Loretta Napoleoni has 4 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 3 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4.5★ across 5 ratings. The most-rated is The Power of Knitting.
The Power of Knitting
Summary
Purl and stitch: empowering, healing, and reconnecting us to each other and ourselves In a fractured world plagued by anxiety and loneliness, knitting is coming to the rescue of people from all walks of life. Economist and lifelong knitter Loretta Napoleoni unveils the hidden power of the purl and stitch mantra: an essential tool for the survival of our species, a means for women to influence history, a soothing activity to calm us, and a powerful metaphor of life. This book is a voyage through our history following the yarn of social, economic, and political changes - from ancient Egypt and Peru to modern Mongolia, from the spinning bees of the American Revolution to the knitting spies of World War II, and from the hippies' rejection of consumerism to yarnbombing protests against climate change. For the author it is also a personal journey of discovery and salvation, drawing on the wisdom her grandmother passed along as they knit together. Revealing recent discoveries in neuroscience, The Power of Knitting offers proof of the healing powers of knitting on our bodies and minds. Breaking through societal barriers, even nursing broken hearts, and helping to advance cutting-edge science, knitting is still a valuable instrument for navigating our daily lives. As a bonus, the book includes patterns for 10 simple yet iconic projects that reflect the creative, empowering spirit of knitting, with complete instructions. This audiobook includes a downloadable PDF containing knitting patterns from the book. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2020 Loretta Napoleoni (P)2020 Penguin Audio
Rogue Economics
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Economist and syndicated journalist Loretta Napoleoni argues that the world is undergoing rapid and unexpected great transformations fueled by what she calls rogue economics. Eagerly awaited around the world (translation rights have already been sold throughout Europe, Latin America, and Southeast Asia), Napoleoni's account is based on top-to-bottom primary-source interviews from banking executives in New York to Russian prostitutes to London morgue workers, and grounded in the author's personal experience in international finance.From Eastern Europe's booming sex trade industry to China's "online sweatshops," from al-Qaeda's underwriters to America's subprime mortgage lending scandal, Rogue Economics exposes the paradoxical economic connections of the new global marketplace.
©2008 Loretta Napoleoni (P)2009 Audible, Inc.
Isis: Lo stato del terrore. L'attacco all'Europa e la nuova strategia del Califfato
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Le decapitazioni dei prigionieri. La pulizia etnico-religiosa nelle zone occupate dell'Iraq. La proclamazione di un Califfato. Queste sono le cose che i media hanno cominciato a raccontarci nell'estate 2014 sull'Isis, i pochi frammenti di un mosaico nuovo e terribile, a cui il mondo non era pronto. Queste milizie hanno conquistato un territorio più vasto del Texas nel cuore del Medio Oriente, hanno dissolto i confini dettati dal colonialismo occidentale un secolo fa, hanno costretto gli Usa a tornare a bombardare l'Iraq. Ma chi sono, da dove vengono, come hanno fatto a diventare così potenti, e fin dove possono arrivare? In questo audiolibro Loretta Napoleoni, uno dei massimi esperti di terrorismo internazionale, offre al grande pubblico il ritratto dell'Isis, il cui stesso nome è mutato molte volte, a seconda delle diverse condizioni sul campo e nel sistema mediatico. Perché, scrive Napoleoni, "quel che distingue questa organizzazione da ogni altro gruppo armato che l'ha preceduta e quel che ne spiega l'enorme successo sono la sua modernità e il suo pragmatismo". Questa nuova minaccia punta a un ambiziosissimo obiettivo: far nascere dalle ceneri dei conflitti mediorientali non un gruppo terroristico, ma un vero e proprio stato, con un suo territorio, una sua economia e un'enorme forza di attrazione per i musulmani fondamentalisti di tutto il mondo. Insieme a questo titolo potrai ricevere un documento PDF con contenuti extra. Contatta l'Assistenza Clienti per riceverlo. >> Questo audiobook in edizione integrale vi è offerto in esclusiva per Audible ed è disponibile solamente in formato audio digitale.
©2016 Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Editore S.r.l. Tradotto da Bruno Amato (P)2016 Audible Studios
Terror, Incorporated
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In Terror Incorporated, Loretta Napoleoni maps out the arteries of an international economic system that feeds armed groups the world over. Chasing terror money, she takes the listener from CIA headquarters to the smuggling routes of the far East, from the back rooms of Wall Street to hawala exchanges in the Middle East.Napoleoni describes the "New Economy of Terror", "a fast-growing international economic system with a turnover of about $1.5 trillion [that] is challenging Western hegemony." It is made up of illegal businesses such as arms and narcotics trading and oil and diamond smuggling, as well as charitable donations and legal profits.Napoleoni reveals the interdependency between economies run by armed groups and Western economies. "As in the Crusades, religion is simply a recruitment tool; the real driving force is economics."
©2005 Loretta Napoleoni (P)2009 Audible, Inc.