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ID: 421638

Title: Why Therapy Works: Using Our Minds to Change Our Brains

Author: Louis Cozolino

Narrator: Stephen Bel Davies

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:25:07

Language: English

Release date: 04-28-20

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Non-Fiction, Psychology

Summary:

In Why Therapy Works, Louis Cozolino explains the mechanisms of psychotherapeutic change from the bottom up, beginning with the brain, and how brains have evolved-especially how brains evolved to learn, unlearn, and relearn, which is at the basis of lasting psychological change.

Listeners will learn why therapists have to look beyond just words, diagnoses, and presenting problems to the inner histories of their clients in order to discover paths to positive change. The book also shows how our brains have evolved into social organs and how our interpersonal lives are a source of both pain and power. Listeners will explore with Cozolino how our brains are programmed to connect in intimate relationships and come to understand the debilitating effects of anxiety, stress, and trauma.

Finally, the book will lead to an understanding of the power of story and narratives for fostering self-regulation, neural integration, and positive change.

Always, the focus of the book is in understanding underlying therapeutic change, moving beyond the particular of specific forms of therapy to the commonalities of human evolution, biology, and experience.

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ID: 419514

Title: Country Music: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Richard Carlin

Narrator: Michael Butler Murray

Format: Unabridged

Length: 04:02:28

Language: English

Release date: 04-28-20

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Non-Fiction, Art & Music

Summary:

Country Music: A Very Short Introduction presents a compelling overview of the music and its impact on American culture. Country music has long been a marker of American identity; from our popular culture to our politics, it has provided a soundtrack to our national life. While traditionally associated with the working class, country's appeal is far broader than any other popular music style. While this music rose from the people, it is also a product of the popular music industry, and the way the music has been marketed to its audience is a key part of its story. Key artists, songs, and musical styles are highlighted that are either touchstones for a particular social event (such as Tammy Wynette's 'Stand By Your Man,' which produced both a positive and negative backlash as a marker of women's roles in society at the beginning of the liberation movement) or that encompass broader trends in the industry (for example, Jimmie Rodgers' 'T for Texas' was an early example of the appropriation of black musical forms by white artists to market them to a mainstream audience). While pursuing a basically chronological outline, the book is structured around certain recurring themes (such as rural vs. urban; tradition vs. innovation; male vs. female; white vs. black) that have been documented through the work of country artists from the minstrel era to today. Truly the voice of the people, country music expresses both deep patriotism as well as a healthy skepticism towards the powers that dominate American society. Country Music: A Very Short Introduction illuminates this rich tradition and assesses its legacy in American popular music culture.

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ID: 419525

Title: Superstition: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Stuart Vyse

Narrator: Mike Carnes

Format: Unabridged

Length: 04:24:06

Language: English

Release date: 04-28-20

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Non-Fiction, Social Science

Summary:

Despite the dominance of science in today's world, superstitious beliefs-both traditional and new-remain surprisingly popular. A recent survey of adults in the United States found that thirty-three percent believed that finding a penny was good luck, and twenty-three percent believed that the number seven was lucky. Where did these superstitions come from, and why do they persist today?

Superstition: A Very Short Introduction explores the nature and surprising history of superstition from antiquity to the present. For two millennia, superstition was a label derisively applied to foreign religions and unacceptable religious practices, and its primary purpose was used to separate groups and assert religious and social authority.

After the Enlightenment, the superstition label was still used to define groups, but the new dividing line was between reason and unreason. Today, despite our apparent sophistication and technological advances, superstitious belief and behavior remain widespread, and highly educated people are not immune. Stuart Vyse takes an exciting look at the varieties of popular superstitious beliefs today and the psychological reasons behind their continued existence, as well as the likely future course of superstition in our increasingly connected world.

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ID: 422744

Title: Passions of a Papillon: A Fuzzy Love Romance

Author: Tara Lain

Narrator: Kale Williams

Format: Unabridged

Length: 06:47:26

Language: English

Release date: 04-28-20

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Romance, LGBTQ, Rom-Com, Contemporary

Summary:

After you've sold your soul to the devil, can you renegotiate with a dog?

Brilliant defense attorney, Finn Morgenstern, knows the worst guys pay best, so defending slimeball, Rance Franklin, becomes his path to senior partner and a whole lot of benefits. But then a walk home to his pricey townhouse brings him face-to-ears with a batshit-crazy little dog who just won't leave him alone. So Finn takes the dog to the local veterinarian to find out how to get her back to her owners.

Hello vet! Emerson 'Em' Fairweather sure doesn't match his stodgy name. Tall, platinum blond, and gorgeous, Em puts the pet in pet ownership. But Em has ugly secrets and Batshit dog is up to her ears in larceny. Suddenly Finn is the one who needs defending, and he's faced with a choice between what he thought was important and a whole new batshit-crazy life.

Contains mature themes.

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ID: 419544

Title: Heart of Ash

Author: Kim Liggett

Narrator: Chloe Cannon

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:05:07

Language: English

Release date: 04-28-20

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Fiction, Teen, Mystery & Thriller

Summary:

Ash may have escaped the immortal-worshipping cult that killed her mother, but the love of her life is still under its thrall. Dane has been possessed by his diabolical ancestor Coronado, a man who's fabulously wealthy, dripping with fame, and the leader of Europe's most dangerous immortal network. Dane begs Ash to join him at Coronado's castle in Spain, and swears that his blood bond with Ash is stronger than Coronado's hold over him. Ash is desperate to help Dane vanquish Coronado without having to sacrifice herself to the darkness. But when you're all in, blood and salt, the only way to hold on to the light might just be by setting everything on fire.

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ID: 421661

Title: Life Without Water

Author: Marci Bolden

Narrator: Tanya Eby

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:42:08

Language: English

Release date: 04-28-20

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Contemporary Women, Family Life

Summary:

Carol Denman divorced her husband over twenty years ago and has never looked back. But on the day before their daughter's thirtieth birthday, John barges back into Carol's life with a request that threatens the fragile stability she has built.

John Bowman is sick. Very sick. While he still can, he has some amends to make and some promises to fulfill. But to do that, he not only needs his ex-wife's agreement . . . he needs her.

With the past hovering between them like a ghost, Carol and John embark on a decades-overdue road trip. Together they plunge back into a life without water . . . but which may ultimately set them free.

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ID: 419520

Title: Ancestors in Our Genome: The New Science of Human Evolution

Author: Eugene E. Harris

Narrator: Chris Sorensen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:02:18

Language: English

Release date: 04-28-20

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Non-Fiction, Science & Technology, Biology & Chemistry, Social Science

Summary:

In Ancestors in Our Genome, molecular anthropologist Eugene E. Harris presents us with a complete and up-to-date account of the evolution of the human genome and our species. Written from the perspective of population genetics, and in simple terms, the book traces human origins back to their source among our earliest human ancestors, and explains many of the most intriguing questions that genome scientists are currently working to answer. For example, what does the high level of discordance among the gene trees of humans and the African great apes tell us about our respective separations from our common ancestor? Was our separation from the apes fast or slow, and when and why did it occur? Where, when, and how did our modern species evolve? How do we search across genomes to find the genomic underpinnings of our large and complex brains and language abilities? How can we find the genomic bases for life at high altitudes, for lactose tolerance, resistance to disease, and for our different skin pigmentations? How and when did we interbreed with Neandertals and the recently discovered ancient Denisovans of Asia? Harris draws upon extensive experience researching primate evolution in order to deliver a lively and thorough history of human evolution.

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ID: 415551

Title: Rockfall

Author: William Allen

Narrator: Kevin T. Collins

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:53:15

Language: English

Release date: 04-28-20

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Apocalyptic & Dystopian

Summary:

From out of the clear blue sky, an unknown chunk of rock from the frozen void strikes the Earth with unimaginable force, gouging a wound into the very crust of the planet. Millions die in an instant, and millions more await the end as the looming catastrophe unfolds . . .

Thousands of miles away from the disaster, a call comes in the middle of the night. Families act, and react, and while panic spreads, the world keeps on spinning. Maybe a little slower, and perhaps with a teeny bit more of a tilt, but such things are a mere trifle to the existence of a planet. For the human inhabitants of this planet, though, the meteor's collision will have far-reaching effects as the impact creates ripples throughout their fragile existence.

Bryan Hardin just wanted to create a sanctuary in the country for his remaining family, a place to heal his wounded spirit as he struggles with survivor's guilt and approaching middle age. He's hardly the heroic type, but his family is going to need all of them to act like heroes if they are going to survive the spreading effects of the Rockfall.

The Earthquakes are Primary Effects.

The Tsunami are Secondary Effects.

Will Anybody Survive the Tertiary Effects?

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ID: 418339

Title: All Alone in the World: Children of the Incarcerated

Author: Nell Bernstein

Narrator: Donna Postel

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:43:25

Language: English

Release date: 04-28-20

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Non-Fiction, Social Science

Summary:

One in ten American children has a parent under criminal justice supervision-incarcerated, on probation, or on parole. One in thirty-three American children-and one in eight African American children-goes to sleep without access to a parent because that parent is in jail. Despite these staggering numbers, the children of prisoners remain largely invisible to society.

Following in the tradition of the bestseller Random Family, journalist Nell Bernstein shows, through the deeply moving stories of real families, how the children of the incarcerated are routinely punished for their parents' status: ignored, neglected, stigmatized, and endangered, with minimal effort made to help them cope.

Topics range from children's experiences at the time of their parent's arrest, to laws and policies that force even low-level offenders to forfeit their parental rights, to alternative sanctions that take into account prisoners' status as mothers and fathers.

All Alone in the World defines a crucial aspect of criminal justice and, in doing so, illuminates a critical new realm of human rights.

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ID: 422741

Title: London Under: The Secret History Beneath the Streets

Author: Peter Ackroyd

Narrator: Matthew Waterson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 03:29:30

Language: English

Release date: 04-28-20

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Travel, Europe

Summary:

In this vividly descriptive short study, Peter Ackroyd tunnels down through the geological layers of London, meeting the creatures that dwell in darkness and excavating the lore and mythology beneath the surface.

There is a Bronze Age trackway below the Isle of Dogs, Anglo-Saxon graves rest under St. Pauls, and the monastery of Whitefriars lies beneath Fleet Street. To go under London is to penetrate history, and Ackroyd's book is filled with the stories unique to this underworld: the hydraulic device used to lower bodies into the catacombs in Kensal Green cemetery; the door in the plinth of the statue of Boadicea on Westminster Bridge that leads to a huge tunnel packed with cables for gas, water, and telephone; the sulphurous fumes on the Underground's Metropolitan Line.

Highly imaginative and delightfully entertaining, London Under is Ackroyd at his best.

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