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Blowback: Anniversary Day Saga, Book 2 (Retrieval Artist Universe) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 603min

The Moon, shaken by the Anniversary Day tragedies, deals with devastation. The Earth Alliance believes another attack imminent, but no one knows where or when it will strike. Just like no one knows who ordered the attacks in the first place. The Moon’s chief security office, Noelle DeRicci, does her best to hold the United Domes government together. But Retrieval Artist Miles Flint, dissatisfied with the investigation into the Anniversary Day events, begins an investigation of his own. He builds a coalition of shady operatives, off-the-books detectives, and his own daughter, Talia, in a race against time. A race, he quickly learns, that implicates organizations he trusts - and people he loves. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jay Snyder. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/003249/bk_adbl_003249_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Optimizing Cyberdeterrence: A Comprehensive Strategy for Preventing Foreign Cyberattacks , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 609min

Cyberattacks are one of the greatest fears for governments and the private sector. The attacks come without warning and can be extremely costly and embarrassing. Robert Mandel offers a unique and comprehensive strategic vision for how governments, in partnership with the private sector, can deter cyberattacks from both nonstate and state actors. Cyberdeterrence must be different from conventional military or nuclear deterrence, which are mainly based on dissuading an attack by forcing the aggressor to face unacceptable costs. In the cyber realm, where attributing a specific attack to a specific actor is extremely difficult, conventional deterrence principles are not enough. Mandel argues that cyberdeterrence must alter a potential attacker's decision calculus by not only raising costs for the attacker but also by limiting the prospects for gain. Cyberdeterrence must also involve indirect unorthodox restraints, such as exposure to negative blowback and deceptive diversionary measures, and cross-domain measures rather than just retaliation in kind. The audiobook includes 12 21st-century cyberattack case studies to draw insights into cyberdeterrence and determine the conditions under which it works most effectively. Mandel concludes by making recommendations for implementing cyberdeterrence and integrating it into broader national security policy. Cyber policy practitioners and scholars will gain valuable and current knowledge from this excellent study. Published by Georgetown University Press. "A novel and insightful contribution to a complex policy field.... Essential reading for policy-makers and the public alike." (Tim Stevens, King's College London) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Allen Logue. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/110815/bk_acx0_110815_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Pranksters: Making Mischief in the Modern World , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 824min

From Benjamin Franklin's newspaper hoax that faked the death of his rival to Abbie Hoffman's attempt to levitate the Pentagon - pranksters, hoaxers, and con artists have caused confusion, disorder, and laughter in Western society for centuries. Profiling the most notorious mischief-makers from the 1600s to the present day, Pranksters explores how "pranks" are part of a long tradition of speaking truth to power and social critique. Invoking such historical and contemporary figures as P.T. Barnum, Jonathan Swift, WITCH, The Yes Men, and Stephen Colbert, Kembrew McLeod shows how staged spectacles that balance the serious and humorous can spark important public conversations. In some instances, tricksters have incited social change (and unfortunate prank blowback) by manipulating various forms of media, from newspapers to YouTube. For example, in the 1960s, self-proclaimed "professional hoaxer" Alan Abel lampooned America's hypocritical sexual mores by using conservative rhetoric to fool the news media into covering a satirical organization that advocated clothing naked animals. In the 1990s, Sub Pop Records then-receptionist Megan Jasper satirized the commodification of alternative music culture by pranking The New York Times into reporting on her fake lexicon of "grunge speak." Throughout this book, McLeod shows how pranks interrupt the daily flow of approved information and news, using humor to underscore larger, pointed truths. Written in an accessible, story-driven style, Pranksters reveals how mischief makers have left their shocking, entertaining, and educational mark on modern political and social life. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gary Roelofs. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/091220/bk_acx0_091220_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Escape Narcissistic Abuse: Know and Defend Yourself from the Most Devastating and Dangerous Techniques Used by the Narcissist to Rape Your Mind Without You Knowing It , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 182min

If you have a gap to fill/a wish to fulfill, then listen on.You are a fantastic person and you deserve to have someone who makes you happy next to you. It seems like such a simple concept, but for many it is not....NAS victims, codependents, are unable or believe they are unable to end the abuse and/or relationship due to the following:Uncertainty as to the true dangerous nature of the attackerFear of the real consequencesFear of threatened consequences/delaysFear of rejection and social and family isolation (siding with the aggressor)Physical entrapmentFinancial trappingVarious forms of coercion and manipulation: active, passive, and secretA successful gaslighting campaignWithdrawals from codependency addiction, especially pathological lonelinessThe less empathy a NAS perpetrator has, the more effective they are at controlling and dominating their codependent prey. They maintain power and control over the victim by beating or wearing down their resolve to defend themselves or to flee for protection or seek help. The various forms of direct, passive and covert manipulation and aggression ensure that the victim remains in the relationship while the codependent does not fight or expose them.Eight tips for defending yourself from narcissistic abuseLearn better to observe the technique (ODA). Mindful protective dissociation will keep you from fighting a losing battle.Get an outside opinion. Secrecy or privacy always works to the advantage of the abuser.Prepare the blowback. Abusers use intimidation and threats when someone resists or shows signs of improving mental health.Proactively obtain information. Continue in the audiobook.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Aalia Zealous. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/224321/bk_acx0_224321_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Silencer Series Box Set Books 1-4 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1225min

This set contains the first four books in The Silencer Series, including: The Silencer Fully Loaded Hard Target Blowback The Silencer: CIA Black Ops agent John Smith is on his latest assignment in London. Little does he know - it'll be his last. Barely surviving an attack on his life, Smith lays low for six months until he returns to the United States. His flight is strangely diverted to Philadelphia where he meets a mysterious stranger who knows all about his past and recruits him for a job. Needing a new identity, Smith becomes Michael Recker. He then tries to prevent bad things happening to innocent people while also interacting with the city's different crime factions. All the while, Recker plans his revenge on the mysterious Agent 17, who committed an act so heinous that Recker will never forget it. Fully Loaded: After being ambushed, Recker goes missing for several days and is presumed dead. Once he returns, he seeks retribution on the men responsible and turns to an unlikely source to help him get his revenge. As he embarks on his plot for revenge, he must not only carefully navigate around Mia's growing feelings for him, but also his own feelings for her. While still not forgetting his main goal of helping the innocent, Recker also further cements his relationship with Tyrell by helping him with a family problem. Though he still keeps Mia at a distance, they can't help but become closer as Recker investigates the disappearance of one of her closest friends. As Recker embarks on his deadly rampage, Jones worries about The Silencer's growing reputation amongst the public and government agencies. Hard Target: Recker finally reaches his boiling point and confronts Jones about his lack of progress in finding Agent 17. The professor, feeling guilty about not locating him, admits to a secret he's been hiding. As Recker is ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Brian Hutchison. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/200743/bk_acx0_200743_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Candy Licker: An Urban Erotic Tale , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 477min, (USK 18)

She wanted to be a hip-hop star, but the streets got in the way. Have you ever laid down with a man and wasn’t sure if you’d ever get back up? Tossed the sheets with a bone-knocking fear that only a hard-core hustler could produce? Sexed him like your life depended on it because, in reality, it did? You still with me? Then let’s roll over to my house. Harlem. 145th Street. Grab a seat and brace yourself as I show you the kind of pain that street life and so-called success can bring. Nineteen-year-old Candy Raye Montana, an ex–drug runner for the Gabriano crime family and a former foster child, dreams of becoming a hip-hop superstar, if only someone would discover her talents. And someone does. Mega music producer and king thug of Harlem Junius "Hurricane" Jackson, CEO of the House of Homicide recording studio, cuts a deal and puts Candy on the stage. Suddenly she is a hot new artist on the notorious Homicide Hitz record label. Her career takes off and she blazes the charts, but it’s not long before Candy realizes that the man she thought was her knight is nothing more than a cold-blooded nightmare. Caught between the music and the madness, between the dollars and the deals, Candy belongs to Hurricane - body and soul - and must endure his sadistic bedroom desires while keeping his sexual secrets hidden from the world. But Candy has some strong desires of her own that simply cannot be denied, especially when she finds herself turned on by a brilliant investment baller who just happens to be Hurricane's right-hand man. Candy longs for her freedom, but if Hurricane gets wind of her betrayal the blowback will be lethal. Noire is an author from the streets of New York, a #1 Essence bestselling author, and the editor-in-chief of NoireMagazine.com. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Nicole Small. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/005460/bk_blak_005460_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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