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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/381630 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Men and the Moment: The Election of 1968 and the Rise of Partisan Politics in America Author: Aram Goudsouzian Narrator: Michael Butler Murray Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 28 minutes Release date: April 30, 2019 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The presidential election of 1968 forever changed American politics. In this character-driven narrative history, Aram Goudsouzian portrays the key transformations that played out over that dramatic year. It was the last 'Old Politics' campaign, where political machines and party bosses determined the major nominees, even as the 'New Politics' of grassroots participation powered primary elections. It was an election that showed how candidates from both the Left and Right could seize on 'hot-button' issues to alter the larger political dynamic. It showcased the power of television to 'package' politicians and political ideas, and it played out against an extraordinary dramatic global tableau of chaos and conflict. More than anything else, it was a moment decided by a contest of political personalities, as a group of men battled for the presidency, with momentous implications for the nation's future. Well-paced, accessible, and engagingly written, Goudsouzian's book chronicles anew the characters and events of the 1968 campaign as an essential moment in American history, one with clear resonance in our contemporary political moment.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/381646 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Objection: Disgust, Morality, and the Law Author: Carlton Patrick, Debra Lieberman Narrator: Matthew Josdal Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 40 minutes Release date: April 30, 2019 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Why do we consider incest wrong, even when it occurs between consenting adults unable to have children? Why are words that gross us out more likely to be deemed 'obscene' and denied the protection of the First Amendment? In Objection, psychologists Debra Lieberman and Carlton Patrick examine disgust and its impact on the legal system to show why the things that we find stomach-turning so often become the things that we render unlawful. Shedding light on the evolutionary and psychological origins of disgust, the authors reveal how ancient human intuitions about what is safe to eat or touch, or who would make an advantageous mate, have become co-opted by moral systems designed to condemn behavior and identify groups of people ripe for marginalization. Over time these moral stances have made their way into legal codes, and disgust has thereby served as the impetus for laws against behaviors almost universally held to be 'disgusting' (corpse desecration, bestiality)—and as the implicit justification for more controversial prohibitions (homosexuality, use of pornography). Written with a critical eye on current events, Lieberman and Patrick build a case for a more reasoned approach to lawmaking in a system that often confuses 'gross' with 'wrong.'

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/381616 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Feminism for the 99% Author: Tithi Bhattacharya, Cinzia Arruzza, Nancy Fraser Narrator: Callie Beaulieu Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 22 minutes Release date: April 30, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: This is a manifesto for the 99 percent Unaffordable housing, poverty wages, inadequate healthcare, border policing, climate change—these are not what you ordinarily hear feminists talking about. But aren't they the biggest issues for the vast majority of women around the globe? Taking as its inspiration the new wave of feminist militancy that has erupted globally, this manifesto makes a simple but powerful case: feminism shouldn't start—or stop—with the drive to have women represented at the top of their professions. It must focus on those at the bottom and fight for the world they deserve. And that means targeting capitalism. Feminism must be anticapitalist, eco-socialist, and antiracist.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/379518 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Democracy Fix: How to Win the Fight for Fair Rules, Fair Courts, and Fair Elections Author: Caroline Fredrickson Narrator: Laurel Lefkow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 4 minutes Release date: April 23, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Despite representing the beliefs of a minority of the American public on many issues, conservatives are in power not just in Washington, DC, but also in state capitals and courtrooms across the country. They got there because, while progressives fought to death over the nuances of policy and to bring attention to specific issues, conservatives focused on simply gaining power by gaming our democracy. They understood that policy follows power, not the other way around. Now, in a sensational new book, Caroline Fredrickson—who has had a front-row seat to the political drama in DC for decades while working to shape progressive policies as special assistant for legislative affairs to President Clinton, chief of staff to Senator Maria Cantwell, deputy chief of staff to Senator Tom Daschle, and president of the American Constitution Society—argues that it’s time for progressives to focus on winning. She shows us how we can learn from the right by having the determination to focus on judicial elections, state power, and voter laws without stooping to their dishonest, rule-breaking tactics. We must be ruthless in thinking through how to work to change the rules of the game to regain power, expand the franchise, end voter suppression, win judicial elections, and fight for transparency and fairness in our political system.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/380827 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Ley 40/2015 de Régimen Jurídico del Sector Público (Edición 2019) Author: Aprende La Ley Narrator: Aprende La Ley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 47 minutes Release date: April 15, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Con este audiolibro podrás estudiar la Ley 40/2015 de Régimen Jurídico del Sector Público vigente en España. Encontrarás la estructura de la Ley, el índice sistemático para que puedas aprenderte los encabezados de los artículos, así como todos sus artículos y disposiciones

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/379755 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fulfilling Social and Economic Rights Author: Susan Randolph, Terra Lawson, Sakiko Fukuda-Parr Narrator: Karen White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 53 minutes Release date: April 9, 2019 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: One of the most ambitious legacies of the 20th century was the universal commitment to ensure freedom from want as a human right. But to what extent are countries across the world living up to this commitment? This path breaking book develops an innovative, evidence-based index for comparing performance on education, food, health, work, and housing across very differently situated countries and over time. It explores the factors influencing performance and provides empirical evidence to resolve some long standing controversies over the principle of 'progressive realization'. By defying the boundaries of traditional research disciplines, this work fundamentally advances our knowledge about the status of and factors promoting social and economic rights fulfillment at the dawn of the 21st century.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/380649 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nervous States: How Feeling Took Over the World Author: William Davies Narrator: Chris Macdonnell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 51 minutes Release date: April 9, 2019 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Nervous States is a compelling and essential guide to the turbulent times we are living through. Why has politics become so fractious and warlike? What caused the populist political upheavals of recent years? How can the history of ideas help us understand our present? In this bold and far-reaching exploration of our new political landscape, William Davies reveals how feelings have come to reshape our world. Drawing deep on history, philosophy, psychology and economics, he shows how some of the fundamental assumptions that defined the modern world have dissolved. With advances in science and medicine, the division between mind and body is no longer so clear-cut. The spread of digital and military technology has left us not quite at war nor exactly at peace. In the murky new space between mind and body, between war and peace, lie nervous states: with all of us relying increasingly on feeling rather than fact. “An absorbing book fizzing with ideas.” OBSERVER

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/379590 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fateful Decisions: Inside the National Security Council Author: Karl Inderfurth, Loch K. Johnson Narrator: Timothy Andrés Pabon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 25 hours 42 minutes Release date: March 19, 2019 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The National Security Council (NSC) is the most important formal institution in the U.S. government for the creation and implementation of foreign and defense policy. The Council's four principal members—the President, Vice President, Secretary of State, and Secretary of Defense—are responsible for incredibly far-reaching decisions regarding war and peace, diplomacy, international trade, and covert operations. Despite its obvious importance, the NSC has been subject to relatively little scholarly scrutiny, and therefore remains misunderstood by most international relations students. Fateful Decisions: Inside the National Security Council provides students with valuable insights into the origins, workings, strengths, and weaknesses of the NSC. Covering the period from 1947 to 2003, Fateful Decisions features seminal articles, essays, and documents drawn from a variety of sources. The book presents and illuminates several obscure documents regarding the beginning of the NSC and its early years. It then examines the transformation of the NSC from a newly established, and initially ignored, advisory committee to the nation's premier forum for national security deliberations. The selections—written by prominent scholars, journalists, and practitioners—offer revealing coverage of major topics, such as key challenges to the NSC and the role of the NSC in a post-Cold War environment. The articles also discuss the rise of the National Security Adviser to a position of prominence and provide profiles of those who have held the position, including McGeorge Bundy, Henry Kissinger, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Brent Scowcroft, Samuel Berger, Colin Powell, and Condoleezza Rice. Chronicling the performance of the NSC over the years, Fateful Decisions dissects both its successes and its failures—from the Cuban Missile Crisis through the Iran-contra affair, to the current war against global terrorism—and offers reform proposals to improve the Council's performance. It is ideal for courses on the NSC, national security decision-making, and U.S. foreign policy.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/379558 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Juntos hicimos historia Author: Tatiana Clouthier Narrator: Rocío Velázquez, Tatiana Clouthier Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 47 minutes Release date: March 3, 2019 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Un libro que consigna, en primera persona, lo que Tatiana Clouthier vio, vivió y creó en la campaña presidencial 2018 de Andrés Manuel López Obrador. No me canso de agradecer a la vida el haberme puesto ante este reto histórico: ser una más para cambiar a México por la vía pacífica y democrática. En este texto comparto cómo viví estos cerca de 150 días, entre cansancio, alegría, tensiones y miedos. Además, muestro el proceso que seguí, en donde expreso cómo di la cara. Y tal vez porque fue una experiencia personal fui capaz de invitar a otros a hacer lo mismo. - Tatiana Clouthier

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/380541 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ballad of the Whiskey Robber: A True Story of Bank Heists, Ice Hockey, Transylvanian Pelt Smuggling, Moonlighting Detectives, and Broken Hearts Author: Julian Rubinstein Narrator: Hachette Assorted Authors Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 25 minutes Release date: May 9, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: An award-wining and "outrageously entertaining" true crime story (San Francisco Chronicle) about the professional hockey player-turned-bank robber whose bizarre and audacious crime spree galvanized Hungary in the decade after the fall of the Iron Curtain. During the 1990s, while playing for the biggest hockey team in Budapest, Attila Ambrus took up bank robbery to make ends meet. Arrayed against him was perhaps the most incompetent team of crime investigators the Eastern Bloc had ever seen: a robbery chief who had learned how to be a detective by watching dubbed Columbo episodes; a forensics man who wore top hat and tails on the job; and a driver so inept he was known only by a Hungarian word that translates to Mound of Ass-Head. Ballad of the Whiskey Robber is the completely bizarre and hysterical story of the crime spree that made a nobody into a somebody, and told a forlorn nation that sometimes the brightest stars come from the blackest holes. Like The Professor and the Madman and The Orchid Thief, Julian Rubinstein's bizarre crime story is so odd and so wicked that it is completely irresistible. "A whiz-bang read...Hilarious and oddly touching...Rubinstein writes in a guns-ablazing style that perfectly fits the whiskey robber's tale." --Salon