Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World’s Most Wanted Hacker
UNABRIDGED (13 hrs and 59 mins)
By Kevin Mitnick, William L. Simon
Narrated By Ray Porter
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Kevin Mitnick was the most elusive computer break-in artist in history. He accessed computers and networks at the world’s biggest companies—and however fast the authorities were, Mitnick was faster, sprinting through phone switches, computer systems, and cellular networks. He spent years skipping through cyberspace, always three steps ahead and labeled unstoppable.
James Gleick, the author of the best sellers Chaos and Genius, brings us his crowning work: a revelatory chronicle that shows how information has become the modern era’s defining quality—the blood, the fuel, the vital principle of our world.
Ethan M. says:
"Brilliant book, heroic reader, better in print?"
The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry
UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 33 mins)
By Jon Ronson
Narrated By Jon Ronson
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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. An influential psychologist who is convinced that many important CEOs and politicians are, in fact, psychopaths teaches Ronson how to spot these high-flying individuals by looking out for little telltale verbal and nonverbal clues.
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
UNABRIDGED (36 hrs and 43 mins)
By Steven Pinker
Narrated By Arthur Morey
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We’ve all had the experience of reading about a bloody war or shocking crime and asking, “What is the world coming to?” But we seldom ask, “How bad was the world in the past?” In this startling new book, the best-selling cognitive scientist Steven Pinker shows that the world of the past was much worse. In fact, we may be living in the most peaceable era in our species’ existence.
Franics says:
"Violence is decreasing everywhere. Who knew?"
The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement
UNABRIDGED (16 hrs and 9 mins)
By David Brooks
Narrated By Arthur Morey
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This is the story of how success happens. It is told through the lives of one composite American couple, Harold and Erica - how they grow, push forward, are pulled back, fail, and succeed. Distilling a vast array of information into these two vividly realized characters, Brooks illustrates a fundamental new understanding of human nature.
