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Why Nations Fail
- The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
- By: Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 17 hrs and 55 mins
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Brilliant and engagingly written, Why Nations Fail answers the question that has stumped the experts for centuries.....
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Pros and Cons of "Why Nations Fail"
- By Joshua Kim on 05-01-12
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Why Nations Fail
- The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 17 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 03-20-12
- Language: English
- Brilliant and engagingly written, Why Nations Fail answers the question that has stumped the experts for centuries.....
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The Singularity Is Near
- When Humans Transcend Biology
- By: Ray Kurzweil
- Narrated by: George Wilson
- Length: 24 hrs and 38 mins
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For over three decades, Ray Kurzweil has been one of the most respected and provocative advocates of the role of technology in our future. In his classic The Age of Spiritual Machines, he argued that computers would soon rival the full range of human intelligence at its best....
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RUINED audio.
- By Fred on 06-25-21
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The Singularity Is Near
- When Humans Transcend Biology
- Narrated by: George Wilson
- Length: 24 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 12-10-19
- Language: English
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For over three decades, Ray Kurzweil has been one of the most respected and provocative advocates of the role of technology in our future. In his classic The Age of Spiritual Machines, he argued that computers would soon rival the full range of human intelligence at its best....
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The Ride of a Lifetime
- Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company
- By: Robert Iger
- Narrated by: Jim Frangione, Robert Iger
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
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A memoir of leadership and success: The executive chairman of Disney, Time’s 2019 businessperson of the year, shares the ideas and values he embraced during his 15 years as CEO while reinventing one of the world’s most beloved companies....
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Joins “Shoe Dog” as required biographies.
- By Matt S. on 01-02-20
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The Ride of a Lifetime
- Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company
- Narrated by: Jim Frangione, Robert Iger
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 09-23-19
- Language: English
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A memoir of leadership and success: The executive chairman of Disney, Time’s 2019 businessperson of the year, shares the ideas and values he embraced during his 15 years as CEO while reinventing one of the world’s most beloved companies....
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The Choice
- Escaping the Past and Embracing the Possible
- By: Dr. Edith Eva Eger
- Narrated by: Tovah Feldshuh
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
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A powerful, moving memoir - and a practical guide to healing - written by Dr. Edith Eva Eger, an eminent psychologist whose own experiences as a Holocaust survivor help her treat patients....
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One Of The Most Powerful Books I Have Read in My Lifetime!
- By R. F. Wood on 05-11-18
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The Choice
- Escaping the Past and Embracing the Possible
- Narrated by: Tovah Feldshuh
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 09-05-17
- Language: English
- A powerful, moving memoir - and a practical guide to healing - written by Dr. Edith Eva Eger, an eminent psychologist whose own experiences as a Holocaust survivor help her treat patients....
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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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The Big Short
- Inside the Doomsday Machine
- By: Michael Lewis
- Narrated by: Jesse Boggs
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
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Michael Lewis intelligently - and humorously - explains the current economic crisis in The Big Short....
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Informative and Engaging
- By Jay on 03-23-10
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The Big Short
- Inside the Doomsday Machine
- Narrated by: Jesse Boggs
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 03-15-10
- Language: English
- Michael Lewis intelligently - and humorously - explains the current economic crisis in The Big Short....
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Gathering Moss
- A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
- By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Narrated by: Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
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Living at the limits of our ordinary perception, mosses are a common but largely unnoticed element of the natural world. Gathering Moss is a beautifully written mix of science and personal reflection inviting listeners to explore and learn from the elegantly simple lives of mosses....
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Soul Stirring
- By KatieBourgeois on 02-23-19
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Gathering Moss
- A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
- Narrated by: Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 09-19-18
- Language: English
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Living at the limits of our ordinary perception, mosses are a common but largely unnoticed element of the natural world. Gathering Moss is a beautifully written mix of science and personal reflection inviting listeners to explore and learn from the elegantly simple lives of mosses....
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Doppelganger
- A Trip into the Mirror World
- By: Naomi Klein
- Narrated by: Naomi Klein
- Length: 14 hrs and 47 mins
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What if you woke up one morning and found you’d acquired another self—a double who was almost you and yet not you at all? Not long ago, the celebrated activist and public intellectual Naomi Klein had just such an experience....
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Elite Psychobabble
- By A Reviewer on 09-30-23
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Doppelganger
- A Trip into the Mirror World
- Narrated by: Naomi Klein
- Length: 14 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 09-12-23
- Language: English
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What if you woke up one morning and found you’d acquired another self—a double who was almost you and yet not you at all? Not long ago, the celebrated activist and public intellectual Naomi Klein had just such an experience....
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The Complete Book of Five Rings
- By: Miyamoto Musashi, Kenji Tokitsu - editor/translator
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Length: 5 hrs and 3 mins
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The Complete Book of Five Rings is an authoritative version of Musashi's classic The Book of Five Rings, translated and annotated by a modern martial arts master, Kenji Tokitsu....
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Best translation I have encountered.
- By DW on 05-27-16
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The Complete Book of Five Rings
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Length: 5 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 12-09-14
- Language: English
- The Complete Book of Five Rings is an authoritative version of Musashi's classic The Book of Five Rings, translated and annotated by a modern martial arts master, Kenji Tokitsu....
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Irreversible Damage
- The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters
- By: Abigail Shrier
- Narrated by: Pamela Almand
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
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Every person who has ever had a skeptical thought about the sudden rush toward a non-binary future but been afraid to express it - this book is for you....
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Some interesting points, but extremely biased
- By Bill on 08-03-20
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Irreversible Damage
- The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters
- Narrated by: Pamela Almand
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 06-30-20
- Language: English
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Every person who has ever had a skeptical thought about the sudden rush toward a non-binary future but been afraid to express it - this book is for you....
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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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AI Superpowers
- China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order
- By: Kai-Fu Lee
- Narrated by: Mikael Naramore
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
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In AI Superpowers, Kai-fu Lee argues powerfully that because of these unprecedented developments in AI, dramatic changes will be happening much sooner than many of us expected....
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Compelled to listen at 2x speed
- By LEE on 09-26-18
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AI Superpowers
- China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order
- Narrated by: Mikael Naramore
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 09-25-18
- Language: English
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In AI Superpowers, Kai-fu Lee argues powerfully that because of these unprecedented developments in AI, dramatic changes will be happening much sooner than many of us expected....
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Predictably Irrational
- The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
- By: Dan Ariely
- Narrated by: Simon Jones
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
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In a series of illuminating, often surprising experiments, MIT behavioral economist Dan Ariely refutes the common assumption that we behave in fundamentally rational ways....
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Good lessons, mediocre science?
- By William Stanger on 02-24-09
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Predictably Irrational
- The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
- Narrated by: Simon Jones
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 02-19-08
- Language: English
- In a series of illuminating, often surprising experiments, MIT behavioral economist Dan Ariely refutes the common assumption that we behave in fundamentally rational ways....
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America Before
- The Key to Earth's Lost Civilization
- By: Graham Hancock
- Narrated by: Graham Hancock
- Length: 17 hrs and 17 mins
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America Before: The Key to Earth's Lost Civilization rewrites American history as we know it. It is a mind-dilating exploration of the mystery of ancient civilizations, amazing archaeological discoveries, and profound implications for how we lead our lives today....
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Fun to Think About
- By Amazon Customer on 04-26-19
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America Before
- The Key to Earth's Lost Civilization
- Narrated by: Graham Hancock
- Length: 17 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 04-23-19
- Language: English
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America Before: The Key to Earth's Lost Civilization rewrites American history as we know it. It is a mind-dilating exploration of the mystery of ancient civilizations, amazing archaeological discoveries, and profound implications for how we lead our lives today....
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Leadership
- By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
- Narrated by: Beau Bridges, David Morse, Jay O. Sanders, and others
- Length: 18 hrs and 5 mins
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In Leadership, Goodwin draws upon four presidents - Lincoln, the two Roosevelts, and LBJ (in civil rights) - to show how they first recognized leadership qualities within themselves, and were recognized by others as leaders....
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What makes a president great?
- By tru britty on 09-25-18
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Leadership
- Narrated by: Beau Bridges, David Morse, Jay O. Sanders, Richard Thomas, Doris Kearns Goodwin - introduction/epilogue
- Length: 18 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 09-18-18
- Language: English
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In Leadership, Goodwin draws upon four presidents - Lincoln, the two Roosevelts, and LBJ (in civil rights) - to show how they first recognized leadership qualities within themselves, and were recognized by others as leaders....
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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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The Man on the Mountaintop
- An Audible Original Drama
- By: Susan Trott, Libby Spurrier - adaptor
- Narrated by: Stanley Tucci, Toby Jones, Clare Corbett, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
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The Man on the Mountaintop tells the story of Holy Man Joe, an ageing and unassuming man who lives in a hermitage on top of a mountain....
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Great listen!
- By LisaMarie on 01-29-18
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The Man on the Mountaintop
- An Audible Original Drama
- Narrated by: Stanley Tucci, Toby Jones, Clare Corbett, Rachel Atkins, Jeff Harding, David Thorpe
- Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 11-09-17
- Language: English
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The Man on the Mountaintop tells the story of Holy Man Joe, an ageing and unassuming man who lives in a hermitage on top of a mountain....
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American Nations
- A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America
- By: Colin Woodard
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
- Length: 12 hrs and 51 mins
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An illuminating history of North America's 11 rival cultural regions that explodes the red state-blue state myth....
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One of a Kind Masterpiece
- By Theo Horesh on 02-28-13
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American Nations
- A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
- Length: 12 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 11-14-11
- Language: English
- An illuminating history of North America's 11 rival cultural regions that explodes the red state-blue state myth....
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Paul
- A Biography
- By: N. T. Wright
- Narrated by: James Langton
- Length: 15 hrs and 22 mins
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In this definitive biography, renowned Bible scholar, Anglican bishop, and best-selling author N. T. Wright offers a radical look at the apostle Paul....
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Different type of writing for Wright is helpful
- By Adam Shields on 04-25-18
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Paul
- A Biography
- Narrated by: James Langton
- Length: 15 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 02-27-18
- Language: English
- In this definitive biography, renowned Bible scholar, Anglican bishop, and best-selling author N. T. Wright offers a radical look at the apostle Paul....
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