inquiry, legislation, and mystical practice. One could call al-Ghazali the prototype Muslim intellectual. This translation was done in 1823 by WHT Gairdner, who also includes a commentary upon the ideas that Al-Ghazzali presents.The Niche for Lights, written near the end of his life, is about the need for balance between the authority of the divine and reason, seeing both as essential to real spiritual development. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Chirag Patel. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/189767/bk_acx0_189767_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Gods of Pegana: The First Ever Modern Fantasy Collection (The Original Masters of Modern Dark Fantasy, Book 1) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 126min

In today's world, mythical bestiaries are fairly common. In the middle ages, they told of fantastic monsters and beasts that roamed the edge of the world, and today they are creations of whole other worlds, peopled by strange gods and stranger people. The Gods of Pegana was the book that marked the transition from imaginary creatures in the real world to the gods of imaginary world. Lord Dunsany was the most influential writer in the genre that came to be known as fantasy, of which his stories set trends for that continue to this day. He was an influence on Tolkien, Lovecraft, Gaiman, Borges, Clarke, Moorcock, Yeats, Le Guin, and many more besides. Worlds of monsters and magic, of strange names and stranger tales, were all born in Dunsany’s work. Before him, the closest thing to fantasy that existed was folktales; after him, people built worlds beyond imagining and epic stories in the lands he first explored. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Chirag Patel. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/197538/bk_acx0_197538_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Tales of Wonder: Dark Fantasy Stories from the Victorian Era , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 306min

Written in the dark days of World War I, join Lord Dunsany as he spreads the dreams that we cannot leave to die. Dunsany was the most influential writer in the genre that came to be known as fantasy, which his stories set trends for that continue to this day.Come along for a dream of a mystical London, bawdy jokes that offend ghosts, swapping sins in Paris, and the strange tale of why the milkman shudders as he perceives the dawn. In this collection of 20 stories, you’ll find adventures at sea and the edge of the world, of Ali Baba come to the industrial hills of the Black Country, and take flight with strange gnome-brewed wines. Dunsany was an influence on Tolkien, Lovecraft, Gaiman, Borges, Clarke, Moorcock, Yeats, Le Guin, and many more besides. Worlds of monsters and magic, of strange names and stranger tales, were all born in Dunsany’s work. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Chirag Patel. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/204512/bk_acx0_204512_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Growth: Lessons in Gardening in Tough Environments from the Eastern Cape, South Africa , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 120min

A broad ranging how-to guide through permaculture gardening and community development, featuring: Articles about gardening in rough environments Anecdotes about using the garden in school "If ever a mortal heard the word of God, it would be in a garden at the close of day.” I first read that quote in Civ.Over the years, I’ve learned more and more about the natural world. In many ways, it was a natural outgrowth of both my philosophical approach and my inclination for teaching. It's a matter of a development orientation, which comes down to watching, experimenting, and learning. Gardening, as presented here, is more than just growing things; it’s teaching and learning in the most practical and natural possible way. It’s called natural science for a reason.Collected herein are a series of gardening columns (written for the local newspaper), tips on companion planting and permaculture, and short stories of our in-school gardening projects that’ll give you a rounded idea of how to operate your garden as a space for growing, whether that’s veggies and wildlife or confidence and education. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Chirag Patel. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/122436/bk_acx0_122436_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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People: Management, Law, and Politics , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 318min

One thing that no one tells you about being a writer is just how much business stuff you have to learn. In retrospect, it makes sense. Modern corporations provide the equivalent of patronage, allowing artists of all stripes to practice their craft with stuff that’s both limited and challenging. Inevitably, what people will pay for producing is stuff directly relevant to their interests, and so over the years I’ve produced a lot of documents over time about management, law, and politics. Some were explanations and guides, some were for courses I took; all were at once fascinating and difficult to engage with properly.Chapters include:What Is English Law, and Who Chooses Its Shape?How the Criminal Justice System Works and How It Could Be ImprovedTheories of Crime CausationThe Moral and Economic Implications Involved in the Occupy Wall Street MovementLegal & Ethical Errata Can Competency Be Measured?Management StylesThe Impact of the Digital Revolution on Consumer BehaviorAnti-Communism and Anti-Nazism in Warner Brothers’ ProductionsHow-to Guides and Short ArticlesQ&A on People, Life, Philosophy, Theology, and More ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Chirag Patel. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/139082/bk_acx0_139082_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Zen Buddhism and Its Relation to Art & The Poet Li Po A.D. 701-762: Ancient Wisdom in Modern English, Book 8 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 123min

Two books by Arthur Waley (1889-1966), the greatest translator of Chinese poetry. Arthur Waley was one of the first great Orientalists, bringing translations and commentaries from China and Japan to the West. This volume combines two of his books.The first book investigates how Zen Buddhism evolved to produce the kinds of artwork that it does and how the artistic practice is also a spiritual practice. Zen Buddhism can often be confusing to the outsider. This book explores the evolution of Zen, from its origins and early masters through to its influence in the modern world on art and literature.This second part contains a selection of poems by China's greatest poet Li Po, of whom it was said:"Li Po’s style is swift, yet never careless; lively, yet never informal. But his intellectual outlook was low and sordid. In nine poems out of 10, he deals with nothing but wine or women.""The world acclaims Li Po as its master poet. I grant that his works show unparalleled talent and originality, but not one in 10 contains any moral reflection or deeper meaning." This audiobook contains Li Po's poems taken from manuscripts around his time, and over the centuries, as he became recognized as one of China's great poets. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Chirag Patel. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/204718/bk_acx0_204718_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Cloud of Unknowing: The Classic of Christian Mystical Wisdom, Rendered in Modern English , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 308min

In the middle ages, Christianity shared much with Buddhism and other Eastern philosophies. Listen on to learn how Christian mystics came to the same conclusions as those from very different faiths. This edition has been adapted from the 1923 version into modern English to make the ideas more accessible to today's listener. The Cloud of Unknowing distills a complex mystical epistemology and discipline into engagingly understandable prose. A work of Christian mysticism written in Middle English in the latter half of the 14th century, The Cloud of Unknowing is a work of Christian mysticism written in Middle English in the latter half of the 14th century. It is a spiritual guide, which focuses on using contemplative prayer to know God by abandoning consideration of God's particular activities and attributes, and having the courage to surrender your mind and ego to the realm of "unknowing", at which point one may begin to glimpse the nature of God. The book counsels the young student to seek God, not through knowledge and intellect, but through intense contemplation, motivated by love, and stripped of all thought. This is brought about by putting all thoughts and desires under a "cloud of forgetting," and thereby piercing God's cloud of unknowing with a "dart of longing love" from the heart. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Chirag Patel. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/201693/bk_acx0_201693_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Book of Wonder , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 177min

Lord Dunsany was the fantasy writer's fantasy writer. From Tolkein to Gaiman, from Le Guin to Moorcock, his heroes and strange situations inspired an entire genre of modern dark fantasy. Come now to discover the secrets of strange islands, the fate of thieves who dare to steal from gods, encounters with the Sphinx and the Dragon of Romance in suburbia, and the desperate quest to make a Queen cry. Along the way, you'll meet characters like the centaur that traveled from one edge of the world to another, and monsters that sit on their hoard of rubies, or giant diamonds, or even on treasures beyond value, waiting for daring and foolish adventurers. Also includes the first adventure of the magnificent Captain Shard. The Book of Wonder is one of the most important books in the lineage of fantasy fiction. It introduced themes that Lord Dunsany worked with for the rest of his career, which created tropes that you'll recognize as if you've read and loved this book many times before. Book editions include illustrations by Sidney Syme, Lord Dunsany's artist.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: Chirag Patel. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/200733/bk_acx0_200733_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Steps , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 454min

Storms, hurricanes, and earthquakes everywhere, a savior appears, preaching of end times: rapture, damnation, Earth entering some supposed invisible force field he calls the "Photon Belt". Some say he's Jesus or Buddha, or some new master of light. Palo Alto software technician Egbert Benson sees he's a fake, cashing in on those weird calamities. Yet he has some mysterious power over dreams, and every day the world falls more into chaos.Egbert's coworker Jody is condemned by this new "Master", conveyed personally through dreams. Egbert hadn't much liked her, but with the end of times at their door, he feels love awakening.At the steps to the door of his technical firm in Palo Alto, California, Egbert finds a voice and a way for battling this dark Master through the unlikely source of a web-based social networking game and the soft, gentle voice of a mysterious stranger. But the clock is ticking, the Photon Belt fast approaching, Jody's days numbered, and Egbert has just one focus: end this false Master's stranglehold.The Steps, a novel by Arthur Telling, putting a blur and a spin to the cherished notions of hero and villain, good and evil, right and wrong, brings Egbert and cohorts, even the Savior himself, into a surprising and unexpected new dimension. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Chirag Patel. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/127267/bk_acx0_127267_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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