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The Life of Greece: The Story of Civilization, Volume 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1956min

The second volume of Will Durant's Pulitzer Prize - winning series The Story of Civilization. Volume 2 chronicles the history of ancient Greek civilization. Here Durant tells the whole story of Greece from the days of Crete's vast Aegean empire to the final extirpation of the last remnants of Greek liberty, crushed under the heel of an implacably forward-marching Rome. The dry minutiae of battles and sieges, of tortuous statecraft of tyrant and king, get minor emphasis in what is preeminently a vivid recreation of Greek culture, brought to the listener through the medium of supple, vigorous prose. In this masterful work, listeners will learn about: The siege of Troy The great city-states of Athens and Sparta The heroes of Homer's epics The gods and lesser deities of Mount Olympus The teachings of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle The empire of Alexander the Great ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/006027/bk_blak_006027_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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A Murder in Gurgaon , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 284min

Gurgaon. December 2014. A young event manager, an ex-cop's son, is murdered. Inspector Ajai Singh vows justice. There is little to begin with, and frustration mounts when the initial suspect - a reclusive woman with a mysterious past - is found missing. Digging deeper, Singh uncovers a sordid tale of adultery, blackmail and revenge, only to find himself staring at a conspiracy unlike any he has seen. There are deceits, little and big, to decode; the predator and victim are indistinguishable; his witnesses could be misleading; his closest ally may not be an ally at all. Will Singh succeed? Or has the sick, wily mind behind the crime always been a few steps ahead? Refreshingly told, with a cast of morally ambivalent characters and an accent on the minutiae of crime, A Murder in Gurgaon will keep you hooked till the very end. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sagar Arya. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/030676/bk_adbl_030676_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Time Pieces: A Whistlestop Tour of Ancient India , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 269min

'There are many missing pieces in the jigsaw puzzle that is ancient India, but those we have yield a rich tapestry."The oldest surviving love graffiti on a cave wall immortalizing an intimate bond in the third century BCE; charred seeds and chewed animal bones that provide evidence of a peoples' food obsessions; architectural minutiae that point to the alarming regression of a civilization's potty habits; intriguing sculptures that reveal myriad facets of the human-animal relationship.In Time Pieces, award-winning historian Nayanjot Lahiri whimsically sifts through intricate clues left behind by the early inhabitants of the Indian subcontinent - in plaques and inscriptions, fragments of jewellery, bones and tools, poetry, art and pottery - to reveal to us our ancient land in all its variety, splendour, complexity and contradictions. Sparkling with wit and reflective of a scholar's keen and curious energy, this delightful volume seamlessly connects the past to the present and a civilization to the world beyond. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Nandita Dubey. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/054915/bk_adbl_054915_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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What Your Atheist Professor Doesn't Know (But Should) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 334min

The information age has begotten turmoil. It seems that the more information we have, the less peace the average person has. To many, an impression has developed that modern science has disproved the existence of the immaterial realm, and doomed us to a sterile, pointless wandering in the wilderness of minutiae. During roughly the same time this impression has been developing in popular culture, however, massive evidence to the contrary has been steadily erupting from The Sciences! Now that literally billions of trillions of layers of mathematical impossibility have been exposed for the Materialist worldview, compounded by insurmountable metaphysical hurdles, atheism has been shown to be completely irrational! A reasonably skeptical look at modern philosophy, science, archaeology and history point overwhelmingly in a single direction, and the truth that it points to is blissful and eternal. If you'd like to see some of the evidence that has been causing a resurgence of Theism in academic philosophy departments recently, read this book! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dan Kassis. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/014501/bk_acx0_014501_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Pacific Crest Trail: A Visual Compendium

The Pacific Crest Trail as you've never seen it before! A visual feast for the senses, this highly designed paperback showcases the PCT through clever infographics, modern illustration, and insightful text. The book captures both the grandeur of the West Coast as well as the tiniest things that a thru-hiker notices and experiences during a 140-day trek. Through the written word, graphic design, and illustration, The Pacific Crest Trail: A Visual Compendium conveys the beauty and the beastliness of a 2,650-mile wilderness hike from Mexico to Canada. The author chronicles the PCT through infographics about the trail and the thru-hikers' experience, and includes arresting illustrations of the landscape and minutiae of the trail. Everything from trail markers, weather challenges, and the stories behind popular toponyms to the songs stuck in a hiker's head, thru-hiker trail names, and food consumed will be addressed, making this an ideal gift for any outdoor enthusiast.

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Crystal Paine's Say Goodbye to Survival Mode Summary & Analysis , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 30min

Say Goodbye to Survival Mode, a self-help book written by Crystal Paine, focuses on women who have a difficult time managing the activities of daily life that bog them down. This handy guide helps listeners stay on top of chores and other minutiae of life and enhances many aspects of their personal lives. With personal stories and tips from the writer, her blog readers, other bloggers, and professionals, the lessons are easy to listen to and follow. The book contains quotes and has easy to listen to and follow lists and interviews as well as detailed guides that make it convenient for listeners to pursue the advice in their daily lives. The summary includes: Book overview Important people Key takeaways and analyses Style analysis and perspective many listeners may have missed About the author: Ant Hive Media reads every chapter, extracts the understanding, and leaves you with a new perspective and time to spare. We do the work, so you can understand the book in minutes, not hours. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Adrienne Ellis. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/054829/bk_acx0_054829_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Striking a Match in a Storm (eBook, ePUB)

The Welsh poet Andrew McNeillie brings together in this generous and timely volume his seven collections of poems - including his most recent, Making Ends Meet, and his Forward-Prize-shortlisted Carcanet collection Nevermore (2000). McNeillie's poems possess the same precision and ear for other voices which have made him a noted nature writer and an influential editor of the handsomely designed eco-literature magazine Archipelago, and like it, take as their focus the 'unnameable archipelago' of Britain and Ireland, at its wilder margins, with close observation of place, community, and hands-on outdoor experience. His celebrated memoir An Aran Keening (2001) is about a year's stay on one of the islands of that Archipelago. His publishing house Clutag Press produces beautiful limited editions of work by some of his favourite writers - Hill and Heaney among them.He is a witty writer and an ironist, but he is also a visionary in the sense that his poems sharpen vision of the environment and the crucial minutiae of the natural world we partly inhabit.

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Mrs. Dalloway , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 446min

Mrs. Dalloway, perhaps Virginia Woolf’s greatest novel, follows English socialite Clarissa Dalloway as she prepares for a party in post-World War I London. Four-time Oscar nominee Annette Bening (American Beauty, The Kids Are All Right) performs Woolf’s stream-of-consciousness style of storytelling brilliantly, exploring the hidden springs of thought and action in one day of a woman’s life. When we first meet Clarissa Dalloway, she is preoccupied with the last-minute minutiae of party-planning while being flooded with memories of long ago. Clarissa then examines the realities of the present as the story travels forwards and back in time and in and out of different characters’ minds. Mrs. Dalloway is daring not only in its stream-of-consciousness form, but also in its content. Woolf’s depiction of Septimus Warren Smith brings to light the ugly and often ignored truth of how the brutality of war can drive men mad. We also get to see in depth how our main protagonist, Clarissa Dalloway, suffers from her own form of psychological damage: the more subtle, everyday oppression of English society. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Annette Bening. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/003602/bk_adbl_003602_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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How to Start Your Home from Home Dog Business: The Kickstarter's Survival Guide to Doggy Bliss , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 236min

Tired of the current job? Love dogs? Do you want to turn a passion for pooches into a happy living, working from home? Four years ago, together with my sister, Mitch, we started our own home boarding, home day care, and dog walking business. Surprisingly, it wasn’t exactly a walk in the park. Just when we thought we’d mastered it, the licensing regulations changed, the local authority became the licensing inspector, and forms, policies, check lists, documentation, and evidencing every last minutiae of detail became the new norm. Fast-forward a couple of years, and we have a five-star rated business that is invariably full and with a waiting list of potential customers. So what did we learn on that journey? What do you need to know to start and grow your own dog business, whether home boarding, day care, and/or dog walking? From my hands-on experience and that gleaned from helping others, I put fingers to the keyboard to share the salient points an aspiring dog business owner needs to nail on a journey to doggy bliss. Are you ready for the challenge? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Randle Stonier. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/189849/bk_acx0_189849_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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West Winging It , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 447min

What is it really like to work in the White House? Is it more like The West Wing or House of Cards? Do you have to put your tray table up on Air Force One? Is the President any good at basketball? What do you call him when you talk to him? How do you pick the people the president meets with? Is he really that cool, or is it an act? West Winging It pulls the drapes back on life in the White House, offering an insider's glimpse of what it's really like - from the minutiae to the momentous - to work at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. This brilliant book provides a front-row seat to history as, for the first time, millennials ran the country - a classic fish-out-of-the-water story, only these fish are trying to run the United States of America. With cameos from Barack Obama, Joe Biden and a colourful collection of characters in the form of staffers, Secret Service agents and slippery journalists, West Winging It is a truly unique take on one of the most unique offices in the world. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Pat Cunanne. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bonn/000002/bk_bonn_000002_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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