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Charles Darwin: Victorian Mythmaker
With the publication of On the Origin of Species, Charles Darwin, hailed as the man who "discovered evolution," was propelled into the pantheon of great scientific thinkers, alongside Galileo, Copernicus, and Newton. Eminent writer A. N. Wilson challenges this long-held assumption. Contextualizing Darwin and his ideas, he offers a groundbreaking critical look at this revered figure in modern science.In this beautifully written, deeply erudite portrait, Wilson argues that Darwin was not an original scientific thinker, but a ruthless and determined self-promoter who did not credit the many great sages whose ideas he advanced in his book. Furthermore, Wilson contends that religion and Darwinism have much more in common than it would seem, for the acceptance of Darwin's theory involves a significant leap of faith.Armed with an extraordinary breadth of knowledge, Wilson explores how Darwin and his theory were very much a product of their place and time. The "survival of the fittest" was really the survival of middle class families like the Darwins-members of a relatively new economic strata who benefited from the rising Industrial Revolution at the expense of the working classes. Following Darwin's theory, the wretched state of the poor was an outcome of nature, not the greed and neglect of the moneyed classes. In a paradigm-shifting conclusion, Wilson suggests that it remains to be seen, as this class dies out, whether the Darwinian idea will survive, or whether it, like other Victorian fads, will become a footnote in our intellectual history.Brilliant, daring, and ambitious, Charles Darwin explores this legendary man as never before, and challenges us to reconsider our understanding of both Darwin and modern science itself.
A. N. Wilson (Author), Richard Burnip (Narrator)
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The Colonel: The Extraordinary Story of Colonel Tom Parker and Elvis Presley
Introduction by: Alanna Nash In The Colonel, Alanna Nash, the author of Golden Girl: The Story of Jessica Savitch, explores in-depth the amazing story of Colonel Tom Parker, the man behind the legend and the myth of Elvis Presley. The result is a book that reads like the most riveting of real-life detective stories-one that will completely change your view of Presley's life, success, and death. While scores of books have been written about Elvis Presley, this is the first meticulously researched biography of Tom Parker written by someone who knew him personally. And for anyone truly interested in the performer many consider the greatest and most influential of the twentieth century, it is impossible to understand how Elvis came to be such a phenomenon without examining the life and mind of Parker, the man who virtually controlled Elvis's every move. Alanna Nash has been covering the story of Elvis Presley and Colonel Tom Parker since the day of Presley's funeral in Memphis, Tennessee. She was the first journalist allowed to view Presley's body, a compelling and surprising sight. But the profile of Parker attending the funeral in a Hawaiian shirt and a baseball cap was even stranger, and led her to investigate the man behind the myth. It has been known for twenty years that Thomas Andrew Parker was, in fact, born in Holland as Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk. But Nash has dug much deeper and, in a masterpiece of reporting, unearthed never-before-seen documents, including Parker's army records and psychiatric evaluations, and the original police report of an unsolved murder case in Holland that lies at the heart of the Parker mystery. In the process of weighing the evidence, she answers the biggest riddle in the history of the music industry, as it becomes clear that every move Parker made in the handling of Elvis Presley-from why he never allowed Elvis to perform in Europe, to why he didn't halt Elvis's drug use, to why he put him in so many mediocre movies, and even the Colonel's direction of Presley's army career-was designed to protect Parker's own secrets. Filled with startling new material, her book challenges even the most familiar precepts of the Presley saga-everything we presumed about Parker's handling of the world's most famous entertainer must now be reevaluated in the light of information Nash reveals about Parker, who cared little for Presley beyond what the singer could do to bolster the Colonel's precarious position as an illegal alien. Elvis Presley, as one of Parker's unwitting victims, paid a major price for the Colonel's past and his overwhelming need to be more important than his client. As a result, Presley was never allowed to reach his potential and died in drug-induced frustration over his stunted and mismanaged career. In this astonishing, impeccably written, and vastly entertaining book, Nash proves that the only figure in American popular culture as fascinating as Elvis Presley is Colonel Tom Parker, the man who shaped Elvis, who in turn helped shape us.
Alanna Nash (Author), Gibson Frazier (Narrator)
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A Sinner in Mecca: A Gay Muslim's Hajj of Defiance
The Hajj pilgrimage is a journey every Muslim is commanded by God to go on at least once in a lifetime if they are able and, like millions, Parvez Sharma believes his spiritual salvation lies at Islam's ground zero, Mecca. But unlike the journeys of his fellow Muslims, the consequences of his own could be deadly. In A Sinner in Mecca, author and filmmaker Parvez chronicles his pilgrimage as a very openly gay Muslim to Saudi Arabia, where Islam's heart beats . . . and where being true to himself is punishable by death. Risking his life, Parvez embarks on a Jihad of the self-filming his experience along the way. Already under fire for his documentary A Jihad for Love, which looks at the coexistence of Islam and homosexuality, he would undoubtedly face savage punishment if exposed-from being thrown off a cliff to public beheading. Parvez's odyssey is at once audacious, global, and remarkable. He meets everyone from extremists to explorers of the spiritual kind, and the world they open up is frightening . . . yet breathtaking. In Mecca, Parvez comes out to a pilgrim, who then asks him why he would want to be part of something that wants no part of him. This book is his answer to this question and many more.
Parvez Sharma (Author), Parvez Sharma (Narrator)
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After a near fatal stroke in 1995, Robert McCrum has gained an intimate understanding of his own mortality. Twenty-two years on, his friends have joined him in experiencing Prospero's 'every third thought' of death as a dominating theme of life. McCrum asks: can we make peace with what Freud calls 'the necessity of dying'? Searching for answers leads him to brain surgeons, psychologists, cancer patients and writers for advice and wisdom. For anyone preoccupied by living in the lengthening shadow of mortality, Every Third Thought is an enthralling guide and companion.
Robert McCrum (Author), Robert McCrum (Narrator)
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Introduction Copyright 2015 Henry Marsh, Afterword Copyright 2015 Robert McCrum Robert McCrum was forty-two when he suffered a massive stroke which left one side of his body paralysed, his speech drastically impaired and his sense of himself radically altered. My Year Off traces McCrum's gruelling recovery as he regains sensation and begins to come to terms, with the help of his family, with what can and cannot be recovered after a grave injury. It is a moving remonstrance against human frailty, and a vital and insightful exploration of hope, despair, determination and, ultimately, of love.
Robert McCrum (Author), Robert McCrum (Narrator)
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Healing Rhinos and Other Souls: The Extraordinary Fortunes of a Bushveld Vet
Healing Rhinos and Other Souls tells the story of a much respected if unorthodox vet, a family man who loved and understood nature and all her creatures, a reluctant businessman, a somewhat exuberant driver, a humble person, a great storyteller and a wonderful friend to many. For nearly fifty years Walter Eschenburg lived and worked as a pioneering wildlife vet in the South African bushveld with its many animals and a host of weird and wonderful people. After a childhood spent in a German castle during the Second World War, a harrowing escape from the Russian army and a sequence of bold moves and fortunate circumstances, it is here, against the backdrop of the harsh but beautiful landscapes of the Waterberg, that Walter comes into his own and develops into a seasoned vet. He encounters charging rhinos, tame buffalo, irate cows and angry giraffes; he deals with snakes and warthogs, amorous elephants, cats, dogs and donkeys. He treats his patients with compassion and kindness, and his clients with large doses of humour. Healing Rhinos and Other Souls is a story of love and life; of nature and adventures; of humour, passion and understanding. It is a story about a man who was simply himself all his life, the story of a life well lived.
Stephanie Rohrbach (Author), Bokkie Botha, Stephanie Rohrbach (Narrator)
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Säg Emil Christensen och namnet kanske klingar bekant. Säg HeatoN och miljoner och åter miljoner fans vet precis vem du pratar om. Den levande legenden som började med gaming i pojkrummets ensamhet för att sluta som världens främsta Counter-striker är nu aktuell med en memoarbok. Emil växer upp med sin mamma och styvpappa i en av Stockholms lugnare förorter. Livet består av skola, träning och ljusa barndoms-upplevelser, men också av skuggor, missbruk och sådant man inte talar om. När han 15 år gammal förloras en lovande ishockeykarriär på grund av en skada, och när mamman försvinner in i ett tablettmissbruk står han utan någon tydlig tillhörighet i livet. Av en slump hittar Emil spelet counter-strike och offrar allt för att lyckas. Han slår sig ihop med sin värsta fiende Tommy och tillsammans skapar de laget Ninja in Pyjamas som blir ett av världens bästa någonsin. Emils unika resa till toppen är en krokig väg. I sin bok berättar han om ensamheten och befrielsen i spelandet, om hänsynslösa managers, oförglömliga ögonblick, kamratskap och svek, framgångar och motgångar, problem med mat, alkohol och pengar, katastrofen, depressionen, mammans död och slutligen revanschen. För första gången kommenterar han också sitt rykte som huligan. Inte minst vill Emil visa att e-sporten verkligen är en sport, lika mycket som schack. Idag räknas den som den största sporten i Sverige, Fler människor i världen ser på e-sport än på traditionell sport och bara grenen Counter-strike utövas av inte mindre 110 miljoner. Emil Christensen betraktas som en av de bästa Counter-strike-spelarna genom tiderna och har vunnit åtta VM-guld. Hans lag Ninjas in Pyjamas tillhörde under början av 2000-talet världseliten inom e-sporten och HeatoN, som han kallas i spelsammanhang, beräknas ha spelat in miljontals kronor i prispengar pengar han nu använder för att hjälpa ungdomar med spelutveckling och i olika hälsoprojekt.
Emil Christensen, Linus Sunnervik (Author), Magnus Schmitz (Narrator)
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#metoo Så går vi vidare är ett samtidsdokument över en rörelse som sällan skådats i Sverige och världen. Bokens syfte är att hålla debatten vid liv och även inkludera grupper som inte känt att rörelsen handlar om dem. metoo berör oss alla oavsett om man själv drabbats och oavsett vidden och graden av utsatthet. Tystnaden har fått råda tillräckligt länge. I årets viktigaste bok tar vi samtalet om sexuella övergrepp och sexuellt våld vidare med tips på var man kan få stöd, råd och verktyg. Boken vänder sig till alla oavsett kön, bakgrund, ålder, sexuell läggning. Alexandra Pascalidou är huvudredaktör för denna antologi som samlar starka röster från namnkunniga till anonyma, från läkare till poliser, jurister, jämställdhetsspecialister, politiker och medsystrars berättelser ur vardagen.
Alexandra Pascalidou (Author), Nina Haber (Narrator)
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Den 5 maj 2007 hämtas en välkänd man upp av polisen från sin lyxiga takvåning i Västra hamnen i Malmö. Han är misstänkt för att ha våldtagit en 23-årig kvinna. En ofattbar historia vecklas ut - en om narcissism, galenskap, härskartekniker och tysta vittnen. Det här är historien om plastikkirurgen Carl-Åke Troilius. Leone Milton, författare och journalist, kartlägger i denna reportagebok händelserna kring fallet med Carl-Åke Troilius, i pressen känd som 'Plastikkirurgen' och 'Trollet'. En redogörelse och historia om ett av Sveriges mest häpnadsväckande rättsfall, där sanningen överträffar verkligheten på värsta tänkbara sätt.
Leone Milton (Author), Viktoria Flodström (Narrator)
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Laugh It Up!: Embrace Freedom and Experience Defiant Joy
The world knows Candace Payne as "Chewbacca Mom," the wife and mother of two from Dallas who captured the hearts of nearly 200 million people around the world with nothing but a toy Chewbacca mask, a smart phone, and infectious laughter. Candace's viral moment of simple joy became Facebook Live's top video. But what the video doesn't show is Candace's storied journey of daunting obstacles on the way to the joy-filled life-extreme poverty, past trauma, and struggles with self-worth. Laugh It Up! tells the rest of the story behind the woman in the mask. Like most of us, Candace has often felt overlooked, undervalued, and insignificant. But she has also discovered the secrets to unshakable joy that no circumstance can take away, and Laugh It Up! will help you discover and experience the same. Join Candace to discover the gift God has given us all to experience life to the fullest. All you need to do is answer "yes" when joy, whom Candace personifies as a friend, calls you to come and play. Do you feel tempted to give up on your dreams? Joy stays the course. Do your knees knock when thinking about the future? Joy hopes for what can be. Do you feel unseen and unnoticed? Joy is content whether backstage or center stage. Do you feel crushed under the weight of regret? Joy loves you enough to weep with you, but also enough to help you move on. When life punches you in the gut, it can be difficult to muster a smile-much less a laugh. But with humor and power, wit and wisdom, Candace lights the way forward to a life that is free indeed.
Candace Payne (Author), Candace Payne (Narrator)
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Tanker Pilot: Lessons from the Cockpit
Foreword by Rush Limbaugh From a veteran air-refueling expert who flew missions for over two decades during the Cold War, Afghan War, and Iraq War comes a thrilling eyewitness account of modern warfare, with inspirational stories and moral lessons for people on the battlefield, in boardrooms, and in their everyday lives. Get a glimpse of life in the pilot's seat and experience modern air warfare directly from a true American hero. Lt. Col Mark Hasara-who has twenty-four years experience in flying missions around the world-provides keen and eye-opening insights on success, failure, and emphasizes the importance of always being willing to learn. He provides twelve essential lessons based on his wartime experience and his own personal photographs from his missions during the Cold War, Gulf War, and Iraq War. With a foreword by #1 New York Times bestselling author and radio host Rush Limbaugh, this is a military memoir not to be missed. **Contact Customer Service for Additional Material**
Mark Hasara (Author), Danny Campbell (Narrator)
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Guerrera del amor: Una memoria
La tan esperada autobiografia por el aclamado autor Glennon Doyle Melton relata la historia de su viaje de autodescubrimiento, tras la implosion de su matrimonio.
Glennon Doyle, Glennon Doyle Melton (Author), Erika Robleda, Erika Robledo (Narrator)
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