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The Modern Scholar
- That's Not What I Meant: The Sociolinguistics of Everyday Conversation
- By: Professor Deborah Tannen
- Narrated by: Deborah Tannen
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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The following series of lectures draws on linguistics, or the scientific study of language, to show the many ways in which language has a profound effect upon human relationships. These lectures address the various aspects and implications of what Professor Tannen calls "conversational style". It also looks at the dynamics of specific situations such as the workplace and classroom where the role of conversational style is of particular importance.
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The Modern Scholar
- That's Not What I Meant: The Sociolinguistics of Everyday Conversation
- Narrated by: Deborah Tannen
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 23-09-2008
- Language: English
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Math in Drag
- By: Kyne Santos
- Narrated by: Kyne Santos
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Join sensational drag queen Kyne Santos on an extraordinary journey through the glamorous world of…math? This sassy book is your VIP pass, taking you behind the scenes with a TikTok superstar who shatters stereotypes and proves that math can be fascinating and fun, even for people who think they aren’t good at it.
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Math in Drag
- Narrated by: Kyne Santos
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 11-06-2024
- Language: English
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All the Presidents' Money
- How the Men Who Governed America Governed Their Money
- By: Megan Gorman
- Narrated by: Vivienne Leheny
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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We often think of the US presidents as being above the fray. But the truth is, the presidents are just like us. While some presidents like Herbert Hoover and Gerald Ford became wildly successful with money, others like Thomas Jefferson and Joe Biden struggled to sustain their lifestyle. The ability to win the presidency is no guarantee of financial security, although today it’s a much easier path to monetize. In All the Presidents' Money, tax attorney and wealth manager Megan Gorman takes us on a journey to understand the different personal money stories of the presidents
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All the Presidents' Money
- How the Men Who Governed America Governed Their Money
- Narrated by: Vivienne Leheny
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 24-09-2024
- Language: English
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The Child in the Electric Chair
- The Execution of George Junius Stinney Jr. and the Making of a Tragedy in the American South
- By: Eli Faber
- Narrated by: Beresford Bennett, Karen Chilton
- Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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At 7:30 a.m. on June 16, 1944, George Junius Stinney, Jr., was escorted by four guards to the death chamber. Wearing socks but no shoes, the 14-year-old Black boy walked with his Bible tucked under his arm. The guards strapped his slight, five-foot-one-inch frame into the electric chair. His small size made it difficult to affix the electrode to his right leg and the face mask, which was clearly too large, fell to the floor when the executioner flipped the switch. That day, George Stinney became the youngest person executed in the United States during the 20th century.
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The Child in the Electric Chair
- The Execution of George Junius Stinney Jr. and the Making of a Tragedy in the American South
- Narrated by: Beresford Bennett, Karen Chilton
- Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 25-06-2021
- Language: English
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Reputation
- What Is It and Why It Matters
- By: Gloria Origgi, Stephen Holmes, Noga Arikha
- Narrated by: Andrea Gallo
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Reputation touches almost everything, guiding our behavior and choices in countless ways. But it is also shrouded in mystery. Why is it so powerful when the criteria by which people and things are defined as good or bad often appear to be arbitrary? Why do we care so much about how others see us that we may even do irrational and harmful things to try to influence their opinion? In this engaging book, Gloria Origgi draws on philosophy, social psychology, sociology, economics, and more to offer an illuminating account of an important yet oddly neglected subject.
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Reputation
- What Is It and Why It Matters
- Narrated by: Andrea Gallo
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 05-12-2017
- Language: English
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The Road to Camelot
- Inside JFK's Five-Year Campaign
- By: Thomas Oliphant, Curtis Wilkie
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 14 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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A behind-the-scenes, revelatory account of John F. Kennedy's wily campaign for the White House, beginning with his bold failed attempt to win the vice presidential nomination in 1956. A young and undistinguished junior plots his way to the presidency and changes the way we nominate and elect presidents. John F. Kennedy and his young warriors invented modern presidential politics.
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The Road to Camelot
- Inside JFK's Five-Year Campaign
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 14 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 09-05-2017
- Language: English
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My Father and Atticus Finch
- A Lawyer's Fight for Justice in 1930's Alabama
- By: Joseph Madison Beck
- Narrated by: Tom Stechschulte
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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As a child, Joseph Beck heard the stories - when other lawyers came up with excuses, his father courageously defended a Black man charged with raping a White woman. Now a lawyer himself, Beck reconstructs his father's role in State of Alabama vs. Charles White, Alias, a trial that was much publicized when Harper Lee was 12 years old.
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My Father and Atticus Finch
- A Lawyer's Fight for Justice in 1930's Alabama
- Narrated by: Tom Stechschulte
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 22-11-2016
- Language: English
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Book of Ages
- The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin
- By: Jill Lepore
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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From one of our most accomplished and widely admired historians, a revelatory portrait of Benjamin Franklin' s youngest sister and a history of history itself. Like her brother, Jane Franklin was a passionate reader, a gifted writer, and an astonishingly shrewd political commentator.
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Book of Ages
- The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 01-11-2013
- Language: English
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The Modern Scholar: Celts and Germans
- The Enduring Heritage of the European Northlands
- By: Professor Timothy B. Shutt
- Narrated by: Professor Timothy B. Shutt
- Length: 5 hrs and 21 mins
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One of the Modern Scholar's most popular lecturers, Professor Timothy B. Shutt of Kenyon College examines the contributions of the peoples of northern Europe through their vibrant literary legacy. As Professor Shutt's textual analysis reveals, Celtic and Germanic values shine through these works, exhibiting such characteristics as courage, self-control, and respect for women. As listeners will find, the legacy of the European Northlands formed a cultural pattern that continues to this day.
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great performance
- By Bernadette Starling on 04-10-2021
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The Modern Scholar: Celts and Germans
- The Enduring Heritage of the European Northlands
- Narrated by: Professor Timothy B. Shutt
- Length: 5 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 12-12-2012
- Language: English
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Twelve Years a Slave
- By: Solomon Northup
- Narrated by: Peter Jay Fernandez
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
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Twelve Years a Slave (Originally published in 1853 with the sub-title: "Narrative of Solomon Northup, a citizen of New-York, kidnapped in Washington city in 1841, and rescued in 1853, from a cotton plantation near the Red River in Louisiana") is the written work of Solomon Northup; a man who was born free, but was bound into slavery later in life. Northup's account describes the daily life of slaves in Bayou Beof, their diet, the relationship between the master and slave, the means that slave catchers used to recapture them and the ugly realities that slaves suffered.
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Twelve Years a Slave
- Narrated by: Peter Jay Fernandez
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 03-09-2013
- Language: English
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Our Tempestuous Day
- A History of Regency England
- By: Carolly Erickson
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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The tumult and opulence of England’s Regency era burst from the pages in this work of literary nonfiction by acclaimed author Carolly Erickson. When dementia forces King George III to vacate his throne, the kingdom slips into a decade marked with excess, scandal, and riots. King George has suffered bouts of mental instability before, but in 1810 he shows no signs of recovering. Public and government business halts as word of his condition leaks out. Hoping to control the crisis, Parliament appoints the king’s unpopular son Prince George IV as Regent or caretaker.
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Prince Regent = Boris ?
- By Anonymous on 22-10-2024
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Our Tempestuous Day
- A History of Regency England
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 15-07-2011
- Language: English
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History's 9 Most Insane Rulers
- By: Scott Rank
- Narrated by: Daniel Henning
- Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Few mixtures are as toxic as absolute power and insanity. When nothing stands between a leader's delusional whims and seeing them carried out, all sorts of bizarre outcomes are possible. This audiobook will look at the lives of the nine most mentally unbalanced figures in history.
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History's 9 Most Insane Rulers
- Narrated by: Daniel Henning
- Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 15-05-2020
- Language: English
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The Boston Massacre
- A Family History
- By: Serena Zabin
- Narrated by: Andrea Gallo
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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The story of the Boston Massacre - when on a late winter evening in 1770, British soldiers shot five local men to death - is familiar to generations. But from the very beginning, many accounts have obscured a fascinating truth: the Massacre arose from conflicts that were as personal as they were political.
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The Boston Massacre
- A Family History
- Narrated by: Andrea Gallo
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 18-02-2020
- Language: English
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The Dictionary Wars
- The American Fight over the English Language
- By: Peter Martin
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 13 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Dictionary Wars, Peter Martin recounts the patriotic fervor in the early American republic to produce a definitive national dictionary that would rival Samuel Johnson's 1755 Dictionary of the English Language. But what began as a cultural war of independence from Britain devolved into a battle among lexicographers, authors, scholars, and publishers, all vying for dictionary supremacy and shattering forever the dream of a unified American language.
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The Dictionary Wars
- The American Fight over the English Language
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 13 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 06-06-2019
- Language: English
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Breaking the Social Media Prism
- How to Make Our Platforms Less Polarizing
- By: Christopher A. Bail
- Narrated by: Tim Fannon
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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In an era of increasing social isolation, platforms like Facebook and Twitter are among the most important tools we have to understand each other. We use social media as a mirror to decipher our place in society, but, as Chris Bail explains, it functions more like a prism that distorts our identities, empowers status-seeking extremists, and renders moderates all but invisible.
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An extremely insightful read
- By Andrew Ball on 07-04-2021
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Breaking the Social Media Prism
- How to Make Our Platforms Less Polarizing
- Narrated by: Tim Fannon
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 06-04-2021
- Language: English
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Why We Need to Be Wild
- One Woman's Quest for Ancient Human Answers to 21st Century Problems
- By: Jessica Carew Kraft
- Narrated by: Jessica Carew Kraft
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
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Jessica Carew Kraft, an urban wife and mom of two, was rooted in the modern world, complete with a high-powered career in tech and the sneaking suspicion that her lifestyle was preventing her and her family from truly thriving. Determined to find a better way, Jessica quit her job and set out to learn about "rewilding" from people who reject the comforts and convenience of civilization by using ancient tools and skills to survive. Along the way, she found an entire community walking the path back from our technology-focused, anxiety-ridden way of life to a simpler, more human experience.
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Why We Need to Be Wild
- One Woman's Quest for Ancient Human Answers to 21st Century Problems
- Narrated by: Jessica Carew Kraft
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 22-08-2023
- Language: English
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Why Congress
- By: Philip A. Wallach
- Narrated by: Brian Wiggins
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
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Like it or not, our country's future depends on Congress. The Founding Fathers made a representative, deliberative legislature the indispensable pillar of the American constitutional system, giving it more power and responsibility than any other branch of government. Yet today, contempt for Congress is nearly universal. To a large extent, even members of Congress themselves are unable to explain and defend the value of their institution.
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Why Congress
- Narrated by: Brian Wiggins
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 30-05-2023
- Language: English
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License to Travel
- A Cultural History of the Passport
- By: Patrick Bixby
- Narrated by: Tim Fannon
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
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License to Travel exposes the passport as both an instrument of personal freedom and a tool of government surveillance powerful enough to define our very humanity. Patrick Bixby examines the passports of artists and intellectuals, ancient messengers and modern migrants to reveal how these seemingly humble documents implicate us in larger narratives about identity, mobility, citizenship, and state authority.
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License to Travel
- A Cultural History of the Passport
- Narrated by: Tim Fannon
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 25-10-2022
- Language: English
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Brown Neon
- By: Raquel Gutierrez
- Narrated by: Raquel Gutierrez
- Length: 6 hrs and 1 min
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Part butch memoir, part ekphrastic travel diary, part queer family tree, Raquel Gutiérrez’s debut essay collection, Brown Neon, gleans insight from the sediment of land and relationships. For Gutiérrez, terrain is essential to understanding that no story, no matter how personal, is separate from the space where it unfolds.
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Brown Neon
- Narrated by: Raquel Gutierrez
- Length: 6 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 08-06-2022
- Language: English
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The Complete Guide to Food Allergies in Adults and Children
- By: Scott H. Sicherer
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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In this comprehensive, evidence-based guide for adults and children with food allergies and those who care for them, Dr. Scott H. Sicherer provides all the critical information you need on preventing, testing, living with, and treating food allergies. Organized in an accessible Q&A format and illustrated with case studies, the book explains how to prevent exposure to a known allergen at home, at work, at school, in restaurants, and elsewhere. Emphasizing recent advances, Sicherer touches on everything from handling an anaphylactic emergency to diagnosing allergies and intolerances.
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The Complete Guide to Food Allergies in Adults and Children
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 03-05-2022
- Language: English
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