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You Didn't Hear This From Me

Notes on the Art of Gossip

by Kelsey McKinney ...

Narrated by Kelsey McKinney ...

Unabridged

7 hours 13 min

**Brought to you by Penguin.A deliciously insightful exploration of why we are so obsessed with gossip, and what it can tell us about humans and their search for truth.**“Can you keep a secret?”It’s harder than it seems – after all, it’s only human to thirst after the juicy updates, jaw-dropping stories, and idle chatter that we typically collect over drinks with friends.No one knows this better ... Read more

$27.99 AUD

**Brought to you by Penguin.A deliciously insightful exploration of why we are so obsessed with gossip, and what it can tell us about humans and their search for truth.**“Can you keep a secret?”It’s harder than it seems – after all, it’s only human to thirst after the juicy updates, jaw-dropping stories, and idle chatter that we typically collect over drinks with friends.No one knows this better
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Talking to Strangers

What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know

by Malcolm Gladwell ...

Narrated by Malcolm Gladwell ...

Unabridged

8 hours 42 min

Brought to you by Penguin.The highly anticipated new book from Malcom Gladwell, host of the chart-topping podcast Revisionist History.With original archival interviews and musical scoring, this enhanced audiobook edition of Talking to Strangers brings Gladwell's renowned storytelling to life in his unparalleled narrating style.The routine traffic stop that ends in tragedy. The spy who spends years ... Read more

$31.99 AUD

Brought to you by Penguin.The highly anticipated new book from Malcom Gladwell, host of the chart-topping podcast Revisionist History.With original archival interviews and musical scoring, this enhanced audiobook edition of Talking to Strangers brings Gladwell's renowned storytelling to life in his unparalleled narrating style.The routine traffic stop that ends in tragedy. The spy who spends years
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Factfulness

Ten Reasons We're Wrong About The World - And Why Things Are Better Than You Think

by Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund ...

Narrated by Simon Slater ...

Unabridged

7 hours 59 min

The #1 Wall Street Journal and New York Times bestseller longlisted for the Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year.'A hopeful book about the potential for human progress when we work off facts rather than our inherent biases' BARACK OBAMAThings aren't as bad as we think. Fact.At last, a book that puts all the bad news in perspective- and brings us surprisingly positive data that show t ... Read more

$39.99 AUD

The #1 Wall Street Journal and New York Times bestseller longlisted for the Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year.'A hopeful book about the potential for human progress when we work off facts rather than our inherent biases' BARACK OBAMAThings aren't as bad as we think. Fact.At last, a book that puts all the bad news in perspective- and brings us surprisingly positive data that show t
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Paris: The Memoir

by Paris Hilton ...

Narrated by Paris Hilton ...

Unabridged

9 hours 2 min

PARIS: A MILLION MEANINGS IN A SINGLE NAMEHeiress. Party girl. Problem child. Selfie taker. Model. Reality star. Self-created.The labels attached to Paris Hilton.Founder. Entrepreneur. Pop Culture Maker. Innovator. Survivor. Activist. Daughter. Sister. Wife. Mother.The roles Paris embraces as a fully realized woman.Paris rose to prominence as an heiress to the Hilton hotel empire but cultivated ... Read more

$45.99 AUD

PARIS: A MILLION MEANINGS IN A SINGLE NAMEHeiress. Party girl. Problem child. Selfie taker. Model. Reality star. Self-created.The labels attached to Paris Hilton.Founder. Entrepreneur. Pop Culture Maker. Innovator. Survivor. Activist. Daughter. Sister. Wife. Mother.The roles Paris embraces as a fully realized woman.Paris rose to prominence as an heiress to the Hilton hotel empire but cultivated
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White Fragility

Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism

by Robin DiAngelo ...

Narrated by Amy Landon ...

Unabridged

6 hours 20 min

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo.Anger. Fear. Guilt. Denial. Silence. These are the ways in which ordinary white people react when it is pointed out to them that they have done or said something that has - unintentionally - caused racial offence or hurt. After, all, a racist is the worst thing a person can be, right? But these reactions only serve to ... Read more

$19.99 AUD

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo.Anger. Fear. Guilt. Denial. Silence. These are the ways in which ordinary white people react when it is pointed out to them that they have done or said something that has - unintentionally - caused racial offence or hurt. After, all, a racist is the worst thing a person can be, right? But these reactions only serve to
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As You Wish

Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride

by Cary Elwes, Joe Layden ...

Narrated by Cary Elwes, Rob Reiner, Carol Kane, Norman Lear, Chris Sarandon, Andy Scheinman, Wallace Shawn, Robin Wright0 ...

Unabridged

7 hours 1 min

From actor Cary Elwes, who played the iconic role of Westley in The Princess Bride, comes the New York Times bestselling account of the making of the cult classic film filled with never-before-told stories, exclusive photographs, and interviews with costars Robin Wright, Wallace Shawn, Billy Crystal, Christopher Guest, and Mandy Patinkin, as well as author and screenwriter William Goldman, ... Read more

$34.99 AUD

From actor Cary Elwes, who played the iconic role of Westley in The Princess Bride, comes the New York Times bestselling account of the making of the cult classic film filled with never-before-told stories, exclusive photographs, and interviews with costars Robin Wright, Wallace Shawn, Billy Crystal, Christopher Guest, and Mandy Patinkin, as well as author and screenwriter William Goldman,
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Down the Drain: The hotly anticipated book from ‘one of the all-time pop-culture greats’ (New York magazine)

by Julia Fox ...

Narrated by Julia Fox ...

Unabridged

10 hours 2 min

The hotly anticipated book from ‘one of the all-time pop-culture greats’ (New York magazine) that chronicles her shocking life and unyielding determination to not only survive but achieve her dreams.‘Intense and compelling’ SUNDAY TIMES'A gripping and powerful coming-of-age story' TELEGRAPH‘A masterpiece’ GREG JAMES, BBC RADIO 1Julia Fox is famous for many things: her captivating ac... ... Read more

$45.99 AUD

The hotly anticipated book from ‘one of the all-time pop-culture greats’ (New York magazine) that chronicles her shocking life and unyielding determination to not only survive but achieve her dreams.‘Intense and compelling’ SUNDAY TIMES'A gripping and powerful coming-of-age story' TELEGRAPH‘A masterpiece’ GREG JAMES, BBC RADIO 1Julia Fox is famous for many things: her captivating ac...
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Good Pop, Bad Pop

The Sunday Times bestselling hit from Jarvis Cocker

by Jarvis Cocker ...

Narrated by Jarvis Cocker ...

Unabridged

6 hours 39 min

Brought to you by Penguin.What if the things we keep hidden say more about us than those we put on display?We all have a random collection of the things that made us - photos, tickets, clothes, souvenirs, stuffed in a box, packed in a suitcase, crammed into a drawer. When Jarvis Cocker starts clearing out his loft, he finds a jumble of objects that catalogue his story and ask him some awkward ... Read more

$25.99 AUD

Brought to you by Penguin.What if the things we keep hidden say more about us than those we put on display?We all have a random collection of the things that made us - photos, tickets, clothes, souvenirs, stuffed in a box, packed in a suitcase, crammed into a drawer. When Jarvis Cocker starts clearing out his loft, he finds a jumble of objects that catalogue his story and ask him some awkward
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Abroad in Japan

by Chris Broad ...

Narrated by Chris Broad ...

Unabridged

8 hours 8 min

Brought to you by Penguin.When Englishman Chris Broad landed in a rural village in northern Japan he wondered if he'd made a huge mistake. With no knowledge of the language and zero teaching experience, was he was about to be the most quickly fired English teacher in Japan's history?Abroad in Japan charts a decade of living in a foreign land and the chaos and culture clash that comes with it. ... Read more

$27.99 AUD

Brought to you by Penguin.When Englishman Chris Broad landed in a rural village in northern Japan he wondered if he'd made a huge mistake. With no knowledge of the language and zero teaching experience, was he was about to be the most quickly fired English teacher in Japan's history?Abroad in Japan charts a decade of living in a foreign land and the chaos and culture clash that comes with it.
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You’re Not Listening

What You’re Missing and Why It Matters

by Kate Murphy ...

Narrated by Kate Murphy ...

Unabridged

6 hours 31 min

Brought to you by Penguin.When was the last time you listened to someone, or someone really listened to you?This life-changing book will transform your conversations foreverAs a society, we’ve forgotten how to listen. Modern life is noisy and frenetic, and technology provides constant distraction. So we tune things out or listen selectively – even to those we love most. We’ve become scared of ... Read more

$25.99 AUD

Brought to you by Penguin.When was the last time you listened to someone, or someone really listened to you?This life-changing book will transform your conversations foreverAs a society, we’ve forgotten how to listen. Modern life is noisy and frenetic, and technology provides constant distraction. So we tune things out or listen selectively – even to those we love most. We’ve become scared of
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Hello World

How to be Human in the Age of the Machine

by Hannah Fry ...

Narrated by Hannah Fry ...

Unabridged

6 hours 51 min

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Hello World, written and read by Hannah Fry.You are accused of a crime. Who would you rather determined your fate – a human or an algorithm?An algorithm is more consistent and less prone to error of judgement. Yet a human can look you in the eye before passing sentence.You need a liver transplant to save your life. Who would you want in charge of ... Read more

$23.99 AUD

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Hello World, written and read by Hannah Fry.You are accused of a crime. Who would you rather determined your fate – a human or an algorithm?An algorithm is more consistent and less prone to error of judgement. Yet a human can look you in the eye before passing sentence.You need a liver transplant to save your life. Who would you want in charge of
... Read more
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Rage Becomes Her

The Power of Women's Anger

by Soraya Chemaly ...

Narrated by Soraya Chemaly ...

Unabridged

11 hours 3 min

***A BEST BOOK OF 2018 SELECTION***NPR * The Washington Post * Book Riot * Autostraddle * Psychology Today***A BEST FEMINIST BOOK SELECTION***Refinery 29, Book Riot, Autostraddle, BITCHRage Becomes Her is an “utterly eye opening” (Bustle) book that gives voice to the causes, expressions, and possibilities o... ... Read more

$47.99 AUD

***A BEST BOOK OF 2018 SELECTION***NPR * The Washington Post * Book Riot * Autostraddle * Psychology Today***A BEST FEMINIST BOOK SELECTION***Refinery 29, Book Riot, Autostraddle, BITCHRage Becomes Her is an “utterly eye opening” (Bustle) book that gives voice to the causes, expressions, and possibilities o...
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The New Puritans

How the Religion of Social Justice Captured the Western World

by Andrew Doyle ...

Narrated by Andrew Doyle ...

Series Audiobook 18 - Language Acts and Worldmaking
Unabridged

11 hours 28 min

'A sober but devastating skewering of cancel culture and the moral certainties it shares with religious fundamentalism' Sunday Times'Andrew Doyle has written a masterful broadside against the woke that will also discomfit the anti-woke, proposing to both the radical notion that rather than being identities, we embrace our status as individuals' CriticEngaging, incisive and acute, The New Puritans ... Read more

$39.99 AUD

'A sober but devastating skewering of cancel culture and the moral certainties it shares with religious fundamentalism' Sunday Times'Andrew Doyle has written a masterful broadside against the woke that will also discomfit the anti-woke, proposing to both the radical notion that rather than being identities, we embrace our status as individuals' CriticEngaging, incisive and acute, The New Puritans
... Read more
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The Four Horsemen

The Discussion that Sparked an Atheist Revolution Foreword by Stephen Fry

by Daniel C. Dennett, Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens ...

Narrated by Daniel C. Dennett, Stephen Fry, Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens ...

Unabridged

3 hours 4 min

Brought to you by Penguin.Known as the ‘four horsemen’ of New Atheism, these four big thinkers of the twenty-first century met only once. Their electrifying examination of ideas on this remarkable occasion was intense and wide-ranging. Everything that was said as they agreed and disagreed with one another, interrogated ideas and exchanged insights – about religion and atheism, science and sense – ... Read more

$17.99 AUD

Brought to you by Penguin.Known as the ‘four horsemen’ of New Atheism, these four big thinkers of the twenty-first century met only once. Their electrifying examination of ideas on this remarkable occasion was intense and wide-ranging. Everything that was said as they agreed and disagreed with one another, interrogated ideas and exchanged insights – about religion and atheism, science and sense –
... Read more
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As Good As It Gets

Life Lessons from a Reluctant Adult

by Romesh Ranganathan ...

Narrated by Romesh Ranganathan ...

Unabridged

5 hours 33 min

Brought to you by Penguin.Confronted by the realities of adulthood, Romesh Ranganathan must face an uncomfortable truth: this is not quite how he imagined it.Watching his friends descend into middle age, his waistline thicken and his finances dwindle to fund his family’s middle class aspirations, Romesh reflects on the demands of daily life and the challenges of adulting in the modern world.As he ... Read more

$25.99 AUD

Brought to you by Penguin.Confronted by the realities of adulthood, Romesh Ranganathan must face an uncomfortable truth: this is not quite how he imagined it.Watching his friends descend into middle age, his waistline thicken and his finances dwindle to fund his family’s middle class aspirations, Romesh reflects on the demands of daily life and the challenges of adulting in the modern world.As he
... Read more
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Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come

An Introvert’s Year of Living Dangerously

by Jessica Pan ...

Narrated by Jessica Pan ...

Unabridged

8 hours 51 min

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come written by Jessica Pan.What would happen if a shy introvert lived like a gregarious extrovert for one year? If she knowingly and willingly put herself in perilous social situations that she’d normally avoid at all costs? Jessica Pan is going to find out.When she found herself jobless and friendless, sitting in the ... Read more

$21.99 AUD

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come written by Jessica Pan.What would happen if a shy introvert lived like a gregarious extrovert for one year? If she knowingly and willingly put herself in perilous social situations that she’d normally avoid at all costs? Jessica Pan is going to find out.When she found herself jobless and friendless, sitting in the
... Read more
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Fluke

Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters

by Dr Brian Klaas ...

Narrated by Dr Brian Klaas ...

Unabridged

8 hours 42 min

Why small, chance events can divert our lives and change how we think our world works.If you could rewind your life to the very beginning and then press play, would everything turn out the same?Or could making an accidental phone call or missing an exit off the highway change not just your life, but history itself?And would you remain blind to the radically different possible world you unknowingly ... Read more

$44.99 AUD

Why small, chance events can divert our lives and change how we think our world works.If you could rewind your life to the very beginning and then press play, would everything turn out the same?Or could making an accidental phone call or missing an exit off the highway change not just your life, but history itself?And would you remain blind to the radically different possible world you unknowingly
... Read more
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Mr Nice

by Howard Marks ...

Narrated by Howard Marks ...

Abridged

2 hours 51 min

2017 is the 21st anniversary of Howard Marks' classic bestselling autobiography.He was Britain's most wanted man. He spent seven years in America's toughest penitentiary. You'll like him.During the mid 1980s Howard Marks had forty three aliases, eighty nine phone lines and owned twenty five companies throughout the world.At the height of his career he was smuggling consignments of up to thirty ... Read more

$11.99 AUD

2017 is the 21st anniversary of Howard Marks' classic bestselling autobiography.He was Britain's most wanted man. He spent seven years in America's toughest penitentiary. You'll like him.During the mid 1980s Howard Marks had forty three aliases, eighty nine phone lines and owned twenty five companies throughout the world.At the height of his career he was smuggling consignments of up to thirty
... Read more
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How We Show Up

Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community

by Mia Birdsong ...

Narrated by Mia Birdsong ...

Unabridged

6 hours 46 min

An Invitation to Community and Models for ConnectionAfter almost every presentation activist and writer Mia Birdsong gives to executives, think tanks, and policy makers, one of those leaders quietly confesses how much they long for the profound community she describes. They have family, friends, and colleagues, yet they still feel like they're standing alone. They're "winning" at the American ... Read more

$36.99 AUD

An Invitation to Community and Models for ConnectionAfter almost every presentation activist and writer Mia Birdsong gives to executives, think tanks, and policy makers, one of those leaders quietly confesses how much they long for the profound community she describes. They have family, friends, and colleagues, yet they still feel like they're standing alone. They're "winning" at the American
... Read more
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Can't Even

How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation

by Anne Helen Petersen ...

Narrated by Anne Helen Petersen ...

Unabridged

8 hours 25 min

Brought to you by Penguin.An incendiary personal and cultural investigation of burnoutAre you tired, stressed and trying your best but somehow still not doing enough? Has the bottom half of your To Do list been locked in place for months? Is everything becoming work as your job seeps into your evenings, you monetise your hobbies and perform your leisure time on social media?This is burnout - what ... Read more

$25.99 AUD

Brought to you by Penguin.An incendiary personal and cultural investigation of burnoutAre you tired, stressed and trying your best but somehow still not doing enough? Has the bottom half of your To Do list been locked in place for months? Is everything becoming work as your job seeps into your evenings, you monetise your hobbies and perform your leisure time on social media?This is burnout - what
... Read more
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How Confidence Works

The new science of self-belief

by Ian Robertson ...

Narrated by Ian Robertson ...

Unabridged

9 hours 46 min

Brought to you by Penguin.Why do boys instinctively bullshit more than girls?How do economic recessions shape a generation's confidence?Can we have too much confidence and, if so, what are the consequences?Imagine we could discover something that could make us richer, healthier, longer-living, smarter, kinder, happier, more motivated and more innovative. Ridiculous, you might say... What is th... ... Read more

$25.99 AUD

Brought to you by Penguin.Why do boys instinctively bullshit more than girls?How do economic recessions shape a generation's confidence?Can we have too much confidence and, if so, what are the consequences?Imagine we could discover something that could make us richer, healthier, longer-living, smarter, kinder, happier, more motivated and more innovative. Ridiculous, you might say... What is th...
... Read more
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Every Man for Himself and God against All

A Memoir

by Werner Herzog ...

Narrated by Werner Herzog ...

Unabridged

13 hours 42 min

Brought to you by Penguin.Werner Herzog is the undisputed master of extreme cinema: building an opera house in the middle of the jungle; walking from Munich to Paris in the dead of winter; descending into an active volcano; living in the wilderness among grizzly bears - he has always been intrigued by the extremes of human experience.From his early movies to his later documentaries, he has made a ... Read more

$27.99 AUD

Brought to you by Penguin.Werner Herzog is the undisputed master of extreme cinema: building an opera house in the middle of the jungle; walking from Munich to Paris in the dead of winter; descending into an active volcano; living in the wilderness among grizzly bears - he has always been intrigued by the extremes of human experience.From his early movies to his later documentaries, he has made a
... Read more
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Spinning Plates

SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR talks Music, Men and Motherhood

by Sophie Ellis-Bextor ...

Narrated by Sophie Ellis-Bextor ...

Unabridged

9 hours 27 min

Singer, broadcaster and mother Sophie Ellis-Bextor shares her experiences, insights and reflections on men, music and motherhood.Sophie Ellis-Bextor's kitchen discos became a source of much needed escapism, catharsis and sequined joy for a swathe of the population during lockdown. From knackered mothers and fed up fathers, to cooped up partiers with nowhere to go, Sophie's gloriously chaotic ... Read more

$35.99 AUD

Singer, broadcaster and mother Sophie Ellis-Bextor shares her experiences, insights and reflections on men, music and motherhood.Sophie Ellis-Bextor's kitchen discos became a source of much needed escapism, catharsis and sequined joy for a swathe of the population during lockdown. From knackered mothers and fed up fathers, to cooped up partiers with nowhere to go, Sophie's gloriously chaotic
... Read more
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The Storytelling Animal

How Stories Make Us Human

by Jonathan Gottschall ...

Narrated by Kris Koscheski ...

Unabridged

5 hours 32 min

Humans live in landscapes of make-believe. We spin fantasies. We devour novels, films, and plays. Even sporting events and criminal trials unfold as narratives. Yet the world of story has long remained an undiscovered and unmapped country. It's easy to say that humans are "wired" for story, but why?In this delightful and original book, Jonathan Gottschall offers the first unified theory of ... Read more

$24.99 AUD

Humans live in landscapes of make-believe. We spin fantasies. We devour novels, films, and plays. Even sporting events and criminal trials unfold as narratives. Yet the world of story has long remained an undiscovered and unmapped country. It's easy to say that humans are "wired" for story, but why?In this delightful and original book, Jonathan Gottschall offers the first unified theory of
... Read more

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