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The Stolen Year
- How COVID Changed Children's Lives, and Where We Go Now
- By: Anya Kamenetz
- Narrated by: Anya Kamenetz
- Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
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An NPR education reporter shows how the last true social safety net—the public school system—was decimated by the pandemic, and how years of short-sighted political decisions have failed to put our children first....
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Excellent review of the pandemic for all parts or the community
- By CK on 12-15-22
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The Stolen Year
- How COVID Changed Children's Lives, and Where We Go Now
- Narrated by: Anya Kamenetz
- Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 08-23-22
- Language: English
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An NPR education reporter shows how the last true social safety net—the public school system—was decimated by the pandemic, and how years of short-sighted political decisions have failed to put our children first....
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Health Attitude: Unraveling and Solving the Complexities of Healthcare
- By: John R. Patrick
- Narrated by: John Edmondson
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
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After John R. Patrick's career at IBM, he took a seat on the board of a teaching hospital....
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Why does it cost so much and what can be done?
- By Gene Bolton on 07-04-15
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Health Attitude: Unraveling and Solving the Complexities of Healthcare
- Narrated by: John Edmondson
- Series: (It's All About Attitude (John R. Patrick's 6 Book Series), Book 2
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 06-09-15
- Language: English
- After John R. Patrick's career at IBM, he took a seat on the board of a teaching hospital....
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No Choice
- The Destruction of Roe v. Wade and the Fight to Protect a Fundamental American Right
- By: Becca Andrews
- Narrated by: Marisha Tapera, Becca Andrews
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
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An in-depth look at the legacy of Roe v. Wade, and on-the-ground reporting from the front lines of the battle to protect the right to choose....
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Accurate and Compassionate
- By Anonymous User on 02-25-23
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No Choice
- The Destruction of Roe v. Wade and the Fight to Protect a Fundamental American Right
- Narrated by: Marisha Tapera, Becca Andrews
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 10-11-22
- Language: English
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An in-depth look at the legacy of Roe v. Wade, and on-the-ground reporting from the front lines of the battle to protect the right to choose....
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Politics of Empowerment: Disability Rights and the Cycle of American Policy Reform
- By: David Pettinicchio
- Narrated by: Greg Douras
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
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Despite the progress of decades-old disability rights policy, including the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act, threats continue to undermine the well-being of this population. The U.S. is, thus, a policy innovator and laggard in this regard....
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Politics of Empowerment: Disability Rights and the Cycle of American Policy Reform
- Narrated by: Greg Douras
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 07-09-20
- Language: English
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Despite the progress of decades-old disability rights policy, including the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act, threats continue to undermine the well-being of this population. The U.S. is, thus, a policy innovator and laggard in this regard....
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Grass Roots
- The Rise and Fall and Rise of Marijuana in America
- By: Emily Dufton
- Narrated by: Greg Baglia
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
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How earnest hippies, frightened parents, suffering patients, and other ordinary Americans went to war over marijuana.....
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A must read
- By Carlos Garcia Sierra on 01-18-18
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Grass Roots
- The Rise and Fall and Rise of Marijuana in America
- Narrated by: Greg Baglia
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 12-05-17
- Language: English
- How earnest hippies, frightened parents, suffering patients, and other ordinary Americans went to war over marijuana.....
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Karl-Ludwig Sand
- Celebrated Crimes, Book 5
- By: Alexandre Dumas père
- Narrated by: Robert Bethune
- Length: 2 hrs and 28 mins
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To paraphrase the note from the translator, The Celebrated Crimes of Alexandre Dumas père was not written for children....
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Karl-Ludwig Sand
- Celebrated Crimes, Book 5
- Narrated by: Robert Bethune
- Series: Celebrated Crimes, Book 5
- Length: 2 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 08-06-14
- Language: English
- To paraphrase the note from the translator, The Celebrated Crimes of Alexandre Dumas père was not written for children....
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Upstream
- The Ascendance of American Conservatism
- By: Alfred S. Regnery
- Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach
- Length: 16 hrs and 22 mins
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Veteran conservative publisher Alfred Regnery writes an insider's account of the American conservative movement over the past fifty years....
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Smooth sailing
- By Jerel Imp on 05-26-08
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Upstream
- The Ascendance of American Conservatism
- Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach
- Length: 16 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 02-12-08
- Language: English
- Veteran conservative publisher Alfred Regnery writes an insider's account of the American conservative movement over the past fifty years....
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Celebrated Crimes - Volume 7
- By: Alexandre Dumas
- Narrated by: Byron Taylor
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
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Volume Seven of Alexander' Dumas' catalogue of crime features three colourful historical figures. Albanian tyrant Ali Pacha (or Pasha) was a brigand who later became an operative of the Ottoman empire. Listen for more....
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Celebrated Crimes - Volume 7
- Narrated by: Byron Taylor
- Series: Celebrated Crimes, Book 13-15
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 10-05-18
- Language: English
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Volume Seven of Alexander' Dumas' catalogue of crime features three colourful historical figures. Albanian tyrant Ali Pacha (or Pasha) was a brigand who later became an operative of the Ottoman empire. Listen for more....
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Decrim
- How We Decriminalized Drugs in British Columbia
- By: Kennedy Stewart
- Narrated by: Kennedy Stewart
- Length: 4 hrs and 17 mins
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A timely, insider account of an important and controversial step in British Columbia’s strategic effort to respond to the overdose crisis....
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Decrim
- How We Decriminalized Drugs in British Columbia
- Narrated by: Kennedy Stewart
- Length: 4 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 10-20-23
- Language: English
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A timely, insider account of an important and controversial step in British Columbia’s strategic effort to respond to the overdose crisis....
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The Social Labs Revolution
- A New Approach to Solving Our Most Complex Challenges
- By: Zaid Hassan
- Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Length: 4 hrs and 22 mins
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Current responses to our most pressing societal challenges - from poverty to ethnic conflict to climate change - are not working....
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Great and to the point - a bit short but frat as a first round in the world of labs
- By Shai Gilad on 02-01-18
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The Social Labs Revolution
- A New Approach to Solving Our Most Complex Challenges
- Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Length: 4 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 10-31-14
- Language: English
- Current responses to our most pressing societal challenges - from poverty to ethnic conflict to climate change - are not working....
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The Truth about Obamacare
- By: Sally C. Pipes
- Narrated by: Kevin Foley
- Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
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Sally C. Pipes reveals what Democrats in Congress and President Barack Obama don't want you to know: Obamacare is even worse than most critics suspect....
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A summary well worth the read
- By W. Max Hollmann on 02-18-11
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The Truth about Obamacare
- Narrated by: Kevin Foley
- Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 08-03-10
- Language: English
- Sally C. Pipes reveals what Democrats in Congress and President Barack Obama don't want you to know: Obamacare is even worse than most critics suspect....
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Quarterly Essay 75: Men at Work
- Australia's Parenthood Trap
- By: Annabel Crabb
- Narrated by: Annabel Crabb
- Length: 2 hrs and 55 mins
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When New Zealand’s prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, announced her pregnancy, the headlines raced around the world....
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Annabel rocks
- By Lina on 09-18-19
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Quarterly Essay 75: Men at Work
- Australia's Parenthood Trap
- Narrated by: Annabel Crabb
- Series: Quarterly Essays
- Length: 2 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 09-09-19
- Language: English
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When New Zealand’s prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, announced her pregnancy, the headlines raced around the world....
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How I Changed the World
- In My Own Unique Ways
- By: Galeeb Kachra
- Narrated by: Galeeb Kachra
- Length: 2 hrs and 21 mins
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Do you want to help achieve change, but don't know how? Other books don't give you practical examples that are within your own reach. This book showcases real cases, based on Galeeb's international experience....
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How I Changed the World
- In My Own Unique Ways
- Narrated by: Galeeb Kachra
- Length: 2 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 06-01-23
- Language: English
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Do you want to help achieve change, but don't know how? Other books don't give you practical examples that are within your own reach. This book showcases real cases, based on Galeeb's international experience....
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Economic Dignity
- By: Gene Sperling
- Narrated by: Holter Graham
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
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When Gene Sperling was in charge of coordinating economic policy in the Obama White House, he found himself surprised when serious people in Washington told him that the Obama focus on healthcare was a distraction because it was “not focused on the economy"....
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Economic Dignity
- Narrated by: Holter Graham
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 05-05-20
- Language: English
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When Gene Sperling was in charge of coordinating economic policy in the Obama White House, he found himself surprised when serious people in Washington told him that the Obama focus on healthcare was a distraction because it was “not focused on the economy"....
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Locked Down, Locked Out
- Why Prison Doesn't Work and How We Can Do Better
- By: Maya Schenwar
- Narrated by: Kristin Kalbli
- Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins
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Through the stories of prisoners and their families, including her own family's experiences, Maya Schenwar shows how the institution that locks up 2.3 million Americans....
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Locked Down, Locked Out
- Why Prison Doesn't Work and How We Can Do Better
- Narrated by: Kristin Kalbli
- Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 12-05-14
- Language: English
- Through the stories of prisoners and their families, including her own family's experiences, Maya Schenwar shows how the institution that locks up 2.3 million Americans....
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Losing Our Way
- An Intimate Portrait of a Troubled America
- By: Bob Herbert
- Narrated by: Bob Herbert
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
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Losing Our Way ultimately inspires with its faith in ordinary citizens to take back their true political power and reclaim the American dream....
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Truth.
- By Anejh on 08-03-17
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Losing Our Way
- An Intimate Portrait of a Troubled America
- Narrated by: Bob Herbert
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 10-07-14
- Language: English
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Losing Our Way ultimately inspires with its faith in ordinary citizens to take back their true political power and reclaim the American dream....
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Abandoned
- America's Lost Youth and the Crisis of Disconnection
- By: Anne Kim
- Narrated by: Janet Song
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
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A deeply affecting exposé of America’s hidden crisis of disconnected youth, in the tradition of Matthew Desmond and Adrian Nicole LeBlanc....
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Abandoned
- America's Lost Youth and the Crisis of Disconnection
- Narrated by: Janet Song
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 02-11-20
- Language: English
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A deeply affecting exposé of America’s hidden crisis of disconnected youth, in the tradition of Matthew Desmond and Adrian Nicole LeBlanc....
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Entry Lessons
- The Stories of Women Fighting for Their Place, Their Children, and Their Futures After Incarceration
- By: Jorja Leap
- Narrated by: Sonia Kallen
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
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Urgent and empathetic, Entry Lessons is one of the first examinations of the lasting impact of incarceration on women and their families....
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Great work
- By Amazon Customer on 10-11-23
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Entry Lessons
- The Stories of Women Fighting for Their Place, Their Children, and Their Futures After Incarceration
- Narrated by: Sonia Kallen
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 04-26-22
- Language: English
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Urgent and empathetic, Entry Lessons is one of the first examinations of the lasting impact of incarceration on women and their families....
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American Obesity Problem
- A New Diet to Lost Weight
- By: Laura Jessy Highbury
- Narrated by: Klaus von Hohenloe
- Length: 4 hrs and 32 mins
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Author Laura Jessy Highbury uses empirical evidence from a range of disciplines - anthropology, economics, epidemiology, medicine, nutrition science, social advertising, psychology, public health, sociology, and urban planning - to examine America's obesity problem....
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American Obesity Problem
- A New Diet to Lost Weight
- Narrated by: Klaus von Hohenloe
- Length: 4 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 11-18-20
- Language: English
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Author Laura Jessy Highbury uses empirical evidence from a range of disciplines - anthropology, economics, epidemiology, medicine, nutrition science, social advertising, psychology, public health, sociology, and urban planning - to examine America's obesity problem....
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Hostage Nation
- Colombia's Guerrilla Army and the Failed War on Drugs
- By: Victoria Bruce, Karin Hayes, Jorge Enrique Botero
- Narrated by: Yetta Gottesman
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
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The crash of a U.S. reconnaissance plane into the Colombian jungle set off a series of events that would bring three South American countries on a collision course toward war....
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Biased, but interesting...
- By JP on 06-06-19
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Hostage Nation
- Colombia's Guerrilla Army and the Failed War on Drugs
- Narrated by: Yetta Gottesman
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 02-13-12
- Language: English
- The crash of a U.S. reconnaissance plane into the Colombian jungle set off a series of events that would bring three South American countries on a collision course toward war....
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