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This is an audio summary of Steal Like an Artist, a manifesto for the digital age, with positive messages, exercises, and examples to put listeners directly in touch with their artistic side.

Susan Harris lived in self-imposed seclusion, her mansion featuring numerous automated systems controlled by a state-of-the-art computer. Every comfort was provided. Her security was absolute. Until her security system is breached - from the inside. In the privacy of her own home, and against her will, she will experience an inconceivable act of terror and become the object of the ultimate computer’s consuming obsession: to learn everything there is to know about human flesh.

Book summary of The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown.

From the bestselling Pete the Cat series, help Pete and his friends find the missing cupcakes! Pete the Cat and his friends are busy as can be baking cupcakes for a party, and Pete can’t wait to perform with his groovy band. But some of the cupcakes have gone missing! Who could have taken them?...

Some of us were lucky enough to have one passionate, funny, inspiring English teacher who helped us fall in love with books. Add a lifetime of teaching Dharma - authentic, traditional approaches to meditation and awakening - and you get award-winning author Dean Sluyter. With droll humor and irreverent wisdom, he unpacks the Dharma of more than twenty major writers, from William Blake to Dr. Seuss, inspiring listeners to deepen their own spiritual life and see literature in a fresh new way: as a path of awakening.

Qualifying for Nationals. It’s all I can think about, and I’m willing to do anything it takes to make it happen. I can handle long miles and hill sprints in cross country, but guys? That’s an entirely different challenge. I’ve kept my feelings hidden from the boy next door all this time. My longtime friend Jace Wilder doesn’t see me that way. Our friendship stands apart from high school social circles, and I’m fine with that, or so I keep telling myself. That is, until running star Ryan Harding moves to town and bridges the gap.

In an effort to make sense of the deaths in quick succession of several loved ones, Kathleen Dean Moore turned to the comfort of the wild, making a series of solitary excursions into ancient forests, wild rivers, remote deserts, and windswept islands to learn what the environment could teach her in her time of pain. This audiobook is the record of her experiences.

A rash of attacks on humans in their territories has one purpose and one purpose only—to cause chaos within the Blue Mountain Pack territory. Newly bitten wolves need a lot of time and care, that is, if they survive. One of these humans just so happens to be Liam's mate.

Pete the Cat and his friends show off their favorite toys in this super cool storybook from New York Times bestselling author-illustrator team Kimberly and James Dean. Pete the Cat can’t wait for show-and-tell. He knows just what to bring—his baseball glove! But when he sees what everyone...

This is an audio summary of Make It Stick, a book that offers concrete techniques for becoming more productive learners.

Book summary of Ego Is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday.

From the bestselling Pete the Cat series, Pete's magic sunglasses help him turn his mood from grumpy to awesome! In this digital audiobook, Pete the Cat wakes up feeling grumpy—nothing seems to be going his way. But with the help of some magic sunglasses, Pete learns that a good mood has been...

Twenty-five years ago, my doctors had no cure for my cancer. So I went on a quest to find my own treatment. This is my story....

This is an audio summary of Principles, a book by one of the most successful investors and entrepreneurs in the world, Ray Dalio. Ray goes below the surface of the successful reputation of his stock brokerage company, Bridgewater, to reveal the universal truths that he relied on to bring his business from the bottom to the top.

If adventure has a name, it must be Indiana Jones! He's both a mild-mannered archaeology professor and an intrepid adventurer traversing the globe in search of lost artifacts. Whether seeking the Ark of the Covenant in Egypt, the Sankara Stones in India, the Holy Grail in Turkey, or a mysterious crystal skull in Peru, Indy's adventures never fail to delight audiences. Indiana Jones and Philosophy takes you on a whirlwind journey to investigate some of the most enduring questions about the human condition.

Book summary of Mastery by Robert Greene.

Are there innovation truisms that hold from one initiative to the next? Are there strategies that appear again and again in the success stories of businesses as varied as gaming and cloud infrastructure? Are there behaviors common to creative leadership in every role, from research to sales? And if these patterns exist, could they be distilled into teachable practices? These are the questions Dean Carignan and JoAnn Garbin, two senior innovation leaders at Microsoft, set out to answer.

Hugh Logan and the other human cores of the expeditionary force are back home, but the cost of keeping their allies alive has been a heavy one. Not happy about losing their prey, the Ssath continue to use the vast resources at their disposal to seek total victory over humanity. They will stop at nothing until Earth’s cores are defeated and the planet is transformed into a feeding ground and hunting preserve.

This is the audio summary of Sleep Smarter, a book that examines how quality sleep can optimize your health.

From the outside looking in, Brooklyn was a woman who had it all—a thriving career, loving friends and family and the affections of any man she wanted. But behind closed doors she was afraid she might be falling apart. None of the sexy men she once enjoyed could satisfy her anymore, craving new desires considered taboo. She tried to keep these desires buried within herself, but a need Brooklyn couldn’t control was growing inside her...getting stronger every day—pushing her to make decisions she knew she’d never be able to come back from.