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Free Download The Belief Instinct: The Psychology of Souls, Destiny, and the Meaning of Life by Jesse Bering, Audible Studios
English | 2013 | ISBN: B00COR25BE | Format: MP3 / 6 hours and 13 minutes | 170 Mb
Top 25 Books of 2011 by the American Library Association, Choice ReviewsNamed one of the 11 Best Psychology Books of 2011 by The Atlantic
Why is belief so hard to shake? Despite our best attempts to embrace rational thought and reject superstition, we often find ourselves appealing to unseen forces that guide our destiny, wondering who might be watching us as we go about our lives, and imagining what might come after death. In this lively and masterfully argued new book, Jesse Bering unveils the psychological underpinnings of why we believe.
Combining lucid accounts of surprising new studies with insights into literature, philosophy, and even pop culture, Bering gives us a narrative that is as entertaining as it is thought-provoking. He sheds light on such topics as our search for a predestined life purpose, our desire to read divine messages into natural disasters and other random occurrences, our visions of the afterlife, and our curiosity about how moral and immoral behavior are rewarded or punished in this life. Bering traces all of these beliefs and desires to a single trait of human psychology, known as the "theory of mind," which enables us to guess at the intentions and thoughts of others. He then takes this groundbreaking argument one step further, revealing how the instinct to believe in God and other unknowable forces gave early humans an evolutionary advantage. But now that these psychological illusions have outlasted their evolutionary purpose, Bering draws our attention to a whole new challenge: escaping them. Thanks to Bering’s insight and wit, The Belief Instinct will reward readers with an enlightened understanding of the universal human tendency to believe-and the tools to break free.

Free Download The Beauty and the Sorrow: An Intimate History of the First World War (Audiobook)
English | August 31, 2021 | ASIN: B09BZYHHT7 | M4B@64 kbps | 21h 32m | 566 MB
Author: Peter Englund | Narrator: David Stifel
An intimate narrative history of World War I told through the stories of 20 men and women from around the globe – a powerful, illuminating, heart-rending picture of what the war was really like.
In this masterful book, renowned historian Peter Englund describes this epoch-defining event by weaving together accounts of the average man or woman who experienced it. Drawing on the diaries, journals, and letters of 20 individuals from Belgium, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Italy, Australia, New Zealand, Russia, Venezuela, and the United States, Englund’s collection of these varied perspectives describes not a course of events but "a world of feeling". Composed in short chapters that move between the home front and the front lines, The Beauty and Sorrow brings to life these 20 particular people and lets them speak for all who were shaped in some way by the war, but whose voices have remained unheard.

Free Download The Beautiful and the Wild (Audiobook)
English | November 07, 2023 | ASIN: B0BXFLV89P | M4B@64 kbps | 7h 35m | 219 MB
Author: Peggy Townsend | Narrator: Karissa Vacker
The dangers of Alaska aren’t limited to storms, starvation, and grizzly bears. Sometimes the most dangerous thing is the person you love.
It’s summer in Alaska and the light surrounding the shipping-container-turned-storage shed where Liv Russo is being held prisoner is fuzzy and gray. Around her is thick forest and jagged mountains. In front of her, across a clearing, is a low-slung cabin with a single window that spills a wash of yellow light onto bare ground. Illuminated in that light is the father of her child, a man she once loved. A man who is now her jailor. Liv vows to do anything to escape.

Free Download Captivating History, Jason Saffir (Narrator), "The Barbary Wars: A Captivating Guide to the First Overseas Wars Conducted by the United States"
English | ISBN: 9798868722127 | 2023 | M4B@64 kbps | ~03:17:00 | 97 MB
Discover the captivating history of the first American wars in Africa!
In this book, you’ll learn about the Barbary Wars of 1801 to 1805 and 1815, the first American wars outside of North America. The enemies were the Muslim Barbary pirates of the North African coast.

Free Download The Ballad of Karla Faye Tucker (Audiobook)
English | September 21, 2023 | ASIN: B0CJFM3Y1X | M4B@64 kbps | 7h 23m | 209 MB
Author and Narrator: Mark Beaver
On a June night in 1983, twenty-three-year-old Karla Faye Tucker and her boyfriend, fueled by a sinister cocktail of illicit drugs, broke into a Houston apartment. "We were very wired," Tucker later testified, "and we was looking for something to do." Though they later claimed they entered the premises with no murderous intent, they ended up slaughtering two people-one a sworn enemy, the other an utter stranger. The weapon: a pickax they found in the apartment.
Fourteen years later, in early 1998, Tucker was facing lethal injection. But after her religious conversion in prison, Texas would be executing a different woman than the one who’d committed the murders. Her change was so dramatic that the most powerful and influential voices in American televangelism-Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell among them-were urging viewers to contact Texas’s governor, George W. Bush, and plead for clemency. One follower was author Mark Beaver’s father, a devout Southern Baptist deacon who asked Beaver to put his fledgling literary ambitions to work by composing a letter on his behalf to Governor Bush.

Free Download The Art of Social Excellence: How to Make Your Personal and Business Relationships Thrive by Henrik Fexeus, Pat Grimes, Dreamscape Media, LLC
English | 2020 | ISBN: B08JB6BWB1 | 8 hours and 26 minutes / Format: M4B / Bitrate: 48 Kbps | 176 Mb
Research has increasingly shown that nonverbal communication prowess is absolutely essential in seemingly unrelated areas of our lives (investment decisions, salary levels, etc.). However, as our society becomes more modernized and we incorporate new forms of technology into our daily interactions, we are becoming less and less capable of understanding one another as well as we should be.
In The Art of Social Excellence, Henrik Fexeus combines his own expert knowledge as a mentalist with psychology studies to create a complete guide to social interaction. He covers it all: from overcoming your conversational fears in a large group of people to excelling in the workplace and winning an argument with your partner.
He breaks down various rhetorical strategies in detail and provides helpful steps and checklists for checking progress during a social encounter. Anyone who has ever felt awkward or misunderstood in social situations will benefit from listening to this book and, with proper implementation of Fexeus’s principles, can achieve superior social skills.

Free Download The Art of Leadership: Small Things, Done Well by Michael Lopp, Joe Scalora, Upfront Books
English | 2021 | ISBN: B08ZNQ741Z | Format: M4B / 5 hours and 23 minutes | 293 Mb
Many people think leadership is a higher calling that resides exclusively with a select few who practice and preach big, complex leadership philosophies. But as this practical book reveals that what’s most important for leadership is principled consistency. Time and again, small things done well build trust and respect within a team.
Using stories from his time at Netscape, Apple, and Slack, Michael Lopp presents a series of small but compelling practices to help you build leadership skills. You’ll learn how to create teams that are highly productive, highly respected, and highly trusted. Lopp has been speaking and writing about this topic for over a decade and now maintains a Slack leadership channel with over 13,000 members.
The essays in this book examine the practical skills Lopp learned from exceptional leaders – as a manager at Netscape, a senior manager and director at Apple, and an executive at Slack. You’ll learn how to apply these lessons to your own experience.

Free Download The Art of Community: Seven Principles for Belonging by Charles Vogl, Tom Dheere, Berrett-Koehler ✅Publishers
English | 2016 | ISBN: B01JDZ9XXC | Format: MP3 / 3 hours and 50 minutes | 105 Mb
This book is a guide for leaders seeking to build a community, to strengthen the community they already have, or who may not think of themselves as community leaders but who are envisioning a group they hope to create. These communities can be formal, with official memberships and administrations, or informal, tied by shared values and commitments. Some people think communities happen by accident, or have to emerge organically, but Charles Vogl emphasizes that there are solid, time-honored principles for consciously building them.
Drawing on 3,000 years of tradition, Vogl lays out seven enduring principles that every community of every kind must master to be effective and supportive. He describes each principle’s purpose and provides extensive hands-on tools for implementing them. He also helps leaders ensure that their communities remain healthy and life-affirming and not degenerate into rigid cults.

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Free Download The Art of Communicating by Thich Nhat Hanh, Dan Woren, HarperAudio
English | 2013 | ISBN: B00E659NN0 | Format: MP3 / 3 hours and 18 minutes | 91 Mb
Zen master Thick Nhat Hanh, best-selling author of Peace is Every Step and one of the most respected and celebrated religious leaders in the world, delivers a powerful path to happiness through mastering life’s most important skill: How do we say what we mean in a way that the other person can really hear? How can we listen with compassion and understanding?
Communication fuels the ties that bind, whether in relationships, business, or everyday interactions. Most of us, however, have never been taught the fundamental skills of communication – or how to best represent our true selves. Effective communication is as important to our well-being and happiness as the food we put into our bodies. It can be either healthy (and nourishing) or toxic (and destructive).
In this precise and practical guide, Zen master and Buddhist monk Thick Nhat Hanh reveals how to listen mindfully and express your fullest and most authentic self. With examples from his work with couples, families, and international conflicts, The Art of Communicating helps us move beyond the perils and frustrations of misrepresentation and misunderstanding to learn the listening and speaking skills that will forever change how we experience and impact the world.

Free Download The Art of Agile Development, 2nd Edition
Author: James Shore
Narrator: Mike Lenz
English | 2023 | ASIN: B0CNDF2FMM | MP3@64 kbps | Duration: 23h | 1.27 GB
Most companies developing software employ something they call "Agile." But there’s widespread misunderstanding of what Agile is and how to use it. If you want to improve your software development team’s agility, this comprehensive guidebook’s clear, concrete, and detailed guidance explains what to do and why, and when to make trade-offs.