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Best Sellers
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The Coddling of the American Mind
- How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
- Written by: Jonathan Haidt, Greg Lukianoff
- Narrated by: Jonathan Haidt
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
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A timely investigation into the new "safety culture" on campus and the dangers it poses to free speech, mental health, education, and ultimately democracy....
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I was with Haidt until he continued the lie...
- By JMcV on 2021-05-18
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Burn Book
- A Tech Love Story
- Written by: Kara Swisher
- Narrated by: Kara Swisher
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Part memoir, part history, Burn Book is a necessary chronicle of tech’s most powerful players. This is the inside story we’ve all been waiting for about modern Silicon Valley and the biggest boom in wealth creation in the history of the world....
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Poor baby never got rich with the tech tycoons
- By James on 2024-02-28
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The 50th Law
- Written by: 50 Cent, Robert Greene
- Narrated by: 50 Cent, Robert Greene
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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In The 50th Law, hip hop and pop culture icon 50 Cent offers a "bible" for success in life and work....
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The 50th Law is a great addition!
- By Magnus-rah on 2022-02-27
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In the Form of a Question
- The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life
- Written by: Amy Schneider
- Narrated by: Amy Schneider
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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An inspirational and bold memoir from the most successful woman ever to compete on Jeopardy!—and an exploration of what it means to ask questions of the world and of yourself....
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Great!
- By Roberta W on 2024-04-13
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Everybody Lies
- Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are
- Written by: Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, Steven Pinker - foreword
- Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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By the end of on average day in the early 21st century, human beings searching the Internet will amass eight trillion gigabytes of data....
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Totally worth the effort.
- By Stacy Richter on 2022-01-20
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The Age of Magical Overthinking
- Notes on Modern Irrationality
- Written by: Amanda Montell
- Narrated by: Amanda Montell
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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From the bestselling author of Cultish and host of the podcast Sounds Like a Cult, The Age of Magical Overthinking is a delicious blend of cultural criticism and personal narrative that explores our cognitive biases and the power, disadvantages, and highlights of magical thinking....
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The Coddling of the American Mind
- How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
- Written by: Jonathan Haidt, Greg Lukianoff
- Narrated by: Jonathan Haidt
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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A timely investigation into the new "safety culture" on campus and the dangers it poses to free speech, mental health, education, and ultimately democracy....
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I was with Haidt until he continued the lie...
- By JMcV on 2021-05-18
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Burn Book
- A Tech Love Story
- Written by: Kara Swisher
- Narrated by: Kara Swisher
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Part memoir, part history, Burn Book is a necessary chronicle of tech’s most powerful players. This is the inside story we’ve all been waiting for about modern Silicon Valley and the biggest boom in wealth creation in the history of the world....
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Poor baby never got rich with the tech tycoons
- By James on 2024-02-28
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The 50th Law
- Written by: 50 Cent, Robert Greene
- Narrated by: 50 Cent, Robert Greene
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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In The 50th Law, hip hop and pop culture icon 50 Cent offers a "bible" for success in life and work....
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The 50th Law is a great addition!
- By Magnus-rah on 2022-02-27
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In the Form of a Question
- The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life
- Written by: Amy Schneider
- Narrated by: Amy Schneider
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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An inspirational and bold memoir from the most successful woman ever to compete on Jeopardy!—and an exploration of what it means to ask questions of the world and of yourself....
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Great!
- By Roberta W on 2024-04-13
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Everybody Lies
- Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are
- Written by: Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, Steven Pinker - foreword
- Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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By the end of on average day in the early 21st century, human beings searching the Internet will amass eight trillion gigabytes of data....
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Totally worth the effort.
- By Stacy Richter on 2022-01-20
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The Age of Magical Overthinking
- Notes on Modern Irrationality
- Written by: Amanda Montell
- Narrated by: Amanda Montell
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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From the bestselling author of Cultish and host of the podcast Sounds Like a Cult, The Age of Magical Overthinking is a delicious blend of cultural criticism and personal narrative that explores our cognitive biases and the power, disadvantages, and highlights of magical thinking....
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Freakonomics
- Revised Edition
- Written by: Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
- Narrated by: Stephen J. Dubner
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Levitt and co-author Stephen J. Dubner show that economics is, at root, the study of incentives: how people get what they want, or need, especially when other people want or need the same thing....
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Only For Young People
- By Zane Gates on 2021-01-28
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How to Break Up with Your Phone
- The 30-Day Plan to Take Back Your Life
- Written by: Catherine Price
- Narrated by: Emily Rankin
- Length: 4 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Packed with tested strategies and practical tips, this book is the essential, life-changing guide for everyone who owns a smartphone....
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Everyone should read this book!
- By Maia on 2022-08-06
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From Cradle to Stage
- Stories from the Mothers Who Rocked and Raised Rock Stars
- Written by: Virginia Grohl
- Narrated by: Dave Grohl, Virginia Grohl
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Written by Virginia Grohl, the mother of Dave Grohl - former Nirvana drummer and current frontman for the Foo Fighters - From Cradle to Stage shares stories and exclusive photos featuring mothers of rock icons, the icons themselves....
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It was ok
- By Bob on 2023-04-03
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The Omnivore's Dilemma
- A Natural History of Four Meals
- Written by: Michael Pollan
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 15 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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"What should we have for dinner?" To one degree or another, this simple question assails any creature faced with a wide choice of things to eat....
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Incredibly well written and interesting
- By Trent T on 2019-01-07
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The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide
- Safe, Therapeutic, and Sacred Journeys
- Written by: James Fadiman PhD
- Narrated by: Ross Douglas
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Psychedelics for spiritual, therapeutic, and problem-solving use....
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The Psychopath Test
- A Journey Through the Madness Industry
- Written by: Jon Ronson
- Narrated by: Jon Ronson
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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The Psychopath Test is a fascinating journey through the minds of madness. Jon Ronson's exploration of a potential hoax being played on the world's top neurologists takes him, unexpectedly, into the heart of the madness industry....
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American Cosmic
- UFOs, Religion, Technology
- Written by: D.W. Pasulka
- Narrated by: Norah Tocci
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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American Cosmic examines the mechanisms at work behind the thriving belief system in extraterrestrial life, a system that is changing and even supplanting traditional religions....
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A fresh and responsible look at the phenomenon.
- By Mandy H on 2019-07-09
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Pimpology
- The 48 Laws of the Game
- Written by: Pimpin' Ken
- Narrated by: Mr. Gates
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Ken Ivy pulls a square's coat on the unwritten rules that took him from the ghetto streets to the executive suites. Ken's lessons will serve any person in any interaction....
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not that good
- By Jerry Peee on 2023-01-19
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No Apologies
- How to Find and Free Your Voice in the Age of Outrage—Lessons for the Silenced Majority
- Written by: Katherine Brodsky
- Narrated by: Katherine Brodsky
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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We as a society are self-censoring at record rates. Say the wrong thing at the wrong moment to the wrong person and the consequences can be dire.
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Just Meh
- By Nicole Smigelski on 2024-04-02
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The Great Shark Hunt
- Strange Tales from a Strange Time
- Written by: Hunter S. Thompson
- Narrated by: Scott Sowers
- Length: 29 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Originally published in 1979, the first volume of the best-selling "Gonzo Papers" is now back in print....
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All You Need Is Love: The Beatles in Their Own Words
- Unpublished, Unvarnished, and Told by The Beatles and Their Inner Circle
- Written by: Peter Brown, Steven Gaines
- Narrated by: Adam Stevens, Anthony Howell, Ben Jacobson, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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All You Need Is Love is a groundbreaking oral history of the one of the most enduring musical acts of all time, from never-before-seen interviews....
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Hell's Angels
- A Strange and Terrible Saga
- Written by: Hunter S. Thompson
- Narrated by: Scott Sowers
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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First published in 1966, Hell’s Angels is Thompson’s up-close and personal look at the infamous motorcycle gang during the time when its moniker was most feared....
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Thompson does it again
- By Jordan McMurray on 2018-09-19
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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
- Written by: Tom Wolfe
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
- Length: 13 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Tom Wolfe's classic The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, an unflinching portrait of Ken Kesey, his Merry Pranksters, LSD, and the 1960s, ushered in an era of New Journalism and defined a generation....
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8 of 10 would recommend
- By casperXD on 2021-03-26
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Emotional Design
- Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things
- Written by: Don Norman
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Why attractive things work better and other crucial insights into human-centered design....
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The Canceling of the American Mind
- Cancel Culture Undermines Trust, Destroys Institutions, and Threatens Us All—but There Is a Solution
- Written by: Greg Lukianoff, Rikki Schlott
- Narrated by: Rikki Schlott, Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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The Canceling of the American Mind takes a timely deep dive into cancel culture, an account of its dangers to all Americans, and the much-needed antidote....
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A must read to understand the current zeitgeist
- By Amazon Customer on 2023-12-06
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My Body
- Written by: Emily Ratajkowski
- Narrated by: Emily Ratajkowski
- Length: 5 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Emily Ratajkowski, the archetypal, multi-hyphenate celebrity of our time, presents a deeply honest investigation of what it means to be a woman and a commodity....
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Too short.
- By Anonymous User on 2021-11-13
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The Nineties
- A Book
- Written by: Chuck Klosterman
- Narrated by: Chuck Klosterman, Dion Graham
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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It was long ago, but not as long as it seems: The Berlin Wall fell and the Twin Towers collapsed. In between, one presidential election was allegedly decided by Ross Perot while another was plausibly decided by Ralph Nader....
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This Explains Me
- By Karen W. Lam on 2023-01-16
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The Ultimate History of Video Games, Volume 1
- From Pong to Pokemon and Beyond . . . The Story Behind the Craze That Touched Our Lives and Changed the World
- Written by: Steven L. Kent
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 23 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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With all the whiz, bang, pop, and shimmer of a glowing arcade, volume 1 of The Ultimate History of Video Games reveals everything you ever wanted to know and more about the unforgettable games that changed the world, the visionaries who made them, and the fanatics who played them...
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Brilliant
- By Mr. K on 2023-05-23
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The Last Action Heroes
- The Triumphs, Flops, and Feuds of Hollywood's Kings of Carnage
- Written by: Nick de Semlyen
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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The Last Action Heroes is the behind-the-scenes story of the action heroes who ruled 1980s and ’90s Hollywood and the beloved films that made them stars, including Die Hard, First Blood, The Terminator, and more....
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for fans of action films
- By advancedrebel on 2023-07-12
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Unlearning Shame
- How We Can Reject Self-Blame Culture and Reclaim Our Power
- Written by: Devon Price PhD
- Narrated by: Devon Price PhD
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Learn to identify—and combat—Systemic Shame, the feeling of self-hatred and disempowerment that comes from living in a society that blames individuals for systemic problems, with this invaluable resource from the social psychologist and author of Unmasking Autism....
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Life Changing
- By Brittany Davey on 2024-04-13
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Brothers and Sisters
- The Allman Brothers Band and the Inside Story of the Album That Defined the '70s
- Written by: Alan Paul
- Narrated by: Alan Paul
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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The Allman Brothers Band’s Brothers and Sisters was not only the band’s best-selling album at over seven million copies sold, it was also a powerfully influential release, both musically and culturally, one whose influence continues to be profoundly felt....
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David Hare: A BBC Radio Drama Collection
- 8 Full-Cast Productions Including Plenty, Skylight, Amy’s View & Others
- Written by: David Hare
- Narrated by: full cast, Anthony Hopkins, Bill Nighy, and others
- Length: 14 hrs and 13 mins
- Original Recording
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Eight incisive dramas by the internationally renowned playwright - plus bonus interview....
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Hit Makers
- The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction
- Written by: Derek Thompson
- Narrated by: Derek Thompson
- Length: 11 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Nothing "goes viral". If you think a popular movie, song, or app came out of nowhere to become a word-of-mouth success in today's media environment, you're missing the real story....
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Interesting anecdotes but a bit dry.
- By anand sriganeshar on 2018-06-06
New Releases
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The Man Who Saved Britain
- Written by: Simon Winder
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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After victory in World War II, Britain was a relieved but also a profoundly traumatized country. Simon Winder, born into this nation of uncertain identity, fell in love (as many before and since) with the man created as the antidote, a quintessentially British figure of great cultural significance: James Bond. Written with passion, wit and a great deal of personal insight and affection, this book is his wildly amusing attempt to get to grips with Bond’s legacy and the difficult decades in which it really mattered.
Written by: Simon Winder
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The Age of Magical Overthinking
- Notes on Modern Irrationality
- Written by: Amanda Montell
- Narrated by: Amanda Montell
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Utilizing the linguistic insights of her “witty and brilliant” (Blyth Roberson, author of America the Beautiful?) first book Wordslut and the sociological explorations of her breakout hit Cultish, Amanda Montell now turns her erudite eye to the inner workings of the human mind and its biases in her most personal and electrifying work yet. In The Age of Magical Overthinking, Montell argues that in the modern information age, our brain’s coping mechanisms have been overloaded, and our irrationality turned up to an eleven.
Written by: Amanda Montell
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All You Need Is Love: The Beatles in Their Own Words
- Unpublished, Unvarnished, and Told by The Beatles and Their Inner Circle
- Written by: Peter Brown, Steven Gaines
- Narrated by: Adam Stevens, Anthony Howell, Ben Jacobson, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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All You Need Is Love is a groundbreaking oral history of the one of the most enduring musical acts of all time. The material is comprised of intimate interviews with Paul McCartney, Yoko Ono, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, their families, friends and business associates that were conducted by Beatles intimate Peter Brown and author Steven Gaines in 1980-1981 during the preparation of their international bestseller, The Love You Make, which spent four months on the New York Times bestseller list in 1983 and remains the biggest selling biography worldwide about the Beatles
Written by: Peter Brown, and others
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The Time of My Life: Dirty Dancing
- Pop Classics
- Written by: Andrea Warner
- Narrated by: Stephanie Németh Parker
- Length: 3 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Time of My Life, celebrated music journalist Andrea Warner excavates the layers of Dirty Dancing, from its anachronistic, chart-topping soundtrack, to Baby and Johnny’s chemistry, to Bergstein’s political intentions, to the abortion subplot that is more relevant today than ever. The film’s remarkable longevity would never have been possible if it was just a throwaway summer fling story. It is precisely because of its themes—deeply feminist, sensitively written—that we, over 30 years later, are still holding our breath during that last, exhilarating lift.
Written by: Andrea Warner
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I Heart Politics
- How People Power Took Over the World
- Written by: Phoenix Andrews
- Narrated by: Adrian Gray
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Taking listeners on an irresistible adventure through some of the most colourful, outrageous and polarising events of recent years—from Brexit to the Capitol Hill Riots and QAnon rallies to Extinction Rebellion protests—Phoenix Andrews shows how if we want to understand what's really happening behind the headlines we need to think about one overlooked phenomenon: fandom.
Written by: Phoenix Andrews
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The Six Pack
- On the Open Road in Search of Wrestlemania
- Written by: Brad Balukjian
- Narrated by: Brad Balukjian
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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In 2005, Brad Balukjian left his position as a magazine fact-checker to pursue a dream job: partner with his childhood hero, The Iron Sheik (whose real name was Khosrow Vaziri), to write his biography. Things quickly went south, culminating in the Sheik threatening Balukjian’s life. Now seventeen years later, Balukjian returns to the road in search of not only a reunion with the Sheik, but something much bigger: truth in a world built on illusion.
Written by: Brad Balukjian
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The Man Who Saved Britain
- Written by: Simon Winder
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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After victory in World War II, Britain was a relieved but also a profoundly traumatized country. Simon Winder, born into this nation of uncertain identity, fell in love (as many before and since) with the man created as the antidote, a quintessentially British figure of great cultural significance: James Bond. Written with passion, wit and a great deal of personal insight and affection, this book is his wildly amusing attempt to get to grips with Bond’s legacy and the difficult decades in which it really mattered.
Written by: Simon Winder
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The Age of Magical Overthinking
- Notes on Modern Irrationality
- Written by: Amanda Montell
- Narrated by: Amanda Montell
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Utilizing the linguistic insights of her “witty and brilliant” (Blyth Roberson, author of America the Beautiful?) first book Wordslut and the sociological explorations of her breakout hit Cultish, Amanda Montell now turns her erudite eye to the inner workings of the human mind and its biases in her most personal and electrifying work yet. In The Age of Magical Overthinking, Montell argues that in the modern information age, our brain’s coping mechanisms have been overloaded, and our irrationality turned up to an eleven.
Written by: Amanda Montell
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All You Need Is Love: The Beatles in Their Own Words
- Unpublished, Unvarnished, and Told by The Beatles and Their Inner Circle
- Written by: Peter Brown, Steven Gaines
- Narrated by: Adam Stevens, Anthony Howell, Ben Jacobson, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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All You Need Is Love is a groundbreaking oral history of the one of the most enduring musical acts of all time. The material is comprised of intimate interviews with Paul McCartney, Yoko Ono, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, their families, friends and business associates that were conducted by Beatles intimate Peter Brown and author Steven Gaines in 1980-1981 during the preparation of their international bestseller, The Love You Make, which spent four months on the New York Times bestseller list in 1983 and remains the biggest selling biography worldwide about the Beatles
Written by: Peter Brown, and others
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The Time of My Life: Dirty Dancing
- Pop Classics
- Written by: Andrea Warner
- Narrated by: Stephanie Németh Parker
- Length: 3 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Time of My Life, celebrated music journalist Andrea Warner excavates the layers of Dirty Dancing, from its anachronistic, chart-topping soundtrack, to Baby and Johnny’s chemistry, to Bergstein’s political intentions, to the abortion subplot that is more relevant today than ever. The film’s remarkable longevity would never have been possible if it was just a throwaway summer fling story. It is precisely because of its themes—deeply feminist, sensitively written—that we, over 30 years later, are still holding our breath during that last, exhilarating lift.
Written by: Andrea Warner
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I Heart Politics
- How People Power Took Over the World
- Written by: Phoenix Andrews
- Narrated by: Adrian Gray
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Taking listeners on an irresistible adventure through some of the most colourful, outrageous and polarising events of recent years—from Brexit to the Capitol Hill Riots and QAnon rallies to Extinction Rebellion protests—Phoenix Andrews shows how if we want to understand what's really happening behind the headlines we need to think about one overlooked phenomenon: fandom.
Written by: Phoenix Andrews
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The Six Pack
- On the Open Road in Search of Wrestlemania
- Written by: Brad Balukjian
- Narrated by: Brad Balukjian
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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In 2005, Brad Balukjian left his position as a magazine fact-checker to pursue a dream job: partner with his childhood hero, The Iron Sheik (whose real name was Khosrow Vaziri), to write his biography. Things quickly went south, culminating in the Sheik threatening Balukjian’s life. Now seventeen years later, Balukjian returns to the road in search of not only a reunion with the Sheik, but something much bigger: truth in a world built on illusion.
Written by: Brad Balukjian
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Worth Fighting For
- Finding Courage and Compassion When Cruelty Is Trending
- Written by: John Pavlovitz
- Narrated by: John Pavlovitz
- Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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John Pavlovitz has inspired millions to keep boldly loving both neighbors and strangers throughout the years of Trump's hate-mongering campaign and presidency and continues to be a voice of sanity and urgency when so much is still at stake.
Written by: John Pavlovitz
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Raise Some Shell: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Pop Classics
- Written by: Richard Rosenbaum
- Narrated by: Joe Hempel
- Length: 4 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Celebrating the persistence of Turtle Power Raise Some Shell critically and cleverly examines the origins, evolution, and impact of the Ninja Turtles phenomenon―from its beginning as a self-published black-and-white comic book in 1984, through its transformation into a worldwide transmedia phenomenon by the middle of the 1990s, and up to the sale of the property to Nickelodeon in 2009 and relaunch of the Turtles with new comics, cartoons, and a big-budget Hollywood film.
Written by: Richard Rosenbaum
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Wrapped in Plastic: Twin Peaks
- Written by: Andy Burns
- Narrated by: Marcus Zarco
- Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Damn good coffee, cherry pie, and the “big bang of auteur television”―why Twin Peaks deserves to be a pop culture classic In 1990, avant garde filmmaker David Lynch (Eraserhead, The Elephant Man, Dune, Blue Velvet) and acclaimed television writer Mark Frost (Hill Street Blues) teamed up to create a television show that would redefine what the medium could achieve in a one-hour drama.
Written by: Andy Burns
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It Doesn't Suck: Showgirls
- Pop Classics
- Written by: Adam Nayman
- Narrated by: Brian Telestai
- Length: 4 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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A new edition of the first book in the acclaimed Pop Classics series The Worst. Movie. Ever. is a masterpiece. Seriously. Enough time has passed since Showgirls flopped spectacularly that it’s time for a good hard look back at the sequined spectacle. A salvage operation on a very public, very expensive train wreck, It Doesn’t Suck argues that Showgirls is much smarter and deeper than it is given credit for.
Written by: Adam Nayman
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Fashion Icons on Tour: Beyoncé & Taylor Swift
- Beyoncé and Taylor Swift's Journeys from Humble Beginnings to International Style Superstars
- Written by: Mark Jackson
- Narrated by: Angela Ohlfest
- Length: 2 hrs and 11 mins
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Embark on an extraordinary journey as this book unveils the fusion of music and fashion through the careers of Beyoncé & Taylor Swift. The narrative transcends borders, providing a passport to witness the seismic impact of two of the world's most influential artists on the global stage.
Written by: Mark Jackson
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Power to the Players
- The GameStop Phenomenon and Why It's Only Getting Started
- Written by: Rob Smat
- Narrated by: Timothy McKean
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
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The sea shanties, YOLO's, and red bandanas aren't even half of the GameStop story. Did you know Robinhood didn't initiate their infamous trading halt? Did you know why Redditors refer to 2021 as the "sneeze" rather than the squeeze? Did you know that shares in your brokerage account might be counterfeits? If not, buckle up.
Written by: Rob Smat
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Monsters on Maple Street
- The Twilight Zone and the Postwar American Dream
- Written by: David J. Brokaw
- Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
- Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
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The media of the 1950s and 1960s promoted an idealized version of American life sustained by the nuclear family and bolstered by a booming consumer economy. The seemingly wholesome and simple lifestyles portrayed on television screens, however, belied a torrent of social, economic, and political struggles occurring at the time. By the late 1950s, television writers were increasingly constrained to distract audiences from confronting counternarratives to the Dream.
Written by: David J. Brokaw
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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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Cloverfield
- Creatures and Catastrophes in Post-9/11 Cinema
- Written by: Steffen Hantke
- Narrated by: Phil Thron
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
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Upon its release in 2008, Matt Reeves's Cloverfield revitalized the giant creature, a cinematic trope that had languished for over a decade. The film addressed the attacks of September 11, 2001, trading the jingoistic rhetoric of retributive military aggression for serious engagement with personal and collective trauma. It applied the horror genre's fascination with personal stories captured by found footage to the grand violence of history. Innovative and intense, Cloverfield represented blockbuster filmmaking at its best.
Written by: Steffen Hantke
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Yum? Interesting Origin Stories, Trivia, Fun Facts, and History About Food from Around the World
- Culinary Anecdotes for Curious People
- Written by: Riddleland
- Narrated by: Slade Hovick
- Length: 3 hrs and 36 mins
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Have you ever pondered... What led to the creation of the humble sandwich? Why does chocolate have that irresistible allure? What's the story behind our morning cup of coffee? Like the ever-curious, you've perhaps questioned the origins of these everyday items on your plate. Prepare yourself for an enlightening journey as you uncover your favorite foods' unexpected and perhaps slightly peculiar history.
Written by: Riddleland
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Of Dice and Men
- The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and the People Who Play It
- Written by: David M. Ewalt
- Narrated by: Rob Brinkmann, Pavi Proczko
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
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Even if you’ve never played Dungeons & Dragons, you probably know someone who has: the game has had a profound influence on our culture, and 2014 marks the intriguing role-playing phenomenon’s 40th anniversary. Released decades before the Internet and social media, Dungeons & Dragons inspired one of the original nerd subcultures and is still revered by more than 30 million fans. Now, the authoritative history and magic of the game are revealed by an award-winning journalist and lifelong D&D player.
Written by: David M. Ewalt
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Aliens, UFOs, Nephilim Giants, Hybrids & Cryptids in the Bible
- End Time Watchman Commentaries
- Written by: Charlotte Haire
- Narrated by: Theo Polo
- Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
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Are we living in the last days? End-time events prophesied thousands of years ago are manifesting on the Earth today with increased frequency and intensity. UFOs, aliens, Nephilim giants, cryptids and the unexplainable are appearing as portals open, dimensions collide and the supernatural is unveiled to the natural world. Simply watch the nightly news or scroll through social media to witness a plethora of strange happenings that have been captured on camera or video. Who would have ever imagined reported sightings of giant aliens at a mall in Miami? Or UFOs cloaked in clouds?
Written by: Charlotte Haire