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    Divine Wind: The History and Science of Hurricanes , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 543min
    Imagine standing at the center of a Roman coliseum that is 20 miles across, with walls that soar 10 miles into the sky, towering walls with cascades of ice crystals falling along its brilliantly white surface. That's what it's like to stand in the eye of a hurricane. In Divine Wind, Kerry Emanuel, one of the world's leading authorities on hurricanes, gives us an engaging account of these awe-inspiring meteorological events, revealing how hurricanes and typhoons have literally altered human history, thwarting military incursions and changing the course of explorations. Offering an account of the physics of the tropical atmosphere, the author explains how such benign climates give rise to the most powerful storms in the world and tells what modern science has learned about them. Interwoven with this scientific account are descriptions of some of the most important hurricanes in history and relevant works of art and literature. For instance, he describes the 17th-century hurricane that likely inspired Shakespeare's The Tempest and that led to the British colonization of Bermuda. We also listen about the Galveston Hurricane of 1900, by far the worst natural calamity in U.S. history, with a death toll between 8,000 and 12,000 that exceeded the San Francisco earthquake, the Johnstown Flood, and the Okeechobee Hurricane. Divine Wind captures the profound effects that hurricanes have had on humanity. It's fascinating blend of history, science, and art will appeal to weather junkies, science buffs, and everyone who read Isaac's Storm. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: J. Paul Guimont. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/015497/bk_adbl_015497_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 375min
    Inc. magazine's most popular writer, executive coach Lolly Daskal, explains how anyone can recognize and leverage the leadership gaps that stand in the way of greatness. When successful people begin to feel uncertain or challenged at work, the one thing they want to know most is why things are going wrong after they have gone right for so long. In The Leadership Gap, Lolly Daskal reveals the consequences highly driven, overachieving leaders face when they continue to rely on a skill set that has always worked for them, even when it is no longer effective. Over decades of advising and inspiring the most prominent chief executives in the world, Daskal has discerned that leaders fall into one of seven categories - The Rebel, The Explorer, The Truth Teller, The Hero, The Inventor, The Navigator, and The Knight - and have risen to their positions relying on a specific set of values and traits. However, all leaders reach a point when their effectiveness is compromised by the gap hidden in those traits - intuition becomes manipulation, for instance, or integrity becomes corruption. Based on a mix of modern philosophy, science, and her own vast well of business experience, Daskal offers a breakthrough perspective on leadership - a new system for rethinking everything you know to reveal the path to becoming the kind of leader you truly want to be. In The Leadership Gap, Lolly Daskal not only confirms her stature as an exceptional business mind but also reveals the insights and observations of one of our most important leadership experts - a businesswoman known for providing trusted advice, actionable solutions, and provocative ideas to the world's top executives. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lolly Daskal, Marshall Goldsmith. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/peng/003152/bk_peng_003152_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Awesome Trivia for Kids: Strange and Interesting Fun Facts About the World, Presidents, Science, Animals, Dinosaurs and Space , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 72min
    Did you know?In 2006, Barrack Obama received a Grammy Award for his audiobook voice. Are you interested in learning about the world, the universe, and the galaxy? Awesome Trivia for Kids is a fact audiobook for children containing many universal facts. The world has many interesting facts that captivate everyone especially the children. Many kids have an insatiable thirst for facts about the world starting from dinosaurs, outer space, history, to geography, and anything else that their minds can grasp. With the many apps, kits, games, and electronics filling today’s world, we might forget that science and fact books continue to be a fascinating and fantastic source of education and entertainment. In Awesome Trivia for Kids, the authors teach facts about the world through memorable, fun, and engaging content. The audiobook offers the listeners factual information about the universe in a fun and educative way.These are a few facts which the listeners will find interesting:The world is actually a very big and complex place where there are different people, things, and places.Africa is the second largest continent with 54 countries.The strangest fact of Antarctica is the ice glacier called blood fall.The constellations, the Milky Way, and everything else found in the galaxy exist in a space referred to outer space.All 45 presidents in the United States have been men.There are many types of dinosaurs identified across the world for instance Tyrannosaurus Rex, Spinosaurus, Diplodocus, and Brachiosaurus.The first computer ever built was the size of an entire room, and it weighed 27 tons. It was called the ENIAC.And many moreStart your exploration today by getting this audiobook today! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Diana Hernandez. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/152329/bk_acx0_152329_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Secrets of the Moneylab: How Behavioral Economics Can Improve Your Business , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 555min
    Taking behavioral economics from the cocktail party to the boardroom, with dramatic results. Books like Predictably Irrational and Nudge have brought behavioral economics into the mainstream. But while we all marvel at how different - and weird - real people behave compared to the "rational actors" of traditional economics, in the end we go back to business as usual. After all, what do a few laboratory experiments have to do with making a buck? As economist Kay-Yut Chen has shown, quite a bit. Chen started behavioral economics research at Hewlett-Packard, founding the first such "moneylab" at any company, let alone one in the Fortune 500. His groundbreaking research into human behavior has led to tangible results for HP. In fact, he has saved the company millions of dollars by showing how changing the right conditions can make people behave very differently. Secrets of the Moneylab offers practical lessons being put to use right now at HP and other leading companies. It explains, for instance, how to: Use incentives to influence employees, suppliers, and buyers Determine whom to trust, and how much Reduce the negative effects of irrational behavior by noticing patterns that don't seem logical-but are utterly predictable Overcome the human tendency to game the system Profit from motives beyond money Chen and science writer Marina Krakovsky reveal in plain English how to translate the counterintuitive findings of behavioral economics into concrete action steps for businesses of any size. Secrets of the Moneylab shows how tackling your real-world problems like a scientist can open up entirely new realms of possibility and profit. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Don Hagen. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/gdan/000474/bk_gdan_000474_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    This Time We Went Too Far , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 413min
    For the Palestinians who live in the narrow coastal strip of Gaza, the Israeli invasion of December 2008 was a nightmare of unimaginable proportions: In the 22-day-long action, 1,400 Gazans were killed, several hundred on the first day alone. And yet, while nothing should diminish Palestinian suffering through those frightful days, it is possible something redemptive is emerging from the tragedy of Gaza. For, as Norman Finkelstein details, in a concise work that melds cold anger with cool analysis, the profound injustice of the Israeli assault was widely recognized by bodies that it is impossible to brand as partial or extremist. Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the UN investigation headed by Richard Goldstone, in documenting Israel's use of indiscriminate and intentional force against the civilian population during the invasion (100 Palestinians died for every one Israeli), have had an impact on longstanding support for Israel. Jews in both the Unites States and the United Kingdom, for instance, have begun to voice dissent, and this trend is especially apparent among the young. Such a shift, Finkelstein contends, can create new pressure capable of moving the Middle East crisis towards a solution, one that embraces justice for Palestinians and Israelis alike. This edition has been revised throughout and includes an extensive afterword on the Israeli attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, which resulted in the deaths of nine activists and further strained the loyalty of many of Israel's traditional allies around the world. It also contains a brand new appendix in which Finkelstein dissects the official Israeli investigation of the flotilla attack. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tom Pile. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/003184/bk_acx0_003184_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Perversion of Virtue: Understanding Murder-Suicide , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 619min
    Of the approximately 38,500 deaths by suicide in the U.S. annually, about two percent - between 750 and 800 - are murder-suicides. The horror of murder-suicides looms large in the public consciousness - they are reported in the media with more frequency and far more sensationalism than most suicides, and yet we have little understanding of this grave form of violence. In The Perversion of Virtue, leading suicide researcher Thomas Joiner explores the nature of murder-suicide and offers a unique new theory to explain this nearly unexplainable act: that murder-suicides always involve the wrongheaded invocation of one of four interpersonal virtues: mercy, justice, duty, and glory. The parent who murders his child and then himself seeks to save his child from a fatherless life of hardship; the wife who murders her husband and then herself seeks to right the wrongs he committed against her, and so on. Murder-suicides involve the gross misperception of when and how these four virtues should be applied. Drawing from extensive research as well as real examples from the media, Joiner meticulously examines, deconstructs, and finally rebuilds our understanding of murder-suicide in such a way that brings tragic reason to what may seem an unfathomable act of violence. Along the way, he dispels some of the most enduring myths of suicide - for instance, that suicide is usually an impulsive act (it is almost always pre-meditated), or that alcohol or drugs are involved in most suicides (usually they are not). Sure to be controversial, this audiobook seeks to make sense of one of the most difficult-to-comprehend types of violence in modern society, shedding new light that will ultimately lead to better understanding and even prevention. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Chris Kayser. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/019820/bk_adbl_019820_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    All Shook Up: How Rock ‘n’ Roll Changed America , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 560min
    The birth of rock 'n roll ignited a firestorm of controversy - one critic called it "musical riots put to a switchblade beat" - but if it generated much sound and fury, what, if anything, did it signify? As Glenn Altschuler reveals in All Shook Up, the rise of rock 'n roll--and the outraged reception to it - in fact can tell us a lot about the values of the United States in the 1950s, a decade that saw a great struggle for the control of popular culture. Altschuler shows, in particular, how rock's "switchblade beat" opened up wide fissures in American society along the fault-lines of family, sexuality, and race. For instance, the birth of rock coincided with the Civil Rights movement and brought "race music" into many white homes for the first time. Elvis freely credited blacks with originating the music he sang and some of the great early rockers were African American, most notably, Little Richard and Chuck Berry. In addition, rock celebrated romance and sex, rattled the reticent by pushing sexuality into the public arena, and mocked deferred gratification and the obsession with work of men in gray flannel suits. And it delighted in the separate world of the teenager and deepened the divide between the generations, helping teenagers differentiate themselves from others. Altschuler includes vivid biographical sketches of the great rock 'n rollers, including Elvis Presley, Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Buddy Holly - plus their white-bread doppelgangers such as Pat Boone. Rock 'n roll seemed to be everywhere during the decade, exhilarating, influential, and an outrage to those Americans intent on wishing away all forms of dissent and conflict. As vibrant as the music itself, All Shook Up reveals how rock 'n roll challenged and changed American culture and laid the foundation for the social upheaval of the sixties.The “Pivotal Moments in American History” series seeks to unite ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jack Garrett. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/002808/bk_adbl_002808_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Almost Home: Helping Kids Move from Homelessness to Hope , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 460min
    Inside the lives of homeless teens - moving stories of pain and hope from Covenant House. Almost Home tells the stories of six remarkable young people from across the United States and Canada as they confront life alone on the streets. Each eventually finds his or her way to Covenant House, the largest charity serving homeless and runaway youth in North America. From the son of a crack addict who fights his own descent into drug addiction, to a teen mother reaching for a new life, their stories veer between devastating and inspiring as they each struggle to find a place called home. This book: Includes a foreword by Newark Mayor Cory Booker Shares the personal stories of six homeless youths grappling with issues such as drug addiction, family violence, prostitution, rejection based on sexual orientation, teen parenthood, and aging out of foster care into a future with limited skills and no support system Gives voice to the estimated 1.6 million young people in the United States and Canada who run away or are kicked out of their homes each year Includes stories of firsthand experiences mentoring and working with homeless and troubled youth, and practical suggestions on how to get involved Discusses the root causes of homelessness among young people - and policy recommendations to address them Provides action steps listeners can take to fight youth homelessness and assist individual homeless young people Written by Kevin Ryan, president of Covenant House, and Pulitzer Prize nominee and former New York Times writer Tina Kelley, Almost Home invites us to get to know homeless teens as more than an accumulation of statistics and societal issues. This book gives a human face to a huge but largely invisible problem and offers practical insights into how to prevent homelessness and help homeless youth move to a hopeful future. For instance, one kid in the book goes on to ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kevin Ryan, Tina Kelley, Cory Booker, Karla Mosley, Capathia Jenkins, Stephanie J. Block. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/011397/bk_adbl_011397_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Whole Food Plant-Based Diet 2: Activate Your Body's Natural Ability to Burn Fat; Lose Weight Fast and Energetic by the Anti-Inflammatory Diet , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 270min
    Do you want a good change in your physical and mental health without compromising the taste of the tongue? A whole plant-based diet is the best possible answer to all your wishes. This audiobook is about a whole plant-based diet plan, its value, its importance, its benefits, and comparisons with other diet plans. It provides complete information about "a plant-based diet".You'll find a list of foods classified under plant-based diet, complete with ingredients, its derivation, difference between processed and insignificantly processed food, the difference between vegan and plant-based food, the impact of a plant-based diet on lifestyle and health, its preparation, and how can you make a big success leading a plant-based diet life. A very effective and different audiobook, it has been specifically designed to be narrated and structured to ensure easy and unconscious learning for the listener.There are many secrets you'll learn in this book.Effortlessness is the key in case of a plant-based diet.The need to stay away from processed and animal-based food is because they have substantial addictive properties, and include sugar, high fructose corn syrup, artificial ingredients, and deficiency of fiber. They contain components that cause hyper reward sense and increase in IGF-1.A plant-based diet and vegan diet are slightly different from each other; vegan diet has nothing to do with animal-based products in life like, for instance, eating and wearing and using in household products, whereas plant-based diet follows the prohibition of animal-based products in just eating category. Plant-based diet can be personalized for each person and can be different for everyone, depending upon their tastes. You need to set the purpose and plan for your diet and should what are you eating.  The possible results and benefits that a plant-based diet can offer are:Lowers blood pressureLowers c ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sharon Plummer. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/176145/bk_acx0_176145_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Brainwashing, Mindfulness, and Dark Psychology: Definitive Guide to Develop Mental Toughness and Improving Your Emotional Intelligence Influencing , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 602min
    They say that knowledge is power. Well, if knowledge is power, then having knowledge of human psychology is the equivalent of having super powers. Psychology, the understanding of the human mind and the way it works, is a topic central to the existence of mankind.Dark psychology is the study of the human condition as it relates to the psychological nature of people to prey upon others. All of humanity has this potential to victimize other humans and living creatures. While many restrain or sublimate this tendency, some act upon these impulses. Dark Psychology seeks to understand those thoughts, feelings and perceptions that lead to human predatory behavior. Dark Psychology assumes that this production is purposive and has some rational, goal-oriented motivation 99.99 percent of the time. The remaining .01 percent, under Dark Psychology, is the brutal victimization of others without purposive intent or reasonably defined by evolutionary science or religious dogma.In psychology, the study of brainwashing, often referred to as thought reform, falls into the sphere of "social influence". Social influence happens every minute of every day. It's the collection of ways in which people can change other people's attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors. For instance, the compliance method aims to produce a change in a person's behavior and is not concerned with his attitudes or beliefs. It's the "Just do it" approach. persuasion, on the other hand, aims for a change in attitude. Because brainwashing is such an invasive form of influence, it requires the complete isolation and dependency of the subject, which is why you mostly hear of brainwashing occurring in prison camps or totalist cults.Mindfulness. It’s a pretty straightforward word. It suggests that the mind is fully attending to what’s happening, to what you’re doing, to the space you’re moving through. That might seem trivial, except for the annoying fact that we so often veer from the matter at ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jason Belvill. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/177242/bk_acx0_177242_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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