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Carbon Awakening: Birth of The God Machine , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 386min
What's next for us?Ethics Engineer Jennifer Peterson already knows where humans are going. As robots gain more facility with thought and problem solving, a human future melded with machines seems inescapable. But the timing will be critical, for in 2030, America is torn between an analog past and a digital future. Silicon Valley and forward-thinking states have broken away from the U.S. to pursue their own path, one that Jennifer and her husband, George, have staked their lives upon.As a young scientist, Jennifer had glimpsed an era in which next-stage humans would gain the ability to balance rational and emotional intelligence."If robots could feel, they could help man build on our greatest strength - our intellect - and overcome our greatest weakness - emotion. This reliance on the heart regarding matters of the mind, I believe, is what holds us back from further evolution".Now, her effort to bring artificial consciousness to machines is nearing a tipping point. She and George fear that, if not upended, the old models of money and power will allow the wealthy elite to hoard the highest form of intelligence, leaving ordinary people behind. Together, their work could trigger two revolutionary events: imparting a soul to artificial intelligence, and bringing human beings one step nearer to integrating with these ultimate thinking, feeling machines.As fiction meets fact, listeners will come to realize they are previewing not what's next for us...but when and how. Is Jennifer's journey near its end? Or is it just beginning? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Rosanna Bini. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/167373/bk_acx0_167373_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Dewey Defeats Truman: The 1948 Election and the Battle for America's Soul , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 695min
From the New York Times best-selling author of The Accidental President comes the thrilling story of the 1948 presidential election, one of the greatest election stories of all time, as Truman mounted a history-making comeback and staked a claim for a new course for America. On the eve of the 1948 election, America was a fractured country. Racism was rampant, foreign relations were fraught, and political parties were more divided than ever. Americans were certain that President Harry S. Truman’s political career was over. “The ballots haven’t been counted,” noted political columnist Fred Othman, “but there seems to be no further need for holding up an affectional farewell to Harry Truman.” Truman’s own staff did not believe he could win. Nor did his wife, Bess. The only man in the world confident that Truman would win was Mr. Truman himself. And win he did. The year 1948 was a fight for the soul of a nation. In Dewey Defeats Truman, A. J. Baime sheds light on one of the most action-packed six months in American history, as Truman not only triumphs, but oversees watershed events - the passing of the Marshall plan, the acknowledgement of Israel as a new state, the careful attention to the origins of the Cold War, and the first desegregation of the military. Not only did Truman win the election, he succeeded in guiding his country forward at a critical time with high stakes and haunting parallels to the modern day. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Scott Aiello. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/034131/bk_adbl_034131_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead: Return to Woodbury , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 559min
The newest terrifying audiobook in the Walking Dead series, thrillingly written by horror master Jay Bonansinga, is truly infectious.... Lilly Caul has risked everything. She has weathered over four years of the apocalypse. She has done things that she would not have dreamt of doing in her darkest nightmares. But she has survived. And now, she has staked a claim in the plague-ravaged city of Atlanta. It is a safe haven for her people, rising high above the walker-ridden streets, a place of warmth and comfort. But for Lilly Caul, something is missing.... She still dreams of her former home - the quaint little village known as Woodbury - a place of heartache as well as hope. For Lilly, Woodbury, Georgia, has become a symbol of the future, of family, of a return to normal life amidst this hell on earth. The call is so powerful that Lilly decides to risk everything in order to go back...to reclaim that little oasis in the wilderness. Against all odds, against the wishes of her people, Lilly leads a ragtag group of true believers back across the impossible landscape of walker swarms, flooded rivers, psychotic bands of murderers, and dangers the likes of which she has never known. Along the way, she discovers a disturbing truth about herself. She is willing to go to the darkest place in order to survive, in order to save her people, in order to do the one thing she knows she has to do: Return to Woodbury. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Fred Berman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/aren/002674/bk_aren_002674_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Designs of Lord Randolph Cavanaugh , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 640min
Number one New York Times best-selling author Stephanie Laurens returns with a new series that captures the simmering desires and intrigues of early Victorians as only she can. Ryder Cavanaugh's stepsiblings are determined to make their own marks in London society. Seeking fortune and passion, the Cavanaughs will delight listeners with their bold exploits. An independent nobleman Lord Randolph Cavanaugh is loyal and devoted - but only to family. To the rest of the world, he's aloof and untouchable, a respected and driven entrepreneur. But Rand yearns for more in life, and when he travels to Buckinghamshire to review a recent investment, he discovers a passionate woman who will challenge his rigid self-control.... A determined lady Felicia Throgmorton intends to keep her family afloat. For decade, her father was consumed by his inventions, and now, months after his death, with their finances in ruins, her brother insists on continuing their father's tinkering. Felicia is desperate to hold together what's left of the estate. Then she discovers she must help persuade their latest investor that her father's follies are a risk worth taking.... Together - the perfect team Rand arrives at Throgmorton Hall to discover the invention on which he's staked his reputation has exploded, the inventor is not who he expected, and a fiercely intelligent woman now holds the key to his future success. But unflinching courage in the face of dismaying hurdles is a trait they share, and Rand and Felicia are forced to act together against ruthless foes to protect everything they hold dear. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Justin Hill. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/006638/bk_harp_006638_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Vamp Camp , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 491min
Who knew that being a gay vampire could be loving and tender? This is a blazingly fast adventure and all the scary/creepy/freaky drama you'd expect from a vampire tale. You also get the wicked wit of Marten Larsson as he learns to live (no, not 'live' exactly) as a vampire. From steamy sex to hunting rogue goons, Marten masters the art and science of vampirism. Did he want to be a vamp? Not so much. He wanted it as much as he asked to have a sissy circle over the 'å' in his name. His mother didn't ask him about the name, and his Maker didn't ask if he wanted to be a vampire. He just woke up dead one day with a piece of paper that said, "Dude, you're a vampire. Drink some blood." The instructions were in a language he didn't even know. Another vampire found Marten and agreed to teach him how to be a vamp with the proper amount of suction. Marten tells us how he did it at Vamp Camp. He has to survive without getting staked or baked. He gloats that he and his boyfriend can make love levitating on the topside of a cumulus cloud. Just don't ever mention that circle over the 'a' in his first name. He goes from zero to Viking Vampire in about a second, and he keeps breaking things before he calms down. Join Marten as he learns how to mainstream with fangs and a blood-lust. Vamp Camp is tender, funny, sexy, and fast-paced. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jason Lovett. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/013462/bk_acx0_013462_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Storm World: Hurricanes, Politics, and the Battle Over Global Warming , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 637min
Chris Mooney, author of The Republican War on Science and one of the leading young environmental journalists and bloggers working today, immerses listeners in the world of those who study hurricanes. What was once an arcane branch of meteorology (itself an arcane science) has become embroiled in one of the most politicized and hotly contested debates in American science: whether or not the recent hurricane disasters, culminating in Katrina, are connected to global warming. Mooney follows the lives and careers of the two leading scientists who stand, bitterly opposed, on either side of the issue. One believes that global warming has nothing to do with hurricane ferocity or frequency; the other believes as fervently that it does; both have staked their reputations on their respective positions. Mooney shows these two men in action as they debate the issue across the country and are followed by the media. He also uses them as a way of showing how hurricane studies have evolved and how government, the media, Big Business, and politics have affected the ways we study and interpret weather patterns. Hurricanes are natural disasters, capable of inflicting almost unimaginable destruction. The culture that has grown up around predicting, charting, and even defining them is very much man-made.Combining lively portraits of the leading figures, vivid science journalism, and the latest reportage from the weather front (the last section covers the 2006 hurricane season), Mooney, a native of New Orleans, has written what will surely be one of the most talked-about books of the year. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lloyd James. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/000484/bk_tant_000484_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Designs of Lord Randolph Cavanaugh , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 640min
Number one New York Times best-selling author Stephanie Laurens returns with a new series that captures the simmering desires and intrigues of early Victorians as only she can. Ryder Cavanaugh’s step-siblings are determined to make their own marks in London society. Seeking fortune and passion, the Cavanaughs will delight listeners with their bold exploits. An independent nobleman Lord Randolph Cavanaugh is loyal and devoted - but only to family. To the rest of the world he’s aloof and untouchable, a respected and driven entrepreneur. But Rand yearns for more in life, and when he travels to Buckinghamshire to review a recent investment, he discovers a passionate woman who will challenge his ruthless self-control.... A determined lady Felicia Throgmorton intends to keep her family afloat. For decades, her father was consumed by his inventions, and now, months after his death, with their finances in ruins, her brother insists on continuing their father’s tinkering. Felicia is desperate to hold together what’s left of the estate. Then she discovers she must help persuade their latest investor that her father’s follies are a risk worth taking.... Together - the perfect team Rand arrives at Throgmorton Hall to discover the invention on which he’s staked his reputation has exploded, the inventor is not whom he expected and a fiercely intelligent woman now holds the key to his future success. But unflinching courage in the face of dismaying hurdles is a trait they share, and Rand and Felicia are forced to act together against dangerous foes to protect everything they hold dear. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Justin Hill. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hcuk/003865/bk_hcuk_003865_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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King Me: A Forever Wilde Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 537min
Falcon: Three years ago, I arrived at the scene of an art heist to find Kingston Wilde tied to a radiator, claiming to be an innocent bystander in the wrong place at the wrong time. It was only later I learned he was actually the elusive art thief I’d been tracking for years. And I was the one who’d let him sweet-talk his way out of my grasp. Ever since, I’ve made it my mission to get my hands on him again, and this time I don’t plan on letting go.Unfortunately, fate has other plans. A priceless artifact has gone missing, and King is the only one who can help recover it. I thought nothing could be worse than being forced to work with the egotistical SOB, but I was wrong. Falling for the charming art thief in the middle of an operation is way, way worse. King: The key to being a good art thief is knowing when to call it quits. After one too many close calls, I decide it is the right time to head home to Hobie, Texas, intending to hang up my lockpicks for good. Unfortunately, the FBI has other plans. Agent Dirk Falcon approaches me with an offer I can’t refuse: full immunity for my past crimes in exchange for helping him with one last job.The catch? The job involves stealing from the very man who taught me everything I know. The same man who double-crossed me years ago. Pulling this off means trusting Falcon and his team, but how do I trust the sexy agent when he’s staked his career on taking me down? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michael Dean. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/160284/bk_acx0_160284_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Blue Moon Investigations Two Book Starter Set: Paranormal Nonsense & The Phantom of Barker Mill in one Volume , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1211min
The paranormal? It’s all nonsense, but proving it might get them killed In the brooding, dark landscape of England, with its rolling hills and forgotten castles, the dark breeds evil in every shadow. Well, almost every shadow. Some of them have stupid in them instead. With thousands of books sold, the Blue Moon Investigations series will grip you from the start and rob you of sleep as you continue listening until well after your bedtime. When Steve Higgs writes, he hits it out of the park! I find myself laughing loud and often. Paranormal Nonsense - falsely advertised as a paranormal investigator, Tempest Michaels has a serial killing vampire to track down and a poltergeist to catch...because he’s staked his reputation on proving none of it is real.Helped by disillusioned cop, Amanda Harper, the duo is not only pitted against a brotherhood of vampire wannabes, but also a desperately ticking clock when one of his friends is taken.He’s got all the help he could need and more, though, as his friends, his mum, and his dogs are pitching in!The Phantom of Barker Mill - a hundred-year-old mystery proves irresistible for England’s only paranormal P.I. It looks like the perfect case...but someone, or perhaps everyone is lying to him. As he closes in on the truth, he is led into a race against time that may cost him more than he is willing to pay.Oh, and his mum wants him to organize a baby shower.If you are a fan of fast-paced paranormal thrillers, then this urban fantasy series is sure to please. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Peter Fullagar. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/197862/bk_acx0_197862_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Omega Remembered: Northern Lodge Pack, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 226min
Getting Aries as my mate is a fantasy that I never would have had the imagination to dream up on my own, but to get those two beautiful angels too? That's just the complete package. Micah is a young alpha on a mission to find the infant daughter of an old friend. When he also finds two other lost little angels, he has no choice but to rescue them as well. Before he is able to return them home to their dad, they already have staked their claim on his heart. Aries is an omega whose babies were stolen from him, ripped from his arms right at birth. He's tried to stay strong, but the pain of their absence haunts him every moment of every day. When he discovers that his children have been found by an alpha that is already on the way to deliver them into his arms, Aries is beside himself with nervous excitement. What he doesn't expect is that the alpha is the one man that he has reason to hate due to a regrettable incident from the past. Neither of them expected to see their fated mate when Micah arrived with the children. Can these two men who have zero respect for each other find their way to somehow form a family together with the children that they both adore? Warning: This book is not intended for readers under the age of 18. It contains potty-mouth language, adults adulting in fun and naughty ways, and a strong dose of insta-love. Possible trigger warning: Contains references to a past kidnapping/sexual assault. No assault scenes are included in this book. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John Solo. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/112806/bk_acx0_112806_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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