Audio Books

Free Download Storm's Edge: Life, Death and Magic in the Islands of Orkney (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CRRX2M6K | 2024 | 22 hours and 44 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 616 MB
Author: Peter Marshall
Narrator: Kenny Blyth
From Peter Marshall, winner of the Wolfson Prize, Storm's Edge is a new history of the Orkney Islands that delves deep into island politics, folk beliefs and community memory on the geographical edge of Britain. Peter Marshall was born in Orkney. His ancestors were farmers and farm labourers on the northern island of Sanday - where, in 1624, one of them was murdered by a witch. In an expansive and enthralling historical account, Marshall looks afresh at a small group of islands that has been treated as a mere footnote, remote and peripheral, and in doing so invites us to think differently about key events of British history.

Free Download Stoicism for Dummies (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CYW8GP77 | 2024 | 18 hours and 1 minute | MP3@64 kbps | 496 MB
Author: Tom Morris, Gregory Bassham
Narrator: Graham Rowat
Stoicism for Dummies will teach you the basic principles of stoic philosophy and show you how it can help you navigate the ups and downs of life. We all face challenges and setbacks, and, if we have the right mindset, we can sail through them with ease. This book offers a comprehensive look at Stoic philosophy, uncovering its strengths and attractions and shedding light on its limitations, both in the ancient world where it was developed, and in our world today. Learn how you can apply stoic principles for personal growth and better living, and how you can adapt this philosophical outlook to your unique circumstances. Written in terms anyone can understand, this friendly Dummies guide helps you understand stoicism, and also apply it in your life. This book is great for anyone who wants to learn more about stoicism and its benefits.

Free Download Stephen Hawking Genius at Work (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CXFBPZG7 | 2024 | 7 hours and 46 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 224 MB
Author: Roger Highfield
Narrator: Roger Highfield
An intimate exploratory tour of Stephen Hawking's office, providing a unique insight into the mind of a genius, the things that inspired him and explanations of his seminal theories. A behind-the scenes tour of the inner sanctum of one of the world's most prominent scientific thinkers. In 2021, the Science Museum made a once-in-a-lifetime acquisition of the contents of Stephen Hawking's office. This audiobook delves into that remarkable collection, using the seminal papers, items and curiosities in his office to explain his theories and reveal more about one of the greatest minds in modern science. It's an unprecedented glimpse into the life of the best-known scientist of modern times.

Free Download Star Wars: The Living Force (Audiobook)
English | April 09, 2024 | ASIN: B0CF6YBC8T | M4B@128 kbps | 16h 10m | 881 MB
Author: John Jackson Miller | Narrator: Marc Thompson
In the year before The Phantom Menace, Yoda, Mace Windu, and the entire Jedi Council confront a galaxy on the brink of change.
The Jedi have always traveled the stars, defending peace and justice across the galaxy. But the galaxy is changing, and the Jedi Order along with it. More and more, the Order finds itself focused on the future of the Republic, secluded on Coruscant, where the twelve members of the Jedi Council weigh crises on a galactic scale.

Free Download Spiritually, We: The Art of Relating and Connecting from the Heart (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CX6663N1 | 2024 | 7 hours and 46 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 212 MB
Author: Sah D'Simone
Narrator: Sah D'Simone
"We need each other," says internationally bestselling author Sah D'Simone. That's the unapologetically loving message at the heart of Spiritually, We, a moving manifesto for an increasingly "me, me, me" moment. In this bold call to action, Sah maps how contemporary spirituality has become an increasingly self-centered project, only exacerbating the loneliness that plagues modern life. Brilliantly illuminating not only why connection is a fundamental piece of a deep spiritual practice, but how to connect with others authentically, Spiritually, We is the essential field guide to deepening friendships, building community, and ultimately healing not only yourself but the whole damn world.

Free Download Ian Buruma, Lee Beddow (Narrator), "Spinoza: Freedom's Messiah"
English | ASIN: B0CYCQCXPF | 2024 | MP3@64 kbps | ~06:22:00 | 175 MB
Ian Buruma explores the life and death of Baruch Spinoza, the Enlightenment thinker whose belief in freedom of thought and speech resonates in our own time
Baruch (Benedictus) Spinoza (1632-1677) was a radical free thinker who led a life guided by strong moral principles despite his disbelief in an all-seeing God. Seen by many as Satan's disciple during his lifetime, Spinoza has been regarded as a secular saint since his death. Many contradictory beliefs have been attached to his name: rationalism or metaphysics, atheism or pantheism, liberalism or despotism, Jewishness or anti-Semitism. However, there is no question that he viewed freedom of thought and speech as essential to an open and free society.
In this insightful account, the award-winning author Ian Buruma stresses the importance of the time and place that shaped Spinoza, beginning with the Sephardim of Amsterdam and followed by the politics of the Dutch Republic. Though Spinoza rejected the basic assumptions of his family's faith, and was consequently expelled from his Sephardic community, Buruma argues that Spinoza did indeed lead a modern Jewish life. To Heine, Hess, Marx, Freud, and no doubt many others today, Spinoza exemplified how to be Jewish without believing in Judaism. His defense of universal freedom is as important for our own time as it was in his.

Free Download Speak the Blessing: Send Your Words in the Direction You Want Your Life to Go (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CFC5H81W | 2024 | 3 hours and 13 minutes | M4B@192 kbps | 265 MB
Author: Joel Osteen
Narrator: Joel Osteen
New York Times bestselling author Joel Osteen shares how the power of our words can help create a better reality. Your words are like seeds. Every time you say them, they're taking root and growing. Are you planting good seeds? Are you seeing the increase, the health, the relationships, and the happiness you dream about? If not, check out what you're saying. Whether you realize it or not, the words you speak today are setting the direction for the rest of your life. In Speak the Blessing, New York Times bestselling author Joel Osteen offers you unique insights into this profound truth: Your words have creative power. There is a miracle in your mouth. There is healing in your mouth, freedom in your mouth, and new levels in your mouth. But nothing happens until you speak the blessing. Your words become your reality. Start blessing your future today. Use the words you speak to unlock the power within and create the life you were designed to live. The life-changing possibilities are limitless.

Free Download Somehow: Thoughts on Love (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CBQS89D3 | 2024 | 4 hours and 16 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 238 MB
Author: Anne Lamott
Narrator: Anne Lamott
In Somehow: Thoughts on Love, Lamott explores the transformative power that love has in our lives: how it surprises us, forces us to confront uncomfortable truths, reminds us of our humanity, and guides us forward. "Love just won't be pinned down," she says. "It is in our very atmosphere" and lies at the heart of who we are. We are, Lamott says, creatures of love. In each chapter of Somehow, Lamott refracts all the colors of the spectrum. She explores the unexpected love for a partner later in life. The bruised (and bruising) love for a child who disappoints, even frightens.

Free Download Slow Burn: The Hidden Costs of a Warming World (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CYRBVWJH | 2024 | 11 hours and 12 minutes | MP3@64 kbps | 308 MB
Author: R. (Robert) Jisung Park
Narrator: Davis Brooks
This audiobook narrated by Davis Brooks reveals how the subtle but significant consequences of a hotter planet have already begun-from lower test scores to higher crime rates-and how we might tackle them today. It's hard not to feel anxious about the problem of climate change, especially if we think of it as an impending planetary catastrophe. In Slow Burn, R. Jisung Park encourages us to view climate change through a different lens: one that focuses less on the possibility of mass climate extinction in a theoretical future, and more on the everyday implications of climate change here and now. Drawing on a wealth of new data and cutting-edge economics, Park shows how climate change headlines often miss some of the most important costs. When wildfires blaze, what happens to people downwind of the smoke? When natural disasters destroy buildings and bridges, what happens to educational outcomes?

Free Download Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CSHHKZJ5 | 2024 | 11 hours and 18 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 326 MB
Author: Beth Linker
Narrator: Laurel Lefkow
This audiobook narrated by Laurel Lefkow recounts the strange and surprising history of the so-called epidemic of bad posture in modern America-from eugenics and posture pageants to today's promoters of "paleo posture". In 1995, a scandal erupted when the New York Times revealed that the Smithsonian possessed a century's worth of nude "posture" photos of college students. In this riveting history, Beth Linker tells why these photos were only a small part of the incredible story of twentieth-century America's largely forgotten posture panic-a decades-long episode in which it was widely accepted as scientific fact that Americans were suffering from an epidemic of bad posture, with potentially catastrophic health consequences. Tracing the rise and fall of this socially manufactured epidemic, Slouch also tells how this period continues to feed today's widespread anxieties about posture.