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    • A New Diet to Lost Weight
    • By: Laura Jessy Highbury
    • 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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    • A Chronicle of Ten Short Lives
    • By: Gary Younge
    • Narrated by: Mirron Willis
    • Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 10-04-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 90 ratings
    • In Another Day in the Death of America, award-winning Guardian journalist Gary Younge tells the stories of the lives lost during the course of a single day in the United States....

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    • By: Simon Benson, Geoff Chambers
    • Narrated by: Jason Chong
    • Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 08-17-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • In early 2020, COVID-19 breached Australian shores, triggering twin crises: health and economic. The nation had not endured trials of this scale and impact since the Spanish flu and the Great Depression....

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    • Accountability for Those Who Caused the Crisis
    • By: John Nichols
    • Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
    • Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
    • Release date: 01-25-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 11 ratings
    • The rogues gallery begins with Donald Trump, who deliberately downplayed the coronavirus crisis despite knowing its dangers, as well as his international political allies, above all Boris Johnson....

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    • A History of U.S. Federal Entitlement Programs
    • By: John F. Cogan
    • Narrated by: Terry Ross
    • Length: 18 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 09-02-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 22 ratings
    • Combining economics, history, political science, and law, John F. Cogan reveals how the creation of entitlements brings forth a steady march of liberalizing forces that cause entitlement programs to expand....

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    • Britain Before and After COVID
    • By: Peter Hennessy
    • Narrated by: Matthew Spencer
    • Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 03-03-22
    • Language: English
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    • The 'duty of care' which the state owes to its citizens is a phrase much used, but what has it actually meant in Britain historically? And what should it mean in the future? Peter Hennessy divides post-war British history into BC (before corona) and AC (after corona)....

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    • From Recessions to Russians
    • By: S. I. Wells
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 52 mins
    • Release date: 01-11-24
    • Language: English
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    • Amazon #1 New Release in Political Freedom and in Commerce (August 2018) Rational thought amidst the chaos. 21 Big Ideas that are relevant, serious...

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    • Why Prison Doesn't Work and How We Can Do Better
    • By: Maya Schenwar
    • Narrated by: Kristin Kalbli
    • Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 12-05-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 22 ratings
    • 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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    • 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
    • Release date: 04-26-22
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • 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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    • An Excerpt from Long Time Coming
    • By: Michael Eric Dyson
    • Narrated by: Michael Eric Dyson
    • Length: 53 mins
    • Release date: 03-30-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • A letter to Emmett Till, an excerpt from Dyson's longer work, Long Time Coming. Here is a passionate call to America to finally reckon with race and start the journey to redemption....

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    • Conservatism and the Common Good
    • By: Rick Santorum
    • Narrated by: Rick Santorum
    • Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 07-05-06
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 23 ratings
    • Packed with credibility and proven alternatives to our nation's problems, It Takes a Family is a must-listen for understanding and implementing the crucial elements of a successful society....

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    • In My Own Unique Ways
    • By: Galeeb Kachra
    • 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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    • Cannabis Legalization and the Fight for Racial Justice
    • By: Akwasi Owusu-Bempah, Tahira Rehmatullah
    • Narrated by: Julienne Irons
    • Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 12-12-23
    • Language: English
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    • From the start, the War on Drugs targeted Black, Brown, and Indigenous Americans already disadvantaged by a system stacked against them. Akwasi Owusu-Bempah and Tahira Rehmatullah issue a powerful call for a racial reckoning and provide a roadmap to redress this deep and abiding injustice....

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    • A Post-Roe Abortion Rights Manifesto
    • By: Merle Hoffman
    • Narrated by: Emily Lawrence
    • Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 11-21-23
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • In the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe V. Wade and a country divided, a pioneer in the pro-choice movement and women’s healthcare offers an unapologetic and authoritative take on abortion—“the front line and the bottom line of women’s freedom and liberty”....

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    • 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
    • Release date: 10-11-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
    • 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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    • By: Nick Tate
    • Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
    • Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 07-23-13
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 19 ratings
    • President Obama signed it into law. The Supreme Court has ruled it constitutional. And Obama's re-election virtually ensures that ObamaCare, will be implemented in full....

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    • We May Not Have It All Together, but Together We Have It All
    • By: Diane Burden Cox
    • Narrated by: Diane Burden Cox
    • Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release date: 12-17-19
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Anything that alienates and divides us leaves us weak and exposed to disaster. Simple human compassion is more essential to our national resilience and strength than most of us recognize. Shallow values won’t suffice as the foundation of our social and cultural infrastructure....

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    • How the Supreme Court Unleashed Medical Killing
    • By: Brian Johnston
    • Narrated by: Brian Johnston
    • Length: 4 hrs and 20 mins
    • Release date: 09-01-23
    • Language: English
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    • On January 22, 1973, the United States Supreme Court released two interlocked abortion decisions overturning the laws of all the individual states. Only one of the decisions, Roe v. Wade, tends to get much media attention....

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    • Austerity and the Demonization of Disabled People
    • By: Frances Ryan
    • Narrated by: Georgie Morrell
    • Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 02-27-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
    • In austerity Britain, disabled people have become the favourite target. From social care to the benefits system, politicians and media alike have made the case that Britain's 12 million disabled people are a drain on the public purse....

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