Place Theory

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    • Lost Spaces, Secret Cities, and Other Inscrutable Geographies
    • By: Alastair Bonnett
    • Narrated by: Derek Perkins
    • Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 09-30-14
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 63 ratings
    • In Unruly Places, Alastair Bonnett goes to some of the most unexpected, offbeat places in the world to reinspire our geographical imagination....

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    • Building Happier Communities (and Making Great Friends Along the Way)
    • By: Richard Kyte PhD
    • Narrated by: Rick Adamson
    • Length: 3 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 06-25-24
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • Do you have a Third Place? Your first place is home, your second place is work, and your third place is where you go to socialize. As more of our lives are spent online and in digital spaces, these often overlooked "Third Places" play a crucial role in keeping our communities vibrant.

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    • Notes on the Social Organization of Gatherings
    • By: Erving Goffman
    • Narrated by: Richard Powers
    • Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 01-28-20
    • Language: English
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    • Erving Goffman effectively extends his argument in favor of a diagnosis of deviant behavior which takes account of the whole social situation....

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    • How Artificial Intelligence Works and Why It's Making the World a Weirder Place
    • By: Janelle Shane
    • Narrated by: Xe Sands
    • Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 11-05-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 256 ratings
    • "You look like a thing and I love you" is one of the best pickup lines ever...according to an artificial intelligence trained by scientist Janelle Shane, creator of the popular blog AI Weirdness....

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    • And Other Unexpected Places to Understand Risk
    • By: Allison Schrager
    • Narrated by: Holly Palance
    • Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 04-02-19
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 377 ratings
    • In An Economist Walks into a Brothel, Schrager equips listeners with five principles for dealing with risk, principles used by some of the world's most interesting risk takers....

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    • The Cold War, the Berlin Wall, and the Most Dangerous Place on Earth
    • By: Iain MacGregor
    • Narrated by: Dugald Bruce Lockhart
    • Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 11-05-19
    • Language: English
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    • A powerful, fascinating, and groundbreaking history of Checkpoint Charlie, the famous military gate on the border of East and West Berlin where the US confronted the USSR during the Cold War....

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    • A New Economics for Neglected Places
    • By: Paul Collier
    • Narrated by: Peter Noble
    • Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 06-13-24
    • Language: English
    • 3 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Drawing on insights from social psychology, moral philosophy and behavioural economics, as well as a range of illuminating case studies, world-renowned economist Paul Collier shares a galvanizing vision for a more inclusive, prosperous world.

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    • By: Michael Waldman
    • Narrated by: Joe Barrett
    • Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
    • Release date: 02-23-16
    • Language: English
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    • Waldman takes a succinct and comprehensive look at an even more crucial struggle: the past and present effort to define and defend government based on "the consent of the governed"....

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    • A Snapshot of a Place and Time with Lessons for Today
    • By: George Melloan
    • Narrated by: Bob Souer
    • Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 04-11-17
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
    • When the New Deal Came to Town is a snapshot of a time and place: Whiteland, Indiana during the Great Depression....

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    • Why putting everything in its place isn't such a bright idea
    • By: Gillian Tett
    • Narrated by: Eilidh L. Beaton
    • Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
    • Release date: 08-27-15
    • Language: English
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    • In The Silo Effect, award-winning journalist Gillian Tett examines the structural development of institutions such as UBS, Sony and the Bank of England....

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