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Fantazia: You Won't Want to Leave: Fantazia Club Series Book One , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 108min, (USK 18)

Elsa is a hardworking, single 35-year-old woman who loves to read paranormal books. She hides herself away and lives every moment with her book boyfriends, and as long as she has a never-ending supply of them, and wine, she appears to be happy. At least, that what she tells herself. She's brash and a control freak, constantly stressed and a bit of a bitch. Once her workday is over, she retreats to her apartment and escapes to the fantasy land of her books, avoiding relationships despite secretly yearning to be involved with someone. It's only after she meets Jasper that she learns she needs therapy. But this is a different kind of therapy - there's no psychiatrist. At Club Fantazia, Elsa comes face-to-face with her fears and has to get over the inhibitions that hold her prisoner. Club Fantazia isn't just any club, though - it's invitation only - and once you're in, you learn its secrets and will never want to leave. Fantazia is the first book in this series, where you will learn about what goes on in this secret club. The owners and workers are not like anyone else you've ever met. This is a mild BDSM, erotic, self-effacing short story. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jazmin Kensington. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/041827/bk_acx0_041827_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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It Worked For Me Unabridged: In Life and Leadership , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 461min

It Worked for Me is filled with vivid experiences and lessons learned that have shaped the legendary career of the four-star general and former Secretary of State Colin Powell. At its heart are Powell's "Thirteen Rules" - such as "Get mad, then get over it" and "Share credit" - that introduce his principles for effective leadership: conviction, hard work, and, above all, respect for others. A natural storyteller, Powell offers warm and engaging parables with wise advice on succeeding in the workplace and beyond. "Trust your people," he counsels as he delegates presidential briefing responsibilities to two junior State Department desk officers. "Do your best - someone is watching," he advises those just starting out, recalling his own teenage job mopping floors in a factory. Powell combines the insight he gained in the military and four presidential administrations with lessons from his immigrant-family upbringing in the Bronx and his training in the ROTC. The result is a powerful portrait of a leader who is reflective, self-effacing, and grateful for everyone he works with. A brilliant and original blueprint for leadership, Colin Powell's It Worked for Me is bound to inspire, move, and surprise readers. Includes an interview with the author. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Colin Powell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/002877/bk_harp_002877_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Revenge of the Nerd , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 651min

This audiobook is read by the author. Risky Business. Revenge of the Nerds. Better Off Dead. Moonlighting. Supernatural. American Dad. New Girl. What do all of these movies and television shows have in common? Curtis Armstrong. A legendary comedic second banana to a litany of major stars, Curtis is forever cemented in the public imagination as Booger from Revenge of the Nerds. A classically trained actor, Curtis began his incredible 40-year career onstage but progressed rapidly to film and television. He was typecast early, and it proved to be the best thing that could have happened. But there's more to Curtis' story than that. Born and bred a nerd, he spent his early years between Detroit, a city so nerdy that the word was coined there in 1951, and, improbably, Geneva, Switzerland. His adolescence and early adulthood were spent primarily between the covers of a book and indulging his nerdy obsessions. It was only when he found his true calling, as an actor and unintentional nerd icon, that he found true happiness. With whip-smart, self-effacing humor, Armstrong takes us on a most unlikely journey - one nerd's hilarious, often touching rise to the middle. He started his life as an outcast and matured into...well, an older, slightly paunchier, hopefully wiser outcast. In Hollywood, as in life, that counts as winning the game. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Curtis Armstrong. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/aren/002580/bk_aren_002580_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Up Till Now, Hörbuch, Digital, 368min

William Shatner gets the joke about William Shatner. In fact, most of the time he's the one telling it. His self-effacing attitude, so perfectly parodied in the bombastic character he now plays on Boston Legal, Denny Crane, is one of the reasons for his huge popularity. While best known for his creation of Captain James T. Kirk, commander of the starship Enterprise on Star Trek, William Shatner has been a working actor for more than half a century. He has experienced all the ups (the awards and acclaim) and the downs (having to live for a time in the truck bed of his camper when he couldn't get work) that are a part of the actor's world. In Up Till Now he tells us about his remarkable life, from training as a Shakespearan actor under Sir Tyrone Guthrie to his time on Broadway, his movie career, and, of course, his successful tv series. He has worked with an extraordinary range of actors, among them Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Marlene Dietrich, Judy Garland, Walter Matthau, Sandra Bullock, Ben Stiller, and Robert DeNiro. He also writes, with glee, about some of his less successful ventures, including Incubus, the only feature ever made entirely in Esperanto. As funny, charming, and self-deprecating as the man himself, this book will delight his many fans of all ages. Language: English. Narrator: William Shatner. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/macm/000409/bk_macm_000409_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Fail Until You Don't: Fight. Grind. Repeat. , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 320min

The number one New York Times best-selling author of Bare Bones, host of the marquee morning program The Bobby Bones Show, comedian, and dedicated philanthropist delivers an inspirational and humorous collection of stories about his biggest misses in life and how he turned them into lessons and wins. Bobby Bones is the youngest inductee ever into the National Radio Hall of Fame, alongside legends Dick Clark, Larry King, and Howard Stern. As "the most powerful man in country music" (Forbes), he has reached the peak of his profession and achieved his childhood dreams. Each weekday morning, more than five million fans tune in to his radio show. But as Bobby reveals, a lot of what made him able to achieve his goals were mistakes, awkward moments, and embarrassing situations - lemons that he turned into lemonade through hard work and humility. In this eye-opening audiobook, he’ll include ideas and motivations for finding success even when seemingly surrounded by impossible odds or tough failures. He also includes anecdotes from some of his famous friends who open up about their own missteps. Bobby’s mantra is: Fight. Grind. Repeat. A man who refuses to give up, he sees failure as something to learn from - and the recollections in this funny, smart audiobook, full of Bobby’s brand of self-effacing humor, show how he’s become such a beloved goofball. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bobby Bones. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/007403/bk_harp_007403_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Divine Comedy - Purgatorio , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 322min

Purgatory, from the Divine Comedy After his soul-searing journey through the torments of hell, Dante is led by his guide, Virgil, to the frontier of Purgatory, depicted as a vast mountain that represents the sole piece of land in the Southern Hemisphere. The pair slowly make their way up the mountain, at the top of which is the fabled earthly paradise. As they climb they meet repentant sinners whose curative punishments are often no less severe than those inflicted in hell. However, these souls, unlike their counterparts in hell, are assured of eventual salvation and embrace their various forms of penance with joy and gratitude. The high point of the drama occurs in the earthly paradise, where Virgil suddenly and silently vanishes, his place being taken by Beatrice, who is to be Dante's guide for the rest of his journey. If the Divine Comedy is viewed as a symphony in verse, the Purgatorio, with its more relaxed pace and periods of sunlit reflection, can be seen as the slow movement. As an interlude between the hectic horrors of the Inferno and the transcendent glories of the Paradiso, it is notable for a distinctive pastoral ambience and an easy beauty of versification, well captured in this self-effacing translation by Ichabod Charles Wright. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Denis Daly, Libby Stephenson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/mike/001305/bk_mike_001305_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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When the Tempest Gathers: From Mogadishu to the Fight Against ISIS, a Marine Special Operations Commander at War , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 737min

These are the combat experiences of the first Marine to command a special operations task force, recounted against a backdrop of his journey from raw Second Lieutenant to seasoned Colonel and Task Force Commander; from leading Marines through the streets of Mogadishu, Baghdad, Fallujah and Mosul to directing multi-national special operations forces in a dauntingly complex fight against a formidable foe. The journey culminates in the story’s centerpiece: the fight against ISIS, in which the author is able to use the lessons of his harsh apprenticeship to lead the SOF task force under his command to hasten the Caliphate’s eventual demise. Milburn has an unusual background for a US Marine, and this is no ordinary war memoir. Very few personal accounts of war cover such a wide breadth of experience, or with so discerning a perspective. As Bing West comments: “His exceptional skill is telling each story of battle and then knitting them into a coherent whole. By the end of the book, the reader understands what happened on the ground in the wars against terrorists over the past twenty years.” Milburn tells his extraordinary story with self-effacing candor, describing openly his personal struggles with the isolation of command, post-combat trauma and family tragedy. And with the skill and insight of a natural story teller, he makes the reader experience what it’s like to lead those who fight America’s wars. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Andrew Milburn. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/056746/bk_adbl_056746_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Sunny Days , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 511min

Sunny Days is a fascinating account of the growth of one of India's greatest batsman - one whose astonishing feats on the cricket field had resulted innumerable records being rewritten and setting close to tiresome targets. How did the story of Sunil Manohar Gavaskar begin? What was the genesis of the man who grew to be a legend in his own lifetime? The story starts with a baby being switched after birth - luckily restored by an eagle-eyed uncle; he grows up to almost break his mother's nose with a mighty hit (a childhood habit that persists in later life); plays good cricket in school and college; inevitably graduates beyond university and trophy cricket; is occasionally booed by the crowd, as his uncle happens to be a selector; and then bursts into the international cricket scene with his test debut at Port of Spain at the age of 21. The year 1971 is Gavaskar's year, and sunny days have finally begun for Indian cricket. By the end of the 1975-76 season, Gavaskar has played 147 first-class matches and amassed 11,574 runs and 38 hundreds. He has played 24 matches in eight Tests, with 2,123 runs and 8 hundreds. And there is still nearly a decade left before the glory days of the Kotla and Chidambaram stadiums. A fluently written book with Gavaskar's usual self-effacing modesty imparting a rare grace, Sunny Days is a must-listen for all cricket fans. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Rishabh Mittal. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tmii/000042/bk_tmii_000042_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Wild-Bird Child: A Life of Amy Carmichael , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 441min

She has become a legend.Brilliant, personable, and passionate, she is arguably the most gifted of all Irish woman writers of Christian literature.During the time of the Raj in India, Amy Carmichael discovered a custom of the time in which children were "married to gods" and so introduced to a life of prostitution. With a mixture of courage and heartbreak, she began to uncover the facts, sometimes under disguise, for the government. After independence, the Indian government courageously prohibited the practice by law. Against difficult circumstances, Amy and her colleagues provided a safe home for these children against awesomely difficult circumstances at Dohnavur in South India.Until her death in 1951, she devoted 50 years of her life to rescuing babies and children from dangerous backgrounds in India.Amy, a Christian missionary, social reformer, and writer of 35 books, once described herself as a "Wild-bird child and in no wise tame": Her life proved her observation to be hauntingly accurate. Millions of people have been influenced by her life and writing.For this biography, the first by anyone from her home County, Derick Bingham carefully researched Amy Carmichael’s original letters now placed by the Dohnavur Fellowship and Miss Margaret Wilkinson in the Northern Ireland Public Records Office.As Bingham tried to uncover the heart and conscience of this extraordinarily self-effacing legend, he is on record as saying that it proved to be one of the greatest spiritual experiences of his life, and in this biography, listeners will find spiritual gold. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ellery Truesdell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/171901/bk_acx0_171901_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Manipulation: 2 Books in 1: Memory Improvement + Analyze People , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 364min

Knowing yourself: If you need to, in reality, understand others, then you need to begin by knowing yourself. This better understanding of yourself will help you recognize how internal processes work for yourself and for others. Understanding that a few insecurities will change the manner we behave will help us realize that this is real for others. You may be better able to understand the way that an insecurity shows itself through self-effacing body language and shortage of eye contact. All body language is an expression of an underlying self-belief. The material in this audiobook might be relevant to you on an introspective level because it could be about knowing others better. If you discover what you are suffering to recognize others' behaviors, then you can just have issues understanding your very own internal methods. Learning to see these methods’ outward expressions will allow you to begin sincerely knowing yourself. You will be able to come to terms with some of your own fears, insecurities, and prejudices in case you really want to apprehend others. If you don’t attempt to see your own moves, then anything you see about different people will come through the lens of your fears, insecurities, and prejudices without any conscious idea for your part. This will be a false image and will make expertise on others even more hard. Being capable of understanding yourself will also assist you to see the impact (direct or indirect) you have on the ones around you. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Albert B Foster. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/186814/bk_acx0_186814_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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