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  Happy Land: A Lover's Revenge: The Nightclub Fire That Shocked a Nation , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 230min

  The scene was paralyzing. We stood there, numb. No one spoke. There were 69 bodies spread about the 24-by-50-foot area. They all could have been sleeping.In the small hours of the annual Punta Carnivale celebrations held by Central American communities of the West Bronx, residents witness flames and smoke coming from a popular nightspot known as Happy Land. Fire and rescue personnel arrive at the scene within three minutes, only to find all 87 party-goers trapped inside already dead. The victims have died at an unfathomable speed, succumbing to suffocation and the effects of lethal gases before the flames could even reach them.Detectives soon realize that the disaster, epic and tragic in proportions, is no accident. The fire has been deliberately lit by an arsonist, the man responsible for what is to be the worst mass murder in American history.Happy Land: A Lover’s Revenge untangles the shocking story behind one of the worst fires in New York history. Exploring in detail a tragedy little remembered today, but rich with contemporary meaning, the story provides an unnerving snapshot of the possible consequences of societal indifference to violence against women and the plight of the most vulnerable in our communities. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Zane Boyer. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/210105/bk_acx0_210105_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Alone: The Triumph and Tragedy of John Curry , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 774min

  One winter's night in 1976, over 20 million people in Britain watched John Curry skate to Olympic glory on an ice rink in Austria. Many millions more watched around the world. Overnight he became one of the most famous men on the planet. He was awarded the OBE. He was chosen as BBC Sports Personality of the Year. Curry had changed ice skating from marginal sport to high art. And yet the man was - and would always remain - an absolute mystery to a world that had been dazzled by his gift. Surely, men's skating was supposed to be Cossack-muscular, not sensual and ambiguous like this. Curry himself was an often-tortured man of labyrinthine complexity. For the first time, Alone untangles the extraordinary web of his toxic, troubled, brilliant - and short - life. It is a story of childhood nightmares, furious ambition, sporting genius, lifelong rivalries, homophobia, Cold War politics, financial ruin and deep personal tragedy. Alone reveals the restless, impatient, often dark soul of a man whose words could lacerate, whose skating invariably moved audiences to tears, and who - after succumbing to AIDS, as so many of his fellow artists and friends did - died of a heart attack aged just 44. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Graeme Malcolm. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/020352/bk_adbl_020352_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Dearly Departed: A Holland Taylor Mystery , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 510min

  St. Paul private eye Holland Taylor is back in Edgar Award-winning author David Housewright's third lively tale. Private investigator Holland Taylor has a low opinion of sleazy lawyer Hunter Truman and listens reluctantly to Truman's plea to help him find the missing Alison Emerton, whom the police suspect has been murdered. But when Truman plays the tape Alison left and shows Taylor her photograph, the elusive woman captures his curiosity. Could it be that Alison is not dead but has disappeared to start life under a new identity? If so, why? As Taylor investigates, he meets people who loved her, or hated her - sometimes both. They include her secretive parents; her handsome, angry ex-husband; a wary former lover; her very loyal women friends; and the man the police had once held as the chief suspect. Taylor's investigation leads him to a rural Wisconsin town, where he meets two men very much involved in Alison's life and uncovers big-money plans involving a resort and proposed gambling casino: schemes with stakes high enough that they will cost not only fortunes but lives. As Taylor exposes the motives of the players and untangles Alison's strange story, events come together in an explosive finale. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michael Kramer. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/005914/bk_adbl_005914_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  A Life Less Stressed , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 758min

  A holistic guide to the stresses that wear us down and the simple changes we can make to lead happier, healthier and more resilient lives. Life has never been more stressful. It is no coincidence that chronic degenerative disorders such as cancer, heart disease, autoimmune illnesses and mental-health conditions are on the rise. But if we want to tackle them, we need to look beyond their symptoms. That is the message of dentist and health advocate Ron Ehrlich. He explores why public health messages have been so confusing and often contradictory, including the role of the food and pharmaceutical industries in all parts our health care system. It's a story that's easy to miss but difficult to ignore. He then untangles how problems in one part of the body are intimately connected to the whole and how we as individuals are inextricably linked to our own environment. Ehrlich redefines the stresses that affect us in our modern world and shows how to strengthen the five pillars - sleep, breathing, nutrition, movement and thought - that support our health. A Life Less Stressed will help you develop a broader understanding of the challenges we face today and empower you to take control, build resilience and be the best you can be. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ron Ehrlich. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/032989/bk_adbl_032989_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Crown of Midnight (Miniature Character Collection)

  Discover Sarah J. Maas's #1 New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass series-now available for a limited time in a brand-new miniature format! This exclusive edition highlights Dorian Havilliard. Delightfully compact with lightweight pages for easy travel, this miniature volume of Crown of Midnight is perfect for any book lover's coat pocket or purse. Complete and unabridged, this character edition celebrates Dorian Havilliard by highlighting his name in Adarlan Crimson ink. Read the second book in the epic saga Time Magazine called, "One of the best fantasy series of the past decade." Celaena Sardothien is the King's Champion, yet she is far from loyal to the crown. But secretly working against her master is no easy task. As she untangles the glass castle's mysteries, no one is above questioning her allegiance-not Crown Prince Dorian; not Chaol, Captain of the Guard; not even Nehemia, her friend and rebel princess. Then, an unspeakable tragedy shatters Celaena's world. She must decide once and for all where her loyalties lie . . . and for whom she will fight.

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  Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story

  The acclaimed New York Times-bestselling biography and "emotionally detailed portrait of the artist as a young man" (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times) In the first biography of the iconic David Foster Wallace, D.T. Max paints the portrait of a man, self-conscious, obsessive and struggling to find meaning. If Wallace was right when he declared he was "frightfully and thoroughly conventional," it is only because over the course of his short life and stunning career, he wrestled intimately and relentlessly with the fundamental anxiety of being human. In his characteristic lucid and quick-witted style, Max untangles Wallace's anxious sense of self, his volatile and sometimes abusive connection with women, and above all, his fraught relationship with fiction as he emerges with his masterpiece Infinite Jest. Written with the cooperation of Wallace's family and friends and with access to hundreds of unpublished letters, manuscripts and journals, this captivating biography unveils the life of the profoundly complicated man who gave voice to what we thought we could not say.

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  The Creative Self (eBook, ePUB)

  The Creative Self reviews and summarizes key theories, studies, and new ideas about the role and significance self-beliefs play in one's creativity. It untangles the interrelated constructs of creative self-efficacy, creative metacognition, creative identity, and creative self-concept. It explores how and when creative self-beliefs are formed as well as how creative self-beliefs can be strengthened. Part I discusses how creativity plays a part in one's self-identity and its relationship with free will and efficacy. Part II discusses creativity present in day-to-day life across the lifespan. Part III highlights the intersection of the creative self with other variables such as mindset, domains, the brain, and individual differences. Part IV explores methodology and culture in relation to creativity. Part V, discusses additional constructs or theories that offer promise for future research on creativityExplores how beliefs about one's creativity are part of one's identityInvestigates the development of self-beliefs about creativityIdentifies external and personality factors influencing self-beliefs about creativityIncorporates worldwide research with cross-disciplinary contributors

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  Car Country: An Environmental History: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 720min

  For most people in the United States, going almost anywhere begins with reaching for the car keys. This is true, Christopher Wells argues, because the United States is Car Country, a nation dominated by landscapes that are difficult, inconvenient, and often unsafe to navigate by those who are not sitting behind the wheel of a car.The prevalence of car-dependent landscapes seems perfectly natural to us today, but it is, in fact, a relatively new historical development. In Car Country, Wells rejects the idea that the nation's automotive status quo can be explained as a simple byproduct of an ardent love affair with the automobile. Instead, he takes listeners on a tour of the evolving American landscape, charting the ways that transportation policies and land-use practices have combined to reshape nearly every element of the built environment around the easy movement of automobiles. Wells untangles the complicated relationships between automobiles and the environment, allowing listeners to see the everyday world in a completely new way. The result is a history that is essential for understanding American transportation and land-use issues today."An excellent and needed addition." (The Michigan Historical Review)"Wells's book is a remarkable achievement." (Southern California Quarterly)"Wells offers a terrific excavation of the sprawlscape that still drives our days." (Human Ecology) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Scott Carrico. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/163615/bk_acx0_163615_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Repurposed: The Untold Story of Retirement in America , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 96min

  You’d be silly to start a building project without a blueprint. But it’s even crazier to approach retirement without a plan. Repurposed offers the kind of practical ideas that can transform your golden years into something absolutely priceless. (Dave Ramsey, best-selling author and nationally syndicated radio show host) Most people prepare for the financial side of retirement. This is a critical piece of the puzzle, but does it leave out the biggest pieces of all? In this book, author Ben Taatjes shows how purpose and contribution work together to make retirement the best years of life — instead of the most disappointing ones. Repurposed: The Untold Story of Retirement in America pulls back the curtain on the reality that lies just over the crest of age 65. There is more to the story than we’ve all been told. Taatjes traces the surprising roots of retirement that spring from a cultural context that differs greatly from our own. He shows how today calls for a new view of this age-old season if we’re going to live fulfilled. Inside, Taatjes expertly untangles the web of misinformation and unmet expectations, and sheds light on the path to making retirement the most fulfilling years of your life. By living a repurposed life centered on making a positive impact on others, you’ll find the best days are still to come. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jerrid Sebesta. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/200026/bk_acx0_200026_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Soul's Glass Slipper: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 503min

  A detached and lost soul, Anna Dawson recently moved to the town of Danbury, Connecticut, with her family. Despite a perfect marriage and a seemingly fairy-tale life, she can't help but feel dreadfully disconnected. It's not until her six-year-old, Marvin, develops hysterical behavior during storms that her life begins to change. As she searches for answers to help her son, she discovers memories of his past life during the Great Flood of 1955 and - against her skeptical husband's wishes and with the help of an eccentric therapist - begins to unravel past mysteries and relatives. Soon she meets Charlie, a man coping with the disappearance of his son. Charlie believes the love of his life, Georgia, a former actress from LA, kidnapped their son during the Great Flood. But there's a puzzling connection between Georgia's diary entries and Marvin's life. As Anna reads through Georgia's words, the stories resonate with her. Diving into a healing time travel journey, she untangles more than she ever thought possible. Life-changing questions are posed as more and more mysteries are uncovered. And Anna is faced with a reality she never imagined. An inspiring tale of hope, family bonds, and timeless love that never fails to deliver a promise, The Soul's Glass Slipper will stir you in profound ways. You will never look at your loved ones the same again. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tricia DiSandro. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/057087/bk_acx0_057087_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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