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    Dreamers and Their Shadows , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 552min
    Two ancient scrolls, The Secret Annals, are discovered in the 1950s in a Tokyo bombsite. They purport to be the history of an unknown 15th-century Japanese spiritual teacher who, in a time of social chaos, sets out to establish enlightened society. He begins his teaching saying: "Abstinence is no path at all. We are gambling on true love. It is an untested path." In documents from students and spies, the Annals then give an intimate portrait of a charismatic leader, his teachings and the transformative journey he shares with his eccentric band of followers. The scrolls are unmasked as forgeries, but 10 years later, a retired professor becomes obsessed. Who created this hoax? And why? To the professor the Annals offer new possibilities from a kind of parallel reality. On his deathbed, he makes his American assistant promise to continue searching and to translate the scrolls. The assistant moves to New York. It is the time of the Vietnam War and the counter-culture. He has doubts about the professor, but the world of the Secret Annals begins to seep into his life. He finds within the Prince's teaching a path through this world of trackless uncertainty. Tantalized, he senses a new world of passionate intensity just within reach. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Chiquito Joaquim Crasto. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/089794/bk_acx0_089794_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Summary of Real Food/Fake Food by Larry Olmsted | Includes Analysis , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 20min
    Summary of Real Food/Fake Food by Larry Olmsted | Includes Analysis Preview: Real Food/Fake Food: Why You Don't Know What You're Eating and What You Can Do About It is an investigative overview of the food industry's often intentional efforts to mislead consumers about the origin and identity of the products that they eat. Author Larry Olmsted highlights the most outrageous examples of food frauds perpetrated upon the American people and offers recommendations for ways that consumers can reclaim their grocery bags and fill their dinner plates with foods they can trust. Fake foods are ubiquitous, but most Americans fail to realize that they are being duped. While it may seem harmless to consume a type of cheese that is not, in fact, from a specific region in Italy, as often occurs with the consumption of ersatz Parmesan cheese, the implications of this fraud are far-reaching. First, consumers are paying a premium for products that purport to be more luxurious or exclusive. Please note: This is key takeaways and analysis of the book and NOT the original book. Inside this Instaread summary of Real Food/Fake Food by Larry Olmsted: Overview of the book Important people Key takeaways Analysis of key takeaways ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Susan Murphy. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/067955/bk_acx0_067955_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Mentor Myth: How to Take Control of Your Own Success , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 319min
    Mentors are over-utilized, undertrained, and often under deliver. From an employer's perspective, assigning a mentor is often a band aid to a larger problem. From an employee's perspective, a lack of formal mentorship is seen as a serious, career-inhibiting problem, the equivalent of sailing a boat without a rudder. In The Mentor Myth, Debby Carreau represents this dichotomy, explaining that while a mentor's counsel can be invaluable, it is not the silver bullet human resources professionals often purport it to be. The opinions of a mentor are one data point, one piece in the much more complex game of navigating a career. In fact, the increasing overreliance on mentorship can actually be a hindrance to a successful career. Instead of continually looking outward for career guidance, aspiring professionals must realize that they possess all the tools necessary to take control of their own careers by using their own strengths, capabilities, and visions of success. Through her years of experience consulting, speaking, and writing about career development, Debby has created a comprehensive, easy-to-implement guide for taking ownership of your professional success. Debby begins by helping the listener create a professional roadmap, including how to build a personal brand, project the right amount of confidence, and manage time. She addresses mentors in the context of networks and sponsors, advising the listener how to incorporate outward influences rather than be defined by them. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Karen Saltus. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/gdan/001893/bk_gdan_001893_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Waxing & Waning: Covenant College, Book 4 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 452min
    Zoe Lake is depressed. Well, at least that's what everyone keeps telling her. As she enters her junior year, she feels more numb than anything else. Between the guilt plaguing her over her former roommate's death, and the betrayal crushing her heart thanks to her ex-boyfriend Aric, Zoe is struggling to make sense of her world. She makes a pledge to move forward, and she's even entertaining the idea of letting the friendly neighborhood vampire make a play for her heart. Something just doesn't feel right, though. Zoe finally agrees to join the Covenant College monster hunters and enlists in the Academy. The problem is, she doesn't trust them any more than she trusts the monsters they purport to hunt. Her roommates, Paris and Kelsey, are worried. They want to help, but they're not sure they're capable of fixing what's broken. Only one person can do that, and Zoe no longer trusts Aric to fix anything. Between Aric's new girlfriend, Rafael's peculiar brand of courting, and the growing sense of dread spreading across the campus, Zoe has her hands full. When things start to come into focus, Zoe has a decision to make: Either she's going to commit to being a full-fledged member of the Academy, or she's finally going to accept that she's actually one of the monsters they're hunting. In the end, Zoe will have no choice but to follow her heart - wherever it may lead. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Angel Clark. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/073121/bk_acx0_073121_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    How to Be Black , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 387min
    Audie Award Nominee, Narration by the Author or Authors, 2013If you don't buy this book, you're a racist. Have you ever been called "too Black" or "not Black enough"? Have you ever befriended or worked with a Black person? Raised by a pro-Black, Pan-Afrikan single mother during the crack years of 1980s Washington, DC, and educated at Sidwell Friends School and Harvard University, Baratunde Thurston has over 30 years' experience being Black. Now, through stories of his politically inspired Nigerian name, the heroics of his hippie mother, the murder of his drug-abusing father, and other revelatory Black details, he shares with listeners of all colors his wisdom and expertise in how to be Black. Beyond memoir, this guidebook offers practical advice on everything from "How to Be the Black Friend" to "How to Be the (Next) Black President" to "How to Celebrate Black History Month". To provide additional perspective, Baratunde assembled an award-winning Black Panel - three Black women; three Black men; and one White man (Christian Lander, author of Stuff White People Like) - and asked them such revealing questions as: "When did you first realize you were Black?" "How Black are you?" "Can you swim?" The result is a humorous, intelligent, and audacious guide that challenges and satirizes the so-called experts, purists, and racists who purport to speak for all Black people. With honest storytelling and biting wit, Baratunde plots a path not just to blackness, but one open to anyone interested in simply "how to be". ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Baratunde Thurston. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/002741/bk_harp_002741_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Outnumbered: Exploring the Algorithms That Control Our Lives , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 481min
    Our increasing reliance on technology and the Internet has opened a window for mathematicians and data researchers to gaze through into our lives. Using the data they are constantly collecting about where we travel, where we shop, what we buy, what interests us, they can begin to predict our daily habits, and increasingly we are relinquishing our decision making to algorithms - are we giving up this up too easily?  The media report daily on some new way our privacy is being violated, but without understanding what mathematics can and can't do it is impossible to get a handle on how it is changing our lives.  Outnumbered is a journey to the dark side of mathematics, from how it dictates our social media activities to our travel routes. David Sumpter investigates whether mathematics is sucking the mystery out of life, making everything too predictable and crossing dangerous lines when it comes to what we can make decisions about.  This book shows how maths impacts all parts of our lives: from the algorithms that decide whom we interact with to the statistical methods that categorise us as potential criminals. It tests financial algorithms that purport to generate money from nothing and reveals that we are constantly manipulated by the maths used by others, from algorithms choosing the news we hear to automated hospital waiting lists deciding whether we receive treatment.  Using interviews with those people working at the cutting edge of mathematical research, Outnumbered explains how maths and stats work in the real world and what we should and shouldn't worry about.  ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David West. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/033548/bk_adbl_033548_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Adventures in Paranormal Investigation , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 442min
    Tales of alien abductions, miraculous relics, and haunted castles have attracted believers and skeptics across the globe for centuries. Paranormal investigator Joe Nickell tackles the world's most seemingly inexplicable myths in Adventures in Paranormal Investigation. With four decades of experience in the field, Nickell employs skepticism and scientific analysis to pull truth from the mires of false evidence and trickery that surround both old and new legends and mysteries. Unlike authors who engage in hype and sensationalism in order to foster or debunk myths, Nickell approaches each case with a rational and scientific approach intended to find the truth. Occam's Razor - all things being equal, the simplest solution is the best one - is a principal instrument in his investigative toolbox, as well as the belief that it is the claimant's responsibility to provide the extraordinary proof required in such extraordinary cases. Adventures in Paranormal Investigation features Nickell's on-site explorations in unusual phenomena. Among the 40 unique cases, Nickell examines mysteries ranging from snake charmers who purport to hold influence over the reptiles, to the Holocaust victims who reportedly haunt a gas chamber in Dachau, to Lake Simcoe's resident lake monster Igopogo in Canada. In addition to the case studies, Nickell analyzes how the propensity to fantasize can affect human perceptions of and belief in paranormal activity and how his personal experience with the paranormal was altered when intuition led to the discovery of a daughter he didn't know existed. More than just another myth-busting text, Adventures in Paranormal Investigation brings together reason and scientific analyses to explain both the phenomena and the role of human perception therein, establishing Nickell as the foremost paranormal investigator of our time. The book is published by The University Press of Kentucky. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Chris Hugan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/028865/bk_acx0_028865_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Building Strong Habits: Discover How to Gain New Habits, Keep Your Routine and Get the Perfect Productivity Plan , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 138min
    Build your strong habits.How many self-help books have you read that list habits they purport to instill? How many of those books have been successful in forming new habits? If you are planning to listen to this audiobook, then the other million didn’t work. They tried to tell you the habits of successful people or the mechanics of the brain, not how habits were acquired or changed. They all use different terminology but have the same concepts.Welcome to the book that will tell you the formula to build the successful habits you want!New habits don’t have to be a struggle. They do have to be consistent over time. This audiobook provides many methods for developing successful habits and keeping them. All of them have one thing in common: a simple formula. The formula is: time + repetition = habit. This formula is the primary takeaway from this book.Habits don’t form overnight, but in a mere two minutes a day, you can begin making changes to your life. The habit doesn’t matter, but repetition does. Any habit can be formed or bad habit extinguished with the simple formula that works, no matter what you name it.Discover how to gain new habits, keep your routine, and get the perfect productivity plan. Your habits require a neurological interaction as well as behavioral. Learn to access that part of your brain and create the changes you want. Understanding neural pathways help keep the forefront of your goals in your mind and an active part of your routine. There is enough information in this audiobook to alter nearly anything you can imagine and make the life you desire. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: William Hugh Norris. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/189885/bk_acx0_189885_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Craft We Chose: My Life in the CIA , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1168min
    Many books, fiction and nonfiction alike, purport to probe the inner workings of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Many attempt to create spine-tingling suspense or allege that America's civilian spy operation has run amok and been infested with rogues and criminals. Not that The Craft We Chose lacks suspense, harrowing encounters or its own share of villains. But this book is different. In fact it’s a unique straightforward, honest, surprisingly captivating memoir by one of the CIA's most well-known and honored career officers. For more than three decades, Richard L. Holm worked in the agency's Directorate of Operations now the National Clandestine Service the component directly responsible for collecting human intelligence. His assignments took him to seven countries on three continents, and his travels added many more destinations. At almost every turn Holm encountered his share of dangerous characters and situations, including one that nearly ended his life before he turned 30. The Craft We Chose is more than a chronicle of those episodes. It also reveals Holm's private life, his roots and family, his courtship and marriage, and his four daughters, whom he affectionately calls his platoon. Webster's Dictionary defines the word holm as an island in a stream. That is an appropriate analogy. The Craft We Chose reveals Richard Holm as an island of steadfastness in a stream of chaos. He served his country with distinction, in good times and bad, displaying extreme courage under the direst of circumstances and a sense of honor that can only be considered unshakeable. And he describes it all with a keen eye and a distinctive wit. His is a classic American story that conveys, vividly and unforgettably, a life in the CIA. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Christopher Strong. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/006703/bk_acx0_006703_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Grow Marijuana: How to Easily Grow Cannabis, Marijuana Indoor, Outdoor, Hydroponics, Indica and Sativa for Medical Use , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 239min
    Marijuana is a consequential herbaceous species originating from Central Asia, which has been utilized in folk medicine and as a source of textile fiber since the dawn of times. This expeditious-growing plant has recently optically discerned a resurgence of interest because of its multi-purport applications: it is indeed a treasure trove of phytochemicals and an affluent source of both cellulosic and woody fibers. Extremely fascinated with this plant are the pharmaceutical and construction sectors, since its metabolites show potent bioactivities on human health and its outer and inner stem tissues can be acclimated to make bioplastics and concrete-like material, respectively.The coalescence of historical medical use, modern research, and clinical experience have demonstrated many of cannabis’ therapeutic effects, including analgesic, anti-inflammatory, anti-epileptic, and migraine palliation.Growing this plant, called the most exhaustively studied plant on Earth, is ergo inspirited. This book will teach you all you require to ken to be able to cultivate marijuana alfresco and indoor. A revolution is going on in the cannabis world, especially with daily innovations that are being witnessed. Thanks to incipient technology and legislation that legalized cannabis in certain components of the world, cannabis entrepreneurs and researchers are finding incipient ways to make a whole variety of marijuana products that open up a whole incipient world of possibilities for users.By growing your own weed, you can become a component of this incipient weed revolution. By having plants, you’ll have access to a lot more buds than you would mundanely, as well components of the plant which you conventionally can’t get your hands on.If you have ever imagined yourself growing your own marijuana...today your dream is realized. Just click the buy button. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jason Belvill. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/186500/bk_acx0_186500_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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