My Grandfather's Son
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Provocative, inspiring, and unflinchingly honest, My Grandfather's Son is the story of one of America's most remarkable and controversial leaders, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, told in his own words.
Thomas speaks out, revealing the pieces of his life he holds dear, detailing the suffering and injustices he has overcome, including the polarizing Senate hearing involving a former aide, Anita Hill, and the depression and despair it created in his own life and the lives of those closest to him. In this candid and deeply moving memoir, a quintessential American tale of hardship and grit, Clarence Thomas recounts his astonishing journey for the first time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Justice Thomas, the epitome of a “Real American Man”!
- De the walton's en 06-23-22
De: Michael Pack, y otros
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Being Heumann
- An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist
- De: Judith Heumann, Kristen Joiner
- Narrado por: Ali Stroker
- Duración: 6 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 536
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 452
A story of fighting to belong in a world that wasn't built for all of us and of one woman's activism - from the streets of Brooklyn and San Francisco to inside the halls of Washington - Being Heumann recounts Judy Heumann's lifelong battle to achieve respect, acceptance, and inclusion in society. From fighting to attend grade school after being described as a "fire hazard" to later winning a lawsuit against the New York City school system for denying her a teacher's license because of her paralysis, Judy's actions set a precedent that improved rights for disabled people.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A must read for everyone
- De Christopher A Cawthon en 09-28-20
De: Judith Heumann, y otros
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Nine Days
- The Race to Save Martin Luther King Jr.'s Life and Win the 1960 Election
- De: Paul Kendrick, Stephen Kendrick
- Narrado por: Bill Andrew Quinn
- Duración: 9 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 36
Less than three weeks before the 1960 presidential election, 31-year-old Martin Luther King, Jr. was arrested at a sit-in at Rich's Department Store in Atlanta. That day would lead to the first night King had ever spent in jail - and the time that King's family most feared for his life. Based on fresh interviews, newspaper accounts, and extensive archival research, Nine Days is the first full recounting of an event that changed the course of one of the closest elections in American history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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a fascinating, detailed, blow-by-blow approach
- De D. Littman en 01-29-21
De: Paul Kendrick, y otros
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We're Better Than This
- My Fight for the Future of Our Democracy
- De: Elijah Cummings, James Dale
- Narrado por: Nancy Pelosi, Laurence Fishburne, Maya Rockeymoore Cummings
- Duración: 10 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 168
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 147
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 147
Baltimore Congressman Elijah Cummings was known for saying, “We’re better than this.” He said it in Baltimore, a city on the verge of explosion over police treatment of citizens. He said it in Congress when microphones were shut down, barring free speech. He said it when the president flaunted his power and ignored the Constitution. He said it when the president resorted to bullying, name-calling, and feeding racial divisions. We are better than this. He continued to say it until his final days last October.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The most inspiring piece of work I’ve heard in my adult life.
- De Jaraun en 01-29-21
De: Elijah Cummings, y otros
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Mighty Justice
- My Life in Civil Rights
- De: Dovey Johnson Roundtree, Katie McCabe
- Narrado por: Bahni Turpin
- Duración: 11 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 44
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 38
In Mighty Justice, trailblazing African American civil rights attorney Dovey Johnson Roundtree recounts her inspiring life story that speaks movingly and urgently to our racially troubled times. From the streets of Charlotte, North Carolina, to the segregated courtrooms of the nation’s capital; from the male stronghold of the army where she broke gender and color barriers to the pulpits of churches where women had waited for years for the right to minister - in all these places, Dovey Johnson Roundtree sought justice.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Remarkable!
- De Stacey en 12-05-19
De: Dovey Johnson Roundtree, y otros
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Stonewall
- The Definitive Story of the LGBT Rights Uprising that Changed America
- De: Martin Duberman
- Narrado por: Vikas Adam
- Duración: 13 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 37
On June 28, 1969, the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York's Greenwich Village, was raided by police. But instead of responding with the typical compliance the NYPD expected, patrons and a growing crowd decided to fight back. The five days of rioting that ensued changed forever the face of gay and lesbian life. In Stonewall, renowned historian and activist Martin Duberman tells the full story of this pivotal moment in history.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Informative
- De Danica en 12-10-24
De: Martin Duberman
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Song in a Weary Throat
- Memoir of an American Pilgrimage
- De: Pauli Murray, Patricia Bell-Scott - Introduction by
- Narrado por: Allyson Johnson
- Duración: 19 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 95
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 85
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 85
Poet, memoirist, labor organizer, and Episcopal priest, Pauli Murray helped transform the law of the land. Arrested in 1940 for sitting in the whites-only section of a Virginia bus, Murray propelled that life-defining event into a Howard law degree and a fight against "Jane Crow" sexism. Now Murray is finally getting long-deserved recognition: The first African American woman to receive a doctorate of law at Yale, her name graces one of the university's new colleges.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Song with a key to my life
- De Fran White en 11-28-24
De: Pauli Murray, y otros
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My Vanishing Country
- A Memoir
- De: Bakari Sellers
- Narrado por: Bakari Sellers
- Duración: 5 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,817
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,578
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,570
What J. D. Vance did for Appalachia with Hillbilly Elegy, CNN analyst and one of the youngest state representatives in South Carolina history Bakari Sellers does for the rural South, in this important book that illuminates the lives of America’s forgotten Black working-class men and women. Part memoir, part historical and cultural analysis, My Vanishing Country is an eye-opening journey through the South's past, present, and future.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What America Needs NOW!!!
- De Unknown en 05-22-20
De: Bakari Sellers
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The Kennedys
- An American Drama
- De: Peter Collier, David Horowitz
- Narrado por: Christopher Hurt
- Duración: 20 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 79
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 68
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 68
Who are the Kennedys? Are they the brilliant, heroic, extraordinary people their admirers believe them to be? Or are they arrogant, competitive, self-absorbed children of a willful and immensely rich patriarch, as their detractors claim? In fact, they are all of these things, and more.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Well-written (and narrated) Kennedy history.
- De SBG en 09-17-19
De: Peter Collier, y otros
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What It Takes
- The Way to the White House
- De: Richard Ben Cramer
- Narrado por: Keith Sellon-Wright
- Duración: 54 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 152
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 131
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 132
An American Iliad in the guise of contemporary political reportage, What It Takes penetrates the mystery at the heart of all presidential campaigns: How do presumably ordinary people acquire that mixture of ambition, stamina, and pure shamelessness that makes a true candidate? As he recounts the frenzied course of the 1988 presidential race, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Richard Ben Cramer comes up with the answers, in a book that is vast, exhaustively researched, exhilarating, and sometimes appalling in its revelations.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great political book
- De Hebern en 09-11-20
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Becoming Ms. Burton
- From Prison to Recovery to Leading the Fight for Incarcerated Women
- De: Susan Burton, Cari Lynn
- Narrado por: Janina Edwards
- Duración: 10 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 274
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 240
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 242
Susan Burton's world changed in an instant when her five-year-old son was killed by a van driving down their street. Consumed by grief and without access to professional help, Susan self-medicated, becoming addicted first to cocaine then to crack. As a resident of South Los Angeles, a Black community under siege in the War on Drugs, it was but a matter of time before Susan was arrested. She cycled in and out of prison for over 15 years; never was she offered therapy or treatment for addiction.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Compelling
- De Jean en 06-18-17
De: Susan Burton, y otros
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Lady Bird Johnson
- An Oral History
- De: Michael L. Gillette
- Narrado por: Corinna May
- Duración: 17 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 21
Over a span of 18 years, Lady Bird Johnson recorded 47 oral history interviews with Michael Gillette and his colleagues. These conversations, just released in 2011, form the heart of Lady Bird Johnson: An Oral History, an intimate story of a shy young country girl's transformation into one of America's most effective and admired First Ladies.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic
- De Syd Young en 06-01-19
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Let Justice Roll Down
- De: John M. Perkins, Shane Claiborne - foreword
- Narrado por: John M. Perkins, Shane Claiborne
- Duración: 5 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 198
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 184
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 185
John Perkins, founder of Voice of Calvary ministries, was born in New Hebron, Mississippi, in 1930. His family was made up of sharecroppers, and he grew up in grinding poverty, part of a system that preserved prejudice and racism. After his brother was killed, Perkins left Mississippi for California, where he found job opportunities, racism of another kind, and faith in Jesus Christ. He returned to Mississippi to share the gospel and help his own people find equality, justice, and economic independence.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Struggle against Racism and Oppression
- De Jean en 02-21-17
De: John M. Perkins, y otros
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A Knock at Midnight
- A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom
- De: Brittany K. Barnett
- Narrado por: Karen Chilton
- Duración: 13 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 562
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 488
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 488
Brittany K. Barnett was only a law student when she came across the case that would change her life forever - that of Sharanda Jones, single mother, business owner, and, like Brittany, Black daughter of the rural South. A victim of America’s devastating war on drugs, Sharanda had been torn away from her young daughter and was serving a life sentence without parole - for a first-time drug offense.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Riveting Listen, Inspiring, Change Your Mind
- De elena en 11-18-20
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The Invisible Heart
- An Economic Romance
- De: Russell D. Roberts
- Narrado por: Kirby Heyborne
- Duración: 6 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 85
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 71
The Invisible Heart takes a provocative look at business, economics, and regulation through the eyes of Sam Gordon and Laura Silver, teachers at the exclusive Edwards School in Washington, D.C. Sam lives and breathes capitalism. He thinks that most government regulation is unnecessary or even harmful. He believes that success in business is a virtue. He believes that our humanity flourishes under economic freedom. Laura prefers Wordsworth to the Wall Street Journal.
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2 out of 5 stars
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One of Susie Bright's Misses
- De Anne in State College en 10-27-15
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First
- Sandra Day O'Connor
- De: Evan Thomas
- Narrado por: Kirsten Potter
- Duración: 16 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 481
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 430
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 428
She was born in 1930 in El Paso and grew up on a cattle ranch in Arizona. At a time when women were expected to be homemakers, she set her sights on Stanford University. When she graduated near the top of her law school class in 1952, no firm would even interview her. But Sandra Day O’Connor’s story is that of a woman who repeatedly shattered glass ceilings - doing so with a blend of grace, wisdom, humor, understatement, and cowgirl toughness.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Remarkable woman, well served in this book.
- De KathrynVB en 04-05-19
De: Evan Thomas
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A Mighty Long Way
- My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School
- De: Carlotta Walls LaNier, Lisa Frazier Page, Bill Clinton - foreword
- Narrado por: Carlotta Walls LaNier
- Duración: 12 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 38
When 14-year-old Carlotta Walls walked up the stairs of Little Rock Central High School on September 25, 1957, she and eight other Black students only wanted to make it to class. But the journey of the “Little Rock Nine”, as they came to be known, would lead the nation on an even longer and much more turbulent path, one that would challenge prevailing attitudes, break down barriers, and forever change the landscape of America.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- De SWF in Minneapolis en 04-27-24
De: Carlotta Walls LaNier, y otros
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Created Equal
- Clarence Thomas in His Own Words
- De: Michael Pack, Mark Paoletta
- Narrado por: Charles Constant, Shamaan Casey, Pamela Klein
- Duración: 10 h y 15 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 231
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 207
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 206
Born into dire poverty in the segregated South and abandoned by his father as a child, Justice Clarence Thomas triumphed over seemingly insurmountable odds to become one of the most influential justices on the Supreme Court. Yet after three decades of honorable service, few know him beyond his contentious confirmation and the surrounding media firestorm. Who is Justice Clarence Thomas, in his own words? Created Equal builds on dozens of hours of groundbreaking one-on-one interviews with Thomas to share a new, expanded account of his powerful story for the first time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Justice Thomas, the epitome of a “Real American Man”!
- De the walton's en 06-23-22
De: Michael Pack, y otros
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Scalia Speaks
- Reflections on Law, Faith, and Life Well Lived
- De: Antonin Scalia, Christopher J. Scalia - editor, Edward Whelan - editor, y otros
- Narrado por: Christopher J. Scalia
- Duración: 14 h
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 494
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 433
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 425
This definitive collection of beloved Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's finest speeches covers topics as varied as the law, faith, virtue, pastimes, and his heroes and friends. Featuring a foreword by longtime friend Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and an intimate introduction by his youngest son, this volume includes dozens of speeches, some deeply personal, that have never before been published. Christopher J. Scalia and the justice's former law clerk Edward Whelan selected the speeches.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Engrossing
- De Jean en 10-20-17
De: Antonin Scalia, y otros
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Start, Stay, or Leave
- The Art of Decision Making
- De: Trey Gowdy
- Narrado por: Trey Gowdy
- Duración: 7 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 386
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 350
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 350
In life, moments arise when you have to decide your next move. When choosing whether to accept a new job, purchase a house, attend a school, or start a relationship, how do you settle on which direction to take? Trey Gowdy has found that most consequential decisions boil down to three simple options: start, stay, or leave.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great introspective book for mid-life!
- De David en 01-29-23
De: Trey Gowdy
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Abe
- Abraham Lincoln in His Times
- De: David S. Reynolds
- Narrado por: Leon Nixon
- Duración: 33 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 218
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 184
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 181
Abraham Lincoln did not come out of nowhere. But if he was shaped by his times, he also managed at his life's fateful hour to shape them to an extent few could have foreseen. Ultimately, this is the great drama that astonishes us still, and that Abe brings to fresh and vivid life. The measure of that life will always be part of our American education.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Cultural History is not a biography
- De Marc M. Sager en 11-09-20
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And There Was Light
- Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle
- De: Jon Meacham
- Narrado por: Jon Meacham
- Duración: 17 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 2,539
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2,236
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 2,227
Hated and hailed, excoriated and revered, Abraham Lincoln was at the pinnacle of American power when secessionists gave no quarter in a clash of visions bound up with money, race, identity, and faith. In him we can see the possibilities of the presidency as well as its limitations. This book tells the story of Lincoln from his birth on the Kentucky frontier to his leadership during the Civil War to his tragic assassination: his rise, his self-education, his loves, his bouts of depression, his political failures, his deepening faith, and his persistent conviction that slavery must end.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Winner
- De Diane Moore en 10-31-22
De: Jon Meacham
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In the Garden of the Righteous
- The Heroes Who Risked Their Lives to Save Jews During the Holocaust
- De: Richard Hurowitz
- Narrado por: Paul Heitsch
- Duración: 14 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 22
Less than a century ago, the Second World War took the lives of more than fifty million people; more than six million of them were systematically exterminated through crimes of such enormity that a new name to describe the horror was coined: the Holocaust. Yet amid such darkness, there were glimmers of light—courageous individuals who risked everything to save those hunted by the Nazis.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Must read! Outstanding and compelling! Couldn’t stop until the end.
- De Integrity personified en 03-03-23
De: Richard Hurowitz
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Created Equal
- Clarence Thomas in His Own Words
- De: Michael Pack, Mark Paoletta
- Narrado por: Charles Constant, Shamaan Casey, Pamela Klein
- Duración: 10 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 207
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 206
Born into dire poverty in the segregated South and abandoned by his father as a child, Justice Clarence Thomas triumphed over seemingly insurmountable odds to become one of the most influential justices on the Supreme Court. Yet after three decades of honorable service, few know him beyond his contentious confirmation and the surrounding media firestorm. Who is Justice Clarence Thomas, in his own words? Created Equal builds on dozens of hours of groundbreaking one-on-one interviews with Thomas to share a new, expanded account of his powerful story for the first time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Justice Thomas, the epitome of a “Real American Man”!
- De the walton's en 06-23-22
De: Michael Pack, y otros
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Scalia Speaks
- Reflections on Law, Faith, and Life Well Lived
- De: Antonin Scalia, Christopher J. Scalia - editor, Edward Whelan - editor, y otros
- Narrado por: Christopher J. Scalia
- Duración: 14 h
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 494
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 433
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 425
This definitive collection of beloved Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's finest speeches covers topics as varied as the law, faith, virtue, pastimes, and his heroes and friends. Featuring a foreword by longtime friend Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and an intimate introduction by his youngest son, this volume includes dozens of speeches, some deeply personal, that have never before been published. Christopher J. Scalia and the justice's former law clerk Edward Whelan selected the speeches.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Engrossing
- De Jean en 10-20-17
De: Antonin Scalia, y otros
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Start, Stay, or Leave
- The Art of Decision Making
- De: Trey Gowdy
- Narrado por: Trey Gowdy
- Duración: 7 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 386
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 350
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 350
In life, moments arise when you have to decide your next move. When choosing whether to accept a new job, purchase a house, attend a school, or start a relationship, how do you settle on which direction to take? Trey Gowdy has found that most consequential decisions boil down to three simple options: start, stay, or leave.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great introspective book for mid-life!
- De David en 01-29-23
De: Trey Gowdy
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Abe
- Abraham Lincoln in His Times
- De: David S. Reynolds
- Narrado por: Leon Nixon
- Duración: 33 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 184
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 181
Abraham Lincoln did not come out of nowhere. But if he was shaped by his times, he also managed at his life's fateful hour to shape them to an extent few could have foreseen. Ultimately, this is the great drama that astonishes us still, and that Abe brings to fresh and vivid life. The measure of that life will always be part of our American education.
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A Cultural History is not a biography
- De Marc M. Sager en 11-09-20
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And There Was Light
- Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle
- De: Jon Meacham
- Narrado por: Jon Meacham
- Duración: 17 h y 49 m
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2,236
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 2,227
Hated and hailed, excoriated and revered, Abraham Lincoln was at the pinnacle of American power when secessionists gave no quarter in a clash of visions bound up with money, race, identity, and faith. In him we can see the possibilities of the presidency as well as its limitations. This book tells the story of Lincoln from his birth on the Kentucky frontier to his leadership during the Civil War to his tragic assassination: his rise, his self-education, his loves, his bouts of depression, his political failures, his deepening faith, and his persistent conviction that slavery must end.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Winner
- De Diane Moore en 10-31-22
De: Jon Meacham
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In the Garden of the Righteous
- The Heroes Who Risked Their Lives to Save Jews During the Holocaust
- De: Richard Hurowitz
- Narrado por: Paul Heitsch
- Duración: 14 h y 29 m
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 22
Less than a century ago, the Second World War took the lives of more than fifty million people; more than six million of them were systematically exterminated through crimes of such enormity that a new name to describe the horror was coined: the Holocaust. Yet amid such darkness, there were glimmers of light—courageous individuals who risked everything to save those hunted by the Nazis.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Must read! Outstanding and compelling! Couldn’t stop until the end.
- De Integrity personified en 03-03-23
De: Richard Hurowitz
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The House of Rothschild, Volume 1
- Money's Prophets: 1798-1848
- De: Niall Ferguson
- Narrado por: Alexander Adams
- Duración: 28 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 267
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 234
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 232
In his rich and nuanced portrait of the remarkable, elusive Rothschild family, Niall Ferguson uncovers the secrets behind the family's phenomenal economic success. He reveals for the first time the details of the family's vast political network, which gave it access to and influence over many of the greatest statesmen of the age. And he tells a family saga, tracing the importance of unity and the profound role of Judaism in the lives of a dynasty that rose from the confines of the Frankfurt ghetto and later used its influence to assist oppressed Jews throughout Europe.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great research, poor narrative
- De Amaze en 04-30-19
De: Niall Ferguson
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The Oxford Inklings
- Lewis, Tolkien and Their Circle
- De: Colin Duriez
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 6 h y 36 m
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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The Oxford Inklings tells the story of the friendships, mutual influence, and common purpose of the Inklings - the literary circle which congregated around C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. Meeting in pubs or Lewis' college rooms, they included an influential array of literary figures. They were, claimed poet and novelist John Wain, bent on 'the task of redirecting the whole current of contemporary art and life'. Tolkien and Lewis expert Colin Duriez unpacks the Inklings' origins, relationships, and the nature of their collaboration.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great insights into the Inklings
- De Michael W Plunket en 08-12-24
De: Colin Duriez
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C. S. Lewis Essential Audio Library
- De: C. S. Lewis
- Narrado por: Julian Rhind-Tutt, Joss Ackland, James Simmons, y otros
- Duración: 38 h y 50 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 380
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Nine essential works by C. S. Lewis in one deluxe audio edition: Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce, Miracles, The Problem of Pain, A Grief Observed, The Abolition of Man, The Weight of Glory, and George MacDonald.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing collection!
- De AHR en 02-22-22
De: C. S. Lewis
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The Club
- Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an Age
- De: Leo Damrosch
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 15 h y 1 m
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 315
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In 1763, the painter Joshua Reynolds proposed to his friend Samuel Johnson that they invite a few friends to join them every Friday at the Turk's Head Tavern in London to dine, drink, and talk until midnight. Eventually, the group came to include among its members Edmund Burke, Adam Smith, Edward Gibbon, and James Boswell. It was known simply as "the Club". In this captivating audiobook, Leo Damrosch brings alive a brilliant, competitive, and eccentric cast of characters.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful survey
- De Tad Davis en 05-10-19
De: Leo Damrosch
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Five Families
- The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires
- De: Selwyn Raab
- Narrado por: Paul Costanzo
- Duración: 33 h y 54 m
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Genovese, Gambino, Bonnano, Colombo, and Lucchese. For decades these Five Families ruled New York and built the American Mafia (or Cosa Nostra) into an underworld empire. Today, the Mafia is an endangered species, battered and beleaguered by aggressive investigators, incompetent leadership, betrayals, and generational changes that produced violent, unreliable leaders and recruits.
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- De Mark en 10-13-16
De: Selwyn Raab
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The People's Justice
- Clarence Thomas and the Constitutional Stories That Define Him
- De: Amul Thapar
- Narrado por: Charles Constant
- Duración: 6 h y 48 m
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No Supreme Court justice has come from humbler circumstances than Clarence Thomas, yet critics denounce him as the "cruelest justice," a heartless traitor to his race who cynically sacrifices justice to ideology. In this provocative new book, Judge Amul Thapar demolishes that caricature. Exploring the human stories behind twelve illustrative cases on which Justice Thomas has ruled, he demonstrates the coherence of Thomas’s judicial philosophy and the profound humanity on which it rests.
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Compelling story of Justice Thomas’s Originalism and why it provides a sure foundation for American jurisprudence.
- De Samuel Greenwell en 12-30-23
De: Amul Thapar
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Clarence Thomas and the Lost Constitution
- De: Myron Magnet
- Narrado por: John McLain
- Duración: 5 h y 34 m
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When Clarence Thomas joined the Supreme Court in 1991, he found with dismay that it was interpreting a very different Constitution from the one the framers had written - the one that had established a federal government manned by the people's own elected representatives, charged with protecting citizens' inborn rights while leaving them free to work out their individual happiness themselves, in their families, communities, and states.
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Interesting and informative
- De b839549 en 11-19-19
De: Myron Magnet
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Facebook
- The Inside Story
- De: Steven Levy
- Narrado por: Will Damron
- Duración: 18 h y 57 m
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The definitive history, packed with untold stories, of one of America’s most controversial and powerful companies: Facebook. Based on hundreds of interviews from inside and outside Facebook, Levy’s sweeping narrative of incredible entrepreneurial success and failure digs deep into the whole story of the company that has changed the world and reaped the consequences.
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Not a history of Facebook
- De Rodney en 12-02-20
De: Steven Levy
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Walden, or Life in the Woods
- De: Henry David Thoreau
- Narrado por: Robert Bethune
- Duración: 11 h y 27 m
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Noted transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau spent two years, two months, and two days chronicling his near-isolation in the small cabin he built in the woods near Walden Pond on land owned by his mentor, the father of Transcendentalism, Ralph Waldo Emerson. Immersing himself in nature and solitude, Thoreau sought to develop a greater understanding of society amidst a life of self-reliance and simplicity. Originally published in 1854, Walden remains one of the most celebrated works in American literature.
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An excellent reading of a classic book
- De Perri O. en 11-14-17
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Playing Under the Piano
- From Downton to Darkest Peru
- De: Hugh Bonneville
- Narrado por: Hugh Bonneville
- Duración: 10 h y 14 m
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From getting his big break as Third Shepherd in the school nativity play, to mistaking a Hollywood star for an estate agent, Hugh Bonneville creates a brilliantly vivid picture of a career on stage and screen. What is it like working with Judi Dench and Julia Roberts, or playing Robert De Niro’s right leg, or not being Gary Oldman, twice? A wickedly funny storyteller, Bonneville also writes with poignancy about his father’s dementia and of his mother, whose life in the secret service emerged only after her death.
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After an uneasy start, this memoir gains steam and becomes very engaging.
- De Barbara W. en 02-24-23
De: Hugh Bonneville
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His Truth Is Marching On
- John Lewis and the Power of Hope
- De: Jon Meacham, John Lewis - afterword
- Narrado por: JD Jackson, Jon Meacham
- Duración: 10 h
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An intimate and revealing portrait of civil rights icon and longtime US congressman John Lewis, linking his life to the painful quest for justice in America from the 1950s to the present - from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Soul of America.
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Absolutely remarkable!
- De Janie en 08-30-20
De: Jon Meacham, y otros
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Becoming Dr. Seuss
- Theodor Geisel and the Making of an American Imagination
- De: Brian Jay Jones
- Narrado por: Mike Chamberlain
- Duración: 18 h
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The definitive, fascinating, all-reaching biography of Dr. Seuss. Dr. Seuss is a classic American icon. Whimsical and wonderful, his work has defined our childhoods and the childhoods of our own children. The silly, simple rhymes are a bottomless well of magic, his illustrations timeless favorites because, quite simply, he makes us laugh. The Grinch, the Cat in the Hat, Horton, and so many more are his troupe of beloved and uniquely Seussian creations.
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Good enough to read but not listen to.
- De Vetbo en 05-21-19
De: Brian Jay Jones
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre My Grandfather's Son
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- Tiresmoker
- 12-08-21
Autobiography of Clarence Thomas
Such a compelling story of one of the true originalists on the U.S. Supreme Court and an accurate account of those American Marxists who tried to destroy him, chief of those being Joe Biden. Anita Hill was the original Christine Ballsy Ford and both are accomplished liars.
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- Kaizen rocks
- 12-19-21
Amazing story of strength and courage
I loved this book . I have always loved Clarence Thomas. This book was very interesting & uplifting.
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- Earl Mitschelen
- 07-18-23
We need more Men of Character.
We need more Men of Character to Stand up for RIGHT.
Justice Thomas is Great charter. Never let losers win.
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- Paul A.
- 02-10-22
A Modern Day Lynching
The title of this review is a direct quote from Judge Thomas during his Senate hearing.
It is sad and comical that the people that purport to represent the minorities only want to hear from them
If they agree with their point of view. These elite only believe in Freedom of Speech as long as you agree with them.
Judge Thomas had the audacity to think for himself and therefore had to be destroyed.
I hope he lives a very, very long and fruitful life.
I liked that he narrated this book himself.
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- Troy Teixeira
- 01-11-22
One of the most inspiring stories I've ever read.
Reading material such as this should be required in order to receive a high school diploma in America.
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- Joshua K.
- 06-20-22
Great listen
The author mostly talks about his life and his journey from his young life as democrat to his journey to EEOC to the Supreme Court. He doesn't discuss very many cases during his tenure.
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- Nana Deb
- 07-21-22
Best listen ever!
I have a new respect for Clarence Thomas after listening to his story. God bless you Clarence Thomas for sharing.
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- Lisa Sperlinga
- 06-10-23
Amazing man
Thank you for sharing your story. I learned so much from you. I hope you write another book. I just loved listening to you achieve the American dream. Where you came from and how got to the highest court in the land was so inspiring to me. I learned so much from this book. You have a great wife. Virginia
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- A Mom
- 06-28-23
Lessons we should all learn
Justice Thomas's life is what the American Dream used to mean: hard work, integrity, honesty, anyone can come out of poverty. It is refreshing reading an honest account of one's shortcomings and recognition of the need to do better. It gives me great comfort knowing that someone with his background sits on the Bench.
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- Kindle Customer
- 09-18-23
Eye Opening
I'm so grateful that Mr. Thomas has taken the time to give us an overview of his life and has granted the public access to his most private of information. I'm thankful that he's taken the time and effort to give his account of the events of his life. Humbled to be bestowed such a blessing.
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