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Startup Communities
By: Brad Feld
Narrated by: Mike Lenz
Length: 7 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
First published in 2012, Startup Communities became a blueprint for what it takes to build a supportive entrepreneurial community. Now regarded as a classic, the "Boulder Thesis" created and popularized by Feld within the book generated enormous media attention nearly a decade ago.
At that time, Boulder was an emerging startup laboratory—a hub... Read more
Erdogan Rising
By: Hannah Lucinda Smith
Narrated by: Hannah Lucinda Smith
Length: 14 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
‘Essential reading for anyone interested in Turkey and its future.’ Literary Review ‘Essential reading full stop.’ Peter Frankopan ‘It is a must.’ The Times Who is Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and how did he lead a democracy on the fringe of... Read more
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Shut It Down
By: Lisa Fithian
Narrated by: Tia Rider
Length: 10 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
A veteran activist's guide to direct action and strategic civil disobedience as the most radical and rapid means to social change For decades, Lisa Fithian’s work as an advocate for civil disobedience and nonviolent direct action has put her on the frontlines of change. Described by Mother Jones as “the nation’s best-known protest consultant,”... Read more
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Witness
By: Whittaker Chambers
Narrated by: John MacDonald
Length: 30 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: No
Whittaker Chambers' harrowing account of his journey to hell and back—through espionage, treason, and terror—is, ultimately, a story of faith.First published in 1952, Witness came on the heels of America's trial of the century, in which Whittaker Chambers accused Alger Hiss, a full-standing member of the political establishment, of spying for... Read more
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Reform or Revolution
By: Rosa Luxemburg
Narrated by: Sam Marseille
Length: 2 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
‘Reform or Revolution’, also titled ‘Social Reform or Revolution?’ is an 1899 pamphlet by Polish-German Marxist theorist Rosa Luxemburg, in which she argues that trade unions, reformist political parties and the expansion of social democracy would not create a socialist society as Eduard Bernstein, among others, argued. She contends from a... Read more
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Dolley and James Madison
By: Rodney K Smith
Narrated by: Kate Burns
Length: 10 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
Power couples aren't a modern phenomenon. The greatest American couple ever to have served America in a public capacity was the country's fourth president, James Madison, and his wife, who is considered to be our "first, First Lady," Dolley Madison.In his heartwarming, lively, and accessible book Dolley and James Madison: An Unlikely Love Story... Read more
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Cheaper, Faster, Better
By: Tom Steyer
Narrated by: Tom Steyer
Length: 7 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
Renowned investor and climate champion Tom Steyer gives us a unique and unvarnished perspective on how we can all fight climate change—joyfully, knowledgeably, and even profitably—at a time of unparalleled consequence and opportunity. Every day the news is filled with stories of extreme weather that threatens our cities, our health, our... Read more
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La historia secreta
By: Anabel Hernández
Narrated by: Karina Castillo
Length: 8 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
«Esta periodista, Anabel Hernández, ha hecho trabajos de investigación de primer orden, es una mujer profesional en el periodismo y valiente, es una mujer excepcional.» -Andrés Manuel López Obrador Todo indica que en realidad AMLO no era el hombre que venía a romper el sistema criminal, sino que ha sido su Caballo de Troya, uno más de los... Read more
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On Antisemitism
By: Jewish Voice for Peace
Narrated by: Dina Pearlman
Length: 10 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
When the State of Israel claims to represent all Jewish people, defenders of Israeli policy redefine antisemitism to include criticism of Israel. Antisemitism is harmful and real in our society. What must also be addressed is how the deployment of false charges of antisemitism or redefining antisemitism can suppress the global progressive fight... Read more
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A Political Theory for the Jewish People
By: Chaim Gans
Narrated by: Barry Abrams
Length: 11 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
Chaim Gans's A Political Theory for the Jewish People examines the two dominant interpretations of Zionism, contrasts them with post-Zionist alternatives, and develops a third model.
Proprietary Zionism, Gans argues, is the version that is most popular among the Israeli Jewish public. It conceives of the land of Israel/historic Palestine as the... Read more
Electoral Apocalypses: The Complete Series
By: Jim Weiss
Narrated by: Jim Weiss
Length: 2 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
How America Survived Three Divisive Elections: These three memorable audio episodes, written and narrated by Jim Weiss, make ideal listening for voters (and voters-to-be), lovers of history, and all concerned citizens. This three-part audio series sheds light on the stormy present by exploring the turbulent past. Through the surprising tales... Read more
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The Infernal Machine
By: Steven Johnson
Narrated by: Steven Johnson
Length: 10 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
“A fast-burning fuse of a book, every page bursting with revelatory detail.”—ERIK LARSON
A sweeping account of the anarchists who terrorized the streets of New York and the detective duo who transformed policing to meet the threat—a tale of fanaticism, forensic science, and dynamite from the bestselling author of The Ghost Map
Steven Johnson’s... Read more
Street Rebellion
By: Benjamin S. Case
Narrated by: Chris Bergman
Length: 8 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
In a style that bridges the divide between academia and activism, Street Rebellion develops a broader and more accurate understanding of how people struggle for liberation.
We are living in a time of uprisings that routinely involve physical confrontation—burning vehicles, barricades, vandalism, and scuffles between protesters and authorities.... Read more
The Deep State
By: Mike Lofgren
Narrated by: Brian O'Neill
Length: 13 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
The New York Times bestselling author of The Party Is Over delivers a no-holds-barred, House of Cards-style exposE of who really wields power in Washington Mike Lofgren is back with a book perfectly pitched for the frenzied circus of the primaries. His argument this time is that for all of the backstabbing and money grubbing of the campaign... Read more
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African Samurai
By: Thomas Lockley & Geoffrey Girard
Narrated by: Gary Furlong
Length: 10 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
Warrior.
Samurai.
Legend.
The remarkable life of history’s first foreign-born samurai, and his astonishing journey from Northeast Africa to the heights of Japanese society.
When Yasuke arrived in Japan in the late 1500s, he had already traveled much of the known world. Kidnapped as a child, he had ended up a servant and bodyguard to the head of the... Read more
Maid
By: Stephanie Land
Narrated by: Stephanie Land
Length: 8 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND INSPIRATION FOR THE NETFLIX LIMITED SERIES, HAILED BY ROLLING STONE AS "A GREAT ONE."
"A single mother's personal, unflinching look at America's class divide, a description of the tightrope many families walk just to get by, and a reminder of the dignity of all work."
-PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA, Obama's Summer Reading... Read more
Minority Rule
By: Ari Berman
Narrated by: Gary Tiedemann
Length: 11 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
The mob that stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021, represented an extreme form of the central danger facing American democracy today: a blatant disregard for the will of the majority. Through voter suppression, election subversion, gerrymandering, dark money, the takeover of the courts, and the whitewashing of history, reactionary white... Read more
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Alexander Hamilton
By: Ron Chernow
Narrated by: Scott Brick
Length: 35 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
The inspiration for the hit Broadway musical Hamilton!
In the first full-length biography of Alexander Hamilton in decades, National Book Award winner Ron Chernow tells the riveting story of a man who overcame all odds to shape, inspire, and scandalize the newborn America. According to historian Joseph Ellis, Alexander Hamilton is “a robust... Read more
King: A Life
By: Jonathan Eig
Narrated by: Dion Graham
Length: 20 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
Winner of the 2024 Audie Award for Best Nonfiction Narrator!
This program is narrated by Dion Graham, narrator of over 300 audiobooks and an AudioFile Golden Voice. Dion has won multiple Earphones and Audie Awards.
"Dion Graham superbly narrates this riveting audiobook, emulating the majestic cadence of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, speeches. He... Read more
Black AF History
By: Michael Harriot
Narrated by: Michael Harriot
Length: 15 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot, a searingly smart and bitingly hilarious retelling of American history that corrects the record and showcases the perspectives and experiences of Black Americans.America’s backstory is a whitewashed mythology implanted in our collective memory. It is the story of the pilgrims on... Read more
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We Don't Know Ourselves
By: Fintan O'Toole
Narrated by: Aidan Kelly
Length: 22 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
In We Don't Know Ourselves, Fintan O'Toole weaves his own experiences into Irish social, cultural, and economic change, showing how Ireland, in just one lifetime, has gone from a reactionary "backwater" to an almost totally open society—perhaps the most astonishing national transformation in modern history.
Born to a working-class family in the... Read more
G-Man (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
By: Beverly Gage
Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
Length: 36 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
Winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in Biography
Winner of the 2022 National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography, the 2023 Bancroft Prize in American History and Diplomacy, and the 43rd LA Times Book Prize in Biography | Finalist for the 2023 PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography
Named a Best Book of 2022 by The Atlantic, The Washington... Read more
Chaos
By: Tom O'Neill
Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
Length: 16 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
A journalist's twenty-year fascination with the Manson murders leads to shocking new revelations about the FBI's involvement in this riveting reassessment of an infamous case in American history.
Over two grim nights in Los Angeles, the young followers of Charles Manson murdered seven people, including the actress Sharon Tate, then eight months... Read more
The Wives
By: Simone Gorrindo
Narrated by: Simone Gorrindo
Length: 11 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
“[Simone] Gorrindo’s prose is inviting and fluid, and her storytelling is intimate and vivid...[an] engaging, evocative memoir.” —The New York Times Book Review
“A hopeful, unifying memoir.” —People
“A haunting, beautifully written celebration of found sisterhood.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“A fearless, engaging, and important... Read more