Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266590 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Best Worst President: What the Right Gets Wrong About Barack Obama Author: Mark Hannah Narrator: Kaleo Griffith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 57 minutes Release date: June 28, 2016 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: Political analyst and Democratic campaign veteran Mark Hannah and renowned New Yorker illustrator Bob Staake give Barack Obama the victory lap he deserves in this compendium that takes the president’s critics head-on and celebrates the president’s many underappreciated triumphs. Barack Obama’s election in 2008 was a watershed moment in American history that inspired supporters on the Left—and fired up enemies on the Right. Elected in the midst of multiple crises—a Wall Street meltdown that imperiled the global economy and American troops entangled in two foreign wars—Barack Obama’s presidency promised, from the start, to be one of the most consequential presidencies in modern American history. Although he stabilized the economy and restored America’s prestige on the global stage, President Obama has been denied the credit he deserves, receiving instead acidic commentary from political opponents such as former Vice President Dick Cheney, who declared that Obama was “the worst president in [his] lifetime”—an accusation that reflects the politics of resentment and recrimination that has come to characterize the president’s critics. In The “Best Worst” President, Mark Hannah and New Yorker illustrator Bob Staake swiftly and systematically debunk conservative lies and disinformation meant to negate the president’s accomplishments and damage his reputation—baseless charges too often left unchallenged by the national media. The “Best Worst” President is a whip-smart takedown of these half-truths and hypocrisies, each refuted in a smart, witty, fact-based style. Hannah and Staake not only defend the president but showcase his administration’s most surprising and underappreciated triumphs—making clear he truly is the best “worst president” our nation has ever known.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245906 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Up from Slavery Author: Booker T. Washington Narrator: Andrew L. Barnes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 58 minutes Release date: September 15, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: Up from Slavery is the 1901 autobiography of Booker T. Washington detailing his slow and steady rise from a slave child during the Civil War, to the difficulties and obstacles he overcame to get an education at the new Hampton University, to his work establishing vocational schools - most notably the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama - to help black people and other disadvantaged minorities learn useful, marketable skills and work to pull themselves, as a race, up by the bootstraps. He reflects on the generosity of both teachers and philanthropists who helped in educating blacks and native Americans. He describes his efforts to instill manners, breeding, health and a feeling of dignity to students. His educational philosophy stresses combining academic subjects with learning a trade (something which is reminiscent of the educational theories of John Ruskin). Washington explained that the integration of practical subjects is partly designed to reassure the white community as to the usefulness of educating black people.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223667 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician Author: Anthony Everitt Narrator: John Curless Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 56 minutes Release date: December 5, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.1 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 7 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: - John Adams said of Cicero, 'All ages of the world have not produced a greater statesman and philosopher combined.' Voltaire said of Cicero, 'He taught us how to think.' And yet Anthony Everitt's authoritative yet accessible work is the first one-volume biography of the Roman statesman in over 25 years. - 'Using Cicero's letters to his good friend Atticus, among other sources, Everitt recreates the fascinating world of political intrigue, sexual decadence and civil unrest of Republican Rome . Everitt's first book is a brilliant study that captures Cicero's internal struggles and insecurities as well as his external political successes.'-Publishers Weekly (starred review) - 'Comprehensive, accessible survey of the personal and political life of lawyer, politician, philosopher, and crank Marcus Tullius Cicero . Masterfully lucid and compelling; sure to be required reading in the Cicero canon.'-Kirkus Reviews

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233199 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Obama: The Ascent of a Politician Author: David Mendell Narrator: Dion Graham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 22 minutes Release date: August 21, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.31 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: Barack Obama is arguably the most dynamic political figure to grace the American stage since John F. Kennedy. His meteoric rise from promise to power has stunned even the cynics and inspired a legion of devout followers.   For anyone who wants to know more about the man, David Mendell's Obama is essential reading. Mendell, who covered Obama for the Chicago Tribune, had far-reaching access to the Chicago politician as Obama climbed the ladder to the White House, the details of which he shares in this compelling biography. Positioning Obama as the savior of a fumbling Democratic party, Mendell reveals how Obama conquered Illinois politics and paved the way brick by brick for a galvanizing, historic presidential run.   With a new afterword by the author, which includes a fresh perspective on Barack Obama following his two historic terms as the first African-American president, and with exclusive interviews with family members and top advisers, and details on Obama's voting record, David Mendell offers a complete, complex, and revealing portrait. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in American politics in general and President Barack Obama in particular.