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Read by Neil Strauss
With Ione Skye, Jessica Sattelberger, Justin Gunn, Adele Jacques, 
Mem Kennedy, Carola Madis, Leah Cevoli, and John Runnette

About the Book

From the author of the blockbuster bestseller The Game: A shockingly personal, surprisingly relatable, brutally honest memoir, in which the celebrated dating expert confronts the greatest challenge he has ever faced: monogamy and fidelity.

Neil Strauss became famous to millions around the world as the author of The Game, a funny and slyly instructive account of how he transformed himself from a scrawny, insecure nerd into the ultra-confident, ultra-successful “pickup artist” known as Style. The book jump-started the international “seduction community,” and made Strauss a household name—revered or notorious—among single men and women alike.

But the experience of writing The Game also transformed Strauss into a man who could have what every man wants: the ability to date—and/or have casual sex with—almost every woman he met. The results were heady, to be sure. But they also conditioned him to view the world as a kind of constant parade of women, sex, and opportunity—with intimacy and long-term commitment taking a back seat.

That is, until he met the woman who forced him to choose between herself and the parade. The choice was not only difficult, it was wrenching. It forced him deep into his past, to confront not only the moral dimensions of his pickup lifestyle, but also a wrenching mystery in his childhood that shaped the man that he became. It sent him into extremes of behavior that exposed just how conflicted his life had become. And it made him question everything he knew about himself, and about the way men and women live with and without each other.

He would never be the same again.

Searingly honest, compulsively readable, this new book may have the same effect on you.



THE TRUTH by Neil Strauss

A unique and moving real-life story of the extraordinary bond between a young teacher and a penguin, this book will delight readers who loved Marley &amp; Me, Dewey the Library Cat, The Good Good Pig, and any book by Jon Katz. &#160; In 1975, twenty-three-year-old Englishman Tom Michell follows his wanderlust to Argentina, where he becomes assistant master at a prestigious boarding school. But Michell&rsquo;s adventures really begin when, on a weekend in Uraguay, he rescues a penguin covered in oil from an ocean spill, cleans the bird up, and attempts to return him to the sea. But the penguin refuses to leave his rescuer&rsquo;s side. &ldquo;That was the moment at which he became my penguin, and whatever the future held, we&rsquo;d face it together,&rdquo; says Michell in this charming memoir. &#160; Michell names the penguin Juan Salvador (&ldquo;John Saved&rdquo;), but Juan Salvador, as it turns out, is the one who saves Michell. &#160; After Michell smuggles the bird back to Argentina and into his campus apartment, word spreads about the young Englishman&rsquo;s unusual roommate. Juan Salvador is suddenly the center of attention&mdash;as mascot of the rugby team, confidant to the dorm housekeeper, co-host of Michell&rsquo;s parties, and an unprecedented swimming coach to a shy boy. Even through the collapse of the Per&oacute;nist government and amid the country&rsquo;s economic and political strife, Juan Salvador brings joy to everyone around him&mdash;especially Michell, who considers the affectionate animal a compadre and kindred spirit. &#160; Witty and heartwarming, The Penguin Lessons is a classic in the making, a story that is both absurd and wonderful, exactly like Juan Salvador.

The Penguin Lessons by Tom Michell, read by Bill Nighy

Classic warped and wonderful stories from a &ldquo;genius&rdquo; (The New York Times) and master storyteller. &#160; Brief, intense, painfully funny, and shockingly honest, Etgar Keret&rsquo;s stories are snapshots that illuminate with intelligence and wit the hidden truths of life. As with the best writers of fiction, hilarity and anguish are the twin pillars of his work. Keret covers a remarkable emotional and narrative terrain&mdash;from a father&rsquo;s first lesson to his boy to a standoff between soldiers caught up in the Middle East conflict to a slice of life where nothing much happens. &#160; New to Riverhead&rsquo;s list, these wildly inventive, uniquely humane stories are for fans of Etgar Keret&rsquo;s inimitable style and readers of transforming, brilliant fiction. Available for purchase at: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00TY3ZPWW?tag=randohouseinc7911-20">Amazon</a><a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=VD9*lkiWNd8&subid=&offerid=239662.1&type=10&tmpid=8432&u1=PRHD39095A662--9780698165717&RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.barnesandnoble.com%252Fw%252F%253Fean%253D9780698165717">Barnes & Noble</a><a href="http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-2665379-10876509?SID=PRHD39095A662--9780698165717&url=http://www.booksamillion.com/search?query=9780698165717&where=eBooks">Books A Million</a><a href="http://www.hudsonbooksellers.com/book/9781594633249?utm_source=prh&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_term=301&utm_content=PRHD39095A662--9781594633249&utm_campaign=9781594633249">Hudson Booksellers</a><a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781594633249?aff=PenguinGroupUS">IndieBound</a><a href="http://www.powells.com/biblio/9781594633249?utm_source=randomhouse&utm_campaign=randomhouse&utm_content=PRHD39095A662--9781594633249">Powell's</a><a href="http://goto.target.com/c/128773/81938/2092?subId1=PRHD39095A662--9781594633249&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.target.com%2Fs%3FsearchTerm%3D9781594633249">Target</a><a href="http://linksynergy.walmart.com/fs-bin/click?id=VD9*lkiWNd8&subid=0&offerid=183959.1&type=10&tmpid=273&u1=PRHD39095A662--9781594633249&RD_PARM1=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.walmart.com%2Fsearch%2Fsearch-ng.do%3F&RD_PARM2=search_query%3D9781594633249%2526ic%3D16_0%2526Find%3DFind%2526search_constraint%3D3920">Walmart</a><a href="https://play.google.com/store/search?q=9780698165717&c=books">Google Play Store</a><a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSearch.woa/wa/advancedSearch?term=The+Bus+Driver+Who+Wanted+To+Be+God+%26+Other+Stories&entity=audiobook&at=11l3IH&ct=PRHD39095A662--9780147522382">iBooks - Audiobook (Downloadable format)</a><a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/link?id=VD9*lkiWNd8&offerid=258185.12829781935712206&type=2&u1=PRHD39095A662--9780698165717&murl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kobobooks.com%2Fsearch%2Fsearch.html%3Fq%3D9780698165717">Kobo</a><a href="http://www.qksrv.net/click-2665379-10273919?url=http://www.audible.com/search?advsearchKeywords=The+Bus+Driver+Who+Wanted+To+Be+God+%26+Other+Stories+Etgar+Keret&source_code=COMA0213WS031709&SID=PRHD39095A662--9780147522382">Audible - Audiobook (Downloadable format)</a><a href="http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-2665379-11117375?SID=PRHD39095A662--9780147522382&url=http://www.audiobooks.com/audiobook/9780147522382">audiobooks.com - Audiobook (Downloadable format)</a><a href="http://www.downpour.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=9780147522382">downpour - Audiobook (Downloadable format)</a><a href="http://www.qksrv.net/click-2665379-10273919?SID=PRHD39095A662--9780147522382&url=http://www.emusic.com/listen/#/search/book/The+Bus+Driver+Who+Wanted+To+Be+God+%26+Other+Stories">eMusic - Audiobook (Downloadable format)</a>

The Bus Driver Who Wanted To Be God & Other Stories by Etgar Keret, read by Kirby Heyborne

Poem text and context: https://www.brainpickings.org/2018/04/02/meryl-streep-morning-song-sylvia-plath/

Recorded at Poetry & the Creative Mind 2014, hosted by The Academy of American Poets.

POEM TEXT / CONTEXT

Meryl Streep reads "Morning Song" by Sylvia Plath

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The Penguin Lessons by Tom Michell, read by Bill Nighy

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