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The Socrates Express
By: Eric Weiner
Narrated by: Eric Weiner
Length: 11 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
The New York Times bestselling author of The Geography of Bliss embarks on a rollicking intellectual journey, following in the footsteps of history’s greatest thinkers and showing us how each—from Epicurus to Gandhi, Thoreau to Beauvoir—offers practical and spiritual lessons for today’s unsettled times.
We turn to philosophy for the same reasons... Read more
Decoding Jung's Metaphysics
By: Bernardo Kastrup
Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
Length: 4 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
More than an insightful psychologist, Carl Gustav Jung was the twentieth century's greatest articulator of the primacy of mind in nature, a view whose origins vanish behind the mists of time. Underlying Jung's extraordinary body of work, and providing a foundation for it, there is a broad and sophisticated system of metaphysical thought. This... Read more
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The Case for God
By: Karen Armstrong
Narrated by: Karen Armstrong
Length: 16 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
Moving from the Paleolithic age to the present, Karen Armstrong details the great lengths to which humankind has gone in order to experience a sacred reality that it called by many names, such as God, Brahman, Nirvana, Allah, or Dao. Focusing especially on Christianity but including Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Chinese spiritualities,... Read more
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The Courage to Be Happy
By: Ichiro Kishimi & Fumitake Koga
Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm, Noah Galvin & January LaVoy
Length: 6 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
In this follow-up to the international bestseller and TikTok sensation The Courage to Be Disliked, discover how to reconnect with your true self, experience true happiness, and live the life you want.
What if one simple choice could unlock your destiny?
Already a major international bestseller, this eye-opening and accessible follow-up to the... Read more
Feeling & Knowing
By: Antonio Damasio
Narrated by: Julian Morris
Length: 3 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
From one of the world’s leading neuroscientists: a succinct, illuminating, wholly engaging investigation of how biology, neuroscience, psychology, and artificial intelligence have given us the tools to unlock the mysteries of human consciousness
“One thrilling insight after another ... Damasio has succeeded brilliantly in narrowing the gap ... Read more
Sailing the Wine Dark Sea
By: Thomas Cahill
Narrated by: John Lee
Length: 7 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
In Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea, his fourth volume to explore “the hinges of history,” Thomas Cahill escorts the reader on another entertaining—and historically unassailable—journey through the landmarks of art and bloodshed that defined Greek culture nearly three millennia ago.
In the city-states of Athens and Sparta and throughout the Greek... Read more
Indian Philosophy
By: Sue Hamilton
Narrated by: Neil Shah
Length: 4 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
India has a long, rich, and diverse tradition of philosophical thought, spanning some two and a half millennia and encompassing several major religious traditions.
In this intriguing introduction to Indian philosophy, the diversity of Indian thought is emphasized. It is structured around six schools of thought that have received classic status.... Read more
Hojoki: A Buddhist Reflection on Solitude
By: Kamo no Chomei
Narrated by: Brian Nishii
Length: 1 hour 43 minutes
Abridged: No
Discover the tranquil wisdom of Chomei's 13th-century masterpiece, Hojoki, as it unveils the beauty of imperfection and the serenity of a simple life amidst the chaos of existence.
Hojoki is an introspective poem written in the 13th century by the enigmatic Japanese hermit Kamo no Chomei, who as a young man served in the capital as official court... Read more
Free and Equal
By: Daniel Chandler
Narrated by: Daniel Chandler
Length: 12 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
Imagine: You are designing a society, but you don't know who you'll be within it—rich or poor, man or woman, gay or straight. What would you want that society to look like? This is the revolutionary thought experiment proposed by the twentieth century's greatest political philosopher, John Rawls. As economist and philosopher Daniel Chandler... Read more
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Prophesy Deliverance!
By: Cornel West
Narrated by: Kellye A. Saunders & Diontae Black
Length: 8 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
In this, his premiere work, Cornel West challenges African Americans to consider the incorporation of Marxism into their theological perspectives, thereby adopting the mindset that it is class more so than race that renders one powerless in America. His work reflects political and cultural perspectives borne out of his own formative life... Read more
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The Ultimate Star Trek and Philosophy
By: Kevin S. Decker
Narrated by: Elizabeth Klett & William Sarris
Length: 12 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
● Reunites the editors of Star Trek and Philosophy with Starfleet's finest experts for thirty-one new, highly logical essays
● Features a complete examination of the Star Trek universe, from the original series to the most recent films directed by J. J. Abrams, Star Trek (2009) and Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
● Introduces important concepts... Read more
Fierce Self-Compassion
By: Kristin Neff
Narrated by: Jean Ann Douglass
Length: 12 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
The author of Self-Compassion follows up her groundbreaking book with new ideas that expand our notion of self-kindness and its capacity to transform our lives, showing women how to balance tender self-acceptance with fierce action to claim their power and change the world.
Kristin Neff changed how we talk about self-care with her enormously... Read more
Determined
By: Robert M. Sapolsky
Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith
Length: 14 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
The instant New York Times bestseller
“Excellent…Outstanding for its breadth of research, the liveliness of the writing, and the depth of humanity it conveys.” – Wall Street Journal
One of our great behavioral scientists, the bestselling author of Behave, plumbs the depths of the science and philosophy of decision-making to mount a devastating... Read more
A Brief History of Equality
By: Thomas Piketty
Narrated by: Fred Sanders
Length: 8 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No
The world’s leading economist of inequality presents a short but sweeping and surprisingly optimistic history of human progress toward equality despite crises, disasters, and backsliding, a perfect introduction to the ideas developed in his monumental earlier books.It is easy to be pessimistic about inequality. We know it has increased... Read more
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12 Rules for Life
By: Jordan B. Peterson
Narrated by: Jordan B. Peterson
Length: 15 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER
#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
What does everyone in the modern world need to know?
Renowned psychologist Jordan B. Peterson's answer to this most difficult of questions uniquely combines the hard-won truths of ancient tradition with the stunning revelations of cutting-edge scientific research.
Humorous, surprising and... Read more
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
By: Marie Kondo
Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
Length: 4 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
Despite constant efforts to declutter your home, do papers still accumulate like snowdrifts and clothes pile up like a tangled mess of noodles?
Japanese cleaning consultant Marie Kondo takes tidying to a whole new level, promising that if you properly simplify and organize your home once, you'll never have to do it again. Most methods advocate... Read more
The Persuaders
By: Anand Giridharadas
Narrated by: Anand Giridharadas
Length: 12 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An insider account of activists, politicians, educators, and everyday citizens working to change minds, bridge divisions, and fight for democracy—from disinformation fighters to a leader of Black Lives Matter to Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and more—by the best-selling author of Winners Take All and... Read more
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The Eternal Tao Te Ching
By: Benjamin Hoff
Narrated by: George Newbern
Length: 1 hour 56 minutes
Abridged: No
From Benjamin Hoff, author of The Tao of Pooh and The Te of Piglet, which have sold millions of copies worldwide, comes The Eternal Tao Te Ching, a new translation of the Chinese philosophical classic, the Tao Te Ching.
The Eternal Tao Te Ching is the first translation to employ the meanings of the pre-writing brush characters in use 2,400... Read more
On Freedom
By: Maggie Nelson
Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
Length: 10 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
An expansive, exhilarating work of criticism by one of the most significant writers of our day.
So often deployed as a jingoistic, even menacing rallying cry, or limited by a focus on passing moments of liberation, the rhetoric of freedom both rouses and repels. Does it remain key to our autonomy, justice, and well-being, or is freedom's long... Read more
An Onion in My Pocket
By: Deborah Madison
Narrated by: Deborah Madison
Length: 9 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
From the author of Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone ("The Queen of Greens,"The Washington Post)—a warm, bracingly honest memoir that also gives us an insider's look at the vegetarian movement.
Madison’s “insightful memoir” (The Wall Street Journal) is “a true delight to read as she uncovers her love for all real foods, peeling off layer by layer... Read more
Fathoms
By: Rebecca Giggs
Narrated by: Shiromi Arserio
Length: 12 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
Winner of the 2021 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction * Finalist for the 2020 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction * Finalist for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award
A “delving, haunted, and poetic debut” (The New York Times Book Review) about the awe-inspiring lives of whales, revealing what they can teach us about... Read more
Witness
By: Ariel Burger
Narrated by: Jason Culp
Length: 8 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
In the vein of Tuesdays with Morrie, a devoted protégé and friend of one of the world’s great thinkers takes us into the sacred space of the classroom, showing Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Elie Wiesel not only as an extraordinary human being, but as a master teacher.The world remembers Elie Wiesel—Nobel laureate, activist,... Read more
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When Einstein Walked with Gödel
By: Jim Holt
Narrated by: David Stifel
Length: 15 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No
From Jim Holt, New York Times bestselling author of Why Does the World Exist?, comes When Einstein Walked with Gödel: Excursions to the Edge of Thought, an entertaining and accessible audiobook guide to the most profound scientific and mathematical ideas of recent centuries
Does time exist? What is infinity? Why do mirrors reverse left and right... Read more
Silence
By: Erling Kagge
Narrated by: Atli Gunnarsson
Length: 2 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
What is silence?
Where can it be found?
Why is it now more important than ever?
In 1993, Norwegian explorer Erling Kagge spent fifty days walking solo across Antarctica, becoming the first person to reach the South Pole alone, accompanied only by a radio whose batteries he had removed before setting out. In this book. an astonishing and... Read more