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People know Bill Moyers mostly from his many years of path-breaking journalism on television. But he is also one of America's most sought-after public speakers. His appearances draw sell-out crowds across the country and are among the most reproduced on the Web. Richly insightful, and alive with a fierce, abiding love for our country, Moyers on Democracy is essential listening.
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5 out of 5 stars
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You can't help but think critically
- De Ida F. en 09-29-09
De: Bill Moyers
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The Future Is History
- How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia
- De: Masha Gessen
- Narrado por: Masha Gessen
- Duración: 16 h y 45 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,051
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 921
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 917
Award-winning journalist Masha Gessen's understanding of the events and forces that have wracked Russia in recent times is unparalleled. In The Future Is History, Gessen follows the lives of four people born at what promised to be the dawn of democracy. Each of them came of age with unprecedented expectations, some as the children and grandchildren of the very architects of the new Russia, each with newfound aspirations of their own - as entrepreneurs, activists, thinkers, and writers, sexual and social beings.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The author is an international treasure
- De ThreeGems en 10-16-17
De: Masha Gessen
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What Unites Us
- Reflections on Patriotism
- De: Dan Rather, Elliot Kirschner
- Narrado por: Dan Rather
- Duración: 7 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 1,252
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,100
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 1,093
In a collection of original essays, the venerated television journalist, Dan Rather, celebrates our shared values and what matters most in our great country, and shows us what patriotism looks like. Writing about the institutions that sustain us, such as public libraries, public schools, and national parks; the values that have transformed us, such as the struggle for civil rights; and the drive toward science and innovation that has made the US great, Rather brings his experience on the frontlines of the world's biggest stories, and offers listeners a way forward.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hope. For both sides of the aisle.
- De Leigh A. Barrett en 01-30-18
De: Dan Rather, y otros
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We Don't Know Ourselves
- A Personal History of Modern Ireland
- De: Fintan O'Toole
- Narrado por: Aidan Kelly
- Duración: 22 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 446
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 377
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 373
In We Don't Know Ourselves, Fintan O'Toole weaves his own experiences into Irish social, cultural, and economic change, showing how Ireland, in just one lifetime, has gone from a reactionary "backwater" to an almost totally open society - perhaps the most astonishing national transformation in modern history. O'Toole narrates the once unthinkable collapse of the all-powerful Catholic Church, brought down by scandal and by the activism of ordinary Irish. He relates the horrific violence of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, which led most Irish to reject violent nationalism.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Relentlessly Negative
- De John en 06-02-22
De: Fintan O'Toole
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What's the Matter with White People?
- Finding Our Way in the Next America
- De: Joan Walsh
- Narrado por: Joan Walsh
- Duración: 9 h y 1 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 53
The size and stability of the American middle class were once the envy of the world. But changes unleashed in the 1960s pitted Americans against one another politically in new and destructive ways. These battles continued to rage from that day to now, while everyone has fallen behind economically except the wealthy. Right-wing culture warriors blamed the decline on the moral shortcomings of "other" Americans - black people, feminists, gays, immigrants, union members - to court a fearful white working- and middle-class base with ever more bitter "us vs. them" politics.
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5 out of 5 stars
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great book!
- De Kim en 12-17-17
De: Joan Walsh
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Frederick Douglass
- Prophet of Freedom
- De: David W. Blight
- Narrado por: Prentice Onayemi
- Duración: 36 h y 57 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,493
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As a young man, Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) escaped from slavery in Baltimore, Maryland. He was fortunate to have been taught to read by his slave owner mistress, and he would go on to become one of the major literary figures of his time. He wrote three versions of his autobiography over the course of his lifetime and published his own newspaper. His very existence gave the lie to slave owners: with dignity and great intelligence, he bore witness to the brutality of slavery.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The sound of rollerskating in sand
- De Rico X Ludovici en 02-06-19
De: David W. Blight
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America by Heart
- Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag
- De: Sarah Palin
- Narrado por: Sarah Palin
- Duración: 7 h y 4 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 200
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 87
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America by Heart is a highly personal testament to Sarah Palin's deep love of country, her strong roots in faith, and her profound appreciation of family. The book includes brief readings from classic and contemporary works that have moved and inspired her, as well as other Americans, both famous and obscure, whom she admires.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A CREDIT WELL SPENT
- De Garry en 11-25-10
De: Sarah Palin
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Boom!
- Voices of the Sixties: Personal Reflections on the '60s and Today
- De: Tom Brokaw
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 18 h y 16 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 128
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 58
Boom! One minute it was Ike and the man in the grey flannel suit, and the next minute it was time to "turn on, tune in, drop out". While Americans were walking on the moon, Americans were dying in Vietnam. Nothing was beyond question, and there were far fewer answers than before.
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2 out of 5 stars
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boring survey of a generation
- De Andy en 01-01-08
De: Tom Brokaw
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Young Radicals
- In the War for American Ideals
- De: Jeremy McCarter
- Narrado por: Jeremy McCarter
- Duración: 11 h y 11 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 37
Where do we find our ideals? What does it mean to live for them - and to risk dying for them? For Americans during World War I, these weren't abstract questions. Young Radicals tells the story of five activists, intellectuals, and troublemakers who agitated for freedom and equality in the hopeful years before the war, then fought to defend those values in a country pitching into violence and chaos.
De: Jeremy McCarter
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Song in a Weary Throat
- Memoir of an American Pilgrimage
- De: Pauli Murray, Patricia Bell-Scott - Introduction by
- Narrado por: Allyson Johnson
- Duración: 19 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 90
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 80
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 80
Poet, memoirist, labor organizer, and Episcopal priest, Pauli Murray helped transform the law of the land. Arrested in 1940 for sitting in the whites-only section of a Virginia bus, Murray propelled that life-defining event into a Howard law degree and a fight against "Jane Crow" sexism. Now Murray is finally getting long-deserved recognition: The first African American woman to receive a doctorate of law at Yale, her name graces one of the university's new colleges.
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4 out of 5 stars
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great American shero
- De Coisge F Mccullough en 04-13-24
De: Pauli Murray, y otros
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The Accommodation
- The Politics of Race in an American City
- De: Jim Schutze, John Wiley Price
- Narrado por: Mike Rhyner, John Wiley Price
- Duración: 7 h y 57 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 90
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 82
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The powerful, long-repressed classic of Dallas history that examines the violent and suppressed history of race and racism in the city. Written by longtime Dallas political journalist Jim Schutze, formerly of the Dallas Times Herald and Dallas Observer and currently columnist at D Magazine, The Accommodation follows the story of Dallas from slavery through the civil rights movement and the city’s desegregation efforts in the 1950s and ‘60s.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Floored
- De Anthony en 09-16-22
De: Jim Schutze, y otros
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My Life, My Love, My Legacy
- De: Coretta Scott King, Barbara Reynolds
- Narrado por: January LaVoy, Phylicia Rashad
- Duración: 14 h y 20 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 240
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 224
The life story of Coretta Scott King - wife of Martin Luther King Jr., founder of the King Center for Nonviolent Social Change, and singular 20th-century American civil rights activist - as told fully for the first time, toward the end of her life, to one of her closest friends. Born in 1927 to daringly enterprising Black parents in the Deep South, Coretta Scott had always felt called to a special purpose.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Inspirational memoir
- De Jean en 01-30-17
De: Coretta Scott King, y otros
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Latino Americans
- The 500-Year Legacy That Shaped a Nation
- De: Ray Suarez
- Narrado por: Ray Suarez
- Duración: 9 h y 26 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 54
As the largest minority in the country, Latino Americans make up an integral part of American history and continue to make major social, cultural, and political contributions. Latino Americans, vividly and candidly tells how the story of Latino Americans is the story of the United States, revealing the personal struggles and successes of immigrants, poets, soldiers, and others who have made an impact on history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Unknown Latino History
- De Lou en 11-27-18
De: Ray Suarez
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A Fierce Discontent
- The Rise and Fall of the Progressive Movement in America, 1870-1920
- De: Michael McGerr
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 13 h y 22 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 70
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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The Progressive Era witnessed the nation's most convulsive upheaval, a time of radicalism far beyond the Revolution or anything since. In response to the birth of modern America, one small group of middle-class Americans seized control of the nation and attempted to remake society from bottom to top. They accomplished an astonishing range of triumphs, yet the progressive movement collapsed as the war came to an end amid race riots, strikes, high inflation, and a frenzied Red scare.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A well balanced take
- De Ryan Mooney en 04-17-21
De: Michael McGerr
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The Audacity of Hope
- Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
- De: Barack Obama
- Narrado por: Barack Obama
- Duración: 6 h y 10 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 9,712
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 6,840
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 6,796
In July 2004, Barack Obama electrified the Democratic National Convention with an address that spoke to Americans across the political spectrum. Now, in The Audacity of Hope, Senator Obama calls for a different brand of politics: a politics for those weary of bitter partisanship and alienated by the "endless clash of armies" we see in Congress and on the campaign trail; a politics rooted in the faith, inclusiveness, and nobility of spirit at the heart of "our improbable experiment in democracy".
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5 out of 5 stars
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My Fellow Conservatives, Give This A Listen
- De Dallas D.L. en 02-12-15
De: Barack Obama
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Theodore Roosevelt
- A Strenuous Life
- De: Kathleen Dalton
- Narrado por: Suzanne Toren
- Duración: 27 h y 11 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 156
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 72
Esteemed Harvard University historian and Associate Fellow Kathleen Dalton has been studying Theodore Roosevelt since 1975. This authoritative work, incorporating the latest scholarship, paints a compelling portrait of the president in all his robust glory.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Biography
- De viennacoup en 10-18-05
De: Kathleen Dalton
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The Fifties
- De: David Halberstam
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 34 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 548
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 487
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 482
The Fifties is a sweeping social, political, economic, and cultural history of the 10 years that Halberstam regards as seminal in determining what our nation is today. Halberstam offers portraits of not only the titans of the age: Eisenhower, Dulles, Oppenheimer, MacArthur, Hoover, and Nixon; but also of Harley Earl, who put fins on cars; Dick and Mac McDonald and Ray Kroc, who mass-produced the American hamburger; Kemmons Wilson, who placed his Holiday Inns along the nation's roadsides; and more.
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5 out of 5 stars
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one of the very best
- De Chester Chellman en 09-25-18
De: David Halberstam
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