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Humanity’s Greatest Thinker addresses Jordanetics, or as he calls it, “Dianetics” and describes it as a “pretty good read”.

Interviewer: Well, it’s hilarious you you kind of get, your celebrity gets co-opted from people on all sorts of parts of the political spectrum, and extremes of the political spectrum, doesn’t it.

Jordan Peterson: Well, I think there’s some of that. I don’t know it’s co-opted too much on the radical left, let’s say, although I certainly face the majority of my opposition from the radical left but the radical right types are not very fond of me either. There was a new book written called Dianetics by a rather reprehensible individual named Vox Day and if you want to find out what the ethno nationalists think about me that’s a pretty good read. I wouldn’t call it precisely complementary.

Jordanetics is a pretty good read and/or listen. It’s also a pretty thorough demonstration that Jordan Peterson is considerably worse than reprehensible. He’s downright evil and he is preaching an extremely evil and destructive philosophy.

A Throne of Bones (31 hours 22 minutes) is no longer your only option. William S. Lind’s ON WAR is now available in audiobook+ from the Arkhaven store. It is 26 hours and 44 minutes long and retails for $24.99.

On War is a seven-year collection of columns written by the father of 4th Generation War theory while observing the U.S. invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq. It is an intriguing account of a war in progress, as seen through the eyes of a military theorist able to anticipate events with an almost prophetic degree of accuracy. Throughout the book, 4GW theory is defined, described, and refined as events in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other places demonstrate the theory’s utility in making sense of current events and predicting future ones. The inevitable failure of the New Iraqi Army and the U.S.-installed al-Maliki government is explained years in advance, as is the rise of the Islamic State and other 4th Generation forces presently battling for power in post-occupation Iraq.

Lind also makes an ominous, but compelling case for the gradual spread of 4th Generation chaos and the decline of the state throughout the world, including in the United States of America. Featuring a Foreword by the brilliant Israeli military theorist Martin van Creveld, On War is a fascinating book that is a must-read for every military professional, wargamer, and amateur student of the art of war.

In one of the key passages of the book, Lind writes: “4th Generation war is the greatest change since the Peace of Westphalia, because it marks the end of the state’s monopoly on war. All over the world, state militaries are fighting non-state opponents, and almost always, the state is losing.”

William S. Lind is one of the most significant and influential military theorists on the planet. The author of the Maneuver Warfare Handbook and a founder of 4th Generation War theory, Mr. Lind is known and respected by military personnel around the world.

Jordanetics: A Journey Into the Mind of Humanity’s Greatest Thinker is now available on Audible via Amazon. 7 hours and 31 minutes of brutal philosophical analysis.

If you would prefer to go buy directly from the publisher, you can also buy the audiobook at the Arkhaven Store.

I fully expect these two books by Lawdog to rapidly become our bestselling audiobooks because there is literally NOTHING better to listen to on a long car drive with the family. The vehicle was literally shaking with laughter for hours, and quotes from the two books were being  regularly dropped into conversation over the entire course of the conversation. We literally couldn’t sit down to eat without someone intoning in a high-pitched voice: “As God is my witness, I’ll never go hungry again!” Which was inevitably followed by shrieks of laughter.

Do you know how people often tell you something is funny, but when you actually watch it, or read it, or listen to it, you don’t see what the fuss was all about? Yeah, that’s not the case here. Both Lawdog books are reliably much funnier and more insightful than you’re expecting it can possibly be.

Both The Lawdog Files and The Lawdog Files: African Adventures are now available as high-quality DRM-free audiobooks at Arkhaven.

THE LAWDOG FILES

LawDog had the honor of representing law and order in the Texas town of Bugscuffle as a sheriff’s deputy, where he became notorious for, among other things, the famous Case of the Pink Gorilla Suit. In The LawDog Files, he chronicles his official encounters with everything from naked bikers, combative eco-warriors, suicidal drunks, respectful methheads, prison tattoo artists, and creepy children to six-foot chickens and lethal chihuahuas.

The LawDog Files range from the bittersweet to the explosively hilarious, as LawDog relates his unforgettable experiences in a laconic, self-deprecating manner that is funny in its own right. The audiobook is more than mere entertainment, it is an education in two English dialects, Police and Texas Country. And underlying the humor is an unmistakable sympathy for society’s less fortunate – and in most cases, significantly less intelligent – whose encounters with the law are an all-too-frequent affair. 4 hours, 29 minutes. $9.99

THE LAWDOG FILES: AFRICAN ADVENTURES

LawDog had the honor of representing law and order in the Texas town of Bugscuffle as a sheriff’s deputy, where he became notorious for, among other things, the famous Case of the Pink Gorilla Suit. But long before he first put on the deputy’s star, he grew up in Nigeria, where his experiences were equally unforgettable.

In The Lawdog Files: African Adventures, LawDog chronicles his encounters with everything from bush pilots, 15-foot pythons, pygmy mongooses, brigadier-captains, and Peace Corp hippies to the Nigerian space program. The Lawdog Files: African Adventures is every bit as hilarious as the previous volume, as LawDog relates his unforgettable experiences in a laconic, self-deprecating manner that is funny in its own right. Africa wins again, and again, and again, but so too does the reader in this sobering but hilarious collection of true tales from the Dark Continent. 4 hours, 11 minutes. $9.99.

Both books of Peter Grant’s very well-regarded Western series, The Ames Archives, are now available in high-quality, DRM-free MP4 format on the Arkhaven store.

BRINGS THE LIGHTNING

When the Civil War ends, where can a former Confederate soldier go to escape the long memories of neighbors who supported the winning side? Where can Johnny Reb go when he can’t go home?

He can go out west, where the land is hard, where there is danger on every side, and where no one cares for whom you fought – only how well you can do it. Walt Ames, a former cavalryman with the First Virginia, is headed west with little more than a rifle, a revolver, and a pocket full of looted Yankee gold. But in his way stand bushwhackers, bluecoats, con men, and the ever-restless Indians. 7 hours, 57 minutes. $11.99.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN RETRIBUTION

Ambushed on their way south, Walt and his men uncover a web of corruption and crime to rival anything in the big city. And rough justice, Western-style, sparks a private war between Walt and some of the most dangerous killers he’s ever encountered, a deadly war in which neither friends nor family are spared.

Across the mountains and valleys of the southern Rocky Mountains, Walt and his men hunt for the ruthless man at the center of the web. Retribution won’t be long delayed…and it cannot be denied. 8 hours, 40 minutes. $11.99.

The audio onslaught continues apace with two new thematically-related audiobook+ releases at Arkhaven.

DO WE NEED GOD TO BE GOOD? by Dr. Christopher Hallpike is 7 hours and 27 minutes long, retails for $14.99, and includes the ebook in EPUB and Kindle formats.

To know how to live, do we need God and religion, or does religion only produce wars, hatred, intolerance, and unhappiness?

Does giving up God mean giving up morality, or can we finally live a peaceful and fulfilling life as atheists by following science and reason instead?

Anthropologist Christopher Hallpike has spent a lifetime’s research on the morality and religion of different cultures around the world and shows that trying to base a moral life on atheism and science actually has some very nasty surprises in store for us. Featuring a Foreword by astrophysicist Dr. Sarah Salviander.

ON THE EXISTENCE OF GODS is the response to a public challenge posed by a militant atheist who claimed to have never encountered any good arguments for the existence of gods. It is a competitive discourse between a Christian and an atheist, each of whom argue for their position on the subject, after which the arguments are adjudicated by a team of three judges, a Christian, an agnostic, and an atheist, before additional arguments are presented.

The format is compelling and the results are at times surprising, as the discussion takes unexpected twists and turns, while the judges exhibit ruthless impartiality as they criticize the arguments without mercy or favor. Vox Day, the author of THE IRRATIONAL ATHEIST, presents the Christian perspective, while Dominic Saltarelli argues for the atheist position. The debate is wide-ranging and intelligent, but remains civil throughout, even as the momentum swings in favor of one side, and then the other.

ON THE EXISTENCE OF GODS is a compelling test of how open the reader’s mind is to the various possibilities of reality, and is a worthy addition to the long history of Man’s contemplation of his own existence in the face of the divine. The audiobook+ is 3 hours 22 minutes, retails for $9.99, and includes the ebook in EPUB and Kindle formats.

On one side of the argument is a collection of godless academics with doctorates from the finest universities in England, France, and the United States. On the other is THE IRRATIONAL ATHEIST author Vox Day, armed with nothing more than historical and statistical facts.

Day strips away the pseudo-scientific pretensions of New Atheism with his intelligent application of logic, history, military science, political economy, and well-documented research. The arguments of Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens, Daniel Dennett, and Michel Onfray are all methodically exposed and discredited as Day provides extensive evidence proving, among other things, that:

– More than 93 percent of all the wars in human history had no relation to religion
– The Spanish Inquisition had no jurisdiction over professing Jews, Muslims, or atheists, and executed fewer people on an annual basis than the state of Texas
– Atheists are almost four times more likely to be imprisoned than Christians
– “Red” state crime is primarily in “blue” counties
– Contra Richard Dawkins, sexually abused girls are 55 times more likely to commit suicide than girls raised Catholic
– In the twentieth century, atheistic regimes killed three times more people in peacetime than those killed in all the wars and individual crimes combined. 

THE IRRATIONAL ATHEIST provides the rational thinker with empirical proof that atheism’s claims against religion are unfounded in logic, fact, and science. Now available at Arkhaven for $14.99 in DRM-free MP4 format, TIA clocks in at 9 hours and 51 minutes and is narrated by Jon Mollison.

The audio migration continues. If you’re one of the many science fiction fans who laments the collapse of the genre into a dystopian swamp of sexual deviancy and social justice, you will rejoice to read the Neo-Heinleinesque work of Rod Walker, whose MUTINY IN SPACE is now available in audiobook+ at the Arkhaven store for only $9.99.

When the radical revolutionaries of the Social Party prevent his attendance at university and make his life on New Chicago impossible, Nikolai Rovio has no choice but to accept his starship-bound uncle’s offer to take refuge in space and sign on as a technical apprentice with Starways. But space, he quickly learns, is full of dangers that can kill a young man just as dead as even the most bloodthirsty revolutionary.

And no place that Man can travel can ever truly serve as a safe refuge from ambitious and evil-minded men.

MUTINY IN SPACE marks a first step in the return of science fiction to its classical form and historical heights. Written in the style and tradition of Robert Heinlein’s 12 classic juvenile novels published by Scribner, MUTINY IN SPACE is an exciting tale of space, technology, courage, independence, and the indomitable spirit of Man. 5 hours, 8 minutes.

As you may or may not know, Jeremy Daw has finished recording A THRONE OF BONES. It is going to be an absolutely massive audiobook over 30 hours long. If you want to get in the mood for it, you might like to consider listening to THE LAST WITCHKING & OTHER STORIES, which consists of five novellas and short stories set in the epic fantasy world of Selenoth.

– The Last Witchking
– The Hoblets of Wiccam Fensboro
– Opera Vita Aeterna
– The Wardog’s Coin
– Qalabi Dawn

The audiobook+ is 7 hours, 13 minutes, and includes both The Last Witchking and The Wardog’s Coin ebooks in EPUB and Kindle formats. It is available for $14.99 at Arkhaven.

As for the other Selenoth shorts, A Magic Broken is available as a separate audiobook+, while Master of Cats and Birth of an Order will be included with the Summa Elvetica audiobook+ when it is eventually produced. We will be continuing to announce the availability of new audiobooks daily as we continue the migration from Audible exclusivity to the Arkhaven store.

In answer to a question, the reason some Castalia House audiobooks are not sold as audiobooks+ is because Castalia does not have the right to sell the ebook directly. In some cases, such as Jordanetics, that is because the ebook is still in Amazon’s Kindle Select system. In others, such as The Irrational Atheist, it is because Ben Bella publishes the print and ebook editions.

JORDANETICS: A Journey Into the Mind of Humanity’s Greatest Thinker

by Vox Day

Narrated by: Thomas Landon

7 hours 32 minutes. $14.99. DRM-free MP3 format. Available only at the Arkhaven store.

Jordan Peterson is believed by many to be the greatest thinker that humanity has ever known. He is Father Figure, Philosopher-King, and Prophet to the millions of young men who are his most fervent fans and followers. He is the central figure of the Intellectual Dark Web, an academic celebrity, and an unparalleled media phenomenon who has shattered all conceptions of what it means to be modern celebrity in the Internet Age. He has thought thoughts that no man has ever thought before. He has dared to dream dreams that no man has ever dreamed before.

Of course, Jordan Peterson also happens to be a narcissist, a charlatan, and an intellectual con man who doesn’t even bother to learn the subjects upon which he lectures. He is a defender of free speech who silences other speakers, a fearless free-thinker who never hesitates to run away from debates, difficult questions, and controversial issues, a philosopher who rejects the conventional definition of truth, and a learned professor who has failed to read most of the great classics of the Western canon. He is, in short, a shameless and unrepentant fraud who lacks even a modicum of intellectual integrity.

But is Jordan Peterson more than a mere fraud? Is he something more sinister, more unbalanced, and even more dangerous? In JORDANETICS: A Journey Into the Mind of Humanity’s Greatest Thinker, political philosopher Vox Day delves deeply into the core philosophy that Jordan Peterson advocates in both his written works and his video lectures. In doing so, Day methodically builds a shocking case that will convince even the most skeptical Jordan Peterson supporter to reconsider both the man and his teachings.

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