16 Results for : avocation

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    Citizen Tom Paine , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 747min
    Among Howard Fast's historical fiction, Citizen Tom Paine - one of America's all-time best-sellers - occupies a special place, for it restored to a generation of readers the vision of Paine's revolutionary passion as the authentic roots of our national beginnings. Fast gives us "a vivid picture of Paine's mode of writing, idiosyncrasies, and character-generous, nobly unselfish, moody, often dirty, frequently drunken, a revolutionist by avocation" (Library Journal). ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Christopher Kipiniak. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/013739/bk_adbl_013739_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    To Kill a Labrador (A Marcia Banks and Buddy Mystery): The Marcia Banks and Buddy Cozy Mysteries, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 394min
    Marcia (pronounced Mar-see-a, not Marsha) likes to think of herself as a normal person, even though she has a rather abnormal vocation. She trains service dogs for combat veterans with PTSD. Then the former marine owner of her first trainee is accused of murdering his wife, and Marcia gets sucked into an even more abnormal avocation - amateur sleuth.Called in to dog-sit the Labrador service dog, Buddy, she’s outraged that his veteran owner is being presumed guilty until proven innocent. With Buddy’s help, she tries to uncover the real killer. Even after the hunky local sheriff politely tells her to butt out, Marcia keeps poking around. Until the killer finally pokes back. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Amy Deuchler. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/169139/bk_acx0_169139_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Magic Christian, Hörbuch, Digital, 119min
    He's a grand guy, that Guy Grand - billionaire by birth, entrepreneur by avocation, and thoroughly unpredictable. He "keeps his hand in", buying into and revolutionizing industries ranging from championship boxing to African safaris. Is he a crackpot, or an eccentric, or perhaps a visionary with a goal of social redemption?Grand's greatest project, his tour de force, the cruise ship Magic Christian, sets sail on Easter Sunday, fully renovated into the most luxurious vessel ever to sail the seas. What's on board to regale the 400 carefully selected passengers? The Juilliard String Quartet...the Old Vic Company...a gorilla...gypsies...a gigantic bearded woman. It will cost Grand a pretty penny to get clear this time.... Language: English. Narrator: Terry Southern. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/pnix/000475/bk_pnix_000475_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Thomas Troward Collection: The Edinburgh Lectures on Mental Science and the Creative Process in the Individual , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 409min
    Thomas Troward (1847–1916) was an English author whose works influenced the New Thought Movement and mystic Christianity. Troward's avocation was the study of comparative religion. After his retirement from the judiciary in 1896, Troward set out to apply logic and a judicial weighing of evidence in the study of matters of cause and effect."In the present volume I have endeavored to set before the listener the conception of a sequence of creative action commencing with the formation of the globe and culminating in a vista of infinite possibilities attainable by every one who follows up the right line for their unfoldment. I have endeavored to show that, starting with certain incontrovertible scientific facts, all these things logically follow, and that therefore, however far these speculations may carry us beyond our past experience, they nowhere break the thread of an intelligible connection of cause and effect." ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gregg Rizzo. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/148585/bk_acx0_148585_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    General Order No. 28 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 61min
    Official proclamation, United States Army: General Order No. 28. Headquarters, Department of the Gulf, New Orleans, May 15, 1862: As the officers and soldiers of the United States have been subject to repeated insults from the women (calling themselves ladies) of New Orleans, in return for the most scrupulous non-interference and courtesy on our part, it is ordered that hereafter when any female shall, by word, gesture, or movement, insult or show contempt for any officer or soldier of the United States, she shall be regarded and held liable to be treated as a woman of the town plying her avocation. By command of Major General Butler. Did this insulting decree spark the murder of a young US Army lieutenant in Yankee-occupied New Orleans? Or was it something else? Capt. Jason Bartlett, infantryman-turned-provost marshal investigator must wade through waves of Yankee anger and rebel animosity to solve the mystery. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John Dzwonkowski. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/043690/bk_acx0_043690_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Dancing Goddesses , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 703min
    A fascinating exploration of an ancient system of beliefs and its links to the evolution of dance. From southern Greece to northern Russia, people have long believed in female spirits, bringers of fertility, who spend their nights and days dancing in the fields and forests. So appealing were these spirit-maidens that they also took up residence in 19th-century Romantic literature. Archaeologist and linguist by profession, folk dancer by avocation, Elizabeth Wayland Barber has sleuthed through ethnographic lore and archaeological reports of east and southeast Europe, translating enchanting folktales about these "dancing goddesses" as well as eyewitness accounts of traditional rituals - texts that offer new perspectives on dance in agrarian society. She then traces these goddesses and their dances back through the Romans and Greeks to the first farmers of Europe. Along the way, she locates the origins of many customs, including coloring Easter eggs and throwing rice at the bride. The result is a detective story like no other and a joyful reminder of the human need to dance. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Julia Farhat. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/012360/bk_adbl_012360_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Bullshit Jobs: A Theory , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 759min
    From best-selling writer David Graeber, a powerful argument against the rise of meaningless, unfulfilling jobs and their consequences. Does your job make a meaningful contribution to the world? In the spring of 2013, David Graeber asked this question in a playful, provocative essay titled “On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs”. It went viral. After a million online views in 17 different languages, people all over the world are still debating the answer.  There are millions of people - HR consultants, communication coordinators, telemarketing researchers, corporate lawyers - whose jobs are useless, and, tragically, they know it. These people are caught in bullshit jobs. Graeber explores one of society’s most vexing and deeply felt concerns, indicting among other villains a particular strain of finance capitalism that betrays ideals shared by thinkers ranging from Keynes to Lincoln.  Bullshit Jobs gives individuals, corporations, and societies permission to undergo a shift in values, placing creative and caring work at the center of our culture. This book is for everyone who wants to turn their vocation back into an avocation. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Christopher Ragland. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/008728/bk_sans_008728_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Renewing the Christian Mind: Essays, Interviews, and Talks , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1184min
    From Dallas Willard, one of the most important Christian intellectuals of the 20th century, comes a collection of readings, interviews, talks, and articles, many previously unpublished. In his groundbreaking books The Divine Conspiracy, The Great Omission, Knowing Christ Today, Hearing God, The Spirit of the Disciplines, The Divine Conspiracy Continued, and The Allure of Gentleness, teacher, philosopher, and spiritual guide Dallas Willard forever changed the way many Christians experience their faith. Three years after his death, the influence of this provocative Christian thinker - "a man devoted to reestablishing the exalted place moral reasoning once held in the academy" (Christianity Today) - remains strong. Compiled, edited, and introduced by his friend and fellow theologian, Gary Black, Jr., Renewing the Christian Mind is a collection of essays, interviews, and articles that brilliantly encapsulate Willard's spiritual philosophy and his contributions to theology. Renewing the Christian Mind offers insight into spiritual formation, avocation, and theology and includes sections directed at specific audiences, from church leaders to laypeople looking for spiritual counsel and nurture. Reasoned, honest, thought-provoking, and illuminating, this important anthology is an invaluable introduction and companion to Dallas Willard's acclaimed body of work. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Alan Winter. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/005334/bk_harp_005334_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    You Are a Teacher: A Word to the Wise , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 13min
    Teaching is more than a vocation; it is an avocation. Excellence in this calling goes far beyond the borders of proficiency in content knowledge and pedagogy. A true teacher is a facilitator of learning. The bottom line is that if students aren't learning, you aren't teaching, no matter the pedigree or length of your credentials. This audiobook is not an outline for teaching; it's a guide for reaching students. All students. You Are a Teacher is a succinct, inspirational, and pragmatic guide for all aspiring teachers, novice teachers, and veteran teachers committed to the mission of bridging the gap between ignorance and enlightenment! These words of wisdom are joyfully and prayerfully shared by veteran educator Guy A. Whitlock, Esq. As a respected trial attorney he has conducted over 30 criminal jury trials from homicide on down, as well as numerous civil proceedings. As an award-wining public school educator, Mr. Whitlock made outstanding contributions to the lives of thousands of students in his capacities as teacher, principal, and assistant superintendent for personnel in the state of New Jersey during his 20-year career. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Guy Whitlock. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/032805/bk_acx0_032805_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Realm of Last Chances , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 549min
    In a captivating departure from the Deep South setting of his previous fiction, Southern writer Steve Yarbrough now gives us a richly nuanced portrait of a marriage being reinvented in a small town in the Northeast, in his most surprising and compelling novel yet.When Kristin Stevens loses her administrative job in California' s university system, she and her husband, Cal, relocate to Massachusetts. Kristin takes a position at a smaller, less prestigious college outside Boston and promptly becomes entangled in its delicate, overheated politics. Cal, whose musical talent is nothing more than a consuming avocation, spends his days alone, fixing up their new home. And as they settle into their early fifties, the two seem to exist in separate spheres entirely. At the same time, their younger neighbor Matt Drinnan watches his ex-wife take up with another man in his hometown, with only himself to blame. He and Kristin, both facing an acute sense of isolation, gravitate toward each other, at first in hope of a platonic confidant but then, inevitably, of something more. The Realm of Last Chances provides us with a subtle, moving exploration of relationships, loneliness and our convoluted attempts to reach out to one another. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: James Colby. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/reco/007738/bk_reco_007738_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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