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  Profiles in Gay Courage (eBook, ePUB)

  Jack Fritscher, the founding San Francisco editor-in-chief of Drummer magazine and curator of the Drummer Archives since 1977, is the award-winning author of twenty books popular with readers and researchers including memoirs of his bicoastal lover Robert Mapplethorpe, his friend Larry (Leatherman's Handbook) Townsend, and his "gentleman caller" Tennessee Williams. His new Profiles is holistic gay history written by a New Journalist who lived the life. In essays, interviews, and photos, Fritscher's masterful writing sheds new Gay Pride light on authentic leatherfolk founders, icons, and superstars too often under-reported by gatekeepers of gay-history timelines: AIDS poet, Thom Gunn; race-sex-and-gender photographer, Robert Mapplethorpe; Society of Janus founder, Cynthia Slater; Mineshaft manager, Wally Wallace; godfather of gay writing, Samuel Steward; young Provincetown playwright, Tennessee Williams; filmmaker Wakefield Poole's art-director, Ed Parente; Old Reliable Video hustler-art photographer, David Hurles; leather fashion designer, Rob of Amsterdam; and the filmmakers of the 1975 classic Born to Raise Hell, Terry LeGrand and Roger Earl. With his first gay writing (on James Dean) published in 1962, Fritscher at 83 reaches across 60 years of gay life into his journals and heart to examine our lost midcentury world as he did in Some Dance to Remember: A Memoir-Novel of San Francisco 1970-1982 which The Advocate called the "Gay Gone With the Wind." GMSMA president-historian David Stein confirmed to the Leather Leadership Conference that "Fritscher, one of the great Drummer editors, seems to have been everywhere and done everyone during the 'good old days' of leather culture."

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  Authority!: How Experts Just Like You Are Using Authority Books to Grow Their Influence, Generate Leads and Steal Your Clients , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 203min

  This book will get you high-end clients - fast! In his last book, Premium! How Experts Just Like You Are Charging Premium Rates For What They Know and You Can Too!, five-time best-selling author Rob Cuesta tackled how to raise the perceived value of your services and products so you can charge more. In Authority! he turns his attention on how to get yourself in front of the kind of clients who will be willing to pay those premium prices by using one of the most powerful positioning tools in the marketer's library: an authority book. If you are a professional expert - a consultant, adviser, coach, accountant, lawyer, medical practitioner, or in any other field where your income relies on your advice, your experience, and your expertise - you are about to learn how you could be approaching potential new clients as a published author and expert in your field in as little as 45 days. Rob explains not only how to get what you know out of your head and into a book but also how to get that book past your client's gatekeepers and into the hands of the person who needs to be listening to it. Whether you think you can write or not, Rob will help you overcome every block that may have been holding you back and helps you create the ultimate professional legacy: your thoughts in printed form. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Rob Cuesta. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/032670/bk_acx0_032670_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Agenda 21 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 515min

  Just a generation ago this place was called America. Now, after the worldwide implementation of UN-lead program called Agenda 21, it's simply known as the 'Republic'. There is no president. No congress. No Supreme Court. No freedom. There are only the Authorities. Citizens have two primary goals in the new Republic: to create clean energy and to create new human life. Those who cannot do either are of no use to society. This bleak and barren existence is all that 18-year-old Emmeline has ever known. She dutifully walks her energy board daily and accepts all male pairings assigned to her by the Authorities. Like most citizens, she keeps her head down and her eyes closed. Until the day they came for her mother. Woken up to the harsh reality of her life and her family's future inside the Republic, Emmeline begins to search for the truth. Why are all citizens confined to ubiquitous concrete living spaces? Why are Compounds guarded by Gatekeepers who track all movements? Why are food, water and energy rationed so strictly? And, most important, why are babies taken from their mothers at birth? As Emmeline begins to understand the true objectives of Agenda 21, she realizes that she is up against far more than she ever thought. With the Authorities closing in, and nowhere to run, Emmeline embarks on an audacious plan to save her family and expose the Republic - but is she already too late? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: January LaVoy. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/006213/bk_sans_006213_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Femina

  'Janina Ramirez is a born storyteller, and in Femina she is at the peak of her powers. This is bravura narrative history underpinned by passionate advocacy for the women whom medieval history has too often ignored or overlooked. Femina is essential reading' - Dan Jones, bestselling author of The Plantagenets and Powers and Thrones'I am the fiery life of divine substance, I blaze above the beauty of the fields, I shine in the waters, I burn in sun, moon and stars' - Hildegard of Bingen (1098 - 1179)The middle ages are seen as a bloodthirsty time of Vikings, saints and kings: a patriarchal society which oppressed and excluded women. But when we dig a little deeper into the truth, we can see that the 'dark' ages were anything but.Oxford and BBC historian Janina Ramirez has uncovered countless influential women's names struck out of historical records, with the word FEMINA annotated beside them. As gatekeepers of the past ordered books to be burnt, artworks to be destroyed, and new versions of myths, legends and historical documents to be produced, our view of history has been manipulated.Only now, through a careful examination of the artefacts, writings and possessions they left behind, are the influential and multifaceted lives of women emerging. Femina goes beyond the official records to uncover the true impact of women like Jadwiga, the only female King in Europe, Margery Kempe, who exploited her image and story to ensure her notoriety, and the Loftus Princess, whose existence gives us clues about the beginnings of Christianity in England. See the medieval world with fresh eyes and discover why these remarkable women were removed from our collective memories.

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  Musical Nationalism in Indonesia

  This book charts the growth of the Indonesian nationalistic musical genre of lagu seriosa in relation to the archipelago's history in the 1950s and 1960s, examining how folk songs were implemented as a valuable tool for promoting government propaganda. The author reveals how the genre was shaped to fit state ideologies and agendas in the Sukarno and Soeharto eras. It also reveals the very significant role played by Radio Republik Indonesia in the genre's development and dissemination. Little research has been done to investigate how Indonesian music contributed to nation-building during Indonesia's immediate post-colonial period. Emulating the European art song, the genre was adapted to compose songs with the purpose of promoting a strengthened collective Indonesian identity, fostered by a group of musicians who functioned as gatekeepers, monitoring and devising various mechanisms for songs to conform to the propagandistic needs of the Indonesian government at the time. The result was the development of classical style of singing and the cultivation of a patriotic collection of music during the Guided Democracy period (1959-1965), which peaked at the height of the Konfrontasi (1963-1966). Lagu seriosa lost popularity as popular music infiltrated Indonesia in the 1970s, but it remains an iconic yet understudied aspect of the nationalistic agenda in Indonesia. The case studies of selected songs reflected continuity and change in musical style and over time. This book is of interest to scholars studying the intersection between history, politics, identity, arts and cultural studies in Indonesia. It is also of interest to researchers investigating the role of music in identity formation and nation-building more widely.

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  Fascinating Womanhood for the Timeless Woman , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 597min

  Over 50 years after the original book became a best seller and birthed an international women’s movement, the sequel to Helen Andelin’s Fascinating Womanhood is here. Originally published in 1963, Fascinating Womanhood sold over 5,000,000 copies globally and was translated into seven languages. As controversial as it was popular, the book also spawned a grassroots movement where women could learn more about feminine influence in relationships and the home - classes that continue to this day in countries including Australia, Brazil, Cameroon, Japan, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Uganda, the United Kingdom, and the United States.The sequel, Fascinating Womanhood for the Timeless Woman, sees Andelin’s daughter, Dixie Andelin Forsyth, pick up her mother’s mantle with the aim of "awakening an enlightened form of femininity in women, in order to inspire a noble masculinity in men and create a lifelong romance".“Fascinating Womanhood for the Timeless Woman holds the position that most cultures have lost the sense of ascendancy that comes from proper cultivation of femininity and masculinity in women and men, respectively. This book teaches that femininity inspires a noble masculinity in men and that it empowers and liberates women to pursue their greatest potential. We teach that women are the 'gatekeepers of civilization and humanity’s original adults'. We refer to something we call ‘feminine power which is unlocked by a fascinating woman,'" Dixie says.Fascinating Womanhood for the Timeless Woman is not merely a book of personal or moral opinions. It’s based, in part, on modern science, over 50 years of teaching experience and feedback, and, most importantly, results. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Julienne Davis. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/161496/bk_acx0_161496_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Rich People Things , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 442min

  It's never easy being rich: endless tax avoidance, the Sisyphean search for reliable domestic staff, the never-ending burden of surly stares from the Great Sea of the Unwashed as one goes about one's rightful business. Toughest of all is simply keeping track of everything one owns. There's so much of it. And personal possessions are just the beginning. You must keep a gimlet eye, too, on the myriad people and institutions that safeguard your gilded status: politicians, newspapers, financial instruments, branches of government. They all belong to you. But staying on top of what they're up to is a full time job. What's an overstretched gazillionaire to do?Now, with the publication of Rich People Things, the problems of our over-classes are, well, over. In a concise, easy-to-use guide, Chris Lehmann catalogs the fortifications that shelter the opulent from the resentments of the hoi polloi. From ideological stanchions such as the Free Market and the Prosperity Gospel, through the castellation of media, including The New York Times, Wired Magazine and reality television, to burly gatekeepers such as David Brooks, Steve Forbes, and Alan Greenspan, the well-to-do will find, in these pages, a comforting and comprehensive array of the protections that allow them to sleep sound at night. For the rest of us, Lehmann's sparkling prose, at the same time pointed and whimsical, can at least provide a diverting glimpse into how the top one percent maintains an iron grip on almost half of America's financial wealth. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Benjamin J. Kass. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/004339/bk_acx0_004339_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Power Prospecting Strategies , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 302min

  Prospecting for new business is the number one aspect of selling that most salespeople fear. They're so afraid of it that they never learn how to do it well. In reality it's just another skill to acquire when you're committed to achieving success. Once you learn the many strategies for finding people who are likely to be interested in your product, you'll develop a funnel of leads for business. Whether you're new to sales or a time-tested veteran, this program will give your prospecting efforts a tremendous boost. In this audio program and accompanying PDF workbook, you will learn the words to say to get the attention of buyers, to get through gatekeepers, and to network in such a way as to beat the competition to the market. In Power Prospecting Strategies you will learn how to turn cold calls into warm leads with powerful prospecting strategies, become a more strategic networker to gain a greater quantity of qualified leads for business, and master the strategies to get through to VIP clients with ease. Contents include: Prospecting Defined Part 1 Prospecting Defined Part 2 Networking Part 1 Networking Part 2 Getting In Part 1 Getting In Part 2 Getting In Part 3 Getting In Part 4 Very Important Persons Part 1 Very Important Persons Part 2 The Internet Perseverance and Enthusiasm Power Prospecting Strategies PDF Workbook PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Omar Periu. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/009393/bk_blak_009393_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Living Your Legacy: How to Change Your Story, Impact Your World, and Become a Visionary Leader , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 396min

  Warning: Do not listen to this audiobook if you're content with the status quo.In a hyper-connected world where peak performance and hustle are buzzwords, there's a pandemic of relational disconnect. Do you routinely use words like exhausted, overwhelmed, disappointed, addicted, and frustrated to describe your life? These are symptoms of a much larger problem.You've been sold a lie by society's gatekeepers who tout a prescribed set of rules to an antiquated, broken, and mediocre system.Work-life balance is a myth. It's possible to integrate your life so that energized, fulfilled, engaged, inspired, and passionate are words you use instead to describe the day-to-day legacy you're living. At work. At home. In life.Opt out of complacency, realize your potential, and live from a place of purpose, freedom, and hope.Learn compelling questions to ask yourself to trigger a positive change in perspective.Go behind-the-scenes and see real-world examples of others who turned their dreams into reality, scripted a different life story, and maximized their impact in their relationships, health, personal growth, creativity, and contribution.How to edit and revise when necessary and how the words you choose for the narrative can be the difference between survival mentality or thriving with an abundance of enthusiasm, energy, vision, and clarity.How to develop leadership qualities in those around you by creating cultures that value accountability and inspire exploration.How to build a supportive network with meaningful connections, be a leading-learner, and grow through setbacks and challenges.How to stay committed, build a team of champions, and live an exemplary legacy in the pursuit of your goals.Living Your Legacy is a movement. It's about showing up for your life, engaging in deeper, more meaningful ways, and making a difference. Now is the time. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sharon Olson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/106990/bk_acx0_106990_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Don't You Know Who I Am?": How to Stay Sane in an Era of Narcissism, Entitlement, and Incivility , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1146min

  It’s time to take our lives back from a world of narcissism, entitlement, and toxic relationships.“Don’t you know who I am?” has become the mantra of the famous and infamous, the entitled and the insecure. It’s the tagline of the modern narcissist. Health and wellness campaigns preach avoidance of unhealthy foods, sedentary lifestyles, tobacco, drugs, and alcohol, but rarely preach avoidance of unhealthy, difficult, or toxic people. Yet the health benefits of removing toxic people from your life may have far greater benefits to both physical and psychological health. We need to learn to be better gatekeepers for our minds, bodies, and souls. Narcissism, entitlement, and incivility have become the new world order, and we are all in trouble. They are not only normalized but also increasingly incentivized. They are manifestations of pathological insecurity - insecurities that are experienced at both the individual and societal level. The paradox is that we value these patterns. We venerate them through social media, mainstream media, and consumerism, and they are endemic in political, corporate, academic, and media leaders. There are few lives untouched by narcissists. These relationships infect those who are in them with self-doubt, despair, confusion, anxiety, depression, and the chronic feeling of being “not enough,” all of which make it so difficult to step away and set boundaries. The illusion of hope and the fantasy of redemption can result in years of second chances, and despondency when change never comes. It’s time for a wake-up call. It’s time to stem the tide of narcissism, entitlement, and antagonism, and take our lives back. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ramani S. Durvasula, PhD. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/166322/bk_acx0_166322_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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