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Dead Girls

Essays on Surviving an American Obsession

by Alice Bolin ...

"[A] deliciously dry, moody essay collection" about America's obsession with violence against women is "a lyrical meditation" (Carina Chocano, New York Times Book Review).In this poignant collection, Alice Bolin examines iconic American works from the essays of Joan Didion and James Baldwin to Twin Peaks, Britney Spears, and Serial, illuminating the widespread obsession with women who are abused, ... Read more

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"[A] deliciously dry, moody essay collection" about America's obsession with violence against women is "a lyrical meditation" (Carina Chocano, New York Times Book Review).In this poignant collection, Alice Bolin examines iconic American works from the essays of Joan Didion and James Baldwin to Twin Peaks, Britney Spears, and Serial, illuminating the widespread obsession with women who are abused,
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Culture Creep

Notes on the Pop Apocalypse

by Alice Bolin ...

"This book re-framed my entire adolescence. I highly recommend you read it." — LING MAFrom the critically acclaimed author of Dead Girls (“stylish and inspired”—New York Times Book Review), a sharp, engrossing collection of essays that explore the strange career of popular feminism and steady creep of cults and cult-think into our daily lives.In seven stunning original essays, Alice Bolin turns ... Read more

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"This book re-framed my entire adolescence. I highly recommend you read it." — LING MAFrom the critically acclaimed author of Dead Girls (“stylish and inspired”—New York Times Book Review), a sharp, engrossing collection of essays that explore the strange career of popular feminism and steady creep of cults and cult-think into our daily lives.In seven stunning original essays, Alice Bolin turns
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Culture Creep

Notes on the Pop Apocalypse

by Alice Bolin ...

Narrated by Kristen Sieh ...

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8 hours 7 min

"This book re-framed my entire adolescence. I highly recommend you read it." — LING MAFrom the critically acclaimed author of Dead Girls (“stylish and inspired”—New York Times Book Review), a sharp, engrossing collection of essays that explore the strange career of popular feminism and steady creep of cults and cult-think into our daily lives.In seven stunning original essays, Alice Bolin turns ... Read more

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"This book re-framed my entire adolescence. I highly recommend you read it." — LING MAFrom the critically acclaimed author of Dead Girls (“stylish and inspired”—New York Times Book Review), a sharp, engrossing collection of essays that explore the strange career of popular feminism and steady creep of cults and cult-think into our daily lives.In seven stunning original essays, Alice Bolin turns
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Dead Girls

Essays on Surviving an American Obsession

by Alice Bolin ...

Narrated by Em Eldridge ...

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8 hours 22 min

“Dead Girls is everything I want in an essay collection: provocative lines of inquiry, macabre humor, blistering intelligence... I love this book. I want to take it into the middle of a crowded room and hold it up and scream until someone tackles me the ground; even then, I’d probably keep screaming.”— Carmen Maria Machado, author of Her Body and Other Parties"Bracing and blazingly smart, Alice ... Read more

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“Dead Girls is everything I want in an essay collection: provocative lines of inquiry, macabre humor, blistering intelligence... I love this book. I want to take it into the middle of a crowded room and hold it up and scream until someone tackles me the ground; even then, I’d probably keep screaming.”— Carmen Maria Machado, author of Her Body and Other Parties"Bracing and blazingly smart, Alice
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Four Days a Week

The Life-Changing Solution for Reducing Employee Stress, Improving Well-Being, and Working Smarter

by Juliet Schor ...

Narrated by Helen Laser ...

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7 hours 21 min

Bestselling author, leading sociologist and economist Juliet Schor makes the case for a four-day work week, persuasively showing how this model can address major challenges such as burnout, AI and the climate crisis, and how employees, companies, and governments can work together to make it a reality.Around the world, long hours and intense pressure are taking their toll. When the pandemic hit in ... Read more

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Bestselling author, leading sociologist and economist Juliet Schor makes the case for a four-day work week, persuasively showing how this model can address major challenges such as burnout, AI and the climate crisis, and how employees, companies, and governments can work together to make it a reality.Around the world, long hours and intense pressure are taking their toll. When the pandemic hit in
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Triumph of the Yuppies

America, the Eighties, and the Creation of an Unequal Nation

by Tom McGrath ...

Narrated by Stacy Carolan ...

Unabridged

10 hours 15 min

**A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF 2024A fascinating first history of the Yuppie phenomenon, chronicling the roots, rise, triumph and (seeming) fall of the young urban professionals who radically altered American life between 1980 and 1987."Entertaining and insightful." —Ben Mezrich, New York Times bestselling author of Bitcoin Billionaires**By the time their obituary was being written in the late 1980s, ... Read more

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**A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF 2024A fascinating first history of the Yuppie phenomenon, chronicling the roots, rise, triumph and (seeming) fall of the young urban professionals who radically altered American life between 1980 and 1987."Entertaining and insightful." —Ben Mezrich, New York Times bestselling author of Bitcoin Billionaires**By the time their obituary was being written in the late 1980s,
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Cry for Me, Argentina

My Life as a Failed Child Star

by Tamara Yajia ...

Narrated by Tamara Yajia ...

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6 hours 46 min

Bloomsbury presents Cry for Me, Argentina written and read by Tamara YajiaNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY VULTURE AND NPR“Tamara is one of the funniest people I know and her memoir is as hilarious as she is.” --Cecily Strong“Tamara’s life story is fascinating.” --Taika WaititiA hilarious, moving memoir by Argentine-American comedian Tamara Yajia about growing up between two worlds.... ... Read more

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Bloomsbury presents Cry for Me, Argentina written and read by Tamara YajiaNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY VULTURE AND NPR“Tamara is one of the funniest people I know and her memoir is as hilarious as she is.” --Cecily Strong“Tamara’s life story is fascinating.” --Taika WaititiA hilarious, moving memoir by Argentine-American comedian Tamara Yajia about growing up between two worlds....
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Immaculate Conception

A Novel

by Ling Ling Huang ...

Narrated by Carolyn Kang ...

Unabridged

9 hours 8 min

**“A superb work of fiction.”—New York Times Book ReviewWhat if you could enter the mind of the person you love the most?**Enka meets Mathilde in art school and is instantly drawn to her. Mathilde makes art that feels truly original, and Enka—trying hard to prove herself in this fiercely competitive world—pours everything into their friendship. But when Mathilde’s fame and success cause her to ... Read more

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**“A superb work of fiction.”—New York Times Book ReviewWhat if you could enter the mind of the person you love the most?**Enka meets Mathilde in art school and is instantly drawn to her. Mathilde makes art that feels truly original, and Enka—trying hard to prove herself in this fiercely competitive world—pours everything into their friendship. But when Mathilde’s fame and success cause her to
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Sea of Grass

The Conquest, Ruin, and Redemption of Nature on the American Prairie

by Dave Hage, Josephine Marcotty ...

Narrated by George Newbern ...

Unabridged

11 hours 28 min

A vivid portrait of the American prairie, which rivals the rainforest in its biological diversity and, with little notice, is disappearing even faster“This book describes—in loving, living prose—one of the world’s greatest and most important landscapes. And it does so while there’s still time to save some serious part of it.”—Bill McKibben, author of The End of NatureThe North American prairie is ... Read more

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A vivid portrait of the American prairie, which rivals the rainforest in its biological diversity and, with little notice, is disappearing even faster“This book describes—in loving, living prose—one of the world’s greatest and most important landscapes. And it does so while there’s still time to save some serious part of it.”—Bill McKibben, author of The End of NatureThe North American prairie is
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Jesusland

Stories from the Upside Down World of Christian Pop Culture

by Joelle Kidd ...

Narrated by Courtney Kurysh ...

Unabridged

15 hours 2 min

An empathetic, funny, and sharply critical collection of essays exploring the Christian pop culture of the 2000s and its influence on today’s politically powerful evangelicalism“Braiding relentless curiosity, sharp argument, and wry comedy, Kidd offers a lucid critique of evangelicalism that is always attentive to, and respectful of, the mysteries of faith. This is cultural criticism at its finest ... Read more

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An empathetic, funny, and sharply critical collection of essays exploring the Christian pop culture of the 2000s and its influence on today’s politically powerful evangelicalism“Braiding relentless curiosity, sharp argument, and wry comedy, Kidd offers a lucid critique of evangelicalism that is always attentive to, and respectful of, the mysteries of faith. This is cultural criticism at its finest
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Lying For Money

How Legendary Frauds Reveal the Workings of the World

by Dan Davies ...

Narrated by Tim Paige ...

Unabridged

9 hours 10 min

An entertaining, deeply informative explanation of how high-level financial crimes work, written “with verve and wit” (The Sunday Times, London) by an industry insider who’s an expert in the field.The way most white-collar crime works is by manipulating institutional psychology. That means creating something that looks as much as possible like a normal set of transactions. The drama comes later, ... Read more

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An entertaining, deeply informative explanation of how high-level financial crimes work, written “with verve and wit” (The Sunday Times, London) by an industry insider who’s an expert in the field.The way most white-collar crime works is by manipulating institutional psychology. That means creating something that looks as much as possible like a normal set of transactions. The drama comes later,
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The History Gossip

A Slice of Ye Olde Scandal for Every Day of the Year

by Katie Kennedy ...

Narrated by Katie Kennedy ...

Unabridged

4 hours 26 min

In this exclusive book, Katie Kennedy of the hugely popular TikTok account @TheHistoryGossip delivers fascinating, witty, and salacious historical facts for every day of the year, proving that our shared histories are anything but boring.Sexy. Scandalous. Dodgy. If you were of the mind that history is boring, you haven’t been paying attention. Meet Katie Kennedy, aka The History Gossip. ... Read more

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In this exclusive book, Katie Kennedy of the hugely popular TikTok account @TheHistoryGossip delivers fascinating, witty, and salacious historical facts for every day of the year, proving that our shared histories are anything but boring.Sexy. Scandalous. Dodgy. If you were of the mind that history is boring, you haven’t been paying attention. Meet Katie Kennedy, aka The History Gossip.
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