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Night Thoughts
- Narrado por: Wallace Shawn
- Duración: 1 h y 48 m
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Writer and actor Wallace Shawn's probing, honest, and self-critical take on civilization and its discontents.
Although he is guided and inspired by the people he respects, and despite the insufficiency of his knowledge and experience - an insufficiency shared by most (or all) other humans, Wallace Shawn can’t see any real alternative to trying to figure out his own answers to the most essential questions about the world he lives in.
Having recently passed the age of 70, before which he found it difficult to piece together more than a few fragments of understanding, Shawn would like to pass on anything he's learned before death or dementia close down the brief window available to him, but he may not be ready yet.
Reseñas de la Crítica
"Acerbic yet compassionate, Shawn's writing epitomizes qualities he admires - curiosity, thoughtfulness, sharp logic, deep emotion - and sees society turning away from.” (Publishers Weekly, Best Books of 2017)
"[P]erceptive and forcefully argued.” (Kirkus Reviews)
"A compelling diagnosis of the world's injustice but also a very personal response to that injustice." (San Francisco Chronicle)
"Shawn has a way of pulling the reader into conversation, making the experience of Night Thoughts feel like more than moving through an extended essay by an important American playwright and actor. Somewhere, as one reads it, the feeling of friendship appears, as if Shawn has known you for years, and now, late in his life, he's decided to tell you what it's all about.” (Shelf Awareness)
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Written during the 1940s and early 1950s, when Baldwin was only in his twenties, the essays collected in Notes of a Native Son capture a view of Black life and Black thought at the dawn of the civil rights movement and as the movement slowly gained strength through the words of one of the most captivating essayists and foremost intellectuals of that era.
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Masterful Essayist
- De Andre en 09-30-16
De: James Baldwin
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The Consolations of Philosophy
- De: Alain de Botton
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 6 h y 3 m
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Alain de Botton has performed a stunning feat: He has transformed arcane philosophy into something accessible and entertaining, useful and kind. Drawing on the work of six of the world's most brilliant thinkers, de Botton has arranged a panoply of wisdom to guide us through our most common problems.
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Cheering, empathic, helpful
- De Austin en 11-11-09
De: Alain de Botton
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Notes on a Foreign Country
- An American Abroad in a Post-American World
- De: Suzy Hansen
- Narrado por: Kirsten Potter
- Duración: 10 h y 25 m
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In the wake of the September 11 attacks and the US-led invasion of Iraq, Suzy Hansen, who grew up in an insular conservative town in New Jersey, was enjoying early success as a journalist for a high-profile New York newspaper. Increasingly, though, the disconnect between the chaos of world events and the response at home took on pressing urgency for her. Seeking to understand the Muslim world that had been reduced to scaremongering headlines, she moved to Istanbul.
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A MUST-READ for all Truth-Seeking American wh
- De Parveen Mehdi-Newton en 12-08-17
De: Suzy Hansen
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You Learn by Living
- Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life
- De: Eleanor Roosevelt
- Narrado por: Vivienne Leheny
- Duración: 5 h y 29 m
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One of the most beloved figures of the 20th century, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt remains a role model for a life well lived. At the age of 76, Roosevelt penned this simple guide to living a fuller life. You Learn by Living is a powerful volume of enduring common sense ideas and heartfelt values. Offering her own philosophy on living, Eleanor takes listeners on a path to compassion, confidence, maturity, civic stewardship, and more. Her keys to a fulfilling life?
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Great advice
- De Jero en 09-10-20
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Bronze Age Mindset
- De: Bronze Age Pervert
- Narrado por: Adam Smith
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Some say that this work, found in a safe-box in the port area of Kowloon, was dictated because Bronze Age Pervert refuses to learn what he calls "the low and plebeian art of writing". It isn't known how this work was transcribed. The contents are pure dynamite. He explains that you live in ant farm. That you are observed by the lords of lies, ritually probed. Ancient man had something you have lost: confidence in his instincts and strength, knowledge in his blood. BAP shows how the Bronze Age mind-set can set you free from this iron prison and help you embark on the path of power.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Mandatory Reading For All Men
- De Anonymous User en 11-20-18
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The Zahir
- De: Paulo Coelho
- Narrado por: Derek Jacobi, Emilia Fox
- Duración: 5 h y 16 m
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It begins with a glimpse or a passing thought. It ends in obsession. One day a renowned author discovers that his wife, a war correspondent, has disappeared leaving no trace. Though time brings more success and new love, he remains mystified - and increasingly fascinated - by her absence. Was she kidnapped, blackmailed, or simply bored with their marriage? The unrest she causes is as strong as the attraction she exerts.
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Beautiful and deep read!
- De Top 1% Buyer en 09-13-15
De: Paulo Coelho
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The House of Government
- A Saga of the Russian Revolution
- De: Yuri Slezkine, Claire Bloom - director
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
- Duración: 45 h y 9 m
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On the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, the epic story of an enormous apartment building where Communist true believers lived before their destruction. The House of Government is unlike any other book about the Russian Revolution and the Soviet experiment.
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Inside saga of the leaders of Bolshevism & the USSR
- De Edward V. Blanchard en 11-05-17
De: Yuri Slezkine, y otros
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The Spiritual Teachings of Seneca
- Ancient Philosophy for Modern Wisdom
- De: Mark Forstater, Victoria Radin
- Narrado por: David Troughton, Louisa Millwood Haig
- Duración: 1 h y 36 m
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Seneca was dedicated to Stoicism, and in his essays and letters he explained the stoic position on many fundamental issues: pleasure and the problem of desire, happiness, and contentment; anger, fear, living in the present, how to think for yourself, anxiety and tranquillity, goodness, freedom, trusting the universe; courage, opportunity, cruelty and how to deal with it, friendship, love and trust, death and how to live, learning , chance and fate, time, aspirations, wisdom - and more.
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Odd presentation style
- De Mark en 08-03-08
De: Mark Forstater, y otros
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Arab and Jew
- Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land
- De: David K. Shipler
- Narrado por: Robert Blumenfeld
- Duración: 27 h y 55 m
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David Shipler delves into the origins of the prejudices of Jews and Arabs that have been intensified by war, terrorism, and nationalism. Focusing on the diverse cultures that exist side by side in Israel and Israeli-controlled territories, Shipler examines the process of indoctrination that begins in schools; he discusses the far ranging effects of socioeconomic differences, historical conflicts between Islam and Judaism, attitudes about the Holocaust, and much more.
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'Arab and Jew' Needs a Good Editor
- De Robert W. Gillespie en 10-23-03
De: David K. Shipler
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The News
- A User's Manual
- De: Alain de Botton
- Narrado por: Nicholas Bell
- Duración: 5 h y 15 m
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The news is everywhere. We can’t stop constantly checking it on our computer screens, but what is this doing to our minds? We are never really taught how to make sense of the torrent of news we face every day, writes Alain de Botton (author of the best-selling The Architecture of Happiness), but this has a huge impact on our sense of what matters and of how we should lead our lives.
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Quit the news
- De Bett Bollhoefer en 05-16-15
De: Alain de Botton
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The Gift of Adversity
- The Unexpected Benefits of Life's Difficulties, Setbacks, and Imperfections
- De: Norman E. Rosenthal M.D.
- Narrado por: Erik Synnestvedt
- Duración: 10 h y 21 m
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The noted research psychiatrist explores how life's disappointments and difficulties provide us with the lessons we need to become better, bigger, and more resilient human beings. Adversity is an irreducible fact of life. Although we can and should learn from all experiences, both positive and negative best-selling author Dr. Norman E. Rosenthal believes that adversity is by far the best teacher most of us will ever encounter.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Book ruined by the narrator
- De David C. en 12-07-22
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How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life
- An Unexpected Guide to Human Nature and Happiness
- De: Russ Roberts
- Narrado por: Don Hagen
- Duración: 5 h y 29 m
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In How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life, Roberts examines Smith’s forgotten masterpiece, and finds a treasure trove of timeless, practical wisdom. Smith’s insights into human nature are just as relevant today as they were 300 years ago. What does it take to be truly happy? Should we pursue fame and fortune or the respect of our friends and family? How can we make the world a better place?
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4 out of 5 stars
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Hard to distinguish Roberts from Smith in reading
- De Amazing Customer en 03-31-15
De: Russ Roberts
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The Miracle of the Kurds
- A Remarkable Story of Hope Reborn in Northern Iraq
- De: Stephen Mansfield
- Narrado por: Stephen Mansfield
- Duración: 5 h y 6 m
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Hundreds of thousands of Kurds were murdered under the tyrannical regime of Saddam Hussein. Some four thousand Kurdish villages were destroyed. Betrayed again and again by the nations of the world, the Kurds were as decimated as any people in history. Then came the Kurdish Miracle, that combination of ancient wisdom and modern economic genius that is now making the Kurdish homeland one of the most prosperous places on earth.
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Long live the Kurds
- De Dry Bones en 03-09-19
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The Power of Kindness 10th Anniversary Edition
- The Unexpected Benefits of Leading a Compassionate Life
- De: Piero Ferrucci
- Narrado por: Mitch Horowitz
- Duración: 7 h y 54 m
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When The Power of Kindness first appeared in 2006 it thrilled and challenged listeners with one audacious promise: Your acts of generosity and decency are the secret to a fuller, more satisfying life. Kindness is not some squishy virtue but the very key to your own happiness. With nearly 125,000 copies sold, we're celebrating the book's tenth anniversary with this new edition, featuring a complete new chapter by Piero Ferrucci on the theme of "Harmlessness", which joins his other chapters on virtues such as "Honesty", "Warmth", and "Loyalty".
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5 out of 5 stars
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Peaceful kindness
- De SR en 07-16-23
De: Piero Ferrucci
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The Almost Nearly Perfect People
- Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia
- De: Michael Booth
- Narrado por: Ralph Lister
- Duración: 13 h y 15 m
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Journalist Michael Booth has lived among the Scandinavians for more than 10 years, and he has grown increasingly frustrated with the rose-tinted view of this part of the world offered up by the Western media. In this timely audiobook, he leaves his adopted home of Denmark and embarks on a journey through all five of the Nordic countries to discover who these curious tribes are, the secrets of their success, and, most intriguing of all, what they think of one another.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Obsessed with bad politics
- De Erik en 09-07-20
De: Michael Booth
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Weapons of Mass Instruction
- A Schoolteacher's Journey Through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling
- De: John Taylor Gatto
- Narrado por: Michael Puttonen
- Duración: 8 h y 32 m
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John Taylor Gatto's Weapons of Mass Instruction focuses on mechanisms of traditional education which cripple imagination, discourage critical thinking, and create a false view of learning as a byproduct of rote-memorization drills. Gatto's earlier book, Dumbing Us Down, introduced the now-famous expression of the title into the common vernacular. Weapons of Mass Instruction adds another chilling metaphor to the brief against conventional schooling.
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I will never see school the same
- De Nicole en 05-21-15
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Night Thoughts
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- Marisa
- 01-18-23
Inspiring, illuminating, beautiful book
Will listen to this again. Wallace Shawn writes with utter honesty and a strange sort of optimism about human nature, privilege, and the future of human civilization. What a gem.
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- J.J. Justice
- 04-26-18
Brilliant.
Apparently words in this section are not optional. Plain Brilliant. 5 words remaining 2, now 1, now...thank you.
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- Pam Jacobs
- 08-14-18
Humans are truly terrible.
A good essay on how humans need to retire from the absurd practice of world domination. and that means you. And me.
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-27-23
Please…
Always flawless! Love everything that he thinks and then reveals. Adore this talent. ♥️💡
Just a divine guy!
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- LisaR
- 01-26-22
Wallace Shawn has a lot of thoughts
There's some poignant wisdom here, but also some rambling tangents. But I could listen to him talk all day.
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