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Free Download Samuel Merrill III, Bernard Grofman, Thomas L. Brunell (Author, Narrator), "How Polarization Begets Polarization: Ideological Extremism in the US Congress"
English | ASIN: B0CSWSTPBH | 2024 | M4B@64 kbps | ~06:09:00 | 180 MB
Extreme polarization in American politics is perhaps the most confounding political phenomenon of our time. This book binds together polarization in Congress and polarization in the electorate within an ever-expanding feedback loop. This loop is powered by the discipline exerted by the respective political parties on their Congressional members and district candidates and endorsed by the voters in each Congressional district who must choose between the alternatives offered. Tight national party discipline produces party delegations in Congress that are widely separated from one another but each ideologically narrowly distributed.
As district constituencies become more polarized and are egged on by activists, parties are further motivated to appeal to their respective bases rather than to voters in the ideological center. America has indeed acquired parties with clear platforms-once thought to be a desirable goal-but these parties are now feuding camps. What resolution might there be? Just as the progressive movement slowly replaced the Gilded Age, might a new reform effort replace the current squabble? Or could an asymmetry develop in the partisan constraints that would lead to ascendancy of the center, or might a new and over-riding issue generate a cross-cutting dimension, opening the door to a new politics? Only the future will tell.

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Free Download Hit 'Em Where It Hurts: How to Save Democracy by Beating Republicans at Their Own Game (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0C6YLMK62 | 2024 | 8 hours and 46 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 252 MB
Author: Rachel Bitecofer, Aaron Murphy
Narrator: Rachel Bitecofer
A radical, urgent plan for how the Democratic Party and its supporters can win elections at one of the most pivotal moments in the history of our nation's democracy. Why do Democrats fail to win voters to their side, and what can they do to develop new winning political strategies-especially as the very fate of democracy hangs in the balance in 2024? Too often the carefully constructed, rational arguments of the Left meet a grisly fate at the polls, where voters are instead swayed by Republican candidates hawking anger, fear, and resentment. Only when Democrats are handed an overwhelming motivational issue-like the Supreme Court's 2022 Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade-have they found a way to counter this effect. Political scientist and strategist Rachel Bitecofer came to prominence after predicting the size (to the seat) of the Democrats' rare Blue Wave in the 2018 midterms. At the heart of her prediction lay a powerful concept-negative partisanship, or the idea that voters, even most so-called independents, don't vote for their candidate so much as they vote against their candidate's opponent.

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Free Download Heroes, Rebels and Radicals of Convict Australia by Jim Haynes (Author/Narrator)
Feb 02, 2024 | English | ASIN: B0CP9TTNW2 | 13 hrs 12 mins | M4B & MP3 @126 kbps
720 to 727 MB | Unabridged | Retail
In Heroes, Rebels and Radicals of Convict Australia, our master storyteller Jim Haynes has collected a fascinating cast of characters who embody the resourcefulness, bravery, defiance, successes and tragedies of the convict era, men and women who forged the nation we would one day become.
There's Joseph Banks, the true founder of the colony; Surgeon John White, the saviour of the First Fleet; Pemulwuy, the Bidjigal freedom fighter; Mary Reiby, the horse thief who made good; Sapy Lovell, the Eora gypsy convict; John Donohue, the wild colonial boy; Lady Jane Franklin, the true leader of Van Diemen's Land - and many more!

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Free Download Harbor Lights (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CKM3MSVM | 2024 | 10 hours and 45 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 298 MB
Author: James Lee Burke
Narrator: Gary Furlong, Matt Pittenger, Michael David Axtell, Ali Andre Ali, Alan Carlson, Kaleo Griffith, Leon Nixon, Zac Aleman
A dynamic, gripping collection of short stories from "America's best novelist" (The Denver Post), the New York Times bestselling James Lee Burke. Harbor Lights is a story collection from one of the most popular and widely acclaimed icons of American fiction, featuring a never-before-published novella. These eight stories move from the marshlands on the Gulf of Mexico to the sweeping plains of Colorado to prisons, saloons, and trailer parks across the South, weaving together love, friendship, violence, survival, and revenge. A boy and his father watch a German submarine sink an oil tanker as evil forces in the disguise of federal agents try to ruin their family.

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Free Download Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey Among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0C6YGGJBY | 2024 | 10 hours and 14 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 302 MB
Author: Bianca Bosker
Narrator: Bianca Bosker
The New York Times bestselling author takes listeners on another fascinating, hilarious, and revelatory journey-this time burrowing deep inside the secretive world of art and artists. An award-winning journalist obsessed with obsession, Bianca Bosker's existence was upended when she wandered into the art world-and couldn't look away. Intrigued by artists who hyperventilate around their favorite colors and art fiends who max out credit cards to show hunks of metal they think can change the world, Bosker grew fixated on understanding why art matters and how she-or any of us-could engage with it more deeply.

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Free Download From Intention to Impact: A Practical Guide to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CQD6M5Q2 | 2024 | 7 hours and 9 minutes | MP3@64 kbps | 196 MB
Author: Malia C. Lazu
Narrator: Melanie Carey
How business leaders can move their DEI efforts from intention to impact through strategy and culture change. In the aftermath of George Floyd's murder, corporate America has doubled down on its public intentions to be more inclusive and equitable. Yet beyond the pledges it is difficult to see which system changes make a real difference. In From Intention to Impact, Malia Lazu draws on her background as a community organizer, her corporate career as a bank president, and now her experience as a leading DEI consultant to explain what has been holding organizations back and what they need to do better. First and foremost, she recognizes that truly moving from intention to impact means targeting and changing the traditions and culture that normalize whiteness.

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Free Download Fourteen Days: A Collaborative Novel (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B09Q4M368H | 2024 | 14 hours and 7 minutes | MP3@64 kbps | 387 MB
Author: The Authors Guild, Margaret Atwood, Douglas Preston
Narrator: Shayna Small
Set in a Lower East Side tenement in the early days of the COVID-19 lockdowns, Fourteen Days is an irresistibly propulsive collaborative novel from the Authors Guild, with an unusual twist: each character in this diverse, eccentric cast of New York neighbors has been secretly written by a different, major literary voice-from Margaret Atwood and John Grisham to Tommy Orange and Celeste Ng. One week into the COVID-19 shutdown, tenants of a Lower East Side apartment building in Manhattan have begun to gather on the rooftop and tell stories.

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Free Download Flowing Zen: Finding True Healing with Qigong (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CS4B8MSS | 2024 | 10 hours and 2 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 276 MB
Author: Anthony Korahais
Narrator: Anthony Korahais
While studying at Columbia University, Anthony's life began to fall apart as he wrestled with anxiety, clinical depression, and low back pain. Everything changed for the better after he discovered the amazing art of qigong. Anthony holds nothing back as he recounts his health struggles and explains, in modern language, how everyone can get remarkable results with qigong. Inside you'll discover: The real secret to healing yourself with qigong. How to practice daily even if you have zero willpower. A practical overview of the history, philosophy, and theory of qigong. How to navigate the world of self-healing, whether you practice qigong, tai chi, meditation, or yoga. Get ready to feel fully alive as you find true healing with qigong!

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Free Download Tarek El Moussa (Author, Narrator), "Flip Your Life: How to Find Opportunity in Distress-in Real Estate, Business, and Life"
English | ASIN: B0CFC7V2C9 | 2024 | MP3@64 kbps | ~07:38:00 | 217 MB
HGTV star real estate investor Tarek El Moussa reveals how the grounding principles that make him such a successful house flipper are also applicable to improving our personal lives.
With over a decade of experience, flipping close to 1,000 properties, selling over 1,000 houses, and owning multiple apartment buildings and self-storage facilities, Tarek El Moussa is a successful entrepreneur, real estate expert, and investor. It will surprise Tarek's fans to learn that it wasn't an easy road to the top. A young and aimless Tarek had no clue what he wanted to do with his life.
In Flip Your Life, Tarek uses his story-that of a lost man trying to find his way in the world-to take us through the steps of how we can achieve our own goals. Whether in real estate or life, Tarek reveals his proven four-step process:

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Free Download Lauren Clemett (Author, Narrator), "Finding Your Brand True North: How To Lead With Purpose, Direction And Meaning"
English | ISBN: 9780645498639, 0645498637 | 2024 | M4B@64 kbps | ~06:39:00 | 194 MB
Business owners, entrepreneurs and leaders offer extraordinary services and solutions but when it comes to marketing their message, many are treading a rocky road of success with rough peaks and gloomy valleys of uncertainty.
Let's not beat around the bush...no matter how much a business invests in a brand it no one is motivated to follow the plan everyone will go off in different directions and in a noisy and unpredictable world, leading businesses cannot afford to get lost. It's time to get back on track so you can CONFIDENTLY stand out from the crowd as the respected leader with a recognised reputation.
Finding Your Brand True North gives you meaning for every message, making it easy to explain what makes your brand different and why someone should choose you. It gives you a compass and the right direction to MAP out your marketing.

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