Charlemagne (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0757SNFRM | 2017 | 30 hours and 17 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 832 MB
Author: Johannes Fried, Peter Lewis
Narrator: James Cameron Stewart
When the legendary Frankish king and emperor Charlemagne died in 814 he left behind a dominion and a legacy unlike anything seen in Western Europe since the fall of Rome. Johannes Fried paints a compelling portrait of a devout ruler, a violent time, and a unified kingdom that deepens our understanding of the man often called the father of Europe.
Black Cats & Evil Eyes: A Book of Old-Fashioned Superstitions (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BN6X5WC8 | 2022 | 3 hours and 43 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 201 MB
Author: Chloe Rhodes
Narrator: Esther Wane
This collection investigates the origins of our most intriguing old-fashioned superstitions, many of which we still find ourselves abiding by today. Hundreds of the beliefs passed down through the generations have their foundations in our ancestors' efforts to ward off evil, which they blamed for hardship, illness, and injustice in times when life was, as often as not, "nasty, brutish and short." Black Cats and Evil Eyes sets these superstitions in their historical and social context, explaining how fear of the Devil, demons, evil spirits, and witchcraft drove people to arm themselves with rituals and talismans to repel dark forces and allow them to live long and healthy lives. In examining many of our common superstitions, this book illuminates the customs, beliefs, and practices that link us to an ancient, and often darker, human past.
Banvard's Folly, Revised Edition: Thirteen Tales of People Who Didn't Change the World (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0B39MTCHY | 2022 | 9 hours and 50 minutes | MP3@64 kbps | 227 MB
Author: Paul Collins
Narrator: Tim Getman
The historical record crowns success. Those enshrined in its annals are men and women whose ideas, accomplishments, or personalities have dominated, endured, and most important of all, found champions. Paul Collins' Banvard's Folly is a different kind of book. Here are thirteen unforgettable portraits of forgotten people: men and women who might have claimed their share of renown but who, whether from ill timing, skullduggery, monomania, the tinge of madness, or plain bad luck-or some combination of them all-leapt straight from life into thankless obscurity. Among their number are scientists, artists, writers, entrepreneurs, and adventurers, from across the centuries and around the world. They hold in common the silenced aftermath of failure, the name that rings no bells. Collins brings them back to glorious life.
Atomic Bill: A Journalist's Dangerous Ambition in the Shadow of the Bomb (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BP9852Y7 | 2022 | 9 hours and 55 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 287 MB
Author: Vincent Kiernan
Narrator: Jim Frangione
William L. Laurence was fascinated with atomic science and its militarization. When the Manhattan Project drew near to perfecting the atomic bomb, he was recruited to write much of the government's press materials that were distributed on the day that Hiroshima was obliterated. That instantly crowned Laurence as one of the leading journalistic experts on the atomic bomb. As the Cold War dawned, some assessed Laurence as a propagandist defending the militarization of atomic energy. For others, he was a skilled science communicator who provided the public with an understanding of the atomic bomb.
Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BN4GG4H1 | 2022 | 7 hours and 3 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 194 MB
Author: M. Nolan Gray
Narrator: Stephen R. Thorne
The arbitrary lines of zoning maps across the country have come to dictate where Americans may live and work, forcing cities into a pattern of growth that is segregated and sprawling. The good news is that reform is in the air, with states across the country critically reevaluating zoning. In cities as diverse as Minneapolis, Fayetteville, and Hartford, the key pillars of zoning are under fire, with apartment bans being scrapped, minimum lot sizes dropping, and off-street parking requirements disappearing altogether. Some American cities already make land-use planning work without zoning. In Arbitrary Lines, Gray lays the groundwork for this ambitious cause by clearing up common confusions and myths about how American cities regulate growth and examining the major contemporary critiques of zoning. Gray sets out some of the efforts currently underway to reform zoning and charts how land-use regulation might work in the post-zoning American city. Gray shows how zoning has failed to address even our most basic concerns about urban growth over the past century, and how we can think about a new way of planning a more affordable, prosperous, equitable, and sustainable American city.
Anti-Time Management: Reclaim Your Time and Revolutionize Your Results with the Power of Time Tipping (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0B2DWC7ZC | 2022 | 6 hours and 57 minutes | MP3@64 kbps | 186 MB
Author: Richie Norton
Narrator: Richie Norton
Find your motivation, prioritize your ideals, and create a flexible work-life lifestyle-no matter how busy or successful you are-with Anti-Time Management. Why Anti-Time Management? Discover the answer to the age-old question of "work-life balance" and what to do about it. Award-winning author Richie Norton brings you into the future with the power of Time Tipping, a framework that allows you to live and work wherever you choose. Enjoy expansive freedom by prioritizing attention, not managing time.
Angel Wealth Magic: Simple Steps to Hire the Divine & Unlock Your Miraculous Financial Flow (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BP8FPMRQ | 2022 | 4 hours and 31 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 234 MB
Author: Corin Grillo
Narrator: Angela Juarez
Simple Steps to Hire the Divine and Unlock Your Miraculous Financial Flow. Through her work with thousands of people, Corin Grillo has discovered a form of creative magic that is both accessible and effective. In Angel Wealth Magic, she speaks to anyone looking for solutions to grow a bank account, manifest an entrepreneurial dream, or create the home life they crave. All we need to do is call upon the divine intervention that is ready and able to help us fulfill our financial and best-life dreams. Along the way, Corin teaches us how to detox from self-defeating notions of lack, unworthiness, and personal or familial shame. Through simple practices, rituals, and everyday mindset shifts, she shows us how to be the happy, healthy, and truly fulfilled people we were meant to be.
Age of Invisible Machines: A Practical Guide to Creating a Hyperautomated Ecosystem of Intelligent Digital Workers (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BP8GLLTK | 2022 | 7 hours and 56 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 224 MB
Author: Robb Wilson, Josh Tyson
Narrator: Bob Johnson
In Age of Invisible Machines, Robb Wilson delivers an eye-opening and startlingly insightful blueprint for leveraging conversational AI in order to make your organization self-driving-with a growing ecosystem of interconnected automations accelerating all aspects of your business. Conversational AI is changing the nature of every job at every company and this book is relevant for anyone who will be affected by the acceleration of these technologies. You'll learn how to develop a strategy for hyperautomation by identifying the outdated processes and systems holding your organization back. You'll discover ways of internalizing and orchestrating new technologies that are force-multipliers for rapid growth. A must-listen for every business leader, Wilson's book debunks common myths about conversational AI while laying bare the inevitable complexity of restructuring your business to unlock the massive opportunities this new era affords.
A Guide to Confident Living (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B09V3B7T7Y | 2022 | 8 hours and 19 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 238 MB
Author: Norman Vincent Peale
Narrator: Robert Petkoff
Change your thoughts and you change your life. A Guide to Confident Living shows you how to release your inner powers to achieve confidence and contentment. Using accessible language, Dr. Peale helps you find the way to new energy that will actually revitalize your life.
A Banker's Journey: How Edmond J. Safra Built a Global Financial Empire (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BP8X4D8W | 2022 | 11 hours and 27 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 321 MB
Author: Daniel Gross
Narrator: Joe Barrett
In A Banker's Journey, financial journalist and historian Daniel Gross, who, like Edmond Safra, traces his heritage to Aleppo, Syria, reconstructs the public life of an intensely private man. With exclusive access to Safra's personal archives, Gross tracks the banker's remarkable journey from Beirut to Milan, São Paulo, Geneva, and New York-to the pinnacle of global finance.