-
No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies
- Narrado por: Kevin Shen
- Duración: 2 h y 37 m
Failed to add items
Add to Cart failed.
Error al Agregar a Lista de Deseos.
Error al eliminar de la lista de deseos.
Error al añadir a tu biblioteca
Error al seguir el podcast
Error al dejar de seguir el podcast
Exclusivo para miembros Prime: ¿Nuevo en Audible? Obtén 2 audiolibros gratis con tu prueba.
No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies
Compra ahora por US$13.07
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Los oyentes también disfrutaron...
-
Doppelganger
- A Trip into the Mirror World
- De: Naomi Klein
- Narrado por: Naomi Klein
- Duración: 14 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 548
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 510
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 509
What if you woke up one morning and found you’d acquired another self—a double who was almost you and yet not you at all? What if that double shared many of your preoccupations but, in a twisted, upside-down way, furthered the very causes you’d devoted your life to fighting against? Not long ago, the celebrated activist and public intellectual Naomi Klein had just such an experience—she was confronted with a doppelganger whose views she found abhorrent but whose name and public persona were sufficiently similar to her own that many people got confused about who was who.
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
Elite Psychobabble
- De A Reviewer en 09-30-23
De: Naomi Klein
-
Poverty, by America
- De: Matthew Desmond
- Narrado por: Dion Graham
- Duración: 5 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 696
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 611
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 610
The United States, the richest country on earth, has more poverty than any other advanced democracy. Why? Why does this land of plenty allow one in every eight of its children to go without basic necessities, permit scores of its citizens to live and die on the streets, and authorize its corporations to pay poverty wages?
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
A testimonial based on facts and witness
- De Alonzo Nightjar en 03-27-23
De: Matthew Desmond
-
How the South Won the Civil War
- Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America
- De: Heather Cox Richardson
- Narrado por: Heather Cox Richardson
- Duración: 9 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,473
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,291
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,280
While the North prevailed in the Civil War, ending slavery and giving the country a "new birth of freedom," Heather Cox Richardson argues in this provocative work that democracy's blood-soaked victory was ephemeral. The system that had sustained the defeated South moved westward and there established a foothold. It was a natural fit. Settlers from the East had for decades been pushing into the West, where the seizure of Mexican lands at the end of the Mexican-American War and treatment of Native Americans cemented racial hierarchies....
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
Disappointing book that wasted such potential.
- De Amazon Customer en 08-07-21
-
Teaching to Transgress
- Education as the Practice of Freedom
- De: bell hooks
- Narrado por: Robin Miles
- Duración: 7 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
-
General5 out of 5 stars 676
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 567
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 559
In Teaching to Transgress, Bell Hooks - writer, teacher, and insurgent black intellectual - writes about a new kind of education, education as the practice of freedom. Teaching students to "transgress" against racial, sexual, and class boundaries in order to achieve the gift of freedom is, for Hooks, the teacher's most important goal. Bell Hooks speakes to the heart of education today: how can we rethink teaching practices in the age of multiculturalism? What do we do about teachers who do not want to teach, and students who do not want to learn? How should we deal with racism and sexism in the classroom? Full of passion and politics, Teaching to Transgress combines a practical knowledge of the classroom with a deeply felt connection to the world of emotions and feelings. This is the rare book about teachers and students that dares to raise questions about eros and rage, grief and reconciliation, and the future of teaching itself.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Useful but not earthshaking
- De Lana Whited en 11-20-18
De: bell hooks
-
Belonging
- A Culture of Place
- De: Bell Hooks
- Narrado por: Adenrele Ojo
- Duración: 9 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 11
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 10
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 10
What does it mean to call a place home? Who is allowed to become a member of a community? When can we say that we truly belong? These are some of the questions of place and belonging that renowned cultural critic Bell Hooks examines in Belonging: A Culture of Place. Traversing past and present, Belonging charts a cyclical journey in which Hooks moves from place to place, only to end where she began—her old Kentucky home.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
I needed this!
- De Susana en 12-01-23
De: Bell Hooks
-
Fresh Banana Leaves
- Healing Indigenous Landscapes Through Indigenous Science
- De: Jessica Hernandez Ph.D.
- Narrado por: Stacy Gonzalez
- Duración: 9 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 79
-
Narración:4 out of 5 stars 68
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 69
Despite the undeniable fact that Indigenous communities are among the most affected by climate devastation, Indigenous science is nowhere to be found in mainstream environmental policy or discourse. And while holistic land, water, and forest management practices born from millennia of Indigenous knowledge systems have much to teach all of us, Indigenous science has long been ignored, otherized, or perceived as "soft"--the product of a systematic, centuries-long campaign of racism, colonialism, extractive capitalism, and delegitimization.
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
Great research, little awareness or viable solutions
- De Nyrel Cederstrom en 07-19-22
-
Doppelganger
- A Trip into the Mirror World
- De: Naomi Klein
- Narrado por: Naomi Klein
- Duración: 14 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 548
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 510
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 509
What if you woke up one morning and found you’d acquired another self—a double who was almost you and yet not you at all? What if that double shared many of your preoccupations but, in a twisted, upside-down way, furthered the very causes you’d devoted your life to fighting against? Not long ago, the celebrated activist and public intellectual Naomi Klein had just such an experience—she was confronted with a doppelganger whose views she found abhorrent but whose name and public persona were sufficiently similar to her own that many people got confused about who was who.
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
Elite Psychobabble
- De A Reviewer en 09-30-23
De: Naomi Klein
-
Poverty, by America
- De: Matthew Desmond
- Narrado por: Dion Graham
- Duración: 5 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 696
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 611
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 610
The United States, the richest country on earth, has more poverty than any other advanced democracy. Why? Why does this land of plenty allow one in every eight of its children to go without basic necessities, permit scores of its citizens to live and die on the streets, and authorize its corporations to pay poverty wages?
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
A testimonial based on facts and witness
- De Alonzo Nightjar en 03-27-23
De: Matthew Desmond
-
How the South Won the Civil War
- Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America
- De: Heather Cox Richardson
- Narrado por: Heather Cox Richardson
- Duración: 9 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,473
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,291
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,280
While the North prevailed in the Civil War, ending slavery and giving the country a "new birth of freedom," Heather Cox Richardson argues in this provocative work that democracy's blood-soaked victory was ephemeral. The system that had sustained the defeated South moved westward and there established a foothold. It was a natural fit. Settlers from the East had for decades been pushing into the West, where the seizure of Mexican lands at the end of the Mexican-American War and treatment of Native Americans cemented racial hierarchies....
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
Disappointing book that wasted such potential.
- De Amazon Customer en 08-07-21
-
Teaching to Transgress
- Education as the Practice of Freedom
- De: bell hooks
- Narrado por: Robin Miles
- Duración: 7 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
-
General5 out of 5 stars 676
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 567
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 559
In Teaching to Transgress, Bell Hooks - writer, teacher, and insurgent black intellectual - writes about a new kind of education, education as the practice of freedom. Teaching students to "transgress" against racial, sexual, and class boundaries in order to achieve the gift of freedom is, for Hooks, the teacher's most important goal. Bell Hooks speakes to the heart of education today: how can we rethink teaching practices in the age of multiculturalism? What do we do about teachers who do not want to teach, and students who do not want to learn? How should we deal with racism and sexism in the classroom? Full of passion and politics, Teaching to Transgress combines a practical knowledge of the classroom with a deeply felt connection to the world of emotions and feelings. This is the rare book about teachers and students that dares to raise questions about eros and rage, grief and reconciliation, and the future of teaching itself.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Useful but not earthshaking
- De Lana Whited en 11-20-18
De: bell hooks
-
Belonging
- A Culture of Place
- De: Bell Hooks
- Narrado por: Adenrele Ojo
- Duración: 9 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 11
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 10
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 10
What does it mean to call a place home? Who is allowed to become a member of a community? When can we say that we truly belong? These are some of the questions of place and belonging that renowned cultural critic Bell Hooks examines in Belonging: A Culture of Place. Traversing past and present, Belonging charts a cyclical journey in which Hooks moves from place to place, only to end where she began—her old Kentucky home.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
I needed this!
- De Susana en 12-01-23
De: Bell Hooks
-
Fresh Banana Leaves
- Healing Indigenous Landscapes Through Indigenous Science
- De: Jessica Hernandez Ph.D.
- Narrado por: Stacy Gonzalez
- Duración: 9 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 79
-
Narración:4 out of 5 stars 68
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 69
Despite the undeniable fact that Indigenous communities are among the most affected by climate devastation, Indigenous science is nowhere to be found in mainstream environmental policy or discourse. And while holistic land, water, and forest management practices born from millennia of Indigenous knowledge systems have much to teach all of us, Indigenous science has long been ignored, otherized, or perceived as "soft"--the product of a systematic, centuries-long campaign of racism, colonialism, extractive capitalism, and delegitimization.
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
Great research, little awareness or viable solutions
- De Nyrel Cederstrom en 07-19-22
-
Solito
- A Memoir
- De: Javier Zamora
- Narrado por: Javier Zamora
- Duración: 17 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
-
General5 out of 5 stars 2,454
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2,260
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 2,255
Javier Zamora’s adventure is a three-thousand-mile journey from his small town in El Salvador, through Guatemala and Mexico, and across the U.S. border. He will leave behind his beloved aunt and grandparents to reunite with a mother who left four years ago and a father he barely remembers. Traveling alone amid a group of strangers and a “coyote” hired to lead them to safety, Javier expects his trip to last two short weeks.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
MASTERPIECE of Poetic Prose, Outstanding Narration
- De Mary Burnight en 01-12-23
De: Javier Zamora
-
Not Too Late
- Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility
- De: Rebecca Solnit - editor, Thelma Young Lutunatabua - editor
- Narrado por: Katherine Littrell, Robin Miles, Kyla Garcia, y otros
- Duración: 6 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 7
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 6
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 6
An energizing case for hope about the climate comes from Rebecca Solnit, called “the voice of the resistance” by the New York Times, and climate activist Thelma Young Lutunatabua, along with a chorus of voices calling on us to rise to the moment. Not Too Late is the book for anyone who is despondent, defeatist, or unsure about climate change and seeking answers. As the contributors to this volume make clear, the future will be decided by whether we act in the present—and we must act to counter institutional inertia, fossil fuel interests, and political obduracy. T
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Thank you!
- De Susan C. en 04-13-23
De: Rebecca Solnit - editor, y otros
-
To Paradise
- A Novel
- De: Hanya Yanagihara
- Narrado por: Edoardo Ballerini, Catherine Ho, BD Wong, y otros
- Duración: 28 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,043
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 928
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 931
To Paradise is a fin de siècle novel of marvelous literary effect, but above all it is a work of emotional genius. The great power of this remarkable novel is driven by Yanagihara’s understanding of the aching desire to protect those we love—partners, lovers, children, friends, family, and even our fellow citizens—and the pain that ensues when we cannot.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Fabulous
- De Patty66215 en 01-15-22
De: Hanya Yanagihara
-
The Fire Next Time
- De: James Baldwin
- Narrado por: Jesse L. Martin
- Duración: 2 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
-
General5 out of 5 stars 8,710
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 7,491
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 7,441
At once a powerful evocation of his early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice to both the individual and the body politic, James Baldwin galvanized the nation in the early days of the civil rights movement with this eloquent manifesto. The Fire Next Time stands as one of the essential works of our literature.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Sad and moving and powerful and beautiful
- De Darwin8u en 09-17-15
De: James Baldwin
-
Wild Seed
- The Patternist Series, Book 1
- De: Octavia E. Butler
- Narrado por: Robin Miles
- Duración: 11 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,394
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,240
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,234
For a thousand years, Doro has cultivated a small African village, carefully breeding its people in search of seemingly unattainable perfection. He survives through the centuries by stealing the bodies of others, a technique he has so thoroughly mastered that nothing on Earth can kill him. But when a gang of New World slavers destroys his village, ruining his grand experiment, Doro is forced to go west and begin anew. He meets Anyanwu, a centuries-old woman whose means of immortality are as kind as his are cruel. Now they begin a struggle that will last centuries.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
A Tough Review To Write...
- De AlTonya en 04-05-21
-
No More Police
- A Case for Abolition
- De: Mariame Kaba, Andrea J. Ritchie, Kandace Montgomery - foreword, y otros
- Narrado por: Lisa Reneé Pitts
- Duración: 15 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 15
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 14
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 14
In this powerful call to action, New York Times bestselling author Mariame Kaba and attorney and organizer Andrea J. Ritchie detail why policing doesn't stop violence, instead perpetuating widespread harm; outline the many failures of contemporary police reforms; and explore demands to defund police, divest from policing, and invest in community resources to create greater safety through a Black feminist lens. No More Police makes a compelling case for a world where the tools required to prevent, interrupt, and transform violence in all its forms are abundant.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
A Must Read
- De Nikki Johnson en 01-02-23
De: Mariame Kaba, y otros
-
Stamped from the Beginning
- The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
- De: Ibram X. Kendi
- Narrado por: Christopher Dontrell Piper
- Duración: 19 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
-
General5 out of 5 stars 4,066
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,553
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 3,521
Some Americans cling desperately to the myth that we are living in a post-racial society, that the election of the first Black president spelled the doom of racism. In fact, racist thought is alive and well in America - more sophisticated and more insidious than ever. And as award-winning historian Ibram X. Kendi argues in Stamped from the Beginning, if we have any hope of grappling with this stark reality, we must first understand how racist ideas were developed, disseminated, and enshrined in American society.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Fabulous book, poor reader
- De EBMason en 11-15-17
De: Ibram X. Kendi
-
Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century
- Unabridged Selections
- De: Alice Wong
- Narrado por: Alejandra Ospina, Alice Wong
- Duración: 8 h y 1 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 304
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 262
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 261
One in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some disabilities are visible, others less apparent - but all are underrepresented in media and popular culture. Now, just in time for the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, activist Alice Wong brings together this urgent, galvanizing collection of contemporary essays by disabled people.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Missing stories
- De Adrianna A. en 11-19-20
De: Alice Wong
-
Rest Is Resistance
- A Manifesto
- De: Tricia Hersey
- Narrado por: Tricia Hersey
- Duración: 5 h y 26 m
- Versión completa
-
General5 out of 5 stars 856
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 779
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 775
What would it be like to live in a well-rested world? Far too many of us have claimed productivity as the cornerstone of success. Brainwashed by capitalism, we subject our bodies and minds to work at an unrealistic, damaging, and machine‑level pace—feeding into the same engine that enslaved millions into brutal labor for its own relentless benefit. In Rest Is Resistance, Tricia Hersey, aka the Nap Bishop, casts an illuminating light on our troubled relationship with rest and how to imagine and dream our way to a future where rest is exalted.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
What an experience
- De makeba jones en 10-26-22
De: Tricia Hersey
-
Gathering Moss
- A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
- De: Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Narrado por: Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Duración: 7 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,682
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,464
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,456
Living at the limits of our ordinary perception, mosses are a common but largely unnoticed element of the natural world. Gathering Moss is a beautifully written mix of science and personal reflection that invites listeners to explore and learn from the elegantly simple lives of mosses.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Soul Stirring
- De KatieBourgeois en 02-23-19
-
A Tale for the Time Being
- De: Ruth Ozeki
- Narrado por: Ruth Ozeki
- Duración: 14 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,308
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,979
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,963
In Tokyo, 16-year-old Nao has decided there's only one escape from her aching loneliness and her classmates' bullying. But before she ends it all, Nao first plans to document the life of her great grandmother, a Buddhist nun who's lived more than a century. A diary is Nao's only solace—and will touch lives in ways she can scarcely imagine. Across the Pacific, we meet Ruth, a novelist living on a remote island who discovers a collection of artifacts washed ashore in a Hello Kitty lunchbox - possibly debris from the devastating 2011 tsunami.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Engaging story beautifully read
- De Karen en 01-30-14
De: Ruth Ozeki
-
Bewilderment
- A Novel
- De: Richard Powers
- Narrado por: Edoardo Ballerini
- Duración: 7 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,511
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,151
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,142
Theo Byrne is a promising young astrobiologist who has found a way to search for life on other planets dozens of light years away. He is also the widowed father of a most unusual nine-year-old. His son, Robin, is funny, loving, and filled with plans. He thinks and feels deeply, adores animals, and can spend hours painting elaborate pictures. He is also on the verge of being expelled from third grade for smashing his friend's face with a metal thermos.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Not Usually a Richard Powers Fan
- De Billy en 09-28-21
De: Richard Powers
Resumen del Editor
Brought to you by Penguin.
Part memoir, part manifesto, Chamorro climate activist Julian Aguon's No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies is a coming-of-age story and a call for justice—for everyone, but in particular, for Indigenous peoples.
Aguon beautifully weaves together stories from his childhood in the villages of Guam with searing political commentary about matters ranging from nuclear weapons to global warming. Bearing witness and reckoning with the challenges of truth-telling in an era of rampant obfuscation, he culls from his own life experiences to illuminate a collective path out of the darkness.
A powerful and bold new voice writing at the intersection of Indigenous rights and environmental justice, Aguon is entrenched in the struggles of the people of the Pacific who are fighting to liberate themselves from colonial rule, defend their sacred sites and obtain justice for generations of harm.
In No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies, Aguon shares his wisdom and reflections on love, grief, joy and triumph, and extends an offer to join him in a hard-earned hope for a better world.
Reseñas de la Crítica
"A powerful, beautiful book. Its fierce love—of the land, the ocean, the elders and the ancestors—warms the heart and moves the spirit." (Alice Walker)
Más títulos del mismo
Narrador
Relacionado con este tema
-
Life Beyond Measure
- Letters to My Great-Granddaughter
- De: Sidney Poitier
- Narrado por: Sidney Poitier
- Duración: 10 h y 2 m
- Versión resumida
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 108
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 78
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 78
Sidney Poitier is one of the most revered actors in the history of Hollywood. He has overcome enormous obstacles in extraordinary times and is a role model for many Americans because of his convictions, bravery, and grace. Poitier reflects on his amazing life in Life Beyond Measure, offering inspirational advice and personal stories in the form of extended letters to his great-granddaughter.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Mix of family history and life advice.
- De Adam Shields en 10-31-19
De: Sidney Poitier
-
Known
- Finding Deep Friendships in a Shallow World
- De: Dick Foth, Ruth Foth
- Narrado por: Dick Foth, Ruth Foth
- Duración: 5 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
-
General5 out of 5 stars 29
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 24
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 26
In a shallow light-speed world, how can we really know and be known by another person? How do we make true friends? The Digital Age is all about change, but the need for true friendship never changes. We are designed for real engagement with others - for affirmation that goes beyond a simple "like" on social media, for connection over meals, for hope and excitement about the future. Above all, we need to be known and accepted for who we are.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Love the Foths
- De Jenni B en 07-22-17
De: Dick Foth, y otros
-
Breathe
- A Letter to My Sons
- De: Imani Perry
- Narrado por: Imani Perry
- Duración: 4 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 110
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 96
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 94
Breathe explores the terror, grace, and beauty of coming of age as a Black person in contemporary America and what it means to parent our children in a persistently unjust world. Emotionally raw and deeply reflective, Imani Perry issues an unflinching challenge to society to see Black children as deserving of humanity. She admits fear and frustration for her African-American sons in a society that is increasingly racist and at times seems irredeemable. However, as a mother, feminist, writer, and intellectual, Perry offers an unfettered expression of love.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Delightful peek into the heart & soul of a mother
- De Treesey en 10-08-19
De: Imani Perry
-
The Ungrateful Refugee
- What Immigrants Never Tell You
- De: Dina Nayeri
- Narrado por: Dina Nayeri
- Duración: 10 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 117
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 89
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 91
Aged eight, Dina Nayeri fled Iran along with her mother and brother and lived in the crumbling shell of an Italian hotel-turned-refugee camp. Eventually, she was granted asylum in America. She settled in Oklahoma, then made her way to Princeton University. In this book, Nayeri weaves together her own vivid story with the stories of other refugees and asylum seekers in recent years, bringing us inside their daily lives and taking us through the different stages of their journeys, from escape to asylum to resettlement.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Amazing story of resilience and compassion
- De PAH en 09-06-19
De: Dina Nayeri
-
The Fire This Time
- A New Generation Speaks About Race
- De: Jesmyn Ward
- Narrado por: Cherise Boothe, Michael Early, Kevin R. Free, y otros
- Duración: 5 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 241
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 204
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 202
National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward takes James Baldwin's 1963 examination of race in America, The Fire Next Time, as a jumping-off point for this groundbreaking collection of essays and poems about race from the most important voices of her generation and our time.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Delusion shattering
- De Matthew A. Burnett en 06-12-20
De: Jesmyn Ward
-
Becoming Elisabeth Elliot
- De: Ellen Vaughn
- Narrado por: Connie Shabshab
- Duración: 12 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
-
General5 out of 5 stars 655
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 582
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 579
Elisabeth Elliot was a young missionary in Ecuador when members of a violent Amazonian tribe savagely speared her husband, Jim, and his four colleagues. Incredibly, prayerfully, Elisabeth took her toddler daughter, snakebite kit, Bible, and journal...and lived in the jungle with the stone-age people who killed her husband. In this authorized biography, Ellen Vaughn uses Elisabeth’s private, unpublished journals, and candid interviews with her family and friends, to paint the adventures and misadventures God used to shape one of the most influential women in modern church history.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Great book!
- De Dove en 09-27-20
De: Ellen Vaughn
-
Life Beyond Measure
- Letters to My Great-Granddaughter
- De: Sidney Poitier
- Narrado por: Sidney Poitier
- Duración: 10 h y 2 m
- Versión resumida
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 108
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 78
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 78
Sidney Poitier is one of the most revered actors in the history of Hollywood. He has overcome enormous obstacles in extraordinary times and is a role model for many Americans because of his convictions, bravery, and grace. Poitier reflects on his amazing life in Life Beyond Measure, offering inspirational advice and personal stories in the form of extended letters to his great-granddaughter.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Mix of family history and life advice.
- De Adam Shields en 10-31-19
De: Sidney Poitier
-
Known
- Finding Deep Friendships in a Shallow World
- De: Dick Foth, Ruth Foth
- Narrado por: Dick Foth, Ruth Foth
- Duración: 5 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
-
General5 out of 5 stars 29
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 24
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 26
In a shallow light-speed world, how can we really know and be known by another person? How do we make true friends? The Digital Age is all about change, but the need for true friendship never changes. We are designed for real engagement with others - for affirmation that goes beyond a simple "like" on social media, for connection over meals, for hope and excitement about the future. Above all, we need to be known and accepted for who we are.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Love the Foths
- De Jenni B en 07-22-17
De: Dick Foth, y otros
-
Breathe
- A Letter to My Sons
- De: Imani Perry
- Narrado por: Imani Perry
- Duración: 4 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 110
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 96
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 94
Breathe explores the terror, grace, and beauty of coming of age as a Black person in contemporary America and what it means to parent our children in a persistently unjust world. Emotionally raw and deeply reflective, Imani Perry issues an unflinching challenge to society to see Black children as deserving of humanity. She admits fear and frustration for her African-American sons in a society that is increasingly racist and at times seems irredeemable. However, as a mother, feminist, writer, and intellectual, Perry offers an unfettered expression of love.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Delightful peek into the heart & soul of a mother
- De Treesey en 10-08-19
De: Imani Perry
-
The Ungrateful Refugee
- What Immigrants Never Tell You
- De: Dina Nayeri
- Narrado por: Dina Nayeri
- Duración: 10 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 117
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 89
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 91
Aged eight, Dina Nayeri fled Iran along with her mother and brother and lived in the crumbling shell of an Italian hotel-turned-refugee camp. Eventually, she was granted asylum in America. She settled in Oklahoma, then made her way to Princeton University. In this book, Nayeri weaves together her own vivid story with the stories of other refugees and asylum seekers in recent years, bringing us inside their daily lives and taking us through the different stages of their journeys, from escape to asylum to resettlement.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Amazing story of resilience and compassion
- De PAH en 09-06-19
De: Dina Nayeri
-
The Fire This Time
- A New Generation Speaks About Race
- De: Jesmyn Ward
- Narrado por: Cherise Boothe, Michael Early, Kevin R. Free, y otros
- Duración: 5 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 241
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 204
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 202
National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward takes James Baldwin's 1963 examination of race in America, The Fire Next Time, as a jumping-off point for this groundbreaking collection of essays and poems about race from the most important voices of her generation and our time.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Delusion shattering
- De Matthew A. Burnett en 06-12-20
De: Jesmyn Ward
-
Becoming Elisabeth Elliot
- De: Ellen Vaughn
- Narrado por: Connie Shabshab
- Duración: 12 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
-
General5 out of 5 stars 655
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 582
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 579
Elisabeth Elliot was a young missionary in Ecuador when members of a violent Amazonian tribe savagely speared her husband, Jim, and his four colleagues. Incredibly, prayerfully, Elisabeth took her toddler daughter, snakebite kit, Bible, and journal...and lived in the jungle with the stone-age people who killed her husband. In this authorized biography, Ellen Vaughn uses Elisabeth’s private, unpublished journals, and candid interviews with her family and friends, to paint the adventures and misadventures God used to shape one of the most influential women in modern church history.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Great book!
- De Dove en 09-27-20
De: Ellen Vaughn
-
Terraform
- Building a Better World
- De: Propaganda
- Narrado por: Propaganda
- Duración: 5 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
-
General5 out of 5 stars 89
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 80
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 79
In this deep, challenging, and thoughtful book, Propaganda looks at the ways in which our world is broken. Using the metaphor of terraforming - creating a livable world out of an inhospitable one - he shows how we can begin to reshape our homes, friendships, communities, and politics.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
My favorite audio book!
- De RobsRecs en 06-20-21
De: Propaganda
-
The Republic of Imagination
- America in Three Books
- De: Azar Nafisi
- Narrado por: Mozhan Marnò
- Duración: 10 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
-
General4 out of 5 stars 54
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 48
-
Historia4 out of 5 stars 48
Blending memoir and polemic with close readings of her favorite novels, she describes the unexpected journey that led her to become an American citizen after first dreaming of America as a young girl in Tehran and coming to know the country through its fiction. She urges us to rediscover the America of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and challenges us to be truer to the words and spirit of the Founding Fathers, who understood that their democratic experiment would never thrive or survive unless they could foster a democratic imagination.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Love
- De Rebecca en 05-29-16
De: Azar Nafisi
-
Living the Braveheart Life
- Finding the Courage to Follow Your Heart
- De: Randall Wallace
- Narrado por: Matt Baugher
- Duración: 5 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 74
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 65
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 65
Part autobiography, part master class, Living the Braveheart Life invites us to explore five major archetypes in Braveheart that resonate not only in Randall's life but in the modern-day lives of both men and women: the father, teacher, warrior, sage, and outlaw. Join blockbuster film director Randall Wallace on the journey of his creative and personal life.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Braveheart has a valable message!
- De Mrs.Bushy en 04-28-21
De: Randall Wallace
-
The Art of Inventing Hope
- Intimate Conversations with Elie Wiesel
- De: Howard Reich
- Narrado por: James Anderson Foster
- Duración: 5 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
-
General5 out of 5 stars 81
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 71
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 71
The Art of Inventing Hope offers an unprecedented, in-depth conversation between the world's most revered Holocaust survivor, Elie Wiesel, and a son of survivors, Howard Reich. During the last four years of Wiesel's life, he met frequently with Reich in New York, Chicago, and Florida - and spoke often on the phone - to discuss the subject that linked them: both Wiesel and Reich's father, Robert Reich, were liberated from Buchenwald death camp on April 11, 1945. What started as an interview assignment from the Chicago Tribune evolved into a friendship and partnership.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
a view into post holocaust survivors recovery
- De Lance Strosser en 02-17-21
De: Howard Reich
-
Bad Indians
- A Tribal Memoir
- De: Deborah A. Miranda
- Narrado por: Deborah Miranda
- Duración: 8 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
-
General5 out of 5 stars 48
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 40
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 40
This beautiful and devastating book - part tribal history, part lyric and intimate memoir - should be required for anyone seeking to learn about California Indian history, past and present. Deborah A. Miranda tells stories of her Ohlone Costanoan Esselen family as well as the experience of California Indians as a whole through oral histories, newspaper clippings, anthropological recordings, personal reflections, and poems. The result is a work of literary art that is wise, angry, and playful all at once, a compilation that will break your heart and teach you to see the world anew.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Bad recording
- De Aspyn Maes en 09-18-21
-
The Sum of Our Days
- De: Isabel Allende
- Narrado por: Blair Brown, Isabel Allende
- Duración: 11 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 54
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 49
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 49
Isabel Allende reconstructs the painful reality of her own life in the wake of the tragic death of her daughter, Paula. Narrated with warmth, humor, exceptional candor, and wisdom, this remarkable memoir is as exuberant and as full of life as its creator. Allende bares her soul while sharing her thoughts on love, marriage, motherhood, spirituality and religion, infidelity, addiction, and memory - and recounts stories of the wildly eccentric, strong-minded, and eclectic tribe she gathers around her and lovingly embraces as a new kind of family.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
She does not disappoint
- De ChiChi's Rule en 06-01-22
De: Isabel Allende
-
The Myth of the American Dream
- Reflections on Affluence, Autonomy, Safety and Power
- De: D.L. Mayfield
- Narrado por: Nan McNamara
- Duración: 7 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 43
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 35
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 36
Affluence, autonomy, safety, and power. These are the central values of the American dream. But are they actually compatible with Jesus' command to love our neighbor as ourselves? In essays grouped around these four values, D. L. Mayfield asks us to pay attention to the ways they shape our own choices, and the ways those choices affect our neighbors. Where did these values come from? How have they failed those on the edges of our society? And how can we disentangle ourselves from our culture's headlong pursuit of these values and live faithful lives of service to God and our neighbors?
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Sooooo good. Powerful
- De D. Frazier en 08-19-21
De: D.L. Mayfield
-
Because Our Fathers Lied
- A Memoir of Truth and Family, from Vietnam to Today
- De: Craig McNamara
- Narrado por: Keith Sellon-Wright, Craig McNamara
- Duración: 7 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
-
General4 out of 5 stars 64
-
Narración:4 out of 5 stars 54
-
Historia4 out of 5 stars 55
Craig McNamara came of age in the political tumult and upheaval of the late '60s. While Craig McNamara would grow up to take part in anti-war demonstrations, his father, Robert McNamara, served as John F. Kennedy’s Secretary of Defense and the architect of the Vietnam War. This searching and revealing memoir offers an intimate picture of one father and son at pivotal periods in American history. Because Our Fathers Lied is more than a family story—it is a story about America.
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
Title Does Not Reflect Scope of the Book
- De Amazon Customer en 07-15-22
De: Craig McNamara
-
More Beautiful Than Before
- How Suffering Transforms Us
- De: Steve Leder
- Narrado por: Steve Leder
- Duración: 4 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 208
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 170
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 167
Every one of us sooner or later walks through hell. The hell of being hurt, the hell of hurting another. The hell of cancer, the hell of a reluctant, thunking shovel full of earth upon the casket of someone we deeply loved, the hell of betrayal, the hell of betraying, the hell of divorce, the hell of a kid in trouble...the hell of knowing that this year, like any year, may be our last. We all walk through hell. The point is not to come out empty-handed.... There is real and profound power in the suffering we endure if we transform that suffering into a more authentic, meaningful life.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Learning from Pain
- De Dave en 02-20-19
De: Steve Leder
-
Where the Past Begins
- A Writer's Memoir
- De: Amy Tan
- Narrado por: Amy Tan
- Duración: 14 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
-
General4 out of 5 stars 175
-
Narración:4 out of 5 stars 155
-
Historia4 out of 5 stars 151
Moving from her childhood in Oakland and growing up with her Chinese parents through her success as a novelist, Amy Tan delves into her creative interests in music, the paralysis of beginning a new project, journal writing, and travelling. Where the Past Begins chronicles the making of a writer. With characteristic humor and poignant observation, Tan weaves a nontraditional introspective narrative that is as complex and vibrant as this beloved American novelist's fiction.
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
Narration Issues
- De Sara en 12-14-17
De: Amy Tan
-
Fully Alive
- Discovering What Matters Most
- De: Timothy Shriver
- Narrado por: David Drummond
- Duración: 10 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 46
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 39
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 38
At a time when we are all more rudderless than ever, we look for the very best teachers and mentors to guide us. In Fully Alive, an unusual and gripping memoir, Timothy Shriver shows how his teachers have been the world's most forgotten minority: people with intellectual disabilities. In these pages we meet the individuals who helped him come of age and find a deeper and more meaningful way to see the world.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Eye opening book
- De Robert J. Herman en 06-05-15
De: Timothy Shriver
-
The Mathematician's Shiva
- De: Stuart Rojstaczer
- Narrado por: Angela Brazil, Stephen R. Thorne
- Duración: 10 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
-
General4 out of 5 stars 98
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 87
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 87
When the greatest female mathematician in history passes away, her son, Alexander "Sasha" Karnokovitch, just wants to mourn his mother in peace. But rumor has it the notoriously eccentric Polish émigré has solved one of the most difficult problems in all of mathematics and has spitefully taken the solution to her grave. A ragtag group of mathematicians from around the world descends upon Rachela's shiva, determined to find the proof or solve it for themselves - even if it means prying up the floorboards for notes.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Great read
- De Lee Crowe en 07-27-15