29 Best Books on Stoicism
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Allegiant
- By: Veronica Roth
- Narrator: Emma Galvin
- Length: 11 hours 51 minutes
- Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
- Publish date: October 22, 2013
- Language: English
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3.61(733109 ratings)
3.61(733109 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDThe explosive conclusion to Veronica Roth’s #1 New York Times bestselling Divergent series of books reveals the secrets of the dystopian world that captivated millions of readers and film fans in Divergent and Insurgent. One choice willThe explosive conclusion to Veronica Roth’s #1 New York Times bestselling Divergent series of books reveals the secrets of the dystopian world that captivated millions of readers and film fans in Divergent and Insurgent.
One choice will define you. What if your whole world was a lie? What if a single revelation–like a single choice–changed everything? What if love and loyalty made you do things you never expected?
Told from a riveting dual perspective, this third installment in the series follows Tris and Tobias as they battle to comprehend the complexities of human nature–and their selves–while facing impossible choices of courage, allegiance, sacrifice, and love.
And don’t miss The Fates Divide, Veronica Roth’s powerful sequel to the bestselling Carve the Mark!
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Did You Ever Have A Family
- By: Bill Clegg
- Narrator: Bill Clegg
- Length: 6 hours 54 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2015
- Language: English
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3.8(22239 ratings)
3.8(22239 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD, MAN BOOKER PRIZE, PEN/ROBERT W. BINGHAM PRIZE, AND ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE * AN ALA NOTABLE BOOK Hailed as “masterly” by The New York Times Book Review,NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD, MAN BOOKER PRIZE, PEN/ROBERT W. BINGHAM PRIZE, AND ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE * AN ALA NOTABLE BOOK
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Hailed as “masterly” by The New York Times Book Review, “a brilliantly constructed debut set in the aftermath of catastrophic loss” (2015 Man Booker Prize Judges).
The stunning debut novel from bestselling author Bill Clegg is a magnificently powerful story about a circle of people who find solace in the least likely of places as they cope with a horrific tragedy.
On the eve of her daughter’s wedding, June Reid’s life is upended when a shocking disaster takes the lives of her daughter, her daughter’s fiance, her ex-husband, and her boyfriend, Luke–her entire family, all gone in a moment. June is the only survivor.
Alone and directionless, June drives across the country, away from her small Connecticut town. In her wake, a community emerges, weaving a beautiful and surprising web of connections through shared heartbreak.
From the couple running a motel on the Pacific Ocean where June eventually settles into a quiet half-life, to the wedding’s caterer whose bill has been forgotten, to Luke’s mother, the shattered outcast of the town–everyone touched by the tragedy is changed as truths about their near and far histories finally come to light.
Elegant and heartrending, and one of the most accomplished fiction debuts of the year, Did You Ever Have a Family is an absorbing, unforgettable tale that reveals humanity at its best through forgiveness and hope. At its core is a celebration of family–the ones we are born with and the ones we create. -
Choke
- By: Stuart Woods
- Narrator: Tony Roberts
- Length: 9 hours 53 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: May 31, 2016
- Language: English
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3.92(2532 ratings)
3.92(2532 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDA standalone novel from Stuart Woods, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Stone Barrington and Holly Barker series… Murder is not a spectator sport. Chuck Chandler has choked on more than one occasion–first as a pro tennisA standalone novel from Stuart Woods, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Stone Barrington and Holly Barker series…
Murder is not a spectator sport.
Chuck Chandler has choked on more than one occasion–first as a pro tennis player at Wimbledon, then as a womanizing coach at posh tennis clubs around the country. Now at Key West’s Old Racquet Club, Chuck gets involved with the wrong married woman–the enticing Clare Carras, married to an enigmatic older man–and soon he is in way over his head.
Enter Tommy Sculley, a retired New York homicide detective who has just joined the Key West force, and his young green partner, Daryl Haynes, who turns out to be smarter than he looks. Up to their necks in an investigation of a bizarre apparent homicide, the two detectives barely keep afloat in murky waters. Events take them from the Florida Keys to Los Angeles and back, as a plot emerges that involves not only the dangerous Clare, but a furious West Coast mob boss determined to get back what is his at any cost.
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Vampire, Interrupted
- By: Lynsay Sands
- Narrator: Victoria McGee
- Length: 10 hours 11 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: December 29, 2009
- Language: English
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4.34(18077 ratings)
4.34(18077 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDAfter seven hundred years of life, Marguerite Argeneau finally has a career. Well, the start of one, anyway. She’s training to be a private investigator, and her first assignment is to find an immortal’s mother. It seemed simple enough,After seven hundred years of life, Marguerite Argeneau finally has a career. Well, the start of one, anyway. She’s training to be a private investigator, and her first assignment is to find an immortal’s mother. It seemed simple enough, until Marguerite wakes up one evening to find herself at the wrong end of a sword. Now she realizes she’s in way over her head.
Julius Notte wants to protect Marguerite, and not because someone just tried to take her head off. She doesn’t know it yet, but she’s his lifemate and he’s determined to woo her. It’s been over five hundred years since he last courted a woman, but surely the techniques haven’t changed. Now if only he can keep her alive–so to speak–so they can have that happily-ever-after.
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The Big Nine
- By: Amy Webb
- Narrator: Amanda Dolan
- Length: 9 hours 35 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: March 05, 2019
- Language: English
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3.75(1231 ratings)
3.75(1231 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.98 USDA call-to-arms about the broken nature of artificial intelligence, and the powerful corporations that are turning the human-machine relationship on its head. We like to think that we are in control of the future of “artificial”A call-to-arms about the broken nature of artificial intelligence, and the powerful corporations that are turning the human-machine relationship on its head.
We like to think that we are in control of the future of “artificial” intelligence. The reality, though, is that we — the everyday people whose data powers AI — aren’t actually in control of anything. When, for example, we speak with Alexa, we contribute that data to a system we can’t see and have no input into — one largely free from regulation or oversight. The big nine corporations — Amazon, Google, Facebook, Tencent, Baidu, Alibaba, Microsoft, IBM and Apple–are the new gods of AI and are short-changing our futures to reap immediate financial gain.
In this book, Amy Webb reveals the pervasive, invisible ways in which the foundations of AI — the people working on the system, their motivations, the technology itself — is broken. Within our lifetimes, AI will, by design, begin to behave unpredictably, thinking and acting in ways which defy human logic. The big nine corporations may be inadvertently building and enabling vast arrays of intelligent systems that don’t share our motivations, desires, or hopes for the future of humanity.
Much more than a passionate, human-centered call-to-arms, this book delivers a strategy for changing course, and provides a path for liberating us from algorithmic decision-makers and powerful corporations.
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The Immortal Hunter
- By: Lynsay Sands
- Narrator: Victoria McGee
- Length: 9 hours 57 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: February 09, 2010
- Language: English
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4.22(13627 ratings)
4.22(13627 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDEven vampires need a vacation. But Decker Argeneau’s ends abruptly when he’s asked to help hunt the group of rogue vampires targeting mortals — one that might include a defector in his own family. Before he can worry about that,Even vampires need a vacation. But Decker Argeneau’s ends abruptly when he’s asked to help hunt the group of rogue vampires targeting mortals — one that might include a defector in his own family. Before he can worry about that, though, he’s got to rescue the latest victim. It’s all part of the job, including taking a bullet for a beautiful doctor.
Dr. Danielle McGill doesn’t know if she can trust the man who just saved her life. There are too many questions, such as what is the secret organization he says he’s part of, and why do his wounds hardly bleed? However, with her sister in the hands of some dangerous men, she doesn’t have much choice but to trust him.
Except now Decker’s talking about life mates and awakening a passion that’s taking Dani beyond anything she’s ever known. Being undead may not be half-bad…especially if it means spending forever with a man who would love her with his mind, body, and immortal soul.
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A Field Guide to a Happy Life
- By: Massimo Pigliucci
- Narrator: Peter Coleman
- Length: 2 hours 26 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: September 15, 2020
- Language: English
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3.83(369 ratings)
3.83(369 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.98 USDA brilliant philosopher reimagines Stoicism for our modern age in this thought-provoking guide to a better life.For more than two thousand years, Stoicism has offered a message of resilience in the face of hardship. Little wonder, then, that it isA brilliant philosopher reimagines Stoicism for our modern age in this thought-provoking guide to a better life.For more than two thousand years, Stoicism has offered a message of resilience in the face of hardship. Little wonder, then, that it is having such a revival in our own troubled times. But there is no denying how weird it can be: Is it really the case that we shouldn’t care about our work, our loved ones, or our own lives? According to the old Stoics, yes.In A Field Guide to a Happy Life, philosopher Massimo Pigliucci offers a renewed Stoicism that reflects modern science and sensibilities. Pigliucci embraces the joyful bonds of affection, the satisfactions of a job well done, and the grief that attends loss. In his hands, Stoicism isn’t about feats of indifference, but about enduring pain without being overwhelmed, while enjoying pleasures without losing our heads. In short, he makes Stoicism into a philosophy all of us — whether committed Stoics or simply seekers — can use to live better.... Read more -
My Lady Jane
- By: Cynthia Hand
- Narrator: Katherine Kellgren
- Length: 13 hours 46 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Publish date: June 07, 2016
- Language: English
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4.05(43543 ratings)
4.05(43543 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0031.99 USDThis comical, fantastical, romantical, New York Times bestselling, (not) entirely true story of Lady Jane Grey is “an uproarious historical fantasy that’s not to be missed” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). In My Lady Jane,This comical, fantastical, romantical, New York Times bestselling, (not) entirely true story of Lady Jane Grey is “an uproarious historical fantasy that’s not to be missed” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
In My Lady Jane, coauthors Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows have created a one-of-a-kind YA fantasy in the tradition of The Princess Bride, featuring a reluctant king, an even more reluctant queen, a noble steed, and only a passing resemblance to actual history–because sometimes history needs a little help.
At sixteen, Lady Jane Grey is about to be married off to a stranger and caught up in a conspiracy to rob her cousin, King Edward, of his throne. But those trifling problems aren’t for Jane to worry about. Jane gets to be Queen of England.
Like that could go wrong.
New York Times Bestseller * Publishers Weekly Best Young Adult Book of the Year * Bustle Best Young Adult Book of the Year * YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults
And don’t miss the authors’ next fun read, My Plain Jane!
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The Shanghai Free Taxi
- By: Frank Langfitt
- Narrator: Frank Langfitt
- Length: 8 hours 25 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: June 11, 2019
- Language: English
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3.93(774 ratings)
3.93(774 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0025.98 USDAs any traveler knows, some of the best and most honest conversations take place during car rides. So, when a long-time NPR correspondent wanted to learn more about the real China, he started driving a cab–and discovered a country amid seismicAs any traveler knows, some of the best and most honest conversations take place during car rides. So, when a long-time NPR correspondent wanted to learn more about the real China, he started driving a cab–and discovered a country amid seismic political and economic change.
China–America’s most important competitor–is at a turning point. With economic growth slowing, Chinese people face inequality and uncertainty as their leaders tighten control at home and project power abroad.In this adventurous, original book, NPR correspondent Frank Langfitt describes how he created a free taxi service–offering rides in exchange for illuminating conversation–to go beyond the headlines and get to know a wide range of colorful, compelling characters representative of the new China. They include folks like “Beer,” a slippery salesman who tries to sell Langfitt a used car; Rocky, a farm boy turned Shanghai lawyer; and Chen, who runs an underground Christian church and moves his family to America in search of a better, freer life.Blending unforgettable characters, evocative travel writing, and insightful political analysis, The Shanghai Free Taxi is a sharply observed and surprising book that will help readers make sense of the world’s other superpower at this extraordinary moment.... Read more -
The Practicing Stoic
- By: Ward Farnsworth
- Narrator: John Lescault
- Length: 9 hours 57 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2018
- Language: English
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4.35(2550 ratings)
4.35(2550 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDThe great insights of the Stoics are spread over a wide range of ancient sources. This book brings them all together for the first time. It systematically presents what the various Stoic philosophers said on every important topic, accompanied by anThe great insights of the Stoics are spread over a wide range of ancient sources. This book brings them all together for the first time. It systematically presents what the various Stoic philosophers said on every important topic, accompanied by an eloquent commentary that is clear and concise. The result is a set of philosophy lessons for everyone–the most valuable wisdom of ages past made available for our times, and for all time.
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A Handbook for New Stoics
- By: Massimo Pigliucci
- Narrator: Rupert Farley
- Length: 10 hours 44 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2019
- Language: English
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4.09(487 ratings)
4.09(487 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0022.92 USDA pragmatic philosophy more popular than ever–here are fifty-two ancient lessons to help you overcome adversity and find tranquility in the modern world. An ancient belief system made new, Stoicism teaches us how to accept the things we cannotA pragmatic philosophy more popular than ever–here are fifty-two ancient lessons to help you overcome adversity and find tranquility in the modern world.
An ancient belief system made new, Stoicism teaches us how to accept the things we cannot change and how to live a good life. It helps us improve our outlook, increase our well-being, and thrive in the face of adversity. But how does one live like a Stoic?
In A Handbook for New Stoics, renowned philosopher Massimo Pigliucci and practitioner Gregory Lopez guide listeners through fifty-two weekly lessons, each based on a common obstacle. Stressing out about a meeting at work? Try listing the things you can control and those you can’t. Epictetus writes: “In our power are thought, impulse, will to get, and will to avoid”–in other words, our own attitudes. Discover what you can control and quickly achieve peace of mind.
Featuring quotes from philosophers, analysis by the authors, and journaling activities, these lessons enable readers to reframe their perceptions and be happier.
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Estoicismo para principiantes (The Beginner’s Guide to Stoicism)
- By: Matthew Van Natta
- Length: 3 hours 25 minutes
- Publisher: BookaVivo
- Publish date: January 17, 2022
- Language: Spanish
Regular Price:Try for $0.0010.99 USDSer estoico significa abrazar la positividad y el autocontrol a traves de la capacidad para aceptar la incertidumbre de los resultados. Mediante este libro, el aprendiz de estoico aprendera a llevar las riendas de sus emociones en el camino hacia laSer estoico significa abrazar la positividad y el autocontrol a traves de la capacidad para aceptar la incertidumbre de los resultados. Mediante este libro, el aprendiz de estoico aprendera a llevar las riendas de sus emociones en el camino hacia la felicidad y la satisfaccion duradera. Esta sencilla guia del estoicismo pone a tu disposicion las herramientas emocionales necesarias para que aprendas a dejar ir las cosas que no puedes controlar y halles alegria en aquello que tienes. Mediante estrategias y ejercicios que invitan a la reflexion, este libro te ayuda a encontrar satisfaccion y asi poder construir relaciones mas estrechas y convertirte en un miembro activo de la sociedad. En Estoicismo para principiantes se incluye: EVOLUCION DEL ESTOICISMO Descubre la historia del estoicismo y como sus principios pueden ayudarte a encontrar la paz. LLENA TU ESPIRITU Encuentra aceptacion utilizando un conjunto de herramientas emocionales esenciales basadas en las disciplinas del deseo, la accion y el asentimiento. HORA DE REFLEXIONAR Pon en practica lo que has aprendido a traves de preguntas eticas, citas y ejercicios.
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Ten Caesars
- By: Barry Strauss
- Narrator: Arthur Morey
- Length: 12 hours 52 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2019
- Language: English
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3.93(1286 ratings)
3.93(1286 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0023.99 USDBestselling classical historian Barry Strauss delivers “an exceptionally accessible history of the Roman Empire…much of Ten Caesars reads like a script for Game of Thrones” (The Wall Street Journal)–a summation of three and aBestselling classical historian Barry Strauss delivers “an exceptionally accessible history of the Roman Empire…much of Ten Caesars reads like a script for Game of Thrones” (The Wall Street Journal)–a summation of three and a half centuries of the Roman Empire as seen through the lives of ten of the most important emperors, from Augustus to Constantine.
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In this essential and “enlightening” (The New York Times Book Review) work, Barry Strauss tells the story of the Roman Empire from rise to reinvention, from Augustus, who founded the empire, to Constantine, who made it Christian and moved the capital east to Constantinople.
During these centuries Rome gained in splendor and territory, then lost both. By the fourth century, the time of Constantine, the Roman Empire had changed so dramatically in geography, ethnicity, religion, and culture that it would have been virtually unrecognizable to Augustus. Rome’s legacy remains today in so many ways, from language, law, and architecture to the seat of the Roman Catholic Church. Strauss examines this enduring heritage through the lives of the men who shaped it: Augustus, Tiberius, Nero, Vespasian, Trajan, Hadrian, Marcus Aurelius, Septimius Severus, Diocletian, and Constantine. Over the ages, they learned to maintain the family business–the government of an empire–by adapting when necessary and always persevering no matter the cost.
Ten Caesars is a “captivating narrative that breathes new life into a host of transformative figures” (Publishers Weekly). This “superb summation of four centuries of Roman history, a masterpiece of compression, confirms Barry Strauss as the foremost academic classicist writing for the general reader today” (The Wall Street Journal). -
The Three-Minute Philosopher
- By: Fabrice Midal
- Narrator: Peter Kenny
- Length: 2 hours 27 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: May 04, 2021
- Language: English
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3.33(20 ratings)
3.33(20 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.99 USDFrench philosophy and meditation expert Fabrice Midal’s The Three-Minute Philosopher includes forty brief essays for tapping into a deeper understanding of your existence, with experiences that will transform, enlighten, and invite you to seeFrench philosophy and meditation expert Fabrice Midal’s The Three-Minute Philosopher includes forty brief essays for tapping into a deeper understanding of your existence, with experiences that will transform, enlighten, and invite you to see the world in a new way.
Philosophy takes us by surprise. It challenges us, awakens us, and opens our minds. It does not tell us to be “wise” or to be a perfect being, but instead to nurture our own humanity. Philosophical thinking is the antithesis of the rampant dogmatism that dominates so much public discussion, of the vehemently expressed opinions of those who think they know everything and who insist you agree with them. Self-proclaimed experts tell us to listen to and obey their injunctions, but philosophers encourage us to think for ourselves. After all, philosophy addresses what makes us human and helps us navigate everyday life, from dealing with that annoying colleague at work, to the panic of realizing that your fridge is empty when guests arrive out of the blue.
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Fabrice Midal teaches the power of trusting in our own thoughts and strengthening our connection to humanity, as he guides us through the inspirational ideas of forty writers, artists, thinkers, and seers from Baudelaire to Nietzsche, Emily Dickinson to Toni Morrison, Pablo Picasso to James Baldwin, and of course, Socrates to Aristotle. Simple, smart, and approachable, Midal’s three-minute essays ask us to step back, reflect, and meditate, and encourage us to think about the world a little differently. -
The Emperor’s Handbook
- By: Marcus Aurelius
- Narrator: Stephen Graybill
- Length: 5 hours 40 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
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4.26(622 ratings)
4.26(622 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDIn the tradition of The Art of Living and Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations–a practical book of timeless advice from one of the most powerful individuals in history–available for the first time in a highly accessible translation,In the tradition of The Art of Living and Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations–a practical book of timeless advice from one of the most powerful individuals in history–available for the first time in a highly accessible translation, including several unique features for contemporary readers and users of daily wisdom guides.
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Essayist Matthew Arnold described the man who wrote these words as “the most beautiful figure in history.” Possibly so, but he was certainly more than that. Marcus Aurelius ruled the Roman Empire at its height, yet he remained untainted by the incalculable wealth and absolute power that had corrupted many of his predecessors. Marcus knew the secret of how to live the good life amid trying and often catastrophic circumstances, of how to find happiness and peace when surrounded by misery and turmoil, and of how to choose the harder right over the easier wrong without apparent regard for self-interest.
The historian Michael Grant praises Marcus’s book as “the best ever written by a major ruler,” and Josiah Bunting, superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute, calls it “the essential book on character, leadership, duty.” Never intended for publication, the Meditations contains the practical and inspiring wisdom by which this remarkable emperor lived the life not of a saintly recluse, but of a general, administrator, legislator, spouse, parent, and judge besieged on all sides.
The Emperor’s Handbook offers a vivid and fresh translation of this important piece of ancient literature. It brings Marcus’s words to life and shows his wisdom to be as relevant today as it was in the second century. This book belongs on the desk and in the briefcase of every business executive, political leader, and military officer. It speaks to the soul of anyone who has ever exercised authority or faced adversity or believed in a better day. -
Ethics 101
- By: Brian Boone
- Narrator: Fred Sanders
- Length: 7 hours 0 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2017
- Language: English
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3.81(189 ratings)
3.81(189 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDExplore the mysteries of morality and the concept of right and wrong with this accessible, engaging guide featuring basic facts along with an overview of modern-day issues ranging from business ethics and bioethics to political and socialExplore the mysteries of morality and the concept of right and wrong with this accessible, engaging guide featuring basic facts along with an overview of modern-day issues ranging from business ethics and bioethics to political and social ethics.
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Ethics 101 offers an exciting look into the history of moral principles that dictate human behavior. Unlike traditional textbooks that overwhelm, this easy-to-read guide presents the key concepts of ethics in fun, straightforward lessons and exercises featuring only the most important facts, theories, and ideas. Ethics 101 includes unique, accessible elements such as:
-Explanations of the major moral philosophies including utilitarianism, deontology, virtue ethics, and eastern philosophers including Avicenna, Buddha, and Confucius.
-Classic thought exercises including the trolley problem, the sorites paradox, and agency theory
-Unique profiles of the greatest characters in moral philosophy
-An explanation of modern applied ethics in bioethics, business ethics, political ethics, professional ethics, organizational ethics, and social ethics
From Plato to Jean-Paul Sartre and utilitarianism to antirealism, Ethics 101 is jam-packed with enlightening information that you can’t get anywhere else! -
Stoics and Epicureans
- By: Daryl Hale
- Narrator: Lynn Redgrave
- Length: 2 hours 43 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2006
- Language: English
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3.57(195 ratings)
3.57(195 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.009.95 USDStoics and Epicureans date from the Hellenistic period, but the debate between these two modes of thought continues today. For the Stoics, the goal of human life was to align one’s nature with the rational order of all things by cultivatingStoics and Epicureans date from the Hellenistic period, but the debate between these two modes of thought continues today. For the Stoics, the goal of human life was to align one’s nature with the rational order of all things by cultivating pure reason. Through the practice of dialectic, they aimed for ethical righteousness and self-control. In sad or turbulent times, stoical endurance has appealed to many people as a way of coping.
The Epicureans also valued moderation, but they were suspicious of overly sophisticated intellectual debate, relying more on sense impressions to establish truth. Concluding that life is simple and its truths easy to perceive, they sought a life of minimum pain and maximum pleasure by rejecting external pursuits in favor of lasting inner values, like wisdom, honor, and peace of mind.
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A History of Western Philosophy
- By: Bertrand Russell
- Narrator: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 38 hours 3 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2020
- Language: English
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4.12(34004 ratings)
4.12(34004 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0039.99 USDHailed as “lucid and magisterial” by The Observer, this book is universally acclaimed as the outstanding one-volume work on the subject of Western philosophy.Considered to be one of the most important philosophical works of all time, theHailed as “lucid and magisterial” by The Observer, this book is universally acclaimed as the outstanding one-volume work on the subject of Western philosophy.
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Considered to be one of the most important philosophical works of all time, the History of Western Philosophy is a dazzlingly unique exploration of the ideologies of significant philosophers throughout the ages–from Plato and Aristotle through to Spinoza, Kant and the twentieth century. Written by a man who changed the history of philosophy himself, this is an account that has never been rivaled since its first publication over sixty years ago.
Since its first publication in 1945, Lord Russell’s A History of Western Philosophy is still unparalleled in its comprehensiveness, its clarity, its erudition, its grace, and its wit. In seventy-six chapters he traces philosophy from the rise of Greek civilization to the emergence of logical analysis in the twentieth century.
Among the philosophers considered are: Pythagoras, Heraclitus, Parmenides, Empedocles, Anaxagoras, the Atomists, Protagoras, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, the Cynics, the Sceptics, the Epicureans, the Stoics, Plotinus, Ambrose, Jerome, Augustine, Benedict, Gregory the Great, John the Scot, Aquinas, Duns Scotus, William of Occam, Machiavelli, Erasmus, More, Bacon, Hobbes, Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, the Utilitarians, Marx, Bergson, James, Dewey, and lastly the philosophers with whom Lord Russell himself is most closely associated–Cantor, Frege, and Whitehead, coauthor with Russell of the monumental Principia Mathematica. -
First Principles
- By: Thomas E. Ricks
- Narrator: James Lurie
- Length: 11 hours 56 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: November 10, 2020
- Language: English
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4.11(1727 ratings)
4.11(1727 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0026.99 USDNew York Times BestsellerEditors’ Choice —New York Times Book Review “Ricks knocks it out of the park with this jewel of a book. On every page I learned something new. Read it every night if you want to restore your faith in ourNew York Times Bestseller
Editors’ Choice —New York Times Book Review“Ricks knocks it out of the park with this jewel of a book. On every page I learned something new. Read it every night if you want to restore your faith in our country.” –James Mattis, General, U.S. Marines (ret.) & 26th Secretary of Defense
The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and #1 New York Times bestselling author offers a revelatory new book about the founding fathers, examining their educations and, in particular, their devotion to the ancient Greek and Roman classics–and how that influence would shape their ideals and the new American nation.
On the morning after the 2016 presidential election, Thomas Ricks awoke with a few questions on his mind: What kind of nation did we now have? Is it what was designed or intended by the nation’s founders? Trying to get as close to the source as he could, Ricks decided to go back and read the philosophy and literature that shaped the founders’ thinking, and the letters they wrote to each other debating these crucial works–among them the Iliad, Plutarch’s Lives, and the works of Xenophon, Epicurus, Aristotle, Cato, and Cicero. For though much attention has been paid the influence of English political philosophers, like John Locke, closer to their own era, the founders were far more immersed in the literature of the ancient world.
The first four American presidents came to their classical knowledge differently. Washington absorbed it mainly from the elite culture of his day; Adams from the laws and rhetoric of Rome; Jefferson immersed himself in classical philosophy, especially Epicureanism; and Madison, both a groundbreaking researcher and a deft politician, spent years studying the ancient world like a political scientist. Each of their experiences, and distinctive learning, played an essential role in the formation of the United States. In examining how and what they studied, looking at them in the unusual light of the classical world, Ricks is able to draw arresting and fresh portraits of men we thought we knew.
First Principles follows these four members of the Revolutionary generation from their youths to their adult lives, as they grappled with questions of independence, and forming and keeping a new nation. In doing so, Ricks interprets not only the effect of the ancient world on each man, and how that shaped our constitution and government, but offers startling new insights into these legendary leaders.
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Lost in the Valley of Death
- By: Harley Rustad
- Narrator: Harley Rustad
- Length: 10 hours 41 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: January 11, 2022
- Language: English
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3.58(1825 ratings)
3.58(1825 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.004.99 USDIn the vein of Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild, a riveting work of narrative nonfiction centering on the unsolved disappearance of an American backpacker in India–one of at least two dozen tourists who have met a similar fate in the remoteIn the vein of Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild, a riveting work of narrative nonfiction centering on the unsolved disappearance of an American backpacker in India–one of at least two dozen tourists who have met a similar fate in the remote and storied Parvati Valley.
For centuries, India has enthralled westerners looking for an exotic getaway, a brief immersion in yoga and meditation, or in rare cases, a true pilgrimage to find spiritual revelation. Justin Alexander Shetler, an inveterate traveler trained in wilderness survival, was one such seeker.
In his early thirties Justin Alexander Shetler quit his job at a tech startup and set out on a global journey: across the United States by motorcycle, then down to South America, and on to the Philippines, Thailand, and Nepal, in search of authentic experiences and meaningful encounters, while also documenting his travels on Instagram. His enigmatic character and magnetic personality gained him a devoted following who lived vicariously through his adventures. But the ever restless explorer was driven to seek out ever greater extremes, and greater risks, in what had become a personal quest–his own hero’s journey.
In 2016, he made his way to the Parvati Valley, a remote and rugged corner of the Indian Himalayas steeped in mystical tradition yet shrouded in darkness and danger. There, he spent weeks studying under the guidance of a sadhu, an Indian holy man, living and meditating in a cave. At the end of August, accompanied by the sadhu, he set off on a “spiritual journey” to a holy lake–a journey from which he would never return.
Lost in the Valley of Death is about one man’s search to find himself, in a country where for many westerners the path to spiritual enlightenment can prove fraught, even treacherous. But it is also a story about all of us and the ways, sometimes extreme, we seek fulfillment in life.
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Between the Devil and Desire
- By: Lorraine Heath
- Narrator: Susan Ericksen
- Length: 11 hours 15 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: March 07, 2012
- Language: English
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4.02(7272 ratings)
4.02(7272 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDInspired by Dickens’ character The Artful Dodger, Lorraine Heath has created a page-turning, passionate romance. Jack Dodger has survived London’s streets to become the owner of an exclusive gentleman’s club and one of theInspired by Dickens’ character The Artful Dodger, Lorraine Heath has created a page-turning, passionate romance. Jack Dodger has survived London’s streets to become the owner of an exclusive gentleman’s club and one of the wealthiest men in England. But when the late Duke of Lovingdon mysteriously makes him guardian of his 4 year old heir, Dodger is thrown together with Olivia, the boy’s mother, who wants to be rid of him as soon as possible. But soon Jack discovers a love that knows no bounds as he comes to care for Olivia. The young woman tames him, and he realizes he’ll give up everything he possesses to make her happy.
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A Crown Imperiled
- By: Raymond E. Feist
- Narrator: John Meagher
- Length: 12 hours 29 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: March 13, 2012
- Language: English
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4.07(5479 ratings)
4.07(5479 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USD“Feist constantly amazes.”–SF Site “Feist has a command of language and a natural talent for keeping the reader turning pages.” —Chicago Sun-Times The Chaoswar–the fifth and final Riftwar–is in full,“Feist constantly amazes.”
–SF Site“Feist has a command of language and a natural talent for keeping the reader turning pages.”
—Chicago Sun-TimesThe Chaoswar–the fifth and final Riftwar–is in full, explosive swing in Raymond E. Feist’s A Crown Imperiled, the second book in the acclaimed, New York Times bestselling fantasist’s monumental saga of courage, conflict, and bitter consequence. Once again, Midkemia, the author’s brilliantly conceived fantasy milieu, is in gravest danger from outside invaders–and from treacherous forces within–as the death of a powerful leader throws the world into chaos and threatens all hope of enduring peace. Returning in A Crown Imperiled are some of Feist’s most memorable characters–including the great sorcerer, Pug, who has been a fan favorite since his introduction in the author’s beloved classic, Magician–and the action, as always, comes fast and furious. The Chaoswar Saga is the master fantasist working at the peak of his powers, and further proof why Raymond E. Feist, like Terry Goodkind, George R. R. Martin, and Terry Brooks, is one of the true giants of epic fantasy fiction.
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Magician’s End
- By: Raymond E. Feist
- Narrator: John Meagher
- Length: 17 hours 5 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: May 14, 2013
- Language: English
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4.31(5133 ratings)
4.31(5133 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0034.99 USDThree decades…Five Riftwars…One magnificent saga: Magician’s End is the final book in New York Times bestselling author Raymond E. Feist’s science fiction epic Riftwar Cycle. Thirty years ago, Feist’s first novel,Three decades…Five Riftwars…One magnificent saga: Magician’s End is the final book in New York Times bestselling author Raymond E. Feist’s science fiction epic Riftwar Cycle.
Thirty years ago, Feist’s first novel, Magician, introduced us to an orphan boy named Pug, who rises from slavery to become a Master Magician, and to Midkemia and the Riftwar, an epic series of battles between Good and Evil that have scarred Pug’s world for generations.
After twenty-nine books, Feist delivers the crowning achievement of his renowned bestselling career: Magician’s End, the final chapter in The Chaos Wars, the climax of his extraordinary Riftwar Cycle.
Pug, now the greatest magician of all time, must risk everything he has fought for and everything he cherishes in the hope of destroying an evil enemy once and for all. But to achieve peace and save untold millions of lives, he will have to pay the ultimate price.
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Born to Bite
- By: Lynsay Sands
- Narrator: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 10 hours 12 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: August 31, 2010
- Language: English
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4.22(11814 ratings)
4.22(11814 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USD“Lynsay Sands writes books that keep readers coming back for more.” –Katie MacAlister, USA Today Bestselling Author of A Girl’s Guide to Vampires The Argeneau vampire family is back in Born to Bite by USA Today and New York“Lynsay Sands writes books that keep readers coming back for more.”
–Katie MacAlister, USA Today Bestselling Author of A Girl’s Guide to VampiresThe Argeneau vampire family is back in Born to Bite by USA Today and New York Times bestseller Lynsay Sands. One of the premier names in contemporary paranormal romance, the incomparable Sands blends steamy passion with mystery, as a sexy, chopper-riding Enforcer investigates a breathtaking immortal whose previous three wives all have had trouble remaining undead. Are you hooked on Charlaine Harris and her Sookie Stackhouse books? Then Lynsay Sands and Born to Bite are exactly what you’re hungry for.
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A Kingdom Besieged
- By: Raymond E. Feist
- Narrator: John Meagher
- Length: 11 hours 5 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: April 12, 2011
- Language: English
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3.99(8348 ratings)
3.99(8348 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USD“Feist has the universe firmly under his control.”—Contra Costa Times “Feist has a natural talent for keeping the reader turning pages.”—Chicago-Sun Times Midkemia’s fifth and final Riftwar–the“Feist has the universe firmly under his control.”
—Contra Costa Times“Feist has a natural talent for keeping the reader turning pages.”
—Chicago-Sun TimesMidkemia’s fifth and final Riftwar–the devastating Chaoswar–explodes in the opening volume of Raymond E. Feist’s spectacular new epic fantasy trilogy of magic, conflict, and world-shattering peril. A Kingdom Besieged is a breathtaking adventure that brings back Pug–first introduced in Feist’s classic debut novel, Magician, and now Midkemia’s most powerful sorcerer–who faces a major magical cataclysm that forces him to question everything he’s ever held as true and dear…including the loyalty of his beloved son Magnus. The Chaoswar promises to be the crowning achievement in the three decades-long career of a New York Times bestselling master fantasist who rules the sword and sorcery universe along with Terry Goodkind, George R. R. Martin, and Terry Brooks.
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The Lady is a Vamp
- By: Lynsay Sands
- Narrator: Paula Christensen
- Length: 9 hours 45 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: July 31, 2012
- Language: English
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4.24(9515 ratings)
4.24(9515 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USD“Lynsay Sands writes books that keep readers coming back for more.”–Katie MacAlister, USA Today Bestselling Author “Take a bite into a fresh, fun vampire comedy … read Lynsay Sands!”–Carly Phillips, New York“Lynsay Sands writes books that keep readers coming back for more.”
–Katie MacAlister, USA Today Bestselling Author“Take a bite into a fresh, fun vampire comedy … read Lynsay Sands!”
–Carly Phillips, New York Times Bestselling AuthorThe Argeneau’s are hungry for love–and Lynsay Sands’s bestselling paranormal romance series starring the enormously popular vampire family is hotter than ever! In this New York Times and USA Today bestselling author’s spicy-sweet sixteenth Argeneau novel, the lady is a gorgeous vampire enchantress who finds herself kidnapped by one desperate–and devastatingly handsome–man. The Lady is a Vamp is Lynsay at her best–and fans of the hit HBO series True Blood, as well as the Charlaine Harris Sookie Stackhouse novels it’s based on, will eagerly drink in every tasty drop of this sexy, suspenseful paranormal winner.
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Did You Ever Have A Family
- By: Bill Clegg
- Narrator: Bill Clegg
- Length: 6 hours 54 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2015
- Language: English
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3.8(22239 ratings)
3.8(22239 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD, MAN BOOKER PRIZE, PEN/ROBERT W. BINGHAM PRIZE, AND ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE * AN ALA NOTABLE BOOK Hailed as “masterly” by The New York Times Book Review,NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD, MAN BOOKER PRIZE, PEN/ROBERT W. BINGHAM PRIZE, AND ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE * AN ALA NOTABLE BOOK
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Hailed as “masterly” by The New York Times Book Review, “a brilliantly constructed debut set in the aftermath of catastrophic loss” (2015 Man Booker Prize Judges).
The stunning debut novel from bestselling author Bill Clegg is a magnificently powerful story about a circle of people who find solace in the least likely of places as they cope with a horrific tragedy.
On the eve of her daughter’s wedding, June Reid’s life is upended when a shocking disaster takes the lives of her daughter, her daughter’s fiance, her ex-husband, and her boyfriend, Luke–her entire family, all gone in a moment. June is the only survivor.
Alone and directionless, June drives across the country, away from her small Connecticut town. In her wake, a community emerges, weaving a beautiful and surprising web of connections through shared heartbreak.
From the couple running a motel on the Pacific Ocean where June eventually settles into a quiet half-life, to the wedding’s caterer whose bill has been forgotten, to Luke’s mother, the shattered outcast of the town–everyone touched by the tragedy is changed as truths about their near and far histories finally come to light.
Elegant and heartrending, and one of the most accomplished fiction debuts of the year, Did You Ever Have a Family is an absorbing, unforgettable tale that reveals humanity at its best through forgiveness and hope. At its core is a celebration of family–the ones we are born with and the ones we create. -
Dark Tort
- By: Diane Mott Davidson
- Narrator: Elizabeth Marvel
- Length: 6 hours 6 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: April 11, 2006
- Language: English
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3.82(7086 ratings)
3.82(7086 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDI tripped over the body of Dusty Routt sometime after10 o’clock on the evening of October 19. . . The New York Times bestselling author cooks up a knockout treat featuring the irrepressible caterer Goldy Schulz. Goldy Schulz has a lucrativeI tripped over the body of Dusty Routt sometime after
10 o’clock on the evening of October 19. . .The New York Times bestselling author cooks up a knockout treat featuring the irrepressible caterer Goldy Schulz.
Goldy Schulz has a lucrative new gig, preparing breakfasts and conference room snacks for a local law firm. It’s time-consuming, but Goldy is enjoying it — until the night she arrives to find Dusty, the firm’s paralegal, dead. The poor young woman also happens to be Goldy’s friend and neighbor, and now Dusty’s grieving mother begs Goldy to find out who murdered her daughter.
Just because the police are on the case doesn’t mean Goldy can’t do a little snooping herself. While catering a party at the home of one of the firm’s lawyers, she manages to overhear an incriminating conversation and ends up discovering a few clues in the kitchen. Before long, Goldy is knee deep in suspects, one of whom is incredibly dangerous and very liable to cook Goldy’s goose.
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The Blue Zone
- By: Andrew Gross
- Narrator: Ilyana Kadushin
- Length: 9 hours 27 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: April 17, 2007
- Language: English
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3.83(4236 ratings)
3.83(4236 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDFrom the number one New York Times bestselling coauthor of Judge & Jury and Lifeguard comes this electrifying solo debut, The Blue Zone. Kate Raab’s life seems almost perfect: her boyfriend, her job, her family . . . until her fatherFrom the number one New York Times bestselling coauthor of Judge & Jury and Lifeguard comes this electrifying solo debut, The Blue Zone.
Kate Raab’s life seems almost perfect: her boyfriend, her job, her family . . . until her father runs into trouble with the law. His only recourse is to testify against his former accomplices in exchange for his family’s placement in the Witness Protection Program. But one of them gets cold feet. In a flash, everything Kate can count on is gone.
Now, a year later, her worst fears have happened: Her father has disappeared–into what the WITSEC agency calls “the blue zone”–and someone close to him is found brutally murdered. With her family under surveillance, the FBI untrustworthy, and her father’s menacing “friends” circling with increasing intensity, Kate sets off to find her father–and uncover the secrets someone will kill to keep buried.
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