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General4.5 out of 5 stars 284
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 253
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 250
In a breathtaking chronicle, acclaimed journalist Anand Gopal traces in vivid detail the lives of three Afghans caught in America's war on terror. He follows a Taliban commander who rises from scrawny teenager to leading insurgent, a U.S.-backed warlord who uses the American military to gain personal wealth and power, and a village housewife trapped between the two sides who discovers the devastating cost of neutrality.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding book, remarkable narrator
- De captainramius en 04-05-19
De: Anand Gopal
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City of Thorns
- Nine Lives in the World’s Largest Refugee Camp
- De: Ben Rawlence
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 11 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 101
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 91
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 90
Situated hundreds of miles from any other settlement, deep within the inhospitable desert of Northern Kenya, Dadaab is a city like no other. Its buildings are made from mud, sticks, or plastic; its entire economy is gray; and its citizens survive on rations and luck. Over the course of four years, Ben Rawlence became a firsthand witness to a strange and desperate limbo-land, getting to know many of those who have come there seeking sanctuary.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Compelling but dry
- De Megan en 09-16-16
De: Ben Rawlence
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When Heaven and Earth Changed Places
- A Vietnamese Woman's Journey from War to Peace
- De: Le Ly Hayslip, Jay Wurts
- Narrado por: Nancy Kwan
- Duración: 3 h y 3 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 100
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 79
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 81
This haunting memoir tells the brutal story of the Vietnam War from the perspective of an innocent victim whose childhood was dominated by violence, devastation, and conflicts between the teachings of her culture and the realities of war. The youngest in a close-knit Buddhist family, Le Ly Hayslip was 12 years old when U.S. helicopters landed in her village. She was raped and "ruined" for marriage by Viet Cong soldiers, imprisoned and tortured by the South Vietnamese, and sentenced to death by the Viet Cong. Ultimately fleeing to the U.S. with her children, she finally found peace, and in 1986, she was reunited with her family in Vietnam. The story of her homecoming, interwoven with her memories of the war years, paints a vivid picture of a noble, optimistic woman and her native country.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Difficult to listen to
- De heatherhg en 07-01-07
De: Le Ly Hayslip, y otros
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Midnight in Broad Daylight
- A Japanese American Family Caught Between Two Worlds
- De: Pamela Rotner Sakamoto
- Narrado por: Emily Woo Zeller
- Duración: 11 h y 58 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 179
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 160
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 159
After their father's death, Harry, Frank, and Pierce Fukuhara - all born and raised in the Pacific Northwest - moved to Hiroshima, their mother's ancestral home. Eager to go back to his own land - America - Harry returned in the late 1930s. Then came Pearl Harbor. Despite being sent to an internment camp, Harry dutifully volunteered to serve his country. Back in Hiroshima, his brothers, Frank and Pierce, became soldiers in the Japanese Imperial Army.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A must listen
- De Jon en 02-01-16
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Behind Enemy Lines
- The True Story of a French Jewish Spy in Nazi Germany
- De: Marthe Cohn, Wendy Holden
- Narrado por: Kirsten Potter
- Duración: 10 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 97
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 86
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 87
Marthe Cohn was a young Jewish woman living just across the German border in France when Hitler rose to power. Her family sheltered Jews fleeing the Nazis, including Jewish children sent away by their terrified parents. But soon her homeland was also under Nazi rule. As the Nazi occupation escalated, Marthe's sister was arrested and sent to Auschwitz and the rest of her family was forced to flee to the south of France. Always a fighter, Marthe joined the French Army and became a member of the intelligence service of the French First Army.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing story of a fighter and survivor
- De Magalie Busch en 05-06-19
De: Marthe Cohn, y otros
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No Turning Back
- Life, Loss, and Hope in Wartime Syria
- De: Rania Abouzeid
- Narrado por: Susan Nezami
- Duración: 14 h y 31 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 44
Based on more than five years of clandestine reporting on the front lines, No Turning Back is an utterly engrossing human drama full of vivid, indelible characters that shows how hope can flourish even amid one of the 21st century's greatest humanitarian disasters.
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4 out of 5 stars
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SYRIA'S FAMILY BUSINESS
- De chetyarbrough.blog en 12-03-22
De: Rania Abouzeid
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Hope and Honor
- De: Sid Shachnow, Jann Robbins
- Narrado por: Brian Emerson
- Duración: 16 h y 28 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 83
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 57
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 58
Major General Sid Shachnow was ten-years-old when he escaped the notorious Kovno concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Lithuania. Later, he traveled to post-war Germany, and he earned a living as a courier for his mother's black market business. His family eventually came to America where he struggled to get an education, held down three jobs, and courted the girl of his dreams, whom he would marry and raise four daughters with.
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5 out of 5 stars
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riveting
- De Rob en 02-07-08
De: Sid Shachnow, y otros
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Fast Times in Palestine
- A Love Affair with a Homeless Homeland
- De: Pamela J. Olson
- Narrado por: Julia Farhat
- Duración: 10 h y 43 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 37
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 33
Pamela Olson, a small town girl from eastern Oklahoma, had what she always wanted: a physics degree from Stanford University. But instead of feeling excited for what came next, she felt consumed by dread and confusion. This irresistible memoir chronicles her journey from aimless ex-bartender to Ramallah-based journalist and foreign press coordinator for a Palestinian presidential candidate.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Palestine from the Inside—and Out
- De Susie en 11-04-13
De: Pamela J. Olson
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Brothers of the Gun
- De: Marwan Hisham, Molly Crabapple
- Narrado por: Peter Ganim
- Duración: 8 h y 28 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 24
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 24
In 2011, Marwan Hisham and his two friends - fellow working-class college students Nael and Tareq - joined the first protests of the Arab Spring in Syria, in response to a recent massacre. Arm in arm they marched, poured Coca-Cola into one another’s eyes to blunt the effects of tear gas, ran from the security forces, and cursed the country’s president, Bashar al-Assad. It was ecstasy. A long-bottled revolution was finally erupting, and freedom from a brutal dictator seemed, at last, imminent.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Powerful memoir of Syrian war
- De Jennifer Friedman en 08-21-19
De: Marwan Hisham, y otros
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When a Crocodile Eats the Sun
- A Memoir of Africa
- De: Peter Godwin
- Narrado por: Peter Godwin
- Duración: 12 h y 53 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 74
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 66
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 64
After his father's heart attack in 1984, Peter Godwin began a series of pilgrimages back to Zimbabwe, the land of his birth, from Manhattan, where he now lives. On these frequent visits to check on his elderly parents, he bore witness to Zimbabwe's dramatic spiral downward into the jaws of violent chaos, presided over by an increasingly enraged dictator. And yet long after their comfortable lifestyle had been shattered and millions were fleeing, his parents refuse to leave, steadfast in their allegiance to the failed state that has been their adopted home for 50 years.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Worth the listen.
- De SEE en 09-06-21
De: Peter Godwin
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The Naked Don't Fear the Water
- An Underground Journey with Afghan Refugees
- De: Matthieu Aikins
- Narrado por: Nick Nikon
- Duración: 9 h y 36 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 138
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 124
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 124
In this extraordinary book, an acclaimed young war reporter chronicles a dangerous journey on the smuggler’s road to Europe, accompanying his friend, an Afghan refugee, in search of a better future.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great story, horrible narration
- De AB en 02-25-22
De: Matthieu Aikins
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The Fox Hunt
- A Refugee's Memoir of Coming to America
- De: Mohammed Al Samawi
- Narrado por: Assaf Cohen
- Duración: 10 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 154
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 139
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 138
Born in the Old City of Sana’a, Yemen, to a pair of middle-class doctors, Mohammed Al Samawi was a devout Muslim raised to think of Christians and Jews as his enemy. But when Mohammed was 23, he secretly received a copy of the Bible, and what he read cast doubt on everything he’d previously believed. After connecting with Jews and Christians on social media, and at various international interfaith conferences, Mohammed became an activist, making it his mission to promote dialogue and cooperation in Yemen. Then came the death threats....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Engaging and informative memoir
- De Mark en 08-02-18
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Wild Swans
- Three Daughters of China
- De: Jung Chang
- Narrado por: Joy Osmanski
- Duración: 22 h y 52 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,938
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,705
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,709
Few books have had such an impact as Wild Swans: a popular best seller which has sold more than 13 million copies and a critically acclaimed history of China; a tragic tale of nightmarish cruelty and an uplifting story of bravery and survival.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Accurate, moving and chilling
- De David en 12-15-12
De: Jung Chang
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The Way to the Spring
- Life and Death in Palestine
- De: Ben Ehrenreich
- Narrado por: Ben Ehrenreich
- Duración: 12 h y 17 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 50
From an award-winning journalist, a brave and necessary immersion into the everyday struggles of Palestinian life. Over the past three years, American writer Ben Ehrenreich has been traveling to and living in the West Bank, staying with Palestinian families in its largest cities and its smallest villages. Along the way he has written major stories for American outlets, including a remarkable New York Times Magazine cover story. Now comes the powerful new work that has always been his ultimate goal, The Way to the Spring.
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1 out of 5 stars
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One-sided version of 'the truth'
- De Mark en 01-01-18
De: Ben Ehrenreich
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Night Draws Near
- Iraq's People in the Shadow of America's War
- De: Anthony Shadid
- Narrado por: Anthony Shadid
- Duración: 6 h y 6 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 76
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 27
Determined to offer an unfiltered version of events, the Washington Post's Anthony Shadid was neither embedded with soldiers nor briefed by politicians. Because he is fluent in Arabic, Shadid, an Arab-American born and raised in Oklahoma, was able to actually disappear into the divided, dangerous worlds of Iraq. Day by day, as American dreams clashed with Arab notions of justice, he pieced together the human story of ordinary Iraqis weathering the terrible dislocations and tragedies of war.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Too little, too late
- De Kindle Customer en 03-23-09
De: Anthony Shadid
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Forty Autumns
- A Family's Story of Courage and Survival on Both Sides of the Berlin Wall
- De: Nina Willner
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 10 h y 4 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 807
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 726
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 722
In this illuminating and deeply moving memoir, a former American military intelligence officer goes beyond traditional Cold War espionage tales to tell the true story of her family - of five women separated by the Iron Curtain for more than 40 years and their miraculous reunion after the fall of the Berlin Wall. A personal look at a tenuous era that divided a city and a nation and continues to haunt us, Forty Autumns is an intimate and beautifully written story of courage, resilience, and love.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent look into the divided Germanys
- De Mary Aalgaard en 01-18-18
De: Nina Willner
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The Hundred-Year Walk
- An Armenian Odyssey
- De: Dawn Anahid MacKeen
- Narrado por: Neil Shah, Emily Woo Zeller
- Duración: 11 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 101
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 94
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 95
In the heart of the Ottoman Empire as World War I rages, Stepan Miskjian's world becomes undone. He is separated from his family as they are swept up in the government's mass deportation of Armenians into internment camps. Gradually realizing the unthinkable - that they are all being driven to their deaths - he fights, through starvation and thirst, not to lose hope.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Everything a memoir should be. You will enjoy it!
- De Jakk en 02-19-18