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Walking

One Step At a Time

by Erling Kagge ...

Narrated by Atli Gunnarsson ...

Unabridged

2 hours 35 min

A lyrical account of an activity that is essential for our sanity, equilibrium, and well-being, from the author of Silence ("A book to be handled and savored." —The Wall Street Journal)Placing one foot in front of the other, embarking on the journey of discovery, and experiencing the joy of exploration—these activities are intrinsic to our nature. Our ancestors traveled long distances on foot, ... Read more

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A lyrical account of an activity that is essential for our sanity, equilibrium, and well-being, from the author of Silence ("A book to be handled and savored." —The Wall Street Journal)Placing one foot in front of the other, embarking on the journey of discovery, and experiencing the joy of exploration—these activities are intrinsic to our nature. Our ancestors traveled long distances on foot,
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After the North Pole

A Story of Survival, Mythmaking, and Melting Ice

by Erling Kagge ...

Narrated by Atli Gunnarsson ...

Unabridged

11 hours 26 min

The Norwegian explorer, philosopher and acclaimed writer tells of his historic 58-day journey to the North Pole on skis in this provocative memoir that is a profound meditation on nature and the history of explorers' obsession.The North Pole looms large in our collective psyche—the ultimate Otherland in a world mapped and traversed. It is the center of our planet’s rotation, one of the places that ... Read more

$28.99 USD

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The Norwegian explorer, philosopher and acclaimed writer tells of his historic 58-day journey to the North Pole on skis in this provocative memoir that is a profound meditation on nature and the history of explorers' obsession.The North Pole looms large in our collective psyche—the ultimate Otherland in a world mapped and traversed. It is the center of our planet’s rotation, one of the places that
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Silence

In the Age of Noise

by Erling Kagge ...

Narrated by Atli Gunnarsson ...

Unabridged

2 hours 4 min

What is silence?Where can it be found?Why is it now more important than ever?In 1993, Norwegian explorer Erling Kagge spent fifty days walking solo across Antarctica, becoming the first person to reach the South Pole alone, accompanied only by a radio whose batteries he had removed before setting out. In this book. an astonishing and transformative meditation, Kagge explores the silence around us, ... Read more

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What is silence?Where can it be found?Why is it now more important than ever?In 1993, Norwegian explorer Erling Kagge spent fifty days walking solo across Antarctica, becoming the first person to reach the South Pole alone, accompanied only by a radio whose batteries he had removed before setting out. In this book. an astonishing and transformative meditation, Kagge explores the silence around us,
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Ends of the Earth

Journeys to the Polar Regions in Search of Life, the Cosmos, and Our Future

by Neil Shubin ...

Narrated by Fred Berman ...

Unabridged

7 hours 43 min

****Shortlisted for the 2025 Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize**The bestselling author of Your Inner Fish takes readers on an epic adventure to the North and South Poles to reveal the secrets locked in the ice about life, the cosmos, and our planet’s future.“Urgent [and] prescient…The book captures Shubin’s reverence for both the beauty and the mysteries hidden in the cold, barren tundra.” ... Read more

$20.99 USD

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****Shortlisted for the 2025 Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize**The bestselling author of Your Inner Fish takes readers on an epic adventure to the North and South Poles to reveal the secrets locked in the ice about life, the cosmos, and our planet’s future.“Urgent [and] prescient…The book captures Shubin’s reverence for both the beauty and the mysteries hidden in the cold, barren tundra.”
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The Crossing

El Paso, the Southwest, and America’s Forgotten Origin Story

by Richard Parker ...

Narrated by Timothy Andrés Pabon ...

Unabridged

13 hours 41 min

A New Yorker Best Book of the Year * A Southwest Book of the Year “Top Pick”“American history did not begin in the Northeast. It began in the Southwest,’ Parker asserts, in this sweeping history.” —The New YorkerA revelatory work of Southwest history that recenters the American origin story two-thousand miles west of Plymouth Rock, in El Paso, Texas—heart of Indigenous power and resistance, locus ... Read more

$32.99 USD

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A New Yorker Best Book of the Year * A Southwest Book of the Year “Top Pick”“American history did not begin in the Northeast. It began in the Southwest,’ Parker asserts, in this sweeping history.” —The New YorkerA revelatory work of Southwest history that recenters the American origin story two-thousand miles west of Plymouth Rock, in El Paso, Texas—heart of Indigenous power and resistance, locus
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Beautiful People

My Thirteen Truths About Disability

by Melissa Blake ...

Narrated by Melissa Blake ...

Unabridged

6 hours 51 min

Disability activist and social media influencer Melissa Blake offers a frank, illuminating memoir and a call to action for disabled people and allies.In the summer of 2019, journalist Melissa Blake penned an op-ed for CNN Opinion. A conservative pundit caught wind of it, mentioning Blake’s work in a YouTube video. What happened next is equal parts a searing view into society, how we collectively ... Read more

$24.99 USD

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Disability activist and social media influencer Melissa Blake offers a frank, illuminating memoir and a call to action for disabled people and allies.In the summer of 2019, journalist Melissa Blake penned an op-ed for CNN Opinion. A conservative pundit caught wind of it, mentioning Blake’s work in a YouTube video. What happened next is equal parts a searing view into society, how we collectively
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The World After Gaza

A History

by Pankaj Mishra ...

Narrated by Mikhail Sen ...

Unabridged

6 hours 56 min

**"Courageous and bracing, learned and ethical, rigorous and mind-expanding.” —Naomi Klein“This profoundly important and urgent book finds Mishra, one of our most intellectually astute and courageous writers, at the peak of his powers.” —Hisham Matar“A triumphant work of empathy in a polarizing conflict.” —Anand GiridharadasNamed a Best Book of the Month by TIME • Named a Most Anticipated Book of ... Read more

$18.00 USD

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**"Courageous and bracing, learned and ethical, rigorous and mind-expanding.” —Naomi Klein“This profoundly important and urgent book finds Mishra, one of our most intellectually astute and courageous writers, at the peak of his powers.” —Hisham Matar“A triumphant work of empathy in a polarizing conflict.” —Anand GiridharadasNamed a Best Book of the Month by TIME • Named a Most Anticipated Book of
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Trespassers at the Golden Gate

A True Account of Love, Murder, and Madness in Gilded-Age San Francisco

by Gary Krist ...

Narrated by Rob Shapiro ...

Unabridged

11 hours 32 min

The sensational, forgotten true story of a woman who murdered her married lover in Gilded Age San Francisco and the trial that epitomized the city's transformation from raucous frontier town into modern metropolis—from the New York Times bestselling author of Empire of SinShortly before dusk on November 3, 1870, just as the ferryboat El Capitan was pulling away from its slip into San Francisco Bay ... Read more

$23.99 USD

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The sensational, forgotten true story of a woman who murdered her married lover in Gilded Age San Francisco and the trial that epitomized the city's transformation from raucous frontier town into modern metropolis—from the New York Times bestselling author of Empire of SinShortly before dusk on November 3, 1870, just as the ferryboat El Capitan was pulling away from its slip into San Francisco Bay
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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

$27.99 USD

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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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Realm of Ice and Sky

Triumph, Tragedy, and History's Greatest Arctic Rescue

by Buddy Levy ...

Narrated by Will Damron ...

Unabridged

12 hours 3 min

"Damron's subtle pacing manages the tension perfectly." —AudioFile on Empire of Ice and Stone**"Listen to this if you want to hear a narrator at the top of his game recount a fascinating—and at times disturbing—true story of adventure, disaster, discovery, cannibalism, and more. Will Damron makes Levy's fascinating account of the Greely (Polar) Expedition come to life" —AudioFile on Labyrinth of ... Read more

$26.99 USD

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"Damron's subtle pacing manages the tension perfectly." —AudioFile on Empire of Ice and Stone**"Listen to this if you want to hear a narrator at the top of his game recount a fascinating—and at times disturbing—true story of adventure, disaster, discovery, cannibalism, and more. Will Damron makes Levy's fascinating account of the Greely (Polar) Expedition come to life" —AudioFile on Labyrinth of
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Wiseguys and the White House

Gangsters, Presidents, and the Deals They Made

by Eric Dezenhall ...

Narrated by Graham Halstead ...

Unabridged

14 hours 23 min

“Wiseguys and the White House is an eye-opening, authoritative, remarkably detailed exposé of the interplay between organized crime and our presidents, shockingly revealing how close we have come to Mob rule.”—Ronald Kessler, New York Times bestselling author of The Secrets of the FBI and The First Family Detail“Mobsters and presidents? The ties aren't just in pulp fiction. Eric Dezenhall tracks ... Read more

$32.99 USD

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“Wiseguys and the White House is an eye-opening, authoritative, remarkably detailed exposé of the interplay between organized crime and our presidents, shockingly revealing how close we have come to Mob rule.”—Ronald Kessler, New York Times bestselling author of The Secrets of the FBI and The First Family Detail“Mobsters and presidents? The ties aren't just in pulp fiction. Eric Dezenhall tracks
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The Maverick's Museum

Albert Barnes and His American Dream

by Blake Gopnik ...

Narrated by Jeremy Arthur ...

Unabridged

9 hours 27 min

A fascinating biography of the philanthropist Albert Barnes, whose pioneering collection of modern art was meant to transform America’s soulFrom prominent critic and biographer Blake Gopnik comes a compelling new art collector biography of America’s first great collector of modern art, Albert Coombs Barnes. Raised in a Philadelphia slum shortly after the Civil War, Barnes rose to earn a medical ... Read more

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A fascinating biography of the philanthropist Albert Barnes, whose pioneering collection of modern art was meant to transform America’s soulFrom prominent critic and biographer Blake Gopnik comes a compelling new art collector biography of America’s first great collector of modern art, Albert Coombs Barnes. Raised in a Philadelphia slum shortly after the Civil War, Barnes rose to earn a medical
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