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    Dress Code
    In the spirit of works by Jia Tolentino and Anne Helen Peterson, a smart and incisive essay collection centered on the fashion industry-its history, its importance, why we wear what we wear, and why it matters-from Elle Magazine's fashion features director.Why does fashion hold so much power over us? Most of us care about how we dress and how we present ourselves. Style offers clues about everything from class to which in-group we belong to. Bad Feminist for fashion, Dress Code takes aim at the institutions within the fashion industry while reminding us of the importance of dress and what it means for self-presentation. Everything-from societal changes to the progress (or lack thereof) of women's rights to the hidden motivations behind what we choose to wear to align ourselves with a particular social group-can be tracked through clothing. Veronique Hyland examines thought-provoking questions such as: Why has the "French girl" persisted as our most undying archetype? What does "dressing for yourself" really mean for a woman? How should a female politician dress? Will gender-differentiated fashion go forever out of style? How has social media affected and warped our sense of self-presentation, and how are we styling ourselves expressly for it?Not everyone participates in painting, literature, or film. But there is no "opting out" of fashion. And yet, fashion is still seen as superficial and trivial, and only the finest of couture is considered as art. Hyland argues that fashion is a key that unlocks questions of power, sexuality, and class, taps into history, and sends signals to the world around us. Clothes means something-even if you're "just" wearing jeans and a T-shirt.
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    Dark Psychology Revelations: Learn How to Read People. Discover the Secrets of Persuasion and Body Language , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 205min
    You are about to understand the inner workings of dark psychology so that you use it on people to get them to do whatever you want or use your understanding to notice and block dark psychology tactics being used on you!According to Michael Nuccitelli, "Our species, Homo Sapiens, is the only living organism that participates in actions antithetical to our survival and well-being."What he meant was that we all have a dark part of us, one that takes joy in using others to our benefit! Do you wish to do that? And do you wish there was a way you could sort of "insulate" yourself from dark psychology tactics that people may be using on you to avoid being manipulated or persuaded without your consent?If that’s what you are looking for, this audiobook is about to usher you to the full understanding of the world of dark psychology, where you will learn among other things:The basics of dark psychology, including the concept of dark triad, what dark psychology entails, and where it all stems fromDark psychology strategies that you can tap into to get people to do anything you wantHow to spot dark psychology tactics being used on you and other people so that you can stop them from having any effect on you using five powerful strategiesHow to set yourself up for massive success with dark psychology by managing your emotions the right way to influence people easilyHow to apply psychology in reading people’s body language so that you can use that knowledge to your advantagePowerful tips and tricks you can use to mask your lack of confidence so that you can easily influence othersHow to read people’s faces the right wayHow to manipulate the woman of your dreams into a relationship without begging herHow seemingly meaningless parts of your body can be used as conduits for seamless persuasion and manipulationAnd much more!Every ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jim Rising. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/176435/bk_acx0_176435_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Profitable Growth is Everyone's Business: 10 Tools You Can Use Monday Morning , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 303min
    For many, growth is about "home runs": the big bold idea, the next new thing, the product that will revolutionize the marketplace. While obviously attractive and lucrative, home runs don't happen every day and frequently come in cycles. Products like Kevlar, Teflon, and the Dell business model for selling personal computers may be once-in-a-decade phenomena. A surer and more consistent path to profitable revenue growth is through "singles and doubles": small day-to-day wins and adaptation to changes in the marketplace that build the foundation for substantially increasing revenues. The impact of singles and doubles can be huge. They are not only the basis for sustained revenue growth but, in fact, the foundation for home runs. Singles and doubles provide the discipline of execution, an absolute necessity for successfully bringing a breakthrough technology to market or implementing a new business model. Inherent in this way of thinking is the revolutionary idea that growth is everyone's business, not solely the concern of the sales force or top management. Just as everyone participates in cost reduction, so must everyone be engaged in the growth agenda of the business. Every contact of each employee with a customer is an opportunity for revenue growth. That includes everyone from the people working in a company's call center to the CEO. In this trailblazing book, Ram Charan provides the building blocks and tools that can put a business on the path to sustained, profitable growth. For more than twenty-five years, Ram Charan has been working day in and day out with companies around the world. The ideas he has developed for solving the profitable revenue growth dilemma facing many businesses are based on personally seeing what works in real time. These are ideas that have been tested across industries and that deliver results, and they can be put to use starting Monday morning. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Harry Chase. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/000366/bk_rand_000366_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Dream Lover and Other Tales , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 268min
    Dream Lover and Other Tales includes seven paranormal and supernatural stories."Glint": A young man commits a murderous deed and has to flee back home. His only choice is to hitchhike the entire way, but fate has other plans for him."Dream Lover": When Adam Hacker stays overnight at a manor in a quest for the supernatural, history and the paranormal blend in unexpected ways."Ben Franklin's Dream": In his waning years, Ben Franklin participates in his country's flagstaff event: the Constitutional Convention. However, due to his advanced years, he frequently falls asleep in his chair. As he sleeps, he dreams and relives the high points of his extraordinary life as he remembers them, though not exactly as history recorded them."The Mayor's Cow": Joanie and her brother James live with their mother. One thing they enjoy doing together is a Sunday drive through the wooded foothills of northern New Jersey. On this particular Sunday, with James at home and her Aunt Mary aboard, they encounter a stray animal that creates a memory she will cherish forever."The Maestro's Gift": Oleg Boriesky is the conductor of the Molshoi Orchestra. For a performance before the duke, he plans on a rehearsal in the nearby village of Capaldi, which has become a custom in the country. The custom also entails presenting the visiting maestro with gifts, but Oleg is an old man and has become resentful of the peasants and their meager offerings - until a young boy offers him a gift that reminds him of his love of music."Tracks in the Snow": A man narrates a memory of his mother and father and how peculiar quirks of his parents became defining recollections, culminating in a heartbreaking and somber image of his father's final act."The Messiah of Harriman": Circa 1955, a stranger appears in the forested landscape of New York's Harriman State Park. There are reports of miracles pe ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bob Brill. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/179973/bk_acx0_179973_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 663min
    Pulitzer Prize winner, General Nonfiction, 2017.National Book Critics Circle Award winner, General Nonfiction, 2016. From Harvard sociologist Matthew Desmond, a landmark work of scholarship and reportage that will forever change the way we look at poverty in America. In this brilliant, heartbreaking book, Matthew Desmond takes us into the poorest neighborhoods of Milwaukee to tell the story of eight families on the edge. Arleen is a single mother trying to raise her two sons on the $20 a month she has left after paying for their rundown apartment. Scott is a gentle nurse consumed by a heroin addiction. Lamar, a man with no legs and a neighborhood full of boys to look after, tries to work his way out of debt. Vanetta participates in a botched stickup after her hours are cut. All are spending almost everything they have on rent, and all have fallen behind. The fates of these families are in the hands of two landlords: Sherrena Tarver, a former schoolteacher turned inner-city entrepreneur; and Tobin Charney, who runs one of the worst trailer parks in Milwaukee. They loathe some of their tenants and are fond of others, but, as Sherrena puts it, "Love don't pay the bills". She moves to evict Arleen and her boys a few days before Christmas. Even in the most desolate areas of American cities, evictions used to be rare. But today, most poor renting families are spending more than half of their incomes on housing, and eviction has become ordinary, especially for single mothers. In vivid, intimate prose, Desmond provides a ground-level view of one of the most urgent issues facing America today. As we see families forced into shelters, squalid apartments, or more dangerous neighborhoods, we bear witness to the human cost of America's vast inequality - and to people's determination and intelligence in the face of hardship. Based on years of embedded fieldwork and painstakingly gathered data, this masterful ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dion Graham. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/004471/bk_rand_004471_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Sixteen Steps to Fall in Love: Three Rivers Ranch Romance, Book 13 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 353min
    A cowboy who works 16 steps from the woman of his dreams...and doesn't even know she's there. Can a chance meeting in a different location open his eyes to a chance at love?Boone Carver has landed in Three Rivers, Texas, glad to be near extended family and away from the ranch where his misdiagnosis cost the lives of hundreds of cattle. He bought the animal clinic and has been trying to make a life for himself one pet at a time. The office administrator, Nicole Hymas, has never liked him, and he's not sure why. But it doesn't matter. He's only at the animal hospital three days a week and finding more peace as he participates in the equine therapy program at his cousin's ranch. Nicole's lived her whole life in Three Rivers and spent the last 15 years working her way from volunteer at Puppy Pawz to the office administrator. Boone doesn't know it, but he stole the clinic from her when she couldn't get the funds together to buy it. He just came waltzing into town with his veterinary license and his loads of cash - and she's never told him nor forgiven him for it. And now, she has to work only 16 steps from him. A chance encounter at a dog park sheds new light on the tall, talented Boone that Nicole can't ignore. As they get to know each other better and start to dig into each other's past, Nicole is the one who wants to run. This time, from her growing admiration and attachment to Boone. From her aging parents. From herself. But Boone feels the attraction between them, too, and he decides he's tired of running and ready to make Three Rivers his permanent home. Can Boone and Nicole use their faith to overcome their differences and find a happily ever after together? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Becky Doughty. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/226264/bk_acx0_226264_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Jesus Family Tomb: The Discovery and Evidence That Could Change History , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 561min
    The Jesus Family Tomb tells the story of what may very well be the greatest archaeological find of all time: the discovery and investigation of the tomb belonging to Jesus' family. The tomb in question houses ossuaries (bone boxes) with inscriptions bearing the names of Jesus of Nazareth, the Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene, and Judas, the son of Jesus. This crypt has been overlooked and ignored for years and exists today under a patio just outside of Jerusalem. The authors have tracked down the location and been granted unequaled access to inspect the findings within the tomb. The artifacts were found, recorded, and catalogued by professional archaeologists in a controlled setting. There is no question of their authenticity. This is a story that is destined to grab international headlines and raise fundamental questions about the origins of Christianity. The question will undoubtedly arise: are these inscriptions referring to a Jesus and Mary other than the Jesus and Mary of the Gospels? To this end, the listener participates in one of the most controversial investigations of an archaeological find in history. Starting with critical DNA testing from the human remains, the authors, with the help of top scholars and industry leaders, walk us through the actual timeline of the discovery, including an interview with the man who stumbled across the original unearthing of the tomb in 1980. They also detail the paleographic analysis of the ossuaries; analyze the symbology of the tomb and the ossuaries; reveal the importance of the names, using both the New Testament and Apocrypha; and evaluate the patina residue and the statistical probabilities of the cluster of names in the specific location. A fascinating combination of history, archaeology, and theology, the revelations in this audiobook will change the way we think about God, religion, and everything we have learned about the life and death of Jesus. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michael Ciulla. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/001408/bk_harp_001408_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Summary Matthew Desmond's Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 21min
    This is a summary of Matthew Desmond's New York Times best-seller Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City From Harvard sociologist and MacArthur "genius" Matthew Desmond, a landmark work of scholarship and reportage that will forever change the way we look at poverty in America. In this brilliant, heartbreaking book, Matthew Desmond takes us into the poorest neighborhoods of Milwaukee to tell the story of eight families on the edge. Arleen is a single mother trying to raise her two sons on the $20 a month she has left after paying for their rundown apartment. Scott is a gentle nurse consumed by a heroin addiction. Lamar, a man with no legs and a neighborhood full of boys to look after, tries to work his way out of debt. Vanetta participates in a botched stickup after her hours are cut. All are spending almost everything they have on rent, and all have fallen behind. The fates of these families are in the hands of two landlords: Sherrena Tarver, a former schoolteacher turned inner-city entrepreneur, and Tobin Charney, who runs one of the worst trailer parks in Milwaukee. They loathe some of their tenants and are fond of others, but as Sherrena puts it, "Love don't pay the bills." She moves to evict Arleen and her boys a few days before Christmas. Even in the most desolate areas of American cities, evictions used to be rare. But today, most poor renting families are spending more than half of their income on housing, and eviction has become ordinary, especially for single mothers. In vivid, intimate prose, Desmond provides a ground-level view of one of the most urgent issues facing America today. As we see families forced into shelters, squalid apartments, or more dangerous neighborhoods, we bear witness to the human cost of America's vast inequality - and to people's determination and intelligence in the face of hardship. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: MJ McGalliard. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/062547/bk_acx0_062547_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Man Who Moiled for Gold , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1013min
    The Man Who Moiled for Gold draws its title from the Robert W. Service poem: "The Cremation of Sam McGee". This popular work portrays the lust for gold, the passion for the search, and the elusive success that brought men and women to remote areas without laws or justice. The poem also tells of suffering, loneliness, frustration, and ultimately death. Charley Martin experienced all of these emotions along with love and success while becoming the man who moiled for gold. Charley Martin, in 1912, is found mining the hard rock of Butte, Montana. Years of breathing the fine quartz dust in the pits have given Charley silicosis. Discovery of this incurable condition, by the mine super, brought an abrupt change to the 69-year old miner's life. Change began with the decision to move to his mountain cabin, which involved a weekend stay with Kathleen, his eldest daughter. Kathleen held a secret hurt and bitterness, causing an estrangement between father and daughter.  Delighted by his teenaged grandson's insistence to know his grandfather's pioneer adventures Charley recounts events that began 50 years earlier with the Pike's Peak Gold Rush. Charley realizes that revealing family history might bring to surface Kathleen's resentments so he continues to tell details past the romantic parts. Successful mining ventures are overshadowed by the murder of Charley's cousin Joe during a holdup. Kind and happy Charley becomes obsessed with finding the road agent who killed Joe. Other incidents of robbery and murder inflame the Montana/Idaho mining camps into vigilante actions. Charley joins the Bannack Vigilance Committee and participates in the historic hangings of the Sheriff and his deputies. He then travels with the Alder Gulch vigilantes to hang most of the remainder of the Sheriff's road agent gang, including the man Charley considers to be Joe's killer. Charley had never before revealed to family that he had been an active vigilante who h ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David G. Rasmussen. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/115321/bk_acx0_115321_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    LEGO: A Love Story , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 528min
    An adult LEGO fan's dual quest: to build with bricks and build a family. There are 62 LEGO bricks for every person in the world, and at age 30, Jonathan Bender realized that he didn't have a single one of them. While reconsidering his childhood dream of becoming a master model builder for The LEGO Group, he discovers the men and women who are skewing the averages with collections of hundreds of thousands of LEGO bricks. What is it about the ubiquitous, brightly colored toys that makes them so hard for everyone to put down? In search of answers and adventure, Jonathan Bender sets out to explore the quirky world of adult fans of LEGO (AFOLs) while becoming a builder himself. As he participates in challenges at fan conventions, searches for the largest private collection in the United States, and visits LEGO headquarters (where he was allowed into the top secret set vault), he finds his LEGO journey twinned with a second creative endeavor: to have a child. His two worlds intertwine as he awaits the outcome: Will he win a build competition or bring a new fan of LEGO into the world? Like every really good love story, this one has surprises and a happy ending. The book: Explores the world of adult fans of LEGO, from rediscovering the childhood joys of building with LEGO to evaluating LEGO's place in culture and art Takes an inside look at LEGO conventions, community taboos, and build challenges, and goes behind-the-scenes at LEGO headquarters and LEGOLAND Tells a warm and personal story about the attempt to build with LEGO and build a family Whether you're an avid LEGO freak or a onetime fan who now shares LEGO bricks with your children, this book will appeal to the inner builder in you and reignite a love for all things LEGO. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jeremy Gage. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/002798/bk_adbl_002798_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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