Just finished The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined by Steven Pinker. It's a deeply researched, comprehensive, fascinating, and compelling look into violence in literally every aspect of human societies starting from the distant past and ending up in the present (well, 2011 anyway) and how, despite what you read and hear on the news/internet, we're far, far less likely to commit or tolerate violent acts, and this trend continues to move downward. This was a substantial audiobook at 36+ hours, but it was not in any way "a slog." Narrative by Arthur Morey, who was a perfect choice.
Also recently finished Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging by Sebastian Junger. It's a short (3 hr) audiobook about the importance of communities. This is an eye-opening and well-written book by the same author who gave us The Perfect Storm, which was also made into a movie.
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