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Beat the Devil
- De: David Hare, Donald Katz - Introduction
- Narrado por: David Hare
- Duración: 1 h y 10 m
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In the spring of 2020, as the world grappled with the deepening coronavirus pandemic, acclaimed British screenwriter and playwright David Hare was struck down by the virus himself. With brutal honesty, sharp humor, and his trademark insight, the renowned writer of modern classics like Skylight and Plenty brings us into his own experience battling the bizarre and terrifying symptoms of Covid-19.
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Almost Hilarious If Not Sad
- De Anonymous User en 10-30-24
- Beat the Devil
- De: David Hare, Donald Katz - Introduction
- Narrado por: David Hare
A witty analysis of where politics is today
Revisado: 12-12-24
Truth and lack of it is the story here delivered by just the right messenger during the haze and clarity of Covid.
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When France Fell
- The Vichy Crisis and the Fate of the Anglo-American Alliance
- De: Michael S. Neiberg
- Narrado por: David de Vries
- Duración: 10 h y 53 m
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According to US Secretary of War Henry Stimson, the "most shocking single event" of World War II was not the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, but rather the fall of France in spring 1940. Michael Neiberg offers a dramatic history of the American response - a policy marked by panic and moral ineptitude, which placed the United States in league with fascism and nearly ruined the alliance with Britain.
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Proceeds from a faulty premise
- De Buretto en 12-11-21
- When France Fell
- The Vichy Crisis and the Fate of the Anglo-American Alliance
- De: Michael S. Neiberg
- Narrado por: David de Vries
Clear vision of the past
Revisado: 12-11-24
In a time of only thinking in the present, it would be wise to learn the lessons of American Vichy policy.
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Age of Anger
- A History of the Present
- De: Pankaj Mishra
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 12 h y 8 m
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How can we explain the origins of the great wave of paranoid hatreds that seem inescapable in our close-knit world - from American shooters and ISIS to Donald Trump, from a rise in vengeful nationalism to racism and misogyny on social media? In Age of Anger, Pankaj Mishra answers our bewilderment by casting his gaze back to the 18th century before leading us to the present.
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Disappointing
- De AR en 04-28-17
- Age of Anger
- A History of the Present
- De: Pankaj Mishra
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
Frightening and revealing
Revisado: 10-29-24
Explaining the polarization of our times and the seemingly recent spin of hyper-masculinity in the 2024 Trump campaign through an analysis of world history from the Enlightenment to the present explains what we seek to understand as depressing as it all is.
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The Future Is History
- How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia
- De: Masha Gessen
- Narrado por: Masha Gessen
- Duración: 16 h y 45 m
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Award-winning journalist Masha Gessen's understanding of the events and forces that have wracked Russia in recent times is unparalleled. In The Future Is History, Gessen follows the lives of four people born at what promised to be the dawn of democracy. Each of them came of age with unprecedented expectations, some as the children and grandchildren of the very architects of the new Russia, each with newfound aspirations of their own - as entrepreneurs, activists, thinkers, and writers, sexual and social beings.
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The author is an international treasure
- De ThreeGems en 10-16-17
- The Future Is History
- How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia
- De: Masha Gessen
- Narrado por: Masha Gessen
A chilling cautionary tale
Revisado: 10-20-24
Book follows the impacts of the slide back into totalitarianism in the lives of several people. The survey results were particularly revealing, reflecting how totalitarian strategies can move people to go along not just out of fear of the state but also the opposite.
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Revolusi
- Indonesia and the Birth of the Modern World
- De: David Van Reybrouck
- Narrado por: Neil Gardner
- Duración: 22 h y 6 m
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In August 1945, a handful of people raised a homemade cotton flag and announced the birth of a new nation. With the fourth largest population in the world, inhabiting islands that span an eighth of the globe, Indonesia became the first country to rid itself of colonial rule after WWII.
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Solid Historical Survey
- De DavidPrestonokwu en 06-05-24
- Revolusi
- Indonesia and the Birth of the Modern World
- De: David Van Reybrouck
- Narrado por: Neil Gardner
Incredible research
Revisado: 10-17-24
Finding people who could speak of their experience in the fight for Indonesia’s independence gave such a riveting and personal portrayal of those turbulent times.
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A Dance to the Music of Time: Fourth Movement
- De: Anthony Powell
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 23 h y 12 m
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Anthony Powell's universally acclaimed epic encompasses a 4 volume panorama of twentieth century London. Hailed by Time as "brilliant literary comedy as well as a brilliant sketch of the times", A Dance to the Music of Time opens just after World War I. Amid the fever of the 1920s and the first chill of the 1930s, Nick Jenkins and his friends confront sex, society, business, and art.
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Imagination must...select and arrange reality.
- De Darwin8u en 01-05-17
- A Dance to the Music of Time: Fourth Movement
- De: Anthony Powell
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
A reflection of the times
Revisado: 08-08-24
Story engaging from beginning to end. I had been putting off tackling such a tome, like Proust. It never lagged. As always, Simon Vance did justice to the work.
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A Dance to the Music of Time: First Movement
- De: Anthony Powell
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 21 h
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Anthony Powell's universally acclaimed epic encompasses a four-volume panorama of twentieth century London. Hailed by Time as "brilliant literary comedy as well as a brilliant sketch of the times," A Dance to the Music of Time opens just after World War I. Amid the fever of the 1920s and the first chill of the 1930s, Nick Jenkins and his friends confront sex, society, business, and art.
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It is no good being a beauty alone...
- De Darwin8u en 02-24-16
- A Dance to the Music of Time: First Movement
- De: Anthony Powell
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
Captivating characters telling important modern history
Revisado: 05-25-24
Can’t wait for the 11 remaining volumes. Backdrop of Britain between the wars as world became modern.
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21 Lessons for the 21st Century
- De: Yuval Noah Harari
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 11 h y 50 m
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Yuval Noah Harari's 21 Lessons for the 21st Century is a probing and visionary investigation into today's most urgent issues as we move into the uncharted territory of the future. As technology advances faster than our understanding of it, hacking becomes a tactic of war, and the world feels more polarized than ever, Harari addresses the challenge of navigating life in the face of constant and disorienting change and raises the important questions we need to ask ourselves in order to survive.
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Disappointing
- De Noah Lugeons en 09-11-18
- 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
- De: Yuval Noah Harari
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
The reframing of human history and thought.
Revisado: 04-16-24
In the midst of such uncertainty, this the perfect book to read now. You won’t feel less anxious but somehow more grounded.
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Four Thousand Weeks
- Time Management for Mortals
- De: Oliver Burkeman
- Narrado por: Oliver Burkeman
- Duración: 6 h y 13 m
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Nobody needs telling there isn’t enough time. We’re obsessed with our lengthening to-do lists, our overfilled inboxes, work-life balance, and the ceaseless battle against distraction; and we’re deluged with advice on becoming more productive and efficient, and “life hacks” to optimize our days. But such techniques often end up making things worse. The sense of anxious hurry grows more intense, and still the most meaningful parts of life seem to lie just beyond the horizon.
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Make TIME for this one...
- De Ethan Babbage en 08-12-21
- Four Thousand Weeks
- Time Management for Mortals
- De: Oliver Burkeman
- Narrado por: Oliver Burkeman
Reset button for your remaining weeks
Revisado: 02-21-24
This is a profound and extremely helpful book that turns time management ideas on their head for people perplexed by life’s big questions. Whether just beginning adulthood or in the final 600 weeks as I am, readers will find the book entertaining and thought provoking. Overnight it has turned from a distracted grandmother counting the milliseconds till the end of building legos with my toddler grandson to his most requested playmate.
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1984
- New Classic Edition
- De: George Orwell
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
- Duración: 11 h y 22 m
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George Orwell depicts a gray, totalitarian world dominated by Big Brother and its vast network of agents, including the Thought Police - a world in which news is manufactured according to the authorities' will and people live tepid lives by rote. Winston Smith, a hero with no heroic qualities, longs only for truth and decency. But living in a social system in which privacy does not exist and where those with unorthodox ideas are brainwashed or put to death, he knows there is no hope for him.
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Come one, Come all into 1984!
- De Kit McIlvaine (GirlPluggedN) en 02-18-08
- 1984
- New Classic Edition
- De: George Orwell
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
Once again so relevant
Revisado: 01-06-24
A disturbing book for disturbing times. Had I read it while still in school, its impact on me would be long gone. In the context of our times, it is as though Orwell had seen this era, not just his own, to write such an eloquent cautionary tale.
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