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Renegade
- Defending Democracy and Liberty in Our Divided Country
- De: Adam Kinzinger, Michael D'Antonio - contributor
- Narrado por: Adam Kinzinger
- Duración: 8 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 440
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 403
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 403
On January 6, 2021, Donald Trump incited a violent mob to storm the US Capitol in attempts to overturn the presidential election. It was a betrayal of our Constitution, and one of the darkest days in recent history. Yet to former congressman Adam Kinzinger it was also the culmination of a cultural and political rupture he’d long seen coming. Constructive criticism from within the Republican Party was no longer enough. It was time to stand up, even if it meant betraying his own party.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Critical Work
- De Red P en 11-02-23
- Renegade
- Defending Democracy and Liberty in Our Divided Country
- De: Adam Kinzinger, Michael D'Antonio - contributor
- Narrado por: Adam Kinzinger
An important story, well told
Revisado: 12-01-23
Adam Kinzibger has a good story to tell that is relevant to highlight the dangers to democracy in the world’s “indispensable” nation. He is a courageous individual who tells his story with self reflection and no hubris.
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The Whisperers
- Private Life in Stalin's Russia
- De: Orlando Figes
- Narrado por: John Telfer
- Duración: 29 h y 47 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 209
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 176
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 175
Drawing on a huge range of sources - letters, memoirs, conversations - Orlando Figes tells the story of how Russians tried to endure life under Stalin. Those who shaped the political system became, very frequently, its victims. Those who were its victims were frequently quite blameless. The Whisperers recreates the sort of maze in which Russians found themselves, where an unwitting wrong turn could either destroy a family or, perversely, later save it: a society in which everyone spoke in whispers - whether to protect themselves, their families, neighbours or friends - or to inform on them.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Real Life Dystopian Nightmare
- De Timothy en 08-31-18
- The Whisperers
- Private Life in Stalin's Russia
- De: Orlando Figes
- Narrado por: John Telfer
Very Personal History, Well Read
Revisado: 08-07-23
I loved the book and listened through it quickly. It covers a relatively narrow, but extremely interesting, fascinating and often incredible, period of Russian history y great depth, offering an abundance of individual “small” stories to illustrate how people pretty much like you and me lived through that time during which the soviet utopia became ever more dystopic. Very well read, with only the right amounts of inflection to let the strong emotion the text suggests, come through nicely.
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The Real North Korea
- Life and Politics in the Failed Stalinist Utopia
- De: Andrei Lankov
- Narrado por: Steven Roy Grimsley
- Duración: 10 h y 59 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 604
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 529
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 528
Andrei Lankov has gone where few outsiders have ever been. A native of the former Soviet Union, he lived as an exchange student in North Korea in the 1980s. He has studied it for his entire career, using his fluency in Korean and personal contacts to build a rich, nuanced understanding. In The Real North Korea, Lankov substitutes cold, clear analysis for the overheated rhetoric surrounding this opaque police state.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Broad and nuanced account of North Korea
- De Neuron en 07-29-15
- The Real North Korea
- Life and Politics in the Failed Stalinist Utopia
- De: Andrei Lankov
- Narrado por: Steven Roy Grimsley
Excellent
Revisado: 03-10-23
A very balanced, realistic and thorough review. A great way to understand North Korea and how it might evolve.
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Endurance
- Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
- De: Alfred Lansing
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
- Duración: 10 h y 21 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 26,268
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 23,268
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 23,227
In August of 1914, the British ship Endurance set sail for the South Atlantic. In October 1915, still half a continent away from its intended base, the ship was trapped, then crushed in the ice. For five months, Sir Ernest Shackleton and his men, drifting on ice packs, were castaways in one of the most savage regions of the world. Lansing describes how the men survived a 1,000-mile voyage in an open boat across the stormiest ocean on the globe and an overland trek through forbidding glaciers and mountains.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The best book I've had
- De Thomas Allen en 09-17-08
- Endurance
- Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
- De: Alfred Lansing
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
Amazing
Revisado: 02-16-23
Excellent book about an absolutely incredible story. Reality exceeds fiction. It is very well read as well.
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The Complete History of South America
- Covering Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Machu Picchu, the Inca Empire, Peru, Venezuela, Simon Bolivar, and Much More
- De: David Robbins
- Narrado por: Bill Ayers, Steven Barnett
- Duración: 12 h y 27 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Narración:3 out of 5 stars 19
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 19
Delving into the vibrant history and beautiful culture of the South American continent, inside this guide you’ll be taken on a journey into the past, uncovering a richly woven story that has played out through the ages. From the time of the great Inca Empire to the foundation of the modern-day countries we know so well, this book unveils the secrets of South America like never before.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Dreadful
- De Anonymous User en 02-02-23
- The Complete History of South America
- Covering Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Machu Picchu, the Inca Empire, Peru, Venezuela, Simon Bolivar, and Much More
- De: David Robbins
- Narrado por: Bill Ayers, Steven Barnett
Dreadful
Revisado: 02-02-23
Dreadfully written and badly read. The text is full of grammar, vocabulary and factual error (“Castilian is a dialect of the Spanish language spoken in the region of Castile”). I confess I was unable to go on listening past the Colombia chapters. The beginning is more or less bearable, but around the Chile chapters (absurdly pronounced Chilé by the reader) the book descends into what reminds me of an ignorant teenager’s history exam: a bunch of incoherent sentences containing loose and wrong facts strung together into an incomprehensible mess! Do not waste a credit on this, even if, like me you are very interested in the subject matter.
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World War I: The Great War
- De: Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius
- Duración: 18 h y 41 m
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,597
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,310
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,295
Touched off by a terrorist act in Bosnia and spreading all too quickly beyond the expectations of those who were involved, World War I was an unprecedented catastrophe with a ghastly cost. After this first "total war"-the first conflict involving entire societies mobilized to wage unrestrained war, devoting all their wealth, industries, institutions, and the lives of their citizens to win victory at any price - the world itself would never be the same.
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5 out of 5 stars
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EXCELLENT SURVEY COURSE THAT NEEDS MORE CHRONOLOGY
- De Ark1836 en 06-08-15
Excellent
Revisado: 12-21-22
Manages to give a broad and at once relatively quick vision of WWI, it’s causes and consequences, both immediately and long lasting
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The Other 1492: Ferdinand, Isabella, and the Making of an Empire
- De: Teofilo F. Ruiz, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Teofilo F. Ruiz
- Duración: 6 h y 15 m
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 282
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 241
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 238
Ask anyone about the significance of the year 1492, and you're almost certain to hear something about Christopher Columbus and the discovery of the New World. But there is also a perspective on 1492 far different than the one most of us know-one that is more complete and complex. A 1492 when there was no country called Spain and no language called Spanish.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great background for Latin American developments
- De Jeremy en 06-02-15
Comprehensive, balanced, brilliant
Revisado: 06-15-22
This was the first lecture series I listened to and it captivated me. Professor Ruíz is brilliant in his execution, the depth and breadth of his knowledge is amazing and his recounting of this little known side of 1492 is comprehensive, nuanced and balanced. Very enjoyable!
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