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Why We Dream

The Transformative Power of Our Nightly Journey

by Alice Robb ...

A science journalist explores the latest research on dreams—how they work, what they're for, and how we can reap the benefits.While on a research trip in Peru, science journalist Alice Robb became hooked on lucid dreaming—the uncanny phenomenon in which a sleeping person can realize that they're dreaming and even control the dreamed experience. Finding these forays both puzzling and exhilarating, ... Read more

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A science journalist explores the latest research on dreams—how they work, what they're for, and how we can reap the benefits.While on a research trip in Peru, science journalist Alice Robb became hooked on lucid dreaming—the uncanny phenomenon in which a sleeping person can realize that they're dreaming and even control the dreamed experience. Finding these forays both puzzling and exhilarating,
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Don't Think, Dear

On Loving and Leaving Ballet

by Alice Robb ...

"Expertly choreographed and long overdue, this is the nuanced reckoning ballet needs, ballerinas deserve, and all feminists should note." -Oprah DailyAn incisive exploration of ballet’s role in the modern world, told through the experience of the author and her classmates at the most elite ballet school in the country: the School of American Ballet.Growing up, Alice Robb dreamed of becoming a ... Read more

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"Expertly choreographed and long overdue, this is the nuanced reckoning ballet needs, ballerinas deserve, and all feminists should note." -Oprah DailyAn incisive exploration of ballet’s role in the modern world, told through the experience of the author and her classmates at the most elite ballet school in the country: the School of American Ballet.Growing up, Alice Robb dreamed of becoming a
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Don't Think, Dear

On Loving and Leaving Ballet

by Alice Robb ...

Narrated by Alice Robb ...

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7 hours 36 min

An incisive exploration of ballet’s role in the modern world, told through the experience of the author and her classmates at the most elite ballet school in the country: the School of American Ballet.Growing up, Alice Robb dreamed of becoming a ballet dancer. But by age fifteen, she had to face the reality that she would never meet the impossibly high standards of the hyper-competitive ballet ... Read more

$25.99 USD

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An incisive exploration of ballet’s role in the modern world, told through the experience of the author and her classmates at the most elite ballet school in the country: the School of American Ballet.Growing up, Alice Robb dreamed of becoming a ballet dancer. But by age fifteen, she had to face the reality that she would never meet the impossibly high standards of the hyper-competitive ballet
... Read more

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Why We Dream

The Transformative Power of Our Nightly Journey

by Alice Robb ...

Narrated by Christina Delaine ...

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8 hours 34 min

While on a research trip in Peru, science journalist Alice Robb became hooked on lucid dreaming—the uncanny phenomenon in which a sleeping person can realize that they're dreaming and even control the dreamed experience. Finding these forays both puzzling and exhilarating, Robb dug deeper into the science of dreams at an extremely opportune moment: just as researchers began to understand why ... Read more

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While on a research trip in Peru, science journalist Alice Robb became hooked on lucid dreaming—the uncanny phenomenon in which a sleeping person can realize that they're dreaming and even control the dreamed experience. Finding these forays both puzzling and exhilarating, Robb dug deeper into the science of dreams at an extremely opportune moment: just as researchers began to understand why
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Remarkable Creatures

Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species

by Sean B. Carroll ...

Narrated by Jim Bond ...

Unabridged

9 hours 36 min

National Book Award Finalist: A biologist's "thoroughly enjoyable" account of the expeditions that unearthed the history of life on our planet (Publishers Weekly).Not so long ago, most of our world was an unexplored wilderness. Our sense of its age was vague and vastly off the mark, and much of the knowledge of our own species' history was a set of fantastic myths and fairy tales. But scientists ... Read more

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National Book Award Finalist: A biologist's "thoroughly enjoyable" account of the expeditions that unearthed the history of life on our planet (Publishers Weekly).Not so long ago, most of our world was an unexplored wilderness. Our sense of its age was vague and vastly off the mark, and much of the knowledge of our own species' history was a set of fantastic myths and fairy tales. But scientists
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The Happy Writer

Get More Ideas, Write More Words, and Find More Joy from First Draft to Publication and Beyond

by Marissa Meyer ...

Narrated by Marissa Meyer ...

Unabridged

8 hours 46 min

**This program is read by the author.From #1 New York Times bestselling author and the creator and host of the popular podcast, The Happy Writer, comes the ultimate guide to writing with less stress and more JOY.**If you aren’t suffering, you aren’t creating. Right?Wrong!Writing can and should be joyful, fulfilling… even fun! Applicable to writers in all genres and disciplines—from screenwriters ... Read more

$24.99 USD

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**This program is read by the author.From #1 New York Times bestselling author and the creator and host of the popular podcast, The Happy Writer, comes the ultimate guide to writing with less stress and more JOY.**If you aren’t suffering, you aren’t creating. Right?Wrong!Writing can and should be joyful, fulfilling… even fun! Applicable to writers in all genres and disciplines—from screenwriters
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Modern Friendship

How to Nurture Our Most Valued Connections

by Anna Goldfarb ...

Narrated by Anna Goldfarb ...

Unabridged

8 hours 13 min

From the “Friendship Explainer,” a definitive step-by-step guide to understanding the fundamental mechanics of friendshipModern friendships can be painfully ambiguous. But they don’t have to be. Journalist Anna Goldfarb has your back. “It’s understandable if your friendships are floundering. You’re up against historically new forces that we, as a culture, have no precedent for navigating,” she ... Read more

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From the “Friendship Explainer,” a definitive step-by-step guide to understanding the fundamental mechanics of friendshipModern friendships can be painfully ambiguous. But they don’t have to be. Journalist Anna Goldfarb has your back. “It’s understandable if your friendships are floundering. You’re up against historically new forces that we, as a culture, have no precedent for navigating,” she
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The Hummingbirds' Gift

Wonder, Beauty, and Renewal on Wings

by Sy Montgomery ...

Narrated by Sy Montgomery ...

Unabridged

2 hours 5 min

From the beloved New York Times bestselling author of the “fascinating…entertaining” (The Daily Beast) National Book Award finalist The Soul of an Octopus, a charmingly perfect gem of a book about the most exquisite and extraordinary of winged creatures—hummingbirds.As one of the most beautiful and intriguing birds found in nature, hummin... ... Read more

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From the beloved New York Times bestselling author of the “fascinating…entertaining” (The Daily Beast) National Book Award finalist The Soul of an Octopus, a charmingly perfect gem of a book about the most exquisite and extraordinary of winged creatures—hummingbirds.As one of the most beautiful and intriguing birds found in nature, hummin...
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Finding Zero

A Mathematician’s Odyssey to Uncover the Origins of Numbers

by Amir D. Aczel, Cassandra de Cuir ...

Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki ...

Unabridged

5 hours 56 min

The story of how we got our numbers—told through one mathematician's journey to find zeroThe invention of numerals is perhaps the greatest abstraction the human mind has ever created. Virtually everything in our lives is digital, numerical, or quantified. The story of how and where we got these numerals, which we so depend on, has for thousands of years been shrouded in mystery. Finding Zero is an ... Read more

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The story of how we got our numbers—told through one mathematician's journey to find zeroThe invention of numerals is perhaps the greatest abstraction the human mind has ever created. Virtually everything in our lives is digital, numerical, or quantified. The story of how and where we got these numerals, which we so depend on, has for thousands of years been shrouded in mystery. Finding Zero is an
... Read more

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After Jesus Before Christianity

A Historical Exploration of the First Two Centuries of Jesus Movements

by Erin Vearncombe, Brandon Scott, Hal Taussig, Westar Institute, The ...

Narrated by Cindy Kay ...

Unabridged

10 hours 53 min

From the creative minds of the scholarly group behind the groundbreaking Jesus Seminar comes this provocative and eye-opening look at the roots of Christianity that offers a thoughtful reconsideration of the first two centuries of the Jesus movement, transforming our understanding of the religion and its early dissemination.Christianity has endured for more than two millennia and is practiced by ... Read more

$28.99 USD

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From the creative minds of the scholarly group behind the groundbreaking Jesus Seminar comes this provocative and eye-opening look at the roots of Christianity that offers a thoughtful reconsideration of the first two centuries of the Jesus movement, transforming our understanding of the religion and its early dissemination.Christianity has endured for more than two millennia and is practiced by
... Read more

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Dear Fahrenheit 451

Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks

by Annie Spence ...

Narrated by Stephanie Spicer ...

Unabridged

5 hours 36 min

Librarians spend their lives weeding-not weeds, but books-books that have reached the end of their shelf life both literally and figuratively. They remove books that patrons no longer check out, and they put back books they treasure. Annie Spence, who has a decade of experience as a Midwestern librarian, does this not only at her Michigan library but also at home, for her neighbors, at cocktail ... Read more

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Librarians spend their lives weeding-not weeds, but books-books that have reached the end of their shelf life both literally and figuratively. They remove books that patrons no longer check out, and they put back books they treasure. Annie Spence, who has a decade of experience as a Midwestern librarian, does this not only at her Michigan library but also at home, for her neighbors, at cocktail
... Read more

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Artificial Unintelligence

How Computers Misunderstand the World

by Meredith Broussard ...

Narrated by Andrea Emmes ...

Unabridged

7 hours 46 min

In Artificial Unintelligence, Meredith Broussard argues that our collective enthusiasm for applying computer technology to every aspect of life has resulted in a tremendous amount of poorly designed systems. We are so eager to do everything digitally—hiring, driving, paying bills, even choosing romantic partners—that we have stopped demanding that our technology actually work. Broussard, a ... Read more

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In Artificial Unintelligence, Meredith Broussard argues that our collective enthusiasm for applying computer technology to every aspect of life has resulted in a tremendous amount of poorly designed systems. We are so eager to do everything digitally—hiring, driving, paying bills, even choosing romantic partners—that we have stopped demanding that our technology actually work. Broussard, a
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