Social Science Audiobooks | Non-Fiction

We Are the Middle of Forever: Indigenous Voices from Turtle Island on the Changing Earth

A powerful, intimate collection of conversations with Indigenous Americans on the climate crisis and the Earth’s future Although for a great many people, the human impact on the Earth—countless species becoming extinct, pandemics claiming millions of lives, and climate crisis causing worldwide social and environmental upheaval—was not apparent until recently, this is not the case for all people or cultures. For the Indigenous people of the world, radical alteration of the planet, and of life itself, is a story that is many generations long. They have had to adapt, to persevere, and to be courageous and resourceful in the face of genocide and destruction—and their experience has given them a unique understanding of civilizational devastation. An innovative work of research and reportage, We Are the Middle of Forever places Indigenous voices at the center of conversations about today’s environmental crisis. The book draws on interviews with people from different North American Indigenous cultures and communities, generations, and geographic regions who share their knowledge and experience, their questions, their observations, and their dreams of maintaining the best relationship possible to all of life. A welcome antidote to the despair arising from the climate crisis, We Are the Middle of Forever brings to the forefront the perspectives of those who have long been attuned to climate change and will be an indispensable aid to those looking for new and different ideas and responses to the challenges we face.

Dahr Jamail, Stan Rushworth (Author), Shaun Taylor-Corbett (Narrator)

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African Myths: Captivating Stories, Folk Tales, Gods, and Goddesses of African Mythology

Do you like stories about gods and spirits, giants and monsters, damsels in distress, and clever heroes? All of these can be found in African myth and folklore, which have a vast and varied tapestry of stories from hundreds of cultures, each with its own traditions and values. Sometimes the heroes of these stories are divine beings who come down from heaven to create the world we live in, but sometimes human beings and animals themselves are the ones who see to it that the sun, moon, and stars are put into their proper places. Sometimes the heroes are hapless men who get into more trouble than they can handle, while others find a way out of their predicament by getting help from unlikely sources. Sometimes the heroines find themselves in mortal peril because they are not paying attention and have to be rescued by someone else, while others are forced into their predicaments by external forces that require them to be saved or save themselves. However, whatever the danger and whomever the hero is, all of these stories have the ability to captivate our imaginations and keep us on the edge of our seats. Here are just a few of the amazing characters you will meet in this book: - a princess who gets eaten by a monster and then goes on to marry a mysterious prince who is not all he seems to be - a young woman who is sacrificed to end a drought but rescued by the young man who loves her dearly - a blacksmith who is given an impossible task, and the madman who helps solve the problem - the children who put the sun into the sky - the fanged deer whose eyes turned into the stars - the clever lad who saves his uncle from death and outsmarts every enemy he comes across Scroll up and click the “add to cart” button to enjoy each of these fascinating stories from the world of African myths, legends, and fairy tales!

Matt Clayton (Author), Michael Reaves (Narrator)

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UNSERE FUCKING ZUKUNFT - Warum wir für den Wandel rebellieren müssen (Ungekürzt)

Fridays for Future, Black Lives Matter und Occupy Wallstreet waren nur der Anfang, das Zeitalter neuer Generationenverträge beginnt jetzt! Die Coronakrise hat diesen im Hintergrund schlummernden Konflikt endlich in den Vordergrund gebracht. Tristan Horx untersucht, ob unsere Generationenbilder nach wie vor zutreffen. Sind wir noch in Altersschubladen einzuordnen? Wie können wir das Netz nutzen, um zusammen eine Zukunft aufzubauen, die nicht auf Abgrenzung und Spaltung basiert? Ein Blick in die Welt von morgen - frech und verständlich.

Tristan Horx (Author), Moritz Pliquet (Narrator)

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Uncle Tom's Cabin: The Icon Black Lives Matter Series

Uncle Tom's Cabin is an antislavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in two volumes in 1852, the novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the U.S., and is said to have 'helped lay the groundwork for the [American] Civil War'. Stowe, a Connecticutborn woman of English descent, was part of the religious Beecher family and an active abolitionist. She wrote the sentimental novel to depict the reality of slavery while also asserting that Christian love could overcome slavery. The novel focuses on the character of Uncle Tom, a longsuffering black slave around whom the stories of the other characters revolve. Uncle Tom's Cabin was the bestselling novel and the second bestselling book of the 19th century, following the Bible, and is credited with helping fuel the abolitionist cause in the 1850s. The impact attributed to the book was so great that a likely apocryphal story arose of Abraham Lincoln meeting Stowe at the start of the Civil War and declaring, 'So this is the little lady who started this great war.' The book and the plays it inspired helped popularize a number of negative stereotypes about black people including that of the namesake character 'Uncle Tom', with the term now used to describe an excessively subservient person. These associations with Uncle Tom's Cabin have, to an extent, overshadowed the historical impact of the book as a 'vital antislavery tool'. However, the novel stands as a 'landmark' in protest literature with later books such as The Jungle by Upton Sinclair and Silent Spring by Rachel Carson owing a large debt to it A oneofakind audio encounter for lovers of history, literature, spiritual texts, and inspirational writing.

Harriet Beecher Stowe (Author), Geoffrey Giuliano, The Ark (Narrator)

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Sojourner Truth: Icon Black Lives Matter Series

The Icon Black Lives Matter Series “I am not going to die, I'm going home like a shooting star.' Sojourner Truth was an American abolitionist and women's rights activist. Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826. After going to court to recover her son in 1828, she became the first black woman to win such a case against a white man. She gave herself the name Sojourner Truth in 1843 after she became convinced that God had called her to leave the city and go into the countryside 'testifying the hope that was in her. The Icon Black Lives Matter Series Truth was from New York and grew up speaking Dutch as her first language. During the Civil War, Truth helped recruit black troops for the Union Army; after the war, she tried unsuccessfully to secure land grants from the federal government for formerly enslaved people (summarized as the promise of 'forty acres and a mule'). She continued to fight on behalf of women and African Americans until her death. Truth dedicated her life to fighting for a more equal society for African Americans and for women, including abolition, voting rights, and property rights. This original Icon Audiobook is perfect for students, teachers, lovers of literature, or indeed anyone who loves a great tale. Please enjoy this handcrafted, informative, educational, and exciting audio experience. Frederick Douglass offered a eulogy for her in Washington, D.C. 'Venerable for age, distinguished for insight into human nature, remarkable for independence and courageous selfassertion, devoted to the welfare of her race, she has been for the last forty years an object of respect and admiration to social reformers everywhere.'

Olive Gilbert (Author), Geoffrey Giuliano, The Ark (Narrator)

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Sisters / Women of Wisdom: The Icon Black Lives Matter Series

In this unique inspirational audiobook, we remember we take a deep dive and remember the almost superhuman contributions of black leaders of our greatest black leaders from the 20th century. Each in their own way educating liberating and freeing untold millions of souls from the heartless bondage they were forced to endure at the hands of a cruel largely racist self-interested society. Fighting a Goliath of ignorance with little chance of success each in their own way overcame incredible obstacles to implement the finer attributes of Justice truth and freedom in the troubled world around them Painstakingly put together by author Geoffrey Giuliano here is a unique inside look at the lives loves tragedies and triumphs of our most precious black heroes of Justice. An absolute must for any educational system those interested in black studies and everyone who counts himself as a lover and defender of freedom everywhere. Featuring the histories and inspirational words of Vice President Kamala Harris, Angela Davis, Rosa Parks, Sojourner Truth, First Lady Michelle Obama, transgender activist Francis Thompson, Barbara Jordan, Aretha Franklin, Ella Baker, Dr. Kathleen Cleaver, Fannie Lou Hamer, and the extraordinary Eartha Kitt. With a timely moving contribution from Richie Havens and iconic singer Ben E. King.

Geoffrey Giuliano (Author), Geoffrey Giuliano (Narrator)

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As seis lições

As Seis Lições reúne as palestras ministradas, em 1959, por Ludwig von Mises na Universidade de Buenos Aires (UBA). O autor discute com clareza o capitalismo, o socialismo, o intervencionismo, a inflação, o investimento estrangeiro e as relações entre política e ideias. Em linguagem agradável, a obra apresenta as linhas gerais do pensamento misesiano sendo, ao mesmo tempo, uma das melhores introduções à Política e à Economia. Além do prefácio de Margit von Mises, viúva do autor, nesta 8ª edição revista e ampliada da obra foram incluídos uma apresentação biográfica de Ludwig von Mises escrita por Murray N. Rothbard, um novo prefácio de Ubiratan Jorge Iorio, um posfácio de Alex Catharino, notas de rodapé do editor e um novo índice remissivo e onomástico.

Ludwig Von Mises (Author), Everton Ferreira (Narrator)

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Wohnopoly: Wie die Immobilienspekulation das Land spaltet und was wir dagegen tun können

Stoppt den Spekulations- und Mietenwahnsinn! Die Wohnungsfrage ist die soziale Frage unserer Zeit. Doch statt sie anzugehen, werden Fehlentwicklungen systematisch politisch gefOrdert. Wohnungen sind zu reinen Spekulationsobjekten verkommen. Hohe Nachfrage und sogenannte Zwangssanierungen lassen die Mieten explodieren und zwar nicht nur in den GroßstAdten, sondern auch im Umland. Menschen werden aus jahrzentelang gewachsenen, sozialen Strukturen gerissen, gentrifzierte Viertel zu Soziotopen der Besserverdienenden. Wie konnte es soweit kommen? Und warum unternimmt die Politik so wenig, um Mietenwahnsinn und Spekulation endlich zu stoppen? Caren Lay nimmt die deutsche Wohnungspolitik der letzten 20 Jahre schonungslos unter die Lupe. Sie zeigt, wie und warum Deutschland zum Eldorado fUr Wohnungsspekulanten werde konnte, und liefert provokante Ideen fUr eine soziale Wohnungspolitik, die wir so dringend brauchen.

Caren Lay (Author), Simon Diez (Narrator)

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Od ucha do ucha. Homo sapiens się śmieje

Z tej książki dowiesz się: Czy jest coś mniej zabawnego, niż tłumaczenie dowcipów? Jakie są różnice między kobietami a mężczyznami w podejściu do humoru? Czy humor łączy się z inteligencją? Co wspólnego ma Sokrates ze współczesnymi pranksterami? Dzięki tej książce wreszcie zrozumiecie dlaczego śmieszą was (lub nie) 'Przyjaciele' oraz jakie są różnice w humorze prezentowanym w najpopularniejszych serialach komediowych. Na końcu każdego rozdziału czekają na was ćwiczenia, które rozruszają te części ciała, które potrzebne są, aby się śmiać – mięśnie, i mózgi. Łukasz Jach przez pryzmat psychologii, antropologii i kognitywistyki pokazuje nam jakie istnieją style humoru oraz na jakiej podstawie się wykształciły. Przechodząc od koncepcji najsłynniejszych greckich filozofów, przez wyniki najnowszych badań, aż do rozpracowywania dowcipów dowiecie się dlaczego w ogóle coś was bawi. Bez względu na to, czy śmiejąc się wydajecie dźwięki 'haha', 'hehe' czy 'hihi'.

łukasz Jach (Author), Maciej Kowalik (Narrator)

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The Occult Control System: UFOs, Aliens, Other Dimensions, and Future Timelines

Are we being observed and visited by alien beings from another world or perhaps another space-time dimension? Thousands upon thousands of accounts of UFOs and alien abductions suggest that something is happening that we do not yet understand. Recently, even mainstream media organizations like the New York Times and the Washington Post have started to report on the bizarre sightings made by military pilots around the world. Are we moving toward a deeper level of Disclosure? And if so, what will be disclosed? How can we best understand this phenomenon? Considered one of the foremost authors on esoteric, occult, and shamanic topics, Daniel Pinchbeck (Breaking Open the Head, 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl, How Soon Is Now) turns his attention to the question of aliens in The Occult Control System. Following thinkers like Patrick Harpur, Carl Jung, Rudolf Steiner, John Lamb Lash, and Laura Knight-Jadczyk, he proposes that the unfolding alien narrative is part of an occult or hyper-dimensional control system designed to keep humanity locked into a certain frequency of consciousness and being. As we awaken to our situation, we can find the tools to break out of this intricately designed prison and access our true potential.

Daniel Pinchbeck (Author), Daniel Pinchbeck (Narrator)

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Silencing White Noise: Six Practices to Overcome Our Inaction on Race

Racism is omnipresent in American life, both public and private. We are immersed in what prominent Black church leader Willie Dwayne Francois III calls white noise-the racist speech, ideas, and policies that lull us into inaction on racial justice. White noise masks racial realities and prevents constructive responses to microaggressions, structural inequality, and overt interpersonal racism. In this book, Francois calls people of all racial backgrounds to take up practices that overcome silence and inaction on race and that advance racial repair. Drawing from his anti-racism curriculum, the Public Love Organizing and Training (PLOT) Project, Francois encourages us to move from a 'colorblind' stance and mythic innocence to one that takes an honest account of our national history and acknowledges our complicity in racism as a prelude to anti-racist interventions. Weaving together personal narrative, theology, and history, this book invites us to engage six 'rhythms of reparative intercession.' These are six practices of anti-racism that aim to repair harm by speaking up and 'acting up' on behalf of others. Silencing White Noise offers concrete ways to help people wrest free from the dangers of racism and to develop lifelong Christian anti-racist practices.

Willie Dwayne Francois Iii (Author), Willie Dwayne Francois Iii (Narrator)

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Il ginocchio sul collo

L'assassinio di George Floyd, afroamericano ucciso da un poliziotto bianco durante l'arresto il 25 maggio 2020 a Minneapolis, ha scoperchiato l'intreccio di contraddizioni e ingiustizie del nostro tempo. A protestare sono scesi in piazza non solo i suoi fratelli e le sue sorelle afroamericani, ma anche bianchi, ispanici, uomini e donne, soprattutto giovani, che sentono sul collo il ginocchio mortale delle crescenti diseguaglianze. L'impressionante e ininterrotta sequenza di brutali violenze di stato da parte della polizia contro gli afroamericani continua ad accompagnare, come un sottofondo inquietante, la campagna elettorale per la presidenza degli Stati Uniti, e le immagini delle rivolte sono ormai sempre più sotto i nostri increduli occhi di cittadini europei. In questo libro Alessandro Portelli, con la sua capacità di intrecciare con straordinaria fluidità racconto storico e immaginari letterari, simbolici e musicali, ripercorre le vicende che hanno portato a quella scena, dalle ribellioni che l'hanno seguita agli eventi che l'hanno preparata nell'ultimo decennio, alla memoria di alcune grandi rivolte della storia afroamericana, mostrando come questa morte sia l'ultimo episodio di una vicenda secolare, lungamente inascoltata fino a che le vittime non hanno imposto la loro presenza, la loro voce, i loro corpi. Ma non mancano riferimenti alla realtà italiana perché la violenza di stato riguarda anche noi, basti pensare ai casi Cucchi e Aldrovandi, così come le icone del potere di tutti i tempi che prendono corpo nelle statue dei generali sudisti negli Usa come, nel nostro Paese, nei monumenti fascisti sono apparentemente mute testimonianze di un passato inglorioso di razzismi, schiavizzazioni e dominazioni.

Alessandro Portelli (Author), Michele Mariniello (Narrator)

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Social Science Audiobooks in Non-Fiction