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Chanel's Riviera
- Glamour, Decadence, and Survival in Peace and War, 1930-1944
- De: Anne de Courcy
- Narrado por: Sophie Roberts
- Duración: 10 h y 51 m
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In this captivating narrative, Chanel's Riviera explores the fascinating world of the Cote d'Azur during a period that saw the deepest extremes of luxury and terror in the twentieth century. The Cote d'Azur in 1938 was a world of wealth, luxury, and extravagance, inhabited by a sparkling cast of characters including the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Joseph P. Kennedy, Gloria Swanson, Colette, the Mitfords, Picasso, Cecil Beaton, and Somerset Maugham.
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A Bit Misleading...
- De HistoryNerd en 02-21-20
- Chanel's Riviera
- Glamour, Decadence, and Survival in Peace and War, 1930-1944
- De: Anne de Courcy
- Narrado por: Sophie Roberts
Perfect blend of positive narrative with horrible backdrop
Revisado: 10-17-21
The Nazi period presents such brutality and amoral acts, it is challenging for the author to inject positive behaviors in its midst. I would have put the book down if not for such adroit writing. Is it possible for us to accept another amoral autocrat who seeks revenge in our own country? The abuse of women continues today. Powerful achievement by author.
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The Truths We Hold
- An American Journey
- De: Kamala Harris
- Narrado por: Kamala Harris
- Duración: 9 h y 26 m
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The daughter of immigrants and civil rights activists, Vice President Kamala Harris was raised in an Oakland, California, community that cared deeply about social justice. As she rose to prominence as one of the political leaders of our time, her experiences would become her guiding light as she grappled with an array of complex issues and learned to bring a voice to the voiceless. In The Truths We Hold, she reckons with the big challenges we face together.
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Great content, read if possible
- De TCamp72 en 03-07-19
- The Truths We Hold
- An American Journey
- De: Kamala Harris
- Narrado por: Kamala Harris
True leader
Revisado: 01-09-21
What a treat to have her as the narrator of this wonderful book. A beautiful balance of her family life and its influence on her own significant achievements.
She never stopped fighting for the underserved and became a great manager as well, spreading her influence. I now feel very comfortable with her as our president if that transpires. I couldn’t put it down.
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Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
- De: Jon Meacham
- Narrado por: Edward Herrmann, Jon Meacham
- Duración: 18 h y 46 m
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In this magnificent biography, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Lion and Franklin and Winston brings vividly to life an extraordinary man and his remarkable times. Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power gives us Jefferson the politician and president, a great and complex human being forever engaged in the wars of his era.
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A Man and Biography Relevant to Our Day
- De Darwin8u en 11-14-12
- Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
- De: Jon Meacham
- Narrado por: Edward Herrmann, Jon Meacham
Fantastic history
Revisado: 08-13-20
Such a brilliant and educated leader presents an embarrassing contrast to our present occupant. Five languages. Biology. Anthropology. Environment. He loved all of it. So well written and delivered.
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Too Much and Never Enough
- How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man
- De: Mary L. Trump PhD
- Narrado por: Mary L. Trump PhD
- Duración: 7 h y 5 m
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In this revelatory, authoritative portrait of Donald J. Trump and the toxic family that made him, Mary L. Trump, a trained clinical psychologist and Donald’s only niece, shines a bright light on the dark history of their family in order to explain how her uncle became the man who now threatens the world’s health, economic security, and social fabric.
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I almost feel sorry Donald Trump.
- De Deb en 07-15-20
- Too Much and Never Enough
- How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man
- De: Mary L. Trump PhD
- Narrado por: Mary L. Trump PhD
Frightening
Revisado: 07-21-20
There has been no doubt we are hurtling toward authoritarianism , but this book reveals why in deeply persona terms. She exposes the motivations of the most dangerous man to enlighten us, awaken us, and save us. Please listen.
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Dead Eye
- A Gray Man Novel
- De: Mark Greaney
- Narrado por: Jay Snyder
- Duración: 14 h y 4 m
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Ex-CIA master assassin Court Gentry has always prided himself on his ability to disappear at will, to fly below the radar and exist in the shadows - to survive as the near-mythical Gray Man. But when he takes revenge upon a former employer who betrayed him, he exposes himself to something he’s never had to face before. A killer who is just like him. Code-named Dead Eye, Russell Whitlock is a graduate of the same ultra-secret Autonomous Asset Program that trained and once controlled Gentry.
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I Quit!
- De bebe en 07-16-16
- Dead Eye
- A Gray Man Novel
- De: Mark Greaney
- Narrado por: Jay Snyder
Action filled
Revisado: 07-02-20
The grey man is the most incredible asset with a soul. He has been trained in every possible skill to take on any enemy or target to assassinate if appropriate. He doesn’t believe in innocent collateral damage, so we get lots of detailed combat and action without innocent blood. Nobody like the grey man.
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This Land Is Our Land
- An Immigrant's Manifesto
- De: Suketu Mehta
- Narrado por: Vikas Adam
- Duración: 7 h y 50 m
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A timely argument for why the US and the West would benefit from accepting more immigrants. Impassioned, rigorous, and richly stocked with memorable stories and characters, This Land Is Our Land is a timely and necessary intervention and a literary polemic of the highest order.
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Greatly informative. wonderful narrated
- De ADEDZWA Dooyum Sartor en 06-29-19
- This Land Is Our Land
- An Immigrant's Manifesto
- De: Suketu Mehta
- Narrado por: Vikas Adam
Fabulous
Revisado: 05-28-20
An intelligent but easy listen to an in-depth analysis of immigration and its causes. I never understood the cruel and oppressive exploitation of so many countries and their people. I do now.
Should be required reading.
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One Minute Out
- Gray Man, Book 9
- De: Mark Greaney
- Narrado por: Jay Snyder
- Duración: 15 h y 59 m
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From Mark Greaney, the New York Times best-selling author of Mission Critical and a coauthor of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan novels, comes another high-stakes thriller featuring the world's most dangerous assassin: the Gray Man. While on a mission to Croatia, Court Gentry uncovers a human trafficking operation. The trail leads from the Balkans all the way back to Hollywood. Court is determined to shut it down, but his CIA handlers have other plans. The criminal ringleader has actionable intelligence about a potentially devastating terrorist attack on the US.
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Another solid entry
- De Amazon Customer en 02-19-20
- One Minute Out
- Gray Man, Book 9
- De: Mark Greaney
- Narrado por: Jay Snyder
Raises heartbeat
Revisado: 03-08-20
I love this author and the incomparable grey man. However, this time the subject of sex trafficking was so dark for me that I had trouble hanging in there. I could only listen during the day or I couldn’t sleep. A noble cause that our Man could not ignore no matter the risk. Some people must seek justice for the innocent and brutalized, at their own peril. This is the Grey Man.
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Then She Was Gone
- A Novel
- De: Lisa Jewell
- Narrado por: Helen Duff
- Duración: 10 h y 12 m
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Fifteen-year-old Ellie Mack was the perfect daughter. She was beloved by her parents, friends, and teachers. She and her boyfriend made a teenage golden couple. She was days away from an idyllic summer vacation, with her whole life ahead of her. And then she was gone. Now her mother, Laurel Mack, is trying to put her life back together.
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SO GOOD
- De Ashleigh en 05-24-18
- Then She Was Gone
- A Novel
- De: Lisa Jewell
- Narrado por: Helen Duff
Gripping
Revisado: 07-15-18
The story confused me as she took us back and forth among the richly described characters, but I hung in there and started to piece it together. The book kept me so engaged that I listened in the car, the club and the house. The end made me pause and take a deep breath, just to recover from all of the final crocheting.
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The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution
- De: Francis Fukuyama
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
- Duración: 22 h y 34 m
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Virtually all human societies were once organized tribally, yet over time most developed new political institutions which included a central state that could keep the peace and uniform laws that applied to all citizens. Some went on to create governments that were accountable to their constituents. We take these institutions for granted, but they are absent or are unable to perform in many of today’s developing countries—with often disastrous consequences for the rest of the world.
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Few forests, but lots of trees
- De Steve Pagano en 10-05-15
Intellectual Read
Revisado: 01-22-17
This presentation is really appropriate for the more scholarly reader. The average person will suffocate. Brilliant delivery.
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The Grapes of Wrath
- De: John Steinbeck, Robert DeMott
- Narrado por: Dylan Baker
- Duración: 21 h y 1 m
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Shocking and controversial when it was first published in 1939, Steinbeck's Pulitzer prize-winning epic The Grapes of Wrath remains his undisputed masterpiece. Set against the background of Dust Bowl Oklahoma and Californian migrant life, it tells of Tom Joad and his family, who, like thousands of others, are forced to travel west in search of the promised land. Their story is one of false hopes, thwarted desires, and broken dreams, yet out of their suffering Steinbeck created a drama that is intensely human, yet majestic in its scale and moral vision.
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Wish I could give it 10 stars!
- De P. Minor en 07-18-14
- The Grapes of Wrath
- De: John Steinbeck, Robert DeMott
- Narrado por: Dylan Baker
Phenomenal writing
Revisado: 11-17-16
So impactful regarding starving migrants as white as Trump being kicked to the curb by other whites who couldn't stand anyone different. Same as 2016. Nothing has changed.
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