Henry D. Thoreau by Franklin Benjamin Sanborn ~ Full Audiobook [biography]

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10/11/23

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Henry D. Thoreau by Franklin Benjamin Sanborn audiobook.

Genre: biography

Written by Concord reformer and firsthand acquaintance Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, Henry D. Thoreau offers an intimate portrait of the man behind Walden and the era that shaped him. Drawing on personal memories, family testimony, and the literary circles of Emerson and the Transcendentalists, Sanborn follows Thoreau from his New England roots and youth through his emergence as a restless scholar, precise observer of nature, and uncompromising moral voice. The story moves between the ordinary details of work reminding us that Thoreau had to earn his living, and the extraordinary intensity of a mind determined to live by principle, even when that put him at odds with custom, commerce, and public opinion. Along the way, Sanborn maps the friendships and rivalries that tested Thoreau's independence, the quiet discipline of fieldwork that fed his writing, and the social and political storms of mid-19th-century America that demanded a response. At its heart, this is a biography of character: how a private life of woods and words became a public challenge to live deliberately.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:13:17) Chapter 01

(00:46:42) Chapter 02

(01:21:40) Chapter 03

(02:01:58) Chapter 04

(02:36:54) Chapter 05

(03:16:10) Chapter 06

(03:51:00) Chapter 07

(04:26:39) Chapter 08

(04:44:15) Chapter 09

(05:15:59) Chapter 10

(05:41:12) Chapter 11

(06:09:43) Chapter 12

(06:26:28) Chapter 13

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The Mistress of Shenstone by Florence Louisa Barclay ~ Full Audiobook [romance]

October 10, 2023

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354m

The Mistress of Shenstone by Florence Louisa Barclay audiobook.

Genre: romance

When war draws Lord Ingleby away from Shenstone Park, his wife, Lady Myra, becomes the lonely guardian of a great country house that feels too vast for one heart, one small toy poodle, and a growing fear of what each telegram might bring. Florence L. Barclay sets Myra amid autumn terraces, shuttered rooms, and watchful servants who see more than they say, then sends her beyond the safety of her title and estate when devastating news forces her to confront life without the future she had assumed. Seeking quiet on the Cornish coast, Myra finds instead a village full of sharp tongues and warm teacups, including the formidable Miss Murgatroyd sisters, and an unexpected encounter with Jim Airth, a man whose rough manner and guarded silence suggest wounds as deep as her own. As friendship turns toward something more dangerous, Myra must weigh duty against desire, pride against vulnerability, and grief against the possibility of joy, while the shadow of the war and an unseen secret keeps pressing in. A tender, character-driven romance about love after loss, and the courage it takes to forgive.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:21:51) Chapter 02

(00:47:46) Chapter 03

(01:17:04) Chapter 04

(01:44:30) Chapter 05

(02:08:34) Chapter 06

(02:39:47) Chapter 07

(03:10:09) Chapter 08

(03:39:24) Chapter 09

(04:10:03) Chapter 10

(04:30:44) Chapter 11

(05:03:40) Chapter 12

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Capital and Interest by Frederic Bastiat ~ Full Audiobook [business]

October 11, 2023

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91m

Capital and Interest by Frederic Bastiat audiobook.

Genre: business

Frédéric Bastiat was an early 19th century French economist/statesman whose common sense essays tried to battle the rise of socialist ideology after the French revolution, where provisional governments were rivaling each other for power. Of central concern was who should control the money. How is wealth created? How should it be divided amongst the people? What services should government provide? Same questions we are asking now. This essay addresses the popular fallacy of the day that Capital should be available to all gratuitiously, without necessity of paying back loans, and looking upon any form of interest as Usury. Bastiat argued that capital is created by savings, and savings are what makes borrowing possible so the common man can get ahead and prosper, and lending is only worth the risk if the lender profits by it, via interest. He demonstrated the law of supply and demand, that, in essence, interest decreases as availability of capital increases. His basic premises is that without a leisure class (people who have money to spare over earning daily bread), there would be nothing to borrow, so that neither the common man nor society can prosper.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:07:35) Chapter 2

(00:25:13) Chapter 3

(00:33:01) Chapter 4

(00:48:17) Chapter 5

(00:59:49) Chapter 6

(01:08:00) Chapter 7

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