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Free Download Women Don't Owe You Pretty (Audiobook)
English | Datum: June 27, 2023 | ASIN: B0C7RNLLQ5| M4B@125 kbps | 04h 30m | 207.60 MB
Author: Florence Given
Narrator: Florence Given
A primer on modern feminism for the Instagram generation encouraging us to question the insidious narratives that would hold us back from self-acceptance, self-love, and our own power. With her refreshingly audacious voice, Florence Given explores all corners of the conversation, from overcoming insecurity projection and the tendency to find comfort in other women's flaws to how to recognize and fight against the male gaze and other toxic cultural baggage and embracing sex and body positivity. Women Don't Owe You Pretty is here to remind us that everyone is valuable as they are, and we owe the world nothing, least of all pretty.

Free Download With Love, Mommie Dearest: The Making of an Unintentional Camp Classic (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0D1LYFG15 | 2024 | 10 hours and 28 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 299 MB
Author: A. Ashley Hoff, Bruce Vilanch
Narrator: Kim Niemi
When she died in 1977, Joan Crawford was remembered as an icon of Hollywood's Golden Age-until publication the following year of her daughter's memoir, Mommie Dearest. Christina Crawford's book was an immediate bestseller, addressing the infrequently discussed topic of child abuse. When Paramount Pictures released the film, starring Faye Dunaway as Crawford, it was critically panned, and remains one of the most legendary critical bombs in film history. The lavish, big-screen adaptation drew unexpected laughter in the scenes depicting life in the Crawford household.

Free Download Terry H. Anderson, David Marantz (Narrator), "Why the Nineties Matter"
English | ASIN: B0D1LML2LL | 2024 | M4B@128 kbps | ~13:37:00 | 756 MB
In Why the Nineties Matter, Terry Anderson provides a broad-ranging history of America in that decade. Not simply a chronological account, the book focuses on key trends that either began or gained steam then and which have had lasting effects until this day. Threading together politics, economic transformations, and sociocultural trends, he focuses on what mattered most in retrospect. Violent and extremist white nationalism intensified greatly in that decade, evidenced by the Oklahoma City bombing and the rise of the militia movement. The defection of the white working class from the Democratic Party began then as the Democrats expanded free trade and tried to cultivate professional-class Americans. Racial and gender politics transformed, birthing new movements that would grow in influence in the next century. Social media first emerged in the 1990s too, and its impact on all aspects of life cannot be underestimated. In foreign policy, America's long wars in the Middle East and Afghanistan have roots in US policies in the 1990s. And the current standoff between the US and Russia traces back to disagreements over NATO expansion a quarter century ago.
A pithy interpretive history of a decade that matters more than most think, this book will be an essential guide to anyone trying to understand that era.

Free Download Why People Work: When You Know Your Employees "Why" Game They Will Bring Their "A-Game" (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0D15SJR2M | 2024 | 3 hours and 19 minutes | M4B@192 kbps | 274 MB
Author: Ercell Charles, Merle Heckman
Narrator: Ercell Charles, Merle Heckman
Why do people work? This appears to be a very simple and obvious question. And when we ask this question to people, we usually get a simple and seemingly obvious answer-"DUH! They want to get a paycheck." The wise and insightful leader will go beyond this obvious response and come to grips with the fact that there are more complex and hidden human needs within the human spirit. There are most likely thousands of leadership books written to equip leaders to develop the skills and behaviors necessary to encourage their teams to achieve goals and purposes. However, the primary focus of this book is to assist leaders in looking deeper into the expectations and motivations of the people they serve.

Free Download White Terror: A True Story of Murder, Bombings and Germany's Far Right (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CVC9VNHD | 2024 | 11 hours and 12 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 319 MB
Author: Jacob Kushner
Narrator: Samantha Desz
In a tour de force of investigative journalism, White Terror tells for the first time the story of the National Socialist Underground in Germany - in an engrossing global story that examines violence, modern racism and national trauma. Not long after the Berlin Wall fell, three teenagers became friends in the East German town of Jena. It was a time of excitement, but also of deep uncertainty: some four million East Germans found themselves out of a job. At first the three friends spent their nights wandering the streets, smoking, drinking, looking for trouble. Then they began attending far-right rallies with people who called themselves National Socialists: Nazis. Like the Hitler-led Nazis before them, they blamed minorities for their ills. Believing foreigners were a threat to their homeland, the three friends embarked on the most horrific string of white nationalist killings since the Holocaust.

Free Download Whistling Dixie: Ronald Reagan, the White South, and the Transformation of the Republican Party (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0D1SQFHQJ | 2024 | 10 hours and 53 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 605 MB
Author: Jonathan Bartho
Narrator: Frank Block
Jonathan Bartho's Whistling Dixie explores the interdependent political relationship between Ronald Reagan and the white conservative South-a relationship that had a profound impact on Reagan's own career, on the political landscape of the South and the entire United States, and on the identity of the modern Republican Party. Millions of southerners were attracted to the GOP by Reagan's anti-statist ideology and their affection for the man himself-an affection that had been built over decades of appearances in the region. The support of these white southern conservatives was crucial to Reagan's political success, ultimately propelling him to the White House in 1980.

Free Download Where Tenderness Lives: On Healing, Liberation, and Holding Space for Oneself (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CKM4496W | 2024 | 7 hours and 9 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 352 MB
Author: Heather Plett
Narrator: Heather Plett
A journey of self-exploration, forgiveness, and individual and collective healing. Where Tenderness Lives is a loving exploration of what it means to unravel what we've learned from our families, societies, religions, and cultures in order to heal and create a purposeful and joyful life. Each chapter in this heartfelt and honest book contains a revelation about how to move from shades of fear and doubt to freedom and joy. By reflecting on her own life with vulnerability and self-compassion, Plett provides a springboard for your own self-exploration, as well as a path to individual and collective healing.

Free Download When You Care: The Unexpected Magic of Caring for Others (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CNBHPYFW | 2024 | 8 hours and 56 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 259 MB
Author: Elissa Strauss
Narrator: Helen Laser
In this "brilliantly argued and timely book" (Brigid Schulte, New York Times bestselling author), journalist Elissa Strauss explores the powerful role caring for others plays in our individual and communal lives, weaving together research about care and stories from parents and caregivers with a feminist bent. Behind our current caregiving crisis, in which a broken system has left parents and caregivers exhausted, sits a fierce addiction to independence. But what would happen if we started to appreciate dependency, and the deep meaning of one person caring for another? If we start to care about care? Drawing on research into parenting and caregiving, as well as her own experiences as a mother, journalist Elissa Strauss delves into the history and power of care in our lives and communities.

Free Download What a Fool Believes: A Memoir (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CGJKJ4YD | 2024 | 10 hours and 57 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 312 MB
Author: Michael McDonald, Paul Reiser
Narrator: Michael McDonald, Paul Reiser
A sweeping and evocative memoir from the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, Grammy Award-winning, platinum selling singer-songwriter Michael McDonald, written with his friend, Emmy Award-nominated actor, comedian, and #1 New York Times bestselling author Paul Reiser. Doobie Brothers. Steely Dan. Chart topping soloist. Across a half-century of American music, Michael McDonald's unmistakably smooth baritone voice defined an era of rock and R&B with hit records like "What A Fool Believes," "Takin' It to the Streets," "I Keep Forgettin'," "Peg," "It Keeps You Running," "You Belong to Me," and "Yah Mo B There." In his candid, freewheeling memoir, written with his friend, the Emmy Award-nominated actor and comedian Paul Reiser, Michael tells the story of his life and music. A high school dropout from Ferguson, Missouri, Michael chased his dreams in 1970's California, a heady moment of rock opportunity and excess.

Free Download What This Comedian Said Will Shock You (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CQ3PHTVD | 2024 | 12 hours and 50 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 372 MB
Author: Bill Maher
Narrator: Bill Maher
The hilarious and controversial host of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher has written his funniest, most opinionated, and most necessary book ever-a brilliantly astute and acerbically funny vivisection of American life, politics, and culture. Some of the smartest commentary about what's happening in America is coming from a comedian-this comedian being Bill Maher. If you want to understand what's wrong with this country, it turns out that one of the best informed and most thought-provoking analysts is this very funny pothead.