Bestsellers
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The Shock Doctrine
- The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
- By: Naomi Klein
- Narrated by: Jennifer Wiltsie
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
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The bestselling author of No Logo shows how the global "free market" has exploited crises and shock for three decades, from Chile to Iraq....
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If It's Bad for Humanity, It's Good for Business
- By Nelson Alexander on 09-29-07
By: Naomi Klein
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The Accidental Superpower
- Ten Years On
- By: Mr. Peter Zeihan
- Narrated by: Mr. Peter Zeihan
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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With a new "10 years later" epilogue for every chapter, comes an eye-opening assessment of American power and deglobalization in the bestselling tradition of The World is Flat and The Next 100 Years....
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Only worth it if you don't already own
- By Anonymous User on 12-30-23
By: Mr. Peter Zeihan
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Hitler
- A Global Biography
- By: Brendan Simms
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 29 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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A powerfully argued and utterly definitive account of a murderous tyrant we thought we understood, Hitler is essential listening for anyone seeking to understand the origins and outcomes of the Second World War....
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A good biography with a different viewpoint
- By Timothy on 10-10-19
By: Brendan Simms
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Age of Revolutions
- Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present
- By: Fareed Zakaria
- Narrated by: Fareed Zakaria
- Length: 13 hrs and 2 mins
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The internationally bestselling author explores the revolutions—past and present—that define the chaotic, polarized, and unstable age in which we live....
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A “Historical”, Neo-Liberal Defense of Biden
- By Timothy on 04-18-24
By: Fareed Zakaria
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Waste Wars
- The Wild Afterlife of Your Trash
- By: Alexander Clapp
- Narrated by: Greg Lockett
- Length: 12 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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A globe-trotting work of relentless investigative reporting, this is the first major book to expose the catastrophic reality of the multi-billion-dollar global garbage trade.
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Great writer of awful reality
- By Tracie B. on 04-15-25
By: Alexander Clapp
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Truths
- The Future of America First
- By: Vivek Ramaswamy
- Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon, Vivek Ramaswamy
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
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New York Times bestselling author, accomplished entrepreneur, and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has a plan to save America, and it begins with telling the truth.
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A Modern Day “Common Sense”
- By Daniel Taylor on 09-24-24
By: Vivek Ramaswamy
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The Shock Doctrine
- The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
- By: Naomi Klein
- Narrated by: Jennifer Wiltsie
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
- Abridged
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The bestselling author of No Logo shows how the global "free market" has exploited crises and shock for three decades, from Chile to Iraq....
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If It's Bad for Humanity, It's Good for Business
- By Nelson Alexander on 09-29-07
By: Naomi Klein
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The Accidental Superpower
- Ten Years On
- By: Mr. Peter Zeihan
- Narrated by: Mr. Peter Zeihan
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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With a new "10 years later" epilogue for every chapter, comes an eye-opening assessment of American power and deglobalization in the bestselling tradition of The World is Flat and The Next 100 Years....
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Only worth it if you don't already own
- By Anonymous User on 12-30-23
By: Mr. Peter Zeihan
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Hitler
- A Global Biography
- By: Brendan Simms
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 29 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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A powerfully argued and utterly definitive account of a murderous tyrant we thought we understood, Hitler is essential listening for anyone seeking to understand the origins and outcomes of the Second World War....
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A good biography with a different viewpoint
- By Timothy on 10-10-19
By: Brendan Simms
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Age of Revolutions
- Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present
- By: Fareed Zakaria
- Narrated by: Fareed Zakaria
- Length: 13 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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The internationally bestselling author explores the revolutions—past and present—that define the chaotic, polarized, and unstable age in which we live....
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A “Historical”, Neo-Liberal Defense of Biden
- By Timothy on 04-18-24
By: Fareed Zakaria
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Waste Wars
- The Wild Afterlife of Your Trash
- By: Alexander Clapp
- Narrated by: Greg Lockett
- Length: 12 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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A globe-trotting work of relentless investigative reporting, this is the first major book to expose the catastrophic reality of the multi-billion-dollar global garbage trade.
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Great writer of awful reality
- By Tracie B. on 04-15-25
By: Alexander Clapp
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Truths
- The Future of America First
- By: Vivek Ramaswamy
- Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon, Vivek Ramaswamy
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
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New York Times bestselling author, accomplished entrepreneur, and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has a plan to save America, and it begins with telling the truth.
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A Modern Day “Common Sense”
- By Daniel Taylor on 09-24-24
By: Vivek Ramaswamy
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Global Tech Wars
- China's Race to Dominate
- By: James Kynge
- Narrated by: James Kynge
- Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins
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For decades, China’s economic rise has been symbolized by the unstoppable force of low-cost manufacturing. Today, a new and far more disruptive wave of competition is unfolding, one that threatens not just Western manufacturing but also the West’s geopolitical dominance.
By: James Kynge
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Last Call for Bud Light
- The Fall and Future of America's Favorite Beer
- By: Anson Frericks
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
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The astonishing inside story of how Bud Light lost its position as the most popular beer in the United States from a longtime Anheuser-Busch executive.
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Very interesting explanation of corporate incompetence and madness.
- By K B Lee on 03-02-25
By: Anson Frericks
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The World Is Flat
- Further Updated and Expanded
- By: Thomas L. Friedman
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 27 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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When scholars write the history of the world twenty years from now, what will they say was the most crucial development in the first few years of the twenty-first century? The attacks on the World Trade Center on 9/11 and the Iraq war....
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If you like cliches...
- By Jonathan Shultz on 09-08-07
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You Will Own Nothing
- Your War with a New Financial World Order and How to Fight Back
- By: Carol Roth
- Narrated by: Chris Henry Coffey
- Length: 11 hrs
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The New York Times bestselling author and entrepreneur investigates what would happen if a new financial world order took hold, one in which global elites own everything and you own nothing—and yet you are somehow happy....
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Fantastic book!
- By David on 07-26-23
By: Carol Roth
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No Trade Is Free
- Changing Course, Taking on China, and Helping America's Workers
- By: Robert Lighthizer
- Narrated by: Charles Constant
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
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America is the first country in history to fund the rise of its rivals. We need to stop now, before it’s too late....
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Both parties screwed us. Here's how to fix.
- By Clark on 04-26-25
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American Exception
- Empire and the Deep State
- By: Aaron Good
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
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American Exception seeks to explain the breakdown of US democracy, in particular to understand the uncanny continuity of American foreign policy, the breakdown of the rule of law, and the extreme concentration of wealth and power into an overworld of the corporate rich....
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I buy the premises, but not the conclusions...
- By Clark on 01-05-23
By: Aaron Good
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Disunited Nations
- The Scramble for Power in an Ungoverned World
- By: Peter Zeihan
- Narrated by: Peter Zeihan, Roy Worley
- Length: 16 hrs and 8 mins
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Should we stop caring about fading regional powers like China, Russia, Germany, and Iran? Will the collapse of international cooperation push France, Turkey, Japan, and Saudi Arabia to the top of international concerns? Find out more....
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brilliant geopolitical primer re the future
- By Howard on 04-11-20
By: Peter Zeihan
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Underground Empire
- How America Weaponized the World Economy
- By: Henry Farrell, Abraham Newman
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
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A deeply researched investigation that reveals how the United States is like a spider at the heart of an international web of surveillance and control, which it weaves in the form of globe-spanning networks such as fiber optic cables and obscure payment systems....
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Good summary
- By Medz on 01-28-25
By: Henry Farrell, and others
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Freedom Is a Constant Struggle
- Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement
- By: Angela Y. Davis
- Narrated by: Angela Davis, Coleen Marlo
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
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Angela Y. Davis illuminates the connections between struggles against state violence and oppression throughout history and around the world....
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Injustice anywhere is Injustice everywhere
- By Jarucia Jaycox on 05-05-17
By: Angela Y. Davis
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The Quest
- Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World
- By: Daniel Yergin
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 29 hrs and 26 mins
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In The Quest, Yergin shows us how energy is an engine of global political and economic change and conflict, in a story that spans the energies on which our civilization has been built and the new energies that are competing to replace them....
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Best nonfiction book of 2011
- By Joshua Kim on 05-06-12
By: Daniel Yergin
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Enemy of All Mankind
- A True Story of Piracy, Power, and History's First Global Manhunt
- By: Steven Johnson
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
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From the New York Times best-selling author of The Ghost Map and Extra Life, the story of a pirate who changed the world....
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Slow
- By Gary V Howell on 06-07-20
By: Steven Johnson
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Tell Me How It Ends
- An Essay in 40 Questions
- By: Valeria Luiselli
- Narrated by: Laurence Bouvard
- Length: 2 hrs and 33 mins
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A damning confrontation between the American dream and the reality of undocumented children seeking a new life in the US....
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educate yourself
- By keji kujjo on 10-04-18
By: Valeria Luiselli
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Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist
- By: Kate Raworth
- Narrated by: Kate Raworth
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
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Economics is the mother tongue of public policy. It dominates our decision-making for the future, guides multi-billion-dollar investments, and shapes our responses to climate change, inequality,....
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Economic romanticizing, not economic thinking
- By LAM X LUU on 04-05-18
By: Kate Raworth
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The Split
- Finding the Opportunities in China's Economy in the New World Order
- By: Shaun Rein
- Narrated by: Kevin Shen
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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China will soon eclipse the United States as the world's largest economy and companies will lose out if they do not know how to invest in China properly. No company has been able to get into China for 3 years. Shaun Rein hasn't left.
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What works for the whole is all that matters
- By Anonymous User on 04-08-25
By: Shaun Rein
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The World
- A Brief Introduction
- By: Richard Haass
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
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An invaluable primer from Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, that will help anyone, expert and non-expert alike, navigate a time in which many of our biggest challenges come from the world beyond our borders....
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Excellent Primer for young adults
- By Howells on 05-24-20
By: Richard Haass
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Propaganda and the Public Mind
- By: Noam Chomsky, David Barsamian
- Narrated by: Brian Jones
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
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Renowned interviewer David Barsamian showcases his unique access to Chomsky’s thinking on a number of topics of contemporary and historical import....
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Letting the Facts Speak for Themselves
- By Susie on 10-01-15
By: Noam Chomsky, and others
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The Globalization Myth
- Why Regions Matter
- By: Shannon K. O’Neil
- Narrated by: Suzie Althens
- Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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A case for why regionalization, not globalization, has been the biggest economic trend of the past forty years....
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Well researched and persuasive
- By Travis on 10-30-24
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How We Got to Now
- Six Innovations That Made the Modern World
- By: Steven Johnson
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
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How We Got to Now investigates the secret history behind the everyday objects of contemporary life....
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cool title, unexceptional content
- By Andy on 10-10-14
By: Steven Johnson
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ColdFusion Presents
- New Thinking: From Einstein to Artificial Intelligence, the Science and Technology That Transformed Our World
- By: Dagogo Altraide
- Narrated by: Ron Butler
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
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Dagogo Altraide of YouTube's ColdFusion breaks down the history of gamechanger breakthroughs in the world of science and technology that have shaped our modern world and will impact the future....
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AMAZING BOOK
- By Faith on 01-21-20
By: Dagogo Altraide
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Controligarchs
- Exposing the Billionaire Class, Their Secret Deals, and the Globalist Plot to Dominate Your Life
- By: Seamus Bruner, Peter Schweizer - foreword
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Imagine a world in which you own nothing and rent everything. Most of the protein in your diet comes from bugs. You are not allowed to have more than one child, and your financial and medical data are instantly transferred to a centralized government database via a subdermal microchip....
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time to act
- By Dan on 11-21-23
By: Seamus Bruner, and others
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The Outlaw Ocean
- Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier
- By: Ian Urbina
- Narrated by: Jason Culp, Ian Urbina
- Length: 17 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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There are few remaining frontiers on our planet. But perhaps the wildest, and least understood, are the world's oceans: too big to police, and under no clear international authority, these immense regions of treacherous water play host to rampant criminality and exploitation....
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Subject interesting, but some facts not true
- By Worldoceans on 12-09-19
By: Ian Urbina
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Tragedy and Hope 101
- The Illusion of Justice, Freedom, and Democracy
- By: Joseph Plummer
- Narrated by: Joshua Mackey
- Length: 5 hrs and 31 mins
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Based on the groundbreaking research of respected historian Carroll Quigley, Tragedy and Hope 101 reveals an unimaginably devious political system, skillfully manipulated by a handful of elite, which is undermining freedom and democracy as we know it....
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Will you take the red pill or the blue pill?
- By Visualverbs on 01-22-20
By: Joseph Plummer
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That Used to Be Us
- How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back
- By: Thomas L. Friedman, Michael Mandelbaum
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 16 hrs and 53 mins
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America has a huge problem. It faces four major challenges, on which its future depends, and it is failing to meet them....
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We have met the enemy and it is us.... Pogo
- By Soudant on 09-16-11
By: Thomas L. Friedman, and others
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Hot, Flat, and Crowded
- Why We Need a Green Revolution - and How It Can Renew America
- By: Thomas L. Friedman
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 20 hrs and 54 mins
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Friedman brings a fresh outlook to the crises of destabilizing climate change and rising competition for energy....
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Long, Flat, and Boring
- By Sean on 12-12-08