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  Love" Poems for Kathy : Green. Laced. Leaves. , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 86min

  These love poems interlink and tell the troubled story of obsessional love. Lyrical and elegiac, they will please poetry lovers and will also interest people who wish to plumb the psychological depths of obsessional passion. Over a mere, few months, the poet Jonathan Finch wrote more than 100 love poems for and to his femme fatale. "Love" Poems for Kathy: Green. Laced. Leaves. is a sequence of interrelating love poems that tell the story of the poet's love and then hate for the woman who infatuated him. Tracing his early intense feelings for Katharine, the poems quickly descend into a maelstrom of contradictory passions which leave the poet exhausted but creatively embroiled. The listener is free to trace the violent emotions that were born out of this love, the jealousy the poet feels for his woman's past, the negative tirades which plumb misogynistic depths, the pathetic realization he has lost her, his plans to murder, his hallucinations, and his heartbreak. Throughout the trauma, love resurfaces weeping and is then buried once more under an avalanche of emotions that will leave the sensitive listener upset and anxious. "La belle dame sans merci" distances herself and the poet sees a man walking down a street "Where no street was, where no man was". In the 1970s and 80s, Jonathan Finch was singled out by editors and poets who published a great number of his poems in small magazines, pamphlets, and anthologies. He won prizes in British poetry competitions. When he was 33 he left the UK and has never been resident since. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Anthony Schliesman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/111615/bk_acx0_111615_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Brain Changer: How Harnessing Your Brain's Power to Adapt Can Change Your Life , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 399min

  Let’s be honest. You've tried the sticky-note inspirations, the motivational calendar, and the cute (but ineffective) "carpe diem" mug - yet your attitude hasn't changed. It's time to apply cutting-edge science to the challenges of daily life. While everyone desires self-improvement, we are quickly frustrated when trying to implement the contradictory philosophies of self-appointed self-help gurus. Too often, their advice is based on anecdote and personal opinion, not real research. Bestselling author of What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should Do the Opposite David DiSalvo returns with Brain Changer: How Harnessing Your Brain's Power to Adapt Can Change Your Life. Drawing on the latest research in neuroscience, cognitive psychology, behavioral economics, communications, and even marketing, DiSalvo replaces self-help with "science help." He demonstrates how the brain's enormous capacity to adapt is the most crucial factor influencing how we feel and act - a factor that we can control to change our lives. Findings show our brains are fluid and function much like a feedback loop: stimulants from both our environment and from within ourselves catalyze changes in the brain's response. That response then elicits additional inputs that the brain identifies and analyzes to further tailor its response. DiSalvo shows that the greatest internal tool we have to affect the feedback loop is metacognition ("thinking about thinking").Littered with relatable examples and tackling major aspects of our lives including relationships, careers, physical health, and personal development, Brain Changer shows you how to harness metacognition to enrich your life. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tim Andreas Pabon. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/gdan/001150/bk_gdan_001150_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Love Story in Shakespearean Comedy: Pioneers in Economics; 26; Elgar , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 591min

  In this fascinating study, Anthony J. Lewis argues that it is the hero himself, rejecting a woman he apprehends as a threat, who is love's own worst enemy. Drawing upon classical and Renaissance drama, iconography, and a wide range of traditional and feminist criticism, Lewis demonstrates that in Shakespeare the actions and reactions of hero and heroine are contingent upon social setting - father-son relations, patriarchal restrictions on women, and cultural assumptions about gender-appropriate behavior. This compelling analysis shows how Shakespeare deepened the familiar love stores he inherited from New Comedy and Greek romance.Beginning with a penetrating analysis of the hero's contradictory response to sexual attraction, Lewis's discussion traces the heroine's reaction to abandonment and slander, and the lover's subsequent parallel descents into versions of bastardy and death. In arguing that comedy's happy ending is the product of the gender role reversals brought on by their evolving relationship itself, Lewis shows in meticulous detail how sexual stereotypes influence attitudes and restrict behavior.Lewis's persuasive argument, that Shakespeare's heroes and heroines are, from the first, three-dimensional figures far removed from the stock types of Plautus, Terence, and his continental sources, will prove a valuable contribution to the ongoing feminist reappraisal of Shakespeare.The book is published by The University Press of Kentucky. The audiobook will be published by University Press Audiobooks."This is a meaty book, one which sets out its arguments clearly and displays its evidence honestly. It is worth considering and arguing with." (Notes and Queries)"Establishes a new starting point for future studies of the subject." (Sewanee Review) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gregory T Luzitano. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/199793/bk_acx0_199793_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Practicing Mind: Bringing Discipline and Focus into Your Life , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 231min

  Present moment awareness is an essential ingredient in life if one expects to experience any degree of authentic peace and contentment. It has been acknowledged for centuries as the cornerstone of spiritual awakening in all traditions of Eastern thought. In the West, however, it is still a relatively unrecognized concept for living. The Western mind is always restless, never content with the moment. Its internal dialogue is always firing off thoughts filled with emotional content and pulling the individual out of the present and into the past or future. But individuals raised in Western culture are becoming increasingly aware of their overall sense of mental exhaustion, their lack of discipline and their inability to focus on demand. They are willing to expend the energy necessary to experience inner peace and a quiet mind that is waiting to follow the direction of their will. They are realizing that the endless struggle to fulfill the insatiable appetite of instant gratification is fruitless and tiresome at best. They are ripe for a new path in life and eager for a new set of instructions. This is the purpose of The Practicing Mind. It comprehensively deals with helping the individual understand exactly what present-moment awareness is, how we are raised in a manner contradictory to this, and how we change our mindset to make this a part of our daily living. This book is accessible to listeners of all philosophical backgrounds. Regardless of your perspective, you will find the book's insights most compelling. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Thomas M. Sterner. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/mtsa/000001/bk_mtsa_000001_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Winter , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 310min

  The second volume in his autobiographical quartet based on the seasons, Winter is an achingly beautiful collection of daily meditations and letters addressed directly to Knaugsaard's unborn daughter 2 December - It is strange that you exist, but that you don't know anything about what the world looks like. It's strange that there is a first time to see the sky, a first time to see the sun, a first time to feel the air against one's skin. It's strange that there is a first time to see a face, a tree, a lamp, pajamas, a shoe. In my life it almost never happens anymore. But soon it will. In just a few months, I will see you for the first time. In Winter, we rejoin the great Karl Ove Knausgaard as he waits for the birth of his daughter. In preparation for her arrival, he takes stock of the world, seeing it as if for the first time. In his inimitably sensitive style, he writes about the moon, water, messiness, owls, birthdays - to name just a handful of his subjects. These oh-so-familiar objects and ideas he fills with new meaning, taking nothing for granted or as given. New life is on the horizon, but the earth is also in hibernation, waiting for the warmer weather to return, and so a contradictory melancholy inflects his gaze. Startling, compassionate, and exquisitely beautiful, Knausgaard's writing is like nothing else. Somehow, he shows the world as it really is, at once mundane and sublime. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/reco/010601/bk_reco_010601_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Swami Vivekananda and His Legacy with Gwilym Beckerlegge: Hindu Scholars, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 175min

  In this five part lecture series Gwilym Beckerlegge discusses the life and legacy of Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902), the Hindu teacher who was arguably the first "global guru". Vivekananda has been influential in shaping, among other things, Hindu notions of social activism, and what has come to be known as Modern Yoga, which is now practised beyond India. Gwilym covers the influence of Vivekananda's own guru, the widely revered Sri Ramakrishna, Vivekananda's fascinating journey from India to the United States and Europe at the turn of the 20th century, and the institutions Vivekananda started in Ramakrishna's name.Vivekananda has been a highly influential but contentious figure in the history of recent Hindu tradition. These lectures will explore aspects of Vivekananda’s legacy with particular reference to the Ramakrishna Math and Mission, the movement Vivekananda founded in his guru's name, and the Vivekananda Kendra, also inspired by Vivekananda, which came into existence in 1972. The Kendra, however, promotes in Vivekananda’s name an ideology strongly influenced by Hindu nationalism. Through an examination of these two movements, the lecture will illustrate the diffuse and durable nature of Vivekananda’s influence, and in the process explain why Vivekananda has been judged by some to have been a contradictory and controversial figure.Session 1 - Introducing Vivekananda and his guru RamakrishnaSession 2 - Vivekananda in the USA and LondonSession 3 - Establishing the Ramakrishna Math and Mission in India: Vivekananda and the spiritual discipline of serviceSession 4 - Continuity, discontinuity, and innovation in Vivekananda's ideasSession 5 - Vivekananda and his Hindu nationalist admirers ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gwilym Beckerlegge. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/223346/bk_acx0_223346_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant: Preserving the Civil War's Legacy , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 407min

  Until recently, scholars have portrayed Grant as among the country’s worst chief executives. Though the scholarly consensus about Grant’s presidency is changing, the general public knows little, if anything, about his two terms, other than their outsized reputation for corruption. While scandals are undoubtedly part of the story, there is more to Grant’s presidency: Grant faced the Panic of 1873, the severest economic depression in US history, defeated the powerful Senator Charles Sumner on the annexation of Cuba, and deftly avoided war with Spain while laying the groundwork for the “special relationship” between Great Britain and the United States. Grant’s efforts to ensure justice for African Americans and American Indians, however, were undercut by his own decisions and by the contradictory demands of the various constituencies that made up the Republican Party.In The Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant: Preserving the Civil War’s Legacy, historian Paul Kahan focuses on the unique political, economic, and cultural forces unleashed by the Civil War and how Grant addressed these issues during his tumultuous two terms as chief executive. A timely reassessment, The Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant sheds new light on the business of politics in the decade after the Civil War and portrays an energetic and even progressive executive whose legacy has been overshadowed by both his wartime service and his administration’s many scandals.The book is published by Westholme Publishing. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks."Paul Kahan paints a revealing portrait…should change your thinking.” (Stephen Puleo, author of The Caning) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jared Cram. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/234469/bk_acx0_234469_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Aim True, My Brothers: A Political Action Thriller , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 636min

  Rooted in the history of the Middle East, this political action thriller is set in contemporary Washington DC and Virginia, when terrorism explodes on American shores. Ibrahim Al-Bari is a highly skilled Hamas commander who has battled and killed Americans throughout Iraq and Afghanistan. After losing two brothers and a sister in a bloody attack on a civilian bus in Israel, Al-Bari decides that fighting US surrogates in far-away places is a futile waste of Palestinian blood. "To kill a snake, you must go to its lair and cut off its head," he says, as he decides to take his war private and strike at the heart of the American government itself. No simple man with a rifle in a book depository window; when Al-Bari strikes, he will unleash an old weapon that will take out the President and many other national and international leaders in a dramatic, fiery attack on national television. In this fast-paced murder mystery, trying to find him and stop him, is Eddie Rankin, a maverick FBI agent, who has never met a rule he couldn't break; Moustapha 'Mouse' Khalidi, the smooth, urbane Chief of Security at the Egyptian Embassy in Washington; and Rachel Ullman, a hard-edged, female Israeli Mossad agent, counter-terror specialist, and killer, who lost her own family to a suicide bomber. The question is, with their personal frictions and contradictory orders, can this temporary, dysfunctional alliance hold together long enough to catch Al-Bari before they kill each other - and the clock is ticking. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Eddie Frierson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/018791/bk_acx0_018791_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Evel: The High-Flying Life of Evel Knievel: American Showman, Daredevil, and Legend , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1057min

  From New York Times best-selling author Leigh Montville, this riveting and definitive new biography pulls back the red, white, and blue cape on a cultural icon - and reveals the unknown, complex, and controversial man known to millions around the world as Evel Knievel. Evel Knievel was a high-flying daredevil, the father of extreme sports, the personification of excitement and danger and showmanship... and in the 1970s, Knievel represented a unique slice of American culture and patriotism. His jump over the fountains at Caesar's Palace led to a crash unlike anything ever seen on television, and his attempt to rocket over Snake River Canyon in Idaho was something only P. T. Barnum could have orchestrated. The dazzling motorcycles and red-white-and-blue outfits became an integral part of an American decade. Knievel looked like Elvis... but on any given Saturday afternoon, millions tuned in to the small screen to see this real-life action hero tempt death. But behind the flash and the frenzy, who was the man? Best-selling author Leigh Montville masterfully explores the life of the complicated man from the small town of Butte, Montana. He delves into Knievel's amazing place in pop culture, as well as his notorious dark side - and his complex and often contradictory relationships with his image, the media, his own family, and his many demons. Evel Knievel's story is an all-American saga, and one that is largely untold. Leigh Montville once again delivers a definitive biography of a one-of-a-kind sports legend. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Danny Campbell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/002599/bk_rand_002599_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  A Beginner's Guide to Investing: How to Grow Your Money the Smart and Easy Way , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 139min

  Audition Deadline: May 28, 2014 Whether you're a complete investing novice or just confused about all the contradictory advice out there, A Beginner's Guide to Investing is an accessible guide to growing your money the smart and easy way. Throw away the get-rich quick schemes that never work and turn off the financial news and it's constant noise. Whether your dream is protecting your assets in a turbulent market or growing your wealth so that you can retire in style, this book is the blueprint. You can be a successful investor - really. Join Ivy Bytes, an innovative start-up dedicated to creating accessible content on crucial issues, and Alex Frey, a lifelong investor and Harvard MBA, as they show you: How you can realistically expect to double your money every 7-10 years Why most investors achieve stunningly poor returns on their money - and how to avoid turning into one of them How to choose an investment account that you can keep for the rest of your life How to out-perform the vast majority of professional investors while taking less risk How to quickly create a portfolio of diversified ETFs (exchange traded funds) How to put in as few as three to five hours every year on your investing - and still beat 80% of investors Why you may not be properly diversified in holding the most popular index mutual funds How endowments like Yale university have consistently beaten the overall stock market - and what you can learn from them And more. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Adam Verner. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/020163/bk_acx0_020163_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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