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    Murder in Matera: A True Story of Passion, Family, and Forgiveness in Southern Italy , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 466min
    A writer goes deep into the heart of Italy to unravel a century-old family mystery in this spellbinding memoir that blends the suspenseful twists of Making a Murderer and the emotional insight of Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Novels. Since childhood Helene Stapinski heard lurid tales about her great-great-grandmother, Vita. In Southern Italy she was a loose woman who had murdered someone. Immigrating to America with three children, she lost one along the way. Helene's youthful obsession with Vita deepened as she grew up, eventually propelling the journalist to Italy, where, with her own children in tow, she pursued the story, determined to set the record straight. Finding answers would take Helene 10 years and numerous trips to Basilicata, the rural "instep" of Italy's boot - a mountainous land rife with criminals, superstitions, old-world customs, and desperate poverty. Though false leads sent her down blind alleys, Helene's dogged search, aided by a few lucky - even miraculous - breaks and a group of colorful local characters, led her to the truth. Yes, the family tales she'd heard were true. There had been a murder in Helene's family, a killing that roiled 1870s Italy. But the identities of the killer and victim weren't who she thought they were. In revisiting events that happened more than a century before, Helene came to another stunning realization - she wasn't who she thought she was, either. Weaving Helene's own story of discovery with the tragic tale of Vita's life, Murder in Matera is a literary whodunit and a moving tale of self-discovery that brings into focus a long ago tragedy in a little-known region remarkable for its stunning sunny beauty and dark buried secrets. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Helene Stapinski. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/006058/bk_harp_006058_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Hit Refresh: The Quest to Rediscover Microsoft's Soul and Imagine a Better Future for Everyone , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 444min
    Foreword by Bill Gates Microsoft's CEO tells the inside story of the company's continuing transformation, tracing his own personal journey from a childhood in India to leading some of the most significant technological changes in the digital era. As much a humanist as an engineer and executive, Nadella concludes with his vision for the coming wave of intelligent technologies and a distinct call to action for leaders everywhere. Hit Refresh is about individual change, about the transformation happening inside of Microsoft and the technology that will soon impact all of our lives - the arrival of the most exciting and disruptive wave of technology humankind has experienced: artificial intelligence, mixed reality, and quantum computing. It's about how people, organizations, and societies can and must transform "hit refresh" in their persistent quest for new energy, new ideas, and continued relevance and renewal. At its core, it's about us humans and how our one unique quality - empathy - will become ever more valuable in a world where technological advancement will disrupt the status quo as never before. Satya Nadella explores a fascinating childhood before immigrating to the US and how he learned to lead along the way. He then shares his meditations as sitting CEO - one who is mostly unknown following the brainy Bill Gates and energetic Steve Ballmer. He tells the inside story of how a company rediscovered its soul - transforming everything from culture to their fiercely competitive landscape and industry partnerships. Nadella concludes with his vision for the coming wave of technology and by exploring the potential impact to society and delivering a call to action for world leaders. "Ideas excite me," Nadella explains. "Empathy grounds and centers me." Hit Refresh is a reflection, meditations, and series of recommendations presented as algorithms from a principled, deliberative leader searching fo ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Shridhar Solanki, Satya Nadella. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/006256/bk_harp_006256_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Outlier Approach: How to Triumph in Your Career as a Nonconformist , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 386min
    Practical tactics and real stories to help you make breakthroughs in your career.You don't need a fancy Ivy-league degree, to be born into wealth, or have great connections to achieve massive success. Not everyone is like Steve Jobs or Elon Musk. However, that doesn't mean massive success isn't right around the corner. Often times, our perceived weaknesses are our greatest strengths.   Flip your weaknesses into strengths. Our most valuable resource is time. It is the only resource that is not replenishable. In the name of networking, we waste precious time spending it on networks that hold us back. Stay away from the Frenemy Zone and learn to build a vertical network.Learn the tricks of trading social value to build powerful connections in any industry.From building his last start-up to a $15-million valuation to selling beepers in Compton and making nearly $10,000 per month after immigrating to the US with broken English, Kevin Hong has learned the power of selling vision. Sell vision to win job interviews, raise money, and recruit superstars for your cause. Master the art of selling vision to anyone.Kevin Hong, who has been featured in the NY Times, LA Times, The Verge, CNBC, and many other media outlets and who has contributed articles to CNBC, Forbes, Huffington Post, and Inc. Magazine, will teach you the power of reality distortion. He built his last start-up by living in a van with his entire sales team for more than two years and raised more than four million dollars in venture capital money. Reengineer your reality by redefining your expectations.Too many guides discuss the same people, the same companies, and the same concepts, resulting in cliche advice. Kevin Hong, a brutally candid journalist, goes out of his way to interview the most breathtaking stories. An entrepreneur who reinvented himself after growing up in communist Romania, ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kevin Hong. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/129408/bk_acx0_129408_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The True American: Murder and Mercy in Texas , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 694min
    Imagine that a terrorist tried to kill you. If you could face him again, on your terms, what would you do? The True American tells the story of Raisuddin Bhuiyan, a Bangladesh Air Force officer who dreams of immigrating to America and working in technology. But days after 9/11, an avowed "American terrorist" named Mark Stroman, seeking revenge, walks into the Dallas minimart where Bhuiyan has found temporary work and shoots him, maiming and nearly killing him. Two other victims, at other gas stations, aren't so lucky, dying at once. The True American traces the making of these two men, Stroman and Bhuiyan, and of their fateful encounter. It follows them as they rebuild shattered lives - one striving on Death Row to become a better man, the other to heal and pull himself up from the lowest rung on the ladder of an unfamiliar country. Ten years after the shooting, an Islamic pilgrimage seeds in Bhuiyan a strange idea: if he is ever to be whole, he must reenter Stroman's life. He longs to confront Stroman and speak to him about the attack that changed their lives. Bhuiyan publicly forgives Stroman, in the name of his religion and its notion of mercy. Then he wages a legal and PR campaign, against the State of Texas and Governor Rick Perry, to have his attacker spared from the death penalty. Ranging from Texas's juvenile justice system to the swirling crowd of pilgrims at the Hajj in Mecca; from a biker bar to an immigrant mosque in Dallas; from young military cadets in Bangladesh to elite paratroopers in Israel; from a wealthy household of chicken importers in Karachi, Pakistan; to the sober residences of Brownwood, Texas, The True American is a rich, colorful, profoundly moving exploration of the American dream in its many dimensions. Ultimately, it tells a story about our love-hate relationship with immigrants, about the encounter between Islam and the West, about how - or whether - we choose what we become. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Anand Giridharadas. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/018262/bk_adbl_018262_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Hit Refresh
    "At the core, Hit Refresh, is about us humans and the unique quality we call empathy, which will become ever more valuable in a world where the torrent of technology will disrupt the status quo like never before." - Satya Nadella from Hit Refresh"Satya has charted a course for making the most of the opportunities created by technology while also facing up to the hard questions." - Bill Gates from the Foreword of Hit Refresh The New York Times bestseller Hit Refresh is about individual change, about the transformation happening inside of Microsoft and the technology that will soon impact all of our lives-the arrival of the most exciting and disruptive wave of technology humankind has experienced: artificial intelligence, mixed reality, and quantum computing. It's about how people, organizations, and societies can and must transform and "hit refresh" in their persistent quest for new energy, new ideas, and continued relevance and renewal. Microsoft's CEO tells the inside story of the company's continuing transformation, tracing his own personal journey from a childhood in India to leading some of the most significant technological changes in the digital era. Satya Nadella explores a fascinating childhood before immigrating to the U.S. and how he learned to lead along the way. He then shares his meditations as a sitting CEO-one who is mostly unknown following the brainy Bill Gates and energetic Steve Ballmer. He tells the inside story of how a company rediscovered its soul-transforming everything from culture to their fiercely competitive landscape and industry partnerships. As much a humanist as engineer and executive, Nadella concludes with his vision for the coming wave of technology and by exploring the potential impact to society and delivering call to action for world leaders. "Ideas excite me," Nadella explains. "Empathy grounds and centers me." Hit Refresh is a set of reflections, meditations, and recommendations presented as algorithms from a principled, deliberative leader searching for improvement-for himself, for a storied company, and for society.
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    Cruzar el oceano
    Cruzar el oceano - La inmigracion a California (Crossing Oceans: Immigrating to California) Read-along ebook: ab 24.49 €
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    Crossing Oceans
    Crossing Oceans - Immigrating to California Read-Along eBook: ab 24.49 €
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    Colors for Solo Flute
    All of the wonderful compositions on this disc have certain features tying them together: they were all written by American composers and they are all scored for flute alone. Beyond those basic similarities, however, these works are each unique in tonal language, character, the innovation of new performance techniques, and use of COLORS. Katherine Hoover (b. 1937) is a celebrated composer for the flute. After the immediate success of her solo flute work Kokopeli, in 1990, she composed several more pieces for unaccompanied flute, including To Greet the Sun from 2004. This new work incorporates the unique sound of a flutter-tongued timbral trill. Of the work, Hoover writes, "To greet the sun is to give thanks for the great richness of the Earth and the gift of life. Various cultures have done this in differing ways, from dawn prayers to dances and ceremonies to researching the sun's awe-inspiring power." Published by Papagena Press. John La Montaine (b. 1920), Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, studied composition with Howard Hanson, Nadia Boulanger, and Bernard Rogers. The movements of his Sonata for Flute Alone have such descriptive and quirky titles, which add to the color of the work for the performer as well as the audience: Questioning, Jaunty, Introspective, and Rakish. Published by Fremont Press. Paul Richards (b. 1969) is an award-winning composer on the faculty at the University of Florida. His colorful compositions and titles are frequently performed by chamber and large ensembles across the world. About this work, Richards writes "The ghostly sound of a solo flute played with airy tones sparked the image of a post-apocalyptic, dusty, windswept and barren field, and a lone musician initiating a ritual of mourning and a fiery expression of loss, tempered by fleeting hints of hope. A flute further fit this conception as it has a lineage that goes back to the earliest musical instruments, and will likely survive in some form as long as we do. Depressing thoughts, I know, but then I got this fortune cookie: Don't worry about the world coming to an end, it's already tomorrow in Australia." This work was composed for Kristen Stoner and includes many extended techniques (glissandos, pitch bends, altered tone color, dictated vibrato, timbral trills, tongue thrusts, and spit tongue) to express feelings of despair, anger, and hope in a post-apocalyptic world. Ingolf Dahl (1912-1970) was a composer of Swedish and German descent, immigrating to America in 1939 and becoming a naturalized American citizen in 1943. He was an active composer and performer in the new music scene in Los Angeles, but also supported himself by working in the entertainment industry. He was a professor at USC from 1945 until the end of his life. In that same year, he composed Variations on a Swedish Folk Tune, seven diverse variations based on the theme "Skänklåt från Leksand." Published by Theodore Presser. Marilyn Bliss (b. 1954) is an active composer for the flute and the Native American flute, as well as for orchestra and chamber ensembles. She studied composition with George Crumb, George Rochberg, Harvey Sollberger, Jacob Druckman, and Jerry Owen. Murali is the name of Krishna's flute, the Indian god. Krishna, according to legend, played his flute under the first full moon and people were drawn from all over to dance to his alluring music. Published by the American Composers Alliance. Robert Muczynski (1929-2005) was trained at the University of Chicago and spent the majority of his career in Arizona. He wrote wildly successful sonatas each for flute, saxophone, and clarinet relatively early in his career, and unfortunately none of his subsequent compositions achieved the same renown. His Three Preludes are contrasting in style. The first movement, Allegro, is bright and joyful. Andante molto, is more contemplative, exploring beautiful arching melodies. The final Allegro molto is manic and rambunctious. Published by G. Schirmer. Lowell Liebermann (b. 1961) earned all three degrees at the Juilliard School, where he studied with Diamond and Persichetti. His colorful compositions for the flute have been remarkably successful, starting with his Sonata, composed when he was only 26 years old. Soliloquy, op. 44, commissioned by Katherine Kemler, is technically challenging, with constantly shifting tonal centers and contrasting tempi. Liebermann teaches at Mannes College in New York City. Published by Theodore Presser. Elizabeth Brown (b. 1953) is a composer and a celebrated performer of flute, shakuhachi, and theremin. Trillium was composed in 1999 for the National Flute Association High School Young Artist Competition. Brown writes, "Trillium is a beautiful early spring woodland wildflower with leaves and white petals in threes. The flute language of Trillium is heavily influenced by Japanese shakuhachi music and birdsong. There are a number of unusual timbres and trills, many involving microtones." Published by Quetzal Music. Kristen Stoner (b. 1973) has composed solely for the flute, several works for solo flute and duets, and she is currently working on a Sonata for Flute and Piano. Variations on an Irish Ballad is based on the traditional song "The Wind that Shakes the Barley." The variations are very different in inspiration, including one influenced by Piazzolla's etudes and one by a Luigi Hugues etude. Cynthia Folio (b. 1954) is an active composer and flutist, serving as professor of theory and composition at Temple University. Born in Virginia, she studied at West Chester University and then earned both graduate degrees at Eastman. The name Arca Sacra is a palindrome, and the composition itself is loosely based on a palindrome as well. Published by Hildegard Press. Daniel Dorff (b. 1956) studied composition at Cornell University and the University of Pennsylvania, studying with George Crumb, George Rochberg, and Karel Husa. He has composed many works for orchestra and particularly for woodwind instruments. He is composer-in-residence for the Symphony in C and also is VP of Publishing at Theodore Presser. August Idyll is a lovely, tonal piece with which to close the CD. Published by Theodore Presser. Kristen Stoner is an active performer and pedagogue. She has taught full-time at the University of Florida since 2002, and she taught at Denison University from 1999-2002. In addition to frequent solo performances in North and South America, she performs as principal flutist in both the Ocala Symphony Orchestra and the Florida Lakes Symphony Orchestra. She has performed at 11 NFA conventions. A graduate of the University of Texas and the University of Cincinnati College- Conservatory of Music, Stoner studied primarily with Karl Kraber, Bradley Garner, and William Montgomery. Dr. Stoner enjoys studying and performing works by women composers and has special interests in Latin American music for flute. She has performed and taught in Chile, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil. Her first CD, Images for solo flute, was released on the Meyer Media label. In addition to performing flute, Dr. Stoner enjoys raising two beautiful girls, spending time with her family, and making jewelry. Kristen Stoner is thrilled to perform on a 14K Burkart flute.
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    Craig Cramer on the Pasi Organ
    This was the first CD to be recorded on the Pasi organ, Opus 4 at Trinity Lutheran Church, (ELCA) Lynnwood, Washington. Well known and respected concert organist and recording artist, Craig Cramer is Professor of Organ and Artist in Residence at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. He holds degrees from Westminster Choir College and the Eastman School of Music, where he earned the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Organ Performance and the prestigious Performer's Certificate in Organ. Cramer has been named the winner of several competitions, including the National Organ Competition in Fort Wayne, Indiana. One of the most traveled organists of his generation, Cramer maintains an active recital career across the country and in Europe. Dr. Cramer's performances are frequently heard on the nationally-syndicated program 'Pipedreams' (American Public Radio). Cramer has fourteen CD recordings to his credit including releases on the Arkay, Dominant, Dulcian, Motette-Ursina, Organeum and JAV labels. He has recorded three CDs for Naxos, including a recording of works by Buxtehude on the Fritts organ at Pacific Lutheran University. Cramer's premiere recording of the Notre Dame Fritts organ has just been released on JAV Recordings, with three more scheduled in the near future. Craig Cramer is represented by Penny Lorenz Artist Management. The Pasi organ was designed and built for Trinity Lutheran Church by Martin Pasi Organ Builders of Roy, Washington, and was dedicated on April 23, 1995. It is a 30 stop, 2 manual, tracker instrument in a free standing black walnut case. The organ has suspended mechanical key action and mechanical stop action. Review: CRAIG CRAMER ON THE PASI ORGAN, Trinity Lutheran Church, Lynnwood, Washington This artful blending of familiar recital fare with the less well known provides an intriguing introduction (for many of us) to the work of (organ) builder Martin Pasi of Roy, Wash. A native of Austria, Mr. Pasi trained and worked several years in that country with the Rieger Company before immigrating to the United States in 1981. The instrument heard here is Pasi Organ-builders' Opus 4, five other instruments have been completed to date. It is difficult to know which aspect of this recording deserves the warmest praise! Suffice it to say that Dr. Cramer's careful attention to phrasing and rhythmic detail make this recording truly "user friendly." Likewise, builder and recording engineer have combined forces to give us wonderful clarity and brilliance when needed, but without the slightest hint of harshness. The detailed notes on registration add to the enjoyment of this fine recording. I recommend it highly. Jennifer Kolmes in The American Organist (2000)
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    Good For Nothing
    Good for Nothing is the world's first 'Pavlova Western' (a Spaghetti Western by way of New Zealand). A young English woman is immigrating to her uncle's ranch - but is kidnapped on the way by a rugged outlaw who discovers a problem he never knew he had - leading them on a wild ride across the West.
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