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  French Senegal: The History of the French Colony and Senegal’s Transition to Independence , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 101min

  “The equilibrium you admire in me is an unstable one, difficult to maintain. My inner life was split early between the call of the ancestors and the call of Europe, between the exigencies of black-African culture and those of modern life.” (Léopold Sédar Senghor)Near the end of the 19th century, Otto von Bismarck, the German chancellor, brought the plenipotentiaries of all major powers of Europe together to deal with Africa's colonization in such a manner as to avoid provocation of war. This event, known as the Berlin Conference of 1884 - 1885, galvanized a phenomenon that came to be known as the Scramble for Africa.The conference established two fundamental rules for European seizure of Africa. The first of these was that no recognition of annexation would be granted without evidence of a practical occupation, and the second, that a practical occupation would be deemed unlawful without a formal appeal for protection made on behalf of a territory by its leader - a plea that must be committed to paper in the form of a legal treaty.Thus began a rush, spearheaded mainly by European commercial interests in the form of chartered companies, to penetrate the African interior and woo its leadership with guns, trinkets, and alcohol, and having thus obtained their marks or seals upon spurious treaties, begin establishing boundaries of future European African colonies.The ease with which this was achieved was due to the fact that, at that point, traditional African leadership was disunited, and the people had just staggered back from centuries of concussion inflicted by the slave trade. Thus, to usurp authority, to intimidate an already broken society, and to play one leader against the other was a diplomatic task so childishly simple, the matter was wrapped up, for the most part, in less than a decade. Even at that stage, however, the countries would keep jostling for position in Africa against each other, attempting to snap up more land and con ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bill Hare. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/194156/bk_acx0_194156_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Fundamentals of Data Science: Big Data, Deep Learning, and Machine Learning: What You Need to Know About Data Science and Why It Matters , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 187min

  Data science is no easy term to define. While there are many definitions available that point out its statistical or logical aspects, others focus on its machine learning impacts. The truth is, data science is a process that requires an understanding of multiple fields, methods, techniques, and more.Data science cannot be easily labeled because, when applied, it looks different to each person, business, or organization utilizing it. While the term may not be easy to define, what it is used for, can be used for, and approaches to it can be more easily understood. And that is precisely what this audiobook aims to do. Here is a preview of what you'll discover in this step-by-step audiobook. This audiobook will not only thoroughly go over all the skills, people, and steps involved in data science, it will also look closely at:What big data is and how data science came from it.How data has evolved, resulting in new methods for understanding it.How data science influenced artificial intelligence.How data science is used in machine learning and deep learning.How data science revolutionizes the way we train machines and set up neural networks. Data science, big data, machine learning, and deep learning tend to intimidate people. Many believe it is too complicated or technology-centered for them to break into these fields. This audiobook is designed to simplify these complex aareas in a way that anyone can understand the fundamentals.Whether you are just hearing about data science, are a student studying it in college, or looking to expand your career, this audiobook has something to offer every type of data enthusiast.Take action right away by downloading this book The Fundamentals of Data Science: Big Data, Deep Learning, and Machine Learning: What You Need to Know About Data Science and Why It Matters to learn more. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Nick Gallagher. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/202858/bk_acx0_202858_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  What the Luck?: The Surprising Role of Chance in Our Everyday Lives , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 469min

  The newest book by the acclaimed author of Standard Deviations takes on luck, and all the mischief the idea of luck can cause in our lives. In Israel, pilot trainees who were praised for doing well subsequently performed worse, while trainees who were yelled at for doing poorly performed better. It is an empirical fact that highly intelligent women tend to marry men who are less intelligent. Students who get the highest scores in third grade generally get lower scores in fourth grade. And yet, it's wrong to conclude that screaming is not more effective in pilot training, women choose men whose intelligence does not intimidate them, or schools are failing third graders. In fact, there's one reason for each of these empirical facts: Statistics. Specifically, a statical concept called regression to the mean. Regression to the mean seeks to explain, with statistics, the role of luck in our day-to-day lives. An insufficient appreciation of luck and chance can wreak all kinds of mischief in sports, education, medicine, business, politics, and more. It can lead us to see illness when we are not sick and to see cures when treatments are worthless. Perfectly natural random variation can lead us to attach meaning to the meaningless. Freakonomics showed how economic calculations can explain seemingly counterintuitive decision-making. Thinking, Fast and Slow helped listeners identify a host of small cognitive errors that can lead to miscalculations and irrational thought. In What the Luck?, statistician and author Gary Smith sets himself a similar goal, and explains - in clear, understandable, and witty prose - how a statistical understanding of luck can change the way we see just about every aspect of our lives and can help us learn to rely less on random chance, and more on truth. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tim Andres Pabon. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/gdan/002048/bk_gdan_002048_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Cat and Mouse on the Niger: The History of the Competition Between the British and French for Control of the Niger River , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 117min

  They have soldiers. We only have arguments. (French Foreign Minister Théophile Delcassé)Near the end of the 19th century, Otto von Bismarck, the German chancellor, brought the plenipotentiaries of all major powers of Europe together to deal with Africa's colonization in such a manner as to avoid provocation of war. This event, known as the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885, galvanized a phenomenon that came to be known as the Scramble for Africa.The conference established two fundamental rules for European seizure of Africa. The first of these was that no recognition of annexation would be granted without evidence of a practical occupation and the second, that a practical occupation would be deemed unlawful without a formal appeal for protection made on behalf of a territory by its leader - a plea that must be committed to paper in the form of a legal treaty.This began a rush, spearheaded mainly by European commercial interests in the form of chartered companies, to penetrate the African interior and woo its leadership with guns, trinkets, and alcohol, and having thus obtained their marks or seals upon spurious treaties, begin establishing boundaries of future European African colonies.The ease with which this was achieved was due to the fact that, at that point, traditional African leadership was disunited, and the people had just staggered back from centuries of concussion inflicted by the slave trade. Thus, to usurp authority, intimidate an already broken society, and play one leader against the other was a diplomatic task so childishly simple, the matter was wrapped up, for the most part, in less than a decade.Even at that stage, however, the countries would keep jostling for position in Africa against each other, attempting to snap up more land and consolidate it. As such, the scramble kept going at a fevered pitch until the outbreak of World War I.When they entered the negotiations in Berlin in 1884, the French we ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Daniel Houle. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/218124/bk_acx0_218124_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Intermittent Fasting: Beginner's Guide, Why Weight Loss Can Be Easy, Improve Health, and Live Longer , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 41min

  Intermittent fasting has been around for centuries and is currently one of the world’s most popular health and fitness trends. Many people rely on intermittent fasting to lose weight and to improve overall health and well-being. It is a simple, convenient, and cost-efficient way of reaching goals. Intermittent fasting is not a diet; it is a pattern of eating. In this respect, it does not change what you eat; it changes when you eat. It is about scheduling your meals in a way that is best for your body and your goals. The premise of all intermittent fasting approaches is that you will have eating periods and then you have fasting periods. There is no set time for how long a fast needs to last. The fasting periods could last anywhere from 14 hours to several days. The choice will be up to you! Try not to let the idea of fasting intimidate you. You do it naturally more often than you realize. This audiobook will provide you with the helpful information on the following:What exactly intermittent fasting is and how it originatedHow and why intermittent works to help you reach goalsThe many different intermittent fasting schedules and approaches and which one might work best for youThe proven health-related benefits of intermittent fasting, including weight loss, improved cardiovascular health, increased production of human growth hormone, and decreased risk for chronic diseaseHow intermittent fasting can actually slow the aging process as well as extend your lifespan!The audiobook will also point you in the right direction for getting started with intermittent fasting and will outline some things you might want to consider before jumping in.Intermittent fasting is both an easy and effective approach to improving your health while simplifying your life! Listen to this audiobook to get started.Start weight loss and improve your health now! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lizzie Richards. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/147927/bk_acx0_147927_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Until We Are Free: My Fight for Human Rights in Iran , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 519min

  The first Muslim woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, Shirin Ebadi has inspired millions around the globe through her work as a human rights lawyer defending women and children against a brutal regime in Iran. Now Ebadi tells her story of courage and defiance in the face of a government out to destroy her, her family, and her mission: to bring justice to the people and the country she loves. For years the Islamic Republic tried to intimidate Ebadi, but after Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rose to power in 2005, the censorship and persecution intensified. The government wiretapped Ebadi's phones, bugged her law firm, sent spies to follow her, harassed her colleagues, detained her daughter, and arrested her sister on trumped-up charges. It shut down her lectures, fired up mobs to attack her home, seized her offices, and nailed a death threat to her front door. Despite finding herself living under circumstances reminiscent of a spy novel, nothing could keep Ebadi from speaking out and standing up for human dignity. But it was not until she received a phone call from her distraught husband - and he made a shocking confession that would all but destroy her family - that she realized what the intelligence apparatus was capable of to silence its critics. The Iranian government would end up taking everything from Shirin Ebadi - her marriage, her friends and colleagues, her home, her legal career, even her Nobel Prize - but the one thing it could never steal was her spirit to fight for justice and a better future. This is the amazing, at times harrowing, simply astonishing story of a woman who would never give up, no matter the risks. Just as her words and deeds have inspired a nation, Until We Are Free will inspire you to find the courage to stand up for your beliefs. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Shohreh Aghdashloo. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/004498/bk_rand_004498_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  SAT 100 Core Words: Core Words #1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 17min

  Guaranteed to give the student a solid core list of words for the SATs. Unlike most SAT prep courses, this short concise audiobook is laser focused on the words themselves. It does not wear down and intimidate the student with length and breadth. This list was first developed at Choate, the distinguished American preparatory school with a wide range of graduates ranging from Adlai Stevenson and John F. Kennedy to Edward Albee and the actor Michael Douglas. Choate had a long honored tradition of not only getting its graduates into Harvard, Yale, and Princeton, but also having over 75% of them graduate in the top half of those classes. Choate, along with Andover and Exeter, were the only schools that the Harvard Admission Office would predict their students would have a higher grade point than at their high school. It is from this tradition of laser focused learning that this SAT prep audiobook comes. The words were first put forth by a legendary teacher, John Joseph, as the core 100. "Get these right and we can move on; but first get these memorized." As the audiobook says, Choate had the confidence to start simply with a foundation in a subject before moving to greater efforts. This is such an audiobook. The SAT words have remained largely the same over 50 years. A comparison to other texts indicates that about 98% of the words have been the same over this period, as an educated listener would expect. After this basic non-intimidating approach, a student can move on to the SAT and GRE 500 Words. But first start at the beginning. With the Core 100 words students will enjoy the speed at which they master this foundation of the language without having to wade through a long audiobook to get to this core knowledge. The very shortness encourages students to relisten to master this core subject. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Deaver Brown. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/smag/000072/bk_smag_000072_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Swahili: The History and Legacy of Africa’s Indigenous Culture and the Effects of European Colonization , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 99min

  *Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents   The modern history of Africa was, until very recently, written on behalf of the indigenous races by the white man, who had forcefully entered the continent during a particularly hubristic and dynamic phase of European history. In 1884, Prince Otto von Bismark, the German chancellor, brought the plenipotentiaries of all major powers of Europe together to deal with Africa's colonization in such a manner as to avoid provocation of war. This event—known as the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885 - galvanized a phenomenon that came to be known as the "Scramble for Africa." The conference established two fundamental rules for European seizure of Africa. The first of these was that no recognition of annexation would be granted without evidence of a practical occupation; the second, that a practical occupation would be deemed unlawful without a formal appeal for protection made on behalf of a territory by its leader, a plea that must be committed to paper in the form of a legal treaty.   This began a rush, spearheaded mainly by European commercial interests in the form of Chartered Companies, to penetrate the African interior and woo its leadership with guns, trinkets, and alcohol, and having thus obtained their marks or seals upon spurious treaties, begin establishing boundaries of future European African colonies. The ease with which this was achieved was due to the fact that, at that point, traditional African leadership was disunited, and the people had just staggered back from centuries of concussion inflicted by the slave trade. Thus, to usurp authority, to intimidate an already broken society and to play one leader against the other was a diplomatic task so childishly simple, the matter was wrapped up, for the most part, in less than a decade.   ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dan Gallagher. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/115559/bk_acx0_115559_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Creed , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 709min

  A grim picture. Joseph Creed is a paparazzo, one of that un-illustrious band of photographers whose sole purpose in life is to chase and harass celebrities for candid shots, preferably of the seedier kind. Creed, himself, is a sleaze of the first order, but good at his job; nothing will stop him getting the right shot. He's a coward, a liar and a would-be blackmailer. He's also a womaniser and a divorcée. He looks a little like the actor Mickey Rourke (and is aware of it). After the funeral ceremony of a major Hollywood actress, he photographs a man of ravaged appearance desecrating the grave. Creed himself is observed and there follows a series of horrific events designed to intimidate him into handing over the film. The person he has photographed bears a remarkable resemblance to a man hanged in the 1930s for murder and the mutilation of children. Creed eventually discovers his antagonists are the Fallen Angels of Europe, whose origins can be traced to Biblical sources. Their powers are waning, the centuries and the evil they have perpetrated have taken their toll. The demons are weary. James Herbert was one of Britain’s greatest popular novelists and our number-one best-selling writer of chiller fiction. Widely imitated and hugely influential, he wrote 23 novels which have collectively sold over 54 million copies worldwide and been translated into 34 languages. Born in London in the '40s, James Herbert was art director of an advertising agency before turning to writing fiction in 1975. His first novel, The Rats, was an instant best seller and is now recognised as a classic of popular contemporary fiction. Herbert went on to publish a new top-10 best seller every year until 1988. He wrote six more best-selling novels in the 1990s and three more since: Once, Nobody True and The Secret of Crickley Hall. Herbert died in March 2013 at the age of 69. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Damian Lynch. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/014364/bk_adbl_014364_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Summary of The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood: Concise and Succinct EasySummaries , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 28min

  Note: This is an unofficial summary and analysis of The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. This summary and analysis is not endorsed by or affiliated with Margaret Atwood. Here's a free excerpt from the book: The narrator of the book is an unnamed woman throughout the length of the novel. In the start of the book, the narrator is kept inside a high school's gymnasium (The Rachel and Leah Center, informally known as The Red Center) and several other females are also there. Aunt Elizabeth and Aunt Sara serve as guards and discipline them. While these two utilize cattle prods to intimidate, other guards possess guns. The women have to stay in the gym except for the walks they are allowed to take twice a day. The school's field is shielded by barbed wire and male guards known as Angels. The women are forbidden from talking among themselves and exchange names via lip-reading. Subsequently, the narrator is inside a room that is white and scarcely furnished. The room does not contain anything that can be utilized as a weapon. As she hears a bell, the narrator changes into red attire engulfing her entire frame. A shade covers her face. She descends the stairs with her shopping basket. The narrator enters the kitchen and receives some tokens from Rita, the cook. Rita is a 'Martha' and dressed in green. The name of the cleaner is Cora. The narrator wants to have conversations with the two like they do with each other but the Marthas are not supposed to have conversations with her kind. She remembers Luke. Rita orders the narrator to go to the market. If you want to know more, download and start listening now - even if it's 3 a.m.! This is a premium summary and analysis of Margaret Atwood's popular book The Handmaid's Tale. Designed with busy people in mind, it will give you a firm grasp on the story without sacrificing quality! Give it a try! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Elisabeth Lagelee. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/097604/bk_acx0_097604_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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