Best Sellers
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Talking to Strangers
- What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know
- Written by: Malcolm Gladwell
- Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Malcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast Revisionist History and author of the number-one New York Times best seller Outliers, reinvents the audiobook in this immersive production of Talking to Strangers, a powerful examination of our interactions with people....
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zero insight
- By catherine on 2019-10-27
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How Big Things Get Done
- The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything in Between
- Written by: Bent Flyvbjerg, Dan Gardner
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Nothing is more inspiring than a big vision that becomes a triumphant, new reality. Think of how the Empire State Building went from a sketch to the jewel of New York’s skyline in twenty-one months....
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Why did you get on your soap box?
- By Chris P on 2023-12-07
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How to Know a Person
- The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
- Written by: David Brooks
- Narrated by: David Brooks
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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As David Brooks observes, “There is one skill that lies at the heart of any healthy person, family, school, community organization, or society: the ability to see someone else deeply and make them feel seen—to accurately know another person, to let them feel valued, heard, and understood.”....
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A must read
- By Hazel on 2024-03-27
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Eight Dates
- Essential Conversations for a Lifetime of Love
- Written by: John Gottman PhD, Julie Schwartz Gottman PhD, Doug Abrams, and others
- Narrated by: James Patrick Cronin, Julie McKay
- Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Navigating the challenges of long-term commitment takes effort - and it just got simpler, with this empowering, step-by-step guide to communicating about the things that matter most to you and your partner....
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Interesting but not life-changing
- By Vita on 2020-02-13
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Polysecure
- Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy
- Written by: Jessica Fern
- Narrated by: Jessica Fern, Eve Rickert, Nora Samaran
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Polyamorous psychotherapist Jessica Fern breaks new ground by extending attachment theory into the realm of consensual nonmonogamy. Using her nested model of attachment and trauma, she expands our understanding of how emotional experiences can influence our relationships....
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amazing, 7 STARS
- By Raven on 2020-11-15
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Mastery
- Written by: Robert Greene
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 16 hrs and 9 mins
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The eagerly anticipated new book from the author of the best-selling The 48 Laws of Power....
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Too much repetition in the story
- By Alexandra Posadzki on 2017-11-14
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Talking to Strangers
- What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know
- Written by: Malcolm Gladwell
- Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Malcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast Revisionist History and author of the number-one New York Times best seller Outliers, reinvents the audiobook in this immersive production of Talking to Strangers, a powerful examination of our interactions with people....
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zero insight
- By catherine on 2019-10-27
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How Big Things Get Done
- The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything in Between
- Written by: Bent Flyvbjerg, Dan Gardner
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Nothing is more inspiring than a big vision that becomes a triumphant, new reality. Think of how the Empire State Building went from a sketch to the jewel of New York’s skyline in twenty-one months....
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Why did you get on your soap box?
- By Chris P on 2023-12-07
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How to Know a Person
- The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
- Written by: David Brooks
- Narrated by: David Brooks
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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As David Brooks observes, “There is one skill that lies at the heart of any healthy person, family, school, community organization, or society: the ability to see someone else deeply and make them feel seen—to accurately know another person, to let them feel valued, heard, and understood.”....
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A must read
- By Hazel on 2024-03-27
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Eight Dates
- Essential Conversations for a Lifetime of Love
- Written by: John Gottman PhD, Julie Schwartz Gottman PhD, Doug Abrams, and others
- Narrated by: James Patrick Cronin, Julie McKay
- Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Navigating the challenges of long-term commitment takes effort - and it just got simpler, with this empowering, step-by-step guide to communicating about the things that matter most to you and your partner....
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Interesting but not life-changing
- By Vita on 2020-02-13
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Polysecure
- Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy
- Written by: Jessica Fern
- Narrated by: Jessica Fern, Eve Rickert, Nora Samaran
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Polyamorous psychotherapist Jessica Fern breaks new ground by extending attachment theory into the realm of consensual nonmonogamy. Using her nested model of attachment and trauma, she expands our understanding of how emotional experiences can influence our relationships....
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amazing, 7 STARS
- By Raven on 2020-11-15
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Mastery
- Written by: Robert Greene
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 16 hrs and 9 mins
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The eagerly anticipated new book from the author of the best-selling The 48 Laws of Power....
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Too much repetition in the story
- By Alexandra Posadzki on 2017-11-14
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This Naked Mind
- Control Alcohol, Find Freedom, Discover Happiness, and Change Your Life
- Written by: Annie Grace
- Narrated by: Annie Grace
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
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Annie Grace presents the psychological and neurological components of alcohol use based on the latest science and reveals the cultural, social, and industry factors that support alcohol dependence....
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Second Time's a Charm
- By Lisa M. on 2019-06-07
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The Tipping Point
- How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
- Written by: Malcolm Gladwell
- Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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From the bestselling author of The Bomber Mafia: discover Malcolm Gladwell's breakthrough debut and explore the science behind viral trends in business, marketing, and human behavior....
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A book by a guy who follows his own advice
- By Jeff Alpaugh on 2018-03-14
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The Power Broker
- Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
- Written by: Robert A. Caro
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 66 hrs and 9 mins
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Robert Caro's monumental book makes public what few outsiders knew: that Robert Moses was the single most powerful man of his time in the City and in the State of New York....
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Thorough and incredible
- By Anonymous User on 2018-04-01
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Between Two Kingdoms
- A Memoir of a Life Interrupted
- Written by: Suleika Jaouad
- Narrated by: Suleika Jaouad
- Length: 13 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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A searing, deeply moving memoir of illness and recovery traces one young woman’s journey from diagnosis to remission to reentry into “normal” life....
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Every syllable pronounced.
- By Amazon Customer on 2021-02-17
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The Devil in the White City
- Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
- Written by: Erik Larson
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 14 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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The true tale of the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago and the cunning serial killer who used the magic and majesty of the fair to lure his victims to their death....
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Dry non-fiction
- By Tee on 2017-10-12
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Caste (Oprah's Book Club)
- The Origins of Our Discontents
- Written by: Isabel Wilkerson
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 15 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author of The Warmth of Other Suns examines the unspoken caste system that has shaped America and shows how our lives today are still defined by a hierarchy of human divisions....
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Very good, but some unnecessary chapters
- By Richard Morrison on 2020-09-13
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Fair Play
- A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (and More Life to Live) (Reese's Book Club)
- Written by: Eve Rodsky
- Narrated by: Eve Rodsky
- Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Fair Play is a time- and anxiety-saving system that offers couples a completely new way to divvy up chores and responsibilities....
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Important but presented poorly
- By mel on 2022-09-17
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Making Sense
- Conversations on Consciousness, Morality, and the Future of Humanity
- Written by: Sam Harris
- Narrated by: Sam Harris, David Chalmers, David Deutsch, and others
- Length: 22 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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From the bestselling author of Waking Up and The End of Faith, a collection of the best conversations from his wildly popular, often controversial podcast, Making Sense....
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Great Guests from the Podcast
- By Dad, fitness enthusiast, digital media guy on 2022-07-13
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Born to Run
- A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
- Written by: Christopher McDougall
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
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Isolated by Mexico's deadly Copper Canyons, the blissful Tarahumara Indians have honed the ability to run hundreds of miles without rest or injury. In a riveting narrative, award-winning journalist and often-injured runner Christopher McDougall sets out to discover their secrets....
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Fantastic story!
- By Annalise M Bekkering on 2019-04-04
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Being Mortal
- Medicine and What Matters in the End
- Written by: Atul Gawande
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Being Mortal asserts that medicine can comfort and enhance our experience even to the end, providing not only a good life but also a good end....
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Must read for life and death
- By Trinity on 2018-02-19
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Skin in the Game
- Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
- Written by: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Narrated by: Joe Ochman
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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From the New York Times best-selling author of The Black Swan, a bold new work that challenges many of our long-held beliefs about risk and reward, politics and religion....
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An interesting rant
- By Amazon Customer on 2018-03-02
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The Confidence Code
- The Science and Art of Self-Assurance - What Women Should Know
- Written by: Katty Kay, Claire Shipman
- Narrated by: Sandy Rustin
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Working women today are better educated and more well-qualified than ever before. Yet men still predominate in the corporate world....
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Insightful
- By Deana on 2018-04-07
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Troubled
- A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class
- Written by: Rob Henderson
- Narrated by: Rob Henderson
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Rob Henderson vividly recounts growing up in foster care, enlisting in the US Air Force, attending elite universities, and pioneering the concept of “luxury beliefs”—ideas and opinions that confer status on the upper class while inflicting costs on the less fortunate....
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honest and insightful
- By Amazon Customer on 2024-03-05
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The Hero with a Thousand Faces
- The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell
- Written by: Joseph Campbell
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey, John Lee, Susan Denaker
- Length: 14 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Campbell outlines the Hero's Journey, a universal motif of adventure and transformation that runs through virtually all of the world's mythic traditions....
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Not sure why this is a classic.
- By Andrew Jones on 2018-02-20
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Antifragile
- Things That Gain from Disorder
- Written by: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Narrated by: Joe Ochman
- Length: 16 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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From the best-selling author of The Black Swan and one of the foremost thinkers of our time, a book on how some things actually benefit from disorder. Taleb’s message is revolutionary: What is not antifragile will surely perish....
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So annoyingly biased
- By seekerHAP on 2019-05-11
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The Road to Character
- Written by: David Brooks
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey, David Brooks
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Looking to some of the world's greatest thinkers and inspiring leaders, Brooks explores how, through internal struggle and a sense of their own limitations, they have built a strong inner character....
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Not sure what I was expecting...
- By Amazon Customer on 2019-04-10
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Dopesick
- Written by: Beth Macy
- Narrated by: Beth Macy
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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In these politically fragmented times, Beth Macy shows that one thing uniting Americans across geographic, partisan, and class lines is opioid drug abuse....
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Great Book
- By Cassandra Schwarz on 2018-10-14
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Waking Up
- A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
- Written by: Sam Harris
- Narrated by: Sam Harris
- Length: 5 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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For the millions of Americans who want spirituality without religion, Sam Harris’s new book is a guide to meditation as a rational spiritual practice informed by neuroscience and psychology....
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life changing
- By srwatson on 2018-06-26
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The Defining Decade
- Why Your Twenties Matter - and How to Make the Most of Them Now
- Written by: Meg Jay
- Narrated by: Meg Jay
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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New York Times best-selling psychologist Dr. Meg Jay uses real stories from real lives to provide smart, compassionate, and constructive advice about the crucial (and difficult) years we cannot afford to miss....
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A MUST READ for 20 somethings
- By A.M. on 2021-06-05
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The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory
- American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
- Written by: Tim Alberta
- Narrated by: Tim Alberta
- Length: 18 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Evangelical Christians are perhaps the most polarizing—and least understood—people living in America today.
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A deep dive into Evangelical Psychosis
- By Brad on 2024-03-27
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The Art of Gathering
- How We Meet and Why It Matters
- Written by: Priya Parker
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
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A transformative exploration of the power, purpose, and benefits of gatherings in our lives: at work, at school, at home, and beyond....
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Okay, what is with this narrator?!
- By marget milne on 2020-01-08
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I Hate the Ivy League
- Riffs and Rants on Elite Education
- Written by: Malcolm Gladwell
- Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell
- Length: 5 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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From Malcolm Gladwell’s hit podcast Revisionist History comes a compendium about one of his greatest obsessions: education....
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Relevant and informative
- By Anonymous User on 2023-06-04
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Made to Stick
- Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
- Written by: Chip Heath, Dan Heath
- Narrated by: Charles Kahlenberg
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
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In Made to Stick, Chip and Dan Heath reveal the anatomy of ideas that stick and explain ways to make ideas stickier, such as applying the human scale principle, using the Velcro Theory of Memory, and creating curiosity gaps....
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too much fluff
- By Par on 2021-06-22
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Seven Fallen Feathers
- Written by: Tanya Talaga
- Narrated by: Michaela Washburn
- Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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The shocking true story covered by the Guardian and the New York Times of the seven young indigenous students who were found dead in a northern Ontario city....
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Essential reading for Canadians
- By Blayne Beacham on 2018-09-13
New Releases
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Third Millennium Thinking
- Creating Sense in a World of Nonsense
- Written by: Saul Perlmutter PhD, Robert MacCoun PhD, John Campbell PhD
- Narrated by: Joe Paulino
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Based on a wildly popular UC Berkeley course, a primer on how to think critically, make sound decisions, and solve problems—individually and collectively—using scientists’ tricks of the trade.
Written by: Saul Perlmutter PhD, and others
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Victimhood, Memory, and Consumerism
- Profiting from Pablo
- Written by: Katja Franko, David Goyes
- Narrated by: Ana Clements
- Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Victimhood, Memory, and Consumerism: Profiting from Pablo documents the story of violence inflicted on Medellin, and critically examines the status of its victims. Drawing on unique empirical material, the book addresses the impact of commercial exploitation of the city's violent past on the victims of mass drug violence and on the present nature of the city.
Written by: Katja Franko, and others
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Preserved
- A Cultural History of the Funeral Home in America
- Written by: Dean G. Lampros
- Narrated by: Al Kessel
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Funeral homes are immediately recognizable features of the American landscape, and yet the history of how these spaces emerged remains largely untold. In Preserved, Dean Lampros uses the history of this uniquely American architectural icon to explore the twentieth century's expanding consumer landscape and reveal how buildings can help construct identities.
Written by: Dean G. Lampros
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A Paradise of Small Houses
- The Evolution, Devolution, and Potential Rebirth of Urban Housing
- Written by: Max Podemski
- Narrated by: Rob Greenbaum
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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The Philadelphia row house. The New York tenement. The Boston triple-decker. Every American city has its own iconic housing style, structures that have been home to generations of families and are symbols of identity and pride. Max Podemski, an urban planner for the city of Los Angeles and lifelong architecture buff, has spent his career in and around these buildings. Deftly combining his years of experience with extensive research, Podemski walks the listener through the history of our dwelling spaces.
Written by: Max Podemski
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Family Unfriendly
- How Our Culture Made Raising Kids Much Harder than It Needs to Be
- Written by: Timothy P. Carney
- Narrated by: Timothy P. Carney
- Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Our culture tells parents there's one best way to raise kids: enroll them in a dozen activities, protect them from trauma, and get them into the most expensive college you can. If you can't do that, don't bother. How is that going? Record rates of anxiety, depression, medication, debts, loneliness and more. In Family Unfriendly, bestselling author and Washington Examiner columnist Timothy P. Carney says it's time to end this failed experiment in overparenting.
Written by: Timothy P. Carney
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Why We Die
- The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality
- Written by: Venki Ramakrishnan
- Narrated by: John Moraitis
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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The knowledge of death is so terrifying that we live most of our lives in denial of it. One of the most difficult moments of childhood must be when each of us first realizes that not only we but all our loved ones will die—and there is nothing we can do about it. Or at least, there hasn’t been. Today, we are living through a revolution in biology. Giant strides are being made in understanding why we age—and why some species live longer than others. Could we eventually cheat disease and death and live for a very long time, possibly many times our current lifespan?
Written by: Venki Ramakrishnan
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Third Millennium Thinking
- Creating Sense in a World of Nonsense
- Written by: Saul Perlmutter PhD, Robert MacCoun PhD, John Campbell PhD
- Narrated by: Joe Paulino
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Based on a wildly popular UC Berkeley course, a primer on how to think critically, make sound decisions, and solve problems—individually and collectively—using scientists’ tricks of the trade.
Written by: Saul Perlmutter PhD, and others
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Victimhood, Memory, and Consumerism
- Profiting from Pablo
- Written by: Katja Franko, David Goyes
- Narrated by: Ana Clements
- Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Victimhood, Memory, and Consumerism: Profiting from Pablo documents the story of violence inflicted on Medellin, and critically examines the status of its victims. Drawing on unique empirical material, the book addresses the impact of commercial exploitation of the city's violent past on the victims of mass drug violence and on the present nature of the city.
Written by: Katja Franko, and others
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Preserved
- A Cultural History of the Funeral Home in America
- Written by: Dean G. Lampros
- Narrated by: Al Kessel
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Funeral homes are immediately recognizable features of the American landscape, and yet the history of how these spaces emerged remains largely untold. In Preserved, Dean Lampros uses the history of this uniquely American architectural icon to explore the twentieth century's expanding consumer landscape and reveal how buildings can help construct identities.
Written by: Dean G. Lampros
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A Paradise of Small Houses
- The Evolution, Devolution, and Potential Rebirth of Urban Housing
- Written by: Max Podemski
- Narrated by: Rob Greenbaum
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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The Philadelphia row house. The New York tenement. The Boston triple-decker. Every American city has its own iconic housing style, structures that have been home to generations of families and are symbols of identity and pride. Max Podemski, an urban planner for the city of Los Angeles and lifelong architecture buff, has spent his career in and around these buildings. Deftly combining his years of experience with extensive research, Podemski walks the listener through the history of our dwelling spaces.
Written by: Max Podemski
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Family Unfriendly
- How Our Culture Made Raising Kids Much Harder than It Needs to Be
- Written by: Timothy P. Carney
- Narrated by: Timothy P. Carney
- Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Our culture tells parents there's one best way to raise kids: enroll them in a dozen activities, protect them from trauma, and get them into the most expensive college you can. If you can't do that, don't bother. How is that going? Record rates of anxiety, depression, medication, debts, loneliness and more. In Family Unfriendly, bestselling author and Washington Examiner columnist Timothy P. Carney says it's time to end this failed experiment in overparenting.
Written by: Timothy P. Carney
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Why We Die
- The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality
- Written by: Venki Ramakrishnan
- Narrated by: John Moraitis
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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The knowledge of death is so terrifying that we live most of our lives in denial of it. One of the most difficult moments of childhood must be when each of us first realizes that not only we but all our loved ones will die—and there is nothing we can do about it. Or at least, there hasn’t been. Today, we are living through a revolution in biology. Giant strides are being made in understanding why we age—and why some species live longer than others. Could we eventually cheat disease and death and live for a very long time, possibly many times our current lifespan?
Written by: Venki Ramakrishnan
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The Exvangelicals
- Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church
- Written by: Sarah McCammon
- Narrated by: Sarah McCammon
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Growing up in a deeply evangelical family in the Midwest in the ‘80s and ‘90s, Sarah McCammon was strictly taught to fear God, obey him, and not question the faith. Persistently worried that her gay grandfather would go to hell unless she could reach him, or that her Muslim friend would need to be converted, and that she, too, would go to hell if she did not believe fervently enough, McCammon was a rule-follower. But through it all, she was plagued by fears and deep questions as the belief system she'd been carefully taught clashed with her expanding understanding of the outside world.
Written by: Sarah McCammon
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Long Live Queer Nightlife
- How the Closing of Gay Bars Sparked a Revolution
- Written by: Amin Ghaziani
- Narrated by: Amin El Gamal
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
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In this exhilarating journey into underground parties, pulsating with life and limitless possibility, acclaimed author Amin Ghaziani unveils the unexpected revolution revitalizing urban nightlife. Far from the gay bar with its largely white, gay male clientele, here is a dazzling scene of secret parties—club nights—wherein culture creatives, many of whom are queer, trans, and racial minorities, reclaim the night in the name of those too long left out.
Written by: Amin Ghaziani
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Quick Fixes
- Drugs in America from Prohibition to the 21st Century Binge
- Written by: Benjamin Y. Fong
- Narrated by: Stephen Caffrey
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Americans are in the midst of a world-historic drug binge. Opiates, amphetamines, benzodiazepines, marijuana, antidepressants, antipsychotics—across the board, consumption has shot up in the twenty-first century. At the same time, the United States is home to the largest prison system in the world, justified in part by a now zombified "war" on drugs. How did we get here?
Written by: Benjamin Y. Fong
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Lethal Intersections
- Race, Gender, and Violence
- Written by: Patricia Hill Collins
- Narrated by: Zoleka Vundla
- Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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World-renowned sociologist Patricia Hill Collins explores how violence differentially affects people according to their class, sexuality, nationality, and ethnicity. These invisible workings of overlapping power relations give rise to what she terms "lethal intersections," where multiple forms of oppression converge to catalyze a set of violent practices that fall more heavily on particular groups. Collins challenges listeners to reflect on what counts as violence today and what can be done about it.
Written by: Patricia Hill Collins
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The Stigma Trap
- College-Educated, Experienced, and Long-Term Unemployed
- Written by: Ofer Sharone
- Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
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After receiving a PhD in mathematics from MIT, Larry spent three decades working at prestigious companies in the tech industry. Initially he was not worried when he lost his job as part of a large layoff, but the prolonged unemployment that followed decimated his finances and nearly ended his marriage. Larry's story is not an anomaly. In The Stigma Trap, Ofer Sharone explains how the stigma of unemployment can render past educational and professional achievements irrelevant, and how it leaves all American workers vulnerable to becoming trapped in unemployment.
Written by: Ofer Sharone
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After the Worst Day Ever
- What Sick Kids Know About Sustaining Hope in Chronic Illness
- Written by: Duane R. Bidwell
- Narrated by: Luis Moreno
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
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As anyone with a chronic illness knows, hope can sometimes be hard to come by. For parents and caregivers of children with serious illness, there can be a real struggle to move beyond one's own grief, fear, and suffering to see what hope means for these kids.
Written by: Duane R. Bidwell
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Overcome Overthinking & Effective Communication In Relationships & Marriage (2 in 1)
- Develop Mindful Habits, Overcome Jealousy, Insecurities, Anxiety & Set Healthy Boundaries
- Written by: Tiegan Williams
- Narrated by: Jacqueline Michelle
- Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
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It's time to say goodbye to endless theory that resolves nothing for you, and hello to actual practical advice that will help you create the relationship you desire. But, be aware. This will take work from both of you and all we ask is you come to every exercise with an open mind and ready to tackle the hard questions together. That is how you will create a life of love together!
Written by: Tiegan Williams
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How Life Is Heaven and Hell
- Written by: Paul Swann
- Narrated by: Matt Taylor
- Length: 2 hrs and 47 mins
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"How Life is Heaven and Hell" is a profound exploration of the dual nature of existence, delving into the complexities of human experience with insight and empathy. In this thought-provoking book, author Paul Swann invites listeners on a journey through the highs and lows of life, illuminating the moments of joy and sorrow that define our shared humanity.
Written by: Paul Swann
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The Unclaimed
- Abandonment and Hope in the City of Angels
- Written by: Pamela Prickett, Stefan Timmermans
- Narrated by: Nan McNamara
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
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In this extraordinary work of narrative nonfiction, eight years in the making, sociologists Pamela Prickett and Stefan Timmermans uncover a hidden social world. They follow four individuals in Los Angeles, tracing the twisting, poignant paths that put each at risk of going unclaimed, and introducing us to the scene investigators, notification officers, and crematorium workers who care for them when no one else will.
Written by: Pamela Prickett, and others
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Selling the Dream
- The Billion-Dollar Industry Bankrupting Americans
- Written by: Jane Marie
- Narrated by: Jane Marie
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
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When factories close, stalwart industries shutter, and blue-collar opportunities evaporate, MLMs are there, ready to pounce on the crumbling American Dream. MLMs thrive in rural areas and on military bases, targeting women with promises of being their own boss and millions of dollars in easy income—even at the risk of their entire life savings. But the vast majority—99.7%—of those who join an MLM make no money or lose money, and wind up stuck with inventory they can’t sell to recoup their losses.
Written by: Jane Marie
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Her Neighbor's Wife
- A History of Lesbian Desire Within Marriage (Politics and Culture in Modern America)
- Written by: Lauren Jae Gutterman
- Narrated by: Sheree Galpert
- Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
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In the late 1960s and 1970s, the lesbian feminist movement and the no-fault divorce revolution transformed the lives of wives who desired women. Women could now choose to divorce their husbands in order to lead openly lesbian or bisexual lives; increasingly, however, these women were confronted by hostile state discrimination, typically in legal battles over child custody. Well into the 1980s, many women remained ambivalent about divorce and resistant to labeling themselves as lesbian, therefore complicating a simple interpretation of their lives and relationship choices.
Written by: Lauren Jae Gutterman
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Solved
- How the World’s Great Cities Are Fixing the Climate Crisis
- Written by: David Miller
- Narrated by: David Miller
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
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Taking cues from progressive cities around the world, including Los Angeles, New York, Toronto, Oslo, Shenzhen, and Sydney, this book is a summons to every city to make small but significant changes that can drastically reduce our carbon footprint. We cannot wait for national governments to agree on how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and manage the average temperature rise to within 1.5 degrees. In Solved, David Miller argues that cities are taking action on climate change because they can–and because they must.
Written by: David Miller
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Où en sommes-nous ?
- Une esquisse de l'histoire humaine
- Written by: Emmanuel Todd
- Narrated by: Mathieu Buscatto
- Length: 17 hrs and 34 mins
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De l'émergence d'homo sapiens à nos jours, cette brève histoire de l'humanité est délibérément tournée vers l'intelligence du monde tel qu'il se recompose sous nos yeux. Or, c'est dans les profondeurs les moins conscientes de la vie sociale, celles auxquelles Emmanuel Todd a consacré sa vie de chercheur, que gît l'explication de ce qui nous apparaît aujourd'hui comme le grand désordre du monde.
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Décevant
- By Anonymous User on 2022-11-16
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Le Test. Une enquête inouïe - la preuve de l'après-vie ?
- Written by: Stéphane Allix
- Narrated by: Benoît Allemane
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
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Lorsque mon père est décédé j'ai placé des objets dans son cercueil. Je n'en ai parlé à personne. Puis j'ai interrogé des médiums qui disent communiquer avec les morts. Découvriront-ils de quels objets il s'agit ? C'est le test. Peut-on parler avec les morts ? Des femmes et des hommes le prétendent et en font même profession. Des milliers de gens les consultent. Ces capacités sont-elles réelles ou sont-elles une illusion ? Pour répondre à ces interrogations, Stéphane Allix a interrogé six médiums.
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Excellent!
- By Nina on 2023-04-03
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The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution
- Written by: Francis Fukuyama
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 22 hrs and 34 mins
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Virtually all human societies were once organized tribally, yet over time most developed new political institutions which included a central state that could keep the peace and uniform laws that applied to all citizens. Some went on to create governments that were accountable to their constituents. We take these institutions for granted, but they are absent or are unable to perform in many of today’s developing countries—with often disastrous consequences for the rest of the world.
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Cannot possibly retain the info... waste of $$
- By Nick on 2019-05-02
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Wanderlust
- A History of Walking
- Written by: Rebecca Solnit
- Narrated by: Liisa Ivary
- Length: 13 hrs and 58 mins
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Drawing together many histories - of anatomical evolution and city design, of treadmills and labyrinths, of walking clubs and sexual mores - Rebecca Solnit creates a fascinating portrait of the range of possibilities presented by walking. Arguing that the history of walking includes walking for pleasure as well as for political, aesthetic, and social meaning, Solnit focuses on the walkers whose everyday and extreme acts have shaped our culture, from philosophers to poets to mountaineers.
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Où en sommes-nous ?
- Une esquisse de l'histoire humaine
- Written by: Emmanuel Todd
- Narrated by: Mathieu Buscatto
- Length: 17 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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De l'émergence d'homo sapiens à nos jours, cette brève histoire de l'humanité est délibérément tournée vers l'intelligence du monde tel qu'il se recompose sous nos yeux. Or, c'est dans les profondeurs les moins conscientes de la vie sociale, celles auxquelles Emmanuel Todd a consacré sa vie de chercheur, que gît l'explication de ce qui nous apparaît aujourd'hui comme le grand désordre du monde.
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Décevant
- By Anonymous User on 2022-11-16
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Le Test. Une enquête inouïe - la preuve de l'après-vie ?
- Written by: Stéphane Allix
- Narrated by: Benoît Allemane
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
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Lorsque mon père est décédé j'ai placé des objets dans son cercueil. Je n'en ai parlé à personne. Puis j'ai interrogé des médiums qui disent communiquer avec les morts. Découvriront-ils de quels objets il s'agit ? C'est le test. Peut-on parler avec les morts ? Des femmes et des hommes le prétendent et en font même profession. Des milliers de gens les consultent. Ces capacités sont-elles réelles ou sont-elles une illusion ? Pour répondre à ces interrogations, Stéphane Allix a interrogé six médiums.
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Excellent!
- By Nina on 2023-04-03
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The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution
- Written by: Francis Fukuyama
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 22 hrs and 34 mins
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Virtually all human societies were once organized tribally, yet over time most developed new political institutions which included a central state that could keep the peace and uniform laws that applied to all citizens. Some went on to create governments that were accountable to their constituents. We take these institutions for granted, but they are absent or are unable to perform in many of today’s developing countries—with often disastrous consequences for the rest of the world.
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Cannot possibly retain the info... waste of $$
- By Nick on 2019-05-02
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Wanderlust
- A History of Walking
- Written by: Rebecca Solnit
- Narrated by: Liisa Ivary
- Length: 13 hrs and 58 mins
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Drawing together many histories - of anatomical evolution and city design, of treadmills and labyrinths, of walking clubs and sexual mores - Rebecca Solnit creates a fascinating portrait of the range of possibilities presented by walking. Arguing that the history of walking includes walking for pleasure as well as for political, aesthetic, and social meaning, Solnit focuses on the walkers whose everyday and extreme acts have shaped our culture, from philosophers to poets to mountaineers.
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The End of Burnout
- Why Work Drains Us and How to Build Better Lives
- Written by: Jonathan Malesic
- Narrated by: David Booth
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
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Going beyond the how and why of burnout, a former tenured professor combines academic methods and first-person experience to propose new ways for resisting our cultural obsession with work and transforming our vision of human flourishing.
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A good meta analysis of burnout
- By Bruce Alderson on 2023-11-10
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Can't Even
- How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation
- Written by: Anne Helen Petersen
- Narrated by: Anne Helen Petersen
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
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Do you feel like your life is an endless to-do list? Do you find yourself mindlessly scrolling through Instagram because you’re too exhausted to pick up a book? Are you mired in debt, or feel like you work all the time, or feel pressure to take whatever gives you joy and turn it into a monetizable hustle? Welcome to burnout culture. While burnout may seem like the default setting for the modern era, in Can’t Even, BuzzFeed culture writer and former academic Anne Helen Petersen argues that burnout is a definitional condition for the millennial generation.
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Hit the nail on the head
- By DM on 2020-11-02
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Strangers in Their Own Land
- Anger and Mourning on the American Right
- Written by: Arlie Russell Hochschild
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
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In Strangers in Their Own Land, the renowned sociologist Arlie Hochschild embarks on a thought-provoking journey from her liberal hometown of Berkeley, California, deep into Louisiana bayou country - a stronghold of the conservative right. As she gets to know people who strongly oppose many of the ideas she famously champions, Hochschild nevertheless finds common ground and quickly warms to the people she meets.
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Interesting read - appendices not included
- By Bertrand on 2018-11-05
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Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me)
- Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions and Hurtful Acts
- Written by: Carol Tavris, Elliot Aronson
- Narrated by: Marsha Mercant, Joe Barrett
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Why do people dodge responsibility when things fall apart? Why the parade of public figures unable to own up when they screw up? Why the endless marital quarrels over who is right? Why can we see hypocrisy in others but not in ourselves? Are we all liars? Or do we really believe the stories we tell? Backed by years of research and delivered in lively, energetic prose, Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me) offers a fascinating explanation of self-deception.
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Very interesting.
- By Ryan on 2020-06-04
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The Blank Slate
- The Modern Denial of Human Nature
- Written by: Steven Pinker
- Narrated by: Victor Bevine
- Length: 22 hrs and 40 mins
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In The Blank Slate, Steven Pinker, one of the world's leading experts on language and the mind, explores the idea of human nature and its moral, emotional, and political colorings. With characteristic wit, lucidity, and insight, Pinker argues that the dogma that the mind has no innate traits, denies our common humanity and our individual preferences, replaces objective analyses of social problems with feel-good slogans, and distorts our understanding of politics, violence, parenting, and the arts.
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Fascinating study of human cognition
- By Stéphane on 2018-10-27
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Why We Can't Sleep
- Women's New Midlife Crisis
- Written by: Ada Calhoun
- Narrated by: Ada Calhoun
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
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When Ada Calhoun found herself in the throes of a midlife crisis, she thought that she had no right to complain. She was married with children and a good career. So why did she feel miserable? And why did it seem that other Generation X women were miserable, too? Calhoun decided to find some answers. She looked into housing costs, HR trends, credit card debt averages, and divorce data. At every turn, she saw a pattern: sandwiched between the Boomers and Millennials, Gen X women were facing new problems as they entered middle age, problems that were being largely overlooked.
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For the Generation X Woman
- By Amazon Customer on 2020-01-21
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Walkable City
- How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time
- Written by: Jeff Speck
- Narrated by: Jeff Speck
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
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Jeff Speck has dedicated his career to determining what makes cities thrive. And he has boiled it down to one key factor: walkability. The very idea of a modern metropolis evokes visions of bustling sidewalks, vital mass transit, and a vibrant, pedestrian-friendly urban core. But in the typical American city, the car is still king, and downtown is a place that’s easy to drive to but often not worth arriving at. Making walkability happen is relatively easy and cheap; seeing exactly what needs to be done is the trick.
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Great introduction to smart city design
- By Amazon Customer on 2022-06-25
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The Bitter Taste of Dying
- A Memoir
- Written by: Jason Smith
- Narrated by: Paul Costanzo
- Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins
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In his first book, author Jason Smith explores the depravity and desperation required to maintain an opiate addiction so fierce, he finds himself jumping continents to avoid jail time and learns the hard way that some demons cannot be outrun. While teaching in Europe, he meets a prostitute who secures drugs for him at the dangerous price of helping out the Russian Mafia; in China he gets his Percocet and Xanax fixes but terrifies a crowd of children and parents at his job in the process.
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Raw Open Honest Wow!
- By Anonymous User on 2024-03-03
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Lords of Chaos
- The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground
- Written by: Michael Moynihan, Didrik Soderlind
- Narrated by: Fred Berman
- Length: 13 hrs and 29 mins
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Lords of Chaos focuses on the scene surrounding the extreme heavy metal subgenre black metal in Norway in the early 1990s, with a focus on the string of church burnings and murders that occurred in the country around 1993.
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tough to follow
- By Amazon Customer on 2023-01-11
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Eight Dates
- Essential Conversations for a Lifetime of Love
- Written by: John Gottman PhD, Julie Schwartz Gottman PhD, Doug Abrams, and others
- Narrated by: James Patrick Cronin, Julie McKay
- Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
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Navigating the challenges of long-term commitment takes effort - and it just got simpler, with this empowering, step-by-step guide to communicating about the things that matter most to you and your partner. Drawing on 40 years of research from their world-famous Love Lab, Dr. John Gottman and Dr. Julie Schwartz Gottman invite couples on eight fun, easy, and profoundly rewarding dates, each one focused on a make-or-break issue: trust, conflict, sex, money, family, adventure, spirituality, and dreams.
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Interesting but not life-changing
- By Vita on 2020-02-13
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Stuff
- Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things
- Written by: Randy O. Frost, Gail Steketee
- Narrated by: Joe Caron
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
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What possesses someone to save every scrap of paper thats ever come into his home? What compulsions drive a woman like Irene, whose hoarding cost her her marriage? Or Ralph, whose imagined uses for castoff items like leaky old buckets almost lost him his house?
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Easy listening
- By .Deanna Mock on 2022-06-27
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Blindspot
- Written by: Mahzarin R. Banaji, Anthony G. Greenwald
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
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I know my own mind. I am able to assess others in a fair and accurate way. These self-perceptions are challenged by leading psychologists Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald as they explore the hidden biases we all carry from a lifetime of exposure to cultural attitudes about age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, social class, sexuality, disability status, and nationality. Blindspot is the authors’ metaphor for the portion of the mind that houses hidden biases.
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Enlightening
- By DM on 2023-01-19
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Chercher Sam
- Written by: Sophie Bienvenu
- Narrated by: Maxime Mailloux
- Length: 2 hrs and 52 mins
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Mathieu vit dans la rue. Il l’a choisi. Ce n’est pas un aventurier, et ça n’a rien à voir avec la liberté. Est-ce qu’il s’autodétruit? Est-ce ainsi qu’il se préserve? Peu importe. Sa chienne Sam est là, qui l’aide à continuer. Mais quand elle disparaît, Mathieu doit mettre fin à son errance. Pour la retrouver, il entreprend un voyage dont les bifurcations le ramènent au secret de son passé.
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Exceptionnel
- By Loulou Charron on 2020-05-20
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No Visible Bruises
- What We Don't Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us
- Written by: Rachel Louise Snyder
- Narrated by: Rachel Louise Snyder
- Length: 12 hrs and 19 mins
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We call it domestic violence. We call it private violence. Sometimes we call it intimate terrorism. But whatever we call it, we generally do not believe it has anything at all to do with us, despite the World Health Organization deeming it a 'global epidemic'. In No Visible Bruises, journalist Rachel Louise Snyder gives context for what we don't know we're seeing. She frames this urgent and immersive account of the scale of domestic violence in our country around key stories that explode the common myths....
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heartbreaking and real.
- By Alexz on 2023-11-14
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Preparing to Die
- Practical Advice and Spiritual Wisdom from the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition
- Written by: Andrew Holecek, Tulku Thondup Rinpoche - foreword
- Narrated by: Karen White, Neil Shah
- Length: 13 hrs and 48 mins
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Preparing to Die is for anyone interested in learning how to prepare for death from a Buddhist perspective, both spiritually and practically. It is also for those who want to learn how to help someone else who is dying, both during the time of illness and death as well as after death.
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Enjoyed This From Start to Finish!
- By Friendly Mum on 2019-06-23
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Escape from Freedom
- Written by: Erich Fromm
- Narrated by: Anthony Haden Salerno
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
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lf a man cannot stand freedom, he will probably turn fascist. This, in the fewest possible words, is the essential argument in this modem classic, Escape from Freedom. The author, Erich Fromm, is a distinguished psychologist, late of Berlin and Heidelberg, now of New York City.