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    Stop Doing That Sh*t

    by Gary John Bishop ...
    Narrated by Gary John Bishop ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 41 min

    From the author of the New York Times and international bestseller Unfu*k Yourself Gary John Bishop presents a no-holds-barred guide to breaking through our cycles of self-sabotage to get what we want out of life.In Unfu*k Yourself, Gary John Bishop told us it was time to stop making excuses– to recognize and take responsibility for the negative self-talk holding us back.In Stop Doing That Sh*t, ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Scale

    The Universal Laws of Life and Death in Organisms, Cities and Companies

    by Geoffrey West ...
    Narrated by Bruce Mann ...

    Unabridged

    19 hours 13 min

    Geoffrey West's research centres on a quest to find unifying principles and patterns connecting everything, from cells and ecosystems to cities, social networks and businesses.'An absolutely riveting read . . . groundbreaking' Marcus du Sautoy'This book will expand your thinking from three dimensions to four' Nassim Nicholas Taleb*'*Scale is a firework display of popular science' Niall Ferguson ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Death and Life of Great American Cities

    50th Anniversary Edition

    by Jane Jacobs ...
    Narrated by Donna Rawlins ...

    Unabridged

    18 hours

    Thirty years after its publication, The Death and Life of Great American Cities was described by The New York Times as "perhaps the most influential single work in the history of town planning....[It] can also be seen in a much larger context. It is first of all a work of literature; the descriptions of street life as a kind of ballet and the bitingly satiric account of traditional planning theory ... Read more

    $40.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Africa Is Not A Country

    Breaking Stereotypes of Modern Africa

    by Dipo Faloyin ...
    Narrated by Dipo Faloyin ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 33 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.Africa Is Not A Country is a kaleidoscopic portrait of modern Africa, that pushes back against harmful stereotypes to tell a more comprehensive story.You already know these stereotypes. So often Africa is depicted simplistically as an arid red landscape of famines and safaris, uniquely plagued by poverty and strife. In this funny and insightful book, Dipo Faloyin offers a ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Sugar Girls: Tales of Hardship, Love and Happiness in Tate & Lyle’s East End

    by Duncan Barrett, Nuala Calvi ...
    Narrated by Penny McDonald ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 9 min

    Tales of Hardship, Love and Happiness in Tate & Lyle’s East End Factories. The Sugar Girls went straight to No.10 in the Sunday Times Bestseller List, spending five weeks in the top ten.‘On an autumn day in 1944, Ethel Alleyne walked the short distance from her house to Tate & Lyle’s refinery on the shining curve of the Thames. Looking up at the giant gates, Ethel felt like she had been preparing ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    San Fransicko

    Why Progressives Ruin Cities

    by Michael Shellenberger ...
    Narrated by Jonathan Todd Ross ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 12 min

    National bestselling author of APOCALYPSE NEVER skewers progressives for the mishandling of America’s faltering cities.Progressives claimed they knew how to solve homelessness, inequality, and crime. But in cities they control, progressives made those problems worse.Michael Shellenberger has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for thirty years. During that time, he advocated for the ... Read more

    $42.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Lowborn

    Growing Up, Getting Away and Returning to Britain’s Poorest Towns

    by Kerry Hudson ...
    Narrated by Kerry Hudson ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 14 min

    Random House presents the audiobook edition of Lowborn by Kerry Hudson.What does it really mean to be poor in Britain today? A prizewinning novelist revisits her childhood and some of the country's most deprived towns'When every day of your life you have been told you have nothing of value to offer, that you are worth nothing to society, can you ever escape that sense of being ‘lowborn’ no matter ... Read more

    $19.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    The Bowery

    The Strange History of New York's Oldest Street

    by Stephen Paul DeVillo ...
    Narrated by Daniel Henning ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 20 min

    It was the street your mother warned you about-even if you lived in San Francisco. Long associated with skid row, saloons, freak shows, violence, and vice, the Bowery often showed the worst New York City had to offer. Yet there were times when it showed its best as well. The Bowery is New York's oldest street and Manhattan's broadest boulevard. Like the city itself, it has continually reinvented ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Wild City

    Encounters With Urban Wildlife

    by Florence Wilkinson ...
    Narrated by Florence Wilkinson, Shazia Nicholls ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 39 min

    'The mark of a good nature book is that it opens your eyes to what is there, but you missed, and then to the beautiful possibility of what might be. This is a very good book.' John Lewis-Stempel'An enjoyable and timely reminder that we are never alone.' Tristan Gooley'Florence Wilkinson is an engaging guide to the hidden - and not-so-hidden - delights of the real 'urban jungle', and what is being ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    The Unknown History of Black Newspapers in America

    by Julius Kane ...
    Narrated by Rosie O Toole ...

    Unabridged

    9 min

    The Black Press made a huge difference when it came to reporting to black Americans what was going on in black America. All the lynching's, court cases and protests that were ignored by the mainstream white media, black media outlets reported everything relative to blacks in society. . This needed overview shines a light on a forgotten part of black history. ... Read more

    $7.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Strong Towns

    A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity

    by Charles L. Marohn Jr ...
    Narrated by Matthew Boston ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 26 min

    Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Build American Prosperity is a book of forward-thinking ideas that breaks with modern wisdom to present a new vision of urban development in the United States. Presenting the foundational ideas of the Strong Towns movement he cofounded, Charles Marohn explains why cities of all sizes continue to struggle to meet their basic needs, and reveals the new ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    The Voucher Promise

    "Section 8" and the Fate of an American Neighborhood

    by Eva Rosen ...
    Narrated by Sands Xe ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 13 min

    The Voucher Promise examines the Housing Choice Voucher Program, colloquially known as "Section 8," and how it shapes the lives of families living in a Baltimore neighborhood called Park Heights. Eva Rosen tells stories about the daily lives of homeowners, voucher holders, renters who receive no housing assistance, and the landlords who provide housing. While vouchers are a powerful tool with ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Extreme Cities

    The Peril and Promise of Urban Life in the Age of Climate Change

    by Ashley Dawson ...
    Narrated by L.J. Ganser ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 20 min

    How will climate change affect our lives? Where will its impacts be most deeply felt? Are we doing enough to protect ourselves from the coming chaos? In Extreme Cities, Ashley Dawson argues that cities are ground zero for climate change, contributing the lion's share of carbon to the atmosphere, while also lying on the frontlines of rising sea levels. Today, the majority of the world's megacities ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Ghost Road

    Beyond the Driverless Car

    by Anthony M. Townsend ...
    Narrated by Peter Lerman ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 26 min

    A penetrating look at near-future disruption as truly autonomous vehicles arrive. For decades we have dreamed of building an automobile that can drive itself. But as that dream of autonomy draws close, we are discovering that the driverless car is a red herring. When self-driving technology infects buses, bikes, delivery vans, and even buildings . . . a wild, woollier, future awaits. Technology ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Imagine a City

    A Pilot Sees the World

    by Mark Vanhoenacker ...
    Narrated by Kyle Soller ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 3 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.A love letter to the cities of the world, from the airline pilot-author of Skyfaring.Mark Vanhoenacker grew up in his small hometown, spinning the illuminated globe in his bedroom and dreaming of elsewhere - of distant, real cities, and a perfect metropolis that existed only in his imagination. These places were the source of endless comfort and escape, and of a lasting ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    What's Tha Up To?

    Memories of a Yorkshire Bobby

    by Martyn Johnson ...
    Narrated by Martyn Johnson ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 49 min

    'I've turned boys into men and policemen into coppers,' said the Sergeant. 'Policemen have got brains, but coppers, they've got brains and common sense.'No two days were ever the same for bobby-on-the-beat Martyn Johnson. Come rain or come shine, he patrolled his patch with a sharp eye for troublemakers and a kind word for those in need of a friend. Whether he was pursuing unlikely coal thieves, ... Read more

    $30.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    The Death Gap

    How Inequality Kills

    by David A. Ansell ...
    Narrated by Peter Berkrot ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 21 min

    The poor die sooner. Blacks die sooner. And poor urban blacks die sooner than almost all other Americans. David Ansell has spent nearly four decades as a doctor at hospitals serving some of the poorest communities in Chicago, and has witnessed firsthand the lives behind these devastating statistics. In The Death Gap, he gives a grim survey of these realities, drawn from observations and stories of ... Read more

    $24.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Nemesis

    One Man and the Battle for Rio

    by Misha Glenny ...
    Narrated by Misha Glenny ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 6 min

    His name was Antonio, but they would call him Nem. From the infamous favela of Rocinha in Rio, he was a hardworking young father forced to make a decision that would turn his world upside down.Nemesis is the story of an ordinary man who became the king of the largest slum in Rio, the head of a drug cartel and perhaps Brazil’s most wanted criminal. A man who tried to bring welfare and justice to a ... Read more

    $19.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    What Could Go Right

    by Justin Bean ...
    Narrated by Dylan Wheeler ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 22 min

    Tired of all the doom and gloom? What Could Go Right invites you to ditch cynicism about the future, and build the one you want.Instead of worst-case scenarios or Pollyanna optimism, you can envision an ideal world and be empowered to build it. The opportunity of our era is to transition to a sustainable, equitable, abundant global economy. When you rethink your mindset, understand tech and social ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    This is London

    Life and Death in the World City

    by Ben Judah ...
    Narrated by Joe Jameson ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 58 min

    Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2016, formerly known as the Samuel Johnson Prize.This is the new London: an immigrant city. Over one-third of Londoners were born abroad, with half arriving since the millennium. This has utterly transformed the capital, for better and for worse.Ben Judah is an acclaimed foreign correspondent, but here he turns his reporter's gaze on home, immersing himself ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    The Mole People

    Life in the Tunnels Beneath New York City

    by Jennifer Toth ...
    Narrated by Tanya Eby ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 55 min

    Thousands of people live in the subway, railroad, and sewage tunnels that form the bowels of New York City. This book is about them, the so-called mole people, living alone and in communities, in subway tunnels, and below subway platforms. It is about how and why people move underground, who they are, and what they have to say about their lives and the "topside" world they've left behind. ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Brooklyn

    The Once and Future City

    by Thomas J. Campanella ...
    Narrated by William Hope ...

    Unabridged

    22 hours 21 min

    This audiobook narrated by William Hope provides an unprecedented history of Brooklyn, told through its places, buildings, and the people who made them, from the early seventeenth century to todayAmerica's most storied urban underdog, Brooklyn has become an internationally recognized brand in recent decades—celebrated and scorned as one of the hippest destinations in the world. In Brooklyn: The ... Read more

    $32.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    THUG LIFE

    A LUST FOR DESTRUCTION

    by Charles Lovjoy ...
    Narrated by Charles Lovjoy ...
    Audiobook 1 - stay focused! stay productive! stay motivated!

    Unabridged

    40 min

    Lust for Destruction is Inside All of Us...Or is It? Find Out How the World and Society are being Destroyed by Hatred and Violence.The world has become engulfed in hate, violence, and destructive behavior. It seems that every human being has a lust for destruction buried deep inside them – and it can present itself either through the destruction of others or even self-destruction.Just think about ... Read more

    $10.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Chicas muertas

    by Selva Almada ...
    Narrated by Luciana Falcón ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 50 min

    Una no ficción atípica que combina percepciones y recuerdos personales con la investigación de tres femicidios en el interior de la Argentina durante la década del 80 y que revelan, de modo sutil, la ferocidad del machismo y la indefensión de las mujeres pobres.«Tres adolescentes de provincia asesinadas en los años ochenta, tres muertes impunes ocurridas cuando todavía, en nuestro país, ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial