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Title: Harperism: How Stephen Harper and His Think Tank Colleagues Have Transformed Canada

Author: Donald Gutstein

Narrator: David Skulski

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 8 hours 22 minutes

Release date: January 1, 2021

Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

Margaret (Maggie) Thatcher, the Iron Lady, and her neo-conservative philosophy transformed British political life forever. Actor turned politician Ronald Reagan, selling "trickle down" economics, did the same to political life in the United States. In Harperism, Donald Gutstein details how Stephen Harper accomplished a similar dramatic shift to the right and a introduced a new kind of politics in Canada. It's key tenets include: Canada's economic prosperity is strengthened when labour is weak-especially when unions disappear Public policy making is improved by cutting government scientific research and data collection Converting First Nations reserves to private property improves the conditions of life for aboriginal peoples Inequality of incomes and wealth is a good thing-and Canada needs more of it These and other central ideas that make-up Harperism flow from the neo-liberal economic theories of Austrian economist Friedrich von Hayek and his disciples in the U.S.A and inspired Reaganism and Thatcherism. "This was a great compliment to Party of One (Michael Harris)" - "This is an important book!" In Canada, Stephen Harper has managed to take neo-liberalism much further in several key areas. As Donald Gutstein details, Harper has accomplished this using a successful strategy of incremental change coupled with denial of the underlying neo-liberal analysis that explains these hard-to-understand measures. Harperism's success is no accident. Donald Gutstein documents the connections between the think tanks, politicians, journalists, academics and researchers who nurture and promote each other's neo-liberal ideas. They are funded by ultra-rich U.S. donors, Canadian billionaires like Peter Munk, and many large corporations-all of whom gain from the ideas and policies developed and pushed by Harperites. This book sheds new light on the last decade of Canadian politics, and it documents the challenges that Harperism-with or without Stephen Harper-will continue to present to the many Canadians who do not share this pro-market world view.

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Title: [German] - Der Bodyscan: Den Körper richtig wahrnehmen

Author: Norman Wiehe

Narrator: Norman Wiehe

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 0 hours 39 minutes

Release date: December 31, 2020

Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

Der Bodyscan ist eine Achtsamkeitsübung die darauf beruht, den Körper in Gedanken abzutasten. Dabei wird die Aufmerksamkeit von der äußeren Welt nach innen gelenkt. Negative und positive Empfindungen werden wahrgenommen und wertfrei betrachtet. Der Bodyscan hilft Stress abzubauen und die eigene Körperwahrnehmung zu verbessern. Dadurch können körpereigene Signale wieder wahrgenommen werden. Idealerweise wird der Bodyscan ein mal täglich durchgeführt.

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Title: [German] - Sun Tzu: The Art of War: A philosophical treatise on military strategy

Author: Sun Tzu

Narrator: Jürgen Fritsche

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 1 hour 37 minutes

Release date: December 31, 2020

Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

'The Art of War' may be an old book, but there is a reason why it is still considered a must-read for today's business warriors. Sun Tzu uses short, powerful sentences to drive home his point - and his observations on military strategy are as impressive today as they were in the past!

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Title: [German] - Noch Normal? Das lässt sich gendern!: Gender-Politik ist das Problem, nicht die Lösung

Author: Birgit Kelle

Narrator: Birgit Kelle

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 10 hours 12 minutes

Release date: December 18, 2020

Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

'Kennen Sie Gender?', fragte Birgit Kelle vor fünf Jahren in ihrem Bestseller Gendergaga. Heute ist klar: Die Realität hat die Satire längst überholt. Wer heute denkt, er sei normal, steht schon morgen als transphob, homophob oder 'rechts' am Pranger. Gefühl sticht jetzt Fakten, Frau sticht Mann, Homo sticht Hetero, Schwarz sticht Weiß, Trans sticht alles. Opfer ist jedes Schneeflöckchen, das sich so fühlt. Dafür ruinieren wir Karrieren und Kindheiten, zensieren Sprache, Wissenschaft und freies Denken. Wenige Jahre und Millionen Euro später ist klar: Es geht um nichts weniger als um alles. Zeit für Birgit Kelle nachzulegen.

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Title: Greedy Bastards

Author: Sheryl Sculley

Narrator: Sheryl Sculley

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 4 hours 40 minutes

Release date: December 17, 2020

Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

When Sheryl Sculley was recruited to serve as San Antonio’s new city manager in 2005, the organization she inherited was a disorganized mess. City infrastructure was crumbling, strong financial policies and systems were nonexistent, many executive positions were vacant, public satisfaction was low, ethical standards were weak, and public safety union salaries and benefits were outpacing revenues, crowding out other essential city services. Simply put: San Antonio was on the verge of collapse. Greedy Bastards tells the story of Sheryl and her new team’s uphill battle to turn around San Antonio city government. She takes you behind closed doors to share the hard changes she made and the strategies she used to create mutually beneficial solutions to the city’s biggest problems. Many of the issues Sheryl found in San Antonio are present in cities across the US. Packed with wins and losses, lessons learned, and pitfalls encountered, Greedy Bastards is a guidebook for any city official tasked with turning around a struggling city.

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Title: Billions at Play: The Future of African Energy and Doing Deals

Author: Nj Ayuk

Narrator: Boet Schouwinck, Adera Gandy

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 10 hours 33 minutes

Release date: December 15, 2020

Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

“I agree with the points made—and with Ayuk’s case for the critical role that OPEC will play in helping African oil products achieve a much-deserved voice in the petroleum industry.” —OPEC Secretary-General, H.E. Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo Two decades of negotiating African oil and gas deals have given NJ Ayuk a grasp of the continent's energy landscape that few can match. The American-educated, African energy lawyer serves up generous doses of that insight in his second book, Billions at Play: The Future of Africa Energy and Doing Deals. Serving as a road map for the continent to do a better job of using its vast energy resources to improve its peoples' lives, Ayuk addresses how African countries can use their energy industries as springboards for diversifying and growing their overall economies. In addition, Ayuk shows how African governments and local companies can negotiate better deals with international energy companies and how the continent's countries can use marginal oil and gas fields to develop domestic energy industries that, once strong, will compete globally. Questions posed and answered: Why Africa's fledgling natural gas resources can allow the continent to emerge as a key global player in the industry What changes African countries can make in order to become attractive investment destinations The role that access to reliable, sustainable, and affordable power can play in the acceleration of economic growth Why and how American energy companies should stop curtailing their investments in Africa And why the continent’s energy industry needs more women The book’s underlying theme is that too often, natural resources create wealth for foreign investors and a select group of African elites while everyday people (and in turn, African economies) fail to benefit. While it is easy to see that there is a lack of local participation in African projects and an ongoing challenge in securing necessary investment, we also need to understand our role in this. We have to understand the importance of creating enabling environments with attractive fiscal terms for local and foreign investors, the role of stronger local content policies in ensuring more local participation in the sector, and the weight government and political uncertainty carries in moving projects forward. “It’s up to Africans to fix Africa,” writes Ayuk. This statement can be considered a living theme throughout the book as he encourages that local companies and governments have to enter into collaborative agreements rather than passive engagements with IOCs and majors. “[We need] investors who show that they want to fully participate with us, by coming in and building long-term sustainable businesses that last and make a profit, create jobs and further development.” If you’re ready to dive headfirst into accessing a frank analysis and examination of the African energy landscape and how Africans can begin to fix Africa, jump into the pages of Billions at Play.

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Title: [German] - Kein Pausenbrot, keine Kindheit, keine Chance: Wie sich Armut in Deutschland anfühlt und was sich ändern muss

Author: Jeremias Thiel

Narrator: Sebastian Fischer

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 5 hours 21 minutes

Release date: December 14, 2020

Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

Als Jeremias Thiel elf Jahre alt ist, macht er sich auf den Weg zum Jugendamt. Er hält es zu Hause nicht mehr aus, hat Angst, der Armut und Verwahrlosung, die dort herrschen, niemals entkommen zu können. Seine Eltern sind psychisch krank und leben von Hartz IV, die häusliche Situation ist mehr als schwierig. Von da an lebt er im SOS-Jugendhaus, bis er als Stipendiat auf ein internationales College geht und im Herbst 2019 sein Studium in den USA beginnt. Er ist sich sicher, dass viele, die in ähnlichen Verhältnissen leben, nicht die Möglichkeit haben, sich daraus zu befreien. In diesem Buch erzählt Jeremias seine Geschichte und liefert zugleich einen bewegenden und aufrüttelnden Appell für mehr soziale Gerechtigkeit.

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Title: The Science of Elections

Author: Scientific American

Narrator: George Newbern

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 5 hours 30 minutes

Release date: November 24, 2020

Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

Politics makes strange bedfellows, and that becomes even more apparent when trying to analyze the science of politics. Pulling from an array of disciplines including social science, behavioral science, and mathematics, this audiobook analyzes key factors in the process of electing a leader: from dissecting those qualities considered to be ideal, to how potential leaders are portrayed, to voter behavior, to the voting process—casting, collecting, and counting the votes.

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Title: American Awakening: Identity Politics and Other Afflictions of Our Time

Author: Joshua Mitchell

Narrator: Chris Abell

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 7 hours 25 minutes

Release date: November 17, 2020

Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

In American Awakening, Joshua Mitchell compares today’s secular politics of identity—skin tone, gender, and sexuality—to the religious awakenings of America’s past. The book asks where the clerisy of identity politics came from, how identity politics claimed a death grip on liberalism, and how can it be defeated. We are living in the midst of an American Awakening, without God and without forgiveness. The first two Awakenings brought religious renewal; the third—the social gospel movement and its aftermath (1880–1910)—invoked the authority of religion to bring about political and social transformation, but lost sight of Christianity along the way.The Awakening through which we are now living comprehends politics through the categories of religion without recognizing it, has no place for the God who judges or the God who forgives, and has brought America to a dead end, beyond which no one can see. Identity politics renders judgment not based on sins of omission and commission, but on the publicly visible, unalterable attributes that precede whatever citizens might do or leave undone. Identity politics offers no forgiveness for transgressions, because they are irredeemable. Liberal politics was once concerned with working together to build a common world. Identity politics has transformed politics. It has turned politics into a religious venue of sacrificial offering.For the moment, the irredeemable scapegoat is the white, heterosexual, man. After he is humiliated and purged, on whom will innocent victims turn their cathartic rage? White women? Black men?Identity politics is the antiegalitarian spiritual eugenics of our age. It demands that pure and innocent groups ascend, and the stained transgressor groups be purged. If religious revivals are understood as collective efforts to redeem a stained world, then identity politics is an American religious revival—this time around, without God.

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Title: Socialism Is Evil: The Moral Case against Marx’s Radical Dream

Author: Justin T. Haskins

Narrator: John Mclain

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 2 hours 16 minutes

Release date: November 17, 2020

Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

The greatest threat facing the United States today doesn’t come from China, Iran, or even Russia; it’s the growing number of Americans who believe Karl Marx’s socialism provides the best strategy for making our communities safer, healthier, and more prosperous. But the most significant danger posed by socialism isn’t that its implementation would lead to greater poverty and fewer property rights, it’s that socialism would create numerous moral problems, including the limits it would place on individual liberty and religious freedom. In Socialism Is Evil: The Moral Case Against Marx’s Radical Dream, conservative columnist and think tank research fellow Justin Haskins examines the moral perils of Marx’s socialism and explains why if socialism were to be imposed in its fullest form, it wouldn’t just damage people’s freedoms, it would obliterate them. Haskins argues it would be dangerous to attempt to create Marx’s utopian socialist world, and even more importantly, that such an attempt would be so highly immoral that it could reasonably be called “evil.” In Socialism Is Evil, Haskins makes the moral case against socialism and also describes in detail what socialists believe, the differences between socialism and communism, why Marx’s socialism will never be completely adopted, and why even the more moderate European-style socialism, called “democratic socialism” by some, is highly immoral and anti-American. Many socialists are kind, generous people with good intentions, but sometimes, good intentions can create devastating results. Socialism Is Evil briefly tackles some of the most important moral controversies surrounding Marx’s socialism, providing supporters of individual liberty with the tools they need to stop the rise of socialism in its tracks.