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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/376598 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Communist Manifesto (Unabridged Version)Author: F. Engels, Karl MarxNarrator: Mark HarriethaFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 1 hour 30 minutesRelease date: July 6, 2023Genres: Lessons in PhilosophyPublisher's Summary: Welcome to an unprecedented audio journey into Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels' 'The Communist Manifesto' - the unabridged edition that remains unswervingly loyal to the original text. Its ground-breaking insights into class struggle, capitalism, and communism have left an indelible mark on the history of political thought. Crafted for the discerning listener, this audiobook's clear and crisp voice rendition makes the complex philosophical and political ideas accessible to all. Each sentence is meticulously delivered, making the potent theories of Marx and Engels not only more understandable but also more relatable. From your first listen, you'll find yourself captivated by the lucidity and precision of the narrator's voice as it guides you through the compelling manifesto that catalyzed a global revolution. The original text's essence is preserved with great fidelity, allowing you to grasp the theoretical underpinnings of communism as envisioned by its founders. 'The Communist Manifesto (Unabridged Version)' paints a vivid picture of society's class struggles - a narrative that continues to resonate today. Marx and Engels' theories are brought to life in this audiobook, making it not just a listening experience but an enlightening journey into the depths of socioeconomic discourse. Embark on this transformative journey with 'The Communist Manifesto (Unabridged Version)' and uncover the powerful ideas that continue to shape our world. Immerse yourself in the clarity of thought and depth of understanding that this audiobook promises.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393363 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Are We Bodies or Souls?Author: Richard SwinburneNarrator: Liam GerrardFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 6 hours 32 minutesRelease date: June 14, 2022Genres: Lessons in PhilosophyPublisher's Summary: What are humans? What makes us who we are? Many think that we are just complicated machines, or animals that are different from machines only by being conscious. In Are We Bodies or Souls? Richard Swinburne comes to the defense of the soul and presents new philosophical arguments that are supported by modern neuroscience. When scientific advances enable neuroscientists to transplant a part of brain into a new body, he reasons, no matter how much we can find out about their brain activity or conscious experiences we will never know whether the resulting person is the same as before or somebody entirely new. Swinburne thus argues that we are immaterial souls sustained in existence by our brains. Sensations, thoughts, and intentions are conscious events in our souls that cause events in our brains. While scientists might discover some of the laws of nature that determine conscious events and brain events, each person's soul is an individual thing and this is what ultimately makes us who we are.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/360981 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Return of the God Hypothesis: Three Scientific Discoveries That Reveal the Mind Behind the UniverseAuthor: Stephen C. MeyerNarrator: Timothy Andrés PabonFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 18 hours 49 minutesRelease date: March 30, 2021Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.15 of Total 52 Ratings of Narrator: 4.6 of Total 5Genres: Lessons in PhilosophyPublisher's Summary: The New York Times bestselling author of Darwin’s Doubt presents groundbreaking scientific evidence of the existence of God, based on breakthroughs in physics, cosmology, and biology. Beginning in the late 19th century, many intellectuals began to insist that scientific knowledge conflicts with traditional theistic belief—that science and belief in God are “at war.” Philosopher of science Stephen Meyer challenges this view by examining three scientific discoveries with decidedly theistic implications. Building on the case for the intelligent design of life that he developed in Signature in the Cell and Darwin’s Doubt, Meyer demonstrates how discoveries in cosmology and physics coupled with those in biology help to establish the identity of the designing intelligence behind life and the universe. Meyer argues that theism — with its affirmation of a transcendent, intelligent and active creator — best explains the evidence we have concerning biological and cosmological origins. Previously Meyer refrained from attempting to answer questions about “who” might have designed life. Now he provides an evidence-based answer to perhaps the ultimate mystery of the universe. In so doing, he reveals a stunning conclusion: the data support not just the existence of an intelligent designer of some kind—but the existence of a personal God. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/385522 to listen full audiobooks.Title: An Onion in My Pocket: My Life with VegetablesAuthor: Deborah MadisonNarrator: Deborah MadisonFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 9 hours 51 minutesRelease date: November 10, 2020Genres: Lessons in PhilosophyPublisher's Summary: From the author of Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone ('The Queen of Greens,' The Washington Post)—a warm, bracingly honest memoir that also gives us an insider's look at the vegetarian movement. Madison’s “insightful memoir” (The Wall Street Journal) is “a true delight to read as she uncovers her love for all real foods, peeling off layer by layer like an onion, recounting her own personal, culinary, and gardening experiences” (Lidia Bastianich). Thanks to her beloved cookbooks and groundbreaking work as the chef at Greens Restaurant in San Francisco, Deborah Madison, though not a vegetarian herself, has long been revered as this country's leading authority on vegetables. She profoundly changed the way generations of Americans think about cooking with vegetables, helping to transform 'vegetarian' from a dirty word into a mainstream way of eating. But before she became a household name, Madison spent almost twenty years as an ordained Buddhist priest, coming of age in the midst of counterculture San Francisco. In this charmingly intimate and refreshingly frank memoir, she tells her story—and with it the story of the vegetarian movement—or the very first time. From her childhood in Big Ag Northern California to working in the kitchen of the then-new Chez Panisse, and from the birth of food TV to the age of green markets everywhere, An Onion in My Pocket is as much the story of the evolution of American foodways as it is the memoir of the woman at the forefront. It is a deeply personal look at the rise of vegetable-forward cooking, and a manifesto for how to eat well.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391269 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Be My Guest: Reflections on Food, Community, and the Meaning of GenerosityAuthor: Priya BasilNarrator: Priya BasilFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 3 hours 50 minutesRelease date: November 3, 2020Genres: Lessons in PhilosophyPublisher's Summary: A thought-provoking meditation on food, family, identity, immigration, and, most of all, hospitality--at the table and beyond--that's part food memoir, part appeal for more authentic decency in our daily worlds, and in the world at large. Be My Guest is an utterly unique, deeply personal meditation on what it means to tend to others and to ourselves--and how the two things work hand in hand. Priya Basil explores how food--and the act of offering food to others--are used to express love and support. Weaving together stories from her own life with knowledge gleaned from her Sikh heritage; her years spent in Kenya, India, Britain, and Germany; and ideas from Derrida, Plato, Arendt, and Peter Singer, Basil focuses an unexpected and illuminating light on what it means to be both a host and a guest. Lively, wide-ranging, and impassioned, Be My Guest is a singular work, at once a deeply felt plea for a kinder, more welcoming world and a reminder that, fundamentally, we all have more in common than we imagine.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/400538 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Metazoa: Animal Minds and the Birth of ConsciousnessAuthor: Peter Godfrey-SmithNarrator: Peter Godfrey-SmithFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 9 hours 48 minutesRelease date: October 29, 2020Genres: Lessons in PhilosophyPublisher's Summary: The follow-up to the BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week Other Minds A Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year A Waterstones Best Book of 2020 The scuba-diving philosopher explores the origins of animal consciousness. Dip below the ocean’s surface and you are soon confronted by forms of life that could not seem more foreign to our own: sea sponges, soft corals and flower-like worms, whose rooted bodies and intricate geometry are more reminiscent of plant life than anything recognisably animal. Yet these creatures are our cousins. As fellow members of the animal kingdom – the Metazoa – they can teach us about the evolutionary origins of not only our bodies, but also our minds. In his acclaimed book, Other Minds, Peter Godfrey-Smith explored the mind of the octopus – the closest thing to an intelligent alien on Earth. In Metazoa, he expands his inquiry to animals at large, investigating the evolution of experience with the assistance of far-flung species. Godfrey-Smith shows that the appearance of the first animal body form well over half a billion years ago was a profound innovation that set life upon a new path. He charts the ways that subsequent evolutionary developments – eyes that track, for example, and bodies that move through and manipulate the environment – shaped the lives of animals. Following the evolutionary paths of a glass sponge, soft coral, banded shrimp, octopus and fish, then moving onto land and the world of insects, birds and primates like ourselves, Metazoa gathers these stories together to bridge the gap between matter and mind and address one of the most important philosophical questions: what is the origin of consciousness? Combining vivid animal encounters with philosophy and biology, Metazoa reveals the impossibility of separating the evolution of our minds from the evolution of animals themselves.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/396851 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing BrainAuthor: David EaglemanNarrator: David EaglemanFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 9 hours 18 minutesRelease date: August 25, 2020Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1Genres: Lessons in PhilosophyPublisher's Summary: 'Eagleman renders the secrets of the brain’s adaptability into a truly compelling page-turner.” —Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner “Livewired reads wonderfully like what a book would be if it were written by Oliver Sacks and William Gibson, sitting on Carl Sagan’s front lawn.” —The Wall Street Journal What does drug withdrawal have in common with a broken heart? Why is the enemy of memory not time but other memories? How can a blind person learn to see with her tongue, or a deaf person learn to hear with his skin? Why did many people in the 1980s mistakenly perceive book pages to be slightly red in color? Why is the world’s best archer armless? Might we someday control a robot with our thoughts, just as we do our fingers and toes? Why do we dream at night, and what does that have to do with the rotation of the Earth? The answers to these questions are right behind our eyes. The greatest technology we have ever discovered on our planet is the three-pound organ carried in the vault of the skull. This book is not simply about what the brain is; it is about what it does. The magic of the brain is not found in the parts it’s made of but in the way those parts unceasingly reweave themselves in an electric, living fabric. In Livewired, you will surf the leading edge of neuroscience atop the anecdotes and metaphors that have made David Eagleman one of the best scientific translators of our generation. Covering decades of research to the present day, Livewired also presents new discoveries from Eagleman’s own laboratory, from synesthesia to dreaming to wearable neurotech devices that revolutionize how we think about the senses.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/398326 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Life: A User’s Manual: Philosophy for (Almost) Any EventualityAuthor: Julian Baggini, Antonia MacaroNarrator: Roy McmillanFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 12 hours 41 minutesRelease date: July 30, 2020Genres: Lessons in PhilosophyPublisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. How should I live? What is my purpose? Can I find happiness? Ever felt as though life would be simpler if it came with an instruction manual? There are no easy answers to the big questions. And life does not follow a straight path from A to B. Since the beginning of time, people have asked questions about how they should live and, from Ancient Greece to Japan, philosophers have attempted to solve these questions for us. The timeless wisdom that they offer can help us to find our own path. In this insightful, engaging book, renowned existential psychotherapist and philosophical counsellor Antonia Macaro and bestselling philosopher Julian Baggini cover topics such as bereavement, luck, free will and relationships, and guide us through what the greatest thinkers to ever walk the earth have to say on these subjects, from the Stoics to Sartre. Discover advice from the world's greatest thinkers on questions like: Is there a right way to grieve? What is free will? How can we learn from past mistakes? Do we make our own luck? © Julian Baggini and Antonia Macaro 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390828 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Who Cares Wins: Reasons For Optimism in Our Changing WorldAuthor: Lily ColeNarrator: Lily ColeFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 10 hours 30 minutesRelease date: July 30, 2020Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1Genres: Lessons in PhilosophyPublisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Optimism demands action. Optimism is an active choice. Optimism is not naïve and it is not impossible. We are living in an age of turmoil, destruction and uncertainty. Global warming has reached terrifying heights of severity, human expansion has caused the extinction of countless species, and Neoliberalism has led to a destructive divide in wealth and a polarisation of mainstream politics. But, there is a constructive way to meet this challenge, there is a reason to keep on fighting and there are plenty of reasons for optimism. Lily Cole has met with some of the millions of people around the world who are working on solutions to our biggest challenges and committed to creating a more sustainable and peaceful future for humanity. Exploring issues from fast fashion to fast food and renewable energy to gender equality, and featuring interviews with Sir David Attenborough, Sir Paul McCartney, Elon Musk and Extinction Rebellion co-founder Professor Gail Bradbrook, Reasons for Optimism is a beacon of hope in dark times. This book is a rousing call to action that will leave you feeling hopeful that we can make a difference. We are the ancestors of our future: a generation who will either be celebrated for their activism or blamed for its apathy. It is for us to choose optimism, to make a change and to show what is possible. © Lily Cole 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/396871 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Dare to Speak: Defending Free Speech for AllAuthor: Suzanne NosselNarrator: Gabra ZackmanFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 8 hours 46 minutesRelease date: July 28, 2020Genres: Lessons in PhilosophyPublisher's Summary: ''A must read. ''—Margaret Atwood A vital, necessary playbook for navigating and defending free speech today by the CEO of PEN America, Dare To Speak provides a pathway for promoting free expression while also cultivating a more inclusive public culture. Online trolls and fascist chat groups. Controversies over campus lectures. Cancel culture versus censorship. The daily hazards and debates surrounding free speech dominate headlines and fuel social media storms. In an era where one tweet can launch—or end—your career, and where free speech is often invoked as a principle but rarely understood, learning to maneuver the fast-changing, treacherous landscape of public discourse has never been more urgent. In Dare To Speak, Suzanne Nossel, a leading voice in support of free expression, delivers a vital, necessary guide to maintaining democratic debate that is open, free-wheeling but at the same time respectful of the rich diversity of backgrounds and opinions in a changing country. Centered on practical principles, Nossel’s primer equips readers with the tools needed to speak one’s mind in today’s diverse, digitized, and highly-divided society without resorting to curbs on free expression. At a time when free speech is often pitted against other progressive axioms—namely diversity and equality—Dare To Speak presents a clear-eyed argument that the drive to create a more inclusive society need not, and must not, compromise robust protections for free speech. Nossel provides concrete guidance on how to reconcile these two sets of core values within universities, on social media, and in daily life. She advises readers how to: - Use language conscientiously without self-censoring ideas; - Defend the right to express unpopular views; - And protest without silencing speech. Nossel warns against the increasingly fashionable embrace of expanded government and corporate controls over speech, warning that such strictures can reinforce the marginalization of lesser-heard voices. She argues that creating an open market of ideas demands aggressive steps to remedy exclusion and ensure equal participation. Replete with insightful arguments, colorful examples, and salient advice, Dare To Speak brings much-needed clarity and guidance to this pressing—and often misunderstood—debate.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404943 to listen full audiobooks.Title: [Spanish] - How to Stay Human in a F*cked-Up World (Spanish edition): Como seguir siendo humano en un mundo: Practicar el mindfulness en la vida cotidianaAuthor: Tim DesmondNarrator: Cesar RamonesFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 4 hours 55 minutesRelease date: July 7, 2020Genres: Lessons in PhilosophyPublisher's Summary: ¿Cómo podemos ser más conscientes cuando el mundo está j*dido? Cómo mantenerse humano en un mundo j*dido es la respuesta fresca y atractiva a esta importante pregunta. Si has intentado la atención plena y has fallado, le entendemos. Probablemente le dijeron que se sentara en una almohada en una habitación oscura, meditar o contar sus respiraciones. Pero la atención plena no se trata de separarnos de los problemas del mundo. En cambio, se trata de volver a aprender cómo salir, conectarse con el sufrimiento de cada ser viviente y, al hacerlo, abrazar su propio sufrimiento personal para curarse, transformarse, crecer y finalmente encontrar la paz. Tim Desmond, un estimado filósofo budista que ha dado conferencias sobre psicología tanto en Harvard como en Yale y estudió con el maestro zen Thich Nhat Hanh, ha pasado su vida cultivando nuevas formas de cerrar la brecha entre la antigua tradición de la atención plena y la vida moderna. Con How to Stay Human in a F * cked Up World Desmond llega directamente al corazón de nuestro dolor colectivo con una práctica de atención plena que le cambia la vida para sobrevivir al mundo a veces miserable en el que vivimos, con estrategias e información que puede comenzar a utilizar para sentirse. Más conectados, alegres, y presentes hoy.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/397995 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Power of Chowa: Finding Your Inner Strength Through the Japanese Concept of Balance and HarmonyAuthor: Akemi TanakaNarrator: June AngelaFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 6 hours 38 minutesRelease date: June 16, 2020Genres: Lessons in PhilosophyPublisher's Summary: For fans of Hygge and Lagom comes this inspiring guide that introduces the Japanese wisdom of chowa—the search for balance—to help us find harmony and peace in every area of our lives. The Japanese wisdom of chowa offers a fresh approach to being, showing us how to create space and symmetry at work, at home, and in our relationships. Chowa is an ancient philosophy and set of practices that enable us to discover what matters most in our individual lives, and help us transform our way of thinking about ourselves and others. By harnessing the power of chowa, we can learn to ignore the ephemera, focus on the important things, and cultivate a steady state of equilibrium and calm that gives us the confidence and fortitude to handle any challenge we may face. Following the practical steps in this empowering book, we can better balance our priorities and relationships and find inner strength and flexibility in times of change and stress. With The Power of Chowa, curious seekers can achieve wellness, happiness, and contentment every day.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/397987 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Dead Reckoning: The Story of How Johnny Mitchell and His Fighter Pilots Took on Admiral Yamamoto and Avenged Pearl HarborAuthor: Dick LehrNarrator: Will DamronFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 12 hours 55 minutesRelease date: June 9, 2020Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2Genres: Lessons in PhilosophyPublisher's Summary: The definitive and dramatic account of what became known as ''Operation Vengeance'' -- the targeted kill by U.S. fighter pilots of Japan's larger-than-life military icon, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the naval genius who had devised the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor. “AIR RAID, PEARL HARBOR. THIS IS NO DRILL.” At 7:58 a.m. on December 7, 1941, an officer at the Ford Island Command Center typed what would become one of the most famous radio dispatches in history, as the Japanese navy launched a surprise aerial assault on U.S. bases on Hawaii. In a little over two hours, more than 2,400 Americans were dead, propelling the U.S.’s entry into World War II. Dead Reckoning is the epic true story of the high-stakes operation undertaken sixteen months later to avenge that deadly strike – a longshot mission hatched hastily at the U.S. base on Guadalcanal. Expertly crafting this ''hunt for Bin Laden''-style WWII story, New York Times bestselling author Dick Lehr recreates the tension-filled events leading up to the climactic clash in the South Pacific skies – frontline moments loaded with xenophobia, spycraft, sacrifice and broken hearts. Lehr goes behind the scenes at Station Hypo on Hawaii, where U.S. Navy code breakers first discovered exactly where and when to find Admiral Yamamoto, on April 18, 1943, and then chronicles in dramatic detail the nerve-wracking mission to kill him. He focuses on Army Air Force Major John W. Mitchell, the ace fighter pilot from the tiny hamlet of Enid, Mississippi who was tasked with conceiving a flight route, literally to the second, for the only U.S. fighter plane on Guadalcanal capable of reaching Yamamoto hundreds of miles away – the new twin-engine P-38 Lightning with its fabled “cone of fire.” Given unprecedented access to Mitchell’s personal papers and hundreds of private letters, Lehr reveals for the first time the full story of Mitchell’s wartime exploits up to the face-off with Yamamoto, along with those of key American pilots Mitchell chose for the momentous mission: Rex Barber, Thomas Lanphier Jr., Besby Holmes, and Ray Hine. The spotlight also shines on their enemy target –Admiral Yamamoto, the enigmatic, charismatic commander in chief of Japan’s Combined Fleet, whose complicated feelings about the U.S.—he studied at Harvard—add rich complexity. In this way Dead Reckoning offers at once a fast-paced recounting of a crucial turning point in the Pacific war and keenly drawn portraits of its two main protagonists: Isoroku Yamamoto, the architect of Pearl Harbor, and John Mitchell, the architect of the Yamamoto’s demise. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393492 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural WorldAuthor: Patrik SvenssonNarrator: Alex WyndhamFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 6 hours 25 minutesRelease date: May 26, 2020Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2Genres: Lessons in PhilosophyPublisher's Summary: Part H Is for Hawk, part The Soul of an Octopus, The Book of Eels is both a meditation on the world’s most elusive fish—the eel—and a reflection on the human condition. Remarkably little is known about the European eel, Anguilla anguilla. So little, in fact, that scientists and philosophers have, for centuries, been obsessed with what has become known as the “eel question”: Where do eels come from? What are they? Are they fish or some other kind of creature altogether? Even today, in an age of advanced science, no one has ever seen eels mating or giving birth, and we still don’t understand what drives them, after living for decades in freshwater, to swim great distances back to the ocean at the end of their lives. They remain a mystery. Drawing on a breadth of research about eels in literature, history, and modern marine biology, as well as his own experience fishing for eels with his father, Patrik Svensson crafts a mesmerizing portrait of an unusual, utterly misunderstood, and completely captivating animal. In The Book of Eels, we meet renowned historical thinkers, from Aristotle to Sigmund Freud to Rachel Carson, for whom the eel was a singular obsession. And we meet the scientists who spearheaded the search for the eel’s point of origin, including Danish marine biologist Johannes Schmidt, who led research efforts in the early twentieth century, catching thousands upon thousands of eels, in the hopes of proving their birthing grounds in the Sargasso Sea. Blending memoir and nature writing at its best, Svensson’s journey to understand the eel becomes an exploration of the human condition that delves into overarching issues about our roots and destiny, both as humans and as animals, and, ultimately, how to handle the biggest question of all: death. The result is a gripping and slippery narrative that will surprise and enchant.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390189 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Natural: How Faith in Nature's Goodness Leads to Harmful Fads, Unjust Laws, and Flawed ScienceAuthor: Alan LevinovitzNarrator: Joe McquillanFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 8 hours 48 minutesRelease date: April 7, 2020Genres: Lessons in PhilosophyPublisher's Summary: Illuminates the far-reaching harms of believing that natural means “good,” from misinformation about health choices to justifications for sexism, racism, and flawed economic policies. People love what’s natural: it’s the best way to eat, the best way to parent, even the best way to act—naturally, just as nature intended. Appeals to the wisdom of nature are among the most powerful arguments in the history of human thought. Yet Nature (with a capital N) and natural goodness are not objective or scientific. In this groundbreaking book, scholar of religion Alan Levinovitz demonstrates that these beliefs are actually religious and highlights the many dangers of substituting simple myths for complicated realities. It may not seem like a problem when it comes to paying a premium for organic food. But what about condemnations of “unnatural” sexual activity? The guilt that attends not having a “natural” birth? Economic deregulation justified by the inherent goodness of “natural” markets? In Natural, readers embark on an epic journey, from Peruvian rainforests to the backcountry in Yellowstone Park, from a “natural” bodybuilding competition to a “natural” cancer-curing clinic. The result is an essential new perspective that shatters faith in Nature’s goodness and points to a better alternative. We can love nature without worshipping it, and we can work toward a better world with humility and dialogue rather than taboos and zealotry.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/400536 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Raven Smith’s Trivial PursuitsAuthor: Raven SmithNarrator: Raven SmithFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 7 hours 13 minutesRelease date: April 2, 2020Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 3Genres: Lessons in PhilosophyPublisher's Summary: ’Instagram’s answer to David Sedaris.’ ST STYLE MAGAZINE ’Irresistibly readable’ DOLLY ALDERTON ’You’ll laugh. You’ll cry.’ LENA DUNHAM A hilarious, smart and incredibly singular debut from Raven Smith, whose exploration of the minutiae of everyday modern life and culture is totally unique and painfully relatable. Is being tall a social currency? Am I the contents of my fridge? Does yoga matter if you’re not filthy rich? Is a bagel four slices of bread? Are three cigarettes a meal? From IKEA meatballs to minibreaks, join Raven Smith as he reflects on the importance we place in the least important things and our frivolous attempts to accomplish and attain. He also tackles his single-parent upbringing, his struggles as a lonely teenager and his personal experience of coming out. Packed with brilliant humour, great tenderness and lingering pathos, Raven Smith’s Trivial Pursuits is a book for anyone who has ever asked ‘when I get to the pearly gates of heaven, will a viral tweet count for or against my entry?’ This audiobook includes an exclusive interview between Raven Smith and his editor, in which they discuss the themes of the book and illuminate further on some of the stories and events detailed within.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/394144 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Elephants: Birth, Death and Family in the Lives of the GiantsAuthor: Hannah MumbyNarrator: Gemma LawrenceFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 7 hours 52 minutesRelease date: April 2, 2020Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1Genres: Lessons in PhilosophyPublisher's Summary: Elephants are as unique as people. They can be clever and curious or headstrong and impulsive, shy or sociable. Learn to know them as individuals as well as a species in this evocative account of years spent studying elephant behaviour in the wild. Watching a family out for a swim on a hot day, Dr Hannah Mumby notes grandmothers, mothers, sisters and children exchanging noisy greetings, a consistent stream of close-range vocalisations, intermittent touching, co-operative herding of babies and frequent stopping for snacks. A close and interconnected family. But in this family, the adults weigh several tons each and the babies wave trunks playfully at one another. This is a herd of elephants. That elephants are intelligent, sentient beings is common knowledge, but so much about their day-to-day lives and abilities remains unknown. How do they communicate with one another over seemingly impossible distances? How do males spend their lives once they have left their mothers’ herds? And how much do they really remember? In this lyrically written and deeply personal account of several years of field research, Mumby reverently describes her own elephant encounters, alongside an exploration of the most up-to-date discoveries about the lives of these gentle giants. Learn how elephants live, travel, have sex, raise children and relate to one another, and reflect on how they think and feel. Understanding elephants as individuals closes the gap between human and animal and has powerful applications in the critical field of elephant conservation.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/399246 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of HumanityAuthor: Toby OrdNarrator: Toby OrdFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 8 hours 14 minutesRelease date: March 24, 2020Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 23 Ratings of Narrator: 4.08 of Total 13Genres: Lessons in PhilosophyPublisher's Summary: From one of the world’s leading moral voices, this urgent and eye-opening book makes the case thatprotecting humanity’s future is the central challenge of our time.If all goes well, human history is just beginning. Our species could survive for billions of years—enough time toend disease, poverty, and injustice, and to flourish in ways unimaginable today. But this vast future is at risk. With theadvent of nuclear weapons, humanity entered a new age, where we face existential catastrophes—those from which wecould never come back. Since then, these dangers have only multiplied, from climate change to engineered pathogensand unaligned artificial intelligence. If we do not act fast to reach a place of safety, it will soon be too late.Drawing on over a decade of research, The Precipice explores the cutting-edge science behind the risks we face. Itputs them in the context of the greater story of humanity, showing how ending these risks is among the most pressingmoral issues of our time. And it points the way forward, to the actions and strategies that can safeguard humanity.An Oxford philosopher committed to putting ideas into action, Toby Ord has advised the US National IntelligenceCouncil, the UK Prime Minister’s Office, and the World Bank on the greatest challenges facing humanity. In ThePrecipice, he offers a startling reassessment of human history, the future we are failing to protect, and the steps we musttake to ensure that our generation is not the last.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/384471 to listen full audiobooks.Title: You Are Enough: Revealing the Soul to Discover Your Power, Potential, and PossibilityAuthor: Panache DesaiNarrator: Panache DesaiFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 4 hours 25 minutesRelease date: February 25, 2020Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.57 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1Genres: Lessons in PhilosophyPublisher's Summary: A spiritual thought-leader and featured guest on Oprah’s SuperSoul Sunday helps us learn to quiet fear and anxiety and discover the powerful wholeness that exists within us all in this inspiring and affirmative guide. Achieving equilibrium in today’s age of anxiety can seem like a near-impossible—even frivolous—task. Panache Desai offers a refreshing, surprisingly unusual approach to meet the challenges of the modern moment and heal the fractured self it produces. For Desai, the soul—whole, unbroken, at peace, and one with the life source—isn’t a destination. It already exists within each of us, just waiting to be revealed. It is not something we have to work to develop—it is our birthright. And when we are in union with our soul, we experience a personal evolution that not only illuminates our individual cosmic purpose but helps us to engage the sense of purpose and presence necessary to remake the world itself. You Are Enough offers a straightforward, non-judgmental, and approachable process of revealing the soul, of coming into alignment and harmony with our true selves. Combining personal narrative, clear and inspiring philosophy, and prescriptive practices, it reveals that the way through is the way in—that the way through fear, self-doubt, and anxiety is accepting and embracing dissonance and emotional and psychological blockages, so that we can approach our lives and the world from a perspective that understands our fears are not who we are. Desai’s goal is simple: to guide readers through radical self-acceptance toward a life of ultimate peace and fulfillment. Beautifully designed, this enlightening volume by a fresh voice shows us that while life may have caused us to forget our power, potential, light, and love, they are always there, just waiting to be discovered.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/383492 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving UniverseAuthor: Brian GreeneNarrator: Brian GreeneFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 14 hours 38 minutesRelease date: February 18, 2020Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.49 of Total 53 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 6Genres: Lessons in PhilosophyPublisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • A captivating exploration of deep time and humanity's search for purpose from the world-renowned physicist and best-selling author of The Elegant Universe 'Few humans share Greene’s mastery of both the latest cosmological science and English prose.' —The New York Times Until the End of Time is Brian Greene's breathtaking new exploration of the cosmos and our quest to find meaning in the face of this vast expanse. Greene takes us on a journey from the big bang to the end of time, exploring how lasting structures formed, how life and mind emerged, and how we grapple with our existence through narrative, myth, religion, creative expression, science, the quest for truth, and a deep longing for the eternal. From particles to planets, consciousness to creativity, matter to meaning—Brian Greene allows us all to grasp and appreciate our fleeting but utterly exquisite moment in the cosmos.
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