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Free Download The Knowing: The Enduring Legacy of Residential Schools (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BT2SQ8BQ | 2024 | 15 hours and 6 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 432 MB
Author: Tanya Talaga
Narrator: Tanya Talaga
From Tanya Talaga, the critically acclaimed and award-winning author, comes a riveting exploration of her family's story and a retelling of the history of the country we now call Canada. For generations, Indigenous People have known that their family members disappeared, many of them after being sent to residential schools, "Indian hospitals" and asylums through a coordinated system designed to destroy who the First Nations, Métis and Inuit people are. This is one of Canada's greatest open secrets, an unhealed wound that until recently lay hidden by shame and abandonment. The Knowing is the unfolding of Canadian history unlike anything we have ever heard before. Award-winning and bestselling Anishinaabe author Tanya Talaga retells the history of this country as only she can-through an Indigenous lens, beginning with the life of her great-great grandmother Annie Carpenter and her family as they experienced decades of government- and Church-sanctioned enfranchisement and genocide. Deeply personal and meticulously researched, The Knowing is a seminal unravelling of the centuries-long oppression of Indigenous People that continues to reverberate in these communities today.

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Free Download The Knockout by Andy Clarke, Aurum
English | May 28, 2024 | ISBN: B0CW3NYL45 | 9 hours and 4 minutes | M4B 64 Kbps | 261 Mb
Swift, brutal, and utterly final: with knockouts, there are no grey areas; a KO is a KO. But what actually is a knockout, and why are we so fascinated by it?
The Knockout is the most dramatic and devastating moment in sport. There is nothing to rival it: Not the last second goal, not the basket on the buzzer, not the putt that drops on the eighteenth green. In terms of its brutality and finality, it stands alone. It's a bolt of lightning; fascinating and frightening; a shot of pure adrenaline that only the very rarest moments can provide. This book examines what it's like for the people at the center of that storm.
How does it feel to land that ultimate blow? How does it feel to suffer it? We assess the impact it has on the fighters and the people close to it and ask what it takes mentally, physically, and emotionally for a person to enter into an arena where the stakes are so unimaginably high. Agony and ecstasy, triumph and disaster, hope and despair, self-belief and doubt, The Knockout embraces it all.

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Free Download The Joy of Connections: 100 Ways to Beat Loneliness and Live a Happier and More Meaningful Life (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CYJPJV7R | 2024 | 3 hours and 51 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 214 MB
Author: Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer
Narrator: Tovah Feldshuh, Allison Gilbert, Pierre Lehu
When Surgeon General Vivek Murthy sounded the alarm that loneliness "represents an urgent public health concern"-exacerbated by social media overuse, the residual effects of the pandemic, and the lack of meaningful relationships-trusted therapist Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer knew that her unique perspective and expertise could help. Long beloved for breaking stigmas around sexual problems, Dr. Ruth made it her mission to help individuals break free from the bonds of hopelessness and isolation. We are social animals. We have a shared desire to connect and create lasting relationships with the people around us. But the heaviness of loneliness can make this feel impossible.

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Free Download The Joy You Make: Find the Silver Linings-Even on Your Darkest Days (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CR4FYCJF | 2024 | 7 hours and 35 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 218 MB
Author: Steven Petrow
Narrator: Steven Petrow, Michael Butler Murray
From award-winning Washington Post columnist Steven Petrow, a guide to finding joy even during life's most difficult times. We all know what it's like to experience the disappointments and sorrows of life. Unexpected challenges like layoffs, divorce, illness, and the death of a loved one can leave us hurting and isolated. Add to that the unending anxiety we feel at the state of the world-political strife and global upheavals-and we end up with a recipe for . . . joy? Yes, says journalist Steven Petrow, who has lived through all of those things, and arrived at a surprising conclusion: Joy is always present-in our everyday routines, in ties to those we care about, even in our grief.

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Free Download The Journey of Leadership: How CEOs Learn to Lead from the Inside Out (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CZY47XVG | 2024 | 7 hours and 51 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 228 MB
Author: Dana Maor, Hans-Werner Kaas, Kurt Strovink, Ramesh Srinivasan
Narrator: Roger Wayne
When the pressure is on, many of the world's top CEOs turn to McKinsey & Company to reinvent themselves and their organizations. The Journey of Leadership brings the experience of one of the world's most influential consulting firms right to your fingertips. This book is the first-ever explanation of McKinsey's step-by-step approach to transforming leaders both professionally and personally, including revealing lessons from its legendary CEO leadership program, The Bower Forum, which has counseled more than five hundred global CEOs over the past decade. It is a journey that helps leaders hone the psychological, emotional, and, ultimately, human attributes that result in success in today's most demanding top job.

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Free Download The Irish Identity: Independence, History, and Literature by Marc C. Conner, The Great Courses
English | July 22, 2016 | ISBN: B01IWJ6WX4 | 18 hours and 41 minutes | MP3 128 Kbps | 778 Mb
Many political and cultural events sent shock waves through the Irish world in the 19th and early 20th centuries as Ireland gradually shook off the shackles of British rule. Alongside a long and painful political process arose one of the greatest flourishings of literature in modern times - a spirited discourse among those who sought to shape their nation's future, finding the significance of their bloody present intimately entwined with their legendary past. As nationalists including Charles Stewart Parnell, Patrick Pearse, and Michael Collins studied their political situation and sought a road to independence, writers such as W. B. Yeats, James Joyce, J. M. Synge, Lady Gregory, and many others examined the emerging Irish identity and captured the spirit of the nation's ongoing history in their works.
Delve into this remarkable period with The Irish Identity: Independence, History, and Literature. After laying the groundwork of ancient Irish history and centuries of British rule - from the Norman invasion in the 12th century through the brutal Penal Laws and the Great Famine - Professor Conner brings you inside the Irish Renaissance, also called the Irish Revival. Around the turn of the 20th century, a group of writers began taking a keen interest in the uniquely Irish culture, from its language to its art to its mythology. This fascination fed into the growing demand for Irish nationhood, and the arts, culture, and politics of the time are inextricable.
The Irish Renaissance fused and elevated aesthetic and civic ambitions, fueling a cultural climate of masterful artistic creation and resolute political self-determination reminiscent of the Italian Renaissance. Over the course of 36 enthralling lectures, Professor Conner reveals the multifaceted story of the Irish Renaissance through an exploration of its complex history and remarkable literature.

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Free Download The Infinite Desire for Growth by Daniel Cohen, Jane Marie Todd - translator, Liam Gerrard
English | May 21, 2019 | ISBN: B07RPQWHFR | 4 hours and 13 minutes | MP3 128 Kbps | 232 Mb
The Infinite Desire for Growth spotlights the obsession with wanting more, and the global tensions that have arisen as a result. Amid finite resources, increasing populations, environmental degradation, and political unrest, the quest for new social and individual goals has never been so critical.
Leading economist Daniel Cohen provides a whirlwind tour of the history of economic growth, from the early days of civilization to modern times, underscoring what is so unsettling today. The new digital economy is establishing a "zero-cost" production model, inexpensive software is taking over basic tasks, and years of exploiting the natural world have begun to backfire with deadly consequences. Working hard no longer guarantees social inclusion or income. Drawing on economics, anthropology, and psychology, and thinkers ranging from Rousseau to Keynes and Easterlin, Cohen examines how a future less dependent on material gain might be considered and, how, in a culture of competition, individual desires might be better attuned to the greater needs of society.
At a time when wanting what we haven't got has become an obsession, The Infinite Desire for Growth explores the ways we might reinvent, for the 21st century, the old ideal of social progress.

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Free Download The Indoctrinated Brain: How to Successfully Fend Off the Global Attack on Your Mental Freedom by Michael Nehls, Sam Wells, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
English | December 19, 2023 | ISBN: B0CMY27G8Y | 12 hours and 55 minutes | M4B 128 Kbps | 705 Mb
Global War on the Human Brain
Throughout the world, mental capacity is declining, especially among young people, while depression rates are rising dramatically. Meanwhile, one in forty men and women suffers from Alzheimer's, and the age of onset is falling rapidly. But the causes are not being eliminated, quite the opposite. Can this just be coincidence?
The Indoctrinated Brain introduces a largely unknown, powerful neurobiological mechanism whose externally induced dysfunction underlies these catastrophic developments.

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Free Download The Incredible Life & Mysterious Death of Dorothy Kilgallen (Audiobook)
English | August 15, 2024 | ASIN: B0DD87BP44 | M4B@128 kbps | 17h 56m | 980 MB
Author: Sara Jordan-Heintz | Narrator: Frank Gerard
Dorothy Kilgallen may be best known as a panelist on the game show "What's My Line?" but as a syndicated writer with the Hearst papers, her "Voice of Broadway" column was devoured by millions of daily readers. And as an investigative journalist, she covered some of the biggest stories and court cases of the mid-20th century, even securing a Pulitzer Prize nomination.
A pioneering television and radio personality, she was also a fashion icon, threw extravagant parties and engaged in feuds with famous men including Frank Sinatra, Jack Paar, Johnny Carson and even a prominent Catholic priest.

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Free Download The Hungry Brain: Outsmarting the Instincts That Make Us Overeat by Stephan J. Guyenet Ph.D., Aaron Abano, Macmillan Audio
English | February 07, 2017 | ISBN: B01MY2QWYM | 9 hours and 6 minutes | MP3 64 Kbps | 500 Mb
A ✅Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
From an obesity and neuroscience researcher with a knack for engaging, humorous storytelling, The Hungry Brain uses cutting-edge science to answer the questions: why do we overeat, and what can we do about it?
No one wants to overeat. And certainly no one wants to overeat for years, become overweight, and end up with a high risk of diabetes or heart disease-yet two thirds of Americans do precisely that. Even though we know better, we often eat too much. Why does our behavior betray our own intentions to be lean and healthy? The problem, argues obesity and neuroscience researcher Stephan J. Guyenet, is not necessarily a lack of willpower or an incorrect understanding of what to eat. Rather, our appetites and food choices are led astray by ancient, instinctive brain circuits that play by the rules of a survival game that no longer exists. And these circuits don't care about how you look in a bathing suit next summer.

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