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No Immediate Danger
By: William T. Vollmann
Narrated by: Sean Runnette
Length: 16 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
In his nonfiction, William T. Vollmann has won acclaim as a singular voice tackling some of the most important issues of our age. Now, Vollmann turns to a topic that will define the generations to come—the factors and human actions that have led to global warming. Vollmann begins No Immediate Danger, the first volume of Carbon Ideologies, by... Read more
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Nobody's Girl
By: Barbara Amaya
Narrated by: Nicol Zanzarella
Length: 5 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
Sexual abuse, human trafficking, drug addiction, rape, prison, and domestic violence—Barbara Amaya experienced it all on first on the streets of Washington D.C., and then New York City, most of it before her sixteenth birthday. In Nobody's Girl she shares her journey from trafficking victim to human rights advocate, weaving together a story of... Read more
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Nimitz
By: E.B. Potter
Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
Length: 25 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
Called a great book worthy of a great man, this definitive biography of the commander in chief of the Pacific Fleet in World War II, continues to be considered the best book ever written about Adm. Chester W. Nimitz.
Highly respected by both the civilian and naval communities, Nimitz was sometimes overshadowed by more colorful warriors in the... Read more
Reluctant Warrior
By: Michael C. Hodgins
Narrated by: John McLain
Length: 12 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
By the spring of 1970, American troops were ordered to pull out of Vietnam. The Marines of 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel "Wild Bill" Drumright, were assigned to cover the withdrawal of 1st Marine Division. The Marines of 1st RECON Bn operated in teams of six or seven men. Heavily armed, the teams fought a... Read more
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This Land Is Our Land
By: Ken Ilgunas
Narrated by: Andrew Eiden
Length: 6 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
Private property is everywhere. Almost anywhere you walk in the United States, you will spot “No Trespassing” and “Private Property” signs on trees and fence posts. In America, there are more than a billion acres of grassland pasture, cropland, and forest, and miles and miles of coastlines that are mostly closed off to the public. Meanwhile,... Read more
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Integration - Ein Protokoll des Scheiterns (Ungekürzte Lesung)
By: Hamed Abdel-Samad
Narrated by: Julian Mehne
Length: 7 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
Ein Protokoll des Scheiterns Millionen Muslime sind in den vergangenen Jahrzehnten als Gastarbeiter überwiegend aus der Türkei, als Flüchtlinge aus Syrien und anderen Staaten des Nahen Ostens nach Deutschland gekommen. Hamed Abdel-Samad rechnet ab mit der Politik, die die Integration zu lange konterkariert und der Muslime, die sich in... Read more
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Can Democracy Survive Global Capitalism?
By: Robert Kuttner
Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
Length: 14 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
Before and after World War II, a serendipitous confluence of events created a healthy balance between the market and the polity—between the engine of capitalism and the egalitarian ideals of democracy. Under Roosevelt's New Deal, unions and collective bargaining were legalized. Glass-Steagall reined in speculative finance. At Bretton Woods, a... Read more
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Things That Make White People Uncomfortable
By: Michael Bennett & Dave Zirin
Narrated by: JD Jackson
Length: 6 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
Super Bowl Champion and two-time Pro Bowler Michael Bennett is an outspoken proponent for social justice and a man without a censor. One of the most scathingly humorous athletes on the planet, he is also a fearless activist, grassroots philanthropist, and organizer.
Bennett, a defensive end for the Seattle Seahawks, has gained international... Read more
The Bill of Rights
By: Linda R. Monk
Narrated by: Susan Larkin
Length: 11 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
With a foreword by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the U.S. Supreme Court.
An Engaging, Accessible Guide to the Bill of Rights for Everyday Citizens.
In The Bill of Rights: A User's Guide, award-winning author and constitutional scholar Linda R. Monk explores the remarkable history of the Bill of Rights amendment by amendment, the Supreme Court's... Read more
The Fear and the Freedom
By: Keith Lowe
Narrated by: John Lee
Length: 16 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: No
The Fear and the Freedom is Keith Lowe's follow-up to Savage Continent. While that book painted a picture of Europe in all its horror as World War II was ending, The Fear and the Freedom looks at all that has happened since, focusing on the changes that were brought about because of World War II—simultaneously one of the most catastrophic and... Read more
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The China Mission
By: Daniel Kurtz-Phelan
Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
Length: 13 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
A spellbinding narrative of the high-stakes mission that changed the course of America, China, and global politics―and a rich portrait of the towering, complex figure who carried it out.As World War II came to an end, General George Marshall was renowned as the architect of Allied victory. Set to retire, he instead accepted what he thought was a... Read more
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The Life of Mohammed
By: Bill Warner, PhD
Narrated by: Bill Warner, PhD
Length: 2 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
THE LIFE OF MOHAMMED: THE SIRA is a condensed version of the biography of Mohammed, a man who became the first ruler of a united Arabia and laid the foundation for the empire of Islam. The Sira is not just a biography but it is also a sacred Islamic text of how devout Muslims should conduct their life.Mohammed’s life is an epic story. He was an... Read more
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The People vs Tech
By: Jamie Bartlett
Narrated by: Sandro Monetti
Length: 5 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
From the bestselling author of The Dark Net comes a book that explains all the dangers of the digital revolution and offers concrete solutions on how we can protect our personal privacy, and democracy itself.
The internet was meant to set us free. But have we unwittingly handed too much away to shadowy powers behind a wall of code, all... Read more
Has the West Lost It?
By: Kishore Mahbubani
Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
Length: 2 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
Penguin Audio presents Has the West Lost It? by Kishore Mahbubani, read by Jonathan Keeble.
The West's centuries-old status as the centre of global wealth and power is coming to an end. As the new powers - China and India from Asia and others from Africa and Latin America - rise to the top of the world's pecking order, how should the West react?... Read more
The Death of Democracy
By: Benjamin Carter Hett
Narrated by: Steven Crossley
Length: 11 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
"[Narrator Steven Crossley's] British accent gives his narration an academic-sounding quality fitting for the text. He is clear and precise in pronunciation and enunciation and is suitably expressive throughout." — AudioFile Magazine
The Death of Democracy is a riveting audiobook account of how the Nazi Party came to power, and how the failures... Read more
Eunice
By: Eileen McNamara
Narrated by: Amanda Carlin
Length: 15 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
In this “revelation” of a biography (USA TODAY), a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist examines the life and times of Eunice Kennedy Shriver, arguing she left behind the Kennedy family’s most profound political legacy.
While Joe Kennedy was grooming his sons for the White House and the Senate, his Stanford-educated daughter, Eunice, was hijacking... Read more
The War on Normal People
By: Andrew Yang
Narrated by: Andrew Yang
Length: 6 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
***New York Times Bestseller***
From 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang, a captivating account of how "a skinny Asian kid from upstate" became a successful entrepreneur, only to find a new mission: calling attention to the urgent steps America must take, including Universal Basic Income, to stabilize our economy amid rapid... Read more
North Korea Confidential
By: Daniel Tudor & James Pearson
Narrated by: Derek Perkins
Length: 4 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
**Named one of the best books of 2015 by The Economist**Private Markets, Fashion Trends, Prison Camps, Dissenters and Defectors.North Korea is one of the most troubled societies on earth. The country's 24 million people live under a violent dictatorship led by a single family, which relentlessly pursues the development of nuclear arms, which... Read more
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Our 50-State Border Crisis
By: Howard G. Buffett
Narrated by: Matt Kugler
Length: 11 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
From one of America's most prominent philanthropists, an eye-opening, myth-busting new perspective on the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Howard G. Buffett has seen first-hand the devastating impact of cheap Mexican heroin and other opiate cocktails across America. Fueled by failing border policies and lawlessness in Mexico and Central... Read more
Make Trouble
By: Cecile Richards
Narrated by: Cecile Richards
Length: 9 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
From Cecile Richards, the former president of Planned Parenthood for more than a decade, daughter of the late Ann Richards, featured speaker at the Women’s March on Washington, and “the heroine of the resistance” (Vogue), comes “an enthralling memoir” (Booklist, starred review) filled with “practical advice and inspiration for aspiring leaders... Read more
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New Power
By: Jeremy Heimans & Henry Timms
Narrated by: Andrew Fallaize
Length: 9 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
NOW A NATIONAL BESTSELLER
The definitive guide to spreading ideas, building movements, and leaping ahead in our chaotic, connected age. Get the book New York Times columnist David Brooks calls "the best window I’ve seen into this new world."
Why do some leap ahead while others fall behind in our chaotic, connected age? In New Power, Jeremy Heimans... Read more
Die Angst der Eliten
By: Paul Schreyer
Narrated by: Sebastian Pappenberger
Length: 6 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
Ist unsere Demokratie noch zu retten? Das System steckt in der Krise. Liegt der Ausweg in mehr direkter Demokratie? Oder ist das Volk zu dumm, um in wesentlichen Fragen selbst zu entscheiden? Lässt es sich zu leicht manipulieren und geht rechten Populisten auf den Leim? Wenn Außenseiter bei Wahlen erfolgreich sind, heißt es oft, die Bürger... Read more
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Chappaquiddick
By: Leo Damore
Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
Length: 16 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
A young woman leaves a party with a wealthy US senator. The next morning her body is discovered in his car at the bottom of a pond.This is the damning true story of the death of campaign strategist Mary Jo Kopechne at Chappaquiddick and of the senator—a thirty-seven-year-old Senator Ted Kennedy—who left her trapped underwater while he returned... Read more
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The Trump White House
By: Ronald Kessler
Narrated by: Jason Culp
Length: 8 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
The unvarnished and unbiased inside story of President Donald Trump and his White House by New York Times bestselling author Ronald Kessler
Based on exclusive interviews with the president and his staff, The Trump White House: Changing the Rules of the Game tells the real story of what Donald Trump is like, who influences him, how he makes... Read more