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    Great Wine: How to Understand and Enjoy the World’s 10 Best Wine Varietals, Hörbuch, Digital, 283min
    Learn to understand and enjoy the world’s standout wine-grape varietals with Master of Wine Rob Geddes. An educator, reviewer, judge, frequent guest expert, and the brains behind the mobile app Australian Wine Vintages, Geddes has been a forerunner in the democratization of the wine industry.    In this 12-part audio course, Geddes shares some tricks of the trade with the casual wine-drinker.  Taking cues from Geddes’s expertise, you will consider the chemistry behind the creation of flavor - the nuances of which he subdivides into the balance, length, intensity, and complexity of flavor.  Throughout the program, Geddes recommends wines for you to sample; the effect is of touring wine country, minus the costs of travel and lodging. This is Geddes’s critical maneuver: sounding the death of elitism by praising bottles under $20 with the same enthusiasm as bottles over $150. Specific topics of discussion include: Cabernet Sauvignon (from Chile and Anderson Valley, California)Champagne and Sparkling WinesChardonnay (from the Napa Valley and Australia)Merlot (from Italy and California)Pinot Grigio (from Italy and Oregon) and Port and MadeiraWhether you aim to assemble your own amateur collection or aspire to become more knowledgeable about pairings, Geddes’s program is right up your alley.  Language: English. Narrator: Rob Geddes. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/nykm/000306/bk_nykm_000306_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Who Can You Trust?: How Technology Brought Us Together - and Why It Could Drive Us Apart , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 632min
    Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Who Can You Trust? by Rachel Botsman, read by Caroline Baum. If you can't trust those in charge, who can you trust? From government to business, banks to media, trust in institutions is at an all-time low. Widespread corruption, elitism and economic disparity have led to a worldwide upsurge of antiestablishment movements. But this isn't the age of distrust - far from it. In this revolutionary book, world-renowned trust expert Rachel Botsman reveals that we are at the tipping point of one of the biggest social transformations in human history. A new world order is emerging: we have lost faith in brands, leaders and systems, but millions of people every day rent their homes to total strangers on AirBnB, exchange cryptocurrency online or get in the cars of unknown Uber drivers. This is the age of distributed trust; a paradigm shift driven by new technologies that are rewriting the rules of an all-too-human relationship. If we are to benefit from this radical transformation, it is vital that we understand the new mechanics of how trust is built, managed, lost and repaired. In Who Can You Trust?, Botsman provides a detailed map of this uncharted landscape - and explores what's next for humanity. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Caroline Baum. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/pauk/001010/bk_pauk_001010_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Crisis of Responsibility: Our Cultural Addiction to Blame and How You Can Cure It , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 299min
    The left and right have gone to great lengths to blame the problems plaguing our society but neither Washington DC, Wall Street, Mexico, China, the Feds, nor the media are the cause of our problems - nor are they the cure. Across the globe a “revolt” of sorts is taking place against elitism. No more will big government, big media, big banks, big bureaucracy, and big institutions hold the secret nuggets of truth and dictate our lives and fortunes. Financial markets, political punditry, and cultural leaders are all scrambling to react to the rise of the often disenfranchised.  But what happens after all the bogeymen have been vanquished? What if opposing the incompetence of the European Union, the biases of the American media, the corruption of crony capitalism, the arrogance of political power brokers, and allegedly unfair global trade deals is not enough? The key to American prosperity in this new era of populism is for moral people to make responsibility matter again by renewing personal virtue and form lasting, mediating institutions that will trump the elitist bogeymen and scapegoats for generations to come.  If we fail as individual Americans to address this core crisis of responsibility, we have only ourselves to blame for what happens next. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David L. Bahnsen. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/107656/bk_acx0_107656_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Academia
    Academia ab 40.99 € als Taschenbuch: Medieval university Interdisciplinarity Academic elitism Academy University constituency Academic term Academic dishonesty Governance in higher education Academic freedom Anti-intellectualism Harold Pinter and academia. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Wirtschaft & Soziales,
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    Facets , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 875min
    Dear Reader, "Book titles can stymie an author. Finding the right one is like hitting stride in a long-distance race: The sooner you do it, the better the run. Facets was Facets from the opening shot, a natural when the book was first published in 1990 and a natural today. This is a many-sided book in several regards. Think of a gem. On one side, there is Hillary Cox, a writer; on another, Pamela St. George, a jewelry designer. On a third, there is Pamela's brother John, a mining magnate; and on a fourth, Cutter Reid, once a devil-may-care tourmaline miner, now as sophisticated as John. In setting, Facets ranges far as well, from the glitz of New York to the elitism of Boston to the nitty-gritty of the small Maine mining town of Timiny Cove. Likewise personalities: Facets pits the arrogant, self-centered John against the newly vengeful Hillary, the creative and sensitive Pamela, and the doggedly self-made Cutter. Spanning three decades, Facets is as much a family drama as any I've ever written. My writing style may have changed since 1990, but the heart and soul of my characters have not. Please enjoy Facets as much as I did then - and do now." My thanks and best wishes, Barbara Delinsky ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Joyce Bean. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/000961/bk_brll_000961_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Dream Horse: The Incredible True Story of Dream Alliance – the Allotment Horse who Became a Champion , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 444min
    The moving true story of an ordinary Welsh woman who dreamed of breeding a race horse, and Dream Alliance, who defied the odds to become a champion and brought a community together. Janet Vokes was running the bar in her local working men’s club in the small Welsh mining community of Cefn Fforest when she fixed upon the idea of breeding a racehorse. Why shouldn’t a working-class horse take on the wealthy high-flyers and compete in the ‘sport of kings’? Her mind set, she bought a mare for £350, paired her up with a pedigree stallion and helped to create a syndicate of twenty-three residents from her village – each paying £10 a week – to raise the resulting foal, Dream Alliance. He may have grown up on an allotment but Dream had immediate star quality, beating all the odds to compete at Ascot, Aintree and even the Cheltenham Festival. But when a terrible injury brings his racing days to a standstill, the syndicate is forced to make a vital decision not just about his career, but his life.Heart-warming, inspiring and incredibly moving, Dream Horse by Janet Vokes is the extraordinary story of a woman who defied the elitism of the racing world to breed a champion, and a remarkable horse who brought a community together.  ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Charlotte Strevens. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/macm/001865/bk_macm_001865_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Education issues
    Education issues ab 30.49 € als Taschenbuch: Corporal punishment School uniform Education reform School shooting Affirmative action Academic elitism School voucher Academic dishonesty Desegregation busing in the United States School violence Grade inflation. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Wirtschaft & Soziales,
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    Wall Street Crash Course , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 38min
    With a wall that was erected in 1653 by Dutch colonists to protect themselves from the British and the Native Americans, Wall Street came into existence. Even after the wall was taken down in 1699, the street retained its name as Wall Street and became the center of trade in the city. In the late 1790s, Wall Street firms started issuing publicly traded investment. This was also the time when the New York Stock Exchange was established. After World War I, Wall Street and New York City became the most significant financial center of the world. Till this day, Wall Street is home to some of the world's most powerful financial organizations. Top investment banks and brokerages are still found on Wall Street along with the New York Stock Exchange and the American Stock Exchange. As globalization takes place, the term Wall Street has gained global recognition, and it has come to be used for financial institutions around the world. While Wall Street is seen as a symbol of financial power among most people, many Americans associate Wall Street with power politics and elitism. This is probably what gave rise to the Main Street, which is a metonym for small businesses, individual investors, and employees. Comparisons between Wall Street and Main Street are very frequent with reference to the objectives, desires, and motivations of the people on both sides. Where Wall Street is the more popular and awe-inspiring figure, Main Street is more about the simple trader or the lesser-known businesses. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Andrea Giordani. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/103399/bk_acx0_103399_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Glop: Nontoxic, Expensive Ideas That Will Make You Look Ridiculous and Feel Pretentious , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 255min
    A wickedly funny sendup of the trendy, pretentious celebrity website GOOP. What is Glop? Glop is a business and a website. But Glop is also a feeling. It's about picking the right expensive organic eye cream that will make you a tall, thin, wealthy blonde WASP who fits seamlessly into the top tiers of high society and sits next to Bono at a 42-course seitan tasting dinner held in a sex dungeon deep beneath the North Pole. Glop is about being conscious to the tiny details of our lives - what to eat, where to buy your cashmere yoga pants, which juice cleanse will remove the most mercury toxins from both your body and your cashmere yoga pants. Glop is about you. In this scathingly humorous parody, Gabrielle Moss skewers the vanity, elitism, and silliness of the lifestyle website everyone loves to hate. Here are favorite recipes, detoxes, activities, cleanses, beauty tips, juice cleanses, vacation destinations, and juice cleanse-detoxes and a selection of hand creams that will open your third eye - plus lots of celebrity namedropping and more. Glop includes everything from the silly to sublime - make-at-home stem cell moisturizing repair masques, weekend colonics, restorative yoga poses (for when Sting is mad at you about that thing you did), and even the freshest bones for your bone broth. Here, too, are G's essential tips on parenthood, relationships, work and finances, entertaining, food (well, maybe not food), spirituality, beauty, fashion, home, gifts, kids, and more. Nothing in Glop is sacred - except for a few Indian cows you can't afford. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tavia Gilbert. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/005677/bk_harp_005677_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Listen, Liberal: Or, What Ever Happened to the Party of the People? , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 507min
    From the best-selling author of What's the Matter with Kansas, a scathing look at the standard-bearers of liberal politics - a book that asks: What's the matter with Democrats? It is a widespread belief among liberals that if only Democrats can continue to dominate national elections, if only those awful Republicans are beaten into submission, the country will be on the right course. But this is to fundamentally misunderstand the modern Democratic Party. Drawing on years of research and first-hand reporting, Frank points out that the Democrats have done little to advance traditional liberal goals: expanding opportunity, fighting for social justice, and ensuring that workers get a fair deal. Indeed, they have scarcely dented the free-market consensus at all. This is not for lack of opportunity: Democrats have occupied the White House for 16 of the last 24 years, and yet the decline of the middle class has only accelerated. Wall Street gets its bailouts, wages keep falling, and the free-trade deals keep coming. With his trademark sardonic wit and lacerating logic, Frank lays bare the essence of the Democratic Party's philosophy and how it has changed over the years. A form of corporate and cultural elitism has largely eclipsed the party's old working-class commitment, he finds. For certain favored groups, this has meant prosperity. But for the nation as a whole, it is a one-way ticket into the abyss of inequality. In this critical election year, Frank recalls the Democrats to their historic goals - the only way to reverse the ever-deepening rift between the rich and the poor in America. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Thomas Frank. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/aren/002195/bk_aren_002195_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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