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The Passage of Power
- The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Book 4
- De: Robert A. Caro
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 32 h y 45 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 3,533
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 3,064
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 3,049
The Passage of Power follows Lyndon Johnson through both the most frustrating and the most triumphant periods of his career - 1958 to 1964. It is a time that would see him trade the extraordinary power he had created for himself as Senate Majority Leader for what became the wretched powerlessness of a Vice President in an administration that disdained and distrusted him. Yet it was, as well, the time in which the presidency, the goal he had always pursued, would be thrust upon him in the moment it took an assassin’s bullet to reach its mark.
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5 out of 5 stars
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From Powerful to Powerless
- De Abdur en 05-08-12
- The Passage of Power
- The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Book 4
- De: Robert A. Caro
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
Great biography by a great author!
Revisado: 09-23-12
What did you love best about The Passage of Power?
Its masterful storytelling of the time in history it covers.
What did you like best about this story?
How LBJ responded to the challenge of suddenly assuming power and needing to build a legislative record in so little time.
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Gut Feelings
- The Intelligence of the Unconscious
- De: Gerd Gigerenzer
- Narrado por: Dick Hill
- Duración: 7 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 264
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 118
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 114
Gerd Gigerenzer is one of the researchers of behavioral intuition responsible for the science behind Malcolm Gladwell's bestseller Blink. Gladwell showed us how snap decisions often yield better results than careful analysis. Now, Gigerenzer explains why our intuition is such a powerful decision-making tool.
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4 out of 5 stars
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My Gut Says You Should Read This Book
- De Joshua Kim en 06-10-12
- Gut Feelings
- The Intelligence of the Unconscious
- De: Gerd Gigerenzer
- Narrado por: Dick Hill
Interesting new take on how decisions are made.
Revisado: 09-23-12
What did you like best about this story?
It was interesting to learn how our intuitions use simple rules to come to more accurate conclusions than if we overthink problems.
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Nothing to Fear
- FDR's Inner Circle and the Hundred Days That Created Modern America
- De: Adam Cohen
- Narrado por: Norman Dietz
- Duración: 14 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 111
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 62
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 60
Nothing to Fear brings to life a fulcrum moment in American history - the tense, feverish first 100 days of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's presidency, when he and his inner circle completely reinvented the role of the federal government.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Important contribution
- De R.S. en 03-05-09
- Nothing to Fear
- FDR's Inner Circle and the Hundred Days That Created Modern America
- De: Adam Cohen
- Narrado por: Norman Dietz
Good history of the period.
Revisado: 09-23-12
What did you like best about Nothing to Fear? What did you like least?
It was a good history of the 100 days period. However, sometimes the overall story got lost in backstory of some of the figures. It seemed like some of the cabinet members were covered a lot more than others, maybe those which interested the author most. But what it covers, it covers well.
How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?
The story could have given more of Roosevelts personality not just certain of his cabinet members.
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Krakatoa
- The Day the World Exploded, August 27, 1883
- De: Simon Winchester
- Narrado por: Simon Winchester
- Duración: 12 h y 1 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,164
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 740
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 738
The legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcano-island of Krakatoa - the name has since become a byword for a cataclysmic disaster - was followed by an immense tsunami that killed nearly 40,000 people. Beyond the purely physical horrors of an event that has only very recently been properly understood, the eruption changed the world in more ways than could possibly be imagined. Dust swirled round die planet for years, causing temperatures to plummet and sunsets to turn vivid with lurid and unsettling displays of light.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great subject, great writing, great voice
- De rwise en 01-26-04
- Krakatoa
- The Day the World Exploded, August 27, 1883
- De: Simon Winchester
- Narrado por: Simon Winchester
Great True Story!
Revisado: 09-23-12
Would you consider the audio edition of Krakatoa to be better than the print version?
I have not read the print version.
What did you like best about this story?
It was so interesting to learn about the epic scale of this eruption.
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Master of the Senate
- The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume III (Part 1 of a 3-Part Recording)
- De: Robert A. Caro
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 18 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,064
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,690
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 1,690
Master of the Senate, told with an abundance of rich detail that could only have come from Caro’s peerless research, is both a galvanizing portrait of the man himself—the titan of Capital Hill, volcanic, mesmerizing—and a definitive and revelatory study of the workings and personal and legislative power.
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2 out of 5 stars
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combine these into one book
- De Hoppie en 03-15-14
- Master of the Senate
- The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume III (Part 1 of a 3-Part Recording)
- De: Robert A. Caro
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
Great Book
Revisado: 06-23-07
This is a great book. I have listened to many non-fiction titles on Audible and this is one of the most gripping.
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