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Candide , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 223min
Candide is a French satire first published in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher of the age of enlightenment. It begins with a young man, Candide, who is living a sheltered life in an Edenic paradise and being indoctrinated with Leibnizian optimism by his mentor, Professor Pangloss. The work describes the abrupt cessation of this lifestyle, followed by Candide's slow and painful disillusionment as he witnesses and experiences great hardships in the world. Voltaire concludes with Candide, if not rejecting Leibnizian optimism outright, advocating a deeply practical precept, "we must cultivate our garden", in lieu of the Leibnizian mantra of Pangloss, "all is for the best" in the "best of all possible worlds".Candide is characterized by its tone as well as by its erratic, fantastical, and fast-moving plot. A picaresque novel with a story similar to that of a more serious coming-of-age narrative (Bildungsroman), it parodies many adventure and romance clichés, the struggles of which are caricatured in a tone that is bitter and matter-of-fact. Still, the events discussed are often based on historical happenings, such as the Seven Years' War and the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. As philosophers of Voltaire's day contended with the problem of evil, so does Candide in this short novel, albeit more directly and humorously. Voltaire ridicules religion, theologians, governments, armies, philosophies, and philosophers. Through Candide, he assaults Leibniz and his optimism.Candide has enjoyed both great success and great scandal. Immediately after its secretive publication, the book was widely banned to the public because it contained religious blasphemy, political sedition, and intellectual hostility hidden under a thin veil of naivete. However, with its sharp wit and insightful portrayal of the human condition, the novel has since inspired many later authors and artists to mimic and adapt it. Today, Candide is recognized as Voltaire's ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Roberto Scarlato. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/151801/bk_acx0_151801_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Candide , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 223min
As soon as it was published in 1759, Voltaire's Candide was condemned for its hardly veiled attacks against religion and governments. The plot is a parody of the bildungsroman: Candide and his tutor Pangloss travel around the world convinced that "All is for the best in this, the best of all possible worlds." Nevertheless, all the experiences and adventures they go through teach them the exact opposite. The reader will not be able to stop laughing at the entertaining account of all their misfortunes. Candide is Voltaire's masterpiece and an acknowledged classic of French literature. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ted Delorme. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/wmof/000002/bk_wmof_000002_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Lost Words , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 223min
With her mother dead, and her father lost in despair, Sarah spends her time outside of school in the town’s old library. Inside the pages of a forgotten world, a darkness calls forth a feast to feed its master. Now trapped within a world of dying stories and surrounded with characters who just don’t belong, Sarah has to fight her way through this strange world of stories, to find her way home. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lesley Dessalles. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/155048/bk_acx0_155048_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Skin Trade , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 223min
From the best selling author of the Song of Ice and Fire series, comes this chilling story of a werewolf. When a string of grotesque killings begins to strike her small town, private detective Randi Wade becomes suspicious. The grisly murders remind her all too much of her own father's death over 20 years ago. Now there is a killer in town who not only slays his victims, but also takes their skin. Undaunted, Randi prods the police as the murders continue, each more brutal than the last. When a close friend suddenly becomes a target, he is forced to reveal a startling secret about himself and Randi is quickly pulled into a dark world within her own town where monsters exist and prey on the living. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jo Anderson, Jeff Woodman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhau/000074/bk_rhau_000074_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Lean Life , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 223min
In Lean Life, I discovered that the missing piece for a fantastic life is to "know yourself". I believe we think we know what we want in life and the relationships that are important to us, but in fact, most of us are simply clueless. The question is, why? Because we don't know our most important customer...ourselves. It is crucial that we do this with precision and accuracy. There's no room for "kinda sorta". It is the most essential work we will do, and it will almost guarantee a life with deep meaning and happiness.Lean life is the simplicity of living our whole life with intentionality and purpose. We often research, invest, strategize, and work diligently to continuously improve in the workplace yet improvise at home. Lean Life applies the key "lean" business elements I discuss in 2 Second Lean to our personal lives and relationships. It's the simple and practical shop-floor wisdom of stopping our personal assembly line of defects and mistakes to come up with new and improved solutions.I promise this will not be an intellectual exercise. No psychobabble. I don't understand it, and it never helps me anyway. Rather, this is the perspective of an average guy who happens to be in love with lean life and fixing what bugs him. So if simple and practical is your preference, you're in luck! If you have a modicum of curiosity and you want to see how to do life better, then Lean Life is the right book for you. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Paul A. Akers. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/163216/bk_acx0_163216_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Decoys , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 223min
When Bethan and Deborah decide to spend their redundancy money and jet off for a holiday in the south of France, they never dreamed that they would meet two handsome Ukrainian men who would wine and dine them. But Dani and Matt are being hunted by the police for a recent robbery, and they've hatched a plan to use the girls to get their stolen goods out of the country. Thing is - Bethan and Deborah are hiding a secret of their own. Two Welsh women on holiday. Two handsome jewel thieves. What could go wrong? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Matthew Pitt. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/171430/bk_acx0_171430_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Deadly Illusions , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 223min
Cael Adler is a private detective with an eye for detail and a steady knack for solving complex cases. But when his dinner date with the stunning Kelly is interrupted by the discovery of part of a murdered woman's torso, he doesn't at first realize that his skills will be tested to their limits. Called to a remote corner of Epping Forest by his friend and Metropolitan Police veteran, Tyler Easton, Cael is shocked at what he finds. But worse follows when it becomes apparent that the murder is just the beginning of something much bigger and that a pitiless serial killer is at large. As the two men begin to unravel the horrific crimes they close in on the predator and his ruthless agenda. But all is not as it seems, and the case soon becomes more personal for Tyler when his wife becomes the next target of the madman. Lured to a theater on the pretext of attending a show, Samantha Easton comes face to face with the killer, and it's up to Cael and Tyler to stop him. But will they solve the clues fast enough to save her from a horrific end? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Charlie Boswell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/103820/bk_acx0_103820_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Santa's Executive , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 223min
Justin Cooper wasn't always the straight-laced Holiday Elementary School principal. In his youth, he broke all the rules and enjoyed being the bad Cooper brother. One Christmas Eve night he got a little too rowdy and things changed forever. Now the consequences of that fateful night have come back in full force and the myths of Christmas might be more real than he thought. Rina Brewer is one of Santa's elves. Not the tiny cute little toy maker, but the sexy, petite, energy filled bombshell kind. She's come to Holiday to aid Justin in his new role as Santa's executive, but as soon as she sees the sexy ex-bad boy, she realizes the job may be more than she bargained for. As they work together to make this Christmas one to remember, an old foe has come to town to make sure that this holiday is the coldest yet. Warning: Contains a perky elf who dreams of something more, a Christmas myth who may be a baddie, and a sexy ex-bad boy who craves Christmas cookies...and a certain perky blonde. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gregory Salinas. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/079399/bk_acx0_079399_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Truth War, Hörbuch, Digital, 223min
Right now, Truth is under attack, and much is at stake. Christians are caught in the crossfire of alternative Christian histories, emerging faulty texts, and a cultural push to eliminate absolute Truth altogether. As a result, many churches and Christians have been deceived. Worse still, they propagate the deception that poses itself as Truth! In The Truth War, John MacArthur reclaims the unwavering certainty of God's Truth and anchors Christians in the eternal, immovable promises that are found in His Word. Language: English. Narrator: John MacArthur. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tnwd/000115/bk_tnwd_000115_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Bis zum Hals, Hörbuch, Digital, 223min
Einsam ist es auf den heißen Stühlen der Republik: als Gast von Günther Jauch, auf dem Vorstandssessel eines Dax-Unternehmens, im Cockpit eines Tornado-Aufklärers. Bruno Jonas versetzt sich in die Lage von Menschen auf verlorenen Posten und bietet in seinen satirischen Geschichten entlarvende Einblicke in die deutsche Seelenlage und den literarischen Beweis für die philosophische Erkenntnis: Auch auf dem höchsten Thron der Welt sitzen wir nur auf unserem Arsch. deutsch. Bruno Jonas. https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhde/001817/bk_rhde_001817_sample.mp3.- Shop: Audible
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