Bestsellers
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Why Nations Fail
- The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
- By: Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 17 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Brilliant and engagingly written, Why Nations Fail answers the question that has stumped the experts for centuries.....
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Pros and Cons of "Why Nations Fail"
- By Joshua Kim on 05-01-12
By: Daron Acemoglu, and others
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The Bully Pulpit
- Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism
- By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
- Length: 36 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Goodwin describes the broken friendship between Teddy Roosevelt and his chosen successor, William Howard Taft....
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Makes You Forget You Live in the 21st Century Good
- By Cynthia on 01-11-14
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Finish What We Started
- The MAGA Movement's Ground War to End Democracy
- By: Isaac Arnsdorf
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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The immersive, captivating untold story of the mass radicalization of the Republican Party in the aftermath of January 6, 2021, entrenching the political power of a radical right-wing fringe dedicated to dismantling democracy itself....
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Mass Mental Illness
- By philip on 04-24-24
By: Isaac Arnsdorf
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The Dictator's Handbook
- Why Bad Behavior Is Almost Always Good Politics
- By: Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Alastair Smith
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 15 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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This essential book lays out the real rules of politics: leaders do whatever keeps them in power, regardless of the national interest....
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Post covid revised edition, Avoid this.
- By mike on 02-22-24
By: Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, and others
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2030
- How Today's Biggest Trends Will Collide and Reshape the Future of Everything
- By: Mauro F. Guillén
- Narrated by: Leon Nixon
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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The world you know is about to end - will you be prepared for what comes next? A groundbreaking analysis from one of the world's foremost experts on global trends....
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Anti border wall and anti Trump
- By Jim Dupuis on 12-05-20
By: Mauro F. Guillén
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There Is Nothing For You Here
- Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century
- By: Fiona Hill
- Narrated by: Fiona Hill
- Length: 15 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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A celebrated foreign policy expert and key impeachment witness reveals how declining opportunity has set America on the grim path of modern Russia....
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Excellent book on populism, Putin, Trump and us
- By Erin on 10-08-21
By: Fiona Hill
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Why Nations Fail
- The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
- By: Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 17 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Brilliant and engagingly written, Why Nations Fail answers the question that has stumped the experts for centuries.....
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Pros and Cons of "Why Nations Fail"
- By Joshua Kim on 05-01-12
By: Daron Acemoglu, and others
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The Bully Pulpit
- Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism
- By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
- Length: 36 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Goodwin describes the broken friendship between Teddy Roosevelt and his chosen successor, William Howard Taft....
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Makes You Forget You Live in the 21st Century Good
- By Cynthia on 01-11-14
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Finish What We Started
- The MAGA Movement's Ground War to End Democracy
- By: Isaac Arnsdorf
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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The immersive, captivating untold story of the mass radicalization of the Republican Party in the aftermath of January 6, 2021, entrenching the political power of a radical right-wing fringe dedicated to dismantling democracy itself....
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Mass Mental Illness
- By philip on 04-24-24
By: Isaac Arnsdorf
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The Dictator's Handbook
- Why Bad Behavior Is Almost Always Good Politics
- By: Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Alastair Smith
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 15 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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This essential book lays out the real rules of politics: leaders do whatever keeps them in power, regardless of the national interest....
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Post covid revised edition, Avoid this.
- By mike on 02-22-24
By: Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, and others
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2030
- How Today's Biggest Trends Will Collide and Reshape the Future of Everything
- By: Mauro F. Guillén
- Narrated by: Leon Nixon
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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The world you know is about to end - will you be prepared for what comes next? A groundbreaking analysis from one of the world's foremost experts on global trends....
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Anti border wall and anti Trump
- By Jim Dupuis on 12-05-20
By: Mauro F. Guillén
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There Is Nothing For You Here
- Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century
- By: Fiona Hill
- Narrated by: Fiona Hill
- Length: 15 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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A celebrated foreign policy expert and key impeachment witness reveals how declining opportunity has set America on the grim path of modern Russia....
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Excellent book on populism, Putin, Trump and us
- By Erin on 10-08-21
By: Fiona Hill
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How to Be a Dictator
- The Cult of Personality in the Twentieth Century
- By: Frank Dikötter
- Narrated by: Jack Bennett
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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No dictator can rule through fear and violence alone. Naked power can be grabbed and held temporarily, but it never suffices in the long term....
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Worth a listen
- By Amazon Customer on 12-06-19
By: Frank Dikötter
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If We Burn
- The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution
- By: Vincent Bevins
- Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon
- Length: 12 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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From 2010 to 2020, more people participated in protests than at any other point in human history. Yet we are not living in more just and democratic societies as a result....
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Timely and well sourced
- By D on 11-05-23
By: Vincent Bevins
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The Narrow Corridor
- States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty
- By: Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson
- Narrated by: Stephen Graybill
- Length: 23 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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From the authors of the international best seller, Why Nations Fail, a crucial new big-picture framework that answers the question of how liberty flourishes in some states but falls to authoritarianism or anarchy in others....
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Hugely disappointing book!
- By Amazon Customer on 10-16-19
By: Daron Acemoglu, and others
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The Road to Unfreedom
- Russia, Europe, America
- By: Timothy Snyder
- Narrated by: Timothy Snyder
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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With the end of the Cold War, the victory of liberal democracy was thought to be absolute. Observers declared the end of history, confident in a peaceful, globalized future. But we now know this to be premature....
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A Key Understanding of Modern Politics
- By Richard Keohane on 04-08-18
By: Timothy Snyder
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Political Order and Political Decay
- From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy
- By: Francis Fukuyama
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 24 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Taking up the essential question of how societies develop strong, impersonal, and accountable political institutions, Fukuyama follows the story from the French Revolution to the so-called Arab Spring....
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Understanding our place thru Poly Sci
- By Gary on 12-29-14
By: Francis Fukuyama
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The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution
- By: Francis Fukuyama
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 22 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Virtually all human societies were once organized tribally, yet over time most developed new political institutions which included a central state....
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Few forests, but lots of trees
- By Steve Pagano on 10-05-15
By: Francis Fukuyama
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The Nordic Theory of Everything
- In Search of a Better Life
- By: Anu Partanen
- Narrated by: Abby Craden
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
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In The Nordic Theory of Everything, Partanen compares and contrasts life in the United States with life in the Nordic region, focusing on four key relationships....
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A non-radical perspective on two societies
- By kwdayboise (Kim Day) on 06-20-17
By: Anu Partanen
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Democracy
- Stories from the Long Road to Freedom
- By: Condoleezza Rice
- Narrated by: Grace Angela Henry
- Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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From the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union to the ongoing struggle for human rights in the Middle East, Condoleezza Rice has served on the front lines of history....
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A Case for Democracy
- By Jean on 05-18-17
By: Condoleezza Rice
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The Communist Manifesto
- By: Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 1 hr and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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The Communist Manifesto, originally the Manifesto of the Communist Party (German: Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei), is an 1848 political document...
By: Karl Marx, and others
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Taliban, Third Edition
- The Power of Militant Islam in Afghanistan and Beyond
- By: Ahmed Rashid
- Narrated by: Youssif Kamal
- Length: 14 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Ahmed Rashid, called “Pakistan’s best and bravest reporter” by Christopher Hitchens, brings the shadowy world of the Taliban and its impact on Afghanistan and the Middle East and Central Asia into sharp focus in this modern classic....
By: Ahmed Rashid
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Twilight Prisoners
- The Rise of the Hindu Right and the Fall of India
- By: Siddhartha Deb
- Narrated by: Shawn K. Jain
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Traveling across India, interviewing Hindu zealots, armed insurgents, jailed dissidents, and politicians and thinkers from across the political spectrum, Siddhartha Deb reveals a country in which forces old and new have aligned to endanger democracy.
By: Siddhartha Deb
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The Politics Book
- Big Ideas Simply Explained
- By: DK
- Narrated by: David Shaw-Parker
- Length: 18 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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This invaluable, easy-to-understand guide to world politics and government offers an accessible introduction to more than 80 of the most important theories and big ideas of leaders and politicians throughout history....
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I like it.
- By GTURCIOS on 06-16-23
By: DK
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Revolution and Dictatorship
- The Violent Origins of Durable Authoritarianism
- By: Steven Levitsky, Lucan Way
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 17 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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This book explores why dictatorships born of social revolution—such as those in China, Cuba, Iran, the Soviet Union, and Vietnam—are extraordinarily durable, even in the face of economic crisis, large-scale policy failure, mass discontent, and intense external pressure....
By: Steven Levitsky, and others
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The Case for Democracy
- The Power of Freedom to Overcome Tyranny and Terror
- By: Natan Sharansky, Ron Dermer
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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In this brilliantly analytical yet personal book, nondemocratic societies are put under a microscope to reveal the mechanics of tyranny that sustain them....
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The finest book I have read in many years!!
- By David on 04-06-05
By: Natan Sharansky, and others
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Israelophobia
- The Newest Version of the Oldest Hatred and What to Do About It
- By: Jake Wallis Simons
- Narrated by: Jake Wallis Simons
- Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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An urgent and deeply necessary book, Israelophobia will explore how - in the words of Howard Jacobson - prejudice against Israel is 'old hatred decanted into new bottles'. By coining a new term, it will cut through arguments about where criticism of Israel ends and antisemitism begins....
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The Rise and Fall of the East
- How Exams, Autocracy, Stability, and Technology Brought China Success, and Why They Might Lead to Its Decline
- By: Yasheng Huang PhD
- Narrated by: Rebecca Lam
- Length: 17 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Chinese society has been shaped by the interplay of the EAST—exams, autocracy, stability, and technology—from ancient times through the present. Chinese autocracies have developed exceptional tools for homogenizing ideas, norms, and practices. But this uniformity came with a huge downside....
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Thought provoking
- By Wyatt on 03-11-24
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The Common Law
- By: Oliver Wendell Holmes
- Narrated by: Robert Morris
- Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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This is one of the true classics in world legal literature. Written by a master of law and language...
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Horrible Narration
- By Richard on 04-12-06
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The Real North Korea
- Life and Politics in the Failed Stalinist Utopia
- By: Andrei Lankov
- Narrated by: Steven Roy Grimsley
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
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Andrei Lankov has gone where few outsiders have ever been....
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Broad and nuanced account of North Korea
- By Neuron on 07-29-15
By: Andrei Lankov
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The Responsible Globalist
- What Citizens of the World Can Learn from Nationalism
- By: Hassan Damluji
- Narrated by: Hassan Damluji
- Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Today, globalism has a bad reputation....
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Best Book on Global Citizenship Today
- By Theo Horesh on 01-24-22
By: Hassan Damluji
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The Revenge of Power
- How Autocrats Are Reinventing Politics for the 21st Century
- By: Moisés Naím
- Narrated by: Larry Herron
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Moisés Naím’s The Revenge of Power is an urgent, thrilling, and original look at the future of democracy. It illuminates one of the most important battles of our time: the future of freedom and how to contain and defeat the autocrats mushrooming around the world....
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The narrator does not know the names of some politicians)))
- By Philippe Bogdanoff on 08-28-22
By: Moisés Naím
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Aftershocks
- Pandemic Politics and the End of the Old International Order
- By: Colin Kahl, Thomas Wright
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 16 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Two of America's leading national security experts offer a definitive account of the global impact of COVID-19 and the political shock waves it will have on the United States and the world order in the 21st century....
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Useful overview. In some ways already obsolete.
- By Anonymous User on 09-27-21
By: Colin Kahl, and others
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What Went Wrong with Brexit
- And What We Can Do About It
- By: Peter Foster
- Narrated by: Peter Foster
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Six years after Brexit, it can feel like we're still having the same conversations. This is the explainer we need to move on....
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Excellent Listen and Excellent coverage of Brexit.
- By Colin Thompson on 11-09-23
By: Peter Foster
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The End of Power
- From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being In Charge Isn't What It Used to Be
- By: Moises Naim
- Narrated by: Matt Kugler
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Power is shifting - from large, stable armies to loose bands of insurgents, from corporate leviathans to nimble start-ups, and from presidential palaces to public squares. But power is also changing, becoming harder to use and easier to lose....
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Another Power book
- By Anonymous User on 04-12-24
By: Moises Naim
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Depolarized
- Transcending the False Left/Right Narrative
- By: Nick Airus
- Narrated by: Nick Airus
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Political rhetoric in America has become toxic. We are constantly force fed the "polarized" Left vs. Right narrative, yet few pause to reflect....
By: Nick Airus
New releases
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Why We Were Right
- By: Rosie Holt
- Narrated by: Rosie Holt
- Length: 4 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Rosie Holt, the desperate and loyal Tory MP famous for her viral twitter ‘interviews’, is finally here in book form to celebrate the last 14 years of Conservative government and explain to you, the British public, why the so called “scandals” or “controversial” decisions derided by the left were completely right (and intentional) all along. She’ll make Tories of you all yet.
By: Rosie Holt
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Hidden History
- The Untold Story of the Democratic Party
- By: Mark Swarbrick
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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The History of the Democratic Party examined from the perspective of biblical Christianity -- Learn the Truth about the Democratic Party! This book reveals historical facts that most Democrats know nothing of and would find shocking – an incredible yet fully documented tale of larceny, murder, slavery, and corruption. 200 pages of documented facts! Learn what the Democrats don’t want you to find out. See the evidence of what the Democratic Party has done throughout history... Stole Indian land for themselves. Caused infamous Trail of Tears. Forced peaceful Indians onto reservations. ...
By: Mark Swarbrick
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Twilight Prisoners
- The Rise of the Hindu Right and the Fall of India
- By: Siddhartha Deb
- Narrated by: Shawn K. Jain
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Traveling across India, interviewing Hindu zealots, armed insurgents, jailed dissidents, and politicians and thinkers from across the political spectrum, Siddhartha Deb reveals a country in which forces old and new have aligned to endanger democracy. The result is an absorbing—and disturbing—portrait. India has become a religious fundamentalist dystopia, one depicted here with a novelist's precise language and eye for detail.
By: Siddhartha Deb
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How Not to Be a Sh!thole Country: Lessons from South Africa
- By: Joel Pollak
- Narrated by: Joel B. Pollak
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Before the U.S. embarks on a dangerous political journey, it should consider the lessons—both positive and negative—of South Africa's experience. This book draws on President Donald Trump's infamous alleged quip about "sh!thole countries." Though he denied making the profane comment, it is a useful shorthand for what neither the U.S. nor South Africa would wish to become, but which "transformation" could condemn them to be.
By: Joel Pollak
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Revolutionary Love
- A Political Manifesto to Heal and Transform the World
- By: Rabbi Michael Lerner
- Narrated by: Gary Roelofs
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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From social theorist and psychotherapist Rabbi Michael Lerner comes a strategy for a new socialism built on love, kindness, and compassion for one another. Revolutionary Love proposes a method to replace what Lerner terms the "capitalist globalization of selfishness" with a globalization of generosity, prophetic empathy, and environmental sanity.
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When Left Moves Right
- The Decline of the Left and the Rise of the Populist Right in Postcommunist Europe
- By: Maria Snegovaya
- Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Over the past two decades, postcommunist countries have witnessed a sudden shift in the electoral fortunes of their political parties: previously successful center-left parties suffered dramatic electoral defeats and disappeared from the political scene, while right-wing populist parties soared in popularity and came to power. This dynamic echoed similar processes in Western Europe and raises a question: Were these dynamics in any way connected? When Right Moves Left argues that they were.
By: Maria Snegovaya
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Why We Were Right
- By: Rosie Holt
- Narrated by: Rosie Holt
- Length: 4 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Rosie Holt, the desperate and loyal Tory MP famous for her viral twitter ‘interviews’, is finally here in book form to celebrate the last 14 years of Conservative government and explain to you, the British public, why the so called “scandals” or “controversial” decisions derided by the left were completely right (and intentional) all along. She’ll make Tories of you all yet.
By: Rosie Holt
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Hidden History
- The Untold Story of the Democratic Party
- By: Mark Swarbrick
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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The History of the Democratic Party examined from the perspective of biblical Christianity -- Learn the Truth about the Democratic Party! This book reveals historical facts that most Democrats know nothing of and would find shocking – an incredible yet fully documented tale of larceny, murder, slavery, and corruption. 200 pages of documented facts! Learn what the Democrats don’t want you to find out. See the evidence of what the Democratic Party has done throughout history... Stole Indian land for themselves. Caused infamous Trail of Tears. Forced peaceful Indians onto reservations. ...
By: Mark Swarbrick
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Twilight Prisoners
- The Rise of the Hindu Right and the Fall of India
- By: Siddhartha Deb
- Narrated by: Shawn K. Jain
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Traveling across India, interviewing Hindu zealots, armed insurgents, jailed dissidents, and politicians and thinkers from across the political spectrum, Siddhartha Deb reveals a country in which forces old and new have aligned to endanger democracy. The result is an absorbing—and disturbing—portrait. India has become a religious fundamentalist dystopia, one depicted here with a novelist's precise language and eye for detail.
By: Siddhartha Deb
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How Not to Be a Sh!thole Country: Lessons from South Africa
- By: Joel Pollak
- Narrated by: Joel B. Pollak
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Before the U.S. embarks on a dangerous political journey, it should consider the lessons—both positive and negative—of South Africa's experience. This book draws on President Donald Trump's infamous alleged quip about "sh!thole countries." Though he denied making the profane comment, it is a useful shorthand for what neither the U.S. nor South Africa would wish to become, but which "transformation" could condemn them to be.
By: Joel Pollak
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Revolutionary Love
- A Political Manifesto to Heal and Transform the World
- By: Rabbi Michael Lerner
- Narrated by: Gary Roelofs
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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From social theorist and psychotherapist Rabbi Michael Lerner comes a strategy for a new socialism built on love, kindness, and compassion for one another. Revolutionary Love proposes a method to replace what Lerner terms the "capitalist globalization of selfishness" with a globalization of generosity, prophetic empathy, and environmental sanity.
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When Left Moves Right
- The Decline of the Left and the Rise of the Populist Right in Postcommunist Europe
- By: Maria Snegovaya
- Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Over the past two decades, postcommunist countries have witnessed a sudden shift in the electoral fortunes of their political parties: previously successful center-left parties suffered dramatic electoral defeats and disappeared from the political scene, while right-wing populist parties soared in popularity and came to power. This dynamic echoed similar processes in Western Europe and raises a question: Were these dynamics in any way connected? When Right Moves Left argues that they were.
By: Maria Snegovaya
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H-Pop
- The Secretive World of Hindutva Pop Stars
- By: Kunal Purohit
- Narrated by: Adwait Karambelkar
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Away from the gaze of mainstream urban media, across India's dusty, sleepy towns, a brand of popular culture is quietly seizing the imagination of millions, on the internet and off it. From catchy songs with acerbic lyrics to poetry recited in kavi sammelans to social media influencers shaping opinions with their brand of 'breaking news' to books rescripting historical events, 'Hindutva Pop' or H-Pop is steadily creating societal acceptability for Hindutva's core beliefs.
By: Kunal Purohit
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Revolution and Terror
- By: Graeme Gill
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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This book is a study of the relationship between revolution and terror. Historically, many have claimed that revolution inevitably devolves into terror, best reflected in the way in which after coming to power the revolutionary elite turns on itself, and one section of it uses terrorist means to eliminate another section. Graeme Gill argues that in order to understand the relationship between revolution and terror, it is necessary to distinguish between different types of terror.
By: Graeme Gill
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The Unaccountability Machine
- Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions - and How The World Lost its Mind
- By: Dan Davies
- Narrated by: Peter Dickson
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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When we avoid taking a decision, what happens to it? In The Unaccountability Machine, Dan Davies examines why markets, institutions and even governments systematically generate outcomes that everyone involved claims not to want. He casts new light on the writing of Stafford Beer, a legendary economist who argued in the 1950s that we should regard organisations as artificial intelligences, capable of taking decisions that are distinct from the intentions of their members.
By: Dan Davies
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Four Chancellors and a Funeral
- How to Lose a Country in Ten Days
- By: Russell Jones
- Narrated by: Chris Devon
- Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Four Chancellors and a Funeral delivers more of Russell Jones's signature scathing wit, combining a detailed historical record of 2021 and 2022, with acerbic commentary, all of it leavened by jokes at the seemingly endless maelstrom of failures, nincompoops, and hypocrisies.
By: Russell Jones
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Finish What We Started
- The MAGA Movement's Ground War to End Democracy
- By: Isaac Arnsdorf
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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In the immediate aftermath of the attack on the Capitol of January 6, 2021, a growing movement of grassroots activists began plotting around the country to pick up where the insurrection left off, laying the groundwork to succeed next time where Donald Trump had failed to keep himself in power. Inspired by Trump’s false claims of a stolen election, this nationwide groundswell quickly moved beyond rhetoric and into action. Election deniers began capturing local party committees, elevating like-minded insurgents, and developing a new way forward.
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Mass Mental Illness
- By philip on 04-24-24
By: Isaac Arnsdorf
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The Radical Imagination of Black Women
- Ambition, Politics, and Power
- By: Pearl K. Ford Dowe
- Narrated by: L. Malaika Cooper
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
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Pearl K. Ford Dowe argues that ambition for Black women cannot be measured only by political candidacies and ascents of the political chain of power. Black women are uniquely positioned within their communities to influence politics and public policy, which stems from unique variables of socialization, gender and racial identity, and marginalization that shape the political attitudes of Black women. Thus, Dowe asserts that Black women's political ambition often manifests outside formal politics, in activism and community building, a process that is linked to a wider radical vision.