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Bestsellers
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Weapons of Mass Instruction
- A Schoolteacher's Journey Through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling
- By: John Taylor Gatto
- Narrated by: Michael Puttonen
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Weapons of Mass Instruction focuses on mechanisms of traditional education which cripple imagination, discourage critical thinking, and create a false view of learning....
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I will never see school the same
- By Nicole on 05-21-15
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New Cold Wars
- China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West
- By: David E. Sanger, Mary K. Brooks
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean, David E. Sanger
- Length: 18 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Three decades after the end of the Cold War, the United States finds itself in a volatile rivalry with the other two great nuclear powers—Xi Jinping’s China and Vladimir Putin’s Russia—in a world far more complex and dangerous than that of half a century ago.
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Gives many insights into our new Cold Wars
- By Amazon Customer on 04-19-24
By: David E. Sanger, and others
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Minority Rule
- The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People - and the Fight to Resist It
- By: Ari Berman
- Narrated by: Gary Tiedemann
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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The mob that stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021, represented an extreme form of the central danger facing American democracy today: a blatant disregard for the will of the majority.
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SO much great information!
- By CharlieSeymourJr on 05-01-24
By: Ari Berman
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Being Mortal
- Medicine and What Matters in the End
- By: Atul Gawande
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Being Mortal asserts that medicine can comfort and enhance our experience even to the end, providing not only a good life but also a good end....
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A Walk through the Valley of the Shadow
- By George on 11-02-14
By: Atul Gawande
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Poverty, by America
- By: Matthew Desmond
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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The United States, the richest country on earth, has more poverty than any other advanced democracy....
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A testimonial based on facts and witness
- By Alonzo Nightjar on 03-27-23
By: Matthew Desmond
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In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts
- Close Encounters with Addiction
- By: Gabor Maté MD
- Narrated by: Daniel Maté
- Length: 16 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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In this timely and profoundly original book, best-selling writer and physician Gabor Maté looks at the epidemic of addictions in our society, tells us why we are so prone to them, and what is needed to liberate ourselves from their hold on our emotions and behaviours....
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Gabor should have been the narrator
- By Stacey on 08-16-19
By: Gabor Maté MD
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Weapons of Mass Instruction
- A Schoolteacher's Journey Through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling
- By: John Taylor Gatto
- Narrated by: Michael Puttonen
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Weapons of Mass Instruction focuses on mechanisms of traditional education which cripple imagination, discourage critical thinking, and create a false view of learning....
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I will never see school the same
- By Nicole on 05-21-15
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New Cold Wars
- China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West
- By: David E. Sanger, Mary K. Brooks
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean, David E. Sanger
- Length: 18 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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Three decades after the end of the Cold War, the United States finds itself in a volatile rivalry with the other two great nuclear powers—Xi Jinping’s China and Vladimir Putin’s Russia—in a world far more complex and dangerous than that of half a century ago.
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Gives many insights into our new Cold Wars
- By Amazon Customer on 04-19-24
By: David E. Sanger, and others
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Minority Rule
- The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People - and the Fight to Resist It
- By: Ari Berman
- Narrated by: Gary Tiedemann
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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The mob that stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021, represented an extreme form of the central danger facing American democracy today: a blatant disregard for the will of the majority.
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SO much great information!
- By CharlieSeymourJr on 05-01-24
By: Ari Berman
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Being Mortal
- Medicine and What Matters in the End
- By: Atul Gawande
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Being Mortal asserts that medicine can comfort and enhance our experience even to the end, providing not only a good life but also a good end....
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A Walk through the Valley of the Shadow
- By George on 11-02-14
By: Atul Gawande
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Poverty, by America
- By: Matthew Desmond
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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The United States, the richest country on earth, has more poverty than any other advanced democracy....
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A testimonial based on facts and witness
- By Alonzo Nightjar on 03-27-23
By: Matthew Desmond
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In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts
- Close Encounters with Addiction
- By: Gabor Maté MD
- Narrated by: Daniel Maté
- Length: 16 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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In this timely and profoundly original book, best-selling writer and physician Gabor Maté looks at the epidemic of addictions in our society, tells us why we are so prone to them, and what is needed to liberate ourselves from their hold on our emotions and behaviours....
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Gabor should have been the narrator
- By Stacey on 08-16-19
By: Gabor Maté MD
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The Checklist Manifesto
- How to Get Things Right
- By: Atul Gawande
- Narrated by: John Bedford Lloyd
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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The New York Times best-selling author of Better and Complications reveals the surprising power of the ordinary checklist ....
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Riveting!
- By Tad Davis on 01-11-10
By: Atul Gawande
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The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
- By: Edmund Morris
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Length: 26 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time. Described by the Chicago Tribune as "a classic", The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt stands as one of the greatest biographies of our time....
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Very, very good, but very, very long.
- By Mike From Mesa on 03-29-13
By: Edmund Morris
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Why Nations Fail
- The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
- By: Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 17 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Brilliant and engagingly written, Why Nations Fail answers the question that has stumped the experts for centuries.....
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Pros and Cons of "Why Nations Fail"
- By Joshua Kim on 05-01-12
By: Daron Acemoglu, and others
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The Kill Chain
- Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare
- By: Christian Brose
- Narrated by: Christian Brose
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
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From a former senior advisor to Senator John McCain, an urgent wake-up call about how new technologies are threatening America's military might....
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important message but repetitive
- By Tomas Singliar on 06-06-20
By: Christian Brose
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Evicted
- Poverty and Profit in the American City
- By: Matthew Desmond
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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In Evicted, Princeton sociologist and MacArthur “Genius” Matthew Desmond follows eight families in Milwaukee as they each struggle to keep a roof over their heads....
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Former Property Manager
- By Charla on 05-18-16
By: Matthew Desmond
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How the World Really Works
- The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going
- By: Vaclav Smil
- Narrated by: Stephen Perring
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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An essential analysis of the modern science and technology that makes our twenty-first century lives possible—a scientist's investigation into what science really does, and does not, accomplish....
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Let me save you a credit: progress is hard
- By Dalton on 06-06-22
By: Vaclav Smil
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Turtles All the Way Down
- Vaccine Science and Myth
- By: Anonymous
- Narrated by: Tim Bodnar
- Length: 18 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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If you are reading this, you are probably aware of the fierce debate surrounding vaccination and looking for information that will allow you to make the best decisions for yourself and your loved ones....
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Informative
- By smeese on 05-02-24
By: Anonymous
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The Sum of Us
- What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
- By: Heather McGhee
- Narrated by: Heather McGhee
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
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One of today’s most insightful and influential thinkers offers a powerful exploration of inequality and the lesson that generations of Americans have failed to learn: Racism has a cost for everyone—not just for people of color....
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Good book but Recording tech is poor. Glitches
- By Jeannepup on 02-25-21
By: Heather McGhee
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The Deficit Myth
- Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy
- By: Stephanie Kelton
- Narrated by: Stephanie Kelton
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
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Stephanie Kelton's brilliant exploration of modern monetary theory (MMT) dramatically changes our understanding of how we can best deal with crucial issues ranging from poverty and inequality to creating jobs....
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Good core idea, ruined by polemics
- By Amaze on 06-25-20
By: Stephanie Kelton
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The Knowledge Gap
- The Hidden Cause of America's Broken Education System--and How to Fix it
- By: Natalie Wexler
- Narrated by: Natalie Wexler
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
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In the tradition of Dale Russakoff's The Prize and Dana Goldstein's The Teacher Wars, Wexler brings together history, research, and compelling characters to pull back the curtain on this fundamental flaw in our education system....
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Thoughts on The Knowledge Gap
- By cchamberalain on 02-28-20
By: Natalie Wexler
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There's No Such Thing as Bad Weather
- A Scandinavian Mom's Secrets for Raising Healthy, Resilient, and Confident Kids (from Friluftsliv to Hygge)
- By: Linda Åkeson McGurk
- Narrated by: Ann Richardson
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
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Bringing Up Bébé meets Last Child in the Woods in this lively, insightful memoir....
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Great concept, interesting writing.
- By Kate on 11-03-17
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America's Cultural Revolution
- How the Radical Left Conquered Everything
- By: Christopher F. Rufo
- Narrated by: Charles Constant
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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In the 1960s, Mao launched China’s Cultural Revolution. Cities grew overcrowded. Technocrats demanded progress from above. Anyone opposed was sent to be “re-educated.”....
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Outstanding Analysis
- By Roman on 07-22-23
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It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism
- By: Senator Bernie Sanders, John Nichols
- Narrated by: Senator Bernie Sanders
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
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It’s OK to be angry about capitalism....
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A true and unbiased understanding of politics today
- By Sassy monster on 02-21-23
By: Senator Bernie Sanders, and others
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Discrimination and Disparities
- By: Thomas Sowell
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins
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Discrimination and Disparities challenges believers in such one-factor explanations of economic outcome differences as discrimination, exploitation, or genetics....
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Hard Pill To Swallow - I’m better for it
- By Charles on 01-14-19
By: Thomas Sowell
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The White Bonus
- Five Families and the Cash Value of Racism in America
- By: Tracie McMillan
- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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In The White Bonus, McMillan asks a provocative question about racism in America: When people of color are denied so much, what are white people given? And how much is it worth—not in amorphous privilege, but in dollars and cents?
By: Tracie McMillan
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The Mis-Education of the Negro
- By: Carter Goodwin Woodson
- Narrated by: Anthony Stewart
- Length: 3 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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An unapologetic look into the factors that have caused so many Blacks to think and act in the negative way they do towards themselves and others....
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A Classic and Unexpected Delight
- By Theo Horesh on 02-28-13
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Who Gets in and Why
- A Year Inside College Admissions
- By: Jeffrey J. Selingo
- Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
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From award-winning higher education journalist and New York Times best-selling author Jeffrey Selingo comes a revealing look from inside the admissions office - one that identifies surprising strategies that will aid in the college search....
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A must-read for anyone applying to college
- By Nom de Guerre on 10-21-20
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Fancy Bear Goes Phishing
- The Dark History of the Information Age, in Five Extraordinary Hacks
- By: Scott J. Shapiro
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 15 hrs and 9 mins
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An entertaining account of the philosophy and technology of hacking—and why we all need to understand it....
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I can't seem to like this book...
- By Ken Vanden branden on 07-23-23
By: Scott J. Shapiro
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The Premonition
- A Pandemic Story
- By: Michael Lewis
- Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Michael Lewis’ taut and brilliant nonfiction thriller pits a band of medical visionaries against the wall of ignorance that was the official response of the Trump administration to the outbreak of COVID-19....
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Why not Michael Lewis?
- By Brian on 05-04-21
By: Michael Lewis
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Five Days at Memorial
- Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
- By: Sheri Fink
- Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
- Length: 17 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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After Hurricane Katrina struck and power failed, amid rising floodwaters and heat, exhausted staff at Memorial Medical Center designated certain patients last for rescue. Months later, a doctor and two nurses were arrested and accused of injecting some of those patients with life-ending drugs....
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Five Days in Hell/Years in Purgatory
- By Cynthia on 09-15-13
By: Sheri Fink
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Recoding America
- Why Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better
- By: Jennifer Pahlka
- Narrated by: Jennifer Pahlka
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
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A bold call to reexamine how our government operates—and sometimes fails to—from President Obama’s former deputy chief technology officer and the founder of Code for America....
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Very good, minimally partisan.
- By Samuel Mebane on 11-25-23
By: Jennifer Pahlka
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The Uninhabitable Earth
- Life After Warming
- By: David Wallace-Wells
- Narrated by: David Wallace-Wells
- Length: 9 hrs
- Unabridged
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An "epoch-defining book" (The Guardian) and "this generation’s Silent Spring" (The Washington Post), The Uninhabitable Earth is both a travelogue of the near future and a meditation on how that future will look to those living through it....
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Don’t read if you have depressive tendencies.
- By Ricky on 03-17-19
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Tell Your Children
- The Truth About Marijuana, Mental Illness, and Violence
- By: Alex Berenson
- Narrated by: Alex Berenson
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
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An eye-opening report from an award-winning author and former New York Times reporter reveals the link between teenage marijuana use and mental illness, and a hidden epidemic of violence caused by the drug - facts the media has ignored as the US rushes to legalize cannabis....
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The case against cannabis
- By Wayne on 01-10-19
By: Alex Berenson
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Battle for the American Mind
- Uprooting a Century of Miseducation
- By: Pete Hegseth, David Goodwin
- Narrated by: Pete Hegseth, David Goodwin
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Behind a smokescreen of “preparing students for the new industrial economy,” early progressives had political control in mind. America’s original schools didn’t just make kids memorize facts or learn skills; they taught them to think freely and arrive at wisdom....
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Academically sound
- By Rick Townsend on 07-21-22
By: Pete Hegseth, and others
New and included with membership
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The Peculiar Patriot
- By: Liza Jessie Peterson
- Narrated by: Liza Jessie Peterson
- Length: 1 hr and 35 mins
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Betsy LaQuanda Ross is a self-proclaimed “Peculiar Patriot”, who makes regular visits to penitentiaries in order to boost the morale of her loved ones. When she is not sharing neighborhood updates and gossip, Betsy illuminates our country’s cruel and unjust criminal justice system and its impact not only on the 2.3 million people behind bars, but also their family and friends.
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I laughed and I cried and laughed till I cried
- By AJ on 09-26-20
New releases
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Unheard Voices, Part 2
- By: Daniel K. Osei
- Narrated by: Aminah Young
- Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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In order to address the continued silencing of Black women in healthcare, it is essential to implement strategies that empower and uplift this marginalized group. By actively working towards creating a more inclusive and supportive healthcare system, we can ensure that Black women receive the quality care and attention they deserve. One key strategy for empowering Black women in healthcare is to advocate for increased representation and leadership opportunities within the field.
By: Daniel K. Osei
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Catastrophe Ethics
- How to Be Good in a World Gone Bad
- By: Travis Rieder
- Narrated by: Travis Rieder
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Humankind has never before faced challenges of the scale and complexity of today. We need to expand our ethical toolkit. The mental tools most of us rely on to ‘do the right thing’ just don’t work when it comes to reasoning about such huge collective problems. From the small stuff like single-use plastics to major decisions like whether to have children, Rieder defines exactly how we can change our thinking and lead a decent, meaningful life in a scary, complicated world.
By: Travis Rieder
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Drawdown
- The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming
- By: Paul Hawken - editor
- Narrated by: Aven Shore
- Length: 15 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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The 100 most substantive solutions to reverse global warming, based on meticulous research by leading scientists and policymakers around the world.
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Covid Lockdown Insanity
- The Covid Deaths It Prevented, the Depression and Suicides It Caused, What We Should Have Done, and What It Shows We Could Do Now to Address Real Crises
- By: Hugh McTavish PhD
- Narrated by: Hugh McTavish PhD
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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A Ph.D. biochemist and immunologist goes through the data on one of the greatest public policy disasters in human history—the lockdown response to COVID. How deadly was COVID originally and after it had evolved for a year or two? How many COVID deaths were prevented by the lockdowns? How many people did the lockdowns throw into depression? How many people did the lockdowns kill by deaths of despair? But the good news from the lockdowns is it shows citizens are willing to make enormous sacrifices for their society and that we can transform society on a dime.
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Charleston
- Race, Water, and the Coming Storm
- By: Susan Crawford, Annette Gordon-Reed - foreword
- Narrated by: Carrie Coello
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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At least thirteen million Americans will have to move away from American coasts in the coming decades, as rising sea levels and increasingly severe storms put lives at risk and cause billions of dollars in damages. In Charleston, South Carolina, denial, boosterism, widespread development, and public complacency about racial issues compound; the city, like our country, has no plan to protect its most vulnerable. Susan Crawford tells the story of a city that has played a central role in America's painful racial history for centuries and now stands at the intersection of climate and race.
By: Susan Crawford, and others
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We're Here to Help
- When Guardianship Goes Wrong
- By: Diane Dimond
- Narrated by: Diane Dimond
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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The state-run guardianship system, called conservatorship in some states, is largely unregulated, ill-understood, and increasingly populated by financially motivated predators. Just how the secretive world of guardianship works and its real-life effects remained a mystery to most until the very public case of pop star Britney Spears. Currently, there are an estimated 1.5 to 2 million Americans under court control, but precise figures are not known as no government entity keeps track of citizens who have lost the right to determine their own fate.
By: Diane Dimond
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Unheard Voices, Part 2
- By: Daniel K. Osei
- Narrated by: Aminah Young
- Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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In order to address the continued silencing of Black women in healthcare, it is essential to implement strategies that empower and uplift this marginalized group. By actively working towards creating a more inclusive and supportive healthcare system, we can ensure that Black women receive the quality care and attention they deserve. One key strategy for empowering Black women in healthcare is to advocate for increased representation and leadership opportunities within the field.
By: Daniel K. Osei
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Catastrophe Ethics
- How to Be Good in a World Gone Bad
- By: Travis Rieder
- Narrated by: Travis Rieder
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Humankind has never before faced challenges of the scale and complexity of today. We need to expand our ethical toolkit. The mental tools most of us rely on to ‘do the right thing’ just don’t work when it comes to reasoning about such huge collective problems. From the small stuff like single-use plastics to major decisions like whether to have children, Rieder defines exactly how we can change our thinking and lead a decent, meaningful life in a scary, complicated world.
By: Travis Rieder
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Drawdown
- The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming
- By: Paul Hawken - editor
- Narrated by: Aven Shore
- Length: 15 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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The 100 most substantive solutions to reverse global warming, based on meticulous research by leading scientists and policymakers around the world.
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Covid Lockdown Insanity
- The Covid Deaths It Prevented, the Depression and Suicides It Caused, What We Should Have Done, and What It Shows We Could Do Now to Address Real Crises
- By: Hugh McTavish PhD
- Narrated by: Hugh McTavish PhD
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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A Ph.D. biochemist and immunologist goes through the data on one of the greatest public policy disasters in human history—the lockdown response to COVID. How deadly was COVID originally and after it had evolved for a year or two? How many COVID deaths were prevented by the lockdowns? How many people did the lockdowns throw into depression? How many people did the lockdowns kill by deaths of despair? But the good news from the lockdowns is it shows citizens are willing to make enormous sacrifices for their society and that we can transform society on a dime.
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Charleston
- Race, Water, and the Coming Storm
- By: Susan Crawford, Annette Gordon-Reed - foreword
- Narrated by: Carrie Coello
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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At least thirteen million Americans will have to move away from American coasts in the coming decades, as rising sea levels and increasingly severe storms put lives at risk and cause billions of dollars in damages. In Charleston, South Carolina, denial, boosterism, widespread development, and public complacency about racial issues compound; the city, like our country, has no plan to protect its most vulnerable. Susan Crawford tells the story of a city that has played a central role in America's painful racial history for centuries and now stands at the intersection of climate and race.
By: Susan Crawford, and others
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We're Here to Help
- When Guardianship Goes Wrong
- By: Diane Dimond
- Narrated by: Diane Dimond
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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The state-run guardianship system, called conservatorship in some states, is largely unregulated, ill-understood, and increasingly populated by financially motivated predators. Just how the secretive world of guardianship works and its real-life effects remained a mystery to most until the very public case of pop star Britney Spears. Currently, there are an estimated 1.5 to 2 million Americans under court control, but precise figures are not known as no government entity keeps track of citizens who have lost the right to determine their own fate.
By: Diane Dimond
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Redesigning Education
- A New Paradigm for Success
- By: Frank “Bud” O’Lery
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Brandon
- Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Author Frank "Bud" O'Lery presents a compelling exploration of the challenges facing humanity in the modern era. Drawing parallels to the metaphorical "Four Horsemen of Apocalypse," O'Lery delves into the pressing issues of overcrowding, authoritarianism, greed, and environmental crises. Urging immediate action, he proposes the establishment of Educational Oases as safe havens for humanity, fostering critical thinking, knowledge, and interpersonal skills. The book envisions these Oases as fortresses of enlightenment, safeguarding arts, knowledge, and the best of human values.
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Roosevelt vs Hoover and the Cause of the Great Depression
- By: Ryan Webb
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 2 mins
- Unabridged
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On October 23, 1932, the New York Times ran the article, “Roosevelt Asserts Administration Acts Led to World Crisis,” which reported on presidential candidate Franklin Roosevelt’s visit to Louisville, Kentucky. Speaking to fifteen thousand people, Governor Roosevelt attacked President Herbert Hoover’s policies and accused Hoover of changing his view as to the cause of the economic depression. Specifically, Roosevelt accused Hoover of falsely blaming foreign nations for the US financial collapse. He also stated that the Republican administration was responsible, since it failed to ...
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Reform in the Progressive Era
- By: Ryan Webb
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In the final decades of the 19th century, America experienced rapid industrial growth, corporate mergers, an influx of immigrants and a rise in urban population and development. These modern changes resulted in crowded tenements, low wages, long working hours, child labor, and bad factory conditions. In response, the American people called for an end to corruption in government and supported legislation aimed at reducing these new evils of society. Indeed, during the Progressive Era the United States experienced one of its highest rates of reform. Government became more democratic and laws ...
By: Ryan Webb
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The Near Future War
- The War that the Next Generation of American Kids Will Die In
- By: J.P. Thomas II
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 2 hrs and 26 mins
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New Release! Welcome to the "Near Future War." In "The Near Future War" author and combat veteran J.P. Thomas II delivers a chilling wake-up call to the American public. As geopolitical tensions rise and the specter of war looms ever closer, Thomas passionately argues that the path laid out by our government will lead us not to security, but to ruin – especially for the younger generations who already find themselves on a shaky foundation. In this thought-provoking exploration of American post-Cold War foreign policy and economics, Thomas unveils the stark reality of a nation careening ...
By: J.P. Thomas II
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Roe v. Dobbs
- The Past, Present, and Future of a Constitutional Right to Abortion
- By: Lee C. Bollinger - edited by, Geoffrey R. Stone - edited by
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 15 hrs and 12 mins
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With this volume, Roe v. Dobbs: The Past, Present and Future of a Constitutional Right of Abortion, we confront the remarkable beginning and end-once again, after a half-century-of the landmark Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade, shockingly overruled by the Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. The goal of this book is to bring together some of our nation's experts to share their views on whether there should be a constitutional right to abortion, and what the consequences of Dobbs might be.
By: Lee C. Bollinger - edited by, and others
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AI-Assisted Interview Mastery: Ace Your Outpatient Cancer Center Coding Interview with 100 Questions, Intents, Answers, and Insider Tips
- Powered By AI
- By: Raj C Vaidyamath
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 2 hrs and 33 mins
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"AI-Assisted Interview Mastery: Ace Your Outpatient Cancer Center Coding Interview with 100 Questions, Intents, Answers, and Insider Tips" is a comprehensive guide designed to help aspiring medical coders excel in their interviews specifically focused on outpatient cancer center coding. This book combines the power of artificial intelligence with expert knowledge to provide a unique learning experience. Inside this book, you will find a carefully curated collection of 100 interview questions categorized into simple, medium, complex, and advanced levels. Each question is accompanied by the ...
By: Raj C Vaidyamath
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School: No Place for Children
- A Wake-Up Call
- By: David Adelman
- Narrated by: David Adelman
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
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Do you know what goes on in a typical classroom? Do you feel an irrational fear of authority and confidence in yourself? This book reveals the dark agenda of the modern schooling system and its toxic effects on both pupils and teachers alike.
By: David Adelman
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Outpatient Radiology Department Coding : AI-Assisted Interview Mastery with 100 Questions, Intents, Answers, and Insider Tips
- Powered By Artificial Intelligence
- By: Raj C Vaidyamath
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
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"Outpatient Radiology Department Coding: AI-Assisted Interview Mastery" is a comprehensive guide designed to help medical coders excel in interviews for positions in outpatient radiology departments. With the integration of artificial intelligence, this book offers a unique and innovative approach to interview preparation. It provides a curated collection of 100 interview questions categorized into four levels of difficulty: simple, medium, complex, and advanced. Each question is accompanied by the interviewer's intention, allowing readers to understand the underlying purpose behind the ...
By: Raj C Vaidyamath
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Ambulatory Service Center Coding : AI-Assisted Interview Mastery with 100 Questions, Intents, Answers, and Insider Tips
- Powered By Artificial Intelligence
- By: Raj C Vaidyamath
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 2 hrs and 58 mins
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Discover the ultimate guide to mastering Ambulatory Service Center (ASC) coding interviews with the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI). This comprehensive book is designed to equip aspiring medical coders with 100 carefully crafted questions, their corresponding intents, expertly crafted answers, and valuable insider tips. With the help of AI, you'll gain a deep understanding of the interview process, sharpen your coding skills, and confidently tackle any ASC coding interview. Unlock the potential of AI as you dive into this invaluable resource, developed by a curious mind. Each question...
By: Raj C Vaidyamath
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AI-Assisted Interview Mastery: Ace Your Dialysis Service Center Coding Interview with 100 Questions, Intents, Answers, and Insider Tips
- Powered By Artificial Intelligence
- By: Raj C Vaidyamath
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 3 hrs and 2 mins
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AI-Assisted Interview Mastery is a comprehensive guide designed to help individuals preparing for dialysis service center coding interviews. With the power of artificial intelligence, this book offers a collection of 100 thoughtfully crafted questions categorized into four levels of difficulty: Simple, Medium, Complex, and Advanced. Each question is accompanied by its intention and a well-formulated answer to provide readers with valuable insights, insider tips, and a deep understanding of dialysis service center coding.
By: Raj C Vaidyamath
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The White Bonus
- Five Families and the Cash Value of Racism in America
- By: Tracie McMillan
- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
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McMillan begins with her family, tracking their modest wealth to its roots: American policy that helped whites first. Simultaneously, she details the complexities of their advantage, exploring her mother's death in a nursing home, at forty-four, on Medicaid; her family's implosion; and a small inheritance from a grandfather. In the process, McMillan puts a cash value to whiteness in her life and assesses its worth.
By: Tracie McMillan
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Minority Rule
- The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People - and the Fight to Resist It
- By: Ari Berman
- Narrated by: Gary Tiedemann
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
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The mob that stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021, represented an extreme form of the central danger facing American democracy today: a blatant disregard for the will of the majority. Through voter suppression, election subversion, gerrymandering, dark money, the takeover of the courts, and the whitewashing of history, reactionary white conservatives have strategically entrenched power in the face of a massive demographic and political shift.
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SO much great information!
- By CharlieSeymourJr on 05-01-24
By: Ari Berman