Information Age

While rushing to his office one warm summer morning, Bill Chalmers, a junior executive, realizes that he cannot remember where he is going or even who he is. All he remembers is the motto of his company: The maximum information in the minimum time. When Bill's memory returns, "his head pounding, remembering too much", a strange numbness afflicts him, beginning as a tingling in his hands and gradually spreading over the rest of his body. As he attempts to find a diagnosis of his illness, he descends into a nightmare....

Welcome the new year with this quick and useful listen that will help you triumph over your 2020 resolutions! Do you have trouble focusing on your goals or to-do list? Do you spend hours on your device, only to look up and wonder where the heck the time went? Do you value your time but question if you’re using it wisely? In a world of constant distraction, Fearless Focus cuts through the information overload to spark your awareness and ask: what are you focused on?

2 Hörspiele + 1 Hörbuch + 1 Bonus = Unsere 1. BUCHFÜNKchen Hörspiel-Box für die ganze Familie. Friederike Köpf: Baby Oma (Hörspiel). 81 Minuten, mit Emilia Rübbert, Sibylle Kuhne, Anna-Lena Zühlke, Alexander Gamnitzer, Peter Schneider und vielen weiteren. Dieses Hörspiel erzählt leichtfüßig von einem ernsten Thema mit zwei unvergesslich eigensinnigen Heldinnen. Lumi ist gar nicht begeistert, als plötzlich ihre Oma bei ihnen zu Hause einzieht. Ihre Oma, die vergisst, dass sie eine Enkeltochter hat, die immer dieselben Sachen sagt und ihre Tabletten heimlich in die Fensterritzen krümelt.

Libraries today are more important than ever. More than just book repositories, libraries can become bulwarks against some of the most crucial challenges of our age: unequal access to education, jobs, and information.

In Abundance, Pablo J. Boczkowski builds upon what we know about the historical and contemporary scholarship to develop a novel framework on the experience of living in a society that has more information available to the public than ever before, focusing on the interpretations, emotions, and practices of dealing with this abundance in everyday life.