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ID: 711750

Title: Inheritance: The Evolutionary Origins of the Modern World

Author: Harvey Whitehouse

Narrator: Harvey Whitehouse

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:55:02

Language: English

Release date: 06-13-24

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Non-Fiction, Social Science

Summary:

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How our evolved psychology has shaped the past, present and future of humanity.

Each of us is endowed with an inheritance. A set of ancient biases, forged through countless millennia of natural and cultural selection, which shape every facet of our behaviour.

For generations, this inheritance has taken us to ever greater heights, driving the rise of more sophisticated technologies, more organized religions, more expansive empires. But now, for the first time, it is failing us. We find ourselves careering towards a future of unprecedented political polarization, deadlier wars, and environmental destruction.

In Inheritance, renowned anthropologist Harvey Whitehouse offers a sweeping account of how our evolved biases have shaped humanitys past and imperil its future. Unveiling a pioneering new way of viewing our collective history one that weaves together psychological experiments, on-the-ground fieldwork, and big data Whitehouse introduces three biases that shape human behaviour everywhere: conformism, religiosity, and tribalism.

These biases have catalysed the greatest transformations in human history, from the birth of agriculture and arrival of the first kings to the rise and fall of human sacrifice and creation of multiethnic empires. Yet today, they are driving us to ruin. Taking us deep into New Guinea tribes, Libyan militias, and predatory ad agencies, Whitehouse shows how the tools we once used to manage our biases are breaking down, with devastating implications for us all.

By uncovering how human nature has shaped our collective history, Inheritance reveals a surprising new path to solving our most urgent problems. The result is a powerful reappraisal of the human journey; one that transforms our understanding of who we are, and who we could be.

Insightful and breathtaking. Yuval Noah Harari, author of Sapiens

Bold and sweeping. Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads

Profoundly thought-provoking. Kate Raworth, author of Doughnut Economics

©2024 Harvey Whitehouse (P)2024 Penguin Audio

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ID: 733673

Title: Left Behind: A New Economics for Neglected Places

Author: Paul Collier

Narrator: Peter Noble

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:41:30

Language: English

Release date: 06-13-24

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Business & Economics

Summary:

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The world-renowned economist offers a ground-breaking new vision for inclusive prosperity

Left behind places can be found in prosperous countriesfrom South Yorkshire, integral to the industrial revolution and now Englands poorest county, to Barranquilla, once Colombias portal to the Caribbean and now struggling. More alarmingly, the poorest countries in the world are diverging further from the rest of humanity. Why have these places fallen further behind? And what can we do about it?

World-renowned development economist Paul Collier has spent his life working in neglected communities. In this book he offers his candid diagnosis of why some regions and countries are falling further behind, and a new vision for how they can catch up. Collier lays the blame for widening inequality on stale economic orthodoxies that prioritize market forces and centralized bureaucracies like the UK Treasury. In contrast, a new wave of academic research has revealed the crucial role of collective learning, social capital and local agency in reversing decline and equalising life-chances.

Drawing on insights from social psychology, moral philosophy and behavioural economics, as well as a range of illuminating case studies, Collier shares a galvanizing vision for a more inclusive, prosperous world.

©2024 Paul Collier (P)2024 Penguin Audio

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ID: 724336

Title: Star Wars: Temptation of the Force

Author: Tessa Gratton

Narrator: Marc Thompson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 17:03:33

Language: English

Release date: 06-11-24

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Space Opera

Summary:

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The next adventure in Star Wars The High Republic. The sequel to The Eye of Darkness.

©2024 Tessa Gratton (P)2024 Penguin Audio

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ID: 709864

Title: Take My Grief Away: Voices from the War in Ukraine

Author: Katerina Gordeeva

Narrator: Chris Thompson, Kristin Atherton, Sasha Alexis

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:23:44

Language: English

Release date: 06-06-24

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: History, World, Europe, Middle East

Summary:

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In the darkest of times, in the midst of it all, a journalist has one single task: to document everything that is happening. It is time to slow down and listen to the voice of a human being.

On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine. Since that day, prize-winning independent journalist Katerina Gordeeva has travelled to refugee centres across Europe to record the human voice and cost of war. Take My Grief Away reveals twenty-four raw, heartbreaking first-person accounts from people united in grief and their first-hand experiences of the brutality and senselessness of war. These twenty-four voices will transform what you think you know about war, grief and human nature.

'Read this book. Don't put it off until you'll supposedly be strong enough and ready for the reading. If you put it off, you'll find yourself defenseless in the face of evil.'

- Svetlana Alexievich, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and author of Chernobyl Prayer

©2024 Katerina Gordeeva (P)2024 Penguin Audio

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ID: 715279

Title: Eruption

Author: James Patterson, Michael Crichton

Narrator: Clarke Peters

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:57:55

Language: English

Release date: 06-06-24

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense, General

Summary:

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THE MUST-READ THRILLER OF 2024

Two of the bestselling storytellers of all time have created an unforgettable thriller.

A history-making volcanic eruption is about to destroy the big island of Hawaii.

But a secret held for decades by the military is more terrifying than the volcano.

PRAISE FOR JAMES PATTERSON

'It's no mystery why James Patterson is the world's most popular thriller writer ... Simply put: nobody does it better.' JEFFERY DEAVER

'No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades.' LEE CHILD

'Patterson boils a scene down to the single, telling detail, the element that defines a character or moves a plot along. It's what fires off the movie projector in the reader's mind.' MICHAEL CONNELLY

©2024 James Patterson & Michael Crichton (P)2024 Penguin Audio

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ID: 712967

Title: Second Chance Summer

Author: Phillipa Ashley

Narrator: Charlotte Worthing

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:14:14

Language: English

Release date: 06-06-24

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Romance, Fiction & Literature, Contemporary Women

Summary:

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From the moment Lily Harper arrives at a remote retreat on the breath-taking Scilly Isles, she is itching to get back to civilisation - and her business.

Slowing down simply isn't in her vocabulary, and so she quickly clashes with the gorgeous but dour Sam who runs the retreat.

Just as Lily is about to give up and leave, she is involved in a spectacular boating accident. Rumours abound and her obituary is released online.

But there are two problems:

One: Lily doesn't like the person she's reading about

Two: Lily isn't dead

Faced with her own mortality, Lily is no longer sure she wants to return to the life she thought she loved. But will she have the courage to give the retreat, and Sam, a second chance?

©2024 Phillipa Ashley (P)2024 Penguin Audio

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ID: 733671

Title: On the Shadow Tracks: A Journey through Occupied Myanmar

Author: Clare Hammond

Narrator: Clare Hammond

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:08:59

Language: English

Release date: 06-06-24

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: History, Politics, Asia, Essays & Travelogues

Summary:

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In 2016, while working as a journalist in Yangon, Clare Hammond discovered an obscure map that showed a web of new railways spanning the length and breadth of the country - railways not shown on any other publicly available maps. She was determined to uncover the railways' origins, purpose, and most of all, the silence that surrounded them. She would spend three months travelling on these mysterious railways, and the next five years piecing their story together.

Her journey would take her from Myanmar's tropical south to the embattled mountain towns that border India and China. In dilapidated carriages, along tracks in disrepair, through contested ethnic states and former sites of forced labour, visiting temples, tea shops and festivals, Clare encountered a colourful and contradictory Myanmar through the stories of its people. Simultaneously a lush and evocative travelogue, an unsparing account of Myanmar's recent history, and an astonishing, conversation-shifting engagement with Britain's colonial legacy, On the Shadow Tracks is that rare and necessary thing: a book that finds and tells the truth.

©2024 Clare Hammond (P) 2024 Penguin Audio

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ID: 742795

Title: Nora and the Map of Mayhem

Author: Joseph Elliott

Narrator: Ella Kenion

Format: Unabridged

Length: 04:23:15

Language: English

Release date: 06-06-24

Publisher: Bonnier Publishing Audio

Genres: Kids, Action & Adventure, Health & Family, Humor

Summary:

An outrageously funny new children's book from award-winning author Joseph Elliott, star of CBeebies' Swashbuckle and CBBC's Big Fat Like.

When Atticus and Autumn's dads leave them with their eccentric great-grandmother Nora for the weekend, they're hoping for a few days scoffing biscuits and playing video games. But when Nora's around, nothing ever goes quite to plan...

After a stranger from Nora's past leaves a menacing note pinned to her front door, Atticus and Autumn are swept away on a hair-raising adventure dodging snot-flinging sea monsters, battling thunderous electrosquibs and trying to escape from a very flappy goose!

Complete with wild and joyful illustrations from Nici Gregory, this rip-roaring tale is perfect for readers aged 8 and up!

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ID: 709870

Title: Switch

Author: Lily Samson

Narrator: Avita Jay, Polly Edsell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:11:09

Language: English

Release date: 06-06-24

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense

Summary:

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TWO COUPLES

Elena and Adam are housesitting in Wimbledon and are instantly seduced by their new upscale surroundings.

Sophia and Finn are their beautiful, enigmatic neighbours who invite them into their world.

ONE TWISTED GAME

When Sophia proposes a wicked game to Elena whereby they will swap partners in secret, it's not long before Elena starts to experience a sexual awakening that blossoms into an illicit love affair.

But Sophia's plans are far more complex and dangerous than Elena could ever have imagined...

WHO WILL SURVIVE?

Praise for The Switch:

Shocking, seductive, sexy and scandalous. The Switch is a page-turning thriller, a clever mystery, and a wicked look at love and loyalty Chris Whitaker

A page-turner, gripping with a bit of the unexpected. Keeps you guessing until the very last page Lola Jaye

Utterly compulsive and the ultimate what if. I loved the relationship between the two women and the way something quite ordinary and relatable quickly spins so dangerously out of control Sabine Durrant

©2024 Lily Samson (P)2024 Penguin Audio

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ID: 796421

Title: Hello, Higher Self: An Outsider's Guide to Loving Yourself in a Tough World

Author: Bunny Michael

Narrator: Bunny Michael

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:06:11

Language: English

Release date: 06-04-24

Publisher: Hay House PGRH

Genres: Self Development, Health & Wellness

Summary:

Reconnect to your Higher Self to find your truth, unlearn limiting beliefs and biases, know your worth and experience your wholeness.

Insecurities, inadequacies, self-doubt; we all have them, and never more so than in this age of social media saturation. Sometimes we can feel alone and limited by the lens on the world we grew up with.

Hello, Higher Self is a self-care manifesto that calls on you to radically shift your perspective from the Learned Hierarchical Beliefs (LHBs) – judging yourself against the world around you – we’ve all internalized, to the self-acceptance we were born into – aka our Higher Self.

Connecting with your Higher Self means finding your own source of truth, wisdom and power, and remembering your innate worth in a world that can make you feel like an outsider who has to prove that you belong. You will learn to harness the power of your Higher Self through:

·      Becoming witness to your thoughts

·      Investigating where your thoughts come from

·      Replacing negative thoughts with the voice of your Higher Self

·      Changing your behaviour to support your relationship to your Higher Self

This audiobook shines a light on 18 areas of life where LHBs often lurk – creativity, work, relationships, race, body image, queerness, mental health, spirituality and more. Bunny’s mix of meditative advice, written exercises and personal examples make for a transformative listen.

Hello, Higher Self provides revolutionary and practical tools for staying connected to your Higher Self and affirming, no matter what, that you are enough.

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