The Book of Life by Upton Sinclair ~ Full Audiobook [self help]

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05/29/23

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The Book of Life by Upton Sinclair audiobook.

Genre: self help

Written as a candid, practical guide for ordinary people, Upton Sinclair's The Book of Life gathers the questions he received from readers and turns them into a wide-ranging blueprint for living with more clarity, health, and purpose. Speaking directly and often provocatively, Sinclair argues that many of the things people most need to know are not taught by schools, newspapers, or churches, and he sets out to fill that gap with plain talk and hard-won lessons. Across its two-part structure, he moves from the life of the mind - faith and reason, morals, habits, fear and hope, and the hidden motives that shape behavior - to the life of the body, weighing everyday choices about food, work, rest, and the claims of popular cures. He then widens the lens to love and society, asking what makes relationships endure, what responsibilities we owe to family and community, and how to think honestly amid politics, money, and social pressure. Part manifesto, part handbook, and part personal reckoning, this is Sinclair at his most direct: urging readers to test ideas in lived experience and to build a life that is both kinder and more deliberate.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:11:57) Chapter 01

(00:35:41) Chapter 02

(00:59:37) Chapter 03

(01:29:38) Chapter 04

(01:59:29) Chapter 05

(02:31:02) Chapter 06

(03:11:58) Chapter 07

(03:52:30) Chapter 08

(04:21:17) Chapter 09

(04:55:11) Chapter 10

(05:22:24) Chapter 11

(05:43:52) Chapter 12

(06:16:32) Chapter 13

(06:47:51) Chapter 14

(07:17:17) Chapter 15

(07:52:24) Chapter 16

(08:25:27) Chapter 17

(09:10:14) Chapter 18

(09:42:47) Chapter 19

(10:20:46) Chapter 20

(10:50:35) Chapter 21

(11:30:54) Chapter 22

(12:03:40) Chapter 23

(12:36:37) Chapter 24

(13:12:19) Chapter 25

(13:32:40) Chapter 26

(14:06:07) Chapter 27

(14:37:34) Chapter 28

(15:17:23) Chapter 29

(15:41:31) Chapter 30

(16:11:13) Chapter 31

(16:46:32) Chapter 32

(17:19:33) Chapter 33

(17:48:07) Chapter 34

(18:19:12) Chapter 35

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Unidentified Flying Objects by United States Federal Bureau of Investigation ~ Full Audiobook [science]

May 29, 2023

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Unidentified Flying Objects by United States Federal Bureau of Investigation audiobook.

Genre: science

Through the U.S. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) this series of communications has been de-classified and made public. Most names have been omitted, however much information of the sightings of UFOs in 1947 can be gleaned from these communications which were primarily between the FBI and other U.S. Government and military organizations.

It should be noted that the U.S. Air Force only became a separate entity in 1947, having split from the U.S. Army at that time. And they became very busy times for the fledgling military organization. The slant of this de-classified material is chiefly written communications between the FBI and the military machine in 1947. Correspondence herein spans July and August of 1947 which will forever remain as the beginning of serious first-hand UFO experience in the annals of history.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:14:15) Chapter 2

(00:26:01) Chapter 3

(00:34:42) Chapter 4

(00:46:09) Chapter 5

(00:57:17) Chapter 6

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The Jungle by Upton Sinclair ~ Full Audiobook [drama]

May 30, 2023

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975m

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair audiobook.

Genre: drama

When young immigrant Jurgis Rudkus arrives in Chicago at the turn of the 20th century, America looks like a promise he can finally grasp: steady work, a home of his own, and a future for the family he has brought from Lithuania. But the city he enters is a machine that runs on poverty and desperation, and its beating heart is the stockyards and packinghouses of Packingtown. As Jurgis struggles to keep his household afloat, he confronts brutal labor, dangerous conditions, predatory landlords, corruption that reaches from the street to the courthouse, and a culture that treats working people as disposable. Each setback tightens the vise, pushing him toward choices he never imagined he would face and forcing him to question what survival costs. Told with relentless detail and moral urgency, The Jungle is both a gripping personal story and a searing indictment of industrial capitalism, exposing how power, profit, and politics shape everyday life. It is a landmark novel that asks whether dignity is possible in a system designed to grind it down - and what it takes to fight back.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:57:13) Chapter 02

(01:25:01) Chapter 03

(01:58:16) Chapter 04

(02:31:48) Chapter 05

(02:59:28) Chapter 06

(03:26:08) Chapter 07

(03:56:26) Chapter 08

(04:17:24) Chapter 09

(04:42:55) Chapter 10

(05:10:09) Chapter 11

(05:36:51) Chapter 12

(05:57:01) Chapter 13

(06:19:44) Chapter 14

(06:40:04) Chapter 15

(07:15:53) Chapter 16

(07:40:45) Chapter 17

(08:07:04) Chapter 18

(08:34:19) Chapter 19

(08:59:51) Chapter 20

(09:27:38) Chapter 21

(09:53:43) Chapter 22

(10:23:54) Chapter 23

(10:51:17) Chapter 24

(11:22:36) Chapter 25

(12:14:03) Chapter 26

(12:59:01) Chapter 27

(13:37:03) Chapter 28

(14:18:00) Chapter 29

(14:42:58) Chapter 30

(15:16:34) Chapter 31

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