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The War on Terror in American Life
- Narrated by
- Patrick Harrison
Unabridged
21 hours 47 min
2024
EN
A groundbreaking history of how the decades-long war on terror changed virtually every aspect of American life, from the erosion of citizenship down to the cars we bought and TV we watched—by an acclaimed n+1 writer“[An] ambitious . . . portrait of why 9/11 is still at the heart of American life . . . It’s impossible not to admire the nerve and scope of Beck’s treatise.”—The Washington PostSHORTLISTED FOR THE J. AN...
The Supply Chain Differentiation Guide
A Roadmap to Operational Excellence
2012
EN
The importance of supply chain management has increased over the last few decades. Today, entire supply chains are competing with each other instead of individual companies. As such, supply chain management has become a way for companies to set themselves apart from competing companies and their supply chains. Interestingly, supply chain management mainly focuses on efficiency-oriented topics rather than effectiveness-driven issues, in particular the design of supply chains from manufactur...
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Paradise Bronx
The Life and Times of New York's Greatest Borough
- Narrated by
- Robert Fass
Unabridged
20 hours 14 min
2024
EN
Winner of the 2025 Gotham Book PrizeIan Frazier’s magnum opus: a love song to New York City’s most heterogeneous and alive borough.For the past fifteen years, Ian Frazier has been walking the Bronx. Paradise Bronx reveals the amazingly rich and tumultuous history of this amazingly various piece of our greatest city. From Jonas Bronck, who bought land from the local Native Americans, to the formerly gang-wracked South Bronx that gav...
The Watchdog
How the Truman Committee Battled Corruption and Helped Win World War Two
- Narrated by
- Steve Drummond
Unabridged
11 hours 30 min
2023
EN
The story of how a little-known junior senator fought wartime corruption and, in the process, set himself up to become vice president and ultimately President Harry Truman.Months before Pearl Harbor, Franklin D. Roosevelt knew that the United States was on the verge of entering another world war for which it was dangerously ill-prepared. The urgent times demanded a transformation of the economy, with the government bankrolling the unfathomably expensive task of enl...
The Declassification Engine
What History Reveals About America's Top Secrets
- Narrated by
- Chris Henry Coffey
Unabridged
15 hours 55 min
2023
EN
**SHORTLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE • Every day, thousands of new secrets are created by the United States government. What is all this secrecy really for? And whom does it benefit?“A brilliant, deeply unsettling look at the history and inner workings of ‘the dark state'.... At a time when federal agencies are increasingly classifying or destroying documents with historical significance, this book could not be more important.” —Eric Schlosser, New York Times best-s...
Sinkable
Obsession, the Deep Sea, and the Shipwreck of the Titanic
- Narrated by
- Daniel Stone
Unabridged
8 hours 19 min
2022
EN
From the national bestselling author of The Food Explorer, a fascinating and rollicking plunge into the story of the world’s most famous shipwreck, the RMS TitanicOn a frigid April night in 1912, the world’s largest—and soon most famous—ocean liner struck an iceberg and slipped beneath the waves. She had scarcely disappeared before her new journey began, a seemingly limitless odyssey through the world’s fixation with her every tragic detail. Plans...
The Fall of Roe
The Rise of a New America
- Narrated by
- Lipica Shah
Unabridged
16 hours 17 min
2024
EN
**“The most important book in the lead up to this election.” —Nicolle Wallace, MSNBC“As Dias and Lerer write, the fight against legal abortion is tied inextricably to the fight for America’s soul.” —New York magazine“A tour de force. However you read books, hardcover, ebook, audio… Just read it.” —Alex Wagner on Alex Wagner TonightThis program includes a bonus conversation with the authors, moderated by narrator Lipica Shah.From tw...
The Great Quake
How the Biggest Earthquake in North America Changed Our Understanding of the Planet
- Narrated by
- Robert Fass
Unabridged
9 hours 2 min
2017
EN
New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice • A riveting narrative about the biggest earthquake in North American recorded history—the 1964 Alaska earthquake that demolished the city of Valdez and swept away the island village of Chenega—and the geologist who hunted for clues to explain how and why it took place.At 5:36 p.m. on March 27, 1964, a magnitude 9.2. earthquake—the second most powerful in world history—struck the young state of Alaska. The violent...
Midnight in Moscow
A Memoir from the Front Lines of Russia's War Against the West
- Narrated by
- John J. SullivanMatt Godfrey
Unabridged
17 hours 59 min
2024
EN
A memoir of service by the American ambassador who was on the diplomatic front lines when Putin invaded Ukraine, Midnight in Moscow is the first behind-the-scenes account of how U.S.-Russia relations hit their nadir—and a playbook for our unfolding confrontation.For weeks before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, John J. Sullivan, the U.S. ambassador in Moscow, was warning that it would happen. When troops finally crossed the border, he was woken in the middle ...
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The Promise of a Forgotten Natural Resource
- Narrated by
- Shawn K. Jain
Unabridged
9 hours 45 min
2025
EN
**An extraordinary investigation into shade, this “compelling . . . conversation-starter draws examples from history, city-planning and social policy” (NPR) to change the way we think about a critical natural resource that should be available to all.“Thought-provoking . . . Bloch, an environmental journalist, examines how shade is now a privilege, often denied to farmworkers, the homeless, and residents of poor neighborhoods.”—The New Yorker**A NEW YORK...
Far from Home
An Alaskan Senator Faces the Extreme Climate of Washington, D.C.
- Narrated by
- January LaVoyLisa Murkowski
Unabridged
12 hours 14 min
2025
EN
A voice of reason in a polarized U.S. Senate, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska tells the story of how she learned to adapt to the harsh climate of Washington, D.C., and issues a fervent appeal for a politics grounded in compromise and compassion.“Two paths diverged—Lisa Murkowski took the one less traveled. In Far from Home, we see how the solitary course she chose has made all the difference.”—Senator Mitt RomneyLisa Murkowski has repeate...
The Internationalists
The Fight to Restore American Foreign Policy After Trump
- Narrated by
- Eric Jason Martin
Unabridged
11 hours 12 min
2024
EN
The inside story of Biden’s foreign policy team and their struggle to restore America’s global influence in the aftermath of TrumpWhen Joe Biden assumed the United States presidency, he brought with him a team of all-star talent, perhaps the most experienced ensemble of policy experts in modern U.S. history. Their mission: repair America’s damaged reputation abroad and decide the course of its global future.The challenges and risks could not have been great...











