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The River of Doubt
- Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
- De: Candice Millard
- Narrado por: Paul Michael
- Duración: 12 h y 17 m
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At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, The River of Doubt is the true story of Theodore Roosevelt's harrowing exploration of one of the most dangerous rivers on earth.
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This audiobook deserves 6 stars
- De D. Littman en 11-15-05
- The River of Doubt
- Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
- De: Candice Millard
- Narrado por: Paul Michael
Nostalgia
Revisado: 08-26-24
Remembrances of my own expeditions to Amazonia. Haunting presentation, producing nostalgia for the tropical rainforest.
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The Conspiracy to End America
- Five Ways My Old Party Is Driving Our Democracy to Autocracy
- De: Stuart Stevens
- Narrado por: Jeff Bottoms
- Duración: 5 h y 53 m
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Today’s Republican party is not a “normal” political party in the American tradition. It has become an autocratic movement masquerading as a political party. As Stuart Stevens argues in The Conspiracy to End America, if we look away from that truth, we greatly increase the likelihood that the America we love will slip away, never to return.
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Required Reading
- De Arturo Zendejas en 10-27-23
- The Conspiracy to End America
- Five Ways My Old Party Is Driving Our Democracy to Autocracy
- De: Stuart Stevens
- Narrado por: Jeff Bottoms
Sobering assessment
Revisado: 11-15-23
With his intimate history in the Republican Party, Stevens is uniquely qualified to trace its evolution and the consequences for the survival or death of our democracy. Those who read the book should find his assessment credible and step up to protect our system of government, but I worry about the many U.S. voters who are too busy to think about the issues Stevens raises, and are focusing only on gas prices and inflation.
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The Sweetness of Water (Oprah’s Book Club)
- A Novel
- De: Nathan Harris
- Narrado por: William DeMeritt
- Duración: 12 h y 8 m
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In the waning days of the Civil War, brothers Prentiss and Landry—freed by the Emancipation Proclamation—seek refuge on the homestead of George Walker and his wife, Isabelle. The Walkers, wracked by the loss of their only son to the war, hire the brothers to work their farm. Prentiss and Landry, meanwhile, plan to save money for the journey north and a chance to reunite with their mother, who was sold away when they were boys. Equal parts beauty and terror, The Sweetness of Water is an epic whose grandeur locates humanity and love amid the most harrowing circumstances.
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Masterful storytelling and an exceptional audio performance
- De Pamela en 06-18-21
- The Sweetness of Water (Oprah’s Book Club)
- A Novel
- De: Nathan Harris
- Narrado por: William DeMeritt
Touching and authentic story
Revisado: 10-31-23
A touching and credible account of the slave trade and reconstruction. Narration excellent, at least for African American voices.
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Romney
- A Reckoning
- De: McKay Coppins
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis, McKay Coppins
- Duración: 12 h y 31 m
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Few figures in American politics have seen more and said less than Mitt Romney. An outspoken dissident in Donald Trump’s GOP, he has made headlines in recent years for standing alone against the forces he believes are poisoning the party he once led. Romney was the first senator in history to vote to remove from office a president of his own party. When that president’s supporters went on to storm the US Capitol, Romney delivered a thundering speech from the Senate floor accusing his fellow Republicans of stoking insurrection.
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Political and intellectual biography at its best!
- De Amazon Customer en 10-25-23
- Romney
- A Reckoning
- De: McKay Coppins
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis, McKay Coppins
Self-reflection and integrity
Revisado: 10-31-23
Nice to see an elected official capable of self-refection and making integrity a priority. Wish there were more like him. Maybe the missionaries should be sent to Congress.
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African Town
- De: Charles Waters, Irene Latham
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell, Ronald Peet, Andrew Eiden, y otros
- Duración: 6 h y 53 m
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In 1860, long after the United States outlawed the importation of enslaved laborers, 110 men, women, and children from Benin and Nigeria were captured and brought to Mobile, Alabama, aboard a ship called Clotilda. Their journey includes the savage Middle Passage and being hidden in the swamplands along the Alabama River before being secretly parceled out to various plantations, where they made desperate attempts to maintain both their culture and also fit into the place of captivity to which they'd been delivered.
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Admirable people
- De Maddie en 03-21-23
Admirable people
Revisado: 03-21-23
Too much misfortune. A story well told and making me wish to visit the location.
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Hatchet Man
- How Bill Barr Broke the Prosecutor’s Code and Corrupted the Justice Department
- De: Elie Honig
- Narrado por: Elie Honig
- Duración: 8 h y 20 m
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In Hatchet Man, former federal prosecutor Elie Honig uncovers Barr’s unprecedented abuse of power as Attorney General and the lasting structural damage done to the Justice Department. Honig uses his own experience as a prosecutor at DOJ to show how, as America’s top law enforcement official, Barr repeatedly violated the Department’s written rules, and those vital, unwritten norms and principles that comprise the “prosecutor’s code”.
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If you think you’ve heard it all before, you’re wrong.
- De marty en 07-08-21
- Hatchet Man
- How Bill Barr Broke the Prosecutor’s Code and Corrupted the Justice Department
- De: Elie Honig
- Narrado por: Elie Honig
Essential historical account
Revisado: 09-25-21
The book provides an important historical account of how far Bill Barr departed from the integrity we should expect from the nation’s top attorney. The author is a master story teller, contrasting his lived experiences as a prosecutor with Barr’s dishonesty and ineptness.
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