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The Righteous Mind
- Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
- By: Jonathan Haidt
- Narrated by: Jonathan Haidt
- Length: 11 hrs and 1 min
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In The Righteous Mind, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt explores the origins of our divisions and points the way forward to mutual understanding....
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Must Read for All Who Hope to Advance US & Global Politics
- By Bernadette Hyland on 07-06-2017
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Why We're Polarized
- By: Ezra Klein
- Narrated by: Ezra Klein
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
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In Why We're Polarised, Klein reveals the structural and psychological forces behind America's descent into division and dysfunction....
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The sincerity I’ve come to expect from Klein
- By Anonymous User on 26-04-2020
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Weapons of Mass Instruction
- A Schoolteacher's Journey Through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling
- By: John Taylor Gatto
- Narrated by: Michael Puttonen
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
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Weapons of Mass Instruction focuses on mechanisms of traditional education which cripple imagination, discourage critical thinking, and create a false view of learning....
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Must read for all parents
- By Linh Vu on 20-02-2021
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The World As It Is
- By: Ben Rhodes
- Narrated by: Ben Rhodes, Mark Deakins
- Length: 15 hrs and 45 mins
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Random House presents the audiobook of The World As It Is by Ben Rhodes, read by Mark Deakins with and introduction read by the author....
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First-Rate Political Memoir
- By Anonymous User on 03-06-2020
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The Righteous Mind
- Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
- By: Jonathan Haidt
- Narrated by: Jonathan Haidt
- Length: 11 hrs and 1 min
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In The Righteous Mind, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt explores the origins of our divisions and points the way forward to mutual understanding....
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Must Read for All Who Hope to Advance US & Global Politics
- By Bernadette Hyland on 07-06-2017
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Why We're Polarized
- By: Ezra Klein
- Narrated by: Ezra Klein
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
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In Why We're Polarised, Klein reveals the structural and psychological forces behind America's descent into division and dysfunction....
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The sincerity I’ve come to expect from Klein
- By Anonymous User on 26-04-2020
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Weapons of Mass Instruction
- A Schoolteacher's Journey Through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling
- By: John Taylor Gatto
- Narrated by: Michael Puttonen
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
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Weapons of Mass Instruction focuses on mechanisms of traditional education which cripple imagination, discourage critical thinking, and create a false view of learning....
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Must read for all parents
- By Linh Vu on 20-02-2021
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The World As It Is
- By: Ben Rhodes
- Narrated by: Ben Rhodes, Mark Deakins
- Length: 15 hrs and 45 mins
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Random House presents the audiobook of The World As It Is by Ben Rhodes, read by Mark Deakins with and introduction read by the author....
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First-Rate Political Memoir
- By Anonymous User on 03-06-2020
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The First-Time Manager
- By: Jim McCormick, Loren B. Belker, Gary S. Topchik
- Narrated by: Nathan Girard
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
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Learn to conquer every challenge like a pro with the clear, candid advice in The First-Time Manager. For nearly four decades, this trusted guide has brought newcomers up to speed on the nitty gritty realities of managing people....
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Quite useful
- By William Neil on 02-07-2021
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The Good State
- On the Principles of Democracy
- By: A. C. Grayling
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins
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A. C. Grayling makes the case for a clear, consistent, principled, and written constitution, and sets out the reforms necessary - among them addressing the imbalance of power between government and Parliament, imposing fixed terms for MPs, and lowering the voting age to 16....
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Too Close to Call
- The Thirty-Six-Day Battle to Decide the 2000 Election
- By: Jeffrey Toobin
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
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Jeffrey Toobin is the ideal writer to distill the events of the 36 anxiety-filled days that culminated in one of the most stunning Supreme Court decisions in history....
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Socialism (2nd Edition)
- A Very Short Introduction
- By: Michael Newman
- Narrated by: Mike Cooper
- Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins
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What is socialism? Does it have a future, or has it become an outdated ideology in the 21st century? This Very Short Introduction audiobook considers the major theories in socialism and explores its historical evolution from the French Revolution to the present day....
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Very ESSENTIAL for novices intrigued by socialism
- By Anonymous User on 07-09-2021
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The Wisdom of Crowds
- Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations
- By: James Surowiecki
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
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In this endlessly fascinating book, New Yorker columnist James Surowiecki explores a deceptively simple idea that has profound implications....
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Needs updating for social media, otherwise great!
- By Simon on 08-10-2017
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Transformative Scenario Planning
- Working Together to Change the Future
- By: Adam Kahane
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
- Length: 3 hrs and 31 mins
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People who are trying to solve tough economic, social, or environmental problems often find themselves frustratingly stuck....
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Lincoln
- By: David Herbert Donald
- Narrated by: Dick Estell
- Length: 30 hrs and 21 mins
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In the best-selling tradition of Truman, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer David Herbert Donald offers a new classic in American history and biography....
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I cried at the end
- By Omar Shubeilat on 22-01-2020
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Everybody Lies
- By: Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
- Narrated by: Christopher Ragland
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
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Insightful, surprising and with groundbreaking revelations about our society, Everybody Lies exposes the secrets embedded in our Internet searches....
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Interesting insights and endless possibilities .
- By Charles Victor on 06-12-2021
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Thank You for Your Servitude
- Donald Trump's Washington and the Price of Submission
- By: Mark Leibovich
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
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The eyewitness account of how the GOP collaborated with Donald Trump to transform Washington’s “swamp” into a gold-plated hot tub - and a onetime party of rugged individualists into a sycophantic personality cult....
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Rules for Revolutionaries
- How Big Organizing Can Change Everything
- By: Zack Exley, Becky Bond
- Narrated by: Tia Rider Sorensen
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
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Lessons from the groundbreaking grassroots campaign of Bernie Sanders that helped launch a new political revolution....
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Failed to seperate emotion from campaign mechanic
- By Anonymous User on 15-03-2018
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The Road to Somewhere
- The New Tribes Shaping British Politics
- By: David Goodhart
- Narrated by: Simon Bubb
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
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Many Remainers reported waking up the day after the Brexit vote feeling as if they were living in a foreign country....
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How the Hell Did This Happen?
- The Election of 2016
- By: P. J. O'Rourke
- Narrated by: P. J. O'Rourke
- Length: 5 hrs and 16 mins
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This election cycle was so absurd that celebrated political satirist, journalist, and die-hard Republican P. J. O'Rourke endorsed Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton....
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The Signal and the Noise
- Why So Many Predictions Fail - but Some Don't
- By: Nate Silver
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 16 hrs and 21 mins
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Nate Silver built an innovative system for predicting baseball performance, predicted the 2008 election within a hair’s breadth, and became a national sensation as a blogger - all by the time he was 30. He solidified his standing as the nation's foremost political forecaster....
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Required reading for every inquiring mind
- By MarkS on 05-04-2021
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We Are Bellingcat
- An Intelligence Agency for the People
- By: Eliot Higgins
- Narrated by: Eliot Higgins
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
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Bellingcat, the home-grown investigative unit, is redefining the way we think about news, politics and the digital future....
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Well, that was eye-opening!
- By Helen Percival on 09-02-2021
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On Doubt
- Little Books on Big Ideas
- By: Leigh Sales
- Narrated by: Louise Crawford
- Length: 1 hr and 43 mins
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When society seems to demand confidence and certainty, how much courage does it take to admit doubt, especially self-doubt? In this personal essay, one of Australia's most respected journalists argues in favour of a doubtful mind....
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Wish the author narrated
- By Anonymous User on 11-01-2021
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Insurgency
- How Republicans Lost Their Party and Got Everything They Ever Wanted
- By: Jeremy W. Peters
- Narrated by: Jeremy W. Peters
- Length: 13 hrs and 46 mins
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How did the party of Lincoln become the party of Trump? From an acclaimed political reporter for The New York Times comes the definitive story of the mutiny that shattered American politics....
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Gripping, insightful and well paced
- By Anonymous User on 20-03-2022
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The Art of Invisibility
- The World's Most Famous Hacker Teaches You How to Be Safe in the Age of Big Brother and Big Data
- By: Kevin Mitnick
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
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In this explosive yet practical book, Kevin Mitnick illustrates what is happening without your knowledge - and he teaches you "the art of invisibility"....
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Mind Blowing
- By Joel on 22-02-2017
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Churchill
- The Power of Words
- By: Sir Winston Churchill, Martin Gilbert
- Narrated by: Fraser Wilson
- Length: 18 hrs and 31 mins
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Winston Churchill understood and wielded the power of words throughout his six decades in the public eye....
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Propaganda
- By: Edward Bernays, Mark Crispin Miller - introduction
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 4 hrs and 42 mins
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A seminal and controversial figure in the history of political thought and public relations....
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old ideas for a new world
- By stuart hearn on 14-09-2021
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Hate Inc.
- Why Today's Media Makes Us Despise One Another
- By: Matt Taibbi
- Narrated by: Robert Fass
- Length: 12 hrs and 9 mins
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Part tirade, part confessional from the celebrated Rolling Stone journalist, Hate Inc. reveals that what most people think of as "the news" is, in fact, a twisted wing of the entertainment business....
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Required reading for 2020's
- By Raf on 04-05-2020
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Rules for Radicals
- A Practical Primer for Realistic Radicals
- By: Saul D. Alinsky
- Narrated by: Scott Lange
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
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First published in 1971, Rules for Radicals is Saul Alinsky's impassioned counsel to young radicals on how to effect constructive social change....
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Insight into activism
- By Russell on 15-10-2020
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The Reckoning
- America’s Trauma and Finding a Way to Heal
- By: Mary L. Trump PhD
- Narrated by: Mary L. Trump PhD
- Length: 5 hrs and 30 mins
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The Reckoning will examine America's national trauma, rooted in its long history of slavery and civil rights abuses, but dramatically exacerbated by the impact of recent events and the Trump administration's corrupt and immoral policies....
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A Painful But Real Account of Where America is
- By Warren on 29-09-2021
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Democracy and Its Crisis
- By: A. C. Grayling
- Narrated by: Philip Franks
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
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A. C. Grayling investigates why the institutions of representative democracy seem unable to hold up against forces they were designed to manage and why, crucially, it matters....
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Blowout
- Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth
- By: Rachel Maddow
- Narrated by: Rachel Maddow
- Length: 15 hrs and 33 mins
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Award-winning American news presenter Rachel Maddow investigates remarkable stories from around the globe, all leading back to the same crooked source: the unimaginably lucrative and equally corrupting oil and gas industry....
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Excellent story
- By AJFriar on 06-06-2021