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Liberty's Dawn by Emma Griffin
Liberty's Dawn
Emma Griffin
Liberty's Dawn by Emma Griffin

Liberty's Dawn

By: Emma Griffin

Narrated by: Christine Rendel

Length: 13 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

"Emma Griffin gives a new and powerful voice to the men and women whose blood and sweat greased the wheels of the Industrial Revolution" (Tim Hitchcock, author of Down and Out in Eighteenth-Century London).



This "provocative study" looks at hundreds of autobiographies penned between 1760 and 1900 to offer an intimate firsthand account of how the... Read more

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Share the Dream: Audio Bible Studies by Matthew Daniels & Chris Broussard
Share the Dream: Audio Bible Studies
Matthew Daniels & Chris Broussard
Share the Dream: Audio Bible Studies by Matthew Daniels & Chris Broussard

Share the Dream: Audio Bible Studies

By: Matthew Daniels & Chris Broussard

Narrated by: Matthew Daniels & Chris Broussard

Length: 1 hour 44 minutes

Abridged: No

EMBRACE A LIFE OF LOVE FOR ALL HUMANITYShare the Dream® is a six-session audio Bible study based on the life and teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. You will look at six biblical principles that shaped Dr. King’s life and motivated him to speak on behalf of African Americans in the Civil Rights Movement: love, conscience, freedom, justice,... Read more

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The Bone Woman by Clea Koff
The Bone Woman
Clea Koff
The Bone Woman by Clea Koff

The Bone Woman

By: Clea Koff

Narrated by: Clea Koff

Length: 9 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1994, Rwanda was the scene of the first acts since World War II to be legally defined as genocide. Two years later, Clea Koff, a twenty-three-year-old forensic anthropologist, left the safe confines of a lab in Berkeley, California, to serve as one of sixteen scientists chosen by the United Nations to unearth the physical evidence of the... Read more

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Ever Wonder Why? by Thomas Sowell
Ever Wonder Why?
Thomas Sowell
Ever Wonder Why? by Thomas Sowell

Ever Wonder Why?

By: Thomas Sowell

Narrated by: Leon Nixon

Length: 11 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Thomas Sowell takes aim at a range of legal, social, racial, educational, and economic issues in this latest collection of his controversial, never boring, always thought-provoking essays. From "gun control myths" to "mealy mouth media" to "free lunch medicine," Sowell gets to the heart of the matters we all care about with his... Read more

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Brothers in the Beloved Community by Marc Andrus
Brothers in the Beloved Community
Marc Andrus
Brothers in the Beloved Community by Marc Andrus

Brothers in the Beloved Community

By: Marc Andrus

Narrated by: Marc Andrus

Length: 6 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

The never-before-told story of the friendship between Martin Luther King Jr. and Thich Nhat Hanh—icons who changed each other and the world
The day after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968, Thich Nhat Hanh wrote a heartbroken letter to their mutual friend Raphael Gould. He said: "I did not sleep last night. . . . They killed Martin... Read more

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The Great American Transit Disaster by Nicholas Dagen Bloom
The Great American Transit Disaster
Nicholas Dagen Bloom
The Great American Transit Disaster by Nicholas Dagen Bloom

The Great American Transit Disaster

By: Nicholas Dagen Bloom

Narrated by: narrator

Length: 12 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

This is an auto-narrated audiobook edition of this book.

A potent re-examination of America’s history of public disinvestment in mass transit.
 
Many a scholar and policy analyst has lamented American dependence on cars and the corresponding lack of federal investment in public transportation throughout the latter decades of the twentieth... Read more

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From the Beginning to Almost to the End: A Tale of Both Hardship and Success: The Life Story of Orbie L. Mays ENCM (E-9) S/W USN RET.  by Orbie Lee Mays USN Retired
From the Beginning to Almost to the End: A Tale of Both Hardship and Success: The Life Story of Orbie L. Mays ENCM (E-9) S/W USN RET.
Orbie Lee Mays USN Retired
From the Beginning to Almost to the End: A Tale of Both Hardship and Success: The Life Story of Orbie L. Mays ENCM (E-9) S/W USN RET.  by Orbie Lee Mays USN Retired

From the Beginning to Almost to the End: A Tale of Both Hardship and Success: The Life Story of Orbie L. Mays ENCM (E-9) S/W USN RET.

By: Orbie Lee Mays USN Retired

Narrated by: Edward Hermann

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Orbie Lee Mays USN Retired was born and raised on a farm in the northwest corner of Alabama. His life is one of many hardships and setbacks, and the success he achieved in overcoming them. From the Beginning to Almost to the End shares his journey, from beginning his military career at seventeen to his final rank of E-9 master chief petty... Read more

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Allen Dulles: The Life of the CIA’s Most Powerful and Notorious Director by Charles River Editors
Allen Dulles: The Life of the CIA’s Most Powerful and Notorious Director
Charles River Editors
Allen Dulles: The Life of the CIA’s Most Powerful and Notorious Director by Charles River Editors

Allen Dulles: The Life of the CIA’s Most Powerful and Notorious Director

By: Charles River Editors

Narrated by: Ross Jenkins

Length: 2 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

The 28-year period from 1933-1961, bracketed on one end by Hitler’s rise to power in Germany and on the other by the very height of the Cold War, was marked by a remarkably stable succession of American presidents. In fact, only three men held office in this period, and that predictability led to a general stability among government agencies.... Read more

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Долг: первые 5000 лет истории by Дэвид Гребер
Долг: первые 5000 лет истории
Дэвид Гребер
Долг: первые 5000 лет истории by Дэвид Гребер

Долг: первые 5000 лет истории

By: Дэвид Гребер

Narrated by: Олег Булгак

Length: 19 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

«Долг: первые 5000 лет» — это масштабное и новаторское исследование товарно-денежных отношений с древнейших времен до наших дней. Американский антрополог и профессор Лондонской школы экономики Дэвид Гребер описывает, как феномен долговых обязательств проявляется в совершенно разных социальных институтах: от решений правительства до сердечной... Read more

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Ciudad Feliz by Charles Montgomery
Ciudad Feliz
Charles Montgomery
Ciudad Feliz by Charles Montgomery

Ciudad Feliz

By: Charles Montgomery

Narrated by: Martin Untrojb

Length: 19 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Un viaje por todo el mundo y una exploración reveladora de cómo las ciudades pueden hacer -y hacen- que seamos más felices.'Ciudad feliz', de Charles Montgomery, está revolucionando la forma de concebir la vida urbana.Tras décadas de expansión descontrolada, más personas que nunca están volviendo a la ciudad. La vida urbana densa se ha prescrito... Read more

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Chasing Shadows by Miles Johnson
Chasing Shadows
Miles Johnson
Chasing Shadows by Miles Johnson

Chasing Shadows

By: Miles Johnson

Narrated by: Ahmed Hamad & Miles Johnson

Length: 8 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

*** CONTAINS AN EXLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHOR ***

'As breathless, complex and on-the-edge suspenseful as the finest thriller fiction - but it's all real, which makes it truly extraordinary' Lee Child

'McMafia for the new age' Catherine Belton, author of Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and then took on the West

'Compelling,... Read more

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La torre elevada by Lawrence Wright
La torre elevada
Lawrence Wright
La torre elevada by Lawrence Wright

La torre elevada

By: Lawrence Wright

Narrated by: Carlos Álvarez

Length: 19 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Veinte años después del 11-S, y diez de la muerte de Osama bin Laden, La torre elevada sigue siendo la mejor obra escrito sobre el auge del fundamentalismo islámico, la creación de al-Qaeda y los fallos de los servicios de inteligencia que culminaron en el atentado de las Torres Gemelas. Obra ganadora del Premio Pulitzer. «Literatura como... Read more

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El progreso improductivo by Gabriel Zaid
El progreso improductivo
Gabriel Zaid
El progreso improductivo by Gabriel Zaid

El progreso improductivo

By: Gabriel Zaid

Narrated by: Diego Santana

Length: 20 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

A los ojos del autor nada es más urgente que superar la voluntad ciega del progreso per se. Este libro pone énfasis en el caso mexicano pero aborda un fenómeno característico de la globalidad. Ofrece una recomendación concreta: el saber, el poder y el dinero han de concentrarse en organismos piramidales que abandonen el espejismo del progreso.... Read more

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On Liberty by John Stuart Mill
On Liberty
John Stuart Mill
On Liberty by John Stuart Mill

On Liberty

By: John Stuart Mill

Narrated by: Jason William Bayless

Length: 4 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

The classic and influential essay, On Liberty, was written by John Stuart Mill and first published in 1859. An English philosopher, Mill painstakingly expounded upon his ideas of liberty, individuality, and authority mainly through a lens influenced by the philosophy of utilitarianism. Read more

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Los engaños del dinero by John R. Searle & Maurizio Ferraris
Los engaños del dinero
John R. Searle & Maurizio Ferraris
Los engaños del dinero by John R. Searle & Maurizio Ferraris

Los engaños del dinero

By: John R. Searle & Maurizio Ferraris

Narrated by: Miguel Ángel Álvarez

Length: 2 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

El dinero es uno de los pilares de la sociedad tal y como la conocemos. Todos lo utilizamos cotidianamente sin que su empleo presuponga ningún conocimiento específico en materia económica; y sin embargo, para entender qué es el dinero y cómo funciona es preciso recurrir a la filosofía, más aún cuando las crisis y las transformaciones históricas... Read more

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The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli & W. K. Marriott, translator
The Prince
Niccolo Machiavelli & W. K. Marriott, translator
The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli & W. K. Marriott, translator

The Prince

By: Niccolo Machiavelli & W. K. Marriott, translator

Narrated by: Jason William Bayless

Length: 2 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

This powerful, and sometimes disturbing and frank, political treatise was written in the early 16th century by Niccolo Machiavelli, a political theorist and Italian diplomat. Machiavelli was writing specifically to Lorenzo De'Medici as an instruction manual for "new princes." His perspective on the aims and glory of princes is a controversial... Read more

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L'Inflation : causes et répercussions by Gérard Bérubé
L'Inflation : causes et répercussions
Gérard Bérubé
L'Inflation : causes et répercussions by Gérard Bérubé

L'Inflation : causes et répercussions

By: Gérard Bérubé

Narrated by: Danièle Panneton

Length: 3 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

L’essai de vulgarisation économique lançant la maison d’édition Somme toute - Le Devoir La sortie de la crise de la COVID 19 et la reprise abrupte de l'activité économique a causé une montée de l'inflation brusque qui affecte tous les secteurs, à commencer par ceux des matières premières et de l'énergie. Partant de ce constat, cet essai... Read more

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Beijing Rules by Bethany Allen
Beijing Rules
Bethany Allen
Beijing Rules by Bethany Allen

Beijing Rules

By: Bethany Allen

Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller

Length: 12 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

An acclaimed journalist on contemporary China lays bare the country's two-decade quest for global dominance and how the Chinese Communist Party coopted what Western leaders have long considered their most powerful tool in the fight for liberal democracy—capitalism—to expand its illiberal influence worldwide.Bethany Allen, the award-winning China... Read more

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21st-Century Virtues by Lucinda Holdforth
21st-Century Virtues
Lucinda Holdforth
21st-Century Virtues by Lucinda Holdforth

21st-Century Virtues

By: Lucinda Holdforth

Narrated by: Lucinda Holdforth

Length: 2 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Authenticity. Vulnerability. Humility. Transparency. These are some of the 21st-century virtues proselytised by mindset gurus, paraded (if not practised) by big corporations, and lauded by professionals on LinkedIn. The quest for authenticity, for example, is central to progressive campaigns for greater diversity and inclusion, while our... Read more

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Victorious in Defeat by Alexander V. Pantsov
Victorious in Defeat
Alexander V. Pantsov
Victorious in Defeat by Alexander V. Pantsov

Victorious in Defeat

By: Alexander V. Pantsov

Narrated by: Rick Adamson

Length: 25 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

An extensively researched, comprehensive biography of Chinese Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek, one of the twentieth century's most powerful and controversial figures



Chiang Kai-shek (1887–1975) led the Republic of China for almost fifty years, starting in 1926. He was the architect of a new, republican China, a hero of the Second World War,... Read more

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Courage in the People's House by Joe Neguse
Courage in the People's House
Joe Neguse
Courage in the People's House by Joe Neguse

Courage in the People's House

By: Joe Neguse

Narrated by: Leon Nixon

Length: 9 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Featuring the remarkable stories of nine US Representatives who helped shape America, Courage in the People’s House is a “reminder of how courage can make a difference, and how, especially in the darkest of times, the lessons of history are most needed” (Booklist).

In this “well-written addition to the history of Congress” (Kirkus Reviews),... Read more

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Die DNA der USA by Sandra Navidi
Die DNA der USA
Sandra Navidi
Die DNA der USA by Sandra Navidi

Die DNA der USA

By: Sandra Navidi

Narrated by: Katja Amberger

Length: 10 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Amerika durchlebt ein epochales Gesellschaftsbeben. Mit faschistischen Methoden versuchen die Republikaner, die Demokratie zu kapern und eine autokratische Herrschaft zu etablieren: Sie befeuern die militante Spaltung der Gesellschaft, fördern einen Führerkult, rufen zu Gewalt auf und erschaffen mittels Propaganda eine fiktive Realität. Dabei... Read more

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ZEITEN ENDE - Politik ohne Leitbild, Gesellschaft in Gefahr (Ungekürzte Autorenlesung) by Prof. Dr. Harald Welzer
ZEITEN ENDE - Politik ohne Leitbild, Gesellschaft in Gefahr (Ungekürzte Autorenlesung)
Prof. Dr. Harald Welzer
ZEITEN ENDE - Politik ohne Leitbild, Gesellschaft in Gefahr (Ungekürzte Autorenlesung) by Prof. Dr. Harald Welzer

ZEITEN ENDE - Politik ohne Leitbild, Gesellschaft in Gefahr (Ungekürzte Autorenlesung)

By: Prof. Dr. Harald Welzer

Narrated by: Prof. Dr. Harald Welzer

Length: 8 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Sinkende Wahlbeteiligung, Kirchenaustritte, fallende TV-Quoten und Zeitungs-Auflagen: Viele Menschen fühlen sich vom Angebot, das ihnen die politische und mediale Öffentlichkeit in Deutschland macht, nicht mehr angesprochen. Zugleich erhöhen Multi-Krisen und eine immer kaputtere Daseinsvorsorge - Schienenverkehr, die Schulen, die Verwaltung -... Read more

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What Happened When I Was Asleep by WILLIAM DINGWALL
What Happened When I Was Asleep
WILLIAM DINGWALL
What Happened When I Was Asleep by WILLIAM DINGWALL

What Happened When I Was Asleep

By: WILLIAM DINGWALL

Narrated by: Karl Sjoberg

Length: 4 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

This book expresses the truth of the world that is being hidden and concealed by those in positions of power. It highlights how we have been denied our basic right of freedom through optimized control from those we see as our leaders. There are truths about the world and the universe as a whole that we are not told or that are hidden from us.... Read more

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