Inclinations

True Stories from an Unreliable Eyewitness: A Feminist Coming of Age , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 330min

A fiercely intelligent, hilarious, and deeply feminist collection of interrelated personal stories from Academy, Emmy, and Golden Globe Award-winning actress and director Christine Lahti. For decades, actress and director Christine Lahti has captivated the hearts and minds of her audience through iconic roles in Chicago Hope, Running on Empty, Housekeeping, And Justice for All, Swing Shift, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, God of Carnage, and The Blacklist. Now, in True Stories from an Unreliable Eyewitness, this acclaimed performer channels her creativity inward to share her own story for the first time. In this poignant essay collection, Lahti focuses on three major periods of her life: her childhood, her early journey as an actress and activist, and the realities of her life as a middle-aged woman in Hollywood today. Lahti's comical and self-deprecating voice shines through in stories such as "Kidnapped" and "Shit Happens", and she takes a boldly honest look at the painful fissures in her family in pieces such as "Mama Mia" and "Running on Empty". Taken together, the collection illuminates watershed moments in Lahti's life, revealing her struggle to maintain integrity, fight her need for perfection, and remain true to her feminist inclinations. Lahti's wisdom and candid insights are reminiscent of Nora Ephron's I Feel Bad About My Neck and Joan Rivers' I Hate Everyone - and yet her experiences are not exclusive to one generation. The soul of her writing can be seen as a spiritual mother to feminist actresses and comedic voices whose works are inspiring today's young women, including Amy Schumer, Lena Dunham, Amy Poehler, Caitlin Moran, and Jenny Lawson. Her stories reveal a stumbling journey toward agency and empowerment as a woman - a journey that's still very much a work in progress. True Stories from an Unreliable Eyewitness ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Christine Lahti. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/006612/bk_harp_006612_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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#Royal: Fever Falls, Book 4 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 536min

Keegan:Sightseeing, gay bars...and if I'm lucky, maybe a couple of random hookups. That's the extent of my plans when I sign up for a European vacay with my buddies. I've never heard of this Parlaisa country - but hey - a cheap flight and two-star hotel are perfect for a poor college kid, right? And the trip turns out to be even better than I could have possibly imagined when I end up in a bar with some sexy masked guy's tongue down my throat.And damn...what a tongue.Even with his face partially obscured, Sexy Masked Guy can't hide those hypnotic steel blue eyes, his chiseled jawline, or the gun show he's working with under that tight T-shirt. But after our kiss, he proves to be nothing more than a cocky, dismissive a-hole. As if that isn't bad enough, flash forward - after one hell of a misunderstanding, I'm arrested by the Parlaisan royal guard and taken to a dungeon, where I learn that Sexy Masked Guy is actually Sexy Prince.Prince Owen Hawthorne III.Yes, I was kissing the Prince of Parlaisa!Even worse, pics of us kissing are posted on the notorious Prince Watch blog. Prince Owen III has been unmasked by the paps, and we've both been outed. And here I had been planning to finally tell my family about my inclinations towards rainbows, glitter, and c--k as soon as I got back home to Fever Falls.Seems like my vacation can't get any wackier, but now, Prince Owen needs a favor - a fake relationship favor. All I have to do is pretend to be his boyfriend for a good cause and some cash that I could really use right about now. But do I really want to team up with a guy who's been nothing but a prick to me in the short time that I've known him?Of course, before I know it, I'm in too deep. Fortunately, Owen's strict "no messing around" rule will keep this from getting out of control.Even though I can't stop thinking about how he knew exactly what he was doing with his tongue.Eve ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michael Dean. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/161109/bk_acx0_161109_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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An Introduction to the Devout Life: Tan Classics , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 602min

As no sensible person would make a long road trip without first consulting a map, so the person intent upon gaining Heaven should first resort to a competent guide to reach that Goal of all goals. And no better guide to Heaven exists than An Introduction to the Devout Life by St. Francis de Sales (1567-1622), Doctor of the Church. It is at once easy to listen, being laid out in short sections, yet thorough, authoritative, reliable, kind and gentle - a mirror of its author. It is an audiobook, moreover, for all, because all are called to the devout life. True devotion to God, the author points out, adorns every vocation. The devout life, moreover, is a lovely, pleasant, and happy life.Addressed as a personal letter to Philothea, the lover of God which genuinely represents the reader, the book covers: from our first desire to lead a devout life to our full resolution to do so, how we should approach God in prayer and the Sacraments, the practice of 16 important virtues, remedies against ordinary temptations, and becoming confirmed in our practice of devotion. St. Francis says, Devotion is spiritual agility and vivacity, by means of which charity works in us, or we in her, with love and readiness; and as charity leads us to obey and fulfill all God's Commandments, so devotion leads us to obey them with promptitude and diligence.An Introduction to the Devout Life is a book to be listened again and again. It is an audiobook to make your guide for the rest of your life. It goes to the heart of becoming good. Its aim is to help you be rid of sin and even the inclinations to sin. Alone, its 10 brief meditations in Part I will orient you toward God for the rest of your life. No one will come away without being profoundly impressed and without being motivated to enter upon the devout life...which leads ultimately to God and to Heaven. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kevin O'Brien. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/162474/bk_acx0_162474_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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St. Alphonsus Maria Liguori on How to Accept and Love the Will of God and His Divine Providence: Includes Quotations from St. John, Isaias, the Song of Songs, St. Bernard, Etc. , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 93min

Do you like to grow on a personal level, and learn useful things every day? Are you interested in knowing how to have a better life when you reach the virtue of trusting in God every day? Do you want to know how the Catholic Saints, who are so famous and acclaimed all over the world, achieved such great virtues and such high glory? Do you want to know how they dominated their bad inclinations and finally reached Heaven? Would you like to imitate their behavior and know how they thought so that YOU CAN ALSO take the path that leads to Jesus Christ? DO NOT LOOK ANY FURTHER! With the new edition of this book that we have created especially for you . You can find among other things the following: The powerful wisdom that Saints like St. John Chrysostom, St. Anselm, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Teresa of Ávila, St. Mary Magdalen de' Pazzi, and St. Dorotheus applied personally and recommend to trust in God in any eventuality, even in diseases or persecutions. 2. The advice and admonitions that YOU HAVE TO Listen to where the Holy Spirit teaches you to trust more in his providence through TOUCHING words of encouragement that have been studied and affectionately saved and transmitted from generation to generation to MILLIONS OF PEOPLE for THOUSANDS OF YEARS. Some of the Biblical books cited include: The Gospel according to Saint Matthew, The Gospel according to Saint John, The Gospel according to Saint Luke, The Book of Job, The First Letter of the Apostle and Martyr Saint Paul to the Thessalonians, The Letter of St. Paul the Apostle and Marty to the Galatians, The Acts of the Apostles, and MANY MORE!! 3. Amazing true stories of educational order collected by Saint Alphonsus Maria Liguori and in which you will discover the errors that you should avoid on your way to heaven, as well as the best ways to advance in the practice of Christian virtues1. Th ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: VCRM Collaborator. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/168080/bk_acx0_168080_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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15 Reasons People Voted for Trump in 2016 and Why These Don't Apply in 2020 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 161min

This audiobook is one person’s attempt at having his voice heard. The author describes himself only as a United States citizen and voter because that is all that matters in this case. He is not a celebrity, a social media performer, a politician, or a pundit. You have not heard of him before, and he has no expectation of future fame. He is an ordinary American, but he has something to say, and he says it here.There are volumes of text written about Trump’s inclinations toward racist and/or misogynistic behavior, and this book does not address those claims in any detail. Such claims, after all, were well known to the Trump voters in 2016, and that fact did not prevent a Trump presidency. This book, instead, goes to the thinking of the Trump voter herself.It lists 15 seemingly practical reasons that people gave for voting Trump in 2016 and then puts the Trump presidency up against the light of this reasoning. This audiobook provides thoughtful analysis and ample documentation supporting its primary claim which is that the noted reasons given to vote for Trump in 2016 no longer apply in 2020.It is understood that people who are Trump diehards will likely not be swayed by this book, but if you have some doubts and are merely leaning toward a 2020 Trump vote (or you know someone who is), this book is a compact reminder of why further exploration of those doubts is warranted.This audiobook isn’t just for the right-leaning. It is for all citizens who expect more from our governmental system, recognizing that we, as its citizenry, should be the ones most central to it. This requires that we be responsible and honest. We need the courage to be able to think for ourselves and handle “tribal tremors” that threaten to shake us from the party line of our political team.Each of the 15 reasons is presented with a brief explanation of the thinking in 2016, a 2019 update reviewing the Trump administration related to that reason, and then a direc ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Steve Dow. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/170678/bk_acx0_170678_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Tiberius: The Life and Legacy of Ancient Rome’s Second Emperor , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 86min

“His character too had its distinct periods...Again, while his mother lived, he was a compound of good and evil; he was infamous for his cruelty, though he veiled his debaucheries, while he loved or feared Sejanus. Finally, he plunged into every wickedness and disgrace, when fear and shame being cast off, he simply indulged his own inclinations.” – A description of Tiberius written by the ancient historian Tacitus. Throughout the history of the Roman Empire, many rulers held the reins of ultimate power. Some of them, like Octavian, Trajan, Hadrian, Constantine, and Marcus Aurelius, are still celebrated and considered among antiquity’s great statesmen, generals and thinkers. Conversely, the Roman Empire also had its fair share of notorious villains, from the sadistic Nero to the debauched Commodus, and all of Rome’s poor rulers pale in comparison to the record and legacy of Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, a young man remembered by posterity as Caligula. One of the most overlooked emperors was also one of the first, and he lived in chaotic times. Tiberius was born in 42 BCE, just as the Roman Republic was dissolving and a new Roman imperial power structure emerged under Octavian, who became Rome’s first emperor as Caesar Augustus. Tiberius’s life soon became caught up with Augustus’s as the emperor worked to found and establish a dynasty, but it is unclear if Tiberius ever really wanted to be part of Augustus’s plans or inherit imperial power - Tiberius was known as a man who schemed and planned, but he was also a scholar and showed a marked desire throughout his life to retreat and escape the demands of power. Partially due to this continual tension, Tiberius’s life is enigmatic in many ways. Tiberius championed the Republic and seemed to desire its return, yet his acceptance of imperial power and his reign solidified Rome’s transition to an empire. He was a skilled general who showed concern for the well-being of his troops, and he d ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Colin Fluxman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/110007/bk_acx0_110007_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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A Fashionably Dead Diary , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 113min

Getting blackmailed sucks. Getting blackmailed by Satan into ghost writing his autobiography/romance really sucks - hard. But I’m not a weenie or a welsher. I’m a semi-materialistic, Prada lovin’ Vampyre-Demon with a bad attitude and a serious lack of cheating skills. If I were a good cheater, I wouldn’t be in this heinous position. I lost, and now I have to pay. However, the price might deplete the wavering amount of sanity I have left...so I’m turning to you, dear diary, to pour out my inappropriate feelings and murderous inclinations toward a family member who shall remain nameless. Who in the hell am I kidding? I’m gonna name that butthole over and over on these secret pages. It’s Satan or Lucifer or the Lord of Darkness or the Dark Angel - or, as I like to call him, Uncle F--ker. That’s why I have chosen you, dear diary. You don’t have a mouth, as far as I know, and if you do, I’ll remove it - violently. Please keep that in mind as I tell you all my secrets. I’ve dealt with talking books and walls, and they’re a real pain in the ass. So if you turn out to be one of those, we’ll have a problem. Sit back. Relax, and get ready for a hellish ride. xoxo, Astrid Note from author: Dear lover of Lucifer, Astrid and all things Hot Damned aka fabulous reader, it’s me, Robyn Peterman - the insane creator of the Hot Damned series - with a little message for you. This is a Hot Damned extra! It’s short. It’s snarky, fun, and it’s short. If you haven’t litsened to Fashionably Flawed, audiobook nine, you will not understand this, and it has spoilers in it that will mess up your enjoyment of Fashionably Flawed. If you haven’t listened to any of the Hot Damned series, this will make no sense to you whatsoever. LOL. So, there you go. This is just a little ditty that I couldn’t get out of my head and thought the true fans of the Hot Damned series would enjoy. Astrid and Satan are two of my favorite characte ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jessica Almasy. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/050291/bk_adbl_050291_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Design and the Digital Humanities (eBook, ePUB)

This is an essential practical guide for academics, researchers and professionals involved in the digital humanities, as well as designers working with them. It prepares readers from both fields for working together, outlining disciplinary perspectives and lessons learned from more than twenty years of experience, with over two dozen practical exercises. The central premise of the book is a timely one - that the twin disciplines of visual communication design and digital humanities (DH) are natural allies, with much to be gained for researchers, students and practitioners from both areas who are able to form alliances with those from the other side. The disciplines share a common fundamental belief in the extraordinary value of interdisciplinarity, which in this case means that the training, experience and inclinations from both fields naturally tend to coincide. The fields also share an interest in research that focuses on humanities questions and approaches, where the goal is to improve understanding through repeated observation and discussion. Both disciplines tend to be generative in nature, with the ultimate end in many cases of designing and creating the next generation of systems and tools, whether those be intended for dealing with information or communication. The interdisciplinary nature of this book is both a strength and a challenge. For those academics and practitioners who have worked with the other discipline, this will be a much-welcomed handbook of terminology, methods and activities. It will also be of interest to those who have read about, seen presented and used the outcomes of successful design and DH collaborations, and who might be interested in forming similar partnerships. However, for all they have in common, design and digital humanities also have significant differences. This book discusses these issues in the context of a variety of research projects as well as classroom activities that have been tried and tested. This book will provide both design and the digital humanities with a better mutual understanding, with the practical intention of working effectively together in ways that are productive and satisfying for everyone involved. Design education has a long history, a presence in many post-secondary institutions, and a robust market for educational and practice-based literature. The Digital Humanities community, in contrast, is much younger, but rising rapidly, both academically and within industry. Both design and DH are collaborative disciplines, with much in common in terms of vision, but with confusing overlap in terminology and ways-to-practice. The book describes and demonstrates foundational concepts from both fields with numerous examples, as well as projects, activities and further readings at the end of each chapter. It provides complete coverage of core design and DH principles, complete with illustrated case studies from cutting-edge interdisciplinary research projects. Design and the Digital Humanities offers a unique approach to mastering the fundamental processes, concepts, and techniques critical to both disciplines. It will be of interest to those who have been following previous work by bestselling authors in the fields of visual communication design and the digital humanities, such as Ellen Lupton, Steven Heller, Julianne Nyhan, Claire Warwick and Melissa Terras. This guide is suitable for use as an undergraduate or masters-level text, or as an in-the-field reference guide. Throughout the book, terms or concepts that may not be familiar to all readers are carefully spelled out with examples so that the text is as accessible as possible to non-technical readers from a range of disciplines.

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Natural Inclinations

Natural Inclinations - One Man's Adventures in the Natural World: ab 3.49 €

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Inclinations - A Critique of Rectitude: ab 21.99 €

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