Bestsellers
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Why Nations Fail
- The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
- De: Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson
- Narrado por: Dan Woren
- Duración: 17 h y 55 m
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Brilliant and engagingly written, Why Nations Fail answers the question that has stumped the experts for centuries.....
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Pros and Cons of "Why Nations Fail"
- De Joshua Kim en 05-01-12
De: Daron Acemoglu, y otros
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The Bully Pulpit
- Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism
- De: Doris Kearns Goodwin
- Narrado por: Edward Herrmann
- Duración: 36 h y 42 m
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Goodwin describes the broken friendship between Teddy Roosevelt and his chosen successor, William Howard Taft....
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Makes You Forget You Live in the 21st Century Good
- De Cynthia en 01-11-14
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Finish What We Started
- The MAGA Movement's Ground War to End Democracy
- De: Isaac Arnsdorf
- Narrado por: Will Damron
- Duración: 8 h y 52 m
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The immersive, captivating untold story of the mass radicalization of the Republican Party in the aftermath of January 6, 2021, entrenching the political power of a radical right-wing fringe dedicated to dismantling democracy itself....
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Mass Mental Illness
- De philip en 04-24-24
De: Isaac Arnsdorf
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The Dictator's Handbook
- Why Bad Behavior Is Almost Always Good Politics
- De: Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Alastair Smith
- Narrado por: Dan Woren
- Duración: 15 h y 38 m
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This essential book lays out the real rules of politics: leaders do whatever keeps them in power, regardless of the national interest....
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Post covid revised edition, Avoid this.
- De mike en 02-22-24
De: Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, y otros
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The Road to Unfreedom
- Russia, Europe, America
- De: Timothy Snyder
- Narrado por: Timothy Snyder
- Duración: 10 h y 10 m
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With the end of the Cold War, the victory of liberal democracy was thought to be absolute. Observers declared the end of history, confident in a peaceful, globalized future. But we now know this to be premature....
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A Key Understanding of Modern Politics
- De Richard Keohane en 04-08-18
De: Timothy Snyder
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If We Burn
- The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution
- De: Vincent Bevins
- Narrado por: Timothy Andrés Pabon
- Duración: 12 h y 54 m
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From 2010 to 2020, more people participated in protests than at any other point in human history. Yet we are not living in more just and democratic societies as a result....
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Timely and well sourced
- De D en 11-05-23
De: Vincent Bevins
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Why Nations Fail
- The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
- De: Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson
- Narrado por: Dan Woren
- Duración: 17 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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Brilliant and engagingly written, Why Nations Fail answers the question that has stumped the experts for centuries.....
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Pros and Cons of "Why Nations Fail"
- De Joshua Kim en 05-01-12
De: Daron Acemoglu, y otros
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The Bully Pulpit
- Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism
- De: Doris Kearns Goodwin
- Narrado por: Edward Herrmann
- Duración: 36 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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Goodwin describes the broken friendship between Teddy Roosevelt and his chosen successor, William Howard Taft....
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Makes You Forget You Live in the 21st Century Good
- De Cynthia en 01-11-14
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Finish What We Started
- The MAGA Movement's Ground War to End Democracy
- De: Isaac Arnsdorf
- Narrado por: Will Damron
- Duración: 8 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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The immersive, captivating untold story of the mass radicalization of the Republican Party in the aftermath of January 6, 2021, entrenching the political power of a radical right-wing fringe dedicated to dismantling democracy itself....
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Mass Mental Illness
- De philip en 04-24-24
De: Isaac Arnsdorf
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The Dictator's Handbook
- Why Bad Behavior Is Almost Always Good Politics
- De: Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Alastair Smith
- Narrado por: Dan Woren
- Duración: 15 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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This essential book lays out the real rules of politics: leaders do whatever keeps them in power, regardless of the national interest....
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Post covid revised edition, Avoid this.
- De mike en 02-22-24
De: Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, y otros
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The Road to Unfreedom
- Russia, Europe, America
- De: Timothy Snyder
- Narrado por: Timothy Snyder
- Duración: 10 h y 10 m
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Historia
With the end of the Cold War, the victory of liberal democracy was thought to be absolute. Observers declared the end of history, confident in a peaceful, globalized future. But we now know this to be premature....
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A Key Understanding of Modern Politics
- De Richard Keohane en 04-08-18
De: Timothy Snyder
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If We Burn
- The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution
- De: Vincent Bevins
- Narrado por: Timothy Andrés Pabon
- Duración: 12 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
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From 2010 to 2020, more people participated in protests than at any other point in human history. Yet we are not living in more just and democratic societies as a result....
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Timely and well sourced
- De D en 11-05-23
De: Vincent Bevins
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The Revenge of Power
- How Autocrats Are Reinventing Politics for the 21st Century
- De: Moisés Naím
- Narrado por: Larry Herron
- Duración: 11 h y 11 m
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Moisés Naím’s The Revenge of Power is an urgent, thrilling, and original look at the future of democracy. It illuminates one of the most important battles of our time: the future of freedom and how to contain and defeat the autocrats mushrooming around the world....
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The narrator does not know the names of some politicians)))
- De Philippe Bogdanoff en 08-28-22
De: Moisés Naím
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There Is Nothing For You Here
- Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century
- De: Fiona Hill
- Narrado por: Fiona Hill
- Duración: 15 h y 35 m
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A celebrated foreign policy expert and key impeachment witness reveals how declining opportunity has set America on the grim path of modern Russia....
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Excellent book on populism, Putin, Trump and us
- De Erin en 10-08-21
De: Fiona Hill
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The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution
- De: Francis Fukuyama
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
- Duración: 22 h y 34 m
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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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Few forests, but lots of trees
- De Steve Pagano en 10-05-15
De: Francis Fukuyama
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The Narrow Corridor
- States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty
- De: Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson
- Narrado por: Stephen Graybill
- Duración: 23 h y 44 m
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From the authors of the international best seller, Why Nations Fail, a crucial new big-picture framework that answers the question of how liberty flourishes in some states but falls to authoritarianism or anarchy in others....
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Hugely disappointing book!
- De Amazon Customer en 10-16-19
De: Daron Acemoglu, y otros
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Political Order and Political Decay
- From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy
- De: Francis Fukuyama
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
- Duración: 24 h y 1 m
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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....
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Understanding our place thru Poly Sci
- De Gary en 12-29-14
De: Francis Fukuyama
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The Nordic Theory of Everything
- In Search of a Better Life
- De: Anu Partanen
- Narrado por: Abby Craden
- Duración: 10 h y 28 m
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In The Nordic Theory of Everything, Partanen compares and contrasts life in the United States with life in the Nordic region, focusing on four key relationships....
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A non-radical perspective on two societies
- De kwdayboise (Kim Day) en 06-20-17
De: Anu Partanen
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2030
- How Today's Biggest Trends Will Collide and Reshape the Future of Everything
- De: Mauro F. Guillén
- Narrado por: Leon Nixon
- Duración: 10 h y 33 m
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The world you know is about to end - will you be prepared for what comes next? A groundbreaking analysis from one of the world's foremost experts on global trends....
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Anti border wall and anti Trump
- De Jim Dupuis en 12-05-20
De: Mauro F. Guillén
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Of Paradise and Power
- America and Europe in the New World Order
- De: Robert Kagan
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 2 h y 45 m
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When historians want to find out about the ideas that motivated American foreign policy in the early years of the twenty-first century, they would do well to read this book...
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Quick and pithy listen
- De Erik Fosshage en 01-14-04
De: Robert Kagan
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The Case for Democracy
- The Power of Freedom to Overcome Tyranny and Terror
- De: Natan Sharansky, Ron Dermer
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 8 h y 15 m
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In this brilliantly analytical yet personal book, nondemocratic societies are put under a microscope to reveal the mechanics of tyranny that sustain them....
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The finest book I have read in many years!!
- De David en 04-06-05
De: Natan Sharansky, y otros
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The Real North Korea
- Life and Politics in the Failed Stalinist Utopia
- De: Andrei Lankov
- Narrado por: Steven Roy Grimsley
- Duración: 10 h y 59 m
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Andrei Lankov has gone where few outsiders have ever been....
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Broad and nuanced account of North Korea
- De Neuron en 07-29-15
De: Andrei Lankov
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The Communist Manifesto
- De: Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels
- Narrado por: Peter Coates
- Duración: 1 h y 17 m
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The Communist Manifesto, originally the Manifesto of the Communist Party (German: Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei), is an 1848 political document...
De: Karl Marx, y otros
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Beef, Bible and Bullets
- Brazil in the Age of Bolsonaro
- De: Richard Lapper
- Narrado por: Leighton Pugh
- Duración: 10 h y 25 m
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Backed by Brazil’s wealthy agribusiness groups, a growing evangelical movement, and an emboldened military and police force, Jair Bolsonaro took office in 2019....
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Great read prior to Brazil trip
- De Julie W. Capell en 11-13-23
De: Richard Lapper
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Four Chancellors and a Funeral
- How to Lose a Country in Ten Days
- De: Russell Jones
- Narrado por: Chris Devon
- Duración: 11 h y 43 m
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Four Chancellors and a Funeral delivers more of Russell Jones's signature scathing wit, combining a detailed historical record of 2021 and 2022, with acerbic commentary, all of it leavened by jokes at the seemingly endless maelstrom of failures, nincompoops, and hypocrisies.
De: Russell Jones
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When Left Moves Right
- The Decline of the Left and the Rise of the Populist Right in Postcommunist Europe
- De: Maria Snegovaya
- Narrado por: Teri Schnaubelt
- Duración: 8 h y 36 m
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The book draws upon different levels of analysis and argues that scholars should incorporate the economic policy dimension when explaining the demise of the left and the rise of the populist right in the region.
De: Maria Snegovaya
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The China Fantasy
- How Our Leaders Explain Away Chinese Repression
- De: James Mann
- Narrado por: Jeff Riggenbach
- Duración: 4 h y 14 m
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In this vigorous look at China's political evolution and its future, Mann explores two scenarios popular among our policy elite, then poses a third scenario....
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Over Simplified
- De Elton en 06-09-07
De: James Mann
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The Rise and Fall of the East
- How Exams, Autocracy, Stability, and Technology Brought China Success, and Why They Might Lead to Its Decline
- De: Yasheng Huang PhD
- Narrado por: Rebecca Lam
- Duración: 17 h y 44 m
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Chinese society has been shaped by the interplay of the EAST—exams, autocracy, stability, and technology—from ancient times through the present. Chinese autocracies have developed exceptional tools for homogenizing ideas, norms, and practices. But this uniformity came with a huge downside....
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Thought provoking
- De Wyatt en 03-11-24
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Taliban, Third Edition
- The Power of Militant Islam in Afghanistan and Beyond
- De: Ahmed Rashid
- Narrado por: Youssif Kamal
- Duración: 14 h y 25 m
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Ahmed Rashid, called “Pakistan’s best and bravest reporter” by Christopher Hitchens, brings the shadowy world of the Taliban and its impact on Afghanistan and the Middle East and Central Asia into sharp focus in this modern classic....
De: Ahmed Rashid
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La dictadura infinita
- La evolución autoritaria de un Occidente cobarde y cansado de sí mismo
- De: Luis del Pino
- Narrado por: Luis del Pino
- Duración: 9 h y 22 m
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Para aquellos que vivimos en su día la caída del Muro de Berlín, la situación actual nos plantea un enigma sorprendente...
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Muy interesante predicción de hacia dónde va el mundo desde el punto de vista de la historia.
- De Juan Cano-Arribi Company en 09-08-22
De: Luis del Pino
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The Bully Pulpit
- Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism
- De: Doris Kearns Goodwin
- Narrado por: Edward Herrmann
- Duración: 16 h y 1 m
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Goodwin describes the broken friendship between Teddy Roosevelt and his chosen successor, William Howard Taft....
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Loved it.
- De Richard Lee en 04-10-16
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How to Be a Dictator
- The Cult of Personality in the Twentieth Century
- De: Frank Dikötter
- Narrado por: Jack Bennett
- Duración: 9 h y 4 m
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No dictator can rule through fear and violence alone. Naked power can be grabbed and held temporarily, but it never suffices in the long term....
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Worth a listen
- De Amazon Customer en 12-06-19
De: Frank Dikötter
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The Politics Book
- Big Ideas Simply Explained
- De: DK
- Narrado por: David Shaw-Parker
- Duración: 18 h y 9 m
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This invaluable, easy-to-understand guide to world politics and government offers an accessible introduction to more than 80 of the most important theories and big ideas of leaders and politicians throughout history....
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I like it.
- De GTURCIOS en 06-16-23
De: DK
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Ground War
- Courts, Commissions, and the Fight Over Partisan Gerrymanders
- De: Nicholas Goedert
- Narrado por: Kyle Tait
- Duración: 8 h y 32 m
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Nicholas Goedert tackles the controversies, litigation, and effects surrounding partisan gerrymandering of Congress. He contends that the appropriate actors to address the fairness of a map are nonpartisan commissions within each state, not the US courts....
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Interesting and Informative, However no PDF
- De Stephen Otterstrom en 01-04-23
De: Nicholas Goedert
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The End of Power
- From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being In Charge Isn't What It Used to Be
- De: Moises Naim
- Narrado por: Matt Kugler
- Duración: 12 h y 59 m
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Power is shifting - from large, stable armies to loose bands of insurgents, from corporate leviathans to nimble start-ups, and from presidential palaces to public squares. But power is also changing, becoming harder to use and easier to lose....
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Another Power book
- De Anonymous User en 04-12-24
De: Moises Naim
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Hopes and Prospects
- De: Noam Chomsky
- Narrado por: Brian Jones
- Duración: 11 h y 15 m
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In this urgent new book, Noam Chomsky examines the dangers and prospects of our early 21st century....
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An Intellectual Wind Tunnel
- De Cellar_Door_Books en 04-23-11
De: Noam Chomsky