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- De Philip D. Larson en 02-04-20
De: Mark David Hall
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Marriage, a History
- How Love Conquered Marriage
- De: Stephanie Coontz
- Narrado por: Callie Beaulieu
- Duración: 15 h y 32 m
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In Marriage, a History, historian and marriage expert Stephanie Coontz takes listeners from the marital intrigues of ancient Babylon to the torments of Victorian lovers to demonstrate how recent the idea of marrying for love is - and how absurd it would have seemed to most of our ancestors. It was when marriage moved into the emotional sphere in the 19th century, she argues, that it suffered as an institution just as it began to thrive as a personal relationship.
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Marriage from a secular feminist's perspective
- De Timothy Hanline en 12-23-19
De: Stephanie Coontz
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America's Revolutionary Mind
- A Moral History of the American Revolution and the Declaration That Defined It
- De: C. Bradley Thompson
- Narrado por: Tom Parks
- Duración: 18 h y 17 m
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The purpose of this book is twofold: first, to elucidate the logic, principles, and significance of the Declaration of Independence as the embodiment of the American mind; and, second, to shed light on what John Adams once called the "real American Revolution"; that is, the moral revolution that occurred in the minds of the people in the 15 years before 1776.
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Excellent study of Revolutionary Thinking
- De Amazon Customer en 03-24-21
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The Conscience of the Constitution
- The Declaration of Independence and the Right to Liberty
- De: Timothy Sandefur
- Narrado por: James Foster
- Duración: 7 h y 15 m
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Timothy Sandefur's insightful book provides a dramatic new challenge to the status quo of constitutional law and argues a vital truth: our Constitution was written not to empower democracy, but to secure liberty. Yet the overemphasis on democracy by today's legal community - rather than the primacy of liberty, as expressed in the Declaration of Independence - has helped expand the scope of government power at the expense of individual rights.
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Liberty!
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De: Timothy Sandefur
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Supreme Power
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- De: Ted Stewart
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- Duración: 7 h y 40 m
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Best-selling author Ted Stewart explains how the Supreme Court and its nine appointed members now stand at a crucial point in their power to hand down momentous and far-ranging decisions. Today's Court affects every major area of American life, from health care to civil rights, from abortion to marriage. This fascinating book reveals the complex history of the Court as told through seven pivotal decisions.
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Polemical, downright ridiculous at times
- De Joe Igla en 11-04-17
De: Ted Stewart
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On Liberty
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- Narrado por: Alastair Cameron
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On Liberty is a book by John Stuart Mill, one of the most celebrated philosophers on the subject of leadership and governing ideals. The book focuses on Mill's philosophy on utilitarianism which is one of his defining principles. The principles of the book are focused on developing a relationship between the ruling authority and liberty.
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Must read
- De Trevor M. en 08-04-21
De: John Stuart Mill
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Strange Gods
- A Secular History of Conversion
- De: Susan Jacoby
- Narrado por: Elizabeth Wiley
- Duración: 19 h y 33 m
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In this original and riveting exploration, Susan Jacoby argues that conversion - especially in the free American "religious marketplace" - is too often viewed only within the conventional and simplistic narrative of personal reinvention and divine grace. Instead, the author places conversions within a secular social context that has, at various times, included the force of a unified church and state, desire for upward economic mobility, and interreligious marriage.
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Our own fabrications
- De David E. Felker en 01-03-17
De: Susan Jacoby
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My Own Words
- De: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Mary Hartnett, Wendy W. Williams
- Narrado por: Linda Lavin
- Duración: 13 h y 16 m
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The first book from Ruth Bader Ginsburg since becoming a Supreme Court Justice in 1993 - a witty, engaging, serious, and playful collection of writings and speeches from the woman who has had a powerful and enduring influence on law, women's rights, and popular culture. My Own Words is a selection of writings and speeches by Justice Ginsburg on wide-ranging topics, including gender equality, the workways of the Supreme Court, being Jewish, law and lawyers in opera, and more.
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Spectacularly Dry
- De CMP en 07-27-18
De: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, y otros
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The Majesty of the Law
- Reflections of a Supreme Court Justice
- De: Sandra Day O'Connor
- Narrado por: Bernadette Dunne
- Duración: 9 h y 30 m
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In this remarkable book, Sandra Day O’Connor explores the law, her life as a Supreme Court Justice, and how the Court has evolved and continues to function, grow, and change as an American institution. Tracing some of the origins of American law through history, people, ideas, and landmark cases, O’Connor sheds new light on the basics, exploring through personal observation the evolution of the Court and American democratic traditions.
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Informative and well-written
- De James en 07-11-05
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