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“stephen kurczy”

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  • The Quiet Zone

    Unraveling the Mystery of a Town Suspended in Silence

    by Stephen Kurczy ...
    In this riveting account of an area of Appalachia known as the Quiet Zone where cell phones and WiFi are banned, journalist Stephen Kurczy explores the pervasive role of technology in our lives and the innate human need for quiet."Captures the complex beauty of a disconnected way of life." — The NationWith a new afterword to the paperback editionDeep in the Appalachian Mountains lies the last ... Read more

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    The Quiet Zone

    Unraveling the Mystery of a Town Suspended in Silence

    by Stephen Kurczy ...
    Narrated by Roger Wayne ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 8 min

    ""Captivating."" —Kirkus | ""Fascinating, deeply reported, and slightly eerie."" —BookPage (Starred Review) | ""The Quiet Zone will live on in your memory."" —Bill McKibbenA stunning portrait of an Appalachian community, the people who call it home, and the enduring human quest for quietDeep in the Appalachian Mountains lies the last truly quiet town in America. Green Bank, West Virginia, is a ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

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    by Brian Phillips ...
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    In his highly anticipated debut essay collection, Impossible Owls, Brian Phillips demonstrates why he's one of the most iconoclastic journalists of the digital age, beloved for his ambitious, off-kilter, meticulously reported essays that read like novels.The eight essays assembled here—five from Phillips's Grantland and MTV days, and three new pieces—go beyond simply chronicling some of the modern ... Read more

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    Into the Amazon

    The Life of Cândido Rondon, Trailblazing Explorer, Scientist, Statesman, and Conservationist

    by Larry Rohter ...
    Narrated by Gary Tiedemann ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 51 min

    A thrilling biography of the Indigenous Brazilian explorer, scientist, stateseman, and conservationist who guided Theodore Roosevelt on his journey down the River of Doubt.Cândido Rondon is by any measure the greatest tropical explorer in history. Between 1890 and 1930, he navigated scores of previously unmapped rivers, traversed untrodden mountain ranges, and hacked his way through jungles so ... Read more

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    Fishing

    How the Sea Fed Civilization

    by Brian M. Fagan ...
    Narrated by Shaun Grindell ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 2 min

    In this history of fishing—not as sport but as sustenance—archaeologist and bestselling author Brian Fagan argues that fishing was an indispensable and often overlooked element in the growth of civilization. It sustainably provided enough food to allow cities, nations, and empires to grow, but it did so with a different emphasis. Where agriculture encouraged stability, fishing demanded movement. ... Read more

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    Culture in Nazi Germany

    by Michael H. Kater ...
    Narrated by David de Vries ...

    Unabridged

    16 hours 39 min

    A fresh and insightful history of how the German arts-and-letters scene was transformed under the Nazis.Culture was integral to the smooth running of the Third Reich. In the years preceding WWII, a wide variety of artistic forms were used to instill a Nazi ideology in the German people and to manipulate the public perception of Hitler's enemies. During the war, the arts were closely tied to the ... Read more

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    Every Living Thing

    Man's Obsessive Quest to Catalog Life, from Nanobacteria to New Monkeys

    by Rob Dunn ...
    Narrated by Tom Perkins ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 15 min

    Biologist Rob Dunn's Every Little Thing is the story of man's obsessive quest to catalog life, from nanobacteria to new monkeys. In the tradition of E. O. Wilson, this engaging and fascinating work of popular science follows humanity's unending quest to discover every living thing in our natural world—from the unimaginably small in the most inhospitable of places on earth to the unimaginably far ... Read more

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    Lagom

    Not Too Little, Not Too Much: The Swedish Art of Living a Balanced, Happy Life

    by Niki Brantmark ...
    Narrated by Ana Clements ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours

    Derived from the Swedish phrase Lagom är bäst, meaning ""the right amount is best; in moderation, in balance,"" langom is a deeply held philosophy closely tied to the Swedish cultural and social ideology of fairness and equality. Lagom is believed to have begun with Viking culture: at gatherings, when a bowl of mead was passed around in a circle, it was important that everyone sipped “just enough” ... Read more

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    The Great Fire of Rome

    The Fall of the Emperor Nero and His City

    by Stephen Dando-Collins ...
    Narrated by John Lescault ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 56 min

    In 64 AD, on the night of July 19, a fire began beneath the stands of Rome's great stadium, the Circus Maximus. The fire would spread over the coming days to engulf much of the city of Rome. From this calamity, one of the ancient world's most devastating events, legends grew: that Nero had been responsible for the fire, and fiddled while Rome burned, and that Nero blamed the Christians of Rome, ... Read more

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    Darkest Christmas

    December 1942 and a World at War

    by Peter Harmsen ...
    Narrated by Walter Dixon ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 48 min

    December 1942 saw the bloodiest Christmas in the history of mankind. Men were killing each other in greater numbers than ever before. The Holocaust continued, and innocent civilians were murdered by the thousands throughout the evil Nazi empire, even as the perpetrators celebrated the birth of Christ.Millions stationed in far-off lands amid the greatest conflict in human history feared this was ... Read more

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    Seven Social Movements That Changed America

    by Linda Gordon ...
    Narrated by Hillary Huber ...

    Unabridged

    17 hours 35 min

    A brilliantly conceived and provocative work from an award-winning historian that examines how seven twentieth-century social movements transformed America.How do social movements arise, wield power, and decline? Renowned scholar Linda Gordon investigates these questions in a groundbreaking work, narrating the stories of many of America's most influential twentieth-century social movements. ... Read more

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    Get Me Through the Next Five Minutes

    Odes to Being Alive

    by James Parker ...
    Narrated by Stewart Crank ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 17 min

    From the vertiginously talented James Parker, a collection of uproarious odes that show how to find gratitude in unexpected places.Our politics are broken; our world is melting; the next catastrophe looms. Enter James Parker, who for years now has been writing odes of appreciation on subjects from the seemingly minor ("Ode to Naps") to the unexpected ("Ode to Giving People Money") to the seemingly ... Read more

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