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Nickel and Dimed
by Barbara Ehrenreich
Credits: Audio Download | Audio CD
This engrossing piece of undercover reportage has been a fixture on the New York Times best-seller list since its publication....
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The Jungle
by Upton Sinclair
Credits: Audio Download
Seldom has a book been the subject of more widespread discussion than The Jungle...
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Culture Warrior
by Bill O'Reilly
Credits: Audio CD
With three straight #1 bestsellers and over 4 million copies of his books in print, O'Reilly takes off his gloves in the ongoing struggle for America's heart and soul.
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Broke
by Glenn Beck
Credits: Audio Download
In the words of Harvard economist Niall Ferguson, the United States is “an empire on the edge of chaos.” Why? Glenn Beck thinks the answer is pretty simple: Because we’ve turned our backs on the Constitution.
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The Wal-Mart Effect
by Charles Fishman
Credits: Audio Download | MP3 CD
Because Wal-Mart has maintained an impenetrable wall of secrecy and imposed absolute compliance in that secrecy from those it does business with, we know astonishingly little about how the company actually operates or about its impact on our lives…
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Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal
by Ayn Rand
Credits: Audio Download | Audio CD
The foundations of capitalism are being battered by a flood of altruism, which is the cause of the modern world's collapse. This was the view of Ayn Rand, a view so radically opposed to prevailing attitudes that it constituted a major philosophic revolution.
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The Wisdom of Crowds
by James Surowiecki
Credits: Audio Download
In this endlessly fascinating book, New Yorker columnist James Surowiecki explores a deceptively simple idea that has profound implications....
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Letter to a Christian Nation
by Sam Harris
Credits: Audio Download
"Forty-four percent of the American population is convinced that Jesus will return to judge the living and the dead sometime in the next fifty years," writes Sam Harris.
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Answering the Question: What is Enlightenment?
by Immanuel Kant
Credits: Audio Download
Written in 1784, "Answering the Question: What is Enlightenment?" is one of philosopher Immanuel Kant's most influential and famous essays. Here Kant addresses the causes for a lack of Enlightenment in society, and the preconditions a person must meet in order to gain it.
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The World Crisis
by Deepak Chopra
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In this two-part dialogue, Deepak and Ken discuss two very different contexts for approaching the world situation. War, poverty, ecological despoliation—what can we do to curb our self-destructive ways?
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The Dumbest Generation
by Mark Bauerlein
Credits: Audio Download | Audio CD | MP3 CD
This shocking, surprisingly entertaining romp into the intellectual nether regions of today's under-thirty set reveals the disturbing and, ultimately, incontrovertible truth: cyberculture is turning us into a society of know-nothings.
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What's So Great About America
by Dinesh D'Souza
Credits: Audio Download
America is under attack as never before - not only from terrorists, but from people who provide a rationale for terrorism...
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The Moral Landscape
by Sam Harris
Credits: Audio Download | Audio CD
In this explosive new book, Sam Harris tears down the wall between scientific facts and human values, arguing that most people are simply mistaken about the relationship between morality and the rest of human knowledge.
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Culture Jamming
by iMinds Audio
Credits: Audio Download
Learn about Culture Jamming 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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Team Rodent
by Carl Hiaasen
Credits: Audio Download
Disney is so good, it's bad. So argues Carl Hiaasen, an award-winning investigative reporter...
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A Christian Manifesto
by Francis Schaeffer
Credits: Audio Download
In this explosive book, Francis Schaeffer shows how law, government, education, and media have all contributed to a shift from our country's Judeo-Christian foundation.
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We Have to Be Those Leaders
by Lama Surya Das
Credits: Audio Download
In this wide-ranging discussion of the obstacles and opportunities of bringing a new religion into a culture-in this case, Buddhism into America-Surya Das covers a multitude of critical issues, issues that confront not merely Buddhism but spirituality in general as it encounters the modern and postmodern world.
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New Rules
by Bill Maher
Credits: Audio Download
Bill Maher is on the forefront of the new wave of comedians who have begun to influence and shape political debate through their comedy. He is best known not just for being funny, but for advocating truth over sensitivity and taking on the political establishment.
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Nomad
by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Credits: Audio Download
In these pages Hirsi Ali recounts the many turns her life took after she broke with her family, and how she struggled to throw off restrictive superstitions and misconceptions that initially hobbled her ability to assimilate into Western society.
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Songs of the Doomed
by Hunter S. Thompson
Credits: Audio Download
In this third and most extraordinary volume of the Gonzo Papers, Dr. Hunter S. Thompson recalls high and hideous moments in his 30 years in the Passing Lane....
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Standing For Something
by Gordon B. Hinckley
Credits: Audio Download
No nation can be greater than the strength of its individual homes or the virtue of its people. Sadly, many today would say ours is a nation in crisis. Families are splintering around us, our children are becoming alienated from their great cultural heritage, and our leaders seem increasingly out of touch.
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Stupid Black Men
by Larry Elder
Credits: Audio Download
Radio host and best-selling author Larry Elder has made a career out of being a thorn in the side of the conventional-wisdom crowd.
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Brandwashed
by Martin Lindstrom
Credits: Audio Download | Audio CD
From the best-selling author of Buyology comes a shocking insider’s look at how today’s global giants conspire to obscure the truth and manipulate our minds, all in service of persuading us to buy.
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Next
by Michael Lewis
Credits: Audio Download
In Liar's Poker, the barbarians seized control of the bond markets. In The New New Thing some guys from Silicon Valley redefined...
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Stranger Than Fiction: The Art of Literary Journalism
by William McKeen
Credits: Audio Download
In this compelling series of lectures on literary journalism, Professor William McKeen delves into the origins of storytelling, the nature of literary journalism, and the ways in which literary journalism has affected culture and modes of expression.
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