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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
- As Told to Alex Haley
- De: Malcolm X, Alex Haley
- Narrado por: Laurence Fishburne
- Duración: 16 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 12,807
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 11,404
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 11,345
Experience a bold take on this classic autobiography as it’s performed by Oscar-nominated Laurence Fishburne. In this searing classic autobiography, originally published in 1965, Malcolm X, the Muslim leader, firebrand, and Black empowerment activist, tells the extraordinary story of his life and the growth of the Human Rights movement. His fascinating perspective on the lies and limitations of the American dream and the inherent racism in a society that denies its non-White citizens the opportunity to dream, gives extraordinary insight into the most urgent issues of our own time.
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4 out of 5 stars
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it's Nearly perfect
- De Kerry en 09-16-20
- The Autobiography of Malcolm X
- As Told to Alex Haley
- De: Malcolm X, Alex Haley
- Narrado por: Laurence Fishburne
Greatest Audio Book I Have Heard!!
Revisado: 11-01-20
I have listened to many great audio books over the years. This one is the best!
It starts with the writing itself. It is a fascinating story about an amazing man who tragically died too soon. We need the voice of Malcolm X today to raise all the most difficult questions about our society and its history of racism.
Add to that the performance of Laurence Fishburne, who gives a wide range of voices and puts real emotion into them. The listener feels like he or she in on the streets of Harlem in the 1930s, or being preached to by Malcolm X, or sitting across the table from him being challenged to look around and think.
Most excellent!
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Democracy in Chains
- The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America
- De: Nancy MacLean
- Narrado por: Bernadette Dunne
- Duración: 11 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,584
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,382
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 1,372
Behind today's headlines of billionaires taking over our government is a secretive political establishment with long, deep, and troubling roots. The capitalist radical right has been working not simply to change who rules but to fundamentally alter the rules of democratic governance. But billionaires did not launch this movement; a white intellectual in the embattled Jim Crow South did.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A must read if you believe in democracy
- De H. L. Nelson en 10-11-17
- Democracy in Chains
- The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America
- De: Nancy MacLean
- Narrado por: Bernadette Dunne
A Must Read! (as other reviewers have noted)
Revisado: 07-13-20
This is a must read for anyone who wants to understand the current direction of America.
WARNING: This is scary stuff!!
James Buchanan is the theorist whose ideas have been bankrolled by the Koch brothers to try to take over and cripple American democracy. Buchanan was the idea man behind Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship in Chile. That is the model they want for America.
One goal is to take over the judicial system with judges trained by the Federalist society. That has been relentlessly pursued in recent years.
The ultimate goal is create rule by a wealthy aristocracy, with government completely hobbled from doing anything to restrict it. And then to rewrite the Constitution to make it impossible to change anything.
Donald Trump is just the side show distracting us. This book describe the main show many are not seeing.
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The Room Where It Happened
- A White House Memoir
- De: John Bolton
- Narrado por: Robert Petkoff, John Bolton - epilogue
- Duración: 20 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 5,378
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,491
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 4,477
As President Trump’s national security advisor, John Bolton spent many of his 453 days in the room where it happened, and the facts speak for themselves. The result is one of the few White House memoirs to date by a top-level official. With almost daily access to the president, John Bolton has produced a precise rendering of his days in and around the Oval Office. What Bolton saw astonished him: a president for whom getting reelected was the only thing that mattered, even if it meant endangering or weakening the nation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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It's a necessary read regardless of your politics
- De CriticalEye en 06-23-20
- The Room Where It Happened
- A White House Memoir
- De: John Bolton
- Narrado por: Robert Petkoff, John Bolton - epilogue
The value of details.
Revisado: 07-13-20
Well, luckily I could set my MP3 player on FAST and get through the book in far less time.
The most shocking revelations I already knew from the news before I read this book. However, what I found to be especially disturbing was all the detail on how Trump's views are constantly shifting back and forth, sometimes hourly. As Bolton says, Trump makes policy based on "whim and impulse" and those are always in flux, This was not news to me, but to see it laid out it such detail was frightening.
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The Red Fighter Pilot
- The Story of the Red Baron as Told by Manfred Von Richthofen Himself
- De: Manfred Von Richthofen, J. Ellis Barker - translator
- Narrado por: Paul Stefano
- Duración: 2 h y 45 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 56
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 50
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 49
Manfred von Richthofen (1892 - 1918), also widely known as the Legendary Red Baron, was a German fighter pilot with the Imperial German Army Air Service during World War I. He is considered the ace of aces of that war, being officially credited with 80 air combat victories, more than any other pilot. The Red Baron only wrote one book, his "autobiography", Der Rote Kampfflieger. This book was written just before he was killed, and it details his meteoric rise from a cavalryman to one of the most well-known fighter pilots of all time.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Narration was rushed
- De Steve in St. Louis en 12-26-17
- The Red Fighter Pilot
- The Story of the Red Baron as Told by Manfred Von Richthofen Himself
- De: Manfred Von Richthofen, J. Ellis Barker - translator
- Narrado por: Paul Stefano
Narration was rushed
Revisado: 12-26-17
The narrator needed to pause more at the end of each section and then after giving the title of the next section. It all ran together.
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History's Greatest Artists: The Life and Legacy of Claude Monet
- De: Charles River Editors
- Narrado por: Scott Clem
- Duración: 1 h y 6 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 9
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Narración:3 out of 5 stars 9
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 9
To get a sense of the kind of prestige that Claude Monet's reputation has within the art world, one need only learn that his Le Bassin Aux Nympheás (1919) - from his series of paintings featuring water lilies - sold for the equivalent of more than $70 million. This is an incredibly staggering price, especially considering that early in his life, Monet had been so poor and debt-ridden that some of his paintings were taken from him by creditors.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Pronunciation Problems
- De Steve in St. Louis en 12-26-17
Pronunciation Problems
Revisado: 12-26-17
The book is well-written but the narrator does not know his French. Edgar Degas does not rhyme with Las Vegas. Gauguin and the river Seine did not sound like what I learned in French class. Also the English words erudite and anathema did not sound correct.
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