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Wastelands
- The True Story of Farm Country on Trial
- By: Corban Addison, John Grisham - foreword
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 16 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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The once idyllic coastal plain of North Carolina is home to a close-knit, rural community that for more than a generation has battled the polluting practices of large-scale farming taking place in its own backyard. After years of frustration and futility, an impassioned cadre of local residents, led by a team of intrepid and dedicated lawyers, filed a lawsuit against one of the world’s most powerful companies—and, miraculously, they won. Wastelands takes us into a legal battle over the future of America’s farmland and the lives of the people who found the courage to fight.
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wow what a engaging eye opening story
- By Debbie on 08-06-22
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Wastelands
- The True Story of Farm Country on Trial
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 16 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 06-07-22
- Language: English
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Paved Paradise
- How Parking Explains the World
- By: Henry Grabar
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Parking, quite literally, has a death grip on America: each year a handful of Americans are tragically killed by their fellow citizens over parking spots. But even when we don’t resort to violence, we routinely do ridiculous things for parking, contorting our professional, social, and financial lives to get a spot. Indeed, in the century since the advent of the car, we have deformed—and in some cases demolished—our homes and our cities in a Sisyphean quest for cheap and convenient car storage.
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Would recommend
- By Jamie W. on 05-14-23
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Paved Paradise
- How Parking Explains the World
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 05-09-23
- Language: English
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How Big Things Get Done
- The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything in Between
- By: Bent Flyvbjerg, Dan Gardner
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
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Nothing is more inspiring than a big vision that becomes a triumphant, new reality. Think of how the Empire State Building went from a sketch to the jewel of New York’s skyline in twenty-one months, or how Apple’s iPod went from a project with a single employee to a product launch in eleven months.
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Great on Project Mgmt But Uninformed on Renewables
- By Richard Redano on 03-09-23
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How Big Things Get Done
- The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything in Between
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 02-07-23
- Language: English
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An American Dreamer
- Life in a Divided Country
- By: David Finkel
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
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As this powerful book begins, Brent Cummings finds himself coping with the feeling that the country he loves is fracturing in front of his eyes. An Iraq war veteran, raised to believe in a vision of America that values fairness, honesty, and respect for others, Cummings is increasingly surprised by the behavior and beliefs of others, and engulfed by the fear, anger, and confusion that is sweeping through his beloved country as he tries to hold on to his values and his hope for America’s future.
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Returning veterans emotions to a deeply divided and fractured America
- By George Betancur on 05-24-24
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An American Dreamer
- Life in a Divided Country
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 02-13-24
- Language: English
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The Innovation Delusion
- How Our Obsession with the New Has Disrupted the Work That Matters Most
- By: Lee Vinsel, Andrew L. Russell
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
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It’s hard to avoid innovation these days. Nearly every product gets marketed as being disruptive, whether it’s genuinely a new invention or just a new toothbrush. But in this manifesto on the state of American work, historians of technology Lee Vinsel and Andrew L. Russell argue that our way of thinking about and pursuing innovation has made us poorer, less safe, and — ironically — less innovative. Drawing on years of original research and reporting, The Innovation Delusion shows how the ideology of change for its own sake has proved a disaster.
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Good ideas, but one-sided and lacking insights
- By James S. on 01-24-21
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The Innovation Delusion
- How Our Obsession with the New Has Disrupted the Work That Matters Most
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 09-08-20
- Language: English
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City of Scoundrels
- The 12 Days of Disaster That Gave Birth to Modern Chicago
- By: Gary Krist
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
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When 1919 began, the city of Chicago seemed on the verge of transformation. Modernizers had an audacious, expensive plan to turn the city from a brawling, unglamorous place into "the Metropolis of the World". But just as the dream seemed within reach, pandemonium broke loose and the city’s highest ambitions were suddenly under attack by the same unbridled energies that had given birth to them in the first place.
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Great History of a Great City
- By Cookie on 08-30-12
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City of Scoundrels
- The 12 Days of Disaster That Gave Birth to Modern Chicago
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 04-17-12
- Language: English
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Palaces for the People
- How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life
- By: Eric Klinenberg
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
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In Palaces for the People, Eric Klinenberg suggests a way forward. He believes that the future of democratic societies rests not simply on shared values but on shared spaces: the libraries, synagogues, and parks where crucial, sometimes life-saving connections, are formed. These are places where people gather, making friends across group lines and strengthening the entire community. Klinenberg calls this the “social infrastructure”: When it is strong, neighborhoods flourish; when it is neglected, as it has been in recent years, families and individuals must fend for themselves.
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Okayyy
- By K on 04-11-19
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Palaces for the People
- How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 09-11-18
- Language: English
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The Mirage Factory
- Illusion, Imagination, and the Invention of Los Angeles
- By: Gary Krist
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
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Little more than a century ago, the southern coast of California - bone-dry, harbor-less, isolated by deserts and mountain ranges - seemed destined to remain scrappy farmland. Then, as if overnight, one of the world’s iconic cities emerged. At the heart of Los Angeles’ meteoric rise were three flawed visionaries: William Mulholland, an immigrant ditch-digger turned self-taught engineer; D.W. Griffith, who transformed the motion picture from a vaudeville-house novelty into a cornerstone of American culture; and Aimee Semple McPherson, a charismatic evangelist.
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Great start, weak completion
- By steve on 05-11-21
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The Mirage Factory
- Illusion, Imagination, and the Invention of Los Angeles
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 05-15-18
- Language: English
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