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    Agenda 21
    Agenda 21
    Agenda 21
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    Agenda 21

    Written by Glenn Beck

    Narrated by January LaVoy

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    A new postapocalyptic thriller from #1 bestselling author Glenn Beck.

    HOW MUCH WOULD YOU RISK TO BE FREE?

    Emmeline and her family live in a place that just a generation ago was called America. Now, it’s simply known as “the Republic.” There is no president. No Congress. No Supreme Court. No freedom.

    There are only the Authorities.

    This bleak and barren existence is all that eighteen-year-old Emmeline has ever known. She dutifully walks her energy board daily and accepts all male pairings assigned to her by the Authorities. Like most citizens, she keeps her head down and her eyes closed.

    Until the day they come for the one she loves most.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateNov 20, 2012
    ISBN9781442360938
    Author

    Glenn Beck

    Glenn Beck, the nationally syndicated radio host and founder of TheBlaze television network, has written thirteen #1 bestselling books and is one of the few authors in history to have had #1 national bestsellers in the fiction, nonfiction, self-help, and children’s picture book genres. His recent fiction works include the thrillers Agenda 21, The Overton Window, and its sequel, The Eye of Moloch; his many nonfiction titles include The Great Reset, Conform, Miracles and Massacres, Control, and Being George Washington. For more information about Glenn Beck, his books, and TheBlaze television network, visit GlennBeck.com and TheBlaze.com.

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    • 5/5
      I loved it and hated it. Very well written. Engaging, gripping, and I would say even enlightening to a scary degree. That's just it. With what's happening in our current social, economic and political climate it's uncomfortably close to reality (for it being a fictional novel) and that is very unsettling. But this is a very, very good read. Great book. I strongly recommend.

      2 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Not as fiction as some may think. Must read for freedom lovers.

      2 people found this helpful

    • 3/5
      If you're not familiar with Agenda 21, I will quote from the publication itself: Agenda 21 is a comprehensive plan of action to be taken globally, nationally and locally by organizations of the United Nations System, Governments and Major Groups in every area in which human impacts on the environment. This is a short dystopian novel which takes Agenda 21 to it's imagined worst case scenario of implementation in which humans are relegated to small settlements in order to minimize the impact of humans on the environment. People are assigned sections, mates and work, including a quota of energy production. Food and water is rationed. There are no individual rights and people who do not meet the standard and people who question the system, disappear. Creepy.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 3/5
      I read this book cover to cover thinking something big was going to happen. It was an OK read. But to me it seems incomplete. It felt to me like the first 1/3 of a great thriller. The final chapter which reviews the REAL Agenda 21 is worth the price of admission on this book. That real stuff is scary. But the book itself is more like ehhh...ok. I am not upset for having read it but it wasn't amazingly memorable.

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    • 4/5
      This book is a YA young adult book based on the United Nations mission statement during the 1940's. Move everyone into small urban areas so the rest of the nation feeds the world. But the author's took the calmer 2010 version so it wouldn't scare TBE population.

      Enjoyed the read. Good storyline.

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    • 4/5
      Bit overdramatic, but made me think... I recommend it. O

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    • 1/5
      Insanely biased, poorly written
      Just conservative propaganda with cherry picking to confirm a pre decided fallacy
    • 5/5
      I had the audible playing non stop. Great book but scary how our society is right around the corner from this . Part 2 was amazing also I’m hoping there will be a part 3
    • 5/5
      Agenda 21 was insightful as to the ways in which the elite view our world and show what it could look like in a very short amount of time if the world, and especially the US doesn't wake up!
    • 5/5
      Great book. It paints a real world picture of what could happen if we as a people remain apathetic to the realities of those that would take away our freedom. Stand Today for Freedom!
    • 5/5
      Writing Style: 4.5; very good; fourth fiction title I have read by Mr. Beck; while The Overton Window was good, this one was betterTheme: 5.0; the "agenda" (Agenda 21) of some in the United Nations and even in the United States; no problem forseeing this to be the future with what is taking place in the world todayContent: 4.5; a few intimate scenes; adult scenes presented; young girls being "paired" with older menLanguage: 4.5; "God---- it" was used several times on page 32, but I believe the author was relating that the mother was cursing the fact that she didn't do more to stop this (Agenda 21) from happening; I don't believe she was using His name in irreverance; no other vulgar words were usedOverall: 4.5; great book and great writing
    • 3/5
      a book with no end
    • 4/5
      I was hoping for a great master peice like Beck's "Overton Window" and was saddened by the sequel that fialed to spun the rest of the series that was the ghost written "Eye of Moloch" This didn't quite wet that whistle. Agenda 21 by Glen Beck with Harriet Parke, is clearly a completely original work by Parke that Beck wrote an afterward for. How she found her way into his world, I still dont' understand, and that's probably a book worth writing. The story itself is a gripping tale about one of the last girls, Evaline, to have been raised by her parents withing the Republic previously known as the USA. The distopian future seems to be happening very soon in the future 2040 maybe? The explanation of how things got just so f'n bad in such a short amount of time was not well explained, probably because it wouldn't have held up. Set it 100-200 years in the future and we'd probably be OK. Evaline tries to learn about the "before times' but its not really legal to learn about it. She doesn't get to choose her mate, she doesn't get to have electricity, energy must be produced by here walking an energy board, and insted of Jetsonmobiles like the free market would give us, or the autobohn that state capitalism has given us, transport is done via a "Bus Box" which is basically a stage coach pulled by men like her father instead of horses, because animals are more important than people. Even if this work is unbelievable the characters are good and worth reading for them alone. It is also worth reading for any liberal or leftists who actually wants to understand what their positions sound like to a conservative.
    • 5/5
      Emmaline is devastated when her mother is taken away by the authorities. She is left living with Jeremy, a greasy haired, insolent teen who is her assigned partner with whom she is supposed to have a child. Set in the former US in a dystopian near future, when Emmaline was small the population was rounded up and sent to live in compounds so that nature could be preserved.

      Emmaline, whose assigned job is to walk an energy producing board for hours each day, is relieved that Jeremy shows no interest in her and has refused to touch her. She misses her kind first partner, George, who disappeared along with her father, and their baby that was taken from her at birth to be raised with all other babies and children under 14. Fertile individuals are paired according to the whims of the authorities. In the weeks following her mother's disappearance, she comes to know David, a night guardian who starts giving her eggs to supplement her diet, and John, a friend of her parents she hadn't met before who sneaks by at night to talk with her. Gradually, Emmaline begins to question the ways of the authorities in ways beyond what her mother implied, and gradually comes to the unsettling discovery that not only is everyone not really equal, but that when people disappear it's much more dreadful than she had allowed herself to realize.

      This book is a fictional look at what could happen if the UN's Agenda 21 were to be taken to the extreme. I gave it 5 stars not so much for the politics of it, but because it was well written, kept me on the edge of my seat, got me interested in Emmaline and provoked deep thought.
    • 3/5
      Pretty descent dystopia novel about a not too far away future where life mimics the totalitarian state of The Republic.

      A quick read shouldn't take more than a day or two.
    • 2/5
      This book was available in the browsing area of the library instead of the book I wanted to read. So, knowing that it was likely to be terribly insipid, I undertook its reading. My prediction was fully validated. This is the book for you if you dislike 9th grade+ vocabulary or moral ambiguity.Perhaps my willingness to have read this book indicates some terrible self-loathing anti-intellectualism for which I should seek immediate psychological treatment. If someone had made me read this, I would report it to the police.
    • 5/5
      I like books that ponder the question “What If…?” This thriller by Glenn Beck fits that category perfectly. If we were to imagine what the United States might look like if our current form of government takes the wrong fork in the road, then this story is the mirror we should look into. A country without a democratic government, a country without laws to protect the individual’s freedoms, a country where children are born but raised in communities by the Authorities, where personal possessions are not allowed – this is the scenario of Agenda 21.The characters we meet are personable and people we can identify with. The pace of the story is quick and leaves the reader anxious to turn the next page. I read this book in just under two days. In the end we find our characters making a break from their narrow lives. Like many other readers/reviewers I would love to read a sequel to see how they fare.If you like your thrillers and are prepared to be on the edge of your seat, don’t miss reading Agenda 21.
    • 4/5
      Not terrific but better than I expected. While it is obvious which side of the political lines this guy comes from, I though that whole thing was just a little bit over the top as far as what our country may look like in the future.
    • 3/5
      I feel like I need to preface this by saying I don't idolize Glenn Beck. I do like him, I watch his show, listen to the radio show, etc... but I don't have the undying devotion to him that a lot of his followers seem to have.

      I read this book at the urging of a friend. I was reluctant to read it because, honestly, I'm reluctant to read any celebrity book. Especially this one, where he outright bought the rights from someone else so he could slap his name on it. It just seems disingenuous to me.

      Ignoring any Glenn Beck associations, this wasn't a bad book, but neither was it great. As others have said, it seems like a (poorly executed) mash-up of The Hunger Games and 1984. Though marketed as an adult book (and I suppose it would have to be), I really feel this book belongs in the YA section. The storyline had potential, but I felt like the author took it too far, out of the realm of possibility. (The whole concept of "nutritional cubes" was a hard one for me to swallow.) It was difficult to lose myself in the story because aspects were so far-fetched.

      It definitely reads like a first book, and like a book written by a young woman, not a book written by a retired RN. Not a terrible book, but I suspect my time would have been better spent reading 1984.
    • 3/5
      Books written in a future government state where everyone does as one is expected but there is always the unexpected are great reads. The story takes place at a time when most people remember the past but have bought into the new govenment run ideas. Of course, there are always those who remember freedom and can still taste it. This is the story of one young woman and her quest to understand. The book was a good read, however, I did not enjoy the Afterword. I did not realize that this writer seems to truly believe we are headed in that direction.