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A Man of Good Hope: One Man's Extraordinary Journey from Mogadishu to Tin Can Town , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 605min
In January 1991, when civil war came to Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, two-thirds of the city’s population fled. Among them was eight-year-old Asad Abdullahi. His mother murdered by a militiaman, his father somewhere in hiding, he was swept into the great wartime migration that scattered the Somali people throughout sub-Saharan Africa and the world.Serially betrayed by the people who promised to care for him, Asad lived his childhood at a sceptical remove from the adult world, his relation to others wary and tactical. By the time he had reached the cusp of adulthood, Asad had honed an array of wily talents. At the age of 17, in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, he made good as a street hustler. He also courted the famously beautiful Foosiya and, to the astonishment of his peers, married her. Buoyed by success in work and in love, Asad put $1,200 into his pocket and made his way down the length of the African continent to Johannesburg, South Africa. And so began a shocking adventure in a country richer and more violent than he could possibly have imagined.A Man of Good Hope is the story of a person shorn of the things we have come to believe make us human - personal possessions, parents, siblings. And yet Asad’s is an intensely human life, one suffused with dreams and desires and a need to leave something of permanence on this earth. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Grant Ross. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/053493/bk_adbl_053493_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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A Radical Faith: The Assassination of Sister Maura , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 741min
On a hot and dusty December day in 1980, the bodies of four American women - three of them Catholic nuns - were pulled from a hastily dug grave in a field outside San Salvador. They had been murdered two nights before by the US-trained El Salvadoran military. News of the killing shocked the American public and set off a decade of debate over Cold War policy in Latin America. The women themselves became symbols and martyrs, shorn of context and background. In A Radical Faith, journalist Eileen Markey breathes life back into one of these women, Sister Maura Clarke. Who was this woman in the dirt? What led her to this vicious death so far from home? Maura was raised in a tight-knit Irish immigrant community in Queens, New York, during World War II. She became a missionary as a means to a life outside her small, orderly world, and by the 1970s was organizing and marching for liberation alongside the poor of Nicaragua and El Salvador. Maura's story offers a window into the evolution of postwar Catholicism: from an inward-looking, protective institution in the 1950s to a community of people grappling with what it meant to live with purpose in a shockingly violent world. At its heart, A Radical Faith is an intimate portrait of one woman's spiritual and political transformation, and her courageous devotion to justice. Cover image courtesy of Maryknoll Mission Archives ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Karen White. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/027010/bk_adbl_027010_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Under Fire: Strong & Sexy , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 302min
July, 1861 is dawning, and America tears its loyalties. She didn't belong. War wages within Mae Harper as well. Which duty to obey? Follow her unruly spirit, or remain home in petticoat and parlor? Both Mae's brothers enlist in the Union army, but she burns to do more than sit and sew. With one rash decision, her brother's breeches, and her long locks shorn, an impetuous girl makes a perilous journey south. She doesn't belong, but she conceals her identity and fights to prove her worth. He became a man in the wilds of the West. His country calls on him now, and Sergeant Wesley Metzger marches East once again. His old regiment disbanded, the veteran soldier is put in command of training inexperienced city boys. So many are ill-prepared, but Wesley vows to protect his men and the country they serve. He studies the men entrusted to him to discover weaknesses which will betray them in battle. Her secret will ruin her. His desire will overwhelm him. Mae can deceive many, but not the man who has become her protector. He looks at her too keenly, and her body's response to his nearness threatens to betray her. She strives to confirm herself in a world of men, and yet Sergeant Metzger arouses every feminine desire within her. Can she trust him with her secret? Wesley knows there is something the lad is hiding. The boy doesn't belong. He's too young, and he's not fit for hardship. The look in young Harper's eyes is too tender, and the pull Wesley feels is not natural. Sergeant Metzger is a man of action, and he must know - what is Private Harper keeping from him? And why is there a forbidden temptation? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Charley Ongel. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/092432/bk_acx0_092432_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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10 Downing Street: The History and Legacy of the British Prime Minister's Official Residence , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 65min
I am speaking to you from the Cabinet Room at 10 Downing Street. This morning the British Ambassador in Berlin handed the German Government an official note stating that unless we heard from them by eleven o'clock, that they were prepared at once to withdraw their troops from Poland, a state of war would exist between us. I have to tell you now that no such undertaking has been received, and consequently this country is at war with Germany. (Neville Chamberlain) "Ten Downing Street is a house, not an office. That is its most important characteristic." (Douglas Hurd) Throughout the world there are centers of power and law that also serve as homes for families - sometimes just one, sometimes several. In the United States, the White House is both a residence and an office, and the same is true of a number of palaces around the world. In London much of the United Kingdom's official business emanates from 10 Downing Street, often referred to simply as Number 10. In fact "Number 10" has become synonymous with the voice of the government of the United Kingdom itself, much the same way America's presidential administration is often referred to as the White House. As much as it is a center of power, 10 Downing Street is also a study in contradictions. Though known today as the home of the prime minister, for most of its history it has housed other high-ranking government offices. Seen as a symbol of stability, it has often been physically the opposite; originally built in a swamp on a sandy foundation, it was shorn up again and again for decades. In fact its location and condition were often considered so bad that prior to 1900, only about half of the men offered the home chose to live there. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Scott Clem. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/083523/bk_acx0_083523_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Joseph McCarthy: Reexamining the Life and Legacy of America's Most Hated Senator , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 975min
Was Joe McCarthy a bellicose, shameless witch hunter who whipped up hysteria, ruined the reputation of innocents, and unleashed a destructive carnival of smears and guilt-by-association accusations? Were McCarthy and McCarthyism the worst things to happen to American politics in the postwar era? Or was McCarthy just a well-intentioned politician who seized a legitimate issue with the fervor of a true believer? Perhaps something in between. For the first time, here is a biography of Joe McCarthy that cuts through the clichés and misconceptions surrounding this central figure of the "red scare" of the '50s and reexamines his life and legacy in the light of newly declassified archival sources from the FBI, the National Security Agency, the US Congress, the Pentagon, and the former Soviet Union. After more than four decades, here is the untold story of America's most hated political figure, shorn of the rhetoric and stereotypes of the past. Joseph McCarthy explains how this farm boy from Wisconsin sprang up from a newly confident postwar America and how he embodied the hopes and anxieties of a generation caught in the toils of the Cold War. It shows how McCarthy used the explosive issue of Communist spying in the '30s and '40s to challenge the Washington political establishment and catapult himself into the headlines. Above all, it gives us a picture of the red scare far different from and more accurate than the one typically portrayed in the news media and the movies. We now know that the Communist spying McCarthy fought against was amazingly extensive - reaching to the highest levels of the White House and the top-secret Manhattan Project. Herman has the facts to show in detail which of McCarthy's famous anti-Communist investigations were on target (such as the notorious cases of Owen Lattimore and Irving Peress, the army's "pink dentist") and which were not (including the case that led to McCarthy's final break with Whittaker Chamb ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sean Pratt. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/reco/009842/bk_reco_009842_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Autobiography of a Modern Prophet , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 833min
It's 1970. A dark Wisconsin night. A once-shy farm boy, now in his 20s, stands on a bridge over a river. He's left the farm, studied for the clergy, and done a stint in the air force. He's a proofreader now. He's seen faraway places, but tonight he's in Wisconsin overlooking the dark water. He's about to see the face of God, to become a God-realized man.From this momentous turning point, Harold Klemp's life would never be the same. His incredible experience that night was simply a prelude to a time of testing, humbling, cleansing, yet blessed experience with the light and sound of God. He would emerge as the spiritual leader and modern-day prophet of Eckankar.This is his spiritual autobiography. "This book," he says, "is about God-Realization and the myths that surround the highest state of spiritual realization known to mankind. The first and greatest illusion is that once God-Realization is attained, the battle for higher consciousness is forever won. This oversimplifies things...."The hard part came after God-Realization. Now I had to return to the problems of life and confront them. The specter of God's haunting love was always with me.... It carried me beyond the pleasant cooing of belief and faith, thrusting me into a brilliant world of light shorn of all illusion." If a shy Wisconsin farm boy can master his spiritual destiny, why can't we?According to Gallup, 82 percent of those polled in America alone want to experience spiritual growth. Believe it or not, it is your destiny to discover your godlike nature, your spiritual greatness."Tucked away in the hidden places of this book are clues as to how you too may reach the glories of God," says Klemp."Now come with me on my journey.""Autobiography of a Modern Prophet by Harold Klemp describes how he left the farm and enrolled in the high-school department of a Lutheran pre-ministerial college. During his senior year in high school - a p ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Rich Miller. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/211838/bk_acx0_211838_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Sunrise Vol. 2
SUNRISE (Vol. 2) presents three live recordings of performances in the morning by Pt. Vijay Raghav Rao, symbolizing the ascending vitality of modernism in traditional Indian classical music. Like SUNRISE (Vol. 1), this album of exceptional artistic brilliance features music rooted in the natural metaphor of a rising sun. "Makes the notes dance and quiver in an enchanting manner, spouting mellifluous melody in a variety of tonal nuances, embellishing delectable compositions notable for a refined sense of design..." - The Times of India Typifying the genius of the legendary flautist-composer, the music in this album represents innovation that imparts freshness in melodic composition and elegance in execution to traditional musical structures, enhancing their appeal whilst maintaining the dignity of classicism. AHIR BHAIRAV In this live, recorded performance Panditji interprets in his inimitable style a variation of the oldest known scale in traditional Indian classical music. The rendering summons ethereal emotion that blends a deeply felt spiritualism with romantic visions of a sun rising over a rustic country scene, in which Lord Krishna - in the guise of a cowherd playing the flute - tends to his flock of cattle, preparing them for the day ahead. In the hands of the finest flautist-composer of our time the weight of tradition mingles seamlessly with rusticity and heart-felt devotion. Tabla: Pt. Mahadev Indorkar BHOPAL TODI In this live recording Panditji interprets a rare variation of one of the most popular scales in Indian classical music. The performance emotes compassion and heartfelt empathy with those who suffer physically, intellectually or spiritually. The elegiac composition leans on unadorned musical notes - shorn of technical dazzle - to highlight, without obtrusion, the unassailable dignity of the spirit amidst what chaos there may have been. In the process, classicism finds new meaning appropriate for the modern condition. Tabla: Pt. Mahadev Indorkar HINDOL In the spirit of this album's character highlighting Panditji's devotion to Lord Krishna, this selection features his interpretation of a Raga traditionally associated with an image of Lord Krishna reclining on a swing, surrounded by his devotees. The atmosphere is suffused by playful reverence. An early morning's ambience burnishes the joie de vivre. Panditji's composition is delectable in that the melody easily straddles the subtle ground between elegance and intellectualism, even as it uses rhythm and tempo to present an objective, physical picture of a divine swing in perpetual motion. That the enchanting melody is essentially based on four musical notes - skillfully woven into a substantive, poem-like song - is a testament to Panditji's artistic genius. Tabla: Sanjay Kumar 'No substitute for his flute...the complete master' - The Hindustan Times?? "A volcano of creative expression' - The Indian Express?? "His flute is an unending fountain of myriad melodies, always fresh, always original..." - The Patriot?? 'Creator of beautiful, wide and ethereal canvasses...' - The Deccan Herald?? '20th Century Renaissance Genius..' - The Cleveland Plain Dealer?? 'Intensely romantic...lyrical...extremely serene...' - Rave Magazine?? "Innovator in the world of music.. a versatile genius." -The JS Magazine?? "Seeker of truth through music. One of the greatest flautists of this world" - The Times of India?? "Reflective music, refreshing and genuinely haunting" - The New York Times?? "Awe inspiring. Freshness and finesse in every note. Marked by gay abandon, innovativeness and imaginative vitality" - The Statesman?? "Suave tonicity, lyricism, rich melodic beauty" - The Listening Post?? SUNRISE (Vol. 2) Originally recorded live in Bombay, India and Springfield, VA, USA Digitally re-mastered at The Red & Green company, VA, USA Special thanks to Smt. Lakshmi V. Rao CD version of Sunrise (Vol. 2) manufactured by Disc Makers, Philadelphia, PA, USA Sound Executive Dr. Vijay Vardhan Elchuri Executive Producer Sanjay Kumar © (p) 2014 by Pt. Vijay Raghav Rao & family from The Red & Green Company "Rays from sunrise drew forth buds and stretched them into long stalks, lifted up sap in noiseless streams, opened petals, and sucked out scents in invisible jets and breathings." - Thomas Hardy.- Shop: odax
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