Modern Culture

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    • The Great War and the Origins of Modern Horror
    • By: W. Scott Poole
    • Narrated by: Andrew Eiden
    • Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 10-16-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 302 ratings
    • Historian and Bram Stoker Award nominee W. Scott Poole traces the confluence of history, technology, and art that gave us modern horror films and literature....

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    • Maritime Culture, Continental Empires, and the Conflict That Made the Modern World
    • By: Andrew Lambert
    • Narrated by: Julian Elfer
    • Length: 13 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 11-27-18
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 44 ratings
    • Andrew Lambert, author of The Challenge, turns his attention to Athens, Carthage, Venice, the Dutch Republic, and Britain, examining how their identities as "seapowers" informed their actions and enabled them to achieve success disproportionate to their size....

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    • Gender in the Modern Horror Film
    • By: Carol J. Clover
    • Narrated by: Eva Wilhelm
    • Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 06-22-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 65 ratings
    • From its first publication in 1992, Men, Women, and Chain Saws has offered a groundbreaking perspective on the creativity and influence of horror cinema since the mid-1970s....

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    • How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror
    • By: Jason Zinoman
    • Narrated by: Pete Larkin
    • Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 07-01-11
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 300 ratings
    • While Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, and Francis Ford Coppola were making their first classic movies, a parallel universe of directors gave birth to the modern horror film....

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    • By: Tim Harford
    • Narrated by: Roger Davis
    • Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 08-29-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 367 ratings
    • This audiobook paints an epic picture of change in an intimate way by telling the stories of the tools, people, and ideas that had far-reaching consequences for all of us....

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    • Embark on an Exciting Journey into Viking Lore, Uncover the Myths of Odin, Thor and Loki Thru Engaging Storytelling and Modern Insights
    • By: Shari Claire
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 09-12-24
    • Language: English
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    • Embark on a Thrilling Journey Through Viking Lore Step into the mystical world of Norse mythology, where gods like Odin, Thor, and Loki face giants...

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    • The Deadliest Man-Made Disaster of 20th Century America and the Making of Modern Los Angeles
    • By: Jon Wilkman
    • Narrated by: Charles Constant
    • Length: 10 hrs
    • Release date: 07-28-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 58 ratings
    • Just before midnight on March 12, 1928, the St. Francis Dam, a 20-story-high concrete structure just fifty miles north of Los Angeles, suddenly collapsed, releasing a devastating flood that roared 54 miles to the Pacific Ocean, destroying everything in its path....

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    • A History of Bread Making from Ancient to Modern Bakers
    • By: Eric Pallant
    • Narrated by: Daniel Henning
    • Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
    • Release date: 04-26-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 41 ratings
    • In Sourdough Culture, environmental science professor Eric Pallant shows how throughout history, sourdough bread baking has always been about survival....

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    • How the Bible's Unfolding Story Makes Sense of Modern Life and Culture
    • By: Christopher Watkin, Timothy Keller
    • Narrated by: Christopher Ashman
    • Length: 26 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 06-27-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 61 ratings
    • A winsome vision for biblical cultural engagement in which faithfulness to Scripture and sensitivity to culture walk hand in hand. If Christians want to speak with a fresh, engaging and constructive voice within our culture, we need to press deeper into the core truths of the Bible....

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    • Notes on Modern Irrationality
    • By: Amanda Montell
    • Narrated by: Amanda Montell
    • Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 04-09-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 258 ratings
    • From the bestselling author of Cultish and host of the podcast Sounds Like a Cult, a delicious blend of cultural criticism and personal narrative that explores our cognitive biases and the power, disadvantages, and highlights of magical thinking.

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    • 50th Anniversary Edition
    • By: Elting E. Morison
    • Narrated by: Sean Pratt
    • Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 08-05-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 21 ratings
    • This book offers an entertaining series of historical accounts taken from the 19th century to highlight a main theme: the nature of technological change, the fission brought about in society....

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    • How Modern Companies Use Entrepreneurial Management to Transform Culture and Drive Long-Term Growth
    • By: Eric Ries
    • Narrated by: Eric Ries
    • Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
    • Release date: 10-17-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 660 ratings
    • Eric Ries reveals how entrepreneurial principles can be used by businesses ranging from established companies to early stage startups to grow revenues and drive innovation....

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    • A Chinese Game and the Making of Modern American Culture
    • By: Annelise Heinz
    • Narrated by: Rachel Botchan
    • Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
    • Release date: 06-21-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
    • Mahjong: A Chinese Game and the Making of Modern American Culture illustrates how the spaces between tiles and the moments between games have fostered distinct social cultures in the United States....

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    • The Origins of the Modern Economy
    • By: Joel Mokyr
    • Narrated by: Anu Anand
    • Length: 15 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 02-07-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • With narration by Anu Anand, who tells the story of how Enlightenment culture sparked the Industrial Revolution....

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    • Modern Adventures in Nineteenth-Century Culture, Cooking, Fashion, and Technology
    • By: Sarah A. Chrisman
    • Narrated by: Laural Merlington
    • Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 11-24-15
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 70 ratings
    • We all know that the best way to study a foreign language is to go to a country where it's spoken, but can the same immersion method be applied to history? Find out....

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    • How the Bible's Unfolding Story Makes Sense of Modern Life and Culture
    • By: Christopher Watkin
    • Narrated by: Christopher Watkin
    • Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 07-02-24
    • Language: English
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    • Watkin draws a winsome vision for biblical cultural engagement in which faithfulness to Scripture and sensitivity to culture walk hand in hand. If Christians want to speak with a fresh, engaging and constructive voice within our culture, we need to press deeper into the core truths of the Bible.

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    • A History of Lesbian Desire Within Marriage (Politics and Culture in Modern America)
    • By: Lauren Jae Gutterman
    • Narrated by: Sheree Galpert
    • Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 03-12-24
    • Language: English
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    • Through interviews, diaries, memoirs, and letters, Her Neighbor's Wife traces the stories of hundreds of women who struggled to balance marriage and same-sex desire in the postwar United States.

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    • How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World
    • By: Simon Winchester
    • Narrated by: Simon Winchester
    • Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
    • Release date: 05-08-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,952 ratings
    • The best-selling author traces the development of technology from the Industrial Age to the Digital Age to explore the single component crucial to advancement - precision - in a superb history....

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    • How Modern Culture Is Robbing Billions of People of Happiness
    • By: Matthew Kelly
    • Narrated by: Matthew Kelly
    • Length: 3 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 02-08-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 210 ratings
    • This audiobook provides the practical tools necessary to help you regain your fervor and leave your mark on the world - and experience more happiness than you thought possible. Together, we can change the course of history - with humility, generosity, kindness, and joy....

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    • Breed and Blood in Victorian Britain (Animals, History, Culture)
    • By: Michael Worboys, Julie-Marie Strange, Neil Pemberton
    • Narrated by: Keith McCarthy
    • Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
    • Release date: 04-19-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • In The Invention of the Modern Dog, Michael Worboys, Julie-Marie Strange, and Neil Pemberton explore when, where, why, and how Victorians invented the modern way of ordering and breeding dogs.

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