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    Emerging from the long shadow cast by his formidable father, Harold Godwineson showed himself to be a worthy successor to the Earldom of Wessex. In the following 12 years, he became the king's most trusted advisor, practically taking the reins of government into his own hands. And on Edward the Confessor's death, Harold Godwineson mounted the throne - the first king of England not of royal blood. Yet Harold was only a man, and his rise in fortune was not blameless. Like any person aspiring to power, he made choices he wasn't particularly proud of. Unfortunately, those closest to him, sometimes, paid the price of his fame.This is a story of Godwine's family as told from the viewpoint of Harold and his younger brothers. Queen Editha, known for her Vita Ædwardi Regis, originally commissioned a work to memorialize the deeds of her family, but after the Conquest historians tell us she abandoned this project. In The Sons of Godwine and Fatal Rivalry, I am telling the story as it might have survived, had she collected and passed on the memoirs of her tragic brothers.Harold's siblings were all overshadowed by their famous brother; and in their memoirs, we see remarks tinged sometimes with admiration, sometimes with skepticism, and in Tostig's case, with jealousy. We see a Harold who is ambitious, self-assured, sometimes egocentric, imperfect, yet heroic. His own story is all about Harold, but his brothers see things a little differently. Throughout, their observations are purely subjective, and witnessing events through their eyes gives us an insider’s perspective.Harold was his mother's favorite, confident enough to rise above petty sibling rivalry, but Tostig, next in line, was not so lucky. Harold would have been surprised by Tostig's vindictiveness, if he had ever given his brother a second thought. And that was the problem. Tostig's love/hate relationship with Harold would eventually destroy everything they worked for, leaving the ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kevin E. Green. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/200435/bk_acx0_200435_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    You don’t need to keep quiet. Yes! Having a tough time in your relationship isn’t something you should just overlook. The honest truth is that the world today is crawling with a lot of narcissistic relationships, and most people tend to keep mute and just endure it.First you need to understand that he or will never change with time as you fantasize. Narcissism is a personality trait attributed to a person who is egocentric or seeks more attention, as they focus basically on their own interest, forgetting other parties. To be honest, narcissism is more complicated that people see it and requires precise standards that should be met before diagnosis. It most effectively affects a small percentage of people and it is dominant among men more than women. People with narcissistic personality diseases do not often know they need help.So if you are listening through this now, chances are that you are in a narcissistic relationship or battling to totally get rid of one. It sure doesn’t have to give you sleepless nights. All you need to do is just follow all the proven steps in this books and you sure will get your joy and happiness back as you enjoy your relationship or move on in a new and amazing relationship.As often said, you are the lord of your life and you control whatever action or actions that go on in your life. You don’t need to endure and take the guilt on what you know nothing about. In this book, you will understand decisive steps to:Handling narcissistsUnderstanding what narcissism is really all aboutYou will get to know who a toxic ex is and how to best manage themHow to manage narcissistic stalking and effectively break free from itWhat a narcissistic relationship really is and how to know if you are already in oneHow to recognizing the narcissist when you see oneWhat are the emotional and psychological reasons for narcissism?How to effectively recover ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Isa Lonergan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/205888/bk_acx0_205888_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Renaissance man and adventurer Chase Baker rarely visits home in upstate NY. But when his late dad's resting place is about to be dis-interred to make way for a new road, he volunteers to operate the backhoe. It's the least he can do for a father who was always there to help Chase, the young man. But what he doesn't expect is a job offer by the local Albany Police Department to look into a missing elderly couple. Maybe Chase wants nothing more than to get back to New York City to work on his latest novel, but when the detective in charge happens to mention the couple lived in the same house as Clara Harris and Union Major Henry Rathbone, the young couple who accompanied President Abraham Lincoln in the Presidential Box on the night of his assassination back in 1865, he puts his plans on hold. What makes the job impossible to ignore (aside from the badly needed payday) is that Clara Harris's dress which is rumored to be soaked with Lincoln's blood, is also said to be stored inside a secret vault somewhere in the house. While Chase decides to take on the job of looking for the old couple, he can't help but put his treasure hunting tools to work in searching for the dress first. Standing in his way, however, is not only an egocentric and murderous Civil War reenactment historian who believes he is the reincarnation of John Wilkes Booth, but more importantly, the dress itself. A dress that bears the blood of the Lincoln Curse. Filled with suspense, real history and alternative history, cliffhangers, action, and paranormal dream-like events, the newest novella-length episode in the best-selling, award-winning Chase Baker "pulp fiction" series is sure to thrill. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Andrew B. Wehrlen. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/078650/bk_acx0_078650_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    We never really know how it’s going to turn out. One day a community organizer, the next day President. One day CEO of Lehman Brothers, the next day the piñata for greed and ambition run amok. Life is full of decisions, choices, and unexpected twists and turns; how you pick yourself up and react to thee unanticipated circumstances will make all the difference. According to author Anthony Scaramucci, it is time to say goodbye to Gordon Gekko, the rogue character famously portrayed by Michael Douglas in the classic movie Wall Street. In Goodbye Gordon Gekko, Scaramucci explores opportunities for leading a rich life in a difficult, radically changed economy. Believing that the financial crisis was caused by a nation of Gekko-wannabes tripped up by status anxiety and egocentric tendencies, he argues that you can be happy and financially profitable as long as you stay true to yourself and stick to your values and principles. Scaramucci offers hope, urging you to pass through the happily-ever-after portal so that you can find your fortune and all that is fortunate. With years of experience at Goldman Sachs, and having co-founded two successful alternative investment management companies, the author provides a behind-the-scenes view of life on Wall Street—the wins and the losses, the rights and the wrongs, the successes and the failures, the good mentors and the difficult colleagues. Through these entertaining and insightful stories, featuring advice from a diverse cast of characters ranging from Li Ka-shing to John Weinberg to his Italian nana, Scaramucci identifies the temptations and roadblocks that accompany our professional ambitions and personal choices, revealing the rules for leading a profitable and fortunate life. What does this mean in practical terms? As Scaramucci shows, it means ridding yourself of egotistical tendencies and developing the self-awareness to bounce back from failure. It means building a circle of competence made of thos ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Walter Dixon. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/gdan/000462/bk_gdan_000462_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    If you can choose the perfect words and phrases, and look perfect for the job that you have to be hunting, then keep reading! Have you been dreaming of a specific job in a specific career and you are ready to enter the job market? Have you been interviewing and not getting the job offers you have been desiring?Whether you have an interview scheduled tomorrow or if you just started your job search and are preparing well in advance for the interviews to come, don't let your nerves get the better of you. In most cases, all you need to score an amazing interview is to familiarize yourself with some of the common questions asked and start crafting your answers in advance.Though there are no guarantees that you will get the job of your dreams, you can do a lot for job interview preparation to make sure that you are ready. Some interviews are easy, but the best jobs often come after rigorous and tough job interviews that can be done by one or more people within that particular company. There are many things that you can do to make yourself the best candidate that they see, and hopefully the one that they decide would be the best addition to their company.It may sound good to go into the interview without prepared answers thinking, probably, that if you prepare your answers will be stiff and sound rehearsed, and if you just "wing it" your answers will sound natural and present the real you, but I am afraid that may not be the way to look at it. Maybe it is not so bad to sound a little rehearsed and overly prepared. Maybe that slight stiffness will send the message that the job mattered to you enough that you did prepare. Someone who cares about how they present themselves must be more valuable than someone who "wings it." The "wing it" person may come off caviler, egocentric, narcissistic, conceited, and just a big ole full-of-'m-self blowhard.What you are going to discover in this book:"Get Read ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ted Ryan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/161290/bk_acx0_161290_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    We criticize them, we consider them unpleasant, we almost can't stand them for their egocentric and megalomaniac behavior, yet we can't resist their charm. Narcissists are apparently attractive, self-confident, charismatic people. They woo like princes in fairy tales and make us feel like undisputed queens, exalting how no one has ever seen our virtues before. Very often the narcissists, are individuals busy with a thousand commitments, are surrounded by many people, and the fact that they are willing to cut time just for us makes us feel special, for this reason, it is very easy to fall in love. The narcissist, especially in the field of love, needs to be in the eyes of the prey, as being perfect. But what it makes seem unfortunately does not correspond to reality, and the narcissist knows this well. That's why he goes hunting for his prey: to satisfy his need to feel perfect, and to confirm to himself his own value.It is from these attitudes that problems arise. We feel so attracted to this person that we're almost addicted to him. We give all of ourselves in the report and in return, what do we get? Nothing.In the conquest phase, his priorities are you and again you.Once he's won you over, his priorities are: Work, friends, leisure, and last chance? You.What if there’s a way to permanently annihilate a narcissist?You see, reality very often is not what we see. The narcissist wants to show its superiority, its brilliance and does not miss an opportunity to show off and be appreciated by others. He is in love with himself and wants to appear unique in the eyes of the world.What’s the reality?The reality is that the narcissist is an insecure, weak person with many problems. He's always struggling with his insecurities. And it's precisely these insecurities that make him recite a script. But you know, in life sooner or later all the knots come to the comb, and that's why, at the end of the performance, ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Clare Radix. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/169660/bk_acx0_169660_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    If you want the perfect words and phrases and to look perfect for the job you have be hunting, then pay attention!Have you been dreaming of a specific job in a specific career, and you are ready to enter the job market? Have you been interviewing and not getting the job offers you have been desiring?Whether you have an interview scheduled tomorrow or if you just started your job search and are preparing well in advance for the interviews to come, don't let your nerves get the better of you. In most cases, all you need to score an amazing interview is to familiarize yourself with some of the common questions asked and start crafting your answers in advance.Though there are no guarantees that you will get the job of your dreams, you can do a lot for job-interview preparation to make sure you are ready. Some interviews are easy, but the best jobs often come after rigorous and tough job interviews that can be done by one or more people within that particular company. There are many things you can do to make yourself the best candidate they see and hopefully the one they decide would be the best addition to their company.It may sound good to go into the interview without prepared answers thinking, probably, that if you prepare, your answers will be stiff and sound rehearsed, and if you just "wing it" your answers will sound natural and present the real you, but I am afraid that may not be the way to look at it. Maybe it is not so bad to sound a little rehearsed and overly prepared. Maybe that slight stiffness will send the message that the job mattered to you enough that you did prepare. Someone who cares about how they present themselves must be more valuable than someone who "wings it". The "wing it" person may come off caviler, egocentric, narcissistic, conceited, and just a big blowhard.What you are going to discover in this audiobook:Get ready for that interviewTips to crack the interviewDos ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ted Ryan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/189810/bk_acx0_189810_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Many children today believe that fame and fortune are the only pathways to happiness. This book shows that even if every desire is achieved in life, happiness can still be elusive. Many adults who know this important life lesson struggle to easily articulate the concept with their children. Sumi's story of transformation into a joyful, awakened butterfly will resonate deeply within young children who strain to find meaning and fulfillment in a profit-driven, egocentric world. This is the story of a baby caterpillar named Sumi and her life's journey to find everlasting happiness. The story unfolds in a gentle, loving way that reveals age-old wisdom about the search for happiness to modern kids. The story begins at Sumi's birth when she asks simple questions that have eluded many for millennia: "Who am I and why am I here?" At first she is focused on acquiring food for survival and temporary happiness, but she soon concludes that there must be more to life than mere survival. By facing her fears and leaving her comfort zone, she risks it all and climbs a tall tree to find all the pleasures of life: leaves, water, and sunshine. She tells her friends on the ground about the tree tops but is unable to shake them from their fears of the unknown. So she makes a sad, tough, but very mature decision to move on without them so she can live the life she always wanted. Sumi meets other like-minded, progressive caterpillars in the treetops and loves her new life; that is, until one day she realizes that deep within her was a sense of emptiness. Even with everything she ever wanted in life, she still wasn't happy. When external pleasures failed to fill her internal emptiness, she decided to search inward for the solution to her problem. As Sumi escapes shallower patterns of happiness and unhappiness for something deeper and more meaningful, she discovers sage-like insights that children can apply towards persona ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Craig Benzan, Miu Benzan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/089940/bk_acx0_089940_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Limited-time special: Special bonus inside! That's right... For a limited time you can download a free audiobook version of Timmie Guzzmann's Dog Jerk Joke Book with your purchase of Dogs Are Just Really Big Jerks! You and your kids will laugh out loud at funny sound effects of Jerky Dogs and funny Dog Pee Jerk Jokes. That's twice the fun! This is a great book if you are looking at a funny rhyming books for children, funny dog poems for kids, hilarious dog stories for kids, or rhyming books for children with humorous dog cartoon illustrations. Dog lovers will laugh out loud at the jerkiness of their furry friends with these curious and humorous dog poems and rhymes. In this hilarious book of tongue-twisting and rhyming poetry, Timmie watches dogs while they think nobody watches them and unlocks the poet in him. Powered by his creative potential Timmie Guzzmann, the author of Dogs Are Just Really Big Jerks! explains the jerky and weird behavior and of these egocentric dogs. The poems collected in the book perfectly capture the inner workings of the jerk dog psyche. The book includes funny, hilarious, and whimsical illustrations that reveal doggys at their jerkiest moments. Timmie opens the window of truth to shed light onto the most humorous and most daring jerk moments lived by these fickle, perky, and pesky egomaniacs as they are going on about their day in a truly jerky way. Timmie exposes true jerk personality and exposes some secrets that have never been told before. Timmie takes a very refreshing approach (and you will laugh out loud!) and tells his rhyming story that is chock full of jerk personality, a jerkiness that really is out of this world (ootwjr AKA out of this world jerk reality!) Let yourself be wowed and dive into a totally new genre of cat jerkiness because you won't believe how these jerks are acting when they think nobody is watching them... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Steve Ryan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/024744/bk_acx0_024744_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Intention Common Ground and the Egocentric Speaker-Hearer: ab 164.99 €
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