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Evil Geniuses
- The Unmaking of America: A Recent History
- De: Kurt Andersen
- Narrado por: Kurt Andersen
- Duración: 16 h y 24 m
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During the 20th century, America managed to make its economic and social systems both more and more fair and more and more prosperous. A huge, secure, and contented middle class emerged. All boats rose together. But then the New Deal gave way to the Raw Deal. Beginning in the early 1970s, by means of a long war conceived of and executed by a confederacy of big business CEOs, the superrich, and right-wing zealots, the rules and norms that made the American middle class possible were undermined and dismantled.
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History through a far left lens
- De Josh en 09-03-20
- Evil Geniuses
- The Unmaking of America: A Recent History
- De: Kurt Andersen
- Narrado por: Kurt Andersen
Thorough analysis
Revisado: 08-10-24
Kurt Andersen offers a well written analysis of intentional and unintentional errors in American governance. Amazingly, democracy and American society have survived - so far.
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Spare
- De: Prince Harry The Duke of Sussex
- Narrado por: Prince Harry The Duke of Sussex
- Duración: 15 h y 39 m
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It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother’s coffin as the world watched in sorrow—and horror. As Princess Diana was laid to rest, billions wondered what Prince William and Prince Harry must be thinking and feeling—and how their lives would play out from that point on.
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Gutterball!
- De Jimmyjoejangles en 01-10-23
- Spare
- De: Prince Harry The Duke of Sussex
- Narrado por: Prince Harry The Duke of Sussex
Real and engaging
Revisado: 04-07-23
Prince Harry tells his compelling story of surviving and thriving, despite the daunting difficulties of living in the royal spotlight. Love and respect, the foundations of his life.
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Your Best Brain: The Science of Brain Improvement
- De: John Medina, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: John Medina
- Duración: 12 h y 39 m
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In Your Best Brain, Professor John J. Medina - an award-winning scientist, New York Times best-selling author, and leading advocate for brain research - delivers 24 exciting lectures that probe the origins of consciousness, memory, emotion, attention, intelligence, and beyond. He focuses on five key areas of study in neuroscience: the brain’s physical structure and function, and how it enabled us to become the planet’s apex predator.
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Beautifully Clear and Entertaining
- De Charles en 07-22-15
Interesting overview
Revisado: 12-03-22
Interesting review of brain research. There has been so much research since this was recorded, some of the information is outdated.
I was saddened by his criticism of Elisabeth Kübler Ross. I was fortunate to meet her many years ago when she was a visiting lecturer at Yale University. She said her biggest regret was publishing the 5 stages of grief. She meant her work to help with understanding the letting go process - instead it was being used as a template for what people must do when they are dying, or a loved one is dying.
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The Art of Transforming the Mind
- A Meditator's Guide to the Tibetan Practice of Lojong
- De: B. Alan Wallace
- Narrado por: Sean Runnette
- Duración: 10 h y 43 m
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In this book, B. Alan Wallace explains a fundamental type of mental training that is designed to shift our attitudes so that our minds become pure wellsprings of joy instead of murky pools of problems, anxieties, fleeting pleasures, hopes, and frustrations. The lojong—or mind-training—teachings have been the subject of profound study, contemplation, and commentary by many great masters. Wallace shows us the way to develop our capacity for spiritual awareness through his relatable and practical commentary on the mind-training slogans.
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Not as good as I was hoping it would be
- De Diomedes en 01-18-23
- The Art of Transforming the Mind
- A Meditator's Guide to the Tibetan Practice of Lojong
- De: B. Alan Wallace
- Narrado por: Sean Runnette
Clear, concise, compassionate
Revisado: 11-19-22
B. Alan Wallace presents a clear understanding of Tibetan Buddhism for Western practitioners, including the similarities between Western science and Tibetan Buddhist philosophy and beliefs. Lojong practices are explained with a minimum of Tibetan terms. At all times, Lama Wallace’s kindness and wisdom are evident.
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Braiding Sweetgrass
- Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
- De: Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Narrado por: Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Duración: 16 h y 44 m
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As a botanist and professor of plant ecology, Robin Wall Kimmerer has spent a career learning how to ask questions of nature using the tools of science. As a Potawatomi woman, she learned from elders, family, and history that the Potawatomi, as well as a majority of other cultures indigenous to this land, consider plants and animals to be our oldest teachers.
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Finally, Words
- De Donovan P Malley en 06-30-19
- Braiding Sweetgrass
- Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
- De: Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Narrado por: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Lessons from the Americas first cultures
Revisado: 08-16-22
If we are to come back from the precipice of ecological disaster, and build a thriving world of mutual respect, interdependence, and shared wealth, the indigenous peoples know the truth that will save us.
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Warriors, Queens, and Intellectuals: 36 Great Women Before 1400
- De: Joyce E. Salisbury, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Joyce E. Salisbury
- Duración: 17 h y 53 m
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Throughout history, women have played integral roles in family, society, religion, government, war - in short, in all aspects of human civilization. Powerful women have shaped laws, led rebellions, and played key roles in dynastic struggles. Some were caught up in forces beyond their control, while others manipulated and murdered their way to the top. However, unearthing their stories from the historical record has been a challenge, with the ordinary difficulties of preserving information across the generations increased by centuries of historical bias and gendered expectations.
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Subpar Course
- De Hennypenny en 07-23-19
“Anonymous was a Woman” - no longer
Revisado: 06-16-22
For generations, history books show cultures created and molded almost exclusively by men. Here, the professor elucidates the lives of pre-Renaissance women who changed the world. Certainly there are more women who were influential, and perhaps the professor will write a sequel.
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Redefining Reality
- The Intellectual Implications of Modern Science
- De: Steven Gimbel, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Steven Gimbel
- Duración: 18 h y 6 m
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No subject is bigger than reality itself, and nothing is more challenging to understand, since what counts as reality is undergoing continual revision and has been for centuries. The quest to pin down what's real and what's illusory is both philosophical and scientific, a metaphysical search for ultimate reality that goes back to the ancient Greeks. For the last 400 years, this search has been increasingly guided by scientists, who create theories and test them in order to define and redefine reality.
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mind = blown
- De Bailey en 09-13-15
- Redefining Reality
- The Intellectual Implications of Modern Science
- De: Steven Gimbel, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Steven Gimbel
But…But…But…WOW
Revisado: 05-30-22
An entertaining series of lectures that elucidate growth in thought and identity over centuries, and via many intellectual systems. The professor cleverly and emphatically repeats “but” in the lectures, as a cue he is going to show a transition in thinking and theory.
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Lessons from the Edge
- A Memoir
- De: Marie Yovanovitch
- Narrado por: Marie Yovanovitch
- Duración: 17 h y 11 m
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By the time she became US Ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch had seen her share of corruption, instability, and tragedy in developing countries. But it came as a shock when, in early 2019, she was recalled from her post after a smear campaign by President Trump’s personal attorney and his associates—men operating outside of normal governmental channels, and apparently motivated by personal gain. Her courageous participation in the subsequent impeachment inquiry earned Yovanovitch the nation’s respect, and her dignified response to the president’s attacks won our hearts.
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Heroic patriot's amazing story
- De Victoria Eriksson en 03-19-22
- Lessons from the Edge
- A Memoir
- De: Marie Yovanovitch
- Narrado por: Marie Yovanovitch
Best Memoir Ever
Revisado: 05-15-22
Yovanovich has written an honest, soul-searching memoir. From her early days as a neophyte in the state department to her nuanced work as a senior diplomat, she is not afraid to show her insecurities as well as her accomplishments. The common threads throughout are her high standard of ethics, and her love for the democracy and people of her adopted country.
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There Is Nothing For You Here
- Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century
- De: Fiona Hill
- Narrado por: Fiona Hill
- Duración: 15 h y 35 m
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A celebrated foreign policy expert and key impeachment witness reveals how declining opportunity has set America on the grim path of modern Russia—and draws on her personal journey out of poverty, as well as her unique perspectives as an historian and policy maker, to show how we can return hope to our forgotten places.
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Excellent book on populism, Putin, Trump and us
- De Erin en 10-08-21
- There Is Nothing For You Here
- Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century
- De: Fiona Hill
- Narrado por: Fiona Hill
Nuanced, clear, insightful
Revisado: 03-31-22
Fiona Hill combined memoir and political analysis, and showed how her rural British personal history informed her work as a presidential advisor on Russian political history and current events. The book offered fascinating insights into her tenure at the White House, as well as the life-long obstacle of being an intelligent woman working in a man’s world.
Her optimism in the last portion of the book, discussing how the US economy could be transformed to work for everyone, did not address the negative aspects of the politics of power in Washington DC.
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Classics of American Literature
- De: Arnold Weinstein, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Arnold Weinstein
- Duración: 43 h y 55 m
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To truly understand the United States of America, you must explore its literary tradition. Now, in this grand collection of 84 fascinating lectures, you'll get the chance to finally become familiar with America's true literary masterpieces (some you may already be familiar with, others you have yet to discover). Professor Weinstein has crafted these lectures to explain why some works become classics while others do not, why some "immortal" works fade from our attention completely, and even why some contemporary works now being ignored or snubbed by critics may be considered immortal one day.
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Incomparable AudiOverview of American Literature
- De W Perry Hall en 02-05-14
- Classics of American Literature
- De: Arnold Weinstein, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Arnold Weinstein
Extraordinary survey of extraordinary writing
Revisado: 03-12-22
I’ve read all these books except one, in high school and college. The review of American Literature Classics was side-by
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