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    No Impact Man: The Adventures of a Guilty Liberal Who Attempts to Save the Planet , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 460min
    A guilty liberal finally snaps, swears off plastic, goes organic, becomes a bicycle nut, turns off his power, and generally becomes a tree-hugging lunatic who tries to save the polar bears and the rest of the planet from environmental catastrophe while dragging his baby daughter and Prada-wearing, Four Seasons-loving wife along for the ride. And that's just the beginning. Bill McKibben meets Bill Bryson in this seriously engaging look at one armchair liberal's decision to put his money where his mouth is and go off the grid for one year - while still living in New York City - and see if it's possible to make no net impact on the environment. In other words, no trash, no toxins in the water, no elevators, no subway, no products in packaging, no air-conditioning, no television.... What would it be like to try to live a no-impact lifestyle? Is it possible? Could it catch on? Is living this way more fun or less fun? More satisfying or less satisfying? Harder or easier? Is it worthwhile or senseless? Are we all doomed or can our culture reduce the barriers to sustainable living so it becomes as easy as falling off a log? These are the questions at the heart of this whole mad endeavor, via which Colin Beavan hopes to explain to the rest of us how we can realistically live a more "eco-effective" and by turns more content life in an age of inconvenient truths. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Colin Beavan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/aren/000979/bk_aren_000979_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    How John Wilkes Booth Assassinated Abraham Lincoln , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 209min
    Abraham Lincoln was strangely happy for the first time in years. The war was almost over. He could put the crisis behind him; when this term was over, he could return home to Springfield. Maybe he would go back to his legal practice with William Herndon, or perhaps he would buy a farm along the Sangamon River and become a gentleman farmer. Everyone noticed the change. For John Wilkes Booth, it was exactly the opposite. His world was crumbling all around him. The Confederate government abandoned the city of Richmond, Virginia on April 3, 1865. Six days later General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse. To the 26-year-old Booth, everything appeared lost. The only hope left for the South was for someone to make a strike so bold, so daring, and so outrageous, it would turn the tide of defeat into victory. What made it worse was the impromptu speech Lincoln gave at the White House on the night of April 11, 1865. It confirmed Booth’s greatest fear - Lincoln was a crazed “nigger” lover. Why else would he advocate giving former slaves the vote? After listening to the President’s talk, Booth edged closer to David Herold, and snarled, “That means nigger citizenship. Now, by God, I’ll run him through.” It was unacceptable. It ran against every belief Booth held. Someone had to stop Lincoln before he made a total mockery of the country. The only questions left to decide were - when, and where? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Charles McKibben. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/125011/bk_acx0_125011_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Freaking Idiots Guide to Selling on eBay: How Anyone Can Make $100 or More Everyday Selling on eBay , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 90min
    If you've ever wanted to be an eBay seller - listen to this audiobook! Are you wondering how you can make a few hundred bucks fast, without hitting the streets? Would you like to know how you can put $100 in your hands, whenever you're running a little short on funds? Would you like to have your own personal money machine?This audiobook can help you with all of these things.This audiobook will cover all of the steps you need to know to successfully sell on eBay including:1) How to register as a seller with eBay2) Where to find items to sell on eBay3) How to discover your own private niche where buyers will keep coming back to buy more items from you4) How to write a great auction title packed with keywords that will draw people to your items5) How to write a description that will leave them drooling for more6) How to take great eBay pictures7) How to set a price that will get your item noticed and sold8) What great customer service is, and how you can and should offer it every time9) How to get paid10) How to pack and ship your item so it arrives safely Whether you are new to eBay, or have been selling on eBay for some time now, this audiobook can help you make more money - starting today!What you are about to learn is the secrets Power Sellers use to make $100 everyday selling on eBay.What I'm going to give you is a proven plan that you can follow over and over again, to make money now - and in the future, whenever you find yourself strapped for a little cash. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Chuck McKibben. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/017394/bk_acx0_017394_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Life Without the BS: Rants, Raves, and Other Crazy Stuff , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 99min
    Life Without the BS is a humorous look at life, marriage, kids, education, and a few other bugaboos including politics, religion, and sex and dating. If you've got an axe to grind against the Obama, Hillary, Rush, or Anne Coulter - we've got you covered there, too. I don't want to give away the farm, but here a few tastes of what you'll find inside. Let me warn - it's finger-licking good. Once you start listening, you won't want to stop. On people: As Americans, we're guaranteed the right to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness". Only problem is what gets my rocks off doesn't even register on the happiness scale for some crazy ass bastards out there. Believe it or not, people are different, some a little more so than others. On sex and dating: Everything I know about sex and dating I learned from perusing the Craigslist ads. Don't get me wrong, I used to have a pretty good idea of how to handle myself around the opposite sex, but after 20 years of marriage, I figured I better polish up my dating skills before putting myself back on the market. Apparently the new ritual is for the guy to post a picture of his thingy on Craigslist, along with a catchy slogan like, "I've got a really big package for you," or "Cum take a ride on my rocket." If everything measures up, the female will email back a picture of her boom box or tater tots. Last time I was in the dating game it took a minimum of three dates to get that far. But, as they say, everything moves faster in the internet age. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Chuck McKibben. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/022936/bk_acx0_022936_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    American Legends: The Life of Walter Cronkite , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 77min
    And that's the way it is. - Walter Cronkite A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history's most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? In Charles River Editors' American Legends series, listeners can get caught up on the lives of America's most important men and women in the time it takes to finish a commute. And they can do so while learning interesting facts long forgotten or never known. The rise of cable media in the 21st century has seen news programming become more opinionated and partisan than ever before. It has led many nostalgic Americans to yearn for the news programs of earlier times, with the seemingly objective anchor just giving viewers the facts. While that bygone era is no doubt idealized and romanticized to a certain degree beyond what it actually was, nobody epitomizes that era like Walter Cronkite, America's most famous news anchor. Still a household name today, decades after he went off air, Cronkite is still remembered as the kind of trustworthy broadcaster whose reports could be taken as truth. His outsized influence on the American viewing public is best remembered in one of the more memorable anecdotes of Cronkite's career, which came during the Vietnam War when he opined near the end of one broadcast, "But it is increasingly clear to this reporter that the only rational way out then will be to negotiate, not as victors, but as an honorable people who lived up to their pledge to defend democracy, and did the best they could". ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Charles McKibben. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/035477/bk_acx0_035477_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    To the Best of Our Knowledge: Sacred Nature, Hörbuch, Digital, 52min
    In this hour, Bill McKibben sounded the alarm about global warming over twenty years ago in his book, The End of Nature. His new book is Eaarth (yes, spelled with 2 "a"s) and lays out a model of how to survive on our changed planet: think small and local. He talks with Anne Strainchamps about the changes to come and what we can do about them. Next, Kurt Hoelting is commercial fisherman and wilderness guide in the Pacific Northwest. He was shocked to discover how large his carbon footprint was, so set out to spend a year living within a 60 mile radius of his home. He describes it in his book The Circumference of Home: One man's Yearlong Quest for a Radically Local Life and in this conversation with Jim Fleming.Then, Gordon Hempton is one of the world's leading audio ecologists. For twenty years, he's traveled the planet recording natural soundscapes. He tells Anne Strainchamps Silence is disappearing in our world, but he brought lots of interesting sonic examples for us to hear. Hempton is the author of One Square Inch of Silence: One Man's Search for Silence in A Noisy World.After that, Brenda Peterson is an environmental writer and editor. She talks with Steve Paulson about her memoir, I Want To Be Left Behind: Finding Rapture Here on Earth. Peterson is the child of fundamentalist Christians but her father was a forest ranger and she grew up in a remote wilderness cabin. And finally, sociologist Bron Taylor tells Steve Paulson that we're witnessing the birth of a new "dark green religion." His book is Dark Green Religion - Nature Spirituality and the Planetary Future. [Broadcast Date: May 19, 2011] Language: English. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/tbon/110520/rt_tbon_110520_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    To the Best of Our Knowledge: Sacred Nature, Hörbuch, Digital, 52min
    In this hour, Bill McKibben sounded the alarm about global warming over twenty years ago in his book, The End of Nature. His new book is Eaarth (yes, spelled with 2 "a"s) and lays out a model of how to survive on our changed planet: think small and local. He talks with Anne Strainchamps about the changes to come and what we can do about them. Next, Kurt Hoelting is commercial fisherman and wilderness guide in the Pacific Northwest. He was shocked to discover how large his carbon footprint was, so set out to spend a year living within a 60 mile radius of his home. He describes it in his book The Circumference of Home: One man's Yearlong Quest for a Radically Local Life and in this conversation with Jim Fleming.Then, Gordon Hempton is one of the world's leading audio ecologists. For twenty years, he's traveled the planet recording natural soundscapes. He tells Anne Strainchamps Silence is disappearing in our world, but he brought lots of interesting sonic examples for us to hear. Hempton is the author of One Square Inch of Silence: One Man's Search for Silence in A Noisy World.After that, Brenda Peterson is an environmental writer and editor. She talks with Steve Paulson about her memoir, I Want to Be Left Behind: Finding Rapture Here on Earth. Peterson is the child of fundamentalist Christians but her father was a forest ranger and she grew up in a remote wilderness cabin. Finally, sociologist Bron Taylor tells Steve Paulson that we're witnessing the birth of a new "dark green religion." His book is Dark Green Religion - Nature Spirituality and the Planetary Future. [Broadcast Date: May 5, 2010] Language: English. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/tbon/100505/rt_tbon_100505_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Waste Makers (eBook, ePUB)
    An exposé of "the systematic attempt of business to make us wasteful, debt-ridden, permanently discontented individuals," The Waste Makers is Vance Packard's pioneering 1960 work on how the rapid growth of disposable consumer goods was degrading the environmental, financial, and spiritual character of American society. The Waste Makers was the first book to probe the increasing commercialization of American life—the development of consumption for consumption's sake. Packard outlines the ways manufacturers and advertisers persuade consumers to buy things they don't need and didn't know they wanted, including the two-of-a-kind of everything syndrome—"two refrigerators in every home"—and appeals to purchase something because it is more expensive, or because it is painted in a new color. The book also brought attention to the concept of planned obsolescence, in which a "death date" is built into products so that they wear out quickly and need to be replaced. By manipulating the public into mindless consumerism, Packard believed that business was making us "more wasteful, imprudent, and carefree in our consuming habits," which was using up our natural resources at an alarming rate. A prescient book that predicted the rise of American consumer culture, this all new edition of The Waste Makers features an introduction by best-selling author Bill McKibben. Vance Packard (1914-1996) was an American journalist, social critic, and best-selling author. Among his other books were The Hidden Persuaders, about how advertisers use psychological methods to get people to buy the products they sell; The Status Seekers, which describes American social stratification and behavior; and The Naked Society, about the threats to privacy posed by new technologies.
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    The High Sierra (eBook, ePUB)
    A "sublime" and "radically original" exploration of the Sierra Nevadas, the best mountains on Earth for hiking and camping, from New York Times bestselling novelist Kim Stanley Robinson (Bill McKibben, Gary Snyder). Kim Stanley Robinson first ventured into the Sierra Nevada mountains during the summer of 1973. He returned from that encounter a changed man, awed by a landscape that made him feel as if he were simultaneously strolling through an art museum and scrambling on a jungle gym like an energized child. He has returned to the mountains throughout his life-more than a hundred trips-and has gathered a vast store of knowledge about them. The High Sierra is his lavish celebration of this exceptional place and an exploration of what makes this span of mountains one of the most compelling places on Earth. Over the course of a vivid and dramatic narrative, Robinson describes the geological forces that shaped the Sierras and the history of its exploration, going back to the indigenous peoples who made it home and whose traces can still be found today. He celebrates the people whose ideas and actions protected the High Sierra for future generations. He describes uniquely beautiful hikes and the trails to be avoided. Robinson's own life-altering events, defining relationships, and unforgettable adventures form the narrative's spine. And he illuminates the human communion with the wild and with the sublime, including the personal growth that only seems to come from time spent outdoors. The High Sierra is a gorgeous, absorbing immersion in a place, born out of a desire to understand and share one of the greatest rapture-inducing experiences our planet offers. Packed with maps, gear advice, more than 100 breathtaking photos, and much more, it will inspire veteran hikers, casual walkers, and travel readers to prepare for a magnificent adventure.
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    Bad Ass Presidents: America's Military Leaders from Washington to Roosevelt , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 114min
    Ever wanted to know more about the American presidents, but were unsure where to look? Bad Ass Presidents follows the life of America's warrior presidents. Forget Bush, forget Obama - they're a bunch of pussies compared to these guys. George Washington rode fearlessly at the head of his troops. During the French and Indian Wars, he had two horses shot from under him, and four bullet holes blasted through his coat. None of that discouraged him. Andrew Jackson has the dubious honor of being the first president to have an assassination attempt made upon his life. What did the old warrior do? He charged the son-of-a-bitch with his cane and went on with his day. William Henry Harrison defeated the Indian chief Tecumseh at the Battle of the Thames. At the Battle of Tippecanoe, he had two horses shot from under him and kept fighting. Zachary Taylor, hero of the War of 1812 and Mexican War, was propelled into office through his military fame. Because of religious beliefs, he refused to be inaugurated on Sunday. As a result, this was the only day in history America had neither a president nor vice-president. Abraham Lincoln fought in the Black Hawk War; physically tossed an agitator out of the audience at his first political rally; in the Civil War he often visited battlefields, walking here and there, with no regard for the dangers involved. General Ulysses S. Grant was a hard drinking, rough and tumble fighter who moved from one battle to the next, not stopping to rest in between. Of him all Lincoln could say was, "I can't spare him, he fights." Each of these bad asses show what a president can be if he doesn't spend his entire day flying a desk, or hiding under it. Listen to the audiobook! Learn about some real American heroes. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Chuck McKibben. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/021005/bk_acx0_021005_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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