Free Download A Companion to Steven Spielberg (Audiobook)
English | September 28, 2021 | ASIN: B09FYFC1WC | M4B@64 kbps | 29h 1m | 811 MB
Editor: Nigel Morris | Narrator: Eric Jason Martin
A Companion to Steven Spielberg provides an authoritative collection of essays exploring the achievements and legacy of one of the most influential film directors of the modern era.
Offers comprehensive coverage of Spielberg's directorial output, from early works, including Duel, The Sugarland Express, and Jaws, to recent filmsExplores Spielberg's contribution to the development of visual effects and computer games, as well as the critical and popular reception of his filmsTopics include in-depth analyses of Spielberg's themes, style, and filming techniques; commercial and cultural significance of the Spielberg "brand" and his parallel career as a producer; and collaborative projects with artists and composersBrings together an international team of renowned scholars and emergent voices, balancing multiple perspectives and critical approachesCreates a timely and illuminating resource that acknowledges the ambiguity and complexity of Spielberg's work and reflects its increasing importance to film scholarship

Free Download The Sea Wolf (Audiobook)
English | March 02, 2023 | ASIN: B0BX21Q4PB | M4B@125 kbps | 9h 52m | 538.73 MB
Author: Jack London
Narrator: Jim D Johnston
When the San Francisco ferry called Martinez collides with another ship in the fog and sinks, Humphrey Van Weyden, an intellectual and well-known literary critic, is one of the "lucky" survivors, set adrift in the Bay. He is eventually found by "Wolf" Larsen, the brutal and cynical sea captain of a seal-hunting schooner called the Ghost.

Free Download The Greeks: A Global History (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B09GW8G47N | 2021 | 16 hours and 38 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 462 MB
Author: Roderick Beaton
Narrator: Anna Crowe
A sweeping history of the Greeks, from the Bronze Age to today. More than 2,000 years ago, the Greek city-states, led by Athens and Sparta, laid the foundation for much of modern science, the arts, politics, and law. But the influence of the Greeks did not end with the rise and fall of this classical civilization. As historian Roderick Beaton illustrates, over three millennia Greek speakers produced a series of civilizations that were rooted in southeastern Europe but again and again ranged widely across the globe. In The Greeks, Beaton traces this history from the Bronze Age Mycenaeans who built powerful fortresses at home and strong trade routes abroad, to the dramatic Eurasian conquests of Alexander the Great, to the pious Byzantines who sought to export Christianity worldwide, to today's Greek diaspora, which flourishes on five continents. The product of decades of research, this is the story of the Greeks and their global impact told as never before.

Free Download The Eternal City: A History of Rome (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B082MS5G5W | 2020 | 22 hours and 3 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 605 MB
Author: Ferdinand Addis
Narrator: Pete Cross
Why does Rome continue to exert a hold on our imagination? How did the Caput Mundi come to play such a critical role in the development of Western civilization? Ferdinand Addis addresses these questions by tracing the history of the Eternal City told through the dramatic key moments in its history: the mythic founding of Rome in 753 BC, the murder of Caesar in 44 BC, the coronation of Charlemagne in AD 800, the reinvention of the imperial ideal, the painting of the Sistine chapel, the trial of Galileo, Mussolini's March on Rome of 1922, the release of Fellini's La Dolce Vita in 1960, and the Occupy riots of 2011. City of the Seven Hills, spiritual home of Catholic Christianity, city of the artistic imagination, enduring symbol of our common European heritage - Rome has inspired, charmed, and tempted empire-builders, dreamers, writers, and travelers across the 27 centuries of its existence. Ferdinand Addis tells its rich story in a grand narrative style for a new generation of listeners.

Free Download Fathers and Sons: The Autobiography of a Family (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B09XBMXGBK | 2023 | 16 hours and 35 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 456 MB
Author: Alexander Waugh
Narrator: Dennis Kleinman
If there is a literary gene, then the Waugh family most certainly has it-and it clearly seems to be passed down from father to son. The first of the literary Waughs was Arthur, who, when he won the Newdigate Prize for poetry at Oxford in 1888, broke with the family tradition of medicine. He went on to become a distinguished publisher and an immensely influential book columnist. He fathered two sons, Alec and Evelyn, both of whom were to become novelists of note (and whom Arthur, somewhat uneasily, would himself publish); both of whom were to rebel in their own ways against his bedrock Victorianism; and one of whom, Evelyn, was to write a series of immortal novels that will be prized as long as elegance and lethal wit are admired. Evelyn begat, among seven others, Auberon Waugh, who would carry on in the family tradition of literary skill and eccentricity, becoming one of England's most incorrigibly cantankerous and provocative newspaper columnists, loved and loathed in equal measure. And Auberon begat Alexander, yet another writer in the family, to whom it has fallen to tell this extraordinary tale of four generations of scribbling male Waughs.

Free Download Caesar's Civil War: 49-44 BC (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BNVWM8CR | 2023 | 3 hours and 15 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 178 MB
Author: Adrian Goldsworthy
Narrator: John Telfer
Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great were two of the greatest generals Rome had ever produced. Together they had brought vast stretches of territory under Roman dominion. In 49 BC they turned against each other and plunged Rome into civil war. In this audiobook, Adrian Goldsworthy relates the gripping story of this desperate power struggle. Drawing on original accounts of the war, he examines how legion was pitched against legion in a vicious battle for political domination of the vast Roman world. The armies were evenly matched, but in the end, Caesar's genius as a commander and his great good luck brought him victory in 45 BC. Updated and revised for the new edition, this is a detailed introduction to one of the last conflicts in the Roman Republic before the establishment of the Roman Empire.

Free Download Wild Isles (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BRNNVX51 | 2023 | 10 hours and 40 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 306 MB
Author: Patrick Barkham, Alastair Fothergill
Narrator: Patrick Barkham
This beautiful overview of the wildlife of the British Isles showcases the diversity of our plant and animal life. Wild Isles is a celebration of the wildlife found on a relatively modest collection of islands positioned at a latitude so northerly to be unattractive to many animals and plants. Despite these unpromising foundations, the islands of Britain and Ireland, together with more than 6,000 lesser islets that make up our archipelago, contain some of the most diverse, beautiful and wildlife-rich landscapes and seas on our planet. This audiobook will explore the fascinating relationships within and between species who make their home on our beautiful isles.

Free Download The Very Last Interview (Audiobook)
English | April 12, 2022 | ASIN: B09RTN6WR4 | M4B@128 kbps | 2h 21m | 129 MB
Author: David Shields | Narrator: Stephen Bowlby
In the spirit of his highly acclaimed and influential book Reality Hunger, David Shields has composed a mordantly funny, relentlessly self-questioning self-portrait based on questions that interviewers have asked him over forty years.
David Shields decided to gather every interview he's ever given, going back nearly forty years. If it was on the radio or TV or a podcast, he transcribed it. He wasn't sure what he was looking for, but he knew he wasn't interested in any of his own answers. The questions interested him-approximately 2,700, which he condensed and collated to form twenty-two chapters focused on such subjects as Process, Childhood, Failure, Capitalism, Suicide, and Comedy. Then, according to Shields, "the real work began: rewriting and editing and remixing the questions and finding a through-line."

Free Download The Patriarchs: The Origins of Inequality (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BFJWTQP6 | 2023 | 10 hours and 25 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 301 MB
Author: Angela Saini
Narrator: Sohm Kapila
A groundbreaking exploration of gendered oppression-its origins, its histories, our attempts to understand it, and our efforts to combat it. For centuries, prominent thinkers have treated male domination among humans as natural or inevitable. But how would our understanding of gender inequality-our imagined past and contested present-look if we didn't assume that men have always ruled over women? If we saw gendered oppression as something fragile, that, alongside other forms of inequality, has had to be constantly remade and reasserted? In this bold and radical book, award-winning science journalist Angela Saini explores the roots of what we call patriarchy, uncovering a complex history of how it first became embedded in societies and spread across the globe from prehistory into the present.

Free Download The Ottoman Empire (Audiobook)
English | May 26, 2017 | ASIN: B0727YWTB5 | MP3@64 kbps | 18h 44m | 506.14 MB
Author: Kenneth W. Harl, The Great Courses
Narrator: Kenneth W. Harl
By understanding the dramatic story of the Ottoman Empire - from its early years as a collection of raiders and conquerors to its undeniable power in the 15th and 16th centuries to its catastrophic collapse in the wreckage of the First World War - one can better grasp the current complexities of the Middle East.