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Title: On the Duty of Civil Disobedience (Unabridged)

Author: Henry David Thoreau

Narrator: Phil Chenevert

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 1 hour 6 minutes

Release date: May 5, 2023

Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

Resistance to Civil Government, also called On the Duty of Civil Disobedience or Civil Disobedience for short, is an essay by American transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau that was first published in 1849. In it, Thoreau argues that individuals should not permit governments to overrule or atrophy their consciences, and that they have a duty to avoid allowing such acquiescence to enable the government to make them the agents of injustice. Thoreau was motivated in part by his disgust with slavery and the Mexican-American War (1846-1848). Summary: Thoreau asserts that because governments are typically more harmful than helpful, they therefore cannot be justified. Democracy is no cure for this, as majorities simply by virtue of being majorities do not also gain the virtues of wisdom and justice. The judgment of an individual's conscience is not necessarily inferior to the decisions of a political body or majority, and so '[i]t is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right. The only obligation which I have a right to assume is to do at any time what I think right.... Law never made men a whit more just; and, by means of their respect for it, even the well-disposed are daily made the agents of injustice.' He adds, 'I cannot for an instant recognize as my government [that] which is the slave's government also.' The government, according to Thoreau, is not just a little corrupt or unjust in the course of doing its otherwise-important work, but in fact the government is primarily an agent of corruption and injustice. Because of this, it is 'not too soon for honest men to rebel and revolutionize'. Political philosophers have counseled caution about revolution because the upheaval of revolution typically causes a lot of expense and suffering. Thoreau contends that such a cost/benefit analysis is inappropriate when the government is actively facilitating an injustice as extreme as slavery. Such a fundamental immorality justifies any difficulty or expense to bring it to an end. 'This people must cease to hold slaves, and to make war on Mexico, though it cost them their existence as a people.'

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Title: Your Multimillion-Dollar Exit: The Entrepreneur’s Business Success(ion) Planner: A Blueprint for Wealth Guide

Author: Wayne M. Zell

Narrator: Wayne M. Zell

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 10 hours 34 minutes

Release date: May 4, 2023

Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

WINNER PenCraft Literary Award 2024 FINALIST American Legacy Book Awards 2024 ARCHITECT YOUR OWN EXIT STRATEGY… ON DAY ONE Selling your business can be hard but this easy-to-follow planner is designed to help entrepreneurs exit their businesses on their terms. Using real-world examples, checklists, and actionable advice, this book is about selling smart and achieving maximum value for the time and effort you’ve put into your company. • Uncover the legal and business secrets lawyers and investment bankers use to gain the upper hand in negotiations and drafting transaction documents • Save millions of dollars through advantageous tax planning techniques • Understand what buyers and investors want and what they fear most. • Identify and navigate rough patches to successfully exit your business • Assemble a superior team to maximize your exit strategy • Anticipate and minimize risk of unexpected exits (such as death, disability, or sudden losses)

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Title: [Spanish] - Escrituras Flash

Author: Wael El-Manzalawy

Narrator: Sandra Ouellet

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 0 hours 22 minutes

Release date: April 29, 2023

Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

Las escrituras relámpago son escrituras muy, muy breves, pero las escrituras relámpago pueden introducir ideas muy importantes. Escribir trabajos relámpago no es una tarea fácil. Los trabajos largos tienen un amplio espacio para moverse. Este libro electrónico contiene algunos escritos relámpago como “El mundo después del coronavirus”, “Viajar recrea su pensamiento”, “Agua helada”, “La pesadilla” y otros.Las escrituras relámpago son escrituras muy, muy breves, pero las escrituras relámpago pueden introducir ideas muy importantes. Escribir trabajos relámpago no es una tarea fácil. Los trabajos largos tienen un amplio espacio para moverse. Este libro electrónico contiene algunos escritos relámpago como “El mundo después del coronavirus”, “Viajar recrea su pensamiento”, “Agua helada”, “La pesadilla” y otros. PUBLISHER: TEKTIME

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Title: [Spanish] - Ciudadania americana: 100 preguntas y respuestas

Author: Jeff Santos

Narrator: Salvador Marini

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 1 hour 17 minutes

Release date: April 24, 2023

Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

¿Qué prueba debe tomar? Hay dos versiones del examen de ciudadanía estadounidense: la versión de educación cívica de 2008 y la versión de educación cívica de 2020. Entonces, ¿cuál es el adecuado para ti? Puede elegir la versión de civismo 2008 o 2020 si cumple con los dos criterios siguientes: Presentó su Formulario de Solicitud de Naturalización (N-400) a partir del 1 de diciembre de 2020 y antes del 1 de marzo de 2021, y Su examen inicial (entrevista) estaba programado para una fecha anterior al 19 de abril de 2021. Si no cumple con los dos criterios anteriores, se le pedirá que tome el examen de educación cívica de 2008. A continuación se incluye una guía para el examen de educación cívica de 2008 y las respuestas a las preguntas más comunes relacionadas con la entrevista de naturalización de EE. UU.

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Title: Edward Snowden's Revelations and Vladimir Putin's Chess Game

Author: Berlin Julien Theodore

Narrator: Frank Rodriguez

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 0 hours 57 minutes

Release date: April 20, 2023

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2

Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1

Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

This book 'Edward Snowden's Revelations and Vladimir Putin's Chess Game' tells the fascinating tale of one of the most incredible events in American history. It will take you through the deepest darkest secrets of world politics and how Superpower countries are plotting in this game, trying to over one another while using others as Pawns in the race. 'Snowden's contribution and revelations have been nothing short of an eye-opener for millions of people around the world. The book encompasses real-life examples from people who look up to Snowden and acknowledge his contribution in revealing the truth to the people. The story unfolds as Snowden changes the face of world politics through his shocking revelations, which forced him to seek asylum out of his home country, the USA. Russia's President, Vladimir Putin, also uses the Snowden Effect and changes his military, political and economic strategies. Let's see who will win in this game of chess!

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Title: [German] - Die Moskau-Connection: Das Schröder-Netzwerk und Deutschlands Weg in die Abhängigkeit

Author: Reinhard Bingener, Markus Wehner

Narrator: Heiko Grauel

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 25 minutes

Release date: March 23, 2023

Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

DER PIPELINE-DEAL: HINTER DEN KULISSEN EINES VERHÄNGNISVOLLEN NETZWERKS Deutschland hat über viele Jahre die Gefahr ignoriert, die von Putins Regime ausging. Es hat die Warnungen seiner europäischen Nachbarn in den Wind geschlagen und sich von Gas und Öl aus Russland immer abhängiger gemacht. Die Folge ist eine schwere Wirtschaftskrise, die den Wohlstand der Bundesrepublik langfristig schmälern wird. Wie konnte es dazu kommen? Welche Rolle spielte dabei Gerhard Schröder als SPD-Bundeskanzler und späterer Gas-Lobbyist mit seinem weitverzweigten Netz in Politik und Wirtschaft? Warum schlug CDU-Kanzlerin Angela Merkel keinen weitsichtigeren Kurs ein? Welche geschäftlichen und politischen Verbindungen, aber auch welche wirtschaftlichen und strategischen Interessen führten dazu, dass Deutschland auf Putin setzte, obwohl er schon vor seinem Überfall auf die Ukraine Kriege geführt, die Opposition ausgeschaltet und Freiheits- und Menschenrechte missachtet hatte? Die FAZ-Korrespondenten Reinhard Bingener und Markus Wehner decken die Moskau-Connection der deutschen Politik auf und zeigen, wie eine der größten Fehleinschätzungen deutscher Außenpolitik seit 1945 möglich wurde. Hannover – Berlin – Moskau: Die große Recherche über Gerhard Schröders verhängnisvolles Netzwerk in Politik und Wirtschaft Wie zwielichtige Honorarkonsuln, ominöse Bauunternehmer, Ex-Stasi-Majore und naive Entspannungspolitiker Deutschland in die Abhängigkeit vom Kreml geführt haben Für Leser:innen von Catherine Belton 'Putins Netz'

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Title: [German] - Russlands Werk und Deutschlands Beitrag: Wie Putins und Merkels Politik uns zum Verhängnis wurden

Author: Thomas Mayer

Narrator: Erich Wittenberg

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 5 hours 58 minutes

Release date: February 23, 2023

Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

Böses Erwachen: Der Ukraine-Krieg und der Abschied vom unechten Frieden Wladimir Putins kaltblütiger Angriff auf die Ukraine vom 24. Februar 2022 besiegelte das Ende einer Welt, wie wir sie kannten. Der Traum vom Wandel durch Handel mit Russland war geplatzt, Putins Maske gefallen. Seitdem ächzt Deutschland unter der Energiekrise und einer hohen Inflation. Doch wie konnte es so weit kommen? Und was ist zu tun, damit sich die westlichen Demokratien angesichts einer neuen Weltordnung behaupten? Messerscharf analysiert Top-Ökonom Thomas Mayer die fatalen Fehlentwicklungen der Wirtschafts- und Außenpolitik Deutschlands unter der Führung von Angela Merkel. - Angriffskrieg mit Ansage: Wie Wladimir Putin von Deutschlands Politik der Beschwichtigung profitierte - Neue Einblicke in die deutsch-russische Geschichte: Vom Mauerfall bis zum Ukraine-Krieg - Wirtschaftspolitik auf Abwegen: Versagen und Versäumnisse aus Angela Merkels Amtszeit - Auferstanden aus Ruinen: Die erstaunlichen Karrieren von Wladimir Putin und Angela Merkel - Mit aufschlussreichen Erkenntnissen zur Energiekrise: Vom Wirtschaftsexperten Thomas Mayer Karriere auf den Trümmern der Sowjetunion: Über die Hintergründe von Merkels Politik Angela Merkel und Wladimir Putin verbindet mehr, als man auf den ersten Blick vermutet: Beide gehören der gleichen Generation an und haben den Zerfall der Sowjetunion hautnah miterlebt. Detailreich schildert Mayer den Aufstieg der berühmten Politiker und die wechselhafte Beziehung zwischen russischem „Wolf“ und deutschem „Chamäleon“. Dabei geht er schonungslos ins Gericht mit Merkels Versagen in Fragen der Energie- und Sicherheitspolitik.

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Title: Ten Years Hard Labour

Author: Chris Williamson

Narrator: Chris Williamson

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 12 hours 13 minutes

Release date: January 16, 2023

Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

THE INSIDE STORY OF THE MILIBAND AND CORBYN YEARS, AND HOW THEY LED TO THE LABOUR LEFT'S DEMISE For 42 years, Chris Williamson was a Labour Party member. In 2010, he was elected to Parliament to represent his home town. However, in 2019, he was unceremoniously suspended from the party after being subjected to a smear campaign, and he later resigned in protest at the betrayal. In this forensic memoir - free of his Labourist clutches - Williamson provides a unique ringside view. As well as lifting the lid on the amateurish politics-by-focus groups under Ed Miliband, Williamson exposes some of the major events that created and deepened Labour's 'antisemitism crisis' under Jeremy Corbyn. In his mission to set the record straight on numerous misreported events, Williamson names and shames the individuals - on the left and the right - whom he holds responsible for delivering his former party back into the hands of New Labourism under Sir Keir Starmer. To understand the existential crisis facing socialists in Britain today, Williamson's account of recent Labour history is indispensable. 'Williamson's analysis will be contentious and his trenchant views make uncomfortable reading. But for those who want to see a socialist future, or anyone who has ever voted Labour and wants to see it do better, this is essential reading.' - Ken Loach, filmmaker 'Chris Williamson is a compelling and committed socialist and was Jeremy Corbyn's most loyal supporter in Parliament: that is why he had to be sabotaged at all costs. … This book is a fascinating account of his struggle and the way forward.' - Alexei Sayle, actor, author, stand-up comedian 'Chris Williamson's 10 Years Hard Labour is an eye-opening, and at times, infuriating, insider's account of the coordinated political assault on the British Left that took place inside a party that was once its home.' - Max Blumenthal, author, editor and founder of The Grayzone 'The Left needs an honest account and reckoning of the rise and fall of 'Corbynism' - and I hope this book is start of that much needed self-criticism and honest debate.' - Salma Yaqoob, peace activist '[Williamson] offers a searing indictment of the cannibalistic witch hunt that libelled Corbyn and others with false accusations of anti Semitism to cleanse the party of the Left. This is a necessary corrective history for British audiences and a warning for the Left in all Western democracies.' - Rania Khalek, journalist, Breakthrough News

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Title: [German] - Die protestantische Ethik und der Geist des Kapitalismus

Author: Max Weber

Narrator: Jan Peter Richter

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 6 hours 0 minutes

Release date: August 2, 2022

Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

Max Weber stellt sich in diesem Werk die zentrale Frage, was die abendländische Moderne so besonders macht und den ihr spezifischen wirtschaftlichen Aufschwung im 16. und 17. Jahrhundert voran trieb. Dabei analysiert er die Ursprünge und Voraussetzungen des Kapitalismus und entdeckt eine bestimmte protestantische Ethik, die zu dieser Zeit in Mitteleuropa und Amerika vorherrschte. Im Zuge seiner Analyse untersucht er die Ausbreitung des Protestantismus und wie diese den Kapitalismus begünstige. Die protestantischen Puritaner seien dabei zunächst religiös motiviert gewesen. Doch schon bald habe sich der sogenannte “Geist des Kapitalismus” verselbstständigt, welchen Weber in seinem Werk genauestens unter die Lupe nimmt. Er präsentiert dabei eine Sammlung von spannenden Gedanken und widmet sich einer wichtigen Fragestellung, die auch heute noch extrem relevant ist und Aspekte unseres täglichen Lebens stark beeinflusst. Weber bietet einen faszinierenden Einblick in die Ursprünge des Kapitalismus und erklärt auf verständliche Weise, wie dieser entstand und wie er solche Bedeutung erlangte.

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Title: One Bright Moon

Author: Andrew Kwong

Narrator: Jason Chong

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 12 hours 20 minutes

Release date: March 30, 2022

Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

Winner of the 2021 Michael Crouch Award, debut category of the National Biography Award: From famine to freedom, how a young boy fled Chairman Mao's China to a new life in Australia Andrew Kwong was only seven when he witnessed his first execution. The grim scene left him sleepless, anxious and doubtful about his commitment as a revolutionary in Mao's New China. Yet he knew if he devoted himself to the Party and its Chairman he would be saved. That's what his teacher told him. Months later, it was his own father on trial. This time the sentence was banishment to a re-education camp, not death. It left the family tainted, despised, and with few means of survival during the terrible years of persecution and famine known as the Great Leap Forward. Even after his father returned, things remained desperate. Escape seemed the only solution, and it would be twelve-year-old Andrew who undertook the perilous journey first. This is the poignant, resonant story of a young boy's awakening – to survival, education, fulfilment, and eventually to a new life of freedom. PRAISE 'An incredibly powerful book' Benjamin Law '[A] moving family saga, shot through with yearning and hard-won joy' Fiona Capp, Sydney Morning Herald 'This book will live on in your heart long after you've read the last page' Vicki Laveau-Harvie, author of The Erratics 'Heart-breaking, honest, personal, Andrew Kwong's moving journey from oppression to freedom is inspiring' Susanne Gervay, OAM, author 'A work of startling clarity ... reminiscent of Angela's Ashes' South China Morning Post Magazine 'Deeply moving ... The unique perspective of a child ... places One Bright Moon in the vicinity of Night, Elie Wiesel's pathbreaking memoir of his early life prior to and of his time in German concentration camps' Meenakshi Bharat, IIC Quarterly 'A few pages into this compelling memoir proves it was written by a master storyteller' Sharon Rundle, Australian Book Review 'A profoundly moving and spellbinding story that perfectly illuminates the terror of the times and the irrepressible yearning for something better' Carol Major, author and writing mentor 'One Bright Moon is extraordinary writing that encapsulates long-term hunger as a background feature of daily life in Mao's New China. In the foreground are images of adults and children populating the world of the pre-teenage boy with a photographic memory who would later write of them. The book is rich archival material for the study of China's social history' Mabel Lee, PhD FAHA, writer and translator 'Reading this memoir is a healing experience' Devika Brendon, author and editor