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We Stand Divided
- The Rift Between American Jews and Israel
- De: Daniel Gordis
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
- Duración: 8 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 91
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 78
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 78
Relations between the American Jewish community and Israel are at an all-time nadir. Since Israel’s founding 70 years ago, particularly as memory of the Holocaust and of Israel’s early vulnerability has receded, the divide has grown only wider. Most explanations pin the blame on Israel’s handling of its conflict with the Palestinians, Israel’s attitude toward non-Orthodox Judaism, and Israel’s dismissive attitude toward American Jews in general. In short, the cause for the rupture is not what Israel is; it’s what Israel does.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Jews Will Argue With Each Other
- De Benzion N. Chinn en 09-12-19
- We Stand Divided
- The Rift Between American Jews and Israel
- De: Daniel Gordis
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
Thoughtful, important, inspiring
Revisado: 02-22-20
The empathy that Gordis brings to his subjects may be enough to heal significant wounds and overcome fear and pain.
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The Glass Castle
- A Memoir
- De: Jeannette Walls
- Narrado por: Jeannette Walls
- Duración: 10 h y 25 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 18,076
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 15,734
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 15,742
Jeannette Walls grew up with parents whose ideals and stubborn nonconformity were both their curse and their salvation. Rex and Rose Mary Walls had four children. In the beginning, they lived like nomads, moving among Southwest desert towns, camping in the mountains. Rex was a charismatic, brilliant man who, when sober, captured his children's imagination. Rose Mary painted and wrote and couldn't stand the responsibility of providing for her family; she called herself an "excitement addict."
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4 out of 5 stars
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What's normal?
- De Kmrsy en 11-30-13
- The Glass Castle
- A Memoir
- De: Jeannette Walls
- Narrado por: Jeannette Walls
Brilliant
Revisado: 07-03-17
Honest, heartbreaking, uplifting and insightful all at once. Walls lays her life and her family's bare, eliciting understanding and empathy and never soliciting pity. Listen for the incident where her professor berates her for having (he is certain) no idea what it's like to live under the circumstances she and her family actually live. This moment might summarize the tale. The professor, like the author's father, imagines how life is, proselytizes, but himself, has fearfully retreated into a self-made cocoon that shields him from the world. The author, on the other hand, bravely strikes out to experience the world as it is and finds out just what one has to do to put food on the table. The book barrels along, I couldn't stop listening.
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The Curmudgeon's Guide to Getting Ahead
- Dos and Don'ts of Right Behavior, Tough Thinking, Clear Writing, and Living a Good Life
- De: Charles Murray
- Narrado por: Charles Murray
- Duración: 3 h y 9 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 737
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 633
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 629
Best-selling social historian Charles Murray has written a delightfully fussy - and entertaining - book on the hidden rules of the road in the workplace - and in life - from the standpoint of an admonishing, but encouraging, workplace grouch and taskmaster. Why the curmudgeon? The fact is that most older, more senior people in the workplace are closet curmudgeons. In today's politically correct world, they may hide their displeasure over your misuse of grammar or your overly familiar use of their first name without an express invitation. But don't be fooled by their pleasant demeanor....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good Book: From one curmudgeon to another
- De DaWoolf en 05-22-14
- The Curmudgeon's Guide to Getting Ahead
- Dos and Don'ts of Right Behavior, Tough Thinking, Clear Writing, and Living a Good Life
- De: Charles Murray
- Narrado por: Charles Murray
Pedantic at moments, get thru them, it's worth it
Revisado: 06-16-17
Everyone will find something worthwhile in here. Most can find much. For those who want more, Murray offers many leads. For all Murray's confidence, he models an enriching humility.
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Please Stop Helping Us
- How Liberals Make It Harder for Blacks to Succeed
- De: Jason L. Riley
- Narrado por: J. D. Jackson
- Duración: 5 h y 41 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,132
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 984
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 978
Why is it that so many efforts by liberals to lift the Black underclass not only fail, but often harm the intended beneficiaries? In Please Stop Helping Us, Jason L. Riley examines how well-intentioned welfare programs are in fact holding Black Americans back. Minimum-wage laws may lift earnings for people who are already employed, but they price a disproportionate number of Blacks out of the labor force. Affirmative action in higher education is intended to address past discrimination, but the result is fewer Black college graduates than would otherwise exist.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Required reading
- De Ken Larsen en 02-15-15
- Please Stop Helping Us
- How Liberals Make It Harder for Blacks to Succeed
- De: Jason L. Riley
- Narrado por: J. D. Jackson
Deserves thoughtful consideration
Revisado: 06-06-17
Serious, thoughtful analysis with plenty of research. This book deserves consideration from those who want a better world.
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Mirage
- Napoleon's Scientists and the Unveiling of Egypt
- De: Nina Burleigh
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 10 h y 25 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 58
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 47
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 48
Little more than 200 years ago, only the most reckless or eccentric Europeans had dared traverse the unmapped territory of the modern-day Middle East. Its history and peoples were the subject of much myth and speculation: and no region aroused greater interest than Egypt.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A lesson in history
- De —- en 01-05-10
- Mirage
- Napoleon's Scientists and the Unveiling of Egypt
- De: Nina Burleigh
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
Too little plot, too much political patronizing
Revisado: 02-23-17
The politically correct carping starts subtly and ends overtly. It's not terribly thoughtful. Though purporting to rescue Egyptians from the stain of French and British foreigners, the author instead disrespects them with her view that they were helplessly infantile.
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