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Around the World in 80 Lays

Adventures in Sex Travel

by Joe Diamond ...

As globalization erodes national borders and the Internet spawns online communities for every conceivable interest or fetish, sex tourism is surging. Around the World in 80 Lays is the first book to explore the emergence of the online sex tourist subculture and its mounting impact on the world's flesh trade. The author, Joe Diamond, is himself an enthusiastic sex tourist, and an expert. In this ... Read more

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As globalization erodes national borders and the Internet spawns online communities for every conceivable interest or fetish, sex tourism is surging. Around the World in 80 Lays is the first book to explore the emergence of the online sex tourist subculture and its mounting impact on the world's flesh trade. The author, Joe Diamond, is himself an enthusiastic sex tourist, and an expert. In this
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Swing Kings

The Inside Story of Baseball's Home Run Revolution

by Jared Diamond ...

Narrated by Joe Farinacci ...

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10 hours 8 min

""This is the best baseball book I’ve read in years. Swing Kings is a love letter to small people with big ideas."" — Sam Walker, author of The Captain ClassFrom the Wall Street Journal’s national baseball writer, the captivating story of the home run boom, following a group of players who rose from obscurity to stardom and the rogue swing coaches who helped them usher the game into a new age.We ... Read more

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""This is the best baseball book I’ve read in years. Swing Kings is a love letter to small people with big ideas."" — Sam Walker, author of The Captain ClassFrom the Wall Street Journal’s national baseball writer, the captivating story of the home run boom, following a group of players who rose from obscurity to stardom and the rogue swing coaches who helped them usher the game into a new age.We
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Last Letters from the Front Line

by Siân Price ...

Narrated by Chrissy Yates ...

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13 hours 59 min

In this profoundly moving collection of 'farewell letters', Siân Price offers a remarkable insight into the hearts and minds of some of the soldiers, sailors and airmen of the past 300 years.Each letter provides an enduring snapshot of an impossible moment – when an individual stares death squarely in the face. Many were written on the eve of a great charge or battle; others were written by ... Read more

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In this profoundly moving collection of 'farewell letters', Siân Price offers a remarkable insight into the hearts and minds of some of the soldiers, sailors and airmen of the past 300 years.Each letter provides an enduring snapshot of an impossible moment – when an individual stares death squarely in the face. Many were written on the eve of a great charge or battle; others were written by
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God, War, and Providence

The Epic Struggle of Roger Williams and the Narragansett Indians against the Puritans of New England

by James A. Warren ...

Narrated by Bob Souer ...

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7 hours 31 min

A devout Puritan minister in seventeenth-century New England, Roger Williams was also a social critic, diplomat, theologian, and politician who fervently believed in tolerance. Banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1635, Williams purchased land from the Narragansett Indians and laid the foundations for the colony of Rhode Island as a place where Indian and English cultures could flourish side ... Read more

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A devout Puritan minister in seventeenth-century New England, Roger Williams was also a social critic, diplomat, theologian, and politician who fervently believed in tolerance. Banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1635, Williams purchased land from the Narragansett Indians and laid the foundations for the colony of Rhode Island as a place where Indian and English cultures could flourish side
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The Inside Game

Bad Calls, Strange Moves, and What Baseball Behavior Teaches Us About Ourselves

by Keith Law ...

Narrated by Rhett Samuel Price ...

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8 hours 22 min

In this groundbreaking book, Keith Law, the ESPN baseball writer and author of the acclaimed Smart Baseball, offers an era-spanning dissection of some of the best and worst decisions in modern baseball, explaining what motivated them, what can be learned from them, and how their legacy has shaped the game.For years, Daniel Kahneman’s iconic work of behavioral science Thinking Fast and Slow has ... Read more

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In this groundbreaking book, Keith Law, the ESPN baseball writer and author of the acclaimed Smart Baseball, offers an era-spanning dissection of some of the best and worst decisions in modern baseball, explaining what motivated them, what can be learned from them, and how their legacy has shaped the game.For years, Daniel Kahneman’s iconic work of behavioral science Thinking Fast and Slow has
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Character

The History of a Cultural Obsession

by Marjorie Garber ...

Narrated by Pamela Almand ...

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16 hours 28 min

A spirited, engaging investigation into the concept of character, an enduring human obsession in literature, psychology, politics, and everyday lifeWhat is “character”? How can it be measured, developed, or built? Are character traits fixed or changeable? Is character innate, or can it be taught?Since Aristotle’s Poetics, philosophers, moralists, artists, and scientists have engaged with the ... Read more

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A spirited, engaging investigation into the concept of character, an enduring human obsession in literature, psychology, politics, and everyday lifeWhat is “character”? How can it be measured, developed, or built? Are character traits fixed or changeable? Is character innate, or can it be taught?Since Aristotle’s Poetics, philosophers, moralists, artists, and scientists have engaged with the
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High Tension

FDR's Battle to Power America

by John A. Riggs ...

Narrated by David Stifel ...

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10 hours 11 min

High Tension is the story of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's battle against the "Power Trust," an elaborate Wall Street-controlled web of holding companies, to electrify all of America—even when the corrupt captains of the industry and their cronies (led by a formidable and honest champion, Wendell Willkie, whose role in the battle propelled him to a presidential bid to unseat Roosevelt in 1940) cried ... Read more

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High Tension is the story of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's battle against the "Power Trust," an elaborate Wall Street-controlled web of holding companies, to electrify all of America—even when the corrupt captains of the industry and their cronies (led by a formidable and honest champion, Wendell Willkie, whose role in the battle propelled him to a presidential bid to unseat Roosevelt in 1940) cried
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1494

How a Family Feud in Medieval Spain Divided the World in Half

by Stephen R. Bown ...

Narrated by Paul Heitsch ...

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10 hours 12 min

When Columbus triumphantly returned from America to Spain in 1493, his discoveries inflamed an already-smoldering conflict between Spain's renowned monarchs, Ferdinand and Isabella, and Portugal's João II. Which nation was to control the world's oceans? To quell the argument, Pope Alexander VI issued a proclamation laying the foundation for the Treaty of Tordesillas of 1494, an edict that created ... Read more

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When Columbus triumphantly returned from America to Spain in 1493, his discoveries inflamed an already-smoldering conflict between Spain's renowned monarchs, Ferdinand and Isabella, and Portugal's João II. Which nation was to control the world's oceans? To quell the argument, Pope Alexander VI issued a proclamation laying the foundation for the Treaty of Tordesillas of 1494, an edict that created
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Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning

1977, Baseball, Politics, and the Battle for the Soul of a City

by Jonathan Mahler ...

Narrated by Kyle Tait ...

Unabridged

11 hours 56 min

By early 1977, the metropolis was in the grip of hysteria caused by a murderer dubbed "Son of Sam." And on a sweltering night in July, a citywide power outage touched off an orgy of looting and arson that led to the largest mass arrest in New York's history. As the turbulent year wore on, the city became absorbed in two epic battles: the fight between Yankee slugger Reggie Jackson and team manager ... Read more

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By early 1977, the metropolis was in the grip of hysteria caused by a murderer dubbed "Son of Sam." And on a sweltering night in July, a citywide power outage touched off an orgy of looting and arson that led to the largest mass arrest in New York's history. As the turbulent year wore on, the city became absorbed in two epic battles: the fight between Yankee slugger Reggie Jackson and team manager
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The Unexpected President

The Life and Times of Chester A. Arthur

by Scott S. Greenberger ...

Narrated by Paul Heitsch ...

Unabridged

11 hours 22 min

Despite his promising start as a young man, by his early fifties Chester A. Arthur was known as the crooked crony of New York machine boss Roscoe Conkling. For years Arthur had been perceived as unfit to govern, not only by critics and the vast majority of his fellow citizens but by his own conscience. As President James A. Garfield struggled for his life, Arthur knew better than his detractors ... Read more

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Despite his promising start as a young man, by his early fifties Chester A. Arthur was known as the crooked crony of New York machine boss Roscoe Conkling. For years Arthur had been perceived as unfit to govern, not only by critics and the vast majority of his fellow citizens but by his own conscience. As President James A. Garfield struggled for his life, Arthur knew better than his detractors
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Detroit `67

The Year that changed Soul

by Stuart Cosgrove, Tillmann Gscheidle, Sasha Zigic ...

Narrated by Kevin R. Free ...

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16 hours 40 min

The Epic Story of Motown and Detroit's Independent Soul Music SceneIt's January 1967-and one of the worst snowstorms in decades is blanketing Detroit, Michigan. Berry Gordy, owner of Motown Records, is trapped in his home, unable to do anything about the internal war ravaging his most successful group, The Supremes. Diana Ross, Mary Wilson, and Florence Ballard are imploding as Ballard battles ... Read more

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The Epic Story of Motown and Detroit's Independent Soul Music SceneIt's January 1967-and one of the worst snowstorms in decades is blanketing Detroit, Michigan. Berry Gordy, owner of Motown Records, is trapped in his home, unable to do anything about the internal war ravaging his most successful group, The Supremes. Diana Ross, Mary Wilson, and Florence Ballard are imploding as Ballard battles
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The Mating Mind

How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature

by Geoffrey Miller ...

At once a pioneering study of evolution and an accessible and lively reading experience, a book that offers the most convincing—and radical—explanation for how and why the human mind evolved.Consciousness, morality, creativity, language, and art: these are the traits that make us human. Scientists have traditionally explained these qualities as merely a side effect of surplus brain size, but ... Read more

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At once a pioneering study of evolution and an accessible and lively reading experience, a book that offers the most convincing—and radical—explanation for how and why the human mind evolved.Consciousness, morality, creativity, language, and art: these are the traits that make us human. Scientists have traditionally explained these qualities as merely a side effect of surplus brain size, but
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