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  Whisper the Guns , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 416min

  When Merritt Fury, a fiercely independent American entrepreneur, returns to Hong Kong on business, little does he know that he has become enmeshed in a conspiracy to confiscate his investment and render the Crown colony a dependency on the Mainland dictatorship to the north. While he suspects foul play by some of his business partners in Bluelist TungstenTrading, he also learns that he is the object of scrutiny by an underground group combating the conspiracy. He meets Amber Lee, a Eurasian beauty and government economist - and also a pistol-packing spy. As Fury fights for his life and pieces together the paradoxical conflict, he grasps that he is the linchpin of the schemes of conspirators and plotters alike, and that it is precisely his independence that is the key factor in their plans. This novel, the first of the Merritt Fury series, was completed in 1977, but only first published in 1992. It is up on Kindle and Nook as an ebook with the other two titles in the series, We Three Kings and Run From Judgment. What I forecast in 1977 about the fate of Hong Kong has come about. Mainland China is now governed by a fascist regime that has retained the trappings of Communism and is Communist in name only. It is certainly not "capitalist" as pundits like to claim. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: R.C. Bray. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/002107/bk_acx0_002107_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Sacrifice (Breakthroughs in Mimetic Theory) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 138min

  In Sacrifice, Rene Girard interrogates the Brahmanas of Vedic India, exploring coincidences with mimetic theory that are too numerous and striking to be accidental. Even that which appears to be dissimilar fails to contradict mimetic theory, but instead corresponds to the minimum of illusion without which sacrifice becomes impossible. The Bible reveals collective violence, similar to that which generates sacrifice everywhere, but instead of making victims guilty, the Bible and the Gospels reveal the persecutors of a single victim. Instead of elaborating myths, they tell the truth absolutely contrary to the archaic sense. Once exposed, the single victim mechanism can no longer function as the model for would-be sacrificers. Recognizing that the Vedic tradition also converges on a revelation that discredits sacrifice, mimetic theory locates within sacrifice itself a paradoxical power of quiet reflection that leads, in the long run, to the eclipse of this institution which is violent but nevertheless fundamental to the development of human culture. Far from unduly privileging the Western tradition and awarding it a monopoly on the knowledge and repudiation of blood sacrifice, mimetic analysis recognizes comparable, but never truly identical, traits in the Vedic tradition. In giving attention to the overlooked subject of Vedic sacrifice in Indian religious tradition, this Stanford Emeritus Professor and member of the French Academy deepens understanding of the universal practice of sacrifice." (Midwest Book Review) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tim Lundeen. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/008785/bk_acx0_008785_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  I Am a Strange Loop , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1007min

  One of our greatest philosophers and scientists of the mind asks where the self comes from - and how our selves can exist in the minds of others. Can thought arise out of matter? Can self, soul, consciousness, "I" arise out of mere matter? If it cannot, then how can you or I be here?  I Am a Strange Loop argues that the key to understanding selves and consciousness is the "strange loop" - a special kind of abstract feedback loop inhabiting our brains. The most central and complex symbol in your brain is the one called "I". The "I" is the nexus in our brain, one of many symbols seeming to have free will and to have gained the paradoxical ability to push particles around, rather than the reverse.  How can a mysterious abstraction be real - or is our "I" merely a convenient fiction? Does an "I" exert genuine power over the particles in our brain, or is it helplessly pushed around by the laws of physics?  These are the mysteries tackled in I Am a Strange Loop, Douglas Hofstadter's first book-length journey into philosophy since Gödel, Escher, Bach. Compulsively listenable and endlessly thought-provoking, this is a moving and profound inquiry into the nature of mind.PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.  ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Greg Baglia. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hach/004771/bk_hach_004771_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Totem : Totem of Aries, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 139min

  This is Part 2 of Totem of Aries. Part 1 is called Prophecy of Aries. The combined completed book is Totem of Aries - the 8th instalment of Circle of Fate series. When her past becomes her future, she refuses to accept fate. Today isn’t just another day in Eudaiz for Madeline. She wakes to find a mark on Ciaran’s shoulder that will take his life before the day ends. An incident occurred in the past that caused this blood debt, and she’s confident she can go back to the past and fix it before it claims her husband. She time travels with what she considers a solid plan at the time. She has access to the best technology of Eudaiz. She’s a mind reader. She has supernatural power. She travels with a vampire friend who has wide connections across multiple worlds. What could possibly go wrong? The incident occurred before Ciaran and Madeline knew each other. Not only he didn’t know her, he didn’t trust her when she approached him as a stranger. One mistake could cost Madeline her current family, Eudaiz its king, and millions of citizens their lives. But she can’t gain Ciaran’s trust and his cooperation without telling him about the future. However, by doing so, she violates several paradoxical rules of time traveling, which will have unknown consequences in the future.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Erin Bateman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/144686/bk_acx0_144686_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  A.C.H.E.: A Suspenseful MFM Menage Romance , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 342min, (USK 18)

  A is for ache. "C" is for choice. "H" is for his. "E" is for Everly.   I have always gotten the short end of the stick when it comes to my personal life. Drug-addicted mother, obsessive stepfather, shitty upbringing, and one soul-shattering, heart-wrenching relationship. But everything changed when I met Alec Prescott. I couldn’t stand the cocky hotshot lawyer at first, but after assisting him on one case, my opinion changed drastically. He became the beginning I so desperately needed, even if romantic relations at work are completely forbidden.  Unfortunately, falling in love with a coworker is the least of my problems. Funny thing about the past, it’s never truly far away. No matter how fast you run from it or how hard you try to suppress it, it’s there, lingering like a fog, blinding your vision, impacting your decisions, affecting your life.   That’s where Tage Andrews comes in. He’s the heartache I can never outrun. The man who saved me from my past all while pillaging my emotions. I want to avoid reliving it - avoid him - but he’s always there, lingering like a fog, blinding my vision, impacting my decisions, affecting my life.   This is my paradoxical predicament. Two men. One choice. Inevitable heartbreak.  A.C.H.E. is an angsty, fast-paced romantic suspense with ménage themes. Listener discretion is advised.  ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Brooke Bloomingdale, Lee Samuels, Sam Crowley. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/034261/bk_adbl_034261_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Mutiny Girl : Gold & Courage Series , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 564min

  A taut, thrilling drama told exceptionally well. (Steve Berry, New York Times best-selling author)"An engagingly written series starter with a bounty of plot twists and Miami vices." (Kirkus Reviews)Rumors of $75 million in missing cartel cash.An iconic Florida waterfront hotel with a dangerous past.An ex-detective turned lawyer with his own playbook.Vance Courage knows all too well the Hotel Mutiny was once the secret enclave for Miami's notorious Cocaine Cowboys. Law enforcement, drug lords, and lots of shady operatives lived it up inside the Mutiny's high-security private club.Outside the hotel, Miami was a war zone. The coroner stored murder victims in rented refrigerated trucks. Witnesses and jurors disappeared. A federal judge was gunned down outside his home.But that was a different era. Or was it?Courage is a lawyer now, and his practice is on the skids. When a fugitive sneaks into Miami from Cuba, it unleashes demons from the past. Characters from the Cocaine Cowboy days are cropping up - including an enticing woman he meets on a dating app. With his life going nowhere fast, he wonders what they want with him. And why now?This paradoxical tale of murder, tenderness, corruption, and family will get inside your head and won't let go until you've heard the final word.Get it now. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Adam Riley. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/151019/bk_acx0_151019_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The CIO Paradox: Battling the Contradictions of IT Leadership , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 474min

  Regardless of industry, most major companies are becoming technology companies. The successful management of information has become so critical to a company’s goals, that in many ways, now is the age of the CIO. Yet IT executives are besieged by a host of contradictions: Bad technology can bring a company to its knees, but corporate boards rarely employ CIOs; CIOs must keep costs down at the very same time that they drive innovation. CIOs are focused on the future, while they are tethered by technology decisions made in the past. These contradictions form what Martha Heller calls The CIO Paradox, a set of conflicting forces that are deeply embedded in governance, staffing, executive expectations, and even corporate culture. Heller, who has spent more than 12 years working with the CIO community, offers guidance to CIOs on how to attack, reverse, or neutralize the paradoxical elements of the CIO role. Through interviews with a wide array of successful CIOs, The CIO Paradox helps listeners level the playing field for IT success and get one step closer to bringing maximum value to their companies. Gildan Media and Bibliomotion are proud to bring you another Bibliomotion Audiobook. Featuring exceptional content for today’s listener, these notable audiobooks contain the essential tools that can be applied to every facet of your life. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sean Pratt. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/gdan/001224/bk_gdan_001224_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1434min

  One of the most acclaimed travel writers of our time turns his unflinching eye on an American South too often overlooked. Paul Theroux has spent 50 years crossing the globe, adventuring in the exotic, seeking the rich history and folklore of the far away. Now, for the first time, in his 10th travel book, Theroux explores a piece of America - the Deep South. He finds there a paradoxical place, full of incomparable music, unparalleled cuisine, and yet also some of the nation's worst schools, housing, and unemployment rates. It's these parts of the South, so often ignored, that have caught Theroux's keen traveler's eye. On road trips spanning four seasons, wending along rural highways, Theroux visits gun shows and small-town churches, laborers in Arkansas, and parts of Mississippi where they still call the farm up the road "the plantation". He talks to mayors and social workers, writers and reverends, the working poor and farming families - the unsung heroes of the South, the people who, despite it all, never left, and those who returned home to rebuild a place they could never live without. From the writer whose "great mission has always been to transport us beyond that reading chair, to challenge himself - and thus, to challenge us" (Boston Globe), Deep South is an ode to a region, vivid and haunting, full of life and loss alike. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John McDonough. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/reco/008911/bk_reco_008911_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Self Discipline: Learn How to Develop Grit, Perseverance, Daily Habits to Achieve Success with No Drama Excuses and Change Your Mind to Endure the Obstacle in Your Way so You Can't Get Hurt , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 226min

  You’re about to discover how to take back control of your body and emotions to make them do what you say, when you say it! Can I get a Hoo-Ya? This little but important guide will teach you everything you need to know for you to take back control. To experience more freedom in your life, you need more of the opposite: self-discipline.Does that sound paradoxical? Allow me to explain. If you want:More free time: you will need to get better at time management.Financial freedom: you need to get more financial discipline.Be in great shape: you need to eat healthy and exercise regularly.By being disciplined, you can create the life you always wanted!This book will show you how to go about it by helping you to change your mindset so that you can then nurture the necessary healthy habits that will help you succeed. You will also realize that as you work on building your self-discipline, emotional balance is a key ingredient, and this book will show you exactly how to work on your emotional balance to ensure you stay on the path to success. That’s not all. This audiobook will also show you how to create and nurture the needed motivation to take you through the journey to being productive and positive in everything you do. Buy this audiobook now! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Brittany A. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/143938/bk_acx0_143938_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Synchronicity: Nature and Psyche in an Interconnected Universe: Carolyn and Ernest Fay Series in Analytical Psychology , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 271min

  In 1952 C. G. Jung published a paradoxical hypothesis on synchronicity that marked an attempt to expand the western world's conception of the relationship between nature and the psyche. Jung's hypothesis sought to break down the polarizing cause-effect assessment of the world and psyche, suggesting that everything is interconnected. Thus, synchronicity is both "a meaningful event" and "an acausal connecting principle." Evaluating the world in this manner opened the door to "exploring the possibility of meaning in chance or random events, deciphering if and when meaning might be present even if outside conscious awareness." Now, after contextualizing Jung's work in relation to contemporary scientific advancements such as relativity and quantum theories, Joseph Cambray explores in this book how Jung's theories, practices, and clinical methods influenced the current field of complexity theory, which works with a paradox similar to Jung's synchronicity: the importance of symmetry as well as the need to break that symmetry for "emergence" to occur. Finally, Cambray provides his unique contribution to the field by attempting to trace "cultural synchronicities," a reconsideration of historical events in terms of their synchronistic aspects. For example, he examines the emergence of democracy in ancient Greece in order "to find a model of group decision making based on emergentist principles with a synchronistic core." ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Thomas M. Perkins. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/004725/bk_acx0_004725_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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