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Social Science - Customs & Traditions
Author: Dominic Lieven | Narrator: John Lee
Release Date: June 07, 2022
A dazzling account of the men (and occasional woman) who led the world’s empires, a book that probes the essence of leadership and power through the centuries and around the world.From the rise of Sargon of Akkad, who in the third millennium BC...
Author: Sofi Thanhauser | Narrator: Rebecca Lowman
Release Date: January 25, 2022
A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A sweeping and captivatingly told history of clothing and the stuff it is made of—an unparalleled deep-dive into how everyday garments have transformed our lives, our societies, and our planet.“We...
Author: Priya Basil | Narrator: Priya Basil
Release Date: November 03, 2020
A thought-provoking meditation on food, family, identity, immigration, and, most of all, hospitality--at the table and beyond--that's part food memoir, part appeal for more authentic decency in our daily worlds, and in the world at large.Be My Guest ...
Author: Celeste Headlee | Narrator: Celeste Headlee
Release Date: March 10, 2020
“A welcome antidote to our toxic hustle culture of burnout.”—Arianna Huffington “This book is so important and could truly save lives.”—Elizabeth Gilbert “A clarion call to work smarter [and] accomplish more ...
Author: John von Sothen | Narrator: John von Sothen
Release Date: May 07, 2019
A hilarious, candid account of what life in France is actually like, from a writer for Vanity Fair and GQAmericans love to love Paris. We buy books about how the French parent, why French women don't get fat, and how to be Parisian wherever you are. ...
Author: Antonio Damasio | Narrator: Antonio Damasio and Steve West
Release Date: February 06, 2018
From one of our preeminent neuroscientists: a landmark reflection that spans the biological and social sciences, offering a new way of understanding the origins of life, feeling, and culture.   The Strange Order of Things is a pathbreaking inves...
Author: Eddie Huang | Narrator: Eddie Huang
Release Date: May 31, 2016
From the author of Fresh Off the Boat, now a hit ABC sitcom, comes a hilarious and fiercely original story of culture, family, love, and red-cooked pork Eddie Huang was finally happy. Sort of. He’d written a bestselling book and was the star of...
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Author: Dave Isay | Narrator: StoryCorps Participants
Release Date: November 08, 2007
From more than ten thousand interviews, StoryCorps—the largest oral history project in the nation's history—presents a tapestry of American stories, told by the people who lived them to the people they love.  StoryCorps began with th...
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Author: Julia Alvarez | Narrator: Daphne Rubin-Vega
Release Date: August 02, 2007
The bestselling author of How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, Julia Alvarez, examines the parties and preparations of the quincea–era.
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