Unfu*k Yourself
Summary
New York Times best seller Joining the ranks of The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, You Are a Badass, and F*ck Feelings is this refreshing, BS-free self-empowerment guide that offers an honest, no-nonsense, tough-love approach to help you move past self-imposed limitations. Are you tired of feeling f*cked up? If you are, Gary John Bishop has the answer. In this straightforward handbook, he gives you the tools and advice you need to demolish the slag weighing you down and become the truly unf*cked version of yourself. "Wake up to the miracle you are," he directs. "Here's what you've forgotten: You're a f*cking miracle of being." It isn't other people that are standing in your way; it isn't even your circumstances that are blocking your ability to thrive. It's yourself and the negative self-talk you keep telling yourself. In Unf*ck Yourself, Bishop leads you through a series of seven assertions: I am willing I am wired to win I got this I embrace the uncertainty I am not my thoughts; I am what I do I am relentless I expect nothing and accept everything Lead the life you were meant to have - Unf*ck Yourself.Â
©2016 Gary John Bishop (P)2017 HarperCollins Publishers
The Three-Body Problem
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Soon to be a Netflix Original series! âWar of the Worlds for the 21st century.â (Wall Street Journal) The Three-Body Problem is the first chance for English-speaking listeners to experience the Hugo Award-winning phenomenon from China's most beloved science fiction author, Liu Cixin. Set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals into space to establish contact with aliens. An alien civilization on the brink of destruction captures the signal and plans to invade Earth. Meanwhile, on Earth, different camps start forming, planning to either welcome the superior beings and help them take over a world seen as corrupt, or to fight against the invasion. The result is a science fiction masterpiece of enormous scope and vision. The Remembrance of Earth's Past Trilogy: The Three-Body Problem The Dark Forest Death's End Other books: Ball Lightning Supernova Era To Hold Up The Sky (forthcoming)Â
©2006 Liu Cixin (P)2014 Macmillan Audio
The Dark Forest
Summary
Soon to be a Netflix original series! "Wildly imaginative." (President Barack Obama on The Three-Body Problem trilogy) This near-future trilogy is the first chance for English-speaking listeners to experience this multiple-award-winning phenomenon from Cixin Liu, China's most beloved science fiction author. In The Dark Forest, Earth is reeling from the revelation of a coming alien invasion - in just four centuries' time. The aliens' human collaborators may have been defeated, but the presence of the sophons, the subatomic particles that allow Trisolaris instant access to all human information, means that Earth's defense plans are totally exposed to the enemy. Only the human mind remains a secret. This is the motivation for the Wallfacer Project, a daring plan that grants four men enormous resources to design secret strategies, hidden through deceit and misdirection from Earth and Trisolaris alike. Three of the Wallfacers are influential statesmen and scientists, but the fourth is a total unknown. Luo Ji, an unambitious Chinese astronomer and sociologist, is baffled by his new status. All he knows is that he's the one Wallfacer that Trisolaris wants dead. The Remembrance of Earth's Past Trilogy The Three-Body Problem The Dark Forest Death's End Other books Ball Lightning Supernova Era To Hold Up the Sky (forthcoming)Â
©2008 Cixin Liu (P)2015 Macmillan Audio
Death's End
Summary
Soon to be a Netflix original series! âThe War of the Worlds for the 21st century...packed with a sense of wonder.â (Wall Street Journal) The New York Times best-selling conclusion to a tour de force near-future adventure trilogy from China's best-selling and beloved science fiction writer. With The Three-Body Problem, English-speaking listeners got their first chance to hear China's most beloved science fiction author, Cixin Liu. The Three-Body Problem was released to great acclaim including coverage in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal and reading list picks by Barack Obama and Mark Zuckerberg. It was also won the Hugo and Nebula Awards, making it the first translated novel to win a major SF award. Now this epic trilogy concludes with Death's End. Half a century after the Doomsday Battle, the uneasy balance of Dark Forest Deterrence keeps the Trisolaran invaders at bay. Earth enjoys unprecedented prosperity due to the infusion of Trisolaran knowledge. With human science advancing daily and the Trisolarans adopting Earth culture, it seems that the two civilizations will soon be able to co-exist peacefully as equals without the terrible threat of mutually assured annihilation. But the peace has also made humanity complacent. Cheng Xin, an aerospace engineer from the early 21st century, awakens from hibernation in this new age. She brings with her knowledge of a long-forgotten program dating from the beginning of the Trisolar Crisis, and her very presence may upset the delicate balance between two worlds. Will humanity reach for the stars or die in its cradle? The Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy: The Three-Body Problem The Dark Forest Death's End Other books: Ball Lightning Supernova Era To Hold Up The Sky (forthcoming)Â
©2010 Cixin Liu (P)2016 Macmillan Audio
Chasm City
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Named one of the best novels of the year by both Locus and Science Fiction Chronicle, Alastair Reynolds's debut Revelation Space redefined the space opera. With Chasm City, Reynolds invites you to reenter the bizarre universe of his imagination as he redefines Hell. The once-utopian Chasm City - a domed human settlement on an otherwise inhospitable planet - has been overrun by a virus known as the Melding Plague, capable of infecting any body, organic or computerized. Now, with the entire city corrupted---from the people to the very buildings they inhabit---only the most wretched sort of existence remains. For security operative Tanner Mirabel, it is the landscape of nightmares through which he searches for a lowlife postmortal killer. But the stakes are raised when his search brings him face to face with a centuries-old atrocity that history would rather forget.
©2008 Alastair Reynolds (P)2009 Tantor
Ball Lightning
Summary
"Wildly imaginative." (Barack Obama on The Three-Body Problem trilogy) A new standalone military science fiction adventure from the New York Times best-selling and award-winning author of the Three-Body Trilogy. When Chenâs parents are incinerated before his eyes by a blast of ball lightning, he devotes his life to cracking the secret of the mysterious natural phenomenon. His search takes him to stormy mountaintops, an experimental military weapons lab, and an old Soviet science station.   The more he learns, the more he comes to realize that ball lightning is just the tip of an entirely new frontier in particle physics. Although Chenâs quest provides a purpose for his lonely life, his reasons for chasing his elusive quarry come into conflict with soldiers and scientists who have motives of their own: a beautiful army major with an obsession with dangerous weaponry, and a physicist who has no place for ethical considerations in his single-minded pursuit of knowledge.  Ball Lightning, by award-winning Chinese science fiction author Cixin Liu, is a fast-paced audiobook about what happens when the beauty of scientific inquiry runs up against a push to harness new discoveries with no consideration of their possible consequences.  This program is read by Feodor Chin, voice of Zenyatta in Overwatch.  Â
©2005, 2018 Liu Cixin; Translation copyright by China Educational Publications Import & Export Corp., Ltd. (P)2018 Macmillan Audio
Supernova Era
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An NPR Best Book of the Year - 2019 "Feodor Chin is the perfect narrator to deliver this story.... His voice is clear and precise, even when providing stellar accented inflections for the Chinese dialogue. Overall, a perfect balance of appropriately didactic storytelling and an engaging narration is geared to fascinate listeners." (AudioFile Magazine) From science fiction legend Cixin Liu, the New York Times best-selling and award-winning author of The Three-Body Problem, comes a vision of the future that unfolds like Lord of the Flies on a global scale in Supernova Era. In those days, Earth was a planet in space. In those days, Beijing was a city on Earth. On this night, history as known to humanity came to an end. Eight light years away, a star has died, creating a supernova event that showers Earth in deadly levels of radiation. Within a year, everyone over the age of 13 will die. And so the countdown begins. Parents apprentice their children and try to pass on the knowledge needed to keep the world running. But when the world is theirs, the last generation may not want to continue the legacy left to them. And in shaping the future however they want, will the children usher in an era of bright beginnings or final mistakes?
©2004, 2019 Liu Cixin; Translation copyright by China Educational Publications Import & Export Corp., Ltd. (P)2019 Macmillan Audio
Our Dogs, Ourselves
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From the number one New York Times best-selling author of Inside of a Dog, an eye-opening, informative, âentertaining, and enlighteningâ (BookPage) celebration of the human-canine relationship for the curious dog owner and science-lover alike. We keep dogs and are kept by them. We love dogs and (we assume) we are loved by them. We buy them sweaters, toys, shoes; we are concerned with their social lives, their food, and their health. The story of humans and dogs is thousands of years old but is far from understood. In Our Dogs, Ourselves, Alexandra Horowitz explores all aspects of this unique and complex relationship that âdog lovers will savor and absorbâ (Shelf Awareness). As Horowitz considers the current culture of dogdom, she reveals the odd, surprising, and contradictory ways we live with dogs. We celebrate their individuality but breed them for sameness. Despite our deep emotional relationships with dogs, legally they are property to be bought, sold, abandoned, or euthanized as we wish. Even the way we speak to our dogs is at once perplexing and delightful. In 13 thoughtful and charming chapters, Our Dogs, Ourselves affirms our profound affection for this most charismatic of animals â and makes us âsee canine companions in new waysâ (Science News).
©2019 Alexandra Horowitz (P)2019 Simon & Schuster Audio
Methods of Persuasion
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Using principles from cognitive psychology, Nick Kolenda developed a unique way to subconsciously influence people's thoughts. He developed a "mind reading" stage show depicting that phenomenon, and his demonstrations have been seen by over a million people across the globe. Methods of Persuasion reveals that secret for the first time. You'll learn how to use those principles to influence people's thoughts in your own life. Drawing from academic research in psychology, the entire book culminates a powerful 7-step persuasion process that follows the acronym, METHODS: Step 1: Mold Their Perception Step 2: Elicit Congruent Attitudes Step 3: Trigger Social Pressure Step 4: Habituate Your Message Step 5: Optimize Your Message Step 6: Drive Their Momentum Step 7: Sustain Their Compliance This book teaches you the psychology behind each step. You'll learn how to apply METHODS to your own life so that you can influence people's thoughts, emotions, and behavior in nearly any situation.
©2013 Kolenda Group LLC (P)2017 Nick Kolenda
To Hold Up the Sky
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From New York Times best-selling author Cixin Liu comes a short story collection of captivating visions of the future and incredible re-imaginings of the past. In To Hold Up the Sky, Cixin Liu takes us across time and space, from a rural mountain community where elementary students must use physics to prevent an alien invasion; to coal mines in northern China where new technology will either save lives of unleash a fire that will burn for centuries; to a time very much like our own, when superstring computers predict our every move; to 10,000 years in the future, when humanity is finally able to begin anew; to the very collapse of the universe itself. Written between 1999 and 2017 and never before published in English, these stories came into being during decades of major change in China and will take you across time and space through the eyes of one of science fiction's most visionary writers. Experience the limitless and pure joy of Cixin Liu's writing and imagination in this stunning collection. Stories included are: "Contraction" "Full Spectrum Barrage Jamming" "The Village Teacher" "Fire in the Earth" "Time Migration" "Ode to Joy" "Mirror" "Sea of Dreams" "Cloud of Poems" "The Thinker" This program is read by: Vikas Adam, Feodor Chin, Greg Chun, Robert Fass, Catherine Ho, Natalie Naudus, Brian Nishii, P. J. Ochlan, Emily Woo Zeller, and Nancy Wu A Macmillan Audio production from Tor BooksÂ
©2020 Cixin Liu (P)2020 Macmillan Audio
El fin de la muerte
Summary
Ya puedes escuchar el desenlace de la magistral trilogÃa de ciencia ficción con 4 millones de lectores en China, convertida en un best seller de The New York Times y de Spiegel Tras El problema de los tres cuerpos y El bosque oscuro, la tensa espera de la humanidad concluye ahora con un último episodio, - ya disponible en audiolibro - tan extraordinario como los anteriores, lleno de ideas electrizantes y una calidad de obra maestra. Ha pasado medio siglo de la batalla del DÃa del Juicio Final y la Tierra goza de una prosperidad sin precedentes gracias al conocimiento transferido por Trisolaris. Mientras la ciencia humana avance y los trisolarianos adopten la cultura terrÃcola, ambas civilizaciones podrán convivir sin temor a ser destruidas. Pero con la paz la humanidad se ha vuelto autocomplaciente. Después de una larga hibernación, Cheng Xin, una ingeniera aeroespacial de comienzos del siglo XX, despierta en esta nueva era. Su mera presencia, sumada a cierta información sobre un proyecto olvidado desde el principio de la Crisis Trisolariana, podrÃa alterar el frágil equilibrio entre ambos mundos... ¿Alcanzará el ser humano las estrellas, o morirá en su cuna? El fin de la muerte, galardonado con el Premio Locus 2017 y nominado al Hugo 2017, es el desenlace de la magistral trilogÃa de ciencia ficción china que ha conquistado a cinco millones de lectores en todo el mundo. Cixin Liu es el escritor de ciencia ficción más relevante de China, capaz de llevarse el Premio Hugo 2015 a la mejor novela, deslumbrar a lectores y medios de los cinco continentes y conseguir prescriptores de la talla de Barack Obama, Mark Zuckerberg o George R.R. Martin. Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.
©2010 Liu Cixin (P)2019 Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, S.A.U.
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El bosque oscuro [The Dark Forest]
Summary
Escucha ahora la esperada continuación de El problema de los tres cuerpos, el mejor libro de ciencia ficción y fantasÃa de 2016 según El Periódico, y uno de los diez mejores libros de ficción de 2016 según Playground. La mejor ciencia ficción disponible en formato audiolibro Ahora la Tierra tiene cuatro siglos para defenderse de lo inevitable: la llegada de los Trisolaris. Los colaboracionistas humanos pueden haber sido derrotados, pero los sofones permiten a los extraterrestres acceder a la información de la humanidad, dejando al descubierto toda estrategia de defensa. Solo la mente humana sigue siendo un secreto, y ahora también la clave del acuciante plan que urdirán tres estadistas, un cientÃfico y un sociólogo. «La trilogÃa de los Tres Cuerpos» es el gran fenómeno editorial que ha conquistado Occidente tras vender cuatro millones de ejemplares solamente en China y haberse hecho con prescriptores de la talla de Barack Obama, George R.R. Martin o Mark Zuckeberg. Cixin Liu se considera el gran descubrimiento de la ciencia ficción internacional tras alzarse con el Premio Hugo 2015 a la mejor novela, siendo la primera vez que una obra no escrita originariamente en inglés recibe este auténtico Nobel del género.
©2008 Liu Cixin (P)2019 Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, S.A.U.
Burned by Her Devotion
Summary
In the second Rogue Vows novella, the town of Solitude, Oregon, will learn that good TV makes for terrible reality. When Chase Ryan, a popular crime TV star, turns up dead, the entire town of Solitude is shaken - but the show isn't over yet. The confessed murderer is violently abducted on the way to the county jail, and now Detective Seth Harding must find both the killer and the kidnapper. Seth's investigation unearths unsavory secrets from the celebrity's life that incriminate a cast of suspects: Chase's family, his sleazy agent, and a fanatical stalker with a troubled thirteen-year-old daughter. When that same teen disappears from her temporary foster home, Seth's wife, social worker Carly Taylor, is drawn into the search. Dodging paparazzi and peril, Seth and Carly track the girl. But as they get closer to uncovering the truth, the abductor sets the stage for a chilling finale....
©2016 Melinda Leigh. (P)2016 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.
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El problema de los tres cuerpos [The Three-Body Problem]
Summary
Escucha ahora el primer libro de la «TrilogÃa de los Tres Cuerpos», el fenómeno editorial chino que ha conquistado al mundo y ha ganado el premio Hugo 2015 a la mejor novela. El problema de los tres cuerpos es la primera novela no escrita originariamente en inglés galardonada con el premio Hugo, el Nobel del género de la ciencia ficción. Su autor, Cixin Liu, ha sido considerado el gran descubrimiento del género y es capaz de vender cuatro millones de ejemplares solamente en China y de hacerse con prescriptores de la talla de Barack Obama, quien seleccionó El problema de los tres cuerpos como una de sus lecturas navideñas de 2015, y Mark Zuckerberg, que lo convirtió en la primera novela de su club de lectura. El público y la crÃtica de los cinco continentes se rinden ante esta obra maestra, enormemente visionaria, sobre el papel de la ciencia en nuestras sociedades, que nos ayuda a comprender el pasado y el futuro de China, pero también, leÃda en clave geopolÃtica, del mundo en que vivimos. Escúchala ahora. La mejor ciencia ficción disponible en formato audiolibro. «Una novela reveladora... No te la pierdas.» (Kirkus Reviews) «Una ambiciosa obra de ciencia ficción con una imaginación salvaje.» (Nature Physics) «China lanza una invasión sci-fi con la publicación de este libro.» (The Wall Street Journal) «Una obra en el más puro estilo del gran maestro Arthur C. Clarke.» (The New York Times) «Un gran merecedor del premio Hugo, que abre la ciencia ficción china almundo.» (Science) Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.
©2008 Liu Cixin (P)2019 Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial S.A.U.
Der dunkle Wald
Summary
Invasion
Der erste Kontakt mit einer auÃerirdischen Spezies hat die Menschheit in eine Krise gestürzt, denn die fremde Zivilisation hat sich Zugang zu jeglicher menschlicher Informationstechnologie verschafft. Der einzige Informationsspeicher, der noch vor den Aliens geschützt ist, ist das menschliche Gehirn, weshalb das Wallfacer- Projekt ins Leben gerufen wird: Vier Wissenschaftler sollen die ultimative Verteidigungsstrategie gegen die Aliens ausarbeiten - doch können sie einander trauen?
Mark Bremer zieht den Hörer hinein in Lius gewaltiges Epos.
©2008 Liu Cixin / Random House Audio / Wilhelm Heyne Verlag. Ãbersetzung von Karin Betz (P)2018 Random House / WDR; 2019 Random House / WDR