Normal Secrets
A Search for Identity, Growth, Love, and Motorcycles: A Memoir
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Walter F. Kern
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I grew up in Normal, Illinois, but had lived in New Jersey for more than 30 years when my father died at the age of 84. I was 54 at the time and soon learned that family secrets had been kept from me. Strange deaths, tragedies, indiscretions, and relationships lay in my past, totally hidden. It took me seven years to uncover these secrets from personal interviews, genealogical studies, public records, and cutting-edge scientific work done by worldwide experts.
Along the way, I trace my own life path from wanting to be a mechanic to gaining a master's degree at MIT and working at a famous research laboratory. I also tell my own 50-year love story. The secrets are now known, and I thought it was time at the age of 79 that I should write this memoir to tell you all about my Normal Secrets.
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Freeman's Folly
- De James Gordon en 10-28-07
De: Howard Dully, y otros
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Once Upon a Town
- The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen
- De: Bob Greene
- Narrado por: Fritz Weaver
- Duración: 6 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 129
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 100
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 101
During World War II, American soldiers from every city and walk of life rolled through North Platte, Nebraska, on troop trains, en route to Europe and the Pacific. The tiny town transformed its modest railroad depot into the North Platte Canteen, a place where soldiers could enjoy coffee, music, home-cooked food, magazines, and friendly conversation during a stopover that lasted only a few minutes.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Long Tale of a Truly Inspiring Short Tale
- De Suzy en 02-25-11
De: Bob Greene
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The Girls of Atomic City
- The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II
- De: Denise Kiernan
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 12 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 2,927
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,634
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,623
At the height of World War II, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was home to 75,000 residents, consuming more electricity than New York City. But to most of the world, the town did not exist. Thousands of civilians - many of them young women from small towns across the South - were recruited to this secret city, enticed by solid wages and the promise of war-ending work. Kept very much in the dark, few would ever guess the true nature of the tasks they performed each day in the hulking factories in the middle of the Appalachian Mountains.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Important story of this secret city
- De CBlox en 11-14-13
De: Denise Kiernan
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Get Out of Your Own Way
- How to Overcome Any Obstacle in Your Life
- De: Larry Winget
- Narrado por: Larry Winget
- Duración: 4 h y 19 m
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 815
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 701
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 691
You think you know what you want in life. You've tried to achieve those things. But if you still don't have them, the culprit may be closer than you think. In this perspective-altering program, the world-renowned Pitbull of Personal Development(tm), Larry Winget, exposes the things you are doing right now to unknowingly prevent your own success in the most important areas of your life.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Was just OK
- De KatieReviewsStuff en 01-30-17
De: Larry Winget
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If the Devil Had a Wife
- De: Frank Mills
- Narrado por: A.T. Chandler
- Duración: 8 h y 8 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 83
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 73
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 74
Once upon a time. Happily ever after. Such are the classic promises of fairy tales. Yet in Texas we find a twist to the familiar storyline. In If the Devil Had a Wife, there is still the battle of Good vs. Evil, a beautiful maiden, a wealthy suitor, a kingdom of riches and the wicked witch, but any similarity with Cinderella and Snow White ends there. With the help of her life partner and an attorney (always necessary in these modern times), Nelda Stark executes a devious plan that elevates fraud and theft to a new high.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What a Tale!!
- De Texas Native en 09-28-16
De: Frank Mills
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Mother Daughter Me
- A Memoir
- De: Katie Hafner
- Narrado por: Katie Hafner
- Duración: 9 h y 12 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 63
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 55
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 55
The complex, deeply binding relationship between mothers and daughters is brought vividly to life in Katie Hafner's remarkable memoir, an exploration of the year she and her mother, Helen, spent working through, and triumphing over, a lifetime of unresolved emotions. Dreaming of a "year in Provence" with her mother, Katie urges Helen to move to San Francisco to live with her and Zoe, Katie's teenage daughter. Katie and Zoe had become a mother-daughter team, strong enough, Katie thought, to absorb the arrival of a 77-year-old woman set in her ways....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Listen and be swept away!
- De Barbara Quick en 06-02-22
De: Katie Hafner
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The Pact
- Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream
- De: Drs. Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, Rameck Hunt
- Narrado por: Drs. Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, Rameck Hunt
- Duración: 5 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 270
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 212
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 214
All too often, we hear about the dangers of male friendships in which peer pressure prevails over common sense. But for George Jenkins, Sampson Davis, and Rameck Hunt, strong and supportive male friendship was a powerful antidote to the temptations and pitfalls of street life. It led three boys to make a vow to be there for one another, to encourage one another every step of the way, until they overcame the odds and became doctors.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very Inspirational
- De Heather en 04-10-09
De: Drs. Sampson Davis, y otros
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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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Factory Girls
- From Village to City in a Changing China
- De: Leslie T. Chang
- Narrado por: Susan Ericksen
- Duración: 14 h y 36 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 420
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 265
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 261
A book of global significance that provides new insight into China, Factory Girls demonstrates how the mass movement from rural villages to cities is remaking individual lives and transforming Chinese society, much as immigration to America's shores remade our own country a century ago.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Living in Shenzhen - and What A Disappointment
- De Abstraction en 03-01-10
De: Leslie T. Chang
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Stories I Tell Myself
- Growing Up with Hunter S. Thompson
- De: Juan F. Thompson
- Narrado por: Juan F. Thompson
- Duración: 8 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 304
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 267
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 262
Hunter S. Thompson, "smart hillbilly"; boy of the South; born and bred in Louisville, Kentucky; son of an insurance salesman and a stay-at-home mom; public school-educated; jailed at 17 on a bogus petty robbery charge; member of the US Air Force (airman second class); copy boy for Time; writer for The National Observer; et cetera.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hunter Remembered
- De Karen Loucks Rinedollar en 03-31-16
De: Juan F. Thompson
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Proving Ground
- The Untold Story of the Six Women Who Programmed the World's First Modern Computer
- De: Kathy Kleiman
- Narrado por: Erin Bennett
- Duración: 7 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 125
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 106
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 106
After the end of World War II, the race for technological supremacy sped on. Top-secret research into ballistics and computing, begun during the war to aid those on the front lines, continued across the United States as engineers and programmers rushed to complete their confidential assignments. Among them were six pioneering women, tasked with figuring out how to program the world's first general-purpose, programmable, all-electronic computer—better known as the ENIAC. Proving Ground restores these women to their rightful place as technological revolutionaries.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Joy to Listen To
- De Sam en 08-07-22
De: Kathy Kleiman
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Strange Stones
- De: Peter Hessler
- Narrado por: George Backman
- Duración: 13 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 159
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 138
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 141
Full of unforgettable figures and an unrelenting spirit of adventure, Strange Stones is a far-ranging, thought-provoking collection of Peter Hessler’s best reportage - a dazzling display of the powerful storytelling, shrewd cultural insight, and warm sense of humor that are the trademarks of his work. Over the last decade, as a staff writer for The New Yorker and the author of three books, Peter Hessler has lived in Asia and the United States, writing as both native and knowledgeable outsider in these two very different regions.
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4 out of 5 stars
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funny, entertaining
- De Katherine en 08-02-13
De: Peter Hessler
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The Pursuit of Happyness (Abridged)
- De: Chris Gardner
- Narrado por: Andre Blake
- Duración: 5 h y 42 m
- Versión resumida
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 421
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 260
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 260
At the age of 20, Chris Gardner arrived in San Francisco to pursue a promising career in medicine. However, he surprised everyone and himself by setting his sights on the competitive world of high finance. Yet no sooner had he landed an entry-level position at a prestigious firm, Gardner found himself caught in a web of incredibly challenging circumstances that left him part of the city's working homeless with his toddler son.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very Good Story!
- De Lito Da Critic en 06-02-06
De: Chris Gardner
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Laughing Without an Accent
- Adventures of an Iranian American, at Home and Abroad
- De: Firoozeh Dumas
- Narrado por: Firoozeh Dumas
- Duración: 5 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 308
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 176
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 178
In the best-selling memoir Funny in Farsi, Firoozeh Dumas recounted her adventures growing up Iranian American in Southern California. Now she again mines her rich Persian heritage in Laughing Without an Accent, sharing stories both tender and humorous on being a citizen of the world, on her well-meaning family, and on amusing cultural conundrums, all told with insights into the universality of the human condition. (Hint: It may have to do with brushing and flossing daily.)
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1 out of 5 stars
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Sigh
- De Sara en 01-29-14
De: Firoozeh Dumas
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Soul Survivor
- The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot
- De: Bruce Leininger, Andrea Leininger
- Narrado por: Paul Boehmer
- Duración: 8 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 207
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 168
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 168
This is the story of James Leininger, who---a little more than two weeks after his second birthday---began having blood-curdling nightmares that just would not stop. When James began screaming out recurring phrases like "Plane on fire! Little man can't get out!" the Leiningers finally admitted that they truly had to take notice.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A wonderful true life story
- De Nancy en 01-09-10
De: Bruce Leininger, y otros
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And So It Goes
- Kurt Vonnegut: A Life
- De: Charles J. Shields
- Narrado por: Fred Berman
- Duración: 17 h y 30 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 83
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 77
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 79
New York Times best-selling author and biographer Charles J. Shields crafts this fascinating portrait of literary icon Kurt Vonnegut. The first authorized biography of the influential American writer, And So It Goes examines Vonnegut’s life, from his childhood to his death in 2007, and explores how the author changed the conversation of American literature.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Probably only for die hard Vonnegut fans
- De Watery M en 12-22-12
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George & Barbara Bush
- A Great American Love Story
- De: Ellie LeBlond Sosa, Kelly Anne Chase, George W. Bush - foreword
- Narrado por: Erin Bennett
- Duración: 5 h
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 53
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 50
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 50
"To begin with I was in love and I am in love so that's not hard," Barbara Bush told her granddaughter Ellie LeBlond Sosa. Sosa had asked for the secret to her and President George H.W. Bush's 77-year love affair that withstood World War II separation, a leap of faith into the oil fields of West Texas, the painful loss of a child, a political climb to the highest office, and after the White House, the transition back to a "normal" life. Sosa and co-author Kelly Anne Chase paint the portrait of the enduring relationship of George and Barbara Bush.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Beautiful, Uplifting Read!
- De Cathi Hughes en 03-18-23
De: Ellie LeBlond Sosa, y otros
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