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The East India Company
- The History of the British Empire's Most Famous Mercantile Company
- De: Charles River Editors
- Narrado por: William Crockett
- Duración: 1 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Narración:3 out of 5 stars 22
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 23
The British East India Company served as one of the key players in the formation of the British Empire. From its origins as a trading company struggling to keep up with its superior Dutch, Portuguese, and Spanish competitors to its tenure as the ruling authority of the Indian subcontinent to its eventual hubristic downfall, the East India Company serves as a lens through which to explore the much larger economic and social forces that shaped the formation of a global British Empire.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Don't bother
- De Ellen H. Story en 08-04-18
- The East India Company
- The History of the British Empire's Most Famous Mercantile Company
- De: Charles River Editors
- Narrado por: William Crockett
Cliff notes version
Revisado: 04-29-23
This is a very general overview of a dynasty. I would recommend it for a young reader or a road trip to a neighboring town.
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The Hiltons
- The True Story of an American Dynasty
- De: J. Randy Taraborrelli
- Narrado por: Robert Petkoff
- Duración: 19 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 410
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 354
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 353
The Hiltons is a sweeping saga of the success-and excess-of an iconic American family. Demanding and enigmatic, patriarch Conrad Hilton's visionary ideas and unyielding will established the model for the modern luxury hotel industry. But outside the boardroom, Conrad struggled with emotional detachment, failed marriages, and conflicted Catholicism.
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4 out of 5 stars
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American Dynasty
- De Jenna Frye en 04-11-14
- The Hiltons
- The True Story of an American Dynasty
- De: J. Randy Taraborrelli
- Narrado por: Robert Petkoff
Lovely and engaging
Revisado: 04-20-23
This book humanized Mr Hilton and gave a brief insight into his legacy. I am sure many of his progeny would consider themselves self made yet this disproves that. How can one be self made when they stand in the shadow of such a person. I enjoyed the lightness of the tale. It was very entertaining. The smell of pure wealth oozed from the story. I got just enough dirt to not like the characters and all the glamour to be intrigued.
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Nothing Scares Me
- De: Scott Allan
- Narrado por: Joe Hempel
- Duración: 3 h y 27 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 139
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 112
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 114
Do your internal fears hold you back from taking action? Are bad habits keeping you stuck? Do you want to reinvent your life, but don’t know where to begin? Nothing Scares Me challenges your fears and pushes you to overcome the resistance to change. You will learn specific strategies to develop a limitless mindset while putting an end to limiting beliefs and discover practical strategies for building an immunity to fearful situations that once baffled you. Put an end to the self-doubt holding you back and create a thriving, undefeated, and fearless lifestyle.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Energizing & empowering
- De Murphy en 11-15-17
- Nothing Scares Me
- De: Scott Allan
- Narrado por: Joe Hempel
It’s a pep talk
Revisado: 10-14-18
Not really a fact based book but more a pep talk and series of broad statements. In short, the antidotes are basic and simplistic.
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The Nightingale
- De: Kristin Hannah
- Narrado por: Polly Stone
- Duración: 17 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 107,164
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 97,318
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 97,096
With courage, grace, and powerful insight, bestselling author Kristin Hannah captures the epic panorama of World War II and illuminates an intimate part of history seldom seen: the women's war. The Nightingale tells the stories of two sisters, separated by years and experience, by ideals, passion and circumstance, each embarking on her own dangerous path toward survival, love, and freedom in German-occupied, war-torn France—a heartbreakingly beautiful novel that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the durability of women. It is a novel for everyone, a novel for a lifetime.
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5 out of 5 stars
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HEARTBREAKINGLY POIGNANT AND INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL
- De PatrioticMimi en 02-17-15
- The Nightingale
- De: Kristin Hannah
- Narrado por: Polly Stone
Tears to the end
Revisado: 08-23-17
A splendid love story. Beautifully written and one of the best Audible Performances I have heard.
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Hillbilly Elegy
- A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
- De: J. D. Vance
- Narrado por: J. D. Vance
- Duración: 6 h y 49 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 62,369
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 55,780
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 55,680
Hillbilly Elegy is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis - that of white working-class Americans. The decline of this group, a demographic of our country that has been slowly disintegrating over 40 years, has been reported on with growing frequency and alarm but has never before been written about as searingly from the inside. J. D. Vance tells the true story of what a social, regional, and class decline feels like when you were born with it hung around your neck.
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5 out of 5 stars
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In Mamaw's Contradictions Lay Great Wisdom
- De Cynthia en 11-20-16
- Hillbilly Elegy
- A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
- De: J. D. Vance
- Narrado por: J. D. Vance
A wonderful representation
Revisado: 02-23-17
Having very similar background I found this book honest and its treatment of this topic with respect. A great voice in the American conversation!
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Flip
- The Inside Story of TV’s First Black Superstar
- De: Kevin Cook
- Narrado por: Mirron Willis
- Duración: 8 h y 5 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 24
When The Flip Wilson Show debuted in 1970, Black faces were still rare on television, Black hosts nonexistent. So how did Clerow “Flip” Wilson go from Jersey City grade-school dropout to national celebrity, heralded on the cover of Time as “TV’s first black superstar”? Flip is a candid, entertaining biography of a consummate comedian who changed the face of American popular culture.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good read that filled in a lot of holes
- De JIM HOWELL en 01-26-25
- Flip
- The Inside Story of TV’s First Black Superstar
- De: Kevin Cook
- Narrado por: Mirron Willis
Entertaining.
Revisado: 01-20-16
This is a story of a man the was a comedy maverick who pulls his way out of a loveless childhood. Funny and colorful
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The Accidental Superpower
- The Next Generation of American Preeminence and the Coming Global Disorder
- De: Peter Zeihan
- Narrado por: Peter Zeihan
- Duración: 12 h y 19 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 3,409
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2,953
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 2,925
In The Accidental Superpower, international strategist Peter Zeihan examines how geography, combined with demography and energy independence, will pave the way for one of the great turning points in history, and one in which America reasserts its global dominance. No other country has a greater network of internal waterways, a greater command of deepwater navigation, or a firmer hold on industrialization technologies than America.
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5 out of 5 stars
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DDD: Demographics Determine Destiny
- De Soudant en 03-23-15
- The Accidental Superpower
- The Next Generation of American Preeminence and the Coming Global Disorder
- De: Peter Zeihan
- Narrado por: Peter Zeihan
Very informative. Excellent points.
Revisado: 04-11-15
I enjoyed this very much. I keep telling people about. It was illuminating Will reread after some reflection definitely. Great!
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Onward
- How Starbucks Fought for Its Life Without Losing Its Soul
- De: Howard Schultz, Joanne Gordon
- Narrado por: Stephen Bowlby
- Duración: 12 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,845
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,529
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,523
In 2008, Howard Schultz, the president and chairman of Starbucks, made the unprecedented decision to return as CEO, eight years after he stepped down from daily oversight of the company to become chairman. Concerned that Starbucks had lost its way, Schultz was determined to help it return to its core values and restore not only its financial health, but also its soul.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting, but a bit annoying
- De Carla en 06-13-11
- Onward
- How Starbucks Fought for Its Life Without Losing Its Soul
- De: Howard Schultz, Joanne Gordon
- Narrado por: Stephen Bowlby
Long pep speech
Revisado: 06-01-14
Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
It is, in that I can now better justify my support of Starbucks. I see that it aligns with ideals I admire, or at least that is what to book presents. I thought at times, this story was eye-balled by attorneys. Not that I was looking for dirt, but sometime it was overly "nice".
Would you recommend Onward to your friends? Why or why not?
Not sure....
Which scene was your favorite?
The story about helping the farmers who grow the coffee.
Could you see Onward being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?
Lifetime movie, yes
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Mindset
- The New Psychology of Success
- De: Carol Dweck
- Narrado por: Marguerite Gavin
- Duración: 8 h y 34 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 12,351
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 10,275
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 10,172
Mindset is one of those rare audio books that can help you make positive changes in your life and at the same time see the world in a new way. A leading expert in motivation and personality psychology, Carol Dweck has discovered in more than 20 years of research that our mindset is not a minor personality quirk: it creates our whole mental world. It explains how we become optimistic or pessimistic. It shapes our goals, our attitude toward work, and ultimately predicts whether or not we will fulfull our potential.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Profiles in Mindset
- De Michael en 03-29-14
- Mindset
- The New Psychology of Success
- De: Carol Dweck
- Narrado por: Marguerite Gavin
Good Beginning
Revisado: 05-29-14
Would you listen to Mindset again? Why?
Yes, I will. Some good tidbits
What was one of the most memorable moments of Mindset?
Learning that a fixed mindset is something that one can overcome.
Which scene was your favorite?
N/A
What did you learn from Mindset that you would use in your daily life?
That I can now look at my reaction to "precieved" limitations in a new way.
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