Tag: Life

Free Download The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself (Audiobook)
English | May 10, 2016 | ASIN: B01ENXQY1S | MP3@64 kbps | 17h 22m | 473.97 MB
Author: Sean Carroll
Narrator: Sean Carroll
Does human purpose and meaning fit into a scientific worldview?

Free Download The Ardlamont Mystery: The Real-Life Story Behind the Creation of Sherlock Holmes (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B07C9JM8N9 | 2018 | 8 hours and 17 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 232 MB
Author: Daniel Smith
Narrator: Simon Shepherd
The true story of the men – Joseph Bell and Henry Littlejohn – who inspired the creation of Sherlock Holmes. The Ardlamont murder trial, which took place in Edinburgh’s High Court in December 1893, was the culmination of one of the most intriguing criminal cases in British legal history. But perhaps more remarkable than that was that it brought together the two principal real-life inspirations behind the creation of the world’s favourite fictional consulting detective: Sherlock Holmes. Joseph Bell and Henry Littlejohn were Professors of Medicine at Edinburgh University. As educators, medical trailblazers and social reformers, the two friends were pioneers in the emerging world of forensic science, and both were called as expert witnesses at the Ardlamont murder trial.

Free Download Shake Some Action: My Life in Music (and Other Stuff) (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0C46VQHYD | 2023 | 12 hours and 1 minute | M4B@64 kbps | 352 MB
Author: Stuart Coupe
Narrator: Stuart Coupe
First as a music writer and then as an editor, promoter, manager, broadcaster, publicist and author, Stuart Coupe has experienced the giddy highs and crushing lows of a life lived in the creative fast lane. Shake Some Action is your backstage pass to his remarkable story, from starting his first magazine at the age of fourteen to hoovering heroic amounts of cocaine before interviewing Boy Dylan (who asked him where he got his drugs from). From getting garbage bags full of fan (and hate) mail as the music critic for the teen magazine phenomenon Dolly to managing the Hoodoo Gurus and Paul Kelly – he has been at the centre of Australian cultural life for over four decades. This is a book about fandom. About excitement. About some very bad behaviour. About writing. About talking. About being driven. About loving music and words and trying to explain that love to others – and having a myriad of adventures and encounters in the process. This is the wild life and times of the a man who has never anything by halves. Get ready to kick out the jams!

Free Download Proof of Life After Life: 7 Reasons to Believe There Is an Afterlife (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0C28Q6JH1 | 2023 | 7 hours and 50 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 226 MB
Author: Raymond A. Moody, Paul Perry
Narrator: Phil Thron
A groundbreaking book that combines nearly fifty years of afterlife and near-death experience research to provide proof of the existence of the soul and life after death from psychiatrist and bestselling author Dr. Raymond Moody and New York Times bestselling author Paul Perry. After spending nearly five decades studying near-death experiences, Dr. Raymond Moody finally has the answer to humanity’s most pressing question: What happens when we die? In Proof of Life After Life, Moody and coauthor Paul Perry reveal that consciousness survives after the death of the body. Featuring in-depth case studies, the latest research, and eye-opening interviews with experts, Proof explores everything from common paranormal signs to shared-death experiences, and much more.

Free Download Plato of Athens: A Life in Philosophy (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CGJP1FXT | 2023 | 9 hours and 52 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 287 MB
Author: Robin Waterfield
Narrator: Tristam Summers
Considered by many to be the most important philosopher ever, Plato was born into a well-to-do family in wartime Athens at the end of the fifth century BCE. He finally decided to go into politics, but became disillusioned, especially after the Athenians condemned his teacher, Socrates, to death. He began teaching in his twenties and later founded the Academy, the world’s first higher-educational research and teaching establishment. Eventually, he returned to practical politics and spent a considerable amount of time and energy trying to create a constitution for Syracuse in Sicily that would reflect and perpetuate some of his political ideals.

Free Download Philosophy for Life: And Other Dangerous Situations by Jules Evans
Oct 1, 2020 | English | ASIN: B08JM969Q7 | 10 hrs 49 mins | M4B & MP3@126 kbps
650 to 656 MB | Unabridged | Retail
Jules imagines a dream school, which includes 12 of the greatest and most colourful thinkers the world has ever known.
Each of these ancient philosophers teaches a technique we can use to transform ourselves and live better lives. These practical techniques are illustrated by the extraordinary stories of real people who are using them today – from marines to magicians, from astronauts to anarchists and from CBT psychologists to soldiers. Jules also explores how ancient philosophy is inspiring modern communities – Socratic cafes, Stoic armies, Platonic sects, Sceptic summer camps – and even whole nations in their quest for the good life.

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Free Download On Purpose: Ten Lessons on the Meaning of Life (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0C7WJS5CN | 2023 | 5 hours and 30 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 292 MB
Author: Ben Hutchinson
Narrator: Richard Burnip
How do we live successfully? How do we live fully? Identifying the meaning of life and where we are heading preoccupies all of us at some stage or another. Who better to help us articulate this sense of direction than the most articulate people among us? Writers and thinkers, Ben Hutchinson suggests in this sparkling new book, help us reflect on purpose. Interweaving his own (mis-)adventures with those of major authors such as T.S. Eliot, Virginia Woolf and R.M. Rilke, Hutchinson proposes ten ways in which reading and writing encourage us to ask difficult questions, project our minds into the past and future, and see ourselves and others differently. Engaging and aphoristic, this book is for anyone who finds themselves wondering how to live more mindfully, more forcefully – more fully.

Free Download Navigating Life with Migraine and Other Headaches (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CF2SGZM3 | 2023 | 3 hours and 57 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 218 MB
Author: William B. Young, Stephen D. Silberstein
Narrator: Tristan Morris
Navigating Life with Migraine and Other Headaches focuses on the many myths that exist around headaches and dispels common misperceptions by providing simple explanations on how headaches occur, and, most importantly, how to treat them. The authors give real, practical advice: when and how to manage your headaches, when to seek treatment, and when to be concerned. From vitamins to prescription meds; from when to go to the emergency department to optimizing doctor visits; options for managing headaches are presented in this accessible and easy-to-listen resource. The more you know about headache, including the mechanisms that cause pain, the better you and your family can manage this common and chronic condition. Through the use of patient stories, a glossary of terms for easy reference, and key points for quick retention, this book is a high-quality resource for people looking for empowerment and a sense of control.

Free Download Masquerade: The Life and Times of Deborah Sampson, Continental Soldier (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BF45C27P | 2023 | 13 hours and 57 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 386 MB
Author: Alfred F. Young
Narrator: Kate Mulligan
The remarkable story of the woman who fought in the American Revolution as Robert Shurtliff-and got away with it. Serving for seventeen months during the period between the British surrender at Yorktown and the signing of the final treaty, a time when peace was far from secure, Deborah Sampson accomplished her deception by becoming an outstanding soldier. Alfred Young shows us why she did it and exactly how she carried it off. He meticulously reconstructs her early life as an indentured servant; her young adulthood as a weaver, teacher, and religious rebel; and her military career in the light infantry-consisting of dangerous patrols and small-party encounters, duty that demanded constant vigilance-followed by service as an orderly to a general at West Point.

Free Download I See You, Survivor: Life Inside (and Outside) the Totally F*cked-Up Troubled Teen Industry (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BTQ36R6B | 2023 | 9 hours and 11 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 264 MB
Author: Liz Ianelli, Bret Witter
Narrator: Liz Ianelli, Xe Sands
A survivor of the Troubled Teen Industry exposes the truth about the dark side of a billion-dollar industry’s institutionalized abuse-and shares the story of her own fight for justice. Liz Ianelli, known around the world as Survivor993, spent years at the Family Foundation-labeled an "institution for troubled teens." The children who went through The Family School like her were good people. They had potential and dreams, but they came out with lifelong trauma: anxious, angry, paranoid, self-hating and in pain. Most of them have suffered lives of hardship, unable to integrate back into society. Hundreds have died, mostly by overdose and suicide. I See You, Survivor is about what really happened at The Family and what continues to happen at thousands of facilities like it.