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The 16th century changed the world like almost no other era. New continents were discovered, science challenged centuries-old beliefs, and the Reformation shook Europe to its core. This audiobook tells the fascinating life stories of 19 extraordinary figures—from Leonardo da Vinci and Martin Luther to Nicolaus Copernicus and Elizabeth I, Michelangelo and Peter Paul Rubens to Paracelsus and Vasco da Gama, and on to Christopher Columbus and Ferdinand Magellan.

In seinen persönlichen Briefen zeigt sich Friedrich Nietzsche von einer überraschend intimen Seite. Die Briefe dokumentieren nicht nur Nietzsches alltägliches Leben und seine körperlichen Leiden, sondern auch seine geistige Haltung in einer Phase zunehmender Isolation. Er spricht offen über das Ausbleiben intellektueller Resonanz auf seine Werke – bleibt aber unbeirrt und erklärt mit Nachdruck sein zentrales Projekt: die „Umwertung aller Werte".

California’s Central Coast is a lovely place — home to hundreds of sprawling vineyards offering gorgeous vistas and providing a rich environment for grapes to be nurtured into truly special wines. It also has a tendency to work its magic on its inhabitants as well, and serves as the idyllic backdrop to the journey to self-realization of author Jennifer Luck Muller, who tells her story of growing into her true self alongside her education in the wine industry.

Power, Splendor, and Genius – Great Figures of the Baroque Era

Magnificent palaces, groundbreaking discoveries, great art, and powerful rulers—the Baroque was an era of contrasts. In this audiobook, you will encounter 19 extraordinary figures from the worlds of politics, music, art, science, philosophy, and literature who shaped their times and changed the world.

Read by Rory Burnell and the author, Adrian Gore. ‘Demonstrates how to create enduring value’ – Larry Fink, Chairman and CEO of BlackRock ‘For leaders seeking to create outsized impact’ – Ruth Porat, President and CIO of Alphabet and Google Expert advice to master your potential...

Why do some people create extraordinary impact while others with the same ability stall? This book lays out four fundamental principles grounded in science that have a multiplier effect on life and leadership and explain this paradox. It turns out it's not what talent you have – it's how you...

In 1978, Nakul Anand joined ITC's hotel division as a general assistant trainee (GAT), becoming part of its first formal batch of hotel management trainees. In a world where everything from 'gastrique-laced entrees' to 'artisanal aperitifs' made him feel like an alien, it didn't take the...

Born to a single mother raising four children on welfare and food stamps, James Rogan seemed destined for failure. Instead, he became a gang murder prosecutor, California judge, majority leader of the California State Assembly, United States congressman, and one of the House managers selected to prosecute President Bill Clinton during his 1999 impeachment trial. Abandoned before birth by his bartender father and raised by a mother who later became a convicted felon, Rogan grew up in San Francisco's tough Mission District.

From the tulip fields of Holland to the rugged coast of Northern California, The Pursuit of Purpose is an inspiring true story of resilience, faith, and the relentless pursuit of the American dream. Lane DeVries, a fourth-generation flower farmer, shares his remarkable forty-year journey building one of America's largest flower farms—Sun Valley Floral Farms—through triumphs, setbacks, and seasons of profound change.

The stove doesn’t give a damn how you feel.” After 45 years in the heat of professional kitchens, Chef Douglas Wasdyke reached the precipice of his career goal —only for life to "86" his plan. Forced to stop working after losing the use of his left arm, Wasdyke found himself standing in the wreckage of a life defined by physical dexterity and 100-hour work weeks. Heard! is not a memoir. It is a "Primary Station Audit" for the body, mind, and soul.

Alan Joyce is no ordinary businessman. Running Australia's national carrier as Qantas CEO, he has been in the spotlight from all sides – media, politicians, unions and the nationalistic Australian public. Highly successful, he has navigated Qantas through the most turbulent times in aviation, mothballing a whole fleet during the pandemic and coming out the other side with the airline still intact when others have ended up in administration or worse. As the most high-profile openly gay businessman in Australia, he has been a vocal supporter of same-sex marriage.

Enter the mysterious world of sixteenth-century science, where astronomers and alchemists shared laboratories. In 1543, Nicolaus Copernicus declared the earth revolved around the Sun, overturning centuries of scholastic presumption. A new age was coming into view—one guided by observation...

One of history’s most admired figures and one of the great lawyers and statesmen of all time, Thomas More was voted “Lawyer of the Millennium” by the Law Society of Great Britain and named “Patron of Statesmen” by John Paul II. More combined immense humanistic learning with an unequaled command of the legal and political traditions of Christendom, forging a profound philosophy of statesmanship and freedom. To this philosophic and cultural achievement, More added the virtues of an exemplary husband, father, and friend and the detachment and interior peace of a saint.

Con solo diecinueve años, David R. Carrillo se enfrentaba a una condena de cadena perpetua sin posibilidad de libertad condicional. Encarcelado en algunas de las prisiones más violentas de Colorado, sobrevivió a las políticas de las pandillas, al aislamiento y al peso aplastante de una sentencia que prometía que moriría entre rejas. Pero en los lugares más oscuros, descubrió un camino inesperado: la educación, la responsabilidad y la transformación.

A retirement book that finally tells the truth. After forty-seven years in education, including three elected terms as a County Superintendent of Schools, Michael retired in December of 2025 and began writing about the transition while it was still fresh. The result is a warm, unhurried, and quietly funny guide for anyone who is recently retired, about to retire, or quietly wondering whether retirement is going to be the thing they hoped for. This is not a financial planning book.

Tired of the corporate grind and the limitations society placed upon her, Renee Bruns embarked on a radical escape: a year-long solo journey around the world. Her mission was simple—to rediscover her faith in humanity. What she found, however, was a profound exploration of herself, chronicled in RARE: One Woman’s Journey of Self-Discovery, Human Connection, and the Beauty of Being Different.

Death is a certainty, but what happens in the lead-up - and in its aftermath - is anything but predictable. Nobody knows this better than those who work with death every day. There's no time for an existential crisis when your 9-to-5 involves responding to fatal plane accidents, transporting...

Lena ist eine von ihnen. Sie spürt, was andere brauchen, bevor sie es aussprechen. Sie gleicht aus, sie versteht, sie verzeiht. Bis von ihr selbst kaum noch etwas übrig ist. Chris Oeuvray erzählt Lenas Geschichte und verwebt sie mit dem, was hinter dieser Dynamik steckt: dem Zusammenspiel von Empathen und Narzissten, das so anziehend beginnt und so zerstörerisch endet. In neunzehn Kapiteln führt dieses Hörbuch von der ersten Verliebtheit über schmerzhafte Nähe, unsichtbare Manipulation und Selbstzweifel bis zu dem Punkt, an dem Heilung beginnt: wenn du nicht mehr lächelst, um dazuzugehören.

What if the blueprint for overcoming adversity and building a life of opportunity in both the corporate and entrepreneurial worlds all traced back to a Hungarian chess master teaching a determined four-year-old how to think several moves ahead? In BUDAPEST to BOCA, Tom Herskovits shares his remarkable life story, from a failed post-World War II escape from Hungary to a successful escape during the Hungarian Revolution, to climbing the ranks of corporate America, ultimately establishing an investment company responsible for the creation of several successful new ventures.

Mit 7 Jahren hatte er ein Ziel: Millionär werden. Mit 19 gründete er sein erstes Unternehmen. Mit 21 stand er am Abgrund. Mit 35 war er der erste Mentaltrainer in der Bundesliga. Mit 37 besaß er ein Vermögen von 550 Millionen. Mit 50 war er wieder oben. Jürgen Höller zeigt nicht, wie man überlebt. Er zeigt, wie man dominiert.