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An entertaining and thought-provoking portrait of Indonesia: a rich, dynamic, and often maddening nation awash with contradictions. Jakarta tweets more than any other city on earth, but 80 million Indonesians live without electricity and many of its communities still share in ritual sacrifices. Declaring independence in 1945, Indonesia said it would "work out the details of the transfer of power etc. as soon as possible." With over 300 ethnic groups spread across 13,500 islands, the world's fourth most populous nation has been working on that "etc." ever since.
Bewitched by Indonesia for twenty-five years, Elizabeth Pisani recently traveled 26,000 miles around the archipelago in search of the links that bind this impossibly disparate nation. Fearless and funny, Pisani shares her deck space with pigs and cows, bunks down in a sulfurous volcano, and takes tea with a corpse. Along the way, she observes Big Men with child brides, debates corruption and cannibalism, and ponders "sticky" traditions that cannot be erased.
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National Public Radio's Beijing correspondent Rob Gifford recounts his travels along Route 312, the Chinese Mother Road, the longest route in the world's most populous nation. Based on his successful NPR radio series, China Road draws on Gifford's 20 years of observing first-hand this rapidly transforming country, as he travels east to west, from Shanghai to China's border with Kazakhstan. As he takes listeners on this journey, he also takes them through China's past and present while he tries to make sense of this complex nation's potential future.
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An Outstanding Book on China
- De Sarda en 08-13-07
De: Rob Gifford
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Around the World in 50 Years
- My Adventure to Every Country on Earth
- De: Albert Podell
- Narrado por: Tom Perkins
- Duración: 12 h y 56 m
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This is the inspiring story of an ordinary guy who achieved two great goals that others had told him were impossible. First, he set a record for the longest automobile journey ever made around the world, during the course of which he blasted his way out of minefields, survived a breakdown atop the Peak of Death, came within seconds of being lynched in Pakistan, and lost three of the five men who started with him - two to disease, one to the Vietcong.
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Fantastic Adventure
- De CJ en 09-12-18
De: Albert Podell
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Street of Eternal Happiness
- Big City Dreams Along a Shanghai Road
- De: Rob Schmitz
- Narrado por: Paul Boehmer
- Duración: 12 h y 17 m
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Modern Shanghai: a global city in the midst of a renaissance, where dreamers arrive each day to partake in a mad torrent of capital, ideas, and opportunity. Marketplace's Rob Schmitz is one of them. He immerses himself in his neighborhood, forging deep relationships with ordinary people who see in the city's sleek skyline a brighter future, and a chance to rewrite their destinies.
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- De Rachael en 02-19-18
De: Rob Schmitz
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Three Cups of Tea
- One Man's Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations
- De: Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin
- Narrado por: Patrick Lawlor
- Duración: 13 h y 28 m
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In 1993 Greg Mortenson was the exhausted survivor of a failed attempt to ascend K2, an American climbing bum wandering emaciated and lost through Pakistan's Karakoram Himalaya. After he was taken in and nursed back to health by the people of an impoverished Pakistani village, Mortenson promised to return one day and build them a school. From that rash, earnest promise grew one of the most incredible humanitarian campaigns of our time: Greg Mortenson's one-man mission to counteract extremism by building schools, especially for girls, throughout the breeding ground of the Taliban.
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A Fraud
- De Sara en 02-23-16
De: Greg Mortenson, y otros
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The Not-Quite States of America
- Dispatches from the Territories and Other Far-Flung Outposts of the USA
- De: Doug Mack
- Narrado por: Jonathan Yen
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Everyone knows that the United States of America is made up of 50 states and, uh...some other stuff. The territories of American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the US Virgin Islands are often neglected, but they are filled with American flags and national parks and US post offices and some four million people, many of whom are as proudly red-white-and-blue as any Daughter of the American Revolution.
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Worthwhile Learning
- De Bessie Mae en 05-02-23
De: Doug Mack
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The Fear
- De: Peter Godwin
- Narrado por: Peter Godwin
- Duración: 12 h y 15 m
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Born in what’s now called Zimbabwe, journalist Peter Godwin returns to his homeland in 2008 after three decades of Robert Mugabe’s brutal economic and human destruction. Hoping to “dance on Mugabe’s political grave” in the wake of the tyrant’s defeat at the polls, Godwin instead risks his life to secretly chronicle Mugabe’s ruthless backlash of torture and terror locals call “The Fear.”
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Read at your own Risk!
- De Jim en 05-05-15
De: Peter Godwin
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Street Without a Name
- Childhood and Other Misadventures in Bulgaria
- De: Kapka Kassabova
- Narrado por: Emily Gray
- Duración: 10 h y 28 m
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Kassabova was born in Sofia, Bulgaria, and grew up under the drab, muddy, gray mantle of one of communism’s most mindlessly authoritarian regimes. Escaping with her family as soon as possible after the collapse of the Berlin Wall, she lived in Britain, New Zealand, and Argentina, and several other places. But when Bulgaria was formally inducted to the European Union she decided it was time to return to the home she had spent most of her life trying to escape. What she found was a country languishing under the strain of transition. This two-part memoir of Kapka’s childhood and return explains life on the other side of the Iron Curtain.
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Good start, but ended up not liking the author
- De Giselle en 11-02-21
De: Kapka Kassabova
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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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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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Palestine from the Inside—and Out
- De Susie en 11-04-13
De: Pamela J. Olson
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers
- Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
- De: Katherine Boo
- Narrado por: Sunil Malhotra
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In this breathtaking book by Pulitzer Prize winner Katherine Boo, a bewildering age of global change and inequality is made human through the dramatic story of families striving toward a better life in Annawadi, a makeshift settlement in the shadow of luxury hotels near the Mumbai airport. As India starts to prosper, the residents of Annawadi are electric with hope. Abdul, an enterprising teenager, sees “a fortune beyond counting” in the recyclable garbage that richer people throw away.
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An Antidote for Shantaram
- De Dr. en 06-14-12
De: Katherine Boo
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Love, Africa
- A Memoir of Romance, War, and Survival
- De: Jeffrey Gettleman
- Narrado por: Charlie Thurston
- Duración: 11 h y 56 m
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A seasoned war correspondent, Jeffrey Gettleman has covered every major conflict over the past 20 years, from Afghanistan to Iraq to the Congo. For the past decade, he has served as the East Africa bureau chief for the New York Times, fulfilling his teenage dream of living in Africa. Love, Africa is the story of how he got there - and of his difficult, winding path toward becoming a good reporter and a better man.
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Loved this book!!!
- De Benjamin en 05-26-17
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- 03-31-16
Very informative and entertaining book
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I like this book. The author is very candid on her impressions and made some effort to put things on context. I wish somebody would write something like this for my country (Philippines). Indonesians and Filipinos seems to have a lot of similarities.
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- rossdp
- 07-22-22
Interesting and informative.
It's a little hard to listen to with the sing song narration. The performer seems like a mismatched to the writing style. We tried to listen to it on a road trip and after a few minutes we looked at each other and said pass.
I came back to it because I wanted to learn about Indonesia and I'm glad that I listened to it. The author is obviously smart and the content is interesting, but sometimes it feels like a text book.
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-13-16
Capturing the essence of Indonesia
What made the experience of listening to Indonesia, Etc. the most enjoyable?
If you want to know, I mean really start to know Indonesia this book is a great place to start. It wont tell you everything, no book can. What it does do is give you a varied and in-depth information about the people, politics, and culture of Indonesia. I dare say no other book provides such an accurate snapshot of Indonesian culture. The author is informed, non-judgmental, and has the years of experience necessary to explain some of the nuances of the culture.
What does Jan Cramer bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
A good narrator that fits ones impressions and expectations of the the author.
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- Joe Igla
- 10-01-18
Fascinating book!
I love how this book weaves personal narrative and history/geography together to give a portrait of the country of Indonesia as a whole. The author does an excellent job conveying what a miracle it is that Indonesia even exists as a nation, given how massive and diverse of a country it is. The accounts of her travels are daring, colorful, and funny, and she brings the historical and sociological background information into the story in an organic and interesting way. The narrator for the audiobook is very expressive and engaging and fits the material well, one of the best non-fiction narrators I've heard so far.
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- Joseph F Pfeiffer
- 11-26-16
Fascinating look hidden away places of Indonesia
I frequently travel to remote parts of Indonesia. This book captures so much of what I've experienced. Well written and wonderfully read.
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- Sheryl Taylor
- 11-13-17
So true....
I'm an America who moved to Indonesia 2 1/2 years ago and listened to this book shortly after arriving here. I found Pisani's insights into this country so helpful as I adjusted to the culture. There have been numerous times when her descriptions about places and events have leapt into my mind as I've encountered them in real life. And, last month, now that I've lived here a while and have somewhat adjusted to no longer being a "newbie", I listened to it again! A lot more sunk in this second time around given everything I've experienced over the past several years. I have recommended this book to every new expat that I've met. There's no better introduction to life in Indonesia than Indonesia, Etc.
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- sbus
- 03-30-17
Hello Mister, read this books!
Eliz Pisani's descriptive writing made listening to her book on Audible like looking at a picture book of Indonesia. I picture her standing in a village post office with a purple ribbon of mosquito netting tied around her ankle securing her sandal to her foot, all the while with a poor squawking chicken hanging from her arm, doing etc on the post office floor.
I recommend this eye-popping, jaw-dropping, head scratching book to anyone craving an adventure in a book. Who knows, even if you have no intention of ever traveling to Indonesia when you start the book, you may decide to go visit this bad boyfriend when you finish.
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- Christopher
- 12-16-22
Not my usual cup of tea, but...
This book is largely a travelogue with just enough history to explain the backstory of the experiences. I normally prefer straight histories, but this book really gave a great flavor of what the disparate island cultures are really like. I had no idea there were so many differences (probably because most of the Indonesians I meet work in the same industry). I now feel much-better equipped to talk with those I meet without making a fool of myself out of ignorance.
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- Darcy
- 03-08-25
Amazing behind-the-scenes look at mostly outlying Indonesia
Sometimes a bit mired in detail, but not enough to take away from a marvelous, insightful read
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- Jeff
- 05-24-16
Indonesian speakers beware!!
What made the experience of listening to Indonesia, Etc. the most enjoyable?
I really enjoyed the perspective of the writer. Having lived in Indonesia, Jakarta only. It was nice to hear more about the other provinces.
Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Jan Cramer?
I would have preferred to have the narrator pronounce the Indonesia words closer to the correct Indonesian pronunciation. There were far too many times the narrator's pronunciation of Indonesian words were so far from correct, I had no idea what she was saying. It forced me to rewind the narration and listen two or three times before I was able to decipher the word. I don't know why the author allowed this to happen.
Any additional comments?
The story was compelling enough for me to struggle through the poor pronunciation. Please Dr. Pisani, don't let anyone convince you to Anglicize the pronunciation of Indonesian words in books about Indonesia.
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