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Philanthropy in the World's Traditions

Edited by Warren F. Ilchman, Stanley N. Katz, Edward L. Queen ...

A study of global giving. "The provocative information challenges the assumptions that philanthropy is a primarily Western or Christian tradition." — ChoiceThis book is an investigation of how cultures outside the Western tradition understand philanthropy and how people in these cultures attempt to realize "the good" through giving and serving. These essays study philanthropy in Buddhist, Islamic, ... Read more

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A study of global giving. "The provocative information challenges the assumptions that philanthropy is a primarily Western or Christian tradition." — ChoiceThis book is an investigation of how cultures outside the Western tradition understand philanthropy and how people in these cultures attempt to realize "the good" through giving and serving. These essays study philanthropy in Buddhist, Islamic,
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Propaganda

by Edward Bernay, Edward Bernay ...

Narrated by Jonathan Queen ...

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3 hours 34 min

"Propaganda" by Edward Bernays, published in 1928, is a groundbreaking exploration of the powerful influence of propaganda on public opinion and behavior. Bernays, often hailed as the "father of public relations," delves deeply into the techniques and strategies used by various entities—governments, corporations, and interest groups—to manipulate and guide the masses. Drawing from his extensive ... Read more

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"Propaganda" by Edward Bernays, published in 1928, is a groundbreaking exploration of the powerful influence of propaganda on public opinion and behavior. Bernays, often hailed as the "father of public relations," delves deeply into the techniques and strategies used by various entities—governments, corporations, and interest groups—to manipulate and guide the masses. Drawing from his extensive
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The Old Lady and . . . . .

by Queen Zakia Shabazz ...

The Old Lady and . . . is a fun picture book that will delight children of all ages as they read on to see if the Old Lady makes it home. Readers are interested in Queens voice because, in addition to her being a children's health advocate, she also has nurtured and supported six children of her own.This, her first children's book, tells a story that young children will enjoy again and again as ... Read more

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The Old Lady and . . . is a fun picture book that will delight children of all ages as they read on to see if the Old Lady makes it home. Readers are interested in Queens voice because, in addition to her being a children's health advocate, she also has nurtured and supported six children of her own.This, her first children's book, tells a story that young children will enjoy again and again as
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Crystallizing Public Opinion

by Edward Bernays, Edward Bernays ...

Narrated by Jonathan Queen ...

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5 hours 16 min

"Crystallizing Public Opinion" by Edward Bernays is a seminal work that delves into the intricacies of shaping public perception and manipulating mass opinion. As the nephew of Sigmund Freud and a pioneer in the field of public relations, Bernays offers profound insights into the mechanisms behind influencing public attitudes and behaviors. Through a blend of theory, case studies, and practical ... Read more

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"Crystallizing Public Opinion" by Edward Bernays is a seminal work that delves into the intricacies of shaping public perception and manipulating mass opinion. As the nephew of Sigmund Freud and a pioneer in the field of public relations, Bernays offers profound insights into the mechanisms behind influencing public attitudes and behaviors. Through a blend of theory, case studies, and practical
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Harriet Tubman

Military Scout and Tenacious Visionary: From Her Roots in Ghana to Her Legacy on the Eastern Shore

by Jean Marie Wiesen, Rita Daniels ...

Narrated by Janina Edwards ...

Unabridged

4 hours 17 min

Harriet Tubman is one of the most iconic figures in American history, yet much of her true story has long been fragmented, misunderstood, or incomplete. While countless books recount her courage on the Underground Railroad, few explore the full scope of her strategic brilliance, military service, and lifelong leadership.Harriet Tubman sets out to correct the record. Drawing on research and rare ... Read more

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Harriet Tubman is one of the most iconic figures in American history, yet much of her true story has long been fragmented, misunderstood, or incomplete. While countless books recount her courage on the Underground Railroad, few explore the full scope of her strategic brilliance, military service, and lifelong leadership.Harriet Tubman sets out to correct the record. Drawing on research and rare
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Kinflicks

by Lisa Alther ...

Narrated by JoBeth Williams ...

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2 hours 51 min

Returning home to Hullsport, Tennessee, to visit her dying mother, Ginny Babcock reviews the Kinflicks of her life -- the home movies her mother used to make -- from adolescence to middle-aged limbo, in an effort to discover herself. ... Read more

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Returning home to Hullsport, Tennessee, to visit her dying mother, Ginny Babcock reviews the Kinflicks of her life -- the home movies her mother used to make -- from adolescence to middle-aged limbo, in an effort to discover herself.
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Strange Angel

The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons

by George Pendle ...

Narrated by James Langton ...

Unabridged

11 hours 16 min

Now a CBS All Access series: “A riveting tale of rocketry, the occult, and boom-and-bust 1920s and 1930s Los Angeles” (Booklist).The Los Angeles Times headline screamed: ROCKET SCIENTIST KILLED IN PASADENA EXPLOSION. The man known as Jack Parsons, a maverick rocketeer who helped transform a derided sci-fi plotline into actuality, was at first mourned as a scientific prodigy. But reporters soon ... Read more

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Now a CBS All Access series: “A riveting tale of rocketry, the occult, and boom-and-bust 1920s and 1930s Los Angeles” (Booklist).The Los Angeles Times headline screamed: ROCKET SCIENTIST KILLED IN PASADENA EXPLOSION. The man known as Jack Parsons, a maverick rocketeer who helped transform a derided sci-fi plotline into actuality, was at first mourned as a scientific prodigy. But reporters soon
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Only Begotten Daughter

by James Morrow ...

Narrated by Christine Helen Lakin ...

Unabridged

13 hours 23 min

Rejoice! A new messiah has come, and her name is Julie. Born to Murray Katz, the solitary (and celibate) keeper of an abandoned lighthouse on the Jersey shore, our protagonist arrives on Earth boasting supernatural abilities evocative of her divine half-brother, Jesus. As a child, she revels in her talent for walking on water, resurrecting dead crabs, and treating fireflies as luminous alphabet ... Read more

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Rejoice! A new messiah has come, and her name is Julie. Born to Murray Katz, the solitary (and celibate) keeper of an abandoned lighthouse on the Jersey shore, our protagonist arrives on Earth boasting supernatural abilities evocative of her divine half-brother, Jesus. As a child, she revels in her talent for walking on water, resurrecting dead crabs, and treating fireflies as luminous alphabet
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Writing to Save a Life

The Louis Till File

by John Edgar Wideman ...

Narrated by Roger Guenveur Smith ...

Unabridged

7 hours 29 min

A major literary figure tells “a searching tale of loss, recovery, and déja vu that is part memoir and what-if speculation, part polemic and exposé” (The Washington Post) about two generations of one family—civil rights martyr Emmett Till and his father, Louis—shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award.Emmett Till took a train from his home in Chicago to visit family in Money, ... Read more

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A major literary figure tells “a searching tale of loss, recovery, and déja vu that is part memoir and what-if speculation, part polemic and exposé” (The Washington Post) about two generations of one family—civil rights martyr Emmett Till and his father, Louis—shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award.Emmett Till took a train from his home in Chicago to visit family in Money,
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Alice

Memoirs of a Barbary Coast Prostitute

by Ivy Anderson, Devon Angus ...

Narrated by Marguerite Gavin ...

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9 hours 55 min

The collected memoirs of a 1913 San Francisco sex worker, their effect on society at the time, and where they fit in today’s worldIn 1913 the San Francisco Bulletin published a serialized, ghostwritten memoir of a prostitute who went by Alice Smith. “A Voice from the Underworld” detailed Alice’s humble Midwestern upbringing and her struggle to find aboveboard work, and candidly related the ... Read more

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The collected memoirs of a 1913 San Francisco sex worker, their effect on society at the time, and where they fit in today’s worldIn 1913 the San Francisco Bulletin published a serialized, ghostwritten memoir of a prostitute who went by Alice Smith. “A Voice from the Underworld” detailed Alice’s humble Midwestern upbringing and her struggle to find aboveboard work, and candidly related the
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Report On Probability A

by Brian W. Aldiss ...

Narrated by Keith Brown ...

Unabridged

4 hours 56 min

An unending chain of surveillance crosses countless dimensions in this brilliant, disturbing, and groundbreaking "antinovel" by one of science fiction's greatest practitionersMr. Mary and his wife are being observed from at least three vantage points as they go about their mundane home lives. G, the former gardener, watches them from a garden shed. Mr. Mary's dismissed secretary, S, watches them ... Read more

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An unending chain of surveillance crosses countless dimensions in this brilliant, disturbing, and groundbreaking "antinovel" by one of science fiction's greatest practitionersMr. Mary and his wife are being observed from at least three vantage points as they go about their mundane home lives. G, the former gardener, watches them from a garden shed. Mr. Mary's dismissed secretary, S, watches them
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Rites of Spring

The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age

by Modris Eksteins ...

Narrated by Michael Prichard ...

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14 hours 53 min

Dazzling in its originality, Rites of Spring probes the origins, impact, and aftermath of World War I, from the premiere of Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring in 1913 to the death of Hitler in 1945. "The Great War," as Modris Eksteins writes, "was the psychological turning point . . . for modernism as a whole. The urge to create and the urge to destroy had changed places."Eksteins goes on to ... Read more

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Dazzling in its originality, Rites of Spring probes the origins, impact, and aftermath of World War I, from the premiere of Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring in 1913 to the death of Hitler in 1945. "The Great War," as Modris Eksteins writes, "was the psychological turning point . . . for modernism as a whole. The urge to create and the urge to destroy had changed places."Eksteins goes on to
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