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  State and Revolution , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 254min

  Lenin's original work on class-based revolution. In 1917, in the midst of two revolutions, Vladimir Ilich Lenin fled Russia for fear of persecution by the government. While in exile, he began work on one of his most important works, State and Revolution, an attempt to resurrect the purity of Marx's and Engels' socialist teachings, which Lenin claimed were subsumed and weakened by reformists who reduced the "great revolutionaries" into "harmless icons".In State and Revolution, Lenin posits that the traditional role of the state in society is to maintain the control of the powerful, thus enabling the rich to exploit the poor. Because the ruling class will never willingly give up their political influence, social democracy - including parliamentary elections - is a false promise, and only results in a new crop of rich overlords lining up to "repress and crush the people". The sole way to bring true freedom and self-determination to all citizens, and throw off the "yoke of capitalism", is through Communist revolution - to "smash the state". As a result, the state would "wither away", and its bureaucrats would perform the will of the proletariat.This seminal work provides a practical application of socialist principles, and it has greatly influenced theories of global capitalist development. Italian philosopher Lucio Colletti called State and Revolution "Lenin's greatest contribution to political theory."This audio edition is deftly narrated by Peter Coates. To deepen your understanding of Lenin's arguments in State and Revolution, you may also wish to listen to his treatise on the relationship between capitalism and colonialism: Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism, skillfully read by Richard Webb, an Audible listener favorite. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Peter Coates. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/222324/bk_acx0_222324_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  100 Things We've Lost to the Internet

  The acclaimed editor of The New York Times Book Review takes readers on a nostalgic tour of the pre-Internet age, offering powerful insights into both the profound and the seemingly trivial things we've lost.NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY CHICAGO TRIBUNE AND THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS A deft blend of nostalgia, humor and devastating insights. PeopleRemember all those ingrained habits, cherished ideas, beloved objects, and stubborn preferences from the pre-Internet age? They re gone.To some of those things we can say good riddance. But many we miss terribly. Whatever our emotional response to this departed realm, we are faced with the fact that nearly every aspect of modern life now takes place in filtered, isolated corners of cyberspace a space that has slowly subsumed our physical habitats, replacing or transforming the office, our local library, a favorite bar, the movie theater, and the coffee shop where people met one another s gaze from across the room. Even as we ve gained the ability to gather without leaving our house, many of the fundamentally human experiences that have sustained us have disappeared.In one hundred glimpses of that pre-Internet world, Pamela Paul, editor of The New York Times Book Review, presents a captivating record, enlivened with illustrations, of the world before cyberspace from voicemails to blind dates to punctuation to civility. There are the small losses: postcards, the blessings of an adolescence largely spared of documentation, the Rolodex, and the genuine surprises at high school reunions. But there are larger repercussions, too: weaker memories, the inability to entertain oneself, and the utter demolition of privacy.100 Things We ve Lost to the Internet is at once an evocative swan song for a disappearing era and, perhaps, a guide to reclaiming just a little bit more of the world IRL.

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  Ancient Rhodes: The History and Legacy of the Famous Greek Island in Antiquity , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 98min

  Modern perceptions of classical Greece are almost invariably based on Athens and Sparta, but there are perhaps few areas as consistently undervalued as the island of Rhodes. Although solidly part of the Greek world for as long as there has been one, Rhodes, located just off the coast of Asia Minor, was also from its earliest times a port opening to the civilizations of the Eastern Mediterranean, and Rhodes was involved in every significant moment in ancient Greek history. The island often played a key role in world events that far surpassed its small size and at one point even stood side by side with much larger kingdoms as one of the main powers in the Greek world.  In the Archaic and Classical periods, Rhodes often stood as a prime exemplar of the highs and lows of its fellow Greek cities, and as the largest island of the Dodecanese, Rhodes’ history is largely in line with that of the rest of those islands. Rhodes was first colonized by the Greeks of the Dorian tribe around the eighth century BCE, and it aligned with its fellow Dorian cities on the surrounding islands and the mainland of Asia Minor to form the so-called Doric Hexapolis. After the Ionian revolt near the end of the sixth century BCE, Rhodes, along with other islands, was in the path of the Persian fleet that crossed the Aegean to face off against the Greeks in the Persian Wars.  In the aftermath of the Persian Wars, along with the rest of the islands and with Greek Asia Minor, Rhodes was subsumed into the Athenian alliance, which would soon become the Athenian Empire. However, Athens would soon lose its power, and around the end of the Peloponnesian War against Sparta, its hold on its allies would wane. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mark Norman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/103139/bk_acx0_103139_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  How to Become Highly Successful on TikTok, How to Monetize Your TikTok Videos, How to Rapidly Grow Your TikTok Brand, and How to Generate Extreme Wealth Online on Social Media Platforms , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 119min

  This essay sheds light on how to become highly successful on TikTok, how to monetize your TikTok videos, and how to rapidly grow your TikTok brand. Moreover, how to generate extreme wealth online on social media platforms by incessantly creating ample lucrative income generating assets is explicated in this essay. Additionally, the utmost best income generating assets to produce for generating extreme wealth online in the digital era are identified, how to become a profoundly successful influencer online on social media platforms is elucidated, and the myriad of assorted benefits of becoming a successful influencer online are revealed in this essay. Furthermore, how to attain extreme fame leverage is demystified and how to earn substantial money online so that you afford to profusely enrich every aspect of your life is meticulously expounded upon in this essay. Albeit cumbersome, it is viably possible to attain unprecedented success on TikTok and grow your TikTok channel to the next level. As a video sharing platform that focuses on shorter videos, such as viral dance videos, challenge videos, and “lip-sync videos” (Warren, 2020), the rules of audience engagement are vastly disparate between YouTube and TikTok. In stark contrast to YouTube’s audience, TikTok users are all the more keen on watching shorter, more entertaining videos that are almost akin to Vines on Twitter. On the other hand, YouTube viewers have come to expect longer, more in-depth videos from their favorite content creators which can be subsumed under a broader range of genres. TikTok’s video content is primarily consumed by Generation Z viewer. “On the other hand, 35+ and 55+ age groups are the fastest growing YouTube demographic age groups. Millennials prefer YouTube two to one over traditional television” (Aslam, 2020). While YouTube videos are typically long winded in nature, TikTok videos are distillations of a video’s best content which renders them all the more appealing for ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dylan Davis. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/213548/bk_acx0_213548_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Dangers of Consuming Foods That Are High in Lectins, How to Minimize Lectin Absorption When Eating Foods That Are High in Lectins, and Lectin Rich Foods That You Should Avoid Eating , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 196min

  This essay sheds light on the dangers of consuming foods that are high in lectins, explicates how to minimize lectin absorption when eating foods that are high in lectins, and identifies lectin rich foods that you should avoid eating. Moreover, the cornucopia of simple to prepare and palatable healthy food recipes for longevity are demystified and the surfeit of deadly disease causing foods that you should always desist from ever considering devouring are revealed in this essay. Furthermore, how to substantially mitigate risks for succumbing to contracting lethal chronic diseases by embracing a salubrious, wholesome, heart healthy, brain healthy, kidney healthy, anticancer, antidiabetic, nutrient dense, alkaline, antioxidant rich, anti-inflammatory, raw fruitarian diet is expounded upon in this essay. The dangers of consuming foods that are high in lectins should not be overlooked. The consumption of lectin rich foods can of dire consequence to your overall health. Lectins are a natural insecticide for a plant that allow plants to fend off against insects and predators. Sufficiently stated, “lectins are a deemed diverse family of carbohydrate-binding proteins found in all plants and animals. Some plant lectins are even considered toxic. For instance, in the case of the poison ricin, a lectin from the castor oil plant, they can be lethal” (Leech, 2019). The consumption of lectin rich foods can unequivocally be perilous, especially since lectins were designed to be a potent insecticide is to ward off insects and predators from eating plants. Lectins are more abundant in protein dense plant based foods, such as peanuts, grains, beans and legumes. Plants subsumed under the nightshade family are also considered rich in lectins. The consumption of lectins can elicit acute digestive distress which is all the more reason why you should eschew eating lectin rich foods. “For example, raw kidney beans contain phytohaemagglutinin, a toxic lectin. The main sympt ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Pamela Brown. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/215409/bk_acx0_215409_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Future of the Action Figure Industry, How Emerging Technologies Will Revolutionize the Action Figure Industry, and the Benefits of Leveraging Robots in the Action Figure Industry , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 123min

  This essay sheds light on the future of the action figure industry and explicates how emerging technologies will revolutionize the action figure industry. Moreover, the benefits of leveraging robots in the action figure industry are demystified in this essay. Furthermore, how to earn substantial money online so that you can afford to procure your own action figure collection is expounded upon in this essay.The future of the action figure industry will not only be characterized by dynamism as it continues to metaphorically evolve, but will also be eminently auspicious for toy designers, supply chain members, retailers, and customers. Technological advancements are profoundly changing the action figure industry and are rendering it all the more technology driven. The behemoth action figure industry shows no signs of decelerating anytime in the imminent future. The behemoth action figure industry is subsumed under the sizeable global toy industry. The expansion of the global toy industry will be attributed to the rising demand for action figures as well as an increasing demand for other types of toys. “The global toys market is projected to reach revenues of more than $120,000,000 by 2023, growing at a compound annual growth rate of around four percent during 2017-2023” (“The global toys,” 2018). “In 2019, retail sales of action figures and accessories in the United States alone amounted to approximately $1,710,000,000” (O'Connell, 2020).While the action figure market may not be the utmost largest market segment of the behemoth global toy market, its latent potential to grow to an unprecedented size should not be underestimated. As fictional intellectual properties, such as Marvel and Star Wars, become ever more popular worldwide, more adults and children will commence dabbling into action figure collecting. People love to procure action figures based on their favorite media franchises and customers deem action figures to be highly appealing pro ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Matthew R Gargano. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/223669/bk_acx0_223669_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Suleiman the Magnificent: The Life and Legacy of the Ottoman Empire’s Most Famous Sultan , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 112min

  In terms of geopolitics, perhaps the most seminal event of the Middle Ages was the successful Ottoman siege of Constantinople in 1453. The city had been an imperial capital as far back as the fourth century, when Constantine the Great shifted the power center of the Roman Empire there, effectively establishing two almost equally powerful halves of antiquity’s greatest empire. Constantinople would continue to serve as the capital of the Byzantine Empire even after the Western half of the Roman Empire collapsed in the late fifth century. Naturally, the Ottoman Empire would also use Constantinople as the capital of its empire after their conquest effectively ended the Byzantine Empire, and thanks to its strategic location, it has been a trading center for years and remains one today under the Turkish name of Istanbul.In the wake of taking Constantinople, the Ottoman Empire would spend the next few centuries expanding its size, power, and influence, bumping up against Eastern Europe and becoming one of the world’s most important geopolitical players. It was a rise that would not truly start to wane until the 19th century, and the most influential ruler who helped bring the “Pax Ottomana” about was Suleiman the Magnificent.By the time of Suleiman’s ascension, the Ottoman Empire was already in good condition. It was politically stable, culturally flourishing, dominating trade in the area, and in possession of a superior military organization, which allowed Suleiman I to continue his predecessors’ work without much need to change the direction of the empire. Selim's aggressive rule left the Janissaries efficient and strong, the Mamluks defeated, and the holy cities subsumed into the empire. The Republic of Venice in the West, as well as the Safavids in the East, had been weakened, and for the first time, the Ottoman had a fleet able to challenge old trade structures and rise as a new dominant power on the seas. Things were going well, and Suleiman intended ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dan Gallagher. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/139894/bk_acx0_139894_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Virtues of War: A Novel of Alexander the Great, Hörbuch, Digital, 350min

  Filled with meticulously researched details and told from the point of view of Alexander the Great himself, The Virtues of War is a novel as intensely gripping as bulletins from the battlefield and as intimately revealing as a private diary. Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.) ascended to the throne of Macedon as the age of 20. He fought his greatest battles, including the conquest of the mighty Persian Empire, before he was 25 and died a few months short of his 33rd birthday, still undefeated by any enemy. His reputation as a supreme warrior and leader of men is unsurpassed in the annals of history. In the brilliantly imagined-first person voice of Alexander the Great, acclaimed novelist Steven Pressfield brings to life his epic battles, his unerring command of his forces, and the passions and ambitions that drove him. Alexander was a fearless commander who moved with such daring and speed that no army could withstand him; a driven leader whose hunger for conquest knew no limits; and a man with boundless compassion for his troops, deep friendships with his generals, and profound respect for his enemies. Yet in the end, his noble qualities were subsumed by his insatiable lust for glory. No one writes about battles as brilliantly as Pressfield, and in The Virtues of War he vividly describes the seminal conflicts of Alexander¿s career, revealing the tactics behind them and capturing the blood, heat, and terror of the battlefield. He follows Alexander¿s forces as they faced and defeated armies that far outnumbered them and delivers a thrilling frontline report from Gaugamela, the scene of Alexander¿s greatest victory. In the powerful ending, Pressfield shows a great conqueror finally halted, not by an enemy but by his own overreaching ambition. Epic in scope and magisterial in tone, The Virtues of War is sure to take its place among the classics of historical fiction. Language: English. Narrator: James Langton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/000487/bk_rand_000487_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Secret History , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 302min

  The Secret History, written by the sixth-century Byzantine historian Procopius, is one of the most extraordinary and scandalous documents to have survived from the early Byzantine period. Procopius, the leading official historian of his time, lived during the testing and indulgent time of Emperor Justinian the Great and wrote the official records of the successful wars and the grand building projects of his ruler. These were words of aggrandisement. But covertly, Procopius kept a very different record: The Secret History, a vivid, salacious and detailed account of the outrageous behaviour of Justinian and his wife, Theodora, and the equally corrupt, licentious and cruel members of the court and administration of the time. Secrecy was a necessary precaution for Procopius to prevent a painful and untimely death, for Justinian emerges as a grasping, ruthless and unprincipled ruler who would do anything to increase his wealth and power and who would not brook opposition on any level. No-one was safe around him - he was on a par with the worst Emperors of Rome such as Caligula. Theodora was no better - Procopius portrays her as a vulgar woman of insatiable sexual appetite given to scandalous displays and equally ready to kill to satisfy her desires. Not even Belisarius, the outstanding general of the time, was free from criticism: he is shown to be in thrall to his wife, Antonina, also a woman of wild habits, keen to pursue any person or object which appealed to her without let or hindrance. This was a time, Procopius shows, when no-one in the great capital of Constantinople was safe, a time when the rule of law could be subsumed at any time according to the whim of those in power. James Cameron Stewart reads the unabridged anonymous translation published in 1896 by The Athenian Society. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: James Cameron Stewart. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/dhrm/000079/bk_dhrm_000079_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Kammersinfonie/+

  In the hours of the New Moon is an early work, probably dating from Roslavets's student days at the Moscow Conservatory. Already present is a developed musical awareness, as French Impressionism and the heady orchestral textures of Richard Strauss are subsumed into a Scriabin-esque unity of considerable stature. The Chamber Symphony of 1934/5 is without doubt Roslavets's most significant symphonic work.

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