42 Results for : chauvinistic
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The Widow Brigade , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 779min
If your death ever comes before mine, I hope the gods take my life soon after. Duli and her husband had stated those words to each other several times. Then the day came when his dwarf kin brought his body back from the field of an ambush. As a non-clan dwarf, rendered beardless by old customs, her widowed status places her in the lowest caste of Tok-Maurron. Fearful of her future under a chauvinistic crafters' guild, and unwilling to complete her suicide attempt, Duli's emotions turn to rage directed at the humans. Dwarf traditions forbid women to wage war, yet the ongoing battles leave more widows enticed by her call to action.Ridiculed, chastised, and even jailed in her own chambers for her actions, Duli's struggles for her beliefs are even slowed by her need to earn a living off her non-sanctioned craft. Duli only wishes her own death, but in the process sparks a liberation movement that shakes the subterranean city to its core values. Even if the women win over their clan, they must still prove they have the mettle to face their husbands' killers, and the magic that humans command.Author's Note: The world in which The Widow Brigade is set was designed after much of my own experience, and critical critique, of classic fantasy books and role-playing games. The story tips my hat to the many and yet too-few women who have shared this gaming passion of mine. The following quote by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich influenced how this story had to be written: "Well-behaved women seldom make history." ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Darla Middlebrook. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/155132/bk_acx0_155132_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Europe Since 1815, Volume 2: Imperialism and Militarism , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 764min
19th century Europe produced some of the greatest soldiers, statesmen, scientists, artists, and thinkers of any period in recorded history. And by the middle of that century nationalism had emerged triumphant from Ireland to Greece, and many new nations, including Germany and Italy, had appeared. But nationalism was accompanied by a chauvinistic impulse toward militarism. At the same time, new explorations were beginning to open the continent of Africa to colonial opportunities, an activity also pursued in Asia and the Pacific. Along with the new political developments came astounding scientific advances led by men like Louis Pasteur, Charles Darwin and Alfred Einstein. Meanwhile, the economic theories of Marx and the philosophical musings of Nietzsche roiled the minds of millions and produced profound undercurrents of political and social tension. Across this fabric of seething ethnic emotions and boundless imperial ambition strode the mighty figure of Otto von Bismark, the greatest statesman of his era. With his unshakeable belief in blood and iron and an unerring eye for compromise and balance of power, Bismark guided the German Empire to the pinnacle of success only to have his life's work threatened by the impetuosity of the egocentric Kaiser Wilhelm II. Listen as this great work unfolds and learn how the fabulous civilization of Europe strutted across the world stage in a glittering sheen of self-aggrandizing splendor, while unconsciously choosing the path to disaster. As autocratic and backward Russia and Turkey lurch from crisis to crisis, and the other European states watch German militarism with a growing sense of dread, revanchiste France bides her time. Secret alliances and an uncontrollable arms race follow, while Europe awaits the spark that will set off a conflagration that many have long expected. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Charlton Griffin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acon/000091/bk_acon_000091_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Witness for the Defense: Kali O'Brien, Book 4 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 680min
With her unique blend of courtroom drama and feverish suspense, critically acclaimed author Jonnie Jacobs has won a legion of fans for her Kali O'Brien thrillers. Now the edgy San Francisco attorney is back to handle a simple adoption - and winds up defending her client for murder.... Straightforward and short term: that's precisely the kind of case Kali O'Brien needs at the moment. Yet the Harper adoption makes her uneasy from the start. Maybe it's because psychologist Steven Cross - a man whose path hasn't crossed hers since the tragedy that shattered his life and their forbidden relationship years ago - unexpectedly referred the couple to her. Or could it be that Ted and Terri Harper's previous brush with parenthood ended in heartache when the birth mother changed her mind? This time around, the former star quarterback and his lovely blonde wife aren't taking any chances. They've even moved pregnant Melissa Burke into their lavish Pacific Heights home. As Kali watches her determined clients shower the lonesome teenager with love and attention, she can't help wondering just how desperate they are to claim the unborn child. When Melissa delivers a healthy baby girl and promptly signs the final adoption papers, Kali breathes a sigh of relief...until Bram Weaver surfaces. The controversial, chauvinistic radio talk show host announces he's the baby's father - a claim Melissa can't dispute. With a sinking heart, Kali prepares to defend the Harpers in a bitter custody battle that's certain to end in the birth father's favor - until the case takes a shocking turn when somebody murders Weaver. Despite Terri Harper's staunch denial, the police have compelling evidence linking her to the crime, leaving Kali to wonder how far an emotionally fraught new mother will go to protect her child. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cindy Piller. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/058268/bk_acx0_058268_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Veiled Warriors: Allied Nurses of the First World War , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 680min
Caring for the wounded of the First World War was tough and challenging work, demanding extensive knowledge, technical skill, and high levels of commitment. Although allied nurses were admired in their own time for their altruism and courage, their image was distorted by the lens of popular mythology. They came to be seen as self-sacrificing heroines, romantic foils to the male combatant and doctors' handmaidens, rather than being appreciated as trained professionals performing significant work in their own right. Christine Hallett challenges these myths to reveal the true story of allied nursing in the First World War - one which is both more complex and more absorbing. Drawing upon evidence from archives across the world, Veiled Warriors offers a compelling account of nurses' wartime experiences and a clear appraisal of their work and its contribution to the allied cause between 1914 and 1918, on both the Western and the Eastern Fronts. Nurses believed they were involved in a multi-layered battle. Primarily, they were fighting for the lives of their patients on the "second battlefield" of casualty clearing stations, transports, and military hospitals. Beyond this, they were an integral component of the allied military machine, putting their own lives at risk in field hospitals close to the front lines, on board hospital ships vulnerable to enemy submarine attack, and in base hospitals subject to heavy bombardment. As working women in a sometimes hostile, chauvinistic world, allied nurses were also fighting to gain recognition for their profession and political rights for their sex. For them, military nursing might help to win not only the war itself, but also a more powerful voice for women in the post-war world. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Elizabeth Jasicki. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/021439/bk_adbl_021439_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Never Say Never , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 569min
Reesa's a savvy financial planner with one goal - to have a baby before 35. But to do that, she's got to do one of two things: dump her current man, Simon, and find another man more suitable to be husband and father, or settle with Simon and work overtime trying to train him for the starring role. At 33, getting rid of Simon to find Mr. Right is a chance Reesa's not willing to take. But when she's had enough of Simon's antics and kicks him to the curb, will her goal change? Carmen's been with her man, Anthony, for over three years and has never hesitated to cater to his needs and wants no matter how chauvinistic, insensitive, and rude he can be. Not even Anthony's mother is enough to make her call the relationship quits - even though she thinks about it every day. Then along comes Jordan. Smooth, fine, older, and yearning to be hers, Jordan is ready to give Carmen everything she wants. Carmen can only fight the temptation for so long before she finally gives in. But will an unexpected pregnancy ruin everything? Erica wants a real man to satisfy her soul, but she's not looking for one. Tired of dealing with brothers who think that the key to a woman's heart is bling-bling, and fed up with the brothers who want a lighter shade on their arm, Erica gives up on looking for love and settles for occasional dates and one-night stands. But just when she's found her groove, her ex comes barreling back into her life in a major way, taking Erica through the emotional wringer. Reesa, Carmen, and Erica know that life and love isn't easy, but they never expected the drama. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mishi LaChappelle. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/011365/bk_blak_011365_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Gender Politics: An Absurdist Political Humor Story for the Exceptionally Clever , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 29min
Societal commentary just got interesting. Listen to this funny, racy, exaggerated take on a man running for office and the woman chosen to help him.Peppered with satire of the elite and commentary on class warfare, this quirky political humor story explores power struggles between the sexes. Perfect if you want to chuckle and think. This tale is one helluva ride - a sexy little snicker.Listen to Gender Politics if you enjoy: Weird, sexy politicsAbsurdist humor and politics of the absurdSocietal commentaryExcerpt:“Obesity is the new terrorism,” said Rolph, scraping the sauce off his dinner. He had ordered a marvelous $37.00 roasted trout, substituting broccoli for potatoes. Starch, he believed, was best limited to suits.Priscilla looked down at her plate in embarrassment; her salad dressing wasn’t on the side. She wondered what she was doing here, with this man, with this plate. So many years she had spent exiled in overweight oblivion - flirting with nothing but the cusp of obesity. Always on the brink. Now here she was, sexy and beautiful, eating dinner with a man who was practically allergic to cellulite.“I couldn’t agree more,” she replied, raising her glass.“And might I say,” he offered, lifting his glass up to hers. “You are so much more attractive when you are agreeable.”He clinked his glass and took a swig. “I find it very feminine.”Oftentimes, a woman is drawn to man because he fits a particularly unsavory stereotype, a “bad boy” if you will. A domineering, degrading, chauvinistic persona. The kind of man that constantly needs to assert his presence, minimizing hers. She no longer holds any power. Ironically, for the always on-the-go, on-the-clock kind of woman, this can provide a tremendous relief. No longer having to be in control. One of the most disturbing forms of liberation is finding freedom through belittlement.Deep down, Prisci ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kain Foster. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/188663/bk_acx0_188663_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Triumphant: The Journey to Healthy Manhood , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 343min
This book is about manhood - healthy manhood! What is healthy manhood? Healthy manhood is about men making wiser life choices, relating to people in a more positive way, being authentic, acting with greater integrity, living from a deeper set of values, expressing the best qualities of themselves, and thus, finding success and true contentment in life. This book is about the journey to healthy manhood. It contains insights into the personal evolution a man must go through in this particular epoch of human history, with the unique challenges and opportunities it offers men. It describes the problems that men face in today’s society and outlines steps men must take to live a fulfilling, prosperous, and triumphant life. In today’s world, people are challenging the old patriarchal and chauvinistic definitions of manhood and discarding many of them as outdated. In their place, new definitions of manhood are being written, and rightfully so. Yet, during this period of transition, men are struggling to maintain their footing on the paths of masculinity they’re walking today. In fact, all the signs suggest that today’s men, young and old, are facing a deep crisis of the soul and spirit, as they try to navigate the challenges of these times. Hence, new maps, guideposts, and guides are needed to help men blaze new trails on their pilgrimage through life.This book is such a guide - shining a light on the paths that men must walk to live a meaningful and fulfilled life. It offers insights from the firsthand experiences of the author and the lives of men he’s known or encountered. It’s the wisdom from his journey and their journeys. For those men seeking a more positive and powerful expression of manhood, Triumphant: The Journey to Healthy Manhood is a must-listen. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Randal Schaffer. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/234077/bk_acx0_234077_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Mackenzie White Mystery Bundle: Before He Kills (Book 1) and Before He Sees (Book 2) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 732min
From Blake Pierce, best-selling author of Once Gone (a number-one best seller with over 600 five-star reviews), comes a heart-pounding new mystery series. A bundle of books: Book one (Before He Kills) and book two (Before He Sees) in Blake Pierce’s Mackenzie White mystery series! This bundle offers books one and two in one convenient file. In Before He Kills, in the cornfields of Nebraska, a woman is found murdered, strung up on a pole, the victim of a deranged killer. It doesn’t take long for the police to realize a serial killer is on the loose - and that his spree has just begun. Detective Mackenzie White, young, tough, smarter than the aging, chauvinistic men on her local force, finds herself called in grudgingly to help solve it. As much as the other officers hate to admit it, they need her young, brilliant mind, which has already helped crack cold cases that had left them stumped. Yet even for Mackenzie this new case proves an impossible riddle, something the likes of which she - and the local force - have never seen. In Before He Sees, FBI agent-in-training Mackenzie White struggles to make her mark in the FBI Academy in Quantico, trying to prove herself as a woman and as a transplant from Nebraska. Hoping she has what it takes to become an FBI agent and leave her life in the Midwest behind for good, Mackenzie just wants to keep a low profile and impress her superiors. But all that changes when the body of a woman is found in a garbage dump. The murder bears shocking similarities to the Scarecrow Killer - the case that made Mackenzie famous in Nebraska - and in the frantic race against time to stop a new serial killer, the FBI decides to break protocol and give Mackenzie a chance on the case. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Elaine Wise. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/103387/bk_acx0_103387_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Mrs. Fletcher , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 510min
From one of the most popular and best-selling authors of our time, a penetrating and hilarious new novel about sex, love, and identity on the front lines of America's culture wars. Eve Fletcher is trying to figure out what comes next. A 46-year-old divorcée whose beloved only child has just left for college, Eve is struggling to adjust to her empty nest when one night her phone lights up with a text message. Sent from an anonymous number, the mysterious sender tells Eve, "U R my MILF!" Over the months that follow, that message comes to obsess Eve. While leading her all-too-placid life - serving as executive director of the local senior center by day and taking a community college course on gender and society at night - Eve can't curtail her own interest in a porn website called MILFateria.com, which features the erotic exploits of ordinary middle-aged women like herself. Before long, Eve's online fixations begin to spill over into real life, revealing new romantic possibilities that threaten to upend her quiet suburban existence. Meanwhile, miles away at the state college, Eve's son, Brendan - a jock and aspiring frat boy - discovers that his new campus isn't nearly as welcoming to his hard-partying lifestyle as he had imagined. Only a few weeks into his freshman year, Brendan is floundering in a college environment that challenges his white-dude privilege and shames him for his outmoded, chauvinistic ideas of sex. As the New England autumn turns cold, both mother and son find themselves enmeshed in morally fraught situations that come to a head on one fateful November night. Sharp, witty, and provocative, Mrs. Fletcher is a timeless examination of sexuality, identity, parenthood, and the big clarifying mistakes people can make when they're no longer sure of who they are or where they belong. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Finn Wittrock, Carrie Coon, Alex Allwine, JD Jackson, Nicky Maindiratta, Jen Richards, Sarah Steele, Aaron Tveit. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/007942/bk_sans_007942_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Blake Pierce: Mystery Bundle: Before He Kills and Cause to Kill , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 812min
A two-book mystery bundle by number one best-selling author Blake Pierce, author of Once Gone, a number one best seller on Amazon with over 350 five-star reviews! Here is a bundle of the first books in two Blake Pierce series - the Mackenzie White and Avery Black series - all here in one convenient place. This bundle offers a great introduction to Blake Pierce's series....In Before He Kills (A Mackenzie White Mystery, Book 1), a woman is found murdered in the cornfields of Nebraska, strung up on a pole, the victim of a deranged killer. It doesn't take long for the police to realize a serial killer is on the loose - and that his spree has just begun. Detective Mackenzie White, young, tough, smarter than the aging, chauvinistic men on her local force, finds herself called in grudgingly to help solve it. As much as the other officers hate to admit it, they need her young, brilliant mind, which has already helped crack cold cases that had left them stumped. Yet even for Mackenzie, this new case proves an impossible riddle, something the likes of which she - and the local force - have ever seen. With the FBI called in, together, an intense manhunt ensues. Mackenzie, reeling from her own dark past, her failed relationships, and her undeniable attraction to the new FBI agent, finds herself battling her own demons as her hunt for the killer takes her to the darkest places of her mind. In Cause to Kill (An Avery Black Mystery, Book 1), Homicide Detective Avery Black has been through hell. Once a top criminal defense attorney, she fell from grace when she managed to get a brilliant Harvard professor off - only to watch him kill again. She lost her husband and her daughter, and her life fell apart around her. Trying to redeem herself, Avery has turned to the other side of the law. Working her way up the ranks, she has reached Homicide Detective, to the scorn of her fellow officers, who still remember what she did, and who will alway ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Elaine Wise. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/191961/bk_acx0_191961_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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