Tag: Rise

Roman Empire Rise and Fall of a Civilization


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English | 2024 | ASIN : B0DFM2VYNV | 68 Pages | EPUB | 1.1 MB
Uncover the riveting story of the Roman Empire, one of history’s most influential civilizations, in Roman Empire: Rise and Fall of a Civilization. This meticulously researched and engaging book provides a deep dive into the dynamic and multifaceted history of Rome, from its legendary beginnings to its enduring legacy.

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When Left Moves Right The Decline of the Left and the Rise of the Populist Right in Postcommunist Europe [Audiobook]


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English | ASIN: B0D388T65R | 2024 | 8 hours and 36 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 247 MB
Author: Maria Snegovaya
Narrator: Teri Schnaubelt

Over the past two decades, postcommunist countries have witnessed a sudden shift in the electoral fortunes of their political parties: previously successful center-left parties suffered dramatic electoral defeats and disappeared from the political scene, while right-wing populist parties soared in popularity and came to power. This dynamic echoed similar processes in Western Europe and raises a question: Were these dynamics in any way connected? When Right Moves Left argues that they were. And that the root of the connection between them lies in the pro-market rebranding of the ex-communist left-the key explanatory variable.

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The Fall of Roe The Rise of a New America [Audiobook]


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English | ASIN: B0CL1D7WPJ | 2024 | 15 hours and 39 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 476 MB
Author: Elizabeth Dias, Lisa Lerer
Narrator: Lipica Shah

From two top New York Times journalists, the breathtaking untold story of the plan to overturn Roe v. Wade and the consequences for women, abortion, and the future of America. In June 2022, Americans watched in shock as the Supreme Court reversed one of the nation’s landmark rulings. For nearly a half century, Roe was synonymous with women’s rights and freedoms. Then, suddenly, it was gone. In their groundbreaking book The Fall of Roe, Elizabeth Dias and Lisa Lerer reveal the explosive inside story of how it happened. Their investigation charts the shocking political and religious campaign to take down abortion rights and remake American families, womanhood, and the nation itself. Reeling from Barack Obama’s 2012 landslide presidential victory-and motivated by a spiritual mission-a small but determined network of elite conservative Christian lawyers and powerbrokers worked quietly and methodically to keep their true cause alive: ending abortion rights.

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The Tainos Rise and Decline of the People Who Greeted Columbus [Audiobook]


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English | ASIN: B0D27VDSZ5 | 2024 | 6 hours and 53 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 384 MB
Author: Irving Rouse
Narrator: Adam Barr

Drawing on archeological and ethno-historical evidence, Irving Rouse sketches a picture of the Tainos-the first people Columbus encountered when he arrived in the Americas-as they existed during the time of Columbus, contrasting their customs with those of their neighbors. He then moves backward in time to the ancestors of the Tainos-two successive groups who settled the West Indies and who are known to archeologists as the Saladoid peoples and the Ostionoid peoples. By reconstructing the development of these groups and studying their interaction with other groups during the centuries before Columbus, Rouse shows precisely who the Tainos were.

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Techno-Capitalism The Rise of the New Robber Barons and the Fight for the Common Good [Audiobook]


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English | ASIN: B0CYQX9Q6C | 2024 | 10 hours and 00 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 264 MB
Author: Loretta Napoleoni
Narrator: Wendy Tremont King

The respected Italian economist and journalist offers a bold and provocative argument that the speed of technological transformation is threatening our future. At the dawn of the digital revolution, the internet was going to be the great equalizer, a global democratic force. Instead, Wall Street ended up funding a new breed of serial capitalists, the Techtitans, who embraced rapid, transformational change while stripping their workers of rights and enriching themselves beyond anybody’s wildest imagination; and the Space Barons, who mine new frontiers for precious resources.

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Rise of the Novel Exploring History’s Greatest Early Works [TTC Audio] (2024)


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English | April 24, 2020 | ASIN: B087C8YY6Y | M4B@128 kbps | 12h 5m | 666.7 MB
Lecturer: Leo Damrosch
Thousands of novels are published around the world every year. There are so many readily available, it would take multiple lifetimes for a single person to even read a fraction of them. But it hasn’t always been that way.
While humans have always been storytellers, the novel as we recognize it today is a relatively new art form in the timeline of human culture. Of all the ways we tell stories, why has the novel become such a perennial favorite? How did the novel go from a narrative experiment with a low-brow reputation to a cultural touchstone and focal point of modern literature?

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Rise of a Killah My Life in the Wu-Tang [Audiobook]


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English | ASIN: B0CKLZ7V7Z | 2024 | 5 hours and 49 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 324 MB
Author: Ghostface Killah
Narrator: Landon Woodson

The story of the celebrated rapper and the iconic Wu-Tang Clan, told by one of its founding members. Dennis Coles-aka Ghostface Killah-is a cofounder of the Wu-Tang Clan, a legendary hip-hop group that established itself by breaking all the rules, taking their music to the streets during the genre’s golden era on a decade-long wave of releasing anthem after classic anthem, and serving as the foundation of modern hip-hop. Rise of a Killah is Ghost’s autobiography, focusing on the people, places and events that mean the most to him as he enters his fourth decade writing and performing.

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