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The True Believer

Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements

de Eric Hoffer ...

“Its theme is political fanaticism, with which it deals severely and brilliantly.” —New YorkerThe famous bestseller with “concise insight into what drives the mind of the fanatic and the dynamics of a mass movement” (Wall Street Journal) by the legendary San Francisco longshoreman.A stevedore on the San Francisco docks in the 1940s, Eric Hoffer wrote philosophical treatises in his spare time while ... Leer más

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“Its theme is political fanaticism, with which it deals severely and brilliantly.” —New YorkerThe famous bestseller with “concise insight into what drives the mind of the fanatic and the dynamics of a mass movement” (Wall Street Journal) by the legendary San Francisco longshoreman.A stevedore on the San Francisco docks in the 1940s, Eric Hoffer wrote philosophical treatises in his spare time while
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Il vero credente

Sulla natura del fanatismo di massa

de Eric Hoffer ...

Traducido por Stefano Musilli ...

Dedicare la propria vita a una causa che si considera sacra, seguirla ciecamente, opprimere o convertire gli altri in suo nome, subordinare ogni idea e ogni affetto alla sua realizzazione, essere pronti a morire per essa. È questo, indipendentemente dalla dottrina o dall'ideologia che sceglie, il semplice credo del fanatico, protagonista di questo saggio e della nostra epoca. Eric Hoffer, nel ... Leer más

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Dedicare la propria vita a una causa che si considera sacra, seguirla ciecamente, opprimere o convertire gli altri in suo nome, subordinare ogni idea e ogni affetto alla sua realizzazione, essere pronti a morire per essa. È questo, indipendentemente dalla dottrina o dall'ideologia che sceglie, il semplice credo del fanatico, protagonista di questo saggio e della nostra epoca. Eric Hoffer, nel
... Leer más
Le Vrai Croyant

Pensées sur la nature des mouvements de masse

de Eric Hoffer ...

Traducido por Pierre Francart ...

Le Vrai Croyant (The True Believer) est un des classiques les plus provocateurs de la pensée sociale, devenu depuis sa parution en 1951, un véritable best-seller et un ouvrage influent. Il est l’œuvre d’Eric Hoffer, docker et grand lecteur, et a été écrit au cours des années 1940 dans les gares de triage de San Francisco. Hoffer y dessine une théorie remarquablement suggestive du type de ... Leer más

$14.99 USD

Le Vrai Croyant (The True Believer) est un des classiques les plus provocateurs de la pensée sociale, devenu depuis sa parution en 1951, un véritable best-seller et un ouvrage influent. Il est l’œuvre d’Eric Hoffer, docker et grand lecteur, et a été écrit au cours des années 1940 dans les gares de triage de San Francisco. Hoffer y dessine une théorie remarquablement suggestive du type de
... Leer más
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The True Believer

Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements

de Eric Hoffer ...

Narrado por Fred Sanders ...

Completo

5 hora 16 minutos

“Its theme is political fanaticism, with which it deals severely and brilliantly.” —New YorkerThe famous bestseller with “concise insight into what drives the mind of the fanatic and the dynamics of a mass movement” (Wall Street Journal) by the legendary San Francisco longshoreman.A stevedore on the San Francisco docks in the 1940s, Eric Hoffer wrote philosophical treatises in his spare time while ... Leer más

$23.99 USD

Disponible también en: eBook

“Its theme is political fanaticism, with which it deals severely and brilliantly.” —New YorkerThe famous bestseller with “concise insight into what drives the mind of the fanatic and the dynamics of a mass movement” (Wall Street Journal) by the legendary San Francisco longshoreman.A stevedore on the San Francisco docks in the 1940s, Eric Hoffer wrote philosophical treatises in his spare time while
... Leer más

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A History of What Comes Next

A Take Them to the Stars Novel

de Sylvain Neuvel ...

Narrado por Sylvain Neuvel, Andrew Byron, Dugald Bruce Lockhart, Imogen Wilde, Jilly Bond, Kevin Shen, Laila Pyne, Richard Trinder, Thomas Judd ...

Series Audiolibro 1 - Take Them to the Stars
Completo

9 hora 22 minutos

This program includes additional material read by Sylvain Neuvel, and a bonus conversation with narrators Jilly Bond and Imogen Wilde.Showing that truth is stranger than fiction, Sylvain Neuvel weaves a sci-fi thriller reminiscent of Blake Crouch and Andy Weir, blending a fast moving, darkly satirical look at 1940s rocketry with an exploration of the amorality of progress and the nature of ... Leer más

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This program includes additional material read by Sylvain Neuvel, and a bonus conversation with narrators Jilly Bond and Imogen Wilde.Showing that truth is stranger than fiction, Sylvain Neuvel weaves a sci-fi thriller reminiscent of Blake Crouch and Andy Weir, blending a fast moving, darkly satirical look at 1940s rocketry with an exploration of the amorality of progress and the nature of
... Leer más

Disponible también en: eBook
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A People’s History of the World

From the Stone Age to the New Millennium

de Chris Harman ...

Narrado por Napoleon Ryan ...

Completo

29 hora 44 minutos

Chris Harman describes the shape and course of human history as a narrative of ordinary people forming and re-forming complex societies in pursuit of common human goals. Interacting with the forces of technological change as well as the impact of powerful individuals and revolutionary ideas, these societies have engendered events familiar to every schoolchild—from the empires of antiquity to the ... Leer más

$27.99 USD

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Chris Harman describes the shape and course of human history as a narrative of ordinary people forming and re-forming complex societies in pursuit of common human goals. Interacting with the forces of technological change as well as the impact of powerful individuals and revolutionary ideas, these societies have engendered events familiar to every schoolchild—from the empires of antiquity to the
... Leer más

Disponible también en: eBook
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You Look Like a Thing and I Love You

How Artificial Intelligence Works and Why It's Making the World a Weirder Place

de Janelle Shane ...

Narrado por Xe Sands ...

Completo

5 hora 33 minutos

As heard on NPR's "Science Friday," discover the book recommended by Malcolm Gladwell, Susan Cain, Daniel Pink, and Adam Grant: an "accessible, informative, and hilarious" introduction to the weird and wonderful world of artificial intelligence (Ryan North)."You look like a thing and I love you" is one of the best pickup lines ever . . . according to an artificial intelligence trained by scientist ... Leer más

$18.99 USD

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As heard on NPR's "Science Friday," discover the book recommended by Malcolm Gladwell, Susan Cain, Daniel Pink, and Adam Grant: an "accessible, informative, and hilarious" introduction to the weird and wonderful world of artificial intelligence (Ryan North)."You look like a thing and I love you" is one of the best pickup lines ever . . . according to an artificial intelligence trained by scientist
... Leer más

Disponible también en: eBook
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Science Fictions

How Fraud, Bias, Negligence, and Hype Undermine the Search for Truth

de Stuart Ritchie ...

Narrado por Stuart Ritchie ...

Completo

8 hora 35 minutos

An insider’s view of science reveals why many scientific results cannot be relied upon – and how the system can be reformed.Science is how we understand the world. Yet failures in peer review and mistakes in statistics have rendered a shocking number of scientific studies useless – or, worse, badly misleading. Such errors have distorted our knowledge in fields as wide-ranging as medicine, physics, ... Leer más

$24.99 USD

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An insider’s view of science reveals why many scientific results cannot be relied upon – and how the system can be reformed.Science is how we understand the world. Yet failures in peer review and mistakes in statistics have rendered a shocking number of scientific studies useless – or, worse, badly misleading. Such errors have distorted our knowledge in fields as wide-ranging as medicine, physics,
... Leer más

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Audiolibro

The Stepford Wives

de Ira Levin, Peter Straub ...

Narrado por January LaVoy, Grover Gardner ...

Completo

3 hora 59 minutos

Ira Levin’s dark suburban tale remains as compelling—and frighteningly relevant—as ever. Psychological suspense mixes with elements of science fiction to create an extraordinary thriller tinged with Levin’s sly, satirical wit.Few novels have enshrined themselves in the collective consciousness to the degree The Stepford Wives has. Levin’s sardonic critique has been spun off into countless film and ... Leer más

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Ira Levin’s dark suburban tale remains as compelling—and frighteningly relevant—as ever. Psychological suspense mixes with elements of science fiction to create an extraordinary thriller tinged with Levin’s sly, satirical wit.Few novels have enshrined themselves in the collective consciousness to the degree The Stepford Wives has. Levin’s sardonic critique has been spun off into countless film and
... Leer más

Disponible también en: eBook
Audiolibro

Black Hole

How an Idea Abandoned by Newtonians, Hated by Einstein, and Gambled on by Hawking Became Loved

de Marcia Bartusiak ...

Narrado por Randye Kaye ...

Completo

6 hora 9 minutos

For more than half a century, physicists and astronomers engaged in heated dispute over the possibility of black holes in the universe. The weirdly alien notion of a space-time abyss from which nothing escapes—not even light—seemed to confound all logic. This engrossing book tells the story of the fierce black hole debates and the contributions of Einstein, Hawking, and other leading thinkers who ... Leer más

$16.99 USD

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For more than half a century, physicists and astronomers engaged in heated dispute over the possibility of black holes in the universe. The weirdly alien notion of a space-time abyss from which nothing escapes—not even light—seemed to confound all logic. This engrossing book tells the story of the fierce black hole debates and the contributions of Einstein, Hawking, and other leading thinkers who
... Leer más

Disponible también en: eBook
Audiolibro

The Slave's Cause

A History of Abolition

de Manisha Sinha ...

Narrado por Allyson Johnson ...

Completo

30 hora 30 minutos

Received historical wisdom casts abolitionists as bourgeois, mostly white reformers burdened by racial paternalism and economic conservatism. Manisha Sinha overturns this image, broadening her scope beyond the antebellum period usually associated with abolitionism and recasting it as a radical social movement in which men and women, black and white, free and enslaved found common ground in causes ... Leer más

$39.99 USD

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Received historical wisdom casts abolitionists as bourgeois, mostly white reformers burdened by racial paternalism and economic conservatism. Manisha Sinha overturns this image, broadening her scope beyond the antebellum period usually associated with abolitionism and recasting it as a radical social movement in which men and women, black and white, free and enslaved found common ground in causes
... Leer más

Disponible también en: eBook
Audiolibro

Imagined Communities

Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism

de Benedict Anderson ...

Narrado por Kevin Foley ...

Completo

8 hora 9 minutos

Imagined Communities, Benedict Anderson's brilliant book on nationalism, forged a new field of study when it first appeared in 1983. Since then it has sold over a quarter of a million copies and is widely considered the most important book on the subject. In this greatly anticipated revised edition, Anderson updates and elaborates on the core question: What makes people live and die for nations, ... Leer más

$17.99 USD

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Imagined Communities, Benedict Anderson's brilliant book on nationalism, forged a new field of study when it first appeared in 1983. Since then it has sold over a quarter of a million copies and is widely considered the most important book on the subject. In this greatly anticipated revised edition, Anderson updates and elaborates on the core question: What makes people live and die for nations,
... Leer más

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