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You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
- A Personal History of Our Times
- De: Howard Zinn
- Narrado por: David Strathairn
- Duración: 8 h
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 263
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 240
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 239
Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States, tells his personal stories about more than 30 years of fighting for social change, from teaching at Spelman College to recent protests against war. A former bombardier in World War II, Zinn emerged in the civil rights movement as a powerful voice for justice. Although he's a fierce critic, he gives us reason to hope that by learning from history and engaging politically, we can make a difference in the world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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mind blowing
- De WILLIAM en 11-27-19
- You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
- A Personal History of Our Times
- De: Howard Zinn
- Narrado por: David Strathairn
mind blowing
Revisado: 11-27-19
Howard Zinn was one of life's special gifts. He was the ultimate American. He teaches us to love our country but not through militarism, parades and war victories but rather through the challenging of our government to be better and answer to the lies it has forced down our throats. There are times, while listening to this book, that I became very angry with our treatment of human beings yet Dr. Zinn always spoke optimistically about hope and compassion and always felt that our nation could one day be a kind, accepting and charitable to the entire world if we just try harder.
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Lies My Teacher Told Me
- Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
- De: James W. Loewen
- Narrado por: Brian Keeler
- Duración: 14 h y 26 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 3,010
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,270
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,275
This national best seller is an entertaining, informative, and sometimes shocking expose of the way history is taught to American students. Lies My Teacher Told Me won the American Book Award and the Oliver Cromwell Cox Award for Distinguished Anti-Racist Scholarship.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Of course he has an agenda. He wrote a book!
- De Timothy en 09-02-04
- Lies My Teacher Told Me
- Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
- De: James W. Loewen
- Narrado por: Brian Keeler
Fantastic! Shocking! Sad! Eye opning! Brilliant!
Revisado: 01-19-16
A must read. Try not listening while you drive. It might cause
you to drive off cliff.
seriously, this is a brilliant piece of work.
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Sundown Towns
- A Hidden Dimension of American Racism
- De: James Loewen
- Narrado por: Norman Dietz
- Duración: 26 h y 20 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 246
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 204
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 198
Sundown Towns examines thousands of all-white American towns that were - and still are, in some instances - racially exclusive by design.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Honest Reportage on American Racial's Shame
- De Anonymous User en 12-26-08
- Sundown Towns
- A Hidden Dimension of American Racism
- De: James Loewen
- Narrado por: Norman Dietz
SHOCKING & DISGRACEFUL(not the book. The subject)
Revisado: 08-20-14
This is not a blemish. Instead, this is an open wound in America and it doesn't seem to want
to heal.
It makes me angry to have to become aware of this at age 49. As a kid, I was always curious why my African-American friends all lived "North" or on "The other side of the train tracks". Now I know why. It angers and embarrasses me.
Professor Loewen's book is a must read for all Americans-white or black.
But mostly for white!
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A People's History of the United States
- De: Howard Zinn
- Narrado por: Jeff Zinn
- Duración: 34 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 9,330
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 7,875
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 7,890
For much of his life, historian Howard Zinn chronicled American history from the bottom up, throwing out the official version taught in schools - with its emphasis on great men in high places - to focus on the street, the home, and the workplace. Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, A People's History of the United States is the only volume to tell America's story from the point of view of - and in the words of - America's women, factory workers, African-Americans, Native Americans, the working poor, and immigrant laborers.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Amateur hour in the production booth
- De Thomas en 11-09-10
- A People's History of the United States
- De: Howard Zinn
- Narrado por: Jeff Zinn
THIS WILL BLOW YOUR MIND!
Revisado: 06-23-14
What made the experience of listening to A People's History of the United States the most enjoyable?
THE PERFORMANCE WAS GREAT
What did you like best about this story?
UNKNOWN FACTS
What about Jeff Zinn’s performance did you like?
VERY MUCH
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
I READ IT IN SCHOOL BUT WANTED TO LISTEN TO IT IN MY CAR
Any additional comments?
JUST INCREDIBLY POWERFUL
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Lincoln's Melancholy
- How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness
- De: Joshua Wolf Shenk
- Narrado por: Richard M. Davidson
- Duración: 11 h y 40 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 431
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 242
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 243
Drawing on a wealth of his own research and the work of other Lincoln scholars, Shenk reveals how the sixteenth president harnessed his depression to fuel his astonishing success. Lincoln found the solace and tactics he needed to deal with the nation's worst crisis in the "coping strategies" he developed over a lifetime of persevering through depressive episodes and personal tragedies.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Oh dear
- De Sara en 01-29-14
- Lincoln's Melancholy
- How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness
- De: Joshua Wolf Shenk
- Narrado por: Richard M. Davidson
You learn something new everyday!
Revisado: 10-24-12
Absolutely great! Very important read for anybody who thinks they know everything
about our greatest President and anybody who wishes to learn about mental illness.
The book is told in sort of a lecture like presentation but then after a few minutes, you feel as if the writer( Mr. Shenk ) and the narrator (Mr. Davidson) are talking to YOU personally.
I listened to this every day on my way to work and hated when I arrived there. Couldn't wait to head home, to get back into this wonderful book.
Enjoy-
Well recommended!
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Lost in Shangri-La
- A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II
- De: Mitchell Zuckoff
- Narrado por: Mitchell Zuckoff
- Duración: 8 h y 32 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 2,606
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,146
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,159
On May 13, 1945, 24 American servicemen and WACs boarded a transport plane for a sightseeing trip over “Shangri-La,” a beautiful and mysterious valley deep within the jungle-covered mountains of Dutch New Guinea. Unlike the peaceful Tibetan monks of James Hilton’s best-selling novel Lost Horizon, this Shangri-La was home to spear-carrying tribesmen, warriors rumored to be cannibals. But the pleasure tour became an unforgettable battle for survival when the plane crashed. Miraculously, three passengers pulled through.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Facinating history
- De Janice en 05-12-11
- Lost in Shangri-La
- A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II
- De: Mitchell Zuckoff
- Narrado por: Mitchell Zuckoff
Entertaining!
Revisado: 10-24-12
Pretty good and very exciting...at times.
Surprised Spielberg hasn't made this into a fill length film yet.
Very enjoyable to listen to.
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Island of Vice
- Theodore Roosevelt's Doomed Quest to Clean up Sin-Loving New York
- De: Richard Zacks
- Narrado por: Joe Ochman
- Duración: 15 h y 24 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 188
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 159
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 161
Zacks’s meticulous research and wonderful sense of narrative verve bring this disparate cast of both pious and bawdy New Yorkers to life. With cameos by Stephen Crane, J. P. Morgan, and Joseph Pulitzer, plus a horde of very angry cops, Island of Vice is an unforgettable portrait of turn-of-the-century New York in all its seedy glory, and a brilliant portrayal of the energetic, confident, and zealous Roosevelt, one of America’s most colorful public figures.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting and informative
- De Carrie Taylor en 04-22-12
- Island of Vice
- Theodore Roosevelt's Doomed Quest to Clean up Sin-Loving New York
- De: Richard Zacks
- Narrado por: Joe Ochman
Thought it would be better than it was.
Revisado: 09-21-12
I've always been fascinated with the life of T.R. But this book, although deep in facts, is a little boring. Not the author's fault. It's just a very boring period in the life of Teddy.
He comes off sounding more like Rudolph Guilliani in his pre-9-11 years, then he does when he took on the big corporations and the Anti-trust battles at the turn of the century.
Overall, kind of blah.
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Destiny of the Republic
- A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
- De: Candice Millard
- Narrado por: Paul Michael
- Duración: 9 h y 47 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 7,634
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 6,732
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 6,707
James A. Garfield may have been the most extraordinary man ever elected president. Born into abject poverty, he rose to become a wunderkind scholar, a Civil War hero, and a renowned and admired reformist congressman. Nominated for president against his will, he engaged in a fierce battle with the corrupt political establishment. But four months after his inauguration, a deranged office seeker tracked Garfield down and shot him in the back. But the shot didn’t kill Garfield. The drama of what happened subsequently is a powerful story of a nation in turmoil.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Marvelous, Magnificent, Millard
- De Mel en 02-08-12
- Destiny of the Republic
- A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
- De: Candice Millard
- Narrado por: Paul Michael
absolutely fascinating! Incredible!
Revisado: 10-24-11
This is a incredible piece of American history in which Ms.Millard delivers with brilliancy.
I never thought she would be able to top her "RIver of Doubt"( Teddy Roosevelt's journey down the Amazon River) but, she does here. This is an entertaining,sad,but all the time,interesting story of a forgotten President. Highly recommended if you love American history.
Other than the shooting at the hands of Charles Guiteau and brutal treatment by his own doctors, the only thing sadder is how we as a nation, were robbed of James Garfield and how he could have offered so much to our nation. Thanks to Ms. Millard, our 20th president has now become a new hero of mine.
THIS IS A GREAT BOOK! I ENJOYED IT IMMENSELY!
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The Assassin's Accomplice
- Mary Surratt and the Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln
- De: Kate Clifford Larson
- Narrado por: Laural Merlington
- Duración: 8 h y 21 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 59
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 16
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 17
Set against the backdrop of the Civil War, The Assassin's Accomplice tells the gripping, true story of the conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln through the eyes of its only female participant, the first woman ever to be executed by the federal government of the United States.
Mary Surratt, a Confederate sympathizer, ran the boardinghouse in Washington where the conspirators, including her rebel son, John Surratt, met to plan the assassination.
The depth of Surratt's complicity in the assassination of President Lincoln has been debated since the day she was arrested on April 17, 1865.
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2 out of 5 stars
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It was just alright
- De Ed en 09-04-08
- The Assassin's Accomplice
- Mary Surratt and the Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln
- De: Kate Clifford Larson
- Narrado por: Laural Merlington
Assassin's Accomplice
Revisado: 08-02-11
I feel as if I wasted several hours of my life listening to this boring text book-like story.
The author brought nothing new to the table. Mrs Surratt is as guilty as the first book I ever read about her, yet somehow, this book was sold to me as some new important evidence to support
her innocence. In short, weak and un-entertaining. I almost drove my car off a cliff numerous times listening to this book. I'd like my money back please.
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Union 1812
- The Americans Who Fought the Second War of Independence
- De: A. J. Langguth
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 13 h y 5 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 160
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 102
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 104
This dramatic account of the War of 1812 fills a surprising gap in the popular literature of the nation's formative years. It is this war, followed closely on the War of Independence, that established the young nation as a permanent power and proved its claim to Manifest Destiny.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic narrative history
- De Tad en 03-22-12
- Union 1812
- The Americans Who Fought the Second War of Independence
- De: A. J. Langguth
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
Union 1812
Revisado: 08-02-11
learned a few new things but overall, pretty boring. Fell asleep at the wheel several times.
Andrew Jackson is a real creep. Why is he on the 20 Dollar bill?
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