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  The Naval Warfare of World War II: The History of the Ships, Tactics, and Battles That Shaped the Fighting in the Atlantic and Pacific , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 184min

  Naval combat underwent a significant metamorphosis during World War II. Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan launched some of the most powerful battleships ever to sail the world's oceans, yet the conflict witnessed the emergence and triumph of the aircraft carrier as the 20th century's true monarch of the seas. Submarine warfare expanded and developed, while aircraft technology and doctrine experienced several revolutionary changes due to the unforgiving demands of the new combat environment. Popular accounts of World War II frequently focus on the dominance of German panzers over the more lightly armored, lightly armed tanks of the Soviets, British, and Americans or the superb fighting skills of the Waffen SS and ordinary Wehrmacht soldiers. Germany's land forces enjoyed an undoubted advantage over their enemies thanks to excellent vehicle technology while German soldiers slaughtered vast numbers of Soviet conscripts and proved formidable opponents even to their better-trained English and American counterparts. However, the Axis failed to secure either the seas or the skies, and their defeat in these theaters ultimately led to their doom. Many highly advanced aircraft designs languished on the drawing boards of Junkers and Messerschmitt engineers, left undeveloped due to high-command disinterest or simple lack of resources. The most advanced fighters developed by Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan were equaled or outmatched by such aircraft as the US F6F Hellcat (which achieved kill ratios of between 13 to 1 and 19 to 1 against Japanese "Zero" fighters) or P-51 Mustang. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Doug Lee. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/040496/bk_acx0_040496_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Vivian Maier

  The definitive monograph of American photographer Vivian Maier, exploring the full range and brilliance of her work and the mystery of her life, written and edited by noted photography curator and writer Marvin Heiferman; featuring 250 black-and-white images, color work, and other materials never seen before; and a foreword by New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman.Vivian Maier's story-the secretive nanny-photographer during her life who becomes a popular sensation shortly after her death-has, to date, been pieced together only from previously seen or known images she made and the handful of facts that have surfaced about her life. During her lifetime she shot more than 100,000 images, which she kept hidden from the world. In 2007, two years before her death, Chicago historic preservationist John Maloof discovered a trove of negatives, and roll upon roll of undeveloped film in a storage locker he bought at auction. They revealed a surprising and accomplished artist and a stunning body of work, which Maloof championed and brought to worldwide acclaim. 

Vivian Maier presents the most comprehensive collection and largest selection of the photographer's work-created during the 1950s through the 1970s in New York, Chicago, and on her travels around the country-almost exclusively unpublished and including her previously unknown color work. It features images of and excerpts from Maier's personal artifacts, memorabilia, and audiotapes, made available for the first time. This remarkable volume draws upon recently conducted interviews with people who knew Maier, which shed new light on Maier's photographic skill and her life.

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  Dog Flowers: A Memoir, an Archive

  A daughter returns home to the Navajo reservation to retrace her mother's life in a memoir that is both a narrative and an archive of one family's troubled history. "In this transcendent story, Geller refuses to look away from the agonizing cycles of abuse and addiction, while also writing with deep compassion about the limitations of the people we love."-Esquire ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Esquire, She Reads When Danielle Geller's mother dies of alcohol withdrawal during an attempt to get sober, Geller returns to Florida and finds her mother's life packed into eight suitcases. Most were filled with clothes, except for the last one, which contained diaries, photos, and letters, a few undeveloped disposable cameras, dried sage, jewelry, and the bandana her mother wore on days she skipped a hair wash. Geller, an archivist and a writer, uses these pieces of her mother's life to try and understand her mother's relationship to home, and their shared need to leave it. Geller embarks on a journey where she confronts her family's history and the decisions that she herself had been forced to make while growing up, a journey that will end at her mother's home: the Navajo reservation. Dog Flowers is an arresting, photo-lingual memoir that masterfully weaves together images and text to examine mothers and mothering, sisters and caretaking, and colonized bodies. Exploring loss and inheritance, beauty and balance, Danielle Geller pays homage to our pasts, traditions, and heritage, to the families we are given and the families we choose.

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  Of Mineral

  *Author's work has appeared in ELDERLY, YewJournal, Eleven Eleven, VOLT, Cutbank, New American Writing, Five Fingers Review and 26: A journal of poetry and poetics. *Of interest to anyone interested in boundaries between urban and "wild” or neglected or undeveloped spaces; the historic geography and blue-collar communities of San Francisco, Situationist flaneury, psychogeography and poetics. *Of interest to those in pursuit of a personal relationship with nature; the intersection of natural phenomena and spirituality; in blurring the boundaries between Western scientific knowledge and earth religions via the no-fly zones of literature, astrophysics, ecology and metaphysics *Of interest to those invested in explorations of queer, genderqueer and nonbinary identity through the lens of spirit, matter and humanity. *Poems were written over ten years while living in San Francisco, specifically the largely immigrant, still blue collar neighborhood Portola neighborhood. *Author is part of Milkweed Theater, a Bay Area community theater group. *Author has participated in numerous class presentations, including "Transgender Panel” and "Radical Love and Poetry” at The Athenian School (2017, 2015) and "Poets Studied and in Conversation) at UC Berkeley Extension (2015) *Author is a part of the local small press and letterpressing community and has created broadsides for events including the Bay Area Writers Resist Event (2017) *Author was twice awarded Chancellor's Outstanding Staff Award, UC Berkeley *Author is a volunteer member/editor for Kelsey Street Press *Author was a guest curator for the Bay Area Poetry Marathon and for the a poetry series at Canessa Gallery *Author holds an MFA in writing from the University of San Francisco

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  Your Guide to the National Parks (eBook, ePUB)

  Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award. National Parks are some of the most beautiful and popular destinations in the United States. They're also vast expanses of largely undeveloped wilderness. To make the most of your next national park adventure, you'll want a good guide. This full-color travel guidebook is the ultimate tool to simplify your travel planning. Detailed maps highlighting popular attractions and trailheads help visualize your itinerary. Lodging, camping, and hiking tables make choosing where to stay and what trails to hike easy. Hiking is explored in depth, but you'll find details, including outfitter essentials, on all the most popular activities. Whether you're looking to raft the Grand Canyon, see Old Faithful erupt, climb Mount Rainier, or simply select the perfect place to lay back and stare at the stars, you'll find those details too. Tips and recommendations from the author help you decide when to visit and how to avoid crowds. Hundreds of lists put the best of America's Best Idea at your fingertips. A dozen suggested road trips, including hundreds of noteworthy stops beyond the parks, provide the building blocks for a trip of a lifetime. The completely updated third edition features more than 150 large maps and 100 easy-to-read tables. 550 new photos showcase our most scenic treasures before you set foot in them. When you do, you'll want to maximize your time on your next national park adventure planning it but with the help of a good guide. Let this book be Your Guide to the National Parks.

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  The Winning Formula: Betting on F1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 121min

  In 10 succinct chapters Peter Sainsbury outlines his F1 betting playbook. From understanding what to look out for in pre-season testing, to his insights to how different tracks play into the hands of different drivers to tips on where to look for value, Peter’s book is a timely introduction to betting on F1.By the end of this book, you will understand the main factors that affect how F1 drivers and cars performance over a Grand Prix weekend and over the course of the season. You will also understand the key risks and opportunities to look out for, fixed vs spread betting, pre-race vs in-play, betting vs trading.In this audiobook, you'll find:Foreword by Clyde Brolin (author of Overdrive and In the Zone)IntroductionChapter one: Horses for CoursesChapter two: How to Read F1 Practice Sessions to Gauge FormChapter three: A F1 Race Offers Multiple Betting OpportunitiesChapter four: Betting In-PlayChapter five: How to Read F1 TestingChapter six: In-Season Development & UpgradesChapter seven: Technical Rule Changes (sometimes) Upset the Competitive OrderChapter eight: The F1 Betting MarketsChapter nine: F1 Betting PsychologyChapter 10: An Electric Future - Betting on Formula EThe final chapter in the book is reserved for the nascent motorsport of Formula E. Although relatively undeveloped at the moment from a betting perspective, the book's insights on F1 betting are just as useful for anyone wanting to develop an edge in Formula E.Peter Sainsbury is also the author of Commodities: 50 Things You Really Need to Know and Crude Forecasts, Predictions, Pundits & Profits in the Commodity Casino. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Stewart Scanlon. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/200185/bk_acx0_200185_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Gracie’s Touch , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 479min

  New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of science fiction and paranormal romance brings another action, adventure, and suspense-filled story to transport listeners out of this world. Gracie Jones was little more than a child when Earth was invaded by an alien species. Escaping into the subway tunnels of New York City, she hid in fear of being captured. Discovered by four men who became her protectors, she fought alongside them, and they became known as the Freedom Five. At 17, she made a decision that turned the tide in the war between Earth and the Alluthans, but in exchange, she gave up all that she knew. Kordon Jefe is a Zion Warrior and the commanding officer in charge of the Confederation of Planets' military. When an unknown species begins attacking some of their outer settlements, he is assigned to discover who they are and stop them - at any cost. Gracie finds herself stranded millions of light years and hundreds of years in the future in a distant galaxy on an undeveloped moon. When an old enemy threatens once more, she does not hesitate to use her knowledge to try to stop them once again. Only this time, it is not just Earth she will be saving, but the Confederation itself. When their two worlds are thrown together, Kordon is unsure what to do with the strange, delicate creature who fights and behaves unlike anyone he has ever encountered before. One thing he does know - he plans to keep her. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David Brenin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/009573/bk_blak_009573_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Artificial Evolution: Big Sigma, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1100min

  Artificial Evolution is the third book in the Big Sigma series, building upon the story and characters introduced by Bypass Gemini and Unstable Prototypes. Lex, Michella, and Squee are once again joined by the mercenaries Silo and Garotte. Along the way they'll need plenty of help from mad engineer Karter Dee and his AI Ma. After butting heads with the megacorporation known as VectorCorp, it was only a matter of time before Lex Alexander and his girlfriend, Michella Modane, would face the consequences. It is remarkable what a single corporate agent with the resources of a multiglobal conglomerate can do to a person's career. In the space of a few days, Lex is looking for work, and Michella is feeling pressure from the network to ease off the hard-hitting stories. Not one to be silenced, Michella quickly hatches a plan to continue her investigations under the guise of a fluff story about a so-called extraterrestrial, and who better to be her personal driver than Lex? Meanwhile, mercenaries Silo and Garotte are still nipping at the heels of the terrorist group known as the Neo-Luddites. Rumors of an attempt to secure a devastating weapon bring the pair to a forgotten little planet in an undeveloped corner of the galaxy. Circumstances require that local authorities lay claim to the terrorists' apparent target, but what sort of threat could one gangly collection of anatomical curiosities pose to the galaxy? The answer to that question will put our heroes to the test and leave a whole world hanging in the balance. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John Forbes. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bimo/001581/bk_bimo_001581_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The High Middle Ages, Hörbuch, Digital, 745min

  At the dawn of the last millennium in the year 1000, Europe was one of the world's more stagnant regions - an economically undeveloped, intellectually derivative, and geopolitically passive backwater, with illiteracy, starvation, and disease the norm for almost everyone. Yet only three centuries later, all of this had changed. A newly invigorated cluster of European societies had revived city life, spawned new spiritual and intellectual movements and educational institutions, and had begun, for reasons both sacred and profane, to expand at the expense of neighbors who traditionally had expanded at Europe's expense. This series of 24 lectures, filled with memorable detail, examines how and why Europeans achieved this stunning turnaround. By its conclusion, you will be able to describe and analyze the social, intellectual, religious, and political transformations that set into motion this midsummer epoch of the medieval world - an epoch you will come to know very well through Professor Daileader's vivid descriptions and examinations of its people, including the warrior aristocracy of knights, castellans, counts, and dukes; free and unfree peasants; and townspeople, both artisans and merchants; its vibrant stirrings of religion and intellect, including monastic life and charismatic figures like Francis of Assisi and Thomas Aquinas; the lives of those outside the religious mainstream, especially heretics and Jews; and its major political developments and events, including the First Crusade, the Norman Conquest of England, and the granting of the Magna Carta. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. Language: English. Narrator: Philip Daileader. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tcco/000143/bk_tcco_000143_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Duma Key (eBook, ePUB)

  A terrible construction site accident takes Edgar Freemantle's right arm and scrambles his memory and his mind, leaving him with little but rage as he begins the ordeal of rehabilitation. A marriage that produced two lovely daughters suddenly ends, and Edgar begins to wish he hadn't survived the injuries that could have killed him. He wants out. His psychologist, Dr. Kamen, suggests a "geographic cure," a new life distant from the Twin Cities and the building business Edgar grew from scratch. And Kamen suggests something else. "Edgar, does anything make you happy?" "I used to sketch.""Take it up again. You need hedges...hedges against the night."Edgar leaves Minnesota for a rented house on Duma Key, a stunningly beautiful, eerily undeveloped splinter of the Florida coast. The sun setting into the Gulf of Mexico and the tidal rattling of shells on the beach call out to him, and Edgar draws. A visit from Ilse, the daughter he dotes on, starts his movement out of solitude. He meets a kindred spirit in Wireman, a man reluctant to reveal his own wounds, and then Elizabeth Eastlake, a sick old woman whose roots are tangled deep in Duma Key. Now Edgar paints, sometimes feverishly, his exploding talent both a wonder and a weapon. Many of his paintings have a power that cannot be controlled. When Elizabeth's past unfolds and the ghosts of her childhood begin to appear, the damage of which they are capable is truly devastating. The tenacity of love, the perils of creativity, the mysteries of memory and the nature of the supernatural -- Stephen King gives us a novel as fascinating as it is gripping and terrifying.

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