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Best Sellers
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Infectious Generosity
- The Ultimate Idea Worth Spreading
- Written by: Chris Anderson
- Narrated by: Chris Anderson
- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
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Let’s face it: Recent years have been tough on optimists. Hopes that the Internet might bring people together have been crushed by the ills of social media....
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Change Your World
- How Anyone, Anywhere Can Make a Difference
- Written by: John C. Maxwell, Rob Hoskins
- Narrated by: John C. Maxwell
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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You can bring about positive, lasting change in the world, and you don’t have to be rich and famous or lead a big organization to do it....
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Very Motivating
- By Kevin Lowe on 2021-02-01
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The Precipice
- Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity
- Written by: Toby Ord
- Narrated by: Toby Ord
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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This urgent and eye-opening book makes the case that protecting humanity's future is the central challenge of our time....
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Agree on the problem; solutions are terrible
- By Keith Kuspira on 2023-10-23
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Big Bets
- How Large-Scale Change Really Happens
- Written by: Rajiv Shah
- Narrated by: Rajiv Shah
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
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Rajiv J. Shah is no stranger to pulling off the impossible, from helping vaccinate 900 million children at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to a high-pressure race against the clock to stop the spread of Ebola....
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Toxic Charity
- How Churches and Charities Hurt Those They Help (And How to Reverse It)
- Written by: Robert D. Lupton
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
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In his four decades of urban ministry, Robert D. Lupton has experienced firsthand how our good intentions can have unintended, dire consequences....
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Abundance
- The Future Is Better Than You Think
- Written by: Steven Kotler, Peter H. Diamandis
- Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
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Authors Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler document how progress in artificial intelligence, robotics, digital manufacturing synthetic biology, and other growing technologies will enable us to make greater gains in the next two decades than we have in the previous 200 years....
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Even though it's older ideas still very relevant
- By Joe on 2022-12-19
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Infectious Generosity
- The Ultimate Idea Worth Spreading
- Written by: Chris Anderson
- Narrated by: Chris Anderson
- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Let’s face it: Recent years have been tough on optimists. Hopes that the Internet might bring people together have been crushed by the ills of social media....
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Change Your World
- How Anyone, Anywhere Can Make a Difference
- Written by: John C. Maxwell, Rob Hoskins
- Narrated by: John C. Maxwell
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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You can bring about positive, lasting change in the world, and you don’t have to be rich and famous or lead a big organization to do it....
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Very Motivating
- By Kevin Lowe on 2021-02-01
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The Precipice
- Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity
- Written by: Toby Ord
- Narrated by: Toby Ord
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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This urgent and eye-opening book makes the case that protecting humanity's future is the central challenge of our time....
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Agree on the problem; solutions are terrible
- By Keith Kuspira on 2023-10-23
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Big Bets
- How Large-Scale Change Really Happens
- Written by: Rajiv Shah
- Narrated by: Rajiv Shah
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
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Rajiv J. Shah is no stranger to pulling off the impossible, from helping vaccinate 900 million children at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to a high-pressure race against the clock to stop the spread of Ebola....
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Toxic Charity
- How Churches and Charities Hurt Those They Help (And How to Reverse It)
- Written by: Robert D. Lupton
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
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In his four decades of urban ministry, Robert D. Lupton has experienced firsthand how our good intentions can have unintended, dire consequences....
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Abundance
- The Future Is Better Than You Think
- Written by: Steven Kotler, Peter H. Diamandis
- Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
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Authors Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler document how progress in artificial intelligence, robotics, digital manufacturing synthetic biology, and other growing technologies will enable us to make greater gains in the next two decades than we have in the previous 200 years....
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Even though it's older ideas still very relevant
- By Joe on 2022-12-19
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Decolonizing Wealth (Second Edition)
- Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore Balance
- Written by: Edgar Villanueva
- Narrated by: Edgar Villanueva
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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The world is out of balance. With increasing frequency, we are presented with the inescapable truth that systemic racism and colonial structures are foundational principles to our economies....
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Doing Good Better
- How Effective Altruism Can Help You Make a Difference
- Written by: William MacAskill
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Most of us want to make a difference. Unfortunately we often base our decisions on assumptions and emotions rather than facts....
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The Bill Gates Problem
- Reckoning with the Myth of the Good Billionaire
- Written by: Tim Schwab
- Narrated by: Tim Schwab
- Length: 15 hrs and 55 mins
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A powerful investigation of Bill Gates and the Gates Foundation, The Bill Gates Problem shows how Bill Gates uses philanthropy to exercise enormous political power without accountability....
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long form opinion piece
- By Zuppu on 2023-12-16
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Charity Detox
- What Charity Would Look Like If We Cared About Results
- Written by: Robert D. Lupton
- Narrated by: Mike Lenz
- Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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The veteran urban activist and author of the revolutionary Toxic Charity returns with a headline-making book that offers proven, results-oriented ideas for transforming our system of giving....
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In the Body of the World
- Written by: Eve Ensler
- Narrated by: Eve Ensler
- Length: 4 hrs and 15 mins
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From the best-selling author of The Vagina Monologues, a visionary memoir of separation and connection - to the body, the self, and the world....
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Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism
- Written by: Arthur C. Brooks
- Narrated by: Dennis Holland
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
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We all know we should give to charity, but who really does? Find out....
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Systems Thinking for Social Change
- A Practical Guide to Solving Complex Problems, Avoiding Unintended Consequences, and Achieving Lasting Results
- Written by: David Peter Stroh
- Narrated by: Tia Rider
- Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
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Donors, leaders of nonprofits, and public policy makers usually have the best of intentions to serve society and improve social conditions. But often their solutions fall far short of what they want to accomplish and what is truly needed....
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A helpful guide
- By Anonymous User on 2021-09-11
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The Promise of a Pencil
- How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change
- Written by: Adam Braun
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
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Adam Braun began working summers at hedge funds when he was just 16 years old, sprinting down the path to a successful Wall Street career....
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love is everything
- By Amazon Customer on 2021-08-13
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Getting to Maybe
- How the World Is Changed
- Written by: Frances Westley, Brenda Zimmerman, Michael Patton
- Narrated by: Justine Eyre
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Many of us have a deep desire to make the world around us a better place. But often our good intentions are undermined by the fear that we are so insignificant in the big scheme of things that nothing we can do will actually help....
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Great Information
- By Malissa on 2023-05-17
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Turning Donors into Partners
- Principles for Fundraising You'll Actually Enjoy
- Written by: Bradley Layland
- Narrated by: Bradley Layland
- Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins
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Professional fundraiser Brad Layland revolutionizes fundraising and transforms it into a relational process where donors truly become partners in ministry and offers a more strategic and personalized yet less labor-intensive approach....
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Between the Mountain and the Sky
- A Mother’s Story of Love, Loss, Healing, and Hope
- Written by: Maggie Doyne
- Narrated by: Maggie Doyne
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
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Maggie’s story begins in suburban New Jersey, in a comfortable middle-class family that supports her decision to travel the world during a gap year before starting college. During her travels, the trajectory of her life alters when she has a surprise encounter with a Nepali girl....
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Must read!
- By Amazon Customer on 2022-04-11
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How Chuck Feeney Made and Gave Away a Fortune
- The Billionaire Who Wasn't
- Written by: Conor O'Clery
- Narrated by: Erik Synnestvedt
- Length: 16 hrs
- Unabridged
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In 1988 Forbes magazine hailed Chuck Feeney as the 23rd richest American alive....
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This book does not need to be 16 hours
- By Scott Mackintosh on 2024-03-27
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The Life You Can Save
- Written by: Peter Singer
- Narrated by: Kristen Bell, full cast
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
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In this Tenth Anniversary Edition of The Life You Can Save, Peter Singer brings his landmark book up to date. In addition to restating his compelling arguments about how we should respond to extreme poverty, he examines the progress we are making....
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Girls Like Us
- Fighting for a World Where Girls Are Not for Sale, an Activist Finds Her Calling and Heals Herself
- Written by: Rachel Lloyd
- Narrated by: Rachel Lloyd
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
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In Girls Like Us, Rachel Lloyd reveals the dark world of commercial sex trafficking in cinematic detail and tells the story of her groundbreaking nonprofit organization....
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Philanthropy Revolution
- How to Inspire Donors, Build Relationships and Make a Difference
- Written by: Lisa Greer, Larissa Kostoff
- Narrated by: Sarah Borges
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Philanthropy Revolution is the audiobook all fundraisers, nonprofits and donors should be using to create trusting, authentic partnerships that can be sustained long-term. Philanthropy is changing dramatically, and it needs nothing short of an intervention to succeed....
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Showing Up for Life
- Thoughts on the Gifts of a Lifetime
- Written by: Bill Gates Sr.
- Narrated by: Patrick Egan, Bill Gates Sr.
- Length: 3 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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A heartfelt, deeply personal book, Showing Up for Life shines a bright light on the values and principles that Bill Gates Sr. has learned over a lifetime of “showing up” - lessons that he learned growing up in the Great Depression, and which he instilled in his children....
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A Very Important Message
- By Anonymous User on 2018-09-19
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What WE Lost
- Inside the Attack on Canada’s Largest Children’s Charity
- Written by: Tawfiq S. Rangwala, The Right Honourable Kim Campbell - foreword
- Narrated by: Martin Luther King III, The Right Honourable Kim Campbell - foreword
- Length: 18 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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WE Charity had changed the game. In its 25 years, the international development charity and youth empowerment movement impacted lives the world over. While most charities focus on making the world a better place for our children, WE Charity focused on making better children for our world....
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Three Cups of Tea
- One Man's Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations
- Written by: Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1993 Greg Mortenson was the exhausted survivor of a failed attempt to ascend K2, an American climbing bum wandering emaciated and lost through Pakistan's Karakoram Himalaya....
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Disappointment
- By Daisy Boyle on 2022-11-22
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The Only Grant-Writing Book You'll Ever Need
- Written by: Ellen Karsh, Arlen Sue Fox
- Narrated by: Lameece Issaq
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
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From top experts in the field, the definitive guide to grant-writing....
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The Generosity Crisis
- The Case for Radical Connection to Solve Humanity's Greatest Challenges
- Written by: Brian Crimmins, Nathan Chappell, Michael Ashley
- Narrated by: Christian Titus
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
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In Generosity Crisis: The Case for Radical Connection to Solve Humanity's Greatest Challenges, accomplished philanthropy experts Nathan Chappell, Brian Crimmins, and Michael Ashley deliver a startlingly insightful exploration of the decline of American generosity....
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Believe in People
- Bottom-Up Solutions for a Top-Down World
- Written by: Charles Koch, Brian Hooks
- Narrated by: Charles Koch, Steve Carlson
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
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People are looking for a better way. Towering barriers are holding millions of people back, and the institutions that should help everyone rise are not doing the job. Crumbling communities. One-size fits all education....
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More of a social people book than business
- By Anonymous User on 2021-01-18
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Start Something That Matters
- Written by: Blake Mycoskie
- Narrated by: Blake Mycoskie
- Length: 4 hrs and 47 mins
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Love your work, work for what you love, and change the world—all at the same time....
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Very flat
- By Jaeson Cardiff on 2022-02-09
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Toxic Charity
- How Churches and Charities Hurt Those They Help (And How to Reverse It)
- Written by: Robert D. Lupton
- Narrated by: Chris Andrew Ciulla
- Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Veteran urban activist Robert Lupton reveals the shockingly toxic effects that modern charity has upon the very people meant to benefit from it. Toxic Charity shows us how to start serving needy and impoverished members of our communities in a way that will lead to lasting change....
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Tough medicine for us who what to help. Necessary
- By Anonymous User on 2021-01-25
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Three Cups of Deceit
- How Greg Mortenson, Humanitarian Hero, Lost His Way
- Written by: Jon Krakauer
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 2 hrs and 55 mins
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Greg Mortenson has built a global reputation as a selfless humanitarian and children's crusader. He is also, according to Jon Krakauer, not what he appears to be....
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eye opening
- By MOly on 2020-01-10