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Prisoners of Politics
- Breaking the Cycle of Mass Incarceration
- By: Rachel Elise Barkow
- Narrated by: Katherine Fenton
- Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins
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With the authority of a prominent legal scholar and the practical insights gained through on-the-ground work on criminal-justice reform, Rachel Barkow explains how dangerous it is to base criminal-justice policy on the whims of the electorate....
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Compelling for any Audience
- By joel on 07-17-19
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Prisoners of Politics
- Breaking the Cycle of Mass Incarceration
- Narrated by: Katherine Fenton
- Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 03-04-19
- Language: English
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With the authority of a prominent legal scholar and the practical insights gained through on-the-ground work on criminal-justice reform, Rachel Barkow explains how dangerous it is to base criminal-justice policy on the whims of the electorate....
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The Substance of Hope
- Barack Obama and the Paradox of Progress
- By: William Jelani Cobb
- Narrated by: Sean Crisden
- Length: 6 hrs and 2 mins
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Elegantly written and powerfully argued, The Substance of Hope challenges conventional wisdom as it offers original insight into America's future....
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Very insightful
- By Richard Capone on 01-04-24
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The Substance of Hope
- Barack Obama and the Paradox of Progress
- Narrated by: Sean Crisden
- Length: 6 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 03-08-13
- Language: English
- Elegantly written and powerfully argued, The Substance of Hope challenges conventional wisdom as it offers original insight into America's future....
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A Peculiar Indifference
- The Neglected Toll of Violence on Black America
- By: Elliott Currie
- Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
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From a Pulitzer Prize finalist, a devastating exploration of the racial disparities in violent death and injury in America and a blueprint for ending this fundamental social injustice....
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An Honest and Antiracist Look at Violent Crime
- By A. Barrett on 09-18-20
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A Peculiar Indifference
- The Neglected Toll of Violence on Black America
- Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 09-15-20
- Language: English
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From a Pulitzer Prize finalist, a devastating exploration of the racial disparities in violent death and injury in America and a blueprint for ending this fundamental social injustice....
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On Opium
- Pain, Pleasure, and Other Matters of Substance
- By: Carlyn Zwarenstein
- Narrated by: Christine Horne
- Length: 15 hrs and 14 mins
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Drawing on solidarity between illicit drug users and people in pain, in a wise understanding of what humans need to be well, and in radical drug policies like legalization and safe supply, Carlyn Zwarenstein lays out a vision of a world where suffering is no longer lauded....
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Tramadol pain patient writes a book about opiates
- By From Texas on 04-28-23
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On Opium
- Pain, Pleasure, and Other Matters of Substance
- Narrated by: Christine Horne
- Length: 15 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 03-30-22
- Language: English
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Drawing on solidarity between illicit drug users and people in pain, in a wise understanding of what humans need to be well, and in radical drug policies like legalization and safe supply, Carlyn Zwarenstein lays out a vision of a world where suffering is no longer lauded....
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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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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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Guerilla Guide to Brain Tumors
- Shameless Dirty Tricks to Beat the System and Stay Alive!
- By: Skip Goebel
- Narrated by: Joseph Miller
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
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For sure - this is the cancer book for rednecks! Only someone who survived boot camp would even understand. Twenty-six years of brain cancer makes me infinitely qualified to speak on survival. I hope the audible gives it justice....
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Guerilla Guide to Brain Tumors
- Shameless Dirty Tricks to Beat the System and Stay Alive!
- Narrated by: Joseph Miller
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 05-30-19
- Language: English
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For sure - this is the cancer book for rednecks! Only someone who survived boot camp would even understand. Twenty-six years of brain cancer makes me infinitely qualified to speak on survival. I hope the audible gives it justice....
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Yield for Oncoming Greatness (YFOG): Capping Capitalism
- By: Matt N Tabrizi
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
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The American system is broken: our great nation has become corrupt, inefficient, and mired in ideological debate....
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Yield for Oncoming Greatness (YFOG): Capping Capitalism
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 08-18-15
- Language: English
- The American system is broken: our great nation has become corrupt, inefficient, and mired in ideological debate....
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Immigration Wars
- Forging an American Solution
- By: Jeb Bush, Clint Bolick
- Narrated by: Skipp Sudduth
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
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From the former Republican governor of Florida and a leading constitutional litigator comes a timely and provocative look at one of the most divisive issues facing the nation today: immigration....
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Great book!
- By Teresa Chasteen on 05-28-15
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Immigration Wars
- Forging an American Solution
- Narrated by: Skipp Sudduth
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 03-05-13
- Language: English
- From the former Republican governor of Florida and a leading constitutional litigator comes a timely and provocative look at one of the most divisive issues facing the nation today: immigration....
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To Save America
- Stopping Obama’s Secular-Socialist Machine
- By: Newt Gingrich, Callista Gingrich
- Narrated by: Newt Gingrich
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
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Former Speaker of the House and best-selling author Newt Gingrich issues a dire warning for America....
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Wow! Newt and Calista, at their best!
- By Lisa on 07-30-10
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To Save America
- Stopping Obama’s Secular-Socialist Machine
- Narrated by: Newt Gingrich
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 05-18-10
- Language: English
- Former Speaker of the House and best-selling author Newt Gingrich issues a dire warning for America....
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Detained and Deported
- Stories of Immigrant Families Under Fire
- By: Margaret Regan
- Narrated by: Frankie Corzo
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
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An intimate look at the people ensnared by the US detention and deportation system, the largest in the world....
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gr8 book
- By DIY manAmazon Customer on 07-16-18
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Detained and Deported
- Stories of Immigrant Families Under Fire
- Narrated by: Frankie Corzo
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 12-26-17
- Language: English
- An intimate look at the people ensnared by the US detention and deportation system, the largest in the world....
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Teardown
- Rebuilding Democracy from the Ground Up
- By: Dave Meslin
- Narrated by: Dave Meslin
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
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Our democracy is a trainwreck. Our elections feel hollow and our legislatures have become toxic. Voters are increasingly turning towards the angriest candidates, or simply tuning out completely and staying at home. But as Dave Meslin's career has shown, we can fix things....
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Teardown
- Rebuilding Democracy from the Ground Up
- Narrated by: Dave Meslin
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 05-14-19
- Language: English
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Our democracy is a trainwreck. Our elections feel hollow and our legislatures have become toxic. Voters are increasingly turning towards the angriest candidates, or simply tuning out completely and staying at home. But as Dave Meslin's career has shown, we can fix things....
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Free for All
- Why the NHS Is Worth Saving
- Narrated by: Gavin Francis
- Length: 3 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 08-31-23
- Language: English
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Britain's health service is dying. Gavin Francis shows us why we should fight for it....
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Almost Home
- Helping Kids Move from Homelessness to Hope
- By: Kevin Ryan, Tina Kelley, Cory Booker - foreword
- Narrated by: Kevin Ryan, Tina Kelley, Cory Booker, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
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Almost Home tells the stories of six remarkable young people from across the United States and Canada as they confront life alone on the streets....
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Enlightening..
- By Beverly Steiner on 10-20-13
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Almost Home
- Helping Kids Move from Homelessness to Hope
- Narrated by: Kevin Ryan, Tina Kelley, Cory Booker, Karla Mosley, Capathia Jenkins, Stephanie J. Block
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 05-28-13
- Language: English
- Almost Home tells the stories of six remarkable young people from across the United States and Canada as they confront life alone on the streets....
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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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It’s Just a Matter of Balance
- You Can’t Put a Straight Leg on a Crooked Man
- By: Kevin S. Garrison
- Narrated by: Bryson Carr
- Length: 4 hrs and 57 mins
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A heartwarming debut memoir about finding meaning in the face of loss. Garrison is a proficient writer with an inspiring story, but his self-awareness and insight into disability give weight to his memoir....
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Great book
- By Anonymous User on 10-25-22
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It’s Just a Matter of Balance
- You Can’t Put a Straight Leg on a Crooked Man
- Narrated by: Bryson Carr
- Length: 4 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 02-28-19
- Language: English
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A heartwarming debut memoir about finding meaning in the face of loss. Garrison is a proficient writer with an inspiring story, but his self-awareness and insight into disability give weight to his memoir....
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Resilient Americans
- 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
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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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Wonderful and Uplifting
- By Kate FX on 10-21-20
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Resilient Americans
- We May Not Have It All Together, but Together We Have It All
- Narrated by: Diane Burden Cox
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 12-17-19
- Language: English
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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 to Fix the Future
- By: Andrew Keen
- Narrated by: LJ Ganser
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
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Former Internet entrepreneur Andrew Keen was among the earliest to write about the dangers that the Internet poses to our culture and society....
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Pretty good, surprisingly.
- By Benjamin on 04-26-18
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How to Fix the Future
- Narrated by: LJ Ganser
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 02-06-18
- Language: English
- Former Internet entrepreneur Andrew Keen was among the earliest to write about the dangers that the Internet poses to our culture and society....
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This Is Ohio
- The Overdose Crisis and the Front Lines of a New America
- By: Jack Shuler
- Narrated by: Miles Meili
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
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Tainted drug supplies, inadequate civic responses, and prevailing negative opinions about people who use drugs, the poor, and those struggling with mental health issues lead to thousands of preventable deaths each year while politicians are slow to adopt effective policies....
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This Is Ohio
- The Overdose Crisis and the Front Lines of a New America
- Narrated by: Miles Meili
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 11-04-21
- Language: English
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Tainted drug supplies, inadequate civic responses, and prevailing negative opinions about people who use drugs, the poor, and those struggling with mental health issues lead to thousands of preventable deaths each year while politicians are slow to adopt effective policies....
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The Fiery Angel
- Art, Culture, Sex, Politics, and the Struggle for the Soul of the West
- By: Michael Walsh
- Narrated by: Michael Walsh
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
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In this profound and wide-ranging historical survey, Michael Walsh illuminates the ways that the narrative and visual arts both reflect and affect the course of political history, outlining the way forward by arguing for the restoration of the heroic narrative....
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Great cultural criticism
- By miasarx on 08-06-18
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The Fiery Angel
- Art, Culture, Sex, Politics, and the Struggle for the Soul of the West
- Narrated by: Michael Walsh
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 06-30-18
- Language: English
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In this profound and wide-ranging historical survey, Michael Walsh illuminates the ways that the narrative and visual arts both reflect and affect the course of political history, outlining the way forward by arguing for the restoration of the heroic narrative....
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