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    • What We Should and Shouldn't Believe - and Why
    • By: Michael Shermer, The Great Courses
    • Narrated by: Michael Shermer
    • Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 09-17-19
    • Language: English
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    • The stuff of conspiracy theories makes for great, entertaining stories in movies, books, and television. And there is no shortage of subjects: from who really killed JFK to the truth behind 9/11...

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    • A Radical Synthesis of Science and Spirituality
    • By: Paul Levy, Jean Houston - foreword
    • Narrated by: Paul Brion
    • Length: 12 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 09-08-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 207 ratings
    • Written for those with no physics background, Paul Levy's latest book, The Quantum Revelation: A Radical Synthesis of Science and Spirituality, is for those who have heard that quantum physics is a fascinating subject but don't quite understand how or why....

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    • The Philosophy of Popular Culture
    • By: Mark T. Conard
    • Narrated by: Jack Chekijian
    • Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 02-05-15
    • Language: English
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    • Noir emerged as a prominent American film genre in the early 1940s, distinguishable by its use of unusual lighting, sinister plots, mysterious characters, and dark themes....

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    • With Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches
    • By: Erwin Schrödinger, Roger Penrose - foreword
    • Narrated by: Bob Souer
    • Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 01-22-19
    • Language: English
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    • Nobel laureate Erwin Schrödinger's What is Life? is one of the great science classics of the 20th century and the distinguished physicist's exploration of the question which lies at the heart of biology....

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    • By: Jack Halberstam
    • Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
    • Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
    • Release date: 03-12-19
    • Language: English
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    • The Queer Art of Failure is about finding alternatives - to conventional understandings of success in a heteronormative, capitalist society; to academic disciplines that confirm what is already known according to approved methods of knowing; and to cultural criticism....

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    • A Critique of Pure Treason
    • By: George A. Dunn, Nicolas Michaud
    • Narrated by: Vanessa Hart
    • Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 07-10-20
    • Language: English
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    • At every turn in the Hunger Games trilogy, Katniss, Peeta, Gale, and their many allies wrestle with harrowing choices and ethical dilemmas that push them to the brink. An essential companion for Hunger Games fans, this book will take you deeper into the dystopic world of Panem....

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    • The Science Behind the Genius
    • By: Angeline Stoll Lillard
    • Narrated by: Chelsea Stephens
    • Length: 19 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 12-08-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 20 ratings
    • One hundred and ten years ago, Maria Montessori, the first female physician in Italy, devised a very different method of educating children, based on her observations of how they naturally learn....

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    • A History of Surgery
    • By: Richard Hollingham
    • Narrated by: Liam Gerrard
    • Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 05-28-19
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 71 ratings
    • Today, astonishing surgical breakthroughs are making limb transplants, face transplants, and a host of other previously undreamed-of operations possible. But getting here has not been a simple story of medical progress....

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    • Popular Culture and Philosophy, Book 5
    • By: Gregory Bassham, Eric Bronson
    • Narrated by: Mark Sando
    • Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
    • Release date: 05-02-23
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • The Lord of the Rings is intended to be applicable to the real world of relationships, religion, pleasure, pain, and politics. Tolkien himself said that his grand tale of wizards, orcs, hobbits, and elves was aimed at truth and good morals in the actual world....

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    • By: A. C. Grayling
    • Narrated by: Neil Gardner
    • Length: 28 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 11-05-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 121 ratings
    • With characteristic clarity and elegance, A. C. Grayling takes the listener from the worldviews and moralities before the age of the Buddha, Confucius, and Socrates through Christianity's capture of the European mind....

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    • Why Are We Here?
    • By: Lawrence M. Krauss
    • Narrated by: Lawrence Krauss
    • Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 03-21-17
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 2,134 ratings
    • In this grand poetic vision of the universe, Lawrence Krauss tells the dramatic story of the discovery of the hidden world that underlies reality - and our place within it. Reality is not what you think or sense - it’s weird, wild, and counterintuitive....

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    • Big Ideas Simply Explained
    • By: DK
    • Narrated by: Jason Culp
    • Series: Big Ideas Simply Explained
    • Length: 16 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 01-08-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 229 ratings
    • An essential introduction to the history, concepts, and thinking behind philosophy that demystifies what can often be daunting subject matter, laid out in DK's signature style....

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