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  Vaporized (eBook, ePUB)

  Vaporized was selected as the winner of the 2016 International Book of the Year prize by getAbstract from a field of 10,000 business and strategy titles. The prize was announced at the Frankfurt Book Fair on October 19, 2016Digital technology has upturned entire industries and irrevocably altered the way we live, work and do business. Now, it is set to transform every sector and economic system on the planet in almost unimaginable ways - even those once thought to be immune from its effects. In his groundbreaking new book Vaporized, digital pioneer and business futurist Robert Tercek takes us inside the world's largest cultural and economic transformation since the industrial revolution, and explains what it means to consumers, employers and policy makers. Dynamic and engaging, Tercek does for digital business theory what Malcolm Gladwell has done for sociology, translating a complex, arcane subject in approachable and relevant terms. In contrast to the digital-era doomsayers and hand-wringing pundits, Tercek offers an insightful, optimistic analysis of the future and a practical blueprint for survival that no business leader, from the Fortune 500 CEO to the small startup owner, can afford to ignore.

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  Lifeblood: How to Change the World One Dead Mosquito at a Time , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 408min

  In 2006, the Wall Street pioneer and philanthropist Ray Chambers flicked through some holiday snapshots taken by his friend, development economist Jeff Sachs, and remarked on the placid beauty of a group of sleeping Malawian children. "They're not sleeping," Sachs told him. "They're in malarial comas. A few days later, they were all dead." Chambers had long avoided the public eye, but this moment sparked his determination to coordinate an unprecedented, worldwide effort to eradicate a disease that has haunted humanity since before the advent of medicine. Award-winning journalist Alex Perry obtained unique access to Chambers, now the UN Special Envoy for Malaria. In this book, Perry weaves together science and history with on-the-ground reporting and a riveting exposé of the workings of humanitarian aid to document Chambers' campaign. By replacing traditional ideas of assistance with business acumen and hustle, Chambers saved millions of lives, and upturned current notions of aid, forging a new path not just for the developing world but for global business and philanthropy. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ken Maxon. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/003524/bk_adbl_003524_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Cabaret of Plants: Forty Thousand Years of Plant Life and the Human Imagination , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 674min

  A rich, sweeping, and compelling work of botanical history, The Cabaret of Plants explores dozens of plant species that for millennia have challenged our imaginations, awoken our wonder, and upturned our ideas about history, science, beauty, and belief. Going back to the beginnings of human history, Richard Mabey shows how flowers, trees, and plants have been central to human experience not just as sources of food and medicine but as objects of worship, actors in creation myths, and symbols of war and peace, life and death. Mabey takes listeners from the Himalayas to Madagascar to the Amazon to our own backyards. He ranges through the work of writers, artists, and scientists and across nearly 40,000 years of human history: Ice Age images of plant life in ancient cave art and the earliest representations of the Garden of Eden; Newton's apple and gravity, Priestley's sprig of mint and photosynthesis, and Wordsworth's daffodils; the history of cultivated plants such as maize, ginseng, and cotton; and the ways the sturdy oak became the symbol of British nationhood and the giant sequoia came to epitomize the spirit of America. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ralph Lister. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/005967/bk_tant_005967_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  On Becoming Toddlerwise: From First Steps to Potty Training , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 300min

  There is no greater fulfillment a parent can receive than the upturned face of a toddler, eyes speaking wonders and a face of confidence in discovering a brand new world with Mom and Dad.  In a little more than a year, the helpless infant emerges as a little moving, talking, walking, exploratory person marked by keen senses, clear memory, quick perceptions, and unlimited energy. He emerges into a period of life known affectionately as the "toddler years".  How ready are you for this new experience?  The toddler years are the learning fields, and you need a trustworthy guide to take you through the unfolding maze of your child's developing world. On Becoming Toddlerwise is a tool chest of workable strategies and ideas that multiplies your child's learning opportunities in a loving and nurturing way.  This resource is as practical as it is informative. Come join 28-year pediatrician Dr. Robert Bucknam, MD, coauthor Gary Ezzo, MA, and the community of six million homes in all 50 states and around the world, from first steps to potty training made easy, as you find peace and success with your children in the On Becoming best-selling series! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: William Crockett. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/118096/bk_acx0_118096_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Why Are We Here?: Discerning our Unitarian Mission in an Upturned World

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  A Vision of Fire , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 564min

  The first novel from iconic X-Files star Gillian Anderson and New York Times best-selling author Jeff Rovin: a science fiction thriller of epic proportions. Renowned child psychologist Caitlin O'Hara is a single mom trying to juggle her job, her son, and a lackluster dating life. Her world is suddenly upturned when Maanik, the daughter of India's ambassador to the United Nations, starts speaking in tongues and having violent visions. Caitlin is sure that her fits have something to do with the recent assassination attempt on her father - a shooting that has escalated nuclear tensions between India and Pakistan to dangerous levels - but when teenagers around the world start having similar outbursts, Caitlin begins to think that there’s a more sinister force at work. In Haiti, a student claws at her throat, drowning on dry land. In Iran, a boy suddenly and inexplicably sets himself on fire. Animals, too, are acting irrationally, from rats in New York City to birds in South America to ordinary house pets. With Asia on the cusp of nuclear war, Caitlin must race across the globe to uncover the mystical links among these seemingly unrelated incidents in order to save her patient - and perhaps the world. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gillian Anderson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/006817/bk_sans_006817_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Florence Young: Mission Accomplished: Christian Heroes: Then & Now , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 277min

  A rip current overturned the whaleboat with eight Kanaka Christians aboard. Only three of the men could swim, and the others clung to the upturned boat. Sharks circled the three as they struggled to get to shore. The three survived, but the others could not be found. When Florence heard the news, she resolved to go on despite the dangers. Once timid and unsure of her own salvation, New Zealander Florence Young rose to her calling and became a fearless and faithful witness for Jesus Christ. Eventually serving in the remote Solomon Islands and, for a season, in China during the deadly Boxer Rebellion, Florence began her service close to home. This one woman's mission to the Solomon Islanders, or Kanakas, working on her family's Australian plantation soon expanded to their home islands. There, as Florence and others helped Kanaka believers reach out to villages steeped in cannibalism and revenge killings, thousands of people were transformed by the love of God. (1856-1940) This best-selling missionary biography series - Christian Heroes: Then & Now - chronicles the exciting, challenging, and deeply touching true stories of ordinary men and women whose trust in God accomplished extraordinary exploits for his kingdom and glory. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Rebecca Gallagher. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hove/001718/bk_hove_001718_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Anish Kapoor: Between Painting and Sculpture: Cv/Visual Arts Research, Book 232, Hörbuch, Digital, 16min

  A recorded visit to an exhibition by Anish Kapoor at the Lisson Gallery, London continued to 22nd June, 2019. Includes descriptions of works and bio-dara of the artist. In the rear ground floor space of the gallery a suite of new paintings, completed at the end of 2018. Each canvas is 274 cms tall by 213 cms wide. The colour range is restricted and highly pitched, a distinctly abstract expressionist handling with sweeping brush and hand work. An aggressive and confrontational approach infuses a violently striated surface. A basic pink shape, in some like sagging flesh or an upturned vessel is worked with smeared white strokes, then corrupted by slashed veins of blood red and pitch black, scarring the lower part of the canvases. The hand work introduces an element of unleashed energy on the white ground, in a scheme of unleashed emotion. It is violently expressive, chaotic and turbulent. The painting ‘Teeth’ 2018 resembles a tip tilted jug spewing corrupted matter. These recent paintings progress of the artist’s constant preoccupation with the life force of the body. Previously viewed in the giant ‘Leviathan’; a maroon inflatable of spectacular dimension installed in Monumenta 2011 at the Grand Palais Paris. Here visitors walked inside the heart shaped cavern, encountering receding passages of valves and vents. Kapoor has never resisted dynamic scale for maximum resonance of effect. Language: English. Narrator: Christopher Selbie. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/155581/bk_acx0_155581_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Reckless , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 536min

  By the time she was 14, Chrissie Hynde knew she had to get out of Akron, Ohio. Her perfect '50s American childhood upturned by a newly acquired taste for rock 'n' roll, motorbikes and the ‘get down boys' seen at gigs in and around Cleveland - Mitch Ryder, the Jeff Beck Group, the Velvet Underground and David Bowie among the many. Wrapped up in the Kent State University riots and getting dangerously involved in the local biker and drug scenes, she escaped - to Mexico, Canada, Paris and finally London, where she caught the embryonic punk scene just in time not only to witness it first-hand, but more importantly to seize the opportunity to form her own band, The Pretenders. Iggy Pop, The Sex Pistols, The Clash, Vivienne & Malcolm, Ray Davies...on every page household names mingle with small town heroes as we shift from bedroom to biker HQ; from squat to practice room; from pub gig to Top Of The Pops - the long and crooked path to stardom, and for The Pretenders, ultimately, tragedy. That Chrissie Hynde is alive to tell the tale is, by her own admission, something of a miracle. Throughout she is brutally honest, wryly humorous, and always highly entertaining. She has written one of the most evocative and colourful music memoirs to be published in recent years. Narrated by Rosanna Arquette. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Rosanna Arquette. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/002155/bk_rhuk_002155_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Domestic Discipline for Daniel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 200min, (USK 18)

  When handsome new shop assistant Daniel is rude and obnoxious to a valued customer, he discovers the painful way to learn to be polite - through the indignity of hard, regular spankings and canings applied to his upturned bare bottom. The irate customer, attractive, sexy Olivia Hamilton, is expert at severe and humiliating corporal punishment for misbehaving adults. It’s so embarrassing and it hurts so much - but soon Daniel’s fear and dread of the cane turn to acceptance and finally a real craving for more and more imaginative discipline, which his new Mistress is only too keen to give. Sometimes Daniel’s punishments are administered in front of enthusiastic witnesses, and to add even more to his distress and embarrassment, Olivia’s niece Laura also discovers he is under her aunt’s extremely strict regime. Listen to vivid descriptions of Daniel’s increasing torments as his bare, exposed buttocks writhe and flinch under the excruciating sting of the cruel cane brought down hard on the most sensitive parts of his bottom, over and over again. He is reduced to begging and pleading for it to stop, but Olivia well knows that regular good, old-fashioned, traditional canings, combined with prolonged bare-bottom spankings, always brings about a change in behavior. This complete corporal punishment novel is for adults only (over 18) and contains strong graphic descriptions of humiliating adult discipline together with strong sexual scenes. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Saul Jones. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/144674/bk_acx0_144674_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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