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Caption: A New World Begins, Credit: jacket cover by Chin-Yee Kai
A book about the French Revolution. OK, you may be thinking, there’s nothing new to learn, however, not only has new revelations come to light in t...

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  • Added: Jan 21, 2020
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: The Tango War, Credit: Jacket design by Danielle Christopher
At the beginning of World War II, the Roosevelt Administration understood all too well the strategic value of South America.

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  • Added: Sep 19, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Twelve-year old Deamonte Driver died following brain surgery in February 2007. His original diagnosis was meningitis. After his death, the culprit...

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  • Added: Mar 23, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Aspen Baker
Fifteen years ago, Aspen Baker founded her support group Exhale. Its purpose is to open up respective dialogue and provide support for those who ch...

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  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Trans Über Publishing, Credit: cover design John Hamilton
Author and activist Joe Wenke speaks with some of the foremost advocates for change. They have a determined commitment to freedom and equality.

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  • Added: May 14, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: School Violence, Credit: jacket cover design by Emily Osborne
More violence is committed in America than any other industrialized nation. Nowhere is that sad fact more prevalent than on our school grounds.

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  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The Political Classroom jacket, Credit: Routledge Press
When politics is polarized, so is American Society. That, in turn, makes things more difficult for educators and students. It becomes riskier for t...

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  • Added: Feb 03, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Dr. Norman Doidge
Bestselling author Dr. Norman Doidge describes how neuroplasticity leads to healing in his newest book.

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  • Added: Jan 29, 2015
  • Length: 28:40
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Timothy K. Kuhner, Credit: Georgia State University
As of the latest national elections, it costs approximately $1 billion to become president, $10 million to become a Senator, and $1 million to beco...

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  • Added: Aug 21, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: John Kuhn
There is a vast divide between those in the “education reform movement” and those who recognize the very real problem of inequality. School superin...

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  • Added: Jun 17, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: The Tolerance Trap, Credit: NYU Press
In her book The Tolerance Trap: How God, Genes, and Good Intentions are Sabotaging Gay Equality. Dr. Suzanna Walters explores how notions of tolera...

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  • Added: Jun 05, 2014
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Restoring Opportunity jacket cover, Credit: Harvard Education Press
Americans see education as the primary social institution for achieving the goal of equality and opportunity. While there are sharp disagreements o...

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  • Added: Feb 02, 2014
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Judith D. Swartz
In her new book, author and journalist Judith D. Swartz reveals that our ability to transform many of our problems – climate change, desertificatio...

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  • Added: Jun 11, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Dr. Sara Gottfried
Despite what women are constantly told by their doctors and society – that weight gain, sleeplessness, diminished sex drive, hair loss and wrinkles...

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  • Added: Apr 10, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Professor Beth E. Richie
In her new book, Professor Beth E. Richie addresses the issue of marginalized communities throughout America, and the unique risk they harbor for B...

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  • Added: Jan 28, 2013
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: James Gustave Speth
Average Americans are painfully aware of the challenges we face as a nation – joblessness, failing schools, declining health, intractable poverty, ...

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  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Joni Mitchell
The story of Joni Mitchell is as convoluted and compelling as her music. She eluded industry clichés, spoke and composed in philosophical twists, a...

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  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Alexandre Montegu
“Intellectual property law impacts virtually all modern business,” says Alexandre Montagu. Several years ago he established MontaguLaw , focusing o...

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  • Added: Dec 05, 2012
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Nuclear Roulette, Credit: cover design by Matthew Simmons
In his new book, Gar Smith dismantles the core arguments behind the nuclear industrial complex’s “Nuclear renaissance.” While some critiques are fa...

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  • Added: Nov 27, 2012
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Frederick Kaufman
In the last five years the world has seen two devastating spikes in the price of food, and according to journalist and professor Frederick Kaufman,...

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  • Added: Nov 01, 2012
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Daniel Botkin
According to a recent Gallup Poll, 46 percent of Americans believe in creationism. Is this belief hurting our planet? In his new book, professor, ...

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  • Added: Oct 27, 2012
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Golden Holocaust cover, Credit: jacket design by Jackie Drooker
The CIGARETTE is the deadliest artifact in the history of human civilization. Few discoveries have been so consequential. So begins the work by his...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2012
  • Length: 28:54
Caption: Shareholder Value Myth, Credit: Berrett-Koeler Publishers
The mantra is that corporations are required to maximize shareholder value. That’s a complete falsehood according to corporate and business law pr...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2012
  • Length: 28:57
Caption: Philip Warburg
In his book, Harvest the Wind: America’s Journey to Jobs, Energy Independence, and Climate Stability, Philip Warburg takes us behind the scenes of ...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2012
  • Length: 28:48
Caption: Mathew Barrett Gross
In the past dozen years, from Y2K to 2012, apocalyptic anticipation in America has leapt from the cultish to the mainstream. Today, nearly 60 perce...

  • Added: May 14, 2012
  • Length: 28:59