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Title: [German] - Sich fügen heißt lügen. Henning Venske liest Erich Mühsam

Author: Henning Venske

Narrator: Henning Venske

Format: Abridged Audiobook

Length: 1 hour 38 minutes

Release date: February 14, 2024

Genres: Law & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

Erich Mühsam war ein anarchistischer Dichter, den deutsche Nazis ermordeten und dessen Bücher sie verbrannten. Erich Mühsam war den Nazis, aber auch allen anderen Anhängern eines deutschen Obrigkeitsstaates als Jude, als Antifaschist, als Dichter des Klassenkampfes und als geistiger Anführer der Münchener Räterepublik verhasst. Vor allem war er ihnen jedoch verhasst, weil er bis zuletzt an der Utopie einer befreiten Menschheit festhielt. Und weil der Antisemitismus in Deutschland und in ganz Europa bis heute eine widerwärtige Zeiterscheinung ist, ist das Werk Erich Mühsams bis heute aktuell. Die Literatur Erich Mühsams ist Ausdruck einer unangepassten Lebensweise, die sich gegen die repressiven Normen und Werte einer patriarchalisch-autoritären Gesellschaft zur Wehr setzt. Der Satiriker Henning Venske, Mitglied der Erich-Mühsam-Gesellschaft, liest Prosa, Lyrik und politische Texte von Erich Mühsam, die heute immer noch – und gerade wieder besonders – aktuell sind, eingebunden in die Erzählung vom wechselvollen Leben dieses unbeugsamen Anarchisten, Militaristen und Propagandisten eines besseren Lebens.

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Title: Sailing Upwind: Leadership and Risk from TopGun to the Situation Room

Author: Admiral Sandy Winnefeld

Narrator: Sandy Winnefeld

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 10 hours 38 minutes

Release date: February 13, 2024

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1

Genres: Law & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

Sailing Upwind is more than just another memoir of a distinguished former naval officer's highly diverse career. This book by Admiral James 'Sandy' Winnefeld is also intended to offer useful reflections regarding how he accepted and managed risk along the way, as well as a concise description of the qualities one must develop to become a successful leader. Winnefeld began his career as an F-14 fighter pilot and TOPGUN instructor, commanded an aircraft carrier, and then served in a variety of flag officer billets on the way to becoming the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. This book describes in an entertaining and humble manner how that journey unfolded. The listener learns what it is like to become a Navy fighter pilot, and to fly, fight, and takeoff and land from an aircraft carrier—including a harrowing description of ejecting from an F-14 at night far from land. Winnefeld describes the culture of excellence at the real TOPGUN and the Navy's nuclear propulsion program. He recounts how he learned to lead the men and women who operate at every level of Navy operational command, from squadron to ship to fleet. Finally, the author presents a behind-the-scenes look at how decisions are made at the highest levels of government regarding whether and how those forces will be used, and how they are acquired.

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Title: Life After Power: Seven Presidents and Their Search for Purpose Beyond the White House

Author: Jared Cohen

Narrator: Kevin R. Free

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 14 hours 4 minutes

Release date: February 13, 2024

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 4

Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1

Genres: Law & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

New York Times Bestseller New York Times bestselling author of Accidental Presidents explores what happens after the most powerful job in the world: President of the United States. Former presidents have an unusual place in American life. King George III believed that George Washington’s departure after two terms made him “the greatest character of the age.” But Alexander Hamilton worried former presidents might “[wander] among the people like ghosts.” They were both right. Life After Power tells the stories of seven former presidents, from the Founding to today. Each changed history. Each offered lessons about how to decide what to do in the next chapter of life. Thomas Jefferson was the first former president to accomplish great things after the White House, shaping public debates and founding the University of Virginia, an accomplishment he included on his tombstone, unlike his presidency. John Quincy Adams served in Congress and became a leading abolitionist, passing the torch to Abraham Lincoln. Grover Cleveland was the only president in American history to serve a nonconsecutive term. William Howard Taft became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Herbert Hoover shaped the modern conservative movement, led relief efforts after World War II, reorganized the executive branch, and reconciled John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. Jimmy Carter had the longest post-presidency in American history, advancing humanitarian causes, human rights, and peace. George W. Bush made a clean break from politics, bringing back George Washington’s precedent, and reminding the public that the institution of the presidency is bigger than any person. Jared Cohen explores the untold stories in the final chapters of these presidents’ lives, offering a gripping and illuminating account of how they went from President of the United States one day, to ordinary citizens the next. He tells how they handled very human problems of ego, finances, and questions about their legacy and mortality. He shows how these men made history after they left the White House.

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Title: Strange Burdens: The Politics and Predicaments of Rahul Gandhi

Author: Sugata Srinivasaraju

Narrator: Derek Denzil

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 3 minutes

Release date: February 6, 2024

Genres: Law & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

Strange Burdens is not a biography but a book of political commentary. It examines and analyses Rahul Gandhi's ideas and leadership since he officially entered politics in March 2004. It journeys all the way to the conclusion of the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Srinagar on 30 January 2023 and captures the dilemmas of hisdisqualification a couple of months later.The narrative here crawls across two decades with the intention of understanding Rahul Gandhi's politics and predicaments, confusions and contradictions, triteness and triumph, as well as his burdens and benignity. It is not the purpose of this book to understand his failures and successes in tabular columns but speculate in the best traditions of political commentary why he is where he is, both politically and as an individual. The book does not seek to answer questions about his suitability or unsuitability for a public role but is rather focused on how he has been caught in the currents of history. It is not a myth-busting or myth-making exercise, nor is it an inquisition; it is a pursuit of political insight.Since the book is about Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party, it cannot not be about Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party. Examining one automatically illuminates the other. The book looks at the contrasts and convergence of the two personalities and the two parties they represent.

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Title: The Political Thought of Xi Jinping

Author: Steve Tsang, Olivia Cheung

Narrator: Rebecca Lam

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 10 hours 40 minutes

Release date: February 6, 2024

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1

Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1

Genres: Law & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

Over the course of the last half dozen years, China's supreme leader Xi Jinping has made extraordinary changes which have profound implications not only for the Chinese people but nations throughout the world. Given how swiftly and fundamentally China's relations with the rest of the world are changing under Xi's rule, it is imperative that we know what Xi Jinping Thought is, how it evolved, and why it is so important. In The Political Thought of Xi Jinping, Steve Tsang and Olivia Cheung provide an authoritative overview of what 'Xi Jinping Thought' is and is not and what it means for both China and the world. Xi, now effectively leader for life, has worked to ensure that 'Xi Jinping Thought' becomes cemented as the new state ideology. Clearly inspired by the doctrine of 'Mao Zedong Thought,' which shaped the parameters of acceptable thinking for a quarter century, Xi wants his doctrine to define what he calls the 'China Dream of national rejuvenation' and serve the pathway to its fulfillment by 2050. Drawing from original research of Xi's speeches, writings, and policies, Tsang and Cheung conceptualize Xi's vision independently from interpretations provided by the Chinese Communist Party or other sources. They further examine and explain how Xi seeks to transform this vision into reality.

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Title: [Spanish] - Vida y muerte del cartel de Medellín

Author: Carlos Lehder

Narrator: Ezequiel Romero

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 14 hours 11 minutes

Release date: February 1, 2024

Genres: Law & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

El increíble relato de Carlos Lehder sobre su vida como narcotraficante y sobre la creación y la evolución del cartel de Medellín. CARLOS LEHDER es mundialmente famoso por haber sido uno de los fundadores y principales capos del cartel de Medellín, tal vez el más singular del grupo, y el primero de ellos en ser extraditado a los Estados Unidos, en 1987, luego de ser traicionado por Pablo Escobar Gaviria, su socio y cabecilla indiscutible del cartel. Lehder fue sentenciado a cadena perpetua y 135 años adicionales, que logró reducir por su colaboración en el juicio de Estados Unidos contra el dictador panameño Manuel Antonio Noriega. En el año 2020 fue liberado por su buen comporta miento, luego de haber cumplido 33 años de condena. Ya sin deudas con la justicia, Lehder cuenta en este libro el paso a paso de su vida en la delincuencia, desde que siendo todavía menor de edad vendía autos robados en Nueva York hasta la manera en que, desde su isla de las Bahamas, revolucionó para siempre el comercio ilegal de cocaína en el mundo, y explica finalmente cómo surgió, prosperó y cayó en desgracia el infame cartel de Medellín. Las personas y los hechos más representativos de esta historia inagotable cobran una nueva y sorprendente luz de uno de sus legendarios protagonistas. 'Este libro es ante todo la historia nunca antes contada de la más famosa, trascendental y quizás poderosa organización dedicada al tráfico de cocaína que haya existido. Todos los hechos que se cuentan aquí los viví en carne propia, como testigo presencial y protagonista de la mayoría. Tomé parte en todas las aventuras -algunas criminales y otras no- que se narran a lo largo del libro y que hoy componen el relato de una vida con errores -muchos, sin duda- y aciertos -quizás menos-, pero llena de intensidad'. Carlos Lehder Rivas

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Title: Double Life: The Shattering Affair between Chief Judge Sol Wachtler and Socialite Joy Silverman

Author: Linda Wolfe

Narrator: Qarie Marshall

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 4 minutes

Release date: January 30, 2024

Genres: Law & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

He was the top justice of New York’s highest court. She was a stunning socialite and his wife’s step-cousin. In 1993, Sol Wachtler was convicted of blackmail and extortion against Joy Silverman, his former mistress. How did a respected jurist and one of the most prominent men in America end up serving time in prison? Linda Wolfe starts at the beginning—from Wachtler’s modest Brooklyn upbringing through his courtship and marriage to Joan Wolosoff, the only child of a wealthy real-estate developer. Joy Fererh was three and a half when her father walked out. When she and Sol met, he was fifty-five and nearing the pinnacle of his legal career. She was a thirty-something stay-at-home mother who, with Sol’s help, made a career for herself as a Republican Party fundraiser. They kept their affair a secret—until an explosive mix of sex, power, betrayal, and prescription-drug abuse set the stage for the tabloid headlines of the decade.

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Title: Lincoln and California: The President, the War, and the Golden State

Author: Brian Mcginty

Narrator: Tom Perkins

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 7 hours 14 minutes

Release date: January 30, 2024

Genres: Law & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

In Lincoln and California Brian McGinty explains the relationship between Abraham Lincoln and the Golden State, describing important events that took place in California and elsewhere during Lincoln's lifetime. He includes the histories of Lincoln's close friends and personal acquaintances who made history as they went to California, lived there, and helped to keep it part of the imperiled Union. McGinty demonstrates that California was in large part responsible for beginning the Civil War, as the principal purpose of its conquest in the Mexican War was to acquire land into which the Southern states could extend their cotton-growing and slaveholding empire. The decision of California’s first voters to exclude slavery from the state but to enact virulently racist legislation encouraged Southerners' hope that, if they established a separate republic, it would become an independent slave nation with the power to extend its territory to the Pacific coast of North America and into the Caribbean and Latin America. Lincoln's opposition to their plans unleashed the Civil War. As the struggle played out, the hopes of the proslavery Confederates were ultimately defeated because California played a vital role in helping Lincoln save the Union. Lincoln and California shines new light on an important state, a pivotal president, and a turning point in American history.

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Title: John Lewis: In Search of the Beloved Community

Author: Raymond Arsenault

Narrator: Jaime Lincoln Smith

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 17 hours 57 minutes

Release date: January 30, 2024

Genres: Law & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

For six decades John Robert Lewis was a towering figure in the U.S. struggle for civil rights. As an activist and progressive congressman, he was renowned for his unshakable integrity, indomitable courage, and determination to get into 'good trouble.' In this biography of Lewis, Raymond Arsenault traces Lewis's upbringing in rural Alabama, his activism, his championing of voting rights and anti-poverty initiatives, and his decades of service as the 'conscience of Congress.' Both in the streets and in Congress, Lewis promoted a philosophy of nonviolence to bring about change. He helped the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders plan the 1963 March on Washington, where he spoke at the Lincoln Memorial. He was instrumental in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and he advocated for racial and economic justice, immigration reform, LGBTQ rights, and national health care. Arsenault recounts Lewis's lifetime of work toward one overarching goal: realizing the 'beloved community,' an ideal society based in equity and inclusion. Lewis never wavered in this pursuit, and even in death his influence endures, inspiring resistance in the fight for social justice.

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Title: Mrs. Kennedy: The Missing History of the Kennedy Years

Author: Barbara Leaming

Narrator: Elizabeth Wiley

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 19 hours 29 minutes

Release date: January 16, 2024

Genres: Law & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

New York Times bestselling author Barbara Leaming answers the question: What was it like to be Mrs. John F. Kennedy during the dramatic thousand days of the Kennedy presidency? Here for the first time is the full story of the extravagant interplay of sex and politics that constitutes one of modern history's most spectacular dramas. Drawing from recently declassified top-secret material, as well as revelatory eyewitness accounts, Secret Service records, and Jacqueline Kennedy's personal letters, bestselling biographer Barbara Leaming answers the question: what was it like to be Mrs. John F. Kennedy during the dramatic thousand days of the Kennedy presidency? Brilliantly researched, Leaming's poignant and powerful chronicle illuminates the tumultuous day-to-day life of a woman who entered the White House at age thirty-one, seven years into a complex and troubled marriage, and left at thirty-four after her husband's assassination. Revealing the full story of the interplay of sex and politics in Washington, Mrs. Kennedy will indelibly challenge our vision of this fascinating woman, and bring a new perspective to her crucial role in the Kennedy presidency.