Political Science

Everyone condemns lying. Everyone lies. But what if deception is not merely a flaw in human civilization, but one of the forces that created it?From the propaganda carved into the temples of ancient Egypt to the deepfakes generated by artificial intelligence, lies have shaped governments...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. It focuses on the factors sustaining corruption in the church. Moving beyond conventional ideas of corruption associated with money, power, and politics, it exposes the deeper corruption of doctrine, character, leadership, worship, and Christian living...

"Welcome to our nice little Vietnam conflict, meatheads! Now sit the fuck down, shut the fuck up and listen like your life depends on it… 'cause it does!"March 1970. Staff Sergeant Mike Mitchell steps off a helicopter into the suffocating heat of Vietnam's Central Highlands with 355 days left...

What happens if technology keeps reducing scarcity? Much of today’s conversation asks whether artificial intelligence will save us or destroy us. The Abundance Papers asks a different question:What kind of future should humanity build with it? In twelve short, accessible papers, you explore...

Why do psychopaths run the world? Is it merely their thirst for power, or do they understand something deeper about human nature? For centuries, we have tried to explain power through morality, reason, and truth. The ruling class has a different theory. People do not follow truth. They follow...

Justice Samuel A. Alito elaborates on his judicial philosophy and reflects on the roles of the law, the Constitution, and the courts in preserving America’s spirit of liberty. “So Ordered reveals Justice Samuel Alito as a jurist of rare balance: deeply principled yet resolutely practical.”...

A bold rethinking of politics through Hannah Arendt's life and thought, arguing that friendship―not truth―is the fragile but necessary foundation of democratic life A World We Share sounds the warning that politics cannot be saved by truth alone. Against a tradition that elevates truth above...

Every story in this audiobook begins with a life shaped by love. Assisted dying is a question that reaches into the deepest parts of us, sitting at the intersection of medicine, morality and personal liberty. For decades, debates around legalisation have played out across the world, even as...

Dive into the gripping political history of succession wars, where rightful heirs and military coups battle for the crown. Perfect for your daily commute, this suspenseful journey transports you into the cutthroat courts of ancient Rome, Tudor England, and the Ottoman Empire. Discover how...

Every story in this audiobook begins with a life shaped by love. Assisted dying is a question that reaches into the deepest parts of us, sitting at the intersection of medicine, morality and personal liberty. For decades, debates around legalisation have played out across the world, even as...

In Harnessing Disruption, Sarah E. Kreps—a national security expert and military veteran—offers a fresh, clear-eyed framework for understanding the social and political dynamics that shape technological change. From nuclear weapons to AI, cryptocurrency, and social media, breakthrough...

How trauma became a weapon, by highly-acclaimed author of Virtue Hoarders Traumatized traces the emergence and triumph of the concept of trauma in public life. From shell-shock and PTSD to the power of Oprah Winfrey and the authentic personal brand, Liu weaves together the history of this now...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. In 1513, dismissed from office and exiled from Florence, Niccolò Machiavelli wrote a short book for the Medici on how a prince wins power and keeps it. Five centuries later The Prince is still the most famous and most argued-over handbook of political...

What would a truly free society look like—and how might we build it? In Proposed Roads to Freedom, Bertrand Russell examines socialism, anarchism, and syndicalism, exploring their competing answers to the problems of inequality, exploitation, and concentrated power. Beginning with the ideas of...

This fourth book of the series, The 20th Century and I is the love story of a recently graduated, immature, young man and his pursuit of both his true love and a successful career. Notably, his story is set in the backdrop of one of the most tumultuous decades in American history. In 1861...