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    Cultish
    The author of the widely praised Wordslut analyzes the social science of cult influence: how cultish groups from Jonestown and Scientology to SoulCycle and social media gurus use language as the ultimate form of power.What makes "cults" so intriguing and frightening? What makes them powerful? The reason why so many of us binge Manson documentaries by the dozen and fall down rabbit holes researching suburban moms gone QAnon is because we're looking for a satisfying explanation for what causes people to join-and more importantly, stay in-extreme groups. We secretly want to know: could it happen to me? Amanda Montell's argument is that, on some level, it already has . . .Our culture tends to provide pretty flimsy answers to questions of cult influence, mostly having to do with vague talk of "brainwashing." But the true answer has nothing to do with freaky mind-control wizardry or Kool-Aid. In Cultish, Montell argues that the key to manufacturing intense ideology, community, and us/them attitudes all comes down to language. In both positive ways and shadowy ones, cultish language is something we hear-and are influenced by-every single day. Through juicy storytelling and cutting original research, Montell exposes the verbal elements that make a wide spectrum of communities "cultish," revealing how they affect followers of groups as notorious as Heaven's Gate, but also how they pervade our modern start-ups, Peloton leaderboards, and Instagram feeds. Incisive and darkly funny, this enrapturing take on the curious social science of power and belief will make you hear the fanatical language of "cultish" everywhere.
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    Islamic Folklore: The Spider of Mount Thawr and Prophet Muhammad Saw , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 18min
    I am a spider who is higher in rank than other spiders. With all humility, if all the spiders in this world were put in one hand and I was put in the other, I would outweigh them in superiority. I am not one to make false claims and show off, I am simply stating facts.I do not think that I need to introduce myself to you, for I am sure you understand that I am the spider of the cave in which the messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) hid. I am the one who was responsible for the prophet's deliverance. I am the one who Allah sent to protect him.My web is very flimsy and light, and the slightest breeze can blow it away. However, despite the weakness of my web, I managed to ward off the iron swords of the atheists who went out in pursuit of the prophet, and moreover, I was able to defeat them!The outcome of the conflict between the spiders' weak silk and the iron of the swords was the defeat of iron. My house is considered a parable of weakness, "Verily, the frailest (weakest) of houses is the spider's house". I sat in my house protecting the noble house of Islam and guarding the prophet of Allah, Muhammad ibn Abdullah (peace be upon him).  ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Madina Binti Adam. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/145305/bk_acx0_145305_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Moonlight Mayhem: Moon Mystery Series, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 366min
    Maggie Flynn's simple country wedding in West Virginia's enchanting Canaan Valley is everything her aunts hoped for, and Andrea Flynn and Kathleen Williamson are looking forward to a joyful weekend celebration. Murder is the last thing on anyone's mind, but when one guest has multiple enemies present, it becomes a reality. Poison in a late-night cup of tea proves fatal, and it's obvious that plenty of family members and their friends have reason to want the victim dead. When a second murder occurs, members of the wedding party become even more certain that a killer is stalking the halls of the Alpenhof Hotel where they're staying. Andrea and Kathleen join forces with Sheriff Ward Sterling to figure out who's killing the guests in this quiet mountain resort. And there are clues - or are they just red herrings? A book of poetry, a flower garden, and artificial fingernails are among the discoveries the sisters discuss with the sheriff. They're hoping the investigation won't put their lives in danger, but security at the hotel is lax and door locks are flimsy. If the sisters can dig up enough clues, maybe they can solve the puzzle before the killer takes aim at them. However, at bedtime they're bracing their door with the back of a chair, just in case. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Paula Faye Leinweber. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/011667/bk_acx0_011667_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Storm of the Century: The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 857min
    In 1934, hundreds of jobless World War I veterans were sent to the remote Florida Keys to build a highway from Miami to Key West. The Roosevelt Administration was making a genuine effort to help these down-and-out vets, many of whom suffered from what is known today as post-traumatic stress disorder. But the attempt to help them turned into a tragedy. The supervisors in charge of the veterans misunderstood the danger posed by hurricanes in the low-lying Florida Keys. In late August 1935, a small, stealthy tropical storm crossed the Bahamas, causing little damage. When it entered the Straits of Florida, however, it exploded into one of the most powerful hurricanes on record. But US Weather Bureau forecasters could only guess at its exact position, and their calculations were well off the mark. The hurricane that struck the Upper Florida Keys on the evening of September 2, 1935, is still the most powerful hurricane to make landfall in the US. Supervisors waited too long to call for an evacuation train from Miami to move the vets out of harm’s way. The train was slammed by the storm surge soon after it reached Islamorada. Only the 160-ton locomotive was left upright on the tracks. About 400 veterans were left unprotected in flimsy work camps. Around 260 of them were killed. This is their story. It includes stories of some of the heroes of the Labor Day 1935 calamity. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jason Culp. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/167180/bk_acx0_167180_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Widow's Walk , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 350min
    Boston's premier P.I. investigates the murder of a prominent local banker, with family ties to the Mayflower - and perhaps the mob. When 51-year-old Nathan Smith, a once-confirmed bachelor, is found dead in his bed with a hole in his head made by a .38 caliber slug, it's hard not to imagine Nathan's young bride as the one with her finger on the trigger. Even her lawyer thinks she's guilty. But given that Mary Smith is entitled to the best defense she can afford - and thanks to Nathan's millions, she can afford plenty - Spenser hires on to investigate Mary's bona fides. Mary's alibi is a bit on the flimsy side: she claims she was watching television in another room when the murder occurred. But the couple was seen fighting at a high-profile cocktail party earlier that evening and the prosecution has a witness who says Mary once tried to hire him to kill Nathan. What's more, she's too pretty, too made-up, too blonde, and sleeps around - just the kind of person a jury loves to hate. Spenser's up against the wall; leads go nowhere, no one knows a thing. Then a young woman, recently fired from her position at Smith's bank, turns up dead. Mary's vacant past suddenly starts looking meaner and darker - and Spenser's suddenly got to watch his back. With its lean, crackling dialogue, crisp action and razor-sharp characters, Widow's Walk is another triumph. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Joe Mantegna. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/000189/bk_rand_000189_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Gastric Band & Rapid Weight Loss Hypnosis: Two Fast and Extreme Hypnotic Techniques to Cut Your Body Fat and Enjoy Immediate Relief in Just 7 Days , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 329min
    Do you want a method to experience extreme weight loss, a guide to meditation, to improve your self-esteem, to heal your mind and body, all through subliminal techniques to switch your mind for a positive, healthy life?If yes, then keep listening....The aim of weight-loss hypnotherapy is to make you the healthiest, shift unhealthy-eating thinking, and help you lose weight responsibly, without disrupting your mental well-being.Weight-loss hypnosis trains us to reason like slim individuals, settle on choices about food like these individuals, and eat like flimsy individuals. Hypnosis works in our unconscious mind and replaces your bad habits with new and healthy ones. Also, it can work naturally in your mind, creating a subconscious gastric band that will reduce your sudden craving for sugar and binge eating.Discover:How to burn fat with hypnotherapy Gastric-band hypnosis, fat-free methods to reach your fitness goals Five sessions of gastric-band hypnosisWhy bariatric surgery is becoming obsolete12 hypnotherapy sessions for extreme weight lossFive sessions to maintain your fit body foreverPlus tips and tricksEven if you have never been on a diet before, even if you have tried thousands of useful diet programs without success, even if you haven't tried a diet based on hypnotherapy in your life, this audiobook will still guide you, so you can have the fit body that you want through 21 step-by-step hypnotic sessions. What are you waiting for?Buy now to grab your copy today! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Erika Mary. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/234150/bk_acx0_234150_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
    Can I get a "ramen" from the congregation?! Behold the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM), today's fastest growing carbohydrate-based religion. According to church founder Bobby Henderson, the universe and all life within it were created by a mystical and divine being: the Flying Spaghetti Monster. What drives the FSM' s devout followers, a.k.a. Pastafarians? Some say it's the assuring touch from the FSM's "noodly appendage." Then there are those who love the worship service, which is conducted in pirate talk and attended by congregants in dashing buccaneer garb. Still others are drawn to the Church's flimsy moral standards, religious holidays every Friday, or the fact that Pastafarian heaven is way cooler: Does your heaven have a Stripper Factory and a Beer Volcano? Intelligent Design has finally met its match-and it has nothing to do with apes or the Olive Garden of Eden. Within these pages, Bobby Henderson outlines the true facts- dispelling such malicious myths as evolution ("only a theory"), science ("only a lot of theories"), and whether we're really descended from apes (fact: Humans share 95 percent of their DNA with chimpanzees, but they share 99.9 percent with pirates!) See what impressively credentialed top scientists have to say: "If Intelligent Design is taught in schools, equal time should be given to the FSM theory and the non-FSM theory." -Professor Douglas Shaw, Ph.D. "Do not be hypocritical. Allow equal time for other alternative 'theories' like FSMism, which is by far the tastier choice." -J. Simon, Ph.D. "In my scientific opinion, when comparing the two theories, FSM theory seems to be more valid than classic ID theory." -Afshin Beheshti, Ph.D. Read the book and decide for yourself!
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    Fuzzy Nation , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 439min
    In John Scalzi's re-imagining of H. Beam Piper's 1962 sci-fi classic Little Fuzzy, written with the full cooperation of the Piper Estate, Jack Holloway works alone for reasons he doesn't care to talk about. On the distant planet Zarathustra, Jack is content as an independent contractor for ZaraCorp, prospecting and surveying at his own pace. As for his past, that's not up for discussion. Then, in the wake of an accidental cliff collapse, Jack discovers a seam of unimaginably valuable jewels, to which he manages to lay legal claim just as ZaraCorp is cancelling their contract with him for his part in causing the collapse. Briefly in the catbird seat, legally speaking, Jack pressures ZaraCorp into recognizing his claim, and cuts them in as partners to help extract the wealth. But there's another wrinkle to ZaraCorp's relationship with the planet Zarathustra. Their entire legal right to exploit the verdant Earth-like planet, the basis of the wealth they derive from extracting its resources, is based on being able to certify to the authorities on Earth that Zarathustra is home to no sentient species. Then a small furry biped - trusting, appealing, and ridiculously cute - shows up at Jack's outback home. Followed by its family. As it dawns on Jack that despite their stature, these are people, he begins to suspect that ZaraCorp's claim to a planet's worth of wealth is very flimsy indeed and that ZaraCorp may stop at nothing to eliminate the fuzzys before their existence becomes more widely known. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Wil Wheaton, John Scalzi - introduction. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/002596/bk_adbl_002596_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Solid Ground: A Reverse Harem Urban Fantasy: Arcane Rebels, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 553min
    When sinkholes plague the city of Corona, things get real. Sterling: Rebel Earth Master I’ve never been particularly proud of the stinking cesspool known as Corona, but for better or worse, it’s still my home. And as a newly minted Earth Master, I take particular umbrage when it starts to collapse. Sinkholes are hardly breaking news, but now that the original Masters’ proteges have unseated them, huge swaths of the city are falling in. Is it ineptitude? Neglect? Or some elaborate plan to lure us into a trap and harvest our magical energy? Whatever the reason, we can’t just stand by and watch the the city cave in. The public is still blind to the Masters’ corruption, and those glorified frat boys can wield a stunning amount of magic without even breaking a sweat. But the Rebels share a special bond - when we combine our powers, it’s awesome. And when we combine our naughty parts, it’s even better. If only all five of us could get on board with the arrangement. Zephyr and I have set aside our differences, and that kinkhound Rain is in his glory. But whenever things heat up, Ember makes a flimsy excuse to leave the rest of us to our own devices. We need everyone on board, even our long-suffering Fire Master...before anyone else gets buried. Urban fantasy fans will adore this medium-burn reverse harem filled with action, intrigue, and magic. If you like RH with complex heroes, spellbinding action, and immersive worldbuilding, pick up audiobook three in the five-volume Arcane Rebels series today.  ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Willow Summers. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/146697/bk_acx0_146697_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Burning the Map , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 563min
    The choices Casey Evers has made in her 26 years aren't exactly making her happy. In fact, her life is so on course - college, law school, boyfriend, job offer - that it's actually off. So, before she slides into 14-hour days at a Chicago law firm, she heads to Rome and Greece with her two best friends for one last hurrah. The thing is, her best friends haven't really been all that close to her since she started seeing John two years ago, she hasn't been all that close to John lately, and she's awfully partial to Mediterranean men... I rest my head against his shoulder. The scooter starts to fly again, and Rome whizzes by - a myriad of fountains, marble statues, larger-than-life doors with gigantic handles, streets that look like alleys...The rigidity that has settled in my bones and head over the past year seems to thaw a bit. Yet with the thaw comes an army of questions from some unused corner of my brain. What about John? Will you tell him about this little excursion, this man you are hugging? What happens when you get back, when you have to start work, when you can no longer escape the world? I lift my head and let the wind snarl my hair around my face, trying to forget these questions, the ones with rifles in hand that are waiting to fire holes in my flimsy curtain of contentment. Set against the backdrop of sparkling beaches and old-world villages, Burning the Map ignites the fire within us all, to shine in unexpected ways... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Piper Goodeve. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/013717/bk_acx0_013717_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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