Rakuten Kobo

Skip side bar filters

Audiobook

Audiobook

Putin Country

A Journey Into the Real Russia

by Anne Garrles ...

Narrated by Anne Garrels ...

Unabridged

8 hours 12 min

More than twenty years ago, longtime NPR correspondent Anne Garrels began to visit the region of Chelyabinsk, an aging military-industrial center a thousand miles east of Moscow. Her goal was to chart the social and political aftershocks of the USSR's collapse.On her trips to an area once closed to the West, Garrels discovered a populace for whom the new democratic freedoms were as traumatic as ... Read more

$29.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Also available as: eBook

More than twenty years ago, longtime NPR correspondent Anne Garrels began to visit the region of Chelyabinsk, an aging military-industrial center a thousand miles east of Moscow. Her goal was to chart the social and political aftershocks of the USSR's collapse.On her trips to an area once closed to the West, Garrels discovered a populace for whom the new democratic freedoms were as traumatic as
... Read more

Also available as: eBook

Audiobook

Audiobook

Cold Warriors

Writers Who Waged the Literary Cold War

by Duncan White ...

Narrated by Fred Sanders ...

Unabridged

24 hours 48 min

A brilliant, invigorating account of the great writers on both sides of the Iron Curtain who played the dangerous games of espionage, dissidence and subversion that changed the course of the Cold War.During the Cold War, literature was both sword and noose. Novels, essays and poems could win the hearts and minds of those caught between the competing creeds of capitalism and communism. They could ... Read more

$66.99 CAD

Also available as: eBook

A brilliant, invigorating account of the great writers on both sides of the Iron Curtain who played the dangerous games of espionage, dissidence and subversion that changed the course of the Cold War.During the Cold War, literature was both sword and noose. Novels, essays and poems could win the hearts and minds of those caught between the competing creeds of capitalism and communism. They could
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Audiobook

Audiobook

Humane

How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War

by Samuel Moyn ...

Narrated by Stephen R. Thorne ...

Unabridged

15 hours 7 min

A prominent historian exposes the dark side of making war more humane.In the years since 9/11, we have entered an age of endless war. With little debate or discussion, the United States carries out military operations around the globe. It hardly matters who’s president or whether liberals or conservatives operate the levers of power. The United States exercises dominion everywhere.In *Humane:*How ... Read more

$32.15 CAD

Also available as: eBook

A prominent historian exposes the dark side of making war more humane.In the years since 9/11, we have entered an age of endless war. With little debate or discussion, the United States carries out military operations around the globe. It hardly matters who’s president or whether liberals or conservatives operate the levers of power. The United States exercises dominion everywhere.In *Humane:*How
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Audiobook

Audiobook

The Fall of Heaven

The Pahlavis and the Final Days of Imperial Iran

by Andrew Scott Cooper ...

Narrated by Assaf Cohen ...

Unabridged

22 hours 1 min

An immersive, gripping account of the rise and fall of Iran’s glamorous Pahlavi dynasty, written with the cooperation of the late shah’s widow, Empress FarahIn this remarkably human portrait of one of the twentieth century’s most complicated personalities, author Andrew Scott Cooper traces Mohammad Reza Pahlavi’s life from childhood through his ascension to the throne in 1941. He highlights the ... Read more

$41.95 CAD

Also available as: eBook

An immersive, gripping account of the rise and fall of Iran’s glamorous Pahlavi dynasty, written with the cooperation of the late shah’s widow, Empress FarahIn this remarkably human portrait of one of the twentieth century’s most complicated personalities, author Andrew Scott Cooper traces Mohammad Reza Pahlavi’s life from childhood through his ascension to the throne in 1941. He highlights the
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Audiobook

Audiobook

Fulfillment

Winning and Losing in One-Click America

by Alec MacGillis ...

Narrated by Danny Gavigan ...

Unabridged

12 hours 22 min

An award-winning journalist investigates Amazon’s impact on the wealth and poverty of towns and cities across the United States.In 1937, the famed writer and activist Upton Sinclair published a novel bearing the subtitle A Story of Ford-America. He blasted the callousness of a company worth “a billion dollars” that underpaid its workers while forcing them to engage in repetitive and sometimes ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

Also available as: eBook

An award-winning journalist investigates Amazon’s impact on the wealth and poverty of towns and cities across the United States.In 1937, the famed writer and activist Upton Sinclair published a novel bearing the subtitle A Story of Ford-America. He blasted the callousness of a company worth “a billion dollars” that underpaid its workers while forcing them to engage in repetitive and sometimes
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Audiobook

Audiobook

Walk Through Fire

The Train Disaster that Changed America

by Yasmine S. Ali, MD ...

Narrated by Yasmine S. Ali ...

Unabridged

8 hours 19 min

On February 22, 1978, a devastating freight train derailment drastically altered Waverly, Tennessee, and its place in history. This was one of the worst train explosions of the twentieth century, killing sixteen people, injuring hundreds more, and causing millions of dollars in damage.What could have been dismissed as a single community's terrible misfortune instead became the catalyst for radical ... Read more

$29.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Also available as: eBook

On February 22, 1978, a devastating freight train derailment drastically altered Waverly, Tennessee, and its place in history. This was one of the worst train explosions of the twentieth century, killing sixteen people, injuring hundreds more, and causing millions of dollars in damage.What could have been dismissed as a single community's terrible misfortune instead became the catalyst for radical
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Audiobook

Audiobook

Origins

How Earth's History Shaped Human History

by Lewis Dartnell ...

Narrated by John Sackville ...

Unabridged

9 hours 9 min

A New York Times-bestselling author explains how the physical world shaped the history of our speciesWhen we talk about human history, we often focus on great leaders, population forces, and decisive wars. But how has the earth itself determined our destiny? Our planet wobbles, driving changes in climate that forced the transition from nomadism to farming. Mountainous terrain led to the ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

Also available as: eBook

A New York Times-bestselling author explains how the physical world shaped the history of our speciesWhen we talk about human history, we often focus on great leaders, population forces, and decisive wars. But how has the earth itself determined our destiny? Our planet wobbles, driving changes in climate that forced the transition from nomadism to farming. Mountainous terrain led to the
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Audiobook

Audiobook

Sludge

What Stops Us from Getting Things Done and What to Do about It

by Cass R. Sunstein ...

Narrated by Asa Siegel ...

Unabridged

3 hours 23 min

How we became so burdened by red tape and unnecessary paperwork, and why we must do better.We've all had to fight our way through administrative sludge—filling out complicated online forms, mailing in paperwork, standing in line at the motor vehicle registry. This kind of red tape is a nuisance, but, as Cass Sunstein shows in Sludge, it can also also impair health, reduce growth, entrench poverty, ... Read more

$19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Also available as: eBook

How we became so burdened by red tape and unnecessary paperwork, and why we must do better.We've all had to fight our way through administrative sludge—filling out complicated online forms, mailing in paperwork, standing in line at the motor vehicle registry. This kind of red tape is a nuisance, but, as Cass Sunstein shows in Sludge, it can also also impair health, reduce growth, entrench poverty,
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Audiobook

Audiobook

Masters of the Lost Land

The Untold Story of the Amazon and the Violent Fight for the World's Last Frontier

by Heriberto Araujo ...

Narrated by Rebecca Mozo ...

Unabridged

13 hours 22 min

In the tradition of Killers of the Flower Moon, a haunting murder mystery revealing the human story behind one of the most devastating crimes of our time: the ruthless destruction of the Amazon rain forest—and anyone who stands in the wayDeep in the heart of the Amazon, the city of Rondon do Pará, Brazil, lived for decades in the shadow of land barons, or fazendeiros*,* who maintained control of ... Read more

$41.99 CAD

Also available as: eBook

In the tradition of Killers of the Flower Moon, a haunting murder mystery revealing the human story behind one of the most devastating crimes of our time: the ruthless destruction of the Amazon rain forest—and anyone who stands in the wayDeep in the heart of the Amazon, the city of Rondon do Pará, Brazil, lived for decades in the shadow of land barons, or fazendeiros*,* who maintained control of
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Audiobook

Audiobook

The Lessons of Tragedy

Statecraft and World Order

by Hal Brands, Charles Edel ...

Narrated by Marc Cashman ...

Unabridged

6 hours 15 min

An eloquent call to draw on the lessons of the past to address current threats to international orderThe ancient Greeks hard-wired a tragic sensibility into their culture. By looking disaster squarely in the face, by understanding just how badly things could spiral out of control, they sought to create a communal sense of responsibility and courage--to spur citizens and their leaders to take the ... Read more

$20.99 CAD

Also available as: eBook

An eloquent call to draw on the lessons of the past to address current threats to international orderThe ancient Greeks hard-wired a tragic sensibility into their culture. By looking disaster squarely in the face, by understanding just how badly things could spiral out of control, they sought to create a communal sense of responsibility and courage--to spur citizens and their leaders to take the
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Audiobook

Audiobook

De-Escalate

How to Calm an Angry Person in 90 Seconds or Less

by Douglas E. Noll ...

Narrated by Aleya Dao ...

Unabridged

7 hours 9 min

Written by award-winning author, highly experienced mediator, and co-founder of the Prison of Peace project, Douglas E. Noll, De-Escalate gives you the proven process to calm any angry person or volatile situation in 90 seconds or less.Based on the practical experience of a master mediator and grounded in the latest findings in neuroscience, Douglas Noll offers his proven process—to empower you to ... Read more

$26.99 CAD

Also available as: eBook

Written by award-winning author, highly experienced mediator, and co-founder of the Prison of Peace project, Douglas E. Noll, De-Escalate gives you the proven process to calm any angry person or volatile situation in 90 seconds or less.Based on the practical experience of a master mediator and grounded in the latest findings in neuroscience, Douglas Noll offers his proven process—to empower you to
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Audiobook

Audiobook

Appeasement

Chamberlain, Hitler, Churchill, and the Road to War

by Tim Bouverie ...

Narrated by John Sessions ...

Unabridged

22 hours 3 min

A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • SUNDAY TIMES (UK) BESTSELLER • A gripping history of the British appeasement of Hitler on the eve of World War II“An eye-opening narrative that makes for exciting but at times uncomfortable reading as one reflects on possible lessons for the present.”—Antonia Fraser, author of Mary Queen of ScotsOn a wet afternoon in September 1938, Prime Minister Neville ... Read more

$40.99 CAD

Also available as: eBook

A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • SUNDAY TIMES (UK) BESTSELLER • A gripping history of the British appeasement of Hitler on the eve of World War II“An eye-opening narrative that makes for exciting but at times uncomfortable reading as one reflects on possible lessons for the present.”—Antonia Fraser, author of Mary Queen of ScotsOn a wet afternoon in September 1938, Prime Minister Neville
... Read more

Also available as: eBook

Rakuten Kobo

eReaders

Apps

Accessories

What is Kobo Super Points?

Reward Yourself

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Your Shopping Cart is empty

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Recommended For You

“anne garrles”

Putin Country

People who read this also enjoyed

Cold Warriors

Humane

The Fall of Heaven

Fulfillment

Walk Through Fire

Origins

Sludge

Masters of the Lost Land

The Lessons of Tragedy

De-Escalate

Appeasement

eReaders

Apps

Accessories

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Your Shopping Cart is empty

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Recommended For You

“anne garrles”

Show:

People who read this also enjoyed