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Orphans of Empire
- The Fate of London's Foundlings
- By: Helen Berry
- Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
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Orphans of Empire tells the story of what happened to the thousands of children who were raised at the London Foundling Hospital, Coram's brainchild, which opened in 1741 and grew to become the most famous charity in Georgian England....
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Orphans of Empire
- The Fate of London's Foundlings
- Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 06-16-20
- Language: English
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Orphans of Empire tells the story of what happened to the thousands of children who were raised at the London Foundling Hospital, Coram's brainchild, which opened in 1741 and grew to become the most famous charity in Georgian England....
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The Lucky Few
- Between the Greatest Generation and the Baby Boom
- By: E. Carlson
- Narrated by: Nick Landrum
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
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Born during the Great Depression and World War Two (1929-1945) an entire generation has slipped between the cracks of history. These Lucky Few became the first American generation smaller than the one before them, and the luckiest generation of Americans ever....
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The Lucky Few
- Between the Greatest Generation and the Baby Boom
- Narrated by: Nick Landrum
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 05-12-20
- Language: English
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Born during the Great Depression and World War Two (1929-1945) an entire generation has slipped between the cracks of history. These Lucky Few became the first American generation smaller than the one before them, and the luckiest generation of Americans ever....
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Abandoned
- America's Lost Youth and the Crisis of Disconnection
- By: Anne Kim
- Narrated by: Janet Song
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
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A deeply affecting exposé of America’s hidden crisis of disconnected youth, in the tradition of Matthew Desmond and Adrian Nicole LeBlanc....
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Abandoned
- America's Lost Youth and the Crisis of Disconnection
- Narrated by: Janet Song
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 02-11-20
- Language: English
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A deeply affecting exposé of America’s hidden crisis of disconnected youth, in the tradition of Matthew Desmond and Adrian Nicole LeBlanc....
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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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Promised Land
- How the Rise of the Middle Class Transformed America, 1929-1968
- By: David Stebenne
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
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A groundbreaking work of history about the American middle class - its rise, why it faltered, and who truly benefited from its dominance....
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Middle Class was middle of the Road
- By Amazon Customer on 07-18-20
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Promised Land
- How the Rise of the Middle Class Transformed America, 1929-1968
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 07-14-20
- Language: English
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A groundbreaking work of history about the American middle class - its rise, why it faltered, and who truly benefited from its dominance....
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Obama on the Home Front
- Domestic Policy Triumphs and Setbacks
- By: John D. Graham
- Narrated by: Randall R. Berner
- Length: 15 hrs and 24 mins
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The record of any American President attracts attention, but Barack Obama, the first African-American president in the nation's 240-year history, is of special interest....
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Obama on the Home Front
- Domestic Policy Triumphs and Setbacks
- Narrated by: Randall R. Berner
- Length: 15 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 03-02-17
- Language: English
- The record of any American President attracts attention, but Barack Obama, the first African-American president in the nation's 240-year history, is of special interest....
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The Shame Game
- Overturning the Toxic Poverty Narrative
- By: Mary O'Hara
- Narrated by: Mary O'Hara
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
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What does it mean to be poor in the UK and America? For decades the primary narrative about poverty in both countries is that it has been caused by personal flaws or "bad life decisions" rather than policy choices or economic inequality....
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The Shame Game
- Overturning the Toxic Poverty Narrative
- Narrated by: Mary O'Hara
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 02-12-21
- Language: English
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What does it mean to be poor in the UK and America? For decades the primary narrative about poverty in both countries is that it has been caused by personal flaws or "bad life decisions" rather than policy choices or economic inequality....
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Change the Story, Change the Future
- A Living Economy for a Living Earth
- By: David C. Korten
- Narrated by: Dana Hickox
- Length: 3 hrs and 49 mins
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To guide our path to a viable human future, Korten offers a "Sacred Life and Living Earth" story grounded in a cosmology that affirms we are living beings born of a living Earth....
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critical reading
- By louis d fox on 10-04-15
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Change the Story, Change the Future
- A Living Economy for a Living Earth
- Narrated by: Dana Hickox
- Length: 3 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 02-02-15
- Language: English
- To guide our path to a viable human future, Korten offers a "Sacred Life and Living Earth" story grounded in a cosmology that affirms we are living beings born of a living Earth....
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Follow the Love
- By: Elizabeth Wynter, Marisha Kashyap, Gaelin Elmore
- Narrated by: Miranda Elizabeth
- Length: 4 hrs and 31 mins
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Embark on a transformative journey with "Follow the Love: Permanent Connections Scaffolding," a groundbreaking guidebook meticulously crafted for child welfare stakeholders dedicated to empowering young people navigating the challenging transition out of the foster care system.
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Child welfare life-er
- By Heather K. on 04-07-24
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Follow the Love
- Narrated by: Miranda Elizabeth
- Length: 4 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 02-12-24
- Language: English
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Embark on a transformative journey with "Follow the Love: Permanent Connections Scaffolding," a groundbreaking guidebook meticulously crafted for child welfare stakeholders dedicated to empowering young people navigating the challenging transition out of the foster care system.
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The Fruit of All My Grief
- Lives in the Shadows of the American Dream
- By: J. Malcolm Garcia
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
- Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
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Real-life stories of Americans living on the edge of survival, outside the bright lights of the media....
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The Fruit of All My Grief
- Lives in the Shadows of the American Dream
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
- Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 09-10-19
- Language: English
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Real-life stories of Americans living on the edge of survival, outside the bright lights of the media....
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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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Jackpot
- How Gambling Conquered Britain
- By: Rob Davies
- Narrated by: Rob Davies
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
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A striking exposé of the insidious business practices that have generated enormous profits for the companies operating within the UK's gambling industry....
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Jackpot
- How Gambling Conquered Britain
- Narrated by: Rob Davies
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 03-08-22
- Language: English
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A striking exposé of the insidious business practices that have generated enormous profits for the companies operating within the UK's gambling industry....
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For Discrimination
- Race, Affirmative Action, and the Law
- By: Randall Kennedy
- Narrated by: Amani Starnes
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
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What precisely is affirmative action, and why is it championed by some and denounced by others? Randall Kennedy gives us a concise and deeply personal overview of the policy, refusing to shy away from the myriad complexities of an issue that continues to bedevil American race relations....
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For Discrimination
- Race, Affirmative Action, and the Law
- Narrated by: Amani Starnes
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 06-15-21
- Language: English
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What precisely is affirmative action, and why is it championed by some and denounced by others? Randall Kennedy gives us a concise and deeply personal overview of the policy, refusing to shy away from the myriad complexities of an issue that continues to bedevil American race relations....
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We Keep Us Safe
- Building Secure, Just, and Inclusive Communities
- By: Zach Norris, Van Jones
- Narrated by: Adam Lazarre-White
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 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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Definitely a must read for our times
- By Mark R. Hamlin on 12-31-20
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We Keep Us Safe
- Building Secure, Just, and Inclusive Communities
- Narrated by: Adam Lazarre-White
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 02-04-20
- 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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Bridges Across Every Divide
- By: Philip E. DeVol, Eugene K. Krebs
- Narrated by: Philip DeVol, Eugene Krebs, Jennifer Brunner
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
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Public policy attempts to break the stranglehold of multigenerational poverty have largely failed. Partisan efforts to build personal, family, and community resources and a strong middle class haven’t worked either....
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Bridges Across Every Divide
- Narrated by: Philip DeVol, Eugene Krebs, Jennifer Brunner
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 06-26-20
- Language: English
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Public policy attempts to break the stranglehold of multigenerational poverty have largely failed. Partisan efforts to build personal, family, and community resources and a strong middle class haven’t worked either....
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Return
- Why We Go Back to Where We Come From
- By: Kamal Al-Solaylee
- Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
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Drawing on astute political analysis and extensive reporting from around the world, Return illuminates a personal quest. Kamal Al-Solaylee yearns to return to his homeland of Yemen, now wracked by war, starvation and daily violence, to reconnect with his family....
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Thoughtful Reflections on Returning to Home Countries
- By Theo Horesh on 02-25-22
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Return
- Why We Go Back to Where We Come From
- Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 09-07-21
- Language: English
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Drawing on astute political analysis and extensive reporting from around the world, Return illuminates a personal quest. Kamal Al-Solaylee yearns to return to his homeland of Yemen, now wracked by war, starvation and daily violence, to reconnect with his family....
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The Woman Who Saved the Children
- By: Clare Mulley
- Narrated by: Joely Richardson, Clare Mulley - introduction and foreword
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
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This is an unconventional biography of an unconventional woman. Eglantyne Jebb moved from drawing rooms to war zones, often defying expectation and at times breaking the law. Although not fond of individual children, she founded Save the Children....
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Fascinating
- By Elyse B. Hayes on 10-29-23
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The Woman Who Saved the Children
- Narrated by: Joely Richardson, Clare Mulley - introduction and foreword
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 01-27-20
- Language: English
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This is an unconventional biography of an unconventional woman. Eglantyne Jebb moved from drawing rooms to war zones, often defying expectation and at times breaking the law. Although not fond of individual children, she founded Save the Children....
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Prisons: A Social Crime and Failure
- By: Emma Goldman
- Narrated by: Jean Norman
- Length: 32 mins
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Emma Goldman was a passionate critic of the prison system, criticizing both the treatment of prisoners and the social causes of crime. She considered crime as a natural outgrowth of an unjust economic system....
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Prisons: A Social Crime and Failure
- Narrated by: Jean Norman
- Length: 32 mins
- Release date: 04-01-19
- Language: English
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Emma Goldman was a passionate critic of the prison system, criticizing both the treatment of prisoners and the social causes of crime. She considered crime as a natural outgrowth of an unjust economic system....
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American Obesity Problem
- A New Diet to Lost Weight
- By: Laura Jessy Highbury
- Narrated by: Klaus von Hohenloe
- Length: 4 hrs and 32 mins
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Author Laura Jessy Highbury uses empirical evidence from a range of disciplines - anthropology, economics, epidemiology, medicine, nutrition science, social advertising, psychology, public health, sociology, and urban planning - to examine America's obesity problem....
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American Obesity Problem
- A New Diet to Lost Weight
- Narrated by: Klaus von Hohenloe
- Length: 4 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 11-18-20
- Language: English
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Author Laura Jessy Highbury uses empirical evidence from a range of disciplines - anthropology, economics, epidemiology, medicine, nutrition science, social advertising, psychology, public health, sociology, and urban planning - to examine America's obesity problem....
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Flyover Nation
- You Can't Run a Country You've Never Been To
- By: Dana Loesch
- Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
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Blaze TV and top radio host Dana Loesch explains that the biggest political problem today is that the people who run this country have no idea what life is really like for ordinary Americans....
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Interesting and worthwhile book!
- By Wayne on 12-29-16
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Flyover Nation
- You Can't Run a Country You've Never Been To
- Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 06-21-16
- Language: English
- Blaze TV and top radio host Dana Loesch explains that the biggest political problem today is that the people who run this country have no idea what life is really like for ordinary Americans....
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