English | ASIN: B09GD5S5C7 | 2021 | 13 hours and 46 minutes |MP3|M4B | 378 MB
Levels of violent crime have been in a steady decline for centuries-for millennia, even. Over the past 500 years, homicide rates have decreased a hundred-fold. We live in a time that is more orderly and peaceful than ever before in human history. Why, then, does fear of crime dominate modern politics? In Command and Persuade, Peter Baldwin examines the evolution of the state's role in crime and punishment over 3,000 years. Baldwin explains that the involvement of the state in law enforcement and crime prevention is relatively recent.

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English | ISBN: 9780008217938 | 2021 | 6 hours and 45 minutes |MP3|M4B | 186 MB
A deeply personal and inspiring memoir from one of the most celebrated and influential names in British sport. Tom Daley captured the hearts of the nation with his unforgettable medal-winning performance in the London 2012 Olympics. At this year's Games in Tokyo, he triumphed to win gold and became the most decorated British diver of all time. In this deeply personal book, Tom explores the experiences that have shaped him and the qualities to which he owes his contentment and success; from the resilience he developed competing at world-class level, to the courage he discovered while reclaiming the narrative around his sexuality, and the perspective that family life has brought him. Candid and perceptive, Coming Up for Air offers a unique insight into the life and mindset of one our greatest and most-loved athletes.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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?

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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

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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.

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