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New York Times best-selling author Michael J. Gelb ( Think Like Leonardo Da Vinci) opens our eyes to the remarkable power of wine to unleash creative potential, awaken our genius, and forge bonds with friends and co-workers. Here’s a wine appreciation audio book that invites you to experience wine with your “whole brain”—an approach that is unequivocally unique.

The ability to learn is life's most important skill. Now, Michael Gelb, a pioneer in the fields of creative thinking, accelerated learning and innovative leadership, and the world's leading authority on the application of genius thinking to personal and organizational development, teaches you the 5 keys to high performance.

For centuries, we have viewed viruses as simple parasites—mindless invaders to be fought and eradicated. But when SARS-CoV-2 swept across the globe, adapting with seeming precision to evade our defenses, a deeper question emerged: How do entities without brains, without consciousness, without any capacity for thought, achieve outcomes that appear so intelligent?

"Das Glück ist mit den Tapferen" – alle großen Führungspersönlichkeiten der Geschichte haben das gewusst und waren erfolgreich, weil sie sich trauten, Risiken einzugehen. Heute jedoch sind so viele Menschen durch Angst vor den Hindernissen und Herausforderungen im Leben wie gelähmt.

A poignant, heartfelt, and funny memoir about how, in 1985, Michael J. Fox brought to life two iconic roles simultaneously—Alex P. Keaton in Family Ties and Marty McFly in Back to the Future. Read by Michael J. Fox, this program features renowned clips from Back to the Future, plus interviews...

A renowned Harvard professor's brilliant, sweeping, inspiring account of the role of justice in our society--and of the moral dilemmas we face as citizens What are our obligations to others as people in a free society? Should government tax the rich to help the poor? Is the free market fair? Is...

Leyland Graham The life I thought was mine never existed. She never existed . . . or so I thought. When I woke from my induced coma asking for my wife, only to learn I'd never been married, I was devastated. And when Clementine walked into my hospital room—just as beautiful as she had been in...

From the author of The Moral Compass and The Death of Outrage, William J. Bennett's bestselling The Book of Virtues is an inspiring anthology that helps children understand and develop moral character—and helps parents teach it to them. Responsibility. Courage. Compassion. Honesty. Friendship...

Im dritten Band seiner Bestsellerreihe über die stoischen Tugenden erkundet Ryan Holiday die entscheidende Rolle, die Integrität in jedem guten Leben spielt. Von Vorbildern des aufrechten Lebens wie Ulysses S. Grant, Ghandi und Mark Aurel bis hin zu den als Warnung dienenden Geschichten von Napoleon und F. Scott Fitzgerald zeigt uns dieses Hörbuch die Macht, die wir haben, wenn wir zu unseren Überzeugungen stehen und in Übereinstimmung mit ihnen handeln – und die Gefahren eines schlecht entwickelten Gewissens.

Cassian Anders will be the youngest governor in Illinois history... If he wins. That’s all everyone seems to talk about these days. Jolie Coldwell isn’t one of them. As a journalist, her priorities comprise digging up dirt on crooked politicians and local cover-ups. When her latest exposé on a congressman lands her in hot water, her days are reduced to covering the senior center’s casino night.

After eight years with her husband, Shalaine Brunson has reached her breaking point. Without a job, she knows her exit has to be strategic. However, before she can leave on her own, the decision is made for her. One traumatic event is all it takes for Shalaine to realize that the person she was married to wasn't who she thought he was. Becoming a single mother overnight is far from easy, but that's not the worst of the curveballs that are thrown at Shalaine. One of the changes in her life consists of moving to a less than desirable neighborhood. 

This program is read by Michael J. Fox. A moving account of resilience, hope, fear and mortality, and how these things resonate in our lives, by actor and advocate Michael J. Fox. The entire world knows Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly, the teenage sidekick of Doc Brown in Back to the Future; as...

Lessyn Bradshaw had been taught very young that a man was only good for one thing: his money. If he couldn't provide security, then he wasn't the man for her. However, Lessyn didn't want that for herself. She wanted someone who could provide love, safety, fidelity, and multiple orgasms. After being engaged for three years and never truly being fulfilled in the bedroom or otherwise, Lessyn was unsure if being married to the rich designer was worth the risk of being unhappy—unsatisfied. When she meets Gabriel, his energy and vibe immediately have her intrigued.

Wyatt Barlowe There was power in having alliances. And as the new head of my family, it was my business to make the Barlowe mafia one of the strongest on the east coast. The first step? Arranging a truce with one of our enemies. I hadn't expected Ace to agree without a little convincing, but he...

On a snowy winter night, drug cartel assassins bomb the home of FBI Special Agent Nicholas Lee, killing Nick's wife and daughter. But the mortally wounded Nick finds himself propelled to a parallel dimension. Confused, bewildered, staggering under this incomprehensible loss, he finds himself floating in a strange world, ". . . aware that this was not a 'place' per se. He was on a path about the width of railroad tracks, and rather than sky or trees on either side, strings of incandescent lights streamed past him.

A sweet and fast-paced contemporary teen romance from USA Today bestselling author Kristina Forest. High school senior Margot Whitman is an intern at Healing Hearts Inc., the company that created the innovative pill that can erase a person’s heartbreak overnight. Every weekend, Margot...

An R&B singer and a corporate executive find love that hits the right notes in this USA Today bestselling romance by Kristina Forest. Iris Greene used to be a woman with a plan. But all of that changed after she met the love of her life at twenty-five, got pregnant and married…and then became...

Wenn ein krankes Kinderherz nach erfolgreicher Operation wieder zu schlagen beginnt, ist das kaum weniger als ein Wunder. Selbst für einen renommierten Chirurgen wie Martin Kostelka, der schon über 10 000 Eingriffe durchgeführt hat – zumeist an Babys und Kleinkindern, mit herausragender Erfolgsquote. Es ist ein Privileg, dass Professor Kostelka nun erstmals tiefe Einblicke in seinen immens verantwortungsvollen Berufsalltag gewährt. Eindringlich erzählt der Kinderherzchirurg von Schicksalen voll banger Hoffnung, bewegenden und teils außerordentlich komplizierten Fällen.

Der Zufall regiert unsere Welt. Mit welchen Zahlen man morgen im Lotto gewinnt oder wo es in zwei Jahren regnen wird, ist reine Glückssache. Trotzdem gehen wir davon aus, dass sich die Welt an berechenbare Naturgesetze hält wie eine Uhr, in der ein Zahnrad das nächste bewegt. Wenn man sich auf die Suche nach den wissenschaftlichen Wurzeln des Zufalls begibt, stößt man auf Schmetterlinge, die mit einem Flügelschlag den Lauf der Welt verändern, auf winzige Teilchen, die ihre Eigenschaften ganz zufällig festlegen, und auf genetische Mutationen, die das Leben in neue Bahnen lenken.

"Mensch, erhebe dich nicht über die Tiere! Sie sind sündlos, du aber mit deiner Erhabenheit befleckst die Erde" In Anbetracht dessen, was gerade heute, im Herbst des Jahres 2023 auf der Welt geschieht, kann man Dostojewski doch nur zustimmen. Allein mit Liebe kann man dem von Menschen gemachtem Chaos, dem Hass, der Dummheit begegnen. Wenn Tiere sich zum Beispiel ihren Lebensmenschen ausgesucht haben, geben sie sich ihm völlig hin. Sie können aber auch genauso in der Tierwelt Freundschaft und Liebe bis zur Selbstaufgabe leben.