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God Is Not Great: The Case Against Religion

• UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 49 mins)
• By Christopher Hitchens
• Narrated By Christopher Hitchens

With robust clarity, Hitchens frames the argument for a more secular life based on science and reason, in which Hell is replaced by the Hubble Telescope's awesome view of the universe, and Moses and the burning bush give way to the beauty and symmetry of the double helix. God Is Not Great marvels at the possibility of society without religion.

The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom

• UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 47 mins)
• By Jonathan Haidt
• Narrated By George K. Wilson
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This is a book about 10 "Great Ideas". Each chapter is an attempt to savor one idea that has been discovered by several of the world's civilizations - to question it in light of what we now know from scientific research, and to extract from it the lessons that still apply to our modern lives.

True Meditation

• ORIGINAL (3 hrs and 31 mins)
• By Adyashanti
• Narrated By Adyashanti

What would happen if you were to allow everything to be exactly as it is? If you gave up the need for control, and instead embraced the whole of your experience in each moment that arose? In the 14 years that he studied Zen, Adyashanti found that most seasoned meditators had used the practice as a means to a goal they never reached.

The Brain that Changes Itself

• UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 27 mins)
• By Norman Doidge
• Narrated By Jim Bond
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An astonishing new scientific discovery called neuroplasticity is overthrowing the centuries-old notion that the adult human brain is fixed and unchanging. It is, instead, able to change its own structure and function, even into old age. In this revolutionary look at the brain, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Norman Doidge, M.D., provides an introduction to both the brilliant scientists championing neuroplasticity and the people whose lives they’ve transformed.

Dealing with Difficult People: Creating Success Series

• UNABRIDGED (3 hrs and 46 mins)
• By Roy Lilley
• Narrated By Daniel Philpott
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Dealing with Difficult People looks at individual behaviour, what drives it, and how to cope with it. It explains how to recognize and understand difficult people and their actions as a means to resolve problematic situations and awkward issues.

A practical, accessible book, it is essential reading for managers looking to improve performance, sales people looking to win more business, and for anyone who has to deal with difficult colleagues or the public.

Noble Heart: A Self-Guided Retreat on Befriending Your Obstacles

• ORIGINAL (9 hrs and 41 mins)
• By Pema Chodron

You can't get away from suffering. That's the good news, teaches Pema Chodron. For at the core of your most painful experiences, you will find the seeds of your awakening. On Noble Heart, this best-selling author and Tibetan Buddhist nun shows you how vulnerability is our greatest spiritual resource amid life's difficulties. Using special meditations and teachings, she shows how to cultivate your own noble heart, one that sheds its armor, and opens fearlessly to both heartache and delight.

Sacred Verses, Healing Sounds, Volumes I and II: The Bhagavad Gita and Hymns of the Rig Veda

• ORIGINAL (3 hrs and 9 mins)
• By Deepak Chopra
• Narrated By Deepak Chopra

In this illuminating audio experience, Deepak Chopra invites listeners to experience the therapeutic power of sound through language and music. In Volume I, Deepak explains how language forms our material reality and shapes our beliefs and behavior. Listeners are treated to a selection of sacred verses from the Bhagavad Gita that spontaneously generate insight, intuition, and inner harmony.