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Wild Company
- The Untold Story of Banana Republic
- De: Mel Ziegler, Patricia Ziegler
- Narrado por: George Newbern, Elisabeth Rodgers
- Duración: 5 h y 16 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 214
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 190
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 189
With $1,500 and no business experience, Mel and Patricia Ziegler turned a wild idea into a company that would become the international retail colossus Banana Republic. Reimagining military surplus as safari and expedition wear, the former journalist and artist created a world that captured the zeitgeist for a generation and spoke to the creativity, adventure, and independence in everyone.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Inspiring story
- De Jean en 04-01-16
- Wild Company
- The Untold Story of Banana Republic
- De: Mel Ziegler, Patricia Ziegler
- Narrado por: George Newbern, Elisabeth Rodgers
just listen...
Revisado: 05-27-22
A great story that was totally unexpected. I highly recommend that you listen to this audiobook. I was pleasantly surprised at the pace, tone and tenor of the story. A great light car listen that makes you think about the gift of creativity and the bane of it being constrained by business...not for the good of the customers but for the good of profits.
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The Story of Yoga
- From Ancient India to the Modern West
- De: Alistair Shearer
- Narrado por: Bruce Mann
- Duración: 18 h y 9 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Narración:2.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 9
This comprehensive history sets yoga in its global cultural context for the first time. It leads us on a fascinating journey across the world, from arcane religious rituals and medieval body-magic, through muscular Christianity and the British Raj, to the Indian nationalist movement and the arrival of yoga in the 20th-century West. We discover how the practice reached its present-day ubiquity and how it became embedded in powerful social currents shaping the world's future.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Great Story
- De Art Espey en 12-03-20
- The Story of Yoga
- From Ancient India to the Modern West
- De: Alistair Shearer
- Narrado por: Bruce Mann
A Great Story
Revisado: 12-03-20
It took me a while to get into this audiobook. Although the story is absolutely AMAZING, the narration leaves much to be desired. The narration was so mediocre that I almost returned it. Then I sped the narration speed up to 1.65 and not only found it bearable at that speed, but quite enjoyable.
The narrator is not bad, just at normal speed it is difficult to bear.. moves too slow, which takes away from the marvelous story of the book.
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When America First Met China
- An Exotic History of Tea, Drugs, and Money in the Age of Sail
- De: Eric Jay Dolin
- Narrado por: A. T. Chandler
- Duración: 10 h y 28 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 64
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 53
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 51
Ancient China collides with newfangled America in this epic tale of opium smugglers, sea pirates, and dueling clipper ships. Brilliantly illuminating one of the least-understood areas of American history, best-selling author Eric Jay Dolin now traces our fraught relationship with China back to its roots: the unforgiving nineteenth-century seas that separated a brash, rising naval power from a battered ancient empire. It is a prescient fable for our time, one that surprisingly continues to shed light on our modern relationship with China.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Superior book! Excellent read!
- De melissa c. en 01-28-23
- When America First Met China
- An Exotic History of Tea, Drugs, and Money in the Age of Sail
- De: Eric Jay Dolin
- Narrado por: A. T. Chandler
Great Storytelling
Revisado: 11-09-20
The narration is amazing however the story, though interesting, is middling at best. Not sure what could have made it better. I'm sure it was well researched however it felt a little forced.
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Motivational Books: 2 in 1 Bundle
- Boost Your Motivation with Powerful Mindfulness Techniques & Success Secrets
- De: James Adler
- Narrado por: Kim Holmes, Wendell Wadsworth
- Duración: 2 h y 16 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 68
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 60
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 59
If you've ever struggled to stay motivated to change your life and are looking for real world solutions that have been proven to work in the trenches of life, this bundle will help you transform your mindset and embark on a fascinating journey of personal and professional transformation. Take the first step towards building your dreams and becoming unstoppable!
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5 out of 5 stars
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Awesome motivational bundled book!
- De Kelly Lynne en 02-16-17
- Motivational Books: 2 in 1 Bundle
- Boost Your Motivation with Powerful Mindfulness Techniques & Success Secrets
- De: James Adler
- Narrado por: Kim Holmes, Wendell Wadsworth
good info and quick listen
Revisado: 10-28-20
Does a great job summarizing some very helpful thought processes and tools. It is a quick listen.
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Upheaval
- Turning Points for Nations in Crisis
- De: Jared Diamond
- Narrado por: Henry Strozier
- Duración: 18 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,687
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,407
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,401
In his earlier best sellers Guns, Germs and Steel and Collapse, Jared Diamond transformed our understanding of what makes civilizations rise and fall. Now, in the final audiobook in this monumental trilogy, he reveals how successful nations recover from crisis through selective change - a coping mechanism more commonly associated with personal trauma.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Urine of the Earth in a Teacup
- De Marian en 05-12-19
- Upheaval
- Turning Points for Nations in Crisis
- De: Jared Diamond
- Narrado por: Henry Strozier
Grows on you...get through 1st few sections
Revisado: 05-26-20
This was a good audiobook. It started very slow and I put it down several times and almost stopped completely, but then it got very interesting. The narration, not the story was frustrating at first but if you adjust the speed to about 1.2 it makes it much more palatable.
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These Truths
- A History of the United States
- De: Jill Lepore
- Narrado por: Jill Lepore
- Duración: 29 h
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,355
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 2,095
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,057
In the most ambitious one-volume American history in decades, award-winning historian Jill Lepore offers a magisterial account of the origins and rise of a divided nation. In riveting prose, These Truths tells the story of America, beginning in 1492, to ask whether the course of events has proven the nation's founding truths or belied them.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Good Story but distracting sound engineering
- De MindSpiker en 11-21-18
- These Truths
- A History of the United States
- De: Jill Lepore
- Narrado por: Jill Lepore
Narration is bad, but...
Revisado: 05-02-20
Great content...exceptional actually...terrible, abysmal narration. Should have read the book vs listening to the audiobook.
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How to Hide an Empire
- A History of the Greater United States
- De: Daniel Immerwahr
- Narrado por: Luis Moreno
- Duración: 17 h y 25 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,643
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,210
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,201
We are familiar with maps that outline all 50 states. And we are also familiar with the idea that the United States is an "empire", exercising power around the world. But what about the actual territories - the islands, atolls, and archipelagos - this country has governed and inhabited? In How to Hide an Empire, author Daniel Immerwahr tells the fascinating story of the United States outside the United States. In crackling, fast-paced prose, he reveals forgotten episodes that cast American history in a new light.
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1 out of 5 stars
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How to beat a straw man to death
- De Susan en 01-25-20
- How to Hide an Empire
- A History of the Greater United States
- De: Daniel Immerwahr
- Narrado por: Luis Moreno
definitely worth the time and treasure
Revisado: 02-15-20
Excellent audiobook. Very informative. Learned a lot. there are a few spots where the narration skips... probably more technical than narrative.
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The Color of Law
- A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
- De: Richard Rothstein
- Narrado por: Adam Grupper
- Duración: 9 h y 32 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 4,677
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,979
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 3,959
In this groundbreaking history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein explodes the myth that America's cities came to be racially divided through de facto segregation - that is, through individual prejudices, income differences, or the actions of private institutions like banks and real estate agencies. Rather, he incontrovertibly makes clear that it was de jure segregation - the laws and policy decisions passed by local, state, and federal governments - that actually promoted the discriminatory patterns that continue to this day.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Better suited to print than audio
- De ProfGolf en 02-04-18
- The Color of Law
- A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
- De: Richard Rothstein
- Narrado por: Adam Grupper
A great book that opened my eyes
Revisado: 02-06-20
The US is a great country that was built on institutional racism and discrimination. This book highlights so many of the different ways that this nation, on a federal, state and local level prevented home ownership and therefore the path to generational wealth creation for an entire group of people simply because of the color of our skin. Ronald Reagan was right in naming an "Evil Empire" yet he was wrong in the nation that he claimed it to be.
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How Real Estate Developers Think: Design, Profits, and Community
- The City in the Twenty-First Century
- De: Peter Hendee Brown
- Narrado por: Chaz Allen
- Duración: 10 h y 37 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 299
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 262
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 257
How Real Estate Developers Think considers developers from three different perspectives. Brown profiles the careers of individual developers to illustrate the character of the entrepreneur; considers the roles played by innovation, design, marketing, and sales in the production of real estate; and examines the risks and rewards that motivate developers as people.
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1 out of 5 stars
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"All developers are visionaries." Nope.
- De Tristan en 08-20-16
- How Real Estate Developers Think: Design, Profits, and Community
- The City in the Twenty-First Century
- De: Peter Hendee Brown
- Narrado por: Chaz Allen
An EXTREMELY basic, platitude filled overview
Revisado: 02-01-20
Author is knowledgeable but glosses over facts...great if you have NO understanding of real estate development at all. It does have some value and a few anecdotal tidbits, but not worth the time or treasure. Narration is great at 1.5 speed.
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