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Differ We Must
- How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America
- De: Steve Inskeep
- Narrado por: Steve Inskeep
- Duración: 8 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 134
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 125
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 125
In 1855, with the United States at odds over slavery, the lawyer Abraham Lincoln wrote a note to his best friend, the son of a Kentucky slaveowner. Lincoln rebuked his friend for failing to oppose slavery. But he added: “If for this you and I must differ, differ we must,” and said they would be friends forever. Throughout his life and political career, Lincoln often agreed to disagree.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The excellent level of detail, both in the written and spoken language of Lincoln and his associates.
- De Amazon Customer en 01-23-24
- Differ We Must
- How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America
- De: Steve Inskeep
- Narrado por: Steve Inskeep
Great story and narration!
Revisado: 02-18-24
I really enjoyed this perspective into Lincoln’s life and perhaps thinking. I also love the sound of Steve Inskeep’s voice. He really brings his historical tale to life. I also liked hearing about Lincoln’s more obscure meetings with other political figures and also the common folk. Very relevant for our times of being a “Divided Union” again. We need politicians who act from a moral compass and their soul, but who can also get important action done. The entire world is counting on our democracy experiment to succeed!
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Talking to Strangers
- What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know
- De: Malcolm Gladwell
- Narrado por: Malcolm Gladwell
- Duración: 8 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 71,253
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 61,709
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 61,344
How did Fidel Castro fool the CIA for a generation? Why did Neville Chamberlain think he could trust Adolf Hitler? Why are campus sexual assaults on the rise? Do television sitcoms teach us something about the way we relate to each other that isn't true? While tackling these questions, Malcolm Gladwell was not solely writing a book for the page. He was also producing for the ear. In the audiobook version of Talking to Strangers, you’ll hear the voices of people he interviewed - scientists, criminologists, military psychologists.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Enjoyable listen with some facts incorrect
- De Jim en 09-11-19
- Talking to Strangers
- What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know
- De: Malcolm Gladwell
- Narrado por: Malcolm Gladwell
Very important and timely book
Revisado: 06-12-20
Talking to Strangers is a very important and timely book. As a nation we must examine systemic racism and the role policing has played in exacerbating the tensions and inequality people of color have faced for way too long. We need to re-imagine public safety, and that re-imagining begins with how we interact and talk with each other.
Malcolm Gladwell has done a masterful job of pointing up what happens when things go wrong and we don’t read people correctly and make assumptions based on incorrect information (e.g.: mismatched personality traits) or misguided procedures. I think this book should be mandatory reading for all new police recruits, as well as others who work in public safety. The public safety paradigm has to shift towards serving communities and not terrorizing them.
I am hopeful that events of these past few months in the midst of a pandemic that is unequally affecting people of color, police violence and killing of black men and women, and our collective protests, there will finally be effective change.
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The Shadow War
- Inside Russia's and China's Secret Operations to Defeat America
- De: Jim Sciutto
- Narrado por: Jim Sciutto
- Duración: 9 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 823
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 728
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 725
CNN’s chief national security correspondent reveals the invisible fronts of 21st-century warfare and identifies the ongoing battles being waged - often without the public’s full knowledge - from disinformation campaigns to advanced satellite weaponry.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Informative and interesting, but incomplete.
- De LuluTheAxolotl en 05-25-19
- The Shadow War
- Inside Russia's and China's Secret Operations to Defeat America
- De: Jim Sciutto
- Narrado por: Jim Sciutto
Excellent book on a very timely subject!
Revisado: 05-01-20
Overall, this is an important read especially in these uncertain times of Covid-19 and the approach to the 2020 election. Americans need to read this book so they can understand how we have been under attack by Russian and Chinese covert (and no so covert) operations in the Shadow War, and also how important it is that we take the lead again in the world in terms of leadership. We have had a vacuum of leadership that is now costing tens of thousands of lives in the United States and around the world.
Perfomance: Jim Sciutto is a great narrator. You can definitely feel his passion for the subject, and you get a feel for the first-hand experience he has had reporting in-depth on this subject.
Story: It is pretty riveting to listen to what is happening in terms of the escalation of aggressions by both China and Russia and how the US is mildly standing by.
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An Army at Dawn
- The War in North Africa, 1942-1943
- De: Rick Atkinson
- Narrado por: Rick Atkinson
- Duración: 7 h y 2 m
- Versión resumida
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General4 out of 5 stars 318
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 129
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 130
The first volume of the Liberation Trilogy, An Army at Dawn is history of the highest order - brilliantly researched, rich with new material and surprising insights, the deeply human story of a monumental battle for the future of civilization. "An absolute masterpiece," says Andrew Carroll, author of War Letters, "This book is storytelling - and history - at its most riveting."
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3 out of 5 stars
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Abridging too far?
- De Jeremy en 02-19-03
- An Army at Dawn
- The War in North Africa, 1942-1943
- De: Rick Atkinson
- Narrado por: Rick Atkinson
Why abridged?
Revisado: 12-18-16
I thought the story EXCELLENT and the narration very well done, but the abridgment poorly handled. Many of the retained vignettes were brilliant, but they were placed within a bewilderingly choppy historical narrative.
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