Thomas Metzinger has narrated 7 audiobooks on Listento.it by 6 authors, with an average listener rating of 5★ across 1 ratings. The most-rated is Making Sense.
Making Sense
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From the best-selling author of Waking Up and The End of Faith, a collection of the best conversations from wildly popular, often controversial podcast Making Sense. “Civilization rests on a series of successful conversations.” (Sam Harris) Sam Harris - neuroscientist, philosopher, and best-selling author - has been exploring some of the most important questions about the human mind, society, and current events on his podcast, Making Sense. With more than one million downloads per episode, these discussions have clearly hit a nerve, frequently walking a tightrope where either host or guest - and sometimes both - lose their footing, but always in search of a greater understanding of the world in which we live. For Harris, honest conversation, no matter how difficult or controversial, represents the only path to moral and intellectual progress. The Making Sense audiobook includes talks with Daniel Kahneman, Timothy Snyder, Nick Bostrom, and Glen Loury, on topics that range from the nature of consciousness and free will, to politics and extremism, to living ethically. Together they shine a light on what it means to “make sense” in the modern world.
©2020 Sam Harris (P)2020 HarperCollins Publishers
Crossroads of the Mediterranean
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To Luca, the story of Sicily was like an old movie made modern. From black-and-white to sepia and then to color, the old man Vito’s narration of the island’s ancient history kept Luca spellbound. Originally a trip to his parents’ homeland, Luca’s journey was now one of a deeper history, in which the Roman dominion over the island was converted by invasions of Byzantines, Muslims, Normans, French, Aragonese, Bourbons, and even the forces of North America. From the time of Julius Caesar to the present day, the history of Sicily is the history of Western Civilization. Crossroads of the Mediterranean takes the listener on the journey with Luca in discovering the roots of this true melting pot, the island in the Middle Sea. Crossroads of the Mediterranean is preceded by Islands of Fire, which chronicles the history of Sicily from its volcanic origins millions of years ago to the Slave Wars of the first century BCE.
©2020 Dick Rosano (P)2020 Dick Rosano
Stock Market for Beginners
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The stock market is a fantastic money machine. Are you ready to get involved? If you are going to be a successful stock market player, you need to know how the stock market really works. Learn how this fascinating investor world works and start your investor journey today. This is the essential stock market guide for beginners. In this audiobook, you will learn: What first-time investor should know How to choose the "winners" Common approaches to stock investing Common errors made by beginner investors and how to avoid them Investing in crisis Ways to grow and value stocks Things to look for when buying Where does Warren Buffet invest Steps for recognizing the risks Investment strategies and tactics Ways for establishing your plans Methods of investing for income Buy the book to get started.
©2020 Martin Brown (P)2020 Martin Brown
Islands of Fire
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When Luca went to Sicily in search of his parents’ roots, he didn’t count on meeting Vito: a wizened old man who seemed to embody the history of the island in his bones. He also didn't count on Vito taking him back centuries – millennia – to the ancient times when Sicily was settled by seafaring people, and fought over by warring tribes and invaders. Luca didn’t know about Anu and Baia who came to the shores of the island 11,000 years ago, or Telia and Sapira who began Sicily’s agricultural revolution thousands of years later. He had never heard of the Sicani, Elymi, and Siculi tribes who settled the island 3,000 years ago, or the Arabs, Greeks, Carthaginians, and Romans who fought to control this vital piece of earth in the Middle Sea. Islands of Fire takes the listener on a journey through time, from the volcanic origins of this island to the era of the Roman Empire. It is a journey chronicled in the dozens of invasions of the island over thousands of years. A waystation in the Middle Sea, Sicily is at the heart of western history.
©2020 Dick Rosano (P)2020 Dick Rosano
Nazi and Esoterism
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Why did Hitler persecute the Jews? This is what everyone is asking. Even though many years have passed since those dire events, the world will never forget everything that happened. Was there something behind his madness? Maybe there was an ideology that went beyond what everyone knows? For some, yes. According to some scholars, Adolf Hitler hid a truth that went far beyond all expectations. The Führer seems to have been a follower of a philosophical and religious movement called Ariosophy. This movement was based on magical and esoteric ideologies inspired by the teachings of some particular figures of the society of the time. The so-called "spiritual masters" of Ariosophy were Guido von List, Lanz von Liebenfels, Savitri Devi, and Miguel Serrano. The term "Ariosophy" is based on the word "Aryan", on which the insane Führer based his entire struggle against the Jews. The different components that implied the occult ideology of National Socialism have never been openly declared nor have a syncretic and complete vision of them ever been had. The only historical-cultural moment of National Socialism in power in which this synthesis was sought was the decade that went from 1935 to 1945. On January 5, 1919, the 35-year-old railway worker Anton Drexler founded, together with a small handful of companions, the Deutsche Arbeitpartei, the German Workers' Party, a new socialist political group with clearly reformist ideals. A pamphlet entitled "My Political Awakening" had imposed Drexler on the public stage. The ultimate goal of this railway worker and his movement was in fact to bring the working masses closer to the new ideal of national socialism, thus removing them from the influence of the young Marxism. At the same time, a recently born cultural and political society, which we will discuss shortly, had shown itself intrigued by the new developments that the Drexler movement could have brought about within the working class. Thule society soon showed itself in favor of these ideals while also trying to create a sort of bridgehead between it and the same political movement. The police, and the state security services, obviously could not be considered "excluded" from such mass unrest, which, although initially moderate enough, could have contributed and constituted the cradle from which new insurrectional and anti-government ideals could sprout. Thus, at the state level, a certain Adolf Hitler was sent to monitor the movements and trends that Drexler's creation seemed to want to assume. Sometimes, however, ideals can take precedence over duties to the point that a young Hitler will soon find himself becoming an extremely active member of the party, to the point that after only four months of his arrival the party was, on his advice, renamed "National Socialist Party of German Workers". Finally, a short time later, in May 1920, the Swastika became the symbol of the newly formed NSDAP. In short, this was the story that Nazism lived at the time of its foundation. This is what can be found in history books or a regular encyclopedia. However, these texts are silent on other attitudes and tendencies that were typical of this historical period, events, and characters who also played a considerable role in the genesis of Nazism itself. In fact, since its beginnings, numerous esotericists, lovers of arcane sciences, philosophers, and theorists of new religions joined and were supported by high hierarchs of Nazism, probably contributing to shaping certain ideas and programs that would soon be updated. Hitler himself during an interview, granted when he was already in power, externalized concepts and ideals that, even today, are difficult to interpret except by placing them within that vein of mysticism and esotericism that probably followed the Nazi ideal.
©2020 Jack Stew Barretta (P)2020 Jack Stew Barretta
Conversation Skills
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How open-minded are you about receiving expert career advice from the top public-speaking professors? Remember - for your career success, it doesn't matter what you study, but it matters why you study. In this audiobook, you will get to know about: What is public speaking? Evolution of public speaking How to acquire confidence before the audience The 10 principles of successful public speaking If you are suffering from fear of public speaking and haven't been able to control your fear, it's because you are lack of an effective strategy. So, this book goes into a step-by-step strategy that will help you control your fear of public speaking and improve your presentation skills effectively.
©2020 John Morgan (P)2020 John Morgan
Empath and Narcissist
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You might be feeling overwhelmed by strange feelings. You might not know where it is coming from and how to handle it. Even when you know what it is you are and what you can do, you might be feeling drained and used round the clock. It is imperative that you understand your abilities and how to live a healthy life even as you use them for good. In this audiobook, you will discover: How to Develop Your Gift 7 Reasons Why Being an Empath Is a Gift Characteristic of Empathic Peoples Why Empaths have a Better Ability to Help Others How to Use Your Potential Quick Quiz to Determine Your Empathic Status Spiritual Healing Tools to Help You as an Empath And much more! Empaths are highly sensitive people - only around 20 percent of people have their special abilities. Empaths, in particular, are in tune with emotions. With their highly sensitive mirror neurons that tend to fire stronger than those of average people, the empath is able to see someone else and suddenly feel as though he or she is feeling the same energy that the other person is. Just at a glance, the empath can go from perfectly content to a blind fury, all because of this propensity to absorb the energy of people around them.
©2020 Ronan Wilson (P)2020 Bill Farrow