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    The Price of Peace

    Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes

    by Zachary D. Carter ...
    Narrated by Robert Petkoff ...

    Unabridged

    22 hours 50 min

    **NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An “outstanding new intellectual biography of John Maynard Keynes [that moves] swiftly along currents of lucidity and wit” (The New York Times), illuminating the world of the influential economist and his transformative ideas“A timely, lucid and compelling portrait of a man whose enduring relevance is always heightened when crisis strikes.”—The Wall Street Journal* ... Read more

    $44.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Eclectic

    A Journey of Collection in Space, Time and Spirit

    by Kurt Albert John Matthia ...
    Narrated by Kurt Albert John Matthia ...

    Unabridged

    17 hours 56 min

    Eclectic is autobiographical and intended to turn the reader from an intuitively causal view (today’s predominantly naturalistic view) of their personal journey through the Cosmos to seeing the journey rather as counter-intuitively being a teleological journey. Eclectic emerges from a diffuse, seemingly causal beginning. The book seemingly has no hope of a destination until it finds a spine ... Read more

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    Confucius

    And the World He Created

    by Michael Schuman ...
    Narrated by Steven Menasche ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 47 min

    Confucius is perhaps the most important philosopher in history. Today, his teachings shape the daily lives of more than 1.6 billion people. Throughout East Asia, Confucius's influence can be seen in everything from business practices and family relationships to educational standards and government policies. Even as western ideas from Christianity to Communism have bombarded the region, Confucius's ... Read more

    $58.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Keep Moving

    And Other Tips and Truths about Aging

    by Dick Van Dyke, Todd Gold ...
    Narrated by Dick Van Dyke ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 20 min

    In this entertaining and inspirational memoir, Hollywood legend Dick Van Dyke shares his secret to staying resilient in old age.Beloved Hollywood icon Dick Van Dyke will celebrate his ninetieth birthday in December 2015. He’s an established legend, having starred in Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and The Dick Van Dyke Show. And yet he’s still keeping himself busy, entertaining America on ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Lives of the Eminent Philosophers

    by Diogenes Laertius

    by Diogenes Laertius ...
    Narrated by Jennifer M. Dixon ...

    Unabridged

    28 hours 33 min

    Everyone wants to live a meaningful life. Long before our own day of self-help books offering twelve-step programs and other guides to attain happiness, the philosophers of ancient Greece explored the riddle of what makes a life worth living, producing a wide variety of ideas and examples to follow. This rich tradition was recast by Diogenes Laertius into an anthology, a miscellany of maxims and ... Read more

    $51.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    In Arthur's Nature

    The Novel of a Philosopher Pushed to the Edge and the Woman He Pushed over It

    by J.T. Frederick ...
    Narrated by Matt ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 10 min

    In 1831, philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer pushed his neighbour down the stairs of their Frankfurt residence. Inspired by this true event and his actual writings, the novel reimagines the life of the fractured thinker as it blurs the boundaries between Arthur's theoretical beliefs and his physical existence.Caroline Marquet, a talented painter, has endured her own dark past, but her future is about ... Read more

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    Friedrich Nietzsche

    Germany (1844–1900)

    by Prof. Richard Schacht, Pat Childs ...
    Narrated by Charlton Heston ...
    series The Giants of Philosophy Series

    Unabridged

    2 hours 14 min

    Near the end of the nineteenth century, Friedrich Nietzsche boldly announced that God is dead. There are no absolute truths, he said; the only reality is this world of life and death, conflict and change, creation and destruction. For centuries, religious ideas had given meaning to life in the western world; but with their collapse, humanity faced a grave crisis of nihilism and despair. Nietzsche ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    بنجامين فرانكلين

    by عباس محمود العقاد, عباس محمود العقاد ...
    Narrated by جمال الشبيني ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 10 min

    لابد أن يتوقف المرء طويلا أمام شخصية بنجامين فرانكلين الثرية والعبقرية؛ فهو السياسى المحنك، والكاتب موسوع الثقافة، والفيلسوف الكبير، وهو أيضا العالم الفذ الذى أهدى للإنسانية اختراعه الهام (مانعة الصواعق)، وأسهم فى كثير من المسائل العلمية فى مجال الكهرباء. ولم تكن طفولة فرانكلين بالسهلة، كما أن حظه من التعليم كان ضئيلا، ولكنه كان عصاميا فى تعليم نفسه وتثقيفها، كما كان لديه نفس تواقة للتجربة والتعلم ... Read more

    $20.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Foucault

    A Very Short Introduction, 2nd edition

    by Gary Gutting ...
    Narrated by David de Vries ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 56 min

    Born in 1926 in France, Foucault is one of those rare philosophers who has become a cult figure. Over the course of his life he dabbled in drugs, politics, and the Paris SM scene, all whilst striving to understand the deep concepts of identity, knowledge, and power. From aesthetics to the penal system; from madness and civilization to avant-garde literature, Foucault was happy to reject old models ... Read more

    $23.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Habermas

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Gordon Finlayson ...
    Narrated by Christine Williams ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 48 min

    This book gives a clear overview of the philosophical work of Jürgen Habermas, the most influential German philosopher alive today, who has commented widely on subjects such as Marxism, the importance and effectiveness of communication, the reunification of Germany, and the European Union. Gordon Finlayson provides listeners with a clear overview of Habermas's forbiddingly complex philosophy using ... Read more

    $19.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Walden

    by Henry David Thoreau ...
    Narrated by Lian Johnson ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 26 min

    Walden is a book by American author Henry David Thoreau, first published in 1854. The book is a personal reflection on Thoreau's experience of living in a cabin he built himself on the shore of Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts.The book is divided into eighteen chapters, each detailing Thoreau's observations and musings on topics such as nature, solitude, simplicity, self-reliance, and the ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    D.L. Moody - A Life

    Innovator, Evangelist, World Changer

    by Kevin Belmonte, David S. Powell ...
    Narrated by Dean Wendt ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 48 min

    He burst on the fusty corridors of Victorian spirituality like a breath of fresh air, regaling one prime minister with his sense of humor and touching the lives of seven presidents.Who was this man? A visionary educator and fundraiser, D. L. Moody was also a renowned evangelist in the nineteenth century. Long before radio and television, he brought the transformative message of the gospel before ... Read more

    $33.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Think Least of Death

    Spinoza on How to Live and How to Die

    by Steven Nadler ...
    Narrated by Christopher Douyard ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 11 min

    In 1656, after being excommunicated from Amsterdam's Portuguese-Jewish community for "abominable heresies" and "monstrous deeds," the young Baruch Spinoza abandoned his family's import business to dedicate his life to philosophy. He quickly became notorious across Europe for his views on God, the Bible, and miracles, as well as for his uncompromising defense of free thought. Yet the radicalism of ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    AutoBioPhilosophy: An intimate story of what it means to be human

    by Robert Rowland Smith ...
    Narrated by Robert Rowland Smith ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 2 min

    AutoBioPhilosophy is an astonishingly frank and original autobiography that explores the fundamental question of what it means to be human.Robert Rowland Smith’s life story involves a love triangle, office politics, police raids, illegal drugs, the academic elite and a near-death experience. It sees him grappling with the tragic fate of his father, going through a double divorce and encountering a ... Read more

    $39.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Die unerfüllten Wünsche des Kurfürsten Johann Wilhelm (Ungekürzt)

    by Klas Ewert Everwyn ...
    Narrated by Alexander Bandilla ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 11 min

    Ein wunderbares Sittengemälde des Lebens in der Düsseldorfer Residenz! Wer war der Barockfürst des 18. Jahrhunderts aus Düsseldorf? Der volksnahe Tribun, vom Volksmund bis heute Jan-Wellem genannt, oder doch ein absolutistischer Kleinfürst, der von politischem Missgeschick verfolgt wurde und sein Volk ausbeutete? Geboren am 19. April 1658, bekleidete der in Düsseldorf geborene Wittelsbacher viele ... Read more

    $10.99 AUD

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    Philosophers

    Their Lives and Works

    by Simon Blackburn ...
    Narrated by Kris Dyer ...

    Unabridged

    18 hours 14 min

    An illuminating celebration of more than 80 of the world's most important thinkers, this book explores the fascinating stories of their lives, their loves, and their pioneering ideas.Introduced with a featured philosopher, entries trace the ideas and beliefs, and the relationships and rivalries that inspired the great thinkers and influenced their work, providing revealing insights into what drove ... Read more

    $28.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    100 quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

    by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ralph Waldo Emerson ...
    Narrated by Paul Spera ...

    Unabridged

    24 min

    In his lifetime, Ralph Waldo Emerson was the most widely known man of letters in America, establishing himself as a prolific poet, essayist, popular lecturer, and advocate of social reforms. He was considered one of the great orators of the time, and his enthusiasm and respect for his audience enraptured crowds. As a poet and philosopher, he led the Transcendentalist movement, which professes the ... Read more

    $4.99 AUD

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    Ortodoxia

    by G.K Chesterton, G.K Chesterton ...
    Narrated by Vicente Quintana ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 3 min

    «Si solo leemos una obra de Chesterton —debería avergonzarnos si así fuera— ha de ser Ortodoxia. Seguramente, nadie ha defendido la fe cristiana con argumentos tan sorprendentes y ejemplos tan deslumbrantes, como Chesterton lo hizo en Ortodoxia. Una obra maestra de retórica que (...) realmente constituye uno de los libros mejor escritos del siglo XX» (Dale Ahlquist, presidente y cofundador de ... Read more

    $23.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Karl Marx

    Philosophy and Revolution

    by Shlomo Avineri ...
    Narrated by Roger Clark ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 55 min

    Karl Marx (1818-1883)-philosopher, historian, sociologist, economist, current affairs journalist, and editor-was one of the most influential and revolutionary thinkers of modern history, but he is rarely thought of as a Jewish thinker, and his Jewish background is either overlooked or misrepresented. Here, distinguished scholar Shlomo Avineri argues that Marx's Jewish origins did leave a ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Aufbruch in die Freiheit

    Frauen in der islamischen Welt begegnen Jesus

    by Tom Doyle, Tom Doyle, JoAnn Doyle, JoAnn Doyle, Greg Webster, Greg Webster ...
    Narrated by Daniel Kopp, Simone Merz ...

    Abridged

    5 hours 26 min

    Das Hörbuch "Aufbruch in die Freiheit" von Tom und JoAnn Doyle erzählt die Geschichte von Frauen, die mitten in extremen Situationen zu Jesus gefunden haben. Farah liebt ihren Beruf und die schicken Klamotten, die sie sich leisten kann. Als die Familie dringend Geld braucht, um eine lebensrettende OP für ihre Mutter bezahlen zu können, wird Farah zwangsverheiratet. Ihr Leben als Ehefrau und Mutter ... Read more

    $24.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    St. Thomas Aquinas

    by Kenneth L. Schmitz, Pat Childs ...
    Narrated by Charlton Heston ...
    series The Giants of Philosophy Series

    Unabridged

    2 hours 4 min

    St. Thomas Aquinas is known for producing history’s most complete system of Christian philosophy. In the late thirteenth century, this quiet, reflective Dominican scholar combined the work of Aristotle with Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and pagan thought to reconcile reason and faith. He believed we can know that God exists but not what God is like. Aquinas concluded that mortal happiness is ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Nietzsche für Eilige

    by Peter Zudeick ...
    Narrated by Jesko Döring ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 48 min

    Friedrich Nietzsche – ein Hörbuch über den weltberühmten und provokanten Philosophen und Philologen: Der Journalist und Satiriker Peter Zudeick nähert sich dem Werk und Leben Nietzsches, der mit seinen Ansichten und Schriften – zu den bekanntesten gehören "Also sprach Zarathustra", "Ecce homo" und "Geburt der Tragödie" – seit jeher provozierte und die Leser gleichsam in seinen Bann zog. Wer war ... Read more

    $10.99 AUD

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    The Lives And Opinions Of Eminent Philosophers (Unabridged)

    by Diogenes Laërtius ...
    Narrated by AI Marcus ...

    Unabridged

    17 hours 33 min

    Please note: This audiobook has been created using AI voice. These brief biographies of more than eighty philosophers of ancient Greece were assembled by Diogenes Laërtius in the early third century. He based these on a variety of sources that have since been lost. Because of this, his biographies have become an invaluable source of information on the development of ancient Greek philosophy, and ... Read more

    $4.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Santo Tomás de Aquino

    by G. K. Chesterton ...
    Narrated by Miguel Ángel Hernández Yépez ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 7 min

    Chesterton fue un escritor agudo, con mucho sentido común y que conoce el tema con profundidad. En este libro se aprecia la magnitud que tuvo Santo Tomas de Aquino, tanto para la Iglesia como para el mundo. Este sin duda es un libro para leer más de una ocasión.En un breve, e incompleto, resumen podemos decir que : Tomás de fue un teólogo y filósofo católico perteneciente a la Orden de ... Read more

    $21.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial