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    DC Johns Meets His Match: An Extract from the Memoirs of Detective Inspector Peter Johns , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 41min
    When newly-qualified nurse Susan Parry is found dead in her bed in the nurses' home, her colleagues call the police to investigate and Detective Constable Peter Johns finds himself involved in a murder enquiry for the first time in his career. It is not just his career, however, which is dramatically affected by the events that follow. As he gets to know the other inmates of the home, he finds himself becoming personally involved in the life of one nurse in particular, and this helps to bring home to him the reality of racial prejudice in 1970s Oxford. Faced with both an apparently intractable murder mystery and the derision and antipathy of some of his colleagues, Peter feels increasingly embattled. Who could have wanted Nurse Parry dead? How did the murderer escape from a locked room? And who will Peter take with him to the Police Ball? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Judy Ford. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/073836/bk_acx0_073836_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Polarity in Motion , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 590min
    Fifteen-year-old Polarity Weeks just wants to live a normal life, but with a mother diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, that's rarely easy. Her life gets exponentially more disastrous when her sixth-period history classmates start ogling a nude picture of her on the Internet. Polarity would never have struck such a shameless pose, but the photo is definitely of her, and she's at a complete loss to explain its existence. Child Protective Services yanks her from her home, suspecting her parents. The kids at school mock her, assuming she took it herself. And Ethan, the boy she was really starting to like, backpedals and joins the taunting chorus. Surrounded by disbelief and derision on all sides, Polarity desperately seeks the truth among her friends. Only then does she learn that everyone has dark secrets, and no one's life is anywhere near normal. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Caitlin Kelly. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/041778/bk_acx0_041778_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Down and Out in Paris and London , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 413min
    An autobiographical study, Down and Out in Paris and London follows Orwell as he tramps around both Paris and London. Pawning his belongings to buy food, unemployment, drinking heavily and jostling for a place in homeless hostels are but a few of the experiences related with candour and insight in this unabridged exclusive audiobook. Orwell was arguably one of the first 'gonzo' journalists. In this unabridged, enlightening and often shocking expose of life on the streets of two of Europe's most romanticised and celebrated cities, Orwell describes in detail the day-to-day life of a 'down-and-out', which involves hunger, filth, derision and often prejudice and violence. Alcohol is also a staple distraction on both sides of the channel for the destitute, and Orwell's comments on issues such as the emasculation of a man when he becomes a tramp (women see him as 'less than' a man and will not interact with him) are truly fascinating. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jeremy Northam. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/csaw/000185/bk_csaw_000185_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Snakeskin Shamisen , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 509min
    From Summer of the Big Bachi to Gasa-Gasa Girl, Naomi Hirahara's acclaimed novels have featured one of mystery fiction's most unique heroes: Mas Arai, a curmudgeonly LA gardener, Hiroshima survivor, and inveterate gambler. Few things get Mas more excited than gambling, so when he hears about a $500,000 win - from a novelty slot machine! - he's torn between admiration and derision. But the stakes are quickly raised when the winner, a friend of Mas' pal, G. I. Hasuike, is found stabbed to death just days later. The last thing Mas wants to do is stick his nose in someone else's business, but at G. I.'s prodding he reluctantly agrees to follow the trail of a battered snakeskin shamisen (a traditional Okinawan musical instrument) left at the scene of the crime...and suddenly finds himself caught up in a dark mystery that reaches from the islands of Okinawa to the streets of LA - a world of heartbreaking memories, deception, and murder. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Brian Nishii. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/022694/bk_adbl_022694_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Millennials and Management: The Essential Guide to Making It Work at Work , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 299min
    As management ages and prepares to work longer than previous generations, and Millennials join companies at steady rate, companies are suffering through tension and dissonance between Millennials and Boomers, and realizing that they can't just wait for management to age out to fix it. Finding productive ways to work across the generation gap is essential, and the organizations that do this well will have significant strategic advantages over those that don't. Millennials & Management: The Essential Guide to Making It Work at Work addresses a very real concern of large and small businesses nationwide: how to motivate, collaborate with, and manage the Millennial generation, who now make up almost 50% of the American workforce. The key is to change Boomer attitudes from disbelief and derision to acceptance and respect without giving up work standards. Using real world examples, author Lee Caraher gives leaders data-driven steps to take to co-create a productive workplace for today and tomorrow. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Karen Saltus. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/gdan/001455/bk_gdan_001455_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Entire Life Story of Giacomo Casanova: The Most Famous Womanizer , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 108min
    Was Giacomo Casanova one of the most prolific lovers in history? Casanova’s description of himself suggests a hero, a lover, a charmer, an intellectual genius, and a man of intense creativity who was able to turn every adversity into a triumph. Yet equally one modern perspective views as an amoral misogynist, a rapist, and sexual predator driven by his selfish desires, a chancer who got lucky more times than he deserved. Inside you’ll read aboutA City of Culture and LibertyThe Lure of ReligionExchanging Lust for LoveA Man AbroadThe Loves of a LibertineA Time for ReflectionAnd much more!History likes to glamorize; it also favors hyperbole and romanticism. The truth of the man is that while he may not have been as bad as we might fear, he certainly was not as good as he liked to boast. When we use the term "a Casanova" to describe someone, it is up to our judgment as to whether we use the term as one of derision or compliment.Do not hesitate, get this audiobook now!  ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jason Zenobia. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/183415/bk_acx0_183415_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Thailand: The Vicious Truth About Thai Hookers & How to Meet a Good Thai Lady (Bundle) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 483min
    This book was made for the many decent guys who come to Thailand for whatever reason and find themselves ensnared in a nightmare. This book will save some of you guys a fortune - and it's going to stop you from falling into the traps that have caught up with so many guys before you. You decent guys don't deserve derision - you deserve to know what's going on around you. You need to know what to look out for and when to extricate yourself from a situation. The Vicious Truth About Thai Hookers is a book that deals with a rough subject - one that seems to get beneath the skin of some. Not a single experienced Thai expat would disagree with the advice you'll hear, especially in the last chapter. That chapter alone could save you a fortune, your sanity, your self-esteem, and, in some cases, even your life. You'll hear about the guys who were murdered by their Thai partners and some who were scammed of nearly their whole life savings. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ron Herczig. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/043611/bk_acx0_043611_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    To Sir, with Love , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 406min
    With opportunities for black men limited in post-World War II London, Rick Braithwaite, a former Royal Air Force pilot and Cambridge-educated engineer, accepts a teaching position that puts him in charge of a class of angry, unmotivated, bigoted white teenagers whom the system has mostly abandoned. When his efforts to reach these troubled students are met with threats, suspicion, and derision, Braithwaite takes a radical new approach. He will treat his students as people poised to enter the adult world. He will teach them to respect themselves and to call him Sir. He will open up vistas before them that they never knew existed. And, over the course of a remarkable year, he will touch the lives of his students in extraordinary ways - even as they, in turn, unexpectedly and profoundly touch his. Based on actual events in the author's life, To Sir, with Love is a powerfully moving story that celebrates courage, commitment, and vision and that inspired the classic film starring Sidney Poitier. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ben Onwukwe. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/drms/001944/bk_drms_001944_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Seven Types of Atheism
    SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE CATHOLIC HERALD BOOK AWARD FOR RELIGION AND THEOLOGYA NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019'Wonderful ... one of the few books that I started to reread a couple of minutes after I'd finished it.' - Melvyn Bragg A meditation on the importance of atheism in the modern world - and its inadequacies and contradictions - by one of Britain's leading philosophers'When you explore older atheisms, you will find some of your firmest convictions - secular or religious - are highly questionable. If this prospect disturbs you, what you are looking for may be freedom from thought.'For a generation now, public debate has been corroded by a narrow derision of religion in the name of an often very vaguely understood 'science'. John Gray's stimulating and extremely enjoyable new book describes the rich, complex world of the atheist tradition, a tradition which he sees as in many ways as rich as that of religion itself, as well as being deeply intertwined with what is so often crudely viewed as its 'opposite'. The result is a book that sheds an extraordinary and varied light on what it is to be human and on the thinkers who have, at different times and places, battled to understand this issue.
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    The Laughter of God , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 428min
    Deep in my soul I heard the laughter of God ringing in silvery cadences through the timbers of my being, breaking the human bonds and limitation as a strong yet gentle wind in the forest sweeping aside the strands of cobweb. The hard, fast knots that I had tried, slipped loose, and the snarls of beliefs broke free. The river of my human life, frozen by 1,001 false ideas and teachings, broke joyously into expression and went bounding to the infinite sea of Life, to be lost and found at the same time. One dark cave of fear after another was illuminated by the light of this laughter and swampy areas of sick thoughts were dried up instantly. Parched sands of hopelessness and futile efforts were drenched by the living waters sucked in - absorbed instantly like a wave breaking on the sands. God laughing at me and my puny efforts to make things happen; to make heaven appear; to attain the son-ship. Not the laugh of derision, but of infinite compassion - a laughter so deep and sweet, so pure and glorious that everything in the nature of struggle gave way before it. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Grant Pennington. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/048826/bk_acx0_048826_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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