Free Download The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CKM2SNHV | 2024 | 9 hours and 8 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 498 MB
Author: Jesselyn Cook
Narrator: Jesselyn Cook
The riveting story of five families shattered by pernicious, pervasive conspiracy theories, and how we might set ourselves free from a crisis that could haunt American life for generations. "SHED MY DNA": three excruciating words uttered by a QAnon-obsessed mother, once a highly respected lawyer, to her only son, once the closest person in her life. QAnon beliefs and adjacent conspiracy theories have had devastating political consequences as they've exploded in popularity. What's often overlooked is the lasting havoc they wreak on our society at its most basic and intimate level-the family. In The Quiet Damage, celebrated reporter Jesselyn Cook paints a harrowing portrait of the vulnerabilities that have left so many of us susceptible to outrageous falsehoods promising order, purpose, and control.

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Free Download The Quiet Coup: Neoliberalism and the Looting of America (Audiobook)
English | June 25, 2024 | ASIN: B0D7WQ1YDN | M4B@128 kbps | 17h 3m | 948 MB
Author: Mehrsa Baradaran | Narrator: Seena Ghaznavi
With the nation lurching from one crisis to the next, many Americans believe that something fundamental has gone wrong. Why aren't college graduates able to achieve financial security? Why is government completely inept in the face of natural disasters? And why do pundits tell us that the economy is strong even though the majority of Americans can barely make ends meet? In The Quiet Coup, Mehrsa Baradaran argues that the system is in fact rigged toward the powerful, though it wasn't the work of evil puppet masters behind the curtain. Rather, the rigging was carried out by (mostly) law-abiding lawyers, judges, regulators, policy makers, and lobbyists. Adherents of a market-centered doctrine called neoliberalism, these individuals, over the course of decades, worked to transform the nation-and succeeded.
Some have claimed that the neoliberal era is behind us. Baradaran shows that such thinking is misguided. Neoliberalism is a failed economic idea-it doesn't, in fact, create more wealth or more freedom. But it has been successful nevertheless, by seizing the courts and enabling our age of crypto fraud, financial instability, and accelerating inequality. An original account of the forces that have brought us to this dangerous moment in American history, The Quiet Coup reshapes our understanding of the recent past and lights a path toward a better future.

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Free Download The Quickening: Creation and Community at the Ends of the Earth (Audiobook)
English | August 15, 2023 | ASIN: B0C3DL9G6V | M4B@76 kbps | 10h 37m | 384 MB
Author: Elizabeth Rush | Narrator: Helen Laser
An astonishing, vital book about Antarctica, climate change, and motherhood from the author of Rising, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction.
In 2019, fifty-seven scientists and crew set out onboard the Nathaniel B. Palmer. Their destination: Thwaites Glacier. Their goal: to learn as much as possible about this mysterious place, never before visited by humans, and believed to be both rapidly deteriorating and capable of making a catastrophic impact on global sea-level rise.

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Free Download Glen James (Author, Narrator), Nick Bradley (Author, Narrator), "The Quick-Start Guide to Investing: Learn How to Invest Simpler, Smarter and Sooner"
English | ASIN: B0D73ZC4P6 | 2024 | MP3@64 kbps | ~06:04:00 | 167 MB
Go from zero to investing and build the wealth you want
Control your money? Control your future! So sit back and watch your wealth grow by investing the smart and simple way. The Quick-Start Guide to Investing will show you how to kick-start your share-investing journey today. No more gatekeeping. This handy, step-by-step guide gives you everything you need to know to consistently invest - and win - with the share market, ETFs, and so much more.
Money experts Glen James and Nick Bradley, hosts of the popular this is money and this is investing podcasts, will show you just how easy investing really is. From building solid financial foundations to designing a resilient investment portfolio, The Quick-Start Guide to Investing will make you the investor you've always wanted to be. You'll learn what apps and brokers are out there, how to take advantage of compound interest, why index funds perform so well, and how ETFs and REITs work. And once you've nailed the basics, you'll discover more advanced tactics - like how you can grow your portfolio through trading, thematic investing, and options.

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Free Download The Queens Who Fought Rome (Audiobook)
English | ISBN: 9798882324475 | 2024 | 5 hours and 4 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 281 MB
Author: Charles River Editors
Narrator: Victoria Woodson
During one of the most turbulent periods in the history of Rome, men like Julius Caesar, Mark Antony, and Octavian participated in two civil wars that would spell the end of the Roman Republic and determine who would become the Roman emperor. In the middle of it all was history's most famous woman, the Egyptian pharaoh Cleopatra (69-30 B.C.), who famously seduced both Caesar and Antony and thereby positioned herself as one of the most influential people in a world of powerful men. Cleopatra was a legendary figure even to contemporary Romans and the ancient world, as Plutarch's quote suggests, and she was a controversial figure who was equally reviled and praised through the years, depicted as a benevolent ruler and an evil seductress, sometimes at the same time. One of the reasons Hadrian's Wall existed was to protect against enemies, and given what happened in the mid-1st century CE, the Romans' fears was understandable.

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Free Download The Progressive Parent: Harnessing the Power of Science and Social Justice to Raise Awesome Kids (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CGBT8F4V | 2024 | 9 hours and 55 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 284 MB
Author: Kavin Senapathy
Narrator: Akaina Ghosh
An evidence-based, social justice-minded exploration of modern parenting, from an award-winning science journalist and cofounder of SciMoms. How can we raise happy, well-adjusted kids today amid so much injustice and uncertainty? This is the question at the heart of the progressive parent's dilemma. Fortunately, award-winning science journalist Kavin Senapathy has the answers. In this lively, accessible exploration of modern parenting, Senapathy guides listeners through the complex cultural, environmental, economic and political issues facing all families today. Equipped with practical tips and research-driven advice for parents of kids from infancy to early teens, she helps listeners build a more fulfilling relationship with their children and themselves by addressing pressing questions. Informed by her experiences as a nonbinary parent of color, and filled with a science journalist's hard-won wisdom, The Progressive Parent is an essential book for any parent or parent-to-be who believes that the values of science, truth, equity and justice should be applied not only individually, but collectively.

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Free Download The Price of Truth: The Journalist Who Defied Military Censors to Report the Fall of Nazi Germany (Audiobook)
English | April 15, 2023 | ASIN: B0C1DBGSD3 | M4B@64 kbps | 12h 2m | 353 MB
Author: Richard Fine | Narrator: Paul Boehmer
On May 7, 1945, journalist Edward Kennedy bypassed military censorship to be the first to break the news of the Nazi surrender executed in Reims, France. While, at the behest of Soviet leaders, Allied authorities prohibited release of the story, Kennedy stuck to his journalistic principles and refused to manage information he believed the world had a right to know. No action by an American correspondent during the war proved more controversial.
The Paris press corps was furious at what it took to be Kennedy's unethical betrayal; military authorities threatened court-martial before expelling him from Europe. Kennedy defended himself, insisting the news was being withheld for suspect political reasons unrelated to military security. After prolonged national debate, Kennedy's career was in ruins.

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Free Download The Price of Prosperity: Why Rich Nations Fail and How to Renew Them by Todd G. Buchholz, Brilliance Audio
English | June 07, 2016 | ISBN: B01FI5XYZY | 11 hours and 24 minutes | MP3 68 kbps | 327 Mb
In this bold history and manifesto, a former White House director of economic policy under President George H. W. Bush exposes the economic, political, and cultural cracks that wealthy nations face and makes the case for transforming those same vulnerabilities into sources of strength - and the foundation of a national renewal
America and other developed countries, including Germany, Japan, France, and Great Britain are in desperate straits. The loss of community, a contracting jobs market, immigration fears, rising globalization, and poisonous partisanship - the adverse price of unprecedented prosperity - are pushing these nations to the brink.
Acclaimed author, economist, hedge fund manager, and presidential advisor Todd G. Buchholz argues that without a sense of common purpose and shared identity, nations can collapse. The signs are everywhere: Reckless financial markets encourage people to gamble with other people's money. A coddling educational culture removes the stigma of underachievement. Community traditions such as American Legion cookouts and patriotic parades are derided as corny or jingoistic. Newcomers are watched with suspicion and contempt.

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Free Download The Presidents and the People: Five Leaders Who Threatened Democracy and the Citizens Who Fought to Defend It (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0D7YCVPCZ | 2024 | 13 hours and 22 minutes | MP3@64 kbps | 368 MB
Author: Corey Brettschneider
Narrator: Stephen Bel Davies
Imagine an American president who imprisoned critics, spread a culture of white supremacy, and tried to upend the law so that he could commit crimes with impunity. In this propulsive history, constitutional law and political science professor Corey Brettschneider provides a thoroughly researched account of assaults on democracy by not one such president, but five. John Adams waged war on the national press of the early republic. In the lead-up to the Civil War, James Buchanan colluded with the Supreme Court to deny constitutional personhood to African Americans. A decade later, Andrew Johnson urged violence against his political opponents after the Civil War.

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Free Download The Practice of the Yoga Sutra: Sadhana Pada (Audiobook)
English | November 15, 2017 | ASIN: B077GCPJ4B | M4B@64 kbps | 10h 37m | 297 MB
Author: Pandit Rajmani Tigunait PhD | Narrator: D.C. Rao
Pain is a harsh reality we all are familiar with. At times, many of us can feel mired down by the daily struggles and stressors of life, unsure if there is anything such as true peace. Pantajali's Yoga Sutras have long been recognized as infallible guides to discovering the eternal joy and ultimate freedom that the great masters declare to be the birthright of every human being.
In The Practice of the Yoga Sutra: Sadhana Pada, Pandit Tigunait elaborates on Patanjali's succinct and straightforward plan to transcend pain and embrace lasting happiness. He points out the obstacles, both known and unknown, that prevent us from creating and living the life we dream of, and assures us that we are destined to discover our pure being and experience lasting joy.

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