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Litigating the Pandemic
- Disaster Cascades in Court
- By: Susan M. Sterett
- Narrated by: Wendy Tremont King
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
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As officials scrambled in 2020 to manage the spread of COVID, the reverberations of the crisis reached well beyond immediate public health concerns. The governance problems that emerged in the pandemic would be problems in other climate-related disasters, too....
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Litigating the Pandemic
- Disaster Cascades in Court
- Narrated by: Wendy Tremont King
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 02-06-24
- Language: English
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As officials scrambled in 2020 to manage the spread of COVID, the reverberations of the crisis reached well beyond immediate public health concerns. The governance problems that emerged in the pandemic would be problems in other climate-related disasters, too....
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The Power of Hope
- How the Science of Well-Being Can Save Us from Despair
- By: Carol Graham
- Narrated by: Katherine Fenton
- Length: 5 hrs and 5 mins
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In this timely and innovative account, economist Carol Graham argues for the importance of hope—little studied in economics at present—as an independent dimension of well-being....
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The Power of Hope
- How the Science of Well-Being Can Save Us from Despair
- Narrated by: Katherine Fenton
- Length: 5 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 04-25-23
- Language: English
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In this timely and innovative account, economist Carol Graham argues for the importance of hope—little studied in economics at present—as an independent dimension of well-being....
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This Stops Today
- Eric Garner's Mother Seeks Justice after Losing Her Son
- By: Gwen Carr, Dave Smitherman - contributor, Hillary Clinton - foreword
- Narrated by: Myra Lucretia Taylor
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
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In This Stops Today, Gwen Carr, Eric Garner's mother, shares the tragedies she has faced, recalls her son's life and death, and recounts her newfound role as an activist. Her book recounts a life of family, community, and of a woman who now speaks for those who no longer can....
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Mothers Who Lost Their Boys To Police Brutality
- By Rita on 11-28-18
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This Stops Today
- Eric Garner's Mother Seeks Justice after Losing Her Son
- Narrated by: Myra Lucretia Taylor
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 10-01-18
- Language: English
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In This Stops Today, Gwen Carr, Eric Garner's mother, shares the tragedies she has faced, recalls her son's life and death, and recounts her newfound role as an activist. Her book recounts a life of family, community, and of a woman who now speaks for those who no longer can....
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A Question of Choice
- By: Sarah Weddington
- Narrated by: Mary-Louise Parker
- Length: 3 hrs
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Starting with her years at the University of Texas Law School at Austin, Weddington traces the history of her involvement with this momentous Supreme Court case and its aftermath....
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not the actual book reading!
- By Kindle Customer on 03-15-21
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A Question of Choice
- Narrated by: Mary-Louise Parker
- Length: 3 hrs
- Release date: 02-05-10
- Language: English
- Starting with her years at the University of Texas Law School at Austin, Weddington traces the history of her involvement with this momentous Supreme Court case and its aftermath....
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Shameless
- The Fight for Adoption Disclosure and the Search for My Son
- By: Marilyn Churley
- Narrated by: Ellen Davis
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
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Twenty years after secretly giving up her baby for adoption, then Ontario NDP minister Marilyn Churley found herself fully engaged in the long and difficult battle to reform adoption disclosure laws and find her son....
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Shameless
- The Fight for Adoption Disclosure and the Search for My Son
- Narrated by: Ellen Davis
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 10-15-22
- Language: English
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Twenty years after secretly giving up her baby for adoption, then Ontario NDP minister Marilyn Churley found herself fully engaged in the long and difficult battle to reform adoption disclosure laws and find her son....
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Power Grab
- How the National Education Association Is Betraying Our Children
- By: G. Gregory Moo
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
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NEA's Reach for Power exposes the National Education Association (NEA) for what it really is and provides a hands-on guide for teachers, parents, and communties to increase their voices in bringing education back to the children....
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Power Grab
- How the National Education Association Is Betraying Our Children
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 07-02-13
- Language: English
- NEA's Reach for Power exposes the National Education Association (NEA) for what it really is and provides a hands-on guide for teachers, parents, and communties to increase their voices in bringing education back to the children....
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Nonbeliever Nation: The Rise of Secular Americans
- By: David Niose
- Narrated by: David Smalley
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
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A new group of Americans is challenging the reign of the Religious Right. Today, nearly one in five Americans are nonbelievers - a rapidly growing group....
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Captured a moment leading up to 2012
- By Gary on 06-02-14
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Nonbeliever Nation: The Rise of Secular Americans
- Narrated by: David Smalley
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 07-24-13
- Language: English
- A new group of Americans is challenging the reign of the Religious Right. Today, nearly one in five Americans are nonbelievers - a rapidly growing group....
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The Plateau
- By: Maggie Paxson
- Narrated by: Maggie Paxson
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
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During World War II, French villagers offered safe harbor to countless strangers - mostly children - as they fled for their lives. The same place offers refuge to migrants today. Why? Listen to find out....
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Remarkable. Masterpiece.
- By JWu on 09-02-19
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The Plateau
- Narrated by: Maggie Paxson
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 08-13-19
- Language: English
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During World War II, French villagers offered safe harbor to countless strangers - mostly children - as they fled for their lives. The same place offers refuge to migrants today. Why? Listen to find out....
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The Case for Basic Income
- Freedom, Security, Justice
- By: Jamie Swift, Elaine Power
- Narrated by: Nathalie Toriel
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
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Inequality is up. Decent work is down. Free market fundamentalism has been exposed as a tragic failure. In a job market upended by COVID-19, an ever-louder chorus of voices calls for a liveable and obligation-free basic income....
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The Case for Basic Income
- Freedom, Security, Justice
- Narrated by: Nathalie Toriel
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 06-30-22
- Language: English
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Inequality is up. Decent work is down. Free market fundamentalism has been exposed as a tragic failure. In a job market upended by COVID-19, an ever-louder chorus of voices calls for a liveable and obligation-free basic income....
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You Talk, We Die
- By: Judy Ryan
- Narrated by: Jessica Douglas-Henry
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
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In July 2016, inner-city resident Judy Ryan found a young man—one of ‘her regulars'—slumped and quiet at her gate. He had overdosed from heroin. Fortunately, that man lived. But Judy had reached breaking point....
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You Talk, We Die
- Narrated by: Jessica Douglas-Henry
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 02-15-23
- Language: English
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In July 2016, inner-city resident Judy Ryan found a young man—one of ‘her regulars'—slumped and quiet at her gate. He had overdosed from heroin. Fortunately, that man lived. But Judy had reached breaking point....
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Catch-2014
- Why "Yes" Lost the Referendum and Why, if We're Not Careful, We Might End Up Doing It Again
- By: Jack Foster
- Narrated by: Jack Foster
- Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
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Jack Foster combines modern political history with indignant polemic in this impassioned account of the failed 2014 Scottish independence referendum. In an attempt to understand the reasons for that defeat....
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Catch-2014
- Why "Yes" Lost the Referendum and Why, if We're Not Careful, We Might End Up Doing It Again
- Narrated by: Jack Foster
- Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 01-30-19
- Language: English
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Jack Foster combines modern political history with indignant polemic in this impassioned account of the failed 2014 Scottish independence referendum. In an attempt to understand the reasons for that defeat....
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The Triangle Fire, Protocols of Peace, and Industrial Democracy in Progressive Era New York
- By: Richard Greenwald
- Narrated by: Tom Kruse
- Length: 10 hrs
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America searched for an answer to "The Labor Question" during the Progressive Era in an effort to avoid the unrest and violence that flared so often in the late 19th and early 20th century....
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Almost painful to listen to
- By Dan on 09-24-15
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The Triangle Fire, Protocols of Peace, and Industrial Democracy in Progressive Era New York
- Narrated by: Tom Kruse
- Length: 10 hrs
- Release date: 05-19-15
- Language: English
- America searched for an answer to "The Labor Question" during the Progressive Era in an effort to avoid the unrest and violence that flared so often in the late 19th and early 20th century....
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The Full Catastrophe
- By: James Angelos
- Narrated by: Peter Cross
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
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In The Full Catastrophe, James Angelos makes sense of the contrasting images of Greece, a nation both romanticized for its classical past and castigated for its dysfunctional present....
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The Full Catastrophe
- Narrated by: Peter Cross
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 10-19-15
- Language: English
- In The Full Catastrophe, James Angelos makes sense of the contrasting images of Greece, a nation both romanticized for its classical past and castigated for its dysfunctional present....
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People Get Screwed All the Time
- By: Robert Massi
- Narrated by: Todd McLaren
- Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
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Familiar to viewers as a national TV legal analyst, Robert Massi has heard countless stories of well-intentioned individuals getting caught up in damaging situations that they didn't see coming....
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A book you will listen to the end👍
- By Jessiejay on 10-13-20
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People Get Screwed All the Time
- Narrated by: Todd McLaren
- Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 07-05-07
- Language: English
- Familiar to viewers as a national TV legal analyst, Robert Massi has heard countless stories of well-intentioned individuals getting caught up in damaging situations that they didn't see coming....
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What's Luck Got to Do with It?
- How Smarter Government Can Rescue the American Dream
- By: Edward D. Kleinbard
- Narrated by: Matthew Josdal
- Length: 14 hrs and 41 mins
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In this thought-provoking book, Edward D. Kleinbard demonstrates how the failure to acknowledge the force of brute luck in our material lives exacerbates these crises leading to warped policy choices that impede genuine equality of opportunity for many Americans....
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What's Luck Got to Do with It?
- How Smarter Government Can Rescue the American Dream
- Narrated by: Matthew Josdal
- Length: 14 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 04-13-21
- Language: English
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In this thought-provoking book, Edward D. Kleinbard demonstrates how the failure to acknowledge the force of brute luck in our material lives exacerbates these crises leading to warped policy choices that impede genuine equality of opportunity for many Americans....
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What Works
- Common Sense Solutions for a Stronger America
- By: Cal Thomas
- Narrated by: Cal Thomas
- Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
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Instead of the constant jockeying for political advantage, in What Works, author and columnist Cal Thomas focuses on what promotes the general welfare....
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What Works
- Common Sense Solutions for a Stronger America
- Narrated by: Cal Thomas
- Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 04-01-14
- Language: English
- Instead of the constant jockeying for political advantage, in What Works, author and columnist Cal Thomas focuses on what promotes the general welfare....
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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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We Keep Us Safe
- Building Secure, Just, and Inclusive Communities
- By: Zach Norris, Van Jones
- Narrated by: Adam Lazarre-White
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
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A groundbreaking new vision for public safety that overturns more than 200 years of fear-based discrimination, othering, and punishment....
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Definitely a must read for our times
- By Mark R. Hamlin on 12-31-20
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We Keep Us Safe
- Building Secure, Just, and Inclusive Communities
- Narrated by: Adam Lazarre-White
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 02-04-20
- Language: English
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A groundbreaking new vision for public safety that overturns more than 200 years of fear-based discrimination, othering, and punishment....
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What Should Joe Biden Do?
- The First 100 Days and Beyond of the Biden Administration
- By: Thomas Winterbottom
- Narrated by: Mike Stedham
- Length: 29 mins
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This book discusses the actions that the Biden administration should take to provide America and the world with the best leadership....
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What Should Joe Biden Do?
- The First 100 Days and Beyond of the Biden Administration
- Narrated by: Mike Stedham
- Length: 29 mins
- Release date: 03-10-21
- Language: English
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This book discusses the actions that the Biden administration should take to provide America and the world with the best leadership....
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Return
- Why We Go Back to Where We Come From
- By: Kamal Al-Solaylee
- Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
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Drawing on astute political analysis and extensive reporting from around the world, Return illuminates a personal quest. Kamal Al-Solaylee yearns to return to his homeland of Yemen, now wracked by war, starvation and daily violence, to reconnect with his family....
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Thoughtful Reflections on Returning to Home Countries
- By Theo Horesh on 02-25-22
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Return
- Why We Go Back to Where We Come From
- Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 09-07-21
- Language: English
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Drawing on astute political analysis and extensive reporting from around the world, Return illuminates a personal quest. Kamal Al-Solaylee yearns to return to his homeland of Yemen, now wracked by war, starvation and daily violence, to reconnect with his family....
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