Free Download Oscar Hammerstein II and the Invention of the Musical (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CNQ83QZ1 | 2023 | 13 hours and 46 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 403 MB
Author: Laurie Winer
Narrator: Tanya Eby
You know his work-Show Boat, Oklahoma!, Carousel, The King and I. But you don't really know Oscar Hammerstein II, the man who, more than anyone else, invented the American musical. Among the most commercially successful artists of his time, he was a fighter for social justice who constantly prodded his audiences to be better than they were. Diving deep into Hammerstein's life, examining his papers and his lyrics, critic Laurie Winer shows how he orchestrated a collective reimagining of America, urging it forward with a subtly progressive vision of the relationship between country and city, rich and poor, America and the rest of the world. His rejection of bitterness, his openness to strangers, and his optimistic humor shaped not only the musical but the American dream itself. His vision can continue to be a touchstone to this day.

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Free Download Osage Tribe: From Hunters To Oil Barons (Audiobook)
English | ISBN: 9781839384141 | 2023 | 9 hours and 00 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 246 MB
Author: A.J. Kingston
Narrator: A.I. Madison
Delve into the captivating world of the Osage Tribe, a riveting journey through time, resilience, and cultural evolution. Embark on a comprehensive exploration of the Osage Nation's extraordinary history and the profound impact of their journey from ancient roots to becoming oil barons in the modern era. This unique book bundle offers a compelling collection of four meticulously researched volumes, each illuminating a crucial chapter in the Osage Tribe's captivating saga.

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Free Download Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BT8GNJHG | 2023 | 9 hours and 35 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 278 MB
Author: Matt Singer
Narrator: Matt Singer
Once upon a time, if you wanted to know if a movie was worth seeing, you didn't check out Rotten Tomatoes or IMDB. You asked whether Siskel & Ebert had given it "two thumbs up." On a cold Saturday afternoon in 1975, two men (who had known each other for eight years before they'd ever exchanged a word) met for lunch in a Chicago pub. Gene Siskel was the film critic for the Chicago Tribune. Roger Ebert had recently won the Pulitzer Prize-the first ever awarded to a film critic-for his work at the Chicago Sun-Times. To say they despised each other was an understatement. When they reluctantly agreed to collaborate on a new movie review show with PBS, there was at least as much sparring off-camera as on. No decision-from which films to cover to who would read the lead review to how to pronounce foreign titles-was made without conflict, but their often-antagonistic partnership (which later transformed into genuine friendship) made for great television.

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Free Download Opinions: A Decade of Arguments, Criticism, and Minding Other People's Business (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BTCBX5CX | 2023 | 9 hours and 58 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 287 MB
Author: Roxane Gay
Narrator: Roxane Gay
From beloved and bestselling author Roxane Gay, "a strikingly fresh cultural critic" (Washington Post) comes an exhilarating collection of her essays on culture, politics, and everything in between. Since the publication of the groundbreaking Bad Feminist and Hunger, Roxane Gay has continued to tackle big issues embroiling society-state-sponsored violence and mass shootings, women's rights post-Dobbs, online disinformation, and the limits of empathy-alongside more individually personalized matters: can I tell my co-worker her perfume makes me sneeze? Is it acceptable to schedule a daily 8 am meeting? In her role as a New York Times opinion section contributor and the publication's "Work Friend" columnist, she reaches millions of readers with her wise voice and sharp insights. Opinions is a collection of Roxane Gay's best nonfiction pieces from the past ten years. Covering a wide range of topics-politics, feminism, the culture wars, civil rights, and much more-with an all-new introduction in which she reflects on the past decade in America, this sharp, thought-provoking anthology will delight Roxane Gay's devotees and draw new audiences to this inimitable talent.

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Free Download One Fine Day: Britain's Empire on the Brink (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BWK96B7L | 2023 | 27 hours and 11 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 792 MB
Author: Matthew Parker
Narrator: Ben Onwukwe
This critical historical exploration shows a portrait of the British Empire at both the peak of its global reach and the moment it began to topple. September 29, 1923. Once the Palestine Mandate officially takes effect, the British Empire-now covering a quarter of the world's land and boasting a population of 460 million-is the largest the world has ever seen. But it is also an empire in rapid transition. Nationalist and Pan-African movements are gaining momentum throughout West Africa, thanks as much to Marcus Garvey as to the sustained efforts of local activists and politicians.

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Free Download On the World Around Us: 25 Explorations of Britain, Past and Present (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BMGB47Y2 | 2023 | 6 hours and 49 minutes | MP3@128 kbps | 376 MB
Author: Andrew Martin
Narrator: Andrew Martin
Andrew Martin reflects on Britain's customs, attitudes and social and supernatural phenomena in these six BBC Radio series. Drawn from Radio 3's The Essay strand and presented by journalist and award-winning author Andrew Martin, this beguiling collection brings together his witty, Alan Bennett-esque observations on England's disappearing pastimes, rituals and beliefs. Yorkshire sees him musing on the county of his birth and upbringing, as he considers his 'Tyke' identity and the ancient rivalry between Yorkshire and Lancashire; chews over questions of class in 'God's Own County'; ponders its past and future; and recalls the coastal jaunts of his youth. In Hanging On, Martin celebrates five aspects of British life that are still with us - just, as he raises a toast to the boating pond; the ventriloquist's doll; the telephone; the milkman and sex shops.

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Free Download On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BVSKPR7W | 2023 | 14 hours and 23 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 412 MB
Author: Ronald C. White
Narrator: Ronald C. White
From the New York Times bestselling author comes the dramatic and definitive biography of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, the history-altering professor turned Civil War hero. Before 1862, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain had rarely left his home state of Maine, where he was a trained minister and mild-mannered professor at Bowdoin College. His colleagues were shocked when he volunteered for the Union army, but he was undeterred and later became known as one of the North's greatest heroes: On the second day at Gettysburg, after running out of ammunition at Little Round Top, he ordered his men to wield their bayonets in a desperate charge down a rocky slope that routed the Confederate attackers.

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Free Download Okinawa: A Decorated Marine's Account of the Last Battle of World War II (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CL5FX8ZF | 2023 | 6 hours and 36 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 369 MB
Author: Robert Leckie
Narrator: Preston Geer
Former Marine and Pacific War veteran Robert Leckie tells the story of the invasion of Okinawa, the closing battle of World War II. Leckie is a skilled military historian, mixing battle strategy and analysis with portraits of the men who fought on both sides to give the listener a complete account of the invasion. Lasting eighty-three days and surpassing D-Day in both troops and material used, the Battle of Okinawa was a decisive victory for the Allies, and a huge blow to Japan. In this stirring account, Leckie provides a complete picture of the battle and its context in the larger war.

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Free Download Off-Earth: Ethical Questions and Quandaries for Living in Outer Space (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CN7HJYT4 | 2023 | 9 hours and 43 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 259 MB
Author: Erika Nesvold
Narrator: April Doty
Can we do better in space than we've done here on Earth? We've pinpointed the destination, refined the technology, designed the habitat. Are we forgetting something? A timely reminder that it's not just rocket science, this book explores the all-too-human issues raised by the prospect of settling in outer space. Accordingly, her work highlights the complex ethical challenges that accompany any other-worldly venture-questions about the environment, labor rights, and medical ethics, among others.

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Free Download Occult America: White House Seances, Ouija Circles, Masons, and the Secret Mystic History of Our Nation, 2023 Edition (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CDHL4QQ4 | 2023 | 11 hours and 20 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 334 MB
Author: Mitch Horowitz
Narrator: Mitch Horowitz
It touched lives as disparate as those of Frederick Douglass, Franklin Roosevelt, and Mary Todd Lincoln-who once convinced her husband, Abe, to host a séance in the White House. Americans all, they were among the famous figures whose paths intertwined with the mystical and esoteric movement broadly known as the occult. Brought over from the Old World and spread throughout the New by some of the most obscure but gifted men and women of early U.S. history, this "hidden wisdom" transformed the spiritual life of the still-young nation and, through it, much of the Western world. Yet the story of the American occult has remained largely untold. Now a leading writer on the subject of alternative spirituality brings it out of the shadows. Here is a rich, fascinating, and colorful history of a religious revolution and an epic of offbeat history.

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