Category: E-Books

Athenian Democracy An Experiment for the Ages


Free Download Athenian Democracy: An Experiment for the Ages by The Great Courses, Professor Robert Garland University College London
English | 2018 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B07CZ3BPTV | Format: M4B / Bitrate: 32 Kbps / 12 hours and 40 minutes + PDF | 184 Mb
Roughly 2,500 years ago, the Athenian people established a radical democracy in which power derived from the votes of everyday citizens. At a time when local governments ranged from oligarchy to tyranny, the elite classes of Athens gradually ceded power to the inexperienced masses, whose votes served as referendums for everything from taxation to war to welfare. The sequence of events that led to this development is astonishing, and the society that flourished under Athenian democracy is one of the greatest – even if greatly flawed – achievements in world history.
Today, when the foundations of our own democracy are under greater and greater scrutiny, the Athenian experiment in citizen rule offers a powerful object lesson in national politics. How did the Athenian system of democracy work? What were its strengths and weaknesses? And how does it compare to democracy in our world today? Athenian Democracy: An Experiment for the Ages answers these questions and more with 24 captivating lectures. Professor Robert Garland of Colgate University takes us back to ancient Greece and unpacks the development and workings of Athenian democracy. You’ll witness the story of history through the lens of Athenian government, going inside the assemblies and courts to find out how democracy worked – and where it came up short.

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All This Marvelous Potential Robert Kennedy’s 1968 Tour of Appalachia


Free Download All This Marvelous Potential: Robert Kennedy’s 1968 Tour of Appalachia by Matthew Algeo, David Colacci, HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books
English | 2020 | ISBN: B084T7XD7R | Format: M4B / Bitrate: 32 Kbps / 7 hours and 45 minutes + EPUB | 113 Mb
In the winter of 1967-68, Robert F. Kennedy, then a US senator from New York, ventured deep into the heart of Appalachia. As acting chairman of a Senate subcommittee on poverty, RFK went to eastern Kentucky to gauge the progress of the War on Poverty. He was deeply disillusioned by what he found. Kennedy learned that job training programs were useless, welfare programs proved insufficient, and jobs were scarce and getting scarcer. Before he’d even left the state, Kennedy had determined the War on Poverty was a failure – and he blamed Lyndon Johnson.
Robert Kennedy wasn’t merely on a fact-finding mission, however; he was considering challenging Johnson for the Democratic presidential nomination, but he needed support from white voters to win it. His trip to eastern Kentucky was an opportunity to test his antiwar and antipoverty message with hardscrabble whites. Kennedy encountered deep resentment in the mountains, and a special disdain for establishment politicians. A month after his visit, RFK officially announced he was challenging Johnson for the Democratic nomination. Four months after his visit, he was murdered. He was 42.

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Alien Colony War


Free Download Alien: Colony War by David M. Barnett, Shiromi Arserio, Blackstone Publishing
English | 2022 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B09TRX6GV7 | M4B@128 kbps | 9h 4m | 495 Mb
Political conflicts on Earth erupt into open hostilities between their colonies in space, with Xenomorphs as the ultimate weapon.
On Earth, political tensions boil over between the United Americas, Union of Progressive Peoples, and Three World Empire. Conflict spreads to the outer fringes, and the UK colony of New Albion breaks with the Three World Empire. This could lead to a Colony War.

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A More Perfect Heaven How Copernicus Revolutionized the Cosmos


Free Download A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionized the Cosmos by Dava Sobel, Suzanne Toren, Recorded Books
English | 2011 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B005PTOOIA | MP3@48 kbps | 7h 23m | 203 Mb
In her graceful, compelling style, Dava Sobel chronicles the history of the Copernican Revolution, relating the story of astronomy from Aristotle to the Middle Ages. In its midst will be her play, And the Sun Stood Still, imagining the dialogue that would have transpired between Rheticus and Copernicus in their months together. As she achieved with her best sellers Longitude and Galileo’s Daughter, Sobel expands the bounds of science writing, giving us an unforgettable portrait of scientific achievement.

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50 Great Myths of Human Evolution Understanding Misconceptions About Our Origins


Free Download 50 Great Myths of Human Evolution: Understanding Misconceptions About Our Origins by John H. Relethford, Steven Menasche, Gildan Media, LLC
English | 2017 | ISBN: B076125BY3 | M4B@64 kbps | 14h 11m pages | EPUB | 196 Mb
50 Great Myths of Human Evolution uses common misconceptions to explore basic theory and research in human evolution and strengthen critical thinking skills for lay audiences, listeners, and students.
Examines intriguing – yet widely misunderstood – topics, from general ideas about evolution and human origins to the evolution of modern humans and recent trends in the fieldDescribes what fossils, archaeology, and genetics can tell us about human originsDemonstrates the ways in which science adapts and changes over time to incorporate new evidence and better explanations

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1920 The Year of Six Presidents


Free Download 1920: The Year of Six Presidents by David Pietrusza, Paul Boehmer, Audible Studios
English | 2009 | ISBN: B0030HF9J2 | MP3@64 kbps | 20 hrs 49 mins + EPUB | 1.12 Gb
The presidential election of 1920 was among history’s most dramatic. Six once-and-future presidents-Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, and Teddy and Franklin Roosevelt-jockeyed for the White House. With voters choosing between Wilson’s League of Nations and Harding’s front-porch isolationism, the 1920 election shaped modern America. Women won the vote. Republicans outspent Democrats by 4 to 1, as voters witnessed the first extensive newsreel coverage, modern campaign advertising, and results broadcast on radio. America had become an urban nation: Automobiles, mass production, chain stores, and easy credit transformed the economy. 1920 paints a vivid portrait of America, beset by the Red Scare, jailed dissidents, Prohibition, smoke-filled rooms, bomb-throwing terrorists, and the Klan, gingerly crossing modernity’s threshold.

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Your Face Belongs to Us A Secretive Startup’s Quest to End Privacy as We Know It [Audiobook]


Free Download Your Face Belongs to Us: A Secretive Startup’s Quest to End Privacy as We Know It (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BWSL6BFL | 2023 | 10 hours and 6 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 292 MB
Author: Kashmir Hill
Narrator: Kashmir Hill

The story of a small AI company that gave facial recognition to law enforcement, billionaires, and businesses, threatening to end privacy as we know it. New York Times tech reporter Kashmir Hill was skeptical when she got a tip about a mysterious app called Clearview AI that claimed it could, with 99 percent accuracy, identify anyone based on just one snapshot of their face. The app could supposedly scan a face and, in just seconds, surface every detail of a person’s online life: their name, social media profiles, friends and family members, home address, and photos that they might not have even known existed. If it was everything it claimed to be, it would be the ultimate surveillance tool, and it would open the door to everything from stalking to totalitarian state control.

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You Turn Get Unstuck, Discover Your Direction, Design Your Dream Career


Free Download You Turn: Get Unstuck, Discover Your Direction, Design Your Dream Career by Ashley Stahl, Blackstone Publishing
English | 2021 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B08RLGHSND | M4B@128 Kbps | Duration: 9:21 h + PDF | 510 Mb
If you’re thinking about buying this book, it’s probably because it feels like something’s missing in your career.
Guess what? It could be you.

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