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- What Everyone Needs to Know
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Today's Russia, also known as the Russian Federation, is often viewed as less powerful than the Soviet Union of the past. When stacked against other major nations in the present, however, the new Russia is a formidable if flawed player.
Russia: What Everyone Needs to Know provides fundamental information about the origins, evolution, and current affairs of the Russian state and society. The story begins with Russia's geographic endowment, proceeds through its experiences as a kingdom and empire, and continues through the USSR's three-quarters of a century, and finally the shocking breakup of that regime a generation ago. Chapters on the failed attempt to reform Communism under Mikhail Gorbachev, the halting steps toward democratization under Boris Yeltsin, and the entrenchment of central controls under Vladimir Putin bring the listener into the contemporary scene and to headline-grabbing events such as Russia's annexation of the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine and its military intervention in Syria. Drawing on trends within Russia and on ratings and rankings compiled by international organizations, Colton discusses the challenges facing the country—ranging from economic recession to demographic stress, political stagnation, and overextension in foreign policy—and the realistic options for coping with them.
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- De: Michael Reid
- Narrado por: Gary Dikeos
- Duración: 18 h y 31 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 81
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 66
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 68
Latin America has often been condemned to failure. Neither poor enough to evoke Africa’s moral crusade nor as explosively booming as India and China, it has largely been overlooked by the West. Yet this vast continent, home to half a billion people, the world’s largest reserves of arable land, and 8.5 percent of global oil, is busily transforming its political and economic landscape.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good Reporting / Disorganized Content
- De Steven Schuster en 02-11-12
De: Michael Reid
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Brazil
- The Troubled Rise of a Global Power
- De: Michael Reid
- Narrado por: Michael Healy
- Duración: 16 h y 38 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 63
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 59
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 59
Experts believe that Brazil, the world's fifth largest country and its seventh largest economy, will be one of the most important global powers by the year 2030. Yet far more attention has been paid to the other rising behemoths: Russia, India, and China. Often ignored and underappreciated, Brazil, according to renowned, award-winning journalist Michael Reid, has finally begun to live up to its potential but faces important challenges before it becomes a nation of substantial global significance.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good short history of Brazil, lame pronunciation
- De Bubu Mungani en 07-21-19
De: Michael Reid
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Democracy
- Stories from the Long Road to Freedom
- De: Condoleezza Rice
- Narrado por: Grace Angela Henry
- Duración: 12 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 282
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 256
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 257
From the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union to the ongoing struggle for human rights in the Middle East, Condoleezza Rice has served on the front lines of history. As a child, she was an eyewitness to a third awakening of freedom, when her hometown of Birmingham, Alabama, became the epicenter of the civil rights movement for black Americans. In this book, Rice explains what these epochal events teach us about democracy.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Case for Democracy
- De Jean en 05-18-17
De: Condoleezza Rice
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Ukraine: What Everyone Needs to Know
- De: Serhy Yekelchyk
- Narrado por: Joel Richards
- Duración: 8 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 186
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 165
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 164
Ukraine's sudden prominence in American politics has compounded an already-widespread misunderstanding of what is actually happening in the nation. In the American media, Ukraine has come to signify an inherently corrupt place, rather than a real country struggling in the face of great challenges. Ukraine: What Everyone Needs to Know addresses Ukraine's relations with the West, particularly the United States, from the perspective of Ukrainians.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Everyone Should Read This Book in 2022
- De Theo Horesh en 03-09-22
De: Serhy Yekelchyk
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Cuba Libre
- A 500-Year Quest for Independence
- De: Philip Brenner, Peter Eisner
- Narrado por: Robert Fass
- Duración: 15 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 22
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 22
This timely book provides a balanced, deeply knowledgeable introduction to Cuba since 1492. Tracing the island's history over 500 years, the authors provide an incisive overview for anyone interested in exploring beyond the enduring stereotypes.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Lost Opportunity (and time)
- De Alexander Piquer en 05-04-18
De: Philip Brenner, y otros
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Modern Times
- The World from the Twenties to the Nineties
- De: Paul Johnson
- Narrado por: Nadia May
- Duración: 37 h y 53 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 428
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 302
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 300
Beginning with May 29, 1919, when photographs of the solar eclipse confirmed the truth of Einstein's theory of relativity, Johnson goes on to describe Freudianism, the establishment of the first Marxist state, the chaos of "Old Europe", the Arcadian 20s, and the new forces in China and Japan. Also discussed are Karl Marx, Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Roosevelt, Gandhi, Castro, Kennedy, Nixon, the '29 crash, the Great Depression, Roosevelt's New Deal, and the massive conflict of World War II.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Anti-Howard Zinn
- De Pork C. Fish en 05-22-12
De: Paul Johnson
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The Fate of Africa
- A History of the Continent Since Independence
- De: Martin Meredith
- Narrado por: Fleet Cooper
- Duración: 29 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 384
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 335
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 331
Martin Meredith has revised this classic history to incorporate important recent developments, including the Darfur crisis in Sudan, Robert Mugabe’s continued destructive rule in Zimbabwe, controversies over Western aid and exploitation of Africa’s resources, the growing importance and influence of China, and the democratic movement roiling the North African countries of Tunisia, Egypt, and Jordan.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Africa: Land of Hope and Horror
- De Jeff en 03-08-14
De: Martin Meredith
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The Shock Doctrine
- The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
- De: Naomi Klein
- Narrado por: Jennifer Wiltsie
- Duración: 9 h y 2 m
- Versión resumida
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,985
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,367
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,362
In her groundbreaking reporting, Naomi Klein introduced the term "disaster capitalism." Whether covering Baghdad after the U.S. occupation, Sri Lanka in the wake of the tsunami, or New Orleans post-Katrina, she witnessed something remarkably similar. People still reeling from catastrophe were being hit again, this time with economic "shock treatment," losing their land and homes to rapid-fire corporate makeovers. The Shock Doctrine retells the story of the most dominant ideology of our time, Milton Friedman's free market economic revolution.
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5 out of 5 stars
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If It's Bad for Humanity, It's Good for Business
- De Nelson Alexander en 09-29-07
De: Naomi Klein
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The End of Europe
- Dictators, Demagogues, and the Coming Dark Age
- De: James Kirchick
- Narrado por: Eric Martin
- Duración: 10 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 103
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 91
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 93
Once the world's bastion of liberal, democratic values, Europe is now having to confront demons it thought it had laid to rest. The old pathologies of anti-Semitism, populist nationalism, and territorial aggression are threatening to tear the European postwar consensus apart. Based on extensive firsthand reporting, this book is a provocative, disturbing look at a continent in unexpected crisis.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing, Silly And Really Childish Book.
- De Eireannach en 04-14-17
De: James Kirchick
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The Darker Nations
- A People's History of the Third World
- De: Vijay Prashad, Howard Zinn - editor
- Narrado por: Neil Shah
- Duración: 12 h y 22 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 51
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 42
Here, from a brilliant young writer, is a paradigm-shifting history of both a utopian concept and global movement - the idea of the Third World. The Darker Nations traces the intellectual origins and the political history of the 20th century attempt to knit together the world's impoverished countries in opposition to the United States and Soviet spheres of influence in the decades following World War II.
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5 out of 5 stars
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So informative!
- De krishna chaitanya en 01-03-22
De: Vijay Prashad, y otros
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America in Retreat
- The New Isolationism and the Coming Global Disorder
- De: Bret Stephens
- Narrado por: Bret Stephens, Sean Pratt
- Duración: 9 h y 8 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 135
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 116
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 116
America in Retreat identifies a profound crisis on the global horizon. As Americans seek to withdraw from the world to tend to domestic problems, America’s adversaries spy opportunity. Vladimir Putin's ambitions to restore the glory of the czarist empire go effectively unchecked, as do China's attempts to expand its maritime claims in the South China Sea, as do Iran's efforts to develop nuclear capabilities.
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3 out of 5 stars
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The Burden of American Exceptionalism
- De Harry Paget en 08-15-15
De: Bret Stephens
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American Character
- A History of the Epic Struggle Between Individual Liberty and the Common Good
- De: Colin Woodard
- Narrado por: Jonathan Yen
- Duración: 9 h y 59 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 142
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 125
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 126
The struggle between individualism and the good of the community as a whole has been the basis of every major disagreement in our history, from the debates at the Constitutional Convention and in the run-up to the Civil War to the fights surrounding the agenda of the Progressives, the New Deal, the civil rights movement, and the Tea Party.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Biased Misrepresentation
- De Jay Ehret en 06-24-16
De: Colin Woodard
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American Heritage History of the United States
- De: Douglas Brinkley
- Narrado por: Eric Martin
- Duración: 23 h y 13 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 38
Douglas Brinkley takes us on the incredible journey of the United States - a nation formed from a vast countryside on whose fringes 13 small British colonies fought for their freedom, then established a democratic nation that spanned the continent and went on to become a world power. This book will be treasured by anyone interested in the story of America.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Highly recommended!
- De M. Hu en 08-04-17
De: Douglas Brinkley
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A Patriot’s History of the United States, Updated Edition
- From Columbus's Great Discovery to America's Age of Entitlement
- De: Larry Schweikart, Michael Allen
- Narrado por: Patrick Lawlor
- Duración: 55 h y 43 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 664
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 568
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 568
Over the past decade, A Patriot's History of the United States has become the definitive conservative history of our country, correcting the biases of historians and other intellectuals who downplay the greatness of America's patriots. Professors Schweikart and Allen have now revised, updated, and expanded their book, which covers America's long history with an appreciation for the values that made this nation uniquely successful.
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2 out of 5 stars
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A Fox News Version of American History
- De Stephen en 05-16-21
De: Larry Schweikart, y otros
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The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order
- America and the World in the Free Market Era
- De: Gary Gerstle
- Narrado por: Keith Sellon-Wright
- Duración: 13 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 69
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 68
To be sure, neoliberalism has contributed to a number of alarming trends, not least of which has been a massive growth in income inequality. Yet as the eminent historian Gary Gerstle argues in The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order, these indictments fail to reckon with the full contours of what neoliberalism was and why its worldview had such persuasive hold on both the right and the left for three decades.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Cursory, unoriginal, class-blind
- De A Reviewer en 10-24-22
De: Gary Gerstle
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Fear Itself
- The New Deal and the Origins of Our Time
- De: Ira Katznelson
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 22 h y 35 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 141
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 125
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 123
Redefining our traditional understanding of the New Deal, Fear Itself finally examines this pivotal American era through a sweeping international lens that juxtaposes a struggling democracy with enticing ideologies like Fascism and Communism. Ira Katznelson, "a towering figure in the study of American and European history" (Cornel West), boldly asserts that, during the 1930s and 1940s, American democracy was rescued yet distorted by a unified band of southern lawmakers who safeguarded racial segregation as they built a new national state to manage capitalism and assert global power.
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5 out of 5 stars
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History in Context of Political Science Analysis
- De zsuzsanna en 08-27-15
De: Ira Katznelson