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    Consensus Building
    The fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 unexpectedly put the possibility of a German reunification back on the political agenda. The scenario of a reunited German state in the center of Europe, however, threatened the balance of power that had averted an escalation into armed conflict throughout the Cold War era and raised fears and apprehensions due to the experiences and consequences of 74 years of German unity. Despite this historical context and the broad rejection of West German ambitions, Germany was reunited by October 1990, less than one year after the fall of the Berlin wall and nearly 10 years ago to this day. The remarkably swift and peaceful process of negotiating and establishing this reunification calls for a thorough analysis with a focus on the strategic moves of West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and how he managed to reach the necessary general consensus.
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    Day of the Caesars: Eagles of the Empire, Book 16 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 723min
    AD 55. The Emperor Claudius is dead. Nero rules. His half-brother Britannicus has also laid claim to the throne. A bloody power struggle is underway. All Prefect Cato and Centurion Macro want is a simple army life, fighting with their brave and loyal men. But Cato has caught the eye of rival factions determined to get him on their side. To survive, Cato must play a cunning game and enlist the help of the one man in the empire he can trust: Macro. As the rebel force grows, legionaries and Praetorian Guards are moved like chess pieces by powerful and shadowy figures. A political game has created the ultimate military challenge. Can civil war be averted? The future of the empire is in Cato's hands.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jonathan Keeble. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/head/000628/bk_head_000628_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Witches Abroad: Discworld, Book 12, Hörbuch, Digital, 190min
    Things have to come to an end, see. That's how it works when you turn the world into stories. You should never have done that. You shouldn't treat people like they was characters, like they was things. But if you do, then you've got to know where the story ends. That's the problem when you let real life get in the way of a good story. You shouldn't let it happen, especially when a good story involves three witches, including a fairy godmother, and travelling to a faraway land to make sure that a servant girl doesn't marry a prince. It looks as though a happy ending may be averted before catastrophe strikes. But unfortunately, the forces of good are up against a godmother who has made Destiny an offer it can't refuse. Language: English. Narrator: Tony Robinson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/000224/bk_rhuk_000224_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Intelligence Trap: Revolutionise your Thinking and Make Wiser Decisions , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 619min
    What blinkered Einstein and Edison? Why did Steve Jobs and NASA make lethal errors of judgement? How might environmental disaster and social inequality be averted?   It is time for us to learn a new way of thinking.   The 21st century presents complex problems that require a wiser way of reasoning, one that recognises our current limitations, tolerates ambiguity and uncertainty, balances multiple perspectives, and bridges diverse areas of expertise.    Whatever our age and experience, whether a NASA scientist or a school student, we will benefit from wielding our minds with insight, precision, social sensitivity and humility.    In an exhilarating journey through current research, drawing on insight from Socrates to Benjamin Franklin and some of the world’s most successful industries, award-winning science journalist David Robson shows how to build a cognitive toolkit to help us all maximise our full potential.    ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Simon Slater. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hodd/002143/bk_hodd_002143_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    All Good Children , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 550min
    Everyone tells Jordan Fontaine not to worry about the summer camp that isn't really a summer camp, not to worry about the survival statistics she's been calculating since elementary school, or about the quickly averted eyes and frowning mouths of her peers when she tells them her Liaison is coming to visit her and her brothers. She does not dare to tell anyone that her pulse quickens when she looks at the beautiful Liaison. But the Liaison, whose role is to supply their inhuman masters with bodies, is being manipulated by another. And Jordan will be drawn into a dangerous coup that she is unaware of. This is a world where women are bred like cattle, ensuring the continuation of the human race - or, as they are known to the malevolent Over, sustenance. Perhaps some children need to be seen and heard. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Samantha McManus. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/081937/bk_acx0_081937_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Billionaire Ransom: Fortune Riders MC, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 257min
    Katie was hoping for a happily-ever-after with her bad-boy biker, Morgan, but nothing is ever that simple. The war between the Orphans, Morgan's club, and the Outkasts, has been averted by the exile of Craig - Morgan's former second-in-command and best friend since his foster system days. However, Craig is not the only man angry with the lovers. Katie's rich and powerful father, Blake Wilkes, will stop at nothing, even putting a hit out on his own daughter, to make sure that it's the Orphans who take the fall for the brutal slayings Wilkes ordered. This sets into motion a daring plan that will put the proof of Wilkes' deadly intentions into the light. Caught in the crosshairs of power, money, and revenge, Katie and Morgan will have to risk everything in order to find their happily-ever-after. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tara Tyler. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/062178/bk_acx0_062178_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Losing an Enemy: Obama, Iran, and the Triumph of Diplomacy , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1038min
    This timely book focuses on President Obama's deeply considered strategy toward Iran's nuclear program and reveals how the historic agreement of 2015 broke the persistent stalemate in negotiations that had blocked earlier efforts. The deal accomplished two major feats in one stroke: it averted the threat of war with Iran and prevented the possibility of an Iranian nuclear bomb. Trita Parsi, a Middle East foreign policy expert who advised the Obama White House throughout the talks and had access to decision-makers and diplomats on the US and Iranian sides alike, examines every facet of a triumph that could become as important and consequential as Nixon's rapprochement with China. Drawing from more than 75 in-depth interviews with key decision-makers, including Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and US Secretary of State John Kerry, this is the first authoritative account of President Obama's signature foreign policy achievement. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Paul Boehmer. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/008234/bk_tant_008234_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Fresh Air, Peter Arnett and Peter Huchthausen, Hörbuch, Digital, 35min
    War correspondent and CNN's former international correspondent Peter Arnett and Retired Navy Captain Peter Huchthausen on this edition of Fresh Air. Peter Arnett became best known for his reporting from Baghdad during the allied bombing raid which heralded the start of the Gulf War. Arnett has more than 30 years of experience reporting, mostly for the Associated Press. He won a Pulitzer for his coverage of the Vietnam war . Arnett wrote the memoir, Peter Arnett: Live From the Battlefield: From Vietnam to Baghdad - 35 Years in the World's War Zones. Peter Huchthausen's the author of K19: The Widowmaker: the Secret Story of the Soviet Nuclear Submarine. The true story of a barely averted catastrophe aboard the nuclear powered submarine was adapted into a film of the same name starring Harrison Ford. (Original Broadcast Dates: January 18, 1994 and July 2, 2002) Language: English. Narrator: Terry Gross. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/whyy/021206/rt_whyy_021206_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    President Woodrow Wilson's Last State of the Union Address , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 20min
    Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856-February 3, 1924) was the 2twenty-eighth president of the United States, from 1913 to 1921, and leader of the progressive movement. Wilson induced a conservative Democratic Congress to pass a progressive legislative agenda, unparalleled until the New Deal in 1933. This included the Federal Reserve Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, the Clayton Antitrust Act, the Federal Farm Loan Act, and an income tax. Child labor was temporarily curtailed by the Keating-Owen Act of 1916. Wilson also averted a railroad strike and an ensuing economic crisis through passage of the Adamson Act, imposing an eight-hour workday for railroads. At the outbreak of World War I in 1914, Wilson maintained a policy of neutrality. Narrowly reelected in 1916 around the slogan "he kept us out of war", Wilson's second term was dominated by American entry into World War I. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John Greenman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/mike/001095/bk_mike_001095_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Firstborn: A Time Odyssey, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 706min
    The Firstborn, the mysterious race of aliens best known as the builders of the iconic black monolith in 2001: A Space Odyssey, have inhabited the writing of science fiction master Arthur C. Clarke for decades. In the first two books of his acclaimed Time Odyssey series, Clarke and co-author Stephen Baxter imagined a near-future in which the Firstborn seek to stop the advance of human civilization by employing a technology indistinguishable from magic. That fate was narrowly averted, at an inconceivable price. But now, 27 years later, the Firstborn are back. This time, they have sent a "quantum bomb" speeding toward Earth, a device that human scientists can barely comprehend, let alone stop or destroy. But when shocking new insights emerge about the nature of the Firstborn and their plans, an unexpected ally appears from light-years away. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John Lee. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/002647/bk_blak_002647_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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