Alex Miller
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Saving Freedom
- Truman, the Cold War, and the Fight for Western Civilization
- De: Joe Scarborough
- Narrado por: Joe Scarborough
- Duración: 8 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 283
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 240
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 235
History called on Harry Truman to unite the Western world against Soviet communism, but first he had to rally Republicans and Democrats behind America’s most dramatic foreign policy shift since George Washington delivered his farewell address. How did one of the least prepared presidents to walk into the Oval Office become one of its most successful?
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5 out of 5 stars
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An engaging review of a remarkable president
- De Mark A en 11-29-20
- Saving Freedom
- Truman, the Cold War, and the Fight for Western Civilization
- De: Joe Scarborough
- Narrado por: Joe Scarborough
Focus on Greece civil war after WWII
Revisado: 03-21-21
Good book, good narration. Surprised it focused on Greece and Turkey and standing up to Communism there rather than the Korean conflict (which is what I expected). The Truman doctrine became the guiding foreign policy of the US for 70 years. Peace was secured by Truman, Dean Acheson, Vandenberg, Marshall plan and formation of NATO.
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21 Lessons for the 21st Century
- De: Yuval Noah Harari
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 11 h y 50 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 13,854
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 11,840
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 11,754
Yuval Noah Harari's 21 Lessons for the 21st Century is a probing and visionary investigation into today's most urgent issues as we move into the uncharted territory of the future. As technology advances faster than our understanding of it, hacking becomes a tactic of war, and the world feels more polarized than ever, Harari addresses the challenge of navigating life in the face of constant and disorienting change and raises the important questions we need to ask ourselves in order to survive.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- De Noah Lugeons en 09-11-18
- 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
- De: Yuval Noah Harari
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
Algorithms, Meaning, and Meditation
Revisado: 01-31-21
When he was talking about the impact AI artificial intelligence was going to have on society, I thought, gee I guess he means in 10-15 years. Wrong! Then I watched the documentary, " the Social Dilema" and realized, it's already happening. Social media Algorithms are pushing us further into our political bubbles and contributing to the rancorous political polarization we now have in the United States.
I particularly liked the last two chapters on Meaning and Meditation. Very clearly makes the case for understanding one's mind before the algorithms make it up for you.
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The Stationery Shop
- A Novel
- De: Marjan Kamali
- Narrado por: Mozhan Marnò
- Duración: 9 h y 13 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,279
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2,045
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,035
On the eve of their marriage, Roya agrees to meet Bahman at the town square, but suddenly, violence erupts - a result of the coup d’etat that forever changes their country’s future. In the chaos, Bahman never shows. For weeks, Roya tries desperately to contact him, but her efforts are fruitless. With a sorrowful heart, she resigns herself to never seeing him again. Until, more than 60 years later, an accident of fate leads her back to Bahman and offers her a chance to ask him the questions that have haunted her for more than half a century.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful Story
- De Grace en 06-26-19
- The Stationery Shop
- A Novel
- De: Marjan Kamali
- Narrado por: Mozhan Marnò
A time gone by
Revisado: 09-27-20
Wonderful story. Sad. Characters are well developed. I remember fountain pens. They were just being supplanted by ball points when I got in elementary school. The desks all had ink wells. But as elementary school students we only got to use pencils. But I had fountain pens with cartridges later. All shops with pens driven to oblivion by. Staples and others. Quaint how the stationer acted as a conduit for love notes and political leaflets. Later, didn't cassette tapes spread Ayotolah Khomeini's philosophy in Iran and bring about the 1979 ouster of the Shah?
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Follow the Crow
- Vanished, Book 1
- De: B. B. Griffith
- Narrado por: Paul L. Coffey, Kirsten Leigh, Ryan Jordan McCarthy
- Duración: 9 h y 37 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 257
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 232
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 231
Ben Dejooli is a Navajo cop who can't escape his past. Six years ago his little sister Ana vanished without a trace. His best friend saw what happened, but he refuses to speak of what he knows, and so was banished from the Navajo tribe. That was the day the crows started following Ben. Caroline Adams is a nurse with a special talent: She sees things others can’t see. She knows that Ben is more than he seems, and that the crows are trying to tell him something.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Not What I Expected
- De QCLady en 04-01-20
- Follow the Crow
- Vanished, Book 1
- De: B. B. Griffith
- Narrado por: Paul L. Coffey, Kirsten Leigh, Ryan Jordan McCarthy
Crows Everywhere
Revisado: 07-28-20
Engrossing storyline with touches of Navajo magic/lore, presented by multiple 1st person internal dialogs. Easily pulling you into the follow up stories.
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Three Stations
- An Arkady Renko Novel
- De: Martin Cruz Smith
- Narrado por: Ron McLarty
- Duración: 7 h y 14 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 330
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 184
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 182
In Three Stations, Arkady Renko’s skills are put to their most severe test. Though he has been technically suspended from the prosecutor’s office for once again turning up unpleasant truths, he strives to solve a last case: the death of an elegant young woman whose body is found in a construction trailer on the perimeter of Moscow’s main rail hub. It looks like a simple drug overdose to everyone—except to Renko, whose examination of the crime scene turns up some inexplicable clues.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Arkady Jumps The Shark
- De J en 09-07-10
- Three Stations
- An Arkady Renko Novel
- De: Martin Cruz Smith
- Narrado por: Ron McLarty
Another Arkady Renko window into life in Russia
Revisado: 11-22-17
Great narration. Plenty of atmosphere about Russia and its rich oligarchs. Storyline a little bit confused when street urchins adopt the baby.
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Mother Go
- De: James Patrick Kelly
- Narrado por: January LaVoy
- Duración: 9 h y 56 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 348
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 309
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 307
She is the clone of a famed space explorer, but Mariska Volochkova rejects her mother and her heritage and wants no part of interstellar adventure. Although she is genetically engineered to hibernate through the interminable decades of space travel, Mariska's home is a habitat on the moon, and there she intends to stay. But the sweep of interplanetary politics and an affair with a Martian catches Mariska up in a conspiracy to commit a bold theft that will alter the future of space colonization.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Teen love drama
- De Daniel en 08-27-17
- Mother Go
- De: James Patrick Kelly
- Narrado por: January LaVoy
A Dream of the future
Revisado: 09-29-17
I loved the exploration of many futuristic issues like cloned vs. clone psychological issues, genetic modifications of humans to live on Mars and on Space Voyages. Well done, a good "read" nicely performed.
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