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    Nazaré (eBook, ePUB)
    Nazaré tells the story of a peasants' revolt in the polyglot city of Balaal. The story begins with a miracle. A homeless boy sees a whale washed up on the beach. He alerts the local fishermen, and soon the whole town is trying and failing to push it back into the ocean. With just the boy left to accompany the whale now in its dying throes, a freak wave pulls the creature back into the sea. This is an omen. Change is coming. The boy and the washerwoman who adopts him cobble together a ramshackle army of fishermen, shopkeepers, lapsed nuns, anarchist bats, and an itinerant camel. They attempt to end the reign of the dictator who rules over Balaal. Their attempt involves pitched battles, farcical trials, rooftop escapes, and sun-parched wanderings in the wilderness. Looming over the disparate cast of characters is the legend of the giant wave-Nazaré-that will one day annihilate everyone and everything in the city. Nazaré is an adventure and a parable that pits the oppressed against the oppressor. The work has been likened to that of Gabriel García Márquez and Mario Vargas Llosa in its use of language, its inventiveness, its humor, and its examination of issues of justice.
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    Grace for Amateurs: Field Notes on a Journey Back to Faith , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 429min
    I had tried everything: therapy, medication, meditation. Everything except God. Lily Burana was in crisis. Desperate for rescue from her depression and anxiety, the punk-rock-girl-turned-writer feared she would die. She was down to her remedy of last resort: faith. A lapsed believer who had drifted away from the church and into a life on the margins during her young adult years, Lily had long believed that Christianity had nothing to offer her. Then an unmistakable sign from above led to her unexpected decision to let God in - just a little bit. But how could she come to terms with a religion she had dismissed as hostile and intolerant? In this collection of linked essays that chronicle her spiritual recovery, Lily explores what it means to embrace "a faith of surprisingly Jesus-y shape". Lily navigates her own unique path toward a trusting relationship with God as she addresses topics as diverse as coming out as Christian to your non-Christian friends, the intersection of faith and motherhood, and what it means to confront your history of mental illness and trauma. Whether recounting her history as a "baby Goth", extolling the healing power of glitter, or wrestling with God for control over her life, Lily proves that you don't need to have a flawless faith in order to experience God's grace in action. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sarah Vorhees Wendel. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tnwd/000764/bk_tnwd_000764_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Am I a Jew?
    Am I a Jew? ab 12.99 € als epub eBook: My Journey Among the Believers and Pretenders the Lapsed and the Lost in Searc h of Faith (Not Necessarily My Own) My Roots and Who Knows Even Myself. Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Fachthemen & Wissenschaft, Sozialwissenschaften,
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    The Kissing Bridge , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 446min
    Caught between a stifling Amish community and an unnerving outside world, a devout young woman on the run is about to become the newest arrival to West Kootenai, Montana. On the day of her sister's death, Rebecca Troyer took her first step away from the Amish. Rebecca had always strayed a little outside the fold - a job at an Englisch bakery, long weekends with non-Amish friends - but nothing could have prepared her family for what she is about to do: Rebecca is abandoning the community to attend nursing school. She is headed to college, into 'the world.' But she has to make it across the country first. When she stops in West Kootenai, at the home of a lapsed Amish friend from her youth, Rebecca finds a lot more in Montana than she had bargained for - namely a handsome working man named Caleb Hooley. Caleb is at a crossroads of his own. A daredevil bachelor with high standards, he has decided he'll never find an Amish woman who can quench his thirst for adventure. Needless to say, the pretty Amish girl who has fled her community in secret catches his attention immediately. As hearts are opened and secrets are revealed, Rebecca and Caleb find they have much more in common than just their Amish background. But can this runaway find love with a risk-taker who has lost his faith in God? All it will take is one week in the wilderness to find out . . . ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kathryn O'Rooney. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/zond/001501/bk_zond_001501_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Nonbeliever Nation: The Rise of Secular Americans , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 552min
    A new group of Americans is challenging the reign of the Religious Right. Today, nearly one in five Americans are nonbelievers - a rapidly growing group at a time when traditional Christian churches are dwindling in numbers - and they are flexing their muscles like never before. Yet we still see almost none of them openly serving in elected office, while Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, and many others continue to loudly proclaim the myth of America as a Christian nation. In Nonbeliever Nation, leading secular advocate David Niose explores what this new force in politics means for the unchallenged dominance of the religious Right. Hitting on all the hot-button issues that divide the country - from gay marriage to education policy to contentious church-state battles - he shows how this movement is gaining traction, and fighting for its rights. Now, Secular Americans - a group comprised not just of atheists and agnostics, but lapsed Catholics, secular Jews, and millions of others who have walked away from religion - are mobilizing and forming groups all over the country (even atheist clubs in Bible-belt high schools) to challenge the exaltation of religion in American politics and public life. This is a timely and important look at how growing numbers of nonbelievers, disenchanted at how far America has wandered from its secular roots, are emerging to fight for equality and rational public policy. 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: David Smalley. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/008771/bk_acx0_008771_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Vampire Girl: Vampire Girl, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 398min
    Experience the USA Today best-selling novel taking the world by storm! With over 3000 world-wide five-star reviews, Vampire Girl puts a new twist on an old tale. For fans of Twilight, A Shade of Vampire, and Outlander, comes a new series that will suck you in and leave you wanting more. Amazon top 100 best seller Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Best Fantasy You think it's safe to walk alone at night. It's not. You think the only threat is other humans. It's not. Monsters are real. Demons are real. Vampires are real. And I'm about to become one of them. My name is Arianna Spero. I was an ordinary girl living an ordinary life until my mother lapsed into a coma. Now, I am her only hope. She made a deal with the devil, and on my 18th birthday he came to collect. But there's a way to save her. There's something the princes of hell want more than my mother. Me. So I signed my soul away and promised to pick a prince to marry. I would take the blood oath, become one of them, and give them an heir. I would become a princess of hell, and my mother would live. I expected fire and brimstone. I expected pain and misery. I didn't expect beauty. I didn't expect magic. I didn't expect love. But the princes are keeping secrets from me. Secrets that could shatter everything. Scroll up and click the buy button now to uncover the truth... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Joel Froomkin, Laurel Schroeder. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/090885/bk_acx0_090885_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    A Longbourn Quartet: A Pride and Prejudice Short Story Collection , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 32min
    Four short stories set in the beloved world of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, which explore missing scenes and paths not taken in the original story."A Slip and a Trip"This little misstep takes place at the dance at Lucas Lodge, at which Elizabeth declines Darcy’s offer of a dance. Though in canon Jane and Bingley aren’t mentioned as even being present, they must surely have been there."The Darcy Inquisition"The scene: Darcy’s house in London, a week post-Hunsford. Darcy has lapsed into despair; Georgiana, fearing for him, has called for her cousin, Colonel Fitzwilliam, to help. They intend to interrogate Darcy to find out what is wrong, but somehow, things go slightly awry.Based on selected nuggets from the wonderful Monty Python sketches of The Spanish Inquisition.Incidentally, did you know that one of Jane Austen’s suggestions for Colonel Fitzwilliam’s first name was Montgomery? That discovery inspired this whole ficlet."Mr. Bennet’s Call"This is my imagining of a scene omitted from Pride and Prejudice. In the original work, we discover that Mr. Bennet paid a call upon Bingley when he teases Mrs. Bennet about not being able to escape the acquaintance. I found myself wondering, what was said in that call?"The Exception That Proves the Rule"You know the rule. Eavesdroppers rarely hear good of themselves. So, this is a what-if one-shot that is intended to be the exception to that rule.Our little tale begins at Netherfield, while Elizabeth is there nursing Jane. Elizabeth comes downstairs to dispatch the letter to her mother, requesting that the carriage be sent to collect them. Of course, she must ask Mr. Bingley for the use of a rider to convey the message to Longbourn, so she goes looking for him. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Catherine Bilson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/176954/bk_acx0_176954_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    God's Choice: Pope Benedict XVI and the Future of the Catholic Church, Hörbuch, Digital, 473min
    George Weigel's best-selling biography of Pope John Paul II, Witness to Hope, set the standard by which all portraits of the modern papacy are now measured. With God's Choice, he gives us an extraordinary chronicle of the rise of Pope Benedict XVI as well as an unflinching view of the Catholic Church at the dawn of a new era. When John Paul II lapsed into illness for the last time, people flocked from all over the world to pray outside his apartment. He had become a father figure to millions in a world bereft of strong paternal examples, and those millions now felt orphaned. After more than 26 years of John Paul II's guidance, the Catholic Church is entering a new age, with its bedrock traditions intact but with pressing questions to address in a rapidly changing world. Beginning with the story of John Paul's final months, God's Choice offers a remarkable inside account of the conclave that produced Benedict XVI as the next Pope, drawing on George Weigel's unrivaled access to this complex event. Weigel also incisively surveys the current state of the Church around the world: its thriving populations in Africa, Latin America, and parts of the post-communist world; its collapse in western Europe; its continued struggles in Asia; and the vibrancy of many aspects of Catholic life in the United States, even as the Church in America struggles to overcome its recent experience of scandal. Reflecting on John Paul II's greatness, drawing on first-hand interviews to paint an intimate portrait of the new Pope, and boldly assessing the Church's current condition, God's Choice is an invaluable book for anyone seeking to understand the Catholic future and the larger human future the Church will help to shape. Language: English. Narrator: George Weigel. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/001181/bk_harp_001181_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Predictive Marketing: Easy Ways Every Marketer Can Use Customer Analytics and Big Data , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 524min
    Make personalized marketing a reality with this practical guide to predictive analytics. Predictive Marketing is a predictive analytics primer for organizations large and small, offering practical tips and actionable strategies for implementing more personalized marketing immediately. The marketing paradigm is changing, and this book provides a blueprint for navigating the transition from creative- to data-driven marketing, from one-size-fits-all to one-on-one, and from marketing campaigns to real-time customer experiences. You'll learn how to use machine-learning technologies to improve customer acquisition and customer growth, and how to identify and re-engage at-risk or lapsed customers by implementing an easy, automated approach to predictive analytics. Much more than just theory and testament to the power of personalized marketing, this audiobook focuses on action, helping you understand and actually begin using this revolutionary approach to the customer experience. Predictive analytics can finally make personalized marketing a reality. For the first time, predictive marketing is accessible to all marketers, not just those at large corporations - in fact, many smaller organizations are leapfrogging their larger counterparts with innovative programs. This audiobook shows you how to bring predictive analytics to your organization, with actionable guidance that get you started today. Implement predictive marketing at any size organization Deliver a more personalized marketing experience Automate predictive analytics with machine learning technology Base marketing decisions on concrete data rather than unproven ideas Marketers have long been talking about delivering personalized experiences across channels. All marketers want to deliver happiness, but most still employ a one-size-fits-all approach. Predictive Marketing provides the information and insight yo ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tim Andres Pabon. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/gdan/002237/bk_gdan_002237_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Sunset in the Mists: The Dark Draws the Curtain: The Evynsford Chronicles, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 126min
    Evynsford was a nearly forgotten hamlet on the coast of the Irish Sea when the troubles began. First the dead ship rolled into the dock, then fog swallowed the community and then the disappearances occurred. One child vanished from her bed before sunrise. Then twin brothers did not return from their chores. As the cries for the local watchmen to do something - anything - grew, so did the number of abducted children. By the time the local watchmen called to Preston for professional constables, there were more children missing than accounted for in the panicked township. When Inspector Arthur Eldermann arrives in the mist-choked community, not a single child under the age of 13 but older than three remains, and there are no witnesses, no bodies, and no clues as to why. The Inspector, a lapsed clergyman of cold demeanor and sneering wit, has his work cut out for him among the surly and insular townsfolk. His one ray of hope lies in Miss Regina Hollferd, governess of the rural schoolhouse, whose dedication and knowledge may hold the key to the disappearance of so many of her students. Her zeal and diligence begin to touch something in Inspector Eldermann long left to the dark, and he finds himself enthralled and repelled in equal measure by the soft-spoken yet potent woman. He will need all the help he can get, as things are moving in the mists around Evynsford, and the great wheels of a dark, terrible engine have already been set in motion. Can daring, wit, and rekindled faith find the stolen children and perhaps even forestall the shadow looming ever closer? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Carol Weakland. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/116276/bk_acx0_116276_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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