335 Results for : paradoxical
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The Future Memory Man: Episode Five of the Chronicles of the Harekaiian , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 235min
A cosmically displaced teenager with the genetic ability to time travel might be the key to understanding current questions and theories about the universe and what prevents time travelers from rewriting history.Kallie visits her friend Harlan Edmundson, a practicing physicist and covert researcher for a revised guide to time-travel physics, who has spent his life searching for an elusive explanation for the Time Shifters' abilities. Kallie hopes to try to make sense of an impossible time loop and to learn why travel to the future has always been discouraged among the Harekaiian, even more than potentially paradoxical visits to the past. For decades, Doctor Edmundson has jotted down equations and kept a notebook filled with spectacular claims and outrageous plans to try to find the answers to many of history's unanswered questions, as well as solutions to unsolved riddles and investigations of his controversial theory of time loops, but now they find an even greater mystery.Kallie and Marcus' dreams of leading a quiet and peaceful life become shattered when Kallie realizes only she can close the loop, but the price of what she must do could be higher than she can bear. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kalinda Little. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/119972/bk_acx0_119972_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Johnny Cash and the Paradox of American Identity , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 613min
Throughout his career, Johnny Cash was depicted - and depicted himself - as a walking contradiction: social protestor and establishment patriot, drugged wildman and devout Christian crusader, rebel outlaw hillbilly thug and elder statesman. Leigh H. Edwards explores the allure of this paradoxical image and its cultural significance. She argues that Cash embodied irresolvable contradictions of American identity that reflect foundational issues in the American experience, such as the tensions between freedom and patriotism, individual rights and nationalism, the sacred and the profane. She illustrates how this model of ambivalence is a vital paradigm for American popular music, and for American identity in general. Making use of sources such as Cash's autobiographies, lyrics, music, liner notes, and interviews, Edwards pays equal attention to depictions of Cash by others, such as Vivian Cash's publication of his letters to her, documentaries and music journalism about him, Walk the Line, and fan club materials found in the archives at the Country Music Foundation in Nashville, to create a full portrait of Cash and his significance as a cultural icon. The book is published by Indiana University Press. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Beth Richmond. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/redw/000053/bk_redw_000053_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Really the Blues , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 529min
Eddie Piron thinks that performing in jazz clubs in Nazi-occupied Paris is bad enough, but when the drummer in his band is found face down in the Seine and the police start asking questions, he realizes that his trouble is just beginning. Paris, 1941. American jazz musician Eddie Piron has lived in the City of Light since before the war began. But Paris under occupation is not what it once was, and things are looking a lot darker for a man like Eddie. The great jazz artists of the day, like Django Reinhardt, are lying low or being swept away under the racial policies of the Nazis. But the SS has a paradoxical taste for the "Negermusik," and their favorite gathering place is La Caverne Negre, where Eddie leads the band. One night the drummer for "Eddie et Ses Anges" disappears. When his body is found in the Seine the next day, Eddie becomes entangled in the murder investigation. He soon himself in the clutches of a mercenary intelligence broker who discovers why Eddie Piron is really in Paris - and what he's really hiding. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kevin Kenerly. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/006873/bk_blak_006873_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Extreme Toyota Radical Contradictions That Drive Success at the World's Best Manufacturer: Radical Contradictions That Drive Success at the World's Best Manufacturer , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 493min
To an outsider, Toyota is hard to understand. The company moves forward gradually while also advancing in big leaps. It is frugal with its resources while spending extravagantly on people and projects. It is both efficient and redundant; it cultivates an environment of stability and paranoia; it is hierarchical and bureaucratic, but encourages dissent; it demands that communication be simplified while building complex communication networks. These contradictions are rampant at Toyota because its culture and managers intentionally embrace contradiction, opposites, and paradox. Granted unprecedented access to the inner workings of Toyota, the authors spent six years researching the company and performing more than 220 interviews with Toyota employees, distributors, and car dealers in order to determine what makes Toyota one of the world's best companies. Extreme Toyota offers an inside look at the radical contradictions within the company, created by its own management, and how these help Toyota outperform its competition. By putting a premium on creativity and paradoxical thinking as a corporate resource, Toyota has become the best car manufacturer and one of the most successful companies on earth. This audiobook takes a fascinating inside look at what makes Toyota tick. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sean Pratt. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/gdan/000153/bk_gdan_000153_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Gateless Gate , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 83min
Several schools of Zen developed in China in the 9th century. The Rinzai (Chinese, Lin-chi) sect of Zen was introduced to Japan by the Chinese priest Ensai in 1191. Rinzai Buddhism emphasizes the use of koans, paradoxical puzzles or questions that help the practitioner to overcome the normal boundaries of logic. Koans are often accompanied by shouts or slaps from the master, intended to provoke anxiety, leading to instant realization of the truth. These teachings influenced the warrior class and led to a Zen influence over the martial arts of archery and swordsmanship. Soto Buddhism (Chinese, Ts'ao-tung) is another Zen sect that was transmitted from China to Japan. It arrived in Japan in 1227 upon the teacher Dogen's return from China. Soto emphasizes zazen, or sitting meditation, as the means to attain enlightenment. The Soto practitioner is encouraged to clear the mind of all thoughts and concepts, without making any effort towards enlightenment, until enlightenment occurs. Whatever the method of reaching enlightenment, once reached we realize the state of enlightenment we sought was there within us all along. The method is the gate, but there need not be any gate, since the gate is always open. This is the gateless gate. Now, let us enter the Gateless Gate. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dennis Logan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/175039/bk_acx0_175039_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Guided: Reclaiming the Intuitive Voice of Your Soul , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 420min
From “one of the top five psychics in the country” (Miami Herald) comes an accessible and insightful guide to help you access your intuition, communicate with angels and spirit guides, and tap into your soul’s greatest purpose and passion.Award-winning psychic Hans King provides a clear and thorough path for connecting to the invisible side of life. Based on his 60 years of work as a medium, Guided features step-by-step practices for quieting the mind and creating a clear channel for spiritual communication. Through these techniques you can discover, activate, trust, and follow your own eternal voice while uncovering your soul’s greatest purpose and passion.Filled with fascinating stories and stunning testimonials from those who have communicated with the spirit world and experienced spiritual awakenings through King’s teaching, Guided clearly explains how to accurately find the answers you are searching for and actualize them in your life.“Written in a clear and easy to follow manner” (New Spirit Journal), Guided is the ultimate spiritual user’s manual for all those who experience an inner urge to explore life’s bewildering paradoxical mysteries and deepest sensitivities, and “a blessing for those who read it” (Lisa Garr, host of The Aware Show and Being Aware, best-selling author of Becoming Aware). ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lynn Benson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/121078/bk_acx0_121078_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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With Open Arms: Short Stories of Misadventures in Morocco , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 159min
When Matthew had to renew his European visa, his point of exit was obvious: he was going to Morocco. Memories of his previous trip filled him with anxiety. What was he thinking? After everything that had happened, did he really want to go back? Scams. Altercations. Mishaps. But also humor and beauty. His curiosity overcoming his fears, his second trip would prove as unforgettable as the first. "My reflexes belatedly kicking in, I couldn't help but flinch. The children cheered, relishing having reduced me to their plaything." "Our little spectacle having brought the night market to a standstill, we were now surrounded by about 50 men. I was living the chaotic mob scene from so many movies, and it was every bit as nightmarish as it had always looked on-screen." "As I was about to let out a desperate cry that would require no translation, the giant finished...leaving me flinching on the floor like a bug that's been smashed but isn't quite dead." "Amidst astonishingly beautiful, unsullied waves of sand, a lone figure squatted, holding a roll of toilet paper. It was a peculiar, paradoxical sight." An Amazon.com best-selling collection of travel writing as entertaining for the armchair traveler as indispensable for anyone interested in adventure in North Africa. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Matthew Félix. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/107832/bk_acx0_107832_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Tales of the Human Condition (With Music) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 92min
In this, her debut collection, Millicent Ally sets out to interpret her wide and sometimes painful experience of "this earthly animation . . . in the four sections [she] categorize[s] as 'Life,' 'Love,' 'Introspection,' and 'God'." A Los Angeles native who was reared in Georgia, Ally shares, in the 14 poems that comprise each of the four sections of her book, intimate details of betrayal and triumph: love gone almost right - and love gone inexplicably wrong; faith - and the crisis of its utter lack; the loving light of family - and the dark shadow it can cast. Listening, we find ourselves understanding loneliness, friendship, isolation, and despair until, ultimately, Ally brings us to the truth of the spirit that allows her to transcend all the pain of her deep humanity. "Spirit is the cradle from which we are born," she writes, and, having lived, "...we yield to the paradoxical Omega to which we must return." For Ally, all that occurs in between birth and death occurs solely for our deepest learning, nothing more - nor less - than "experiences which help us to gather information for our souls' collective evolution." For her listener, there is comfort to be found in Ally's conclusion. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Millicent R. Ally. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/002748/bk_acx0_002748_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic & the Domestic , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 488min
Esther Perel takes on tough questions, grappling with the obstacles and anxieties that arise when our quest for secure love conflicts with our pursuit of passion. She invites us to explore the paradoxical union of domesticity and sexual desire, and explains what it takes to bring lust home. In her 20 years of clinical experience, Perel has treated hundreds of couples whose home lives are empty of passion. They describe relationships that are open and loving, yet sexually dull. What is going on? In this explosively original book, Perel explains that our cultural penchant for equality, togetherness, and absolute candor is antithetical to erotic desire for both men and women. Sexual excitement doesn't always play by the rules of good citizenship. It is politically incorrect. It thrives on power plays, unfair advantages, and the space between self and other. More exciting, playful, even poetic sex is possible, but first we must kick egalitarian ideals and emotional housekeeping out of our bedrooms. While Mating in Captivity shows why the domestic realm can feel like a cage, Perel's take on bedroom dynamics promises to liberate, enchant, and provoke. Flinging the doors open on erotic life and domesticity, she invites us to put the "X" back in sex. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Esther Perel. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/001323/bk_harp_001323_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Reluctant Film Art of Woody Allen , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 851min
For five decades, no American filmmaker has been as prolific or as paradoxical as Woody Allen. From Play It Again, Sam (1972) to Midnight in Paris (2011) and Blue Jasmine (2013), Allen has produced an average of one film a year; yet in many of these movies Allen reveals a progressively skeptical attitude toward both the value of art and the cultural contributions of artists.In this second edition Peter J. Bailey extends his classic study to consider Allen's work during the twenty-first century. He illuminates how the director's decision to leave New York to shoot in European cities such as London, Paris, Rome, and Barcelona has affected his craft. He also explores Allen's shift toward younger actors and interprets the evolving critical reaction to his films?authoritatively demonstrating why the director's lifelong project of moviemaking remains endlessly deserving of careful attention.The book is published by University Press of Kentucky."Bailey's rigorous study will please the serious student of film and of 20th-century artistic impression." (Virginia Quarterly Review)"An important contribution to American film studies." (American Studies)"Bailey knows Woody Allen's work backwards and forwards, and his book makes many illuminating connections among the films in the Allen canon." (Christopher Ames, author of Movies About the Movies) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Clint Worthington. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/100207/bk_acx0_100207_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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