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Hillbilly Elegy
- A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
- De: J. D. Vance
- Narrado por: J. D. Vance
- Duración: 6 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 62,372
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 55,783
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 55,683
Hillbilly Elegy is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis - that of white working-class Americans. The decline of this group, a demographic of our country that has been slowly disintegrating over 40 years, has been reported on with growing frequency and alarm but has never before been written about as searingly from the inside. J. D. Vance tells the true story of what a social, regional, and class decline feels like when you were born with it hung around your neck.
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5 out of 5 stars
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In Mamaw's Contradictions Lay Great Wisdom
- De Cynthia en 11-20-16
- Hillbilly Elegy
- A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
- De: J. D. Vance
- Narrado por: J. D. Vance
Hear this and you will better understand America.
Revisado: 09-06-16
Where does Hillbilly Elegy rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
One of the best thus far.
What did you like best about this story?
It's authentic, candid, and insightful.
What does J. D. Vance bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
His accent enhances the narrative's authenticity.
If you could give Hillbilly Elegy a new subtitle, what would it be?
America explained.
Any additional comments?
Thank you for writing and narrating!
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The Winter Sea
- De: Susanna Kearsley
- Narrado por: Rosalyn Landor
- Duración: 15 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 7,518
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 6,587
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 6,605
History has all but forgotten.... In the spring of 1708, an invading Jacobite fleet of French and Scottish soldiers nearly succeeded in landing the exiled James Stewart in Scotland to reclaim his crown. Now, Carrie McClelland hopes to turn that story into her next best-selling novel. Settling herself in the shadow of Slains Castle, she creates a heroine named for one of her own ancestors and starts to write. But then she discovers her novel is more fact than fiction....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Get Out Your Hankies
- De MJ en 07-29-11
- The Winter Sea
- De: Susanna Kearsley
- Narrado por: Rosalyn Landor
Slow, predictable
Revisado: 12-22-15
The book was well read, but the story line was tedious. By far, the longest period of time passed for any book I've listened to on audible, as it was tough to feel motivated to give this book the time it took to get through it.
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Shadow on the Mountain
- De: Margi Preus
- Narrado por: Jeff Woodman
- Duración: 6 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 46
Shadow on the Mountain recounts the adventures of a 14-year-old Norwegian boy named Espen during World War II. After Nazi Germany invades and occupies Norway, Espen and his friends are swept up in the Norwegian resistance movement. Espen gets his start by delivering illegal newspapers, then graduates to the role of courier, and finally becomes a spy, dodging the Gestapo along the way. During five years under the Nazi regime, he gains - and loses - friends, falls in love, and makes one small mistake that threatens to catch up with him as he sets out to escape on skis over the mountains to Sweden.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Not the traditional ww2 story.
- De Dr. McHottie en 05-18-24
- Shadow on the Mountain
- De: Margi Preus
- Narrado por: Jeff Woodman
My 10yr old son and I loved this book.
Revisado: 01-25-15
If you could sum up Shadow on the Mountain in three words, what would they be?
Unique, Informative, Transportive
What did you like best about this story?
Much is written about WWII, but this story is unique in that it's from Norway, a region not always given much attention by the west. My only regret is that I wish we would have listened to it a year earlier when my son was researching a topic on nonviolent resistance for a school project.
What about Jeff Woodman’s performance did you like?
Espen's character and emotion is real.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
Ingrid feeding the prisoners. Also, Kjell and Espen's discussion in the snow near the end that both were "only trying to do the right thing" was a deep concept prompting discussion and so relevant even today.
Any additional comments?
Very much like the added material on the end that explains the real life stories from which the author researched.
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