Audio Books

English | ASIN: B09CQJ2L9V | 2021 | 4 hours and 33 minutes |MP3|M4B | 126 MB
Long before the United States was a nation, it was a set of ideas, projected onto the New World by European explorers with centuries of belief and thought in tow. From this foundation of expectation and experience, America and American thought grew in turn, enriched by the bounties of the Enlightenment, the philosophies of liberty and individuality, the tenets of religion, and the doctrines of republicanism and democracy. Crucial to this development were the thinkers who nurtured it, from Thomas Jefferson to Ralph Waldo Emerson, W. E. B. Du Bois to Jane Addams, and Betty Friedan to Richard Rorty.
This addition to Oxford's Very Short Introductions series traces how Americans have addressed the issues and events of their time and place, whether it is the Civil War, the Great Depression, or the culture wars of today. Spanning a variety of disciplines, from religion, philosophy, and political thought, to cultural criticism, social theory, and the arts, Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen shows how ideas have been major forces in American history, driving movements such as transcendentalism, social Darwinism, conservatism, and postmodernism.

English | 2013 |MP3|M4B | ASIN: B00DLLE69Q | Duration: 3:34 h | 111 MB
Paul Beck / Narrated by Freda Cooper
Written in the 13th century by Japanese Zen master Muju. Well-known koans in the collection include "A Cup of Tea", "The Sound of One Hand", "No Water", "No Moon", and "Everything Is Best". Includes the soundtrack The Mysterious Sound of Wind in the Bamboo - a 43 minute collection of Zen-inspired Japanese music by The Matsu Take Ensemble.

English | August 04, 2016 | ASIN: B01JM6L17S |MP3|M4B | 7h 13m | 169 MB
Author: Brad Warner
Narrator: Brad Warner

English | 2020 |MP3|M4B | ASIN: B085P23Z3D | Duration: 12:54 h | 265 MB
Wendell Berry / Narrated by Nick Offerman
Since its publication in 1977, The Unsettling of America has been recognized as a classic of American letters. In it, Wendell Berry argues that good farming is a cultural and spiritual discipline. Today's agribusiness, however, takes farming out of its cultural context and away from families. As a result, we as a nation are more estranged from the land - from the intimate knowledge, love, and care of it.

English | 1999 |MP3|M4B | ASIN: B0000544OL | Duration: 2:57 h | 81 MB
Dogen / Narrated by Gary Snyder
Dogen (1200-1253 C.E.) founded the Soto school of Zen Buddhism in Japan. His teachings are the very embodiment of the paradoxical blend of mystery and clarity that characterizes Zen. Dogen's approach to meditation has become perhaps the most influential Eastern spiritual practice in the Western world. The selections in this program are from Moon in a Dewdrop, and were chosen by Gary Snyder.

English | 2014 |MP3|M4B | ASIN: B00OTWGJ6Y | Duration: 5:43 h | 78 MB
Kazuaki Tanahashi, Peter Levitt / Narrated by Brian Nishii
Eihei Dogen (1200 - 1253), founder of the Soto School of Zen Buddhism, is one of the greatest religious, philosophical, and literary geniuses of Japan. His writings have been studied by Zen students for centuries, particularly his masterwork, Shobo Genzo or Treasury of the True Dharma Eye. This is the first book to offer the great master's incisive wisdom in short selections taken from the whole range of his voluminous works. The pithy and powerful readings, arranged according to theme, provide a perfect introduction to Dogen - and inspire spiritual practice in people of all traditions.

English | 2020 |MP3|M4B | ASIN: B08L9N5LY2 | Duration: 9:33 h | 521 MB
R.B. Bernstein / Narrated by Tom Perkins
The Education of John Adams is the first biography of John Adams by a biographer with legal training. It examines his origins in colonial Massachusetts, his education, and his struggle to choose a career and define a place for himself in colonial society. It explores the flowering of his legal career and the impact that law had on him and his understanding of himself; his growing involvement with the American Revolution as polemicist, as lawyer, as congressional delegate, and as diplomat; and his commitment to defining and expounding ideas about constitutionalism and how it should work as the body of ideas shaping the new United States.

English | 2021 | MP3 | 190 MB
About The Economist
"It is not only The Economist's name that people find baffling. Here are some other common questions.

English | 2009 |MP3|M4B | ASIN: B002TSMUL8 | Duration: 20:46 h | 570 MB
David E. Hoffman / Narrated by Bob Walter
This riveting narrative history of the end of the arms race sheds new light on the frightening last chapters of the Cold War and the legacy of the nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons that remain a threat today.

English | 2019 |MP3|M4B | ASIN: B07XV7KYYK | Duration: 4:44 h | 261 MB
Charles River Editors / Narrated by Colin Fluxman
When scholars study the history of the ancient Near East, several wars that had extremely brutal consequences (at least by modern standards) often stand out. Forced removal of entire populations, sieges that decimated entire cities, and wanton destruction of property were all tactics used by the various peoples of the ancient Near East against each other, but the Assyrians were the first people to make war a science. When the Assyrians are mentioned, images of war and brutality are among the first that come to mind, despite the fact that their culture prospered for nearly 2,000 years.