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    Politics Lost: How American Democracy Was Trivialized by People Who Think You're Stupid , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 601min
    People on the right are furious. People on the left are livid. And the center isn't holding. There is only one thing on which almost everyone agrees: there is something very wrong in Washington. The country is being run by pollsters. Few politicians are able to win the voters' trust. Blame abounds and personal responsibility is nowhere to be found. There is a cynicism in Washington that appalls those in every state, red or blue. The question is: Why? The more urgent question is: What can be done about it? Few people are more qualified to deal with both questions than Joe Klein. He has spent a lifetime enmeshed in politics, studying its nuances, its quirks, and its decline. He is as angry and fed up as the rest of us, so he has decided to do something about it; in these pages he vents, reconstructs, deconstructs, and reveals how and why our leaders are less interested in leading than they are in the "permanent campaign" that political life has become. In the fascinating conclusion, the author give thoughtful solutions that just may get us out of this mess, especially if any of the 2008 candidates happen to be paying attention. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Terence McGovern. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bkot/000703/bk_bkot_000703_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Conversations with US: Great Lakes States , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 459min
    Forget the pollsters and pundits - America can speak for itself. Are you ready to undertake an epic two-wheeled journey through all 50 of the United States to hear what our nation has to say? Conversations with US chronicles some 16,000 miles of raw adventure and unfiltered perspectives as cycling journalist Chris Register and his touring bike set out to uncover the truth about our shared hopes, challenges, and potential. This first installment of the series engages you in deep conversations with folks from the Great Lakes States of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York. No bicycle? No problem! Take an armchair road trip and bike tour to learn how changes in manufacturing, farming, and culture are affecting Americans’ lives, while immersing yourself in the pedal-powered odyssey that weaves their stories together. The latest in a long history of literary Americana, Conversations with US - Great Lakes States is the first in an eight-volume series dedicated to exploring how Americans feel about where we come from, where we stand, and where we might be headed. Are we really as divided as cable news and social media would have us believe? The answers lie out in the real America, where Chris will seek them out, one crankset revolution at the time. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Chris Register. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/158156/bk_acx0_158156_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    President Trump and Our Post-Secular Future: How the 2016 Election Signals the Dawning of a Conservative Nationalist Age , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 69min
    Can an election mean the end of secularism? Of all our presidential elections, few were as stunning as the election of Donald Trump. The mass surge of nationalist populism that swept him into the oval office shocked both pollsters and pundits alike. But what if this nationalist populism has implications far exceeding 2016? In this thought-provoking audiobook, Dr. Steve Turley explains how the election of Donald Trump signals the demise of secularism as our dominant political paradigm and the dawning of a nationalist conservative future, not just in the US but throughout the world. Here's a preview of what you'll learn.... Who precisely are the elite What is globalism and how it is radically changing our nation Why there is a massive worldwide nationalist blow-back How the mainstream media has completely lost to the alternative media All the ways Trump's nationalist populism is reigniting Christian political activism and ending secularism as we know it And much, much more! You will discover why it is that President Trump is poised to set our nation in a bold new direction, one in which the secularism so dominant over the past several decades is eclipsed by a renewed commitment toward nation, culture, and tradition. Find out why the days of secularism are over and a new conservative age has begun! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dr. Steve Turley. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/105237/bk_acx0_105237_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Monarchy of Fear: A Philosopher Looks at Our Political Crisis , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 503min
    From one of the world’s most celebrated moral philosophers comes a thorough examination of the current political crisis and recommendations for how to mend our divided country. For decades Martha C. Nussbaum has been an acclaimed scholar and humanist, earning dozens of honors for her books and essays. In The Monarchy of Fear she turns her attention to the current political crisis that has polarized American since the 2016 election. Although today’s atmosphere is marked by partisanship, divisive rhetoric, and the inability of two halves of the country to communicate with one another, Nussbaum focuses on what so many pollsters and pundits have overlooked. She sees a simple truth at the heart of the problem: The political is always emotional. Globalization has produced feelings of powerlessness in millions of people in the West. That sense of powerlessness bubbles into resentment and blame. Blame of immigrants. Blame of Muslims. Blame of other races. Blame of cultural elites. While this politics of blame is exemplified by the election of Donald Trump and the vote for Brexit, Nussbaum argues it can be found on all sides of the political spectrum, left or right. Drawing on a mix of historical and contemporary examples, from classical Athens to the musical Hamilton, The Monarchy of Fear untangles this web of feelings and provides a roadmap of where to go next. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Amanda Carlin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/008836/bk_sans_008836_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Grateful: The Transformative Power of Giving Thanks , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 472min
    The author of the multiple award-winning Grounded and leading trend spotter in contemporary Christianity explores why gratitude is missing as a modern spiritual practice, offers practical suggestions for reclaiming it, and illuminates how the shared practice of gratitude can lead to greater connection with God, our world, and our own souls.  More and more people are finding God beyond the walls of traditional religious institutions, but these seekers often miss the church community itself, including its shared spiritual practices such as gratitude. While four out of five Americans have told pollsters they feel gratitude in their daily lives, cultural commentator and religion expert Diana Butler Bass finds that claim to be at odds with the discontent that permeates modern society.  There is a gap, she argues, between our desire to be grateful and our ability to behave gratefully - a divide that influences our understanding of morality, worship, and institutional religion itself. In Grateful, Bass challenges listeners to think about the impact gratitude has in our spiritual lives and encourages them to make gratitude a "difficult and much-needed spiritual practice for our personal lives and to make a better world".  Gratitude is partially an individual, emotional response to our circumstances, but research has shown that what we often miss is how much more it is a communal, actionable response. Bass examines this more unexpected experience of gratitude and reveals how people and communities can practice it and thrive, whether or not they are part of a traditional religious community.  ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Diana Butler Bass. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/006660/bk_harp_006660_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Where They Stand , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 539min
    The author of the acclaimed biography of President James Polk, A Country of Vast Designs, offers a fresh, playful, and challenging way of playing “Rating the Presidents,” by pitching historians’ views and subsequent experts’ polls against the judgment and votes of the presidents’ own contemporaries.Merry posits that presidents rise and fall based on performance, as judged by the electorate. Thus, he explores the presidency by comparing the judgments of historians with how the voters saw things. Was the president reelected? If so, did his party hold office in the next election?Where They Stand examines the chief executives Merry calls “Men of Destiny,’’ those who set the country toward new directions. There are six of them, including the three nearly always at the top of all academic polls—Lincoln, Washington, and FDR. He describes the “Split-Decision Presidents’’ (including Wilson and Nixon)—successful in their first terms and reelected; less successful in their second terms and succeeded by the opposition party. He describes the “Near Greats’’ (Jefferson, Jackson, Polk, TR, Truman), the “War Presidents’’ (Madison, McKinley, Lyndon Johnson), the flat-out failures (Buchanan, Pierce), and those whose standing has fluctuated (Grant, Cleveland, Eisenhower).This voyage through our history provides a probing and provocative analysis of how presidential politics works and how the country sets its course. Where They Stand invites readers to pitch their opinions against the voters of old, the historians, the pollsters—and against the author himself. In this year of raucous presidential politics, Where They Stand will provide a context for the unfolding campaign drama. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Peter Ganim. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/005832/bk_adbl_005832_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Republic of Spin: An Inside History of the American Presidency , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1335min
    The most powerful political tool of the modern presidency is control of the message and the image. In Republic of Spin - a vibrant history covering more than 100 years of politics - presidential historian David Greenberg recounts the rise of the White House spin machine, from Teddy Roosevelt to Barack Obama. His sweeping, startling narrative takes us behind the scenes to see how the tools and techniques of image making and message craft work. We meet Woodrow Wilson convening the first White House press conference, Franklin Roosevelt huddling with his private pollsters, Ronald Reagan's aides crafting his nightly news sound bites, and George W. Bush staging his "Mission Accomplished" photo-op. We meet, too, the backstage visionaries who pioneered new ways of gauging public opinion and mastering the media - figures like George Cortelyou, TR's brilliantly efficient press manager; 1920s ad whiz Bruce Barton; Robert Montgomery, Dwight Eisenhower's canny TV coach; and of course the key spinmeisters of our own times, from Roger Ailes to David Axelrod. Greenberg also examines the profound debates Americans have waged over the effect of spin on our politics. Does spin help our leaders manipulate the citizenry? Or does it allow them to engage us more fully in the democratic project? Exploring the ideas of the century's most incisive political critics, from Walter Lippmann and H. L. Mencken to Hannah Arendt and Stephen Colbert, Republic of Spin illuminates both the power of spin and its limitations - its capacity not only to mislead but also to lead. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Christopher Price. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/026838/bk_adbl_026838_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Building a Business of Politics: The Rise of Political Consulting and the Transformation of American Democracy , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 559min
    Political races in the United States rely heavily on highly paid political consultants who carefully curate the images of politicians, advise candidates on polling and analytics, and shape voters' perceptions through marketing and advertising techniques. More than half of the $6 billion spent in the 2012 election went to consultants who controlled virtually every aspect of the campaigns, from polling, fundraising, and media to more novel techniques of social media and micro-targeting. These consultants play a central role in political campaigns - determining not only how the public sees politicians, but also how politicians see the public. In Building a Business of Politics, author Adam Sheingate traces the history of political consultants from its origins in the publicity experts and pollsters of the 1920s and 1930s to the strategists and media specialists of the 1970s who transformed political campaigns into a highly profitable business. Today, consultants command a hefty fee from politicians as they turn campaign cash from special interest groups and wealthy donors into advertisements, polls, and direct mail solicitations characteristic of modern campaigns. The implications of this system on the state of American democracy are significant: the rise of the permanent campaign brings with it the rise of a permanent campaign industry. A professional political class stands between the voters and those who claim to represent them, influencing messages on both sides. Sheingate not only shows how political consultants have reshaped politics, though; he also covers recent developments like the commercialization of digital campaign tools and the consolidation of the political consulting industry into global media conglomerates. Building a Business of Politics is both a definitive account of the consulting profession and a powerful reinterpretation of how political professionals reshaped American democracy in the modern era. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: James Conlan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/026707/bk_adbl_026707_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Kennedy Half Century: The Presidency, Assassination, and Lasting Legacy of John F. Kennedy , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1459min
    An original and illuminating narrative revealing John F. Kennedy's lasting influence on America, by the acclaimed political analyst Larry J. Sabato. John F. Kennedy died half a century ago - yet because of his extraordinary promise and untimely death, his star still resonates strongly. On the anniversary of his assassination, celebrated political scientist and analyst Larry J. Sabato - himself a teenager in the early 1960s and inspired by JFK and his presidency - explores the fascinating and powerful influence he has had over five decades on the media, the general public, and especially on each of his nine presidential successors. A recent Gallup poll gave JFK the highest job approval rating of any of those successors, and millions remain captivated by his thousand days in the White House. For all of them, and for those who feel he would not be judged so highly if he hadn't died tragically in office, The Kennedy Half-Century will be particularly revealing. Sabato reexamines JFK's assassination using heretofore unseen information to which he has had unique access, then documents the extraordinary effect the assassination has had on Americans of every modern generation through the most extensive survey ever undertaken on the public's view of a historical figure. The full and fascinating results, gathered by the accomplished pollsters Peter Hart and Geoff Garin, paint a compelling portrait of the country a half-century after the epochal killing. Just as significantly, Sabato shows how JFK's presidency has strongly influenced the policies and decisions - often in surprising ways - of every president since. Among the hundreds of books devoted to JFK, The Kennedy Half-Century stands apart for its rich insight and original perspective. Anyone who reads it will appreciate in new ways the profound impact JFK's short presidency has had on our national psyche.PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Chris Kayser. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/016078/bk_adbl_016078_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Where Did You Get This Number? , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 345min
    CBS News’ Elections and Surveys director Anthony Salvanto takes you behind the scenes of polling to show you how to think about who we are and where we’re headed as a nation.As Elections and Surveys director for CBS News, it’s Anthony Salvanto’s job to understand you - what you think and how you vote. He’s the person behind so many of the poll numbers you see today, making the winner calls on election nights and surveying thousands of Americans. In Where Did You Get This Number? A Pollster’s Guide to Making Sense of the World, Salvanto takes listeners on a fast-paced, eye-opening tour through the world of polling and elections and what they really show about America today, beyond the who's-up-who’s-down headlines and horse races. Salvanto is just the person to bring much-needed clarity in a time when divisions seem to run so deep.The language of polling may be numbers, but the stories it tells are about people. In this engaging insider’s account, Salvanto demystifies jargon with plain language and answers readers’ biggest questions about polling and pollsters. How can they talk to 1,000 people and know the country? How do they know the winner so fast? How do they decide what questions to ask? Why didn't they call you? Salvanto offers data-driven perspective on how Americans see the biggest issues of our time, from the surprising 2016 election to the shocks of the financial crisis, the response to terrorism and the backlash against big money. He doesn’t shy away from pointing out what’s worked and what hasn’t. Salvanto takes listeners inside the CBS newsroom on Election Night 2016 and makes listeners rethink conventional wisdom and punditry just in time for the 2018 midterms. He shows who really decides elections and why you should think about a poll differently from the forecasts popularized by Nate Silver and others. Where Did You Get This Number? is an essential resource for anyone interested in politics - and how to better me ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Anthony Salvanto. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/008884/bk_sans_008884_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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