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    Unknown Past (eBook, ePUB)
    A biography of the "Cinderella" of Egyptian cinema-the veneration and rumors that surrounded an unparalleled career, and the gendered questions that unsettled Egyptian society. Layla Murad (1918-1995) was once the highest-paid star in Egypt, and her movies were among the top-grossing in the box office. She starred in 28 films, nearly all now classics in Arab musical cinema. In 1955 she was forced to stop acting-and struggled for decades for a comeback. Today, even decades after her death, public interest in her life continues, and new generations of Egyptians still love her work. Unknown Past recounts Murad's extraordinary life-and the rapid political and sociocultural changes she witnessed. Hanan Hammad writes a story centered on Layla Murad's persona and legacy, and broadly framed around a gendered history of twentieth-century Egypt. Murad was a Jew who converted to Islam in the shadow of the first Arab-Israeli war. Her career blossomed under the Egyptian monarchy and later gave a singing voice to the Free Officers and the 1952 Revolution. The definitive end of her cinematic career came under Nasser on the eve of the 1956 Suez War. Egyptians have long told their national story through interpretations of Murad's life, intertwining the individual and Egyptian state and society to better understand Egyptian identity. As Unknown Past recounts, there's no life better than Murad's to reflect the tumultuous changes experienced over the dramatic decades of the mid-twentieth century.
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    Game Changer (eBook, ePUB)
    Former gang banger turned professional performer Shawn 'Solo' Fonteno, beloved by millions of Grand Theft Auto V fans as the actor behind lead character Franklin Clinton, has released an inspiring new memoir documenting his rise from a troubled family life and immersion in gang culture to worldwide fame. In the memoir, Fonteno opens up on his trauma-filled early childhood including the loss of parental figures to drug addiction, near-death experiences and the risk-taking behaviors that developed throughout his teen years and early adulthood - chapters of his life he's relieved to close - as well as his experiences entering the entertainment industry in the hopes of inspiring at-risk youth with his story. Shawn's adverse childhood experiences gave Fonteno the attributes required to portray the kind of character Rockstar Games sought to create with Franklin Clinton in Grand Theft Auto V, - a young, smart and opportunistic street hustler determined to seek a better life for himself. Shawn's combination of street cred, lived experience, and the skill and confidence to perform under pressure gave Shawn unique insights into the character's arc over the course of the story. Upon its release in 2013, Grand Theft Auto V was the highest-grossing entertainment property of all time. The game has gone on to sell over 155 million units worldwide, and with Franklin's recent return as part of "The Contract," the latest blockbuster update to Grand Theft Auto Online, Shawn's character is more popular than ever.
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    Veg in One Bed (eBook, PDF)
    "Top grossing gardening book of 2019 in the UK."Huw Richards is the future of gardening" (The Guardian)"This beautifully illustrated book teaches you what to do month-by month in order to have success in the garden"(The Sun)"Ideal for new allotmenteers and gardeners starting to dabble in growing their own crops" (The English Garden)In just one raised bed, greenfingered wunderkind Huw Richards shows you how to grow vegetables, organically, abundantly and inexpensively so you have something to harvest every month of the year.Month by month, discover what you need to do and how to do it. Try becoming more self-sufficient in your allotment, a small garden, or even on a roof terrace.Everything is explained in clear, photographed steps: building your bed, growing from seed, planting, feeding, and harvesting. Huw shows how to guarantee early success by starting off young plants on a windowsill. He suggests what to grow in each part of the bed, and provides alternative vegetables to swap in or out depending on what you like eating. No-dig gardening methods remove most of the back-breaking work, too.Veg in One Bed goes beyond the inspiring demonstrations on his YouTube channel "Huw Richards - Grow Food Organically". In this book he organises all his ideas and suggestions into a blueprint for growing your own vegetables month by month. Little growing experience? Only a small space? No matter - with Veg in One Bed, you can still eat food you have grown all through the year."
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    Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 622min
    In the international best seller The Power of Habit, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charles Duhigg explained why we do what we do. In Smarter Faster Better, he applies the same relentless curiosity, rigorous reporting and rich storytelling to explain how we can get better at the things we do. The result is a groundbreaking exploration of the science of productivity. A group of data scientists at Google embark on a four-year study of how the best teams function and find that how a group interacts is much more important than who is in the group. A marine corps general, faced with low morale among recruits, reimagines boot camp - and discovers that instilling a 'bias toward action' can turn even the most directionless teenagers into self-motivating achievers. The filmmakers behind Disney's Frozen are on the brink of catastrophe - until they shake up their team in just the right way, spurring a creative breakthrough that leads to one of the highest-grossing movies of all time. What do these people have in common? They know that productivity relies on making certain choices. The way we frame our daily decisions; the big ambitions we embrace and the easy goals we ignore; the cultures we establish as leaders to drive innovation: these are the things that separate the merely busy from the genuinely productive. At the core of Smarter Faster Better are eight key concepts - from motivation and goal setting to focus and decision making - that explain why some people and companies get so much done. Drawing on the latest findings in neuroscience, psychology and behavioural eco­nomics - as well as the experiences of CEOs, educational reformers, four-star generals, airplane pilots and Broadway songwriters - this painstakingly researched book explains that the most productive people, companies and organizations don't merely act differently. They view the world, and their choices, in profoundly different ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mike Chamberlain. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/002335/bk_rhuk_002335_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Fish Out of Water: The Garden Key Tales, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 587min
    A handsome rock star and love-of-her life husband, a beautiful vintage home in Southern California, and a clear career path - what more could a quirky cool former Goth chick ask for? The way writer Maddy McManus saw it, after years of battling fear and insecurity, her life has finally fallen into place.Maddy has begun to write her first work of fiction to - hopefully - stir the spiritual hearts and minds of the literary world.Her previous publishing experience coauthoring Peter’s band’s high-grossing biography left her a bit psychologically bruised. Maddy made questionable choices with her dangerously charming coauthor, Mickey Harris. Maddy knew she was forgiven for the affair, but had she forgiven herself?Then life throws Maddy a major-league curveball. This new development does not fit into Maddy’s perfect life at all. But she discovers a deeper level of adoration - and heartbreak - than she has ever experienced.While joining her husband on tour in Berlin, Germany, a peculiar elderly Italian woman in an ancient church speaks a phrase to Maddy that haunts her in her broken world. Can she make sense of the woman’s words...and of the healing these words bring Maddy from her suffocating grief?And then Peter’s past comes crashing back in an enormous way. Can Maddy make peace with the repercussions of her husband’s history?Fish Out of Water is the third book in the Garden Key Tales series. It is the tale of purpose, prayer, and plenteous pizza in Germany.The second book in the series, Mind over Madeleine, is a tale of fear, forgiveness, and the Loch Ness Monster (released in 2014). And the first book in the series, The Garden Key, is a tale of lust, redemption, and really good cheeseburgers, which was released in 2010 to rave reviews and emotionally spent readers and listeners. The Garden Key Study Guide is a companion Bible study guide to the novel and an excellent tool for individual or gr ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Angela Dolbear. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/222185/bk_acx0_222185_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Garage Sale Success Secrets: The Definitive Step-by-Step Guide to Turn Your Trash into CA$H! , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 69min
    STOP! Before you hold your next garage sale, you MUST listen to this book! Its simple, fun, easy steps will help you make the MOST money possible, while you become lighter and happier in the process!Written in a warm, friendly, supportive, and conversational style by garage sale guru Kathy Ozzard Chism, you will easily learn her secrets for: choosing a date and time frame for your event easily organizing what you are going to sell what to purchase for your event to make it a success how to advertise to get the most bang for your buck how to price and display your items how to work with helpers how to easily and successfully sell your wares staying sane and cheerful throughout the process and a whole lot more!A quick reference "Timeline Guideline" is included, as well as a special bonus section for those who would like to take their sales skills even further.This book is the KEY to achieving true garage sale success. Again, don't hold your next event without listening to it first! About the Author: As the daughter of an antique appraiser and gift shop owner, Kathy Ozzard Chism learned about selling with integrity at a very early age. Kathy has been a top-grossing salesperson for such companies as Ethan Allen Interiors, Hot Spring and Caldera Spas, and Solatube International. She holds a B.A. in education, an A.A. in interior architecture/design, and is nationally certified and licensed in therapeutic massage. Kathy's vast experience includes corporate event planning and management, owning her own interior design company, teaching 4th grade, ten years as a United Airlines flight attendant, and founding Dream One World, a global 501 ( c )( 3 ) nonprofit. Thanks to a lifetime of many moves to many locations, Kathy has been creating garage sales, usually one or two per year, for nearly 40 years... all ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kathy Ozzard Chism. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/007915/bk_acx0_007915_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 623min
    New York Times best sellerFrom the author of The Power of Habit comes a fascinating book that explores the science of productivity, and why managing how you think is more important than what you think - with an appendix of real-world lessons to apply to your life. At the core of Smarter Faster Better are eight key productivity concepts - from motivation and goal setting to focus and decision making - that explain why some people and companies get so much done. Drawing on the latest findings in neuroscience, psychology, and behavioral economics - as well as the experiences of CEOs, educational reformers, four-star generals, FBI agents, airplane pilots, and Broadway songwriters - this painstakingly researched book explains that the most productive people, companies, and organizations don’t merely act differently. They view the world, and their choices, in profoundly different ways.A young woman drops out of a PhD program and starts playing poker. By training herself to envision contradictory futures, she learns to anticipate her opponents’ missteps - and becomes one of the most successful players in the world. A group of data scientists at Google embark on a four-year study of how the best teams function, and find that how a group interacts is more important than who is in the group - a principle, it turns out, that also helps explain why Saturday Night Live became a hit. A Marine Corps general, faced with low morale among recruits, reimagines boot camp - and discovers that instilling a “bias toward action” can turn even the most directionless teenagers into self-motivating achievers.The filmmakers behind Disney’s Frozen are nearly out of time and on the brink of catastrophe - until they shake up their team in just the right way, spurring a creative breakthrough that leads to one of the highest-grossing movies of all time. What do these people have in common? They know that productivity relies on making certai ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mike Chamberlain. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/004404/bk_rand_004404_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    J.K. Rowling: A Biography , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 17min
    J. K. Rowling is a British novelist, screenwriter, and film producer best known as the author of the Harry Potter fantasy series. The books have gained worldwide attention, won multiple awards, and sold more than 400 million copies. They have become the best-selling book series in history and been the basis for a series of films which is the second highest-grossing film series in history. Rowling had overall approval on the scripts and maintained creative control by serving as a producer on the final installment. Born in Yate, Gloucestershire, England, Rowling was working as a researcher and bilingual secretary for Amnesty International when she conceived the idea for the Harry Potter series while on a delayed train from Manchester to London in 1990. The seven-year period that followed saw the death of her mother, birth of her first child, divorce from her first husband, and relative poverty until she finished the first novel in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, in 1997. There were six sequels, the last, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, in 2007. Since then, Rowling has written four books for adult readers, The Casual Vacancy (2012) and-under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith - the crime fiction novels The Cuckoo's Calling (2013), The Silkworm (2014), and Career of Evil (2015). Rowling has lived a "rags to riches" life story, in which she progressed from living on state benefits to multi-millionaire status within five years. She is the United Kingdom's best-selling living author, with sales in excess of £238m. The 2008 Sunday Times Rich List estimated Rowling's fortune at £560 million, ranking her as the 12th richest woman in the United Kingdom. Forbes ranked Rowling as the 48th most powerful celebrity of 2007, and Time magazine named her as a runner-up for its 2007 Person of the Year, noting the social, moral, and political inspiration she has given her fans. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Colin Robinson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/062838/bk_acx0_062838_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Arnie & Jack: Palmer, Nicklaus, and Golf's Greatest Rivalry , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 748min
    Surprisingly, one of sport’s most contentious, complex, and defining clashes played out not in the boxing ring or at the line of scrimmage but on the genteel green fairways of the world’s finest golf courses. Arnie and Jack. Palmer and Nicklaus. Their 50-year duel, in both the clubhouse and the boardroom, propelled each to the status of American icon and pushed modern golf to the heights and popularity it enjoys today. Yet for all the ink that has been spilled on these two essential golf figures individually, no one has ever examined their relationship in this way. Arnie was the cowboy, with rugged good looks, Popeye-like forearms, a flailing swing, and charm enough to win fans worldwide. Jack was scientific, precise, conservative, aloof, even fat and awkward. Ultimately, Nicklaus got the better of Palmer on the course, beating him in major victories, 18-7. But Palmer bested Nicklaus almost everywhere else, especially in the hearts of the public and in endorsement dollars - Palmer was the top-grossing athlete for 30 years, until Michael Jordan surpassed him. With dogged reporting and crisp, colorful storytelling, the award-winning sports columnist Ian O’Connor explores this heated professional and personal battle in fascinating, intimate, and revelatory detail. Drawing on unique and exclusive access to Palmer and Nicklaus, and informed by some 200 new interviews, O’Connor illuminates the two men’s extreme differences and sprawling influence through mini-dramas, such as their little-known first meeting on the course at the topsy-turvy U.S. Open in 1962, their early involvement with marketing and a small agency called IMG, and their intense competition for golf-course designs in their later years. By the end of this pause-resisting narrative, which spans five remarkable decades, we see that each man wanted what the other had: Arnold had the adoring fans but wanted the trophies. Jack had the trophies but wanted the love. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Alpha Trivette. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/009624/bk_adbl_009624_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Unstoppable: My Life So Far , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 491min
    This program is read by the author. From Maria Sharapova, one of our fiercest female athletes, the captivating - and candid - story of her rise from nowhere to tennis stardom, and the unending fight to stay on top. In 2004, in a stunning upset against the two-time defending champion Serena Williams, 17-year-old Maria Sharapova won Wimbledon, becoming an overnight sensation. Out of virtual anonymity, she launched herself onto the international stage. "Maria Mania" was born. Sharapova became a name and face recognizable worldwide. Her success would last: she went on to hold the number-one WTA ranking multiple times, to win four more Grand Slam tournaments, and to become one of the highest-grossing female athletes in the world. And then - at perhaps the peak of her career - Sharapova came up against the toughest challenge yet: during the 2016 Australian Open, she was charged by the ITF with taking the banned substance meldonium, only recently added to the ITF's list. The resulting suspension would keep her off the professional courts for 15 months - a frighteningly long time for any athlete. The media suggested it might be fateful. But Sharapova's career has always been driven by her determination and by her dedication to hard work. Her story doesn't begin with the 2004 Wimbledon championship, but years before, in a small Russian town, where as a five-year-old she played on drab neighborhood courts with precocious concentration. It begins when her father, convinced his daughter could be a star, risked everything to get them to Florida, that sacred land of tennis academies. It begins when the two arrived with only $700 and knowing only a few words of English. From that, Sharapova scraped together one of the most influential sports careers in history. Here, for the first time, is the whole story, and in her own words. Sharapova's is an unforgettable saga of dedication and fortune. In this new audiobook, she brings us inside h ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Maria Sharapova. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/aren/002582/bk_aren_002582_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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