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Hinter uns die Zukunft: Eine Autobiografie

Zum 70. Geburtstag legt der Großmeister des politischen Kabaretts seine Autobiografie vor. Ein privates und politisches Kaleidoskop voller Geschichten und Anekdoten. Ein erhellender und gar nicht leiser Blick zurUck. So doof, wie wir manchmal scheinen, sind wir vielleicht gar nicht. Oder doch? Thomas Freitag, Schauspieler, Kabarettist, Autor, hat sich als glAnzender Unterhalter, scharfsinniger Parodist und Beobachter des alltAglichen Wahnsinns bei Hunderten von Auftritten ein imponierend großes Publikum erspielt. Und dies nicht nur in seinen Glanzrollen als Willy Brandt, F.J. Strauß, Helmut Kohl oder Marcel Reich-Ranicki. Jetzt, am Vorabend seines 70. Geburtstags, blickt er staunend auf sein Leben zurUck: auf eine Kindheit in der deutschen Provinz, auf erste Erfolge als Schauspieler, die Sternstunden des Fernsehens, Kollegen und die Zukunft unserer Gesellschaft.

Thomas Freitag (Author), Thomas Freitag (Narrator)

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هكذا قطفت الزهور

'خلال سنوات حياتى العملية والتى قضيتها في وظيفتي التي أحببتها رغم ألمها... أخصائية نفسية بمؤسسات مختلفة طوال مشواري الوظيفي اكتشفت أن القهر والظلم والالم النفسي الذى تتعرض له المرأة لم ينته رغم التقدم ودعوات التحرر والمساواة. مازالت المرأة يُمارس عليها سادية مجتمع عنصري يفرض سيطرته على الكائن الضعيف. خلال مشوارى قابلت حالات كثيرة لم أنسها يوماً وظلت بذاكرتي وتركت أثرها داخلي. اليوم وبعدما علمت قصة شيماء... تذكرت الكثيرات غيرها اللاتي يجمعهن كلهن فى أنهن ضحايا مجتمع يلقي كل نقائصه وعيوبه على عاتق المرأة وحدها. سأحكى حكايتهن... حكايات لزهور قُطفت بيد القسوة والظلم والقهر.' 'هكذا قُطفت الزهور' رواية اجتماعية عن حكاياتٍ لزهور قُطفت بيد القسوة والواقع..روايةٌ مبنية على أحداث حقيقية لكنّك لن تميّز فيها الواقع من الخيال!

دينا عماد (Author), آسيا نابلسي (Narrator)

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إبليس

في هذا الكتاب أراد العقاد هنا يطرح طرحًا جديدًا لقضية الشر الذي يُمثله الشيطان؛ فقرر منذ اللحظات الأولى للكتاب أن ظهور (إبليس) على وجه الأرض كان كُلَّ الخير! خيرٌ حين بدأ التمييز بين الخير والشر؛ حيث لم يكن بينهما تمييز قبل معرفة الشيطان بأفعاله، ووساوسه، وصفاته، وخفايا مقاصده الدنيئة. فنحن أمام دراسة وافية من الدراسات المتميزة حول قوة الشر منذ قديم الأزل إلى منتصف القرن العشرين... ماذا كان قبل الشيطان؟ ولماذا سقط الشيطان في غيابات الشر ودروبه؟ وكيف كان في الحضارات السابقة؟ وما نظرة الأديان الثلاثة إليه؟ وإلَامَ آلت الأحوال به في هذا العصر؟ تلك هي الأسئلة التي حاول العقاد أن يُجيب عليها في هذا الكتاب.

عباس محمود العقاد (Author), حسام مناصير (Narrator)

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I Don't Want to Die Poor

From the New York Times bestselling author of I Can’t Date Jesus, which Vogue called “a piece of personal and cultural storytelling that is as fun as it is illuminating,” comes a wry and insightful essay collection that explores the financial and emotional cost of chasing your dreams. Ever since Oprah Winfrey told the 2007 graduating class of Howard University, “Don’t be afraid,” Michael Arceneaux has been scared to death. You should never do the opposite of what Oprah instructs you to do, but when you don’t have her pocket change, how can you not be terrified of the consequences of pursuing your dreams? Michael has never shied away from discussing his struggles with debt, but in I Don’t Want to Die Poor, he reveals the extent to which it has an impact on every facet of his life—how he dates; how he seeks medical care (or in some cases, is unable to); how he wrestles with the question of whether or not he should have chosen a more financially secure path; and finally, how he has dealt with his “dream” turning into an ongoing nightmare as he realizes one bad decision could unravel all that he’s earned. You know, actual “economic anxiety.” I Don’t Want to Die Poor is an unforgettable and relatable examination about what it’s like leading a life that often feels out of your control. But in Michael’s voice that’s “as joyful as he is shrewd” (BuzzFeed), these razor-sharp essays will still manage to make you laugh and remind you that you’re not alone in this often intimidating journey.

Michael Arceneaux (Author), Michael Arceneaux (Narrator)

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Everything Is Going To Be K.O.

In Everything is Going to be K.O. Kaiya Stone writes about her own experiences of living with specific learning difficulties: from struggling at school to being diagnosed with dyslexia and dyspraxia while at university, to performing her own one-woman stand up show inspired by her journey. Always funny and unfailingly honest, Kaiya outlines the frustrations of having SPLDS but also the ways in which they have fuelled her creativity. She calls for neurodiversity to be celebrated and stresses that instead of questioning how we are 'supposed' to think we should take pride in our cognitive differences. Everything is Going to be K.O. is an uplifting book for anyone who has ever wondered what it is like to live with learning difficulties today.

Kaiya Stone (Author), Kaiya Stone (Narrator)

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A Sporting Chance: How Ludwig Guttmann Created the Paralympic Games

Telling the inspiring human story behind the creation of the Paralympics, this young listener's biography showcases a riveting narrative to honor the life of Ludwig Guttmann, whose work profoundly changed so many lives. Dedicating his life to helping patients labeled incurables, Ludwig Guttmann fought for the rights of paraplegics to live a full life. The young doctor believed-and eventually proved-that physical movement is key to healing, a discovery that led him to create the first Paralympic Games. Told with moving text, and featuring the life stories of athletes from the Paralympic Games Ludwig helped create, this story of the man who saved lives through sports will inspire listeners of all backgrounds.

Lori Alexander (Author), Neil Hellegers (Narrator)

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Confessions of a Fairy's Daughter: Growing Up with a Gay Dad

NATIONAL BESTSELLER (The Globe and Mail) Finalist for the Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction (2014) Longlisted for the RBC Taylor Prize (2014) A moving memoir about growing up with a gay father in the 1980s, and a tribute to the power of truth, humour, acceptance and familial love. Alison Wearing led a largely carefree childhood until she learned, at the age of 12, that her family was a little more complex than she had realized. Sure her father had always been unusual compared to the other dads in the neighbourhood: he loved to bake croissants, wear silk pyjamas around the house, and skip down the street singing songs from Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. But when he came out of the closet in the 1970s, when homosexuality was still a cardinal taboo, it was a shock to everyone in the quiet community of Peterborough, Ontario-especially to his wife and three children. Alison's father was a professor of political science and amateur choral conductor, her mother was an accomplished pianist and marathon runner, and together they had fed the family a steady diet of arts, adventures, mishaps, normal frustrations and inexhaustible laughter. Yet despite these agreeable circumstances, Joe's internal life was haunted by conflicting desires. As he began to explore and understand the truth about himself, he became determined to find a way to live both as a gay man and also a devoted father, something almost unheard of at the time. Through extraordinary excerpts from his own letters and journals from the years of his coming out, we read of Joe's private struggle to make sense and beauty of his life, to take inspiration from an evolving society and become part of the vanguard of the gay revolution in Canada. Confessions of a Fairy's Daughter is also the story of "coming out" as the daughter of a gay father. Already wrestling with an adolescent's search for identity when her father came out of the closet, Alison promptly "went in," concealing his sexual orientation from her friends and spinning extravagant stories about all of the "great straight things" they did together. Over time, Alison came to see that life with her father was surprisingly interesting and entertaining, even oddly inspiring, and in fact, there was nothing to hide. Balancing intimacy, history and downright hilarity, Confessions of a Fairy's Daughter is a captivating tale of family life: deliciously imperfect, riotously challenging, and full of life's great lessons in love. Alison brings her story to life with a skillfully light touch in this warm, heartfelt and revelatory memoir. Bespeak Audio Editions brings Canadian voices to the world with audiobook editions of some of the country's greatest works of literature, performed by Canadian actors.

Alison Wearing (Author), Alison Wearing (Narrator)

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El amigo americano: El hombre de Obama en España

La insólita historia de James Costos, el hombre de Obama en España. ¡Bienvenidos a la diplomacia de la pista de baile! -James, me acaban de preguntar si quiero decorar la Casa Blanca. -Oh, por Dios. Cuelga el teléfono. Es una broma pesada. -No, no. Creo que es en serio. Así empieza la historia que acabó con James Costos, alto ejecutivo de HBO y arquetipo del self-made man como embajador de Obama en España. El amigo americano son las memorias del hombre que supo marcar tendencia con su impronta personal al redefinir el papel de la diplomacia en pleno siglo XXI. Íntimo amigo de Obama, James Costos no solo normalizó la diplomacia gay, sino que además convirtió la embajada estadounidense de Madrid en el lugar de encuentro, donde confluían jóvenesemprendedores, altos cargos del mundo empresarial, personalidades mediáticas, militares, políticos, jefes de Estado o representantes del mundo del arte y la cultura. Cercano, talentoso, comprometido con sus causas y tremendamente activo en el acercamiento de Estados Unidos y España, Costos supo ir a contracorriente y romper las rígidas barreras del protocolo diplomático, dinamizando con su contagioso y transformador espíritu todos los ámbitos de su embajada. Bienvenidos a la diplomacia de la pista de baile. Reseñas: «¿Diplomacia innovadora? ¡Sí! Desde el comienzo de su mandato Costos proclamó que su papel como embajador sería el de emprendedor. En El amigo americano descubrirás cómo fue contagiando su espíritu transformador a todo el universo de su embajada.» Eric Schmidt, presidente ejecutivo de Google «Costos retira el pesado velo diplomático y nos invita a recorrer el curioso viaje que lo llevó a ser el hombre de Obama en España. El amigo americano es el maravilloso retrato, íntimo y divertido, de un hombre que ama España desde el fondo de su corazón estadounidense.» Gwyneth Paltrow «En El amigo americano, Costos usa todos los utensilios (algunos poco convencionales y bastante únicos) de su caja de herramientas para cumplir su distinguido, colorido y memorable mandato como embajador como nunca antes hemos visto en España.» Jorge Moragas «El amigo americano demuestra de manera brillante la importancia de la diplomacia y del trabajo con nuestros aliados cercanos para resolver problemas globales mientras se construye una prospera embajada en Madrid.» Arianna Huffington, Fundadora del HuffPost y presidenta ejecutiva de Thrive Global

James Costos (Author), Jordi Salas (Narrator)

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Such a Pretty Girl: A Story of Struggle, Empowerment, and Disability Pride

This is Nadina LaSpina's story-from her early years in her native Sicily, where she contracts polio as a baby, a fact that makes her the object of well-meaning pity and the target of messages of hopelessness, to her adolescence and youth in America, spent almost entirely in hospitals where she is tortured in the quest for a cure and made to feel that her body no longer belongs to her and to her rebellion and her activism in the disability-rights movement. LaSpina's personal growth parallels the movement's political development-from coming together, organizing, and fighting against exclusion from public and social life to the forging of a common identity, the blossoming of disability arts and culture, and the embracing of disability pride. While unique, LaSpina's journey is also one with which many disabled people can identify. It is the journey to find one's place in an ableist world-a world not made for disabled people, where disability is only seen in negative terms. LaSpina refutes all stereotypical narratives of disability. Through the telling of her life's story, without editorializing, she shows the harm that the overwhelming focus on pity and on a cure that remains elusive has done to disabled people. Her story exposes the disability prejudice ingrained in our sociopolitical system and denounces the oppressive standards of normalcy in a society that devalues those who are different and denies them basic rights.

Nadina Laspina (Author), Jennifer Jill Araya (Narrator)

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Ramble Book: Musings on Childhood, Friendship, Family and 80s Pop Culture

INCLUDES AN EXCLUSIVE BONUS PODCAST WITH JOE CORNISH The long-awaited, rambling, tender, and very funny memoir from Adam Buxton Ramble /ˈramb(ə)l/ Verb 1. walk for pleasure in the countryside. ‘Dr Buckles and Rosie the dog love rambling in the countryside.’ 2. talk or write at length in a confused or inconsequential way. ‘Adam rambles on about lots of consequential, compelling and personal matters in his tender, insightful, hilarious and totally unconfused memoir, Ramble Book.’ Ramble Book is about parenthood, boarding school trauma, arguing with your partner, bad parties, confrontations on trains, friendship, wanting to fit in, growing up in the 80s, dead dads, teenage sexual anxiety, failed artistic endeavours, being a David Bowie fan; and how everything you read, watch and listen to as a child forms a part of the adult you become. It’s also a book about the joys of going off topic and letting your mind wander. And it’s about a short, hairy, frequently confused man called Adam Buxton.

Adam Buxton (Author), Adam Buxton (Narrator)

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Loving Every Awkward Step: A humorous memoir about clubfeet, life choices, and surviving being diffe

Anyone who has ever felt or looked unconventional or enjoys weird stories about awkward people will want to read Loving Every Awkward Step. A humorous memoir about clubfoot, life choices, and surviving being different, Houston-Voss tells about growing up different in a world that wanted the same. She explores the feelings of what is thought of as normal and the challenges of fitting into societal expectations when hiding a disability. Born with a combination of bilateral Clubfoot and Matatarsus Verus, Houston-Voss tells tales of growing up with physical differences and how that influenced many of her life choices; from the feeling of being different but trying to blend in, developing humor and anger for coping, to going to NYC to be an actress but not being able to escape her feet. This journey starts with Houston-Voss as a child who wanted to be a normal kid and ends with her as a mom who wants her own child to know that it is ok to be different.

Katharine Houston-Voss (Author), Katharine Houston-Voss (Narrator)

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Becoming Eve: My Journey from Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi to Transgender Woman

The powerful coming-of-age story of an ultra-Orthodox child who was born to become a rabbinic leader and instead became a woman Abby Stein was raised in a Hasidic Jewish community in Brooklyn, isolated in a culture that lives according to the laws and practices of eighteenth-century Eastern Europe, speaking only Yiddish and Hebrew and shunning modern life. Stein was born as the first son in a dynastic rabbinical family, poised to become a leader of the next generation of Hasidic Jews. But Abby felt certain at a young age that she was a girl. She suppressed her desire for a new body while looking for answers wherever she could find them, from forbidden religious texts to smuggled secular examinations of faith. Finally, she orchestrated a personal exodus from ultra-Orthodox manhood to mainstream femininity-a radical choice that forced her to leave her home, her family, her way of life. Powerful in the truths it reveals about biology, culture, faith, and identity, Becoming Eve poses the enduring question: How far will you go to become the person you were meant to be?

Abby Stein (Author), Abby Stein (Narrator)

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