Category: E-Books

Critical Theory (Second Edition) A Very Short Introduction [Audiobook]


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English | ASIN: B0CD2QM621 | 2023 | 4 hours and 14 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 223 MB
Author: Stephen Eric Bronner
Narrator: Justin Price

Critical theory emerged in the 1920s from the work of the Frankfurt School, the circle of German-Jewish academics who sought to diagnose-and, if at all possible, cure-the ills of society, particularly fascism and capitalism. In this book, Stephen Eric Bronner provides sketches of leading representatives of the critical tradition (such as George Lukács and Ernst Bloch, Theodor Adorno and Walter Benjamin, Herbert Marcuse and Jurgen Habermas) as well as many of its seminal texts and empirical investigations.

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Cricketing Tales From The Dressing Room [Audiobook]


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English | 2 July 2009 | ISBN-10: 1408427036 | MP3@128 kbps | 1h 45m | 96.36 MB
Author: BBC Audio
Narrator: Jonathan Agnew, Various

BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew presents a new collection of anecdotes and reflections from some of the best-loved characters of international cricket. Some of the most colourful stars of the game, including Ian Botham, Mike Gatting, Graham Gooch, Jack Russell, Derek Underwood, Gladstone Small – and many more – recall the hilarious, embarrassing and most memorable moments of test match cricket. From the glory days when players fended off over-eager fans to the dressing room pranks and pedalo rides of more recent years, here are many humorous and classic cricketing moments from the 1960s through to the present day game. These great characters of the game tell their favourite stories and remember some of their most dramatic moments, linked and introduced by Jonathan ‘Aggers’ Agnew. This title features many new interviews specially recorded for this edition. ‘…goes down as nicely as one of the endless fruit cakes that listeners make for the Radio 4 commentators’ – South Wales Argus.

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Courting India England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire [Audiobook]


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English | 08 June 2023 | ASIN: B0BVRSW9R9 (UK) | M4B@128 kbps | 20h 5m | 1.12 GB
Author: Nandini Das | Narrator: Anu Anand
A profound and ground-breaking new history of one of the most important encounters in the history of colonialism: the British arrival in India in the early seventeenth century.

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Courage in the People’s House Nine Trailblazing Representatives Who Shaped America [Audiobook]


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English | ASIN: B0BRNTFJM1 | 2023 | 9 hours and 12 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 246 MB
Author: Joe Neguse
Narrator: Leon Nixon

The remarkable stories of nine US Representatives who helped shape America. Courage in the People’s House tells the gripping stories of nine individuals who served in the US House of Representatives-the "People’s House"-during a span of over one hundred years, from the 1870s to the 1990s. From the first African American to serve in the House, to immigrants elected at the dawn of the 20th century, all were trailblazers who made significant contributions to the country. The book provides an inspiring story of America through profiles of each of them, representatives of all political stripes who overcame the odds and demonstrated the courage to challenge powerful interests, and at times, their own political allies.

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Conquer We Must A Military History of Britain, 1914-1945 [Audiobook]


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English | ASIN: B0CCQLVRG8 | 2023 | 27 hours and 21 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 758 MB
Author: Robin Prior
Narrator: Liam Gerrard

A major new account of Britain’s military strategy between 1914-1945, including the two world wars and everything between. The First and Second World Wars were separated by a mere two decades, making the period 1914-1945 an unprecedentedly intense and violent era of history. But how did Britain develop its complex military strategy during these wars, and how were decisions made by those at the top? Robin Prior examines the influence politicians had on military operations, in the first history to assess both world wars together.

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Congress at War [Audiobook]


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English | February 18, 2020 | ASIN: B081K5M1XC | MP3@64 kbps | 15h 32m | 397.84 MB
Author: Fergus M. Bordewich
Narrator: Sean Runnette

The story of how Congress helped win the Civil War – a new perspective that puts the House and Senate, rather than Lincoln, at the center of the conflict.

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Congratulations, the Best Is Over! Essays [Audiobook]


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English | ASIN: B0BP5GYDC5 | 2023 | 6 hours and 40 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 371 MB
Author: R. Eric Thomas
Narrator: R. Eric Thomas

The beloved bestselling author returns with an all-new collection of heartening, deeply relatable, and laugh-out-loud essays about what happens after happily ever after. After going viral "reading" the chaotic political news, having one-too-many awkward social encounters, and coming to terms with his intersecting identities, R. Eric Thomas finally knew who he was and where he was going. He was living his best life. But then everything changed. In this collection of insightful and hilarious essays, Thomas moves back to his perpetually misunderstood hometown of Baltimore (a place he never wanted to return, even to be buried) and behaving completely out of character.

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Come As You Are The Story of Nirvana [Audiobook]


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English | April 23, 2019 | ASIN: B07QFFZG3C | M4B@128 kbps | 11h 9m | 630 MB
Author: Michael Azerrad | Narrators: Kurt Loder, Michael Azerrad
The definitive biography of the revolutionary band Nirvana and its star-crossed frontman Kurt Cobain, hailed by Rolling Stone as "the first ook to comprehensively tell the band’s tale from Aberdeen, Wash., to world domination"

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Colonialism A Global History [Audiobook]


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English | ASIN: B0CCQK55J7 | 2023 | 8 hours and 54 minutes | MP3@64 kbps | 242 MB
Author: Lorenzo Veracini
Narrator: Stewart Crank

Colonialism: A Global History interprets colonialism as an unequal relationship characterized by displacement and domination and reveals the ways in which this relationship has been constitutive of global modernity. The volume focuses on colonialism’s dynamism, adaptability, and resilience. It appraises a number of successive global colonial ‘waves’, each constituting a specific form of colonial domination, each different from the previous ones, each affecting different locales at different times, and each characterized by a particular method of exploiting colonized populations and territories.

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College Hacks [Audiobook]


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English | ASIN: B0BSB63DW1 | 2023 | 1 hour and 56 minutes | M4B@256 kbps | 212 MB
Author: Keith Bradford
Narrator: Matt Stango

Hacks every college student needs to know! Want to ace your next exam? Claim victory as a beer pong champ? Remove that gross stain from your shirt before your interview? College Hacks gives you the tricks and tips you need to get ahead in life without breaking a sweat. Filled with hundreds of ways to simplify nearly every college situation, this guide tells you just what to do when your professor assigns you a twenty-page paper or you run out of clean dishes in your dorm room (chip bag bowl, anyone?). So stop making college harder than it should be! With these everyday hacks, you’ll breeze through each semester as you finish assignments and tasks quicker than ever before!

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