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Title: The Era of Faith: 632-1667CE

Series: #2 of History's Great Speeches

Author: Muhammad, Pico della Mirandola, Pope Urban II, Elizabeth I, John Milton

Narrator: Charles Featherstone

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 1 hour 31 minutes

Release date: October 4, 2024

Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

Five speeches from a millennium shaped by faith and empire. 632CE. In Muhammed’s farewell address, he lauds his people for their achievements and virtues, and gives them his final instructions for living within the faith. In 1095, Pope Urban II’s Against The Infidels speech launches the Crusades, which lasted for another two hundred years. In it the Pope exhorts his clergy to make true the promise of Christianity and rise against their weaker natures and the enemy in the east. Pico della Mirandola’s Oration On The Dignity Of Man has been described as “the manifesto of the Renaissance”, and is an introduction to his 900 Theses, which was the first printed book ever banned by the Church. Written in 1486, it weaves together philosophy and theology from across history and the world. While Christian, it is a review of the philosophies and religions of the ages. The first section details man’s supremacy over all other beings but God, due to his inherent mutability. The second section dives into the value of philosophy and theology, preparing a discussion of Christian magic and mystery. The final section explores a positive conception of Christian magic, placing it in ancient traditions of magic. In 1588, Elizabeth I’s speech rouses her forces against the Spanish Armada. The Armada came to conquer England and re-establish Catholicism as the state religion. The ensuing conflict is one of England’s great military victories. It includes the famous line “I know I have but the body of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart of a king, and of a king of England, too”. John Milton, Satan’s First Speech, Paradise Lost, 1667. We end the volume with a speech against faith and monarchy, which gives us the phrase “Better to reign in Hell, then serve in Heav'n.” Paradise Lost explores the limits of both divinity and monarchy, and marks the end of an age where the two combined to rule the world.

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Title: The Era of Revolution: 1775-1796

Series: #3 of History's Great Speeches

Author: Maximilien de Robespierre, John Curran, William Wilberforce, George Washington, Patrick Henry, Edmund Burke

Narrator: Charles Featherstone

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 1 hour 58 minutes

Release date: October 4, 2024

Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

Six speeches about freedom and revolution from the American, French and Irish revolutions. The first two speeches are from the American Revolutionary war (1775-1783). Patrick Henry’s “Give me Liberty or give me death” is recognized even today, two centuries since Henry spoke at the Second Virginia Convention to an audience including Thomas Jefferson and George Washington. The speech is credited with providing troops from Virginia for the revolutionary war. In the Newburgh Address, Washington and implores his army to put their faith in him. A mutiny was proposed because Congress has not paid them as promised. Washington needed to make clear to his generals that there was no option to surrender or turn away to unsettled lands, and that he was with them and on their side in the thick of both war and politics. Next is William Wilberforce’s Abolition Speech to the British parliament in 1789, the apex of a campaign that led to slavery being outlawed across the British Empire. Speeches from the French revolution then follow. First, there is the reaction from the aristocracy in England; a valediction from Edmund Burke, an MP in the British Parliament, on the beauty of Marie Antoinette and his sadness at her passing. Four speeches follow by Maximilien de Robespierre, a foundational member of the French Revolution, who laid down the political philosophy of liberty and the moral law over divinity and customary law. The speeches are filled with a passion for direct democracy and the rule of the people, not the elites. The volume ends with a more measured, but no less impassioned, address by the Irish lawyer and statesman John Curran. It was given in Curran’s defence of Archibald Rowan, who was sentenced to transportation to Australia for his treasonous activities fighting for Irish independence. While unsuccessful, this rallying cry for genuine self-determination and free speech captures the heart of the conflicts that defined the era.

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Title: [German] - Und es geschieht jetzt: Jüdisches Leben nach dem 7. Oktober

Author: Marko Martin

Narrator: Thomas Höricht

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 6 hours 6 minutes

Release date: October 3, 2024

Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

Der 7. Oktober 2023 – ein Schreckenstag, dessen Ausmaß noch immer nicht abzusehen ist. Marko Martin beschreibt, was im Jahr danach geschah. Auf der einen Seite die sich polarisierende Öffentlichkeit, die Relativerungen und Rechtfertigungen. Auf der anderen die Jüdinnen und Juden in Deutschland und Israel, in deren täglichen Leben nichts ist wie zuvor. Die furchtbaren Bilder, der Verlust von Freunden und Verwandten, die Angst auf der Straße hier in Deutschland, und immer wieder Frage: Was können wir tun – achshav? Jetzt? Ein Buch der Zwischenräume und Zwischentöne, das dem Hass die Geschichten der einzelnen Menschen entgegensetzt. Ein Plädoyer für Tikkun Olam, die Reparatur der Welt. Das Jahr nach dem 7. Oktober führt in viele Abgründe. Jüdinnen und Juden machen wieder die Ur-Erfahrung der Schutzlosigkeit, besonders nach den Bildern jubelnder Islamisten in deutschen Großstädten. In Israel hat der Massenmord der Hamas tiefe Wunden gerissen, Kindergärten, Bibliotheken, Kibuzzim – plötzlich Schauplätze des Terrors. Das entsetzliche Schicksal der Geiseln. Dazu der Gaza-Krieg und eine Regierung, gegen die Hunderttausende Israelis protestieren. Und immer diese Frage: Wie miteinander weiterleben? Die eine Lösung gibt es nicht, aber doch viele Möglichkeiten erster Hilfe,

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Title: Hey Man, Where's Dr. Huang?

Author: Nathaniel Sewell

Narrator: Michael Hatak

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 5 hours 2 minutes

Release date: October 2, 2024

Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

Dr. Huang hates Benjamin. Benjamin threw Dr. Huang out of Homer Memorial Golf & Country Club for being a pervert and having a fluid gender identity for subversive purposes. But Dr. Huang got lucky after Benjamin got knocked out by a stray golf ball. After the trauma, Benjamin ends up in the hospital with a futuristic probe inserted between the hemispheres of his brain-a probe implanted by Dr. Huang. Benjamin awakes in a dream-like environment at the first tee box at Homer Memorial. But only to be challenged to a golf match by the three sisters of fate, Nona, Decima, and Morta. Benjamin has no real chance of beating the supernatural sisters, but the stakes become apparent through a series of questions. Benjamin can earn more shots to his handicap for each hole, but there is a deadly catch: if he lies, he instantly dies by electrocution from Dr. Huang's probe. A deadly match that Benjamin comes to realize is happening inside his mind. Dr. Huang monitors Benjamin's every thought; if he even thinks about lying or misleading the sister of fate, he dies. Benjamin's life is at risk for each hole, and a series of challenges designed by Dr. Huang beyond golf await him. The challenges that examine racism, bigotry, gender dysphoria, and what happened to a crumbling American society and body politic. Will the sisters of fate win the match and Morta cut Benjamin's life short, or will Benjamin adhere to his ethical standard, his par, to fight back for his life? Nathaniel Sewell was born in Lexington, Kentucky. He lives in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida. His novels are about family troubles, political, social issues and the things none of us like to talk about. Hey Man, Where's Dr. Huang? is his sixth novel.

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Title: Psychopolitics: Neoliberalism and New Technologies of Power

Author: Byung-Chul Han

Narrator: Peter Noble

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 2 hours 49 minutes

Release date: October 2, 2024

Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

Exploring how neoliberalism has discovered the productive force of the psyche Byung-Chul Han, a star of German philosophy, continues his passionate critique of neoliberalism, trenchantly describing a regime of technological domination that, in contrast to Foucault’s biopower, has discovered the productive force of the psyche. In the course of discussing all the facets of neoliberal psychopolitics fueling our contemporary crisis of freedom, Han elaborates an analytical framework that provides an original theory of Big Data and a lucid phenomenology of emotion. But this provocative essay proposes counter models too, presenting a wealth of ideas and surprising alternatives at every turn. This audiobook is expertly read by Peter Noble, and was produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont. Audio engineering by Allie McSwain.

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Title: Areopagitica

Author: John Milton

Narrator: Zoey Reyes

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 1 hour 58 minutes

Release date: October 2, 2024

Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

John Milton is renowned for his poetry, yet during most of his lifetime he was best known as a writer of prose, both celebrated and denounced for his fiery polemics in an era of religious and political controversy, radical pamphleteering and civil war. This annotated edition of his major English prose writings includes Milton's tractates in favour of divorce, on progressive education, in defence of the execution of Charles I and the new Republican state, and Areopagitica, his famous attack on censorship and call for a free press. Rhetorical, powerful, heterodox, these are monuments to the ideals of liberty and free speech from a master of English prose.

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Title: On Leadership: Lessons for the 21st Century

Author: Tony Blair

Narrator: Tony Blair

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 8 hours 24 minutes

Release date: October 1, 2024

Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

The leadership manual Tony Blair wishes he had when he became prime minister, with personal insights and global examples that show aspiring leaders how to go from talking about change to making change. Sir Tony Blair learnt the precepts of governing the hard way: by leading a country for over ten years. In that time he came to understand that there were certain key characteristics of successful government that he wished he had known when he started. Now Sir Tony has written the manual on political leadership that he would have wanted back in 1997, sharing the insights he has gained from his personal experience and from observing other world leaders at first hand, both while he was in office and since, through his Institute’s work with political leaders and governments globally. Written in short, pithy chapters, packed with examples drawn from all forms of political systems from around the world, the books answers the key questions: How should a leader organize the center of government and his or her own office? How should he or she prioritize and develop the right plan and hire the right personnel, cope with unforeseen events and crises, and balance short-term wins with long-term structural change? What’s the best way to deal with an obstructive or inert bureaucracy, to attract investment, to reform healthcare or education, and to ensure security for the citizen? And how should governments harness the massive opportunities of the 21st-century technological revolution? This is a masterclass on leadership in general, and political leadership in particular, from a master statesman.

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Title: Tragic Nation: Burma 

Author: Amitav Acharya

Narrator: RICHARD BHAKTI KLIEN

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 8 hours 0 minutes

Release date: October 1, 2024

Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

A decade ago, Burma was full of light and hope. Today, it has descended into darkness and despair. The once promising political and opening up of the country has been set back, possibly for a long time. How did this happen?Why? Many outside observers are surprised by the developments, but it was predictable. For those watching Burma the February 2021 coup was in the making for some time. Its seeds were planted in the constitution, which created false expectations on both the military and the civilian parties that both sides are going to emerge as long-term winners. The political leadership of Aung San Suu Kyi, the determination of her supporters to gain absolute control of the country at the expense of the military, and the over-dependence on her by her party without a succession plan, were other contributing factors. The international community, including ASEAN, was blindsided by short-term business considerations.ASEAN saw Burma’s entry into the regional grouping as a major geopolitical gain, without keeping an eye on the gathering political storm inside the country. ASEAN’s principle of non-interference led to lack a lack of concern for Burma’s domestic developments. This book will provide a timely and insightful account of the political situation in Burma, assessing why the country experienced the coup, what the implications are for the people of Burma and the Southeast Asian region, and what role the international community can play to prevent Burma becoming a failed state.

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Title: Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday Massacre: Lessons for the International Community

Author: Rohan Gunaratna

Narrator: ZACHARY COFFIN

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 45 minutes

Release date: October 1, 2024

Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

Radical Islam is an enduring global challenge that presents a national and international security threat. Instigation by hate preachers, inadequate government, societal attention, religious and reciprocal radicalization have allowed this threat to manifest into terrorist violence. Extremist ideologies have infiltrated religious, educational, and digital spaces and thus, terrorism’s shadow continues to shroud the safety and stability of countries and communities worldwide today.On 21 April 2019, the world’s most dangerous threat movement, the Islamic State, mounted one of its deadliest attacks in Sri Lanka. The surge of fear, suspicion, and prejudice following what is now known as ‘Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday Massacre’ fragmented the country, imbuing hatred and anger against the Muslim community. Years later, the radicalization pipeline remains intact, and the threat persists. With the global expansion of the Islamic State and al-Qaeda, will the world witness attacks of a similar or greater scale in the future?Equal parts treatise and reference material, Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday Massacre: Lessons for the International Community answers this question by tracing the genesis, threat trajectory, and aftermath of the bombings and the personalities behind them. With unprecedented access to accounts from Islamic State detainees, affected families, intelligence specialists, and investigators, the book reflects on lessons learned and provides insight into how such attacks are organized and what measures can be taken to prevent or respond to these threats effectively.

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Title: Anarchism and Other Essays

Author: Emma Goldman

Narrator: Gabriel Evans

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 7 hours 23 minutes

Release date: October 1, 2024

Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

'Goldman was an admirer of Nietzsche and in many ways represents a model of a superior individual who is capable of rising above the herd instincts of the masses and embracing confrontation with danger. She never hesitated to countenance both the ire of public authorities and the scorn of public opinion. As contemporary anarchists have fallen into the mundane habit of politically correct conformity, a full examination of Goldman's thought suggests the need for a new anarchism that reflects the martial spirit of which Goldman was an exemplary. Emma Goldman is often depicted in current academic discourse, and the 'Left' in particular, as a role model for feminists and a champion of the proletariat. Keith Preston however in reviewing each chapter of Goldman's most famous work 'Anarchism and Other Essays' reveals that Emma Goldman often expressed ideas which many of her present day admirers will find surprising and unsettling. He highlights the fact that Emma Goldman distrusted the proletariat, wrote disdainfully of the early feminists who were her contemporaries, and expressed scepticism of women's suffrage.'