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    The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 2340min
    From the bestselling author of Nixonland: a dazzling portrait of America on the verge of a nervous breakdown in the tumultuous political and economic times of the 1970s. In January of 1973 Richard Nixon announced the end of the Vietnam War and prepared for a triumphant second term - until televised Watergate hearings revealed his White House as little better than a mafia den. The next president declared upon Nixon’s resignation “our long national nightmare is over” - but then congressional investigators exposed the CIA for assassinating foreign leaders. The collapse of the South Vietnamese government rendered moot the sacrifice of some 58,000 American lives. The economy was in tatters. And as Americans began thinking about their nation in a new way - as one more nation among nations, no more providential than any other - the pundits declared that from now on successful politicians would be the ones who honored this chastened new national mood. Ronald Reagan never got the message. Which was why, when he announced his intention to challenge President Ford for the 1976 Republican nomination, those same pundits dismissed him - until, amazingly, it started to look like he might just win. He was inventing the new conservative political culture we know now, in which a vision of patriotism rooted in a sense of American limits was derailed in America’s Bicentennial year by the rise of the smiling politician from Hollywood. Against a backdrop of melodramas from the Arab oil embargo to Patty Hearst to the near-bankruptcy of America’s greatest city, The Invisible Bridge asks the question: what does it mean to believe in America? To wave a flag - or to reject the glibness of the flag wavers? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David de Vries. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/006272/bk_brll_006272_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Forsaken Fae: Book One , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 339min
    There's an unconscious fae drooling on Len's couch. That's not even the weirdest thing to happen to him this week. Len's been told that not all fae are scheming, manipulative pricks. A moot point, since this one definitely is - he knows that much from bitter experience.So, when his vampire ex-coworker dumps Albigard of the Unseelie on Len's doorstep, he gives her two hours to find a better hiding place for the fae fugitive before tossing him straight to the curb with the rest of the garbage.He should have known better, of course. Because, if there's one thing Len's learned since being thrown into the deep end of the seedy paranormal underworld, it's that nothing is ever so simple. Now, he's on the run from a cataclysmic primal force trying to tear its way into the human realm, stuck with a charismatic bastard who already knows way too much about the inside of Len's messed-up head. The first time he met Albigard, Len punched the fae in his too-perfect face. This time, they'll have to learn to work together - or risk having their souls torn apart and consigned to the void, with the rest of humanity facing the same fate soon after.The Wild Hunt has slipped its chains. Darkness is coming for the world. Forsaken Fae is a slow-burn M/M urban fantasy trilogy. It's set in the same world as the best-selling series The Last Vampire and its other spinoff, Vampire Bound. Buy Forsaken Fae: Book One today and enter a world shared by humans, fae, demons, and vampires. It’s a place where the supernatural threatens the mundane, nothing is as it seems, and enemies must overcome their tangled pasts in order to save the future. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Nick Hudson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/237721/bk_acx0_237721_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Naked Money: A Revealing Look at What It Is and Why It Matters , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 791min
    Consider the $20 bill. It has no more value, as a simple slip of paper, than Monopoly money. Yet even children recognize that tearing one into small pieces is an act of inconceivable stupidity. What makes a $20 bill actually worth $20? In the third volume of his best-selling Naked series, Charles Wheelan uses this seemingly simple question to open the door to the surprisingly colorful world of money and banking. The search for an answer triggers countless other questions along the way: Why does paper money (fiat currency, if you want to be fancy) even exist? And why do some nations, like Zimbabwe in the 1990s, print so much of it that it becomes more valuable as toilet paper than as currency? How do central banks use the power of money creation to stop financial crises? Why does most of Europe share a common currency, and why has that arrangement caused so much trouble? And will payment apps, bitcoin, or other new technologies render all of this moot? In Naked Money, Wheelan tackles all of the above and more, showing us how our banking and monetary systems should work in ideal situations and revealing the havoc and suffering caused in real situations by inflation, deflation, illiquidity, and other monetary effects. Throughout, Wheelan's uniquely bright-eyed, whimsical style brings levity and clarity to a subject often devoid of both. With illuminating stories from Argentina, Zimbabwe, North Korea, America, China, and elsewhere around the globe, Wheelan demystifies the curious world behind the paper in our wallets and the digits in our bank accounts. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jonathan Davis. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/026836/bk_adbl_026836_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Forsaken Fae
    There's an unconscious Fae drooling on Len's couch. That's not even the weirdest thing to happen to him this week. Len's been told that not all Fae are scheming, manipulative pricks. A moot point, since this one definitely is-he knows that much from bitter experience. So, when his vampire ex-coworker dumps Albigard of the Unseelie on Len's doorstep, he gives her two hours to find a better hiding place for the Fae fugitive before tossing him straight to the curb with the rest of the garbage. He should have known better, of course. Because if there's one thing Len's learned since being thrown into the deep end of the seedy paranormal underworld, it's that nothing is ever so simple. Now he's on the run from a cataclysmic primal force trying to tear its way into the human realm, stuck with an annoying bastard who already knows way too much about the inside of Len's messed-up head. The first time he met Albigard, Len punched the Fae in his too-perfect face. This time, they'll have to learn to work together-or risk having their souls torn apart and consigned to the void, with the rest of humanity facing the same fate soon after. The Wild Hunt has slipped its chains. Darkness is coming for the world. * * * Forsaken Fae is a slow-burn M/M urban fantasy trilogy. It's set in the same world as the bestselling series The Last Vampire and its other spinoff, Vampire Bound. Download the complete series omnibus today, and enter a world shared by humans, fae, demons, and vampires. It's a place where the supernatural threatens the mundane, nothing is as it seems, and enemies must overcome their tangled pasts in order to save the future.
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    Menachem Begin: The Life and Legacy of the Irgun Leader Who Became Israel’s Prime Minister , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 132min
    Mr. President, I wish to tell you something personal - not about me, but about my generation. What you have just heard about the Jewish people's inherent rights to the Land of Israel may seem academic to you, theoretical, even moot. But not to my generation. To my generation of Jews, these eternal bonds are indisputable and incontrovertible truths, as old as recorded time. - Menachem Begin"We don't need legitimacy. We exist. Therefore we are legitimate." - Menachem BeginThe conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians is over 70 years old and counting but has its roots in over 2,000 years of history. With so much time and history, the Middle East peace process has become laden with unique, politically sensitive concepts like the right of return, contiguous borders, secure borders, demilitarized zones, and security requirements, with players like the Quartet, Palestinian Authority, Fatah, Hamas, the Arab League, and Israel. Over time, it has become exceedingly difficult for even sophisticated political pundits and followers to keep track of it all.Israel has rarely reached agreements with its neighbors, and when it did so at the end of the 1970s, it was accomplished by a prime minister who was one of the nation’s most famous military officers. After the Yom Kippur War, President Jimmy Carter’s administration sought to establish a peace process that would settle the conflict in the Middle East, while also reducing Soviet influence in the region.On September 17, 1978, after secret negotiations at the presidential retreat Camp David, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin signed a peace treaty between the two nations, in which Israel ceded the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt in exchange for a normalization of relations, making Egypt the first Arab adversary to officially recognize Israel. Carter also tried to create a peace process that would settle the rest of the conflict vis-à-vis the Israelis and Pal ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jim D. Johnston. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/158306/bk_acx0_158306_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    After the Interlude: A Dialogue About Death and Beyond , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 221min
    After the Interlude explores destiny, the sibling relationship, the impact on destiny of family of origin dynamics, where we were before we were born, where we’re going after we’ve left the planet, thin places, dreams, prayer, and the importance of unbending intent. The book tackles purpose and the most difficult personal question of all personal questions — why? After the Interlude converses with existence.After the Interlude is an expression of an everyperson. All human beings know fear. All human beings lose family members. All human beings question. All human beings are wounded and flawed. And, above all, all human beings come with a destiny to be uncovered and lived and a monumental capacity to love. The wounds that happen along the way are part of the contract we undertake in coming here, trailing our own Wordsworthian clouds of glory. Whether we come once or multiple times is a moot point. The point of life, according to After the Interlude, is now and what we do with all the nows of our lives.After the Interlude is highly personal and yet it will touch listeners in their personal beliefs and fears. With references to the Platonic philosophers, Julian of Norwich, Emily Dickinson, William Blake, C. S. Lewis, Annie Dillard, Mary Oliver and Chet Raymo, the argument that the purpose of life is the advancement of the soul is brought home. And it’s brought home with an openness that allows the listener to try it on for size, rather than insisting on adoption or rejection.And, above all, After the Interlude faces death head-on. Ellyn Peirson’s credo on the soul’s journey is a personal culmination of years of exploration of the soul. Andrew Ruhl, Ellyn’s soul-friend, responds to and frames the theories and propositions in words and photography.It all began simply enough. The question was rather ordinary. Margaret, Ellyn’s only sibling and soul-companion of longest standing, had just died. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Larry Peterson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/203255/bk_acx0_203255_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Strangling the Confederacy: Coastal Operations in the American Civil War , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 467min
    A selection of the Military Book Club While the Civil War is mainly remembered for its epic battles between the Northern and Southern armies, the Union was simultaneously waging another campaign - dubbed "Anaconda" - that was gradually depriving the South of industry and commerce, thus rendering the exploits of its field armies moot. When an independent Dixie finally met the dustbin of history, it was the North's coastal campaign, as much as the achievements of its main forces, that was primarily responsible. Strangling the Confederacy examines the various naval actions and land incursions the Union waged from Virginia down the Atlantic Coast and through the Gulf of Mexico to methodically close down every Confederate port that could bring in weapons or supplies. The Rebels responded with fast ships - blockade runners - that tried to evade the Yankee fleets, while at the same time constructing formidable fortifications that could protect the ports themselves. While Union troopships floated offshore, able to strike anywhere, mobile Confederate forces were kept at hand near crucial points, albeit in smaller numbers, to resist Federal irruptions into their homeland. In the final analysis, the Union's Navy Board, a unique institution at the time, undertook the correct strategy. Its original decision to focus on 10 seaports that had rail or water connections with the Confederate interior - from Norfolk to Charleston to Mobile to New Orleans - shows that the Navy Board understood the concept of decisive points. In a number of battles the Federals were able to leverage their superior technology, including steam power and rifled artillery, in a way that made the Confederate coastal defenses highly vulnerable, if not obsolete. On the other hand, when the Federals encountered Confederate resistance at close quarters they often experienced difficulties, as in the failures at Fort Fisher, the debacle at Battery Wagner, the Battle of Olust ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Danny Campbell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/010098/bk_adbl_010098_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Power of Now : A Complete Practical Guide to Self-Freedom and Self-Discipline , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 138min
    What is the "self"? What is the nature of "I"? The reasons for you deciding to listen to this book are many. People across the globe have all kinds of problems in their daily lives, and at some point, everyone begins to ask the eternal question: What is my role in all of this?It can be a scary question to ask. If you happen to be at a crossroads in your life, then the answer to this question taken on a grand significance. It will seem as if every decision you make from here on will either lead to chaos or prosperity. Looking at the world in binary, that is as a have or have not, positive or negative, black or white. Looking for a definite form is one of the hallmarks of a mind that isn’t trained or wise enough to contemplate its own magnificence.Acceptance of ambiguity and the lack of a definite answer is a major weakness in Western societies. We’re simply not equipped to deal with uncertainty and situations where outcomes are not clear. This is especially true when it comes to ourselves. The current millennial generation is discovering this first-hand.The socioeconomic conditions into which a millennial has entered is very different from what America and the west have traditionally offered. Jobs are present, but given the scary levels of debt, one needs to assume that to land one, the pay is almost moot. The net result is a generational war of sorts between the conservative older folk who believe the kids are lazy and the younger folk who believe the older people screwed things up.This audiobook is not going to solve global economic problems. Far from it. However, given the anxiety and stress-ridden world of today, it pays to step back and examine our place in everything. Man’s first instinct in the search for meaning is to look outward. The truth is, if you wish to discover the secrets of life, nature, and the universe, all you need to do is look inward.This is how you set yourself on the path to right action and relieve ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dean Eby. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/170541/bk_acx0_170541_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Complete (but unofficial) Guide to the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot
    The Complete (but unofficial) Guide to the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot - 6. Auflage: ab 34.99 €
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    Murder at Moot Point
    Murder at Moot Point: ab 10.49 €
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