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Bestsellers
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Permanent Record
- By: Edward Snowden
- Narrated by: Holter Graham
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
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Edward Snowden, the man who risked everything to expose the US government’s system of mass surveillance, reveals for the first time the story of his life, including how he helped to build that system and what motivated him to try to bring it down....
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Great (if incomplete) account
- By Ryan L on 09-22-19
By: Edward Snowden
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Pegasus
- How a Spy in Your Pocket Threatens the End of Privacy, Dignity, and Democracy
- By: Laurent Richard, Sandrine Rigaud, Rachel Maddow
- Narrated by: Andrew Wehrlen, Rachel Maddow, Rachel Perry
- Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Pegasus tells the story of one of the most sophisticated, invasive government surveillance weapons ever created.
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Incredible!
- By Silvershopper on 01-18-23
By: Laurent Richard, and others
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The Palestine Laboratory
- How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World
- By: Antony Loewenstein
- Narrated by: Finlay Robertson
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Best-selling journalist Antony Loewenstein, author of Disaster Capitalism, uncovers a largely hidden world in a global investigation with secret documents, revealing interviews and on-the-ground reporting.
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Weapons of Math Destruction
- How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
- By: Cathy O'Neil
- Narrated by: Cathy O'Neil
- Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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We live in the age of the algorithm. Increasingly, the decisions that affect our lives—where we go to school, whether we can get a job or a loan, how much we pay for health insurance—are being made not by humans, but by machines. In theory, this should lead to greater fairness....
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More are US social problems that WMD
- By Laurent Bourgault-Roy on 01-08-17
By: Cathy O'Neil
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Invisible Rulers
- The People Who Turn Lies into Reality
- By: Renee DiResta
- Narrated by: Anna Caputo
- Length: 15 hrs
- Unabridged
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A brilliant, original analysis of the radical shift in the dynamics of power and influence, Invisible Rulers reveals how the machinery that powered the Big Lie works to create bespoke realities revolutionizing politics, culture, and society.
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the more things change...
- By Gina S. on 07-01-24
By: Renee DiResta
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The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
- The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power
- By: Shoshana Zuboff
- Narrated by: Nicol Zanzarella
- Length: 24 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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The Age of Surveillance Capitalism is neither a hand-wringing narrative of danger and decline nor a digital fairy tale. It offers a reasoned and evocative examination of the contests over the next chapter of capitalism that will decide the meaning of information civilization....
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Book Editors failed to trim the word count
- By Todd B on 07-14-19
By: Shoshana Zuboff
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Permanent Record
- By: Edward Snowden
- Narrated by: Holter Graham
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Edward Snowden, the man who risked everything to expose the US government’s system of mass surveillance, reveals for the first time the story of his life, including how he helped to build that system and what motivated him to try to bring it down....
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Great (if incomplete) account
- By Ryan L on 09-22-19
By: Edward Snowden
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Pegasus
- How a Spy in Your Pocket Threatens the End of Privacy, Dignity, and Democracy
- By: Laurent Richard, Sandrine Rigaud, Rachel Maddow
- Narrated by: Andrew Wehrlen, Rachel Maddow, Rachel Perry
- Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Pegasus tells the story of one of the most sophisticated, invasive government surveillance weapons ever created.
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Incredible!
- By Silvershopper on 01-18-23
By: Laurent Richard, and others
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The Palestine Laboratory
- How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World
- By: Antony Loewenstein
- Narrated by: Finlay Robertson
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Best-selling journalist Antony Loewenstein, author of Disaster Capitalism, uncovers a largely hidden world in a global investigation with secret documents, revealing interviews and on-the-ground reporting.
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Weapons of Math Destruction
- How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
- By: Cathy O'Neil
- Narrated by: Cathy O'Neil
- Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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We live in the age of the algorithm. Increasingly, the decisions that affect our lives—where we go to school, whether we can get a job or a loan, how much we pay for health insurance—are being made not by humans, but by machines. In theory, this should lead to greater fairness....
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More are US social problems that WMD
- By Laurent Bourgault-Roy on 01-08-17
By: Cathy O'Neil
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Invisible Rulers
- The People Who Turn Lies into Reality
- By: Renee DiResta
- Narrated by: Anna Caputo
- Length: 15 hrs
- Unabridged
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A brilliant, original analysis of the radical shift in the dynamics of power and influence, Invisible Rulers reveals how the machinery that powered the Big Lie works to create bespoke realities revolutionizing politics, culture, and society.
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the more things change...
- By Gina S. on 07-01-24
By: Renee DiResta
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The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
- The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power
- By: Shoshana Zuboff
- Narrated by: Nicol Zanzarella
- Length: 24 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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The Age of Surveillance Capitalism is neither a hand-wringing narrative of danger and decline nor a digital fairy tale. It offers a reasoned and evocative examination of the contests over the next chapter of capitalism that will decide the meaning of information civilization....
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Book Editors failed to trim the word count
- By Todd B on 07-14-19
By: Shoshana Zuboff
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Means of Control
- How the Hidden Alliance of Tech and Government Is Creating a New American Surveillance State
- By: Byron Tau
- Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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For the past five years—ever since a chance encounter at a dinner party—journalist Byron Tau has been piecing together a secret story: how the whole of the internet and every digital device in the world became a mechanism of intelligence, surveillance, and monitoring....
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Political biased for absolutely no reason
- By Red on 09-28-24
By: Byron Tau
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First Platoon
- A Story of Modern War in the Age of Identity Dominance
- By: Annie Jacobsen
- Narrated by: Annie Jacobsen
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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A powerful story of war in our time, of love of country, the experience of tragedy, and a platoon at the center of it all....
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An eye opener
- By Amazon Customer on 01-19-21
By: Annie Jacobsen
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The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception
- By: H. Keith Melton, Robert Wallace
- Narrated by: Perry Daniels
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Espionage historian H. Keith Melton and longtime CIA gadgeteer Robert Wallace provide an introduction illuminating the history of CIA agent deception and dirty tricks, and the role of this secret manual in that highly controversial program.
By: H. Keith Melton, and others
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Artificial Intelligence Versus God
- The Final Battle for Humanity
- By: Perry Stone
- Narrated by: Matthew Foley
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Known as artificial intelligence, experts warn that the technology comes with great benefits, but also with great warnings....
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EXPOSURE, Exposure, Exposure…
- By Moonlit on 09-19-24
By: Perry Stone
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Your Face Belongs to Us
- A Secretive Startup's Quest to End Privacy as We Know It
- By: Kashmir Hill
- Narrated by: Kashmir Hill
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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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....
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Eye opening
- By Jared rimer on 05-16-24
By: Kashmir Hill
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Surveillance Valley
- The Secret Military History of the Internet
- By: Yasha Levine
- Narrated by: LJ Ganser
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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In this fascinating book, investigative reporter Yasha Levine uncovers the secret origins of the Internet, tracing it back to a Pentagon counterinsurgency surveillance project....
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Profound look at the internet and surveillance
- By stuartjash on 04-06-18
By: Yasha Levine
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The Recruiter
- Spying and the Lost Art of American Intelligence
- By: Douglas London
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 17 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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This revealing memoir from a 34-year veteran of the CIA who worked as a case officer and recruiter of foreign agents before and after 9/11 provides an invaluable perspective on the state of modern spy craft, how the CIA has developed, and how it must continue to evolve....
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What a whiner
- By Apple Engineer on 02-26-22
By: Douglas London
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No Place to Hide
- Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State
- By: Glenn Greenwald
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Coming at a landmark moment in American history, No Place to Hide is a fearless, incisive, and essential contribution to our understanding of the U.S. surveillance state....
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Best Read in Print Format
- By Alfredo Ramirez on 11-22-14
By: Glenn Greenwald
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Bleeding Out
- The Devastating Consequences of Urban Violence - and a Bold New Plan for Peace in the Streets
- By: Thomas Abt
- Narrated by: Brad Raymond
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Urban violence is one of the most divisive and allegedly intractable issues of our time. But as Harvard scholar Thomas Abt shows in Bleeding Out, we actually possess all the tools necessary to stem violence in our cities....
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Great read from a guy who committed his life to reducing violence
- By Dan Goodwin on 08-09-20
By: Thomas Abt
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Outrage Machine
- How Tech Amplifies Discontent, Disrupts Democracy—and What We Can Do About It
- By: Tobias Rose-Stockwell
- Narrated by: Justin Price, Tobias Rose-Stockwell, Bolton Marsh
- Length: 12 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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An invaluable guide to understanding the underlying machinery and technology that grabs our attention—and keeps us coming back by filling us with rage....
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EXCEPTIONAL
- By David S. on 07-16-23
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Click Here to Kill Everybody
- Security and Survival in a Hyper-connected World
- By: Bruce Schneier
- Narrated by: Roger Wayne
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Everything is a computer. Cutting-edge digital attackers can now crash your car, your pacemaker, and the nation’s power grid. In Click Here to Kill Everybody, renowned expert and best-selling author Bruce Schneier examines the hidden risks of this new reality....
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Same old Bruce
- By Fausto Cepeda on 04-03-19
By: Bruce Schneier
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Policing the Womb
- Invisible Women and the Criminalization of Motherhood
- By: Michele Goodwin
- Narrated by: Robin Eller
- Length: 13 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Policing the Womb brings to life the chilling ways in which women have become the targets of secretive state surveillance of their pregnancies....
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AI Narrator
- By B.Sanabia on 11-16-23
By: Michele Goodwin
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Dark Mirror
- Edward Snowden and the American Surveillance State
- By: Barton Gellman
- Narrated by: Barton Gellman
- Length: 12 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Edward Snowden touched off a global debate in 2013 when he gave Barton Gellman, Laura Poitras, and Glenn Greenwald each a vast and explosive archive of highly classified files revealing the extent of the American government’s access to our every communication....
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Amazing blindspot
- By Dreux on 06-07-20
By: Barton Gellman
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The Hank Show
- How a House-Painting, Drug-Running DEA Informant Built the Machine That Rules Our Lives
- By: McKenzie Funk
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin, McKenzie Funk
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Critically acclaimed author and journalist McKenzie Funk tells the bizarre and captivating story of the most important person you've never heard of....
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Well constructed story, excellent narration
- By Tori on 07-07-24
By: McKenzie Funk
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Spyfail
- Foreign Spies, Moles, Saboteurs, and the Collapse of America's Counterintelligence
- By: James Bamford
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 20 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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James Bamford unveils a hidden cabal of foreign powers that have spied against America to reveal the incredible spygames, secrets, and cyberweapons they’ve hatched, unlocked, and stolen—and how U.S. intelligence has utterly failed to stop them....
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As an undereducated layman, Bamford is excellent
- By ChuckBeatty on 03-11-23
By: James Bamford
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Sedition Hunters
- How January 6th Broke the Justice System
- By: Ryan J. Reilly
- Narrated by: Ryan J. Reilly
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
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Ryan Reilly gets to know would-be revolutionaries, obsessive online sleuths, and FBI agents, and shines a light on a justice system that's straining to maintain order in our polarized country....
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Lost Opportunity
- By JenMarie66 on 10-21-23
By: Ryan J. Reilly
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My Glorious Defeats
- Hacktivist, Narcissist, Anonymous: A Memoir
- By: Barrett Brown
- Narrated by: Barrett Brown
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Barrett Brown went to prison for four years for leaking intelligence documents. He was released to Trump’s America. This is his story.
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Well Worth the Wait!!!
- By Very Satisfied on 08-09-24
By: Barrett Brown
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Our Biggest Fight
- Reclaiming Liberty, Humanity, and Dignity in the Digital Age
- By: Frank H. McCourt Jr., Michael J. Casey - contributor
- Narrated by: Frank H. McCourt Jr., Michael J. Casey, Jonathan Beville
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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The internet as we know it is broken. Here’s how we can seize back control of our lives from the corporate algorithms and create a better internet—before it’s too late....
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We can make Ai work for us by starting to claim our own data!
- By Amazon Customer on 04-20-24
By: Frank H. McCourt Jr., and others
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Cyber Privacy
- Who Has Your Data and Why You Should Care
- By: April Falcon Doss
- Narrated by: Chloe Cannon
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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In Cyber Privacy, Doss demystifies the digital footprints we leave in our daily lives and reveals how our data is being used - sometimes against us - by the private sector, the government, and even our employers and schools....
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Book Worthy of Joe Biden Admin Privacy Ethics
- By J.B. on 02-17-23
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To Build a Better World
- Choices to End the Cold War and Create a Global Commonwealth
- By: Philip Zelikow, Condoleezza Rice
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 17 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Two of America's leading scholar-diplomats, Philip Zelikow and Condoleezza Rice, have combed sources in several languages, interviewed leading figures, and drawn on their own firsthand experience to bring to life the choices that molded the contemporary world....
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Valuable historical narrative
- By Jane G. Malkin on 04-07-22
By: Philip Zelikow, and others
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Stonewalled
- My Fight for Truth Against the Forces of Obstruction, Intimidation, and Harassment in Obama's Washington
- By: Sharyl Attkisson
- Narrated by: Laural Merlington
- Length: 15 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Seasoned CBS reporter Sharyl Attkisson reveals how she has been electronically surveilled while digging deep into the Obama Administration and its scandals....
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Great Reporting
- By Michael G. Boyd on 12-30-14
By: Sharyl Attkisson
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We Have Been Harmonized
- Life in China's Surveillance State
- By: Kai Strittmatter
- Narrated by: Matthew Waterson
- Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins
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We Have Been Harmonized is a terrifying portrait of life under unprecedented government surveillance - and a dire warning about what could happen anywhere under the pretense of national security....
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Wonderful, but Cannot See Past Their Own Bias
- By StPierre85 on 07-15-21
By: Kai Strittmatter
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The Power of One
- How I Found the Strength to Tell the Truth and Why I Blew the Whistle on Facebook
- By: Frances Haugen
- Narrated by: Frances Haugen
- Length: 16 hrs and 11 mins
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The Power of One is the inside story of one woman’s battles against Big Tech, by the Facebook whistleblower who is determined to help us all retake control of our lives....
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Unbelievably stilted narration
- By Emily W on 06-10-24
By: Frances Haugen
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The Safety Trap
- A Security Expert's Secrets for Staying Safe in a Dangerous World
- By: Spencer Coursen
- Narrated by: Spencer Coursen
- Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
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Threat management expert Spencer Coursen offers proactive strategies to protect yourself and your loved ones in the event of hostile encounters and emergency situations in The Safety Trap: A Security Expert’s Secrets for Staying Safe in a Dangerous World....
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So much good information
- By Dave on 06-01-21
By: Spencer Coursen