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Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan
- De: Herbert P. Bix
- Narrado por: Jonathan Yen
- Duración: 29 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 142
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 129
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 130
In this groundbreaking biography of the Japanese emperor Hirohito, Herbert P. Bix offers the first complete, unvarnished look at the enigmatic leader whose 63-year reign ushered Japan into the modern world. Never before has the full life of this controversial figure been revealed with such clarity and vividness. Bix describes what it was like to be trained from birth for a lone position at the apex of the nation's political hierarchy and as a revered symbol of divine status.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Not what I bargained for
- De Alexander Crowell en 08-21-20
- Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan
- De: Herbert P. Bix
- Narrado por: Jonathan Yen
Repetitive Assides
Revisado: 05-31-24
There are many points where the author uses shallow terms like 'racist' to describe people, policies, or occurrences without ever explaining his unneeded perspective, or in some cases, even clarifying what he is talking about. The author increasingly simps for radical leftists movements and at one point praised the predecessor to the Nazi party, while criticizing the German monarchy who staved them off. Note this as an example of him borderline leaving the scope of this book. He also uses crazed, radical left terminology unironically.
Overall, the descriptions were shallow and the trail was meandering. Composition wise this was a solid C+.
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Mao
- The Unknown Story
- De: Jung Chang, Jon Halliday
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 29 h y 50 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,622
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,313
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,316
Based on a decade of research and on interviews with many of Mao's close circle in China who have never talked before, and with virtually everyone outside China who had significant dealings with him, this is the most authoritative biography of Mao ever written.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fills many gaps! Very good..but!
- De Jene en 08-07-06
- Mao
- The Unknown Story
- De: Jung Chang, Jon Halliday
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
Mao
Revisado: 08-17-22
Absolutely essential and should be required in American schools. This book has helped update my historical knowledge and with my prior existing knowledge on world events, I now have a much greater understanding of modern subversion. What is really going on in the West.
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The Wise Men Know What Wicked Things Are Written on the Sky
- De: Russell Kirk
- Narrado por: Peter Kjenaas
- Duración: 5 h y 35 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 51
In a series of 11 essays, Kirk relates several issues to a common question: "Is the American Republic descending into decadence, or are the American people entering upon a renewal of belief and hope?"
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5 out of 5 stars
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A foundation for conservative virtues
- De Luigi Grimaldi en 07-24-15
Fortune Tellling
Revisado: 06-17-22
Very good read. It explained a lot of things to me and I was really interested in how conservatives in the 1980s viewed the internet. It seems to have come true.
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The Conservative Mind
- From Burke to Eliot
- De: Russell Kirk
- Narrado por: Phillip Davidson
- Duración: 19 h y 50 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 270
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 206
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 204
Kirk defines "the conservative mind" by examining such brilliant men as Edmund Burke, James Fenimore Cooper, Alexis de Tocqueville, John Quincy Adams, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Benjamin Disraeli, Cardinal Newman, George Santayana, and finally, T.S. Eliot. Vigorously written, the book represents conservatism as an ideology born of sound intellectual traditions.
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4 out of 5 stars
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An interim review
- De James en 09-18-09
- The Conservative Mind
- From Burke to Eliot
- De: Russell Kirk
- Narrado por: Phillip Davidson
Lots of great references & Information
Revisado: 06-14-22
Excellent book that explains the core tenants of conservatism. It helps you understand where politicians really stand regardless of labels and the strange tendencies of the radical left, them being opposed to anything conservative.
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Debunking Howard Zinn
- Exposing the Fake History That Turned a Generation Against America
- De: Mary Grabar
- Narrado por: Pam Ward
- Duración: 11 h y 45 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 764
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 663
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 660
Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States has sold over 2.5 million copies and is still required reading in some high school and college classrooms. But its polemic rewriting of American history as a story of oppression is an agenda-driven fairy tale that has no place in academia. In Debunking Howard Zinn, Mary Grabar debunks Howard Zinn’s lies and traces the damage his mega-bestseller has done to American education, culture, and politics.
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2 out of 5 stars
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SMUG - PERHAPS TOO SMUG
- De Mmm Hmmm en 06-08-20
- Debunking Howard Zinn
- Exposing the Fake History That Turned a Generation Against America
- De: Mary Grabar
- Narrado por: Pam Ward
Excellent Review and Refutation
Revisado: 06-13-22
Very much enjoyed it in contrast to what I was told by media and school. It's a sobering wakeup from the failed narrative of public schools.
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1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows
- A Memoir
- De: Ai Weiwei, Allan H. Barr - translator
- Narrado por: David Shih
- Duración: 13 h y 7 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 182
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 152
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 151
Once a close associate of Mao Zedong and the nation’s most celebrated poet, Ai Weiwei’s father, Ai Qing, was branded a rightist during the Cultural Revolution, and he and his family were banished to a desolate place known as “Little Siberia,” where Ai Qing was sentenced to hard labor cleaning public toilets. Ai Weiwei recounts his childhood in exile, and his difficult decision to leave his family to study art in America, where he befriended Allen Ginsberg and was inspired by Andy Warhol and the artworks of Marcel Duchamp.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This book changed my life
- De Johnny Nopolis en 08-16-22
- 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows
- A Memoir
- De: Ai Weiwei, Allan H. Barr - translator
- Narrado por: David Shih
Excellent Personal View of Chinese Fascism
Revisado: 12-15-21
This book is informative, succinct, and inspiring. While I believe the author may exaggerate some things, it was well worth the read to better understand the progression and shame of radical left-wing authoritarianism. The author recently stumped a news anchor during an interview in which the biased anchor was trying to get him to slander President Trump. He stated he believed it is political correctness that is making The U.S. seem eerily like China.
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Reflections on a Ravaged Century
- De: Robert Conquest
- Narrado por: Ron Butler
- Duración: 11 h y 47 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 84
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 74
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 74
Robert Conquest has been called by Paul Johnson "our greatest living modern historian". As a new century begins, Conquest offers an illuminating examination of our past failures and a guide to where we should go next. Graced with one of the most acute gifts for political prescience since Orwell, Conquest assigns responsibility for our century’s cataclysms not to impersonal economic or social forces but to the distorted ideologies of revolutionary Marxism and National Socialism.
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3 out of 5 stars
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I'm a little shocked.
- De Anonymous User en 04-13-18
- Reflections on a Ravaged Century
- De: Robert Conquest
- Narrado por: Ron Butler
Great overview of the climate of socialism
Revisado: 03-16-21
Plenty of savvy historical references with some shocking stories referencing things even more unbelievable from our history as man. I highly recommend to anyone who is trying to piece together the mood, mindset, and phrasing of those living under a socialist worldview. Very relevant even today.
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