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ID: 519232

Title: Virtue Politics: Soulcraft and Statecraft in Renaissance Italy

Author: James Hankins

Narrator: Paul Brion

Format: Unabridged

Length: 23:33:32

Language: English

Release date: 09-28-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: History, Politics, Europe, Public Policy

Summary:

Convulsed by a civilizational crisis, the great thinkers of the Renaissance set out to reconceive the nature of society. Corrupt and reckless tyrants sowing discord and ruling through fear; elites who prized wealth and status over the common good; military leaders waging endless wars. Their solution was simple and radical. They would rebuild their city, and their civilization, by transforming the moral character of its citizens. Soulcraft, they believed, was a precondition of successful statecraft.

A dazzlingly ambitious reappraisal of Renaissance political thought by one of our generation's foremost intellectual historians, Virtue Politics challenges the traditional narrative that looks to the Renaissance as the seedbed of modern republicanism and sees Machiavelli as its exemplary thinker. James Hankins reveals that what most concerned the humanists was not reforming laws or institutions so much as shaping citizens. If character mattered more than constitutions, it would have to be nurtured through a new program of education they called the studia humanitatis: the humanities.

We owe liberal arts education and much else besides to the bold experiment of these passionate and principled thinkers. The questions they asked would have a profound impact on later debates about good government and seem as vital today as they did then.

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ID: 529785

Title: Bound to the Alien Engineer

Author: C.V. Walter

Narrator: Rebecca Estrella

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:44:44

Language: English

Release date: 09-28-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Romance, Science Fiction & Paranormal

Summary:

Mindy's best friend Molly was a maintenance technician on the Bradbury 12. When Molly went missing, Mindy started looking for answers but all she found were more questions. They were supposed to meet up at Geniuscon, a science fiction convention that attracts people from every walk of life, and she knows Molly's son Aidan is going to be there. Determined to get in touch with her friend, Mindy tracks down Aidan and meets some of his new friends, the guys cosplaying as big, blue aliens.

The first time he heard her voice, Alvola knew Mindy was the one. It didn't matter that he couldn't understand the language or touch her skin, the sound of her voice made his body sing. Determined to meet his mate, Alvola volunteers for the mission to Earth to pick up Aidan and meet with the scientists and engineers that will be their first official contacts with humanity. When Alvola actually meets Mindy in person, his mission becomes to keep her by his side, no matter the cost.

Contains mature themes.

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ID: 538169

Title: Boyfriend Contract

Author: Victoria James

Narrator: Brenda Scott Wlazlo

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:58:32

Language: English

Release date: 09-28-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Romance, Contemporary, Clean & Wholesome

Summary:

Emily Birmingham has had it up to here with men.

Growing up with an overbearing father and then her brother inherits everything she's worked her whole life to build. Now she's living in her grandmother's dilapidated house in the middle of nowhere Canada, jobless, and dealing with the most annoyingly sexy contractor on the planet. Exactly when did her life become an anti-Hallmark movie?

Cooper Merrick learned the hard way that love is definitely not worth the risk. He's happy running the family contracting business alongside his well-meaning but overly-opinionated brothers . . . happy enough until polished and perfect Emily enters his world. Nothing prepared him for the ways she turns his life upside down and reaches the parts of himself he's closed off from the world.

But when he finally gets up the nerve to ask Emily out, she says her next date will need to come with a written contract and some very particular ground rules. Yeah, it sounds crazy, but why does he find himself wanting to sign on the dotted line?

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ID: 519114

Title: Our Fair Share: How One Small Change Can Create a More Equitable American Economy

Author: Brian C. Johnson

Narrator: Jonathan Yen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:06:10

Language: English

Release date: 09-28-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Business & Economics, Politics, Public Policy

Summary:

We are a nation founded on the ideals of coming together across differences to forge a common future. Yet over the past fifty years, our economy has been pulling us apart at unprecedented rates. By allowing top income earners and the wealthiest Americans to hoard wealth like almost never before, we belie what makes our country great. This is a threat to our well-being, our democracy, and our values.

Brian C. Johnson combines accessible scholarship on wealth and income inequality in America with deeply personal accounts of six Americans of diverse backgrounds who are each wrestling with what it means to survive and thrive in this new economic world. In so doing, he offers a solution that is as visionary as it is practical. Dubbed the Citizen Dividend, this revolutionary model assumes that economic growth is built off of the wealth we have created together as a country, and together we all reap its benefits. In Our Fair Share, Johnson lays the groundwork for implementing this solution, detailing what the Citizen Dividend is, offering examples of similar existing models, outlining the benefits of such systems, tackling some of the common concerns that arise, and offering a path toward making it a reality.

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ID: 534851

Title: Chief of the Blackgorge

Author: Marvin Knight

Narrator: Sean Hardisty

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14:09:03

Language: English

Release date: 09-28-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Erotica, Modern

Summary:

A man must repay his debts.

Especially when he owes those debts to the princess of the realm. Luckily, she only asks that Theo stay in the palace as her guest. That should be an easy debt to pay, but trouble is afoot in the land and no number of royal dinners or palace balls will stop it.

In the city itself, Countess Frostweaver has made a new associate with the face of an old friend. To the east and west, the Cult of the Unblinking Eye is plotting against Deania with its neighbors. To the south, the orcs are making moves that suggest they're finished with the long-held peace treaty signed generations ago. Things aren't good in Deania, and the princess needs all the help she can get.

As one of the few people she trusts, Theo must leave the capital to resolve the growing tension with the orcs to the south. But fate has other plans when his diplomatic mission takes him to the orc homeworld to meet the Blackgorge Tribe.

The Ten Thousand Worlds is a bigger place than Theo could have imagined. He must strengthen his clan and himself if he is to prepare for these new challenges. Before, the princess saved the Hearthwood Clan. Now, it's Theo's turn to repay the favor.

Contains mature themes.

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ID: 522315

Title: Companion to Steven Spielberg

Author: Nigel Morris

Narrator: Eric Jason Martin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 29:00:35

Language: English

Release date: 09-28-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Arts & Entertainment

Summary:

A Companion to Steven Spielberg provides an authoritative collection of essays exploring the achievements and legacy of one of the most influential film directors of the modern era.

- Offers comprehensive coverage of Spielberg's directorial output, from early works, including Duel, The Sugarland Express, and Jaws, to recent films

- Explores Spielberg's contribution to the development of visual effects and computer games, as well as the critical and popular reception of his films

- Topics include in-depth analyses of Spielberg's themes, style, and filming techniques; commercial and cultural significance of the Spielberg 'brand' and his parallel career as a producer; and collaborative projects with artists and composers

- Brings together an international team of renowned scholars and emergent voices, balancing multiple perspectives and critical approaches

- Creates a timely and illuminating resource which acknowledges the ambiguity and complexity of Spielberg's work, and reflects its increasing importance to film scholarship

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ID: 536730

Title: Lady Gouldian

Author: Calia Read

Narrator: Kathryn Lynhurst, Mason Lloyd

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:15:47

Language: English

Release date: 09-28-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Historical Romance

Summary:

I was just eight-years-old when Asa Calhoun became my one true love. He was my brother's best friend. He was stoic and solemn, and always believed everything in life had to be perfect. But I saw past his eccentric mannerisms. I found him fascinating.

I was seventeen when I had my debutante ball. Throughout the years, there was a gradual shift between us. I stopped being the little sister he's always known me as and transformed into a lady. By the end of that night, he found me fascinating.

I was twenty-one when he first kissed me. My one true love became my soulmate. I was certain nothing would ever come between us.

I married at twenty-three. But I wasn't Mrs. Asa Calhoun. At the time I believed it was for the best, leaving Belgrave and my memories of Asa behind.

I was twenty-eight when my husband died. The pain was swift and sharp. I saw what could have been and all that I let go of. Including Asa.

Nearly seven months later I'm back in Charleston, because six years of a broken heart is too much for anyone to endure. Asa once told me he would always be my home, but will he still mean those words when I walk through the church doors and object to his marriage?

Contains mature themes.

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ID: 497772

Title: Steelhands

Author: Danielle Bennett, Jaida Jones

Narrator: Cornell Collins

Format: Unabridged

Length: 16:33:15

Language: English

Release date: 09-28-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Summary:

In the land of Volstov, Owen Adamo, the hard-as-nails ex-Chief Sergeant of the Dragon Corps, learns that Volstov's ruler, the Esar, is secretly pursuing plans to resurrect magically powered sentient robot dragons-even at the risk of igniting another war. Though Adamo is not without friends-the magician Royston and former corpsman Balfour-there is only so much he and his allies can do. Adamo has been put out to pasture, given a professorship at the University. Royston, already exiled once, dares not risk the Esar's wrath again. And Balfour, who lost both his hands in the war, is now a diplomat-and still trying to master the metal replacements that have earned him various nicknames . . . of which 'Steelhands' is the least offensive.

But sometimes help comes where it's least expected. In this case, from two students: Laurence, a feisty young woman raised by her father to be the son he never had, and Toverre, her brilliant if neurotic fiance. When a mysterious illness strikes the university, Laurence takes her suspicions to Adamo-and unwittingly sets in motion events that will change Volstov forever.

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ID: 529778

Title: Conference of the Birds

Author: Attar

Narrator: Fajer Al-Kaisi

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:08:05

Language: English

Release date: 09-28-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Fiction & Literature, Poetry, Islam

Summary:

'These lofty words are an antidote/ for anyone sickened by extremism's poison.'

Considered by Rumi to be 'the master' of Sufi mystic poetry, Attar is best known for this epic poem, a magnificent allegorical tale about the soul's search for meaning. He recounts the perilous journey of the world's birds to the faraway peaks of Mount Qaf in search of the mysterious Simorgh, their sovereign. Attar's beguiling anecdotes and humor intermingle the sublime with the mundane, the spiritual with the worldly, while his poem models the soul's escape from the mind's rational embrace.

Sholeh Wolpe re-creates for modern audiences the beauty and timeless wisdom of the original Persian, in contemporary English verse and poetic prose.

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ID: 534816

Title: Earth's Wild Music: Celebrating and Defending the Songs of the Natural World

Author: Kathleen Dean Moore

Narrator: Daniela Acitelli

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:20:40

Language: English

Release date: 09-28-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Science & Technology, Animals & Nature

Summary:

At once joyous and somber, this thoughtful gathering of new and selected essays spans Kathleen Dean Moore's distinguished career as a tireless advocate for environmental activism in the face of climate change.

In this meditation on the music of the natural world, Moore celebrates the call of loons, howl of wolves, bellow of whales, laughter of children, and shriek of frogs, even as she warns of the threats against them. Each group of essays moves, as Moore herself has been moved, from celebration to lamentation to bewilderment and finally to the determination to act in defense of wild songs and the creatures who sing them.

Music is the shivering urgency and exuberance of life ongoing. In a time of terrible silencing, Moore asks, who will forgive us if we do not save nature's songs?

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