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    Lamb: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 349min
    Lamb traces the self-discovery of David Lamb, a narcissistic middle-aged man with a tendency toward dishonesty, in the weeks following the disintegration of his marriage and the death of his father. Hoping to regain some faith in his own goodness, he turns his attention to Tommie, an awkward and unpopular 11-year-old girl. Lamb is convinced that he can help her avoid a destiny of apathy and emptiness, and even comes to believe that his devotion to Tommie is in her best interest. But when he decides to abduct a willing Tommie for a road trip from Chicago to the Rockies, planning to initiate her to the beauty of the mountain wilderness, they are both shaken in ways neither of them expects. Lamb is a masterful exploration of the dynamics of love and dependency that challenges the boundaries between adolescence and adulthood, confronts preconceived notions about conventional morality, and exposes mankind’s eroded relationship with nature. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tavia Gilbert. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/004530/bk_blak_004530_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 684min
    In Eager, environmental journalist Ben Goldfarb reveals that our modern idea of what a healthy landscape looks like and how it functions is wrong, distorted by the fur trade that once trapped out millions of beavers from North America's lakes and rivers. The consequences of losing beavers were profound: streams eroded, wetlands dried up, and species from salmon to swans lost vital habitat. Today, a growing coalition of "Beaver Believers" - including scientists, ranchers, and passionate citizens - recognizes that ecosystems with beavers are far healthier, for humans and non-humans alike, than those without them. From the Nevada deserts to the Scottish highlands, Believers are now hard at work restoring these industrious rodents to their former haunts.  Eager is a powerful story about one of the world's most influential species, how North America was colonized, how our landscapes have changed over the centuries, and how beavers can help us fight drought, flooding, wildfire, extinction, and the ravages of climate change. Ultimately, it's about how we can learn to coexist, harmoniously and even beneficially, with our fellow travelers on this planet. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Will Damron. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/118548/bk_acx0_118548_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The French and Indian War: A Short History , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 40min
    Beginning with a skirmish involving inexperienced British officer George Washington, the Iroquois chief, and the ill-fated French emissary in the backwoods of Pennsylvania, a chain of events culminated in what would effectively become the First World War. The French and Indian War, as it is known in North America, was part of a larger conflict called the Seven Years' War, which involved nations on three continents. The French and Indian War was fought in the forests, plains, and forts of the North American frontier. Initially, the French army, supported by North American Indian tribes, was more successful than the British Army, who lacked experience in guerilla fighting tactics. Massive British spending bolstered their forces in North America and ultimately won them a victory over the French. The conflict that occurred between 1755 and 1763, and that led to the downfall of the French Empire in North America, ultimately overturned the balance of power on two continents, eroded Indian nations' ability to gain independence from European rule, and lit the fuse of the American Revolution. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gregory Diehl. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/066987/bk_acx0_066987_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Smart Ball: Marketing the Myth and Managing the Reality of Major League Baseball , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 383min
    Smart Ball follows Major League Baseball's history as a sport, a domestic monopoly, a neocolonial power, and an international business. MLB's challenge has been to market its popular mythology as the national pastime with pastoral, populist roots while addressing the management challenges of competing with other sports and diversions in a burgeoning global economy. Baseball researcher Robert F. Lewis II argues that MLB for years abused its legal insulation and monopoly status through arrogant treatment of its fans and players and static management of its business. As its privileged position eroded in the face of increased competition from other sports and union resistance, it awakened to its perilous predicament and began aggressively courting athletes and fans at home and abroad. Using a detailed marketing analysis and applying the principles of a "smart power" model, the author assesses MLB's progression as a global business brand that continues to appeal to a consumer's sense of an idyllic past in the midst of a fast-paced, and often violent, present. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Scotty Drake. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/001808/bk_acx0_001808_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Abuse of Power: How Cold War Surveillance and Secrecy Policy Shaped the Response to 9/11 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 609min
    Athan Theoharis, long a respected authority on surveillance and secrecy, established his reputation for meticulous scholarship with his work on the loyalty security program developed under Truman and McCarthy. In Abuse of Power, Theoharis continues his investigation of US government surveillance and historicizes the 9/11 response. Criticizing the US government's secret activities and policies during periods of "unprecedented crisis", he recounts how presidents and FBI officials exploited concerns about foreign-based internal security threats. Drawing on information sequestered until recently in FBI records, Theoharis shows how these secret activities in the World War II and Cold War eras expanded FBI surveillance powers and, in the process, eroded civil liberties without substantially advancing legitimate security interests. Passionately argued, this timely book speaks to the costs and consequences of still-secret post-9/11 surveillance programs and counterintelligence failures. Ultimately, Abuse of Power makes the case that the abusive surveillance policies of the Cold War years were repeated in the government's responses to the September 11 attacks. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kirk O. Winkler. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/054224/bk_acx0_054224_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Before the Storm 1685: A Prequel Introducing the Huguenot Chronicles Trilogy , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 61min
    In a state where civil rights are gradually being eroded, one family must come to terms with the disruptive cataclysm that looms on the horizon.France, 1685. Amid the turmoil of persecutions under Louis XIV, a wealthy Huguenot merchant wonders whether to uproot his family and migrate before the storm of conflict breaks. His wife, who has never left the province let alone the kingdom, calmly insists that the winds of folly will blow over - but will they? Could the tragic events of the Saint Bartholomew's Day massacres be repeated? This prequel introduces Jeanne and Jacob Delpech before the devastating events that will change their lives and send shock waves around the world. If you like sweeping, emotional dramas and inspirational stories where personal beliefs are tested, then you will love this prelude to The Huguenot Chronicles - a best-selling trilogy set in the times of Old World intolerance and New World discoveries. Listen to Before the Storm, 1685 and enter a world where harrowing change is but a heartbeat away! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David Pickering. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/145686/bk_acx0_145686_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Take Heart: Christian Courage in the Age of Unbelief , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 151min
    Christendom is dead. And that's a good thing.The Christian culture that has underpinned Western society for centuries has been eroded. We're now at the point where to disagree with people on issues such as marriage and sexuality is seen as hateful. Christians are no longer seen as honorable, but as bigots. But history testifies that the more people try to destroy Christianity, the more it grows. So we are entering an exciting period of time because we're back in the place where Christ's church can thrive - at the margins of society.In this stirring, passionate book, Matt Chandler tells us we need Christian courage like never before, and how to live with compassion and conviction, able to look around positively and reach out confidently. It encourages us not to be thwarted by fear but to depend on God and have confidence that Christ will build his church, despite continual marginalization. A must-listen for any Christian who wants to understand how to stand firm and walk forwards in an increasingly secular culture. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lyle Blaker. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hove/003752/bk_hove_003752_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Saul Bellow's Heart: A Son's Memoir , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 429min
    Saul Bellow was easily angered, prone to argument, and palpably vulnerable to criticism, but according to his son, his young father was also emotionally accessible, often soft, and possessed of the ability to laugh at the world's folly and at himself. Part of Greg Bellow's bond with his father was grounded in that softness, in humor, and in the set of egalitarian social values he followed. Saul Bellow's accessibility and lightheartedness waned as he aged, and his social views hardened, although he was, fundamentally, no less vulnerable. His earlier tolerance for opposing viewpoints all but disappeared, and his ability to laugh at himself faded. These changes eroded much of the common ground between Bellow and his son and taxed their relationship so sorely that Greg often worried whether it would survive. But theirs were differences of mind, not of heart. This memoir gives equal weight to the young Saul Bellow - the rebellious, irreverent, and ambitious young writer - who raised Greg, and the older Saul Bellow, famous and fiercely private. It paints a very human portrait of a man who hid behind parabolic stories, jokes, metaphors, and partial truths, never letting the public see his true self. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Aaron Abano. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/015897/bk_adbl_015897_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Harry's Last Stand: How the World My Generation Built Is Falling Down, and What We Can Do to Save It , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 382min
    As one of the last remaining survivors of the Great Depression and the Second World War, I will not go gently into that good night. I want to tell you what the world looks like through my eyes, so you can help change it.... In November 2013, 91-year-old Yorkshireman, RAF veteran, and ex-carpet salesman Harry Leslie Smith’s Guardian article – "This year, I will wear a poppy for the last time" – was shared almost 60,000 times on Facebook and started a huge debate about the state of society. Now he brings his unique perspective to bear on NHS cutbacks, benefits policy, political corruption, food poverty, the cost of education – and much more. From the deprivation of 1930s Barnsley and the terror of war to the creation of our welfare state, Harry has experienced how a great civilisation can rise from the rubble. But at the end of his life, he fears how easily it is being eroded. Harry’s Last Stand is a lyrical, searing modern invective that shows what the past can teach us and how the future is ours for the taking. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ric Jerrom. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/022368/bk_adbl_022368_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Reason for Hope, Hörbuch, Digital, 373min
    Jane Goodall's destiny has been blessed with faith, resolve, and purpose. From a little girl inspired by Tarzan, she became the woman who worked alongside famed paleontologist Dr. Louis Leakey, accomplished scientific breakthroughs in Gombe, and ultimately became a champion of the environment. The journey has not been without its crises; she endured the horrors of World War II, assaults on the integrity of her work, a hostage-taking at Gombe, and her husband's slow, agonizing death. But throughout, her religious convictions have helped her survive - and Jane Goodall's pursuit of science has enhanced, not eroded, her belief in God. In this biography, she candidly shares her life, as well as the Gombe chimpanzees she introduced to the world nearly forty years ago. And she gives us convincing reasons why we can and must open ourselves to the saints within each of us. At one with nature and challenged by the man-made dangers of environmental destruction, inequality, materialism, and genocide, Dr. Goodall offers insight into her perceptions of these threats and celebrates the people who are working for Earth's renewal. Here, indeed, is Reason for Hope. Language: English. Narrator: Jane Goodall. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/time/000166/bk_time_000166_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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