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Foxtrot in Kandahar

A Memoir of a CIA Officer in Afghanistan at the Inception of America's Longest War

de Duane Evans ...

A thrilling true story of courage and duty after 9/11—"an extraordinary read from cover to cover . . . Gritty, frustrating, brutal, exhilarating" ( Midwest Book Review).Within hours after the World Trade Center attacks in 2001, ex-Green Beret Duane Evans began a personal quest to become part of the US response against al-Qa'ida. His determination led him to join one of the CIAs elite teams bound ... Leer más

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A thrilling true story of courage and duty after 9/11—"an extraordinary read from cover to cover . . . Gritty, frustrating, brutal, exhilarating" ( Midwest Book Review).Within hours after the World Trade Center attacks in 2001, ex-Green Beret Duane Evans began a personal quest to become part of the US response against al-Qa'ida. His determination led him to join one of the CIAs elite teams bound
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Foxtrot in Kandahar

A Memoir of a CIA Officer in Afghanistan at the Inception of America’s Longest War

de Duane Evans ...

Narrado por Eric Jason Martin ...

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6 hora 32 minutos

Kandahar. The ancient desert crossroads and, as of fall of 2001, ground zero for the Taliban and al-Qa'ida in southern Afghanistan. In the northern part of the country, the U.S.-supported Northern Alliance (the Afghan organization opposed to the Taliban regime) has made progress on the battlefield, but in the south, the country is still under the Taliban's bloody hold and al-Qa'ida continues to ... Leer más

$19.99 USD

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Kandahar. The ancient desert crossroads and, as of fall of 2001, ground zero for the Taliban and al-Qa'ida in southern Afghanistan. In the northern part of the country, the U.S.-supported Northern Alliance (the Afghan organization opposed to the Taliban regime) has made progress on the battlefield, but in the south, the country is still under the Taliban's bloody hold and al-Qa'ida continues to
... Leer más

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Gratitude in Low Voices

A Memoir

de Dawit Gebremichael Habte ...

Narrado por Benjamin Alfred Onyango ...

Completo

7 hora 44 minutos

Dawit Gebremichael Habte fled his homeland of Eritrea as a teenager. In the midst of the ongoing Eritrean-Ethiopian war, Dawit and his sisters crossed illegally into Kenya. Without their parents or documents to help their passage, they experienced the abuse and neglect known by so many refugees around the world. But he refused to give up. He stayed resilient and positive. Journeying to the United ... Leer más

$24.99 USD

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Dawit Gebremichael Habte fled his homeland of Eritrea as a teenager. In the midst of the ongoing Eritrean-Ethiopian war, Dawit and his sisters crossed illegally into Kenya. Without their parents or documents to help their passage, they experienced the abuse and neglect known by so many refugees around the world. But he refused to give up. He stayed resilient and positive. Journeying to the United
... Leer más

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Paying the Price

College Costs, Financial Aid, and the Betrayal of the American Dream

de Sara Goldrick-Rab ...

Narrado por Vanessa Daniels ...

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9 hora 46 minutos

If you are a young person, and you work hard enough, you can get a college degree and set yourself on the path to a good life, right? Not necessarily, says Sara Goldrick-Rab, and with Paying the Price, she shows in damning detail exactly why.Drawing on an unprecedented study of 3,000 young adults who entered public colleges and universities in Wisconsin in 2008 with the support of federal aid and ... Leer más

$17.99 USD

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If you are a young person, and you work hard enough, you can get a college degree and set yourself on the path to a good life, right? Not necessarily, says Sara Goldrick-Rab, and with Paying the Price, she shows in damning detail exactly why.Drawing on an unprecedented study of 3,000 young adults who entered public colleges and universities in Wisconsin in 2008 with the support of federal aid and
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Human Work in the Age of Smart Machines

de Jamie Merisotis ...

Narrado por Malcolm Hillgartner ...

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6 hora 30 minutos

We are living through a time of upheaval and social unrest, with increasing threats to global health, democratic institutions, and the world’s economies. But behind the alarming headlines is another issue that must be quickly addressed: the role of workers is being transformed—and often rendered obsolete—by automation and artificial intelligence.As Jamie Merisotis, the president and CEO of Lumina ... Leer más

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We are living through a time of upheaval and social unrest, with increasing threats to global health, democratic institutions, and the world’s economies. But behind the alarming headlines is another issue that must be quickly addressed: the role of workers is being transformed—and often rendered obsolete—by automation and artificial intelligence.As Jamie Merisotis, the president and CEO of Lumina
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1948

Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year That Transformed America

de David Pietrusza ...

Narrado por Jeff Cummings ...

Completo

18 hora 23 minutos

The wild, combative inside story of the most stunning upset in the history of presidential elections: Harry Truman's 1948 victory over Tom Dewey."Outstanding. . . . by far the best yet about the fateful [1948] election." ―Minneapolis Star-Tribune"Coherent, compelling. . . . A skillful, authoritative investigation." ―Kirkus ReviewsAward-winning historian David Pietrusza unpacks the most ... Leer más

$44.99 USD

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The wild, combative inside story of the most stunning upset in the history of presidential elections: Harry Truman's 1948 victory over Tom Dewey."Outstanding. . . . by far the best yet about the fateful [1948] election." ―Minneapolis Star-Tribune"Coherent, compelling. . . . A skillful, authoritative investigation." ―Kirkus ReviewsAward-winning historian David Pietrusza unpacks the most
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Invisible Countries

Journeys to the Edge of Nationhood

de Joshua Keating ...

Narrado por Joshua Keating ...

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7 hora 42 minutos

What is a country? While certain basic tenets—such as the clear demarcation of a country's borders, and the acknowledgment of its sovereignty by other countries and by international governing bodies like the United Nations—seem applicable, journalist Joshua Keating's book explores exceptions to these rules, including "breakaway," "semi-autonomous," or "self-proclaimed" countries such as Abkhazia, ... Leer más

$24.99 USD

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What is a country? While certain basic tenets—such as the clear demarcation of a country's borders, and the acknowledgment of its sovereignty by other countries and by international governing bodies like the United Nations—seem applicable, journalist Joshua Keating's book explores exceptions to these rules, including "breakaway," "semi-autonomous," or "self-proclaimed" countries such as Abkhazia,
... Leer más

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Storm World

Hurricanes, Politics, and the Battle Over Global Warming

de Chris Mooney ...

Narrado por Lloyd James ...

Completo

10 hora 37 minutos

Chris Mooney, author of The Republican War on Science and one of the leading young environmental journalists and bloggers working today, immerses readers in the world of those who study hurricanes. What was once an arcane branch of meteorology (itself an arcane science) has become embroiled in one of the most politicized and hotly contested debates in American science: whether or not the recent ... Leer más

$19.99 USD

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Chris Mooney, author of The Republican War on Science and one of the leading young environmental journalists and bloggers working today, immerses readers in the world of those who study hurricanes. What was once an arcane branch of meteorology (itself an arcane science) has become embroiled in one of the most politicized and hotly contested debates in American science: whether or not the recent
... Leer más

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Knights of Spain, Warriors of the Sun

Hernando de Soto and the South's Ancient Chiefdoms

de Charles Hudson ...

Narrado por Gary Tiedemann ...

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21 hora 26 minutos

Between 1539 and 1542, the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto led a small army on an expedition of almost four thousand miles across Southeastern America. De Soto's path had been one of history's most intriguing mysteries until the publication of Knights of Spain, Warriors of the Sun. Using a new route reconstruction, anthropologist Charles Hudson maps the story of the de Soto expedition, tying the ... Leer más

$34.99 USD

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Between 1539 and 1542, the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto led a small army on an expedition of almost four thousand miles across Southeastern America. De Soto's path had been one of history's most intriguing mysteries until the publication of Knights of Spain, Warriors of the Sun. Using a new route reconstruction, anthropologist Charles Hudson maps the story of the de Soto expedition, tying the
... Leer más

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Bad Girls from History

Wicked or Misunderstood?

de Dee Gordon ...

Narrado por Naomi Madelin ...

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5 hora 44 minutos

You wont be familiar with every one of the huge array of women featured in this book, but all, familiar or not, leave unanswered questions behind them. The range is extensive, as was the research, with its insight into the lives and minds of women in different centuries, different countries, with diverse cultures and backgrounds, from the poverty stricken to royalty. Mistresses, murderers, ... Leer más

$15.99 USD

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You wont be familiar with every one of the huge array of women featured in this book, but all, familiar or not, leave unanswered questions behind them. The range is extensive, as was the research, with its insight into the lives and minds of women in different centuries, different countries, with diverse cultures and backgrounds, from the poverty stricken to royalty. Mistresses, murderers,
... Leer más

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Transforming Leadership

de James MacGregor Burns ...

Narrado por John Lescault ...

Completo

10 hora 32 minutos

Transforming Leadership examines how leaders evolve from ordinary "transactional" deal-makers into dynamic agents of major social change who empower their followers.Pulitzer Prize-winning author James MacGregor Burns illuminates the evolution of leadership structures—from the chieftains of tribal African societies, through Europe's absolute monarchies, to the blossoming of the Enlightenment's ... Leer más

$20.99 USD

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Transforming Leadership examines how leaders evolve from ordinary "transactional" deal-makers into dynamic agents of major social change who empower their followers.Pulitzer Prize-winning author James MacGregor Burns illuminates the evolution of leadership structures—from the chieftains of tribal African societies, through Europe's absolute monarchies, to the blossoming of the Enlightenment's
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Darkness at Dawn

The Rise of the Russian Criminal State

de David Satter ...

Narrado por Paul Brion ...

Completo

11 hora 42 minutos

"The Russia that Satter depicts in this brave, engaging book cannot be ignored . . . Required reading for anyone interested in the post-Soviet state" (Newsweek).Anticipating a new dawn of freedom after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Russians could hardly have foreseen the reality of their future a decade later: a country impoverished and controlled at every level by organized crime. This ... Leer más

$24.99 USD

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"The Russia that Satter depicts in this brave, engaging book cannot be ignored . . . Required reading for anyone interested in the post-Soviet state" (Newsweek).Anticipating a new dawn of freedom after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Russians could hardly have foreseen the reality of their future a decade later: a country impoverished and controlled at every level by organized crime. This
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