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Best sellers
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The Coddling of the American Mind
- How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
- By: Jonathan Haidt, Greg Lukianoff
- Narrated by: Jonathan Haidt
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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A timely investigation into the new "safety culture" on campus and the dangers it poses to free speech, mental health, education, and ultimately democracy....
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Only Praise
- By Amazon Customer on 12-02-18
By: Jonathan Haidt, and others
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Freakonomics
- Revised Edition
- By: Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
- Narrated by: Stephen J. Dubner
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Levitt and co-author Stephen J. Dubner show that economics is, at root, the study of incentives: how people get what they want, or need, especially when other people want or need the same thing....
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Good, but be careful
- By Shackleton on 07-03-08
By: Steven D. Levitt, and others
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The Nineties
- A Book
- By: Chuck Klosterman
- Narrated by: Chuck Klosterman, Dion Graham
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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It was long ago, but not as long as it seems: The Berlin Wall fell and the Twin Towers collapsed. In between, one presidential election was allegedly decided by Ross Perot while another was plausibly decided by Ralph Nader....
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A Very White Middle-class Take On The Nineties
- By Umar Lee on 02-10-22
By: Chuck Klosterman
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The 50th Law
- By: 50 Cent, Robert Greene
- Narrated by: 50 Cent, Robert Greene
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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In The 50th Law, hip hop and pop culture icon 50 Cent offers a "bible" for success in life and work....
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Contradictions Galore
- By Amazon Customer on 06-28-17
By: 50 Cent, and others
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The Omnivore's Dilemma
- A Natural History of Four Meals
- By: Michael Pollan
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 15 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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"What should we have for dinner?" To one degree or another, this simple question assails any creature faced with a wide choice of things to eat....
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Great presentation of a moral dilemma
- By MCRedding on 02-07-09
By: Michael Pollan
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The Best Motivational Speeches of All Times
- By: Bill Gates, Rick Rigsby, Denzel Washington, and others
- Narrated by: Bill Gates, Rick Rigsby, Denzel Washington, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 57 mins
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Leaders can motivate and inspire through communications. The following is a collection of the best motivational speeches, inspirational words, sure to motivate you when you need it most by the greatest leaders of our time....
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search youtube for these
- By unhappy on 01-26-21
By: Bill Gates, and others
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The Coddling of the American Mind
- How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
- By: Jonathan Haidt, Greg Lukianoff
- Narrated by: Jonathan Haidt
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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A timely investigation into the new "safety culture" on campus and the dangers it poses to free speech, mental health, education, and ultimately democracy....
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Only Praise
- By Amazon Customer on 12-02-18
By: Jonathan Haidt, and others
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Freakonomics
- Revised Edition
- By: Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
- Narrated by: Stephen J. Dubner
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Levitt and co-author Stephen J. Dubner show that economics is, at root, the study of incentives: how people get what they want, or need, especially when other people want or need the same thing....
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Good, but be careful
- By Shackleton on 07-03-08
By: Steven D. Levitt, and others
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The Nineties
- A Book
- By: Chuck Klosterman
- Narrated by: Chuck Klosterman, Dion Graham
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
It was long ago, but not as long as it seems: The Berlin Wall fell and the Twin Towers collapsed. In between, one presidential election was allegedly decided by Ross Perot while another was plausibly decided by Ralph Nader....
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A Very White Middle-class Take On The Nineties
- By Umar Lee on 02-10-22
By: Chuck Klosterman
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The 50th Law
- By: 50 Cent, Robert Greene
- Narrated by: 50 Cent, Robert Greene
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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In The 50th Law, hip hop and pop culture icon 50 Cent offers a "bible" for success in life and work....
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Contradictions Galore
- By Amazon Customer on 06-28-17
By: 50 Cent, and others
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The Omnivore's Dilemma
- A Natural History of Four Meals
- By: Michael Pollan
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 15 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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"What should we have for dinner?" To one degree or another, this simple question assails any creature faced with a wide choice of things to eat....
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Great presentation of a moral dilemma
- By MCRedding on 02-07-09
By: Michael Pollan
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The Best Motivational Speeches of All Times
- By: Bill Gates, Rick Rigsby, Denzel Washington, and others
- Narrated by: Bill Gates, Rick Rigsby, Denzel Washington, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 57 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Leaders can motivate and inspire through communications. The following is a collection of the best motivational speeches, inspirational words, sure to motivate you when you need it most by the greatest leaders of our time....
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search youtube for these
- By unhappy on 01-26-21
By: Bill Gates, and others
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Don't Trust Your Gut
- Using Data to Get What You Really Want in Life
- By: Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
- Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon
- Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Economist, former Google data scientist, and New York Times best-selling author Seth Stephens-Davidowitz reveals just how wrong we really are when it comes to improving our own lives....
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My Gut was right!
- By Crush60 on 06-06-22
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Hell's Angels
- A Strange and Terrible Saga
- By: Hunter S. Thompson
- Narrated by: Scott Sowers
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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First published in 1966, Hell’s Angels is Thompson’s up-close and personal look at the infamous motorcycle gang during the time when its moniker was most feared....
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Visions of the Future of Motorcycle Gangs
- By Joe Bloggs on 07-13-13
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As You Wish
- Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride
- By: Cary Elwes, Joe Layden, Rob Reiner - foreword
- Narrated by: Cary Elwes, Christopher Guest, Carol Kane, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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From actor Cary Elwes, who played the iconic role of Westley in The Princess Bride, comes a first-person account and behind-the-scenes look at the making of the cult classic film....
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Warm-hearted retelling
- By Thomas Allen on 10-19-14
By: Cary Elwes, and others
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Two Wheels Good
- The History and Mystery of the Bicycle
- By: Jody Rosen
- Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins, Amanda Carlin, Fred Sanders
- Length: 12 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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The bicycle is a vestige of the Victorian era, seemingly at odds with our age of smartphones and ride-sharing apps and driverless cars. Yet we live on a bicycle planet. Across the world, more people travel by bicycle than any other form of transportation....
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As I cyclist I enjoyed this but it lacks focus
- By D. Frrazier on 06-02-22
By: Jody Rosen
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Everybody Lies
- Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are
- By: Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, Steven Pinker - foreword
- Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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By the end of on average day in the early 21st century, human beings searching the Internet will amass eight trillion gigabytes of data....
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Leave out the politics please
- By Shane Hampson on 02-20-20
By: Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, and others
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Cynical Theories
- How Activist Scholarship Made Everything About Race, Gender, and Identity - and Why This Harms Everybody
- By: Helen Pluckrose, James Lindsay
- Narrated by: Helen Pluckrose
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Have you heard that language is violence and that science is sexist? Have you read that certain people shouldn't practice yoga? Or been told that being obese is healthy, that there is no such thing as biological sex, or that only White people can be racist? Listen to find out more....
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Vast Amount of Jargon Lost Me
- By P. Jackson on 10-23-20
By: Helen Pluckrose, and others
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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
- By: Tom Wolfe
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
- Length: 13 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Tom Wolfe's classic The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, an unflinching portrait of Ken Kesey, his Merry Pranksters, LSD, and the 1960s, ushered in an era of New Journalism and defined a generation....
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Extremely well-narrated
- By JE on 03-29-19
By: Tom Wolfe
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Pimpology
- The 48 Laws of the Game
- By: Pimpin' Ken
- Narrated by: Mr. Gates
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Ken Ivy pulls a square's coat on the unwritten rules that took him from the ghetto streets to the executive suites. Ken's lessons will serve any person in any interaction....
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Powerful Book
- By Amazon Customer on 04-23-16
By: Pimpin' Ken
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How to Break Up with Your Phone
- The 30-Day Plan to Take Back Your Life
- By: Catherine Price
- Narrated by: Emily Rankin
- Length: 4 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Packed with tested strategies and practical tips, this book is the essential, life-changing guide for everyone who owns a smartphone....
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No PDF? No problem.
- By Kate on 09-29-18
By: Catherine Price
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Unf--k Your Brain
- By: Faith G. Harper PhD LPC-S ACS ACN
- Narrated by: Faith G. Harper PhD LPC-S ACS ACN
- Length: 3 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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A no-nonsense and helpful guide on how to cope with a slew of mental-health issues that are hell-bent on ruining the lives of millions of people worldwide....
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Untuck this recording quality
- By Martin J. Fogarty on 07-25-18
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Notorious RBG
- The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- By: Irin Carmon, Shana Knizhnik
- Narrated by: Andi Arndt
- Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Nearly a half century into being a feminist and legal pioneer, something funny happened to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The octogenarian won the Internet....
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Fall in love with RBG! I did.
- By serine on 01-23-16
By: Irin Carmon, and others
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SuperFreakonomics
- By: Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
- Narrated by: Stephen J. Dubner
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Levitt and Dubner return with Superfreakonomics, and fans and newcomers alike will find that the freakquel is even bolder, funnier, and more surprising than the first....
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If You Liked the First One......
- By Joshua Kim on 06-10-12
By: Steven D. Levitt, and others
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How We Show Up
- Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community
- By: Mia Birdsong
- Narrated by: Mia Birdsong
- Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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After almost every presentation activist and writer Mia Birdsong gives to executives, think tanks, and policy makers, one of those leaders quietly confesses how much they long for the profound community she describes....
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I wanted to like this book
- By N. Sebastian on 09-17-21
By: Mia Birdsong
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From Cradle to Stage
- Stories from the Mothers Who Rocked and Raised Rock Stars
- By: Virginia Grohl
- Narrated by: Dave Grohl, Virginia Grohl
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Written by Virginia Grohl, the mother of Dave Grohl - former Nirvana drummer and current frontman for the Foo Fighters - From Cradle to Stage shares stories and exclusive photos featuring mothers of rock icons, the icons themselves....
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I absolutely loved this!
- By Bethmax on 05-18-17
By: Virginia Grohl
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The Life We're Looking For
- Reclaiming Relationship in a Technological World
- By: Andy Crouch
- Narrated by: Andy Crouch
- Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Life We’re Looking For, best-selling author Andy Crouch shows how we have been seduced by a false vision of human flourishing—and how each of us can fight back....
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Great book
- By Gregory Woodard on 07-03-22
By: Andy Crouch
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The Teachings of Don Juan
- A Yaqui Way of Knowledge
- By: Carlos Castaneda
- Narrated by: Luis Moreno
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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For over 40 years, Carlos Castaneda’s The Teachings of Don Juan has inspired audiences to expand their world view beyond traditional Western forms....
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I liked it better when I was in high school
- By William E. on 02-01-19
By: Carlos Castaneda
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One Summer
- America, 1927
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 17 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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One of the most admired nonfiction writers of our time retells the story of one truly fabulous year in the life of his native country....
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Why 1927?
- By Mark on 10-18-13
By: Bill Bryson
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Think Like a Freak
- The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain
- By: Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
- Narrated by: Stephen J. Dubner
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Now, with Think Like a Freak, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner have written their most revolutionary book yet....
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Not much new
- By Bobbie on 05-24-14
By: Steven D. Levitt, and others
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My Body
- By: Emily Ratajkowski
- Narrated by: Emily Ratajkowski
- Length: 5 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Emily Ratajkowski, the archetypal, multi-hyphenate celebrity of our time, presents a deeply honest investigation of what it means to be a woman and a commodity....
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so vain..
- By Emily Valdez on 01-10-22
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Rage Becomes Her
- The Power of Women's Anger
- By: Soraya Chemaly
- Narrated by: Soraya Chemaly
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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A transformative audiobook urging 21st-century women to embrace their anger and harness it as a tool for lasting personal and societal change....
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Holy Raging Hell
- By Enid Quimby on 10-17-18
By: Soraya Chemaly
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Hollywood Heroes
- How Your Favorite Movies Reveal God
- By: Frank Turek, Zach Turek
- Narrated by: Frank Turek, Taylor Lambert
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Seven fictional stories - Captain America, Iron Man, Harry Potter, Star Wars, The Lord of the Rings, Batman, and Wonder Woman - point us to the ultimate hero, Jesus Christ....
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Pop culture heroes mimicking Jesus
- By ARMEL COATES ANDRADA on 05-17-22
By: Frank Turek, and others
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I Want My MTV
- The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution
- By: Craig Marks, Rob Tannenbaum
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
- Length: 20 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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I Want My MTV tells the story of the first decade of MTV, the golden era when MTV's programming was all videos, all the time, and kids watched religiously to see their favorite bands....
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The Most Entertaining Book of the Year
- By David on 10-24-12
By: Craig Marks, and others
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The Utopia of Rules
- On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy
- By: David Graeber
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 8 hrs
- Unabridged
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Anthropologist David Graeber - one of our most important and provocative thinkers - traces the peculiar and unexpected ways we relate to bureaucracy today and reveals how it shapes our lives in ways we may not even notice....
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Not his most serious book, but still really great
- By David Pereplyotchik on 11-19-19
By: David Graeber
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I'm Judging You
- The Do-Better Manual
- By: Luvvie Ajayi
- Narrated by: Luvvie Ajayi
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Comedian, activist, and hugely popular culture blogger at AwesomelyLuvvie.com Luvvie Ajayi serves up necessary advice for the masses in this hilarious book of essays....
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Good advice for all--adults, that is .
- By anniep on 03-18-18
By: Luvvie Ajayi
New releases
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The Fabulous Sylvester
- The Legend, the Music, the Seventies in San Francisco
- By: Joshua Gamson
- Narrated by: Ron Butler
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Imagine a pied piper singing in a dazzling falsetto, wearing glittering sequins, and leading the young people of the nation to San Francisco and on to liberation where nothing was straight-laced or old-fashioned. And everyone, finally, was welcome—to come as themselves. This is not a fairy tale. This was real, mighty real, and disco sensation Sylvester was the piper. Joshua Gamson—a Yale-trained pop culture expert—uses him, a boy who would be fabulous, to lead us through the story of the '70s when a new era of change liberated us from conformity and boredom.
By: Joshua Gamson
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Hearts on Fire
- Six Years that Changed Canadian Music 2000-2005
- By: Michael Barclay
- Narrated by: Michael Barclay
- Length: 30 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Hearts on Fire is about the creative explosion in Canadian music of the early 2000s, which captured the world's attention in entirely new ways. The Canadian wave didn't just sweep over one genre or one city, it stretched from coast to coast, affecting large bands and solo performers, rock bands and DJs, and it connected to international scenes by capitalizing on new technology and old-school DIY methods.
By: Michael Barclay
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Cosplay: A History
- The Builders, Fans, and Makers Who Bring Your Favorite Stories to Life
- By: Andrew Liptak
- Narrated by: Eunice Wong
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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In recent years, cosplay—the practice of dressing up in costume as a character—has exploded, becoming a mainstream cultural phenomenon. But what are the circumstances that made its rise possible? Andrew Liptak—a member of the legendary 501st Legion, an international fan-based organization dedicated to the dark side of Star Wars—delves into the origins and culture of cosplay to answer this question. Cosplay: A History looks at the practice’s ever-growing fandom and conventions.
By: Andrew Liptak
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Superman on the Couch
- What Superheroes Really Tell Us About Ourselves and Our Society
- By: Danny Fingeroth
- Narrated by: Danny Fingeroth
- Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Why are so many of the superhero myths tied up with loss, often violent, of parents or parental figures? What is the significance of the dual identity? What makes some superhuman figures “good” and others “evil”? Why are so many of the prime superheroes white and male? How has the superhero evolved over the course of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries? All these topics, and more, are covered in this lively and original exploration of the reasons why the superhero—in comic books, films, and TV—is such a potent myth for our times and culture.
By: Danny Fingeroth
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Disguised as Clark Kent
- Jews, Comics, and the Creation of the Superhero
- By: Danny Fingeroth
- Narrated by: Danny Fingeroth
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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In this insightful and provocative book, comics-industry veteran Danny Fingeroth explores the backgrounds of the most well-known superheroes and their creators—largely young American Jewish men from Eastern European backgrounds. These innovators include Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, Will Eisner, and Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. In Disguised as Clark Kent, Fingeroth explores how the creators’ Jewish backgrounds helped make superheroes the most familiar popular-culture icons of all.
By: Danny Fingeroth
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Everything I Need I Get from You
- How Fangirls Created the Internet as We Know It
- By: Kaitlyn Tiffany
- Narrated by: Eileen Stevens
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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In 2014, on the side of a Los Angeles freeway, a One Direction fan erected a shrine in the spot where, a few hours earlier, Harry Styles had vomited. “It’s interesting for sure,” Styles said later, adding, “a little niche, maybe.” But what seemed niche to Styles was actually an irreverent signpost to an unfathomably large, interconnected, and influential multiverse: stan culture. In this book, Kaitlyn Tiffany, a staff writer at the Atlantic and proud superfan herself, guides us through the nebulous online world of fans, stans, and boybands.
By: Kaitlyn Tiffany
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The Fabulous Sylvester
- The Legend, the Music, the Seventies in San Francisco
- By: Joshua Gamson
- Narrated by: Ron Butler
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Imagine a pied piper singing in a dazzling falsetto, wearing glittering sequins, and leading the young people of the nation to San Francisco and on to liberation where nothing was straight-laced or old-fashioned. And everyone, finally, was welcome—to come as themselves. This is not a fairy tale. This was real, mighty real, and disco sensation Sylvester was the piper. Joshua Gamson—a Yale-trained pop culture expert—uses him, a boy who would be fabulous, to lead us through the story of the '70s when a new era of change liberated us from conformity and boredom.
By: Joshua Gamson
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Hearts on Fire
- Six Years that Changed Canadian Music 2000-2005
- By: Michael Barclay
- Narrated by: Michael Barclay
- Length: 30 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Hearts on Fire is about the creative explosion in Canadian music of the early 2000s, which captured the world's attention in entirely new ways. The Canadian wave didn't just sweep over one genre or one city, it stretched from coast to coast, affecting large bands and solo performers, rock bands and DJs, and it connected to international scenes by capitalizing on new technology and old-school DIY methods.
By: Michael Barclay
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Cosplay: A History
- The Builders, Fans, and Makers Who Bring Your Favorite Stories to Life
- By: Andrew Liptak
- Narrated by: Eunice Wong
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
-
Story
In recent years, cosplay—the practice of dressing up in costume as a character—has exploded, becoming a mainstream cultural phenomenon. But what are the circumstances that made its rise possible? Andrew Liptak—a member of the legendary 501st Legion, an international fan-based organization dedicated to the dark side of Star Wars—delves into the origins and culture of cosplay to answer this question. Cosplay: A History looks at the practice’s ever-growing fandom and conventions.
By: Andrew Liptak
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Superman on the Couch
- What Superheroes Really Tell Us About Ourselves and Our Society
- By: Danny Fingeroth
- Narrated by: Danny Fingeroth
- Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Why are so many of the superhero myths tied up with loss, often violent, of parents or parental figures? What is the significance of the dual identity? What makes some superhuman figures “good” and others “evil”? Why are so many of the prime superheroes white and male? How has the superhero evolved over the course of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries? All these topics, and more, are covered in this lively and original exploration of the reasons why the superhero—in comic books, films, and TV—is such a potent myth for our times and culture.
By: Danny Fingeroth
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Disguised as Clark Kent
- Jews, Comics, and the Creation of the Superhero
- By: Danny Fingeroth
- Narrated by: Danny Fingeroth
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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In this insightful and provocative book, comics-industry veteran Danny Fingeroth explores the backgrounds of the most well-known superheroes and their creators—largely young American Jewish men from Eastern European backgrounds. These innovators include Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, Will Eisner, and Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. In Disguised as Clark Kent, Fingeroth explores how the creators’ Jewish backgrounds helped make superheroes the most familiar popular-culture icons of all.
By: Danny Fingeroth
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Everything I Need I Get from You
- How Fangirls Created the Internet as We Know It
- By: Kaitlyn Tiffany
- Narrated by: Eileen Stevens
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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In 2014, on the side of a Los Angeles freeway, a One Direction fan erected a shrine in the spot where, a few hours earlier, Harry Styles had vomited. “It’s interesting for sure,” Styles said later, adding, “a little niche, maybe.” But what seemed niche to Styles was actually an irreverent signpost to an unfathomably large, interconnected, and influential multiverse: stan culture. In this book, Kaitlyn Tiffany, a staff writer at the Atlantic and proud superfan herself, guides us through the nebulous online world of fans, stans, and boybands.
By: Kaitlyn Tiffany
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Black Panther
- Interrogating a Cultural Phenomenon
- By: Terence McSweeney
- Narrated by: James Fouhey
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Black Panther is one of the most financially successful and culturally impactful films to emerge from the American film industry in recent years. When it was released in 2018 it broke numerous records and resonated with audiences all around the world. In Black Panther: Interrogating a Cultural Phenomenon, author Terence McSweeney explores the film from a diverse range of perspectives, seeing it as not only a comic book adaptation and a superhero film, but also a dynamic contribution to the discourse of both African and African American studies.
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Clubland
- How the Working Men’s Club Shaped Britain
- By: Pete Brown
- Narrated by: Pete Brown
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Pete Brown is a convivial guide on this journey through the intoxicating history of the working men’s clubs. From the movement’s founding by teetotaller social reformer the Reverend Henry Solly to the booze-soaked mid-century heyday, when more than seven million Brits were members, this warm-hearted and entertaining book reveals how and why the clubs became the cornerstone of Britain’s social life—offering much more than cheap Federation Bitter and chicken in a basket.
By: Pete Brown
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Brave Dames and Wimpettes
- What Women Are Really Doing on Page and Screen
- By: Susan Isaacs
- Narrated by: Tracey Brooks Swope
- Length: 2 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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What makes Buffy the Vampire Slayer a "brave dame" but Ally McBeal a "wimpette"? In this witty, incisive look at the role of women on screen and page, Susan Isaacs argues that assertive, ethical women characters are losing ground to wounded, shallow sisters who are driven by what she calls, "the articles of wimpette philosophy."
By: Susan Isaacs
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It's Not You, It's Everything
- What Our Pain Reveals About the Anxious Pursuit of the Good Life
- By: Eric Minton
- Narrated by: Al Kessel
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Psychotherapist and former pastor Eric Minton claims that the pernicious melding of capitalism and Christianity means a world of competition, perfection, and scarcity disguised as self-help and self-care. Rather than shaming, silencing, or medicating away our disappointment at not having obtained the happiness we were promised, however, Minton posits a radical alternative. In an impertinent, droll, yet pastoral voice, Minton suggests that our "not-okayness" will require rethinking everything we thought we knew.
By: Eric Minton
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How You Get Famous
- Ten Years of Drag Madness in Brooklyn
- By: Nicole Pasulka
- Narrated by: Nicky Endres
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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In How You Get Famous, journalist Nicole Pasulka joyfully documents the rebirth of the New York drag scene, following a group of iconoclastic performers with undeniable charisma, talent, and a lot to prove. The result is a sweeping portrait of the 21st-century search for celebrity and community, as well as a chronicle of all the struggles and disappointments along the way. A rollicking account of the quest to make a living through an art form on the cusp of becoming a cultural phenomenon, it offers an unmissable romp through the gritty and glamorous world of Brooklyn drag.
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interesting and tough
- By michaelforrest on 06-18-22
By: Nicole Pasulka
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American Education
- Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education
- By: Joel Spring
- Narrated by: Robert G. Slade
- Length: 13 hrs and 8 mins
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Featuring current information and challenging perspectives on the latest issues and forces shaping the American educational system, with scholarship that is often cited as a primary source, the author introduces listeners to the historical, political, social, and legal foundations of education and to the profession of teaching in the United States.
By: Joel Spring
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Betoota-isms
- A Guide to The Betoota Advocate’s Most Memorable Slang, Nicknames and Sayings
- By: The Betoota Advocate
- Narrated by: Clancy Overell, Errol Parker, Wendell Hussey, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 20 mins
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Betoota-isms is a guide to The Betoota Advocate's most memorable slang, nicknames and sayings. It's similar to other dictionaries, or a book of words as they're know out here, because it offers an annual snapshot of the lexicon from out here. Not only is Betoota-isms a deep dive into Australian culture, invention and creativity, it's also a complete record of 'English' as it is used from the Member's Box of the MCG to the change rooms of the Betoota Dolphins rugby league club.
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Phasers on Stun!
- How the Making (and Remaking) of Star Trek Changed the World
- By: Ryan Britt
- Narrated by: Ryan Britt
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
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For over five decades, the heart of Star Trek’s pro-science, anti-racist, and inclusive messaging has been its willingness to take big risks. Across 13 feature films, and 12 TV series—including five shows currently airing or in production—the brilliance of Star Trek is in its endless ability to be rethought, rebooted, and remade. Author and Star Trek expert Ryan Britt charts an approachable and entertaining course through Star Trek history
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A deep dive into the mindset behind Trek
- By Derek on 06-08-22
By: Ryan Britt
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Good Pop, Bad Pop
- By: Jarvis Cocker
- Narrated by: Jarvis Cocker
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
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From a Gold Star polycotton shirt to a pack of Wrigley's Extra, from his teenage attempts to write songs to the Sexy Laughs Fantastic Dirty Joke Book, this is the hard evidence of Jarvis's unique life, Pulp, 20th-century pop culture, the good times and the mistakes he'd rather forget. And this accumulated debris of a lifetime reveals his creative process—writing and musicianship, performance and ambition, style and stagecraft.
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Mining the Tortoises of your Mind
- By hughesthat on 06-19-22
By: Jarvis Cocker
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Two Wheels Good
- The History and Mystery of the Bicycle
- By: Jody Rosen
- Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins, Amanda Carlin, Fred Sanders
- Length: 12 hrs and 50 mins
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The bicycle is a vestige of the Victorian era, seemingly at odds with our age of smartphones and ride-sharing apps and driverless cars. Yet we live on a bicycle planet. Across the world, more people travel by bicycle than any other form of transportation. Almost anyone can learn to ride a bike—and nearly everyone does.
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As I cyclist I enjoyed this but it lacks focus
- By D. Frrazier on 06-02-22
By: Jody Rosen
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You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried
- The Brat Pack, John Hughes, and Their Impact on a Generation
- By: Susannah Gora
- Narrated by: Kelli Tager
- Length: 15 hrs and 6 mins
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The landscape that the Brat Pack memorialized is rich with cultural themes and significance, and has influenced an entire generation who still believe that life always turns out like an '80s movie. You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried takes us back to that era, through Susannah Gora's interviews with key players such as Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Andrew McCarthy, and John Cusack, and mines all the material from the movies to the music to the way the films were made to show how they helped shape our visions for romance, friendship, society, and success.
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Brings me back to my teenage years! Fantastic Narration! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- By Amazmama on 06-24-22
By: Susannah Gora