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From the Ground Up
By: Howard Schultz
Narrated by: Howard Schultz
Length: 12 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the longtime CEO and chairman of Starbucks, a bold, dramatic work about the new responsibilities that leaders, businesses, and citizens share in American society today—as viewed through the intimate lens of one man’s life and work.
What do we owe one another? How do we channel our drive, ingenuity, even our... Read more
The Climate Casino
By: William D. Nordhaus
Narrated by: Graham Winton
Length: 10 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
The 2018 Nobel laureate for economics analyzes the politics and economics of the central environmental issue of today and points the way to real solutions Climate change is profoundly altering our world in ways that pose major risks to human societies and natural systems. We have entered the Climate Casino and are rolling the global-warming... Read more
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Heroes of the Somme
By: Edward Hart
Narrated by: Ensemble Cast
Length: 1 hour
Abridged: No
Using original archives from the Western Front, this historic account uncovers the stories of seven men whose remarkable bravery in 1916 won them the Victoria Cross, Britain’s most prized military medal. Interviews with modern-day family members reveal the personal stories of each man, exploring the differing fortunes they experienced and the... Read more
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وقت للخيانة: الحياة المزدوجة المذهلة لعميل وكالة المخابرات المركزية داخل الحرس الثوري الإيراني
By: رضا كاهليلي
Narrated by: جمال مرعي
Length: 13 hours
Abridged: No
في لمح البصر ستجد نفسك تغوص في أعماق واحدة من أكثر الدول غموضًا في العالم_ جمهورية إيران الإسلامية_ وذلك عن طريق الحقائق والقصص التي يعرضها الجاسوس السابق رضا كاهيلي ويبدأها بـ: "هذه قصة حقيقية عن حياتي كعميل لوكالة الاستخبارات المركزية داخل الحرس الثوري الإيراني إلّا أنّني بذلت كل ما في وسعي لإخفاء هويتي - (رضا كاهيلي) ليس اسمي الحقيقي- وحماية... Read more
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Downhill from Here
By: Katherine S. Newman
Narrated by: Karen White
Length: 12 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
Retirement insecurity is an increasingly serious manifestation of the vast inequality that risks destroying the social fabric in America. The nearly inevitable consequence of lifetime wage discrepancies, security in retirement is linked to the kinds of jobs we hold during our work lives. That, in turn, is a product of all the forces leading to... Read more
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We Want to Negotiate
By: Joel Simon
Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
Length: 5 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
Starting in late 2012, Westerners working in Syria -- journalists and aid workers -- began disappearing without a trace. A year later the world learned they had been taken hostage by the Islamic State. Throughout 2014, all the Europeans came home, first the Spanish, then the French, then an Italian, a German, and a Dane. In August 2014, the... Read more
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Unexampled Courage
By: Richard Gergel
Narrated by: Richard Gergel & Tom Zingarelli
Length: 8 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
*The book that inspired the 2021 PBS American Experience documentary, The Blinding of Isaac Woodard.*
This program includes an introduction read by the author.
How the blinding of Sergeant Isaac Woodard changed the course of America’s civil rights history.
Richard Gergel’s Unexampled Courage details the impact of the blinding of Sergeant Woodard... Read more
They Had a Dream
By: Jules Archer
Narrated by: Roscoe Orman
Length: 8 hours
Abridged: No
Traces the progression of the civil rights movement and its effect on history through biographical sketches of four prominent and influential African Americans: Frederick Douglass, Marcus Garvey, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X. Read more
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The Presidents and the Pastime
By: Curt Smith
Narrated by: Barry Abrams
Length: 19 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
The Presidents and the Pastime draws on Curt Smith's extensive background as a former White House presidential speechwriter to chronicle the historic relationship between baseball, the "most American" sport, and the U.S. presidency.
Smith, who USA Today calls "America's voice of authority on baseball broadcasting," starts before America's... Read more
No Human Is Illegal
By: J. J. Mulligan Sepulveda
Narrated by: Robertson Dean
Length: 7 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No
The perfect author on one of today's hottest topics—an immigration reform lawyer's journalistic memoir of being on the front lines of deportation.
No Human Is Illegal is a powerful document of one lawyer's fight for those seeking a better life in America against its ever-tightening borders. For author Mulligan Sepúlveda, the son and husband of... Read more
Dead Aid
By: Dambisa Moyo
Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
Length: 6 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
A national bestseller, Dead Aid unflinchingly confronts one of the greatest myths of our time: that billions of dollars in aid sent from wealthy countries to developing African nations has helped to reduce poverty and increase growth. In fact, poverty levels continue to escalate and growth rates have steadily declined—and millions continue to... Read more
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New Dark Age
By: James Bridle
Narrated by: Emily Beresford
Length: 8 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No
As the world around us increases in technological complexity, our understanding of it diminishes. Underlying this trend is a single idea: the belief that our existence is understandable through computation, and more data is enough to help us build a better world.
In reality, we are lost in a sea of information, increasingly divided by... Read more
Malala
By: Raphaële Frier
Narrated by: Caroline McLaughlin
Length: 19 minutes
Abridged: No
Despite an attempt on her life by the Taliban, Malala Yousafzai has continued to fight for the rights of children to become educated. As the youngest person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, her courage and conviction continue to push her to fight for what she believes in. This riveting and inspiring biography tells the story of a young girl... Read more
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Camelot's End
By: Jon Ward
Narrated by: John Pruden
Length: 10 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
From a strange, dark chapter in American political history comes the captivating story of Ted Kennedy's 1980 campaign for president against the incumbent Jimmy Carter, told in full for the first time.
The Carter presidency was on life support. The Democrats, desperate to keep power and yearning to resurrect former glory, turned to Kennedy. And... Read more
The Snow Leopard Project
By: Alex Dehgan
Narrated by: Dan Woren
Length: 11 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
The remarkable story of the heroic effort to save and preserve Afghanistan's wildlife-and a culture that derives immense pride and a sense of national identity from its natural landscape.
Postwar Afghanistan is fragile, volatile, and perilous. It is also a place of extraordinary beauty. Evolutionary biologist Alex Dehgan arrived in the country... Read more
The Inner Level
By: Kate Pickett & Richard Wilkinson
Narrated by: Shridhar Solanki
Length: 11 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
A groundbreaking investigation of how inequality infects our minds and gets under our skin
Why are people more relaxed and at ease with each other in some countries than others? Why do we worry so much about what others think of us and often feel social life is a stressful performance? Why is mental illness three times as common in the USA as in... Read more
Prisoner
By: Jason Rezaian
Narrated by: Jason Rezaian
Length: 9 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
The dramatic memoir of the journalist who was held hostage in a high-security prison in Tehran for eighteen months and whose release—which almost didn’t happen—became a part of the Iran nuclear deal.In July 2014, Washington Post Tehran bureau chief Jason Rezaian was arrested by Iranian police, accused of spying for America. The charges were... Read more
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The Hauntening
By: Tom Neenan
Narrated by: Tom Neenan
Length: 1 hour 9 minutes
Abridged: No
Modern technology is terrifying. The average smartphone carries out three-point-three-six billion instructions per second. The average person can only carry out one instruction in that time. Stop and think about that for a second. Sorry, that’s two instructions; you won’t be able to do that.
But what if modern technology was... literally... Read more
The Job
By: Ellen Ruppel Shell
Narrated by: Chris Sorensen
Length: 13 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
In a wide-ranging narrative that takes us from a downsized marketing executive in Massachusetts, to a father of three in Appalachia finding purpose and meaning working in a convenience store chain, to an unemployed autoworker retraining in "advanced manufacturing," Shell reveals how work is essential to our flourishing and pyschological... Read more
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El largo camino hacia la libertad
By: Nelson Mandela
Narrated by: Víctor Sabi
Length: 30 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
Escucha ahora la autobiografía de Nelson Mandela, escrita de su puño y letra. La vida un hombre extraordinario, un héroe internacional, uno de los grandes líderes morales y políticos de nuestro tiempo. El largo camino hacia la libertad es la estimulante historia de la vida épica deNelson Mandela, una historia de adversidades, resistencia y... Read more
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Breaking Through Power
By: Ralph Nader
Narrated by: David Colacci
Length: 4 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
In Breaking Through Power, Ralph Nader draws from a lifetime waging—and often winning—David vs. Goliath battles against big corporations and the United States government. In this succinct, Tom Paine–style wake-up call, the iconic consumer advocate highlights the success stories of fellow Americans who organize change and work together to derail... Read more
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The Indian World of George Washington
By: Colin G. Calloway
Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
Length: 23 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: No
In this sweeping new biography, Colin Calloway uses the prism of George Washington's life to bring focus to the great Native leaders of his time—Shingas, Tanaghrisson, Bloody Fellow, Joseph Brant, Red Jacket, Little Turtle—and the tribes they represented: the Iroquois Confederacy, Lenape, Miami, Creek, Delaware; in the process, he returns them... Read more
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You Can't Go Wrong Doing Right
By: Robert J. Brown
Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman & Robert J. Brown
Length: 8 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
An unforgettable account of a quietly remarkable life, Robert Brown's memoir takes readers behind the scenes of pivotal moments from the 20th century, where the lessons he learned at his grandmother's knee helped him shape America as we know it today.
Called "a world-class power broker" by the Washington Post, Robert Brown has been a... Read more
Self Deception : India's China Policies
By: Arun Shourie
Narrated by: Simalaya
Length: 11 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
A must-read for our times. A must for strengthening the country. On what assumptions was Pandit Nehru confident that China would not invade India in 1962? Why and on what basis did he scotch all warnings in Tibet and our entire border? What did he do when those assumptions proved wrong? What eventually led to the debacle of 1962? Are the same... Read more
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