Best Sellers
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Why Nations Fail
- The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
- Written by: Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 17 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall264
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Performance223
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Story222
NEW YORK TIMES AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER From two winners of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, “who have demonstrated the importance of societal institutions for a country’s prosperity” “A wildly ambitious work that hopscotches through history and around the world...
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Absolute waste of time
- By Vidhyaa K R on 14-02-21
Written by: Daron Acemoglu,
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Ninety Days
- The True Story of the Hunt for Rajiv Gandhi's Assassins [NOW A MAJOR WEB SERIES]
- Written by: Adwait Karambelkar, Anirudhya Mitra
- Narrated by: Adwait Karambelkar
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall54
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Performance47
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Story47
At 10.20 p.m. on 21 May 1991, a young woman bowed before Rajiv Gandhi at an election rally in Sriperumbudur, 42 km north of Chennai. And then there was an explosion. This book is the definitive account of one of the most controversial crimes in contemporary India. It unravels the complex plot...
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Listening to a mysterious investigation
- By vikas kumar on 14-10-25
Written by: Adwait Karambelkar,
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The Accidental Prime Minister
- The Making And Unmaking Of Manmohan Singh
- Written by: Sanjaya Baru
- Narrated by: Suyash Mohan
- Length: 13 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall99
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Performance82
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Story81
When The Accidental Prime Minister was published in 2014, it created a storm and became the publishing sensation of the year. The Prime Minister's Office called the book a work of 'fiction', the press hailed it as a revelatory account of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's first term in the...
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Respect to Dr Singh
- By Amazon Customer on 30-07-20
Written by: Sanjaya Baru
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These Seats Are Reserved
- Caste, Quotas and the Constitution of India
- Written by: Abhinav Chandrachud
- Narrated by: Anuj Datta
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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Performance3
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Story3
Reservation or affirmative action is a hugely controversial policy in India. While constitutionally mandated and with historians, political scientists and social activists convinced of its need, many resist it and consider it as compromising 'merit' and against the principle of equality of...
Written by: Abhinav Chandrachud
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Directorate S
- The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan
- Written by: Steve Coll
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 28 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall46
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Performance38
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Story37
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction Nominated for the National Book Award for Nonfiction From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Ghost Wars and The Achilles Trap, the epic and enthralling story of America's intelligence, military, and diplomatic efforts to...
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Insight of International Relations
- By shivesh s. on 24-01-19
Written by: Steve Coll
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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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Overall30
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Performance27
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Story27
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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Why Nations Fail
- The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
- Written by: Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 17 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall264
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Performance223
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Story222
NEW YORK TIMES AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER From two winners of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, “who have demonstrated the importance of societal institutions for a country’s prosperity” “A wildly ambitious work that hopscotches through history and around the world...
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Absolute waste of time
- By Vidhyaa K R on 14-02-21
Written by: Daron Acemoglu,
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Ninety Days
- The True Story of the Hunt for Rajiv Gandhi's Assassins [NOW A MAJOR WEB SERIES]
- Written by: Adwait Karambelkar, Anirudhya Mitra
- Narrated by: Adwait Karambelkar
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall54
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Performance47
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Story47
At 10.20 p.m. on 21 May 1991, a young woman bowed before Rajiv Gandhi at an election rally in Sriperumbudur, 42 km north of Chennai. And then there was an explosion. This book is the definitive account of one of the most controversial crimes in contemporary India. It unravels the complex plot...
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Listening to a mysterious investigation
- By vikas kumar on 14-10-25
Written by: Adwait Karambelkar,
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The Accidental Prime Minister
- The Making And Unmaking Of Manmohan Singh
- Written by: Sanjaya Baru
- Narrated by: Suyash Mohan
- Length: 13 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall99
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Performance82
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Story81
When The Accidental Prime Minister was published in 2014, it created a storm and became the publishing sensation of the year. The Prime Minister's Office called the book a work of 'fiction', the press hailed it as a revelatory account of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's first term in the...
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Respect to Dr Singh
- By Amazon Customer on 30-07-20
Written by: Sanjaya Baru
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These Seats Are Reserved
- Caste, Quotas and the Constitution of India
- Written by: Abhinav Chandrachud
- Narrated by: Anuj Datta
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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Performance3
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Story3
Reservation or affirmative action is a hugely controversial policy in India. While constitutionally mandated and with historians, political scientists and social activists convinced of its need, many resist it and consider it as compromising 'merit' and against the principle of equality of...
Written by: Abhinav Chandrachud
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Directorate S
- The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan
- Written by: Steve Coll
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 28 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall46
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Performance38
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Story37
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction Nominated for the National Book Award for Nonfiction From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Ghost Wars and The Achilles Trap, the epic and enthralling story of America's intelligence, military, and diplomatic efforts to...
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Insight of International Relations
- By shivesh s. on 24-01-19
Written by: Steve Coll
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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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Overall30
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Performance27
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Story27
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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The Dictator's Handbook
- Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics
- Written by: Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Alastair Smith
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 15 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall8
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Performance8
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Story8
“A lucidly written, shrewdly argued meditation on how democrats and dictators preserve political authority.” —Wall Street Journal Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith’s canonical book on political science turns conventional wisdom on its head. They start from a single proposition...
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Very good explanation
- By Amazon Customer on 23-09-23
Written by: Bruce Bueno de Mesquita,
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The Motorcycle Diaries
- Notes on a Latin American Journey
- Written by: Ernesto Che Guevara, Aleida Guevara - foreword
- Narrated by: Jason Manuel Olazabal
- Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6
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Performance5
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Story5
The Motorcycle Diaries is Che Guevara's diary of his journey to discover the continent of Latin America while still a medical student, setting out in 1952 on a vintage Norton motorcycle together with his friend Alberto Granado, a biochemist....
Written by: Ernesto Che Guevara,
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The Clash of Civilizations?
- Written by: Samuel P. Huntington
- Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
- Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall34
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Performance24
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Story23
World politics is entering a new phase, in which the great divisions among humankind and the dominating source of international conflict will be cultural....
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West Centric. Alert for Hindu agains China-Muslim
- By Priti Mishra on 22-08-20
Written by: Samuel P. Huntington
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The Exile
- The Flight of Osama bin Laden
- Written by: Cathy Scott-Clark, Adrian Levy
- Narrated by: Chris Kayser
- Length: 24 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall29
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Performance26
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Story27
The Exile joins Osama bin Laden as he escapes into Pakistan in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, bringing to vivid life the years leading up to his death spent on the run and in exile....
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Excellent read about the Al Qaeda leader's Run
- By Subhash S N on 01-01-19
Written by: Cathy Scott-Clark,
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The Great Partition
- The Making of India and Pakistan
- Written by: Yasmin Khan
- Narrated by: Jeed Saddy
- Length: 12 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance2
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Story2
This new edition of Yasmin Khan's reappraisal of the tumultuous India-Pakistan Partition features an introduction reflecting on the latest research and on ways in which commemoration of the Partition has changed, and considers the Partition in light of the current refugee crisis....
Written by: Yasmin Khan
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1947-1957, India
- The Birth of a Republic
- Written by: Chandrachur Ghose
- Narrated by: Dev J Haldar
- Length: 11 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance2
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Story2
The first decade after India's independence, 1947-1957, was probably the most crucial in the nation's history. Opening a window to this period, this book weaves a story out of the complex ideas and events that have largely remained beneath the surface of public discourse. The transfer of power...
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Poor Naration, dropped the title would read it rather
- By Panchajanya Choudhury on 28-11-24
Written by: Chandrachur Ghose
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The Verdict: Decoding India's Elections
- Written by: Prannoy Roy, Dorab R. Sopariwala
- Narrated by: Sumit Kaul
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall8
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Performance6
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Story6
What are the key factors that win or lose elections in India? What does, or does not, make India's democracy tick? Is this the end of anti-incumbency? Are opinion polls and exit polls reliable? How pervasive is the 'fear factor'? Does the Indian woman's vote matter? Does the selection of...
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Book is insightful, audio needs lot of work
- By Vidit on 08-05-24
Written by: Prannoy Roy,
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Pakistan's ISI
- A Concise History of the Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate
- Written by: Julian Richards
- Narrated by: Mike Cooper
- Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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Story1
Pakistan's ISI provides an up-to-date and detailed introduction to the ISI and its historical evolution.
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Good account of ISI activities
- By Deepak Sharma on 01-09-25
Written by: Julian Richards
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Ayodhya
- The Dark Night - The Secret History of Rama's Appearance In Babri Masjid
- Written by: Krishna Jha, Dhirendra K. Jha
- Narrated by: Pallavi Bharti
- Length: 6 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall13
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Performance11
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Story11
22 December 1949: A conspiracy that began with the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi culminated in the execution of the Ayodhya strategy. Late that night, a little-known sadhu, Abhiram Das, and his followers entered the Babri Masjid and planted an idol of Rama inside it. While it is known that the...
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Good on facts, Condescending opinions of the writer on the topic
- By Amazon Customer on 29-03-25
Written by: Krishna Jha,
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Government Gangsters
- The Deep State, the Truth, and the Battle for Our Democracy
- Written by: Kash Pramod Patel
- Narrated by: Richard Cefalos
- Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance2
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Story2
A sinister cabal of corrupt law enforcement personnel, intelligence agents, and military officials at the highest levels of government plotted to overthrow a president....
Written by: Kash Pramod Patel
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The Path to Power
- The Years of Lyndon Johnson
- Written by: Robert A. Caro
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 40 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall12
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Performance11
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Story11
This is the story of the rise to national power of a desperately poor young man from the Texas Hill Country....
Written by: Robert A. Caro
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Has China Won?
- The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy
- Written by: Kishore Mahbubani
- Narrated by: Aaron Abano
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall25
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Performance18
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Story18
From a former President of the United Nations Security Council, an authoritative look at the US, China, and the defining geopolitical contest of the twenty-first century “Mahbubani has written an excellent and important book on the biggest question in international affairs: how will the...
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Sounds like propaganda
- By Praful Nangia on 28-08-20
Written by: Kishore Mahbubani
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H-Pop
- The Secretive World of Hindutva Pop Stars
- Written by: Adwait Karambelkar, Kunal Purohit
- Narrated by: Adwait Karambelkar
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance2
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Story2
Can a song trigger a murder? Can a poem spark a riot? Can a book divide a people? Away from the gaze of mainstream urban media, across India's dusty, sleepy towns, a brand of popular culture is quietly seizing the imagination of millions, on the internet and off it. From catchy songs with...
Written by: Adwait Karambelkar,
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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
- Unabridged
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Overall18
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Performance12
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Story12
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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The Hunt for KSM
- Inside the Pursuit and Takedown of the Real 9/11 Mastermind, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
- Written by: Terry McDermott, Josh Meyer
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim
- Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3
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Performance2
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Story2
The definitive account of the decade-long pursuit and capture of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the terrorist mastermind of 9/11. Only minutes after United 175 plowed into the World Trade Center's South Tower, people in positions of power correctly suspected who was behind the assault: Osama bin Laden...
Written by: Terry McDermott,
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The Accidental Superpower
- Ten Years On
- Written by: Peter Zeihan
- Narrated by: Peter Zeihan
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance2
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Story2
With a new "10 years later" epilogue for every chapter, comes an eye-opening assessment of American power and deglobalization in the bestselling tradition of The World is Flat and The Next 100 Years. Near the end of the Second World War, the United States made a bold strategic gambit that...
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Excellent listen, looking forward to Peter's next release.
- By Anonymous User on 16-12-24
Written by: Peter Zeihan
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Monsoon
- The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power
- Written by: Robert D. Kaplan
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 13 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall14
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Performance13
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Story13
From best-selling author Robert D. Kaplan comes an examination of the Indian Ocean region - an area that will become crucial to global politics as the 21st century continues....
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covers a very wide scope successfully
- By Avi Pratap Singh on 17-03-24
Written by: Robert D. Kaplan
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Viceroys
- Written by: Christopher Lee
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Viceroys is the story of the British aristocracy sent to govern India during the reigns of five British monarchs. It is also the story of how the modern British identity was established....
Written by: Christopher Lee
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The End of India
- Written by: Khushwant Singh
- Narrated by: Rajiv Dadia
- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall39
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Performance31
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Story31
"I thought the nation was coming to an end,’ wrote Khushwant Singh, looking back on the violence of Partition that he was witness to over half a century ago. He believed then that he had seen the worst that India could do to herself. But after the violence in Gujarat in 2002, he had reason to...
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A must read book ! Every citizen must read !
- By Amazon Customer on 17-08-22
Written by: Khushwant Singh
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The Situation Room
- The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis
- Written by: George Stephanopoulos, Lisa Dickey
- Narrated by: George Stephanopoulos, Peter Ganim, Elisabeth Rodgers
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance2
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER George Stephanopoulos, the legendary political news host and former advisor to President Clinton, recounts the history-making crises from the place where twelve presidents made their highest-pressure decisions. No room better defines American power and its role in...
Written by: George Stephanopoulos,
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The Travels of Marco Polo
- Written by: Marco Polo, Rustichello da Pisa
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance2
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The Travels of Marco Polo is the account of Marco Polo's journey to China from Venice, and his discoveries as an emissary to the great Kublai Khan. Polo explores everywhere from Baghdad, Armenia and Russia to the Caspian Sea, the Gobi Desert and the small fishing villages of China....
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great description.
- By Rajendra Kumar on 16-07-25
Written by: Marco Polo,
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Presidents of War
- Written by: Michael Beschloss
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 26 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance2
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Story1
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From a preeminent presidential historian comes a “superb and important” (The New York Times Book Review) saga of America’s wartime chief executives “Fascinating and heartbreaking . . . timely . . . Beschloss’s broad scope lets you draw important...
Written by: Michael Beschloss
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The Scam That Shook a Nation
- The Nagarwala Scandal
- Written by: Adwait Karambelkar, Rasheed Kidwai, Prakash Patra
- Narrated by: Adwait Karambelkar
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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On 24 May 1971, based on a telephone call purportedly from Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her secretary P.N. Haksar, the chief cashier at the Parliament Street branch of the State Bank of India handed over Rs 60 lakh to a stranger posing as the PM's courier. The money was supposedly meant for...
Written by: Adwait Karambelkar,
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History of the Russian Revolution
- Written by: Leon Trotsky
- Narrated by: Jonathan Booth
- Length: 53 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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The Russian Revolution of 1917 was one of the most cataclysmic events in world history, profoundly shaping politics, international relations, social patterns, economics and science in the century that followed....
Written by: Leon Trotsky
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The Invisible Coup
- How American Elites and Foreign Powers Use Immigration as a Weapon
- Written by: Peter Schweizer
- Narrated by: Charles Constant
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Every day, ICE is arresting hundreds of illegal immigrants with a criminal record. They didn’t just come here. They were sent here. Our debates about immigration revolve around what happens with immigrants once they arrive. We need to start talking about who is sending them and why. For...
Written by: Peter Schweizer
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University
- A Reckoning
- Written by: Lee C. Bollinger
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 4 hrs and 8 mins
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The American university―one of the most successful institutions in human history―is facing an unprecedented assault from the president of the US. Experts on authoritarianism have drawn comparisons to other countries where strongmen subdued universities as part of their power grabs. Yet, as former Columbia president Lee C. Bollinger points out in his account of the university's significance, in such dire times, one has no choice but to state clearly and forcefully what one stands for.
Written by: Lee C. Bollinger
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Discrimination and Disparities
- Written by: Thomas Sowell
- Narrated by: Hassiem Muhammad
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An enlarged edition of Thomas Sowell's brilliant examination of the origins of economic disparities Economic and other outcomes differ vastly among individuals, groups, and nations. Many explanations have been offered for the differences. Some believe that those with less fortunate outcomes are...
Written by: Thomas Sowell
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Autocracy 2.0
- How China's Rise Reinvented Tyranny
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Compelling and incisive, Autocracy 2.0 is a must-listen for anyone seeking to understand China's meteoric rise and how today's autocrats are reshaping the technological frontier, governance, and the global balance of power.
Written by: Jennifer Lind
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Founding Fanatics
- Extremism and the Formation of American Democracy
- Written by: Noah Eber-Schmid
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Scholars and citizens have often assumed that dispassionate rationality, reciprocity, and nonviolent tolerance are necessary conditions for the sustained development of democracy. Accordingly, they reject oppositional parties that spurn consensus and terms of mutual respect—and often use force to accomplish their political goals—denouncing extremists as antidemocratic.
Written by: Noah Eber-Schmid
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Volga Blues
- A Journey into the Heart of Russia
- Written by: Marzio G. Mian, Elettra Pauletto - translator
- Narrated by: Rich Miller
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
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Since the invasion of Ukraine and ban on foreign reporters, Russia seems to have sunk into an even deeper shadow than in the darkest times of the Soviet Union. Only by presenting himself as an historian was Italian journalist Marzio G. Mian able to penetrate the Russian heartland, leading to his groundbreaking cover story for Harpers’ Magazine, “Behind the New Iron Curtain.”
Written by: Marzio G. Mian,
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The Invisible Coup
- How American Elites and Foreign Powers Use Immigration as a Weapon
- Written by: Peter Schweizer
- Narrated by: Charles Constant
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
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Every day, ICE is arresting hundreds of illegal immigrants with a criminal record. They didn’t just come here. They were sent here. Our debates about immigration revolve around what happens with immigrants once they arrive. We need to start talking about who is sending them and why. For...
Written by: Peter Schweizer
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University
- A Reckoning
- Written by: Lee C. Bollinger
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 4 hrs and 8 mins
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The American university―one of the most successful institutions in human history―is facing an unprecedented assault from the president of the US. Experts on authoritarianism have drawn comparisons to other countries where strongmen subdued universities as part of their power grabs. Yet, as former Columbia president Lee C. Bollinger points out in his account of the university's significance, in such dire times, one has no choice but to state clearly and forcefully what one stands for.
Written by: Lee C. Bollinger
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Discrimination and Disparities
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An enlarged edition of Thomas Sowell's brilliant examination of the origins of economic disparities Economic and other outcomes differ vastly among individuals, groups, and nations. Many explanations have been offered for the differences. Some believe that those with less fortunate outcomes are...
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Autocracy 2.0
- How China's Rise Reinvented Tyranny
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Compelling and incisive, Autocracy 2.0 is a must-listen for anyone seeking to understand China's meteoric rise and how today's autocrats are reshaping the technological frontier, governance, and the global balance of power.
Written by: Jennifer Lind
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Founding Fanatics
- Extremism and the Formation of American Democracy
- Written by: Noah Eber-Schmid
- Narrated by: Lyle Blaker
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
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Scholars and citizens have often assumed that dispassionate rationality, reciprocity, and nonviolent tolerance are necessary conditions for the sustained development of democracy. Accordingly, they reject oppositional parties that spurn consensus and terms of mutual respect—and often use force to accomplish their political goals—denouncing extremists as antidemocratic.
Written by: Noah Eber-Schmid
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Volga Blues
- A Journey into the Heart of Russia
- Written by: Marzio G. Mian, Elettra Pauletto - translator
- Narrated by: Rich Miller
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Since the invasion of Ukraine and ban on foreign reporters, Russia seems to have sunk into an even deeper shadow than in the darkest times of the Soviet Union. Only by presenting himself as an historian was Italian journalist Marzio G. Mian able to penetrate the Russian heartland, leading to his groundbreaking cover story for Harpers’ Magazine, “Behind the New Iron Curtain.”
Written by: Marzio G. Mian,
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Breaking the Engagement
- How China Won & Lost America
- Written by: David Shambaugh
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By focusing on the role of perceptions and US expectations in fueling the shift towards competition and rivalry in the last decade, Shambaugh provides a unique new perspective on this critical global relationship.
Written by: David Shambaugh
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NATO After Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
- Threat Perceptions and Their Consequences
- Written by: Jason W. Davidson
- Narrated by: Rich Miller
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
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When Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, analysts and policymakers highlighted the unifying shock that NATO members experienced. However even before the return of US president Donald Trump, beneath this seeming cohesion lay deep-seated differences in how member states perceive and prioritize security threats.
Written by: Jason W. Davidson
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Made in America
- The Hidden History of How the U.S. Enabled Communist China and Created Our Greatest Threat
- Written by: Xi Van Fleet, Yu Jie
- Narrated by: Cora Chang, Xi Van Fleet
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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From the acclaimed author of Mao’s America comes the untold story of how misguided and selfish U.S. elites transformed China from a Communist wasteland into a global superpower—at America’s expense. One of the most effective anti-communist voices in America today, Xi Van Fleet made waves...
Written by: Xi Van Fleet,
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Money, Parties, and Democracy
- Political Finance Between Fat Cats and Big Government
- Written by: Matteo Bonotti, Zim Nwokora
- Narrated by: Benjamin A. Onyango
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Democratic politics is expensive. In US presidential elections, for instance, total spending now exceeds $6.5 billion. In the US, election campaigns are largely funded by private donations from individuals and corporate entities, whereas in Germany, the state is the main funder of electoral politics through subventions to parties.
Written by: Matteo Bonotti,
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Where We Keep the Light
- Stories from a Life of Service
- Written by: Josh Shapiro
- Narrated by: Josh Shapiro
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Narrated by Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro himself, this audiobook offers a grounded and intimate portrait of life in public service. Where We Keep the Light is the story of public service and personal faith. From an early age, Josh Shapiro learned and practiced the power of showing up...
Written by: Josh Shapiro
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Russian Military Thought
- The Evolution of Strategy Since the Crimean War
- Written by: Gudrun Persson
- Narrated by: Kim Niemi
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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The development of the Russian military's strategic thought is an understudied and thus misunderstood subject in the West. Strategy in Russia encompasses the broader context of foreign and domestic policy as well as the military's ties to the country's leadership. The military's strategic thought is closely linked to Russia's existence as a state and explains patterns of Russian confrontation.
Written by: Gudrun Persson