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The Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present by Fareed Zakaria

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/359806 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/359806] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present Author: Fareed Zakaria Narrator: Fareed Zakaria Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 2 minutes Release date: March 26, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.14 of Total 22 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 7 Genres: World Publisher's Summary: The internationally bestselling author explores the revolutions—past and present—that define the chaotic, polarized, and unstable age in which we live. Populist rage, ideological fracture, economic and technological shocks, geopolitical dangers, and an international system studded with catastrophic risk—the early decades of the 21st century may be one of the most revolutionary periods in modern history. But they are not the first. Humans have lived, and thrived, through more than one great realignment. What makes an age a revolutionary one? And how do they end? In this major new work, Fareed Zakaria masterfully investigates eras that have shattered and shaped humanity. Four such periods hold profound lessons for today. First, in 17th-century Netherlands a series of transformations made that tiny land the richest in the world—and created modern politics as we know it today. The “Glorious Revolution” in Britain showed that major political change could happen peacefully. Next, the French Revolution, a dramatic decade and a half that devoured its ideological children and left a bloody legacy that haunts us to this day. Finally, the mother of all revolutions, the Industrial Revolution, which catapulted Britain and the US to global dominance and created the modern world. Against these paradigm-shifting historical eras, Zakaria describes our current situation, unpacking the four revolutions we are living through now; in globalization, technology, identity, and geopolitics. As few public intellectuals can, Zakaria combines intellectual range, deep historical insight, and uncanny prescience to reframe and illuminate a turbulent present.

Einstein’s Fridge: The Science of Fire, Ice and the Universe by Paul Sen

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/361265 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/361265] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Einstein’s Fridge: The Science of Fire, Ice and the Universe Author: Paul Sen Narrator: Malk Williams Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 4 minutes Release date: April 1, 2021 Genres: World Publisher's Summary: ‘Hugely readable and entertaining’ JIM AL-KHALILI ‘An accessible and crystal-clear portrait of this discipline’s breadth, largely told through its history’ PHIL BALL, PHYSICS WORLD Einstein’s Fridge tells the story of how scientists uncovered the least known and yet most consequential of all the sciences, and learned to harness the power of heat and ice. The laws of thermodynamics govern everything from the behaviour of atoms to that of living cells, from the engines that power our world to the black hole at the centre of our galaxy. Not only that, but thermodynamics explains why we must eat and breathe, how the lights come on, and ultimately how the universe will end. The people who decoded its laws came from every branch of the sciences – they were engineers, physicists, chemists, biologists, cosmologists and mathematicians. Their discoveries, set over two hundred years, kick-started the industrial revolution, changed the course of world wars and informed modern understanding of black holes. This book captures the thrill of discovery and the power of revolutionary science to change the world forever.

Francis Bacon: Revelations by Mark Stevens, Annalyn Swan

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/348788 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/348788] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Francis Bacon: Revelations Author: Mark Stevens, Annalyn Swan Narrator: Charles Armstrong Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 28 hours 5 minutes Release date: January 21, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: World Publisher's Summary: The Times Art Book of the Year 2021 FINALIST FOR THE PLUTARCH AWARD 2022 ‘Must surely be the definitive life of Francis Bacon … A biography that no Bacon fan – or indeed foe – can afford to overlook … Mesmerising’ THE TIMES ‘A magnificent triumph … I was captivated by every line’ OBSERVER A decade in the making, based upon hundreds of interviews and extensive new material, Pulitzer Prize winners Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan have written a startlingly original portrait – rich, complex, and subtle – of a commanding modern figure. Bacon concealed many important aspects of his life. He described himself as an asthmatic child in Ireland with foxhunting parents and a tyrannical father, but he was also rescued by a series of formidable women – women who in this biography emerge in their own right. He was never just a dissolute young man but was also a passionate reader, largely self-taught. Early on, influenced by Eileen Gray, he became a hard-working and ambitious designer, a brief career explored here in detail for the first time. He dreamed of remaking the modern room. Bacon worked no less hard or ambitiously as a painter, at first with little success. Throughout the 1930s and early ’40s he suffered ongoing failures, growing isolated and often ill. His health issues throughout his life were far more significant than he revealed. Then came his astonishing breakthrough in 1944, with Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion. In the following decades, he emerged as one of the great iconoclasts and bon vivants of his time, a Wildean figure whom one friend called ‘a terrific grandee.’ Bacon was typically celebrated as a sexual adventurer who liked rough trade, but he never stopped longing for a serious committed relationship, however painful. He continued to make disturbing images of the strangeness within, but developed into a more varied artist than has been recognised, creating in particular an extraordinary series of self-portraits. He was an artist who believed in chance and paradox: the iconoclast eventually became an icon. This is a story, deeply researched and masterfully told, of a sickly boy who became one of the great figures of his time. The twentieth century does not know itself without Bacon.

The Examined Mind: A BBC radio collection exploring the history, philosophy and science of self-help by Felicity Ward, Emma Barnett, Byron Vincent, Will Self, Kate Williams, Robin Ince

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/368132 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/368132] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Examined Mind: A BBC radio collection exploring the history, philosophy and science of self-help Author: Felicity Ward, Emma Barnett, Byron Vincent, Will Self, Kate Williams, Robin Ince Narrator: Bryon Vincent, Felicity Ward, Emma Barnett, Sian Williams, Will Self, Kate Williams, Robin Ince Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 13 minutes Release date: November 12, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: World Publisher's Summary: This collection brings together history, science, philosophy and comedy to explore our age-old search for meaning. We live in an age of self-improvement and self-examination - lifehacking, wellbeing, self-care, mindfulness retreats - but this seemingly very modern phenomenon is a pursuit that dates back for millennia. Join comedian Robin Ince to explore how the ancient Greeks aimed to get happier, healthier and richer. Will Self asks some of Britain's key scientists, philosophers and faith leaders to share their conclusions on the meaning of our existence. Historian Kate Williams investigates the Grandfather of Self-Help, Samuel Smiles' 1859 book Self Help, and its lasting influence. In 'Hell is Other People', performer Byron Vincent attempts to overcome his paralysing fear of social situations. Emma Barnett traces the multi-billion dollar mindfulness industry to its Buddhist roots to discover whether it's just another health fad. Comedian Felicity Ward tries to solve her mental health issues, one app at a time. Sian Williams presents a practical guide to boosting brain power through exercise, relaxation, stimulation, sleep and diet. From the ancient Greeks to the present day and even into the future, The Examined Mind provides an unique insight into our constant quest to be better people.

Five Hundred Years of Friendship: A BBC Radio 4 History by Thomas Dixon

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/368130 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/368130] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Five Hundred Years of Friendship: A BBC Radio 4 History Author: Thomas Dixon Narrator: Thomas Dixon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 20 minutes Release date: November 12, 2020 Genres: World Publisher's Summary: Friendships, for many of us, are at the very centre of our daily existence and identity. Yet it hasn't always been this way. Our modern view of what makes a friend is shaped by centuries of political and social upheaval. In this landmark study, Dr Thomas Dixon considers both the differences and similarities between friendships in history and those we experience today. Now we tend to view friendships among children as a good thing, but did you know that in the 18th and 19th century they were seen as fraught with danger? Or that the Bible heavily influenced early companionship? Beginning with the social networks of the 16th century, Dr Dixon moves through history to examine the invention of the best friend, working class Friendly Societies, dogs as 'man's best friend', and the tragic impact of the First World War on male friendships. Finally, we look at how the old and the young are navigating friendships today, and how friendship might look in the technologically-enhanced future. This fascinating and surprising history provides a unique look at how human companionship has changed through the ages - and what comes next.