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Having a Child in the Digital Age
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As an internet culture critic for The New York Times, Amanda Hess had built a reputation among readers as a sharp observer of the seductions and manipulations of online life. But when Hess discovered she was pregnant with her first child, she found herself unexpectedly rattled by a digital identity crisis of her own.
In the summer of 2020, a routine ultrasound detected a mysterious abnormality in Hess’s baby. Without hesitation, she reached for her phone, looking for answers. But rather than allaying her anxieties, her search sucked her into the destabilizing morass of the internet, and she was vulnerable—more than ever—to conspiracy, myth, judgment, commerce, and obsession.
As Hess documents her escalating relationship with the digital world, she identifies how technologies act as portals to troubling ideologies, ethical conflicts, and existential questions, and she illuminates how the American traditions of eugenics, surveillance, and hyper-individualism are recycled through these shiny products for a new generation of parents and their children.
At once funny, heartbreaking, and surreal, Second Life is a journey that spans a network of fertility apps, prenatal genetic tests, gender reveal videos, rare disease Facebook groups, “freebirth” influencers, and hospital reality shows. Hess confronts technology’s distortions as they follow her through pregnancy and into her son’s early life. The result is a critical record of our digital age that reveals the unspoken ways our lives are being fractured and reconstituted by technology.©2025 Amanda Hess (P)2025 Random House Audio
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Amazing works
- De Klein Moretti en 05-16-25
De: Sir David Attenborough, y otros
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Little Bosses Everywhere
- How the Pyramid Scheme Shaped America
- De: Bridget Read
- Narrado por: Nikki Massoud
- Duración: 11 h y 1 m
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In Little Bosses Everywhere, journalist Bridget Read tells the gripping story of multilevel marketing in full for the first time, winding from sunny postwar California, where a failed salesman started a vitamin business, through the devoutly religious suburbs of Michigan, where the industry built its political influence, to stadium-size conventions where today’s top sellers preach to die-hard recruits. MLM has enriched powerful people, like the DeVos and Van Andel families, Warren Buffett, and President Donald Trump, all while eroding public institutions and the social safety net.
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Well researched.
- De Donald Schuster en 05-08-25
De: Bridget Read
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Empty Vessel
- The Story of the Global Economy in One Barge
- De: Ian Kumekawa
- Narrado por: Dion Graham
- Duración: 8 h y 59 m
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What do a barracks for British troops in the Falklands War, a floating jail off the Bronx, and temporary housing for VW factory workers in Germany have in common? The Balder Scapa: a single barge that served all three roles. Though the name would eventually change to Finnboda 12. And then to Safe Esperia. And later on, to the Bibby Resolution. And after that . . . in short, a vessel with so many names, and so many fates, that to keep it in our sights—as the protagonist of this fascinating economic parable—Ian Kumekawa has no choice but to call it, simply, the Vessel.
De: Ian Kumekawa
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Ollie in Between
- De: Jess Callans
- Narrado por: Vico Ortiz
- Duración: 8 h y 33 m
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As endearing as it is humorous, this debut middle grade novel by Jess Callans is a tender, queer coming of age story about the courage it takes to find your own voice and choosing to just be.
De: Jess Callans
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Recharge
- Boosting Your Mental Battery, One Conversation at a Time
- De: David Ko
- Narrado por: Andy Barnett
- Duración: 4 h y 26 m
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Recharge: Boosting Your Mental Battery One Conversation at a Time is a transformative guide to mental wellness by David Ko, CEO of Calm. Through revealing conversations with a diverse array of figures, including actor and comedian Randall Park, radio personality Delilah, rapper Macklemore, former Apple CEO John Sculley, and former NFL player Carl Nassib, this book delves into the profound effects of stress on our lives.
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very thought provoking
- De Emmanuel Bellerive en 05-30-25
De: David Ko
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The Mother Code
- My Story of Love, Loss, and the Myths That Shape Us
- De: Ruthie Ackerman
- Narrado por: Ruthie Ackerman
- Duración: 8 h y 41 m
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Ruthie Ackerman had long believed that the decision to not have children was a radical act. She’d grown up being told that she came from a long line of women who had abandoned their kids and feared she would pass on her half-brother’s rare genetic disorder. So when she marries a man who doesn’t want children, she hopes she can be happy without any. But a voice in her head keeps returning to the question: What if mothering can be a radical act too?
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Vulnerable, raw, honest
- De MC en 05-28-25
De: Ruthie Ackerman
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Beasties
- De: Peter Lerangis
- Narrado por: Mark Sanderlin
- Duración: 5 h y 26 m
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On a field trip to Central Park, Riley and his classmates accidentally encounter a supernatural artifact that looks a lot like, well, honestly … a piece of poop. But one of them gets too close, there’s a blinding flash, and suddenly the five friends are turned into various critters. Riley’s sister’s a hawk, the school bully’s a raccoon, and Riley? He’s transformed into everyone’s least favorite animal, a New York City rat. Their once-dull morning quickly turns into a fight for survival.
De: Peter Lerangis
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Return to Sender
- A Novel
- De: Vera Brosgol
- Narrado por: Michelle H. Lee
- Duración: 6 h y 4 m
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After everything they’ve been through, Oliver and his mom finally have a place to call home. But Oliver’s fresh start feels more like a dead-end at his fancy new private school, where kids fly in on helicopters, wear the latest and most expensive sneakers, and go on luxury vacations. Oliver is only there because his mom’s the school custodian. Oliver wishes his life could be easier. And then one day, after slipping a wish into a mysterious mail slot, it suddenly comes true.
De: Vera Brosgol
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A Hero's Guide to Summer Vacation
- De: Pablo Cartaya
- Narrado por: Pablo Cartaya
- Duración: 5 h y 22 m
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Gonzalo Alberto Sánchez García has never considered himself the hero of his own story. He’s an observer, quietly snapshotting landscapes and drawing the creatures he imagines emerging from them. Forced to spend the summer with his estranged grandfather, Alberto William García—the very famous reclusive author—Gonzalo didn’t expect to learn that heroes and monsters are not only the stuff of fantasy.
De: Pablo Cartaya
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I Can't Even Think Straight
- De: Dean Atta
- Narrado por: Dean Atta
- Duración: 4 h y 24 m
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Kai knows who he is to others: The good grandson, the reliable best friend, the romantic backup. But he doesn’t quite know who he is to himself. Kai wants to come out at school, but his best friend there, Matt, stays closeted for fear of getting kicked out by his conservative parents—and wants Kai to do the same. Kai unhappily agrees, but when a rumor goes around that Kai and Matt are dating, Matt starts acting differently anyway. Kai’s other best friend, Vass, is proudly nonbinary and thinks Matt is a negative influence—though maybe that’s just their crush on Kai talking.
De: Dean Atta
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The Love Haters
- A Novel
- De: Katherine Center
- Narrado por: Patti Murin
- Duración: 10 h y 33 m
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Katie Vaughn has been burned by love in the past—now she may be lighting her career on fire. She has two choices: wait to get laid off from her job as a video producer or, at her coworker Cole’s request, take a career-making gig profiling Tom “Hutch” Hutcheson, a Coast Guard rescue swimmer in Key West. The catch? Katie’s not exactly qualified. She can’t swim—but pretends that she can. Plus, Cole and Hutch are brothers. And they don’t get along. Next stop: paradise!
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Great narration. Vivid imagery. Lovely depictions of older female friendships.
- De J. Olich en 05-24-25
De: Katherine Center
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H Is for Hawk
- De: Helen Macdonald
- Narrado por: Helen Macdonald
- Duración: 11 h y 6 m
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When Helen MacDonald's father died suddenly on a London street, she was devastated. An experienced falconer captivated by hawks since childhood, she'd never before been tempted to train one of the most vicious predators: the goshawk. But in her grief, she saw that the goshawk's fierce and feral anger mirrored her own.
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Mabel The Hawk--The Fire That Burned The Hurts Away
- De Sara en 04-09-15
De: Helen Macdonald
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Strangers in the Land
- Exclusion, Belonging, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America
- De: Michael Luo
- Narrado por: Eric Yang
- Duración: 17 h y 20 m
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In 1889, while upholding Chinese exclusion, Supreme Court Justice Stephen J. Field characterized them as “strangers in the land.” Only in 1965 did America’s gates swing open to people like Luo’s parents, immigrants from Taiwan. Today there are more than twenty-two million people of Asian descent in the United States and yet the “stranger” label, Luo writes, remains. Drawing on archives from across the country and written with a New Yorker writer’s style and sweep, Strangers in the Land is revelatory and unforgettable, an essential American story.
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Do not pass this up
- De LeeAnna en 06-08-25
De: Michael Luo
Every mother should read this book
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