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How AI Really Works (and Who Benefits)

by Maximilian Kasy ...

Narrated by John Chancer ...

Unabridged

7 hours 43 min

AI is inescapable, from its mundane uses online to its increasingly consequential decision-making in courtrooms, job interviews, and wars.As Maximilian Kasy shows, artificial intelligence, far from being an unstoppable force, is irrevocably shaped by human decisions—choices made to date by the ownership class that steers its development and deployment. Kasy shows that the technology of AI is ... Read more

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AI is inescapable, from its mundane uses online to its increasingly consequential decision-making in courtrooms, job interviews, and wars.As Maximilian Kasy shows, artificial intelligence, far from being an unstoppable force, is irrevocably shaped by human decisions—choices made to date by the ownership class that steers its development and deployment. Kasy shows that the technology of AI is
... Read more

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Extinction

by Bradley Somer ...

Narrated by John Chancer ...

Unabridged

8 hours 57 min

In a lonely valley, deep in the mountains, a ranger watches over the last surviving grizzly bear.With the natural world exhausted and in tatters, Ben has dedicated himself to protecting this single fragment of the wild.One night, he hears voices in the valley—poachers, come to hunt his bear.A heart-pounding chase begins, crossing forests and mountainsides, passing centuries of human ruins. ... Read more

$19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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In a lonely valley, deep in the mountains, a ranger watches over the last surviving grizzly bear.With the natural world exhausted and in tatters, Ben has dedicated himself to protecting this single fragment of the wild.One night, he hears voices in the valley—poachers, come to hunt his bear.A heart-pounding chase begins, crossing forests and mountainsides, passing centuries of human ruins.
... Read more

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Red Meat Republic

A Hoof-to-Table History of How Beef Changed America

by Joshua Specht ...

Narrated by John Chancer ...

Series series Histories of Economic Life
Unabridged

9 hours 28 min

In this audiobook, John Chancer narrates the story of how beef conquered America and gave rise to the modern industrial food complexBy the late nineteenth century, Americans rich and poor had come to expect high-quality fresh beef with almost every meal. Beef production in the United States had gone from small-scale, localized operations to a highly centralized industry spanning the country, with ... Read more

$18.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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In this audiobook, John Chancer narrates the story of how beef conquered America and gave rise to the modern industrial food complexBy the late nineteenth century, Americans rich and poor had come to expect high-quality fresh beef with almost every meal. Beef production in the United States had gone from small-scale, localized operations to a highly centralized industry spanning the country, with
... Read more

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Allen Carr's Easy Way to Quit Smoking Without Willpower

The best-selling quit smoking method updated for the 21st century

by Allen Carr ...

Narrated by John Chancer ...

Series series
Unabridged

8 hours 8 min

Listen to this book now and become a happy nonsmoker for the rest of your life.This book is the most up-to-date, cutting-edge, best-practice version of Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking method that will not only set you free from smoking but will also ensure that you find it easy and even enjoyable to quit.• Without using willpower, aids, substitutes, or gimmicks• Without gaining weight• ... Read more

$24.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Listen to this book now and become a happy nonsmoker for the rest of your life.This book is the most up-to-date, cutting-edge, best-practice version of Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking method that will not only set you free from smoking but will also ensure that you find it easy and even enjoyable to quit.• Without using willpower, aids, substitutes, or gimmicks• Without gaining weight•
... Read more
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Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd

Behind the Bloody Musical Masterpiece

by Rick Pender ...

Narrated by John Chancer ...

Unabridged

9 hours 55 min

Bloomsbury presents Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd by Rick Pender, read by John Chancer.An award-winning Sondheim expert dives into all facets of this unique, murder-filled masterpiece—its slimy roots, original production, characters from killers to lovers to bakers, soaring score, gripping storytelling, and lasting power.This bloody tale is often considered one of the greatest musicals of all ... Read more

$27.99 USD

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Bloomsbury presents Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd by Rick Pender, read by John Chancer.An award-winning Sondheim expert dives into all facets of this unique, murder-filled masterpiece—its slimy roots, original production, characters from killers to lovers to bakers, soaring score, gripping storytelling, and lasting power.This bloody tale is often considered one of the greatest musicals of all
... Read more

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Fearless Leadership

Overcoming Reticence, Procrastination, and the Voices of Doubt Inside Your Head

by Alan Weiss ...

Narrated by John Chancer ...

Unabridged

4 hours 12 min

The intent of this book -- the author's goal for you — is to understand the baseless underpinnings of almost all our fears. You read that correctly -- almost all our fears -- and therefore to discard them. The author has expertly coached leaders and managers in the discovery of, examination of, elimination of, and sustained freedom from fears.We all know people who are charming and articulate, but ... Read more

$15.99 USD

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The intent of this book -- the author's goal for you — is to understand the baseless underpinnings of almost all our fears. You read that correctly -- almost all our fears -- and therefore to discard them. The author has expertly coached leaders and managers in the discovery of, examination of, elimination of, and sustained freedom from fears.We all know people who are charming and articulate, but
... Read more

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Billionaire Wilderness

The Ultra-Wealthy and the Remaking of the American West

by Justin Farrell ...

Narrated by John Chancer ...

Series series Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology
Unabridged

12 hours 26 min

This audiobook narrated by John Chancer takes you to Teton County, Wyoming, where the ultra-wealthy romanticize rural poverty and leverage the natural world to ascend even higher on the socioeconomic ladderBillionaire Wilderness takes you inside the exclusive world of the ultra-wealthy, showing how today's richest people are using the natural environment to solve the existential dilemmas they face ... Read more

$20.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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This audiobook narrated by John Chancer takes you to Teton County, Wyoming, where the ultra-wealthy romanticize rural poverty and leverage the natural world to ascend even higher on the socioeconomic ladderBillionaire Wilderness takes you inside the exclusive world of the ultra-wealthy, showing how today's richest people are using the natural environment to solve the existential dilemmas they face
... Read more

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Running Out

In Search of Water on the High Plains

by Lucas Bessire ...

Narrated by John Chancer ...

Unabridged

6 hours 19 min

Finalist for the National Book AwardThis audiobook narrated by John Chancer recounts an intimate reckoning with aquifer depletion in America's heartlandThe Ogallala aquifer has nourished life on the American Great Plains for millennia. But less than a century of unsustainable irrigation farming has taxed much of the aquifer beyond repair. The imminent depletion of the Ogallala and other aquifers ... Read more

$20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Also available as: eBook

Finalist for the National Book AwardThis audiobook narrated by John Chancer recounts an intimate reckoning with aquifer depletion in America's heartlandThe Ogallala aquifer has nourished life on the American Great Plains for millennia. But less than a century of unsustainable irrigation farming has taxed much of the aquifer beyond repair. The imminent depletion of the Ogallala and other aquifers
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
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Positive Trading Psychology

Turning personal strengths into trading strengths

by Brett Steenbarger ...

Narrated by John Chancer ...

Unabridged

11 hours 40 min

Transform your psychology, transform your trading!Positive Trading Psychology demonstrates how to achieve sustained success in trading by identifying and leveraging your cognitive and emotional strengths.There has been an explosion of research and practice in the field of positive psychology, but rarely have these insights and tools been applied to trading. Expert trading coach Brett Steenbarger, ... Read more

$25.49 USD

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Transform your psychology, transform your trading!Positive Trading Psychology demonstrates how to achieve sustained success in trading by identifying and leveraging your cognitive and emotional strengths.There has been an explosion of research and practice in the field of positive psychology, but rarely have these insights and tools been applied to trading. Expert trading coach Brett Steenbarger,
... Read more

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What Are the Olympics For?

by Jules Boykoff ...

Narrated by John Chancer ...

Series series What Is It For?
Unabridged

3 hours 51 min

‘Athletes first’ is a slogan the International Olympic Committee often touts, but the reality is very different, as pre-eminent Olympics expert Jules Boykoff shows in this book. While the world’s attention is riveted by the triumphs and tribulations on their screens, there is much that goes on behind the scenes that is deeply troubling: athletes are increasingly voicing concerns over physical, ... Read more

$14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Also available as: eBook

‘Athletes first’ is a slogan the International Olympic Committee often touts, but the reality is very different, as pre-eminent Olympics expert Jules Boykoff shows in this book. While the world’s attention is riveted by the triumphs and tribulations on their screens, there is much that goes on behind the scenes that is deeply troubling: athletes are increasingly voicing concerns over physical,
... Read more

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The Geometry of Wealth

How to shape a life of money and meaning

by Brian Portnoy ...

Narrated by John Chancer ...

Unabridged

6 hours 52 min

Joint Gold medallist of the Axiom Business Book Award 2019 - Personal Finance/Retirement Planning/InvestingHow does money figure into a happy life?In The Geometry of Wealth, behavioral finance expert Brian Portnoy delivers an inspired answer, building on the critical distinction between being rich and being wealthy. While one is an unsatisfying treadmill, the other is the ability to underwrite a ... Read more

$22.81 USD

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Joint Gold medallist of the Axiom Business Book Award 2019 - Personal Finance/Retirement Planning/InvestingHow does money figure into a happy life?In The Geometry of Wealth, behavioral finance expert Brian Portnoy delivers an inspired answer, building on the critical distinction between being rich and being wealthy. While one is an unsatisfying treadmill, the other is the ability to underwrite a
... Read more

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The Macat Analysis of W.E.B Du Bois's The Souls of Black Folks

by Jason Xidias ...

Narrated by John Chancer ...

Unabridged

1 hour 42 min

Du Bois's 1903 examination of the plight of African Americans is widely recognized as among the most important ever written on race and identity. Exposing the ways in which the Jim Crow Laws kept blacks in conditions they thought they had escaped when slavery was abolished, Du Bois explains how interaction with a white world caused them psychological anguish. He concluded that blacks should demand ... Read more

$11.99 USD

Du Bois's 1903 examination of the plight of African Americans is widely recognized as among the most important ever written on race and identity. Exposing the ways in which the Jim Crow Laws kept blacks in conditions they thought they had escaped when slavery was abolished, Du Bois explains how interaction with a white world caused them psychological anguish. He concluded that blacks should demand
... Read more