Hören Sie sich dieses volle Hörbuch kostenlos bei : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Titel: Das kommunistische Manifest op Kölsch Autor: Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Walter Stehling Erzähler: Walter Stehling Format: Unabridged Spieldauer: 1 hr and 18 mins Sprache: Deutsch Veröffentlichungsdatum: 11-24-17 Herausgeber: Verlag Michael John Media Kategorien: Nonfiction, Politics Zusammenfassung: E Jespens jeit eröm en Europa - et Jespens vum Kummenismus. Die Mächte vom ahle Europa han sech mallich zesamme jedon zor Hätzjach jäje dat Jesoens, d'r Paps, d'r Zar, d'r Metternich un d'r Guizot, fränzüsisch Radekale un de dütsche Schmier... Das Manifest der kommunistischen Partei op Kölsch. Der Klassiker von 1848 von Karl Marx und Friedrich Engels in Kölnisch-Ripoarischer Sprache als exklusive Hörbuch-Mundart-Ausgabe. Passend zum Geburtstag von Karl Marx, der sich am 5. Mai 2018 zum 200. Male jährt. ©2017 John Verlag (P)2017 John Verlag Kontakt: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: American and European Federalism: A Critique of Rick Perry's "Fed Up!" Author: Skip Worden Ph.D. Narrator: Sam Bubis Format: Unabridged Length: 21 mins Language: English Release date: 11-20-17 Publisher: Skip Worden Genres: Nonfiction, Politics Summary: In his book, Governor Rick Perry of Texas provides a basis for viewing the states of the US as equivalent to the EU's member-states. All of these states are semi-sovereign, as they have all transferred some governmental sovereignty to federal institutions. This implies that the EU and US are commensurate. I subject these inferences to critique in my booklet on American and European federalism. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: The Republicans Author: The Speech Resource Company - compiler Narrator: Robert Wikstrom Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins Language: English Release date: 12-19-17 Publisher: The Speech Resource Company, Inc. Genres: Nonfiction, Politics Summary: Republican Party spokespeople include presidents, advisors, and candidates. Speeches are given by Barry Goldwater, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush, Donald Trump, and others. Words that support the party line and are meant to win elections. Produced by the Speech Resource Company and fully narrated by Robert Wikstrom. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Let's Use Free Speech to Compare Motivational Speakers and Activists Author: Andrew Bushard Narrator: Trevor Clinger Format: Unabridged Length: 24 mins Language: English Release date: 05-02-17 Publisher: Free Press Media Press Genres: Nonfiction, Politics Summary: Motivational speaking and activism dominate the world, but have you ever compared these two worldviews? In many ways, they differ; in some ways, they are alike. Listen to this book to find out exactly how. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: The Ayn Rand Cult Author: Jeff Walker Narrator: Fred Filbrich Format: Unabridged Length: 13 hrs and 29 mins Language: English Release date: 05-12-14 Publisher: University Press Audiobooks Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences Summary: Ayn Rand and her philosophical school, Objectivism, have had a considerable influence upon American popular culture, yet the true story of her life and work has yet to be told. In this book, Jeff Walker debunks the cult-like following that developed around the author of the classics Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead - a cult that persists even today. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: The Social Life of Information Author: John Seely Brown, Paul Duguid Narrator: Jonathan Todd Ross Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins Language: English Release date: 06-19-17 Publisher: Recorded Books Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences Summary: Updated, with a New Preface John Seely Brown and Paul Duguid show us how to look beyond mere information to the social context that creates and gives meaning to it. Arguing elegantly for the important role that human sociability plays, even - perhaps especially - in the digital world, The Social Life of Information gives us an optimistic look beyond the simplicities of information and individuals. It shows how a better understanding of the contribution that communities, organizations, and institutions make to learning, working, and innovating can lead to the richest possible use of technology in our work and everyday lives. With a new introduction by David Weinberger and reflections by the authors on developments since the book's first publication, this new edition is essential listening for anyone seeking to understand the human place in a digital world. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Gay, Straight, and the Reason Why Author: Simon LeVay Narrator: Topher Payne Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 1 min Language: English Release date: 02-04-14 Publisher: Audible Studios Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences Summary: What causes a child to grow up gay or straight? In this book, neuroscientist Simon LeVay summarizes a wealth of scientific evidence that points to one inescapable conclusion: Sexual orientation results primarily from an interaction between genes, sex hormones, and the cells of the developing body and brain. LeVay helped create this field in 1991 with a much-publicized study in Science, where he reported on a difference in the brain structure between gay and straight men. Since then, an entire scientific discipline has sprung up around the quest for a biological explanation of sexual orientation. In this book, LeVay provides a clear explanation of where the science stands today, taking the reader on a whirlwind tour of laboratories that specialize in genetics, endocrinology, neuroscience, cognitive psychology, evolutionary psychology, and family demographics. He describes, for instance, how researchers have manipulated the sex hormone levels of animals during development, causing them to mate preferentially with animals of their own gender. LeVay also reports on the prevalence of homosexual behavior among wild animals, ranging from Graylag geese to the Bonobo chimpanzee. Although many details remain unresolved, the general conclusion is quite clear: A person's sexual orientation arises in large part from biological processes that are already underway before birth. LeVay also makes it clear that these lines of research have a lot of potential because--far from seeking to discover "what went wrong" in the lives of gay people, attempting to develop "cures" for homosexuality, or returning to traditional explanations that center on parent-child relationships, various forms of "training," or early sexual experiences--our modern scientists are increasingly seeing sexual variety as something to be valued, celebrated, and welcomed into society. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Periods Gone Public Author: Jennifer Weiss-Wolf Narrator: Teri Clark Linden Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs Language: English Release date: 09-18-17 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences Summary: The first book to explore menstruation in the current cultural and political landscape and to investigate the new wave of period activism taking the world by storm. After centuries of being shrouded in taboo and superstition, periods have gone mainstream. Seemingly overnight, a new, high-profile movement has emerged - one dedicated to bold activism, creative product innovation, and smart policy advocacy - to address the centrality of menstruation in relation to core issues of gender equality and equity. In Periods Gone Public, Jennifer Weiss-Wolf - the woman Bustle dubbed one of the nation's "badass menstrual activists" - explores why periods have become a prominent political cause. From eliminating the tampon tax, to enacting new laws ensuring access to affordable, safe products, menstruation is no longer something to whisper about. Weiss-Wolf shares her firsthand account in the fight for "period equity" and introduces listeners to the leaders, pioneers, and everyday people who are making change happen. From societal attitudes of periods throughout history - in the United States and around the world - to grassroots activism and product innovation, Weiss-Wolf challenges listeners to face stigma head-on and elevate an agenda that recognizes both the power - and the absolute normalcy - of menstruation. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Stay Author: Jennifer Michael Hecht Narrator: Jennifer Michael Hecht Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins Language: English Release date: 11-19-13 Publisher: Audible Studios Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences Summary: Worldwide, more people die by suicide than by murder, and many more are left behind to grieve. Despite distressing statistics that show suicide rates rising, the subject, long a taboo, is infrequently talked about. In this sweeping intellectual and cultural history, poet and historian Jennifer Michael Hecht channels her grief for two friends lost to suicide into a search for historys most persuasive arguments against the irretrievable act, arguments she hopes to bring back into public consciousness. From the Stoics and the Bible to Dante, Shakespeare, Wittgenstein, and such 20th-century writers as John Berryman, Hecht recasts the narrative of our secular age in new terms. She shows how religious prohibitions against self-killing were replaced by the Enlightenments insistence on the rights of the individual, even when those rights had troubling applications. This transition, she movingly argues, resulted in a profound cultural and moral loss: the loss of shared, secular, logical arguments against suicide. By examining how people in other times have found powerful reasons to stay alive when suicide seems a tempting choice, she makes a persuasive intellectual and moral case against suicide. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: The Safety Anarchist Author: Sidney Dekker Narrator: Sidney Dekker Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins Language: English Release date: 12-22-17 Publisher: ACX Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences Summary: Work has never been as safe as it seems today. Safety has also never been as bureaucratized as it is today. Over the past two decades, the number of safety rules and statutes has exploded, and organizations themselves are creating ever more internal compliance requirements. Bureaucracy and compliance now seem less about managing the safety of workers, and more about managing the liability of the people they work for. At the same time, progress on safety has slowed. Many incident and injury rates have flatlined. Worse, excellent safety performance on low-consequence events tends to increase the risk of fatalities and disasters. We make workers do a lot that does nothing to improve their success locally. And paradoxically, the tightening of safety bureaucracy robs us of exactly the source of human insight, creativity and resilience that can tell us how success is actually created, and where the next accident may well come from. It is time for Safety Anarchists: people who trust people more than process, who rely on horizontally coordinating experiences and innovations, who push back against petty rules and coercive compliance, and who help recover the dignity and expertise of human work. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Street of Eternal Happiness Author: Rob Schmitz Narrator: Paul Boehmer Format: Unabridged Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins Language: English Release date: 06-23-16 Publisher: Tantor Audio Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences Summary: Modern Shanghai: a global city in the midst of a renaissance, where dreamers arrive each day to partake in a mad torrent of capital, ideas, and opportunity. Marketplace's Rob Schmitz is one of them. He immerses himself in his neighborhood, forging deep relationships with ordinary people who see in the city's sleek skyline a brighter future, and a chance to rewrite their destinies. There's Zhao, whose path from factory floor to shopkeeper is sidetracked by her desperate measures to ensure a better future for her sons. Down the street lives Auntie Fu, a fervent capitalist forever trying to improve herself with religion and get-rich-quick schemes while keeping her skeptical husband at bay. Up a flight of stairs, musician and café owner CK sets up shop to attract young dreamers like himself but learns he's searching for something more. A tale of 21st-century China, Street of Eternal Happiness profiles China's distinct generations through multifaceted characters who illuminate an enlightening, humorous, and at times heartrending journey along the winding road to the Chinese Dream. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Summary of Homo Deus: Includes Key Takeaways & Analysis Author: FastReads Narrator: Lisa Negron Format: Unabridged Length: 47 mins Language: English Release date: 10-19-17 Publisher: FastReads Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences Summary: Please note: This is a summary, analysis and review of the book and not the original book. Yuval Noah Harari's earth-shattering look at the future of humanity, Homo Deus, breaks down the path of humanism and humanity, and offers an often bleak look at what the human race can expect in the future. This FastReads summary offers supplementary material to Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow to help you distill the key takeaways, review the book's content, and further understand the writing style and overall themes from an editorial perspective. Whether you'd like to deepen your understanding, refresh your memory, or simply decide whether or not this book is for you, FastReads summary is here to help. Absorb everything you need to know in under 30 minutes! What does this FastReads summary include? Original book summary overview Yuval Noah Harari predicts a technocratic dystopia that some may find harrowing, and others exciting. Skeptics who think a world in which data rules the universe could be anything other than science fiction will be challenged, and potentially persuaded by Harari's arguments. Homo Deus challenges the most fundamental questions of what it means to be human and implores listeners to contemplate and take control of their futures before data does it for them. Before you buy: The purpose of this FastReads summary is to help you decide if it's worth the time, money, and effort listening to the original book (if you haven't already). FastReads has pulled out the essence - but only to help you ascertain the value of the book for yourself. This analysis is meant as a supplement to, and not a replacement for, Homo Deus. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Privilege Author: Shamus Rahman Khan Narrator: Neil Shah Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins Language: English Release date: 12-19-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences Summary: As one of the most prestigious high schools in the nation, St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, has long been the exclusive domain of America's wealthiest sons. But times have changed. Today, a new elite of boys and girls is being molded at St. Paul's, one that reflects the hope of openness but also the persistence of inequality. In Privilege, Shamus Khan returns to his alma mater to provide an inside look at an institution that has been the private realm of the elite for the past 150 years. He shows that St. Paul's students continue to learn what they always have - how to embody privilege. Yet, while students once leveraged the trappings of upper-class entitlement, family connections, and high culture, current St. Paul's students learn to succeed in a more diverse environment. To be the future leaders of a more democratic world, they must be at ease with everything from highbrow art to everyday life - from Beowulf to Jaws - and view hierarchies as ladders to scale. Through deft portrayals of the relationships among students, faculty, and staff, Khan shows how members of the new elite face the opening of society while still preserving the advantages that allow them to rule. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: David and Goliath Author: Malcolm Gladwell Narrator: Malcolm Gladwell Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs Language: English Release date: 10-03-13 Publisher: Audible Studios Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences Summary: David and Goliath is the dazzling and provocative new book from Malcolm Gladwell, best-selling author of The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers and What the Dog Saw. Why do underdogs succeed so much more than we expect? How do the weak outsmart the strong? In David and Goliath Malcolm Gladwell takes us on a scintillating and surprising journey through the hidden dynamics that shape the balance of power between the small and the mighty. From the conflicts in Northern Ireland and Vietnam, through the tactics of civil rights leaders and the problem of privilege, Gladwell demonstrates how we misunderstand the true meaning of advantage and disadvantage. When does a traumatic childhood work in someone's favour? How can a disability leave someone better off? And do you really want your child to go to the best school he or she can get into? David and Goliath draws on the stories of remarkable underdogs, history, science, psychology and on Malcolm Gladwell's unparalleled ability to make the connections others miss. It's a brilliant, illuminating book that overturns conventional thinking about power and advantage. Author, journalist, cultural commentator, and intellectual adventurer, Malcolm Gladwell was born in 1963 in England to a Jamaican mother and an English mathematician father. He grew up in Canada and graduated with a degree in history from the University of Toronto in 1984. From 1987 to 1996, he was a reporter for The Washington Post, first as a science writer and then as New York City bureau chief. Since 1996, he has been a staff writer for The New Yorker magazine. His curiosity and breadth of interests are shown in New Yorker articles ranging over a wide array of subjects including early childhood development and the flu, not to mention hair dye, shopping and what it takes to be cool. His first book, The Tipping Point, captured the world's attention with its theory that a curiously small change can have unforeseen effects, and the phrase has become part of our language, used by writers, politicians and business people everywhere to describe cultural trends and strange phenomena. His other international best-selling books are Blink, which explores how a snap judgment can be far more effective than a cautious decision, and What the Dog Saw, a collection of his most provocative and entertaining New Yorker pieces. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Drab p ben gade (Dansk Kriminalreportage 2012) Author: Peter Reisz Narrator: Finn Andersen Format: Unabridged Length: 25 mins Language: English Release date: 06-16-17 Publisher: Lindhardt og Ringhof Genres: Nonfiction, Politics Summary: Drabet fandt sted p Bygmestervej i Kbenhavns Nordvestkvarter en kold tirsdag aften i februar mned 2009. Her blev den 41-rige makedoner Nazim drbt. Han var pfrt mange knivstik i ryggen, overskring af halsen og skud i skridtet. Motivet var sandsynligvis et konomisk mellemvrende i et flles busprojekt. Der er for nogle personer benyttet fiktive navne. ©2017 Lindhardt og Ringhof (P)2017 Lindhardt og Ringhof Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: These Schools Belong to You and Me Author: Deborah Meier, Emily Gasoi Narrator: Lorna Raver, Emily Zeller Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins Language: English Release date: 09-19-17 Publisher: Beacon Press Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences Summary: A challenge to narrow, profit-driven conceptions of school success and an argument for protecting public education to ensure that all students become competent citizens in a vibrant democracy. In These Schools Belong to You and Me, MacArthur award-winning educator, reformer, and author Deborah Meier draws on her 50-plus years of experience to argue that the purpose of universal education is to provide young people with an "apprenticeship for citizenship in a democracy". Through an intergenerational exchange with her former colleague and fellow educator Emily Gasoi, the coauthors analyze the last several decades of education reform, challenging narrow profit-driven conceptions of school success. Reflecting on the trajectory of education and social policies that are leading our country further from rule "of, for, and by the people", the authors apply their extensive knowledge and years of research to address the question of how public education must change in order to counter the erosion of democratic spirit and practice in schools and in the nation as a whole. Meier and Gasoi candidly reflect on the successes, missteps, and challenges they experienced working in democratically governed schools, demonstrating that it is possible to provide an enriched education to all students, not just the privileged few. Arguing that public education and democracy are inextricably bound, and pushing against the tide of privatization, These Schools Belong to You and Me is a rousing call to both save and improve public schools to ensure that all students are empowered to help shape our future democracy. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Medical Marijuana Guide for You & Me Author: Magie Rolton Narrator: Trevor Clinger Format: Unabridged Length: 54 mins Language: English Release date: 01-08-16 Publisher: Magie Rolton Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences Summary: Marijuana - clinically known as cannabis, is a medicine prepared from the blossoming plant of cannabis sativa, which consists of five leaves. It has been known as an unlawful and prohibited drug for an extensive period of time. The very fact that medical doctors cannot recommend it openly is on account of the fact that the drug has a pick-me-up effect, in addition to causing an intense falsehood in an individual's perceptions of realism. It also produces a gloomy effect on the human body. But above all, since marijuana brings about a feeling of joy and ecstasy, hence persons of all age groups (especially the teenagers) pursue it readily. Regardless of its drawbacks, immeasurable exploration is providing evidence that the drug's reimbursements are so many that they can overshadow its horrific effects. The cooperative usage of medical marijuana, by and large assists patients with unremitting disorders and ailments. Medical marijuana has much to bargain, once further research establishes its maximum benefits. Who knows, it might prove to be the marvel drug that the humankind has been awaiting! Marijuana has its benefits as well as disadvantages because it is obtained from a plant cultivated and created by Mother Nature. If used imprecisely, it can be disastrous to the human body, mind, and one's capabilities of perception. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Blur Author: Bill Kovach, Tom Rosenstiel Narrator: Henry Leyva Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins Language: English Release date: 02-27-13 Publisher: Audible Studios for Bloomsbury Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences Summary: Like the authors' classic book The Elements of Journalism, Blur is a unique and understandable discourse on how information culture is changing. Yes, old authorities are being dismantled and new ones created, and the way we obtain knowledge has changed. But seeking true and reliable information remains the most important purpose of journalism - and the object for those who consume it. In an age when the line between citizen and journalist is becoming increasingly fuzzy, Blur is an indispensable and serious-minded guide to navigating this new 21century media terrain. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Bullied Author: Carrie Goldman Narrator: Donna Postel Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins Language: English Release date: 01-13-15 Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences Summary: The mother of a bullied first grader, popular blogger Carrie Goldman's inspiring true story triggered an outpouring of support from online communities around the world. In Bullied, she gives us a guide to the crucial lessons and actionable guidance she's learned about how to stop bullying before it starts. It is a book born from Goldman's post about the ridicule her daughter suffered from bringing a Star Wars thermos to school - a story that went viral on Facebook and Twitter before exploding everywhere, from CNN.com and Yahoo.com to sites all around the world. Written in Goldman's warm, engaging style, Bullied is an important and very necessary listen for parents, educators, self-professed "Girl Geeks", or anyone who has ever felt victimized by a bully, online or in person. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: The Mercy of the Sky Author: Holly Bailey Narrator: Erin Bennett Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins Language: English Release date: 05-12-15 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences Summary: The Mercy of the Sky is the harrowing inside account of Oklahoma's deadliest tornado, penned by a local writer who became a national correspondent. Oklahomans have long been known for their fatalism and grit, but even old-timers are troubled by the twisters that are devastating the state with increasing frequency. On May 20, 2013, the worst tornado on record landed a direct hit on the small town of Moore, destroying two schools while the children cowered inside. Oklahoma native Holly Bailey grew up dreaming of becoming a storm chaser. Instead she became Newsweek's youngest-ever White House correspondent, traveling to war zones with Presidents Bush and Obama. When Moore was hit, Bailey went back both as a journalist and a hometown girl and spoke with the teachers who put their lives at risk to save their students, the weathermen more revered than rock stars and more tormented than they let on, and many shell-shocked residents. In The Mercy of the Sky, Bailey does for the Oklahoma flatlands what Sebastian Junger did for Gloucester, Massachusetts, in The Perfect Storm, telling a dramatic, pause-register story about a town that must survive the elements - or die. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: War! What Is It Good For? Author: Ian Morris Narrator: Derek Perkins Format: Unabridged Length: 16 hrs and 55 mins Language: English Release date: 04-15-14 Publisher: Tantor Audio Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences Summary: "War! . . . . / What is it good for? / Absolutely nothing," says the famous song - but archaeology, history, and biology show that war in fact has been good for something. Surprising as it sounds, war has made humanity safer and richer. In War! What Is It Good For?, the renowned historian and archaeologist Ian Morris tells the gruesome, gripping story of 15,000 years of war, going beyond the battles and brutality to reveal what war has really done to and for the world. Stone Age people lived in small, feuding societies and stood a one-in-ten or even one-in-five chance of dying violently. In the 20th century, by contrast - despite two world wars, Hiroshima, and the Holocaust - fewer than one person in a hundred died violently. The explanation: War, and war alone, has created bigger, more complex societies, ruled by governments that have stamped out internal violence. Strangely enough, killing has made the world safer, and the safety it has produced has allowed people to make the world richer too. War has been history's greatest paradox, but this searching study of fifteen thousand years of violence suggests that the next half century is going to be the most dangerous of all time. If we can survive it, the age-old dream of ending war may yet come to pass. But, Morris argues, only if we understand what war has been good for can we know where it will take us next. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Foolproof Author: Greg Ip Narrator: Jeremy Arthur Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins Language: English Release date: 10-13-15 Publisher: Hachette Audio Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences Summary: How the very things we create to protect ourselves, like money market funds or antilock brakes, end up being the biggest threats to our safety and well-being. We have learned a staggering amount about human nature and disaster - yet we keep having car crashes, floods, and financial crises. Partly this is because the success we have at making life safer enables us to take bigger risks. As our cities, transport systems, and financial markets become more interconnected and complex, so does the potential for catastrophe. How do we stay safe? Should we? What if our attempts are exposing us even more to the very risks we are avoiding? Would acceptance of danger make us more secure? Is there such a thing as foolproof? In Foolproof, Greg Ip presents a macro theory of human nature and disaster that explains how we can keep ourselves safe in our increasingly dangerous world. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: America at the Crossroads Author: George Barna Narrator: Jim Seybert Format: Unabridged Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins Language: English Release date: 09-13-16 Publisher: christianaudio.com Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences Summary: Today's most troubling trends about faith and culture in America. We live in a tumultuous time. Upheavals and reversals in culture, popular opinion, morality, race relations, socioeconomic status, and so much more have entire generations feeling off balance or out of touch. How do we keep pace with the breathtaking rate of change in our society when we can hardly find time to keep up with our racing newsfeeds? And in the face of such enormous cultural forces, is there anything we can do to help shape our culture? With America at the Crossroads, best-selling author and cultural analyst George Barna turns his researcher's eye on the most significant trends of our moment in history, compiling and distilling the most salient information for busy listeners who want to shape culture rather than allow it to shape them. Anyone who has felt overwhelmed by our swiftly changing times will appreciate Barna's extensive research and his "bottom line" approach. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: America the Anxious Author: Ruth Whippman Narrator: Ruth Whippman Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins Language: English Release date: 10-04-16 Publisher: Audible Studios Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences Summary: Are you happy? Right now? Happy enough? As happy as everyone else? Could you be happier if you tried harder? After she packed up her British worldview (that most things were basically rubbish) and moved to America, journalist and documentary filmmaker Ruth Whippman found herself increasingly perplexed by the American obsession with one topic above all others: happiness. The subject came up everywhere: at the playground swings, at the meat counter in the supermarket, and even - legs in stirrups - at the gynecologist. The omnipresence of these happiness conversations (trading tips, humble-bragging successes, offering unsolicited advice) wouldn't let her go, and so Ruth did some digging. What she found was a paradox: despite the fact that Americans spend more time and money in search of happiness than any other nation on earth, research shows that the United States is one of the least contented, most anxious countries in the developed world. Stoked by a multi-billion dollar "happiness industrial complex" intent on selling the promise of bliss, America appeared to be driving itself crazy in pursuit of contentment. So Ruth set out on to get to the bottom of this contradiction, embarking on an uproarious pilgrimage to investigate how this national obsession infiltrates all areas of life, from religion to parenting, the workplace to academia. She attends a controversial self-help course that promises total transformation, where she learns all her problems are all her own fault; visits a "happiness city" in the Nevada desert and explores why it has one of the highest suicide rates in America; delves into the darker truths behind the influential academic "positive psychology movement"; and ventures to Utah to spend time with the Mormons, officially America's happiest people. What she finds, ultimately, and presents in America the Anxious, is a rigorously researched yet universal answer, and one that comes absolutely free of charge. Cover design by James Iacobelli. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Police State Author: Gerry Spence Narrator: Alan Sklar Format: Unabridged Length: 16 hrs and 33 mins Language: English Release date: 09-08-15 Publisher: Macmillan Audio Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences Summary: We all want to feel safe. But safe from what and from whom? In his 60-plus years as a trial lawyer, Gerry Spence has never represented a person accused of a crime in which the police hadn't themselves violated the law. Whether by covering up their own corrupt dealings, by the falsification or manufacture of evidence, or by the outright murder of innocent civilians, those individuals charged with upholding the law break it every day - in ways more scandalous than the courts have dared admit. The police and prosecutors won't charge or convict themselves, and so the crimes of the criminal justice system are swept under the rug. Nothing changes. Too many police officers are killers on the loose, and every uninformed American is a potential next victim. Police culture is mired in the dead weight of precedent and ruled by trigger-happy tyrants. Power will march our nation over the police state precipice unless "we the people" take action. The FBI's massacre of the Weaver family at Ruby Ridge, the killing of mortally wounded Fouad Kaady by a group of police officers, the torture of teenaged Dennis Williams by cops seeking a murder confession - again and again, the question arises: When the very men and women we pay to protect us instead persecute us every day, how can we be safe? In Police State, Spence slaps a stinging indictment upon the American justice system and puts forth a plan to restore liberty and justice for all. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: 10'erne (Dansk Kriminalreportage 2014) Author: div. Narrator: Finn Andersen Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins Language: English Release date: 06-15-17 Publisher: Lindhardt og Ringhof Genres: Nonfiction, Politics Summary: Dansk Kriminalreportage indeholder en lang rkke spndende autentiske sager, som er skrevet af de politifolk, der var med i opklaringsarbejdet. Sagerne er alle afsluttede, og domsfldelse har fundet sted. Det er hsblsende lsning, og ofte overgr virkeligheden fantasien. Lseren kommer med ind bag nogle af de mest dramatiske sager i dansk politihistorie, og fr stiftet bekendtskab med det puslespil, det er at finde frem til gerningsmndene. ©2017 Lindhardt og Ringhof (P)2017 Lindhardt og Ringhof Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: The Son Also Rises Author: Gregory Clark Narrator: Jonathan Todd Ross Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins Language: English Release date: 03-19-14 Publisher: Audible Studios Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences Summary: How much of our fate is tied to the status of our parents and grandparents? How much does this influence our children? More than we wish to believe. While it has been argued that rigid class structures have eroded in favor of greater social equality, The Son Also Rises proves that movement on the social ladder has changed little over eight centuries. Using a novel technique - tracking family names over generations to measure social mobility across countries and periods - renowned economic historian Gregory Clark reveals that mobility rates are lower than conventionally estimated, do not vary across societies, and are resistant to social policies. The good news is that these patterns are driven by strong inheritance of abilities and lineage does not beget unwarranted advantage. The bad news is that much of our fate is predictable from lineage. Clark argues that since a greater part of our place in the world is predetermined, we must avoid creating winner-take-all societies. Clark examines and compares surnames in such diverse cases as modern Sweden, 14th-century England, and Qing Dynasty China. He demonstrates how fate is determined by ancestry and that almost all societies - as different as the modern United States, Communist China, and modern Japan - have similarly low social mobility rates. These figures are impervious to institutions, and it takes hundreds of years for descendants to shake off the advantages and disadvantages of their ancestors. For these reasons, Clark contends that societies should act to limit the disparities in rewards between those of high and low social rank. Challenging popular assumptions about mobility and revealing the deeply entrenched force of inherited advantage, The Son Also Rises is sure to prompt intense debate for years to come. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Peoples and Cultures of the World Author: The Great Courses Narrator: Professor Edward Fischer Format: Original Recording Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins Language: English Release date: 07-08-13 Publisher: The Great Courses Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences Summary: As the "science of humanity," anthropology can help us understand virtually anything about ourselves, from our political and economic systems, to why we get married, to how we decide to buy a particular bottle of wine. This 24-lecture course reveals the extraordinary power of anthropology - and its subspecialty, cultural anthropology - as a tool to understand the world's varied human societies, including our own. These lectures will immerse you in the world of the Trobriand Islanders of Melanesia; the Yanomamö of the Brazilian Amazon; the Dobe Ju'hoansi or Kung Bushmen of Botswana and Namibia; and other indigenous peoples. Professor Fischer leads an excursion through cultural practices that often seem, to us, quirky, exotic, and even repulsive - marriages that include as many as 20 husbands, matrilineal societies, magic spirits and witchcraft, cannibalism, and incest - practices that will make you question your assumptions about what is natural, or what is human nature. As you review these customs, the professor describes the issues that cultural anthropologists face in dealing with them. For example, what should anthropologists do in cases such as female circumcision or ritualized rape, in which customs seriously conflict with our own sense of morality and human rights? Professor Fischer also applies the lessons of cultural anthropology to our own culture by considering the U.S. economy and consumer behavior. Is our economy really based on rational decision making? If so, why do we eat cattle and pigs, but not horses? Why are we willing to shop around to save $10 on a clock radio, but not on a big-screen TV? You will grow to appreciate how valuable an understanding of cultural anthropology is in a world of ever-increasing globalization, in which members of even the most remote cultures come into more frequent and more influential contact through international travel, migration, business, and the Internet. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Analysis of Esther Perels The State of Affairs by Milkyway Media Author: Milkyway Media Narrator: Dwight Equitz Format: Unabridged Length: 25 mins Language: English Release date: 01-18-18 Publisher: Milkyway Media Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences Summary: The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity (2017) by sex and relationship expert Esther Perel is an examination of unfaithfulness in romantic relationshipswhat it is, why it happens, and how different cultures handle itas well as an exploration of what affairs can teach all lovers about healthy relationships. Perel takes a non-judgmental approach to the motivations of the cheater and the outside lover, as well as to the contributions of the betrayed partner to the relationship crisis. Purchase this in-depth analysis to learn more. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: A Macat Analysis of Antonio Gramsci's Prison Notebooks Author: Lorenzo Fusaro, Jason Xidias Narrator: Macat.com Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 33 mins Language: English Release date: 07-19-16 Publisher: Macat International Limited. Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences Summary: First published in 1948, Antonio Gramsci's Prison Notebooks is an important Marxist work that says we must understand societies both in terms of their economic relationships and their cultural beliefs. Gramsci wanted to explore why Russia had undergone a socialist revolution in 1917 while other European countries had not. So he developed the concept of hegemony, which is the idea that those who hold power in a society can maintain and use that power because of their own grip on cultural values and economic relationships. Using a combination of force and manipulation, they are able to convince most people that the existing social arrangement is logical and in their best interests. Gramsci says that for a society to truly be transformed, workers need to rise up against two things - the unfair economic system and the ideas and political institutions that sustain it. Gramsci's analysis of capitalism, economics, and culture has helped explain current historical developments, such as the recent financial crisis that started in 2007. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: The Man Who Made Things out of Trees Author: Robert Penn Narrator: Robert Penn Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins Language: English Release date: 07-26-16 Publisher: HighBridge, a Division of Recorded Books Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences Summary: Out of all the trees in the world, the ash is the most closely bound up with who we are. From tool handles to arrows, wheels and bowls to furniture and baseball bats, humans have made more and varied use of ash than any other kind of wood. Journeying across the English-speaking world, Robert Penn meets craftsmen with rare skills and a knowledge of the properties of ash developed over millennia. He finds that ancient traditions still thrive, and he reveals how the people working with this wood every day have a particular and intimate understanding of the physical world. Yet, Penn argues, the world's remaining ash forests also face urgent perils that threaten this unique repository of human history. Brimming with surprising research and vivid nature writing, The Man Who Made Things out of Trees describes our ages-long relationship with forests and revels in the pleasure of making things by hand. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: The World of Myth Author: David Adams Leeming Narrator: Jeremy Arthur Format: Unabridged Length: 13 hrs and 51 mins Language: English Release date: 02-03-14 Publisher: Audible Studios Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences Summary: Hercules, Zeus, Thor, Gilgamesh - these are the figures that leap to mind when we think of myth. But to David Leeming, myths are more than stories of deities and fantastic beings from non-Christian cultures. Myth is at once the most particular and the most universal feature of civilization, representing common concerns that each society voices in its own idiom. Whether an Egyptian story of creation or the big-bang theory of modern physics, myth is metaphor, mirroring our deepest sense of ourselves in relation to existence itself. Now, in The World of Myth, Leeming provides a sweeping anthology of myths, ranging from ancient Egypt and Greece to the Polynesian islands and modern science. We read stories of great floods from the ancient Babylonians, Hebrews, Chinese, and Mayans; tales of apocalypse from India, the Norse, Christianity, and modern science; myths of the mother goddess from Native American Hopi culture and James Lovelock's Gaia. Leeming has culled myths from Aztec, Greek, African, Australian Aboriginal, Japanese, Moslem, Hittite, Celtic, Chinese, and Persian cultures, offering one of the most wide-ranging collections of what he calls the collective dreams of humanity.More important, he has organized these myths according to a number of themes, comparing and contrasting how various societies have addressed similar concerns, or have told similar stories. In the section on dying gods, for example, both Odin and Jesus sacrifice themselves to renew the world, each dying on a tree. Such traditions, he proposes, may have their roots in societies of the distant past, which would ritually sacrifice their kings to renew the tribe.In The World of Myth, David Leeming takes us on a journey "not through a maze of falsehood but through a marvellous world of metaphor," metaphor for "the story of the relationship between the known and the unknown, both around us and within us." Fantastic, tragic, bizarre, sometimes funny, the myths he presents speak of the most fundamental human experience, a part of what Joseph Campbell called "the wonderful song of the soul's high adventure." Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Hogs Wild Author: Ian Frazier Narrator: Ian Frazier Format: Unabridged Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins Language: English Release date: 06-07-16 Publisher: Macmillan Audio Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences Summary: "A master of both distilled insight and utter nonsense" (The Believer), Ian Frazier is one of the most gifted chroniclers of contemporary America. Hogs Wild assembles a decade's worth of his finest essays and reportage and demonstrates the irrepressible passions and artful digressions that distinguish his enduring body of work. Part muckraker, part adventurer, and part raconteur, Frazier beholds, captures, and occasionally reimagines the spirit of the American experience. He travels down South to examine feral hogs and learns that their presence in any county is a strong indicator that it votes Republican. He introduces us to a man who, when his house is hit by a supposed meteorite, hopes to "leverage" the space object into opportunity for his family, and a New York City police detective who is fascinated with rap-music-related crimes. Alongside Frazier's delight in the absurdities of contemporary life is his sense of social responsibility: There's an echo of the great reform-minded writers in his pieces on a soup kitchen, opioid overdose deaths on Staten Island, and the rise in homelessness in New York City under Mayor Bloomberg. In each dizzying discovery, Hogs Wild unearths the joys of inquiry without agenda, curiosity without calculation. To listen to Frazier is to become a kind of social and political anthropologist - astute and deeply engaged. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Does Fat Shaming Work? Author: Trevor Clinger Narrator: Zach Sielaff Format: Unabridged Length: 6 mins Language: English Release date: 06-08-15 Publisher: Trevor Clinger Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences Summary: All throughout the world, obesity has been identified as a rising epidemic. Obese men and women are often the most labeled and criticized population compared to any other group. Many people view fat shaming as a bad thing, but could it actually be a good thing? Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: The Road Taken Author: Henry Petroski Narrator: Michael Butler Murray Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins Language: English Release date: 07-14-16 Publisher: Audible Studios for Bloomsbury Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences Summary: Physical infrastructure in the United States is crumbling. The American Society of Civil Engineers has, in its latest report, given American roads and bridges a grade of D and C+, respectively, and has described roughly 65,000 bridges in the United States as 'structurally deficient'. This crisis - and one need look no further than the I-35W bridge collapse in Minnesota to see that it is indeed a crisis - shows little sign of abating short of a massive change in attitude amongst politicians and the American public. In The Road Taken, acclaimed historian Henry Petroski explores our core infrastructure from historical and contemporary perspectives and explains how essential their maintenance is to America's economic health. Recounting the long history behind America's highway system, Petroski reveals the genesis of our interstate numbering system (even roads go east-west, odd go north-south); the inspiration behind the center line that has divided roads for decades; and the creation of such taken-for-granted objects as guardrails, stop signs, and traffic lights - all crucial parts of our national and local infrastructure. His history of the rebuilding of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge reveals the complex and challenging interplay between government and industry inherent in the conception, funding, design, and building of major infrastructure projects while his forensic analysis of the street he lives on - its potholes, gutters, and curbs - will engage homeowners everywhere. A compelling work of history, The Road Taken is also an urgent clarion call aimed at American citizens, politicians, and anyone with a vested interest in our economic well-being. The road we take in the next decade toward rebuilding our aging infrastructure will in large part determine our future national prosperity. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Insight Author: Tasha Eurich Narrator: Tasha Eurich Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 28 mins Language: English Release date: 05-18-17 Publisher: Macmillan Digital Audio Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences Summary: Do you understand who you really are? Or how others really see you? We all know people with a stunning lack of self-awareness - but how often do we consider whether we might have the same problem? Research shows that self-awareness is the meta-skill of the 21st century - the foundation for high performance, smart choices, and lasting relationships. Unfortunately we are remarkably poor judges of ourselves and how we come across, and it's rare to get candid, objective feedback from colleagues, employees, and even friends and family. Integrating hundreds of studies with her own research and work in the Fortune 500 world, organizational psychologist Tasha Eurich shatters conventional assumptions about what it takes to truly know ourselves - like why introspection isn't a bullet train to insight, how experience is the enemy of self-knowledge, and just how far others will go to avoid telling us the truth about ourselves. Through stories of people who've made dramatic self-awareness gains, she offers surprising secrets, techniques and strategies to help listeners do the same - and therefore improve their work performance, career satisfaction, leadership potential, relationships and more. At a time when self-awareness matters more than ever, Insight is the essential playbook for surviving and thriving in an unaware world. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio on our desktop site. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Hjemmerveri og drab (Dansk Kriminalreportage 2014) Author: Ole Jensen Narrator: Finn Andersen Format: Unabridged Length: 52 mins Language: English Release date: 06-15-17 Publisher: Lindhardt og Ringhof Genres: Nonfiction, Politics Summary: rets sidste dag - den 31. december - huskes formentlig af de fleste som en festdag, den dag og aften hvor man mdes med familie eller gode venner og tnker tilbage p ret, der gik, og hvor man mindes nogle af de begivenheder, som har betydet noget srligt for den enkelte. Langt de fleste fejrer nytret med god mad, rdvin og champagne, og nr rdhusklokkerne slr det frste salg og sledes markerer - ikke bare dgnskiftet, men ogs at et nyt r begynder - ja s skler vi og nyder raketterne over nattehimlen. Den 31. december 2011 forlb mildest talt noget anderledes for Grete Holmegaard, netop denne dag gik verden helt i st for den 52-rige sygeplejerske. Grete stod pludselig midt i sit livs vrste mareridt, hun fandt én af sine allerkreste livls. Hendes mor Karen l dd - drbt - i sit egen hjem af én eller flere ukendte gerningsmnd. Der er i artiklen benyttet fiktive navne. ©2017 Lindhardt og Ringhof (P)2017 Lindhardt og Ringhof Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Distrust That Particular Flavor Author: William Gibson Narrator: Robertson Dean Format: Unabridged Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins Language: English Release date: 01-17-12 Publisher: Tantor Audio Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences Summary: A new compilation of essays and articles from novelist William Gibson, offering listeners a privileged view into the mind of a writer whose thinking has shaped our culture. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: How to Smoke Pot (Properly) Author: David Bienenstock Narrator: Graham Halstead Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins Language: English Release date: 04-19-16 Publisher: Tantor Audio Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences Summary: Once literally demonized as "the Devil's lettuce" and linked to all manner of deviant behavior by the establishment's shameless antimarijuana propaganda campaigns, Cannabis sativa has lately been enjoying a long-overdue Renaissance. So now that the squares at long last seem ready to rethink pot's place in polite society, how, exactly, can members of this vibrant, innovative, life-affirming culture proudly and properly emerge from the underground - without forgetting our roots or losing our cool? In How to Smoke Pot (Properly), VICE weed columnist and former High Times editor David Bienenstock charts the course for this bold new postprohibition world. With plenty of stops along the way for "pro tips" from friends in high places, including cannabis celebrities and thought leaders of the marijuana movement, listeners will learn everything from the basics of blazing to how Mary Jane makes humans more creative and collaborative, nurtures empathy, catalyzes epiphanies, enhances life's pleasures, promotes meaningful social bonds, facilitates cross-cultural understanding, and offers a far safer alternative to both alcohol and many pharmaceutical drugs. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Reputation Author: Gloria Origgi, Stephen Holmes, Noga Arikha Narrator: Andrea Gallo Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins Language: English Release date: 12-05-17 Publisher: Recorded Books Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences Summary: A compelling exploration of how reputation affects every aspect of contemporary life Reputation touches almost everything, guiding our behavior and choices in countless ways. But it is also shrouded in mystery. Why is it so powerful when the criteria by which people and things are defined as good or bad often appear to be arbitrary? Why do we care so much about how others see us that we may even do irrational and harmful things to try to influence their opinion? In this engaging book, Gloria Origgi draws on philosophy, social psychology, sociology, economics, literature, and history to offer an illuminating account of an important yet oddly neglected subject. Origgi examines the influence of the Internet and social media as well as the countless ranking systems that characterize modern society and contribute to the creation of formal and informal reputations in our social relations, in business, in politics, in academia, and even in wine. She highlights the importance of reputation to the effective functioning of the economy and e-commerce. Origgi also discusses the existential significance of our obsession with reputation, concluding that an awareness of the relationship between our reputation and our actions empowers us to better understand who we are and why we do what we do. Compellingly written and filled with surprising insights, Reputation pins down an elusive subject that affects everyone. Author bio: Gloria Origgi, a Paris-based philosopher, is a senior researcher at the Institut Jean Nicod at the National Center for Scientific Research. Her books include one on trust and another on the future of writing on the Internet. She maintains a blog in English, French, and Italian at gloriaoriggi.blogspot.com. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Unbound Author: Richard L. Currier Narrator: Noah Michael Levine Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins Language: English Release date: 11-23-15 Publisher: Audible Studios Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences Summary: Although we usually think of technology as something unique to modern times, our ancestors began to create the first technologies millions of years ago in the form of prehistoric tools and weapons. Over time, eight key technologies gradually freed us from the limitations of our animal origins. The fabrication of weapons, the mastery of fire, and the technologies of clothing and shelter radically restructured the human body, enabling us to walk upright, shed our body hair, and migrate out of tropical Africa. Symbolic communication transformed human evolution from a slow biological process into a fast cultural process. The invention of agriculture revolutionized the relationship between humanity and the environment, and the technologies of interaction led to the birth of civilization. Precision machinery spawned the industrial revolution and the rise of nation-states; and in the next metamorphosis, digital technologies may well unite all of humanity for the benefit of future generations. Synthesizing the findings of primatology, paleontology, archeology, history, and anthropology, Richard Currier reinterprets and retells the modern narrative of human evolution that began with the discovery of Lucy and other Australopithecus fossils. But the same forces that allowed us to integrate technology into every aspect of our daily lives have also brought us to the brink of planetary catastrophe. Unbound explains both how we got here and how human society must be transformed again to achieve a sustainable future. Technology: "The deliberate modification of any natural object or substance with forethought to achieve a specific end or to serve a specific purpose." Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Elements of Taste Author: Benjamin Errett Narrator: Sean Pratt Format: Abridged Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins Language: English Release date: 10-18-17 Publisher: Gildan Media LLC Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences Summary: From My Little Pony to the Sex Pistols: An engaging exploration of why we love what we love. Katy Perry. Wes Anderson. Coldplay. Star Wars. Hamilton. Gilmore Girls. We all have our most and least favorite things. But why? In this smart, funny, and well-researched audiobook, Benjamin Errett brings together the latest findings from the worlds of psychology, criticism, neuroscience, market research, and more to examine what taste really means - and what it can teach us about ourselves. Covering kitsch, nostalgia, snobbery, bad taste, George Michael, and what it means to be "basic", this is the ultimate listen for anyone who devours popular and not-so-popular culture. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: 300 Arguments: Essays Author: Sarah Manguso Narrator: Sarah Manguso Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 14 mins Language: English Release date: 07-20-17 Publisher: TalkingBook Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences Summary: A brilliant and exhilarating sequence of aphorisms from one of our greatest essayists. There will come a time when people decide you've had enough of your grief, and they'll try to take it away from you. Bad art is from no one to no one. Am I happy? Damned if I know, but give me a few minutes and I'll tell you whether you are. Thank heaven I don't have my friends' problems. But sometimes I notice an expression on one of their faces that I recognize as secret gratitude. I read sad stories to inoculate myself against grief. I watch action movies to identify with the quick-witted heroes. Both the same fantasy: I'll escape the worst of it. - from 300 Arguments A "Proustian minimalist on the order of Lydia Davis" (Kirkus Reviews), Sarah Manguso is one of the finest literary artists at work today. To hear her work is to witness acrobatic acts of compression in the service of extraordinary psychological and spiritual insight. 300 Arguments, a foray into the frontier of contemporary nonfiction writing, is at first glance a group of unrelated aphorisms. But, as in the work of David Markson, the pieces reveal themselves as a masterful arrangement that steadily gathers power. Manguso's arguments about desire, ambition, relationships, and failure are pithy, unsentimental, and defiant, and they add up to an unexpected and renegade wisdom literature. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Body of Truth Author: Harriet Brown Narrator: Karen Saltus Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins Language: English Release date: 05-11-15 Publisher: Gildan Media, LLC Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences Summary: Over the past 25 years, our quest for thinness has morphed into a relentless obsession with weight and body image. In our culture "fat" has become a four-letter word. Or, as Lance Armstrong said to the wife of a former teammate, "I called you crazy. I called you a bitch. But I never called you fat." How did we get to this place where the worst insult you can hurl at someone is "fat"? Where women and girls (and increasingly men and boys) will diet, purge, overeat, undereat, and berate themselves and others all in the name of being thin? As a science journalist, Harriet Brown has explored this collective longing and fixation from an objective perspective; as a mother, wife, and woman with "weight issues", she has struggled to understand it on a personal level. Now, in Body of Truth, Brown systematically unpacks what's been offered as "truth" about weight and health. Starting with the four biggest lies, Brown shows how research has been manipulated; how the medical profession is complicit in keeping us in the dark; how big pharma and big, empty promises equal big, big dollars; how much of what we know (or think we know) about health and weight is wrong. And how all of those affect all of us every day, whether we know it or not. The quest for health and wellness has never been more urgent, yet most of us continue to buy in to fad diets and unattainable body ideals, unaware of the damage we're doing to ourselves. Through interviews, research, and her own experience, Brown not only gives us the real story on weight, health, and beauty but also offers concrete suggestions for how each of us can sort through the lies and misconceptions and make peace with and for ourselves. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Why Beer Matters Author: Evan Rail Narrator: Evan Rail Format: Unabridged Length: 40 mins Language: English Release date: 07-01-14 Publisher: Audible Studios Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences Summary: Over the past few years, there's been an explosion of interest in good beer. As hundreds of great new breweries have opened across the country and around the world, quality ales and lagers have been given an importance never before imagined. Despite beer's renaissance, however, no one seems to have focused on why beer suddenly matters, or what it is about beer that makes it the drink for our age. In this 6,500-word (20-page) personal essay, Evan Rail investigates several compelling aspects of beer beyond its principal role as a great drink, from its very real sense of place to its unusual relationship with the passing of time. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Escuche este audio libro completo gratis en : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Título: El fin del poder: Cómo el poder ya no es lo que era [The End of Power: How Power Is No Longer What It Was] Autor: Moisés Naím Narrador: Carlos Vicente Formato: Unabridged Duración: 15 hrs and 50 mins Idioma: Español Fecha de publicación: 03-14-16 Editor: Audible Studios para Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Categorías: Nonfiction, Social Sciences Resumen: El primer audio libro seleccionado por Mark Zuckerberg para su club de lectura en Facebook. El poder está cambiando de manos: de grandes ejércitos disciplinados a caóticas bandas de insurgentes; de gigantescas corporaciones a ágiles emprendedores; de los palacios presidenciales a las plazas públicas. Pero también está cambiando en sí mismo: cada vez es más difícil de ejercer y más fácil de perder. El resultado, como afirma el prestigioso analista internacional Moisés Naím, es que los líderes actuales tienen menos poder que sus antecesores, y que el potencial para que ocurran cambios repentinos y radicales sea mayor que nunca. En El fin del poder, Naím describe la lucha entre los grandes actores antes dominantes y los nuevos micro-poderes que ahora les desafían en todos los ámbitos de la actividad humana. La energía iconoclasta de los micro-poderes puede derrocar dictadores, acabar con los monopolios, y abrir nuevas e increíbles oportunidades, pero también puede conducir al caos y a la parálisis. Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish. Contacto: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: The Headache Factory: True Tales of Online Obsession and Madness Author: Jim Goad Narrator: Jim Goad Format: Unabridged Length: 3 hrs and 10 mins Language: English Release date: 04-12-16 Publisher: Audible Studios Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences Summary: If Andy Warhol could have anticipated the Internet, he would have said its where everyone will be stalked for at least 15 minutes. Notorious underground author Jim Goad describes himself as a lowly neutrino in the vast universe of celebrity, yet he attracts a certain breed of demented fan that treats him as if hes the second coming of Christ - that is, until they feel hes somehow snubbed them, at which point he transforms into Satan. The Headache Factory documents Jims extensive experiences fending off fans who morphed into stalkers. By turns terrifying and amusing, the book demonstrates how social media enables the antisocial to reach out and touch anyone they want - even if their target doesnt want to be touched. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Chilenske bander rver guldsmede i Kbenhavn for millioner (Dansk Kriminalreportage 2013) Author: Allan Juul Laugesen Narrator: Jesper Bllehuus Format: Unabridged Length: 32 mins Language: English Release date: 06-13-17 Publisher: Lindhardt og Ringhof Genres: Nonfiction, Politics Summary: Serier af rverier mod guldsmedeforretninger og villaindbrud skyllede i perioden 2009-2010 ind over de nordiske hovedstder Oslo, Stockholm og Kbenhavn. Rverierne og indbruddene blev beget af chilenske bander, hvilket stod kart efter flere af gerningsmndene var blevet anholdt og dmt. Rverierne kulminerede den 24. april 2010 i Kbenhavn, da en af de chilenske gerningsmnd blev skudt og drbt under et voldsomt rveri med guldsmedeforretningen Aveny p Amagerbrogade. Her rvede syv gerningsmnd under trussel med pistol smykker til en vrdi af 4.987.000 kroner. ©2017 Lindhardt og Ringhof (P)2017 Lindhardt og Ringhof Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: The Harm in Hate Speech Author: Jeremy Waldron Narrator: Dennis Holland Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins Language: English Release date: 06-03-14 Publisher: Audible Studios Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences Summary: Every liberal democracy has laws or codes against hate speech - except the United States. For constitutionalists, regulation of hate speech violates the First Amendment and damages a free society. Against this absolutist view, Jeremy Waldron argues powerfully that hate speech should be regulated as part of our commitment to human dignity and to inclusion and respect for members of vulnerable minorities. Causing offense - by depicting a religious leader as a terrorist in a newspaper cartoon, for example - is not the same as launching a libelous attack on a groups dignity, according to Waldron, and it lies outside the reach of law. But defamation of a minority group, through hate speech, undermines a public good that can and should be protected: the basic assurance of inclusion in society for all members. A social environment polluted by anti-gay leaflets, Nazi banners, and burning crosses sends an implicit message to the targets of such hatred: your security is uncertain and you can expect to face humiliation and discrimination when you leave your home. Free-speech advocates boast of despising what racists say but defending to the death their right to say it. Waldron finds this emphasis on intellectual resilience misguided and points instead to the threat hate speech poses to the lives, dignity, and reputations of minority members. Finding support for his view among philosophers of the Enlightenment, Waldron asks us to move beyond knee-jerk American exceptionalism in our debates over the serious consequences of hateful speech. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: The Ostrich Paradox Author: Robert Meyer, Howard Kunreuther Narrator: Don Hagen Format: Unabridged Length: 3 hrs and 24 mins Language: English Release date: 02-14-17 Publisher: Gildan Media, LLC Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences Summary: We fail to evacuate when advised. We rebuild in flood zones. We don't wear helmets. We fail to purchase insurance. We would rather avoid the risk of "crying wolf" than sound an alarm. Our ability to foresee and protect against natural catastrophes has never been greater; yet we consistently fail to heed the warnings and protect ourselves and our communities, with devastating consequences. What explains this contradiction? In The Ostrich Paradox, Wharton professors Robert Meyer and Howard Kunreuther draw on years of teaching and research to explain why disaster preparedness efforts consistently fall short. Filled with heartbreaking stories of loss and resilience, the book addresses: The Ostrich Paradox is a must-hear for anyone who wants to understand why we consistently underprepare for disasters, as well as private and public leaders, planners, and policy makers who want to build more prepared communities. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com