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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
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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
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Why Nations Fail
- The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 17 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 03-20-12
- Language: English
- Brilliant and engagingly written, Why Nations Fail answers the question that has stumped the experts for centuries.....
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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
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The Road to Unfreedom
- Russia, Europe, America
- Narrated by: Timothy Snyder
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 04-03-18
- Language: English
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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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Progressively Worse
- Why Today's Democrats Ain't Your Daddy's Donkeys
- By: Joe Concha
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
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In the 1990s, Democrats supported balanced budgets, smaller government, border security, equal opportunity (not outcomes), reducing the deficit, and prioritizing blue-collar issues. However, according to Joe Concha, these are things that Democrats are against now.
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Well Cited
- By Timothy J Keenan on 10-01-24
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Progressively Worse
- Why Today's Democrats Ain't Your Daddy's Donkeys
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 07-30-24
- Language: English
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In the 1990s, Democrats supported balanced budgets, smaller government, border security, equal opportunity (not outcomes), reducing the deficit, and prioritizing blue-collar issues. However, according to Joe Concha, these are things that Democrats are against now.
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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
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The Nordic Theory of Everything
- In Search of a Better Life
- Narrated by: Abby Craden
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 06-28-16
- Language: English
- 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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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
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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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The Bully Pulpit
- Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
- Length: 36 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 11-05-13
- Language: English
- Goodwin describes the broken friendship between Teddy Roosevelt and his chosen successor, William Howard Taft....
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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
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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
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The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Series: Political Order, Book 1
- Length: 22 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 12-27-11
- Language: English
- 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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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
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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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The final word on horizontalism on the left
- By Patrick Foote on 02-25-24
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If We Burn
- The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution
- Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon
- Length: 12 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 10-03-23
- Language: English
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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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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
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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
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The Narrow Corridor
- States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty
- Narrated by: Stephen Graybill
- Length: 23 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 09-24-19
- Language: English
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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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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
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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
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The Dictator's Handbook
- Why Bad Behavior Is Almost Always Good Politics
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 15 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 06-21-22
- Language: English
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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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Our Own Worst Enemy
- The Assault from Within on Modern Democracy
- By: Tom Nichols
- Narrated by: Tom Nichols
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
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Over the past three decades, citizens of democracies who claim to value freedom, tolerance, and the rule of law have increasingly embraced illiberal politicians and platforms. Democracy is in trouble - but who is really to blame? Tom Nichols explains....
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Interesting but shallow
- By Anonymous User on 09-11-21
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Our Own Worst Enemy
- The Assault from Within on Modern Democracy
- Narrated by: Tom Nichols
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 08-19-21
- Language: English
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Over the past three decades, citizens of democracies who claim to value freedom, tolerance, and the rule of law have increasingly embraced illiberal politicians and platforms. Democracy is in trouble - but who is really to blame? Tom Nichols explains....
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The Flag and the Cross
- White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy
- By: Samuel L. Perry, Philip S. Gorski, Jemar Tisby - foreword
- Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
- Length: 4 hrs and 43 mins
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Most Americans were shocked by the violence they witnessed at the nation's Capital on January 6th, 2021. And many were bewildered by the images displayed by the insurrectionists: a wooden cross and wooden gallows....
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could use an accompanying pdf
- By A W on 08-08-22
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The Flag and the Cross
- White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy
- Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
- Length: 4 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 07-01-22
- Language: English
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Most Americans were shocked by the violence they witnessed at the nation's Capital on January 6th, 2021. And many were bewildered by the images displayed by the insurrectionists: a wooden cross and wooden gallows....
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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
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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
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Finish What We Started
- The MAGA Movement's Ground War to End Democracy
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 04-09-24
- Language: English
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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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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
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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
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There Is Nothing For You Here
- Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century
- Narrated by: Fiona Hill
- Length: 15 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 10-05-21
- Language: English
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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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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
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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
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Political Order and Political Decay
- From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Series: Political Order, Book 2
- Length: 24 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 09-30-14
- Language: English
- 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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Carnage and Culture
- Landmark Battles in the Rise to Western Power
- By: Victor Davis Hanson
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 20 hrs and 32 mins
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Examining nine landmark battles from ancient to modern times Victor Davis Hanson explains why the armies of the West have been the most lethal and effective of any fighting forces in the world....
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Wow! This truly is a great book. A rarity!
- By GEJ on 11-12-19
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Carnage and Culture
- Landmark Battles in the Rise to Western Power
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 20 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 09-10-19
- Language: English
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Examining nine landmark battles from ancient to modern times Victor Davis Hanson explains why the armies of the West have been the most lethal and effective of any fighting forces in the world....
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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
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The Real North Korea
- Life and Politics in the Failed Stalinist Utopia
- Narrated by: Steven Roy Grimsley
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 05-09-14
- Language: English
- Andrei Lankov has gone where few outsiders have ever been....
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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
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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
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2030
- How Today's Biggest Trends Will Collide and Reshape the Future of Everything
- Narrated by: Leon Nixon
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 08-25-20
- Language: English
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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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Washington Bullets
- A History of the CIA, Coups, and Assassinations
- By: Vijay Prashad
- Narrated by: Neil Shah
- Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
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Washington Bullets is written in the best traditions of Marxist journalism and history-writing. It is a book of fluent stories, full of detail about US imperialism, but never letting the minutiae obscure the larger political point....
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The US empire needs to fall
- By Savannah Boyd on 04-28-24
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Washington Bullets
- A History of the CIA, Coups, and Assassinations
- Narrated by: Neil Shah
- Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 09-14-21
- Language: English
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Washington Bullets is written in the best traditions of Marxist journalism and history-writing. It is a book of fluent stories, full of detail about US imperialism, but never letting the minutiae obscure the larger political point....
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Dream Hoarders
- How the American Upper Middle Class Is Leaving Everyone Else in the Dust, Why That Is a Problem, and What to Do About It
- By: Richard V. Reeves
- Narrated by: Richard V. Reeves
- Length: 4 hrs and 40 mins
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As Reeves shows, the growing separation between the upper middle class and everyone else can be seen in family structure, neighborhoods, attitudes, and lifestyle....
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Kneecap your kids & destroy internships, 509 & etc
- By Marie on 02-06-20
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Dream Hoarders
- How the American Upper Middle Class Is Leaving Everyone Else in the Dust, Why That Is a Problem, and What to Do About It
- Narrated by: Richard V. Reeves
- Length: 4 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 10-03-17
- Language: English
- As Reeves shows, the growing separation between the upper middle class and everyone else can be seen in family structure, neighborhoods, attitudes, and lifestyle....
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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
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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....
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Taliban, Third Edition
- The Power of Militant Islam in Afghanistan and Beyond
- Narrated by: Youssif Kamal
- Length: 14 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 03-08-22
- Language: English
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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....
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