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![Slavery and Freedom in the Shenandoah Valley During the Civil War Era [Audiobook]](https://i115.fastpic.org/big/2021/0831/fa/5447f3b3c964e02b1817940aefc977fa.jpeg) English | ASIN: B098BJCCKL | 2021 | 7 hours and 51 minutes |MP3|M4B | 216 MB This book examines the complexities of life for African Americans in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley from the antebellum period through Reconstruction. Although the Valley was a site of fierce conflicts during the Civil War and its military activity has been extensively studied, scholars have largely ignored the Black experience in the region until now. Correcting previous assumptions that slavery was not important to the Valley and that enslaved people were treated better there than in other parts of the South, Jonathan Noyalas demonstrates the strong hold of slavery in the region. He explains that during the war, enslaved and free African Americans navigated a borderland that changed hands frequently - where it was possible to be in Union territory one day, Confederate territory the next, and no-man's land another. He shows that the region's enslaved population resisted slavery and supported the Union war effort by serving as scouts, spies, and laborers or by fleeing to enlist in regiments of the United States Colored Troops. Noyalas draws on untapped primary resources to continue the story and reveal the challenges African Americans faced from former Confederates after the war. He traces their actions, which were shaped uniquely by the volatility of the struggle in this region, to ensure that the war's emancipationist legacy would survive.  English | 2021 |MP3|M4B | ASIN: B0911RKWLP | Duration: 55:11 h | 1,47 GB Eihei Dōgen / Narrated by Brian Nishii The Shōbōgenzō is the recognized spiritual masterpiece by the 13th- century Japanese Sōtō Zen Master Eihei Dōgen. It is comprised of discourses that he gave to his disciples, in person or in writing, at various times between 1231 and his death 22 years later at age 53. These discourses cover a wide range of topics pertinent to those in monastic life, though often also relevant to those training in lay life. He discusses matters of daily behavior and religious ceremonial as well as issues involving the Master-disciple relationship. He also explores the deeper meaning that informs the so-called Zen kōan stories, which are often puzling in their seeming illogicality and contrary nature.  English | 2009 |MP3|M4B | ASIN: B002MQP3Z2 | Duration: 10:44 h | 145 MB Thomas H. Keith, J. Terry Riebling / Narrated by Michael Prichard Discover a newfound appreciation for the war in the Pacific.  English | 2016 |MP3|M4B | ASIN: B01GI7B98A | Duration: 12:22 h | 298 MB Paul Mason From Paul Mason, the award-winning Channel 4 presenter, PostCapitalism is a guide to our era of seismic economic change and how we can build a more equal society. ![On War, 2021 Edition [Audiobook]](https://i115.fastpic.org/big/2021/0831/3d/65e82dc80b87c2c1e35ffaecc393583d.jpeg) English | ASIN: B09CJL2FJY | 2021 | 31 hours and 10 minutes |MP3|M4B | 849 MB A classic work of military strategy, On War sets forth the theories and tactics of Carl von Clausewitz, a distinguished Prussian general who was notable for his roles in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. The book covers a broad range of topics, including weapons, terrain, troops, and leadership, as well as the importance of defense over offence, the balance of power, and the subordination of war to politics. Praised for its timeless insights, Clausewitz's treatise is often compared to the work of Machiavelli and Sun Tzu, and remains relevant to military leaders today. [center]  English | 2015 |MP3|M4B | ASIN: B0169AIPB0 | Duration: 3:29 h | 95 MB Charlotte Joko Beck Beyond the meditation cushion, where do you ultimately find the profound clarity, presence, and simple joy of Zen? "Where it has always been - in everyday life," teaches Charlotte Joko Beck, "whether it's raising our kids, working in the office, or even cleaning the house." On Living Everyday Zen, this seminal voice in American Zen shares some of her hallmark teachings and insights from nearly 50 years of practice. Beck's ability to make the abstract concrete and accessible for anyone who engages in the practice distinguishes her from most other Zen teachers.  English | 2021 |MP3|M4B | ASIN: B093T35Q5K | Duration: 10:01 h | 549 MB Benson J. Lossing / Narrated by David Fluitt Most people know the importance of the Declaration of Independence, but few know much about its signers. This reprint of an 1848 original provides a brief biography on each of the 56 signers of the Declaration. Learn the virtues of these venerated Americans who helped create the most stable and enviable nation in the world.  English | 2011 |MP3|M4B | ASIN: B006IBPGV8 | Duration: 11:43 h | 241 MB Boris Johnson London is special. For centuries, it has been amongst the greatest cities of the world. But a city is nothing without its people. This sparkling new history of London, told through a relay-race of great Londoners shows in one, personality-packed book that the ingenuity, diversity, creativity and enterprise of London are second to none. Boris Johnson believes that in order to understand London one has to know about its past. The heart and spirit of London lies in its people, in the range of its cultures. Through its diversity and energy, London provides an environment which empowers people to create, the impetus to invent. Boris Johnson's new book explores this cross current of influences between Westminster and the City, between the politicians and the wealth creators, over many centuries. Johnson's Life of London - a fitting tribute of course to one of the greatest Londoners - celebrates many of the characters who have made this city great. Boris's book provides a chronological story of London but is written in the form of a relay race of biographies - some very famous figures, some more obscure. He ranges from the Romans to one of the author's predecessors as mayor, Dick Whittington; from John Wilkes (a strong upholder of the freedom of the press) to J.W. Turner; from Chaucer to Gandhi, and through to modern times.Boris Johnson writes with wit and erudition, providing the reader with delightful insights. The book discovers London as none of us have seen it before and the journey is exhilarating and surprising .  English | 2019 |MP3|M4B | ASIN: B07WW7TBMC | Duration: 5:12 h | 286 MB Eddie Woo / Narrated by Adam Lofbomm Why aren't left-handers extinct? What makes a rainbow round? How is a pancreas...like a pendulum?  English | 2014 |MP3|M4B | ASIN: B00M3EVK5A | Duration: 12:24 h | 342 MB Edith Hall / Narrated by Sian Thomas Acclaimed classics scholar Edith Hall's Introducing the Ancient Greeks is the first book to offer a synthesis of the entire ancient Greek experience, from the rise of the Mycenaean kingdoms of the sixteenth century BC to the final victory of Christianity over paganism in AD 391. Each of the ten chapters visits a different Greek community at a different moment during the twenty centuries of ancient Greek history. In the process, the book makes a powerful original argument: A cluster of unique qualities made the Greeks special and made them the right people, at the right time, to take up the baton of human progress. |
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