Month: May 2026

Catergory: Business, Computer Technology, Nonfiction

A smart, incisive look at the technologies sold as artificial intelligence, the drawbacks and pitfalls of technology sold under this banner, and why it’s crucial to recognize the many ways in which AI hype covers for a small set of power-hungry actors at work and in the world.
Is artificial intelligence going to take over the world? Have big tech scientists created an artificial lifeform that can think on its own? Is it going to put authors, artists, and others out of business? Are we about to enter an age where computers are better than humans at everything?
The answer to these questions, linguist Emily M. Bender and sociologist Alex Hanna make clear, is "no," "they wish," "LOL," and "definitely not." This kind of thinking is a symptom of a phenomenon known as "AI hype." Hype looks and smells fishy: It twists words and helps the rich get richer by justifying data theft, motivating surveillance capitalism, and devaluing human creativity in order to replace meaningful work with jobs that treat people like machines. In The AI Con, Bender and Hanna offer a sharp, witty, and wide-ranging take-down of AI hype across its many forms.
Bender and Hanna show you how to spot AI hype, how to deconstruct it, and how to expose the power grabs it aims to hide. Armed with these tools, you will be prepared to push back against AI hype at work, as a consumer in the marketplace, as a skeptical newsreader, and as a citizen holding policymakers to account. Together, Bender and Hanna expose AI hype for what it is: a mask for Big Tech’s drive for profit, with little concern for who it affects. Click to expand…
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Catergory: Philosophy, Nonfiction

An argument that love requires the courage to accept self-negation for the sake of discovering the Other. Byung-Chul Han is one of the most widely read philosophers in Europe today, a member of the new generation of German thinkers that includes Markus Gabriel and Armen Avanessian. In The Agony of Eros, a bestseller in Germany, Han considers the threat to love and desire in today’s society. For Han, love requires the courage to accept self-negation for the sake of discovering the Other. In a world of fetishized individualism and technologically mediated social interaction, it is the Other that is eradicated, not the self. In today’s increasingly narcissistic society, we have come to look for love and desire within the "inferno of the same."
Han offers a survey of the threats to Eros, drawing on a wide range of sources-Lars von Trier’s film Melancholia, Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde, Fifty Shades of Grey, Michel Foucault (providing a scathing critique of Foucault’s valorization of power), Martin Buber, Hegel, Baudrillard, Flaubert, Barthes, Plato, and others. Han considers the "pornographication" of society, and shows how pornography profanes eros; addresses capitalism’s leveling of essential differences; and discusses the politics of eros in today’s "burnout society." To be dead to love, Han argues, is to be dead to thought itself.
Concise in its expression but unsparing in its insight, The Agony of Eros is an important and provocative entry in Han’s ongoing analysis of contemporary society.
This remarkable essay, an intellectual experience of the first order, affords one of the best ways to gain full awareness of and join in one of the most pressing struggles of the day: the defense, that is to say-as Rimbaud desired it-the "reinvention" of love.
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The Age of Voltaire – Will Durant

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Title: The Age of Voltaire
Author: Will Durant
Read By: Alexander Adams
Copyright: 1965
Genre: Non fiction
Series Name: The Story of Civilization
Position in Series: 09
Abridged: No

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Total Duration: 38:19:55
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The Age of Voltaire, the ninth volume of The Story of Civilization,
is an in-depth examination of France and England in the first half of
the 18th century. In this masterful work, listeners will encounter:

The English ideas that inspired the Enlightenment in France – skepticism,
scientific experiment, constitutional government, "natural rights",
and individual liberty
The salons of Paris, where the wits and thinkers of all Europe gathered
to exchange ideas
The philosophers – intellectuals, playwrights, and poets who consulted
and consorted with kings and queens
Voltaire himself – the incarnation of the Enlightenment and a devotee
of reason who still defended religious faith
Mme. Pompadour, patron of the philosophers, who seduced King Louis
XV and through him influenced French policy
The Augustan Age in English literature – Alexander Pope’s poetry,
Jonathan Swift’s satires, and the novels of Samuel Richardson and Henry
Fielding

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The Age of Reason Begins – Will Durant

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Title: The Age of Reason Begins
Author: Will Durant
Read By: Alexander Adams
Copyright: 1961
Genre: Non fiction
Series Name: The Story of Civilization
Position in Series: 07
Abridged: No

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Total Duration: 30:52:36
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This seventh volume of Will and Ariel Durant’s renowned series, The
Story of Civilization, chronicles the history of European civilization
from 1558 to 1648.

The Age of Reason Begins brings together a fascinating network of stories
in the discussion of the bumpy road toward the Enlightenment. This is
the age of great monarchs and greater artists – on the one hand, Elizabeth
the First of England, Philip II of Spain, and Henry IV of France; on
the other, Shakespeare, Cervantes, Montaigne, and Rembrandt. It also
encompasses the heyday of Francis Bacon, Galileo, Giordano Bruno, and
Descartes, the fathers of modern science and philosophy. But it is equally
an age of extreme violence, a moment in which all Europe was embroiled
in the horrible Thirty Years’ War – in some respects, the real first
world war. This chapter in cultural history is one that can’t be missed.-

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The Age of Louis XIV – Will Durant

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Title: The Age of Louis XIV
Author: Will Durant
Read By: Alexander Adams
Copyright: 1963
Genre: Non fiction
Series Name: The Story of Civilization
Position in Series: 08
Abridged: No

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Total Duration: 33:18:44
Total MP3 Size: 686.51
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This volume of the Pulitzer Prizeûwinning series offers a comprehensive
view of European civilization during the long and powerful reign of
Louis XIV.

Will and Ariel Durant continue their magisterial history of the Western
world as France exerted an almost hypnotic dominance over the European
continent. Their expansive narrative begins at the end of the Thirty
Years War, a conflict which decimated the Holy Roman Empire and allowed
France to flourish. This was also the time when Louis XIV, at the age
of five, came to the throne.

Book One examines the French zenith from a number of perspectives: from
the politics at court to the kingÆs relationship to the church, the
arts, and literary greats such as Moliere and Racine. In Book Two, the
narrative moves to England, where Oliver Cromwell leads a revolt against
monarchy, and authors including John Milton and Jonathan Swift write
their immortal epics. With five books in all, the authors offer a sweeping
survey of the era, from Peter the GreatÆs Russia to the advances in
science and medicine, Isaac NewtonÆs revolutionary ideas, and the great
philosophical debate between faith and reason.

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The Age of Faith – Will Durant

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Title: The Age of Faith
Author: Will Durant
Read By: Alexander Adams
Copyright: 1950
Genre: Non-Fiction
Series Name: The Story of Civilization
Position in Series: 04
Abridged: No

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Total Duration: 53:26:29
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A History of Medieval Civilization (Christian, Islamic, and Judaic)
from Constantine to Dante, AD 325 – 1300

The fourth volume in Will Durant’s Pulitzer Prize-winning series, The
Age of Faith surveys the medieval achievements and modern significance
of Christian, Islamic, and Judaic life and culture. Like the other volumes
in the Story of Civilization series, this is a self-contained work,
which at the same time fits into a comprehensive history of mankind.
It includes the dramatic stories of St. Augustine, Hypatia, Justinian,
Mohammed, Harun al-Rashid, Charlemagne, William the Conqueror, Eleanor
of Aquitaine, Richard the Lionheart, Saladin, Maimonides, St. Francis,
St. Thomas Aquinas, Roger Bacon, and many others, all in the perspective
of integrated history. The greatest love stories in literature – of
HΘloise and AbΘlard, of Dante and Beatrice – are here retold with enthralling
scholarship.

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The Affair – Danielle Steel

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Title: The Affair
Author: Danielle Steel
Read By: Jim Frangione
Copyright: 2021
Genre: Chic Lit

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Total Duration: 8:10:24
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Heads always turned when Rose McCarthy walked into a room. Nearly six-
feet tall, she was ramrod straight, and impeccably put together with
faultless style, long graceful legs, her snow-white hair cut in a
chin-length rounded cap. Her piercing blue eyes missed nothing. She
could terrify anyone with a few well-chosen, soft-spoken, eloquent
words, or comfort and delight a young employee with generous praise.
For 25 years, she had been the legendary editor in chief of Mode
magazine. Gentle, polite, supremely competent, she ran it with an iron-
hand, with the ultimate grace and discretion. She was known for her
excellent judgment, wise decisions that always benefitted the
magazine, her dedication and love of fashion….

2021 Danielle Steel (P)2021 Recorded Books

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Catergory: Biographies & Memoirs

‘Captures both Barbara and her writing so miraculously’ JILLY COOPER [/color]
Picked as a Book to Look Forward to in 2021 by the Guardian , The Times and the Observer
A Radio 4 Book of the Week, April 2021
Barbara Pym became beloved as one of the wittiest novelists of the late twentieth century, revealing the inner workings of domestic life so brilliantly that her friend Philip Larkin announced her the era’s own Jane Austen. But who was Barbara Pym and why was the life of this English writer – one of the greatest chroniclers of the human heart – so defined by rejection, both in her writing and in love?
Pym lived through extraordinary times. She attended Oxford in the thirties when women were the minority. She spent time in Nazi Germany, falling for a man who was close to Hitler. She made a career on the Home Front as a single working girl in London’s bedsit land. Through all of this, she wrote. Diaries, notes, letters, stories and more than a dozen novels – which as Byrne shows more often than not reflected the themes of Pym’s own experience: worlds of spinster sisters and academics in unrequited love, of powerful intimacies that pulled together seemingly humble lives.
Paula Byrne’s new biography is the first to make full use of Barbara Pym’s archive. Brimming with new extracts from Pym’s diaries, letters and novels, this book is a joyous introduction to a woman who was herself the very best of company.
Byrne brings Barbara Pym back to centre stage as one of the great English novelists: a generous, shrewdly perceptive writer and a brave woman, who only in the last years of her life was suddenly, resoundingly recognised for her genius. Click to expand…
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The Adventures Of Miss Barbara Pym 10.mp3 (01:10:21) (2021) (32.21 MB)
The Adventures Of Miss Barbara Pym 11.mp3 (01:13:24) (2021) (33.6 MB)
The Adventures Of Miss Barbara Pym 12.mp3 (01:16:55) (2021) (35.21 MB)
The Adventures Of Miss Barbara Pym 13.mp3 (01:14:50) (2021) (34.26 MB)
The Adventures Of Miss Barbara Pym 14.mp3 (01:14:44) (2021) (34.21 MB)
The Adventures Of Miss Barbara Pym 2.mp3 (01:14:41) (2021) (34.19 MB)
The Adventures Of Miss Barbara Pym 3.mp3 (01:10:11) (2021) (32.13 MB)
The Adventures Of Miss Barbara Pym 4.mp3 (01:18:44) (2021) (36.04 MB)
The Adventures Of Miss Barbara Pym 5.mp3 (01:10:52) (2021) (32.45 MB)
The Adventures Of Miss Barbara Pym 6.mp3 (01:15:22) (2021) (34.51 MB)
The Adventures Of Miss Barbara Pym 7.mp3 (01:14:39) (2021) (34.18 MB)
The Adventures Of Miss Barbara Pym 8.mp3 (01:12:25) (2021) (33.15 MB)
The Adventures Of Miss Barbara Pym 9.mp3 (01:11:01) (2021) (32.51 MB)

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Catergory: Health & Wellness

"Readers who have recently been diagnosed with ADHD will find this an especially smart and approachable resource."-Publishers Weekly
Transform your ADHD from a struggle to a strength with this empowering toolkit.
What if what you need to succeed and manifest your goals is what you have been trying to overcome-your ADHD? The ADHD Reset is a new and hopeful perspective that transforms ADHD from an obstacle to a source of power. Without the right tools, ADHD can rule your life in a challenging way. But you can thrive with ADHD. In fact, an ADHD brain has some pretty magical qualities! Creator of the popular handle @ModernHippieMindset, ADHD coach Claire Michalski shows you how to reset your mindset and approach to living with ADHD. Learn how to live your dream life with ADHD-not in spite of it.
The ADHD Reset offers dozens of practical tools and strategies that will move you from feeling limited to liberated. Feel empowered to accept the disowned parts of yourself through shadow work, reframing techniques, mindset shifts, and self-love. Coaching, interactive journal practices, and a step-by-step approach set you up to shift your mindset, clarify your objectives, and find your unique magic. This practical and inspiring guide will help you:

✔Understand your ADHD brain in a way that brings loving self-awareness and unconditional self-acceptance
✔Rewire your brain with easy mindset techniques
✔Finally manage emotional dysregulation
✔Habit stack, manage your time effectively, and set and complete goals

Move from managing your life to manifesting the life you want with The ADHD Reset.
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Catergory: Fiction, Literature, Short Stories

The Accusation is a deeply moving and eye-opening work of fiction that paints a powerful portrait of life under the North Korean regime. Set during the period of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il’s leadership, the seven stories that make up The Accusation give voice to people living under this most bizarre and horrifying of dictatorships.
The characters of these compelling stories come from a wide variety of backgrounds, from a young mother living among the elite in Pyongyang whose son misbehaves during a political rally, to a former Communist war hero who is deeply disillusioned with the intrusion of the Party into everything he holds dear, to a husband and father who is denied a travel permit and sneaks onto a train in order to visit his critically ill mother.
Written with deep emotion and writing talent, The Accusation is a vivid depiction of life in a closed-off one-party state, and also a hopeful testament to the humanity and rich internal life that persists even in such inhumane conditions. Click to expand…
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