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The Biggest Ideas in the Universe
- Space, Time, and Motion
- By: Sean Carroll
- Narrated by: Sean Carroll
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
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The most trusted explainer of the most mind-boggling concepts pulls back the veil of mystery that has too long cloaked the most valuable building blocks of modern science....
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- By Barton on 11-21-22
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The Biggest Ideas in the Universe
- Space, Time, and Motion
- Narrated by: Sean Carroll
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 09-20-22
- Language: English
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The most trusted explainer of the most mind-boggling concepts pulls back the veil of mystery that has too long cloaked the most valuable building blocks of modern science....
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Young Readers Edition)
- By: William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer
- Narrated by: Korey Jackson
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
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This is a gripping memoir of survival and perseverance about the heroic young inventor who brought electricity to his Malawian village....
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the ingenuity of someone who had nothing and got everything
- By Alexist2109 on 06-03-24
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Young Readers Edition)
- Narrated by: Korey Jackson
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 10-24-23
- Language: English
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This is a gripping memoir of survival and perseverance about the heroic young inventor who brought electricity to his Malawian village....
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Truth & Beauty
- A Friendship
- By: Ann Patchett
- Narrated by: Ann Patchett
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
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The author of Bel Canto turns to nonfiction in a moving chronicle of her decades-long friendship with the critically acclaimed and recently deceased author, Lucy Grealy....
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A grim tale of unrecovered co-dependency
- By Charles on 04-05-05
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Truth & Beauty
- A Friendship
- Narrated by: Ann Patchett
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 08-10-04
- Language: English
- The author of Bel Canto turns to nonfiction in a moving chronicle of her decades-long friendship with the critically acclaimed and recently deceased author, Lucy Grealy....
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They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us
- By: Hanif Abdurraqib
- Narrated by: Hanif Abdurraqib
- Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
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In essays that have been published by the New York Times, MTV, and Pitchfork, among others—Abdurraqib uses music and culture as a lens through which to view our world so that we might better understand ourselves, and in so doing proves himself a bellwether for our times....
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Hats off to Hanif
- By Connor Mancini on 06-22-24
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They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us
- Narrated by: Hanif Abdurraqib
- Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 11-15-22
- Language: English
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In essays that have been published by the New York Times, MTV, and Pitchfork, among others—Abdurraqib uses music and culture as a lens through which to view our world so that we might better understand ourselves, and in so doing proves himself a bellwether for our times....
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The Social Animal
- The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement
- By: David Brooks
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 16 hrs and 9 mins
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With unequaled insight and brio, David Brooks, the New York Times columnist and bestselling author of Bobos in Paradise, has long explored and explained the way we live....
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Finally!
- By Pamela Harvey on 03-13-11
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The Social Animal
- The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 16 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 03-08-11
- Language: English
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With unequaled insight and brio, David Brooks, the New York Times columnist and bestselling author of Bobos in Paradise, has long explored and explained the way we live....
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Essential
- Essays by the Minimalists
- By: Joshua Fields Millburn, Ryan Nicodemus
- Narrated by: Justin Malik
- Length: 5 hrs and 56 mins
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This book by Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus collects the most relevant essays - some short, some long - from their popular website, TheMinimalists.com....
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Podcast is better
- By Mark on 02-25-17
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Essential
- Essays by the Minimalists
- Narrated by: Justin Malik
- Length: 5 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 10-21-16
- Language: English
- This book by Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus collects the most relevant essays - some short, some long - from their popular website, TheMinimalists.com....
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Little Weirds
- By: Jenny Slate
- Narrated by: Jenny Slate
- Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins
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You may "know" Jenny Slate from her Netflix special, Stage Fright, as the creator of Marcel the Shell, or as the star of Obvious Child. But you don't really know Jenny Slate until you get bonked on the head by her absolutely singular writing style....
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softness is earned and it is wonderful
- By Van on 12-09-19
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Little Weirds
- Narrated by: Jenny Slate
- Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 11-05-19
- Language: English
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You may "know" Jenny Slate from her Netflix special, Stage Fright, as the creator of Marcel the Shell, or as the star of Obvious Child. But you don't really know Jenny Slate until you get bonked on the head by her absolutely singular writing style....
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Quietly Hostile
- Essays
- By: Samantha Irby
- Narrated by: Samantha Irby
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
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Samantha Irby’s career has taken her to new heights. She dodges calls from Hollywood and flop sweats on the red carpet at premieres (well, one premiere). But nothing is ever as it seems online, where she can crop out all the ugly parts....
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Extremely disappointed
- By Diana in Michigan on 07-20-23
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Quietly Hostile
- Essays
- Narrated by: Samantha Irby
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 05-16-23
- Language: English
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Samantha Irby’s career has taken her to new heights. She dodges calls from Hollywood and flop sweats on the red carpet at premieres (well, one premiere). But nothing is ever as it seems online, where she can crop out all the ugly parts....
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Upstream
- Selected Essays
- By: Mary Oliver
- Narrated by: Hala Alyan, Joy Sullivan, Kate Baer
- Length: 4 hrs and 3 mins
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“I had to go out into the world and see it and hear it and react to it, before I knew at all who I was, what I was, what I wanted to be.” So begins Upstream, a collection of essays in which poet Mary Oliver reflects on her willingness to lose herself within the beauty of the natural world....
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Beautiful essays
- By jessica on 10-17-23
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Upstream
- Selected Essays
- Narrated by: Hala Alyan, Joy Sullivan, Kate Baer
- Length: 4 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 04-18-23
- Language: English
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“I had to go out into the world and see it and hear it and react to it, before I knew at all who I was, what I was, what I wanted to be.” So begins Upstream, a collection of essays in which poet Mary Oliver reflects on her willingness to lose herself within the beauty of the natural world....
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Crying in the Bathroom
- A Memoir
- By: Erika L. Sánchez
- Narrated by: Erika L. Sánchez
- Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
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Growing up as the daughter of Mexican immigrants in Chicago in the nineties, Erika Sánchez was a self-described pariah, misfit, and disappointment—a foul-mouthed, melancholic rabble-rouser who painted her nails black but also loved comedy....
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I cried
- By Veronica Castellanos on 08-13-23
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Crying in the Bathroom
- A Memoir
- Narrated by: Erika L. Sánchez
- Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 07-12-22
- Language: English
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Growing up as the daughter of Mexican immigrants in Chicago in the nineties, Erika Sánchez was a self-described pariah, misfit, and disappointment—a foul-mouthed, melancholic rabble-rouser who painted her nails black but also loved comedy....
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Different Kinds of Minds
- A Guide to Your Brain
- By: Temple Grandin PhD, Ann D. Koffsky - adaptor
- Narrated by: Andrea Gallo, Temple Grandin PhD
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
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With her knack for making science easy to understand, Temple Grandin explains different types of thinkers: verbal thinkers who are good with language, and visual thinkers who think in pictures and patterns....
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Uneven
- By Pink Amy on 07-17-24
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Different Kinds of Minds
- A Guide to Your Brain
- Narrated by: Andrea Gallo, Temple Grandin PhD
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 11-28-23
- Language: English
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With her knack for making science easy to understand, Temple Grandin explains different types of thinkers: verbal thinkers who are good with language, and visual thinkers who think in pictures and patterns....
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The Rebel
- By: Albert Camus
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins
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By one of the most profoundly influential thinkers of our century, The Rebel is an essay on revolution. As old regimes throughout the world collapse, this classic resonates as an ardent, eloquent, and supremely rational voice of conscience for our tumultuous times....
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This book is amazing
- By Amazon Customer on 10-06-19
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The Rebel
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 01-24-19
- Language: English
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By one of the most profoundly influential thinkers of our century, The Rebel is an essay on revolution. As old regimes throughout the world collapse, this classic resonates as an ardent, eloquent, and supremely rational voice of conscience for our tumultuous times....
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Arguably: Essays by Christopher Hitchens
- By: Christopher Hitchens
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 28 hrs and 22 mins
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Arguably offers an indispensable key to understanding the passionate and skeptical spirit of one of our most dazzling writers....
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Grab it
- By Davol2449 on 09-02-11
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Arguably: Essays by Christopher Hitchens
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 28 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 09-01-11
- Language: English
- Arguably offers an indispensable key to understanding the passionate and skeptical spirit of one of our most dazzling writers....
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Fearless
- The Undaunted Courage and Ultimate Sacrifice of Navy SEAL Team SIX Operator Adam Brown
- By: Eric Blehm
- Narrated by: Paul Michael
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
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Adam Brown was a devoted man who was an unlikely hero but a true warrior, described by all who knew him as fearless....
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Nothing can take my Spirit from Me
- By Cynthia on 11-15-13
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Fearless
- The Undaunted Courage and Ultimate Sacrifice of Navy SEAL Team SIX Operator Adam Brown
- Narrated by: Paul Michael
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 05-22-12
- Language: English
- Adam Brown was a devoted man who was an unlikely hero but a true warrior, described by all who knew him as fearless....
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Free Lunch
- By: Rex Ogle
- Narrated by: Ramon De Ocampo
- Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
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Free Lunch is the story of Rex Ogle's first semester in sixth grade. Rex and his baby brother often went hungry, wore secondhand clothes, and were short of school supplies, and Rex was on his school's free lunch program....
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Wonderful Read
- By Rose on 04-06-20
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Free Lunch
- Narrated by: Ramon De Ocampo
- Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 09-10-19
- Language: English
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Free Lunch is the story of Rex Ogle's first semester in sixth grade. Rex and his baby brother often went hungry, wore secondhand clothes, and were short of school supplies, and Rex was on his school's free lunch program....
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Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
- Crossing Press Feminist Series, Book 1
- By: Audre Lorde
- Narrated by: Robin Eller
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
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Presenting the essential writings of black lesbian poet and feminist writer Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider celebrates an influential voice in 20th-century literature....
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One of the most important things I have ever listened to.
- By Jayrod on 11-16-16
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Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
- Crossing Press Feminist Series, Book 1
- Narrated by: Robin Eller
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 04-26-16
- Language: English
- Presenting the essential writings of black lesbian poet and feminist writer Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider celebrates an influential voice in 20th-century literature....
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Fear and Loathing in America
- The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist, 1968 - 1976
- By: Hunter S. Thompson
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 32 hrs and 13 mins
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Spanning the years between 1968 and 1976, these never-before-published letters show Thompson building his legend....
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biographical
- By GanjaPlanta on 12-02-14
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Fear and Loathing in America
- The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist, 1968 - 1976
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Series: Gonzo Letters, Book 2
- Length: 32 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 06-12-14
- Language: English
- Spanning the years between 1968 and 1976, these never-before-published letters show Thompson building his legend....
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An Economic History of the World since 1400
- By: Donald J. Harreld, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Donald J. Harreld
- Length: 24 hrs and 25 mins
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Most of us have a limited understanding of the powerful role economics has played in shaping human civilization. This makes economic history a vital lens through which to think....
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Great Courses...NOT!
- By P. Smith on 01-12-17
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An Economic History of the World since 1400
- Narrated by: Donald J. Harreld
- Series: The Great Courses: Business & Economics
- Length: 24 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 08-19-16
- Language: English
- Most of us have a limited understanding of the powerful role economics has played in shaping human civilization. This makes economic history a vital lens through which to think....
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Unnatural Causes
- By: Dr Richard Shepherd
- Narrated by: Dr Richard Shepherd
- Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
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As the country's top forensic pathologist, Dr Richard Shepherd has spent a lifetime uncovering the secrets of the dead....
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Boring!
- By Zoesmydog on 06-21-19
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Unnatural Causes
- Narrated by: Dr Richard Shepherd
- Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 09-20-18
- Language: English
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As the country's top forensic pathologist, Dr Richard Shepherd has spent a lifetime uncovering the secrets of the dead....
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The World-Ending Fire
- The Essential Wendell Berry
- By: Wendell Berry
- Narrated by: Nick Offerman
- Length: 16 hrs and 29 mins
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In a time when our relationship to the natural world is ruled by the violence and greed of unbridled consumerism, Wendell Berry speaks out in these prescient essays, drawn from his 50-year campaign on behalf of American lands and communities....
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Vital. Timely. Timeless.
- By David M. on 06-15-20
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The World-Ending Fire
- The Essential Wendell Berry
- Narrated by: Nick Offerman
- Length: 16 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 03-10-20
- Language: English
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In a time when our relationship to the natural world is ruled by the violence and greed of unbridled consumerism, Wendell Berry speaks out in these prescient essays, drawn from his 50-year campaign on behalf of American lands and communities....
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