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The Constant Gardener

• ABRIDGED (6 hrs)
• By John le Carre
• Narrated By John le Carre

A master chronicler of the deceptions and betrayals of ordinary people caught in political conflict, le Carré portrays the dark side of the unbridled capitalism. The Constant Gardener is a magnificent exploration of the new world order by one of the most compelling and elegant storytellers of our time.

Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World’s Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself

• UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 47 mins)
• By Rich Roll
• Narrated By Rich Roll
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

An incredible but true account of achieving one of the most awe-inspiring midlife physical transformations ever

In October 2006, the night before he was to turn forty, Rich experienced a chilling glimpse of his future. Nearly fifty pounds overweight and unable to climb the stairs without stopping, he saw where his sedentary lifestyle was taking him. Most of us look the other way when granted such a moment of clarity, but not Rich.

Instant Immersion: German

• UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 2 mins)
• By Laura Wideburg
• Narrated By Laura Wideburg, Carolin Bednaczyk, Judith Weber, and others

Business trip to Berlin? Holiday in Hamburg? From Munich to Mannheim, now you can join the conversation with Instant Immersion: German, the dynamic audio language learning system. Providing effective, progressive instruction in all the basics of structure, syntax, and grammar, Instant Immersion: German emphasizes the building blocks of proper speech and conversational skill-building, all set to a lively lesson plan of practical German vocabulary.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Italian, Level 2

• ORIGINAL (2 hrs and 12 mins)
• By Linguistics Team

You're no idiot, of course. Neither is the team of memory and linguistics experts who have designed the world's most effective foreign language self-study course. International travelers, students, and business people can now learn to converse in a new language in less than half the time they expect.

Single & Single

• ABRIDGED (6 hrs and 10 mins)
• By John le Carre
• Narrated By John Le Carre

This is a story of corrupt liaisons between criminal elements in the new Russian states and the world of legitimate finance in the West. It is also an intimate portrait of two families. Masterful and prescient, le Carré is writing at the top of his creative powers, and the central protagonist, Oliver Single, is one of his most fascinating characters.

WAR

• UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 21 mins)
• By Sebastian Junger
• Narrated By Sebastian Junger

Junger turns his brilliant and empathetic eye to the reality of combat - the fear, the honor, and the trust among men in an extreme situation whose survival depends on their absolute commitment to one another. His on-the-ground account follows a single platoon through a 15-month tour of duty in the most dangerous outpost in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley.

Scorpion Down

• UNABRIDGED (15 hrs)
• By Ed Offley
• Narrated By Richard Ferrone

One Navy admiral called it "one of the greatest unsolved sea mysteries of our era". To this day, the U.S. Navy officially describes it an inexplicable accident. For decades, the real story of the disaster has eluded journalists, historians, and the family members of the lost crew. But a small handful of Navy and government officials knew the truth from the very beginning: the sinking of the nuclear submarine U.S.S. Scorpion and its crew of 99 men, on May 22, 1968, was an act of war.

The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008

• UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 32 mins)
• By Paul Krugman
• Narrated By Don Leslie

In this new, greatly updated edition of The Return of Depression Economics, Krugman shows how the failure of regulation to keep pace with an increasingly out-of-control financial system set the United States, and the world as a whole, up for the greatest financial crisis since the 1930s. He also lays out the steps that must be taken to contain the crisis, and turn around a world economy sliding into a deep recession.

No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller

• UNABRIDGED (13 hrs)
• By Harry Markopolos
• Narrated By Scott Brick, Harry Markopolos, Frank Casey, and others
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

No One Would Listen is the exclusive story of the Harry Markopolos-lead investigation into Bernie Madoff and his $65 billion Ponzi scheme. While a lot has been written about Madoff's scam, few actually know how Markopolos and his team - affectionately called "the Fox Hounds" by Markopolos himself - uncovered what Madoff was doing years before this financial disaster reached its pinnacle. Unfortunately, no one listened, until the damage of the world's largest financial fraud ever was irreversible.

Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism

• UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 16 mins)
• By George A. Akerlof, Robert J. Shiller
• Narrated By Marc Vietor

The global financial crisis has made it painfully clear that powerful psychological forces are imperiling the wealth of nations today. From blind faith in ever-rising housing prices to plummeting confidence in capital markets, "animal spirits" are driving financial events worldwide.