- Constitutions (132)
Best Sellers
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The Prince (AmazonClassics Edition)
- Written by: Niccolò Machiavelli, William Kenaz Marriott - translator
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Direct and coldly pragmatic, Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince is the preeminent guide to winning and maintaining power at the highest levels....
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Priceless!!
- By DEVENDRA KUMAR ARYA on 19-11-23
Written by: Niccolò Machiavelli,
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The Revenge of Geography
- What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate
- Written by: Robert D. Kaplan
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 13 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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A brilliant rebuttal to thinkers who suggest that globalism will trump geography, this indispensable work shows how timeless truths and natural facts can help prevent this century's looming cataclysms....
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A decent book on the understanding of geography
- By Gaurav mohan on 15-03-19
Written by: Robert D. Kaplan
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Identity
- The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment
- Written by: Francis Fukuyama
- Narrated by: P. J. Ochlan
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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The New York Times best-selling author of The Origins of Political Order offers a provocative examination of modern identity politics: its origins, its effects, and what it means for domestic and international affairs of state....
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Seminal Addition to Polical Science
- By NASEEMA BEGUM on 08-09-20
Written by: Francis Fukuyama
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Strategy
- A History
- Written by: Lawrence Freedman
- Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
- Length: 32 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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In Strategy: A History, Sir Lawrence Freedman, one of the world's leading authorities on war and international politics, captures the vast history of strategic thinking....
Written by: Lawrence Freedman
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The Revenge of Power
- How Autocrats Are Reinventing Politics for the 21st Century
- Written by: Moisés Naím
- Narrated by: Larry Herron
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
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Moisés Naím’s The Revenge of Power is an urgent, thrilling, and original look at the future of democracy. It illuminates one of the most important battles of our time: the future of freedom and how to contain and defeat the autocrats mushrooming around the world....
Written by: Moisés Naím
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A Brief History of Equality
- Written by: Thomas Piketty
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
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The world’s leading economist of inequality presents a short but sweeping and surprisingly optimistic history of human progress toward equality despite crises, disasters, and backsliding, a perfect introduction to the ideas developed in his monumental earlier books....
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Democracy of Decision Making, in theory and practice
- By Placeholder on 26-03-24
Written by: Thomas Piketty
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The Prince (AmazonClassics Edition)
- Written by: Niccolò Machiavelli, William Kenaz Marriott - translator
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Direct and coldly pragmatic, Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince is the preeminent guide to winning and maintaining power at the highest levels....
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Priceless!!
- By DEVENDRA KUMAR ARYA on 19-11-23
Written by: Niccolò Machiavelli,
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The Revenge of Geography
- What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate
- Written by: Robert D. Kaplan
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 13 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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A brilliant rebuttal to thinkers who suggest that globalism will trump geography, this indispensable work shows how timeless truths and natural facts can help prevent this century's looming cataclysms....
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A decent book on the understanding of geography
- By Gaurav mohan on 15-03-19
Written by: Robert D. Kaplan
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Identity
- The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment
- Written by: Francis Fukuyama
- Narrated by: P. J. Ochlan
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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The New York Times best-selling author of The Origins of Political Order offers a provocative examination of modern identity politics: its origins, its effects, and what it means for domestic and international affairs of state....
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Seminal Addition to Polical Science
- By NASEEMA BEGUM on 08-09-20
Written by: Francis Fukuyama
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Strategy
- A History
- Written by: Lawrence Freedman
- Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
- Length: 32 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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In Strategy: A History, Sir Lawrence Freedman, one of the world's leading authorities on war and international politics, captures the vast history of strategic thinking....
Written by: Lawrence Freedman
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The Revenge of Power
- How Autocrats Are Reinventing Politics for the 21st Century
- Written by: Moisés Naím
- Narrated by: Larry Herron
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Moisés Naím’s The Revenge of Power is an urgent, thrilling, and original look at the future of democracy. It illuminates one of the most important battles of our time: the future of freedom and how to contain and defeat the autocrats mushrooming around the world....
Written by: Moisés Naím
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A Brief History of Equality
- Written by: Thomas Piketty
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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The world’s leading economist of inequality presents a short but sweeping and surprisingly optimistic history of human progress toward equality despite crises, disasters, and backsliding, a perfect introduction to the ideas developed in his monumental earlier books....
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Democracy of Decision Making, in theory and practice
- By Placeholder on 26-03-24
Written by: Thomas Piketty
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The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Written by: Clayborne Carson - editor, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
- Narrated by: Levar Burton
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
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He was a husband, a father, a preacher - and the preeminent leader of a movement that continues to transform?
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good read
- By Sumeet on 09-01-19
Written by: Clayborne Carson - editor,
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Six Days of War
- June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East
- Written by: Michael B. Oren
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 17 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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In Israel and the West, it is called the Six Day War. In the Arab world, it is known as the June War or, simply, as "the Setback"....
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Detailed account of a historic event
- By Kindle Customer on 09-07-22
Written by: Michael B. Oren
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Phenomena
- The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis
- Written by: Annie Jacobsen
- Narrated by: Annie Jacobsen
- Length: 17 hrs and 30 mins
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The definitive history of the military's decades-long investigation into mental powers and phenomena....
Written by: Annie Jacobsen
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The Lemon Tree
- Written by: Sandy Tolan
- Narrated by: Sandy Tolan
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
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In 1967, not long after the Six-Day War, three young Arab men ventured into the town of Ramle, in what is now Jewish Israel....
Written by: Sandy Tolan
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Seeing Like a State
- Written by: James C. Scott
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer
- Length: 16 hrs and 6 mins
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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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Could not put this down
- By Anonymous User on 20-01-22
Written by: James C. Scott
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Hegemony or Survival
- America's Quest for Global Dominance
- Written by: Noam Chomsky
- Narrated by: Brian Jones, Noam Chomsky
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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For more than half a century, the United States has been pursuing a grand imperial strategy with the aim of staking out the globe...
Written by: Noam Chomsky
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The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution
- Written by: Francis Fukuyama
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 22 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Virtually all human societies were once organized tribally, yet over time most developed new political institutions which included a central state....
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mixed
- By Amit K Thakur on 11-07-20
Written by: Francis Fukuyama
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Failed States
- The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy
- Written by: Noam Chomsky
- Narrated by: Alan Sklar
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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The United States has repeatedly asserted its right to intervene militarily against "failed states" around the globe....
Written by: Noam Chomsky
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Amritsar
- Mrs Gandhi's Last Battle
- Written by: Mark Tully, Satish Jacob
- Narrated by: Homer Todiwala
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
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On 5th June 1984, the Indian army began its attack on the complex at Amritsar, which houses the two most sacred shrines....
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Awesome book, Awful Narration
- By RabidReader on 03-06-19
Written by: Mark Tully,
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How to Win Friends and Influence Enemies
- Taking On Liberal Arguments with Logic and Humor
- Written by: Will Witt
- Narrated by: Will Witt
- Length: 4 hrs and 39 mins
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Political commentator and media personality Will Witt gives young conservatives the ammunition they need to fight back against the liberal media....
Written by: Will Witt
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Political Order and Political Decay
- From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy
- Written by: Francis Fukuyama
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 24 hrs and 1 min
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Taking up the essential question of how societies develop strong, impersonal, and accountable political institutions, Fukuyama follows the story from the French Revolution to the so-called Arab Spring....
Written by: Francis Fukuyama
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Capital: Volume 1
- A Critique of Political Economy
- Written by: Karl Marx, Samuel Moore - translation, Edward Aveling - translation
- Narrated by: Derek Le Page
- Length: 43 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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It can be said of very few books that the world was changed as a result of its publication - but this is certainly the case of Capital: A Critique of Political Economy by Karl Marx....
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One of the best books in history...
- By Twahir Alam on 06-11-21
Written by: Karl Marx,
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The Communist Manifesto
- Penguin Classics
- Written by: Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx
- Narrated by: Arinze Kene
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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The Communist Manifesto (1848), Marx and Engels' revolutionary summons to the working classes, is one of the most important and influential political theories ever formulated....
Written by: Friedrich Engels,
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The Republic
- Written by: Plato
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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The Republic is a classic work by an ancient Greek philosopher Plato. There is one of the most famous dialogues of Plato about the arrangement of the...
Written by: Plato
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The Fourth Turning
- What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny
- Written by: William Strauss, Neil Howe
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 19 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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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 Millennials have to play....
Written by: William Strauss,
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The End of History and the Last Man
- Written by: Francis Fukuyama
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 15 hrs and 51 mins
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Ever since its first publication in 1992, The End of History and the Last Man has provoked controversy and debate. Francis Fukuyama's prescient analysis of religious fundamentalism, politics, scientific progress, ethical codes, and war is essential....
Written by: Francis Fukuyama
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Capital: All Volumes & The Communist Manifesto
- Written by: Karl Marx, Frederich Engels
- Narrated by: Malk Williams
- Length: 109 hrs and 11 mins
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This audiobook contains all 3 volumes of Capital, as well as Marx and Engel's most renowned work, The Communist Manifesto....
Written by: Karl Marx,
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The Jakarta Method
- Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program That Shaped Our World
- Written by: Vincent Bevins
- Narrated by: Tim Paige
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
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In 1965, the US government helped the Indonesian military kill approximately one million innocent civilians. This was one of the most important turning points of the 20th century, eliminating the largest communist party outside China and the USSR and inspiring copycat terror programs....
Written by: Vincent Bevins
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Understanding Power
- The Indispensable Chomsky
- Written by: Noam Chomsky, John Schoeffel - editor, Peter R. Mitchell - editor
- Narrated by: Robin Bloodworth
- Length: 22 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Noam Chomsky is universally accepted as one of the preeminent public intellectuals of the modern era....
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Interesting and good book
- By Amazon Customer on 20-10-21
Written by: Noam Chomsky,
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The Communist Manifesto
- With an Introduction by Yanis Varoufakis
- Written by: Karl Marx, Yanis Varoufakis - introduction
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh, Yanis Varoufakis
- Length: 2 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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The Communist Manifesto is a timeless classic providing intelligent insight into socialism, communism and today's group identity politics. This edition includes a new introduction by the economist and best-selling author of Adults in the Room, Yanis Varoufakis....
Written by: Karl Marx,
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How States Think
- The Rationality of Foreign Policy
- Written by: John J. Mearsheimer, Sebastian Rosato
- Narrated by: Mack Sanderson
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
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To understand world politics, you need to understand how states think. Are states rational? Much of international relations theory assumes that they are. But many scholars believe that political leaders rarely act rationally....
Written by: John J. Mearsheimer,
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The Future of Power
- Its Changing Nature and Use in the Twenty-first Century
- Written by: Joseph Nye
- Narrated by: Erik Synnestvedt
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
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In the 16th century, control of colonies and gold bullion gave Spain the edge...
Written by: Joseph Nye
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Nation of Victims
- Identity Politics, the Death of Merit, and the Path Back to Excellence
- Written by: Vivek Ramaswamy
- Narrated by: Timothy Pabon
- Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
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The New York Times bestselling author of Woke Inc. makes the case that the essence of true American identity is to pursue excellence unapologetically and reject victimhood culture....
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Vivek's clarity of thought is splendid!
- By Ajay Eapen Gopal on 10-05-23
Written by: Vivek Ramaswamy
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Assad or We Burn the Country
- How One Family's Lust for Power Destroyed Syria
- Written by: Sam Dagher
- Narrated by: Gary Tiedemann
- Length: 19 hrs and 52 mins
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From a Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist specializing in the Middle East, this groundbreaking account of the Syrian Civil War reveals the never-before-published true story of a 21st-century humanitarian disaster....
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Must Read
- By sthaVIRAT on 04-11-22
Written by: Sam Dagher
New Releases
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50+ Classic Collection. Political Science
- The Art of War, the Republic, the Athenian Constitution, the Prince, Utopia, Common Sense, Utilitarianism, Marxism, Anarchism, Socialism
- Written by: Sun Tzu, Lao Tzu, Plato,
- Narrated by: Kenneth Elliot, Alfred Costa, Peter Coates,
- Length: 61 hrs and 7 mins
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Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and laws.
Written by: Sun Tzu,
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Vladimir Lenin Collection
- The State and Revolution, the Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism
- Written by: Vladimir Lenin
- Narrated by: Andrew Roberts, Mark Bowen
- Length: 4 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism, by Lenin, is a concise article that examines the historical roots, essence, and content of Marxist teaching. Lenin wrote it on the 30th anniversary of the death of Karl Marx. Soviet propaganda makers lifted a key quote from the article to use as a slogan for posters, inscriptions on monuments, or other propaganda purposes. The phrase was: "The might of Marx's teaching is in its truth."
Written by: Vladimir Lenin
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The Law
- Written by: Frédéric Bastiat
- Narrated by: Ronald Eastwood
- Length: 2 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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"The Law" by Frédéric Bastiat is a seminal work in political philosophy and economics, offering a robust defense of individual liberty and property rights against the encroachments of government.
Written by: Frédéric Bastiat
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I Am the Law
- How Judge Dredd Predicted Our Future
- Written by: Michael Molcher
- Narrated by: Keval Shah
- Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Judge, jury, and executioner, Judge Dredd is the brutal comic book cop policing the chaotic future urban jungle of Mega-City One, created by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra and launching in the pages of 2000 AD in 1977. But what began as a sci-fi action comic quickly evolved into a searing satire on hardline, militarized policing and "law and order" politics, its endless inventiveness and ironic humor acting as a prophetic warning about our world today—and with important lessons for our future.
Written by: Michael Molcher
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Les maîtres de la manipulation
- Un siècle de persuasion de masse
- Written by: David Colon
- Narrated by: Laurent Moreau
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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On les appelle spin doctors, génies du faire croire, persuadeurs clandestins ou ingénieurs des âmes. Publicitaires, communicants, cinéastes ou propagandistes politiques, ces hommes ont en commun d’être passés maîtres dans l’art de la manipulation de masse. Ils bouleversent les règles du jeu politique, font et défont des élections, fabriquent le consentement, défendent les intérêts d’industries polluantes, influencent à leur insu le comportement de millions d’individus.
Written by: David Colon
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Radical Politics
- On the Causes of Contemporary Emancipation
- Written by: Peter D. Thomas
- Narrated by: John Keating
- Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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The last twenty years have witnessed a proliferation of radical social and political movements around the world. From the International Women's Strike and Occupy, to #BlackLivesMatter and direct action against the climate emergency, a series of common questions have re-emerged as immediate and practical challenges. How should radical political movements relate to the state? What makes emancipatory politics fundamentally different from both technocratic and populist models of "politics as usual"?
Written by: Peter D. Thomas
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50+ Classic Collection. Political Science
- The Art of War, the Republic, the Athenian Constitution, the Prince, Utopia, Common Sense, Utilitarianism, Marxism, Anarchism, Socialism
- Written by: Sun Tzu, Lao Tzu, Plato,
- Narrated by: Kenneth Elliot, Alfred Costa, Peter Coates,
- Length: 61 hrs and 7 mins
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Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and laws.
Written by: Sun Tzu,
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Vladimir Lenin Collection
- The State and Revolution, the Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism
- Written by: Vladimir Lenin
- Narrated by: Andrew Roberts, Mark Bowen
- Length: 4 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism, by Lenin, is a concise article that examines the historical roots, essence, and content of Marxist teaching. Lenin wrote it on the 30th anniversary of the death of Karl Marx. Soviet propaganda makers lifted a key quote from the article to use as a slogan for posters, inscriptions on monuments, or other propaganda purposes. The phrase was: "The might of Marx's teaching is in its truth."
Written by: Vladimir Lenin
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The Law
- Written by: Frédéric Bastiat
- Narrated by: Ronald Eastwood
- Length: 2 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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"The Law" by Frédéric Bastiat is a seminal work in political philosophy and economics, offering a robust defense of individual liberty and property rights against the encroachments of government.
Written by: Frédéric Bastiat
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I Am the Law
- How Judge Dredd Predicted Our Future
- Written by: Michael Molcher
- Narrated by: Keval Shah
- Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Judge, jury, and executioner, Judge Dredd is the brutal comic book cop policing the chaotic future urban jungle of Mega-City One, created by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra and launching in the pages of 2000 AD in 1977. But what began as a sci-fi action comic quickly evolved into a searing satire on hardline, militarized policing and "law and order" politics, its endless inventiveness and ironic humor acting as a prophetic warning about our world today—and with important lessons for our future.
Written by: Michael Molcher
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Les maîtres de la manipulation
- Un siècle de persuasion de masse
- Written by: David Colon
- Narrated by: Laurent Moreau
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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On les appelle spin doctors, génies du faire croire, persuadeurs clandestins ou ingénieurs des âmes. Publicitaires, communicants, cinéastes ou propagandistes politiques, ces hommes ont en commun d’être passés maîtres dans l’art de la manipulation de masse. Ils bouleversent les règles du jeu politique, font et défont des élections, fabriquent le consentement, défendent les intérêts d’industries polluantes, influencent à leur insu le comportement de millions d’individus.
Written by: David Colon
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Radical Politics
- On the Causes of Contemporary Emancipation
- Written by: Peter D. Thomas
- Narrated by: John Keating
- Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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The last twenty years have witnessed a proliferation of radical social and political movements around the world. From the International Women's Strike and Occupy, to #BlackLivesMatter and direct action against the climate emergency, a series of common questions have re-emerged as immediate and practical challenges. How should radical political movements relate to the state? What makes emancipatory politics fundamentally different from both technocratic and populist models of "politics as usual"?
Written by: Peter D. Thomas
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American Presidents in Diplomacy and War
- Statecraft, Foreign Policy, and Leadership
- Written by: Thomas R. Parker
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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American Presidents in Diplomacy and War chronicles the major foreign policy crises faced by twelve American presidents in order to uncover the reoccurring patterns of successful and less successful uses of diplomatic, economic, and military power. In this book, Thomas R. Parker reveals how America's most successful leaders manage events instead of allowing events to control them.
Written by: Thomas R. Parker
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America Last
- The Right's Century-Long Romance with Foreign Dictators
- Written by: Jacob Heilbrunn
- Narrated by: Kent Klineman
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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America Last is a guide for the perplexed, identifying and tracing a persuasion—or the "illiberal imagination"—that has animated conservative politics for a century now. Since the 1940s, the Right has railed against communist fellow travelers in America. Heilbrunn finally corrects the record, showing that dictator worship is a longstanding tradition within modern American conservatism that cannot be ignored—and what it means for us today.
Written by: Jacob Heilbrunn
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Deals mit Diktaturen [Deals with Dictatorships]
- Eine andere Geschichte der Bundesrepublik [Another History of the Federal Republic]
- Written by: Frank Bosch
- Narrated by: Thomas Höricht
- Length: 19 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Der Umgang mit Diktatoren—von rechten Generälen über kommunistische Generalsekretäre bis hin zu den Autokraten der „Dritten Welt“—hat die bundesdeutsche Demokratie von Anfang an herausgefordert. Frank Bösch zeigt auf der Grundlage umfassender Archivrecherchen, welche Interessen dabei öffentlich und in den Hinterzimmern im Spiel waren und über welche offiziellen und obskuren Kanäle Deals eingefädelt wurden. Er beschreibt, wie die Öffentlichkeit beeinflusst wurde, wie sie reagierte und wie unter gesellschaftlichem Druck allmählich Werte und Sanktionen eine größere Rolle spielten.
Written by: Frank Bosch
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Trolling Ourselves to Death
- Democracy in the Age of Social Media (Oxford Studies in Digital Politics)
- Written by: Jason Hannan
- Narrated by: Ray Greenley
- Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Almost forty years ago, Neil Postman argued that television had brought about a fundamental transformation to democracy. By turning entertainment into our supreme ideology, television had recreated public discourse in its image and converted democracy into show business. In Trolling Ourselves to Death, Jason Hannan builds on Postman's classic thesis, arguing that we are now not so much amusing, as trolling ourselves to death. Contrary to the popular view of the troll as an exclusively anonymous online prankster, Hannan asserts that trolls have emerged from the cave, so to speak.
Written by: Jason Hannan
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American Patriots
- A Short History of Dissent
- Written by: Ralph Young
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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In American Patriots, historian Ralph Young chronicles the key role dissent has played in shaping the United States. Some of these protesters are celebrated heroes of American history, while others are ordinary people, frequently overlooked, whose stories show that change is often accomplished through grassroots activism. Yet not all dissent is equal. In 2021, thousands of rioters stormed the US Capitol, and Americans on both sides of the aisle watched the destruction with horror. American Patriots contrasts this attack with the history of American protest.
Written by: Ralph Young
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Adventures in Democracy
- The Turbulent World of People Power
- Written by: Erica Benner
- Narrated by: Louise Brealey
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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In a hyper-competitive world obsessed with rankings, super-wealth and greatness, how can we live up to democratic ideals of equality? Erica Benner has spent a lifetime thinking about these questions from different angles in different countries. Adventures in Democracy draws on her experiences and the deep history of democracies - in ancient Rome and Athens, the American and French revolutions and Renaissance Florence - to offer an unflinching portrait of modern democracy.
Written by: Erica Benner
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Nationalized Politics
- Evaluating Electoral Politics Across Time
- Written by: Jamie L. Carson, Joel Sievert, Ryan D. Williamson
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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In the United States, politics has become increasingly nationalized in recent years as voter decision-making is now driven by partisan or national political forces rather than the attributes of individual candidates. Indeed, voters now seem more concerned with which of the two national parties will be in power across all levels of government as opposed to which candidate will represent them individually. Nationalized Politics asks and answers the question, "how has nationalization influenced elections across different political eras?"
Written by: Jamie L. Carson,
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The Grounds of Political Legitimacy
- Written by: Fabienne Peter
- Narrated by: Eva Wilhelm
- Length: 10 hrs
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Peter argues that the legitimacy of political decisions doesn't just depend on respect for the citizens' will; and defends a novel hybrid conception of political legitimacy, called the Epistemic Accountability conception. According to this conception, political legitimacy also depends on how political decision-making responds to evidence for what there is most reason to do.
Written by: Fabienne Peter
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Robert's Rules of Order Fast Track
- The Brief and Easy Guide to Parliamentary Procedure for the Modern Meeting
- Written by: Jim Slaughter
- Narrated by: Greg Lockett
- Length: 5 hrs and 4 mins
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Easy, accessible, and to the point. Robert's Rules of Order gives you everything you need to know to conduct shorter, fairer, and more orderly meetings. In this new and improved update, you'll find: the fundamentals of parliamentary procedure, with tips on knowing which rules to use for your meetings; simple suggestions for making, seconding, and debating motions; a primer on voting, from knowing when it's required, to breaking ties, to handling absentee and proxy votes; straightforward strategies for setting and sticking to an agenda and efficiently recording your meeting's minutes and more.
Written by: Jim Slaughter
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The Picnic
- An Escape to Freedom and the Collapse of the Iron Curtain
- Written by: Matthew Longo
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
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In August 1989, a group of Hungarian activists did the unthinkable: they entered the forbidden militarised zone of the Iron Curtain - and held a picnic. Drawing on dozens of original interviews with those involved - activists and border guards, escapees and secret police, as well as the last Communist prime minister of Hungary - Matthew Longo reconstructs not only this remarkable event but also its complex and bittersweet aftermath.
Written by: Matthew Longo
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Gun Country
- Gun Capitalism, Culture, and Control in Cold War America
- Written by: Andrew C. McKevitt
- Narrated by: Bob Johnson
- Length: 13 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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When gun control legislation emerged in the 1960s, many Americans, accustomed to the unregulated postwar bounty of cheap guns and fearful of Soviet invasion, domestic subversion, and urban uprisings, fiercely challenged it. Meanwhile, gun control groups were diverted from their abolitionist roots toward a conciliatory, fundraising-focused strategy that struggled to limit the stockpiling of firearms. Gun Country recasts the story of guns in postwar America as one of Cold War and racial anxieties, unfettered capitalism, and exceptional violence that continues to haunt us.
Written by: Andrew C. McKevitt
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American Epic
- Reading the U.S. Constitution
- Written by: Garrett Epps
- Narrated by: Lee Goettl
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
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In 1987, E. L. Doctorow celebrated the Constitution's bicentennial by reading it. "It is five thousand words long but reads like fifty thousand," he said. Distinguished legal scholar Garrett Epps disagrees. It's about 7,500 words. In American Epic, Epps takes us through a complete reading of the Constitution to achieve an appreciation of its power and a holistic understanding of what it says. In this book he seeks not to provide a definitive interpretation, but to listen to the language and ponder its meaning.
Written by: Garrett Epps