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ID: 520428

Title: Plato: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Julia Annas

Narrator: Julia Whelan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 02:56:12

Language: English

Release date: 06-08-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Non-Fiction, History & Culture, Philosophy

Summary:

This lively and accessible introduction to Plato focuses on the philosophy and argument of his writings, drawing the listener into Plato's way of doing philosophy, and the general themes of his thinking. It looks at Plato as a thinker grappling with philosophical problems in a variety of ways, rather than a philosopher with a fully worked-out system. It includes a brief account of Plato's life and the various interpretations that have been drawn from the sparse remains of information. It stresses the importance of the founding of the Academy and the conception of philosophy as a subject. Julia Annas discusses Plato's style of writing: his use of the dialogue form, his use of what we today call fiction, and his philosophical transformation of myths. She also looks at his discussions of love and philosophy, his attitude to women, and to homosexual love, explores Plato's claim that virtue is sufficient for happiness, and touches on his arguments for the immortality of the soul and his ideas about the nature of the universe.

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ID: 493888

Title: Why Smart People Make Bad Food Choices: The Invisible Influences That Guide Our Thinking

Author: Jack Bobo

Narrator: Al Kessel

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:59:01

Language: English

Release date: 06-08-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Health & Wellness, Diet & Nutrition, Disorders & Diseases

Summary:

Our food has never been safer or more abundant and yet consumers have never been more scared. Consumers have never known more about nutrition and never been more obese. The proliferation of healthy snacks and diet books has done nothing to stem the tide of obesity. In fact, for most Americans, making healthy food choices is more difficult than doing their taxes. What are we doing wrong?

Why Smart People Make Bad Food Choices explores the hidden influences and mental shortcuts our minds use to process information and how that often leads to unhealthy food choices. Understanding these hidden influences can help us make better decisions. More importantly, we can learn to fear less, and enjoy more, the food we eat.

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ID: 520420

Title: Linguistics: A Very Short Introduction

Author: P.H. Matthews

Narrator: James Conlan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 03:28:20

Language: English

Release date: 06-08-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Language Instruction, Language Arts

Summary:

Linguistics falls in the gap between arts and science, on the edges of which the most fascinating discoveries and the most important problems are found. Rather than following the conventional organization of many contemporary introductions to the subject, the author of this stimulating guide begins his discussion with the oldest, 'arts' end of the subject and moves chronologically through to the newest research-the 'science' aspects.

A series of short thematic chapters look in turn at such areas as the prehistory of languages and their common origins, language and evolution, language in time and space (the nature of change inherent in language), grammars and dictionaries (how systematic is language?), and phonetics. Explication of the newest discoveries pertaining to language in the brain completes the coverage of all major aspects of linguistics from a refreshing and insightful angle.

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ID: 520521

Title: Cerberus MC Box Set 1

Author: Marie James

Narrator: Aaron Shedlock, Kasha Kensington

Format: Unabridged

Length: 27:52:45

Language: English

Release date: 06-08-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Romance, Contemporary

Summary:

Kincaid: Hero complex? Possessive? Not afraid to speak my mind? Check, check, and check. I'm also president of the Cerberus MC, a former Marine, and Emmalyn Mikaelson doesn't have a clue what she's gotten herself into by jumping on the back of my bike.

Kid: I fell in love with an underaged girl. The day we met she downed a bottle of pills and tried to jump off a bridge. I could go into detail, give you the nitty gritty, but I'm worried the details won't matter when you find out just how badly I messed everything up . . .

Shadow: I'm no stranger to a woman warming my bed. What's new for me is being the one ghosted. So imagine my surprise when the girl who decided I wasn't enough shows up on my doorstep burdened with the consequences of her own lies and deceit.

Sindicate: The civilian world is supposed to be easy after fighting in a war. Taking acting classes while also working as a personal trainer, I keep myself pretty busy. I'm focused, homed in on my goals, but there's no way not to be distracted by Aviana Maguire. There's something about her standoffish demeanor that makes curious. When she disappears, like she never even existed, I'm forced into action.

Contains mature themes.

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ID: 514171

Title: Haunting Blend

Author: Kennedy Layne

Narrator: Hollie Jackson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 05:19:45

Language: English

Release date: 06-08-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Thriller & Horror, Cozy Mystery, Paranormal

Summary:

Ghostly antics and magical chaos turn into a hauntingly mischievous tale in this delightful continuation of USA Today bestselling author Kennedy Layne's cozy paranormal mystery series . . .

The small coastal Connecticut town of Paramour Bay has brought a lot of surprises to Raven Marigold's life, but she never expected to encounter a bona fide honest to gosh ghost!

It appears that Raven and her familiar have made quite the name for themselves on the other side as amateur sleuths . . . enticing an endearing tea-drinking spirit to seek their help to solve a kidnapping, of sorts. You see, the sweet apparition's familiar didn't follow her into the afterlife and has gone missing-even from the eyes of the dead!

Grab a cup of hot tea and a cozy blanket so that you can snuggle in front of the warm hearth of your fireplace with this riveting supernatural tale that will have you smiling well into the night!

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ID: 512114

Title: Marvelous

Author: Claire Kann

Narrator: Joniece Abbott-Pratt

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:04:37

Language: English

Release date: 06-08-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Teen, Mystery & Thriller, Romance

Summary:

From the author of Let's Talk About Love and If It Makes You Happy, this exuberant YA novel follows six teens locked together in a mansion, contending for a life-changing cash prize in a competition run by a reclusive heiress.

Everyone thinks they know Jewel Van Hanen. Heiress turned actress turned social media darling who created the massively popular video-sharing app, Golden Rule.

After mysteriously disappearing for a year, Jewel makes her dramatic return with an announcement: she has chosen a few lucky Golden Rule users to spend an unforgettable weekend at her private estate. But once they arrive, Jewel ingeniously flips the script: the guests are now players in an elaborate estate-wide game. And she's tailored every challenge and obstacle to test whether they have what it takes to win-at any cost.

Told from the perspective of three dazzling players-Nicole: the new queen of Golden Rule; Luna: Jewel's biggest fan; and Stella: a brilliant outsider-this novel will charm its way into your heart and keep you guessing how it all ends because money isn't the only thing at stake.

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ID: 519158

Title: There's No Bones in Ice Cream: Sylvain Sylvain's Story of the New York Dolls

Author: Dave Thompson, Sylvain Sylvain

Narrator: Michael Butler Murray

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:38:23

Language: English

Release date: 06-08-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Non-Fiction, Art & Music

Summary:

There's No Bones in Ice Cream by Sylvain Sylvain is the inside story of glam heroes the New York Dolls-outrageous, defiant, sleaze kings, transgender posers, drug casualties, and victims, not just of their own excess but of an unsympathetic music industry that simply didn't know how to process them.

Sylvain, one of only two surviving members of the original New York Dolls, offers a fly-on-the-wall, sincere and often hilarious account of the rise and fall of the Dolls, the group that flew so close to the sun that they exploded in a fireball that lit the touch paper under punk rock.

Though their brief, sensation-filled yet doomed career produced just two albums, the Dolls exerted an influence on rock that changed it forever. A cross between the Rolling Stones and the Sex Pistols, the Dolls became the link in the chain between them, offering a crash course in mischief, cross-dressing, and anarchy, but like unheralded prophets of Biblical times they were cast aside until the world finally caught up.

'Other people turned the New York Dolls into legends. We just went along for the ride.'

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ID: 520436

Title: Social and Cultural Anthropology: A Very Short Introduction

Author: John Monaghan, Peter Just

Narrator: Eric Jason Martin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 05:10:17

Language: English

Release date: 06-08-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Non-Fiction, Social Science

Summary:

'If you want to know what anthropology is, look at what anthropologists do,' write the authors of Social and Cultural Anthropology: A Very Short Introduction. This engaging overview of the field combines an accessible account of some of the discipline's guiding principles and methodology with abundant examples and illustrations of anthropologists at work.

Peter Just and John Monaghan begin by discussing anthropology's most important contributions to modern thought: its investigation of culture as a distinctively human characteristic, its doctrine of cultural relativism, and its methodology of fieldwork and ethnography. Drawing on examples from their own fieldwork in Indonesia and Mesoamerica, they examine specific ways in which social and cultural anthropology have advanced our understanding of human society and culture. Including an assessment of anthropology's present position, and a look forward to its likely future, Social and Cultural Anthropology will make fascinating listening for anyone curious about this social science.

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ID: 520443

Title: Theology: A Very Short Introduction

Author: David Ford

Narrator: Robert Blumenfeld

Format: Unabridged

Length: 05:11:12

Language: English

Release date: 06-08-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Religious Studies

Summary:

This Very Short Introduction provides both the believer and non-believer with a balanced survey of the central questions of theology. David Ford's approach draws us in to considering the principles underlying religious belief, including the centrality of salvation to most major religions, the concept of God in ancient, modern, and postmodern contexts, the challenge posed to theology by prayer and worship, and the issue of sin and evil. He also probes the nature of experience, knowledge, and wisdom in theology, and discusses what is involved in interpreting theological texts.

Ford's introduction to theology has already helped tens of thousands of believers and non-believers to understand the central questions of contemporary theology. In this new edition, he includes updates to a number of areas, including theology between faiths, theological responses to science, and the effects of globalization and technology.

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ID: 520411

Title: Evolution: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Brian Charlesworth, Deborah Charlesworth

Narrator: Kevin Young

Format: Unabridged

Length: 04:50:22

Language: English

Release date: 06-08-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Science & Technology, Biology & Chemistry

Summary:

Less than 450 years ago, all European scholars believed that the Earth was at the center of a Universe that was at most a few million miles in extent, and that the planets, sun, and stars all rotated around this center. Less than 250 years ago, they believed that the Universe was created essentially in its present state about 6000 years ago. Even less than 150 years ago, the view that living species were the result of special creation by God was still dominant. The recognition by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace of the mechanism of evolution by natural selection has completely transformed our understanding of the living world, including our own origins.

Brian and Deborah Charlesworth provide a clear and concise summary of the process of evolution by natural selection, and how natural selection gives rise to adaptations and eventually, over many generations, to new species. They introduce the central concepts of the field of evolutionary biology, as they have developed since Darwin and Wallace on the subject, over 140 years ago, and discuss some of the remaining questions regarding processes. They highlight the wide range of evidence for evolution, and the importance of an evolutionary understanding for instance in combating the rapid evolution of resistance by bacteria to antibiotics and of HIV to antiviral drugs.

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