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Resilient Americans
- We May Not Have It All Together, but Together We Have It All
- By: Diane Burden Cox
- Narrated by: Diane Burden Cox
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
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Anything that alienates and divides us leaves us weak and exposed to disaster. Simple human compassion is more essential to our national resilience and strength than most of us recognize. Shallow values won’t suffice as the foundation of our social and cultural infrastructure....
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Wonderful and Uplifting
- By Kate FX on 10-21-20
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Resilient Americans
- We May Not Have It All Together, but Together We Have It All
- Narrated by: Diane Burden Cox
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 12-17-19
- Language: English
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Anything that alienates and divides us leaves us weak and exposed to disaster. Simple human compassion is more essential to our national resilience and strength than most of us recognize. Shallow values won’t suffice as the foundation of our social and cultural infrastructure....
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50+
- Igniting a Revolution to Reinvent America
- By: Bill Novelli, Boe Workman
- Narrated by: Eric Conger
- Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
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Bill Novelli doesn't believe that retirement has to mean rocking one's way into the sunset....
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50+ Doesn't Look So Bad From Here!
- By James on 08-23-13
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50+
- Igniting a Revolution to Reinvent America
- Narrated by: Eric Conger
- Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 09-22-06
- Language: English
- Bill Novelli doesn't believe that retirement has to mean rocking one's way into the sunset....
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Blunt Instruments
- Recognizing Racist Cultural Infrastructure in Memorials, Museums, and Patriotic Practices
- By: Kristin Ann Hass
- Narrated by: Nadia Marshall
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
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A field guide to the memorials, museums, and practices that commemorate white supremacy in the United States—and how to reimagine a more deeply shared cultural infrastructure for the future....
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Important
- By C. Green on 06-23-23
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Blunt Instruments
- Recognizing Racist Cultural Infrastructure in Memorials, Museums, and Patriotic Practices
- Narrated by: Nadia Marshall
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 01-24-23
- Language: English
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A field guide to the memorials, museums, and practices that commemorate white supremacy in the United States—and how to reimagine a more deeply shared cultural infrastructure for the future....
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Vice Capades
- Sex, Drugs, and Bowling from the Pilgrims to the Present
- By: Mark Stein
- Narrated by: David Drummond
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
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Vice Capades by best-selling author Mark Stein examines the nation's relationship with the actions, attitudes, and antics that have defined morality....
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Vice Capades
- Sex, Drugs, and Bowling from the Pilgrims to the Present
- Narrated by: David Drummond
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 08-08-17
- Language: English
- Vice Capades by best-selling author Mark Stein examines the nation's relationship with the actions, attitudes, and antics that have defined morality....
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Decrim
- How We Decriminalized Drugs in British Columbia
- By: Kennedy Stewart
- Narrated by: Kennedy Stewart
- Length: 4 hrs and 17 mins
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A timely, insider account of an important and controversial step in British Columbia’s strategic effort to respond to the overdose crisis....
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Decrim
- How We Decriminalized Drugs in British Columbia
- Narrated by: Kennedy Stewart
- Length: 4 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 10-20-23
- Language: English
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A timely, insider account of an important and controversial step in British Columbia’s strategic effort to respond to the overdose crisis....
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Fixing Social Security
- The Politics of Reform in a Polarized Age
- By: R. Douglas Arnold
- Narrated by: Graham Rowat
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
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R. Douglas Arnold explores the historical role that Social Security has played in American politics, why Congress has done nothing to fix its insolvency problem for three decades, and what legislators can do to save it....
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Profoundly important reading
- By Brett on 03-24-23
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Fixing Social Security
- The Politics of Reform in a Polarized Age
- Narrated by: Graham Rowat
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 04-12-22
- Language: English
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R. Douglas Arnold explores the historical role that Social Security has played in American politics, why Congress has done nothing to fix its insolvency problem for three decades, and what legislators can do to save it....
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Access All Areas
- The Diversity Manifesto for TV and Beyond
- By: Lenny Henry, Marcus Ryder
- Narrated by: Lenny Henry
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
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Joining forces with the former chair of the Royal Television Society's Diversity Committee Marcus Ryder, Sir Lenny Henry draws on decades of experience to reveal why recent efforts to diversify media have been thus far ineffective and why they are simply not enough....
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Access All Areas
- The Diversity Manifesto for TV and Beyond
- Narrated by: Lenny Henry
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 01-05-21
- Language: English
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Joining forces with the former chair of the Royal Television Society's Diversity Committee Marcus Ryder, Sir Lenny Henry draws on decades of experience to reveal why recent efforts to diversify media have been thus far ineffective and why they are simply not enough....
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Defund Fear
- Safety Without Policing, Prisons, and Punishment
- By: Zach Norris
- Narrated by: Van Jones, Adam Lazarre-White
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
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A groundbreaking new vision for public safety that overturns more than 200 years of fear-based discrimination, othering, and punishment....
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Essential Reading
- By Amazon Customer on 06-29-21
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Defund Fear
- Safety Without Policing, Prisons, and Punishment
- Narrated by: Van Jones, Adam Lazarre-White
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 02-02-21
- Language: English
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A groundbreaking new vision for public safety that overturns more than 200 years of fear-based discrimination, othering, and punishment....
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On the Muslim Question
- By: Anne Norton
- Narrated by: Rosemary Benson
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
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In the post-9/11 West, there is no shortage of strident voices telling us that Islam is a threat to the security, values, way of life, and even existence of the United States and Europe....
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Andalusian Enlightenment
- By Yazen K on 04-09-17
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On the Muslim Question
- Narrated by: Rosemary Benson
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 05-10-13
- Language: English
- In the post-9/11 West, there is no shortage of strident voices telling us that Islam is a threat to the security, values, way of life, and even existence of the United States and Europe....
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A Life of One's Own
- Individual Rights and the Welfare State
- By: David Kelley
- Narrated by: Scott R. Smith
- Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
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The welfare state rests on the assumption that people have rights to food, shelter, health care, retirement income, and other goods provided by the government....
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Well argued but could be more concise
- By WILL on 11-20-19
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A Life of One's Own
- Individual Rights and the Welfare State
- Narrated by: Scott R. Smith
- Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 11-09-17
- Language: English
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The welfare state rests on the assumption that people have rights to food, shelter, health care, retirement income, and other goods provided by the government....
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Sacred Liberty
- America's Long, Bloody, and Ongoing Struggle for Religious Freedom
- By: Steven Waldman
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 14 hrs and 43 mins
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Just as Eyes on the Prize captured the rich drama of the civil rights movement, Sacred Liberty brings to life the remarkable story of how America became one of the few nations in world history that has religious freedom, diversity and high levels of piety at the same time....
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Indefensible Liberal Bias
- By Chad on 07-02-20
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Sacred Liberty
- America's Long, Bloody, and Ongoing Struggle for Religious Freedom
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 14 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 05-07-19
- Language: English
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Just as Eyes on the Prize captured the rich drama of the civil rights movement, Sacred Liberty brings to life the remarkable story of how America became one of the few nations in world history that has religious freedom, diversity and high levels of piety at the same time....
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GI Bill
- The New Deal for Veterans
- By: Glenn Altshuler
- Narrated by: Michael McConnohie
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
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On rare occasions in American history, Congress enacts a measure so astute, so far-reaching, so revolutionary, it enters the language as a metaphor....
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Important subject
- By John Cashman on 08-10-20
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GI Bill
- The New Deal for Veterans
- Narrated by: Michael McConnohie
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 03-15-11
- Language: English
- On rare occasions in American history, Congress enacts a measure so astute, so far-reaching, so revolutionary, it enters the language as a metaphor....
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For Tibet, with Love
- A Beginner's Guide to Changing the World
- By: Isabel Losada
- Narrated by: Isabel Losada
- Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins
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In Isabel Losada's extraordinary For Tibet with Love, she explores whether it's possible for an ordinary person to change the world....
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An Introduction to Tibet
- By Dolores Plate on 06-19-20
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For Tibet, with Love
- A Beginner's Guide to Changing the World
- Narrated by: Isabel Losada
- Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 06-30-17
- Language: English
- In Isabel Losada's extraordinary For Tibet with Love, she explores whether it's possible for an ordinary person to change the world....
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A Duty of Care
- Britain Before and After COVID
- By: Peter Hennessy
- Narrated by: Matthew Spencer
- Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins
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The 'duty of care' which the state owes to its citizens is a phrase much used, but what has it actually meant in Britain historically? And what should it mean in the future? Peter Hennessy divides post-war British history into BC (before corona) and AC (after corona)....
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A Duty of Care
- Britain Before and After COVID
- Narrated by: Matthew Spencer
- Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 03-03-22
- Language: English
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The 'duty of care' which the state owes to its citizens is a phrase much used, but what has it actually meant in Britain historically? And what should it mean in the future? Peter Hennessy divides post-war British history into BC (before corona) and AC (after corona)....
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Water Is Life
- The Native American Struggle for Environmental Justice
- By: John Guthrie
- Narrated by: Justice Margowski
- Length: 40 mins
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When a water protector proclaims "water is life", they speak not just in slogan form, but as part of an ancient philosophy that dates back millennia....
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Water Is Life
- The Native American Struggle for Environmental Justice
- Narrated by: Justice Margowski
- Length: 40 mins
- Release date: 08-02-23
- Language: English
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When a water protector proclaims "water is life", they speak not just in slogan form, but as part of an ancient philosophy that dates back millennia....
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Immigration Wars
- Forging an American Solution
- By: Jeb Bush, Clint Bolick
- Narrated by: Skipp Sudduth
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
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From the former Republican governor of Florida and a leading constitutional litigator comes a timely and provocative look at one of the most divisive issues facing the nation today: immigration....
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Great book!
- By Teresa Chasteen on 05-28-15
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Immigration Wars
- Forging an American Solution
- Narrated by: Skipp Sudduth
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 03-05-13
- Language: English
- From the former Republican governor of Florida and a leading constitutional litigator comes a timely and provocative look at one of the most divisive issues facing the nation today: immigration....
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Kotlikoff, Moeller, and Solman's Get What's Yours
- By: Ant Hive Media
- Narrated by: Tony Armagno
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
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The authors present 50 tips to get more benefits from Social Security. This book provides an informal critique and summary of the main topics and messages of the guide....
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Kotlikoff, Moeller, and Solman's Get What's Yours
- Narrated by: Tony Armagno
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
- Release date: 03-14-16
- Language: English
- The authors present 50 tips to get more benefits from Social Security. This book provides an informal critique and summary of the main topics and messages of the guide....
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Fighting for Recovery
- An Activists' History of Mental Health Reform
- By: Phyllis Vine
- Narrated by: Sara Sheckells
- Length: 15 hrs and 7 mins
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Professor and mental health advocate Phyllis Vine tells the history of the recovery movement for people with mental illness, and an inspiring account of how former patients and advocates challenged a flawed system and encouraged mental health activism....
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Fighting for Recovery
- An Activists' History of Mental Health Reform
- Narrated by: Sara Sheckells
- Length: 15 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 09-27-22
- Language: English
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Professor and mental health advocate Phyllis Vine tells the history of the recovery movement for people with mental illness, and an inspiring account of how former patients and advocates challenged a flawed system and encouraged mental health activism....
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Now, Let Me Tell You What I Really Think
- By: Chris Matthews
- Narrated by: Chris Matthews
- Length: 3 hrs and 56 mins
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From the Cold War to the Clinton years, Chris Matthews gives the straight-up account of what it means to be an American...
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I Miss Chris on Television!
- By Rajiv on 07-24-23
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Now, Let Me Tell You What I Really Think
- Narrated by: Chris Matthews
- Length: 3 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 11-26-01
- Language: English
- From the Cold War to the Clinton years, Chris Matthews gives the straight-up account of what it means to be an American...
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What the Coronavirus in America Had Wrought
- Facing the Dangers of a New Conformity
- By: Thomas Winterbottom
- Narrated by: Charles Featherstone
- Length: 1 hr
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This book examines the disturbing trend toward social and political conformity in America in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic....
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What the Coronavirus in America Had Wrought
- Facing the Dangers of a New Conformity
- Narrated by: Charles Featherstone
- Length: 1 hr
- Release date: 01-12-24
- Language: English
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This book examines the disturbing trend toward social and political conformity in America in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic....
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