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The Nonviolence Handbook : A Guide for Practical Action
Nagler, Michael NBerrett-Koehler Publishers 2015 Unabridged"Nonviolence is not the recourse of the weak but actually calls for an uncommon kind of strength; it is not a refraining from something but the engaging of a positive force," renow...
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Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis : The Untold Story
Leaming, BarbaraMacmillan Audio 2014 UnabridgedThe untold story of how one woman's life was changed forever in a matter of seconds by a horrific trauma. Barbara Leaming's extraordinary and deeply sensitive biography is the firs...
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The Underground Girls of Kabul
Nordberg, JennyPenguin Random House Audio Publishing Group 2014An investigative journalist uncovers a hidden Afghan custom that will change your understanding of what it means to grow up as a girl.Expanding on her widely read New York Times ar...
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The village effect : how face-to-face contact can make us healthier, happier, and smarter
Pinker, SusanTantor Media 2014 -
Business adventures : twelve classic tales from the world of Wall Street
Brooks, JohnPenguin Random House Audio Publishing Group 2014From Wall Street to Main Street, John Brooks, longtime contributor to the New Yorker, brings to life in vivid fashion twelve classic and timeless tales of corporate and financial l...
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Twelve Years a Slave
Northup, SolomonAnncona MediaTwelve Years a Slave (1853) sub-title: Narrative of Solomon Northup, citizen of New-York, kidnapped in Washington city in 1841, and rescued in 1853, from a cotton plantation near t...
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Funky Business Forever - How to Enjoy Capitalism
Nordström, Kjell AEarbooksThink back. In the dark days, business was about wearing the right, regulation charcoal grey, suits and keeping your nose clean. Corporations lived in monotone. And then. Things ch...
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Fire Base Illingworth : An Epic True Story of Remarkable Courage Against Staggering Odds
Keith, PhilipTantor Media, Inc. 2014 UnabridgedIn the early morning hours of April 1, 1970, more than four hundred North Vietnamese soldiers charged out into the open and tried to overrun FSB Illingworth. The battle went on, mo...
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The aviators : Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the epic age of flight
Groom, WinstonBlackstone Audio 2013Gifted storyteller Winston Groom, the bestselling author of Forrest Gump, has written the fascinating story of three extraordinary heroes who defined aviation during the great age...
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Amsterdam : A History of the World's Most Liberal City
Shorto, RussellBooks on Tape 2013 UnabridgedAn endlessly entertaining portrait of the city of Amsterdam and the ideas that make it unique, by the author of the acclaimed Island at the Center of the World Tourists know Amst...
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Camelot's Court : Inside the Kennedy White House
Dallek, RobertHarperAudio 2013 UnabridgedFifty years after John F. Kennedy's assassination, presidential historian Robert Dallek, whom The New York Times calls "Kennedy's leading biographer," delivers a riveting new portr...
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Zealot : the life and times of Jesus of Nazareth
Aslan, RezaBooks on Tape 2013From the internationally bestselling author of No god but God comes a fascinating, provocative, and meticulously researched biography that challenges long-held assumptions about th...
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Battle Ready
Donald, Mark L.; Mactavish, ScottMacmillan Audio 2013The gripping memoir of Navy Cross, Silver Star, Bronze Star, and Purple Heart recipient SEAL Lieutenant Mark L. DonaldAs A SEAL and combat medic, Mark served his country with valor...
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Privacy, Property, and Free Speech : Law and the Constitution in the 21st Century
The Great Courses 2012 UnabridgedAlthough the courts have struggled to balance the interests of individuals, businesses, and law enforcement, the proliferation of intrusive new technologies puts many of our presum...
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Dog Company : The Boys of Pointe du Hoc--Rangers Who Landed at D-Day and Fought Across Europe
O'Donnell, Patrick K.Blackstone Publishing 2012 UnabridgedAn epic World War II story of valor, sacrifice, and the Rangers who led the way to victory in Europe It is said that the right man in the right place at the right time can make the...
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The Indispensable Milton Friedman : Essays on Politics and Economics
Ebenstein, Dr. LannyBlackstone Publishing 2012 UnabridgedMilton Friedman is one of the most famous economists in history. His writings and theories on everything from capitalism and freedom to deregulation and welfare have inspired movem...
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Operation Snow : How a Soviet Mole in FDR's White House Triggered Pearl Harbor
Koster, JohnBlackstone Publishing 2012 UnabridgedOn December 7, 1941, the nation of Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and prompted the United States' entry into the bloodiest war in human history. Americans have long debated the cause...
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The Story of World War II
Miller, Donald L.Blackstone Publishing 2012 UnabridgedDrawing on previously unpublished eyewitness accounts, prizewinning historian Donald L. Miller has written what critics are calling one of the most powerful accounts of warfare eve...
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The real crash : America's coming bankruptcy--how to save yourself and your country
Schiff, Peter D.Predicts a worse crash if key economic changes cannot be made, arguing that American consumer habits are at the heart of today's problems and recommends that the nation declare ban...
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American Sniper
Kyle, Chris; McEwen, Scott; DeFelice, JimHarperCollins 2012NOW A BLOCKBUSTER MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY CLINT EASTWOOD—NOMINATED FOR SIX ACADEMY AWARDS, INCLUDING BEST PICTUREFrom 1999 to 2009, U.S. Navy Seal Chris Kyle recorded the most c...