English | ISBN: 9781469088211 | 2011 | MP3 | M4B | 06:59:05 | 187 MB
In the first half of the twenty-first century, giving to family and community foundations alone will be ten times in today's dollars what it was throughout the entire twentieth century. Yet despite tremendous innovation in the social sector, philanthropy's natural state is under-performance. Not since Andrew Carnegie wrote The Gospel of Wealth has a book been written that provides practical guidance for donors to get the most impact from their giving.Almost a decade ago, Thomas J. Tierney left Bain & Company to co-found The Bridgespan Group, a nonprofit focused on helping donors and nonprofit leaders to develop and execute strategies to accelerate social change. In Give Smart, Tierney pools his hands-on knowledge with philanthropy expert Joel L. Fleishman to create a much-needed primer for philanthropists and the nonprofit organizations they support. Drawing from personal experiences, testimonials, and Bridgespan's case studies, including those of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Give Smart picks up where Jim Collins' Good to Great and the Social Sectors left off and presents the first in-depth, expert guide for engaged donors and nonprofit leaders.

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English | ASIN: B09V6JW1BV | 2022 | 9 hours and 24 minutes | MP3 | M4B | 256 MB
The harvesting of wild American ginseng (panax quinquefolium), the gnarled, aromatic herb known for its therapeutic and healing properties, is deeply established in North America and has played an especially vital role in the southern and central Appalachian Mountains. Traded through a trans-Pacific network that connected the region to East Asian markets, ginseng was but one of several medicinal Appalachian plants that entered international webs of exchange. As the production of patent medicines and botanical pharmaceutical products escalated in the mid-to-late-nineteenth century, southern Appalachia emerged as the United States's most prolific supplier of many species of medicinal plants. The region achieved this distinction because of its biodiversity and the persistence of certain common rights that guaranteed widespread access to the forested mountainsides, regardless of who owned the land.

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English | July 29, 2014 | ASIN: B00M1Z5LM4 | MP3 | M4B | 7h 31m | 205 MB
Author: James A. Levine | Narrator: Gildart Jackson

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English | ASIN: B0BGQGF59S | 2022 | 4 hours and 40 minutes | MP3 | M4B | 128 MB
The study of geometry is at least 2500 years old, and it is within this field that the concept of mathematical proof—deductive reasoning from a set of axioms—first arose. To this day geometry remains a very active area of research in mathematics. This Very Short Introduction covers the areas of mathematics falling under geometry, starting with topics such as Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometries, and ranging to curved spaces, projective geometry in Renaissance art, and geometry of space-time inside a black hole. Starting from the basics, Maciej Dunajski proceeds from concrete examples (of mathematical objects like Platonic solids, or theorems like the Pythagorean theorem) to general principles. Throughout, he outlines the role geometry plays in the broader context of science and art.

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English | ASIN: B0BL4ZLM5Z | 2022 | 7 hours and 24 minutes | MP3 | M4B | 206 MB
Future-proof yourself and develop critical skills for the digital future. The working world has changed dramatically in the last twenty years and it's going to continue to transform at an even faster pace. How can the average professional stay afloat in an ocean of constant change and technological revolution? In Future Skills Bernard Marr delivers an engaging and insightful discussion of how you can prepare yourself for the digital future of work.

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English | ASIN: B09RQ4L751 | 2022 | MP3 | M4B | ~08:49:00 | 290 MB
Matthew Perry (Author, Narrator), "Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir"

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English | ASIN: B0B8PD27CF | 2022 | 6 hours and 30 minutes | MP3 | M4B | 162 MB
A renowned psychologist argues that free will is not only real but essential to our well-being. It's become fashionable to argue that free will is a fiction: that we humans are in the thrall of animal urges and unconscious biases and only think that we are choosing freely. In Freely Determined, research psychologist Kennon Sheldon argues that this perception is not only wrong but also dangerous. Drawing on decades of his own groundbreaking empirical research into motivation and goal setting, Sheldon shows us that embracing the ability to choose our path in life makes us happier, healthier, and more fulfilled. He also shows that this insight can help us choose better goals—ones that are concordant with our values and that, critically, we're more likely to actually see through. Providing listeners insight into how they can live a more self-directed, satisfying life, Freely Determined offers an essential guide for how we might recognize our freedom and use it wisely.

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English | February 25, 2021 | ASIN: B08TCHY3BG | MP3 | M4B | 2h 20m | 122 MB
Author and Narrator: Andrew Doyle

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English | ASIN: B0BG5YFZX4 | 2022 | 9 hours and 9 minutes | MP3 | M4B | 262 MB
From a MacArthur "Genius," an intellectual history of the free market, from ancient Rome to the twenty-first century. After two government bailouts of the US economy in less than twenty years, free market ideology is due for serious reappraisal. In Free Market, Jacob Soll details how we got to this current crisis, and how we can find our way out by looking to earlier iterations of free market thought. Contrary to popular narratives, early market theorists believed that states had an important role in building and maintaining free markets. But in the eighteenth century, thinkers insisted on free markets without state intervention, leading to a tradition of ideological brittleness. That tradition only calcified in the centuries that followed. Tracing the intellectual evolution of the free market from Cicero to Milton Friedman, Soll argues that we need to go back to the origins of free market ideology in order to truly understand it—and to develop new economic concepts to face today's challenges.

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English | October 29, 2013 | ASIN: B00FQS5BBO | MP3 | M4B | 8h 35m | 227.17 MB
Author: Mary Shelley

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