HighBridge Audio (Firm)
Author
Series
Call the midwife volume 2
Language
English
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Description
When twenty-two-year-old Jennifer Worth, from a comfortable middle-class upbringing, went to work as a midwife in the direst section of postwar London, she not only delivered hundreds of babies and touched many lives, she also became the neighborhood's most vivid chronicler. Woven into the ongoing tales of her life in the East End are the true stories of the people Worth met who grew up in the dreaded workhouse, a Dickensian institution that limped...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Description
"A fascinating look at Artificial Intelligence, from its humble Cold War beginnings to the dazzling future that is just around the corner. When most of us think about Artificial Intelligence, our minds go straight to cyborgs, robots, and sci-fi thrillers where machines take over the world. But the truth is that Artificial Intelligence is already among us. It exists in our smartphones, fitness trackers, and refrigerators that tell us when the milk...
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
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Description
Looks at the underlying causes of a number of counterproductive modes of thought and behavior, such as loss aversion (the tendency to go to great lengths to avoid perceived losses), diagnosis bias (the inability to reevaluate an initial impression of a person or situation), and chameleon effect (the tendency to take on arbitrarily assigned characteristics).
45) Black Dahlia, Red Rose: the crime, corruption, and cover-up of America's greatest unsolved murder
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Description
The gruesome murder of hopeful starlet Elizabeth Short, in the noir-tinged Los Angeles of 1947, has a permanent place in American lore as one of the most inscrutable of true-crime mysteries. Now, Piu Eatwell-relentless legal sleuth and atmospheric stylist-cracks the case after seventy years. With recently unredacted FBI files, newly released sections of the LAPD files, and explosive new interviews, Eatwell has unprecedented access to primary evidence...
Author
Language
English
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Description
After he died in the backseat of a Cadillac at the age of twenty-nine, Hank Williams, a frail, flawed man who had become country music's most compelling and popular star, instantly morphed into its first tragic martyr. Having hit the heights in the postwar era with simple songs of heartache and star-crossed love, he would, with that outlaw swagger, become in death a template for the rock generation to follow. Presenting the first fully realized biography...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
Examines the work of Hans Asperger, a child psychiatrist working in Vienna during the regime of the Nazis, who, while offering compassionate institutional care for children diagnosed with autism whom he deemed promising, prescribed harsh measures for those he felt suffered too severely from the condition and whom he believed could not be integrated into society.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
In 1972, at the age of 21, John Callahan was involved in a car crash that severed his spine and made him a quadriplegic. A heavy drinker since the age of 12 (alcohol had played a role in his crash), the accident could have been the beginning of a downward spiral. Instead, it sparked a personal transformation. After extensive physical therapy, he was eventually able to grasp a pen in his right hand and make rudimentary drawings. By 1978, Callahan had...
51) Man and myth
Author
Pub. Date
2002, 1998.
Language
English
Description
Presents key lectures on myth, symbolism, and spiritual awakening.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
From the acclaimed author of The Hard Way on Purpose, a vibrant, heartfelt memoir about confronting mortality, surviving loss, finding resilience in one's Midwest roots and seeking a father's wisdom through an unusual woodworking project, constructing his own coffin.
53) Family vacations
Series
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
The National Public Radio archive presents a real-life collection of family vacation stories that whisk listeners away to distant and unusual lands.
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
With frequent stops at pop culture meccas, and unforgettable encounters with humans of singular interest, the NPR Road Trips series introduces listeners not only to far-off locations and unusual destinations, but to the people who inhabit them, and seek them out. Each story focuses on real locations, real people, and real history in the thought-provoking, imaginative and entertaining way listeners have come to expect from NPR.
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Nationally known NPR on-air personalities share the lasting impressions made during interviews with a wide variety of exceptional individuals. Each story is introduced by the NPR host and offers a candid account of how the encounter was particularly meaningful to them. These are thought-provoking and emotionally resonant interviews with both the famous and the nearly anonymous; real people who reveal themselves over the course of a conversation in...
59) The Civil War
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
A century and a half later, the Civil War still resonates with all Americans. NPR captures the battlefield action, the human struggle, and the moral dilemmas of the war that pitted brother against brother, and family against family. From battlefield heroics to heart-wrenching letters home and in-depth profiles of complex characters, this outstanding soundscape is moving and enlightening. Includes expert commentary, gripping stories, and unforgettable...
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Looking for an alternative to the seriously reliable, soothing yet informative sound of NPR? Try NPR! Prepare to be surprised by this collection of unbelievable news, bloopers, and interviews with some of the funniest personalities on the planet. The time honored tradition of hoax stories that NPR airs every April 1st brings exploding maple trees in Maine, talking dogs in Ohio, farm raised whales in Illinois, and bubbling cheese springs in Wisconsin.
National...
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