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Run to the Sound of the Guns
By: Mir Bahmanyar & Nicholas Moore
Narrated by: John Pruden
Length: 8 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
Sweeping from frozen mountaintops to dusty city streets, and everything in between, this is the gripping and deeply personal account of an elite Ranger who nearly lost his life "leading the way" in America's secretive global wars.
As part of an elite special operations unit at the fighting edge of the Global War on Terrorism, Nicholas Moore... Read more
The Fortunes of Africa
By: Martin Meredith
Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
Length: 26 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
A sweeping history the fortune seekers, adventurers, despots, and thieves who have ruthlessly endeavored to extract gold, diamonds, and other treasures from Africa and its people.
Africa has been coveted for its rich natural resources ever since the era of the Pharaohs. In past centuries, it was the lure of gold, ivory, and slaves that drew... Read more
Arab Humanist
By: Nohad A Nassif
Narrated by: Laura Hanna & Greg Lockett
Length: 3 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
ARAB humanist is a story of an Arab woman, LouLou, who rebelled against her family while living in America. LouLou wanted to claim her own independence and womanhood but was crippled by her naivety, poverty, lack of a good social safety net, and other misfortunes. The intention of this story is not to demonize the Arab or the American culture.... Read more
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Heroic Failure
By: Fintan O'Toole
Narrated by: Sam Devereaux
Length: 6 hours
Abridged: No
A fierce, mordantly funny and perceptive book, from the author of Ship of Fools, about the act of national self-harm known as Brexit.
In exploring the answers to the question: 'why did Britain vote leave?', Fintan O'Toole finds himself discovering how trivial journalistic lies became far from trivial national obsessions; how the pose of... Read more
U.S. Constitution for Dummies
By: Dr. Michael Arnheim
Narrated by: Dr. Michael Arnheim
Length: 18 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
Your complete guide to understanding the U.S. Constitution.
Want to make sense of the U.S. Constitution? This new edition walks you through this revered document, explaining how the articles and amendments came to be and how they have guided legislators, judges, and presidents—and sparked ongoing debates along the way. You'll get the lowdown on... Read more
Why I Run
By: Kate Childs Graham
Narrated by: Karen Peakes, Timothy Andrés Pabon, JD Jackson,...
Length: 6 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
Just weeks before President Trump was inaugurated, President Obama said this: “If you’re disappointed by your elected officials, grab a clipboard, get some signatures, and run for office yourself.” Since then, thousands have taken that rallying cry to heart.Why I Run: 35 Progressive Candidates Who Are Changing Politics is a collection of... Read more
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How We Win
By: Farah Pandith
Narrated by: Robin Miles
Length: 17 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: No
There is a war being fought, and we are losing it.Despite the billions of dollars spent since 9/11 trying to defeat terrorist organizations, the so-called Islamic State, Al Qaeda, and other groups remain a terrifying geopolitical threat. In some ways the threat has grown worse: The 9/11 hijackers came from far away; the danger today can come... Read more
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We Can't Breathe
By: Jabari Asim
Narrated by: Jabari Asim
Length: 5 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
A Finalist for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the EssayInsightful and searing essays that celebrate the vibrancy and strength of black history and culture in America by critically acclaimed writer Jabari AsimIn We Can’t Breathe, Jabari Asim disrupts what Toni Morrison has exposed as the “Master Narrative” and replaces it... Read more
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American Cipher
By: Matt Farwell & Michael Ames
Narrated by: Christopher Ryan Grant
Length: 12 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
The explosive narrative of the life, captivity, and trial of Bowe Bergdahl, the soldier who was abducted by the Taliban and whose story has served as a symbol for America's foundering war in Afghanistan
”An unsettling and riveting book filled with the mysteries of human nature.” —Kirkus
Private First Class Bowe Bergdahl left his platoon's base in... Read more
Gandhi
By: Ramachandra Guha
Narrated by: Derek Perkins
Length: 36 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
This volume opens with Mohandas Gandhi's arrival in Bombay in January 1915 and takes us through his epic struggles over the next three decades: to deliver India from British rule, to forge harmonious relations between India's Hindu and Muslim populations, to end the pernicious Hindu practice of untouchability, and to develop India's economic and... Read more
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Outsiders
By: Zachary Kramer
Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
Length: 5 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
Contemporary discrimination has changed in important ways from the forms it took in the 1960s, the era in which our civil rights law system originated. Previously, the primary targets of discrimination were groups: African Americans, women, and Latinos, among others. The goal of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was to integrate marginalized groups... Read more
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The Back Channel
By: William J. Burns
Narrated by: Mark Bramhall & William J. Burns
Length: 17 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
“A masterful diplomatic memoir” (The Washington Post) from CIA director and career ambassador William J. Burns, from his service under five presidents to his personal encounters with Vladimir Putin and other world leaders—an impassioned argument for the enduring value of diplomacy in an increasingly volatile world.
Over the course of more than... Read more
Under Red Skies
By: Karoline Kan
Narrated by: Allison Hiroto
Length: 8 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
A deeply personal and shocking look at how China is coming to terms with its conflicted past as it emerges into a modern, cutting-edge superpower.
Through the stories of three generations of women in her family, Karoline Kan, a former New York Times reporter based in Beijing, reveals how they navigated their way in a country beset by poverty... Read more
Desert Fox
By: Samuel W. Mitcham, Jr.
Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
Length: 11 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
This is the strange and fascinating life of Erwin Rommel, from his days as a youth in Imperial Germany—when he had a child out of wedlock with an early girlfriend—through his lauded military exploits during World War I to his death by suicide during World War II, after he attempted a failed coup against Hitler.
Rommel was a man of... Read more
Soldier, Sailor, Frogman, Spy, Airman, Gangster, Kill or Die
By: Giles Milton
Narrated by: Giles Milton
Length: 15 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
This program is read by the author.
A ground-breaking account of the first 24 hours of the D-Day invasion told by a symphony of incredible accounts of unknown and unheralded members of the Allied – and Axis – forces.
Seventy-five years have passed since D-Day, the greatest seaborne invasion in history. The outcome of the Second World War hung in... Read more
The Billionaire Boondoggle
By: Pat Garofalo
Narrated by: Pat Garofalo
Length: 6 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
"An alarming, fact-driven jeremiad urging change and action." –Kirkus
This program is read by the author.
The first comprehensive look at how politicians let the entertainment industry bilk taxpayers, hijack public policy and hurt economic investment, starting and ending with Trump.
From stadiums and movie productions to casinos and mega-malls to... Read more
Truth in Our Times
By: David E. McCraw
Narrated by: David E. McCraw & Stephen Graybill
Length: 10 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
“[Truth in Our Times] is spirited and hopeful and even, at times, lighthearted. It is, in a way, a love letter to the First Amendment." — The New York Times Book Review
This program includes an introduction read by the author.
David E. McCraw recounts his experiences as the top newsroom lawyer for the New York Times during the most turbulent era... Read more
Death in the Haymarket
By: James Green
Narrated by: Joel Richards
Length: 12 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
On May 4, 1886, a bomb exploded at a Chicago labor rally, wounding dozens of policemen, seven of whom eventually died. A wave of mass hysteria swept the country, leading to a sensational trial, that culminated in four controversial executions, and dealt a blow to the labor movement from which it would take decades to recover.
Historian James... Read more
Love Your Enemies
By: Arthur C. Brooks
Narrated by: Will Damron
Length: 6 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
To get ahead today, you have to be a jerk, right?Divisive politicians. Screaming heads on television. Angry campus activists. Twitter trolls. Today in America, there is an “outrage industrial complex” that prospers by setting American against American.Meanwhile, one in six Americans have stopped talking to close friends and family members over... Read more
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unSpun
By: Brooks Jackson & Kathleen Hall Jamieson
Narrated by: David Marantz
Length: 6 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
The founders of FactCheck.org teach you how to identify and debunk spin, hype, and fake news in this essential guide to informed citizenship in an age of misinformation.
Americans are bombarded daily with mixed messages, half-truths, misleading statements, and out-and-out fabrications masquerading as facts. The news media is often too... Read more
Green and Prosperous Land
By: Dieter Helm
Narrated by: Mike Grady
Length: 9 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
‘One of the most important books of the decade’ Country Life Finally, a practical, realistic plan to rescue, preserve and enhance nature. News about Britain’s wildlife and ecosystems tends to be grim. In Green and Prosperous Land, Oxford economist and Natural Capital Committee chair Dieter... Read more
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Happily Imperfect
By: Stacey Solomon
Narrated by: Stacey Solomon
Length: 5 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
Renowned and loved for her refreshing candour on everyday issues, social, domestic and intimate, Stacey Solomon reminds us how important it is to embrace ourselves; the good, bad and the ugly. Stacey’s authenticity and her courage to say what others daren’t opens discussions on sensitive but significant topics; her lack of... Read more
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The Last Sanctuary in Aleppo
By: Alaa Aljaleel & Diana Darke
Narrated by: Peter Noble
Length: 7 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
From Diana Darke, the acclaimed author of My House in Damascus and The Merchant of Syria, comes the extraordinary true story of a heroic ambulance driver who created a cat sanctuary in the midst of war-torn Aleppo.
"I'll stay with them no matter what happens. Someone who has mercy in his heart for humans has mercy for every living thing."
When war... Read more
Mutual Aid
By: Pyotr Kropotkin
Narrated by: Peter Kenny
Length: 8 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No
Pyotr Kropotkin (1842-1921), one of the most individual political figures of his time, is best known as an influential anarchist communist. But he was also a scientist, geographer and philosopher, a man who, having grown up on his aristocratic father's extensive country estate in Russia, had a deep understanding of and love for animals (wild and... Read more
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