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WTF America?!

The Way Out of This Hell and Back to Democracy

by Ben Meiselas, Brett Meiselas, Jordy Meiselas ...

Unabridged

10 hours

From the founders of MeidasTouch, the independent news network that helped redefine how millions of people consume news, WTF America?! is an unflinching look at how the United States and the world arrived at this dangerous moment—with authoritarian movements gaining ground and democratic institutions under relentless attack—and, more importantly, how we can fight our way back and reclaim the ... Read more

$27.99 USD

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From the founders of MeidasTouch, the independent news network that helped redefine how millions of people consume news, WTF America?! is an unflinching look at how the United States and the world arrived at this dangerous moment—with authoritarian movements gaining ground and democratic institutions under relentless attack—and, more importantly, how we can fight our way back and reclaim the
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This Is the Plan

How to End America's Meltdown and Save Democracy

by Ben Wikler ...

Narrated by Ben Wikler ...

Unabridged

9 hours 32 min

"Ben Wikler is one of the most strategic and respected leaders of his generation. If we do what this book says, we will win." ―Nancy PelosiFrom one of the most successful Democratic strategists of the last decade, a revelatory account of what you―yes, you**―can do to defeat Trumpism.**This Is the Plan is a hope-unleashing answer for anyone who has looked at the wreckage of American politics and ... Read more

$20.99 USD

"Ben Wikler is one of the most strategic and respected leaders of his generation. If we do what this book says, we will win." ―Nancy PelosiFrom one of the most successful Democratic strategists of the last decade, a revelatory account of what you―yes, you**―can do to defeat Trumpism.**This Is the Plan is a hope-unleashing answer for anyone who has looked at the wreckage of American politics and
... Read more
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On Corruption in America

And What Is at Stake

by Sarah Chayes ...

Narrated by Sarah Chayes ...

Unabridged

12 hours 49 min

**From the prizewinning journalist and internationally recognized expert on corruption in government networks throughout the world comes a major work that looks homeward to America, exploring the insidious, dangerous networks of corruption of our past, present, and precarious future.“If you want to save America, this might just be the most important book to read now." —Nancy MacLean, author of ... Read more

$22.99 USD

**From the prizewinning journalist and internationally recognized expert on corruption in government networks throughout the world comes a major work that looks homeward to America, exploring the insidious, dangerous networks of corruption of our past, present, and precarious future.“If you want to save America, this might just be the most important book to read now." —Nancy MacLean, author of
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The Greatest Sentence Ever Written

by Walter Isaacson ...

Narrated by Walter Isaacson, Holter Graham ...

Unabridged

2 hours 27 min

America’s bestselling biographer reveals the origins of the most revolutionary sentence in the Declaration of Independence, the one that defines who we are as Americans—and explains how it should shape our politics today.“Isaacson uses a jeweler’s loupe to scan what gives his snappy little book its engaging title….Isaacson skillfully teases fresh pith and resonance out of those familiar words.” ... Read more

$14.99 USD

America’s bestselling biographer reveals the origins of the most revolutionary sentence in the Declaration of Independence, the one that defines who we are as Americans—and explains how it should shape our politics today.“Isaacson uses a jeweler’s loupe to scan what gives his snappy little book its engaging title….Isaacson skillfully teases fresh pith and resonance out of those familiar words.”
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The Audacity of Hope

Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream

by Barack Obama ...

Narrated by Barack Obama ...

Abridged

6 hours 10 min

In July 2004, Barack Obama electrified the Democratic National Convention with an address that spoke to Americans across the political spectrum. Now, in The Audacity of Hope, Senator Obama calls for a different brand of politics–a politics for those weary of bitter partisanship and alienated by the “endless clash of armies” we see in Congress and on the campaign trail; a politics rooted in the ... Read more

$15.99 USD

In July 2004, Barack Obama electrified the Democratic National Convention with an address that spoke to Americans across the political spectrum. Now, in The Audacity of Hope, Senator Obama calls for a different brand of politics–a politics for those weary of bitter partisanship and alienated by the “endless clash of armies” we see in Congress and on the campaign trail; a politics rooted in the
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Winners Take All

The Elite Charade of Changing the World

by Anand Giridharadas ...

Narrated by Anand Giridharadas ...

Unabridged

9 hours 36 min

The New York Times bestselling, groundbreaking investigation of how the global elite's efforts to "change the world" preserve the status quo and obscure their role in causing the problems they later seek to solve. An essential read for understanding some of the egregious abuses of power that dominate today’s news.Former New York Times columnist Anand Giridharadas takes us into the inner sanctums ... Read more

$20.99 USD

The New York Times bestselling, groundbreaking investigation of how the global elite's efforts to "change the world" preserve the status quo and obscure their role in causing the problems they later seek to solve. An essential read for understanding some of the egregious abuses of power that dominate today’s news.Former New York Times columnist Anand Giridharadas takes us into the inner sanctums
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How Democracies Die

by Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt ...

Narrated by Fred Sanders ...

Unabridged

8 hours 24 min

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The urgent and influential guide to the forces that have undermined democracies across the globe—forces running rampant in the United States today—hailed as “a touchstone” (The New Yorker) that “comes at exactly the right moment” (The Washington Post)“Comprehensive, enlightening, and terrifyingly timely.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice)“[Levitsky and ... Read more

$20.99 USD

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The urgent and influential guide to the forces that have undermined democracies across the globe—forces running rampant in the United States today—hailed as “a touchstone” (The New Yorker) that “comes at exactly the right moment” (The Washington Post)“Comprehensive, enlightening, and terrifyingly timely.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice)“[Levitsky and
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The Plot to Destroy Democracy

How Putin and His Spies Are Undermining America and Dismantling the West

by Malcolm Nance ...

Narrated by Peter Ganim ...

Unabridged

12 hours 36 min

A provocative, comprehensive analysis of Vladimir Putin and Russia's master plan to destroy democracy in the age of Donald Trump.In the greatest intelligence operation in the history of the world, Donald Trump was made President of the United States with the assistance of a foreign power. For the first time, The Plot to Destroy Democracy reveals the dramatic story of how blackmail, espionage, ... Read more

$27.99 USD

A provocative, comprehensive analysis of Vladimir Putin and Russia's master plan to destroy democracy in the age of Donald Trump.In the greatest intelligence operation in the history of the world, Donald Trump was made President of the United States with the assistance of a foreign power. For the first time, The Plot to Destroy Democracy reveals the dramatic story of how blackmail, espionage,
... Read more
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The Open Society and Its Enemies

New One-Volume Edition

by Karl Popper ...

Narrated by Liam Gerrard ...

Unabridged

23 hours 17 min

One of the most important books of the twentieth century, Karl Popper's The Open Society and Its Enemies is an uncompromising defense of liberal democracy and a powerful attack on the intellectual origins of totalitarianism. Popper was born in 1902 to a Viennese family of Jewish origin. He taught in Austria until 1937, when he emigrated to New Zealand in anticipation of the Nazi annexation of ... Read more

$39.99 USD

One of the most important books of the twentieth century, Karl Popper's The Open Society and Its Enemies is an uncompromising defense of liberal democracy and a powerful attack on the intellectual origins of totalitarianism. Popper was born in 1902 to a Viennese family of Jewish origin. He taught in Austria until 1937, when he emigrated to New Zealand in anticipation of the Nazi annexation of
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The Conspiracy to End America

Five Ways My Old Party Is Driving Our Democracy to Autocracy

by Stuart Stevens ...

Narrated by Jeff Bottoms ...

Unabridged

5 hours 53 min

Lincoln Project adviser and bestselling author of It Was All a Lie, Stuart Stevens offers an ominous warning that the GOP is dragging our country toward autocracy—and if we don’t wake up to the crisis in our system, 2024 may well have been our last free and fair election.Today’s Republican party is not a “normal” political party in the American tradition. It has become an autocratic movement ... Read more

$18.99 USD

Lincoln Project adviser and bestselling author of It Was All a Lie, Stuart Stevens offers an ominous warning that the GOP is dragging our country toward autocracy—and if we don’t wake up to the crisis in our system, 2024 may well have been our last free and fair election.Today’s Republican party is not a “normal” political party in the American tradition. It has become an autocratic movement
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Tyranny of the Minority

Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point

by Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt ...

Narrated by Fred Sanders ...

Unabridged

8 hours 49 min

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A call to reform our antiquated political institutions before it’s too late—from the authors of How Democracies Die“[Levitsky and Ziblatt] write with terrifying clarity about how the forces of the right have co-opted the enshrined rules to exert their tyranny.”—The Washington PostONE OF THE CALIFORNIA REVIEW OF BOOKS’ TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • A NEWSWEEK BES... ... Read more

$20.99 USD

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A call to reform our antiquated political institutions before it’s too late—from the authors of How Democracies Die“[Levitsky and Ziblatt] write with terrifying clarity about how the forces of the right have co-opted the enshrined rules to exert their tyranny.”—The Washington PostONE OF THE CALIFORNIA REVIEW OF BOOKS’ TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • A NEWSWEEK BES...
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Tragedy and Hope 101: The Illusion of Justice, Freedom, and Democracy

by Joseph Plummer ...

Narrated by Joshua Mackey ...

Unabridged

5 hours 31 min

The information in this book contradicts nearly everything you’ve been led to believe about democracy and representative government.Based on the groundbreaking research of respected historian Carroll Quigley, Tragedy and Hope 101 reveals an unimaginably devious political system. The goal of those who control the system, in Quigley’s own words, is to dominate “all habitable portions of the world.” ... Read more

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The information in this book contradicts nearly everything you’ve been led to believe about democracy and representative government.Based on the groundbreaking research of respected historian Carroll Quigley, Tragedy and Hope 101 reveals an unimaginably devious political system. The goal of those who control the system, in Quigley’s own words, is to dominate “all habitable portions of the world.”
... Read more
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End Times

Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration

by Peter Turchin ...

Narrated by Robin McAlpine ...

Unabridged

10 hours 4 min

**“Peter Turchin brings science to history. Some like it and some prefer their history plain. But everyone needs to pay attention to the well-informed, convincing and terrifying analysis in this book.” —Angus Deaton, winner of the Nobel Prize in EconomicsFrom the pioneering co-founder of cliodynamics, the groundbreaking new interdisciplinary science of history, a big-picture explanation for ... Read more

$20.00 USD

**“Peter Turchin brings science to history. Some like it and some prefer their history plain. But everyone needs to pay attention to the well-informed, convincing and terrifying analysis in this book.” —Angus Deaton, winner of the Nobel Prize in EconomicsFrom the pioneering co-founder of cliodynamics, the groundbreaking new interdisciplinary science of history, a big-picture explanation for
... Read more
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The Tech Coup

How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley

by Marietje Schaake ...

Narrated by Lorna Bennett ...

Unabridged

11 hours 1 min

Under the cover of "innovation," technology companies have successfully resisted regulation and have even begun to seize power from governments themselves. Facial recognition firms track citizens for police surveillance. Cryptocurrency has wiped out the savings of millions and threatens the stability of the global financial system. Spyware companies sell intelligence tools to anyone who can afford ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Under the cover of "innovation," technology companies have successfully resisted regulation and have even begun to seize power from governments themselves. Facial recognition firms track citizens for police surveillance. Cryptocurrency has wiped out the savings of millions and threatens the stability of the global financial system. Spyware companies sell intelligence tools to anyone who can afford
... Read more
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The Democracy Project

A History, a Crisis, a Movement

by David Graeber ...

Narrated by Grover Gardner ...

Unabridged

9 hours 38 min

A bold rethinking of the most powerful political idea in the world—democracy—and the story of how radical democracy can yet transform America, from the co-author of The Dawn of EverythingDemocracy has been the American religion since before the Revolution—from New England town halls to the multicultural democracy of Atlantic pirate ships. But can our current political system, one that seems ... Read more

$20.99 USD

A bold rethinking of the most powerful political idea in the world—democracy—and the story of how radical democracy can yet transform America, from the co-author of The Dawn of EverythingDemocracy has been the American religion since before the Revolution—from New England town halls to the multicultural democracy of Atlantic pirate ships. But can our current political system, one that seems
... Read more
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The Federalist Papers

by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay ...

Narrated by Alma Willis, Dawson Hammond, Leandro Stuart, Ayden Booth, Dorine Oliver, Peyton Cooke, Reuben Buchanan, Talia Morton ...

Unabridged

20 hours 49 min

The Federalist Papers are a collection of eighty-five articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay in favor of ratifying the United States Constitution. First appearing in 1787 as a series of letters to New York newspapers, this collective body of work is widely considered to be among the most important historical collections of all time. Although the authors of ... Read more

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The Federalist Papers are a collection of eighty-five articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay in favor of ratifying the United States Constitution. First appearing in 1787 as a series of letters to New York newspapers, this collective body of work is widely considered to be among the most important historical collections of all time. Although the authors of
... Read more
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Origin of Democracy

by Blake Carson ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Madison G ...

Series Audiobook box set - Origin of
Unabridged

3 hours 24 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Tracing the rise of the people's rule—how did democracy develop from ancient times to its modern form? This book examines the origins of democratic thought and governance, beginning with ancient Athens, where the concept of democracy first emerged as a revolutionary idea allowing citizens to participate directly in decision-making. It explores the ... Read more

$0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Tracing the rise of the people's rule—how did democracy develop from ancient times to its modern form? This book examines the origins of democratic thought and governance, beginning with ancient Athens, where the concept of democracy first emerged as a revolutionary idea allowing citizens to participate directly in decision-making. It explores the
... Read more
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Confronting Political Intimidation and Public Bullying

A Handbook for the Trump Era and Beyond

by Roddey Reid ...

Narrated by Jack Nolan ...

Unabridged

6 hours 22 min

Bullying and intimidation are not accidental features of contemporary American life; they have become deliberate tools of power that increasingly define our politics. In Confronting Political Intimidation and Public Bullying, Roddey Reid examines how intimidation and bullying have been normalized across public life-from schools, workplaces, and new media ecosystems to electoral politics and civic ... Read more

$13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Bullying and intimidation are not accidental features of contemporary American life; they have become deliberate tools of power that increasingly define our politics. In Confronting Political Intimidation and Public Bullying, Roddey Reid examines how intimidation and bullying have been normalized across public life-from schools, workplaces, and new media ecosystems to electoral politics and civic
... Read more
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The Future of Freedom

Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad

by Fareed Zakaria, Yuri Rasovsky, Yuri Rasovsky ...

Narrated by Ned Schmidtke ...

Unabridged

10 hours 5 min

More democracy means more freedom. Or does it?American democracy is, in many people's minds, the model for the rest of the world. Fareed Zakaria points out that the American form of democracy is one of the least democratic in use today. Members of the Supreme Court and the Federal Reserve, institutions that fundamentally shape our lives, are appointed, not elected. The Bill of Rights enumerates a ... Read more

$19.99 USD

More democracy means more freedom. Or does it?American democracy is, in many people's minds, the model for the rest of the world. Fareed Zakaria points out that the American form of democracy is one of the least democratic in use today. Members of the Supreme Court and the Federal Reserve, institutions that fundamentally shape our lives, are appointed, not elected. The Bill of Rights enumerates a
... Read more
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An Unpromised Land

by Leon Gettler ...

Narrated by Leon Gettler ...

Unabridged

4 hours 25 min

In the 1930s, in the wake of the Nazi ascendancy in Germany, a wave of vicious anti-Semitism swept Europe, as Jews became outcasts in their own lands. As they clamoured to escape persecution, the world turned a blind eye to their plight. One man, Isaac Steinberg, had a vision of leading his people from the holocaust to a new paradise on the other side of the world. His enthusiastic and resolute ... Read more

$8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

In the 1930s, in the wake of the Nazi ascendancy in Germany, a wave of vicious anti-Semitism swept Europe, as Jews became outcasts in their own lands. As they clamoured to escape persecution, the world turned a blind eye to their plight. One man, Isaac Steinberg, had a vision of leading his people from the holocaust to a new paradise on the other side of the world. His enthusiastic and resolute
... Read more
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The Shortest History of Democracy

4,000 Years of Self-Government-A Retelling for Our Times

by John Keane ...

Narrated by Grant Cartwright ...

Unabridged

5 hours 15 min

From The Shortest History series comes the complete history of democracy, its champions, and its detractors—from the assemblies of ancient Mesopotamia to present perilsThis tumultuous global story begins with democracy's radical core idea: We can collaborate, as equals, to determine our own lives and futures. John Keane traces how this concept emerged and evolved, from the earliest "assembly ... Read more

$19.99 USD

From The Shortest History series comes the complete history of democracy, its champions, and its detractors—from the assemblies of ancient Mesopotamia to present perilsThis tumultuous global story begins with democracy's radical core idea: We can collaborate, as equals, to determine our own lives and futures. John Keane traces how this concept emerged and evolved, from the earliest "assembly
... Read more
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Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop

The Case for Multiparty Democracy in America

by Lee Drutman ...

Narrated by Christopher Grove ...

Unabridged

10 hours 49 min

American democracy is at an impasse. After years of zero-sum partisan trench warfare, our political institutions are deteriorating. Our norms are collapsing. Democrats and Republicans no longer merely argue; they cut off contact with each other. In short, the two-party system is breaking our democracy, and driving us all crazy.Deftly weaving together history, democratic theory, and cutting-edge ... Read more

$24.99 USD

American democracy is at an impasse. After years of zero-sum partisan trench warfare, our political institutions are deteriorating. Our norms are collapsing. Democrats and Republicans no longer merely argue; they cut off contact with each other. In short, the two-party system is breaking our democracy, and driving us all crazy.Deftly weaving together history, democratic theory, and cutting-edge
... Read more
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E a verdade os libertará

Reflexões sobre religião, política e bolsonarismo

by Ricardo Alexandre ...

Narrated by Ricardo Alexandre ...

Unabridged

7 hours 59 min

Desde junho de 2013, com as famosas manifestações de rua, passando pelos escândalos de corrupção revelados pela Operação Lava Jato, o impeachment da presidente Dilma Rousseff e a eleição do presidente Jair Bolsonaro, o grau de polarização na igreja e na sociedade só fez aumentar. Amizades antes duradouras e relações familiares outrora consistentes abalaram-se e parecem longe de voltar à ... Read more

$10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Desde junho de 2013, com as famosas manifestações de rua, passando pelos escândalos de corrupção revelados pela Operação Lava Jato, o impeachment da presidente Dilma Rousseff e a eleição do presidente Jair Bolsonaro, o grau de polarização na igreja e na sociedade só fez aumentar. Amizades antes duradouras e relações familiares outrora consistentes abalaram-se e parecem longe de voltar à
... Read more
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The Econocracy

On the Perils of Leaving Economics to the Experts

by Joe Earle, Cahal Moran, Zach Ward-Perkins ...

Narrated by Jonathan Keeble ...

Unabridged

6 hours 56 min

Penguin presents the unabridged downloadable audiobook edition of The Econocracy by Joe Earle, Cahal Moran and Zach Ward-Perkins, read by Jonathan Keeble.A century ago, the idea of 'the economy' didn't exist. Now economics is the supreme ideology of our time, with its own rules and language. The trouble is, most of us can't speak it.This is damaging democracy. Dangerous agendas are hidden inside ... Read more

$13.99 USD

Penguin presents the unabridged downloadable audiobook edition of The Econocracy by Joe Earle, Cahal Moran and Zach Ward-Perkins, read by Jonathan Keeble.A century ago, the idea of 'the economy' didn't exist. Now economics is the supreme ideology of our time, with its own rules and language. The trouble is, most of us can't speak it.This is damaging democracy. Dangerous agendas are hidden inside
... Read more

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