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The Founding Documents of the United States of America
by Thomas Jefferson
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LearnOutLoud.com is proud to present this audio collection entitled The Founding Documents of the United States of America. These documents represent key points in the founding of the U.S. government.
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Plato's Euthyphro, Apology, Crito and Phaedo
by Plato
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These four dialogues present the trial, the imprisonment, and the execution of Socrates who his friend Phaedo said was “the wisest, best, and most righteous person I have ever known.”
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Mill's On Liberty
by John Stuart Mill
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Mill's thinking about freedom in civic and social life examines fundamental principles shared among conservative, liberal, and radical politicians.
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Kant's Foundations of Ethics
by Immanuel Kant
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Three works that present Kant’s ethical world view are included: What is Enlightenment? (1784), Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals Morals (1785), and Toward Lasting Peace (1795).
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The Prince
by Niccolo Machiavelli
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Machiavelli lived in Renaissance Italy in a time marked by violent hatred between the Italian city-states.
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Glenn Beck's Common Sense
by Glenn Beck
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In any era, great Americans inspire us to reach our full potential. They know with conviction what they believe within themselves. They understand that all actions have consequences. And they find commonsense solutions to the nation's problems.
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Kant's "Toward Lasting Peace"
by Immanuel Kant
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Kant’s "Toward Lasting Peace" is best known for the idea of a league of nations that could bring “an end to all hostilities,” but what is most important is its ability to probe fundamental principles.
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The 48 Laws of Power
by Robert Greene
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Cunning, instructive, and amoral, this controversial bestseller distills 3,000 years of the history of power into 48 well-explicated laws.
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Political Theory: The Classic Texts and Their Continuing Relevance
by Joshua Kaplan
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This exciting course introduces vital works of political theory from history's greatest minds.
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Liberty Defined
by Ron Paul
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In Liberty Defined, congressman and #1 New York Times bestselling author Ron Paul returns with his most provocative, comprehensive, and compelling arguments for personal freedom to date.
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To the Person Sitting in Darkness
by Mark Twain
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Mark Twain's scathing satire on Christian missionaries in China was timed to also throw light on U. S. military policies in The Phillipines. With an introduction by Brook Thomas. Unabridged.
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The Art of Seduction
by Robert Greene
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When raised to the level of art, seduction, an indirect and subtle form of power...
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Visions of Utopia: Philosophy and the Perfect Society
by Fred E. Baumann
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With the characteristically human abilities to reason and imagine comes, apparently inevitably, the longing for imaginary but plausible places and conditions where everything is exactly as it should be and all our needs and desires are satisfied, including the need not to be jaded by satisfaction.
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Democracy in America
by Alexis de Tocqueville
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Alexis de Tocqueville's renowned analysis of American democracy still has relevance today. In 1831...
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Magna Carta
by iMinds Audio
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Learn the history of the Magna Carta with iMinds insightful audio knowledge series.
iMinds brings knowledge to your MP3 with 8 minute information segments to broaden your mind.
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The Future of Freedom
by Fareed Zakaria
Credits: Audio Download | Audio CD
American democracy is, in many people's minds, the model for the rest of the world....
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Politics
by Aristotle
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Although over two millennia old, Aristotle’s Politics remains central to the perplexing questions posed in the study of political science.
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The Tiber and the Potomac: Rome, America, and Empires of Trust
by Thomas F. Madden
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Esteemed university professor and best-selling author Thomas F. Madden presents an intriguing series of lectures based on a fascinating premise: that the United States has more in common with the rising Roman Republic than with the declining Roman Empire.
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All You Want to Know: The United States Constitution
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The United States Constitution presents and explains the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the Amendments to the Constitution in a way you've never experienced before...
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Nonviolence: 25 Lessons from the History of a Dangerous Idea
by Mark Kurlansky
Credits: Audio Download | Audio CD
From the prize-winning, "New York Times" bestselling author comes a provocative history that persuasively argues that the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, and World War II could have been avoided by nonviolent means.
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The Revolution: A Manifesto
by Ron Paul
Credits: Audio Download
This much is true: You have been lied to. The government is expanding. Taxes are increasing. More senseless wars are being planned. Inflation is ballooning. Our basic freedoms are disappearing.
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Communism
by Richard Pipes
Credits: Audio Download
From the acclaimed Modern Library Chronicles comes an exploration of a promising theory that when put to practice wreaked havoc on the world. An expert on communism, Richard Pipes follows the history of the Soviet Union from the 1917 revolution to the Cold War, and finally, to its deterioration and collapse.
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Rights of Man
by Thomas Paine
Credits: Audio Download
Written in 1791 as a response to Edmund Burkes Reflections on the Revolution in France, Thomas Paines Rights of Man is a seminal work on human freedom and equality.
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Marx's Das Kapital
by Francis Wheen
Credits: Audio Download | Audio CD | MP3 CD
In this brilliant book, Francis Wheen, the author of the most successful biography of Karl Marx, tells the story of Das Kapital and Marx’s twenty-year struggle to complete his unfinished masterpiece.
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The History of the Peloponnesian War
by Thucydides
Credits: MP3 CD
The Peloponnesian War broke out in 431 BC and continued intermittently for twenty-seven years...
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