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In this, Frederick Douglass’s second memoir, the abolitionist leader reflects further on the inhuman oppression he had personally endured and explores the larger impact of such injustice on society as a whole. At the time of writing, Douglass had emerged from chattel slavery in Maryland to a qualified freedom in the North and become a renowned speaker on the power of literacy and self-reliance. This story goes deeper than what Douglass was able to address in his Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, and that deeper accounting ultimately builds to an inevitable demand: the universal and unconditional emancipation of African Americans.
This edition of My Bondage and My Freedom also includes several of Douglass’s most famous speeches and essays - including his letter to Thomas Auld and his reflections on the Fourth of July - and stands as a harrowing, eloquent, and enduringly relevant declaration of independence.
Revised edition: Previously published as My Bondage and My Freedom, this edition of My Bondage and My Freedom (AmazonClassics Edition) includes editorial revisions.
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Roman History
- Volume One
- De: Appian of Alexandria
- Narrado por: Charlton Griffin
- Duración: 16 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 18
Appian of Alexander was a Greek historian who lived at the height of the Roman Empire during the first half of the 2nd century AD, having been born around AD 95 and died about AD 165. Very little is known about him beyond what he reveals about himself, along with the fact that he lived in Alexandria. He was a Roman citizen and held several senior-level public offices, both in Alexandria and in Rome.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another Epic Title by Charlton Griffin!
- De Jim Davis en 02-15-22
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A History of England, Volume 1: Early and Middle Ages to 1485
- De: Cyril Robinson
- Narrado por: Charlton Griffin
- Duración: 9 h y 23 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 54
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 47
The history of England can be said to have begun with the arrival of Julius Caesar in 54 BC. Four hundred years later, Romano British civilization came to an end with the withdrawal of Roman military protection and the onslaught by successive waves of Germanic invasions. Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Danes, and Norsemen ravaged Britain for almost 500 years. The native Celtic peoples were displaced and driven westward into present-day Wales, where their descendants dwell to this day.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very Interesting
- De Mark en 03-25-16
De: Cyril Robinson
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The Roman Revolution: Crisis and Christianity in Ancient Rome
- The Fall of the Roman Empire, Book 1
- De: Nick Holmes
- Narrado por: Nigel Patterson
- Duración: 6 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 12
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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It was a time of revolution. The Roman Revolution describes the little known "crisis of the third century", and how it led to a revolutionary new Roman Empire. Long before the more famous collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the fifth century, in the years between AD 235-275, barbarian invasions, civil war, and plague devastated ancient Rome.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Poor History, with an axe to grind with Christianity
- De Anonymous User en 03-08-25
De: Nick Holmes
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Farnsworth’s Classical English Rhetoric
- De: Ward Farnsworth
- Narrado por: Bronson Pinchot, Jim Meskimen
- Duración: 9 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 161
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 139
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 136
Masters of language can turn unassuming words into phrases that are beautiful, effective, and memorable. What are the secrets of this alchemy? Part of the answer lies in rhetorical figures: practical ways of applying great aesthetic principles to a simple sentence or paragraph. Farnsworth’s Classical English Rhetoric recovers this knowledge for our times. It amounts to a tutorial on eloquence conducted by Churchill and Lincoln, Dickens and Melville, Burke and Paine, and more than a hundred others.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A little unwieldy for audio
- De Coral en 05-26-14
De: Ward Farnsworth
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The Apache Diaspora
- Four Centuries of Displacement and Survival
- De: Paul Conrad
- Narrado por: Jonathan Yen
- Duración: 15 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 1
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 1
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Across four centuries, Apache (Nde) peoples in the North American West confronted enslavement and forced migration schemes intended to exploit, subjugate, or eliminate them. While many Indigenous groups in the Americas lived through similar histories, Apaches were especially affected owing to their mobility, resistance, and proximity to multiple imperial powers. The Apache Diaspora brings to life the stories of displaced Apaches and the kin from whom they were separated.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very Informative ... and Biased
- De Rue37 en 01-14-24
De: Paul Conrad
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George Washington, Volume 1
- Young Washington
- De: Douglas Southall Freeman
- Narrado por: Charlton Griffin
- Duración: 17 h y 26 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 40
George Washington, a Biography by Douglas Southall Freeman was the second great historical masterpiece by him to win the Pulitzer Prize, awarded posthumously in 1958. Freeman completed six volumes of this magnificent biography, but died before finishing the seventh and final volume, concluded for him by his research associates in 1957. In Volume One, Young Washington, we follow the development of George from childhood to young manhood. It is an extraordinary tale of youthful vigor and determination.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fine work on Washington
- De lps562 en 03-29-21
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Roman History, Volume 1
- De: Dio Cassius
- Narrado por: Charlton Griffin
- Duración: 29 h y 51 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 61
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 53
Dio Cassius was a Roman statesman and historian of Greek origin. He published 80 volumes of history on ancient Rome, beginning with the arrival of Aeneas in Italy. The volumes documented the subsequent founding of Rome (753 BC), the formation of the republic (509 BC), and the creation of the empire (31 BC). The history continues until AD 229.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Charlton Griffin is amazing as usual!
- De Placeholder en 07-12-18
De: Dio Cassius
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A Little History of the World
- De: E. H. Gombrich
- Narrado por: Ralph Cosham
- Duración: 9 h y 11 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,085
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,431
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,417
E. H. Gombrich's world history, an international best seller now available in English for the first time, is a text dominated not by dates and facts but by the sweep of experience across the centuries, a guide to humanity's achievements, and an acute witness to its frailties.
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5 out of 5 stars
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an enlightening book; very well read
- De A.B.Oxford en 06-03-06
De: E. H. Gombrich
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Pablo Escobar's Story, Part 1: The Rise
- De: Shaun Attwood
- Narrado por: Randal Schaffer
- Duración: 10 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 16
Most Escobar biographies only provide a few pieces of the puzzle, but this action-packed audiobook reveals everything about the king of cocaine. Mostly translated from Spanish, Part 1 contains stories untold in the English-speaking world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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More details than others
- De LYOERO en 01-29-24
De: Shaun Attwood
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Demetrius
- Sacker of Cities
- De: James Romm
- Narrado por: John Telfer
- Duración: 5 h y 48 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 16
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 12
The life of Demetrius (337-283 BCE) serves as a through-line to the forty years following the death of Alexander (323-282 BCE), a time of unparalleled turbulence and instability in the ancient world. With no monarch able to take Alexander’s place, his empire fragmented into five pieces. Capitalizing on good looks, youth, and sexual prowess, Demetrius sought to weld those pieces together and recover the dream of a single world-state, with a new Alexander—himself—at its head.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A chapter is missing
- De Brendon miller en 12-02-22
De: James Romm
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George Washington, Volume 2
- Young Washington
- De: Douglas Southall Freeman
- Narrado por: Charlton Griffin
- Duración: 15 h y 29 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 35
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 32
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 32
Volume Two opens in late 1754. Having resigned his commission in the Virginia militia, Washington pondered his future as a soldier. But by the spring of 1755, he had been made aide de camp to British general Edward Braddock. It was to prove a fateful event. Washington accompanied Braddock on his disastrous expedition to capture Fort DuQuesne (Pittsburgh), but the small army was ambushed and Braddock killed. Young Washington distinguished himself in the hopeless battle and subsequent retreat.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Forging an American Icon
- De James T. Bryson en 08-03-24
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Andrew Carnegie: Insight and Analysis into the Life of a True Entrepreneur, Industrialist, and Philanthropist
- Business Biographies and Memoirs - Titans of Industry, Book 1
- De: J. R. MacGregor
- Narrado por: Kevin Kollins
- Duración: 3 h y 33 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 88
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 85
Andrew Carnegie amassed wealth that inspired generations of entrepreneurs and industrialists. Starting with nothing in Scotland, he gradually built so much wealth that those at the top of the current Forbes list would still not be able to match him. This audiobook presents the life of one of the gentlest and kindest men in history and the way he made his money. His fortune was ultimately almost three times more than the richest men on the planet today.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A remarkable man
- De Christopher Ervin en 09-16-19
De: J. R. MacGregor
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Girt
- The Unauthorised History of Australia, Volume 1
- De: David Hunt
- Narrado por: David Hunt
- Duración: 6 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 249
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 221
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 221
Girt. No word could better capture the essence of Australia.... In this hilarious history, David Hunt reveals the truth of Australia's past, from megafauna to Macquarie - the cock-ups and curiosities, the forgotten eccentrics and Eureka moments that have made us who we are. Girt introduces forgotten heroes like Mary McLoghlin, transported for the crime of "felony of sock", and Trim the cat, who beat a French monkey to become the first animal to circumnavigate Australia.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Typically irreverent.
- De patricia heffernan en 12-27-15
De: David Hunt
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (AmazonClassics Edition)
- De: Frederick Douglass
- Narrado por: JD Jackson
- Duración: 4 h y 35 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 214
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Frederick Douglass’s celebrated memoir is among the most influential works of the nineteenth-century abolitionist movement in the United States. Beginning with his birth on a Maryland plantation in 1818, Douglass’s account records the tyranny and brutality of his life in slavery until his ultimate escape to New Bedford, Massachusetts, at the age of twenty.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Reality of American slavery
- De Wendy Faye en 02-13-25
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The Start
- 1904-1930
- De: William L. Shirer
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 22 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 177
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 155
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 154
William L. Shirer was a CBS foreign correspondent and renowned author of New York Times best-selling nonfiction about World War II, and this is the first part of his three-part autobiography. A renowned journalist and author of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, William L. Shirer chronicles his own life story in a personal history that parallels the greater historical events for which he served as a witness.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Clouds gathering on the horizon in Europe
- De Nancy en 08-12-20
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Beyond the Mountain
- De: Steve House, Reinhold Messner - foreword
- Narrado por: Steve House
- Duración: 8 h y 56 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 416
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 366
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 364
What does it take to be one of the world's best high-altitude mountain climbers? A lot of fundraising; traveling in some of the world's most dangerous countries; enduring cold bivouacs, searing lungs, and a cloudy mind when you can least afford one. It means learning the hard lessons the mountains teach. Steve House built his reputation on ascents throughout the Alps, Canada, Alaska, the Karakoram, and the Himalaya that have expanded possibilities of style, speed, and difficulty.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A life-changing book
- De barbudo en 05-02-18
De: Steve House, y otros