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Barbara Rush
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Elizabeth Hailey
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Inspired by the author's irrepressible grandmother, A Woman of Independent Means is a bestselling novel about Bess Steed Garner, a determined woman at the beginning of the twentieth century. At a time when women had few choices, Bess inherits a legacy—not only of wealth but of determination and desire. Following the novel's success, the story was adapted into an acclaimed one-woman show starring Barbara Rush, and this audio presentation is Rush's tour de force performance of that play. Told entirely through letters, the action follows Bess' life from 1899, when she is in the fourth grade, to her death in 1977. What evolves is a moving portrait of a memorable character.
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 188
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 189
Eleanor Roosevelt was born into the privileges and prejudices of American aristocracy and into a family ravaged by alcoholism. She overcame debilitating roots: in her public life, fighting against racism and injustice and advancing the rights of women; and in her private life, forming lasting intimate friendships with some of the great men and women of her time.
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4 out of 5 stars
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One of the Great Americans I knew too little about
- De Ray M en 07-19-20
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Marmee and Louisa
- The Untold Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Mother
- De: Eve LaPlante
- Narrado por: Karen White
- Duración: 14 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 43
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 45
Biographers have consistently credited her father, Bronson Alcott, for Louisa May Alcott's professional success, assuming that this outspoken idealist was the source of her progressive thinking and remarkable independence. But in this riveting dual biography, Eve LaPlante explodes those myths, drawing on unknown and unexplored letters and journals to show that Louisa's "Marmee", Abigail May Alcott, was in fact the intellectual and emotional center of her daughter's world. It was Abigail who urged Louisa to write, who inspired many of her stories, and who gave her the support and courage she needed to pursue her path.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hardworking women and the man they supported
- De Chris en 04-26-13
De: Eve LaPlante
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Louisa
- The Extraordinary Life of Mrs. Adams
- De: Louisa Thomas
- Narrado por: Kirsten Potter
- Duración: 15 h y 42 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 100
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 83
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 86
Born in London to an American father and a British mother on the eve of the Revolutionary War, Louisa Catherine Johnson was raised in circumstances very different from the New England upbringing of future president John Quincy Adams, whose life had been dedicated to public service from the earliest age. And yet John Quincy fell in love with her almost despite himself. Their often tempestuous but deeply close marriage lasted half a century.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Insightful
- De Jean en 05-18-16
De: Louisa Thomas
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House of Dreams
- The Life of L.M. Montgomery
- De: Liz Rosenberg, Julie Morstad - illustrator
- Narrado por: Susan Hanfield
- Duración: 7 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 36
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 36
Once upon a time, there was a girl named Maud who adored stories. When she was fourteen years old, Maud wrote in her journal, "I love books. I hope when I grow up to be able to have lots of them." Not only did Maud grow up to own lots of books, she wrote twenty-four of them herself as L. M. Montgomery, the world-renowned author of Anne of Green Gables. For many years, her lifelong struggles with anxiety and depression, her "year of mad passion" and her difficult married life were buried deep within her unpublished personal journals....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Home’o’dreams
- De Steve G. en 02-25-20
De: Liz Rosenberg, y otros
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Mark Twain: Man in White
- The Grand Adventure of His Final Years
- De: Michael Shelden
- Narrado por: Andrew Garman
- Duración: 17 h
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 92
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 68
Pulitzer Prize finalist Michael Shelden illuminates Mark Twain’s twilight years in this brilliant account of the legendary author’s life. Drawing heavily on Twain’s own letters and journals, Mark Twain: Man in White recounts both Twain’s private family experiences and his larger-than-life public image.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic book
- De Tad Davis en 08-23-10
De: Michael Shelden
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The Sisters
- The Saga of the Mitford Family
- De: Mary S. Lovell
- Narrado por: Annie Wauters
- Duración: 18 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 220
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 191
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 193
This is the story of a close, loving family splintered by the violent ideologies of Europe between the wars. Jessica was a Communist; Debo became the Duchess of Devonshire; Nancy was one of the best-selling novelists of her day; the ethereally beautiful Diana was the most hated woman in England; and Unity Valkyrie, born in Swastika, Alaska, would become obsessed with Adolf Hitler.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great story, terrible reader
- De Victoria en 02-27-14
De: Mary S. Lovell
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Franklin and Lucy
- President Roosevelt, Mrs. Rutherfurd, and the Other Remarkable Women in His Life
- De: Joseph E. Persico
- Narrado por: Ted Barker
- Duración: 17 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 52
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 54
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was arguably the greatest figure of the 20th century. While FDR's official circle was predominantly male, it was his relationships with women - particularly with Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd - that most vividly bring to light the human being beneath this towering statesman.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Franklin and Lucy
- De Connie's en 03-06-09
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Clementine
- The Life of Mrs. Winston Churchill
- De: Sonia Purnell
- Narrado por: Susan Lyons
- Duración: 17 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,483
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,322
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,307
By Winston Churchill's own admission, victory in the Second World War would have been "impossible without her". Until now, however, the only existing biography of Churchill's wife, Clementine, was written by her daughter. Sonia Purnell finally gives Clementine her due with a deeply researched account that tells her life story, revealing how she was instrumental in softening FDR's initial dislike of her husband and paving the way for Britain's close relationship with America.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Exasperating At Times But Very Good--
- De Gillian en 04-09-18
De: Sonia Purnell
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Those Wild Wyndhams
- Three Sisters at the Heart of Power
- De: Claudia Renton
- Narrado por: Claudia Renton
- Duración: 15 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 120
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 105
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 105
They were confidantes to British prime ministers, poets, writers, and artists, their lives entwined with the most celebrated and scandalous figures of the day, from Oscar Wilde to Henry James. They were the lovers of great men - or men of great prominence... They lived in a world of luxurious excess, a world of splendor at 44 Belgrave Square and later at the even more vast Clouds, the exquisite Wiltshire house on 4,000 acres, the "house of the age", designed in 1876 by the visionary architect Philip Webb - the model for Henry James' The Spoils of Poynton.
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5 out of 5 stars
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SLOW START BUT STICK WITH THIS ONE
- De The Louligan en 01-22-19
De: Claudia Renton
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Diana
- Her True Story - in Her Own Words
- De: Andrew Morton
- Narrado por: Michael Maloney, Caroline Langrishe
- Duración: 13 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,778
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,563
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,559
The sensational biography of Princess Diana, now revised to commemorate the 20th anniversary of her death. When Diana: Her True Story - in Her Own Words was first published in 1992, it forever changed the way the public viewed the British monarchy.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful overall with one issue...
- De globewest en 07-02-17
De: Andrew Morton
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Romantic Outlaws
- The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Her Daughter Mary Shelley
- De: Charlotte Gordon
- Narrado por: Susan Lyons
- Duración: 22 h y 31 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 309
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 273
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 273
Charlotte Gordon's new work is a fresh look at the lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley, who together comprise one of the most illustrious and inspiring mother-daughter pairs in history.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Tons of info, poor format choice.
- De Gotta Tellya en 02-06-17
De: Charlotte Gordon
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Eleanor and Hick
- The Love Affair That Shaped a First Lady
- De: Susan Quinn
- Narrado por: Kimberly Farr
- Duración: 13 h y 45 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 584
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 512
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 512
In 1932 Eleanor Roosevelt entered the claustrophobic, duty-bound existence of the first lady with dread. By that time she had put her deep disappointment in her marriage behind her and developed an independent life - now threatened by the public role she would be forced to play. A lifeline came to her in the form of a feisty campaign reporter for the Associated Press: Lorena Hickok. Over the next 30 years, until Eleanor's death, the two women carried on an extraordinary relationship.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An Icon who was real.
- De Francine Fields en 08-17-17
De: Susan Quinn
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Kick Kennedy
- The Charmed Life and Tragic Death of the Favorite Kennedy Daughter
- De: Barbara Leaming
- Narrado por: Eliza Foss
- Duración: 10 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 135
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 127
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 127
Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy was the incandescent life force of the fabled Kennedy family, her father's acknowledged "favorite of all the children" and her brother Jack's "psychological twin". She was the Kennedy of Kennedys, sure of her privilege, magnetically charming, and somehow not quite like anyone else on whatever stage she happened to grace.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not what I had hoped for.
- De Karen Vincent en 05-02-16
De: Barbara Leaming
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Wallis in Love
- The Untold Life of the Duchess of Windsor, the Woman Who Changed the Monarchy
- De: Andrew Morton
- Narrado por: Molly Parker Myers
- Duración: 12 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 154
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 131
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 131
For fans of the Netflix series The Crown and from the author of the New York Times best seller 17 Carnations comes a captivating biography of Wallis Simpson, the notorious woman for whom Edward VIII gave up the throne.
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1 out of 5 stars
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This one is being returned
- De Rita T en 02-15-18
De: Andrew Morton
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Lady Catherine, the Earl, and the Real Downton Abbey
- De: The Countess of Carnarvon
- Narrado por: Wanda McCaddon
- Duración: 10 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 171
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 156
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 159
Lady Catherine, the Earl, and the Real Downton Abbey tells the story behind Highclere Castle, the setting for Julian Fellowes’s Emmy Award-winning PBS show Downton Abbey, and the life of one of its most famous inhabitants, Catherine Wendell.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Not what was advertised
- De Jessica C Anderson en 09-10-19
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Marina and Lee
- The Tormented Love and Fatal Obsession Behind Lee Harvey Oswald's Assassination of John F. Kennedy
- De: Priscilla Johnson McMillan
- Narrado por: R.C. Bray, Joseph Finder
- Duración: 24 h y 13 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 79
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 69
Marina and Lee is one of the best and truest audiobooks about the Kennedy assassination. Priscilla Johnson McMillan came to the story with a unique knowledge of the two main characters. In the 1950s she knew Kennedy well for a time when he was hospitalized with Addison's disease. She talked to him frequently, brought him books, knew his wife, and formed a strong opinion of the sort of man he was. What is astonishing is that she also knew Lee Harvey Oswald.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Now I know why he did it
- De Rodd en 06-09-14
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Franklin and Eleanor
- An Extraordinary Marriage
- De: Hazel Rowley
- Narrado por: Tavia Gilbert
- Duración: 12 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 145
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 96
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 94
Franklin Delano and Eleanor Roosevelt’s marriage is one of the most celebrated and scrutinized partnerships in presidential history. It raised eyebrows in their lifetimes and has only become more controversial since their deaths. From FDR’s lifelong romance with Lucy Mercer to Eleanor’s purported lesbianism - and many scandals in between - the American public has never tired of speculating about the ties that bound these two headstrong individuals.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Inspired by the facts, not the book
- De Molly-o en 08-10-14
De: Hazel Rowley
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- sandee dockings
- 12-04-23
Her heart. !
I enjoyed the book greatly. I was very touched by her life’s story and journey through the years.
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