83 Results for : aspired
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The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 740min
In April 1956, a refitted oil tanker carried 58 shipping containers from Newark to Houston. From that modest beginning, container shipping developed into a huge industry that made the boom in global trade possible. The Box tells the dramatic story of the container's creation, the decade of struggle before it was widely adopted, and the sweeping economic consequences of the sharp fall in transportation costs that containerization brought about. Published on the 50th anniversary of the first container voyage, this is the first comprehensive history of the shipping container. It recounts how the drive and imagination of an iconoclastic entrepreneur, Malcom McLean, turned containerization from an impractical idea into a massive industry that slashed the cost of transporting goods around the world and made the boom in global trade possible. But the container didn't just happen. Its adoption required huge sums of money, both from private investors and from ports that aspired to be on the leading edge of a new technology. It required years of high-stakes bargaining with two of the titans of organized labor, Harry Bridges and Teddy Gleason, as well as delicate negotiations on standards that made it possible for almost any container to travel on any truck or train or ship. Ultimately, it took McLean's success in supplying U.S. forces in Vietnam to persuade the world of the container's potential. Drawing on previously neglected sources, economist Marc Levinson shows how the container transformed economic geography, devastating traditional ports such as New York and London and fueling the growth of previously obscure ones, such as Oakland. By making shipping so cheap that industry could locate factories far from its customers, the container paved the way for Asia to become the world's workshop and brought consumers a previously unimaginable variety of low-cost products from around the globe. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Adam Lofbomm. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/015210/bk_acx0_015210_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Wildland
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'A sweeping and brilliant portrait' GUARDIAN 'A reportorial tour de force . Heart-rending, appalling and hard to put down' JANE MAYER 'Visionary in scope, compassionate in procedure . Definitive' AYAD AKHTAR Evan Osnos moved to Washington, DC, in 2013 after a decade away from the United States. While abroad, he often found himself making a case for America, urging the citizens of Egypt, Iraq or China to trust that even though America had made grave mistakes throughout its history, it aspired to some foundational moral commitments - the rule of law, the power of truth, the right of equal opportunity for all. But when he returned to the United States, he found each of these principles under assault. In search of an explanation for the crisis, he focused on three places he knew firsthand: Greenwich, Connecticut; Clarksburg, West Virginia; and Chicago, Illinois. Reported over the course of six years, Wildland follows ordinary individuals as they navigate the varied landscapes of twenty-first-century America. Through their powerful, often poignant stories, Osnos traces the sources of America's political dissolution. He finds answers in the rightward shift of the financial elite in Greenwich; in the collapse of social infrastructure and possibility in Clarksburg; and in the compounded effects of segregation and violence in Chicago. The truth about the state of the nation may be found not in the slogans of political leaders but in the intricate details of individual lives, and in the hidden connections between them. A dramatic, prescient examination of seismic changes in American politics and culture, Wildland is the story of a crucible, a period bounded by two shocks to America's psyche, two assaults on the country's sense of itself: the attacks of September 11 in 2001 and the storming of the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. Following the lives of everyday Americans in three cities across two decades, Osnos illuminates the country in a startling light, revealing how it lost the moral confidence to see itself as larger than the sum of its parts.- Shop: buecher
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Reaching the Summit of Mount Everest: The History of the Famous Expeditions Attempting to Climb the World's Tallest Mountain , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 78min
People have been climbing as long as they've existed, and for those who relish the challenge, nothing can top Mount Everest, the tallest mountain on the planet at over 29,000 feet. As Sir Edmund Hillary put it, "It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves." Elaborating on that, he also asserted, "I think I mainly climb mountains because I get a great deal of enjoyment out of it. I never attempt to analyze these things too thoroughly, but I think that all mountaineers do get a great deal of satisfaction out of overcoming some challenge which they think is very difficult for them, or which perhaps may be a little dangerous. I think that the fact that something has a spice of danger about it can often add to its attraction, and to its fascination." Of course, the sheer size of the mountain and its location in Asia all but precluded Westerners from even making such attempts before India became a colonial possession of the British. Once that was accomplished, however, scientists and explorers were able to report back in depth about the Himalayas and the biggest giant of them all. From that point forward, the race was on for those who aspired to climb Mount Everest, and several of these men have gone down in history, not just for their accomplishments but for their controversies. One of the earliest and most famous mountaineers to begin climbing Everest was George Mallory, who made several expeditions in the early 1920s in an attempt to reach the summit. While there is still a lingering debate over whether he actually succeeded in 1924, the goal of being the first documented individual to reach the peak continued until Sir Edmund Hillary's ascent of Everest in 1953. Naturally, even after that, people have continued to take on one of the most extreme challenges the world has to offer. In fact, climbing Mount Everest has become enough of a business that even those with no climbing experience can pay to make an attempt to summit with exper ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jim D. Johnston. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/080880/bk_acx0_080880_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Blu's Cookbook: Have You Ever Dreamed of Cooking Restaurant Quality Dishes? , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 57min
Have you ever looked at a dish in a restaurant and wondered, how on earth did they make that? Or maybe you thought you'd never be able to cook something that looked and tasted so good? Have you secretly aspired to cook dinner parties for your friends, but just never knew where or how to start? Well, I'm Blu, and I’m here to tell you that anyone can cook, and what's more, it's not as difficult as you may think it is!In this audiobook, you will learn how to cook amazing recipes that will impress your friends and family. All you need to do is follow the instructions carefully and before you know it, the smell of delightfully cooked food will be working its way through your home. Across the sections of this audiobook you will learn how to cook soul food, Italian, British, Chinese, French, Greek, Caribbean, and Indian. You'll be cooking up delicacies such as; pasta, salad, bread, curry, vegetable sides, soup, and desserts.I always had an interest in cooking and was attempting new recipes since I can remember. I loved making delicious meals for my friends and holding elaborate dinner parties. My friends were often saying how good my food tasted. I soon realized that I could make a career doing something that I was deeply passionate about. I started working in fast food chain, “Burger King” and “Wendy's” before studying to be a chef professionally. Now I have my own food based blog and create my own recipes that you’ll find in this audiobook. I’m extremely passionate about cooking and want to spread that passion by teaching others how to cook.I’ve chosen a breakfast, starter, soup, salad, main, dessert, and afternoon tea that’s my favorite signature dish. I rate these five star dishes, they are the most popular dishes on the menu in all restaurants.I’ll be bringing other audiobooks out soon so please keep checking my blog where I will keep you up to date and teach you some tips and tricks. I’ve tried to keep the instructions for the recipe ea ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Frank Beale. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/203097/bk_acx0_203097_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Improve Your Social Skills: The Guidebook to Increase Success in Business & Relationships, Talk to Anyone Using Effective Public and Practicing Mindfulness Speaking & Powerful Communication Training , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 265min
Learn the ways to improve your social skills and present yourself in style - in just a short listen!Do you want to learn the skills needed to begin seamless conversations with anyone?Do you want to feel confident when giving presentations in your office?Do you want to impress everyone with your public speaking skills?Do you want to become a fun person to talk to?Good social skills can help you become the charmer you have always aspired to be. If you want to know the ways to good social skills, keep reading....Most people are never able to perform better or learn something well because they cannot muster the courage to come forward or ask questions in front of others. They lose the chance to do well in their lives simply because they don’t want to stand out.Have you ever curbed your urge to talk to someone due to the fear of rejection?Have you ever felt that you could have given some presentations better than others, if only you didn’t have to face all those people?Have you felt weak while speaking in front of a group of people, although you knew everything?Have you felt your stomach making funny noises even at the thought of performing in public?Do you know that all these are signs of poor social skills, and you can overcome them, if you want? If you want to know the process to do so, keep reading....There is a wide misconception that improving social skills is only for a certain class. People don’t understand that social skills are essential for everyone. We are social animals, and living without proper social skills is living without a necessary tool.This book will help you understand the basics of social skills and step-by-step tutorials for improving various social skill sets. It will guide you in enhancing your confidence, conversation skills, and public speaking skills.In this book, you will find:A thorough understanding of the fears a ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Chris D'Agostino. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/229999/bk_acx0_229999_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Scale: How to Grow Your Business by Working Less , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 348min
Your business needs to scale. In the author's own words, "I remember the day it hit me.... I was in Kiev when I got a call from my wife. She was in the hospital, having driven herself there during the middle of the night. She hadn't realized quite how ill she was, but in fact she needed surgery. Meanwhile, I was halfway around the world, and my children, who fortunately weren't very young, were alone. But they had to get themselves fed and off to school; their mother was in the hospital, and their father was far from home. I felt helpless and like a terrible husband and father. It took me three days to get home, three days during which I thought about the price of success.... Although I had created the successful business I had aspired to create, I was trapped. I couldn't make personal time for anything that was important to me if I expected to deliver the products and services I had promised to my clients. My physical presence was required, and there was no substitute. No one could fill in for me; no one could take my place. Of course, this gave me job security, but it came at the cost of not being able to take a vacation, or nothing would get done. I was living the life of a successful businessman, but it was not the life that I had intended. My physical presence was required at home, too. While I was on the road, I missed seeing my children grow up, let alone participating in their development. The concept of scale had become personal for me." What is holding you back? What happened to the author occurs to many entrepreneurs and business owners when they discover that their businesses have grown so large and become so successful that they have become trapped by their own success. Has this happened to you? A scalable business makes it possible to create passive income and grow the business by doing less and by doing so more thoughtfully. It takes effort on your part to truly evaluate each of the four keys of scale. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Frank Bria. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/040792/bk_acx0_040792_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Leonard Cohen
'Leonard Cohen taught us that even in the midst of darkness there is light, in the midst of hatred there is love, with our dying breath we can still sing Hallelujah.' - The late Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks'Among the finest volumes on Cohen's life and lyrics ... An exploration which would have intrigued and engaged Leonard himself.' - John McKenna, writer and friend of Leonard CohenHarry Freedman uncovers the spiritual traditions that lie behind Leonard Cohen's profound and unmistakable lyrics.The singer and poet Leonard Cohen was deeply learned in Judaism and Christianity, the spiritual traditions that underpinned his self-identity and the way he made sense of the world. In this book Harry Freedman, a leading author of cultural and religious history, explores the mystical and spiritual sources Cohen drew upon, discusses their original context and the stories and ideas behind them.Cohen's music is studded with allusions to Jewish and Christian tradition, to stories and ideas drawn from the Bible, Talmud and Kabbalah. From his 1967 classic 'Suzanne', through masterpieces like 'Hallelujah' and 'Who by Fire', to his final challenge to the divinity, 'You Want It Darker' he drew on spirituality for inspiration and as a tool to create understanding, clarity and beauty. Born into a prominent and scholarly Jewish family in Montreal, Canada, Cohen originally aspired to become a poet, before turning to song writing and eventually recording his own compositions. Later, he became immersed in Zen Buddhism, moving in 1990 to a Zen monastery on Mount Baldy, California where he remained for some years. He died, with immaculate timing, on the day before Donald Trump was elected in 2016, leaving behind him a legacy that will be felt for generations to come. Leonard Cohen: The Mystical Roots of Genius looks deeply into the imagination of one of the greatest singers and lyricists of our time, providing a window on the landscape of his soul. Departing from traditional biographical approaches, Freedman explores song by song how Cohen reworked myths and prayers, legends and allegories with an index of songs at the end of the book for readers to search by their favourites. By the end the reader will be left with a powerful understanding of Cohen's story, together with a far broader insight into the mystical origins of his inimitable work.- Shop: buecher
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The Shadow Drawing: How Science Taught Leonardo How to Paint
"[The Shadow Drawing] reorients our perspective, distills a life and brings it into focus-the very work of revision and refining that its subject loved best." -Parul Sehgal, The New York Times (Editors' Choice) An entirely new account of Leonardo the artist and Leonardo the scientist, and why they were one and the same man. Leonardo da Vinci has long been celebrated as the epitome of genius. He was the masterful painter who gave us the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper, and the visionary inventor who anticipated airplanes, hot-air balloons, and other technological marvels. But what was the connection between Leonardo the painter and Leonardo the scientist? And what can a mysterious, long-lost book teach us about how Leonardo truly conceived his art? Shortly after Leonardo's death, his peers and rivals created the myth of the two Leonardos: there was Leonardo the artist and then, later in life, Leonardo the scientist. In this pathbreaking biographical interpretation, the art historian Francesca Fiorani tells a very different and much more interesting story. Taking a fresh look at Leonardo's celebrated but challenging notebooks as well as other, often obscure sources, Fiorani shows that Leonardo became fluent in science when he was still a young man. As an apprentice in a Florence studio, he was especially interested in the science of optics, which tells us how we see what we see. For the rest of his life he remained, according to a close observer, obsessed with optics, believing that his art would grow only as his knowledge of light and shadow deepened. Given Leonardo's scientific bent, one might think this meant that he wanted to turn himself into a human camera. In fact, he aspired to use science to capture-as no artist before him had ever done-the interior lives of his subjects, to paint the human soul in its smallest, tenderest motions and vicissitudes. And then he hoped to take one further step: to gather his scientific knowledge together in a book that would be even more important than his paintings. His Treatise on Painting would be disfigured, ignored, and lost in subsequent centuries; now, Fiorani traces this singular work's byzantine path through history and reconstructs the wisdom Leonardo hoped it would impart. Ranging from the teeming streets of Florence to the most delicate brushstrokes on the surface of the Mona Lisa, The Shadow Drawing vividly reconstructs Leonardo's life while teaching us to look anew at his greatest paintings. The result is both a stirring biography and a bold reconsideration of how the Renaissance understood science and art-and of what was lost when the two were sundered.- Shop: buecher
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Happier?
Happier? - The History of a Cultural Movement That Aspired to Transform America: ab 27.49 €- Shop: ebook.de
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Motettenf.d.kath.Liturgie & protest.Psalmen
Les Pages & les Chantres du Centre de Musique de Versailles // Despite religious tensions that divided France at the end of the Renaissance, Lejeune composed French psalms and Latin motets. The music on this recording is a fine illustration of the religious tolerance that many people aspired to in France at that time.- Shop: odax
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