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Future Tense: Reflections on My Troubled Land

‘From the vantage point of years in active politics, Tony Leon provides a lucid analytical balance sheet of SA Ltd 2021. Eschewing political correctness, Leon tells it as he sees it.’ – Judge Dennis Davis ‘Anyone who wants to understand South Africa today – a country so beautiful, yet so broken – simply has to read this book.’ - Niall Ferguson, author of The Ascent of Money In his riveting new book, Future Tense, Tony Leon captures and analyses recent South African history, with a focus on the squandered and corrupted years of the past decade. With unique access and penetrating insight, Leon presents a portrait of today’s South Africa and prospects for its future, based on his political involvement over thirty years with the key power players: Cyril Ramaphosa, Jacob Zuma, Thabo Mbeki, Nelson Mandela and FW de Klerk. His close-up and personal view of these presidents and their history-making, and many encounters in the wider world, adds vivid colour of a country and planet in upheaval. Written during the first coronavirus lockdown, Future Tense examines the surge of the disease and the response, both of which have crashed the economy and its future prospects. As the founding leader of the Democratic Alliance, Leon also provides an insider view for the first time of the power struggles within that party, which saw the exit of its first black leader in 2019. There is every reason to fear for the future of South Africa but, as Leon argues, ‘the hope for a better country remains an improbable, but not an impossible, dream’.

Tony Leon (Author), Charl Van Heyningen (Narrator)

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Progress and poverty

'Progress and Poverty' is a seminal work written by Henry George, first published in 1879. The book addresses economic and social issues, particularly focusing on the unequal distribution of wealth and the causes of poverty in the midst of progress and economic growth. In 'Progress and Poverty,' Henry George explores the relationship between economic progress and the persistence of poverty. He critiques the existing economic system and advocates for a single tax on land as a solution to address wealth inequality and eradicate poverty. George argues that land, as a resource, should be treated as a common good, and the benefits of land value increases should be shared by the community. The book gained widespread attention and sparked discussions on economic reform and social justice.

Henry George (Author), Jason Smith, Jason Smith (male Synthesized Voice) (Narrator)

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[German] - Bedingt abwehrbereit - Deutschlands Schwäche in der Zeitenwende (Ungekürzt)

Deutschland hatte sich behaglich eingerichtet in der Welt der Globalisierung - einer Welt, die friedlich zusammenzuwachsen und für uns immer sicherer zu werden schien. Doch diese Welt gibt es spätestens seit dem russischen Überfall auf die Ukraine nicht mehr. Über ein Zeitenwendchen ist die deutsche Politik bisher dennoch nicht hinausgekommen. Nach einem ersten Schock hat das Land wieder in den Friedensmodus geschaltet. Carlo Masala zieht eine schonungslose Bilanz und beschreibt, wie wir resilienter werden können - gesellschaftlich, wirtschaftlich, politisch und militärisch. Denn ohne kluges, strategisches Handeln werden wir uns in der neuen Weltunordnung nicht behaupten. Was kann die Bundeswehr, was muss sie können? Wo liegen strukturelle Probleme, und wie bekommt die bisherige Zeitlupenwende mehr Tempo? Was bedeutet der russische Krieg gegen die Ukraine für Deutschland? Wie ist der Angriff zu erklären? Und welche Wege führen zum Frieden? Wohin entwickelt sich das internationale System? Woher rührt die strategische Naivität der Deutschen, und wie können wir uns in der Welt der Zukunft behaupten? Das sind die Fragen, denen Carlo Masala in diesem Buch im Gespräch mit Sebastian Ullrich und Matthias Hansl nachgeht, und es sind zugleich drängende politische Fragen, auf die nicht nur die Bundesregierung Antworten finden muss, sondern auch die deutsche Bevölkerung. Denn die Abwehrbereitschaft eines Landes bemisst sich nicht ausschließlich an den Fähigkeiten seines Militärs. Sie ist, gerade in Zeiten der Cyber-Kriegsführung, der Desinformation und der Verwundbarkeit ziviler Infrastruktur, eine gesamtgesellschaftliche Aufgabe. Viel mehr externe Schocks als in den letzten drei Jahren kann die Bundesrepublik gar nicht erleiden - abgesehen von einem direkten Angriff auf das eigene Territorium. Wieviel dringlicher kann eine Situation sein? Wenn wir jetzt nicht aufwachen, wird die Fallhöhe umso größer sein.

Carlo Masala (Author), Patrick Imhof (Narrator)

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Liberalism In the Classical Tradition

'Liberalism In the Classical Tradition' is a seminal work written by Ludwig von Mises, an Austrian economist and philosopher. Originally published in 1927 as 'Die Gemeinwirtschaft: Untersuchungen über den Sozialismus' (Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis), it was later translated into English in 1962. The book provides a comprehensive defense of classical liberalism, focusing on the principles of individual liberty, free markets, and limited government. Ludwig von Mises argues against socialism and interventionism, emphasizing the importance of private property, voluntary exchange, and the market process. He explores the economic and moral foundations of classical liberalism and critiques alternative political and economic systems. Mises contends that individual freedom and property rights are essential for human flourishing and the prosperity of society.

Ludwig Von Mises (Author), Jason Smith, Jason Smith (male Synthesized Voice) (Narrator)

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[Spanish] - Elena Quinteros y la Libertad en América Latina

Este audiolibro está narrado por una voz digital. La historia de América Latina es la del individuo frente al Estado. Basta consultar cualquier historia reciente de nuestro continente y encontraremos en ella la esencia de este conflicto eterno: individuo que enfrentan a los Estado en busca de libertad, y unos Estados que utilizan toda su fuerza represiva y censuradora para suprimir las voces incomodas e imponer hegemonías políticas. La historia de Elena Quinteros es una más en esta larga tradición represiva que los regímenes autoritarios latinoamericanos han impuesto en nuestros países casi de forma rutinaria. En este libro, sin embargo, se apuesta por ir más allá de la recopilación de una historia que resulta familiar. Karla Hernández Scott constituye un libro fascinante y apasionante, que utilizando las herramientas académicas de la historia indaga en una anécdota oscura de nuestro pasado reciente, concentrándose no solamente en el hecho en sí sino en sus graves consecuencias históricas y diplomáticas, que en su momento significaron uno de los conflictos diplomáticos más importantes en la historia de las relaciones entre Venezuela y Uruguay. Pero, además, el libro se convierte en un retrato indiscutiblemente humano, tanto de la represión como de la posterior búsqueda de justicia y respuestas, en un contexto en el que pareciera que el olvido se impone a la razón y la impunidad golpea nuestras consciencias. El primer y estremecedor libro de Karla Hernández Scott es un recordatorio de todo lo que no debe seguir pasando en este continente, donde en pleno siglo XXI se busca la justicia, la democracia y la libertad.

Karla Hernández Scott (Author), Voz Digital Lucía G (Narrator)

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[Ukrainian] - Сад Гетсиманський: Книжки українською, українська література

В творі (значною мірою автобіографічному) йдеться про трагічну долю сім'ї сільського коваля Якова Чумака, зокрема, його наймолодшого сина Андрія, про те, як люди зберігали гідність на межі буття і смерті. «Сад Гетсиманський» — один з перших творів у світовій літературі, в якому з позиції учасника подій викрито злочини сталінського режиму. Дія твору розгортається в Харкові, у в'язницях на Раднаркомівській та Холодній горі. Всі імена та прізвища в'язнів і співробітників НКВС в цій книзі правдиві.

іван багряний (Author), артем окороков (Narrator)

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Nation, State and Economy

In 'Nation, State, and Economy,' Ludwig von Mises examines the intricate connections between economic activities and the political and social structures of nations. He explores the role of the state in economic affairs, the impact of interventionism, and the consequences of various economic systems on the overall well-being of societies. Mises argues for the importance of individual freedom, free markets, and limited government intervention as essential elements for the prosperity and stability of nations.

Ludwig Von Mises (Author), Jason Smith, Jason Smith (male Synthesized Voice) (Narrator)

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Killing Kennedy:: Exposing the Plot, the Cover-Up, and the Consequences

Startling new insights into the JFK assassination In Killing Kennedy: Exposing the Plot, the Cover-Up, and the Consequences, author Jack Roth interviews researchers, scholars, eyewitnesses, and family members of those who were part of the tangled web of US intelligence operations associated with the Cold War and the circumstances surrounding the assassination of John F. Kennedy. The author asks important questions, including why the assassination still matters today and what the lasting ripple effects have been since that fateful day. The Kennedy assassination represents one of the most impactful events in not only American but also world history, and this book represents an important addendum to understanding its enduring significance. On November 22, 1963, the duly elected president of the United States was murdered in cold blood, forever destroying “Camelot” and national optimism for world peace. Gleaning a “people’s history” of the assassination through dozens of insightful and heartfelt interviews, Roth presents a riveting narrative by creating a respectful, well-crafted, and emotionally charged book from which both older and younger generations will gain a greater understanding of our nation’s history and current status in the modern world.

Jack Roth (Author), Kyle Colton (Narrator)

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The Spanish and Portuguese in the New World: The History and Legacy of the First European Rivalry in

In 1451, Prince Henry the Navigator helped fund and develop a new type of ship, the caravel, that featured triangular lateen sails and would be able to travel in the open ocean and sail against the wind. In 1488, Bartholomew Diaz rounded the southern tip of Africa, named the Cape of Good Hope by King John of Portugal, and entered the Indian Ocean from the Atlantic. One explorer, Christopher Columbus, sought funding from the Portuguese to search for a passage to Asia by sailing westwards, but he was rejected. At this time in the late 15th century, Portugal’s domination of the western African sea routes prompted the neighboring Crown of Castile and the Catholic monarchs in modern Spain to search for an alternative route to south and east Asia (termed Indies), so they provided Columbus with the funding he required. By the time Christopher Columbus started setting back east from the New World after landing there in October 1492, he had explored San Salvador in the Bahamas (which he thought was Japan), Cuba (which he thought was China), and Hispaniola, the source of gold. As the common story goes, Columbus, en route back to Spain from his first journey, called in at Lisbon as a courtesy to brief the Portuguese King John II of his discovery of the New World. King John subsequently protested that according to the 1479 Treaty of Alcáçovas, which divided the Atlantic Ocean between Spanish and Portuguese spheres of influence, the newly discovered lands rightly belonged to Portugal. To make clear the point, a Portuguese fleet was authorized and dispatched west from the Tagus to lay claim to the “Indies,” which prompted a flurry of diplomatic activity in the court of Ferdinand and Isabella.

Charles River Editors (Author), Victoria Woodson (Narrator)

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Cancel Culture Dictionary

Anon9780063325685, Jimmy Failla (Author), Jimmy Failla, TBD (Narrator)

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The Rebels: Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and the Struggle for a New A

From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Devil's Bargain comes the revelatory inside story of the uprising within the Democratic Party, of the economic populists led by Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. In his classic book Devil's Bargain, Joshua Green chronicled how the forces of economic populism on the right, led by the likes of Steve Bannon, turned Donald Trump into their flawed but powerful vessel. In The Rebels, he gives an epic account of the long struggle that has played out in parallel on the left, told through an intimate reckoning with the careers of the three political figures who have led the charge most prominently. Based on remarkable inside sourcing and razor-sharp analysis, The Rebels uses the grand narrative of a political party undergoing tumult and transformation to tell an even larger story about the fate of America. For many years, as Green recounts, the Democrats made their bed with Wall Street and big tech, relying on corporate money for electioneering and embracing the worldview that technological and financial innovation and globalization were a powerful net good, a rising tide lifting all boats. Yes, there were howls of pain, but they were written off by most of the elites as the moaning of sore losers mired in the past. There were always some Democratic politicians representing the old labor base who resisted the new dispensation, but these figures never made it very far on a national level. For one thing, they didn't have the money. But as income inequality ballooned, widening the gulf between the wealthy elite and everyone else, pressures began to build. With the 2008 crisis, those forces finally erupted into plain sight, turning this book's protagonists into national icons. At its heart, The Rebels tells the riveting human story of the rise and fight of Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from the financial crisis on, as outrage over the unfairness of the American system formed a flood tide of political revolution. That same tide that would sweep Trump into office was blunted on the left, as the Democratic party found itself riven by culture war issues between its centrists and its progressives. But the winds behind economic populism still howl at gale force. Whether the Democrats can bridge their divisions and home in on a vision that unites the party, and perhaps even the country, in the face of the most violently deranged political landscape since the Civil War will be the ultimate test of the legacies of all three characters. A masterful account of one of the defining political stories of our age, The Rebels cements Joshua Green's stature at the first rank of American writers explaining how we've arrived at this pass and what lies ahead.

Joshua Green (Author), Philip Hernandez, TBD (Narrator)

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Amateur Hour: Kamala Harris in the White House

The ultimate, comprehensive investigation into the life and career of Vice President Kamala Harris from former Washington Examiner and Breitbart News political reporter Charlie Spiering. Who is the real Kamala Harris? And how did she ascend to the second highest office in the country? Despite her limited experience in national politics and confusing professional history, there hasn't been a comprehensive examination of Vice President Kamala Harris's journey to the White House...until now. Find out how the San Francisco socialite turned politico fast-tracked her way onto the national stage, only to lose the faith of her base and her president. With exclusive reporting and a detective's eye, Charlie Spiering delivers the first-ever deep dive into Kamala Harris's hilarious, incompetent, radical path to the vice presidency. From her tumultuous tenure as California prosecutor to the fiery interrogator in the United States Senate, then to her disastrous presidential campaign and finally, her calamitous first years in executive office, this is an unfettered look at the woman who is only one heartbeat away from leading the free world.

Charlie Spiering (Author), Johnny Heller (Narrator)

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