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Guardians of the Revolution: Iran and the World in the Age of the Ayatollahs , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 819min

For over a quarter century, Iran has been one of America's chief nemeses. Ever since Ayatollah Khomeini overthrew the Shah in 1979, the relationship between the two nations has been antagonistic: revolutionary guards chanting against the Great Satan, Bush fulminating against the Axis of Evil, Iranian support for Hezbollah, and President Ahmadinejad blaming the U.S. for the world's ills. The unending war of words suggests an intractable divide between Iran and the West, one that may very well lead to a shooting war in the near future. But as Ray Takeyh shows in this accessible and authoritative history of Iran's relations with the world since the revolution, behind the famous personalities and extremist slogans is a nation that is far more pragmatic - and complex - than many in the West have been led to believe. Takeyh explodes many of our simplistic myths of Iran as an intransigently Islamist foe of the West. Tracing the course of Iranian policy since the 1979 revolution, Takeyh identifies four distinct periods: The revolutionary era of the 1980s, the tempered gradualism following the death of Khomeini and the end of the Iran-Iraq war in 1989, the "reformist" period from 1997-2005 under President Khatami, and the shift toward confrontation and radicalism since the election of President Ahmadinejad in 2005. Takeyh shows that three powerful forces - Islamism, pragmatism, and great power pretensions - have competed in each of these periods, and that Iran's often paradoxical policies are in reality a series of compromises between the hardliners and the moderates, often with wild oscillations between pragmatism and ideological dogmatism. The U.S.'s task, Takeyh argues, is to find strategies that address Iran's objectionable behavior without demonizing this key player in an increasingly vital and volatile region. With its clear-sighted grasp of both nuance and historical sweep, Guardians of the Revolution will stand as the standard work on this ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Peter Ganim. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/011567/bk_adbl_011567_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Devil We Know: Dealing with the New Iranian Superpower , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 586min

Over the past 30 years, while the United States has turned either a blind or dismissive eye, Iran has emerged as a nation every bit as capable of altering America's destiny as traditional superpowers Russia and China. Indeed, one of this audiobook's central arguments is that, in some ways, Iran's grip on America's future is even tighter. As ex-CIA operative Robert Baer masterfully shows, Iran has maneuvered itself into the elite superpower ranks by exploiting America's false perceptions of what Iran is - by letting us believe it is a country run by scowling religious fanatics, too preoccupied with theocratic jostling and terrorist agendas to strengthen its political and economic foundations.The reality is much more frightening - and yet contained in the potential catastrophe is an implicit political response that, if we're bold enough to adopt it, could avert disaster.Baer's on-the-ground sleuthing and interviews with key Middle East players - everyone from an Iranian ayatollah to the king of Bahrain to the head of Israel's internal security - paint a picture of the centuries-old Shia nation that is starkly the opposite of the one normally drawn. For example, Iran's hate-spouting President Ahmadinejad is by no means the true spokesman for Iranian foreign policy, nor is Iran making it the highest priority to become a nuclear player. Even so, Baer has discovered that Iran is currently engaged in a soft takeover of the Middle East, that the proxy method of war-making and co-option it perfected with Hezbollah in Lebanon is being exported throughout the region, that Iran now controls a significant portion of Iraq, that it is extending its influence over Jordan and Egypt, that the Arab Emirates and other Gulf States are being pulled into its sphere, and that it will shortly have a firm hold on the world's oil spigot.By mixing anecdotes with information gleaned from clandestine sources, Baer superbly demonstrates that Iran, far from b ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ted Barker. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/001545/bk_rand_001545_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Joseph Anton: A Memoir , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1620min

On February 14, 1989, Valentine's Day, Salman Rushdie was telephoned by a BBC journalist and told that he had been "sentenced to death" by the Ayatollah Khomeini. For the first time he heard the word fatwa. His crime? To have written a novel called The Satanic Verses, which was accused of being "against Islam, the Prophet and the Quran". So begins the extraordinary story of how a writer was forced underground, moving from house to house, with the constant presence of an armed police protection team. He was asked to choose an alias that the police could call him by. He thought of writers he loved and combinations of their names; then it came to him: Conrad and Chekhov - Joseph Anton. How do a writer and his family live with the threat of murder for more than nine years? How does he go on working? How does he fall in and out of love? How does despair shape his thoughts and actions, how and why does he stumble, how does he learn to fight back? In this remarkable memoir Rushdie tells that story for the first time; the story of one of the crucial battles, in our time, for freedom of speech. He talks about the sometimes grim, sometimes comic realities of living with armed policemen, and of the close bonds he formed with his protectors; of his struggle for support and understanding from governments, intelligence chiefs, publishers, journalists, and fellow writers; and of how he regained his freedom. It is a book of exceptional frankness and honesty, compelling, provocative, moving, and of vital importance. Because what happened to Salman Rushdie was the first act of a drama that is still unfolding somewhere in the world every day. This audiobook includes a prologue read by the author. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sam Dastor, Salman Rushdie. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/003234/bk_rand_003234_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Between You and Me: A Memoir, Hörbuch, Digital, 289min

In this candid and revealing audiobook, Mike Wallace tells the behind-the-scenes stories from his remarkable 60-year career. Here are intimate anecdotes, off-camera antics, never-before-told tales, and, most important, Wallace's insights about some unforgettable characters. Over the course of his career, Wallace has interviewed all but one of the presidents of the past half-century; First Ladies including Eleanor Roosevelt and Nancy Reagan; cultural figures from Frank Lloyd Wright to Johnny Carson; social revolutionaries such as Malcolm X; and performers ranging from Itzhak Perlman to Tina Turner. He has also interviewed crooks and con men. And what made it onto the television screen is only part of the story, for here Wallace offers anecdotes that reveal volumes about the true character of these celebrated people, and why they did what they did. Wallace recounts how he first got an interview with Martin Luther King, Jr., and how their friendship developed over time; the story of the Secret Service agent who felt responsible for not saving John F. Kennedy; a poignant interview with Nancy Reagan concerning her husband's Alzheimer's. Wallace tells how he infuriated all sides with his reports from the Middle East; of his conversations with Begin and Arafat; of his interviews with the shah of Iran; and of his unflinching question to the Ayatollah Khomeini. There are moments of great levity, too: with Itzhak Perlman and Shirley MacLaine. Wallace also turns his questioning eye on his own life and career, offering a frank and frequently surprising self-portrait. And he writes of his childhood, his professional friendships, and his battle with depression. Mike Wallace's challenging and perceptive questions often evoked reactions from famous figures that have sometimes changed minds and, occasionally, history. Between You and Me gives listeners a behind-the-scenes looks at one of the great broadcast journalists of our time. Language: English. Narrator: Mike Wallace. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hype/000036/bk_hype_000036_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Terrorist Next Door: How the Government Is Deceiving You about the Islamist Threat , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 440min

Al-Qaeda doesn’t care about “Hope” and “Change”. The threat of terrorism in America, the Obama administration assures us, is contained and controlled. Attempted attacks like the Times Square bombing, the “underwear bombing” on a flight over Detroit, and the attack on a Christmas-tree lighting ceremony in Oregon were all isolated plots that failed. In the words of Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano, “The system worked.” Don’t believe it. In The Terrorist Next Door, investigative reporter Erick Stakelbeck exposes the staggering truth about our national security: the Obama administration is concealing and whitewashing the enormous terrorist threat growing right here within America’s borders. If you believe terrorism is only a problem for other countries, Stakelbeck’s on-the-ground reporting will open your eyes. He has been inside America’s radical mosques, visited US-based Islamic enclaves, and learned about our enemies by going straight to the source—interviewing al-Qaeda-linked terrorists themselves. In this shocking book, Stakelbeck reveals: How Islamic radicals have established separatist compounds and even jihadist training camps throughout rural America; that an overt disciple of Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini now leads one of the largest mosques in America; how mega-mosques aren’t just planned for Ground Zero—they’re being built in the heart of the Bible Belt as part of a plan for Islamic domination; what a former US covert agent inside the Iranian regime says about Iran’s program to recruit Americans into terror groups; and how the Obama administration’s beguiling counter-terrorism policies are increasing the threat of another 9/11. The Terrorist Next Door sounds the alarm on a growing threat to every American—one that the US government refuses to face honestly or even to name. As we struggle against a relentless and adaptable Islamist enemy that is committed to destroying our nation, we can’t say we weren’t ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tom Weiner. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/004349/bk_blak_004349_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Constituições revolucionárias (eBook, ePUB)

"Constituições Revolucionárias", de Bruce Ackerman, é um triunfo. Ele permite ao leitor apreciar os muitos fatores complexos que contribuem para a legitimidade das Constituições e para a criação do constitucionalismo em um país. Ackerman navega com tranquilidade por eventos, movimentos e uma gama de personalidades carismáticas constitucionais. Discute habilmente Nehru, Mandela, Ben-Gurion e de Gaulle, entre outros, e seus papéis na realização ou quebra de revoluções constitucionais". Dr. Menaka Guruswamy, advogada na Suprema Corte da Índia "De George Washington a Nelson Mandela, e de Ben-Gurion a Ayatollah Khomeini, Ackerman leva sua teoria do papel central da política constitucional na criação e evolução das Constituições a uma esfera comparativista e oferece uma teoria de como os padrões típicos da história revolucionária moldam os diversos desafios e trajetórias constitucionais que vemos no mundo de hoje. Um projeto de grande ambição intelectual e uma leitura fascinante". Yochai Benkler, Harvard Law School A Editora Contracorrente tem a satisfação de anunciar a publicação do livro Constituições revolucionárias: liderança carismática e Estado de direito, do aclamado professor Bruce Ackerman. O populismo é uma ameaça para o mundo democrático, combustível para demagogos e multidões reacionárias - ou assim seus críticos nos fariam acreditar. Mas em sua premiada trilogia We the People, Bruce Ackerman mostrou que os americanos têm repetidamente rejeitado este ponto de vista. Agora ele recorre a um quarto de século de erudição nesta investigação essencial e surpreendente sobre as origens e os êxitos do constitucionalismo revolucionário, bem como as ameaças que sobre ele pesam em todo o mundo. Ele nos leva à Índia, África do Sul, Itália, França, Polônia, Birmânia, Israel e Irã e faz um relato de minucioso das tribulações que enfrentaram os movimentos populares em suas campanhas insurgentes pela democracia constitucional. Apesar de suas muitas diferenças, líderes populistas como Nehru, Mandela e de Gaulle enfrentaram dilemas semelhantes em pontos críticos, e cada um conseguiu algo negligenciado, mas essencial. Em vez de empregar sua liderança carismática para reter o poder, eles a usaram para conferir legitimidade aos cidadãos e às instituições da democracia constitucional. Ackerman retorna aos Estados Unidos em seu último capítulo para fornecer novos insights sobre os atos de estadismo constitucional dos fundadores, pois eles enfrentaram desafios muito semelhantes aos que enfrentam os líderes populistas de hoje. Com tradução do Prof. Pedro Davoglio, trata-se de livro fundamental para o debate constitucional brasileiro. Nas palavras de Luiz Moreira, Antonio Carlos Bigonha: "Sua abordagem interdisciplinar, com recurso à sociologia e à economia, nos convida a sair do conforto da dogmática jurídica e do lugar-comum do debate constitucional brasileiro, encapsulado em uma teoria hermenêutica repetida nas escolas de Direito como um catecismo".

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