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WTF America?!

The Way Out of This Hell and Back to Democracy

by Ben Meiselas, Brett Meiselas, Jordy Meiselas ...

Narrated by Ben Meiselas, Brett Meiselas, Jordy Meiselas ...

Unabridged

10 hours 52 min

From the founders of MeidasTouch, the independent news network that helped redefine how millions of people consume news, WTF America?! is an unflinching look at how the United States and the world arrived at this dangerous moment—with authoritarian movements gaining ground and democratic institutions under relentless attack—and, more importantly, how we can fight our way back and reclaim the ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

From the founders of MeidasTouch, the independent news network that helped redefine how millions of people consume news, WTF America?! is an unflinching look at how the United States and the world arrived at this dangerous moment—with authoritarian movements gaining ground and democratic institutions under relentless attack—and, more importantly, how we can fight our way back and reclaim the
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The Conspiracy to End America

Five Ways My Old Party Is Driving Our Democracy to Autocracy

by Stuart Stevens ...

Narrated by Jeff Bottoms ...

Unabridged

5 hours 53 min

Lincoln Project adviser and bestselling author of It Was All a Lie, Stuart Stevens offers an ominous warning that the GOP is dragging our country toward autocracy—and if we don’t wake up to the crisis in our system, 2024 may well have been our last free and fair election.Today’s Republican party is not a “normal” political party in the American tradition. It has become an autocratic movement ... Read more

$24.99 CAD

Lincoln Project adviser and bestselling author of It Was All a Lie, Stuart Stevens offers an ominous warning that the GOP is dragging our country toward autocracy—and if we don’t wake up to the crisis in our system, 2024 may well have been our last free and fair election.Today’s Republican party is not a “normal” political party in the American tradition. It has become an autocratic movement
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How Democracies Die

by Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt ...

Narrated by Fred Sanders ...

Unabridged

8 hours 24 min

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The urgent and influential guide to the forces that have undermined democracies across the globe—forces running rampant in the United States today—hailed as “a touchstone” (The New Yorker) that “comes at exactly the right moment” (The Washington Post)“Comprehensive, enlightening, and terrifyingly timely.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice)“[Levitsky and ... Read more

$27.00 CAD

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The urgent and influential guide to the forces that have undermined democracies across the globe—forces running rampant in the United States today—hailed as “a touchstone” (The New Yorker) that “comes at exactly the right moment” (The Washington Post)“Comprehensive, enlightening, and terrifyingly timely.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice)“[Levitsky and
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Hiding in Plain Sight

The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America

by Sarah Kendzior ...

Narrated by Sarah Kendzior ...

Unabridged

9 hours 31 min

**New York Times bestselling author Sarah Kendzior documents the truth about the calculated rise to power of Donald Trump since the 1980s and how the erosion of our liberties made an American demagogue possible.This program is read by the author.**The story of Donald Trump’s rise to power is the story of a buried American history – buried because people in power liked it that way. It was visible ... Read more

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**New York Times bestselling author Sarah Kendzior documents the truth about the calculated rise to power of Donald Trump since the 1980s and how the erosion of our liberties made an American demagogue possible.This program is read by the author.**The story of Donald Trump’s rise to power is the story of a buried American history – buried because people in power liked it that way. It was visible
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A People's History of the United States

Highlights from the Twentieth Century

by Howard Zinn ...

Narrated by Matt Damon ...

Abridged

8 hours 44 min

THE CLASSIC NATIONAL BESTSELLERRead by Matt Damon and Howard Zinn""A wonderful, splendid book—a book that should be read by every American, student or otherwise, who wants to understand his country, its true history, and its hope for the future."" –Howard FastHistorian Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States chronicles American history from the bottom up, throwing out the official ... Read more

$36.99 CAD

THE CLASSIC NATIONAL BESTSELLERRead by Matt Damon and Howard Zinn""A wonderful, splendid book—a book that should be read by every American, student or otherwise, who wants to understand his country, its true history, and its hope for the future."" –Howard FastHistorian Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States chronicles American history from the bottom up, throwing out the official
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Our Own Worst Enemy

The Assault from within on Modern Democracy

by Tom Nichols ...

Narrated by Tom Nichols ...

Unabridged

7 hours 30 min

Over the past three decades, citizens of democracies who claim to value freedom, tolerance, and the rule of law have increasingly embraced illiberal politicians and platforms. Democracy is in trouble—but who is really to blame?In Our Own Worst Enemy, Tom Nichols challenges the current depictions of the rise of illiberal and anti-democratic movements in the United States and elsewhere as the result ... Read more

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Over the past three decades, citizens of democracies who claim to value freedom, tolerance, and the rule of law have increasingly embraced illiberal politicians and platforms. Democracy is in trouble—but who is really to blame?In Our Own Worst Enemy, Tom Nichols challenges the current depictions of the rise of illiberal and anti-democratic movements in the United States and elsewhere as the result
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The Open Society and Its Enemies

New One-Volume Edition

by Karl Popper ...

Narrated by Liam Gerrard ...

Unabridged

23 hours 17 min

One of the most important books of the twentieth century, Karl Popper's The Open Society and Its Enemies is an uncompromising defense of liberal democracy and a powerful attack on the intellectual origins of totalitarianism. Popper was born in 1902 to a Viennese family of Jewish origin. He taught in Austria until 1937, when he emigrated to New Zealand in anticipation of the Nazi annexation of ... Read more

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One of the most important books of the twentieth century, Karl Popper's The Open Society and Its Enemies is an uncompromising defense of liberal democracy and a powerful attack on the intellectual origins of totalitarianism. Popper was born in 1902 to a Viennese family of Jewish origin. He taught in Austria until 1937, when he emigrated to New Zealand in anticipation of the Nazi annexation of
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Democracy at Work

A Cure for Capitalism

by Richard D. Wolff ...

Narrated by Shawn Compton ...

Unabridged

6 hours 7 min

Capitalism as a system has spawned deepening economic crisis alongside its bought-and-paid-for political establishment. Neither serves the needs of our society. Whether it is secure, well-paid, and meaningful jobs or a sustainable relationship with the natural environment that we depend on, our society is not delivering the results people need and deserve.One key cause for this intolerable state ... Read more

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Capitalism as a system has spawned deepening economic crisis alongside its bought-and-paid-for political establishment. Neither serves the needs of our society. Whether it is secure, well-paid, and meaningful jobs or a sustainable relationship with the natural environment that we depend on, our society is not delivering the results people need and deserve.One key cause for this intolerable state
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Invisible Rulers

The People Who Turn Lies into Reality

by Renée DiResta ...

Narrated by Anna Caputo ...

Unabridged

15 hours

**An eye-opening look at the small communities of propagandists revolutionizing politics, culture, and society.“Essential and riveting reading.” —Jonathan Haidt, author of The Anxious Generation**Invisible Rulers is about a profound transformation in power and influence that is altering our politics, our government, and even our relationships with friends and neighbors. Today, online propagandists ... Read more

$41.99 CAD

**An eye-opening look at the small communities of propagandists revolutionizing politics, culture, and society.“Essential and riveting reading.” —Jonathan Haidt, author of The Anxious Generation**Invisible Rulers is about a profound transformation in power and influence that is altering our politics, our government, and even our relationships with friends and neighbors. Today, online propagandists
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The Fight Back

A Citizen’s Guide to Standing Up to Dictators

by Maria Ressa ...

Narrated by Maria Ressa ...

Unabridged

10 hours 40 min

From the 2021 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and bestselling author of How to Stand Up to a Dictator, a frontline guide to understanding, defending, and rebuilding democracy in the age of AI, with 10 strategic goals broken down into 100 concrete actions citizens can take right now.The window for saving democracy is closing. If 2024 was the tipping point for elections, then 2025 and 2026 have ... Read more

$36.99 CAD

From the 2021 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and bestselling author of How to Stand Up to a Dictator, a frontline guide to understanding, defending, and rebuilding democracy in the age of AI, with 10 strategic goals broken down into 100 concrete actions citizens can take right now.The window for saving democracy is closing. If 2024 was the tipping point for elections, then 2025 and 2026 have
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Not Today, Fascists

The Lies That Got Us Here, and the Truths That Will Reunite Us

by Jennifer Welch ...

Narrated by Jennifer Welch ...

Unabridged

7 hours 50 min

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**NARRATED BY THE AUTHOR"The truth is worth fighting for. And if you want the truth, you want Jen Welch. Period. She’s relentless. She’s credible. She’s fearless.”—Don Lemon**From Jennifer Welch, the host of the wildly popular “I’ve Had It” podcast and a trusted voice in new media, comes a piercing, incisive, no-holds-barred take on the rising threat of theocracy ... Read more

$32.99 CAD

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**NARRATED BY THE AUTHOR"The truth is worth fighting for. And if you want the truth, you want Jen Welch. Period. She’s relentless. She’s credible. She’s fearless.”—Don Lemon**From Jennifer Welch, the host of the wildly popular “I’ve Had It” podcast and a trusted voice in new media, comes a piercing, incisive, no-holds-barred take on the rising threat of theocracy
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The Real Nigel Farage

'Nigel Farage will hate this book almost as much as I liked it' - Alastair Campbell

by John Sweeney ...

Narrated by John Sweeney ...

Unabridged

10 hours 25 min

'It is extraordinary how little proper journalistic scrutiny Farage has received. This book is timely and essential reading from a veteran reporter and troublemaker'Carole Cadwalladr, investigative journalist and co-founder of The Nerve'An encyclopedic account of Nigel Farage's singular awfulness. And a forensic analysis of how he hides it from voters'James O'Brien, LBC presenter and author of How ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

'It is extraordinary how little proper journalistic scrutiny Farage has received. This book is timely and essential reading from a veteran reporter and troublemaker'Carole Cadwalladr, investigative journalist and co-founder of The Nerve'An encyclopedic account of Nigel Farage's singular awfulness. And a forensic analysis of how he hides it from voters'James O'Brien, LBC presenter and author of How
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The Ancient Art of Thinking For Yourself

The Power of Rhetoric in Polarized Times

by Robin Reames ...

Narrated by Kim Niemi ...

Unabridged

9 hours 40 min

The discipline of rhetoric was the keystone of Western education for over two thousand years. Only recently has its perceived importance faded.In this book, renowned rhetorical scholar Robin Reames argues that, in today's polarized political climate, we should all care deeply about learning rhetoric. Drawing on examples ranging from the destructive ancient Greek demagogue Alcibiades to modern-day ... Read more

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The discipline of rhetoric was the keystone of Western education for over two thousand years. Only recently has its perceived importance faded.In this book, renowned rhetorical scholar Robin Reames argues that, in today's polarized political climate, we should all care deeply about learning rhetoric. Drawing on examples ranging from the destructive ancient Greek demagogue Alcibiades to modern-day
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The Plot

The Political Assassination of Boris Johnson

by Nadine Dorries ...

Narrated by Lucy Price-Lewis ...

Unabridged

11 hours 44 min

‘A riveting read that skips along at pace. Illuminating and concerning, it lifts the lid on the tawdry world of Westminster powerbroking’ Tim Shipman, The TimesYOU THINK YOU LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE THE ELECTED ARE CHOSEN BY THE PEOPLE.THINK AGAIN.When Boris Johnson came to power in 2019, he did so with the largest Conservative majority since Margaret Thatcher. Rewriting the political map, he united ... Read more

$36.99 CAD

‘A riveting read that skips along at pace. Illuminating and concerning, it lifts the lid on the tawdry world of Westminster powerbroking’ Tim Shipman, The TimesYOU THINK YOU LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE THE ELECTED ARE CHOSEN BY THE PEOPLE.THINK AGAIN.When Boris Johnson came to power in 2019, he did so with the largest Conservative majority since Margaret Thatcher. Rewriting the political map, he united
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The Despot’s Apprentice

Donald Trump’s Attack on Democracy

by Brian Klaas ...

Narrated by Patrick Lawlor ...

Unabridged

9 hours 23 min

An ex–US campaign advisor who has sat with the world’s dictators explains Donald Trump’s increasingly authoritarian tactics and the threat they pose to American democracy.Donald Trump isn’t a despot. But he is increasingly acting like the “despot’s apprentice,” an understudy in authoritarian tactics that threaten to erode American democracy, includingattacking the press,threatening rule of law by ... Read more

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An ex–US campaign advisor who has sat with the world’s dictators explains Donald Trump’s increasingly authoritarian tactics and the threat they pose to American democracy.Donald Trump isn’t a despot. But he is increasingly acting like the “despot’s apprentice,” an understudy in authoritarian tactics that threaten to erode American democracy, includingattacking the press,threatening rule of law by
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Liberalism Is a Mental Disorder

Savage Solutions

by Michael Savage ...

Narrated by Vince Wallace ...

Unabridged

6 hours 24 min

Liberalism Is a Mental Disorder-Michael Savage has the cure.With grit, guts, and gusto, talk radio sensation Michael Savage leaves no political turn unstoned as he savages today's most rabid liberalism. In this paperback edition of his third New York Times bestseller, Savage strikes at the root of today's most pressing issues, including:Homeland security: "We need more Patton and less patent ... Read more

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Liberalism Is a Mental Disorder-Michael Savage has the cure.With grit, guts, and gusto, talk radio sensation Michael Savage leaves no political turn unstoned as he savages today's most rabid liberalism. In this paperback edition of his third New York Times bestseller, Savage strikes at the root of today's most pressing issues, including:Homeland security: "We need more Patton and less patent
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A Short History of Brexit

From Brentry to Backstop

by Kevin O'Rourke ...

Narrated by Jeremy Clyde ...

Unabridged

9 hours 15 min

Brought to you by Penguin.After all the debates, manoeuvrings, recriminations and exaltations, Brexit is upon us. But, as Kevin O'Rourke writes, Brexit did not emerge out of nowhere: it is the culmination of events that have been under way for decades and have historical roots stretching back well beyond that. Brexit has a history.O'Rourke, one of the leading economic historians of his generation, ... Read more

$23.98 CAD

Brought to you by Penguin.After all the debates, manoeuvrings, recriminations and exaltations, Brexit is upon us. But, as Kevin O'Rourke writes, Brexit did not emerge out of nowhere: it is the culmination of events that have been under way for decades and have historical roots stretching back well beyond that. Brexit has a history.O'Rourke, one of the leading economic historians of his generation,
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Illegitimate Authority

Facing the Challenges of Our Time

by Noam Chomsky ...

Narrated by Eric Jason Martin ...

Unabridged

12 hours 46 min

A wide-ranging and incisive collection of interviews with Noam Chomsky, addressing the urgent questions of this tumultuous moment.In these informative interviews, conducted for Truthout by C. J. Polychroniou, Noam Chomsky addresses the rapid deterioration of democracy in the United States and rising tensions globally. He examines the crumbling social fabric and fractures of the Biden era, ... Read more

$35.72 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

A wide-ranging and incisive collection of interviews with Noam Chomsky, addressing the urgent questions of this tumultuous moment.In these informative interviews, conducted for Truthout by C. J. Polychroniou, Noam Chomsky addresses the rapid deterioration of democracy in the United States and rising tensions globally. He examines the crumbling social fabric and fractures of the Biden era,
... Read more
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Demonic

How the Liberal Mob Is Endangering America

by Ann Coulter ...

Narrated by Ann Coulter ...

Abridged

5 hours 48 min

The demon is a mob, and the mob is demonic. The Democratic Party activates mobs, depends on mobs, coddles mobs, publicizes and celebrates mobs—it is the mob. Sweeping in its scope and relentless in its argument, Demonic explains the peculiarities of liberals as standard groupthink behavior. To understand mobs is to understand liberals.In her most provocative book to date, Ann Coulter argues that ... Read more

$17.00 CAD

The demon is a mob, and the mob is demonic. The Democratic Party activates mobs, depends on mobs, coddles mobs, publicizes and celebrates mobs—it is the mob. Sweeping in its scope and relentless in its argument, Demonic explains the peculiarities of liberals as standard groupthink behavior. To understand mobs is to understand liberals.In her most provocative book to date, Ann Coulter argues that
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Frankly

The Sunday Times bestselling memoir from Scotland's first female and longest-serving First Minister

by Nicola Sturgeon ...

Narrated by Nicola Sturgeon ...

Unabridged

14 hours 58 min

**Compellingly read by the author, Nicola Sturgeon.Now with a new Foreword by the author.‘A triumph. Frankly is the most insightful and stylishly open memoir by a politician since Barack Obama’s Dreams From My Father’Andrew O’Hagan'Nicola Sturgeon tells her remarkable story with great skill and unflinching honesty'Alan Johnson**The enduring popularity of Nicola Sturgeon, the first female and ... Read more

$31.34 CAD

**Compellingly read by the author, Nicola Sturgeon.Now with a new Foreword by the author.‘A triumph. Frankly is the most insightful and stylishly open memoir by a politician since Barack Obama’s Dreams From My Father’Andrew O’Hagan'Nicola Sturgeon tells her remarkable story with great skill and unflinching honesty'Alan Johnson**The enduring popularity of Nicola Sturgeon, the first female and
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Breaking Through Power

It's Easier Than We Think

by Ralph Nader ...

Narrated by David Colacci ...

Unabridged

4 hours 29 min

In Breaking Through Power, Ralph Nader draws from a lifetime waging—and often winning—David vs. Goliath battles against big corporations and the United States government. In this succinct, Tom Paine–style wake-up call, the iconic consumer advocate highlights the success stories of fellow Americans who organize change and work together to derail the many ways in which wealth manipulates politics, ... Read more

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In Breaking Through Power, Ralph Nader draws from a lifetime waging—and often winning—David vs. Goliath battles against big corporations and the United States government. In this succinct, Tom Paine–style wake-up call, the iconic consumer advocate highlights the success stories of fellow Americans who organize change and work together to derail the many ways in which wealth manipulates politics,
... Read more
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Algorithm and the Nation, The

by Damon Zwicker ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Andrew E ...

Series Audiobook 3 - THE ALGORITHM SERIES
Unabridged

53 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.We no longer share truth — only timelines.In The Algorithm and the Nation, Book III of The Algorithm Series, author Damon Zwicker delivers a haunting and urgent meditation on how technology fractured democracy — not by force, but by design.This is the story of a country — and a world — divided by its own reflection.Where the public square became the ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.We no longer share truth — only timelines.In The Algorithm and the Nation, Book III of The Algorithm Series, author Damon Zwicker delivers a haunting and urgent meditation on how technology fractured democracy — not by force, but by design.This is the story of a country — and a world — divided by its own reflection.Where the public square became the
... Read more
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University

A Reckoning

by Lee C. Bollinger ...

Narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner ...

Unabridged

4 hours 8 min

The American university―one of the most successful institutions in human history―is facing an unprecedented assault from the president of the US. Experts on authoritarianism have drawn comparisons to other countries where strongmen subdued universities as part of their power grabs. Yet as former Columbia president Lee C. Bollinger points out in his account of the university's significance, in such ... Read more

$21.97 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

The American university―one of the most successful institutions in human history―is facing an unprecedented assault from the president of the US. Experts on authoritarianism have drawn comparisons to other countries where strongmen subdued universities as part of their power grabs. Yet as former Columbia president Lee C. Bollinger points out in his account of the university's significance, in such
... Read more
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Origin of Democracy

by Blake Carson ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Madison G ...

Series Audiobook box set - Origin of
Unabridged

3 hours 24 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Tracing the rise of the people's rule—how did democracy develop from ancient times to its modern form? This book examines the origins of democratic thought and governance, beginning with ancient Athens, where the concept of democracy first emerged as a revolutionary idea allowing citizens to participate directly in decision-making. It explores the ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Tracing the rise of the people's rule—how did democracy develop from ancient times to its modern form? This book examines the origins of democratic thought and governance, beginning with ancient Athens, where the concept of democracy first emerged as a revolutionary idea allowing citizens to participate directly in decision-making. It explores the
... Read more

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