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Almost Home
- Helping Kids Move from Homelessness to Hope
- By: Kevin Ryan, Tina Kelley, Cory Booker - foreword
- Narrated by: Kevin Ryan, Tina Kelley, Cory Booker, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
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Almost Home tells the stories of six remarkable young people from across the United States and Canada as they confront life alone on the streets....
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Enlightening..
- By Beverly Steiner on 10-20-13
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Almost Home
- Helping Kids Move from Homelessness to Hope
- Narrated by: Kevin Ryan, Tina Kelley, Cory Booker, Karla Mosley, Capathia Jenkins, Stephanie J. Block
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 05-28-13
- Language: English
- Almost Home tells the stories of six remarkable young people from across the United States and Canada as they confront life alone on the streets....
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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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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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Troop 6000
- The Girl Scout Troop That Began in a Shelter and Inspired the World
- By: Nikita Stewart
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
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The inspiring true story of the first Girl Scout troop founded for and by girls living in a shelter in Queens, New York, and the amazing, nationwide response that it sparked....
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An Inspiring and Essential Read for Leaders
- By Digital Lily on 03-30-21
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Troop 6000
- The Girl Scout Troop That Began in a Shelter and Inspired the World
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 05-19-20
- Language: English
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The inspiring true story of the first Girl Scout troop founded for and by girls living in a shelter in Queens, New York, and the amazing, nationwide response that it sparked....
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A Healthy Society, Updated and Expanded Edition
- How a Focus on Health Can Revive Canadian Democracy
- By: Ryan Meili
- Narrated by: Ryan Meili
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
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A Healthy Society offers a new approach to politics–and a new approach to building a healthier world. Dr. Meili argues that health delivery too often focuses on treatment of immediate causes and ignores fundamental conditions that lead to poor health....
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A Healthy Society, Updated and Expanded Edition
- How a Focus on Health Can Revive Canadian Democracy
- Narrated by: Ryan Meili
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 07-27-23
- Language: English
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A Healthy Society offers a new approach to politics–and a new approach to building a healthier world. Dr. Meili argues that health delivery too often focuses on treatment of immediate causes and ignores fundamental conditions that lead to poor health....
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Murat
- Celebrated Crimes, Book 15
- By: Alexandre Dumas père
- Narrated by: Robert Bethune
- Length: 1 hr and 43 mins
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In this, the 15th of the series, Dumas, the novelist-historian, brings his storytelling skills to a subject famous at the time but less so now: Joachim Murat....
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Murat
- Celebrated Crimes, Book 15
- Narrated by: Robert Bethune
- Series: Celebrated Crimes, Book 15
- Length: 1 hr and 43 mins
- Release date: 06-15-15
- Language: English
- In this, the 15th of the series, Dumas, the novelist-historian, brings his storytelling skills to a subject famous at the time but less so now: Joachim Murat....
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Beating Obamacare
- Your Handbook for Surviving the New Health Care Law
- By: Betsy McCaughey PH.D
- Narrated by: Phoebe Simon
- Length: 2 hrs and 38 mins
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has been a political football for years now, but as its provisions start going into effect, there’s still precious little information available on how it will impact you....
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Complicated issue - explained in depth
- By Kim the Music Lover on 10-03-13
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Beating Obamacare
- Your Handbook for Surviving the New Health Care Law
- Narrated by: Phoebe Simon
- Length: 2 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 06-21-13
- Language: English
- The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has been a political football for years now, but as its provisions start going into effect, there’s still precious little information available on how it will impact you....
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This Is Ohio
- The Overdose Crisis and the Front Lines of a New America
- By: Jack Shuler
- Narrated by: Miles Meili
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
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Tainted drug supplies, inadequate civic responses, and prevailing negative opinions about people who use drugs, the poor, and those struggling with mental health issues lead to thousands of preventable deaths each year while politicians are slow to adopt effective policies....
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This Is Ohio
- The Overdose Crisis and the Front Lines of a New America
- Narrated by: Miles Meili
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 11-04-21
- Language: English
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Tainted drug supplies, inadequate civic responses, and prevailing negative opinions about people who use drugs, the poor, and those struggling with mental health issues lead to thousands of preventable deaths each year while politicians are slow to adopt effective policies....
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Karl-Ludwig Sand
- Celebrated Crimes, Book 5
- By: Alexandre Dumas père
- Narrated by: Robert Bethune
- Length: 2 hrs and 28 mins
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To paraphrase the note from the translator, The Celebrated Crimes of Alexandre Dumas père was not written for children....
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Karl-Ludwig Sand
- Celebrated Crimes, Book 5
- Narrated by: Robert Bethune
- Series: Celebrated Crimes, Book 5
- Length: 2 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 08-06-14
- Language: English
- To paraphrase the note from the translator, The Celebrated Crimes of Alexandre Dumas père was not written for children....
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In the Weeds
- Demonization, Legalization, and the Evolution of U.S. Marijuana Policy
- By: Clayton J. Mosher, Scott Atkins
- Narrated by: Ronald Bruce Meyer
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
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More and more states are legalizing marijuana in some form. In the Weeds looks at how our society has become more permissive in the past 150 years - even though marijuana is still considered a Schedule I drug by the American government....
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In the Weeds
- Demonization, Legalization, and the Evolution of U.S. Marijuana Policy
- Narrated by: Ronald Bruce Meyer
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 09-16-19
- Language: English
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More and more states are legalizing marijuana in some form. In the Weeds looks at how our society has become more permissive in the past 150 years - even though marijuana is still considered a Schedule I drug by the American government....
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The Inclusive Economy
- How to Bring Wealth to America's Poor
- By: Michael D. Tanner
- Narrated by: Todd Barsness
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
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In a bold challenge to the conventional wisdom of both liberals and conservatives, Michael Tanner, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, looks at the reasons for poverty in America and offers a detailed agenda for increasing wealth, incomes, and opportunity....
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My new favorite book!
- By Anonymous User on 07-18-20
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The Inclusive Economy
- How to Bring Wealth to America's Poor
- Narrated by: Todd Barsness
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 11-20-18
- Language: English
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In a bold challenge to the conventional wisdom of both liberals and conservatives, Michael Tanner, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, looks at the reasons for poverty in America and offers a detailed agenda for increasing wealth, incomes, and opportunity....
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Just Dope
- A Leading Attorney's Personal Journey Inside the War on Drugs
- By: Allison Margolin
- Narrated by: Sanya Simmons
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
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For fans of Dopesick and Drug Use for Grown-Ups—a celebrated cannabis attorney's insider look at the War on Drugs and what comes next for the drug legalization movement....
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Just Dope
- A Leading Attorney's Personal Journey Inside the War on Drugs
- Narrated by: Sanya Simmons
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 09-13-22
- Language: English
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For fans of Dopesick and Drug Use for Grown-Ups—a celebrated cannabis attorney's insider look at the War on Drugs and what comes next for the drug legalization movement....
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The Pandemic Pivot
- A Report from the Institute for Policy Studies, the Transnational Institute, and Focus on the Global South
- By: John Feffer
- Narrated by: John Feffer
- Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins
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This report by John Feffer from the frontlines of global policy stands in stark contrast to the reality in the world today. Listening to it amounts to a return to sanity and humane governance, and illuminates the way forward that is still possible if we begin soon....
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The Pandemic Pivot
- A Report from the Institute for Policy Studies, the Transnational Institute, and Focus on the Global South
- Narrated by: John Feffer
- Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 03-09-21
- Language: English
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This report by John Feffer from the frontlines of global policy stands in stark contrast to the reality in the world today. Listening to it amounts to a return to sanity and humane governance, and illuminates the way forward that is still possible if we begin soon....
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For All Americans: The Dramatic Story Behind the Stupak Amendment and The Historic Passage of Obamacare
- By: Hon. Bart T. Stupak
- Narrated by: David Attar
- Length: 13 hrs and 23 mins
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This book is a fascinating front row seat to the inner workings and behind-the-scenes deal making in the US House of Representatives, and a first person account of the collaboration between President Obama and Bart Stupak’s small but dedicated team of legislators....
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For All Americans: The Dramatic Story Behind the Stupak Amendment and The Historic Passage of Obamacare
- Narrated by: David Attar
- Length: 13 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 08-31-19
- Language: English
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This book is a fascinating front row seat to the inner workings and behind-the-scenes deal making in the US House of Representatives, and a first person account of the collaboration between President Obama and Bart Stupak’s small but dedicated team of legislators....
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This Stops Today
- Eric Garner's Mother Seeks Justice after Losing Her Son
- By: Gwen Carr, Dave Smitherman - contributor, Hillary Clinton - foreword
- Narrated by: Myra Lucretia Taylor
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
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In This Stops Today, Gwen Carr, Eric Garner's mother, shares the tragedies she has faced, recalls her son's life and death, and recounts her newfound role as an activist. Her book recounts a life of family, community, and of a woman who now speaks for those who no longer can....
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Mothers Who Lost Their Boys To Police Brutality
- By Rita on 11-28-18
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This Stops Today
- Eric Garner's Mother Seeks Justice after Losing Her Son
- Narrated by: Myra Lucretia Taylor
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 10-01-18
- Language: English
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In This Stops Today, Gwen Carr, Eric Garner's mother, shares the tragedies she has faced, recalls her son's life and death, and recounts her newfound role as an activist. Her book recounts a life of family, community, and of a woman who now speaks for those who no longer can....
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That Used to Be Us
- How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back
- By: Thomas L. Friedman, Michael Mandelbaum
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
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America has a huge problem. It faces four major challenges, on which its future depends, and it is failing to meet them....
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His comparisons are faulty and the biased
- By kelly on 07-10-13
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That Used to Be Us
- How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 09-05-11
- Language: English
- America has a huge problem. It faces four major challenges, on which its future depends, and it is failing to meet them....
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Health Attitude: Unraveling and Solving the Complexities of Healthcare
- By: John R. Patrick
- Narrated by: John Edmondson
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
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After John R. Patrick's career at IBM, he took a seat on the board of a teaching hospital....
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Why does it cost so much and what can be done?
- By Gene Bolton on 07-04-15
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Health Attitude: Unraveling and Solving the Complexities of Healthcare
- Narrated by: John Edmondson
- Series: (It's All About Attitude (John R. Patrick's 6 Book Series), Book 2
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 06-09-15
- Language: English
- After John R. Patrick's career at IBM, he took a seat on the board of a teaching hospital....
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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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Kingdom of the Unjust
- Behind the U.S.-Saudi Connection
- By: Medea Benjamin
- Narrated by: Margy Stein
- Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
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Medea Benjamin researches the sinister nature of the relationship between the US and Saudi Arabia. In seven succinct chapters followed by a meditation on prospects for change, Benjamin shines a light on one of the most perplexing elements of American foreign policy....
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Kingdom of the Unjust
- Behind the U.S.-Saudi Connection
- Narrated by: Margy Stein
- Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 06-05-18
- Language: English
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Medea Benjamin researches the sinister nature of the relationship between the US and Saudi Arabia. In seven succinct chapters followed by a meditation on prospects for change, Benjamin shines a light on one of the most perplexing elements of American foreign policy....
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America’s Existential Crisis
- Our Inherited Obligation to Native Nations
- By: Jeff Rasley
- Narrated by: Gary J. Chambers
- Length: 4 hrs and 34 mins
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America's Existential Crisis: Our Inherited Obligation to Native Nations is a historical journey and a road trip through "Indian country"....
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America’s Existential Crisis
- Our Inherited Obligation to Native Nations
- Narrated by: Gary J. Chambers
- Length: 4 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 08-09-21
- Language: English
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America's Existential Crisis: Our Inherited Obligation to Native Nations is a historical journey and a road trip through "Indian country"....
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