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  League of Denial: The NFL, Concussions and the Battle for Truth , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 881min

  Professional football players do not sustain frequent repetitive blows to the brain on a regular basis. So concluded the National Football League in a December 2005 scientific paper on concussions in America's most popular sport. That judgment, implausible even to a casual fan, also contradicted the opinion of a growing cadre of neuroscientists who worked in vain to convince the NFL that it was facing a deadly new scourge: A chronic brain disease that was driving an alarming number of players - including some of the all-time greats - to madness. League of Denial reveals how the NFL, over a period of nearly two decades, sought to cover up and deny mounting evidence of the connection between football and brain damage. Comprehensively, and for the first time, award-winning ESPN investigative reporters Mark Fainaru-Wada and Steve Fainaru tell the story of a public health crisis that emerged from the playing fields of our 21st century pastime. Everyone knew that football is violent and dangerous. But what the players who built the NFL into a $10 billion industry didn't know - and what the league sought to shield from them - is that no amount of padding could protect the human brain from the force generated by modern football; that the very essence of the game could be exposing these players to brain damage. In a fast-paced narrative that moves between the NFL trenches, America's research labs and the boardrooms where the NFL went to war against science, League of Denial examines how the league used its power and resources to attack independent scientists and elevate its own flawed research - a campaign with echoes of Big Tobacco's fight to deny the connection between smoking and lung cancer. It chronicles the tragic fates of players like Hall of Fame Pittsburgh Steelers center Mike Webster, who was so disturbed at the time of his death he fantasized about shooting NFL executives; and former Chargers great Junior Seau, ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David H. Lawrence XVII. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/003641/bk_rand_003641_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Galileo , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1058min

  In 1610, Galileo published the Siderius nuncius, or Starry Messenger, a "hurried little masterpiece" in John Heilbron's words. Presenting to the world his remarkable observations using the recently invented telescope - the craters of the moon, the satellites of Jupiter - Galileo dramatically challenged our idea of the perfection of the heavens and the centrality of the Earth in the universe. Indeed, the appearance of the little book is regarded as one of the great moments in the history of science. Planned to coincide with the 400th anniversary of the publication of the Starry Messenger, this is a major new biography of Galileo, a fresh and much more rounded view of the great scientist than found in earlier works. Unlike previous biographers, Heilbron shows us that Galileo was far more than a mathematician: he was deeply knowledgeable in the arts, an expert on the epic poet Ariosto, and a fine lutenist. More important, Heilbron notes that years of reading the poets and experimenting with literary forms were not mere sidebars - they enabled Galileo to write clearly and plausibly about the most implausible things. Indeed, Galileo changed the world not simply because he revolutionized astronomy, but because he conveyed his discoveries so clearly and crisply that they could not be avoided or denied. If ever a discoverer was perfectly prepared to make and exploit his discovery, it was the dexterous humanist Galileo aiming his first telescope at the sky. In Galileo, John Heilbron captures not only the great scientist, but also the creative, artistic younger man who would ultimately become the champion of Copernicus, the bête noire of the Jesuits, and the best-known of all martyrs to academic freedom. The title music in this audiobook is Ave Maris Stella by Claudio Monteverdi, which was published in the same year Galileo published Sidereus Nuncius (i.e. The Starry Messenger). Ave Maris Stella was performed using per ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Victor Bevine. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/002762/bk_adbl_002762_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Every Good Boy Does Fine

  NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A beautifully written, witty memoir that is also an immersive exploration of classical music-its power, its meanings, and what it can teach us about ourselves-from the MacArthur "Genius" Grant-winning pianist "Jeremy Denk has written a love letter to the music, and especially to the music teachers, in his life."-Conrad Tao, pianist and composer In Every Good Boy Does Fine, renowned pianist Jeremy Denk traces an implausible journey. His life is already a little tough as a precocious, temperamental six-year-old piano prodigy in New Jersey, and then a family meltdown forces a move to New Mexico. There, Denk must please a new taskmaster, an embittered but devoted professor, while navigating junior high school. At sixteen he escapes to college in Ohio, only to encounter a bewildering new cast of music teachers, both kind and cruel. After many humiliations and a few triumphs, he ultimately finds his way as a world-touring pianist, a MacArthur "Genius," and a frequent performer at Carnegie Hall. Many classical music memoirs focus on famous musicians and professional accomplishments, but this book focuses on the everyday: neighborhood teacher, high school orchestra, local conductor. There are few writers capable of so deeply illuminating the trials of artistic practice-hours of daily repetition, mystifying advice, pressure from parents and teachers. But under all this struggle is a love letter to the act of teaching. In lively, endlessly imaginative prose, Denk dives deeply into the pieces and composers that have shaped him-Bach, Mozart, and Brahms, among others-and offers lessons on melody, harmony, and rhythm. How do melodies work? Why is harmony such a mystery to most people? Why are teachers so obsessed with the metronome? In Every Good Boy Does Fine, Denk shares the most meaningful lessons of his life, and tries to repay a debt to his teachers. He also reminds us that we must never stop asking questions about music and its purposes: consolation, an armor against disillusionment, pure pleasure, a diversion, a refuge, and a vehicle for empathy.

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  Ketogenic Diet: Your Essential Guide to Keto: The Complete Guide to a High-Fat Diet, Free Recipes for Busy People on the Keto Diet, Easy Meal Plans - Heal Your Body and Regain Your Self-Confidence , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 125min

  Do you sense you haven't been blessed with fine fat-burning genetics? Does food appear to move instantly to your trouble regions like your stomach, bum, and thighs? Do you think you have tried each food plan known to man however the weight keeps coming back? What if I advised you that you can lose weight, look better, have extra power, reduce pain, increase your intercourse force, save yourself from disease...and best of all, you will still be able to nevertheless devour a number of the foods you crave the most and still enjoy a slimmer body!? With the ketogenic diet, it's exactly what you may get. You may discover the exact science at the end of how we benefit and lose weight in addition to what without a doubt wishes to be carried out to attack that stubborn fats that until now have been so tough to cast off. The strategies in this audiobook are so simple, so clean to put into effect and so effective...that it'll in all likelihood sound so implausible while you first examine it. This weight-destroying technique will deliver you a total body changeover without any dietary supplements, sweaty workout routines, or overpriced useless weight-reduction tablets. It's going to work on human beings of any weight, any body form, and any frame type. Are you prepared to swiftly melt away chunks of fats from your body and keep them off excellently? I have poured everything that I've realized into this audiobook; it simplifies the whole thing that works to reverse the signs of growing old naturally so that you can get advantage from it a lot as I do! Even inside the first few weeks the outcomes you will see replicated are going to be undeniable. You will probably be surprised how this got past you these many years! I have designed this audiobook to take all and sundry from absolute amateur to expert (and everywhere in between) so you can find out which meals to keep away from and which ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Trevor Clinger. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/110783/bk_acx0_110783_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  River James: Rockers of Steel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 404min, (USK 18)

  When he fell in love, he fell hard. When he lost her, he lost his will. Drugs, sex, and rock and roll - in that order - became his life. River James, the drummer for Steel Total Destruction, loved the brotherhood he formed with his unlikely best friend, the band mates from Steel Total Destruction, and the family he found in his label, Forever Four. Then, one tragic accident takes it all away in the blink of an eye. Twisted metal, shattered bones, crushed dreams, and torn wreckage causes deep, dark secrets to be revealed. One collision causes him to lose all hope, with no one but himself to blame. Now facing harsh realities, which have never been one of River's strengths, he turns to the sure things in life: drugs and women who oh so willingly give themselves to a tall, dark, and tattooed rocker like him. Will he find himself in the wreckage of twisted metal and crushed dreams? Or will he lose his way in the smoke and debris? The first person in her family to graduate from high school and college, Keanna Sutton is flying high on her accomplishments and hard work. She has the career and man of her dreams, or so she thought until she finds out he is cheating on her. Ending the relationship, she begins rebuilding her shattered self-esteem. Then a chance run-in with a tall, dark, and handsome, silver-tongued drummer tests her strength and ability to hold her own tongue while trying to ignore the implausible attraction to a man she knows will be no good for her. Now a second run in at O'Donnell's pub while under the influence of drink, music, friends, and a fight makes Keanna throw caution to the wind, and she finds herself getting rocked the only way a badass like River can: hard and nasty. Will the hottest night of her life end there? Or will she lose herself in a man who gives no promises except the lady always comes first? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Wen Ross, Kai Kennicott. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/058405/bk_acx0_058405_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Every Good Boy Does Fine (eBook, ePUB)

  NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A beautifully written, witty memoir that is also an immersive exploration of classical music-its power, its meanings, and what it can teach us about ourselves-from the MacArthur "Genius" Grant-winning pianist "Jeremy Denk has written a love letter to the music, and especially to the music teachers, in his life."-Conrad Tao, pianist and composer In Every Good Boy Does Fine, renowned pianist Jeremy Denk traces an implausible journey. His life is already a little tough as a precocious, temperamental six-year-old piano prodigy in New Jersey, and then a family meltdown forces a move to New Mexico. There, Denk must please a new taskmaster, an embittered but devoted professor, while navigating junior high school. At sixteen he escapes to college in Ohio, only to encounter a bewildering new cast of music teachers, both kind and cruel. After many humiliations and a few triumphs, he ultimately finds his way as a world-touring pianist, a MacArthur "Genius," and a frequent performer at Carnegie Hall. Many classical music memoirs focus on famous musicians and professional accomplishments, but this book focuses on the everyday: neighborhood teacher, high school orchestra, local conductor. There are few writers capable of so deeply illuminating the trials of artistic practice-hours of daily repetition, mystifying advice, pressure from parents and teachers. But under all this struggle is a love letter to the act of teaching. In lively, endlessly imaginative prose, Denk dives deeply into the pieces and composers that have shaped him-Bach, Mozart, and Brahms, among others-and offers lessons on melody, harmony, and rhythm. How do melodies work? Why is harmony such a mystery to most people? Why are teachers so obsessed with the metronome? In Every Good Boy Does Fine, Denk shares the most meaningful lessons of his life, and tries to repay a debt to his teachers. He also reminds us that we must never stop asking questions about music and its purposes: consolation, an armor against disillusionment, pure pleasure, a diversion, a refuge, and a vehicle for empathy.

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  Christentum und Aufklärung

  Voltaire las sein Leben lang Pascals "Pensées". Er durchdachte dessen Gedanken und machte sich von etwa 1728 an bis 1777 in drei Schüben ausführliche Notizen. Er läßt Pascal zu Wort kommen. Er bringt ausführliche Zitate und druckt darunter seine Kritik. Voltaire führt eine ernsthafte philosophische Auseinandersetzung mit dem von ihm anerkannten Genie. Er spricht von einem Kampf der Giganten. Dadurch ist ein Dokument von großer Bedeutung entstanden. Es beleuchtet wie ein Blitzgewitter die intellektuelle, religiöse und politische Zeitlandschaft: Voltaire fand Pascals Christentum archaisch, unplausibel geworden, lebensfeindlich. Es gibt keinen deutlicheren und keinen geschliffeneren Text zum Verhältnis von Aufklärung und Christentum. Zugleich ist er auch ein stilistischer Genuss; hier sprechen zwei der originellsten und witzigsten Schriftsteller Frankreichs. Flaschs Buch legt die Texte in Übersetzung vor und ermittelt ihre historische und sachliche Bedeutung. Es beschreibt erstmals aus den Quellen die Entstehung der Problemlage vom späten Augustinus bis zu Jansenius, Pascal und Voltaire.Im Jahr 2000 erhielt Kurt Flasch den Sigmund-Freud-Preis für wissenschaftliche Prosa. Seine schriftstellerischen Qualitäten werden immer wieder von den Rezensenten hervorgehoben, zuletzt von Gustav Seibt in der Süddeutschen Zeitung: "Dieser freie, stolze und heitere Ton wird noch lange hörbar sein."»Ein interessantes, nachdenkliches Buch voller Überraschungen [...]. Mit unverkennbarer Sympathie begleitet Flasch seinen "Helden" [Voltaire] bei dessen Versuchen, eine Umformung des Christentums zu gestalten.«Johann Hinrich Claussen, Süddeutsche Zeitung»Aus dem Buch spricht das gewohnte Brennen für die Sache [...]. Und einmal mehr geht eine Fülle von Anregungen von ihm aus, die Theologie, Philosophie, aber auch unsere Sicht der europäischen Geistes- und Kulturgeschichte berührt. Nicht zuletzt: Es ist glänzend geschrieben, man liest es nicht nur mit Interesse, sondern mit Genuss.«Heinrich Schmidinger, Salzburger Jahrbuch für Philosophie»Kurt Flasch ist ein großer Wurf der Ideengeschichte gelungen.«Lorenz Jäger, CATO»Flaschs Genauigkeit im Detail, die Akribie, mit der er Argumente verfolgt, der Versuch, das in einer sehr klugen, verständlichen Sprache hinzukriegen - da ist er wirklich der Meister, da gibt es keinen besseren.«SWR 2, 14.12.2020»Flasch hat bemerkt, dass er bei der Erforschung vergangener Denkformen »auf dem nicht-existierenden Bindestrich zwischen Pascal und Voltaire« balanciere [...]. Wer seiner Argumentation weiter folgen möchte, erhält nun in einer umfangreichen Monographie eine Anleitung, die bis in die Anfänge des Christentums zurückführt.«Friefrich Vollhardt, Frankfurter Allgemeine ZeitungVoltaire kept reading Pascal's "Pensées" throughout his life. He thoroughly perused them and made detailed notes in three stages from about 1728 until 1777. He let Pascal have his say. He prints detailed quotations and counters them with his criticism. Voltaire conducts a serious philosophical discussion with the author of the "Pensées" whom he recognizes as a genius. He calls it a battle of the giants. This has resulted in a document of great importance. It illuminates the intellectual, religious, and political landscape of the time like a flash of lightning: Voltaire considered Pascal's Christianity as archaic, implausible, hostile towards life. There is no clearer or more polished text on the relationship between Enlightenment and Christianity. At the same time, it is also a stylistic delight; two of the most original and witty writers in France are engaged here. Flasch's book presents the texts in translation and determines their historical and factual significance. It describes for the first time from the sources the emergence of the problem situation from the late Augustine to Jansenius, Pascal and Voltaire.

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  Eight Improbable Possibilities

  Eight Improbable Possibilities - The Mystery of the Moon and Other Implausible Scientific Truths: ab 10.49 €

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  Implausible Dream

  Implausible Dream - The World-Class University and Repurposing Higher Education: ab 28.49 €

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  Nonplussed!

  Nonplussed! - Mathematical Proof of Implausible Ideas: ab 22.49 €

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