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Bitterroot: The Life and Death of Meriwether Lewis , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 626min

In America's early national period, Meriwether Lewis was a towering figure. Selected by Thomas Jefferson to lead the expedition to explore the Louisiana Purchase, he was later rewarded by Jefferson with the governorship of the entire Louisiana Territory. Yet within three years, plagued by controversy over administrative expenses, Lewis found his reputation and career in tatters. En route to Washington to clear his name, he died mysteriously in a crude cabin on the Natchez Trace in Tennessee. Was it a suicide, felled by his own alcoholism and mental instability? Most historians have agreed. Patricia Tyson Stroud examines the evidence to posit another, even darker, ending for Lewis.Stroud uses Lewis's find, the bitterroot flower, with its nauseously pungent root, as a symbol for his reputation as a purported suicide. It was this reputation that Thomas Jefferson promulgated in the memoir he wrote prefacing the short account of Lewis's historic expedition published five years after his death. Without investigation of any kind, Jefferson, Lewis's mentor from boyhood, reiterated undocumented assertions of Lewis's serious depression and alcoholism.Through a retelling of his life, from his resourceful youth to the brilliance of his leadership and accomplishments as a man, Bitterroot shows that Jefferson's mystifying assertion about the death of his protégé is the long-held bitter root of the Meriwether Lewis story.The book is published by University of Pennsylvania Press. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mark Caldwell Walker. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/133056/bk_acx0_133056_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and into Your Life , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 204min

New York Times best sellerJoining the ranks of The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, You Are a Badass, and F*ck Feelings is this refreshing, BS-free self-empowerment guide that offers an honest, no-nonsense, tough-love approach to help you move past self-imposed limitations. Are you tired of feeling f*cked up? If you are, Gary John Bishop has the answer. In this straightforward handbook, he gives you the tools and advice you need to demolish the slag weighing you down and become the truly unf*cked version of yourself. "Wake up to the miracle you are," he directs. "Here's what you've forgotten: You're a f*cking miracle of being." It isn't other people that are standing in your way; it isn't even your circumstances that are blocking your ability to thrive. It's yourself and the negative self-talk you keep telling yourself. In Unf*ck Yourself, Bishop leads you through a series of seven assertions: I am willing I am wired to win I got this I embrace the uncertainty I am not my thoughts; I am what I do I am relentless I expect nothing and accept everything Lead the life you were meant to have - Unf*ck Yourself. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gary John Bishop. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/006195/bk_harp_006195_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Cynical Theories (eBook, ePUB)

BOOK OF THE YEAR in The Times, the Sunday Times and the Financial Times Have you heard that language is violence and that science is sexist? Or been told that being obese is healthy, that there is no such thing as biological sex, or that only white people can be racist? Are you confused by these ideas, and do you wonder how they have managed so quickly to challenge the very logic of Western society? Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay document the evolution of the dogma behind these ideas, from its origins in French postmodernism to its refinement within activist academic fields. Today this dogma is recognisable as much by its effects, such as cancel culture and social-media pile-ons, as by its assertions, which are all too often taken as read: knowledge is a social construct; science and reason are tools of oppression; all human interactions are sites of oppressive power play; and language is dangerous. As they warn, the unchecked proliferation of these beliefs present a threat to liberal democracy. While acknowledging the need to challenge the complacency of those who think a just society has been fully achieved, Pluckrose and Lindsay break down how often-radical activist scholarship does far more harm than good, not least to those marginalised communities it claims to champion.

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Lost Tribes and Promised Lands: The Origins of American Racism , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1163min

The complete original edition: An utterly revelatory work. Unprecedented in scope, detail, and ambition. In Lost Tribes and Promised Lands, celebrated historian and cultural critic Ronald Sanders offers a compelling and ideology-shattering history of racial prejudice and myth as shaped by political, religious, and economic forces from the 14th century to the present day. Written with clear-eyed vigor, Sanders draws on a broad history of art, psychology, politics, and religion to inform his striking and soundly-reasoned assertions. Lost Tribes and Promised Lands nimbly zig-zags through space and time, doggedly chipping away at the myopic history of discovery and righteous conquest that has been reiterated for decades by the same ideological forces responsible for centuries of mythological prejudice and racial strife. Placing 14th century Spanish intolerance (specifically anti-Semitism) as the origins of American racism toward African and Native Americans, Sanders elegantly weaves complex threads of colonial economics, religious exceptionalism, and xenophobia into a heady and often-infuriating thesis on the history of racism. Finally in audio as a complete and cost-accessible edition (when the book was out of print, demand for this important work was so intense that used copies sold for thousands of dollars). Find out why! Lost Tribes and Promised Lands is a gripping and hegemony-exploding treatise on the history of race in the New World. This audio edition is skillfully read by Karen Chilton, award-winning narrator of Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Karen Chilton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/227094/bk_acx0_227094_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Lion Eyes , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 439min

Of Claire Berlinski's marvelous debut novel, Loose Lips - a perfect blend of satire, romance, and suspense featuring a young female CIA operative - book critic Frank Bascombe observed: "It's more than a little obvious that [protagonist] Selena Keller is Claire Berlinski." Despite her assertions to the contrary, Berlinski isn't above poking fun at that notion.In Lion Eyes, a fictional Claire - the author of a novel about love among young CIA trainees - is unsuccessfully dodging a deadly Paris heat wave and her even deadlier ex-boyfriend. When she receives an e-mail from an Iranian admirer who wonders how to obtain a copy of Loose Lips in his native city of Esfahan, Claire wastes no time in replying. Her correspondence with the mysterious stranger, Arsalan - whose name means "the Lion" in Persian - quickly becomes personal, then intimate...then obsessive.As Claire heads to Istanbul to find relief from the heat, her electronic flirtation with Arsalan begins, inevitably, to consume her. The boundary between reality and imagination blurs and then disappears. The Lion, meanwhile, is nurturing his own powerful fantasies about the author. To satisfy their growing passion, they agree to meet, back in Paris, but Claire soon learns that someone is secretly intercepting their communications.Suddenly, Claire's romantic dreams start to dissolve. As events take an unimagined, even dangerous turn, and as life begins menacingly to imitate art, Claire discovers that the Lion is not who she thinks he is. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Susan Ericksen. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/001007/bk_brll_001007_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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HATE: Why We Should Resist It with Free Speech, Not Censorship , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 497min

HATE dispels misunderstandings plaguing our perennial debates about "hate speech vs. free speech", showing that the First Amendment approach promotes free speech and democracy, equality, and societal harmony. We hear too many incorrect assertions that "hate speech" - which has no generally accepted definition - is either absolutely unprotected or absolutely protected from censorship. Rather, US law allows government to punish hateful or discriminatory speech in specific contexts when it directly causes imminent serious harm. Yet government may not punish such speech solely because its message is disfavored, disturbing, or vaguely feared to possibly contribute to some future harm. When US officials formerly wielded such broad censorship power, they suppressed dissident speech, including equal rights advocacy. Likewise, current politicians have attacked Black Lives Matter protests as "hate speech". "Hate speech" censorship proponents stress the potential harms such speech might further: discrimination, violence, and psychic injuries. However, there has been little analysis of whether censorship effectively counters the feared injuries. Citing evidence from many countries, this book shows that "hate speech" laws are at best ineffective and at worst counterproductive. Their inevitably vague terms invest enforcing officials with broad discretion, and predictably, regular targets are minority views and speakers. Therefore, prominent social justice advocates in the United States and beyond maintain that the best way to resist hate and promote equality is not censorship but, rather, vigorous "counterspeech" and activism. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Nadine Strossen, Angelo Di Loreto. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/032942/bk_adbl_032942_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Debt-Free U: How I Paid for an Outstanding College Education Without Loans, Scholarships, or Mooching off My Parents , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 594min

This audiobook can save you more than $100,000. These days, most people assume you need to pay a boatload of money for a quality college education. As a result, students and their parents are willing to go into years of debt and potentially sabotage their financial futures just to get a fancy name on a diploma. But Zac Bissonnette is walking proof that the assumption is not only false, but dangerous. From his unique double perspective—he’s a personal finance expert (at AOL Money and Finance) AND a current senior at the University of Massachusetts—Zac figured out how too get an outstanding education at a public college, without bankrupting his parents or taking on loans.Armed with his personal knowledge, the latest data, and smart analysis, Zac takes on the sacred cows and conventional wisdom about choosing and financing college. You’ll discover, for instance, that: Student loans are NOT a necessary evil. Ordinary middle-class families can—and must—find ways to avoid them, even without scholarships. College “rankings” are useless—designed to sell magazines and generate hype, if you trust one of the major guides when picking a college, you face a potential financial disaster. The elite graduate programs accept lots of people with nonelite bachelor’s degrees. So do America’s most selective employers.Zac can prove every one of hose bold assertions—and more. He has a simple message for parents: “RELAX! Your kid will be able to get a champagne education on a beer budget!” ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sean Pratt. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/gdan/000477/bk_gdan_000477_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The 48 Laws of Power: by Robert Greene Conversation Starters (eBook, ePUB)

The 48 Laws of Power: by Robert Greene Conversation Starters In “The 48 Laws of Power”, readers are provided with a fascinating and comprehensive summation of the history of power, spanning thousands of years. Drawing from such well-known philosophy and the teachings of those such as Machiavelli and P.T. Barnum, the novel combines each thread with masterful skill and attention. Each “law” described in the novel is meant to reinforce themes of domination and teach the rules of a dangerous game. Robert Greene delivers “The 48 Laws of Power” with striking and powerful assertions, providing readers with the tools to both crush their opponents and defend themselves from the machinations of other power-seeking individuals. A New York Times bestseller, the novel has remained a hit since its publication and continues to enrapture audiences today. A Brief Look Inside: EVERY GOOD BOOK CONTAINS A WORLD FAR DEEPER than the surface of its pages. The characters and their world come alive, and the characters and its world still live on. Conversation Starters is peppered with questions designed to bring us beneath the surface of the page and invite us into the world that lives on. These questions can be used to.. Create Hours of Conversation: • Foster a deeper understanding of the book • Promote an atmosphere of discussion for groups • Assist in the study of the book, either individually or corporately • Explore unseen realms of the book as never seen before

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The Violent Abuse of Women (eBook, ePUB)

A comprehensive study of the pervasive misogyny that left women behind while British society moved toward the Age of Enlightenment. Although the worlds of science and philosophy took giant strides away from the medieval view of the world, attitudes to women did not change from those that had pertained for centuries. The social turbulence of the first half of the seventeenth century afforded women new opportunities and new religious freedoms, and women were attracted into the many new sects where they were afforded a voice in preaching and teaching. These new and unprecedented liberties thus gained by women were perceived as a threat by the leaders of society, and thus arose an unlikely masculine alliance against the new feminine assertions, across all sections of society from Puritan preachers to judges, from husbands to court rakes. This reaction often found expression in the violent and brutal treatment of women who were seen to have stepped out of line, whether legally, socially or domestically. Often beaten and abused at home by husbands exercising their legal right, they were whipped, branded, exiled and burnt alive by the courts, from which their sex had no recourse to protection, justice or restitution. This work records the many kinds of violent physical and verbal abuse perpetrated against women in Britain and her colonies, both domestically and under the law, during two centuries when huge strides in human knowledge and civilization were being made in every other sphere of human activity, but social and legal attitudes to women and their punishment remained firmly embedded in the medieval.

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Chakra Healing for Beginners: The Complete Guide to Opening Your Third Eye, Awakening and Finding Balance Your Chakra, Through Guided Meditation , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 206min

Do you feel uninspired, unfocused, and unable to rest? Do you feel unsociable, powerless, and simply unable to attain your life’s objectives?Are you someone who feels listless in life? Do you always feel unenergetic, demotivated, unwilling to interact with people, and simply incapable of effective communication when you do come in contact with people? It could all have to do with the ways chakras function, or in your case, dysfunction in your body.In Chakra Healing for Beginners, you are introduced to concepts of Chakra and will learn about how to heal them. With specific techniques, you will learn how to identify, evaluate, and repair the seven chakras or focal points of energy in the body, to allow your body to have uniform, balanced, and uninterrupted energy flows, allowing you to realize and unearth total harmony. In time, as your body’s energy flow falls into place, so will your health, state of mind, and your life in general.Written specifically for beginners who are new to the concept of chakras, Chakra Healing for Beginners will also serve people who are familiar with intermediate or even advanced chakra concepts as well. Here’s a sampling of what you can expect to learn in Chakra Healing for Beginners.A preview of what you can learn in Chakra Healing for Beginners:Understanding chakras - What are the seven chakras, their colors, and how they influence you?Blocked chakra symptoms – Diagnose blocked chakras by understanding their symptoms.How to unblock chakras - Meditation, exercises, and practicable techniques to free your chakrasChakras and energy – Understanding chakras’ influence on energy and vitality fieldsChakra awakening – Meditation, postures, and yoga to awaken and release your chakrasChakra healing and balancing – Heal using contemplation, assertions, chakra stones, and more.The seven chakras (Root, ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mel Ryan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/186463/bk_acx0_186463_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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