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    The Diamond Hunters , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 493min
    Fortunes rise and fall in Wilbur Smith's tale of warring siblings and illegal diamond trading, The Diamond Hunters. 'The jet was a solid 18-inch column, a pillar of brown mud and yellow gravel and sea water that beat against the steel plates of the hull with a hollow drumming roar. In the few seconds since the explosion the cyclone was already half filled with a slimy shifting porridge that rushed from wall to wall with the movement of the ship. It was like some monstrous jellyfish which each second gathered weight and strength.' The Van Der Byl Diamond Company, willed by its founder to his son Benedict, his sister Tracey and their estranged foster brother Johnny Lance, turns out to be a bequest of hatred. For it is couched in such terms as to offer Benedict the instrument of destruction of his bitterest rival. 'Destroy Johnny' is the old man's implacable message. And so, consumed with envy for Johnny, Benedict sets out in ruthless pursuit of this goal - and Johnny is plunged into a maelstrom of greed, vengeance and murder....  ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ciaran Saward. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/034282/bk_adbl_034282_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    I Think, Therefore I Lie: A Radical Technique for Awakening Now , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 410min
    Are there times when you feel chained to your thoughts? Do you suffer from circular negative thinking?Are you tired of teachings that are couched in philosophy and aphorisms, essentially repeating what you’ve heard many times before, without providing a practical solution to what you need right now?This book offers a one-of-a-kind, simple technique for awakening now. It is available to anyone and can be practiced at any time - even during the toughest of challenges.There is no path to follow. No special requirements for this technique. It can be used anywhere and at any time. No pen and paper are necessary; no secluded, quiet place is needed.Learn this simple technique and you will:Have the choice to end your suffering nowBe freed from depending on circumstances for your inner peaceHave the choice to end your search for truth and happiness outside the present moment.All that is required is your willingness to apply the technique and relinquish your suffering, and you will unveil the openness and inner peace that is the very nature of awareness itself. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Warren Archer. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/169960/bk_acx0_169960_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Lies We Tell Ourselves: The Psychology of Self-Deception , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 85min
    Humans are excellent liars. We don't like to think of ourselves as capable of lying; it hurts us too much to admit. So we lie to ourselves about that, too. As a clinical psychologist, I am regularly confronted with the brutal truth that we all lie. I am not talking about deliberate, bold-faced lying. No, this type of dishonesty is far harder to detect and admit. It is the kind of lying that comes from not being psychologically strong enough to be honest with ourselves about who we are. And I believe that it is our biggest obstacle to living a fulfilling life. I wrote this book for anyone interested in becoming more honest. In it, I present a range of self-deceptive examples couched in psychological theory to help us explore ourselves. Although it is a relatively short book intended to be read in about an hour-I hope that the content provokes deep thought. For only when are honest about who we really are do we have the opportunity to change. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dr. Cortney S. Warren, Ph.D.. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/019781/bk_acx0_019781_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Wai-nani: A Voice from Old Hawai'i , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 549min
    From the cauldron of controversy that is Hawaiian history emerged Wai-nani, a reflection of the personage of the great chiefess Ka'ahumanu. Like all islanders she was a water baby who found pleasure, sustenance, solace, wisdom, and courage in the grand and vibrant sea. She was born 15 years prior to the landing of Captain Cook in Kealakekua in 1779 and was the favorite wife of Makaha, a fierce warrior modeled after Kamehameha the Great. Hawaiian women enjoyed sports, were trained in the martial arts, played active roles in decision making, and participated in wars. They communed with the gods through hula and ritualistic ceremonies. Ka'ahumanu swam miles each day, and it is reasonable to believe she would have made friends in the ocean. Wai-nani's bond with Eku, a playful and communicative dolphin, propels her on a mythological journey couched in magical realism. Wai-nani is a celebration of the Hawaiian people of old - especially the powerful Ka'ahumanu, forerunner to the modern woman. Honorable Mention, 2015 Readers' Favorite Awards, Fiction-Historical-Personage category. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Christine Padovan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/033152/bk_acx0_033152_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    False Flag Murdering Neocon Crazies , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 33min
    This is a controversial audiobook that will change the lives of many readers who take the time to listen to the material. Murder, mayhem and conspiracy at the highest level of government is something that is dismissed by many. But, you cannot come away from this audiobook without garnering a new mistrust of your government, especially with regard to foreign policy decisions that have killed innocent people and that could ultimately determine the fate of the world. This audiobook exposes the neocon crazies, what make them this way, and why you need to understand that they are the most dangerous people in the world. If you can't understand the science behind false flags, you have the opportunity to look into the minds of neocons as a way to understand their evil deeds. They have left a trail of hints and suggestions that point to their culpability in fostering attacks upon U.S. citizens. They have made threats against Russia couched in the form of defense. If you are for national security and you want your grandchildren to live and prosper, you can't support the neocon crazies. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kenneth Lee. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/009130/bk_acx0_009130_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Gifts of Grief: Finding Light in the Darkness of Loss , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 381min
    At some point in our lives, we all experience grief: the death of a loved one, a financial catastrophe, a debilitating illness, or the ending of a marriage. In the dark moments that follow these losses, life can seem hopeless and unbearable. Author Therese Tappouni knows this journey all too well. After suffering the devastating loss of her eleven-year-old son, she ultimately came to the realization that it is possible to not only heal from grief, but to find gifts from the deepest places of despair. The Gifts of Grief: Finding the Light in the Darkness of Loss explores the grieving process and examines new ways to heal from the inside out. Couched in Tappouni's warm and comforting prose, and steeped in examples from her own experiences with deep loss, Therese is able to walk the reader through the grieving process, while keeping in mind that the journey will be different for every person. Complete with guided audio mediations and journaling exercises, The Gifts of Grief offers a compassionate path from loss and emptiness into wholeness, teaching not only how to survive grief, but also adapt and evolve new blessings from it as well. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cathy Sever. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/047098/bk_acx0_047098_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Trolling Lures , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 202min
    It started out as a simple drive down a country road. Oh sure, Hillman was thinking about suicide. Oh sure, the dead woman is in his back seat was goading him on. What was the point? Why bother living? Who am I?      It turns out Coyote has something to say about that. Coyote...and a troll.    "Trolling Lures is a campfire tale on speed, a heady cocktail of remorse, discovery and the quest for redemption, couched in equal parts bedtime story and fever dream. It is surrealism personified, and if you're into that sort of thing, Vernon has a treat for you." (Dark Scribe Magazine)  "The story is wild; creatures and Gods make appearances along with reanimated corpses. Animals, real and Gods make appearances along with reanimated corpses. Animals, real and imagined engage in violence that is horrific but serves the plot well. The story comes across as if told by a dying man hallucinating on morphine, think Alice in Wonderland as enhanced by Timothy Leary." (Horrorworld)"If Harlan Ellison, Richard Matheson and Robert Bloch had a three-way sex romp in a hot tub, and then a team of scientists came in and filtered out the water and mixed the leftover DNA into a test tube, the resulting genetic experiment would most likely grow up into Steve Vernon." (Bookgasm) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Brock Hatton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/132610/bk_acx0_132610_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    A Colossal Failure of Common Sense: The Inside Story of the Collapse of Lehman Brothers , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 998min
    One of the biggest questions of the financial crisis has not been answered until now. What happened at Lehman Brothers and why was it allowed to fail, with aftershocks that rocked the global economy? In this news-making, often astonishing book, a former Lehman Brothers Vice President gives us the straight answers - right from the belly of the beast. In A Colossal Failure of Common Sense, Larry McDonald, a Wall Street insider, reveals, the culture and unspoken rules of the game like no book has ever done. The book is couched in the very human story of Larry McDonald's Horatio Alger-like rise from a Massachusetts "gateway to nowhere" housing project to the New York headquarters of Lehman Brothers, home of one of the world's toughest trading floors. We get a close-up view of the participants in the Lehman collapse, especially those who saw it coming with a helpless, angry certainty. We meet the Brahmins at the top, whose reckless, pedal-to-the-floor addiction to growth finally demolished the nation's oldest investment bank. The Wall Street we encounter here is a ruthless place, where brilliance, arrogance, ambition, greed, capacity for relentless toil, and other human traits combine in a potent mix that sometimes fuels prosperity but occasionally destroys it. The full significance of the dissolution of Lehman Brothers remains to be measured. But this much is certain: it was a devastating blow to America's - and the world's - financial system. And it need not have happened. This is the story of why it did. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Erik Davies. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/001903/bk_rand_001903_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Bob Marley: The Life and Legacy of Reggae's Global Icon , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 70min
    We don't have education, we have inspiration; if I was educated I would be a damn fool. (Bob Marley) "If there remains any magic, it is music." (Bob Marley) In terms of raw popularity, Bob Marley sold over 20 million albums in a brief career that took him around the globe as, "[T]he first international superstar from the so-called third world", but the journey from anonymity within his own culture to reigning as, "[T]he defining figure of Jamaican music" was a circuitous and dangerous one. After leaving home at age 14, Marley's street skills helped him, "[G]ain a foothold in Jamaica's chaotic music industry while skillfully navigating politically partisan violence that abounded in Kingston through the 70s." His exaltation of the reggae form, couched in the Rastafari, became an instrument of order and a haven for otherwise directionless youth in Kingston and other communities of Jamaica. Beginning with the more lighthearted ska style, Marley drew fellow Jamaicans as kindred spirits by adding social commentary to the lyrics. As these popular dance hits were infused with songs of faith, the weightier genre of reggae emerged. Marley would become, "[O]ne of the genre's most beloved artists." To the outer world, he is by far the most iconic individual associated with the form and the era. As the merely distractive elements of ska fell away, "[I]nto the slower, bass-heavy reggae sound", the accompanying depth of his message lifted him above being a mere entertainer, and his fellow Jamaican youth turned to him for social truths. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Russell Stamets. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/034106/bk_acx0_034106_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 226min
    Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous was the final statement by the empiricist philosopher George Berkeley, Bishop of Coyne, (1685-1753) on his views concerning subjective idealism, couched in the famous statement ‘esse is percipi’ - to be is to be perceived (mixing Latin with a bit of English was Berkeley’s idiosyncrasy!). In his first book on the subject, A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge, Berkeley proposed that the physical world exists only in the experiences minds have of it. It was published in 1710, but encountered robust criticism. In answer to this, Berkeley re-wrote the work in the form of three dialogues, casting himself as Philonous (derived from the Greek ‘lover of the mind’) in debate with Hylas (derived from the Greek for ‘matter’). Set against a world view formed by Newtonian science and philosophers such as John Locke, Berkeley’s was a distinctive attitude: he did not deny that a table existed, but the key concept of it was based on the perceiver’s perspective and experience of it in the mind. In Three Dialogues (set in a ‘Platonic’ garden), Hylas begins by challenging Philonous that he denied the existence of material substance. ‘What!’ says Hylas. ‘Can anything be more fantastical, more repugnant to Common Sense, or a more manifest piece of Scepticism, than to believe there is no such thing as matter?’ And Berkeley in the guise of Philonous replies: ‘Softly, good Hylas. What if it should prove that you, who hold there is, are, by virtue of that opinion, a greater sceptic, and maintain more paradoxes and repugnances to common Sense, than I who believe no such thing.’ And the scene is set for the debate. Philonous emphasises (and persuades Hylas) that it is the mind’s interpretation of what is perceived by the senses that really matters.  However, Berkeley still argues for the traditional view of the Christian God as a creator - and, significantly, some eight years afte ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jonathan Keeble, Peter Kenny. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/dhrm/000200/bk_dhrm_000200_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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