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Blood Oil
Blood Oil: Tyrants, Violence, and the Rules That Run the World | Leif Wenar
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Natural resources like oil and minerals are the largest source of unaccountable power in the world. Petrocrats like Putin and the Saudis spend resource money on weapons and oppression; militants in Iraq and in the Congo spend resource money on radicalization and ammunition. Resource-fueled authoritarians and extremists present endless crises to the West-and the source of their resource power is ultimately ordinary consumers, doing their everyday shopping at the gas station and the mall. In this sweeping new book, one of today's leading political philosophers, Leif Wenar, goes behind the headlines in search of the hidden global rule that thwarts democracy and development-and that puts shoppers into business with some of today's most dangerous men. Wenar discovers a rule that once licensed the slave trade and apartheid and genocide, a rule whose abolition has marked some of humanity's greatest triumphs-yet a rule that still enflames tyranny and war and terrorism through today's multi-trillion dollar resource trade. Blood Oil shows how the West can now lead a peaceful revolution by ending its dependence on authoritarian oil, and by getting consumers out of business with the men of blood. The book describes practical strategies for upgrading world trade: for choosing new rules that will make us more secure at home, more trusted abroad, and better able to solve pressing global problems like climate change. Blood Oil shows citizens, consumers and leaders how we can act together today to create a more united human future.
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Wasn't expecting this! Blood Oil earned me Mount Everest on #audible! 🎉🎉📚📚🍾🍾🤓 My inner dork is so excited!!

B.Reader How do you go about getting these? I have never seen them! 8y
Megabooks @B.Reader if you use audible on your phone or tablet, choose the more button (bottom right on iOS app) then the me button and swipe left to see your different stats and badges. 👍🏻 8y
Camsmom2010 That's so cool! Never noticed this before! 8y
DrJAdMerricksson 'Grats! 8y
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3.5🌟 If you like to geek out on international politics, the Treaty of Westphalia, conflict minerals, and the modern human rights movement, you might enjoy this. It's a little textbook-y in its repetitiveness. Overall, a minor pick.

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(I'm challenging any Litten who wants to join me to read one nonfiction book a month in 2017. Use this hashtag and tag me in your posts! 💜📚)

Debiw781 I need to pick my nonfiction challenge book. Hey, would Ghostland count?? 8y
BarbaraTheBibliophage I can join that since I always read a few nonfiction books each month! 8y
saresmoore Yes, what @BarbaraTheBibliophage said! I'll just have to remember to use the hashtag! 8y
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BarbaraTheBibliophage @saresmoore I was thinking the same thing. Must. Remember. Hashtag. 😜 8y
SharonGoforth Count me in! I have some non-fiction books I'm reading this year for my library's book club 😊 8y
saresmoore @BarbaraTheBibliophage I'm making myself a hashtag & who-to-tag cheat sheet! 8y
BarbaraTheBibliophage @saresmoore Perfect! I should also. 8y
Megabooks @Debiw781 Yes, absolutely! 😊😊 8y
Megabooks @BarbaraTheBibliophage For sure! Glad to have you join us! 💜📚 8y
Megabooks @saresmoore @BarbaraTheBibliophage Lol I think that's going to be the hardest part this year! 8y
Megabooks @SharonGoforth yay! 🎉📚 I'd love to be in a book club that does nonfiction. 8y
shelf-improvement This is one of my goals for 2017! 8y
Debiw781 Sweet! Then I've started my January nonfiction book! 8y
Megabooks @shelf-improvement I'd love you have you join us! 8y
Megabooks @Debiw781 awesome! 👍🏻👍🏻 8y
WarpedSweetness I'd love to join in! I need to get out of this book rut I've been in. And I already started a nonfiction book too! 8y
Megabooks @WarpedSweetness Great! I'd love to have you on this adventure! 8y
NovelGirl82 I'm in!! 8y
Megabooks @NovelGirl82 woo hoo! 🎉 8y
CocoReads Hm, I'm not much of a non fiction reader, but I'd like to be better at that. I'll give it a shot! 8y
Megabooks @CocoReads Great!! 👍🏻👍🏻 8y
Aseleener This was already a resolution of mine, so this is great! I will try to remember the hashtag, lol! 8y
Megabooks @Aseleener Fantastic! I'll keep posting it as I read more nonfiction. 👍🏻👍🏻 8y
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#bookandcoffee on this last morning of vacation in Kentucky. I'm listening through my new Bluetooth speaker, which is also waterproof. 🎉💦 The mug is one of a pair I got my mother when I was in London. I love it!

BibliophileMomma I've got that same speaker in the same color. I love that thing! 8y
emilygatlin That speaker! 😍 8y
Coleen Also have that speaker, different color. 😊 8y
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Tnovo I have a similar mug from Harrods in London! ☕️ 8y
Megabooks @Tiffness83 @Coleen Yes! It's a great speaker for the price! I love it. @emilygatlin You should check it out on Amazon. Pretty affordable! 8y
Megabooks @Tnovo Yes!! I really enjoyed Harrods 8y
emilygatlin I bought a pretty decent one from REI a few years back but it's not Bluetooth and I don't like cords. Ha! 8y
Megabooks @emilygatlin Now that I have an iPhone 7, I'm all Bluetooth! 8y
cathysaid I have just discovered waterproof Bluetooth as well and I love it for audiobooks in the shower. My husband likes it as well, because my legs are shaved more often! 😜 8y
Megabooks @cathysaid 😂😂😂😂 I was just doing that last night while listening!!! 8y
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Another milestone! This happened today! I've really gotten into #audiobooks thanks to my new job. How many days is 95 hours? 😂😂 Plus I've listened to 15 books (including The Nix) on Overdrive this month. Thank you so much @LitHousewife for introducing me to this wonderful world. 😊😊

Also, I'm really enjoying Blood Oil. We'll see if I can hang for another 8.5-11 hours! (I listen at 1.5-2x speed. 👍🏻👍🏻)

LitHousewife That is fantastic!!! I'm so glad you love audiobooks so much! 8y
emilymorgan @Ebooksandcooks have you tried Small Great Things on audio? Fantastic! Also, I see you're in SC? Me too!! 8y
Megabooks @LitHousewife 😊😊😊😊 8y
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Suzze I wish I could do audiobooks. When I'm doing chores I do podcasts. 8y
Megabooks @emilymorgan I'm next on the list at the library for that! 👍🏻👍🏻 I'm thinking of trying to organize a SC Litsy get together. There are 4ish of us that I know about. What part of the state are you in? I'm in greater Charlotte. 8y
HardcoverHearts I love audiobooks. It helps me keep my sanity when I commute. I don't know what I would do without Overdrive audiobooks. 8y
Megabooks @Suzze I've never gotten into podcasts other than listening to the first season of Serial. I did most of it on a road trip from KY to Dallas and back. 8y
Donna_sBookMinute I love listening to audiobooks too. It has to be the right one, though. What has been your experience with authors narrating their own books? Ive learned a good writer does not a good narrator make. 8y
Megabooks @HardcoverHearts Right?!? I commute an hour every day, and I enjoy it so much more than music! 8y
emilymorgan @Ebooksandcooks that sounds lovely! I am in Greenville, although I am frequently in Fort Mill because my parents live there. 8y
Megabooks @Donna_sBookMinute I just listened to James Hannaham do Delicious Foods, and it was awesome. Also, Libba Bray did a great job with Beauty Queens. And most of the celebrity ones are good, if a bit vapid at times. But Lauren Conrad doing LA Candy was some of the worst listening I've done! I had to give up! 8y
Megabooks @emilymorgan It seems like everyone other than me is in Greenville! Perhaps I should visit y'all. I am in York Co, though. If you come to town and want to meet up, email me at meglwsn at gmail.com 😊😊 8y
emilymorgan @Ebooksandcooks wonderful! If you are in Greenville I am emilymdrake92 at gmail as well! 8y
Donna_sBookMinute One of the best -- if not THE best -- self-narrated book I've listened to is "Troublemaker" by Leah Remini. (edited) 8y
Megabooks @Donna_sBookMinute My library has that audio. I've been on the fence, but I think I'll have to dive in. I listened to two 20 hour books on Scientology in November, so I decided to give myself a break on the topic until the new year. 8y
monkeygirlsmama Wow, you go girl! 8y
jessdean I LOVE audiobooks!❤ 8y
Megabooks @monkeygirlsmama Thanks! 👍🏻👍🏻 8y
Megabooks @jessdean Yes!!! 💜💜 8y
Donna_sBookMinute And yes. These are cute, 8y
booksbaconglitter Double speed is the best part of audiobooks. I'm a super slow reader so I'm stoked when I can get through an audiobook so quickly. 😃 8y
EchoLogical @Ebooksandcooks I'm screaming right now because I've finally found someone else who has listened to Delicious Foods! It was the first audiobook I ever listened to and I haven't found one that compares. Plus, I got to meet James Hannaham at the Decatur Book Festival and he was sooo nice. 8y
Megabooks @booksbaconglitter I'm just getting it up to how fast I talk! 😉😉 I definitely am not one with a southern drawl. 8y
Megabooks @CraZyBookLady518 That is awesome!! I would love to meet him. And it is a great audiobook. 😃👍🏻 8y
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I picked up another two at the #audible sale! I couldn't stop thinking about Blood Oil even though it's 20 hours. Also, I really liked the sound of the narrator in The Spectacular Now. Fingers crossed for good reads!

Notafraidofwords Have you seen the movie ? 8y
Megabooks @Notafraidofwords There's a movie? I don't watch much TV/movies. 8y
MrBook 😁😁😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 8y
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Notafraidofwords @Ebooksandcooks the spectacular now is a movie based on the book. I must say both are truly truly excellent. 8y
Megabooks @Notafraidofwords Lol 😂😂😂 I thought you meant Blood Oil!! 😂😂😂 Yes, I heard of TSN movie. 👍🏻👍🏻 8y
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