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No writer followed the building of the Freedom Tower more closely than Esquire’s Scott Raab. Between 2005 and 2015, Raab published a landmark 10-part series about the construction. He shadowed both the suits in their boardrooms and the hardhats in their earthmoving equipment, and chronicled it all in exquisite prose. While familiar names abound - Andrew Cuomo, Chris Christie, Mike Bloomberg and Larry Silverstein, the real estate developer who only a few weeks before 9/11 signed a 99-year, $3.2 billion lease on the World Trade Center - just as memorable are the not-so-famous. People such as Bryan Lyons, a Yonkers-born engineer who lost his firefighter brother on 9/11 and served as a superintendent on the rebuilding effort. And Charlie Wolf, whose wife was killed in the North Tower and who, in one of the series’ most powerful scenes, weeps on a policeman’s shoulder after delivering her hairbrush and toothbrush for DNA samples.
Once More to the Sky collects all 10 original pieces along with a new epilogue from Raab about what’s happened in the years since the Freedom Tower was completed, and why it remains such an important symbol.
Publishing to coincide with the 20th anniversary of 9/11, it is a moving tribute to American resolve and ingenuity.
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This is a spectacular story of error and innovation, a wild ride from a vision to the realization of an iconic cultural landscape. It reflects the park’s uniqueness, but just as strongly that of the man who built it with a watchmaker’s precision, an artist’s conviction, and the desperate, high-hearted recklessness of a riverboat gambler.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Okay, but better books on the subject
- De J.D. en 12-07-19
De: Richard Snow
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The Pentagon
- A History
- De: Steve Vogel
- Narrado por: Paul Heitsch
- Duración: 19 h y 52 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 26
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 24
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 24
The creation of the Pentagon in 17 whirlwind months during World War II is one of the great construction feats in American history, involving a tremendous mobilization of manpower, resources, and minds. The Pentagon's post-World War II history is told through its critical moments, including the troubled birth of the Department of Defense during the Cold War, the tense days of the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the tumultuous 1967 protest against the Vietnam War. The pivotal attack on September 11 is related with chilling new detail, as is the race to rebuild....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Motivational and complete
- De Eric G. en 02-02-23
De: Steve Vogel
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The Race Underground
- Boston, New York, and the Incredible Rivalry That Built America's First Subway
- De: Doug Most
- Narrado por: John H. Mayer
- Duración: 15 h y 26 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 154
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 138
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 137
In the late nineteenth century, as cities like Boston and New York grew larger, the streets became increasingly clogged with horse-drawn carts. When the great blizzard of 1888 brought New York City to a halt, a solution had to be found. Two brothers - Henry Melville Whitney of Boston and William Collins Whitney of New York City - pursued the dream of his city being the first American metropolis to have a subway and the great race was on.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Informative Cobbled Telling of an Important Story
- De Lynn en 05-21-14
De: Doug Most
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Govt Cheese
- De: Steven Pressfield
- Narrado por: Steven Pressfield
- Duración: 6 h y 56 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 171
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 157
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 155
People who have read my books, particularly “The War of Art” and its cousins, have a vague idea of the odyssey of a particular solitary guy, wracked with guilt and riven by self-doubt, as he struggles toward his destiny as a writer. But they have only the scantiest conception of the particulars of that journey. These particulars I’m hoping may be of use to others as they wrestle with their own version of that same odyssey. So let me try to strip it down. Let me tell the parts I normally leave out.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another Great Work by a great storyteller
- De Vales Tales en 12-11-22
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Report from Ground Zero
- De: Dennis Smith
- Narrado por: Eric Conger, Jeff David, Don Leslie
- Duración: 6 h y 56 m
- Versión resumida
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 194
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 156
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 151
Immediately after two hijacked jets struck the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, Dennis Smith volunteered in the rescue effort. Having spent his career as both a respected writer and a member of one of the city's busiest firehouses, Smith became determined to use his unique background to tell the story of the disaster and its aftermath with the empathy and understanding that only an insider could bring to it. In this audio memoir, he has collected astonishing first-person testimony.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Intersting choice of narrator
- De Sara Roltgen en 09-24-18
De: Dennis Smith
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Conquering Gotham
- The Construction of Penn Station and Its Tunnels
- De: Jill Jonnes
- Narrado por: David Drummond
- Duración: 11 h y 28 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 164
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 95
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 96
The demolition of Penn Station in 1963 destroyed not just a soaring neoclassical edifice, but also a building that commemorated one of the last century's great engineering feats: the construction of railroad tunnels into New York City. Now, in this gripping narrative, Jill Jonnes tells this fascinating story - a high-stakes drama that pitted the money and will of the nation's mightiest railroad against the corruption of Tammany Hall, the unruly forces of nature, and the machinations of labor agitators.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A good tale of the times
- De Edouard en 02-08-08
De: Jill Jonnes
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Ordinary Heroes
- A Memoir of 9/11
- De: Joseph Pfeifer
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
- Duración: 7 h y 46 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 313
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 274
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 274
When Chief Joe Pfeifer led his firefighters to investigate an odor of gas in downtown Manhattan on the morning of 9/11, he had no idea that his life was about to change forever. A few moments later, he watched as the first plane crashed into the World Trade Center. Pfeifer, the closest FDNY chief to the scene, spearheaded rescue efforts on one of the darkest days in American history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An amazing account
- De Anonymous User en 09-09-21
De: Joseph Pfeifer
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Truth Worth Telling
- De: Scott Pelley
- Narrado por: Scott Pelley
- Duración: 16 h y 7 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 332
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 291
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 293
A 60 Minutes correspondent and former anchor of the CBS Evening News, Scott Pelley writes as a witness to events that changed our world. In moving, detailed prose, he stands with firefighters at the collapsing World Trade Center on 9/11, advances with American troops in combat in Afghanistan and Iraq, and reveals private moments with presidents (and would-be presidents) he’s known for decades. Pelley also offers a resounding defense of free speech and a free press as the rights that guarantee all others.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A great listen... worth your time
- De Christina en 05-26-19
De: Scott Pelley
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Boom Town
- The Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City, its Chaotic Founding... its Purloined Basketball Team, and the Dream of Becoming a World-class Metropolis
- De: Sam Anderson
- Narrado por: Sam Anderson
- Duración: 14 h y 55 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 974
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 851
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 850
Oklahoma City was born from chaos. It was founded in a bizarre but momentous "Land Run" in 1889, when thousands of people lined up along the borders of Oklahoma Territory and rushed in at noon to stake their claims. Since then, it has been a city torn between the wild energy that drives its outsize ambitions and the forces of order that seek sustainable progress.
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5 out of 5 stars
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OKC’s Past & Present Weaved Together
- De dan en 09-09-18
De: Sam Anderson
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Train
- Riding the Rails That Created the Modern World - from the Trans-Siberian to the Southwest Chief
- De: Tom Zoellner
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 12 h y 13 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 103
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 90
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 92
Tom Zoellner loves trains with a ferocious passion. In his new audiobook he chronicles the innovation and sociological impact of the railway technology that changed the world, and could very well change it again. From the frigid Trans-Siberian Railroad to the antiquated Indian Railways to the futuristic maglev trains, Zoellner offers a stirring story of man's relationship with trains. Zoellner examines both the mechanics of the rails and their engines and how they helped societies evolve. Not only do trains transport people and goods in an efficient manner, but they also reduce pollution and dependency upon oil.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The world history of trains up to the present
- De matthew en 03-06-14
De: Tom Zoellner
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In the Land of Good Living
- A Journey to the Heart of Florida
- De: Kent Russell
- Narrado por: Kent Russell
- Duración: 10 h y 7 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 41
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 34
A wickedly smart, funny, and irresistibly off-kilter account of an improbable thousand-mile journey on foot into the heart of modern Florida, the state that Russell calls "America Concentrate".
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1 out of 5 stars
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Wanna be writer and other fools
- De E en 08-11-20
De: Kent Russell
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The Great Bridge
- The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
- De: David McCullough
- Narrado por: Nelson Runger
- Duración: 27 h y 24 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,754
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,435
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,436
This monumental book tells the enthralling story of one of the greatest accomplishments in our nation's history, the building of what was then the longest suspension bridge in the world. The Brooklyn Bridge rose out of the expansive era following the Civil War, when Americans believed all things were possible.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An Historian and not a Novelist
- De Tim en 06-01-12
De: David McCullough
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1 Dead in Attic
- After Katrina
- De: Chris Rose
- Narrado por: Bronson Pinchot
- Duración: 9 h y 29 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 116
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 103
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 103
1 Dead in Attic is a collection of stories by Times-Picayune columnist Chris Rose, recounting the first harrowing year and a half of life in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Celebrated as a local treasure and heaped with national praise, Rose provides a rollercoaster ride of observation, commentary, emotion, tragedy, and even humor - in a way that only he could find in a devastated wasteland. They are stories of the dead and the living, stories of survivors and believers, stories of hope and despair.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Still Makes Me Hurt
- De Gillian en 02-27-15
De: Chris Rose
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What It Takes
- The Way to the White House
- De: Richard Ben Cramer
- Narrado por: Keith Sellon-Wright
- Duración: 54 h y 35 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 138
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 119
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 120
An American Iliad in the guise of contemporary political reportage, What It Takes penetrates the mystery at the heart of all presidential campaigns: How do presumably ordinary people acquire that mixture of ambition, stamina, and pure shamelessness that makes a true candidate? As he recounts the frenzied course of the 1988 presidential race, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Richard Ben Cramer comes up with the answers, in a book that is vast, exhaustively researched, exhilarating, and sometimes appalling in its revelations.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great political book
- De Hebern en 09-11-20
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Visit Sunny Chernobyl
- And Other Adventures in the World's Most Polluted Places
- De: Andrew Blackwell
- Narrado por: Ax Norman
- Duración: 10 h y 26 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 90
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 79
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 78
For most of us, traveling means visiting the most beautiful places on Earth - Paris, the Taj Mahal, the Grand Canyon. It’s rare to book a plane ticket to visit the lifeless moonscape of Canada’s oil sand strip mines, or to seek out the Chinese city of Linfen, legendary as the most polluted in the world. But in Visit Sunny Chernobyl, Andrew Blackwell embraces a different kind of travel, taking a jaunt through the most gruesomely polluted places on Earth.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Better than I predicted
- De Paul Luthi en 08-23-13
De: Andrew Blackwell
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The Ground Breaking
- An American City and Its Search for Justice
- De: Scott Ellsworth
- Narrado por: Adenrele Ojo
- Duración: 10 h y 3 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 39
Over the course of less than 24 hours in the spring of 1921, Tulsa’s infamous “Black Wall Street” was wiped off the map - and erased from the history books. Official records were disappeared, researchers were threatened, and the worst single incident of racial violence in American history was kept hidden for more than 50 years. But there were some secrets that would not die. A riveting and essential new book, The Ground Breaking not only tells the long-suppressed story of the notorious Tulsa race massacre.
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5 out of 5 stars
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excellent
- De BoxerBran en 09-29-22
De: Scott Ellsworth
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Chasing Catastrophe
- My 35 Years Covering Wars, Hurricanes, Terror Attacks, and Other Breaking News
- De: Rick Leventhal
- Narrado por: Rick Leventhal
- Duración: 11 h y 27 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 32
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 28
From the front lines in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and other conflict zones to the base of the burning Twin Towers on 9/11 to the eye of countless hurricanes, Rick Leventhal chronicles some of the most amazing stories he’s covered in his thirty-five years as a news reporter, anchor, and Senior Correspondent—with some life lessons thrown in along the way.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great insights on catastrophes from a journalistic perspective
- De Laura N. Rains en 05-18-23
De: Rick Leventhal