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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/603056 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Citizens: Why the Key to Fixing Everything Is All of Us Author: Jon Alexander Narrator: Jon Alexander, Brian Eno Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 52 minutes Release date: June 18, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: MCKINSEY TOP 5 RECOMMENDED READ 'An underground hit' – Best Politics Books, Financial Times 'Jon has one of the few big ideas that's easily applied' – Sam Conniff, Be More Pirate 'A wonderful guide to how to be human in the 21st Century' – Ece Temelkuran, How to Lose a Country: the Seven Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship Citizens opens up a new way of understanding ourselves and shows us what we must do to survive and thrive as individuals, organisations, and nations. Over the past decade, Jon Alexander's consultancy, the New Citizenship Project, has helped revitalise some of Britain's biggest organisations including the Co-op, the Guardian and the National Trust. Here, with the New York Times bestselling writer Ariane Conrad, he shows how history is about to enter age of the Citizen. Because when our institutions treat people as creative, empowered creatures rather than consumers, everything changes. Unleashing the power of everyone equips us to face the challenges of economic insecurity, climate crisis, public health threats, and polarisation. Citizens is an upbeat handbook, full of insights, clear examples to follow, and inspiring case studies, from the slums of Kenya to the backstreets of Birmingham – and a foreword by the music producer and innovator Brian Eno. It is the perfect pick-me-up for leaders, founders, elected officials – and citizens everywhere. Organise and seize the future! Reviews It's an inspiring idea. This is an inspiring book. But it's not a 'woo' book. It's a practical toolkit for improving not just our global society but all of the challenges we face, be it climate change, famine, war. And we can use the very media which has made consumers of us all to facilitate the change. Like most brilliant ideas, it's simple. And profound. The text of this book should be taught in every second-level civics class everywhere.' – Sunday Independent 'Society is like an out of control house party – eating, drinking and consuming everything. Jon is the organiser of the campfire gathering behind the party. It's calm and welcoming and you won't want to leave. In Citizens, Jon and Ariane show how to leave the burning house of the Consumer Story and join the campfire that is the Citizen Story.' – Stephen Greene, CEO of RockCorps and founding Chair of National Citizen Service UK 'The belief that every single one of us has both the potential and the desire to make the world better drives me every day, in everything I do. In Citizens, Jon shows how taking that belief as a starting point really could transform our world. This is a truly powerful book, in every sense of the word.' - Josh Babarinde, Forbes 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneur 'Every great transformation requires a new story. A story that reveals new possibilities and points toward an optimistic alternative to the current situation. Citizens presents just such a story and if we respond to its challenge we may just manage to navigate our way out of the mess we have created for ourselves.' – Tim Brown, Chair of IDEO and author of Change By Design 'Jon is working with a set of ideas and tools that have the potential to change politics forever. In fact, they could change everything forever.' – Ian Kearns, Founder and Trustee, European Leadership Network 'The shift from consumer to citizen is a truly big idea. If you're in a position of strategic influence, I strongly recommend you engage with this and consciously explore what it might mean for your organisation.' – Dame Fiona Reynolds DBE, former chief executive National Trust

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/602588 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Psychology of Totalitarianism Author: Mattias Desmet Narrator: Dan Crue Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 53 minutes Release date: June 16, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: We bear witness to loneliness, free-floating anxiety, and fear giving way to censorship, loss of privacy, and surrendered freedoms. It is all spurred by a singular, focused crisis narrative that forbids dissident views and relies on destructive groupthink. Totalitarianism is not a coincidence and does not form in a vacuum. It arises from a collective psychosis that has followed a predictable script throughout history, its formation gaining strength and speed with each generation?from the Jacobins to the Nazis and Stalinists?as technology advances. Governments, mass media, and other mechanized forces use fear, loneliness, and isolation to demoralize populations and exert control, persuading large groups of people to act against their own interests, always with destructive results. In The Psychology of Totalitarianism, world-renowned Professor of Clinical Psychology Mattias Desmet deconstructs the societal conditions that allow this collective psychosis to take hold. By looking at our current situation and identifying the phenomenon of “mass formation”?a type of collective hypnosis?he clearly illustrates how close we are to surrendering to totalitarian regimes.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/602009 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Putin Friend - Democracies Enemy Book One Author: Anthony Tremain Narrator: Anthony Tremain Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 39 minutes Release date: June 15, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Putins Friend - Democracies Enemy.Trump 2024 - The ultimate nightmare. That's what some are calling the prospect of another four years of Donald Trump as President. Certainly, whichever side of the political spectrum you're on, it's clear,his opinion notwithstanding,that Trumps statements and actions,rather than 'making America great', are dividing it. And favoring certain segments of the population over others. Then there are the dark clouds of scandal, inappropriate and illegal behaviour that have enveloped Trump.And those associated with him. The Donald, after portraying himself, falsely, as a great businessman who would run America like a business, has, in reality, run America into the ground. In this no holds barred book, Investigative Reporter Anthony Tremain dives into the swamp of lies, deceit.illegality and immorality that are the stock in trade of the bully from queens.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/599888 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Editor Missing: The Media in Today's India Author: Ruben Banerjee Narrator: Anuj Datta Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 42 minutes Release date: June 15, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: This is a time when the space for free speech is shrinking in India, along with a growing intolerance of contrarian views. The right to dissent, which should be the bedrock of any democracy, is seriously endangered. There is widespread belief that we are in an undeclared emergency. Not everyone agrees with this, though, and the jury is out on the state of play in the world's largest democracy. As charges and countercharges fly, with no unanimity in sight, India's national discourse, particularly its news media, is becoming increasingly divided and polarized. In Editor Missing, veteran journalist Ruben Banerjee attempts to provide clarity on the state of Indian media at a time when there is consensus only on the lack of it. The media mirrors society, and Banerjee is best placed to tell its contested story in contemporary India. As a top editor for various publications, he has had a ringside view for years of the decline in its standards, quality and objectivity. His own experiences reflect the time we live in. The book provides rare insights into the minefield that an editor today runs into - from pressures that are exerted to the risks of upsetting the powers that be. At the end of it, the reader is left with a chilling realization that defending the truth can come at a huge personal cost in present-day India.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590126 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dirty Dealing: Grosso v. Miramax-Waging War with Harvey Weinstein and the Screenplay that Changed Hollywood Author: Jeffrey Allan Grosso Narrator: Jonathan Yen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 38 minutes Release date: June 14, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: When a young screenwriter goes online to check out the promotional website for a new poker movie called Rounders, he's shocked to discover how similar it is to a screenplay he wrote a few years earlier and submitted to a number of studios. When he later sees the Miramax-produced film in theaters, he is astonished by the number of overlapping elements—the protagonist playing Texas Hold 'em to pay his way through college while deceiving the girlfriend who believes he's quit, the loss of everything he has in a single hand of high-stakes Hold 'em, a character named 'Worm,' and many other commonalities that form the foundation of what will become his lawsuit against Miramax. He leaves the theater that day feeling that not only has the studio stolen his script, but his life, which had encompassed years of professional poker playing that informed the screenplay he hoped would open the door to a writing career in Hollywood. Against all odds, he proceeds to take on Miramax and the Hollywood system with the help of an ingenious lawyer. Jeffrey Grosso simply has to prove how it could have happened and convince a judicial system that often favors studios over writers that he's a victim of intellectual property theft, which results in a ten-year landmark legal battle against Hollywood's most notorious studio.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590127 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Generation Gap: Why the Baby Boomers Still Dominate American Politics and Culture Author: Kevin Munger Narrator: Justin Price Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 2 minutes Release date: June 14, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The Baby Boomers are the largest and most powerful generation in American history—and they aren't going away any time soon. They dominate cultural and political institutions and make up the largest slice of the electorate. Generational conflict, with Millennials and Generation Z pitted against the aging Boomer cohort, has become a media staple. The generation gap is widening into a political fault line. Kevin Munger marshals novel data and survey evidence to argue that generational conflict will define the politics of the next decade. He examines the historical trends that made the Baby Boomers so consequential and traces the emergence of age-based political and cultural divisions. Boomers continue to prefer the media culture of their youth, but Millennials and Gen Z are using the internet to render legacy institutions irrelevant. These divergent media habits have led more people than ever to identify with their generation. Munger shows that a common 'cohort consciousness' binds aging Boomer voters into a bloc—but a shared identity and purpose among Millennials and Gen Z could topple Boomer power. Bringing together expertise in data analysis and digital culture with keen insight into contemporary politics, Generation Gap explains why the Baby Boomers remain so dominant and how quickly that might change.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/595096 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Unsere Überlebensformel: Neun globale Krisen und die Lösungen der Wissenschaft Author: Ulrich Eberl Narrator: Martin Valdeig Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 32 minutes Release date: June 10, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Klimawandel und Abholzung der Regenwälder, Konsumexplosion und Vermüllung der Meere all das bedroht die Vielfalt des Lebens auf der Erde und mehr noch: unser eigenes Überleben. Die 2020er-Jahre sind die letzte Chance umzusteuern. Viele innovative Ideen geben Hoffnung auf ein besseres Leben nicht gegen, sondern im Einklang mit der Natur. Ulrich Eberl bewertet fachlich fundiert die Lösungsstrategien. Er schildert anschaulich die spannendsten Projekte aus führenden Labors der Welt und stellt die Forscherinnen und Forscher vor, die mit aller Kraft dafür kämpfen, dass sie Wirklichkeit werden.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/601151 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - La casa gris: Todo lo que revela el mayor escándalo obradorista Author: Raúl Olmos Narrator: Bern Hoffman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 3 minutes Release date: June 9, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: La Casa Gris reveló un rostro muy distinto de la 4T. Evidenció que abundaba la riqueza donde se exigía austeridad, que imperaba el ocultamiento donde se presumía transparencia, que la suciedad prevalecía donde se pregonaba pulcritud y que la hipocresía anidaba en el palacio de la pureza. Sin embargo, eso es sólo la punta del iceberg. Lo más importante de La Casa Gris es que descubre y resume un modo de operar y de gobernar. Las irregularidades en torno a la mansión de Houston son prácticamente las mismas que se han documentado en otros escándalos de Morena y el círculo íntimo del presidente: conflictos de interés, recursos de procedencia inexplicable, influyentismo, uso político de las instituciones, amiguismo, descalificación sistemática, nepotismo, opacidad… Este libro lo demuestra. Raúl Olmos -quien encabezó la investigación sobre la residencia texana- actualiza, enriquece y profundiza el reportaje original, pero también indaga en los negocios y los personajes a los que llevó ese trabajo periodístico. Cuenta la historia de la 'señora del dinero', su círculo de cabilderos, la red de Baker Hughes, el papel del supersecretario Esquer y los contratos y negocios vinculados. Incluye asimismo la reacción que hubo en Palacio, con la furia del presidente, los entretelones de la investigación y los documentos y fotografías con que se confirmó la historia que cimbró a Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/601584 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Zeitenwende - Putins Krieg und die Folgen (Ungekürzt) Author: Rüdiger Von Fritsch Narrator: Kevin Kasper Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 45 minutes Release date: June 3, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Krieg in Europa. Mit rücksichtsloser Gewalt überfällt Wladimir Putins Russland die Ukraine und bringt sämtliche Eckpfeiler zum Einsturz, die den Frieden in Europa seit mehr als einem halben Jahrhundert gesichert haben. Zeitenwende. In was für einer Welt werden wir morgen aufwachen? Wie wird Europa am Ende dieses Krieges aussehen? Rüdiger von Fritsch, ehemaliger Botschafter in Moskau, ist Wladimir Putin oft begegnet. Was diesen antreibt, was ihn stoppen könnte und was sein Krieg für uns bedeutet - davon handelt sein neues Buch.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/597262 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Los millonarios de la guerra: El expediente inédito de García Luna y sus socios Author: Peniley Ramírez Narrator: Yamily Chiquini Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 51 minutes Release date: June 2, 2022 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: «Peniley Ramírez ha escrito un estremecedor thriller de no ficción. Siempre creímos que la llamada guerra contra el narco había dejado sólo incontables víctimas y perdedores. Con rigor y profundidad, Peniley desvela quiénes -como el propio Genaro García Luna, su primer artífice- medraron con la #guerra# y se convirtieron en sus espurios, obscenos ganadores.» Jorge Volpi En diciembrede 2006, Felipe Calderón declaró la «guerra contra el narco»: una era de sangre y fuego que ha dejado cientos de miles de muertos... y cientos de millones de dólares para unos pocos. En esta investigación #realizada a lo largo de 8 años, en 4 países y con más de 17 mil documentos# la periodista Peniley Ramírez desnuda a quienes se han forrado de dinero gracias a esa industria: políticos, proveedores, brokers, espías,empresas de seguridad, asesores, mandos policiacos, jefes militares y mercaderes de armas y de humo. Genaro García Luna es sólo uno de ellos, casi el único que ha caído en desgracia. Este libro demuestra que su vida y obra ejemplifican todo un sistema, que persiste hasta hoy, en el que para ganar millones no se necesita ganar la «guerra».