Robert D Hunter
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The Wise Men
- Six Friends and the World They Made
- De: Evan Thomas, Walter Isaacson
- Narrado por: Jonathan Reese
- Duración: 33 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 406
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 341
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 346
Six close friends shaped the role their country would play in the dangerous years following World War II. They were the original best and brightest, whose towering intellects, outsize personalities, and dramatic actions would bring order to the postwar chaos, and whose strong response to Soviet expansionism would leave a legacy that dominates American policy to this day. In April 1945, they converged to advise an untutored new president, Harry Truman.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Dull with poor narration
- De KD6161 en 03-31-17
- The Wise Men
- Six Friends and the World They Made
- De: Evan Thomas, Walter Isaacson
- Narrado por: Jonathan Reese
Grand Scope of History
Revisado: 01-10-25
A wonderful book marred by a narrator who struggled with the pronunciation of many names and words. Distracting but not fatal. Great story.
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The Coming of the Third Reich
- De: Richard J. Evans
- Narrado por: Sean Pratt
- Duración: 21 h y 11 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,224
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,754
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,754
There is no story in 20th-century history more important to understand than Hitler’s rise to power and the collapse of civilization in Nazi Germany. With The Coming of the Third Reich, Richard Evans, one of the world’s most distinguished historians, has written the definitive account for our time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Compelling and depressing
- De Tad Davis en 06-30-10
- The Coming of the Third Reich
- De: Richard J. Evans
- Narrado por: Sean Pratt
Easy to understand a very complex subject.
Revisado: 09-17-24
Greater narrator. Calm and clear. THE story line was comprehensively developed. Great use of context.
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The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic
- Reconstruction, 1860-1920
- De: Manisha Sinha
- Narrado por: Deepa Samuel
- Duración: 21 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 11
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Narración:3 out of 5 stars 11
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 11
A sweeping narrative that remakes our understanding of perhaps the most consequential period in American history, The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic shows how the great contest of that age is also the great contest of our age—and serves as a necessary reminder of how young and fragile our democracy truly is.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Managing through narration
- De Julie en 06-18-24
- The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic
- Reconstruction, 1860-1920
- De: Manisha Sinha
- Narrado por: Deepa Samuel
Pedantic but Important
Revisado: 07-10-24
Poor narration. Should use a professional. Many mispronounciations. Pedantic to the point of drowning the message in the detail. It's a very important story that is poorly served by this book and narrator.
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Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
- De: Frans de Waal
- Narrado por: Sean Runnette
- Duración: 10 h y 35 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,111
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,858
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,848
De Waal reviews the rise and fall of the mechanistic view of animals and opens our minds to the idea that animal minds are far more intricate and complex than we have assumed. De Waal's landmark work will convince you to rethink everything you thought you knew about animal - and human - intelligence.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Enlightening but not earth-shattering
- De Mark en 07-06-16
- Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
- De: Frans de Waal
- Narrado por: Sean Runnette
Fascinating
Revisado: 03-29-24
Very accessible if perhaps a bit repetitive. The discoveries are amazing and provide important insighr.
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The Canceling of the American Mind
- Cancel Culture Undermines Trust, Destroys Institutions, and Threatens Us All—but There Is a Solution
- De: Greg Lukianoff, Rikki Schlott
- Narrado por: Rikki Schlott, Kirby Heyborne
- Duración: 7 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 287
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 264
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 263
Cancel culture is a new phenomenon, and The Canceling of the American Mind is the first book to codify it and survey its effects, including hard data and research on what cancel culture is and how it works, along with hundreds of new examples showing the left and right both working to silence their enemies.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good book, Important information, poorly read
- De pj en 12-08-23
- The Canceling of the American Mind
- Cancel Culture Undermines Trust, Destroys Institutions, and Threatens Us All—but There Is a Solution
- De: Greg Lukianoff, Rikki Schlott
- Narrado por: Rikki Schlott, Kirby Heyborne
Important but incomplete
Revisado: 12-19-23
Very important topic. An important reminder. A little shallow in as much as the author missed an opportunity to talk about the origins of tribalism and the sources of intolerance that manifest in cancel culture. While offering a menu of action to mitigate or avoid it there is too much of “just say no and don’t do it”.
The reader was screechy and too fast in her reading. It felt like a nervous teenager reading a book report to her class. Couldn’t wait to finish
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Conflict
- The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine
- De: David Petraeus, Andrew Roberts
- Narrado por: David Petraeus, Robert Fass
- Duración: 18 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 223
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 201
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 201
Two leading authorities—an acclaimed historian and the outstanding battlefield commander and strategist of our time—collaborate on a landmark examination of war since 1945. Conflict is both a sweeping history of the evolution of warfare up to Putin’s invasion of the Ukraine, and a penetrating analysis of what we must learn from the past—and anticipate in the future—in order to navigate an increasingly perilous world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Story of My Life
- De Nice guy en 03-06-24
- Conflict
- The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine
- De: David Petraeus, Andrew Roberts
- Narrado por: David Petraeus, Robert Fass
Patraeus Sees Justice in Every Conflict
Revisado: 11-16-23
This is a self serving and shallow review of the unbelievable number of conflicts in which the US has been involved with virtually no thought given to the very role of a military establishment in a civilized society. Every failure, of which there are many, is blamed on someone other than the generals.
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Globalists
- The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism
- De: Quinn Slobodian
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 11 h y 15 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 104
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 89
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 88
In the first intellectual history of neoliberal globalism, author Quinn Slobodian follows a group of thinkers from the ashes of the Habsburg Empire to the creation of the World Trade Organization to show that neoliberalism emerged less to shrink government and abolish regulations than to redeploy them at a global level.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Tracing Neoliberalism to Its European Origins
- De Will Szal en 06-25-19
- Globalists
- The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism
- De: Quinn Slobodian
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
Pedantic
Revisado: 02-27-23
Tedious and repetitive. Important topic that never really came to life. Core messages could have been more effectively delivered in half the time.
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G-Man (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
- J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century
- De: Beverly Gage
- Narrado por: Gabra Zackman
- Duración: 36 h y 36 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 687
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 591
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 591
A major new biography of J Edgar Hoover that draws from never-before-seen sources to create a groundbreaking portrait of a colossus who dominated half a century of American history and planted the seeds for much of today's conservative political landscape.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing!
- De Jessica Armas en 12-06-22
- G-Man (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
- J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century
- De: Beverly Gage
- Narrado por: Gabra Zackman
lost forest for the trees
Revisado: 01-14-23
A remarkable work of research and story telling. I found that the author provided so much detail that it was challenging to get a portrait of the man.
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Bewilderment
- A Novel
- De: Richard Powers
- Narrado por: Edoardo Ballerini
- Duración: 7 h y 51 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,617
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,235
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,226
Theo Byrne is a promising young astrobiologist who has found a way to search for life on other planets dozens of light years away. He is also the widowed father of a most unusual nine-year-old. His son, Robin, is funny, loving, and filled with plans. He thinks and feels deeply, adores animals, and can spend hours painting elaborate pictures. He is also on the verge of being expelled from third grade for smashing his friend's face with a metal thermos.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Not Usually a Richard Powers Fan
- De Billy en 09-28-21
- Bewilderment
- A Novel
- De: Richard Powers
- Narrado por: Edoardo Ballerini
Beautifully written and Beautifully narrated..
Revisado: 11-24-22
Powers writing is poetic. His stories explore huge issues and ideas at a very human level.
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Original Meanings
- Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution
- De: Jack N. Rakove
- Narrado por: Steven Weber
- Duración: 17 h y 49 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 72
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 57
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 55
What did the US Constitution originally mean, and how can we recover the intentions of its framers? These questions, which resound throughout today’s most heated legal and political controversies, lie at the heart of Jack N. Rakove’s splendidly readable work of historical analysis. In Original Meanings, he traces the complex weave of ideology and interests from which the Constitution emerged and shows how Americans have attached different meanings to their founding document from the moment it was published.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Epistemological in its approach ...
- De History en 10-24-11
- Original Meanings
- Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution
- De: Jack N. Rakove
- Narrado por: Steven Weber
Too Academic
Revisado: 07-24-22
This book is best seen as a required reading for a class in Constitutional Law. It is too technical for the lay reader no matter how interested they are in the pros and cons of original intent.
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