Book description
This isn't history you read. It's history that grabs your collar and shakes you awake. Peter Watson's The Modern Mind isn't a textbook-it's a roar from the century's soul, delivered straight into your ears as an audiobook. Forget dry recitations. Watson's voice, rich with the weight of decades spent chasing ideas, makes you feel the sweat of Freud dissecting the psyche, the fury of Sartre shouting "Existence precedes essence!" in a Paris café, the quiet terror of Einstein realizing his equations would reshape war. He doesn't just name thinkers; he throws you into the chaos of their arguments, the late-night debates that birthed Animal Farm and the counterculture riots. You hear the clash of relativity against the old world, the bitter arguments over the Great Society, the haunting echoes of Kosovo's fractures-all woven into a single, relentless narrative. Watson's decades as a journalist and novelist? They're why this isn't a lecture. It's a thriller where the stakes are everything we believe. You'll hear the ghosts of Babbitt and Beckett, the tremor in Churchill's voice, the quiet revolution in a scientist's lab. This isn't just about the past. It's about the ideas that built your world, the ones you still wrestle with in the dark. Watson's voice in your ear makes you realize: the 20th century didn't end. It's the engine humming right now, and The Modern Mind is the manual you've been waiting for. Don't just listen. Let it shake you. Your life is still being written in its shadow.
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Playing a wide variety of audio formats
Works on all devices with iOS 13 and newer
Huge amount of features for a small price
Frequent updates to add new features and improve existing ones
Advanced playback controls
Live sound processing
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice and noise reduction
Translated into more than 20 languages
If you love listening to fiction audiobooks, ListenBook has features to make the process easier.
Edit book data: title, author, cover
Use equalizer to make the sound comfortable for you
Adjust the playback speed
Enjoy dark and light app themes
Supported formats: MP3, M4B, AWB, FLAC, OGG audio files and many more (must be DRM free)
Auto-Bookmarks make it easy to find your place
AirPlay support allows redirection of audio output.
VoiceOver support
Dark mode for night owls
Convenient bookmarking system helps you mark the most important places.
Unlimited bookmarks for each audiobook
Put your own cover on the wager
Share your audiobook with friends
Lock-screen control
Customise app with extensive options
Sleep timer with shake to reset, set custom notification sounds, and a few unique options
Auto rewind depending on paused time, customize rewind times to your liking
Removing background noise from recordings made in classrooms and meetings
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice for a better listening experience