https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stream-popular-full-audiobooks-in-non-fiction-current-affairs-law-politics--6576014https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/430/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Are you passionate about Self-Development, Psychology, or want to enhance Communication Skills? With over 500,000+ audiobooks, we provide you with a rich resource. Get 3 free audiobooks right away and experience. You can listen to books on iPhone, iPad, Android, and other devices, making learning easier than ever. Don't miss the opportunity to improve yourself with us! Note: The authors receive royalties paid by the audiobook service provider for this free offer. If you do not want your audiobook to be in the podcast please send us an email to info@thebookvoice.com.]]>enEducationCopyright Vicky Funkhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a21f85041d9305b8627e344f9cce455e.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stream-popular-full-audiobooks-in-non-fiction-current-affairs-law-politics--6576014Sat, 29 Mar 2025 06:26:36 +0000Vicky FunkVicky Funkfeeds@spreaker.comPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/430/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Are you passionate about Self-Development, Psychology, or want to enhance Communication Skills? With over 500,000+...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/430/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Are you passionate about Self-Development, Psychology, or want to enhance Communication Skills? With over 500,000+ audiobooks, we provide you with a rich resource. Get 3 free audiobooks right away and experience. You can listen to books on iPhone, iPad, Android, and other devices, making learning easier than ever. Don't miss the opportunity to improve yourself with us! Note: The authors receive royalties paid by the audiobook service provider for this free offer. If you do not want your audiobook to be in the podcast please send us an email to info@thebookvoice.com.]]>cleanepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/where-do-we-go-from-here-chaos-or-community-by-martin-luther-king-jr--65210047https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313131 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? Author: Martin Luther King Jr. Narrator: JD Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 38 minutes Release date: January 9, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.57 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The last book written by King his final reflections after a decade of civil rights struggles In 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., isolated himself from the demands of the civil rights movement, rented a house in Jamaica with no telephone, and labored over his final manuscript. In this significantly prophetic work, which has been unavailable for more than ten years, we find King’s acute analysis of American race relations and the state of the movement after a decade of civil rights efforts. Here he lays out his thoughts, plans, and dreams for America’s future, including the need for better jobs, higher wages, decent housing, and quality education. With a universal message of hope that continues to resonate, King demanded an end to global suffering, powerfully asserting that humankind—for the first time—has the resources and technology to eradicate poverty. A King Legacy Series Book]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313131Tue, 09 Jan 2018 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313131 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? Author: Martin Luther King Jr. Narrator: JD Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 38...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313131 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? Author: Martin Luther King Jr. Narrator: JD Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 38 minutes Release date: January 9, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.57 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The last book written by King his final reflections after a decade of civil rights struggles In 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., isolated himself from the demands of the civil rights movement, rented a house in Jamaica with no telephone, and labored over his final manuscript. In this significantly prophetic work, which has been unavailable for more than ten years, we find King’s acute analysis of American race relations and the state of the movement after a decade of civil rights efforts. Here he lays out his thoughts, plans, and dreams for America’s future, including the need for better jobs, higher wages, decent housing, and quality education. With a universal message of hope that continues to resonate, King demanded an end to global suffering, powerfully asserting that humankind—for the first time—has the resources and technology to eradicate poverty. A King Legacy Series Book]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-we-can-t-wait-by-martin-luther-king-jr--65210045https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313132 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Why We Can't Wait Author: Martin Luther King Jr. Narrator: JD Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 5 minutes Release date: January 9, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Dr. King’s best-selling account of the civil rights movement in Birmingham during the spring and summer of 1963 On April 16, 1963, as the violent events of the Birmingham campaign unfolded in the city’s streets, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., composed a letter from his prison cell in response to local religious leaders’ criticism of the campaign. The resulting piece of extraordinary protest writing, “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” was widely circulated and published in numerous periodicals. After the conclusion of the campaign and the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963, King further developed the ideas introduced in the letter in Why We Can’t Wait, which tells the story of African American activism in the spring and summer of 1963. During this time, Birmingham, Alabama, was perhaps the most racially segregated city in the United States, but the campaign launched by King, Fred Shuttlesworth, and others demonstrated to the world the power of nonviolent direct action. Often applauded as King’s most incisive and eloquent book, Why We Can’t Wait recounts the Birmingham campaign in vivid detail, while underscoring why 1963 was such a crucial year for the civil rights movement. Disappointed by the slow pace of school desegregation and civil rights legislation, King observed that by 1963—during which the country celebrated the one-hundredth anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation—Asia and Africa were “moving with jetlike speed toward gaining political independence but we still creep at a horse-and-buggy pace.” King examines the history of the civil rights struggle, noting tasks that future generations must accomplish to bring about full equality, and asserts that African Americans have already waited over three centuries for civil rights and that it is time to be proactive: “For years now, I have heard the word ‘Wait!’ It rings in the ear of every Negro with piercing familiarity. This ‘Wait’ has almost always meant ‘Never.’ We must come to see, with one of our distinguished jurists, that ‘justice too long delayed is justice denied.’” A King Legacy Series Book]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313132Tue, 09 Jan 2018 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313132 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Why We Can't Wait Author: Martin Luther King Jr. Narrator: JD Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 5 minutes Release date: January 9,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313132 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Why We Can't Wait Author: Martin Luther King Jr. Narrator: JD Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 5 minutes Release date: January 9, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Dr. King’s best-selling account of the civil rights movement in Birmingham during the spring and summer of 1963 On April 16, 1963, as the violent events of the Birmingham campaign unfolded in the city’s streets, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., composed a letter from his prison cell in response to local religious leaders’ criticism of the campaign. The resulting piece of extraordinary protest writing, “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” was widely circulated and published in numerous periodicals. After the conclusion of the campaign and the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963, King further developed the ideas introduced in the letter in Why We Can’t Wait, which tells the story of African American activism in the spring and summer of 1963. During this time, Birmingham, Alabama, was perhaps the most racially segregated city in the United States, but the campaign launched by King, Fred Shuttlesworth, and others demonstrated to the world the power of nonviolent direct action. Often applauded as King’s most incisive and eloquent book, Why We Can’t Wait recounts the Birmingham campaign in vivid detail, while underscoring why 1963 was such a crucial year for the civil rights movement. Disappointed by the slow pace of school desegregation and civil rights legislation, King observed that by 1963—during which the country celebrated the one-hundredth anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation—Asia and Africa were “moving with jetlike speed toward gaining political independence but we still creep at a horse-and-buggy pace.” King examines the history of the civil rights struggle, noting tasks that future generations must accomplish to bring about full equality, and asserts that African Americans have already waited over three centuries for civil rights and that it is time to be proactive: “For years now, I have heard the word ‘Wait!’ It rings in the ear of every Negro with piercing familiarity. This ‘Wait’ has almost always meant ‘Never.’ We must come to see, with one of our distinguished jurists, that ‘justice too long delayed is justice denied.’” A King Legacy Series Book]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lost-and-found-by-katy-vine--65210025https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312783 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lost and Found Series: Part of Texas Monthly Author: KATY VINE Narrator: Lydia Mackay Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 55 minutes Release date: January 9, 2018 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In partnership with Texas Monthly, Katy Vine's 'Lost and Found' is now available as an audio download, where the length and timeliness of a podcast meets the high-quality production of a full-length audio program. Katy Vine's 'Lost and Found' is a thoughtful and uplifting look into a refugee community in the heart of Texas at a time when political sentiment surrounding refugees and immigration turned increasingly negative. Texas is known nationwide for accepting a high ratio of refugees admitted to the United States. Though most end up in Houston, the smaller city of Amarillo has become a harbor for new immigrants looking to start anew. One key part of the vital Amarillo refugee community is Evelyn Lyles, a woman in her 60s who volunteers her time to help families assimilate and learn the ways of their new homeland. Her help ranges from assisting new families with the myriad forms and paperwork required of them; rallying community support to pay for steep medical bills; or simply, serving as a friendly, generous neighbor. 'Lost and Found' is a snapshot as life as a refugee, honing in on a few families, each with their own struggles and obstacles, their own dreams and hopes for the future, and the common thread of a helping hand in Evelyn.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312783Tue, 09 Jan 2018 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312783 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lost and Found Series: Part of Texas Monthly Author: KATY VINE Narrator: Lydia Mackay Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 55 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312783 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lost and Found Series: Part of Texas Monthly Author: KATY VINE Narrator: Lydia Mackay Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 55 minutes Release date: January 9, 2018 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In partnership with Texas Monthly, Katy Vine's 'Lost and Found' is now available as an audio download, where the length and timeliness of a podcast meets the high-quality production of a full-length audio program. Katy Vine's 'Lost and Found' is a thoughtful and uplifting look into a refugee community in the heart of Texas at a time when political sentiment surrounding refugees and immigration turned increasingly negative. Texas is known nationwide for accepting a high ratio of refugees admitted to the United States. Though most end up in Houston, the smaller city of Amarillo has become a harbor for new immigrants looking to start anew. One key part of the vital Amarillo refugee community is Evelyn Lyles, a woman in her 60s who volunteers her time to help families assimilate and learn the ways of their new homeland. Her help ranges from assisting new families with the myriad forms and paperwork required of them; rallying community support to pay for steep medical bills; or simply, serving as a friendly, generous neighbor. 'Lost and Found' is a snapshot as life as a refugee, honing in on a few families, each with their own struggles and obstacles, their own dreams and hopes for the future, and the common thread of a helping hand in Evelyn.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/secrets-of-the-secret-service-the-history-and-uncertain-future-of-the-u-s-secret-service-by-gary-j-byrne--65210040https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312913 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Secrets of the Secret Service: The History and Uncertain Future of the U.S. Secret Service Series: Part of Pocket Inspirations Author: Gary J. Byrne Narrator: Pete Larkin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 3 minutes Release date: January 2, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.88 of Total 17 Ratings of Narrator: 4.2 of Total 5 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller CRISIS OF CHARACTER comes an explosive new exposé of the Secret Service. The United States Secret Service is tasked with protecting our Presidents, their families, and the complex in which they live and work. Given this important mission, world stability rests upon the shoulders of its agents. In his new book, former Secret Service officer Gary Byrne takes readers behind the scenes to understand the agency's history and today's security failings that he believes put Americans at risk The American public knows the stories of Secret Service heroism, but they don't know about the hidden legacy of problems that have plagued the agency ever since its creation. Gary Byrne says that decades of catastrophic public failures, near misses, and bureaucratic and cultural rot threaten to erode this critical organization from the inside out. Today, as it works to protect President Trump, the Secret Service stands at a crossroads, and the time needed to choose the right course is running out. Agents and officers are leaving the Secret Service in droves, or they're being overworked to the point where they lose focus on the job. Management makes decisions based on politics, not the welfare of their employees. Byrne believes that this means danger for the men and women of the Secret Service, danger for the President they protect, and danger for the nation. In this book, he shares what he has witnessed and learned about the Secret Service with the hope that the problems of this most important agency can be fixed before it's too late.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312913Tue, 02 Jan 2018 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312913 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Secrets of the Secret Service: The History and Uncertain Future of the U.S. Secret Service Series: Part of Pocket Inspirations Author: Gary J. Byrne...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312913 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Secrets of the Secret Service: The History and Uncertain Future of the U.S. Secret Service Series: Part of Pocket Inspirations Author: Gary J. Byrne Narrator: Pete Larkin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 3 minutes Release date: January 2, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.88 of Total 17 Ratings of Narrator: 4.2 of Total 5 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller CRISIS OF CHARACTER comes an explosive new exposé of the Secret Service. The United States Secret Service is tasked with protecting our Presidents, their families, and the complex in which they live and work. Given this important mission, world stability rests upon the shoulders of its agents. In his new book, former Secret Service officer Gary Byrne takes readers behind the scenes to understand the agency's history and today's security failings that he believes put Americans at risk The American public knows the stories of Secret Service heroism, but they don't know about the hidden legacy of problems that have plagued the agency ever since its creation. Gary Byrne says that decades of catastrophic public failures, near misses, and bureaucratic and cultural rot threaten to erode this critical organization from the inside out. Today, as it works to protect President Trump, the Secret Service stands at a crossroads, and the time needed to choose the right course is running out. Agents and officers are leaving the Secret Service in droves, or they're being overworked to the point where they lose focus on the job. Management makes decisions based on politics, not the welfare of their employees. Byrne believes that this means danger for the men and women of the Secret Service, danger for the President they protect, and danger for the nation. In this book, he shares what he has witnessed and learned about the Secret Service with the hope that the problems of this most important agency can be fixed before it's too late.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dreamers-an-immigrant-generation-s-fight-for-their-american-dream-by-eileen-truax--65210032https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/311825 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dreamers: An Immigrant Generation's Fight for Their American Dream Author: Eileen Truax Narrator: Kyla Garcia Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 41 minutes Release date: December 26, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: This intimate, first-of-its-kind account of young undocumented immigrants fighting to live legally within the United States is a “must-read for anyone interested in the immigration debate” (Booklist)   Of the approximately twelve million undocumented immigrants living in the United States, as many as two million came as children. They grow up here, going to elementary, middle, and high school, and then the country they call home won’t—in most states—offer financial aid for college and they’re unable to be legally employed. In 2001, US senator Dick Durbin introduced the DREAM Act to Congress, an initiative that would allow these young people to become legal residents if they met certain requirements.   And now, more than ten years later, in the face of congressional inertia and furious opposition from some, the DREAM Act has yet to be passed. But recently, this young generation has begun organizing, and with their rallying cry “Undocumented, Unapologetic, and Unafraid” they are the newest face of the human rights movement. In Dreamers, Eileen Truax illuminates the stories of these men and women who are living proof of a complex and sometimes hidden political reality that calls into question what it truly means to be American.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/311825Tue, 26 Dec 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/311825 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dreamers: An Immigrant Generation's Fight for Their American Dream Author: Eileen Truax Narrator: Kyla Garcia Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/311825 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dreamers: An Immigrant Generation's Fight for Their American Dream Author: Eileen Truax Narrator: Kyla Garcia Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 41 minutes Release date: December 26, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: This intimate, first-of-its-kind account of young undocumented immigrants fighting to live legally within the United States is a “must-read for anyone interested in the immigration debate” (Booklist)   Of the approximately twelve million undocumented immigrants living in the United States, as many as two million came as children. They grow up here, going to elementary, middle, and high school, and then the country they call home won’t—in most states—offer financial aid for college and they’re unable to be legally employed. In 2001, US senator Dick Durbin introduced the DREAM Act to Congress, an initiative that would allow these young people to become legal residents if they met certain requirements.   And now, more than ten years later, in the face of congressional inertia and furious opposition from some, the DREAM Act has yet to be passed. But recently, this young generation has begun organizing, and with their rallying cry “Undocumented, Unapologetic, and Unafraid” they are the newest face of the human rights movement. In Dreamers, Eileen Truax illuminates the stories of these men and women who are living proof of a complex and sometimes hidden political reality that calls into question what it truly means to be American.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/detained-and-deported-stories-of-immigrant-families-under-fire-by-margaret-regan--65209983https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/311824 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Detained and Deported: Stories of Immigrant Families Under Fire Author: Margaret Regan Narrator: Frankie Corzo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 27 minutes Release date: December 26, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: An intimate look at the people ensnared by the US detention and deportation system, the largest in the world   On a bright Phoenix morning, Elena Santiago opened her door to find her house surrounded by a platoon of federal immigration agents. Her children screamed as the officers handcuffed her and drove her away. Within hours, she was deported to the rough border town of Nogales, Sonora, with nothing but the clothes on her back. Her two-year-old daughter and fifteen-year-old son, both American citizens, were taken by the state of Arizona and consigned to foster care. Their mother’s only offense: living undocumented in the United States. Immigrants like Elena, who’ve lived in the United States for years, are being detained and deported at unprecedented rates. Thousands languish in detention centers—often torn from their families—for months or even years. Deportees are returned to violent Central American nations or unceremoniously dropped off in dangerous Mexican border towns. Despite the dangers of the desert crossing, many immigrants will slip across the border again, stopping at nothing to get home to their children. Drawing on years of reporting in the Arizona-Mexico borderlands, journalist Margaret Regan tells their poignant stories. Inside the massive Eloy Detention Center, a for-profit private prison in Arizona, she meets detainee Yolanda Fontes, a mother separated from her three small children. In a Nogales soup kitchen, deportee Gustavo Sanchez, a young father who’d lived in Phoenix since the age of eight, agonizes about the risks of the journey back. Regan demonstrates how increasingly draconian detention and deportation policies have broadened police powers, while enriching a private prison industry whose profits are derived from human suffering. She also documents the rise of resistance, profiling activists and young immigrant “Dreamers” who are fighting for the rights of the undocumented. Compelling and heart-wrenching, Detained and Deported offers a rare glimpse into the lives of people ensnared in America’s immigration dragnet.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/311824Tue, 26 Dec 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/311824 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Detained and Deported: Stories of Immigrant Families Under Fire Author: Margaret Regan Narrator: Frankie Corzo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/311824 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Detained and Deported: Stories of Immigrant Families Under Fire Author: Margaret Regan Narrator: Frankie Corzo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 27 minutes Release date: December 26, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: An intimate look at the people ensnared by the US detention and deportation system, the largest in the world   On a bright Phoenix morning, Elena Santiago opened her door to find her house surrounded by a platoon of federal immigration agents. Her children screamed as the officers handcuffed her and drove her away. Within hours, she was deported to the rough border town of Nogales, Sonora, with nothing but the clothes on her back. Her two-year-old daughter and fifteen-year-old son, both American citizens, were taken by the state of Arizona and consigned to foster care. Their mother’s only offense: living undocumented in the United States. Immigrants like Elena, who’ve lived in the United States for years, are being detained and deported at unprecedented rates. Thousands languish in detention centers—often torn from their families—for months or even years. Deportees are returned to violent Central American nations or unceremoniously dropped off in dangerous Mexican border towns. Despite the dangers of the desert crossing, many immigrants will slip across the border again, stopping at nothing to get home to their children. Drawing on years of reporting in the Arizona-Mexico borderlands, journalist Margaret Regan tells their poignant stories. Inside the massive Eloy Detention Center, a for-profit private prison in Arizona, she meets detainee Yolanda Fontes, a mother separated from her three small children. In a Nogales soup kitchen, deportee Gustavo Sanchez, a young father who’d lived in Phoenix since the age of eight, agonizes about the risks of the journey back. Regan demonstrates how increasingly draconian detention and deportation policies have broadened police powers, while enriching a private prison industry whose profits are derived from human suffering. She also documents the rise of resistance, profiling activists and young immigrant “Dreamers” who are fighting for the rights of the undocumented. Compelling and heart-wrenching, Detained and Deported offers a rare glimpse into the lives of people ensnared in America’s immigration dragnet.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-truth-matters-a-citizen-s-guide-to-separating-facts-from-lies-and-stopping-fake-news-in-its-tracks-by-bruce-bartlett--65210002https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313138 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Truth Matters: A Citizen's Guide to Separating Facts from Lies and Stopping Fake News in Its Tracks Author: Bruce Bartlett Narrator: Pete Cross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 17 minutes Release date: December 19, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Today's media and political landscapes are littered with untrustworthy sources and the dangerous concept of fake news. This accessible guide helps you fight this deeply troubling trend and ensure that truth is not a permanent casualty. Written by Capitol Hill veteran and author Bruce Bartlett, The Truth Matters presents actionable tips and tricks for reading critically, judging sources, using fact-checking sites, avoiding confirmation bias, identifying trustworthy experts, and more.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313138Tue, 19 Dec 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313138 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Truth Matters: A Citizen's Guide to Separating Facts from Lies and Stopping Fake News in Its Tracks Author: Bruce Bartlett Narrator: Pete Cross...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313138 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Truth Matters: A Citizen's Guide to Separating Facts from Lies and Stopping Fake News in Its Tracks Author: Bruce Bartlett Narrator: Pete Cross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 17 minutes Release date: December 19, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Today's media and political landscapes are littered with untrustworthy sources and the dangerous concept of fake news. This accessible guide helps you fight this deeply troubling trend and ensure that truth is not a permanent casualty. Written by Capitol Hill veteran and author Bruce Bartlett, The Truth Matters presents actionable tips and tricks for reading critically, judging sources, using fact-checking sites, avoiding confirmation bias, identifying trustworthy experts, and more.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/let-trump-be-trump-the-inside-story-of-his-rise-to-the-presidency-by-corey-r-lewandowski-david-n-bossie--65210061https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308190 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Let Trump Be Trump: The Inside Story of His Rise to the Presidency Author: Corey R. Lewandowski, David N. Bossie Narrator: Peter Berkrot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes Release date: December 5, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.59 of Total 32 Ratings of Narrator: 4.2 of Total 5 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A New York Times Bestseller and #1 Wall Street Journal Bestseller! Let Trump be Trump: The Inside Story of His Presidency is the ultimate behind-the-scenes account of how he became President of the United States. Donald Trump was a candidate, and now a president, like none that have come before. His startling rise to the White House is the greatest political tale in the history of our republic. Much has been written about this once-in-a-millennial event but all of those words come from authors outside the orbit of Donald Trump. Now, for the first time, comes the inside story. Written by the guys in the room-two of Trump's closest campaign advisors-Let Trump Be Trump is the eyewitness account of the stories behind the headlines. From the Access Hollywood recording and the Clinton accusers, to Paul Manafort, to the last-moment comeback and a victory that reads like something out of the best suspense novel, Let Trump Be Trump pulls back the curtain on a drama that has mesmerized the whole world-including the palace intrigues of the Mooch, Spicer, Preibus, Bannon, and more. By turns hilarious and intimate, Let Trump Be Trump also offers a view of Donald Trump like you've never seen him, the man whose success in business was built not only on great skill but on loyal relationships and who developed the strongest of bonds with the band of outsiders and idealists who became his team because they believed in him and his message. Written by Trump's campaign manager, the fiery Corey Lewandowski, and Dave Bossie, the consummate political pro and the plaintiff in the famous Citizens United Supreme Court case who helped steer the last critical months of the Trump campaign, Let Trump Be Trump is destined to be the seminal book about the Trump campaign and presidency.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308190Tue, 05 Dec 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308190 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Let Trump Be Trump: The Inside Story of His Rise to the Presidency Author: Corey R. Lewandowski, David N. Bossie Narrator: Peter Berkrot Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308190 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Let Trump Be Trump: The Inside Story of His Rise to the Presidency Author: Corey R. Lewandowski, David N. Bossie Narrator: Peter Berkrot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes Release date: December 5, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.59 of Total 32 Ratings of Narrator: 4.2 of Total 5 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A New York Times Bestseller and #1 Wall Street Journal Bestseller! Let Trump be Trump: The Inside Story of His Presidency is the ultimate behind-the-scenes account of how he became President of the United States. Donald Trump was a candidate, and now a president, like none that have come before. His startling rise to the White House is the greatest political tale in the history of our republic. Much has been written about this once-in-a-millennial event but all of those words come from authors outside the orbit of Donald Trump. Now, for the first time, comes the inside story. Written by the guys in the room-two of Trump's closest campaign advisors-Let Trump Be Trump is the eyewitness account of the stories behind the headlines. From the Access Hollywood recording and the Clinton accusers, to Paul Manafort, to the last-moment comeback and a victory that reads like something out of the best suspense novel, Let Trump Be Trump pulls back the curtain on a drama that has mesmerized the whole world-including the palace intrigues of the Mooch, Spicer, Preibus, Bannon, and more. By turns hilarious and intimate, Let Trump Be Trump also offers a view of Donald Trump like you've never seen him, the man whose success in business was built not only on great skill but on loyal relationships and who developed the strongest of bonds with the band of outsiders and idealists who became his team because they believed in him and his message. Written by Trump's campaign manager, the fiery Corey Lewandowski, and Dave Bossie, the consummate political pro and the plaintiff in the famous Citizens United Supreme Court case who helped steer the last critical months of the Trump campaign, Let Trump Be Trump is destined to be the seminal book about the Trump campaign and presidency.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/grass-roots-the-rise-and-fall-and-rise-of-marijuana-in-america-by-emily-dufton--65210057https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309943 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Grass Roots: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Marijuana in America Author: Emily Dufton Narrator: Greg Baglia Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 30 minutes Release date: December 5, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: How earnest hippies, frightened parents, suffering patients, and other ordinary Americans went to war over marijuana In the last five years, eight states have legalized recreational marijuana. To many, continued progress seems certain. But pot was on a similar trajectory forty years ago, only to encounter a fierce backlash. In Grass Roots, historian Emily Dufton tells the remarkable story of marijuana's crooked path from acceptance to demonization and back again, and of the thousands of grassroots activists who made changing marijuana laws their life's work. During the 1970s, pro-pot campaigners with roots in the counterculture secured the drug's decriminalization in a dozen states. Soon, though, concerned parents began to mobilize; finding a champion in Nancy Reagan, they transformed pot into a national scourge and helped to pave the way for an aggressive war on drugs. Chastened marijuana advocates retooled their message, promoting pot as a medical necessity and eventually declaring legalization a matter of racial justice. For the moment, these activists are succeeding -- but marijuana's history suggests how swiftly another counterrevolution could unfold.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309943Tue, 05 Dec 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309943 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Grass Roots: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Marijuana in America Author: Emily Dufton Narrator: Greg Baglia Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309943 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Grass Roots: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Marijuana in America Author: Emily Dufton Narrator: Greg Baglia Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 30 minutes Release date: December 5, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: How earnest hippies, frightened parents, suffering patients, and other ordinary Americans went to war over marijuana In the last five years, eight states have legalized recreational marijuana. To many, continued progress seems certain. But pot was on a similar trajectory forty years ago, only to encounter a fierce backlash. In Grass Roots, historian Emily Dufton tells the remarkable story of marijuana's crooked path from acceptance to demonization and back again, and of the thousands of grassroots activists who made changing marijuana laws their life's work. During the 1970s, pro-pot campaigners with roots in the counterculture secured the drug's decriminalization in a dozen states. Soon, though, concerned parents began to mobilize; finding a champion in Nancy Reagan, they transformed pot into a national scourge and helped to pave the way for an aggressive war on drugs. Chastened marijuana advocates retooled their message, promoting pot as a medical necessity and eventually declaring legalization a matter of racial justice. For the moment, these activists are succeeding -- but marijuana's history suggests how swiftly another counterrevolution could unfold.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/antifa-the-anti-fascist-handbook-by-mark-bray--65210081https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306243 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook Author: Mark Bray Narrator: Keith Szarabajka Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 38 minutes Release date: November 28, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In the wake of tragic events in Charlottesville, Virginia, and Donald Trump’s initial refusal to denounce the white nationalists behind it all, the “antifa” opposition movement is suddenly appearing everywhere. But what is it, precisely? And where did it come from? As long as there has been fascism, there has been anti-fascism—also known as “antifa.” Born out of resistance to Mussolini and Hitler in Europe during the 1920s and ’30s, the antifa movement has suddenly burst into the headlines amid opposition to the Trump administration and the alt-right. They could be seen in news reports, often clad all in black with balaclavas covering their faces, demonstrating at the presidential inauguration, and on California college campuses protesting far-right speakers, and most recently, on the streets of Charlottesville, Virginia, protecting, among others, a group of ministers including Cornel West from neo-Nazi violence. (West would later tell reporters, “The anti-fascists saved our lives.”) Simply, antifa aims to deny fascists the opportunity to promote their oppressive politics, and to protect tolerant communities from acts of violence promulgated by fascists. Critics say shutting down political adversaries is anti-democratic; antifa adherents argue that the horrors of fascism must never be allowed the slightest chance to triumph again. In a smart and gripping investigation, historian and former Occupy Wall Street organizer Mark Bray provides a detailed survey of the full history of anti-fascism from its origins to the present day—the first transnational history of postwar anti-fascism in English. Based on interviews with anti-fascists from around the world, Antifa details the tactics of the movement and the philosophy behind it, offering insight into the growing but little-understood resistance fighting back against fascism in all its guises.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306243Tue, 28 Nov 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306243 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook Author: Mark Bray Narrator: Keith Szarabajka Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 38 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306243 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook Author: Mark Bray Narrator: Keith Szarabajka Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 38 minutes Release date: November 28, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In the wake of tragic events in Charlottesville, Virginia, and Donald Trump’s initial refusal to denounce the white nationalists behind it all, the “antifa” opposition movement is suddenly appearing everywhere. But what is it, precisely? And where did it come from? As long as there has been fascism, there has been anti-fascism—also known as “antifa.” Born out of resistance to Mussolini and Hitler in Europe during the 1920s and ’30s, the antifa movement has suddenly burst into the headlines amid opposition to the Trump administration and the alt-right. They could be seen in news reports, often clad all in black with balaclavas covering their faces, demonstrating at the presidential inauguration, and on California college campuses protesting far-right speakers, and most recently, on the streets of Charlottesville, Virginia, protecting, among others, a group of ministers including Cornel West from neo-Nazi violence. (West would later tell reporters, “The anti-fascists saved our lives.”) Simply, antifa aims to deny fascists the opportunity to promote their oppressive politics, and to protect tolerant communities from acts of violence promulgated by fascists. Critics say shutting down political adversaries is anti-democratic; antifa adherents argue that the horrors of fascism must never be allowed the slightest chance to triumph again. In a smart and gripping investigation, historian and former Occupy Wall Street organizer Mark Bray provides a detailed survey of the full history of anti-fascism from its origins to the present day—the first transnational history of postwar anti-fascism in English. Based on interviews with anti-fascists from around the world, Antifa details the tactics of the movement and the philosophy behind it, offering insight into the growing but little-understood resistance fighting back against fascism in all its guises.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/exceptional-america-what-divides-americans-from-the-world-and-from-each-other-by-mugambi-jouet--65210060https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312294 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Exceptional America: What Divides Americans from the World and from Each Other Author: Mugambi Jouet Narrator: Mirron Willis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 49 minutes Release date: November 28, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In this provocative book, Mugambi Jouet describes why Americans are far more divided than other Westerners over basic issues, including wealth inequality, health care, climate change, evolution, gender roles, abortion, gay rights, sex, gun control, mass incarceration, the death penalty, torture, human rights, and war. Raised in Paris by a French mother and Kenyan father, Jouet then lived in the Bible Belt, Manhattan, and beyond. Drawing inspiration from Alexis de Tocqueville, he wields his multicultural sensibility to parse how the intense polarization of U.S. conservatives and liberals has become a key dimension of American exceptionalism—an idea widely misunderstood as American superiority. While exceptionalism once was a source of strength, it may now spell decline, as unique features of U.S. history, politics, law, culture, religion, and race relations foster grave conflicts. They also shed light on the intriguing ideological evolution of American conservatism, which long predated Trumpism. Anti-intellectualism, conspiracy-mongering, a visceral suspicion of government, and Christian fundamentalism are far more common in America than the rest of the Western world—Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312294Tue, 28 Nov 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312294 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Exceptional America: What Divides Americans from the World and from Each Other Author: Mugambi Jouet Narrator: Mirron Willis Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312294 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Exceptional America: What Divides Americans from the World and from Each Other Author: Mugambi Jouet Narrator: Mirron Willis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 49 minutes Release date: November 28, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In this provocative book, Mugambi Jouet describes why Americans are far more divided than other Westerners over basic issues, including wealth inequality, health care, climate change, evolution, gender roles, abortion, gay rights, sex, gun control, mass incarceration, the death penalty, torture, human rights, and war. Raised in Paris by a French mother and Kenyan father, Jouet then lived in the Bible Belt, Manhattan, and beyond. Drawing inspiration from Alexis de Tocqueville, he wields his multicultural sensibility to parse how the intense polarization of U.S. conservatives and liberals has become a key dimension of American exceptionalism—an idea widely misunderstood as American superiority. While exceptionalism once was a source of strength, it may now spell decline, as unique features of U.S. history, politics, law, culture, religion, and race relations foster grave conflicts. They also shed light on the intriguing ideological evolution of American conservatism, which long predated Trumpism. Anti-intellectualism, conspiracy-mongering, a visceral suspicion of government, and Christian fundamentalism are far more common in America than the rest of the Western world—Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-captive-mind-by-czeslaw-milosz--65210044https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309825 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Captive Mind Author: Czeslaw Milosz Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 1 minute Release date: November 28, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The best-known prose work by the winner of the 1980 Nobel Prize for Literature examines the moral and intellectual conflicts faced by men and women living under totalitarianism of the left or right. Written in the early 1950s, when Eastern Europe was in the grip of Stalinism and many Western intellectuals placed their hopes in the new order of the East, this classic work reveals in fascinating detail the often beguiling allure of totalitarian rule to people of all political beliefs and its frightening effects on the minds of those who embrace it.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309825Tue, 28 Nov 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309825 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Captive Mind Author: Czeslaw Milosz Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 1 minute Release date: November 28, 2017...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309825 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Captive Mind Author: Czeslaw Milosz Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 1 minute Release date: November 28, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The best-known prose work by the winner of the 1980 Nobel Prize for Literature examines the moral and intellectual conflicts faced by men and women living under totalitarianism of the left or right. Written in the early 1950s, when Eastern Europe was in the grip of Stalinism and many Western intellectuals placed their hopes in the new order of the East, this classic work reveals in fascinating detail the often beguiling allure of totalitarian rule to people of all political beliefs and its frightening effects on the minds of those who embrace it.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-democrats-by-the-speech-resource-company--65210070https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307812 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Democrats Series: Part of The Historic Moments in Speech Series Author: The Speech Resource Company Narrator: Robert Wikstrom Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 19 minutes Release date: November 21, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Party leaders, officeholders, candidates, and advisors address the press and the American people. Includes the Kennedys, the Clintons, FDR, Truman, Carter, Obama, and many others explaining what the Democratic Party stands for and strategies for winning elections. Produced by the Speech Resource Company and fully narrated by Robert Wikstrom. Huey Long, “Share the Wealth”Franklin Delano Roosevelt, campaign speechesJoseph Kennedy, opposition to entering WWIIAdlai Stevenson, 1956 DNC acceptance speechJohn F. Kennedy, Inauguration AddressGeorge Wallace, 1963 Inaugural AddressLyndon Baines Johnson, Voting Rights LegislationRobert Kennedy, Day of Affirmation speechHubert Humphrey, nomination acceptance speechStrom Thurmond, speech at UCLAHenry Jackson, press conference on Middle EastBarbara Jordan, DNC Keynote AddressJimmy Carter, “Crisis of Confidence”Shirley Chisolm, speech at Greenfield Community CollegeJesse Jackson, “David & Goliath”Mario Cuomo, “Tale of Two Cities” 1984 DNC ConventionBella Abzug, “Women’s Involvement in Government”Bill Clinton, Welfare Reform LegislationTed Kennedy, Child Health Care LegislationBarack Obama, “A More Perfect Union”Madeleine Albright, International Women’s DayAl Sharpton, fiftieth anniversary of March on WashingtonJohn Lewis, fiftieth anniversary of Bloody SundayAl Gore, Climate Change speech in TorontoHarry Reid, opposition to Donald TrumpHillary Clinton, Al Smith DinnerElizabeth Warren, opposition to Trump victoryBarbara Boxer, Abolish the Electoral CollegeChuck Schumer, Trump Inauguration Speech]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307812Tue, 21 Nov 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307812 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Democrats Series: Part of The Historic Moments in Speech Series Author: The Speech Resource Company Narrator: Robert Wikstrom Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307812 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Democrats Series: Part of The Historic Moments in Speech Series Author: The Speech Resource Company Narrator: Robert Wikstrom Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 19 minutes Release date: November 21, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Party leaders, officeholders, candidates, and advisors address the press and the American people. Includes the Kennedys, the Clintons, FDR, Truman, Carter, Obama, and many others explaining what the Democratic Party stands for and strategies for winning elections. Produced by the Speech Resource Company and fully narrated by Robert Wikstrom. Huey Long, “Share the Wealth”Franklin Delano Roosevelt, campaign speechesJoseph Kennedy, opposition to entering WWIIAdlai Stevenson, 1956 DNC acceptance speechJohn F. Kennedy, Inauguration AddressGeorge Wallace, 1963 Inaugural AddressLyndon Baines Johnson, Voting Rights LegislationRobert Kennedy, Day of Affirmation speechHubert Humphrey, nomination acceptance speechStrom Thurmond, speech at UCLAHenry Jackson, press conference on Middle EastBarbara Jordan, DNC Keynote AddressJimmy Carter, “Crisis of Confidence”Shirley Chisolm, speech at Greenfield Community CollegeJesse Jackson, “David & Goliath”Mario Cuomo, “Tale of Two Cities” 1984 DNC ConventionBella Abzug, “Women’s Involvement in Government”Bill Clinton, Welfare Reform LegislationTed Kennedy, Child Health Care LegislationBarack Obama, “A More Perfect Union”Madeleine Albright, International Women’s DayAl Sharpton, fiftieth anniversary of March on WashingtonJohn Lewis, fiftieth anniversary of Bloody SundayAl Gore, Climate Change speech in TorontoHarry Reid, opposition to Donald TrumpHillary Clinton, Al Smith DinnerElizabeth Warren, opposition to Trump victoryBarbara Boxer, Abolish the Electoral CollegeChuck Schumer, Trump Inauguration Speech]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/god-and-donald-trump-by-stephen-e-strang--65210017https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/311574 to listen full audiobooks. Title: God and Donald Trump Author: Stephen E. Strang Narrator: John Pruden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 30 minutes Release date: November 21, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: With pundits asking, “How did he win?” this book explores whether there was a supernatural element involved. Christian leaders prophesied before the election that God had raised up Donald Trump to lead the nation through a time of crisis. But could this billionaire reality-TV star actually convince the voters he was for real? If so, what is God doing now not only in Donald’s Trump’s life, but also in the nation? Trump is an enigma, a brash self-promoter, casino owner, and man of the world. Yet he is also a devoted husband and father who has surrounded himself with men and women of faith and has made religion a key component of his image.God and Donald Trump is a powerful first-person account of one of the most contentious elections in American history, with exclusive interviews and insightful commentary from the men and women who were there.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/311574Tue, 21 Nov 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/311574 to listen full audiobooks. Title: God and Donald Trump Author: Stephen E. Strang Narrator: John Pruden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 30 minutes Release date: November 21,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/311574 to listen full audiobooks. Title: God and Donald Trump Author: Stephen E. Strang Narrator: John Pruden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 30 minutes Release date: November 21, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: With pundits asking, “How did he win?” this book explores whether there was a supernatural element involved. Christian leaders prophesied before the election that God had raised up Donald Trump to lead the nation through a time of crisis. But could this billionaire reality-TV star actually convince the voters he was for real? If so, what is God doing now not only in Donald’s Trump’s life, but also in the nation? Trump is an enigma, a brash self-promoter, casino owner, and man of the world. Yet he is also a devoted husband and father who has surrounded himself with men and women of faith and has made religion a key component of his image.God and Donald Trump is a powerful first-person account of one of the most contentious elections in American history, with exclusive interviews and insightful commentary from the men and women who were there.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/only-if-they-could-hear-me-cry-a-personal-reflection-of-poverty-and-homelessness-in-america-by-raymond-sturgis--65210030https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313014 to listen full audiobooks. Title: ONLY IF THEY COULD HEAR ME CRY: A Personal Reflection of Poverty and Homelessness In America Author: Raymond Sturgis Narrator: Trevor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 27 minutes Release date: November 20, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The world has too many governments that misunderstand and miscalculate the conditions of the poor. Poverty destroys everything that psychologically and physically makes a person whole and induces them to commit a crime for survival. Across the United States, we have citizens that cannot feed themselves or their children. The Republican politicians have lethargically responded to Americans living in abject conditions, by reducing their benefits and threatening them with joblessness. Republicans seem to worry about the federal deficit than about the poverty deficit that is leaving many Americans to suffer and die. Across America, politicians are asking Americans for their votes while their children are going to bed hungry at night.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313014Mon, 20 Nov 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313014 to listen full audiobooks. Title: ONLY IF THEY COULD HEAR ME CRY: A Personal Reflection of Poverty and Homelessness In America Author: Raymond Sturgis Narrator: Trevor Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313014 to listen full audiobooks. Title: ONLY IF THEY COULD HEAR ME CRY: A Personal Reflection of Poverty and Homelessness In America Author: Raymond Sturgis Narrator: Trevor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 27 minutes Release date: November 20, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The world has too many governments that misunderstand and miscalculate the conditions of the poor. Poverty destroys everything that psychologically and physically makes a person whole and induces them to commit a crime for survival. Across the United States, we have citizens that cannot feed themselves or their children. The Republican politicians have lethargically responded to Americans living in abject conditions, by reducing their benefits and threatening them with joblessness. Republicans seem to worry about the federal deficit than about the poverty deficit that is leaving many Americans to suffer and die. Across America, politicians are asking Americans for their votes while their children are going to bed hungry at night.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-the-obama-s-love-america-loves-the-times-the-moments-and-the-message-of-barack-and-michelle-obama-by-raymond-sturgis--65209980https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313011 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When the Obama's Love, America Loves: The Times, The Moments and the Message of Barack and Michelle Obama Author: Raymond Sturgis Narrator: Books with Voices Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 21 minutes Release date: November 18, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Now that the Obama's have left the White House, their commitment to humanity has not stopped. While in the White House, the Obama's represented elegance, class, and respect for the millions of people that expected less of them. Whether you disagree with governmental policies or social issues, you cannot deny that they respected values of every American. This book is dedicated to their message, and love for people in speeches and poetic expressions.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313011Sat, 18 Nov 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313011 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When the Obama's Love, America Loves: The Times, The Moments and the Message of Barack and Michelle Obama Author: Raymond Sturgis Narrator: Books with...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313011 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When the Obama's Love, America Loves: The Times, The Moments and the Message of Barack and Michelle Obama Author: Raymond Sturgis Narrator: Books with Voices Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 21 minutes Release date: November 18, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Now that the Obama's have left the White House, their commitment to humanity has not stopped. While in the White House, the Obama's represented elegance, class, and respect for the millions of people that expected less of them. Whether you disagree with governmental policies or social issues, you cannot deny that they respected values of every American. This book is dedicated to their message, and love for people in speeches and poetic expressions.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/uncharted-freedoms-the-obama-change-and-how-black-men-stop-believing-by-james-patterson--65210050https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313002 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Uncharted Freedoms: The Obama Change and How Black Men Stop Believing Author: James Patterson Narrator: Books with Voices Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 7 minutes Release date: November 17, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Who can stop the violent black man? He murders children, murders his ex-girlfriends and wives, and then cry inequality. The United States government remedy of incarcerating black men is not the answer for saving them. Every day a black man is dying by the hands and gun of another black person, and redirecting them toward positive choices than violence will save us all. HELP SAVE THE BLACK MAN....I AM JAMES PATTERSON]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313002Fri, 17 Nov 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313002 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Uncharted Freedoms: The Obama Change and How Black Men Stop Believing Author: James Patterson Narrator: Books with Voices Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313002 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Uncharted Freedoms: The Obama Change and How Black Men Stop Believing Author: James Patterson Narrator: Books with Voices Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 7 minutes Release date: November 17, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Who can stop the violent black man? He murders children, murders his ex-girlfriends and wives, and then cry inequality. The United States government remedy of incarcerating black men is not the answer for saving them. Every day a black man is dying by the hands and gun of another black person, and redirecting them toward positive choices than violence will save us all. HELP SAVE THE BLACK MAN....I AM JAMES PATTERSON]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/collusion-secret-meetings-dirty-money-and-how-russia-helped-donald-trump-win-by-luke-harding--65210008https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/311431 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Collusion: Secret Meetings, Dirty Money, and How Russia Helped Donald Trump Win Author: Luke Harding Narrator: Ralph Lister Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 25 minutes Release date: November 16, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.3 of Total 23 Ratings of Narrator: 2.25 of Total 4 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An explosive exposé that lays out the story behind the Steele Dossier, including Russia’s decades-in-the-making political game to upend American democracy and the Trump administration’s ties to Moscow. “Harding…presents a powerful case for Russian interference, and Trump campaign collusion, by collecting years of reporting on Trump’s connections to Russia and putting it all together in a coherent narrative.” —The Nation December 2016. Luke Harding, the Guardian reporter and former Moscow bureau chief, quietly meets former MI6 officer Christopher Steele in a London pub to discuss President-elect Donald Trump’s Russia connections. A month later, Steele’s now-famous dossier sparks what may be the biggest scandal of the modern era. The names of the Americans involved are well-known—Paul Manafort, Michael Flynn, Jared Kushner, George Papadopoulos, Carter Page—but here Harding also shines a light on powerful Russian figures like Aras Agalarov, Natalia Veselnitskaya, and Sergey Kislyak, whose motivations and instructions may have been coming from the highest echelons of the Kremlin.   Drawing on new material and his expert understanding of Moscow and its players, Harding takes the reader through every bizarre and disquieting detail of the “Trump-Russia” story—an event so huge it involves international espionage, off-shore banks, sketchy real estate deals, the Miss Universe pageant, mobsters, money laundering, poisoned dissidents, computer hacking, and the most shocking election in American history.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/311431Thu, 16 Nov 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/311431 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Collusion: Secret Meetings, Dirty Money, and How Russia Helped Donald Trump Win Author: Luke Harding Narrator: Ralph Lister Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/311431 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Collusion: Secret Meetings, Dirty Money, and How Russia Helped Donald Trump Win Author: Luke Harding Narrator: Ralph Lister Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 25 minutes Release date: November 16, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.3 of Total 23 Ratings of Narrator: 2.25 of Total 4 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An explosive exposé that lays out the story behind the Steele Dossier, including Russia’s decades-in-the-making political game to upend American democracy and the Trump administration’s ties to Moscow. “Harding…presents a powerful case for Russian interference, and Trump campaign collusion, by collecting years of reporting on Trump’s connections to Russia and putting it all together in a coherent narrative.” —The Nation December 2016. Luke Harding, the Guardian reporter and former Moscow bureau chief, quietly meets former MI6 officer Christopher Steele in a London pub to discuss President-elect Donald Trump’s Russia connections. A month later, Steele’s now-famous dossier sparks what may be the biggest scandal of the modern era. The names of the Americans involved are well-known—Paul Manafort, Michael Flynn, Jared Kushner, George Papadopoulos, Carter Page—but here Harding also shines a light on powerful Russian figures like Aras Agalarov, Natalia Veselnitskaya, and Sergey Kislyak, whose motivations and instructions may have been coming from the highest echelons of the Kremlin.   Drawing on new material and his expert understanding of Moscow and its players, Harding takes the reader through every bizarre and disquieting detail of the “Trump-Russia” story—an event so huge it involves international espionage, off-shore banks, sketchy real estate deals, the Miss Universe pageant, mobsters, money laundering, poisoned dissidents, computer hacking, and the most shocking election in American history.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/letters-to-president-donald-trump-what-america-really-feels-about-their-president-by-america-speaks--65210003https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312994 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Letters to President Donald Trump: What America Really Feels About their President Author: America Speaks Narrator: JD Kelly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 46 minutes Release date: November 16, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: America has changed since the election of President Donald Trump, and it is not positive. There is more division, anxiety, gun violence, and disrespect for one another. America has spoken, and here are the letters of those Americans that wish to be heard on issues that make us one and concern for our great country. From racism, religion, economy, political division, social media, and sexual harassment, these letters convey passion and hope so conditions improve in this country we call home. American citizens are tired of the back and forth with political parties, they want their country to move positively forward, and for their President to lead in a more mature and positive way.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312994Thu, 16 Nov 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312994 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Letters to President Donald Trump: What America Really Feels About their President Author: America Speaks Narrator: JD Kelly Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312994 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Letters to President Donald Trump: What America Really Feels About their President Author: America Speaks Narrator: JD Kelly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 46 minutes Release date: November 16, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: America has changed since the election of President Donald Trump, and it is not positive. There is more division, anxiety, gun violence, and disrespect for one another. America has spoken, and here are the letters of those Americans that wish to be heard on issues that make us one and concern for our great country. From racism, religion, economy, political division, social media, and sexual harassment, these letters convey passion and hope so conditions improve in this country we call home. American citizens are tired of the back and forth with political parties, they want their country to move positively forward, and for their President to lead in a more mature and positive way.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-legal-system-that-does-not-recognize-honor-has-none-by-j-m-kuczynski--65209981https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312991 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Legal System that Does Not Recognize Honor Has None Author: J.-M. Kuczynski Narrator: J.-M. Kuczynski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 1 minute Release date: November 15, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Our legal system penalizes honor and rewards its absence.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312991Wed, 15 Nov 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312991 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Legal System that Does Not Recognize Honor Has None Author: J.-M. Kuczynski Narrator: J.-M. Kuczynski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 1...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312991 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Legal System that Does Not Recognize Honor Has None Author: J.-M. Kuczynski Narrator: J.-M. Kuczynski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 1 minute Release date: November 15, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Our legal system penalizes honor and rewards its absence.]]>35cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-last-republicans-inside-the-extraordinary-relationship-between-george-h-w-bush-and-george-w-bush-by-mark-k-updegrove--65210131https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307632 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Republicans: Inside the Extraordinary Relationship Between George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush Author: Mark K. Updegrove Narrator: Milton Jeffers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 25 minutes Release date: November 14, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: An historian’s revealing and intimate portrait of George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush that explores their relationship as presidents and as father and son—the first major biographical treatment of these two consequential presidents and figures in American history. In 2016 the Republican base revolted against the GOP establishment that has become synonymous with the Bush name, choosing instead a political neophyte and anti-establishment outsider as the standard bearer of their party. Donald Trump’s election marked the end not only of a presidential dynasty, but a rejection of the Republican principles and traditions the Bushes have long championed. Despite the Republicans’ surprise victory in 2016, behind closed doors the party remains divided between traditional conservatives, populists, and radical ideologues, and faces an uncertain future. As presidential historian Mark K. Updegrove argues, Bush 41 and 43 are in effect, the ''last Republicans.'' In this balanced, illuminating book, Updegrove tells the story of the Bushes’ relationship from the birth of George W. through their post-presidential years and Jeb Bush’s failed candidacy. Drawing on exclusive access and interviews with both presidents and the key people in their lives, Updegrove reveals the Bushes’ views on the current state of the nation and the GOP, and how the party they both led and helped build is undergoing a radical transformation. At last, the famously circumspect Bushes offer unvarnished observations and revelations on everything from George W. Bush’s youthful indiscretions to the influence and perspectives they had on each other’s administration to their views on Donald Trump—and how they each voted in the 2016 election. A candid and often surprising portrait of two men, The Last Republicans is also an elegy for the party of Reagan and Bush—and for the many thoughtful and prudent individuals who made up the ''establishment,'' and are conspicuously lacking in today’s GOP.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307632Tue, 14 Nov 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307632 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Republicans: Inside the Extraordinary Relationship Between George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush Author: Mark K. Updegrove Narrator: Milton...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307632 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Republicans: Inside the Extraordinary Relationship Between George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush Author: Mark K. Updegrove Narrator: Milton Jeffers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 25 minutes Release date: November 14, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: An historian’s revealing and intimate portrait of George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush that explores their relationship as presidents and as father and son—the first major biographical treatment of these two consequential presidents and figures in American history. In 2016 the Republican base revolted against the GOP establishment that has become synonymous with the Bush name, choosing instead a political neophyte and anti-establishment outsider as the standard bearer of their party. Donald Trump’s election marked the end not only of a presidential dynasty, but a rejection of the Republican principles and traditions the Bushes have long championed. Despite the Republicans’ surprise victory in 2016, behind closed doors the party remains divided between traditional conservatives, populists, and radical ideologues, and faces an uncertain future. As presidential historian Mark K. Updegrove argues, Bush 41 and 43 are in effect, the ''last Republicans.'' In this balanced, illuminating book, Updegrove tells the story of the Bushes’ relationship from the birth of George W. through their post-presidential years and Jeb Bush’s failed candidacy. Drawing on exclusive access and interviews with both presidents and the key people in their lives, Updegrove reveals the Bushes’ views on the current state of the nation and the GOP, and how the party they both led and helped build is undergoing a radical transformation. At last, the famously circumspect Bushes offer unvarnished observations and revelations on everything from George W. Bush’s youthful indiscretions to the influence and perspectives they had on each other’s administration to their views on Donald Trump—and how they each voted in the 2016 election. A candid and often surprising portrait of two men, The Last Republicans is also an elegy for the party of Reagan and Bush—and for the many thoughtful and prudent individuals who made up the ''establishment,'' and are conspicuously lacking in today’s GOP.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rescue-refugees-and-the-political-crisis-of-our-time-by-david-miliband--65210074https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308129 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rescue: Refugees and the Political Crisis of our Time Series: Part of Ted Books Author: David Miliband Narrator: David Miliband Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 50 minutes Release date: November 14, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: We are in the midst of a global refugee crisis. Sixty five million people are fleeing for their lives. The choices are urgent, not just for them but for all of us. What can we possibly do to help? With compassion and clarity, David Miliband shows why we should care and how we can make a difference. He takes us from war zones in the Middle East to peaceful suburbs in America to explain the crisis and show what can be done, not just by governments with the power to change policy but by citizens with the urge to change lives. His innovative and practical call to action shows that the crisis need not overwhelm us. Miliband says this is a fight to uphold the best of human nature in the face of rhetoric and policy that humor the worst. He defends the international order built by western leaders out of the ashes of World War II, but says now is the time for reform. Describing his family story and drawing revealing lessons from his life in politics, David Miliband shows that if we fail refugees, then we betray our own history, values, and interests. The message is simple: rescue refugees and we rescue ourselves.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308129Tue, 14 Nov 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308129 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rescue: Refugees and the Political Crisis of our Time Series: Part of Ted Books Author: David Miliband Narrator: David Miliband Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308129 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rescue: Refugees and the Political Crisis of our Time Series: Part of Ted Books Author: David Miliband Narrator: David Miliband Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 50 minutes Release date: November 14, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: We are in the midst of a global refugee crisis. Sixty five million people are fleeing for their lives. The choices are urgent, not just for them but for all of us. What can we possibly do to help? With compassion and clarity, David Miliband shows why we should care and how we can make a difference. He takes us from war zones in the Middle East to peaceful suburbs in America to explain the crisis and show what can be done, not just by governments with the power to change policy but by citizens with the urge to change lives. His innovative and practical call to action shows that the crisis need not overwhelm us. Miliband says this is a fight to uphold the best of human nature in the face of rhetoric and policy that humor the worst. He defends the international order built by western leaders out of the ashes of World War II, but says now is the time for reform. Describing his family story and drawing revealing lessons from his life in politics, David Miliband shows that if we fail refugees, then we betray our own history, values, and interests. The message is simple: rescue refugees and we rescue ourselves.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/freedom-of-speech-is-freedom-of-thought-by-j-m-kuczynski--65210046https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312197 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Freedom of Speech is Freedom of Thought Author: J.-M. Kuczynski Narrator: J.-M. Kuczynski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 1 minute Release date: November 13, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Freedom of speech is freedom to state, and therefore to have, opinions; and freedom of speech must therefore be unrestricted, lest thought itself be prohibited.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312197Mon, 13 Nov 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312197 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Freedom of Speech is Freedom of Thought Author: J.-M. Kuczynski Narrator: J.-M. Kuczynski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 1 minute Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312197 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Freedom of Speech is Freedom of Thought Author: J.-M. Kuczynski Narrator: J.-M. Kuczynski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 1 minute Release date: November 13, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Freedom of speech is freedom to state, and therefore to have, opinions; and freedom of speech must therefore be unrestricted, lest thought itself be prohibited.]]>35cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bannon-always-the-rebel-by-keith-koffler--65210009https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312443 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bannon: Always the Rebel Author: Keith Koffler Narrator: William LeRoy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 38 minutes Release date: November 13, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: To understand the Trump White House, you need to understand Steve Bannon: what’s driving him, what his true role is, and what he’s trying to accomplish on behalf of the American middle class.White House reporter Keith Koffler penetrates the fog surrounding the mysterious senior White House advisor, tracing Bannon’s wild and distinctly American path to the White House in this first-ever honest biography of the controversial figure. Born to working-class Democrats in Virginia, Bannon has barrelled through the Navy, Harvard, Wall Street, and Hollywood; he is fluent in esoteric philosophies and political theories; and he has diagnosed the problem with today’s America—the rot that has eaten away at working Americans’ hopes, opportunities, and freedoms—and developed a winning strategy for taking America back.With inside information on Bannon’s current White House projects and his relationships with other figures in the Trump orbit—and with President Trump himself—Bannon: Always the Rebel is not only a three-dimensional guide to one of the most fascinating figures of modern American history; it’s also a guide to understanding the Trump administration’s plans for our future.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312443Mon, 13 Nov 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312443 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bannon: Always the Rebel Author: Keith Koffler Narrator: William LeRoy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 38 minutes Release date: November...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312443 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bannon: Always the Rebel Author: Keith Koffler Narrator: William LeRoy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 38 minutes Release date: November 13, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: To understand the Trump White House, you need to understand Steve Bannon: what’s driving him, what his true role is, and what he’s trying to accomplish on behalf of the American middle class.White House reporter Keith Koffler penetrates the fog surrounding the mysterious senior White House advisor, tracing Bannon’s wild and distinctly American path to the White House in this first-ever honest biography of the controversial figure. Born to working-class Democrats in Virginia, Bannon has barrelled through the Navy, Harvard, Wall Street, and Hollywood; he is fluent in esoteric philosophies and political theories; and he has diagnosed the problem with today’s America—the rot that has eaten away at working Americans’ hopes, opportunities, and freedoms—and developed a winning strategy for taking America back.With inside information on Bannon’s current White House projects and his relationships with other figures in the Trump orbit—and with President Trump himself—Bannon: Always the Rebel is not only a three-dimensional guide to one of the most fascinating figures of modern American history; it’s also a guide to understanding the Trump administration’s plans for our future.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/playing-with-fire-the-1968-election-and-the-transformation-of-american-politics-by-lawrence-o-donnell--65210138https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306686 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Playing with Fire: The 1968 Election and the Transformation of American Politics Author: Lawrence O'Donnell Narrator: Lawrence O'Donnell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 0 minutes Release date: November 7, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.55 of Total 22 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 6 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The New York Times bestseller! 'A thriller-like, propulsive tour through 1968, told by a man who is in love with American politics and who knows how all the dots connect. Brilliant and totally engrossing.' -Rachel Maddow 'Delightful...brings to life the most fascinating election of modern times.' -Walter Isaacson From the celebrated host of MSNBC’s The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell, an enthralling account of the presidential election that created American politics as we know it today Long before Lawrence O'Donnell was the anchor of his own political talk show, he was a senior adviser to Senator Patrick Moynihan, one of postwar America’s wisest political minds. The 1968 U.S. presidential election—marked by RFK’s assassination, massive upheaval in the Democratic Party, and the first of Richard Nixon’s dirty tricks—was O’Donnell’s own political coming of age. In the decades since, the election has remained one of his abiding fascinations, as it set the tone for so much of what followed in American politics, all the way through to today. Playing with Fire represents his master class in American electioneering, as well as an extraordinary human drama that captures a system, and a country, coming apart at the seams.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306686Tue, 07 Nov 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306686 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Playing with Fire: The 1968 Election and the Transformation of American Politics Author: Lawrence O'Donnell Narrator: Lawrence O'Donnell Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306686 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Playing with Fire: The 1968 Election and the Transformation of American Politics Author: Lawrence O'Donnell Narrator: Lawrence O'Donnell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 0 minutes Release date: November 7, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.55 of Total 22 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 6 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The New York Times bestseller! 'A thriller-like, propulsive tour through 1968, told by a man who is in love with American politics and who knows how all the dots connect. Brilliant and totally engrossing.' -Rachel Maddow 'Delightful...brings to life the most fascinating election of modern times.' -Walter Isaacson From the celebrated host of MSNBC’s The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell, an enthralling account of the presidential election that created American politics as we know it today Long before Lawrence O'Donnell was the anchor of his own political talk show, he was a senior adviser to Senator Patrick Moynihan, one of postwar America’s wisest political minds. The 1968 U.S. presidential election—marked by RFK’s assassination, massive upheaval in the Democratic Party, and the first of Richard Nixon’s dirty tricks—was O’Donnell’s own political coming of age. In the decades since, the election has remained one of his abiding fascinations, as it set the tone for so much of what followed in American politics, all the way through to today. Playing with Fire represents his master class in American electioneering, as well as an extraordinary human drama that captures a system, and a country, coming apart at the seams.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/franklin-d-roosevelt-a-political-life-by-robert-dallek--65210101https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306071 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life Author: Robert Dallek Narrator: Rick Adamson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 29 hours 47 minutes Release date: November 7, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Named a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post and NPR “We come to see in FDR the magisterial, central figure in the greatest and richest political tapestry of our nation’s entire history” —Nigel Hamilton, Boston Globe “Meticulously researched and authoritative” —Douglas Brinkley, The Washington Post “A workmanlike addition to the literature on Roosevelt.” —David Nasaw, The New York Times “Dallek offers an FDR relevant to our sharply divided nation” —Michael Kazin “Will rank among the standard biographies of its subject” —Publishers Weekly A one-volume biography of Roosevelt by the #1 New York Times bestselling biographer of JFK, focusing on his career as an incomparable politician, uniter, and deal maker In an era of such great national divisiveness, there could be no more timely biography of one of our greatest presidents than one that focuses on his unparalleled political ability as a uniter and consensus maker. Robert Dallek’s Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life takes a fresh look at the many compelling questions that have attracted all his biographers: how did a man who came from so privileged a background become the greatest presidential champion of the country’s needy? How did someone who never won recognition for his intellect foster revolutionary changes in the country’s economic and social institutions? How did Roosevelt work such a profound change in the country’s foreign relations?   For FDR, politics was a far more interesting and fulfilling pursuit than the management of family fortunes or the indulgence of personal pleasure, and by the time he became president, he had commanded the love and affection of millions of people. While all Roosevelt’s biographers agree that the onset of polio at the age of thirty-nine endowed him with a much greater sense of humanity, Dallek sees the affliction as an insufficient explanation for his transformation into a masterful politician who would win an unprecedented four presidential terms, initiate landmark reforms that changed the American industrial system, and transform an isolationist country into an international superpower.   Dallek attributes FDR’s success to two remarkable political insights. First, unlike any other president, he understood that effectiveness in the American political system depended on building a national consensus and commanding stable long-term popular support. Second, he made the presidency the central, most influential institution in modern America’s political system. In addressing the country’s international and domestic problems, Roosevelt recognized the vital importance of remaining closely attentive to the full range of public sentiment around policy-making decisions—perhaps FDR’s most enduring lesson in effective leadership.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306071Tue, 07 Nov 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306071 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life Author: Robert Dallek Narrator: Rick Adamson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 29 hours 47 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306071 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life Author: Robert Dallek Narrator: Rick Adamson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 29 hours 47 minutes Release date: November 7, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Named a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post and NPR “We come to see in FDR the magisterial, central figure in the greatest and richest political tapestry of our nation’s entire history” —Nigel Hamilton, Boston Globe “Meticulously researched and authoritative” —Douglas Brinkley, The Washington Post “A workmanlike addition to the literature on Roosevelt.” —David Nasaw, The New York Times “Dallek offers an FDR relevant to our sharply divided nation” —Michael Kazin “Will rank among the standard biographies of its subject” —Publishers Weekly A one-volume biography of Roosevelt by the #1 New York Times bestselling biographer of JFK, focusing on his career as an incomparable politician, uniter, and deal maker In an era of such great national divisiveness, there could be no more timely biography of one of our greatest presidents than one that focuses on his unparalleled political ability as a uniter and consensus maker. Robert Dallek’s Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life takes a fresh look at the many compelling questions that have attracted all his biographers: how did a man who came from so privileged a background become the greatest presidential champion of the country’s needy? How did someone who never won recognition for his intellect foster revolutionary changes in the country’s economic and social institutions? How did Roosevelt work such a profound change in the country’s foreign relations?   For FDR, politics was a far more interesting and fulfilling pursuit than the management of family fortunes or the indulgence of personal pleasure, and by the time he became president, he had commanded the love and affection of millions of people. While all Roosevelt’s biographers agree that the onset of polio at the age of thirty-nine endowed him with a much greater sense of humanity, Dallek sees the affliction as an insufficient explanation for his transformation into a masterful politician who would win an unprecedented four presidential terms, initiate landmark reforms that changed the American industrial system, and transform an isolationist country into an international superpower.   Dallek attributes FDR’s success to two remarkable political insights. First, unlike any other president, he understood that effectiveness in the American political system depended on building a national consensus and commanding stable long-term popular support. Second, he made the presidency the central, most influential institution in modern America’s political system. In addressing the country’s international and domestic problems, Roosevelt recognized the vital importance of remaining closely attentive to the full range of public sentiment around policy-making decisions—perhaps FDR’s most enduring lesson in effective leadership.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-evangelicals-the-struggle-to-shape-america-by-frances-fitzgerald--65210096https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307929 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America Author: Frances FitzGerald Narrator: Jacques Roy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 25 hours 50 minutes Release date: November 7, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.89 of Total 9 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: * Winner of the 2017 National Book Critics Circle Award * National Book Award Finalist * Time magazine Top 10 Nonfiction Book of the Year * New York Times Notable Book * Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2017 This “epic history” (The Boston Globe) from Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Frances FitzGerald is the first to tell the powerful, dramatic story of the Evangelical movement in America—from the Puritan era to the 2016 election. “We have long needed a fair-minded overview of this vitally important religious sensibility, and FitzGerald has now provided it” (The New York Times Book Review). The evangelical movement began in the revivals of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, known in America as the Great Awakenings. A populist rebellion against the established churches, it became the dominant religious force in the country. During the nineteenth century white evangelicals split apart, first North versus South, and then, modernist versus fundamentalist. After World War II, Billy Graham attracted enormous crowds and tried to gather all Protestants under his big tent, but the civil rights movement and the social revolution of the sixties drove them apart again. By the 1980s Jerry Falwell and other southern televangelists, such as Pat Robertson, had formed the Christian right. Protesting abortion and gay rights, they led the South into the Republican Party, and for thirty-five years they were the sole voice of evangelicals to be heard nationally. Eventually a younger generation proposed a broader agenda of issues, such as climate change, gender equality, and immigration reform. Evangelicals now constitute twenty-five percent of the American population, but they are no longer monolithic in their politics. They range from Tea Party supporters to social reformers. Still, with the decline of religious faith generally, FitzGerald suggests that evangelical churches must embrace ethnic minorities if they are to survive. “A well-written, thought-provoking, and deeply researched history that is impressive for its scope and level of detail” (The Wall Street Journal). Her “brilliant book could not have been more timely, more well-researched, more well-written, or more necessary” (The American Scholar).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307929Tue, 07 Nov 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307929 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America Author: Frances FitzGerald Narrator: Jacques Roy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 25 hours 50...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307929 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America Author: Frances FitzGerald Narrator: Jacques Roy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 25 hours 50 minutes Release date: November 7, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.89 of Total 9 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: * Winner of the 2017 National Book Critics Circle Award * National Book Award Finalist * Time magazine Top 10 Nonfiction Book of the Year * New York Times Notable Book * Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2017 This “epic history” (The Boston Globe) from Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Frances FitzGerald is the first to tell the powerful, dramatic story of the Evangelical movement in America—from the Puritan era to the 2016 election. “We have long needed a fair-minded overview of this vitally important religious sensibility, and FitzGerald has now provided it” (The New York Times Book Review). The evangelical movement began in the revivals of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, known in America as the Great Awakenings. A populist rebellion against the established churches, it became the dominant religious force in the country. During the nineteenth century white evangelicals split apart, first North versus South, and then, modernist versus fundamentalist. After World War II, Billy Graham attracted enormous crowds and tried to gather all Protestants under his big tent, but the civil rights movement and the social revolution of the sixties drove them apart again. By the 1980s Jerry Falwell and other southern televangelists, such as Pat Robertson, had formed the Christian right. Protesting abortion and gay rights, they led the South into the Republican Party, and for thirty-five years they were the sole voice of evangelicals to be heard nationally. Eventually a younger generation proposed a broader agenda of issues, such as climate change, gender equality, and immigration reform. Evangelicals now constitute twenty-five percent of the American population, but they are no longer monolithic in their politics. They range from Tea Party supporters to social reformers. Still, with the decline of religious faith generally, FitzGerald suggests that evangelical churches must embrace ethnic minorities if they are to survive. “A well-written, thought-provoking, and deeply researched history that is impressive for its scope and level of detail” (The Wall Street Journal). Her “brilliant book could not have been more timely, more well-researched, more well-written, or more necessary” (The American Scholar).]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/harpoon-inside-the-covert-war-against-terrorism-s-money-masters-by-nitsana-darshan-leitner-samuel-m-katz--65210092https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307993 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Harpoon: Inside the Covert War Against Terrorism's Money Masters Author: Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, Samuel M. Katz Narrator: Paul Boehmer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 55 minutes Release date: November 7, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.89 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A revelatory account of the cloak-and-dagger Israeli campaign to target the finances fueling terror organizations--an effort that became the blueprint for U.S. efforts to combat threats like ISIS and drug cartels. ISIS boasted $2.4 billion of revenue in 2015, yet for too long the global war on terror overlooked financial warfare as an offensive strategy. 'Harpoon,' the creation of Mossad legend Meir Dagan, directed spies, soldiers, and attorneys to disrupt and destroy money pipelines and financial institutions that paid for the bloodshed perpetrated by Hamas, Hezbollah, and other groups. Written by an attorney who worked with Harpoon and a bestselling journalist, Harpoon offers a gripping story of the Israeli-led effort, now joined by the Americans, to choke off the terrorists' oxygen supply, money, via unconventional warfare.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307993Tue, 07 Nov 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307993 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Harpoon: Inside the Covert War Against Terrorism's Money Masters Author: Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, Samuel M. Katz Narrator: Paul Boehmer Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307993 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Harpoon: Inside the Covert War Against Terrorism's Money Masters Author: Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, Samuel M. Katz Narrator: Paul Boehmer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 55 minutes Release date: November 7, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.89 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A revelatory account of the cloak-and-dagger Israeli campaign to target the finances fueling terror organizations--an effort that became the blueprint for U.S. efforts to combat threats like ISIS and drug cartels. ISIS boasted $2.4 billion of revenue in 2015, yet for too long the global war on terror overlooked financial warfare as an offensive strategy. 'Harpoon,' the creation of Mossad legend Meir Dagan, directed spies, soldiers, and attorneys to disrupt and destroy money pipelines and financial institutions that paid for the bloodshed perpetrated by Hamas, Hezbollah, and other groups. Written by an attorney who worked with Harpoon and a bestselling journalist, Harpoon offers a gripping story of the Israeli-led effort, now joined by the Americans, to choke off the terrorists' oxygen supply, money, via unconventional warfare.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hacks-the-inside-story-of-the-break-ins-and-breakdowns-that-put-donald-trump-in-the-white-house-by-donna-brazile--65210078https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307750 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hacks: The Inside Story of the Break-ins and Breakdowns That Put Donald Trump in the White House Author: Donna Brazile Narrator: Donna Brazile Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: November 7, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.09 of Total 22 Ratings of Narrator: 4.4 of Total 10 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Explosive... A blistering tell-all.' Washington Post 'People should sit up, take notes and change things.' Ace Smith, Los Angeles Times 'Brazile most certainly has a story to tell.... Vivid.' The Guardian From Donna Brazile, former DNC chair and legendary political operative, an explosive and revealing new look at the 2016 election: the first insider account of the Russian hacking of the DNC and the missteps by the Clinton campaign and Obama administration that enabled a Trump victory. In the fallout of the Russian hacking of the Democratic National Committee--and as chaos threatened to consume the party's convention--Democrats turned to a familiar figure to right the ship: Donna Brazile. Known to millions from her frequent TV appearances, she was no stranger to high stakes and dirty opponents, and the longtime Democratic strategist had a reputation in Washington as a one-stop shop for fixing sticky problems. What Brazile found at the DNC was unlike anything she had experienced before--and much worse than is commonly known. The party was beset by infighting, scandal, and hubris, while reeling from a brazen and wholly unprecedented attempt by a foreign power to influence the presidential election. Plus, its candidate, Hillary Clinton, faced an opponent who broke every rule in the political playbook. Packed with never-before-reported revelations about what went down in 2016, Hacks is equal parts campaign thriller, memoir, and roadmap for the future. With Democrats now in the wilderness after this historic defeat, Hacks argues that staying silent about what went wrong helps no one. Only by laying bare the missteps, miscalculations, and crimes of 2016, Brazile contends, will Americans be able to salvage their democracy.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307750Tue, 07 Nov 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307750 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hacks: The Inside Story of the Break-ins and Breakdowns That Put Donald Trump in the White House Author: Donna Brazile Narrator: Donna Brazile Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307750 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hacks: The Inside Story of the Break-ins and Breakdowns That Put Donald Trump in the White House Author: Donna Brazile Narrator: Donna Brazile Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: November 7, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.09 of Total 22 Ratings of Narrator: 4.4 of Total 10 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Explosive... A blistering tell-all.' Washington Post 'People should sit up, take notes and change things.' Ace Smith, Los Angeles Times 'Brazile most certainly has a story to tell.... Vivid.' The Guardian From Donna Brazile, former DNC chair and legendary political operative, an explosive and revealing new look at the 2016 election: the first insider account of the Russian hacking of the DNC and the missteps by the Clinton campaign and Obama administration that enabled a Trump victory. In the fallout of the Russian hacking of the Democratic National Committee--and as chaos threatened to consume the party's convention--Democrats turned to a familiar figure to right the ship: Donna Brazile. Known to millions from her frequent TV appearances, she was no stranger to high stakes and dirty opponents, and the longtime Democratic strategist had a reputation in Washington as a one-stop shop for fixing sticky problems. What Brazile found at the DNC was unlike anything she had experienced before--and much worse than is commonly known. The party was beset by infighting, scandal, and hubris, while reeling from a brazen and wholly unprecedented attempt by a foreign power to influence the presidential election. Plus, its candidate, Hillary Clinton, faced an opponent who broke every rule in the political playbook. Packed with never-before-reported revelations about what went down in 2016, Hacks is equal parts campaign thriller, memoir, and roadmap for the future. With Democrats now in the wilderness after this historic defeat, Hacks argues that staying silent about what went wrong helps no one. Only by laying bare the missteps, miscalculations, and crimes of 2016, Brazile contends, will Americans be able to salvage their democracy.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-last-girl-my-story-of-captivity-and-my-fight-against-the-islamic-state-by-nadia-murad--65210076https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306985 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State Author: Nadia Murad Narrator: Ilyana Kadushin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 16 minutes Release date: November 7, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.21 of Total 24 Ratings of Narrator: 4.57 of Total 7 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: WINNER OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE • In this “courageous” (The Washington Post) memoir of survival, a former captive of the Islamic State tells her harrowing and ultimately inspiring story.   Nadia Murad was born and raised in Kocho, a small village of farmers and shepherds in northern Iraq. A member of the Yazidi community, she and her brothers and sisters lived a quiet life. Nadia had dreams of becoming a history teacher or opening her own beauty salon.   On August 15th, 2014, when Nadia was just twenty-one years old, this life ended. Islamic State militants massacred the people of her village, executing men who refused to convert to Islam and women too old to become sex slaves. Six of Nadia’s brothers were killed, and her mother soon after, their bodies swept into mass graves. Nadia was taken to Mosul and forced, along with thousands of other Yazidi girls, into the ISIS slave trade.   Nadia would be held captive by several militants and repeatedly raped and beaten. Finally, she managed a narrow escape through the streets of Mosul, finding shelter in the home of a Sunni Muslim family whose eldest son risked his life to smuggle her to safety.   Today, Nadia's story—as a witness to the Islamic State's brutality, a survivor of rape, a refugee, a Yazidi—has forced the world to pay attention to an ongoing genocide. It is a call to action, a testament to the human will to survive, and a love letter to a lost country, a fragile community, and a family torn apart by war.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306985Tue, 07 Nov 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306985 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State Author: Nadia Murad Narrator: Ilyana Kadushin Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306985 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State Author: Nadia Murad Narrator: Ilyana Kadushin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 16 minutes Release date: November 7, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.21 of Total 24 Ratings of Narrator: 4.57 of Total 7 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: WINNER OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE • In this “courageous” (The Washington Post) memoir of survival, a former captive of the Islamic State tells her harrowing and ultimately inspiring story.   Nadia Murad was born and raised in Kocho, a small village of farmers and shepherds in northern Iraq. A member of the Yazidi community, she and her brothers and sisters lived a quiet life. Nadia had dreams of becoming a history teacher or opening her own beauty salon.   On August 15th, 2014, when Nadia was just twenty-one years old, this life ended. Islamic State militants massacred the people of her village, executing men who refused to convert to Islam and women too old to become sex slaves. Six of Nadia’s brothers were killed, and her mother soon after, their bodies swept into mass graves. Nadia was taken to Mosul and forced, along with thousands of other Yazidi girls, into the ISIS slave trade.   Nadia would be held captive by several militants and repeatedly raped and beaten. Finally, she managed a narrow escape through the streets of Mosul, finding shelter in the home of a Sunni Muslim family whose eldest son risked his life to smuggle her to safety.   Today, Nadia's story—as a witness to the Islamic State's brutality, a survivor of rape, a refugee, a Yazidi—has forced the world to pay attention to an ongoing genocide. It is a call to action, a testament to the human will to survive, and a love letter to a lost country, a fragile community, and a family torn apart by war.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/you-can-t-spell-america-without-me-the-really-tremendous-inside-story-of-my-fantastic-first-year-as-president-donald-j-trump-a-so-called--65210071https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309190 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You Can't Spell America Without Me: The Really Tremendous Inside Story of My Fantastic First Year as President Donald J. Trump (A So-Called Parody) Author: Kurt Andersen, Alec Baldwin Narrator: Alec Baldwin, Kurt Andersen, Oliver Wyman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 58 minutes Release date: November 7, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.25 of Total 4 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Political satire as deeper truth: Donald Trump’s presidential memoir, as recorded by two world-renowned Trump scholars, and experts on greatness generally   'I have the best words, beautiful words, as everybody has been talking and talking about for a long time. Also? The best sentences and, what do you call them, paragraphs. My previous books were great and sold extremely, unbelievably well--even the ones by dishonest, disgusting so-called journalists. But those writers didn't understand Trump, because quite frankly they were major losers. People say if you want it done right you have to do it yourself, even when 'it' is a 'memoir.' So every word of this book was written by me, using a special advanced word processing system during the many, many nights I've been forced to stay alone in the White House--only me, just me, trust me, nobody helped. And it's all 100% true, so true--people are already saying it may be the truest book ever published. Enjoy.'   Until Donald Trump publishes the ultimate account of his entire four or eight or one-and-a-half years in the White House, the definitive chronicle will be You Can’t Spell America Without Me: The Really Tremendous Inside Story of My Fantastic First Year As President. Trump was elected because he was the most frank presidential candidate in history, a man eager to tell the unvarnished truth about others’ flaws and tout his own amazing excellence. Now he levels his refreshingly compulsive, un-PC candor at his landslide election victory as well as his role as commander-in-chief and leader of the free world.   There are intimate, powerful, mind-boggling revelations on every page. You are there with him during his private encounters with world leaders, a few of whom he does not insult. You are there at the genius Oval Office strategy sessions with his advisers. You are there in his White House bedroom as he crafts the pre-dawn Twitter pronouncements that rock the world. And, of course, you are there on the golf course as Trump attempts to manage the burdens of his office.    President Trump explains each of the historic decisions that have already made America great again, and how he always triumphs over the fake news media. You'll learn what he really thinks of his cabinet members and top aides not related to him, of the First Lady and the First Daughter and the additional three or four Trump children. Included at no extra charge is a lavish and exclusive portfolio of spectacular, historic and intimate color photographs of President Trump in private – inside the White House, inside Mar-a-Lago, at Trump Tower, and more.  You Can’t Spell America Without Me is presented by America’s foremost Trump scholar Kurt Andersen as well as America's foremost mediocre Trump impersonator, Alec Baldwin. You Can't Spell America Without Me is the perfect holiday gift!]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309190Tue, 07 Nov 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309190 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You Can't Spell America Without Me: The Really Tremendous Inside Story of My Fantastic First Year as President Donald J. Trump (A So-Called Parody)...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309190 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You Can't Spell America Without Me: The Really Tremendous Inside Story of My Fantastic First Year as President Donald J. Trump (A So-Called Parody) Author: Kurt Andersen, Alec Baldwin Narrator: Alec Baldwin, Kurt Andersen, Oliver Wyman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 58 minutes Release date: November 7, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.25 of Total 4 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Political satire as deeper truth: Donald Trump’s presidential memoir, as recorded by two world-renowned Trump scholars, and experts on greatness generally   'I have the best words, beautiful words, as everybody has been talking and talking about for a long time. Also? The best sentences and, what do you call them, paragraphs. My previous books were great and sold extremely, unbelievably well--even the ones by dishonest, disgusting so-called journalists. But those writers didn't understand Trump, because quite frankly they were major losers. People say if you want it done right you have to do it yourself, even when 'it' is a 'memoir.' So every word of this book was written by me, using a special advanced word processing system during the many, many nights I've been forced to stay alone in the White House--only me, just me, trust me, nobody helped. And it's all 100% true, so true--people are already saying it may be the truest book ever published. Enjoy.'   Until Donald Trump publishes the ultimate account of his entire four or eight or one-and-a-half years in the White House, the definitive chronicle will be You Can’t Spell America Without Me: The Really Tremendous Inside Story of My Fantastic First Year As President. Trump was elected because he was the most frank presidential candidate in history, a man eager to tell the unvarnished truth about others’ flaws and tout his own amazing excellence. Now he levels his refreshingly compulsive, un-PC candor at his landslide election victory as well as his role as commander-in-chief and leader of the free world.   There are intimate, powerful, mind-boggling revelations on every page. You are there with him during his private encounters with world leaders, a few of whom he does not insult. You are there at the genius Oval Office strategy sessions with his advisers. You are there in his White House bedroom as he crafts the pre-dawn Twitter pronouncements that rock the world. And, of course, you are there on the golf course as Trump attempts to manage the burdens of his office.    President Trump explains each of the historic decisions that have already made America great again, and how he always triumphs over the fake news media. You'll learn what he really thinks of his cabinet members and top aides not related to him, of the First Lady and the First Daughter and the additional three or four Trump children. Included at no extra charge is a lavish and exclusive portfolio of spectacular, historic and intimate color photographs of President Trump in private – inside the White House, inside Mar-a-Lago, at Trump Tower, and more.  You Can’t Spell America Without Me is presented by America’s foremost Trump scholar Kurt Andersen as well as America's foremost mediocre Trump impersonator, Alec Baldwin. You Can't Spell America Without Me is the perfect holiday gift!]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-unites-us-reflections-on-patriotism-by-elliot-kirschner-dan-rather--65210033https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309618 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism Author: Elliot Kirschner, Dan Rather Narrator: Dan Rather Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 5 minutes Release date: November 7, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 41 Ratings of Narrator: 4.3 of Total 10 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In a collection of original essays, the venerated television journalist, Dan Rather, celebrates our shared values and what matters most in our great country, and shows us what patriotism looks like. Writing about the institutions that sustain us, such as public libraries, public schools, and national parks; the values that have transformed us, such as the struggle for civil rights; and the drive toward science and innovation that has made the United States great, Rather will bring to bear his decades of experience on the frontlines of the world's biggest stories, and offer readers a way forward. After a career spent as reporter and anchor for CBS News, where he interviewed every living President since Eisenhower and was on the ground for every major event, from the assassination of John F. Kennedy to Watergate to 9/11, Rather has also become a hugely popular voice of reason on social media, with nearly two million Facebook followers and an engaged new audience who help to make many of his posts go viral. With his famously plainspoken voice and a fundamental sense of hope, Rather has written the book to inspire conversation and listening, and to remind us all how we are ultimately united.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309618Tue, 07 Nov 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309618 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism Author: Elliot Kirschner, Dan Rather Narrator: Dan Rather Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 5...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309618 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism Author: Elliot Kirschner, Dan Rather Narrator: Dan Rather Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 5 minutes Release date: November 7, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 41 Ratings of Narrator: 4.3 of Total 10 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In a collection of original essays, the venerated television journalist, Dan Rather, celebrates our shared values and what matters most in our great country, and shows us what patriotism looks like. Writing about the institutions that sustain us, such as public libraries, public schools, and national parks; the values that have transformed us, such as the struggle for civil rights; and the drive toward science and innovation that has made the United States great, Rather will bring to bear his decades of experience on the frontlines of the world's biggest stories, and offer readers a way forward. After a career spent as reporter and anchor for CBS News, where he interviewed every living President since Eisenhower and was on the ground for every major event, from the assassination of John F. Kennedy to Watergate to 9/11, Rather has also become a hugely popular voice of reason on social media, with nearly two million Facebook followers and an engaged new audience who help to make many of his posts go viral. With his famously plainspoken voice and a fundamental sense of hope, Rather has written the book to inspire conversation and listening, and to remind us all how we are ultimately united.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/8-seconds-of-courage-a-soldier-s-story-from-immigrant-to-the-medal-of-honor-by-flo-groberg-tom-sileo--65210005https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307595 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 8 Seconds of Courage: A Soldier's Story from Immigrant to the Medal of Honor Author: Flo Groberg, Tom Sileo Narrator: Corey Brill Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 41 minutes Release date: November 7, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In an inspiring story of valor and the making of a hero, Florent Groberg—who grew up in France and emigrated to the US—becomes the first immigrant in forty years to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor after he tackled a suicide bomber in Afghanistan. Florent “Flo” Groberg was born in the suburbs of Paris and moved to the US with his family in middle school. He became a naturalized citizen in 2001. After attending the University of Maryland, he joined the US Army and twice deployed to Afghanistan. In August of 2012, Flo was guarding a high-level US-Afghan delegation and noticed someone suspicious: a local man stumbling toward his patrol. Flo reacted quickly and ran to tackle the man—who was wearing a suicide vest. Four people died in the subsequent explosion, but many others were spared. Flo himself spent the next three years undergoing surgeries at Walter Reed Medical Center, and in 2015 he was given the nation’s highest military award, the Congressional Medal of Honor—the first immigrant to be so recognized since the Vietnam War. What prepares a soldier for those critical moments in combat? 8 Seconds of Courage tells Flo’s story from his childhood in France to his decision to enlist and the grueling training he underwent at US Army Ranger School. As a field commander on the front lines in Afghanistan he formed close and lasting bonds with his fellow soldiers. It was this powerful sense of responsibility that compelled him to take action to save lives, even at the risk of his own. “Flo’s incredible tale of bravery and service is also a stark reminder that for many of our warriors, coming home is not the end of the fight. Flo finds a way to live…Truly an inspiration” (Jon Stewart). In his own words, Flo provides that essential insight into his selfless act while remembering his four fallen brothers in arms. 8 Seconds of Courage is a story of heroism, sacrifice, and camaraderie in wartime.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307595Tue, 07 Nov 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307595 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 8 Seconds of Courage: A Soldier's Story from Immigrant to the Medal of Honor Author: Flo Groberg, Tom Sileo Narrator: Corey Brill Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307595 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 8 Seconds of Courage: A Soldier's Story from Immigrant to the Medal of Honor Author: Flo Groberg, Tom Sileo Narrator: Corey Brill Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 41 minutes Release date: November 7, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In an inspiring story of valor and the making of a hero, Florent Groberg—who grew up in France and emigrated to the US—becomes the first immigrant in forty years to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor after he tackled a suicide bomber in Afghanistan. Florent “Flo” Groberg was born in the suburbs of Paris and moved to the US with his family in middle school. He became a naturalized citizen in 2001. After attending the University of Maryland, he joined the US Army and twice deployed to Afghanistan. In August of 2012, Flo was guarding a high-level US-Afghan delegation and noticed someone suspicious: a local man stumbling toward his patrol. Flo reacted quickly and ran to tackle the man—who was wearing a suicide vest. Four people died in the subsequent explosion, but many others were spared. Flo himself spent the next three years undergoing surgeries at Walter Reed Medical Center, and in 2015 he was given the nation’s highest military award, the Congressional Medal of Honor—the first immigrant to be so recognized since the Vietnam War. What prepares a soldier for those critical moments in combat? 8 Seconds of Courage tells Flo’s story from his childhood in France to his decision to enlist and the grueling training he underwent at US Army Ranger School. As a field commander on the front lines in Afghanistan he formed close and lasting bonds with his fellow soldiers. It was this powerful sense of responsibility that compelled him to take action to save lives, even at the risk of his own. “Flo’s incredible tale of bravery and service is also a stark reminder that for many of our warriors, coming home is not the end of the fight. Flo finds a way to live…Truly an inspiration” (Jon Stewart). In his own words, Flo provides that essential insight into his selfless act while remembering his four fallen brothers in arms. 8 Seconds of Courage is a story of heroism, sacrifice, and camaraderie in wartime.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/all-the-kremlin-s-men-inside-the-court-of-vladimir-putin-by-mikhail-zygar--65210004https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307676 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All the Kremlin's Men: Inside the Court of Vladimir Putin Author: Mikhail Zygar Narrator: Dan Woren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 15 minutes Release date: November 7, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: An extraordinary behind-the-scenes portrait of the court of Vladimir Putin, the oligarchs that surround it, and the many moods of modern Russia that reads like a 'real House of Cards'(Lev Lurie). All the Kremlin's Men is a gripping narrative of an accidental king and a court out of control. Based on an unprecedented series of interviews with Vladimir Putin's inner circle, this book presents a radically different view of power and politics in Russia. The image of Putin as a strongman is dissolved. In its place is a weary figurehead buffeted -- if not controlled -- by the men who at once advise and deceive him. The regional governors and bureaucratic leaders are immovable objects, far more powerful in their fiefdoms than the president himself. So are the gatekeepers-those officials who guard the pathways to power-on whom Putin depends as much as they rely on him. The tenuous edifice is filled with all of the intrigue and plotting of a Medici court, as enemies of the state are invented and wars begun to justify personal gains, internal rivalries, or one faction's biased advantage. A bestseller in Russia, All the Kremlin's Men is a shocking revisionist portrait of the Putin era and a dazzling reconstruction of the machinations of courtiers running riot.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307676Tue, 07 Nov 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307676 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All the Kremlin's Men: Inside the Court of Vladimir Putin Author: Mikhail Zygar Narrator: Dan Woren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 15...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307676 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All the Kremlin's Men: Inside the Court of Vladimir Putin Author: Mikhail Zygar Narrator: Dan Woren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 15 minutes Release date: November 7, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: An extraordinary behind-the-scenes portrait of the court of Vladimir Putin, the oligarchs that surround it, and the many moods of modern Russia that reads like a 'real House of Cards'(Lev Lurie). All the Kremlin's Men is a gripping narrative of an accidental king and a court out of control. Based on an unprecedented series of interviews with Vladimir Putin's inner circle, this book presents a radically different view of power and politics in Russia. The image of Putin as a strongman is dissolved. In its place is a weary figurehead buffeted -- if not controlled -- by the men who at once advise and deceive him. The regional governors and bureaucratic leaders are immovable objects, far more powerful in their fiefdoms than the president himself. So are the gatekeepers-those officials who guard the pathways to power-on whom Putin depends as much as they rely on him. The tenuous edifice is filled with all of the intrigue and plotting of a Medici court, as enemies of the state are invented and wars begun to justify personal gains, internal rivalries, or one faction's biased advantage. A bestseller in Russia, All the Kremlin's Men is a shocking revisionist portrait of the Putin era and a dazzling reconstruction of the machinations of courtiers running riot.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-three-lives-of-james-madison-genius-partisan-president-by-noah-feldman--65210149https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307198 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Three Lives of James Madison: Genius, Partisan, President Author: Noah Feldman Narrator: John H. Mayer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 34 hours 11 minutes Release date: October 31, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A sweeping reexamination of the Founding Father who transformed the United States in each of his political “lives”—as a revolutionary thinker, as a partisan political strategist, and as a president Over the course of his life, James Madison changed the United States three times: First, he designed the Constitution, led the struggle for its adoption and ratification, then drafted the Bill of Rights. As an older, cannier politician he co-founded the original Republican party, setting the course of American political partisanship. Finally, having pioneered a foreign policy based on economic sanctions, he took the United States into a high-risk conflict, becoming the first wartime president and, despite the odds, winning. In The Three Lives of James Madison, Noah Feldman offers an intriguing portrait of this elusive genius and the constitutional republic he created—and how both evolved to meet unforeseen challenges. Madison hoped to eradicate partisanship yet found himself giving voice to, and institutionalizing, the political divide. Madison’s lifelong loyalty to Thomas Jefferson led to an irrevocable break with George Washington, hero of the American Revolution. Madison closely collaborated with Alexander Hamilton on the Federalist papers—yet their different visions for the United States left them enemies. Alliances defined Madison, too. The vivacious Dolley Madison used her social and political talents to win her husband new supporters in Washington—and define the diplomatic customs of the capital’s society. Madison’s relationship with James Monroe, a mixture of friendship and rivalry, shaped his presidency and the outcome of the War of 1812. We may be more familiar with other Founding Fathers, but the United States today is in many ways Madisonian in nature. Madison predicted that foreign threats would justify the curtailment of civil liberties. He feared economic inequality and the power of financial markets over politics, believing that government by the people demanded resistance to wealth. Madison was the first Founding Father to recognize the importance of public opinion, and the first to understand that the media could function as a safeguard to liberty. The Three Lives of James Madison is an illuminating biography of the man whose creativity and tenacity gave us America’s distinctive form of government. His collaborations, struggles, and contradictions define the United States to this day. Jacket illustration adapted from a 1792 portrait of James Madison by Charles Willson Peale (Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Okla.) Advance praise for The Three Lives of James Madison “Noah Feldman brings a scholarly rigor and a gift for narrative to this impressive account of the sprawling—and often perplexing—life of James Madison. Understanding America requires understanding this often-overlooked Founder and his long, eventful life in the arena. We are fortunate indeed that Feldman has given us such a thoughtful examination of Madison’s mind and its still-unfolding role in the story of the nation.”—Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power “James Madison is famously known as the ‘Father’ of the American Constitution. With great insight, conveyed in elegant and commanding prose, Noah Feldman gives us a rich portrait of our fourth president in all his many aspects: constitution maker, politician, partisan, friend, slaveholder, husband, president, and elder statesmen. The result is a fresh, bold, and much-needed look at a pivotal figure in American and, therefore, world history.”—Annette Gordon-Reed, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307198Tue, 31 Oct 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307198 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Three Lives of James Madison: Genius, Partisan, President Author: Noah Feldman Narrator: John H. Mayer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 34...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307198 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Three Lives of James Madison: Genius, Partisan, President Author: Noah Feldman Narrator: John H. Mayer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 34 hours 11 minutes Release date: October 31, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A sweeping reexamination of the Founding Father who transformed the United States in each of his political “lives”—as a revolutionary thinker, as a partisan political strategist, and as a president Over the course of his life, James Madison changed the United States three times: First, he designed the Constitution, led the struggle for its adoption and ratification, then drafted the Bill of Rights. As an older, cannier politician he co-founded the original Republican party, setting the course of American political partisanship. Finally, having pioneered a foreign policy based on economic sanctions, he took the United States into a high-risk conflict, becoming the first wartime president and, despite the odds, winning. In The Three Lives of James Madison, Noah Feldman offers an intriguing portrait of this elusive genius and the constitutional republic he created—and how both evolved to meet unforeseen challenges. Madison hoped to eradicate partisanship yet found himself giving voice to, and institutionalizing, the political divide. Madison’s lifelong loyalty to Thomas Jefferson led to an irrevocable break with George Washington, hero of the American Revolution. Madison closely collaborated with Alexander Hamilton on the Federalist papers—yet their different visions for the United States left them enemies. Alliances defined Madison, too. The vivacious Dolley Madison used her social and political talents to win her husband new supporters in Washington—and define the diplomatic customs of the capital’s society. Madison’s relationship with James Monroe, a mixture of friendship and rivalry, shaped his presidency and the outcome of the War of 1812. We may be more familiar with other Founding Fathers, but the United States today is in many ways Madisonian in nature. Madison predicted that foreign threats would justify the curtailment of civil liberties. He feared economic inequality and the power of financial markets over politics, believing that government by the people demanded resistance to wealth. Madison was the first Founding Father to recognize the importance of public opinion, and the first to understand that the media could function as a safeguard to liberty. The Three Lives of James Madison is an illuminating biography of the man whose creativity and tenacity gave us America’s distinctive form of government. His collaborations, struggles, and contradictions define the United States to this day. Jacket illustration adapted from a 1792 portrait of James Madison by Charles Willson Peale (Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Okla.) Advance praise for The Three Lives of James Madison “Noah Feldman brings a scholarly rigor and a gift for narrative to this impressive account of the sprawling—and often perplexing—life of James Madison. Understanding America requires understanding this often-overlooked Founder and his long, eventful life in the arena. We are fortunate indeed that Feldman has given us such a thoughtful examination of Madison’s mind and its still-unfolding role in the story of the nation.”—Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power “James Madison is famously known as the ‘Father’ of the American Constitution. With great insight, conveyed in elegant and commanding prose, Noah Feldman gives us a rich portrait of our fourth president in all his many aspects: constitution maker, politician, partisan, friend, slaveholder, husband, president, and...]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/not-a-crime-to-be-poor-the-criminalization-of-poverty-in-america-by-peter-edelman--65210077https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308069 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Not a Crime to Be Poor: The Criminalization of Poverty in America Author: Peter Edelman Narrator: Eric G. Dove Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 32 minutes Release date: October 31, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In addition to exposing racially biased policing, the Justice Department’s Ferguson Report exposed to the world a system of fines and fees levied for minor crimes in Ferguson, Missouri, that, when they proved too expensive for Ferguson’s largely poor, African American population, resulted in jail sentences for thousands of people.As former staffer to Robert F. Kennedy and current Georgetown law professor Peter Edelman explains in Not a Crime to Be Poor, Ferguson is everywhere in America today. Through money bail systems, fees and fines, strictly enforced laws and regulations against behavior including trespassing and public urination that largely affect the homeless, and the substitution of prisons and jails for the mental hospitals that have traditionally served the impoverished, in one of the richest countries on Earth we have effectively made it a crime to be poor.Edelman, who famously resigned from the administration of Bill Clinton over welfare 'reform,' connects the dots between these policies and others including school discipline in poor communities, child support policies affecting the poor, public housing ordinances, addiction treatment, and the specter of public benefits fraud to paint a picture of a mean-spirited, retributive system that seals whole communities into inescapable cycles of poverty.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308069Tue, 31 Oct 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308069 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Not a Crime to Be Poor: The Criminalization of Poverty in America Author: Peter Edelman Narrator: Eric G. Dove Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308069 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Not a Crime to Be Poor: The Criminalization of Poverty in America Author: Peter Edelman Narrator: Eric G. Dove Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 32 minutes Release date: October 31, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In addition to exposing racially biased policing, the Justice Department’s Ferguson Report exposed to the world a system of fines and fees levied for minor crimes in Ferguson, Missouri, that, when they proved too expensive for Ferguson’s largely poor, African American population, resulted in jail sentences for thousands of people.As former staffer to Robert F. Kennedy and current Georgetown law professor Peter Edelman explains in Not a Crime to Be Poor, Ferguson is everywhere in America today. Through money bail systems, fees and fines, strictly enforced laws and regulations against behavior including trespassing and public urination that largely affect the homeless, and the substitution of prisons and jails for the mental hospitals that have traditionally served the impoverished, in one of the richest countries on Earth we have effectively made it a crime to be poor.Edelman, who famously resigned from the administration of Bill Clinton over welfare 'reform,' connects the dots between these policies and others including school discipline in poor communities, child support policies affecting the poor, public housing ordinances, addiction treatment, and the specter of public benefits fraud to paint a picture of a mean-spirited, retributive system that seals whole communities into inescapable cycles of poverty.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/go-back-to-where-you-came-from-the-backlash-against-immigration-and-the-fate-of-western-democracy-by-sasha-polakow-suransky--65210053https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308569 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Go Back to Where You Came From: The Backlash Against Immigration and the Fate of Western Democracy Author: Sasha Polakow-Suransky Narrator: Jamie Renell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 31, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: What if politicians pose a graver threat to liberal democracy than mass migration? Brexit and Donald Trump's victory were just the beginning -- and Marine Le Pen's defeat does not signal a turning of the tide. From the Introduction From Europe to the United States, opportunistic politicians have exploited the economic crisis, terrorist attacks, and an unprecedented influx of refugees to bring hateful and reactionary views from the margins of political discourse into the mainstream. They have won the votes of workers, women, gays, and Jews; turned openly xenophobic ideas into state policy; and pulled besieged centrist parties to the right. How did we get here? In this deeply reported account, Sasha Polakow-Suransky provides a front-row seat to the anger, desperation, and dissent that are driving some voters into the arms of the far right and stirring others to resist. He introduces readers to refugees in the Calais 'Jungle' and the angry working-class neighbors who want them out; a World War II refugee-turned-rabbi who became a leading defender of Muslim immigrants; the children of Holocaust survivors who have become apologists for the new right; and alt-right activists and the intellectuals who enable them. Polakow-Suransky chronicles how the backlash against refugees and immigrants has reshaped our political landscape. Ultimately, he argues that the greatest threat comes not from outside, but from within -- even established democracies are at risk of betraying their core values and falling apart.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308569Tue, 31 Oct 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308569 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Go Back to Where You Came From: The Backlash Against Immigration and the Fate of Western Democracy Author: Sasha Polakow-Suransky Narrator: Jamie...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308569 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Go Back to Where You Came From: The Backlash Against Immigration and the Fate of Western Democracy Author: Sasha Polakow-Suransky Narrator: Jamie Renell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 31, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: What if politicians pose a graver threat to liberal democracy than mass migration? Brexit and Donald Trump's victory were just the beginning -- and Marine Le Pen's defeat does not signal a turning of the tide. From the Introduction From Europe to the United States, opportunistic politicians have exploited the economic crisis, terrorist attacks, and an unprecedented influx of refugees to bring hateful and reactionary views from the margins of political discourse into the mainstream. They have won the votes of workers, women, gays, and Jews; turned openly xenophobic ideas into state policy; and pulled besieged centrist parties to the right. How did we get here? In this deeply reported account, Sasha Polakow-Suransky provides a front-row seat to the anger, desperation, and dissent that are driving some voters into the arms of the far right and stirring others to resist. He introduces readers to refugees in the Calais 'Jungle' and the angry working-class neighbors who want them out; a World War II refugee-turned-rabbi who became a leading defender of Muslim immigrants; the children of Holocaust survivors who have become apologists for the new right; and alt-right activists and the intellectuals who enable them. Polakow-Suransky chronicles how the backlash against refugees and immigrants has reshaped our political landscape. Ultimately, he argues that the greatest threat comes not from outside, but from within -- even established democracies are at risk of betraying their core values and falling apart.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/racing-to-the-bottom-part-3-thoughts-on-the-bureaucratization-of-education-by-j-m-kuczynski--65210055https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309258 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Racing to the Bottom Part 3: Thoughts on the Bureaucratization of Education Author: J.-M. Kuczynski Narrator: J.-M. Kuczynski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 29 minutes Release date: October 30, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Thoughts on psychopathology in relation to the bureaucratization of education.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309258Mon, 30 Oct 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309258 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Racing to the Bottom Part 3: Thoughts on the Bureaucratization of Education Author: J.-M. Kuczynski Narrator: J.-M. Kuczynski Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309258 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Racing to the Bottom Part 3: Thoughts on the Bureaucratization of Education Author: J.-M. Kuczynski Narrator: J.-M. Kuczynski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 29 minutes Release date: October 30, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Thoughts on psychopathology in relation to the bureaucratization of education.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-dialogue-about-censorship-part-2-by-j-m-kuczynski--65210062https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309255 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Dialogue about Censorship: Part 2 Author: J.-M. Kuczynski Narrator: J.-M. Kuczynski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 1 minute Release date: October 29, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A dialogue about censorship.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309255Sun, 29 Oct 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309255 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Dialogue about Censorship: Part 2 Author: J.-M. Kuczynski Narrator: J.-M. Kuczynski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 1 minute Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309255 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Dialogue about Censorship: Part 2 Author: J.-M. Kuczynski Narrator: J.-M. Kuczynski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 1 minute Release date: October 29, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A dialogue about censorship.]]>35cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/conservative-vs-right-wing-by-j-m-kuczynski--65210022https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/310258 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Conservative vs. Right Wing Author: J.-M. Kuczynski Narrator: J.-M. Kuczynski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 2 minutes Release date: October 26, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A conservative person is someone who is clinging to an existing, though obsolescent norm. A conservative is fundamentally passive. He does not want to change, but when change happens, he simply adjusts his conservatism to the new norm. A Right-winger is fundamentally active. He has a conception of what is right, of how things should be, that is based, not on custom, but on some idealization of the past. And his views, though in some sense backwards looking, are revolutionary.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/310258Thu, 26 Oct 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/310258 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Conservative vs. Right Wing Author: J.-M. Kuczynski Narrator: J.-M. Kuczynski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 2 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/310258 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Conservative vs. Right Wing Author: J.-M. Kuczynski Narrator: J.-M. Kuczynski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 2 minutes Release date: October 26, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A conservative person is someone who is clinging to an existing, though obsolescent norm. A conservative is fundamentally passive. He does not want to change, but when change happens, he simply adjusts his conservatism to the new norm. A Right-winger is fundamentally active. He has a conception of what is right, of how things should be, that is based, not on custom, but on some idealization of the past. And his views, though in some sense backwards looking, are revolutionary.]]>35cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-can-t-breathe-a-killing-on-bay-street-by-matt-taibbi--65210151https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303349 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Can't Breathe: A Killing on Bay Street Author: Matt Taibbi Narrator: Dominic Hoffman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 50 minutes Release date: October 24, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A work of riveting literary journalism that explores the roots and repercussions of the infamous killing of Eric Garner by the New York City police—from the bestselling author of The Divide NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST On July 17, 2014, a forty-three-year-old black man named Eric Garner died on a Staten Island sidewalk after a police officer put him in what has been described as an illegal chokehold during an arrest for selling bootleg cigarettes. The final moments of Garner’s life were captured on video and seen by millions. His agonized last words, “I can’t breathe,” became a rallying cry for the nascent Black Lives Matter protest movement. A grand jury ultimately declined to indict the officer who wrestled Garner to the pavement.   Matt Taibbi’s deeply reported retelling of these events liberates Eric Garner from the abstractions of newspaper accounts and lets us see the man in full—with all his flaws and contradictions intact. A husband and father with a complicated personal history, Garner was neither villain nor victim, but a fiercely proud individual determined to do the best he could for his family, bedeviled by bad luck, and ultimately subdued by forces beyond his control.    In America, no miscarriage of justice exists in isolation, of course, and in I Can’t Breathe Taibbi also examines the conditions that made this tragedy possible. Featuring vivid vignettes of life on the street and inside our Kafkaesque court system, Taibbi’s kaleidoscopic account illuminates issues around policing, mass incarceration, the underground economy, and racial disparity in law enforcement. No one emerges unsullied, from the conservative district attorney who half-heartedly prosecutes the case to the progressive mayor caught between the demands of outraged activists and the foot-dragging of recalcitrant police officials.    A masterly narrative of urban America and a scathing indictment of the perverse incentives built into our penal system, I Can’t Breathe drills down into the particulars of one case to confront us with the human cost of our broken approach to dispensing criminal justice. “Brilliant . . . Taibbi is unsparing is his excoriation of the system, police, and courts. . . . This is a necessary and riveting work.”—Booklist (starred review)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303349Tue, 24 Oct 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303349 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Can't Breathe: A Killing on Bay Street Author: Matt Taibbi Narrator: Dominic Hoffman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 50 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303349 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Can't Breathe: A Killing on Bay Street Author: Matt Taibbi Narrator: Dominic Hoffman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 50 minutes Release date: October 24, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A work of riveting literary journalism that explores the roots and repercussions of the infamous killing of Eric Garner by the New York City police—from the bestselling author of The Divide NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST On July 17, 2014, a forty-three-year-old black man named Eric Garner died on a Staten Island sidewalk after a police officer put him in what has been described as an illegal chokehold during an arrest for selling bootleg cigarettes. The final moments of Garner’s life were captured on video and seen by millions. His agonized last words, “I can’t breathe,” became a rallying cry for the nascent Black Lives Matter protest movement. A grand jury ultimately declined to indict the officer who wrestled Garner to the pavement.   Matt Taibbi’s deeply reported retelling of these events liberates Eric Garner from the abstractions of newspaper accounts and lets us see the man in full—with all his flaws and contradictions intact. A husband and father with a complicated personal history, Garner was neither villain nor victim, but a fiercely proud individual determined to do the best he could for his family, bedeviled by bad luck, and ultimately subdued by forces beyond his control.    In America, no miscarriage of justice exists in isolation, of course, and in I Can’t Breathe Taibbi also examines the conditions that made this tragedy possible. Featuring vivid vignettes of life on the street and inside our Kafkaesque court system, Taibbi’s kaleidoscopic account illuminates issues around policing, mass incarceration, the underground economy, and racial disparity in law enforcement. No one emerges unsullied, from the conservative district attorney who half-heartedly prosecutes the case to the progressive mayor caught between the demands of outraged activists and the foot-dragging of recalcitrant police officials.    A masterly narrative of urban America and a scathing indictment of the perverse incentives built into our penal system, I Can’t Breathe drills down into the particulars of one case to confront us with the human cost of our broken approach to dispensing criminal justice. “Brilliant . . . Taibbi is unsparing is his excoriation of the system, police, and courts. . . . This is a necessary and riveting work.”—Booklist (starred review)]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/republican-like-me-how-i-left-the-liberal-bubble-and-learned-to-love-the-right-by-ken-stern--65210122https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306065 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Republican Like Me: How I Left the Liberal Bubble and Learned to Love the Right Author: Ken Stern Narrator: Ken Stern Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 51 minutes Release date: October 24, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 3 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The former CEO of NPR set out for conservative America to find out why these people are so wrong about everything. It turns out, they weren’t. Ken Stern watched the increasing polarization of our country with growing concern. As a longtime partisan Democrat himself, he felt forced to acknowledge that his own views were too parochial, too absent of any exposure to the “other side.” In fact, his urban neighborhood is so liberal, he couldn’t find a single Republican--even by asking around. So for one year, he crossed the aisle to spend time listening, talking, and praying with Republicans of all stripes. With his mind open and his dial tuned to the right, he went to evangelical churches, shot a hog in Texas, stood in pit row at a NASCAR race, hung out at Tea Party meetings and sat in on Steve Bannon’s radio show. He also read up on conservative wonkery and consulted with the smartest people the right has to offer. What happens when a liberal sets out to look at issues from a conservative perspective? Some of his dearly cherished assumptions about the right slipped away. Republican Like Me reveals what lead him to change his mind, and his view of an increasingly polarized America.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306065Tue, 24 Oct 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306065 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Republican Like Me: How I Left the Liberal Bubble and Learned to Love the Right Author: Ken Stern Narrator: Ken Stern Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306065 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Republican Like Me: How I Left the Liberal Bubble and Learned to Love the Right Author: Ken Stern Narrator: Ken Stern Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 51 minutes Release date: October 24, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 3 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The former CEO of NPR set out for conservative America to find out why these people are so wrong about everything. It turns out, they weren’t. Ken Stern watched the increasing polarization of our country with growing concern. As a longtime partisan Democrat himself, he felt forced to acknowledge that his own views were too parochial, too absent of any exposure to the “other side.” In fact, his urban neighborhood is so liberal, he couldn’t find a single Republican--even by asking around. So for one year, he crossed the aisle to spend time listening, talking, and praying with Republicans of all stripes. With his mind open and his dial tuned to the right, he went to evangelical churches, shot a hog in Texas, stood in pit row at a NASCAR race, hung out at Tea Party meetings and sat in on Steve Bannon’s radio show. He also read up on conservative wonkery and consulted with the smartest people the right has to offer. What happens when a liberal sets out to look at issues from a conservative perspective? Some of his dearly cherished assumptions about the right slipped away. Republican Like Me reveals what lead him to change his mind, and his view of an increasingly polarized America.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-great-gasbag-an-a-to-z-study-guide-to-surviving-trump-world-by-joy-behar--65210083https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306849 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Great Gasbag: An A-to-Z Study Guide to Surviving Trump World Author: Joy Behar Narrator: Joy Behar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 11 minutes Release date: October 24, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.92 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: One of our most beloved comedians, the brilliantly witty and outspoken star of The View, hits the most unpopular President ever elected where it hurts—and makes us laugh and cheer—in this hilarious alphabetical guide to everything that’s wrong with the ''Orange One,'' Donald Trump. Put down the knife, lock away the gun, lay aside the noose, Joy Behar is here to save you from suicide as she hot walks you through the next four years (two if we are lucky, less if liberal dreams come true). Besides despair, the sane response to the insanity in the White House is laughter. On her hit ABC daytime show The View, Joy has been blunt in her condemnation of the comb over-in-chief, and her words have electrified and inspired millions in the resistance for whom #notmypresident has become a rallying cry. The Great Gasbag is Joy’s answer to the hell that is the Trump Orange House. Structured as an A-Z guide (G is for Gold . . . en shower; P is for Pence and pussy-grabbing; T is for Tweets; Twits, and Twats, etc.), Joy, joined by New York Times bestselling humor author Larry Amoros, offers much-needed doses of levity and humor for everyone determined to #resist. With a major network television profile and a social media audience in the millions, this fearlessly confident star has a powerful platform to entertain Americans of all stripes—from Never Trumpers to fired-up progressives—as she takes on the worst president since . . . well, since ever.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306849Tue, 24 Oct 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306849 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Great Gasbag: An A-to-Z Study Guide to Surviving Trump World Author: Joy Behar Narrator: Joy Behar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 11...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306849 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Great Gasbag: An A-to-Z Study Guide to Surviving Trump World Author: Joy Behar Narrator: Joy Behar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 11 minutes Release date: October 24, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.92 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: One of our most beloved comedians, the brilliantly witty and outspoken star of The View, hits the most unpopular President ever elected where it hurts—and makes us laugh and cheer—in this hilarious alphabetical guide to everything that’s wrong with the ''Orange One,'' Donald Trump. Put down the knife, lock away the gun, lay aside the noose, Joy Behar is here to save you from suicide as she hot walks you through the next four years (two if we are lucky, less if liberal dreams come true). Besides despair, the sane response to the insanity in the White House is laughter. On her hit ABC daytime show The View, Joy has been blunt in her condemnation of the comb over-in-chief, and her words have electrified and inspired millions in the resistance for whom #notmypresident has become a rallying cry. The Great Gasbag is Joy’s answer to the hell that is the Trump Orange House. Structured as an A-Z guide (G is for Gold . . . en shower; P is for Pence and pussy-grabbing; T is for Tweets; Twits, and Twats, etc.), Joy, joined by New York Times bestselling humor author Larry Amoros, offers much-needed doses of levity and humor for everyone determined to #resist. With a major network television profile and a social media audience in the millions, this fearlessly confident star has a powerful platform to entertain Americans of all stripes—from Never Trumpers to fired-up progressives—as she takes on the worst president since . . . well, since ever.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bureaucratic-categories-posing-as-psychological-categories-by-j-m-kuczynski--65210067https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/310227 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bureaucratic Categories Posing as Psychological Categories Author: J.-M. Kuczynski Narrator: J.-M. Kuczynski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 1 minute Release date: October 24, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Many a psychological theory—especially psychological theories relating to psychopathology, such as Asperger’s and ADHD are really institutional actions being dressed up in psychological garb.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/310227Tue, 24 Oct 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/310227 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bureaucratic Categories Posing as Psychological Categories Author: J.-M. Kuczynski Narrator: J.-M. Kuczynski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/310227 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bureaucratic Categories Posing as Psychological Categories Author: J.-M. Kuczynski Narrator: J.-M. Kuczynski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 1 minute Release date: October 24, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Many a psychological theory—especially psychological theories relating to psychopathology, such as Asperger’s and ADHD are really institutional actions being dressed up in psychological garb.]]>35cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/american-radical-inside-the-world-of-an-undercover-muslim-fbi-agent-by-tamer-elnoury-kevin-maurer--65210072https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303176 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Radical: Inside the World of an Undercover Muslim FBI Agent Author: Tamer Elnoury, Kevin Maurer Narrator: Peter Ganim Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 43 minutes Release date: October 23, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 22 Ratings of Narrator: 4.6 of Total 5 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The explosive memoir of a Muslim American FBI agent fighting terror from the inside. It’s no secret that federal agencies are waging a broad, global war against terror. But for the first time in this memoir, an active Muslim American federal agent reveals his experience infiltrating and bringing down a terror cell in North America. A longtime undercover agent, Tamer Elnoury joined an elite counterterrorism unit after September 11. Its express purpose is to gain the trust of terrorists whose goals are to take out as many Americans in as public and as devastating a way possible. It's a furious race against the clock for Tamer and his unit to stop them before they can implement their plans. Yet as new as this war still is, the techniques are as old as time: listen, record, and prove terrorist intent.  Due to his ongoing work for the FBI, Elnoury writes under a pseudonym. An Arabic-speaking Muslim American, a patriot, a hero: To many Americans, it will be a revelation that he and his team even exist, let alone the vital and dangerous work they do keeping all Americans safe.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303176Mon, 23 Oct 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303176 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Radical: Inside the World of an Undercover Muslim FBI Agent Author: Tamer Elnoury, Kevin Maurer Narrator: Peter Ganim Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303176 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Radical: Inside the World of an Undercover Muslim FBI Agent Author: Tamer Elnoury, Kevin Maurer Narrator: Peter Ganim Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 43 minutes Release date: October 23, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 22 Ratings of Narrator: 4.6 of Total 5 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The explosive memoir of a Muslim American FBI agent fighting terror from the inside. It’s no secret that federal agencies are waging a broad, global war against terror. But for the first time in this memoir, an active Muslim American federal agent reveals his experience infiltrating and bringing down a terror cell in North America. A longtime undercover agent, Tamer Elnoury joined an elite counterterrorism unit after September 11. Its express purpose is to gain the trust of terrorists whose goals are to take out as many Americans in as public and as devastating a way possible. It's a furious race against the clock for Tamer and his unit to stop them before they can implement their plans. Yet as new as this war still is, the techniques are as old as time: listen, record, and prove terrorist intent.  Due to his ongoing work for the FBI, Elnoury writes under a pseudonym. An Arabic-speaking Muslim American, a patriot, a hero: To many Americans, it will be a revelation that he and his team even exist, let alone the vital and dangerous work they do keeping all Americans safe.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-american-educational-system-is-an-invidious-bureaucracy-by-j-m-kuczynski--65210035https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/310225 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The American Educational System is an Invidious Bureaucracy Author: J.-M. Kuczynski Narrator: J.-M. Kuczynski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 2 minutes Release date: October 23, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Teaching-jobs are crypto-welfare for incompetent adults, and the results for American education are predictably abysmal.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/310225Mon, 23 Oct 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/310225 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The American Educational System is an Invidious Bureaucracy Author: J.-M. Kuczynski Narrator: J.-M. Kuczynski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/310225 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The American Educational System is an Invidious Bureaucracy Author: J.-M. Kuczynski Narrator: J.-M. Kuczynski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 2 minutes Release date: October 23, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Teaching-jobs are crypto-welfare for incompetent adults, and the results for American education are predictably abysmal.]]>35cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-war-on-drugs-by-j-m-kuczynski--65210095https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309455 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The War on Drugs Author: J.-M. Kuczynski Narrator: J.-M. Kuczynski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 2 minutes Release date: October 22, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A short dialogue about the War on Drugs.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309455Sun, 22 Oct 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309455 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The War on Drugs Author: J.-M. Kuczynski Narrator: J.-M. Kuczynski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 2 minutes Release date: October 22,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309455 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The War on Drugs Author: J.-M. Kuczynski Narrator: J.-M. Kuczynski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 2 minutes Release date: October 22, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A short dialogue about the War on Drugs.]]>35cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/too-many-laws-by-j-m-kuczynski--65209996https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309456 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Too Many Laws Author: J.-M. Kuczynski Narrator: J.-M. Kuczynski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 1 minute Release date: October 22, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Laws protect, but they also confine. And they are starting to do more in the way of confining than in the way of protecting.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309456Sun, 22 Oct 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309456 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Too Many Laws Author: J.-M. Kuczynski Narrator: J.-M. Kuczynski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 1 minute Release date: October 22, 2017...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309456 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Too Many Laws Author: J.-M. Kuczynski Narrator: J.-M. Kuczynski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 1 minute Release date: October 22, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Laws protect, but they also confine. And they are starting to do more in the way of confining than in the way of protecting.]]>35cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/trump-is-f-cking-crazy-this-is-not-a-joke-by-keith-olbermann--65210023https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306993 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Trump is F*cking Crazy: (This is Not a Joke) Author: Keith Olbermann Narrator: Keith Olbermann Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 10 minutes Release date: October 17, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.1 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Witty, acerbic, hard-hitting, and timely, Keith Olbermann's Donald Trump commentaries come adapted from his hit GQ series The Resistance.   Since Donald Trump's presidential nomination, Keith Olbermann has emerged as one of the web's most popular anti-Trump screedists—each installment of his GQ web series The Resistance receives nearly four million views, and his fiercely progressive monologues have garnered a new generation of fans and followers. In TRUMP IS F*CKING CRAZY, Olbermann takes our Commander in Chief and his politics apart with journalistic acuity and his classic in-your-face humor. With more than 50 individual essays adapted from his GQ commentaries, including new up-to-the-minute material, TRUMP IS F*CKING CRAZY is essential reading for concerned citizens who—like Olbermann—refuse to normalize or accept our new political reality.  This has been adapted to include content exclusive to the audio, including the following commentaries: *Guess What Else Happened on 6/9/16? *A Timeline of Treason *Trump and Charlottesville: Too Little Too Late *Make America White Again *Impeachment by Facebook]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306993Tue, 17 Oct 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306993 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Trump is F*cking Crazy: (This is Not a Joke) Author: Keith Olbermann Narrator: Keith Olbermann Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 10 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306993 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Trump is F*cking Crazy: (This is Not a Joke) Author: Keith Olbermann Narrator: Keith Olbermann Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 10 minutes Release date: October 17, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.1 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Witty, acerbic, hard-hitting, and timely, Keith Olbermann's Donald Trump commentaries come adapted from his hit GQ series The Resistance.   Since Donald Trump's presidential nomination, Keith Olbermann has emerged as one of the web's most popular anti-Trump screedists—each installment of his GQ web series The Resistance receives nearly four million views, and his fiercely progressive monologues have garnered a new generation of fans and followers. In TRUMP IS F*CKING CRAZY, Olbermann takes our Commander in Chief and his politics apart with journalistic acuity and his classic in-your-face humor. With more than 50 individual essays adapted from his GQ commentaries, including new up-to-the-minute material, TRUMP IS F*CKING CRAZY is essential reading for concerned citizens who—like Olbermann—refuse to normalize or accept our new political reality.  This has been adapted to include content exclusive to the audio, including the following commentaries: *Guess What Else Happened on 6/9/16? *A Timeline of Treason *Trump and Charlottesville: Too Little Too Late *Make America White Again *Impeachment by Facebook]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/beyond-trans-does-gender-matter-by-heath-fogg-davis--65209999https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315346 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beyond Trans: Does Gender Matter? Author: Heath Fogg Davis Narrator: Paul Boehmer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 11 minutes Release date: October 17, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Beyond Trans pushes the conversation on gender identity to its limits: questioning the need for gender categories in the first place. Whether on birth certificates or college admissions applications or on bathroom doors, why do we need to mark people and places with sex categories? Do they serve a real purpose or are these places and forms just mechanisms of exclusion? Heath Fogg Davis offers an impassioned call to rethink the usefulness of dividing the world into not just Male and Female categories but even additional categories of Transgender and gender fluid. Davis, himself a transgender man, explores the underlying gender-enforcing policies and customs in American life that have led to transgender bathroom bills, college admissions controversies, and more, arguing that it is necessary for our society to take real steps to challenge the assumption that gender matters. He examines four areas where we need to re-think our sex-classification systems: sex-marked identity documents such as birth certificates, drivers licenses and passports; sex-segregated public restrooms; single-sex colleges; and sex-segregated sports.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315346Tue, 17 Oct 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315346 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beyond Trans: Does Gender Matter? Author: Heath Fogg Davis Narrator: Paul Boehmer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 11 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315346 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beyond Trans: Does Gender Matter? Author: Heath Fogg Davis Narrator: Paul Boehmer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 11 minutes Release date: October 17, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Beyond Trans pushes the conversation on gender identity to its limits: questioning the need for gender categories in the first place. Whether on birth certificates or college admissions applications or on bathroom doors, why do we need to mark people and places with sex categories? Do they serve a real purpose or are these places and forms just mechanisms of exclusion? Heath Fogg Davis offers an impassioned call to rethink the usefulness of dividing the world into not just Male and Female categories but even additional categories of Transgender and gender fluid. Davis, himself a transgender man, explores the underlying gender-enforcing policies and customs in American life that have led to transgender bathroom bills, college admissions controversies, and more, arguing that it is necessary for our society to take real steps to challenge the assumption that gender matters. He examines four areas where we need to re-think our sex-classification systems: sex-marked identity documents such as birth certificates, drivers licenses and passports; sex-segregated public restrooms; single-sex colleges; and sex-segregated sports.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-to-stop-brexit-and-make-britain-great-again-by-nick-clegg--65210142https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303914 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How To Stop Brexit (And Make Britain Great Again) Author: Nick Clegg Narrator: Nick Clegg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 4 minutes Release date: October 12, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the audiobook edition of How To Stop Brexit (And Make Britain Great Again) written and read by Nick Clegg. Keep calm – but do not carry on. There is nothing remotely inevitable about Brexit – except that it will be deeply damaging if it happens. Extricating Britain from Europe will be the greatest challenge this country has faced since the Second World War. And as negotiations with the EU expose the promises of the Brexit campaign to have been hollow, even some Brexit-voters now wish to exercise their democratic right to change their mind, seeing that the most pragmatic option is to … stop. It would certainly be the best thing for Britain. But how can it be done? Haven’t the people spoken? No. In this indispensable handbook, Nick Clegg categorically debunks the various myths that have been used to force Brexit on Britain, not by ‘the people’ but by a small, extremely rich, self-serving elite, and explains precisely how this historic mistake can be reversed – and what you can do to make sure that it is.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303914Thu, 12 Oct 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303914 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How To Stop Brexit (And Make Britain Great Again) Author: Nick Clegg Narrator: Nick Clegg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 4 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303914 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How To Stop Brexit (And Make Britain Great Again) Author: Nick Clegg Narrator: Nick Clegg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 4 minutes Release date: October 12, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the audiobook edition of How To Stop Brexit (And Make Britain Great Again) written and read by Nick Clegg. Keep calm – but do not carry on. There is nothing remotely inevitable about Brexit – except that it will be deeply damaging if it happens. Extricating Britain from Europe will be the greatest challenge this country has faced since the Second World War. And as negotiations with the EU expose the promises of the Brexit campaign to have been hollow, even some Brexit-voters now wish to exercise their democratic right to change their mind, seeing that the most pragmatic option is to … stop. It would certainly be the best thing for Britain. But how can it be done? Haven’t the people spoken? No. In this indispensable handbook, Nick Clegg categorically debunks the various myths that have been used to force Brexit on Britain, not by ‘the people’ but by a small, extremely rich, self-serving elite, and explains precisely how this historic mistake can be reversed – and what you can do to make sure that it is.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lost-kingdom-the-quest-for-empire-and-the-making-of-the-russian-nation-by-serhii-plokhy--65210111https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306255 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lost Kingdom: The Quest for Empire and the Making of the Russian Nation Author: Serhii Plokhy Narrator: Peter Ganim Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 10, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: From a preeminent scholar of Eastern Europe and the prizewinning author of Chernobyl, the essential history of Russian imperialism. In 2014, Russia annexed the Crimea and attempted to seize a portion of Ukraine -- only the latest iteration of a centuries-long effort to expand Russian boundaries and create a pan-Russian nation. In Lost Kingdom, award-winning historian Serhii Plokhy argues that we can only understand the confluence of Russian imperialism and nationalism today by delving into the nation's history. Spanning over 500 years, from the end of the Mongol rule to the present day, Plokhy shows how leaders from Ivan the Terrible to Joseph Stalin to Vladimir Putin exploited existing forms of identity, warfare, and territorial expansion to achieve imperial supremacy. An authoritative and masterful account of Russian nationalism, Lost Kingdom chronicles the story behind Russia's belligerent empire-building quest.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306255Tue, 10 Oct 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306255 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lost Kingdom: The Quest for Empire and the Making of the Russian Nation Author: Serhii Plokhy Narrator: Peter Ganim Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306255 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lost Kingdom: The Quest for Empire and the Making of the Russian Nation Author: Serhii Plokhy Narrator: Peter Ganim Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 10, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: From a preeminent scholar of Eastern Europe and the prizewinning author of Chernobyl, the essential history of Russian imperialism. In 2014, Russia annexed the Crimea and attempted to seize a portion of Ukraine -- only the latest iteration of a centuries-long effort to expand Russian boundaries and create a pan-Russian nation. In Lost Kingdom, award-winning historian Serhii Plokhy argues that we can only understand the confluence of Russian imperialism and nationalism today by delving into the nation's history. Spanning over 500 years, from the end of the Mongol rule to the present day, Plokhy shows how leaders from Ivan the Terrible to Joseph Stalin to Vladimir Putin exploited existing forms of identity, warfare, and territorial expansion to achieve imperial supremacy. An authoritative and masterful account of Russian nationalism, Lost Kingdom chronicles the story behind Russia's belligerent empire-building quest.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/beyond-the-messy-truth-how-we-came-apart-how-we-come-together-by-van-jones--65210075https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303175 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beyond the Messy Truth: How We Came Apart, How We Come Together Author: Van Jones Narrator: Prentice Onayemi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 17 minutes Release date: October 10, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A passionate manifesto that exposes hypocrisy on both sides of the political divide and points a way out of the tribalism that is tearing America apart—by the CNN political contributor and host hailed as “a star of the 2016 campaign” (The New York Times) who coined the term “whitelash” Van Jones burst into the American consciousness during the 2016 presidential campaign with an unscripted, truth-telling style and an already established history of bridge-building across party lines. His election night commentary became a viral sensation. A longtime progressive activist with deep roots in the conservative South, Jones has made it his mission to challenge voters and viewers to stand in one another’s shoes and disagree constructively. Now, in Beyond the Messy Truth, Jones offers a blueprint for transforming our collective anxiety into meaningful change. Tough on Donald Trump but showing respect and empathy for his supporters, Jones takes aim at the failures of both parties before and after Trump’s victory. He urges both sides to abandon the politics of accusation and focus on real solutions. Calling us to a deeper patriotism, he shows us how to get down to the vital business of solving, together, some of our toughest problems. “The entire national conversation today can be reduced to a simple statement—‘I’m right, and you’re wrong,’” Jones has said. But the truth is messier; both sides have flaws. Both parties have strayed from their highest principles and let down their core constituencies. Rejecting today’s political tribalism, Jones issues a stirring call for a new “bipartisanship from below.” Recognizing that tough challenges require the best wisdom from both liberals and conservatives, he points us toward practical answers to problems that affect us all regardless of region or ideology: rural and inner-city poverty, unemployment, addiction, unfair incarceration, and the devastating effects of the pollution-based economy on both coal country and our urban centers.  In explaining how he arrived at his views, Jones shares behind-the-scenes memories from his decades spent marching and protesting on behalf of working people, inspiring stories of ordinary citizens who became champions of their communities, and little-known examples of cooperation that have risen from the fog of partisan conflict. In his quest for positive solutions, Van Jones encourages us to set fire to our old ways of thinking about politics and come together where the pain is greatest. The audio edition includes a PDF of resources for getting involved and making a difference. Advance praise for Beyond the Messy Truth “Van Jones is a light in the darkness when we need it most. Beyond the Messy Truth breaks with the tribalism of today’s politics and offers us a way forward. In the tradition of the great bridge builders of our past, Van’s love for this country and all its people shines through.”—Cory Booker, U.S. senator, New Jersey “In an age when hardworking families across America are feeling left behind, Van’s commitment to letting other voices be heard is much needed in today’s discourse.”—Rick Santorum, former senator of Pennsylvania and Republican presidential candidate “Whether you agree or disagree with him, Van Jones’s voice has become an integral part of our national political debate. He is one of the most provocative and interesting political figures in the country.”—Bernie Sanders, U.S. senator, Vermont Includes an invaluable resource of contacts, books, media, and organizations for bipartisan bridge-building and problem solving.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303175Tue, 10 Oct 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303175 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beyond the Messy Truth: How We Came Apart, How We Come Together Author: Van Jones Narrator: Prentice Onayemi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303175 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beyond the Messy Truth: How We Came Apart, How We Come Together Author: Van Jones Narrator: Prentice Onayemi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 17 minutes Release date: October 10, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A passionate manifesto that exposes hypocrisy on both sides of the political divide and points a way out of the tribalism that is tearing America apart—by the CNN political contributor and host hailed as “a star of the 2016 campaign” (The New York Times) who coined the term “whitelash” Van Jones burst into the American consciousness during the 2016 presidential campaign with an unscripted, truth-telling style and an already established history of bridge-building across party lines. His election night commentary became a viral sensation. A longtime progressive activist with deep roots in the conservative South, Jones has made it his mission to challenge voters and viewers to stand in one another’s shoes and disagree constructively. Now, in Beyond the Messy Truth, Jones offers a blueprint for transforming our collective anxiety into meaningful change. Tough on Donald Trump but showing respect and empathy for his supporters, Jones takes aim at the failures of both parties before and after Trump’s victory. He urges both sides to abandon the politics of accusation and focus on real solutions. Calling us to a deeper patriotism, he shows us how to get down to the vital business of solving, together, some of our toughest problems. “The entire national conversation today can be reduced to a simple statement—‘I’m right, and you’re wrong,’” Jones has said. But the truth is messier; both sides have flaws. Both parties have strayed from their highest principles and let down their core constituencies. Rejecting today’s political tribalism, Jones issues a stirring call for a new “bipartisanship from below.” Recognizing that tough challenges require the best wisdom from both liberals and conservatives, he points us toward practical answers to problems that affect us all regardless of region or ideology: rural and inner-city poverty, unemployment, addiction, unfair incarceration, and the devastating effects of the pollution-based economy on both coal country and our urban centers.  In explaining how he arrived at his views, Jones shares behind-the-scenes memories from his decades spent marching and protesting on behalf of working people, inspiring stories of ordinary citizens who became champions of their communities, and little-known examples of cooperation that have risen from the fog of partisan conflict. In his quest for positive solutions, Van Jones encourages us to set fire to our old ways of thinking about politics and come together where the pain is greatest. The audio edition includes a PDF of resources for getting involved and making a difference. Advance praise for Beyond the Messy Truth “Van Jones is a light in the darkness when we need it most. Beyond the Messy Truth breaks with the tribalism of today’s politics and offers us a way forward. In the tradition of the great bridge builders of our past, Van’s love for this country and all its people shines through.”—Cory Booker, U.S. senator, New Jersey “In an age when hardworking families across America are feeling left behind, Van’s commitment to letting other voices be heard is much needed in today’s discourse.”—Rick Santorum, former senator of Pennsylvania and Republican presidential candidate “Whether you agree or disagree with him, Van Jones’s voice has become an integral part of our national political debate. He is one of the most provocative and interesting political figures in the country.”—Bernie Sanders, U.S. senator, Vermont...]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/before-the-storm-barry-goldwater-and-the-unmaking-of-the-american-consensus-by-rick-perlstein--65210059https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308186 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus Author: Rick Perlstein Narrator: Kiff VandenHeuvel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 28 hours 11 minutes Release date: October 10, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Acclaimed historian Rick Perlstein chronicles the rise of the conservative movement in the liberal 1960s. At the heart of the story is Barry Goldwater, the renegade Republican from Arizona who loathed federal government, despised liberals, and mocked 'peaceful coexistence' with the USSR. Perlstein's narrative shines a light on a whole world of conservatives and their antagonists, including William F. Buckley, Nelson Rockefeller, and Bill Moyers. Vividly written, Before the Storm is an essential book about the 1960s.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308186Tue, 10 Oct 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308186 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus Author: Rick Perlstein Narrator: Kiff VandenHeuvel Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308186 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus Author: Rick Perlstein Narrator: Kiff VandenHeuvel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 28 hours 11 minutes Release date: October 10, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Acclaimed historian Rick Perlstein chronicles the rise of the conservative movement in the liberal 1960s. At the heart of the story is Barry Goldwater, the renegade Republican from Arizona who loathed federal government, despised liberals, and mocked 'peaceful coexistence' with the USSR. Perlstein's narrative shines a light on a whole world of conservatives and their antagonists, including William F. Buckley, Nelson Rockefeller, and Bill Moyers. Vividly written, Before the Storm is an essential book about the 1960s.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/billionaire-at-the-barricades-the-populist-revolution-from-reagan-to-trump-by-laura-ingraham--65210036https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303911 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Billionaire at the Barricades: The Populist Revolution from Reagan to Trump Author: Laura Ingraham Narrator: Laura Ingraham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 19 minutes Release date: October 10, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: This program is read by the author. Americans didn’t just go to the polls in 2016. They joined a movement that swept the unlikeliest of candidates, Donald Trump, into the Oval Office. Can he complete his agenda? Or will his opponents in the media, protester class, and political establishment block his efforts and choke off the movement he represents? In Billionaire at the Barricades, Laura Ingraham gives readers a front row seat to the populist revolution as she witnessed it. She reveals the origins of this movement and its connection to the Trump presidency. She unmasks the opposition, forecasts the future of the Make America Great Again agenda and offers her own prescriptions for bringing real change to the swamp of Washington. Unlike most of her media colleagues, Ingraham understood Trump’s appeal and defied those who wrote his political obituary. Now she confronts the president’s critics and responds to those who deny the importance of his America First agenda. With sharp humor and insight she traces the DNA of the populist movement: from Goldwater’s 1964 campaign, to Nixon’s Silent Majority, to Reagan’s smashing electoral victories. Populism fueled the insurgency campaigns of Buchanan and Perot, the election of George W. Bush, and the Tea Party rallies of the Obama presidency. But a political novice—a Manhattan billionaire—proved to be the movement’s most vocal champion. This is the inside story of his victory and the fitful struggle to enact his agenda.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303911Tue, 10 Oct 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303911 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Billionaire at the Barricades: The Populist Revolution from Reagan to Trump Author: Laura Ingraham Narrator: Laura Ingraham Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303911 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Billionaire at the Barricades: The Populist Revolution from Reagan to Trump Author: Laura Ingraham Narrator: Laura Ingraham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 19 minutes Release date: October 10, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: This program is read by the author. Americans didn’t just go to the polls in 2016. They joined a movement that swept the unlikeliest of candidates, Donald Trump, into the Oval Office. Can he complete his agenda? Or will his opponents in the media, protester class, and political establishment block his efforts and choke off the movement he represents? In Billionaire at the Barricades, Laura Ingraham gives readers a front row seat to the populist revolution as she witnessed it. She reveals the origins of this movement and its connection to the Trump presidency. She unmasks the opposition, forecasts the future of the Make America Great Again agenda and offers her own prescriptions for bringing real change to the swamp of Washington. Unlike most of her media colleagues, Ingraham understood Trump’s appeal and defied those who wrote his political obituary. Now she confronts the president’s critics and responds to those who deny the importance of his America First agenda. With sharp humor and insight she traces the DNA of the populist movement: from Goldwater’s 1964 campaign, to Nixon’s Silent Majority, to Reagan’s smashing electoral victories. Populism fueled the insurgency campaigns of Buchanan and Perot, the election of George W. Bush, and the Tea Party rallies of the Obama presidency. But a political novice—a Manhattan billionaire—proved to be the movement’s most vocal champion. This is the inside story of his victory and the fitful struggle to enact his agenda.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-liberty-threat-the-attack-on-religious-freedom-in-america-today-by-james-tonkowich--65210010https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307126 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Liberty Threat: The Attack on Religious Freedom in America Today Author: James Tonkowich Narrator: James Tonkowich Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 28 minutes Release date: October 9, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: What happened to liberty and justice for all? Americans are losing what are supposed to be constitutionally promised rights at an alarming pace. The Founding Fathers understood the overriding essentiality of religious practice unimpeded by governmental authority, but time and vast cultural change have eroded this from the consciences of modern politicians. The struggle for the right to worship freely has been present since the time of the Roman Empire. By looking at how the ancient Christian world relates to the failures of our own Supreme Court, it is possible to see what has led to so much government interference in personal religious beliefs in the name of "equality". As we watch America teeter ever closer to the brink of moral collapse and prejudice against religion becomes even more institutionalized, one question always surfaces: How can we stop this? In The Liberty Threat, James Tonkowich explores the history of Christian philosophy from the Church's infancy through the birth of America and how it influenced religious liberty. With powerful examples fresh from today's courts, Tonkowich illustrates just how the rigid separation of Church and state has created a world that is hostile to true faith. The Liberty Threat is both a chilling wake-up call and a clear call to action for Christians everywhere.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307126Mon, 09 Oct 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307126 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Liberty Threat: The Attack on Religious Freedom in America Today Author: James Tonkowich Narrator: James Tonkowich Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307126 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Liberty Threat: The Attack on Religious Freedom in America Today Author: James Tonkowich Narrator: James Tonkowich Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 28 minutes Release date: October 9, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: What happened to liberty and justice for all? Americans are losing what are supposed to be constitutionally promised rights at an alarming pace. The Founding Fathers understood the overriding essentiality of religious practice unimpeded by governmental authority, but time and vast cultural change have eroded this from the consciences of modern politicians. The struggle for the right to worship freely has been present since the time of the Roman Empire. By looking at how the ancient Christian world relates to the failures of our own Supreme Court, it is possible to see what has led to so much government interference in personal religious beliefs in the name of "equality". As we watch America teeter ever closer to the brink of moral collapse and prejudice against religion becomes even more institutionalized, one question always surfaces: How can we stop this? In The Liberty Threat, James Tonkowich explores the history of Christian philosophy from the Church's infancy through the birth of America and how it influenced religious liberty. With powerful examples fresh from today's courts, Tonkowich illustrates just how the rigid separation of Church and state has created a world that is hostile to true faith. The Liberty Threat is both a chilling wake-up call and a clear call to action for Christians everywhere.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/we-were-eight-years-in-power-one-of-the-foremost-essayists-on-race-in-the-west-nikesh-shukla-author-of-the-good-immigrant-by-ta-nehisi-c--65210080https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306650 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Were Eight Years in Power: 'One of the foremost essayists on race in the West' Nikesh Shukla, author of The Good Immigrant Author: Ta-Nehisi Coates Narrator: Beresford Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 40 minutes Release date: October 5, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of We Were Eight Years in Power by Ta-Nehisi Coates, read by Beresford Bennett. From 2008-2016, the leader of the free world was a black man. Obama's presidency reshaped America and transformed the international conversation around politics, race, equality. But it attracted criticism and bred discontent as much as it inspired hope - so much so, that the world now faces an uncertain future under a very different kind of US President. In this essential new book, peerless journalist and thinker Ta-Nehisi Coates takes stock of the Obama era, speaking authoritatively from political, ideological and cultural perspectives, and drawing a sophisticated and penetrating portrait of America today.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306650Thu, 05 Oct 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306650 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Were Eight Years in Power: 'One of the foremost essayists on race in the West' Nikesh Shukla, author of The Good Immigrant Author: Ta-Nehisi Coates...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306650 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Were Eight Years in Power: 'One of the foremost essayists on race in the West' Nikesh Shukla, author of The Good Immigrant Author: Ta-Nehisi Coates Narrator: Beresford Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 40 minutes Release date: October 5, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of We Were Eight Years in Power by Ta-Nehisi Coates, read by Beresford Bennett. From 2008-2016, the leader of the free world was a black man. Obama's presidency reshaped America and transformed the international conversation around politics, race, equality. But it attracted criticism and bred discontent as much as it inspired hope - so much so, that the world now faces an uncertain future under a very different kind of US President. In this essential new book, peerless journalist and thinker Ta-Nehisi Coates takes stock of the Obama era, speaking authoritatively from political, ideological and cultural perspectives, and drawing a sophisticated and penetrating portrait of America today.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/defending-marriage-twelve-arguments-for-sanity-by-anthony-esolen--65210079https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307116 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Defending Marriage: Twelve Arguments for Sanity Author: Anthony Esolen Narrator: Kevin F. Spalding Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 23 minutes Release date: October 5, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Defending Marriage: Twelve Arguments for Sanity is a rousing, compelling defense of traditional, natural marriage. Here, Anthony Esolen, professor at Providence College and a prolific writer, uses moral, theological, and cultural arguments to defend this holy and ancient institution, the bedrock of society - and to illuminate the threats it faces from modern revolutions in law, public policy, and sexual morality. Inside, discover: Traditional marriage's roots in age-old religious, cultural, and natural laws Why gay marriage is a metaphysical impossibility How acceptance and legal sanction of gay marriage threatens the family How the state becomes a religion when it attempts to elevate gay marriage, and enshrine as a civil right all consensual sex How divorce and sexual license have brought marriage to the brink How today's culture has impoverished and emptied love of its true meaning In Defending Marriage, Esolen expertly and succinctly identifies the cultural dangers of gay marriage and the Sexual Revolution which paved its way. He offers a stirring defense of true marriage, the family, culture, and love - and provides the compelling arguments that will return us to sanity, and out of our current morass.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307116Thu, 05 Oct 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307116 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Defending Marriage: Twelve Arguments for Sanity Author: Anthony Esolen Narrator: Kevin F. Spalding Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 23...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307116 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Defending Marriage: Twelve Arguments for Sanity Author: Anthony Esolen Narrator: Kevin F. Spalding Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 23 minutes Release date: October 5, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Defending Marriage: Twelve Arguments for Sanity is a rousing, compelling defense of traditional, natural marriage. Here, Anthony Esolen, professor at Providence College and a prolific writer, uses moral, theological, and cultural arguments to defend this holy and ancient institution, the bedrock of society - and to illuminate the threats it faces from modern revolutions in law, public policy, and sexual morality. Inside, discover: Traditional marriage's roots in age-old religious, cultural, and natural laws Why gay marriage is a metaphysical impossibility How acceptance and legal sanction of gay marriage threatens the family How the state becomes a religion when it attempts to elevate gay marriage, and enshrine as a civil right all consensual sex How divorce and sexual license have brought marriage to the brink How today's culture has impoverished and emptied love of its true meaning In Defending Marriage, Esolen expertly and succinctly identifies the cultural dangers of gay marriage and the Sexual Revolution which paved its way. He offers a stirring defense of true marriage, the family, culture, and love - and provides the compelling arguments that will return us to sanity, and out of our current morass.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-they-go-low-we-go-high-speeches-that-shape-the-world-and-why-we-need-them-by-philip-collins--65210000https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308370 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When They Go Low, We Go High: Speeches that shape the world – and why we need them Author: Philip Collins Narrator: Helen Keeley, Ben Onwukwe, Eric Meyers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 25 minutes Release date: October 5, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR ‘For all those who believe in the politics of principle and hope this a wonderful reminder that they do not always lose. For all those who despair that politics can ever be inspiring again this is a must-read to shake you out of your misery’ Paddy Ashdown ‘There is a serious prospect that, in our time, we are losing faith in politics. The words of politicians float by, practised and polished, but profligate. The respect, veneration and hope first expressed by Pericles, has gone missing. It is the grand purpose of this book to help to call it back.’ In his work as a speechwriter to senior politicians and business leaders around the world, Philip Collins has become well versed in understanding what it is that makes a speech great. When They Go Low, We Go High explores the ways in which the most notable speeches in history have worked, analysing the rhetorical tricks to uncover how the right speech at the right time can profoundly shape the world. Travelling across continents and centuries, Collins reveals what Thomas Jefferson owes to Cicero and Pericles, who really gave the Gettysburg Address and what Elizabeth I shares with Winston Churchill. And in telling the story of the great speeches he tells the story of democracy. For it is in the finest public speeches that progress unfolds, and we need those speeches now more than ever. While we are bombarded by sound bites and social media, fake news and sloganeering, and while populists are winning support, democratic politicians need to find words that inspire and give us hope. Because disenchantment with politics fosters the dangerous illusion that there is an alternative. Informed by Collins’s own experiences as a speech writer, When They Go Low, We Go High is a passionate defence of the power of good public speaking to propagate and protect democracy and an urgent reminder of how words can change the world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308370Thu, 05 Oct 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308370 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When They Go Low, We Go High: Speeches that shape the world – and why we need them Author: Philip Collins Narrator: Helen Keeley, Ben Onwukwe, Eric...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308370 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When They Go Low, We Go High: Speeches that shape the world – and why we need them Author: Philip Collins Narrator: Helen Keeley, Ben Onwukwe, Eric Meyers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 25 minutes Release date: October 5, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR ‘For all those who believe in the politics of principle and hope this a wonderful reminder that they do not always lose. For all those who despair that politics can ever be inspiring again this is a must-read to shake you out of your misery’ Paddy Ashdown ‘There is a serious prospect that, in our time, we are losing faith in politics. The words of politicians float by, practised and polished, but profligate. The respect, veneration and hope first expressed by Pericles, has gone missing. It is the grand purpose of this book to help to call it back.’ In his work as a speechwriter to senior politicians and business leaders around the world, Philip Collins has become well versed in understanding what it is that makes a speech great. When They Go Low, We Go High explores the ways in which the most notable speeches in history have worked, analysing the rhetorical tricks to uncover how the right speech at the right time can profoundly shape the world. Travelling across continents and centuries, Collins reveals what Thomas Jefferson owes to Cicero and Pericles, who really gave the Gettysburg Address and what Elizabeth I shares with Winston Churchill. And in telling the story of the great speeches he tells the story of democracy. For it is in the finest public speeches that progress unfolds, and we need those speeches now more than ever. While we are bombarded by sound bites and social media, fake news and sloganeering, and while populists are winning support, democratic politicians need to find words that inspire and give us hope. Because disenchantment with politics fosters the dangerous illusion that there is an alternative. Informed by Collins’s own experiences as a speech writer, When They Go Low, We Go High is a passionate defence of the power of good public speaking to propagate and protect democracy and an urgent reminder of how words can change the world.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tell-me-how-it-ends-an-essay-in-forty-questions-by-valeria-luiselli--65209998https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308401 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tell Me How it Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions Author: Valeria Luiselli Narrator: Laurence Bouvard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 32 minutes Release date: October 5, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A moving, eye-opening polemic about the US-Mexico border and what happens to the tens of thousands of unaccompanied Mexican and Central American children arriving in the US without papers ‘We are driving across Oklahoma in early June when we first hear about the waves of children arriving, alone and undocumented, from Mexico and Central America. Tens of thousands have been detained at the border. What will happen to them? Where are the parents? And why have they undertaken a terrifying, life-threatening journey to enter the United States?’ Valeria Luiselli works as a volunteer at the federal immigration court in New York City, translating for unaccompanied migrant children. Out of her work has come this book – a search for answers and an urgent appeal for humanity and compassion in response to mass migration, the most significant global phenomenon of our time. ‘So true and moving that it filled me with hopeless hope’ Ali Smith ‘Harrowing, intimate, quietly brilliant’ New York Times ‘The first must-read book of the Trump era’ Texas Observer ‘Angry and affecting. A slight book with a big impact’ Financial Times ‘There are many books addressing the plight of refugees. Tell Me How It Ends – lucid, plain-speaking and authoritative – is one of the most powerful’ Big Issue]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308401Thu, 05 Oct 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308401 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tell Me How it Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions Author: Valeria Luiselli Narrator: Laurence Bouvard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 32...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308401 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tell Me How it Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions Author: Valeria Luiselli Narrator: Laurence Bouvard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 32 minutes Release date: October 5, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A moving, eye-opening polemic about the US-Mexico border and what happens to the tens of thousands of unaccompanied Mexican and Central American children arriving in the US without papers ‘We are driving across Oklahoma in early June when we first hear about the waves of children arriving, alone and undocumented, from Mexico and Central America. Tens of thousands have been detained at the border. What will happen to them? Where are the parents? And why have they undertaken a terrifying, life-threatening journey to enter the United States?’ Valeria Luiselli works as a volunteer at the federal immigration court in New York City, translating for unaccompanied migrant children. Out of her work has come this book – a search for answers and an urgent appeal for humanity and compassion in response to mass migration, the most significant global phenomenon of our time. ‘So true and moving that it filled me with hopeless hope’ Ali Smith ‘Harrowing, intimate, quietly brilliant’ New York Times ‘The first must-read book of the Trump era’ Texas Observer ‘Angry and affecting. A slight book with a big impact’ Financial Times ‘There are many books addressing the plight of refugees. Tell Me How It Ends – lucid, plain-speaking and authoritative – is one of the most powerful’ Big Issue]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-future-is-history-national-book-award-winner-how-totalitarianism-reclaimed-russia-by-masha-gessen--65210145https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303889 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Future Is History (National Book Award Winner): How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia Author: Masha Gessen Narrator: Masha Gessen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 44 minutes Release date: October 3, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: WINNER OF THE 2017 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN NONFICTION FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS  WINNER OF THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY'S HELEN BERNSTEIN BOOK AWARD   NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2017 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW, LOS ANGELES TIMES, WASHINGTON POST,  BOSTON GLOBE, SEATTLE TIMES, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, NEWSWEEK, PASTE, and POP SUGAR The essential journalist and bestselling biographer of Vladimir Putin reveals how, in the space of a generation, Russia surrendered to a more virulent and invincible new strain of autocracy.  Award-winning journalist Masha Gessen's understanding of the events and forces that have wracked Russia in recent times is unparalleled. In The Future Is History, Gessen follows the lives of four people born at what promised to be the dawn of democracy. Each of them came of age with unprecedented expectations, some as the children and grandchildren of the very architects of the new Russia, each with newfound aspirations of their own--as entrepreneurs, activists, thinkers, and writers, sexual and social beings.  Gessen charts their paths against the machinations of the regime that would crush them all, and against the war it waged on understanding itself, which ensured the unobstructed reemergence of the old Soviet order in the form of today's terrifying and seemingly unstoppable mafia state. Powerful and urgent, The Future Is History is a cautionary tale for our time and for all time.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303889Tue, 03 Oct 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303889 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Future Is History (National Book Award Winner): How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia Author: Masha Gessen Narrator: Masha Gessen Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303889 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Future Is History (National Book Award Winner): How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia Author: Masha Gessen Narrator: Masha Gessen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 44 minutes Release date: October 3, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: WINNER OF THE 2017 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN NONFICTION FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS  WINNER OF THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY'S HELEN BERNSTEIN BOOK AWARD   NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2017 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW, LOS ANGELES TIMES, WASHINGTON POST,  BOSTON GLOBE, SEATTLE TIMES, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, NEWSWEEK, PASTE, and POP SUGAR The essential journalist and bestselling biographer of Vladimir Putin reveals how, in the space of a generation, Russia surrendered to a more virulent and invincible new strain of autocracy.  Award-winning journalist Masha Gessen's understanding of the events and forces that have wracked Russia in recent times is unparalleled. In The Future Is History, Gessen follows the lives of four people born at what promised to be the dawn of democracy. Each of them came of age with unprecedented expectations, some as the children and grandchildren of the very architects of the new Russia, each with newfound aspirations of their own--as entrepreneurs, activists, thinkers, and writers, sexual and social beings.  Gessen charts their paths against the machinations of the regime that would crush them all, and against the war it waged on understanding itself, which ensured the unobstructed reemergence of the old Soviet order in the form of today's terrifying and seemingly unstoppable mafia state. Powerful and urgent, The Future Is History is a cautionary tale for our time and for all time.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/scalia-speaks-reflections-on-law-faith-and-life-well-lived-by-antonin-scalia--65210121https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303893 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Scalia Speaks: Reflections on Law, Faith, and Life Well Lived Author: Antonin Scalia Narrator: Christopher J. Scalia Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 3, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.31 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: This definitive collection of beloved Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's finest speeches covers topics as varied as the law, faith, virtue, pastimes, and his heroes and friends. Featuring a foreword written and narrated by longtime friend Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and an intimate introduction by his youngest son, this volume includes dozens of speeches, some deeply personal, that have never before been published. Christopher J. Scalia and the Justice's former law clerk Edward Whelan selected the speeches.    Americans have long been inspired by Justice Scalia’s ideas, delighted by his wit, and instructed by his intelligence. He was a sought-after speaker at commencements, convocations, and events across the country. Scalia Speaks will give readers the opportunity to encounter the legendary man more fully, helping them better understand the jurisprudence that made him one of the most important justices in the Court's history and introducing them to his broader insights on faith and life. Original Photograph: Kainaz Amaria/NPR Cover Design: Darren Haggar]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303893Tue, 03 Oct 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303893 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Scalia Speaks: Reflections on Law, Faith, and Life Well Lived Author: Antonin Scalia Narrator: Christopher J. Scalia Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303893 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Scalia Speaks: Reflections on Law, Faith, and Life Well Lived Author: Antonin Scalia Narrator: Christopher J. Scalia Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 3, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.31 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: This definitive collection of beloved Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's finest speeches covers topics as varied as the law, faith, virtue, pastimes, and his heroes and friends. Featuring a foreword written and narrated by longtime friend Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and an intimate introduction by his youngest son, this volume includes dozens of speeches, some deeply personal, that have never before been published. Christopher J. Scalia and the Justice's former law clerk Edward Whelan selected the speeches.    Americans have long been inspired by Justice Scalia’s ideas, delighted by his wit, and instructed by his intelligence. He was a sought-after speaker at commencements, convocations, and events across the country. Scalia Speaks will give readers the opportunity to encounter the legendary man more fully, helping them better understand the jurisprudence that made him one of the most important justices in the Court's history and introducing them to his broader insights on faith and life. Original Photograph: Kainaz Amaria/NPR Cover Design: Darren Haggar]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-moonless-starless-sky-ordinary-women-and-men-fighting-extremism-in-africa-by-alexis-okeowo--65210113https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306164 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Moonless, Starless Sky: Ordinary Women and Men Fighting Extremism in Africa Author: Alexis Okeowo Narrator: Kamali Minter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 3, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: WINNER OF THE 2018 PEN OPEN BOOK AWARD 'A rich and urgently necessary book' (New York Times Book Review), A Moonless, Starless Sky is a masterful, humane work of journalism by Alexis Okeowo--a vivid narrative of Africans who are courageously resisting their continent's wave of fundamentalism. In A Moonless, Starless Sky Okeowo weaves together four narratives that form a powerful tapestry of modern Africa: a young couple, kidnap victims of Joseph Kony's LRA; a Mauritanian waging a lonely campaign against modern-day slavery; a women's basketball team flourishing amid war-torn Somalia; and a vigilante who takes up arms against the extremist group Boko Haram. This debut book by one of America's most acclaimed young journalists illuminates the inner lives of ordinary people doing the extraordinary--lives that are too often hidden, underreported, or ignored by the rest of the world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306164Tue, 03 Oct 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306164 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Moonless, Starless Sky: Ordinary Women and Men Fighting Extremism in Africa Author: Alexis Okeowo Narrator: Kamali Minter Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306164 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Moonless, Starless Sky: Ordinary Women and Men Fighting Extremism in Africa Author: Alexis Okeowo Narrator: Kamali Minter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 3, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: WINNER OF THE 2018 PEN OPEN BOOK AWARD 'A rich and urgently necessary book' (New York Times Book Review), A Moonless, Starless Sky is a masterful, humane work of journalism by Alexis Okeowo--a vivid narrative of Africans who are courageously resisting their continent's wave of fundamentalism. In A Moonless, Starless Sky Okeowo weaves together four narratives that form a powerful tapestry of modern Africa: a young couple, kidnap victims of Joseph Kony's LRA; a Mauritanian waging a lonely campaign against modern-day slavery; a women's basketball team flourishing amid war-torn Somalia; and a vigilante who takes up arms against the extremist group Boko Haram. This debut book by one of America's most acclaimed young journalists illuminates the inner lives of ordinary people doing the extraordinary--lives that are too often hidden, underreported, or ignored by the rest of the world.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/summer-for-the-gods-the-scopes-trial-and-america-s-continuing-debate-over-science-and-religion-by-edward-j-larson--65210109https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303829 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion Author: Edward J. Larson Narrator: Brian Troxell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 47 minutes Release date: October 3, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The Pulitzer Prize-winning history of the Scopes Trial and the battle over evolution and creation in America's schools In the summer of 1925, the sleepy hamlet of Dayton, Tennessee, became the setting for one of the twentieth century's most contentious courtroom dramas, pitting William Jennings Bryan and the anti-Darwinists against a teacher named John Scopes, represented by Clarence Darrow and the ACLU, in a famous debate over science, religion, and their place in public education. That trial marked the start of a battle that continues to this day-in cities and states throughout the country. Edward Larson's classic Summer for the Gods -- winner of the Pulitzer Prize in History -- is the single most authoritative account of this pivotal event. An afterword assesses the state of the battle between creationism and evolution, and points the way to how it might potentially be resolved.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303829Tue, 03 Oct 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303829 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion Author: Edward J. Larson Narrator: Brian Troxell...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303829 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion Author: Edward J. Larson Narrator: Brian Troxell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 47 minutes Release date: October 3, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The Pulitzer Prize-winning history of the Scopes Trial and the battle over evolution and creation in America's schools In the summer of 1925, the sleepy hamlet of Dayton, Tennessee, became the setting for one of the twentieth century's most contentious courtroom dramas, pitting William Jennings Bryan and the anti-Darwinists against a teacher named John Scopes, represented by Clarence Darrow and the ACLU, in a famous debate over science, religion, and their place in public education. That trial marked the start of a battle that continues to this day-in cities and states throughout the country. Edward Larson's classic Summer for the Gods -- winner of the Pulitzer Prize in History -- is the single most authoritative account of this pivotal event. An afterword assesses the state of the battle between creationism and evolution, and points the way to how it might potentially be resolved.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/we-were-eight-years-in-power-an-american-tragedy-by-ta-nehisi-coates--65210107https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303014 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy Author: Ta-Nehisi Coates Narrator: Beresford Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 39 minutes Release date: October 3, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.28 of Total 43 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 7 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In this “urgently relevant”* collection featuring the landmark essay “The Case for Reparations,” the National Book Award–winning author of Between the World and Me “reflects on race, Barack Obama’s presidency and its jarring aftermath”*—including the election of Donald Trump. New York Times Bestseller • Finalist for the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Named One of the Best Books of the Year by The New York Times • USA Today • Time • Los Angeles Times • San Francisco Chronicle • Essence • O: The Oprah Magazine • The Week • Kirkus Reviews *Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “We were eight years in power” was the lament of Reconstruction-era black politicians as the American experiment in multiracial democracy ended with the return of white supremacist rule in the South. In this sweeping collection of new and selected essays, Ta-Nehisi Coates explores the tragic echoes of that history in our own time: the unprecedented election of a black president followed by a vicious backlash that fueled the election of the man Coates argues is America’s “first white president.” But the story of these present-day eight years is not just about presidential politics. This book also examines the new voices, ideas, and movements for justice that emerged over this period—and the effects of the persistent, haunting shadow of our nation’s old and unreconciled history. Coates powerfully examines the events of the Obama era from his intimate and revealing perspective—the point of view of a young writer who begins the journey in an unemployment office in Harlem and ends it in the Oval Office, interviewing a president. We Were Eight Years in Power features Coates’s iconic essays first published in The Atlantic, including “Fear of a Black President,” “The Case for Reparations,” and “The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration,” along with eight fresh essays that revisit each year of the Obama administration through Coates’s own experiences, observations, and intellectual development, capped by a bracingly original assessment of the election that fully illuminated the tragedy of the Obama era. We Were Eight Years in Power is a vital account of modern America, from one of the definitive voices of this historic moment.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303014Tue, 03 Oct 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303014 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy Author: Ta-Nehisi Coates Narrator: Beresford Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 39...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303014 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy Author: Ta-Nehisi Coates Narrator: Beresford Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 39 minutes Release date: October 3, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.28 of Total 43 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 7 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In this “urgently relevant”* collection featuring the landmark essay “The Case for Reparations,” the National Book Award–winning author of Between the World and Me “reflects on race, Barack Obama’s presidency and its jarring aftermath”*—including the election of Donald Trump. New York Times Bestseller • Finalist for the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Named One of the Best Books of the Year by The New York Times • USA Today • Time • Los Angeles Times • San Francisco Chronicle • Essence • O: The Oprah Magazine • The Week • Kirkus Reviews *Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “We were eight years in power” was the lament of Reconstruction-era black politicians as the American experiment in multiracial democracy ended with the return of white supremacist rule in the South. In this sweeping collection of new and selected essays, Ta-Nehisi Coates explores the tragic echoes of that history in our own time: the unprecedented election of a black president followed by a vicious backlash that fueled the election of the man Coates argues is America’s “first white president.” But the story of these present-day eight years is not just about presidential politics. This book also examines the new voices, ideas, and movements for justice that emerged over this period—and the effects of the persistent, haunting shadow of our nation’s old and unreconciled history. Coates powerfully examines the events of the Obama era from his intimate and revealing perspective—the point of view of a young writer who begins the journey in an unemployment office in Harlem and ends it in the Oval Office, interviewing a president. We Were Eight Years in Power features Coates’s iconic essays first published in The Atlantic, including “Fear of a Black President,” “The Case for Reparations,” and “The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration,” along with eight fresh essays that revisit each year of the Obama administration through Coates’s own experiences, observations, and intellectual development, capped by a bracingly original assessment of the election that fully illuminated the tragedy of the Obama era. We Were Eight Years in Power is a vital account of modern America, from one of the definitive voices of this historic moment.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-dangerous-case-of-donald-trump-37-psychiatrists-and-mental-health-experts-assess-a-president-updated-and-expanded-with-new-essays-by--65210102https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306569 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 37 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President - Updated and Expanded with New Essays Author: Bandy X. Lee Narrator: Thomas Singer, Steve Wruble, Nanette Gartrell, Michael J. Tansey, Lise van Susteren, Leonard L. Glass, Jennifer Contarino Panning, Betty P. Teng, Stephen Soldz, Rosa Maria Bramble, Richard Painter, Prudence Gourguechon, Kevin Washington, James R. Merikang Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 28 minutes Release date: October 3, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.03 of Total 32 Ratings of Narrator: 3.4 of Total 5 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: As this bestseller predicted, Trump has only grown more erratic and dangerous as the pressures on him mount. This new edition includes new essays bringing the audiobook up to date—because this is still not normal. Originally released in fall 2017, The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump was a runaway bestseller. Alarmed Americans and international onlookers wanted to know: What is wrong with him? That question still plagues us. The Trump administration has proven as chaotic and destructive as its opponents feared, and the man at the center of it all remains a cipher. Constrained by the APA’s “Goldwater rule,” which inhibits mental health professionals from diagnosing public figures they have not personally examined, many of those qualified to weigh in on the issue have shied away from discussing it at all. The public has thus been left to wonder whether he is mad, bad, or both. The prestigious mental health experts who have contributed to the revised and updated version of The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump argue that their moral and civic 'duty to warn' supersedes professional neutrality. Whatever affects him, affects the nation: From the trauma people have experienced under the Trump administration to the cult-like characteristics of his followers, he has created unprecedented mental health consequences across our nation and beyond. With eight new essays (about one hundred pages of new material), this edition will cover the dangerous ramifications of Trump's unnatural state. It’s not all in our heads. It’s in his. This program is read by Alex Hyde-White, William Dufris, Hillary Huber, Rosa Maria Bramble, Nanette Gartrell, Leonard L. Glass, Prudence Gourguechon, Luba Kessler, Bandy X. Lee, James R. Merikangas, Elizabeth Mika, P. J. Ochlan, Richard Painter, Jennifer Contarino Panning, Thomas Singer, Steven Soldz, Rosemary Sword, Michael J. Tansey, Betty P. Teng, Lise Van Susteren, Kevin Washington, and Steve Wruble.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306569Tue, 03 Oct 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306569 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 37 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President - Updated and Expanded with New Essays Author: Bandy...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306569 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 37 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President - Updated and Expanded with New Essays Author: Bandy X. Lee Narrator: Thomas Singer, Steve Wruble, Nanette Gartrell, Michael J. Tansey, Lise van Susteren, Leonard L. Glass, Jennifer Contarino Panning, Betty P. Teng, Stephen Soldz, Rosa Maria Bramble, Richard Painter, Prudence Gourguechon, Kevin Washington, James R. Merikang Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 28 minutes Release date: October 3, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.03 of Total 32 Ratings of Narrator: 3.4 of Total 5 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: As this bestseller predicted, Trump has only grown more erratic and dangerous as the pressures on him mount. This new edition includes new essays bringing the audiobook up to date—because this is still not normal. Originally released in fall 2017, The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump was a runaway bestseller. Alarmed Americans and international onlookers wanted to know: What is wrong with him? That question still plagues us. The Trump administration has proven as chaotic and destructive as its opponents feared, and the man at the center of it all remains a cipher. Constrained by the APA’s “Goldwater rule,” which inhibits mental health professionals from diagnosing public figures they have not personally examined, many of those qualified to weigh in on the issue have shied away from discussing it at all. The public has thus been left to wonder whether he is mad, bad, or both. The prestigious mental health experts who have contributed to the revised and updated version of The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump argue that their moral and civic 'duty to warn' supersedes professional neutrality. Whatever affects him, affects the nation: From the trauma people have experienced under the Trump administration to the cult-like characteristics of his followers, he has created unprecedented mental health consequences across our nation and beyond. With eight new essays (about one hundred pages of new material), this edition will cover the dangerous ramifications of Trump's unnatural state. It’s not all in our heads. It’s in his. This program is read by Alex Hyde-White, William Dufris, Hillary Huber, Rosa Maria Bramble, Nanette Gartrell, Leonard L. Glass, Prudence Gourguechon, Luba Kessler, Bandy X. Lee, James R. Merikangas, Elizabeth Mika, P. J. Ochlan, Richard Painter, Jennifer Contarino Panning, Thomas Singer, Steven Soldz, Rosemary Sword, Michael J. Tansey, Betty P. Teng, Lise Van Susteren, Kevin Washington, and Steve Wruble.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/choosing-donald-trump-god-anger-hope-and-why-christian-conservatives-supported-him-by-stephen-mansfield--65210100https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309027 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Choosing Donald Trump: God, Anger, Hope, and Why Christian Conservatives Supported Him Author: Stephen Mansfield Narrator: Stephen Mansfield Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 3, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The 2016 election of Donald J. Trump exposed a deep divide in American politics and culture, one that pollsters and pundits didn't seem to realize was there. But Trump did, and he used it to his advantage in ways that surprised nearly everyone, even those who voted for him. Perhaps the biggest question on many people's minds is how, exactly, did a crass, unrepentant reality TV star and cutthroat business tycoon secure the majority of the religious conservative vote? Now the New York Times bestselling author of The Faith of George W. Bush and The Faith of Barack Obama turns his pen toward the Trump phenomenon. Through meticulous research and personal interviews, Stephen Mansfield uncovers who Trump's spiritual influences have been and explains why Christian conservatives were attracted to this unlikely candidate. The book ends with a reflection on the vital role of prophetic distance, both historically and now.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309027Tue, 03 Oct 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309027 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Choosing Donald Trump: God, Anger, Hope, and Why Christian Conservatives Supported Him Author: Stephen Mansfield Narrator: Stephen Mansfield Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309027 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Choosing Donald Trump: God, Anger, Hope, and Why Christian Conservatives Supported Him Author: Stephen Mansfield Narrator: Stephen Mansfield Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 3, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The 2016 election of Donald J. Trump exposed a deep divide in American politics and culture, one that pollsters and pundits didn't seem to realize was there. But Trump did, and he used it to his advantage in ways that surprised nearly everyone, even those who voted for him. Perhaps the biggest question on many people's minds is how, exactly, did a crass, unrepentant reality TV star and cutthroat business tycoon secure the majority of the religious conservative vote? Now the New York Times bestselling author of The Faith of George W. Bush and The Faith of Barack Obama turns his pen toward the Trump phenomenon. Through meticulous research and personal interviews, Stephen Mansfield uncovers who Trump's spiritual influences have been and explains why Christian conservatives were attracted to this unlikely candidate. The book ends with a reflection on the vital role of prophetic distance, both historically and now.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rally-point-five-tasks-to-unite-the-country-and-revitalize-the-american-dream-by-chris-gibson--65210099https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307353 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rally Point: Five Tasks to Unite the Country and Revitalize the American Dream Author: Chris Gibson Narrator: Chris Gibson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 11 minutes Release date: October 3, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A smart and surprising political inventory for how America can reunite and revitalize in a time of crisis. Written by an admired leader of the Republican party, Rally Point: Five Tasks to Unite the Country and Revitalize the American Dream looks past the 2016 election, past the finger pointing and conventional political thinking, to focus on clear, primary principles that conservatives must debate and defend to protect the future of America. Raised in a working-class family in upstate New York, the first in his family to go to college, paid for in part by his service in the National Guard, Chris Gibson rose from Private to Colonel in the Army, including combat command in the storied 82nd Airborne Division. RALLY POINT is his story: what he's learned from the 'School of Hard Knocks' and how he's applied those precious life lessons during his service in Iraq and in Congress. Drawn from a deep appreciation of history and American exceptionalism, Gibson provides incisive and frank analysis of the current political environment, including President Trump, and provides a roadmap based on time-tested Founding principles to help unite our country and revitalize the American Dream. RALLY POINT is a thoughtful, compelling, enjoyable read - a must for serious-minded Americans looking for answers in this challenging political environment.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307353Tue, 03 Oct 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307353 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rally Point: Five Tasks to Unite the Country and Revitalize the American Dream Author: Chris Gibson Narrator: Chris Gibson Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307353 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rally Point: Five Tasks to Unite the Country and Revitalize the American Dream Author: Chris Gibson Narrator: Chris Gibson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 11 minutes Release date: October 3, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A smart and surprising political inventory for how America can reunite and revitalize in a time of crisis. Written by an admired leader of the Republican party, Rally Point: Five Tasks to Unite the Country and Revitalize the American Dream looks past the 2016 election, past the finger pointing and conventional political thinking, to focus on clear, primary principles that conservatives must debate and defend to protect the future of America. Raised in a working-class family in upstate New York, the first in his family to go to college, paid for in part by his service in the National Guard, Chris Gibson rose from Private to Colonel in the Army, including combat command in the storied 82nd Airborne Division. RALLY POINT is his story: what he's learned from the 'School of Hard Knocks' and how he's applied those precious life lessons during his service in Iraq and in Congress. Drawn from a deep appreciation of history and American exceptionalism, Gibson provides incisive and frank analysis of the current political environment, including President Trump, and provides a roadmap based on time-tested Founding principles to help unite our country and revitalize the American Dream. RALLY POINT is a thoughtful, compelling, enjoyable read - a must for serious-minded Americans looking for answers in this challenging political environment.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/they-came-for-freedom-the-forgotten-epic-adventure-of-the-pilgrims-by-jay-milbrandt--65210051https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303300 to listen full audiobooks. Title: They Came for Freedom: The Forgotten, Epic Adventure of the Pilgrims Author: Jay Milbrandt Narrator: Wayne Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 16 minutes Release date: October 3, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Discover the real story of the Pilgrims, the courageous band of freedom-seekers who set out for a new life for themselves and forever changed the course of history. See how their journey laid the bedrock for the Founding Fathers, the Constitution, and the American identity. Once a year at Thanksgiving, we encounter Pilgrims as folksy people in funny hats before promptly forgetting them. In the centuries since America began, the Pilgrims have been relegated to folklore and children’s stories, fairy-tale mascots for holiday parties and greeting cards. The true story of the Pilgrim Fathers could not be more different. Beginning with the execution of two pastors deviating from the Elizabethan Church of England, the Pilgrims’ great journey was one of courageous faith, daring escape, and tenuous survival. Theirs is the story of refugees who fled intense religious persecution; of dreamers who voyaged the Atlantic and into the unknown when all other attempts had led to near-certain death; of survivors who struggled with newfound freedom. Loneliness led to starvation, tension gave way to war with natives, and suspicion broke the back of the very freedom they endeavored to achieve. Despite the pain and turmoil of this high stakes triumph, the Pilgrim Fathers built the cornerstone for a nation dedicated to faith, freedom, and thankfulness. This is the epic story of the Pilgrims, an adventure that laid the bedrock for the Founding Fathers, the Constitution, and the American identity.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303300Tue, 03 Oct 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303300 to listen full audiobooks. Title: They Came for Freedom: The Forgotten, Epic Adventure of the Pilgrims Author: Jay Milbrandt Narrator: Wayne Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303300 to listen full audiobooks. Title: They Came for Freedom: The Forgotten, Epic Adventure of the Pilgrims Author: Jay Milbrandt Narrator: Wayne Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 16 minutes Release date: October 3, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Discover the real story of the Pilgrims, the courageous band of freedom-seekers who set out for a new life for themselves and forever changed the course of history. See how their journey laid the bedrock for the Founding Fathers, the Constitution, and the American identity. Once a year at Thanksgiving, we encounter Pilgrims as folksy people in funny hats before promptly forgetting them. In the centuries since America began, the Pilgrims have been relegated to folklore and children’s stories, fairy-tale mascots for holiday parties and greeting cards. The true story of the Pilgrim Fathers could not be more different. Beginning with the execution of two pastors deviating from the Elizabethan Church of England, the Pilgrims’ great journey was one of courageous faith, daring escape, and tenuous survival. Theirs is the story of refugees who fled intense religious persecution; of dreamers who voyaged the Atlantic and into the unknown when all other attempts had led to near-certain death; of survivors who struggled with newfound freedom. Loneliness led to starvation, tension gave way to war with natives, and suspicion broke the back of the very freedom they endeavored to achieve. Despite the pain and turmoil of this high stakes triumph, the Pilgrim Fathers built the cornerstone for a nation dedicated to faith, freedom, and thankfulness. This is the epic story of the Pilgrims, an adventure that laid the bedrock for the Founding Fathers, the Constitution, and the American identity.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/run-for-something-a-real-talk-guide-to-fixing-the-system-yourself-by-amanda-litman--65210041https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303466 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Run for Something: A Real-Talk Guide to Fixing the System Yourself Author: Amanda Litman Narrator: Roger Casey, Amanda Carlin, Candace Thaxton, Fred Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 1 minute Release date: October 3, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The must-have guide for young progressives looking to run for local office, complete with contributions from elected officials and political operatives. You’ve been depressed since the night of November 8, 2016. You wore black to work the next morning. You berated yourself for your complacency during the Obama years. You ranted on Twitter. You deleted Twitter. You sent emails to your friends saying, “How can we get more involved?” You listened to Pod Save America. You knit­ted a pussyhat. You showed up to the Women’s March on Washington. You protested Donald Trump’s executive orders. You called your congressman. You called other people’s congressmen. You set up monthly donations to Planned Parenthood and the ACLU. You reactivated Twitter (begrudgingly). Here’s what you do next: Run for something. To be specific: Run for local office and become the change you want to see in the world. Forget about Con­gress. Forget about the Senate. Focus on the offices that get the real sh*t done: state legislatures, city councils, school boards, and mayors. It doesn’t matter if you’re not a white man over sixty with an Ivy League law degree. (In fact, it’s better if you’re not!) It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand the first thing about running for office, or never even imagined you would. That’s what this book is for. Amanda Litman, experienced in hard-fought state and national election campaigns, is here to give you guid­ance as well as wisdom and insight from elected officials and political operatives she interviewed for this book. There are half a million elected officials in the United States. Why can’t you be one of them?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303466Tue, 03 Oct 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303466 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Run for Something: A Real-Talk Guide to Fixing the System Yourself Author: Amanda Litman Narrator: Roger Casey, Amanda Carlin, Candace Thaxton, Fred...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303466 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Run for Something: A Real-Talk Guide to Fixing the System Yourself Author: Amanda Litman Narrator: Roger Casey, Amanda Carlin, Candace Thaxton, Fred Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 1 minute Release date: October 3, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The must-have guide for young progressives looking to run for local office, complete with contributions from elected officials and political operatives. You’ve been depressed since the night of November 8, 2016. You wore black to work the next morning. You berated yourself for your complacency during the Obama years. You ranted on Twitter. You deleted Twitter. You sent emails to your friends saying, “How can we get more involved?” You listened to Pod Save America. You knit­ted a pussyhat. You showed up to the Women’s March on Washington. You protested Donald Trump’s executive orders. You called your congressman. You called other people’s congressmen. You set up monthly donations to Planned Parenthood and the ACLU. You reactivated Twitter (begrudgingly). Here’s what you do next: Run for something. To be specific: Run for local office and become the change you want to see in the world. Forget about Con­gress. Forget about the Senate. Focus on the offices that get the real sh*t done: state legislatures, city councils, school boards, and mayors. It doesn’t matter if you’re not a white man over sixty with an Ivy League law degree. (In fact, it’s better if you’re not!) It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand the first thing about running for office, or never even imagined you would. That’s what this book is for. Amanda Litman, experienced in hard-fought state and national election campaigns, is here to give you guid­ance as well as wisdom and insight from elected officials and political operatives she interviewed for this book. There are half a million elected officials in the United States. Why can’t you be one of them?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-politically-incorrect-guide-to-communism-by-paul-kengor--65210110https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303341 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Politically Incorrect Guide to Communism Series: Part of The Politically Incorrect Guides Author: Paul Kengor Narrator: John McLain Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 44 minutes Release date: October 2, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The worst idea in history is back! Communism has wrecked national economies, enslaved whole peoples, and killed more than a hundred million men and women. What’s not to like? Too many young Americans are supporting communism. Millennials prefer socialism to capitalism, and 25 percent have a positive view of Lenin. One in four Americans believe that George W. Bush killed more people than Joseph Stalin. And 69 percent of Millennials would vote for a socialist for president. They ought to know better. Communism is the most dangerous idea in world history, producing dire poverty, repression, and carnage wherever it has been tried. And no wonder—because communism flatly denies morality, human nature, and basic facts. But it’s always going to be different this time. Renowned scholar and bestselling author Paul Kengor unmasks communism, exposing its blood-drenched history and the strange sway it has long exercised over much of American media and education. He reveals: Stalin alone killed six times as many people as HitlerThe Khmer Rouge slaughtered more than a third of the population of CambodiaCommunists in Eastern Europe and worldwide tortured ChristiansCommunist Party USA (CPUSA) was directly controlled by the SovietsObama’s CIA director voted for the CPUSA candidate for president in 1980Unrepentant sixties-era communists are educating American teachers todayThe Politically Incorrect Guide to Communism debunks the world’s worst ideology, sounds the alarm about its disturbing popular resurgence, and arms you with facts you need to refute its appeal.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303341Mon, 02 Oct 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303341 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Politically Incorrect Guide to Communism Series: Part of The Politically Incorrect Guides Author: Paul Kengor Narrator: John McLain Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303341 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Politically Incorrect Guide to Communism Series: Part of The Politically Incorrect Guides Author: Paul Kengor Narrator: John McLain Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 44 minutes Release date: October 2, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The worst idea in history is back! Communism has wrecked national economies, enslaved whole peoples, and killed more than a hundred million men and women. What’s not to like? Too many young Americans are supporting communism. Millennials prefer socialism to capitalism, and 25 percent have a positive view of Lenin. One in four Americans believe that George W. Bush killed more people than Joseph Stalin. And 69 percent of Millennials would vote for a socialist for president. They ought to know better. Communism is the most dangerous idea in world history, producing dire poverty, repression, and carnage wherever it has been tried. And no wonder—because communism flatly denies morality, human nature, and basic facts. But it’s always going to be different this time. Renowned scholar and bestselling author Paul Kengor unmasks communism, exposing its blood-drenched history and the strange sway it has long exercised over much of American media and education. He reveals: Stalin alone killed six times as many people as HitlerThe Khmer Rouge slaughtered more than a third of the population of CambodiaCommunists in Eastern Europe and worldwide tortured ChristiansCommunist Party USA (CPUSA) was directly controlled by the SovietsObama’s CIA director voted for the CPUSA candidate for president in 1980Unrepentant sixties-era communists are educating American teachers todayThe Politically Incorrect Guide to Communism debunks the world’s worst ideology, sounds the alarm about its disturbing popular resurgence, and arms you with facts you need to refute its appeal.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/russia-a-short-history-by-abraham-ascher--65210011https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315295 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Russia: A Short History Author: Abraham Ascher Narrator: John Pruden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 6 minutes Release date: October 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.7 of Total 20 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Distinguished Professor Emeritus Abraham Ascher offers a skillful blend of engaging narrative and fresh analysis in this concise introduction to Russian history. Newly updated on the 100th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution, it covers the growing political tensions between Russia and its neighbors, and the mounting divergence between Russian and U.S. foreign policies. This stimulating and beautifully written introduction will prove enlightening for students, scholars, and travelers alike.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315295Sun, 01 Oct 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315295 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Russia: A Short History Author: Abraham Ascher Narrator: John Pruden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 6 minutes Release date: October 1,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315295 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Russia: A Short History Author: Abraham Ascher Narrator: John Pruden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 6 minutes Release date: October 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.7 of Total 20 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Distinguished Professor Emeritus Abraham Ascher offers a skillful blend of engaging narrative and fresh analysis in this concise introduction to Russian history. Newly updated on the 100th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution, it covers the growing political tensions between Russia and its neighbors, and the mounting divergence between Russian and U.S. foreign policies. This stimulating and beautifully written introduction will prove enlightening for students, scholars, and travelers alike.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/talking-points-assisted-suicide-by-vaughan-roberts--65210120https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308679 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Talking Points: Assisted Suicide Author: Vaughan Roberts Narrator: Derek Perkins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 19 minutes Release date: September 30, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Vaughan Roberts surveys the Christian worldview and seeks to apply these principles to the many complex questions surrounding assisted dying. This short book gives an overview and a starting point for constructive discussion as we seek to live in a world with different values, and love, serve and engage with the questions surrounding euthanasia.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308679Sat, 30 Sep 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308679 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Talking Points: Assisted Suicide Author: Vaughan Roberts Narrator: Derek Perkins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 19 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308679 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Talking Points: Assisted Suicide Author: Vaughan Roberts Narrator: Derek Perkins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 19 minutes Release date: September 30, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Vaughan Roberts surveys the Christian worldview and seeks to apply these principles to the many complex questions surrounding assisted dying. This short book gives an overview and a starting point for constructive discussion as we seek to live in a world with different values, and love, serve and engage with the questions surrounding euthanasia.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-road-to-somewhere-the-new-tribes-shaping-british-politics-by-david-goodhart--65210118https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303180 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Road to Somewhere: The New Tribes Shaping British Politics Author: David Goodhart Narrator: Simon Bubb Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 10 minutes Release date: September 28, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Road to Somewhere by David Goodhart, read by Simon Bubb. Many Remainers reported waking up the day after the Brexit vote feeling as if they were living in a foreign country. In fact, they were merely experiencing the same feeling that many British people have felt every day for years. Fifty years ago, people in leafy North London and people in working-class Northern towns could vote for a Labour party that broadly encompassed all of their interests. Today their priorities are poles apart. In this groundbreaking and timely book, Goodhart shows us how people have come to be divided into two camps: the 'Anywheres', who have 'achieved' identities, derived from their careers and education, and 'Somewheres', who get their identity from a sense of place and from the people around them, and who feel a sense of loss due to mass immigration and rapid social change. In a world increasingly divided by Brexit and Trump, Goodhart shows how Anywheres must come to understand and respect Somewhere values to stand a fighting chance against the rise of populism.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303180Thu, 28 Sep 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303180 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Road to Somewhere: The New Tribes Shaping British Politics Author: David Goodhart Narrator: Simon Bubb Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303180 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Road to Somewhere: The New Tribes Shaping British Politics Author: David Goodhart Narrator: Simon Bubb Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 10 minutes Release date: September 28, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Road to Somewhere by David Goodhart, read by Simon Bubb. Many Remainers reported waking up the day after the Brexit vote feeling as if they were living in a foreign country. In fact, they were merely experiencing the same feeling that many British people have felt every day for years. Fifty years ago, people in leafy North London and people in working-class Northern towns could vote for a Labour party that broadly encompassed all of their interests. Today their priorities are poles apart. In this groundbreaking and timely book, Goodhart shows us how people have come to be divided into two camps: the 'Anywheres', who have 'achieved' identities, derived from their careers and education, and 'Somewheres', who get their identity from a sense of place and from the people around them, and who feel a sense of loss due to mass immigration and rapid social change. In a world increasingly divided by Brexit and Trump, Goodhart shows how Anywheres must come to understand and respect Somewhere values to stand a fighting chance against the rise of populism.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/future-war-preparing-for-the-new-global-battlefield-by-robert-h-latiff--65210155https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301676 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Future War: Preparing for the New Global Battlefield Author: Robert H. Latiff Narrator: Johnathan McClain Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 53 minutes Release date: September 26, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: An urgent, prescient, and expert look at how future technology will change virtually every aspect of war as we know it and how we can respond to the serious national security challenges ahead. Future war is almost here: battles fought in cyberspace; biologically enhanced soldiers; autonomous systems that can process information and strike violently before a human being can blink.      A leading expert on the place of technology in war and intelligence, Robert H. Latiff, now teaching at the University of Notre Dame, has spent a career in the military researching and developing new combat technologies, observing the cost of our unquestioning embrace of innovation. At its best, advanced technology acts faster than ever to save the lives of soldiers; at its worst, the deployment of insufficiently considered new technology can have devastating unintended or long-term consequences. The question of whether we can is followed, all too infrequently, by the question of whether we should.      In Future War, Latiff maps out the changing ways of war and the weapons technologies we will use to fight them, seeking to describe the ramifications of those changes and what it will mean in the future to be a soldier. He also recognizes that the fortunes of a nation are inextricably linked with its national defense, and how its citizens understand the importance of when, how, and according to what rules we fight. What will war mean to the average American? Are our leaders sufficiently sensitized to the implications of the new ways of fighting? How are the attitudes of individuals and civilian institutions shaped by the wars we fight and the means we use to fight them? And, of key importance: How will soldiers themselves think about war and their roles within it?      The evolving, complex world of conflict and technology demands that we pay more attention to the issues that will confront us, before it is too late to control them. Decrying what he describes as a 'broken' relationship between the military and the public it serves, Latiff issues a bold wake-up call to military planners and weapons technologists, decision makers, and the nation as a whole as we prepare for a very different future.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301676Tue, 26 Sep 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301676 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Future War: Preparing for the New Global Battlefield Author: Robert H. Latiff Narrator: Johnathan McClain Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301676 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Future War: Preparing for the New Global Battlefield Author: Robert H. Latiff Narrator: Johnathan McClain Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 53 minutes Release date: September 26, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: An urgent, prescient, and expert look at how future technology will change virtually every aspect of war as we know it and how we can respond to the serious national security challenges ahead. Future war is almost here: battles fought in cyberspace; biologically enhanced soldiers; autonomous systems that can process information and strike violently before a human being can blink.      A leading expert on the place of technology in war and intelligence, Robert H. Latiff, now teaching at the University of Notre Dame, has spent a career in the military researching and developing new combat technologies, observing the cost of our unquestioning embrace of innovation. At its best, advanced technology acts faster than ever to save the lives of soldiers; at its worst, the deployment of insufficiently considered new technology can have devastating unintended or long-term consequences. The question of whether we can is followed, all too infrequently, by the question of whether we should.      In Future War, Latiff maps out the changing ways of war and the weapons technologies we will use to fight them, seeking to describe the ramifications of those changes and what it will mean in the future to be a soldier. He also recognizes that the fortunes of a nation are inextricably linked with its national defense, and how its citizens understand the importance of when, how, and according to what rules we fight. What will war mean to the average American? Are our leaders sufficiently sensitized to the implications of the new ways of fighting? How are the attitudes of individuals and civilian institutions shaped by the wars we fight and the means we use to fight them? And, of key importance: How will soldiers themselves think about war and their roles within it?      The evolving, complex world of conflict and technology demands that we pay more attention to the issues that will confront us, before it is too late to control them. Decrying what he describes as a 'broken' relationship between the military and the public it serves, Latiff issues a bold wake-up call to military planners and weapons technologists, decision makers, and the nation as a whole as we prepare for a very different future.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/daring-democracy-igniting-power-meaning-and-connection-for-the-america-we-want-by-frances-moore-lappe-adam-eichen--65210132https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302153 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Daring Democracy: Igniting Power, Meaning, and Connection for the America We Want Author: Frances Moore Lappé, Adam Eichen Narrator: Rachel Fulginiti Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 20 minutes Release date: September 26, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: An optimistic book for Americans who are asking, in the wake of Trump’s victory, What do we do now? The answer: We need to organize and fight to protect and expand our democracy. Americans are distraught as tightly held economic and political power drowns out their voices and values. Legendary Diet for a Small Planet author Frances Moore Lappé and organizer-scholar Adam Eichen offer a fresh, surprising response to this core crisis. This intergenerational duo opens with an essential truth: It’s not the magnitude of a challenge that crushes the human spirit. It’s feeling powerless—in this case, fearing that to stand up for democracy is futile. It’s not, Lappé and Eichen argue. With riveting stories and little-known evidence, they demystify how we got here, exposing the well-orchestrated effort that has robbed Americans of their rightful power. But at the heart of this unique book are solutions. Even in this divisive time, Americans are uniting across causes and ideologies to create a “canopy of hope” the authors call the Democracy Movement. In this invigorating “movement of movements,” millions of Americans are leaving despair behind as they push for and achieve historic change. The movement and democracy itself are vital to us as citizens and fulfill human needs—for power, meaning, and connection—essential to our thriving. In this timely and necessary book, Lappé and Eichen offer proof that courage is contagious in the daring fight for democracy.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302153Tue, 26 Sep 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302153 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Daring Democracy: Igniting Power, Meaning, and Connection for the America We Want Author: Frances Moore Lappé, Adam Eichen Narrator: Rachel Fulginiti...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302153 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Daring Democracy: Igniting Power, Meaning, and Connection for the America We Want Author: Frances Moore Lappé, Adam Eichen Narrator: Rachel Fulginiti Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 20 minutes Release date: September 26, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: An optimistic book for Americans who are asking, in the wake of Trump’s victory, What do we do now? The answer: We need to organize and fight to protect and expand our democracy. Americans are distraught as tightly held economic and political power drowns out their voices and values. Legendary Diet for a Small Planet author Frances Moore Lappé and organizer-scholar Adam Eichen offer a fresh, surprising response to this core crisis. This intergenerational duo opens with an essential truth: It’s not the magnitude of a challenge that crushes the human spirit. It’s feeling powerless—in this case, fearing that to stand up for democracy is futile. It’s not, Lappé and Eichen argue. With riveting stories and little-known evidence, they demystify how we got here, exposing the well-orchestrated effort that has robbed Americans of their rightful power. But at the heart of this unique book are solutions. Even in this divisive time, Americans are uniting across causes and ideologies to create a “canopy of hope” the authors call the Democracy Movement. In this invigorating “movement of movements,” millions of Americans are leaving despair behind as they push for and achieve historic change. The movement and democracy itself are vital to us as citizens and fulfill human needs—for power, meaning, and connection—essential to our thriving. In this timely and necessary book, Lappé and Eichen offer proof that courage is contagious in the daring fight for democracy.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-world-of-three-zeros-the-new-economics-of-zero-poverty-zero-unemployment-and-zero-net-carbon-emissions-by-muhammad-yunus--65210117https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302957 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A World of Three Zeros: The New Economics of Zero Poverty, Zero Unemployment, and Zero Net Carbon Emissions Author: Muhammad Yunus Narrator: Dan Woren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: September 26, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and bestselling author of Banker to the Poor offers his vision of an emerging new economic system that can save humankind and the planet Muhammad Yunus, who created microcredit, invented social business, and earned a Nobel Peace Prize for his work in alleviating poverty, is one of today's most trenchant social critics. Now he declares it's time to admit that the capitalist engine is broken -- that in its current form it inevitably leads to rampant inequality, massive unemployment, and environmental destruction. We need a new economic system that unleashes altruism as a creative force just as powerful as self-interest. Is this a pipe dream? Not at all. In the last decade, thousands of people and organizations have already embraced Yunus's vision of a new form of capitalism, launching innovative social businesses designed to serve human needs rather than accumulate wealth. They are bringing solar energy to millions of homes in Bangladesh; turning thousands of unemployed young people into entrepreneurs through equity investments; financing female-owned businesses in cities across the United States; bringing mobility, shelter, and other services to the rural poor in France; and creating a global support network to help young entrepreneurs launch their start-ups. In A World of Three Zeros, Yunus describes the new civilization emerging from the economic experiments his work has helped to inspire. He explains how global companies like McCain, Renault, Essilor, and Danone got involved with this new economic model through their own social action groups, describes the ingenious new financial tools now funding social businesses, and sketches the legal and regulatory changes needed to jumpstart the next wave of socially driven innovations. And he invites young people, business and political leaders, and ordinary citizens to join the movement and help create the better world we all dream of.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302957Tue, 26 Sep 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302957 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A World of Three Zeros: The New Economics of Zero Poverty, Zero Unemployment, and Zero Net Carbon Emissions Author: Muhammad Yunus Narrator: Dan Woren...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302957 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A World of Three Zeros: The New Economics of Zero Poverty, Zero Unemployment, and Zero Net Carbon Emissions Author: Muhammad Yunus Narrator: Dan Woren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: September 26, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and bestselling author of Banker to the Poor offers his vision of an emerging new economic system that can save humankind and the planet Muhammad Yunus, who created microcredit, invented social business, and earned a Nobel Peace Prize for his work in alleviating poverty, is one of today's most trenchant social critics. Now he declares it's time to admit that the capitalist engine is broken -- that in its current form it inevitably leads to rampant inequality, massive unemployment, and environmental destruction. We need a new economic system that unleashes altruism as a creative force just as powerful as self-interest. Is this a pipe dream? Not at all. In the last decade, thousands of people and organizations have already embraced Yunus's vision of a new form of capitalism, launching innovative social businesses designed to serve human needs rather than accumulate wealth. They are bringing solar energy to millions of homes in Bangladesh; turning thousands of unemployed young people into entrepreneurs through equity investments; financing female-owned businesses in cities across the United States; bringing mobility, shelter, and other services to the rural poor in France; and creating a global support network to help young entrepreneurs launch their start-ups. In A World of Three Zeros, Yunus describes the new civilization emerging from the economic experiments his work has helped to inspire. He explains how global companies like McCain, Renault, Essilor, and Danone got involved with this new economic model through their own social action groups, describes the ingenious new financial tools now funding social businesses, and sketches the legal and regulatory changes needed to jumpstart the next wave of socially driven innovations. And he invites young people, business and political leaders, and ordinary citizens to join the movement and help create the better world we all dream of.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-h-spot-the-feminist-pursuit-of-happiness-by-jill-filipovic--65210048https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303384 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The H-Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness Author: Jill Filipovic Narrator: Jill Filipovic Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 7 minutes Release date: September 26, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: What do women want? The same thing men were promised in the Declaration of Independence: happiness, or at least the freedom to pursue it. For women, though, pursuing happiness is a complicated endeavor, and if you head out into America and talk to women one-on-one, as Jill Filipovic has done, you'll see that happiness is indelibly shaped by the constraints of gender, the expectations of feminine sacrifice, and the myriad ways that womanhood itself differs along lines of race, class, location, and identity. In The H-Spot, Filipovic argues that the main obstacle standing in-between women and happiness is a rigged system. In this world of unfinished feminism, men have long been able to 'have it all' because of free female labor, while the bar of achievement for women has only gotten higher. Never before have women at every economic level had to work so much (whether it's to be an accomplished white-collar employee or just make ends meet). Never before have the standards of feminine perfection been so high. And never before have the requirements for being a 'good mother' been so extreme. If our laws and policies made women's happiness and fulfillment a goal in and of itself, Filipovic contends, many of our country's most contentious political issues -- from reproductive rights to equal pay to welfare spending -- would swiftly be resolved. Filipovic argues that it is more important than ever to prioritize women's happiness-and that doing so will make men's lives better, too. Here, she provides an outline for a feminist movement we all need and a blueprint for how policy, laws, and society can deliver on the promise of the pursuit of happiness for all.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303384Tue, 26 Sep 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303384 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The H-Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness Author: Jill Filipovic Narrator: Jill Filipovic Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 7 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303384 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The H-Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness Author: Jill Filipovic Narrator: Jill Filipovic Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 7 minutes Release date: September 26, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: What do women want? The same thing men were promised in the Declaration of Independence: happiness, or at least the freedom to pursue it. For women, though, pursuing happiness is a complicated endeavor, and if you head out into America and talk to women one-on-one, as Jill Filipovic has done, you'll see that happiness is indelibly shaped by the constraints of gender, the expectations of feminine sacrifice, and the myriad ways that womanhood itself differs along lines of race, class, location, and identity. In The H-Spot, Filipovic argues that the main obstacle standing in-between women and happiness is a rigged system. In this world of unfinished feminism, men have long been able to 'have it all' because of free female labor, while the bar of achievement for women has only gotten higher. Never before have women at every economic level had to work so much (whether it's to be an accomplished white-collar employee or just make ends meet). Never before have the standards of feminine perfection been so high. And never before have the requirements for being a 'good mother' been so extreme. If our laws and policies made women's happiness and fulfillment a goal in and of itself, Filipovic contends, many of our country's most contentious political issues -- from reproductive rights to equal pay to welfare spending -- would swiftly be resolved. Filipovic argues that it is more important than ever to prioritize women's happiness-and that doing so will make men's lives better, too. Here, she provides an outline for a feminist movement we all need and a blueprint for how policy, laws, and society can deliver on the promise of the pursuit of happiness for all.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/president-by-david-k-ewen-m-ed--65210150https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306485 to listen full audiobooks. Title: President Author: David K Ewen M.Ed. Narrator: David K Ewen M.Ed. Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 45 minutes Release date: September 20, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: This content is a narration of the actual letter addressed to the President of the United States. The letter was delivered to the President of the United States at the White House on Monday, July 17, 2017 (07/17/2017) at 9:43 A.M. This letter to the President was also delivered to the Vice President and arrived at its postal destination at 4:11 am on July 25, 2017 in Washington, DC. Other government officials received this letter as well. The audio book is written and narrated by David K. Ewen, M.Ed.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306485Wed, 20 Sep 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306485 to listen full audiobooks. Title: President Author: David K Ewen M.Ed. Narrator: David K Ewen M.Ed. Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 45 minutes Release date: September 20,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306485 to listen full audiobooks. Title: President Author: David K Ewen M.Ed. Narrator: David K Ewen M.Ed. Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 45 minutes Release date: September 20, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: This content is a narration of the actual letter addressed to the President of the United States. The letter was delivered to the President of the United States at the White House on Monday, July 17, 2017 (07/17/2017) at 9:43 A.M. This letter to the President was also delivered to the Vice President and arrived at its postal destination at 4:11 am on July 25, 2017 in Washington, DC. Other government officials received this letter as well. The audio book is written and narrated by David K. Ewen, M.Ed.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/crushing-the-collective-the-last-chance-to-keep-america-free-and-self-governing-by-charles-w-sasser--65210020https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315225 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Crushing the Collective: The Last Chance to Keep America Free and Self-Governing Author: Charles W. Sasser Narrator: John Masterson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 12 minutes Release date: September 20, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The American way—independence, entrepreneurialism, liberty—has been under assault for decades. The cultural foundations of the United States and its institutions are devolving along the line of some futuristic apocalyptic novel and producing social, moral, and economic dry rot that can lead only to chaos and ruin. Attacks on individuality, freedom, and personal responsibility for most of the last century have resulted, as Alexis de Tocqueville once predicted, in a gradual degradation of the people and the descent into slavery of once-free people. Crushing the Collective illuminates the very real dangers of the socialistic mind-set that is currently threatening Americans' freedoms and the very existence of our great nation. As Benjamin Franklin said, 'When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.' Therefore, we must know the destructive history of nations drawn into the collectivist deceit, or we will be doomed to follow their same paths.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315225Wed, 20 Sep 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315225 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Crushing the Collective: The Last Chance to Keep America Free and Self-Governing Author: Charles W. Sasser Narrator: John Masterson Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315225 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Crushing the Collective: The Last Chance to Keep America Free and Self-Governing Author: Charles W. Sasser Narrator: John Masterson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 12 minutes Release date: September 20, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The American way—independence, entrepreneurialism, liberty—has been under assault for decades. The cultural foundations of the United States and its institutions are devolving along the line of some futuristic apocalyptic novel and producing social, moral, and economic dry rot that can lead only to chaos and ruin. Attacks on individuality, freedom, and personal responsibility for most of the last century have resulted, as Alexis de Tocqueville once predicted, in a gradual degradation of the people and the descent into slavery of once-free people. Crushing the Collective illuminates the very real dangers of the socialistic mind-set that is currently threatening Americans' freedoms and the very existence of our great nation. As Benjamin Franklin said, 'When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.' Therefore, we must know the destructive history of nations drawn into the collectivist deceit, or we will be doomed to follow their same paths.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-pope-and-a-president-john-paul-ii-ronald-reagan-and-the-extraordinary-untold-story-of-the-20th-century-by-paul-kengor--65209978https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315247 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Pope and a President: John Paul II, Ronald Reagan, and the Extraordinary Untold Story of the 20th Century Author: Paul Kengor Narrator: James Anderson Foster Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 23 hours 22 minutes Release date: September 20, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Even as historians credit ­Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II with hastening the end of the Cold War, they have failed to recognize the depth or significance of the bond that developed between the two leaders. Acclaimed scholar and bestselling author Paul Kengor changes that. In this fascinating book, he reveals a singular bond—which included a spiritual connection between the Catholic pope and the Protestant president—that drove the two men to confront what they knew to be the great evil of the twentieth century: Soviet communism. Reagan and John Paul II almost didn't have the opportunity to forge this relationship: just six weeks apart in the spring of 1981, they took bullets from would-be assassins. But their strikingly similar near-death experiences brought them close together—to Moscow's dismay. A Pope and a President is the product of years of research. Based on Kengor's tireless archival digging and his unique access to Reagan insiders, this book reveals captivating new details on a relationship that changed history.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315247Wed, 20 Sep 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315247 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Pope and a President: John Paul II, Ronald Reagan, and the Extraordinary Untold Story of the 20th Century Author: Paul Kengor Narrator: James...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315247 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Pope and a President: John Paul II, Ronald Reagan, and the Extraordinary Untold Story of the 20th Century Author: Paul Kengor Narrator: James Anderson Foster Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 23 hours 22 minutes Release date: September 20, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Even as historians credit ­Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II with hastening the end of the Cold War, they have failed to recognize the depth or significance of the bond that developed between the two leaders. Acclaimed scholar and bestselling author Paul Kengor changes that. In this fascinating book, he reveals a singular bond—which included a spiritual connection between the Catholic pope and the Protestant president—that drove the two men to confront what they knew to be the great evil of the twentieth century: Soviet communism. Reagan and John Paul II almost didn't have the opportunity to forge this relationship: just six weeks apart in the spring of 1981, they took bullets from would-be assassins. But their strikingly similar near-death experiences brought them close together—to Moscow's dismay. A Pope and a President is the product of years of research. Based on Kengor's tireless archival digging and his unique access to Reagan insiders, this book reveals captivating new details on a relationship that changed history.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/thanks-obama-my-hopey-changey-white-house-years-by-david-litt--65210153https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302106 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Thanks, Obama: My Hopey, Changey White House Years Author: David Litt Narrator: David Litt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 29 minutes Release date: September 19, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.95 of Total 20 Ratings of Narrator: 1.5 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Remember when presidents spoke in complete sentences instead of in unhinged tweets? David Litt does. In his comic, coming-of-age memoir, he takes us back to the Obama years – and charts a path forward in the age of Trump. More than any other presidency, Barack Obama’s eight years in the White House were defined by young people – twenty-somethings who didn’t have much experience in politics (or anything else, for that matter), yet suddenly found themselves in the most high-stakes office building on earth. David Litt was one of those twenty-somethings. After graduating from college in 2008, he went straight to the Obama campaign. In 2011, he became one of the youngest White House speechwriters in history. Until leaving the White House in 2016, he wrote on topics from healthcare to climate change to criminal justice reform. As President Obama’s go-to comedy writer, he also took the lead on the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, the so-called “State of the Union of jokes.” Now, in this refreshingly honest memoir, Litt brings us inside Obamaworld. With a humorists’ eye for detail, he describes what it’s like to accidentally trigger an international incident or nearly set a president’s hair aflame. He answers questions you never knew you had: Which White House men’s room is the classiest? What do you do when the commander in chief gets your name wrong? Where should you never, under any circumstances, change clothes on Air Force One? With nearly a decade of stories to tell, Litt makes clear that politics is completely, hopelessly absurd.    But it’s also important. For all the moments of chaos, frustration, and yes, disillusionment, Litt remains a believer in the words that first drew him to the Obama campaign: “People who love this country can change it.” In telling his own story, Litt sheds fresh light on his former boss’s legacy. And he argues that, despite the current political climate, the politics championed by Barack Obama will outlive the presidency of Donald Trump. Full of hilarious stories and told in a truly original voice, Thanks, Obama is an exciting debut about what it means – personally, professionally, and politically – to grow up.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302106Tue, 19 Sep 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302106 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Thanks, Obama: My Hopey, Changey White House Years Author: David Litt Narrator: David Litt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 29 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302106 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Thanks, Obama: My Hopey, Changey White House Years Author: David Litt Narrator: David Litt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 29 minutes Release date: September 19, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.95 of Total 20 Ratings of Narrator: 1.5 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Remember when presidents spoke in complete sentences instead of in unhinged tweets? David Litt does. In his comic, coming-of-age memoir, he takes us back to the Obama years – and charts a path forward in the age of Trump. More than any other presidency, Barack Obama’s eight years in the White House were defined by young people – twenty-somethings who didn’t have much experience in politics (or anything else, for that matter), yet suddenly found themselves in the most high-stakes office building on earth. David Litt was one of those twenty-somethings. After graduating from college in 2008, he went straight to the Obama campaign. In 2011, he became one of the youngest White House speechwriters in history. Until leaving the White House in 2016, he wrote on topics from healthcare to climate change to criminal justice reform. As President Obama’s go-to comedy writer, he also took the lead on the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, the so-called “State of the Union of jokes.” Now, in this refreshingly honest memoir, Litt brings us inside Obamaworld. With a humorists’ eye for detail, he describes what it’s like to accidentally trigger an international incident or nearly set a president’s hair aflame. He answers questions you never knew you had: Which White House men’s room is the classiest? What do you do when the commander in chief gets your name wrong? Where should you never, under any circumstances, change clothes on Air Force One? With nearly a decade of stories to tell, Litt makes clear that politics is completely, hopelessly absurd.    But it’s also important. For all the moments of chaos, frustration, and yes, disillusionment, Litt remains a believer in the words that first drew him to the Obama campaign: “People who love this country can change it.” In telling his own story, Litt sheds fresh light on his former boss’s legacy. And he argues that, despite the current political climate, the politics championed by Barack Obama will outlive the presidency of Donald Trump. Full of hilarious stories and told in a truly original voice, Thanks, Obama is an exciting debut about what it means – personally, professionally, and politically – to grow up.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-force-so-swift-mao-truman-and-the-birth-of-modern-china-1949-by-kevin-peraino--65210147https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302121 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Force So Swift: Mao, Truman, and the Birth of Modern China, 1949 Author: Kevin Peraino Narrator: Paul Michael Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 12 minutes Release date: September 19, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice • Winner of the 2018 Truman Book Award A gripping narrative of the Truman Administration's response to the fall of Nationalist China and the triumph of Mao Zedong's Communist forces in 1949--an extraordinary political revolution that continues to shape East Asian politics to this day.   In the opening months of 1949, U.S. President Harry S. Truman found himself faced with a looming diplomatic catastrophe--'perhaps the greatest that this country has ever suffered,' as the journalist Walter Lippmann put it. Throughout the spring and summer, Mao Zedong's Communist armies fanned out across mainland China, annihilating the rival troops of America's one-time ally Chiang Kai-shek and taking control of Beijing, Shanghai, and other major cities. As Truman and his aides--including his shrewd, ruthless secretary of state, Dean Acheson--scrambled to formulate a response, they were forced to contend not only with Mao, but also with unrelenting political enemies at home. Over the course of this tumultuous year, Mao would fashion a new revolutionary government in Beijing, laying the foundation for the creation of modern China, while Chiang Kai-shek would flee to the island sanctuary of Taiwan. These events transformed American foreign policy--leading, ultimately, to decades of friction with Communist China, a long-standing U.S. commitment to Taiwan, and the subsequent wars in Korea and Vietnam.   Drawing on Chinese and Russian sources, as well as recently declassified CIA documents, Kevin Peraino tells the story of this remarkable year through the eyes of the key players, including Mao Zedong, President Truman, Secretary of State Acheson, Minnesota congressman Walter Judd, and Madame Chiang Kai-shek, the influential first lady of the Republic of China.  Today, the legacy of 1949 is more relevant than ever to the relationships between China, the United States, and the rest of the world, as Beijing asserts its claims in the South China Sea and tensions endure between Taiwan and the mainland.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302121Tue, 19 Sep 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302121 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Force So Swift: Mao, Truman, and the Birth of Modern China, 1949 Author: Kevin Peraino Narrator: Paul Michael Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302121 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Force So Swift: Mao, Truman, and the Birth of Modern China, 1949 Author: Kevin Peraino Narrator: Paul Michael Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 12 minutes Release date: September 19, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice • Winner of the 2018 Truman Book Award A gripping narrative of the Truman Administration's response to the fall of Nationalist China and the triumph of Mao Zedong's Communist forces in 1949--an extraordinary political revolution that continues to shape East Asian politics to this day.   In the opening months of 1949, U.S. President Harry S. Truman found himself faced with a looming diplomatic catastrophe--'perhaps the greatest that this country has ever suffered,' as the journalist Walter Lippmann put it. Throughout the spring and summer, Mao Zedong's Communist armies fanned out across mainland China, annihilating the rival troops of America's one-time ally Chiang Kai-shek and taking control of Beijing, Shanghai, and other major cities. As Truman and his aides--including his shrewd, ruthless secretary of state, Dean Acheson--scrambled to formulate a response, they were forced to contend not only with Mao, but also with unrelenting political enemies at home. Over the course of this tumultuous year, Mao would fashion a new revolutionary government in Beijing, laying the foundation for the creation of modern China, while Chiang Kai-shek would flee to the island sanctuary of Taiwan. These events transformed American foreign policy--leading, ultimately, to decades of friction with Communist China, a long-standing U.S. commitment to Taiwan, and the subsequent wars in Korea and Vietnam.   Drawing on Chinese and Russian sources, as well as recently declassified CIA documents, Kevin Peraino tells the story of this remarkable year through the eyes of the key players, including Mao Zedong, President Truman, Secretary of State Acheson, Minnesota congressman Walter Judd, and Madame Chiang Kai-shek, the influential first lady of the Republic of China.  Today, the legacy of 1949 is more relevant than ever to the relationships between China, the United States, and the rest of the world, as Beijing asserts its claims in the South China Sea and tensions endure between Taiwan and the mainland.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/and-the-weak-suffer-what-they-must-europe-s-crisis-and-america-s-economic-future-by-yanis-varoufakis--65210108https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303041 to listen full audiobooks. Title: And the Weak Suffer What They Must?: Europe's Crisis and America's Economic Future Author: Yanis Varoufakis Narrator: Yanis Varoufakis, Leighton Pugh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 20 minutes Release date: September 19, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 5 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A #1 Sunday Times bestseller [UK] A titanic battle is being waged for Europe's integrity and soul, with the forces of reason and humanism losing out to growing irrationality, authoritarianism, and malice, promoting inequality and austerity. The whole world has a stake in a victory for rationality, liberty, democracy, and humanism. In January 2015, Yanis Varoufakis, an economics professor teaching in Austin, Texas, was elected to the Greek parliament with more votes than any other member of parliament. He was appointed finance minister and, in the whirlwind five months that followed, everything he had warned about-the perils of the euro's faulty design, the European Union's shortsighted austerity policies, financialized crony capitalism, American complicity and rising authoritarianism-was confirmed as the 'troika' (the European Central Bank, International Monetary Fund, and European Commission) stonewalled his efforts to resolve Greece's economic crisis. Here, Varoufakis delivers a fresh look at the history of Europe's crisis and America's central role in it. He presents the ultimate case against austerity, proposing concrete policies for Europe that are necessary to address its crisis and avert contagion to America, China, and the rest of the world. With passionate, informative, and at times humorous prose, he warns that the implosion of an admittedly crisis-ridden and deeply irrational European monetary union should, and can, be avoided at all cost.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303041Tue, 19 Sep 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303041 to listen full audiobooks. Title: And the Weak Suffer What They Must?: Europe's Crisis and America's Economic Future Author: Yanis Varoufakis Narrator: Yanis Varoufakis, Leighton Pugh...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303041 to listen full audiobooks. Title: And the Weak Suffer What They Must?: Europe's Crisis and America's Economic Future Author: Yanis Varoufakis Narrator: Yanis Varoufakis, Leighton Pugh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 20 minutes Release date: September 19, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 5 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A #1 Sunday Times bestseller [UK] A titanic battle is being waged for Europe's integrity and soul, with the forces of reason and humanism losing out to growing irrationality, authoritarianism, and malice, promoting inequality and austerity. The whole world has a stake in a victory for rationality, liberty, democracy, and humanism. In January 2015, Yanis Varoufakis, an economics professor teaching in Austin, Texas, was elected to the Greek parliament with more votes than any other member of parliament. He was appointed finance minister and, in the whirlwind five months that followed, everything he had warned about-the perils of the euro's faulty design, the European Union's shortsighted austerity policies, financialized crony capitalism, American complicity and rising authoritarianism-was confirmed as the 'troika' (the European Central Bank, International Monetary Fund, and European Commission) stonewalled his efforts to resolve Greece's economic crisis. Here, Varoufakis delivers a fresh look at the history of Europe's crisis and America's central role in it. He presents the ultimate case against austerity, proposing concrete policies for Europe that are necessary to address its crisis and avert contagion to America, China, and the rest of the world. With passionate, informative, and at times humorous prose, he warns that the implosion of an admittedly crisis-ridden and deeply irrational European monetary union should, and can, be avoided at all cost.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/from-global-to-local-the-making-of-things-and-the-end-of-globalization-by-finbarr-livesey--65210098https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302131 to listen full audiobooks. Title: From Global to Local: The Making of Things and the End of Globalization Author: Finbarr Livesey Narrator: Jonathan Cowley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 8 minutes Release date: September 19, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: This brilliantly original book dismantles the underlying assumptions that drive the decisions made by companies and governments throughout the world, to show that our shared narrative of the global economy is deeply flawed. If left unexamined, they will lead corporations and countries astray, with dire consequences for us all. For the past fifty years or so, the global economy has been run on three big assumptions:  that globalization will continue to spread, that trade is the engine of growth and development, and that economic power is moving from the West to the East. More recently, it has also been taken as a given that our interconnectedness—both physical and digital—will increase without limit.  But what if all these ideas are wrong? What if everything is about to change? What if it has already begun to change but we just haven't noticed? Increased automation, the advent of additive manufacturing (3D printing, for example), and changes in shipping and environmental pressures, among other factors, are coming together to create a fast-changing global economic landscape in which the rules are being rewritten—at once a challenge and an opportunity for companies and countries alike.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302131Tue, 19 Sep 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302131 to listen full audiobooks. Title: From Global to Local: The Making of Things and the End of Globalization Author: Finbarr Livesey Narrator: Jonathan Cowley Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302131 to listen full audiobooks. Title: From Global to Local: The Making of Things and the End of Globalization Author: Finbarr Livesey Narrator: Jonathan Cowley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 8 minutes Release date: September 19, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: This brilliantly original book dismantles the underlying assumptions that drive the decisions made by companies and governments throughout the world, to show that our shared narrative of the global economy is deeply flawed. If left unexamined, they will lead corporations and countries astray, with dire consequences for us all. For the past fifty years or so, the global economy has been run on three big assumptions:  that globalization will continue to spread, that trade is the engine of growth and development, and that economic power is moving from the West to the East. More recently, it has also been taken as a given that our interconnectedness—both physical and digital—will increase without limit.  But what if all these ideas are wrong? What if everything is about to change? What if it has already begun to change but we just haven't noticed? Increased automation, the advent of additive manufacturing (3D printing, for example), and changes in shipping and environmental pressures, among other factors, are coming together to create a fast-changing global economic landscape in which the rules are being rewritten—at once a challenge and an opportunity for companies and countries alike.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/one-nation-after-trump-a-guide-for-the-perplexed-the-disillusioned-the-desperate-and-the-not-yet-deported-by-e-j-dionne-norman-j-orns--65210094https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302270 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Nation After Trump: A Guide for the Perplexed, the Disillusioned, the Desperate, and the Not-Yet Deported Author: E.J. Dionne, Norman J. Ornstein, Thomas E. Mann Narrator: E.J. Dionne, Norman J. Ornstein, Thomas E. Mann Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 14 minutes Release date: September 19, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.91 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 1.5 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER — read by the authors. A call to action from three of Washington's premier political scholar-journalists, One Nation After Trump offers the definitive work on the threat posed by the Trump presidency and how to counter it. American democracy was never supposed to give the nation a president like Donald Trump. We have never had a president who gave rise to such widespread alarm about his lack of commitment to the institutions of self-government, to the norms democracy requires, and to the need for basic knowledge about how government works. We have never had a president who raises profound questions about his basic competence and his psychological capacity to take on the most challenging political office in the world. Yet if Trump is both a threat to our democracy and a product of its weaknesses, the citizen activism he has inspired is the antidote. The reaction to the crisis created by Trump’s presidency can provide the foundation for an era of democratic renewal and vindicate our long experiment in self-rule. The award-winning authors of One Nation After Trump explain Trump’s rise and the danger his administration poses to our free institutions. They also offer encouragement to the millions of Americans now experiencing a new sense of citizenship and engagement and argue that our nation needs a unifying alternative to Trump’s dark and divisive brand of politics—an alternative rooted in a New Economy, a New Patriotism, a New Civil Society, and a New Democracy. One Nation After Trump is the essential audiobook for our era, an unsparing assessment of the perils facing the United States and an inspiring roadmap for how we can reclaim the future.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302270Tue, 19 Sep 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302270 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Nation After Trump: A Guide for the Perplexed, the Disillusioned, the Desperate, and the Not-Yet Deported Author: E.J. Dionne, Norman J. Ornstein,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302270 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Nation After Trump: A Guide for the Perplexed, the Disillusioned, the Desperate, and the Not-Yet Deported Author: E.J. Dionne, Norman J. Ornstein, Thomas E. Mann Narrator: E.J. Dionne, Norman J. Ornstein, Thomas E. Mann Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 14 minutes Release date: September 19, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.91 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 1.5 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER — read by the authors. A call to action from three of Washington's premier political scholar-journalists, One Nation After Trump offers the definitive work on the threat posed by the Trump presidency and how to counter it. American democracy was never supposed to give the nation a president like Donald Trump. We have never had a president who gave rise to such widespread alarm about his lack of commitment to the institutions of self-government, to the norms democracy requires, and to the need for basic knowledge about how government works. We have never had a president who raises profound questions about his basic competence and his psychological capacity to take on the most challenging political office in the world. Yet if Trump is both a threat to our democracy and a product of its weaknesses, the citizen activism he has inspired is the antidote. The reaction to the crisis created by Trump’s presidency can provide the foundation for an era of democratic renewal and vindicate our long experiment in self-rule. The award-winning authors of One Nation After Trump explain Trump’s rise and the danger his administration poses to our free institutions. They also offer encouragement to the millions of Americans now experiencing a new sense of citizenship and engagement and argue that our nation needs a unifying alternative to Trump’s dark and divisive brand of politics—an alternative rooted in a New Economy, a New Patriotism, a New Civil Society, and a New Democracy. One Nation After Trump is the essential audiobook for our era, an unsparing assessment of the perils facing the United States and an inspiring roadmap for how we can reclaim the future.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/riot-days-by-maria-alyokhina--65210130https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303179 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Riot Days Author: Maria Alyokhina Narrator: Kate Lock Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 44 minutes Release date: September 14, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Riot Days by Maria Alyokhina, read by Kate Lock. From activist, Pussy Riot member and freedom fighter Maria Alyokhina, a raw, hallucinatory, passionate account of her arrest, trial and imprisonment in a penal colony in the Urals for standing up for what she believed in. 'One of the most brilliant and inspiring things I've read in years. Couldn't put it down. This book is freedom' Chris Kraus, author of I Love Dick People who believe in freedom and democracy think it will exist forever. That is a mistake. What happened in Russia - what happened to me - could happen anywhere. When I was jailed for political protest, I learned that prison doesn't just teach you to follow the rules. It teaches you to think that you can never break them. It's inevitable that the prison gates will open at some point. But this doesn't mean that you leave the 'prisoner' category and go straight into the category of 'the free'. Freedom does not exist unless you fight for it every day. This is the story about how I made a choice. We are all Pussy Riot. And actions break fear. 'To Back Down an Inch is to Give Up a Mile'.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303179Thu, 14 Sep 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303179 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Riot Days Author: Maria Alyokhina Narrator: Kate Lock Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 44 minutes Release date: September 14, 2017 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303179 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Riot Days Author: Maria Alyokhina Narrator: Kate Lock Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 44 minutes Release date: September 14, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Riot Days by Maria Alyokhina, read by Kate Lock. From activist, Pussy Riot member and freedom fighter Maria Alyokhina, a raw, hallucinatory, passionate account of her arrest, trial and imprisonment in a penal colony in the Urals for standing up for what she believed in. 'One of the most brilliant and inspiring things I've read in years. Couldn't put it down. This book is freedom' Chris Kraus, author of I Love Dick People who believe in freedom and democracy think it will exist forever. That is a mistake. What happened in Russia - what happened to me - could happen anywhere. When I was jailed for political protest, I learned that prison doesn't just teach you to follow the rules. It teaches you to think that you can never break them. It's inevitable that the prison gates will open at some point. But this doesn't mean that you leave the 'prisoner' category and go straight into the category of 'the free'. Freedom does not exist unless you fight for it every day. This is the story about how I made a choice. We are all Pussy Riot. And actions break fear. 'To Back Down an Inch is to Give Up a Mile'.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/world-without-mind-the-existential-threat-of-big-tech-by-franklin-foer--65210139https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302125 to listen full audiobooks. Title: World Without Mind: The Existential Threat of Big Tech Author: Franklin Foer Narrator: Marc Cashman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 1 minute Release date: September 12, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.2 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2017 • One of the best books of the year by The New York Times, LA Times, and NPR Franklin Foer reveals the existential threat posed by big tech, and in his brilliant polemic gives us the toolkit to fight their pervasive influence. Over the past few decades there has been a revolution in terms of who controls knowledge and information. This rapid change has imperiled the way we think. Without pausing to consider the cost, the world has rushed to embrace the products and services of four titanic corporations. We shop with Amazon; socialize on Facebook; turn to Apple for entertainment; and rely on Google for information. These firms sell their efficiency and purport to make the world a better place, but what they have done instead is to enable an intoxicating level of daily convenience. As these companies have expanded, marketing themselves as champions of individuality and pluralism, their algorithms have pressed us into conformity and laid waste to privacy. They have produced an unstable and narrow culture of misinformation, and put us on a path to a world without private contemplation, autonomous thought, or solitary introspection—a world without mind. In order to restore our inner lives, we must avoid being coopted by these gigantic companies, and understand the ideas that underpin their success.    Elegantly tracing the intellectual history of computer science—from Descartes and the enlightenment to Alan Turing to Stewart Brand and the hippie origins of today's Silicon Valley—Foer exposes the dark underpinnings of our most idealistic dreams for technology. The corporate ambitions of Google, Facebook, Apple, and Amazon, he argues, are trampling longstanding liberal values, especially intellectual property and privacy. This is a nascent stage in the total automation and homogenization of social, political, and intellectual life. By reclaiming our private authority over how we intellectually engage with the world, we have the power to stem the tide. At stake is nothing less than who we are, and what we will become. There have been monopolists in the past but today's corporate giants have far more nefarious aims. They’re monopolists who want access to every facet of our identities and influence over every corner of our decision-making. Until now few have grasped the sheer scale of the threat. Foer explains not just the looming existential crisis but the imperative of resistance.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302125Tue, 12 Sep 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302125 to listen full audiobooks. Title: World Without Mind: The Existential Threat of Big Tech Author: Franklin Foer Narrator: Marc Cashman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 1...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302125 to listen full audiobooks. Title: World Without Mind: The Existential Threat of Big Tech Author: Franklin Foer Narrator: Marc Cashman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 1 minute Release date: September 12, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.2 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2017 • One of the best books of the year by The New York Times, LA Times, and NPR Franklin Foer reveals the existential threat posed by big tech, and in his brilliant polemic gives us the toolkit to fight their pervasive influence. Over the past few decades there has been a revolution in terms of who controls knowledge and information. This rapid change has imperiled the way we think. Without pausing to consider the cost, the world has rushed to embrace the products and services of four titanic corporations. We shop with Amazon; socialize on Facebook; turn to Apple for entertainment; and rely on Google for information. These firms sell their efficiency and purport to make the world a better place, but what they have done instead is to enable an intoxicating level of daily convenience. As these companies have expanded, marketing themselves as champions of individuality and pluralism, their algorithms have pressed us into conformity and laid waste to privacy. They have produced an unstable and narrow culture of misinformation, and put us on a path to a world without private contemplation, autonomous thought, or solitary introspection—a world without mind. In order to restore our inner lives, we must avoid being coopted by these gigantic companies, and understand the ideas that underpin their success.    Elegantly tracing the intellectual history of computer science—from Descartes and the enlightenment to Alan Turing to Stewart Brand and the hippie origins of today's Silicon Valley—Foer exposes the dark underpinnings of our most idealistic dreams for technology. The corporate ambitions of Google, Facebook, Apple, and Amazon, he argues, are trampling longstanding liberal values, especially intellectual property and privacy. This is a nascent stage in the total automation and homogenization of social, political, and intellectual life. By reclaiming our private authority over how we intellectually engage with the world, we have the power to stem the tide. At stake is nothing less than who we are, and what we will become. There have been monopolists in the past but today's corporate giants have far more nefarious aims. They’re monopolists who want access to every facet of our identities and influence over every corner of our decision-making. Until now few have grasped the sheer scale of the threat. Foer explains not just the looming existential crisis but the imperative of resistance.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/unbelievable-my-front-row-seat-to-the-craziest-campaign-in-american-history-by-katy-tur--65210126https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302316 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History Author: Katy Tur Narrator: Katy Tur Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 45 minutes Release date: September 12, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.14 of Total 65 Ratings of Narrator: 4.76 of Total 17 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Called ''Disgraceful,'' ''third-rate,'' and ''not nice'' by Donald Trump, NBC News correspondent Katy Tur reported on—and took flak from—the most captivating and volatile presidential candidate in American history. Tur lived out of a suitcase for a year and a half, following Trump around the country, powered by packets of peanut butter and kept clean with dry shampoo. She visited forty states with the candidate, made more than 3,800 live television reports, and tried to endure a gazillion loops of Elton John’s ''Tiny Dancer''—a Trump rally playlist staple. From day 1 to day 500, Tur documented Trump’s inconsistencies, fact-checked his falsities, and called him out on his lies. In return, Trump repeatedly singled Tur out. He tried to charm her, intimidate her, and shame her. At one point, he got a crowd so riled up against Tur, Secret Service agents had to walk her to her car. None of it worked. Facts are stubborn. So was Tur. She was part of the first women-led politics team in the history of network news. The Boys on the Bus became the Girls on the Plane. But the circus remained. Through all the long nights, wild scoops, naked chauvinism, dodgy staffers, and fevered debates, no one had a better view than Tur. Unbelievable is her darkly comic, fascinatingly bizarre, and often scary story of how America sent a former reality show host to the White House. It’s also the story of what it was like for Tur to be there as it happened, inside a no-rules world where reporters were spat on, demeaned, and discredited. Tur was a foreign correspondent who came home to her most foreign story of all. Unbelievable is a must-read for anyone who still wakes up and wonders, Is this real life?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302316Tue, 12 Sep 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302316 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History Author: Katy Tur Narrator: Katy Tur Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302316 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History Author: Katy Tur Narrator: Katy Tur Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 45 minutes Release date: September 12, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.14 of Total 65 Ratings of Narrator: 4.76 of Total 17 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Called ''Disgraceful,'' ''third-rate,'' and ''not nice'' by Donald Trump, NBC News correspondent Katy Tur reported on—and took flak from—the most captivating and volatile presidential candidate in American history. Tur lived out of a suitcase for a year and a half, following Trump around the country, powered by packets of peanut butter and kept clean with dry shampoo. She visited forty states with the candidate, made more than 3,800 live television reports, and tried to endure a gazillion loops of Elton John’s ''Tiny Dancer''—a Trump rally playlist staple. From day 1 to day 500, Tur documented Trump’s inconsistencies, fact-checked his falsities, and called him out on his lies. In return, Trump repeatedly singled Tur out. He tried to charm her, intimidate her, and shame her. At one point, he got a crowd so riled up against Tur, Secret Service agents had to walk her to her car. None of it worked. Facts are stubborn. So was Tur. She was part of the first women-led politics team in the history of network news. The Boys on the Bus became the Girls on the Plane. But the circus remained. Through all the long nights, wild scoops, naked chauvinism, dodgy staffers, and fevered debates, no one had a better view than Tur. Unbelievable is her darkly comic, fascinatingly bizarre, and often scary story of how America sent a former reality show host to the White House. It’s also the story of what it was like for Tur to be there as it happened, inside a no-rules world where reporters were spat on, demeaned, and discredited. Tur was a foreign correspondent who came home to her most foreign story of all. Unbelievable is a must-read for anyone who still wakes up and wonders, Is this real life?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-internationalists-how-a-radical-plan-to-outlaw-war-remade-the-world-by-oona-a-hathaway-scott-j-shapiro--65210097https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302200 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Internationalists: How a Radical Plan to Outlaw War Remade the World Author: Oona A. Hathaway, Scott J. Shapiro Narrator: Amanda Carlin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 0 minutes Release date: September 12, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: “An original book…about individuals who used ideas to change the world” (The New Yorker)—the fascinating exploration into the creation and history of the Paris Peace Pact, an often overlooked but transformative treaty that laid the foundation for the international system we live under today. In 1928, the leaders of the world assembled in Paris to outlaw war. Within the year, the treaty signed that day, known as the Peace Pact, had been ratified by nearly every state in the world. War, for the first time in history, had become illegal. But within a decade of its signing, each state that had gathered in Paris to renounce war was at war. And in the century that followed, the Peace Pact was dismissed as an act of folly and an unmistakable failure. This book argues that the Peace Pact ushered in a sustained march toward peace that lasts to this day. A “thought-provoking and comprehensively researched book” (The Wall Street Journal), The Internationalists tells the story of the Peace Pact through a fascinating and diverse array of lawyers, politicians, and intellectuals. It reveals the centuries-long struggle of ideas over the role of war in a just world order. It details the brutal world of conflict the Peace Pact helped extinguish, and the subsequent era where tariffs and sanctions take the place of tanks and gunships. The Internationalists is “indispensable” (The Washington Post). Accessible and gripping, this book will change the way we view the history of the twentieth century—and how we must work together to protect the global order the internationalists fought to make possible. “A fascinating and challenging book, which raises gravely important issues for the present…Given the state of the world, The Internationalists has come along at the right moment” (The Financial Times).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302200Tue, 12 Sep 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302200 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Internationalists: How a Radical Plan to Outlaw War Remade the World Author: Oona A. Hathaway, Scott J. Shapiro Narrator: Amanda Carlin Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302200 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Internationalists: How a Radical Plan to Outlaw War Remade the World Author: Oona A. Hathaway, Scott J. Shapiro Narrator: Amanda Carlin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 0 minutes Release date: September 12, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: “An original book…about individuals who used ideas to change the world” (The New Yorker)—the fascinating exploration into the creation and history of the Paris Peace Pact, an often overlooked but transformative treaty that laid the foundation for the international system we live under today. In 1928, the leaders of the world assembled in Paris to outlaw war. Within the year, the treaty signed that day, known as the Peace Pact, had been ratified by nearly every state in the world. War, for the first time in history, had become illegal. But within a decade of its signing, each state that had gathered in Paris to renounce war was at war. And in the century that followed, the Peace Pact was dismissed as an act of folly and an unmistakable failure. This book argues that the Peace Pact ushered in a sustained march toward peace that lasts to this day. A “thought-provoking and comprehensively researched book” (The Wall Street Journal), The Internationalists tells the story of the Peace Pact through a fascinating and diverse array of lawyers, politicians, and intellectuals. It reveals the centuries-long struggle of ideas over the role of war in a just world order. It details the brutal world of conflict the Peace Pact helped extinguish, and the subsequent era where tariffs and sanctions take the place of tanks and gunships. The Internationalists is “indispensable” (The Washington Post). Accessible and gripping, this book will change the way we view the history of the twentieth century—and how we must work together to protect the global order the internationalists fought to make possible. “A fascinating and challenging book, which raises gravely important issues for the present…Given the state of the world, The Internationalists has come along at the right moment” (The Financial Times).]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-happened-by-hillary-rodham-clinton--65210091https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302279 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What Happened Author: Hillary Rodham Clinton Narrator: Hillary Rodham Clinton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 35 minutes Release date: September 12, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.55 of Total 346 Ratings of Narrator: 4.09 of Total 67 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: “An engaging, beautifully synthesized page-turner” (Slate). The #1 New York Times bestseller and Time #1 Nonfiction Book of the Year: Hillary Rodham Clinton’s most personal memoir yet, about the 2016 presidential election. In this “candid and blackly funny” (The New York Times) memoir, Hillary Rodham Clinton reveals what she was thinking and feeling during one of the most controversial and unpredictable presidential elections in history. She takes us inside the intense personal experience of becoming the first woman nominated for president by a major party in an election marked by rage, sexism, exhilarating highs and infuriating lows, stranger-than-fiction twists, Russian interference, and an opponent who broke all the rules. “At her most emotionally raw” (People), Hillary describes what it was like to run against Donald Trump, the mistakes she made, how she has coped with a shocking and devastating loss, and how she found the strength to pick herself back up afterward. She tells readers what it took to get back on her feet—the rituals, relationships, and reading that got her through, and what the experience has taught her about life. In this “feminist manifesto” (The New York Times), she speaks to the challenges of being a strong woman in the public eye, the criticism over her voice, age, and appearance, and the double standard confronting women in politics. Offering a “bracing... guide to our political arena” (The Washington Post), What Happened lays out how the 2016 election was marked by an unprecedented assault on our democracy by a foreign adversary. By analyzing the evidence and connecting the dots, Hillary shows just how dangerous the forces are that shaped the outcome, and why Americans need to understand them to protect our values and our democracy in the future. The election of 2016 was unprecedented and historic. What Happened is the story of that campaign, now with a new epilogue showing how Hillary grappled with many of her worst fears coming true in the Trump Era, while finding new hope in a surge of civic activism, women running for office, and young people marching in the streets.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302279Tue, 12 Sep 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302279 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What Happened Author: Hillary Rodham Clinton Narrator: Hillary Rodham Clinton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 35 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302279 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What Happened Author: Hillary Rodham Clinton Narrator: Hillary Rodham Clinton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 35 minutes Release date: September 12, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.55 of Total 346 Ratings of Narrator: 4.09 of Total 67 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: “An engaging, beautifully synthesized page-turner” (Slate). The #1 New York Times bestseller and Time #1 Nonfiction Book of the Year: Hillary Rodham Clinton’s most personal memoir yet, about the 2016 presidential election. In this “candid and blackly funny” (The New York Times) memoir, Hillary Rodham Clinton reveals what she was thinking and feeling during one of the most controversial and unpredictable presidential elections in history. She takes us inside the intense personal experience of becoming the first woman nominated for president by a major party in an election marked by rage, sexism, exhilarating highs and infuriating lows, stranger-than-fiction twists, Russian interference, and an opponent who broke all the rules. “At her most emotionally raw” (People), Hillary describes what it was like to run against Donald Trump, the mistakes she made, how she has coped with a shocking and devastating loss, and how she found the strength to pick herself back up afterward. She tells readers what it took to get back on her feet—the rituals, relationships, and reading that got her through, and what the experience has taught her about life. In this “feminist manifesto” (The New York Times), she speaks to the challenges of being a strong woman in the public eye, the criticism over her voice, age, and appearance, and the double standard confronting women in politics. Offering a “bracing... guide to our political arena” (The Washington Post), What Happened lays out how the 2016 election was marked by an unprecedented assault on our democracy by a foreign adversary. By analyzing the evidence and connecting the dots, Hillary shows just how dangerous the forces are that shaped the outcome, and why Americans need to understand them to protect our values and our democracy in the future. The election of 2016 was unprecedented and historic. What Happened is the story of that campaign, now with a new epilogue showing how Hillary grappled with many of her worst fears coming true in the Trump Era, while finding new hope in a surge of civic activism, women running for office, and young people marching in the streets.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/istanbul-a-tale-of-three-cities-by-bettany-hughes--65210089https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302956 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities Author: Bettany Hughes Narrator: Bettany Hughes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 24 hours 38 minutes Release date: September 12, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Istanbul has long been a place where stories and histories collide, where perception is as potent as fact. From the Koran to Shakespeare, this city with three names--Byzantium, Constantinople, Istanbul -- resonates as an idea and a place, real and imagined. Standing as the gateway between East and West, North and South, it has been the capital city of the Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman Empires. For much of its history it was the very center of the world, known simply as 'The City,' but, as Bettany Hughes reveals, Istanbul is not just a city, but a global story. In this epic new biography, Hughes takes us on a dazzling historical journey from the Neolithic to the present, through the many incarnations of one of the world's greatest cities--exploring the ways that Istanbul's influence has spun out to shape the wider world. Hughes investigates what it takes to make a city and tells the story not just of emperors, viziers, caliphs, and sultans, but of the poor and the voiceless, of the women and men whose aspirations and dreams have continuously reinvented Istanbul. Written with energy and animation, award-winning historian Bettany Hughes deftly guides readers through Istanbul's rich layers of history. Based on meticulous research and new archaeological evidence, this captivating portrait of the momentous life of Istanbul is visceral, immediate, and authoritative -- narrative history at its finest.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302956Tue, 12 Sep 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302956 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities Author: Bettany Hughes Narrator: Bettany Hughes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 24 hours 38 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302956 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities Author: Bettany Hughes Narrator: Bettany Hughes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 24 hours 38 minutes Release date: September 12, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Istanbul has long been a place where stories and histories collide, where perception is as potent as fact. From the Koran to Shakespeare, this city with three names--Byzantium, Constantinople, Istanbul -- resonates as an idea and a place, real and imagined. Standing as the gateway between East and West, North and South, it has been the capital city of the Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman Empires. For much of its history it was the very center of the world, known simply as 'The City,' but, as Bettany Hughes reveals, Istanbul is not just a city, but a global story. In this epic new biography, Hughes takes us on a dazzling historical journey from the Neolithic to the present, through the many incarnations of one of the world's greatest cities--exploring the ways that Istanbul's influence has spun out to shape the wider world. Hughes investigates what it takes to make a city and tells the story not just of emperors, viziers, caliphs, and sultans, but of the poor and the voiceless, of the women and men whose aspirations and dreams have continuously reinvented Istanbul. Written with energy and animation, award-winning historian Bettany Hughes deftly guides readers through Istanbul's rich layers of history. Based on meticulous research and new archaeological evidence, this captivating portrait of the momentous life of Istanbul is visceral, immediate, and authoritative -- narrative history at its finest.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fractured-continent-europe-s-crises-and-the-fate-of-the-west-by-william-drozdiak--65209975https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315967 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fractured Continent: Europe's Crises and the Fate of the West Author: William Drozdiak Narrator: Paul Boehmer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 46 minutes Release date: September 12, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Fractured Continent is an urgent examination of how the political and social volatility in Europe impacts the United States and the rest of the world. The dream of a United States of Europe is unraveling in the wake of several crises now afflicting the continent. The single Euro currency threatens to break apart amid bitter arguments between rich northern creditors and poor southern debtors. Russia is back as an aggressive power, annexing Crimea, supporting rebels in eastern Ukraine, and waging media and cyber warfare against the West. Marine Le Pen's National Front won a record thirty-four percent of the French presidential vote despite the election of Emmanuel Macron. Europe struggles to cope with nearly two million refugees who fled conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa. Britain has voted to leave the European Union after forty-three years, the first time a member state has opted to quit the world's leading commercial bloc. At the same time, President Trump has vowed to pursue America First policies that may curtail U.S. security guarantees and provoke trade conflicts with its allies abroad.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315967Tue, 12 Sep 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315967 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fractured Continent: Europe's Crises and the Fate of the West Author: William Drozdiak Narrator: Paul Boehmer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315967 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fractured Continent: Europe's Crises and the Fate of the West Author: William Drozdiak Narrator: Paul Boehmer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 46 minutes Release date: September 12, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Fractured Continent is an urgent examination of how the political and social volatility in Europe impacts the United States and the rest of the world. The dream of a United States of Europe is unraveling in the wake of several crises now afflicting the continent. The single Euro currency threatens to break apart amid bitter arguments between rich northern creditors and poor southern debtors. Russia is back as an aggressive power, annexing Crimea, supporting rebels in eastern Ukraine, and waging media and cyber warfare against the West. Marine Le Pen's National Front won a record thirty-four percent of the French presidential vote despite the election of Emmanuel Macron. Europe struggles to cope with nearly two million refugees who fled conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa. Britain has voted to leave the European Union after forty-three years, the first time a member state has opted to quit the world's leading commercial bloc. At the same time, President Trump has vowed to pursue America First policies that may curtail U.S. security guarantees and provoke trade conflicts with its allies abroad.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/they-should-stay-there-the-story-of-mexican-migration-and-repatriation-during-the-great-depression-by-fernando-saul-alanis-enciso--65209985https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315990 to listen full audiobooks. Title: They Should Stay There: The Story of Mexican Migration and Repatriation during the Great Depression Author: Fernando Saul Alanis Enciso Narrator: Rudy Sanda Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 25 minutes Release date: September 11, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: While Mexicans were hopeful for economic reform following the Mexican revolution, by the 1930s, large numbers of Mexican nationals had already moved north and were living in the United States in one of the twentieth century's most massive movements of migratory workers. Fernando Saúl Alanís Enciso provides an illuminating backstory that demonstrates how fluid and controversial the immigration and labor situation between Mexico and the United States was in the twentieth century and continues to be in the twenty first. When the Great Depression took hold, the United States stepped up its enforcement of immigration laws and forced more than 350,000 Mexicans, including their U.S.-born children, to return to their home country. While the Mexican government was fearful of the resulting economic implications, President Lázaro Cárdenas fostered the repatriation effort for mostly symbolic reasons relating to domestic politics. In clarifying the repatriation episode through the larger history of Mexican domestic and foreign policy, Alanís connects the dots between the aftermath of the Mexican revolution and the relentless political tumult surrounding today's borderlands immigration issues.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315990Mon, 11 Sep 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315990 to listen full audiobooks. Title: They Should Stay There: The Story of Mexican Migration and Repatriation during the Great Depression Author: Fernando Saul Alanis Enciso Narrator: Rudy...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315990 to listen full audiobooks. Title: They Should Stay There: The Story of Mexican Migration and Repatriation during the Great Depression Author: Fernando Saul Alanis Enciso Narrator: Rudy Sanda Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 25 minutes Release date: September 11, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: While Mexicans were hopeful for economic reform following the Mexican revolution, by the 1930s, large numbers of Mexican nationals had already moved north and were living in the United States in one of the twentieth century's most massive movements of migratory workers. Fernando Saúl Alanís Enciso provides an illuminating backstory that demonstrates how fluid and controversial the immigration and labor situation between Mexico and the United States was in the twentieth century and continues to be in the twenty first. When the Great Depression took hold, the United States stepped up its enforcement of immigration laws and forced more than 350,000 Mexicans, including their U.S.-born children, to return to their home country. While the Mexican government was fearful of the resulting economic implications, President Lázaro Cárdenas fostered the repatriation effort for mostly symbolic reasons relating to domestic politics. In clarifying the repatriation episode through the larger history of Mexican domestic and foreign policy, Alanís connects the dots between the aftermath of the Mexican revolution and the relentless political tumult surrounding today's borderlands immigration issues.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/if-only-they-didn-t-speak-english-notes-from-trump-s-america-by-jon-sopel--65210119https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301503 to listen full audiobooks. Title: If Only They Didn't Speak English: Notes From Trump's America Author: Jon Sopel Narrator: Jon Sopel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 54 minutes Release date: September 7, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: As the BBC’s North America Editor, Jon Sopel has had a pretty busy time of it lately. In the 18 months it’s taken for a reality star to go from laughingstock to leader of the free world, Jon has travelled the length and breadth of the United States, experiencing it from a perspective that most of us could only dream of: he has flown aboard Air Force One, interviewed President Obama and has even been described as ‘a beauty’ by none other than Donald Trump. Through music, film, literature, TV and even through the food we eat and the clothes that we wear we all have a highly developed sense of what America is and through our shared, tangled history we claim a special relationship. But America today feels about as alien a country as you could imagine. It is fearful, angry and impatient for change. Reflecting on his journey across the continent to cover the most turbulent race in recent history, Jon Sopel lifts a lid on the seething resentments, profound anxieties and sheer rage that found its embodiment in a brash, unpredictable and seemingly unstoppable figure. In this fascinating, insightful portrait of American life and politics, Jon sets out to answer our questions about a country that once stood for the grandest of dreams but which is now mired in a storm of political extremism, racial division and increasingly perverse beliefs.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301503Thu, 07 Sep 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301503 to listen full audiobooks. Title: If Only They Didn't Speak English: Notes From Trump's America Author: Jon Sopel Narrator: Jon Sopel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 54...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301503 to listen full audiobooks. Title: If Only They Didn't Speak English: Notes From Trump's America Author: Jon Sopel Narrator: Jon Sopel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 54 minutes Release date: September 7, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: As the BBC’s North America Editor, Jon Sopel has had a pretty busy time of it lately. In the 18 months it’s taken for a reality star to go from laughingstock to leader of the free world, Jon has travelled the length and breadth of the United States, experiencing it from a perspective that most of us could only dream of: he has flown aboard Air Force One, interviewed President Obama and has even been described as ‘a beauty’ by none other than Donald Trump. Through music, film, literature, TV and even through the food we eat and the clothes that we wear we all have a highly developed sense of what America is and through our shared, tangled history we claim a special relationship. But America today feels about as alien a country as you could imagine. It is fearful, angry and impatient for change. Reflecting on his journey across the continent to cover the most turbulent race in recent history, Jon Sopel lifts a lid on the seething resentments, profound anxieties and sheer rage that found its embodiment in a brash, unpredictable and seemingly unstoppable figure. In this fascinating, insightful portrait of American life and politics, Jon sets out to answer our questions about a country that once stood for the grandest of dreams but which is now mired in a storm of political extremism, racial division and increasingly perverse beliefs.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/still-lucky-by-rebecca-huntley--65210064https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/311505 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Still Lucky Author: Rebecca Huntley Narrator: Rebecca Huntley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 15 minutes Release date: September 7, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Rebecca Huntley, one of Australia's most experienced and knowledgeable social researchers, tackles the biggest social questions facing Australia now: Why do we fear asylum seekers? Why are women still underpaid and overworked? Why do we over-parent? Why do we worry even though we are lucky? Still Lucky is a broad-ranging, wise and compelling look at who we are now and where we are heading in the future, from someone who knows what Australians are really thinking.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/311505Thu, 07 Sep 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/311505 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Still Lucky Author: Rebecca Huntley Narrator: Rebecca Huntley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 15 minutes Release date: September 7, 2017...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/311505 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Still Lucky Author: Rebecca Huntley Narrator: Rebecca Huntley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 15 minutes Release date: September 7, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Rebecca Huntley, one of Australia's most experienced and knowledgeable social researchers, tackles the biggest social questions facing Australia now: Why do we fear asylum seekers? Why are women still underpaid and overworked? Why do we over-parent? Why do we worry even though we are lucky? Still Lucky is a broad-ranging, wise and compelling look at who we are now and where we are heading in the future, from someone who knows what Australians are really thinking.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-quest-for-cosmic-justice-by-thomas-sowell--65210165https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300315 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Quest for Cosmic Justice Author: Thomas Sowell Narrator: Robertson Dean Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 52 minutes Release date: September 5, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: This book is about the great moral issues underlying many of the headline-making political controversies of our times. It is not a comforting book but a book about disturbing and dangerous trends. The Quest for Cosmic Justice shows how confused conceptions of justice end up promoting injustice, how confused conceptions of equality end up promoting inequality, and how the tyranny of social visions prevents many people from confronting the actual consequences of their own beliefs and policies. Those consequences include the steady and dangerous erosion of fundamental principles of freedom—amounting to a quiet repeal of the American revolution. The Quest for Cosmic Justice is the summation of a lifetime of study and thought about where we as a society are headed—and why we need to change course before we do irretrievable damage.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300315Tue, 05 Sep 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300315 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Quest for Cosmic Justice Author: Thomas Sowell Narrator: Robertson Dean Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 52 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300315 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Quest for Cosmic Justice Author: Thomas Sowell Narrator: Robertson Dean Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 52 minutes Release date: September 5, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: This book is about the great moral issues underlying many of the headline-making political controversies of our times. It is not a comforting book but a book about disturbing and dangerous trends. The Quest for Cosmic Justice shows how confused conceptions of justice end up promoting injustice, how confused conceptions of equality end up promoting inequality, and how the tyranny of social visions prevents many people from confronting the actual consequences of their own beliefs and policies. Those consequences include the steady and dangerous erosion of fundamental principles of freedom—amounting to a quiet repeal of the American revolution. The Quest for Cosmic Justice is the summation of a lifetime of study and thought about where we as a society are headed—and why we need to change course before we do irretrievable damage.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/asia-s-reckoning-china-japan-and-the-fate-of-u-s-power-in-the-pacific-century-by-richard-mcgregor--65210154https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301674 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Asia's Reckoning: China, Japan, and the Fate of U.S. Power in the Pacific Century Author: Richard Mcgregor Narrator: Steve West Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 15 minutes Release date: September 5, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A Financial Times Best Book of 2017 “A shrewd and knowing book.” —Robert D. Kaplan, The Wall Street Journal “A compelling and impressive read.” —The Economist “Skillfully crafted and well-argued.” —Jeffrey Wasserstrom, Financial Times “An excellent modern history. . . . provides the context needed to make sense of the region’s present and future.” —Joyce Lau, South China Morning Post A history of the combative military, diplomatic, and economic relations among China, Japan, and the United States since the 1970s—and the potential crisis that awaits them Richard McGregor’s Asia’s Reckoning is a compelling account of the widening geopolitical cracks in a region that has flourished under an American security umbrella for more than half a century. The toxic rivalry between China and Japan, two Asian giants consumed with endless history wars and ruled by entrenched political dynasties, is threatening to upend the peace underwritten by Pax Americana since World War II. Combined with Donald Trump’s disdain for America’s old alliances and China's own regional ambitions, east Asia is entering a new era of instability and conflict. If the United States laid the postwar foundations for modern Asia, now the anchor of the global economy, Asia’s Reckoning reveals how that structure is falling apart. With unrivaled access to archives in the United States and Asia, as well as to many of the major players in all three countries, Richard McGregor has written a tale that blends the tectonic shifts in diplomacy with bitter domestic politics and the personalities driving them. It is a story not only of an overstretched America, but also of the rise and fall and rise of the great powers of Asia. The about-turn of Japan—from a colossus seemingly poised for world domination to a nation in inexorable decline in the space of two decades—has few parallels in modern history, as does the rapid rise of China—a country whose military is now larger than those of Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and southeast Asia's combined. The confrontational course on which China and Japan are set is no simple spat between neighbors: the United States would be involved on the side of Japan in any military conflict between the two countries. The fallout would be an economic tsunami, affecting manufacturing centers, trade routes, and political capitals on every continent. Richard McGregor’s book takes us behind the headlines of his years reporting as the Financial Times’s Beijing and Washington bureau chief to show how American power will stand or fall on its ability to hold its ground in Asia.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301674Tue, 05 Sep 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301674 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Asia's Reckoning: China, Japan, and the Fate of U.S. Power in the Pacific Century Author: Richard Mcgregor Narrator: Steve West Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301674 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Asia's Reckoning: China, Japan, and the Fate of U.S. Power in the Pacific Century Author: Richard Mcgregor Narrator: Steve West Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 15 minutes Release date: September 5, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A Financial Times Best Book of 2017 “A shrewd and knowing book.” —Robert D. Kaplan, The Wall Street Journal “A compelling and impressive read.” —The Economist “Skillfully crafted and well-argued.” —Jeffrey Wasserstrom, Financial Times “An excellent modern history. . . . provides the context needed to make sense of the region’s present and future.” —Joyce Lau, South China Morning Post A history of the combative military, diplomatic, and economic relations among China, Japan, and the United States since the 1970s—and the potential crisis that awaits them Richard McGregor’s Asia’s Reckoning is a compelling account of the widening geopolitical cracks in a region that has flourished under an American security umbrella for more than half a century. The toxic rivalry between China and Japan, two Asian giants consumed with endless history wars and ruled by entrenched political dynasties, is threatening to upend the peace underwritten by Pax Americana since World War II. Combined with Donald Trump’s disdain for America’s old alliances and China's own regional ambitions, east Asia is entering a new era of instability and conflict. If the United States laid the postwar foundations for modern Asia, now the anchor of the global economy, Asia’s Reckoning reveals how that structure is falling apart. With unrivaled access to archives in the United States and Asia, as well as to many of the major players in all three countries, Richard McGregor has written a tale that blends the tectonic shifts in diplomacy with bitter domestic politics and the personalities driving them. It is a story not only of an overstretched America, but also of the rise and fall and rise of the great powers of Asia. The about-turn of Japan—from a colossus seemingly poised for world domination to a nation in inexorable decline in the space of two decades—has few parallels in modern history, as does the rapid rise of China—a country whose military is now larger than those of Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and southeast Asia's combined. The confrontational course on which China and Japan are set is no simple spat between neighbors: the United States would be involved on the side of Japan in any military conflict between the two countries. The fallout would be an economic tsunami, affecting manufacturing centers, trade routes, and political capitals on every continent. Richard McGregor’s book takes us behind the headlines of his years reporting as the Financial Times’s Beijing and Washington bureau chief to show how American power will stand or fall on its ability to hold its ground in Asia.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/twilight-of-american-sanity-a-psychiatrist-analyzes-the-age-of-trump-by-allen-frances--65210137https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302098 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Twilight of American Sanity: A Psychiatrist Analyzes the Age of Trump Author: Allen Frances Narrator: Christopher Grove Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 39 minutes Release date: September 5, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: “Unravel[s] the national psyche that brought our politics to this moment.” — Evan Osnos, The New Yorker A landmark book, from “one of the world’s most prominent psychiatrists” (The Atlantic): Allen Frances analyzes the nation, viewing the rise of Donald J. Trump as darkly symptomatic of a deeper societal distress that must be understood if we are to move forward. Equally challenging and profound, Twilight of American Sanity “joins a small shelf of essential titles—Arlie Hochschild’s Strangers in Their Own Land is another—that help explain why and how the Trump presidency happened” (Kirkus). It is comforting to see President Donald Trump as a crazy man, a one-off, an exception—not a reflection on us or our democracy. But in ways I never anticipated, his rise was absolutely predictable and a mirror on our soul. … What does it say about us, that we elected someone so manifestly unfit and unprepared to determine mankind’s future? Trump is a symptom of a world in distress, not its sole cause. Blaming him for all our troubles misses the deeper, underlying societal sickness that made possible his unlikely ascent. Calling Trump crazy allows us to avoid confronting the craziness in our society—if we want to get sane, we must first gain insight about ourselves. Simply put: Trump isn’t crazy, but our society is. —from TWILIGHT OF AMERICAN SANITY More than three years in the making: the world's leading expert on psychiatric diagnosis, past leader of the American Psychiatric Association’s DSM (“the bible of psychology”), and author of the influential international bestseller on the medicalization of ordinary life, Saving Normal, draws upon his vast experience to deliver a powerful critique of modern American society’s collective slide away from sanity and offers an urgently needed prescription for reclaiming our bearings. Widely cited in recent months as the man who quite literally wrote the diagnostic criteria for narcissism, Allen Frances, M.D., has been at the center of the debate surrounding President Trump’s mental state—quoted in Evan Osnos’s May 2017 New Yorker article (“How Trump Could Get Fired”) and publishing a much-shared opinion letter in the New York Times (“An Eminent Psychiatrist Demurs on Trump’s Mental State”). Frances argues that Trump is ''bad, not mad''--and that the real question to wrestle with is how we as a country could have chosen him as our leader. Twilight of American Sanity is an essential work for understanding our national crisis.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302098Tue, 05 Sep 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302098 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Twilight of American Sanity: A Psychiatrist Analyzes the Age of Trump Author: Allen Frances Narrator: Christopher Grove Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302098 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Twilight of American Sanity: A Psychiatrist Analyzes the Age of Trump Author: Allen Frances Narrator: Christopher Grove Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 39 minutes Release date: September 5, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: “Unravel[s] the national psyche that brought our politics to this moment.” — Evan Osnos, The New Yorker A landmark book, from “one of the world’s most prominent psychiatrists” (The Atlantic): Allen Frances analyzes the nation, viewing the rise of Donald J. Trump as darkly symptomatic of a deeper societal distress that must be understood if we are to move forward. Equally challenging and profound, Twilight of American Sanity “joins a small shelf of essential titles—Arlie Hochschild’s Strangers in Their Own Land is another—that help explain why and how the Trump presidency happened” (Kirkus). It is comforting to see President Donald Trump as a crazy man, a one-off, an exception—not a reflection on us or our democracy. But in ways I never anticipated, his rise was absolutely predictable and a mirror on our soul. … What does it say about us, that we elected someone so manifestly unfit and unprepared to determine mankind’s future? Trump is a symptom of a world in distress, not its sole cause. Blaming him for all our troubles misses the deeper, underlying societal sickness that made possible his unlikely ascent. Calling Trump crazy allows us to avoid confronting the craziness in our society—if we want to get sane, we must first gain insight about ourselves. Simply put: Trump isn’t crazy, but our society is. —from TWILIGHT OF AMERICAN SANITY More than three years in the making: the world's leading expert on psychiatric diagnosis, past leader of the American Psychiatric Association’s DSM (“the bible of psychology”), and author of the influential international bestseller on the medicalization of ordinary life, Saving Normal, draws upon his vast experience to deliver a powerful critique of modern American society’s collective slide away from sanity and offers an urgently needed prescription for reclaiming our bearings. Widely cited in recent months as the man who quite literally wrote the diagnostic criteria for narcissism, Allen Frances, M.D., has been at the center of the debate surrounding President Trump’s mental state—quoted in Evan Osnos’s May 2017 New Yorker article (“How Trump Could Get Fired”) and publishing a much-shared opinion letter in the New York Times (“An Eminent Psychiatrist Demurs on Trump’s Mental State”). Frances argues that Trump is ''bad, not mad''--and that the real question to wrestle with is how we as a country could have chosen him as our leader. Twilight of American Sanity is an essential work for understanding our national crisis.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jumping-at-shadows-the-triumph-of-fear-and-the-end-of-the-american-dream-by-sasha-abramsky--65210106https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301960 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jumping at Shadows: The Triumph of Fear and the End of the American Dream Author: Sasha Abramsky Narrator: Matthew Waterson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 52 minutes Release date: September 5, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Why is an unarmed young black woman who knocks on a stranger's front door to ask for help after her car breaks down perceived to be so threatening that he shoots her dead? Why do we fear infrequent acts of terrorism more far more common acts of violence? Why does a disease like Ebola, which killed only a handful of Americans, provoke panic, whereas the flu--which kills tens of thousands each year--is dismissed with a yawn? Jumping at Shadows is Sasha Abramsky's searing account of America's most dangerous epidemic: irrational fear. Taking readers on a dramatic journey through a divided nation, where everything from immigration to disease, gun control to health care has become fodder for fearmongers and conspiracists, he delivers an eye-popping analysis of our misconceptions about risk and threats. What emerges is a shocking portrait of a political and cultural landscape that is, increasingly, defined by our worst fears and rampant anxieties. Ultimately, Abramsky shows that how we calculate risk and deal with fear can teach us a great deal about ourselves, exposing deeply ingrained strains of racism, classism, and xenophobia within our culture, as well as our growing susceptibility to the toxic messages of demagogues.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301960Tue, 05 Sep 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301960 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jumping at Shadows: The Triumph of Fear and the End of the American Dream Author: Sasha Abramsky Narrator: Matthew Waterson Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301960 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jumping at Shadows: The Triumph of Fear and the End of the American Dream Author: Sasha Abramsky Narrator: Matthew Waterson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 52 minutes Release date: September 5, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Why is an unarmed young black woman who knocks on a stranger's front door to ask for help after her car breaks down perceived to be so threatening that he shoots her dead? Why do we fear infrequent acts of terrorism more far more common acts of violence? Why does a disease like Ebola, which killed only a handful of Americans, provoke panic, whereas the flu--which kills tens of thousands each year--is dismissed with a yawn? Jumping at Shadows is Sasha Abramsky's searing account of America's most dangerous epidemic: irrational fear. Taking readers on a dramatic journey through a divided nation, where everything from immigration to disease, gun control to health care has become fodder for fearmongers and conspiracists, he delivers an eye-popping analysis of our misconceptions about risk and threats. What emerges is a shocking portrait of a political and cultural landscape that is, increasingly, defined by our worst fears and rampant anxieties. Ultimately, Abramsky shows that how we calculate risk and deal with fear can teach us a great deal about ourselves, exposing deeply ingrained strains of racism, classism, and xenophobia within our culture, as well as our growing susceptibility to the toxic messages of demagogues.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/we-rise-the-earth-guardians-guide-to-building-a-movement-that-restores-the-planet-by-xiuhtezcatl-martinez-justin-spizman--65210105https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301764 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Rise: The Earth Guardians Guide to Building a Movement That Restores the Planet Author: Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, Justin Spizman Narrator: Drew Caiden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 12 minutes Release date: September 5, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Sixteen-year-old climate activist Xiuhtezcatl Martinez and his group the Earth Guardians believe that choices made now will have a lasting impact on the world of tomorrow, and they want to ensure a positive, just, and sustainable future. Beginning with their empowering story, We Rise explores many aspects of effective activism and provides step-by-step information on how to start and join solution-oriented movements. With conversations between Xiuhtezcatl and well-known activists, revolutionaries, and celebrities, practical advice for living a more sustainable lifestyle, and ideas and tools for building resilient communities, We Rise is an action guide for how to face the biggest problems of today. If you are interested in creating real and tangible change, We Rise will give you the inspiration and information you need to do your part in making the world a better place.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301764Tue, 05 Sep 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301764 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Rise: The Earth Guardians Guide to Building a Movement That Restores the Planet Author: Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, Justin Spizman Narrator: Drew Caiden...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301764 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Rise: The Earth Guardians Guide to Building a Movement That Restores the Planet Author: Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, Justin Spizman Narrator: Drew Caiden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 12 minutes Release date: September 5, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Sixteen-year-old climate activist Xiuhtezcatl Martinez and his group the Earth Guardians believe that choices made now will have a lasting impact on the world of tomorrow, and they want to ensure a positive, just, and sustainable future. Beginning with their empowering story, We Rise explores many aspects of effective activism and provides step-by-step information on how to start and join solution-oriented movements. With conversations between Xiuhtezcatl and well-known activists, revolutionaries, and celebrities, practical advice for living a more sustainable lifestyle, and ideas and tools for building resilient communities, We Rise is an action guide for how to face the biggest problems of today. If you are interested in creating real and tangible change, We Rise will give you the inspiration and information you need to do your part in making the world a better place.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-i-found-in-a-thousand-towns-a-traveling-musician-s-guide-to-rebuilding-america-s-communities-one-coffee-shop-dog-run-and-open-mike-n--65210093https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302805 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What I Found in a Thousand Towns: A Traveling Musician's Guide to Rebuilding America's Communities-One Coffee Shop, Dog Run, and Open-Mike Night at a Time Author: Dar Williams Narrator: Dar Williams Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 5 minutes Release date: September 5, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A beloved folk singer presents an impassioned account of the fall and rise of the small American towns she cherishes. Dubbed by the New Yorker as 'one of America's very best singer-songwriters,' Dar Williams has made her career not in stadiums, but touring America's small towns. She has played their venues, composed in their coffee shops, and drunk in their bars. She has seen these communities struggle, but also seen them thrive in the face of postindustrial identity crises. Here, in an account that 'reads as if Pete Seeger and Jane Jacobs teamed up' (New York Times), Williams muses on why some towns flourish while others fail, examining elements from the significance of history and nature to the uniting power of public spaces and food. Drawing on her own travels and the work of urban theorists, Williams offers real solutions to rebuild declining communities. What I Found in a Thousand Towns is more than a love letter to America's small towns, it's a deeply personal and hopeful message about the potential of America's lively and resilient communities.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302805Tue, 05 Sep 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302805 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What I Found in a Thousand Towns: A Traveling Musician's Guide to Rebuilding America's Communities-One Coffee Shop, Dog Run, and Open-Mike Night at a...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302805 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What I Found in a Thousand Towns: A Traveling Musician's Guide to Rebuilding America's Communities-One Coffee Shop, Dog Run, and Open-Mike Night at a Time Author: Dar Williams Narrator: Dar Williams Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 5 minutes Release date: September 5, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A beloved folk singer presents an impassioned account of the fall and rise of the small American towns she cherishes. Dubbed by the New Yorker as 'one of America's very best singer-songwriters,' Dar Williams has made her career not in stadiums, but touring America's small towns. She has played their venues, composed in their coffee shops, and drunk in their bars. She has seen these communities struggle, but also seen them thrive in the face of postindustrial identity crises. Here, in an account that 'reads as if Pete Seeger and Jane Jacobs teamed up' (New York Times), Williams muses on why some towns flourish while others fail, examining elements from the significance of history and nature to the uniting power of public spaces and food. Drawing on her own travels and the work of urban theorists, Williams offers real solutions to rebuild declining communities. What I Found in a Thousand Towns is more than a love letter to America's small towns, it's a deeply personal and hopeful message about the potential of America's lively and resilient communities.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fantasyland-how-america-went-haywire-a-500-year-history-by-kurt-andersen--65210084https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303011 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History Author: Kurt Andersen Narrator: Kurt Andersen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 36 minutes Release date: September 5, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 28 Ratings of Narrator: 4.17 of Total 6 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The single most important explanation, and the fullest explanation, of how Donald Trump became president of the United States . . . nothing less than the most important book that I have read this year.”—Lawrence O’Donnell How did we get here? In this sweeping, eloquent history of America, Kurt Andersen shows that what’s happening in our country today—this post-factual, “fake news” moment we’re all living through—is not something new, but rather the ultimate expression of our national character. America was founded by wishful dreamers, magical thinkers, and true believers, by hucksters and their suckers. Fantasy is deeply embedded in our DNA. Over the course of five centuries—from the Salem witch trials to Scientology to the Satanic Panic of the 1980s, from P. T. Barnum to Hollywood and the anything-goes, wild-and-crazy sixties, from conspiracy theories to our fetish for guns and obsession with extraterrestrials—our love of the fantastic has made America exceptional in a way that we've never fully acknowledged. From the start, our ultra-individualism was attached to epic dreams and epic fantasies—every citizen was free to believe absolutely anything, or to pretend to be absolutely anybody. With the gleeful erudition and tell-it-like-it-is ferocity of a Christopher Hitchens, Andersen explores whether the great American experiment in liberty has gone off the rails. Fantasyland could not appear at a more perfect moment. If you want to understand Donald Trump and the culture of twenty-first-century America, if you want to know how the lines between reality and illusion have become dangerously blurred, you must read this book. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE “This is a blockbuster of a book. Take a deep breath and dive in.”—Tom Brokaw “[An] absorbing, must-read polemic . . . a provocative new study of America’s cultural history.”—Newsday “Compelling and totally unnerving.”—The Village Voice “A frighteningly convincing and sometimes uproarious picture of a country in steep, perhaps terminal decline that would have the founding fathers weeping into their beards.”—The Guardian “This is an important book—the indispensable book—for understanding America in the age of Trump.”—Walter Isaacson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303011Tue, 05 Sep 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303011 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History Author: Kurt Andersen Narrator: Kurt Andersen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303011 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History Author: Kurt Andersen Narrator: Kurt Andersen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 36 minutes Release date: September 5, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 28 Ratings of Narrator: 4.17 of Total 6 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The single most important explanation, and the fullest explanation, of how Donald Trump became president of the United States . . . nothing less than the most important book that I have read this year.”—Lawrence O’Donnell How did we get here? In this sweeping, eloquent history of America, Kurt Andersen shows that what’s happening in our country today—this post-factual, “fake news” moment we’re all living through—is not something new, but rather the ultimate expression of our national character. America was founded by wishful dreamers, magical thinkers, and true believers, by hucksters and their suckers. Fantasy is deeply embedded in our DNA. Over the course of five centuries—from the Salem witch trials to Scientology to the Satanic Panic of the 1980s, from P. T. Barnum to Hollywood and the anything-goes, wild-and-crazy sixties, from conspiracy theories to our fetish for guns and obsession with extraterrestrials—our love of the fantastic has made America exceptional in a way that we've never fully acknowledged. From the start, our ultra-individualism was attached to epic dreams and epic fantasies—every citizen was free to believe absolutely anything, or to pretend to be absolutely anybody. With the gleeful erudition and tell-it-like-it-is ferocity of a Christopher Hitchens, Andersen explores whether the great American experiment in liberty has gone off the rails. Fantasyland could not appear at a more perfect moment. If you want to understand Donald Trump and the culture of twenty-first-century America, if you want to know how the lines between reality and illusion have become dangerously blurred, you must read this book. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE “This is a blockbuster of a book. Take a deep breath and dive in.”—Tom Brokaw “[An] absorbing, must-read polemic . . . a provocative new study of America’s cultural history.”—Newsday “Compelling and totally unnerving.”—The Village Voice “A frighteningly convincing and sometimes uproarious picture of a country in steep, perhaps terminal decline that would have the founding fathers weeping into their beards.”—The Guardian “This is an important book—the indispensable book—for understanding America in the age of Trump.”—Walter Isaacson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/accidental-activists-mark-phariss-vic-holmes-and-their-fight-for-marriage-equality-in-texas-by-david-collins--65210029https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315894 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Accidental Activists: Mark Phariss, Vic Holmes, and Their Fight for Marriage Equality in Texas Author: David Collins Narrator: James Patrick Cronin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 46 minutes Release date: September 5, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In early 2013 same-sex marriage was legal in only ten states and the District of Columbia. That year the Supreme Court's decision in United States v. Windsor appeared to open the door to marriage equality. In Texas, Mark Phariss and Vic Holmes, together for sixteen years and deeply in love, wondered why no one had stepped across the threshold to challenge their state's 2005 constitutional amendment prohibiting same-sex marriage. They agreed to join a lawsuit being put together by Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLD. Two years later—after tense battles in the Federal District Court for the Western District of Texas and in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, after sitting through oral arguments at the Supreme Court of the United States in Obergefell v. Hodges—they won the right to marry deep in the heart of Texas. But the road they traveled was never easy. Accidental Activists is the deeply moving story of two men who struggled to achieve the dignity of which Justice Anthony Kennedy spoke in a series of Supreme Court decisions that recognized the 'personhood,' the essential humanity of gays and lesbians. Author David Collins tells Mark and Vic’s story in the context of legal and social history and explains the complex legal issues and developments surrounding same-sex marriage in layman's terms.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315894Tue, 05 Sep 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315894 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Accidental Activists: Mark Phariss, Vic Holmes, and Their Fight for Marriage Equality in Texas Author: David Collins Narrator: James Patrick Cronin...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315894 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Accidental Activists: Mark Phariss, Vic Holmes, and Their Fight for Marriage Equality in Texas Author: David Collins Narrator: James Patrick Cronin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 46 minutes Release date: September 5, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In early 2013 same-sex marriage was legal in only ten states and the District of Columbia. That year the Supreme Court's decision in United States v. Windsor appeared to open the door to marriage equality. In Texas, Mark Phariss and Vic Holmes, together for sixteen years and deeply in love, wondered why no one had stepped across the threshold to challenge their state's 2005 constitutional amendment prohibiting same-sex marriage. They agreed to join a lawsuit being put together by Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLD. Two years later—after tense battles in the Federal District Court for the Western District of Texas and in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, after sitting through oral arguments at the Supreme Court of the United States in Obergefell v. Hodges—they won the right to marry deep in the heart of Texas. But the road they traveled was never easy. Accidental Activists is the deeply moving story of two men who struggled to achieve the dignity of which Justice Anthony Kennedy spoke in a series of Supreme Court decisions that recognized the 'personhood,' the essential humanity of gays and lesbians. Author David Collins tells Mark and Vic’s story in the context of legal and social history and explains the complex legal issues and developments surrounding same-sex marriage in layman's terms.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/courtroom-302-a-year-behind-the-scenes-in-an-american-criminal-courthouse-by-steve-bogira--65209984https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315701 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Courtroom 302: A Year Behind the Scenes in an American Criminal Courthouse Author: Steve Bogira Narrator: Mark Kamish Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 3 minutes Release date: September 5, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Courtroom 302 is the fascinating story of one year in Chicago's Cook County Criminal Courthouse, the busiest felony courthouse in the country. Here we see the system through the eyes of the men and women who experience it, not only in the courtroom but in the lockup, the jury room, the judge's chambers, the spectators' gallery. From the daily grind of the court to the highest-profile case of the year, Steve Bogira's masterful investigation raises fundamental issues of race, civil rights, and justice in America.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315701Tue, 05 Sep 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315701 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Courtroom 302: A Year Behind the Scenes in an American Criminal Courthouse Author: Steve Bogira Narrator: Mark Kamish Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315701 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Courtroom 302: A Year Behind the Scenes in an American Criminal Courthouse Author: Steve Bogira Narrator: Mark Kamish Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 3 minutes Release date: September 5, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Courtroom 302 is the fascinating story of one year in Chicago's Cook County Criminal Courthouse, the busiest felony courthouse in the country. Here we see the system through the eyes of the men and women who experience it, not only in the courtroom but in the lockup, the jury room, the judge's chambers, the spectators' gallery. From the daily grind of the court to the highest-profile case of the year, Steve Bogira's masterful investigation raises fundamental issues of race, civil rights, and justice in America.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/victoria-abdul-movie-tie-in-the-true-story-of-the-queen-s-closest-confidant-by-shrabani-basu--65210146https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300388 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Victoria & Abdul (Movie Tie-in): The True Story of the Queen's Closest Confidant Author: Shrabani Basu Narrator: Elizabeth Jasicki Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 10 minutes Release date: August 29, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.68 of Total 80 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 6 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Now a Major Motion Picture starring Dame Judi Dench from director Stephen Frears. History’s most unlikely friendship—this is the astonishing story of Queen Victoria and her dearest companion, the young Indian Munshi Abdul Karim. In the twilight years of her reign, after the devastating deaths of her two great loves—Prince Albert and John Brown—Queen Victoria meets tall and handsome Abdul Karim, a humble servant from Agra waiting tables at her Golden Jubilee. The two form an unlikely bond and within a year Abdul becomes a powerful figure at court, the Queen’s teacher, her counsel on Urdu and Indian affairs, and a friend close to her heart. This marked the beginning of the most scandalous decade in Queen Victoria’s long reign. As the royal household roiled with resentment, Victoria and Abdul’s devotion grew in defiance. Drawn from secrets closely guarded for more than a century, Victoria & Abdul is an extraordinary and intimate history of the last years of the nineteenth-century English court and an unforgettable view onto the passions of an aging Queen.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300388Tue, 29 Aug 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300388 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Victoria & Abdul (Movie Tie-in): The True Story of the Queen's Closest Confidant Author: Shrabani Basu Narrator: Elizabeth Jasicki Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300388 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Victoria & Abdul (Movie Tie-in): The True Story of the Queen's Closest Confidant Author: Shrabani Basu Narrator: Elizabeth Jasicki Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 10 minutes Release date: August 29, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.68 of Total 80 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 6 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Now a Major Motion Picture starring Dame Judi Dench from director Stephen Frears. History’s most unlikely friendship—this is the astonishing story of Queen Victoria and her dearest companion, the young Indian Munshi Abdul Karim. In the twilight years of her reign, after the devastating deaths of her two great loves—Prince Albert and John Brown—Queen Victoria meets tall and handsome Abdul Karim, a humble servant from Agra waiting tables at her Golden Jubilee. The two form an unlikely bond and within a year Abdul becomes a powerful figure at court, the Queen’s teacher, her counsel on Urdu and Indian affairs, and a friend close to her heart. This marked the beginning of the most scandalous decade in Queen Victoria’s long reign. As the royal household roiled with resentment, Victoria and Abdul’s devotion grew in defiance. Drawn from secrets closely guarded for more than a century, Victoria & Abdul is an extraordinary and intimate history of the last years of the nineteenth-century English court and an unforgettable view onto the passions of an aging Queen.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-once-and-future-liberal-after-identity-politics-by-mark-lilla--65210125https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302325 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Once and Future Liberal: After Identity Politics Author: Mark Lilla Narrator: Charles Constant Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 50 minutes Release date: August 29, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: From one of the most internationally admired political thinkers, a controversial polemic on the failures of identity politics and what comes next for the left — in America and beyond. Following the shocking results of the US election of 2016, public intellectuals across the globe offered theories and explanations, but few were met with such vitriol, panic, and debate as Mark Lilla’s. The Once and Future Liberal is a passionate plea to liberals to turn from the divisive politics of identity and develop a vision of the future that can persuade all citizens that they share a common destiny. Driven by a sincere desire to protect society’s most vulnerable, the left has unwittingly balkanized the electorate, encouraged self-absorption rather than solidarity, and invested its energies in social movements rather than party politics. Identity-focused individualism has insidiously conspired with amoral economic individualism to shape an electorate with little sense of a shared future and near-contempt for the idea of the common good. Now is the time to re-build a sense of common feeling and purpose, and a sense of duty to one another. A fiercely argued, important book, enlivened by acerbic wit and erudition, The Once and Future Liberal is essential listening for our times.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302325Tue, 29 Aug 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302325 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Once and Future Liberal: After Identity Politics Author: Mark Lilla Narrator: Charles Constant Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 50...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302325 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Once and Future Liberal: After Identity Politics Author: Mark Lilla Narrator: Charles Constant Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 50 minutes Release date: August 29, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: From one of the most internationally admired political thinkers, a controversial polemic on the failures of identity politics and what comes next for the left — in America and beyond. Following the shocking results of the US election of 2016, public intellectuals across the globe offered theories and explanations, but few were met with such vitriol, panic, and debate as Mark Lilla’s. The Once and Future Liberal is a passionate plea to liberals to turn from the divisive politics of identity and develop a vision of the future that can persuade all citizens that they share a common destiny. Driven by a sincere desire to protect society’s most vulnerable, the left has unwittingly balkanized the electorate, encouraged self-absorption rather than solidarity, and invested its energies in social movements rather than party politics. Identity-focused individualism has insidiously conspired with amoral economic individualism to shape an electorate with little sense of a shared future and near-contempt for the idea of the common good. Now is the time to re-build a sense of common feeling and purpose, and a sense of duty to one another. A fiercely argued, important book, enlivened by acerbic wit and erudition, The Once and Future Liberal is essential listening for our times.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-people-s-history-of-the-world-from-the-stone-age-to-the-new-millennium-by-chris-harman--65209997https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316205 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A People’s History of the World: From the Stone Age to the New Millennium Author: Chris Harman Narrator: Napoleon Ryan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 29 hours 48 minutes Release date: August 29, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.32 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Chris Harman describes the shape and course of human history as a narrative of ordinary people forming and re-forming complex societies in pursuit of common human goals. Interacting with the forces of technological change as well as the impact of powerful individuals and revolutionary ideas, these societies have engendered events familiar to every schoolchild—from the empires of antiquity to the world wars of the twentieth century. In a bravura conclusion, Chris Harman exposes the reductive complacency of contemporary capitalism, and asks, in a world riven as never before by suffering and inequality, why we imagine that it can—or should—survive much longer. Ambitious, provocative and invigorating, A People's History of the World delivers a vital corrective to traditional history, as well as a powerful sense of the deep currents of humanity which surge beneath the froth of government.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316205Tue, 29 Aug 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316205 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A People’s History of the World: From the Stone Age to the New Millennium Author: Chris Harman Narrator: Napoleon Ryan Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316205 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A People’s History of the World: From the Stone Age to the New Millennium Author: Chris Harman Narrator: Napoleon Ryan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 29 hours 48 minutes Release date: August 29, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.32 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Chris Harman describes the shape and course of human history as a narrative of ordinary people forming and re-forming complex societies in pursuit of common human goals. Interacting with the forces of technological change as well as the impact of powerful individuals and revolutionary ideas, these societies have engendered events familiar to every schoolchild—from the empires of antiquity to the world wars of the twentieth century. In a bravura conclusion, Chris Harman exposes the reductive complacency of contemporary capitalism, and asks, in a world riven as never before by suffering and inequality, why we imagine that it can—or should—survive much longer. Ambitious, provocative and invigorating, A People's History of the World delivers a vital corrective to traditional history, as well as a powerful sense of the deep currents of humanity which surge beneath the froth of government.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-demon-in-democracy-totalitarian-temptations-in-free-societies-by-ryszard-legutko--65209974https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316348 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Demon in Democracy: Totalitarian Temptations in Free Societies Author: Ryszard Legutko Narrator: Liam Gerrard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 7 minutes Release date: August 22, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Ryszard Legutko lived and suffered under communism for decades—and he fought with the Polish ant-communist movement to abolish it. Having lived for two decades under a liberal democracy, however, he has discovered that these two political systems have a lot more in common than one might think. They both stem from the same historical roots in early modernity, and accept similar presuppositions about history, society, religion, politics, culture, and human nature. In The Demon in Democracy, Legutko explores the shared objectives between these two political systems, and explains how liberal democracy has over time lurched towards the same goals as communism, albeit without Soviet-style brutality. Both systems, says Legutko, reduce human nature to that of the common man, who is led to believe himself liberated from the obligations of the past. Both the communist man and the liberal democratic man refuse to admit that there exists anything of value outside the political systems to which they pledged their loyalty. And both systems refuse to undertake any critical examination of their ideological prejudices.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316348Tue, 22 Aug 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316348 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Demon in Democracy: Totalitarian Temptations in Free Societies Author: Ryszard Legutko Narrator: Liam Gerrard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316348 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Demon in Democracy: Totalitarian Temptations in Free Societies Author: Ryszard Legutko Narrator: Liam Gerrard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 7 minutes Release date: August 22, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Ryszard Legutko lived and suffered under communism for decades—and he fought with the Polish ant-communist movement to abolish it. Having lived for two decades under a liberal democracy, however, he has discovered that these two political systems have a lot more in common than one might think. They both stem from the same historical roots in early modernity, and accept similar presuppositions about history, society, religion, politics, culture, and human nature. In The Demon in Democracy, Legutko explores the shared objectives between these two political systems, and explains how liberal democracy has over time lurched towards the same goals as communism, albeit without Soviet-style brutality. Both systems, says Legutko, reduce human nature to that of the common man, who is led to believe himself liberated from the obligations of the past. Both the communist man and the liberal democratic man refuse to admit that there exists anything of value outside the political systems to which they pledged their loyalty. And both systems refuse to undertake any critical examination of their ideological prejudices.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mental-health-inc-how-corruption-lax-oversight-and-failed-reforms-endanger-our-most-vulnerable-citizens-by-art-levine--65210143https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/297039 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mental Health, Inc.: How Corruption, Lax Oversight, and Failed Reforms Endanger Our Most Vulnerable Citizens Author: Art Levine Narrator: Traber Burns Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 26 minutes Release date: August 15, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.33 of Total 3 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Prizewinning investigative journalist Art Levine offers a no-holds-barred and crucial call to action for America’s broken mental health system. The mental health system in America is hardly a front-burner issue, despite lip-service about reform after a tragic mass killing. Yet every American should care deeply about fixing a system a presidential commission reported was in “shambles.” By some measures, about 20 percent of Americans have some sort of mental health condition, including the most vulnerable among us―veterans, children, the elderly, prisoners, and the homeless. With Mental Health, Inc., award-winning investigative journalist Art Levine delivers a Shock Doctrine–style exposé of the failures of our out-of-control, profits-driven mental health system, with a special emphasis on the failures of the pharmaceuticals industry, including the treatment of children with antipsychotics and disastrous PTSD protocols for veterans. Levine provides narrative portraits of victims and people who won unexpected victories against their illnesses by getting smart, personalized help, as well as snapshots of corrupt Big Pharma executives and researchers who created fraudulent marketing schemes. Levine also tells the dramatic David vs. Goliath stories of a few brave reformers, including Harvard-trained psychiatrist and researcher Dr. Stefan Kruszewski, who has acted as a whistle-blower in numerous cases, leading to major federal and state settlements, as well as spotlighting pioneering clinicians challenging outmoded, drug-and-sedate practices that leave 90 percent of people with serious mental illness too disabled to work. By taking a comprehensive look at mental health abuses and dangerous, ineffective practices as well as pointing toward solutions for creating a system for effective, proven, and compassionate care, Art Levine’s essential Mental Health, Inc. is a call to action for politicians and citizens alike.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/297039Tue, 15 Aug 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/297039 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mental Health, Inc.: How Corruption, Lax Oversight, and Failed Reforms Endanger Our Most Vulnerable Citizens Author: Art Levine Narrator: Traber Burns...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/297039 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mental Health, Inc.: How Corruption, Lax Oversight, and Failed Reforms Endanger Our Most Vulnerable Citizens Author: Art Levine Narrator: Traber Burns Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 26 minutes Release date: August 15, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.33 of Total 3 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Prizewinning investigative journalist Art Levine offers a no-holds-barred and crucial call to action for America’s broken mental health system. The mental health system in America is hardly a front-burner issue, despite lip-service about reform after a tragic mass killing. Yet every American should care deeply about fixing a system a presidential commission reported was in “shambles.” By some measures, about 20 percent of Americans have some sort of mental health condition, including the most vulnerable among us―veterans, children, the elderly, prisoners, and the homeless. With Mental Health, Inc., award-winning investigative journalist Art Levine delivers a Shock Doctrine–style exposé of the failures of our out-of-control, profits-driven mental health system, with a special emphasis on the failures of the pharmaceuticals industry, including the treatment of children with antipsychotics and disastrous PTSD protocols for veterans. Levine provides narrative portraits of victims and people who won unexpected victories against their illnesses by getting smart, personalized help, as well as snapshots of corrupt Big Pharma executives and researchers who created fraudulent marketing schemes. Levine also tells the dramatic David vs. Goliath stories of a few brave reformers, including Harvard-trained psychiatrist and researcher Dr. Stefan Kruszewski, who has acted as a whistle-blower in numerous cases, leading to major federal and state settlements, as well as spotlighting pioneering clinicians challenging outmoded, drug-and-sedate practices that leave 90 percent of people with serious mental illness too disabled to work. By taking a comprehensive look at mental health abuses and dangerous, ineffective practices as well as pointing toward solutions for creating a system for effective, proven, and compassionate care, Art Levine’s essential Mental Health, Inc. is a call to action for politicians and citizens alike.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ghost-of-the-innocent-man-a-true-story-of-trial-and-redemption-by-benjamin-rachlin--65210135https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300652 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ghost of the Innocent Man: A True Story of Trial and Redemption Author: Benjamin Rachlin Narrator: Ron Butler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 30 minutes Release date: August 15, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A gripping account of one man's long road to freedom that will forever change how we understand our criminal justice system. During the last three decades, more than two thousand American citizens have been wrongfully convicted. Ghost of the Innocent Man brings us one of the most dramatic of those cases and provides the clearest picture yet of the national scourge of wrongful conviction and of the opportunity for meaningful reform. When the final gavel clapped in a rural southern courtroom in the summer of 1988, Willie J. Grimes, a gentle spirit with no record of violence, was shocked and devastated to be convicted of first-degree rape and sentenced to life imprisonment. Here is the story of this everyman and his extraordinary quarter-century-long journey to freedom, told in breathtaking and sympathetic detail, from the botched evidence and suspect testimony that led to his incarceration to the tireless efforts to prove his innocence and the identity of the true perpetrator. These were spearheaded by his relentless champion, Christine Mumma, a cofounder of North Carolina's Innocence Inquiry Commission. That commission -- unprecedented at its inception in 2006 -- remains a model organization unlike any other in the country, and one now responsible for a growing number of exonerations. With meticulous, prismatic research and pulse-quickening prose, Benjamin Rachlin presents one man's tragedy and triumph. The jarring and unsettling truth is that the story of Willie J. Grimes, for all its outrage, dignity, and grace, is not a unique travesty. But through the harrowing and suspenseful account of one life, told from the inside, we experience the full horror of wrongful conviction on a national scale. Ghost of the Innocent Man is both rare and essential, a masterwork of empathy. The book offers a profound reckoning not only with the shortcomings of our criminal justice system but also with its possibilities for redemption. 'Remarkable . . . Captivating . . . Rachlin is a skilled storyteller.'-New York Times Book Review 'A gripping legal-thriller mystery . . . Profoundly elevates good-cause advocacy to greater heights -- to where innocent lives are saved.'-USA Today 'A crisply written page turner.'-NPR]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300652Tue, 15 Aug 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300652 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ghost of the Innocent Man: A True Story of Trial and Redemption Author: Benjamin Rachlin Narrator: Ron Butler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300652 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ghost of the Innocent Man: A True Story of Trial and Redemption Author: Benjamin Rachlin Narrator: Ron Butler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 30 minutes Release date: August 15, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A gripping account of one man's long road to freedom that will forever change how we understand our criminal justice system. During the last three decades, more than two thousand American citizens have been wrongfully convicted. Ghost of the Innocent Man brings us one of the most dramatic of those cases and provides the clearest picture yet of the national scourge of wrongful conviction and of the opportunity for meaningful reform. When the final gavel clapped in a rural southern courtroom in the summer of 1988, Willie J. Grimes, a gentle spirit with no record of violence, was shocked and devastated to be convicted of first-degree rape and sentenced to life imprisonment. Here is the story of this everyman and his extraordinary quarter-century-long journey to freedom, told in breathtaking and sympathetic detail, from the botched evidence and suspect testimony that led to his incarceration to the tireless efforts to prove his innocence and the identity of the true perpetrator. These were spearheaded by his relentless champion, Christine Mumma, a cofounder of North Carolina's Innocence Inquiry Commission. That commission -- unprecedented at its inception in 2006 -- remains a model organization unlike any other in the country, and one now responsible for a growing number of exonerations. With meticulous, prismatic research and pulse-quickening prose, Benjamin Rachlin presents one man's tragedy and triumph. The jarring and unsettling truth is that the story of Willie J. Grimes, for all its outrage, dignity, and grace, is not a unique travesty. But through the harrowing and suspenseful account of one life, told from the inside, we experience the full horror of wrongful conviction on a national scale. Ghost of the Innocent Man is both rare and essential, a masterwork of empathy. The book offers a profound reckoning not only with the shortcomings of our criminal justice system but also with its possibilities for redemption. 'Remarkable . . . Captivating . . . Rachlin is a skilled storyteller.'-New York Times Book Review 'A gripping legal-thriller mystery . . . Profoundly elevates good-cause advocacy to greater heights -- to where innocent lives are saved.'-USA Today 'A crisply written page turner.'-NPR]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/losing-an-enemy-obama-iran-and-the-triumph-of-diplomacy-by-trita-parsi--65209992https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316523 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Losing an Enemy: Obama, Iran, and the Triumph of Diplomacy Author: Trita Parsi Narrator: Paul Boehmer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 20 minutes Release date: August 15, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: This timely book focuses on President Obama's deeply considered strategy toward Iran's nuclear program and reveals how the historic agreement of 2015 broke the persistent stalemate in negotiations that had blocked earlier efforts. The deal accomplished two major feats in one stroke: it averted the threat of war with Iran and prevented the possibility of an Iranian nuclear bomb. Trita Parsi, a Middle East foreign policy expert who advised the Obama White House throughout the talks and had access to decision-makers and diplomats on the U.S. and Iranian sides alike, examines every facet of a triumph that could become as important and consequential as Nixon's rapprochement with China. Drawing from more than seventy-five in-depth interviews with key decision-makers, including Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, this is the first authoritative account of President Obama's signature foreign policy achievement.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316523Tue, 15 Aug 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316523 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Losing an Enemy: Obama, Iran, and the Triumph of Diplomacy Author: Trita Parsi Narrator: Paul Boehmer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 20...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316523 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Losing an Enemy: Obama, Iran, and the Triumph of Diplomacy Author: Trita Parsi Narrator: Paul Boehmer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 20 minutes Release date: August 15, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: This timely book focuses on President Obama's deeply considered strategy toward Iran's nuclear program and reveals how the historic agreement of 2015 broke the persistent stalemate in negotiations that had blocked earlier efforts. The deal accomplished two major feats in one stroke: it averted the threat of war with Iran and prevented the possibility of an Iranian nuclear bomb. Trita Parsi, a Middle East foreign policy expert who advised the Obama White House throughout the talks and had access to decision-makers and diplomats on the U.S. and Iranian sides alike, examines every facet of a triumph that could become as important and consequential as Nixon's rapprochement with China. Drawing from more than seventy-five in-depth interviews with key decision-makers, including Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, this is the first authoritative account of President Obama's signature foreign policy achievement.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/brainwashed-how-universities-indoctrinate-america-s-youth-by-ben-shapiro--65210129https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301105 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Brainwashed: How Universities Indoctrinate America’s Youth Author: Ben Shapiro Narrator: Chris Abell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 19 minutes Release date: August 8, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.9 of Total 31 Ratings of Narrator: 3.4 of Total 5 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: When parents send their children off to college, mom and dad hope they’ll return more cultivated, knowledgeable, and astute—able to see issues from all points of view. But, according to Ben Shapiro, there’s only one view allowed on most college campuses: a rabid brand of liberalism that must be swallowed hook, line, and sinker. In this explosive exposé, Ben Shapiro, a UCLA graduate, reveals how America’s university system is one of the largest brainwashing machines on the planet. Examining this nationwide problem from firsthand experience, Shapiro shows how the leftists who dominate the universities—from the administration to the student government, from the professors to the student media—use their power to mold impressionable minds. Fresh and bitterly funny, this book proves that the universities, far from being a place for open discussion, are really dungeons of the mind that indoctrinate students to become socialists, atheists, race-baiters, and narcissists.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301105Tue, 08 Aug 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301105 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Brainwashed: How Universities Indoctrinate America’s Youth Author: Ben Shapiro Narrator: Chris Abell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 19...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301105 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Brainwashed: How Universities Indoctrinate America’s Youth Author: Ben Shapiro Narrator: Chris Abell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 19 minutes Release date: August 8, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.9 of Total 31 Ratings of Narrator: 3.4 of Total 5 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: When parents send their children off to college, mom and dad hope they’ll return more cultivated, knowledgeable, and astute—able to see issues from all points of view. But, according to Ben Shapiro, there’s only one view allowed on most college campuses: a rabid brand of liberalism that must be swallowed hook, line, and sinker. In this explosive exposé, Ben Shapiro, a UCLA graduate, reveals how America’s university system is one of the largest brainwashing machines on the planet. Examining this nationwide problem from firsthand experience, Shapiro shows how the leftists who dominate the universities—from the administration to the student government, from the professors to the student media—use their power to mold impressionable minds. Fresh and bitterly funny, this book proves that the universities, far from being a place for open discussion, are really dungeons of the mind that indoctrinate students to become socialists, atheists, race-baiters, and narcissists.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/not-a-day-care-the-devastating-consequences-of-abandoning-truth-by-everett-piper--65210166https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300223 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Not a Day Care: The Devastating Consequences of Abandoning Truth Author: Everett Piper Narrator: John McLain Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 57 minutes Release date: August 7, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: What has happened to the American spirit? We’ve gone from “Give me liberty, or give me death!” to “Take care of me, please.” Our colleges were once bastions of free speech; now they’re bastions of speech codes. Our culture once rewarded independence; now it rewards victimhood. Parents once taught their kids how to fend for themselves; now, any parent who tries may get a visit from the police. In Not a Day Care, Dr. Everett Piper, president of Oklahoma Wesleyan University and author of the viral essay, “This Is Not a Day Care. It’s a University!,” takes a hard look at what’s happening around the country—including the demand for “safe spaces” and trigger warnings at universities like Yale, Brandeis, and Oberlin—and digs in his heels against the sad and dangerous infantilization of the American spirit.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300223Mon, 07 Aug 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300223 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Not a Day Care: The Devastating Consequences of Abandoning Truth Author: Everett Piper Narrator: John McLain Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300223 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Not a Day Care: The Devastating Consequences of Abandoning Truth Author: Everett Piper Narrator: John McLain Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 57 minutes Release date: August 7, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: What has happened to the American spirit? We’ve gone from “Give me liberty, or give me death!” to “Take care of me, please.” Our colleges were once bastions of free speech; now they’re bastions of speech codes. Our culture once rewarded independence; now it rewards victimhood. Parents once taught their kids how to fend for themselves; now, any parent who tries may get a visit from the police. In Not a Day Care, Dr. Everett Piper, president of Oklahoma Wesleyan University and author of the viral essay, “This Is Not a Day Care. It’s a University!,” takes a hard look at what’s happening around the country—including the demand for “safe spaces” and trigger warnings at universities like Yale, Brandeis, and Oberlin—and digs in his heels against the sad and dangerous infantilization of the American spirit.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/russian-your-salary-legal-advice-russian-edition-by-alexey-petrov--65210134https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301812 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - Your Salary - Legal Advice [Russian Edition] Author: Alexey Petrov Narrator: Gennady Zaitsev Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 28 minutes Release date: August 2, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In order to get advice from a qualified profile lawyer, you need a lot of money and, importantly, time. Audiobook 'Your Salary - Legal Advice' saves you both, because it eliminates the need to even strain your eyes to obtain the necessary information. With the help of the book, you can easily get knowledge on how to properly design your employment relationship with the employer, get maximum information on possible employer contrivances when you pay wages, learn all about social insurance and deductions for it. In addition, you will be able to determine under what conditions the use of child labor is allowed, and also get answers about the prospects of your distant retirement future.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301812Wed, 02 Aug 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301812 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - Your Salary - Legal Advice [Russian Edition] Author: Alexey Petrov Narrator: Gennady Zaitsev Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 28...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301812 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - Your Salary - Legal Advice [Russian Edition] Author: Alexey Petrov Narrator: Gennady Zaitsev Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 28 minutes Release date: August 2, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In order to get advice from a qualified profile lawyer, you need a lot of money and, importantly, time. Audiobook 'Your Salary - Legal Advice' saves you both, because it eliminates the need to even strain your eyes to obtain the necessary information. With the help of the book, you can easily get knowledge on how to properly design your employment relationship with the employer, get maximum information on possible employer contrivances when you pay wages, learn all about social insurance and deductions for it. In addition, you will be able to determine under what conditions the use of child labor is allowed, and also get answers about the prospects of your distant retirement future.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/revolution-s-end-the-patty-hearst-kidnapping-mind-control-and-the-secret-history-of-donald-defreeze-and-the-sla-by-brad-schreiber--65210159https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/297268 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Revolution’s End: The Patty Hearst Kidnapping, Mind Control, and the Secret History of Donald DeFreeze and the SLA Author: Brad Schreiber Narrator: Brad Schreiber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 29 minutes Release date: August 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Forty years after the Patty Hearst “trial of the century,” people still don’t know the true story of the events. Revolution’s End fully explains the most famous kidnapping in US history, detailing Patty Hearst’s relationship with Donald DeFreeze, known as Cinque, the head of the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) Not only did the heiress have a sexual relationship with DeFreeze while he was imprisoned, she didn’t know he was an informant and a victim of prison behavior modification. Neither Hearst nor the white radicals who followed DeFreeze realized that he was molded by a CIA officer and allowed to escape, thanks to collusion with the California Department of Corrections. DeFreeze’s secret mission: infiltrate and discredit Bay Area antiwar radicals and the Black Panther Party, the nexus of 1970s activism. When the murder of the first black Oakland schools superintendent failed to create an insurrection, DeFreeze was alienated from his controllers and, his life in jeopardy, decided to become a legitimate revolutionary. Revolution’s End finally elucidates the complex relationship of Hearst and DeFreeze and proves that the largest shoot-out in US history, which killed six members of the SLA in South Central Los Angeles, ended when the LAPD purposely set fire to the house and incinerated those six radicals on live television, nationwide, as a warning to American leftists.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/297268Tue, 01 Aug 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/297268 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Revolution’s End: The Patty Hearst Kidnapping, Mind Control, and the Secret History of Donald DeFreeze and the SLA Author: Brad Schreiber Narrator:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/297268 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Revolution’s End: The Patty Hearst Kidnapping, Mind Control, and the Secret History of Donald DeFreeze and the SLA Author: Brad Schreiber Narrator: Brad Schreiber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 29 minutes Release date: August 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Forty years after the Patty Hearst “trial of the century,” people still don’t know the true story of the events. Revolution’s End fully explains the most famous kidnapping in US history, detailing Patty Hearst’s relationship with Donald DeFreeze, known as Cinque, the head of the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) Not only did the heiress have a sexual relationship with DeFreeze while he was imprisoned, she didn’t know he was an informant and a victim of prison behavior modification. Neither Hearst nor the white radicals who followed DeFreeze realized that he was molded by a CIA officer and allowed to escape, thanks to collusion with the California Department of Corrections. DeFreeze’s secret mission: infiltrate and discredit Bay Area antiwar radicals and the Black Panther Party, the nexus of 1970s activism. When the murder of the first black Oakland schools superintendent failed to create an insurrection, DeFreeze was alienated from his controllers and, his life in jeopardy, decided to become a legitimate revolutionary. Revolution’s End finally elucidates the complex relationship of Hearst and DeFreeze and proves that the largest shoot-out in US history, which killed six members of the SLA in South Central Los Angeles, ended when the LAPD purposely set fire to the house and incinerated those six radicals on live television, nationwide, as a warning to American leftists.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/russian-book-of-complaints-how-to-get-what-you-need-russian-edition-by-svetlana-sergeeva--65210158https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301792 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - Book of complaints. How to Get What You Need [Russian Edition] Author: Svetlana Sergeeva Narrator: Stanislav Ivanov Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 36 minutes Release date: August 1, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Your living room with a luxurious repair was again flooded by neighbors ... In the clinic for a tidy sum, you were treated for a whole week with a healthy tooth ... And in the store they again nagged and flatly refused to change the defective goods ... A familiar picture? Faced and more than once? Tired? So put your abusers in place! Complain! With this practical guide, you will learn: • how to draw up a complaint • in what instances it should be submitted • what are the terms for considering the complaint • how to speed up the process of its consideration and much more!]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301792Tue, 01 Aug 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301792 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - Book of complaints. How to Get What You Need [Russian Edition] Author: Svetlana Sergeeva Narrator: Stanislav Ivanov Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301792 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - Book of complaints. How to Get What You Need [Russian Edition] Author: Svetlana Sergeeva Narrator: Stanislav Ivanov Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 36 minutes Release date: August 1, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Your living room with a luxurious repair was again flooded by neighbors ... In the clinic for a tidy sum, you were treated for a whole week with a healthy tooth ... And in the store they again nagged and flatly refused to change the defective goods ... A familiar picture? Faced and more than once? Tired? So put your abusers in place! Complain! With this practical guide, you will learn: • how to draw up a complaint • in what instances it should be submitted • what are the terms for considering the complaint • how to speed up the process of its consideration and much more!]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/conscience-of-a-conservative-a-rejection-of-destructive-politics-and-a-return-to-principle-by-jeff-flake--65210124https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300786 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Conscience of a Conservative: A Rejection of Destructive Politics and a Return to Principle Author: Jeff Flake Narrator: Jeff Flake, Milton Jeffers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.56 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A thoughtful defense of traditional conservatism and a thorough assault on the way Donald Trump is betraying it.”—David Brooks, in his New York Times column In a bold act of conscience, Republican Senator Jeff Flake takes his party to task for embracing nationalism, populism, xenophobia, and the anomalous Trump presidency. The book is an urgent call for a return to bedrock conservative principle and a cry to once again put country before party.   Dear Reader,   I am a conservative.             I believe that there are limits to what government can and should do, that there are some problems that government cannot solve, and that human initiative is best when left unfettered, free from government interference or coercion. I believe that these ideas, tested by time, offer the most freedom and best outcomes in the lives of the most people.             But today, the American conservative movement has lost its way. Given the state of our politics, it is no exaggeration to say that this is an urgent matter.             The Republican party used to play to a broader audience, one that demanded that we accomplish something. But in this era of dysfunction, our primary accomplishment has been constructing the argument that we’re not to blame. We have decided that it is better to build and maintain a majority by using the levers of power rather than the art of persuasion and the battle of ideas. We’ve decided that putting party over country is okay. There are many on both sides of the aisle who think this a good model on which to build a political career—destroying, not building.              And all the while, our country burns, our institutions are undermined, and our values are compromised. We have become so estranged from our principles that we no longer know what principle is.             America is not just a collection of transactions. America is also a collection of ideas and values. And these are our values. These are our principles. They are not subject to change, owing to political fashion or cult of personality. I believe that we desperately need to get back to the rigorous, fact-based arguments that made us conservatives in the first place. We need to realize that the stakes are simply too high to remain silent and fall in line.             That is why I have written this book and am taking this stand.   —Jeff Flake]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300786Tue, 01 Aug 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300786 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Conscience of a Conservative: A Rejection of Destructive Politics and a Return to Principle Author: Jeff Flake Narrator: Jeff Flake, Milton Jeffers...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300786 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Conscience of a Conservative: A Rejection of Destructive Politics and a Return to Principle Author: Jeff Flake Narrator: Jeff Flake, Milton Jeffers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.56 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A thoughtful defense of traditional conservatism and a thorough assault on the way Donald Trump is betraying it.”—David Brooks, in his New York Times column In a bold act of conscience, Republican Senator Jeff Flake takes his party to task for embracing nationalism, populism, xenophobia, and the anomalous Trump presidency. The book is an urgent call for a return to bedrock conservative principle and a cry to once again put country before party.   Dear Reader,   I am a conservative.             I believe that there are limits to what government can and should do, that there are some problems that government cannot solve, and that human initiative is best when left unfettered, free from government interference or coercion. I believe that these ideas, tested by time, offer the most freedom and best outcomes in the lives of the most people.             But today, the American conservative movement has lost its way. Given the state of our politics, it is no exaggeration to say that this is an urgent matter.             The Republican party used to play to a broader audience, one that demanded that we accomplish something. But in this era of dysfunction, our primary accomplishment has been constructing the argument that we’re not to blame. We have decided that it is better to build and maintain a majority by using the levers of power rather than the art of persuasion and the battle of ideas. We’ve decided that putting party over country is okay. There are many on both sides of the aisle who think this a good model on which to build a political career—destroying, not building.              And all the while, our country burns, our institutions are undermined, and our values are compromised. We have become so estranged from our principles that we no longer know what principle is.             America is not just a collection of transactions. America is also a collection of ideas and values. And these are our values. These are our principles. They are not subject to change, owing to political fashion or cult of personality. I believe that we desperately need to get back to the rigorous, fact-based arguments that made us conservatives in the first place. We need to realize that the stakes are simply too high to remain silent and fall in line.             That is why I have written this book and am taking this stand.   —Jeff Flake]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rancher-farmer-fisherman-conservation-heroes-of-the-american-heartland-by-miriam-horn--65210115https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300644 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman: Conservation Heroes of the American Heartland Author: Miriam Horn Narrator: Chris Andrew Ciulla Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 41 minutes Release date: August 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Many of the men and women doing today's most consequential environmental work-restoring America's grasslands, wildlife, soil, rivers, wetlands, and oceans-would not call themselves environmentalists: they would be too uneasy with the connotations of that word. What drives them is their deep love of the land-the iconic terrain where explorers and cowboys, pioneers and riverboat captains forged the American identity. They feel a moral responsibility to preserve this heritage and natural wealth. Unfolding as a journey down the Mississippi River, Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman tells the stories of five representatives of this stewardship movement: a Montana rancher, a Kansas farmer, a Mississippi riverman, a Louisiana shrimper, and a Gulf fisherman. In exploring the essential geographies they protect as well as their work and family histories, Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman challenges pervasive and powerful myths about both American and environmental values.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300644Tue, 01 Aug 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300644 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman: Conservation Heroes of the American Heartland Author: Miriam Horn Narrator: Chris Andrew Ciulla Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300644 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman: Conservation Heroes of the American Heartland Author: Miriam Horn Narrator: Chris Andrew Ciulla Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 41 minutes Release date: August 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Many of the men and women doing today's most consequential environmental work-restoring America's grasslands, wildlife, soil, rivers, wetlands, and oceans-would not call themselves environmentalists: they would be too uneasy with the connotations of that word. What drives them is their deep love of the land-the iconic terrain where explorers and cowboys, pioneers and riverboat captains forged the American identity. They feel a moral responsibility to preserve this heritage and natural wealth. Unfolding as a journey down the Mississippi River, Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman tells the stories of five representatives of this stewardship movement: a Montana rancher, a Kansas farmer, a Mississippi riverman, a Louisiana shrimper, and a Gulf fisherman. In exploring the essential geographies they protect as well as their work and family histories, Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman challenges pervasive and powerful myths about both American and environmental values.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-big-lie-exposing-the-nazi-roots-of-the-american-left-by-dinesh-d-souza--65210141https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/297127 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Big Lie: Exposing the Nazi Roots of the American Left Author: Dinesh D'Souza Narrator: David Cochran Heath Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 32 minutes Release date: July 31, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.38 of Total 68 Ratings of Narrator: 4.79 of Total 14 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The explosive new book from Dinesh D’Souza, author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Hillary’s America, America, and Obama’s America What is “the big lie” of the Democratic Party? That conservatives—and President Donald Trump in particular—are fascists. Nazis, even. In a typical comment, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow says the Trump era is reminiscent of “what it was like when Hitler first became chancellor.” But in fact, this audacious lie is a complete inversion of the truth. Yes, there is a fascist threat in America—but that threat is from the Left and the Democratic Party. The Democratic Left has an ideology virtually identical with fascism and routinely borrows tactics of intimidation and political terror from the Nazi Brownshirts. To cover up their insidious fascist agenda, Democrats loudly accuse President Trump and other Republicans of being Nazis—an obvious lie, considering the GOP has been fighting the Democrats over slavery, genocide, racism, and fascism from the beginning. Now, finally, Dinesh D’Souza explodes the Left’s big lie. He expertly exonerates President Trump and his supporters, then uncovers the Democratic Left’s long, cozy relationship with Nazism: how the racist and genocidal acts of early Democrats inspired Adolf Hitler’s campaign of death; how fascist philosophers influenced the great twentieth-century lions of the American Left; and how today’s anti–free speech, anti-capitalist, anti–religious liberty, pro-violence Democratic Party is a frightening simulacrum of the Nazi Party. Hitler coined the term “the big lie” to describe a lie that “the great masses of the people” will fall for precisely because of how bold and monstrous the lie is. In The Big Lie, D’Souza shows that the Democratic Left’s orchestrated campaign to paint President Trump and conservatives as Nazis to cover up its own fascism is, in fact, the biggest lie of all.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/297127Mon, 31 Jul 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/297127 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Big Lie: Exposing the Nazi Roots of the American Left Author: Dinesh D'Souza Narrator: David Cochran Heath Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/297127 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Big Lie: Exposing the Nazi Roots of the American Left Author: Dinesh D'Souza Narrator: David Cochran Heath Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 32 minutes Release date: July 31, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.38 of Total 68 Ratings of Narrator: 4.79 of Total 14 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The explosive new book from Dinesh D’Souza, author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Hillary’s America, America, and Obama’s America What is “the big lie” of the Democratic Party? That conservatives—and President Donald Trump in particular—are fascists. Nazis, even. In a typical comment, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow says the Trump era is reminiscent of “what it was like when Hitler first became chancellor.” But in fact, this audacious lie is a complete inversion of the truth. Yes, there is a fascist threat in America—but that threat is from the Left and the Democratic Party. The Democratic Left has an ideology virtually identical with fascism and routinely borrows tactics of intimidation and political terror from the Nazi Brownshirts. To cover up their insidious fascist agenda, Democrats loudly accuse President Trump and other Republicans of being Nazis—an obvious lie, considering the GOP has been fighting the Democrats over slavery, genocide, racism, and fascism from the beginning. Now, finally, Dinesh D’Souza explodes the Left’s big lie. He expertly exonerates President Trump and his supporters, then uncovers the Democratic Left’s long, cozy relationship with Nazism: how the racist and genocidal acts of early Democrats inspired Adolf Hitler’s campaign of death; how fascist philosophers influenced the great twentieth-century lions of the American Left; and how today’s anti–free speech, anti-capitalist, anti–religious liberty, pro-violence Democratic Party is a frightening simulacrum of the Nazi Party. Hitler coined the term “the big lie” to describe a lie that “the great masses of the people” will fall for precisely because of how bold and monstrous the lie is. In The Big Lie, D’Souza shows that the Democratic Left’s orchestrated campaign to paint President Trump and conservatives as Nazis to cover up its own fascism is, in fact, the biggest lie of all.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/russian-how-to-deal-with-internal-revenue-service-russian-edition-by-elena-volkova--65210160https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301447 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - How to Deal With Internal Revenue Service [Russian Edition] Author: Elena Volkova Narrator: Stanislav Ivanov Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 32 minutes Release date: July 28, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The tax inspection for a respectable citizen is perhaps the only unpleasant state structure, a meeting with which is inevitable. Agree, even the second name of it - the fiscal body, it sounds repulsive. But, anyway, you need to be ready for this meeting. It is for this kind of special training that our audiobook is intended. If you are an individual, you will learn from it what taxes you will have to face, and how to make sure that you pay them a minimum. In the event of a conflict with unscrupulous employees of this institution with our help, you will certainly win the dispute. If, besides, you are also a legal entity, the knowledge you offer will be doubly demanded. In the book you will find for yourself and the strategy of communicating with this most fiscal body, if you are called into it or come to you with a check. In addition, you will receive a pledge of a successful business - examples of the main mistakes of others, on which, as is known, smart people learn. Finally, if you still made some mistake, you will find out what kind of punishment you can apply under the law. Knowing in advance what can follow certain actions (and for which ones), you simply will not do them.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301447Fri, 28 Jul 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301447 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - How to Deal With Internal Revenue Service [Russian Edition] Author: Elena Volkova Narrator: Stanislav Ivanov Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301447 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - How to Deal With Internal Revenue Service [Russian Edition] Author: Elena Volkova Narrator: Stanislav Ivanov Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 32 minutes Release date: July 28, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The tax inspection for a respectable citizen is perhaps the only unpleasant state structure, a meeting with which is inevitable. Agree, even the second name of it - the fiscal body, it sounds repulsive. But, anyway, you need to be ready for this meeting. It is for this kind of special training that our audiobook is intended. If you are an individual, you will learn from it what taxes you will have to face, and how to make sure that you pay them a minimum. In the event of a conflict with unscrupulous employees of this institution with our help, you will certainly win the dispute. If, besides, you are also a legal entity, the knowledge you offer will be doubly demanded. In the book you will find for yourself and the strategy of communicating with this most fiscal body, if you are called into it or come to you with a check. In addition, you will receive a pledge of a successful business - examples of the main mistakes of others, on which, as is known, smart people learn. Finally, if you still made some mistake, you will find out what kind of punishment you can apply under the law. Knowing in advance what can follow certain actions (and for which ones), you simply will not do them.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/russian-dictionary-for-lawyers-russian-edition-by-vladimir-shcherbakov--65210123https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301606 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - Dictionary for Lawyers [Russian Edition] Author: Vladimir Shcherbakov Narrator: Stanislav Ivanov Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 38 minutes Release date: July 28, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The lawyer's dictionary is a simple, but at the same time very useful audiobook. It collects the meanings of the most frequently used legal terms - after all, without knowing them today it is simply impossible to conduct business. In addition, it is excellent for learning and memorizing and will be useful both for students of law schools and for all other citizens who want to know their rights.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301606Fri, 28 Jul 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301606 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - Dictionary for Lawyers [Russian Edition] Author: Vladimir Shcherbakov Narrator: Stanislav Ivanov Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301606 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - Dictionary for Lawyers [Russian Edition] Author: Vladimir Shcherbakov Narrator: Stanislav Ivanov Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 38 minutes Release date: July 28, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The lawyer's dictionary is a simple, but at the same time very useful audiobook. It collects the meanings of the most frequently used legal terms - after all, without knowing them today it is simply impossible to conduct business. In addition, it is excellent for learning and memorizing and will be useful both for students of law schools and for all other citizens who want to know their rights.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/russian-how-to-deal-with-the-police-russian-edition-by-vasilij-rykov--65210161https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301418 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - How to Deal with the Police [Russian Edition] Author: Vasilij Rykov Narrator: Alexander Tkachev Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 23 minutes Release date: July 26, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Faced the arbitrariness of the authorities? So learn how to protect yourself! This audiobook is worth listening to absolutely everyone, without exception, to know how to conduct, if: you were stopped on the street to check documents or register; You are trying to hold accountable for an offense you did not commit; You were detained until the identity was clarified; A protocol has been drawn up for you; You are pressured to give evidence. And also you will learn about what powers are assigned to the police; How and where you can complain about the actions of police officers; On what rules police and prosecutors must pass; Verification, as well as much more.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301418Wed, 26 Jul 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301418 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - How to Deal with the Police [Russian Edition] Author: Vasilij Rykov Narrator: Alexander Tkachev Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301418 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - How to Deal with the Police [Russian Edition] Author: Vasilij Rykov Narrator: Alexander Tkachev Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 23 minutes Release date: July 26, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Faced the arbitrariness of the authorities? So learn how to protect yourself! This audiobook is worth listening to absolutely everyone, without exception, to know how to conduct, if: you were stopped on the street to check documents or register; You are trying to hold accountable for an offense you did not commit; You were detained until the identity was clarified; A protocol has been drawn up for you; You are pressured to give evidence. And also you will learn about what powers are assigned to the police; How and where you can complain about the actions of police officers; On what rules police and prosecutors must pass; Verification, as well as much more.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/russian-how-to-talk-with-road-police-russian-edition-by-vasilij-rykov--65210156https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301424 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - How to Talk with Road Police [Russian Edition] Author: Vasilij Rykov Narrator: Gennady Zaitsev Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 5 minutes Release date: July 26, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Faced an arbitrariness on the road? So learn how to protect yourself! This audiobook is worth listening to, both to novice drivers and experienced motorists, in order to know how to conduct, if: - You were stopped, having no legitimate reasons and reasons; - You are trying to fine for a violation that you did not commit; - You are threatened with a protocol; - You got into the 'stand' on the road; - You have exceeded the permissible speed and even in many other unpleasant situations. And also you will learn about what fines, according to the latest edition of the traffic rules, you can face for: - Toning; - Seat-belted seat belt; - over speed; - lack of inspection and other common violations.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301424Wed, 26 Jul 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301424 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - How to Talk with Road Police [Russian Edition] Author: Vasilij Rykov Narrator: Gennady Zaitsev Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301424 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - How to Talk with Road Police [Russian Edition] Author: Vasilij Rykov Narrator: Gennady Zaitsev Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 5 minutes Release date: July 26, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Faced an arbitrariness on the road? So learn how to protect yourself! This audiobook is worth listening to, both to novice drivers and experienced motorists, in order to know how to conduct, if: - You were stopped, having no legitimate reasons and reasons; - You are trying to fine for a violation that you did not commit; - You are threatened with a protocol; - You got into the 'stand' on the road; - You have exceeded the permissible speed and even in many other unpleasant situations. And also you will learn about what fines, according to the latest edition of the traffic rules, you can face for: - Toning; - Seat-belted seat belt; - over speed; - lack of inspection and other common violations.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/russian-your-rights-lawyer-advice-russian-edition-by-aleksej-petrov--65210114https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301266 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - Your Rights: Lawyer Advice [Russian Edition] Author: Aleksej Petrov Narrator: Stanislav Ivanov Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 28 minutes Release date: July 26, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: From the audiobook 'Your Rights.' Advice of a lawyer »- reasonable advice of professionals you will learn how to properly protect your house from any encroachments, how to move around and serve that problem, which is called a car, how to, in the end, divide it all, in which case. Among the tips of a true master of jurisprudence for those interested in an accessible form, there are answers to more specific questions: You will also learn about how today's workdays should look like legally, what to do if a tragedy really happened. Even the fact that there is not much money can be confirmed from the point of view of a better lawyer.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301266Wed, 26 Jul 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301266 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - Your Rights: Lawyer Advice [Russian Edition] Author: Aleksej Petrov Narrator: Stanislav Ivanov Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301266 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - Your Rights: Lawyer Advice [Russian Edition] Author: Aleksej Petrov Narrator: Stanislav Ivanov Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 28 minutes Release date: July 26, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: From the audiobook 'Your Rights.' Advice of a lawyer »- reasonable advice of professionals you will learn how to properly protect your house from any encroachments, how to move around and serve that problem, which is called a car, how to, in the end, divide it all, in which case. Among the tips of a true master of jurisprudence for those interested in an accessible form, there are answers to more specific questions: You will also learn about how today's workdays should look like legally, what to do if a tragedy really happened. Even the fact that there is not much money can be confirmed from the point of view of a better lawyer.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-candidates-by-the-speech-resource-company--65210162https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/296781 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Candidates Series: Part of The Historic Moments in Speech Series Author: The Speech Resource Company Narrator: Robert Wikstrom Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 41 minutes Release date: July 25, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: From Herbert Hoover through Donald Trump speeches, press conferences and campaign addresses are featured from candidates running for various positions: senators and representatives, governors, mayors, state and municipal officeholders, and more. What each candidate promises and pledges to those they hope to gain support. Produced by the Speech Resource Company and fully narrated by Robert Wikstrom. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, DNC acceptance speech, 7/2/32Adlai Stevenson, 1952 DNC acceptance speech, 7/26/52John F. Kennedy announces candidacy for president, 1/2/60George Wallace, Little Rock campaign speech, 7/17/64Robert F. Kennedy, Senate campaign speech at Columbia, 10/5/64Bob Dole, campaign speech at New Hampshire legislature, 2/11/88Al Gore, campaign speech for Newspaper Editors Convention, 4/14/88Bill Clinton announces candidacy for president, 10/3/91Ross Perot, campaign speech at NAACP, 7/12/92Jesse Jackson, 1996 DNC speech, 8/27/96Ralph Nader, rally at Madison Square Garden, 10/13/00Sarah Palin, Alaska governor inauguration, 12/4/06Rudy Giuliani, Florida primary speech, 1/29/08Jesse Ventura, rally for Ron Paul, 9/2/08Herman Cain announces candidacy for president, 5/21/11Ron Paul, New Hampshire primary speech, 1/10/12Mitt Romney, 2012 RNC acceptance speech, 8/30/12Bernie Sanders, campaign speech in Manchester, NH, 5/2/15Donald Trump announces candidacy for president, 6/16/15Hillary Clinton, foreign policy campaign speech in San Diego, 6/2/16]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/296781Tue, 25 Jul 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/296781 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Candidates Series: Part of The Historic Moments in Speech Series Author: The Speech Resource Company Narrator: Robert Wikstrom Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/296781 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Candidates Series: Part of The Historic Moments in Speech Series Author: The Speech Resource Company Narrator: Robert Wikstrom Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 41 minutes Release date: July 25, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: From Herbert Hoover through Donald Trump speeches, press conferences and campaign addresses are featured from candidates running for various positions: senators and representatives, governors, mayors, state and municipal officeholders, and more. What each candidate promises and pledges to those they hope to gain support. Produced by the Speech Resource Company and fully narrated by Robert Wikstrom. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, DNC acceptance speech, 7/2/32Adlai Stevenson, 1952 DNC acceptance speech, 7/26/52John F. Kennedy announces candidacy for president, 1/2/60George Wallace, Little Rock campaign speech, 7/17/64Robert F. Kennedy, Senate campaign speech at Columbia, 10/5/64Bob Dole, campaign speech at New Hampshire legislature, 2/11/88Al Gore, campaign speech for Newspaper Editors Convention, 4/14/88Bill Clinton announces candidacy for president, 10/3/91Ross Perot, campaign speech at NAACP, 7/12/92Jesse Jackson, 1996 DNC speech, 8/27/96Ralph Nader, rally at Madison Square Garden, 10/13/00Sarah Palin, Alaska governor inauguration, 12/4/06Rudy Giuliani, Florida primary speech, 1/29/08Jesse Ventura, rally for Ron Paul, 9/2/08Herman Cain announces candidacy for president, 5/21/11Ron Paul, New Hampshire primary speech, 1/10/12Mitt Romney, 2012 RNC acceptance speech, 8/30/12Bernie Sanders, campaign speech in Manchester, NH, 5/2/15Donald Trump announces candidacy for president, 6/16/15Hillary Clinton, foreign policy campaign speech in San Diego, 6/2/16]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/propaganda-by-edward-bernays--65210116https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300116 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Propaganda Author: Edward Bernays Narrator: Grover Gardner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 43 minutes Release date: July 25, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.63 of Total 8 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: “The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country.”—Edward Bernays A seminal and controversial figure in the history of political thought and public relations, Edward Bernays pioneered the scientific technique of shaping and manipulating public opinion, which he famously dubbed the “engineering of consent.” During World War I, he was an integral part of the US Committee on Public Information, or CPI, a powerful propaganda apparatus that was mobilized to package, advertise, and sell the war to the American people as one that would “Make the World Safe for Democracy.” The CPI became the blueprint for the marketing strategies of future wars. Bernays applied the techniques he had learned in the CPI and, incorporating some of the ideas of Walter Lipmann, became an outspoken proponent of propaganda as a tool for democratic and corporate manipulation of the population. His 1928 bombshell, Propaganda, lays out his eerily prescient vision for using propaganda to regiment the collective mind in a variety of areas, including government, politics, art, science, and education. To read this book today is to frightfully comprehend what our contemporary institutions of government and business have become in regard to the organized manipulation of the masses.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300116Tue, 25 Jul 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300116 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Propaganda Author: Edward Bernays Narrator: Grover Gardner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 43 minutes Release date: July 25, 2017 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300116 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Propaganda Author: Edward Bernays Narrator: Grover Gardner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 43 minutes Release date: July 25, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.63 of Total 8 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: “The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country.”—Edward Bernays A seminal and controversial figure in the history of political thought and public relations, Edward Bernays pioneered the scientific technique of shaping and manipulating public opinion, which he famously dubbed the “engineering of consent.” During World War I, he was an integral part of the US Committee on Public Information, or CPI, a powerful propaganda apparatus that was mobilized to package, advertise, and sell the war to the American people as one that would “Make the World Safe for Democracy.” The CPI became the blueprint for the marketing strategies of future wars. Bernays applied the techniques he had learned in the CPI and, incorporating some of the ideas of Walter Lipmann, became an outspoken proponent of propaganda as a tool for democratic and corporate manipulation of the population. His 1928 bombshell, Propaganda, lays out his eerily prescient vision for using propaganda to regiment the collective mind in a variety of areas, including government, politics, art, science, and education. To read this book today is to frightfully comprehend what our contemporary institutions of government and business have become in regard to the organized manipulation of the masses.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-gilded-rage-a-wild-ride-through-donald-trump-s-america-by-alexander-zaitchik--65210140https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/297295 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gilded Rage: A Wild Ride Through Donald Trump's America Author: Alexander Zaitchik Narrator: Todd McLaren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 27 minutes Release date: July 18, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Selected as one of Publishers Weekly's Top Ten picks for Politics & Current Events of Fall 2016 2016 continues to be the most surreal and unpredictable election year in recent memory and this is due in large part to one Donald J. Trump and the millions of Americans who made him this year's Republican nominee for president. As Trump continues to succeed despite behavior that would cripple any other politician, whether it is questioning the patriotism of the Gold Star Khan family or banishing a baby from one of his press conferences, it is imperative to understand why so many continue to support him. And this is what makes The Gilded Rage so important; it provides insight into the forgotten Americans that continue to befuddle pundits and 'experts' on CNN and FOX alike. This grippingly intimate and heart-breaking book provides a portrait of the walking wounded who make up the base of the Trump movement. Desperate and angry, these are the Americans of the vanishing industrial heartland, depressed Appalachian coal country, and the no-man's land along the Southwestern border. These are coal miners, out of work construction workers, and small business owners, who have watched their fortunes dwindle with each passing year. They have no illusions about the grandstanding billionaire and his glaring flaws. But these men and women feel forgotten and screwed over by political, corporate and media elites...and they feel that Donald Trump, despite his flamboyant demagoguery, might well be their last chance for salvation. Reminiscent of Studs Terkel's Working, with a dash of Hunter S. Thompson, Alexander Zaitchik in this important book takes us deeper into the ravaged soul of America than any other chronicler of our times. Selected as one of Publishers Weekly's Top Ten picks for Politics & Current Events of Fall 2016 Praise for Alexander Zaitchik's Common Sense: Glenn Beck and the Triumph of Ignorance: 'A sharp and informative smackdown. For Zaitchik, [Glenn] Beck is just one more American con artist in the P.T. Barnum tradition, a shameless pseudoconservative bottom-feeder who will say anything to keep the spotlight on himself while the money rolls in.' --Mark Lilla, The New York Review of Books 'A sensational book... This is a beautifully written and insightful biography--thoughtful, considered, and very intentional about the need to understand Beck both as a symbol of something larger going on in America and as a person.' --Susan Gardner, Daily Kos 'A scathing profile that follows the powerful pundit from a single-parent home in rural Washington state to conservative superstardom.' --The Boston Globe 'A great political book. Zaitchik tells [Beck's story] well and nobody has told it more soberly.' --Slate 'An informative study.' --Sean Wilentz, The New Yorker 'A gripping and thoroughly researched biography.' --Joe Conason, Salon]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/297295Tue, 18 Jul 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/297295 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gilded Rage: A Wild Ride Through Donald Trump's America Author: Alexander Zaitchik Narrator: Todd McLaren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/297295 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gilded Rage: A Wild Ride Through Donald Trump's America Author: Alexander Zaitchik Narrator: Todd McLaren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 27 minutes Release date: July 18, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Selected as one of Publishers Weekly's Top Ten picks for Politics & Current Events of Fall 2016 2016 continues to be the most surreal and unpredictable election year in recent memory and this is due in large part to one Donald J. Trump and the millions of Americans who made him this year's Republican nominee for president. As Trump continues to succeed despite behavior that would cripple any other politician, whether it is questioning the patriotism of the Gold Star Khan family or banishing a baby from one of his press conferences, it is imperative to understand why so many continue to support him. And this is what makes The Gilded Rage so important; it provides insight into the forgotten Americans that continue to befuddle pundits and 'experts' on CNN and FOX alike. This grippingly intimate and heart-breaking book provides a portrait of the walking wounded who make up the base of the Trump movement. Desperate and angry, these are the Americans of the vanishing industrial heartland, depressed Appalachian coal country, and the no-man's land along the Southwestern border. These are coal miners, out of work construction workers, and small business owners, who have watched their fortunes dwindle with each passing year. They have no illusions about the grandstanding billionaire and his glaring flaws. But these men and women feel forgotten and screwed over by political, corporate and media elites...and they feel that Donald Trump, despite his flamboyant demagoguery, might well be their last chance for salvation. Reminiscent of Studs Terkel's Working, with a dash of Hunter S. Thompson, Alexander Zaitchik in this important book takes us deeper into the ravaged soul of America than any other chronicler of our times. Selected as one of Publishers Weekly's Top Ten picks for Politics & Current Events of Fall 2016 Praise for Alexander Zaitchik's Common Sense: Glenn Beck and the Triumph of Ignorance: 'A sharp and informative smackdown. For Zaitchik, [Glenn] Beck is just one more American con artist in the P.T. Barnum tradition, a shameless pseudoconservative bottom-feeder who will say anything to keep the spotlight on himself while the money rolls in.' --Mark Lilla, The New York Review of Books 'A sensational book... This is a beautifully written and insightful biography--thoughtful, considered, and very intentional about the need to understand Beck both as a symbol of something larger going on in America and as a person.' --Susan Gardner, Daily Kos 'A scathing profile that follows the powerful pundit from a single-parent home in rural Washington state to conservative superstardom.' --The Boston Globe 'A great political book. Zaitchik tells [Beck's story] well and nobody has told it more soberly.' --Slate 'An informative study.' --Sean Wilentz, The New Yorker 'A gripping and thoroughly researched biography.' --Joe Conason, Salon]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/devil-s-bargain-steve-bannon-donald-trump-and-the-nationalist-uprising-by-joshua-green--65210136https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300259 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Devil's Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the Nationalist Uprising Author: Joshua Green Narrator: Fred Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 34 minutes Release date: July 18, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.97 of Total 62 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 11 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The instant #1 New York Times bestseller. From the reporter who was there at the very beginning comes the revealing inside story of the partnership between Steve Bannon and Donald Trump—the key to understanding the rise of the alt-right, the fall of Hillary Clinton, and the hidden forces that drove the greatest upset in American political history. Based on dozens of interviews conducted over six years, Green spins the master narrative of the 2016 campaign from its origins in the far fringes of right-wing politics and reality television to its culmination inside Trump’s penthouse on election night. The shocking elevation of Bannon to head Trump’s flagging presidential campaign on August 17, 2016, hit political Washington like a thunderclap and seemed to signal the meltdown of the Republican Party. Bannon was a bomb-throwing pugilist who’d never run a campaign and was despised by Democrats and Republicans alike.  Yet Bannon’s hard-edged ethno-nationalism and his elaborate, years-long plot to destroy Hillary Clinton paved the way for Trump’s unlikely victory. Trump became the avatar of a dark but powerful worldview that dominated the airwaves and spoke to voters whom others couldn’t see. Trump’s campaign was the final phase of a populist insurgency that had been building up in America for years, and Bannon, its inscrutable mastermind, believed it was the culmination of a hard-right global uprising that would change the world. Any study of Trump’s rise to the presidency is unavoidably a study of Bannon. Devil’s Bargain is a tour-de-force telling of the remarkable confluence of circumstances that decided the election, many of them orchestrated by Bannon and his allies, who really did plot a vast, right-wing conspiracy to stop Clinton. To understand Trump's extraordinary rise and Clinton’s fall, you have to weave Trump’s story together with Bannon’s, or else it doesn't make sense.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300259Tue, 18 Jul 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300259 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Devil's Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the Nationalist Uprising Author: Joshua Green Narrator: Fred Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300259 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Devil's Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the Nationalist Uprising Author: Joshua Green Narrator: Fred Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 34 minutes Release date: July 18, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.97 of Total 62 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 11 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The instant #1 New York Times bestseller. From the reporter who was there at the very beginning comes the revealing inside story of the partnership between Steve Bannon and Donald Trump—the key to understanding the rise of the alt-right, the fall of Hillary Clinton, and the hidden forces that drove the greatest upset in American political history. Based on dozens of interviews conducted over six years, Green spins the master narrative of the 2016 campaign from its origins in the far fringes of right-wing politics and reality television to its culmination inside Trump’s penthouse on election night. The shocking elevation of Bannon to head Trump’s flagging presidential campaign on August 17, 2016, hit political Washington like a thunderclap and seemed to signal the meltdown of the Republican Party. Bannon was a bomb-throwing pugilist who’d never run a campaign and was despised by Democrats and Republicans alike.  Yet Bannon’s hard-edged ethno-nationalism and his elaborate, years-long plot to destroy Hillary Clinton paved the way for Trump’s unlikely victory. Trump became the avatar of a dark but powerful worldview that dominated the airwaves and spoke to voters whom others couldn’t see. Trump’s campaign was the final phase of a populist insurgency that had been building up in America for years, and Bannon, its inscrutable mastermind, believed it was the culmination of a hard-right global uprising that would change the world. Any study of Trump’s rise to the presidency is unavoidably a study of Bannon. Devil’s Bargain is a tour-de-force telling of the remarkable confluence of circumstances that decided the election, many of them orchestrated by Bannon and his allies, who really did plot a vast, right-wing conspiracy to stop Clinton. To understand Trump's extraordinary rise and Clinton’s fall, you have to weave Trump’s story together with Bannon’s, or else it doesn't make sense.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fake-science-exposing-the-left-s-skewed-statistics-fuzzy-facts-and-dodgy-data-by-austin-ruse--65210068https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308933 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fake Science: Exposing the Left's Skewed Statistics, Fuzzy Facts, and Dodgy Data Author: Austin Ruse Narrator: Mike Chamberlain Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 12 minutes Release date: July 17, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: If you listen to any political argument, you're eventually bound to hear something like: 'The science is settled on this.' Or: 'Just look at the statistics!' Or: 'There have been studies that say...' You'd think we were living in the golden age of science and reason. But the truth is far more sinister, says Austin Ruse. We're actually living in the age of the low information voter, easily mislead by all-too-convincing false statistics and studies. In Fact-Shaming, Ruse debunks so-called 'facts' used to advance political causes one after the other, revealing how poorly they stand up to actual science.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308933Mon, 17 Jul 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308933 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fake Science: Exposing the Left's Skewed Statistics, Fuzzy Facts, and Dodgy Data Author: Austin Ruse Narrator: Mike Chamberlain Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308933 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fake Science: Exposing the Left's Skewed Statistics, Fuzzy Facts, and Dodgy Data Author: Austin Ruse Narrator: Mike Chamberlain Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 12 minutes Release date: July 17, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: If you listen to any political argument, you're eventually bound to hear something like: 'The science is settled on this.' Or: 'Just look at the statistics!' Or: 'There have been studies that say...' You'd think we were living in the golden age of science and reason. But the truth is far more sinister, says Austin Ruse. We're actually living in the age of the low information voter, easily mislead by all-too-convincing false statistics and studies. In Fact-Shaming, Ruse debunks so-called 'facts' used to advance political causes one after the other, revealing how poorly they stand up to actual science.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stealth-invasion-muslim-conquest-through-immigration-resettlement-jihad-by-leo-hohmann--65210069https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303288 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stealth Invasion: Muslim Conquest Through Immigration & Resettlement Jihad Author: Leo Hohmann Narrator: Jerry Sciarrio Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 56 minutes Release date: July 13, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Americans are shocked by ongoing news reports chronicling growing chaos in Europe, where massive Muslim migration is wreaking havoc on the continent including horrendous acts of mass terrorism, an epidemic of rape and sexual assault against European women, and large, jihadist-rich enclaves where even police are hesitant to enter. Yet, few realize that America is heading down the same suicidal path. As veteran investigative journalist Leo Hohmann documents in Stealth Invasion: Muslim Conquest through Immigration and Resettlement Jihad, an international network of mostly Muslim Brotherhood-linked activists has been building its ranks within the United States for more than three decades, aided by a U.S. immigration system seemingly obsessed with welcoming as many unassimilable migrants with anti-Western values as possible. As a result, largely secret plans for major population changes in hundreds of U.S. cities and towns are already being implemented. As Stealth Invasion reveals, the Muslim Brotherhood has a well-defined strategy for conquering America, not necessarily with violent jihadist attacks although we should expect those to increase but through more subtle means collectively called "civilization jihad." According to the Brotherhood's own documents seized by the FBI, "civilization jihad" involves infiltrating and conquering Western democracies from within. Very simply, civilization jihad calls for changing a nation by changing its people and its values gradually, over time. Meanwhile, the world is undergoing a historic shift of populations out of the Middle East and Africa, and into Europe, Canada and the United States. Stealth Invasion connects the dots between the problems of growing violence and unrest that have plagued Europe and what is now unfolding across America and blows the lid off a corrupt, fraudulent program that has been secretly dumping Third World refugees, many of them radical, on American cities for three decades. Readers will meet the people and groups behind this shadowy resettlement network, which starts at the United Nations and includes the White House, the U.S. State Department, some surprising church groups, and corporate honchos involved in everything from investment banking and meatpacking, to Florida vacations and yogurt manufacturing. In Stealth Invasion, Leo Hohmann reveals how Congress has turned a blind eye to the program since President Jimmy Carter signed into law the Refugee Act of 1980, allowing the United Nations not American officials to select the refugees sent to our cities. As a result, those selected are increasingly coming from hotbeds of Sunni radicalism like Syria, Iraq, and Somalia while a growing population of persecuted Christians are left behind. The government uses a network of private agencies, most with churchy names tied to Lutherans, Catholics, Episcopalians, Jews and even evangelicals, to do the resettlement work, but the public is shut out of the process from beginning to end. No public hearings, no public notices in the local newspaper asking for their input. Americans have been kept largely in the dark about the radical plans to permanently transform their nation. Until now.In Stealth Invasion, Leo Hohmann shows that the breakdown is no coincidence and it hasn't manifested overnight. It's been brewing since the 1980s, but is now reaching the point where it is about to metastasize and overtake us all unless it is stopped now.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303288Thu, 13 Jul 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303288 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stealth Invasion: Muslim Conquest Through Immigration & Resettlement Jihad Author: Leo Hohmann Narrator: Jerry Sciarrio Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303288 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stealth Invasion: Muslim Conquest Through Immigration & Resettlement Jihad Author: Leo Hohmann Narrator: Jerry Sciarrio Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 56 minutes Release date: July 13, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Americans are shocked by ongoing news reports chronicling growing chaos in Europe, where massive Muslim migration is wreaking havoc on the continent including horrendous acts of mass terrorism, an epidemic of rape and sexual assault against European women, and large, jihadist-rich enclaves where even police are hesitant to enter. Yet, few realize that America is heading down the same suicidal path. As veteran investigative journalist Leo Hohmann documents in Stealth Invasion: Muslim Conquest through Immigration and Resettlement Jihad, an international network of mostly Muslim Brotherhood-linked activists has been building its ranks within the United States for more than three decades, aided by a U.S. immigration system seemingly obsessed with welcoming as many unassimilable migrants with anti-Western values as possible. As a result, largely secret plans for major population changes in hundreds of U.S. cities and towns are already being implemented. As Stealth Invasion reveals, the Muslim Brotherhood has a well-defined strategy for conquering America, not necessarily with violent jihadist attacks although we should expect those to increase but through more subtle means collectively called "civilization jihad." According to the Brotherhood's own documents seized by the FBI, "civilization jihad" involves infiltrating and conquering Western democracies from within. Very simply, civilization jihad calls for changing a nation by changing its people and its values gradually, over time. Meanwhile, the world is undergoing a historic shift of populations out of the Middle East and Africa, and into Europe, Canada and the United States. Stealth Invasion connects the dots between the problems of growing violence and unrest that have plagued Europe and what is now unfolding across America and blows the lid off a corrupt, fraudulent program that has been secretly dumping Third World refugees, many of them radical, on American cities for three decades. Readers will meet the people and groups behind this shadowy resettlement network, which starts at the United Nations and includes the White House, the U.S. State Department, some surprising church groups, and corporate honchos involved in everything from investment banking and meatpacking, to Florida vacations and yogurt manufacturing. In Stealth Invasion, Leo Hohmann reveals how Congress has turned a blind eye to the program since President Jimmy Carter signed into law the Refugee Act of 1980, allowing the United Nations not American officials to select the refugees sent to our cities. As a result, those selected are increasingly coming from hotbeds of Sunni radicalism like Syria, Iraq, and Somalia while a growing population of persecuted Christians are left behind. The government uses a network of private agencies, most with churchy names tied to Lutherans, Catholics, Episcopalians, Jews and even evangelicals, to do the resettlement work, but the public is shut out of the process from beginning to end. No public hearings, no public notices in the local newspaper asking for their input. Americans have been kept largely in the dark about the radical plans to permanently transform their nation. Until now.In Stealth Invasion, Leo Hohmann shows that the breakdown is no coincidence and it hasn't manifested overnight. It's been brewing since the 1980s, but is now reaching the point where it is about to metastasize and overtake us all unless it is stopped now.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/captured-the-corporate-infiltration-of-american-democracy-by-sheldon-whitehouse-melanie-wachtell-stinnett--65210144https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/296616 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Captured: The Corporate Infiltration of American Democracy Author: Sheldon Whitehouse, Melanie Wachtell Stinnett Narrator: Sheldon Whitehouse, Michael Bybee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 59 minutes Release date: July 11, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In Captured, U.S. Senator and former federal prosecutor Sheldon Whitehouse offers an eye-opening take on what corporate influence looks like today from the Senate Floor, adding a first-hand perspective to Jane Mayer’s Dark Money.  Americans know something is wrong in their government. Senator Whitehouse combines history, legal scholarship, and personal experiences to provide the first hands-on, comprehensive explanation of what's gone wrong, exposing multiple avenues through which our government has been infiltrated and disabled by corporate powers. Captured reveals an original oversight by the Founders, and shows how and why corporate power has exploited that vulnerability: to strike fear in elected representatives who don’t “get right” by threatening million-dollar 'dark money' election attacks (a threat more effective and less expensive than the actual attack); to stack the judiciary—even the Supreme Court—in 'business-friendly' ways; to 'capture” the administrative agencies meant to regulate corporate behavior; to undermine the civil jury, the Constitution's last bastion for ordinary citizens; and to create a corporate 'alternate reality' on public health and safety issues like climate change.  Captured shows that in this centuries-long struggle between corporate power and individual liberty, we can and must take our American government back into our own hands.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/296616Tue, 11 Jul 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/296616 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Captured: The Corporate Infiltration of American Democracy Author: Sheldon Whitehouse, Melanie Wachtell Stinnett Narrator: Sheldon Whitehouse, Michael...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/296616 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Captured: The Corporate Infiltration of American Democracy Author: Sheldon Whitehouse, Melanie Wachtell Stinnett Narrator: Sheldon Whitehouse, Michael Bybee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 59 minutes Release date: July 11, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In Captured, U.S. Senator and former federal prosecutor Sheldon Whitehouse offers an eye-opening take on what corporate influence looks like today from the Senate Floor, adding a first-hand perspective to Jane Mayer’s Dark Money.  Americans know something is wrong in their government. Senator Whitehouse combines history, legal scholarship, and personal experiences to provide the first hands-on, comprehensive explanation of what's gone wrong, exposing multiple avenues through which our government has been infiltrated and disabled by corporate powers. Captured reveals an original oversight by the Founders, and shows how and why corporate power has exploited that vulnerability: to strike fear in elected representatives who don’t “get right” by threatening million-dollar 'dark money' election attacks (a threat more effective and less expensive than the actual attack); to stack the judiciary—even the Supreme Court—in 'business-friendly' ways; to 'capture” the administrative agencies meant to regulate corporate behavior; to undermine the civil jury, the Constitution's last bastion for ordinary citizens; and to create a corporate 'alternate reality' on public health and safety issues like climate change.  Captured shows that in this centuries-long struggle between corporate power and individual liberty, we can and must take our American government back into our own hands.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/utopia-for-realists-how-we-can-build-the-ideal-world-by-rutger-bregman--65210152https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301478 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World Author: Rutger Bregman Narrator: Peter Noble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes Release date: June 27, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.27 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Universal basic income. A 15-hour workweek. Open borders. Does it sound too good to be true? One of Europe's leading young thinkers shows how we can build an ideal world today. 'A more politically radical Malcolm Gladwell.' -- New York Times After working all day at jobs we often dislike, we buy things we don't need. Rutger Bregman, a Dutch historian, reminds us it needn't be this way -- and in some places it isn't. Rutger Bregman's TED Talk about universal basic income seemed impossibly radical when he delivered it in 2014. A quarter of a million views later, the subject of that video is being seriously considered by leading economists and government leaders the world over. It's just one of the many utopian ideas that Bregman proves is possible today. Utopia for Realists is one of those rare books that takes you by surprise and challenges what you think can happen. From a Canadian city that once completely eradicated poverty, to Richard Nixon's near implementation of a basic income for millions of Americans, Bregman takes us on a journey through history, and beyond the traditional left-right divides, as he champions ideas whose time have come. Every progressive milestone of civilization -- from the end of slavery to the beginning of democracy -- was once considered a utopian fantasy. Bregman's book, both challenging and bracing, demonstrates that new utopian ideas, like the elimination of poverty and the creation of the fifteen-hour workweek, can become a reality in our lifetime. Being unrealistic and unreasonable can in fact make the impossible inevitable, and it is the only way to build the ideal world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301478Tue, 27 Jun 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301478 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World Author: Rutger Bregman Narrator: Peter Noble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301478 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World Author: Rutger Bregman Narrator: Peter Noble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes Release date: June 27, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.27 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Universal basic income. A 15-hour workweek. Open borders. Does it sound too good to be true? One of Europe's leading young thinkers shows how we can build an ideal world today. 'A more politically radical Malcolm Gladwell.' -- New York Times After working all day at jobs we often dislike, we buy things we don't need. Rutger Bregman, a Dutch historian, reminds us it needn't be this way -- and in some places it isn't. Rutger Bregman's TED Talk about universal basic income seemed impossibly radical when he delivered it in 2014. A quarter of a million views later, the subject of that video is being seriously considered by leading economists and government leaders the world over. It's just one of the many utopian ideas that Bregman proves is possible today. Utopia for Realists is one of those rare books that takes you by surprise and challenges what you think can happen. From a Canadian city that once completely eradicated poverty, to Richard Nixon's near implementation of a basic income for millions of Americans, Bregman takes us on a journey through history, and beyond the traditional left-right divides, as he champions ideas whose time have come. Every progressive milestone of civilization -- from the end of slavery to the beginning of democracy -- was once considered a utopian fantasy. Bregman's book, both challenging and bracing, demonstrates that new utopian ideas, like the elimination of poverty and the creation of the fifteen-hour workweek, can become a reality in our lifetime. Being unrealistic and unreasonable can in fact make the impossible inevitable, and it is the only way to build the ideal world.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/apollo-in-the-age-of-aquarius-by-neil-m-maher--65209988https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316382 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Apollo in the Age of Aquarius Author: Neil M. Maher Narrator: L.J. Ganser Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 34 minutes Release date: June 27, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The summer of 1969 saw astronauts land on the moon for the first time and hippie hordes descend on Woodstock for a legendary music festival. For Neil M. Maher, the conjunction of these two era-defining events is not entirely coincidental. With its lavishly funded mandate to send a man to the moon, Apollo became a litmus test in the 1960s culture wars. Many people believed it would reinvigorate a country that had lost its way, while for others it represented a colossal waste of resources needed to solve pressing problems at home. Yet Maher also discovers synergies between the space program and political movements of the era. Photographs of 'Whole Earth' as a bright blue marble heightened environmental awareness, while NASA's space technology allowed scientists to track ecological changes globally. The space agency's exclusively male personnel sparked feminist debates about opportunities for women. Activists pressured NASA to apply its technical know-how to ending the Vietnam War and helping African Americans by reducing energy costs in urban housing projects. Against a backdrop of Saturn V moonshots and Neil Armstrong's giant leap for mankind, Apollo in the Age of Aquarius brings the cultural politics of the space race back down to planet Earth.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316382Tue, 27 Jun 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316382 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Apollo in the Age of Aquarius Author: Neil M. Maher Narrator: L.J. Ganser Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 34 minutes Release date: June...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316382 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Apollo in the Age of Aquarius Author: Neil M. Maher Narrator: L.J. Ganser Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 34 minutes Release date: June 27, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The summer of 1969 saw astronauts land on the moon for the first time and hippie hordes descend on Woodstock for a legendary music festival. For Neil M. Maher, the conjunction of these two era-defining events is not entirely coincidental. With its lavishly funded mandate to send a man to the moon, Apollo became a litmus test in the 1960s culture wars. Many people believed it would reinvigorate a country that had lost its way, while for others it represented a colossal waste of resources needed to solve pressing problems at home. Yet Maher also discovers synergies between the space program and political movements of the era. Photographs of 'Whole Earth' as a bright blue marble heightened environmental awareness, while NASA's space technology allowed scientists to track ecological changes globally. The space agency's exclusively male personnel sparked feminist debates about opportunities for women. Activists pressured NASA to apply its technical know-how to ending the Vietnam War and helping African Americans by reducing energy costs in urban housing projects. Against a backdrop of Saturn V moonshots and Neil Armstrong's giant leap for mankind, Apollo in the Age of Aquarius brings the cultural politics of the space race back down to planet Earth.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/russia-the-story-of-war-by-gregory-carleton--65209994https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315860 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Russia: The Story of War Author: Gregory Carleton Narrator: James Cameron Stewart Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 37 minutes Release date: June 14, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: No nation is a stranger to war, but for Russians war is a central part of who they are. Their 'motherland' has been the battlefield where some of the largest armies have clashed, the most savage battles have been fought, the highest death tolls paid. Having prevailed over Mongol hordes and vanquished Napoleon and Hitler, many Russians believe no other nation has sacrificed so much for the world. In Russia: The Story of War Gregory Carleton explores how this belief has produced a myth of exceptionalism that pervades Russian culture and politics and has helped forge a national identity rooted in war. While outsiders view Russia as an aggressor, Russians themselves see a country surrounded by enemies. Time and again, history has called upon Russia to play the savior—of Europe, of Christianity, of civilization itself—and its victories have come at immense cost. In this telling, even defeats lose their sting. Isolation becomes a virtuous destiny and the whole of its bloody history a point of pride. War is the unifying thread of Russia's national epic, one that transcends its wrenching ideological transformations. As Putin's Russia asserts itself in ever bolder ways, knowing how the story of its war-torn past shapes the present is essential to understanding its self-image and worldview.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315860Wed, 14 Jun 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315860 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Russia: The Story of War Author: Gregory Carleton Narrator: James Cameron Stewart Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 37 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315860 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Russia: The Story of War Author: Gregory Carleton Narrator: James Cameron Stewart Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 37 minutes Release date: June 14, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: No nation is a stranger to war, but for Russians war is a central part of who they are. Their 'motherland' has been the battlefield where some of the largest armies have clashed, the most savage battles have been fought, the highest death tolls paid. Having prevailed over Mongol hordes and vanquished Napoleon and Hitler, many Russians believe no other nation has sacrificed so much for the world. In Russia: The Story of War Gregory Carleton explores how this belief has produced a myth of exceptionalism that pervades Russian culture and politics and has helped forge a national identity rooted in war. While outsiders view Russia as an aggressor, Russians themselves see a country surrounded by enemies. Time and again, history has called upon Russia to play the savior—of Europe, of Christianity, of civilization itself—and its victories have come at immense cost. In this telling, even defeats lose their sting. Isolation becomes a virtuous destiny and the whole of its bloody history a point of pride. War is the unifying thread of Russia's national epic, one that transcends its wrenching ideological transformations. As Putin's Russia asserts itself in ever bolder ways, knowing how the story of its war-torn past shapes the present is essential to understanding its self-image and worldview.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/in-search-of-the-lost-chord-1967-and-the-hippie-idea-by-danny-goldberg--65209972https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316064 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Search of the Lost Chord: 1967 and the Hippie Idea Author: Danny Goldberg Narrator: Johnny Heller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 25 minutes Release date: June 6, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Danny Goldberg's new book is a subjective history of 1967, the year he graduated from high school. It is, he writes in the introduction, 'an attempt at trying to remember the culture that mesmerized me, to visit the places and conversations I was not cool enough to have been a part of.' It is also a refreshing and new analysis of the era; by looking at not only the political causes, but also the spiritual, musical, and psychedelic movements, Goldberg provides a unique perspective on how and why the legacy of 1967 lives on today. 1967 was the year of the release of the Beatles's Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and of debut albums from the Doors, the Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, and Janis Joplin, among many others. In addition to the thriving music scene, 1967 was also the year of the Summer of Love; the year that millions of now-illegal LSD tabs flooded America; Muhammad Ali was convicted of avoiding the draft; Martin Luther King, Jr., publicly opposed the war in Vietnam; Stokely Carmichael championed Black Power; Israel won the Six-Day War; and Che Guevara was murdered. It was the year that hundreds of thousands of protesters vainly attempted to levitate the Pentagon. It was the year the word 'hippie' peaked and died, and the Yippies were born.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316064Tue, 06 Jun 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316064 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Search of the Lost Chord: 1967 and the Hippie Idea Author: Danny Goldberg Narrator: Johnny Heller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 25...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316064 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Search of the Lost Chord: 1967 and the Hippie Idea Author: Danny Goldberg Narrator: Johnny Heller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 25 minutes Release date: June 6, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Danny Goldberg's new book is a subjective history of 1967, the year he graduated from high school. It is, he writes in the introduction, 'an attempt at trying to remember the culture that mesmerized me, to visit the places and conversations I was not cool enough to have been a part of.' It is also a refreshing and new analysis of the era; by looking at not only the political causes, but also the spiritual, musical, and psychedelic movements, Goldberg provides a unique perspective on how and why the legacy of 1967 lives on today. 1967 was the year of the release of the Beatles's Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and of debut albums from the Doors, the Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, and Janis Joplin, among many others. In addition to the thriving music scene, 1967 was also the year of the Summer of Love; the year that millions of now-illegal LSD tabs flooded America; Muhammad Ali was convicted of avoiding the draft; Martin Luther King, Jr., publicly opposed the war in Vietnam; Stokely Carmichael championed Black Power; Israel won the Six-Day War; and Che Guevara was murdered. It was the year that hundreds of thousands of protesters vainly attempted to levitate the Pentagon. It was the year the word 'hippie' peaked and died, and the Yippies were born.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/they-thought-they-were-free-the-germans-1933-45-by-milton-mayer--65209986https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316408 to listen full audiobooks. Title: They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45 Author: Milton Mayer Narrator: Michael Page Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 23 minutes Release date: May 23, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.86 of Total 21 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: First published in 1955, They Thought They Were Free is an eloquent and provocative examination of the development of fascism in Germany. Milton Mayer's book is a study of ten Germans and their lives from 1933–45, based on interviews he conducted after the war when he lived in Germany. Mayer had a position as a research professor at the University of Frankfurt and lived in a nearby small Hessian town which he disguised with the name 'Kronenberg.' 'These ten men were not men of distinction,' Mayer noted, but they had been members of the Nazi Party; Mayer wanted to discover what had made them Nazis.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316408Tue, 23 May 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316408 to listen full audiobooks. Title: They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45 Author: Milton Mayer Narrator: Michael Page Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 23 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316408 to listen full audiobooks. Title: They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45 Author: Milton Mayer Narrator: Michael Page Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 23 minutes Release date: May 23, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.86 of Total 21 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: First published in 1955, They Thought They Were Free is an eloquent and provocative examination of the development of fascism in Germany. Milton Mayer's book is a study of ten Germans and their lives from 1933–45, based on interviews he conducted after the war when he lived in Germany. Mayer had a position as a research professor at the University of Frankfurt and lived in a nearby small Hessian town which he disguised with the name 'Kronenberg.' 'These ten men were not men of distinction,' Mayer noted, but they had been members of the Nazi Party; Mayer wanted to discover what had made them Nazis.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/radicals-by-jamie-bartlett--65210063https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/311509 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Radicals Author: Jamie Bartlett Narrator: Roger Davis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 15 minutes Release date: May 18, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Radicals is an exploration of the individuals, groups and movements rejecting the way we live. Jamie Bartlett takes us inside the worlds of innovators, disruptors, idealists and extremists who think society is broken, and believe they know how to fix it. Radicals introduces us to techno-futurists questing for immortality, far-right groups seeking to close borders, environmentalists striving to save the planet, libertarian movements founding new countries, autonomous cooperatives in self-sustaining micro-societies and psychedelic pioneers attempting to heal society.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/311509Thu, 18 May 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/311509 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Radicals Author: Jamie Bartlett Narrator: Roger Davis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 15 minutes Release date: May 18, 2017 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/311509 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Radicals Author: Jamie Bartlett Narrator: Roger Davis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 15 minutes Release date: May 18, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Radicals is an exploration of the individuals, groups and movements rejecting the way we live. Jamie Bartlett takes us inside the worlds of innovators, disruptors, idealists and extremists who think society is broken, and believe they know how to fix it. Radicals introduces us to techno-futurists questing for immortality, far-right groups seeking to close borders, environmentalists striving to save the planet, libertarian movements founding new countries, autonomous cooperatives in self-sustaining micro-societies and psychedelic pioneers attempting to heal society.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mcmeat-comedy-by-twilight-zone--65210043https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309500 to listen full audiobooks. Title: McMeat: Comedy Author: Twilight Zone Narrator: Ralph Cosham & Others Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 4 minutes Release date: May 4, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Sit back and recount the greatest moments in political history! Broaden your knowledge with this title's narrative on political events.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309500Thu, 04 May 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309500 to listen full audiobooks. Title: McMeat: Comedy Author: Twilight Zone Narrator: Ralph Cosham & Others Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 4 minutes Release date: May 4,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309500 to listen full audiobooks. Title: McMeat: Comedy Author: Twilight Zone Narrator: Ralph Cosham & Others Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 4 minutes Release date: May 4, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Sit back and recount the greatest moments in political history! Broaden your knowledge with this title's narrative on political events.]]>65cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/great-speeches-malcolm-x-by-malcolm-x--65210037https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309501 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Great Speeches Malcolm X Author: Malcolm X Narrator: Malcolm X Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 11 minutes Release date: May 4, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Sit back and recount the greatest moments in political history! Broaden your knowledge with this title's narrative on political events.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309501Thu, 04 May 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309501 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Great Speeches Malcolm X Author: Malcolm X Narrator: Malcolm X Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 11 minutes Release date: May 4, 2017...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309501 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Great Speeches Malcolm X Author: Malcolm X Narrator: Malcolm X Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 11 minutes Release date: May 4, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Sit back and recount the greatest moments in political history! Broaden your knowledge with this title's narrative on political events.]]>65cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/world-s-greatest-speeches-war-on-japan-by-theodore-roosevelt--65210034https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309507 to listen full audiobooks. Title: World's Greatest Speeches War on Japan Author: Theodore Roosevelt Narrator: Theodore Roosevelt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 7 minutes Release date: May 4, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Sit back and recount the greatest moments in political history! Broaden your knowledge with this title's narrative on political events.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309507Thu, 04 May 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309507 to listen full audiobooks. Title: World's Greatest Speeches War on Japan Author: Theodore Roosevelt Narrator: Theodore Roosevelt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 7 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309507 to listen full audiobooks. Title: World's Greatest Speeches War on Japan Author: Theodore Roosevelt Narrator: Theodore Roosevelt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 7 minutes Release date: May 4, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Sit back and recount the greatest moments in political history! Broaden your knowledge with this title's narrative on political events.]]>65cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/great-speeches-we-must-arm-by-sir-winston-churchill--65209989https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309503 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Great Speeches We Must Arm Author: Sir Winston Churchill Narrator: Sir Winston Churchill Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 4 minutes Release date: May 4, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Sit back and recount the greatest moments in political history! Broaden your knowledge with this title's narrative on political events.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309503Thu, 04 May 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309503 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Great Speeches We Must Arm Author: Sir Winston Churchill Narrator: Sir Winston Churchill Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 4 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309503 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Great Speeches We Must Arm Author: Sir Winston Churchill Narrator: Sir Winston Churchill Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 4 minutes Release date: May 4, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Sit back and recount the greatest moments in political history! Broaden your knowledge with this title's narrative on political events.]]>65cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/revolting-how-the-establishment-are-undermining-democracy-and-what-they-re-afraid-of-by-mick-hume--65210066https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309664 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Revolting!: How the Establishment are Undermining Democracy and What They’re Afraid Of Author: Mick Hume Narrator: Andy Cresswell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 43 minutes Release date: February 23, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A short, sharp intervention in the crucial debate about the future of democracy, which has been brought to a head by events from Brexit to the Trump phenomenon. We live in strange days in the history of democracy. Every serious politician in the Western world supports democracy. Yet when the EU Referendum and American Elections both delivered the ‘wrong’ result, elites challenged the merit of the people’s will, and some even tried to block it. Preferring unelected institutions, from technocrats to the courts, self-appointed higher minds questioned whether voters are fit to be trusted with their own futures. Ours is the age of “I support democracy, but…” And yet the answer will never be to impose limitations. Popular democracy must offer better choices, rather than removing choice altogether. It’s time to defend democracy and fight for more it, with no ifs, buts or backtracks.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309664Thu, 23 Feb 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309664 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Revolting!: How the Establishment are Undermining Democracy and What They’re Afraid Of Author: Mick Hume Narrator: Andy Cresswell Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309664 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Revolting!: How the Establishment are Undermining Democracy and What They’re Afraid Of Author: Mick Hume Narrator: Andy Cresswell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 43 minutes Release date: February 23, 2017 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A short, sharp intervention in the crucial debate about the future of democracy, which has been brought to a head by events from Brexit to the Trump phenomenon. We live in strange days in the history of democracy. Every serious politician in the Western world supports democracy. Yet when the EU Referendum and American Elections both delivered the ‘wrong’ result, elites challenged the merit of the people’s will, and some even tried to block it. Preferring unelected institutions, from technocrats to the courts, self-appointed higher minds questioned whether voters are fit to be trusted with their own futures. Ours is the age of “I support democracy, but…” And yet the answer will never be to impose limitations. Popular democracy must offer better choices, rather than removing choice altogether. It’s time to defend democracy and fight for more it, with no ifs, buts or backtracks.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-communist-manifesto-version-2-by-friedrich-engels--65210167https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301142 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Communist Manifesto (Version 2) Author: Friedrich Engels Narrator: Mark F. Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 28 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.44 of Total 52 Ratings of Narrator: 4.53 of Total 17 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The Communist Manifesto was conceived as an outline of the basic beliefs of the Communist movement. The authors believed that the European Powers were universally afraid of the nascent movement, and were condemning as "communist," people or activities that did not actually conform to what the Communists believed. This Manifesto, then, became a manual for their beliefs. In it we find Marx and Engel's rehearsal of the idea that Capital has stolen away the work of the artisan and peasant by building up factories to produce goods cheaply. The efficiency of Capital depends, then, on the wage laborers who staff the factories and how little they will accept in order to have work. This concentrates power and money in a Bourgeois class that profits from the disunity of workers (Proletarians), who only receive a subsistence wage. If workers unite in a class struggle against the bourgeois, using riot and strikes as weapons, they will eventually overthrow the bourgeois and replace them as a ruling class. Communists further believe in and lay out a system of reforms to transform into a classless, stateless society, thus distinguishing themselves from various flavors of Socialism, which would be content to have workers remain the ruling class after the revolution. The Manifesto caused a huge amount of discussion for its support for a forcible overthrow of the existing politics and society. (Summary by Mark F. Smith)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301142Sun, 01 Jan 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301142 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Communist Manifesto (Version 2) Author: Friedrich Engels Narrator: Mark F. Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 28 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301142 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Communist Manifesto (Version 2) Author: Friedrich Engels Narrator: Mark F. Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 28 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.44 of Total 52 Ratings of Narrator: 4.53 of Total 17 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The Communist Manifesto was conceived as an outline of the basic beliefs of the Communist movement. The authors believed that the European Powers were universally afraid of the nascent movement, and were condemning as "communist," people or activities that did not actually conform to what the Communists believed. This Manifesto, then, became a manual for their beliefs. In it we find Marx and Engel's rehearsal of the idea that Capital has stolen away the work of the artisan and peasant by building up factories to produce goods cheaply. The efficiency of Capital depends, then, on the wage laborers who staff the factories and how little they will accept in order to have work. This concentrates power and money in a Bourgeois class that profits from the disunity of workers (Proletarians), who only receive a subsistence wage. If workers unite in a class struggle against the bourgeois, using riot and strikes as weapons, they will eventually overthrow the bourgeois and replace them as a ruling class. Communists further believe in and lay out a system of reforms to transform into a classless, stateless society, thus distinguishing themselves from various flavors of Socialism, which would be content to have workers remain the ruling class after the revolution. The Manifesto caused a huge amount of discussion for its support for a forcible overthrow of the existing politics and society. (Summary by Mark F. Smith)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bill-of-rights-by-james-madison--65210164https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300898 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bill of Rights Author: James Madison Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 31 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The Bill of Rights are the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, and were ratified on December 15, 1791.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300898Sun, 01 Jan 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300898 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bill of Rights Author: James Madison Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 31 minutes Release date: January 1,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300898 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bill of Rights Author: James Madison Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 31 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The Bill of Rights are the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, and were ratified on December 15, 1791.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/unidentified-flying-objects-by-united-states-federal-bureau-of-investigation--65210157https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301947 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unidentified Flying Objects Author: United States Federal Bureau Of Investigation Narrator: Roger Melin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 9 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Through the U.S. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) this series of communications has been de-classified and made public. Most names have been omitted, however much information of the sightings of UFOs in 1947 can be gleaned from these communications which were primarily between the FBI and other U.S. Government and military organizations. It should be noted that the U.S. Air Force only became a separate entity in 1947, having split from the U.S. Army at that time. And they became very busy times for the fledgling military organization. The slant of this de-classified material is chiefly written communications between the FBI and the military machine in 1947. Correspondence herein spans July and August of 1947 which will forever remain as the beginning of serious first-hand UFO experience in the annals of history. (Introduction by Roger Melin)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301947Sun, 01 Jan 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301947 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unidentified Flying Objects Author: United States Federal Bureau Of Investigation Narrator: Roger Melin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 9...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301947 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unidentified Flying Objects Author: United States Federal Bureau Of Investigation Narrator: Roger Melin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 9 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Through the U.S. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) this series of communications has been de-classified and made public. Most names have been omitted, however much information of the sightings of UFOs in 1947 can be gleaned from these communications which were primarily between the FBI and other U.S. Government and military organizations. It should be noted that the U.S. Air Force only became a separate entity in 1947, having split from the U.S. Army at that time. And they became very busy times for the fledgling military organization. The slant of this de-classified material is chiefly written communications between the FBI and the military machine in 1947. Correspondence herein spans July and August of 1947 which will forever remain as the beginning of serious first-hand UFO experience in the annals of history. (Introduction by Roger Melin)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/on-the-duty-of-civil-disobedience-version-3-by-henry-david-thoreau--65210148https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302039 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On the Duty of Civil Disobedience (Version 3) Author: Henry David Thoreau Narrator: Phil Chenevert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 7 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: "That government is best which governs least" is the famous opening line of this essay. The slavery crisis inflamed New England in the 1840s and 1850s. The environment became especially tense after the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. A lifelong abolitionist, Thoreau delivered an impassioned speech which would later become Civil Disobedience in 1848, just months after leaving Walden Pond. The speech dealt with slavery, but at the same time excoriated American imperialism, particularly the Mexican-American War. Thoreau asserts that because governments are typically more harmful than helpful, they therefore cannot be justified. Democracy is no cure for this, as majorities simply by virtue of being majorities do not also gain the virtues of wisdom and justice. The judgment of an individual's conscience is not necessarily inferior to the decisions of a political body or majority, and so "[i]t is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right. The only obligation which I have a right to assume is to do at any time what I think right.... Law never made men a whit more just; and, by means of their respect for it, even the well-disposed are daily made the agents of injustice." He adds, "I cannot for an instant recognize as my government [that] which is the slave's government also." from Wikipedia]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302039Sun, 01 Jan 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302039 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On the Duty of Civil Disobedience (Version 3) Author: Henry David Thoreau Narrator: Phil Chenevert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 7...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302039 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On the Duty of Civil Disobedience (Version 3) Author: Henry David Thoreau Narrator: Phil Chenevert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 7 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: "That government is best which governs least" is the famous opening line of this essay. The slavery crisis inflamed New England in the 1840s and 1850s. The environment became especially tense after the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. A lifelong abolitionist, Thoreau delivered an impassioned speech which would later become Civil Disobedience in 1848, just months after leaving Walden Pond. The speech dealt with slavery, but at the same time excoriated American imperialism, particularly the Mexican-American War. Thoreau asserts that because governments are typically more harmful than helpful, they therefore cannot be justified. Democracy is no cure for this, as majorities simply by virtue of being majorities do not also gain the virtues of wisdom and justice. The judgment of an individual's conscience is not necessarily inferior to the decisions of a political body or majority, and so "[i]t is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right. The only obligation which I have a right to assume is to do at any time what I think right.... Law never made men a whit more just; and, by means of their respect for it, even the well-disposed are daily made the agents of injustice." He adds, "I cannot for an instant recognize as my government [that] which is the slave's government also." from Wikipedia]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-rise-and-fall-of-free-speech-in-america-by-d-w-griffith--65210128https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302028 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Rise and Fall of Free Speech in America Author: D. W. Griffith Narrator: Chuck Williamson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 8 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The Rise and Fall of Free Speech in America was D.W. Griffith's first response to the attacks made on The Birth of a Nation. In it he played on the 'intolerance' of those who would not permit him freedom of speech in his films. This view on intolerance led directly to the creation of the film of the same name. Summary by The University of Exeter.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302028Sun, 01 Jan 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302028 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Rise and Fall of Free Speech in America Author: D. W. Griffith Narrator: Chuck Williamson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 8 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302028 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Rise and Fall of Free Speech in America Author: D. W. Griffith Narrator: Chuck Williamson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 8 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The Rise and Fall of Free Speech in America was D.W. Griffith's first response to the attacks made on The Birth of a Nation. In it he played on the 'intolerance' of those who would not permit him freedom of speech in his films. This view on intolerance led directly to the creation of the film of the same name. Summary by The University of Exeter.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-copyright-question-by-george-morang--65210127https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303571 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Copyright Question Author: George Morang Narrator: Esther Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 44 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.25 of Total 4 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: This is a letter to the Toronto Board of Trade regarding Canadian copyrights. Morang requested an appearance before the Toronto Board of Trade but was denied. This is his letter in response. He wished to make clear his position. Summary by Esther.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303571Sun, 01 Jan 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303571 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Copyright Question Author: George Morang Narrator: Esther Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 44 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303571 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Copyright Question Author: George Morang Narrator: Esther Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 44 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.25 of Total 4 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: This is a letter to the Toronto Board of Trade regarding Canadian copyrights. Morang requested an appearance before the Toronto Board of Trade but was denied. This is his letter in response. He wished to make clear his position. Summary by Esther.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/industrial-conspiracies-by-clarence-darrow--65210086https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302535 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Industrial Conspiracies Author: Clarence Darrow Narrator: Richard Kilmer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 5 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Publisher's Note.-This address was delivered shortly after Mr. Darrow's triumphant acquittal on a charge growing out of his defense of the McNamaras at Los Angeles, California. The man, the subject and the occasion makes it one of the greatest speeches of our time. It is the hope of the publishers that this message of Mr. Darrow's may reach the millions of men, women and youth of our country, that they may see the labor problem plainer and that they may receive hope and inspiration in their efforts to make a better and juster world. -Paul Turner, Otto Newman,?Julius Knispel.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302535Sun, 01 Jan 2017 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302535 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Industrial Conspiracies Author: Clarence Darrow Narrator: Richard Kilmer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 5 minutes Release date: January...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302535 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Industrial Conspiracies Author: Clarence Darrow Narrator: Richard Kilmer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 5 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Publisher's Note.-This address was delivered shortly after Mr. Darrow's triumphant acquittal on a charge growing out of his defense of the McNamaras at Los Angeles, California. The man, the subject and the occasion makes it one of the greatest speeches of our time. It is the hope of the publishers that this message of Mr. Darrow's may reach the millions of men, women and youth of our country, that they may see the labor problem plainer and that they may receive hope and inspiration in their efforts to make a better and juster world. -Paul Turner, Otto Newman,?Julius Knispel.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/not-just-evil-murder-hollywood-and-california-s-first-insanity-plea-by-david-wilson--65210012https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315003 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Not Just Evil: Murder, Hollywood, and California’s First Insanity Plea Author: David Wilson Narrator: Joe Barrett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 36 minutes Release date: December 6, 2016 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Twelve-year-old Marion Parker was kidnapped from her Los Angeles school by an unknown assailant on December 15, 1927. Her body was found days later, delivered to her father by the killer, who fled with the ransom money. When William Hickman was hunted down and charged with the killing, he admitted to all of it, in terrifying detail, but that was only the start . . . His insanity plea was the first of its kind in the history of California, and the nature of the crime led to a media frenzy unlike any the country had seen up to that point. Hickman's lawyers argued that their client lived in a fantasy world, inspired by movies, unable to tell right from wrong. The movie industry scrambled to protect its exploding popularity (and profits) from ruinous publicity. Outside of the courtroom, a country grew starved for every awful detail, and the media was only too happy to feed that hunger. David Wilson, a private investigator for over thirty years, captures the maelstrom of Marion Parker's death in vivid detail. From the crime itself to the manhunt that followed, from the unprecedented trial to its aftermath, Wilson draws the listener in to the birth of the celebrity criminal.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315003Tue, 06 Dec 2016 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315003 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Not Just Evil: Murder, Hollywood, and California’s First Insanity Plea Author: David Wilson Narrator: Joe Barrett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315003 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Not Just Evil: Murder, Hollywood, and California’s First Insanity Plea Author: David Wilson Narrator: Joe Barrett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 36 minutes Release date: December 6, 2016 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Twelve-year-old Marion Parker was kidnapped from her Los Angeles school by an unknown assailant on December 15, 1927. Her body was found days later, delivered to her father by the killer, who fled with the ransom money. When William Hickman was hunted down and charged with the killing, he admitted to all of it, in terrifying detail, but that was only the start . . . His insanity plea was the first of its kind in the history of California, and the nature of the crime led to a media frenzy unlike any the country had seen up to that point. Hickman's lawyers argued that their client lived in a fantasy world, inspired by movies, unable to tell right from wrong. The movie industry scrambled to protect its exploding popularity (and profits) from ruinous publicity. Outside of the courtroom, a country grew starved for every awful detail, and the media was only too happy to feed that hunger. David Wilson, a private investigator for over thirty years, captures the maelstrom of Marion Parker's death in vivid detail. From the crime itself to the manhunt that followed, from the unprecedented trial to its aftermath, Wilson draws the listener in to the birth of the celebrity criminal.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-slave-s-cause-a-history-of-abolition-by-manisha-sinha--65209977https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315415 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Slave's Cause: A History of Abolition Author: Manisha Sinha Narrator: Allyson Johnson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 30 hours 33 minutes Release date: November 30, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Received historical wisdom casts abolitionists as bourgeois, mostly white reformers burdened by racial paternalism and economic conservatism. Manisha Sinha overturns this image, broadening her scope beyond the antebellum period usually associated with abolitionism and recasting it as a radical social movement in which men and women, black and white, free and enslaved found common ground in causes ranging from feminism and utopian socialism to anti-imperialism and efforts to defend the rights of labor. Drawing on extensive archival research, including newly discovered letters and pamphlets, Sinha documents the influence of the Haitian Revolution and the centrality of slave resistance in shaping the ideology and tactics of abolition. This book is a comprehensive new history of the abolition movement in a transnational context. It illustrates how the abolitionist vision ultimately linked the slave's cause to the struggle to redefine American democracy and human rights across the globe.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315415Wed, 30 Nov 2016 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315415 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Slave's Cause: A History of Abolition Author: Manisha Sinha Narrator: Allyson Johnson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 30 hours 33 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315415 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Slave's Cause: A History of Abolition Author: Manisha Sinha Narrator: Allyson Johnson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 30 hours 33 minutes Release date: November 30, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Received historical wisdom casts abolitionists as bourgeois, mostly white reformers burdened by racial paternalism and economic conservatism. Manisha Sinha overturns this image, broadening her scope beyond the antebellum period usually associated with abolitionism and recasting it as a radical social movement in which men and women, black and white, free and enslaved found common ground in causes ranging from feminism and utopian socialism to anti-imperialism and efforts to defend the rights of labor. Drawing on extensive archival research, including newly discovered letters and pamphlets, Sinha documents the influence of the Haitian Revolution and the centrality of slave resistance in shaping the ideology and tactics of abolition. This book is a comprehensive new history of the abolition movement in a transnational context. It illustrates how the abolitionist vision ultimately linked the slave's cause to the struggle to redefine American democracy and human rights across the globe.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/inside-the-middle-east-making-sense-of-the-most-dangerous-and-complicated-region-on-earth-by-avi-melamed--65210018https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315144 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Inside the Middle East: Making Sense of the Most Dangerous and Complicated Region on Earth Author: AVI Melamed Narrator: Vikas Adam Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 31 minutes Release date: November 29, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Acclaimed Israeli intelligence analyst Avi Melamed has spent more than thirty years interpreting Middle East affairs. His long-awaited Inside the Middle East challenges widely accepted perceptions and provides a gripping and uniquely enlightening guide to make sense of the events unfolding in the region. Melamed considers all the major power players in the Middle East, explains the underlying issues, and creates a three-dimensional picture, an illustration that connects the dots and provides a fascinating road map. He elucidates developments such as the Arab Spring, the downfall of the Muslim Brotherhood, the rise of ISIS, the epic Sunni-Shiite animosity, the essence of the war in Syria, the role of the Caliphate and Jihad, and the looming nuclear arms race. He also provides a rare opportunity to journey into the psyche of Arab society. This unparalleled volume is a milestone in our understanding of the Middle East. It is the untold story of the struggles that will shape the region, and the world, for decades to come, and a groundbreaking guide that will shake you to the core, force you to reevalute your outlook, and give you tips to navigate the future.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315144Tue, 29 Nov 2016 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315144 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Inside the Middle East: Making Sense of the Most Dangerous and Complicated Region on Earth Author: AVI Melamed Narrator: Vikas Adam Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315144 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Inside the Middle East: Making Sense of the Most Dangerous and Complicated Region on Earth Author: AVI Melamed Narrator: Vikas Adam Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 31 minutes Release date: November 29, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Acclaimed Israeli intelligence analyst Avi Melamed has spent more than thirty years interpreting Middle East affairs. His long-awaited Inside the Middle East challenges widely accepted perceptions and provides a gripping and uniquely enlightening guide to make sense of the events unfolding in the region. Melamed considers all the major power players in the Middle East, explains the underlying issues, and creates a three-dimensional picture, an illustration that connects the dots and provides a fascinating road map. He elucidates developments such as the Arab Spring, the downfall of the Muslim Brotherhood, the rise of ISIS, the epic Sunni-Shiite animosity, the essence of the war in Syria, the role of the Caliphate and Jihad, and the looming nuclear arms race. He also provides a rare opportunity to journey into the psyche of Arab society. This unparalleled volume is a milestone in our understanding of the Middle East. It is the untold story of the struggles that will shape the region, and the world, for decades to come, and a groundbreaking guide that will shake you to the core, force you to reevalute your outlook, and give you tips to navigate the future.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pinochet-and-war-crimes-trials-smoking-and-the-law-by-john-warwick-montgomery--65210090https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308796 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pinochet And War Crimes Trials: Smoking And The Law Author: John Warwick Montgomery Narrator: John Warwick Montgomery Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 35 minutes Release date: November 18, 2016 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: An examination of the basis and justification for war crimes trials, including international law and the "rule of law," while protecting the rights of the individual and the desire to achieve a "common good." Two lectures.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308796Fri, 18 Nov 2016 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308796 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pinochet And War Crimes Trials: Smoking And The Law Author: John Warwick Montgomery Narrator: John Warwick Montgomery Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308796 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pinochet And War Crimes Trials: Smoking And The Law Author: John Warwick Montgomery Narrator: John Warwick Montgomery Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 35 minutes Release date: November 18, 2016 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: An examination of the basis and justification for war crimes trials, including international law and the "rule of law," while protecting the rights of the individual and the desire to achieve a "common good." Two lectures.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/marxism-human-rights-the-anatomy-of-a-dinosaur-nuremburg-positivism-and-human-rights-by-john-warwick-montgomery--65210088https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308797 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Marxism & Human Rights: The Anatomy of a Dinosaur; Nuremburg: Positivism, and Human Rights Author: John Warwick Montgomery Narrator: John Warwick Montgomery Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 44 minutes Release date: November 18, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Two lectures analyzing and critiquing the efforts by Marxists and legal positivists to establish credible bases for human rights.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308797Fri, 18 Nov 2016 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308797 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Marxism & Human Rights: The Anatomy of a Dinosaur; Nuremburg: Positivism, and Human Rights Author: John Warwick Montgomery Narrator: John Warwick...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308797 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Marxism & Human Rights: The Anatomy of a Dinosaur; Nuremburg: Positivism, and Human Rights Author: John Warwick Montgomery Narrator: John Warwick Montgomery Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 44 minutes Release date: November 18, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Two lectures analyzing and critiquing the efforts by Marxists and legal positivists to establish credible bases for human rights.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lord-denning-at-100-years-of-age-english-parliamentary-sovereignty-v-american-constitutionalism-by-john-warwick-montgomery--65210052https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308795 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lord Denning at 100 Years of Age: English Parliamentary Sovereignty v. American Constitutionalism Author: John Warwick Montgomery Narrator: John Warwick Montgomery Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 37 minutes Release date: November 18, 2016 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: An appreciation of the “greatest common law jurist of the 20th Century.” Includes a comparison and contrast of the Parliamentary system of Commonwealth countries within which Lord Denning operated and American Constitutionalism. Two lectures.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308795Fri, 18 Nov 2016 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308795 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lord Denning at 100 Years of Age: English Parliamentary Sovereignty v. American Constitutionalism Author: John Warwick Montgomery Narrator: John...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308795 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lord Denning at 100 Years of Age: English Parliamentary Sovereignty v. American Constitutionalism Author: John Warwick Montgomery Narrator: John Warwick Montgomery Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 37 minutes Release date: November 18, 2016 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: An appreciation of the “greatest common law jurist of the 20th Century.” Includes a comparison and contrast of the Parliamentary system of Commonwealth countries within which Lord Denning operated and American Constitutionalism. Two lectures.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/issues-in-health-care-ethical-legal-human-rights-by-john-warwick-montgomery--65210058https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308817 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Issues in Health Care: Ethical, Legal & Human Rights Author: John Warwick Montgomery Narrator: John Warwick Montgomery Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 34 minutes Release date: November 10, 2016 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: WHOSE LIFE IS IT ANYWAY? An examination of legal and ethical issues surrounding the questions of suicide and assisted suicide. November 1997. ISSUES IN HEALTH CARE: RIGHTS OF THE UNBORN This lecture is based on the prize-winning essay, "The Rights of Unborn Children", in which the legal protection offered to the unborn in Canada, Germany, UK and USA are compared. The ethical implications of the law are examined. ETHICS IN A CHANGING HEALTH CARE SYSTEM The need for, and the basis of ethics in health care. The keynote address to a meeting jointly sponsored by the Hospital/Health Care Associations of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Colorado, British Columbia and Alberta, May 13, 1993 in Seattle, Washington. HUMAN DIGNITY IN BIRTH AND DEATH: A QUESTION OF VALUES An examination of issues on human dignity, and rights, in the field of health care. Keynote address to the Alberta Hospital Association, May 3, 1990 in Edmonton, Alberta. A transcript of this address appears in Christians in the Public Square.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308817Thu, 10 Nov 2016 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308817 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Issues in Health Care: Ethical, Legal & Human Rights Author: John Warwick Montgomery Narrator: John Warwick Montgomery Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308817 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Issues in Health Care: Ethical, Legal & Human Rights Author: John Warwick Montgomery Narrator: John Warwick Montgomery Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 34 minutes Release date: November 10, 2016 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: WHOSE LIFE IS IT ANYWAY? An examination of legal and ethical issues surrounding the questions of suicide and assisted suicide. November 1997. ISSUES IN HEALTH CARE: RIGHTS OF THE UNBORN This lecture is based on the prize-winning essay, "The Rights of Unborn Children", in which the legal protection offered to the unborn in Canada, Germany, UK and USA are compared. The ethical implications of the law are examined. ETHICS IN A CHANGING HEALTH CARE SYSTEM The need for, and the basis of ethics in health care. The keynote address to a meeting jointly sponsored by the Hospital/Health Care Associations of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Colorado, British Columbia and Alberta, May 13, 1993 in Seattle, Washington. HUMAN DIGNITY IN BIRTH AND DEATH: A QUESTION OF VALUES An examination of issues on human dignity, and rights, in the field of health care. Keynote address to the Alberta Hospital Association, May 3, 1990 in Edmonton, Alberta. A transcript of this address appears in Christians in the Public Square.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-man-who-created-the-middle-east-a-story-of-empire-conflict-and-the-sykes-picot-agreement-by-christopher-simon-sykes--65210087https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/310122 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Man Who Created the Middle East: A Story of Empire, Conflict and the Sykes-Picot Agreement Author: Christopher Simon Sykes Narrator: Mike Grady Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 44 minutes Release date: November 3, 2016 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: At the age of only 36, Sir Mark Sykes was signatory to the Sykes-Picot agreement, one of the most reviled treaties of modern times. A century later, Christopher Sykes’ lively biography of his grandfather reassesses his life and work, and the political instability and violence in the Middle East attributed to it. The Sykes–Picot agreement was drawn by the eponymous British and French diplomats in 1916 to determine the divide of the collapsing empire in the event of an allied victory in World War I. Excluding Arab involvement, it negated their earlier guarantee of independence made by the British – and controversy has raged around it ever since. But who was Mark Sykes? A century on, Christopher Simon Sykes reveals new facets of a misremembered diplomatic giant. Using previously undisclosed family letters and cartoons by his grandfather, he delivers a comprehensive and humbling account of the man behind one of the most impactful policies in the Middle East.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/310122Thu, 03 Nov 2016 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/310122 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Man Who Created the Middle East: A Story of Empire, Conflict and the Sykes-Picot Agreement Author: Christopher Simon Sykes Narrator: Mike Grady...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/310122 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Man Who Created the Middle East: A Story of Empire, Conflict and the Sykes-Picot Agreement Author: Christopher Simon Sykes Narrator: Mike Grady Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 44 minutes Release date: November 3, 2016 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: At the age of only 36, Sir Mark Sykes was signatory to the Sykes-Picot agreement, one of the most reviled treaties of modern times. A century later, Christopher Sykes’ lively biography of his grandfather reassesses his life and work, and the political instability and violence in the Middle East attributed to it. The Sykes–Picot agreement was drawn by the eponymous British and French diplomats in 1916 to determine the divide of the collapsing empire in the event of an allied victory in World War I. Excluding Arab involvement, it negated their earlier guarantee of independence made by the British – and controversy has raged around it ever since. But who was Mark Sykes? A century on, Christopher Simon Sykes reveals new facets of a misremembered diplomatic giant. Using previously undisclosed family letters and cartoons by his grandfather, he delivers a comprehensive and humbling account of the man behind one of the most impactful policies in the Middle East.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/all-out-war-the-full-story-of-how-brexit-sank-britain-s-political-class-by-tim-shipman--65210082https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307299 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All Out War: The Full Story of How Brexit Sank Britain’s Political Class Author: Tim Shipman Narrator: Rupert Farley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 32 hours 5 minutes Release date: November 3, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2017 #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘The best political book of the year’ Andrew Marr ‘A superb work of storytelling and reporting. Sets new benchmark for the writing of contemporary political history’ Guardian The only book to tell the full story of how and why Britain voted to leave the EU. This is the acclaimed inside story of the EU referendum in 2016 that takes you behind the scenes of the most extraordinary episode in British politics since the Second World War. With unparalleled access to all key players, this is a story of calculation, attempted coups and people torn between principles and loyalty. It is a book about our leaders and their closest aides, the decisions they make, how and why they make them and how they feel when they turn out to be so wrong. In All Out War, Tim Shipman has written a political history that reads like a thriller, exploring how and why David Cameron chose to take the biggest political gamble of his life, and why he lost.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307299Thu, 03 Nov 2016 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307299 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All Out War: The Full Story of How Brexit Sank Britain’s Political Class Author: Tim Shipman Narrator: Rupert Farley Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307299 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All Out War: The Full Story of How Brexit Sank Britain’s Political Class Author: Tim Shipman Narrator: Rupert Farley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 32 hours 5 minutes Release date: November 3, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2017 #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘The best political book of the year’ Andrew Marr ‘A superb work of storytelling and reporting. Sets new benchmark for the writing of contemporary political history’ Guardian The only book to tell the full story of how and why Britain voted to leave the EU. This is the acclaimed inside story of the EU referendum in 2016 that takes you behind the scenes of the most extraordinary episode in British politics since the Second World War. With unparalleled access to all key players, this is a story of calculation, attempted coups and people torn between principles and loyalty. It is a book about our leaders and their closest aides, the decisions they make, how and why they make them and how they feel when they turn out to be so wrong. In All Out War, Tim Shipman has written a political history that reads like a thriller, exploring how and why David Cameron chose to take the biggest political gamble of his life, and why he lost.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/israel-and-human-rights-by-john-warwick-montgomery--65210056https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308828 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Israel And Human Rights Author: John Warwick Montgomery Narrator: John Warwick Montgomery Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 41 minutes Release date: October 31, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: American evangelicals, especially dispensationalists, have a tendency to whitewash whatever the modern Israeli government does, owing to a supposed identification of contemporary Israel with the Israel of the Old Testament and biblical prophecy. So concerned about this was the late President Sadat of Egypt that he invited Dr. Montgomery and five other evangelical leaders to meet with him to provide a more balanced picture. In this lecture, Dr. Montgomery offers an in-depth analysis based both upon Scripture and upon the human rights record of modern Israel vis-à-vis the Palestinian problem and the Near East situation in general.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308828Mon, 31 Oct 2016 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308828 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Israel And Human Rights Author: John Warwick Montgomery Narrator: John Warwick Montgomery Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 41 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308828 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Israel And Human Rights Author: John Warwick Montgomery Narrator: John Warwick Montgomery Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 41 minutes Release date: October 31, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: American evangelicals, especially dispensationalists, have a tendency to whitewash whatever the modern Israeli government does, owing to a supposed identification of contemporary Israel with the Israel of the Old Testament and biblical prophecy. So concerned about this was the late President Sadat of Egypt that he invited Dr. Montgomery and five other evangelical leaders to meet with him to provide a more balanced picture. In this lecture, Dr. Montgomery offers an in-depth analysis based both upon Scripture and upon the human rights record of modern Israel vis-à-vis the Palestinian problem and the Near East situation in general.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/doing-human-rights-in-the-spirit-of-the-enlightenment-justifying-human-rights-by-natural-law-by-john-warwick-montgomery--65210042https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308826 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Doing Human Rights in the Spirit of the Enlightenment; Justifying Human Rights by Natural Law Author: John Warwick Montgomery Narrator: John Warwick Montgomery Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 38 minutes Release date: October 31, 2016 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Two lectures analyzing and critiquing Kantian and neo-Kantian, and natural law efforts to establish and justify human rights.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308826Mon, 31 Oct 2016 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308826 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Doing Human Rights in the Spirit of the Enlightenment; Justifying Human Rights by Natural Law Author: John Warwick Montgomery Narrator: John Warwick...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308826 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Doing Human Rights in the Spirit of the Enlightenment; Justifying Human Rights by Natural Law Author: John Warwick Montgomery Narrator: John Warwick Montgomery Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 38 minutes Release date: October 31, 2016 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Two lectures analyzing and critiquing Kantian and neo-Kantian, and natural law efforts to establish and justify human rights.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/critical-legal-studies-postmodern-deconstruction-good-and-bad-legal-reasoning-by-john-warwick-montgomery--65210038https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308834 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Critical Legal Studies Postmodern Deconstruction - Good and Bad Legal Reasoning Author: John Warwick Montgomery Narrator: John Warwick Montgomery Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 41 minutes Release date: October 31, 2016 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: An analysis and critique of "deconstructionism" in the field of law, and a sometimes hilarious examination of examples of lawyers’ reasoning.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308834Mon, 31 Oct 2016 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308834 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Critical Legal Studies Postmodern Deconstruction - Good and Bad Legal Reasoning Author: John Warwick Montgomery Narrator: John Warwick Montgomery...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308834 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Critical Legal Studies Postmodern Deconstruction - Good and Bad Legal Reasoning Author: John Warwick Montgomery Narrator: John Warwick Montgomery Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 41 minutes Release date: October 31, 2016 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: An analysis and critique of "deconstructionism" in the field of law, and a sometimes hilarious examination of examples of lawyers’ reasoning.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/23-7-pelican-bay-prison-and-the-rise-of-long-term-solitary-confinement-by-keramet-reiter--65210019https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315021 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 23/7: Pelican Bay Prison and the Rise of Long-Term Solitary Confinement Author: Keramet Reiter Narrator: C.S.E. Cooney Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 59 minutes Release date: October 31, 2016 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Originally meant to be brief and exceptional, solitary confinement in U.S. prisons has become long-term and common. Prisoners spend twenty-three hours a day in featureless cells, with no visitors or human contact for years on end, and they are held entirely at administrators' discretion. Keramet Reiter tells the history of one 'supermax,' California's Pelican Bay State Prison, whose extreme conditions recently sparked a statewide hunger strike by 30,000 prisoners. This book describes how Pelican Bay was created without legislative oversight, in fearful response to 1970s radicals; how easily prisoners slip into solitary; and the mental havoc and social costs of years and decades in isolation. The product of fifteen years of research in and about prisons, this book provides essential background to a subject now drawing national attention.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315021Mon, 31 Oct 2016 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315021 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 23/7: Pelican Bay Prison and the Rise of Long-Term Solitary Confinement Author: Keramet Reiter Narrator: C.S.E. Cooney Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315021 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 23/7: Pelican Bay Prison and the Rise of Long-Term Solitary Confinement Author: Keramet Reiter Narrator: C.S.E. Cooney Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 59 minutes Release date: October 31, 2016 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Originally meant to be brief and exceptional, solitary confinement in U.S. prisons has become long-term and common. Prisoners spend twenty-three hours a day in featureless cells, with no visitors or human contact for years on end, and they are held entirely at administrators' discretion. Keramet Reiter tells the history of one 'supermax,' California's Pelican Bay State Prison, whose extreme conditions recently sparked a statewide hunger strike by 30,000 prisoners. This book describes how Pelican Bay was created without legislative oversight, in fearful response to 1970s radicals; how easily prisoners slip into solitary; and the mental havoc and social costs of years and decades in isolation. The product of fifteen years of research in and about prisons, this book provides essential background to a subject now drawing national attention.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/twilight-warriors-the-soldiers-spies-and-special-agents-who-are-revolutionizing-the-american-way-of-war-by-james-kitfield--65210039https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315379 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Twilight Warriors: The Soldiers, Spies, and Special Agents Who Are Revolutionizing the American Way of War Author: James Kitfield Narrator: Tom Perkins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 12 minutes Release date: October 25, 2016 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: When US troops withdrew from Afghanistan at the end of 2014, the longest conflict in our nation's history came to an end. Yet we are still at war—no longer with other states, but with a host of new enemies, from Jihadi insurgents and nihilistic terrorists to narco-traffickers and modern-day pirates. In Twilight Warriors, the award-winning foreign correspondent James Kitfield introduces us to the tight-knit brotherhood that strives to keep the United States safe from the dimly understood threats it now faces. Together, these men have broken down the boundaries between their respective agencies to engineer a networkcentric way of fighting using a seamless web of intelligence analysts, information networks, FBI forensics experts, and Special Forces units to take the fight to America's enemies as never before.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315379Tue, 25 Oct 2016 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315379 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Twilight Warriors: The Soldiers, Spies, and Special Agents Who Are Revolutionizing the American Way of War Author: James Kitfield Narrator: Tom Perkins...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315379 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Twilight Warriors: The Soldiers, Spies, and Special Agents Who Are Revolutionizing the American Way of War Author: James Kitfield Narrator: Tom Perkins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 12 minutes Release date: October 25, 2016 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: When US troops withdrew from Afghanistan at the end of 2014, the longest conflict in our nation's history came to an end. Yet we are still at war—no longer with other states, but with a host of new enemies, from Jihadi insurgents and nihilistic terrorists to narco-traffickers and modern-day pirates. In Twilight Warriors, the award-winning foreign correspondent James Kitfield introduces us to the tight-knit brotherhood that strives to keep the United States safe from the dimly understood threats it now faces. Together, these men have broken down the boundaries between their respective agencies to engineer a networkcentric way of fighting using a seamless web of intelligence analysts, information networks, FBI forensics experts, and Special Forces units to take the fight to America's enemies as never before.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/freedom-is-a-constant-struggle-ferguson-palestine-and-the-foundations-of-a-movement-by-angela-y-davis--65210027https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315031 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement Author: Angela Y. Davis Narrator: Angela Y. Davis, Coleen Marlo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 48 minutes Release date: September 13, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 30 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In these newly collected essays, interviews, and speeches, world-renowned activist and scholar Angela Y. Davis illuminates the connections between struggles against state violence and oppression throughout history and around the world. Reflecting on the importance of black feminism, intersectionality, and prison abolitionism for today's struggles, Davis discusses the legacies of previous liberation struggles—from the black freedom movement to the South African antiapartheid movement. She highlights connections and analyzes today's struggles against state terror, from Ferguson to Palestine. Facing a world of outrageous injustice, Davis challenges us to imagine and build the movement for human liberation. And in doing so, she reminds us that 'freedom is a constant struggle.']]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315031Tue, 13 Sep 2016 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315031 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement Author: Angela Y. Davis Narrator: Angela Y. Davis, Coleen Marlo...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315031 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement Author: Angela Y. Davis Narrator: Angela Y. Davis, Coleen Marlo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 48 minutes Release date: September 13, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 30 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In these newly collected essays, interviews, and speeches, world-renowned activist and scholar Angela Y. Davis illuminates the connections between struggles against state violence and oppression throughout history and around the world. Reflecting on the importance of black feminism, intersectionality, and prison abolitionism for today's struggles, Davis discusses the legacies of previous liberation struggles—from the black freedom movement to the South African antiapartheid movement. She highlights connections and analyzes today's struggles against state terror, from Ferguson to Palestine. Facing a world of outrageous injustice, Davis challenges us to imagine and build the movement for human liberation. And in doing so, she reminds us that 'freedom is a constant struggle.']]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/we-are-not-such-things-a-murder-in-a-south-african-township-and-the-search-for-truth-and-reconciliation-by-justine-van-der-leun--65210065https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312148 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Are Not Such Things: A Murder in a South African Township and the Search for Truth and Reconciliation Author: Justine Van der Leun Narrator: Laurel Lefkow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 23 minutes Release date: June 30, 2016 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A ‘MAKING A MURDERER’ set in South Africa – a gripping true-crime story of murder and the justice system in the shadow of apartheid ‘Gripping, explosive . . . crafts a close sense of place that rivals the work of Katherine Boo’ New York Times In 1993, in the final, fiery days of apartheid, a 26-year-old white American activist called Amy Biehl was murdered by a group of young black men in a township near Cape Town. Four men were tried and convicted of the murder and sentenced to eighteen years in prison. A few years later they had been freed. Two of the men were subsequently employed by Amy’s parents to work at a charity set up in her memory. The men grew close to the Biehls. They called them ‘Grandmother’ and ‘Grandfather’. Justine van der Leun, an American writer living in South Africa, set out to tell this twenty-year story, but as she delved into the case, the prevailing narrative started to unravel. Why didn’t the eyewitness reports agree on who killed Amy Biehl? Were the men convicted of the crime actually responsible? And could it be that another violent crime committed on the same day, in the very same area, was connected to the murder of Amy Biehl? ‘Beautifully written and carefully observed …a Truman Capote-style detective story in which Van der Leun rummages for clues through the detritus of modern South Africa’ Financial Times ‘Deeply researched and thought-provoking . . . an engaging take on a murder that might have derailed democracy’ Economist]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312148Thu, 30 Jun 2016 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312148 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Are Not Such Things: A Murder in a South African Township and the Search for Truth and Reconciliation Author: Justine Van der Leun Narrator: Laurel...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312148 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Are Not Such Things: A Murder in a South African Township and the Search for Truth and Reconciliation Author: Justine Van der Leun Narrator: Laurel Lefkow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 23 minutes Release date: June 30, 2016 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A ‘MAKING A MURDERER’ set in South Africa – a gripping true-crime story of murder and the justice system in the shadow of apartheid ‘Gripping, explosive . . . crafts a close sense of place that rivals the work of Katherine Boo’ New York Times In 1993, in the final, fiery days of apartheid, a 26-year-old white American activist called Amy Biehl was murdered by a group of young black men in a township near Cape Town. Four men were tried and convicted of the murder and sentenced to eighteen years in prison. A few years later they had been freed. Two of the men were subsequently employed by Amy’s parents to work at a charity set up in her memory. The men grew close to the Biehls. They called them ‘Grandmother’ and ‘Grandfather’. Justine van der Leun, an American writer living in South Africa, set out to tell this twenty-year story, but as she delved into the case, the prevailing narrative started to unravel. Why didn’t the eyewitness reports agree on who killed Amy Biehl? Were the men convicted of the crime actually responsible? And could it be that another violent crime committed on the same day, in the very same area, was connected to the murder of Amy Biehl? ‘Beautifully written and carefully observed …a Truman Capote-style detective story in which Van der Leun rummages for clues through the detritus of modern South Africa’ Financial Times ‘Deeply researched and thought-provoking . . . an engaging take on a murder that might have derailed democracy’ Economist]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/naked-diplomacy-power-and-statecraft-in-the-digital-age-by-tom-fletcher--65210054https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312120 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Naked Diplomacy: Power and Statecraft in the Digital Age Author: Tom Fletcher Narrator: Roger May Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 9 minutes Release date: June 2, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Who will be in power in the 21st century? Governments? Big business? Internet titans? And how do we influence the future? Digital technology is changing power at a faster rate than any time in history. Distrust and inequality are fuelling political and economic uncertainty. The scaffolding built around the global order is fragile, and the checks and balances created over centuries to protect liberty are being tested, maybe to destruction. Tom Fletcher, the youngest senior British ambassador for two hundred years, considers how we – as governments, businesses, individuals – can survive and thrive in the twenty first century. And how we can ensure that technology can make it easier of citizens truly to take back control.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312120Thu, 02 Jun 2016 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312120 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Naked Diplomacy: Power and Statecraft in the Digital Age Author: Tom Fletcher Narrator: Roger May Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 9...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312120 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Naked Diplomacy: Power and Statecraft in the Digital Age Author: Tom Fletcher Narrator: Roger May Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 9 minutes Release date: June 2, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Who will be in power in the 21st century? Governments? Big business? Internet titans? And how do we influence the future? Digital technology is changing power at a faster rate than any time in history. Distrust and inequality are fuelling political and economic uncertainty. The scaffolding built around the global order is fragile, and the checks and balances created over centuries to protect liberty are being tested, maybe to destruction. Tom Fletcher, the youngest senior British ambassador for two hundred years, considers how we – as governments, businesses, individuals – can survive and thrive in the twenty first century. And how we can ensure that technology can make it easier of citizens truly to take back control.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fueling-freedom-exposing-the-mad-war-on-energy-by-stephen-moore-kathleen-hartnett-white--65210013https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316461 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fueling Freedom: Exposing the Mad War on Energy Author: Stephen Moore, Kathleen Hartnett White Narrator: Tom Perkins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 7 minutes Release date: May 31, 2016 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Fossil fuel energy is the lifeblood of the modern world. Before the Industrial Revolution, humanity depended on burning wood and candle wax. But with the ability to harness the energy in oil and other fossil fuels, quality of life and capacity for progress increased exponentially. Thanks to incredible innovations in the energy industry, fossil fuels are as promising, safe, and clean an energy resource as has ever existed in history. Yet, highly politicized climate policies are pushing a grand-scale shift to unreliable, impractical, incredibly expensive, and far less efficient energy sources. Today, 'fossil fuel' has become such a dirty word that even fossil fuel companies feel compelled to apologize for their products. In Fueling Freedom, energy experts Stephen Moore and Kathleen Hartnett White make an unapologetic case for fossil fuels, turning around progressives' protestations to prove that if fossil fuel energy is supplanted by 'green' alternatives for political reasons, humanity will take a giant step backwards and the planet will be less safe, less clean, and less free.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316461Tue, 31 May 2016 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316461 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fueling Freedom: Exposing the Mad War on Energy Author: Stephen Moore, Kathleen Hartnett White Narrator: Tom Perkins Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316461 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fueling Freedom: Exposing the Mad War on Energy Author: Stephen Moore, Kathleen Hartnett White Narrator: Tom Perkins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 7 minutes Release date: May 31, 2016 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Fossil fuel energy is the lifeblood of the modern world. Before the Industrial Revolution, humanity depended on burning wood and candle wax. But with the ability to harness the energy in oil and other fossil fuels, quality of life and capacity for progress increased exponentially. Thanks to incredible innovations in the energy industry, fossil fuels are as promising, safe, and clean an energy resource as has ever existed in history. Yet, highly politicized climate policies are pushing a grand-scale shift to unreliable, impractical, incredibly expensive, and far less efficient energy sources. Today, 'fossil fuel' has become such a dirty word that even fossil fuel companies feel compelled to apologize for their products. In Fueling Freedom, energy experts Stephen Moore and Kathleen Hartnett White make an unapologetic case for fossil fuels, turning around progressives' protestations to prove that if fossil fuel energy is supplanted by 'green' alternatives for political reasons, humanity will take a giant step backwards and the planet will be less safe, less clean, and less free.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/from-blacklivesmatter-to-black-liberation-by-keeanga-yamahtta-taylor--65209973https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316709 to listen full audiobooks. Title: From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation Author: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Narrator: Mia Ellis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 45 minutes Release date: May 31, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The eruption of mass protests in the wake of the police murders of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and Eric Garner in New York City have challenged the impunity with which officers of the law carry out violence against black people and punctured the illusion of a postracial America. The Black Lives Matter movement has awakened a new generation of activists. In this stirring and insightful analysis, activist and scholar Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor surveys the historical and contemporary ravages of racism and persistence of structural inequality such as mass incarceration and black unemployment. In this context, she argues that this new struggle against police violence holds the potential to reignite a broader push for black liberation.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316709Tue, 31 May 2016 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316709 to listen full audiobooks. Title: From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation Author: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Narrator: Mia Ellis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 45 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316709 to listen full audiobooks. Title: From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation Author: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Narrator: Mia Ellis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 45 minutes Release date: May 31, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The eruption of mass protests in the wake of the police murders of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and Eric Garner in New York City have challenged the impunity with which officers of the law carry out violence against black people and punctured the illusion of a postracial America. The Black Lives Matter movement has awakened a new generation of activists. In this stirring and insightful analysis, activist and scholar Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor surveys the historical and contemporary ravages of racism and persistence of structural inequality such as mass incarceration and black unemployment. In this context, she argues that this new struggle against police violence holds the potential to reignite a broader push for black liberation.]]>1805blacklivesmattercleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/black-against-empire-the-history-and-politics-of-the-black-panther-party-by-waldo-e-martin-jr-joshua-bloom--65210001https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315697 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Black against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party Author: Waldo E. Martin Jr., Joshua Bloom Narrator: Ron Butler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 13 minutes Release date: April 30, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In Oakland, California, in 1966, community college students Bobby Seale and Huey Newton armed themselves, began patrolling the police, and promised to prevent police brutality. Unlike the Civil Rights Movement that called for full citizenship rights for blacks within the U.S., the Black Panther Party rejected the legitimacy of the U.S. government and positioned itself as part of a global struggle against American imperialism. In the face of intense repression, the Party flourished, becoming the center of a revolutionary movement with powerful allies around the world. Black against Empire is the first comprehensive overview and analysis of the history and politics of the Black Panther Party. The authors analyze key political questions, such as why so many young black people across the country risked their lives for the revolution, why the Party grew most rapidly during the height of repression, and why allies abandoned the Party at its peak of influence. Bold, engrossing, and richly detailed, this book cuts through the mythology and obfuscation, revealing the political dynamics that drove the explosive growth of this revolutionary movement, and its disastrous unraveling.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315697Sat, 30 Apr 2016 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315697 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Black against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party Author: Waldo E. Martin Jr., Joshua Bloom Narrator: Ron Butler Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315697 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Black against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party Author: Waldo E. Martin Jr., Joshua Bloom Narrator: Ron Butler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 13 minutes Release date: April 30, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In Oakland, California, in 1966, community college students Bobby Seale and Huey Newton armed themselves, began patrolling the police, and promised to prevent police brutality. Unlike the Civil Rights Movement that called for full citizenship rights for blacks within the U.S., the Black Panther Party rejected the legitimacy of the U.S. government and positioned itself as part of a global struggle against American imperialism. In the face of intense repression, the Party flourished, becoming the center of a revolutionary movement with powerful allies around the world. Black against Empire is the first comprehensive overview and analysis of the history and politics of the Black Panther Party. The authors analyze key political questions, such as why so many young black people across the country risked their lives for the revolution, why the Party grew most rapidly during the height of repression, and why allies abandoned the Party at its peak of influence. Bold, engrossing, and richly detailed, this book cuts through the mythology and obfuscation, revealing the political dynamics that drove the explosive growth of this revolutionary movement, and its disastrous unraveling.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-scandal-of-money-why-wall-street-recovers-but-the-economy-never-does-by-george-gilder--65210014https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316056 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Scandal of Money: Why Wall Street Recovers but the Economy Never Does Author: George Gilder Narrator: Corey M. Snow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 26, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Why do conservatives have such a hard time winning the economic debate in the court of public opinion? Simple, George Gilder says: Conservatives misunderstand economics almost as badly as liberals do. Republicans have been running on tax cut proposals since the era of Harding and Coolidge without seriously addressing the key problems of a global economy in decline. Enough is enough. Gilder, author of the New York Times bestseller Wealth and Poverty, proposes a completely new framework for understanding economic growth that will replace failed twentieth-century conservative economics and turn the economic debate—and the country—around.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316056Tue, 26 Apr 2016 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316056 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Scandal of Money: Why Wall Street Recovers but the Economy Never Does Author: George Gilder Narrator: Corey M. Snow Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316056 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Scandal of Money: Why Wall Street Recovers but the Economy Never Does Author: George Gilder Narrator: Corey M. Snow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 26, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Why do conservatives have such a hard time winning the economic debate in the court of public opinion? Simple, George Gilder says: Conservatives misunderstand economics almost as badly as liberals do. Republicans have been running on tax cut proposals since the era of Harding and Coolidge without seriously addressing the key problems of a global economy in decline. Enough is enough. Gilder, author of the New York Times bestseller Wealth and Poverty, proposes a completely new framework for understanding economic growth that will replace failed twentieth-century conservative economics and turn the economic debate—and the country—around.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-black-door-spies-secret-intelligence-and-british-prime-ministers-by-rory-cormac-richard-aldrich--65209982https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312469 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Black Door: Spies, Secret Intelligence and British Prime Ministers Author: Rory Cormac, Richard Aldrich Narrator: Tom Clegg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 25 hours 30 minutes Release date: April 21, 2016 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The Black Door explores the evolving relationship between successive British prime ministers and the intelligence agencies, from Asquith’s Secret Service Bureau to Cameron’s National Security Council. Intelligence can do a prime minister’s dirty work. For more than a century, secret wars have been waged directly from Number 10. They have staved off conflict, defeats and British decline through fancy footwork, often deceiving friend and foe alike. Yet as the birth of the modern British secret service in 1909, prime ministers were strangers to the secret world – sometimes with disastrous consequences. During the Second World War, Winston Churchill oversaw a remarkable revolution in the exploitation of intelligence, bringing it into the centre of government. Chruchill’s wartime regime also formed a school of intelligence for future prime ministers, and its secret legacy has endured. Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair and David Cameron all became great enthusiasts for spies and special forces. Although Britain’s political leaders have often feigned ignorance about what one prime minister called this ‘strange underworld’, some of the most daring and controversial intelligence operations can be traced straight back to Number 10.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312469Thu, 21 Apr 2016 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312469 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Black Door: Spies, Secret Intelligence and British Prime Ministers Author: Rory Cormac, Richard Aldrich Narrator: Tom Clegg Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312469 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Black Door: Spies, Secret Intelligence and British Prime Ministers Author: Rory Cormac, Richard Aldrich Narrator: Tom Clegg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 25 hours 30 minutes Release date: April 21, 2016 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The Black Door explores the evolving relationship between successive British prime ministers and the intelligence agencies, from Asquith’s Secret Service Bureau to Cameron’s National Security Council. Intelligence can do a prime minister’s dirty work. For more than a century, secret wars have been waged directly from Number 10. They have staved off conflict, defeats and British decline through fancy footwork, often deceiving friend and foe alike. Yet as the birth of the modern British secret service in 1909, prime ministers were strangers to the secret world – sometimes with disastrous consequences. During the Second World War, Winston Churchill oversaw a remarkable revolution in the exploitation of intelligence, bringing it into the centre of government. Chruchill’s wartime regime also formed a school of intelligence for future prime ministers, and its secret legacy has endured. Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair and David Cameron all became great enthusiasts for spies and special forces. Although Britain’s political leaders have often feigned ignorance about what one prime minister called this ‘strange underworld’, some of the most daring and controversial intelligence operations can be traced straight back to Number 10.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-hundred-year-walk-an-armenian-odyssey-by-dawn-anahid-mackeen--65209950https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317168 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hundred-Year Walk: An Armenian Odyssey Author: Dawn Anahid Mackeen Narrator: Emily Woo Zeller, Neil Shah Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 19 minutes Release date: March 8, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In the heart of the Ottoman Empire as World War I rages, Stepan Miskjian's world becomes undone. He is separated from his family as they are swept up in the government's mass deportation of Armenians into internment camps. Gradually realizing the unthinkable—that they are all being driven to their deaths—he fights, through starvation and thirst, not to lose hope. Just before killing squads slaughter his caravan during a forced desert march, Stepan manages to escape, making a perilous six-day trek to the Euphrates River. In his desperate bid for survival, Stepan dons disguises, outmaneuvers gendarmes, and, when he least expects it, encounters the miraculous kindness of strangers. The Hundred-Year Walk alternates between Stepan's saga and another journey that takes place a century later, after his family discovers his long-lost journals. Reading this rare firsthand account, his granddaughter Dawn MacKeen finds herself first drawn into the colorful bazaars before the war and then into the horrors Stepan later endured. Inspired to retrace his steps, she sets out alone to Turkey and Syria, shadowing her resourceful, resilient grandfather across a landscape still rife with tension.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317168Tue, 08 Mar 2016 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317168 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hundred-Year Walk: An Armenian Odyssey Author: Dawn Anahid Mackeen Narrator: Emily Woo Zeller, Neil Shah Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317168 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hundred-Year Walk: An Armenian Odyssey Author: Dawn Anahid Mackeen Narrator: Emily Woo Zeller, Neil Shah Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 19 minutes Release date: March 8, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In the heart of the Ottoman Empire as World War I rages, Stepan Miskjian's world becomes undone. He is separated from his family as they are swept up in the government's mass deportation of Armenians into internment camps. Gradually realizing the unthinkable—that they are all being driven to their deaths—he fights, through starvation and thirst, not to lose hope. Just before killing squads slaughter his caravan during a forced desert march, Stepan manages to escape, making a perilous six-day trek to the Euphrates River. In his desperate bid for survival, Stepan dons disguises, outmaneuvers gendarmes, and, when he least expects it, encounters the miraculous kindness of strangers. The Hundred-Year Walk alternates between Stepan's saga and another journey that takes place a century later, after his family discovers his long-lost journals. Reading this rare firsthand account, his granddaughter Dawn MacKeen finds herself first drawn into the colorful bazaars before the war and then into the horrors Stepan later endured. Inspired to retrace his steps, she sets out alone to Turkey and Syria, shadowing her resourceful, resilient grandfather across a landscape still rife with tension.]]>905cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/one-child-the-story-of-china-s-most-radical-experiment-by-mei-fong--65209990https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317127 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Child: The Story of China's Most Radical Experiment Author: Mei Fong Narrator: Janet Song Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 25 minutes Release date: February 9, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: When Communist Party leaders adopted the one-child policy in 1980, they hoped curbing birth-rates would help lift China's poorest and increase the country's global stature. But at what cost? Now, as China closes the book on the policy after more than three decades, it faces a population grown too old and too male, with a vastly diminished supply of young workers. Mei Fong has spent years documenting the policy's repercussions on every sector of Chinese society. In One Child, she explores its true human impact, traveling across China to meet the people who live with its consequences. Their stories reveal a dystopian reality: unauthorized second children ignored by the state, only-children supporting aging parents and grandparents on their own, villages teeming with ineligible bachelors, and an ungoverned adoption market stretching across the globe. Fong tackles questions that have major implications for China's future: whether its 'Little Emperor' cohort will make for an entitled or risk-averse generation; how China will manage to support itself when one in every four people is over sixty-five years old; and above all, how much the one-child policy may end up hindering China's growth.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317127Tue, 09 Feb 2016 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317127 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Child: The Story of China's Most Radical Experiment Author: Mei Fong Narrator: Janet Song Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 25 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317127 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Child: The Story of China's Most Radical Experiment Author: Mei Fong Narrator: Janet Song Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 25 minutes Release date: February 9, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: When Communist Party leaders adopted the one-child policy in 1980, they hoped curbing birth-rates would help lift China's poorest and increase the country's global stature. But at what cost? Now, as China closes the book on the policy after more than three decades, it faces a population grown too old and too male, with a vastly diminished supply of young workers. Mei Fong has spent years documenting the policy's repercussions on every sector of Chinese society. In One Child, she explores its true human impact, traveling across China to meet the people who live with its consequences. Their stories reveal a dystopian reality: unauthorized second children ignored by the state, only-children supporting aging parents and grandparents on their own, villages teeming with ineligible bachelors, and an ungoverned adoption market stretching across the globe. Fong tackles questions that have major implications for China's future: whether its 'Little Emperor' cohort will make for an entitled or risk-averse generation; how China will manage to support itself when one in every four people is over sixty-five years old; and above all, how much the one-child policy may end up hindering China's growth.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/incarceration-nations-a-journey-to-justice-in-prisons-around-the-world-by-baz-dreisinger--65209976https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316924 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Incarceration Nations: A Journey to Justice in Prisons Around the World Author: Baz Dreisinger Narrator: Christina Delaine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 29 minutes Release date: February 9, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Beginning in Africa and ending in Europe, Incarceration Nations is a first-person odyssey through the prison systems of the world. Baz Dreisinger, a professor, journalist, and the founder of the Prison-to-College Pipeline, looks into the human stories of incarcerated men and women and those who imprison them, creating a jarring, poignant view of a world to which most are denied access. From serving as a restorative justice facilitator in a notorious South African prison and working with genocide survivors in Rwanda, to launching a creative writing class in an overcrowded Ugandan prison and coordinating a drama workshop for women prisoners in Thailand, Dreisinger examines the world behind bars with equal parts empathy and intellect. She journeys to Jamaica to visit a prison music program, to Singapore to learn about approaches to prisoner reentry, to Australia to grapple with the bottom line of private prisons, to a federal supermax in Brazil to confront the horrors of solitary confinement, and finally to the so-called model prisons of Norway. Incarceration Nations concludes with climactic lessons about the past, present, and future of justice.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316924Tue, 09 Feb 2016 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316924 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Incarceration Nations: A Journey to Justice in Prisons Around the World Author: Baz Dreisinger Narrator: Christina Delaine Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316924 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Incarceration Nations: A Journey to Justice in Prisons Around the World Author: Baz Dreisinger Narrator: Christina Delaine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 29 minutes Release date: February 9, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Beginning in Africa and ending in Europe, Incarceration Nations is a first-person odyssey through the prison systems of the world. Baz Dreisinger, a professor, journalist, and the founder of the Prison-to-College Pipeline, looks into the human stories of incarcerated men and women and those who imprison them, creating a jarring, poignant view of a world to which most are denied access. From serving as a restorative justice facilitator in a notorious South African prison and working with genocide survivors in Rwanda, to launching a creative writing class in an overcrowded Ugandan prison and coordinating a drama workshop for women prisoners in Thailand, Dreisinger examines the world behind bars with equal parts empathy and intellect. She journeys to Jamaica to visit a prison music program, to Singapore to learn about approaches to prisoner reentry, to Australia to grapple with the bottom line of private prisons, to a federal supermax in Brazil to confront the horrors of solitary confinement, and finally to the so-called model prisons of Norway. Incarceration Nations concludes with climactic lessons about the past, present, and future of justice.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fresh-fruit-broken-bodies-migrant-farmworkers-in-the-united-states-by-seth-holmes--65209971https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317066 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies: Migrant Farmworkers in the United States Author: Seth Holmes Narrator: Paul Costanzo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 25 minutes Release date: February 2, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies provides an intimate examination of the everyday lives and suffering of Mexican migrants in our contemporary food system. An anthropologist and MD in the mold of Paul Farmer and Didier Fassin, Seth M. Holmes shows how market forces, anti-immigrant sentiment, and racism undermine health and health care. Holmes's material is visceral and powerful. He trekked with his companions illegally through the desert into Arizona and was jailed with them before they were deported. He lived with indigenous families in the mountains of Oaxaca and in farm labor camps in the U.S., planted and harvested corn, picked strawberries, and accompanied sick workers to clinics and hospitals. This 'embodied anthropology' deepens our theoretical understanding of the ways in which social inequalities and suffering come to be perceived as normal and natural in society and in health care.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317066Tue, 02 Feb 2016 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317066 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies: Migrant Farmworkers in the United States Author: Seth Holmes Narrator: Paul Costanzo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317066 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies: Migrant Farmworkers in the United States Author: Seth Holmes Narrator: Paul Costanzo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 25 minutes Release date: February 2, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies provides an intimate examination of the everyday lives and suffering of Mexican migrants in our contemporary food system. An anthropologist and MD in the mold of Paul Farmer and Didier Fassin, Seth M. Holmes shows how market forces, anti-immigrant sentiment, and racism undermine health and health care. Holmes's material is visceral and powerful. He trekked with his companions illegally through the desert into Arizona and was jailed with them before they were deported. He lived with indigenous families in the mountains of Oaxaca and in farm labor camps in the U.S., planted and harvested corn, picked strawberries, and accompanied sick workers to clinics and hospitals. This 'embodied anthropology' deepens our theoretical understanding of the ways in which social inequalities and suffering come to be perceived as normal and natural in society and in health care.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/cybersecurity-and-cyberwar-what-everyone-needs-to-know-by-p-w-singer-allan-friedman--65209991https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317041 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to Know Author: P.W. Singer, Allan Friedman Narrator: Sean Pratt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 26, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to Know®, New York Times bestselling author P. W. Singer and noted cyber expert Allan Friedman team up to provide the kind of deeply informative resource book that has been missing on a crucial issue of twenty-first-century life. Written in a lively, accessible style, filled with engaging stories and illustrative anecdotes, the book is structured around the key question areas of cyberspace and its security: how it all works, why it all matters, and what we can do. Along the way, they take listeners on a tour of the important (and entertaining) issues and characters of cybersecurity, from the 'Anonymous' hacker group and the Stuxnet computer virus to the new cyber units of the Chinese and U.S. militaries. Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to Know® is the definitive account on the subject for us all, which comes not a moment too soon.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317041Tue, 26 Jan 2016 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317041 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to Know Author: P.W. Singer, Allan Friedman Narrator: Sean Pratt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317041 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to Know Author: P.W. Singer, Allan Friedman Narrator: Sean Pratt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 26, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to Know®, New York Times bestselling author P. W. Singer and noted cyber expert Allan Friedman team up to provide the kind of deeply informative resource book that has been missing on a crucial issue of twenty-first-century life. Written in a lively, accessible style, filled with engaging stories and illustrative anecdotes, the book is structured around the key question areas of cyberspace and its security: how it all works, why it all matters, and what we can do. Along the way, they take listeners on a tour of the important (and entertaining) issues and characters of cybersecurity, from the 'Anonymous' hacker group and the Stuxnet computer virus to the new cyber units of the Chinese and U.S. militaries. Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to Know® is the definitive account on the subject for us all, which comes not a moment too soon.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/political-animals-how-our-stone-age-brain-gets-in-the-way-of-smart-politics-by-rick-shenkman--65209995https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316975 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Political Animals: How Our Stone-Age Brain Gets in the Way of Smart Politics Author: Rick Shenkman Narrator: Tom Zingarelli Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 6 minutes Release date: January 5, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Can a football game affect the outcome of an election? What about shark attacks? Or a drought? In a rational world the answer, of course, would be no. But as bestselling historian Rick Shenkman shows in Political Animals, our world is anything but rational. This isn't because we aren't smart. Instead, modern cues are setting off ancient, instinctive responses that worked to keep us safe in the Stone Age but lead us astray today. Pop culture tells us we can trust our instincts. But science is demonstrating that when it comes to politics, our Stone Age brains can malfunction and misfire. Fortunately, we can learn to override our instincts and ensure that they work in our favor. Drawing on science, politics, and history, Shenkman explores the hidden reasons behind our political choices and uncovers the invisible forces that are truly responsible for victory or defeat at the ballot box.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316975Tue, 05 Jan 2016 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316975 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Political Animals: How Our Stone-Age Brain Gets in the Way of Smart Politics Author: Rick Shenkman Narrator: Tom Zingarelli Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316975 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Political Animals: How Our Stone-Age Brain Gets in the Way of Smart Politics Author: Rick Shenkman Narrator: Tom Zingarelli Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 6 minutes Release date: January 5, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Can a football game affect the outcome of an election? What about shark attacks? Or a drought? In a rational world the answer, of course, would be no. But as bestselling historian Rick Shenkman shows in Political Animals, our world is anything but rational. This isn't because we aren't smart. Instead, modern cues are setting off ancient, instinctive responses that worked to keep us safe in the Stone Age but lead us astray today. Pop culture tells us we can trust our instincts. But science is demonstrating that when it comes to politics, our Stone Age brains can malfunction and misfire. Fortunately, we can learn to override our instincts and ensure that they work in our favor. Drawing on science, politics, and history, Shenkman explores the hidden reasons behind our political choices and uncovers the invisible forces that are truly responsible for victory or defeat at the ballot box.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stolen-years-stories-of-the-wrongfully-imprisoned-by-reuven-fenton--65210049https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313853 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stolen Years: Stories of the Wrongfully Imprisoned Author: Reuven Fenton Narrator: JD Jackson, Will Damron, Bahni Turpin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 2 minutes Release date: November 10, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: There is a grisly murder in your neighborhood. You stand outside with your neighbors and watch, or maybe you peek out your curtains. Hours pass, then days, maybe years. Then one day there is a knock at your door and the police take you in for questioning. Do you remember what happened? Do you have an alibi? Can you take countless hours of interrogation without breaking? This can happen to you. And it happens to more people than you think. Stories from The Fixer to The Shawshank Redemption have for decades catered to audiences' grim fascination with wrongful imprisonment—one's worst nightmare come to life. In Stolen Years, the stories are true. The ten former inmates profiled here fended off the blackest despair so they could keep fighting for freedom. Once out, they faced a new struggle: getting back to living after losing so many years behind bars. Intense, startling, and utterly compelling, Stolen Years will take listeners into the lives of the jailed innocent.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313853Tue, 10 Nov 2015 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313853 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stolen Years: Stories of the Wrongfully Imprisoned Author: Reuven Fenton Narrator: JD Jackson, Will Damron, Bahni Turpin Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313853 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stolen Years: Stories of the Wrongfully Imprisoned Author: Reuven Fenton Narrator: JD Jackson, Will Damron, Bahni Turpin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 2 minutes Release date: November 10, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: There is a grisly murder in your neighborhood. You stand outside with your neighbors and watch, or maybe you peek out your curtains. Hours pass, then days, maybe years. Then one day there is a knock at your door and the police take you in for questioning. Do you remember what happened? Do you have an alibi? Can you take countless hours of interrogation without breaking? This can happen to you. And it happens to more people than you think. Stories from The Fixer to The Shawshank Redemption have for decades catered to audiences' grim fascination with wrongful imprisonment—one's worst nightmare come to life. In Stolen Years, the stories are true. The ten former inmates profiled here fended off the blackest despair so they could keep fighting for freedom. Once out, they faced a new struggle: getting back to living after losing so many years behind bars. Intense, startling, and utterly compelling, Stolen Years will take listeners into the lives of the jailed innocent.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-case-for-israel-by-alan-m-dershowitz--65209993https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/314992 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Case for Israel Author: Alan M. Dershowitz Narrator: Paul Boehmer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 0 minutes Release date: November 10, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Widely respected as a civil libertarian, legal educator, and defense attorney extraordinaire, Alan M. Dershowitz has also been a passionate though not uncritical supporter of Israel. In this book, he presents an ardent defense of Israel's rights, supported by indisputable evidence. Dershowitz takes a close look at what Israel's accusers and detractors are saying about this war-torn country. He accuses those who attack Israel of international bigotry and backs up his argument with hard facts.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/314992Tue, 10 Nov 2015 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/314992 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Case for Israel Author: Alan M. Dershowitz Narrator: Paul Boehmer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 0 minutes Release date: November...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/314992 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Case for Israel Author: Alan M. Dershowitz Narrator: Paul Boehmer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 0 minutes Release date: November 10, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Widely respected as a civil libertarian, legal educator, and defense attorney extraordinaire, Alan M. Dershowitz has also been a passionate though not uncritical supporter of Israel. In this book, he presents an ardent defense of Israel's rights, supported by indisputable evidence. Dershowitz takes a close look at what Israel's accusers and detractors are saying about this war-torn country. He accuses those who attack Israel of international bigotry and backs up his argument with hard facts.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/saving-capitalism-for-the-many-not-the-few-by-robert-b-reich--65210016https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309904 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few Author: Robert B. Reich Narrator: Robert B. Reich Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 20 minutes Release date: September 29, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.89 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A Netflix Original DocumentaryAmerica was once celebrated for and defined by its large and prosperous middle class. Now, this middle class is shrinking, a new oligarchy is rising, and the country faces its greatest wealth disparity in eighty years. Why is the economic system that made America strong suddenly failing us, and how can it be fixed?Leading political economist and bestselling author Robert B. Reich presents a paradigm-shifting, clear-eyed examination of a political and economic status quo that no longer serves the people, exposing one of the most pernicious obstructions to progress today: the enduring myth of the “free market” when, behind the curtain, it is the powerful alliances between Washington and Wall Street that control the invisible hand. Laying to rest the specious dichotomy between a free market and “big government,” Reich shows that the truly critical choice ahead is between a market organized for broad-based prosperity and one designed to deliver ever more gains to the top. Visionary and acute, Saving Capitalism illuminates the path toward restoring America’s fundamental promise of opportunity and advancement.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309904Tue, 29 Sep 2015 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309904 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few Author: Robert B. Reich Narrator: Robert B. Reich Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 20 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309904 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few Author: Robert B. Reich Narrator: Robert B. Reich Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 20 minutes Release date: September 29, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.89 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A Netflix Original DocumentaryAmerica was once celebrated for and defined by its large and prosperous middle class. Now, this middle class is shrinking, a new oligarchy is rising, and the country faces its greatest wealth disparity in eighty years. Why is the economic system that made America strong suddenly failing us, and how can it be fixed?Leading political economist and bestselling author Robert B. Reich presents a paradigm-shifting, clear-eyed examination of a political and economic status quo that no longer serves the people, exposing one of the most pernicious obstructions to progress today: the enduring myth of the “free market” when, behind the curtain, it is the powerful alliances between Washington and Wall Street that control the invisible hand. Laying to rest the specious dichotomy between a free market and “big government,” Reich shows that the truly critical choice ahead is between a market organized for broad-based prosperity and one designed to deliver ever more gains to the top. Visionary and acute, Saving Capitalism illuminates the path toward restoring America’s fundamental promise of opportunity and advancement.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-dream-shall-never-die-by-alex-salmond--65209979https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313228 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dream Shall Never Die Author: Alex Salmond Narrator: Alex Salmond Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 7 minutes Release date: September 10, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The inside story of the campaign that rocked the United Kingdom to its foundations, and the implications of the Scottish independence movement for the future of British politics. Alex Salmond has been a passionate supporter of Scottish independence his whole life. In September 2014, he came close to realising that dream. In a riveting daily diary, written with his trademark wit and charm, Salmond takes us into the heart of the YES campaign, revealing what was said and done behind the scenes as the vote reached its dramatic climax. He explains how the YES campaign energised the entire Scottish nation and rewrote the rulebook for grassroots political campaigning, not just in the UK but throughout the world. He also looks ahead to the critical role of the ‘national question’ in the future of British politics, making clear that the referendum was not the end of a process, but the beginning of one. The dream of Scottish independence is very much alive.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313228Thu, 10 Sep 2015 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313228 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dream Shall Never Die Author: Alex Salmond Narrator: Alex Salmond Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 7 minutes Release date: September...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313228 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dream Shall Never Die Author: Alex Salmond Narrator: Alex Salmond Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 7 minutes Release date: September 10, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The inside story of the campaign that rocked the United Kingdom to its foundations, and the implications of the Scottish independence movement for the future of British politics. Alex Salmond has been a passionate supporter of Scottish independence his whole life. In September 2014, he came close to realising that dream. In a riveting daily diary, written with his trademark wit and charm, Salmond takes us into the heart of the YES campaign, revealing what was said and done behind the scenes as the vote reached its dramatic climax. He explains how the YES campaign energised the entire Scottish nation and rewrote the rulebook for grassroots political campaigning, not just in the UK but throughout the world. He also looks ahead to the critical role of the ‘national question’ in the future of British politics, making clear that the referendum was not the end of a process, but the beginning of one. The dream of Scottish independence is very much alive.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-to-catch-a-russian-spy-by-ellis-henican-naveed-jamali--65210006https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/311534 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Catch a Russian Spy Author: Ellis Henican, Naveed Jamali Narrator: William Hope Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: September 3, 2015 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In 2008, almost two decades after the Cold War was officially consigned to the history books, an average American guy helped to bring down a top Russian spy based at the United Nations. He had no formal espionage training. Everything he knew about spying he'd learned from books, films, video games and TV. And yet, he ended up at the centre of a highly successful counterintelligence operation that targeted Russian espionage in America.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/311534Thu, 03 Sep 2015 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/311534 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Catch a Russian Spy Author: Ellis Henican, Naveed Jamali Narrator: William Hope Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/311534 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Catch a Russian Spy Author: Ellis Henican, Naveed Jamali Narrator: William Hope Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: September 3, 2015 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: In 2008, almost two decades after the Cold War was officially consigned to the history books, an average American guy helped to bring down a top Russian spy based at the United Nations. He had no formal espionage training. Everything he knew about spying he'd learned from books, films, video games and TV. And yet, he ended up at the centre of a highly successful counterintelligence operation that targeted Russian espionage in America.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-girl-with-seven-names-a-north-korean-defector-s-story-by-hyeonseo-lee--65210133https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307237 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story Author: Hyeonseo Lee Narrator: Josie Dunn Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 48 minutes Release date: July 2, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.58 of Total 79 Ratings of Narrator: 4.55 of Total 20 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An extraordinary insight into life under one of the world’s most ruthless and secretive dictatorships – and the story of one woman’s terrifying struggle to avoid capture/repatriation and guide her family to freedom. As a child growing up in North Korea, Hyeonseo Lee was one of millions trapped by a secretive and brutal communist regime. Her home on the border with China gave her some exposure to the world beyond the confines of the Hermit Kingdom and, as the famine of the 1990s struck, she began to wonder, question and to realise that she had been brainwashed her entire life. Given the repression, poverty and starvation she witnessed surely her country could not be, as she had been told “the best on the planet”? Aged seventeen, she decided to escape North Korea. She could not have imagined that it would be twelve years before she was reunited with her family.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307237Thu, 02 Jul 2015 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307237 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story Author: Hyeonseo Lee Narrator: Josie Dunn Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 48...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307237 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story Author: Hyeonseo Lee Narrator: Josie Dunn Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 48 minutes Release date: July 2, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.58 of Total 79 Ratings of Narrator: 4.55 of Total 20 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An extraordinary insight into life under one of the world’s most ruthless and secretive dictatorships – and the story of one woman’s terrifying struggle to avoid capture/repatriation and guide her family to freedom. As a child growing up in North Korea, Hyeonseo Lee was one of millions trapped by a secretive and brutal communist regime. Her home on the border with China gave her some exposure to the world beyond the confines of the Hermit Kingdom and, as the famine of the 1990s struck, she began to wonder, question and to realise that she had been brainwashed her entire life. Given the repression, poverty and starvation she witnessed surely her country could not be, as she had been told “the best on the planet”? Aged seventeen, she decided to escape North Korea. She could not have imagined that it would be twelve years before she was reunited with her family.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/in-the-skin-of-a-jihadist-inside-islamic-state-s-recruitment-networks-by-anna-erelle--65210026https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313329 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In the Skin of a Jihadist: Inside Islamic State’s Recruitment Networks Author: Anna Erelle Narrator: Anon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 32 minutes Release date: June 4, 2015 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Twenty year-old ‘Melodie’, a recent convert to Islam, meets the leader of an Islamist brigade on Facebook. In 48 hours he has ‘fallen in love’ with her, calls her day and night, urges her to marry him, join him in Syria to enjoy a life of paradise – and join his jihad. Discover how ISIS entraps people such as the teenage girls from Bethnal Green Anna Erelle is the undercover journalist behind 'Melodie'. Created to investigate the powerful propaganda weapons of Islamic State, “Melodie” is soon sucked in by Bilel, right-hand man of the infamous Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. An Iraqi for whose capture the US government has promised $10 million, al-Baghdadi is described by Time Magazine as the most dangerous man in the world and by himself as the caliph of Islamic State. Bilel shows off his jeep, his guns, his expensive watch. He boasts about the people he has just killed. With Bilel impatient for his future wife, “Melodie” embarks on her highly dangerous mission, which – at its ultimate stage – will go very wrong … Enticed into this lethal online world like hundreds of other young people, including many young British girls and boys, Erelle’s harrowing and gripping investigation helps us to understand the true face of terrorism.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313329Thu, 04 Jun 2015 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313329 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In the Skin of a Jihadist: Inside Islamic State’s Recruitment Networks Author: Anna Erelle Narrator: Anon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313329 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In the Skin of a Jihadist: Inside Islamic State’s Recruitment Networks Author: Anna Erelle Narrator: Anon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 32 minutes Release date: June 4, 2015 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Twenty year-old ‘Melodie’, a recent convert to Islam, meets the leader of an Islamist brigade on Facebook. In 48 hours he has ‘fallen in love’ with her, calls her day and night, urges her to marry him, join him in Syria to enjoy a life of paradise – and join his jihad. Discover how ISIS entraps people such as the teenage girls from Bethnal Green Anna Erelle is the undercover journalist behind 'Melodie'. Created to investigate the powerful propaganda weapons of Islamic State, “Melodie” is soon sucked in by Bilel, right-hand man of the infamous Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. An Iraqi for whose capture the US government has promised $10 million, al-Baghdadi is described by Time Magazine as the most dangerous man in the world and by himself as the caliph of Islamic State. Bilel shows off his jeep, his guns, his expensive watch. He boasts about the people he has just killed. With Bilel impatient for his future wife, “Melodie” embarks on her highly dangerous mission, which – at its ultimate stage – will go very wrong … Enticed into this lethal online world like hundreds of other young people, including many young British girls and boys, Erelle’s harrowing and gripping investigation helps us to understand the true face of terrorism.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/isis-the-state-of-terror-by-j-m-berger-jessica-stern--65210015https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313499 to listen full audiobooks. Title: ISIS: The State of Terror Author: J. M. Berger, Jessica Stern Narrator: Ray Porter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 39 minutes Release date: March 24, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The first major book on ISIS to be published since the group exploded on the international stage in summer 2014. Drawing on their unusual access to intelligence sources and material, law enforcement, and groundbreaking research into open source intelligence, Stern and Berger outline the origins of ISIS as the formidable terrorist group it has quickly become. ‘State of Terror’ delves into the ‘ghoulish pornography’ of pro-jihadi videos, the seductive appeal of ‘jihadi chic’ and the startling effectiveness of the Islamic State’s use of social media as a means of luring and recruiting citizens from countries such as the United States, Great Britain, and France—using recent examples such as Douglas McCain, the American citizen from Minnesota who joined ISIS and died in combat fighting on the side of the Islamic State. Although the picture Stern and Berger paint is bleak, ‘State of Terror’ also offers well-informed thoughts on potential government responses to ISIS – most importantly, emphasizing that we must alter our present conceptions of terrorism and react to the rapidly changing jihadi landscape, both online and off, as quickly as the terrorists do. ‘State of Terror: Jihad in the 21st Century’ is not only a compelling account of the evolution of a terrorist organization, but also a necessary book that attempts to answer the question of what our next move – as a country, as a government, as the world – should be.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313499Tue, 24 Mar 2015 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313499 to listen full audiobooks. Title: ISIS: The State of Terror Author: J. M. Berger, Jessica Stern Narrator: Ray Porter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 39 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313499 to listen full audiobooks. Title: ISIS: The State of Terror Author: J. M. Berger, Jessica Stern Narrator: Ray Porter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 39 minutes Release date: March 24, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The first major book on ISIS to be published since the group exploded on the international stage in summer 2014. Drawing on their unusual access to intelligence sources and material, law enforcement, and groundbreaking research into open source intelligence, Stern and Berger outline the origins of ISIS as the formidable terrorist group it has quickly become. ‘State of Terror’ delves into the ‘ghoulish pornography’ of pro-jihadi videos, the seductive appeal of ‘jihadi chic’ and the startling effectiveness of the Islamic State’s use of social media as a means of luring and recruiting citizens from countries such as the United States, Great Britain, and France—using recent examples such as Douglas McCain, the American citizen from Minnesota who joined ISIS and died in combat fighting on the side of the Islamic State. Although the picture Stern and Berger paint is bleak, ‘State of Terror’ also offers well-informed thoughts on potential government responses to ISIS – most importantly, emphasizing that we must alter our present conceptions of terrorism and react to the rapidly changing jihadi landscape, both online and off, as quickly as the terrorists do. ‘State of Terror: Jihad in the 21st Century’ is not only a compelling account of the evolution of a terrorist organization, but also a necessary book that attempts to answer the question of what our next move – as a country, as a government, as the world – should be.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-establishment-and-how-they-get-away-with-it-by-owen-jones--65210163https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/296570 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Establishment: And How They Get Away With It Author: Owen Jones Narrator: Jonathan Keeble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 0 minutes Release date: December 4, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: 'Fantastic, timely, eye-opening' Armando Iannucci, New Statesman, Books of the Year 'Captures a collective sense of anger and awakening' Matt Haig, Observer, Books of the Year Behind our democracy lurks a powerful but unaccountable network of people who wield massive power and reap huge profits in the process. In exposing this shadowy and complex system that dominates our lives, Owen Jones sets out on a journey into the heart of our Establishment, from the lobbies of Westminster to the newsrooms, boardrooms and trading rooms of Fleet Street and the City. Exposing the revolving doors that link these worlds, and the vested interests that bind them together, Jones shows how, in claiming to work on our behalf, the people at the top are doing precisely the opposite. In fact, they represent the biggest threat to our democracy today - and it is time they were challenged. 'A book of revelations ... The Establishment have stitched it up - stitched you up - and they know it' Danny Dorling, Times Higher Education Supplement 'A dissection of the profoundly and sickeningly corrupt state that is present-day Britain. He is a fine writer, and this is a truly necessary book' Philip Pullman 'Owen Jones is a phenomenon of our times' David Kynaston, The Times Literary Supplement 'You will be enlightened and angry' Irvine Welsh]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/296570Thu, 04 Dec 2014 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/296570 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Establishment: And How They Get Away With It Author: Owen Jones Narrator: Jonathan Keeble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 0 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/296570 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Establishment: And How They Get Away With It Author: Owen Jones Narrator: Jonathan Keeble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 0 minutes Release date: December 4, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: 'Fantastic, timely, eye-opening' Armando Iannucci, New Statesman, Books of the Year 'Captures a collective sense of anger and awakening' Matt Haig, Observer, Books of the Year Behind our democracy lurks a powerful but unaccountable network of people who wield massive power and reap huge profits in the process. In exposing this shadowy and complex system that dominates our lives, Owen Jones sets out on a journey into the heart of our Establishment, from the lobbies of Westminster to the newsrooms, boardrooms and trading rooms of Fleet Street and the City. Exposing the revolving doors that link these worlds, and the vested interests that bind them together, Jones shows how, in claiming to work on our behalf, the people at the top are doing precisely the opposite. In fact, they represent the biggest threat to our democracy today - and it is time they were challenged. 'A book of revelations ... The Establishment have stitched it up - stitched you up - and they know it' Danny Dorling, Times Higher Education Supplement 'A dissection of the profoundly and sickeningly corrupt state that is present-day Britain. He is a fine writer, and this is a truly necessary book' Philip Pullman 'Owen Jones is a phenomenon of our times' David Kynaston, The Times Literary Supplement 'You will be enlightened and angry' Irvine Welsh]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rules-of-the-game-how-government-works-and-why-it-sometimes-doesn-t-by-phillip-w-magness-paul-weissburg--65210085https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307700 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rules of the Game: How Government Works and Why It Sometimes Doesn't Author: Phillip W. Magness, Paul Weissburg Narrator: The Professor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 17 minutes Release date: June 1, 2012 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The two professors discuss how government works, going head to head on such topics as 'good' public administration, Congress, big business, and everyone's bugaboo, bureaucratic dysfunction.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307700Fri, 01 Jun 2012 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307700 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rules of the Game: How Government Works and Why It Sometimes Doesn't Author: Phillip W. Magness, Paul Weissburg Narrator: The Professor Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307700 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rules of the Game: How Government Works and Why It Sometimes Doesn't Author: Phillip W. Magness, Paul Weissburg Narrator: The Professor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 17 minutes Release date: June 1, 2012 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The two professors discuss how government works, going head to head on such topics as 'good' public administration, Congress, big business, and everyone's bugaboo, bureaucratic dysfunction.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/war-stories-ii-heroism-in-the-pacific-by-oliver-north--65210103https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306784 to listen full audiobooks. Title: War Stories II: Heroism in the Pacific Author: Oliver North Narrator: Joel Leffert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 37 minutes Release date: March 10, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: New York Times best-selling author Oliver North, host of FOX News Channel's top-rated War Stories program, describes the remarkable accomplishments of the heroic men who fought in the Pacific theater of World War II. The American and Japanese veterans of such terrible campaigns as Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima shared their stories with North, who presents them here in the soldiers' own words. More than a fascinating history of combat, War Stories II stands as a testament to the unmatched valor and bravery of an extraordinary generation.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306784Mon, 10 Mar 2008 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306784 to listen full audiobooks. Title: War Stories II: Heroism in the Pacific Author: Oliver North Narrator: Joel Leffert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 37 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306784 to listen full audiobooks. Title: War Stories II: Heroism in the Pacific Author: Oliver North Narrator: Joel Leffert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 37 minutes Release date: March 10, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: New York Times best-selling author Oliver North, host of FOX News Channel's top-rated War Stories program, describes the remarkable accomplishments of the heroic men who fought in the Pacific theater of World War II. The American and Japanese veterans of such terrible campaigns as Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima shared their stories with North, who presents them here in the soldiers' own words. More than a fascinating history of combat, War Stories II stands as a testament to the unmatched valor and bravery of an extraordinary generation.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/supreme-command-soldiers-statesmen-and-leadership-in-wartime-by-eliot-a-cohen--65210007https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307603 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Supreme Command: Soldiers, Statesmen, and Leadership in Wartime Author: Eliot A. Cohen Narrator: Simon Vance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 48 minutes Release date: March 1, 2003 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The relationship between military leaders and political leaders has always been a complicated one, especially in times of war. When the chips are down, who should run the show, the politicians or the generals? In Supreme Command, Eliot Cohen examines four great democratic war statesmen, Abraham Lincoln, Georges Clemenceau, Winston Churchill, and David Ben-Gurion, to reveal the surprising answer—the politicians. The generals may think they know how to win, but the statesmen are the ones who see the big picture. The lessons of the book apply not just to President Bush and other world leaders but to anyone who faces extreme adversity at the head of a free organization, including leaders and managers throughout the corporate world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307603Sat, 01 Mar 2003 01:22:28 +0000Vicky FunkPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307603 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Supreme Command: Soldiers, Statesmen, and Leadership in Wartime Author: Eliot A. Cohen Narrator: Simon Vance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307603 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Supreme Command: Soldiers, Statesmen, and Leadership in Wartime Author: Eliot A. Cohen Narrator: Simon Vance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 48 minutes Release date: March 1, 2003 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The relationship between military leaders and political leaders has always been a complicated one, especially in times of war. When the chips are down, who should run the show, the politicians or the generals? In Supreme Command, Eliot Cohen examines four great democratic war statesmen, Abraham Lincoln, Georges Clemenceau, Winston Churchill, and David Ben-Gurion, to reveal the surprising answer—the politicians. The generals may think they know how to win, but the statesmen are the ones who see the big picture. The lessons of the book apply not just to President Bush and other world leaders but to anyone who faces extreme adversity at the head of a free organization, including leaders and managers throughout the corporate world.]]>185cleanfull