Free Download Muse: Cicely Tyson and Me: A Relationship Forged in Fashion (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0C4C2YZQM | 2024 | 4 hours and 5 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 227 MB
Author: B Michael
Narrator: B Michael, Leon Nixon
A poignant and glorious memoir that pays homage to the lifelong friendship between the legendary Cicely Tyson and acclaimed fashion designer B Michael, who worked with her to make her gorgeous through her last bow. What greater act of friendship is there than making someone dear look and feel their most beautiful and powerful? That was the priceless gift acclaimed designer B Michael gave to one of Hollywood's greatest actresses, Cicely Tyson over the course of their close, decades-long relationship. In this glorious memoir, B Michael recalls the bond they shared and what it was like to dress the Queen of Hollywood for all the extraordinary events of her life.

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Free Download Most Delicious Poison: The Story of Nature's Toxins―from Spices to Vices by Noah Whiteman (Author/Narrator)
24/10/23 | English | ASIN: B0BXYJB742 | 11 hrs 8 mins | M4B & MP3 @126 kbps
607 to 612 MB | Unabridged | Retail
An evolutionary biologist tells the story of nature's toxins and why we are attracted-and addicted-to them, in this "magisterial, fascinating, and gripping tour de force" (Neil Shubin).
A deadly secret lurks within our spice racks, medicine cabinets, backyard gardens, and private stashes.

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Free Download Mistress of Life and Death: The Dark Journey of Maria Mandl, Head Overseer of the Women's Camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau (Audiobook)
English | ISBN: 9781004138432 | 2024 | 11 hours and 2 minutes | MP3@64 kbps | 304 MB
Author: Susan J. Eischeid
Narrator: Bronwen Price
The first-ever biography of SS Overseer Maria Mandl, the highest-ranked woman in the Nazi killing machine and one of the few female perpetrators of the Holocaust. By the time of her execution at thirty-six, Maria Mandl had achieved the highest rank possible for a woman in the Third Reich. As Head Overseer of the women's camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau, she was personally responsible for the murders of thousands. In this riveting biography, Susan J. Eischeid explores how Maria Mandl, regarded locally as "a nice girl from a good family," came to embody the very worst of humanity. Born in 1912 in the scenic Austrian village of Münzkirchen, Maria enjoyed a happy childhood with loving parents-who later watched in anguish as their grown daughter rose through the Nazi system. For two decades, Eischeid has excavated the details of Mandl's life story, drawing on archival testimonies, speaking to dozens of witnesses, and spending time with Mandl's community of friends and neighbors who shared their memories as well as those handed down in their families. The result is a chilling and complex exploration of how easily an ordinary citizen chose the path of evil in a climate of hate and fear.

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Free Download Intuitive Eating, 4th Edition: A Revolutionary Anti-Diet Approach (Audiobook)
English | November 03, 2020 | ASIN: B08FXVY1BP | M4B@128 kbps | 13h 42m | 751 MB
Authors: Evelyn Tribole MS RDN CEDRD-S, Elyse Resch MS RDN CEDRD-S FAND | Narrator: Hillary Huber
The go-to resource - now fully revised and updated - for building a healthy body image and making peace with food, once and for all.
When it was first published, Intuitive Eating was revolutionary in its anti-dieting approach. The authors, both prominent health professionals in the field of nutrition and eating disorders, urge listeners to embrace the goal of developing body positivity and reconnecting with one's internal wisdom about eating - to unlearn everything they were taught about calorie-counting and other aspects of diet culture and to learn about the harm of weight stigma. Today, their message is more relevant and pressing than ever. With this updated edition of the classic best seller, Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch teach listeners how to:

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Free Download How to Fight a War (Audiobook)
English | ISBN: 9781004154616 | 2024 | 7 hours and 31 minutes | MP3@64 kbps | 206 MB
Author: Mike Martin
Narrator: Alan Turton
An indispensable guide to understanding modern warfare, especially the decisions made by politicians and generals?both good and bad. Has any war in history gone according to plan? Monarchs, dictators and elected leaders alike have a dismal record on military decision-making, from over-ambitious goals to disregarding intelligence, terrain, or enemy capabilities. This not only wastes the lives of civilians, the enemy and one's own soldiers, but also fails to achieve geopolitical objectives, and usually lays the seeds for more wars down the line. Conflict scholar and former soldier Mike Martin takes the listener through the hard, elegant logic to fighting a conclusive interstate war that solves geopolitical problems, and reduces future conflict. In cool and precise prose, he outlines how to orchestrate military forces, from infantry to information, and from strategy to tactics. How to Fight a War explains the unavoidable, yet seemingly elusive, art of using violence to force your enemies to do what you want. It should be listen by everyone seeking to understand today's wars, as well as those wishing to lead us through the coming decades of conflict.

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Free Download He's Scared, She's Scared: Understanding the Hidden Fears That Sabotage Your Relationships (Audiobook)
English | December 11, 2012 | ASIN: B00DBJTAXU | M4B@64 kbps | 11h 42m | 319 MB
Authors: Steven Carter, Julia Sokol | Narrator: Kevin Young
Available for the first time in audiobook, this follow-up to the phenomenally successful Men Who Can't Love tackles the issue of commitment phobia, that persistent obstacle to truly satisfying contemporary relationships.
Authors Stephen Carter and Julia Sokol explore why modern men and women are torn between the desire for intimacy and the equally intense need for independence. Drawing on numerous interviews and real-life scenarios, and written with humor, insight, and the kind of wisdom gained by personal experience, He's Scared, She's Scared offers guidance for all of us who want genuine, sustained intimacy with our romantic partners.

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Free Download Jessie Weston, Robert Frederick (Narrator), "From Ritual to Romance"
English | ISBN: 9798868631979 | 2024 | M4B@64 kbps | ~06:42:00 | 203 MB
In From Ritual to Romance, medievalist Jessie L. Weston proposes a radical understanding of the Holy Grail legends. She argues that ancient pagan rituals, brought to England by the Romans, were secretly kept alive through the tales of King Arthur and his Knights.
First published in 1920, this work has served as inspiration not only for fellow scholars, but also for artists like the poet T. S. Eliot and the filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola.

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Free Download Amy Absher, Christina Delaine (Narrator), "Fritzie: The Invented Life and Violent Murder of a Flapper"
English | ASIN: B0CRM7KR96 | 2024 | M4B@64 kbps | ~08:31:00 | 241 MB
Frieda "Fritizie" Mann had several identities during her brief life, and the mysterious circumstances of her death raise as many questions as they do answers. She was born in 1903 near the present border between Poland and Ukraine. She and her family were Jewish immigrants who traveled to San Diego to find security and prosperity. In the last year of her life, Mann became locally famous. She had reinvented herself as a flapper and "Oriental" dancer. She claimed to have friends in Hollywood and a movie contract. On the night of her murder, she said she was going to a party to meet her Hollywood friends; instead she traveled to an isolated roadside hotel where she met her death. An autopsy revealed that she was four and a half months pregnant.
Historian Amy Absher guides the listener through the intricacies of this true crime story as it unfolded, from the initial flawed investigation to the sensationalized press coverage and the ultimate failure of the legal system to ensure justice on Mann's behalf. Like other "new women" of her era, Fritzie Mann adopted roles that promised liberation from the control of men. In the end, her life and early death suggest the opposite: she became the victim of a culture that consumed women even as it purported to celebrate them.
Contains mature themes.

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Free Download Carl Jung, Matthew Schmitz (Narrator), "Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Skies"
English | ISBN: 9798868658358 | 2024 | M4B@64 kbps | ~04:38:00 | 135 MB
Brought to you by Altrusian Grace Media and narrated by Matthew Schmitz. Jung's primary concern in Flying Saucers is not with the reality or unreality of UFOs but with their psychic aspect. Rather than speculate about their possible nature and extraterrestrial origin as alleged spacecraft, he asks what it may signify that these phenomena, whether real or imagined, are seen in such numbers just at a time when humankind is menaced as never before in history. The UFOs represent, in Jung's phrase, "a modern myth."

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Free Download Charles D. Ellis, Alicia H. Munnell, Andrew D. Eschtruth, Michael Butler Murray (Narrator), "Falling Short: The Coming Retirement Crisis and What to Do About It"
English | ASIN: B0CQZ5QNQS | 2024 | M4B@64 kbps | ~03:48:00 | 106 MB
The United States faces a serious retirement challenge. Many of today's workers will lack the resources to retire at traditional ages and maintain their standard of living in retirement. Solving the problem is a major challenge in today's environment in which risk and responsibility have shifted from government and employers to individuals. For this reason, Charles D. Ellis, Alicia H. Munnell, and Andrew D. Eschtruth have written this concise guide for anyone concerned about their own-and the nation's-retirement security.
Falling Short offers the necessary context for understanding the nature and size of the retirement income shortfall, which is caused by both increasing income needs-due to longer lifespans and rising health costs-and decreasing support from Social Security and employer-sponsored pension plans.
The solutions are to work longer and save more by building on the existing retirement system. To work longer, individuals should plan to stay in the labor force until age seventy if possible. To save more, policymakers should shore up Social Security's long-term finances; make all 401(k) plans fully automatic, with workers allowed to opt out; and ensure that everyone has access to a retirement savings plan. Individuals should also recognize that their house is a source of saving, which they can tap in retirement.

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