Non-Fiction Audiobooks

'Sie hätte singen sollen, diese Seele ...'

Als Experte in Sachen Nietzsche kann wohl kaum ein anderer als Steinmann das Leben und Denken des Philosophen so detailliert und interessant veranschaulichen.Heutzutage gehört die Philosophie Nietzsches zu den am häufigsten rezipierten Denkweisen. Aber dass der polarisierende Denker gleichzeitig auch Komponist war, kommt sicher auch für einige Kenner überraschend. Mit diesem Hörbuch begibt sich der Hörer auf eine Reise durch das aufregende Leben und Wirken des vielfach talentierten Philosophen. -

Michael Steinmann (Author), Klaus Hemmerle, Michael Stiller (Narrator)

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'Siebzehn passen rein': Punk

Die Toten Hosen haben die Hymne des Jahrzehnts geschrieben. Jetzt sollen die goldenen Schallplatten brennen. Unterwegs mit der besten Punkband des Landes. Eine Geschichte über Campino und die seiner erfolgreichen Punkband. Dies ist die Vertonung eines Artikels aus der SPIEGEL-Ausgabe 19/2017. Sie entstand in Zusammenarbeit mit SPIEGEL TV. ©2017 SPIEGEL-Verlag Rudolf Augstein GmbH & Co. KG (P)Maurice Weiss/ DER SPIEGEL

Der Spiegel (Author), Michael Bideller (Narrator)

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'The Best Version of Your Best Self' Series: The Choice is Yours

I like to describe my books by listing some chapters. ✔ Content is king, right? ✔ Here's a list of some chapters from Be Your Best Self 1: - Start Changing Now - Considerations about your Plans - Do not Fear your Life - The Power of Self Confidence Here's a list of some chapters from Be Your Best Self 2: - The Importance of Values - The Pleasure of Having a Purpose - Are you Aligned with your Soul? Here's a list of some chapters from Be Your Best Self 3: - How to Change your Point of View - What Can you Achieve Day by Day? - Making the Best out of Cash and Energy - Come on, be Brave! Do you want to live your life at best? This series can help you achieve what you want, by becoming who you desire.

Luke Experience (Author), Ivan Busenius (Narrator)

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'Tis Pity She's a Whore: A BBC Radio full-cast production

A visceral, revamped BBC radio production of John Ford's classic play about a doomed love between a brother and sister With its shocking portrayal of incest, intrigue and murder, this powerful Jacobean revenge drama scandalised audiences when it was first performed in the 1620s, and is still controversial today. When siblings Giovanni and Annabella embark on a passionate affair, Annabella falls pregnant with her brother's child. Knowing she must marry to protect her honour, she chooses one of the many suitors clamouring for her hand - but when her secret is revealed, the lovers are caught up in a bloody chain of events that culminate in a poisoning, a blinding, a stabbing and a brutal massacre... Reminiscent of Romeo and Juliet, but darker and more twisted, John Ford's 17th-century tale of sex and death is restyled for radio in Pauline Harris's compassionate, disturbing adaptation. Intercut with the music of Jimi Hendrix and Nick Cave, it also features an original song, 'In Deep', composed by Jules Maxwell and sung by Jessie Buckley, Indira Varma, and Abby Andrews. The play is introduced by Professor Emma Smith from Hertford College, Oxford. Cast Annabella - Jessie Buckley Giovanni - Damien Molony Signor Florio - Niall Buggy Putana - Fenella Woolgar Friar Bonaventura - Oliver Cotton Lord Soranzo - Matthew Pidgeon Vasques - Enzo Cilenti Hippolita - Indira Varma Grimaldi - Gary Duncan Cardinal - Neil McCaul Officer - Adam Fitzgerald Dorando - Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong Adapted and directed by Pauline Harris First broadcast BBC Radio 3, 7 January 2018

John Ford (Author), A Full Cast, Damien Molony, Full Cast, Jessie Buckley (Narrator)

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'To the Immortal Name and Memory of George Washington' - The United States Army Corps of Engineers a

Audio Americana announces the first publication in audiobook format of 'To the Immortal Name and Memory of George Washington' - The United States Army Corps of Engineers and the Construction of the Washington Monument. The Washington Monument is perhaps the most striking feature of the skyline in the nation's capital and a must-see for visitors to Washington, D.C., but like the city itself, the monument has had a rather curious and eventful history. What began as an eighteenth century idea did not come to fruition until the latter part of the nineteenth century. Construction was interrupted for over two decades, during which the unfinished monument to America's founding father George Washington was often ridiculed by local residents as 'the Washington stump.' So numerous were the various challenges and controversies that surrounded the monument that it is no small surprise it was ever completed. While legislation regarding a monument to George Washington had been passed as early as 1783, construction did not begin in earnest until well after the centennial of Washington's birth in 1832. The cornerstone was finally laid on July 4th, 1848 but construction would not be completed and the monument opened to the public until its formal dedication on February 21st, 1885 (the day before Washington's birthday). 'To the Immortal Name and Memory of George Washington' was written by Louis Torres, who served as a federal government historian for over three decades. Published by the United States Government Printing Office to coincide with the centennial of the monument's opening, it remains the most highly detailed study of the Washington Monument and of the enduring role played by the United States Army Corps of Engineers in its construction. Cover Illustration: Laying corner stone, Washington Monument / The Knapp Co. lith., N.Y. Washington D.C, ca. 1893. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/93504406/.

Louis Torres (Author), Christopher Lee Philips (Narrator)

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'Wir werden gewinnen': Frankreich

Die Attentäter von Paris zielten auf ein junges, lässiges Paris und meinten unser aller Alltag in der offenen Gesellschaft: Ein falscher Frühling beherrscht Paris im November, seit Wochen ist das Wetter mild, die Abende sind lau, die Straßen belebt, die Terrassen voll, als käme nicht bald der Winter. In leichten Jacken sitzen 80 000 Menschen unter freiem Himmel im Stade de France, als sich am vergangenen Freitag die heimische und die deutsche Fußball-Nationalmannschaft zu den Hymnen am Mittelkreis aufstellen. Die Marseillaise erklingt, das alte Kriegslied, Frankreichs Hymne: '... Gegen uns wurde der Tyrannei blutiges Banner erhoben! Hört ihr im Land das Brüllen der grausamen Krieger? Sie rücken uns auf den Leib, eure Söhne, eure Frauen zu köpfen!' Historische Verse, sie werden gleich auf grauenhafte Weise aktuell. Dies ist die Vertonung des Titelthemas der SPIEGEL-Ausgabe 48/2015. Sie entstand in Zusammenarbeit mit der Deutschen Blindenstudienanstalt e.V.

Der Spiegel (Author), Deutsche Blindenstudienanstalt E.V. (Narrator)

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'You Should Be Grateful': Stories of Race, Identity, and Transracial Adoption

An adoption expert and transracial adoptee herself examines the unique perspectives and challenges these adoptees have as they navigate multiple cultures "Your parents are so amazing for adopting you! You should be grateful that you were adopted." Angela Tucker is a Black woman, adopted from foster care by white parents. She has heard this microaggression her entire life, usually from well-intentioned strangers who view her adoptive parents as noble saviors. She is grateful for many aspects of her life, but being transracially adopted involves layers of rejection, loss, and complexity that cannot be summed up so easily. In "You Should Be Grateful," Tucker centers the experiences of adoptees to share deeply personal stories, well-researched history, and engrossing anecdotes from mentorship sessions with adopted youth. These perspectives challenge the fairy-tale narrative of adoption, giving way to a fuller story that explores the impacts of racism, classism, family, love, and belonging.

Angela Tucker (Author), Angela Tucker (Narrator)

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(Drag) Queen of Scots: The dos & don’ts of a drag superstar

Brought to you by Penguin. The hilarious memoir from everyone's favourite Scottish drag queen and winner of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, Lawrence Chaaaaaaney. Lawrence Chaney is a testament to the strength that comes from drag. Lawrence (Drag) Queen of Scots celebrates the little boy learning to sew at age seven and their journey to taking the UK by storm. From growing up as the gay class clown and being bullied to finding an outlet in performance and drag, celebrating both their outer curves and inner beauty. The book will showcase valuable life lessons and tricks of the trade, all told in Chaney's trademark charming style, and will resonate with anyone who holds dreams and aspirations that are bigger than the town they grew up in. 'Gorgeous, hugely talented, funny, charismatic, adorable, Chaney is a goddess and brings us joy.' - Lorraine 'Lawrence Chaney is the funniest queen by a country mile. She has delivered the laughs a locked down nation needed in abundance. But there's much more to Chaney than her quick wit. Her vulnerability is also part of her natural gift.' - Vogue © Lawrence Chaney 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

Lawrence Chaney (Author), Lawrence Chaney (Narrator)

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(In)visibles

Si en México más del 16% de la población, cerca de 21 millones o 1 de cada 6 mexicanos cuentan con algún tipo de condición discapacitante, ¿por qué parece que son muchos menos los casos que conocemos? Porque las personas con discapacidad (pcd) en nuestro país son una fuerza invisible. Si no es cada cuatro años que se celebran los paralímpicos, si no se acerca el Día Internacional de las pcd, cuando las marcas realizan acciones; si no es que el gobierno da beneficios fiscales para impulsar la inserción laboral de este grupo, el resto del tiempo las personas con discapacidad viven entre las sombras. Este libro busca arrojar un poco de luz a apenas veinticuatro de esos millones que no vemos. Con discapacidades de nacimiento o adquiridas y de diversos tipos, y origen de varias partes del país, medallistas olímpicos, empresarios, filántropos, ejecutivos, políticos, servidores públicos, artistas, activistas, conferencistas, académicos, abogados, un médico y hasta un standupero cuentan por primera vez sus historias con resiliencia, valentía y un propósito: ser referentes para otras pcd y motivar a la población general a ser agentes de cambio, a contribuir en multiplicar esa luz y velar por la inclusión en todos los aspectos de la vida. Un libro desgarrado, inspirador y sui géneris en el que la periodista y activista Bárbara Anderson presta su pluma para dar voz a quienes no cuentan, al tiempo que el reconocido fotógrafo Enrique Covarrubias ilumina sus rostros por primera vez con una mirada entre iguales. Invisibles es una lectura que cambia radicalmente la manera en la que vemos la discapacidad, mueve conciencias e invita a la acción.

Bárbara Anderson (Author), Bern Hoffman, Bárbara Anderson, Lili Barba, Liliana Barba (Narrator)

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(ISC)2 CCSP Certified Cloud Security Professional Official Study Guide: 2nd Edition

The only official study guide for the new CCSP exam (ISC)2 CCSP Certified Cloud Security Professional Official Study Guide is your ultimate resource for the CCSP exam. Covering all CCSP domains, this book walks you through Architectural Concepts and Design Requirements, Cloud Data Security, Cloud Platform and Infrastructure Security, Cloud Application Security, Operations, and Legal and Compliance with real-world scenarios to help you apply your skills along the way. The CCSP is the latest credential from (ISC)2 and the Cloud Security Alliance, designed to show employers that you have what it takes to keep their organization safe in the cloud. Learn the skills you need to be confident on exam day and beyond. As organizations become increasingly reliant on cloud-based IT, the threat to data security looms larger. Employers are seeking qualified professionals with a proven cloud security skillset, and the CCSP credential brings your resume to the top of the pile. (ISC)2 CCSP Certified Cloud Security Professional Official Study Guide gives you the tools and information you need to earn that certification, and apply your skills in a real-world setting.

Ben Malisow (Author), Daniel Henning (Narrator)

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(Mis)Diagnosed: How Bias Distorts Our Perception of Mental Health

Why are women more likely to be labeled borderline personalities? Is transphobia being treated as was homosexuality in the past? Has 'protest psychosis,' a term used to diagnose Black men during the civil rights era, simply been renamed schizoaffective disorder? How different is our current label of 'intellectual disability' from the history of eugenics? What, in other words, does it mean to be diagnosed with a 'mental illness'? In his clear, empathetic style, Jonathan Foiles, author of the critically acclaimed This City Is Killing Me, walks us through these and other troubling examples of bias in mental health, placing them in context of past blunders in the history of psychiatry and the DSM. Diagnoses are helpful but not necessary, he argues, and here he offers a pragmatic and sympathetic guide to how we might craft a better and more just therapeutic future.

Jonathan Foiles (Author), Noah Michael Levine (Narrator)

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(Not Quite) Mastering the Art of French Living

Every year upon arriving in Plobien, the small Breton town where he spends his summers, American writer Mark Greenside picks back up where he left off with his faux-pas-filled Francophile life. Mellowed and humbled, but not daunted (OK, slightly daunted), he faces imminent concerns: What does he cook for a French person? Who has the right-of-way when entering or exiting a roundabout? Where does he pay for a parking ticket? And most dauntingly of all, when can he touch the tomatoes? Despite the two decades that have passed since Greenside's snap decision to buy a house in Brittany and begin a bi-continental life, the quirks of French living still manage to confound him. Continuing the journey begun in his 2009 memoir about beginning life in France, (Not Quite) Mastering the Art of French Living details Greenside's daily adventures in his adopted French home, where the simplest tasks are never straightforward but always end in a great story. Through some hits and lots of misses, he learns the rules of engagement, how he gets what he needs-which is not necessarily what he thinks he wants-and how to be grateful and thankful when (especially when) he fails, which is more often than he can believe. Introducing the English-speaking world to the region of Brittany in the tradition of Peter Mayle's homage to Provence, Mark Greenside's first book, I'll Never Be French, continues to be among the bestselling books about the region today. Experienced Francophiles and armchair travelers alike will delight in this new chapter exploring the practical and philosophical questions of French life, vividly brought to life by Greenside's humor and affection for his community.

Mark Greenside (Author), Richard Poe (Narrator)

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