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Dangerous Ideas

A Brief History of Censorship in the West, from the Ancients to Fake News

by Eric Berkowitz ...

This “engrossing history of censorship” is an urgent, timely read for our era of social media trolls, fake news, and free speech debates (The Economist).How restricting speech continuously shapes our culture, props up authorities, and maintains class and gender disparitiesThrough compelling narrative, historian Eric Berkowitz reveals how drastically censorship has shaped our modern society. More ... Read more

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This “engrossing history of censorship” is an urgent, timely read for our era of social media trolls, fake news, and free speech debates (The Economist).How restricting speech continuously shapes our culture, props up authorities, and maintains class and gender disparitiesThrough compelling narrative, historian Eric Berkowitz reveals how drastically censorship has shaped our modern society. More
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Sex and Punishment

Four Thousand Years of Judging Desire

by Eric Berkowitz ...

Sex and Punishment tells the story of the struggle throughout millennia to regulate the most powerful engine of human behaviour: sex. From the savage impalement of an Ancient Mesopotamian adulteress to the imprisonment of Oscar Wilde for 'gross indecency' in 1895, Eric Berkowitz evokes the entire sweep of Western sex law. The cast of Sex and Punishment is as varied as the forms taken by human ... Read more

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Sex and Punishment tells the story of the struggle throughout millennia to regulate the most powerful engine of human behaviour: sex. From the savage impalement of an Ancient Mesopotamian adulteress to the imprisonment of Oscar Wilde for 'gross indecency' in 1895, Eric Berkowitz evokes the entire sweep of Western sex law. The cast of Sex and Punishment is as varied as the forms taken by human
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Sex and Punishment

Four Thousand Years of Judging Desire

by Eric Berkowitz ...

Take an “enormously informative and entertaining” tour through the history of Western sex law, from ancient times through the 19th century (Boston Globe)!What royal mistresses and gay charioteers, medieval cross-dressers and lonely goat–lovers, can tell us about the history of human desire . . .The “raging frenzy” of the sex drive, to use Plato’s phrase, has always defied control. However, that’s ... Read more

$12.99 USD

Take an “enormously informative and entertaining” tour through the history of Western sex law, from ancient times through the 19th century (Boston Globe)!What royal mistresses and gay charioteers, medieval cross-dressers and lonely goat–lovers, can tell us about the history of human desire . . .The “raging frenzy” of the sex drive, to use Plato’s phrase, has always defied control. However, that’s
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The Boundaries of Desire

A Century of Good Sex, Bad Laws, and Changing Identities

by Eric Berkowitz ...

The act of reproduction, and its variants, never change much, but our ideas about the meaning of sex are in constant flux. Switch a decade, cross a border, or traverse class lines and the harmless pleasures of one group become the gravest crimes in another.Combining meticulous research and lively storytelling, The Boundaries of Desire traces the fast–moving bloodsport of sex law over the past ... Read more

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The act of reproduction, and its variants, never change much, but our ideas about the meaning of sex are in constant flux. Switch a decade, cross a border, or traverse class lines and the harmless pleasures of one group become the gravest crimes in another.Combining meticulous research and lively storytelling, The Boundaries of Desire traces the fast–moving bloodsport of sex law over the past
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Dangerous Ideas

A Brief History of Censorship in the West, from the Ancients to Fake News

by Eric Berkowitz ...

Narrated by Tim Campbell ...

Unabridged

10 hours 38 min

A fascinating examination of how restricting speech has continuously shaped our culture, and how censorship is used as a tool to prop up authorities and maintain class and gender disparitiesThrough compelling narrative, historian Eric Berkowitz reveals how drastically censorship has shaped our modern society. More than just a history of censorship, Dangerous Ideas illuminates the power of ... Read more

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A fascinating examination of how restricting speech has continuously shaped our culture, and how censorship is used as a tool to prop up authorities and maintain class and gender disparitiesThrough compelling narrative, historian Eric Berkowitz reveals how drastically censorship has shaped our modern society. More than just a history of censorship, Dangerous Ideas illuminates the power of
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Uranium Wars

The Scientific Rivalry that Created the Nuclear Age

by Amir D. Aczel ...

Narrated by Eric Conger ...

Series series MacSci
Unabridged

8 hours

Uranium, a nondescript element when found in nature, in the past century has become more sought after than gold. Its nucleus is so heavy that it is highly unstable and radioactive. If broken apart, it unleashes the tremendous power within the atom—the most controversial type of energy ever discovered.Set against the darkening shadow of World War II, Amir D. Aczel's suspenseful account tells the ... Read more

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Uranium, a nondescript element when found in nature, in the past century has become more sought after than gold. Its nucleus is so heavy that it is highly unstable and radioactive. If broken apart, it unleashes the tremendous power within the atom—the most controversial type of energy ever discovered.Set against the darkening shadow of World War II, Amir D. Aczel's suspenseful account tells the
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Understanding Iran

Everything You Need to Know, From Persia to the Islamic Republic, From Cyrus to Khamenei

by William R. Polk ...

Narrated by Paul Boehmer ...

Unabridged

12 hours 29 min

William R. Polk provides an informative, history of a country which is moving quickly toward becoming the dominant power and culture of the Middle East.A former member of the State Department's Policy Planning Council, Polk describes a country and a history misunderstood by many in the West. While Iranians chafe under the yolk of their current leaders, they also have bitter memories of generations ... Read more

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William R. Polk provides an informative, history of a country which is moving quickly toward becoming the dominant power and culture of the Middle East.A former member of the State Department's Policy Planning Council, Polk describes a country and a history misunderstood by many in the West. While Iranians chafe under the yolk of their current leaders, they also have bitter memories of generations
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Unequal Gains

American Growth and Inequality Since 1700

by Peter H. Lindert, Jeffrey G. Williamson ...

Narrated by Brian O'Neill ...

Unabridged

7 hours 35 min

Unequal Gains offers a radically new understanding of the economic evolution of the United States, providing a complete picture of the uneven progress of America from colonial times to today. While other economic historians base their accounts on American wealth, Peter Lindert and Jeffrey Williamson focus instead on income-and the result is a bold reassessment of the American economic experience. ... Read more

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Unequal Gains offers a radically new understanding of the economic evolution of the United States, providing a complete picture of the uneven progress of America from colonial times to today. While other economic historians base their accounts on American wealth, Peter Lindert and Jeffrey Williamson focus instead on income-and the result is a bold reassessment of the American economic experience.
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It's a Numberful World

How Math Is Hiding Everywhere

by Eddie Woo ...

Narrated by Adam Lofbomm ...

Unabridged

5 hours 12 min

Why aren't left-handers extinct? What makes a rainbow round? How is a pancreas . . . like a pendulum?These may not look like math questions, but they are—because they all have to do with patterns. And mathematics, atheart, is the study of patterns.That realization changed Eddie Woo's life—by turning the "dry" subject he dreaded in high school into a boundless quest for discovery. Now an award ... Read more

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Why aren't left-handers extinct? What makes a rainbow round? How is a pancreas . . . like a pendulum?These may not look like math questions, but they are—because they all have to do with patterns. And mathematics, atheart, is the study of patterns.That realization changed Eddie Woo's life—by turning the "dry" subject he dreaded in high school into a boundless quest for discovery. Now an award
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The Origins of Everything in 100 Pages (More or Less)

by David Bercovici ...

Narrated by Jim Meskimen ...

Unabridged

5 hours 13 min

Covering 13.8 billion years, a calculatedly concise, wryly intelligent history of everything, from the Big Bang to the advent of human civilizationWith wonder, wit, and flair—and in record time and space—geophysicist David Bercovici explains how everything came to be everywhere, from the creation of stars and galaxies to the formation of Earth’s atmosphere and oceans to the origin of life and ... Read more

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Covering 13.8 billion years, a calculatedly concise, wryly intelligent history of everything, from the Big Bang to the advent of human civilizationWith wonder, wit, and flair—and in record time and space—geophysicist David Bercovici explains how everything came to be everywhere, from the creation of stars and galaxies to the formation of Earth’s atmosphere and oceans to the origin of life and
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Alexander the Great

Lessons from History's Undefeated General

by Bill Yenne ...

Narrated by Richard Powers ...

Series Audiobook 0 - The World Generals Series
Unabridged

8 hours 43 min

Alexander the Great is considered one of the most successful commanders of all time and was known to be undefeated in battle. He is mentioned in the Bible as well as the Qur’an and is on the shortest of short lists whenever the world’s best military leaders are catalogued. When asked to name other great military leaders, Caesar reportedly said Alexander was the only great one.Born in 356 B.C., the ... Read more

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Alexander the Great is considered one of the most successful commanders of all time and was known to be undefeated in battle. He is mentioned in the Bible as well as the Qur’an and is on the shortest of short lists whenever the world’s best military leaders are catalogued. When asked to name other great military leaders, Caesar reportedly said Alexander was the only great one.Born in 356 B.C., the
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Kluge

The Haphazard Construction of the Human Mind

by Gary Marcus ...

Narrated by Stephen Hoye ...

Unabridged

6 hours 33 min

Are we "noble in reason"? Perfect, in God's image? Far from it, says New York University psychologist Gary Marcus. In this lucid and revealing book, Marcus argues that the mind is not an elegantly designed organ but a "kluge," a clumsy, cobbled-together contraption. He unveils a fundamentally new way of looking at the human mind—think duct tape, not supercomputer—that sheds light on some of the ... Read more

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Are we "noble in reason"? Perfect, in God's image? Far from it, says New York University psychologist Gary Marcus. In this lucid and revealing book, Marcus argues that the mind is not an elegantly designed organ but a "kluge," a clumsy, cobbled-together contraption. He unveils a fundamentally new way of looking at the human mind—think duct tape, not supercomputer—that sheds light on some of the
... Read more

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