Do Everything: The Biography of Frances Willard (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BM57XYPC | 2022 | 16 hours and 51 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 486 MB
Author: Christopher H. Evans
Narrator: Elizabeth Wiley
Frances Willard (1839-1898) was one of the most prominent American social reformers of the late nineteenth century. As the long-time president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), Willard built a national and international movement of women that campaigned for prohibition, women's rights, economic justice, and numerous other social justice issues during the Gilded Age. Emphasizing what she called "Do Everything" reform, Willard became a central figure in international movements in support of prohibition, women's suffrage, and Christian socialism.

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Disability Pride: Dispatches from a Post-ADA World (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BFK8ZCQQ | 2022 | 9 hours and 51 minutes | MP3@64 kbps | 252 MB
Author: Ben Mattlin
Narrator: Anthony Michael Lopez
A revealing portrait of the diverse disability community as it is today, and how disability attitudes, activism, and representation have evolved since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). In Disability Pride, disabled journalist Ben Mattlin weaves together interviews and reportage to introduce a cavalcade of individuals, ideas, and events in engaging, fast-paced prose. He traces the generation that came of age after the ADA reshaped America, and how it is influencing the future. He documents how autistic self-advocacy and the neurodiversity movement upended views of those whose brains work differently. He lifts the veil on a thriving disability culture-from social media to high fashion, Hollywood to Broadway-showing how the politics of beauty for those with marginalized body types and facial features is sparking widespread change.

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Determining Leadership Potential: Powerful Insights to Winning at the Talent Game (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BMDYP26F | 2022 | 6 hours and 4 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 159 MB
Author: Dr. Kimberly Janson, Dr. Melody Rawlings
Narrator: Caroline Keeler
We are in the midst of a leadership crisis that is derailing business success, and it's time to get rigorous about talent. This book will show you how, with an effective and consistent framework to help galvanize decision-makers around leadership potential. Time and time again, organizations place too many leaders in roles that are not a fit. The financial, strategic, and human costs of poor leadership are staggering and unnecessary. But organizations that effectively identify high-potential talent are likely to financially outperform those that do not do this work by a factor of 4.2 to 1, not to mention all the other positive impacts.

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Demetrius: Sacker of Cities (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BGSZW37P | 2022 | 5 hours and 33 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 164 MB
Author: James Romm
Narrator: John Telfer
A portrait of one of the ancient world's first political celebrities, who veered from failure to success and back again. The life of Demetrius (337-283 BCE) serves as a through-line to the forty years following the death of Alexander (323-282 BCE), a time of unparalleled turbulence and instability in the ancient world. With no monarch able to take Alexander's place, his empire fragmented into five pieces. Capitalizing on good looks, youth, and sexual prowess, Demetrius sought to weld those pieces together and recover the dream of a single world-state, with a new Alexander-himself-at its head. He succeeded temporarily, but in crucial, colossal engagements-a massive invasion of Egypt, a siege of Rhodes that went on a full year, and the Battle of Ipsus-he came up just short. He ended his career in a rash invasion of Asia, and he became the target of a desperate manhunt only to be captured and destroyed by his own son-in-law.

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Deliberate Calm: How to Learn and Lead in a Volatile World (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B09V1WFMR8 | 2022 | 9 hours and 10 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 262 MB
Author: Jacqueline Brassey, Aaron De Smet, Michiel Kruyt
Narrator: Samantha Desz
A trio of McKinsey & Company veterans draws from a unique combination of psychology, neuroscience, and consciousness practices plus a combined 50-plus years of international board room experience to offer a unique approach to learning and leading with awareness and intentional choice, even amidst the most challenging circumstances. As the speed of change in our increasingly complex world accelerates daily, leaders are tasked with performing outside of their familiar zones both in their personal and professional lives. This requires us to adapt. Yet, the same conditions that make adapting so important can also trigger fear, leading us to resist change and default to reactive behavior.

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Crécy: Battle of Five Kings (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0B29HZJ31 | 2022 | 10 hours and 12 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 556 MB
Author: Michael Livingston
Narrator: Rupert Farley
A groundbreaking new study of the battle of Crécy, in which the outnumbered English under King Edward III won a decisive victory over the French and changed the course of the Hundred Years War. The battle of Crécy in 1346 is one of the most famous and widely studied military engagements in history. The repercussions of this battle were felt for hundreds of years, and the exploits of those fighting reached the status of legend. Yet cutting-edge research has shown that nearly everything that has been written about this dramatic event may be wrong. In this new study, Michael Livingston reveals how modern scholars have used archived manuscripts, satellite technologies and traditional fieldwork to help unlock what was arguably the battle's greatest secret: the location of the now quiet fields where so many thousands died. Crécy: Battle of Five Kings is a story of past and present. It is a new history of one of the most important battles of the Middle Ages: a compelling narrative account of the battle of Crécy that still adheres to the highest scholarly standards in its detail. It is also an account that incorporates the most cutting-edge revelations and the personal story of how those discoveries were made.

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Crazy Joy: Finding Wild Happiness in a World That's Upside Down (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B09SBTW7YD | 2022 | 5 hours and 24 minutes | MP3@64 kbps | 145 MB
Author: Mary Katherine Backstrom
Narrator: Mary Katherine Backstrom
A bestselling author helps listeners find radical joy in a world full of constant comparison by accepting that life is a wild ride and happiness fluctuates with our circumstances. Happiness is considered a destination, but the finish line is constantly moving. With her trademark candor and hilarious storytelling, MK paints a picture of a different life-one bursting with a force that is far more sustainable and vibrant: joy. Witty and refreshingly honest, MK invites her listeners to embark on a counter-cultural journey toward a life filled to the brim with contentment, humor, and most importantly, Crazy Joy.

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Con/Artist: The Life and Crimes of the World's Greatest Art Forger (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0B2DYLQKF | 2022 | 8 hours and 29 minutes | MP3@64 kbps | 226 MB
Author: Tony Tetro, Giampiero Ambrosi
Narrator: Tony Tetro, Giampiero Ambrosi, Richard Ferrone
The world's most renowned art forger reveals the secrets behind his decades of painting like the masters-exposing an art world that is far more corrupt than we ever knew while providing an art history lesson wrapped in sex, drugs, and Caravaggio. The art world is a much dirtier, nastier business than you might expect. Tony Tetro, one of the most renowned art forgers in history, will make you question every masterpiece you've ever seen in a museum, gallery, or private collection. Tetro's "Rembrandts," "Caravaggios," "Miros," and hundreds of other works now hang on walls around the globe. In 2019, it was revealed that Prince Charles received into his collection a Picasso, Dali, Monet, and Chagall, insuring them for over 200 million pounds, only to later discover that they're actually "Tetros." And the kicker? In Tony's words: "Even if some tycoon finds out his Rembrandt is a fake, what's he going to do, turn it in? Now his Rembrandt just became motel art. Better to keep quiet and pass it on to the next guy. It's the way things work for guys like me." The Prince Charles scandal is the subject of a forthcoming feature documentary with Academy Award nominee Kief Davidson and coauthor Giampiero Ambrosi, in cooperation with Tetro.

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Communication Essentials: The Tools You Need to Master Every Type of Professional Interaction (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BN2GML4J | 2022 | 7 hours and 16 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 196 MB
Author: Trey Guinn
Narrator: Derek Dysart
No matter how great your knowledge, expertise, or experience, poor communication skills undermine your ability to get your message across, achieve your objectives, and build crucial relationships. To advance your career-and succeed in other aspects of life, as well-building theses skills is essential. In Communication Essentials, expert Trey Guinn takes you step-by-step through the process of improvement, from understanding the importance of message clarity to specific, goal-based strategies to develop and maximize your skills. Packed with insights, anecdotes, exercises, and Essential Takeaways to wrap up each chapter, Communication Essentials ensures you'll walk away feeling fully equipped and prepared to put your skills into action right away.

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Coming to Terms with John F. Kennedy (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BLTJ3ZJF | 2022 | 10 hours and 26 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 301 MB
Author: Stephen F. Knott
Narrator: Christopher P. Brown
Coming to Terms with John F. Kennedy offers a nuanced assessment of the thirty-fifth president, whose legacy and impact people continue to debate to this day. Stephen F. Knott examines Kennedy through the lens of five critical issues: his interpretation of presidential power, his approach to civil rights, and his foreign policy toward Cuba, the Soviet Union, and Vietnam. Knott also explores JFK's assassination and the evolving interpretations of his presidency, both highly politicized subject matters. What emerges is a president as complex as the author's shifting views about him.

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