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A Personal Journey to the End of the World and Back
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"Harrowing, tender-hearted, and funny as hell." (Jenny Offill)
“Fascinating…Oddly uplifting.” (The Economist)
"Smart, funny, irreverent, and philosophically rich." (Wall Street Journal)
By the author of the award-winning To Be a Machine, an absorbing, deeply felt audiobook about our anxious present tense - and coming to grips with the future
We're alive in a time of worst-case scenarios: The weather has gone uncanny. A viral pandemic has the power to draw our global community to a halt. Old postwar alliances are crumbling. Everywhere you look there's an omen, a joke whose punchline is the end of the world. How is a person supposed to live in the shadow of such a grim future? What does it mean to have children - nothing if not an act of hope? What might it be like to live through the worst? And what on Earth is anybody doing about it?
Dublin-based writer Mark O'Connell is consumed by these questions - and, as the father of two young children himself, he finds them increasingly urgent. In Notes from an Apocalypse, he crosses the globe in pursuit of answers. He tours survival bunkers in South Dakota. He ventures to New Zealand, a favored retreat of billionaires banking on civilization's collapse. He engages with would-be Mars colonists, preppers, right-wing conspiracists. And he bears witness to those places, like Chernobyl, that the future has already visited - real-life portraits of the end of the world as we know it. In doing so, he comes to a resolution, while offering listeners a unique window into our contemporary imagination.
Both investigative and deeply personal, Notes from an Apocalypse is an affecting, humorous, and surprisingly hopeful meditation on our present moment. With insight, humanity, and wit, O'Connell leaves you to wonder: What if the end of the world isn't the end of the world?
©2020 Mark O'Connell (P)2020 Random House AudioListeners also enjoyed...
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Critic reviews
Named one of The Millions and Lit Hub's Most Anticipated Books of 2020
"Extraordinarily good - insightful, affecting, funny, and appropriately terrifying. The perfect handbook for the end times. Mark O’Connell is a truly brilliant writer and Notes from an Apocalypse could hardly be more incisive, or more timely." (Sally Rooney, author of Normal People and Conversations with Friends)
"Anyone with open eyes lives today bound by apocalyptic fears for the future and the maddening same-ness that defines the present day. Notes from an Apocalypse is a penetrating investigation into that new uncanny, which shapes both our collective indifference and our climate rage." (David Wallace-Wells, author of The Uninhabitable Earth)
"Notes from an Apocalypse is such a fantastic book. It's harrowing, tender-hearted and funny as hell. O'Connell proves himself to be a genius guide through all the circles of imagined and anticipated doom. Read it, then immediately buy a copy for your ‘but what's the worst that could happen?’ friend." (Jenny Offill, author of Weather and Dept. of Speculation)

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- By: Jaime Bronstein LCSW
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
- Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins
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Do you feel you're doing everything you can but wonder why you haven't found The One yet? Are you tired of being single? Are you ready to get unstuck, step into your power, and shed the residue of your past? If so, Jaime Bronstein, LCSW, named "The Number One Relationship Coach Transforming Lives" by Yahoo Finance, is here to show you that you're not alone; you can and will find the right love for you. MAN*ifesting will guide you on a journey from dating to destiny by teaching you exactly how to attract your soulmate.
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Amazing book for finding your soulmate !
- By tristan1505 on 01-08-24
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On the Warrior's Path, Second Edition
- Philosophy, Fighting, and Martial Arts Mythology
- By: Daniele Bolelli
- Narrated by: Kirk Magoon
- Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
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On the Warrior’s Path connects the martial arts with this larger perspective, merging subtle philosophies with no-holds-barred competition, Nietzsche with Bruce Lee, radical Taoism and Buddhism with the Star Wars Trilogy, traditional martial arts with basketball and American Indian culture. At the center of all these phenomena is the warrior. Though this archetype seems to manifest contradictory values, author Daniele Bolelli describes the heart of this tension: how the training of martial technique leads to a renunciation of violence, and how overcoming fear leads to a unique freedom.
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Rise and Do Battle
- By Liam Killeen on 01-31-25
By: Daniele Bolelli
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Love: The Psychology of Attraction
- A Practical Guide to Successful Dating and a Happy Relationship
- By: Leslie Becker Phelps, Megan Kaye
- Narrated by: Iona Campbell
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
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Sick of a flat love life? Crack the code of compatibility with Love: The Psychology of Attraction a practical guide to successful dating and a happy relationship. Which ingredients promise the happiest romantic chemistry? How can understanding your own psyche help you succeed in love? This book answers all your love-related questions and gives you concrete dating tips. Finally understand what makes people tick and use scientific findings from social and behavioural psychologists to get your love life on track.
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Lacking interesting content
- By K on 02-18-25
By: Leslie Becker Phelps, and others
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The Resonance Effect
- How Frequency Specific Microcurrent Is Changing Medicine
- By: Carolyn McMakin, James L. Oschman - foreword
- Narrated by: Diana Gardiner
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
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The Resonance Effect is both the author's story of her inspirational journey of having the courage to find her true calling and an account of the development of a remarkable newly rediscovered treatment, frequency-specific microcurrent (FSM), that takes advantage of the body's ability to respond to frequencies in order to heal a number of chronic conditions.
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Frequencies for the Future!
- By Audrey Moorehead on 10-21-20
By: Carolyn McMakin, and others
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The Four Pivots
- Reimagining Justice, Reimagining Ourselves
- By: Shawn A. Ginwright PhD
- Narrated by: Shawn A. Ginwright PhD
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
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We need a fundamental shift in our values—a pivot in how we think, act, work, and connect. Despite what we’ve been told, the most critical mainspring of social change isn’t coalition building or problem analysis. It’s healing: deep, whole, and systemic, inside and out. Here, Shawn Ginwright, PhD, breaks down the common myths of social movements—a set of deeply ingrained beliefs that actually hold us back from healing and achieving sustainable systemic change.
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Loved! Perfect for the newly minted PhD student interested in social justice
- By Tracee M. Tomlinson on 09-23-24
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Thrivers
- The Surprising Reasons Why Some Kids Struggle and Others Shine
- By: Michele Borba Ed D.
- Narrated by: Michele Borba Ed D.
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
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Michele Borba has been a teacher, educational consultant, and parent for 40 years - and she's never been more worried than she is about this current generation of kids. The high-achieving students she talks with every day are more accomplished, better educated, and more privileged than ever before. They're also more stressed, unhappier, and struggling with anxiety, depression, and burnout at younger and younger ages - "we're like pretty packages with nothing inside," said one young teen.
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Buy the book, NOT the AUDIOBOOK
- By AllieSmith on 02-23-24
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Biohack Your Brain
- How to Boost Cognitive Health, Performance & Power
- By: Kristen Willeumier
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
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Your brain is the most essential organ in your body. The brain and spinal cord are intimately connected to every bodily system and organ, so when it is balanced everything in your body and mind will function more efficiently. It's vitally important to take proactive steps now, or you risk losing everything, including your ability to think clearly, be creative, remember details, solve problems and retain your memory.
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General statements mentioned 1000 times elsewhere
- By Vlad on 06-10-22
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Never Enough
- The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction
- By: Judith Grisel
- Narrated by: Judith Grisel
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
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From a renowned behavioral neuroscientist and recovering addict, a rare pause-resisting work of science that draws on personal insights to reveal how drugs work, the dangerous hold they can take on the brain, and the surprising way to combat today's epidemic of addiction. Judith Grisel was a daily drug user and college dropout when she began to consider that her addiction might have a cure, one that she herself could perhaps discover by studying the brain. Now, after 25 years as a neuroscientist, she shares what she and other scientists have learned about addiction.
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The author ruined her own book with her narration
- By Milan on 05-03-19
By: Judith Grisel
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It's Not Me, It's You
- Break the Blame Cycle. Relationship Better.
- By: John Kim, Vanessa Bennett
- Narrated by: John Kim, Vanessa Bennett
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
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Many of the clients who end up in our respective therapist offices thought they were doing relationships right—avoiding the white picket fence, focusing on careers and experiences over babies and legally-binding documents, choosing someone after they “found themselves” first. However, like clockwork, around their early to mid-thirties, these clients show up at our door. Why? For the first time, they realize that they dislike their relationship and are frustrated by their partner but know that another break-up won’t fix things.
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Important has a 't'
- By Tamara on 01-02-23
By: John Kim, and others
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Undo It!
- How Simple Lifestyle Changes Can Reverse Most Chronic Diseases
- By: Dean Ornish M.D., Anne Ornish
- Narrated by: Dean Ornish M.D., Anne Ornish
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
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Fight cancer, diabetes, heart disease, weight gain, and even the aging process itself with one simple, scientifically proven plan to reverse disease - as well as prevent and reduce symptoms - from the world-renowned pioneer of lifestyle medicine.
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Surprisingly awful
- By Nicole K. on 03-22-19
By: Dean Ornish M.D., and others
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Mindreader
- The New Science of Deciphering What People Really Think, What They Really Want, and Who They Really Are
- By: David J. Lieberman
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
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What did your boss mean in that email? Is your mechanic stretching the truth? Whether you’re engaged in a casual conversation or a high-stakes negotiation, it’s critical to understand the subtext of a situation. But with so much interaction happening on screens—via email, texts, or video chat—we are losing the ability to interpret expressions and cues. Furthermore, since many are now savvy about the meaning of body language, it’s become even harder to discern someone’s true thoughts or intentions.
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Waste of a credit for common sense observations
- By Brendan on 08-30-22
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Together
- The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World
- By: Vivek H. Murthy
- Narrated by: Vivek H. Murthy
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
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Humans are social creatures: In this simple and obvious fact lies both the problem and the solution to the current crisis of loneliness. In his groundbreaking audiobook, the 19th surgeon general of the United States Dr. Vivek Murthy makes a case for loneliness as a public health concern: a root cause and contributor to many of the epidemics sweeping the world today from alcohol and drug addiction to violence to depression and anxiety.
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Losing 7 Friends to Suicide, I’m Glad I Read This
- By Amit Bhuta on 05-04-20
By: Vivek H. Murthy
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Breaking the Age Code
- How Your Beliefs About Aging Determine How Long and Well You Live
- By: Becca Levy
- Narrated by: Courtney Patterson
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
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The often-surprising results of Levy’s science offer stunning revelations about the mind-body connection. She demonstrates that many health problems formerly considered to be entirely due to the aging process, such as memory loss, hearing decline, and cardiovascular events, are instead influenced by the negative age beliefs that dominate in the US and other ageist countries. It’s time for all of us to rethink aging and Breaking the Age Code shows us how to do just that.
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Not what I expected
- By Christie on 04-16-22
By: Becca Levy
Gorgeously written
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we have 10-15 years left on this planet! Read the Science.
Good Book But Flawed
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loved it!
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Not Bad, Not Great
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Very interesting book about apocalypse groups
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I was relieved to see that while he was seriously concerned about the threats Climate Change represented, his tale would focus on the way he and others reacted to the coming End of Days. His interviews with Preppers, Survival Shelter Salesmen, Mars Colonizers, Tech Billionaires, and Back to the Earth types, et al were fascinating. In each his own opinions were evident in irony or lack thereof as he deals with each.
Throughout we see these people through his eyes and he moves the reader to a better understanding of the impact he sees coming as the storms, fires, floods and other horrors the environmental damage our lifestyles have caused.
This is an interesting and important read. Four Stars. ****
Varying perspectives on the impact of Climate Change
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The end I was just offended by it . At some point you can give the impression without all the details - or maybe you left some out and this is already toned down ? Then why give this guy a platform ?
Left wondering who would read and enjoy this book. I can’t imagine many women would be among his readers
Who would listen to this ?
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Author need to get over himself.
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