Free Download An Unholy Traffic: Slave Trading in the Civil War South (Audiobook)
English | ISBN: 9781696615723 | 2024 | 11 hours and 30 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 326 MB
Author: Robert K. D. Colby
Narrator: James R Cheatham
The Confederate States of America was born in defense of slavery. Between Fort Sumter to Appomattox, Confederates bought and sold thousands African American men, women, and children. These transactions in humanity made the internal slave trade a cornerstone of Confederate society, a bulwark of the Rebel economy, and a central part of the experience of the Civil War for all inhabiting the American South. As An Unholy Traffic shows, slave trading helped Southerners survive and fight the Civil War, as well as to build the future for which they fought.

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Free Download Martyn Whittock, Byron Wagner (Narrator), "American Vikings: How the Norse Sailed into the Lands and Imaginations of America"
English | ASIN: B0CVL9PRNM | 2024 | MP3@64 kbps | ~07:00:00 | 193 MB
A vivid and illuminating new history-separate fact from fiction, myth from legend-exploring the early Vikings settlements in North America.
Vikings are an enduring subject of fascination. The combination of adventure, mythology, violence, and exploration continues to grip our attention. As a result, for more than a millennium the Vikings have traveled far and wide, not least across the turbulent seas of our minds and imaginations.
The geographical reach of the Norse was extraordinary. For centuries medieval sagas, first recorded in Iceland, claimed that Vikings reached North America around the year 1000. This book explores that claim, separating fact from fiction and myth from mischief, to assess the enduring legacy of this claim in America. The search for "American Vikings" connects a vast range of different areas; from the latest archaeological evidence for their actual settlement in North America to the myth-making of nineteenth-century Scandinavian pioneers in the Midwest; and from ancient adventurers to the political ideologies in the twenty-first century. It is a journey from the high seas of a millennium ago to the swirling waters and dark undercurrents of the online world of today.

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Free Download All the Lonely People: Conversations on Loneliness (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CL81HKJ9 | 2024 | 6 hours and 3 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 336 MB
Author: Dr Sam Carr
Narrator: Dr Sam Carr
An intimate portrait of loneliness, All the Lonely People sees psychologist Dr Sam Carr collect hours of conversations with people young and old, including single parents, carers, teenagers and the bereaved - all shared over countless cups of tea. In stories of love and loss, of trauma and hope, told from care homes, living rooms, classrooms and kitchens, Carr discovers that while each of their stories is utterly unique, they are all born out of the same desire for human connection. As Carr interweaves these touching and powerful tales with his own personal narrative, he opens a window onto the inner lives of regular people - the forgotten, misplaced or misjudged - who all feel isolated in some way. Sparking a profound conversation about a universal emotion, which may simply be an inevitable part of life in an increasingly disjointed world, he questions what we can do to build stronger human relationships, and to be a part of something bigger than ourselves.

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Free Download Alien Clay (Audiobook)
English | 28 March 2024 | ASIN: B0CFYNP1JM (UK) | M4B@128 kbps | 13h 55m | 758 MB
Author: Adrian Tchaikovsky | Narrator: Ben Allen
Alien Clay is a thrilling far-future adventure by acclaimed Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky.
They travelled into the unknown and left themselves behind . . .

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Free Download Fareed Zakaria (Author, Narrator), "Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present"
English | ASIN: B0CPMCS1YW | 2024 | MP3@64 kbps | ~12:40:00 | 360 MB
The internationally bestselling author explores the revolutions-past and present-that define the chaotic, polarized, and unstable age in which we live.
Populist rage, ideological fracture, economic and technological shocks, geopolitical dangers, and an international system studded with catastrophic risk-the early decades of the 21st century may be one of the most revolutionary periods in modern history. But they are not the first. Humans have lived, and thrived, through more than one great realignment. What makes an age a revolutionary one? And how do they end?
In this major new work, Fareed Zakaria masterfully investigates eras that have shattered and shaped humanity. Four such periods hold profound lessons for today. First, in 17th-century Netherlands a series of transformations made that tiny land the richest in the world-and created modern politics as we know it today. The "Glorious Revolution" in Britain showed that major political change could happen peacefully. Next, the French Revolution, a dramatic decade and a half that devoured its ideological children and left a bloody legacy that haunts us to this day. Finally, the mother of all revolutions, the Industrial Revolution, which catapulted Britain and the US to global dominance and created the modern world. Against these paradigm-shifting historical eras, Zakaria describes our current situation, unpacking the four revolutions we are living through now; in globalization, technology, identity, and geopolitics.

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Free Download Age of Cage: Four Decades of Hollywood Through One Singular Career (Audiobook)
English | March 29, 2022 | ASIN: B09HL8NTMQ | M4B@128 kbps | 8h 18m | 441 MB
Author: Keith Phipps | Narrator: Keith Sellon-Wright
Icon. Celebrity. Artist. Madman. Genius.
Nicolas Cage is many things, but love him, or laugh at him, there's no denying two things: You've seen one of his many films, and you certainly know his name. But who is he, really, and why has his career endured for over 40 years, with more than a hundred films, and birthed a million memes?

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Free Download Geri-Lynn Utter (Author, Narrator), "Aftershock: How Past Events Shake Up Your Life Today"
English | ASIN: B0CXR5LGD5 | 2024 | MP3@64 kbps | ~03:31:00 | 97 MB
You may be at a point in your life where you realize that you have been edgy, a bit depressed, feeling unsettled. Yet, everything in your life seems to be okay. You look for a cause, but you just can't put your finger on it. Perhaps you should examine your recent past-six months ago, a year ago-and ask yourself, "What did I go through that was stressful at the time, yet I was able to deal with by suppressing my stress until that situation was over?"
"Aftershock" is a term coined by clinical psychologist Dr. Geri-Lynn Utter, who came to recognize this largely ignored scenario in many of her patients. As a subclinical level of the more familiar post-traumatic stress disorder, "aftershock" may underlie your present emotional stress, a delayed emotional response that affects many of us after common, yet big deal, life events such as miscarriage, moving to a new city, divorce, or, for some people, the Covid-19 pandemic that has rocked much of the world.
The most urgent raison d'etre of Aftershock is to enlighten listeners to the very presence of this psychological trauma-what it is and what causes it, how to recognize the symptoms, and how to heal when life's stressors keep you in the center of the aftershock of a storm.

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Free Download Africa: The Definitive History of a Continent (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CXFF5DDJ | 2024 | 9 hours and 43 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 279 MB
Author: David Olusoga, DK
Narrator: Itoya Osagiede
Explore the great empires, pivotal events, and rich cultures from over 200,000 years of African history - from an African perspective. The story of the world's second-largest continent is as intricate as it is vast. Starting with prehistory and the fossils left behind in Ethiopia by the earliest humans, this book captures a narrative that traverses great ancient civilizations, from the Kingdom of Aksum to the empires of West Africa and sultanates of the East, and explores history-defining events such as the Transatlantic Slave Trade and the liberation of Nelson Mandela. Written by authors and scholars of African heritage, and with features on African mythologies, tribal customs, the African diaspora, and the key figures in the struggle for independence, this stunning and comprehensive history is vital for anyone who wants to learn more about Africa's rich, complex, and fascinating heritage.

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Free Download Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader: Updated Edition of the Global Bestseller, with a New Preface (Revised)
Author: Herminia Ibarra
Narrator: Siiri Scott
English | 2023 | ASIN: B0CKK77D7T | MP3@64 kbps | Duration: 6h 29m | 402 MB
A new edition of the bestseller that has helped aspiring leaders worldwide advance their careers and step up to larger leadership roles.

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Free Download Abolition: Politics, Practices, Promises, Vol. 1 (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CT3XTT9Z | 2024 | 12 hours and 14 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 351 MB
Author: Angela Y. Davis
Narrator: Angela Y. Davis
A major collection of essays and speeches from pioneering freedom fighter Angela Y. Davis. For over fifty years, Angela Y. Davis has been at the forefront of collective movements for abolition and feminism and the fight against state violence and oppression. Abolition: Politics, Practices, Promises, the first of two important new volumes, brings together an essential collection of Davis's essays, and speeches over the years, showing how her thinking has sharpened and evolved even as she has remained uncompromising in her commitment to collective liberation. In pieces that address the history of abolitionist practice and thought in the United States and globally, the unique contributions of women to abolitionist struggles, and stories and lessons of organizing inside and beyond the prison walls, Davis is always curious, always incisive, and always learning. Rich and rewarding, Abolition: Politics, Practices, Promises will appeal to fans of Davis, to students and scholars reflecting on her life and work, and to listeners new to feminism, abolition, and struggles for liberation.

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