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    The Fountain of Latona (eBook, ePUB)
    Ovid tells the story of Latona, the mother by Jupiter of Apollo and Diana. In her flight from the jealous Juno, she arrives faint and parched on the coast of Asia Minor. Kneeling to sip from a pond, Latona is met by the local peasants, who not only deny her effort but muddy the water in pure malice. Enraged, Latona calls a curse down upon the stingy peasants, turning them to frogs.In his masterful study, Thomas F. Hedin reveals how and why a fountain of this strange legend was installed in the heart of Versailles in the 1660s, the inaugural decade of Louis XIV's patronage there. The natural supply of water was scarce and unwieldy, and it took the genius of the king's hydraulic engineers, working in partnership with the landscape architect André Le Nôtre, to exploit it. If Ovid's peasants were punished for their stubborn denial of water, so too the obstacles of coarse nature at Versailles were conquered; the aquatic iconography of the fountain was equivalent to the aquatic reality of the gardens.Latona was designed by Charles Le Brun, the most powerful artist at the court of Louis XIV, and carried out by Gaspard and Balthazar Marsy. The 1660s were rich in artistic theory in France, and the artists of the fountain delivered substantial lectures at the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture on subjects of central concern to their current work. What they professed was what they were visualizing in the gardens. As such, the fountain is an insider's guide to the leading artistic ideals of the moment.Louis XIV was viewed as the reincarnation of Apollo, the god of creativity, the inspiration of artists and scientists. Hedin's original argument is that Latona was a double declaration: a glorification of the king and a proud manifesto by artists.
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    3 Para, Hörbuch, Digital, 350min
    In April 2006, the elite 3 Para battlegroup was dispatched to Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan. They were tasked with providing security to reconstruction efforts, a deployment it was hoped would pass off without a shot being fired. In fact, over the six months they were there, the 3 Para battle group saw near continuous combat, one gruelling battle after another, in what would become one of the most extraordinary campaigns ever fought by British troops. Around parched, dusty outposts reliant on a limited number of helicopters for food and ammunition re-supply, troops were subjected to relentless Taliban attacks, as well as energy-sapping 50 degree heat and Spartan conditions. At the end of the tour, the Taliban offensive aimed at driving the British and Afghan Government troops out of Helmand had been tactically defeated. But 3 Para paid a high price: 14 soldiers and one interpreter were killed, and 46 wounded. 3 Para tells the stories of the men and women who took part in this extraordinary and largely unreported saga. Best-selling author Patrick Bishop was given exclusive access to the soldiers whose tales of courage and endurance provide an unforgettable portrait of one of the world's finest and most fascinating fighting regiments, and a remarkable band of warriors. Their bravery was reflected in the array of gallantry medals that were bestowed on their return, including the Victoria Cross awarded to Corporal Bryan Budd and the George Cross won by Corporal Mark Wright, both of whom were killed winning their awards. 3 Para's saga of comradeship, courage, and fortitude is set to become a classic. Language: English. Narrator: Christian Rodska. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hcuk/000348/bk_hcuk_000348_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Art of Everything: Leading for "We" in the Age of "Me" , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 335min
    This refreshingly original audiobook presents a model of leadership built on the habits of mind of the artist - creativity, compassion, and courage. The author recounts his engaging - and deeply human - journey through educational leadership and art and shares his "Framework for Artful Leadership" that will help you lead with more empathy and creativity. "Dr. Waddell's hopeful book reads like a long drink of water for the parched artist. Immediately I was drawn in by the depth of the author's perspective that leadership is soulful work and good for business." (Alice Ripley, Tony Award Winner, Best Actress in a Musical)Do you want to supercharge your leadership with purpose and passion?Whether you are a novice or an experienced leader honing your craft, this book is for you.This enjoyable and enlightening book is a guide to leadership grounded in humility, empathy, and passion. Dr. Gary Waddell is an award-winning educational leader with extensive experience leading dynamic, high-performing, and creative teams. He has been recognized with numerous prestigious state and national awards for his work in leadership, education, and human rights. His work in the education sector has caused student achievement to soar and has closed achievement and opportunity gaps for historically underserved children and youth. The Art of Everything is an enjoyable and important read for every leader who wants to lead with more empathy and artistry. A special Foreward by Deborah Meier, Democratic School legend, is included. Readers of seminal tomes on creativity such as Elizabeth Gilbert's Big Magic or Julie Cameron's The Artist's Way will resonate with this insightful book and its refreshing take on leadership and the creative path. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dr. Gary Waddell, Beckie Nettles. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/226743/bk_acx0_226743_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    True Believer: Stalin's Last American Spy , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 538min
    This astonishing real-life spy thriller, filled with danger, misplaced loyalties, betrayal, treachery, and pure evil, with a plot twist worthy of John le Carré, is relevant today as a tale of fanaticism and the lengths it takes us to. True Believer reveals the life of Noel Field, an American who betrayed his country and crushed his family. Field, once a well-meaning and privileged American, spied for Stalin during the 1930s and '40s. Then a pawn in Stalin's sinister master strategy, Field was kidnapped and tortured by the KGB and forced to testify against his own Communist comrades. How does an Ivy League-educated, US State Department employee deeply rooted in American culture and history become a hardcore Stalinist? The 1930s, when Noel Field joined the secret underground of the International Communist Movement, were a time of national collapse: 10 million Americans unemployed, rampant racism, retreat from the world just as fascism was gaining ground, and Washington - pre-FDR - parched of fresh ideas. Communism promised the righting of social and political wrongs, and many in Field's generation were seduced by its siren song. Few, however, went as far as Noel Field in betraying their own country. With a reporter's eye for detail and a historian's grasp of the cataclysmic events of the 20th century, Kati Marton captures Field's riveting quest for a life of meaning that went horribly wrong. True Believer is supported by unprecedented access to Field family correspondence, Soviet secret-police records, and reporting on key players from Alger Hiss, CIA Director Allen Dulles, and World War II spy master "Wild Bill" Donovan to the most sinister of all: Josef Stalin. A story of another time, this is a tale relevant for all times. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Amanda Carlin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/007633/bk_sans_007633_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Gold Fame Citrus: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 627min
    An acclaimed "5 Under 35" fiction writer's much-anticipated first novel In 2012 Claire Vaye Watkins' story collection, Battleborn, swept nearly every award for short fiction. Now this young writer, widely heralded as a once-in-a-generation talent, returns with a first novel that will more than meet listeners' hopes, harnessing the sweeping vision and deep heart that made her debut so arresting to a love story set in a devastatingly imagined near future. In a parched Southern California of the near future, Luz, once the poster child for the country's conservation movement, and Ray, an army deserter turned surfer, are squatting in a starlet's abandoned mansion. Most "Mojavs", prevented by armed vigilantes from freely crossing borders to lusher regions, have allowed themselves to be evacuated to encampments in the east. Holdouts like Ray and Luz subsist on rationed cola and water and whatever they can loot, scavenge, and improvise. For the moment, the couple's fragile love, which somehow blooms in this arid place, seems enough. But when they cross paths with a mysterious child, the thirst for a better future begins. Heading east, they are waylaid in the desert by a charming and manipulative dowser - a diviner for water - and his cultlike followers, who have formed a colony in a mysterious sea of dunes. Immensely moving, profoundly disquieting, and mind-blowingly original, Watkins' novel explores the myths we believe about others and tell about ourselves, the double-edged power of our most cherished relationships, and the shape of hope in a precarious future that may be our own. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jorjeana Marie, MacLeod Andrews. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/peng/002684/bk_peng_002684_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Bloodline of the Scrolls: Echoes of Truth; Clouds of Darkness: The Portal Series, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 677min
    Matt Stone, a deep-sea diver, and Christy Moody, an A-10 fighter pilot, are living totally separate lives on opposite sides of the planet. Both have only one thing in common; they have unknowingly been chosen by God to join forces with Chado Cole and his Guardian Angel. Before doing so, they must pass through many trials and tribulations set before them. Their first encounter is to take a journey to the very edge of life and death. This mysterious phenomenon is described by some as a near-death encounter.During their traumatic transitions into the afterlife, Matt is forced to walk on the parched dead surface of Hell, witnessing its horrors, even facing the pit itself. Christy, on the other hand, gets to experience something a bit different. She is allowed to be led by angels to see the grandeur of Heaven. To her surprise while being lost in the surrounding beauty, she encounters something from her past that will touch the very core of your heart.The Portal Series is unusually distinctive, as it touches a wide range of genres. Explore this strange but unique tale, as the characters seem to actually come to life. These stories will truly draw you down within the audio. You will find yourself standing beside Chado Cole, as this league of extraordinary servants is led by God on a mission to give mankind one last chance for redemption.We hope you enjoy Bloodline of the Scrolls. If you have not listened to Book One of The Portal Series, Scars of My Guardian Angel, don’t miss out! Become a part of what many people have already experienced, as they report wonderful stories of healing and hope, through this life-changing story.Coming in 2019: The Portal Series, Book 3, Revelation of the Scrolls. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kevin Charles, Amy Joy. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/155842/bk_acx0_155842_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Only Killers and Thieves: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 690min
    Two brothers are exposed to the brutal realities of life and the seductive cruelty of power in this riveting debut novel - a story of savagery and race, injustice and honor, set in the untamed frontier of 1880s Australia - reminiscent of Philipp Meyer's The Son and the novels of Cormac McCarthy. An epic tale of revenge and survival, Only Killers and Thieves is a gripping and utterly transporting debut, bringing to vivid life a colonial Australia that bears a striking resemblance to the American Wild West in its formative years. It is 1885, and a crippling drought threatens to ruin the McBride family. Their land is parched, their cattle starving. When the rain finally comes, it is a miracle that renews their hope for survival. But returning home from an afternoon swimming at a remote waterhole filled by the downpour, 14-year-old Tommy and 16-year-old Billy meet with a shocking tragedy. Thirsting for vengeance against the man they believe has wronged them - their former Aboriginal stockman - the distraught brothers turn to the ruthless and cunning John Sullivan, the wealthiest landowner in the region and their father's former employer. Sullivan gathers a posse led by the dangerous and fascinating Inspector Edmund Noone and his Queensland Native Police, an infamous arm of British colonial power charged with the "dispersal" of indigenous Australians to "protect" white settler rights. As they ride across the barren outback in pursuit, their harsh and horrifying journey will have a devastating impact on Tommy, tormenting him for the rest of his life - and will hold enduring consequences for a young country struggling to come into its own. Re-creating a period of Australian and British history as evocative and violent as the American frontier era, Only Killers and Thieves is an unforgettable story of family, guilt, empire, race, manhood, and faith that combines the insightfulness of Philipp Meyer's The Son ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David Linski. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/006518/bk_harp_006518_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Cure for Today's Dying Church: The Wellspring of Life , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 397min
    The church is in the desert today! The arid conditions existing in the church leave the people parched, thirsty, and longing for refreshing. Many church leaders do not know how to get the spiritual water for themselves and therefore they cannot lead God’s people into the Promised Land of true fellowship and discipleship. This sad state of the church causes many church buildings to stand empty because people are tired of church leaders committing gross indecencies and leading people astray with messages that “tickle their ears” or boring them to tears with sermons that contain no life-changing truths.In this audiobook, Dr. Meyer van Rensburg addresses the issue by pointing out many of the mistakes that have been made (from spraying people with Doom insecticide in Africa to church leaders refusing to be criticized because they see themselves as “little gods”, as well as the vacuous Sunday services that leave people in the same state that they came to church instead of inspiring them and changing their lives). The church is dying of thirst in the desert, and the condition can only be treated by discovering the living water to quench that thirst. Too many church leaders do not know how to hear the voice of God and therefore cannot lead people to the living water.By following the listing of the well in the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation, this audiobook demonstrates that the church needs the living water the Wellspring of Life provides. Each mention of the well is dealt with separately to show the significance of what is revealed there, to prove how these Scriptures were specifically put in this order to provide a systematic study of the importance of the well to the church and to point out the mistakes people in the church make. For instance, with Hagar, the fact that the well existed in the desert is first explored and then the fact that it had to be revealed for her to see it. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ronald Hucks. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/210927/bk_acx0_210927_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Ralph Compton’s Trail Drive: The First Three Adventures, Hörbuch, Digital, 661min
    The first three books in the Trail Drive series are now together in a special collection: The Goodnight Trail Former Texas Rangers Benton McCaleb, Will Elliot, and Brazos Gifford ride with Charles Goodnight as he rounds up thousands of ornery, unbranded cattle for the long drive to Colorado. From the Trinity River brakes to Denver, they’ll battle endless miles of flooded rivers, parched desert, and whiskey-crazed Comanches. And come face-to-face with Judge Roy Bean and legendary gunslingers like Clay Allison. For McCaleb and his hard-riding crew, the drive is a fierce struggle against the perils of an untamed land. A fight to the finish where the brave reach glory—or die hard. The Western Trail In the aftermath of the Civil War, cash-starved Texans turned to the only resource they possessed: longhorn cows. Despite the hazards of trailing longhorns across Indian Territory, this was the only was to access the railroad. Benton McCaleb and his band of bold-spirited cowboys traveled long and hard to drive thousands of ornery cattle into Wyoming’s Sweetwater Valley. They’re in the midst of setting up a ranch just north of Cheyenne when a ruthless railroad baron and his hired killers try to force them off the land. Now, with the help of the Shoshoni Indian tribe and a man named Buffalo Bill Cody, McCaleb and his men must vow to stand and fight. Outgunned and outmanned, they will wage the most ferocious battle of their lives—to win the right to call the land their own. The Chisholm Trail Armed with only a Colt rifle, a Bowie knife, and courage as big as the West, Ten Chisholm—the bold, illegitimate son of frontier scout and plains ambassador Jesse Chisholm and a Cherokee woman—arrives in the heart of Comanche country with a price on his head. His only crime: loving the beautiful daughter of a powerful New Orleans gambler who has promised her to a wealthy man she hates. Now that Ten has retu Language: English. Narrator: Scott Sowers. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/aren/001405/bk_aren_001405_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Dry Parched Land
    Dry Parched Land - Diary of an Unloved Woman: ab 3.99 €
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