- Educators (250)
Bestsellers
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: and Other Clinical Tales
- By: Oliver Sacks
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis, Oliver Sacks - introduction
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Oliver Sacks' The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat tells the stories of individuals afflicted with fantastic perceptual and intellectual aberrations....
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I rarely stop reading a book halfway through...
- By Rusty on 09-04-15
By: Oliver Sacks
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Awe
- The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life
- By: Dacher Keltner
- Narrated by: Dacher Keltner
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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From a foremost expert on the science of emotions and consultant to Pixar’s Inside Out comes a groundbreaking and essential exploration into the history, science, and greater understanding of awe....
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Love the idea more than the product
- By Jackie on 04-23-23
By: Dacher Keltner
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The Psychopath Test
- A Journey Through the Madness Industry
- By: Jon Ronson
- Narrated by: Jon Ronson
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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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....
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Interesting because it comes to more than one conclusion
- By Laura J on 06-20-23
By: Jon Ronson
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Jung
- A Very Short Introduction
- By: Anthony Stevens
- Narrated by: Tim Pigott-Smith
- Length: 3 hrs and 52 mins
- Abridged
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Anthony Stevens argues that Jung's visionary powers and profound spirituality have helped many to find an alternative set of values to the arid materialism prevailing Western society....
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Very nice - will not be disappointed
- By Edgar on 12-15-05
By: Anthony Stevens
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Milton Friedman
- The Last Conservative
- By: Jennifer Burns
- Narrated by: Nan McNamara
- Length: 18 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Milton Friedman was, alongside John Maynard Keynes, the most influential economist of the twentieth century. In Milton Friedman, historian Jennifer Burns tells Friedman’s extraordinary story with the nuance it deserves....
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No mention of Thomas Sowell Phd
- By Charles on 12-26-23
By: Jennifer Burns
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Psychonauts
- Drugs and the Making of the Modern Mind
- By: Mike Jay
- Narrated by: Rachel Perry
- Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Mike Jay brilliantly recovers a lost intellectual tradition of drug-taking that fed the birth of psychology, the discovery of the unconscious, and the emergence of modernism....
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Outstanding
- By Austin on 07-20-24
By: Mike Jay
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: and Other Clinical Tales
- By: Oliver Sacks
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis, Oliver Sacks - introduction
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Oliver Sacks' The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat tells the stories of individuals afflicted with fantastic perceptual and intellectual aberrations....
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I rarely stop reading a book halfway through...
- By Rusty on 09-04-15
By: Oliver Sacks
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Awe
- The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life
- By: Dacher Keltner
- Narrated by: Dacher Keltner
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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From a foremost expert on the science of emotions and consultant to Pixar’s Inside Out comes a groundbreaking and essential exploration into the history, science, and greater understanding of awe....
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Love the idea more than the product
- By Jackie on 04-23-23
By: Dacher Keltner
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The Psychopath Test
- A Journey Through the Madness Industry
- By: Jon Ronson
- Narrated by: Jon Ronson
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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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....
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Interesting because it comes to more than one conclusion
- By Laura J on 06-20-23
By: Jon Ronson
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Jung
- A Very Short Introduction
- By: Anthony Stevens
- Narrated by: Tim Pigott-Smith
- Length: 3 hrs and 52 mins
- Abridged
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Anthony Stevens argues that Jung's visionary powers and profound spirituality have helped many to find an alternative set of values to the arid materialism prevailing Western society....
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Very nice - will not be disappointed
- By Edgar on 12-15-05
By: Anthony Stevens
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Milton Friedman
- The Last Conservative
- By: Jennifer Burns
- Narrated by: Nan McNamara
- Length: 18 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Milton Friedman was, alongside John Maynard Keynes, the most influential economist of the twentieth century. In Milton Friedman, historian Jennifer Burns tells Friedman’s extraordinary story with the nuance it deserves....
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No mention of Thomas Sowell Phd
- By Charles on 12-26-23
By: Jennifer Burns
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Psychonauts
- Drugs and the Making of the Modern Mind
- By: Mike Jay
- Narrated by: Rachel Perry
- Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Mike Jay brilliantly recovers a lost intellectual tradition of drug-taking that fed the birth of psychology, the discovery of the unconscious, and the emergence of modernism....
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Outstanding
- By Austin on 07-20-24
By: Mike Jay
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Hallucinations
- By: Oliver Sacks
- Narrated by: Dan Woren, Oliver Sacks
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Hallucinations don’t belong wholly to the insane. Much more commonly, they are linked to sensory deprivation, intoxication, illness, or injury....
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Not Just Hallucinations
- By Pamela Harvey on 01-05-13
By: Oliver Sacks
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And How Does That Make You Feel?
- Everything You (N)ever Wanted to Know About Therapy
- By: Joshua Fletcher
- Narrated by: Joshua Fletcher
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Trauma, heartbreak, anxiety, and mourning are all parts of the human experience, and Josh Fletcher’s mission in life is to normalize the need to find a trusted professional with whom you can discuss all of life’s scariest aspects....
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Recommendation 5⭐️
- By Jaim's FAVS on 07-03-24
By: Joshua Fletcher
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Grand Pursuit
- The Story of Economic Genius
- By: Sylvia Nasar
- Narrated by: John Bedford Lloyd, Anne Twomey
- Length: 20 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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In a sweeping narrative, the author of the mega-bestseller A Beautiful Mind takes us on a journey through modern history...
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A Beautiful Grand Pursuit
- By Joshua Kim on 05-06-12
By: Sylvia Nasar
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Gang Leader for a Day
- A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets
- By: Sudhir Venkatesh
- Narrated by: Reg Rogers, Sudhir Venkatesh, Stephen J. Dubner
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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The story of the young sociologist who studied a Chicago crack-dealing gang from the inside captured the world's attention when it was first described in Freakonomics....
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Listen to this one first
- By DanO on 01-15-08
By: Sudhir Venkatesh
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High Price
- A Neuroscientist's Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society
- By: Carl Hart
- Narrated by: J.D. Jackson
- Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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A pioneering neuroscientist shares his story of growing up in one of Miami's toughest neighborhoods and how it led him to his groundbreaking work in drug addiction....
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Outstanding!
- By DaWoolf on 04-01-14
By: Carl Hart
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End of the Hour
- A Therapist's Memoir
- By: Meghan Riordan Jarvis
- Narrated by: Meghan Riordan Jarvis
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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End of the Hour is for anyone who has experienced the unpredictable, lasting power of grief—and wondered how they’d ever get through it....
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I keep sharing this book ...
- By Rebecca R. Valentine on 07-21-24
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A Walk on the Beach
- Tales of Wisdom from an Unconventional Woman
- By: Joan Anderson
- Narrated by: Laural Merlington
- Length: 4 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Shortly after arriving on Cape Cod to spend a year by herself, Joan Anderson’s chance encounter with a wise, playful, and astonishing woman helped her usher in the transformations and self-discoveries that led to her ongoing renewal....
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inspiration for this mom/wife
- By Kristine T. on 03-21-16
By: Joan Anderson
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Give Me Back My Children
- Sarah C Allred, Book 1
- By: Sarah Allred, Ellen Taylor
- Narrated by: Annlan Tran
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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She only wanted to be a mother to her own children - FLDS Cult leader had other plans....
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How brainwashed can a mother be?
- By Kindle Customer on 07-02-24
By: Sarah Allred, and others
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The Forgotten Founding Father
- Noah Webster's Obsession and the Creation of an American Culture
- By: Joshua Kendall
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 12 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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American's own The Professor and the Madman: a story of Noah Webster, author of American English....
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A bit of a slog
- By Jason Comely on 06-23-14
By: Joshua Kendall
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The Harvard Psychedelic Club
- How Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, Huston Smith, and Andrew Weil Killed the Fifties and Ushered in a New Age for America
- By: Don Lattin
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Journalist Don Lattin provides the funny, moving inside story of the "Cambridge Quartet"....
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A Fascinating, Engaging Story, Expertly Told
- By Gillian Culff on 12-12-19
By: Don Lattin
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Never Forget to Laugh: Personal Recollections of Bill Thetford, Co-Scribe of A Course in Miracles
- By: Carol M. Howe
- Narrated by: Carol Howe
- Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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First-hand accounts chronicle the life and spiritual journey of Bill Thetford, a brilliant, accomplished psychologist, and one of the world's foremost authorities on ego development....
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Lovely, entertaining, fascinating. . .simply wonderful!
- By Jay in Hawaii on 02-21-22
By: Carol M. Howe
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Patient H.M.
- A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets
- By: Luke Dittrich
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 14 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1953, a 27-year-old factory worker named Henry Molaison - who suffered from severe epilepsy - received a radical new version of the then-common lobotomy, targeting the most mysterious structures in the brain....
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Sort of misleading title
- By L on 10-27-16
By: Luke Dittrich
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The Life and Ideas of James Hillman: Volume III: Soul in the World
- By: Dick Russell
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 21 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Volume III of Dick Russell’s monumental biography, The Life and Ideas of James Hillman, takes up the final decades of the pioneering depth psychologist’s explorations of “Soul in the World”....
By: Dick Russell
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Freud
- The Making of an Illusion
- By: Frederick Crews
- Narrated by: William Hughes
- Length: 25 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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From the master of Freud debunkers, the book that definitively puts an end to the myth of psychoanalysis and its creator....
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A contemptible fraud exposed
- By Quin Dwyer on 09-26-17
By: Frederick Crews
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Floating City
- A Rogue Sociologist Lost and Found in New York's Underground Economy
- By: Sudhir Venkatesh
- Narrated by: Sudhir Venkatesh
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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New York is a city of highs and lows, where wealthy elites share the streets with desperate immigrants and destitute locals....
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disappointed
- By Anonymous User on 05-29-19
By: Sudhir Venkatesh
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Second Sight
- An Intuitive Psychiatrist Tells Her Extraordinary Story and Shows You How To Tap Your Own Inner Wisdom
- By: Judith Orloff
- Narrated by: Judith Orloff
- Length: 2 hrs and 32 mins
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Dr. Judith Orloff tells her remarkable life story and teaches you how to recognize and trust your own intuitive gifts to improve your life - and the lives of those around you....
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Excellent !!
- By Sabrina on 07-15-17
By: Judith Orloff
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Pathological
- The True Story of Six Misdiagnoses
- By: Sarah Fay
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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In this stunning debut—both a memoir and a work of investigative journalism—writer Sarah Fay explores the ways we pathologize human experiences....
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Balanced perspective
- By J. T. Conn on 07-09-22
By: Sarah Fay
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In the Shadow of Fame
- A Memoir by the Daughter of Erik H. Erikson
- By: Sue Erikson Bloland
- Narrated by: Celeste Lawson
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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In the Shadow of Fame, by the daughter of world-renowned psychoanalyst and theorist Erik Erikson, is the intimate story of her struggle to come to terms with her father's fame....
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enjoyable read for psychology student
- By Tracey on 11-22-09
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Wilhelm Reich and the Function of the Orgasm
- Short Bio, Quotes, and Comments (Great Minds Series, Book 11)
- By: Peter Fritz Walter
- Narrated by: Peter Fritz Walter
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Wilhelm Reich and the Function of the Orgasm; Great Minds Series, Vol. 11 - the 2017 revised, updated, and reformatted edition - is a study about one of the greatest authorities on the discovery of the bioenergy for modern science and medical science....
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Well done Peter Fritz Walter!
- By Paul Dion Brooks on 11-17-19
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Denial
- A Memoir
- By: Jessica Stern
- Narrated by: Suzie Althens
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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From one of the world’s foremost experts on terrorism and post-traumatic stress disorder, comes an intimate and astonishingly frank examination of her own rape at 15, the life of her rapist, and how both shaped her life and work....
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Courageous and Relatable
- By Ade on 07-01-24
By: Jessica Stern
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Recollections
- An Autobiography
- By: Viktor E. Frankl
- Narrated by: S. D. Cousins
- Length: 2 hrs and 31 mins
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Born in 1905 in the center of the crumbling Austro-Hungarian Empire, Viktor Frankl was a witness to the great political, philosophical, and scientific upheavals of the 20th century. In these stirring recollections, Frankl describes how as a young doctor of neurology in prewar Vienna....
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The next step after Mam's Search for Meaning
- By Michael DeNobile on 07-30-21
By: Viktor E. Frankl
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How I Learned to Understand the World
- A Memoir
- By: Hans Rosling, Dr. Anna Paterson, Fanny Härgestam
- Narrated by: Simon Slater, Christina Delaine
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
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How I Learned to Understand the World is Hans Rosling’s own story of how he became a revolutionary thinker, and takes us from the swelter of an emergency clinic in Mozambique, to the World Economic Forum at Davos....
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Very good follow-up to Factfulness
- By Dave on 01-08-23
By: Hans Rosling, and others
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I Have America Surrounded
- The Life of Timothy Leary
- By: John Higgs
- Narrated by: John Higgs
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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President Nixon called him the most dangerous man in America, while Terence McKenna believed he made more people happy than anyone else in history. Few people have divided opinion as strongly as Dr. Timothy Leary....
By: John Higgs
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Masters of Sex
- The Life and Times of Williams Masters and Virginia Johnson, the Couple Who Taught America How to Love
- By: Thomas Maier
- Narrated by: Dorie Barton
- Length: 12 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Beginning in the 1950s, William Masters and Virginia Johnson convinced hundreds of people to shed their clothes and copulate—in the name of science. For more than 40 years, the pair served as the nation's top experts on love, sex, and intimacy....
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Interesting information into Masters & Johnson mystic. Worth a listen.
- By Shaffer on 08-15-24
By: Thomas Maier