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The case against Lyndon B. Johnson and his role in Kennedy's assassination has never been sounder. LBJ aims to prove that Vice President Johnson played an active role in the assassination of President Kennedy and that he began planning his takeover of the U.S. presidency even before being named the vice presidential nominee in 1960. Nelson's careful and meticulous research has led him to uncover secrets from one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in our country's history.

We all know that the very rich have gotten a lot richer these past few decades while most Americans haven't. In fact, the exorbitantly paid have continued to thrive during the current economic crisis, even as the rest of Americans have fallen behind. Why do the "have-it-alls" have so much more? Lots of so-called experts claim to have solved this great mystery, but no one has really gotten to the bottom of it---until now.

When Bill Clinton was elected president in 1992, he ended twelve years of Republican rule and seemed poised to enact a progressive transformation of the US economy. Yet by the time he left office, the nation's economic and social policies had instead lurched dramatically rightward, exacerbating the inequalities so troubling in our own time. Nelson Lichtenstein and Judith Stein show how the administration's progressive reformers were stymied by a new world of global capitalism that heightened Wall Street influence, undermined domestic manufacturing, and eviscerated the labor movement.

The presidency of George W. Bush has been the subject of extensive commentary but limited scholarly analysis in the years since he left office. 43 draws extensively, but not solely, from the recently released interviews of the Miller Center's Presidential Oral History Program at the University of Virginia.

Read by the author Chad Robichaux. The inspiring true story of US elite special operations veterans fighting for freedom in Ukraine and discovering the power of faith, sacrifice, and hope. Author, speaker, and former Force Recon Marine Chad Robichaux offers an honest, no-holds-barred account of...

"U.S. Economy Grew 2.9% in 3rd Quarter, Picking up the Pace" is from the October 28, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Nelson D. Schwartz and narrated by Corey M. Snow.

"U.S. Added 160,000 Jobs Last Month as Brisk Hiring Slows" is from the May 06, 2016, Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Nelson D. Schwartz and narrated by Corey M. Snow.

"Behind Trump's Deal With Carrier" is from the December 01, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Nelson D. Schwartz and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Small Factories Emerge as a Weapon in the Fight Against Poverty" is from the October 28, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Nelson D. Schwartz and narrated by Jenny Hoops.

"Strong Job Gains, for Second Month, Reframe Economic Outlook" is from the August 5, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Nelson D. Schwartz and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Weak Spending by Businesses Hinders 2nd-Quarter Growth" is from the July 29, 2016, Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Nelson D. Schwartz and narrated by Corey M. Snow.

"Trump Takes On a Big Business, and 1,000 Jobs Stay in Indiana" is from the November 30, 2016 United States section of The New York Times. It was written by Nelson D. Schwartz and narrated by Caroline Miller.

In this stirring true account of American leadership, learn how President Trump will put an end to a corrupt system of government ruled by the establishment and special interests. Still Winning is the story of the unlikeliest of heroes who emerged from the unlikeliest of places to take up the...

Today, orphanages are common in many parts of the world. But a look at young people who spent their childhoods in institutions in Romania reveals just how developmentally damaging such places can be.