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  Organized Crime: A Very Short Introduction , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 269min

  For many people around the world, instances of what is described as organized crime may be part of their everyday experience; in their neighborhoods, their streets, and the places they work and live. Policymakers, law enforcement, and the media rarely fail to bring up the issue when discussing the nature and seriousness of contemporary criminal threats, and the appropriate responses toward them. Many more people are familiar with the notion of organized crime, as the film and TV industry regularly draw on fictional and real figures and situations.In this Very Short Introduction, Georgios A. Antonopoulos and Georgios Papanicolaou uncover the reality of organized crime in our world today. Shining a light on the people involved in organized crime, Antonopoulos and Papanicolaou question whether the term "organized" is used to evoke the image, the operations, and power of a legitimate organization, such as a corporation. Discussing whether there are particular crimes that the label "organized crime" applies to, or if any crime can be organized, they also consider what happens when organized crime extends beyond borders. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Steven Crossley. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/011965/bk_tant_011965_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 639min

  Brought to you by Penguin. Quiet, the Sunday Times and New York Times best seller by Susan Cain, will permanently change how we see introverts - and how you see yourself. Our lives are driven by a fact most of us can't name and don't understand: whether we're an introvert or an extrovert. This defines who our friends and lovers are, which careers we choose and whether we blush when we're embarrassed. At least a third of us are on the introverted side. Some of the world's most talented people are introverts. Without them, we wouldn't have the Apple computer, the theory of relativity and Van Gogh's sunflowers. Yet extroverts have taken over. Shyness, sensitivity and seriousness are often seen as being negative. Introverts feel reproached for being the way they are.In Quiet, Susan Cain shows how the brain chemistry of introverts and extroverts differs and how society misunderstands and undervalues introverts. She gives introverts the tools to better understand themselves and take full advantage of their strengths. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kathe Mazur. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/pauk/000376/bk_pauk_000376_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Voicing a Woman's Silence - Truest Story Ever Told , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 571min

  Why this audiobook?  I am a woman in the entrepreneurial world striving to gain security, respect, and success. I understand the challenges modern women face with being minimized, manipulated, silenced, then ignored. These obstacles prevent women from becoming part of the decisive world, or being the leaders they need to be. I understand the seriousness in protecting ourselves from the outside world, especially after being hurled into the midst of a masculine-dominated society. The good news is, once the veil has lifted, there is much dignity along with humanity to gain.  In this audiobook, I challenge the popular thought that women and men are equal. I also define a woman’s experience as separate from what a man’s experiences. A woman’s framework or thought process is not for men to construct. It is for women to define what’s appropriate for females in society by way of media and law. I open my soul to show women and men how to increase their personal power, esteem, and rightful place in this world, starting in this country.  ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Myriah Lynn. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/148171/bk_acx0_148171_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  It's Complicated...But Not Really: A Compilation of My Facebook Shenanigans , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 125min

  Ecclesiastes 3:4 says, "A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance." Right now is a time to laugh. You can dance if you want to, but there will be no weeping and no mourning here. My friends and family are always laughing at my random antics, so I gathered up some of them and put them in this book for your laughing pleasure. While I have moments of seriousness, if you came to see angels and demons fighting, that's not what this one is. Of course I talk about God, because he's my boo, but when you keep listening, I'm acting up again - just random. You will venture through my kid diaries, mom diaries, "Dear Future Hubby" letters, rants, PSAs, adventures, short stories, and any other random thing that my mind could conceive. I've also included a never-before-published creative short story called "The One" and a very special prayer for a very special someone. Happy listening! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Nydia Noriega. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/079329/bk_acx0_079329_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Harvey Mackay's ABCs of Business Success

  Harvey Mackay takes readers back to the most basic tool that all of our speech is composed of; the alphabet. In The ABCs of Business Success, each individual letter holds a sacred significance in business, relationships, and life itself. In his classic ?to-the-point? style, Harvey casts light upon the keystone concepts in the most foundational areas of business. The format of the book is delightful and engaging, with each section composed of an alphabetical list, encapsulating all of the most pertinent knowledge for readers. Each list mirrors Harvey's own meticulous level of organization that he brings to his businesses, speaking and writing careers, and his widespread community involvement. The ABCs of Business Success strikes a fine balance of both humor and seriousness, marrying something as light-hearted as the humble alphabet with advanced entrepreneurial concepts. With an extensive and nuanced career, Harvey has no shortage of experience to share with his readers to give them an edge over the competition. Putting the alphabet on center stage, this book takes new students as well as seasoned pros to their maximum performance. If you thought that the ABCs would only be relevant in kindergarten, Harvey is here to take you back to school!

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  Breathe (eBook, ePUB)

  After being pressed into service as a nurse, seventeen-year-old Virginia discovers her innate talent, begins a clandestine romance with her father's Italian assistant, and learns what it truly means to be a modern woman during the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918. "Don't miss BREATHE! Fujimura brilliantly weaves together a love story and a coming-of-age tale, amid the shifting post-war world. 1918 comes alive for readers in this beautifully told account of a doctor's teenage daughter fighting to save herself, her family, and her friends during the Spanish flu epidemic-an epidemic that took more American lives than both world wars combined. Vividly told, exquisitely researched, and not to be missed." ~Kathleen Baldwin, award-winning author of REFUGE FOR MASTERMINDS, EXILE FOR DREAMERS, and A SCHOOL FOR UNUSUAL GIRLS "BREATHE intricately weaves the seriousness of the Spanish Flu/WWI and the hopefulness of women on the cusp of having their right to vote recognized with the exhilaration of falling in love and following your dream into a tapestry of events that influences headstrong seventeen-year-old Ginny's future. You will root for her all the way!" ~Kathleen Burkinshaw, award-winning author of THE LAST CHERRY BLOSSOM

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  Camelot , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 879min

  From the international bestselling author of Virgins comes this hilarious take on the sexual politics and high seriousness of the Kennedy years. A young White House reporter's evolution from personal ambition to public spirit is brilliantly set against a background of advancing civil rights and the first stirrings of American involvement in Vietnam. Camelot is the story of Mary Springer, an up-and-coming White House reporter from a small Belvedere, MD, paper who is—by the standards of 1963—way ahead of her time. After striking up an acquaintance with President Kennedy when assigned to cover the White House for her paper, Mary's personal and professional lives converge once she becomes involved in a crisis when city planners want to raze a mostly black neighborhood and build luxury apartments. While Martin Luther King Jr. prepares to march on Washington, racial violence erupts in Belvedere and the president tragically goes about his last days. Working beside Jay Broderick, a charismatic photographer, and Don Johnson, a gifted young black man recently returned from the freedom rides to the South, Mary finally connects with the spirit of liberty and egalitarianism that are the legacy of the Camelot years. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Clark Linden. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/010468/bk_adbl_010468_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The One from the Stars , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 287min

  “The cost of not following your heart is spending the rest of your life wishing you had.”  Vishesh is a dreamer who is driven by his passion for writing and words. But like most Indian middle-class families, his parents are impatient to see him settled in a government job. Despite all obstacles, making no complaints, he continues to follow the hard path, holding up the promise he had made to himself, trying to fulfil his father's wishes and failing over and over.  Almost everyone - his parents, his friends and the love of his life - leaves his side in the middle of his journey. To worsen things, he is diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder, the seriousness of which nobody could decipher before it was too late. Will a dreamer be sacrificed for social standing? Will a heart be crushed to uphold a hollow image?  Left alone and misunderstood by everyone he knew, this is Vishesh's intense story of repeatedly falling down and trying to get up on his own, to prove that everyone who dares to follow their heart is not a commoner; he is The One from the Stars. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Abhishek Sharma. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/031896/bk_adbl_031896_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Norwegian by Night , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 636min

  Sheldon Horowitz - 82 years old, impatient, and unreasonable - is staying with his granddaughter's family in Norway when he disappears with a stranger's child. Sheldon is an ex-Marine, and he feels responsible for his son's death in Vietnam. Recently widowed and bereft, he talks to the ghosts of his past constantly. To Norway's cops, Sheldon is just an old man who is coming undone at the end of a long and hard life. But Sheldon is clear in his own mind. He'd heard the boy's eastern European mother being murdered, and he's determined to protect the child from the killer and his Balkan gang. With an endearing combination of dexterity and daring, Sheldon manages to elude the police in what is hostile, foreign territory for him. But what he doesn't know is that the police and the gang both know where he's heading. Norwegian by Night is the last adventure of a man coming to terms with the tragedy of his own life as he tries to save another's. It combines laconic, deadpan humour, moral seriousness, visceral grief, and narrative tensions in a remarkable way - and Sheldon, in particular, is about to become a famous fictional hero. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sean Mangan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/boli/001989/bk_boli_001989_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Mister's Miss , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 498min, (USK 18)

  You walk in through the café’s double doors and immediately notice the man named Mister giving you the once-over with his ogling eyes. You stand in line and stare back with a half-smile to acknowledge his attention. You like what you see, and so does he. As his proper seriousness turns sultry, he sends back a noteworthy smile that stretches from coast to coast. With a room full of chatty guests oblivious to your heated exchange, you are caught off guard when Mister lets you have a peek into his bare-naked soul. Then Mister provocatively swaggers over, gracefully puts his hand on yours, and strongly urges you to follow him forward on this hot, intimate journey of erotica. Mister was never as bold as that, but after experiencing a powerful déjà-vu-like dream, he was emotionally free enough to be just like that. The darkness and self-confinement of yesterday had vanished, and now, Mister is a full-throttled tease willing to go anywhere and do anything to find, get, and keep his sexual soul mate. Using 19th-century gentlemanly charm and 21st-century technology, he will get his Miss. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Courtney Grace. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/144943/bk_acx0_144943_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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