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    Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 506min
    Joy Division changed the face of music. Godfathers of the current alternative scene, they reinvented rock in the post-punk era, creating a new sound - dark, hypnotic, intense - that would influence U2, R.E.M., Radiohead, and many others. Inspired by the attitude and energy of punk, Peter Hook and school friend Bernard Sumner joined lead-singer and lyricist Ian Curtis and drummer Stephen Morris, and with some cobbled-together instruments, they created their own unique sound. In 1980 they had released two albums and were on the cusp of touring America when Ian Curtis committed suicide. In this no-holds-barred account, Peter Hook gives us the inside story of life with Joy Division. He talks with candour and reflection about Curtis's suicide and covers the band's friendships and fall-outs; their rehearsals and recording sessions; and the many larger-than-life characters that formed a vital part of the Joy Division legend. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Peter Hook. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bbcw/006312/bk_bbcw_006312_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Written! , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 130min
    Grandmaster Caz is a pioneering legend who can genuinely be credited as one of the inventors of rap. Caz is perhaps best known as the writer of Big Bang Hank's rhyme in Rappers Delight. The lyrics were stolen from him and he has never been credited or paid a dollar for writing the words to possibly the most famous rap record ever. Caz went on to form the legendary Coldcrush Brothers whose party rocking style would greatly influence many of rap's commercial breakthrough artists. In 2012, Caz became the unexpected star of Ice-T's seminal rap movie Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap. In the movie, Caz receives props from many of the cast, including Ice-T, Rev Run, Rakim, and Eminem, who sight him as one of the godfathers of rap. As a result of the movie Caz's career is enjoying a significant renaissance. Notable for his extraordinary penmanship Caz's favorite rhymes and his take on why he penned it, are reproduced from his notebooks and published for the first time in this limited edition book.  ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Grandmaster Caz. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/158136/bk_acx0_158136_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Alibi Jones and the Hornet's Nest: The Adventures of Alibi Jones, Book 4 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 652min
    Don't let me die - again! Specter? Projection? On the edge of human space floats an ancient alien derelict. A ghost ship? Those who get too close are visited by a glowing green translucent figure who begs, "Don't let me die - again!"  Alibi Jones was a Mediator for the Solar Alliance Interplanetary Force in the 2130s - but that's about to change. He's the foster son of the former leader of the Solar Alliance, and the new SA administration makes an example of him after news gets out that Alibi is partly responsible for the destruction of pleasure planet Kismet. Bounced out of his career in the Mediation Corps, Alibi's reassigned to Covert Ops. His cover: running cargo out past the colony world Depot, on the Fringe, from a new remote base - The Hornet's Nest!  Alibi Jones gets to know his new crew as they get a handle on running small cargoes and cover operations. Gluttonous planetary crime lords, alien parasites and symbiotes, psychics and scientists, galactic Godfathers, friendly free traders, astral travel - and a Business Manager Alibi married and grew old with in another life (long story) who also has something to do with that ghost (longer still) - lots going on out beyond the borders of the Solar Alliance. When they get assigned to check out the so-called "ghost ship", people start dying. Again. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mike Luoma. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/123386/bk_acx0_123386_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 468min
    Joy Division changed the face of music. Godfathers of alternative rock, they reinvented music in the post-punk era, creating a new sound - dark, hypnotic, and intense - that would influence U2, Morrissey, R.E.M., Radiohead, and numerous others. The story is now legendary: In 1980, on the heels of their groundbreaking debut, Unknown Pleasures, and on the eve of their first U.S. tour, the band was rent asunder by the tragic death of their enigmatic lead singer, Ian Curtis. Yet in the mere three years they were together, Joy Division produced two landmark albums and a handful of singles - including the iconic anthem "Love Will Tear Us Apart" - that continue to have a powerful resonance. Now, for the first time, their story is told by one of their own. In Unknown Pleasures, founding member and bass player Peter Hook recounts how four young men from Manchester and Salisbury, with makeshift instruments and a broken-down van, rose from the punk scene to create a haunting, atmospheric music that would define a generation. Peter talks with eye-opening candor and reflection about the suicide of Ian Curtis; the band's friendships and fallouts; the evolution of their sound and image; and the larger-than-life characters who formed a vital part of the Joy Division legend, including Factory Records founder Tony Wilson and producer Martin Hannett. Told with surprising humor and vivid detail, Unknown Pleasures is the book Joy Division fans have awaited for decades. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Peter Hook. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/003297/bk_harp_003297_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Moonstone , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1227min
    Claimed as the first detective story in the English language, Wilkie Collins weaves his classic mystery through a series of narratives by various characters in the book who had first-hand knowledge surrounding the disappearance of a large valuable yellow diamond (the Moonstone) from the room of its young owner, Rachel Verinder. Miss Verinder was bequeathed the diamond by a ne'er-do-well uncle who looted the jewel from the statue of the Hindu Moon God during the siege of Seringapatam-since which, Hindu Priests were bound and determined to recover the diamond and return it to its rightful place in the forehead of the statue of the god. Wilkie Collins William Wilkie Collins (1824 – 1889) was a very popular Victorian novelist and a close friend and collaborator of Charles Dickens. Collins was a prolific writer, publishing not only novels, but many plays, short stories and works of non-fiction. The son of a successful landscape artist, Collins developed a early interest in storytelling to disarm bullies at boarding school. As a child, Collins lived and traveled throughout Europe, and to please his father, became a lawyer. All major influences on his writing. Collins sold his first short story at 19, his first novel at 24. Collins had a very successful career as a master of suspense with a distinct narrative voice, filled with social commentary. Wilkie Collins never actually practiced law, but his knowledge profoundly impacted his writing and he is considered one of the godfathers of the "Detective Novel". ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David Thorn. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/alca/000076/bk_alca_000076_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Gangster: A Novel, Hörbuch, Digital, 348min
    Love. Violence. Destiny. These powerful themes ricochet through Lorenzo Carcaterra's new novel like bullets from a machine gun. In Gangster, he surpasses even his best-selling Sleepers to create a brutal and brilliant American saga of murder, forgiveness, and redemption. Born in the midst of tragedy and violence and raised in the shadow of a shocking secret, young Angelo Vestieri chooses to flee both his past and his father to seek a second family: the criminals who preside over early 20th-century New York. In his bloody rise from soldier to mob boss, he encounters ever more barbaric betrayals - in friendship, in his brutal business, in love - yet simultaneously comes to understand the meaning of loyalty, the virtue of relationships, and gains a perspective on the lonely, if powerful, life he has chosen. As the years pass, as enemies are made and defeated, as wars are fought and won, the old don meets an abandoned boy who needs a parent as much as protection. By taking Gabe under his wing and teaching him everything he knows, Angelo Vestieri will learn, in the winter of his life, which is greater: his love for the boy he cherishes, or his need to be a gangster and to live by the savage rules he helped create. A sweeping panoramic with riveting characters, a unique understanding of the underworld philosophy, and a relentless pace, Gangster travels through the time of godfathers and goodfellas to our own world of suburban Sopranos. But this is more than just an authentic chronicle of crime. Setting a new standard for this acclaimed author, Gangster is a compassionate portrait of one man's fight against his fate - and an unforgettable epic of a family, a city, a century. Language: English. Narrator: Joe Mantegna. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/002867/bk_rand_002867_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Yellow Mask , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 184min
    The Yellow Mask, a gothic romance, filled with mystery and suspense, will hold you riveted from beginning to end. A scheming priest, Father Rocco of Pisa, decides the inheritance and great wealth of Count Fabio D’Ascoli was stolen from the Church many generations ago. Father Rocco's brother is a master-sculptor, Fabio's teacher and the father of the beautiful Maddelena. To steal Fabio's fortune, the priest manipulates Fabio's true love, the sweet model Nanina, to leave Pisa. Father Rocco then engineers a wedding between Fabio and his easy-to-control niece. Poor Maddalena dies the next year in childbirth and the priest has to change his plot. The priest tries to drive Fabio mad by having a female henchman don a Yellow Mask and pretend to be the ghost of Maddalena. Fabio's only hope is his beloved Nanina. Can she save him? Wilkie Collins William Wilkie Collins (1824 – 1889) was a very popular Victorian novelist and a close friend and collaborator of Charles Dickens. Collins was a prolific writer, publishing not only novels, but many plays, short stories and works of non-fiction. The son of a successful landscape artist, Collins developed a early interest in storytelling to disarm bullies at boarding school. As a child, Collins lived and traveled throughout Europe, and to please his father, became a lawyer. All major influences on his writing. Collins sold his first short story at 19, his first novel at 24. Collins had a very successful career as a master of suspense with a distinct narrative voice, filled with social commentary. Wilkie Collins never actually practiced law, but his knowledge profoundly impacted his writing and he is considered one of the godfathers of the "Detective Novel". ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bobbie Frohman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/alca/000104/bk_alca_000104_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Controlling (eBook, PDF)
    Dieses Standardwerk stellt das Gesamtspektrum des Controllings theoriebasiert und praxisorientiert dar. Mit zahlreichen Beispielen aus dem Unternehmensalltag, Abbildungen, Tabellen sowie Gestaltungsfragen für Controller und Manager dient es als ein das gesamte Studium begleitendes Lehrbuch als auch zur Orientierung für die Fragen der Controllingpraxis. "Indem er Theorie und Praxis zusammenführt, zeigt Péter Horváth in seinem Standardwerk, dass Controlling weit mehr bedeutet als Erfolgskontrolle. Controlling ist essenziell, um in einem immer dynamischeren Marktumfeld Komplexität zu managen." Dr. Ulrich Spiesshofer, CEO und Vorsitzender der Konzernleitung ABB Ltd, Zürich "Von A wie Abweichungsanalyse bis hin zu Z wie Zielerreichung ist das Standardlehrbuch von Péter Horváth und seinen Koautoren Ronald Gleich und Mischa Seiter auch in der 13. Auflage wieder der Klassiker für die Ausbildung im Fach Controlling. Gestaltungsorientierte Theorie und hoher Praxisbezug schaffen für jeden Leser Mehrwert." Univ.-Prof. Dr. Barbara E. Weißenberger, Lehrstuhl BWL, insbes. Accounting Universität Düsseldorf Vorsitzende des Verbandes der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft e. V. "Eine ausgezeichnete Verbindung von Theorie und Praxis. Wichtig und gewinnbringend, gerade auch für den öffentlichen Sektor." Frank-Jürgen Weise, Vorsitzender des Vorstands Bundesagentur für Arbeit "Professor Horváth combines his academic thought leadership with extensive practical experience to produce an important contemporary textbook on management accounting and control." Professor Robert S. Kaplan, Senior Fellow and Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development Harvard Business School "Péter Horváth is one of the godfathers of controlling - his classic texts helped generations to understand and improve their control systems. This latest update is a great text and one that is highly recommended to anyone involved in the world of controlling." Professor Andy Neely, Director Cambridge Service Alliance
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    To the Best of Our Knowledge: Writing Democracy, Hörbuch, Digital, 52min
    In this hour, Mario Vargas Llosa is one of the godfathers of Latin American fiction. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2010. He also once ran for president of his native country, Peru. Politics and literature are the driving forces in his life. And, they often come together. For instance, one of his most recent novels is The Feast of the Goat - the story of Rafael Trujillo, the infamous dictator of the Dominican Republic. Vargas Llosa tells Steve Paulson why he found the subject so compelling and what became of his own political ambitions. Then, the politician and the playwright Vaclav Havel was known first as the romantic poet in blue jeans, the dissident Czech playwright who was thrown in jail for his anti-communist plays, and who emerged to inspire the so-called Velvet Revolution that overthrew the Soviet Union. Havel was elected President of the Czech Republic and served from 1993 to 2003. Near the end of his time in office, Steve Paulson spoke with him about the role of writers and artists in a democracy. Next, some of the largest demonstrations in American history took place just a few blocks from our studios, in downtown Madison, Wisconsin. Republican Governor Scott Walker had proposed cutting pensions and benefits for thousands of public employees. For days, hundreds of thousands of peaceful protestors occupied the State Capitol. They ate there. The slept there. And they wrote there. Among them was sleep-in activist and blogger, Christie Taylor. After that, V.S. Naipaul won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2001. A Trinidadian-British citizen, he’s known for his novels focusing on the legacy of the British Empire’s colonialism. Among them, the modern classic called A Bend in the River. Steve Paulson talks with him. Following that, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a Nigerian novelist whose book Half of a Yellow Sun is set during the period of civil violence surrounding the creation of Biafra. She tells Language: English. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/tbon/111116/rt_tbon_111116_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    To the Best of Our Knowledge: Writing Democracy, Hörbuch, Digital, 52min
    In this hour, Mario Vargas Llosa is one of the godfathers of Latin American fiction. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2010. He also once ran for president of his native country, Peru. Politics and literature are the driving forces in his life. And, they often come together. For instance, one of his most recent novels is The Feast of the Goat - the story of Rafael Trujillo, the infamous dictator of the Dominican Republic. Vargas Llosa tells Steve Paulson why he found the subject so compelling and what became of his own political ambitions. Then, the politician and the playwright Vaclav Havel was known first as the romantic poet in blue jeans, the dissident Czech playwright who was thrown in jail for his anti-communist plays, and who emerged to inspire the so-called Velvet Revolution that overthrew the Soviet Union. Havel was elected President of the Czech Republic and served from 1993 to 2003. Near the end of his time in office, Steve Paulson spoke with him about the role of writers and artists in a democracy. Next, some of the largest demonstrations in American history took place just a few blocks from our studios, in downtown Madison, Wisconsin. Republican Governor Scott Walker had proposed cutting pensions and benefits for thousands of public employees. For days, hundreds of thousands of peaceful protestors occupied the State Capitol. They ate there. The slept there. And they wrote there. Among them was sleep-in activist and blogger, Christie Taylor. After that, V.S. Naipaul won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2001. A Trinidadian-British citizen, he’s known for his novels focusing on the legacy of the British Empire’s colonialism. Among them, the modern classic called A Bend in the River. Steve Paulson talks with him.Following that, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a Nigerian novelist whose book Half of a Yellow Sun is set during the period of civil violence surrounding the creation of Biafra. S Language: English. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/tbon/120824/rt_tbon_120824_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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