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    Atoms and Ashes (eBook, ePUB)
    'Absolutely stunning. . . a formidable achievement. A six-part historical thriller that is essential reading for both our politicians and the ordinary citizen' Kai BirdBest-selling historian Serhii Plokhy returns with an illuminating exploration of the atomic age through the history of six nuclear disasters In 2011, a 43-foot-high tsunami crashed into a nuclear power plant in Fukushima, Japan. In the following days, explosions would rip buildings apart, three reactors would go into nuclear meltdown, and the surrounding area would be swamped in radioactive water. It is now considered one of the costliest nuclear disasters ever. But Fukushima was not the first, and it was not the worst. . . In Atoms and Ashes, acclaimed historian Serhii Plokhy tells the tale of the six nuclear disasters that shook the world: Bikini Atoll, Kyshtym, Windscale, Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima. Based on wide-ranging research and witness testimony, Plokhy traces the arc of each crisis, exploring in depth the confused decision-making on the ground and the panicked responses of governments to contain the crises and often cover up the scale of the catastrophe. As the world increasingly looks to renewable and alternative sources of energy, Plokhy lucidly argues that the atomic risk must be understood in explicit terms, but also that these calamities reveal a fundamental truth about our relationship with nuclear technology: that the thirst for power and energy has always trumped safety and the cost for future generations.
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    Atoms and Ashes
    'Absolutely stunning. . . a formidable achievement. A six-part historical thriller that is essential reading for both our politicians and the ordinary citizen' Kai Bird Best-selling historian Serhii Plokhy returns with an illuminating exploration of the atomic age through the history of six nuclear disasters In 2011, a 43-foot-high tsunami crashed into a nuclear power plant in Fukushima, Japan. In the following days, explosions would rip buildings apart, three reactors would go into nuclear meltdown, and the surrounding area would be swamped in radioactive water. It is now considered one of the costliest nuclear disasters ever. But Fukushima was not the first, and it was not the worst. . . In Atoms and Ashes, acclaimed historian Serhii Plokhy tells the tale of the six nuclear disasters that shook the world: Bikini Atoll, Kyshtym, Windscale, Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima. Based on wide-ranging research and witness testimony, Plokhy traces the arc of each crisis, exploring in depth the confused decision-making on the ground and the panicked responses of governments to contain the crises and often cover up the scale of the catastrophe. As the world increasingly looks to renewable and alternative sources of energy, Plokhy lucidly argues that the atomic risk must be understood in explicit terms, but also that these calamities reveal a fundamental truth about our relationship with nuclear technology: that the thirst for power and energy has always trumped safety and the cost for future generations.
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    Comes a Time for Burning , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 578min
    Busy putting in stitches and bandaging lumberjacks' injuries, young Dr. Thomas Parks has no idea that his worst enemy is lurking in the sleepy village of Port McKinney in the spring of 1892. When one of the working girls at the Clarissa Hotel is brought to the Clinic desperately ill, Thomas's newly arrived associate wastes no time in making the diagnosis: Asian Cholera has somehow found this back water near Puget Sound. The cholera strikes viciously and kills in days, sometimes even hours. It soon becomes apparent that Thomas and his clinic have neither the supplies nor the means to provide effective treatment for the outbreak, and in hours, they are swamped. Afraid for the safety of his wife and daughter and all those close to him, Thomas still is driven by professional curiosity about the contagion's origins, especially when it appears that one of his own nurses is in some way responsible. Before he can mount a truly effective defense, the battle spreads, threatening the very life of the village. Always a man driven by his own curiosities and ambitions, Thomas discovers that his greatest allies are those closest to him. Comes a Time for Burning is the second in the Dr. Thomas Parks adventure series of historical novels, following the recent release of Race for the Dying. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John Pruden. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bimo/000976/bk_bimo_000976_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Vegan Cookbook: Mouth-Watering Vegan Recipes for a Vegan Diet Without Limits , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 66min
    You're about to discover the number-one vegan cookbook available today! Introducing the 50+ most popular vegan recipes! Are you swamped and overwhelmed with too many recipes to choose from? Is following a vegan diet at times somewhat restricting? Has finding vegan recipes been an uphill struggle with moments of frustration and perhaps even questioning whether you can maintain a vegan diet? Have you lost interest in the vegan recipes you already know? Well, rest assured because by purchasing Vegan Cookbook you'll find yourself equipped with a variety of vegan recipes which make cooking vegan meals easy, enjoyable, and hassle-free so you can easily stick to your vegan diet. No more endless decision-making on what to choose, because here you have the top 50 most popular mouth-watering and delicious vegan recipes enjoyed by vegan enthusiasts. Prepare to receive everything you need in one book within this simple guide and eliminate endless decision-making and follow easy-to-prepare, incredibly flavorsome and nourishing vegan recipes. Lose all your doubts and enjoy all the incredible benefits of following a vegan diet with this perfect companion and stand strong as a vegan! Here is a preview of what you'll have access to: Vegan breakfast recipes Vegan lunch recipes Vegan dinner recipes Vegan pudding recipes Vegan snacks And much, much more.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Richard Taylor. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/065118/bk_acx0_065118_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Art of Life Admin: How to Do Less, Do It Better, and Live More , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 407min
    Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Art of Life Admin, written and read by Elizabeth Emens.This book will give you many hours of your life back. Every day, an unseen form of labour creeps into our lives, stealing precious moments of free time, placing a strain on our schedules and relationships, and earning neither appreciation nor compensation in return. Scheduling doctor's appointments. Planning a party. Buying a present. Filling out paperwork. This labour is 'life admin' - the kind of secretarial and managerial work necessary to run a life and a household. Elizabeth Emens was a working mother with two young children, swamped like so many of us, when she realised that life admin was consuming her. Desperate to survive and to help others along the way, she gathered favourite tips and tricks, admin confessions, and the secrets of admin-happy households. Drawing on her research and writing in a wholly original manner, Emens shows how this form of labour is created and how it affects our lives; how we might reduce, redistribute and even prevent it; what 'admin personalities' we might have; and how to deal with admin in relationships.The Art of Life Admin is the book that will teach us all how to do less of it and to do it better. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Elizabeth Emens. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/pauk/001915/bk_pauk_001915_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Crime in America: Conservatives' Approaches Toward Criminals, Police, Criminal Justice, and the Opioid Crisis , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 314min
    Crime in America features selections from a series of six books Paul Brakke wrote on what's wrong with the criminal justice system and how to fix it. These books deal with the police, courts, and prisons, and consider of some of the crises now facing American society due to illegal immigration, the opioid crisis, and the growing divide between racial, ethnic, rural-urban, and income groups. This book summarizes the critical insights of these other books in order to reach the widest possible audience, because one of Brakke's reasons for writing this book is to inspire real change. The book is organized into five sections. Part I deals with crime, who commits it, and the police as our first line of defense. Part II deals with punishment and its consequences, including the swamped criminal justice system, the positive and negative results of incarceration, and the collateral damage to the families of those incarcerated. Suggested remedies are scattered throughout these first two sections. Then, Part III concentrates on specific solutions, emphasizing reducing the return of ex-cons to prison and the length of prison sentences. Part IV concentrates on our drug plague, and Part V deals with divisions in the nation, some raised in previous sections, that must be healed to make America great again. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.  ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lion Templin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/145227/bk_acx0_145227_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Plunder: A Faye Longchamp Mystery, Book 6 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 632min
    Time is not on Faye Longchamp’s side. She and her husband Joe are working near the mouth of the Mississippi, researching archaeological sites soon to be swamped by oil. The Deepwater Horizon disaster has morphed her run-of-the-mill contract job into a task that might swamp her fledgling company. It isn’t helping that an injured babysitter has left Faye to work with a toddler underfoot. An adolescent girl is drawn to Faye, perhaps because she idolizes the confident archaeologist. Young Amande is bright and curious, but a poverty-stricken life on a houseboat with an eccentric grandmother doesn’t seem like a good way for Amande to get the education she deserves. Then when the girl’s grandmother and her no-account uncle are murdered, her prospects worsen. With only two known relatives, neither of whom is much more respectable than the dead uncle, Amande seems destined for neglect or worse. Soon, Faye and Joe find themselves among people fighting hard for Amande’s pathetic inheritance: a raggedy houseboat, a few shares of stock, and a hurricane-battered island that’s not even habitable. Pirate-era silver coins are found and disappear. Shadowing it all is the fact that the murderer is still on the loose. But why should Faye be surprised by such shady events, here in these watery lands settled by the greatest pirates of them all? And the oil slick looms, because this country is still being plundered, after all these years. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cassandra Campbell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/004861/bk_blak_004861_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    A Sense of the Beginning , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 622min
    A bomb threat is made at a provincial Austrian village station. An unattended bag placed next to three messages: 'repent!', 'first and final warning!' and 'next time it will be for real!' But no one takes it too seriously, not even the police. Then a teacher in the village thinks he recognises his favourite pupil, Daniel, on a wanted notice in a newspaper. The teacher befriended Daniel when they spent a summer together at his house by the river, but Daniel has been growing increasingly obsessive of late, losing himself in religious and political dogmatism after a trip to Israel. For his teacher this marks the start of a spiral of introspection and self-doubt, reinforced by his inability to feel at home anywhere after spending several years in Istanbul. What's more, he is suddenly swamped by memories of the pivotal moments of his own adolescence, which floor him completely. Was it Daniel's love for Judith and his fascination with an American fire-and-brimstone evangelist who is passing through on his way to Jerusalem, or could it have been the complex relationship between the two of them that led the boy astray? Norbert Gstrein examines the crucial decisions we make as we start out in life and the omnipresent reference points of childhood. This is a moving and absorbing story told by an unparalleled author at the height of his powers. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Peter Noble. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/qpuk/000286/bk_qpuk_000286_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Time Management for Busy Moms: How to Organize Your Life, Do Less and Get More , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 187min
    Do you feel overwhelmed? Are you swamped and exhausted by all you strive to do, ending most days feeling unsatisfied and unsuccessful? Are you struggling to find time for the things, and people, you love? If you think everything is going wrong and want to change it...If you want to be beloved, successful and less stressed...then keep reading... Not so long ago I was depressed, distant from my older daughter, convinced I was failing my baby, and on the brink of separation. I couldn’t see a way of getting everything done and keeping everyone happy.I knew in my heart that it was going to be impossible to work harder than I was already working. There wasn’t a space minute in the day for me to maximize. It was time for me to implement the "Do Less, Get More" strategy.This strategy worked for me. Even in just a week, I noticed a clearer, happier atmosphere in my home. My partner wanted to be home more. My children were more relaxed and I finally began to see a balance in my life that I hadn’t seen in years.This audiobook has covered a number of ways that you can start making small steps in order to achieve great results that will last. What you`ll learn:How to Save Months of Your Time, Using Just 1 Powerful Trick.The Best Time and Energy Management Tips for Busy Moms.How to Create a Home System with Clear Roles and Clear Expectations.How to Create Your Dream Relationship Even If You Have a Busy Day.3Fs Rule - One Powerful Strategy That Makes You Feel Happy Every Day.Kitchen and Meal Prep Hacking Ideas.Would you like to know more?Get this audiobook to get started! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Marcia Person. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/184787/bk_acx0_184787_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    It's Time to HYGGE!: Discovering the World's Happiest People Secret to Happiness , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 213min
    If you've always wanted to live a simpler, more comfortable life, but find yourself swamped in tiny details, then keep reading...Are you sick and tired of living in a hectic, stressful environment, both at home and at work? Have you tried countless other ideas, but nothing seems to work for more than a couple of weeks? Eventually, do you want to say goodbye to the clutter and find something that works for you? If so, then you're going to the right location.  You see, living a relaxed and cozy lifestyle doesn't have to be complicated, even if you've tried every organizing method in the stores and every relaxation strategy on Pinterest! It is, in truth, easier than you think.For years, satisfaction and happiness among Danish hygge practitioners have shown that an easy, cozy life can be helpful in reducing stress. Popular publications such as Elle UK have suggested that hygge may lead to the fact that Denmark has one of the happiest working populations in the world. Listen to this book to learn why Denmark is one of the happiest countries on Earth. This book shows how to introduce hygge to your home, how to build hygge with your family and community, in the workplace, and most importantly inside yourself.The book is a clear justification for the hygge. This covers a wide range of subjects, giving you a lot of ideas to do that are simple and easy to do. Hygge is an easy-to-incorporate life philosophy, which means that you can get the lifestyle you want without having to make huge changes to anything in your life! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Chuck Yi. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/189800/bk_acx0_189800_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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