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North and South
- De: Elizabeth Gaskell
- Narrado por: Juliet Stevenson
- Duración: 18 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 7,514
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 6,697
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 6,701
Written at the request of Charles Dickens, North and South is a book about rebellion that poses fundamental questions about the nature of social authority and obedience. Gaskell expertly blends individual feeling with social concern and her heroine, Margaret Hale, is one of the most original creations of Victorian literature. When Margaret Hale's father leaves the Church in a crisis of conscience she is forced to leave her comfortable home in the tranquil countryside of Hampshire....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Delightful
- De Sally en 01-04-10
- North and South
- De: Elizabeth Gaskell
- Narrado por: Juliet Stevenson
Superb performance!
Revisado: 02-20-23
I think if it wasn’t for the absolutely wonderful storytelling of Juliet Stevenson, I’d have a hard time reading this story on my own. It’s hard to follow mostly because of the slightly archaic style it’s written in, but if you persevere, it’s worth it!
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The Russia Conundrum
- How the West Fell for Putin's Power Gambit—and How to Fix It
- De: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Martin Sixsmith - contributor
- Narrado por: Jonathan Keeble
- Duración: 9 h y 37 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 52
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 45
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 46
Mikhail Khodorkovsky has seen behind the mask of Vladimir Putin. Once an oil tycoon and the richest man in Russia, Khodorkovsky spoke out against the corruption of Putin's regime—and was punished by the Kremlin, stripped of his entire wealth and jailed for over ten years. Now freed, working as a pro-democracy campaigner in enforced exile, Khodorkovsky brings us the insider's battle to save his country's soul. Offering an urgent analysis of what has gone wrong with Putin, The Russia Conundrum maps the country's rise and fall against Khodorkovsky's own journey.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This should be required reading!
- De Jasmine J. en 10-29-22
- The Russia Conundrum
- How the West Fell for Putin's Power Gambit—and How to Fix It
- De: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Martin Sixsmith - contributor
- Narrado por: Jonathan Keeble
This should be required reading!
Revisado: 10-29-22
This might be the only book you’ll ever need to read to understand the modern day Russia and the world politics between the West and East since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Written with incredible clarity and precision, based on hard facts, this is a powerful, at times heart wrenching insight into Putin’s regime, how it originated, its current state, and where it’s possibly headed.
As someone who was born in Soviet Armenia during the Gorbachev era, and a daughter of a lawyer and political activist, this book hit home with a force that I find hard to describe. During the 9+ hours of listening to this expertly narrated audio version, I had to stop multiple times to contain the emotional turmoil: the outbursts of shock, anger and tears this book provoked in my immigrant’s soul. I grew up in a Russian speaking family, albeit ethnically Armenian, and always considered Russia as my spiritual homeland. In my 37 years of life, I was forced to lose 2 homelands, when I found myself unable to live in the regimes that my countries were under and took the decision to move to the United States. And while the US is my home, Russia and Armenia are my countries, and I’ve spent years trying to understand what went wrong there and what the future has in hold for those countries. Let me tell you, there’s almost no pain comparable to that of losing a country, and living, but mostly existing while grieving for this loss. And while this book couldn’t make up for the loss, it helped shed light on what happened and brought much needed clarity to my understanding of the current political situation that my two homelands have found themselves in.
I thank Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his co-author for this tour de force and truly hope their work reaches a wider audience. I firmly believe that every educated individual should read this book and will only benefit from doing so. I also hope and pray that the author and his family will continue to be safe and protected from the vengeful Kremlin’s wrath…
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