Category: Audio Books

Free Download To Overthrow the World: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Communism (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CS3SF9SC | 2024 | 16 hours and 15 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 472 MB
Author: Sean McMeekin
Narrator: Robert Fass
From an award-winning historian, a new global history of Communism. When the USSR collapsed in 1991, the world was certain that Communism was dead. Today, three decades later, it is clear that it was not. While Russia may no longer be Communist, Communism and sympathy for Communist ideas have proliferated across the globe. In To Overthrow the World, Sean McMeekin investigates the evolution of Communism from a seductive ideal of a classless society into the ruling doctrine of tyrannical regimes. Tracing Communism’s ascent from theory to practice, McMeekin ranges from Karl Marx’s writings to the rise and fall of the USSR under Stalin to Mao’s rise to power in China to the acceleration of Communist or Communist-inspired policies around the world in the twenty-first century. McMeekin argues, however, that despite the endurance of Communism, it remains deeply unpopular as a political form. Where it has arisen, it has always arisen by force. Blending historical narrative with cutting-edge scholarship, To Overthrow the World revolutionizes our understanding of the evolution of Communism-an idea that seemingly cannot die.

Free Download To Infinity: The Space Economy & How You Can Participate (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0DFJF53TC | 2024 | 5 hours and 49 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 318 MB
Author: Raphael Roettgen
Narrator: Raphael Roettgen
Reusable rockets and mass production of spacecraft and their components mean that the cost of access to and operation in space is dropping rapidly and making ever more space businesses economically viable. There are now already thousands of space start-up companies. The space economy is expected to grow to several trillion dollars over the next decades. Space technology may help solve challenges on Earth, ranging from climate change over food and energy security to quality healthcare. This book, written by renowned space investor and educator Raphael Roettgen, explains these trends, the implications for all of us, and how each and every one of us can be part of this exciting sector, whether as a pioneering entrepreneur or a space tourist.

Free Download Three Kings: Race, Class, and the Barrier-Breaking Rivals Who Launched the Modern Olympic Age by Todd Balf, Edoardo Ballerini, Scribd, Inc
English | July 02, 2024 | ISBN: B0CW3SXJ42 | 8 hours and 37 minutes | MP3 64 Kbps | 237 Mb
For fans of The Boys in the Boat, and marking the 100th anniversary of the Paris Olympics, the never-before-told story of three athletes who defied the odds to usher in a golden age of sports
Even today, it’s considered one of the most thrilling races in Olympic history. The hundred-meter sprint final at the 1924 Paris Games, featuring three of the world’s fastest swimmers-American legends Duke Kahanamoku and Johnny Weissmuller, and Japanese upstart Katsuo Takaishi-had the cultural impact of other milestone moments in Olympic history: Jesse Owens’s podiums in Berlin and John Carlos’s raised, black-gloved fist in Mexico City. Never before had an Olympic swimming final prominently featured athletes of different races, and never had it been broadcast live. Across the globe, fans held their breath.
In less than a minute, an Olympic record would be shattered, and the three men would be scrutinized like few athletes before them. For the millions worldwide for whom swimming was a complete unknown, the trio did something few could imagine: moving faster through water than many could on land. As sportsmen, they were godlike heroes, embodying the hopes of those who called them their own, in the US and abroad. They personified strength and speed, and the glamour and innovation of the Roaring Twenties. But they also represented fraught assumptions about race and human performance. It was not only "East vs. West"-as newspapers in the 1920s described the competition with Japan-it was also brown versus white. Rich versus poor. New versus old. The race was about far more than swimming.

Free Download Three Kings: Race, Class, and the Barrier-Breaking Rivals Who Launched the Modern Olympic Age by Todd Balf, Edoardo Ballerini, Scribd, Inc
English | July 02, 2024 | ISBN: B0CW3SXJ42 | 8 hours and 37 minutes | MP3 64 Kbps | 237 Mb
For fans of The Boys in the Boat, and marking the 100th anniversary of the Paris Olympics, the never-before-told story of three athletes who defied the odds to usher in a golden age of sports
Even today, it’s considered one of the most thrilling races in Olympic history. The hundred-meter sprint final at the 1924 Paris Games, featuring three of the world’s fastest swimmers-American legends Duke Kahanamoku and Johnny Weissmuller, and Japanese upstart Katsuo Takaishi-had the cultural impact of other milestone moments in Olympic history: Jesse Owens’s podiums in Berlin and John Carlos’s raised, black-gloved fist in Mexico City. Never before had an Olympic swimming final prominently featured athletes of different races, and never had it been broadcast live. Across the globe, fans held their breath.
In less than a minute, an Olympic record would be shattered, and the three men would be scrutinized like few athletes before them. For the millions worldwide for whom swimming was a complete unknown, the trio did something few could imagine: moving faster through water than many could on land. As sportsmen, they were godlike heroes, embodying the hopes of those who called them their own, in the US and abroad. They personified strength and speed, and the glamour and innovation of the Roaring Twenties. But they also represented fraught assumptions about race and human performance. It was not only "East vs. West"-as newspapers in the 1920s described the competition with Japan-it was also brown versus white. Rich versus poor. New versus old. The race was about far more than swimming.

Free Download Daniel P. Mannix, Brian P. Craig (Narrator), "Those About to Die"
English | ASIN: B0DDMXGP9Y | 2024 | MP3@64 kbps | ~07:11:00 | 197 MB
Putting the games in the context of Rome’s rise and dramatic fall, Mannix captures all the history, planning, and savage pageantry that went into creating the first spectator sports.
The games began in 238 BC as nearly county fair-like entertainment, with trick riding, acrobats, trained animals, chariot racing, and athletic events. The contests then evolved into slave fights thanks to wealthy patricians Marcus and Decimus Brutus, who wanted to give their father an unforgettable funeral by reviving an old tradition. What the brothers wrought, Rome devoured, demanding even greater violence to satisfy the bloodlust of the crowd. Architectural wonders in themselves, massive arenas like Circus Maximus and the Colosseum were built, able to host sea battle reenactments on actual water. Successful gladiators found fame, fortune-and freedom.

Free Download This World Is Not Yours (Audiobook)
English | September 10, 2024 | ASIN: B0DDZXLRMY | M4B@128 kbps | 4h 12m | 229 MB
Author: Kemi Ashing-Giwa | Narrator: Catherine Ho
This World Is Not Yours by USA Today bestseller Kemi Ashing-Giwa is the perfect blend of S. A. Barnes’s space horror and Cassandra Khaw’s beautiful but macabre worlds. An action-packed, inventive novella about a toxic polycule consumed by jealousy and their attempts to survive on a hostile planet.
After fleeing her controlling and murderous family with her fiancee, Vinh, Amara embarks on a colonization project, New Belaforme, along with her childhood friend Jesse.

Free Download This Is Minuteman: Two, Three…Go!: Memoirs of a Helicopter Pilot in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan (Audiobook)
English | November 10, 2021 | ASIN: B09LH111LS | M4B@128 kbps | 5h 50m | 318 MB
Author: Wayne Chasson | Narrator: Rodney Miles
Relive six decades of flying helicopters, including an extended tour in Vietnam and the mountains of Afghanistan, with a little Iraq, Kuwait, and National Guard thrown in. This is Minuteman: Two, Three…Go! recounts Wayne Chasson’s times, from the early, young, and dumb days to becoming a more seasoned pilot of Huey and other helicopters in three American wars and the National Guard here at home. From the tragic to the ridiculous, it’s all here in refreshing candor and lifelike detail, and told in the voice of the author. Chasson relives it all for us in this gritty and honest memoir – with humility, humor, and gratitude – as he himself is still trying to figure out how he made it through alive.
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Free Download Thirst: A Novel (Audiobook)
English | March 05, 2024 | ASIN: B0CB97C3QY | M4B@64 kbps | 8h 1m | 227 MB
Author: Marina Yuszczuk | Narrator: Maria Liatis
"This gripping tale is full of queer representation and lush, lyrical passages, all while exploring death with an air of nihilism…Vampires are making a comeback, and Yuszczuk is spearheading their revival with this bloody novel." -The New York Times Book Review
Across two different time periods, two women confront fear, loneliness, mortality, and a haunting yearning that will not let them rest. A breakout, genre-blurring novel from one of the most exciting new voices of Latin America’s feminist Gothic.

Free Download Thinking About It Only Makes It Worse by David Mitchell, Audible Studios
English | May 23, 2019 | ISBN: B07S2DDWMZ | 9 hours and 10 minutes | MP3 128 Kbps | 504 Mb
Why is every film or tv programme a sequel or a remake?
Why are people so f***ing hung up about swearing?
Why do the asterisks in that sentence make it okay?

Free Download Think Like a Futurist: Know What Changes, What Doesn’t, and What’s Next by Cecily Sommers
English | 2012 | ISBN: B00FMS96Y6 | 7 hrs 53 mins | M4B 64 Kbps | 118 Mb
Think Like a Futurist shows how to track changes, explore questions, and engage in new thinking that connects today’s pressures with tomorrow’s realities. Cecily Sommers shows how to apply long-term focus and strategies to needs as diverse as industry forecasts, innovation challenges, leadership development, or future-proofing a brand. By understanding intersecting potentials that one day may impact your organization, you can readily spot emerging trends and market shifts, uncovering opportunities on the horizon.
Think Like a Futurist explores such questions as: Where will new markets emerge over the next 5-10-25 years? What will be the big issues of the day? How will lifestyle, social mores, and policy adapt? And what role do we play in that future?
■ Offers a clear framework for thinking like a futurist, and direction for how to integrate it in high-pressure corporate environments