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  A Fire Upon The Deep , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1297min

  A Fire Upon the Deep is the big, breakout book that fulfills the promise of Vinge's career to date: a gripping tale of galactic war told on a cosmic scale. Thousands of years hence, many races inhabit a universe where a mind's potential is determined by its location in space, from superintelligent entities in the Transcend, to the limited minds of the Unthinking Depths, where only simple creatures and technology can function. Nobody knows what strange force partitioned space into these "regions of thought", but when the warring Straumli realm use an ancient Transcendent artifact as a weapon, they unwittingly unleash an awesome power that destroys thousands of worlds and enslaves all natural and artificial intelligence.Fleeing the threat, a family of scientists, including two children, are taken captive by the Tines, an alien race with a harsh medieval culture, and used as pawns in a ruthless power struggle. A rescue mission, not entirely composed of humans, must rescue the children-and a secret that may save the rest of interstellar civilization.A Fire upon the Deep, which began the Zones of Thought series, is the winner of the 1993 Hugo Award for Best Novel.  ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Peter Larkin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/aren/001048/bk_aren_001048_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Slow Burn: Dead Fire: Slow Burn, Book 4 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 332min

  Dead Fire picks up following an infected attack on Sarah Mansfield's fortified house, during which three people seek shelter with Zed Zane and his fellow survivors. In the confusion, however, Murphy is gunned down, and an unthinking, emotional Zed strikes out to enact revenge. Unfortunately, the shooting and commotion have only attracted more Whites. A diversion plan emerges to rid the horde of the Smart One trying to figure a way through the gates, and lead the other infected away from the compound. Momentarily safe, the survivors turn to the matter of where to bury the dead. Zed, being now the only one available who would not attract the attentions of the infected, accompanies Freitag on this morbid mission. In short order, Zed is once more embittered and hardened against trust, when he finds himself stranded. After a series of developments that prove the Whites to be more formidable foes than he ever dreamed, he finds his way back to Sarah's house to find the compound overrun with infected and his friends mysteriously vanished without a trace, leaving Zed to rely once more solely on his wits to survive. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jason Damron. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/022225/bk_acx0_022225_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Short Story Press Presents Without Decent Restraint , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 34min

  Without Decent Restraint is a story about the duality of man, both the conflict between the mind and the body, and also how the desire to get what we want can put that very thing in danger. It examines whether or not the things we do, justified to ourselves as being done out of concern for others, can actually have a selfish motive.  It explores the horrors that come to the surface when a man is confronted with an unthinking and dangerous version of himself, as well as other elements:   A world ruined by a zombie apocalypse with a mysterious cause One man’s determined quest to seek out one thing in the midst of the chaos at any cost The protagonist’s desperation growing when his situation drastically changes His adaptation to his new situation, and learning the things he is still capable of doing  A taut climax where his love and his strength will be put to the test   The stakes in any story such as "Without Decent Restraint" are always high. However, the stakes for the protagonist in this story aren’t just high, they are deeply, painfully personal. He will soon learn that he may be risking it all in order to determine that his family is safe, and that being dead doesn’t stop him from being responsible for their protection when the moment counts. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Benjamin Allen. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/115813/bk_acx0_115813_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Unspoken: The Woodlands, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 642min

  Whore. Slut. Typhoid Mary. I've been called all these at Central College. One drunken night, one act of irresponsible behavior, and my reputation was ruined. Guys labeled me as easy, and girls shied away. To cope, I stayed away from Central social life and away from Central men, so why is it that my new biology lab partner is so irresistible to me? He's everything I shouldn't want. A former marine involved in illegal fighting with a quick-trigger temper and an easy smile for all the women. His fists aren't the danger to me, though; it's his charm. He's sliding his way into my heart, and I'm afraid that he's going to be the one to break me. Impulsive. Unthinking. Hot tempered. I allow instinct to rule my behavior. "If it feels good, do it" has been my motto, because if I spend too much time thinking, I'll begin to remember exactly where I came from. At Central College I've got fighting, and I've got women, and I thought I was satisfied until I met her. She's everything I didn't realize I wanted, and the more time I spend with her, the more I want her. But she's been hurt too much in the past, and I don't want to be the one to break her. I know I should walk away, but I just can't. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Stella Bloom, Andrew Eiden. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/024048/bk_adbl_024048_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Indigenous Plots in Twenty-First Century Latin American Cinema (eBook, PDF)

  In this engaging book, Maria Chiara D'Argenio delineates a turn in recent Latin American filmmaking towards inter/cultural feature films made by non-Indigenous directors. Aimed at a global audience, but played by Indigenous actors, these films tell Indigenous stories in Indigenous languages. Over the last two decades, a growing number of Latin American films have screened the Indigenous experience by combining the local and the global in a way that has proved appealing at international film festivals. Locating the films in composite webs of past and present traditions and forms, Indigenous Plots in Twenty-First Century Latin American Cinema examines the critical reflection offered by recent inter/cultural films and the socio-cultural impact, if any, they might have had. Through the analysis of a selection of films produced between 2006 and 2019, the book gauges the extent to which non-Indigenous directors who set out to engage critically with colonial legacies and imaginaries, as well as with contemporary Indigenous marginalization, succeed in addressing these concerns by 'unthinking' and 'undoing' Western centrism and coloniality. Drawing on a wide range of disciplines and considering the entire cinematic process - from pre-production to the films' production, circulation and critical reception - Indigenous Plots in Twenty-First Century Latin American Cinema makes the case for a holistic cultural criticism to explain the cultural and political work cinema does in specific historical contexts.

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  The English Woman in History (eBook, ePUB)

  First published in 1957, The English Woman in History displays the place women have held and the influence they have exerted within the changing pattern of English society. Ever since the days of Queen Elizabeth I the position of women in English society has been a matter of general debate. In the seventeenth century many men produced books in praise of women, following the example of Thomas Heywood. Most of these books were devoted to the praises of individual women, but their authors generally produced arguments against subjection of all women to the unthinking dominance of men. While married women were still legally subject to their husbands and no women were allowed to take part in public affairs it was impossible to write objectively about women's place in the world. The women who at the end of the seventeenth century began to write were generally fired by a sense of injustice, and men tended to write condescendingly of charm and beauty, which interested them more than intelligence and wit. Now that women are bearing public responsibilities with success it is possible for historians to look back dispassionately over the centuries and trace the stages by which this position has been won. It is a survey of this nature which Lady Stenton has attempted in this book. This is a must read for students and scholars of women's history, gender studies and women's movement.

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  The English Woman in History (eBook, PDF)

  First published in 1957, The English Woman in History displays the place women have held and the influence they have exerted within the changing pattern of English society. Ever since the days of Queen Elizabeth I the position of women in English society has been a matter of general debate. In the seventeenth century many men produced books in praise of women, following the example of Thomas Heywood. Most of these books were devoted to the praises of individual women, but their authors generally produced arguments against subjection of all women to the unthinking dominance of men. While married women were still legally subject to their husbands and no women were allowed to take part in public affairs it was impossible to write objectively about women's place in the world. The women who at the end of the seventeenth century began to write were generally fired by a sense of injustice, and men tended to write condescendingly of charm and beauty, which interested them more than intelligence and wit. Now that women are bearing public responsibilities with success it is possible for historians to look back dispassionately over the centuries and trace the stages by which this position has been won. It is a survey of this nature which Lady Stenton has attempted in this book. This is a must read for students and scholars of women's history, gender studies and women's movement.

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  The Transactional Manager , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 420min

  The most difficult and lingering problems that arise within organizations do not result from lack of some commodity such as money, machinery, materials, time, ideas, or expertise. If we follow a particular problem back to its roots, we often find that it is actually a "people problem". Somewhere along the line, somebody is angry, resistant, needy, passive, unthinking, obstructive, or in pain. The problem stems from the ineffective way that this individual (or group of individuals) is dealing with feelings, conflicts, and stress. Many organizations try to solve their "people problems" by manipulating commodities (buying a new piece of equipment, putting on an extra shift, adding or dropping a product, and so on) rather than by paying attention to what is going on with the people in the organization. In short, they treat the symptom rather than the cause. If manipulating the commodities happens to make things go better for the people involved, the problem may be solved; if it doesn't, the problem will persist, or worsen, or simply take another form. Clearly, it would be more efficient to first investigate the underlying "people problem" before investing time, money, and energy in a "solution" that may or may not bring the desired results. Many of these "people problems" are quite subtle. Few subordinates are willing to be in open is agreement with their supervisors, and fewer still are overtly obstructive. Instead, people "make mistakes", "have accidents", "misunderstand", "can't", spin their wheels, waste time, get sick, fail to cooperate with one another, and so on. Supervisors often cope with stress in these same ineffective ways, and many are unwilling to confront the inappropriate behavior of their supervisees. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Joseph R. Durika. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/097569/bk_acx0_097569_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Zombie Economics: How Dead Ideas Still Walk Among Us , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 481min

  In the graveyard of economic ideology, dead ideas still stalk the land. The recent financial crisis laid bare many of the assumptions behind market liberalism--the theory that market-based solutions are always best, regardless of the problem. For decades, their advocates dominated mainstream economics, and their influence created a system where an unthinking faith in markets led many to view speculative investments as fundamentally safe. The crisis seemed to have killed off these ideas, but they still live on in the minds of many--members of the public, commentators, politicians, economists, and even those charged with cleaning up the mess. In Zombie Economics, John Quiggin explains how these dead ideas still walk among us--and why we must find a way to kill them once and for all if we are to avoid an even bigger financial crisis in the future. Zombie Economics takes the reader through the origins, consequences, and implosion of a system of ideas whose time has come and gone. These beliefs--that deregulation had conquered the financial cycle, that markets were always the best judge of value, that policies designed to benefit the rich made everyone better off--brought us to the brink of disaster once before, and their persistent hold on many threatens to do so again. Because these ideas will never die unless there is an alternative, Zombie Economics also looks ahead at what could replace market liberalism, arguing that a simple return to traditional Keynesian economics and the politics of the welfare state will not be enough--either to kill dead ideas, or prevent future crises. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gideon Emery. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/002833/bk_adbl_002833_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Hunter's Game: An Alex Hunter Story: Hunter's Saga, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 68min

  Book one of the Hunter's Home Anthology. Newly edited and updated!As Alex Hunter watched in outrage through the scope of his rifle, a large uniformed man threw his mother from the porch of their homestead and into the yard. She landed hard, kicking up dust from the hard-packed earth. She gathered herself quickly as the man walked down the steps and stood over her. She made it to her knees, hands raised imploringly to the man.Outrage quickly became boiling anger as he watched his mom’s rough treatment. He could see her pleading with the man as he approached to stand over her. His face was a mask of rage as he glared down at her. The man, the leader of this group at a guess, barked a few short angry seeming words down at his mother in reply. The next instant, Alex's hot anger became sickening horror as the man quickly stepped back and drew his sidearm.With no hesitation, the muzzle flashed and Alex heard the distant report of the chemical-powered pistol that ended his mother’s life. His horror became unthinking shock as his mother’s body slumped to the ground like a puppet with its strings cut. This couldn’t be happening.“What? Why?”Alex’s head was spinning incoherently as the man holstered his weapon and started barking orders to his people. They immediately started to fan out to search the barn and the surrounding area. Shock became stone-cold rage. Alex watched the leader turn and start walking toward the house.Something cold and dark was swelling in Alex’s chest. The man was just crossing the threshold back into the house when his head exploded in a fine red mist. The cold eyes of a killer looked out at the world from Alex’s face as he jacked the next round into the chamber.Hunter's Game is the first book in the Hunter's Saga series. A work of military science fiction by Art DeForest. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Art DeForest. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/203489/bk_acx0_203489_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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