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    Small Change , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 446min
    These 20 superbly crafted linked stories navigate the difficult realm of friendship, charting its beginnings and ends, its intimacies and betrayals, its joys and humiliations. A mother learns something of the nature of love from watching her young daughter as she falls in and out of favor with a neighborhood girl. An intricate story of two women reveals a friendship held together by the steely bonds of passivity. A chance sighting in a library prompts a woman to recall the "unconsummated courtship" she was drawn into by a male colleague. With trenchant insight, uncommon honesty, and dark humor, Elizabeth Hay probes the precarious bonds that exist between friends. The result is an emotionally raw and provocative collection of stories that will resonate with listeners long after they finish. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kate Greenhouse. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/prhc/000056/bk_prhc_000056_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Against Democracy
    Most people believe democracy is a uniquely just form of government. They believe people have the right to an equal share of political power. And they believe that political participation is good for us - it empowers us, helps us get what we want, and tends to make us smarter, more virtuous, and more caring for one another. These are some of our most cherished ideas about democracy. But Jason Brennan says they are all wrong. In this trenchant book, Brennan argues that democracy should be judged by its results - and the results are not good enough. Featuring a new preface that situates the book within the current political climate and discusses other alternatives beyond epistocracy, Against Democracy is a challenging critique of democracy and the first sustained defense of the rule of the knowledgeable.
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    My Lady Ludlow
    My Lady Ludlow is Elizabeth Gaskell's charming tale of the conflict between progress and tradition, set in the England of 1800. Lady Ludlow is a kind, generous, and responsible member of the English aristocracy. She is also a trenchant traditionalist, virulently opposed to any move that would bring change to the social order. In the little village of Hanbury over which she presides, she finds herself increasingly opposed by those who have different visions of the greater good. A clergyman wishes to build a schoolhouse to educate the poor; her estate steward wants to help a local poacher's son. Will Lady Ludlow be able to cope with the changing times? Told with warmth and a sure feel for period detail, My Lady Ludlow will delight all lovers of historical fiction.
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    Man - King of Mind, Body and Circumstance , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 62min
    In this audiobook James Allen makes a trenchant examination of one of the great conundrums of philosophy and religion: the problem of evil. As the author states in the foreword: All the problems of life, whether they be social, political, or religious, subsist in ignorance and wrong living. As they are solved in the heart of each individual, they will be solved in the mass of men. As men learn to live rightly, direct their forces, and use their functions and faculties by the light of wisdom, the sum of life will be correctly done, and its mastery will put an end to all the "problems of evil". To the wise, all such problems have ceased. A lesser known but powerful treatise by one of the pioneers of the New Thought movement. Narrated by Denis Daly. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Denis Daly. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/mike/001191/bk_mike_001191_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    How to Be Safe: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 394min
    Former teacher had motive. Recently suspended for a so-called outburst, high school English teacher Anna Crawford is stewing over the injustice at home when she is shocked to see herself named on television as a suspect in a shooting at the school where she works. Though she is quickly exonerated, and the actual teenage murderer identified, her life is nevertheless held up for relentless scrutiny and judgment as this quiet town descends into media mania. Gun sales skyrocket, victims are transformed into martyrs, and the rules of public mourning are ruthlessly enforced. Anna decides to wholeheartedly reject the culpability she's somehow been assigned, and the rampant sexism that comes with it, both in person and online. A piercing feminist howl written in trenchant prose, How to Be Safe is a compulsively listenable, darkly funny expose of the hypocrisy that ensues when illusions of peace are shattered. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Amy Landon. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/high/002042/bk_high_002042_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Philosophy and Real Politics , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 183min
    Many contemporary political thinkers are gripped by the belief that their task is to develop an ideal theory of rights or justice for guiding and judging political actions. But in Philosophy and Real Politics, Raymond Geuss argues that philosophers should first try to understand why real political actors behave as they actually do. Far from being applied ethics, politics is a skill that allows people to survive and persue their goals. To understand politics is to understand the powers, motives, and concepts that people have and that shape how they deal with the problems they face in their particular historical situations. Philosophy and Real Politics both outlines a historically oriented, realistic political philosophy and criticizes liberal political philosophies based on abstract conceptions of rights and justice. The book is a trenchant critique of established ways of thought and a provocative call for change. The book is published by Princeton University Press. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John Lescault. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/redw/000025/bk_redw_000025_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Andrew Murray Collection: Humility, Absolute Surrender, With Christ in the School of Prayer, School of Obedience, Abide in Christ, Lord Teach Us to Pray, & The Master's Indwelling , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1577min
    Andrew Murray (1828-1917) was a South African writer, teacher, and Christian pastor. This Best Of collection comprises seven of his most trenchant books. In Humility, Murray calls on Christians to turn from pride and study the character of Christ to be filled with his grace. Absolute Surrender extols the need for absolute surrender to God, with concrete steps for bringing about such surrender in one's life. "School of Obedience" is a short essay on the nature of obedience and examines the living connection between Christ's obedience and our obedience.  Murray’s inspiring words on prayer are found in Lord Teach Us to Pray and With Christ in the School of Prayer. The Master's Indwelling is an explanation on how the believer can overcome obstacles and live a life of peace and joy. Murray stresses the importance of Christ being given his rightful place in the individual’s life. Abide in Christ describes the joy of always being in God’s presence. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Museum Audiobooks cast. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/yurt/002211/bk_yurt_002211_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Just like Beauty , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 613min
    Just like Beauty is a brilliantly inventive debut novel that blends adolescent angst and cultural satire and is set in a disconcertingly not-so-distant future complete with high-tech food, mutant animals, socially sanctioned violence, and despoliation of the planet. This surprising combination gives author Lisa Lerner a fresh and funny way to explore family dynamics, gender roles, competitiveness, and the "beauty myth" in a society that keeps reinventing them anew for each generation. A plague of mutant grasshoppers is invading American suburbia. An underground suicide cult is gaining national prominence. Gangs of teenage boys with blow torches run amok. But what really has 14-year-old Edie Stein distracted from her town's annual Feminine Woman of Conscience Pageant is Lana Grimaldi, the sexy girl next door. How does a feminine woman of conscience deal with her? Just like Beauty offers a comically trenchant look at where our culture is heading and the absurdity that passes for ordinary. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jorjeana Marie. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/007221/bk_blak_007221_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    As It Was, Hörbuch, Digital, 160min
    Fred Trueman was a national treasure, a legend not only to cricket fans the world over but also to those who only ever took a passing interest in the game. As one of the greatest fast bowlers in cricketing history, Trueman's dazzling performances raised the spirits of a nation and struck terror in the hearts of even the most formidable of opponents. In this audiobook, Trueman tells the full, definitive story of his life in his own inimitable fashion. From his village childhood to his debut for Yorkshire at the tender age of 18, to his international test triumphs and his other and equally successful careers as a commentator, stalwart of BBC Radio's Test Match Special, raconteur, and after-dinner speaker, Freddie recalls, with characteristic honesty, the highs and lows of his public and private life. This audiobook is bursting with riotous anecdotes, trenchant opinions on the game he loved, and genuine warmth. Language: English. Narrator: Fred Trueman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/macm/000073/bk_macm_000073_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Bat Chain Puller: Rock and Roll in the Age of Celebrity , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 720min
    Bat Chain Puller (the title is taken from a Captain Beefheart song) is an incisive portrait of a culture unanchored and adrift. In these pieces, veteran MTV commentator and rock journalist Kurt Loder turns his jaundiced eye and trenchant wit on the nature of celebrity as embodied by rock musicians and other pop culture icons. Ride along as Mick Jagger sheds his bad-boy image to embrace the jet-setter lifestyle; ponder the puzzling dichotomy between Prince's racy lyrics and self-proclaimed spirituality; and witness whether The Who's latest tour will indeed be the band's last, or a disingenuous declaration to increase profits.Bat Chain Puller also pays tribute to those who have kept the rebellious torch burning brightly in the glittering land of celebrity: David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Tina Turner, Laurie Anderson, The Beatles The Ramones, Blondie, The Velvet Underground, Iggy Pop, Talking Heads, The Sex Pistols, ZZ Top, Bruce Springsteen, and more... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki, Stephen Hoye. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/000020/bk_adbl_000020_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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