The New Abnormal: The Rise of the Biomedical Security State (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0B5M41RTW | 2022 | 9 hours and 11 minutes | MP3@64 kbps | 245 MB
Author: Aaron Kheriaty
Narrator: Chris Abell
The coronavirus pandemic conferred enormous power on certain government officials. They have no intention of giving it up. In the space of a few weeks in early 2020, Americans witnessed the imposition of previously unimagined social controls by the biomedical security state-the unelected technocrats who suddenly enjoyed nearly absolute power to incarcerate, isolate, and medicate the entire population. In this chilling new book, a dissident scientist reveals: the people and organizations that form the biomedical security state; its role in the origin of the pandemic and shaping the government response; why it is a threat to science, public health, and individual freedom; and, what can be done to confront and defeat this new Leviathan.

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The Making of White American Identity (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BP3ZT96K | 2022 | 11 hours and 39 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 334 MB
Author: Ron Eyerman
Narrator: Chris Monteiro
An account of the emergence and development of white consciousness throughout American history. In The Making of White American Identity, Ron Eyerman provides an explanation for how whiteness has become a basis for collective identification and collective action in the United States. Drawing upon his previous work on the formation of African American identity, as well as cultural trauma theory, collective memory, and social movements, he reveals how and under what conditions such a collective identification emerges, as well as how the mobilization of collective action around an ideology of whiteness and white superiority.

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The Lonely Hunter: How Our Search for Love Is Broken: A Memoir (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0979KRZ7R | 2022 | 7 hours and 54 minutes | MP3@64 kbps | 203 MB
Author: Aimée (Aimee) Lutkin
Narrator: Aimée (Aimee) Lutkin
When can we say we'll be single forever-and that's okay? One woman questions our society's pathologizing of loneliness in this crackling, incisive blend of memoir and cultural reporting. Chock-full of razor-sharp observations and poignant moments of vulnerability, The Lonely Hunter is a stirring account of one woman's experience of being alone and a revealing exposé of our culture's deep biases against the uncoupled. Blazingly smart, insightful, and full of heart, this is a book for anyone determined to make, follow, and break their own rules.

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The Last Supper: A Summer in Italy (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B099T6R3GK | 2022 | 7 hours and 55 minutes | MP3@64 kbps | 210 MB
Author: Rachel Cusk
Narrator: Antonia Beamish
A vivid and elegant account of a family's season abroad by one of our finest contemporary authors. Casting off a northern winter and an orderly life, a family decides to sell everything and go to Italy to search for art and its meanings, for freedom from routine, for a different path into the future. The award-winning writer Rachel Cusk describes a three-month journey around the Italy of Raphael and rented villas, of the Piero della Francesca Trail and the tourist furnace of Amalfi, of soccer and the simple glories of pasta and gelato. With her husband and two children, Cusk uncovers the mystery of a foreign language, the perils and pleasures of unbelonging, and the startling thrill of discovery - at once historic and intimate. Both sharp and humane in its exploration of the desire to travel and to escape, of art and its inspirations, of beauty and ugliness, and of the challenge of balancing domestic life with creativity, The Last Supper is an astonishing memoir.

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The Impossible City: A Hong Kong Memoir (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B097CL6V9R | 2022 | 11 hours and 3 minutes | MP3@64 kbps | 284 MB
Author: Karen Cheung
Narrator: Karen Cheung
A boldly rendered-and deeply intimate-account of Hong Kong today, from a resilient young woman whose stories explore what it means to survive in a city teeming with broken promises. Hong Kong is known as a place of extremes: a former colony of the United Kingdom that now exists at the margins of an ascendant China; a city rocked by mass protests, where residents rally-often in vain-against threats to their fundamental freedoms. But it is also misunderstood and often romanticized. Drawing from her own experience reporting on the politics and culture of her hometown, as well as interviews with musicians, protesters, and writers who have watched their home transform, Karen Cheung gives us a rare insider's view of this remarkable city at a pivotal moment-for Hong Kong and, ultimately, for herself.

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The Human Side of Digital Business Transformation: A Guide to Better Financial Decisions (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BQ12RRNH | 2022 | 11 hours and 9 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 321 MB
Author: Kamales Lardi
Narrator: Jeed Saddy
In The Human Side of Digital Business Transformation, veteran emerging technology expert Kamales Lardi delivers an essential and practical exploration of the real-world implementation of digital transformation. The book teaches listeners how to drive digital business transformation success by addressing a key element-the people side of transformation. This includes managing internal stakeholders, such as leadership teams and employees, as well as external stakeholders, such as customers, partners, and suppliers.

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The Hold Me Tight Workbook: A Couple's Guide for a Lifetime of Love (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0B2J5WZ95 | 2022 | 3 hours and 14 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 182 MB
Author: Dr. Sue Johnson
Narrator: Dr. Sue Johnson, Harriet Fraser
Drawing on the latest developments in Emotionally Focused Therapy, a field pioneered by Dr. Johnson, The Hold Me Tight Workbook is packed with sage wisdom and science-backed advice, as well as compelling conversation prompts, exercises, activities, and resources to help couples work through conflict and achieve greater levels of intimacy. The Hold Me Tight Workbook is an invaluable guide to cultivating a deeper connection-and more fulfilling relationship-with the person you love most.

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The Great Fossil Enigma: The Search for the Conodont Animal (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BQ194FPW | 2022 | 16 hours and 47 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 479 MB
Author: Simon J. Knell
Narrator: James Cameron Stewart
Stephen Jay Gould borrowed from Winston Churchill when he described the eel-like conodont animal as a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. The search for its identity confounded scientists for more than a century. Some thought it a slug, others a fish, a worm, a plant, even a primitive ancestor of ourselves. As the list of possibilities grew, an answer to the riddle never seemed any nearer. Would the animal that left behind the miniscule fossils known as conodonts ever be identified? Three times the creature was found, but each was quite different from the others. Were any of them really the one? Simon J. Knell takes the listener on a journey through 150 years of scientific thinking, imagining, and arguing. Slowly the animal begins to reveal traces of itself: its lifestyle, its remarkable evolution, its witnessing of great catastrophes, its movements over the surface of the planet, and finally its anatomy. Today the conodont animal remains perhaps the most disputed creature in the zoological world.

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The Future of Competitive Strategy: Unleashing the Power of Data and Digital Ecosystems (Management on the Cutting Edge) (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BNQWN12N | 2022 | 9 hours and 56 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 286 MB
Author: Mohan Subramaniam
Narrator: Tim Andres Pabon
How legacy firms can combine their traditional strengths with the power of data and digital ecosystems to forge a new competitive strategy for the digital era. How can legacy firms remain relevant in the digital era? In The Future of Competitive Strategy, strategic management expert Mohan Subramaniam explains how firms can leverage both their traditional strengths and the modern-day power of data and digital ecosystems to forge a new competitive strategy. Drawing on the experiences of a range of companies, including Caterpillar, Sleep Number, and Whirlpool, he explains how firms can benefit from data's enlarged role in modern business, develop digital ecosystems tailored to their unique business needs, and use new frameworks to harness the power of data for competitive advantage.

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The Freelance Way: Best Business Practices, Tools and Strategies for Freelancers (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BKHBLHYG | 2022 | 19 hours and 48 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 552 MB
Author: Robert Vlach
Narrator: Nathan Sigman
The most comprehensive book for freelancers ever written-Packed with proven freelance know-how, including advice from world-class experts. The Freelance Way is THE business audiobook for independent professionals. It presents the best available and fully up-to-date freelance know-how, compiled from hundreds of quality sources, including surveys, the latest market data, advice from world-class experts, as well as real-life experiences and stories from hundreds of professionals in different fields and countries, which makes the book highly relevant to freelancers worldwide. The contents of this volume cover all the basics and best practices for beginning freelancers, as well as advanced career strategies and tools for freelance veterans. There are practical tips for greater productivity, successful teamwork, smart pricing, powerful business negotiations, bulletproof personal finance, effective marketing, and much more.

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