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Tragedy and Triumph is based on the extraordinary life of an Afghan teenager whose loving childhood is shuttered by war. Ahmad Ansari is badly injured in a rocket attack on his house during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in the 1970s. The memoir details challenges that young Ahmad faces since then, how he graduates valedictorian in Kabul to eventually earn a doctorate degree in France and join his refugee family in the United States.
The book parallelly details the painful story of a nation caught in a devastating geopolitical conflict. Dr. Ansari is a walking history of Afghanistan, providing surprising insights on what happened during the communist revolution and the role the Western Powers played there. Dr. Ansari’s analysis of flawed foreign policies of powerful countries, including the United States’, shows how subsequent global tragedies were doomed to happen.
Tragedy and Triumph is a fascinating listen for the brain and for the heart.
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- De Booklover en 03-22-20
De: Jason DeParle
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From Miniskirt to Hijab
- A Girl in Revolutionary Iran
- De: Jacqueline Saper
- Narrado por: Vaneh Assadourian
- Duración: 6 h y 45 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 326
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Jacqueline Saper, named after Jacqueline Kennedy, was born in Tehran to Iranian and British parents. At 18 she witnessed the civil unrest of the 1979 Iranian revolution and continued to live in the Islamic Republic during its most volatile times, including the Iran-Iraq War. In a deeply intimate and personal story, Saper recounts her privileged childhood in prerevolutionary Iran and how she gradually became aware of the paradoxes in her life and community - primarily the disparate religions and cultures.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very good
- De Matt en 11-10-21
De: Jacqueline Saper
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I Shall Not Hate
- A Gaza Doctor's Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity
- De: Izzeldin Abuelaish
- Narrado por: Patrick Lawlor
- Duración: 8 h y 9 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 115
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 91
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 90
Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish---now known simply as the "Gaza doctor"---captured hearts and headlines around the world in the aftermath of horrific tragedy: On January 16, 2009, Israeli shells hit his home in the Gaza Strip, killing three of his daughters and his niece. By turns inspiring and heartbreaking, hopeful and horrifying, I Shall Not Hate is Abuelaish's account of an extraordinary life.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A story worth reading, but terrible narration
- De BL Lucas en 04-11-12
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The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line
- Untold Stories of the Women Who Changed the Course of World War II
- De: Major General Mari K. Eder US Army (Ret.)
- Narrado por: Bernadette Dunn
- Duración: 10 h y 2 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 183
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 157
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 156
For fans of Radium Girls and history and WWII buffs, The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line takes you inside the lives and experiences of 15 unknown women heroes from the Greatest Generation, the women who served, fought, struggled, and made things happen during WWII - in and out of uniform, for theirs is a legacy destined to embolden generations of women to come.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Ending very poorly done
- De Jacqueline Bailey en 10-03-21
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Let's Roll!
- De: Lisa Beamer, Ken Abraham - contributor
- Narrado por: Lisa Helm
- Duración: 8 h y 2 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 276
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 216
On September 11, 2001, Lisa Beamer was thrust into the national spotlight after her husband, Todd, became an American hero by preventing terrorist hijackers from almost certainly flying United Flight 93 into the White House or the United States Capitol. Instead, Todd led a group of passengers to resist the hijackers, forcing the plane to crash into a Pennsylvania field. Todd and the other heroes of Flight 93 gave their lives so that untold others would be spared. Nothing could be more heroic. Lisa is now telling that story, and much more.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Inspiring book. I couldn't put it down.
- De Sam en 09-13-03
De: Lisa Beamer, y otros
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The Ungrateful Refugee
- What Immigrants Never Tell You
- De: Dina Nayeri
- Narrado por: Dina Nayeri
- Duración: 10 h y 33 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 116
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 88
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 90
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.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing story of resilience and compassion
- De PAH en 09-06-19
De: Dina Nayeri
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My Remarkable Journey
- A Memoir
- De: Katherine Johnson, Joylette Hylick, Katherine Moore
- Narrado por: Robin Miles
- Duración: 7 h y 41 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 366
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 320
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 317
The remarkable woman at heart of the smash New York Times best seller and Oscar-winning film Hidden Figures tells the full story of her life, including what it took to work at NASA, help land the first man on the moon, and live through a century of turmoil and change.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Amazing Woman, Interesting Life
- De Grace en 08-20-21
De: Katherine Johnson, y otros
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Confucius Never Said
- De: Helen Raleigh
- Narrado por: Helen Raleigh
- Duración: 9 h y 54 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 27
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 24
This book is a four-generation family journey from repression and poverty in China to freedom and prosperity in the United States. Their lives overlap with many significant historical events taking....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wake up America
- De K and J en 12-14-19
De: Helen Raleigh
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The Love Stories of the Bible Speak
- Biblical Lessons on Romance, Friendship, and Faith
- De: Shannon Bream
- Narrado por: Shannon Bream
- Duración: 7 h y 26 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 37
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 35
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 35
The Bible reveals not just butterflies and broken hearts. In Scripture, we see God’s beautiful design for the partnership of marriage. We witness friendships that cross all boundaries. We watch as families navigate the many seasons of life. Our guiding example for them all is the deepest, most abiding, foundational love ever known: God’s unconditional love for His people. In The Love Stories of the Bible Speak, Shannon Bream draws lessons from the good, the bad, and the ugly of Biblical romances, friendships, and families.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Uplifting and motivational book
- De Joseph Sullivan en 03-31-23
De: Shannon Bream
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Golden Bones
- An Extraordinary Journey from Hell in Cambodia to a New Life in America
- De: Sichan Siv
- Narrado por: David Thorn
- Duración: 11 h y 51 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 49
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 44
In Cambodia in the 1960s, Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge declared war on their own people, enslaving and slaughtering anybody who disagreed with them. Sichan Siv knew he would soon be a target - ending up, perhaps, as one of the millions of anonymous human skeletons buried in his nation's Killing Fields - so he heeded his mother's pleas and ran. Captured and forced to perform slave labor, Siv feared that he'd be worked to death or killed. But he never abandoned hope or his improbable dream of freedom - a dream that liberated him.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Misleading Publisher’s Summary
- De Chris en 05-01-18
De: Sichan Siv
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Last Boat Out of Shanghai
- The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution
- De: Helen Zia
- Narrado por: Nancy Wu
- Duración: 17 h y 13 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 476
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 400
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 397
The dramatic real-life stories of four young people caught up in the mass exodus of Shanghai in the wake of China's 1949 Communist revolution. Benny must decide either to escape to Hong Kong or navigate the intricacies of a newly Communist China. Annuo, forced to flee with her father, a defeated Nationalist official, becomes an unwelcome exile in Taiwan. The financially strapped Ho fights deportation from the US in order to continue his studies while his family struggles at home. Bing, given away by her poor parents, faces the prospect of a new life among strangers in America.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book, poor performance
- De Helpful Buyer en 07-02-19
De: Helen Zia
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On All Fronts
- The Education of a Journalist
- De: Clarissa Ward
- Narrado por: Clarissa Ward
- Duración: 9 h y 38 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 434
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 378
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 374
Clarissa Ward is a world-renowned conflict reporter. In this strange age of crisis where there really is no front line, she has moved from one hot zone to the next. With multiple assignments in Syria, Egypt, and Afghanistan, Ward, who speaks seven languages, has been based in Baghdad, Beirut, Beijing, and Moscow. She has seen and documented the violent remaking of the world at close range. With her deep empathy, Ward finds a way to tell the hardest stories. On All Fronts is the riveting account of Ward’s singular career and of journalism in this age of extremism.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Insights gained!
- De J. Harry en 11-10-20
De: Clarissa Ward
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Under Red Skies
- Three Generations of Life, Loss, and Hope in China
- De: Karoline Kan
- Narrado por: Allison Hiroto
- Duración: 8 h y 42 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 110
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 98
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 99
A deeply personal and shocking look at how China is coming to terms with its conflicted past as it emerges into a modern, cutting-edge superpower.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An intimate view of real life in China
- De Lonnie G. Hardy, Jr. en 08-15-19
De: Karoline Kan
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The Art of Resistance
- My Four Years in the French Underground: A Memoir
- De: Justus Rosenberg
- Narrado por: Rob Shapiro
- Duración: 7 h y 36 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 104
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 93
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 92
In 1937, as the Nazis gained control and anti-Semitism spread in the Free City of Danzig, a majority German city on the Baltic Sea, 16-year-old Justus Rosenberg was sent to Paris to finish his education in safety. Three years later, France fell to the Germans. Alone and in danger, penniless and cut off from contact with his family in Poland, Justus fled south.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Rosenberg, Please focus
- De Jess en 03-20-22
De: Justus Rosenberg
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Mitka’s Secret
- A True Story of Child Slavery and Surviving the Holocaust
- De: Steven W. Brallier, Joel N. Lohr, Lynn G. Beck
- Narrado por: Trevor Thompson
- Duración: 9 h y 53 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 28
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 23
This is Mitka’s account of facing the past, confronting his captors, connecting with lost relatives, and finding peace in the rediscovery of his origins. For Mitka, this also meant reclaiming his Jewish heritage - a journey that gave him a new sense of purpose and freedom from the lingering effects of trauma that had filled his life to that point. By the end, Mitka’s Secret is less a story of survival and more one of redemption and transformation - from hidden suffering to abundant joy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This should be a movie!!!
- De Amazon Customer en 09-11-21
De: Steven W. Brallier, y otros
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The Spymaster of Baghdad
- A True Story of Bravery, Family, and Patriotism in the Battle Against ISIS
- De: Margaret Coker
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 10 h y 49 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 67
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 62
The Spymaster of Baghdad tells the dramatic yet intimate account of how a covert Iraqi intelligence unit called “the Falcons” came together against all odds to defeat ISIS. The Falcons, comprised of ordinary men with little conventional espionage background, infiltrated the world’s most powerful terrorist organization, ultimately turning the tide of war against the terrorist group and bringing safety to millions of Iraqis and the broader world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Worth every penny
- De Michelle en 04-20-21
De: Margaret Coker
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The Undocumented Americans
- De: Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
- Narrado por: Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
- Duración: 4 h y 53 m
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 871
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 864
Writer Karla Cornejo Villavicencio was on DACA when she decided to write about being undocumented for the first time using her own name. It was right after the election of 2016, the day she realized the story she'd tried to steer clear of was the only one she wanted to tell. So she wrote her immigration lawyer's phone number on her hand in Sharpie and embarked on a trip across the country to tell the stories of her fellow undocumented immigrants—and to find the hidden key to her own.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Raw, heartbreaking - we can do better by others
- De RapaciousReader en 04-11-20
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Pregnant Girl
- A Story of Teen Motherhood, College, and Creating a Better Future for Young Families
- De: Nicole Lynn Lewis
- Narrado por: Nicky Sunshine
- Duración: 7 h y 28 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 34
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 34
An activist calls for better support of young families so they can thrive and reflects on her experiences as a Black mother and college student fighting for opportunities for herself and her child. Pregnant Girl presents the possibility of a different future for young mothers - one of success and stability - in the midst of the dismal statistics that dominate the national conversation.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Political
- De Amazon Customer en 01-16-23
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Tragedy and Triumph
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Total5 out of 5 stars
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Ejecución5 out of 5 stars
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- Michael
- 09-01-20
Amazing Story! A+👍🏽
Loved the story, right when you think everything is going one way or going well you are completely flipped around and you can almost picture yourself there in the moment with Dr. Ansari.
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