85 Results for : insulting
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Whatever It Takes
In the more than seven years since the decision to award the 2018 and 2022 World Cup tournaments, many fine legal minds, investigators, journalists and others have attempted to find out just how Russia, and especially Qatar, managed to pull it off. As with almost everything to do with the entire World Cup bidding process conducted by FIFA, there is more to the story than merely about how two nations won. Much more. This book lifts the lid on how a bid for the greatest show on earth, the FIFA World Cup, works from the inside - an inside that involves what is now known as the murky, corrupt goings-on of world football administration. As US Senator Richard Blumenthal said, comparing FIFA to the mafia "is almost insulting to the mafia". It's also the inside story of a losing bid team and the characters around it. It's the inside story of how the 'FIFA Way - as former US Attorney-General Loretta Lynch referred to it - works, and the impact it has on individual lives. And it shows that when it comes to the greatest prize in world football some people will do whatever it takes.- Shop: buecher
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The Last Straw: A Critical Autopsy of a Galaxy Far, Far Away , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 294min
Come, quibble about a galaxy far, far away! Once, in a theater long ago and far, far away, young audiences who watched the nostalgic space epic of yesteryear, known then only as Star Wars, were duly enthralled. So much goodwill, so much affection, and so much love has rarely been lavished on any franchise. So much money from so many eager fans was never so readily available.Yet, with one potent death star-like blast of mind-breakingly awful filmmaking, the Disney Corporation has managed to alienate that goodwill, spurn that affection, and lose that money. Why? What makes The Last Jedi so appallingly bad? What made the filmmaker think he could win over his audience by insulting his audience?Science fiction grand master John C. Wright laments, analyzes, and autopsies the horrific story-telling of a film that, for so many of us, was the last hope for Star Wars, the last dime we will ever spend on this once-beloved franchise, and the last straw that broke our patience. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kenneth Dickason. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/183848/bk_acx0_183848_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Hue Huxley and Magic the Hound , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 392min
Hue's life is transformed from the mundane to the fantastic when his father, Howard, attracts the attention of Baba Yaga, the iron-teeth, Witch of Misfortune. Enraged by Howard's comments, she brings misfortune to him, and then turns on Hue for his insulting disbelief of witches.As Baba Yaga executes her misdeed, Ganesh, the elephant-headed, Deity of Good Fortune, spies upon her. Ganesh takes favor on the Hue and dispatches one of his familiars, a charmed Pharaoh hound called Magic, to protect the now fatherless boy. Baba Yaga, nonetheless, sends Hue and his friends to Tartarus, the underworld of Hades, where he meets Oceana, the daughter of Poseidon. Hue rescues the Sea Princess and they flee over the inverted Bridge of Doom.Baba Yaga finally has Hue imprisoned in the dungeons of Lowermost Castle. But with the help of a chatty Cherub and some rubberry ointment, Hue is able to squeeze from his cell. But will he be able to save himself and his friends from the menacing creatures of the castle, and return home to his own world? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Philip Battley. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/228816/bk_acx0_228816_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Alpha Claims a Mate , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 257min
New Yorker Ginger Colby, half witch, half werewolf, all curves, has made an immediate and lasting impression on the Alpha of Blue Moon County. Unfortunately, she did it by publicly insulting him - she turned down the smug, sexy werewolf sheriff when he asked her to dance with him at the local honky-tonk. Now the furious Alpha of her pack is ordering her to make amends with Sheriff Sexy - or risk igniting a war between the Red Wolves and the Gray. The Sheriff's idea of re-establishing his dominance includes a bare bottom spanking, making her work for him as his new assistant, and flirting with her outrageously. But is he flirting with her just to get revenge for humiliating him - or does he want something more? And can a liberated big city werewolf find happiness with a dominant small town shifter? With the mysterious disappearance of an archeology professor, and a jealous Alpha female stirring up trouble...Ginger may not have a chance to find out! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mackenzie Harte. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/026950/bk_adbl_026950_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Donovan's Bed , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 507min
In this battle of the sexes, the ultimate prize is love. Sarah Calhoun is bound and determined to restore honor to the family name the only way she knows how - make her late father's newspaper, the Burr Chronicle, the most successful in the Wyoming Territory. Haunted by past scandal, she knows one misstep, one misunderstanding, could bring disgrace back down on her head. Yet that doesn't stop her from running an article about the insulting Jack Donovan. The blasted man is shopping for a wife as he would a horse! Jack finally has the house in the kind of town he's always dreamed about. Now all that's missing is a wife. At first, he thinks Sarah's scathing article about his quest is a good thing - until he finds himself hounded by hordes of young girls, spinsters, and widows. Still, he can't stop thinking about the sassy newspaper editor who started it all. Sarah is as determined to ignore her impossible attraction to Donovan as she is to uncover his mysterious past. But the harder she digs for his secrets, the deeper he hides them. Until there's only one rock left unturned. His heart. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Joe Arden. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/028780/bk_adbl_028780_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Straight White Male , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 651min
Kennedy Marr is a novelist from the old school. Irish, acerbic, and a borderline alcoholic and sex addict, his mantra is drink hard, write hard and try to screw every woman you meet. He's writing film scripts in LA, fucking, drinking and insulting his way through Californian society but also suffering from writer's block and unpaid taxes. Then a solution presents itself - Marr is to be the unlikely recipient of the W. F. Bingham Prize for Outstanding Contribution to Modern Literature, an award worth half a million pounds. But it does not come without a price: he must spend a year teaching at the English university where his ex-wife and estranged daughter now reside. As Kennedy acclimatises to the sleepy campus, inspiring revulsion and worship in equal measure, he's forced to reconsider his precarious lifestyle. Incredible as it may seem, there might actually be a father and a teacher lurking inside this ‘preening, narcissistic, priapic, sociopath'. Or is there? Straight White Male is a no-holds-barred look into the midlife crisis and the contemporary male sexual psyche. It is a brilliant new satire from one of Britain's sharpest writers. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John Cormack. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/002148/bk_rhuk_002148_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Daniel Dilemma: How to Stand Firm and Love Well in a Culture of Compromise , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 425min
We have real hope we’re called to share. But how we share it makes a difference. Christians today face a dilemma: In a world that seems to reject everything we believe, how do we walk closely with God without caving to pressure or alienating those we hope to reach?In this eye-opening new book, Chris Hodges provides a solution by examining the life of the prophet Daniel, who persevered in a corrupt culture that closely resembles our own — and emerged as an influential force in God’s redemptive plan. Full of scripture and seasoned with Hodges’ candid personal insights, The Daniel Dilemma shows us that standing for truth isn’t about winning the argument; it’s about winning hearts. And when we learn the secret of connecting before correcting, we discover that we can hold firmly to biblical beliefs without becoming obnoxious, insulting, or mad; stand strong while loving others well; and respond to today’s hard questions without compromising grace or truth. With fresh insights and practical ideas, Hodges encourages Christians struggling with our cultural reality to hold God’s standards high and his grace deep — just as Jesus did, and just as his followers today are called to do. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mark Smeby. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tnwd/000721/bk_tnwd_000721_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Questions That Sell: The Powerful Process for Discovering What Your Customer Really Wants, Second Edition , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 494min
Ask the questions - and get the sale. As a salesperson your product knowledge is extensive, but that's not enough. If you fail to ask the right questions - the ones that uncover a customer's real needs - you will never close the deal. Questions that Sell reveals advanced questioning techniques that will help you sell your products or services based on value to the customer, rather than price - and increase your success rate as a result. Packed with powerful examples, exercises, and hundreds of sample questions for a wide range of buyer interactions, the revised and updated second edition now includes new material on how to: Use questions to qualify prospects (without insulting them) Discover hidden customer needs and motivations Raise delicate questions Overcome stalls Reinvigorate a stale relationship Soothe anxious buyers Accelerate the decision process Upsell and cross-sell so you no longer leave money on the table Prospect for new business Pose intriguing questions to position yourself as a thought-leader on social media Turn social media contacts into active sales leads Identify dead-end opportunities Secure referrals And more Success is yours for the asking. Smart questioning will get you there. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Patrick Lawlor. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/009675/bk_brll_009675_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Anatomy of Insults in Shakespeare's World (eBook, PDF)
The Anatomy of Insults in Shakespeare's World explores Shakespeare's complex art of insults and shows how the playwright set abusive words at the heart of many of his plays. It provides valuable insights on a key aspect of Shakespeare's work that has been little explored to date. Focusing on the most memorable scenes of insult, abusive characters and insulting effects in the plays, the volume shifts how readers understand and read Shakespeare's insults.Chapters analyze the spectacular rhetoric of insult in Henry IV, Troilus and Cressida and Timon of Athens; the 'skirmishes of wit' in Much Ado about Nothing and A Midsummer Night's Dream; insult and duelling codes in Romeo and Juliet, As You Like It and Twelfth Night, the complex relationships between slander and insult in Much Ado about Nothing and Measure for Measure; the taming of the tongue in Richard III and The Taming of the Shrew, the trauma of insults in Othello, The Merchant of Venice and Cymbeline and insult beyond words in Henry V and King lear.Grasping insult as a specific speech act, the volume explores the issues of verbal violence and verbal shields and the importance of reception and interpretation in matters of insult. It offers a panorama of the Elizabethan politics of insult and redefines Shakespeare's drama as a theatre of insults.- Shop: buecher
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The Anatomy of Insults in Shakespeare's World (eBook, ePUB)
The Anatomy of Insults in Shakespeare's World explores Shakespeare's complex art of insults and shows how the playwright set abusive words at the heart of many of his plays. It provides valuable insights on a key aspect of Shakespeare's work that has been little explored to date. Focusing on the most memorable scenes of insult, abusive characters and insulting effects in the plays, the volume shifts how readers understand and read Shakespeare's insults.Chapters analyze the spectacular rhetoric of insult in Henry IV, Troilus and Cressida and Timon of Athens; the 'skirmishes of wit' in Much Ado about Nothing and A Midsummer Night's Dream; insult and duelling codes in Romeo and Juliet, As You Like It and Twelfth Night, the complex relationships between slander and insult in Much Ado about Nothing and Measure for Measure; the taming of the tongue in Richard III and The Taming of the Shrew, the trauma of insults in Othello, The Merchant of Venice and Cymbeline and insult beyond words in Henry V and King lear.Grasping insult as a specific speech act, the volume explores the issues of verbal violence and verbal shields and the importance of reception and interpretation in matters of insult. It offers a panorama of the Elizabethan politics of insult and redefines Shakespeare's drama as a theatre of insults.- Shop: buecher
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