George Orwell: A Sage for All Seasons
By: Michael Shelden
4.36
Format: 11 pages, Audiobook
In George Orwell: A Sage for All Seasons, join Orwell’s authorized biographer, Professor Michael Sh…
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1. The Italian Renaissance (The Great Courses #3970)
By: Kenneth R. Bartlett
4.16
Format: 18 pages, Audio CD
The effects of the Italian Renaissance are still with us today, from the incomparable paintings of … read more
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2. Politics and the English Language
By: George Orwell
3.17
Format: None pages, ebook
"Politics and the English Language" (1946) is an essay by George Orwell that criticises the "ugly a… read more
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- nonfiction
3. God's Problem: How the Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question - Why We Suffer
By: Bart D. Ehrman
2.50
Format: 52 pages, Hardcover
In times of questioning and despair, people often quote the Bible to provide answers. Surprisingly,… read more
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4. Armageddon Averted: The Soviet Collapse, 1970-2000
By: Stephen Kotkin
5.00
Format: 36 pages, Paperback
In the Cold War era that dominated the second half of the twentieth century, nobody envisaged that … read more
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5. Down and Out in Paris and London
By: George Orwell
4.60
Format: None pages, Paperback
This unusual fictional account - in good part autobiographical - narrates without self-pity and oft… read more
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6. Biology and Human Behavior: The Neurological Origins of Individuality
By: Robert M. Sapolsky
3.95
Format: None pages,
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7. No Excuses: Existentialism And The Meaning Of Life (Great Courses, #437)
By: Robert C. Solomon
3.85
Format: 208 pages,
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8. Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent 1934-1941
By: William L. Shirer , Gordon A. Craig
4.17
Format: 427 pages, Paperback
By the acclaimed journalist and bestselling author of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich,this day… read more
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9. Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir
By: Werner Herzog
4.25
Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition
Legendary filmmaker and celebrated author Werner Herzog tells in his inimitable voice the story of … read more
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10. Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape
By: Cal Flyn
4.20
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
Investigative journalist Cal Flyn's ISLANDS OF ABANDONMENT, an exploration of the world's most deso… read more
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- history
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"But the unplanned nature preserves that have formed up in the buffer zones have come to serve as a focus for bilateral cooperation after hostilities are over."-Cal Flyn, Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape
"Further back, cooling ponds strewn with rusted pipes were busy with teals and moorhens. An old concrete streetlight stood incongruously in the woods beyond: some ravaged Narnia. Jays catcalled overhe…"-Cal Flyn, Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape
"This is a corrupted world, yes - one long fallen from a state of grace - but it is a world too that knows how to live. It has a great capacity for repair, for recovery, for forgiveness - of a sort - …"-Cal Flyn, Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape
"And so for a hundred years a forest grew up across the land, tall and dark and impenetrable, whose undergrowth curled and snarled into a thicket of bramble and black thorn. This was a forbidden fores…"-Cal Flyn, Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape
11. A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy
By: Nathan Thrall
4.35
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
WINNER OF THE 2024 PULITZER PRIZE FOR GENERAL NON-FICTION Named a Best Book of the Year by The N… read more
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12. The Everything War: Amazon’s Ruthless Quest to Own the World and Remake Corporate Power
By: Dana Mattioli
4.10
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From veteran Amazon reporter for The Wall Street Journal, and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in in… read more
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- history
- audiobook
13. Banned Books, Burned Books: Forbidden Literary Works
By: Maureen Corrigan
4.18
Format: 13 pages, Audible Audio
Throughout the 24 lectures of Banned Books, Burned Books: Forbidden Literary Works, author and book… read more
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14. Quest for Meaning: Values, Ethics, and the Modern Experience
By: Robert H. Kane
3.93
Format: 13 pages, Audible Audio
What are true human values? What is worthy of our highest honor and love? What purposes should orde… read more
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15. Con/Artist: The Life and Crimes of the World's Greatest Art Forger
By: Tony Tetro
3.75
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The world’s most renowned art forger reveals the secrets behind his decades of painting like the ma… read more
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- audiobook
16. The Culture of Knighthood in Medieval Romance
By: Larissa Tracy
3.63
Format: 3 pages, Audible Audio
See the word "knight " and you’ll likely think of gallant men facing off on the field of battle, or… read more
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- history
- audiobook
17. How the Crusades Changed History
By: Philip Daileader
3.86
Format: 12 pages, Audible Audio
11 hours 52 mins Hundreds of years have passed since the last crusader knight laid down his swor… read more
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- history
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18. Charlemagne Father of Europe
By: Philip Daileader
3.76
Format: None pages, Audiobook
In Charlemagne: Father of Europe, you will look back on Charlemagne’s rule and the way his dynasty … read more
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19. Hannibal: The Military Genius Who Almost Conquered Rome
By: Eve MacDonald
4.06
Format: 15 pages, Audible Audio
Hannibal Barca is famous for marching an eclectic mix of troops across the Alps and into the Roman … read more
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20. Capitalism vs. Socialism: Comparing Economic Systems
By: Edward F. Stuart
3.93
Format: 280 pages, Audible Audio
Ever since we produced our course Thinking About Capitalism, customers have expressed interest in a… read more
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21. Communism in Power: From Stalin to Mao
By: Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius
3.98
Format: 6 pages, Audible Audio
5 hours and 50 minutes Trace the growth of communism from Stalin’s consolidation of power to the… read more
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22. The Brain-Based Guide to Communicating Better
By: Allison Friederichs
3.66
Format: None pages, Audiobook
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23. The Aging Brain
By: Thad A. Polk
4.11
Format: 7 pages, Audible Audio
We're all getting older every day, and scientific research has shown that starting in our 20s, some… read more
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24. George Orwell’s 1984: An Audible Original adaptation
By: George Orwell
4.11
Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio
From the age of uniformity. From the age of solitude and doublethink. From the age of Big Brother… read more
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25. Understanding the Dark Side of Human Nature
By: Daniel Breyer
3.78
Format: 13 pages, Audible Audio
Hardly a day goes by that we don’t hear about someone committing a violent, reprehensible, even evi… read more
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26. The Rise of Modern Japan
By: Mark J. Ravina
4.05
Format: 6 pages, Audible Audio
Devastated by war, Japan in 1945 faced ruin as a major power. Yet within a quarter century it bounc… read more
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27. Shocking Psychological Studies and the Lessons They Teach
By: Thad A. Polk
4.00
Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio
We live in a time of amazing new technologies - and an unparalleled level of surveillance. Virtuall… read more
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28. George Orwell: A Sage for All Seasons
By: Michael Shelden
4.36
Format: 11 pages, Audiobook
In George Orwell: A Sage for All Seasons, join Orwell’s authorized biographer, Professor Michael Sh… read more
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29. How to Plan for the Perfect Retirement
By: Dana Anspach
3.99
Format: None pages, Audiobook
Recent statistics suggest that nearly two-thirds of Americans regret not planning properly for reti… read more
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30. Serial Killers: Real and Imagined (The Great Courses)
By: Emily Zarka
3.41
Format: None pages, Audiobook
Monster stories aren’t just meant to entertain. They’re meant to inform, even educate. Above all, t… read more
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31. African American History: From Emancipation Through Jim Crow
By: Hasan Kwame Jeffries
4.25
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
The abolition of slavery in 1865 did not bring about the kind of progress free Black men and women … read more
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