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    The Final Revival of Opal & Nev
    An idol of Afro-punk. A duo on the brink of stardom. A night that will define their story for ever. Opal is a fiercely independent young woman pushing against the grain in her style and attitude, Afro-punk before that term existed. Despite her unconventional looks, Opal believes she can be a star. So when the aspiring British singer/songwriter Neville Charles discovers her one night, she takes him up on his offer to make rock music together. In early seventies New York City, just as she's finding her niche as part of a flamboyant and funky creative scene, a rival band signed to her label brandishes a Confederate flag at a promotional concert. Opal's bold protest and the violence that ensues set off a chain of events that will not only change the lives of those she loves, but also be a deadly reminder that repercussions are always harsher for women, especially Black women, who dare to speak their truth. Decades later, as Opal considers a 2016 reunion with Nev, music journalist S. Sunny Shelton seizes the chance to curate an oral history about her idols. Sunny thought she knew most of the stories leading up to the cult duo's most politicized chapter, but as her interviews dig deeper, a nasty new allegation from an unexpected source threatens everything. Provocative and haunting, The Final Revival of Opal & Nev introduces a bold new name in contemporary fiction and a heroine the likes of which we've not seen in storytelling.
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    Investing Amid Low Expected Returns: Making the Most When Markets Offer the Least
    Elevate your game in the face of challenging market conditions with this eye-opening guide to portfolio managementInvesting Amid Low Expected Returns: Making the Most When Markets Offer the Least provides an evidence-based blueprint for successful investing when decades of market tailwinds are turning into headwinds.For a generation, falling yields and soaring asset prices have boosted realized returns. However, this past windfall leaves retirement savers and investors now facing the prospect of record-low future expected returns. Emphasizing this pressing challenge, the book highlights the role that timeless investment practices - discipline, humility, and patience - will play in enabling investment success. It then assesses current investor practices and the body of empirical evidence to illuminate the building blocks for improving long-run returns in today's environment and beyond. It concludes by reviewing how to put them together through effective portfolio construction, risk management, and cost control practices.In this book, readers will also find:* The common investor responses so far to the low expected return challenge* Extensive empirical evidence on the critical ingredients of an effective portfolio: major asset class premia, illiquidity premia, style premia, and alpha* Discussions of the pros and cons of illiquid investments, factor investing, ESG investing, risk mitigation strategies, and market timing* Coverage of the whole top-down investment process - throughout the book endorsing humility in tactical forecasting and boldness in diversificationIdeal for institutional and active individual investors, Investing Amid Low Expected Returns is a timeless resource that enables investing with serenity even in harsher financial conditions.
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    Herbal Remedies: A Guide to Herbal Remedies, Natural Remedies, Antivirals, Antibiotics and Alternative Medicine! , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 67min
    Unfortunately, pharmaceutical companies have long since passed the point where caring about patients is their number one priority.As lifesaving medicine grows ever higher in price, herbal remedies, which have been around for generations, once again are starting to seem like the best choice. If you are interested in learning more about this ancient practice, then Herbal Remedies: A Guide to Herbal Remedies, Natural Remedies, Antivirals, Antibiotics and Alternative Medicine is the audiobook you have been waiting for.   At its most basic, herbal medicine, also known as botanical medicine or herbalism, is the use of any plant, part of a plant, or herb that is used expressly for its medicinal or therapeutic value, including treating current ailments or preventing new illnesses from developing. Despite the relatively recent popularity of Western medicine, herbal medicine is still the most commonly practiced type of medicine worldwide, just as it has been since time immemorial.   While many people in the United States are only just finding out about the wide variety of benefits that are possible with herbal remedies, they have actually been a major part of the evolution of medicine dating back to the ancient Egyptians and beyond. In fact, scrolls dating back to 3,000 BC have been found in both China and Egypt describing plants as part of the healing process.  Just because modern medicine says otherwise, it doesn't mean that these natural remedies are any less effective now than they were then, and often without many of the harsher side effects often found in modern alternatives.   So, what are you waiting for? Tap into the knowledge of thousands of generations from around the world, buy this audiobook today! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Todd Mansfield. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/120481/bk_acx0_120481_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Black Ghost of Empire
    A revelatory historical indictment of the long afterlife of slavery in the Atlantic world To fully understand why the shadow of slavery haunts us today, we must confront the flawed way that it ended. We celebrate abolition - in Haiti after the revolution, in the British Empire in 1833, in the United States during the Civil War. Yet in Black Ghost of Empire, acclaimed historian Kris Manjapra argues that during each of these supposed emancipations, Black people were dispossessed by the moves that were meant to free them. Emancipation, in other words, simply codified the existing racial caste system - rather than obliterating it. Ranging across the Americas, Europe and Africa, Manjapra unearths disturbing truths about the Age of Emancipations, 1780-1880. In Britain, reparations were given to wealthy slaveowners, not the enslaved, a vast debt that was only paid off in 2015, and the crucial role of Black abolitionists and rebellions in bringing an end to slavery has been overlooked. In Jamaica, Black people were liberated only to enter into an apprenticeship period harsher than slavery itself. In the American South, the formerly enslaved were 'freed' into a system of white supremacy and racial terror. Across Africa, emancipation served as an alibi for colonization. None of these emancipations involved atonement by the enslavers and their governments for wrongs committed, or reparative justice for the formerly enslaved-an omission that grassroots Black organizers and activists are rightly seeking to address today. Black Ghost of Empire will rewire readers' understanding of the world in which we live. Paradigm-shifting, lucid and courageous, this book shines a light into the enigma of slavery's supposed death, and its afterlives.
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    Black Ghost of Empire (eBook, ePUB)
    A revelatory historical indictment of the long afterlife of slavery in the Atlantic world To fully understand why the shadow of slavery haunts us today, we must confront the flawed way that it ended. We celebrate abolition - in Haiti after the revolution, in the British Empire in 1833, in the United States during the Civil War. Yet in Black Ghost of Empire, acclaimed historian Kris Manjapra argues that during each of these supposed emancipations, Black people were dispossessed by the moves that were meant to free them. Emancipation, in other words, simply codified the existing racial caste system - rather than obliterating it. Ranging across the Americas, Europe and Africa, Manjapra unearths disturbing truths about the Age of Emancipations, 1780-1880. In Britain, reparations were given to wealthy slaveowners, not the enslaved, a vast debt that was only paid off in 2015, and the crucial role of Black abolitionists and rebellions in bringing an end to slavery has been overlooked. In Jamaica, Black people were liberated only to enter into an apprenticeship period harsher than slavery itself. In the American South, the formerly enslaved were 'freed' into a system of white supremacy and racial terror. Across Africa, emancipation served as an alibi for colonization. None of these emancipations involved atonement by the enslavers and their governments for wrongs committed, or reparative justice for the formerly enslaved-an omission that grassroots Black organizers and activists are rightly seeking to address today. Black Ghost of Empire will rewire readers' understanding of the world in which we live. Paradigm-shifting, lucid and courageous, this book shines a light into the enigma of slavery's supposed death, and its afterlives.
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    Taking Directions, Hörbuch, Digital, 18min, (USK 18)
    Previously published in Surrender and Submission. Now digitally remastered. Taking Directions. This erotic audio experience builds on the experiences developed in the companion audio in the Surrender and Submission series, Please Me! It introduces a second hypnotic trigger to stimulate your own play. The experience is harsher, more direct, and requires your complete submission. It involves anal and other toy play under the direction of a very demanding Master. Your pleasure is dependent upon how well you follow the Master's commands. This audio uses the Sensual Hypnosis technique of Directed Erotic Visualisation to take you into the heart of amazing erotic D/s and BDSM fantasy experiences. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to give yourself over to the control of a dominant lover? What it would be like to feel the sensations and have him direct your every move until he's brought you to the peak of pleasure? For adults only: sexually explicit language and audio imagery combined with guided suggestion. Warning: do not drive or operate heavy machinery while listening to this program and for half an hour afterwards. Directed Erotic Visualisation works with the mind to access an altered state of awareness that takes you into an erotic, sensual place of physical and mental pleasure and stimulation. Directed Erotic Visualisation is a combination of simple techniques - easy breathing for relaxation teamed with gentle suggestion to promote visualisation. Together they work to help create a subjective reality where virtually anything is possible. Quality writing enhanced by expert narration generates an experience within that reality of sensuality and high erotic tension. The prerecorded audio experiences have proved to be very successful. Based on extensive listener feedback, reactions range from warm relaxation and freedom from stress to more than one third of experiences culminating in highly satisfying emotiona Language: English. Narrator: Essemoh Teepee. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/smot/000090/bk_smot_000090_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Heal : His Command, Book 4 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 535min, (USK 18)
    From the ashes of his past rises an alpha ready to take what he wants. Professional Dom Cedric Langston isn’t afraid to bring an omega to his knees, but he’s vowed to never let one into his heart. After a tragic event five years prior almost destroyed him, he can’t risk getting hurt again. With a prestigious career shift on the horizon, it’s safer to lose himself in work than to open himself up - ...until he runs headfirst into an omega who makes him never want to hide away again. Twisted by cruel subservience at a young age, an omega exists ready to please. Gabriel Lowe is free from the horrors of his past, but his heart refuses to move on. He’s lost his purpose, his place in life, and the man he thought would give him a family. The world is a harsh place for a broken omega, and when his rehabilitation therapy fails and he returns to the only family he has left, it gets harsher. He’s told he will be entrusted to an alpha - a professional Dom whose kindness and compassion Gabriel can’t understand. But when what should have been nothing more than a job ignites into blistering desire, Cedric and Gabriel are faced with a choice: cling to the demons of their past, or give in to what they’ve found in each other - a way to heal. Heal is a BDSM omegaverse novel set following the events of Obey, Beg, and Stay. It features a stunning use for a frying pan, red-hot body piercings you won’t see coming, and two men who overcome almost insurmountable obstacles to make a family. This novel alludes to sensitive topics some listeners may find difficult, including abuse, violence, and human trafficking. However, a happy ending isn’t only promised, it’s guaranteed. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michael Dean. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/164222/bk_acx0_164222_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    In the Courts of the Crimson Kings , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 688min
    In the parallel world first introduced in S. M. Stirling's The Sky People, aliens terraformed Mars (and Venus) 200 million years ago, seeding them with life-forms from Earth. Humans didn't suspect this until the 20th century, but when the first probes landed on our sister worlds and found life - intelligent life, at that - things changed with a vengeance. By the year 2000, America, Russia, and the other great powers of Earth were all contending for influence and power amid the newly discovered inhabitants of our sister planets.Venus is a primitive world. But on Mars, early hominids evolved civilization earlier than their earthly cousins, driven by the needs of a harsh world growing still harsher as the initial terraforming ran down. Without coal, oil, or uranium, their technology was forced onto different paths, and the genetic wizardry of the Crimson Dynasty united a world for more than 20,000 years.Now, in a new stand-alone adventure set in this world's AD 2000, Jeremy Wainman is an archaeologist who has achieved a lifelong dream: to travel to Mars and explore the dead cities of the Deep Beyond, searching for the secrets of the Kings Beneath the Mountain and the fallen empire they ruled.Teyud Zha-Zhalt is the Martian mercenary the Terrans hire as guide and captain of the landship Intrepid Traveller. A secret links her to the deadly intrigues of Dvor il-Adazar, the City That Is a Mountain, where the last aging descendant of the Tollamune Emperors clings to the remnants of his power...and secrets that may trace their origin to the enigmatic Ancients, the Lords of Creation who reshaped the Solar System in the time of the dinosaurs.When these three meet, the foundations of reality will be shaken - from the lost city of Rema-Dza to the courts of the Crimson Kings. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Todd McLaren. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/000617/bk_tant_000617_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Twisted World: A Broken World Novel: Twisted, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 705min
    Twenty years ago, a deadly virus swept the globe, ravaging the population. People died and came back as monsters, and through the tragedy that rocked the world, survivors were born. Megan James is the product of survivors. Her parents crossed hundreds of miles of dangerous countryside to reach Atlanta and the promise of a real future. Now, two decades later, Meg is facing a crisis of her own. Her father has vanished and is presumed dead, and her mom is teetering on the edge of insanity, but all Meg really wants is to return to the safe world she always thought she was living in. Only Atlanta isn't everything her parents thought it would be. The slums have grown and corruption is rampant, and despite the promise of democracy, the new government has been slow to change. Through it all, the only consistency seems to be the zombies. Decayed and barely more than skeletons, there is no reason they should still be moving. But they are. Facing the harsh world alone, Meg gets a job in the entertainment district of Atlanta where she meets convict fighter Donaghy. Angry at the world and his circumstances, all the fighter really wants is to be left alone. But when he gets swept up in Meg's problems, he finds it impossible to turn his back on her. When a mysterious note resurrects old rumors about what the CDC is really doing, Meg can’t help wondering if her father might have met the same fate that her uncle did 20 years earlier. With the help of Donaghy, she will search for the truth among the darkness that has settled over Atlanta, where they'll soon discover that the mutated virus has brought forth creatures nobody could have imagined, and the evil intentions of the men in charge are much more sinister than anyone ever thought possible, making the future look harsher than ever before. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Heather Firth. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/109775/bk_acx0_109775_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Steampunk Desires: An Erotic Romance [The Complete Collection] , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 326min, (USK 18)
    The Complete Collection of the Steampunk Desires Series!With this boxed set you'll get all 5 volumes of the Steampunk Desires series, and save over 60% on buying the audiobooks individually!Follow along with the strange, sexy journey of the HMS Rapturion, and enjoy the following: Vol. 1 - EleanorIt's the late 19th century, a time of innovation and luxury, and the HMS Rapturion is the finest in Air Cruise Co.'s fleet of luxury airships, providing the very best that the era has to offer. Even the power that drives the ship is innovative, not to mention steamy and sexy, and the role of the propulsion crew is far more intimate than any crew before or hence.Meet Eleanor, the newest member of the HMS Rapturion's propulsion crew, and watch as she discovers just how erotic keeping a ship aloft can be. Vol. 2 - EdwinIt takes a lot of energy to keep a luxury airship in the air, and Edwin leads the propulsion team on the HMS Rapturion. When one of his crew has trouble meeting his energy quota, Edwin figures out how to help him get it up, both literally and figuratively!Join Edwin in discovering the unexpected key to this man's success: a fiery vixen named Scarlett, who has some tricks of her own! Vol. 3 - EloiseLife in Victorian England is easy if you're as privileged as Eloise is. But when the call came for new members to join the HMS Rapturion's propulsion crew, she knew there was a better life to be had: a life of buggering all day long, and getting paid to do it!But she finds a much harsher life on board the luxury airship: uncompromising floor managers and uppity crewmates are just the beginning of her woes. Instead of a life of sleeping with whomever she wants, whenever she wants, she finds herself alone and confused. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Casey George. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/028752/bk_acx0_028752_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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