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The Gilded Age
- A History from Beginning to End
- Narrado por: Matthew J. Chandler-Smith
- Duración: 1 h y 6 m
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Inside, you will hear about:
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The Gilded Age was an era of entrepreneurs, inventions, industrial development, and new ideas. Most of all, it was a period of rapid and profound change that came at a high cost for the working class.
In a Golden Age, life is good for everyone. But in a Gilded Age, there is only a thin surface of gold over underlying base metal, a metaphor for a small number of fabulously wealthy people who grew rich by exploiting vast numbers who lived in poverty.
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America is an urban nation. More than two thirds of us live on the three percent of land that contains our cities. Yet cities get a bad rap: they're dirty, poor, unhealthy, crime ridden, expensive, environmentally unfriendly. Or are they? As Edward Glaeser proves in this myth-shattering book, cities are actually the healthiest, greenest, and richest (in cultural and economic terms) places to live.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Urbanophile Brain Candy
- De Clay Downing en 12-18-15
De: Edward Glaeser
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A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things
- A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Planet
- De: Raj Patel, Jason W. Moore
- Narrado por: Simon Mattacks
- Duración: 6 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 74
Nature, money, work, care, food, energy, and lives: these are the seven things that have made our world and will shape its future. Bringing the latest ecological research together with histories of colonialism, indigenous struggles, slave revolts, and other rebellions and uprisings, Patel and Moore demonstrate that throughout history, crises have always prompted fresh strategies to make the world cheap and safe for capitalism.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A remarkable exposé & synthesis of the Ponzi scheme that capitalism is and always has been.
- De Scott en 02-10-18
De: Raj Patel, y otros
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Progress
- Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future
- De: Johan Norberg
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 6 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 247
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 206
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It's on the television, in the papers, and in our minds. Every day we're bludgeoned by news of how bad everything is - financial collapse, unemployment, growing poverty, environmental disasters, disease, hunger, war. But the rarely acknowledged reality is that our progress over the past few decades has been unprecedented. By almost any index you care to identify, things are markedly better now than they have ever been for almost everyone alive.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Global Uptrends That May Surprise You
- De Alexandra Hopkins en 09-22-17
De: Johan Norberg
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History of Chicago: A Captivating Guide to the People and Events that Shaped the Windy City’s History
- De: Captivating History
- Narrado por: Duke Holm
- Duración: 2 h y 6 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 35
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 33
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Founded as a tiny, temporary settlement, Chicago became a crux of the American fur trade before growing into one of the powerhouses of the Industrial Revolution. From procuring drinking water to implementing racial equality, nothing has ever been simple for the people who have called Chicago home - and yet there is immense pride among Chicagoans for what they and their fellow people have achieved. The city has been home to some of America’s most influential people, be they talk show hosts or US Presidents.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Okay.
- De MartinGallagher en 01-17-23
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A Brief History of the Future
- A Brave and Controversial Look at the Twenty-first Century
- De: Jacques Attali
- Narrado por: Alan Robertson
- Duración: 9 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 123
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 109
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 111
What will planet Earth be like in 20 years? At mid-century? In the year 2100? Prescient and convincing, this book is a must-read for anyone concerned about the future. Never has the world offered more promise for the future and been more fraught with dangers. In this powerful and sometimes terrifying work, Attali analyzes the past and pinpoints nine distinct periods of human history, each with its world center of power and prestige, and predicts what the tenth will bring by the end of this century.
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2 out of 5 stars
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feels like a popular mechanics article
- De Robin en 07-11-17
De: Jacques Attali
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Millennium
- From Religion to Revolution: How Civilization Has Changed over a Thousand Years
- De: Ian Mortimer
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 15 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 81
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 76
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 77
In Millennium, best-selling historian Ian Mortimer takes the listener on a whirlwind tour of the last 10 centuries of Western history. It is a journey into a past vividly brought to life and bursting with ideas, that pits one century against another in his quest to measure which century saw the greatest change. We journey from a time when there was a fair chance of your village being burned to the ground by invaders - and dried human dung was a recommended cure for cancer - to a world in which explorers sailed into the unknown and civilizations came into conflict.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Bad ending - literally
- De John Gordon en 12-14-16
De: Ian Mortimer
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Americana
- A 400-Year History of American Capitalism
- De: Bhu Srinivasan
- Narrado por: Scott Brick, Bhu Srinivasan
- Duración: 21 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 624
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 544
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 535
From the days of the Mayflower and the Virginia Company, America has been a place for people to dream, invent, build, tinker, and bet the farm in pursuit of a better life. Americana takes us on a 400-year journey of this spirit of innovation and ambition through a series of Next Big Things - the inventions, techniques, and industries that drove American history forward: from the telegraph, the railroad, guns, radio, and banking, to flight, suburbia, and sneakers, culminating with the Internet and mobile technology at the turn of the 21st century.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent history!
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De: Bhu Srinivasan
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How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
- De: Walter Rodney, Angela Y. Davis - foreword
- Narrado por: Mirron Willis
- Duración: 13 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 523
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 443
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Guyanese intellectual Walter Rodney emerged as one of the leading thinkers and activists of the anticolonial revolution. In 1980, shortly after founding of the Working People's Alliance in Guyana, the 38-year-old Rodney would be assassinated. In his magnum opus, Rodney incisively argues that grasping "the great divergence" between the West and the rest can only be explained as the exploitation of the latter by the former. This meticulously researched analysis of the repercussions of European colonialism in Africa remains an indispensable study for grasping global inequality today.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Superb must read for everyone
- De Joy en 04-16-19
De: Walter Rodney, y otros
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It's Better Than It Looks
- De: Gregg Easterbrook
- Narrado por: Oliver Wyman
- Duración: 14 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 61
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 52
Most people who pay attention to the news would tell you that 2017 is one of the worst years in recent memory. We're facing a series of deeply troubling, even existential problems: fascism, terrorism, environmental collapse, racial and economic inequality, and more. Yet this narrative misses something important: by almost every meaningful measure, the modern world is better than it ever has been. In the United States, disease, crime, discrimination, and most forms of pollution are in long-term decline, while longevity and education keep rising.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Too political
- De Anonymous User en 07-12-18
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Capitalism in America
- A History
- De: Alan Greenspan, Adrian Wooldridge
- Narrado por: Ray Porter
- Duración: 16 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 969
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 821
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 819
From the legendary former Fed Chairman and the acclaimed Economist writer and historian, the full, epic story of America's evolution from a small patchwork of threadbare colonies to the most powerful engine of wealth and innovation the world has ever seen.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Explains a lot
- De Scott en 02-18-19
De: Alan Greenspan, y otros
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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
- Versión completa
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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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The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution: 1763-1789
- De: Robert Middlekauff
- Narrado por: Robert Fass
- Duración: 26 h y 56 m
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The first book to appear in the illustrious Oxford History of the United States, this critically-acclaimed volume - a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize - offers an unsurpassed history of the Revolutionary War and the birth of the American republic.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Strong History Rich With Behind The Scenes Details
- De John en 10-06-11
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The Challenge for Africa
- De: Wangari Maathai
- Narrado por: Chinasa Ogbuagu
- Duración: 10 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 34
Nobel Laureate and founder of the Green Belt Movement, Wangari Maathai has campaigned for environmental activism and democracy in Africa for more thanthree decades. In The Challenge for Africa, she delivers an insightful call to action, presenting a realistic look at the diverse problems facing Africans today.
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5 out of 5 stars
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10 years later, this is still powerful.
- De Rebecca en 04-21-18
De: Wangari Maathai
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Ethnic America
- De: Thomas Sowell
- Narrado por: James Bundy
- Duración: 12 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 497
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 396
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 394
Thomas Sowell provides us with a useful and concise record tracing the history of nine ethnic groups: Irish, Germans, Jews, Italians, Chinese, Japanese, Blacks, Puerto Ricans, and Mexicans.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Understanding the ethnic tapestry of America
- De Amazon Customer en 12-23-19
De: Thomas Sowell
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Ramp Hollow
- The Ordeal of Appalachia
- De: Steven Stoll
- Narrado por: Brian Sutherland
- Duración: 13 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 90
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 80
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 79
Appalachia - among the most storied and yet least understood regions in America - has long been associated with poverty and backwardness. But how did this image arise, and what exactly does it mean? In Ramp Hollow, Steven Stoll launches an original investigation into the history of Appalachia and its place in US history, with a special emphasis on how generations of its inhabitants lived, worked, survived, and depended on natural resources held in common.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Almost unlistenable
- De Golf Fan en 09-13-18
De: Steven Stoll
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How the Post Office Created America
- A History
- De: Winifred Gallagher
- Narrado por: Tavia Gilbert
- Duración: 10 h y 45 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 94
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 81
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 81
The founders established the Post Office before they had even signed the Declaration of Independence, and for a very long time it was the US government's largest and most important endeavor - indeed, it was the government for most citizens. This was no conventional mail network but the central nervous system of the new body politic, designed to bind 13 quarrelsome colonies into the United States by delivering news about public affairs to every citizen - a radical idea that appalled Europe's great powers.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Super interesting. I'm so disappointed.
- De william kearns en 07-21-16
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The Republic of Nature: An Environmental History of the United States
- De: Mark Fiege
- Narrado por: William Bahl
- Duración: 19 h y 31 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 99
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 98
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 98
In the dramatic narratives that comprise The Republic of Nature, Mark Fiege reframes the canonical account of American history based on the simple but radical premise that nothing in the nation's past can be considered apart from the natural circumstances in which it occurred. Revisiting historical icons so familiar that schoolchildren learn to take them for granted, he makes surprising connections that enable readers to see old stories in a new light.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Will surely listen to it many times over.
- De Thomas Lopez en 01-24-20
De: Mark Fiege
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- Narrado por: Clare Corbett
- Duración: 10 h y 41 m
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Towards the end of the 19th century and for the first few years of the 20th, a strange invasion took place in Britain. The citadel of power, privilege, and breeding in which the titled, land-owning governing class had barricaded itself for so long was breached. The incomers were a group of young women who, 50 years earlier, would have been looked on as the alien denizens of another world - the New World, to be precise. From 1874 - the year that Jennie Jerome, the first known "Dollar Princess", married Randolph Churchill - to 1905, dozens of young American heiresses married into the British peerage....
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Bondfide Valuable History Lesson
- De A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. en 09-21-18
De: Anne de Courcy
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The American Civil War
- De: Gary W. Gallagher, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Gary W. Gallagher
- Duración: 24 h y 37 m
- Grabación Original
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Between 1861 and 1865, the clash of the greatest armies the Western hemisphere had ever seen turned small towns, little-known streams, and obscure meadows in the American countryside into names we will always remember. In those great battles, those streams ran red with blood-and the United States was truly born.
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Excellent Series
- De Rodney en 07-09-13
De: Gary W. Gallagher, y otros
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The Gilded Age
- De: Mark Twain
- Narrado por: Robin Field
- Duración: 19 h y 7 m
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First published in 1873, The Gilded Age is both a biting satire and a revealing portrait of post-Civil War America - an age of corruption when crooked land speculators, ruthless bankers, and dishonest politicians voraciously took advantage of the nation's peacetime optimism. With his characteristic wit and perception, Mark Twain and his collaborator, Charles Dudley Warner, attack the greed, lust, and naiveté of their own time in a work that endures as a valuable social document and one of America's most important satirical novels.
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Great Story, but Audio Quality Not Always Good
- De BethGA en 02-27-24
De: Mark Twain
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An American Beauty
- De: Shana Abe
- Narrado por: Gail Shalan
- Duración: 11 h y 34 m
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1867, Richmond, Virginia: Though she wears the same low-cut purple gown that is the uniform of all the girls who work at Worsham's gambling parlor, Arabella stands apart. It's not merely her statuesque beauty and practiced charm. Even at seventeen, Arabella possesses an unyielding grit, and a resolve to escape her background of struggle and poverty. Collis Huntington, railroad baron and self-made multimillionaire, is drawn to Arabella from their first meeting. Collis is married and 30 years her senior, yet they are well-matched in temperament, and flirtation rapidly escalates into an affair.
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Loved everything about it
- De Leigh H. en 07-10-23
De: Shana Abe
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The Heiress Gets a Duke
- Gilded Age Heiresses, Book 1
- De: Harper St. George
- Narrado por: Justine Eyre
- Duración: 9 h y 58 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 258
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American heiress August Crenshaw has aspirations. But unlike her peers, it isn't some stuffy British lord she wants wrapped around her finger - it's Crenshaw Iron Works, the family business. When it's clear that August's outrageously progressive ways render her unsuitable for a respectable match, her parents offer up her younger sister to the highest entitled bidder instead. This simply will not do. August refuses to leave her sister to the mercy of a loveless marriage.
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Three in half stars
- De Lori en 03-21-21
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Greed in the Gilded Age
- The Brilliant Con of Cassie Chadwick
- De: William Elliott Hazelgrove
- Narrado por: Cindy Piller
- Duración: 8 h y 4 m
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"Millionaire" had just entered the American lexicon and Cassie Chadwick was front page news, becoming a media sensation before mass media, even eclipsing President Roosevelt’s inauguration. Using these newspaper articles, Hazelgrove tells the story of one of the greatest cons in American history.
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People have always taken advantage of weaknesses
- De Marsha L. Woerner en 12-15-22
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Astor
- The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune
- De: Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe
- Narrado por: Anderson Cooper
- Duración: 8 h y 19 m
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From 1783, when German immigrant John Jacob Astor first arrived in the United States, until 2009, when Brooke Astor’s son, Anthony Marshall, was convicted of defrauding his elderly mother, the Astor name occupied a unique place in American society. The family fortune, first made by a beaver trapping business that grew into an empire, was then amplified by holdings in Manhattan real estate. Over the ensuing generations, Astors ruled Gilded Age New York society and inserted themselves into political and cultural life, but also suffered the most famous loss on the Titanic.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A family first made, then destroyed by wealth.
- De Barbara W. en 09-23-23
De: Anderson Cooper, y otros
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A Decent Simplified Overview if One Can Listen Only
As an audiobook there is nothing wrong with this product. However it is a basic overview. If one has time and access to physically reading about the Gilded Age on line, Wikipedia has a good overview for free. I received this audiobook for free as a promotion, and was happy with it as a free product. If I needed an overview on audiobook, with only time to listen, this is adequate. But this only gives a very simplified overview. Thank You...
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