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The Nerd Reich

Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy

by Gil Durán ...

Narrated by Gil Durán ...

Unabridged

9 hours 29 min

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • **“This transfixing debut from journalist Durán investigates the antidemocratic ideologies espoused by tech billionaires linked to the second Trump administration...It’s an ominous look at an insular elite arrayed against American democracy.” —**Publishers Weekly (starred review)A fearless and urgent chronicle of the tech-authoritarian movement from its early days in ... Read more

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • **“This transfixing debut from journalist Durán investigates the antidemocratic ideologies espoused by tech billionaires linked to the second Trump administration...It’s an ominous look at an insular elite arrayed against American democracy.” —**Publishers Weekly (starred review)A fearless and urgent chronicle of the tech-authoritarian movement from its early days in
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On Tyranny

Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

by Timothy Snyder ...

Narrated by Timothy Snyder ...

Unabridged

1 hour 47 min

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “bracing” (Vox) guide for surviving and resisting America’s turn towards authoritarianism, from “a rising public intellectual unafraid to make bold connections between past and present” (The New York Times)“Timothy Snyder reasons with unparalleled clarity, throwing the past and future into sharp relief. He has writ... ... Read more

$12.59 CAD

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “bracing” (Vox) guide for surviving and resisting America’s turn towards authoritarianism, from “a rising public intellectual unafraid to make bold connections between past and present” (The New York Times)“Timothy Snyder reasons with unparalleled clarity, throwing the past and future into sharp relief. He has writ...
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At a Loss for Words

Conversation in an Age of Rage

by Carol Off ...

Narrated by Carol Off ...

Unabridged

13 hours 48 min

**AN INSTANT #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLERA HILL TIMES BEST BOOK 2024Award-winning author and broadcast journalist Carol Off digs deep into six words whose meanings have been distorted and weaponized in recent years—including democracy, freedom and truth—and asks whether we can reclaim their value.As co-host of CBC Radio's As It Happens, Carol Off spent a decade and a half talking to people in the news ... Read more

$33.26 CAD

**AN INSTANT #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLERA HILL TIMES BEST BOOK 2024Award-winning author and broadcast journalist Carol Off digs deep into six words whose meanings have been distorted and weaponized in recent years—including democracy, freedom and truth—and asks whether we can reclaim their value.As co-host of CBC Radio's As It Happens, Carol Off spent a decade and a half talking to people in the news
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The Small and the Mighty

Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement

by Sharon McMahon ...

Narrated by Sharon McMahon ...

Unabridged

10 hours 13 min

**A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom America’s favorite government teacher, a “fascinating and fun” (Adam Grant) portrait of twelve ordinary Americans whose courage formed the character of our country.**In The Small and the Mighty, Sharon McMahon proves that the most remarkable Americans are often ordinary people who didn’t make it into the textbooks. Not the presidents, but the telephone ... Read more

$26.99 CAD

**A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom America’s favorite government teacher, a “fascinating and fun” (Adam Grant) portrait of twelve ordinary Americans whose courage formed the character of our country.**In The Small and the Mighty, Sharon McMahon proves that the most remarkable Americans are often ordinary people who didn’t make it into the textbooks. Not the presidents, but the telephone
... Read more
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Paper Girl

A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America

by Beth Macy ...

Narrated by Beth Macy ...

Unabridged

8 hours 37 min

**An Instant National Bestseller • Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award • One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of the Year • Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker and Vanity Fair"There couldn’t be a timelier book . . . searingly poignant, essential . . . Macy follows closely in the footsteps of . . . Barbara Ehrenreich and Tracy Kidder, combining memoir with reportage, a ... Read more

$26.99 CAD

**An Instant National Bestseller • Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award • One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of the Year • Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker and Vanity Fair"There couldn’t be a timelier book . . . searingly poignant, essential . . . Macy follows closely in the footsteps of . . . Barbara Ehrenreich and Tracy Kidder, combining memoir with reportage, a
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On Courage

How to Be a Dissident in an Age of Fear

by Julia Angwin, Ami Fields-Meyer ...

Narrated by Rachel Maddow ...

Unabridged

6 hours 45 min

READ BY RACHEL MADDOWFrom a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist and a former White House senior advisor, a deeply reported manual about how anyone can defy an authoritarian – based on original interviews with more than 100 dissidents, activists, and theorists across the world.The United States is only the latest country to face a leader who wields fear as a weapon, punishes political ... Read more

$26.09 CAD

READ BY RACHEL MADDOWFrom a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist and a former White House senior advisor, a deeply reported manual about how anyone can defy an authoritarian – based on original interviews with more than 100 dissidents, activists, and theorists across the world.The United States is only the latest country to face a leader who wields fear as a weapon, punishes political
... Read more
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Civil Disobedience

And Other Essays

by Henry David Thoreau ...

Narrated by Jefferson Mays ...

Unabridged

5 hours 20 min

American author, poet, and philosopher Henry David Thoreau was a passionate abolitionist. Inspired by his opposition to slavery, his illuminating essay "Civil Disobedience" presents the theory that "the government is best that governs least." A powerful testament that remains as important today as it was during its conception, this theory argues that citizens should not allow their government to ... Read more

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American author, poet, and philosopher Henry David Thoreau was a passionate abolitionist. Inspired by his opposition to slavery, his illuminating essay "Civil Disobedience" presents the theory that "the government is best that governs least." A powerful testament that remains as important today as it was during its conception, this theory argues that citizens should not allow their government to
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Menti rapite. Come riconoscere una setta e starne lontani

by John Doe ...

Narrated by Lorenzo Visi ...

Unabridged

3 hours 59 min

Dalla vera storia di chi è riuscito a uscirne. Il controllo mentale è subdolo e agisce in maniera impercettibile. Spesso ripetiamo a noi stessi che siamo troppo furbi, troppo acculturati, troppo intelligenti per “farci fregare”. Eppure milioni di persone, in Italia e nel mondo, sono vittime di sette, di sedicenti santoni e nuove religioni che possono letteralmente annullarti attraverso il ... Read more

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Dalla vera storia di chi è riuscito a uscirne. Il controllo mentale è subdolo e agisce in maniera impercettibile. Spesso ripetiamo a noi stessi che siamo troppo furbi, troppo acculturati, troppo intelligenti per “farci fregare”. Eppure milioni di persone, in Italia e nel mondo, sono vittime di sette, di sedicenti santoni e nuove religioni che possono letteralmente annullarti attraverso il
... Read more
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Citizenship in a Republic

"Man in the Arena" Address given at Sorbonne in Paris, France, on April 23, 1910

by Theodore Roosevelt ...

Narrated by Douglas Harvey ...

Unabridged

59 min

“Citizenship in a Republic” is the title of a speech given by Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne in Paris, France, on April 23, 1910. In the speech Roosevelt discusses the attributes required of its citizens and leaders to sustain a thriving national character, not least of which are a high moral character and energetic engagement. He has harsh words for those who act purely in self-interest, who ... Read more

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“Citizenship in a Republic” is the title of a speech given by Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne in Paris, France, on April 23, 1910. In the speech Roosevelt discusses the attributes required of its citizens and leaders to sustain a thriving national character, not least of which are a high moral character and energetic engagement. He has harsh words for those who act purely in self-interest, who
... Read more
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Crippled America

How to Make America Great Again

by Donald J. Trump ...

Narrated by Jeremy Lowell ...

Unabridged

4 hours 29 min

In this book (previously published as Crippled America), we’re going to look at the state of the world right now. It’s a terrible mess, and that’s putting it mildly. There has never been a more dangerous time. The politicians and special interests in Washington, DC, are directly responsible for the mess we are in. So why should we continue listening to them?It’s time to bring America back to its ... Read more

$23.39 CAD

In this book (previously published as Crippled America), we’re going to look at the state of the world right now. It’s a terrible mess, and that’s putting it mildly. There has never been a more dangerous time. The politicians and special interests in Washington, DC, are directly responsible for the mess we are in. So why should we continue listening to them?It’s time to bring America back to its
... Read more
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Healing the Heart of Democracy

The Courage to Create a Politics Worthy of the Human Spirit

by Parker J. Palmer ...

Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki ...

Unabridged

7 hours 16 min

In his newest book, Parker J. Palmer builds on his own extensive experience as a an inner life explorer and social change activist to examine the personal and social infrastructure of American politics. What he did for educators in The Courage to Teach he does here for citizens by looking at the dynamics of our inner lives for clues to reclaiming our civic well-being. In Healing the Heart of ... Read more

$25.25 CAD

In his newest book, Parker J. Palmer builds on his own extensive experience as a an inner life explorer and social change activist to examine the personal and social infrastructure of American politics. What he did for educators in The Courage to Teach he does here for citizens by looking at the dynamics of our inner lives for clues to reclaiming our civic well-being. In Healing the Heart of
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US CITIZENSHIP Simplified: Transform Your American Journey with Confidence

"Unlock your path to citizenship! Dive into impactful audio lessons for a confident American journey."

by Jasper Wrenfield ...

Narrated by Alan Winnigton ...

Unabridged

2 hours 15 min

US CITIZENSHIP Simplified: Transform Your American Journey with Confidence⭐⭐ Simplified Guide & Explanations Included ⭐⭐Are you eager to progress in your career and solidify your understanding to achieve success on your path to citizenship?Searching for a detailed guide that encompasses everything you need to navigate the citizenship journey confidently?Your search ends here!</strong... ... Read more

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US CITIZENSHIP Simplified: Transform Your American Journey with Confidence⭐⭐ Simplified Guide & Explanations Included ⭐⭐Are you eager to progress in your career and solidify your understanding to achieve success on your path to citizenship?Searching for a detailed guide that encompasses everything you need to navigate the citizenship journey confidently?Your search ends here!</strong...
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Aristotle: Your Guide to Citizen Virtue

by Cary Nederman ...

Narrated by Cary Nederman ...

Series series Learn25: Biographies
Unabridged

4 hours 54 min

How can Aristotle help you become a better person? In this course by award-winning teacher and leading Aristotle expert Prof. Cary J. Nederman (Ph.D., York University), you will become a more ethical person as you explore Aristotelian thought.The word “politics” is an often-controversial term in our day, conjuring associations with partisanship and subterfuge. But as conceived by the ancient ... Read more

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How can Aristotle help you become a better person? In this course by award-winning teacher and leading Aristotle expert Prof. Cary J. Nederman (Ph.D., York University), you will become a more ethical person as you explore Aristotelian thought.The word “politics” is an often-controversial term in our day, conjuring associations with partisanship and subterfuge. But as conceived by the ancient
... Read more
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Common Sense for the 21st Century

Only Nonviolent Rebellion Can Now Stop Climate Breakdown and Social Collapse

by Roger Hallam ...

Narrated by Tim Bruce ...

Unabridged

2 hours 53 min

“Brilliant, wise, profound and persuasive. Common Sense for the 21st Century will come to be recognized as a classic of political theory.”****—George Monbiot, via TwitterAn urgent, essential, and practical call to action from a cofounder of Extinction RebellionWhat can we all do to avert catastrophe and avoid extinction? Roger Hallam has answers. In Common Sense for the 21st Century, Roger Hallam, ... Read more

$18.88 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

“Brilliant, wise, profound and persuasive. Common Sense for the 21st Century will come to be recognized as a classic of political theory.”****—George Monbiot, via TwitterAn urgent, essential, and practical call to action from a cofounder of Extinction RebellionWhat can we all do to avert catastrophe and avoid extinction? Roger Hallam has answers. In Common Sense for the 21st Century, Roger Hallam,
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Reclaiming Our Democracy

Every Citizen’s Guide to Transformational Advocacy, 2024 Edition

by Sam Daley-Harris ...

Narrated by Sam Daley-Harris ...

Unabridged

10 hours 30 min

Almost everyone shies away from advocacy as a way to make a difference. We donate to climate change organizations, but we don’t meet with a member of Congress or write a letter to the editor. We donate to groups working to end gun violence, anti-hunger organizations, groups dedicated to racial justice, and many others, but we don’t become advocates on those issues beyond signing an online petition ... Read more

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Almost everyone shies away from advocacy as a way to make a difference. We donate to climate change organizations, but we don’t meet with a member of Congress or write a letter to the editor. We donate to groups working to end gun violence, anti-hunger organizations, groups dedicated to racial justice, and many others, but we don’t become advocates on those issues beyond signing an online petition
... Read more
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Dismantling of Democracy, The

How's it being done? Who's doing it? How can we turn the tide fast?

by Michael Cohen Milloy ...

Narrated by Natalie ...

Unabridged

5 hours 46 min

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must undergo the fatigues of supporting it." - Thomas PaineWe are witnessing a systematic teardown of democracy worldwide. This book will help you make sense of the world, understand how this could happen, and consider what we can do as ordinary citizens to flip the script on authoritarians.We are in a perpetual struggle between authoritarian rule ... Read more

$16.41 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must undergo the fatigues of supporting it." - Thomas PaineWe are witnessing a systematic teardown of democracy worldwide. This book will help you make sense of the world, understand how this could happen, and consider what we can do as ordinary citizens to flip the script on authoritarians.We are in a perpetual struggle between authoritarian rule
... Read more
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Je ne suis pas d’accord, Je vote blanc

by Stéphane Guyot ...

Narrated by Isidore Amos ...

Unabridged

47 min

Je ne suis pas d’accord parce que le président de la république peut être élu avec 10% des voix ; Je ne suis pas d’accord parce que les règles démocratiques sont truquées ; je ne suis pas d’accord car on nous oblige à faire un choix entre libéralisme et extrême droite. Les Français sont en colère. Les décisions leur semblent prises par un personnel politique déconnecté, mal élu et non ... Read more

$7.99 CAD

Je ne suis pas d’accord parce que le président de la république peut être élu avec 10% des voix ; Je ne suis pas d’accord parce que les règles démocratiques sont truquées ; je ne suis pas d’accord car on nous oblige à faire un choix entre libéralisme et extrême droite. Les Français sont en colère. Les décisions leur semblent prises par un personnel politique déconnecté, mal élu et non
... Read more
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The First

How to Think About Hate Speech, Campus Speech, Religious Speech, Fake News, Post-Truth, and Donald Trump

by Stanley Fish ...

Narrated by Rick Adamson ...

Unabridged

7 hours 10 min

**From celebrated public intellectual, New York Times bestselling author, and “America’s most famous professor” (BookPage) comes an urgent and sharply observed look at freedom of speech and the First Amendment offering a “**nonpartisan take on what it does and doesn’t protect and what kind of speech it should and shouldn’t regulate” (Publishers Weekly).How does the First Amendment really work? Is ... Read more

$24.29 CAD

**From celebrated public intellectual, New York Times bestselling author, and “America’s most famous professor” (BookPage) comes an urgent and sharply observed look at freedom of speech and the First Amendment offering a “**nonpartisan take on what it does and doesn’t protect and what kind of speech it should and shouldn’t regulate” (Publishers Weekly).How does the First Amendment really work? Is
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The Art of Power

My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House

by Nancy Pelosi ...

Narrated by Nancy Pelosi ...

Unabridged

10 hours 45 min

The most powerful woman in American political history tells the story of her transformation from housewife to House Speaker—how she became a master legislator, a key partner to presidents, and the most visible leader of the Trump resistanceAt age forty-six, Nancy Pelosi, mother of five, asked her youngest daughter if she should run for Congress. Alexandra Pelosi answered: “Mother, get a life!” And ... Read more

$31.49 CAD

The most powerful woman in American political history tells the story of her transformation from housewife to House Speaker—how she became a master legislator, a key partner to presidents, and the most visible leader of the Trump resistanceAt age forty-six, Nancy Pelosi, mother of five, asked her youngest daughter if she should run for Congress. Alexandra Pelosi answered: “Mother, get a life!” And
... Read more
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Confronting Political Intimidation and Public Bullying

A Handbook for the Trump Era and Beyond

by Roddey Reid ...

Narrated by Jack Nolan ...

Unabridged

6 hours 22 min

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

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

by Tijn Sadée ...

Narrated by Ad Knippels ...

Unabridged

10 hours 8 min

'De clan van Orbán' is een meeslepend en verontrustend portret van een autocraat die het politieke debat in Europa nog jaren zal bepalen. In dit boek bundelt Sadée zijn ervaringen en spreekt hij met Orbáns politieke vrienden en vijanden, in Boedapest en in Brussel.Hij is Europa's langstzittende en meest omstreden regeringsleider: Viktor Orbán, premier van Hongarije. Vijand van Europa's progressief ... Read more

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'De clan van Orbán' is een meeslepend en verontrustend portret van een autocraat die het politieke debat in Europa nog jaren zal bepalen. In dit boek bundelt Sadée zijn ervaringen en spreekt hij met Orbáns politieke vrienden en vijanden, in Boedapest en in Brussel.Hij is Europa's langstzittende en meest omstreden regeringsleider: Viktor Orbán, premier van Hongarije. Vijand van Europa's progressief
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Citizenship

by Dimitry Kochenov ...

Narrated by Liam Gerrard ...

Unabridged

5 hours 58 min

The glorification of citizenship is a given in today's world, part of a civic narrative that invokes liberation, dignity, and nationhood. In reality, explains Dimitry Kochenov, citizenship is a story of complacency, hypocrisy, and domination, flattering to citizens and demeaning for noncitizens. In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Kochenov explains the state of citizenship ... Read more

$32.02 CAD

The glorification of citizenship is a given in today's world, part of a civic narrative that invokes liberation, dignity, and nationhood. In reality, explains Dimitry Kochenov, citizenship is a story of complacency, hypocrisy, and domination, flattering to citizens and demeaning for noncitizens. In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Kochenov explains the state of citizenship
... Read more
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Citizenship

What Everyone Needs to Know

by Peter J. Spiro ...

Narrated by Rick Adamson ...

Unabridged

5 hours 58 min

In Citizenship: What Everyone Needs to Know, legal scholar Peter J. Spiro explains citizenship through accessible terms and questions: what citizenship means, how you obtain citizenship (and how you lose it), how it has changed through history, what benefits citizenship gets you, and what obligations it extracts from you—all in comparative perspective. He addresses how citizenship status affects a ... Read more

$16.00 CAD

In Citizenship: What Everyone Needs to Know, legal scholar Peter J. Spiro explains citizenship through accessible terms and questions: what citizenship means, how you obtain citizenship (and how you lose it), how it has changed through history, what benefits citizenship gets you, and what obligations it extracts from you—all in comparative perspective. He addresses how citizenship status affects a
... Read more
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When Freedom Speaks

The Boundaries and the Boundlessness of Our First Amendment Right

by Lynn Greenky ...

Narrated by Lisa S. Ware ...

Unabridged

8 hours 19 min

This book makes first amendment issues immediate and contemporary.When Freedom Speaks chronicles the stories behind our First Amendment right to speak our minds. Lynn Levine Greenky's background as a lawyer, rhetorician, and teacher gives her a unique perspective on the protection we have from laws that abridge our right to the freedom of speech. Rhetoricians focus on language and how it ... Read more

$24.63 CAD

This book makes first amendment issues immediate and contemporary.When Freedom Speaks chronicles the stories behind our First Amendment right to speak our minds. Lynn Levine Greenky's background as a lawyer, rhetorician, and teacher gives her a unique perspective on the protection we have from laws that abridge our right to the freedom of speech. Rhetoricians focus on language and how it
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