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Unthinkable
- Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy
- De: Jamie Raskin
- Narrado por: Jamie Raskin
- Duración: 15 h y 8 m
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In this searing memoir, Congressman Jamie Raskin tells the story of the forty-five days at the start of 2021 that permanently changed his life—and his family’s—as he confronted the painful loss of his son to suicide, lived through the violent insurrection in our nation’s Capitol, and led the impeachment effort to hold President Trump accountable for inciting the political violence.
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Must reading/listening for every American who has despaired of losing our democracy.
- De Shirley Anderson en 01-06-22
- Unthinkable
- Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy
- De: Jamie Raskin
- Narrado por: Jamie Raskin
thank you for telling the story
Revisado: 01-08-22
Reminding us all of the strength, endurance and persistence of love in the face of all that tries to be an obstacle to it is something I will take from this book.
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New Family Values
- De: Andrew Solomon
- Narrado por: Andrew Solomon
- Duración: 6 h y 15 m
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Drawing on dozens of intimate audio interviews with families from all across the country, award-winning psychologist and writer Andrew Solomon redefines what it means to be an “ideal family” in America today. Solomon observes that America, led in large part by the women’s, civil rights, and gay rights movements, has undergone a radical social shift in the last few decades. Although the structure of family has changed, economic and legal structures lag behind and need to adapt to accommodate this explosive new reality.
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Horrible
- De Kate Roiko en 12-13-18
- New Family Values
- De: Andrew Solomon
- Narrado por: Andrew Solomon
A must read!
Revisado: 12-19-18
Such a good listen. The stories are very moving. And I can’t help but say that Andrew really gets it across, through each story, that the most fundamentally important family value is LOVE. Like all water seeks the ocean, all life moves toward Love. I could engage in much discussion around this audio book. I hope that I will..
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Reflex
- De: Dick Francis
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
- Duración: 9 h y 9 m
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Longtime jockey Philip Nore is no hero. But when he begins to suspect that a racetrack photographer’s fatal accident was really murder, he sets out to discover the truth and trap the killer. Slowly, he unravels some nasty secrets of corruption, blackmail and murder—and unwittingly sets himself up as the killer’s next target....
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Blackmail, Murder and Mayhem!
- De R. Pontiflet en 02-20-15
- Reflex
- De: Dick Francis
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
Dick Francis is the best!
Revisado: 11-06-18
see above. simon reads him perfectly! great story and mystery. nothing more to say but Great!.
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Personal History
- A Memoir
- De: Katharine Graham
- Narrado por: Carrington MacDuffie
- Duración: 30 h y 30 m
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In this widely acclaimed memoir ("Riveting, moving...a wonderful book" The New York Times Book Review), Katharine Graham tells her story—one that is extraordinary both for the events it encompasses and for the courage, candor, and dignity of its telling.
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A Life Told with Honesty, Humility, and Humor.
- De Kalutha en 01-01-18
- Personal History
- A Memoir
- De: Katharine Graham
- Narrado por: Carrington MacDuffie
Well read fascinating story of a life well lead.
Revisado: 02-17-18
The span of years and experiences kept me listening. lots of detail, but not uninteresting. So very glad Kaye Graham exists and wrote about her life.
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Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?
- And Other Questions You Should Have Answers to When You Work in the White House
- De: Alyssa Mastromonaco, Lauren Oyler
- Narrado por: Alyssa Mastromonaco
- Duración: 5 h y 58 m
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If your funny older sister were the former deputy chief of staff to President Barack Obama, her behind-the-scenes political memoir would sound something like this. Who Thought This Was a Good Idea? is an intimate and admiring portrait of a president, a candid book of advice for young women, and a promising debut from a savvy political star.
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A woman works for obama
- De H. Winslow en 06-13-17
- Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?
- And Other Questions You Should Have Answers to When You Work in the White House
- De: Alyssa Mastromonaco, Lauren Oyler
- Narrado por: Alyssa Mastromonaco
Thank you for sharing you journey
Revisado: 06-16-17
inspiring, informative and very helpful and hoeful. I am passing this book on to as many young women as I know.
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Al Franken, Giant of the Senate
- De: Al Franken
- Narrado por: Al Franken
- Duración: 12 h y 6 m
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Al Franken, Giant of the Senate is a book about an unlikely campaign that had an even more improbable ending: the closest outcome in history and an unprecedented eight-month recount saga, which is pretty funny in retrospect. It's a book about what happens when the nation's foremost progressive satirist gets a chance to serve in the United States Senate and, defying the low expectations of the pundit class, actually turns out to be good at it.
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I Fell In Love This Week with Al Franken
- De constructivefeedback en 06-08-17
- Al Franken, Giant of the Senate
- De: Al Franken
- Narrado por: Al Franken
Informative, very funny and hard to put down!
Revisado: 06-02-17
this book is very inspiring. It is also very funny and I'll be laughing and chuckling as I prepare to walk in a march for people earning a,living wage this week. thanks Al.
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No Ordinary Time
- Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II
- De: Doris Kearns Goodwin
- Narrado por: Nelson Runger
- Duración: 39 h y 14 m
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No Ordinary Time describes how the isolationist and divided United States of 1940 was unified under the extraordinary leadership of Franklin Roosevelt to become the preeminent economic and military power in the world.
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Great at 1.5 speed
- De Brett en 01-04-13
- No Ordinary Time
- Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II
- De: Doris Kearns Goodwin
- Narrado por: Nelson Runger
Great story
Revisado: 08-16-16
I greatly enjoyed the inside view the author provides of the relationships between the key players. I grew very weary of the readers imitation of Eleanor's voice. It sounded trivializing. But even that flaw did not detract from the profound wonder of Eleanor Roosevelt and her contribution to the legacy of the FDR administration AND more importantly, what a white person can do to make our nation a more inclusive place despite the power of fear and ignorance that takes the form of racism
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The Towers of Silence
- The Raj Quartet, Book 3
- De: Paul Scott
- Narrado por: Richard Brown
- Duración: 18 h y 1 m
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This volume follows the fates of the Laytons and a retired missionary teacher, all of whom can foresee the end of the Raj - and both welcome and lament its passing.
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Comment on narration
- De Malcolm Garland en 09-04-13
- The Towers of Silence
- The Raj Quartet, Book 3
- De: Paul Scott
- Narrado por: Richard Brown
great insights and very well read. part 3 of 4.
Revisado: 06-19-16
loved it the mini the miniseries was very true to it but this book has such depth and great Reflections on what colonialism means.
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Wool
- Silo, #1; Wool, #1-5
- De: Hugh Howey
- Narrado por: Amanda Sayle
- Duración: 17 h y 43 m
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In a ruined and toxic landscape, a community exists in a giant silo underground, hundreds of stories deep. There, men and women live in a society full of regulations they believe are meant to protect them. Sheriff Holston, who has unwaveringly upheld the silo’s rules for years, unexpectedly breaks the greatest taboo of all: He asks to go outside.
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Excellent story, ridiculous narration
- De virginia en 10-26-14
- Wool
- Silo, #1; Wool, #1-5
- De: Hugh Howey
- Narrado por: Amanda Sayle
Story improves but starts slow
Revisado: 03-01-15
The book got better as it went along. Not a fan of Ms. Sayle's version of male character voices, so that made listening more difficult than reading. Story is well written and after first third, good story line.
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The Elephant Whisperer
- My Life with the Herd in the African Wild
- De: Lawrence Anthony, Graham Spence
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 10 h y 55 m
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>When South African conservationist Lawrence Anthony was asked to accept a herd of "rogue" wild elephants on his Thula Thula game reserve in Zululand, his common sense told him to refuse. But he was the herd's last chance of survival: they would be killed if he wouldn't take them. In order to save their lives, Anthony took them in. In the years that followed he became a part of their family. And as he battled to create a bond with the elephants, he came to realize that they had a great deal to teach him about life, loyalty, and freedom.
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Beautiful story, beautifully written
- De Tango en 01-12-13
- The Elephant Whisperer
- My Life with the Herd in the African Wild
- De: Lawrence Anthony, Graham Spence
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
outstanding
Revisado: 05-11-14
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
From the opening of this book, you could understand that you were going to have your assumptions about the natural world fundamentally changed. I am so thankful to Mr. Anthony for sharing and Simon Vance for his excellent delivery.
What did you like best about this story?
Descriptions of elephant community life
What does Simon Vance bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
He tells the story with conviction.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
I couldn't stop listening. It held me from start to finish.
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