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Free Download Plantagenet Princesses: The Daughters of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CFZP74KZ | 2023 | 10 hours and 5 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 284 MB
Author: Douglas Boyd
Narrator: Gareth Richards
A unique look at the lives of two daughters that highlights the dichotomy of lives of royal women, as both daughters and mothers of kings, who also knew both prison and power. The names of few medieval monarchs and their queens are better known than Eleanor of Aquitaine, uniquely queen of France and queen of England, and her second husband Henry II. Although academically labeled "medieval," their era was the violent transition from the Dark Ages, when countries’ borders were defined with fire and sword.

Free Download Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons: The Lives of Jennie Jerome Churchill and Sara Delano Roosevelt (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0C1PW92BV | 2023 | 13 hours and 55 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 406 MB
Author: Charlotte Gray
Narrator: Allyson Ryan
A captivating dual biography of two famous women whose sons would change the course of the 20th century-by award-winning historian Charlotte Gray. Born into upper-class America in the same year, 1854, Sara Delano (later to become the mother of Franklin Delano Roosevelt) and Jennie Jerome (later to become the mother of Winston Churchill) refused to settle into predictable, sheltered lives as little-known wives to prominent men. Instead, both women concentrated much of their energies on enabling their sons to reach the epicenter of political power on two continents. In the mid-19th century, the British Empire was at its height, France’s Second Empire flourished, and the industrial vigor of the United States of America was catapulting the republic towards the Gilded Age. Sara and Jennie, raised with privilege but subject to the constraints of women’s roles at the time, learned how to take control of their destinies-Sara in the prosperous Hudson Valley, and Jennie in the glittering world of Imperial London.

Free Download Overcoming Social Anxiety (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0C5456V32 | 2023 | 2 hours and 35 minutes | M4B@192 kbps | 214 MB
Author: Ellen Hendriksen, The Great Courses
Narrator: Ellen Hendriksen
Social anxiety is the perception that something is wrong with us or that we’re deficient in some way in a group setting. And unless we work hard to conceal that perceived flaw, it will be revealed, and people will judge or reject us for it. Most of us know what it’s like to have a socially anxious moment now and then. But for millions upon millions of people, at some point in life, social anxiety is so serious that it gets in the way of living the life we want to live. Social anxiety disorder is the third most diagnosed disorder.

Free Download Our Man in Charleston: Britain’s Secret Agent in the Civil War South by Christopher Dickey, Antony Ferguson, HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books
English | 2015 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B011AJ3SI0 | Format: M4B / Bitrate: 64 Kbps, 10 hours and 49 minutes | 294 Mb
The unlikely man at the roiling center of this intrigue was Robert Bunch, an American-born Englishman who had maneuvered his way to the position of British consul in Charleston, South Carolina, and grew to loathe slavery and the righteousness of its practitioners. Bunch used his unique perch and boundless ambition to become a key player, sending reams of dispatches to the home government and eventually becoming the Crown’s best secret source on the Confederacy. But doing so required living a double life. To his Charleston neighbors, Bunch was increasingly a pillar of Southern society. But to the British government, he was a strident abolitionist, eviscerating Southern dissembling on plans regarding the slave trade.
Our Man in Charleston is a masterfully told story of an unknown crusader. Award-winning author Christopher Dickey locates Consul Bunch as the key figure among Englishmen in America. Determined to ensure the triumph of morality in the inevitable march to civil war, he helped determine the fate of a nation. Featuring a cast of remarkable characters, Our Man in Charleston also captures a decisive moment in Anglo-American history: the pitched battle between those who wished to reopen the floodgates of bondage and misery and those who wished to dam the tide forever.

Free Download On the Farm: Robert William Pickton and the Tragic Story of Vancouver’s Missing Women by Stevie Cameron, Erin Moon, Vintage Canada
English | 2022 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B09WGVG8L9 | Format: M4B | 25 hours and 58 minutes | 1.38 Gb
Verteran investigative journalist Stevie Cameron first began following the story of missing women in 1998, when the odd newspaper piece appeared chronicling the disappearances of drug-addicted sex trade workers from Vancouver’s notorious Downtown Eastside. It was not until February 2002 that pig farmer Robert William Pickton would be arrested, and 2008 before he was found guilty, on six counts of second-degree murder. These counts were appealed and in 2010, the Supreme Court of Canada rendered its conclusion. The guilty verdict was upheld, and finally this unprecedented tale of true crime could be told.
Covering the case of one of North America’s most prolific serial killers gave Stevie Cameron access not only to the story as it unfolded over many years in two British Columbia courthouses, but also to information unknown to the police-and not in the transcripts of their interviews with Pickton-such as from Pickton’s long-time best friend, Lisa Yelds, and from several women who survived terrifying encounters with him. Cameron uncovers what was behind law enforcement’s refusal to believe that a serial killer was at work.

Free Download North of Dawn: A Novel (Audiobook)
English | December 04, 2018 | ASIN: B07KGGV1K8 | M4B@64 kbps | 10h 23m | 305 MB
Author: Nuruddin Farah | Narrator: Sam Dastor
A couple’s tranquil life abroad is irrevocably transformed by the arrival of their son’s widow and children, in the latest from Somalia’s most celebrated novelist.

Free Download My Name Is Iris: A Novel by Brando Skyhorse, Alejandra Reynoso, Simon & Schuster Audio
English | August 1, 2023 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0BX775LBP | MP3@64 Kbps | Duration: 8:53 h | 244 Mb
Brando Skyhorse, the PEN/Hemingway Award-winning author of The Madonnas of Echo Park, returns with a riveting literary dystopian novel set in a near-future America where mandatory identification wristbands make second-generation immigrants into second-class citizens-a powerful family saga for fans of Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West and Rumaan Alam’s Leave the World Behind.
Iris Prince is starting over. After years of drifting apart, she and her husband are going through a surprisingly drama-free divorce. She’s moved to a new house in a new neighborhood, and has plans for gardening, coffee clubs, and spending more time with her nine-year-old daughter Melanie. It feels like her life is finally exactly what she wants it to be.

Free Download More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite by Sebastian Mallaby, Alan Nebelthau, Recorded Books
English | 2015 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B004AUQPF0 | M4B@128 kbps | 16 hours and 4 minutes | 875 Mb
The Paul Volker Senior Fellow in International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations, Washington Post journalist Sebastian Mallaby has garnered New York Times Editor’s Choice and Notable Book honors for his enthralling nonfiction. Bolstered by Mallaby’s unprecedented access to the industry, More Money Than God tells the inside story of hedge funds, from their origins in the 1960s and 1970s to their role in the financial crisis of 2007-2009.

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Free Download Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes: Removing Cultural Blinders to Better Understand the Bible by E. Randolph Richards, Brandon J. O’Brien
English | 2014 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B00OHZZIM4 | MP3@64 kbps | 8 hrs 49 mins | 237 Mb
What was clear to the original readers of Scripture is not always clear to us. Because of the cultural distance between the biblical world and our contemporary setting, we often bring modern Western biases to the text. For example:
When Western readers hear Paul exhorting women to "dress modestly," we automatically think in terms of sexual modesty. But most women in that culture would never wear racy clothing. The context suggests that Paul is likely more concerned about economic modesty-that Christian women not flaunt their wealth through expensive clothes, braided hair and gold jewelry.

Free Download Mindful in Minutes: Meditation for the Modern Family Over 100 Practices to Help Families Find Peace, Calm, and Connection (Audiobook)
English | ISBN: 9780760386521 | 2023 | 5 hours and 1 minute | M4B@128 kbps | 279 MB
Author: Kelly Smith
Narrator: Kelly Smith
Slow down, calm down, and come together with this complete guide to meditation for the whole family. As a certified yoga teacher, meditation teacher, and host of the chart-topping podcast Mindful in Minutes, Kelly Smith is no stranger to the wide-ranging health benefits of meditation. Mindful in Minutes: Meditation for the Modern Family helps families of all kinds learn how to use meditation to cope with the everyday struggles of being a person who is also part of a family. Covering topics ranging from quieting the mind and managing stress to handling resentment and cultivating compassion, this book offers specialized practices for each family member. With three distinct, age-appropriate practices for each topic, Kelly ensures that every member of the family has access to a practical, focused meditation "toolkit" to draw on when they need a little extra help. Whether you are a meditation beginner or a long-term practitioner, this book will help you and your family feel calmer, happier, and more connected.