Nonfiction Winner: Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
"Right next to fiction, nonfiction is one of the most expansive categories out there. While its scope offers a myriad of content, it also highlights the fact that few titles engage with all aspects of the genre. Memoir, self dev, and science all fall under the umbrella of nonfiction, but they’re also genres in their own right—genres that don’t necessarily do the same work. Despite this, or perhaps because of this, Lori Gottlieb’s Maybe You Should to Talk Someone marries the three into something that feels decidedly nonfiction.
Gottlieb’s de-stigmatization of mental health also surfaces another trend of 2019: giving voice to the otherwise voiceless. Whether it’s the exposure of sexual violence against women in Ronan Farrow’s Catch and Kill and Lisa Taddeo’s Three Women, or Ibram X. Kendi’s plea to acknowledge the painful truths of racial inequality in How to Be an Antiracist, writers have been defying categorization and doing incredibly important work this year. But it’s also been a year of optimism with titles like Samantha Power’s The Education of an Idealist—a testament to hope, kindness, and empathy. Ultimately, 2019 has proven itself a year of truth and revelations, though there’s still a lot more work to be done." —Michael C., Audible Editor
Best of Nonfiction: Four More
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Catch and Kill
- Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators
- De: Ronan Farrow
- Narrado por: Ronan Farrow
- Duración: 10 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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Historia
In 2017, a routine network television investigation led to a story only whispered about: one of Hollywood’s most powerful producers was a predator, protected by fear, wealth, and a conspiracy of silence. As Farrow drew closer to the truth, shadowy operatives, from high-priced lawyers to elite war-hardened spies, mounted a secret campaign of intimidation, threatening his career, following his every move, and weaponizing an account of abuse in his own family.
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Excellent book
- De Jonathan Knodel en 10-16-19
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Three Women
- De: Lisa Taddeo
- Narrado por: Tara Lynne Barr, Marin Ireland, Mena Suvari, y otros
- Duración: 11 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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Historia
In suburban Indiana we meet Lina, the homemaker and mother of two whose marriage, after a decade, has lost its passion. Starved for affection, Lina battles daily panic attacks and, after reconnecting with an old flame through social media, embarks on an affair that quickly becomes all-consuming. In North Dakota we meet Maggie, the 17-year-old high school student who allegedly has a clandestine physical relationship with her handsome, married English teacher; the ensuing criminal trial will turn their quiet community upside down.
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Moving, literary nonfiction
- De Homer en 07-25-19
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How to Be an Antiracist
- De: Ibram X. Kendi
- Narrado por: Ibram X. Kendi
- Duración: 10 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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Historia
From the National Book Award-winning author of Stamped from the Beginning comes a “groundbreaking” (Time) approach to understanding and uprooting racism and inequality in our society and in ourselves—now updated, with a new preface.
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80% of the useful content is in the first 1-2 chapters
- De Anonymous User en 03-09-20
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The Education of an Idealist
- A Memoir
- De: Samantha Power
- Narrado por: Samantha Power
- Duración: 21 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
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Historia
In her memoir, Power offers an urgent response to the question "What can one person do?" and a call for a clearer eye, a kinder heart, and a more open and civil hand in our politics and daily lives. The Education of an Idealist traces Power’s distinctly American journey from immigrant to war correspondent to presidential Cabinet official. In 2005, her critiques of US foreign policy caught the eye of newly elected senator Barack Obama, who invited her to work with him on Capitol Hill and then on his presidential campaign.
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Sam's Power: Privilege in U.S. Politics
- De RelizzScholar27 en 11-09-19
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Catch and Kill
- Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators
- De: Ronan Farrow
- Narrado por: Ronan Farrow
- Duración: 10 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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General
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Narración:
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Historia
In 2017, a routine network television investigation led to a story only whispered about: one of Hollywood’s most powerful producers was a predator, protected by fear, wealth, and a conspiracy of silence. As Farrow drew closer to the truth, shadowy operatives, from high-priced lawyers to elite war-hardened spies, mounted a secret campaign of intimidation, threatening his career, following his every move, and weaponizing an account of abuse in his own family.
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Excellent book
- De Jonathan Knodel en 10-16-19
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Three Women
- De: Lisa Taddeo
- Narrado por: Tara Lynne Barr, Marin Ireland, Mena Suvari, y otros
- Duración: 11 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General
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Narración:
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Historia
In suburban Indiana we meet Lina, the homemaker and mother of two whose marriage, after a decade, has lost its passion. Starved for affection, Lina battles daily panic attacks and, after reconnecting with an old flame through social media, embarks on an affair that quickly becomes all-consuming. In North Dakota we meet Maggie, the 17-year-old high school student who allegedly has a clandestine physical relationship with her handsome, married English teacher; the ensuing criminal trial will turn their quiet community upside down.
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Moving, literary nonfiction
- De Homer en 07-25-19
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How to Be an Antiracist
- De: Ibram X. Kendi
- Narrado por: Ibram X. Kendi
- Duración: 10 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General
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Narración:
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Historia
From the National Book Award-winning author of Stamped from the Beginning comes a “groundbreaking” (Time) approach to understanding and uprooting racism and inequality in our society and in ourselves—now updated, with a new preface.
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80% of the useful content is in the first 1-2 chapters
- De Anonymous User en 03-09-20
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The Education of an Idealist
- A Memoir
- De: Samantha Power
- Narrado por: Samantha Power
- Duración: 21 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
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General
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Narración:
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Historia
In her memoir, Power offers an urgent response to the question "What can one person do?" and a call for a clearer eye, a kinder heart, and a more open and civil hand in our politics and daily lives. The Education of an Idealist traces Power’s distinctly American journey from immigrant to war correspondent to presidential Cabinet official. In 2005, her critiques of US foreign policy caught the eye of newly elected senator Barack Obama, who invited her to work with him on Capitol Hill and then on his presidential campaign.
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Sam's Power: Privilege in U.S. Politics
- De RelizzScholar27 en 11-09-19