Historical Democracies

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    • By: Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt
    • Narrated by: Fred Sanders
    • Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 01-16-18
    • Language: English
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    • Democracies can die with a coup d'état - or they can die slowly. This happens most deceptively when in piecemeal fashion, with the election of an authoritarian leader, the abuse of governmental power and the complete repression of opposition....

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    • Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International, and Comparative Perspectives
    • By: Jacob M. Grumbach
    • Narrated by: Todd McLaren
    • Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 12-24-24
    • Language: English
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    • Laboratories against Democracy reveals how the pursuit of national partisan agendas at the state level has intensified the challenges facing American democracy, and asks whether today’s state governments are mitigating the political crises of our time—or accelerating them.

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    • A History of the English Speaking Peoples, Volume IV
    • By: Sir Winston Churchill
    • Narrated by: Christian Rodska
    • Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 05-30-06
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 549 ratings
    • The fourth and last volume in Churchill's famous account spans 1815 to 1901...

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    • Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes
    • By: Zachary D. Carter
    • Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
    • Length: 22 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 05-19-20
    • Language: English
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    • At the dawn of World War I, a young academic named John Maynard Keynes hastily folded his long legs into the sidecar of his brother-in-law’s motorcycle for an odd, frantic journey that would change the course of history....

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    • What History Reveals About Our Future
    • By: Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt
    • Narrated by: Fred Sanders
    • Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 01-25-18
    • Language: English
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    • Penguin presents the audiobook edition of How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, read by Fred Sanders....

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    • By: Jeffrey Archer
    • Narrated by: Richard Armitage
    • Length: 15 hrs and 54 mins
    • Release date: 11-01-18
    • Language: English
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    • Heads You Win is the incredible and thrilling novel by the master storyteller and best-selling author of the Clifton Chronicles and Kane and Abel, Jeffrey Archer....

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    • The Development of Russia's Post-Soviet Political System
    • By: Dmitrii Furman
    • Narrated by: Rich Miller
    • Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 03-07-23
    • Language: English
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    • After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia under Yeltsin and Putin implemented a political system of "imitation democracy," marked by "a huge disparity between formal constitutional principles and the reality of authoritarian rule"....

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    • Dollars and Discrimination: Recent U.S. Supreme Court Decisions - Elections, Campaign Funding and Voting Rights
    • By: Matt Bewig
    • Narrated by: Joe Maluso
    • Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 11-22-21
    • Language: English
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    • A exploration of prominent US Supreme Court cases from recent history (2010-2021) concerning elections and voting rights. Cases discussed include the relevant landmark cases namely: Citizens United, Rucho, Brnovich, Shelby County, and others....

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    • A President Confronts Democracy and Its Demons
    • By: Elizabeth Brown Pryor
    • Narrated by: Kimberly Farr, Beverly Brown
    • Length: 17 hrs and 35 mins
    • Release date: 02-07-17
    • Language: English
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    • An awkward first meeting with US Army officers, on the eve of the Civil War. A conversation on the White House portico with a young cavalry sergeant who was a fiercely dedicated abolitionist....

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    • Myth, Manipulation, and the Making of Modern Politics
    • By: David S. Heidler, Jeanne T. Heidler
    • Narrated by: Molly Parker Myers
    • Length: 13 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 10-23-18
    • Language: English
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    • The story of Andrew Jackson's improbable ascent to the White House, centered on the handlers and propagandists who made it possible....

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    • Historical Fiction Based on Radio Free Hawaii (The Radio Revolution) in Honolulu, 1991-1997
    • By: Sheriff Norm Winter
    • Narrated by: Norm Winter
    • Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 12-22-17
    • Language: English
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    • Five homeless people take over a radio station, turn the music programming over to a ballot system that everyone can participate in, and start a political avalanche changing America....

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    • Benjamin Franklin Signs the Declaration of Independence
    • By: Danny Fingeroth
    • Narrated by: Sonia Manzano
    • Length: 22 mins
    • Release date: 05-07-09
    • Language: English
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    • This fictional telling of Franklin's role gives readers insight into his thoughts and emotions during dramatic times....

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