A Godly Hero
The Life of William Jennings Bryan
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Michael Kazin
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One of the Best Books of the Year: The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Politician, evangelist, and reformer William Jennings Bryan was the most popular public speaker of his time. In this acclaimed biography - the first major reconsideration of Bryan's life in 40 years - award-winning historian Michael Kazin illuminates his astonishing career and the richly diverse and volatile landscape of religion and politics in which he rose to fame.
Kazin vividly recreates Bryan's tremendous appeal, showing how he won a passionate following among both rural and urban Americans, who saw in him not only the practical vision of a reform politician, but also the righteousness of a pastor. Bryan did more than anyone to transform the Democratic Party from a bulwark of laissez-faire to the citadel of liberalism we identify with Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1896, 1900, and 1908, Bryan was nominated for president, and though he fell short each time, his legacy - a subject of great debate after his death - remains monumental. This nuanced and brilliantly crafted portrait restores Bryan to an esteemed place in American history.
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De: Jon Meacham
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The American Experiment
- De: James MacGregor Burns
- Narrado por: Mark Ashby
- Duración: 88 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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James MacGregor Burns’s stunning trilogy of American history, spanning the birth of the Constitution to the final days of the Cold War. In these three volumes, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner James MacGregor Burns chronicles with depth and narrative panache the most significant cultural, economic, and political events of American history.
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3 out of 5 stars
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American History ABCs
- De Michael en 06-16-15
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Henry Clay
- The Man Who Would Be President
- De: James C. Klotter
- Narrado por: James Anderson Foster
- Duración: 19 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 49
Charismatic, charming, and one of the best orators of his era, Henry Clay seemed to have it all. He offered a comprehensive plan of change for America, and he directed national affairs as Speaker of the House, as Secretary of State to John Quincy Adams - the man he put in office - and as acknowledged leader of the Whig party. As the broker of the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850, Henry Clay fought to keep a young nation united when westward expansion and slavery threatened to tear it apart. Yet, despite his talent and achievements, Henry Clay never became president.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful book by a talented writer and historian
- De Timothy en 08-24-18
De: James C. Klotter
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1920
- The Year of Six Presidents
- De: David Pietrusza
- Narrado por: Paul Boehmer
- Duración: 20 h y 46 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 243
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The presidential election of 1920 was among history's most dramatic. Six once-and-future presidents--Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, and Teddy and Franklin Roosevelt--jockeyed for the White House. With voters choosing between Wilson's League of Nations and Harding's front-porch isolationism, the 1920 election shaped modern America.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A fascinating view into the US at the end of WWI
- De D. Littman en 12-31-09
De: David Pietrusza
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Woodrow Wilson
- A Biography
- De: John Milton Cooper
- Narrado por: John McDonough
- Duración: 35 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 287
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 237
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 234
John Milton Cooper, Jr., is widely acknowledged as one of the world’s preeminent Woodrow Wilson biographers. This thoroughly researched profile of America’s 28th president is universally hailed for its scholarship and insight into the life and career ofone of the nation’s most polarizing leaders.
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2 out of 5 stars
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On the outside looking in
- De Doris en 09-02-13
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What It Took to Win
- A History of the Democratic Party
- De: Michael Kazin
- Narrado por: Lee Goettl
- Duración: 13 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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In What It Took to Win, the eminent historian Michael Kazin identifies and assesses the Democratic Party's long-running commitment to creating "moral capitalism" - a system that mixed entrepreneurial freedom with the welfare of workers and consumers. And yet the same party that championed the rights of the white working man also vigorously protected or advanced the causes of slavery, segregation, and Indian removal.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Timely and informative History Book
- De Asha Sceanca en 03-24-22
De: Michael Kazin
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Coolidge: An American Enigma
- De: Robert Sobel
- Narrado por: Charles Bice
- Duración: 16 h y 53 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 149
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Sobel instead exposes the real Coolidge, whose legacy as the most Jeffersonian of all twentieth-century presidents still reverberates today. Sobel delves into the record to show how Coolidge cut taxes four times, had a budget surplus every year in office, and cut the national debt by a third in a period of unprecedented economic growth.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Book Exciting As It's Subject!!!
- De Ted en 08-28-12
De: Robert Sobel
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A Self-Made Man
- The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1849
- De: Sidney Blumenthal
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 21 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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The first of a multivolume history of Lincoln as a political genius - from his obscure beginnings to his presidency, his assassination, and the overthrow of his post-Civil War dreams of Reconstruction. This first volume traces Lincoln from his painful youth, describing himself as "a slave", to his emergence as the man we recognize as Abraham Lincoln.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I Can't Wait for Volume II!
- De NC-N-NC en 06-14-16
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American Heritage History of the Presidents
- De: Michael R. Beschloss
- Narrado por: Mike Chamberlain
- Duración: 25 h y 56 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 120
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 101
From George Washington's reluctant oath-taking through George W. Bush's leadership challenges after September 11, 2001, we view ambitious and fallible men through the new lens of the 21st century. Where did they succeed? Where did they fail? And what do we know now that we could not have known at the time?
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good but Far from Great
- De Michael en 07-11-20
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Lincoln's Boys
- John Hay, John Nicolay, and the War for Lincoln's Image
- De: Joshua Zeitz
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duración: 13 h
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Lincoln's official secretaries, John Hay and John Nicolay, enjoyed more access, witnessed more history, and knew Lincoln better than anyone outside of the president's immediate family. Hay and Nicolay were the gatekeepers of the Lincoln legacy. They read poetry and attendeded the theater with the president, commiserated with him over Union army setbacks, and plotted electoral strategy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best Publicists since Mathew, Mark, Luke, & John
- De James en 04-06-15
De: Joshua Zeitz
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The Birth of Modern Politics
- Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, and the Election of 1828
- De: Lynn Hudson Parson
- Narrado por: Milton Bagby
- Duración: 10 h y 9 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 86
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 67
The 1828 presidential election, which pitted Major General Andrew Jackson against incumbent John Quincy Adams, has long been hailed as a watershed moment in American political history. It was the contest in which an unlettered, hot-tempered southwestern frontiersman, trumpeted by his supporters as a genuine man of the people, soundly defeated a New England "aristocrat" whose education and political resume were as impressive as any ever seen in American public life.
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4 out of 5 stars
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a very good popular history book
- De D. Littman en 01-29-10
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Founders' Son
- A Life of Abraham Lincoln
- De: Richard Brookhiser
- Narrado por: Norman Dietz
- Duración: 12 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Following Lincoln from his humble origins in Kentucky to his assassination in Washington, D.C., Brookhiser shows us every side of the man: laborer, lawyer, congressman, president; storyteller, wit, lover of ribald jokes; depressive, poet, friend, visionary. And he shows that despite his many roles and his varied life, Lincoln returned time and time again to the Founders.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Research and Evenhanded Work
- De Amazon Customer en 09-26-15
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The Triumph of William McKinley
- Why the Election of 1896 Still Matters
- De: Karl Rove
- Narrado por: Karl Rove
- Duración: 15 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 228
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 206
From New York Times best-selling author and political mastermind Karl Rove comes a fresh look at President William McKinley, who found a message that healed his nation, pried his party away from its bosses, and extended its reach to forge a governing majority that lasted 30 years.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Understand Modern Presidential Campaigns
- De Anon en 02-27-16
De: Karl Rove
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Every Man a King
- A Short, Colorful History of American Populists
- De: Chris Stirewalt
- Narrado por: Chris Stirewalt
- Duración: 4 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 127
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American populism has always been home to a fascinating assortment of charismatic leaders, characters, kooks, cranks, and sometimes charlatans who have led the charge of ordinary folks who have gotten wise to the ways of the swamp. Every Man a King tells the stories of America's populist leaders, from Andrew Jackson and Teddy Roosevelt to Ross Perot, Pat Buchanan, and Donald Trump. It is a rollicking history of an American attitude that has shaped not only our current moment, but also the long struggle over who gets to define the truths we hold to be self evident.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Education delivered in a most entertaining way.
- De Snaps And Snippets en 09-17-18
De: Chris Stirewalt
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The Bully Pulpit
- Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism
- De: Doris Kearns Goodwin
- Narrado por: Edward Herrmann
- Duración: 36 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,353
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Goodwin describes the broken friendship between Teddy Roosevelt and his chosen successor, William Howard Taft. With the help of the "muckraking" press, Roosevelt had wielded the Bully Pulpit to challenge and triumph over abusive monopolies, political bosses, and corrupting money brokers. Roosevelt led a revolution that he bequeathed to Taft only to see it compromised as Taft surrendered to money men and big business. The rupture led Roosevelt to run against Taft for president, an ultimately futile race that gave power away to the Democrats.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Makes You Forget You Live in the 21st Century Good
- De Cynthia en 01-11-14
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Leadership
- De: Doris Kearns Goodwin
- Narrado por: Beau Bridges, David Morse, Jay O. Sanders, y otros
- Duración: 18 h y 5 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 4,182
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 3,674
Are leaders born or made? Where does ambition come from? How does adversity affect the growth of leadership? Does the man make the times or do the times make the man? In Leadership, Goodwin draws upon four of the presidents she has studied most closely - Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Lyndon B. Johnson (in civil rights) - to show how they first recognized leadership qualities within themselves, and were recognized by others as leaders.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What makes a president great?
- De tru britty en 09-25-18
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Since 1897, when Grover Cleveland left office after his second term as President of the United States, eight other Democrats have been elected to the nation's highest office. What differentiates Cleveland from his Democratic successors? He was a "true Conservative." Cleveland advocated limited government, states' rights, frugal economic principles, strict interpretation of the Constitution, sound currency, low taxes, tariff reduction, a balanced budget, the absence of national debt, and a non-interventionist foreign policy. A self-made man, Cleveland believed that if the federal government ...
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I learned a lot about Grover Cleveland.
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The President and the Assassin
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In 1901, as America tallied its gains from a period of unprecedented imperial expansion, an assassin's bullet shattered the nation's confidence. The shocking murder of President William McKinley threw into stark relief the emerging new world order of what would come to be known as the American Century.
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John Milton Cooper, Jr., is widely acknowledged as one of the world’s preeminent Woodrow Wilson biographers. This thoroughly researched profile of America’s 28th president is universally hailed for its scholarship and insight into the life and career ofone of the nation’s most polarizing leaders.
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Holmes twice escaped death as a young Union officer in the Civil War when musket balls barely missed his heart and spinal cord. He lived ever after with unwavering moral courage, scorn for dogma, and an insatiable intellectual curiosity. Named to the Supreme Court by Theodore Roosevelt at age 61, he served for nearly three decades, writing a series of famous, eloquent, and often dissenting opinions that would prove prophetic in securing freedom of speech, protecting the rights of criminal defendants, and ending the Court's reactionary resistance to social and economic reforms.
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A spellbinding storyteller, historian David O. Stewart traces the canny and charismatic Aaron Burr from the threshold of the presidency in 1800 to his duel with Alexander Hamilton. Stewart recounts Burr’s efforts to carve out an empire, taking listeners across the American West as the renegade vice president schemes with foreign ambassadors, the U.S. general-in-chief, and future presidents.
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Aaron Burr history
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In The Populist Persuasion, the distinguished historian Michael Kazin guides listeners through the expressions of conflict between powerful elites and "the people" that have run through our civic life, filling it with discord and meaning from the birth of the United States until the present day.
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American Scripture
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In Maier's hands, the Declaration of Independence is brought close to us. She lets us hear the voice of the people as revealed in the other "declarations" of 1776: the local resolutions - most of which have gone unnoticed over the past two centuries - that explained, advocated, and justified Independence and undergirded Congress' work. Detective-like, she discloses the origins of key ideas and phrases in the Declaration and unravels the complex story of its drafting and of the group-editing job which angered Thomas Jefferson.
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Worst year in my lifetime - LBJ tragedy of his own making - but not according to this Author.
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The Jazz Age President
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He's the butt of political jokes, frequently subjected to ridicule, and almost never absent a "Worst Presidents" list where he most often ends up at the bottom. Historians have labeled him the "Worst President Ever," "Dead Last," "Unfit," and "Incompetent," to name but a few. Many contemporaries were equally cruel. H. L. Mencken called him a "nitwit." To Alice Roosevelt Longworth, he was a "slob."
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The Triumph and Tragedy of Lyndon Johnson
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President Lyndon Johnson was bigger than life - and no one who worked for him or was subjected to the "Johnson treatment" ever forgot it. As Johnson's "Deputy President of Domestic Affairs", Joseph A. Califano's unique relationship with the president greatly enriches our understanding of our 36th president. Califano shows listeners LBJ's commitment to economic and social revolution, and his willingness to do whatever it took to achieve his goals.
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LBJ The Greatest President of 20th century
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The First Congress
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- De: Fergus M. Bordewich
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The First Congress was the most important in US history, says prizewinning author and historian Fergus Bordewich, because it established how our government would actually function. Had it failed - as many at the time feared it would - it's possible that the United States as we know it would not exist today.
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Compelling
- De Jean en 03-05-18
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A Fierce Discontent
- The Rise and Fall of the Progressive Movement in America, 1870-1920
- De: Michael McGerr
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
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The Progressive Era witnessed the nation's most convulsive upheaval, a time of radicalism far beyond the Revolution or anything since. In response to the birth of modern America, one small group of middle-class Americans seized control of the nation and attempted to remake society from bottom to top. They accomplished an astonishing range of triumphs, yet the progressive movement collapsed as the war came to an end amid race riots, strikes, high inflation, and a frenzied Red scare.
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A well balanced take
- De Ryan Mooney en 04-17-21
De: Michael McGerr
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Two Houses, Two Kingdoms
- A History of France and England, 1100-1300
- De: Catherine Hanley
- Narrado por: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Duración: 15 h y 50 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 43
The twelfth and thirteenth centuries were a time of personal monarchy, when the close friendship or petty feuding between kings and queens could determine the course of history. The Capetians of France and the Angevins of England waged war, made peace, and intermarried. In this lively history, Catherine Hanley traces the great clashes, and occasional friendships, of the two dynasties. Along the way, she emphasizes the fascinating and influential women of the houses—including Eleanor of Aquitaine—and shows how personalities and familial bonds shaped the fate of two countries.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great book with a bit of slant
- De Ky en 12-20-22
De: Catherine Hanley
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Liberty's Exiles
- American Loyalists in the Revolutionary World
- De: Maya Jasanoff
- Narrado por: L. J. Ganser
- Duración: 16 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 60
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 54
Maya Jasanoff won the National Book Critics Circle Award for her groundbreaking work Liberty's Exiles. After the American Revolution, 60,000 British loyalists fled the U.S. for Canada, the Caribbean, India, and other points abroad. Jasanoff traces their harrowing journeys across the globe, shedding light on their ambitions, the post-revolutionary world they encountered, and their legacies.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Staggering in its Breadth
- De Anders P Morley en 02-21-21
De: Maya Jasanoff
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Theodore Roosevelt
- A Strenuous Life
- De: Kathleen Dalton
- Narrado por: Suzanne Toren
- Duración: 27 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 163
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 79
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 79
Esteemed Harvard University historian and Associate Fellow Kathleen Dalton has been studying Theodore Roosevelt since 1975. This authoritative work, incorporating the latest scholarship, paints a compelling portrait of the president in all his robust glory.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Biography
- De viennacoup en 10-18-05
De: Kathleen Dalton
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The Hundred Years War
- A People's History
- De: David Green
- Narrado por: Michael Page
- Duración: 12 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 18
The Hundred Years War (1337-1453) dominated life in England and France for well over a century. It became the defining feature of existence for generations. This sweeping book is the first to tell the human story of the longest military conflict in history. Historian David Green focuses on the ways the war affected different groups, among them knights, clerics, women, peasants, soldiers, peacemakers, and kings.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Instructive
- De Faycal Ikhouane en 09-10-23
De: David Green
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre A Godly Hero
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- A J
- 01-08-25
Wow! If only we had more politicians like Bryan!
He had his faults, but after reading this book, it seems that he bequeathedtall the best elements that the Democrat party pretends to espouse today! This book really expanded my perspective of American history, and increased my appreciation of the Democrat party, as it used to be constituted as well as how it got where it is today.
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- Anonymous User
- 01-03-23
The Greatest Man to Never Win President
A true American hero! Highly recommend you read about this great Christian leader. Well performed and narrated story.
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