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How to Have Impossible Conversations
- A Very Practical Guide
- Written by: Peter Boghossian, James Lindsay
- Narrated by: Peter Boghossian
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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From politics and religion to workplace negotiations, ace the high-stakes conversations in your life with this indispensable guide from a persuasion expert....
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Good book.
- By Vibhor Gupta on 05-06-21
Written by: Peter Boghossian,
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The Revolt of The Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
- Written by: Martin Gurri
- Narrated by: Tony Messano
- Length: 13 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Originally published in 2014, this updated edition of The Revolt of the Public includes an extensive analysis of Donald Trump's improbable rise to the presidency and the electoral triumphs of Brexit and concludes with a speculative look forward....
Written by: Martin Gurri
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Rules for Radicals
- A Practical Primer for Realistic Radicals
- Written by: Saul D. Alinsky
- Narrated by: Scott Lange
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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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....
Written by: Saul D. Alinsky
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The Toolbox
- Strategies for Crafting Social Impact
- Written by: Jacob Harold
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Toolbox: Strategies for Crafting Social Impact, celebrated nonprofit executive Jacob Harold delivers an expert guide to doing good in the twenty-first century....
Written by: Jacob Harold
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Ask More
- The Power of Questions to Open Doors, Uncover Solutions, and Spark Change
- Written by: Frank Sesno, Wolf Blitzer - foreword
- Narrated by: Frank Sesno, Wolf Blitzer
- Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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What hidden skill links successful people in all walks of life? What helps them make smart decisions? The answer is surprisingly simple: They know how to ask the right questions at the right time....
Written by: Frank Sesno,
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White Torture
- Interviews with Iranian Women Prisoners
- Written by: Narges Mohammadi
- Narrated by: Siiri Scott
- Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Female prisoners of conscience and activists speak out against torture in Iranian prisons....
Written by: Narges Mohammadi
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How to Have Impossible Conversations
- A Very Practical Guide
- Written by: Peter Boghossian, James Lindsay
- Narrated by: Peter Boghossian
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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From politics and religion to workplace negotiations, ace the high-stakes conversations in your life with this indispensable guide from a persuasion expert....
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Good book.
- By Vibhor Gupta on 05-06-21
Written by: Peter Boghossian,
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The Revolt of The Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
- Written by: Martin Gurri
- Narrated by: Tony Messano
- Length: 13 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Originally published in 2014, this updated edition of The Revolt of the Public includes an extensive analysis of Donald Trump's improbable rise to the presidency and the electoral triumphs of Brexit and concludes with a speculative look forward....
Written by: Martin Gurri
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Rules for Radicals
- A Practical Primer for Realistic Radicals
- Written by: Saul D. Alinsky
- Narrated by: Scott Lange
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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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....
Written by: Saul D. Alinsky
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The Toolbox
- Strategies for Crafting Social Impact
- Written by: Jacob Harold
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Toolbox: Strategies for Crafting Social Impact, celebrated nonprofit executive Jacob Harold delivers an expert guide to doing good in the twenty-first century....
Written by: Jacob Harold
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Ask More
- The Power of Questions to Open Doors, Uncover Solutions, and Spark Change
- Written by: Frank Sesno, Wolf Blitzer - foreword
- Narrated by: Frank Sesno, Wolf Blitzer
- Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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What hidden skill links successful people in all walks of life? What helps them make smart decisions? The answer is surprisingly simple: They know how to ask the right questions at the right time....
Written by: Frank Sesno,
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White Torture
- Interviews with Iranian Women Prisoners
- Written by: Narges Mohammadi
- Narrated by: Siiri Scott
- Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Female prisoners of conscience and activists speak out against torture in Iranian prisons....
Written by: Narges Mohammadi
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Mortal Republic
- How Rome Fell into Tyranny
- Written by: Edward J. Watts
- Narrated by: Matt Kugler
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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In Mortal Republic, prize-winning historian Edward J. Watts offers a new history of the fall of the Roman Republic that explains why Rome exchanged freedom for autocracy. Listen to learn more....
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History Repeats itself !! Magnificent Book
- By William of Baskerville on 13-01-21
Written by: Edward J. Watts
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Citizens
- Why the Key to Fixing Everything Is All of Us
- Written by: Jon Alexander
- Narrated by: Jon Alexander, Brian Eno
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
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"Citizens" opens up a new way of understanding ourselves and shows us what we must do to survive and thrive – as individuals, as...
Written by: Jon Alexander
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A True History of the United States
- Indigenous Genocide, Racialized Slavery, Hyper-Capitalism, Militarist Imperialism and Other Overlooked Aspects of American Exceptionalism (Sunlight Editions)
- Written by: Daniel Sjursen
- Narrated by: Daniel Sjursen
- Length: 24 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Brilliant, listenable, and raw. Maj. (ret.) Danny Sjursen, who served combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and later taught history at West Point, delivers a true epic and the perfect companion to Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States....
Written by: Daniel Sjursen
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The Dying Citizen
- How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Globalization Are Destroying the Idea of America
- Written by: Victor Davis Hanson
- Narrated by: James Edward Thomas
- Length: 15 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Human history is full of the stories of peasants, subjects, and tribes. Yet the concept of the “citizen” is historically rare — and was among America’s most valued ideals for over two centuries....
Written by: Victor Davis Hanson
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How We Show Up
- Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community
- Written by: Mia Birdsong
- Narrated by: Mia Birdsong
- Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
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After almost every presentation activist and writer Mia Birdsong gives to executives, think tanks, and policy makers, one of those leaders quietly confesses how much they long for the profound community she describes....
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Enjoyed listening...
- By Bharani on 26-11-22
Written by: Mia Birdsong
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To Save Everything, Click Here
- The Folly of Technological Solutionism
- Written by: Evgeny Morozov
- Narrated by: Stephen Hoye
- Length: 15 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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In the very near future, smart technologies and big data will allow us to make large-scale and sophisticated interventions in politics, culture, and everyday life....
Written by: Evgeny Morozov
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The Case Against Free Speech
- The First Amendment, Fascism, and the Future of Dissent
- Written by: P. E. Moskowitz
- Narrated by: Robin Eller
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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A hard-hitting expose that shines a light on the powerful conservative forces that have waged a multi-decade battle to hijack the meaning of free speech - and how we can reclaim it....
Written by: P. E. Moskowitz
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Tailspin
- The People and Forces Behind America's Fifty-Year Fall - and Those Fighting to Reverse It
- Written by: Steven Brill
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 16 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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In this revelatory narrative covering the years 1967 to 2017, Steven Brill gives us a stunningly cogent picture of the broken system at the heart of our society....
Written by: Steven Brill
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Memes to Movements
- How the World's Most Viral Media Is Changing Social Protest and Power
- Written by: An Xiao Mina
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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A global exploration of the Internet meme as an agent of pop culture, politics, protest, and propaganda on and offline and how they will save or destroy us all....
Written by: An Xiao Mina
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Myth America
- Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past
- Written by: Kevin M. Kruse, Julian E. Zelizer
- Narrated by: Allan Aquino, Maleah Woodley, Todd Menesses,
- Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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America’s top historians set the record straight on the most pernicious myths about our nation’s past....
Written by: Kevin M. Kruse,
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Cracking the Code
- Written by: Thom Hartmann
- Narrated by: Lloyd James
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Thom Hartmann draws on his background as a psychotherapist, advertising executive and national radio host to break down the structure for effective communication....
Written by: Thom Hartmann
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Every Citizen a Statesman
- The Dream of a Democratic Foreign Policy in the American Century
- Written by: David Allen
- Narrated by: Lyle Blaker
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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For much of the twentieth century, officials, activists, and academics worked to foster an informed public that would embrace participation in foreign policy as a civic duty. Every Citizen a Statesman recounts an abandoned effort to create a democratic foreign policy....
Written by: David Allen
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The Founders' Speech to a Nation in Crisis
- What the Founders Would Say to America Today
- Written by: Steven Rabb
- Narrated by: Steven Rabb
- Length: 3 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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The Founders' Speech to a Nation in Crisis is a tapestry of the Founders' own words, written in 10 chapters and woven into a single, powerful speech and call to action for every American....
Written by: Steven Rabb
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Activist
- Portraits of Courage
- Written by: KK Ottesen
- Narrated by: KK Ottesen, Various Contributors
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
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Activism begins in small ways and in unexpected places. In this inspiring audiobook, over 40 activists recount the experiences that sparked their journeys and share the beliefs that keep them going....
Written by: KK Ottesen
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The Millennial's Guide to Changing the World
- A New Generation's Handbook to Being Yourself and Living with Purpose
- Written by: Alison Lea Sher
- Narrated by: Carly Robins
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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What does it mean to be a millennial in this chaotic world? Beyond Snapchat and Tinder, the consumerist culture we’ve inherited, and quarter-life crises, can a millennial aspire to more? Find out....
Written by: Alison Lea Sher
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We Rise
- The Earth Guardians Guide to Building a Movement That Restores the Planet
- Written by: Xiuhtezcatl Martinez
- Narrated by: Drew Caiden
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Sixteen-year-old climate activist Xiuhtezcatl Martinez and his group the Earth Guardians believe that choices made now will have a lasting impact on the world of tomorrow....
Written by: Xiuhtezcatl Martinez
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The Occupy Handbook
- Written by: Paul Krugman, Michael Lewis, Amy Goodman,
- Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell, Worthen Worthen, Dikan Tulane
- Length: 17 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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A guide to the occupation, The Occupy Handbook is a source for understanding why 1% of the people in America take almost a quarter of the nation's income....
Written by: Paul Krugman,
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Them
- Why We Hate Each Other - and How to Heal
- Written by: Ben Sasse
- Narrated by: Ben Sasse
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Something is wrong. We all know it. American life expectancy is declining for a third straight year. Birth rates are dropping. Nearly half of us think the other political party isn’t just wrong; they’re evil....
Written by: Ben Sasse
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The Common Good
- Written by: Robert B. Reich
- Narrated by: Robert B. Reich
- Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
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Robert B. Reich makes a powerful case for the expansion of America’s moral imagination. Rooting his argument in common sense and everyday reality, he demonstrates that a common good constitutes the very essence of any society or nation....
Written by: Robert B. Reich
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We Need to Build
- Field Notes for Diverse Democracy
- Written by: Eboo Patel
- Narrated by: Vikas Adam
- Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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From the former faith adviser to President Obama comes an inspirational guide for those who seek to promote positive social change and build a more diverse and just democracy....
Written by: Eboo Patel
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The Original Compromise
- What the Constitution's Framers Were Really Thinking
- Written by: David Robertson
- Narrated by: Clinton Wade
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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The eighty-five famous essays by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay - known collectively as the Federalist Papers - comprise the lens through which we typically view the ideas behind the U.S. Constitution. But we are wrong to do so....
Written by: David Robertson
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You're More Powerful Than You Think
- A Citizen's Guide to Making Change Happen
- Written by: Eric Liu
- Narrated by: Eric Liu
- Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Is this the America you want? If not, here's how to claim the power to change your country. We are in an age of epic political turbulence in America....
Written by: Eric Liu
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Climate Courage
- How Tackling Climate Change Can Build Community, Transform the Economy, and Bridge the Political Divide in America
- Written by: Andreas Karelas, Katharine Hayhoe
- Narrated by: Sean Duffy
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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How Americans can take action in their own communities and unite across the political spectrum in pursuit of solutions to climate change....
Written by: Andreas Karelas,
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The Fight for China's Future
- Civil Society vs. the Chinese Communist Party
- Written by: Willy Wo-Lap Lam
- Narrated by: Richard Pryal
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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The Fight for China’s Future throws light on the quintessence of 21st century Chinese politics through the prism of the struggle between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and China’s vibrant intelligentsia and civil society....
Written by: Willy Wo-Lap Lam