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The Train to Crystal City
- FDR's Secret Prisoner Exchange Program and America's Only Family Internment Camp During World War II
- De: Jan Jarboe Russell
- Narrado por: Andrea Gallo
- Duración: 14 h y 38 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 137
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 121
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 121
The dramatic and never-before-told story of a secret FDR-approved American internment camp in Texas during World War II, where thousands of families - many US citizens - were incarcerated.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I didn't know...
- De Graham Emslie en 02-27-17
- The Train to Crystal City
- FDR's Secret Prisoner Exchange Program and America's Only Family Internment Camp During World War II
- De: Jan Jarboe Russell
- Narrado por: Andrea Gallo
A More Comprehensive Record of Internment
Revisado: 04-12-17
This is a very rich treatment of the internment of Japanese-Americans and German-Americans as well as Japanese and German expatriates living in the U.S. during WWII. While the U.S. was fighting for "freedom" in Europe and the Pacific, the government was subjecting its own population to the same kind of racism, bigotry, and injustice that the Germans and the Japanese subjected their own people to. And in the same way that the German and Japanese populations, for the most part, blindly followed the racist impulses of their own leaders, so did American society as a whole. The historical record of internment, so far, shows that there were no Schindlers in America hiding and protecting the persecuted population. This is must-read in the age of Trump and Republican dominance over American politics. We would be sorely mistaken to think that such violations to human rights couldn't happen in America again.
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Where the Wind Leads
- A Refugee Family's Miraculous Story of Loss, Rescue, and Redemption
- De: Vinh Chung
- Narrado por: Josh Aaron
- Duración: 10 h y 23 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 852
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 776
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 770
Vinh Chung was born in South Vietnam, just eight months after it fell to the communists in 1975. His family was wealthy, controlling a rice-milling empire worth millions; but within months of the communist takeover, the Chungs lost everything and were reduced to abject poverty. Knowing that their children would have no future under the new government, the Chungs decided to flee the country. In 1979, they joined the legendary “boat people” and sailed into the South China Sea, despite knowing that an estimated two hundred thousand of their countrymen had already perished at the hands of brutal pirates and violent seas.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Refugees from Vietnam
- De Justicepirate en 06-22-18
- Where the Wind Leads
- A Refugee Family's Miraculous Story of Loss, Rescue, and Redemption
- De: Vinh Chung
- Narrado por: Josh Aaron
A Very Instructive Account of Refugee Life
Revisado: 10-29-15
A beautiful story about escaping death and finding refuge. Essential for anyone seeking to understand a refugee's journey. Very timely given the situation with Syrian and Iraqi refugees in the Mediterranean.
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A Path Appears
- Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity
- De: Sheryl WuDunn, Nicholas D. Kristof
- Narrado por: Oliva Wilde
- Duración: 10 h y 15 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 238
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 208
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 209
A Path Appears is even more ambitious in scale: nothing less than a sweeping tapestry of people who are making the world a better place and a guide to the ways that we can do the same - whether with a donation of $5 or $5 million, with our time, by capitalizing on our skills as individuals, or by using the resources of our businesses.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Enlightening Read for Wise Givers (why & how)
- De Blue en 09-25-14
- A Path Appears
- Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity
- De: Sheryl WuDunn, Nicholas D. Kristof
- Narrado por: Oliva Wilde
A Great Survey of Social Innovation
Revisado: 10-22-15
This is a must read if you're looking for ways to make the world a better place. I wish the authors had more stories and cases that emphasized the lives of people who benefited from such projects.
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$2.00 a Day
- Living on Almost Nothing in America
- De: Kathryn Edin, H. Luke Shaefer
- Narrado por: Allyson Johnson
- Duración: 7 h y 15 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 692
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 593
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 593
There are, in the United States, a significant and growing number of families who live on less than $2.00 per person, per day. That figure, the World Bank measure of poverty, is hard to imagine in this country - most of us spend more than that before we get to work or school in the morning.
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4 out of 5 stars
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I'm a conservative and this isn't bad
- De Richard L en 07-04-16
- $2.00 a Day
- Living on Almost Nothing in America
- De: Kathryn Edin, H. Luke Shaefer
- Narrado por: Allyson Johnson
Heartbreaking, Infuriating, Paradigm Changing, and a MUST READ
Revisado: 10-15-15
This is 2015's must-read book. I highly recommend it. Hopefully it will cause some to act and demand change to the horrible situation that the poor live in in this country.
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Undocumented
- A Dominican Boy’s Odyssey from a Homeless Shelter to the Ivy League
- De: Dan-el Padilla Peralta
- Narrado por: Dan-el Padilla Peralta
- Duración: 8 h y 2 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 430
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 388
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 387
Dan-el Padilla Peralta has lived the American dream. As a boy he came here legally with his family. Together they left Santo Domingo behind, but life in New York City was harder than they imagined. Their visas lapsed, and Dan-el's father returned home. But Dan-el's courageous mother was determined to make a better life for her bright sons. Undocumented is a classic story of the triumph of the human spirit. It also is the perfect cri de coeur for the debate on comprehensive immigration reform.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A must read, but
- De Louise de Marillac en 10-10-15
- Undocumented
- A Dominican Boy’s Odyssey from a Homeless Shelter to the Ivy League
- De: Dan-el Padilla Peralta
- Narrado por: Dan-el Padilla Peralta
A must read, but
Revisado: 10-10-15
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The choice to include coarse language lessens the seriousness of its message.
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