English | ASIN: B01FKWM24O | 2016 | 21 hours and 2 minutes | MP3 | M4B | 574 MB
Perhaps the most influential science book ever written, On the Origin of Species has continued to fascinate for more than a century after its initial publication. Its controversial theory that populations evolve and adapt through a process known as natural selection led to heated scientific, philosophical, and religious debate, revolutionizing every discipline in its wake. With its clear, concise, and surprisingly enjoyable prose, On the Origin of Species is both captivating and edifying.

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English | ASIN: B09YVNBH5P | 2022 | 9 hours and 45 minutes | MP3 | M4B | 536 MB
The number one New York Times best seller, now in an expanded audiobook edition that includes detailed historical context for the democracy-threatening Ukrainian conflict and a call to action for modern times. This edition includes the best-selling original On Tyranny, read by the author. In this exclusive audiobook edition, which includes eight hours of new content, Timothy Snyder combines the original On Tyranny (2017)—20 lessons on how history can instruct our response to the rise of tyranny around the world today—with 20 new lessons that answer the questions everyone is asking about Russia's war on Ukraine. With forays into history, he clarifies the causes of the Russian invasion and the meaning of Ukrainian resistance, and explains the war's connections to threats to democracy around the world. Linking past and present, and speaking only from notes, Snyder delivers an important call to arms and roadmap for resistance, providing invaluable ideas for how we can preserve our freedoms in the uncertain years to come. This is the long view we all need, given to us right now by a leading expert.

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English | ASIN: B09NP931YQ | 2021 | 8 hours and 22 minutes | MP3 | M4B | 231 MB
A few years ago, Andri Snaer Magnason, one of Iceland's most beloved writers and public intellectuals, was asked by a leading climate scientist why he wasn't writing about the greatest crisis mankind has faced. Magnason demurred: He wasn't a specialist, it wasn't his field. But the scientist persisted: "If you cannot understand our scientific findings and present them in an emotional, psychological, poetic, or mythological context," he told him, "then no one will really understand the issue, and the world will end."

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English | 2014 | MP3 | M4B | ASIN: B00K7KNCOY | Duration: 5:59 h | 164 MB
David Foster Wallace / Narrated by Robert Petkoff

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English | 2022 | MP3 | M4B | ASIN: B09BBNTQ5N | Duration: 2:58 h | 83 MB
Robert M. Pirsig, Wendy K. Pirsig / Narrated by Mark Bramhall, Abby Craden

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English | ASIN: B09PB18P6M | 2022 | 5 hours and 45 minutes | MP3 | M4B | 158 MB
Operation Protective Edge, Israel's 2014 assault on Gaza, left thousands of Palestinians dead and cleared the way for another Israeli land grab. The need to stand in solidarity with Palestinians has never been greater. Ilan Pappe and Noam Chomsky, two leading voices in the struggle to liberate Palestine, discuss the road ahead for Palestinians and how the international community can pressure Israel to end its human rights abuses against the people of Palestine.

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English | ASIN: B09VQ7NC2M | 2022 | 15 hours and 14 minutes | MP3 | M4B | 418 MB
A groundbreaking meditation on pain, painkillers, and dependence from a prescription opioid user. Her writing has been described as "measured," "sensuous," and "compelling." In 2016, Carlyn Zwarenstein's short narrative on pain made the Globe and Mail's Top 100 Books. Now, she returns with a seductive dive into opioids and the nature of dependence. North Americans are the world's most prolific users of opioid painkillers. In On Opium, Zwarenstein describes her own use of opioid-inspired medicines to cope with a painful disease.

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English | 2022 | MP3 | M4B | ASIN: B09XXNVS57 | Duration: 9:14 h | 503 MB
William V. Taylor Jr. / Narrated by Michael Curtis

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English | ASIN: B06Y1FGKT3 | 2017 | MP3 | M4B | 8 hours and 48 minutes | 240 MB
A celebrated science and health reporter offers a wry, bracingly honest account of living with anxiety.

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English | ASIN: B0B1L1S3QD | 2022 | 12 hours and 4 minutes | MP3 | M4B | 332 MB
In a world where oil-rich states are more likely to start war than their oil-dependent counterparts, it's surprising how little attention is still paid to these so-called petrostates. These states' wealth props up the global arms trade, provides diplomatic leverage, and allows them to support violent and nonviolent proxies. In Oil, the State, and War, Emma Ashford explores the many potential links between domestic oil production and foreign policy behavior and how oil production influences global politics. Not all petrostates have the same characteristics or capabilities.

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