America's Secret War (MP3) Dubbed by Barron's as "The Shadow CIA," Stratfor, George Friedman's global intelligence company, has provided analysis to Fortune 500 companies, news outlets, and even the U.S. government. Now Friedman delivers the geopolitical st ...
English
2004
Art of Non-Fiction, The (MP3) In 1958 and again in 1969 Ayn Rand gathered a small group of her friends and acquaintances and gave an informal course on writing. At once a fascinating philosophical discourse on the art of creation and an invaluable guide for th ...
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2004
Candide (MP3) This is the tale of the happy but ill-fated Candide, and his progressive disillusionment with the idea that we live in the best of all possible worlds. His tutor, Dr. Pangloss embodies this philosophy of good cheer, even in the fa ...
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2006
Consolations of Philosophy, The (MP3) From the frustration of misplacing your keys to the sadness of losing a loved one, the writings of Seneca can offer consolation. For the particular agony of not having enough money, Epicurus has a solution, and it’s one that eve ...
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2006
Conversations with my Dog (MP3) Most people talk to their dogs (some people talk to their plants!), but Zig Ziglar has engaged in lively conversations and even the occasional debate with his Welsh Corgi dog, Taffy. When Dirty Dog (Zig's affectionate nickname for ...
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2005
End of Faith, The (MP3) The End of Faith
by Sam Harris
read by Brian Emerson
Unabridged
Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
Winner of the 2005 PEN Award for nonfiction
This important and timely book delivers a startling analysis ...
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2006
Lost Triumph (MP3) A fascinating narrative-and a bold new thesis in the study of the Civil War-that suggests Robert E. Lee had a heretofore undiscovered strategy at Gettysburg that, if successful, could have crushed the Union forces and changed the ...
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2005
Mutiny of the Elsinore, The (MP3) Life has lost its savor for Mr. Pathurst. New York, fame, women, the arts, have all become tedious. Searching for excitement, he books passage on a cargo vessel sailing from Baltimore to Seattle on a route that travels around the ...
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2005
Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand - Disk 1 of 2 (MP3) This brilliantly conceived and well- organized book is based on a lecture course given by Dr. Leonard Peikoff in 1976 entitled ?The Philosophy of Objectivism.? The lectures were attended by Ayn Rand, who helped prepare them and wh ...
English
2003
Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand - Disk 2 of 2 (MP3) This brilliantly conceived and well- organized book is based on a lecture course given by Dr. Leonard Peikoff in 1976 entitled ?The Philosophy of Objectivism.? The lectures were attended by Ayn Rand, who helped prepare them and wh ...
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2003
Prophet and Other Writings, The (MP3) Unabridged
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This collection includes The Prophet, The Forerunner, and The Madman.
Published in 1923, The Prophet was a best-seller and has been translated into more than twenty languages. A series of twenty-eigh ...
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2005
Status Anxiety (MP3) Status Anxiety
by Alain De Botton
read by Simon Vance
Unabridged
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“Every adult life could be said to be defined by two great love stories. The first—the story of our quest for sexual love—is well known and ...
English
2006
The Metamorphosis and other short Stories (MP3) THE METAMORPHOSIS begins as its protagonist, Gregor Samsa, wakes up one morning to find that he has become a huge insect. This change is understandably difficult for Gregor, not to mention his family and business. It ends up costi ...
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2005
The Moral Sense (MP3) "James Q. Wilson has taken an unfashionable but undeniably crucial question about moral nature and produced a bracing, elegant, carefully researched and closely argued controversy. Everyone should read it."—Michael Crichton
Wil ...
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2003
The Question Of God (MP3) Renowned psychiatrist and educator Armand Nicholi presents a fascinating comparison of the beliefs of Sigmund Freud and C. S. Lewis. For all the variety of specific religious beliefs, there are fundamentally only two kinds of peop ...
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2003
The World Set Free (MP3) In this thought-provoking masterpiece, H.G. Wells predicts the inventions that will inadvertently lead to mass destruction, forcing the world to "start over". You will see many similarities between H.G. Wells' new world and today' ...
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2005
War and the Future (MP3) H.G. Wells sets forth an intriguing first-hand observation of Italy, France and Britain under severe duress during the "War to End All Wars", World War I. He insightfully examines the technological effects of modern warfare, parti ...