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America's Other Army
- The US Foreign Service and 21st-Century Diplomacy
- Narrado por: Daniel Henning
- Duración: 11 h y 8 m
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Through the stories of American diplomats, the book explains how their work affects millions of people in the United States and around the world every day and how it contributes directly to US security and prosperity. It shows a more inclusive American diplomacy that has moved beyond interacting with governments and has engaged with the private sector, civil society, and individual citizens.
Having visited 80 embassies and consulates and interviewed more than 600 American diplomats, the author reveals a foreign service whose diversity and professional versatility have shattered old perceptions and redefined modern diplomacy. But he also depicts a service not fully equipped to address the complex challenges of the 21st century.
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Bobby and Cheryl Love were living in Brooklyn, happily married for decades, when the FBI and NYPD appeared at their door and demanded to know from Bobby, in front of his shocked wife and children: “What is your name? No, what’s your real name?” Bobby’s thirty-eight-year secret was out. As a Black child in the Jim Crow South, Bobby found himself in legal trouble before his 14th birthday. Sparked by the desperation he felt in the face of limited options and the pull of the streets, Bobby became a master thief.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Heart Wrenching and Heart Warming
- De ArizonaBorn en 01-01-22
De: Bobby Love, y otros
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Rwanda, Inc.
- How a Devastated Nation Became an Economic Model for the Developing World
- De: Patricia Crisafulli, Andrea Redmond
- Narrado por: Hillary Huber
- Duración: 7 h y 19 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 109
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 85
Eighteen years after the genocide that made Rwanda international news, yet left it all but abandoned by the West, the country has achieved a miraculous turnaround. Rising out of the complete devastation of a failed state, Rwanda has emerged on the world stage yet again - this time with a unique model for governance and economic development under the leadership of its strong and decisive president, Paul Kagame. Here, Patricia Crisafulli and Andrea Redmond look at Kagame’s leadership.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Paul Kagame is a dictator, not a savior.
- De Amazon Customer en 05-21-21
De: Patricia Crisafulli, y otros
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The Accidental Admiral
- A Sailor Takes Command at NATO
- De: ADM. James Stavridis USN - Ret.
- Narrado por: Bob Souer
- Duración: 7 h y 35 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 35
After he was selected to be NATO's 16th Supreme Allied Commander, the New York Times described Jim Stavridis as a "Renaissance admiral." A US Naval Academy graduate with a master's degree and doctorate from Tufts University, conversant in both French and Spanish, this author of numerous books and articles impressed the Navy's leaders and senior Pentagon civilians. The Accidental Admiral offers an intimate look at the challenges of directing NATO operations in Afghanistan, military intervention in Libya, and preparation for possible war in Syria.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Insider View on Complexity in Nato
- De Theo Horesh en 05-16-22
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Good Hunting
- An American Spymaster's Story
- De: Jack Devine
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duración: 12 h y 5 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 352
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Good Hunting: An American Spymaster's Story is the spellbinding memoir of Devine's time in the CIA, where he served for more than 30 years, rising to become the acting deputy director of operations, responsible for all of the agency's spying operations. This is a story of intrigue and high-stakes maneuvering - all the more gripping when the fate of our geopolitical order hangs in the balance. But this audiobook also sounds a warning to our nation's decision makers.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating, An education on spying
- De Anthony en 12-13-15
De: Jack Devine
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Hard Choices
- De: Hillary Rodham Clinton
- Narrado por: Kathleen Chalfant, Hillary Rodham Clinton
- Duración: 26 h y 55 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,463
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 1,263
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,258
Hillary Rodham Clinton's inside account of the crises, choices, and challenges she faced during her four years as America's 67th Secretary of State, and how those experiences drive her view of the future. In the aftermath of her 2008 presidential run, she expected to return to representing New York in the United States Senate. To her surprise, her former rival for the Democratic Party nomination, newly elected President Barack Obama, asked her to serve in his administration as Secretary of State. This memoir is the story of the four extraordinary and historic years that followed.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Senior Stateswoman in need of Editor
- De Cynthia en 07-20-14
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It Shouldn't Be This Hard to Serve Your Country
- Our Broken Government and the Plight of Veterans
- De: David Shulkin
- Narrado por: Daniel Thomas May, David Shulkin
- Duración: 11 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 79
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 69
Known in health care circles for his ability to fix ailing hospitals, Dr. David Shulkin was originally brought into government by President Obama, in an attempt to save the broken Department of Veterans Affairs. When President Trump made him VA secretary, Dr. Shulkin was as shocked as anyone. Yet this surprise was trivial compared to what Shulkin encountered as the VA secretary: a team of political appointees devoted to stopping anyone - including the secretary himself - who stood in the way of privatizing the organization and implementing their agenda.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Powerful Account by an Impressive Public Servant
- De Tom en 12-10-19
De: David Shulkin
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A Collective Bargain
- Unions, Organizing, and the Fight for Democracy
- De: Jane McAlevey
- Narrado por: Jane McAlevey
- Duración: 9 h y 21 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 91
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 78
In A Collective Bargain, longtime labor organizer, environmental activist, and political campaigner Jane McAlevey makes the case that unions are a key institution capable of taking effective action against today’s super-rich corporate class. Since the 1930s, when unions flourished under New Deal protections, corporations have waged a stealthy and ruthless war against the labor movement. And they’ve been winning.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- De Ellen en 01-26-20
De: Jane McAlevey
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The Putin Interviews
- Oliver Stone Interviews Vladimir Putin
- De: Oliver Stone
- Narrado por: Pete Cross, Qarie Marshall
- Duración: 9 h y 45 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 139
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 128
Supplemented with referential information and culled from more than a dozen interviews with Putin over a two-year period - spanning Stone's first trip to Moscow to meet with NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden to his most recent visit after the election of President Donald Trump - The Putin Interviews is based on what journalists, news organizations, and other world leaders have long coveted: extended, unprecedented access to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A for Effort...but I nearly puked.
- De Godson Ugochukwu en 08-13-18
De: Oliver Stone
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My Story
- De: Julia Gillard
- Narrado por: Julia Gillard, Jennifer Vuletic
- Duración: 18 h y 22 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 27
"I was prime minister for three years and three days. Three years and three days of resilience. Three years and three days of changing the nation. Three years and three days for you to judge." On Wednesday 23 June 2010, with the government in turmoil, Julia Gillard asked Prime Minister Kevin Rudd for a leadership ballot. The next day, Julia Gillard became Australia's 27th prime minister, and our first female leader.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
- De Michael en 10-11-16
De: Julia Gillard
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The Party
- The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers
- De: Richard McGregor
- Narrado por: Matthew Waterson
- Duración: 11 h y 14 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 154
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 128
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 128
The Party is Financial Times reporter Richard McGregor's eye-opening investigation into China's Communist Party, and the integral role it has played in the country's rise as a global superpower and rival to the United States. Many books have examined China's economic rise, human rights record, turbulent history, and relations with the US; none until now, however, have tackled the issue central to understanding all of these issues: how the ruling communist government works. The Party delves deeply into China's secretive political machine.
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3 out of 5 stars
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The content is good but the narrator is terrible
- De Kit en 02-24-20
De: Richard McGregor
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For the Record
- De: David Cameron
- Narrado por: David Cameron
- Duración: 29 h y 59 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 68
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 62
David Cameron was elected Conservative leader in 2005, promising to modernize the party following its three successive electoral defeats. He became Prime Minister in 2010, forming Britain’s first coalition government in 70 years, at a moment of economic crisis, and went on to win the first outright Conservative majority for 23 years at the 2015 general election.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Wish i did not read it first
- De Amazon Customer en 10-01-19
De: David Cameron
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Known and Unknown
- A Memoir
- De: Donald Rumsfeld
- Narrado por: Donald Rumsfeld
- Duración: 30 h y 10 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 602
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A powerful memoir from the late former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. With the same directness that defined his career in public service, Rumsfeld's memoir is filled with previously undisclosed details and insights about the Bush administration, 9/11, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. It also features Rumsfeld's unique and often surprising observations on eight decades of history. Both a fascinating narrative and an unprecedented glimpse into history, Known and Unknown captures the legacy of one of the most influential men in public service.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Inside view of five decades in politics
- De Brooks en 02-19-11
De: Donald Rumsfeld
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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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General5 out of 5 stars 1,208
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,087
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 1,072
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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5 out of 5 stars
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Heroic patriot's amazing story
- De Victoria Eriksson en 03-19-22
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Duty
- Memoirs of a Secretary at War
- De: Robert M. Gates
- Narrado por: George Newbern, Robert M. Gates
- Duración: 25 h y 38 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,460
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,166
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,159
From the former secretary of defense, a strikingly candid, vivid account of serving Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. When Robert M. Gates received a call from the White House, he thought he'd long left Washington politics behind: After working for six presidents in both the CIA and the National Security Council, he was happily serving as president of Texas A&M University. But when he was asked to help a nation mired in two wars and to aid the troops doing the fighting, he answered what he felt was the call of duty.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Fighting Season
- De Cynthia en 01-28-14
De: Robert M. Gates
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A Promised Land
- De: Barack Obama
- Narrado por: Barack Obama
- Duración: 29 h y 10 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 54,464
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 47,066
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 46,715
In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world, describing in strikingly personal detail both his political education and the landmark moments of the first term of his historic presidency - a time of dramatic transformation and turmoil.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Color me grateful.
- De Angela en 11-19-20
De: Barack Obama
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The Rebel and the Kingdom
- The True Story of the Secret Mission to Overthrow the North Korean Regime
- De: Bradley Hope
- Narrado por: Lee Osorio
- Duración: 8 h y 46 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 32
In the early 2000s, Adrian Hong was a soft-spoken Yale undergraduate looking for his place in the world. After reading a harrowing account of life inside North Korea, he realized he had found a cause so pressing that he was ready to devote his life to it. Hong journeyed to China, outwitting Chinese security services as he helped ferry asylum-seeking North Korean escapees to safety. The Rebel and the Kingdom is an exhilarating account of a man who turns his back on the status quo—to instead live boldly by his principles.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Phenomenal true story
- De NYCdogmomma en 11-13-22
De: Bradley Hope