APRIL 26, 2019
One hair-filled ring to rule them all.
Sometimes you go on Antiques Roadshow and find out your heirlooms are worthless, other times you find out you have Charlotte Brontë’s ring and a lock of her hair worth $26,000. A woman in North Wales found such a ring in her father-in-law’s attic, inscribed withC. Bronteand the date of the Jane Eyre author's death. Apparently people in the 19th century incorporated hair into jewelry all the damn time—to help remember someone after they’d died. (Charlotte herself wore a bracelet of her two sisters’ hair!) It seems a very fitting coda for the author of one of the spookiest gothic romances of all time.
Are you too a sci-fi newb?
Editor Sam (she of the sci-fi themed wedding) feels your pain. Sam claims that she herself suffered a little from imposter syndrome in her early days of sci-fi obsession, but it was the broadly reaching tour (you could even call it galactic) she experienced via sci-fi master John Scalzi that served as her ticket off planet. Here, she shares her love of his work and sets you up for your own genre journey.Making art.
Producer Amy Sherman-Palladino is known for expertly centering women’s stories on their strengths as well as their quirks (see: Gilmore Girls and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel). Now she and her producing partner, husband Daniel Palladino, are bringing to life Pulitzer Prize-winner Mary Gabriel’s fantastic Ninth Street Women, which dives into the lives of five real, amazing women who ruffled feathers when they entered the world of 20th century abstract painting as artists instead of muses. Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell, and Helen Frankenthaler changed the art scene, and if this upcoming Amazon Prime show is half as inspiring and entertaining as the listen is…well, you’ll know where to find us.Talk doctor to me.
One of our favorite romance authors, Sarah MacLean, shared a hilarious thread on Twitter this week about an interaction with her neurosurgeon. MacLean revealed that a few years ago she needed to have surgery to remove an unruptured aneurysm, and let’s just say her doctor sounds like the alpha male romance hero of our dreams. Here’s hoping MacLean is currently working on her next novel with him as the star.Pregnant girls get the corner office.
As working moms, we hear a lot about how to do our jobs—Lean In, Lean Out, negotiate themotherhood penalty,and so on. This week we’re hearing a lot about the
C-suite baby boom,which applauds a recent trend in high-profile, high-ranking female executives not only refusing to downplay the parenting side of their identities, but celebrating it. Traditionally, many women have learned to keep motherhood out of the office, lest we get turned down for the dream job, dream promotion, or even dream project. Which is why we’ll lean in any direction necessary to keep this trend going.
Weird flex but OK.
Thanks to a newfound piece of coprolite (that’s fossilized poop to you and me), we now know at least one hunter-gatherer ate an entire rattlesnake—fang included. The sample was part of a group that also contained a whole, uncooked rodent as well as seasonal asparagus and prickly pear (proto-hipster alert!). While snake was a common enough food for the time, finding the creature’s entire body, venomous head, and fang is unprecedented. Researchers speculate this meal was part of ritualistic or shamanistic behavior (so…Jaguar in the Body, Butterfly in the Heart, Snake in the 💩??), and not a nutritional thing. Good news for those of us trying to eat paleo, right?—the audible editors
the new New Age—is here (and free, as always). Praise be!
Audiobooks in This Edition
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Jane Eyre
- De: Charlotte Brontë
- Narrado por: Thandiwe Newton
- Duración: 19 h y 10 m
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Following Jane from her childhood as an orphan in Northern England through her experience as a governess at Thornfield Hall, Charlotte Brontë's Gothic classic is an early exploration of women's independence in the mid-19th century and the pervasive societal challenges women had to endure. At Thornfield, Jane meets the complex and mysterious Mr. Rochester, with whom she shares a complicated relationship that ultimately forces her to reconcile the conflicting passions of romantic love and religious piety.
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Perfect!!
- De Amazon Customer en 04-21-16
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The Dispatcher
- De: John Scalzi
- Narrado por: Zachary Quinto
- Duración: 2 h y 18 m
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Zachary Quinto - best known for his role as the Nimoy-approved Spock in the recent Star Trek reboot and the menacing, power-stealing serial killer, Sylar, in Heroes - brings his well-earned sci-fi credentials and simmering intensity to this audio-exclusive novella from master storyteller John Scalzi. One day, not long from now, it becomes almost impossible to murder anyone - 999 times out of a thousand, anyone who is intentionally killed comes back. How? We don't know.
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IT'S HARD TO GET MYSTICAL ABOUT YOUR JOB
- De Jim "The Impatient" en 10-05-16
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The Gilmore Girls Companion
- De: A. S. Berman, Edward Herrmann
- Narrado por: Nat Segaloff
- Duración: 15 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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Since we first peeked into Stars Hollow, Connecticut in October 2000, Gilmore Girls has delighted people worldwide. Combining unparalleled writing with endearing characters and a respect for the complexities of life, the series continues to bring people together today. The Gilmore Girls Companion takes you behind the scenes of this television classic, from the first glimmer of the idea to the making of the series finale.
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A Fantastic Companion to the Great Series!!!
- De James M. Patton en 08-07-18
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Ninth Street Women
- Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell, and Helen Frankenthaler: Five Painters and the Movement That Changed Modern Art
- De: Mary Gabriel
- Narrado por: Lisa Stathoplos
- Duración: 40 h y 12 m
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Five women revolutionize the modern art world in postwar America in this "gratifying, generous, and lush" true story from a National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize finalist (Jennifer Szalai, New York Times). Set amid the most turbulent social and political period of modern times, Ninth Street Women is the impassioned, wild, sometimes tragic, always exhilarating chronicle of five women who dared to enter the male-dominated world of 20th-century abstract painting - not as muses but as artists.
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Painful pronunciation issues!
- De Curious Artist Librarian en 05-20-19
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Ten Ways to Be Adored When Landing a Lord
- De: Sarah MacLean
- Narrado por: Mary Jane Wells
- Duración: 11 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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The daughter of a titled wastrel, Lady Isabel Townsend has too many secrets and too little money. Though she is used to taking care of herself quite handily, her father's recent passing has left Isabel at sea and in need of outside help to protect her young brother's birthright. The sinfully handsome, eminently eligible Lord Nicholas could be the very salvation she seeks. But the lady must be wary and not do anything reckless and foolish…like falling madly, passionately in love.
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I LOVED THIS BOOK!!!
- De MMason en 05-17-14
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The Bronte Cabinet
- Three Lives in Nine Objects
- De: Deborah Lutz
- Narrado por: Esther Wane
- Duración: 9 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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An intimate portrait of the lives and writings of the Brontë sisters, drawn from the objects they possessed. In this unique and lovingly detailed biography of a literary family that has enthralled readers for nearly two centuries, Victorian literature scholar Deborah Lutz illuminates the complex and fascinating lives of the Brontës through the things they wore, stitched, wrote on, and inscribed.
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Jane Eyre
- De: Charlotte Brontë
- Narrado por: Thandiwe Newton
- Duración: 19 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General
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Narración:
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Historia
Following Jane from her childhood as an orphan in Northern England through her experience as a governess at Thornfield Hall, Charlotte Brontë's Gothic classic is an early exploration of women's independence in the mid-19th century and the pervasive societal challenges women had to endure. At Thornfield, Jane meets the complex and mysterious Mr. Rochester, with whom she shares a complicated relationship that ultimately forces her to reconcile the conflicting passions of romantic love and religious piety.
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Perfect!!
- De Amazon Customer en 04-21-16
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The Dispatcher
- De: John Scalzi
- Narrado por: Zachary Quinto
- Duración: 2 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General
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Narración:
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Historia
Zachary Quinto - best known for his role as the Nimoy-approved Spock in the recent Star Trek reboot and the menacing, power-stealing serial killer, Sylar, in Heroes - brings his well-earned sci-fi credentials and simmering intensity to this audio-exclusive novella from master storyteller John Scalzi. One day, not long from now, it becomes almost impossible to murder anyone - 999 times out of a thousand, anyone who is intentionally killed comes back. How? We don't know.
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IT'S HARD TO GET MYSTICAL ABOUT YOUR JOB
- De Jim "The Impatient" en 10-05-16
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The Gilmore Girls Companion
- De: A. S. Berman, Edward Herrmann
- Narrado por: Nat Segaloff
- Duración: 15 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General
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Narración:
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Historia
Since we first peeked into Stars Hollow, Connecticut in October 2000, Gilmore Girls has delighted people worldwide. Combining unparalleled writing with endearing characters and a respect for the complexities of life, the series continues to bring people together today. The Gilmore Girls Companion takes you behind the scenes of this television classic, from the first glimmer of the idea to the making of the series finale.
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A Fantastic Companion to the Great Series!!!
- De James M. Patton en 08-07-18
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Ninth Street Women
- Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell, and Helen Frankenthaler: Five Painters and the Movement That Changed Modern Art
- De: Mary Gabriel
- Narrado por: Lisa Stathoplos
- Duración: 40 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General
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Narración:
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Historia
Five women revolutionize the modern art world in postwar America in this "gratifying, generous, and lush" true story from a National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize finalist (Jennifer Szalai, New York Times). Set amid the most turbulent social and political period of modern times, Ninth Street Women is the impassioned, wild, sometimes tragic, always exhilarating chronicle of five women who dared to enter the male-dominated world of 20th-century abstract painting - not as muses but as artists.
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Painful pronunciation issues!
- De Curious Artist Librarian en 05-20-19
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Ten Ways to Be Adored When Landing a Lord
- De: Sarah MacLean
- Narrado por: Mary Jane Wells
- Duración: 11 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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General
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Historia
The daughter of a titled wastrel, Lady Isabel Townsend has too many secrets and too little money. Though she is used to taking care of herself quite handily, her father's recent passing has left Isabel at sea and in need of outside help to protect her young brother's birthright. The sinfully handsome, eminently eligible Lord Nicholas could be the very salvation she seeks. But the lady must be wary and not do anything reckless and foolish…like falling madly, passionately in love.
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I LOVED THIS BOOK!!!
- De MMason en 05-17-14
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The Bronte Cabinet
- Three Lives in Nine Objects
- De: Deborah Lutz
- Narrado por: Esther Wane
- Duración: 9 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General
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Narración:
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Historia
An intimate portrait of the lives and writings of the Brontë sisters, drawn from the objects they possessed. In this unique and lovingly detailed biography of a literary family that has enthralled readers for nearly two centuries, Victorian literature scholar Deborah Lutz illuminates the complex and fascinating lives of the Brontës through the things they wore, stitched, wrote on, and inscribed.
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Lean In
- Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
- De: Sheryl Sandberg
- Narrado por: Elisa Donovan
- Duración: 6 h y 27 m
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In her famed TED talk, Sheryl Sandberg described how women unintentionally hold themselves back in their careers. Her talk, which has been viewed more than eleven million times, encouraged women to “sit at the table,” seek challenges, take risks, and pursue their goals with gusto.
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Lean In, Lead On
- De Cynthia en 03-14-13
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Secrets of Six-Figure Women
- Surprising Strategies to up Your Earnings and Change Your Life
- De: Barbara Stanny
- Narrado por: Vanessa Daniels
- Duración: 8 h y 30 m
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Quietly and steadily, the number of women making six figures or more is increasing and continues to rise at a rate faster than for men. From entrepreneurs to corporate executives, from white-collar professionals to freelancers and part-timers, women are forging careers with considerable financial success. In Secrets of Six-Figure Women, Barbara Stanny, journalist, motivational speaker, and financial educator, identifies the seven key strategies of female high earners.
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Good Listen
- De Breemee en 06-02-17
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Jaguar in the Body, Butterfly in the Heart
- De: Ya'Acov Darling Khan
- Narrado por: Ya'Acov Darling Khan
- Duración: 9 h y 39 m
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Shaman, meaning "intermediary between spirit and the natural world", has become a much overused word in the West. It's not a job title one can give oneself, and in indigenous societies a shaman is usually born to this role. Ya'Acov Darling Khan is one of the few Westerners who have been acknowledged as shamans by indigenous elders or teachers. After being hit by lightning, Ya'Acov took a 30-year journey into the heart of shamanism to seek his own healing and to learn how he could serve others with the wisdom he acquired through his experiences.
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AHHHH not so good
- De Michelle Moore en 07-06-19
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The Paleo Manifesto
- Ancient Wisdom for Lifelong Health
- De: John Durant
- Narrado por: John Durant
- Duración: 11 h y 33 m
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In The Paleo Manifesto: Ancient Wisdom for Lifelong Health, John Durant argues for an evolutionary - and revolutionary - approach to health. All animals, human or otherwise, thrive when they mimic key elements of life in their natural habitat. From diet to movement to sleep, this evolutionary perspective sheds light on some of our most pressing health concerns. What is causing the rise of chronic conditions, such as obesity, diabetes, and depression?
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Paleo Manifesto - Or: Paleo Propaganda
- De H-H en 05-03-18
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Ep. 19: Faithful Listening: Spirituality, Religion & The New New Age
- De: The Audible Editors
- Duración: 41 m
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There’s more to listening than just fiction, nonfiction, and the traditional genres we hear about every day. Some of our most popular listens fall into the categories of spirituality and religion – and the Audible editors are here to talk about their favorites.
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Episode 19
- De Maverick’s Trove en 04-27-19
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Lean Out
- The Truth About Women, Power, and the Workplace
- De: Marissa Orr
- Narrado por: Misty Wells
- Duración: 6 h y 15 m
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More than 50 years since the passage of the Equal Pay Act, the wage gap still hovers at 80 percent, and only five percent of CEOs in the Fortune 500 are women. Today, rising up the ranks in many companies still often means cutthroat, win-at-all-costs tactics, where being the loudest voice in the room is more important than being the person with the best ideas for moving the company forward. Not surprisingly, most women don’t want to play this game.
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Couldn’t finish it
- De LS en 12-18-19