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Calculating the Cosmos: How Mathematics Unveils the Universe , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 759min
In Calculating the Cosmos, Ian Stewart presents an exhilarating guide to the cosmos, from our solar system to the entire universe. He describes the architecture of space and time, dark matter and dark energy, how galaxies form, why stars implode, how everything began, and how it's all going to end. He considers parallel universes, the fine-tuning of the cosmos for life, what forms extraterrestrial life might take, and the likelihood of life on Earth being snuffed out by an asteroid. Beginning with the Babylonian integration of mathematics into the study of astronomy and cosmology, Stewart traces the evolution of our understanding of the cosmos: How Kepler's laws of planetary motion led Newton to formulate his theory of gravity. How, two centuries later, tiny irregularities in the motion of Mars inspired Einstein to devise his general theory of relativity. How, 80 years ago, the discovery that the universe is expanding led to the development of the Big Bang theory of its origins. How single-point origin and expansion led cosmologists to theorize new components of the universe, such as inflation, dark matter, and dark energy. But does inflation explain the structure of today's universe? Does dark matter actually exist? Could a scientific revolution that will challenge the long-held scientific orthodoxy and once again transform our understanding of the universe be on the way? In an exciting and engaging style, Calculating the Cosmos is a mathematical quest through the intricate realms of astronomy and cosmology. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dana Hickox. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/gdan/002078/bk_gdan_002078_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The ISIS Solution: How Unconventional Thinking and Special Operations Can Eliminate Radical Islam , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 191min
The president recently announced that we don't have a strategy for dealing with ISIS. "It's too soon to say what steps the United States will take against ISIS. I don't want to put the cart before the horse," Obama told reporters during a White House news briefing. "We don't have a strategy yet." If we have been at war with terror for over a decade and still don't have solid strategies for dealing with radical terrorism, then what have we really been doing the last 13 years? It's a good question to ask yourself, and at least the president was telling the truth when he said we don't have a strategy for ISIS. As ISIS grows in strength with each successful battle, they will also set up the infrastructure of something resembling a functional state. They will become a self-funded organization making millions of dollars from oil revenue. Left unchecked, it is hard to say how powerful they could become. The dream of a pan-Islamic caliphate is most certainly beyond their reach, however, they could carve out a very large swath of the Middle East for their empire. If ISIS were to capture the first and second most holy sites of the Islamic faith, Mecca and Medina, the entire Middle East may very well implode. The ISIS Solution takes a look at the current geopolitical situation, organizational structure of ISIS, and provides new thinking and strategies for dealing with the Islamic State in the Middle East. Its authors and contributors have over 50 years of combined experience in the intelligence, analyst, and Special Operations communities. Leadership and a new philosophical conversation of action is needed to eliminate violent terrorism. This book starts the conversation. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sean Runnette. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/aren/001882/bk_aren_001882_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Hot SEAL Lover: Hot SEAL Team, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 472min
One night in the sheets is all she wants.... Christina Girard is a lady. But she's a lady whose world is about to implode. She's done everything right, but she can't escape the taint of scandal when her husband cheats on her with another man. She's broken, her spirit battered, her confidence at an all-time low. Then she meets Navy SEAL Remy Marchand, and parts of her she'd thought dead flare to life. Except Remy is part of the Hostile Operations Team, the Black Ops group her brother works for, and that means "no" in flashing neon letters. Yet Christina's tired of always doing what's expected. Just once, she wants to saddle up and ride a tattooed, dirty-mouthed bad boy before she kicks him to the curb and goes on with her life. One night is not enough to put out the fire.... Remy Marchand burns with guilt and regret that he couldn't save his twin sister from her abuser. He lives his life slaying dragons for the innocent and vulnerable. He thought Christina needed his strength and protection too, but he was wrong. After a single night of pleasure, she disappears from his life. But then his SEALs get tasked with a mission: infiltrate war-torn Qu'rim and get Christina out before the enemy finds her. With bombs exploding, blood spilling, and survival not certain, Remy protects Christina from harm while vowing not to succumb again to her sweet temptation. One night is only the beginning.... But life in a war zone is intense, and vows mean nothing in the face of danger. Giving in is inevitable. Staying alive is not - especially when the greatest menace still waits for the perfect moment to strike. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Aiden Snow. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/078975/bk_acx0_078975_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Bear & Broken: A BBW Billionaire Shifter Romance: Bears & Beauties , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 100min
When a bear is broken, only love can make him whole again. Kalvin Dare isn't your typical billionaire. Despite being an extremely wealthy entrepreneur, Kalvin spends most of his time as part of an underground shifter fight club. After months of reigning as the club's alpha and undisputed champion, Kalvin finally meets his match in the form of a conniving and vicious foe. Caught off guard then left for dead, Kalvin's world spirals out of control. His business starts to implode, his reputation is destroyed, and all hope seems lost. Curvy medical student Megan Holt never expected to find a near-dead shifter in the alleyway next to her apartment, but that didn't stop her from saving his life once she did. Nursing him back to health, Megan finds herself caught up in a world that she never dreamed possible. Caught between her duties as his caretaker and her heart's desire at being his fated mate, it's all Megan can do to keep herself out of trouble while helping to rebuild the confidence that her new found lover seems to have lost. When Kalvin's violent shifter past collides with Megan's upbeat view of life, it will take everything he has to fight off the forces that would see her dragged down into the abyss with him. If he is to protect his fated mate and see their love through the coming adversity, Kalvin will have to remake himself into the powerful alpha he once was. Can he regain his abilities in time, or will the growing storm leave her broken and him bare? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Audrey Lusk. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/046310/bk_acx0_046310_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Apollo's Raven , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 716min
Can a curse control ancient Britannia? The world is in turmoil. Celtic kings hand-picked by Rome to rule are fighting each other for power. King Amren's former queen, a powerful druid, has cast a curse that foretells Blood Wolf and the Raven will rise and destroy him. When Roman envoys unexpectedly arrive with a cohort of legionaries and demand King Amren's fealty, his rule begins to implode. King Amren reveals to Princess Catrin, the grim prophecy that his former queen pronounced at her execution for treason to him: The gods demand the scales be balanced for the life you take. If you deny my soul's journey to the Otherworld by beheading me, I curse you to the same fate as mine. I prophesize your future queen will beget a daughter who will rise as a Raven and join your son, Blood Wolf, and a mighty empire to overtake your kingdom and to execute my curse. As his daughter, Catrin is trained as a warrior and discovers she is the Raven and must find a way to block the curse of the evil former queen. Torn between her forbidden love for her father's enemy Marcellus, the great-grandson of Mark Antony, and her loyalty to her people, she must summon the magic of the ancient druids to alter the dark prophecy that awaits her. Will Catrin overcome and eradicate the ancient curse? Will she be able to embrace her forbidden love with Marcellus? Will she cease the war between Blood Wolf and King Amren? Will she save ancient Britannia? Apollo's Raven sweeps you into an epic Celtic tale of love, magic, adventure, intrigue, and betrayal in ancient Rome and Britannia. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kristin James. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/087165/bk_acx0_087165_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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On Herring Cove Road: Mr. Rosen and His 43Lb Anxiety, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 604min
Once an amusing extrovert with a reputation as a prankster, Mr. Rosen is entering his senior years as a stoic, 30-year converted introvert who hates change, has little to no interest in people, and is more than content to have his wife sit in the navigator's seat of his life. Since becoming a practicing introvert, there have been almost no changes in his life, and for the few that there were, his wife had walked him through them, including the recent move to a much smaller home in a lower/middle-class neighborhood where he lives directly next door to a racist whose nine-year-old son addresses him as Mr. Jew. Mr. Rosen had seen the move coming, and he is very much aware of the enormous change to come sometime in the, hopefully, far off future; though, he refuses to give it any attention. That change will come on slowly and painfully and will eventually force him to chart his own life's route. This heartwarming, feel-good novel offers a rollercoaster ride of emotion as Mr. Rosen's habitual world begins to implode while on a collision course with the chaotic world of an innocent child, its troubled mother, and vengeful father. About the series: Taking place primarily in the 70s with believable characters and mostly situated in several areas of Halifax, Nova Scotia, the series chronicles the actions (and their results) of an old and introverted Jewish man, his doting and take-charge wife, a young and struggling single mother, her naive and lonely son, and a boy streetwise beyond his years. Book One - On Herring Cove Road: Mr. Rosen and His 43Lb Anxiety Book Two - Still on Herring Cove Road: Hickory, Dickory, Death Book Three - Off Herring Cove Road: The Problem Being Blue Book Four - Before Herring Cove Road: Ruth Goldman and the Nincompoop (A Love Story) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Richard Paul Thomas. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/097104/bk_acx0_097104_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Greatest Trade Ever: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of How John Paulson Defied Wall Street and Made Financial History , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 700min
In 2006, hedge-fund manager John Paulson realized something few others suspected: that the housing market and the value of subprime mortgages were grossly inflated and headed for a major fall. Paulson's background was in mergers and acquisitions, however, and he knew little about real estate or how to wager against housing. He had spent his career as an also-ran on Wall Street. But Paulson was convinced this was his chance to make his mark. He just wasn't sure how to do it. Colleagues at investment banks scoffed at him, and investors dismissed him. Even pros skeptical about housing shied away from the complicated derivative investments that Paulson was just learning about. But Paulson and a handful of renegade investors, such as Jeffrey Greene and Michael Burry, began to bet heavily against risky mortgages and precarious financial companies. Timing is everything, though. Initially, Paulson and the others lost tens of millions of dollars as real estate and stocks continued to soar. Rather than back down, however, Paulson redoubled his bets, putting his hedge fund and his reputation on the line. In the summer of 2007, the markets began to implode, bringing Paulson early profits, but also sparking efforts to rescue real estate and derail him. By year's end, though, John Paulson had pulled off the greatest trade in financial history, earning more than $15 billion for his firm - a figure that dwarfed George Soros's billion-dollar currency trade in 1992. Paulson made billions more in 2008 by transforming his gutsy move. Some of the underdog investors who attempted the daring trade also reaped fortunes. But others who got the timing wrong met devastating failure, discovering that being early and right wasn't nearly enough. Written by the prize-winning reporter who broke the story in The Wall Street Journal, The Greatest Trade Ever is a superbly written, fast-paced, behind-the-scenes narrative of how a contrarian foresaw an escalating f ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Marc Cashman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/002083/bk_rand_002083_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Scores: How I Opened the Hottest Strip Club in New York City, Was Extorted out of Millions by the Gambino Family, and Became One of the Most Successful Mafia Informants in FBI History , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 654min
Meet Michael Blutrich, mild-mannered New York lawyer and founder of Scores, the hottest strip club in New York City history, funded by the proceeds of an insurance embezzlement scheme. All Blutrich wanted was to lay low, make the club a success, and put his criminal acts behind him. But the Mafia got involved, and soon the FBI came knocking. Scores became wildly popular, in part thanks to Blutrich's ability to successfully bend the rules of adult entertainment. It was the first club in Manhattan to feature lap dancing by ignoring existing requirements. He also sidestepped statutes requiring topless dancers to wear pasties. His formula worked, and Scores grew into the hottest club in Manhattan, frequented by sports superstars, Oscar-winning actors, television icons, Grammy-winning singers, and political notables alike. Unfortunately for Blutrich, it would all soon implode. Scores was located in a neighborhood controlled by the Gambino crime family, and it became a hotbed for illicit mob activity, culminating in a double murder of two of his employees. When federal prosecutors started sniffing around for potential crimes, he went from carefree club owner to undercover spy in a heartbeat. To obtain maximum leniency for his insurance fraud, Blutrich became an unlikely but highly successful undercover FBI informant. He wore body wires and placed ceiling cameras in his offices, and he was eventually credited with more than 30 Mafia convictions, including a crime-family head and associates from multiple international families. For his cooperation, the Department of Justice and the FBI assured him he would avoid any significant jail time - or so they said. Here, Blutrich tells it all: recording armed gangsters in the act of committing felonies, stealthily evading discovery, living with death threats, revealing long-covered-up celebrity doings, enduring a psychotic break from the pressures, and losing everything in h ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michael D. Blutrich. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/009615/bk_blak_009615_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Anxiety Workbook: A Practical Plan for Adults (Men and Women) Who Want to STOP the Anxiety Cycle: Learn to Identify Irrational Behaviors That Trigger Anxiety and Regain Control of Your Life! , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 237min
If you want to let go of anxiety and embrace an anxiety-free life, even if you’ve never been able to before, then keep reading…If, like over 50 million Americans, you suffer from anxiety, then take comfort in the fact that not only are you not alone but a solution is at hand. Anyone who has lived with anxiety, or who has experienced even short bouts of it, knows how debilitating it can be.Sometimes you’re aware of the cause, other times, you might not feel stressed or anxious, but the symptoms begin. You feel as if you can’t draw air into your lungs or push it out; your hands are cold and clammy; your heart races so fast you think it’s going to implode; your body tingles; your face is numb; you can’t swallow; you’re sweating profusely, and you feel death is imminent.If you’ve experienced some or all of these symptoms, this book will help you to not only cope, but to relax and help yourself to release the grip of anxiety. I was once a prisoner to my stress and anxiety. I became so fearful of leaving my home because I didn’t want to have an attack in public and have people think I was crazy. I knew I had to take control and do something. I started by learning all I could about my anxiety, facing it, and using the remedies I had researched to start on the road to recovery.I now offer you the opportunity to live an anxiety free life as I do now. Crafted for immediate relief, this book contains exercises that are quick to employ, yet can yield powerful results. An added bonus is that the exercises in this book do not require any special surroundings, they can be done almost anywhere and anytime.In addition, you will receive analysis tool to help you accurately gauge the level of anxiety you are dealing with and includes detailed journal prompts for listeners to further explore the positive benefits of mindfulness.Inside, you will find:A number of unique and effective approaches th ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Elizabeth Wilson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/197121/bk_acx0_197121_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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So Many Humans, Too Few Rights , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 149min
This audiobook examines a very important period of recent American foreign international relations history. The post-Cold War period, 1989-2004, is scrutinized very closely with several key questions in mind. What has been gained by the US by “winning” the Cold War? First and foremost, many people - besides Americans - and quite possibly the academic world, the young, and the elderly, may be wondering what the answer to this question really is or if there even is an answer.Secondly, I asked myself what better way to judge the security of a nation than by its record regarding human rights? Thirdly, can the US Congress be influenced to make a policy for the president to enter conflicts around the world in the name of human rights? How much does a country’s human rights record matter to foreign policy makers before the US takes a firm hand with that country? Why do some countries get away with blatant human rights abuses while others remain unscathed? How do human rights abuses become congressional resolutions and possibly implicate international relations positively or negatively around the world? If you are interested in any of these questions, you have the right audiobook. By utilizing research methods utilized by political scientists all around the world, I was able to compile 15 years’ worth of detailed history into an easy-to-listen-to audiobook that will offer some insights into how nongovernmental organizations can influence the US that something has to be done, or to never do anything at all, to put off the resolution against the offending country until the next or a subsequent congressional session. It is all here for you to listen to. I hope you get as much out of this audiobook as I have put into it. I plan to do a similar title that will explore the congress, NGOs, and international foreign policy implications further as the turn of the century has watched the Middle East practically implode, as a result of the end of the Cold War. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Simon J. Tilbury. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/142554/bk_acx0_142554_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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