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Will Castro, star of Velocity Channel's Unique Rides and one of the most popular car customizers in America, has achieved the American Dream, finding great success doing something he loves. He has worked with marquee names in entertainment, and Unique Hustle is packed with anecdotes of some of the biggest names in sports, music, film, and television.  

Something has been going wrong on many college campuses in the last few years. Speakers are shouted down. Students and professors say they are walking on eggshells and are afraid to speak honestly. Rates of anxiety, depression, and suicide are rising—on campus as well as nationally. How did...

The Psychopath Test is a fascinating journey through the minds of madness. Jon Ronson's exploration of a potential hoax being played on the world's top neurologists takes him, unexpectedly, into the heart of the madness industry. An influential psychologist who is convinced that many important CEOs and politicians are, in fact, psychopaths teaches Ronson how to spot these high-flying individuals by looking out for little telltale verbal and nonverbal clues. And so Ronson, armed with his new psychopath-spotting abilities, enters the corridors of power.

The co-founder of The Cure and author of Cured delivers a fascinating deep dive into the dark romanticism of Goth music, a misunderstood genre and culture. GOTH is an entertaining and engaging historical memoir, and a journey through Goth music and culture, exploring creative giants like The...

Now a sprawling video game franchise, Resident Evil has kept us on the edge of our seats for decades with its tried-and-true brand of jump scares, zombie action, and biological horror. But even decades after its release, we can't stop revisiting the original's thrills, chills, and sometimes unintentional spills. Pop culture writer and horror cinephile Philip J Reed takes dead aim at 1996's Resident Evil, the game that named and defined the genre we now call "survival horror."

What does drug withdrawal have in common with a broken heart? Why is the enemy of memory not time, but other memories? How can a blind person learn to see with her tongue or a deaf person learn to hear with his skin? Why did many people in the 1980s mistakenly perceive book pages to be slightly...

Mr Punch Presents: Rebecca, based upon the best-selling novel by Daphne du Maurier. Laurence Olivier plays Maxim de Winter, and Vivien Leigh is the shy and naïve ladies companion that he meets while holidaying in Monte Carlo. They fall in love, get married and return to Maxim's beloved Manderley in Cornwall, where the second Mrs de Winter now meets the mysterious Mrs Danvers and finds that Rebecca is not forgotten. The film was to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.

The Fifties is a sweeping social, political, economic, and cultural history of the ten years that Halberstam regards as seminal in determining what our nation is today. Halberstam offers portraits of not only the titans of the age: Eisenhower Dulles, Oppenheimer, MacArthur, Hoover, and Nixon...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Superfreakonomics by Stephen J. Dubner and Steven Levitt, read by Stephen J. Dubner. Steven Levitt, the original rogue economist, and Stephen Dubner have been working hard, uncovering the hidden side of even more controversial subjects, from charity to...

Superstition: A Very Short Introduction explores the nature and history of superstition from antiquity to the present. For two millennia, superstition was a label derisively applied to foreign religions and unacceptable religious practices, and its primary purpose was used to separate groups and assert religious and social authority. After the Enlightenment, the superstition label was still used to define groups, but the new dividing line was between reason and unreason. Today, superstitious belief and behavior remain widespread, and highly educated people are not immune.

A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice · A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of 2025 · A People Best Book of November 2025 · An NPR Most Anticipated Book of Fall 2025 A revealing exploration of a quarter century of cultural stagnation, examining the commercial and technological...

**Narrated by Stephen J. Dubner** The legendary bestseller that made millions look at the world in a radically different way returns in a beautiful 20th anniversary edition featuring a new foreword Which is more dangerous: a gun or a swimming pool? Why do drug dealers still live with their moms?...

The history of modern America… With a twist. In December 1933, the "Noble Experiment" of Prohibition ended, having run America's alcohol industry into the ground. Nevertheless, the drinks were flowing on December 5th: “Repeal Day” celebrations took place and criminal bootleggers pivoted...

Известный библиофил Альберто Мангель, который, по его собственным словам, представляет свою жизнь «как перелистывание страниц множества книг», исследует, как литературные герои живут с нами с детства, меняются сами и меняют нас. Эти вымышленные люди учат нас понимать мир и порой становятся более значимыми и настоящими, чем реальные.

استعد متعة الحضور الذهني وتخلص من قلق التوثيق المستمر في عصر تسيطر عليه الشاشات. وأنت في طريقك اليومي أو خلال لحظات استرخائك، ستغوص في رحلة تأملية هادئة تعيد...

Poznaj epicką mitologię, gdzie starożytni bogowie i potwory demaskują nasze najgłębsze lęki oraz współczesną kulturę. Ten dający do myślenia przewodnik idealnie sprawdzi się podczas codziennych dojazdów, zmieniając zwykłą podróż w fascynującą intelektualną wyprawę. Zanurz...

Herbeleef waargebeurde sportgeschiedenis waar euforische triomfen en controversiële blunders trouwe fans verdelen. Deze meeslepende reis neemt je mee langs dertien onvergetelijke gebeurtenissen op het veld die de wereld op de tribune voorgoed veranderden. Ervaar een audiobeleving vol loyaliteit...

Deze meeslepende verhalende non-fictie onthult de intense psychologische impact van onverklaarbare ufo-waarnemingen. Perfect voor tijdens een donkere avondrit of je dagelijkse woon-werkverkeer, neemt dit sfeervolle en mysterieuze verslag je mee in de hoofden van gewone mensen die plotseling oog...

Ontrafel een waargebeurd mysterie waar maritieme geschiedenis en meedogenloze natuurkrachten onherroepelijk botsen. Deze sfeervolle, nuchtere audioreis is de perfecte metgezel voor je dagelijkse woon-werkverkeer en biedt fascinerende, intellectuele prikkeling. Dompel jezelf tijdens een...

استعد متعة الإبداع الخالص وتخلص من الإرهاق الرقمي الذي يخنق شغفك ويحول هواياتك إلى عبء يومي. وسط ضجيج المنصات وتوقعات المتابعين، يقدم هذا الدليل الصوتي مساحة...