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Best Sellers
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Bounce
- Mozart, Federer, Picasso, Beckham, and the Science of Success
- Written by: Matthew Syed
- Narrated by: James Clamp
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
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Bounce shows how competition provides a master key with which to unlock the mysteries of the world....
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Practice Matters more than Natural Ability
- By anwar ehsanullah on 18-11-20
Written by: Matthew Syed
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PIHKAL
- A Chemical Love Story
- Written by: Alexander Shulgin, Ann Shulgin
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders, Petrea Burchard
- Length: 22 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Alexander (better known as “Sasha”) and Ann Shulgin’s PiHKAL: A Chemical Love Story has become a foundational work in the genre and was the first book to fully impart the how-to chemistry, and convey the effects, of many of the entheogenic drugs....
Written by: Alexander Shulgin,
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The Third Wave
- Written by: Alvin Toffler
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 18 hrs and 53 mins
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From the author of Future Shock comes a striking way out of today's despair...a bracing, optimistic look at our new potentials....
Written by: Alvin Toffler
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Emotional Design
- Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things
- Written by: Don Norman
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
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Why attractive things work better and other crucial insights into human-centered design....
Written by: Don Norman
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How Not to Be Wrong
- The Art of Changing Your Mind
- Written by: James O'Brien
- Narrated by: James O'Brien
- Length: 5 hrs and 21 mins
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In an age of us vs them, tribal loyalties and bitter divisions, the ability to change our minds may be the most important power we have. In this intimate, personal new book, James' focus shifts from talking to other people to how you talk to yourself about what you really think....
Written by: James O'Brien
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The Culture Code
- An Ingenious Way To Understand Why People Around The World Live And Buy As They Do
- Written by: Clotaire Rapaille
- Narrated by: Barrett Whitener
- Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
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Internationally revered cultural anthropologist and marketing expert Clotaire Rapaille reveals for the first time the techniques he has used to improve profitability and practices....
Written by: Clotaire Rapaille
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Bounce
- Mozart, Federer, Picasso, Beckham, and the Science of Success
- Written by: Matthew Syed
- Narrated by: James Clamp
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Bounce shows how competition provides a master key with which to unlock the mysteries of the world....
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Practice Matters more than Natural Ability
- By anwar ehsanullah on 18-11-20
Written by: Matthew Syed
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PIHKAL
- A Chemical Love Story
- Written by: Alexander Shulgin, Ann Shulgin
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders, Petrea Burchard
- Length: 22 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Alexander (better known as “Sasha”) and Ann Shulgin’s PiHKAL: A Chemical Love Story has become a foundational work in the genre and was the first book to fully impart the how-to chemistry, and convey the effects, of many of the entheogenic drugs....
Written by: Alexander Shulgin,
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The Third Wave
- Written by: Alvin Toffler
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 18 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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From the author of Future Shock comes a striking way out of today's despair...a bracing, optimistic look at our new potentials....
Written by: Alvin Toffler
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Emotional Design
- Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things
- Written by: Don Norman
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Why attractive things work better and other crucial insights into human-centered design....
Written by: Don Norman
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How Not to Be Wrong
- The Art of Changing Your Mind
- Written by: James O'Brien
- Narrated by: James O'Brien
- Length: 5 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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In an age of us vs them, tribal loyalties and bitter divisions, the ability to change our minds may be the most important power we have. In this intimate, personal new book, James' focus shifts from talking to other people to how you talk to yourself about what you really think....
Written by: James O'Brien
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The Culture Code
- An Ingenious Way To Understand Why People Around The World Live And Buy As They Do
- Written by: Clotaire Rapaille
- Narrated by: Barrett Whitener
- Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Internationally revered cultural anthropologist and marketing expert Clotaire Rapaille reveals for the first time the techniques he has used to improve profitability and practices....
Written by: Clotaire Rapaille
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Against Interpretation and Other Essays
- Written by: Susan Sontag
- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Originally published in 1966, Susan Sontag's first collection of essays is a modern classic and includes the famous essays "Notes on Camp" and "Against Interpretation", as well as, her impassioned discussions....
Written by: Susan Sontag
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Becoming Batman
- The Possibility of a Superhero
- Written by: E. Paul Zehr, James Kakalios - foreword
- Narrated by: Rudy Sanda
- Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Becoming Batman provides the background for attaining the realizable—though extreme—level of human performance that would allow you to be a superhero....
Written by: E. Paul Zehr,
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When to Rob a Bank
- ...And 131 More Warped Suggestions and Well-Intended Rants
- Written by: Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
- Narrated by: Stephen J. Dubner, Steven D. Levitt, Erik Bergmann
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the landmark Freakonomics, comes this curated collection from the most readable economics blog in the world....
Written by: Steven D. Levitt,
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The Upside of Irrationality
- The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home
- Written by: Dan Ariely
- Narrated by: Simon Jones
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
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Dan Ariely exposes the surprising negative and positive effects irrationality can have on our lives....
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Thought provoking and insightful
- By Rajiv Puri on 21-10-23
Written by: Dan Ariely
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The Omnivore's Dilemma
- A Natural History of Four Meals
- Written by: Michael Pollan
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 15 hrs and 53 mins
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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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Exceptional experience
- By Anupam S. on 22-12-21
Written by: Michael Pollan
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Everything Bad Is Good for You
- Written by: Steven Johnson
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
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From the author of the New York Times bestseller Mind Wide Open comes a groundbreaking assessment of popular culture as it's never been considered before....
Written by: Steven Johnson
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The Master Switch
- The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
- Written by: Tim Wu
- Narrated by: Marc Vietor
- Length: 14 hrs and 11 mins
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A secret history of the industrial wars behind the rise and fall of the twentieth century's great information empires....
Written by: Tim Wu
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Batman and Psychology
- A Dark and Stormy Knight
- Written by: Travis Langley
- Narrated by: Paul Bellantoni
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
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Batman is one of the most compelling characters to come from the Golden Age of Comics, and interest in his story has only increased since his first appearance in 1939. Why does this superhero without superpowers fascinate us? What does that fascination say about us?
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You love The Caped Crusader's world? must have!
- By Siddheshvar on 25-05-22
Written by: Travis Langley
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Turkey - Culture Smart!
- The Essential Guide to Customs and Culture
- Written by: Charlotte McPherson
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 3 hrs and 58 mins
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This new, updated edition of Culture Smart! Turkey reveals a nation in transition. Over the last two decades, living conditions have improved greatly....
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such a dumb author ...
- By Lingareddy Subba Rami Reddy on 09-03-24
Written by: Charlotte McPherson
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Travel as a Political Act
- Written by: Rick Steves
- Narrated by: Rick Steves
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
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Change the world one trip at a time. In this illuminating collection of stories and lessons from the road, acclaimed travel writer Rick Steves shares a powerful message that resonates....
Written by: Rick Steves
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Batman Unauthorized
- Vigilantes, Jokers, and Heroes in Gotham City
- Written by: Dennis O'Neil - editor, Leah Wilson - editor
- Narrated by: Colby Elliott
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Compiled by a veteran writer of the comic series, this collection of essays explores Batman’s motivations and actions, as well as those of his foes....
Written by: Dennis O'Neil - editor,
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Emily Post's Etiquette: The Centennial Edition
- Written by: Lizzie Post, Daniel Post Senning
- Narrated by: Lizzie Post
- Length: 18 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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For the past one hundred years, Emily Post has been the definitive source for how to navigate—and enhance—every social interaction....
Written by: Lizzie Post,
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The Strategy of Conflict
- Written by: Thomas C. Schelling
- Narrated by: Brian Holsopple
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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A series of closely interrelated essays on game theory, this book deals with an area in which progress has been least satisfactory - the situations where there is a common interest as well as conflict....
Written by: Thomas C. Schelling
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Lust for Life - Always on my mind
- Pop-Splits
- Written by: N.N.
- Narrated by: Michael Pan
- Length: 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Wie Leonard Cohen Janis Joplin flach legte (Chelsea Hotel Nr.2); und wie die britische Königin-Mutter Pete Townshend von The Who dazu brachte, eines seiner besten Lieder zu schreiben...
Written by: N.N.
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Pimpology
- The 48 Laws of the Game
- Written by: Pimpin' Ken
- Narrated by: Mr. Gates
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
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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....
Written by: Pimpin' Ken
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Status and Culture
- How Our Desire for Social Rank Creates Taste, Identity, Art, Fashion, and Constant Change
- Written by: W. David Marx
- Narrated by: Daniel Henning
- Length: 13 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Solving the long-standing mysteries of culture—from the origin of our tastes and identities, to the perpetual cycles of fashions and fads—through a careful exploration of the fundamental human desire for status....
Written by: W. David Marx
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An Economist Gets Lunch
- New Rules for Everyday Foodies
- Written by: Tyler Cowen
- Narrated by: Stephen Hoye
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
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One of the most influential economists of the decade boldly argues that just about everything you've heard about food is wrong....
Written by: Tyler Cowen
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Notorious RBG
- The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Written 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....
Written by: Irin Carmon,
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Cynical Theories
- How Activist Scholarship Made Everything About Race, Gender, and Identity - and Why This Harms Everybody
- Written by: Helen Pluckrose, James Lindsay
- Narrated by: Helen Pluckrose
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
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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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I am Afraid
- By Sasidharan Karthikeyan on 28-03-21
Written by: Helen Pluckrose,
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How to Be a Brit
- Written by: George Mikes
- Narrated by: Richard Goulding
- Length: 4 hrs and 17 mins
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George Mikes' perceptive manual for everyone who longs to attain 'True Britishness' provides a complete guide to the British way of life....
Written by: George Mikes
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The Death of the Artist
- How Creators Are Struggling to Survive in the Age of Billionaires and Big Tech
- Written by: William Deresiewicz
- Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkin
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
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A deeply researched warning about how the digital economy threatens artists' lives and work - the music, writing, and visual art that sustain our souls and societies - from an award-winning essayist and critic....
Written by: William Deresiewicz
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Press Reset
- Ruin and Recovery in the Video Game Industry
- Written by: Jason Schreier
- Narrated by: Ray Chase
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
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From the best-selling author of Blood, Sweat, and Pixels comes the next definitive, behind-the-scenes account of the video game industry: how some of the past decade's most renowned studios fell apart - and the stories, both triumphant and tragic, of what happened next....
Written by: Jason Schreier
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Traffic
- Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion-Dollar Race to Go Viral
- Written by: Ben Smith
- Narrated by: Ian Putnam, Ben Smith
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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The origin story of the post-truth age: the candid inside tale of two online media rivals, Nick Denton of Gawker Media and Jonah Peretti of HuffPost and BuzzFeed, whose delirious pursuit of attention at scale helped release the dark forces that would overtake the internet and American society.
Written by: Ben Smith
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Red Dead Redemption
- History, Myth, and Violence in the Video Game West
- Written by: John Wills - editor, Esther Wright - editor
- Narrated by: Andrew Joseph Perez
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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While the Western was dying a slow death across the cultural landscape, it was blazing back to life as a video game in the early twenty-first century. Rockstar Games' Red Dead franchise has grown into one of the most critically acclaimed video game franchises of the twenty-first century....
Written by: John Wills - editor,
New Releases
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K-Drama School
- A Pop Culture Inquiry into Why We Love Korean Television
- Written by: Grace Jung
- Narrated by: Grace Jung
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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From the Emmy Award-winning Squid Game to streaming sensations like The Glory and Crash Landing on You, Korean television has emerged onto the global pop culture scene as compelling television—but what exactly makes these shows so irresistibly bingeable? And what can we learn about our societies and ourselves from watching them? From stand-up comedian and media studies PhD Grace Jung comes a rollicking deep dive into the cultural significance of Korean television.
Written by: Grace Jung
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The Man Who Saved Britain
- Written by: Simon Winder
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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After victory in World War II, Britain was a relieved but also a profoundly traumatized country. Simon Winder, born into this nation of uncertain identity, fell in love (as many before and since) with the man created as the antidote, a quintessentially British figure of great cultural significance: James Bond. Written with passion, wit and a great deal of personal insight and affection, this book is his wildly amusing attempt to get to grips with Bond’s legacy and the difficult decades in which it really mattered.
Written by: Simon Winder
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The Time of My Life: Dirty Dancing
- Pop Classics
- Written by: Andrea Warner
- Narrated by: Stephanie Németh Parker
- Length: 3 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Time of My Life, celebrated music journalist Andrea Warner excavates the layers of Dirty Dancing, from its anachronistic, chart-topping soundtrack, to Baby and Johnny’s chemistry, to Bergstein’s political intentions, to the abortion subplot that is more relevant today than ever. The film’s remarkable longevity would never have been possible if it was just a throwaway summer fling story. It is precisely because of its themes—deeply feminist, sensitively written—that we, over 30 years later, are still holding our breath during that last, exhilarating lift.
Written by: Andrea Warner
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I Heart Politics
- How People Power Took Over the World
- Written by: Phoenix Andrews
- Narrated by: Adrian Gray
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Taking listeners on an irresistible adventure through some of the most colourful, outrageous and polarising events of recent years—from Brexit to the Capitol Hill Riots and QAnon rallies to Extinction Rebellion protests—Phoenix Andrews shows how if we want to understand what's really happening behind the headlines we need to think about one overlooked phenomenon: fandom.
Written by: Phoenix Andrews
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Worth Fighting For
- Finding Courage and Compassion When Cruelty Is Trending
- Written by: John Pavlovitz
- Narrated by: John Pavlovitz
- Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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John Pavlovitz has inspired millions to keep boldly loving both neighbors and strangers throughout the years of Trump's hate-mongering campaign and presidency and continues to be a voice of sanity and urgency when so much is still at stake.
Written by: John Pavlovitz
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The Six Pack
- On the Open Road in Search of Wrestlemania
- Written by: Brad Balukjian
- Narrated by: Brad Balukjian
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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In 2005, Brad Balukjian left his position as a magazine fact-checker to pursue a dream job: partner with his childhood hero, The Iron Sheik (whose real name was Khosrow Vaziri), to write his biography. Things quickly went south, culminating in the Sheik threatening Balukjian’s life. Now seventeen years later, Balukjian returns to the road in search of not only a reunion with the Sheik, but something much bigger: truth in a world built on illusion.
Written by: Brad Balukjian
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K-Drama School
- A Pop Culture Inquiry into Why We Love Korean Television
- Written by: Grace Jung
- Narrated by: Grace Jung
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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From the Emmy Award-winning Squid Game to streaming sensations like The Glory and Crash Landing on You, Korean television has emerged onto the global pop culture scene as compelling television—but what exactly makes these shows so irresistibly bingeable? And what can we learn about our societies and ourselves from watching them? From stand-up comedian and media studies PhD Grace Jung comes a rollicking deep dive into the cultural significance of Korean television.
Written by: Grace Jung
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The Man Who Saved Britain
- Written by: Simon Winder
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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After victory in World War II, Britain was a relieved but also a profoundly traumatized country. Simon Winder, born into this nation of uncertain identity, fell in love (as many before and since) with the man created as the antidote, a quintessentially British figure of great cultural significance: James Bond. Written with passion, wit and a great deal of personal insight and affection, this book is his wildly amusing attempt to get to grips with Bond’s legacy and the difficult decades in which it really mattered.
Written by: Simon Winder
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The Time of My Life: Dirty Dancing
- Pop Classics
- Written by: Andrea Warner
- Narrated by: Stephanie Németh Parker
- Length: 3 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Time of My Life, celebrated music journalist Andrea Warner excavates the layers of Dirty Dancing, from its anachronistic, chart-topping soundtrack, to Baby and Johnny’s chemistry, to Bergstein’s political intentions, to the abortion subplot that is more relevant today than ever. The film’s remarkable longevity would never have been possible if it was just a throwaway summer fling story. It is precisely because of its themes—deeply feminist, sensitively written—that we, over 30 years later, are still holding our breath during that last, exhilarating lift.
Written by: Andrea Warner
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I Heart Politics
- How People Power Took Over the World
- Written by: Phoenix Andrews
- Narrated by: Adrian Gray
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Taking listeners on an irresistible adventure through some of the most colourful, outrageous and polarising events of recent years—from Brexit to the Capitol Hill Riots and QAnon rallies to Extinction Rebellion protests—Phoenix Andrews shows how if we want to understand what's really happening behind the headlines we need to think about one overlooked phenomenon: fandom.
Written by: Phoenix Andrews
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Worth Fighting For
- Finding Courage and Compassion When Cruelty Is Trending
- Written by: John Pavlovitz
- Narrated by: John Pavlovitz
- Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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John Pavlovitz has inspired millions to keep boldly loving both neighbors and strangers throughout the years of Trump's hate-mongering campaign and presidency and continues to be a voice of sanity and urgency when so much is still at stake.
Written by: John Pavlovitz
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The Six Pack
- On the Open Road in Search of Wrestlemania
- Written by: Brad Balukjian
- Narrated by: Brad Balukjian
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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In 2005, Brad Balukjian left his position as a magazine fact-checker to pursue a dream job: partner with his childhood hero, The Iron Sheik (whose real name was Khosrow Vaziri), to write his biography. Things quickly went south, culminating in the Sheik threatening Balukjian’s life. Now seventeen years later, Balukjian returns to the road in search of not only a reunion with the Sheik, but something much bigger: truth in a world built on illusion.
Written by: Brad Balukjian
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Raise Some Shell: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Pop Classics
- Written by: Richard Rosenbaum
- Narrated by: Joe Hempel
- Length: 4 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Celebrating the persistence of Turtle Power Raise Some Shell critically and cleverly examines the origins, evolution, and impact of the Ninja Turtles phenomenon―from its beginning as a self-published black-and-white comic book in 1984, through its transformation into a worldwide transmedia phenomenon by the middle of the 1990s, and up to the sale of the property to Nickelodeon in 2009 and relaunch of the Turtles with new comics, cartoons, and a big-budget Hollywood film.
Written by: Richard Rosenbaum
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It Doesn't Suck: Showgirls
- Pop Classics
- Written by: Adam Nayman
- Narrated by: Brian Telestai
- Length: 4 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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A new edition of the first book in the acclaimed Pop Classics series The Worst. Movie. Ever. is a masterpiece. Seriously. Enough time has passed since Showgirls flopped spectacularly that it’s time for a good hard look back at the sequined spectacle. A salvage operation on a very public, very expensive train wreck, It Doesn’t Suck argues that Showgirls is much smarter and deeper than it is given credit for.
Written by: Adam Nayman
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Wrapped in Plastic: Twin Peaks
- Written by: Andy Burns
- Narrated by: Marcus Zarco
- Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Damn good coffee, cherry pie, and the “big bang of auteur television”―why Twin Peaks deserves to be a pop culture classic In 1990, avant garde filmmaker David Lynch (Eraserhead, The Elephant Man, Dune, Blue Velvet) and acclaimed television writer Mark Frost (Hill Street Blues) teamed up to create a television show that would redefine what the medium could achieve in a one-hour drama.
Written by: Andy Burns
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Обратная связь. Часть 1
- Трансерфинг реальности
- Written by: Вадим Зеланд
- Narrated by: Михаил Черняк
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
- Abridged
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Все мы, так или иначе, находимся во власти обстоятельств. Желания не исполняются, мечты не сбываются, зато худшие ожидания, как назло, оправдываются. Неужели нельзя наоборот? Оказывается, можно.
Written by: Вадим Зеланд
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Cloverfield
- Creatures and Catastrophes in Post-9/11 Cinema
- Written by: Steffen Hantke
- Narrated by: Phil Thron
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Upon its release in 2008, Matt Reeves's Cloverfield revitalized the giant creature, a cinematic trope that had languished for over a decade. The film addressed the attacks of September 11, 2001, trading the jingoistic rhetoric of retributive military aggression for serious engagement with personal and collective trauma. It applied the horror genre's fascination with personal stories captured by found footage to the grand violence of history. Innovative and intense, Cloverfield represented blockbuster filmmaking at its best.
Written by: Steffen Hantke
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Long Live Queer Nightlife
- How the Closing of Gay Bars Sparked a Revolution
- Written by: Amin Ghaziani
- Narrated by: Amin El Gamal
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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In this exhilarating journey into underground parties, pulsating with life and limitless possibility, acclaimed author Amin Ghaziani unveils the unexpected revolution revitalizing urban nightlife. Far from the gay bar with its largely white, gay male clientele, here is a dazzling scene of secret parties—club nights—wherein culture creatives, many of whom are queer, trans, and racial minorities, reclaim the night in the name of those too long left out.
Written by: Amin Ghaziani
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Der Geist aus der Maschine
- Eine superschnelle Menschheitsgeschichte des digitalen Universums
- Written by: Andrian Kreye
- Narrated by: Steffen Groth
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
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Wie aus den Visionen einer Handvoll Programmierer eine wirtschaftliche und politische Weltmacht erwuchs. Noch nie hat sich ein entscheidendes Kapitel der Menschheitsgeschichte so schnell vollzogen wie die digitale Revolution. Davon handelt das neue Buch von Andrian Kreye. Der renommierte Kulturjournalist hat den Aufstieg der digitalen Technologien von einer Subkultur der Programmierer, Wissenschaftler und utopischen Denker in den 1980er-Jahren zur kulturellen, sozialen und politischen Superkraft der Gegenwart genau verfolgt, vor Ort und mit den zentralen Figuren dieser Bewegung.
Written by: Andrian Kreye
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Learning to Think
- Written by: Tracy King
- Narrated by: Tracy King
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
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Put yourself in Tracy King's shoes. Growing up in an ordinary council estate outside Birmingham; a house filled with creativity, curiosity and love, but marked by her father's alcoholism and her mother's agoraphobia. By the time she turns twelve her father has been killed, her sister taken into care and her mother ensnared by the promises of born-again Christianity. This isn't the stuff of cult documentaries; this is the story of an ordinary family trapped in a broken system. It's a story that could happen to anyone without the tools to transform their circumstances.
Written by: Tracy King
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Among the Trolls
- My Journey Through Conspiracyland
- Written by: Marianna Spring
- Narrated by: Marianna Spring
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
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Have you heard that Bill Gates is running a secret genocidal plot? That the war in Ukraine isn't real? Or that people are paid to act out some of the worst attacks imaginable? In Among the Trolls, BBC journalist Marianna Spring meets the people spreading online conspiracy theories—and their victims. Far from a few lone wolves, she uncovers a staggering network of true believers and conspiracy influencers engaged in an international information war.
Written by: Marianna Spring
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Nerdopoli
- Espressioni di una comunità in evoluzione
- Written by: Susanna Scrivo, Eleonora C. Caruso, Alice Cucchetti,
- Narrated by: Irene Giuliano, Gianandrea Muià
- Length: 2 hrs and 47 mins
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Fino a pochi anni fa il nerd, in Italia tradotto come ‘sfigato’, era il ragazzo disadattato, fisicamente repellente, cervellone al limite del maniacale e dedito a hobby considerati ridicoli, come le storie di fantascienza e la tecnologia. Ma i tempi cambiano, e nel corso degli anni si è andato rafforzando un vero e proprio orgoglio identitario: oggi il nerd non è più lo sfigato con gli occhiali spessi, ma un uomo, o una donna, con competenze precise e consapevole del proprio valore, anche ideologico.
Written by: Susanna Scrivo,
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La guerra dei meme - Fenomenologia di uno scherzo infinito
- Written by: Alessandro Lolli
- Narrated by: Roberto Marinelli
- Length: 4 hrs and 56 mins
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I meme sono le immaginette buffe che tutti vediamo su Internet. Vivi, attivi e sempre rinnovati nelle loro forme, sono attualmente il mezzo di comunicazione più longevo del web. Nate come meccanismo umoristico piuttosto semplice, queste immagini si sono via via trasformate, diventando un sistema a vari livelli di leggibilità, talvolta veicolo di messaggi che vanno ben oltre il semplice humor, passando da community di Alt-right a sostegno di Donald Trump a gruppi Alt-left, che cercano di riappropriarsi della risata perduta a sinistra, con in mezzo tutto il sottobosco dell’Internet.
Written by: Alessandro Lolli
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Abschied von den Boomern
- Written by: Heinz Bude
- Narrated by: Wolfgang Wagner
- Length: 2 hrs and 43 mins
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Die Boomer nehmen Abschied. Wer zwischen 1955 und 1970 in der Zeit der geburtenstarken Jahrgänge zur Welt gekommen ist, hat den Ruhestand erreicht oder zählt zu den Älteren, die nach und nach ihre Posten freimachen. Die Boomer verbindet das Gefühl, dass es zu viele von ihnen gibt, das spürten sie schon in überfüllten Klassenzimmern und später auf dem Arbeitsmarkt. Daraus resultierte eine Haltung der Skepsis, und die Erfahrung von AIDS und Tschernobyl hat sie in einer entscheidenden Phase ihrer Biografie gelehrt, dass nichts gesichert und gar nichts garantiert ist.
Written by: Heinz Bude