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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/523321 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Being Heumann: The Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist Author: Judith Heumann, Kristen Joiner Narrator: Ali Stroker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 37 minutes Release date: July 1, 2021 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. A story of fighting to belong in a world that wasn't built for all of us and of one woman's activism--from the streets of Brooklyn and San Francisco to inside the halls of Washington--Being Heumann recounts Judy Heumann's lifelong battle to achieve respect, acceptance, and inclusion in society. Paralyzed from polio at eighteen months, Judy Heumann began her struggle for equality early in life. From fighting to attend grade school after being described as a 'fire hazard' to later winning a lawsuit against the New York City school system for denying her a teacher's license, to leading the section 504 sit-in that led to the creation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Judy's actions set a precedent that fundamentally improved rights for disabled people around the globe. Candid, intimate, and irreverent, Judy Heumann's memoir about resistance to exclusion invites readers to imagine and make real a world in which we all belong. © Judith Heumann, Kristen Joiner 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/527864 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - El juicio: Crónica de la caída del Chapo Author: J. Jesús Esquivel Narrator: René García, Kerygma Flores, Rubén Hernández Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 15 minutes Release date: June 30, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Narrado con toda crudeza por sus protagonistas, El juicio exhibe la degradante historia de México durante los últimos años, presa absoluta del crimen organizado y la corrupción gubernamental. J. Jesús Esquivel -uno de los periodistas mexicanos que mejor conocen el mundo del narco y el único que ha documentado esta realidad tal ycomo la enfocan las autoridades norteamericanas- entrega con este libro la más original de las crónicas sobre el proceso judicial que el gobierno de Estados Unidos ejecutó en contra de Joaquín El Chapo Guzmán. No sólo se trata de una descripción completa, fiel y crítica del proceso que muchos han llamado 'el juicio del siglo', sino que recurriendo a distintas herramientas periodísticasy narrativas -incluyendo una entrevista exclusiva a Emma Coronel, esposa de Guzmán Loera- el autor ha montado un auténtico thriller legal, al estilo de Scott Turow o John Grisham. Pero la riqueza de contenido del libro trasciende los registros anecdóticos, el desfile de testigos, peritos y policías, así como las evidencias presentadas en contra del inculpado y el exhibicionismo criminal que se dio en la Corte Federal del Distrito Este, en Brooklyn, Nueva York. Lo que también leemos en estas páginas es la hipocresía del sistema penal estadounidense y la perversión de la guerra contra las drogas.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/516575 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The War on Small Business: How the Government Used the Pandemic to Crush the Backbone of America Author: Carol Roth Narrator: Chris Henry Coffey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 24 minutes Release date: June 29, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: For years, government bureaucrats have been looking for ways to destroy small businesses. With coronavirus, they finally had their chance.  In 2020, the American economy suffered the biggest financial collapse in history. But while Main Street suffered like never before, the stock market continued to reach new highs. How could this be? The answer is that government had slapped oppressive restrictions on small businesses while propping up Wall Street and engineering a historic consolidation of power and wealth. This isn't a new problem. During the last financial crisis, Washington bailed out large banks, saying they were "too big to fail." When the federal government finally pushed out the CARES Act in 2020, it clearly favored the wealthy and well-connected, showing that small businesses were too small to matter. People across the political spectrum constantly complain about the tyranny of big business, and they're not wrong. However, too many think government is the solution. In reality, government is the problem. In The War on Small Business, entrepreneur Carol Roth unveils the many abuses of power inflicted on small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Small business owners were thrown in jail for trying to make a living. Individual rights were discarded. Big government did what it does best-intentionally protect the rich and powerful. This is the most underreported story coming out of the pandemic. The government chose winners and losers, who would thrive and who would fight to survive, based on not data or science, but based on clout and connections. This enabled the government, with the aid of the Federal Reserve, to oversee the largest wealth transfer in history from Main Street to Wall Street. The issues started long ago and continue today with a highly tilted playing field that favors those "in the club" to the detriment of the average Americans. This book is about the Davids vs. the Goliaths and the decentralization that can help the small, independent businesses and individuals participate in wealth creation. If Americans don't wake up and stop it, politicians will continue to produce policies that intensify their war on small business and individuals and all that stands in the way of centralized power and control.  THIS AUDIOBOOK MAY INCLUDE INFORMATION REGARDING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. INFORMATION RELATED TO COVID-19 CONTINUES TO EVOLVE. AUDIOBOOKS.COM ENCOURAGES YOU TO SEEK UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE FROM YOUR LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH UNIT.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/522273 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Socialism: A Very Short Introduction, 2nd Edition Author: Michael Newman Narrator: Mike Cooper Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 13 minutes Release date: June 29, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: What is socialism? Does it have a future, or has it become an outdated ideology in the twenty-first century? This Very Short Introduction considers the major theories in socialism, and explores its historical evolution from the French Revolution to the present day. Michael Newman argues that socialism has always been a diverse doctrine, while nevertheless containing a central core of interconnected values and goals: a critique of capitalism; an optimistic view of human beings; and the belief that it is possible to establish societies based on egalitarianism, social solidarity, and cooperation. In this new edition, he draws on case studies such as Cuba, Sweden, and Bolivia, to consider attempts to implement socialism in practice, before discussing New Left challenges to conventional notions of socialism on such questions as feminism, climate change, and direct action. Rejecting the widespread view that socialism is an outdated doctrine, Newman argues that it remains ultimately relevant in today's world.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/519098 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sickness is the System: When Capitalism Fails to Save Us from Pandemics or Itself Author: Richard D. Wolff Narrator: Rick Adamson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 11 minutes Release date: June 29, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The coronavirus pandemic, the deepening economic crash, dangerously divisive political responses, and exploding social tensions have thrown an already declining American capitalist system into a tailspin. The consequences of these mounting and intertwined crises will shape our future. In this unique collection of over fifty essays, The Sickness is the System: When Capitalism Fails to Save Us from Pandemics or Itself, Richard D. Wolff argues clearly that 'returning to normal' no longer responds adequately to the accumulated problems of US capitalism. What is necessary, instead, is transition toward a new economic system that works for all of us.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/523698 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Political Parties and Elections: A Very Short Introduction Author: L. Sandy Maisel Narrator: Eric Jason Martin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 15 minutes Release date: June 29, 2021 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Few Americans and even fewer citizens of other nations understand the electoral process in the United States. Still fewer understand the role played by political parties in the electoral process or the ironies within the system. Participation in elections in the United States is much lower than in the vast majority of mature democracies. Perhaps this is because of the lack of competition in a country where only two parties have a true chance of winning, despite the fact that a large number of citizens claim allegiance to neither and think badly of both. Or perhaps it is because in the US campaign contributions disproportionately favor incumbents in most legislative elections, or that largely unregulated groups such as the now notorious 527s have as much impact on the outcome of a campaign as do the parties or the candidates' campaign organizations. Studying these factors, you begin to get a very clear picture indeed of the problems that underlay our much trumpeted electoral system. This Very Short Introduction introduces the listener to these issues and more, providing an insider's view of how the system actually works while shining a light on some of its flaws.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/523705 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wrong Enemy: America in Afghanistan, 2001-2014 Author: Carlotta Gall Narrator: Jennifer M. Dixon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 11 minutes Release date: June 29, 2021 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A journalist with deep knowledge of the region provides 'an enthralling and largely firsthand account of the war in Afghanistan' (Financial Times). Few reporters know as much about Afghanistan as Carlotta Gall. She was there in the 1990s after the Russians were driven out. She witnessed the early flourishing of radical Islam, imported from abroad, which caused so much local suffering. She was there right after 9/11, when US special forces helped the Northern Alliance drive the Taliban out of the north and then the south, fighting pitched battles and causing their enemies to flee underground and into Pakistan. Gall knows just how much this war has cost the Afghan people—and just how much damage can be traced to Pakistan and its duplicitous government and intelligence forces. Combining searing personal accounts of battles and betrayals with moving portraits of the ordinary Afghans who were caught up in the conflict for more than a decade, The Wrong Enemy is a sweeping account of a war brought by American leaders against an enemy they barely understood and could not truly engage.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/529945 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Art of War Author: Sun Tzu Narrator: Elizabeth Anne Harris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 12 minutes Release date: June 28, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.47 of Total 19 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Sun Tzu - The Art of WarSun Tzu - The Art of War The Art of War is an ancient Chinese military treatise dating from the Late Spring and Autumn Period. The work, which is attributed to the ancient Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu (also spelled Sunzi), is composed of 13 chapters. Each one is devoted to an aspect of warfare and how it applies to military strategy and tactics. For almost 1500 years it was the lead text in an anthology that would be formalised as the Seven Military Classics by Emperor Shenzong of Song in 1080. The Art of War remains the most influential strategy text in East Asian warfare and has influenced both Eastern and Western military thinking, business tactics, legal strategy, lifestyles and beyond. The book contained a detailed explanation and analysis of the Chinese military, from weapons and strategy to rank and discipline. Sun Tzu also stressed the importance of intelligence operatives and espionage to the war effort. Because Sun Tzu has long been considered to be one of history's finest military tacticians and analysts, his teachings and strategies formed the basis of advanced military training for centuries to come.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/519042 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hard Choices Author: Peter Ricketts Narrator: Mark Elstob Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 50 minutes Release date: June 24, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A groundbreaking exploration of the difficult decisions Britain faces outside the EU in a fast-changing world. After decades of peace and prosperity, the international order put in place after World War II is rapidly coming to an end. Disastrous foreign wars, global recession, the meteoric rise of China and India and the COVID pandemic have undermined the power of the West's international institutions and unleashed the forces of nationalism and protectionism. In this lucid and groundbreaking analysis, one of Britain's most experienced senior diplomats highlights the key dilemmas Britain faces, from trade to security, arguing that international co-operation and solidarity are the surest ways to prosper in a world more dangerous than ever. “Peter Ricketts has used his experience as one of the best diplomats of his generation to produce a book that is magisterial in its scope and analysis -- and in its recommendations for how the UK can use the realities of the post-Brexit era to its advantage. Essential reading for all who care about Britain's position in the world.” JACK STRAW, former Foreign Secretary “A clarion call for a post-Brexit national conversation and a new national strategy. Written with grace and clarity, Hard Choices is a book for every informed citizen concerned for Britain's future in a dangerous and unpredictable world.” VERNON BOGDANOR, CBE FBA, Professor of Government, King's College, London

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/523097 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Precipice: Neoliberalism, the Pandemic and the Urgent Need for Radical Change Author: Noam Chomsky, C.J. Polychroniou Narrator: Ako Mitchell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 22 minutes Release date: June 24, 2021 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. In this powerful collection of interviews, Noam Chomsky exposes the problems of our world today, as we stand in this period of monumental change, preparing for a more hopeful tomorrow. 'For the left, elections are a brief interlude in a life of real politics, a moment to ask whether it's worth taking time off to vote . . . Then back to work. The work will be to move forward to construct the better world that is within reach.' He sheds light into the phenomenon of right-wing populism, and exposes the catastrophic nature and impact of authoritarian policies on people, the environment and the planet as a whole. He captures the dynamics of the brutal class warfare launched by the masters of capital to maintain and even enhance the features of a dog-eat-dog society. And he celebrates the recent unprecedented mobilizations of millions of people internationally against neoliberal capitalism, racism and police violence. We stand at a precipice and we must fight to pull the world back from it. © Noam Chomsky, C.J. Polychroniou 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021