Audio Books

Free Download One Way Back: A Memoir (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CHWMK193 | 2024 | 8 hours and 44 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 256 MB
Author: Christine Blasey Ford
Narrator: Christine Blasey Ford
The compelling true story behind the testimony that awed the nation. On September 27, 2018, Christine Blasey Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee which was considering the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court. She described an alleged sexual assault by the Supreme Court nominee that took place at a high school party in the 1980s. Her words and courage on that day provided some of the most credible and unforgettable testimony our country has ever witnessed. In One Way Back, Ford recounts the months she spent trying to get information into the right hands without exposing herself and her family to dangerous backlash.

Free Download On the Origin of the Deadliest Pandemic in 100 Years: An Investigation (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CVPB2Q38 | 2024 | 13 hours and 39 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 389 MB
Author: Elaine Dewar
Narrator: Teri Schnaubelt
When the first TV newscast described a SARS-like flu affecting a distant Chinese metropolis, investigative journalist Elaine Dewar started asking questions: Was SARS-CoV-2 something that came from nature, as leading scientists insisted, or did it come from a lab, and what role might controversial experiments have played in its development? Why was Wuhan the pandemic's ground zero-and why, on the other side of the Atlantic, had two researchers been marched out of a lab in Winnipeg by the RCMP? Why were governments so slow to respond to the emerging pandemic, and why, now, is the government of China refusing to cooperate with the World Health Organization?

Free Download On Locations: Lessons Learned from My Life On Set with The Sopranos and in the Film Industry (Audiobook)
English | February 13, 2024 | ASIN: B0CTJ6PT6P | M4B@64 kbps | 6h 20m | 180 MB
Author: Mark Kamine | Narrator: Michael Butler Murray
This must-listen account of starting at the lowest rung on the production ladder among enormously famous and outrageously demanding people will be devoured for its insights, gossip, humor, and storytelling. Married and with a child, the author takes unpaid gigs to get a foot in the door and eventually ends up working on all seasons of The Sopranos, often named the best TV show ever.
The show's setting and its creator's insistence on accuracy placed the native New Jersey author in the right place at the right time to become part of television history.

Free Download On Borrowed Time: North America's Next Big Quake (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CNTZ5G8S | 2024 | 7 hours and 48 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 226 MB
Author: Gregor Craigie
Narrator: Gregor Craigie
The Big One and what we can do to get ready for it. Mention the word earthquake and most people think of California. But while the Golden State shakes on a regular basis, Washington State, Oregon, and British Columbia are located in a zone that can produce the world's biggest earthquakes and tsunamis. In the eastern part of the continent, small cities and large, from Ottawa to Montréal to New York City, sit in active earthquake zones. In fact, more than 100-million North Americans live in active seismic zones, many of whom do not realize the risk to their community. For more than a decade, Gregor Craigie interviewed scientists, engineers, and emergency planners about earthquakes, disaster response, and resilience. He has also collected vivid first-hand accounts from people who have survived deadly earthquakes. His fascinating and deeply researched book dives headfirst into explaining the science behind The Big One-and asks what we can do now to prepare ourselves for events geologists say aren't a matter of if, but when.

Free Download Off the Charts: The Hidden Lives and Lessons of American Child Prodigies (Audiobook)
English | January 09, 2018 | ASIN: B077VC6CST | M4B@64 kbps | 12h 4m | 341 MB
Author: Ann Hulbert | Narrator: Kirsten Potter
From the author of the widely praised Raising America - a compelling exploration of child genius told through the gripping stories of 15 exceptionally gifted boys and girls, from a math wonder a century ago to young jazz and classical piano virtuosos today. A thought-provoking book for a time when parents anxiously aspire to raise "super children" and experts worry the nation is wasting the brilliant young minds it needs.
Ann Hulbert examines the lives of children whose rare accomplishments have raised hopes about untapped human potential and questions about how best to nurture it. She probes the changing role of parents and teachers as well as of psychologists and a curious press. Above all, she delves into the feelings of the prodigies themselves, who push back against adults more as the decades proceed.

Free Download Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and the People Who Play It, Updated 2024 Edition (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CNDB7YF1 | 2024 | 10 hours and 3 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 292 MB
Author: David M. Ewalt
Narrator: Rob Brinkmann, Pavi Proczko
The Lord of the Rings meets Moneyball in this fascinating and authoritative history of Dungeons & Dragons that "tracks D&D's turbulent rise, fall, and survival, from its heyday in the 1980s...to the twenty-first century" (The Wall Street Journal), by award-winning journalist David M. Ewalt. Even if you've never played Dungeons & Dragons, you probably know someone who has: the game has had a profound influence on our culture, and 2014 marks the intriguing role-playing phenomenon's 40th anniversary. Released decades before the Internet and social media, Dungeons & Dragons inspired one of the original nerd subcultures and is still revered by more than 30 million fans. Now, the authoritative history and magic of the game are revealed by an award-winning journalist and lifelong D&D player.

Free Download Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CB9C34WJ | 2024 | 12 hours and 36 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 364 MB
Author: Katie Gee Salisbury
Narrator: Katie Gee Salisbury, Caroline McLaughlin
Set against the glittering backdrop of Los Angeles during the gin-soaked Jazz Age and the rise of Hollywood, this debut book celebrates Anna May Wong, the first Asian American movie star, to bring an unsung heroine to light and reclaim her place in cinema history. Before Constance Wu, Sandra Oh, Awkwafina, or Lucy Liu, there was Anna May Wong. In her time, she was a legendary beauty, witty conversationalist, and fashion icon. Plucked from her family's laundry business in Los Angeles, Anna May Wong rose to stardom in Douglas Fairbanks's blockbuster The Thief of Bagdad. Fans and the press clamored to see more of this unlikely actress, but when Hollywood repeatedly cast her in stereotypical roles, she headed abroad in protest.

Free Download Michael Hardenbrook (Author, Narrator), "No Willpower Required: A Neuroscience Approach to Change Your Habits with Alcohol"
English | ISBN: 9798868748936 | 2024 | MP3@64 kbps | ~05:28:00 | 155 MB
"For anyone seeking to redefine their relationship with alcohol, 'No Willpower Required' is a compelling guide to lasting change." - Nir Eyal, Author of Hooked, Indistractable
"A powerful guide to master your habits, improve your health, and create the life you want." - Patrik Edblad, Author of The Habit Blueprint
Are you walking the tightrope between enjoying a drink and overindulgence? "No Willpower Required" is not just another book on quitting alcohol; it's about reinvention, not restriction. This groundbreaking guide is for those who don't fit the mold of a "problem drinker" but still face the negative consequences of their habits. It's for the in-between drinkers, those who are neither alcohol dependent nor able to easily abstain. Inside this book, you'll learn:

Free Download No Two Alike: Human Nature and Human Individuality (Audiobook)
English | May 09, 2023 | ASIN: B0C3WSGPNY | M4B@128 kbps | 12h 12m | 678 MB
Author: Judith Rich Harris | Narrator: Lisa S. Ware
A groundbreaking theory of personality.
The author of the controversial book The Nurture Assumption tackles the biggest mystery in all of psychology: What makes people differ so much in personality and behavior? It can't just be "nature and nurture," because even identical twins who grow up together―same genes, same parents―have different personalities. And if psychologists can't explain why identical twins are different, they also can't explain why each of us differs from everyone else. Why no two people are alike.

Free Download No Judgment: Essays (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BT19LRS2 | 2024 | 8 hours and 47 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 252 MB
Author: Lauren Oyler
Narrator: Lauren Oyler
From the national bestselling novelist and essayist, a groundbreaking collection of brand-new pieces about the role of cultural criticism in our ever-changing world. In her writing for Harper's, the London Review of Books, The New Yorker, and elsewhere, Lauren Oyler has emerged as one of the most trenchant and influential critics of her generation, a talent whose judgments on works of literature-whether celebratory or scarily harsh-have become notorious. But what is the significance of being a critic and consumer of media in today's fraught environment? How do we understand ourselves, and each other, as space between the individual and the world seems to get smaller and smaller, and our opinions on books and movies seem to represent something essential about our souls?