Free Download Math-ish: Finding Creativity, Diversity, and Meaning in Mathematics (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CF6WX83D | 2024 | 7 hours and 20 minutes | MP3@64 kbps | 201 MB
Author: Jo Boaler
Narrator: Jo Boaler
From Stanford professor, youcubed founder, and leading expert in the field of mathematics education Jo Boaler comes a groundbreaking guide to finding joy and understanding by adopting a diverse approach to learning math. Mathematics is a fundamental part of life, yet every one of us has a unique relationship with learning and understanding the subject. Working with numbers may inspire confidence in our abilities or provoke anxiety and trepidation. Stanford researcher, mathematics education professor, and the leading expert on math learning Dr. Jo Boaler argues that our differences are the key to unlocking our greatest mathematics potential.

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Free Download Massacre in the Clouds: An American Atrocity and the Erasure of History (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CK2T3M8S | 2024 | 10 hours and 28 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 304 MB
Author: Kim A. Wagner
Narrator: Robert Petkoff
In March 1906, American soldiers on the island of Jolo in the southern Philippines surrounded and killed 1000 local men, women, and children, known as Moros, on top of an extinct volcano. The so-called 'Battle of Bud Dajo' was hailed as a triumph over an implacable band of dangerous savages, a "brilliant feat of arms" according to President Theodore Roosevelt. Some contemporaries, including W.E.B. Du Bois and Mark Twain, saw the massacre for what it was, but they were the exception and the U.S. military authorities successfully managed to bury the story. Despite the fact that the slaughter of Moros had been captured on camera, the memory of the massacre soon disappeared from the historical record. In Massacre in the Clouds, Kim A. Wagner meticulously recovers the history of a forgotten atrocity and the remarkable photograph that exposed its grim logic. His vivid, unsparing account of the massacre-which claimed hundreds more lives than Wounded Knee and My Lai combined-reveals the extent to which practices of colonial warfare and violence, derived from European imperialism, were fully embraced by Americans with catastrophic results.

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Free Download Kathy Wilson, Kitty Hendrix (Narrator), "Marshall's Great Captain: Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews and Air Power in the World Wars"
English | ASIN: B0CZGBLJVP | 2024 | MP3@64 kbps | ~10:26:00 | 287 MB
On May 3, 1943, dozens of planes could be seen flying in and out of Royal Air Force Bovingdon Airfield. Among the aircraft seen that day was a B-24D bomber named Hot Stuff, which carried the Commanding General of US Forces in Europe, Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews-the officer charged with formulating a plan to invade Europe. Speculation was that General George C. Marshall had called Andrews back to Washington, DC, leading many to believe that Marshall had another promotion in store for Andrews. Tragically, Andrews would never arrive. While attempting to land in Iceland, the bomber crashed into a mountain, with no survivors other than the tail gunner; Andrews's personal papers were also destroyed.
In Marshall's Great Captain, author Kathy Wilson details Andrews's extraordinary life and career. The first biography dedicated to the namesake of Joint Base Andrews, this book sheds a light on Andrews's crucial role in orchestrating US involvement in WWII, as well as the professional relationship between Andrews and Marshall. Wilson raises Andrews's legacy to its legitimate place within the annals of both air power and WWII history and posits that there is a high probability that Andrews was Marshall's first choice for the office of Supreme Allied Commander. Marshall recounted that Andrews was the only one he had a chance to prepare for such a command.

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Free Download Henrik Meinander, Bruce Mann (Narrator), "Mannerheim, Marshal of Finland: A Life in Geopolitics"
English | ASIN: B0D18JYDTQ | 2024 | MP3@64 kbps | ~10:17:00 | 289 MB
Field marshal and statesman Gustaf Mannerheim (1867-1951) was the most acclaimed and the most hated Finn of the twentieth century. After three decades of loyal and distinguished service in the Russian Tsarist army, he returned to his homeland in 1917 to defend its new independence. This iconic figure led the Finnish forces as Commander-in-Chief during both World Wars, then ended his career as President of Finland.
This new critical biography sets Mannerheim's entire life's work, and his often nerve-wracking decisions as a Finnish leader on the world stage, against the backdrop of his elite upbringing and lifestyle, his adventurous imperial career, his outspoken anti-communism, and his keen instincts for great power politics. Painful details emerge about Mannerheim's private life, and myths and rumors are scrutinized, as Henrik Meinander charts the complex legacy of this nationalist cosmopolitan who found himself fighting on the same side as Hitler.
Meinander paints his portrait with strong contrasts and bright colors. This is the story of a multicultural Russian empire, a newborn nation-state treading warily between Europe's military titans, a front of the Second World War not easily reduced to moral binaries-and, above all, a shrewd political operator playing many a dangerous game.

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Free Download Magical/Realism: Essays on Music, Memory, Fantasy, and Borders (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CJ5PSYF1 | 2024 | 12 hours and 24 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 358 MB
Author: Vanessa Angélica Villarreal
Narrator: Vanessa Angélica Villarreal
A brilliant, singular collection of essays that looks to music, fantasy, and pop culture-from Beyoncé to Game of Thrones-to excavate and reimagine what has been disappeared by migration and colonialism. Upon becoming a new mother, Vanessa Angélica Villarreal was called to Mexico to reconnect with her ancestors and recover her grandmother's story, only to return to the sudden loss of her marriage, home, and reality. In Magical/Realism, Villarreal crosses into the erasure of memory and self, fragmented by migration, borders, and colonial and intimate violence, reconstructing her story with pieces of American pop culture, and the music, video games, and fantasy that have helped her make sense of it all. The border between the real and imagined is a speculative space where we can remember, or re-world, what has been lost-and each chapter engages in this essential project of world-building.

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Free Download Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight-Loss Drugs (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CNF8FBSL | 2024 | 8 hours and 26 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 243 MB
Author: Johann Hari
Narrator: Johann Hari
The bestselling author offers a revelatory look at the new drugs transforming weight loss as we know it-from his personal experience on Ozempic to our ability to heal our society's dysfunctional relationship with food, weight, and our bodies. In January 2023, Johann Hari started to inject himself once a week with Ozempic, one of the new drugs that produces significant weight loss. He wasn't alone-some predictions suggest that in a few years, a quarter of the U.S. population will be taking these drugs. While around 80 percent of diets fail, someone taking one of the new drugs will lose up to a quarter of their body weight in six months. To the drugs' defenders, here is a moment of liberation from a condition that massively increases your chances of diabetes, cancer, and an early death. Still, Hari was wildly conflicted. Can these drugs really be as good as they sound? Are they a magic solution-or a magic trick?

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Free Download Made You Look: How to Use Brain Science to Attract Attention and Persuade Others (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CZ1Z61CT | 2024 | 7 hours and 21 minutes | MP3@64 kbps | 202 MB
Author: Carmen Simon
Narrator: Ann Richardson
There's an overlooked but critical scientific fact that every marketing professional needs to know: Many decisions start with attention, and it's your job to grab the attention of every prospective customer as effectively as possible. But in this increasingly fast-paced, busy, and noisy world, how do you capture people's attention, much less persuade them? To answer this question, cognitive neuroscientist Carmen Simon leverages insights gleaned from her use of advanced technologies to study where people look, for how long, what type of attention leads to memories, and what keeps the brain coming back for more, to determine the effectiveness of sales pitches, marketing materials, corporate presentations, training videos, and other business content. In Made You Look, Simon presents her four-part framework for effectively attracting the attention of customers and impacting their buying decision. Each section of the book provides detailed guidelines you can use in your communication materials immediately. Attract attention and, as a result, influence memory and decisions with Made You Look, and lead your company to the top of your industry.

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Free Download Machine Learning Engineering in Action
Author: Ben Wilson
Narrator: n/a
English | 2022 | ISBN: 9781617298714 | MP3@64 kbps | Duration: 14h 48m | 1.17 GB
Field-tested tips, tricks, and design patterns for building machine learning projects that are deployable, maintainable, and secure from concept to production.

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Free Download MacArthur's Air Force: American Airpower Over the Pacific and the Far East, 1941-51 (Audiobook)
English | September 17, 2019 | ASIN: B07XHN7PMH | M4B@128 kbps | 10h 30m | 573 MB
Author: Bill Yenne | Narrator: Joe Barrett
General Douglas MacArthur is one of the towering figures of World War II, and indeed of the 20th century, but his leadership of the second largest air force in the USAAF is often overlooked. When World War II ended, the three numbered air forces (the Fifth, Thirteenth, and Seventh) under his command possessed 4,004 combat aircraft, 433 reconnaissance aircraft, and 922 transports. After being humbled by the Japanese in the Philippines in 1942, MacArthur and his air chief General George Kenney rebuilt the US aerial presence in the Pacific, helping Allied naval and ground forces to push back the Japanese Air Force, re-take the Philippines, and carry the war north towards the Home Islands.
Following the end of World War II, MacArthur was the highest military and political authority in Japan, and at the outbreak of the Korean War in June 1950 he was named as Commander in Chief, United Nations Command. In the 10 months of his command, his Far East Air Forces increased dramatically and saw the first aerial combat between jet fighters.

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