The Chalice and the Blade

Blessed Unrest

• UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 41 mins)
• By Paul Hawken
• Narrated By Paul Michael Garcia
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Blessed Unrest tells the story of a worldwide movement that is largely unseen by politicians or the media. Hawken, an environmentalist and author, has spent more than a decade researching organizations dedicated to restoring the environment and fostering social justice. From billion-dollar nonprofit organizations to single-person causes, these organizations collectively comprise the largest movement on earth.

Fear: Essential Wisdom for Getting Through the Storm

• UNABRIDGED (4 hrs and 20 mins)
• By Thich Nhat Hanh
• Narrated By Dan Woren
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Most of us live in a constant state of fear - of our past, of illness and aging and death, and of losing the things we treasure most. But it doesn't have to be this way, promises Zen master and Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh. Drawing on a lifetime of mindfulness in action, Thich Nhat Hanh shows us how to use the practice of living in the present to acknowledge and embrace our fears, recognize their origins, and render them powerless. The world-renowned Zen teacher guides us through practical exercises for transforming fear into clarity.

The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economics

• UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 44 mins)
• By Riane Eisler
• Narrated By Sandra Swafford

The real wealth of nations, Riane Eisler argues, is not merely financial, but includes the contributions of people and our natural environment. Here, Eisler goes beyond the market to reexamine economics from a larger perspective - and shows that we must give visibility and value to the socially and economically essential work of caring for people and the planet if we are to meet the enormous challenges we face.

Power Systems: Conversations on Global Democratic Uprisings and the New Challenges to U.S. Empire

• UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 8 mins)
• By Noam Chomsky
• Narrated By Noam Chomsky, David Barsamian

A compelling new set of interviews on our changing and turbulent times with Noam Chomsky, one of the world's foremost thinkers...

In this new collection of conversations, conducted from 2010 to 2012, Noam Chomsky explores the most immediate and urgent concerns: the future of democracy in the Arab world, the implications of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the European financial crisis, the breakdown of American mainstream political institutions, and the rise of the Occupy movement. As always, Chomsky presents his ideas vividly and accessibly, with uncompromising principle and clarifying insight.

Science Set Free: 10 Paths to New Discovery

• UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 56 mins)
• By Rupert Sheldrake
• Narrated By Rupert Sheldrake, Jane Collingwood, David Timson
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Dr. Rupert Sheldrake, one of the world's most innovative scientists, here shows the ways in which science is being constricted by assumptions that have, over the years, hardened into dogmas. Such dogmas are not only limiting, but dangerous for the future of humanity. According to these principles, all of reality is material or physical; the world is a machine, made up of inanimate matter; nature is purposeless; consciousness is nothing but the physical activity of the brain; free will is an illusion; and God exists only as an idea in human minds.