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Top Secret America

The Rise of the New American Security State

by Dana Priest, William M. Arkin ...

The top-secret world that the government created in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks has become so enormous, so unwieldy, and so secretive that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs or exactly how many agencies duplicate work being done elsewhere. The result is that the system put in place to keep the United States safe may be putting us in greater danger. In Top ... Read more

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The top-secret world that the government created in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks has become so enormous, so unwieldy, and so secretive that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs or exactly how many agencies duplicate work being done elsewhere. The result is that the system put in place to keep the United States safe may be putting us in greater danger. In Top
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Top Secret America

The Rise of the New American Security State

by William M. Arkin, Dana Priest ...

A Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist reveals the inner workings of the U. S. government's numerous national security agencies in this national bestseller.The top-secret world that the government created in response to the 9/eleven terrorist attacks has become so enormous, so unwieldy, and so secretive that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs or exactly how many agencies ... Read more

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A Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist reveals the inner workings of the U. S. government's numerous national security agencies in this national bestseller.The top-secret world that the government created in response to the 9/eleven terrorist attacks has become so enormous, so unwieldy, and so secretive that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs or exactly how many agencies
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The Mission

Waging War and Keeping Peace with America's Military

by Dana Priest ...

Walk with America's generals, grunts, and Green Berets through the maze of unconventional wars and unsettled peace.Four-star generals who lead the military during wartime reign like proconsuls abroad in peacetime. Secretive Green Berets trained to hunt down terrorists are assigned to seduce ruthless authoritarian regimes. Pimply young soldiers taught to seize airstrips instead play mayor, ... Read more

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Walk with America's generals, grunts, and Green Berets through the maze of unconventional wars and unsettled peace.Four-star generals who lead the military during wartime reign like proconsuls abroad in peacetime. Secretive Green Berets trained to hunt down terrorists are assigned to seduce ruthless authoritarian regimes. Pimply young soldiers taught to seize airstrips instead play mayor,
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Top Secret America

The Rise of the New American Security State

by Dana Priest, William M. Arkin ...

Narrated by Dana Priest ...

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12 hours 8 min

The top-secret world that the government created in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks has become so enormous, so unwieldy, and so secretive that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs or exactly how many agencies duplicate work being done elsewhere. The result is that the system put in place to keep the United States safe may be putting us in greater danger. In Top ... Read more

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The top-secret world that the government created in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks has become so enormous, so unwieldy, and so secretive that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs or exactly how many agencies duplicate work being done elsewhere. The result is that the system put in place to keep the United States safe may be putting us in greater danger. In Top
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Author in Chief

The Untold Story of Our Presidents and the Books They Wrote

by Craig Fehrman ...

Narrated by Fred Sanders ...

Unabridged

15 hours 38 min

“One of the best books on the American presidency to appear in recent years” (The Wall Street Journal) and based on a decade of research and reporting, this is a delightful new window into the public and private lives of America’s presidents as authors**—from Craig Fehrman, the New York Times bestselling author of This Vast Enterprise.**Most Americans are familiar with Abraham Lincoln’s famous ... Read more

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“One of the best books on the American presidency to appear in recent years” (The Wall Street Journal) and based on a decade of research and reporting, this is a delightful new window into the public and private lives of America’s presidents as authors**—from Craig Fehrman, the New York Times bestselling author of This Vast Enterprise.**Most Americans are familiar with Abraham Lincoln’s famous
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Confident by Choice

The Three Small Decisions That Build Everyday Courage

by Juan Bendaña ...

Narrated by Juan Bendaña ...

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6 hours 21 min

Build unshakable confidence, break through fear, and live an inspired life with a practical, research-backed framework that transforms small steps into big changes!“This book flips the script on confidence. Confident by Choice is a call to stop waiting and start showing up, even when you’re not ready.”—Ben Nemtin, #1New York Times bestselling author of What Do You Want to Do Before You Die?What if ... Read more

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Build unshakable confidence, break through fear, and live an inspired life with a practical, research-backed framework that transforms small steps into big changes!“This book flips the script on confidence. Confident by Choice is a call to stop waiting and start showing up, even when you’re not ready.”—Ben Nemtin, #1New York Times bestselling author of What Do You Want to Do Before You Die?What if
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A Lynching at Port Jervis

Race and Reckoning in the Gilded Age

by Philip Dray ...

Narrated by Dion Graham ...

Unabridged

7 hours 4 min

An account of a lynching that took place in New York in 1892, forcing the North to reckon with its own racismOn June 2, 1892, in the small, idyllic village of Port Jervis, New York, a young Black man named Robert Lewis was lynched by a violent mob. The twenty-eight-year-old victim had been accused of sexually assaulting Lena McMahon, the daughter of one of the town's well-liked Irish American ... Read more

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An account of a lynching that took place in New York in 1892, forcing the North to reckon with its own racismOn June 2, 1892, in the small, idyllic village of Port Jervis, New York, a young Black man named Robert Lewis was lynched by a violent mob. The twenty-eight-year-old victim had been accused of sexually assaulting Lena McMahon, the daughter of one of the town's well-liked Irish American
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Leadership Therapy

Inside the Mind of Microsoft

by Anna Rowley ...

Narrated by Anna Rowley ...

Abridged

5 hours 37 min

Microsoft is well-known for being an intense place to work: employees face constant pressure to innovate and excel and are passionately devoted to their jobs. In this insightful audiobook, Anna Rowley reveals the major problems all managers face and shows how to conquer them. She distills the characteristics every leader must have to succeed in a demanding environment, including belief, confidence ... Read more

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Microsoft is well-known for being an intense place to work: employees face constant pressure to innovate and excel and are passionately devoted to their jobs. In this insightful audiobook, Anna Rowley reveals the major problems all managers face and shows how to conquer them. She distills the characteristics every leader must have to succeed in a demanding environment, including belief, confidence
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Redemption

The Last Battle of the Civil War

by Nicholas Lemann ...

Narrated by Michael Prichard ...

Unabridged

8 hours 56 min

A century after Appomattox, the civil rights movement won full citizenship for black Americans in the South. It should not have been necessary: by 1870 those rights were set in the Constitution. This is the story of the terrorist campaign that took them away.Nicholas Lemann opens his extraordinary new book with a riveting account of the horrific events of Easter 1873 in Colfax, Louisiana, where a ... Read more

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A century after Appomattox, the civil rights movement won full citizenship for black Americans in the South. It should not have been necessary: by 1870 those rights were set in the Constitution. This is the story of the terrorist campaign that took them away.Nicholas Lemann opens his extraordinary new book with a riveting account of the horrific events of Easter 1873 in Colfax, Louisiana, where a
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Smartphone Nation

Building Digital Boundaries When Offline Isn't an Option

by Kaitlyn Regehr PhD ...

Narrated by Kaitlyn Regehr PhD ...

Unabridged

6 hours 4 min

**“A candid, rigorous, and witty read on how to stop digital devices from wreaking havoc on our lives. As a leading expert on social media and internet policy, Kaitlyn Regehr illuminates what we can do—individually and collectively—to put our smartphones in their place.”—Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again and host of the podcast Re:ThinkingA transformative guide to ... Read more

$22.00 USD

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**“A candid, rigorous, and witty read on how to stop digital devices from wreaking havoc on our lives. As a leading expert on social media and internet policy, Kaitlyn Regehr illuminates what we can do—individually and collectively—to put our smartphones in their place.”—Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again and host of the podcast Re:ThinkingA transformative guide to
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The Russian Job

The Forgotten Story of How America Saved the Soviet Union from Ruin

by Douglas Smith ...

Narrated by Natasha Soudek ...

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9 hours 33 min

An award-winning historian reveals the harrowing, little-known story of an American effort to save the newly formed Soviet Union from disaster.After decades of the Cold War and renewed tensions, in the wake of Russian meddling in the 2016 election, cooperation between the United States and Russia seems impossible to imagine—and yet, as Douglas Smith reveals, it has a forgotten but astonishing ... Read more

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An award-winning historian reveals the harrowing, little-known story of an American effort to save the newly formed Soviet Union from disaster.After decades of the Cold War and renewed tensions, in the wake of Russian meddling in the 2016 election, cooperation between the United States and Russia seems impossible to imagine—and yet, as Douglas Smith reveals, it has a forgotten but astonishing
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Who Owns This Sentence?

A History of Copyrights and Wrongs

by David Bellos, Alexandre Montagu ...

Narrated by David Bellos ...

Unabridged

11 hours 8 min

Copyright is everywhere. Your smartphone incorporates thousands of items of intellectual property. Someone owns the reproduction rights to photographs of your dining table. At this very moment, battles are raging over copyright in the output of artificial intelligence programs. Not only books but wallpaper, computer programs, pop songs, cartoon characters, snapshots, and cuddly toys are now deemed ... Read more

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Copyright is everywhere. Your smartphone incorporates thousands of items of intellectual property. Someone owns the reproduction rights to photographs of your dining table. At this very moment, battles are raging over copyright in the output of artificial intelligence programs. Not only books but wallpaper, computer programs, pop songs, cartoon characters, snapshots, and cuddly toys are now deemed
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