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The Fourth Turning Is Here

What the Seasons of History Tell Us about How and When This Crisis Will End

by Neil Howe ...

Narrated by Neil Howe ...

Unabridged

20 hours 29 min

The visionary behind the bestselling phenomenon The Fourth Turning looks once again to America’s past to predict our future in this “riveting and revelatory” (Tony Robbins) prophecy for how our present era of unrest will resolve over the next ten years—and what our lives will look like afterward.Thirty years ago, Neil Howe and the late William Strauss dazzled the world with a provocative new ... Read more

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The visionary behind the bestselling phenomenon The Fourth Turning looks once again to America’s past to predict our future in this “riveting and revelatory” (Tony Robbins) prophecy for how our present era of unrest will resolve over the next ten years—and what our lives will look like afterward.Thirty years ago, Neil Howe and the late William Strauss dazzled the world with a provocative new
... Read more
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Generations

The Real Differences between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents—and What They Mean for America's Future

by Jean M. Twenge, PhD ...

Narrated by Madeleine Maby ...

Unabridged

16 hours 49 min

A groundbreaking, “lavishly informative” (The New York Times) portrait of the six generations that currently live in the United States and how they connect, conflict, and compete with one another—from the acclaimed author of Generation Me and iGen.Upending the conventional theory that generational differences are caused by major events, Dr. Jean Twenge analyzes data on 39 million people from ... Read more

$29.99 USD

A groundbreaking, “lavishly informative” (The New York Times) portrait of the six generations that currently live in the United States and how they connect, conflict, and compete with one another—from the acclaimed author of Generation Me and iGen.Upending the conventional theory that generational differences are caused by major events, Dr. Jean Twenge analyzes data on 39 million people from
... Read more
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Why Are Fewer Americans Getting Married?

by PBS NewsHour ...

Narrated by PBS NewsHour ...

Unabridged

6 min

Fewer Americans are tying the knot nowadays, according to a new Pew Research report that showed 51 percent of the adult population is married, compared to 1960 when 72 percent of the country was. Ray Suarez discusses the changing demographics of marriage in the United States with Stephanie Coontz of Evergreen State College. ... Read more

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Fewer Americans are tying the knot nowadays, according to a new Pew Research report that showed 51 percent of the adult population is married, compared to 1960 when 72 percent of the country was. Ray Suarez discusses the changing demographics of marriage in the United States with Stephanie Coontz of Evergreen State College.
... Read more
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Counting Americans

How the US Census Classified the Nation

by Paul Schor ...

Narrated by Christopher Grove ...

Unabridged

12 hours 51 min

The history of categories used by the US census reflects a country whose identity and self-understanding—particularly its social construction of race—is closely tied to the continuous polling on the composition of its population.By tracing the evolution of the categories the United States used to count and classify its population from 1790 to 1940, Paul Schor shows that, far from being simply a ... Read more

$24.99 USD

The history of categories used by the US census reflects a country whose identity and self-understanding—particularly its social construction of race—is closely tied to the continuous polling on the composition of its population.By tracing the evolution of the categories the United States used to count and classify its population from 1790 to 1940, Paul Schor shows that, far from being simply a
... Read more
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Why are Younger Children Alone in Reducing Obesity Rates?

by PBS NewsHour ...

Narrated by PBS NewsHour ...

Unabridged

6 min

The Centers for Disease Control is reporting progress in cutting obesity among pre-schoolers. During the past decade, obesity in children aged 2 to 5 has dropped from 14 percent to 8 percent. Christina Economos of the Tufts University School of Medicine joins Gwen Ifill to discuss possible factors in the decrease, including changes to food assistance programs and nutrition and exercise campaigns. ... Read more

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The Centers for Disease Control is reporting progress in cutting obesity among pre-schoolers. During the past decade, obesity in children aged 2 to 5 has dropped from 14 percent to 8 percent. Christina Economos of the Tufts University School of Medicine joins Gwen Ifill to discuss possible factors in the decrease, including changes to food assistance programs and nutrition and exercise campaigns.
... Read more
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Civic Handbook, The: Small Steps For Big Change In Your Neighborhood And Nation

by Tanya Norris ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Anya G ...

Unabridged

3 hours 24 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Imagine a world where your community thrives, where neighbors support each other, and where your voice is heard on issues that matter. It's not a distant dream, it's within your reach. "The Civic Handbook" is your guide to becoming an active and engaged citizen, taking small steps that create big change in your neighborhood and nation. This ... Read more

$4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Imagine a world where your community thrives, where neighbors support each other, and where your voice is heard on issues that matter. It's not a distant dream, it's within your reach. "The Civic Handbook" is your guide to becoming an active and engaged citizen, taking small steps that create big change in your neighborhood and nation. This
... Read more
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Generation Z für Personalmanagement und Führung

Ergebnisse der Generation-Thinking-Studie

by Rüdiger Maas ...

Narrated by Andreas Rickert ...

Unabridged

2 hours 23 min

Wie tickt die Generation Z? Wie denkt, lebt und handelt die sogenannte Generation Z? Was kann sie begeistern, was bewegt oder motiviert sie? Fragen, die Rüdiger Maas auf Basis aktuellster Forschung direkt auf die unternehmerische Praxis abgestimmt pointiert und anschaulich beantwortet. Wunderbar illustriert, kompakt und informativ ist dieses Buch ein Muss für alle, die die Generation Z ansprechen, ... Read more

$18.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Wie tickt die Generation Z? Wie denkt, lebt und handelt die sogenannte Generation Z? Was kann sie begeistern, was bewegt oder motiviert sie? Fragen, die Rüdiger Maas auf Basis aktuellster Forschung direkt auf die unternehmerische Praxis abgestimmt pointiert und anschaulich beantwortet. Wunderbar illustriert, kompakt und informativ ist dieses Buch ein Muss für alle, die die Generation Z ansprechen,
... Read more
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The Human Tide

How Population Shaped the Modern World

by Paul Morland ...

Narrated by Zeb Soanes ...

Unabridged

10 hours 40 min

A dazzling new history of the irrepressible demographic changes and mass migrations that have made and unmade nations, continents, and empiresThe rise and fall of the British Empire; the emergence of America as a superpower; the ebb and flow of global challenges from Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, and Soviet Russia. These are the headlines of history, but they cannot be properly grasped without ... Read more

$27.99 USD

A dazzling new history of the irrepressible demographic changes and mass migrations that have made and unmade nations, continents, and empiresThe rise and fall of the British Empire; the emergence of America as a superpower; the ebb and flow of global challenges from Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, and Soviet Russia. These are the headlines of history, but they cannot be properly grasped without
... Read more
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특별함이 사라진 미국

보통 국가 아메리카의 등장

by Cho Jae Chan ...

Narrated by Megan Rose, bEyonder Station Digital Voice ...

Unabridged

36 min

미국은 인류 역사상 가장 독특한 방식으로 탄생한 국가입니다. 왕조의 계승이나 정복 전쟁이 아닌 토론으로 헌법을 제정하고 연방을 구성한 과정은 세계사에 유례가 없습니다.기독교적 신념과 개척정신은 미국인의 정체성을 형성하는 핵심이었습니다 19세기 산업혁명은 미국을 세계 경제의 중심으로 끌어올리며, 노력하면 누구나 성공할 수 있다는 “아메리칸 드림”을 국가적 신화로 자리 잡게 합니다.앵글로아메리칸의 바탕 위에서 초강대국의 번영을 이룬 미국이지만, 이제 인구구조 변화가 그 모든 것을 흔들고 있습니다. 앵글로 인구가 급감하는 동안 사회 계층의 재편이 함께 진행 중입니다.새로운 독점계층이 부상하는 가운데, 미국은 국가정체성 전환이라는 기로에 서 있습니다. 과연 "특별함"을 잃은 미국이 맞이하게 될 미래는 무엇일까요? ... Read more

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미국은 인류 역사상 가장 독특한 방식으로 탄생한 국가입니다. 왕조의 계승이나 정복 전쟁이 아닌 토론으로 헌법을 제정하고 연방을 구성한 과정은 세계사에 유례가 없습니다.기독교적 신념과 개척정신은 미국인의 정체성을 형성하는 핵심이었습니다 19세기 산업혁명은 미국을 세계 경제의 중심으로 끌어올리며, 노력하면 누구나 성공할 수 있다는 “아메리칸 드림”을 국가적 신화로 자리 잡게 합니다.앵글로아메리칸의 바탕 위에서 초강대국의 번영을 이룬 미국이지만, 이제 인구구조 변화가 그 모든 것을 흔들고 있습니다. 앵글로 인구가 급감하는 동안 사회 계층의 재편이 함께 진행 중입니다.새로운 독점계층이 부상하는 가운데, 미국은 국가정체성 전환이라는 기로에 서 있습니다. 과연 "특별함"을 잃은 미국이 맞이하게 될 미래는 무엇일까요?
... Read more
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Je suis noir et je n’aime pas le manioc

by Gaston Kelman ...

Narrated by Jacques Denigelles ...

Unabridged

5 hours 38 min

Gaston Kelman a beau avoir des origines camerounaises, il ne se met pas pour autant à danser le dombolo une fois la nuit tombée. Installé en France depuis vingt ans, ce Bourguignon est l'auteur d'un vivifiant pamphlet contre le racisme ordinaire et son cortège de préjugés. Avec une verve toute voltairienne, il fustige les dangers d'une victimisation outrancière de la communauté noire et tisse par ... Read more

$20.99 USD

Gaston Kelman a beau avoir des origines camerounaises, il ne se met pas pour autant à danser le dombolo une fois la nuit tombée. Installé en France depuis vingt ans, ce Bourguignon est l'auteur d'un vivifiant pamphlet contre le racisme ordinaire et son cortège de préjugés. Avec une verve toute voltairienne, il fustige les dangers d'une victimisation outrancière de la communauté noire et tisse par
... Read more
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After the Spike

by Michael Geruso, Dean Spears ...

Narrated by Sean Patrick Hopkins ...

Unabridged

9 hours 14 min

NATIONAL BESTSELLERWhat if the challenge for humanity’s future is not too many people on a crowded planet, but too few people to sustain the progress that the world needs?Most people on Earth today live in a country where birth rates already are too low to stabilize the population: fewer than two children for every two adults. In After the Spike, economists Dean Spears and Michael Geruso sound a ... Read more

$25.99 USD

NATIONAL BESTSELLERWhat if the challenge for humanity’s future is not too many people on a crowded planet, but too few people to sustain the progress that the world needs?Most people on Earth today live in a country where birth rates already are too low to stabilize the population: fewer than two children for every two adults. In After the Spike, economists Dean Spears and Michael Geruso sound a
... Read more
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Fortress London

Why we need to save the country from its capital

by Sam Bright ...

Narrated by Sam Bright ...

Unabridged

9 hours 37 min

A vividly written and timely polemic tackling the burning injustices shaping British society today.‘Intelligently written and powerfully argued.’ Paul Mason‘Witty, scathing, and entertaining.’ Danny DorlingJournalist Sam Bright is a Northerner living in London. He is just one of the millions of people clinging on to the coattails of the capital, sucked in by the prospect of opportunities that the ... Read more

$27.99 USD

A vividly written and timely polemic tackling the burning injustices shaping British society today.‘Intelligently written and powerfully argued.’ Paul Mason‘Witty, scathing, and entertaining.’ Danny DorlingJournalist Sam Bright is a Northerner living in London. He is just one of the millions of people clinging on to the coattails of the capital, sucked in by the prospect of opportunities that the
... Read more
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How Not to Die (Too Soon)

The Lies We’ve Been Sold and the Policies That Can Save Us

by Devi Sridhar ...

Narrated by Devi Sridhar ...

Unabridged

9 hours 45 min

Brought to you by Penguin.Have you ever questioned why, despite the avalanche of self-help books and optimization hacks, we remain embroiled in multiple global health crises? Populations worldwide are gaining life-shortening excess weight (even in poorer countries), and water contamination is rampant (even in richer countries). In such dire circumstances, a gratitude journal won’t help.The stark ... Read more

$19.11 USD

Brought to you by Penguin.Have you ever questioned why, despite the avalanche of self-help books and optimization hacks, we remain embroiled in multiple global health crises? Populations worldwide are gaining life-shortening excess weight (even in poorer countries), and water contamination is rampant (even in richer countries). In such dire circumstances, a gratitude journal won’t help.The stark
... Read more
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When You Learn the Alphabet

Essays

by Kendra Allen ...

Narrated by Nicole Cash ...

Unabridged

5 hours 24 min

Kendra Allen’s first collection of essays—at its core—is a bunch of mad stories about things she never learned to let go of. Unifying personal narrative and cultural commentary, this collection grapples with the lessons that have been stored between parent and daughter. These parental relationships expose the conditioning that subconsciously informed her ideas on social issues such as colorism, ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Kendra Allen’s first collection of essays—at its core—is a bunch of mad stories about things she never learned to let go of. Unifying personal narrative and cultural commentary, this collection grapples with the lessons that have been stored between parent and daughter. These parental relationships expose the conditioning that subconsciously informed her ideas on social issues such as colorism,
... Read more
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An Other Kingdom

Departing the Consumer Culture

by Peter Block, Walter Brueggemann, John McKnight ...

Narrated by Mirron Willis ...

Unabridged

3 hours 45 min

Our seduction into beliefs in competition, scarcity, and acquisition are producing too many casualties. We need to depart a kingdom that creates isolation, polarized debate, an exhausted planet, and violence that comes with the will to empire. The abbreviation of this empire is called a consumer culture.We think the free-market ideology that surrounds us is true and inevitable and represents ... Read more

$12.99 USD

Our seduction into beliefs in competition, scarcity, and acquisition are producing too many casualties. We need to depart a kingdom that creates isolation, polarized debate, an exhausted planet, and violence that comes with the will to empire. The abbreviation of this empire is called a consumer culture.We think the free-market ideology that surrounds us is true and inevitable and represents
... Read more
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The Aftermath

The Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America

by Philip Bump ...

Narrated by Matthew Berry ...

Unabridged

12 hours 23 min

A widely-read Washington Post columnist takes a deep dive into what the end of the baby boom means for American politics and economics.Philip Bump, a reporter as adept with a graph as with a paragraph, is popular for his ability to distill vast amounts of data into accessible stories. THE AFTERMATH is a sweeping assessment of how the baby boom created modern America, and where power, wealth, and ... Read more

$22.99 USD

A widely-read Washington Post columnist takes a deep dive into what the end of the baby boom means for American politics and economics.Philip Bump, a reporter as adept with a graph as with a paragraph, is popular for his ability to distill vast amounts of data into accessible stories. THE AFTERMATH is a sweeping assessment of how the baby boom created modern America, and where power, wealth, and
... Read more
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Mere livsglæde mindre stress

Forstå dit indre savannemenneske

by Lisbeth Zornig Andersen ...

Narrated by Lisbeth Zornig Andersen ...

Unabridged

4 hours 47 min

I Mere livsglæde mindre stress giver Lisbeth Zornig sine bud på, hvordan man får mere ro og tilfredshed i sin hverdag. Ved at forstå, hvad vi alle sammen kommer af, livet på savannen, forklarer Zornig, hvordan vores kroppe og hjerner i virkeligheden er bygget til noget helt andet, end det liv vi lever i dag. Når man lærer sit indre savannemenneske at kende, kan man også handle på det – og det ... Read more

$17.99 USD

I Mere livsglæde mindre stress giver Lisbeth Zornig sine bud på, hvordan man får mere ro og tilfredshed i sin hverdag. Ved at forstå, hvad vi alle sammen kommer af, livet på savannen, forklarer Zornig, hvordan vores kroppe og hjerner i virkeligheden er bygget til noget helt andet, end det liv vi lever i dag. Når man lærer sit indre savannemenneske at kende, kan man også handle på det – og det
... Read more
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Majority Minority

by Justin Gest ...

Narrated by Clark Cornell ...

Unabridged

15 hours 3 min

How do societies respond to great demographic change? This question lingers over the contemporary politics of the United States and other countries where persistent immigration has altered populations and may soon produce a majority minority milestone, where the original ethnic or religious majority loses its numerical advantage to one or more foreign-origin minority groups. Until now, most of our ... Read more

$24.99 USD

How do societies respond to great demographic change? This question lingers over the contemporary politics of the United States and other countries where persistent immigration has altered populations and may soon produce a majority minority milestone, where the original ethnic or religious majority loses its numerical advantage to one or more foreign-origin minority groups. Until now, most of our
... Read more
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Democracy Unbound: Your Role In Shaping The Future And Strengthening Our Political System

by Dallas Barnes ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Marcus G ...

Unabridged

3 hours 45 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.In a world increasingly defined by political division and a growing sense of disenfranchisement, "Democracy Unbound" emerges as a beacon of hope and a call to action. This book is not merely an analysis of the challenges facing democratic societies, but a practical guide to empowering individuals to become active participants in shaping a better future ... Read more

$4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.In a world increasingly defined by political division and a growing sense of disenfranchisement, "Democracy Unbound" emerges as a beacon of hope and a call to action. This book is not merely an analysis of the challenges facing democratic societies, but a practical guide to empowering individuals to become active participants in shaping a better future
... Read more
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The Afrofuturist Evolution

Creative Paths to Self-Discovery

by Ytasha L. Womack ...

Narrated by Karen Chilton ...

Unabridged

11 hours

The spaces revealed through the practice of time manipulation in Black cultures lend themselves to storytelling, a time-hopping process that integrates memory and community.Drawing on disparate philosophies and science behind electronic beat-making, lyricism, dance, memory, myth, and cosmology in the African and African Disaporic traditions, this book seeks to demonstrate relationships between ... Read more

$24.99 USD

The spaces revealed through the practice of time manipulation in Black cultures lend themselves to storytelling, a time-hopping process that integrates memory and community.Drawing on disparate philosophies and science behind electronic beat-making, lyricism, dance, memory, myth, and cosmology in the African and African Disaporic traditions, this book seeks to demonstrate relationships between
... Read more
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One Child

The Story of China's Most Radical Experiment

by Mei Fong ...

Narrated by Janet Song ...

Unabridged

7 hours 24 min

When Communist Party leaders adopted the one-child policy in 1980, they hoped curbing birth-rates would help lift China's poorest and increase the country's global stature. But at what cost? Now, as China closes the book on the policy after more than three decades, it faces a population grown too old and too male, with a vastly diminished supply of young workers.Mei Fong has spent years ... Read more

$16.99 USD

When Communist Party leaders adopted the one-child policy in 1980, they hoped curbing birth-rates would help lift China's poorest and increase the country's global stature. But at what cost? Now, as China closes the book on the policy after more than three decades, it faces a population grown too old and too male, with a vastly diminished supply of young workers.Mei Fong has spent years
... Read more
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No One Left

Why the World Needs More Children

by Paul Morland ...

Narrated by Paul Morland ...

Unabridged

6 hours 33 min

A population calamity is unfolding before our eyes. It started in parts of the developed world and is spreading to the four corners of the globe. There are just too few babies being born for humanity to replace itself.Leading demographer Paul Morland argues that the consequences of this promise to be calamitous. Labour shortages, pensions crises, ballooning debt: what is currently happening in ... Read more

$31.99 USD

A population calamity is unfolding before our eyes. It started in parts of the developed world and is spreading to the four corners of the globe. There are just too few babies being born for humanity to replace itself.Leading demographer Paul Morland argues that the consequences of this promise to be calamitous. Labour shortages, pensions crises, ballooning debt: what is currently happening in
... Read more
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Generation Citizen

The Power of Youth in Our Politics

by Scott Warren ...

Narrated by Graham Halstead ...

Unabridged

10 hours 4 min

America is at a crossroads. We are alienated from civic engagement, and our democracy is in doubt. Yet there is a new energy in the air. Young people are again taking up the role they've often held: as leaders of change, demanding a better future, wielding their votes to uphold democracy and lead the country forward.Enter Generation Citizen, an organization dedicated to empowering youth through ... Read more

$19.99 USD

America is at a crossroads. We are alienated from civic engagement, and our democracy is in doubt. Yet there is a new energy in the air. Young people are again taking up the role they've often held: as leaders of change, demanding a better future, wielding their votes to uphold democracy and lead the country forward.Enter Generation Citizen, an organization dedicated to empowering youth through
... Read more
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Clash of the Generations

Managing the New Workplace Reality

by Valerie M. Grubb ...

Narrated by Randye Kaye ...

Unabridged

6 hours 15 min

Case studies and strategies for more effective multi-generational managementClash of the Generations explores this new and increasingly common workplace phenomenon, and provides strategies to help managers navigate this ever more complex maze. Traditionally, older workers would retire and make room for the next generation; instead, Baby Boomers are now prolonging their time in the workplace, yet ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Case studies and strategies for more effective multi-generational managementClash of the Generations explores this new and increasingly common workplace phenomenon, and provides strategies to help managers navigate this ever more complex maze. Traditionally, older workers would retire and make room for the next generation; instead, Baby Boomers are now prolonging their time in the workplace, yet
... Read more

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