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The Brothers
- The Road to an American Tragedy
- De: Masha Gessen
- Narrado por: Hillary Huber
- Duración: 9 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 79
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 65
On April 15, 2013, two homemade bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston marathon, killing three people and wounding more than 264 others. In the ensuing manhunt, Tamerlan Tsarnaev died, and his younger brother, Dzhokhar, was captured and ultimately charged on 30 federal counts. Yet long after the bombings and the terror they sowed, after all the testimony and debate, what we still haven't learned is why. Why did the American dream go so wrong for two immigrants?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Worth the time
- De MadeYouLook en 02-08-19
- The Brothers
- The Road to an American Tragedy
- De: Masha Gessen
- Narrado por: Hillary Huber
If you DO care about why terrorism happens
Revisado: 05-26-23
This is a book for people seeking answers about why terrorism happens. The deep geographical, political, cultural, and political roots that lead to horrific events should matter to all of us, unless we want to keep bombing our way out of problems, which actually brings on more problems.
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The Story of Russia
- De: Orlando Figes
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
- Duración: 12 h y 38 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 201
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 177
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 177
The Story of Russia is about how the Russians defined themselves―and repeatedly reinvented such definitions along the way. Moving from Russia’s agrarian beginnings in the first millennium to subsequent periods of monarchy, totalitarianism, and perestroika, all the way up to Vladimir Putin and his use of myths of Russian history to bolster his regime, celebrated historian Orlando Figes examines the ideas that have guided the country’s actions.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Almost perfect…
- De Samantha Dispenzieri en 02-21-23
- The Story of Russia
- De: Orlando Figes
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
Amazing, Of Course
Revisado: 11-30-22
Yet another great book by the master of Russian history. And such an important story explaining the context of the war in Ukraine.
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The Vortex
- A True Story of History’s Deadliest Storm, an Unspeakable War, and Liberation
- De: Scott Carney, Jason Miklian
- Narrado por: Vikas Adam
- Duración: 15 h y 25 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 85
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 75
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 75
In November 1970, a storm set a collision course with the most densely populated coastline on Earth. Over the course of just a few hours, the Great Bhola Cyclone would kill 500,000 people and begin a chain reaction of turmoil, genocide, and war. The Vortex is the dramatic story of how that storm sparked a country to revolution.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of the Best books this year!
- De Nazir en 05-26-22
- The Vortex
- A True Story of History’s Deadliest Storm, an Unspeakable War, and Liberation
- De: Scott Carney, Jason Miklian
- Narrado por: Vikas Adam
Amazing-Broad Implications
Revisado: 06-26-22
Must read! Incredible treatment of an overlooked and misunderstood era in the Global Cold War and Climate History.
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Pox
- An American History
- De: Michael Willrich
- Narrado por: K. Todd Freeman
- Duración: 14 h y 8 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 62
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 52
At the turn of the last century, a smallpox epidemic swept the United States. The age-old disease spread swiftly through an increasingly interconnected American landscape: from southern plantations to the immigrant neighborhoods of northern cities to far-flung villages on the edges of the American empire. In Pox, historian Michael Willrich offers a gripping chronicle of how the nation's continent-wide fight against smallpox launched one of the most important civil liberties struggles of the 20th century.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best book on smallpox
- De Chris M. White en 09-07-21
- Pox
- An American History
- De: Michael Willrich
- Narrado por: K. Todd Freeman
Best book on smallpox
Revisado: 09-07-21
Not only is this a thorough and critical history of smallpox in the US but it gives tremendous insight into the early causes of vaccine hesitancy
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Drug Warrior
- Inside the Hunt for El Chapo and the Rise of America's Opioid Crisis
- De: Jack Riley, Mitch Weiss - contributor
- Narrado por: Brett Barry
- Duración: 9 h
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 121
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 106
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 105
Drug Warrior is the story of Jack Riley's decades-long hunt for the world's most wanted drug lord, set against the rise of modern international drug trafficking, and America's spiraling opioid epidemic. Riley started his career as an undercover street agent in Chicago busting small-time dealers. By the time he worked his way up to second in command of the DEA - a post few field agents ever reach - he had overseen every major mission to capture foreign drug kingpins since the 1990s, and had witnessed first-hand how El Chapo changed the game.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good not Great
- De Derek en 06-25-20
- Drug Warrior
- Inside the Hunt for El Chapo and the Rise of America's Opioid Crisis
- De: Jack Riley, Mitch Weiss - contributor
- Narrado por: Brett Barry
Excellent
Revisado: 02-23-19
This is a reflective, honest, detailed, memoir, and analysis of a career that spans the most intensive years of the Drug War.
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Kings of Cocaine
- Inside the Medellin Cartel - An Astonishing True Story of Murder Money and International Corruption
- De: Guy Gugliotta, Jeff Leen
- Narrado por: Paul Woodson
- Duración: 14 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 234
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 205
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 205
This is the story of the most successful cocaine dealers in the world: Pablo Escobar Gaviria, Jorge Luis Ochoa Vasquez, Carlos Lehder Rivas, and Jose Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha. In the 1980s, they controlled more than 50 percent of the cocaine flowing into the United States. The cocaine trade is capitalism on overdrive - supply meeting demand on exponential levels. Here you'll find the story of how the modern cocaine business started and how it turned a ragtag group of hippies and sociopaths into regal kings.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Almost Perfect.
- De Nick en 10-31-18
- Kings of Cocaine
- Inside the Medellin Cartel - An Astonishing True Story of Murder Money and International Corruption
- De: Guy Gugliotta, Jeff Leen
- Narrado por: Paul Woodson
No other book like it
Revisado: 09-01-18
This is straight from the top level reporting of the 1980s drug wars. The book is a gem from the era that has stood the test of time. Not big on conjecture or opinion. Just solid reporting.
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The Operator
- Firing the Shots That Killed Osama Bin Laden and My Years as a SEAL Team Warrior
- De: Robert O'Neill
- Narrado por: Robert O'Neill
- Duración: 9 h y 42 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 19,485
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 17,506
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 17,420
Stirringly evocative, thought provoking, and often jaw dropping, The Operator ranges across SEAL Team Operator Robert O'Neill's awe-inspiring 400-mission career that included his involvement in attempts to rescue "Lone Survivor" Marcus Luttrell and abducted-by-Somali-pirates Captain Richard Phillips and culminated in those famous three shots that dispatched the world's most wanted terrorist, Osama bin Laden.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of the best
- De Tim en 04-28-17
- The Operator
- Firing the Shots That Killed Osama Bin Laden and My Years as a SEAL Team Warrior
- De: Robert O'Neill
- Narrado por: Robert O'Neill
Professional, Humble, Hilarious, Inspirational
Revisado: 05-03-17
Where does The Operator rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
Top 10%
What was one of the most memorable moments of The Operator?
No spoilers here
What about Robert O'Neill’s performance did you like?
Definitely, so much better than other SEAL readers
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
No. It's best to let it all soak in gradually
Any additional comments?
The title says it all
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Year of Yes
- How to Dance It Out, Stand in the Sun and Be Your Own Person
- De: Shonda Rhimes
- Narrado por: Shonda Rhimes
- Duración: 7 h y 4 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 25,175
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 22,224
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 22,123
The megatalented creator of Grey's Anatomy and Scandal and executive producer of How to Get Away with Murder chronicles how saying yes for one year changed her life - and how it can change yours, too.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Began well, but disappointing
- De Gary en 11-30-15
- Year of Yes
- How to Dance It Out, Stand in the Sun and Be Your Own Person
- De: Shonda Rhimes
- Narrado por: Shonda Rhimes
Great idea, hardly any substance
Revisado: 11-16-16
What would have made Year of Yes better?
The problem with this book is that the writer does not appear to have considered detail enough, and instead wants us to know her thought processes. Why not give us a lot of good examples of how saying yes actually worked out? Instead, we got all this internal monologue about how difficult it was for her to get over her fears, but it came off more as a "Look at how well I got over my fears" show.
What was most disappointing about Shonda Rhimes’s story?
It felt like it took a week to write the book. Books should take months or years, demonstrating how much thought and detail were put into the work before publication. The author's fame seems to be the main reason for the book's popularity. I wanted examples, and two hours into the book, we have two examples, with only enough information to know that she did a TV interview and gave a speech. The book is self congratulatory, not informative.
You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?
Yes. And I really wanted to love this book. The message is perfect. The depth was absent.
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We Sell Drugs
- The Alchemy of the U.S. Empire
- De: Suzanna Reiss
- Narrado por: Karen White
- Duración: 12 h y 30 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 12
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Narración:3 out of 5 stars 11
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 11
We Sell Drugs is a study grounded in the transnational geography and political economy of the coca-leaf and coca-derived commodities market stretching from Peru and Bolivia into the United States. More than a narrow biography of one famous plant and its equally famous derivative products - Coca-Cola and cocaine - this audiobook situates these commodities within the larger landscape of drug production and consumption. Examining efforts to control the circuits through which coca traveled, Suzanna Reiss provides a geographic and legal basis for considering the historical construction of designations of legality and illegality.
The book also argues that the legal status of any given drug is largely premised on who grew, manufactured, distributed, and consumed it and not on the qualities of the drug itself. Drug control is a powerful tool for ordering international trade, national economies, and society's habits and daily lives. In a historical landscape animated by struggles over political economy, national autonomy, hegemony, and racial equality, We Sell Drugs insists on the socio-historical underpinnings of designations of legality to explore how drug control became a major weapon in asserting control of domestic and international affairs.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Exactly what we need to know
- De Chris M. White en 12-26-14
- We Sell Drugs
- The Alchemy of the U.S. Empire
- De: Suzanna Reiss
- Narrado por: Karen White
Exactly what we need to know
Revisado: 12-26-14
Would you try another book from Suzanna Reiss and/or Karen White?
This is an excellent history of the US failed and dishonest war on drugs. A must read.
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