"Ehrenreich writes with grace and clarity in a fascinating, wide-ranging and
generous account."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"A serious look at communal celebrations, well documented and presented with assurance
and flair."--Kirkus Reviews
From best-selling social commentator and cultural historian Barbara Ehrenreich comes this
fascinating exploration of one of humanity's oldest traditions: the celebration of communal joy,
historically expressed in ecstatic revels of feasting, costuming, and dancing. Ehrenreich
uncovers the origins of communal celebration in human biology and culture, showing that
such mass festivities have been indigenous to the West since the ancient Greeks. Though
suppressed by elites who fear the undermining of social hierarchies, outbreaks of group
revelry still persist, Ehrenreich shows, pointing to the 1960s rock-and-roll rebellion and the
more recent "carnivalization" of sports.
Original, exhilarating, and deeply optimistic, Dancing in the Streets shows that we
are innately social beings, impelled to share our joy and thereby envision a peaceable future.
Author : James Gleick
Narrator : Allan Corduner
Published By : Harper Collins US
Length : 5 hours 30 minutes
Categories : Historical Social & Economic Biographical
Price : $29.95 $16.95
In this original, sweeping, and intimate biography, Gleick moves between a comprehensive historical portrait and a dramatic focus on Newton's significant letters and unpublished notebooks. View...
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Author : Liza Picard
Narrator : Liza Picard
Published By : Orion Publishing Group
Length : 6 hours
Categories : British Pre 1900 Biographical Social & Economic Knowledge & Learning
Price : $15.99
Like its popular and acclaimed predecessors, Restoration London and Dr Johnson's London, this fascinating evocation of Elizabethan... View...
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Author : Brian Bahouth
Narrator : Brian Bahouth
Published By : Faultline Audio Press
Length : 1 hour 12 minutes
Categories : American Pre 1900 20th Century Social & Economic
Price : $6.00
A detailed history behind the origins of the City of Virginia highlighting the roots of the area and other influences throughout the years... View...
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Author : Not Known
Narrator : Full Cast Production
Published By : True Crime Audio
Length : 34 minutes
Categories : Dramatizations True Crime Social & Economic
Price : $1.00
Traces the events leading up to and after one of Edwardian London's most publicized crimes View...
Written By : Pete McCarthy
Narrated By : Pete McCarthy
Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks
Length : 2 hours
Type : Autobiography Biographical Travel
Price : $16.75
The audio of the million-selling book - Pete McCarthy's hilarious journey in search of his Irish roots.
McCarthy's tale of his hilarious trip around Ireland has gained thousands of fans all over the world.
Pete was born in Warrington to an Irish mother and an English father and spent happy summer holidays in Cork. Years later, reflecting on the many places he has visited as a travel broadcaster, Pete admits that he feels more at home in Ireland than anywhere. To find out whether this is due to rose-coloured spectacles or to a deeper tie with the country of his ancestors, Pete sets off on a trip around Ireland and discovers that it has changed in surprising ways.
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