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J. M. Chamberlain created the perfect blend of madcap rants and true-life experiences regarding his years on the road as a stand-up comedian, actor, and writer; a compilation of rapid-fire essays guaranteed to put a never-ending smile on your face. Actually, a never-ending smile might be cause for alarm; if your smile lasts longer than four hours, the author suggests phoning your family physician.

Freiheit ist die Grundbedingung gelingender Gesellschaften. Diese Erfolgsformel scheint leichtfertig in Vergessenheit zu geraten. Mit Sorge beobachtet Hans-Jürgen Papier, wie unsere einst hart erkämpften Freiheitsrechte Stück für Stück beschnitten werden. Für den ehemaligen Präsidenten des Bundesverfassungsgerichts gilt: Auch und gerade in Krisenzeiten, bei der notwendigen Sicherstellung von Gesundheit, beim Schutz vor Bedrohungen durch Terrorismus, Klimawandel und wirtschaftliche Krisen darf die Freiheit nicht aufs Spiel gesetzt werden.

Roaming the oceans in the prehistoric era were sharks that reached 70 feet in length, with teeth the size of shovel blades. Imagine a great white as big as a plane and you've got it. Megalodon ate killer whales for lunch and were unquestionably the most awesome predator in the ocean for millennia. An eating machine with fins the size of sailboat sails that a whaler's harpoon would bounce off of it like a toothpick. As "mega" as it possibly gets, explore Megalodon, the Great White Godfather.

Wenn Europas Autobauer überleben wollen, müssen sie sich radikal umstrukturieren - sowohl mental als auch real. Ex-Audi-Vorstand Peter Mertens ist überzeugt: Zukunftsfähig sind nur die Unternehmen, die mehr Nachhaltigkeit wagen, die sich stark machen für mehr europäische Souveränität in der globalen Automotive Industrie und sich öffnen für Kooperationen innerhalb und außerhalb der Branche. Dabei ist ein Zusammenschluss von Wirtschaft, Politik und Wissenschaft ebenso nötig wie ein neues Verständnis dessen, was ein Auto überhaupt ist.

Regierungen und Reiche profitieren von der Corona-Krise. Sie haben mehr Macht und Geld, predigen Moral, aber sie lösen die Krise nicht. Im Gegenteil: Corona stellt den sozialen Sprengsatz scharf, der die Spaltung der Gesellschaft durch Verschuldung, Ausgrenzung und Verteilungskonflikte um Impfstoff weiter vorantreibt. Hans-Christian Lange, Ex-Kanzleramtsberater und BMW-Manager, der 2016 mit "SOCIAL PEACE" die erste Band- und Leiharbeitergewerkschaft gründete, sagt den Macht- und Geldeliten in seinem Neuen Buch den Kampf an.

Camp New Beginnings isn’t the safe place Matt Voorhees thought it was. An intense flood stole the life of one of the nine survivors. And now all that remain from their cryocolumn are eight 17-year-olds and a troubled man named Darin, who Matt doesn’t trust. They still don’t know where the cryovault is and are no closer to finding it, due to a monstrous snowstorm forcing them to stay put. But they know they’re running out of time. Dr. Westbrook is dead, and there is no one tending to the over five thousand pods of cryogenically frozen people - the last of the human race.

Geboren in eine der wohlhabendsten und einflussreichsten Familien Amerikas, erzählt David Rockefeller auf überaus spannende und eindrucksvolle Weise die Geschichte seines Lebens. In den 70er-Jahren zählte man ihn zu den mächtigsten Wirtschaftsführern der Welt mit Kontakten von Michail Gorbatschow bis hin zu Ariel Sharon. Er beriet Präsidenten wie Dwight D. Eisenhower in internationalen Angelegenheiten und wurde oft als Weltbankier bezeichnet. Als einziges Mitglied der Rockefellers veröffentlichte er seine Autobiografie. Der letzte Patriarch der Rockefeller-Dynastie starb 2017 im Alter von 101 Jahren.

Der internationale Millionen-Bestseller-Autor Joe Navarro verbrachte ein Vierteljahrhundert beim FBI und verfolgte Spione und gefährliche Kriminelle rund um den Globus. In seinem Beruf ging es buchstäblich um Leben und Tod. Jetzt gibt er seine hart erarbeiteten Lektionen erstmals außerhalb des FBI an die Leser weiter. Dank seiner lebenslangen Erfahrung und den gewonnenen Erkenntnissen aus mehr als 10.000 Interviews im Rahmen seiner Einsätze, konnte Navarro fünf Prinzipien definieren, nach denen herausragende Persönlichkeiten leben.

From pain to purpose, purpose to peace. In 1999, Danny Sanchez was an inmate in San Quentin Prison. In 2012, he was commended for his work in youth violence prevention and named a Champion of Change by President Barak Obama. Experience his journey through the trauma that shaped his childhood, his spiral in self-destruction, then his radical transformation, and quest to serve the community he loves. Danny grew up in the juvenile incarceration system and lived a violent life, including police brutality, suicide attempts, and surviving multiple stabbings.

Boyhood in the 1960s and ‘70s was a time for exploration and mischief. Author Michael Tougias found more than his share of misadventures in the woods and on the water: some life-threatening, but others innocently hilarious. Over time - and after reading a multitude of adventure books - these experiences took shape in his quest to be a mountain man, owning a cabin in the forest and living off the land. Part of that dream would come true, but only after a family tragedy that shook his world and forced changes in his life.

This audiobook provides 10 simple stories for children. Each can be listened by the child within five minutes, allowing a moment to connect with the child and discuss with the messages within the story. Aimed at inspiring and cultivating young minds, through simple stories, simple values and morals of love, friendship, strength in adversity. These stories have been set classically, away from the modern world of technology, and aims to appeal to people with children all across the globe.

This full-cast audiobook, featuring 11 different voice actors, and narrated by Hillary Huber, take on the roles of the Tandem Players, a group of community theater actors that love their community theater almost as much as they love the sweet old landlady who gave them a home to perform their plays in over the years. But when she passes away, and the will that was to leave the Broadtown Theater to the acting troupe disappears, they don’t even have time to mourn their loss. Her son comes in like a wrecking ball....

Matt Voorhees awakes surrounded by a pile of VHS tapes in his cryopod, on the outskirts of an abandoned summer camp, along with eight other 17-year-olds. A scientist, who was tasked to watch over them while they were cryogenically frozen is dead. They have no idea where they are, or more importantly, where the rest of the frozen people are. When they were put into cryosleep, they were with their five thousand closest friends and families - but now they’re all alone. Their personalities clash while they try to formulate a plan.

After a brutal fight to the Mississippi River, Jonathan Fisher and the few survivors that follow him have begun their journey south. His task is clear and his reason to live has been renewed. Somewhere out there is power, working airplanes and a possible refuge from the nightmare around them. A small mute girl known as Geeda deserves a chance at life, and they want to make sure she has it. But it will not be easy. Lack of food, shelter and weapons makes their trip difficult. Foreign invaders, infected crazed citizens, and treasonous “Wranglers” make it perilous. 

What is the fastest and cheapest way to get your dream home, desirable car, or starting a super-successful business? When it comes to credit score, more often than not, people have no idea how powerful this tool really is. How it can make or break your future in both your financial and personal life. Here are just a few things I would find in this audiobook: What is a credit and credit score? Why you need to learn and understand how credit score works if you want to have a secure and fair future, what is your credit score? The secrets of 100 credit score, and much more.

How do we learn to know ourselves? What drives us, how do we develop, how does chance and our choices shape our lives? Writing this book, I’ve had to keep asking: What’s the best way to capture what I’ve learned and experienced? It’s been a challenge, one I’ve grown to cherish. My first book, Climbing Through Life, let me share the joy of cycling and climbing hills. This book is about a different kind of ride. Life never stops creating hills to climb. I can’t always see them coming and, often enough, I don’t know when they’ll crest.

Calvin Parker and Charles Hickson were abducted by aliens in 1973. The incident made headline news around the world yet like many reported UFO encounters skips into the ether and is forgotten over time. This case, however, now takes the forefront decades later as new eyewitnesses have emerged to tell the story and confirm the horrifying encounter actually happened on that October night in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Hear the true story from the lone survivor, Calvin Parker, and the shocking details that have never before been exposed until now.

This audiobook is an uplifting story, based on the life of Worthy Patterson; one of the first black players in the NBA. Real life historical events are weaved into Worthy's upbringing, all the way through his final career position as an executive in the record music industry.

Area 51 is a highly classified, heavily-guarded USAF facility, located within the Nevada desert and that is reported to house alien beings and actual UFOs that are being reverse-engineered. Many people are determined to "storm" the base by running en masse to crash the gates and take it over. Will they find aliens and flying saucers, or will it end in a massacre for those violating our national security and laws put in place to protect our nation?

In a world where monsters walk amongst humans, The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Only partly fabricated. As it always is. How do you think we got so far as where we are now without cutting out some parts and replacing them with something else, something more acceptable but not too incredulous and schemed to believe in? Of course, the truth is rarely pure. As everything else is. We plant corruption in every crevice, so how would you ever believe we have not planted it along with lies? Sometimes we can be pure fools. But this is not about it, is it?