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This Time Tomorrow
The New York Times bestselling author of The Vacationers and All Adults Here combines her trademark charm and wit with a moving father-daughter story, and a playful twist on the idea of time travel. What if you could take a vacation to your past, without the filter of memory? What would you give to go back in time and relive your youth, in person, with the people who shared it? On the eve of her 40th birthday, Alice's life isn't terrible. She likes her job, even if it isn't exactly the one she expected. She's happy with her apartment, her romantic status, her independence, and she adores her lifelong best friend. But something is missing. Her father, the single parent who raised her, is ailing and out of reach. How did they get here so fast? Did she take too much for granted along the way? When Alice wakes up the next morning somehow back in 1996, it isn't her 16-year-old body that is the biggest shock, or the possibility of romance with her adolescent crush, it's her dad: the vital, charming, 49-year-old version of her father with whom she is reunited. Now armed with a new perspective on her own life and his, is there anything that she should do differently this time around? What would she change, given the chance? With her celebrated humor, insight, and heart, Emma Straub cleverly turns all the traditional time travel tropes on their head and delivers a different kind of love story - about the lifelong, reverberating relationship between a parent and child. Story Locale: NY- Shop: buecher
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Why Cruises Are the Best Vacation Option, How Cruise Lines Generate Revenue, the Best Cruise Lines for Vacationing, Why Traveling Is Considered a Waste of Time and Money, and How to Travel for Cheap , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 148min
This essay sheds light on why cruises are the best vacation option, identifies how cruise lines generate revenue, and demystifies the best cruise lines for vacationing. Moreover, why traveling is considered a waste of time and money, how to travel for cheap without going broke, and how to make money to finance your traveling desires is elucidated in this essay.It is no surprise why voyaging out on a cruise ship is the utmost best vacation option when contrasted to all the alternative vacation options. Cruises offer vacationers unprecedented conveniences, unlimited access to ample onboard amenities, and the chance to visit multiple destinations without entirely mortgaging away your future to do so. In other words, cruises offer reasonable pricing for a memorable vacation experience and also offer all the luxuries that you eminently desire to be provided to you while vacationing. Embarking on a cruise ship as a passenger ultimately culminates in creating an indelible, captivating, and stimulating vacation experience, especially on the newer cruise ships that have more sensational activities than you can ever possibly experience.Vacationing on a cruise provides you with the opportunity to meet new people, partake in gorging on food from the buffets, experience “sunrises and sunsets at sea” (Souza, 2018), indulge in watching Broadway style shows, and experience new cuisines daily. Additionally, vacationing on a cruise ship allows you to reap maximum value out of your vacation budget, partake in new daily activities, explore multiple exotic foreign countries, spend time taking a garner at breathtaking ocean views, experience new succulent cuisines, only unpack your luggage once, and never loose time traveling between destinations as you otherwise would if you were traveling by airplane. Cruises allow you to reap maximum value for your vacation budget dollars. “The value that a cruise provides stands alone among the different types of vacations that are ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ralph L. Rati. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/181297/bk_acx0_181297_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Saving Cascadia , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 720min
A few hundred years ago, Cascadia Island didn't even exist. Like the Washington seacoast, it was rock submerged beneath the Pacific. A massive earthquake changed that, exploding the rock upward, making it land - unstable land, according to seismologist Dr. Doug Lam.Lam has spent years researching the Cascadia Subduction Zone. He published a theory that the unrelieved tectonic strain beneath the idyllic landscape of Cascadia Island could be triggered with modern construction processes - with catastrophic results. The paper was disregarded, even ridiculed, by his peers and by mega wealthy developer Mick Walker, who stands to earn millions from the construction of a luxury resort on Cascadia. The elegant casino, hotel, and convention center will reap millions for him even if the tiny island only lasts for a short time...When a series of earthquakes begins to shake the Northwest Corridor, Doug's worst fears are confirmed. In an attempt to convince Walker to evacuate Cascadia immediately, Doug hurries to join guests arriving for the resort's grand opening. As the tremors wreak havoc across the Northwest coastal area, the military is left with too few resources to assist the people on Cascadia. Convinced that the island will be in ruins within hours, Doug reluctantly calls upon his girlfriend, Jennifer Lindstrom, president of Nightingale Aviation - a major medical transport helicopter company - for help.With snow falling, visibility dropping, and winds increasing, Doug embarks on an impossible mission with Jennifer and Nightingale's helicopters to evacuate over 300 people, while smaller earthquakes continue to herald the approach of a catastrophic tsunami.John J. Nance hurtles readers along a nail-biting quest to rescue hundreds of stranded vacationers and resort staff. Meticulously researched, and with the signature authenticity only a veteran pilot could provide, Saving Cascadia is a hair-raising thriller of awesome magnitude. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John J. Nance. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/001143/bk_brll_001143_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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High Stakes: Inside the New Las Vegas , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 567min
For decades, the name "Las Vegas" summoned up the image of a neon world of nonstop gambling, gangsters, sex, and adult entertainment. But today, Las Vegas has transformed itself into a family vacation spot second only to Disneyworld on America's leisure-time itinerary. What - and who - is responsible for this multi-billion-dollar transformation? With High Stakes, Gary Provost takes the listener on a wide-ranging tour of Nevada's newly revitalized 21st-century vacation world. This inside look at both the gaming business and its new total entertainment centers, which now host 20 million visitors a year, reveals how Las Vegas became a clean, attractive, family-oriented resort. Today, casino gambling is just one attraction of many, most of them new: amazing theme parks, spectacular virtual-reality rides, futuristic glass domes, the world's tallest tower, and a sky laser that can be seen all the way to Los Angeles. Circus Circus Enterprises Inc. is used as a model of excellence to show how the Las Vegas gaming industry develops, markets, and delivers its entertainment "product" at a lower price, and with greater profits, than any of its competitors. Highlighted by a preview of Circus Circus' astonishing pyramid - Luxor - the new centerpiece of the greatest gaming empire in history, High Stakes includes extensive interviews with Luxor's legendary creator, William G. Bennett, the man who taught the entire gaming industry how to attract the vast market of family-oriented vacationers. Also covered are all the games of chance that a casino like Circus Circus offers and the odds each gives; everything the casino hands out for free and why; the different ways in which high rollers and ordinary folk are treated; how legendary casinos of the past have crashed to oblivion and the hot newcomers that have taken their place; and the increasing competition from Atlantic City and the growing list of other venues of legal gambling in the United States ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bill Fike. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/108437/bk_acx0_108437_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Coney Island: The History of New York City's Most Famous Amusement Park Resort , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 76min
There are few places on Earth that have as much hustle and bustle as New York City, so it's no surprise that people nearby flock to some sort of escape. For many, that escape comes in the form of Brooklyn's Coney Island, which has been one of the area's most popular seaside resorts and amusement park areas since the late 19th century. People may come for different things, such as the festivities held there on July 4th (most notably the hot dog eating contest), the newest rollercoaster, or a minor league baseball game, but just about everyone is sure to have a good time. Like so much of New York's development, the manner in which Coney Island has become what it is over the past 130 years is full of surprise and controversy. For most of its history, Coney Island was virtually uninhabited, even when the native Lenape lived in the region before European explorers arrived, yet that very aspect made the place attractive for vacationers looking to escape city life during the summer. In fact, New York City's leaders tried to prevent development on the island in hopes of establishing it as a giant natural park, only for wealthy resorts to ultimately pop up along beachfront property. Far from it, Coney Island spent the last few decades of the 19th century operating like Las Vegas, with every kind of vice helping keep things running. In time, Coney Island became America's biggest and most visited amusement park resort, with Dreamland, Steeplechase Park, and Luna Park all becoming some of the nation's most famous and historic parks. Although Coney Island's heyday has long since passed and those three parks have all closed, Coney Island remains best known for amusement parks today. The first rides were built on Coney Island in the 1870s, and there are now multiple parks on Coney Island, which has actually since become a peninsula thanks to the addition of landfill over the course of its development. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jim D. Johnston. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/079620/bk_acx0_079620_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Arthur Grace: Communism(s): A Cold War Album
The Cold War is just a distant memory for many, and practically a blank slate for anyone born after 1980. For most people in the West, the realities of life behind the Iron Curtain have faded into caricatures of police state repression and bread lines. With the world seemingly again divided between democracies and authoritarian regimes, it is essential that we understand the reality of life in the Soviet Bloc. Photojournalist Arthur Grace was uniquely placed to provide that context.During the 1970's and 1980's, Grace traveled extensively behind the Iron Curtain working primarily for news magazines. One of only a small corps of Western photographers with ongoing access to the area, he was able to take the time to delve into the most ordinary corners of people's daily lives while also covering significant events which unfolded while on assignment. Many of the photographs in this remarkable book are effectively psychological portraits that leave the viewer with a sense of the gamut of emotions in that era.Mr. Grace's extensive photographic archive of this highly charged period is the basis for his new book, COMMUNISM(S): A COLD WAR ALBUM. Illustrated with over one hundred and twenty black and white images - nearly all previously unpublished, COMMUNISM(S) gives an unprecedented glimpse behind the veil of a not-so-distant time filled with harsh realities unseen by nearly all but those that lived through it.Shot in the USSR, Poland, Romania, Yugoslavia, and the German Democratic Republic, Mr. Grace's images reveal an ongoing cat and mouse struggle between State sponsored forces seeking obedience by regimenting mind and body, and their every-day citizens seeking connection to universal humanity in small moments. Here are portraits of factory workers, farmers, churchgoers, vacationers, and loitering teens juxtaposed with the GDR's imposing Social-Realist-designed apartment blocks, propagandistic annual May Day Parades, Poland's Solidarity movement and the subsequent imposition of martial law, and the vastness of Moscow's Red Square contrasted with ever-present public propaganda, communal mineral water vending machines, and endless lines of citizens hoping for an opportunity to buy a cut of meat, or basically anything still in stock at the butcher shop. COMMUNISM(S) thought-provoking photographs expand and enlighten our view of the history of this period while serving as a graphic reminder of an era we seem destined to repeat.- Shop: buecher
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Keepin' It Simple
Artist: Oren Masserman Album: Keepin' It Simple Review by Kevin Mathews Sometimes, there is something to be said about consistency in pop music. From album cover image to album title to music to lyrical content, singer-songwriter Oren Masserman has no problem getting his message across to anyone who will take the time to listen. The cover of Masserman's sophomore effort features a young boy climbing a coconut tree in the obvious pursuit of a prized coconut. The sky is golden and cloudy, the location is presumably somewhere on an island paradise, perhaps Hawaii? The album is appropriately called Keepin' It Simple as well! The fact that Masserman is a lifetime surfer completes the picture rather emphatically. A casual listen to Keepin' It Simple will probably raise comparisons in most folks' minds with the best-selling albums of fellow surfer dude Jack Johnson. Definitely, there is a similar easy-going, upbeat, positive vibe about Masserman's music that is highly reminiscent of Jack Johnson's very popular oeuvre. Older readers will no doubt recognize the indelible mark of Jimmy Buffet on the Masserman's entire 'island escapism' schtick. Remember, the word here is 'consistent,' as Masserman's songs never stray from the formula set out from the opening song 'Mango Kisses.' Instrumentation is stripped down, with acoustic guitars and ukeleles providing accompaniment and a multitude of percussive instruments keeping time whilst the melodies are uncomplicated enough to support natural harmonies. Lyrically, Masserman takes inspiration from his own life experience, i.e. a lifestyle of traveling, surfing and sailing. In other words, the good life. Certainly, it is impossible not to visualize sandy beaches, fruit drinks, sun-kissed tanned bodies when listening to the music on Keepin' It Simple. Masserman never claims to be anything except for what he is: an ukulele strumming surfer dude enjoying the easy life that he paints so vividly in his sunshine pop songs. As Masserman explains in his official bio, "There's a message, a vibe, a feeling that you get with this music. And it feels so good. This is life. This is what we have. This is what we do. We might as well be stoked while we're living. " How can one argue with such positivity? Keepin' It Simple - Eat your fruits and vegetables Star Christian Aherns Oren Masserman's is enjoying "Mango Kisses" off of his latest album release called, Keepin' It Simple. The U.S. Department of Agriculture should be placing the nourishing album on the food pyramid. The iTunes version is the perfect complement to the summer season. The Southern Californian import aka Masserman fits perfectly in the Hawaiian music scene. The ocean is Oren's muse and he brings a certain charm listeners became familiar with by the release his début original album, Spread the Aloha. Oren has been a longtime member of the Surfrider Foundation and is apart of the Maui Chapter. The surfer/sailor and singer/songwriter molds all of his passions into his music. Due to the musician's geography and passions, he is able to use his gift as a forum to spread awareness. The track "Ocean Song" is a piece emphasizing the importance of taking care of the oceans both locally and internationally. The song "Smooth Sails" not only reflects his work with Trilogy, a sailing company, but a breezy song that allows your mind to drift. Most people are completely dependant on electronic devices and nothing is more liberating than going to the beach and hiding beneath the sun without a care in the world for the next forty minutes. His sailing song naturally fits into the Maui beach setting by uplifting the listener. The trio of songs which reappears off of Spread the Aloha definitely round out the vibe of the current album, Keepin' It Simple. "Baja Banditos," is a change of scenery from "Tonight With You," allowing other great coastal regions to be explored lyrically. The song which likely brings his fellow classmates back to memory lane is "8 Sunriver (When We Were Young)" because he is a long way from Southern California. Nonetheless, he never will forget his time in California surrounded by great friends and family. Masserman's enjoyable track "Tonight With You" instantly draws a picture anyone would want to be apart of. Hawaii is a tourist destination and a mushrooming musical scene all wrapped up in one great package. Keepin' It Simple reminds sightseers the importance of enjoying the breathtaking beaches without sounding redundant. Vacationers always enjoy the bar scene with the bevy of talented musicians who decorate the scene with their ukulele's in hand. Take a tour of Keepin' It Simple via iTunes or the website which has four complete tracks that will make you completely relax. When you are stressed out at work and need to unload remember to load your phone with a few simple songs reminding you of a beach somewhere instead of the recycled gust from the air- conditioning vent in your office. Day-trippers enjoy everything from snorkeling to luaus and Oren Masserman's latest album is your passport to a pyramid of nourishing soul food in the form of various lighthearted songs. If you are barefoot on a beach and about to light a bonfire then kick back with your iPod and enjoy simplifying your life. Oren says, "It's the music that reminds us all how to feel good, dream out loud, and smile big."- Shop: odax
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The Pack
Writer/director Robert Clouse, whose Enter the Dragon delivered hard-hitting action and whose Deadly Eyes provided gnawing rodent terror, combines both fright and fight in this survival tale where a walk in the woods becomes a long, dark journey into fear. Set on a remote island where vacationers have senselessly abandoned their unwanted pet dogs, the Pack shows man's inhumanity coming back to haunt him with fanged fierceness. The confused, starving pets form a rampaging pack and man's best friend becomes his worst fiend. Joe Don Baker (Walking Tall, the Natural, the Living Daylights) stars as the heroic marine biologist who comes up with a do-or-die scheme that will either reestablish man as top dog, or turn him into a tasty tidbit. The suspense is ferocious.- Shop: odax
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