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Honeymoon Summer: Hetty Series, Book 4 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 371min
In this tender and wholesome glimpse into their young marriage, we see that Hetty’s kindly husband Morgan loves her for her goodness and purity. He has forfeited a vast inheritance to marry her.Hetty longs to work by his side as an attorney, yet he pictures her as a stay-at-home mom. She must never have children because of a congenital heart condition.Hetty is thrilled to be leaving behind Morgan's former fiancée. For years, gossip columnists fanned the fantasy that the wealthy and accomplished Morgan was destined to wed beauty queen Katrinka Wallace. It was also the wish of their fathers, who were longtime friends and business partners.On board the ship, Hetty saves the life of a Japanese man, who is taking his reluctant daughter to Tokyo for an arranged marriage. Hetty consoles this young woman who pines for a boyfriend she is leaving behind in the States.Hetty learns Morgan's long-admired mentor will serve with him on the governor's ethics committee. She has no choice but to tell him he once touched her inappropriately. Morgan’s awkward reaction leads Hetty to fear he now thinks less of her.And who poisoned the rich old man at their table aboard ship? It might be the woman who is secretly married to him. Perhaps, it was the artist who is courting her, or the woman’s teenaged son, who is playing cupid between his mother and the artist.When newspapers report Hetty and Morgan’s marriage is invalid due to the questionable credentials of the minister who married them, they decide they must stay apart until it is resolved. Hoping to take advantage of his single status, Morgan’s gorgeous yet devious former fiancée Katrinka arrives - yes, on their honeymoon -ostensibly on business.To prove she's not jealous, Hetty suggests Katrinka as their chaperone. This, she soon regrets. Through their experiences on the ship and in France, Hetty proves she can be an equal partner in their marriage. We witness the growth of thei ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Martha Sears West. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/221649/bk_acx0_221649_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Hidden Wealth of Nations: The Scourge of Tax Havens , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 212min
We are well aware of the rise of the 1% percent as the rapid growth of economic inequality has put the majority of the world's wealth in the pockets of fewer and fewer. One much-discussed solution to this imbalance is to significantly increase the rate at which we tax the wealthy. But with an enormous amount of the world's wealth hidden in tax havens - in countries like Switzerland, Luxembourg, and the Cayman Islands - this wealth cannot be fully accounted for and taxed fairly. No one, from economists to bankers to politicians, has been able to quantify exactly how much of the world's assets are currently hidden - until now. Gabriel Zucman is the first economist to offer reliable insight into the actual extent of the world's money held in tax havens. And it's staggering. In The Hidden Wealth of Nations, Zucman offers an inventive and sophisticated approach to quantifying how big the problem is, how tax havens work and are organized, and how we can begin to approach a solution. His research reveals that tax havens are a quickly growing danger to the world economy. In the past five years, the amount of wealth in tax havens has increased over 25 percent - there has never been as much money held offshore as there is today. This hidden wealth accounts for at least $7.6 trillion, equivalent to 8 percent of the global financial assets of households. Fighting the notion that any attempts to vanquish tax havens are futile, since some countries will always offer more advantageous tax rates than others, as well the counterargument that since the financial crisis tax havens have disappeared, Zucman shows how both sides are actually very wrong. In The Hidden Wealth of Nations, he offers an ambitious agenda for reform, focused on ways in which countries can change the incentives of tax havens. Only by first understanding the enormity of the secret wealth can we begin to estimate the kinds of actions that would force tax havens to give up thei ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sean Pratt. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/gdan/001800/bk_gdan_001800_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Stewardship for All?
Stewardship for All? - Two Believers--One From A Poor Country One From A Rich Country- Speak From Thei: ab 6.52 €- Shop: ebook.de
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Lyrics
Lyrics - 7 contemporary works for violin and guitar played by two outstanding musicians - that means pure musical poetry: intimate, touching, sensual, intense. Nuccio d'Angelo: Introduzione e Aria - rather traditional, with much beauty in melody and harmony, this is a real treat for the ear. Horst Lohse: Lyrics - short pieces, punctual style, restrained and intense. Thomas Wilson: 3 Pieces - a real classical among the modern pieces: highly concentrated and clear, - guitar solo. René Hirschfeld: Solitude - an very emotional piece for violin solo, lyrical at the beginning, but ending up quite virtuoso, using scordatura technique. Rainer Rubbert: Pilippe's Gone - most poetic music, rather dark, utterly intense. The violin has to be tuned in extreme scordatura. Toru Takemitsu: Equinox - another classic: beautyfull flow of guitar sound, soft and bright, music for dreaming, - guitar solo. C. René Hirschfeld: Nachtstück - a real "Nocturne". changing characters appear out of a magic atmosphere and sink back again. René Hirschfeld and Sebastian Albert have been friends and musical partners for quite a while. I'm 2000 C. René Hirschfelds piece "Nachtstück" for two guitars was awarded in the competition for guitar compositions at the Göttinger Gitarrenfestival. Sebastian Albert then was one of the two musicians who played the work at the final concert of the festival. Since then, Sebastian played the Nachtstück as well as René's work Herbststück for guitar solo in numerous concerts. In 2008 the two musicians launched their first fellow concert program "Sonatas & Meditations" (wich will come out on CD at Ragaprong as well in 2011), in 2009 thei Lyrics came out as concert program. For the future there are planned several new projects as well.- Shop: odax
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