Bestsellers
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Black AF History
- The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
- By: Michael Harriot
- Narrated by: Michael Harriot
- Length: 15 hrs and 42 mins
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From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot comes a searingly smart and bitingly hilarious retelling of American history that corrects the record and showcases the perspectives and experiences of Black Americans....
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LOVE It!
- By KMB on 09-29-23
By: Michael Harriot
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Chaos
- Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties
- By: Tom O'Neill, Dan Piepenbring
- Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
- Length: 16 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Over two grim nights in Los Angeles, the young followers of Charles Manson murdered seven people. Twenty years ago, when journalist Tom O'Neill was reporting a magazine piece about the murders, he worried there was nothing new to say. Then he unearthed shocking evidence of a cover-up....
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Don't fall for the negative reviews...
- By Visualverbs on 08-04-19
By: Tom O'Neill, and others
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Weapons of Mass Instruction
- A Schoolteacher's Journey Through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling
- By: John Taylor Gatto
- Narrated by: Michael Puttonen
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Weapons of Mass Instruction focuses on mechanisms of traditional education which cripple imagination, discourage critical thinking, and create a false view of learning....
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I will never see school the same
- By Nicole on 05-21-15
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American Revolutions
- A Continental History, 1750-1804
- By: Alan Taylor
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 18 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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The American Revolution is often portrayed as a high-minded, orderly event whose capstone, the Constitution, provided the ideal framework for a democratic, prosperous nation....
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Best book on the American Revolution that I have read
- By Peter Stephens on 11-16-16
By: Alan Taylor
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Say Nothing
- A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
- By: Patrick Radden Keefe
- Narrated by: Matthew Blaney
- Length: 14 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Jean McConville's abduction was one of the most notorious episodes of the vicious conflict known as The Troubles. Everyone in the neighborhood knew the I.R.A. was responsible....
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On a par with I'll Be Gone in the Dark, plus...
- By Grace O'Malley on 03-01-19
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Invisible Women
- Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
- By: Caroline Criado Perez
- Narrated by: Caroline Criado Perez
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Celebrated feminist advocate Caroline Criado Perez investigates the shocking root cause of gender inequality and research in Invisible Women, diving into women's lives at home, the workplace, the public square, the doctor's office, and more....
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A statistical fire hose
- By B. Andresen on 09-11-19
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Black AF History
- The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
- By: Michael Harriot
- Narrated by: Michael Harriot
- Length: 15 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot comes a searingly smart and bitingly hilarious retelling of American history that corrects the record and showcases the perspectives and experiences of Black Americans....
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LOVE It!
- By KMB on 09-29-23
By: Michael Harriot
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Chaos
- Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties
- By: Tom O'Neill, Dan Piepenbring
- Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
- Length: 16 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Over two grim nights in Los Angeles, the young followers of Charles Manson murdered seven people. Twenty years ago, when journalist Tom O'Neill was reporting a magazine piece about the murders, he worried there was nothing new to say. Then he unearthed shocking evidence of a cover-up....
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Don't fall for the negative reviews...
- By Visualverbs on 08-04-19
By: Tom O'Neill, and others
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Weapons of Mass Instruction
- A Schoolteacher's Journey Through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling
- By: John Taylor Gatto
- Narrated by: Michael Puttonen
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Weapons of Mass Instruction focuses on mechanisms of traditional education which cripple imagination, discourage critical thinking, and create a false view of learning....
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I will never see school the same
- By Nicole on 05-21-15
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American Revolutions
- A Continental History, 1750-1804
- By: Alan Taylor
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 18 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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The American Revolution is often portrayed as a high-minded, orderly event whose capstone, the Constitution, provided the ideal framework for a democratic, prosperous nation....
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Best book on the American Revolution that I have read
- By Peter Stephens on 11-16-16
By: Alan Taylor
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Say Nothing
- A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
- By: Patrick Radden Keefe
- Narrated by: Matthew Blaney
- Length: 14 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Jean McConville's abduction was one of the most notorious episodes of the vicious conflict known as The Troubles. Everyone in the neighborhood knew the I.R.A. was responsible....
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On a par with I'll Be Gone in the Dark, plus...
- By Grace O'Malley on 03-01-19
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Invisible Women
- Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
- By: Caroline Criado Perez
- Narrated by: Caroline Criado Perez
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
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Celebrated feminist advocate Caroline Criado Perez investigates the shocking root cause of gender inequality and research in Invisible Women, diving into women's lives at home, the workplace, the public square, the doctor's office, and more....
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A statistical fire hose
- By B. Andresen on 09-11-19
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Attack from Within
- How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America
- By: Barbara McQuade
- Narrated by: Barbara McQuade
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
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MSNBC's legal expert breaks down the ways disinformation has become a tool to drive voters to extremes, disempower our legal structures, and consolidate power in the hands of the few....
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The accuracy and the call for constant vigilance!!!
- By WW on 03-01-24
By: Barbara McQuade
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The Power Broker
- Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
- By: Robert A. Caro
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 66 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Robert Caro's monumental book makes public what few outsiders knew: that Robert Moses was the single most powerful man of his time in the City and in the State of New York....
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AMAZING read
- By jeff on 09-15-11
By: Robert A. Caro
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The Year of Living Constitutionally
- One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Constitution's Original Meaning
- By: A.J. Jacobs
- Narrated by: A.J. Jacobs
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
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In The Year of Living Constitutionally, A.J. Jacobs tries to get inside the minds of the Founding Fathers by living as closely as possible to the original meaning of the Constitution....
By: A.J. Jacobs
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If You Can Keep It
- The Forgotten Promise of American Liberty
- By: Eric Metaxas
- Narrated by: Eric Metaxas
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
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If You Can Keep It is at once a thrilling review of America's uniqueness, and a reminder that America's greatness cannot continue unless we understand what our founding fathers meant....
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Exceptional book
- By Trish Legarth on 07-26-16
By: Eric Metaxas
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The Fourth Turning
- What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny
- By: William Strauss, Neil Howe
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 19 hrs and 27 mins
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Discover the game-changing theory of the cycles of history and what past generations can teach us about living through times of upheaval—with deep insights into the roles that Boomers, Generation X, and Millennials have to play....
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Long Winded
- By Patrick D. on 12-16-23
By: William Strauss, and others
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The End Is Always Near
- Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses
- By: Dan Carlin
- Narrated by: Dan Carlin
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
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In The End Is Always Near, Dan Carlin looks at questions and historical events that force us to consider what sounds like fantasy; that we might suffer the same fate that all previous eras did....
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Hardcore Histories Greatest Hits
- By Steven Glover on 10-31-19
By: Dan Carlin
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Profiles in Corruption
- Abuse of Power by America’s Progressive Elite
- By: Peter Schweizer
- Narrated by: Charles Constant
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
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In Profiles in Corruption, Schweizer offers a deep-dive investigation into the private finances and secrets deals of some of America’s top political leaders. And, as usual, he doesn’t disappoint, with never-before-reported revelations that uncover corruption and abuse of power....
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Enlightening & Horrifying!!
- By Kay Lo on 01-22-20
By: Peter Schweizer
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The Fourth Turning Is Here
- What the Seasons of History Tell Us About How and When This Crisis Will End
- By: Neil Howe
- Narrated by: Neil Howe
- Length: 20 hrs and 29 mins
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Twenty-five years ago, Neil Howe and the late William Strauss dazzled the world with a provocative new theory of American history. Looking back at the last 500 years, they’d uncovered a distinct pattern: modern history moves in cycles, each one lasting roughly 80 to 100 years....
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A little baffled
- By John Coleman on 07-18-23
By: Neil Howe
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Reading the Constitution
- Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism
- By: Stephen Breyer
- Narrated by: Stephen Breyer
- Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins
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A provocative, brilliant analysis by recently retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, Reading the Constitution deconstructs the textualist philosophy of the current Supreme Court’s supermajority and makes the case for a better way to interpret the Constitution....
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Very Annoying Narration
- By Minnie I. on 04-21-24
By: Stephen Breyer
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The Will to Change
- Men, Masculinity, and Love
- By: bell hooks
- Narrated by: Janina Edwards
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Everyone needs to love and be loved - even men. But to know love, men must be able to look at the ways that patriarchal culture keeps them from knowing themselves, from being in touch with their feelings, from loving....
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A unique call to an ethic of creative love
- By Amazon Customer on 09-26-20
By: bell hooks
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The Truths We Hold
- An American Journey
- By: Kamala Harris
- Narrated by: Kamala Harris
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
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By reckoning with the challenges we face together, drawing on the hard-won wisdom and insight from her own career and the work of those who have most inspired her, Kamala Harris offers in The Truths We Hold a master class in problem solving, in crisis management, and leadership....
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Great content, read if possible
- By TCamp72 on 03-07-19
By: Kamala Harris
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Phenomena
- The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis
- By: Annie Jacobsen
- Narrated by: Annie Jacobsen
- Length: 17 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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The definitive history of the military's decades-long investigation into mental powers and phenomena....
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Phenomenally mediocre narration of a good book
- By philip on 05-18-17
By: Annie Jacobsen
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Dereliction of Duty
- Johnson, McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam
- By: H. R. McMaster
- Narrated by: H. R. McMaster
- Length: 15 hrs and 58 mins
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A riveting narrative, Dereliction of Duty focuses on a fascinating cast of characters: President Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, McGeorge Bundy, and other aides who deliberately deceived the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the US Congress, and the American public....
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Rough narration
- By AC Griffin on 12-04-19
By: H. R. McMaster
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The Path to Power
- The Years of Lyndon Johnson
- By: Robert A. Caro
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 40 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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This is the story of the rise to national power of a desperately poor young man from the Texas Hill Country....
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The Best of all Biographies
- By David C. Daggett on 12-14-13
By: Robert A. Caro
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Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
- By: Jon Meacham
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann, Jon Meacham
- Length: 18 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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In this magnificent biography, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Lion and Franklin and Winston brings vividly to life an extraordinary man and his remarkable times....
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A Man and Biography Relevant to Our Day
- By Darwin8u on 11-14-12
By: Jon Meacham
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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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Brilliant and engagingly written, Why Nations Fail answers the question that has stumped the experts for centuries.....
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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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How the Poor Can Save Capitalism
- Rebuilding the Path to the Middle Class
- By: John Hope Bryant
- Narrated by: J. D. Jackson
- Length: 4 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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This is a free enterprise approach to solving the problem of poverty and raising up a new America....
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Simply a MUST read!
- By Kevin E Crittendon on 11-05-16
By: John Hope Bryant
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John Adams
- By: David McCullough
- Narrated by: Nelson Runger
- Length: 29 hrs and 54 mins
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In this powerful, epic biography, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life-journey of John Adams....
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An outstanding biography
- By Davis on 07-10-06
By: David McCullough
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The Lemon Tree
- By: Sandy Tolan
- Narrated by: Sandy Tolan
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1967, not long after the Six-Day War, three young Arab men ventured into the town of Ramle, in what is now Jewish Israel....
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Steeping The Lemon Tree
- By Faithfull Fan on 04-11-18
By: Sandy Tolan
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Bloodlands
- Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
- By: Timothy Snyder
- Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
- Length: 19 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Bloodlands is a new kind of European history, presenting the mass murders committed by the Nazi and Stalinist regimes as two aspects of a single history, in the time and place where they occurred: between Germany and Russia, when Hitler and Stalin both held power....
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a warning for the future
- By judith on 11-06-19
By: Timothy Snyder
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The Communist Manifesto
- By: Karl Marx
- Narrated by: Greg Wagland
- Length: 1 hr and 34 mins
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‘It was a sweet finish after the bitter pills of floggings and bullets with which these same governments, just at that time....
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Forcibly over throw anyone who owns land?
- By Austin Hair on 02-13-20
By: Karl Marx
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Hermeticism Philosophy Collection
- The Kybalion, Corpus Hermeticum, The Emerald Tablets of Thoth the Atlantean and The Life and Teachings of Hermes Trismegistus
- By: Three Initiates, Hermes Trismegistus, M. Doreal, and others
- Narrated by: Roberto Scarlato
- Length: 11 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Passing from lip to ear, the philosophies of Hermes Trismegistus have been passed down through thousands of years. Listen as this tradition continues in this audio compilation....
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Philosophical genius
- By Rachel A. on 12-26-22
By: Three Initiates, and others
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AI Superpowers
- China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order
- By: Kai-Fu Lee
- Narrated by: Mikael Naramore
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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In AI Superpowers, Kai-fu Lee argues powerfully that because of these unprecedented developments in AI, dramatic changes will be happening much sooner than many of us expected....
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Compelled to listen at 2x speed
- By LEE on 09-26-18
By: Kai-Fu Lee
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Enlightenment Now
- The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
- By: Steven Pinker
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 19 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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The follow-up to Pinker's groundbreaking The Better Angels of Our Nature presents the big picture of human progress: People are living longer, healthier, freer, and happier lives....
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We live in the best of all times
- By Neuron on 02-25-18
By: Steven Pinker
New releases
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America Betrayed
- How a Christian Monk Created America & Why the Left Is Determined to Destroy Her
- By: David Horowitz
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 3 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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America Betrayed restores the true history of America’s achievements and its role as a beacon of freedom. Framed by an account of Martin Luther’s history and ideas, David Horowitz demonstrates that racial progress in America originates not from Leftist policy but from its founding ideals. America Betrayed is a history and a manifesto focused on the current war to save our country and restore the dignity and freedom of the individual.
By: David Horowitz
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The Year of Living Constitutionally
- One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Constitution's Original Meaning
- By: A.J. Jacobs
- Narrated by: A.J. Jacobs
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Is the Constitution a living document that needs to evolve with the times? Or should we try to divine the original meaning that our Founding Fathers intended, and hew to that as strictly as possible, as present-day originalists suggest? In The Year of Living Constitutionally, A.J. Jacobs tries to get inside the minds of the Founding Fathers by living as closely as possible to the original meaning of the Constitution.
By: A.J. Jacobs
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The Hollow Parties
- The Many Pasts and Disordered Present of American Party Politics
- By: Daniel Schlozman, Sam Rosenfeld
- Narrated by: Tom Beyer
- Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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America's political parties are hollow shells of what they could be, locked in a polarized struggle for power and unrooted as civic organizations. The Hollow Parties takes listeners from the rise of mass party politics in the Jacksonian era through the years of Barack Obama and Donald Trump. Today's parties, overbearing and ineffectual, have emerged from the interplay of multiple party traditions that reach back to the Founding.
By: Daniel Schlozman, and others
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Why the Nineties Matter
- By: Terry H. Anderson
- Narrated by: David Marantz
- Length: 13 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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In Why the Nineties Matter, Terry Anderson provides a broad-ranging history of America in that decade. Not simply a chronological account, the book focuses on key trends that either began or gained steam then and which have had lasting effects until this day. Threading together politics, economic transformations, and sociocultural trends, he focuses on what mattered most in retrospect.
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Democracy
- The Political Saga
- By: Ayele Teklemariam
- Narrated by: AG Smith
- Length: 1 hr
- Unabridged
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"Democracy: The Political Tale" pulls listeners into an exciting exploration of government complexities, directed by the author's own intimate experiences with democracy and tyranny. Leaning upon real-life events, the account digs deep into the profound effects of being forced out from a dictatorship nation and thereafter growing up in a democracy. The striking distinction between these structures influences the author's thorough study of representative democracy.
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Human Rights
- The Case for the Defence
- By: Shami Chakrabarti
- Narrated by: Shami Chakrabarti
- Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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After the devastation of World War Two, the international community came together to enshrine fundamental rights to refuge, health, education and living standards, for privacy, fair trials and free speech, and outlawing torture, slavery and discrimination. Their goal was greater global justice, equality, and peace. That settlement is now in danger. In this powerful, accessible book, Shami Chakrabarti, lawyer, parliamentarian and leading British human rights defender, shows us why human rights are essential for our future.
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America Betrayed
- How a Christian Monk Created America & Why the Left Is Determined to Destroy Her
- By: David Horowitz
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 3 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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America Betrayed restores the true history of America’s achievements and its role as a beacon of freedom. Framed by an account of Martin Luther’s history and ideas, David Horowitz demonstrates that racial progress in America originates not from Leftist policy but from its founding ideals. America Betrayed is a history and a manifesto focused on the current war to save our country and restore the dignity and freedom of the individual.
By: David Horowitz
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The Year of Living Constitutionally
- One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Constitution's Original Meaning
- By: A.J. Jacobs
- Narrated by: A.J. Jacobs
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Is the Constitution a living document that needs to evolve with the times? Or should we try to divine the original meaning that our Founding Fathers intended, and hew to that as strictly as possible, as present-day originalists suggest? In The Year of Living Constitutionally, A.J. Jacobs tries to get inside the minds of the Founding Fathers by living as closely as possible to the original meaning of the Constitution.
By: A.J. Jacobs
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The Hollow Parties
- The Many Pasts and Disordered Present of American Party Politics
- By: Daniel Schlozman, Sam Rosenfeld
- Narrated by: Tom Beyer
- Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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America's political parties are hollow shells of what they could be, locked in a polarized struggle for power and unrooted as civic organizations. The Hollow Parties takes listeners from the rise of mass party politics in the Jacksonian era through the years of Barack Obama and Donald Trump. Today's parties, overbearing and ineffectual, have emerged from the interplay of multiple party traditions that reach back to the Founding.
By: Daniel Schlozman, and others
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Why the Nineties Matter
- By: Terry H. Anderson
- Narrated by: David Marantz
- Length: 13 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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In Why the Nineties Matter, Terry Anderson provides a broad-ranging history of America in that decade. Not simply a chronological account, the book focuses on key trends that either began or gained steam then and which have had lasting effects until this day. Threading together politics, economic transformations, and sociocultural trends, he focuses on what mattered most in retrospect.
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Democracy
- The Political Saga
- By: Ayele Teklemariam
- Narrated by: AG Smith
- Length: 1 hr
- Unabridged
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"Democracy: The Political Tale" pulls listeners into an exciting exploration of government complexities, directed by the author's own intimate experiences with democracy and tyranny. Leaning upon real-life events, the account digs deep into the profound effects of being forced out from a dictatorship nation and thereafter growing up in a democracy. The striking distinction between these structures influences the author's thorough study of representative democracy.
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Human Rights
- The Case for the Defence
- By: Shami Chakrabarti
- Narrated by: Shami Chakrabarti
- Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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After the devastation of World War Two, the international community came together to enshrine fundamental rights to refuge, health, education and living standards, for privacy, fair trials and free speech, and outlawing torture, slavery and discrimination. Their goal was greater global justice, equality, and peace. That settlement is now in danger. In this powerful, accessible book, Shami Chakrabarti, lawyer, parliamentarian and leading British human rights defender, shows us why human rights are essential for our future.
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The Searchers
- Five Rebels, Their Dream of a Different Britain, and Their Many Enemies
- By: Andy Beckett
- Narrated by: Alexi Armitage
- Length: 19 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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In the great revolutionary year of 1968, Tony Benn was a respectable Labour minister in his forties, and he was restless. While new social movements were shaking up Britain and much of the world, Westminster politics seemed stuck. It was time, he decided, for a different approach. Over the next half century, the radicalized Benn helped forge a new left in Britain. He was joined by four other politicians, who would become comrades, collaborators and rivals: Ken Livingstone, John McDonnell, Diane Abbott and Jeremy Corbyn.
By: Andy Beckett
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Real Mail
- By: Thomas Medonis
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Who really sorts the mail???
By: Thomas Medonis
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Falling Into Place
- By: Thomas Medonis
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 4 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Far more than a coming-of-age tale, Falling Into Place harmonizes fact and fiction for an entertaining academic journey. Corruption within sports and government is the focal concern by Pat Adams's alcoholic father, Russell. Father's words come to fruition when Pat falls into the illegal gambling of Hartford Jai Alai. Along with the adventure the feds and a strong gang bring, the true nature of nineteenth-century American bureaucrat's is also revealed to Pat through a descendant's journal. A great true history of The War of 1812 is surprisingly unfolded. This passionate depiction of history ...
By: Thomas Medonis
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H-Pop
- The Secretive World of Hindutva Pop Stars
- By: Kunal Purohit
- Narrated by: Adwait Karambelkar
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Away from the gaze of mainstream urban media, across India's dusty, sleepy towns, a brand of popular culture is quietly seizing the imagination of millions, on the internet and off it. From catchy songs with acerbic lyrics to poetry recited in kavi sammelans to social media influencers shaping opinions with their brand of 'breaking news' to books rescripting historical events, 'Hindutva Pop' or H-Pop is steadily creating societal acceptability for Hindutva's core beliefs.
By: Kunal Purohit
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Illness and Infamy
- How Medical Conditions Shaped the Lives of Historical Leaders and Notorious Criminals
- By: Harvey Castro
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 2 hrs and 5 mins
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Discover the fascinating intersections of history, medicine, and the human experience in "Illness and Infamy." This captivating book delves into the lives of historical figures and notorious criminals, examining how their medical conditions influenced their actions and shaped the course of history. From the impact of pandemics on world events to the personal struggles of leaders and the chilling stories of killers, each chapter reveals the complex relationships between health, power, and infamy. Explore the captivating stories of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Adolf Hitler, and ...
By: Harvey Castro
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Spin Doctors
- How Media and Politicians Misdiagnosed the Covid-19 Pandemic
- By: Nora Loreto
- Narrated by: Nora Loreto
- Length: 23 hrs and 29 mins
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This book documents each month of the first year of the pandemic and examines the issues that emerged, from racialized workers to residential care to policing. It demonstrates how politicians and uncritical media shaped the popular understanding of these issues and helped to justify the maintenance of a status quo that created the worst ravages of the crisis. Spin Doctors argues alternative ways in which Canadians should understand the big themes of the crisis and create the necessary knowledge to demand large-scale change.
By: Nora Loreto
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Revolution and Terror
- By: Graeme Gill
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
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This book is a study of the relationship between revolution and terror. Historically, many have claimed that revolution inevitably devolves into terror, best reflected in the way in which after coming to power the revolutionary elite turns on itself, and one section of it uses terrorist means to eliminate another section. Graeme Gill argues that in order to understand the relationship between revolution and terror, it is necessary to distinguish between different types of terror.
By: Graeme Gill
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The Shifting Twenty-First Century Presidency
- Assessing the Implications for America and the World
- By: Tevi Troy - editor
- Narrated by: Jonathan Sleep
- Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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The role and range of the American presidency has undergone significant changes in the twenty-first century, with George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, and Joe Biden transforming the office in distinct ways. Many but not all of these changes stem from the numerous crises of this young century: 9/11 and the resulting war on terror, Hurricane Katrina, the Great Recession, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the social unrest of 2020.
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Intelligence Briefing
- By: George M James
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
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The GMJ Intelligence Briefing contains research formalised into a “briefing” that came from 5 years and 50 books written by the author. The intelligence briefing summarises what is most needed to reveal and expose together with selected expert military and political analysis. The subjects covered relate to Perception in War and the state of the USA currently. The Roosevelt-Dreadnought Doctrine to compare the rising Chinese Navy vs the US Navy. The US Military failure in Afghanistan and the Niger Ambush where 3 Green Berets died needlessly. A detailed look at the Skripal Poisoning of ...
By: George M James
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How to Lead When No One Follows
- By: Jerry Maynard
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 3 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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How to Lead When No One Folls is a rebuke of a failed system of political leadership and an admonishment to the Black community to demand more of its leaders, and more importantly, itself. Jerry Maynard has fought for the Black community as a lawyer, politician, and pastor, and has seen the good and bad of it all. This book is a manifesto invoked by his passion for equality and empowerment.
By: Jerry Maynard
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UBI and Beyond
- Creating an Equitable Future
- By: Sarah Johnson
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
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In "UBI and Beyond: Creating an Equitable Future," readers will discover a compelling case for Universal Basic Income (UBI) funded by technology and automation profits as a means to tackle income insecurity, inequality, and social exclusion. With a thorough analysis of historical and contemporary UBI programs, economic and social arguments in favor of UBI, and addressing common criticisms and misconceptions, this book presents a comprehensive view of UBI as a practical and morally just solution to the challenges of the digital age.
By: Sarah Johnson
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Track Record: Me, Music, and the War on Blackness
- THE REVOLUTIONARY MEMOIR FROM THE UK'S MOST CREATIVE VOICE
- By: George the Poet
- Narrated by: George the Poet
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
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George the Poet knows better than anybody the importance of understanding your surroundings. Born to Ugandan parents on the St Raphael's Estate in Neasden, north-west London, George Mpanga has always been aware of his community. It was both his teacher and his inspiration - giving him the language, the experiences, and the skills to become the person he is today. In Track Record, George unveils the power dynamics that shape our world, shedding light on the forces that restrict Black creativity and put limits on Black excellence.
By: George the Poet