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City of Big Shoulders: Second Edition: A History of Chicago , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 816min

City of Big Shoulders links key events in Chicago's development, from its marshy origins in the 1600's to today's robust metropolis. Robert G. Spinney presents Chicago in terms of the people whose lives made the city - from the tycoons and the politicians, to the hundreds of thousands of immigrants from all over the world.In this revised and updated second edition that brings Chicago's story into the 21st century, Spinney sweeps his historian's gaze across the colorful and dramatic panorama of the city's explosive past. How did the pungent swamplands that the Native Americans called "the wild-garlic place" burgeon into one of the world's largest and most sophisticated cities? What is the real story behind the Great Chicago Fire? What aspects of American industry exploded with the bomb in Haymarket Square? Could the gritty blue-collar hometown of Al Capone become a visionary global city?A city of immigrants and entrepreneurs, Chicago is quintessentially American. Spinney brings it to life and highlights the key people, moments, and special places - from Fort Dearborn to Cabrini-Green, Marquette to Mayor Daley, the Union Stock Yards to the Chicago Bulls - that make this incredible city one of the best places in the world.The book is published by Cornell University Press. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Doug McDonald. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/192195/bk_acx0_192195_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Book of Questions: Revised and Updated , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 109min

This is a book for personal growth, a tool for deepening relationships, a lively conversation starter for the family dinner table, a fun way to pass the time in the car. It poses over 300 questions that invite people to explore the most fascinating of subjects: themselves and how they really feel about the world.The revised edition includes more than 100 all-new questions that delve into such topics as: The disappearing border between man and machineHow would you react if you learned that a sad and beautiful poem that touched you deeply had been written by a computer? The challenges of being a parentWould you completely rewrite your child’s college-application essays if it would help him get into a better school? The never-endingly interesting topic of sexWould you be willing to give up sex for a year if you knew it would give you a much deeper sense of peace than you now have? And of course the meaning of it allIf you were handed an envelope with the date of your death inside, and you knew you could do nothing to alter your fate, would you look?The Book of Questions may be the only publication that challenges - and even changes - the way you view the world, without offering a single opinion of its own. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Isabel Salomon. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/234111/bk_acx0_234111_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Final Dawn: Episode 1 : The Thrilling Post-Apocalyptic Series , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 69min

When the end of the world arrived, it came not with a bang, as most expected, but with more of a "pfft" instead. Humanity has been torn asunder and brought to the edge of total annihilation in less than an hour. For those who died, it was a quick death, so fast that their brains didn't have time to process the pain signals from their nerves. For those who survived, the true horror is about to begin as they struggle to not only stay alive, but find out what happened to bring such a quick end to the world as they knew it.Final Dawn is a thrilling new post-apocalyptic series that follows the journey of four people who survived the end of days.Leonard McComb - A grizzled veteran of the New York City sanitation department, trapped underground in the city's vast sewer system when the world ended.Nancy Sims - An accountant, traveling across the plains of the Midwest towards a new job, caught in the middle of nowhere, destruction all around her.Marcus Warden - A self-made millionaire from New York, vacationing in a national forest of West Virginia when the bombs fell.Rachel Walsh - A wife and mother whose family is swept away in the blink of an eye, struggling with her loss and the dawning realization of what may have truly transpired to bring about the end of the world.The Final Dawn box set is now available, featuring the complete original Final Dawn series! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mike Kraus. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/198993/bk_acx0_198993_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Relic: Blade: A Kane Arkwright Supernatural Thriller: Relics Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 381min

Cocky vampires, mythical swords, steady Glocks, and ghost hordes. Welcome to my world.The vampires just woke up from a 1000-year slumber. Before nap-time they buried their fortunes around the world. Now they want their hidden treasures back.It's my job to get to the relics first.My partner Rebel and I need to track down and dig up hundreds of ancient items, and fast. They're worth, well, whatever comes after quadrillions. Most of them also happen to pack nasty supernatural powers.Our latest target is a sword with the power to destroy the world. We just have to get past the grumpy blood suckers, the biting ghost hordes, and a particularly nasty wizard.But who am I kidding? Sneaking around won't work. Not when it comes to vampires. There's really only one way this can end.On the edge of a blade.Relic: Blade is the snark-filled first book in the Kane Arkwright Supernatural Thriller series, a set of urban fantasy novels. If you like mythical creatures, racy comedy, and brazen protagonists, then you’ll love Ben Zackheim’s thrilling adventure.If you like Kevin Hearne, M.D. Massey, John P. Logsdon, Larry Correia, Al K. Line, or Shayne Silvers, you will LOVE the first installment in the Kane Arkwright series by Ben Zackheim.Buy now to travel the globe with supernatural treasure hunters who do it for the wealth, the glory, and the undead body count.Other titles by Ben:Relic: HammerRelic: ShieldRelic: GrailRelic: SceptreRelic: ScrollRelic: Mask ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dominic Carlos. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/222496/bk_acx0_222496_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Abominable Science!: Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 945min

Throughout our history, humans have been captivated by mythic beasts and legendary creatures. Tales of Bigfoot, the Yeti, and the Loch Ness monster are part of our collective experience. Now comes a book from two dedicated investigators that explores and elucidates the fascinating world of cryptozoology.Daniel Loxton and Donald R. Prothero have written an entertaining, educational, and definitive text on cryptids, presenting the arguments both for and against their existence and systematically challenging the pseudoscience that perpetuates their myths. After examining the nature of science and pseudoscience and their relation to cryptozoology, Loxton and Prothero take on Bigfoot; the Yeti, or Abominable Snowman, and its cross-cultural incarnations; the Loch Ness monster and its highly publicized sightings; the evolution of the Great Sea Serpent; and Mokele Mbembe, or the Congo dinosaur. They conclude with an analysis of the psychology behind the persistent belief in paranormal phenomena, identifying the major players in cryptozoology, discussing the character of its subculture, and considering the challenge it poses to clear and critical thinking in our increasingly complex world.The book is published by Columbia University Press. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks."Abominable Science! is the defining work on cryptozoology of our generation." (from the foreword by Michael Shermer, author of The Believing Brain)"Highly recommended for readers looking for scientific but accessible evaluations of the existence of five notable cryptids that have captured our imaginations." (Library Journal)"An entertaining and thoroughly documented book." (Wall Street Journal) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kirk Winkler. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/240282/bk_acx0_240282_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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They Hunger , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 577min

An experimental rafting expedition, an FBI manhunt for a delusional killer, and the worst storm in decades collide in the remote mountain wilderness...and then THEY come out."'Deliverance' with fangs."THE GORGEBowie Whitlock and a team of celebrity athletes is commissioned to test two experimental rafts in the rugged Unegama Wilderness Gorge in the remote Appalachian Mountains, considered the most dangerous whitewater rapids in the eastern United States. Photographer Dove Krueger, Bowie's occasional lover, is there to document the journey. The expedition is tense from the start as jealousy, romance, and money are riding on the mission's success.FBI agent Jim Castle and his partner are in the gorge looking for Ace Goodall, a deranged abortion clinic bomber. Ace, accompanied by a fragile young woman, is having visions that guide his murderous behavior. A trip-wire around his camp detonates a rigged explosive, tearing apart part of a cliff wall and exposing a long-hidden vampire species to the world.The race is on as dark storm clouds gather, the river is swollen, and Ace hijacks the rafting expedition to make his escape. But the bloodthirsty creatures swooping down from the high cliffs have been too long without prey.Ace has one more bomb. God is talking to him. It's raining again, and his young companion is pregnant. And killing isn't what it used to be, because the dead no longer stay dead. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Milton Bagby. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/018898/bk_acx0_018898_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Challenge: How 144 Letters Changed My Life, the Life of My Son, and Will Change Your Life Too , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 388min

The Challenge: How 144 Letters Changed My Life, the Life of My Son, and Will Change Your Life Too takes you on a profound and purposeful journey of self-discovery, uncovering how letters changed the lives of a father and a son. It shouldn't come as a surprise that letters have the ability to change not only a father and a son, but the world.Consider the letter written by Martin Luther King, Jr., while sitting in a Birmingham jail and delivered to a local newspaper. It changed the direction of America forever.Think about how a letter written by Mahatma Gandhi led to the emergence of a people and the effect it has, even today, on an entire world.The power a love letter from Major Sullivan Ballou of the US Union Army to his wife, Sarah, on July 14th, 1861, changed the hearts of a nation.And least we forget, the 21 letters in the New Testament, most of which attributed to Apostle Paul, have been recited tens of billions of times by people since before AD 67.If these letters fail to move you to consider engaging in your own letters to your son, daughter, wife or loved one...I hope those that I am about to share in my story will. The letters changed my life. The letters changed the life of my son...and the letters will change your life, too. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bill Buwalda. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/134320/bk_acx0_134320_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Good Tarot

Blending ancient divination systems with modern positive psychology, this unique tarot deck is filled with energetic affirmations, powerful archetypes and inspiring guidance.Grounded in a divination system that dates back centuries, The Good Tarot has a psychic architecture that's more simple and modern, rooted in contemporary positive psychology. Its heart is in the expression of the highest good for all. The 78 cards in the deck are read as archetypal aspects of the human experience that we may encounter within ourselves, with others or in the world.The suits in The Good Tarot are the four elements, with Air standing in for the traditional Swords, Water replacing Cups, Earth for Pentacles, and for Wands, Fire. A crucial difference from traditional decks is that the cards' messages are all written as affirmations in the present tense, rather than forecasts, instructions or warnings. Instead of being told what to do, those who use the cards can integrate their energy immediately and personally.'Everyone wants guidance during times of uncertainty, a light shining in the dark', Colette writes. 'The Good Tarot is especially helpful when you feel lost, want confirmation about a direction you're heading in, are concerned about the results of choices you've made or seek greater understanding of your circumstances. It's about recognizing the many forms of truth and seeing the light that accompanies the shadow so you can help the light increase its brilliance.'

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Strangers with Memories: The United States and Canada from Free Trade to Baghdad , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 676min

In the early 1990s, North America was the vibrant center of an increasingly democratic and revitalized western hemisphere. The United States and Canada were close allies working together to implement a bilateral free trade agreement and build an integrated manufacturing and export economy. By the late 2000s, the economic and diplomatic ties between the two countries were strained as policies stagnated or slipped backward and passports were needed to cross the border for the first time in history. By 2017, the US planned to wall off its border with Mexico and NAFTA was slated for renegotiation.In Strangers with Memories, John Stewart combines an insider’s knowledge, a mole’s perspective, and a historian’s consciousness to explain how two countries that spent the 20th century building a world order together drifted so quickly apart in the early years of the 21st - and how that world order began its current shift. Assessing the major forces and events in North America’s development between 1990 and 2010, this book also details changes at the US embassy in Ottawa during those years and its relationship with US consulates in Canada and with the state department’s Canada desk. Explaining how Canada's influence in the world depends on the US and has radically diminished with the decline in US diplomacy under presidents George W. Bush and Donald Trump, Stewart gives valuable advice on how Canada should handle its foreign policy in a much less stable world.The book is published by McGill-Queen’s University Press. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Aaron Adams. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/161447/bk_acx0_161447_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Wicca Book of Spells and Witchcraft for Beginners: The Guide of Shadows for Wiccans, Solitary Witches, and Other Practitioners of Magic Rituals , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 189min

Everything you need to know to start your Wiccan journey.Learn about the history and practice of the Wiccan tradition, discover the incredible power of spell-casting for health, wealth, and happiness; and explore the magical side of herbs and plants to connect with nature, as the earliest shamans did in the ancient world.The world we live in today seems wholly distant from the one our ancestors lived in - a world where humans and nature were at one, their existence intertwined in the natural cycles of life. Wicca teaches us to appreciate the Earth, celebrating the intricate changes in the seasons and everything they bring.As you’ll discover in this audiobook, Wicca is a reincarnation of the very earliest religions, practiced for millennia before the advent of Christianity. Wiccans celebrate and share many of the same beliefs our ancestors held, with practices that honor the old ways while being compatible with contemporary life.You will discover:The origins and history of Wicca and WitchcraftPrinciples of magic - both ancient and modernChoosing your Wiccan pathAn overview of Wiccan covens, circles, and solitary practiceMagickal tools and how to use themTips and guidelines for successful spellcastingCore elements of Wiccan ritualSpells for abundance, wealth, health, love, and happinessAnd much more!Whether you're just looking to learn more about the Wiccan way of life, or you want to start practicing Wicca yourself, you will have a solid understanding of the essence of Wicca after listening to this audiobook.Get this audiobook now to start practising witchcraft today! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kris Keppeler. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/172037/bk_acx0_172037_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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