Straits Beyond the Myth of Magellan [Audiobook]
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English | ASIN: B0BXBHDJMH | 2023 | MP3@64 kbps | ~12:49:00 | 363 MB
An uncompromising study of the fictions, the failures, and the real man behind the myth of Magellan.
With Straits, celebrated historian Felipe Fernández-Armesto subjects the surviving sources to the most meticulous scrutiny ever, providing a timely and engrossing biography of the real Ferdinand Magellan. The truth that Fernández-Armesto uncovers about Magellan's life, his character, and the events of his ill-fated voyage offers up a stranger, darker, and even more compelling narrative than the fictional version that has been celebrated for half a millennium.
Magellan did not attempt-much less accomplish-a journey around the globe. In his lifetime he was abhorred as a traitor, reviled as a tyrant, self-condemned to destruction, and dismissed as a failure. Straits untangles the myths that made Magellan a hero and discloses the reality of the man, probing the passions and tensions that drove him to adventure and drew him to disaster. As the real Magellan emerges, so do his real ambitions, focused less on circumnavigating the world or cornering the global spice market than on exploiting Filipino gold. Straits is a study in failure and the paradox of Magellan's career, showing that renown is not always a reflection of merit but often a gift and accident of circumstance.


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Stoned Jewelry, Obsession, and How Desire Shapes the World [Audiobook]
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English | February 16, 2016 | ASIN: B01BIA3KOI | M4B@64 kbps | 10h 56m | 298 MB
Author: Aja Raden | Narrator: Justine Eyre
What makes a stone a jewel? What makes a jewel priceless? And why do we covet beautiful things? In this brilliant account of how eight jewels shaped the course of history, jeweler and scientist Aja Raden tells an original and often startling story about our unshakeable addiction to beauty and the darker side of human desire.
What moves the world is what moves each of us: desire. Jewelry - which has long served as a stand-in for wealth and power, glamour and success - has birthed cultural movements, launched political dynasties, and started wars. Masterfully weaving together pop science and history, Stoned breaks history into three categories - want, take, and have - and explains what the diamond on your finger has to do with the GI Bill, why green-tinted jewelry has been exalted by so many cultures, why the glass beads that bought Manhattan for the Dutch were initially considered a fair trade, and how the French Revolution started over a coveted necklace. Studded with lively personalities and fascinating details, Stoned tells the remarkable story of our abiding desire for the rare and extraordinary.


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Stoicism How to Use Stoic Philosophy to Find Inner Peace and Happiness [Audiobook]
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English | ASIN: B087XTQ5GP | 2020 | 2 hours and 48 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 156 MB
Author: Jason Hemlock
Narrator: Fred Filbrich

Stoicism changed the lives of its followers for the better and now it can do the same for you. The Stoics knew what made for a good man - and a good life. Now you too can discover for yourself what gave them the emotional resilience to make the most of any situation. In Stoicism: How to Use Stoic Philosophy to Find Inner Peace and Happiness, you will learn about what made the ancient philosophers so wise. You will uncover how to find the opportunity in any challenge and how you can use your journal to transform your life.


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Still Life with Bones Genocide, Forensics, and What Remains [Audiobook]
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English | ASIN: B0B644GDPN | 2023 | 8 hours and 8 minutes | MP3@64 kbps | 224 MB
Author: Alexa Hagerty
Narrator: Rose Akroyd

An anthropologist working with forensic teams and victims' families to investigate crimes against humanity in Latin America explores what science can tell us about the lives of the dead in this haunting account of grief, the power of ritual, and a quest for justice. "Exhumation can divide brothers and restore fathers, open old wounds and open the possibility of regeneration-of building something new with the 'pile of broken mirrors' that is memory, loss, and mourning." Throughout Guatemala's thirty-six-year armed conflict, state forces killed more than two hundred thousand people. Argentina's military dictatorship disappeared up to thirty thousand people. In the wake of genocidal violence, families of the missing searched for the truth. Young scientists joined their fight against impunity. Gathering evidence in the face of intimidation and death threats, they pioneered the field of forensic exhumation for human rights.


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Stepping-Stones A Journey through the Ice Age Caves of the Dordogne [Audiobook] (Repost)
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English | February 28, 2020 | ASIN: B084Z3HXY5 | M4B@128 kbps | 9h 5m | 495 MB
Author: Christine Desdemaines-Hugon | Narrator: Anne Flosnik
The cave art of France's Dordogne region is world-famous for the mythology and beauty of its remarkable drawings and paintings. These ancient images of lively bison, horses, and mammoths, as well as symbols of all kinds, are fascinating touchstones in the development of human culture, demonstrating how far humankind has come and reminding us of the ties that bind us across the ages.
Over more than 25 years of teaching and research, Christine Desdemaines-Hugon has become an unrivaled expert in the cave art and artists of the Dordogne region. In Stepping-Stones she combines her expertise in both art and archaeology to convey an intimate understanding of the "cave experience." Her keen insights communicate not only the incomparable artistic value of these works but also the near-spiritual impact of viewing them for oneself.


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State of Disaster The Failure of U.S. Migration Policy in an Age of Climate Change [Audiobook]
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English | ASIN: B0BVP1YBJ7 | 2023 | 8 hours and 57 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 257 MB
Author: Maria Cristina Garcia
Narrator: Joana Garcia

Natural disasters and the dire effects of climate change cause massive population displacements and lead to some of the most intractable political and humanitarian challenges seen today. Yet, as Maria Cristina Garcia observes in this critical history of U.S. policy on migration in the Global South, there is actually no such thing as a "climate refugee" under current U.S. law. Most initiatives intended to assist those who must migrate are flawed and ineffective from inception because they are derived from outmoded policies. In a world of climate change, U.S. refugee policy simply does not work.


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Star Wars Jedi Battle Scars [Audiobook]
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English | 07 March 2023 | ASIN: B0BTZ8H4ZN | M4B@65 kbps | 10h 28m | 297.59 MB
Author: Sam Maggs
Narrator: Sean Kenin Elias-Reyes

Brought to you by Penguin.


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Sinkhole The Legacy of a Suicide [Audiobook]
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English | September 13, 2022 | ASIN: B0B486SF37 | MP3@56 kbps | 6h 23m | 151.78 MB
Author: Juliet Patterson
Narrator: Lindsey Dorcus

A sublimely elegant, fractured reckoning with the legacy and inheritance of suicide in one American family.


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Secrets of Question-Based Selling How the Most Powerful Tool in Business Can Double Your Sales Results [Audiobook]
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English | April 06, 2020 | ASIN: B0868VR2BB | M4B@128 kbps | 15h 10m | 848 MB
Author: Thomas A. Freese | Narrator: Steve Menasche
For nearly 20 years, The Secrets of Question Based Selling has been helping great salespeople like you deliver big results. Its commonsense approach has become a classic, must-have tool that demonstrates how asking the right questions at the right time accurately identifies your customer's needs.
But consumer behavior and sales techniques change as rapidly as technology - and there are countless contradictory sales training programs promising results. Knowing where you should turn to for success can be confusing. Now fully revised and updated, The Secrets of Question Based Selling provides a step-by-step, easy-to-follow program that focuses specifically on sales effectiveness - identifying the strategies and techniques that will increase your probability of success.


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Scotland's Forgotten Past A History of the Mislaid, Misplaced, and Misunderstood [Audiobook]
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English | ASIN: B0BTJ7VTC4 | 2023 | 5 hours and 30 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 306 MB
Author: Alistair Moffat
Narrator: Chris Bland

Entertaining and provocative, this book from an expert on Scotland's cultural heritage reveals the lost history of an ancient, proud nation. While Scotland's history cannot be separated from its kings and queens, saints, and warriors, there is a rich story to tell about the country's lesser-known places, people, and events. This colorful history of Scotland from award-winning writer Alistair Moffat chooses episodes, half-forgotten or misunderstood, that have been submerged by the wash of history. Bringing these stories to light and to life, this entertaining book reveals the richness and complexity of this nation on the northwest edge of Europe.


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