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    Through the Gates of Good , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 64min
    From the Introduction: The genius of the present age in matters spiritual is towards simplicity, and the hunger of the human heart is for Truth naked and uninvolved. That hunger will eventually bring about (is already bringing about) its own satisfaction, and here and there are men and women who, passing through the Gateway of Self-conquest, are entering into possession of the Transcendent Righteousness.The closing years of the 19th century witnessed the culmination of Formalism, and the spiritual reaction is now firmly established. Already “the end of old faiths and beginning of the new” is discernible to all who have removed from their mental vision somewhat of the textual dust of dying creeds, and have penetrated, however faintly, that sublime region of Truth which is discoverable only by practice, and which is made manifest by pure thoughts and holy deeds.The universal decay of effete religious systems which the world is witnessing today is matter for rejoicing; it is the death which precedes Life; it is the passing away of the false in order that the True may be more fully revealed. The True can, at worst, but remain hidden. It endures. It remains forever. Its invincibility cannot be qualified, and he who has but one momentary glimpse of the True can never again be anxious for its safety. That about which men are anxious is the false, which they mistake for the True, and this, in spite of all their anxiety, must fade away at last.In the lives of all the Great Teachers we see a manifestation of that Universal Truth, the majesty and splendor of which is as yet but dimly comprehended by mankind, but which must, during the gradual transformation and transmutation which the accumulating ages shall effect, at last become the possession of all. That Truth, as manifested by the Teachers, was written by them, as it only can be written, in thoughts and deeds of the loftiest moral excellence which have been permanently impressed upon the min ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Barry J. Peterson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/108956/bk_acx0_108956_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Big Miss: My Years Coaching Tiger Woods , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 523min
    The Big Miss is Hank Haney's candid and surprisingly insightful account of his tumultuous six-year journey with Tiger Woods, during which the supremely gifted golfer collected six major championships and rewrote golf history. Hank was one of the very few people allowed behind the curtain. He was with Tiger 110 days a year, spoke to him over 200 days a year, and stayed at his home up to 30 days a year, observing him in nearly every circumstance: at tournaments; on the practice range; over meals, with his wife, Elin; and relaxing with friends. The relationship between the two men began in March 2004, when Hank received a call from Tiger in which the golf champion asked him to be his coach. It was a call that would change both men's lives. Tiger - only 28 at the time - was by then already an icon, judged by the sporting press as not only one of the best golfers ever, but possibly the best athlete ever. Already, he was among the world's highest paid celebrities. There was an air of mystery surrounding him, an aura of invincibility. Unique among athletes, Tiger seemed to be able to shrug off any level of pressure and find a way to win. But Tiger was always looking to improve, and he wanted Hank's help. What Hank soon came to appreciate was that Tiger was one of the most complicated individuals he'd ever met, let alone coached. Although Hank had worked with hundreds of elite golfers and was not easily impressed, there were days watching Tiger on the range when Hank couldn't believe what he was witnessing. On those days, it was impossible to imagine another human playing golf so perfectly. And yet Tiger is human - and Hank's expert eye was adept at spotting where Tiger's perfection ended and an opportunity for improvement existed. Always haunting Tiger was his fear of "the big miss" - the wildly inaccurate golf shot that can ruin an otherwise solid round - and it was because that type of blunder was somet ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Hank Haney. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/002961/bk_rand_002961_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    No Deals, Mr President
    The story is centred on the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, when the world came closest to all-out nuclear war. It begins with a scene in the White House, where Bobby Kennedy, the US Attorney General, faces the greatest challenge of his career: the confrontation between the superpowers over the installation of nuclear weapons on the island of Cuba. The main narrative explores the motivations and actions of Roger, a British industrial chemist, who, after attending his retirement party in 2010, wakes the following morning to find himself back in 1962, and now 18 years old again. Recovering from the shock of this time-shift, Roger realises that he can foresee the major trends of the following half-century, and sees it as his duty to warn the world of potential dangers. The publication of an article in the national press results in a television appearance in which Roger reveals a momentous secret: the Russians are planning to install nuclear missiles in Cuba, threatening US cities with destruction. After the show a young woman lures Roger to an apartment in London, where Soviet agents offer inducements in return for his cooperation. He tries to evade further such encounters by fleeing to various locations in England, including the home of a songwriter in Hertfordshire. On a visit to London, an attempt is made on Roger's life, but the songwriter's teenage daughter is killed in error. Roger again has to flee, but is now invited by the CIA to travel to Washington DC, where a mysterious encounter awaits him. There he meets 19-year-old Simon, a Virginian, and it dawns on the two of them that both have experienced the same time-shift from 2010 to 1962. Simon plants in Roger's mind a belief in American invincibility, and the need to stand up to Khrushchev, the Soviet leader, rather than offering to make any deals with him. A road accident hospitalises Simon and brings Roger into contact with schoolboy Kurt Dreschel. Shortly after this, Roger is interviewed on American TV, where he echoes Simon's brash views on the Cuban crisis. As autumn approaches, tension between the superpowers escalates to the point where fighting breaks out on the high seas. Roger fears that his return to 1962, though full of good intentions, has led to a string of disasters, with the ultimate one looming. An apparent nuclear strike is the last thing he remembers before waking up back in 2010. There he encounters Dreschel once again, now an ageing history professor on a lecture tour of the UK. The two of them astound each other with their respective insights, but a profound mystery remains to the very end.
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    The Life Before Her Eyes
    Imaginative, impetuous, and wild Diana (Evan Rachel Wood) can't wait for her adult life to begin. Diana tests her limits as her more conservative friend Maureen (Eva Amurri) watches with concern. But Diana's aura of invincibility is shattered.
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