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ID: 520408

Title: Design: A Very Short Introduction

Author: John Heskett

Narrator: Jonathan Yen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 04:43:35

Language: English

Release date: 06-08-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Non-Fiction, Architecture & Design

Summary:

John Heskett wants to transform the way we think about design by showing how integral it is to our daily lives, from the spoon we use to eat our breakfast cereal, and the car we drive to work in, to the medical equipment used to save lives. Design combines 'need' and 'desire' in the form of a practical object that can also reflect the user's identity and aspirations through its form and decoration.

This concise guide to contemporary design goes beyond style and taste to look at how different cultures and individuals personalize objects. Heskett also reveals how simple objects, such as a toothpick, can have their design modified to suit the specific cultural behavior in different countries. There are also fascinating insights into how major companies such as Nokia, Ford, and Sony approach design. Finally, Heskett gives us an exciting vision of what design can offer us in the future, showing in particular how it can humanize new technology.

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ID: 520403

Title: Classical Mythology: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Helen Morales

Narrator: Julia Whelan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 03:55:21

Language: English

Release date: 06-08-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Non-Fiction, Social Science, Literary Criticism

Summary:

From Zeus and Europa, to Diana, Pan, and Prometheus, the myths of ancient Greece and Rome seem to exert a timeless power over us. But what do those myths represent, and why are they so enduringly fascinating? Why do they seem to be such a potent way of talking about our selves, our origins, and our desires? This imaginative and stimulating Very Short Introduction goes beyond a simple retelling of the stories to explore the rich history and diverse interpretations of classical mythology. It is a wide-ranging account, examining how classical myths are used and understood in both high art and popular culture, taking the listener from the temples of Crete to skyscrapers in New York, and finding classical myths in a variety of unexpected places: from Arabic poetry and Hollywood films, to psychoanalysis, the Bible, and New Age spiritualism.

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ID: 513956

Title: Change of Course

Author: Sierra Hill

Narrator: Chris Chambers, John Solo

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:00:06

Language: English

Release date: 06-08-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Romance, LGBTQ, Contemporary

Summary:

Falling for the professor wasn't part of the plan . . .

From the moment the man walked into the bar, I knew he was still in the closet. But that didn't stop us from sharing an incredible night together.

Our easy, one-night hookup went from no-strings-attached to a tangled mess on the first day of the semester, when I locked eyes with the mystery man from the bar . . . who also happens to be my new art history professor.

Lucas Mathiasson is everywhere I turn and the harder we try to resist, the closer we're pulled together. Until our weekend in Vegas. Then all bets-and rules-are off.

But lessons in love can't be taught from a syllabus. They have to be experienced. And not all love is easy. Not all rules are meant to be broken. And not all men are created to live life in the open.

Falling for my professor wasn't part of the plan . . . but how do you let go of the man who taught you how to love?

Contains mature themes.

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ID: 520451

Title: Empire: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Stephen Howe

Narrator: Victor Bevine

Format: Unabridged

Length: 04:18:39

Language: English

Release date: 06-08-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Politics, History

Summary:

A great deal of the world's history is the history of empires. Indeed it could be said that all history is colonial history, if one takes a broad enough definition and goes far enough back. And although the great historic imperial systems-the land-based Russian one as well as the seaborne empires of western European powers-have collapsed during the past half century, their legacies shape almost every aspect of life on a global scale. Meanwhile there is fierce argument, and much speculation, about what has replaced the old territorial empires in world politics. Do the United States and its allies, transnational companies, financial and media institutions, or more broadly the forces of 'globalization,' constitute a new imperial system?

Stephen Howe interprets the meaning of the idea of 'empire' through the ages, disentangling the multiple uses and abuses of the labels 'empire' and 'colonialism,' etc., and examines the aftermath of imperialism on the contemporary world.

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ID: 490300

Title: Silent Madonna

Author: Michelle Damiani

Narrator: Nicol Zanzarella

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:56:32

Language: English

Release date: 06-08-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, General

Summary:

A ruined castle. A town picking up the pieces. And a mysterious stranger who could change everything.

The fire may be out, but smoke and suspicion still linger in Santa Lucia. Though the townspeople still gather for espresso at the town cafe and swap recipes at the butcher shop, their iridescent blue sky is clouded by a veil of uncertainty and mistrust. The statue of the Madonna, set in a wall outside the cafe, watches it all in collected silence.

But when New Yorker Alessandro arrives to claim his inheritance-the derelict castle and the charred olive trees that surround it-it unearths secrets thought long buried. His renovation plans set off a chain reaction of dangerous relationships and forbidden romance while exposing explosive truths-not just for himself, but for all the people who call this village home.

Can the power of the Madonna save Alessandro and the villagers? Or will the truths brought to the surface trap Santa Lucia in an inescapable web of deceit and anger?

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ID: 513953

Title: Lunar Bound

Author: Emerson Knight, McKenzie Hunter

Narrator: James Patrick Cronin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:32:02

Language: English

Release date: 06-08-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Romance, Paranormal

Summary:

A pack is only as strong as their Alpha. After an attack injures our Alpha, a rival pack tries to take control of the Midwest Pack. I have to consider the unimaginable to protect my pack-challenge our Alpha. A challenge against the pack's Alpha is a challenge to the death. Am I prepared to do this?

Loyalties are divided and our pack is ready to implode. Saving my pack from self-destruction becomes impossible when Sky's relationship with an enigmatic vampire puts a price on her head, and Josh's continued use of dark magic brings on the wrath of the witches and earns him new enemies.

While the pack's in chaos, it's not just them I need to protect, but Sky and my brother as well. I'm starting to lose my tenuous grip on my control.

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ID: 519116

Title: Better Business: How the B Corp Movement Is Remaking Capitalism

Author: Christopher Marquis

Narrator: Christopher Grove

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:11:15

Language: English

Release date: 06-08-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Business & Economics, Management & Leadership, Business Development

Summary:

Gold Medalist in the Business Ethics category, 2021 Axiom Business Book Awards, and longlisted for the 2020 Porchlight Business Book Awards

Businesses have a big role to play in a capitalist society. They can tip the scales toward the benefit of the few, with toxic side effects for all, or they can guide us toward better, more equitable long-term solutions. Christopher Marquis tells the story of the rise of a new corporate form-the B Corporation. Founded by a group of friends who met at Stanford, these companies undergo a rigorous certification process, overseen by the B Lab, and commit to putting social benefits, the rights of workers, community impact, and environmental stewardship on equal footing with financial shareholders. Informed by over a decade of research and animated by interviews with the movement's founders and leading figures, Marquis's book explores the rapid growth of companies choosing to certify as B Corps, both in the United States and internationally, and explains why the future of B Corporations is vital for us all.

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ID: 520460

Title: Music: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Nicholas Cook

Narrator: Suzanne Toren

Format: Unabridged

Length: 04:59:07

Language: English

Release date: 06-08-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Non-Fiction, Art & Music

Summary:

What is music? How is it constructed? How is it consumed? Why do you enjoy it at all? In Music: A Very Short Introduction, Nicholas Cook invites us to really think about music and the role it plays in our lives and our ears. Drawing on a number of accessible examples, the author prompts us to call on our own musical experiences in order to think more critically about the roles of the performers and the listener, about music as a commodity and an experience, what it means to understand music, and the values we ascribe to it.

This Very Short Introduction, written with both humor and flair, begins with a sampling of music as human activity and then goes on to consider the slippery phenomenon of how music has become an object of thought. Covering not only Western and classical music, Cook touches on all types from rock to Indonesian music and beyond. Incorporating musical forms from every continent, Music will be enjoyable for beginner and expert alike.

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ID: 520430

Title: Politics: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Kenneth Minogue

Narrator: Eric Jason Martin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 04:20:55

Language: English

Release date: 06-08-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Politics, History

Summary:

In Politics: A Very Short Introduction, Kenneth Minogue begins with a discussion of issues arising from a historical account of politics, and goes on to offer chapters dealing with the Ancient Greeks and the idea of citizenship; Roman law; medieval Christianity and individualism; freedom

since Machiavelli and Hobbes; the challenge of ideologies; democracy, oligarchy, and bureaucracy; power and order in modern society; and politics in the West.

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ID: 519112

Title: Lawmen of the Wild West

Author: Terry C. Treadwell

Narrator: Danny Campbell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:16:33

Language: English

Release date: 06-06-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: History, North America

Summary:

There were Marshals, City Marshals, and Constables who were employed by the local townspeople and whose authority was restricted to within the town or city limits. Then there were the County Sheriffs, who were elected by the citizens of the county, to keep the peace within the county. The United States Marshals were appointed by the President of the United States and had the authority to operate anywhere in the USA and deal with federal crime. Each of these law enforcement officers employed their own deputies, all of whom had the same powers of enforcement.

Some believed that former criminals would make the most effective lawmen. Consequently, in some cases notorious gunfighters were employed as town marshals to help bring law and order to some of the most lawless of towns. These lawmen dealt with the likes of the Dalton Gang and the James Brothers, who thought nothing of raping and murdering innocent people.

The requirements needed to be a peace officer in the Wild West were often determined only by the individual's skill with a gun, and their courage. At times judgment was needed with only seconds to determine it, and that also meant that there was the odd occasion where justice and law never quite meant the same thing. The expression 'justice without law' was never truer than in the formative years of the West.

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