Bestsellers
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Why Nations Fail
- The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
- By: Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 17 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4,710
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Performance3,920
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Story3,909
NEW YORK TIMES AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER From two winners of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, “who have demonstrated the importance of societal institutions for a country’s prosperity” “A wildly ambitious work that hopscotches through history and around the world...
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Pros and Cons of "Why Nations Fail"
- By Joshua Kim on 05-01-12
By: Daron Acemoglu, and others
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Nations Apart
- How Clashing Regional Cultures Shattered America
- By: Colin Woodard
- Narrated by: Ari Fliakos
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall8
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Performance7
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Story7
"A world-class intellectual. . . . [Colin Woodard’s] research can help Americans rediscover their common identity in spite of all the attempts to divide them." —Garry Kasparov "A powerful paradigm for understanding the defining hot button issues of contemporary America and the action we can...
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Terrific! Must read! Urgent and important
- By Kit Tolman on 11-11-25
By: Colin Woodard
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The Bully Pulpit
- Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism
- By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
- Length: 36 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4,408
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Performance3,962
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Story3,953
Winner of the 2015 Audie Award for History/Biography and Finalist for Audiobook of the Year Pulitzer Prize–winning author and presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin’s dynamic history of Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft and the first decade of the Progressive era, that tumultuous time...
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Makes You Forget You Live in the 21st Century Good
- By Cynthia on 01-11-14
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The Accidental Superpower
- Ten Years On
- By: Peter Zeihan
- Narrated by: Peter Zeihan
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall407
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Performance371
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Story371
With a new "10 years later" epilogue for every chapter, comes an eye-opening assessment of American power and deglobalization in the bestselling tradition of The World is Flat and The Next 100 Years. Near the end of the Second World War, the United States made a bold strategic gambit that...
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Only worth it if you don't already own
- By Anonymous on 12-30-23
By: Peter Zeihan
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The Dictator's Handbook
- Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics
- By: Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Alastair Smith
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 15 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall184
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Performance158
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Story158
“A lucidly written, shrewdly argued meditation on how democrats and dictators preserve political authority.” —Wall Street Journal Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith’s canonical book on political science turns conventional wisdom on its head. They start from a single proposition...
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Post covid revised edition, Avoid this.
- By mike on 02-22-24
By: Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, and others
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Carnage and Culture
- Landmark Battles in the Rise to Western Power
- By: Victor Davis Hanson
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 20 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall335
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Performance300
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Story299
Examining nine landmark battles from ancient to modern times Victor Davis Hanson explains why the armies of the West have been the most lethal and effective of any fighting forces in the world....
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Wow! This truly is a great book. A rarity!
- By GEJ on 11-12-19
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Why Nations Fail
- The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
- By: Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 17 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4,710
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Performance3,920
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Story3,909
NEW YORK TIMES AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER From two winners of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, “who have demonstrated the importance of societal institutions for a country’s prosperity” “A wildly ambitious work that hopscotches through history and around the world...
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Pros and Cons of "Why Nations Fail"
- By Joshua Kim on 05-01-12
By: Daron Acemoglu, and others
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Nations Apart
- How Clashing Regional Cultures Shattered America
- By: Colin Woodard
- Narrated by: Ari Fliakos
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall8
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Performance7
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Story7
"A world-class intellectual. . . . [Colin Woodard’s] research can help Americans rediscover their common identity in spite of all the attempts to divide them." —Garry Kasparov "A powerful paradigm for understanding the defining hot button issues of contemporary America and the action we can...
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Terrific! Must read! Urgent and important
- By Kit Tolman on 11-11-25
By: Colin Woodard
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The Bully Pulpit
- Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism
- By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
- Length: 36 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4,408
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Performance3,962
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Story3,953
Winner of the 2015 Audie Award for History/Biography and Finalist for Audiobook of the Year Pulitzer Prize–winning author and presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin’s dynamic history of Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft and the first decade of the Progressive era, that tumultuous time...
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Makes You Forget You Live in the 21st Century Good
- By Cynthia on 01-11-14
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The Accidental Superpower
- Ten Years On
- By: Peter Zeihan
- Narrated by: Peter Zeihan
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall407
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Performance371
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Story371
With a new "10 years later" epilogue for every chapter, comes an eye-opening assessment of American power and deglobalization in the bestselling tradition of The World is Flat and The Next 100 Years. Near the end of the Second World War, the United States made a bold strategic gambit that...
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Only worth it if you don't already own
- By Anonymous on 12-30-23
By: Peter Zeihan
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The Dictator's Handbook
- Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics
- By: Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Alastair Smith
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 15 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall184
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Performance158
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Story158
“A lucidly written, shrewdly argued meditation on how democrats and dictators preserve political authority.” —Wall Street Journal Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith’s canonical book on political science turns conventional wisdom on its head. They start from a single proposition...
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Post covid revised edition, Avoid this.
- By mike on 02-22-24
By: Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, and others
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Carnage and Culture
- Landmark Battles in the Rise to Western Power
- By: Victor Davis Hanson
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 20 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall335
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Performance300
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Story299
Examining nine landmark battles from ancient to modern times Victor Davis Hanson explains why the armies of the West have been the most lethal and effective of any fighting forces in the world....
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Wow! This truly is a great book. A rarity!
- By GEJ on 11-12-19
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The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution
- By: Francis Fukuyama
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 22 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,926
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Performance2,501
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Story2,478
Virtually all human societies were once organized tribally, yet over time most developed new political institutions which included a central state....
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Few forests, but lots of trees
- By Steve Pagano on 10-05-15
By: Francis Fukuyama
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Discrimination and Disparities
- By: Thomas Sowell
- Narrated by: Hassiem Muhammad
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Story0
An enlarged edition of Thomas Sowell's brilliant examination of the origins of economic disparities Economic and other outcomes differ vastly among individuals, groups, and nations. Many explanations have been offered for the differences. Some believe that those with less fortunate outcomes are...
By: Thomas Sowell
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Political Order and Political Decay
- From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy
- By: Francis Fukuyama
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 24 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall1,893
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Performance1,630
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Story1,609
Taking up the essential question of how societies develop strong, impersonal, and accountable political institutions, Fukuyama follows the story from the French Revolution to the so-called Arab Spring....
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Understanding our place thru Poly Sci
- By Gary on 12-29-14
By: Francis Fukuyama
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The Communist Manifesto
- By: Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels
- Narrated by: Rory Young
- Length: 1 hr and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance2
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Story2
The Communist Manifesto (German: Kommunistisches Manifest), originally the Manifesto of the Communist Party, is a political pamphlet written by German philosophers Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.
By: Karl Marx, and others
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The Road to Unfreedom
- Russia, Europe, America
- By: Timothy Snyder
- Narrated by: Timothy Snyder
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,541
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Performance1,333
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Story1,326
With the end of the Cold War, the victory of liberal democracy was thought to be absolute. Observers declared the end of history, confident in a peaceful, globalized future. But we now know this to be premature. Authoritarianism first returned in Russia, as Putin developed a political system...
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A Key Understanding of Modern Politics
- By Richard Keohane on 04-08-18
By: Timothy Snyder
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History Has Begun
- The Birth of a New America
- By: Bruno Maçães
- Narrated by: David Marantz
- Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall22
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Performance21
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Story21
Bruno Maçães offers a compelling vision of America's future, both fascinating and unnerving. From the early American Republic, he takes us to the turbulent present, when, he argues, America is finally forging its own path....
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So much b.s.
- By Elizabeth on 06-11-21
By: Bruno Maçães
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If We Burn
- The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution
- By: Vincent Bevins
- Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon
- Length: 12 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall111
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Performance97
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Story97
“A remarkable new history” (David Wallace-Wells, New York Times Magazine) of a decade aflame—and what we can learn from its embers From 2010 to 2020, more people participated in protests than at any other point in human history. Yet we are not living in more just and democratic societies...
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The final word on horizontalism on the left
- By Patrick Foote on 02-25-24
By: Vincent Bevins
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The Case for American Power
- By: Shadi Hamid
- Narrated by: Aden Hakimi
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Story0
A provocative case for why a better world is only possible with American power by Washington Post columnist Shadi Hamid. From acclaimed author Shadi Hamid comes an urgent and deeply personal argument for why American dominance, despite its many flaws, remains the world’s best hope. Hamid...
By: Shadi Hamid
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The Narrow Corridor
- States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty
- By: Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson
- Narrated by: Stephen Graybill
- Length: 23 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall363
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Performance296
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Story292
From the winners of the 2024 Nobel Prize for Economics and the authors of the international bestseller Why Nations Fail "Why is it so difficult to develop and sustain liberal democracy? The best recent work on this subject comes from a remarkable pair of scholars, Daron Acemoglu and James A...
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Hugely disappointing book!
- By Amazon Customer on 10-16-19
By: Daron Acemoglu, and others
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Medicare for All
- A Citizen's Guide
- By: Abdul El-Sayed, Micah Johnson, Bernie Sanders - foreword, and others
- Narrated by: Christopher Grove
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall27
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Performance24
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Story24
This book goes beyond partisan talking points to offer a serious examination of how Medicare for All would transform the way we give, receive, and pay for healthcare in America....
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If you are fighting for Medicare for All...
- By Danzo13 on 05-17-21
By: Abdul El-Sayed, and others
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The Rise and Fall of the East
- How Exams, Autocracy, Stability, and Technology Brought China Success, and Why They Might Lead to Its Decline
- By: Yasheng Huang PhD
- Narrated by: Rebecca Lam
- Length: 17 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall16
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Performance12
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Story12
Chinese society has been shaped by the interplay of the EAST—exams, autocracy, stability, and technology—from ancient times through the present. Chinese autocracies have developed exceptional tools for homogenizing ideas, norms, and practices. But this uniformity came with a huge downside....
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Appalling business-speak
- By Andrea on 09-07-24
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The Revenge of Power
- How Autocrats Are Reinventing Politics for the 21st Century
- By: Moisés Naím
- Narrated by: Larry Herron
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall57
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Performance47
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Story47
Moisés Naím’s The Revenge of Power is an urgent, thrilling, and original look at the future of democracy. It illuminates one of the most important battles of our time: the future of freedom and how to contain and defeat the autocrats mushrooming around the world....
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The narrator does not know the names of some politicians)))
- By Philippe Bogdanoff on 08-28-22
By: Moisés Naím
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The Communist Manifesto
- By: Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 1 hr and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall7
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Performance7
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Story7
The Communist Manifesto, originally the Manifesto of the Communist Party (German: Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei), is an 1848 political document...
By: Karl Marx, and others
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Contracorriente
- Por qué y cómo entrarle al reto de rescatar tu ciudad
- By: Miguel Treviño
- Narrated by: Miguel Treviño, Manuel Domínguez
- Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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Performance3
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Story3
¿Y si tener un gobierno honesto y preocupado por el bienestar de sus ciudadanos no fuera una utopía, sino una realidad? En un país hastiado de promesas rotas y políticos corruptos, este libro prueba que el poder sí puede y debe usarse para servir, no para servirse a sí mismo.
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Inspirador y práctico a la vez.
- By Teresa on 09-10-25
By: Miguel Treviño
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Four Presidents
- Kennedy, Nixon, Biden, Trump: Leaders Who Changed History in Changing Times
- By: Douglas E Schoen
- Narrated by: Matthew Werner
- Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance2
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Story2
There is a great deal to learn in studying the successes and failures of Presidents Kennedy, Nixon, Biden, and Trump, four presidents whose administrations coincided with dramatic societal changes and challenges....
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Kennedy-Nixon-Trump-some Biden
- By Conkling on 05-06-24
By: Douglas E Schoen
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The Bully Pulpit
- Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism
- By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
- Length: 16 hrs and 1 min
- Abridged
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Overall203
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Performance174
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Story172
Winner of the 2015 Audie Award for History/Biography and Finalist for Audiobook of the Year Pulitzer Prize–winning author and presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin’s dynamic history of Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft and the first decade of the Progressive era, that tumultuous time...
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Loved it.
- By Richard Lee on 04-10-16
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Our Own Worst Enemy
- The Assault from Within on Modern Democracy
- By: Tom Nichols
- Narrated by: Tom Nichols
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall415
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Performance369
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Story364
Over the past three decades, citizens of democracies who claim to value freedom, tolerance, and the rule of law have increasingly embraced illiberal politicians and platforms. Democracy is in trouble - but who is really to blame? Tom Nichols explains....
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Interesting but shallow
- By Anonymous on 09-11-21
By: Tom Nichols
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There Is Nothing For You Here
- Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century
- By: Fiona Hill
- Narrated by: Fiona Hill
- Length: 15 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,588
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Performance1,358
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Story1,344
""This book has a miraculous quality.... As a memoir this is hard to put down; if you are seeking a better American future you should pick it up.”—Timothy Snyder, New York Times best-selling author of On Tyranny INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | A celebrated foreign policy expert...
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Excellent book on populism, Putin, Trump and us
- By Erin on 10-08-21
By: Fiona Hill
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The Flag and the Cross
- White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy
- By: Samuel L. Perry, Philip S. Gorski, Jemar Tisby - foreword
- Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
- Length: 4 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall196
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Performance173
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Story169
Most Americans were shocked by the violence they witnessed at the nation's Capital on January 6th, 2021. And many were bewildered by the images displayed by the insurrectionists: a wooden cross and wooden gallows....
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could use an accompanying pdf
- By A W on 08-08-22
By: Samuel L. Perry, and others
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2030
- How Today's Biggest Trends Will Collide and Reshape the Future of Everything
- By: Mauro F. Guillén
- Narrated by: Leon Nixon
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall380
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Performance320
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Story313
The world you know is about to end - will you be prepared for what comes next? A groundbreaking analysis from one of the world's foremost experts on global trends....
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Anti border wall and anti Trump
- By Jim Dupuis on 12-05-20
By: Mauro F. Guillén
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Moscow Rules
- What Drives Russia to Confront the West
- By: Keir Giles
- Narrated by: Keir Giles
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall8
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Performance6
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Story6
Keir Giles, a senior expert on Russia at Britain's prestigious Chatham House, describes how Russian leaders have used consistent doctrinal and strategic approaches to the rest of the world.
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Essential reading
- By A. Visserman on 12-18-25
By: Keir Giles
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Alt-America
- The Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump
- By: David Neiwert
- Narrated by: Matthew Josdal
- Length: 14 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall235
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Performance205
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Story206
David Neiwert has been tracking extremists for more than two decades. In Alt-America, he provides a deeply researched and authoritative report on the growth of fascism and far-right terrorism....
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amazing. I want to recommend it to everyone.
- By Charlie Dubou on 05-13-18
By: David Neiwert
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The Fracture Zone
- A Return to the Balkans
- By: Simon Winchester
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall138
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Performance119
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Story118
Award-winning journalist and author Simon Winchester takes readers on a personal tour of the Balkans.....
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Loved this-Great combo:Story and History Explained
- By Jeremy on 07-10-14
By: Simon Winchester
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Immigration Law for Beginners Guide
- Easy-to-Follow Steps to Successfully Navigate Immigration Law, Simplifying the Path to Legal Residency and Citizenship for First-Time Applicants and Immigrants
- By: 4 Leaf Publishing
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 4 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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2025!!! There are few things more intimidating than immigration law… but when you have the right guidance, you can navigate it with confidence ...