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    The Recurrence: The Messengers of Light , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 250min
    This book presents to the world a part of the truth hidden for 2000 years, or ignored or forgotten. What is this truth about? Simple: The Saviour's Miracles. I could never say that the decision to write, "Messengers of Light" was mine, it would be a huge lie; everything was transmitted to me to the slightest detail, all that was left for me to do was to put everything down on paper and follow instructions regarding printing, graphics and issuing procedures. But that book had just come out of printing, when something that was indeed connected to it, changed my life. Only that what was happening to me this time went beyond what I had been living for the past eleven years. The natural question, "Have I gone mad or not?" and the many phone calls to acquaintances and friends who were psychiatrists represented all an unknown way of life for me. The answers were the same every time, you are a paranormal, and everything that is happening to you has an explanation and a very convincing one. This was the phrase heard from my friend Laurentiu, a well known psychiatrist. I had reached the point when I actually wanted to be diagnosed, having a prescription filled out so that the next day, the last eleven years of my life would vanish. Not having found such a gracious person, I decided to accept things as they were, even if what I was living caused me tears and suffering, and simply wait and see what else could happen. Me, the one who had faced all kind of unusual events and handled them, I was paradoxically connecting myself to something extremely earthly and without any possibility of solving, solely from my desire of not accepting the unseen Universe, just as I had actually done the first time. What followed was a meeting with my seven friends, on Erra ship, that cleared things for me once and for all. Considering that everything that happen there didn't resemble the other meetings, I must remain very discrete, and not discuss anythi ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Valorie Knight. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/024563/bk_acx0_024563_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The War of the Sicilian Vespers: The History and Legacy of Sicily’s Rebellion Against the French in the Late 13th Century , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 95min
    The largest island of the Mediterranean has always been a complicated place with a fraught relationship to the Italian mainland. Separated by only the narrow Strait of Messina, Sicily feels like a different country in many ways, and the differences between Sicilians and Italians are much vaster than the tiny geographical separating them might intimate. For example, the linguistic differences between the two are substantial, as Sicilian is practically its own language, rather than just a dialect. In fact, most Italians have difficulty understanding Sicilian if they can comprehend any of it, at all.However diverse Sicily might be, it is also paradoxically considered to be an emblem of Italy itself - a paradox it shares with Naples. In fact, Frederick II was the last ruler of a fully autonomous Sicily, and his son Manfred (r. 1254 - 1258), was the final Norman ruler in Sicily. Manfred met his death heroically on the battlefield, fighting the army of Charles of Anjou after Charles was made King of Rome by the Vatican in 1266.Charles chose Naples as the capital of his lands, and this created tensions between his people and the Sicilians, culminating with a rebellion known as the Sicilian Vespers of 1282. According to legend, the rebellion started after a French soldier harassed a Sicilian woman on Easter Sunday outside the Church of Santo Spirito.When it started, the rebellion inaugurated a period of anarchy in Sicily, and for a time, it was unclear who would take the crown. Two warring factions, the Aragonese and the Angevins, competed for the crown for 90 years, to the detriment of all involved.At one point, there were two different kings of Sicily, one from each side, and it was not until 1372 that peace was finally reached and the Aragonese were awarded rule of Sicily. As a result of all this geopolitical turmoil, Sicily’s status in the world was greatly diminished. Spain was on the rise, and even if Palermo received certain bureaucrati ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Colin Fluxman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/221558/bk_acx0_221558_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Paradox of Choice
    In the spirit of Alvin Toffler's Future Shock, a social critique of our obsession with choice, and how it contributes to anxiety, dissatisfaction and regret. This paperback includes a new preface from the author.Whether we're buying a pair of jeans, ordering a cup of coffee, selecting a long-distance carrier, applying to college, choosing a doctor, or setting up a 401(k), everyday decisions-both big and small-have become increasingly complex due to the overwhelming abundance of choice with which we are presented.As Americans, we assume that more choice means better options and greater satisfaction. But beware of excessive choice: choice overload can make you question the decisions you make before you even make them, it can set you up for unrealistically high expectations, and it can make you blame yourself for any and all failures. In the long run, this can lead to decision-making paralysis, anxiety, and perpetual stress. And, in a culture that tells us that there is no excuse for falling short of perfection when your options are limitless, too much choice can lead to clinical depression.In The Paradox of Choice, Barry Schwartz explains at what point choice-the hallmark of individual freedom and self-determination that we so cherish-becomes detrimental to our psychological and emotional well-being. In accessible, engaging, and anecdotal prose, Schwartz shows how the dramatic explosion in choice-from the mundane to the profound challenges of balancing career, family, and individual needs-has paradoxically become a problem instead of a solution. Schwartz also shows how our obsession with choice encourages us to seek that which makes us feel worse.By synthesizing current research in the social sciences, Schwartz makes the counter intuitive case that eliminating choices can greatly reduce the stress, anxiety, and busyness of our lives. He offers eleven practical steps on how to limit choices to a manageable number, have the discipline to focus on those that are important and ignore the rest, and ultimately derive greater satisfaction from the choices you have to make.
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    An Elegant Defense
    National Bestseller "A valuable read that will help you understand what it takes to stop COVID-19. ... A super interesting look at the science of immunity.? ?Bill Gates, Gates Notes Summer Reading List The Pulitzer Prize?winning New York Times journalist "explicates for the lay reader the intricate biology of our immune system" (Jerome Groopman, MD, New York Review of Books) From New York Times science journalist Matt Richtel, An Elegant Defense is an acclaimed and definitive exploration of the immune system and the secrets of health. Interweaving cutting-edge science with the intimate stories of four individual patients, this epic, first-of-its-kind book ?give[s] lay readers a means of understanding what's known so far about the intricate biology of our immune systems? (The Week). The immune system is our body's essential defense network, a guardian vigilantly fighting illness, healing wounds, maintaining order and balance, and keeping us alive. It has been honed by evolution over millennia to face an almost infinite array of threats. For all its astonishing complexity, however, the immune system can be easily compromised by fatigue, stress, toxins, advanced age, and poor nutrition?hallmarks of modern life?and even by excessive hygiene. Paradoxically, it is a fragile wonder weapon that can turn on our own bodies with startling results, leading today to epidemic levels of autoimmune disorders. An Elegant Defense effortlessly guides readers on a scientific detective tale winding from the Black Plague to twentieth-century breakthroughs in vaccination and antibiotics, to today's laboratories that are revolutionizing immunology?perhaps the most extraordinary and consequential medical story of our time. Drawing on extensive new interviews with dozens of world-renowned scientists, Richtel has produced a landmark book, equally an investigation into the deepest riddles of survival and a profoundly human tale that is movingly brought to life through the eyes of his four main characters, each of whom illuminates an essential facet of our ?elegant defense.?
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    Populism, Eco-populism, and the Future of Environmentalism (eBook, PDF)
    Populism, Eco-populism, and the Future of Environmentalism analyzes the history and language of populism in order to fully comprehend the threat of eco-fascism - paradoxically revealing that it is possible for there to be both progressive eco-Populist and right-wing sham eco-Populist discourses. The book highlights the harrowing prospect that the crises of democracy now confronting countries such as the United States may culminate in forms of eco-fascism in a world increasingly divided over issues of economic and social inequality, immigration, and competition for dwindling resources. The author reveals that there is a language of eco-populism that accompanies Populist and sham Populist discourses of the left and right as ecological crises have assumed a more prominent role in national and global politics. These crises are exacerbated by the willingness of the fossil fuel industry to destabilize democracy in order to forestall government-imposed limits on carbon emissions and elimination of fossil fuel subsidies that threaten their profits. The book, primarily a work of political and ecological theory, draws on the history of populism as well as the history of conservation and modern environmental movements to make an innovative argument - that a radical form of right-wing sham eco-populism that emerged out of the crucible of the energy crisis and recession of the 1970s has substantially contributed to the crises we now face. The author maintains that the only plausible solution to current political and ecological crises is a progressive eco-populism that combines environmental justice and sustainability with economic and social justice, and offers resources that can help construct a democratic and inclusive movement and culture. A progressive eco-Populist vision has led to proposals for a Green New Deal and the development of the Build Back Better Act currently being considered by the U.S. Congress, but the stalemate between progressive and conservative Democrats over the bill reveals both the compromised state of U.S. representative democracy and the need for a stronger movement to hold politicians and government accountable. This book will be of great interest to students, scholars, and researchers of environmental politics, environmental history, and environmental philosophy, as well as sociology, political science, and history.
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    Populism, Eco-populism, and the Future of Environmentalism (eBook, ePUB)
    Populism, Eco-populism, and the Future of Environmentalism analyzes the history and language of populism in order to fully comprehend the threat of eco-fascism - paradoxically revealing that it is possible for there to be both progressive eco-Populist and right-wing sham eco-Populist discourses. The book highlights the harrowing prospect that the crises of democracy now confronting countries such as the United States may culminate in forms of eco-fascism in a world increasingly divided over issues of economic and social inequality, immigration, and competition for dwindling resources. The author reveals that there is a language of eco-populism that accompanies Populist and sham Populist discourses of the left and right as ecological crises have assumed a more prominent role in national and global politics. These crises are exacerbated by the willingness of the fossil fuel industry to destabilize democracy in order to forestall government-imposed limits on carbon emissions and elimination of fossil fuel subsidies that threaten their profits. The book, primarily a work of political and ecological theory, draws on the history of populism as well as the history of conservation and modern environmental movements to make an innovative argument - that a radical form of right-wing sham eco-populism that emerged out of the crucible of the energy crisis and recession of the 1970s has substantially contributed to the crises we now face. The author maintains that the only plausible solution to current political and ecological crises is a progressive eco-populism that combines environmental justice and sustainability with economic and social justice, and offers resources that can help construct a democratic and inclusive movement and culture. A progressive eco-Populist vision has led to proposals for a Green New Deal and the development of the Build Back Better Act currently being considered by the U.S. Congress, but the stalemate between progressive and conservative Democrats over the bill reveals both the compromised state of U.S. representative democracy and the need for a stronger movement to hold politicians and government accountable. This book will be of great interest to students, scholars, and researchers of environmental politics, environmental history, and environmental philosophy, as well as sociology, political science, and history.
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    Stoicism Stoic Wisdom to Gain Confidence, Calmness and Control Your Emotions : Stop Anxiety and Depression in Modern World. Develop Unbelievable Self Discipline and Discover Stoicism Philosophy , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 202min
    Are the troubles of modern life getting to you?The solution to your troubles is contained in the wisdom of the ancients.Stoicism is a philosophy that was started in Ancient Greece, but this 2,000-year-old worldview is enjoying a modern rebirth. All across the globe, people are coming to appreciate the timeless wisdom of Stoicism.You don't have to suffer. You may not be able to control the path your life will take, but Stoicism teaches that you can control the way you see life. By shifting your way of thinking you can eliminate unnecessary suffering, reshape your thought patterns, and achieve that sense of calm you've always wanted.In this book, you will find all of the information you need to understand Stoic thought and put it into action in your life.Start by understanding what Stoicism is and isn't. Once you understand the basic concepts you'll learn the history of this storied philosophy. From there, you will build up your understanding while learning how to put each new concept into practice.Gain insight into the emotions that can keep you from living the life that you want to lead. Find out how to master your heart by feeding positive emotions while starving the negative.Learn a strategy for success that has helped some of history's greatest heroes to triumph in the face of tragedy. When you learn to see obstacles as opportunities you can rise to the top while others fall behind.Find out how to prepare yourself for any challenge life may hand you. Don't wait for tragedy to strike before you learn how to handle it. Start building the skills that will allow you to weather any storm.Take steps today to change your life. This isn't a self-help book for you to listen to and forget, it calls for real action that will create real results.All throughout the book, you will find a treasure trove of Stoic wisdom in the form of quotes from hist UNKNOWN N N ©2019 Tony Bennis;(P)2019 Tony Bennis http://www.audible.de/pd/B083M98BJ5?source_code=PNHFA145032019009G&ipRedirectOverride=true http://www.audible.de/pd/B083M98BJ5?source_code=PNHFA145032019009G&ipRedirectOverride=true Kilo: Life and Death Inside the Secret World of the Cocaine Cartels (Unabridged) 28.95 AVAILABLE Kilo: Life and Death Inside the Secret World of the Cocaine Cartels (Unabridged) Kilo (Unabridged) Toby Muse Join the deadly journey of cocaine, from farmer to kingpin.... Alex Wyndham Penguin Audio 2020-03-26 08:00:00 554 1473579457 English - Nonfiction British English 1.00 9.95 N http://img.audible.de/audiblewords/content/bk/rhuk/004716de/lg_image.jpg http://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/004716/bk_rhuk_004716_sample.mp3 Brought to you by Penguin.Join the deadly journey of cocaine, from farmer to kingpin.Meet Maria. Maria doesn’t see herself as a criminal. She’s just a farmhand picking the crops that never lose money: coca.This is Cachote. He prays to the Virgin of the Assassins that his bullets find their target. If he misses, he’ll have to answer to the cartel who pay him to take out their enemies.Pedro works the coca labs. But this laboratory is hidden deep in the jungle and he turns coca leaves into coca paste, a step just short of cocaine.And finally, here is Alex. Alex is a drug lord and decides where the drug goes next: into Europe or the US. And he wields the power of life and death over everyone around him.In Kilo, Toby Muse takes us deeper into the mechanism of the drug trade than ever before, following a kilo of cocaine as it travels from its origins to the street. On the ground in the drug war for over a decade, earning the trust of those involved on all sides, Muse takes us with him through the endless blood-soaked horror and economic logic, at every level of the journey of the world’s most alluring and dangerous drug. We come to meet and ultimately understand the tainted personal psychology and motivations of each player in this dark El Dorado. But there are no winners here. Anyone who tries to hold the power of the ‘white goddess’ cocaine is ultimately undone, violently stripped of their humanity, their souls and their lives in this endless, pointless dance of death. 9781473579453 N N ©2020 Toby Muse;(P)2020 Penguin Audio http://www.audible.de/pd/1473579457?source_code=PNHFA145032019009G&ipRedirectOverride=true http://www.audible.de/pd/1473579457?source_code=PNHFA145032019009G&ipRedirectOverride=true Kilo: Life and Death Inside the Secret World of the Cocaine Cartels (Unabridged) 28.95 AVAILABLE Kilo: Life and Death Inside the Secret World of the Cocaine Cartels (Unabridged) Kilo (Unabridged) Toby Muse Join the deadly journey of cocaine, from farmer to kingpin.... Alex Wyndham Penguin Audio 2020-03-26 08:00:00 554 1473579457 English - Nonfiction British English 1.00 9.95 N http://img.audible.de/audiblewords/content/bk/rhuk/004716de/lg_image.jpg http://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/004716/bk_rhuk_004716_sample.mp3 Brought to you by Penguin.Join the deadly journey of cocaine, from farmer to kingpin.Meet Maria. Maria doesn’t see herself as a criminal. She’s just a farmhand picking the crops that never lose money: coca.This is Cachote. He prays to the Virgin of the Assassins that his bullets find their target. If he misses, he’ll have to answer to the cartel who pay him to take out their enemies.Pedro works the coca labs. But this laboratory is hidden deep in the jungle and he turns coca leaves into coca paste, a step just short of cocaine.And finally, here is Alex. Alex is a drug lord and decides where the drug goes next: into Europe or the US. And he wields the power of life and death over everyone around him.In Kilo, Toby Muse takes us deeper into the mechanism of the drug trade than ever before, following a kilo of cocaine as it travels from its origins to the street. On the ground in the drug war for over a decade, earning the trust of those involved on all sides, Muse takes us with him through the endless blood-soaked horror and economic logic, at every level of the journey of the world’s most alluring and dangerous drug. We come to meet and ultimately understand the tainted personal psychology and motivations of each player in this dark El Dorado. But there are no winners here. Anyone who tries to hold the power of the ‘white goddess’ cocaine is ultimately undone, violently stripped of their humanity, their souls and their lives in this endless, pointless dance of death. 9781473579453 N N ©2020 Toby Muse;(P)2020 Penguin Audio http://www.audible.de/pd/1473579457?source_code=PNHFA145032019009G&ipRedirectOverride=true http://www.audible.de/pd/1473579457?source_code=PNHFA145032019009G&ipRedirectOverride=true Kilo: Life and Death Inside the Secret World of the Cocaine Cartels (Unabridged) 28.95 AVAILABLE Kilo: Life and Death Inside the Secret World of the Cocaine Cartels (Unabridged) Kilo (Unabridged) Toby Muse Join the deadly journey of cocaine, from farmer to kingpin.... Alex Wyndham Penguin Audio 2020-03-26 08:00:00 554 1473579457 English - Nonfiction British English 1.00 9.95 N http://img.audible.de/audiblewords/content/bk/rhuk/004716de/lg_image.jpg http://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/004716/bk_rhuk_004716_sample.mp3 Brought to you by Penguin.Join the deadly journey of cocaine, from farmer to kingpin.Meet Maria. Maria doesn’t see herself as a criminal. She’s just a farmhand picking the crops that never lose money: coca.This is Cachote. He prays to the Virgin of the Assassins that his bullets find their target. If he misses, he’ll have to answer to the cartel who pay him to take out their enemies.Pedro works the coca labs. But this laboratory is hidden deep in the jungle and he turns coca leaves into coca paste, a step just short of cocaine.And finally, here is Alex. Alex is a drug lord and decides where the drug goes next: into Europe or the US. And he wields the power of life and death over everyone around him.In Kilo, Toby Muse takes us deeper into the mechanism of the drug trade than ever before, following a kilo of cocaine as it travels from its origins to the street. On the ground in the drug war for over a decade, earning the trust of those involved on all sides, Muse takes us with him through the endless blood-soaked horror and economic logic, at every level of the journey of the world’s most alluring and dangerous drug. We come to meet and ultimately understand the tainted personal psychology and motivations of each player in this dark El Dorado. But there are no winners here. Anyone who tries to hold the power of the ‘white goddess’ cocaine is ultimately undone, violently stripped of their humanity, their souls and their lives in this endless, pointless dance of death. 9781473579453 N N ©2020 Toby Muse;(P)2020 Penguin Audio http://www.audible.de/pd/1473579457?source_code=PNHFA145032019009G&ipRedirectOverride=true http://www.audible.de/pd/1473579457?source_code=PNHFA145032019009G&ipRedirectOverride=true Kilo: Life and Death Inside the Secret World of the Cocaine Cartels (Unabridged) 28.95 AVAILABLE Kilo: Life and Death Inside the Secret World of the Cocaine Cartels (Unabridged) Kilo (Unabridged) Toby Muse Join the deadly journey of cocaine, from farmer to kingpin.... Alex Wyndham Penguin Audio 2020-03-26 08:00:00 554 1473579457 English - Nonfiction British English 1.00 9.95 N http://img.audible.de/audiblewords/content/bk/rhuk/004716de/lg_image.jpg http://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/004716/bk_rhuk_004716_sample.mp3 Brought to you by Penguin.Join the deadly journey of cocaine, from farmer to kingpin.Meet Maria. Maria doesn’t see herself as a criminal. She’s just a farmhand picking the crops that never lose money: coca.This is Cachote. He prays to the Virgin of the Assassins that his bullets find their target. If he misses, he’ll have to answer to the cartel who pay him to take out their enemies.Pedro works the coca labs. But this laboratory is hidden deep in the jungle and he turns coca leaves into coca paste, a step just short of cocaine.And finally, here is Alex. Alex is a drug lord and decides where the drug goes next: into Europe or the US. And he wields the power of life and death over everyone around him.In Kilo, Toby Muse takes us deeper into the mechanism of the drug trade than ever before, following a kilo of cocaine as it travels from its origins to the street. On the ground in the drug war for over a decade, earning the trust of those involved on all sides, Muse takes us with him through the endless blood-soaked horror and economic logic, at every level of the journey of the world’s most alluring and dangerous drug. We come to meet and ultimately understand the tainted personal psychology and motivations of each player in this dark El Dorado. But there are no winners here. Anyone who tries to hold the power of the ‘white goddess’ cocaine is ultimately undone, violently stripped of their humanity, their souls and their lives in this endless, pointless dance of death. 9781473579453 N N ©2020 Toby Muse;(P)2020 Penguin Audio http://www.audible.de/pd/1473579457?source_code=PNHFA145032019009G&ipRedirectOverride=true http://www.audible.de/pd/1473579457?source_code=PNHFA145032019009G&ipRedirectOverride=true Kilo: Life and Death Inside the Secret World of the Cocaine Cartels (Unabridged) 28.95 AVAILABLE Kilo: Life and Death Inside the Secret World of the Cocaine Cartels (Unabridged) Kilo (Unabridged) Toby Muse Join the deadly journey of cocaine, from farmer to kingpin.... Alex Wyndham Penguin Audio 2020-03-26 08:00:00 554 1473579457 English - Nonfiction British English 1.00 9.95 N http://img.audible.de/audiblewords/content/bk/rhuk/004716de/lg_image.jpg http://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/004716/bk_rhuk_004716_sample.mp3 Brought to you by Penguin.Join the deadly journey of cocaine, from farmer to kingpin.Meet Maria. Maria doesn’t see herself as a criminal. She’s just a farmhand picking the crops that never lose money: coca.This is Cachote. He prays to the Virgin of the Assassins that his bullets find their target. If he misses, he’ll have to answer to the cartel who pay him to take out their enemies.Pedro works the coca labs. But this laboratory is hidden deep in the jungle and he turns coca leaves into coca paste, a step just short of cocaine.And finally, here is Alex. Alex is a drug lord and decides where the drug goes next: into Europe or the US. And he wields the power of life and death over everyone around him.In Kilo, Toby Muse takes us deeper into the mechanism of the drug trade than ever before, following a kilo of cocaine as it travels from its origins to the street. On the ground in the drug war for over a decade, earning the trust of those involved on all sides, Muse takes us with him through the endless blood-soaked horror and economic logic, at every level of the journey of the world’s most alluring and dangerous drug. We come to meet and ultimately understand the tainted personal psychology and motivations of each player in this dark El Dorado. But there are no winners here. Anyone who tries to hold the power of the ‘white goddess’ cocaine is ultimately undone, violently stripped of their humanity, their souls and their lives in this endless, pointless dance of death. 9781473579453 N N ©2020 Toby Muse;(P)2020 Penguin Audio http://www.audible.de/pd/1473579457?source_code=PNHFA145032019009G&ipRedirectOverride=true http://www.audible.de/pd/1473579457?source_code=PNHFA145032019009G&ipRedirectOverride=true Kilo: Life and Death Inside the Secret World of the Cocaine Cartels (Unabridged) 28.95 AVAILABLE Kilo: Life and Death Inside the Secret World of the Cocaine Cartels (Unabridged) Kilo (Unabridged) Toby Muse Join the deadly journey of cocaine, from farmer to kingpin.... Alex Wyndham Penguin Audio 2020-03-26 08:00:00 554 1473579457 English - Nonfiction British English 1.00 9.95 N http://img.audible.de/audiblewords/content/bk/rhuk/004716de/lg_image.jpg http://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/004716/bk_rhuk_004716_sample.mp3 Brought to you by Penguin.Join the deadly journey of cocaine, from farmer to kingpin.Meet Maria. Maria doesn’t see herself as a criminal. She’s just a farmhand picking the crops that never lose money: coca.This is Cachote. He prays to the Virgin of the Assassins that his bullets find their target. If he misses, he’ll have to answer to the cartel who pay him to take out their enemies.Pedro works the coca labs. But this laboratory is hidden deep in the jungle and he turns coca leaves into coca paste, a step just short of cocaine.And finally, here is Alex. Alex is a drug lord and decides where the drug goes next: into Europe or the US. And he wields the power of life and death over everyone around him.In Kilo, Toby Muse takes us deeper into the mechanism of the drug trade than ever before, following a kilo of cocaine as it travels from its origins to the street. On the ground in the drug war for over a decade, earning the trust of those involved on all sides, Muse takes us with him through the endless blood-soaked horror and economic logic, at every level of the journey of the world’s most alluring and dangerous drug. We come to meet and ultimately understand the tainted personal psychology and motivations of each player in this dark El Dorado. But there are no winners here. Anyone who tries to hold the power of the ‘white goddess’ cocaine is ultimately undone, violently stripped of their humanity, their souls and their lives in this endless, pointless dance of death. 9781473579453 N N ©2020 Toby Muse;(P)2020 Penguin Audio http://www.audible.de/pd/1473579457?source_code=PNHFA145032019009G&ipRedirectOverride=true http://www.audible.de/pd/1473579457?source_code=PNHFA145032019009G&ipRedirectOverride=true Kilo: Life and Death Inside the Secret World of the Cocaine Cartels (Unabridged) 28.95 AVAILABLE Kilo: Life and Death Inside the Secret World of the Cocaine Cartels (Unabridged) Kilo (Unabridged) Toby Muse Join the deadly journey of cocaine, from farmer to kingpin.... Alex Wyndham Penguin Audio 2020-03-26 08:00:00 554 1473579457 English - Nonfiction British English 1.00 9.95 N http://img.audible.de/audiblewords/content/bk/rhuk/004716de/lg_image.jpg http://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/004716/bk_rhuk_004716_sample.mp3 Brought to you by Penguin.Join the deadly journey of cocaine, from farmer to kingpin.Meet Maria. Maria doesn’t see herself as a criminal. She’s just a farmhand picking the crops that never lose money: coca.This is Cachote. He prays to the Virgin of the Assassins that his bullets find their target. If he misses, he’ll have to answer to the cartel who pay him to take out their enemies.Pedro works the coca labs. But this laboratory is hidden deep in the jungle and he turns coca leaves into coca paste, a step just short of cocaine.And finally, here is Alex. Alex is a drug lord and decides where the drug goes next: into Europe or the US. And he wields the power of life and death over everyone around him.In Kilo, Toby Muse takes us deeper into the mechanism of the drug trade than ever before, following a kilo of cocaine as it travels from its origins to the street. On the ground in the drug war for over a decade, earning the trust of those involved on all sides, Muse takes us with him through the endless blood-soaked horror and economic logic, at every level of the journey of the world’s most alluring and dangerous drug. We come to meet and ultimately understand the tainted personal psychology and motivations of each player in this dark El Dorado. But there are no winners here. Anyone who tries to hold the power of the ‘white goddess’ cocaine is ultimately undone, violently stripped of their humanity, their souls and their lives in this endless, pointless dance of death. 9781473579453 N N ©2020 Toby Muse;(P)2020 Penguin Audio http://www.audible.de/pd/1473579457?source_code=PNHFA145032019009G&ipRedirectOverride=true http://www.audible.de/pd/1473579457?source_code=PNHFA145032019009G&ipRedirectOverride=true How America Lost Its Mind: The Assault on Reason That’s Crippling Our Democracy (The Julian J. Rothbaum Distinguished Lecture Series, Volume 15) (Unabridged) 20.95 AVAILABLE How America Lost Its Mind: The Assault on Reason That’s Crippling Our Democracy (The Julian J. Rothbaum Distinguished Lecture Series, Volume 15) (Unabridged) How America Lost Its Mind (Unabridged) Thomas E. Patterson Americans are losing touch with reality. On virtually every issue, from climate change to immigration, tens of millions of Americans have opinions and beliefs wildly at odds with fact, rendering them unable to think sensibly about politics.... Peter Lerman University Press Audiobooks 2020-01-21 11:12:38 375 B0842R8PN1 English - Nonfiction English 1.00 9.95 N http://img.audible.de/audiblewords/content/bk/acx0/180117de/lg_image.jpg http://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/180117/bk_acx0_180117_sample.mp3 Americans are losing touch with reality. On virtually every issue, from climate change to immigration, tens of millions of Americans have opinions and beliefs wildly at odds with fact, rendering them unable to think sensibly about politics. In How America Lost Its Mind, Thomas E. 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Mikki Kendall Penguin Audio 2020-02-25 08:00:00 417 0593166108 English - Nonfiction English 1.00 9.95 N http://img.audible.de/audiblewords/content/bk/peng/004906de/lg_image.jpg http://samples.audible.de/bk/peng/004906/bk_peng_004906_sample.mp3 A New York Times Best SellerA Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of 2020If Hood Feminism is a searing indictment of mainstream feminism, it is also an invitation.... [Kendall] offers guidance for how we can all do better." (NPR)"A rousing call to action for today's feminists. It should be required reading for everyone." (Gabrielle Union, author of We're Going to Need More Wine)A potent and electrifying critique of today's feminist movement announcing a fresh new voice in Black feminismToday's feminist movement has a glaring blind spot, and paradoxically, it is women. Mainstream feminists rarely talk about meeting basic needs as a feminist issue, argues Mikki Kendall, but food insecurity, access to quality education, safe neighborhoods, a living wage, and medical care are all feminist issues. All too often, however, the focus is not on basic survival for the many, but on increasing privilege for the few. That feminists refuse to prioritize these issues has only exacerbated the age-old problem of both internecine discord, and women who rebuff at carrying the title. Moreover, prominent white feminists broadly suffer from their own myopia with regard to how things like race, class, sexual orientation, and ability intersect with gender. How can we stand in solidarity as a movement, Kendall asks, when there is the distinct likelihood that some women are oppressing others?In her searing collection of essays, Mikki Kendall takes aim at the legitimacy of the modern feminist movement arguing that it has chronically failed to address the needs of all but a few women. Drawing on her own experiences with hunger, violence, and hypersexualization, along with incisive commentary on politics, pop culture, the stigma of mental health, and more, Hood Feminism delivers an irrefutable indictment of a movemen ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Adam Breazele. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/178211/bk_acx0_178211_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Dead Weight
    January, 2011, marks the release of Jon Hughes's third album in almost as many years. 'Dead Weight' is an album that focusses on the theme of murder in conjunction with the theme of information, particularly the changing ways in which people interface with old and modern sources of information, and the possible consequences of these changes. Like his previous album, 'Voices From a Broken Window', Hughes employs many of his production quirks, which have become a signature of his style (a few isolated plucks here, a paradoxically contemplative whistle there). However, 'Dead Weight' shows a departure from the protracted, often raucous productions that made up his previous release, favouring warm string sounds and spare compositions. Hughes has played live both in Ireland and the US, with notable performances such as sharing a stage with Damien Jurado, She Keeps Bees, and the legendary singer-songwriter, Buddy Mondlock. For bookings or more information please contact jon[at]jonhughes.org.
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    Houston County
    Bio Stanley Woolner was born in Rochester, Minnesota in 1959. He studied composition at Stanford University and with composers Paul Siskind and Edie Hill. He is the winner of the 2007 and 2009 Eric Stokes Song Contests, and the 2010 Met-Life 'Meet the Composer' award for emerging composers. His music has been performed at the Schubert Club of Saint Paul, the Stan Rogers International Music Festival, Nova Scotia, Canada, by the Minnesota Sinfonia, featured on Minnesota Public Radio, as well as numerous other venues. Articles about Woolner and his music have appeared in Nick Coleman's StarTribune column, Minnesota Medicine, Three Minute Egg, The St. Paul Voice, and other publications. Track Notes Liban Liban was constructed around a one measure theme. An essentially chordal work that draws in the listener, and serves as an intro to the CD. (2006-8). Serenade Winner of the 2009 Eric Stokes Song Contest, Serenade was written over five days in July 2008. It is best heard on a peaceful summer's evening. (2008). So Happy An upbeat work with a delightful opening theme. Trienta y Tres A sultry, relentless work, Trienta y Tres is particularly well-suited to attentive meditative listening. This piece, in the words of one listener, 'takes you somewhere.' (2006-7). Houston County A composition in three movements. Parts I and III centered on the three note opening of part I with that motif making occasional forays into Part II. In 2004, having had just completed a most daunting work, a compositional 'break' seemed in order. The original intent was to compose a short, under two minute piece around a simple three note theme. What was not anticipated was that, paradoxically, the very simplicity of the theme lent itself to easy expansion into a much larger work. I: Awakening A tightly constructed work, built around the opening three note motif call and answer. The piece seemed to write itself, the opening motif unfurling, stretching out into ever longer melodic lines. (2004, 2009-10). II: Of the Earth Dark, brooding, pleading, plaintive. Written around a minor right hand theme over a left hand roll, the music ventures into major variations and other ideas, only to be drawn inexorably, as if in a vortex, back again and again, into the main theme. (Summer 2009). III: Evening Variations on the three motif of Part I ranging from disonant opening chords, to a triumphant tour-de-force, to a samba-esque dance. (2004, 2009-10).
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