Bestsellers
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Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order
- Why Nations Succeed or Fail
- Written by: Ray Dalio
- Narrated by: Jeremy Bobb, Ray Dalio
- Length: 16 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order examines history’s most turbulent economic and political periods to reveal why the times ahead will likely be radically different from those we’ve experienced in our lifetimes....
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Is Dalio on the CCP payroll?
- By Lucas on 2022-02-13
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Autocracy, Inc.
- The Dictators Who Want to Run the World
- Written by: Anne Applebaum
- Narrated by: Anne Applebaum
- Length: 4 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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From the Pulitzer-prize winning author, an alarming account of how autocracies work together to undermine the democratic world, and how we should organize to defeat them.
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Must read / listen
- By Simondes on 2025-03-10
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Erasing History
- Written by: Jason Stanley
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 4 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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From the bestselling author of How Fascism Works, a searing confrontation with the far right’s efforts to rewrite history and undo a century of progress on race, gender, sexuality, and class.
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American Sniper
- The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
- Written by: Chris Kyle, Scott McEwan, Jim DeFelice
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Adrenaline-charged and deeply personal, American Sniper is a thrilling eyewitness account of war that only one man could tell....
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excellent
- By STEVE on 2018-06-24
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The New Rules of War
- Victory in the Age of Durable Disorder
- Written by: Sean McFate
- Narrated by: Joe Knezevich
- Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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An urgent, fascinating exploration of warfare - past, present and future - and what we must do if we want to win today from an 82nd Airborne veteran, former private military contractor, and professor of war studies at the National Defense University....
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Thought Provoking
- By Andrew on 2020-01-30
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Patriot
- A Memoir
- Written by: Alexei Navalny
- Narrated by: Matthew Goode
- Length: 16 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Patriot is the powerful and moving memoir of a fearless political opposition leader who paid the ultimate price for his beliefs.
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Russia Unplugged
- By Michael on 2025-04-13
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Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order
- Why Nations Succeed or Fail
- Written by: Ray Dalio
- Narrated by: Jeremy Bobb, Ray Dalio
- Length: 16 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order examines history’s most turbulent economic and political periods to reveal why the times ahead will likely be radically different from those we’ve experienced in our lifetimes....
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Is Dalio on the CCP payroll?
- By Lucas on 2022-02-13
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Autocracy, Inc.
- The Dictators Who Want to Run the World
- Written by: Anne Applebaum
- Narrated by: Anne Applebaum
- Length: 4 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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From the Pulitzer-prize winning author, an alarming account of how autocracies work together to undermine the democratic world, and how we should organize to defeat them.
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Must read / listen
- By Simondes on 2025-03-10
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Erasing History
- Written by: Jason Stanley
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 4 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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From the bestselling author of How Fascism Works, a searing confrontation with the far right’s efforts to rewrite history and undo a century of progress on race, gender, sexuality, and class.
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American Sniper
- The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
- Written by: Chris Kyle, Scott McEwan, Jim DeFelice
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Adrenaline-charged and deeply personal, American Sniper is a thrilling eyewitness account of war that only one man could tell....
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excellent
- By STEVE on 2018-06-24
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The New Rules of War
- Victory in the Age of Durable Disorder
- Written by: Sean McFate
- Narrated by: Joe Knezevich
- Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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An urgent, fascinating exploration of warfare - past, present and future - and what we must do if we want to win today from an 82nd Airborne veteran, former private military contractor, and professor of war studies at the National Defense University....
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Thought Provoking
- By Andrew on 2020-01-30
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Patriot
- A Memoir
- Written by: Alexei Navalny
- Narrated by: Matthew Goode
- Length: 16 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Patriot is the powerful and moving memoir of a fearless political opposition leader who paid the ultimate price for his beliefs.
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Russia Unplugged
- By Michael on 2025-04-13
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Capital in the Twenty-First Century
- Written by: Thomas Piketty, Arthur Goldhammer - translator
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 24 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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In Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Thomas Piketty analyzes a unique collection of data from 20 countries, ranging as far back as the 18th century, to uncover key economic and social patterns....
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Life-altering, fantastic
- By Stu B. on 2019-07-31
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Assad or We Burn the Country
- How One Family's Lust for Power Destroyed Syria
- Written by: Sam Dagher
- Narrated by: Gary Tiedemann
- Length: 19 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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From a Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist specializing in the Middle East, this groundbreaking account of the Syrian Civil War reveals the never-before-published true story of a 21st-century humanitarian disaster....
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The Road to Unfreedom
- Russia, Europe, America
- Written by: Timothy Snyder
- Narrated by: Timothy Snyder
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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With the end of the Cold War, the victory of liberal democracy was thought to be absolute. Observers declared the end of history, confident in a peaceful, globalized future. But we now know this to be premature....
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Interesting.
- By Jake L.S. on 2020-09-04
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Disunited Nations
- The Scramble for Power in an Ungoverned World
- Written by: Peter Zeihan
- Narrated by: Peter Zeihan, Roy Worley
- Length: 16 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Should we stop caring about fading regional powers like China, Russia, Germany, and Iran? Will the collapse of international cooperation push France, Turkey, Japan, and Saudi Arabia to the top of international concerns? Find out more....
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Great analysis from Zeihan
- By Andrey S. on 2024-03-19
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Revenge
- The Inside Story of Trump's Return to Power
- Written by: Alex Isenstadt
- Narrated by: Alan Peterson
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Veteran Politico journalist Alex Isenstadt provides a fly-on-the-wall account of Donald Trump’s history-defying reelection campaign, illustrating how he overcame seemingly insurmountable challenges to return to the White House.
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Oath and Honor
- A Memoir and a Warning
- Written by: Liz Cheney
- Narrated by: Liz Cheney
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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In the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump and many around him, including certain other elected Republican officials, intentionally breached their oath to the Constitution....
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Common Sense
- By Laura Jackson on 2023-12-08
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Prince Charles
- The Passions and Paradoxes of an Improbable Life
- Written by: Sally Bedell Smith
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor, Sally Bedell Smith
- Length: 18 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Sally Bedell Smith returns once again to the British royal family to give us a new look at Prince Charles, the oldest heir to the throne in more than 300 years....
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Thank goodness I'm finished this!
- By Debbie Krueger on 2020-12-04
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The Russo-Ukrainian War
- The Return of History
- Written by: Serhii Plokhy
- Narrated by: Victor Bevine
- Length: 11 hrs
- Unabridged
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An authoritative history of Europe’s largest military conflict since World War II, from the New York Times best-selling author of The Gates of Europe....
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MI6
- Life and Death in the British Secret Service
- Written by: Gordon Corera
- Narrated by: Gordon Corera
- Length: 15 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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The British Secret Service has been cloaked in secrecy and shrouded in myth since it was created 100 years ago. MI6 provides a unique and unprecedented insight into this secret world and the reality that lies behind the fiction....
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Echo in Ramadi
- The Firsthand Story of U.S. Marines in Iraq's Deadliest City
- Written by: Scott A. Huesing
- Narrated by: David Marantz
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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From the winter of 2006 through the spring of 2007, 250 marines from Echo Company, Second Battalion, Fourth Marine Regiment, fought daily in the dangerous, dense city streets of Ramadi, Iraq....
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Nothing stood out
- By colin stewart on 2024-05-22
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Global Discontents
- Conversations on the Rising Threats to Democracy
- Written by: Noam Chomsky, David Barsamian - Interviewer
- Narrated by: Noam Chomsky
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Global Discontents is the perfect audiobook for politically engaged listeners interested in the future of America and the world....
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Insightful and Important
- By K Idems on 2018-03-14
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Command and Control
- Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
- Written by: Eric Schlosser
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 20 hrs and 34 mins
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Famed investigative journalist Eric Schlosser digs deep to uncover secrets about the management of America's nuclear arsenal....
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Excellent
- By grant on 2020-11-27
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Endgame
- Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy’s Fight for Survival
- Written by: Omid Scobie
- Narrated by: Omid Scobie
- Length: 14 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Queen Elizabeth II’s death ruptured the already-fractured foundations of the House of Windsor—and dismantled the protective shield around it....
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too biases
- By K on 2023-12-11
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Twilight of Democracy
- The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
- Written by: Anne Applebaum
- Narrated by: Anne Applebaum
- Length: 5 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian explains, with electrifying clarity, why elites in democracies around the world are turning toward nationalism and authoritarianism....
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Not her best work
- By Chuong Nguyen on 2022-03-27
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Dumbing Us Down
- The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling
- Written by: John Taylor Gatto
- Narrated by: Michael Puttonen
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Thirty years in New York City's public schools led John Gatto to the sad conclusion that compulsory schooling does little but teach young people to follow orders like cogs in an industrial machine....
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Eye opening
- By Anonymous User on 2020-09-18
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The Grim Sleeper
- The Lost Women of South Central
- Written by: Christine Pelisek
- Narrated by: Inger Tudor
- Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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The definitive book on the hunt to find the most ruthless serial killer in Los Angeles' history, told by the fearless reporter who broke the story....
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It’s a tedious slog
- By Anonymous User on 2020-09-17
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Africa Is Not a Country
- Notes on a Bright Continent
- Written by: Dipo Faloyin
- Narrated by: Dipo Faloyin
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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So often, Africa has been depicted simplistically as a uniform land of famines and safaris, poverty and strife, stripped of all nuance. In this bold and insightful book, Dipo Faloyin offers a much-needed corrective, weaving a vibrant tapestry of stories....
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A great, much needs book
- By Bryan G Birch on 2024-08-24
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Flight 93
- The Story, the Aftermath, and the Legacy of American Courage on 9/11
- Written by: Tom McMillan, Governor Tom Ridge - foreword
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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The passengers of United Airlines Flight 93 on September 11, 2001 have earned their rightful place among the pantheon of American heroes. Flight 93 provides a riveting narrative based on interviews, oral histories, recordings, and voluminous trial evidence recently made public....
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Thorough
- By Roberta W on 2023-10-09
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Directorate S
- The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan
- Written by: Steve Coll
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 28 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Steve Coll tells the epic and enthralling story of America's intelligence, military, and diplomatic efforts to defeat Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan since 9/11....
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Great but I wish there was supplementary material
- By Amazon Customer on 2019-12-15
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Next War
- Reimagining How We Fight
- Written by: John Antal
- Narrated by: Gregory Abbey
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
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An analysis of the lessons learned from recent wars, Next War includes the conflict in Ukraine, and how top war-fighting disrupters are transforming the methods of warfare....
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The Showman
- Inside the Invasion That Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky
- Written by: Simon Shuster
- Narrated by: Daniel Gamburg
- Length: 14 hrs and 27 mins
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Acclaimed journalist Simon Shuster gives us the first inside account of the Russian invasion of Ukraine from the perspective of President Volodymyr Zelensky and his team, who granted him unprecedented access....
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Close to home.
- By mila on 2024-03-13
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Antisemitism in America
- A Warning
- Written by: Chuck Schumer
- Narrated by: Chuck Schumer
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
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In an urgent and personal new book, Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, the highest-elected Jewish official in America, sheds light on the Jewish American experience and sounds the alarm about the troubling resurgence of antisemitism.
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The Day the World Came to Town
- 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland
- Written by: Jim DeFede
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 6 hrs and 28 mins
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When 38 jetliners bound for the US were forced to land at Gander International Airport on September 11, the population of this small town swelled from 10,300 to nearly 17,000....
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Wonderful!
- By Dawn on 2022-08-15
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At the Edge of Empire
- A Family's Reckoning with China
- Written by: Edward Wong
- Narrated by: Edward Wong, Will Dao
- Length: 16 hrs and 49 mins
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An epic story of modern China that weaves a riveting family memoir with vital reporting by the New York Times diplomatic correspondent.