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What Swearing Reveals About Our Language, Our Brains, and Ourselves

by Benjamin K. Bergen ...

It may be starred, beeped, and censored -- yet profanity is so appealing that we can't stop using it. In the funniest, clearest study to date, Benjamin Bergen explains why, and what that tells us about our language and brains.Nearly everyone swears-whether it's over a few too many drinks, in reaction to a stubbed toe, or in flagrante delicto. And yet, we sit idly by as words are banned from ... Read more

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It may be starred, beeped, and censored -- yet profanity is so appealing that we can't stop using it. In the funniest, clearest study to date, Benjamin Bergen explains why, and what that tells us about our language and brains.Nearly everyone swears-whether it's over a few too many drinks, in reaction to a stubbed toe, or in flagrante delicto. And yet, we sit idly by as words are banned from
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Louder Than Words

The New Science of How the Mind Makes Meaning

by Benjamin K. Bergen ...

Whether it's brusque, convincing, fraught with emotion, or dripping with innuendo, language is fundamentally a tool for conveying meaning -- a uniquely human magic trick in which you vibrate your vocal cords to make your innermost thoughts pop up in someone else's mind. You can use it to talk about all sorts of things -- from your new labradoodle puppy to the expansive gardens at Versailles, from ... Read more

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Whether it's brusque, convincing, fraught with emotion, or dripping with innuendo, language is fundamentally a tool for conveying meaning -- a uniquely human magic trick in which you vibrate your vocal cords to make your innermost thoughts pop up in someone else's mind. You can use it to talk about all sorts of things -- from your new labradoodle puppy to the expansive gardens at Versailles, from
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What the F

What Swearing Reveals About Our Language, Our Brains, and Ourselves

by Benjamin K. Bergen ...

Narrated by Benjamin K. Bergen ...

Unabridged

8 hours 45 min

Nearly everyone swears—whether it’s over a few too many drinks, in reaction to a stubbed toe, or in flagrante delicto. And yet, we sit idly by as words are banned from television and censored in books. We insist that people excise profanity from their vocabularies and we punish children for yelling the very same dirty words that we’ll mutter in relief seconds after they fall asleep. Swearing, it ... Read more

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Nearly everyone swears—whether it’s over a few too many drinks, in reaction to a stubbed toe, or in flagrante delicto. And yet, we sit idly by as words are banned from television and censored in books. We insist that people excise profanity from their vocabularies and we punish children for yelling the very same dirty words that we’ll mutter in relief seconds after they fall asleep. Swearing, it
... Read more

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Louder Than Words

The New Science of How the Mind Makes Meaning

by Benjamin K. Bergen ...

Narrated by Benjamin K. Bergen ...

Unabridged

6 hours 41 min

Whether it’s brusque, convincing, fraught with emotion, or dripping with innuendo, language is fundamentally a tool for conveying meaning—a uniquely human magic trick in which you vibrate your vocal cords to make your innermost thoughts pop up in someone else’s mind. You can use it to talk about all sorts of things—from your new labradoodle puppy to the expansive gardens at Versailles, from Roger ... Read more

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Whether it’s brusque, convincing, fraught with emotion, or dripping with innuendo, language is fundamentally a tool for conveying meaning—a uniquely human magic trick in which you vibrate your vocal cords to make your innermost thoughts pop up in someone else’s mind. You can use it to talk about all sorts of things—from your new labradoodle puppy to the expansive gardens at Versailles, from Roger
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You Are What You Click

How Being Selective, Positive, and Creative Can Transform Your Social Media Experience

by Brian A. Primack ...

Narrated by Eric Jason Martin ...

Unabridged

7 hours 21 min

An empowering, forward-thinking solution for creating intentional and healthy social media habits from an expert on media, technology and health.Internationally acclaimed behavioral scientist and social media expert Brian Primack, MD, PhD, believes we do not need to swear off social media, delete all our online accounts, or give up our phones to live healthier, happier lives. In You Are What You ... Read more

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An empowering, forward-thinking solution for creating intentional and healthy social media habits from an expert on media, technology and health.Internationally acclaimed behavioral scientist and social media expert Brian Primack, MD, PhD, believes we do not need to swear off social media, delete all our online accounts, or give up our phones to live healthier, happier lives. In You Are What You
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The Tapping Solution to Create Lasting Change

A Guide to Get Unstuck and Find Your Flow

by Jessica Ortner ...

Narrated by Jessica Ortner ...

Unabridged

11 hours 58 min

Navigate change with clarity and ease using the tools of EFT in this guide from New York Times best-selling author and Tapping expert Jessica Ortner. "The Tapping Solution to Create Lasting Change gets right down to the heart of what it takes to change and have a better, healthier, and more love-filled life." -- Christiane Northrup, M.D. Why do we fear the unknown so intensely that we're willing ... Read more

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Navigate change with clarity and ease using the tools of EFT in this guide from New York Times best-selling author and Tapping expert Jessica Ortner. "The Tapping Solution to Create Lasting Change gets right down to the heart of what it takes to change and have a better, healthier, and more love-filled life." -- Christiane Northrup, M.D. Why do we fear the unknown so intensely that we're willing
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Longpath

Becoming the Great Ancestors Our Future Needs – An Antidote for Short-Termism

by Ari Wallach ...

Narrated by Ari Wallach ...

Unabridged

3 hours 46 min

""An antidote to nearsightedness. Ari Wallach won’t just leave you planning months or years ahead—he challenges you to look generations ahead. Get ready to think and think again."" — Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again and host of the TED podcast WorkLifeA paradigm-shifting manifesto for transforming our thinking from reactionary short-termism to the long-term, widening ... Read more

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""An antidote to nearsightedness. Ari Wallach won’t just leave you planning months or years ahead—he challenges you to look generations ahead. Get ready to think and think again."" — Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again and host of the TED podcast WorkLifeA paradigm-shifting manifesto for transforming our thinking from reactionary short-termism to the long-term, widening
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Word by Word

The Secret Life of Dictionaries

by Kory Stamper ...

Narrated by Kory Stamper ...

Unabridged

9 hours 48 min

Do you have strong feelings about the word “irregardless”? Have you ever tried to define the word “is”? Brimming with intelligence and personality, this vastly entertaining account of how dictionaries are made is a must-read for word mavens.Many of us take dictionaries for granted, and few may realize that the process of writing dictionaries is, in fact, as lively and dynamic as language itself. ... Read more

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Do you have strong feelings about the word “irregardless”? Have you ever tried to define the word “is”? Brimming with intelligence and personality, this vastly entertaining account of how dictionaries are made is a must-read for word mavens.Many of us take dictionaries for granted, and few may realize that the process of writing dictionaries is, in fact, as lively and dynamic as language itself.
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Radical Technologies

The Design of Everyday Life

by Adam Greenfield ...

Narrated by Michael Butler Murray ...

Unabridged

12 hours 14 min

Everywhere we turn, a startling new device promises to transfigure our lives. But at what cost? In this urgent and revelatory excavation of our Information Age, leading technology thinker Adam Greenfield forces us to reconsider our relationship with the networked objects, services, and spaces that define us. It is time to re-evaluate the Silicon Valley consensus determining the future.We're told ... Read more

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Everywhere we turn, a startling new device promises to transfigure our lives. But at what cost? In this urgent and revelatory excavation of our Information Age, leading technology thinker Adam Greenfield forces us to reconsider our relationship with the networked objects, services, and spaces that define us. It is time to re-evaluate the Silicon Valley consensus determining the future.We're told
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Hype

How Scammers, Grifters, and Con Artists Are Taking Over the Internet—and Why We're Following

by Gabrielle Bluestone ...

Narrated by Eileen Stevens ...

Unabridged

10 hours 2 min

From former Vice journalist and executive producer of hit Netflix documentary Fyre comes an eye-opening look at the con artists, grifters and snake oil salesmen of the digital age—and why we can’t stop falling for them.We live in an age where scams are the new normal. A charismatic entrepreneur sells thousands of tickets to a festival that never happened. Respected investors pour ... ... Read more

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From former Vice journalist and executive producer of hit Netflix documentary Fyre comes an eye-opening look at the con artists, grifters and snake oil salesmen of the digital age—and why we can’t stop falling for them.We live in an age where scams are the new normal. A charismatic entrepreneur sells thousands of tickets to a festival that never happened. Respected investors pour ...
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The Emotional Brain

The Mysterious Underpinnings of Emotional Life

by Joseph Ledoux ...

Narrated by Graham Rowat ...

Unabridged

10 hours 46 min

What happens in our brains to make us feel fear, love, hate, anger, joy? Do we control our emotions, or do they control us? Do animals have emotions? How can traumatic experiences in early childhood influence adult behavior, even though we have no conscious memory of them? In The Emotional Brain, Joseph LeDoux investigates the origins of human emotions and explains that many exist as part of ... Read more

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What happens in our brains to make us feel fear, love, hate, anger, joy? Do we control our emotions, or do they control us? Do animals have emotions? How can traumatic experiences in early childhood influence adult behavior, even though we have no conscious memory of them? In The Emotional Brain, Joseph LeDoux investigates the origins of human emotions and explains that many exist as part of
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The Story of China

The Epic History of a World Power from the Middle Kingdom to Mao and the China Dream

by Michael Wood ...

Narrated by Liam Gerrard ...

Unabridged

20 hours 18 min

Michael Wood has travelled the length and breadth of China, the world's oldest civilization and longest lasting state, to tell a thrilling story of intense drama, fabulous creativity, and deep humanity that stretches back thousands of years.After a century and a half of foreign invasion, civil war, and revolution, China has once again returned to center stage as a global superpower and the world's ... Read more

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Michael Wood has travelled the length and breadth of China, the world's oldest civilization and longest lasting state, to tell a thrilling story of intense drama, fabulous creativity, and deep humanity that stretches back thousands of years.After a century and a half of foreign invasion, civil war, and revolution, China has once again returned to center stage as a global superpower and the world's
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