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Joe Biden
By: Beatrice Gormley
Narrated by: Jim Seybert
Length: 5 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
A biography of Joe Biden, the forty-sixth president of the United States: from childhood through the Senate to his election as vice president and, in 2020, as president.
The road to the presidency of the United States was a long—and determined—one for Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr. From Joe's childhood in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Wilmington,... Read more
This is Not Normal
By: Cass R. Sunstein
Narrated by: Jeff Harding
Length: 5 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
This sharp and engaging collection of essays by leading governmental scholar Cass R. Sunstein examines shifting understandings of what's normal, and how those shifts account for the feminist movement, the civil rights movement, the rise of Adolf Hitler, the rise of gun rights, the response to COVID-19, and changing understandings of liberty.... Read more
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American Covenant
By: Gary E. Machlis & Michael A. Soukup
Narrated by: Danny Campbell
Length: 6 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
An intimate and candid account of our national parks and their strengths, vulnerabilities, and essential role in American life.
Part memoir, part critique, and paean to the value of national parks, American Covenant distills the experience and insights from two long careers in conservation. Michael A. Soukup and Gary E. Machlis show how the... Read more
Der Aktien- und Börsenführerschein – Jubiläumsausgabe
By: Beate Sander
Narrated by: Ursula Berlinghof
Length: 10 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
Mit der 10., komplett neu bearbeiteten Auflage erscheint der mehr als 25.000-fach verkaufte Bestseller neu mit Musterdepots für erfolgsorientierte Anleger (Aktien und EFTs) und weiterhin großem Frage- und Antwortteil für Selbsttests zum Thema Börsenwissen. Vom Portfolio-Management über unterschiedliche Anlageklassen bis hin zu ETFs,... Read more
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The Whiteness of Wealth
By: Dorothy A. Brown
Narrated by: Karen Murray
Length: 7 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
A groundbreaking exposé of racism in the American taxation system from a law professor and expert on tax policy
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR AND FORTUNE • “Important reading for those who want to understand how inequality is built into the bedrock of American society, and what a more equitable future might look like.”—Ibram X.... Read more
Rock Me on the Water
By: Ronald Brownstein
Narrated by: Will Damron
Length: 16 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
In this exceptional cultural history, Atlantic Senior Editor Ronald Brownstein—“one of America's best political journalists (The Economist)—tells the kaleidoscopic story of one monumental year that marked the city of Los Angeles’ creative peak, a glittering moment when popular culture was ahead of politics in predicting what America would... Read more
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Blood and Soil
By: Sepp de Giampietro
Narrated by: P.J. Ochlan
Length: 14 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
The Brandenburgers were Hitler's Special Forces, a band of mainly foreign German nationals who used disguise and fluency in other languages to complete daring missions into enemy territory. Overshadowed by stories of their Allied equivalents, their history has largely been ignored.
First published in 1984, de Giampietro's highly-personal and... Read more
Pandemic! & Pandemic! 2
By: Slavoj Zizek
Narrated by: Jonathan Cowley
Length: 5 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
Pandemic!: COVID-19 Shakes the World: We live in a moment when the greatest act of love is to stay distant from the object of your affection. When governments renowned for ruthless cuts in public spending can suddenly conjure up trillions. When toilet paper becomes a commodity as precious as diamonds. And when, according to Slavoj Žižek, a new... Read more
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People of Purple Hearts
By: Adam Finley
Narrated by: Lieutenant Colonel Bill Vankat, Captain David C...
Length: 1 hour 59 minutes
Abridged: No
"None of my troops have been in combat. They’re all seventeen and eighteen-year-old Marines. None of us had been in combat. We landed in Vietnam. They opened the door … I had no idea what I was supposed to do."The Purple Heart is the oldest military honor that’s still given to U.S. military members, awarded to those wounded or killed in action... Read more
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Mission Economy
By: Mariana Mazzucato
Narrated by: Lexie McDougall
Length: 6 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
Longlisted for the 2021 Porchlight Business Book Awards, Big Ideas & New Perspectives“She offers something both broad and scarce: a compelling new story about how to create a desirable future.”—New York Times An award-winning author and leading international economist delivers a hard-hitting and much needed critique of modern capitalism in... Read more
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The Movement
By: Thomas C. Holt
Narrated by: Corey Allen
Length: 4 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
The civil rights movement was among the most important historical developments of the twentieth century and one of the most remarkable mass movements in American history. Not only did it decisively change the legal and political status of African Americans, but it prefigured as well the moral premises and methods of struggle for other... Read more
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COVID-19 and World Order
By: Hal Brands & Francis J. Gavin
Narrated by: Mike Lenz
Length: 17 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has killed hundreds of thousands of people and infected millions while also devastating the world economy. The consequences of the pandemic, however, go much further: they threaten the fabric of national and international politics around the world. As Henry Kissinger warned, "The coronavirus epidemic will forever... Read more
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Democracy and Dictatorship in Europe
By: Sheri Berman
Narrated by: Elizabeth Wiley
Length: 21 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
At the end of the twentieth century, many believed the story of European political development had come to an end. Modern democracy began in Europe, but for hundreds of years it competed with various forms of dictatorship. Now, though, the entire continent was in the democratic camp for the first time in history. But within a decade, this story... Read more
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The Water Defenders
By: Robin Broad & John Cavanagh
Narrated by: Ximena Morris
Length: 7 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
Winner of the 2021 Duke University Juan Mendez Award
Named one of The Progressive’s “Favorite Books of 2021” and one of the “Best of Books 2021” by Foreign Affairs
The David and Goliath story of ordinary people in El Salvador who rallied together with international allies to prevent a global mining corporation from poisoning the country’s main... Read more
Stay Woke
By: Tehama Lopez Bunyasi & Candis Watts Smith
Narrated by: Machelle Williams
Length: 6 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
When #BlackLivesMatter went viral in 2013, it shed a light on the urgent, daily struggles of black Americans to combat racial injustice. The message resonated with millions across the country. Yet many of our political, social, and economic institutions are still embedded with racist policies and practices that devalue black lives. Stay Woke... Read more
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Not und Gebot
By: Heribert Prantl
Narrated by: Heribert Prantl
Length: 6 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
Im Kampf gegen die Corona-Pandemie ergreifen Staaten Maßnahmen, die sonst nur in Kriegszeiten denkbar wären. Ohne Parlament werden beispiellose Einschränkungen der Freiheit beschlossen und umgesetzt. Nicht nur Menschen, auch Grundrechte sind in Quarantäne. Not kennt kein Gebot? Falsch! Not braucht das Gebot des Grundgesetzes. Heribert Prantls... Read more
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The Sphere and Duties of Government
By: Wilhelm von Humboldt
Narrated by: Derek Le Page
Length: 8 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767-1835) now lives under the shadow cast by his more famous brother Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859, naturalist, explorer, geographer and much else), but Wilhelm was an important figure in Prussian-German history in his own right. He contributed considerably through his work as a diplomat, educationalist (he was one of... Read more
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Failures of State
By: Jonathan Calvert & George Arbuthnott
Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe
Length: 16 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* A GUARDIAN AND SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR ‘An astonishing book’ James O’Brien ‘A gripping, devastating read’ Sunday Times The inside story of the UK’s... Read more
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Machiavelli: His Life and Times
By: Alexander Lee
Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
Length: 22 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Thanks to the invidious reputation of his most famous work, The Prince, Niccolò Machiavelli exerts a unique hold over the popular imagination. But was Machiavelli as sinister as he is often thought to be? Might he not have been an infinitely more sympathetic figure, prone to political missteps, professional failures and personal dramas?
In... Read more
Identity, Ignorance, Innovation
By: Matthew d'Ancona
Narrated by: Matthew d'Ancona
Length: 7 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
This is political journalist Matthew D'Ancona's call to arms to challenge this age of political extremism, lazy populism and democratic torpor.
This is a call to arms.
The old tools of political analysis are obsolete - they have rusted and are no longer fit for purpose. We've grown lazy, wedded to the assumption that, after ruptures such as... Read more
Тайная дипломатия Кремля. Часть 1
By: Леонид Млечин
Narrated by: Иван Забелин
Length: 11 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
История внешней политики Советского Союза и России воссоздана автором в портретах наркомов и министров иностранных дел. Эта книга – прежде всего биографии знаменитых на весь мир людей, чья личность оказывала решающее влияние на разработку внешнеполитической стратегии государства. Вместе с тем автор показывает: министры меняются, а некоторые... Read more
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Nothing to Lose
By: Pastor Darrell Scott
Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn
Length: 6 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
Pastor Darrell Scott demolishes entrenched stereotypes and political boundaries with his candid, revealing, and often surprising story: how a devout Christian and African American has become one of President Donald Trump's leading supporters and advisors.
"What makes you think black people will vote for you? Because the word on the street is,... Read more
Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight
By: Julia Sweig
Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
Length: 18 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A revelation . . . a book in the Caro mold, using Lady Bird, along with tapes and transcripts of her entire White House diary, to tell the history of America during the Johnson years.”—The New York Times
The inspiration for the documentary film The Lady Bird Diaries, premiering November 13 on Hulu
Perhaps the most... Read more
This Is the Fire
By: Don Lemon
Narrated by: Don Lemon
Length: 4 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
In this "vital book for these times" (Kirkus Reviews), Don Lemon brings his vast audience and experience as a reporter and a Black man to today's most urgent question: How can we end racism in America in our lifetimes? The host of CNN Tonight with Don Lemon is more popular than ever. As America’s only Black prime-time anchor, Lemon and his... Read more
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