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While plenty of entertaining books have been written about the history of alcohol and other intoxicants, none have offered a comprehensive, convincing answer to the basic question of why humans want to get high in the first place. Drunk elegantly cuts through the tangle of urban legends and anecdotal impressions that surround our notions of intoxication to provide the first rigorous, scientifically grounded explanation for our love of alcohol.

In this irreverent and illuminating audiobook, acclaimed writer and scientist Leonard Mlodinow shows us how randomness, chance, and probability reveal a tremendous amount about our daily lives, and how we misunderstand the significance of everything from a casual conversation to a major financial setback. As a result, successes and failures in life are often attributed to clear and obvious causes, when in actuality they are more profoundly influenced by chance.

It seemed like a good idea at the time. Look up Landon Roderick, that boy from childhood whom I'd never been able to forget - even though he so easily forgot about me - and call him. Then again, anything sounds like a good idea when you've had a little too much wine before bed, right? It was supposed to be just a quick, meaningless prank call. Instead I went off on him - unloading 13 years of pent-up emotions. I didn't think he'd call me back.

Lydia works as translator for the Logi cultural attaché to Earth. They work well together, even if the act of translating his thoughts into English makes her somewhat wobbly on her feet. She’s not the agency’s best translator, but what else is she going to do? She has no qualifications and no discernible talent in any other field. So when tragedy strikes and Lydia finds herself at the center of an intergalactic incident, her future employment prospects look dire—that is, if she can keep herself out of jail!

Ungebunden, bunt und zügellos. So lässt sich das Leben von Tegan am besten beschreiben. Dabei hat es die kreative Chaotin etwas übertrieben und muss nun in ihre kleine Heimatstadt in Neuseeland zurückkehren. An ihrem letzten Abend dort erlebt sie eine heiße Nacht mit einem Fremden. Na ja, zumindest fast. Obwohl sich Tegan nicht binden will, geht ihr der attraktive Typ nicht aus dem Kopf. Bei ihrem Bruder angekommen, glaubt sie, er und seine spießige Art wären ihr größtes Problem. Stattdessen kommt es zum Desaster: Die neue Liebe ihres Bruders ist ihr Fast-One-Night-Stand!