Socialism - Utopian and Scientific by Friedrich Engels ~ Full Audiobook [philosophy]

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09/05/22

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173m

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Socialism - Utopian and Scientific by Friedrich Engels audiobook.

Genre: philosophy

In Socialism - Utopian and Scientific, Friedrich Engels offers a brisk, combative guide to how modern socialism emerged, what it claims to explain, and why it insists it is more than a moral wish list. Writing for readers who may know the slogans but not the underlying arguments, Engels contrasts early, 'utopian' reformers who imagined ideal communities with a later 'scientific' approach grounded in a materialist account of history. He walks through the rise of industrial capitalism, the sharpening conflicts between social classes, and the way economic systems transform politics, culture, and everyday life. Along the way, Engels sketches the philosophical roots of his method, explains why social change is driven by contradictions within society itself, and argues that socialism is tied to the development of modern industry and the working-class movement rather than to pure good intentions. Part primer, part polemic, the book invites the listener to examine how ideas about progress, property, and power connect to the concrete realities of production and labor, and why Engels believed a new social order could be understood as a historical process rather than a dream.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:57:37) Chapter 01

(01:31:42) Chapter 02

(01:54:14) Chapter 03

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The Lone Star Ranger by Zane Grey ~ Full Audiobook [adventure]

September 5, 2022

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The Lone Star Ranger by Zane Grey audiobook.

Genre: adventure

Buck Duane, son of a famous gunfighter, falls prey to the old problem - called out by a cowboy who wants to make trouble, Duane kills him and then must ride off to the lawless country near the Neuces River to escape being arrested and perhaps, hanged. His brief encounter with deadly gun-play has ignited a deep urging to repeat the adrenaline rush but is tempered by ghosts that haunt his sleep. He only dares to release his inner demon when he is taking down an outlaw who is particularly known for his brutality.

He develops a reputation for killing the most notorious Texas outlaws, which draws an unexpected interest: a captain of the Texas Rangers offers him a pardon and a ranger's badge if he will infiltrate the gang of the shadowy figure known as 'Cheseldine' who wields vast power in West Texas, and make it possible for the Rangers to break the gang's hold on the region's towns. Duane accepts, never guessing in his wildest nightmares that he would sniff out this Cheseldine, his hideouts, his lieutenants... and fall in love with his daughter!

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:02:32) Chapter 2

(00:21:36) Chapter 3

(00:48:50) Chapter 4

(01:07:32) Chapter 5

(01:20:20) Chapter 6

(01:51:03) Chapter 7

(02:18:04) Chapter 8

(02:43:37) Chapter 9

(03:07:37) Chapter 10

(03:59:11) Chapter 11

(04:16:06) Chapter 12

(04:49:01) Chapter 13

(05:22:58) Chapter 14

(05:48:09) Chapter 15

(06:14:48) Chapter 16

(07:14:36) Chapter 17

(07:40:48) Chapter 18

(08:07:36) Chapter 19

(08:24:52) Chapter 20

(08:45:33) Chapter 21

(08:55:55) Chapter 22

(09:15:08) Chapter 23

(10:04:29) Chapter 24

(10:22:42) Chapter 25

(10:56:12) Chapter 26

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The Big Time by Fritz Leiber ~ Full Audiobook [scifi]

September 5, 2022

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232m

The Big Time by Fritz Leiber audiobook.

Genre: scifi

In The Big Time, Fritz Leiber drops you into a war that cannot be mapped on any battlefield: the Change War, fought across centuries by two shadowy factions known as the Snakes and the Spiders. Far outside ordinary time sits a cramped, worn, strangely cozy way station called the Place - part barracks, part backstage, part refuge - where wounded agents are patched up, debriefed, and sent back into history. Greta, the station's sharp-tongued, big-hearted hostess, keeps the fragile peace among a small, tense cast of soldiers, misfits, and drifters pulled from different eras. When a new arrival is dragged in from 20th-century America, he expects heroics and clear causes, but the Place runs on secrets, cover stories, and rules no one fully explains. Then something goes wrong: an unseen presence slips past safeguards that are supposed to be absolute, paranoia spikes, and the station's inhabitants must decide who to trust when even time itself is a weapon. Fast, witty, and claustrophobically intense, Leiber's classic explores identity, loyalty, and what a never-ending war does to the people trapped between its battles.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:22:40) Chapter 02

(00:42:19) Chapter 03

(00:54:34) Chapter 04

(01:04:35) Chapter 05

(01:11:37) Chapter 06

(01:21:24) Chapter 07

(01:37:39) Chapter 08

(01:59:42) Chapter 09

(02:12:53) Chapter 10