English | ASIN: B0BDP6HCF6 | 2022 | 30 hours and 17 minutes | MP3 | M4B | 832 MB
Matt Warshaw knows more about surfing than any other person on the planet. After five years of research and writing, Warshaw, a former professional surfer and editor of Surfing magazine, has crafted an unprecedented, definitive history of the sport and the culture it has spawned. The History of Surfing reveals and defines this sport with a voice that is authoritative, funny, and wholly original. The obsessive nature of Warshaw's endeavor is matched only by the obsessive nature of surfers, who are brought to life in this book in many tales of daring, innovation, athletic achievement, and the offbeat personalities who have made surfing history happen.

English | ASIN: B09ZQ2SDPD | 2022 | 6 hours and 39 minutes | MP3 | M4B | 184 MB
Even though we can't always see them, fungi exist all around us. From forests and farms to food and medicine—and even our homes and bodies—fungal connections shape how we live. In this breathtaking book, listeners will "discover how these marvels of nature enrich (and sometimes threaten) our lives." In this illuminating account, esteemed career mycologist Keith Seifert reveals the important role that microscopic fungi, including yeasts, molds, and slimes, play in our lives, all while remaining invisible to the naked eye. Divided into sections, each one exploring a different environment where fungi thrive, The Hidden Kingdom of Fungi introduces listeners to the fascinating world of mycology, with awe-inspiring information.

English | August 25, 2022 | ASIN: B0BBWK73PM | MP3 | M4B | 4h 28m | 121.40 MB
Author: Thom Hartmann

English | ASIN: B09Q6ZQ2M3 | 2022 | 11 hours and 18 minutes | MP3 | M4B | 310 MB
Journalist Rina Raphael looks at the explosion of the wellness industry: how it stems from legitimate complaints, how seductive marketing targets hopeful consumers–and why women are opening up their wallets like never before. Wellness promises women the one thing they desperately desire: control. Women are pursuing their health like never before. Whether it's juicing, biohacking, clutching crystals, or sipping collagen, today there is something for everyone, as the wellness industry has grown from modest roots into a $4.4 trillion entity and a full-blown movement promising health and vitality in the most fashionable package. But why suddenly are we all feeling so unwell? The truth is that deep within the underbelly of self-care—hidden beneath layers of clever marketing—wellness beckons with a far stronger, more seductive message than health alone. It promises women the one thing they desperately desire: control.

English | ASIN: B09VQ3PR3S | 2022 | 9 hours and 14 minutes | MP3 | M4B | 504 MB
How an acceptance of our limitations can lead to a more fulfilling life and a more harmonious society. We live in a world oriented toward greatness, one in which we feel compelled to be among the wealthiest, most powerful, and most famous. This book explains why no one truly benefits from this competitive social order, and reveals how another way of life is possible—a good-enough life for all. Avram Alpert shows how our obsession with greatness results in stress and anxiety, damage to our relationships, widespread political and economic inequality, and destruction of the natural world. He describes how to move beyond greatness to create a society in which everyone flourishes.

English | 2022 | MP3 | M4B | ASIN: B09NQL8PLB | Duration: 14:49 h | 404 MB
Naomi Novik / Narrated by Anisha Dadia

English | ASIN: B09RTNPRQW | 2022 | MP3 | M4B | ~06:32:00 | 185 MB
The chilling story of one woman's rise to prominence in the Italian Mafia, and the as-yet untold stories of the women who followed in her footsteps.

English | ASIN: B0BCX9QWDY | 2022 | 5 hours and 52 minutes | MP3 | M4B | 162 MB
What was it like to live through one of the most transformational periods in world history? In The Glory and the Sorrow, eminent historian Timothy Tackett answers this question through a masterful recreation of the world of Adrien Colson, a minor lawyer who lived in Paris at the end of the Old Regime and during the first eight years of the French Revolution. Based on over a thousand letters written by Colson, this book vividly narrates everyday life for an "ordinary citizen" during extraordinary times, as well as the life of a neighborhood on a small street in central Paris.

English | ASIN: B09WB2BP5F | 2022 | 5 hours and 36 minutes | MP3 | M4B | 154 MB
Trained as a musician, amateur scientist William Herschel found international fame after discovering the planet Uranus in 1781. Though he is still best known for this finding, his partnership with his sister Caroline yielded groundbreaking work, including techniques that remain in use today. The duo pioneered comprehensive surveys of the night sky, carefully categorizing every visible object in the void. Caroline wrote an influential catalogue of nebulae, and William discovered infrared radiation.

English | ASIN: B09KT1N86L | 2022 | 10 hours and 6 minutes | MP3 | M4B | 278 MB
What if the miracle that created mRNA vaccines is less a once-in-lifetime event and more the harbinger of the emerging age of synthetic biology? This fusion of biology and computers has a singular goal: to gain access to cells in order to write new—and possibly better—biological code. Synthetic biology promises to reveal how life is created and how it can be re-created, enabling scientists to rewrite the rules of our reality. It could help us, for example, heal without prescription medications, grow meat without harvesting animals, or confront our looming climate catastrophe.