Bestsellers
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The Anglo-Saxons
- A History of the Beginnings of England: 400 - 1066
- By: Marc Morris
- Narrated by: Roy McMillan
- Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins
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A sweeping and original history of the Anglo-Saxons by national best-selling author Marc Morris....
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"Pretty Good"
- By Stephen on 05-30-21
By: Marc Morris
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The Coddling of the American Mind
- How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
- 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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Only Praise
- By TJ on 12-02-18
By: Jonathan Haidt, and others
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Guns, Germs and Steel
- The Fate of Human Societies
- By: Jared Diamond
- Narrated by: Doug Ordunio
- Length: 16 hrs and 20 mins
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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Guns, Germs and Steel examines the rise of civilization and the issues its development has raised throughout history....
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Compelling pre-history and emergent history
- By Doug on 08-25-11
By: Jared Diamond
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Outliers
- The Story of Success
- By: Malcolm Gladwell
- Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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In this stunning audiobook, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers" - the best and the brightest, the most famous, and the most successful. He asks the question: What makes high-achievers different? Listen to find out more....
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Engaging, but overrated
- By Scott T. Hards on 12-13-08
By: Malcolm Gladwell
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Hunt, Gather, Parent
- What Ancient Cultures Can Teach Us About the Lost Art of Raising Happy, Helpful Little Humans
- By: Michaeleen Doucleff
- Narrated by: Michaeleen Doucleff
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
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In Hunt, Gather, Parent, Doucleff sets out with her three-year-old daughter in tow to learn and practice parenting strategies from families in three of the world’s most venerable communities....
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I wish they had a professional narrator
- By Anonymous User on 03-26-21
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The Dawn of Everything
- A New History of Humanity
- By: David Graeber, David Wengrow
- Narrated by: Mark Williams
- Length: 24 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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A trailblazing account of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions about social evolution—from the development of agriculture and cities to the emergence of "the state", political violence, and social inequality—revealing new possibilities for human emancipation....
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exactly what I've been looking for
- By DankTurtle on 11-10-21
By: David Graeber, and others
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The Anglo-Saxons
- A History of the Beginnings of England: 400 - 1066
- By: Marc Morris
- Narrated by: Roy McMillan
- Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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A sweeping and original history of the Anglo-Saxons by national best-selling author Marc Morris....
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"Pretty Good"
- By Stephen on 05-30-21
By: Marc Morris
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The Coddling of the American Mind
- How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
- 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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Only Praise
- By TJ on 12-02-18
By: Jonathan Haidt, and others
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Guns, Germs and Steel
- The Fate of Human Societies
- By: Jared Diamond
- Narrated by: Doug Ordunio
- Length: 16 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Guns, Germs and Steel examines the rise of civilization and the issues its development has raised throughout history....
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Compelling pre-history and emergent history
- By Doug on 08-25-11
By: Jared Diamond
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Outliers
- The Story of Success
- By: Malcolm Gladwell
- Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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In this stunning audiobook, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers" - the best and the brightest, the most famous, and the most successful. He asks the question: What makes high-achievers different? Listen to find out more....
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Engaging, but overrated
- By Scott T. Hards on 12-13-08
By: Malcolm Gladwell
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Hunt, Gather, Parent
- What Ancient Cultures Can Teach Us About the Lost Art of Raising Happy, Helpful Little Humans
- By: Michaeleen Doucleff
- Narrated by: Michaeleen Doucleff
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
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In Hunt, Gather, Parent, Doucleff sets out with her three-year-old daughter in tow to learn and practice parenting strategies from families in three of the world’s most venerable communities....
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I wish they had a professional narrator
- By Anonymous User on 03-26-21
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The Dawn of Everything
- A New History of Humanity
- By: David Graeber, David Wengrow
- Narrated by: Mark Williams
- Length: 24 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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A trailblazing account of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions about social evolution—from the development of agriculture and cities to the emergence of "the state", political violence, and social inequality—revealing new possibilities for human emancipation....
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exactly what I've been looking for
- By DankTurtle on 11-10-21
By: David Graeber, and others
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21 Lessons for the 21st Century
- By: Yuval Noah Harari
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
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Yuval Noah Harari's 21 Lessons for the 21st Century is a probing and visionary investigation into today's most urgent issues as we move into the uncharted territory of the future....
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Disappointing
- By Noah Lugeons on 09-11-18
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The Anthropocene Reviewed
- Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
- By: John Green
- Narrated by: John Green
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
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Number-one best-selling author John Green presents a deeply moving and insightful collection of personal essays adapted and expanded from his groundbreaking podcast....
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unexpected
- By E. Collins on 05-18-21
By: John Green
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Tribe
- On Homecoming and Belonging
- By: Sebastian Junger
- Narrated by: Sebastian Junger
- Length: 2 hrs and 59 mins
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Combining history, psychology, and anthropology, Tribe explores what we can learn from tribal societies about loyalty, belonging, and the eternal human quest for meaning....
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The most profound book on the subject
- By joseph on 05-26-16
By: Sebastian Junger
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Born to Run
- A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
- 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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Amazing read - even for non-runners
- By Corey on 05-31-09
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The Will to Change
- Men, Masculinity, and Love
- By: bell hooks
- Narrated by: Janina Edwards
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Everyone needs to love and be loved - even men. But to know love, men must be able to look at the ways that patriarchal culture keeps them from knowing themselves, from being in touch with their feelings, from loving....
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A unique call to an ethic of creative love
- By Amazon Customer on 09-26-20
By: bell hooks
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Comanches
- The History of a People
- By: T. R. Fehrenbach
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 24 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Authoritative and immediate, this is the classic account of the most powerful of the American Indian tribes. T. R. Fehrenbach traces the Comanches' rise to power....
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In Depth
- By Anonymous User on 02-07-24
By: T. R. Fehrenbach
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The Happiness Hypothesis
- By: Jonathan Haidt
- Narrated by: Ryan Vincent Anderson
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
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Award-winning psychologist Jonathan Haidt, the author of The Righteous Mind, shows how a deeper understanding of the world's philosophical wisdom and its enduring maxims can enrich and even transform our lives....
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Amazing book, terrible choice in voice.
- By JAMES on 02-05-19
By: Jonathan Haidt
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The Blank Slate
- The Modern Denial of Human Nature
- By: Steven Pinker
- Narrated by: Victor Bevine
- Length: 22 hrs and 40 mins
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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....
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Don't bother. Outdated science & poor logic...
- By ejf211 on 03-31-10
By: Steven Pinker
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White Fragility
- Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
- By: Dr. Robin DiAngelo, Michael Eric Dyson - foreword
- Narrated by: Amy Landon
- Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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The New York Times best-selling book exploring the counterproductive reactions white people have when their assumptions about race are challenged and how these reactions maintain racial inequality....
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Word salad
- By Eric on 03-10-20
By: Dr. Robin DiAngelo, and others
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Generations
- The Real Differences between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents—and What They Mean for America's Future
- By: Jean M. Twenge PhD
- Narrated by: Madeleine Maby
- Length: 16 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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The acclaimed author of Generation Me and iGen presents groundbreaking, revelatory portrait of the six generations that currently live in the United States and how they connect, conflict, and compete with one another....
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Superbly organized and written!
- By Wayne on 04-30-23
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The Paradox of Choice
- Why More is Less
- By: Barry Schwartz
- Narrated by: Ken Kliban
- Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
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We assume that more choice means better options and greater satisfaction. But beware of excessive choice....
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The Tyranny of Pop Economics
- By Darwin8u on 10-28-13
By: Barry Schwartz
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The WEIRDest People in the World
- How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous
- By: Joseph Henrich
- Narrated by: Korey Jackson
- Length: 19 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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In The WEIRDest People in the World, Joseph Henrich draws on cutting-edge research in anthropology, psychology, economics, and evolutionary biology to explore these questions and more....
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Lots of mispronounced words
- By Phillip Falk on 10-24-20
By: Joseph Henrich
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Magicians of the Gods
- The Forgotten Wisdom of Earth’s Lost Civilization
- By: Graham Hancock
- Narrated by: Graham Hancock
- Length: 14 hrs and 54 mins
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Graham Hancock's multi-million bestseller Fingerprints of the Gods remains an astonishing, deeply controversial, wide-ranging investigation of the mysteries of our past and the evidence for Earth's lost civilization. Twenty years on, Hancock returns with the sequel to his seminal work....
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"Brilliant" is an understatement.
- By Brian on 11-13-15
By: Graham Hancock
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America Before
- The Key to Earth's Lost Civilization
- By: Graham Hancock
- Narrated by: Graham Hancock
- Length: 17 hrs and 17 mins
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America Before: The Key to Earth's Lost Civilization rewrites American history as we know it. It is a mind-dilating exploration of the mystery of ancient civilizations, amazing archaeological discoveries, and profound implications for how we lead our lives today....
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Fun to Think About
- By Amazon Customer on 04-26-19
By: Graham Hancock
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Sapiens. De animales a dioses [Sapiens: From Animals to Gods]
- Una breve historia de la humanidad [A Brief History of Humankind]
- By: Yuval Noah Harari
- Narrated by: Carlos Manuel Vesga
- Length: 17 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Este es el fascinante relato de nuestra extraordinaria historia: de simios sin importancia a amos del mundo....
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Entretenimiento de lujo
- By dan on 10-14-17
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The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog
- And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook -- What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us About Loss, Love, and Healing
- By: Bruce D. Perry, Maia Szalavitz
- Narrated by: Chris Kipiniak
- Length: 13 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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How does trauma affect a child's mind—and how can that mind recover? In the classic The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog, Dr. Perry explains what happens to the brains of children exposed to extreme stress and shares their lessons of courage, humanity, and hope....
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Nice to see some good come to those abused/neglect
- By C. Turner on 06-07-19
By: Bruce D. Perry, and others
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The Omnivore's Dilemma
- A Natural History of Four Meals
- 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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Great book; didn't love the reading
- By Lily on 11-02-08
By: Michael Pollan
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Sea People
- The Puzzle of Polynesia
- By: Christina Thompson
- Narrated by: Susan Lyons
- Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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A thrilling, intellectual detective story that looks deep into the past to uncover who first settled the islands of the remote Pacific, where they came from, how they got there, and how we know....
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Long Lost History
- By Than on 04-19-19
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African Origin of Civilization - The Myth or Reality
- By: Cheikh Anta Diop
- Narrated by: Frank Block
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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This classic presents historical, archaeological, and anthropological evidence to support the theory that ancient Egypt was a black civilization....
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History told from an honest point
- By Lee on 12-19-21
By: Cheikh Anta Diop
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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
- A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
- By: Anne Fadiman
- Narrated by: Pamela Xiong
- Length: 13 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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When three-month-old Lia Lee arrived at the county hospital emergency room in Merced, California, a chain of events was set in motion....
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Good audiobook but narrator struggles with basic pronunciation
- By Kate on 06-04-15
By: Anne Fadiman
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Fire Weather
- A True Story from a Hotter World
- By: John Vaillant
- Narrated by: Alan Carlson
- Length: 14 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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From the award-winning, best-selling author of The Tiger and The Golden Spruce comes a stunning account of a colossal wildfire and a panoramic exploration of the rapidly changing relationship between fire and humankind....
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Fantastic
- By Barbara on 06-24-23
By: John Vaillant
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Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon
- Laurel Canyon, Covert Ops, and the Dark Heart of the Hippie Dream
- By: David McGowan
- Narrated by: Bill Fike
- Length: 14 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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The very strange but nevertheless true story of the dark underbelly of a 1960s hippie utopia. Laurel Canyon in the 1960s and early 1970s was a magical place....
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My first review. This book changed me.
- By Robert on 06-30-19
By: David McGowan
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Bullshit Jobs
- A Theory
- By: David Graeber
- Narrated by: Christopher Ragland
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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From best-selling writer David Graeber, a powerful argument against the rise of meaningless, unfulfilling jobs and their consequences....
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Incredibly disappointing...
- By Jordan Burton on 12-21-18
By: David Graeber
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The Lemon Tree
- By: Sandy Tolan
- Narrated by: Sandy Tolan
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
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In 1967, not long after the Six-Day War, three young Arab men ventured into the town of Ramle, in what is now Jewish Israel....
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Steeping The Lemon Tree
- By Faithfull Fan on 04-11-18
By: Sandy Tolan
New releases
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Inheritance
- The Evolutionary Origins of the Modern World
- By: Harvey Whitehouse
- Narrated by: Harvey Whitehouse
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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One of the world's leading anthropologists reveals how our evolutionary past informed the birth and rise of global civilisation. Unveiling a visionary new way of studying human history - one that stunningly weaves together experimental psychology, anthropology and quantitative social science - Harvey Whitehouse uncovers the three evolutionary biases that shape our social behaviour: conformism, religiosity and tribalism.
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Benefits of Bitcoin
- Unstoppable Ways Bitcoin Will Upgrade The World for Everyone, Everywhere
- By: Levi M. Johnson
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 3 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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For fans of Michael Saylor and Jordan B. Peterson comes a new book that will transform the way you see the world and money. In Benefits of Bitcoin, Levi Johnson demonstrates how fiat currency is destroying humanity and how Bitcoin fixes these problems and unleashes human flourishing. Bitcoin: captures and organizes (indexes) all increases in human economic efficiency benefits marriage decreases crime by increasing fatherhood is truth money that sets you free makes government competent and trustworthy creates a flourishing energy future for everyone makes it easier to save for a house ...
By: Levi M. Johnson
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The Cactus Hunters
- Desire and Extinction in the Illicit Succulent Trade
- By: Jared D. Margulies
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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A heady blend of international intrigue, social theory, botanical lore, and ecological study, The Cactus Hunters offers complex insight into species extinction, conservation, and more-than-human care.
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Lost Tribes and Promised Lands
- The Origins of American Racism
- By: Ronald Sanders
- Narrated by: Karen Chilton
- Length: 19 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Celebrated historian and cultural critic Ronald Sanders offers a compelling and ideology-shattering history of racial prejudice and myth as shaped by political, religious, and economic forces from the 14th Century to the present day. Written with clear-eyed vigor, Sanders draws on a broad history of art, psychology, politics, and religion to inform his striking and soundly reasoned assertions.
By: Ronald Sanders
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The White Album
- Essays (FSG Classics)
- By: Joan Didion
- Narrated by: Susan Varon
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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First published in 1979, Joan Didion's The White Album records indelibly the upheavals and aftermaths of the 1960s. Examining key events, figures, and trends of the era—including Charles Manson, the Black Panthers, and the shopping mall—through the lens of her own spiritual confusion, Joan Didion helped to define mass culture as we now understand it. Written with a commanding sureness of tone and linguistic precision, The White Album is a central text of American reportage and a classic of American autobiography.
By: Joan Didion
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Why War?
- By: Richard Overy
- Narrated by: Dennis Kleinman
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Why has war been such a consistent presence throughout the human past? A leading historian explains, drawing on rich examples and keen insight. Richard Overy is not the first scholar to take up the title question. In 1931, at the request of the League of Nations, Albert Einstein asked Sigmund Freud to collaborate on a short work examining whether there was "a way of delivering mankind from the menace of war." Published the next year as a pamphlet entitled Why War?, it conveyed Freud's conclusion that the "death drive" made any deliverance impossible.
By: Richard Overy
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Inheritance
- The Evolutionary Origins of the Modern World
- By: Harvey Whitehouse
- Narrated by: Harvey Whitehouse
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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One of the world's leading anthropologists reveals how our evolutionary past informed the birth and rise of global civilisation. Unveiling a visionary new way of studying human history - one that stunningly weaves together experimental psychology, anthropology and quantitative social science - Harvey Whitehouse uncovers the three evolutionary biases that shape our social behaviour: conformism, religiosity and tribalism.
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Benefits of Bitcoin
- Unstoppable Ways Bitcoin Will Upgrade The World for Everyone, Everywhere
- By: Levi M. Johnson
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 3 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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For fans of Michael Saylor and Jordan B. Peterson comes a new book that will transform the way you see the world and money. In Benefits of Bitcoin, Levi Johnson demonstrates how fiat currency is destroying humanity and how Bitcoin fixes these problems and unleashes human flourishing. Bitcoin: captures and organizes (indexes) all increases in human economic efficiency benefits marriage decreases crime by increasing fatherhood is truth money that sets you free makes government competent and trustworthy creates a flourishing energy future for everyone makes it easier to save for a house ...
By: Levi M. Johnson
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The Cactus Hunters
- Desire and Extinction in the Illicit Succulent Trade
- By: Jared D. Margulies
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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A heady blend of international intrigue, social theory, botanical lore, and ecological study, The Cactus Hunters offers complex insight into species extinction, conservation, and more-than-human care.
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Lost Tribes and Promised Lands
- The Origins of American Racism
- By: Ronald Sanders
- Narrated by: Karen Chilton
- Length: 19 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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Celebrated historian and cultural critic Ronald Sanders offers a compelling and ideology-shattering history of racial prejudice and myth as shaped by political, religious, and economic forces from the 14th Century to the present day. Written with clear-eyed vigor, Sanders draws on a broad history of art, psychology, politics, and religion to inform his striking and soundly reasoned assertions.
By: Ronald Sanders
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The White Album
- Essays (FSG Classics)
- By: Joan Didion
- Narrated by: Susan Varon
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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First published in 1979, Joan Didion's The White Album records indelibly the upheavals and aftermaths of the 1960s. Examining key events, figures, and trends of the era—including Charles Manson, the Black Panthers, and the shopping mall—through the lens of her own spiritual confusion, Joan Didion helped to define mass culture as we now understand it. Written with a commanding sureness of tone and linguistic precision, The White Album is a central text of American reportage and a classic of American autobiography.
By: Joan Didion
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Why War?
- By: Richard Overy
- Narrated by: Dennis Kleinman
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Why has war been such a consistent presence throughout the human past? A leading historian explains, drawing on rich examples and keen insight. Richard Overy is not the first scholar to take up the title question. In 1931, at the request of the League of Nations, Albert Einstein asked Sigmund Freud to collaborate on a short work examining whether there was "a way of delivering mankind from the menace of war." Published the next year as a pamphlet entitled Why War?, it conveyed Freud's conclusion that the "death drive" made any deliverance impossible.
By: Richard Overy
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Dirt
- A Social History as Seen Through the Uses and Abuses of Dirt
- By: Terence McLaughlin
- Narrated by: Todd Belcher
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Delve into the fascinating world of dirt in this history of culture, cleanliness, and our evolving perceptions of what is and isn’t gross. In this engaging and often humorous study of life’s imperfections, public health and hygiene authority Terence McLaughlin dissects our attitudes toward the filth that has accompanied society throughout human history. According to him, “dirt” is a matter of opinion.
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Through Veils of Words
- Performing Politics, Gender and Identity in the Tuscan Contrasto
- By: Valentina Pagliai
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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This book presents the Tuscan Italian folk Verbal Duel called Contrasto, traditionally sung in public performance by the Poeti Bernescanti. The author, linguistic anthropologist Valentina Pagliai, reveals the connections between performance, politics and the creation of social identities. In Contrasto duels anything can be argued, reproduced or contested: political parties and elected representatives, senses of belonging, images of “womanhood” and positionalities in respect to (gendered) power hierarchies. The ideological side of identity becomes open to scrutiny. Beyond this, by ...
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Incredible Lives and the Courage to Live Them
- Thoughts of a Third Culture Kid therapist
- By: Rachel Cason
- Narrated by: Rachel Cason
- Length: 3 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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If you are an adult TCK, you probably sense that the multicultural, high mobility experiences of your childhood continue to impact your life in some way now. Making sense of the impact of these experiences, however, can feel overwhelming, especially if we have long experience of our stories being met with bafflement and incredulity. My hope is that this collection of my thoughts over the last seven years of working with Third Culture Kids will create space for you to explore and make sense of the incredible life you’ve lived.
By: Rachel Cason
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Out of One, Many
- Ancient Greek Ways of Thought and Culture
- By: Jennifer T. Roberts
- Narrated by: Petrea Burchard
- Length: 13 hrs and 52 mins
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Covering the whole of the ancient Greek experience from its beginnings late in the third millennium BCE to the Roman conquest in 30 BCE, Out of One, Many is an accessible and lively introduction to the Greeks and their ways of living and thinking. In this fresh and witty exploration of the thought, culture, society, and history of the Greeks, Jennifer Roberts traces not only the common values that united them across the seas and the centuries, but also the enormous diversity in their ideas and beliefs.
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Weed
- Cannabis Culture in the Americas
- By: Caitlin Donohue
- Narrated by: Angela Juarez
- Length: 4 hrs and 15 mins
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Humans have used cannabis for thousands of years, since Neolithic peoples sought out its medicinal benefits. But for the past century, its use has been largely criminalized. Stigma around cannabis has made it difficult for people of all ages to get straightforward answers about how to minimize health risks related to cannabis consumption or to understand how the plant has shaped and continues to shape society today. In Weed: Cannabis Culture in the Americas, culture writer Caitlin Donohue crafts a comprehensive and thought-provoking review of cannabis in the Western Hemisphere.
By: Caitlin Donohue
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Violence and the Sacred
- By: René Girard
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 17 hrs and 50 mins
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Violence and the Sacred is Rene Girard's landmark study of human evil. Here Girard explores violence as it is represented and occurs throughout history, literature, and myth. Girard's forceful and thought-provoking analyses of Biblical narrative, Greek tragedy, and the lynchings and pogroms propagated by contemporary states illustrate his central argument that violence belongs to everyone and is at the heart of the sacred.
By: René Girard
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Laughter in Ancient Rome
- On Joking, Tickling, and Cracking Up
- By: Mary Beard
- Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
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What made the Romans laugh? Was ancient Rome a carnival, filled with practical jokes and hearty chuckles? Or was it a carefully regulated culture in which the uncontrollable excess of laughter was a force to fear-a world of wit, irony, and knowing smiles? How did Romans make sense of laughter? What role did it play in the world of the law courts, the imperial palace, or the spectacles of the arena?
By: Mary Beard
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Father Time
- A Natural History of Men and Babies
- By: Sarah Blaffer Hrdy
- Narrated by: Katherine Fenton
- Length: 13 hrs and 47 mins
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This audiobook narrated by Katherine Fenton gives a sweeping account of male nurturing, explaining how and why men are biologically transformed when they care for babies.
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American Disgust
- Racism, Microbial Medicine, and the Colony Within
- By: Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer
- Narrated by: Lee Goettl
- Length: 10 hrs
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At its core, American Disgust wrestles with how changing cultural notions of digestion-what goes into the body and what comes out of it-create and impose racial categories motivated by feelings of disgust rooted in American settler-colonial racism. It shows how disgust is a changing, yet fundamental, aspect of American subjectivity and that engaging with it-personally, politically, and theoretically-opens up possibilities for conceptualizing health at the individual, societal, and planetary levels.
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Good Sex
- Transforming America Through the New Gender and Sexual Revolution
- By: Catherine M. Roach
- Narrated by: Holly Myers
- Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
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Good Sex is the manifesto or Manisexto, if you will for this cultural revolution. Same-sex marriage is legal, the #MeToo movement has exploded, colleges nationwide now teach consent-based sexual health, the media celebrates body positivity, and transgender visibility has become mainstream. Defining "good sex" as both ethical and pleasurable, Catherine M. Roach features such topics as equity, intersectionality, and shared pleasure while offering a lively discussion that is inclusively feminist, queer-friendly, and sex-positive without being divisive.
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Gilgamesh in the 21st Century
- A Personal Quest to Understand Mortality
- By: Paul Bracken
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
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"Must I die?" asked Gilgamesh. Forty five centuries later, we're still asking the same question. Science writer Paul Bracken embarks on a lighthearted assessment of the human condition, to explore what it means to be mortal, and what our fate may be. This scientific reimagining of the ancient Gilgamesh quest delves into a multitude of topics including the origin of life, the workings of the human mind, and the possibilities for life prolongation. The ancient Gilgamesh was so distraught at the death of his friend Enkidu, and so sickened by the knowledge that he too would die, that he ...
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Sticky, Sexy, Sad
- Swipe Culture and the Darker Side of Dating Apps
- By: Treena Orchard
- Narrated by: Treena Orchard
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
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Lifelong luddite Treena Orchard was a newly sober woman coming off a much-needed break from relationships, reluctantly taking the digital plunge by downloading a dating app. Instead of the fun, easy experiences advertised on swiping platforms, she discovered endless upkeep, ghosting, fleeting moments of sexual connection, and a steady flow of misogyny.
By: Treena Orchard