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Dancing in the Streets

A History of Collective Joy

by Barbara Ehrenreich

Narrated by Pam Ward

Unabridged

9 hours 30 min
From bestselling social commentator and cultural historian Barbara Ehrenreich comes this fascinating exploration of one of humanity’s oldest traditions: the celebration of communal joy, historically expressed in ecstatic revels of feasting, costuming, and dancing. Ehrenreich uncovers the origins of communal celebration in human biology and culture, showing that such mass festivities have been ... Read more
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All About Remarkable Romans

by PS Quick

Narrated by Jason Zenobia
series All About... #3
Unabridged

59 min
This audiobook describes what life was like for the ancient Romans, with an in-depth account of all aspects of the people of the time and how they lived their daily lives. Narrator Jason Zenobia takes us through plenty of amazing facts about the army, inventions, religion, people’s everyday lives and much more. This fascinating audiobook is an excellent addition to the collection of anyone ... Read more
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That's Not English

Britishisms, Americanisms, and What Our English Says About Us

by Erin Moore

Narrated by Shannon Parks

Unabridged

5 hours 50 min
An expat's witty and insightful exploration of English and American cultural differences through the lens of language that will leave readers gobsmacked In That's Not English, the seemingly superficial differences between British and American English open the door to a deeper exploration of a historic and fascinating cultural divide. In each of the thirty chapters, Erin Moore explains a different ... Read more
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Inside Vogue

My Diary Of Vogue's 100th Year

by Alexandra Shulman

Narrated by Alexandra Shulman

Unabridged

10 hours 21 min
Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Inside Vogue, written and read by Alexandra Shulman.Editor-in-Chief Alexandra Shulman kept a diary of British Vogue's Centenary year. And what a year. She reveals the emotional and logistical minefield of producing the 100th anniversary issue (that Duchess of Cambridge cover surprise), organizing the star-studded Vogue 100 Gala, ... Read more
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The Reason for Flowers

Their History, Culture, Biology, and How They Change Our Lives

by Stephen Buchmann

Narrated by Jonathan Yen

Unabridged

14 hours 23 min
Flowers, and the fruits that follow, feed, clothe, sustain, and inspire all humanity. Flowers are used to celebrate all-important occasions, to express love, and are also the basis of global industries. Americans buy ten million flowers a day and perfumes are a worldwide industry worth $30 billion dollars annually. Stephen Buchmann takes us along on an exploratory journey of the roles flowers play ... Read more
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The Vice Capades

Sex, Drugs, and Bowling from the Pilgrims to the Present

by Mark Stein

Narrated by David Drummond

Unabridged

8 hours 31 min
From the illegality of bowling in colonial America to violent video games and synthetic drugs, Vice Capades by bestselling author Mark Stein examines the nation's relationship with the actions, attitudes, and antics that have defined morality. This comprehensive, yet humorous, history reveals that our views of vice are not merely formed by morals but by power. By viewing a variety of vices across ... Read more
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All About Glorious Greeks

by PS Quick

Narrated by Jason Zenobia
series All About... #2
Unabridged

52 min
This audiobook describes what life was like for the ancient Greeks, with an in-depth account of all aspects of the people of the time and how they lived their daily lives. Narrator Jason Zenobia takes us through plenty of amazing facts about the Greek Gods, the Olympics, the Trojan War and much more! This fascinating audiobook is an excellent addition to the collection of anyone interested in the ... Read more
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The Glossy Years

Magazines, Museums and Selective Memoirs

by Nicholas Coleridge

Narrated by Nicholas Coleridge

Unabridged

13 hours 35 min
Brought to you by Penguin.Over his thirty-year career at Condé Nast, Nicholas Coleridge has witnessed it all. From the anxieties of the Princess of Wales to the blazing fury of Mohamed Al-Fayed, his story is also the story of the people who populate the glamorous world of glossy magazines. With relish and astonishing candour, he offers the inside scoop on Tina Brown and Anna Wintour, David Bowie ... Read more
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Recollections of the Alhambra

by Washington Irving

Narrated by Anastasia Bertollo

Unabridged

7 min
Washington Irving was one of the first romantics in the American literature. Irving stood at the origins of the new romantic genre in the American literature, and his essays were influenced by folklore, historical documents, sketches, legends, and national fairy tales.Being the employee of the American diplomatic mission in Spain, Washington Irving gets to the well-known Alhambra palace. Three ... Read more
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Fibershed

Growing a Movement of Farmers, Fashion Activists, and Makers for a New Textile Economy

by Rebecca Burgess and 1 more

Narrated by Tia Rider

Unabridged

7 hours 26 min
A new "farm-to-closet" vision for the clothes we wear--by a leader in the movement for local textile economiesThere is a major disconnect between what we wear and our knowledge of its impact on land, air, water, labor, and human health. Even those who value access to safe, local, nutritious food have largely overlooked the production of fiber, dyes, and the chemistry that forms the backbone of ... Read more
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Keep the Change

A Clueless Tipper's Quest to Become the Guru of the Gratuity

by Steve Dublanica

Narrated by Dan John Miller

Unabridged

9 hours 49 min
Tipping is huge in America. Almost everyone leaves at least one tip every day. More than five million American workers depend on them, and we spend $66 billion on tips each year. And everyone recognizes that queasy feeling - in bars and restaurants, barbershops and beauty parlors, hotels and strip clubs, and everywhere else - when the check arrives or the tip jar looms. Omnipresent yet poorly ... Read more
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Friendship Cure, The

Reconnecting in the Modern World

by Kate Leaver

Narrated by Candice Moll

Unabridged

9 hours 25 min
The compelling, fresh, and thought-provoking exploration of friendship―what it is, how to keep it, and why we need it more than ever beforeOur best friends, Twitter followers, gal-pals, bromances, Facebook friends, and long distance buddies define us in ways we rarely openly acknowledge. But as a society, we are simultaneously terrified of being alone and already desperately lonely. We move ... Read more
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Mexico - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

by Russel Maddicks

Narrated by Charles Armstrong
series Culture Smart!
Unabridged

3 hours 39 min
This guide to Mexico takes you to the heart of Mexican society. It describes how people socialize and meet members of the opposite sex, the dynamics of daily life, the central importance of family, and the annual cycle of Catholic feasts and fiestas. For business travelers, there are key sections on the economy and vital insights into the general business culture. The third-largest country in ... Read more
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What It Takes

How I Built a $100 Million Business Against the Odds

by Raegan Moya-Jones

Narrated by Raegan Moya-Jones

Unabridged

6 hours 20 min
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of What It Takes written and read by Raegan Moya-Jones.When Raegan Moya-Jones was told by her overbearing male boss that she didn't have an 'entrepreneurial bone' in her whole body, she almost laughed in his face. What he didn't know was that the business she'd been secretly working on in the small hours of the night after putting her baby to bed had just hit ... Read more
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All the Time in the World

A Book of Hours

by Jessica Kerwin Jenkins

Narrated by Tavia Gilbert

Unabridged

6 hours 56 min
Entertaining,unexpected, and full of charm, the follow-up to Jessica Kerwin Jenkins’ Encyclopediaof the Exquisite presents a miscellany of engaging stories, detailing theintriguing customs, traditions, and guilty pleasures pursued throughout theages.All the Time in the World takes its cue from aniconic component of medieval life, the book of hours, which prescribed certainreadings and ... Read more
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The Dead Beat

by Marilyn Johnson

Narrated by Marilyn Johnson

Unabridged

6 hours 43 min
Marilyn Johnson was enthralled by the remarkable lives that were marching out of this world—so she sought out the best obits in the English language and the people who spent their lives writing about the dead. She surveyed the darkest corners of Internet chat rooms, and made a pilgrimage to London to savor the most caustic and literate obits of all. Now she leads us on a compelling journey into ... Read more
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Once Upon a Quinceanera

Coming of Age in the USA

by Julia Alvarez

Narrated by Daphne Rubin-Vega

Unabridged

9 hours 11 min
The bestselling author of How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, Julia Alvarez, examines the parties and preparations of the quinceaâ€“era. ... Read more
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What Would the Spice Girls Do?

How the Girl Power Generation Grew Up

by Lauren Bravo

Narrated by Lauren Bravo

Unabridged

3 hours 50 min
Random House presents the audiobook edition of What Would the Spice Girls Do? written and read by Lauren Bravo.'A joyous and energetic celebration of girlhood, friendship and pop culture. If you have ever sung into the lid of a can of Impulse body spray, you need to read this.' Daisy BuchananThe words 'girl power' conjure vivid memories of short skirts and platform boots. But it wasn't just about ... Read more
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The Button Box

Lifting the Lid on Women's Lives

by Lynn Knight

Narrated by Patience Tomlinson

Unabridged

9 hours 55 min
I used to love the rattle and whoosh of my grandma’s buttons as they scattered from their Quality Street tin.An inlaid wooden chest the size of a shoe box holds Lynn Knight’s button collection. A collection that has been passed down through three generations of women: a chunky sixties-era toggle from a favourite coat, three tiny pearl buttons from her mother’s first dress after she was adopted as ... Read more
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The Book of Tea

Penguin Classics

by Kakuzo Okakura

Narrated by Sadao Ueda

Unabridged

2 hours 32 min
Brought to you by PenguinThis Penguin Classic is performed by Japanese actor Sadao Ueda, known for his appearances in Spectre, London has Fallen and What We Did on Our Holiday.For a generation adjusting painfully to the demands of a modern industrial and commercial society, Asia came to represent an alternative vision of the good life: aesthetically austere, socially aristocratic, and imbued with ... Read more
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The Science of the Sacred

Bridging Global Indigenous Medicine Systems and Modern Scientific Principles

by Nicole Redvers, N.D.

Narrated by Essie Bartosik

Unabridged

8 hours 20 min
Indigenous naturopathic doctor Nicole Redvers pairs evidence-based research with traditional healing modalities, addressing modern health problems and medical processesModern medical science has finally caught up to what traditional healing systems have known for centuries. Many traditional healing techniques and medicines are often assumed to be archaic, outdated, or unscientific compared to ... Read more
$49.39 AUD or FREE with audiobook trial
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Generación líquida

Transformaciones en la era 3.0

by Zygmunt Bauman and 1 more

Narrated by Miguel Coll

Unabridged

2 hours 8 min
Estas son las páginas en las que estaba trabajando Zygmunt Bauman en el momento de su muerte, un diálogo con un joven que tiene exactamente sesenta años menos que él. En la conversación con Thomas Leoncini, Bauman aborda por primera vez el universo de las generaciones nacidas después de los primeros años ochenta, aquellos que en una sociedad líquida y en continuo cambio forman parte de ella en ... Read more
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Future Shock

by Alvin Toffler

Narrated by Peter Berkrot

Unabridged

16 hours 52 min
Future Shock is about the present. Future Shock is about what is happening today to people and groups who are overwhelmed by change. Change affects our products, communities, organizations—even our patterns of friendship and love.Future Shock vividly describes the emerging global civilization: tomorrow’s family life, the rise of new businesses, subcultures, lifestyles, and human relationships—all ... Read more
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In Search of America

by Peter Jennings and 1 more

Narrated by Peter Jennings

Abridged

5 hours 35 min
Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster conceived IN SEARCH OF AMERICA long before the events of September 11th. But watching America respond to one of the worst attacks in its history deepened the meaning of this project. Now, more than ever, Americans need to treasure their way of life, and to reacquaint themselves with the founding ideas that united and sustained this country in its struggle for ... Read more
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