When the News Broke Chicago 1968 and the Polarizing of America [Audiobook]

 
When the News Broke Chicago 1968 and the Polarizing of America [Audiobook]
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English | ASIN: B0C6B7S5C5 | 2023 | 14 hours and 56 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 427 MB
Author: Heather Hendershot
Narrator: Rosemary Benson
"The whole world is watching!" cried protestors at the 1968 Democratic convention as Chicago police beat them in the streets. When some of that violence was then aired on network television, another kind of hell broke loose. Some viewers were stunned and outraged; others thought the protestors deserved what they got. No one-least of all Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley-was happy with how the networks handled it. In When the News Broke, Heather Hendershot revisits television coverage of those four chaotic days in 1968-not only the violence in the streets but also the tumultuous convention itself. Ultimately, Hendershot reveals the convention as a pivotal moment in American political history, when a distorted notion of "liberal media bias" became mainstreamed and nationalized.


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What an Owl Knows The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds [Audiobook]

 
What an Owl Knows The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds [Audiobook]
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English | ASIN: B0BJ18ZCM6 | 2023 | 9 hours and 14 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 269 MB
Author: Jennifer Ackerman
Narrator: Jennifer Ackerman
From the New York Times bestselling author, a brilliant scientific investigation into owls-the most elusive of birds-and why they exert such a hold on human imagination. For millennia, owls have captivated and intrigued us. Our fascination with these mysterious birds was first documented more than thirty thousand years ago in the Chauvet Cave paintings in southern France. With their forward gaze and quiet flight, owls are often a symbol of wisdom, knowledge, and foresight. But what does an owl really know? And what do we really know about owls? Though our fascination goes back centuries, scientists have only recently begun to understand in deep detail the complex nature of these extraordinary birds. Some two hundred sixty species of owls exist today, and they reside on every continent except Antarctica, but they are far more difficult to find and study than other birds because they are cryptic, camouflaged, and mostly active in the dark of night.


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We're All in This Together . . . So Make Some Room [Audiobook]

 
We're All in This Together . . . So Make Some Room [Audiobook]
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English | ASIN: B0BJXBDTFS | 2023 | 7 hours and 10 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 209 MB
Author: Tom Papa
Narrator: Tom Papa
Stand-up is all well and good, but observational humor that's funny and warm may work best in books. And Tom Papa, whose loyal audiences are packed with "date night" couples of all ages, has perfected the form. In We're All In This Together, Papa's thirty-seven short essays tackle these universal American topics, among others: Love for Your First Car ("To Buy or Lease"). The Truth about Personal Hygiene ("How You Know When It's Time to Go"). Date Nights ("Will You Go Out with Me?"). Unfamiliar Hotel Rooms ("Why Nothing Works"). Pets ("Cats-Ancient Menace"). Drinking ("There's no Cure for a Hangover"). Ducking your Family, even Though you Love Them ("The Lesson of Mark Twain's Cigars"). Tom Papa's books make people laugh, but-crucially-feel better about themselves while doing it. And while there's thematic overlap with Papa's stand-up, with a couple of exceptions, all the writing here is fresh for our book.


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We Need to Talk About Inflation 14 Urgent Lessons from the Last 2,000 Years [Audiobook]

 
We Need to Talk About Inflation 14 Urgent Lessons from the Last 2,000 Years [Audiobook]
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English | ASIN: B0C544538Y | 2023 | 6 hours and 47 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 368 MB
Author: Stephen D. King
Narrator: Jonathan Cowley
From investors and monetary authorities to governments and policy makers, almost everyone had assumed inflation was dead and buried. But now people the world over are confronting a poisonous new economic reality and, with it, the prospect of vast and increasing wealth inequality. How have we arrived in this situation? And what, if anything, can we do about it? Celebrated economist Stephen D. King-one of the few to warn ahead of time about the latest inflationary upheaval-identifies key lessons from the history of inflation that policy makers chose not to heed. From ancient Rome through the American Civil War and up to the asset bubbles of today, inflation stems from policy error, sovereign greed, and a collective loss of faith in currencies. We Need to Talk About Inflation cuts through centuries of bad judgment and misunderstanding, offering a means to intervene now-so we can begin to tackle the political and social upheaval unleashed by inflation.


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Thinking with Your Hands The Surprising Science Behind How Gestures Shape Our Thoughts [Audiobook]

 
Thinking with Your Hands The Surprising Science Behind How Gestures Shape Our Thoughts [Audiobook]
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English | ASIN: B0BZJZXDV4 | 2023 | 7 hours and 37 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 218 MB
Author: Susan Goldin-Meadow
Narrator: Jean Ann Douglass
We all know people who talk with their hands-but do they know what they're saying with them? Our gestures can reveal and contradict us and express thoughts we may not even know we're thinking. In Thinking with Your Hands, esteemed cognitive psychologist Susan Goldin-Meadow argues that gesture is vital to how we think, learn, and communicate. She shows us, for instance, how the height of our gestures can reveal unconscious bias or how the shape of a student's gestures can track their mastery of a new concept-even when they're still giving wrong answers. Sweeping and ambitious, Thinking with Your Hands promises to transform the way we think about language and communication.


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The World of Sugar How the Sweet Stuff Transformed Our Politics, Health, and Environment over 2,000 Years [Audiobook]

 
The World of Sugar How the Sweet Stuff Transformed Our Politics, Health, and Environment over 2,000 Years [Audiobook]
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English | ASIN: B0C5KFW3Q2 | 2023 | 13 hours and 57 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 402 MB
Author: Ulbe Bosma
Narrator: Julian Elfer
For most of history, humans did without refined sugar. Granulated sugar was first produced in India around the sixth century BC, yet for almost 2,500 years afterward sugar remained marginal in the diets of most people. Then, suddenly, it was everywhere. How did sugar find its way into almost all the food we eat, fostering illness and ecological crisis along the way? The World of Sugar begins with the earliest evidence of sugar production. Through the Middle Ages, traders brought small quantities to rajahs, emperors, and caliphs. But after sugar crossed the Mediterranean to Europe, demand spawned a brutal quest for supply.


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The Tao of Joy Every Day 365 Days of Tao Living [Audiobook]

 
The Tao of Joy Every Day 365 Days of Tao Living [Audiobook]
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English | ASIN: B0BF3PN93T | 2023 | 10 hours and 23 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 304 MB
Author: Derek Lin
Narrator: Pun Bandhu
In Eastern wisdom traditions, it is taught that practicing one small bit of wisdom each day will add up to a life of insight and joy. This volume of 365 life-transforming readings brings the sacred teachings of the Tao to our everyday lives. The Tao of Joy Every Day contains Taoist sayings, insights, and stories-all designed to clearly provide understanding of what makes our lives meaningful, especially in a world that can seem hurried and crazed. For the spiritual listener interested in books that can expand awareness and sensitivity to everyday life, The Tao of Joy Every Day is a great gift that will provide enlightenment for 365 days and beyond, laying the groundwork for a lifetime of happiness.


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The Supermajority How the Supreme Court Divided America [Audiobook]

 
The Supermajority How the Supreme Court Divided America [Audiobook]
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English | ASIN: B0BRNWK891 | 2023 | 11 hours and 15 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 331 MB
Author: Michael Waldman
Narrator: Robertson Dean, Michael Waldman
An incisive analysis of how the Supreme Court's new conservative supermajority is overturning decades of law and leading the country in a dangerous political direction. In The Supermajority, Michael Waldman explores the tumultuous 2021-2022 Supreme Court term. He draws deeply on history to examine other times the Court veered from the popular will, provoking controversy and backlash. And he analyzes the most important new rulings and their implications for the law and for American society. Waldman asks: What can we do when the Supreme Court challenges the country? Over three days in June 2022, the conservative supermajority overturned the constitutional right to abortion, possibly opening the door to reconsider other major privacy rights, as Justice Clarence Thomas urged. The Court sharply limited the authority of the EPA, reducing the prospects for combatting climate change. It radically loosened curbs on guns amid an epidemic of mass shootings. It fully embraced legal theories such as "originalism" that will affect thousands of cases throughout the country.


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The Slow AF Run Club The Ultimate Guide for Anyone Who Wants to Run [Audiobook]

 
The Slow AF Run Club The Ultimate Guide for Anyone Who Wants to Run [Audiobook]
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English | ASIN: B0BJ12XB6D | 2023 | 5 hours and 55 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 328 MB
Author: Martinus Evans
Narrator: Martinus Evans
A practical guide and a celebration of running for runners of all sizes and athletic ability, from the founder of the Slow AF Run Club. Ten years ago, Martinus Evans got some stern advice from his doctor: "Lose weight or die." First defensive, but then defiant, Evans vowed that day to run a marathon, though his doctor thought he was crazy. Since then, Evans has run eight marathons and hundreds of other distances in his 300-something pound body, created his own devoted running community, and has been featured on the cover of Runner's World. This book is a blueprint for those who may not fit the image of a "traditional" runner-that is, someone who is larger in size, less athletic, out of shape, or dealing with any kind of health issue that slows them down-to feel empowered to lace up their shoes and embrace the body they have right now.


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The Secret History, 2023 Edition [Audiobook]

 
The Secret History, 2023 Edition [Audiobook]
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English | ASIN: B0C75J57GZ | 2023 | 4 hours and 15 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 236 MB
Author: Procopius
Narrator: David Timson
Procopius appeared to be a loyal part of the Byzantine establishment, his official writing glorifying the deeds of the Emperor Justinian (d. AD 565). However, he also produced a work that he knew could never be published within the Emperor's lifetime: The Secret History, a vitriolic indictment of the rule of Justinian and his wife Theodora. In The Secret History, the general Belisarius is presented as an idiot who is manipulated by his conniving wife Antonina, while the Emperor is depicted as a demon king, a dishonest and autocratic destroyer of established institutions. The Empress Theodora doesn't escape Procopius' invective-she is portrayed as the antithesis of the traditional Roman matron: depraved, brutal and bloodthirsty.


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