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Under the Tuscan Sun
- De: Frances Mayes
- Narrado por: Frances Mayes
- Duración: 6 h y 2 m
- Versión resumida
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 486
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Narración:3 out of 5 stars 376
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 369
More than 20 years ago, Frances Mayes - widely published poet, gourmet cook, and travel writer - introduced readers to a wondrous new world when she bought and restored an abandoned Tuscan villa called Bramasole. Under the Tuscan Sun inspired generations to embark on their own journeys.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Under the Tuscan Sun
- De Alicia en 09-19-03
- Under the Tuscan Sun
- De: Frances Mayes
- Narrado por: Frances Mayes
I should have read the reviews
Revisado: 05-20-22
Aargh. when I think of monotone, a sonorous low voice comes to mind. But this is a soprano monotone and it was like fingernails on a chalkboard. I made it through 8 chapters and had to quit. I'll try reading it when I have time, but I was alone for a long car trip and felt robbed of good company and a good story.
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The Second Founding
- How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution
- De: Eric Foner
- Narrado por: Donald Corren
- Duración: 7 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 367
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 309
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 304
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning scholar, a timely history of the constitutional changes that built equality into the nation's foundation and how those guarantees have been shaken over time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent book - problematic narrator
- De Jennifer en 10-01-19
- The Second Founding
- How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution
- De: Eric Foner
- Narrado por: Donald Corren
A good account of the reconstruction amendments.
Revisado: 09-28-20
This book is a concise commentary of the Reconstruction amendments to the US Constitution and provides an interesting summary of how we continue to struggle to define citizenship in this country. Thoughtful and articulate. A worthwhile book.
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Hubert Humphrey
- The Conscience of the Country
- De: Arnold A. Offner
- Narrado por: Jonathan Yen
- Duración: 22 h y 8 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 27
Hubert Humphrey was one of the great liberal leaders of postwar American politics, yet because he never made it to the Oval Office, he has been largely overlooked by biographers. Historian Arnold A. Offner has explored vast troves of archival records to recapture Humphrey's life, giving us previously unknown details of the vice president's fractious relationship with Lyndon Johnson, showing how Johnson colluded with Richard Nixon to deny Humphrey the presidency, and describing the most neglected aspect of Humphrey's career.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding Biography
- De Jean en 12-18-18
- Hubert Humphrey
- The Conscience of the Country
- De: Arnold A. Offner
- Narrado por: Jonathan Yen
The Story of a Real Public Servant
Revisado: 09-12-19
An enjoyable and informative story of a highly principled hard working world leader. Strongly recommended, but the reader will see how far we have fallen from real public service.
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The Revolution of ’28
- Al Smith, American Progressivism, and the Coming of the New Deal
- De: Robert Chiles
- Narrado por: Peter Lerman
- Duración: 11 h y 38 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 16
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 16
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 16
The Revolution of ’28 explores the career of New York governor and 1928 Democratic presidential nominee Alfred E. Smith. Robert Chiles peers into Smith’s work and uncovers a distinctive strain of American progressivism that resonated among urban, ethnic, working-class Americans in the early 20th century. The book charts the rise of that idiomatic progressivism during Smith’s early years as a state legislator through his time as governor of the Empire State in the 1920s, before proceeding to a revisionist narrative of the 1928 presidential campaign.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Lerman owns it!
- De HARRYWILL en 11-04-18
- The Revolution of ’28
- Al Smith, American Progressivism, and the Coming of the New Deal
- De: Robert Chiles
- Narrado por: Peter Lerman
Good introduction to the progressive movement.
Revisado: 05-30-19
Good account of Al Smith's leadership in the progressive movement. Overall worthwhile and enjoyable read.
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The Improbable Wendell Willkie
- The Businessman Who Saved the Republican Party and His Country, and Conceived a New World Order
- De: David Levering Lewis
- Narrado por: Mike Chamberlain
- Duración: 12 h y 49 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 30
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 29
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 29
In the wake of one of the most tumultuous conventions in Republican history, the party of Lincoln nominated in 1940 a prominent businessman and Wall Street attorney for president. Though Wendell Willkie would lose to FDR, David Levering Lewis reveals in this news-making reclamation that the story of this Hoosier-born corporate chairman's life is the story of an America that could have been. Popular for his down-home Midwestern charm and unaffected candor, Willkie possessed a supple intellect and a concealed disdain for political opportunism that, had he not died prematurely, would have revolutionized American politics with its advocacy of bipartisanship and social responsibility.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Compelling
- De Jean en 12-12-18
- The Improbable Wendell Willkie
- The Businessman Who Saved the Republican Party and His Country, and Conceived a New World Order
- De: David Levering Lewis
- Narrado por: Mike Chamberlain
Frequent errors are a concern.
Revisado: 05-02-19
The story is very interesting and moves quickly. Frequent errors are a concern. Consistently referring to North Dakota Senator Gerald Nye as representing South Dakota draws many facts into question.
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LBJ's 1968
- Power, Politics, and the Presidency in America's Year of Upheaval
- De: Kyle Longley
- Narrado por: Paul Brion
- Duración: 11 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 68
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 59
1968 was an unprecedented year in terms of upheaval on numerous scales: political, military, economic, social, cultural. In the United States, perhaps no one was more undone by the events of 1968 than President Lyndon Baines Johnson. Kyle Longley leads his listeners on a behind-the-scenes tour of what Johnson characterized as the 'year of a continuous nightmare'. Longley explores how LBJ perceived the most significant events of 1968, including the Vietnam War, the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert Kennedy, and the violent Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Worst year in my lifetime - LBJ tragedy of his own making - but not according to this Author.
- De charles wartelle en 05-17-19
- LBJ's 1968
- Power, Politics, and the Presidency in America's Year of Upheaval
- De: Kyle Longley
- Narrado por: Paul Brion
Interesting view of an historic year.
Revisado: 04-13-19
Very interesting perspective of a fascinating year in our history. Enjoyable stories. Well written. Worth the time.
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Leadership
- De: Doris Kearns Goodwin
- Narrado por: Beau Bridges, David Morse, Jay O. Sanders, y otros
- Duración: 18 h y 5 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 4,189
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 3,715
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 3,680
Are leaders born or made? Where does ambition come from? How does adversity affect the growth of leadership? Does the man make the times or do the times make the man? In Leadership, Goodwin draws upon four of the presidents she has studied most closely - Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Lyndon B. Johnson (in civil rights) - to show how they first recognized leadership qualities within themselves, and were recognized by others as leaders.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What makes a president great?
- De tru britty en 09-25-18
Fine job.
Revisado: 02-07-19
A very fine book and important case study of the elements of leadership. Very readable and enjoyable. Today's public officials should e required to read and explain this book.
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The Scent of Rain and Lightning
- De: Nancy Pickard
- Narrado por: Tavia Gilbert
- Duración: 10 h y 10 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 348
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 253
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 252
Written with the wisdom and grace devoted readers have come to expect from the award-winning author of The Virgin of Small Plains, here is a brilliantly moving tale of family, murder, and redemptive love.
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4 out of 5 stars
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I'm from Kansas
- De Amazon Customer en 11-08-11
- The Scent of Rain and Lightning
- De: Nancy Pickard
- Narrado por: Tavia Gilbert
Really good book; poorly chosen narrator
Revisado: 07-02-10
I would probably give this book a 5-star rating if it weren't for the narrator. While she did her darndest to give an interesting and gripping telling of the story, her seeming complete lack of understanding of western Kansas accents and pronunciations was disconcerting to me. Were I a resident of the area, I would be insulted at the interpretation -- especially of the men's voices and accents. She would probably be excellent in other, more urban book settings. She is out of her league with this one.
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