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The Madness of Grief A Memoir of Love and Loss (Audiobook)

The Madness of Grief A Memoir of Love and Loss (Audiobook)
English | 2021 | MP3 | M4B | ASIN: B08SMNXPNJ | Duration: 5:12 h | 286 MB
Richard Coles / Narrated by Richard Coles
Whether it is pastoral care for the bereaved, discussions about the afterlife or being called out to perform the last rites, death is part of the Reverend Richard Coles' life and work. But when his partner, the Reverend David Coles, died, shortly before Christmas in 2019, much about death took Coles by surprise. For one thing, David's death at the early age of 43 was unexpected.

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The Last Love Song A Biography of Joan Didion (Audiobook)

The Last Love Song A Biography of Joan Didion (Audiobook)
English | 2015 | MP3 | M4B | ASIN: B017C26M3C | Duration: 26:45 h | 734 MB
Tracy Daugherty / Narrated by Bernadette Dunne
In The Last Love Song, Tracy Daugherty, the critically acclaimed author of Hiding Man (a New York Times Notable book) and Just One Catch, delves deep into the life of distinguished American author and journalist Joan Didion in this, the first biography published about her life. Joan Didion lived a life in the public and private eye with her late husband, writer John Gregory Dunne, whom she met while the two were working in New York City, when Didion was at Vogue and Dunne was writing for Time. They became wildly successful writing partners when they moved to Los Angeles and cowrote screenplays and adaptations together. Didion is well known for her literary journalistic style in both fiction and nonfiction. Some of her most notable work includes Slouching Towards Bethlehem, Run River, and The Year of Magical Thinking, a National Book Award winner shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize. Daugherty takes listeners on a journey back through time, following a young Didion in Sacramento through to her adult life as a writer. Daugherty interviews those who know and knew her personally while maintaining a respectful distance from the reclusive literary great. The Last Love Song reads like fiction; lifelong fans and listeners learning about Didion for the first time will be enthralled with this impressive tribute.

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The Floor of Heaven A True Tale of the Last Frontier and the Yukon Gold Rush (Audiobook)

The Floor of Heaven A True Tale of the Last Frontier and the Yukon Gold Rush (Audiobook)
English | 2011 | MP3 | M4B | ASIN: B004XXVSMY | Duration: 16:03 h | 440 MB
Howard Blum / Narrated by John H. Mayer
It is the last decade of the 19th century. The Wild West has been tamed and its fierce, independent and often violent larger-than-life figures – gun-toting wanderers, trappers, prospectors, Indian fighters, cowboys, and lawmen –are now victims of their own success. They are heroes who've outlived their usefulness.

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The Fall of Rome The History and Legacy of the Western Roman Empire's Collapse in the 5th Century [Audiobook]

The Fall of Rome The History and Legacy of the Western Roman Empire's Collapse in the 5th Century [Audiobook]
English | ISBN: 9798822641358 | 2022 | 2 hours and 14 minutes | MP3 | M4B | 123 MB
For the people of the ancient Mediterranean and beyond, the city of Rome had been a symbol of power for centuries, and entering the early 5th century CE, the Eternal City hadn't been taken by an enemy force since the Gauls had done it about 800 years, an unheard of period of tranquility in a world wracked with almost constant warfare. Thus, when the Visigoths, whom the Romans considered uncultured and inferior, took the city of Rome and sacked it in 410, the world was stunned. It made theologians of the newly Christianized empire question God's plan on Earth, and it encouraged many leading Romans to look east to Constantinople for their future. Indeed, the Western Roman Empire would completely collapse in the late 5th century, less than 70 years after the Visigoths sacked Rome, and just how it went from being a superpower to a poorly led, weak, and vulnerable shadow of its former self has preoccupied historians for centuries.
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The Dancing Wu Li Masters An Overview of the New Physics (Audiobook)

The Dancing Wu Li Masters An Overview of the New Physics (Audiobook)
English | 2001 | MP3 | M4B | ISBN: 1559276436 | Duration: 10:54 h | 149 MB
Gary Zukav / Narrated by Gary Zukav
Particle physics is a science that few of us really understand. Indeed, it can be an intimidating, confusing study. Or it can be, as it is in The Dancing Wu Li Masters, a comprehensible, awe-inspiring world of absolute wonder and enchantment. In beautifully clear, often poetic language, with no mathematical equations, Gary Zukav presents this carefully abridged edition of his bestseller to open our minds to ideas that embrace the nature of the universe, and to help us gain intellectual and spiritual access to this often-baffling world.