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His Very Best
- Jimmy Carter, a Life
- De: Jonathan Alter
- Narrado por: Michael Boatman
- Duración: 31 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 600
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 519
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 515
Growing up in one of the meanest counties in the Jim Crow South, Carter is the only American president who essentially lived in three centuries: his early life on the farm in the 1920s without electricity or running water might as well have been in the nineteenth; his presidency put him at the center of major events in the twentieth; and his efforts on conflict resolution and global health set him on the cutting edge of the challenges of the 21st.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Unbiased biography of a complex president
- De P Willis en 10-08-20
- His Very Best
- Jimmy Carter, a Life
- De: Jonathan Alter
- Narrado por: Michael Boatman
Superlative Laden with a Phil Hartman-ish Narration
Revisado: 01-21-25
Much of the author’s powerful story substance is weighed down by the incessant use of superlatives in describing his subject.
Then there’s the narrator, who further detracts from the power of the President Carter story with a soap opera delivery, marred as if using a repetitive “uh huh arched eyebrow” facial expression, in a style reminiscent of comedian Phil Hartman.
This majestic life story deserves better.
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President Garfield
- From Radical to Unifier
- De: CW Goodyear
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
- Duración: 17 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 111
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 104
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 104
In “the most comprehensive Garfield biography in almost fifty years” (The Wall Street Journal), C.W. Goodyear charts the life and times of one of the most remarkable Americans ever to win the Presidency. Progressive firebrand and conservative compromiser; Union war hero and founder of the first Department of Education; Supreme Court attorney and abolitionist preacher; mathematician and canalman; crooked election-fixed and clean-government champion; Congressional chieftain and gentleman-farmer; the last president to be born in a log cabin; the second to be assassinated.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent
- De Krmartin en 08-19-23
- President Garfield
- From Radical to Unifier
- De: CW Goodyear
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
Perhaps Among Our Greatest of Presidents Based on Potential
Revisado: 06-23-24
Learned of the potential for greatness of this too short lived - and somewhat unknown - U.S. President, and our nation’s loss as a result
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The House of Morgan
- An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance
- De: Ron Chernow
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 34 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,378
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,929
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,905
A gripping history of banking and the booms and busts that shaped the world on both sides of the Atlantic, The House of Morgan traces the trajectory of the J. P.Morgan empire from its obscure beginnings in Victorian London to the crash of 1987. Ron Chernow paints a fascinating portrait of the private saga of the Morgans and the rarefied world of the American and British elite in which they moved. Based on extensive interviews and access to the family and business archives, The House of Morgan is an investigative masterpiece.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The construction of the House of Morgan
- De Darwin8u en 10-22-18
- The House of Morgan
- An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance
- De: Ron Chernow
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
Ron Chernow Among the Best
Revisado: 12-23-23
Chernow THE best author in unwinding and chronicling this history…required read for anyone who aspires a C-level career
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Philip and Alexander
- Kings and Conquerors
- De: Adrian Goldsworthy
- Narrado por: Neil Dickson
- Duración: 20 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 486
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 419
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 418
This definitive biography of one of history's most influential father-son duos tells the story of two rulers who gripped the world - and their rise and fall from power.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Horrible narrator
- De Anonymous User en 01-05-21
- Philip and Alexander
- Kings and Conquerors
- De: Adrian Goldsworthy
- Narrado por: Neil Dickson
Superb Listen
Revisado: 03-06-23
In-depth informative and gripping throughout with excellent context.
THE must read / listen on Alexander
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Before the Storm
- Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus
- De: Rick Perlstein
- Narrado por: Kiff VandenHeuvel
- Duración: 28 h y 7 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 549
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 482
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 475
Acclaimed historian Rick Perlstein chronicles the rise of the conservative movement in the liberal 1960s. At the heart of the story is Barry Goldwater, the renegade Republican from Arizona who loathed federal government, despised liberals, and mocked "peaceful coexistence" with the USSR. Perlstein's narrative shines a light on a whole world of conservatives and their antagonists, including William F. Buckley, Nelson Rockefeller, and Bill Moyers. Vividly written, Before the Storm is an essential book about the 1960s.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Ok for Conservatives
- De Chris Corsini en 07-15-19
- Before the Storm
- Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus
- De: Rick Perlstein
- Narrado por: Kiff VandenHeuvel
Narrator Detracts From Superb Content
Revisado: 01-16-21
Whether mispronunciations - for example, what should be South Vietnamese President Diem [dee-em] rather than Deem - to his attempts at voice impersonations, the narrator undermines the author’s superb content of what is significant history of the emergence of the Big Lie wing of national governance and campaign
Necessary to know of this context to acquire the tools needed to deconstruct the Big Lie with calm and repetitive truth
Excellent, illuminating content Mr. Perlstein!
Thank you
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Caste
- The Origins of Our Discontents
- De: Isabel Wilkerson
- Narrado por: Robin Miles
- Duración: 15 h y 10 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 20,853
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 18,124
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 17,990
In this brilliant book, Isabel Wilkerson gives us a masterful portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America as she explores, through an immersive, deeply researched narrative and stories about real people, how America today and throughout its history has been shaped by a hidden caste system, a rigid hierarchy of human rankings. Beautifully written, original, and revealing, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents is an eye-opening story of people and history, and a reexamination of what lies under the surface of ordinary lives and of American life today.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brilliant, articulate, highly listenable.
- De GM en 08-05-20
- Caste
- The Origins of Our Discontents
- De: Isabel Wilkerson
- Narrado por: Robin Miles
A Profound Reveal of the American Context
Revisado: 08-24-20
The author brings an illuminating clarity to a topic that has dogged America for some four centuries.
Among the 4 most profound books have ever read, as revealing truths that today beg for insight and action.
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