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Marcus Aurelius - Meditations: Adapted for the Contemporary Reader
- By: Marcus Aurelius, James Harris
- Narrated by: Gregory Allen Siders
- Length: 4 hrs and 38 mins
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Meditations is a series of personal writings by Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 AD, recording his private notes to himself and ideas on Stoic philosophy....
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Best translation
- By Anonymous User on 06-13-19
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Marcus Aurelius - Meditations: Adapted for the Contemporary Reader
- Narrated by: Gregory Allen Siders
- Length: 4 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 11-24-16
- Language: English
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Meditations is a series of personal writings by Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 AD, recording his private notes to himself and ideas on Stoic philosophy....
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The Beginning of Infinity
- Explanations That Transform the World
- By: David Deutsch
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
- Length: 20 hrs
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A bold and all-embracing exploration of the nature and progress of knowledge from one of today's great thinkers....
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Worthwhile if you have the patience
- By Scott Feuless on 08-12-19
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The Beginning of Infinity
- Explanations That Transform the World
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
- Length: 20 hrs
- Release date: 08-18-11
- Language: English
- A bold and all-embracing exploration of the nature and progress of knowledge from one of today's great thinkers....
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Greenlights
- By: Matthew McConaughey
- Narrated by: Matthew McConaughey
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
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I’ve been in this life for 50 years, been trying to work out its riddle for 42, and been keeping diaries of clues to that riddle for the last 35. Notes about successes and failures, joys and sorrows, things that made me marvel, and things that made me laugh out loud....
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Love this!
- By Nancy on 10-21-20
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Greenlights
- Narrated by: Matthew McConaughey
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 10-20-20
- Language: English
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I’ve been in this life for 50 years, been trying to work out its riddle for 42, and been keeping diaries of clues to that riddle for the last 35. Notes about successes and failures, joys and sorrows, things that made me marvel, and things that made me laugh out loud....
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The Story of Human Language
- By: John McWhorter, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 18 hrs and 15 mins
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Learn how a single tongue spoken 150,000 years ago evolved into the estimated 6,000 languages used around the world today....
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You'll Never Look at Languages the Same Way Again
- By SAMA on 03-11-14
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The Story of Human Language
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Series: The Great Courses: Linguistics
- Length: 18 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 07-08-13
- Language: English
- Learn how a single tongue spoken 150,000 years ago evolved into the estimated 6,000 languages used around the world today....
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The Black Swan, Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a new section: "On Robustness and Fragility"
- Incerto, Book 2
- By: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Narrated by: Joe Ochman
- Length: 15 hrs and 48 mins
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A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation that makes it appear less random, and more predictable, than it was....
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Interesting, but over the top
- By Anonymous User on 08-08-19
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The Black Swan, Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a new section: "On Robustness and Fragility"
- Incerto, Book 2
- Narrated by: Joe Ochman
- Length: 15 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 01-08-19
- Language: English
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A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation that makes it appear less random, and more predictable, than it was....
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Atlas of the Heart
- Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
- By: Brené Brown
- Narrated by: Brené Brown
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
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In Atlas of the Heart, Brown takes us on a journey through 87 of the emotions and experiences that define what it means to be human....
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Perfect
- By Mandy on 02-16-22
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Atlas of the Heart
- Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
- Narrated by: Brené Brown
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 02-14-22
- Language: English
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In Atlas of the Heart, Brown takes us on a journey through 87 of the emotions and experiences that define what it means to be human....
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Flowers for Algernon
- By: Daniel Keyes
- Narrated by: Jeff Woodman
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
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Charlie Gordon knows that he isn't very bright. At 32, he mops floors in a bakery and earns just enough to get by....
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Walk with a Swagger
- By Tim on 05-30-14
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Flowers for Algernon
- Narrated by: Jeff Woodman
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 08-31-09
- Language: English
- Charlie Gordon knows that he isn't very bright. At 32, he mops floors in a bakery and earns just enough to get by....
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Between the World and Me
- By: Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Narrated by: Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
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In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation’s history and current crisis....
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A Heartfelt Self-aware Literary Masterpiece
- By T Spencer on 07-30-15
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Between the World and Me
- Narrated by: Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 07-14-15
- Language: English
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In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation’s history and current crisis....
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Dopamine Nation
- Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
- By: Dr. Anna Lembke
- Narrated by: Dr. Anna Lembke
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
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This book is about pleasure. It’s also about pain. Most important, it’s about how to find the delicate balance between the two, and why now more than ever finding balance is essential....
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Interesting but feels incomplete
- By Chris on 09-02-21
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Dopamine Nation
- Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
- Narrated by: Dr. Anna Lembke
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 08-24-21
- Language: English
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This book is about pleasure. It’s also about pain. Most important, it’s about how to find the delicate balance between the two, and why now more than ever finding balance is essential....
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The Prophet
- By: Kahlil Gibran
- Narrated by: Riz Ahmed
- Length: 1 hr and 25 mins
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On the face of it, a simple book of 26 poem fables sharing one man’s wisdom. But The Prophet is so much more than that....
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Riz Ahmed's Narraration Is So Moving!
- By Dee Tree on 09-12-21
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The Prophet
- Narrated by: Riz Ahmed
- Length: 1 hr and 25 mins
- Release date: 08-26-21
- Language: English
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On the face of it, a simple book of 26 poem fables sharing one man’s wisdom. But The Prophet is so much more than that....
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Know My Name
- A Memoir
- By: Chanel Miller
- Narrated by: Chanel Miller
- Length: 15 hrs and 24 mins
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She was known to the world as Emily Doe when she stunned millions with a letter. Brock Turner had been sentenced to just six months in county jail after he was found sexually assaulting her on Stanford's campus....
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Just, thank you.
- By Alysha DeShaé on 09-25-19
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Know My Name
- A Memoir
- Narrated by: Chanel Miller
- Length: 15 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 09-24-19
- Language: English
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She was known to the world as Emily Doe when she stunned millions with a letter. Brock Turner had been sentenced to just six months in county jail after he was found sexually assaulting her on Stanford's campus....
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Just Mercy
- A Story of Justice and Redemption
- By: Bryan Stevenson
- Narrated by: Bryan Stevenson
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
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Bryan Stevenson was a young lawyer when he founded the Equal Justice Initiative, a legal practice dedicated to defending those most desperate and in need: the poor, the wrongly condemned, and women and children trapped in the farthest reaches of our criminal justice system....
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Made me question justice, peers and myself.
- By Kristy VL on 04-17-15
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Just Mercy
- A Story of Justice and Redemption
- Narrated by: Bryan Stevenson
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 10-21-14
- Language: English
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Bryan Stevenson was a young lawyer when he founded the Equal Justice Initiative, a legal practice dedicated to defending those most desperate and in need: the poor, the wrongly condemned, and women and children trapped in the farthest reaches of our criminal justice system....
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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
- And Other Lessons from the Crematory
- By: Caitlin Doughty
- Narrated by: Caitlin Doughty
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
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Most people want to avoid thinking about death, but Caitlin Doughty - a 20-something with a degree in medieval history and a flair for the macabre - took a job at a crematory....
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Loved it So Much I Bought it After Reading it Free
- By J. Mattox on 05-17-17
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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
- And Other Lessons from the Crematory
- Narrated by: Caitlin Doughty
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 09-19-14
- Language: English
- Most people want to avoid thinking about death, but Caitlin Doughty - a 20-something with a degree in medieval history and a flair for the macabre - took a job at a crematory....
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The Code Breaker
- Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
- By: Walter Isaacson
- Narrated by: Kathe Mazur, Walter Isaacson
- Length: 16 hrs and 4 mins
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The bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs returns with an account of how Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues launched a revolution that will allow us to cure diseases, fend off viruses, and have healthier babies....
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Except for the author, this book is good!
- By Johan on 03-14-21
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The Code Breaker
- Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
- Narrated by: Kathe Mazur, Walter Isaacson
- Length: 16 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 03-09-21
- Language: English
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The bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs returns with an account of how Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues launched a revolution that will allow us to cure diseases, fend off viruses, and have healthier babies....
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The Demon-Haunted World
- Science as a Candle in the Dark
- By: Carl Sagan
- Narrated by: Cary Elwes, Seth MacFarlane
- Length: 17 hrs and 23 mins
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How can we make intelligent decisions about our increasingly technology-driven lives if we don’t understand the difference between the myths of pseudoscience and the testable hypotheses of science? Find out....
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Some good points, but not a great book
- By William Jenks on 07-25-19
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The Demon-Haunted World
- Science as a Candle in the Dark
- Narrated by: Cary Elwes, Seth MacFarlane
- Length: 17 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 05-30-17
- Language: English
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How can we make intelligent decisions about our increasingly technology-driven lives if we don’t understand the difference between the myths of pseudoscience and the testable hypotheses of science? Find out....
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Call Sign Chaos
- Learning to Lead
- By: Jim Mattis, Bing West
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
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Call Sign Chaos is the account of Jim Mattis’ storied career, from wide-ranging leadership roles in three wars to ultimately commanding a quarter of a million troops across the Middle East....
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A pleasant surprise
- By Fountain of Chris on 09-06-19
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Call Sign Chaos
- Learning to Lead
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 09-03-19
- Language: English
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Call Sign Chaos is the account of Jim Mattis’ storied career, from wide-ranging leadership roles in three wars to ultimately commanding a quarter of a million troops across the Middle East....
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Magicians of the Gods
- The Forgotten Wisdom of Earth’s Lost Civilization
- By: Graham Hancock
- Narrated by: Graham Hancock
- Length: 14 hrs and 54 mins
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Graham Hancock's multi-million bestseller Fingerprints of the Gods remains an astonishing, deeply controversial, wide-ranging investigation of the mysteries of our past and the evidence for Earth's lost civilization. Twenty years on, Hancock returns with the sequel to his seminal work....
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"Brilliant" is an understatement.
- By Brian on 11-13-15
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Magicians of the Gods
- The Forgotten Wisdom of Earth’s Lost Civilization
- Narrated by: Graham Hancock
- Length: 14 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 11-10-15
- Language: English
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Graham Hancock's multi-million bestseller Fingerprints of the Gods remains an astonishing, deeply controversial, wide-ranging investigation of the mysteries of our past and the evidence for Earth's lost civilization. Twenty years on, Hancock returns with the sequel to his seminal work....
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James
- A Novel
- By: Percival Everett
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
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When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he decides to hide on nearby Jackson Island until he can formulate a plan....
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Can we ever be free
- By J. Stirling on 04-04-24
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James
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 03-19-24
- Language: English
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When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he decides to hide on nearby Jackson Island until he can formulate a plan....
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Sex at Dawn
- How We Mate, Why We Stray, and What It Means for Modern Relationships
- By: Christopher Ryan, Cacilda Jetha
- Narrated by: Allyson Johnson, Jonathan Davis, Christopher Ryan (Preface)
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
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Since Darwin's day, we've been told that sexual monogamy comes naturally to our species....
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Strawmen and Ad Hominems
- By Carolyn on 09-18-12
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Sex at Dawn
- How We Mate, Why We Stray, and What It Means for Modern Relationships
- Narrated by: Allyson Johnson, Jonathan Davis, Christopher Ryan (Preface)
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 11-02-10
- Language: English
- Since Darwin's day, we've been told that sexual monogamy comes naturally to our species....
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Drinking
- A Love Story
- By: Caroline Knapp
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
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Fifteen million Americans a year are plagued with alcoholism. Five million of them are women. Many of them, like Caroline Knapp, started in their early teens and began to use alcohol as "liquid armor"....
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The Big Picture of Alcohol Dependence
- By Karen K on 07-26-16
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Drinking
- A Love Story
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 10-19-12
- Language: English
- Fifteen million Americans a year are plagued with alcoholism. Five million of them are women. Many of them, like Caroline Knapp, started in their early teens and began to use alcohol as "liquid armor"....
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