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1960
- LBJ vs. JFK vs. Nixon--The Epic Campaign That Forged Three Presidencies
- De: David Pietrusza
- Narrado por: Jeff Cummings
- Duración: 18 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 92
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 84
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 85
It was the election that would ultimately give America "Camelot" and its tragic aftermath. 1960 is a stunning recreation of the bare-knuckle politics of the primaries, the party conventions' backroom dealings, the unprecedented television debates, along with hot-button issues of race, religion, and foreign policy. And, at the center of it all, three future presidents - Lyndon Johnson, John F. Kennedy, and Richard Nixon. In this essential work of history, David Pietrusza chronicles 1960's struggle for power by bringing to life its towering events and personalities, unlocking its secrets, and turning expert scholarship into rich, human storytelling.
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4 out of 5 stars
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No F words, but the N-word is allowed
- De Porter en 12-04-18
- 1960
- LBJ vs. JFK vs. Nixon--The Epic Campaign That Forged Three Presidencies
- De: David Pietrusza
- Narrado por: Jeff Cummings
great narrator. decent story.
Revisado: 01-08-24
the book provides a thorough and mostly interesting account of the 1960 election but little on how the election "forged"/changed the candidates.
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Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Evolution
- De: Brian Freeman
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 12 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 569
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 511
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 512
After the death of his lover in a mass shooting, Secret Agent Jason Bourne is convinced that there is more to her murder than it seems. Worse, he believes that Treadstone - the agency that made him who he is, that trained him, is behind the killing. Bourne goes rogue, leaving Treadstone behind and taking on a new mission to infiltrate and expose an anarchist group, Medusa.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Brian Freeman authors this Bourne novel!
- De Wayne en 09-06-20
- Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Evolution
- De: Brian Freeman
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
Bourne is basically Bond now
Revisado: 11-29-20
A good not great story with good not great narrator, that doesn't quite sound like I imagine Bourne sounding.(a radio drama of this would have been great!) I like the story much more than the Van Lustbader books I read. But it certainly isn't a continuation of Ludlum's trilogy. Gone is the switching between identities that made Webb/Delta/Bourne psychologically interesting. This Bourne is much more like the one from the movies which is ok. It just means there are a few to many cliches for my liking. how many times will the US government go after Bourne? Every time apparently. add in colorful the vllians and a romantic subplot and Bourne is a blue collar Bond. hopefully the next book can ditch some cliches and take some more risks.
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Why We're Polarized
- De: Ezra Klein
- Narrado por: Ezra Klein
- Duración: 8 h y 32 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,534
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,139
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,116
In Why We’re Polarized, Klein reveals the structural and psychological forces behind America’s descent into division and dysfunction. Neither a polemic nor a lament, this book offers a clear framework for understanding everything from Trump’s rise to the Democratic Party’s leftward shift to the politicization of everyday culture. America is polarized, first and foremost, by identity. Everyone engaged in American politics is engaged, at some level, in identity politics.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good as an intro, skip if you’re a wonk
- De Tony en 01-29-20
- Why We're Polarized
- De: Ezra Klein
- Narrado por: Ezra Klein
A Solid Theory for Polarization
Revisado: 01-30-20
Some great insights, but 2nd half theories could have been more cohesive. There were a few to many ideas. In addition, the policy solutions in the conclusion were simply OK.
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America in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
- De: Edward T. O'Donnell, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Edward T. O'Donnell
- Duración: 11 h y 52 m
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 851
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 743
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 741
America stands at a dramatic crossroads: Massive corporations wield disturbing power. The huge income gap between the one percent and the other 99 percent grows wider. Astounding new technologies are changing American lives.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another great course by Professor O'Donnell
- De Quaker en 06-17-15
Great Review/Summary, not super indepth
Revisado: 09-07-19
This is more of a survey text book than in depth piece of scholarly research. For that ill have to look elsewhere.
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Too Big to Fail
- The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System--and Themselves
- De: Andrew Ross Sorkin
- Narrado por: William Hughes
- Duración: 21 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,885
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,000
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,992
A real-life thriller about the most tumultuous period in America's financial history by an acclaimed New York Times reporter. Andrew Ross Sorkin delivers the first true, behind-the-scenes, moment-by-moment account of how the greatest financial crisis since the Great Depression developed into a global tsunami.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best Book About Meltdown
- De Chuck en 12-08-09
- Too Big to Fail
- The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System--and Themselves
- De: Andrew Ross Sorkin
- Narrado por: William Hughes
a slow start but picks up
Revisado: 07-28-19
i may have more questions after reading than before, but it was insightful. Deeper exploration of fed/treasury actions after Obama took office would have been nice.
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Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy
- An Agenda for Growth and Shared Prosperity
- De: Joseph E Stiglitz
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
- Duración: 5 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 79
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 71
The United States bills itself as the land of opportunity, a place where anyone can achieve success and a better life through hard work and determination. But the facts tell a different story - the US today lags behind most other developed nations in measures of inequality and economic mobility. For decades, wages have stagnated for the majority of workers while economic gains have disproportionately gone to the top one percent.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Repetitive and not as specific as i would like
- De Auzzie Sheard en 07-24-19
- Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy
- An Agenda for Growth and Shared Prosperity
- De: Joseph E Stiglitz
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
Repetitive and not as specific as i would like
Revisado: 07-24-19
book could have been half as long. it hit some general ideas multiple times without diving deep into the data. Somewhat adressed why the economy is rigged, what could be done, but not HOW to get policies in place.
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Strangers in Their Own Land
- Anger and Mourning on the American Right
- De: Arlie Russell Hochschild
- Narrado por: Suzanne Toren
- Duración: 11 h y 14 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,859
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,635
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,619
In Strangers in Their Own Land, the renowned sociologist Arlie Hochschild embarks on a thought-provoking journey from her liberal hometown of Berkeley, California, deep into Louisiana bayou country - a stronghold of the conservative right. As she gets to know people who strongly oppose many of the ideas she famously champions, Hochschild nevertheless finds common ground and quickly warms to the people she meets.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Performance undercuts thesis
- De married, one tall dog, one smelly dog en 01-02-17
- Strangers in Their Own Land
- Anger and Mourning on the American Right
- De: Arlie Russell Hochschild
- Narrado por: Suzanne Toren
Complex Ideas Made Digestible W/Powerful Concepts
Revisado: 07-23-19
I appreciated being able to learn why some ideas I view as inherently true, could not be so "from a certain point of view".
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Democracy in Chains
- The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America
- De: Nancy MacLean
- Narrado por: Bernadette Dunne
- Duración: 11 h y 32 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,582
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,380
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 1,370
Behind today's headlines of billionaires taking over our government is a secretive political establishment with long, deep, and troubling roots. The capitalist radical right has been working not simply to change who rules but to fundamentally alter the rules of democratic governance. But billionaires did not launch this movement; a white intellectual in the embattled Jim Crow South did.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A must read if you believe in democracy
- De H. L. Nelson en 10-11-17
- Democracy in Chains
- The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America
- De: Nancy MacLean
- Narrado por: Bernadette Dunne
So i guess we are an oligarchy now?
Revisado: 07-17-19
A great read for Democrats and Progressives to learn about some of the ideology and strategies of radical libertarians and how they exercise sway over Republicans.
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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
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 62,350
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 55,762
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 55,662
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
an overated and self indulgent autobiography
Revisado: 03-27-18
this book is an overated and self indulgent autobiography, not a sociological look at a class of people in crisis.
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Empire's End: Aftermath
- Star Wars
- De: Chuck Wendig
- Narrado por: Marc Thompson
- Duración: 15 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 8,767
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 8,014
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 7,997
As the final showdown between the New Republic and the Empire draws near, all eyes turn to a once-isolated planet: Jakku. The Battle of Endor shattered the Empire, scattering its remaining forces across the galaxy. But the months following the Rebellion’s victory have not been easy. The fledgling New Republic has suffered a devastating attack from the Imperial remnant, forcing the new democracy to escalate its hunt for the hidden enemy.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing to the last.
- De John Michael Buban en 03-01-17
- Empire's End: Aftermath
- Star Wars
- De: Chuck Wendig
- Narrado por: Marc Thompson
Nothing Interesting happened
Revisado: 08-12-17
I got this book hoping to learn more about the consolidation of the republic and the birth of the first oder. I was hopeful this could still happen after the first two books, but nope. you are better off just reading Wookieepedia.
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