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  The Quixotic Faction: Above Top Secret Edition , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 408min

  The Quixotic Faction is not for the faint of heart. Tony Kohler brings us a hard-boiled conspiracy theory fiction audiobook that blends speculative fiction and alternate history in the style of Ancient Aliens and L. Ron Hubbard, with crime and detective fiction that readers of The DaVinci Code will find exhilarating. Kohler takes the listener on a journey through speculative and alternate history to show the listener just how it all connects today. If you thought the Illuminati and Freemasons were secretive, wait until you meet The Quixotic Faction.Listeners of conspiracy theory fiction will love Kohler's work as it dives deep into speculative and alternate history -- or is it our secret reality? The government in The Quixotic Faction may not want us to know the truth, but listeners do not need above top secret clearance to enjoy the world Kohler crafts within the pages of The Quixotic Faction.Admiral Julian Kay, a Special Operations military advisor at Quantico, encounters a mystery when a long-time friend confides in him regarding a series of disappearances and a list of scientists, involved in the privatized space race which began in 2005. Twenty-four hours later his friend is killed in a suspicious car accident, and Admiral Kay sets out to locate some of the names on the list. With the help of his contacts and some top-secret equipment, he finds himself in a fight to save lives and protect people from an energy that should not even exist.Director Victoria Carol is the head of a secret government organization, created in 1947 to protect the country from events that fall under the umbrella term “National Security”. When her daughter dies, Director Carol discovers that even with all her influence, the manner of her daughter’s death is being kept from her. She vows to use any and all means available, including her agency’s resources, to learn the truth and track down whoever was responsible. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: TC Wisk. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/157934/bk_acx0_157934_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Sandinistas: The Controversial History and Legacy of the Socialist Party’s Revolution, Civil War, and Politics in Nicaragua , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 125min

  I will not abandon my resistance until the... pirate invaders...assassins of weak peoples...are expelled from my country...I will make them realize that their crimes will cost them dear....There will be bloody combat...Nicaragua shall not be the patrimony of Imperialists. I will fight for my cause as long as my heart beats... If through destiny I should lose, there are in my arsenal five tons of dynamite which I will explode with my own hand. The noise of the cataclysm will be heard 250 miles. All who hear will be witness that Sandino is dead. Let it not be permitted that the hands of traitors or invaders shall profane his remains. (Augusto César Sandino)For much of the 20th century, Latin American governments in large part lived under a system of military junta governments. The mixture of indigenous peoples, foreign settlers and European colonial superpowers produced cultural and social imbalances into which military forces intervened as a stabilizing influence. The proactive personalities of military heads and the rigid structures of such a hierarchy guaranteed the “strong man” commanding officer an abiding presence in the form of executive dictator. Such leaders often bore the more collaborative title of “President”, but the reality was, in most cases, identical. Likewise, the gap between rich and poor was often vast, and a disappearance of the middle class fed a frequent urge for revolution, reenergizing the military’s intent to stop it. With no stabilizing center, the ideologies most prevalent in such conflicts alternated between a federal model of industrial and social nationalization and an equally conservative structure under privatized ownership and autocratic rule drawn from the head of a junta government.Whichever belief system was in play for the major industrial nations of Central and South America, a constant bombardment of foreign influence pushed the people of states such as Nicaragua, Chile, Brazil, Argentina, and others toward ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Daniel Houle. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/194453/bk_acx0_194453_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 859min

  In this best-selling expose of national policy gone wrong, America's foremost historian of education, Diane Ravitch, renounces her support for reform policies implemented over the past decade that she says are wrecking America's cherished tradition of public education. Strategies like accountability schemes based on questionable standardized tests, merit pay for teachers based on gains on the same unreliable tests, vouchers, and charter schools have been oversold as solutions for our educational problems. Policymakers pushing a market model of reform and charter schools are on the wrong track, ignoring classroom realities. The more they push these policies, Ravitch says, the more they will harm our nation's school system and undermine the quality of education. The bipartisan No Child Left Behind program ("NCLB") implemented with a heavy political hand nationwide, has failed to improve education. It has turned our schools into testing factories to train children how to take standardized tests instead of giving them the knowledge and skills that are necessary components of a good education. The federal "sanctions" and "remedies" now mandated nationwide have unfairly stigmatized thousands of schools, putting them at risk of being closed and privatized. The "miracles" touted by districts under the new policies vanish on close examination. Test scores in many states and districts are inflated by statistical game-playing and lowered standards. The over-emphasis on testing has all but eliminated the essential elements of a solid education, including history, civics, science, the arts, geography, literature, physical education, health education, and foreign languages. Privatization and deregulation has led predictably to some good and some bad but, on average, charters do not get better results than regular public schools-just new federal subsidies. Teacher evaluation by student test scores is a deeply flawed approach to hiring and job tenure that ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Eliza Foss. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/000766/bk_acx0_000766_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 407min

  Noted psychotherapist Francis Weller provides an essential guide for navigating the deep waters of sorrow and loss in this lyrical yet practical handbook for mastering the art of grieving. Describing how Western patterns of amnesia and anesthesia affect our capacity to cope with personal and collective sorrows, Weller reveals the new vitality we may encounter when we welcome, rather than fear, the pain of loss. Through moving personal stories, poetry, and insightful reflections, he leads us into the central energy of sorrow and to the profound healing and heightened communion with each other and our planet that reside alongside it. The Wild Edge of Sorrow explains that grief has always been communal and illustrates how we need the healing touch of others, an atmosphere of compassion, and the comfort of ritual in order to fully metabolize our grief. Weller describes how we often hide our pain from the world, wrapping it in a secret mantle of shame. This causes sorrow to linger unexpressed in our bodies, weighing us down and pulling us into the territory of depression and death. We have come to fear grief and feel too alone to face an encounter with the powerful energies of sorrow. Those who work with people in grief, who have experienced the loss of a loved one, who mourn the ongoing destruction of our planet, or who suffer the accumulated traumas of a lifetime will appreciate the discussion of obstacles to successful grief work such as privatized pain, lack of communal rituals, a pervasive feeling of fear, and a culturally restrictive range of emotion. Weller highlights the intimate bond between grief and gratitude, sorrow and intimacy. In addition to showing us that the greatest gifts are often hidden in the things we avoid, he offers powerful tools and rituals and a list of resources to help us transform grief into a force that allows us to live and love more fully. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Derek Botten. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/004846/bk_rand_004846_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Augusto Pinochet: The Life and Legacy of Chile's Controversial Dictator , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 87min

  For much of the 20th century, South American governments in large part lived under a system of military junta governments. The mixture of indigenous peoples, foreign settlers and European colonial superpowers produced cultural and social imbalances into which military forces intervened as a stabilizing influence. The proactive personalities of military heads and the rigid structures of such a hierarchy guaranteed the "strong man" commanding officer an abiding presence in the form of executive dictator. Such leaders often bore the more collaborative title of President, but the reality was, in most cases, identical. Likewise, the gap between rich and poor was often vast, and a disappearance of the middle class fed a frequent urge for revolution, reenergizing the military's intent to stop it. With no stabilizing center, the ideologies most prevalent in such conflicts alternated between a federal model of industrial and social nationalization and an equally conservative structure under privatized ownership and autocratic rule drawn from the head of a junta government. Whichever belief system was in play for the major industrial nations of the continent, a constant bombardment of foreign influence pushed the people of states such as Chile, Brazil, Argentina, and others, toward overthrow, in one direction or the other. From the left came Stalinist influences from the Soviet Union and Castro's Cuba, while the German World War II model and an anti-communist mindset from the United States worked behind the scenes to upset any movement toward extreme liberalism. The reign of Juan Peron in Argentina became the most iconic such arrangement to the Western observer, but General Augusto Pinochet's 17-year rule over Chile after an American-supported coup in the 1970s proved the most enduring and the most resistant to eradication by subsequent leaders of an opposite bent. Pinochet himself openly bragged, "My library is filled with UN condemnations." B ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kenneth Ray. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/082821/bk_acx0_082821_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Overcoming Porn Addiction: A 10 Step Journey to Overcoming Internet Sexual Addiction Through Jesus , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 28min

  When the Bible said that the system of the world is characterized by "lust of the flesh" (1 John 2:16) it shows that the presence of pornography in the world will never decrease. From the very beginning of human history, sexual sins are not removed from the scenario of humanity's rise and fall. It always plays a major role in the lives of men and women, civilizations, and kingdoms, either for better or for worse. Thus, addiction to it is not uncommon, but seems to be a necessary normal pleasure built in within our self as humans, which we need to be released and expressed if we want to maximize it to our benefit. Now, in the 20th century, the infectious rapid growth of pornography was globalized and is privatized by the rise of modern media inventions such as the Internet. If in the past the access to pornographic materials was difficult to get and was only available to adults or those who are married, but today, because of the Internet and other wireless gadgets invented to maximize it, the "access" to pornographic materials is one click away and is available to all regardless of their age and gender. Just try to look at the government statistics on pornography today and you'll see how it vigorously attracts, excites, and enchants the hearts and minds of many men and women today, young and old. It is no wonder then why the level of addiction that this generation have with regards to pornography is tremendously weighty, strong, and penetrating. I can say that it's really difficult to live sexually pure today. The connections of sexual sins are close and its networks are global; they're everywhere. Thus, this question will naturally arise, "Is it still possible to live sexually pure today?" "I am already addicted to it; do you have ways or solutions to offer that will give me freedom from this?" ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Trevor Clinger. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/038994/bk_acx0_038994_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Operation Condor: The History of the Notorious Intelligence Operations Supported by the United States to Combat Communists Across South America , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 108min

  “Let's say there were 7,000 or 8,000 people who had to die to win the war against subversion... We couldn't execute them by firing squad. Neither could we take them to court... For that reason, so as not to provoke protests inside and outside the country, the decision was reached that these people should be disappeared.” (General Jorge Rafael Videla)For much of the 20th century, South American governments in large part lived under a system of military junta governments. The mixture of indigenous peoples, foreign settlers and European colonial superpowers produced cultural and social imbalances into which military forces intervened as a stabilizing influence. The proactive personalities of military heads and the rigid structures of such a hierarchy guaranteed the “strong man” commanding officer an abiding presence in the form of executive dictator. Such leaders often bore the more collaborative title of “president,” but the reality was, in most cases, identical. Likewise, the gap between rich and poor was often vast, and a disappearance of the middle class fed a frequent urge for revolution, reenergizing the military’s intent to stop it. With no stabilizing center, the ideologies most prevalent in such conflicts alternated between a federal model of industrial and social nationalization and an equally conservative structure under privatized ownership and autocratic rule drawn from the head of a junta government.The reign of Juan Peron in Argentina became the most iconic such arrangement to the Western observer, but General Augusto Pinochet’s 17-year rule over Chile after an American-supported coup in the 1970s proved the most enduring and the most resistant to eradication by subsequent leaders of an opposite bent. Pinochet himself openly bragged, “My library is filled with UN condemnations.” By combating Marxists and Communists during the Cold War, Pinochet ensured he would at the very least remain undisturbed by America, even as he carried out polic ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dan Gallagher. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/152929/bk_acx0_152929_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Barefoot with a Bodyguard: Barefoot Bay Undercover, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 610min

  Introducing Barefoot Bay Undercover, a romantic adventure series set on the tropical beaches of Barefoot Bay. When former CIA consultant Gabe Rossi creates a secret privatized witness protection operation hidden within the security firm at the local resort, things get a little more suspenseful on the island paradise. Gabe's clients need to keep low profiles and stay safe while he helps them create new identities, and sometimes they find love. Barefoot with a Bodyguard - book one in the series About to take the bar exam after ending a five-year marriage that derailed her career plans and her life, Kate Kingston craves independence and a vacation. Somewhere warm with sea breezes, sunshine, sand, and none of the scary threats against her that have been showing up in her dad's office. Barefoot Bay is the perfect place for some serenity while she studies and puts her life back together. But when she meets the brooding wall of muscle her father hired to protect her, Kate feels her hard-won independence slipping away as fast as her resolve to avoid men who wield power over her. Mixed martial arts trainer Alec Petrov has been on the run for a long time. Guarding a feisty attorney-to-be while pretending to be her husband is not a bad way to live off the grid, hidden from the Russian mobster who is hunting Alec with deadly intent. But Kate brings out a tender side Alec doesn't understand or believe he deserves, and he soon realizes that keeping them both safe is only half the challenge. Keeping his hands off her and his attraction under control will be every bit as difficult in the close quarters of an exclusive resort. When their make-believe honeymoon in paradise turns sensual, complicated, and dangerous, Alec and Kate realize it's not just their lives that are in jeopardy, it's their hearts. And they'll have to fight to the end to save each other...and their love. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kaleo Griffith. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/063455/bk_acx0_063455_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Sociology of Privatized Security

  The Sociology of Privatized Security - 1st ed. 2019: ab 128.49 €

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  Webs of Resistence in a Newly Privatized Polish Firm

  Webs of Resistence in a Newly Privatized Polish Firm - Workers React to Organizational Transformation: ab 20.99 €

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