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![]() English | ASIN: B004Y5BVNW | 2011 | 29 hours and 50 minutes |MP3|M4B | 821 MB There are many, many studies of the Civil War. Books have been written on its economic effects, its political causes, its relationship to western expansion. But the real fascination of the war is the story of combat, men in battle. Combat: The Civil War tells this story in the words of men who actually marched into battle. We share their experiences, their fears, and their moments of bravery at Vicksburg, on board the Monitor, at Gettysburg, and at the bloody battle of Antietam. ![]() English | ASIN: B09MR4XH6J | 2021 | 23 hours and 50 minutes |MP3|M4B | 654 MB A major study of the collapse of the Soviet Union - showing how Gorbachev's misguided reforms led to its demise. In 1945, the Soviet Union controlled half of Europe and was a founding member of the United Nations. By 1991, it had an army four million strong, 5,000 nuclear-tipped missiles, and was the second biggest producer of oil in the world. But soon afterward, the union sank into an economic crisis and was torn apart by nationalist separatism. Its collapse was one of the seismic shifts of the 20th century. ![]() English | ASIN: B096YL932D | 2021 | 7 hours and 00 minutes |MP3|M4B | 192 MB The extraordinary life and legacy of legendary journalist Cokie Roberts - a trailblazer for women - remembered by her friends and family. Through her visibility and celebrity, Cokie Roberts was an inspiration and a role model for innumerable women and girls. A fixture on national television and radio for more than 40 years, she also wrote five best-selling books focusing on the role of women in American history. She was portrayed on Saturday Night Live, name checked on the West Wing, and featured on magazine covers. She joked with Jay Leno, balanced a pencil on her nose for David Letterman, and was the answer to numerous crossword puzzle clues. Many dogs, and at least one dairy cow, were named for her. When the legendary 1980s Spy Magazine ran a diagram documenting all her connections with the headline "Cokie Roberts - Moderately Well-Known Broadcast Journalist or Center of the Universe?", they were only half-joking. ![]() English | ASIN: B09HL4LJKQ | 2021 | 7 hours and 12 minutes |MP3|M4B | 198 MB Digital technology, big data, big tech, machine learning, and AI are revolutionizing both the tools of economics and the phenomena it seeks to measure, understand, and shape. In Cogs and Monsters, Diane Coyle explores the enormous problems - but also opportunities - facing economics today if it is to respond effectively to these dizzying changes and help policymakers solve the world's crises. Mainstream economics, Coyle says, still assumes people are "cogs" - self-interested, calculating, independent agents interacting in defined contexts. But the digital economy is much more characterized by "monsters" - untethered, snowballing, and socially influenced unknowns. ![]() English | ISBN: 9781667056111 | 2021 | 3 hours and 48 minutes |MP3|M4B | 104 MB Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in 4 Weeks: How to Overcome Grief, Panic, Fear, Anxiety & Depression.The Life-Changing Workbook to Rewire Your Mind & Master your Emotions.New Version ![]() English | 2021 | ISBN: 9781667006680 | 5 hours and 31 minutes |MP3|M4B | 151 MB Do you wish to have full control over your mind and not let it get your life into a downward spiral? ![]() English | ASIN: B092R8RQM3 | 2021 | 20 hours and 52 minutes |MP3|M4B | 574 MB Peter Seibel interviews 15 of the most interesting computer programmers alive today in Coders at Work, offering a companion volume to Apress's highly acclaimed best-seller Founders at Work by Jessica Livingston. As the words "at work" suggest, Peter Seibel focuses on how his interviewees tackle the day-to-day work of programming, while revealing much more, like how they became great programmers, how they recognize programming talent in others, and what kinds of problems they find most interesting. Hundreds of people have suggested names of programmers to interview on the Coders at Work web site. The complete list was 284 names. Having digested everyone's feedback, we selected 15 folks who've been kind enough to agree to be interviewed ![]() English | ASIN: B07NZX9DHY | 2019 | 13 hours and 21 minutes |MP3|M4B | 367 MB You use software nearly every instant you're awake. And this may sound weirdly obvious, but every single one of those pieces of software was written by a programmer. Programmers are thus among the most quietly influential people on the planet. As we live in a world made of software, they're the architects. The decisions they make guide our behavior. When they make something newly easy to do, we do a lot more of it. If they make it hard or impossible to do something, we do less of it. If we want to understand how today's world works, we ought to understand something about coders. ![]() English | ASIN: B000D1URXQ | 2005 | 10 hours and 11 minutes |MP3|M4B | 278 MB The life and adventures of Thomas Cochrane, a young man who rose from midshipman to admiral, are so extraordinary that, to paraphrase Patrick O'Brian, one has to suspend disbelief. In fact, O'Brian admitted to using Cochrane as the model for his character Jack Aubrey. Second only to Nelson among the heroes of the Royal Navy, Cochrane became a household name in Britain during the 1800s as the Admiralty called upon his extraordinary skill as a sailor, his mastery of gunnery, and his daring use of ruses, including flying under false colors, to overcome ships many times his size. His fearlessness became a byword and his life on land became as colorful as at sea. Here truly is a legendary hero. ![]() English | 2012 |MP3|M4B | ASIN: B007PW1LB8 | Duration: 6:37 h | 91 MB Aaron Levine / Narrated by Donna Postel |