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![The Operating System An Anarchist Theory of the Modern State [Audiobook]](https://i121.fastpic.org/big/2023/0215/61/28ad220aef08b93c2157f0bd075aba61.jpeg) The Operating System: An Anarchist Theory of the Modern State (Audiobook) English | December 09, 2022 | ASIN: B0B11PXGGS | M4B@64 kbps | 9h 2m | 254 MB Author: Eric Laursen | Narrator: Bea Flowers One of the most unique aspects of anarchism as a political philosophy is that it seeks to abolish the state. But what exactly is "the state"? The State is like a vast operating system for ordering and controlling relations among human society, the economy, and the natural world, analogous to a digital operating system like Windows or MacOS. Like a state, an operating system "governs" the programs and applications under it and networked with it, as well as, to some extent, the individuals who avail themselves of these tools and resources. No matter how different states seem on the surface they share core similarities, namely: The State is a relatively new thing in world historyThe State is European in origin and outlookStates are "individuals" in the eyes of the lawThe State claims the right to determine who is a personThe State is an instrument of violence and warThe State is above the lawThe State is first and foremost an economic endeavor ![The More or Less Definitive Guide to Self-Care [Audiobook]](https://i121.fastpic.org/big/2023/0215/18/e3ebbe26cf3cdf6d0833f1ea3aaf8f18.jpeg) The More or Less Definitive Guide to Self-Care (Audiobook) English | ASIN: B07SBJ897G | 2019 | 4 hours and 23 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 239 MB Author: Anna Borges Narrator: Eileen Stevens The go-to guide for self-care - an A to Z, mental health-centric handbook from asking for help to catching some zzz's. Self-care is everywhere - but sound bites on this trendy subject tend to focus more on face masks and bubble baths than on its key objective: mental health. Now, top health writer Anna Borges is here to fix that in The More or Less Definitive Guide to Self-Care. Formerly at BuzzFeed, Borges helped popularize the self-care movement in the first place, and her book distills the "self-care internet" into an A to Z list with over two hundred entries - from soul-searching prompts to simple pick-me-ups. Listeners can tailor their own routines by choosing among Borges's strategies, which cover four distinctive realms of self-care: physical, mental, social, and spiritual. Drawing on real-world experience (her own and others') as well as expert advice, Borges empowers listeners to take charge of their well-being. This guide is a one-stop shop for mind, body, and soul. ![The Life and Death of Ella Grand Duchess of Russia A Romanov Tragedy [Audiobook]](https://i121.fastpic.org/big/2023/0215/98/87b6609977a53cd54a868e0149ef4398.jpeg) The Life and Death of Ella Grand Duchess of Russia: A Romanov Tragedy (Audiobook) English | ASIN: B0BTFS7YTR | 2023 | 11 hours and 38 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 332 MB Author: Christopher Warwick Narrator: Julian Elfer Described as the 'most beautiful princess in Europe', and a woman 'capable of arousing profane passion', this is the story of a woman whose life combined privilege and tragedy, love and riches, conviction and courage, humanity and inhumanity. A granddaughter of Queen Victoria, Ella was born Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine. At twenty, her marriage to the Grand Duke Serge Alexandrovich, who became the victim of terrorist assassination, like the marriage of her younger sister Alexandra to Tsar Nicholas II, was partly responsible for the fall of the Imperial House of Romanov. In her widowhood and against great opposition, Ella established the first convent community of its kind in Moscow. ![The Grey Men Pursuing the Stasi into the Present [Audiobook]](https://i121.fastpic.org/big/2023/0215/e9/0da03dff3ebfcaff64f6c0e34bb6e4e9.jpeg) The Grey Men: Pursuing the Stasi into the Present (Audiobook) English | June 10, 2021 | ASIN: B08WJWJ3T1 | M4B@64 kbps | 11h 7m | 316 MB Author: Ralph Hope | Narrator: B. J. Harrison What do you do with a hundred thousand idle spies? By 1990, the Berlin Wall had fallen and the East German state security service folded. During 40 years, they had amassed more than a billion pages in manila files detailing the lives of their citizens. Overnight, almost 100,000 Stasi employees, many of them experienced officers with access to highly personal information, found themselves unemployed. This is the story of what they did next.  The Goblin and the Woman by Hans Christian Andersen English | MP3@192 kbps | 10 min | 14.5 MB In every peasant dwelling, lives a goblin, a small invisible creature, who plays all kinds of tricks on the inhabitants. At least, that is what the peasants believe, but one woman, the gardener's wife, did not believe this. Yet, they really do exist, and the little goblin who lived in the gardener's house was very angry that the woman did not believe in him!  The Future of China by Introbooks Team English | MP3@192 kbps | 46 min | 64.3 MB One must accept that a lot of inconsistencies about China will never sound good in terms of the Western mindset. However, China, whose Communist Party government turns 70 today, treads the path of growth, carrying occasional embarrassment of inconsistency. ![The Essential Marcus Aurelius [Audiobook]](https://i121.fastpic.org/big/2023/0215/79/449aceb554afe2422056b1faf7ad7279.jpeg) The Essential Marcus Aurelius (Audiobook) English | ASIN: B0B3KSRQRN | 2022 | 2 hours and 56 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 163 MB Author: Jacob Needleman, John P. Piazza Narrator: Victor Bevine This inaugural-and all new-Tarcher Cornerstone Edition presents a stunningly relevant and reliable translation of the thoughts and aphorisms of the Stoic philosopher and Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, properly placing the philosopher-king's writings within the vein of the world's great religious and ethical traditions. The late antique world possessed no voice like that of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius (121-180 CE). His private meditations on what constitutes a good life have withstood the centuries and reach us today with the same penetrating clarity and shining light as the words of Shakespeare, Emerson, or Thoreau. ![The Economic Consequences of U.S. Mobilization for the Second World War [Audiobook]](https://i121.fastpic.org/big/2023/0215/b1/f3c5ff48c6e875a22132222859729db1.jpeg) The Economic Consequences of U.S. Mobilization for the Second World War (Audiobook) English | ASIN: B0BTJ9KZ4B | 2023 | 17 hours and 26 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 494 MB Author: Alexander J. Field Narrator: Steve Marvel A reminder that war is not always, or even generally, good for long-term growth. Many believe that despite its destructive character, war ultimately boosts long-term economic growth. For the United States this view is often supported by appeal to the experience of the Second World War, understood as a triumph of both production and productivity. Alexander Field shows that between 1941 and 1945 manufacturing productivity actually declined, depressed by changes in the output mix and resource shocks from enemy action, including curtailed access to natural rubber and, on the Eastern Seaboard, petroleum.  The Drop of Water by Hans Christian Andersen English | MP3@192 kbps | 03 min | 5.3 MB An old man called Kribble-Krabble observed a drop of water in a puddle in a ditch through a magnifying glass. And it kribbled and krabbled and when things were not as he wanted, he used witchcraft and that is exactly what happened here.  The Dream of a Ridiculous Man by Fyodor Dostoevsky English | MP3@192 kbps | 53 min | 73.6 MB "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man" is a short story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky written in 1877. It chronicles the experiences of a man who decides that there is nothing of any value in the world. Slipping into nihilism with the "terrible anguish" he is determined to commit suicide. A chance encounter with a young girl, however, begins the man on a journey that re-instills a love for his fellow man. It was first published in A Writer's Diary. |
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