139 Results for : uprooting
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Go On, Girl , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 457min
Executive, wife, and mother of an outgoing first-grader, Sydney Clayton crushes her day-to-day obligations at work but flounders in the cutthroat world of parental politics. She manages to avoid the local drama until she’s faced with an ultimatum: join the Forest River PTA or risk her daughter becoming a social outcast. Sydney reluctantly becomes treasurer and takes the recently vacated position of the president’s sidekick. If protecting the children’s freedom of speech, one best friend ban at a time, isn’t complicated enough, Sydney and her husband receive an unexpected offer for their house they don’t think they can refuse. Embroiled in the deception and manipulation rife among the elementary school moms, Sydney struggles. Should she sell the home she worked so hard to build in a town where betrayal runs rampant? Or should she stay put to avoid the fallout from uprooting her child? As Sydney focuses on what is best for her daughter and lets go of her judgments, she finds friendship can develop in very unexpected ways. Warm, witty, and wise, Go On, Girl dramatizes the dilemmas of life in the suburbs and the bonds shared by women. Perfect for fans of Class Mom and I Don’t Know How She Does It. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lindsey Dorcus. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/136925/bk_acx0_136925_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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M.C. Higgins, the Great , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 504min
Two years ago bulldozers had come to make a cut at the top of Sarah’s Mountain. They began uprooting trees and pushing subsoil in a huge pile to get at the coal. As the pile grew enormous, so had M.C.’s fear of it. He had nightmares in which the heap came tumbling down. Over and over again, it buried his family on the side of the mountain. (from M.C. Higgins, the Great) When M.C. Higgins climbed the 40-foot steel pole near his house, he could see over the spiky treetops and far across the rolling emerald hills. There, on Sarah’s Mountain, with his face turned toward the sun and his arms spread wide, M.C. welcomed in the morning of a brand new day. How he would have liked to stay there forever! But M.C. knew - better than his family - that strip mining had reduced the outcropping upon which their cabin was built to rubble, and soon the spoilage would come raining down, burying their home forever. When two strangers come to the mountain, M.C. thinks he’s found a solution to his problem, only to discover that the real answer, like the playful voices inside his head, lies in himself. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Roscoe Lee Browne. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/reco/006505/bk_reco_006505_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Immunity to Change: How to Overcome It and Unlock the Potential in Yourself and Your Organization , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 601min
A recent study showed that when doctors tell heart patients they will die if they don't change their habits, only one in seven will be able to follow through successfully. Desire and motivation aren't enough: even when it's literally a matter of life or death, the ability to change remains maddeningly elusive. Given that the status quo is so potent, how can we change ourselves and our organizations? In Immunity to Change, authors Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey show how our individual beliefs - along with the collective mindsets in our organizations - combine to create a natural but powerful immunity to change. By revealing how this mechanism holds us back, Kegan and Lahey give us the keys to unlock our potential and finally move forward. And by pinpointing and uprooting our own immunities to change, we can bring our organizations forward with us. This persuasive and practical book, filled with hands-on diagnostics and compelling case studies, delivers the tools you need to overcome the forces of inertia and transform your life and your work. 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: Stephen R. Thorne. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/006500/bk_tant_006500_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Forgotten Princess (Complete Duology) (eBook, ePUB)
Lala would have been a princess if her family hadn't lost the monarchy. Part 1: Forgotten Princess Lala has been roaming Europe with a band of gypsies, only stopping to spend cold winters behind the safe walls of Monte Rosa. She's embraced the nomadic life, discovered freedom in travel. She's finally found her niche in the world. Until Prince Gabriel crosses her path. The handsome prince encompasses everything Lala lost. Everything she's been hiding from. She knows better than to get involved, princes don't date gypsy girls with secrets like hers. When Prince Gabriel finally makes his move, will Lala leave her insecurities in the past or will she run with the gypsies? ♥ Part 2: Treasured Princess Prince Gabriel has changed. After missing from Lala's life for six weeks, Prince Gabriel tracked her to a beach in Istanbul and promised her everything. But once Lala stepped foot on that speedboat she recognized Prince Gabriel wasn't the same boy she left behind in Monte Rosa. Uprooting her gypsy life has also uprooted old nightmares and surprises reveal themselves at inopportune times. Lala isn't the only one with secrets. When Prince Gabriel proposes a royal future together, will Lala accept or cling to her gypsy past?- Shop: buecher
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Forgotten Princess (Complete Duology)
Lala would have been a princess if her family hadn't lost the monarchy. Part 1: Forgotten Princess Lala has been roaming Europe with a band of gypsies, only stopping to spend cold winters behind the safe walls of Monte Rosa. She's embraced the nomadic life, discovered freedom in travel. She's finally found her niche in the world. Until Prince Gabriel crosses her path. The handsome prince encompasses everything Lala lost. Everything she's been hiding from. She knows better than to get involved because princes don't date gypsy girls with secrets like hers. When Prince Gabriel finally makes his move, will Lala leave her insecurities in the past or will she run with the gypsies? ¿ Part 2: Treasured Princess Prince Gabriel has changed. After missing from Lala's life for six weeks, Prince Gabriel tracked her to a beach in Istanbul and promised her everything. But once Lala stepped foot on that speedboat she recognized Prince Gabriel wasn't the same boy she left behind in Monte Rosa. Uprooting her gypsy life has also uprooted old nightmares and surprises reveal themselves at inopportune times. Lala isn't the only one with secrets. When Prince Gabriel proposes a royal future together, will Lala accept or cling to her gypsy past?- Shop: buecher
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Christmas at the Little Cottage on the Hill , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 612min
One twinkling winter's night, Ruby wakes her sleeping children and escapes for a new life in the countryside. It's a choice that will change her life beyond all recognition.Arriving at the cosy little rental cottage as the first snow begins to fall, Ruby doesn't regret leaving her bully of a husband for a moment, but she does feel guilty about uprooting her kids so close to Christmas. She can only wish that one day soon her son will forgive her. It's not long before the family are settled in and drinking hot chocolate by the fire, the flames kept roaring by a neighbouring woodsman called Angus. As big as a tree, but as gentle as a dormouse, all Ruby's instincts tell her to be wary of letting this gorgeous stranger get too close. Is that the first tingle of festive magic Ruby can feel? Or might it even be hope? As Christmas Day approaches and a blizzard sparks a power cut across the entire village, Ruby must force herself to believe in Christmas miracles again. Was she right to put her trust in Angus? With only flickering candles to guide her through the darkness, will she ever find her way back to the light? Wrap yourself up in this utterly gorgeous festive romance, perfect for anyone who loves Heidi Swan, Jenny Colgan, Lucy Diamond and Christmas! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Alison Campbell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/052340/bk_adbl_052340_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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In the Country: Stories , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 815min
These nine globe-trotting, unforgettable stories from Mia Alvar, a remarkable new literary talent, vividly give voice to the women and men of the Filipino diaspora. Here are exiles, emigrants, and wanderers uprooting their families from the Philippines to begin new lives in the Middle East, the United States, and elsewhere - and sometimes turning back again. A pharmacist living in New York smuggles drugs to his ailing father in Manila, only to discover alarming truths about his family and his past. A Filipina teacher drawn to a special pupil finds, to her surprise, that she is questioning her own marriage. A college student leans on her brother, a laborer in Saudi Arabia, to support her writing ambitions, without realizing that his is the life truly made for fiction. And in the title story, a journalist and a nurse face an unspeakable trauma amid the political turmoil of the Philippines in the 1970s and '80s. In the Country speaks to the heart of everyone who has ever searched for a place to call home. From teachers to housemaids, from mothers to sons, Alvar's powerful debut collection explores the universal experiences of loss, displacement, and the longing to connect across borders both real and imagined. Deeply compassionate and richly felt, In the Country marks the emergence of a formidable new writer. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Nancy Wu, Don Castro. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/007747/bk_blak_007747_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Sweet Home Alaska , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 481min
This exciting pioneering story, based on actual events, introduces listeners to a fascinating chapter in American history, when FDR set up a New Deal colony in Alaska to give loans and land to families struggling during the Great Depression. Trip can't wait to follow in Laura Ingalls Wilder's footsteps...now she just has to convince her mom. It's 1934, and times are tough for their family. To make a fresh start, Trip's father signs up for President Roosevelt's Palmer Colony project, uprooting them from Wisconsin to become pioneers in Alaska. Their new home is a bit of a shock - it's a town still under construction in the middle of the wilderness, where the residents live in tents and share a community outhouse. But Trip's not about to let first impressions get in the way of this grand adventure. Tackling its many unique challenges with her can-do attitude, she starts making things happen to make Alaska seem more like home. Soon, she and her family are able to start settling in and enjoying their new surroundings - everyone except her mother, that is. So, in order to stay, Trip hatches a plan to convince her that it's a wonderful - and civilized - place to live...a plan that's going to take all the love, energy, and Farmer Boy expertise Trip can muster. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Susan Denaker. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/lili/001967/bk_lili_001967_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Rising Sea , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 360min
On Shishmaref Island in Alaska, homes are being washed into the sea. In the South Pacific, small island nations face annihilation by encroaching waters. In coastal Louisiana, an area the size of a football field disappears every day. For these communities, sea level rise isn’t a distant, abstract fear: it’s happening now and it’s threatening their way of life. In The Rising Sea, Orrin H. Pilkey and Rob Young warn that many other coastal areas may be close behind. Prominent scientists predict that the oceans may rise by as much as seven feet in the next hundred years. That means coastal cities will be forced to construct dikes and seawalls, or to move buildings, roads, pipelines, and railroads to avert inundation and destruction. The question is no longer whether climate change is causing the oceans to swell, but by how much and how quickly. Pilkey and Young deftly guide listeners through the science, explaining the facts and debunking the claims of industry-sponsored “skeptics.” They also explore the consequences for fish, wildlife, and people. While rising seas are now inevitable, we are far from helpless. By making hard choices - including uprooting citizens, changing where and how we build, and developing a coordinated national response - we can save property, and ultimately lives. With unassailable research and practical insights, The Rising Sea is a critical first step in understanding the threat and keeping our heads above water. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Christopher Hurt. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/014260/bk_adbl_014260_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Home/Land (eBook, ePUB)
When the New Yorker writer Rebecca Mead relocated to her birth city, London, with her family in the summer of 2018, she was both fleeing the political situation in America and seeking to expose her son to a wider world. With a keen sense of what she'd given up as she left New York, her home of thirty years, she tried to knit herself into the fabric of a changed London. The move raised poignant questions about place: What does it mean to leave the place you have adopted as home and country? And what is the value and cost of uprooting yourself?In a deft mix of memoir and reportage, drawing on literature and art, recent and ancient history, and the experience of encounters with individuals, environments and landscapes in New York City and in England, Mead artfully explores themes of identity, nationality and inheritance. She recounts her time in the coastal town of Weymouth, where she grew up; her dizzying first years in New York where she broke into journalism; the rich process of establishing a new home for her dual-national son in London. Along the way, she gradually reckons with the complex legacy of her parents. Home/Land is a stirring inquiry into how to be present where we are, while never forgetting where we have been.- Shop: buecher
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