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ID: 682675

Title: Notes on Democracy

Author: H. L. Mencken

Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki

Format: Unabridged

Length: 04:49:38

Language: English

Release date: 07-18-23

Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks

Genres: Politics, Political Ideologies

Summary:

Democracy came into the Western World to the tune of sweet, soft music. There was, at the start, no harsh bawling from below; there was only a dulcet twittering from above.

When H. L. Mencken wrote Notes on Democracy the country was coping with the aftermath of World War I, contending with Prohibition, and watching the Scopes trial play out; the air of the nation was full of paranoia and intolerance. And while it may seem that certain views and statements in the book are dated and out of touch, the general critiques and philosophy found in this book remain as relevant (and as controversial) today as it was when it was first published in 1926.

H. L. Mencken was one of Americas most important and influential writers, and he spares nothing and no one in this biting analysis of our system of government. In his review of the book in The Saturday Review of Literature, Pulitzer Prize winner Walter Lipmann describes Notes on Democracy as a tremendous polemic that is able to destroy, by rendering it ridiculous and unfashionable, the democratic tradition of the American pioneers, and even compares it to The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau. It is Menckens trademark satirical and combative rhetoric and style that make the contentious and at times hyperbolic arguments of Notes on Democracy a vital piece of literature in the forever ongoing examination of democracy in America.

Featuring an introduction by Stefan Rudnicki.

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ID: 686231

Title: Castilian Pomegranate

Author: Anna Belfrage

Narrator: Greg Patmore

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15:34:32

Language: English

Release date: 07-18-23

Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction

Summary:

An enraged and grieving queen commands them to retrieve her exquisite jewel and abandon their foundling brat overseasor never return.

Robert FitzStephan and his wife, Noor, have been temporarily exiled. Officially, they are to travel to the courts of Aragon and Castile as emissaries of Queen Eleanor of England. Unofficially, the queen demands two things: that they abandon Lionel, their foster son, in foreign lands and that they bring back a precious jewelthe Castilian Pomegranate. Noor would rather chop off a foot than leave Lionel in a foreign landespecially as hes been entrusted to her by his dead father, the last true prince of Wales. And as to the jewel, stealing it would mean immediate execution

Spain in 1285 is a complicated place. France has launched a crusade against Aragon and soon enough Robert is embroiled in the conflict, standing side by side with their Aragonese hosts. Once in Castile, it is the fearsome Moors that must be fought, with Robert facing weeks separated from his young wife, a wife who is enthralled by the Castilian courtand a particular Castilian gallant.

Jealousy, betrayal, and a thirst for revenge plunge Noor and Robert into life-threatening danger. Will they emerge unscathed or will savage but beautiful Castile leave them permanently scarred and damaged?

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ID: 682901

Title: Proclaim Liberty Throughout All the Land: How Christianity Has Advanced Freedom and Equality for All Americans

Author: Mark David Hall

Narrator: Jim Seybert

Format: Unabridged

Length: 05:50:00

Language: English

Release date: 07-18-23

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Religious Studies

Summary:

Proclaim Liberty Throughout All the Land demonstrates that Christianity is responsible for advancing liberty and equality for all Americans.

Scholars and popular authors regularly claim that Christianity, at least orthodox Christianity, has fostered oppression and intolerance. A common narrative is that liberty and equality have been advanced primarily when America's leaders embrace progressive manifestations of religion or reject faith altogether.

This book demonstrates that Christianity is responsible for advancing liberty and equality for all citizens. Throughout American history, Christians have been motivated by their faith to create fair and just institutions, fight for political freedom, oppose slavery, and secure religious liberty for all.

The New York Times's 1619 Project is only a recent and prominent manifestation of the tendency of journalists, academics, and popular writers to portray American Christianity as a force of oppression and intolerance. Without shying away from the ways in which the Christian faith has been used to defend and even encourage harmful practices, Proclaim Liberty Throughout All the Land shows that it has far more often been a force for good.

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ID: 684119

Title: Jesus, Love, and Tacos: A Spicy Take on Lordship, Community, and Mission

Author: Carrie Stephens

Narrator: Ann Richardson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:00:28

Language: English

Release date: 07-18-23

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, World Religions, Biblical Studies

Summary:

'Let me do something for you.'

Carrie Stephens offers these words of hope from the heart of God in Jesus, Love, & Tacos as she uses vibrant metaphors and comical self-deprecation to tell the story of lordship, community, and mission. These three ancient values will offer you help and hope as they shape your spiritual life, define how to gather in unity, and lead you to God's missional love in action.

In the face of fear, sickness, and increasing polarization, Carrie provides a fresh encounter with the lordship of Jesus to right-size your expectations and transform your view of your life. By looking at the example of the early church, you'll find yourself brave enough to swallow your insecurities and forge ahead into the sometimes-painful world of the Church where healing and life happen through God's faithfulness.

In this world of never-ending suffering and neediness, reconsider the call to missional living afresh. Living with a mission will reinvigorate your connection to God and others. When you reach for the plates of truth and grace offered in this book, you'll reconnect with a God beyond your comprehension who is intimately involved in the details of your life.

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ID: 675578

Title: City of Vicious Night

Author: Claire Winn

Narrator: Sarah Beth Pfeifer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14:01:25

Language: English

Release date: 07-18-23

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Teen, Tough Topics, LGBTQ+

Summary:

For the most hated crew on Requiem, the only way out is up.

It's been four months since runaway heiress Asa crash-landed on the matriarchal outlaw colony Requiem, bringing a nasty AI and a host of deadly secrets with her. Now, she runs with her almost-girlfriend Riven's smuggler crew, stealing kisses between gunfights and heists. But when a mysterious hacker sabotages their latest job, other gangs turn against them, blaming them for the destruction the rogue AI caused. Nowhere in the city is safe.

The only way to protect their crew is a series of trials for control of an underworld faction-and vying for a matriarch's throne is a dream Riven can't let go. But as the trials intensify, the saboteur hounds Asa and Riven's every step, determined to kill Asa and right her father's wrongs. When the saboteur reveals a horrific conspiracy threatening all of Requiem-one involving the crew member they thought they'd lost-the girls must decide whether to risk their own skins for a city that loathes them.

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ID: 662735

Title: Mallparks: Baseball Stadiums and the Culture of Consumption

Author: Michael T. Friedman

Narrator: Barry Abrams

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:47:05

Language: English

Release date: 07-15-23

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Non-Fiction, Social Science

Summary:

In Mallparks, Michael Friedman observes that just as cathedrals represented power relations in medieval towns, and skyscrapers epitomized those within industrial cities, sports stadiums exemplify urban America at the turn of the twenty-first century.

Grounded in the spatial theories of Henri Lefebvre and George Ritzer's analyses of consumption spaces, the book examines how the designers of this generation of baseball stadiums follow the principles of theme park and shopping mall design to create highly effective and efficient consumption sites.

In his exploration of these contemporary cathedrals of sport and consumption, Friedman traces the history of stadium design, discusses the amenities and aesthetics of stadium spaces, and outlines the intentions and conceptions of architects, team officials, and civic leaders. He grounds his analysis in case studies of Baltimore's Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Boston's Fenway Park, Los Angeles's Dodger Stadium, Nationals Park in Washington DC, Target Field in Minneapolis, and Atlanta's Truist Park.

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ID: 686071

Title: Dirty Rock: A Rock Star Romance

Author: Vicki James

Narrator: Benjamin Crow, Victoria Aston

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:48:45

Language: English

Release date: 07-11-23

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Romance, Contemporary

Summary:

The master of the tease. The god of rock. Frontman of the world's most desired band, Youth Gone Wild. I'm Rhett Ryan, and I get what I want.

Women? They were lining up. Money? I had enough. Accolades? My shelves were full. Love? I didn't have time for that.

Not until I had no choice but to pay attention to the last woman I expected to fall for. My beautiful, sassy publicist, Julia goddamn Speed. She was a vital part of the band's success, and she was as off-limits as they came.

I'd never wanted anything more in my life.

But Julia wasn't like the rest, and my advances only pushed her further away. She was the first woman to make me work for it, and Christ, did I suddenly want to work for it. Even if I knew it would end in disaster. Even if I knew there would be tears.

I was willing to play dirty to make it happen. I just had no idea how much I'd change in the process, or how something that had once been my everything would soon become nothing because I'd jumped into the forbidden with her.

Stupid, Reckless Rhett.

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ID: 699606

Title: Savage Skies

Author: Nicholas Sansbury Smith

Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini

Format: Unabridged

Length: 03:37:26

Language: English

Release date: 07-11-23

Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Apocalyptic & Dystopian

Summary:

From the NYT bestselling author of the Hell Divers series, comes a brand new look at the future in this thrilling sci-fi military novella.

A hostile world that will doom the human race or save it, if a few survivors can unlock its secrets

After waking up with no memories in an underground facility, a squad of elite soldiers and scientists must try to recall what their mission is. But first, its a race against the clock to escape their collapsing bunker before it becomes a tomb. Topside, an even more dangerous world of fiery skies and desolate terrain awaits.

As they venture out to explore their strange new surroundings, bits of memory begin to return, though nothing can prepare them for the strange forces protecting this bleak landscape. Worse, it seems that not everyone on the team wants the missionwhatever it isto succeed. One thing is certain: the world they remember is gone, destroyed by war or natural disaster. Soon, they will learn that they must unlock the past if they are to have any hope of ever seeing the future.

Please note, this is a novella, and is the introduction to a brand new NSS universe.

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ID: 678336

Title: Badlands Bad Boy

Author: Maggie Shayne

Narrator: Traci Odom

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:34:02

Language: English

Release date: 07-11-23

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Historical Romance, Contemporary

Summary:

Alter Ego or Ghostly Warrior?

Wes Brand is the black sheep of the family. But lately, he's become friends with an old Shaman named Turtle who has hidden reasons for wanting to put Wes in touch with his Comanche roots.

Turtle convinces Wes to impersonate legendary warrior Wolf Shadow, to drive archaeologist Dr. Taylor McCoy away from her dig site. His failing health provides plenty of leverage and he's not ashamed to use it.

But when the beautiful doc finds herself falling for both Wes and his ghostly alter-ego, Wes wonders how he'll get out of the mess he's made without ruining the powerful feelings beginning to grow between them.

Contains mature themes.

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ID: 679950

Title: Moscow 1812: Napoleons Fatal March

Author: Adam Zamoyski

Narrator: Matthew Waterson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 17:32:23

Language: English

Release date: 07-11-23

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: History, World, Military

Summary:

Adam Zamoyski's bestselling account of Napoleon's invasion of Russia and his catastrophic retreat from Moscow, events that had a profound effect on European history.

In 1812 the most powerful man in the world assembled the largest army in history and marched on Moscow with the intention of consolidating his dominion. But within months, Napoleon's invasion of Russia-history's first example of total war-had turned into an epic military disaster. Over 400,000 French and Allied troops perished and Napoleon was forced to retreat.

Adam Zamoyski's masterful work draws on the harrowing firsthand accounts of soldiers and civilians on both sides of the conflict. The result takes the listener beyond the invasion of Russia to present both a poignant tale of the individual foot soldier and a sweeping history of a turbulent time.

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