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A Modest Proposal
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- De Paul en 04-26-04
De: Edward Bellamy
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
- De: Benjamin Franklin
- Narrado por: Qarie Marshall
- Duración: 6 h y 35 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,677
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,455
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Left unfinished at the time of his death, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin has endured as one of the most well-known and influential autobiographies ever written. From his early years in Boston and Philadelphia to the publication of his Poor Richard's Almanac to the American Revolution and beyond, Franklin's autobiography is a fascinating, personal exploration into the life of America's most interesting founding father.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Egregious omission of important passage.
- De Walking Man en 02-14-19
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Benjamin Franklin: A Captivating Guide to an American Polymath and a Founding Father of the United States of America
- De: Captivating History
- Narrado por: Desmond Manny
- Duración: 3 h y 5 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 34
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Benjamin Franklin was a Founding Father of America and had an enormous impact on America as it is today. In addition to that, there are many little-known facts about the man who is Benjamin Franklin. Unlike many of the other Founding Fathers, he started out in humble circumstances. From a young age, Benjamin Franklin fought for the rights of America at home and abroad. Yet, he bore the burdens of leadership and never shirked nor faltered in his mission. His greatest asset was his charm and friendliness, but he had his detractors as well and felt the emotional impact of that.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Audiobook
- De Jaxon Jordon en 02-10-19
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New Atlantis
- De: Francis Bacon
- Narrado por: Gareth Armstrong
- Duración: 1 h y 34 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 100
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 88
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Sir Francis Bacon's The New Atlantis is a utopian novel about a mythical land called Bensalem, where the inhabitants live happily with the sciences. In The New Atlantis, Bacon focuses on the duty of the state toward science, and his projections for state-sponsored research anticipate many advances in medicine and surgery, meteorology, and machinery. Although The New Atlantis is only a part of his plan for an ideal commonwealth, this work does represent Bacon's ideological beliefs.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Oxford World Classics
- De Jennifer Bick en 07-02-21
De: Francis Bacon
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As a Man Thinketh
- De: James Allen
- Narrado por: Paul Darn
- Duración: 1 h y 4 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 66
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 56
James Allen's most famous book, "As a Man Thinketh", was originally published in 1902. It is now considered a classic self-help book. Its underlying premise is that noble thoughts make a noble person, while lowly thoughts make a miserable person. Allen's books illustrate the use of the power of thought to increase personal capabilities. Although he never achieved great fame or wealth, his works continue to influence people around the world, including the New Thought movement.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Story- Great. Audio- not
- De Light Painter en 02-08-20
De: James Allen
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The Black Man: The Father of Civilization, Proven by Biblical History
- De: James Morris Webb
- Narrado por: Rodney Louis Tompkins
- Duración: 56 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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James Morris Webb argues that the Black man was the father of civilization, born in the land of Egypt, and that the different branches of science and art were simply transmitted to other races, which, as the ages have rolled by have only been enlarged - and to some extent improved upon. The narrative is rich in quotes from the Bible.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow !! I never thought
- De TONY 810 en 07-24-20
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Common Sense
- De: Thomas Paine
- Narrado por: Adrian Cronauer
- Duración: 1 h y 41 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 223
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This pamphlet, first published in 1776, set in print the word every American was thinking about, but none dared say: independence! It was published anonymously in New York, selling 120,000 copies in the first 3 months and half a million in that same year. Its author, Thomas Paine, wrote in a language that could be understood by any reasonably literate colonist. But more important than it being so well received, is that it captured the American colonists' imaginations and was a primary catalyst to the independence movement in the United States. Noted American historian Bernard Bailyn called it "the most brilliant pamphlet written during the American Revolution, and one of the most brilliant ever written in the English language."
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4 out of 5 stars
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revolutionary ideas for sure
- De reggie p en 08-20-03
De: Thomas Paine
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As a Man Thinketh
- The Original Masterpiece, Updated for Today
- De: James Allen, Justin Hammond
- Narrado por: Just Hammond
- Duración: 55 m
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 156
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 125
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 124
The original self-help classic - fully updated for the 21st century! In 1902, James Allen wrote a classic book that was to inspire millions. It was called As a Man Thinketh and became one of the most influential personal improvement books ever written. It provided a series of philosophical considerations on the power of our own thoughts. The conclusion of the book is that 'we become what we think about' - which later became the inspiration behind the best-selling movie The Secret, and the modern self-help movement.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Pretty worries?
- De Quentin en 09-04-16
De: James Allen, y otros
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The Wealth of Nations
- De: Adam Smith
- Narrado por: Gildart Jackson
- Duración: 36 h y 43 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,538
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,288
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,277
The foundation for all modern economic thought and political economy, The Wealth of Nations is the magnum opus of Scottish economist Adam Smith, who introduces the world to the very idea of economics and capitalism in the modern sense of the words.
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4 out of 5 stars
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ADAM SMITH
- De chetyarbrough.blog en 01-20-15
De: Adam Smith
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They Were Her Property
- White Women as Slave Owners in the American South
- De: Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers
- Narrado por: Allyson Johnson
- Duración: 10 h y 26 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 558
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 485
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 484
Bridging women's history, the history of the South, and African-American history, this audiobook makes a bold argument about the role of white women in American slavery. Historian Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers draws on a variety of sources to show that slave-owning women were sophisticated economic actors who directly engaged in and benefited from the South's slave market.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Women ARE just like men
- De Mary en 08-22-19
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American Slavery, American Freedom
- De: Edmund S. Morgan
- Narrado por: Sean Pratt
- Duración: 14 h y 19 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 157
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 132
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 130
"If it is possible to understand the American paradox, the marriage of slavery and freedom, Virginia is surely the place to begin," writes Edmund S. Morgan in American Slavery, American Freedom, a study of the tragic contradiction at the core of America. Morgan finds the key to this central paradox in the people and politics of the state that was both the birthplace of the revolution and the largest slaveholding state in the country.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Explaining the great American contradiction
- De Roger en 09-16-14
De: Edmund S. Morgan
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The Science of Getting Rich - Original Edition
- De: Wallace D. Wattles
- Narrado por: Christa Lewis
- Duración: 2 h y 23 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 353
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 301
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 295
The Science of Getting Rich is a classic, written by Wallace D. Wattles, and published in 1910. Wattles died in 1911, shortly after publishing this book. Forgotten for decades, it was recently rediscovered. The timeless principles in this classic will transform your financial future.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Timeless Material read with Pleasant Voice
- De M. Smith en 11-29-18
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The Modern Scholar
- The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin
- De: Professor H.W. Brands
- Narrado por: H.W. Brands
- Duración: 7 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 136
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 102
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 104
This course examines the life of Benjamin Franklin and his influence on both American and world history. He remains the model of the American thinker - a man who was interested in nearly everything, and who pursued those interests with an admirable and contagious passion. To study Franklin's life is to learn not only the history of a single man, but to understand some of the most monumental changes in all of human history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Love it
- De Holly en 02-20-16
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Utopia
- De: Sir Thomas More
- Narrado por: James Adams
- Duración: 4 h y 10 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,083
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 924
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 923
Utopia is the name given by Sir Thomas More to an imaginary island in this political work written in 1516. Book I of Utopia, a dialogue, presents a perceptive analysis of contemporary social, economic, and moral ills in England. Book II is a narrative describing a country run according to the ideals of the English humanists, where poverty, crime, injustice, and other ills do not exist.
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3 out of 5 stars
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More's unobtainable vision of the ideal society
- De Darwin8u en 06-12-13
De: Sir Thomas More
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Merchants in the Temple
- Inside Pope Francis's Secret Battle Against Corruption in the Vatican
- De: Gianluigi Nuzzi
- Narrado por: P. J. Ochlan
- Duración: 8 h y 8 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 47
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 40
From a best-selling author with unprecedented access to Pope Francis, an investigative look at the recent financial scandals at the highest levels of the Vatican. A veritable war is waging in the church: On one side there is Pope Francis' strong message for one church of the poor and all; on the other there is the old Curia, with its endless enemies, and the old and new lobbies struggling to preserve their not-so-Christian privileges.
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5 out of 5 stars
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informative I learned a lot
- De Dino en 10-28-16
De: Gianluigi Nuzzi
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The Famine Plot
- England's Role in Ireland's Greatest Tragedy
- De: Tim Pat Coogan
- Narrado por: Roger Clark
- Duración: 11 h y 13 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 131
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 121
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 119
In this sweeping history, Ireland's best-known historian, Tim Pat Coogan, tackles the dark history of the Irish Famine and argues that it constituted one of the first acts of genocide. In what the Boston Globe calls "his greatest achievement", Coogan shows how the British government hid behind the smoke screen of laissez faire economics, the invocation of divine providence, and a carefully orchestrated publicity campaign, allowing more than a million people to die agonizing deaths and driving a further million into emigration.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Atrocities abound.
- De GMJ en 06-05-18
De: Tim Pat Coogan