The Terror of History Mystics, Heretics, and Witches in the Western Tradition [TTC Audio]


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English | July 08, 2013 | ASIN: B00DTO4MI0 | M4B@128 kbps | 12h 15m | 682 MB
Lecturer: Teofilo F. Ruiz
Western civilization is closely associated with reason and science, and with exceptional accomplishments in art, architecture, music, and literature.Yet it has also been characterized by widespread belief in the supernatural and the irrational – with mystics who have visions of the divine and entire movements of people who wait in fervent anticipation of the apocalypse.

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The Starch Solution Eat the Foods You Love, Regain Your Health, and Lose the Weight for Good! [Audiobook]


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English | 27 September 2016 | ASIN: B01LWJC3OY | MP3@64 kbps | 6h 52m | 189.16 MB
Author: John McDougall, Mary McDougall
Narrator: Stephen R. Thorne

From Atkins to Dukan, fear of the almighty carb has taken over the diet industry for the past few decades – even the mere mention of a starch-heavy food is enough to trigger an avalanche of shame and longing. But the truth is, carbs are not the enemy. Now, best-selling author John A. McDougall, MD, and his kitchen-savvy wife, Mary, prove that a starch-rich diet can actually help us lose weight, prevent a variety of ills, and even cure common diseases. By fueling the body primarily with carbohydrates rather than proteins and fats, listeners will feel satisfied, boost energy, and look and feel their best.

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The Social Transformation of American Medicine [Audiobook]


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English | July 18, 2018 | ASIN: B07FCPL7WB | MP3@64 kbps | 24h 5m | 636.44 MB
Author: Paul Starr
Narrator: Sean Runnette

Considered the definitive history of the American healthcare system, The Social Transformation of American Medicine examines how the roles of doctors, hospitals, health plans, and government programs have evolved over the last two and a half centuries. How did the financially insecure medical profession of the 19th century become a most prosperous one in the 20th century? Why was national health insurance blocked? And why are corporate institutions taking over our medical care system today?

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The Slip The New York City Street That Changed American Art Forever [Audiobook]


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English | ASIN: B0BPZXT953 | 2023 | 11 hours and 9 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 318 MB
Author: Prudence Peiffer
Narrator: Melissa Redmond

The never-before-told story of an obscure little street at the lower tip of Manhattan and the remarkable artists who got their start there. For just over a decade, from 1956 to 1967, a collection of dilapidated former sail-making warehouses clustered at the lower tip of Manhattan became the quiet epicenter of the art world. Coenties Slip, a dead-end street near the water, was home to a circle of wildly talented and varied artists that included Robert Indiana, Ellsworth Kelly, Agnes Martin, James Rosenquist, Delphine Seyrig, Lenore Tawney, and Jack Youngerman. As friends and inspirations to one another, they created a unique community for unbridled creative expression and experimentation, and the works they made at the Slip would go on to change the course of American art. An ambitious and singular account of a time, a place, and a group of extraordinary people, The Slip investigates the importance of community, and makes an argument for how we are shaped by it, and how it in turns shapes our work.

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The Silent Twins


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English | 2022 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B09RQ4SFMP | MP3@64 Kbps | Duration: 12:27 h | 342 Mb
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Now a major motion picture starring Letitia Wright.

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The Severan Dynasty The History and Legacy of the Ancient Roman Empire’s Rulers Before Rome’s Imperial Crisis


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English | 2009 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B07Q3XDS11 | MP3@64 kbps | 1.7 Hours | 46 Mb
"If a man were called upon to fix that period in the history of the world during which the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the deaths of Domitian to the accession of Commodus." (Edward Gibbon)
"The Five Good Emperors," a reference to the five emperors who ruled the Roman Empire between 96 and 180 CE (Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius), was a term first coined by Machiavelli and later adopted and popularized by historian Edward Gibbon, who said that under these men, the Roman Empire "was governed by absolute power under the guidance of wisdom and virtue."

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The Self-Assembling Brain How Neural Networks Grow Smarter [Audiobook]


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English | ASIN: B0CCC1XKD8 | 2023 | 12 hours and 22 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 338 MB
Author: Peter Robin Hiesinger
Narrator: Joel Richards

How does a neural network become a brain? While neurobiologists investigate how nature accomplishes this feat, computer scientists interested in AI strive to achieve this through technology. The Self-Assembling Brain tells the stories of both fields, exploring the historical and modern approaches taken by the scientists pursuing answers to the quandary: What information is necessary to make an intelligent neural network? As Peter Robin Hiesinger argues, "the information problem" underlies both fields. How does genetic information unfold during the process of human brain development-and is there a quicker path to creating human-level artificial intelligence?

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The Self Illusion Why There Is No You Inside Your Head [Audiobook]


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English | 01 May 2012 | ASIN: B007ZF7B0K | MP3@64 kbps | 10h 20m | 274.35 MB
Author: Bruce Hood
Narrator: Bruce Hood

The Self Illusion provides a fascinating examination of how the latest science shows that our individual concept of a self is in fact an illusion. Most of us believe that we possess a self – an internal individual who resides inside our bodies, making decisions, authoring actions and possessing free will. The feeling that a single, unified, enduring self inhabits the body is compelling and inescapable. But that sovereignty of the self is increasingly under threat from science as our understanding of the brain advances.

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The Sapphire Rose The Elenium, Book 3 [Audiobook]


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English | July 17, 2008 | ASIN: B001CWSMSM | M4B@62 kbps | 21h 20m | 581.59 MB
Author: David Eddings
Narrator: Greg Abby

Finally, the knight Sparhawk had come to possess Bhelliom, legendary jewel of magic that alone could save Queen Ehlana from the deadly poison that had felled her father. Sparhawk and Sephrenia, ageless instructor in Styric magics, made haste to free Ehlana from the crystalline cocoon that had preserved her life while they desperately sought a cure.

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