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ID: 519064

Title: Christianity: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Linda Woodhead

Narrator: Jennifer Van Dyck

Format: Unabridged

Length: 04:35:30

Language: English

Release date: 06-08-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Summary:

Exploring the cultural and institutional dimensions of Christianity, and tracing its course over two millennia, Linda Woodhead provides a fresh, lively, and candid portrait of Christianity's past and present. Addressing topics including the competition for power between different forms of Christianity, the churches' use of power, and its struggles with modernity, this new edition includes up to date information on the growth and geographical spread of Eastern Christianity, reflecting the global nature of Christianity in our ever-shifting contemporary culture. At a time when Christianity is flourishing in the Southern hemisphere but declining in much of the West, this Very Short Introduction offers an important overview of the world's largest religion.

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ID: 520402

Title: Black Holes: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Katherine Blundell

Narrator: Leila Birch

Format: Unabridged

Length: 03:11:22

Language: English

Release date: 06-08-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Science & Technology, Astronomy & Physics

Summary:

Black holes are a constant source of fascination to many due to their mysterious nature. This Very Short Introduction addresses a variety of questions, including what a black hole actually is, how they are characterized and discovered, and what would happen if you came too close to one.

Professor Katherine Blundell looks at the seemingly paradoxical, mysterious, and intriguing phenomena of black holes. Outlining their nature and characteristics, both those resulting from the spectacular collapse of heavy stars, and the giant black holes found at the centers of galaxies, she separates scientific fact from science fiction, and demonstrates the important role they play in the cosmos.

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ID: 520423

Title: Nietzsche: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Michael Tanner

Narrator: Christine Williams

Format: Unabridged

Length: 03:35:23

Language: English

Release date: 06-08-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

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

Summary:

With his well-known idiosyncrasies and aphoristic style, Friedrich Nietzsche is always bracing and provocative, and temptingly easy to dip into. Michael Tanner's introduction to the philosopher's life and work examines the numerous ambiguities inherent in his writings and explodes many of the misconceptions that have grown in the hundred years since Nietzsche wrote 'do not, above all, confound me with what I am not!'

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ID: 499287

Title: Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California

Author: Ruth Wilson Gilmore

Narrator: Machelle Williams

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:57:48

Language: English

Release date: 06-08-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: History, Non-Fiction, North America, Social Science

Summary:

Since 1980, the number of people in US prisons has increased more than 450%. Despite a crime rate that has been falling steadily for decades, California has led the way in this explosion, with what a state analyst called 'the biggest prison building project in the history of the world.' Golden Gulag provides the first detailed explanation for that buildup by looking at how political and economic forces conjoined to produce the prison boom.

Ruth Wilson Gilmore examines this issue through statewide, rural, and urban perspectives to explain how the expansion developed from surpluses of finance capital, labor, land, and state capacity. Detailing crises that hit California's economy with particular ferocity, she argues that defeats of radical struggles, weakening of labor, and shifting patterns of capital investment have been key conditions for prison growth. The results-a vast and expensive prison system, a huge number of incarcerated young people of color, and the increase in punitive justice such as the 'three strikes' law-pose profound and troubling questions for the future of California, the United States, and the world. Golden Gulag provides a rich context for this complex dilemma, and at the same time challenges many cherished assumptions about who benefits and who suffers from the state's commitment to prison expansion.

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ID: 514189

Title: Unwilling Son

Author: Jane Adams

Narrator: Dan Calley

Format: Unabridged

Length: 06:30:01

Language: English

Release date: 06-08-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense

Summary:

IF YOU ARE LOST, THEY WILL FIND YOU . . .

It started with a gang of drifters, dreamers, and dropouts. Together, they were the Eyes of God. Eleven years ago, this cult wreaked havoc on Ray Flowers's hometown. Flowers put their leader, a cold-blooded killer named Harrison Lee, behind bars. Without him, the Eyes chose mass suicide. Five-year-old Katie Fellows was trapped in their commune and would have died too-were it not for a mysterious young boy.

WHO WAS HE? AND WHY DID HE SAVE HER?

Years later, teenaged Katie still sees him in her dreams. Her instincts tell her she needs him more than ever.

THE EYES ARE BACK. AND THEY'RE COMING TO FINISH WHAT LEE STARTED.

But can Katie trust her rescuer? Or is the Eyes' hold on him too strong? Lee may be dead, but there's a new heir to his twisted legacy.

CAN RAY FLOWERS BREAK THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE AND COERCION BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE?

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ID: 520461

Title: Quantum Theory: A Very Short Introduction

Author: John Polkinghorne

Narrator: Dennis Holland

Format: Unabridged

Length: 03:35:36

Language: English

Release date: 06-08-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Science & Technology, Astronomy & Physics

Summary:

Quantum theory is the most revolutionary discovery in physics since Newton. This book gives a lucid, exciting, and accessible account of the surprising and counterintuitive ideas that shape our understanding of the sub-atomic world. It does not disguise the problems of interpretation that still remain unsettled seventy-five years after the initial discoveries. Uncertainty, probabilistic physics, complementarity, the problematic character of measurement, and decoherence are among the many topics discussed. This volume offers the listener access to one of the greatest discoveries in the history of physics and one of the outstanding intellectual achievements of the twentieth century.

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ID: 514128

Title: Tree Magic: Connecting with the Spirit & Wisdom of Trees

Author: Sandra Kynes

Narrator: Elizabeth Wiley

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:50:16

Language: English

Release date: 06-08-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Health & Wellness, Naturopathy & New Age, Counseling & Inspirational

Summary:

Explore the timeless wisdom of trees and work with their power using this remarkable book by renowned author Sandra Kynes. Featuring spellcraft and rituals, Tree Magic helps you connect with the natural world and deepen your magical practice.

This practical guide teaches you about more than sixty varieties of trees, providing biological information, history, lore, correspondences, magical uses, and more. Sandra offers extensive resources, including details on the Celtic ogham, tree calendar, and handy correspondence charts. Whether you're looking for a tree aligned with Venus or a tree to aid your divination, Tree Magic is the ideal resource for enhancing your magical work and relationship to nature.

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ID: 520426

Title: Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Martin Bunton

Narrator: Neil Shah

Format: Unabridged

Length: 04:09:40

Language: English

Release date: 06-08-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: History, Middle East, Global Politics

Summary:

The conflict between Palestine and Israel is one of the most highly publicized and bitter struggles in history. In this accessible and stimulating Very Short Introduction, Martin Bunton clearly explains the history of the problem, reducing it to its very essence-a modern territorial contest between two nations and one geographical territory.

Adopting a fresh and original approach, each section covers a twenty-year span, to highlight the historical complexity of the conflict throughout successive decades. Each chapter starts with an examination of the relationships among people and events that marked particular years as historical moments in the evolution of the conflict, including the 1897 Basle Congress; the 1917 Balfour Declaration and British occupation of Palestine; and the 1947 UN Partition Plan and the war for Palestine.

Providing a clear and fair exploration of the main issues, Bunton explores not only the historical basis of the conflict, but also looks at how and why partition has been so difficult and how efforts to restore peace continue today.

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ID: 514007

Title: Convent

Author: Sarah Sheridan

Narrator: Esther Wane

Format: Unabridged

Length: 06:14:57

Language: English

Release date: 06-08-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense, Detective Stories

Summary:

Faced with darkness, could you find the light?

An innocent victim. A wicked crime. A killer on the loose.

Meet Sister Veronica Angelica, a secret crime fiction writer and lover of custard cream biscuits.

When she discovers a dead man in the grounds of the Catholic Youth Hostel, a building next door to her Convent, she can see he's been brutally murdered. What she doesn't know is that Jamie had a secret he'd been about to confess.

Being forbidden by the Cardinal to contact the police, the nuns at The Convent of the Christian Heart are instructed to contain news of the murder.

As Sister Veronica tries to uncover the truth, another murder takes place, plunging her deeper into the mystery.

But when her investigation raises more questions than answers, will Sister Veronica be able to solve the case without attracting the killer's attention?

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ID: 520452

Title: Existentialism: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Thomas Flynn

Narrator: Jay Snyder

Format: Unabridged

Length: 04:52:39

Language: English

Release date: 06-08-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Non-Fiction, Psychology, Philosophy

Summary:

One of the leading philosophical movements of the twentieth century, existentialism has had more impact on literature and the arts than any other school of thought. Focusing on the leading figures of existentialism, including Sartre, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Kierkegaard, de Beauvoir, Merleau-Ponty, and Camus, Thomas Flynn offers a concise account of existentialism, explaining the key themes of individuality, free will, and personal responsibility, which marked the movement as a way of life, not just a way of thinking.

Flynn sets the philosophy of existentialism in context, from the early phenomenologists, to its rise in the 40s and 50s, and the connections with National Socialism, Communism, and Feminism. He identifies the original definition of 'existentialism,' which tends to be obscured by misappropriation, and highlights how the philosophy is still relevant in our world today.

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