16 Results for : tenable
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The Lives of Dwarfs: Their Journey from Public Curiosity Toward Social Liberation , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1218min
The Lives of Dwarfs is extraordinary in its range and vision. Beautifully written. Totally absorbing. (Ursula Hegi, author of Stones from the River) "As a little person, husband, and father of a little person, I dream of the day when dwarfs attain full acceptance in society. The Lives of Dwarfs provides a giant step in that direction." (Rick Spiegel, former president of Little People of America) "This important book makes it possible for both average- and short-statured people to challenge our collective understanding of dwarfism as a synonym for diminishment or as an array of cute and evil fairy-tale figures. The libratory work of this book is to invite us all to reimagine dwarfism as a livable experience and tenable way of being in the world." (Rosemarie Garland Thomson, author of Extraordinary Bodies: Figuring Physical Disability in American Culture and Literature) "A work of compassionate scholarship. A unique contribution to the literature of physical deformity and social isolation and a gift to the individuals whose personal struggle this is." (Linda Hunt, actor) Historically, they have borne the labels "freaks" and "oddities"; they have been collected as pets, displayed as spectacles, and treated as comic relief. Now, for the first time, in this elegant and comprehensive volume, the lives of dwarfs are explored in all their fullness and humanity. Spanning the centuries from ancient Egypt to the present, this unique social history chronicles the various ways this population has been exploited, describes their strategies for coping, and notes the persistent influence of mythology upon perceptions of them by others. The narrative also highlights the lives of eminent individuals and contains a thought-provoking account of the representation and participation of dwarfs in the arts, enhanced by outstanding color photographs. Betty M. Adelson, the mother of a daughter with dwarfism, bri ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Susan Shalhoub Larkin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/055597/bk_adbl_055597_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Change: Realizing Your Greatest Potential , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 364min
Change is inevitable. Both personally and globally, change drives our lives. Despite the new opportunities change can bring, many of us resist and fear it, even as we long for a healthier lifestyle or agree we need a more sustainable culture. Change: Realizing Your Greatest Potential turns this unavoidable condition of life from something fearsome to something empowering by revealing a new perspective on reality. The way we were taught to think of the world is not the way it really is. We are not a mosaic of separate beings in competition for resources. Instead, each of us is an integral part of a whole that encompasses all creation. We are an intrinsic driver behind the force of change. As such, our creative potential is limitless. That potential comes from what author Ilchi Lee discovered over the course of his inner explorations that each of us has a beautiful mind that desires to benefit all beings. This inherent nature is our true greatness and the true power to solidify the changes we envision in our personal lives and the world. Change is urgently needed; the current course of our civilization is no longer tenable. But major changes are not feasible, Lee says, unless we begin with changing ourselves. He says we can start a big change, no matter how daunting it is, with changing our personal attitudes and energy. Change tells you how. Change is a companion to the movie Change: The Life Particle Effect, a groundbreaking educational film created by the author Ilchi Lee and featuring leaders in the fields of education, neuroscience, and spirituality such as Neale Donald Walsch and Stuart Hameroff, MD. The movie presents a perspective that enables a clear understanding of our creative potential and tools for making real change, which this book discusses in greater depth. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mikael Naramore. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/013019/bk_acx0_013019_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Ragnarok: The Origins and History of the Apocalypse in Norse Mythology , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 96min
“Brothers shall fight /and fell each other, And sisters’ sons /shall kinship stain; Hard is it on earth, /with mighty whoredom; Axe-time, sword-time, /shields are sundered, Wind-time, wolf-time, /ere the world falls; Nor ever shall men /each other spare.” One of the most fascinating elements of Norse cosmology is the fact that its end is foretold in crushing detail. This end of times will come about in a mighty battle called "Ragnarök", an event translated as either "the Fate of the Gods" or (in Richard Wagner's re-imagining) "the Twilight of the Gods." Moreover, not only is the event foretold, but the characters of this drama seem to know of its coming. The actual description of Ragnarök appears best in the medieval prose text, the Gylfaginning, and the prophetic poem the "Völuspá", but Ragnarök’s antecedents are equally fascinating and present a catalog of crimes and errors that led to the fated twilight of the gods. This idea of destiny, of fate, is key to understanding the culture behind these strange tales. Many of the allusions to characters, objects, and events in the sources available today are still mysterious to historians. Much has been lost to the abyss of time, but, although these references and connections often bemuse people, there is still enough poetic majesty in the sources that have survived to captivate readers and give a sense of what the medieval Scandinavian mindset was. Many people today believe that the Ragnarök is the tale of where all good fails, ushering in a future devoid of hope in which the gods, the supposed progenitors of goodness, ultimately lose. However, an analysis of the legend and its origins makes this viewpoint less tenable. Ragnarök: The Origins and History of the Apocalypse in Norse Mythology looks at the story and the legendary Norse mythology behind it. Depicting important people, places, and events, you will learn about Ragnarök lik ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Colin Fluxman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/100440/bk_acx0_100440_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Homelands: The Case for Open Immigration , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 48min
As a child, Stephan Faris nearly failed to qualify for any country's passport. Now, in a story that moves from South Africa to Italy to the United States, he looks at the arbitrariness of nationality. Framed by Faris's meeting with a young orphan as a reporter in Liberia and their reencounter years later in Minnesota, Homelands makes the case for a complete rethinking of immigration policy. In a world where we've globalized capital, culture, and communications, are restrictions on the movement of people still morally tenable? At a time when the immigration debate dominates the headlines, Homelands follows in the tradition of George Orwell's "Marrakech" and, more recently, Ta-Nehisi Coates's case for reparations in The Atlantic. Drawing on more than a decade of international reporting for magazines such as Time, Bloomberg Businessweek, and The Atlantic, Faris takes listeners on a 10-year journey along the borders separating war from peace in Liberia, opportunity from deprivation in Kenya, and safety from disaster today in the deadly waters off Lampedusa - an Italian holiday island that has become the scene of a refugee crisis. On the way, he uncovers a series of unsettling but ultimately redeeming parallels between modern immigration practices and the policies of South Africa's apartheid regime. Could we really have a world without borders? What would that look like? Based on dozens of interviews with philosophers and diplomats, aid workers and small-town mayors, and a cabinet member of South Africa's last apartheid government, Faris's work of fearless frontline journalism also functions as a kind of futurism. Confronting questions inflaming borders in California and Texas, France and Greece, and Morocco and Spain, he takes us into the depths of one of the modern world's most complex moral dilemmas - and returns with an answer. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Stephan Faris. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/042853/bk_acx0_042853_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Art of Opportunity: How to Build Growth and Ventures Through Strategic Innovation and Visual Thinking , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 346min
Innovate your way toward growth using practical, research-backed frameworks. The Art of Opportunity offers a path toward new growth, providing the perspective and methods you need to make innovation happen. Written by a team of experts with both academic and industry experience - and a client roster composed of some of the world's leading companies - this book provides you with the necessary tools to help you capture growth instead of chasing it. The visual frameworks and research-based methodology presented in The Art of Opportunity merge business design thinking and strategic innovation to help you change your growth paradigm. You'll learn creative and practical methods for exploring growth opportunities and employ a new approach for identifying what "opportunity" looks like in the first place. Put aside the old-school way of focusing on new products and new markets to instead apply value creation to find your new opportunity, craft your offering, design your strategy, and build new growth ventures. The changing business ecosystem is increasingly pushing traditional thinking out to pasture. New consumers and the new marketplace are demanding a profound adjustment to the way companies plan and execute growth strategies. This book gives you the tools to create your road map toward the new state of growth and gain invaluable insight into a new way of thinking. The Art of Opportunity will help you to: Start looking at business growth from a new perspective Create value for the customers, company, and ecosystem Innovate strategically and design new business models Develop a new active business design thinking approach to innovation Your company's goal is to grow and to turn noncustomers into customers. The old ways are becoming less tenable and less cost-effective. The Art of Opportunity outlines the new growth paradigm and gives you ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tim Andres Pabon. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/gdan/002156/bk_gdan_002156_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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British Power and International Relations during the 1950s
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