English | ASIN: B0977MVTPT | 2021 | 5 hours and 1 minute |MP3|M4B | 138 MB
The concept of habeas corpus - literally, to receive and hold the body - empowers courts to protect the right of prisoners to know the basis on which they are being held by the government and grant prisoners their freedom when they are held unlawfully. It is no wonder that habeas corpus has long been considered essential to freedom. This Very Short Introduction audiobook chronicles the storied writ of habeas corpus and how its common law and statutory origins spread from England throughout the British Empire and beyond, witnessing its use today around the world in nations as varied as Canada, Israel, India, and South Korea.
Beginning with the English origins of the writ, the book traces its historical development both as a part of the common law and as a parliamentary creation born out of the English Habeas Corpus Act of 1679. The book then takes the story forward to explore how the writ has functioned in the centuries since, including its controversial suspension by President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. It also analyzes the major role habeas corpus has played in such issues as the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans and the US Supreme Court's recognition during the War on Terror of the concept of a "citizen enemy combatant".

English | May 14, 2019 | ASIN: B07R6XQ8YP |MP3|M4B | 11h 49m | 154 MB
Author: Richard Rumelt
Narrator: Sean Runnette

English | ASIN: B094T8C9H6 | 2021 | 4 hours and 1 minute |MP3|M4B | 110 MB
Years before synchronized sound became the norm, projected moving images were shown to musical accompaniment, whether performed by a lone piano player or a hundred-piece orchestra. Today film music has become its own industry, indispensable to the marketability of movies around the world. Film Music: A Very Short Introduction is a compact, lucid, and thoroughly engaging overview written by one of the leading authorities on the subject. Kathryn Kalinak introduces listeners not only to important composers and musical styles but also to modern theoretical concepts about how and why film music works.
Key collaborations between directors and composers come under scrutiny, as do the oft-neglected practices of the silent film era. She also explores differences between original film scores and compilation soundtracks that cull music from pre-existing sources. As Kalinak points out, film music can do many things, from establishing mood and setting to clarifying Description points and creating emotions that are only dimly realized in the images. This book illuminates the many ways it accomplishes those tasks and will have its listeners thinking a bit more deeply and critically the next time they sit in a darkened movie theater and music suddenly swells as the action unfolds onscreen.

English | January 26, 2021 | ASIN: B07Z8CDP44 |MP3|M4B | 6h 0m | 163.28 MB
Author: Gabrielle Korn
Narrator: Gabra Zackman

English | April 28, 2020 | ASIN: B07WSQL11K |MP3|M4B | 2h 6m | 57.42 MB
Author: Rani Shah
Narrator: Soneela Nankani

English | December 29, 2016 | ASIN: B01NANC4HG |MP3|M4B | 6h 10m | 168 MB
Author: Jared C. Lobdell | Narrator: Stuart Appleton
Jared Lobdell examines Tolkien's methods and his worldview by following the thread of three influences: the Edwardian adventure story, the science of philology, or comparative languages, and Roman Catholic theology. The "Edwardian mode" of adventure story (King Solomon's Mines, The Lost World) is one in which a small group of Englishmen make an expedition to foreign parts and find supernatural terrors awaiting them, finally returning home, mission accomplished.

English | ASIN: B098YM5VFS | 2021 | 5 hours and 8 minutes |MP3|M4B | 142 MB
There comes a time in each of our lives when everything seems like it's falling apart - our relationships unravel, our health declines, our finances crumble - and it can be easy to allow these circumstances to define us. When these seemingly insurmountable obstacles arise, we have two choices: to use our circumstances as an excuse to stay stuck or to face our fears and move through them. In The Road Back to Me, Adena Sampson reveals nine foundational principles that have helped countless people transform their lives.

English | February 23, 2021 | ASIN: B08S79VP3S |MP3|M4B | 6h 53m | 376 MB
Author: Steven B. Smith | Narrator: Mack Sanderson
A rediscovery of patriotism as a virtue in line with the core values of democracy in an extremist age.

English | June 05, 2021 | ASIN: B09643X4KW |MP3|M4B | 11h 9m | 610 MB
Author: Bryan W. Van Norden | Narrator: Brian Nishii
Van Norden's Introduction to Classical Chinese Philosophy is evidently of increasing importance in balancing our 21st century view of philosophy in general. It is to Van Norden's regret, that when 'philosophy' is discussed or taught, it is almost always in the context of 'Western Philosophy' rather than a global perspective. Yet the contribution of China to global thought and understanding is crucial, especially in our contemporary context.

English | February 23, 2013 | ASIN: B00BK5Z4PA |MP3|M4B | 8h 1m | 220 MB
Author: Leslie Stein | Narrator: Cris Dukehart
A thrilling exploration of how Carl Jung found the equation for realizing the divine through personal consciousness.