63 Results for : imploded
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Twilight of the Elites: America after Meritocracy , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 430min
A powerful and original argument that traces the roots of our present crisis of authority to an unlikely source: the meritocracy. Over the past decade, Americans watched in bafflement and rage as one institution after another - from Wall Street to Congress, the Catholic Church to corporate America, even Major League Baseball - imploded under the weight of corruption and incompetence. In the wake of the Fail Decade, Americans have historically low levels of trust in their institutions; the social contract between ordinary citizens and elites lies in tatters. How did we get here? With Twilight of the Elites, Christopher Hayes offers a radically novel answer. Since the 1960s, as the meritocracy elevated a more diverse group of men and women into power, they learned to embrace the accelerating inequality that had placed them near the very top. Their ascension heightened social distance and spawned a new American elite - one more prone to failure and corruption than any that came before it. Mixing deft political analysis, timely social commentary, and deep historical understanding, Twilight of the Elites describes how the society we have come to inhabit - utterly forgiving at the top and relentlessly punitive at the bottom - produces leaders who are out of touch with the people they have been trusted to govern. Hayes argues that the public's failure to trust the federal government, corporate America, and the media has led to a crisis of authority that threatens to engulf not just our politics but our day-to-day lives. Upending well-worn ideological and partisan categories, Hayes entirely reorients our perspective on our times. Twilight of the Elites is the defining work of social criticism for the post-bailout age. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Chris Hayes. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/003079/bk_rand_003079_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Danish Dynamite: The Story of Football's Greatest Cult Team , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 510min
The Denmark side of the 1980s was one of the last truly iconic international football teams. Although they did not win a trophy, they claimed something much more important and enduring: glory, and in industrial quantities. They were a bewitching fusion of futuristic attacking football, effortless Scandinavian cool, and laid-back living. They played like angels and lived like you and I, and they were everyone’s second team in the mid-1980s. The story of Danish Dynamite, as the team became known, is the story of a team of rock stars in a polyester Hummel kit. Heralding from a country with no real football history to speak of and a population of five million, this humble and likeable team was unique. Everymen off the field and superheroes on it, they were totally of their time, and their approach to the game was in complete contrast to the gaudy excess and charmless arrogance of today’s football stars. That they ultimately imploded in spectacular style, with a shocking 5-1 defeat to Spain in the 1986 World Cup in a game that almost everyone expected them to win, only adds to their legend. For the first time in Emglish, Danish Dynamite tells the story of perhaps the coolest team in football history, a team that had it all and blew it in spectacular style after a live-fast-die-young World Cup campaign. Featuring interviews with the players themselves, including Michael Laudrup, Preben Elkjr, and Jesper Olsen, as well as with those who played or managed against them, this is a joyous celebration of one of the most life-affirming teams the world has ever seen. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Derek Le Page. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/018151/bk_adbl_018151_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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If a Tree Falls in a Forest: Manifesting Magic Secret 7 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 65min
If a tree falls in a forest and there is nobody there to observe it, does it make any sound? Until very recently my answer to this age-old question would have been of course it does, don't be so silly. Only recently, as I searched for scientific evidence to back up the theories on manifesting the life of your dreams, have I changed my position on this. No, not just changed but completely imploded. The reasons are revealed in this book, and they will once and for all prove the existence and power of the law of attraction. If you have been dreaming about a better life, a life of your choosing, then this book (the final in the Manifesting Magic series) will deliver to you a simple but incredibly beautiful choice to make. You can sit back and observe life and, by doing so, send out submissive observational energy waves and just accept what comes back (living a reactionary life, like the vast majority of human beings). Or you can decide now to take control of the energy that you are emitting into the universe and start designing the outcome you receive back. There are only two options, but whatever thoughts you create are going to have a dramatic impact on your life, so why not be in the driving seat rather than live like most people do, as a mere blindfolded passenger? Discover: How the law of attraction works How you can connect to this powerful force What quantum theory proves about us How to consistently manifest what you want Staying in balance with karma Why gratitude amplifies the effects of cosmic ordering ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Craig Beck. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/059019/bk_acx0_059019_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Owning Up: The 14 Questions Every Board Member Needs to Ask , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 312min
Your world as a director has suddenly changed. You've seen members of other boards take the heat when their companies imploded. The managements of Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns, Merrill Lynch, and Washington Mutual clearly failed, but so did their boards. Now the board of every company beset with problems is coming under scrutiny. The pressure is on. Your board must own up to its accountability for the performance of the corporation. Governance now means leadership. Boards must change their modus operandi to address the new and complex issues that are emerging. These include: Ensuring liquidity in the context of the global financial crisis Setting CEO performance targets in a very uncertain economy Assessing strategy and enterprise risk under extreme volatility So what should boards do now? What should they be talking about in their meetings and executive sessions? What decisions must they make? How assertive must they be regarding company priorities and operating goals? In Owning Up, business advisor and corporate governance expert Ram Charan answers these and other burning questions on the minds of directors and business leaders. He describes best practices that are emerging in boardrooms he has observed firsthand. And he provides practical recommendations on a range of issues, from compensation to dealing with external constituencies. Wisely attuned to the human side, he confronts the need for some boards to refresh their composition and for others to rebalance their board dynamics. Directors, CEOs, general counsels, and operating executives will find here the guidance they need to meet the new and rising standards for corporate governance in this demanding business environment. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Scott Peterson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/gdan/000280/bk_gdan_000280_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Rescue Bear: Cortez : Silvertip Shifters, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 301min
His to defend. Hers to trust. Theirs to love. Haley and Cortez's story is magical. After Haley's life disastrously imploded, trusting a man again is out of the question. Seeking a fresh start, she lands in the mountain shifter town of Deep Hollow, home to the Silvertip grizzly bear clan. When she meets rowdy bear shifter Cortez, her life might change again - if she can allow herself to trust him. A bear shifter on the edge....Thrill seeker Cortez lived life on a risky edge - until a terrible accident changed everything. Tormented by his failure to protect his friends, he now struggles to control his troubled inner bear. Then he meets Haley and faces the biggest risk of all: opening his heart to claim the fascinating woman as his mate.A shifter town about to join together to battle unknown enemies. But when Haley's ugly past catches up to her, it will take more than Cortez's protective instincts and more than her own untapped inner strength to face it. It will take an entire town of wild shifter magic to unleash the fierce courage needed to protect everyone's safety - and to bring together two hearts destined to belong to one another. To the listener: This story is filled with heart-pounding romance, thrilling adventure, and some awesome sexy times. If you love big ole grizzly bear shifters who have a soft spot for their fated mates, the charming and funny details of a shifter-filled small town, and the beautiful power of true love to always save the day, this book is for you. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Beth Roeg. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/149564/bk_acx0_149564_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Wheelmen: Lance Armstrong, the Tour de France, and the Greatest Sports Conspiracy Ever , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 742min
The first in-depth look at Lance Armstrong's doping scandal, the phenomenal business success built on the back of fraud, and the greatest conspiracy in the history of sports. Lance Armstrong won a record-smashing seven Tours de France after staring down cancer, and in the process became an international symbol of resilience and courage. In a sport constantly dogged by blood-doping scandals, he seemed above the fray. Then, in January 2013, the legend imploded. He admitted doping during the Tours and, in an interview with Oprah, described his "mythic, perfect story" as "one big lie". But his admission raised more questions than it answered - because he didn't say who had helped him dope or how he skillfully avoided getting caught. Wall Street Journal reporters Reed Albergotti and Vanessa O'Connell broke the news at every turn. In Wheelmen they reveal the broader story of how Armstrong and his supporters used money, power, and cutting-edge science to conquer the world's most difficult race. Wheelmen introduces U.S. Postal Service Team owner Thom Weisel, who in a brazen power play ousted USA Cycling's top leadership and gained control of the sport in the United States, ensuring Armstrong's dominance. Meanwhile, sponsors fought over contracts with Armstrong as the entire sport of cycling began to benefit from the "Lance effect". What had been a quirky, working-class hobby became the pastime of the Masters of the Universe set. Wheelmen offers a riveting look at what happens when enigmatic genius breaks loose from the strictures of morality. It reveals the competitiveness and ingenuity that sparked blood-doping as an accepted practice, and shows how the Americans methodically constructed an international operation of spies and revolutionary technology to reach the top. At last exposing the truth about Armstrong and American cycling, Wheelmen paints a living portrait of what is, without question, the great ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Santino Fontana. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/peng/002230/bk_peng_002230_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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House of Nails: A Memoir of Life on the Edge , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 511min
Tough, straight, upsetting, and strangely beautiful. One of the best sports autobiographies I've ever read. It comes from the heart. (Stephen King) Eclipsing the traditional sports memoir, House of Nails, by former world champion, multimillionaire entrepreneur, and imprisoned felon Lenny Dykstra, spins a tragicomic tale of Shakespearean proportions - a relentlessly entertaining American epic that careens between the heights and the abyss. Nicknamed "Nails" for his hustle and grit, Lenny approached the game of baseball - and life - with mythic intensity. During his decade in the majors as a center fielder for the legendary 1980s Mets and the 1990s Phillies, he was named to three All-Star teams and played in two of the most memorable World Series of the modern era. An overachiever known for his clutch hits, high on-base percentage, and aggressive defense, Lenny was later identified by his former minor league roommate, Billy Beane, as the prototypical "Moneyball" player in Michael Lewis' best seller. Tobacco stained, steroid powered, and booze and drug fueled, Nails also defined a notorious era of excess in baseball. Then came a second act no novelist could plausibly conjure: After retiring, Dykstra became a celebrated business mogul and investment guru. Touted as "one of the great ones" by CNBC's Jim Cramer, he became "baseball's most improbable postcareer success story" (The New Yorker), purchasing a $17.5-million mansion and traveling the world by private jet. But when the economy imploded in 2008, Lenny lost everything. Then the feds moved in: Convicted of bankruptcy fraud (unjustly, he contends), Lenny served two and a half harrowing years in prison, where he was the victim of a savage beating by prison guards that knocked out his front teeth. The Daily Show's Jon Stewart, channeling the bewildered fascination of many observers, declared that Lenny's outrageous rise and spectacular fall was "the ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Patrick Lawlor. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/005421/bk_harp_005421_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 552min
John Meriwether, a famously successful Wall Street trader, spent the 1980s as a partner at Salomon Brothers, establishing the best - and the brainiest - bond arbitrage group in the world. In 1991, in the wake of a scandal involving one of his traders, Meriwether abruptly resigned. For two years, his fiercely loyal team - convinced that the chief had been unfairly victimized - plotted their boss' return. In 1993, Meriwether gathered together his former disciples and a handful of supereconomists and proposed that they become partners in a new hedge fund different from any Wall Street had ever seen. And so Long-Term Capital Management was born. Meriwether & Co. truly believed that their finely tuned computer models had tamed the genie of risk, and would allow them to bet on the future with near mathematical certainty. Thanks to their cast - which included a pair of future Nobel Prize winners - investors believed them. Four years later, when a default in Russia set off a global storm that Long-Term's models hadn't anticipated, its supposedly safe portfolios imploded. In five weeks, the professors went from mega-rich geniuses to discredited failures. The firm's staggering $100 billion balance sheet threatened to drag down markets around the world. At the eleventh hour, fearing that the financial system of the world was in peril, the Federal Reserve hastily summoned Wall Street's leading banks to underwrite a bailout. Best selling author Roger Lowenstein captures Long-Term's roller-coaster ride in gripping detail. Drawing on confidential internal memos and interviews with dozens of key players, Lowenstein crafts a story that reads like a first-rate thriller from beginning to end. He explains not just how the fund made and lost its money, but what it was about the personalities of Long-Term's partners, the arrogance of their mathematical certainties, and the late-90s culture of Wall Street that made it all possible. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Roger Lowenstein. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhau/000060/bk_rhau_000060_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Haven Bay Series Books 1 - 3 (eBook, ePUB)
Then There Was You When Kat Hopa lost her husband, her B&B in Haven Bay became her sanctuary. With every room she renovated, she put a piece of herself back together too. So when Sterling Knight knocks on her door with an offer to buy her property, she isn't interested-no matter how intriguing she finds the shadows behind his icy blue eyes.Sterling is determined to prove himself at work, and that means ensuring that his company's next project-on Kat's land-is a success. Now all he has to do is convince the stubborn (and distractingly beautiful) owner to sell. Ignoring his intense attraction to her is impossible, and before long, Kat-and the tight knit bay community-are inching their way into his heart.Kat never imagined she'd get a second chance at true love, and especially not with someone who's as much in need of fixing as she is. Sterling never expected to meet a woman who'd make him consider giving up everything he's worked so hard for. Can Kat and Sterling overcome their painful pasts to take a chance on happily ever after? Two of a Kind Blogger Brooke Griffiths has spent a lifetime being held back by illness, but that's about to change. She's finally healthy enough to pursue her dream of hiking to Mt Everest base camp, and the first step is convincing broody Jack Farrelly to help her prepare. The only problem is, they exchanged a mind-blowing kiss weeks ago, and he never called. In a town the size of Haven Bay, that's downright awkward. But she can put her pride aside to herself-and her followers-that they're capable of overcoming any adversity, right?Jack has dated a woman in the public eye before, and has the emotional wounds to show for it. He's smart enough to learn from his mistakes, which means staying away from Brooke even if he'd enjoy the challenge of helping her get ready to hike Mt Everest. Unfortunately, denying her proves impossible-both professionally and personally-and before long, he's in deeper than he ever imagined possible.When old wounds are reopened, can Brooke and Jack overcome the pain of their pasts and take a chance on love? Safe In His Arms Fleeing from her violent ex, Megan Talbot seeks refuge in the charming beachside town of Haven Bay. The kind-hearted locals are happy to help her recuperate without interfering-all except brooding, tattooed Tione, the cook at the B&B where she's staying. He's made it clear he thinks she's trouble, but despite his distrust, she can't seem to stay away from him. After all, who could resist a bearded hulk whose life is dictated by his four rescue dogs? Tione Kingi just wants to be left alone. After his life in Silicon Valley imploded, he returned home and reinvented himself. Now, he has a few close friends, a simple job, and a cabin on the edge of the forest. He doesn't need a pretty woman with haunted eyes turning him inside out with her every hard-won smile, and he especially doesn't need whatever problems are following close on her heels. The more time they spend together, the harder it is for Tione to deny the feelings growing between them. But Megan isn't the only one with secrets, and when their pasts catch up with them, everything-including her life-hangs in the balance.- Shop: buecher
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Hoodwinked
Hoodwinked - An Economic Hit Man Reveals Why the Global Economy IMPLODED -- and How to Fix It: ab 16.49 €- Shop: ebook.de
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