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    Captive Warriors: A Vietnam POW's Story: Texas A & M University Military History Series, Book 23 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 690min
    If hell is here on earth, it is located on an oddly shaped city block in downtown Hanoi, Vietnam, writes Sam Johnson, who lived in that hell for seven years. Col. Samuel R. Johnson, U.S. Air Force, was shot down in April, 1966, while flying his twenty-fifth mission over North Vietnam. Shortly after his capture and imprisonment in the infamous Hanoi Hilton, Colonel Johnson was labeled a diehard by his enemies. His creative and innovative resistance of prison authority earned him banishment to the high-security prison unit where, unknown to U.S. military intelligence, Ho Chi Minh kept the eleven prisoners believed to be a serious threat to his war efforts. For two years Johnson and the other ten endured leg irons, malnutrition, and appallingly primitive conditions while imprisoned in tiny cubicles built in the earthen-walled facility dug out of the center courtyard of North Vietnam's Ministry of Defense in downtown Hanoi. Captive Warriors is the story of Alcatraz, where courage and humor thrived amid the madness. It is the story of Colonel Johnson's seven-year battle for his life, limbs, and sanity. It is the story of the hundreds of captured warriors--American POWs--whose lives lay in the hands of angry and vengeful North Vietnamese captors. More than a story, Captive Warriors is a tribute to all the American prisoners of war who, without benefit of the conventional weapons of war, waged daily battles against an insidious enemy disdainful of the requirements of the Geneva Conventions and who, in the end, became the final pawn in the peace settlement that ended the longest war in American history. The book is published by Texas A&M University Press. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: E. R. Edwin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/086055/bk_acx0_086055_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Fighting the Good Fight: Why On-Ice Violence Is Killing Hockey , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 411min
    A veteran hockey writer takes on hockey culture and the NHL, addressing the game's most controversial issue. Whether it's on-ice fist fights or head shots into the glass, hockey has become a nightly news spectacle with players pummeling and bashing each other across the ice like drunken gladiators. And while the NHL may actually condone on-ice violence as a ticket draw, diehard hockey fan and expert Adam Proteau argues against hockey's transformation into a thuggish blood sport. In Fighting the Good Fight, Proteau sheds light on the many perspectives of those in and around the game, with interviews of current and former NHL stars, coaches, general managers, and league executives, as well as medical experts. One of the most well-known media figures on the hockey scene today, famous for his funny, feisty observations as a writer for the Toronto Star and The Hockey News and commentator on CBC radio and TV, Adam Proteau is also one of the few mainstream media voices who is vehemently anti-fighting in hockey. Not only is his book a plea to the game's gatekeepers to finally clamp down on the runaway violence that permeates the sport even at its highest level, he offers realistic suggestions on ways to finally clean the game up.Includes interviews with medical experts on head injuries and concussions, as well as with other members of the mediaThe author not only wages an attack on the value of fighting in hockey, but also on the establishment hockey culture Covering the most polarizing issue in hockey today, Fighting the Good Fight gives hockey fans and sports lovers everywhere a reason to stamp their feet and whistle at a rare display of eloquence and common sense. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mark Moseley. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/004732/bk_adbl_004732_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Horror Stories: Bizarre Reports of the World's Craziest True Ghost Stories and Hauntings , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 64min
    Haunted houses, paranormal activity, ghosts...for centuries we have had a fascination with things that are not of this world. Things that creep up on you when you least expect it...the things that go bump in the night.... Some pass off the stories as merely stories. These people claim the stories are tall tales and legends only meant to be told around a campfire and designed to keep kids up at night. Regardless of what people say or believe, these stories are true. This book contains stories of hauntings from all over the country, all given by eye witnesses. Whether you decide to believe in ghosts or not is up to you, but how else do you explain the unnatural events you are about to hear? Whether you are a diehard skeptic or an avid believer, I guarantee this book is going to raise the hair on the back of your neck and make you leave the light on when you go to bed tonight. From frequent sightings to documentation on film and legends passed down by word of mouth only, there's no limit to where...or when...you could experience something paranormal. I hope this book shows you just how common these beings are, and opens your eyes to the world we live in. There's so much more to life than what meets the eye, and hopefully you'll get a glimpse into something much deeper than anything you have ever experienced before. Are you ready to dive into a world you're a part of but have never seen? I warn you the events are chilling, and there may come a time when you, too, experience something otherworldly...something haunted.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Matthew Weller. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/079896/bk_acx0_079896_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Living Room Legends: Chats with TV's Famous Faces , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 308min
    Millions of baby boomers world over grew up with the same electronic babysitter - the living room television. Stop any number of people on the street and ask them to do one of the following: recite the preamble to the Constitution, or sing the theme song to the Beverly Hillbillies. If history is any indication, the Hillbillies will emerge the conquering champions.Television was a special part of our childhood. It whisked us into worlds beyond our own. We were introduced to a flying nun, hillbillies who swam in a “cee-ment” pond, and a household of lovable green monsters who thought themselves the typical American family. We fell in love with these endearing characters and welcomed them into our living rooms with open arms, and to this day, their funny and familiar faces retain a special place in our memories and our hearts.As a classic television fan and historian, I wanted to delve deeper to find out more about these special friends and go beyond what had previously been written in articles and books to find the answers to questions that casual as well as diehard fans have always wanted to ask. I wished to capture their first-hand accounts and preserve for posterity the historical significance of their time on some of the most beloved shows in television history.Through this book, I hope that TV fans of all ages will share in my enthusiasm at attempting to capture these golden moments and savor the rich oral history of these small screen classics conveyed by those who were there - and that their memories and anecdotes will continue to enlighten, entertain, and endure for generations to come. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Matt Granato. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/225002/bk_acx0_225002_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Echo Six: Black Ops - Killzone , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 509min
    An ISIS terror group snatches the US ambassador in France, the latest high-level kidnap. After a failed Turkish rescue effort, the president demands they assign the best NATO unit to the task. That unit is Echo Six, led by Lieutenant Commander Abe Talley, and each man is a veteran of an elite NATO unit. Yet Echo Six is about to come up against an enemy force that is equally well-trained, well-equipped, and able to bring overwhelming numbers of fighters into battle.They quickly discover ISIS has secret bases in multiple countries outside Iraq and Syria; in Turkey, in Europe, and beyond. Finding them proves impossible, until they uncover their first lead: information that dates all the way back to World War II. To Nazi support of the Islamic leadership in what was once the region called Palestine. The hunt leads them to Berlin, where a diehard SS man is serving life in prison. Then to Turkey, to Syria, and into Iraq. The body count rises, and they are no nearer to finding the kidnap victims. Until they encounter the biggest surprise of all. They must muster all of their courage and fighting skills if they are to stand any chance of completing their objective and getting out alive.This is a thrilling and bloody story of NATO Special Forces operating behind enemy lines. Men trained to go to any lengths to complete their mission and to die for it if necessary. Previously published as Echo Six: Black Ops - ISIS Death Squad. Echo Six Black Ops: Killzone is by the best-selling author of many other Spec Ops stories. These include the popular SEAL Team Bravo titles, the Raider series, as well as the Echo Six and Devil's Guard series of military fiction.  ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tim Welch. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/126422/bk_acx0_126422_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    New: Understanding Our Need for Novelty and Change , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 401min
    Follow a crawling baby around and you’ll see that right from the beginning, nothing excites us more than something new and different. Our unique human brains are biologically primed to engage with and even generate novelty, from our ancestors’ first bow and arrow to the latest tablet computer. This “neophilia” has enabled us to thrive in a world of cataclysmic change, but now, we confront an unprecedented deluge of new things, from products to information, which has quadrupled in the past 30 years and shows no sign of slowing. To prevent our great strength from becoming a weakness in today’s fast-paced world, we must reconnect with neophilia’s grand evolutionary purpose: to help us learn, create, and adapt to new things that have real value and dismiss the rest as distractions. In New: Understanding Our Need for Novelty and Change, Winifred Gallagher, acclaimed behavioral science writer and author of Rapt, takes us to the cutting-edge laboratories and ancient archeological sites where scientists explore our special affinity for novelty and change. Although no other species can rival our capacity to explore and experiment with the new, we individuals vary in how we balance the conflicting needs to avoid risk and approach rewards. Most of us are moderate “neophiles”, but some 15 percent of us are diehard “neophiliacs”, who have an innate passion for new experiences, and another 15 percent are cautious “neophobes”, who try to steer clear of them - a 1-5-1 ratio that benefits the group’s well-being. Wherever you sit on the continuum, New shows you how to use this special human gift to navigate more skillfully through our rapidly changing world by focusing on the new things that really matter. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Laural Merlington. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/003487/bk_brll_003487_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Chicken Soup for the Sports Fan's Soul: Stories of Insight, Inspiration, and Laughter, Hörbuch, Digital, 72min
    For pure exhilaration and drama, there's nothing quite like sports: it's the crack of the bat as it connects with the baseball, hurtling it into the bleachers for a home run; the swish of the basketball as it drops into the net for a three-point play at the buzzer; the roar of the crowd as the quarterback delivers a perfect spiral pass for the winning touchdown. Most importantly, sports bring out the best in the human spirit. There is an intensity and a richness inherent in every sporting experience that amplifies our emotions and our connection with the moment and, indeed, with ourselves. This latest collection of Chicken Soup honors all that is good in the world of sports. From major leaguers to little leaguers, from hockey stars to figure skaters, and from horseracing to mushing, the stories in this book highlight the positive and transformative nature of sports. You'll come to see sports as one of our most important and powerful teachers. They can teach us to focus and stay the course, or to develop a new strategy and rededicate ourselves to a goal. They can teach us to be humble in victory and gracious in defeat. They can teach us the importance of teamwork and remind us that we must strive to give our individual all. At their best, sports will build us up and they will wear us down; they will build character and teach us to overcome adversity. This book is for anyone who has ever enjoyed watching or participating in any sport, from the professional athlete to the weekend warrior, from the soccer mom to the diehard sports fan, from the marathon runner to the neighborhood jogger. Language: English. Narrator: Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hcom/000024/bk_hcom_000024_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    A View from My Seat: My Baseball Season with the Jumbo Shrimp , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 392min
    Horror and crime fiction author Armand Rosamilia loves baseball.  He grew up in a baseball family. He loves watching it. Studying it. Getting lost in it.  When his wife mentioned getting season tickets for the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp, the Double-A affiliate of the Miami Marlins, he jumped on it.  And a nonfiction book idea was born. His love of baseball and a season of minor league baseball.  He not only breaks down the entire 2017 Jumbo Shrimp season but gives his own perspective as a fan and tells stories from his own past as a baseball fan...going to the infamous Pine Tar game...being a diehard Red Sox fan...the 1993 World Series...Brooks Robinson's final game...collecting baseball cards, and so much more! Features interviews with Jumbo Shrimp staff and players, too: “We want you to leave here and feel like you had a great affordable experience. You can go home with some money still in your wallet. That’s a very important thing. It also hopefully makes you want to come back for more.” (Ken Babby, owner of your Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp) “We were definitely expecting an increase in attention. The sales and the amount of repeat customers exceeded our expectations. I was blown away.” (Noel Baha, assistant GM) “What we’re trying to do here in Jacksonville is help the Marlins win in Miami.” (Roger Hoover, director of Broadcasting) “You can’t think about looking ahead because this game is tough. It has different ways of bringing you up and bringing you down. If you get on the field and give it everything the rest falls into place.” (John Norwood, right field) “We have an advantage with the crowds we get. How loud this place gets when we have success and the other team doesn’t.” (Alex Yarbrough, infield) “I’m looking for an extra one percent from these players. One percent better per month. Everyone has different things they ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Roland Purdy. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/160982/bk_acx0_160982_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 994min
    Empress Dowager Cixi (1835–1908) is the most important woman in Chinese history. She ruled China for decades and brought a medieval empire into the modern age. At the age of 16, in a nationwide selection for royal consorts, Cixi was chosen as one of the emperor's numerous concubines. When he died in 1861, their five-year-old son succeeded to the throne. Cixi at once launched a palace coup against the regents appointed by her husband and made herself the real ruler of China - behind the throne, literally, with a silk screen separating her from her officials who were all male. In this groundbreaking biography, Jung Chang vividly describes how Cixi fought against monumental obstacles to change China. Under her the ancient country attained virtually all the attributes of a modern state: industries, railways, electricity, the telegraph and an army and navy with up-to-date weaponry. It was she who abolished gruesome punishments like "death by a thousand cuts" and put an end to foot-binding. She inaugurated women's liberation and embarked on the path to introduce parliamentary elections to China. Chang comprehensively overturns the conventional view of Cixi as a diehard conservative and cruel despot. Cixi reigned during extraordinary times and had to deal with a host of major national crises: the Taiping and Boxer rebellions, wars with France and Japan - and an invasion by eight allied powers including Britain, Germany, Russia and the United States. Jung Chang not only records the Empress Dowager's conduct of domestic and foreign affairs, but also takes the listener into the depths of her splendid Summer Palace and the harem of Beijing's Forbidden City, where she lived surrounded by eunuchs - one of whom she fell in love, with tragic consequences. The world Chang describes here, in fascinating detail, seems almost unbelievable in its extraordinary mixture of the very old and the very new. Based on newly available, mostly Chinese, histo ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jolene Kim. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/003680/bk_rand_003680_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Molecule of More: How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativity - And Will Determine the Fate of the Human Race , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 493min
    Why are we obsessed with the things we want and bored when we get them?Why is addiction “perfectly logical” to an addict?Why does love change so quickly from passion to disinterest?Why are some people diehard liberals and others hardcore conservatives?Why are we always hopeful for solutions even in the darkest times - and so good at figuring them out? The answer is found in a single chemical in your brain: dopamine. Dopamine ensured the survival of early man. Thousands of years later, it is the source of our most basic behaviors and cultural ideas - and progress itself. Dopamine is the chemical of desire that always asks for more - more stuff, more stimulation, and more surprises. In pursuit of these things, it is undeterred by emotion, fear, or morality. Dopamine is the source of our every urge, that little bit of biology that makes an ambitious business professional sacrifice everything in pursuit of success, or that drives a satisfied spouse to risk it all for the thrill of someone new. Simply put, it is why we seek and succeed; it is why we discover and prosper. Yet, at the same time, it’s why we gamble and squander. From dopamine’s point of view, it’s not the having that matters. It’s getting something - anything - that’s new. From this understanding - the difference between possessing something versus anticipating it - we can understand in a revolutionary new way why we behave as we do in love, business, addiction, politics, religion - and we can even predict those behaviors in ourselves and others. In The Molecule of More: How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativity—And will Determine the Fate of the Human Race, George Washington University professor and psychiatrist Daniel Z. Lieberman, MD, and Georgetown University lecturer Michael E. Long present a potentially life-changing proposal: Much of human life has an un ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tom Parks. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/011173/bk_brll_011173_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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