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ID: 514160

Title: Tiger in the Sea: The Ditching of Flying Tiger 923 and the Desperate Struggle for Survival

Author: Eric Lindner

Narrator: Gary Bennett

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:21:42

Language: English

Release date: 06-01-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: History, World, Science & Technology, Technology & Engineering

Summary:

September 1962: On a moonless night over the raging Atlantic Ocean, a thousand miles from land, the engines of Flying Tiger flight 923 to Germany burst into flames, one by one. Pilot John Murray didn't have long before the plane crashed headlong into the twenty-foot waves at 120 mph.

As the four flight attendants donned life vests, collected sharp objects, and explained how to brace for the ferocious impact, sixty-eight passengers clung to their seats. They all expected to die.

Murray radioed out 'Mayday' as he attempted to fly down through gale-force winds into the rough water, hoping the plane didn't break apart when it hit the sea.

Only a handful of ships could pick up the distress call so far from land. Dozens of other ships and planes from nine countries abruptly changed course or scrambled from Canada, Iceland, Ireland, Scotland, and Cornwall, all racing to the rescue-but they would take hours, or days, to arrive.

Could Murray do what no pilot had ever done-'land' a commercial airliner at night in a violent sea without everyone dying? And if he did, would rescuers find any survivors before they drowned or died from hypothermia in the icy water?

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ID: 520418

Title: International Security: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Christopher S. Browning

Narrator: Peter Ganim

Format: Unabridged

Length: 04:21:30

Language: English

Release date: 06-01-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Global Politics

Summary:

International security is never out of the headlines. War and peace, military strategy, the proliferation of nuclear weapons and revisionist states remain central to the discussion, but concerns such as climate change, migration, poverty, health, and international terrorism have complicated the field. So what really matters: the traditional prioritization of state security or the security needs of individuals, humanity, and the biosphere?

Using a broad range of international examples, Christopher Browning outlines the nature of the key debates about contemporary international security challenges, and discusses the inherent difficulties that exist in tackling them. He also asks to what extent such debates are infused with questions of power, politics, justice, morality, and responsibility.

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ID: 520431

Title: Postmodernism: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Christopher Butler

Narrator: Christine Williams

Format: Unabridged

Length: 04:07:50

Language: English

Release date: 06-01-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Non-Fiction, Architecture & Design

Summary:

Postmodernism has become the buzzword of contemporary society over the last decade. But how can it be defined? In this highly engaging introduction, the mysteries of this most elusive of concepts are unraveled, casting a critical light upon the way we live now, from the politicizing of museum culture to the cult of the politically correct. The key postmodernist ideas are explored and challenged, as they figure in the theory, philosophy, politics, ethics, and artwork of the period, and it is shown how they have interacted within a postmodernist culture.

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ID: 520439

Title: Buddha: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Michael Carrithers

Narrator: Neil Shah

Format: Unabridged

Length: 03:30:52

Language: English

Release date: 06-01-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Non-Fiction, Philosophy

Summary:

Michael Carrithers guides us through the complex and sometimes conflicting information that Buddhist texts give about the life and teaching of the Buddha. He discusses the social and political background of India in the Buddha's time, and traces the development of his thought. He also assesses the rapid and widespread assimilation of Buddhism and its contemporary relevance. Well-paced and informative, this introduction will enlighten not only those who study Buddhism and comparative religion but anyone intrigued by the remarkable philosophy of one of the greatest religious thinkers.

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ID: 520417

Title: Indian Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Sue Hamilton

Narrator: Neil Shah

Format: Unabridged

Length: 04:34:08

Language: English

Release date: 06-01-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Non-Fiction, Philosophy

Summary:

India has a long, rich, and diverse tradition of philosophical thought, spanning some two and a half millennia and encompassing several major religious traditions.

In this intriguing introduction to Indian philosophy, the diversity of Indian thought is emphasized. It is structured around six schools of thought that have received classic status. Sue Hamilton explores how the traditions have attempted to understand the nature of reality in terms of inner or spiritual quest and introduces distinctively Indian concepts, such as karma and rebirth. She also explains how Indian thinkers have understood issues of reality and knowledge-issues that are also an important part of the Western philosophical tradition.

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ID: 495083

Title: Drow Hath Sent Thee

Author: Martha Carr, Michael Anderle

Narrator: Devon Sorvari

Format: Unabridged

Length: 23:24:13

Language: English

Release date: 06-01-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Paranormal, Contemporary Fantasy

Summary:

Her Drow Aunt is off the throne and all of Ambar'ogúl is looking to Cheyenne to guide them.

Can the Goth Drow find a replacement for the throne? Better be fast.

There's a long list of dangerous to-do's and not a lot of time.

Heal the blight. Take out the traitor in the FRoE. Break the rest of the curse on her mom.

Can Cheyenne step into her role as Drow Royalty on Earth?

Will Ba'rael's parting-gift poison ever depart from Cheyenne's body?

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ID: 520401

Title: Augustine: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Henry Chadwick

Narrator: Phil Holland

Format: Unabridged

Length: 04:10:36

Language: English

Release date: 06-01-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Non-Fiction, Christianity, Philosophy

Summary:

Augustine was arguably the greatest early Christian philosopher. His teachings had a profound effect on Medieval scholarship, Renaissance humanism, and the religious controversies of both the Reformation and the Counter-Reformation. Here, Henry Chadwick places Augustine in his philosophical and religious context and traces the history of his influence on Western thought, both within and beyond the Christian tradition. A handy account to one of the greatest religious thinkers, this Very Short Introduction is both a useful guide for the one who seeks to know Augustine and a fine companion for the one who wishes to know him better.

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ID: 520433

Title: Revolutions: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Jack A. Goldstone

Narrator: Peter Ganim

Format: Unabridged

Length: 05:04:32

Language: English

Release date: 06-01-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: History, Military

Summary:

From 1789 in France to 2011 in Cairo, revolutions have shaken the world. They have often, though not always, sparked cataclysmic violence, and have at times won miraculous victories, though at other times suffered devastating defeat.

This Very Short Introduction illuminates the revolutionaries, their strategies, their successes and failures, and the ways in which revolutions continue to dominate world events and the popular imagination. Jack Goldstone traces the development of revolutions through the Renaissance and Reformation, the Enlightenment and liberal constitutional revolutions such as in America, and their opposite-the communist revolutions of the twentieth century. He shows how revolutions overturned dictators in Nicaragua and Iran and brought the collapse of communism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, and examines the new wave of non-violent 'color' revolutions.

Goldstone also sheds light on the major theories of revolution, exploring the causes of revolutionary waves, the role of revolutionary leaders, the strategies and processes of revolutionary change, and the intersection between revolutions and shifting patterns of global power. Finally, the author examines the reasons for diverse revolutionary outcomes and the likely future of revolution in years to come.

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ID: 520413

Title: Fractals: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Kenneth Falconer

Narrator: Jason Huggins

Format: Unabridged

Length: 03:58:11

Language: English

Release date: 06-01-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Science & Technology, Mathematics, General

Summary:

From the contours of coastlines to the outlines of clouds, and the branching of trees, fractal shapes can be found everywhere in nature. In this Very Short Introduction, Kenneth Falconer explains the basic concepts of fractal geometry, which produced a revolution in our mathematical understanding of patterns in the twentieth century, and explores the wide range of applications in science, and in aspects of economics.

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ID: 501606

Title: Memory Monster

Author: Yishai Sarid

Narrator: Keith Sellon-Wright

Format: Unabridged

Length: 04:25:46

Language: English

Release date: 06-01-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Religious Fiction, War & Military

Summary:

Written as a report to the chairman of Yad Vashem, Israel's memorial to the victims of the Holocaust, our unnamed narrator recounts his own undoing. Hired as a promising young historian, he soon becomes a leading expert on Nazi methods of extermination at concentration camps in Poland during World War II and guides tours through the sites for students and visiting dignitaries. He hungrily devours every detail of life and death in the camps and takes pride in being able to recreate for his audience the excruciating last moments of the victims' lives.

The job becomes a mission, and then an obsession. Spending so much time immersed in death, his connections with the living begin to deteriorate. He resents the students lost in their iPhones, singing sentimental songs, not expressing sufficient outrage at the genocide committed by the Nazis. In fact, he even begins to detect, in the students as well as himself, a hint of admiration for the murderers-their efficiency, audacity, and determination.

With the perspicuity of Kafka's The Trial and the obsessions of Delillo's White Noise, The Memory Monster confronts difficult questions that are all too relevant to Israel and the world today: How do we process human brutality? What makes us choose sides in conflict? And how do we honor the memory of horror without becoming consumed by it?

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