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Einstein: His Life and Universe (Unabridged)

What the Critics Say

"[A] lucid account." (Publishers Weekly)
"Mr. Isaacson asks the right questions....And he answers them with the clear, broad grasp of complex issues that make this book an illuminating delight." (The New York Times)
"Isaacson has written a crisp, engaging, and refreshing biography, one that beautifully masters the historical literature and offers many new insights into Einstein's work and life." (Diana Kormos Buchwald, General Editor of the Collected Papers of Albert Einstein)

Publisher's Summary

How did Einstein's mind work? What made him a genius? Isaacson's biography shows how his scientific imagination sprang from the rebellious nature of his personality. His fascinating story is a testament to the connection between creativity and freedom.

Based on the newly released personal letters of Albert Einstein, Walter Isaacson explores how an imaginative, impertinent patent clerk, a struggling father in a difficult marriage who couldn't get a teaching job or a doctorate, became the mind reader of the creator of the cosmos, the locksmith of the mysteries of the atom and the universe. His success came from questioning conventional wisdom and marveling at mysteries that struck others as mundane. This led him to embrace a morality and politics based on respect for free minds, free spirits, and free individuals.

These traits are just as vital for this new century of globalization, in which our success will depend on our creativity, as they were for the beginning of the last century, when Einstein helped usher in the modern age.


Einstein: His Life and Universe (Unabridged)

The Road (Unabridged)

What the Critics Say

Pulitzer Prize, Fiction, 2007

"McCarthy's prose retains its ability to seduce...and there are nods to the gentler aspects of the human spirit." (The New Yorker)
"One of McCarthy's best novels, probably his most moving and perhaps his most personal...Every moment of The Road is rich with dilemmas that are as shattering as they are unspoken...McCarthy is so accomplished that the reader senses the mysterious and intuitive changes between father and son that can't be articulated, let alone dramatized...Both lyric and savage, both desperate and transcendent, although transcendence is singed around the edges...Tag McCarthy one of the four or five great American novelists of his generation." (Los Angeles Times Book Review)

Publisher's Summary

America is a barren landscape of smoldering ashes, devoid of life except for those people still struggling to scratch out some type of existence. Amidst this destruction, a father and his young son walk, always toward the coast, but with no real understanding that circumstances will improve once they arrive. Still, they persevere, and their relationship comes to represent goodness in a world of utter devastation.

Bleak but brilliant, with glimmers of hope and humor, The Road is a stunning allegory and perhaps Cormac McCarthy's finest novel to date. This remarkable departure from his previous works has been hailed by Kirkus Reviews as a "novel of horrific beauty, where death is the only truth".

McCarthy, a New York Times best-selling author, is a past recipient of the National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle Award. He is widely considered one of America's greatest writers.

The Road (Unabridged)

What the Critics Say

"It's about time this book was written. It is a long-overdue manifesto for the mobile lifestyle, and Tim Ferriss is the ideal ambassador." (Jack Canfield)
"Thanks to Tim Ferriss, I have more time in my life to travel, spend time with family, and write book blurbs. This is a dazzling and highly useful work." (A.J. Jacobs, Editor-at-Large, Esquire)

Publisher's Summary

Tim Ferriss is an extraordinary young man on a mission. The 28-year-old serial vagabond and successful entrepreneur has been teaching a wildly popular course at Princeton University for the past four years: a how-to and why-to guide to throwing out the old methods for success (balancing life and work, retiring well, having a great nest egg) and replacing them with an entirely new way of living.

The 4 Hour Work Week explains what a lifestyle entrepreneur is and why you should want to become one. It teaches you how to "kill" your job and design a life, the 80/20 rule and how it increases productivity, how to replace your dreams with goals, and more. Listeners can lead a rich life by working only four hours a week, freeing up the rest of their time to spend it living the lives they want.

The Four-Hour Work Week: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich (Unabridged)

The Secret (Unabridged)

Publisher's Summary

It has been passed down through the ages, highly coveted, hidden, lost, stolen, and bought for vast sums of money. Fragments of this Great Secret have been found in the oral traditions, in literature, in religions and philosophies throughout the centuries. It has been understood by some of the most prominent people in history: Plato, Galileo, Beethoven, Edison, Carnegie, and Einstein, along with other renowned inventors, theologians, scientists, and great thinkers.

For the first time, all the pieces of the Secret come together in an incredible revelation that will be life transforming for all who experience it.

In this audiobook you will discover the Secret, and you will learn how to have, do, or be anything you want. You will learn how to use the Secret in every area of your life. You will hear from modern-day teachers - men and women who have used the Secret to achieve health, prosperity, relationships, and happiness. They share their incredible stories of using the Secret to eradicate disease, acquire massive wealth, overcome obstacles, and achieve what many would regard as impossible. Through them, you will begin to understand the hidden, untapped power that is within you, and the true magnificence that awaits you.

The Secret (Unabridged)

The Echelon Vendetta: A Novel (Unabridged)

Micah Dalton isn't paid to ask questions....

The Echelon Vendetta: A Novel (Unabridged)

Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything (Unabridged)

While some business leaders fear the burgeoning growth of massive online communities, Wikinomics proves this fear is folly. Smart firms can harness collective capability to spur innovation....

Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything (Unabridged)

You: On a Diet: The Owner's Manual for Waist Management

Equal parts information, motivation, and change-your-life action, You: On a Diet will revolutionize the way you think about yourself and the food you consume....

You: On a Diet: The Owner's Manual for Waist Management

Nineteen Minutes (Unabridged)

Judge Alex Cormier is assigned to preside over the case of the alleged Sterling High School shooter. But the star witness happens to be Judge Cormier's daughter....

Nineteen Minutes (Unabridged)

The Loved Dog: The Playful, Nonaggressive Way to Teach Your Dog Good Behavior (Unabridged)

More than 15 years ago, Tamar Geller began her career as a dog trainer by observing a scientific study of wolves in the wild....

The Loved Dog: The Playful, Nonaggressive Way to Teach Your Dog Good Behavior (Unabridged)

Simple Genius (Unabridged)

Former Secret Service agents turned private investigators Sean King and Michelle Maxwell team up again to stop a conspiracy of traitors operating in the shadow of the White House itself....

Simple Genius (Unabridged)

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (Unabridged)

This is how wars are fought now: by children, hopped-up on drugs and wielding AK-47s. Here is a rare and mesmerizing account, told with real literary force and heartbreaking honesty....

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (Unabridged)

Brother Odd (Unabridged)

No one could have imagined Odd Thomas ever leaving the quirky comfort of Pico Mundo. Yet leave it he has, for a monastery. But Odd has a knack for finding trouble no matter where he goes....

Brother Odd (Unabridged)

Simple.ology: The Simple Science of Getting What You Want (Unabridged)

Simpleo.logy is the cutting-edge speed-learning psychology that governs success or failure in every endeavor....

Simple.ology: The Simple Science of Getting What You Want (Unabridged)

The Glass Castle (Unabridged)

This extraordinary memoir from Jeannette Walls is a stirring and distinctive story that has won tremendous critical acclaim....

The Glass Castle (Unabridged)

Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India, and Indonesia (Unabridged)

She got rid of her belongings, quit her job, and undertook a yearlong journey around the world, all alone....

Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India, and Indonesia (Unabridged)

Obsession: An Alex Delaware Novel

Tanya was a little girl when Dr. Alex Delaware treated her obsessive-compulsive symptoms. Now, at 19, Tanya's mother has made a deathbed confession of murder and urged her to seek Delaware's help....

Obsession: An Alex Delaware Novel