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"When the Supposed Experts Lead Buyers Astray" is from the Tech section of The New York Times. It was written by Patricia Cohen and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"An iPad, Misplaced at an Airport, Takes Its Own (Trackable) Vacation" is from the May 01, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Nick Wingfield and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Hogan v. Gawker: A Guide to the Trial for the Perplexed" is from the March 17 2016, Sports section of The New York Times. It was written by Ravi Somaiya and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Grace Gummer on 'Mr. Robot' and Being Meryl Streep's Daughter" is from the July 10, 2016 Lifestyle section of The New York Times. It was written by Ruth La Ferla and narrated by Sam Scholl.

"Unhitching? The Divorce Concierge Is at Your Service" is from the June 18, 2016 Lifestyle section of The New York Times. It was written by Katherine Rosman and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Latest Album Is Ever in Flux for Kanye West" is from the Entertainment section of The New York Times. It was written by Jon Caramanica and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"'Affluenza Teen' Returns from Mexico" is from the U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Christine Hauser and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

Das philosophische Enfant terrible Harry G. Frankfurt ist zurück, und zwar mit einem Paukenschlag. Nach seinem Welterfolg "Bullshit" widmet er sich in bewährt streitbarer Manier einer hochaktuellen Debatte: Ökonomische Ungleichheit. Während man sich allenthalben einig ist, dass die ungleiche Verteilung von Gütern und Reichtum das große Problem unserer Zeit sei, postuliert Frankfurt die radikale Gegenthese: Ungleichheit ist moralisch irrelevant.

A classic of JFK assassination literature, Sylvia Meagher's work is a relentless indictment of the Warren Commission and its work. Originally published in 1967, Meagher's masterful dissection of the Warren Report, based on the Warren Commission's own evidence, has stood the test of time. In some cases, declassifications of government records have corroborated the author's suspicions and analyses, such as her amazing assertion that Oswald had never actually been charged with Kennedy's murder, despite sworn testimony to the contrary.

The great explorers were the celebrities of their day - the romance and danger of their daring expeditions captured the public imagination and the world's headlines to an extraordinary degree. Not all of them lived to tell the tale, of course, but those who emerged triumphant from jungle, desert, or polar wasteland were hailed as if returning from beyond the grave. Journalists vied for their stories and publishers rushed their firsthand accounts of exciting and dangerous journeys into print for a wide and voracious readership.

This passionate, erudite, and groundbreaking book will appeal to readers of Steven Pinker and Thomas Frank. It is a fascinating read for anyone interested in how the mind works, how society works, and how they work together.

In this challenging work, Christopher Lasch makes an accessible critique of what is wrong with the values and beliefs of America's professional and managerial elites. The distinguished historian argues that democracy today is threatened not by the masses, as Jose Ortega y Gasset ( The Revolt of the Masses) had said, but by the elites. These elites - mobile and increasingly global in outlook - refuse to accept limits or ties to nation and place.

Everybody makes mistakes, but when an American president blunders, the results can be catastrophic. In an effort to put an end to Britain and France's policy of seizing American ships and sailors, Thomas Jefferson calls for an embargo. The result: 30,000 sailors put out of work; mercantile families bankrupted overnight; a nationwide economic depression; and the New England states, which depended heavily on international commerce, threaten to secede from the Union.All of these, and many more, incredible lapses in judgement are explained in this book.  

A shocking expose of the Bill Clinton pardons and commutations issued after Hillary Clinton made it known she was running for the US Senate. 

The politics of the 1950s revolved around two primary leaders, one Republican and one Democrat both moderate, and both willing to compromise to move the nation forward. The Republican leader was President Dwight Eisenhower. His two administrations changed American politics. Ike’s desire to be president of all the people, to run his administration down the middle of the road, to be a modern” Republican, set the stage for what the Republican Party would be for decades to come.

High Crimes opens with Nancy Pelosi deciding the House should take up impeachment, then, in part one, leaps back to explain what Ukraine was really all about: not just Joe Biden and election interference, but a money grab and oil. In the second part, the authors recount key meetings throughout the run up to the impeachment hearings, including many of the heated confrontations between the Trump administration and House Democrats.

This book provides a complete overview of the American Founders' political theory, covering natural rights, natural law, state of nature, social compact, consent, and the policy implications of these ideas. The book is intended as a response to the current scholarly consensus, which holds that the Founders' political thought is best understood as an amalgam of liberalism, republicanism, and perhaps other traditions. 

To save both democracy and a decent economy, here's why it's crucial that Americans elect a truly progressive president. The 2020 presidential election will be pivotal for the credibility of government and for democracy itself, argues Robert Kuttner in this brief and compelling call to arms. Either we continue the twin slides into corrupt autocracy and corporate plutocracy - the course set in the past half century by Republican and Democratic presidents alike - or we elect a progressive Democrat in the mold of FDR. 

"Despite Diversity Controversy, Oscars Ceremony Remains Intact
" is from the Entertainment section of The New York Times. It was written by Michael Cieply and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"May Prepares to Stare down Parliament in 'Brexit' Standoff" is from the November 06, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Stephen Castle and narrated by Kristi Burns.