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The Changed: Manal's Resurgence, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 618min

The Sickness didn't just kill the people; it killed the city. No water. No power. No hope. Now, at age 16, Oscar must brave the chaos of the streets and retrace his missing father's last known steps.With food and supplies dwindling, many of those who lived through the Sickness have banded together into brutal gangs for survival. Unfortunately for Oscar, people like him are frequently the scapegoats for a city filled with rage and pain. People like him who survived the Sickness only to suffer inexplicable genetic mutations. Called demons by some, called unfortunate by others, but known to all as "The Changed".But none of these obstacles are enough to keep Oscar from embarking on what is the most important journey of his young life. Oscar isn't just looking for his father. He's searching for the only man who can lead them to the unbelievable origin of the Sickness and heal the Changed. He's searching for their last hope. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Steve Carlson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/144571/bk_acx0_144571_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Cimarron Rose: A Billy Bob Holland Novel, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 654min

Texas attorney and former Texas Ranger Billy Bob Holland has many secrets. Among them is Vernon Smother's son, Lucas, a now-teenaged boy about whom few know the truth - Lucas is really Billy Bob's illegitimate son. When Lucas is arrested for murder, Billy Bob must confront the past and serve as the boy's criminal attorney. Billy Bob knows the propensity of the town, Deaf Smith, Texas, to make scapegoats out of the innocent and to exploit and sexually use the powerless. During Lucas's trial, Billy Bob realizes that he will have to bring injury upon Lucas as well as himself in order to save his son. As a result, Billy Bob incurs enemies that are far more dangerous than any he faced as a Texas Ranger. With the same electric language and hard-edged style that brought James Lee Burke's Dave Robicheaux novels to the forefront of American crime fiction, Cimarron Rose explodes with a new, evocative setting that will establish Billy Bob Holland as James Lee Burke's next great character. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tom Stechschulte. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/006037/bk_sans_006037_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It, Hörbuch, Digital, 452min

Since when did believing in God and having moral values make you pro-war, pro-rich, and solely pro-Republican? And since when did promoting and pursuing a progressive social agenda with a concern for economic security, health care, and educational opportunity mean you had to put faith in God aside? God's Politics offers a clarion call to make both our religious communities and our government more accountable to key values of the prophetic religious tradition, that is, make them pro-justice, pro-peace, pro-environment, pro-equality, and pro-family (without making scapegoats of single mothers or gays). Our biblical faith and religious traditions simply do not allow us as a nation to continue to ignore the poor and marginalized, deny racial justice, tolerate the ravages of war, or turn away from the human rights of those made in the image of God. These are the values of love and justice, reconciliation, and community that Jesus taught and that are at the core of what many of us believe, Christian or not. Jim Wallis inspires us to hold our political leaders and policies accountable by integrating our deepest moral convictions into our nation's public life. Language: English. Narrator: Sam Freed. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/001045/bk_harp_001045_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 675min

In modern Britain, the working class has become an object of fear and ridicule. From Little Britain's Vicky Pollard to the demonization of Jade Goody, media and politicians alike dismiss as feckless, criminalized and ignorant a vast, underprivileged swathe of society whose members have become stereotyped by one, hate-filled word: chavs. In this acclaimed investigation, Owen Jones explores how the working class has gone from 'salt of the earth' to 'scum of the earth.' Exposing the ignorance and prejudice at the heart of the chav caricature, he portrays a far more complex reality. The chav stereotype, he argues, is used by governments as a convenient fig leaf to avoid genuine engagement with social and economic problems and to justify widening inequality. When Chavs was first published in 2011 it opened up the discussion of class in Britain. Then, in the public debate after the riots of that summer, Owen Jones's thesis was proved right - the working class were the scapegoats for everything that was wrong with Britain. This new edition includes a new chapter, reflecting on the overwhelming response to the book and the situation in Britain today. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Leighton Pugh. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/029744/bk_adbl_029744_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Galaxy's Edge, Part III , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 913min

Galaxy's Edge, Part III contains Sword of the Legion through to the end of Prisoners of Darkness.Daring heroics, sacrifice, and courage come together as the Legion attempts to contain the fire sparked at the Battle of Tarrago. But the galaxy is spiraling into all-out war.Captain Chhun's Dark Ops squad is reunited with Wraith. When their mission to deny Goth Sulluss the shipyards he so eagerly desires goes awry, Chhun and Wraith must find a way to stop the Black Fleet's advance - even if it costs them their lives.Meanwhile, an old friend from Nether Ops executes a covert operation that will turn the focus of the Last War of the Republic in a terrible new direction.Following Goth Sullus's ruthless onslaughts against the Republic, a desperate House of Reason searches for scapegoats - and finds one, deserving or not, in Commander Ellek Owens. His sentence is cruel, unjust - and final. Unless Victory Squad has anything to say about it.In the Umnar system, the soulless menace known as the Cybar seeks to break Prisma Maydoon - and to set the stage for the total annihilation of not only the Republic, but all life in the galaxy. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: R.C. Bray. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/podm/001256/bk_podm_001256_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Crisis of Responsibility: Our Cultural Addiction to Blame and How You Can Cure It , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 299min

The left and right have gone to great lengths to blame the problems plaguing our society but neither Washington DC, Wall Street, Mexico, China, the Feds, nor the media are the cause of our problems - nor are they the cure. Across the globe a “revolt” of sorts is taking place against elitism. No more will big government, big media, big banks, big bureaucracy, and big institutions hold the secret nuggets of truth and dictate our lives and fortunes. Financial markets, political punditry, and cultural leaders are all scrambling to react to the rise of the often disenfranchised. But what happens after all the bogeymen have been vanquished? What if opposing the incompetence of the European Union, the biases of the American media, the corruption of crony capitalism, the arrogance of political power brokers, and allegedly unfair global trade deals is not enough? The key to American prosperity in this new era of populism is for moral people to make responsibility matter again by renewing personal virtue and form lasting, mediating institutions that will trump the elitist bogeymen and scapegoats for generations to come. If we fail as individual Americans to address this core crisis of responsibility, we have only ourselves to blame for what happens next. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David L. Bahnsen. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/107656/bk_acx0_107656_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Bear Mountain , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 113min

In the Pyrenees, contact between man and bear is rare. There are just over 20 brown bears roaming the vast mountain range. But for centuries, bears have loomed large in folklore and tradition, represented in cave paintings and both revered and feared in today’s annual festivals. Bear Mountain is a journey into man’s relationship with bears and the undeniable hold these animals have on our imaginations. However, bears are not viewed with universal affection. Efforts to replenish the brown bear population have been met with violent protests. Pyrenean farmers, fighting to sustain a traditional way of life long-since rendered uneconomical, view the bears as scapegoats for their troubles. Caught in the midst of angry battles as change and modernity sweep through local communities, the bears are decried, victimised, and hunted. Set amidst the Pyrenean peaks, Bear Mountain is a beautifully written documentary account of the author’s search for an elusive brown bear named Balou. From tracking bears with the Bear Team, witnessing the madcap fetes in the bears’ honour and exploring the history of man and bear, Bear Mountain scours the emotional response that bears inspire and takes us close to the heart of our connection to the natural world. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: James Lurie. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/019371/bk_adbl_019371_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Guardrails: How Free Minds Are Contained by False Narratives and Conspiracy Rabbit Trails , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 20min

Includes: GuardrailsNipsey’s Not DeadMandoozledWhy Autohoaxing Matters Guardrails starts with False Prophets, a short treatise that explains how conspiracy theories are used to reinforce the big deceptions. It describes how free-thinkers are routinely brought back into the paddock. Many well-intentioned truthers have unwittingly helped to bury the very truth. And just what is the truth buried by the conspiracy theories? Simple. The truth is, the media is not reporting factual events to inform you; they are reporting stories to conform you. And even if some see through it, there are ready-made conspiracy theories to explain away all the glitches in the matrix critical observers take note of. Here is the shocking truth: conspiracy theories are part of the government-entertainment-media-complex. Those who are deconstructing the news and recognizing the psychological operations inherent in its dominant narratives are not conspiracy theorists. We're media analysts, critics, and deconstructionists. The conspiracy theorists are the ones running around hunting the bad guy. Free-thinkers who can bypass political correctness and see through the propaganda don't need to insert hypothetical scapegoats into their assessment for a cohesive explanation. Nothing outside of logic is required to see the truth. The deception, on the other hand, requires several logical fallacies, most notably, an appeal to televised news as an authority. In Part 2, The Metascript, I make the case for the existence of a hidden dictatorship governing the minds of all men through the manufacture of an artificial reality construct. The exemplar cited is the life and death of Nipsey Hussle, and how it relates to the fertility rites of mystery Babylon and the nightly news. Part 3, Mandoozled, contains the clearest and most definitive debunk of the Mandela Effect ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jack Nolan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/185027/bk_acx0_185027_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 617min

Misogyny is a hot topic, yet it's often misunderstood. What is misogyny, exactly? Who deserves to be called a misogynist? How does misogyny contrast with sexism, and why is it prone to persist - or increase - even when sexist gender roles are waning? This book is an exploration of misogyny in public life and politics by the moral philosopher and writer Kate Manne. It argues that misogyny should not be understood primarily in terms of the hatred or hostility some men feel toward all or most women. Rather, it's primarily about controlling, policing, punishing, and exiling the "bad" women who challenge male dominance. And it's compatible with rewarding "the good ones," and singling out other women to serve as warnings to those who are out of order. It's also common for women to serve as scapegoats, be burned as witches, and treated as pariahs. Manne examines recent and current events such as the Isla Vista killings by Elliot Rodger, the case of the convicted serial rapist Daniel Holtzclaw, who preyed on African-American women as a police officer in Oklahoma City, Rush Limbaugh's diatribe against Sandra Fluke, and the "misogyny speech" of Julia Gillard, then Prime Minister of Australia, which went viral on YouTube. The book shows how these events, among others, set the stage for the 2016 US presidential election. Not only was the misogyny leveled against Hillary Clinton predictable in both quantity and quality, Manne argues it was predictable that many people would be prepared to forgive and forget regarding Donald Trump's history of sexual assault and harassment. For this, Manne argues, is misogyny's oft-overlooked and equally pernicious underbelly: exonerating or showing "himpathy" for the comparatively privileged men who dominate, threaten, and silence women. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lauren Fortgang. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/032937/bk_adbl_032937_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 2656min

The Golden Bough, the monumental study of religious rites and practices in ‘primitive’ societies, was one of the earliest influential texts in anthropology. Its author, Sir James Frazer, surveyed the wide range of cultural habits, taboos and beliefs in communities across the world concluding that there was an observable pattern in the way magic developed into religion, though formal expression emerged in different ways. It was a study that he continued for many years, with initial volumes appearing in 1890 and growing in size until the 12-volume edition was published in 1915. In 1922, Frazer produced his own single volume edition which is presented here. His starting point was the ‘remarkable rule which regulated the succession to the priesthood of Diana at Aricia’, where the incumbent would remain in position until slain in combat by his successor. Further study showed Frazer that this was a familiar pattern in both religion and rule. The more he compared unconnected early societies the more similarities he found - a pattern which suggested the universal existence of basic human tendencies. His multifaceted analysis of magic and religion considers topics as various as tree worship, taboo, sacrifice, myths of Adonis and Osiris, the Corn-Mother, the transference of evil, public scapegoats and much else. He draws on evidence for these from many different societies - ranging from Babylonian, African, and Jewish to Khazar, European and Mexican. The Golden Bough was, and remains, a remarkable achievement for its breadth and detail and proved a huge influence on numerous international figures including psychologists Sigmund Freud and C. G Jung, writers and poets James Joyce, T. S. Eliot, and Robert Graves, the mythologist Joseph Campbell and the contemporary critic Camille Paglia. The Golden Bough helped to establish anthropology as a science. But Frazer’s methods and conclusions also drew criticism from later profession ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Andrew Cullum. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/dhrm/000253/bk_dhrm_000253_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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