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In India Positive, best-selling author and columnist Chetan Bhagat brings together essays that work as a manifesto for change. Examining a gamut of subjects—from education to employment, from GST to infrastructure, from corruption to casteism—Bhagat reflects on what we can do right in order to move forward and become a truly modern, progressive country. He expresses in this book his belief that, if we want to see reform, we—as citizens—need to be the solution. If our country is to shine, Bhagat says, we need to stand up and be 'India Positive Citizens'.

In his million-copy bestseller Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond examined how and why Western civilizations developed the technologies and immunities that allowed them to dominate much of the world. Now in this brilliant companion volume, Diamond probes the other side of the equation: What...

“It’s one of the best books on politics of any kind I’ve read. For entertainment value, I put it up there with Catch 22.” —The Financial Times “It transports you to a parallel universe in which everything in the National Enquirer is true….More interesting is what we learn about the...

Brought to you by Penguin. Read the inspiring Sunday Times bestselling memoir from the first woman, and woman of colour, to serve as Vice President of the United States. The daughter of immigrants and civil rights activists, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris was raised in a California community...

Since September 11, 2001, Seymour M. Hersh has riveted readers -- and outraged the Bush Administration -- with his stories in The New Yorker magazine, including his breakthrough pieces on the Abu Gharaib prison scandal. Now, in Chain of Command, he brings together this reporting, along with new...

'An extraordinary mastery of geopolitics, combining years on the ground in the most challenging places, a raw instinct for politics and a deep ethical concern for the world in the face of climate catastrophe. A masterpiece.' - RORY STEWART 'A powerful, passionate and utterly convincing book.' -...

Are Tea Party supporters merely a group of conservative citizens concerned about government spending? Or are they racists who refuse to accept Barack Obama as their president because he's not white? Change They Can't Believe In offers an alternative argument--that the Tea Party is driven by the reemergence of a reactionary movement in American politics that is fueled by a fear that America has changed for the worse.

Is it possible to create real change? How can we as individuals help to solve some of the biggest issues of today? How can we overcome injustice and inequality wherever we are? Where does power sit, and how can we get it? How to Change It provides the answers to these questions and many more. In three simple steps - educate, organise and agitate - artist and organiser Joshua Virasami sets out several lessons for successful campaigning, drawing on the experience and actions of a number political movements, including Extinction Rebellion, Occupy and Black Lives Matter.

Here, political scientist Jakub J. Grygiel brings to light the importance of incorporating geography into grand strategy. He argues that states can increase and maintain their position of power by pursuing a geostrategy that focuses on control of resources and lines of communication.

Brought to you by Penguin. In this powerful collection of interviews, Noam Chomsky exposes the problems of our world today, as we stand in this period of monumental change, preparing for a more hopeful tomorrow. 'For the left, elections are a brief interlude in a life of real politics, a moment...

Forced to become a normal citizen, the exiled son of the late Shah of Iran attempts to provide understanding and direction for his country and its people.

"Bob Dylan, Master of Change" is from the October 13, 2016 Entertainment section of The New York Times. It was written by Greil Marcus and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Cancer and Climate Change" is from the Science section of The New York Times. It was written by Piers J. Sellers and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"How Not to Deal with Climate Change?" is from the June 29, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by Michael Shellenberger and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Climate Change and the Case of the Shrinking Red Knots" is from the May 12, 2016 Science section of The New York Times. It was written by Carl Zimmer and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Obama on Climate Change: The Trends Are ‘Terrifying’" is from the September 8, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Julie Hirschfeld Davis, Mark Landler and Coral Davenport and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Climate Change in the Age of Ignorance" is from the November 20, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by Robert N. Proctor and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Knicks Need to Change, Jackson Concedes" is from the April 14, 2016 Sports section of The New York Times. It was written by Andrew Keh and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"'This Changes Everything': Trump Exults as Clinton's Team Scrambles" is from the October 28, 2016 United States section of The New York Times. It was written by Amy Chozick and Patrick Healy and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"How Change Happens" is from the Column section of The New York Times. It was written by Paul Krugman and narrated by Kristi Burns.