32 Results for : levelheaded
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Let 'Em Eat Cake, Hörbuch, Digital, 163min
There are eight million stories in the naked city; Anna is one of them. Let 'Em Eat Cake is a gritty, funny first novel that draws us into the life of lower-middle-class New York City as never before. Unsparingly straightforward, hysterically funny, levelheaded in the face of the sublime insanities that color her daily life, Anna is a living metaphor for the five boroughs of the city in which she was raised. Unwanted as a child herself, she now must raise her two children without the help of their father, who abandon them. On her new job driving a delivery truck for HomeMaid Cakes, she stocks the shelves of grocery stores and bodegas with bizarre pastries. As she wends her way through the Dantesque inferno that is New York City, a landscape by turns appalling and appealing, she becomes our own Virgil. Her perspective on the city bristles with vitality, wit and an ebullient appreciation or reality - precise, hilarious, and poignantly insightful. Language: English. Narrator: Pamela Hensley Vincent. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/pnix/000477/bk_pnix_000477_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Where There's Smoke: Montana Fire, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 427min
She's a smokejumper afraid of fire.... Kate Burns is a legendary smoke jumper, known for her courage and willingness to risk everything to get the job done. Only she has a secret, one she won't admit to anyone. He can't forget the love they once shared.... Supervisor Jed Ransom commands the Jude County Smoke Jumpers with a reputation as a calm, levelheaded leader. Kate is the only one who's ever gotten under his skin. They must face the flames together.... A raging wildfire in the mountains of Montana brings Kate and Jed together to train up a new team of jumpers. Suddenly they must face the past they've been running from and the secrets that keep them apart. When an arsonist goes after their team, Kate and Jed must face their deepest fears - and learn to rely on each other as they fight a blaze that could destroy them all. In this first book of the Montana Fire: Summer of Fire trilogy, Kate and Jed are about to discover that where there's smoke, there just might be a chance to start again. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Janeta Holzner. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/066076/bk_acx0_066076_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Finding Mr. Wrong , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 652min
Here's a tip: never trust a jackass in preppy clothing. The phrase "trust me" should have been my first clue to hightail it out the door, but hindsight is always 20/20. So there I was, on a stage with two other men, being asked ridiculous questions by a woman I couldn't see, but whose voice made my pants tighten - and not around my ankles. Before I knew what was happening, I'd signed up for six weeks in paradise, isolated on an island for 42 days with a complete stranger. And when I finally laid eyes on the sexy brunette who belonged to that voice, a part of me thought this wouldn't be so bad. I've always been a levelheaded guy. I am a successful, smart, and shrewd business man. But that was when I was listening to the head above my shoulders. Once the blood traveled south, I always ran into trouble. She called me Mr. Wrong, and that was fine with me. Lesson learned: lust always trumps logic. Finding Mr. Wrong is a contemporary romance standalone novel meant for listeners who are 18+ due to mature content. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lexie Richmond, C.A. Sorensen. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/032293/bk_adbl_032293_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Behind the Curve: Science and the Politics of Global Warming: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 541min
In 1958, Charles David Keeling began measuring the concentration of carbon dioxide in the earth's atmosphere at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii. His project kicked off a half century of research that has expanded our knowledge of climate change. Despite more than 50 years of research, however, our global society has yet to find real solutions to the problem of global warming. Why?In Behind the Curve, Joshua Howe attempts to answer this question. He explores the history of global warming from its roots as a scientific curiosity to its place at the center of international environmental politics. The audiobook follows the story of rising CO2 through a number of historical contexts, highlighting the relationships among scientists, environmentalists, and politicians as those relationships changed over time.While we know much more about global warming than we did 50 years ago, CO2 continues to rise. In 1958, Keeling first measured CO2 at around 315 parts per million; by 2013, global CO2 had soared to 400 ppm. The problem is not getting better - it's getting worse. Behind the Curve offers a critical and levelheaded look at how we got here.The book is published by University of Washington Press. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Marcus Freeman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/173315/bk_acx0_173315_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Heartthrob , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 551min
USA Today best-selling author Ahren Sanders is back with a sexy new stand-alone. Get ready to meet Miami's hottest doctor as he takes on the biggest challenge of his life.... To most people, I've always been known as the smart one. The levelheaded, easygoing, laid-back Bennett brother. Steady as a rock...unshakable. My future was carved out. All I had to do was stay focused. That all changed the night I met Claire Dixon. Beautiful, crazy, wild - opposite of me in every way. She was impossible to resist. For the first time in my life, I gave into temptation, falling hard and fast along the way. Letting her go once was the biggest mistake of my life. I waited, watching as she became a woman more beautiful and more desirable than I could ever imagine. Then my time came. I saw my shot, took it, and never looked back. What I didn't know was some mistakes are irreparable. Claire thinks our happily ever after is impossible, but I have other plans. No matter how dirty, how wicked, or how underhanded I have to play...I'm going to prove she's wrong. And I'm going to love every minute of it. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Grace Grant, Flynn Earl Jones. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/051842/bk_adbl_051842_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Scapegoats: How Islamophobia Helps Our Enemies and Threatens Our Freedoms , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 225min
When a murderous psychopath goes on a killing spree, law enforcement officials and the media never make his religion the central issue - unless he happens to be a Muslim. Then it sets off another frenzied wave of commentary about the inherent evils that lurk within the Muslim faith. From Fox News talking heads, who regularly smear Muslim leaders as secret terrorists, to Bill Maher, who has made Islam a routine target, it has become widely acceptable to libel a religion with a following of over 1.5 billion people - nearly one-quarter of the world's population. Now popular commentator Arsalan Iftikhar - better known as "The Muslim Guy" - offers a spirited defense of his faith that is certain to win him wide acclaim - and yes, another round of overheated scolding from the usual media quarters. Iftikahr's spirited defense of his faith is certain to hit a chord during the 2016 campaign season, as politicians and pundits vie to be the toughest on the block when it comes to escalating the hostilities in the Middle East, often demonizing Islam in the process. With his witty and levelheaded demeanor, the author will cut through all the sound and fury as a voice of sanity and reason. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sean Runnette. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/025771/bk_adbl_025771_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Israel
Winner of the Jewish Book of the Year AwardThe first comprehensive yet accessible history of the state of Israel from its inception to present day, from Daniel Gordis, "one of the most respected Israel analysts" (The Forward) living and writing in Jerusalem.Israel is a tiny state, and yet it has captured the world's attention, aroused its imagination, and lately, been the object of its opprobrium. Why does such a small country speak to so many global concerns? More pressingly: Why does Israel make the decisions it does? And what lies in its future?We cannot answer these questions until we understand Israel's people and the questions and conflicts, the hopes and desires, that have animated their conversations and actions. Though Israel's history is rife with conflict, these conflicts do not fully communicate the spirit of Israel and its people: they give short shrift to the dream that gave birth to the state, and to the vision for the Jewish people that was at its core. Guiding us through the milestones of Israeli history, Gordis relays the drama of the Jewish people's story and the creation of the state. Clear-eyed and erudite, he illustrates how Israel became a cultural, economic and military powerhouse-but also explains where Israel made grave mistakes and traces the long history of Israel's deepening isolation.With Israel, public intellectual Daniel Gordis offers us a brief but thorough account of the cultural, economic, and political history of this complex nation, from its beginnings to the present. Accessible, levelheaded, and rigorous, Israel sheds light on the Israel's past so we can understand its future. The result is a vivid portrait of a people, and a nation, reborn.- Shop: buecher
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Gray Is the New Black: Guerilla Grannies, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 352min
These aren’t your typical dirty grannies.Pearl Etta Riggs just buried her husband of a million years (no, not literally, but it felt that way sometimes), and her dear friends are trying to find a way to cheer her up. So, they meet for coffee and cheesecake at their favorite place, the Cheesy Cream Café. Ah, the taste of childhood.Ethel spots the story of a local bank robbery in the paper and pitches solving it as “it will give us something to do”. She begs, she pleads, and she...flirts with the waiter?Alma, always the levelheaded one, cites the fact that the man may be one of those pantie-sniffing rapists for the reason they shouldn’t. Consider that she was raised by a Southern Baptist preacher and always naysays, her friends rarely listen to her sage advice.Opal and Minerva are all in, as usual, and they work with Ethel to wear Pearl down. Eventually, she caves, gets Alma on board, and...you’ll have to listen to the audiobook to find out what happens after that. What? Did you expect the author to give it all away in the blurb?It’s a crazy thrill ride full of laughs and shenanigans as these women take the law into their own hands. What happens after is anyone’s guess.After all, gray is the new black. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Hillary Huber. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/aflo/000001/bk_aflo_000001_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Carried Away , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 528min
Nobody writes a love story quite like Jill Barnett, whose romantic tales are “as magical and unique as any you ever had the joy to read” (Romantic Times). Now she spirits a misty, secluded island off the central coast of Maine, where a pair of handsome brothers clash with two independent women... The proud descendants of a Highland clan, Calum and Eachann MacLaughlan live in seclusion on a Maine island. The brothers are as different in spirits as they are in looks. Though one is dark and levelheaded, the other fair and adventurous, they have one thing in common: They want brides. When Eachann's two unruly children are expelled from school, he is even more determined to wed. Following an old Scottish tradition, Eachann decides to solve the problem for both himself and his brother.... Spying on a fancy society party, Eachann sees a solution before him. The always capable debutante Georgina Bayard is basking in the light of her own ball. Meanwhile, outside, Amy Emerson is valiantly struggling to conceal her first broken heart. Swept away by this young Scotsman, both young women become captives. Kidnapped and furious, with only each other for support, Amy and Georgina have a choice: Fight for the life they'd previously known...or let their hearts get carried away.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Robert Armin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/013299/bk_acx0_013299_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Snap: Command Force Alpha Series, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 619min
Captain Laurence Madigan is an anomaly - a levelheaded risk taker who learned the dark side of life in Manchester’s slums. He needed those skills to survive fourteen months as a prisoner of Firebird, a shadowy Russian cartel. When rescued, he receives less than a hero’s welcome. He’s considered a wild card - or even a double agent. After enduring agony and degradation for Command Force Alpha, he’s determined to clear his name and bring Firebird down - even if it means escaping CFA’s London facility with a very personal hostage. Oxford-educated psychologist Gemma Calloway should fight her abductor tooth and claw, but loyalty to her old friend wins out. Isolated in a rustic hideaway, she tends his wounds and can’t help staring at his scars and prison tattoos. Their impromptu safe house becomes a haven of uneasy trust and potent, gathering desires. As they sort present dangers from past affection, Gemma realizes she’s in over her head - and up to her heart with longing for a good man whose last reason for living could be revenge. Warning: This book contains a sexy British spy whose year-long imprisonment has left him a little - pent-up. And scarred. And possibly untrustworthy. Watch out for fast-and-furious sexuality, dares that cement a friendship against all odds, and oh-so-wrong but oh-so-sexy tattoos. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Carolyn Morris. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/inbl/000042/bk_inbl_000042_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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