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The Pastures of Heaven

by John Steinbeck ...

Narrated by Sean Runnette ...

Series series Penguin Audio Classics
Unabridged

7 hours 13 min

In Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck’s beautifully rendered depictions of small yet fateful moments that transform ordinary lives, these twelve early stories introduce both the subject and style of artistic expression that recur in the most important works of his career. Each of these self-contained stories is linked to the others by the presence of the Munroes, a family whose misguided behavior ... Read more

$22.50 CAD

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In Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck’s beautifully rendered depictions of small yet fateful moments that transform ordinary lives, these twelve early stories introduce both the subject and style of artistic expression that recur in the most important works of his career. Each of these self-contained stories is linked to the others by the presence of the Munroes, a family whose misguided behavior
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The Pilgrimage

by Paulo Coelho ...

Narrated by Sean Runnette ...

Unabridged

7 hours 3 min

Audiobook narrated by Sean RunnettA powerful tale of self-discovery and a journey for the ages. Get lost—and found—in the brilliant words of the renowned international bestseller, Paulo Coelho.Step into the enriching and enchanting world of The Pilgrimage, a profound parable by Paulo Coelho that marked the beginning of his legacy, paving the way to the renowned The Alchemist. These two works act ... Read more

$28.99 CAD

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Audiobook narrated by Sean RunnettA powerful tale of self-discovery and a journey for the ages. Get lost—and found—in the brilliant words of the renowned international bestseller, Paulo Coelho.Step into the enriching and enchanting world of The Pilgrimage, a profound parable by Paulo Coelho that marked the beginning of his legacy, paving the way to the renowned The Alchemist. These two works act
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Cosmos and Psyche

Intimations of a New World View

by Richard Tarnas ...

Narrated by Sean Runnette ...

Unabridged

25 hours 56 min

From a philosopher whose magisterial history of Western thought was praised by Joseph Campbell and Huston Smith comes a brilliant new book that traces the connection between cosmic cycles and archetypal patterns of human experience. Drawing on years of research and on thinkers from Plato to Jung, Richard Tarnas explores the planetary correlations of epochal events like the French Revolution, the ... Read more

$41.99 CAD

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From a philosopher whose magisterial history of Western thought was praised by Joseph Campbell and Huston Smith comes a brilliant new book that traces the connection between cosmic cycles and archetypal patterns of human experience. Drawing on years of research and on thinkers from Plato to Jung, Richard Tarnas explores the planetary correlations of epochal events like the French Revolution, the
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This Is It

and Other Essays on Zen and Spiritual Experience

by Alan Watts ...

Narrated by Sean Runnette ...

Unabridged

3 hours 25 min

This inspiring audiobook contains six revolutionary essays exploring the relationship between spiritual experience and ordinary life—and the need for them to coexist within each of us.With essays on “cosmic consciousness” (including Alan Watts’ account of his own ventures into this inward realm); the paradoxes of self-consciousness; LSD and consciousness; and the false opposition of spirit and ... Read more

$21.99 CAD

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This inspiring audiobook contains six revolutionary essays exploring the relationship between spiritual experience and ordinary life—and the need for them to coexist within each of us.With essays on “cosmic consciousness” (including Alan Watts’ account of his own ventures into this inward realm); the paradoxes of self-consciousness; LSD and consciousness; and the false opposition of spirit and
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Beautiful Souls

Saying No, Breaking Ranks, and Heeding the Voice of Conscience in Dark Times

by Eyal Press ...

Narrated by Sean Runnette ...

Unabridged

7 hours 10 min

On the Swiss border with Austria in 1938, a police captain refuses to enforce a law barring Jewish refugees from entering his country. In the Balkans half a century later, a Serb from the war-blasted city of Vukovar defies his superiors in order to save the lives of Croats. At the height of the Second Intifada, a member of Israel's most elite military unit informs his commander he doesn't want to ... Read more

$23.99 CAD

On the Swiss border with Austria in 1938, a police captain refuses to enforce a law barring Jewish refugees from entering his country. In the Balkans half a century later, a Serb from the war-blasted city of Vukovar defies his superiors in order to save the lives of Croats. At the height of the Second Intifada, a member of Israel's most elite military unit informs his commander he doesn't want to
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Dust Bowl

The Southern Plains in the 1930s

by Donald Worster ...

Narrated by Sean Runnette ...

Unabridged

11 hours 15 min

In the mid-1930s, North America's Great Plains faced one of the worst man-made environmental disasters in world history. Donald Worster's classic chronicle of the devastating years between 1929 and 1939 tells the story of the Dust Bowl in ecological as well as human terms.Twenty-five years after his book helped to define the new field of environmental history, Worster shares his more recent ... Read more

$24.99 CAD

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In the mid-1930s, North America's Great Plains faced one of the worst man-made environmental disasters in world history. Donald Worster's classic chronicle of the devastating years between 1929 and 1939 tells the story of the Dust Bowl in ecological as well as human terms.Twenty-five years after his book helped to define the new field of environmental history, Worster shares his more recent
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Brain Training with the Buddha

A Modern Path to Insight Based on the Ancient Foundations of Mindfulness

by Eric Harrison ...

Narrated by Sean Runnette ...

Unabridged

10 hours 7 min

The essential guide to training your brain for mindfulness—modern, science-based, and with no Buddhism required.Publisher’s note: Brain Training with the Buddha was previously published in hardcover as The Foundations of Mindfulness.Lifelong meditation teacher Eric Harrison intimately understands the benefits of mindfulness, from improved focus and better judgment to relaxation and inner peace. He ... Read more

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The essential guide to training your brain for mindfulness—modern, science-based, and with no Buddhism required.Publisher’s note: Brain Training with the Buddha was previously published in hardcover as The Foundations of Mindfulness.Lifelong meditation teacher Eric Harrison intimately understands the benefits of mindfulness, from improved focus and better judgment to relaxation and inner peace. He
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Good Strategy Bad Strategy

The Difference and Why It Matters

by Richard Rumelt ...

Narrated by Sean Runnette ...

Unabridged

11 hours 49 min

Good Strategy/Bad Strategy clarifies the muddled thinking underlying too many strategies and provides a clear way to create and implement a powerful action-oriented strategy for the real world.Developing and implementing a strategy is the central task of a leader. A good strategy is a specific and coherent response to—and approach for—overcoming the obstacles to progress. A good strategy works by ... Read more

$29.99 CAD

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Good Strategy/Bad Strategy clarifies the muddled thinking underlying too many strategies and provides a clear way to create and implement a powerful action-oriented strategy for the real world.Developing and implementing a strategy is the central task of a leader. A good strategy is a specific and coherent response to—and approach for—overcoming the obstacles to progress. A good strategy works by
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I'm OK--You're OK

by Thomas Harris ...

Narrated by Sean Runnette ...

Unabridged

9 hours 49 min

The Classic Bestseller that has Changed the Lives of Millions""Extraordinary. Harris has helped millions find the freedom to change, liberate their adult effectiveness, and achieve joyful intimacy with others."" —Los Angeles TimesTransactional analysis delineates three ego-states (Parent, Adult and Child) as the basis for the content and quality of interpersonal communication. “Happy childhood” ... Read more

$36.99 CAD

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The Classic Bestseller that has Changed the Lives of Millions""Extraordinary. Harris has helped millions find the freedom to change, liberate their adult effectiveness, and achieve joyful intimacy with others."" —Los Angeles TimesTransactional analysis delineates three ego-states (Parent, Adult and Child) as the basis for the content and quality of interpersonal communication. “Happy childhood”
... Read more

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The Professor's House

by Willa Cather ...

Narrated by Sean Runnette ...

Unabridged

6 hours 9 min

A lyrical and bittersweet novel of a middle-aged man losing control of his life that's a brilliant study in emotional dislocation and renewal—from one of the most highly acclaimed authors of the twentieth century.Professor Godfrey St. Peter is a man in his fifties who has devoted his life to his work, his wife, his garden, and his daughters, and achieved success with all of them. But when St. ... Read more

$23.99 CAD

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A lyrical and bittersweet novel of a middle-aged man losing control of his life that's a brilliant study in emotional dislocation and renewal—from one of the most highly acclaimed authors of the twentieth century.Professor Godfrey St. Peter is a man in his fifties who has devoted his life to his work, his wife, his garden, and his daughters, and achieved success with all of them. But when St.
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Mother of the Unseen World

The Mystery of Mother Meera

by Mark Matousek ...

Narrated by Sean Runnette ...

Unabridged

5 hours 8 min

Throughout history there have been rare individuals who transcend what most of us believe to be possible: enlightened beings who have access to experience and knowledge most of us do not have. The Indian-born avatar Mother Meera is such an individual. Born Kamala Reddy to an illiterate family, she was from a young age observed to be different from other children—she would sit in the forest for ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

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Throughout history there have been rare individuals who transcend what most of us believe to be possible: enlightened beings who have access to experience and knowledge most of us do not have. The Indian-born avatar Mother Meera is such an individual. Born Kamala Reddy to an illiterate family, she was from a young age observed to be different from other children—she would sit in the forest for
... Read more

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Europe Against the Jews

1880-1945

by Gotz Aly ...

Narrated by Sean Runnette ...

Unabridged

14 hours 41 min

From the award-winning historian of the Holocaust, Europe Against the Jews, 1880–1945 is the first book to move beyond Germany's singular crime to the collaboration of Europe as a whole.The Holocaust was perpetrated by the Germans, but it would not have been possible without the assistance of other countries. If we are to fully understand how and why the Holocaust happened, Götz Aly argues in this ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

From the award-winning historian of the Holocaust, Europe Against the Jews, 1880–1945 is the first book to move beyond Germany's singular crime to the collaboration of Europe as a whole.The Holocaust was perpetrated by the Germans, but it would not have been possible without the assistance of other countries. If we are to fully understand how and why the Holocaust happened, Götz Aly argues in this
... Read more

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