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How Civil Wars Start

And How to Stop Them

by Barbara F. Walter ...

Narrated by Beth Hicks ...

Unabridged

7 hours 17 min

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A leading political scientist sounds the alarm on the increasing likelihood of a second civil war in the United States—and shows how to stop it before it’s too late.“Required reading for anyone invested in preserving our 246-year experiment in self-government.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice)WINNER OF THE GLOBAL POLICY INSTITUTE AWARD • THE SUNDAY TIMES ... Read more

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A leading political scientist sounds the alarm on the increasing likelihood of a second civil war in the United States—and shows how to stop it before it’s too late.“Required reading for anyone invested in preserving our 246-year experiment in self-government.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice)WINNER OF THE GLOBAL POLICY INSTITUTE AWARD • THE SUNDAY TIMES
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Fires in the Dark

Healing the Unquiet Mind

by Kay Redfield Jamison ...

Narrated by Kay Redfield Jamison, Beth Hicks ...

Unabridged

7 hours 58 min

A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • The acclaimed author of An Unquiet Mind considers the age-old quest for relief from psychological pain and the role of the exceptional healer in the journey back to health.“To treat, even to cure, is not always to heal.” In this expansive cultural history of the treatment and healing of mental suffering, Kay Jamison writes about psychotherapy, what makes a ... Read more

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A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • The acclaimed author of An Unquiet Mind considers the age-old quest for relief from psychological pain and the role of the exceptional healer in the journey back to health.“To treat, even to cure, is not always to heal.” In this expansive cultural history of the treatment and healing of mental suffering, Kay Jamison writes about psychotherapy, what makes a
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The American Revolution

An Intimate History

by Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns ...

Narrated by Ken Burns, Robert Petkoff, Beth Hicks, Fred Sanders ...

Unabridged

22 hours 48 min

From the award-winning historian and filmmakers of The Civil War, Baseball, Jazz, The Roosevelts, and others: a human-centered history of America’s founding struggle—expanding on the landmark, six-part PBS series to be aired in November 2025“From a small spark kindled in America, a flame has arisen not to be extinguished.” —Thomas PaineIn defeating the British Empire and giving birth to a new ... Read more

$33.00 USD

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From the award-winning historian and filmmakers of The Civil War, Baseball, Jazz, The Roosevelts, and others: a human-centered history of America’s founding struggle—expanding on the landmark, six-part PBS series to be aired in November 2025“From a small spark kindled in America, a flame has arisen not to be extinguished.” —Thomas PaineIn defeating the British Empire and giving birth to a new
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The 29-Hour Work Day

by Ethan Bull, Stephanie Bull ...

Narrated by Beth Hicks ...

Unabridged

3 hours 4 min

You understand the value of time—otherwise the C-suite would have been out of reach. But are you doing everything you can to maximize your time?It’s not enough to hire an executive assistant and hope for the best. They can be your project manager, personal assistant, and chief of staff—if you know how to cultivate a partnership.In The 29-Hour Work Day, EA specialists and ProAssisting founders ... Read more

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You understand the value of time—otherwise the C-suite would have been out of reach. But are you doing everything you can to maximize your time?It’s not enough to hire an executive assistant and hope for the best. They can be your project manager, personal assistant, and chief of staff—if you know how to cultivate a partnership.In The 29-Hour Work Day, EA specialists and ProAssisting founders
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Mother of Invention

How Good Ideas Get Ignored in an Economy Built for Men

by Katrine Marçal ...

Narrated by Beth Hicks ...

Unabridged

6 hours 54 min

An illuminating and maddening examination of how gender bias skews innovation, technology, history, and work, by Swedish journalist Katrine MarçalIt all starts with a rolling suitcase.The wheel was invented some five thousand years ago and the modern suitcase in the mid-nineteenth century, but it wasn’t until the 1970s that someone successfully married the two. What was the hold up? For writer and ... Read more

$16.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

An illuminating and maddening examination of how gender bias skews innovation, technology, history, and work, by Swedish journalist Katrine MarçalIt all starts with a rolling suitcase.The wheel was invented some five thousand years ago and the modern suitcase in the mid-nineteenth century, but it wasn’t until the 1970s that someone successfully married the two. What was the hold up? For writer and
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They Poisoned the World

Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals

by Mariah Blake ...

Narrated by Mariah Blake, Beth Hicks ...

Unabridged

6 hours 49 min

“Riveting . . . Blake’s deft chronicle of one of the greatest moral scandals of our time [is] a book that none of us can afford to miss.”—The Washington PostA gripping investigation of the chemical industry’s decades-long campaign to hide the dangers of forever chemicals, told through the story of a small town on the frontlines of an epic public health crisis.SHORTLISTED FOR THE J. ANTHONY LUKAS ... Read more

$20.00 USD

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“Riveting . . . Blake’s deft chronicle of one of the greatest moral scandals of our time [is] a book that none of us can afford to miss.”—The Washington PostA gripping investigation of the chemical industry’s decades-long campaign to hide the dangers of forever chemicals, told through the story of a small town on the frontlines of an epic public health crisis.SHORTLISTED FOR THE J. ANTHONY LUKAS
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The More You Know, the More You Close

The Power of Curiosity-Driven Sales

by Kelly Singleton Myers ...

Narrated by Beth Hicks ...

Unabridged

5 hours 24 min

The stakes could not be higher.You love working in senior living sales but are under enormous pressure to get occupancy levels up. How you and your sales team treat a customer’s family member will impact them for the rest of their lives.When it comes to having a profitable career in senior living sales, Kelly Singleton Myers knows that one trait stands above the rest: curiosity. The More You Know, ... Read more

$13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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The stakes could not be higher.You love working in senior living sales but are under enormous pressure to get occupancy levels up. How you and your sales team treat a customer’s family member will impact them for the rest of their lives.When it comes to having a profitable career in senior living sales, Kelly Singleton Myers knows that one trait stands above the rest: curiosity. The More You Know,
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Dirty Diana

A Novel

by Jen Besser, Shana Feste ...

Narrated by Austenne Grey, Jen Zhao, Dawn Harvey, Kimberly Alexis, Beth Hicks, Esme Ramos ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Dirty Diana
Unabridged

7 hours 47 min

A deliciously provocative novel about a woman caught between the comfortable stability of her marriage and her memories of a more sensual past—the first book in a three-part series based on the #1 fiction podcast“Diana Wood’s quest to reignite her sensual past while navigating the confines of her current marriage is funny and sexy. Dirty Diana is wildly seductive—perfect for anyone who loved The ... Read more

$20.99 USD

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A deliciously provocative novel about a woman caught between the comfortable stability of her marriage and her memories of a more sensual past—the first book in a three-part series based on the #1 fiction podcast“Diana Wood’s quest to reignite her sensual past while navigating the confines of her current marriage is funny and sexy. Dirty Diana is wildly seductive—perfect for anyone who loved The
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Justice on the Brink

A Requiem for the Supreme Court

by Linda Greenhouse ...

Narrated by Beth Hicks ...

Unabridged

10 hours 1 min

**The gripping story of the Supreme Court’s transformation from a measured institution of law and justice into a highly politicized body dominated by a right-wing supermajority, told through the dramatic lens of its most transformative year, by the Pulitzer Prize–winning law columnist for The New York Times—with a new preface by the author“A dazzling feat . . . meaty, often scintillating and ... Read more

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**The gripping story of the Supreme Court’s transformation from a measured institution of law and justice into a highly politicized body dominated by a right-wing supermajority, told through the dramatic lens of its most transformative year, by the Pulitzer Prize–winning law columnist for The New York Times—with a new preface by the author“A dazzling feat . . . meaty, often scintillating and
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Why Does He Do That?

Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men

by Lundy Bancroft ...

Narrated by Sean Patrick Hopkins, Beth Hicks, Vas Eli ...

Unabridged

14 hours 21 min

In this groundbreaking bestseller, Lundy Bancroft—a counselor who specializes in working with abusive men—uses his knowledge about how abusers think to help women recognize when they are being controlled or devalued, and to find ways to get free of an abusive relationship.He says he loves you. So...why does he do that?You’ve asked yourself this question again and again. Now you have the chance to ... Read more

$26.00 USD

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In this groundbreaking bestseller, Lundy Bancroft—a counselor who specializes in working with abusive men—uses his knowledge about how abusers think to help women recognize when they are being controlled or devalued, and to find ways to get free of an abusive relationship.He says he loves you. So...why does he do that?You’ve asked yourself this question again and again. Now you have the chance to
... Read more

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Mothers and Other Strangers

A Novel

by Corey Ann Haydu ...

Narrated by Beth Hicks ...

Unabridged

11 hours 30 min

Two estranged childhood best friends reunite as expectant mothers, after a mysterious falling-out between their own mothers keeps them apart for years. Perfect for readers of Claire Lombardo and J. Courtney Sullivan.When Sydney and Mae meet on the playground as toddlers, it seems like kismet. Even their very different mothers—the Type-A Beth Ann and the free-spirited Joni—agree the girls are made ... Read more

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Two estranged childhood best friends reunite as expectant mothers, after a mysterious falling-out between their own mothers keeps them apart for years. Perfect for readers of Claire Lombardo and J. Courtney Sullivan.When Sydney and Mae meet on the playground as toddlers, it seems like kismet. Even their very different mothers—the Type-A Beth Ann and the free-spirited Joni—agree the girls are made
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Diamonds and Deadlines

A Tale of Greed, Deceit, and a Female Tycoon in the Gilded Age

by Betsy Prioleau ...

Narrated by Beth Hicks ...

Unabridged

9 hours 31 min

The first major biography of the glamorous and scandalous Miriam Leslie, titan of publishing and an unsung hero of women’s suffrageAmong the fabled tycoons of the Gilded Age—Carnegie, Rockefeller, Vanderbilt—is a forgotten figure: Mrs. Frank Leslie. For twenty years she ran the country’s largest publishing company, Frank Leslie Publishing, which chronicled postbellum America indozens of weeklies ... Read more

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The first major biography of the glamorous and scandalous Miriam Leslie, titan of publishing and an unsung hero of women’s suffrageAmong the fabled tycoons of the Gilded Age—Carnegie, Rockefeller, Vanderbilt—is a forgotten figure: Mrs. Frank Leslie. For twenty years she ran the country’s largest publishing company, Frank Leslie Publishing, which chronicled postbellum America indozens of weeklies
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