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A Brief History of Equality
- De: Thomas Piketty
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
- Duración: 8 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 134
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 114
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 114
The world’s leading economist of inequality presents a short but sweeping and surprisingly optimistic history of human progress toward equality despite crises, disasters, and backsliding, a perfect introduction to the ideas developed in his monumental earlier books.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent, more accessable, contribution.
- De P. Dean en 09-30-22
- A Brief History of Equality
- De: Thomas Piketty
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
Pointed, useful analysis.
Revisado: 12-14-23
Important ideas and historical context for the economic decisions ahead. We have more options than we tend to think.
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Influence Is Your Superpower
- The Science of Winning Hearts, Sparking Change, and Making Good Things Happen
- De: Zoe Chance
- Narrado por: Zoe Chance
- Duración: 7 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 445
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 386
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 382
You were born influential. But then you were taught to suppress that power, to follow the rules, to wait your turn, to not make waves. Award-winning Yale professor Zoe Chance will show you how to rediscover the superpower that brings great ideas to life. Influence doesn’t work the way you think because you don’t think the way you think. Move past common misconceptions—such as the idea that asking for more will make people dislike you—and understand why your go-to negotiation strategies are probably making you less influential.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Came for sales advice, stayed for life advice.
- De Charisse Morrell en 04-24-23
- Influence Is Your Superpower
- The Science of Winning Hearts, Sparking Change, and Making Good Things Happen
- De: Zoe Chance
- Narrado por: Zoe Chance
Practical, useful, and a delightful listen!
Revisado: 10-15-22
Zoe Chance knits together tools, techniques, wise advice, and memorable, inspiring stories to make this one of the more useful, and probably the most fun personal improvement book I’ve ever read. Her guidance and fervent hope that we all use these techniques to make the world a safer, more just, sustainable, and joyful place suffuses the book.
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How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
- De: Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish
- Narrado por: Susan Bennett
- Duración: 8 h y 24 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,679
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,934
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,915
This best-selling classic by internationally acclaimed experts on communication between parents and children includes fresh insights and suggestions, as well as the author’s time-tested methods to solve common problems and build foundations for lasting relationships.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best. Parenting. Book. Ever.
- De John en 01-02-13
Viral readingViral reading for parents of 3-34-year olds!
Revisado: 01-06-22
I wish I read this sooner! But my family’s life will be different and better from here on.
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The Tyranny of Merit
- What's Become of the Common Good?
- De: Michael J. Sandel
- Narrado por: Michael J. Sandel
- Duración: 11 h y 17 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 936
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 779
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 772
The world-renowned philosopher and author of the best-selling Justice explores the central question of our time: What has become of the common good? World-renowned philosopher Michael J. Sandel argues that to overcome the crises that are upending our world, we must rethink the attitudes toward success and failure that have accompanied globalization and rising inequality. Sandel shows the hubris a meritocracy generates among the winners and the harsh judgment it imposes on those left behind, and traces the dire consequences across a wide swath of American life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Enlightening
- De Robert McIntosh en 09-18-20
- The Tyranny of Merit
- What's Become of the Common Good?
- De: Michael J. Sandel
- Narrado por: Michael J. Sandel
Revelatory.
Revisado: 01-25-21
This book holds deep explanatory power for the recent and current US political situation. And it casts a challenge worthy of generations to address: how to build a just society. I had not realized before how bought in I was to the idea of a meritocracy, nor how unjust such a system is. Put this at the top of your reading list and share widely.
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White Fragility
- Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
- De: Dr. Robin DiAngelo, Michael Eric Dyson - foreword
- Narrado por: Amy Landon
- Duración: 6 h y 21 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 22,090
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 18,506
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 18,276
In this “vital, necessary, and beautiful book” (Michael Eric Dyson), antiracist educator Robin DiAngelo deftly illuminates the phenomenon of white fragility and “allows us to understand racism as a practice not restricted to 'bad people'" (Claudia Rankine). Referring to the defensive moves white people make when challenged racially, white fragility is characterized by emotions such as anger, fear, and guilt and by behaviors including argumentation and silence. These behaviors, in turn, function to reinstate white racial equilibrium and prevent meaningful cross-racial dialogue.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Word salad
- De Eric en 03-10-20
- White Fragility
- Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
- De: Dr. Robin DiAngelo, Michael Eric Dyson - foreword
- Narrado por: Amy Landon
Thank you.
Revisado: 06-16-20
This book is transformative. Difficult. Almost addictive. It deserves to be studied. I will read it again soon.
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We Were Eight Years in Power
- An American Tragedy
- De: Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Narrado por: Beresford Bennett
- Duración: 13 h y 38 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,384
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,108
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 2,094
"We were eight years in power" was the lament of Reconstruction-era Black politicians as the American experiment in multiracial democracy ended with the return of white supremacist rule in the South. Now Ta-Nehisi Coates explores the tragic echoes of that history in our own time: the unprecedented election of a Black president followed by a vicious backlash that fueled the election of the man Coates argues is America's "first White president".
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4 out of 5 stars
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Come on dude
- De Ryan Bailey en 10-04-17
- We Were Eight Years in Power
- An American Tragedy
- De: Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Narrado por: Beresford Bennett
Essential reading for any white person working on being a better ally of people of color.
Revisado: 01-29-19
A brief personal intellectual history of a great American writer. Coates's analyses and critiques are passionate and well-argued. I see the world more clearly now.
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Sapiens
- A Brief History of Humankind
- De: Yuval Noah Harari
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 15 h y 18 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 56,710
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 48,476
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 48,155
Most books about the history of humanity pursue either a historical or a biological approach, but Dr. Yuval Noah Harari breaks the mold with this highly original book. From examining the role evolving humans have played in the global ecosystem to charting the rise of empires, Sapiens integrates history and science to reconsider accepted narratives, connect past developments with contemporary concerns, and examine specific events within the context of larger ideas.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Should be required reading
- De Blue Zion en 12-22-18
- Sapiens
- A Brief History of Humankind
- De: Yuval Noah Harari
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
Packed with insight and new angles on our history.
Revisado: 10-03-18
Sapiens is almost too easy a read. Harari has an impressive ability to synthesize compelling ideas and place them in a context that allows the reader to make sense of the history of humans. This is refreshing reading. I am recommending it to all my friends and intend to read it again.
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Raising White Kids
- Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America
- De: Jennifer Harvey
- Narrado por: Eliza Foss
- Duración: 8 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 160
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 135
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 132
Talking about race means naming the reality of white privilege and hierarchy. How do we talk about race honestly, then, without making our children feel bad about being white? Most importantly, how do we do any of this in age-appropriate ways? While a great deal of public discussion exists in regard to the impact of race and racism on children of color, meaningful dialogue about and resources for understanding the impact of race on white children are woefully absent. Raising White Kids steps into that void.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Distracting performance
- De Amazon Customer en 07-24-20
- Raising White Kids
- Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America
- De: Jennifer Harvey
- Narrado por: Eliza Foss
To be a better parent of white kids, to grow their humanity, read this book.
Revisado: 07-31-18
Jennifer Harvey writes not only a vital analysis of the challenges parents and kids face in a racialized society. She also offers workable strategies and models for how we parents of white children can help them to see the world as it is, and to develop into people who can help make it more just.
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Matilda
- De: Roald Dahl
- Narrado por: Kate Winslet
- Duración: 4 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 7,626
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 6,483
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 6,470
Matilda is a sweet, exceptional young girl, but her parents think she's just a nuisance. She expects school to be different but there she has to face Miss Trunchbull, a menacing, kid-hating headmistress. When Matilda is attacked by the Trunchbull she suddenly discovers she has a remarkable power with which to fight back. It'll take a superhuman genius to give Miss Trunchbull what she deserves and Matilda may be just the one to do it!
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another Winner
- De Jim "The Impatient" en 12-21-16
- Matilda
- De: Roald Dahl
- Narrado por: Kate Winslet
Winslet's performance is too dynamic
Revisado: 07-05-17
We love this story. And Kate Winslet expresses the character's voices and the feel and pacing of the story beautifully. I expect Dahl would be pleased. However, the volume and tone of her voice vary so widely that we were constantly turning the volume up or down as we listened with our kids on the road. Sometimes she nearly whispered while other times she shouted. It's entirely appropriate for the story, but perhaps the sound engineers could normalize the volume so listeners do not need to. But thank you for a wonderful book and performance.
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