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1968
By: Richard Vinen
Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds
Length: 13 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
A major new history of one of the seminal years in the postwar world, when rebellion and disaffection broke out on an extraordinary scale.The year 1968 saw an extraordinary range of protests across much of the western world. Some of these were genuinely revolutionary—around ten million French workers went on strike and the whole state teetered... Read more
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Hippie Food
By: Jonathan Kauffman
Narrated by: George Newbern
Length: 9 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
An enlightening narrative history—an entertaining fusion of Tom Wolfe and Michael Pollan—that traces the colorful origins of once unconventional foods and the diverse fringe movements, charismatic gurus, and counterculture elements that brought them to the mainstream and created a distinctly American cuisine.Food writer Jonathan Kauffman... Read more
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On Power
By: Gene Simmons
Narrated by: Alan Sklar
Length: 5 hours
Abridged: No
YOU DESERVE TO HAVE POWER.IT IS YOURS FOR THE TAKING.GENE SIMMONS IS HERE TO UNLOCK THE DOORS TO THE TEMPLE.Gene Simmons, KISS front-man, multi-hyphenate entrepreneur, and master of self-invention, shares his philosophy on power—how to attain it, how to keep it, and how to harness it as a driving force in business and in life.As co-founder of... Read more
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Against Empathy
By: Paul Bloom
Narrated by: Karen Cass
Length: 7 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
A controversial call to arms, Against Empathy argues that the natural impulse to share the feelings of others can lead to immoral choices in both public policy and in our intimate relationships with friends and family.Most people, including many policy makers, activists, scientists, and philosophers, have encouraged us to be more empathetic—to... Read more
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Ghostland
By: Colin Dickey
Narrated by: Jon Lindstrom
Length: 10 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
One of NPR’s Great Reads of 2016
“A lively assemblage and smart analysis of dozens of haunting stories…absorbing…[and] intellectually intriguing.” —The New York Times Book Review
From the author of The Unidentified, an intellectual feast for fans of offbeat history that takes readers on a road trip through some of the country’s most infamously... Read more
The World According to Star Wars
By: Cass R. Sunstein
Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith
Length: 5 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: No
""Star Wars is the ultimate mythological tale of our age, a hero's journey that is a tribute to the beauty of human freedom as well as an exploration of its dark complexities. In this gem of a book, the brilliant Cass Sunstein uses the series to explore profound questions about being a parent, a child, and a human. It will change the way you... Read more
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Glimpsing Heaven
By: Judy Bachrach
Narrated by: Susan Boyce
Length: 6 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
If you caught a glimpse of heaven, would you choose to come back to life?Investigative journalist Judy Bachrach has collected accounts of those who died and then returned to life with lucid, vivid memories of what occurred while they were dead, and the conclusions are astonishing. Clinical death—the moment when the heart stops beating and brain... Read more
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