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    • Feminism in the Twenty-First Century
    • By: Amia Srinivasan
    • Narrated by: Andia Winslow
    • Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 09-21-21
    • Language: English
    • 163 ratings
    • Ethics & Morality · Gender Studies · Philosophy
    • “Laser-cut writing and a stunning intellect. If only every writer made this much beautiful sense.” —Lisa Taddeo, author of Three Women “Amia Srinivasan is an unparalleled and extraordinary writer—no one X-rays an argument, a desire, a contradiction, a defense mechanism quite like her...

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    • The Recurring Crises of American Democracy
    • By: Suzanne Mettler, Robert C. Lieberman
    • Narrated by: Andrea Gallo
    • Length: 13 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 08-11-20
    • Language: English
    • 45 ratings
    • Americas · Democracy · Politics & Government
    • An urgent, historically-grounded take on the four major factors that undermine American democracy, and what we can do to address them. While many Americans despair of the current state of U.S. politics, most assume that our system of government and democracy itself are invulnerable to decay. Yet...

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    • The Inside Story of Putin's War on America and the Election of Donald Trump
    • By: Michael Isikoff, David Corn
    • Narrated by: Peter Ganim
    • Length: 12 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 03-13-18
    • Language: English
    • 3,592 ratings
    • Espionage · 21st Century · Freedom & Security
    • The incredible, harrowing account of how American democracy was hacked by Moscow as part of a covert operation to influence the U.S. election and help Donald Trump gain the presidency. "Russian Roulette is...the most thorough and riveting account." -- The New York Times Russian Roulette is a...

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    • Why We Must Defeat Radical Islam and How We Can Do It
    • By: Brigitte Gabriel
    • Narrated by: Brigitte Gabriel
    • Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 09-02-08
    • Language: English
    • 276 ratings
    • Freedom & Security · Political Science
    • They Must Be Stopped is New York Times bestselling author Brigitte Gabriel's warning to the world: We can no longer ignore the growth of radical Islam--we must act soon, and powerfully. Gabriel challenges our western and politically-correct notions about Islam, demonstrating why radical Islam is...

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    • Why We Fight About Morality and Politics and How to Find Common Ground
    • By: Kurt Gray
    • Narrated by: David Marantz
    • Length: 13 hrs and 35 mins
    • Release date: 01-14-25
    • Language: English
    • 13 ratings
    • Ethics & Morality · Philosophy
    • A NEXT BIG IDEA CLUB MUST-READ BOOK A groundbreaking new perspective on the moral mind that rewrites our understanding of where moral judgments come from, and how we can overcome the feelings of outrage that so often divide us "A riveting read. . . . Overturns widespread assumptions about...

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    • A Journey Through the Hidden World of Manufacturing
    • By: Tim Minshall
    • Narrated by: Tim Minshall
    • Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 05-06-25
    • Language: English
    • 5 ratings
    • Economics · Engineering · International
    • LONGLISTED AS A FINANCIAL TIMES AND SCHRODERS BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY TRIVEDI SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE An illuminating tour through the manufacturing world and its seismic influence on our lives, from internationally renowned expert Tim Minshall We live in a...

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    • Reawakening American Virtue and Prosperity
    • By: Jeffrey D. Sachs
    • Narrated by: Richard McGonagle
    • Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 10-04-11
    • Language: English
    • 126 ratings
    • Business Ethics · Americas · Economic Conditions
    • For more than three decades, Jeffrey D. Sachs has been at the forefront of international economic problem solving. But Sachs turns his attention back home in The Price of Civilization, a book that is essential reading for every American. In a forceful, impassioned, and personal voice, he...

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    • A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of “Latino”
    • By: Héctor Tobar
    • Narrated by: André Santana
    • Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 05-09-23
    • Language: English
    • 45 ratings
    • Americas · Biographies & Memoirs
    • A new audiobook by the Pulitzer Prize–winning writer about the twenty-first-century Latino experience and identity. "Latino" is the most open-ended and loosely defined of the major race categories in the United States. Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of...

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    • Death and Life in Japan's Disaster Zone
    • By: Richard Lloyd Parry
    • Narrated by: Simon Vance
    • Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 10-24-17
    • Language: English
    • 574 ratings
    • Asia · Disaster Relief · Japan
    • "In an understated performance, Simon Vance details one of the stunning tragedies arising from the tsunami that struck Japan in 2011...Vance's steady pacing, crisp enunciation, and careful inflection enhance the weight of the story, which moves between reportage and interviews, and ultimately...

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    • By: Neil Strauss
    • Narrated by: Neil Strauss
    • Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 09-01-09
    • Language: English
    • 838 ratings
    • Americas · Civics & Citizenship
    • Terrorist attacks. Natural disasters. Domestic crackdowns. Economic collapse. Riots. Wars. Disease. Starvation. What can you do when it all hits the fan? You can learn to be self-sufficient and survive without the system. ""I've started to look at the world through apocalypse eyes."" So begins...

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    • Football in a State of Emergency
    • By: David Goldblatt
    • Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins
    • Release date: 08-14-25
    • Language: English
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    • Football · Politics & Government
    • A Telegraph Best Book of 2025. A News Statesman Book of the Year 2025. ‘David Goldblatt is possibly the best football historian there has ever been’. Dominic Sandbrook ‘David Goldblatt is the greatest British sportswriter of the 21st century … Injury Time is an absolute classic.’ James...

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    • Bringing the Future into Focus Through the Lens of Scripture
    • By: Chuck Missler
    • Narrated by: Maxwell O’Brian
    • Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 01-11-22
    • Language: English
    • 67 ratings
    • Bible Study · Christianity · Divination
    • This book is a comprehensive, easily digested book that will give you a basic understanding of how past events fulfilled biblical prophecy. Prophecy 20/20 provides a strategic grasp of prophecy that equips you to clearly see the "prophetic moment" of current events. Dr. Chuck Missler...

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    • Calling Trump Out for the Cultish, Moronic, Authoritarian Con Man He Is
    • By: Joe Walsh
    • Narrated by: Joe Walsh
    • Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
    • Release date: 02-18-20
    • Language: English
    • 30 ratings
    • Civics & Citizenship · Political Science
    • Donald Trump is the exact threat our Founding Fathers feared. Joe Walsh is as rock-ribbed a conservative as they come. But he believes that no right-wing policy victory is worth the loss of our very democracy. In this clear-eyed and unsparing book, Walsh makes the case that Trump has more in...

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    • Holy War and Unholy Terror
    • By: Bernard Lewis
    • Narrated by: Bernard Lewis
    • Length: 4 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 03-28-03
    • Language: English
    • 726 ratings
    • Freedom & Security · Islam · Middle East
    • In his first book since What Went Wrong? Bernard Lewis examines the historical roots of the resentments that dominate the Islamic world today and that are increasingly being expressed in acts of terrorism. He looks at the theological origins of political Islam and takes us through the rise of...

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    • A Terrifying True Story of War, Politics, and Religion at the Twilight of the American Empire
    • By: Matt Taibbi
    • Narrated by: David Slavin
    • Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 08-29-08
    • Language: English
    • 236 ratings
    • Americas · Political Science
    • A REVELATORY AND DARKLY COMIC ADVENTURE THROUGH A NATION ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN—FROM THE HALLS OF CONGRESS TO THE BASES OF BAGHDAD TO THE APOCALYPTIC CHURCHES OF THE HEARTLAND Rolling Stone’s Matt Taibbi set out to describe the nature of George Bush’s America in the post-9/11...

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    • A Roadmap to Resilience in the Pandemic Era
    • By: Jennifer Ashton
    • Narrated by: Jennifer Ashton
    • Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 02-09-21
    • Language: English
    • 27 ratings
    • Personal Development · Sociology
    • From Dr. Jennifer Ashton—the Chief Medical Correspondent at ABC News covering breaking medical news for Good Morning America and GMA3: What You Need to Know—comes a doctor’s guide to finding resilience in the time of COVID, while staying safe and sane in a rapidly changing world. In March...

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    • God, Globalization, and the End of the War on Terror
    • By: Reza Aslan
    • Narrated by: Sunil Malhotra
    • Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 04-21-09
    • Language: English
    • 179 ratings
    • Freedom & Security · Fundamentalism · Islam
    • A cosmic war is a religious war. It is a battle not between armies or nations, but between the forces of good and evil, a war in which God is believed to be directly engaged on behalf of one side against the other. The hijackers who attacked the United States on September 11, 2001, thought they...

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    • A Brief History of Anti-Populism
    • By: Thomas Frank
    • Narrated by: Thomas Frank
    • Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 07-14-20
    • Language: English
    • 520 ratings
    • Liberalism · Nationalism · Political Science
    • From the prophetic author of the now-classic What’s the Matter with Kansas? and Listen, Liberal, an eye-opening account of populism, the most important—and misunderstood—movement of our time. Rarely does a work of history contain startling implications for the present, but in The People...

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    • The Beauty and Terror of Life on the Move
    • By: Sonia Shah
    • Narrated by: Sonia Shah
    • Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release date: 06-23-20
    • Language: English
    • 103 ratings
    • Climate Change · Environment · Science
    • A prize-winning journalist upends our centuries-long assumptions about migration through science, history, and reporting - predicting its lifesaving power in the face of climate change....

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    • The End of American Exceptionalism
    • By: Andrew Bacevich
    • Narrated by: Eric Conger
    • Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 09-04-08
    • Language: English
    • 269 ratings
    • Freedom & Security · Political Science
    • "Andrew Bacevich speaks truth to power, no matter who's in power, which may be why those of both the left and right listen to him."—Bill Moyers An immediate New York Times bestseller, The Limits of Power offers an unparalleled examination of the profound triple crisis facing America: an...

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