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American Manifesto

Saving Democracy from Villains, Vandals, and Ourselves

by Bob Garfield ...

Do you fear for our democracy? Are you ready to throw in the towel? DON’T! This is your guidebook to reassembling our hyperpolarized American society in 6 steps.The Peabody winner behind On the Media “examines the salient factors that shaped American politics prior to the 2016 election—and that continue to influence voter attitudes” (Booklist).As is often observed, Trump is a symptom of a virus ... Read more

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Do you fear for our democracy? Are you ready to throw in the towel? DON’T! This is your guidebook to reassembling our hyperpolarized American society in 6 steps.The Peabody winner behind On the Media “examines the salient factors that shaped American politics prior to the 2016 election—and that continue to influence voter attitudes” (Booklist).As is often observed, Trump is a symptom of a virus
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Can't Buy Me Like

How Authentic Customer Connections Drive Superior Results

by Bob Garfield, Doug Levy ...

Today's brands face an apparent choice between two evils: continue betting on their increasingly ineffective advertising or put blind faith in the supposedly mystical power of social media, where "likes" stand in for transactions and a mass audience is maddeningly elusive. There has to be a better way . . . As Lennon and McCartney wrote a half century ago, money can't buy you love. But in today's ... Read more

$5.99 USD

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Today's brands face an apparent choice between two evils: continue betting on their increasingly ineffective advertising or put blind faith in the supposedly mystical power of social media, where "likes" stand in for transactions and a mass audience is maddeningly elusive. There has to be a better way . . . As Lennon and McCartney wrote a half century ago, money can't buy you love. But in today's
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Bedfellows

by Bob Garfield ...

Narrated by Alan Marriott ...

Unabridged

12 hours 22 min

Jack Schiavone wants to rebuild his life after an embezzlement scandal saw him drummed out of his high-paying advertising job. So he’s reinvented himself as “Mr. Mattress,” a discount bedding franchisee in Ebbets Beach, Brooklyn. Running a mattress store is a nice, quiet life—until Jack gets sucked into a simmering mob war that pits an ambitious Russian crime boss against a softening Italian don ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Jack Schiavone wants to rebuild his life after an embezzlement scandal saw him drummed out of his high-paying advertising job. So he’s reinvented himself as “Mr. Mattress,” a discount bedding franchisee in Ebbets Beach, Brooklyn. Running a mattress store is a nice, quiet life—until Jack gets sucked into a simmering mob war that pits an ambitious Russian crime boss against a softening Italian don
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Can't Buy Me Like

How Authentic Customer Connections Drive Superior Results

by Bob Garfield, Doug Levy ...

Narrated by Lee Han ...

Unabridged

6 hours 28 min

Today’s brands face an apparent choice between two evils: continue betting on their increasingly ineffective advertising or put blind faith in the supposedly mystical power of social media, where “likes” stand in for transactions and a mass audience is maddeningly elusive. There has to be a better way . . .As Lennon and McCartney wrote a half century ago, money can’t buy you love. But in today’s ... Read more

$27.98 USD

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Today’s brands face an apparent choice between two evils: continue betting on their increasingly ineffective advertising or put blind faith in the supposedly mystical power of social media, where “likes” stand in for transactions and a mass audience is maddeningly elusive. There has to be a better way . . .As Lennon and McCartney wrote a half century ago, money can’t buy you love. But in today’s
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American Manifesto

Saving Democracy from Villains, Vandals, and Ourselves

by Bob Garfield ...

Narrated by Bob Garfield ...

Unabridged

6 hours 12 min

As is often observed, Trump is a symptom of a virus that has been incubating for at least fifty years. But not often observed is where the virus is imbedded: in the psychic core of our identity. In American Manifesto: Saving Democracy from Villains, Vandals, and Ourselves, Bob Garfield examines the tragic confluence of the American preoccupation with identity and the catastrophic disintegration of ... Read more

$15.99 USD

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As is often observed, Trump is a symptom of a virus that has been incubating for at least fifty years. But not often observed is where the virus is imbedded: in the psychic core of our identity. In American Manifesto: Saving Democracy from Villains, Vandals, and Ourselves, Bob Garfield examines the tragic confluence of the American preoccupation with identity and the catastrophic disintegration of
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Rendezvous with Oblivion

Reports from a Sinking Society

by Thomas Frank ...

Narrated by Thomas Frank ...

Unabridged

6 hours 27 min

From the acclaimed author of Listen, Liberal and What’s the Matter with Kansas, a scathing collection of his incisive commentary on our cruel times—perfect for this political moment.What does a middle-class democracy look like when it comes apart? When, after forty years of economic triumph, America’s winners persuade themselves that they owe nothing to the rest of the country?With his sharp eye ... Read more

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From the acclaimed author of Listen, Liberal and What’s the Matter with Kansas, a scathing collection of his incisive commentary on our cruel times—perfect for this political moment.What does a middle-class democracy look like when it comes apart? When, after forty years of economic triumph, America’s winners persuade themselves that they owe nothing to the rest of the country?With his sharp eye
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The Everything American Government Book

From the Constitution to Present-Day Elections, All You Need to Understand Our Democratic System

by Nick Ragone ...

Narrated by George Newbern ...

Series series Everything® Series
Unabridged

8 hours 32 min

Understand everything you need to know about our democratic system—from the Constitution to present-day elections—with The Everything American Government Book.If the confusion following the last presidential election is any indication, the average citizen knows precious little about the democratic system and the laws that affect their daily lives. The Everything American Government Book unravels ... Read more

$24.99 USD

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Understand everything you need to know about our democratic system—from the Constitution to present-day elections—with The Everything American Government Book.If the confusion following the last presidential election is any indication, the average citizen knows precious little about the democratic system and the laws that affect their daily lives. The Everything American Government Book unravels
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The Deep Learning Revolution

by Terrence J. Sejnowski ...

Narrated by Shawn Compton ...

Unabridged

8 hours 5 min

How deep learning–from Google Translate to driverless cars to personal cognitive assistants–is changing our lives and transforming every sector of the economy.The deep learning revolution has brought us driverless cars, the greatly improved Google Translate, fluent conversations with Siri and Alexa, and enormous profits from automated trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Deep learning networks ... Read more

$19.99 USD

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How deep learning–from Google Translate to driverless cars to personal cognitive assistants–is changing our lives and transforming every sector of the economy.The deep learning revolution has brought us driverless cars, the greatly improved Google Translate, fluent conversations with Siri and Alexa, and enormous profits from automated trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Deep learning networks
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Humans Need Not Apply

A Guide to Wealth and Work in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

by Jerry Kaplan ...

Narrated by John Pruden ...

Unabridged

5 hours 58 min

After billions of dollars and fifty years of effort, researchers are finally cracking the code on artificial intelligence. As society stands on the cusp of unprecedented change, Jerry Kaplan unpacks the latest advances in robotics, machine learning, and perception powering systems that rival or exceed human capabilities. Driverless cars, robotic helpers, and intelligent agents that promote our ... Read more

$13.99 USD

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After billions of dollars and fifty years of effort, researchers are finally cracking the code on artificial intelligence. As society stands on the cusp of unprecedented change, Jerry Kaplan unpacks the latest advances in robotics, machine learning, and perception powering systems that rival or exceed human capabilities. Driverless cars, robotic helpers, and intelligent agents that promote our
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All Against All

The Long Winter of 1933 and the Origins of the Second World War

by Paul Jankowski ...

Narrated by Dean Gallagher ...

Unabridged

16 hours 6 min

A narrative history, cinematic in scope, of a process that was taking shape in the winter of 1933 as domestic passions around the world colluded to drive governments towards a war few of them wanted and none of them could control.All Against All is the story of the season our world changed from postwar to prewar again. It is a book about the power of bad ideas—exploring why, during a single winter ... Read more

$32.99 USD

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A narrative history, cinematic in scope, of a process that was taking shape in the winter of 1933 as domestic passions around the world colluded to drive governments towards a war few of them wanted and none of them could control.All Against All is the story of the season our world changed from postwar to prewar again. It is a book about the power of bad ideas—exploring why, during a single winter
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The Predator State

How Conservatives Abandoned the Free Market and Why Liberals Should Too

by James K. Galbraith ...

Narrated by William Hughes ...

Unabridged

9 hours 8 min

The cult of the free market—with its dogma of tax cuts, small government, and deregulation—has dominated economic policy talk since the Reagan revolution of nearly thirty years ago, seducing even liberals along the way. But a funny thing happened on the bridge to the twenty-first century: the conservatives themselves have abandoned these principles. In this riveting book, Galbraith first dissects ... Read more

$19.95 USD

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The cult of the free market—with its dogma of tax cuts, small government, and deregulation—has dominated economic policy talk since the Reagan revolution of nearly thirty years ago, seducing even liberals along the way. But a funny thing happened on the bridge to the twenty-first century: the conservatives themselves have abandoned these principles. In this riveting book, Galbraith first dissects
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Broker, Trader, Lawyer, Spy

The Secret World of Corporate Espionage

by Eamon Javers ...

Narrated by Raymond Scully ...

Unabridged

9 hours 38 min

“Eamon Javers has produced a remarkable book about the secret world of business warfare—a world filled with corporate spies and covert ops and skullduggery… An important book that has the added pleasure of reading like a spy novel.” —David Grann, author of The Lost City of ZAward-winning reporter Eamon Javers’s Broker, Trader, Lawyer, Spy is a penetrating work of investigative and historical ... Read more

$28.99 USD

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“Eamon Javers has produced a remarkable book about the secret world of business warfare—a world filled with corporate spies and covert ops and skullduggery… An important book that has the added pleasure of reading like a spy novel.” —David Grann, author of The Lost City of ZAward-winning reporter Eamon Javers’s Broker, Trader, Lawyer, Spy is a penetrating work of investigative and historical
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