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Free Download To Overthrow the World: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Communism (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CS3SF9SC | 2024 | 16 hours and 15 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 472 MB
Author: Sean McMeekin
Narrator: Robert Fass
From an award-winning historian, a new global history of Communism. When the USSR collapsed in 1991, the world was certain that Communism was dead. Today, three decades later, it is clear that it was not. While Russia may no longer be Communist, Communism and sympathy for Communist ideas have proliferated across the globe. In To Overthrow the World, Sean McMeekin investigates the evolution of Communism from a seductive ideal of a classless society into the ruling doctrine of tyrannical regimes. Tracing Communism’s ascent from theory to practice, McMeekin ranges from Karl Marx’s writings to the rise and fall of the USSR under Stalin to Mao’s rise to power in China to the acceleration of Communist or Communist-inspired policies around the world in the twenty-first century. McMeekin argues, however, that despite the endurance of Communism, it remains deeply unpopular as a political form. Where it has arisen, it has always arisen by force. Blending historical narrative with cutting-edge scholarship, To Overthrow the World revolutionizes our understanding of the evolution of Communism-an idea that seemingly cannot die.

Free Download This World Is Not Yours (Audiobook)
English | September 10, 2024 | ASIN: B0DDZXLRMY | M4B@128 kbps | 4h 12m | 229 MB
Author: Kemi Ashing-Giwa | Narrator: Catherine Ho
This World Is Not Yours by USA Today bestseller Kemi Ashing-Giwa is the perfect blend of S. A. Barnes’s space horror and Cassandra Khaw’s beautiful but macabre worlds. An action-packed, inventive novella about a toxic polycule consumed by jealousy and their attempts to survive on a hostile planet.
After fleeing her controlling and murderous family with her fiancee, Vinh, Amara embarks on a colonization project, New Belaforme, along with her childhood friend Jesse.

Free Download The World She Edited: Katharine S. White at The New Yorker (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CDNFPJFP | 2024 | 20 hours and 59 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 604 MB
Author: Amy Reading
Narrator: Christa Lewis
A lively and intimate biography of trailblazing and era-defining New Yorker editor Katharine S. White, who helped build the magazine’s prestigious legacy and transform the 20th century literary landscape for women. In the summer of 1925, Katharine Sergeant Angell White walked into The New Yorker’s midtown office and left with a job as an editor. The magazine was only a few months old. Over the next thirty-six years, White would transform the publication into a literary powerhouse. This exquisite biography brings to life the remarkable relationships White fostered with her writers and how these relationships nurtured an astonishing array of literary talent. She edited a young John Updike, to whom she sent seventeen rejections before a single acceptance, as well as Vladimir Nabokov, with whom she fought incessantly, urging that he drop needlessly obscure, confusing words.

Free Download The Story of Civilization The Medieval World by Phillip Campbell, Kevin Gallagher, TAN Books
English | August 16, 2017 | ISBN: B074T1R5TL | 8 hours and 27 minutes | M4B 64 Kbps | 238 Mb
Children should not just read about history, they should live it. In The Story of Civilization author Phillip Campbell uses his historical expertise and storytelling ability together in tandem, to present history’s greatest stories in a fresh and thrilling way.
Talented voice actor and audiobook producer Kevin Gallagher continues the journey through history in this riveting reading of The Story of Civilization: The Medieval World. This follows his popular readings of Volume 1: The Ancient World and The Story of the Bible series. Your children will be transported back in time through the sound effects, music, and voice acting that complements the reading of the text.
The journey continues in this second volume just after the conversion of Emperor Constantine. Children will watch the seeds of Christendom being planted in the soil of Europe, thanks to colossal figures like Sts. Benedict, Patrick, and Ambrose. The wonder of the medieval world comes alive with brilliant tales of knights, crusaders, castles, and inventions.

Free Download The Story of Civilization: The Ancient World by Phillip Campbell, Kevin Gallagher, TAN Books
English | June 21, 2016 | ISBN: B01HBRNW5E | 8 hours and 40 minutes | M4B 64 Kbps | 243 Mb
Children should not just hear about history, they should live it. In The Story of Civilization, the ancient stories that have shaped humanity come alive like never before. Author Phillip Campbell uses his historical expertise and story-telling ability together in tandem to present the content in a fresh and thrilling way.
The Story of Civilization reflects a new emphasis in presenting the history of the world as a thrilling and compelling narrative. Within each chapter, children will encounter short stories that place them directly in the shoes of historical figures, both famous and ordinary, as they live through legendary battles and invasions, philosophical debates, the construction of architectural wonders, the discovery of new inventions and sciences, and the exploration of the world.
Volume I, The Ancient World, begins the journey, covering the time periods from the dawn of history and the early nomads, to the conversion of Emperor Constantine. Children will learn what life was like in the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Persia, Greece, Rome, and more, as well as learn the Old Testament stories of the Israelites and the coming of Christ.

Free Download The Eye of the World: Book One of The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan, Rosamund Pike, Macmillan Audio
English | November 16, 2021 | ISBN: B09JT5JR49 | 32 hours and 55 minutes | M4B 64 Kbps | 897 Mb
A 2023 Audie Award winner for Best Female Narrator!
"Rosamund Pike brings a fresh narration to the first book in the beloved Wheel of Time series. At 33 hours, this audiobook is no small undertaking, but Pike’s impressive performance leaves listeners wanting more."-AudioFile (Earphones Award winner)
"Through her smooth, dramatic performance, award-winning actor Rosamund Pike amplifies the new audiobook of book one in Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series."-BookPage

Free Download The Autist’s Guide to the Galaxy: Navigating the World of ‘Normal People’ (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0DDQJRT6H | 2024 | 2 hours and 49 minutes | M4B@192 kbps | 232 MB
Author: Clara Törnvall, Alice E. Olsson
Narrator: Kim Bretton
A playful guide to understanding the ways of "normal people", The Autist’s Guide to the Galaxy flips our usual scripts about neurodiversity. Clara Törnvall has written a fun, comprehensive, and accessible explanation of neurotypical, or "normal", behavior. Full of facts, tips, and tests, and developed with input from other autists, this book places the difficulties autists face in the context of a world built for the neurotypical majority. It will help neurodiverse people-and their families, friends, and loved ones-navigate this world, nurture stronger relationships, and thrive.

Free Download Religions of the Axial Age: An Approach to the World’s Religions by Mark W. Muesse, The Great Courses
English | July 08, 2013 | ISBN: B00DTO4CUS | 12 hours and 30 minutes | MP3 128 Kbps | 515 Mb
These 24 extraordinary lectures offer you the rare opportunity to relate your own spiritual questions to a variety of ancient quests for meaning and transcendence. Professor Muesse looks at the historical conditions in which the world religions arose and explores how they answered shared metaphysical and human dilemmas.
The Axial Age – a pivotal era between 800 and 200 B.C.E. – saw the rise of many of the world’s religions in Iran, South Asia, and China. On this stirring journey, you’ll learn about the rise of Zoroastrianism in Persia (now Iran); Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism on the Indian subcontinent; and Confucianism and Daoism in China. You’ll also see how these religions compare, contrast, and contribute to contemporary Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Through sacred texts, modern scholarship, and thoughts arising from his own personal experiences, Professor Muesse reveals what it meant to be a conscious, morally responsible individual in the Axial Age. You’ll enjoy a ringside seat as each founding sage wrestles with moral accountability, the nature of self and ultimate reality, good versus evil, suffering and transcendence – all topics that still puzzle us today.

Free Download Playful Parenting: 10 Parenting Lessons Inspired by the World of Bluey by Mandi Cline, Esther Owens
English | April 08, 2024 | ISBN: B0CZYZ8LX4 | 2 hours and 59 minutes | MP3 64 Kbps | 82 Mb
Embark on a wackadoo parenting journey drawn from the heartwarming adventures of the Heeler Family! Inspired by the lovable show Bluey, this delightful book brings to life 10 invaluable parenting lessons drawn from the adventures of Bluey, Bingo, and their parents, Bandit and Chilli. Backed by proven data and research, this parenting guide not only unveils the positive impact of each lesson on your child’s development but also real-life tips on how to infuse the Bluey magic into your own family story. Let the Heelers be your trusty companions on this playful parenting journey with your own little nippers! Hooray!

Free Download Kristie Patricia Flannery, Brigid Lohrey (Narrator), "Piracy and the Making of the Spanish Pacific World"
English | ASIN: B0DFD2YJGP | 2024 | MP3@64 kbps | ~12:53:00 | 354 MB
Piracy and the Making of the Spanish Pacific World offers a new interpretation of Spanish colonial rule in the Philippine islands. Drawing on the rich archives of Spain’s Asian empire, Kristie Patricia Flannery reveals that Spanish colonial officials and Catholic missionaries forged alliances with Indigenous Filipinos and Chinese migrant settlers in the Southeast Asian archipelago to wage war against waves of pirates, and even the British fleet that attacked at the height of the Seven Years’ War.
This revisionist study complicates the assumption that empire was imposed on Filipinos with brute force alone. Rather, anti-piracy also shaped the politics of belonging in the colonial Philippines. Real and imagined pirate threats especially influenced the fate and fortunes of Chinese migrants in the islands. They triggered genocidal massacres of the Chinese at some junctures, and at others facilitated Chinese integration into the Catholic nation as loyal vassals.