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How to Hide an Empire

A History of the Greater United States

by Daniel Immerwahr ...

Named one of the ten best books of the year by the Chicago TribuneA Publishers Weekly best book of 2019 | A 2019 NPR Staff Pick“Consistently both startling and absorbing . . . Immerwahr vividly retells the early formation of the [United States], the consolidation of its overseas territory, and the postwar perfection of its ‘pointillist’ global empire, which extends influence through a vast ... Read more

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Named one of the ten best books of the year by the Chicago TribuneA Publishers Weekly best book of 2019 | A 2019 NPR Staff Pick“Consistently both startling and absorbing . . . Immerwahr vividly retells the early formation of the [United States], the consolidation of its overseas territory, and the postwar perfection of its ‘pointillist’ global empire, which extends influence through a vast
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Thinking Small

The United States and the Lure of Community Development

by Daniel Immerwahr ...

Winner of the Merle Curti Award in Intellectual History, Organization of American HistoriansCo-Winner of the Society for U.S. Intellectual History Book AwardThinking Small tells the story of how the United States sought to rescue the world from poverty through small-scale, community-based approaches. And it also sounds a warning: such strategies, now again in vogue, have been tried before, with ... Read more

$31.99 USD

Winner of the Merle Curti Award in Intellectual History, Organization of American HistoriansCo-Winner of the Society for U.S. Intellectual History Book AwardThinking Small tells the story of how the United States sought to rescue the world from poverty through small-scale, community-based approaches. And it also sounds a warning: such strategies, now again in vogue, have been tried before, with
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How to Hide an Empire

A History of the Greater United States

by Daniel Immerwahr ...

Narrated by Luis Moreno ...

Unabridged

17 hours 25 min

A pathbreaking history of the United States' overseas possessions and the true meaning of its empire We are familiar with maps that outline all fifty states. And we are also familiar with the idea that the United States is an "empire," exercising power around the world. But what about the actual territories-the islands, atolls, and archipelagos-this country has governed and inhabited? In How to ... Read more

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A pathbreaking history of the United States' overseas possessions and the true meaning of its empire We are familiar with maps that outline all fifty states. And we are also familiar with the idea that the United States is an "empire," exercising power around the world. But what about the actual territories-the islands, atolls, and archipelagos-this country has governed and inhabited? In How to
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Thinking Small

The United States and the Lure of Community Development

by Daniel Immerwahr ...

Thinking Small tells the story of how the United States sought to rescue the world from poverty through small-scale, community-based approaches. And it also sounds a warning: such strategies, now again in vogue, have been tried before, with often disastrous consequences.It is common for historians to interpret the United States’ postwar development campaigns as ill-advised attempts to impose ... Read more

$26.99 USD

Thinking Small tells the story of how the United States sought to rescue the world from poverty through small-scale, community-based approaches. And it also sounds a warning: such strategies, now again in vogue, have been tried before, with often disastrous consequences.It is common for historians to interpret the United States’ postwar development campaigns as ill-advised attempts to impose
... Read more

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A True History of the United States

Indigenous Genocide, Racialized Slavery, Hyper-Capitalism, Militarist Imperialism and Other Overlooked Aspects of American Exceptionalism

by Daniel Sjursen ...

Narrated by Daniel Sjursen ...

Series series Truth to Power
Unabridged

24 hours 27 min

**“Thought-provoking—a must read for [everyone] seeking a firm grasp of accurate American history." —Kirkus (starred review)Brilliant, readable, and raw. Maj. (ret.) Danny Sjursen, who served combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and later taught history at West Point, delivers a true epic and the perfect companion to Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States.**Sjursen shifts the lens ... Read more

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**“Thought-provoking—a must read for [everyone] seeking a firm grasp of accurate American history." —Kirkus (starred review)Brilliant, readable, and raw. Maj. (ret.) Danny Sjursen, who served combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and later taught history at West Point, delivers a true epic and the perfect companion to Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States.**Sjursen shifts the lens
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Native Nations

A Millennium in North America

by Kathleen DuVal ...

Narrated by Carolina Hoyos ...

Unabridged

21 hours 30 min

**A magisterial history of Indigenous North America that places the power of Native nations at its center, telling their story from the rise of ancient cities more than a thousand years ago to fights for sovereignty that continue today“A feat of both scholarship and storytelling.”—Claudio Saunt, author of Unworthy Republic**Long before the colonization of North America, Indigenous Americans built ... Read more

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**A magisterial history of Indigenous North America that places the power of Native nations at its center, telling their story from the rise of ancient cities more than a thousand years ago to fights for sovereignty that continue today“A feat of both scholarship and storytelling.”—Claudio Saunt, author of Unworthy Republic**Long before the colonization of North America, Indigenous Americans built
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Hitler's American Friends

The Third Reich's Supporters in the United States

by Bradley W. Hart ...

Narrated by Chris Ciulla ...

Unabridged

11 hours 15 min

Hitler's American Friends by Bradley W. Hart is an audiobook examining the strange terrain of Nazi sympathizers, nonintervention campaigners and other voices in America who advocated on behalf of Nazi Germany in the years before World War II.Americans who remember World War II reminisce about how it brought the country together. The less popular truth behind this warm nostalgia: until the attack ... Read more

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Hitler's American Friends by Bradley W. Hart is an audiobook examining the strange terrain of Nazi sympathizers, nonintervention campaigners and other voices in America who advocated on behalf of Nazi Germany in the years before World War II.Americans who remember World War II reminisce about how it brought the country together. The less popular truth behind this warm nostalgia: until the attack
... Read more

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Black AF History

The Un-Whitewashed Story of America

by Michael Harriot ...

Narrated by Michael Harriot ...

Unabridged

15 hours 42 min

From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot, a searingly smart and bitingly hilarious retelling of American history that corrects the record and showcases the perspectives and experiences of Black Americans.America’s backstory is a whitewashed mythology implanted in our collective memory. It is the story of the pilgrims on the Mayflower building a new nation. It is George ... Read more

$32.99 USD

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From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot, a searingly smart and bitingly hilarious retelling of American history that corrects the record and showcases the perspectives and experiences of Black Americans.America’s backstory is a whitewashed mythology implanted in our collective memory. It is the story of the pilgrims on the Mayflower building a new nation. It is George
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Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here

The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis

by Jonathan Blitzer ...

Narrated by Jonathan Blitzer, André Santana ...

Unabridged

18 hours 14 min

**A National Bestseller • A New York Times Top 10 Book of 2024 • Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, Chicago Tribune, Newsweek, PBS NewsHour, LitHub, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Lunch, Christian Science Monitor, and Counterpunch • One of Barack Obama's Summer Reading List Picks • Named a Notable Book by New York Times and Washington Post • Nominated for the Carnegie Medal for Exce... ... Read more

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**A National Bestseller • A New York Times Top 10 Book of 2024 • Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, Chicago Tribune, Newsweek, PBS NewsHour, LitHub, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Lunch, Christian Science Monitor, and Counterpunch • One of Barack Obama's Summer Reading List Picks • Named a Notable Book by New York Times and Washington Post • Nominated for the Carnegie Medal for Exce...
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How Fascism Works

The Politics of Us and Them

by Jason Stanley ...

Narrated by MacLeod Andrews ...

Unabridged

5 hours 44 min

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “No single book is as relevant to the present moment.”—Claudia Rankine, author of Citizen“With unsettling insight and disturbing clarity, How Fascism Works is an essential guidebook to our current national dilemma of democracy vs. authoritarianism.”—Jelani Cobb, New Yorker staff writerA Yale philosopher identifies the ten pillars of fascist politics, and charts their ... Read more

$15.00 USD

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**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “No single book is as relevant to the present moment.”—Claudia Rankine, author of Citizen“With unsettling insight and disturbing clarity, How Fascism Works is an essential guidebook to our current national dilemma of democracy vs. authoritarianism.”—Jelani Cobb, New Yorker staff writerA Yale philosopher identifies the ten pillars of fascist politics, and charts their
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Wild Faith

How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America

by Tal Lavin ...

Narrated by Tal Lavin ...

Unabridged

9 hours 45 min

**The acclaimed author of Culture Warlords investigates the rise of the Christian Right over the last half-century that lays out the grim vision evangelicals are enforcing on our democracy."An investigative triumph and a warning." —David Corn, author of #1 New York Times bestseller Russian Roulette and American Psychosis**All across America, a storm is gathering: from book bans in school libraries ... Read more

$27.99 USD

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**The acclaimed author of Culture Warlords investigates the rise of the Christian Right over the last half-century that lays out the grim vision evangelicals are enforcing on our democracy."An investigative triumph and a warning." —David Corn, author of #1 New York Times bestseller Russian Roulette and American Psychosis**All across America, a storm is gathering: from book bans in school libraries
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The Hundred Years' War on Palestine

A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017

by Rashid Khalidi ...

Narrated by Rashid Khalidi, Fajer Al-Kaisi ...

Unabridged

10 hours 30 min

**This program includes an introduction read by the author.A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US historian of the Middle East, told through pivotal events and family history.**In 1899, Yusuf Diya al-Khalidi, mayor of Jerusalem, alarmed by the Zionist call to create a Jewish national home in Palestine, wrote a letter aimed at Theodore ... Read more

$26.99 USD

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**This program includes an introduction read by the author.A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US historian of the Middle East, told through pivotal events and family history.**In 1899, Yusuf Diya al-Khalidi, mayor of Jerusalem, alarmed by the Zionist call to create a Jewish national home in Palestine, wrote a letter aimed at Theodore
... Read more

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