The Great Stain
By: Noel Rae
Narrated by: Steven Crossley
Length: 24 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
Comprising personal accounts from an intensely consequential chapter in human history, the transatlantic slave trade, The Great Stain takes listeners from the depths of suffering to the heights of human dignity.There have been numerous books about the why, when, and where of slavery in America, but there is a dearth of material exposing what... Read more
View audiobookNdrangheta - en bok om maffian i Kalabrien
By: Tomas Lappalainen
Narrated by: Thomas W. Gabrielsson
Length: 9 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
Våld, blodsband och decennier långa vendettor omgärdade av en uråldrig mur av tystnad. Det här är en bok om världens mäktigaste maffia, 'ndranghetan i Kalabrien, som gått från att ha ansetts vara en primitiv kidnappningsorganisation till att spela en avgörande roll i den europeiska droghandeln. - Read more
View audiobookHow To Seduce Women Born On July 6 Or Secret Sexual Desires Of 10 Million People
By: Kate Bazilevsky
Narrated by: Kevin Iggens
Length: 1 hour 17 minutes
Abridged: No
This book reveals, legalizes a recipe of seduction applicable to ALL of approximately 10 million women born on July 6 of common years (or July 5 of leap years) and provides details about their sexual factor: behavior, preferences, desires, fantasies, dislikes; frequency of sexual activity, potency, preferred positions, attitude towards monogamy... Read more
View audiobookDen brinnande chefen
By: Lennart Matikainen & Rickard Carlsson
Narrated by: Magdi Saleh
Length: 3 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
Framtidens ledare sitter inte längre bakom skrivbord och pekar med hela handen. Framtidens ledarskap handlar om att både utvecklas som chef och utveckla personalen samt att kombinera de ekonomiska och tekniska perspektiven i ett företag. Framtidens ledarskap innebär att utveckla en hållbar verksamhet där personlig utveckling och... Read more
View audiobookHigh-Risers
By: Ben Austen
Narrated by: Ron Butler
Length: 13 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
Joining the ranks of Evicted, The Warmth of Other Sons, and classic works of literary non-fiction by Alex Kotlowitz and J. Anthony Lukas, High-Risers braids personal narratives, city politics, and national history to tell the timely and epic story of Chicago’s Cabrini-Green, America’s most iconic public housing project.Built in the 1940s atop an... Read more
View audiobookWhite Awake
By: Daniel Hill
Narrated by: Joe Hempel
Length: 6 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
Daniel Hill will never forget the day he heard these words: "Daniel, you may be white, but don't let that lull you into thinking you have no culture. White culture is very real. In fact, when white culture comes in contact with other cultures, it almost always wins. So it would be a really good idea for you to learn about your... Read more
View audiobookAll the Pieces Matter
By: Jonathan Abrams
Narrated by: Jonathan Abrams, January LaVoy, Prentice Onayem...
Length: 12 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
The definitive oral history of the iconic and beloved TV show The Wire, as told by the actors, writers, directors, and others involved in its creation.
Since its final episode aired in 2008, HBO's acclaimed crime drama The Wire has only become more popular and influential. The issues it tackled, from the failures of the drug war and criminal... Read more
Witnessing Whiteness
By: Shelly Tochluk
Narrated by: Karen White
Length: 15 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
Witnessing Whiteness invites listeners to consider what it means to be white, describes and critiques strategies used to avoid race issues, and identifies the detrimental effect of avoiding race on cross-race collaborations. The author illustrates how racial discomfort leads white people toward poor relationships with people of color.... Read more
View audiobookMy Firefly
By: Maggie Kirton
Narrated by: Mirron Willis
Length: 8 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
A horrifying account of torture and humiliation at the hands of her family, My Firefly will pull you in and grab hold of your spirit. Seen from the perspective of the family home, this young girl struggles to stay alive as she is slowly ripped apart emotionally, physically and sexually by her father. You'll experience an abundance of feelings... Read more
View audiobookLeftover in China
By: Roseann Lake
Narrated by: Janet Song
Length: 8 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
Forty years ago in China, marriage was universal, compulsory, and a woman's only means to a livelihood. Enter the one-child policy, which despite its horrors, resulted in China's first generations of urban only-daughters?girls who were raised without brothers and pushed to study, achieve, and succeed as if they were sons. Fast forward to the... Read more
View audiobookTexas Business and Culture from Texas Monthly
By: Various
Narrated by: Various
Length: 3 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: No
In partnership with Texas Monthly, the following articles highlighting Texas business and culture are now available in a bundle as an audio download:
* "The Slow Life and Fast Death of DJ Screw" by Michael Hall, read by Matt Bull
* "Dreaming of Her" by Pamela Colloff, read by Staci Snell
* "He Ain't Going Nowhere" by John Spong, read by Bruce... Read more
The Shelf Life of John Mackey
By: Tom Foster
Narrated by: Matt Bull
Length: 42 minutes
Abridged: No
In partnership with Texas Monthly, Tom Foster's "The Shelf Life of John Mackey" is now available as an audio download, where the length and timeliness of a podcast meets the high-quality production of a full-length audio program.
On June 16, 2017, Whole Foods agreed to sell itself to Amazon for $13.7 billion. This is the exclusive story that led... Read more
Just Jen
By: Jen Powley
Narrated by: Christine Brubaker
Length: 4 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Jen Powley was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at fifteen. By thirty-five, she had lost the use of her arms and legs.Just Jen is a powerful memoir that tells the story of Powley’s life at the time of her diagnosis, and the infinite, irrevocable ways it has changed since. Powley’s writing pulls no punches. She is lively, bold and unapologetic,... Read more
View audiobookThe Flight of the Wild Gander
By: Joseph Campbell
Narrated by: James Anderson Foster
Length: 7 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
In Flight of the Wild Gander, renowned mythologist Joseph Campbell—in his first collection of essays, written between 1944 and 1968—explores the individual and geographical origins of myth, outlining the full range of mythology from Grimm’s fairy tales to American Indian legends. Originally published in 1969, this collection describes the... Read more
View audiobookCheap Sex
By: Mark Regnerus
Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
Length: 10 hours
Abridged: No
Sex is cheap. Coupled sexual activity has become more widely available than ever. Cheap sex has been made possible by two technologies that have little to do with each other—the Pill and high-quality pornography—and its distribution made more efficient by a third technological innovation, online dating. Together, they drive down the cost of real... Read more
View audiobookEnlightenment Now
By: Steven Pinker
Narrated by: Arthur Morey
Length: 19 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2018
ONE OF THE ECONOMIST'S BOOKS OF THE YEAR
"My new favorite book of all time." --Bill Gates
If you think the world is coming to an end, think again: people are living longer, healthier, freer, and happier lives, and while our problems are formidable, the solutions lie in the... Read more
Cause: . . . And How It Doesn't Always Equal Effect
By: Gregory Smithsimon
Narrated by: P.J. Ochlan
Length: 10 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
When we try to understand our world, we ask "why?" a specific event occurred. But this profoundly human question often leads us astray. In Cause, sociologist Gregory Smithsimon brings us a much sharper understanding of cause and effect, and shows how we can use it to approach some of our most daunting collective problems.
Smithsimon begins by... Read more
Flirtology
By: Jean Smith
Narrated by: Jean Smith
Length: 6 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
Random House presents the audiobook edition of Flirtology, written and read by Jean Smith.
. How can I tell when someone is flirting with me?
. How can I be a more confident flirt?
. How do I avoid rejection?
. Where are all the good men and women hiding?
Flirtology is THE dating guide for the 21st century. In an age of swiping left and right, and... Read more
Klittra mera
By: Ylva Franzén
Narrated by: Susanna Helldén
Length: 2 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
Det är dags för kvinnor att njuta på sina egna villkor och befria sig från det manliga och kulturella förtryck som under hundratals år begränsat deras liv. Forskningen om klitoris har nu kommit så långt att det för första gången är möjligt att beskriva detta organ. Den här boken handlar endast om klitoris och om kvinnliga orgasmer.Sex beskrivs... Read more
View audiobookF You Very Much
By: Danny Wallace
Narrated by: Danny Wallace
Length: 8 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
"Deliciously hilarious. If you care about people and enjoy a good laugh, I politely encourage you to read this book. Immediately."
--Adam Grant, bestselling author of Originals
From the brilliant comedic mind behind the hit movie Yes Man, a hilarious and pitch-perfect look at the rudeness that's all around us -- where it comes from, how it affects... Read more
The Strange Order of Things
By: Antonio Damasio
Narrated by: Steve West & Antonio Damasio
Length: 9 hours
Abridged: No
From one of our preeminent neuroscientists: a landmark reflection that spans the biological and social sciences, offering a new way of understanding the origins of life, feeling, and culture.
The Strange Order of Things is a pathbreaking investigation into homeostasis, the condition of that regulates human physiology within the range that makes... Read more
Stan Lee
By: Bob Batchelor
Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins
Length: 11 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
From the mean streets of Depression-era New York City to recipient of the National Medal of Arts, Lee's life has been almost as remarkable as the thrilling adventures he spun for decades. From millions of comic books fans of the 1960s through billions of moviegoers around the globe, Stan Lee has touched more people than almost any person in the... Read more
View audiobookSlutever
By: Karley Sciortino
Narrated by: Karley Sciortino
Length: 7 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
Slutever is a call-to-arms, a confessional memoir, and a slut manifesto—and it's all thanks to a sex-radical hedonist in a pink PVC mini dress.
"Slut" is a great word. It just sounds perfect-so sharp and clear and beautiful. It's one of those satisfying four letter words, like cunt and fuck. Slut also happens to be an anagram for lust, which is... Read more
The Heart is a Shifting Sea
By: Elizabeth Flock
Narrated by: Sunil Malhotra & Nicol Zanzarella
Length: 12 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
In the vein of Behind the Beautiful Forevers, an intimate, deeply reported and revelatory examination of love, marriage, and the state of modern India—as witnessed through the lives of three very different couples in today’s Mumbai.In twenty-first-century India, tradition is colliding with Western culture, a clash that touches the lives of... Read more
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