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Broken by Ira Shapiro | Audiobook
Jan 30, 201812:19:00Tap to summarizeListen to free audiobook with a 30 day free trial :https://esound.space/audibleTitle: BrokenAuthor: Ira ShapiroNarrator: Stephen R. ThorneFormat: UnabridgedLength: 12 hrs and 19 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 01-30-18Publisher: Tantor AudioGenres: Nonfiction, PoliticsSummary:While the hyper-partisanship in Washington that has stunned the world has been building for decades, Ira Shapiro argues that the US Senate has suffered most acutely from the loss of its political center.In Broken, Ira Shapiro, a former senior Senate staffer and author of the critically-acclaimed book The Last Great Senate, offers an expert's account of some of the most prominent battles of the past decade and lays out what must be done to restore the Senate's lost luster.With a narrative that runs right through the first six months of the Trump presidency, Broken is a must-listen book for all concerned about the state of our politics and the future of our country.Contact: info@esound.space
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Rise and Kill First by Ronen Bergman | Audiobook
Jan 30, 201825:57:00Tap to summarizeListen to free audiobook with a 30 day free trial :https://esound.space/audibleTitle: Rise and Kill FirstAuthor: Ronen BergmanNarrator: Rob ShapiroFormat: UnabridgedLength: 25 hrs and 57 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 01-30-18Publisher: Random House AudioGenres: Nonfiction, PoliticsSummary:The addictive, news-breaking inside account of Israel's state-sponsored assassination programs, from the man hailed by David Remnick as "arguably [Israel's] best investigative reporter."Contact: info@esound.space
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The Making of a Dream by Laura Wides-Muñoz | Audiobook
Jan 30, 201811:59:00Tap to summarizeListen to free audiobook with a 30 day free trial :https://esound.space/audibleTitle: The Making of a DreamAuthor: Laura Wides-MuñozNarrator: Almarie GuerraFormat: UnabridgedLength: 11 hrs and 59 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 01-30-18Publisher: Harper AudioGenres: Nonfiction, PoliticsSummary:A journalist chronicles the next chapter in civil rights - the story of a movement and a nation, witnessed through the poignant and inspiring experiences of five young undocumented activists who are transforming society's attitudes toward one of the most contentious political matters roiling America today: immigration.They are called the DREAMers: young people who were brought or sent to the United States as children and who have lived for years in America without legal status. Growing up, they often worked hard in school, planned for college, only to learn they were, in the eyes of the United States government and many citizens, "illegal aliens".Determined to take fate into their own hands, a group of these young undocumented immigrants risked their safety to "come out" about their status - sparking a transformative movement, engineering a seismic shift in public opinion on immigration, and inspiring other social movements across the country. Their quest for permanent legal protection under the so-called "Dream Act" stalled. But in 2012 the Obama administration issued a landmark new immigration policy: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, which has since protected more than half a million young immigrants from deportation even as efforts to install more expansive protections remain elusive.The Making of a Dream begins at the turn of the millennium, with the first of a series of "Dream Act" proposals; follows the efforts of policy makers, activists, and undocumented immigrants themselves; and concludes with the 2016 presidential election and the first months of the Trump presidency. The immigrants' coming of age stories intersect with the watershed political and economic events of the last two decades: 9/11, the recession, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Obama presidency, and the rebirth of the anti-immigrant right.In telling their story, Laura Wides-Muñoz forces us to rethink our definition of what it means to be American.Contact: info@esound.space
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Coffee for One by KJ Fallon | Audiobook
Jan 30, 201804:24:00Tap to summarizeListen to free audiobook with a 30 day free trial :https://esound.space/audibleTitle: Coffee for OneAuthor: KJ FallonNarrator: James Anderson FosterFormat: UnabridgedLength: 4 hrs and 24 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 01-30-18Publisher: Brilliance AudioGenres: Nonfiction, Social SciencesSummary:An inside look into the story of why we all traded in pots for pods!Reminiscent of God in a Cup and The Devil's Cup, this is an inside look into the modern business of making coffee. But rather than a general history, Coffee for One focuses on the revolution that made single serve the most popular way to consume coffee worldwide, and the competition and conflict that got us here.This story features A-list names, corporate intrigue, environmental destruction, and much, much more. For the vast majority of the time humans have consumed coffee, the drink has been brewed in pots or other multi-serving tools; that is, until the last two decades, which saw the rise of the single serve coffee machine. Whether it's a Keurig or a Nespresso, today most people get their coffee from little plastic individual serving pods. But why? Coffee for One breaks open this story of innovation, profit, and cultural change.Contact: info@esound.space
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The Lessons of Ubuntu by Mark Mathabane | Audiobook
Jan 30, 201809:26:00Tap to summarizeListen to free audiobook with a 30 day free trial :https://esound.space/audibleTitle: The Lessons of UbuntuAuthor: Mark MathabaneNarrator: JD JacksonFormat: UnabridgedLength: 9 hrs and 26 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 01-30-18Publisher: Brilliance AudioGenres: Nonfiction, Social SciencesSummary:Mark Mathabane touched the hearts of millions with his sensational memoir, Kaffir Boy,. A book highly-praised by Oprah and President Clinton for inspiring hope, Kaffir Boy described the effects of South Africa's system of legalized racism and oppression on black lives in vivid prose. The book won the prestigious Christopher Award, was a finalist for the Robert F. Kennedy award, rose to #3 on The New York Times bestsellers list, and to #1 on the Washington Post list. It is required reading in schools across the country. In his latest book The Language of Ubuntu, Mathabane uses his experiences with race in both South Africa and in America, where he has lived for the past thirty-seven years, to provide a fresh, timely, and provocative approach to the search for solutions to this country's number one and most intractable social problem.Mathabane argues that the reason many Americans are turned off by the current divisive racial dialogue is because the discussion has mostly been about the politics of race and avoids the elephant in the room - - what each of us can do to become agents for racial healing. His solution is for people to learn to speak the language of Ubuntu, a Zulu word for common humanity. Mathabane shows how Nelson Mandela used such language to rally blacks and whites to abolish apartheid peacefully; and how Dr. King did the same thing for African Americans during the Civil Rights Movement in the battle to eradicate Jim Crow.With race dominating the news during the 2016 Presidential election, in the wake of the killing of black men by the police, and growing protests on college and university campuses, Mathabane challenges both blacks and whites to use the language of Ubuntu to overcome the stereotypes, half-truths, misconceptions, and mistaken beliefs they have of each other so they can connect as human beings to achieve racial healing. Without this human connection, Mathabane argues, the racial divide will only get worse and make lasting solutions virtually impossible.Contact: info@esound.space
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Media Madness by Howard Kurtz | Audiobook
Jan 29, 201809:30:00Tap to summarizeListen to free audiobook with a 30 day free trial :https://esound.space/audibleTitle: Media MadnessAuthor: Howard KurtzNarrator: David ColacciFormat: UnabridgedLength: 9 hrs and 30 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 01-29-18Publisher: Brilliance AudioGenres: Nonfiction, PoliticsSummary:According to the media, Donald Trump could never become president. Now many are on a mission to prove he shouldn't be president. The Trump administration and the press are at war - and as in any war, the first casualty has been truth. Bestselling author Howard Kurtz, host of Fox News's Media Buzz and former Washington Post columnist, offers a stunning exposé of how supposedly objective journalists, alarmed by Trump's success, have moved into the opposing camp. Kurtz's exclusive, in-depth, behind-the-scenes interviews with reporters, anchors, and insiders within the Trump White House reveal the unprecedented hostility between the media and the president they cover.In Media Madness, you'll learn:Never before has there been such an eye-opening, shocking look at what the White House and the media think about each other. It's not pretty. But it also makes for the most important political book of the year.Contact: info@esound.space
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How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky | Audiobook
Jan 25, 201808:24:00Tap to summarizeListen to free audiobook with a 30 day free trial :https://esound.space/audibleTitle: How Democracies DieAuthor: Steven Levitsky, Daniel ZiblattNarrator: Fred SandersFormat: UnabridgedLength: 8 hrs and 24 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 01-25-18Publisher: Penguin Books LtdGenres: Nonfiction, PoliticsSummary:Penguin presents the audiobook edition of How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, read by Fred Sanders.Two Harvard professors explain the dangerous world we face today. Democracies can die with a coup d'état - or they can die slowly. This happens most deceptively when in piecemeal fashion, with the election of an authoritarian leader, the abuse of governmental power and the complete repression of opposition. All three steps are being taken around the world - not least with the election of Donald Trump - and we must all understand how we can stop them.In How Democracies Die, Harvard professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt draw insightful lessons from across history - from the rule of General Augusto Pinochet in Chile to the quiet undermining of Turkey's constitutional system by President Recip Erdogan - to shine a light on regime breakdown across the 20th and 21st centuries. Notably they point to the dangers of an authoritarian leader faced with a major crisis.Based on years of research, they present a deep understanding of how and why democracies die; an alarming analysis of how democracy is being subverted today in the US and beyond; and a guide for maintaining and repairing a threatened democracy, for governments, political parties and individuals. History doesn't repeat itself. But we can protect our democracy by learning its lessons before it's too late.Contact: info@esound.space
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How to Be Human: The Manual by Ruby Wax | Audiobook
Jan 25, 201807:09:00Tap to summarizeListen to free audiobook with a 30 day free trial :https://esound.space/audibleTitle: How to Be Human: The ManualAuthor: Ruby WaxNarrator: Ruby Wax, Ash Ranpura, Gelong ThubtenFormat: UnabridgedLength: 7 hrs and 9 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 01-25-18Publisher: Penguin Books LtdGenres: Nonfiction, Social SciencesSummary:Penguin presents the audiobook edition of How to be Human: The Manual written and read by Ruby Wax with Ash Ranpura and Gelong Thubten.It took us 4 billion years to evolve to where we are now. No question, anyone reading this has won the evolutionary Hunger Games by the fact you're on all twos and not some fossil. This should make us all the happiest species alive - most of us aren't, what's gone wrong? We've started treating ourselves more like machines and less like humans. We're so used to upgrading things like our iPhones: as soon as the new one comes out, we don't think twice, we dump it. (Many people I know are now on iWife4 or iHusband8, the motto being, if it's new, it's better.)We can't stop the future from arriving, no matter what drugs we're on. But even if nearly every part of us becomes robotic, we'll still, fingers crossed, have our minds, which, hopefully, we'll be able to use for things like compassion, rather than chasing what's 'better', and if we can do that we're on the yellow brick road to happiness.I wrote this book with a little help from a monk, who explains how the mind works, and also gives some mindfulness exercises, and a neuroscientist who explains what makes us 'us' in the brain. We answer every question you've ever had about: evolution, thoughts, emotions, the body, addictions, relationships, kids, the future and compassion. How to be Human is extremely funny, true and the only manual you'll need to help you upgrade your mind as much as you've upgraded your iPhone.Contact: info@esound.space
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Swearing Is Good for You by Emma Byrne | Audiobook
Jan 23, 201805:10:00Tap to summarizeListen to free audiobook with a 30 day free trial :https://esound.space/audibleTitle: Swearing Is Good for YouAuthor: Emma ByrneNarrator: Henrietta MeireFormat: UnabridgedLength: 5 hrs and 10 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 01-23-18Publisher: HighBridge, a division of Recorded BooksGenres: Nonfiction, Social SciencesSummary:In a sparkling debut in the entertaining pop science vein of Mary Roach, scientist Emma Byrne examines the latest research to show how swearing can be good for you. She reveals how swearing has been around since the earliest humans began to communicate, and has been shown to reduce physical pain, to lower anxiety, to prevent physical violence, to help trauma victims recover language, and to promote human cooperation.Packed with the results of unlikely and often hilarious scientific studies? from the "ice bucket test" for coping with pain, to the connection between Tourette's and swearing, to a chimpanzee who curses at her handler in sign language - Swearing Is Good for You presents a lighthearted but convincing case for the foulmouthed.Contact: info@esound.space
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Modern Loss by Gabrielle Birkner | Audiobook
Jan 23, 201807:40:00Tap to summarizeListen to free audiobook with a 30 day free trial :https://esound.space/audibleTitle: Modern LossAuthor: Gabrielle Birkner, Rebecca SofferNarrator: Josh Bloomberg, Meredith MitchellFormat: UnabridgedLength: 7 hrs and 40 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 01-23-18Publisher: Harper AudioGenres: Nonfiction, Social SciencesSummary:Inspired by the website that the New York Times hailed as "redefining mourning", this book is a fresh and irreverent examination into navigating grief and resilience in the age of social media, offering comfort and community for coping with the mess of loss through candid original essays from a variety of voices.At a time when we mourn public figures and national tragedies with hashtags, where intimate posts about loss go viral and we receive automated birthday reminders for dead friends, it's clear we are navigating new terrain without a road map.Let's face it: Most of us have always had a difficult time talking about death and sharing our grief. We're awkward and uncertain; we avoid, ignore, or even deny feelings of sadness; we offer platitudes; we send sympathy bouquets whittled out of fruit.Enter Rebecca Soffer and Gabrielle Birkner, who can help us do better. Each having lost parents as young adults, they cofounded Modern Loss, responding to a need to change the dialogue around the messy experience of grief. Now, in this wise and often funny book, they offer the insights of the Modern Loss community to help us cry, laugh, grieve, identify, and - above all - empathize.Soffer and Birkner, along with 40 guest contributors including Lucy Kalanithi, singer Amanda Palmer, and CNN's Brian Stelter, reveal their own stories on a wide range of topics including triggers, sex, secrets, and inheritance. Each contribution provides a unique perspective on loss as well as a remarkable life-affirming message.Brutally honest and inspiring, Modern Loss invites us to talk intimately and humorously about grief, helping us confront the humanity (and mortality) we all share. Beginners welcome.Contact: info@esound.space
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