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Solitary is the unforgettable life story of a man who served more than four decades in solitary confinement - in a six-foot by nine-foot cell, 23 hours a day, in notorious Angola prison in Louisiana - all for a crime he did not commit. That Albert Woodfox survived was, in itself, a feat of extraordinary endurance against the violence and deprivation he faced daily. That he was able to emerge whole from his odyssey within America’s prison and judicial systems is a triumph of the human spirit, and makes his book a clarion call to reform the inhumanity of solitary confinement in the US and around the world.
Arrested often as a teenager in New Orleans, inspired behind bars in his early 20s to join the Black Panther Party because of its social commitment and code of living, Albert was serving a 50-year sentence in Angola for armed robbery when on April 17, 1972, a white guard was killed. Albert and another member of the Panthers were accused of the crime and immediately put in solitary confinement by the warden. Without a shred of actual evidence against them, their trial was a sham of justice that gave them life sentences in solitary. Decades passed before Albert gained a lawyer of consequence; even so, 16 more years and multiple appeals were needed before he was finally released in February 2016.
Remarkably self-aware that anger or bitterness would have destroyed him in solitary confinement, sustained by the shared solidarity of two fellow Panthers, Albert turned his anger into activism and resistance. The Angola 3, as they became known, resolved never to be broken by the grinding inhumanity and corruption that effectively held them for decades as political prisoners. He survived to give us Solitary, a chronicle of rare power and humanity that proves the better spirits of our nature can thrive against any odds.
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“Solitary is evidence of Woodfox’s extraordinary mental resilience in the face of relentless state cruelty.... An indictment of the US criminal justice system that should be read for generations.” (The Globe and Mail)
“Shocking... An astonishing true saga of incarceration that would have surely faced rejection if submitted as a novel on the grounds that it never could happen in real life.” (Kirkus Reviews)
“Sage, profound and deeply humane, Albert Woodfox has authored an American testament. Solitary is not simply an indictment of the cruelties, absurdities and hypocrisies of the criminal justice system, it is a call to conscience for all who have allowed these acts to be done in our name.” (Jelani Cobb, author of The Substance of Hope and staff writer at The New Yorker)
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- Duración: 9 h y 11 m
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In 1985, Anthony Ray Hinton was arrested and charged with two counts of capital murder in Alabama. Stunned, confused, and only 29 years old, Hinton knew that it was a case of mistaken identity and believed that the truth would prove his innocence and ultimately set him free. But with an incompetent defense attorney and a different system of justice for a poor black man in the South, Hinton was sentenced to death by electrocution. He spent his first three years on Death Row at Holman State Prison in despairing silence.
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DOWN WITH CAPITAL PUNISHMENT!!!
- De MUDDBONE en 04-29-18
De: Anthony Ray Hinton, y otros
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In the Place of Justice
- A Story of Punishment and Deliverance
- De: Wilbert Rideau
- Narrado por: Dominic Hoffman
- Duración: 16 h y 6 m
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From Wilbert Rideau, the award-winning journalist who spent 44 years in Louisiana prisons working against unimaginable odds to redeem himself, the story of a remarkable life: A crime, its punishment, and ultimate triumph. After killing a woman in a moment of panic following a botched bank robbery, Rideau, denied a fair trial, was improperly sentenced to death at the age of 19. After more than a decade on death row, his sentence was amended to life imprisonment, and he joined the inmate population of the infamous Angola penitentiary.
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Rideau and Hoffman are BRILLANT!!
- De Gary Kastal en 07-03-10
De: Wilbert Rideau
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Monster
- De: Walter Dean Myers
- Narrado por: full cast
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Sometimes I feel like I have walked into the middle of a movie. Maybe I can make my own movie. The film will be the story of my life. No, not my life, but of this experience. I'll call it what the lady who is the prosecutor called me: Monster.
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A wonderful book -- weak audio cast
- De Cari en 05-20-11
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Letters from Guantánamo
- De: Mansoor Adayfi, Antonio Aiello
- Narrado por: Mansoor Adayfi, Fajer Al-Kaisi, Elias Khalil, y otros
- Duración: 3 h y 55 m
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In weeks after the September 11 attacks, 18-year-old Mansoor Adayfi was kidnapped by Afghan militia and sold to US forces for bounty money. After months of interrogations, he was sent to the US military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, as one of its first prisoners. Like the nearly 800 other men imprisoned at Guantanamo, Adayfi didn’t know why he was imprisoned or for how long. He had never seen a skyscraper and couldn’t imagine what the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center looked like, much less how they were destroyed.
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An important reminder
- De Dave Heilman en 05-25-24
De: Mansoor Adayfi, y otros
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Touching the Void
- De: Joe Simpson
- Narrado por: Andrew Wincott, Daniel Weyman
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Joe Simpson, with just his partner, Simon Yates, tackled the unclimbed West Face of the remote 21,000-foot Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes in June of 1985. But before they reached the summit, disaster struck. A few days later, Simon staggered into Base Camp, exhausted and frostbitten, to tell their non-climbing companion that Joe was dead. For three days he wrestled with guilt as they prepared to return home. Then a cry in the night took them out with torches, where they found Joe, badly injured.
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Wonderfully told true story
- De David Shear en 01-17-14
De: Joe Simpson
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Born to Run
- A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
- De: Christopher McDougall
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
- Duración: 11 h y 6 m
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Isolated by Mexico's deadly Copper Canyons, the blissful Tarahumara Indians have honed the ability to run hundreds of miles without rest or injury. In a riveting narrative, award-winning journalist and often-injured runner Christopher McDougall sets out to discover their secrets. In the process, he takes his readers from science labs at Harvard to the sun-baked valleys and freezing peaks across North America, where ever-growing numbers of ultra-runners are pushing their bodies to the limit.
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Amazing read - even for non-runners
- De Corey en 05-31-09
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Mrs. Kennedy
- The Missing History of the Kennedy Years
- De: Barbara Leaming
- Narrado por: Elizabeth Wiley
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New York Times bestselling author Barbara Leaming answers the question: What was it like to be Mrs. John F. Kennedy during the dramatic thousand days of the Kennedy presidency? Here for the first time is the full story of the extravagant interplay of sex and politics that constitutes one of modern history's most spectacular dramas.
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An amazing woman who led a truly amazing life.
- De Jn en 02-04-24
De: Barbara Leaming
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Possession
- A Novel
- De: Ann Rule
- Narrado por: Brian Stivale
- Duración: 11 h y 25 m
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When Danny and Joanne Lindstrom's camping trip in the Cascade mountains goes terribly awry, beautiful young Joanne is left alone and stranded in the savage wilderness. Her last hope is to rely on another camper, a tall stranger who seems to know the forest and the dangers there all too well. Without him, she will surely die; with him, her future is as unpredictable as the lowering clouds that envelop the mountain. He asks only that she trust him.
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Suspenseful and entertaining
- De Cassandra en 01-23-21
De: Ann Rule
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- Patrick Hart
- 07-02-20
Amazing Trial of Perseverance
narrator was great, struggle was real but outcome was heartfelt. A little repetitive in parts but I'd imagine this was fine on purpose to really understand the circumstances
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- Bernadette Tibazi
- 09-07-20
Harrowing! Enlightening! Hard to listen to!
It was hard to believe the injustices experienced by the author and his comrades the Angola three. It was not easy to listen to the unsentimental account of the these injustices, 4o years of solitary confinement and multiple miscarriages of justices in Louisiana USA. But I am glad I did. If Albert Woodfox had to endure it, and maintained his sanity and humanity then I could listen to it. The book stands as a testament for change. The book offers irrefutable evidence of systematic racism and injustice within the very fabric of our system. I am grateful to Mr. Woodfox for his courage and endurance, his intelligence and lack of self pity. He is truly a man of steel! If you live on American soil under the American system then you need to listen to this book.
Thank you Mr. Woodfox!
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- IH
- 04-17-20
Life Changer! We as humanity need this book today more than Ever as our human rights are being taken away daily!
WOW
This book had the biggest impact on me from all others i have read on here
it was So inspirational
gave me hope not only in the strength of human spirit, but also hope in humanity to come together from all walks of life and stand up for each other, for what’s right
for the injustice that the top 1% is doing upon the other 90%
Woodfox and the Angola 3 are true heroes
not only for surviving hell more than half of their lives, but for using it to change humanity for the better: true survival of the spirit
Thank you Mr. Woodfox!!
Also Kudos to JD Jackson
Best narration Ever on here!
Gave Woodfox and his story the true soul and made you feel you were there fighting alongside them
Thank you!
I hope everyone reads this book and will recommend to everyone i know!
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- Christopher Ryan LaRose
- 09-21-23
Life Changing
5 stars across the board. Albert Woodfox’s story is truly life changing. Well-written, beautifully narrated, and thoroughly researched.
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- Lela
- 10-18-20
Powerful, Enlightening, and Devastating all at the same time
This book should is a MUST read for everyone. I cried, I was angered, and I was touched by this book. I listened with an open heart and an open mind, and I can truly say this book has changed my understanding of our criminal justice system.
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- E. Hall
- 08-28-20
A compelling story about an amazing man
Albert Wood is a man of integrity and unbelievable strength of mind and will. What happens to Albert is wrong and unacceptable. I believe this is a must read book for anyone that wants to know about the injustices of the American criminal justice system. Once I started this book I could not put it down. It is well told and well written. This is a book that everyone should read.
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- Krista
- 09-13-22
Must listen !
An amazing life to live through and come out positive, great stories and details! Albert Woodfox you were a wonderful person and will be missed by so many 💕🌻 thank you for leaving us this gift .
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- Agudodan
- 01-04-20
Amazing human triumph over brutal racism
Albert Woodfox’s survival and triumph over the brutal racist treatment he received from our judicial system and from guards and lawyers and US state officials is an amazing story. It is also an indictment of our judicial system that needs to be read and understood by officials at the state and national level and policymakers to change the system.
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- Alfadiva Peru
- 12-28-22
a must read
This book has taught me that there is much more we as society need to do for the restoration of humanity but above all freedom isn't what is around us rather but it lays in our mind and soul.
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- Bayoubabe
- 02-17-23
Indeed, he was unbroken and also unbowed
Albert Woodfox endured man's inhumanity to man in one of the worst ways. He, Herman, and King were denied justice under the law. The state of Louisiana by the way of people who had no humanity or empathy were determined to keep them in prison and solitary confinement under any means necessary, including by lying and false testimony. How many others have suffered the same injustice and did not have the determination the Angola Three had and have already died falsely imprisoned? This story was a very eye-opening story of the plight of those falsely incarcerated. Forty-four years, forty-four years, forty-four years. Let that sink in.
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