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    • How Greg Mortenson, Humanitarian Hero, Lost His Way
    • By: Jon Krakauer
    • Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
    • Length: 2 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 05-03-11
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 456 ratings
    • Greg Mortenson has built a global reputation as a selfless humanitarian and children's crusader. He is also, according to Jon Krakauer, not what he appears to be....

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    • The Future Is Better Than You Think
    • By: Steven Kotler, Peter H. Diamandis
    • Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
    • Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 02-09-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 200 ratings
    • Authors Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler document how progress in artificial intelligence, robotics, digital manufacturing synthetic biology, and other growing technologies will enable us to make greater gains in the next two decades than we have in the previous 200 years....

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    • Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity
    • By: Toby Ord
    • Narrated by: Toby Ord
    • Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 03-24-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 665 ratings
    • This urgent and eye-opening book makes the case that protecting humanity's future is the central challenge of our time....

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    • How Anyone, Anywhere Can Make a Difference
    • By: John C. Maxwell, Rob Hoskins
    • Narrated by: John C. Maxwell
    • Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 01-26-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 644 ratings
    • You can bring about positive, lasting change in the world, and you don’t have to be rich and famous or lead a big organization to do it....

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    • Changing the World One Small Act at a Time
    • By: Brad Aronson
    • Narrated by: Gary J. Chambers
    • Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 01-14-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 42 ratings
    • Inspired by the many demonstrations of "humankindness" that supported Brad Aronson’s family through wife Mia's treatment and recovery from leukemia, he begins by talking about the people who rescued his family from that dark time....

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    • A Practical Guide to Solving Complex Problems, Avoiding Unintended Consequences, and Achieving Lasting Results
    • By: David Peter Stroh
    • Narrated by: Tia Rider
    • Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 04-05-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 103 ratings
    • Donors, leaders of nonprofits, and public policy makers usually have the best of intentions to serve society and improve social conditions. But often their solutions fall far short of what they want to accomplish and what is truly needed....

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    • The Ultimate Idea Worth Spreading
    • By: Chris Anderson
    • Narrated by: Chris Anderson
    • Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 01-23-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 44 ratings
    • Let’s face it: Recent years have been tough on optimists. Hopes that the Internet might bring people together have been crushed by the ills of social media....

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    • How Churches and Charities Hurt Those They Help (And How to Reverse It)
    • By: Robert D. Lupton
    • Narrated by: Chris Andrew Ciulla
    • Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 02-04-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 83 ratings
    • Veteran urban activist Robert Lupton reveals the shockingly toxic effects that modern charity has upon the very people meant to benefit from it. Toxic Charity shows us how to start serving needy and impoverished members of our communities in a way that will lead to lasting change....

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    • The Heroic and Heartbreaking Story of Charity Hospital in Hurricane Katrina
    • By: Jim Carrier
    • Narrated by: Jim Carrier
    • Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 02-02-21
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 22 ratings
    • First went the power. Then came the water, and for five days, the country’s oldest hospital was under siege. The never-before-told story of the heroic doctors, nurses, and patients who fought to survive Hurricane Katrina at Charity Hospital in New Orleans....

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    • How Effective Altruism Can Help You Make a Difference
    • By: William MacAskill
    • Narrated by: Sean Pratt
    • Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 08-11-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 672 ratings
    • Most of us want to make a difference. Unfortunately we often base our decisions on assumptions and emotions rather than facts....

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    • Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore Balance
    • By: Edgar Villanueva
    • Narrated by: Edgar Villanueva
    • Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 07-27-21
    • Language: English
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    • The world is out of balance. With increasing frequency, we are presented with the inescapable truth that systemic racism and colonial structures are foundational principles to our economies....

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    • By: Delilah
    • Narrated by: Delilah, Coleen Marlo
    • Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
    • Release date: 10-16-18
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 557 ratings
    • One Heart at a Time exposes the real woman behind the microphone. In her easy-going style and characteristic, beloved voice, Delilah tells her deeply moving life story as the series of miracles it is....

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    • One Man's Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations
    • By: Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin
    • Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
    • Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 08-01-06
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 2,739 ratings
    • In 1993 Greg Mortenson was the exhausted survivor of a failed attempt to ascend K2, an American climbing bum wandering emaciated and lost through Pakistan's Karakoram Himalaya....

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