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The Beauty of Dusk
- On Vision Lost and Found
- De: Frank Bruni
- Narrado por: Frank Bruni
- Duración: 8 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 598
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 528
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 524
One morning in late 2017, New York Times columnist Frank Bruni woke up with strangely blurred vision. He wondered at first if some goo or gunk had worked its way into his right eye. But this was no fleeting annoyance, no fixable inconvenience.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A peek into holding life in a positive attitude
- De R. Klein en 08-13-22
- The Beauty of Dusk
- On Vision Lost and Found
- De: Frank Bruni
- Narrado por: Frank Bruni
The warmth and care that is apparent in the descriptions of those who have vision loss.
Revisado: 08-11-24
This is a beautifully written account of someone who loves nature, a dog, his father as well as old and new friends.
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On Call
- A Doctor's Journey in Public Service
- De: Anthony Fauci M.D.
- Narrado por: Anthony Fauci M.D.
- Duración: 19 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 1,204
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,106
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 1,106
Anthony Fauci is arguably the most famous–and most revered–doctor in the world today. His role guiding America sanely and calmly through Covid (and through the torrents of Trump) earned him the trust of millions during one of the most terrifying periods in modern American history, but this was only the most recent of the global epidemics in which Dr. Fauci played a major role. His crucial role in researching HIV and bringing AIDS into sympathetic public view and his leadership in navigating the Ebola, SARS, West Nile, and anthrax crises, make him truly an American hero.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Must listen
- De RGB en 06-23-24
- On Call
- A Doctor's Journey in Public Service
- De: Anthony Fauci M.D.
- Narrado por: Anthony Fauci M.D.
Anthony Fauci - Doctor Extraordinaire
Revisado: 07-19-24
The humble recounting of his contribution to humanity at a time when many were suffering with no solutions. For example beginning with HIV/AIDS and ending with COVID-19. His love of all humans is apparent throughout the accurate medical and scientific descriptions that is easily understood by those who are not academics or health professionals.The world is indebted to this man for his scientific contribution, and locally for the many very ill patients he treated. Choosing the audible book narrated by Dr. Fauci is an added bonus.
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Demon Copperhead
- A Novel
- De: Barbara Kingsolver
- Narrado por: Charlie Thurston
- Duración: 21 h y 3 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 28,115
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 25,409
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 25,343
Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, Demon Copperhead is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father’s good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. Relayed in his own unsparing voice, Demon braves the modern perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow! It’s a Masterpiece
- De Billy en 10-25-22
- Demon Copperhead
- A Novel
- De: Barbara Kingsolver
- Narrado por: Charlie Thurston
Pain and Love in Appalachia
Revisado: 11-02-23
For those of us, who are not familiar with this region in the United States, the picture drawn through the words of Barbara Kingsolver is enlightening. Charlie Thurston is an excellent narrator. The description of life as a foster child and all that comes with not having a family is uplifting when friends and neighbors willingly provide the emotional support.
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Women Talking
- De: Miriam Toews
- Narrado por: Matthew Edison
- Duración: 5 h y 57 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 782
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 670
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 669
Based on actual events that happened between 2005 and 2009 in a remote Mennonite community where more than 100 girls and women were drugged unconscious and assaulted in the night by what they were told (by the men of the colony) were "ghosts" or "demons", Miriam Toews' bold and affecting novel Women Talking is an imagined response to these real events.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Funny how a man read “Women talking” to me
- De Hilary Huhns en 12-30-22
- Women Talking
- De: Miriam Toews
- Narrado por: Matthew Edison
Female Strength
Revisado: 02-19-23
Matthew is an excellent August Epp. The title is appropriate for a movie. Visual representation will be an excellent way to tell this story.
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Don't Forget Us Here
- Lost and Found at Guantanamo
- De: Mansoor Adayfi
- Narrado por: Roxanna Hope Radja, Mansoor Adayfi
- Duración: 12 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 84
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 71
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 72
This moving, eye-opening memoir of an innocent man detained at Guantánamo Bay for 15 years tells a story of humanity in the unlikeliest of places and an unprecedented look at life at Guantánamo.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Heartbreaking, painful and important
- De The Senate en 08-27-21
- Don't Forget Us Here
- Lost and Found at Guantanamo
- De: Mansoor Adayfi
- Narrado por: Roxanna Hope Radja, Mansoor Adayfi
Beautiful / Painful
Revisado: 12-12-21
I was Introduced to Mansoor through an interview by Amy Goodman on Democracy Now. I knew I wanted to know more about a gentle man who had a hopeful spirit. I then listened to his book, and agree with his decision to have a woman read it. Mansoor’s narrative of his and his brothers’ experiences while detained is painful as an American to hear. However, everyone should know what Guantanamo was and is told by a man who lived there.
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How the Word Is Passed
- A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
- De: Clint Smith
- Narrado por: Clint Smith
- Duración: 10 h y 6 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 3,590
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 3,208
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 3,194
Beginning in his hometown of New Orleans, Clint Smith leads the listener on an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks—those that are honest about the past and those that are not—that offer an intergenerational story of how slavery has been central in shaping our nation's collective history, and ourselves.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Sincerely grateful read
- De Kelvin Dixon en 06-08-21
- How the Word Is Passed
- A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
- De: Clint Smith
- Narrado por: Clint Smith
A Must Listen
Revisado: 07-19-21
The author, Clint Smith, in writing about the painful subject of slavery, describes those who are currently affected by it in his excellent choice of words that allow the reader to learn gently what is imperative we must all absorb in order to heal and and recognize this is our history.
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Invisible
- The Forgotten Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America's Most Powerful Mobster
- De: Stephen L. Carter
- Narrado por: Karen Chilton
- Duración: 12 h y 39 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 283
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 254
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 254
Stephen L. Carter delves into his past and retrieves the inspiring story of his grandmother’s life. She was Black and a woman and a prosecutor, a graduate of Smith College and the granddaughter of slaves, as dazzlingly unlikely a combination as one could imagine in New York of the 1930s - and without the strategy she devised, Lucky Luciano, the most powerful Mafia boss in history, would never have been convicted. When special prosecutor Thomas E. Dewey selected 20 lawyers to help him clean up the city’s underworld, she was the only member of his team who was not a white male.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Moving Biography
- De Jean en 10-31-18
- Invisible
- The Forgotten Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America's Most Powerful Mobster
- De: Stephen L. Carter
- Narrado por: Karen Chilton
Background
Revisado: 02-27-19
The background - street addresses; illnesses; family relationships; society functions - is the emphasis. The expected listen was of the "forgotten story" taking down the mobster. By the time the story appeared in the book it no longer held this listener's attention. The first half of the book was very tedious.
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Grant
- De: Ron Chernow
- Narrado por: Mark Bramhall
- Duración: 48 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 13,136
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 11,732
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 11,666
Ulysses S. Grant's life has typically been misunderstood. All too often he is caricatured as a chronic loser and an inept businessman or as the triumphant but brutal Union general of the Civil War. But these stereotypes don't come close to capturing him, as Chernow reveals in his masterful biography, the first to provide a complete understanding of the general and president whose fortunes rose and fell with dizzying speed and frequency.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Book (BUT WHERE IS THE PDF FILES)????
- De Amazon Customer en 10-25-17
- Grant
- De: Ron Chernow
- Narrado por: Mark Bramhall
Joanne
Revisado: 07-05-18
Important history clearly defined in an enjoyable if long read. Mark Bramhall’s narration was perfect.
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