Bestsellers
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48 Laws of Power
- By: Robert Greene
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 23 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall26,019
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Performance21,630
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Story21,508
Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this piercing work distills 3,000 years of the history of power into 48 well-explicated laws. This bold volume outlines the laws of power in their unvarnished essence, synthesizing the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, Carl von Clausewitz, and...
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You don't have to be a psychopath to like this.
- By Gaggleframpf on 02-25-16
By: Robert Greene
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Black AF History
- The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
- By: Michael Harriot
- Narrated by: Michael Harriot
- Length: 15 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,533
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Performance2,368
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Story2,368
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...
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LOVE It!
- By KMB on 09-29-23
By: Michael Harriot
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Chain of Ideas
- The Origins of Our Authoritarian Age
- By: Ibram X. Kendi
- Narrated by: Ibram X. Kendi
- Length: 20 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall5
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Performance5
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Story5
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The acclaimed author of How to Be an Antiracist and the National Book Award winner Stamped from the Beginning charts how “great replacement theory” has become a dominant political idea of our time and ushered in an antidemocratic age. “Kendi argues brilliantly...
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The depth and precision of Dr. Kendi's research.
- By Larry Weston on 03-29-26
By: Ibram X. Kendi
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The Fourth Turning
- What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny
- By: William Strauss, Neil Howe
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 19 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall140
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Performance128
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Story128
Now available as an unabridged recording for the first time NATIONAL BESTSELLER Discover the game-changing theory of the cycles of history and what past generations can teach us about living through times of upheaval—with deep insights into the roles that Boomers, Generation X, and...
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Repetitive
- By Ben on 12-29-23
By: William Strauss, and others
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The Beginning Comes After the End
- Notes on a World of Change
- By: Rebecca Solnit
- Narrated by: Rebecca Solnit
- Length: 5 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall9
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Performance9
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Story9
Rebecca Solnit offers a thrilling account of the sheer breadth and scale of social, political, scientific, and cultural change over the past three quarters of a century.
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Forward!
- By Susan C. on 03-31-26
By: Rebecca Solnit
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Las 48 leyes del poder [The 48 Laws of Power]
- By: Robert Greene
- Narrated by: Ezequiel Alvarez
- Length: 28 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall82
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Performance78
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Story78
Amoral, inmisericorde, despiadada y, sobre todo, muy instructiva, esta incisiva obra concentra tres mil años de historia del poder en cuarenta y ocho leyes claras y concisas. Robert Greene detalla las leyes del poder en su esencia más cruda, sintetizando el pensamiento de Maquiavelo, Sun Tzu...
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Contexto histórico
- By Excelente producto on 03-29-26
By: Robert Greene
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48 Laws of Power
- By: Robert Greene
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 23 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall26,019
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Performance21,630
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Story21,508
Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this piercing work distills 3,000 years of the history of power into 48 well-explicated laws. This bold volume outlines the laws of power in their unvarnished essence, synthesizing the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, Carl von Clausewitz, and...
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You don't have to be a psychopath to like this.
- By Gaggleframpf on 02-25-16
By: Robert Greene
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Black AF History
- The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
- By: Michael Harriot
- Narrated by: Michael Harriot
- Length: 15 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,533
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Performance2,368
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Story2,368
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...
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LOVE It!
- By KMB on 09-29-23
By: Michael Harriot
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Chain of Ideas
- The Origins of Our Authoritarian Age
- By: Ibram X. Kendi
- Narrated by: Ibram X. Kendi
- Length: 20 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall5
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Performance5
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Story5
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The acclaimed author of How to Be an Antiracist and the National Book Award winner Stamped from the Beginning charts how “great replacement theory” has become a dominant political idea of our time and ushered in an antidemocratic age. “Kendi argues brilliantly...
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The depth and precision of Dr. Kendi's research.
- By Larry Weston on 03-29-26
By: Ibram X. Kendi
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The Fourth Turning
- What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny
- By: William Strauss, Neil Howe
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 19 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall140
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Performance128
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Story128
Now available as an unabridged recording for the first time NATIONAL BESTSELLER Discover the game-changing theory of the cycles of history and what past generations can teach us about living through times of upheaval—with deep insights into the roles that Boomers, Generation X, and...
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Repetitive
- By Ben on 12-29-23
By: William Strauss, and others
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The Beginning Comes After the End
- Notes on a World of Change
- By: Rebecca Solnit
- Narrated by: Rebecca Solnit
- Length: 5 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall9
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Performance9
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Story9
Rebecca Solnit offers a thrilling account of the sheer breadth and scale of social, political, scientific, and cultural change over the past three quarters of a century.
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Forward!
- By Susan C. on 03-31-26
By: Rebecca Solnit
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Las 48 leyes del poder [The 48 Laws of Power]
- By: Robert Greene
- Narrated by: Ezequiel Alvarez
- Length: 28 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall82
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Performance78
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Story78
Amoral, inmisericorde, despiadada y, sobre todo, muy instructiva, esta incisiva obra concentra tres mil años de historia del poder en cuarenta y ocho leyes claras y concisas. Robert Greene detalla las leyes del poder en su esencia más cruda, sintetizando el pensamiento de Maquiavelo, Sun Tzu...
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Contexto histórico
- By Excelente producto on 03-29-26
By: Robert Greene
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How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
- By: Walter Rodney, Angela Y. Davis - foreword
- Narrated by: Mirron Willis
- Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall623
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Performance529
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Story520
Powerfully introduced by Angela Davis, this is the classic work of political, economic, and historical analysis by Walter Rodney, Guyanese intellectual and leading thinker and activist of the anticolonial revolution....
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A Superb must read for everyone
- By Joy on 04-16-19
By: Walter Rodney, and others
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The Fourth Turning Is Here
- What the Seasons of History Tell Us about How and When This Crisis Will End
- By: Neil Howe
- Narrated by: Neil Howe
- Length: 20 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall568
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Performance483
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Story482
The visionary behind the bestselling phenomenon The Fourth Turning looks once again to America’s past to predict our future in this “riveting and revelatory” (Tony Robbins) prophecy for how our present era of unrest will resolve over the next ten years—and what our lives will look like...
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A little baffled
- By John Coleman on 07-18-23
By: Neil Howe
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All the Shah's Men
- An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror
- By: Stephen Kinzer
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard, Jonathan Yen
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,638
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Performance1,113
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Story1,120
Half a century ago, the United States overthrew the democratically elected prime minister of Iran, Mohammad Mossadegh, whose "crime" was nationalizing the country's oil industry....
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Hard to please
- By Rick on 09-25-04
By: Stephen Kinzer
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The Color of Law
- A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
- By: Richard Rothstein
- Narrated by: Adam Grupper
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4,766
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Performance4,059
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Story4,039
In this groundbreaking history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein, a leading authority on housing policy, explodes the myth that America's cities came to be racially divided through de facto segregation - that is, through individual prejudices, income differences, or the...
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Better suited to print than audio
- By ProfGolf on 02-04-18
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John Adams
- By: David McCullough
- Narrated by: Nelson Runger
- Length: 29 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9,394
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Performance7,527
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Story7,510
The Pulitzer Prize–winning, bestselling biography of America’s founding father and second president that was the basis for the acclaimed HBO series, brilliantly told by master historian David McCullough. In this powerful, epic biography, David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life journey...
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An outstanding biography
- By Davis on 07-10-06
By: David McCullough
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Iran's Grand Strategy
- A Political History
- By: Vali Nasr
- Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall33
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Performance31
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Story31
This audiobook narrated by Fajer Al-Kaisi overturns simplistic portrayals of Iran as a theocratic pariah state, revealing how its strategic moves on the world stage are driven by two pervasive threats—external aggression and internal dissolution.
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well detailed history of modern Iran
- By Fr. S. on 06-28-25
By: Vali Nasr
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Rage and the Republic
- The Unfinished Story of the American Revolution
- By: Jonathan Turley
- Narrated by: Jonathan Turley
- Length: 15 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall26
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Performance24
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Story24
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER On the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, law professor, legal analyst, and bestselling author of The Indispensable Right Jonathan Turley explores how the unique origins of American democracy set it apart from other revolutions, whether it can...
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Mr. Turleys Rage and the Republic is an amazing, in depth, history of Liberty and the American experience, past and present.
- By Tony A. on 02-14-26
By: Jonathan Turley
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The Federalist Papers
- By: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 19 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall687
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Performance587
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Story580
Originally published anonymously, The Federalist Papers first appeared in 1787 as a series of letters to New York newspapers exhorting voters to ratify the proposed Constitution of the United States....
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Changes key words and concepts from the original
- By Some guy on 08-14-20
By: Alexander Hamilton, and others
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Upheaval
- Turning Points for Nations in Crisis
- By: Jared Diamond
- Narrated by: Henry Strozier
- Length: 18 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,728
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Performance1,444
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Story1,438
A brilliant new theory of how and why some nations recover from trauma and others don't, by the author of the landmark best sellers Guns, Germs, and Steel and Collapse. In his earlier best sellers Guns, Germs and Steel and Collapse, Jared Diamond transformed our understanding of what makes...
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The Urine of the Earth in a Teacup
- By Marian on 05-12-19
By: Jared Diamond
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Capital: All Volumes & The Communist Manifesto
- By: Karl Marx, Frederich Engels
- Narrated by: Malk Williams
- Length: 109 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall19
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Performance12
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Story12
This audiobook contains all 3 volumes of Capital, as well as Marx and Engel's most renowned work, The Communist Manifesto....
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Amazing reference for all of Marx works!
- By AZ on 07-07-23
By: Karl Marx, and others
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Troublesome Young Men
- The Rebels Who Brought Churchill to Power and Helped Save England
- By: Lynne Olson
- Narrated by: Dennis Kleinman
- Length: 14 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall141
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Performance127
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Story126
On May 7, 1940, the House of Commons began perhaps the most crucial debate in British parliamentary history. On its outcome hung the future of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's government and also of Britain - indeed, perhaps, the world....
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Spectacular Narrative History Book
- By Nostromo on 11-30-18
By: Lynne Olson
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The Sirens' Call
- How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource
- By: Chris Hayes
- Narrated by: Chris Hayes
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall715
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Performance667
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Story667
The #1 New York Times Bestseller One of Barack Obama's Summer Reading List Picks From the #1 New York Times bestselling author and MSNBC and podcast host, a powerful wide-angle reckoning with how the assault from attention capitalism on our minds and our hearts has reordered our politics and...
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Social Media Attention: Who Knew
- By Amazon Customer on 02-06-25
By: Chris Hayes
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Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
- By: Jon Meacham
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann, Jon Meacham
- Length: 18 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6,925
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Performance6,083
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Story6,042
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer Jon Meacham, “a big, grand, absorbing exploration of not just Jefferson and his role in history but also Jefferson the man, humanized as never before” (Entertainment Weekly) “Probably the best single-volume...
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A Man and Biography Relevant to Our Day
- By Darwin8u on 11-14-12
By: Jon Meacham
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Seeing Like a State
- By: James C. Scott
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer
- Length: 16 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall497
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Performance406
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Story402
Why do well-intentioned plans for improving the human condition go tragically awry? Author James C. Scott analyzes failed cases of large-scale authoritarian plans in a variety of fields....
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Beats a dead horse and then beats it again
- By Nathan Parker on 10-29-20
By: James C. Scott
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The Franklin Scandal
- A Story of Powerbrokers, Child Abuse & Betrayal
- By: Nick Bryant
- Narrated by: Nick Bryant
- Length: 20 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall671
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Performance588
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Story586
A chilling exposé of corporate corruption and government cover-ups, this account of a nationwide child-trafficking and pedophilia ring in the United States tells a sordid tale of corruption in high places....
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Why Do Citizens Trust Govt At All Anymore?!?
- By mary on 12-09-17
By: Nick Bryant
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The Origins of Totalitarianism
- By: Hannah Arendt
- Narrated by: Nadia May
- Length: 23 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall985
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Performance804
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Story792
This classic, definitive account of totalitarianism traces the emergence of modern racism as an "ideological weapon for imperialism"....
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Vast and intricate analysis of horror
- By Roger on 08-04-08
By: Hannah Arendt
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War Is a Racket
- By: Major General Smedley D. Butler USMC Retired
- Narrated by: Jack Eddelman
- Length: 1 hr
- Unabridged
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Overall1,291
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Performance1,130
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Story1,119
A report on how the greed of a privileged few, subsidized by public funding, creates substantial profits for themselves from mass human suffering....
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We all need to hear it
- By L. C. Pinkerton on 02-28-15
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The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
- By: Ilan Pappe
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 12 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall490
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Performance433
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Story433
Between 1947 and 1949, over 400 Palestinian villages were deliberately destroyed, civilians were massacred, and around a million men, women, and children were expelled from their homes at gunpoint....
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Crucial for understanding Israel-Palestine today
- By Mark on 12-27-18
By: Ilan Pappe
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Furious Minds
- The Making of the MAGA New Right
- By: Laura K. Field
- Narrated by: Laura K. Field
- Length: 13 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall54
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Performance52
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Story52
This audiobook narrated by Laura Field tells the story of the radical conservative intellectual movement shaping Donald Trump's agenda—and how it threatens American freedoms, values, and democracy.
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Thorough and well researched information throughout
- By Chuck Anderson on 01-05-26
By: Laura K. Field
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The American War on Election Corruption
- The Crusade to Restore Trust in Voting
- By: Seth Keshel, Newt Gingrich - foreword
- Narrated by: Seth Keshel, Newt Gingrich
- Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall8
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Performance8
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Story8
The American War on Election Corruption is an investigative exposé revealing the battle to uncover and dismantle systemic fraud threatening the integrity of US elections.
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Seth's grand slam
- By Roxanna Hagerman on 03-12-26
By: Seth Keshel, and others
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A Scandal in Königsberg
- By: Christopher Clark
- Narrated by: Vidish Athavale
- Length: 4 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3
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Performance3
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Story3
Named a Best Book of the Year by The Times (London) As told by one of our greatest historians, the story of the scandal that took down two Lutheran preachers in the heart of nineteenth-century Prussia—a chamber piece of cultish esotericism, pseudoscience, and political resistance that conjures...
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Boring history of a minor incidents
- By K Hedwig on 03-25-26
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Leadership
- By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
- Narrated by: Intro and Afterword Read by the Author
- Length: 18 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4,251
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Performance3,770
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Story3,736
From Pulitzer Prize–winning author and esteemed presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, an invaluable guide to the development and exercise of leadership from Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Franklin D. Roosevelt. The inspiration for the multipart HISTORY...
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What makes a president great?
- By tru britty on 09-25-18
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JFK and the Unspeakable
- Why He Died and Why It Matters
- By: James W. Douglass
- Narrated by: Pete Larkin
- Length: 22 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,035
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Performance891
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Story896
At the height of the Cold War, JFK risked committing the greatest crime in human history....
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One Book EVERY AMERICAN Needs to Read
- By Peter on 06-09-12
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Capitalist Realism
- Is There No Alternative?
- By: Mark Fisher
- Narrated by: Tom Lawrence
- Length: 4 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall107
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Performance95
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Story95
It is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism. After 1989, capitalism has successfully presented itself as the only realistic political-economic system–a situation that the bank crisis of 2008, far from ending, actually compounded....
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Mind-blowing
- By John Erlandsen on 10-04-24
By: Mark Fisher
New releases
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Chain of Ideas
- The Origins of Our Authoritarian Age
- By: Ibram X. Kendi
- Narrated by: Ibram X. Kendi
- Length: 20 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall5
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Performance5
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Story5
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The acclaimed author of How to Be an Antiracist and the National Book Award winner Stamped from the Beginning charts how “great replacement theory” has become a dominant political idea of our time and ushered in an antidemocratic age. “Kendi argues brilliantly...
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The depth and precision of Dr. Kendi's research.
- By Larry Weston on 03-29-26
By: Ibram X. Kendi
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The Beginning Comes After the End
- Notes on a World of Change
- By: Rebecca Solnit
- Narrated by: Rebecca Solnit
- Length: 5 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall9
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Performance9
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Story9
Rebecca Solnit offers a thrilling account of the sheer breadth and scale of social, political, scientific, and cultural change over the past three quarters of a century. In this sequel to her enduring bestseller Hope in the Dark, Solnit surveys a world that has changed dramatically since the year 1960. Despite the forces seeking to turn back the clock on history, change is not a possibility; it is an inevitability.
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Forward!
- By Susan C. on 03-31-26
By: Rebecca Solnit
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The American War on Election Corruption
- The Crusade to Restore Trust in Voting
- By: Seth Keshel, Newt Gingrich - foreword
- Narrated by: Seth Keshel, Newt Gingrich
- Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall8
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Performance8
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Story8
The American War on Election Corruption is an investigative exposé revealing the battle to uncover and dismantle systemic fraud threatening the integrity of US elections.
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Seth's grand slam
- By Roxanna Hagerman on 03-12-26
By: Seth Keshel, and others
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The Prince
- By: Niccolò Machiavelli
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Ito
- Length: 3 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance1
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Story1
The Prince is a timeless political treatise that explores how power is gained, maintained, and lost. Written in the early 16th century, Machiavelli offers sharp, practical guidance for rulers navigating unstable political landscapes. Drawing from historical examples and real-world observation, he examines leadership, strategy, diplomacy, and human nature—arguing that effectiveness often outweighs morality in matters of state. Provocative and influential, The Prince remains one of the most important works ever written on politics and power.
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A Scandal in Königsberg
- By: Christopher Clark
- Narrated by: Vidish Athavale
- Length: 4 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3
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Performance3
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Story3
Named a Best Book of the Year by The Times (London) As told by one of our greatest historians, the story of the scandal that took down two Lutheran preachers in the heart of nineteenth-century Prussia—a chamber piece of cultish esotericism, pseudoscience, and political resistance that conjures...
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Boring history of a minor incidents
- By K Hedwig on 03-25-26
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Solidarity
- The Work of Recognition
- By: Rowan Williams
- Narrated by: Niall Lucas
- Length: 14 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Story0
From its use as a rallying cry by the labour movement to its central place in struggles for racial justice, the idea of solidarity is often invoked as the answer to inequality and conflict. And yet, as both a term and a practice, solidarity is tantalizingly slippery. We are encouraged to ‘show solidarity’, but how can we truly realize it?
By: Rowan Williams
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Chain of Ideas
- The Origins of Our Authoritarian Age
- By: Ibram X. Kendi
- Narrated by: Ibram X. Kendi
- Length: 20 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall5
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Performance5
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Story5
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The acclaimed author of How to Be an Antiracist and the National Book Award winner Stamped from the Beginning charts how “great replacement theory” has become a dominant political idea of our time and ushered in an antidemocratic age. “Kendi argues brilliantly...
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The depth and precision of Dr. Kendi's research.
- By Larry Weston on 03-29-26
By: Ibram X. Kendi
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The Beginning Comes After the End
- Notes on a World of Change
- By: Rebecca Solnit
- Narrated by: Rebecca Solnit
- Length: 5 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall9
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Performance9
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Story9
Rebecca Solnit offers a thrilling account of the sheer breadth and scale of social, political, scientific, and cultural change over the past three quarters of a century. In this sequel to her enduring bestseller Hope in the Dark, Solnit surveys a world that has changed dramatically since the year 1960. Despite the forces seeking to turn back the clock on history, change is not a possibility; it is an inevitability.
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Forward!
- By Susan C. on 03-31-26
By: Rebecca Solnit
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The American War on Election Corruption
- The Crusade to Restore Trust in Voting
- By: Seth Keshel, Newt Gingrich - foreword
- Narrated by: Seth Keshel, Newt Gingrich
- Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall8
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Performance8
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Story8
The American War on Election Corruption is an investigative exposé revealing the battle to uncover and dismantle systemic fraud threatening the integrity of US elections.
-
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Seth's grand slam
- By Roxanna Hagerman on 03-12-26
By: Seth Keshel, and others
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The Prince
- By: Niccolò Machiavelli
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Ito
- Length: 3 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance1
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Story1
The Prince is a timeless political treatise that explores how power is gained, maintained, and lost. Written in the early 16th century, Machiavelli offers sharp, practical guidance for rulers navigating unstable political landscapes. Drawing from historical examples and real-world observation, he examines leadership, strategy, diplomacy, and human nature—arguing that effectiveness often outweighs morality in matters of state. Provocative and influential, The Prince remains one of the most important works ever written on politics and power.
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A Scandal in Königsberg
- By: Christopher Clark
- Narrated by: Vidish Athavale
- Length: 4 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3
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Performance3
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Story3
Named a Best Book of the Year by The Times (London) As told by one of our greatest historians, the story of the scandal that took down two Lutheran preachers in the heart of nineteenth-century Prussia—a chamber piece of cultish esotericism, pseudoscience, and political resistance that conjures...
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Boring history of a minor incidents
- By K Hedwig on 03-25-26
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Solidarity
- The Work of Recognition
- By: Rowan Williams
- Narrated by: Niall Lucas
- Length: 14 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Story0
From its use as a rallying cry by the labour movement to its central place in struggles for racial justice, the idea of solidarity is often invoked as the answer to inequality and conflict. And yet, as both a term and a practice, solidarity is tantalizingly slippery. We are encouraged to ‘show solidarity’, but how can we truly realize it?
By: Rowan Williams
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When Did the End Begin?
- A Letter to America About Democracy, Power, and the Responsibility of Citizens
- By: A U.S. Navy Veteran
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 13 mins
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When does the erosion of a democracy actually begin? Not when the system collapses. Not when historians write about it. But when the first warning signs appear and citizens must decide whether to confront them or ignore them. When Did the End Begin? is a powerful civic reflection that asks one of the most important questions facing any nation: At what moment does a democracy begin to fade? Written as part of the Letters to America series, this thought-provoking short read examines how democratic systems slowly erode and why citizens play a critical role in protecting the institutions that ...
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Fighting the Hate
- A Handbook for Jews Under Siege
- By: Melanie Phillips
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 4 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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A unique guide to help diaspora Jews respond to global assault against the Jewish world. Since the Hamas-led atrocities in Israel on October 7, 2023, the Jewish world has been subjected to an unprecedented international onslaught. Israel has been portrayed as the most evil nation in the world through defamatory lies, and as a result Jews across the West have been targeted by murderous attacks, vilification, and social ostracism. Such Jews have been profoundly destabilized by this tsunami of hatred and baffling irrationality, which calls into question their very future. Many, if not most, ...
By: Melanie Phillips
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Samuel P. Huntington's Clash of Civilizations in Biblical Perspective
- Book 2 of the Changing World Order Series
- By: Jay Rogers
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
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Discover a thought-provoking exploration of Samuel P. Huntington’s Clash of Civilizations thesis through a unique biblical perspective. This book examines the historical, cultural, and religious foundations of civilizations, analyzing their interactions and conflicts in a multipolar world. From the rise of ancient civilizations like China, India, and Russia to the decline of Western dominance, it offers a compelling critique of modernity and its impact on global politics. Dive into the intersections of faith, history, and civilization, uncovering truths about Christian postmodernism, ...
By: Jay Rogers
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Making a Career in Dictatorship
- The Secret Logic behind Repression and Coups
- By: Christian Gläßel, Adam Scharpf
- Narrated by: Russ Williams
- Length: 9 hrs
- Unabridged
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Like no other work before it, Making a Career in Dictatorship dives deep into the authoritarian security apparatus to identify which officers participate in repression or coups—and above all, why. The book's compelling theory uncovers career pressure as the secret driver behind the two most...
By: Christian Gläßel, and others
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The Law
- By: Frederick Bastiat
- Narrated by: Graham Dunlop
- Length: 2 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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What is the true purpose of law? In The Law, 19th-century French economist and statesman Frédéric Bastiat delivers a timeless and powerful defense of individual liberty, private property, and limited government.
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Representative Democracy
- A Justification
- By: Dimitri Landa, Ryan Pevnick
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
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Despite the not-so-distant invocations of the "end of history," representative democracy is, today, under siege even from corners where one once might have expected strong sympathy and support. Indeed, confidence in representative democracy has, in recent years, been shaken by the economic and political performance of many such regimes.
By: Dimitri Landa, and others