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  • Founders' Fortunes: How Money Shaped the Birth of America - Willard Sterne Randall

    Founders' Fortunes: How Money Shaped the Birth of America - Willard Sterne Randall
    Feb 8 2022
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    Title: Founders' Fortunes: How Money Shaped the Birth of America
    Author: Willard Sterne Randall
    Narrator: Steve Hendrickson
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 10:15:45
    Language: English
    Release date: 02-08-2022
    Publisher: Penguin Audio
    Genres: Biography & Memoir, North America, Global Politics, History & Culture

    Summary:
    An illuminating financial history of the Founding Fathers, revealing how their personal finances shaped the Constitution and the new nation In 1776, upon the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the Founding Fathers concluded America’s most consequential document with a curious note, pledging “our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.” Lives and honor did indeed hang in the balance, yet just what were their fortunes? How much did the Founders stand to gain or lose through independence? And what lingering consequences did their respective financial stakes have on liberty, justice, and the fate of the fledgling United States of America? In this landmark account, historian Willard Sterne Randall investigates the private financial affairs of the Founders, illuminating like never before how and why the Revolution came about. The Founders’ Fortunes uncovers how these leaders waged war, crafted a constitution, and forged a new nation influenced in part by their own financial interests. In an era where these very issues have become daily national questions, the result is a remarkable and insightful new understanding of our nation’s bedrock values.
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    10 h et 16 min
  • Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future - Sebastian Mallaby

    Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future - Sebastian Mallaby
    Feb 1 2022
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    Title: Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future
    Author: Sebastian Mallaby
    Narrator: Will Damron
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 16:53:30
    Language: English
    Release date: 02-01-2022
    Publisher: Penguin Audio
    Genres: Business & Economics, Accounting & Finance, Business Development, HR & Office Administration

    Summary:
    Shortlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Named a Best Book of 2022 by The Economist “A gripping fly-on-the-wall story of the rise of this unique and important industry based on extensive interviews with some of the most successful venture capitalists.” - Daniel Rasmussen, Wall Street Journal “A must-read for anyone seeking to understand modern-day Silicon Valley and even our economy writ large.” -Bethany McLean, The Washington Post 'A rare and unsettling look inside a subculture of unparalleled influence.” —Jane Mayer 'A classic...A book of exceptional reporting, analysis and storytelling.” —Charles Duhigg From the New York Times bestselling author of More Money Than God comes the astonishingly frank and intimate story of Silicon Valley’s dominant venture-capital firms—and how their strategies and fates have shaped the path of innovation and the global economy Innovations rarely come from “experts.” Elon Musk was not an “electric car person” before he started Tesla. When it comes to improbable innovations, a legendary tech VC told Sebastian Mallaby, the future cannot be predicted, it can only be discovered. It is the nature of the venture-capital game that most attempts at discovery fail, but a very few succeed at such a scale that they more than make up for everything else. That extreme ratio of success and failure is the power law that drives the VC business, all of Silicon Valley, the wider tech sector, and, by extension, the world. In The Power Law, Sebastian Mallaby has parlayed unprecedented access to the most celebrated venture capitalists of all time—the key figures at Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins, Accel, Benchmark, and Andreessen Horowitz, as well as Chinese partnerships such as Qiming and Capital Today—into a riveting blend of storytelling and analysis that unfurls the history of tech incubation, in the Valley and ultimately worldwide. We learn the unvarnished truth, often for the first time, about some of the most iconic triumphs and infamous disasters in Valley history, from the comedy of errors at the birth of Apple to the avalanche of venture money that fostered hubris at WeWork and Uber. VCs’ relentless search for grand slams brews an obsession with the ideal of the lone entrepreneur-genius, and companies seen as potential “unicorns” are given intoxicating amounts of power, with sometimes disastrous results. On a more systemic level, the need to make outsized bets on unproven talent reinforces bias, with women and minorities still represented at woefully low levels. This does not just have social justice implications: as Mallaby relates, China’s homegrown VC sector, having learned at the Valley’s feet, is exploding and now has more women VC luminaries than America has ever had. Still, Silicon Valley VC remains the top incubator of business innovation anywhere—it is not where ideas come from so much as where they go to become the products and companies that create the future. By taking us so deeply into the VCs’ game, The Power Law helps us think about our own future through their eyes.
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    16 h et 54 min
  • Ramses the Damned: The Reign of Osiris - Anne Rice

    Ramses the Damned: The Reign of Osiris - Anne Rice
    Feb 1 2022
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    Title: Ramses the Damned: The Reign of Osiris
    Author: Anne Rice
    Narrator: Katharine Lee Mcewan
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 12:48:01
    Language: English
    Release date: 02-01-2022
    Publisher: Random House (Audio)
    Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Paranormal

    Summary:
    The gilded adventures of Ramses the Damned, iconic creation of the legendary bestselling author, continue in this breathtakingly suspenseful tale of a titanic supernatural power unleashed on the eve of war. A pharaoh made immortal by a mysterious and powerful elixir, Ramses the Great became counselor and lover to some of Egypt's greatest and most powerful rulers before he was awakened from centuries of slumber to the mystifying and dazzling world of Edwardian England. Having vanquished foes both human and supernatural, he's found love with the beautiful heiress Julie Stratford, daughter of Lawrence Stratford, the slain archeologist who discovered his tomb. Now, with the outbreak of a world war looming, Ramses and those immortals brought forth from the mists of history by his resurrection will face their greatest test yet. Russian assassins bearing weapons of immense power have assembled under one command: all those who loved Lawrence Stratford must die. From the glowing jewels at their necks comes an incredible supernatural force: the power to bring statues to life. As Ramses and his allies, including the immortal queens Cleopatra and Bektaten, gather together to battle these threats, Ramses reveals that the great weapon may have roots in an ancient Egyptian ritual designed to render pharaohs humble before Osiris, the god of the underworld. The resulting journey will take them across storm-tossed seas and into the forests of northern Russia, where they will confront a terrifying collision of tortured political ambitions and religious fervor held in thrall to a Godlike power. But the true answers they seek will lie beyond the border between life and death, within realms that defy the imagination of even an immortal such as Ramses the Great. In Ramses the Damned: The Reign of Osiris, Anne Rice, revered and beloved storyteller ('queen of gothic lit, the maestro of the monstrous and the diva of the devious' --The Philadelphia Inquirer), in collaboration with her son, acclaimed bestselling novelist Christopher Rice ('a magician; a master' --Peter Straub), bring us another thrilling, seductive tale of high adventure, romance, history, and suspense. AN ANCHOR ORIGINAL
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    12 h et 48 min
  • Being a Distance Grandparent: A Book for ALL Generations - Helen Ellis

    Being a Distance Grandparent: A Book for ALL Generations - Helen Ellis
    Jan 31 2022
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    Title: Being a Distance Grandparent: A Book for ALL Generations
    Author: Helen Ellis
    Narrator: Helen Ellis, Robbie Ellis (introduction)
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 8:52:55
    Language: English
    Release date: 01-31-2022
    Publisher: Findaway Voices
    Genres: Non-Fiction, Health & Wellness, Marriage & Family, Social Science

    Summary:
    Is your family geographically scattered? Has globalisation made your family a Distance Family? This book tells the candid story of how Distance Parents and Distance Grandparents struggle – and succeed – to adapt to their new reality. This isn’t family life as they had imagined it. If you are a Distance Parent or Distance Grandparent, all those how, why and what-if questions will find answers in these pages. You’ll realise, perhaps for the first time, that you’re not alone on your journey. Helen Ellis, researcher, writer, anthropologist and a veteran of Distance Grandparenting, examines everything from smart ways of tweaking your communication routines to tips for nourishing precious family relationships. These moving stories will soothe and inspire you, and more importantly, help you embrace your ever-changing Distance Family role. Are you a Distance Family daughter, son or grandchild living a globalised life? Do you worry about the folks back home? Is that you? Taking time to learn about Distance Family from your parent’s or grandparent’s perspective is a heartfelt act of love. With knowledge comes understanding… with understanding comes empathy… and that is a good thing for Distance Families. Being a Distance Grandparent – a Book for ALL Generations will make a difference to your Distance Family. The first part of a three-book series.
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    8 h et 53 min
  • Accomplice: A Novel - Lisa Lutz

    Accomplice: A Novel - Lisa Lutz
    Jan 25 2022
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    Title: Accomplice: A Novel
    Author: Lisa Lutz
    Narrator: Lisa Flanagan
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 11:38:17
    Language: English
    Release date: 01-25-2022
    Publisher: Random House (Audio)
    Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense

    Summary:
    Everyone has the same questions about best friends Owen and Luna: What binds them together so tightly? Why weren’t they ever a couple? And why do people around them keep turning up dead? In this riveting novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Passenger, every answer raises a new, more chilling question. “Masterfully plotted, The Accomplice is both a keep-you-guessing mystery and a keenly and tenderly observed character study.”—Attica Locke, author of Bluebird, Bluebird and Heaven, My Home ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: PopSugar Owen Mann is charming, privileged, and chronically dissatisfied. Luna Grey is secretive, cautious, and pragmatic. Despite their differences, they form a bond the moment they meet in college. Their names soon become indivisible—Owen and Luna, Luna and Owen—and stay that way even after an unexplained death rocks their social circle. They’re still best friends years later, when Luna finds Owen’s wife brutally murdered. The police investigation sheds light on some long-hidden secrets, but it can’t penetrate the wall of mystery that surrounds Owen. To get to the heart of what happened and why, Luna has to dig up the one secret she’s spent her whole life burying. The Accomplice brilliantly examines the bonds of shared history, what it costs to break them, and what happens when you start wondering how well you know the one person who truly knows you.
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    11 h et 38 min
  • Dozen Things God Did with Your Sin (And Three Things He'll Never Do) - Sam Storms

    Dozen Things God Did with Your Sin (And Three Things He'll Never Do) - Sam Storms
    Jan 18 2022
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    Title: Dozen Things God Did with Your Sin (And Three Things He'll Never Do)
    Author: Sam Storms
    Narrator: Sam Storms
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 5:52:23
    Language: English
    Release date: 01-18-2022
    Publisher: Bookwire
    Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Counseling & Inspirational

    Summary:
    What Did God Do with Your Sin? Every Christian has experienced days or even seasons of feeling extreme guilt over past or present sins, thinking that God is angry or disgusted with them—sometimes even wondering if they're truly saved. This often happens when believers fixate on their sins while forgetting what Christ has already done on their behalf at the cross. Sam Storms explains it this way: 'What consumes us is what we have done by sinning. What ought to consume us is grateful meditation on what God has done with our sinning.' In his latest audiobook, Storms addresses this anxiety over sin by reminding believers of the good news of the gospel. Beginning with an explanation of the glory of penal substitution, he walks through 12 things God did with their sin, including forgiving it, passing over it, and casting it into the depths of the sea. He also explains 3 things God will never do with their sin, such as counting it against them. Walking through the Bible's teaching, Storms helps believers find freedom, joy, and peace in knowing what God has done (and will never do) with their sin through the redemptive sacrifice of Jesus.
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    5 h et 52 min
  • Lost & Found: A Memoir - Kathryn Schulz

    Lost & Found: A Memoir - Kathryn Schulz
    Jan 11 2022
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    Title: Lost & Found: A Memoir
    Author: Kathryn Schulz
    Narrator: Kathryn Schulz
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 7:26:09
    Language: English
    Release date: 01-11-2022
    Publisher: Random House (Audio)
    Genres: Biography & Memoir, Health & Wellness, Marriage & Family, Death & Bereavement

    Summary:
    NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A “profound and beautiful” (Marilynne Robinson) account of joy and sorrow from one of the great writers of our time, The New Yorker’s Kathryn Schulz, winner of the Pulitzer Prize “I will stake my reputation on you being blown away by Lost & Found.”—Anne Lamott, author of Dusk, Night, Dawn and Bird by Bird WINNER OF THE LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD • LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD • LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: People ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time, NPR, Oprah Daily, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, Esquire, Vulture, She Reads, Book Riot, Publishers Weekly One spring morning, Kathryn Schulz went to lunch with a stranger and fell in love. Having spent years looking for the right relationship, she was dazzled by how swiftly everything changed when she finally met her future wife. But as the two of them began building a life together, Schulz’s beloved father—a charming, brilliant, absentminded Jewish refugee—went into the hospital with a minor heart condition and never came out. Newly in love yet also newly bereft, Schulz was left contending simultaneously with wild joy and terrible grief. Those twin experiences form the heart of Lost & Found, a profound meditation on the families that make us and the families we make. But Schulz’s book also explores how disappearance and discovery shape us all. On average, we each lose two hundred thousand objects over our lifetime, and Schulz brilliantly illuminates the relationship between those everyday losses and our most devastating ones. Likewise, she explores the importance of seeking, whether for ancient ruins or new ideas, friends, faith, meaning, or love. The resulting book is part memoir, part guidebook to sustaining wonder and gratitude even in the face of loss and grief. A staff writer at The New Yorker and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Schulz writes with curiosity, tenderness, and humor about the connections between joy and sorrow—and between us all.
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    7 h et 26 min
  • A is for Oboe: The Orchestra's Alphabet - Lera Auerbach

    A is for Oboe: The Orchestra's Alphabet - Lera Auerbach
    Jan 4 2022
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    Title: A is for Oboe: The Orchestra's Alphabet
    Author: Lera Auerbach
    Narrator: Thomas Quasthoff
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 0:50:00
    Language: English
    Release date: 01-04-2022
    Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)
    Genres: Kids, Ages 5 & Under, General

    Summary:
    This deeply imaginative and entertaining poetry collection details the pleasures of the orchestra, from strong-willed A to satisfied Z. Two widely acclaimed poets--one a composer and classical pianist as well--have come together to create this extraordinary portrait of the orchestra in all of its richness and fascination, using the structure of the alphabet in a way that's entirely new and delightful. A is for the first note you hear as you take your seat in the concert hall, played by the headstrong oboe. B is for the bassoon, 'the orchestra's jester, complaining impatiently through his nose.' And C is for the conductor, 'like the captain on the bridge of a great ship, navigating the composer's musical charts.' Onward the text goes, soaring in reverie and making thought-provoking observations while not taking itself too seriously--illuminating all the various details that flow together to create the nourishing experience of playing or listening to music. * This audiobook contains a downloadable PDF detailing information about the musical excerpts included in the audiobook.
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    50 min