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An extraordinary 100-year-old man’s 9 lessons for living a life to be proud of
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Nadia Khomami
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Benjamin Ferencz
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What a century of life experience can teach us about happiness, ambition, courage, love and how to make the most of the lives we've been given.
How many people do you know grew up as a poor immigrant in America during the Great Depression, won a scholarship to Harvard Law School, landed on the beaches of Normandy on D Day, were present at the liberation of concentration camps including Buchenwald, Mauthausen and Flossenburg, held leading Nazis to account at the Nuremberg trials and have fought for an International Criminal Court to hold war criminals to account the world over?
Now you know one.
Benjamin Ferencz turned 100 in 2020. In this extraordinary book, he shares his remarkable life story and the nine humble, compelling and life-affirming lessons he's learned along the way that we can all harness for ourselves.
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Compelling Account
- De Simone en 04-23-15
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I Shall Not Hate
- A Gaza Doctor's Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity
- De: Izzeldin Abuelaish
- Narrado por: Patrick Lawlor
- Duración: 8 h y 9 m
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Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish---now known simply as the "Gaza doctor"---captured hearts and headlines around the world in the aftermath of horrific tragedy: On January 16, 2009, Israeli shells hit his home in the Gaza Strip, killing three of his daughters and his niece. By turns inspiring and heartbreaking, hopeful and horrifying, I Shall Not Hate is Abuelaish's account of an extraordinary life.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A story worth reading, but terrible narration
- De BL Lucas en 04-11-12
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Witness to Nuremberg
- The Many Lives of the Man Who Translated at the Nazi War Trials
- De: W. Richard Sonnenfeldt
- Narrado por: Robert Blumenfeld
- Duración: 7 h y 52 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 60
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 51
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In this gripping memoir by the chief American interpreter at the Nuremberg trials, Richard Sonnenfeldt recounts a remarkable life. By age 22 he had fought in the Battle of the Bulge and helped liberate the Dachau concentration camp, when he was appointed chief interpreter for the American prosecution of Nazi war criminals at the Nuremberg trials.
During his service, he spent pretrial time with Hermann Göering as well as other top Nazi leaders.
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5 out of 5 stars
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So much more than expected
- De Kathy en 03-23-12
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The Aquariums of Pyongyang
- De: Chol-hwan Kang, Pierre Rigoulot
- Narrado por: Stephen Park
- Duración: 7 h y 22 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 290
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Amid escalating nuclear tensions, Kim Jong-un and North Korea's other leaders have kept a tight grasp on their one-party state, quashing any nascent opposition movements and sending all suspected dissidents to its brutal concentration camps for "re-education". Kang Chol-Hwan is the first survivor of one of these camps to escape and tell his story to the world, documenting the extreme conditions in these gulags and providing a personal insight into life in North Korea.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Riveting!!
- De Iread en 11-12-20
De: Chol-hwan Kang, y otros
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The Reluctant Communist
- My Desertion, Court-Martial, and Forty-Year Imprisonment in North Korea
- De: Charles Robert Jenkins, Jim Fredrick
- Narrado por: John McLain
- Duración: 7 h
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 108
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In January of 1965, 24-year-old US Army sergeant Charles Robert Jenkins abandoned his post in South Korea, walked across the DMZ, and surrendered to communist North Korean soldiers standing sentry along the world's most heavily militarized border. He believed his action would get him back to the States and a short jail sentence. Instead he found himself in another sort of prison, where for 40 years he suffered under one of the most brutal and repressive regimes the world has known. This fast-paced, harrowing tale, told plainly and simply by Jenkins (with journalist Jim Frederick).
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent history and human story
- De Anonymous User en 09-16-21
De: Charles Robert Jenkins, y otros
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Call of Duty
- My Life Before, During, and After the Band of Brothers
- De: Lt. Lynn "Buck" Compton, Marcus Brotherton
- Narrado por: Dick Hill
- Duración: 9 h y 45 m
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As part of the elite 101st Airborne paratroopers, Lt. Lynn "Buck" Compton fought in the critical battles of Normandy and Market Garden and in the freezing cold of Bastogne. Easy Company, immortalized as the Band of Brothers, stands today as an unparalleled icon of brotherhood and bravery under fire.
This is the true story of a real-life hero who traveled to a faraway place and put his life on the line for the cause of freedom---and an insightful memoir about courage, leadership, camaraderie, compassion, and the opportunities for success that can only happen in America.
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1 out of 5 stars
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No content
- De Amazon Customer en 06-16-08
De: Lt. Lynn "Buck" Compton, y otros
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A Lucky Child
- A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz as a Young Boy
- De: Thomas Buergenthal
- Narrado por: Thomas Buergenthal, Don Hagen
- Duración: 5 h y 56 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 99
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 85
Thomas Buergenthal, now a Judge in the International Court of Justice in The Hague, tells his astonishing experiences as a young boy in his memoir, A Lucky Child. He arrived at Auschwitz at age 10 after surviving two ghettos and a labor camp. Separated first from his mother and then his father, Buergenthal managed by his wits and some remarkable strokes of luck to survive on his own. Almost two years after his liberation, Buergenthal was miraculously reunited with his mother and in 1951 arrived in the U.S. to start a new life.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Compelling Account
- De Simone en 04-23-15
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I Shall Not Hate
- A Gaza Doctor's Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity
- De: Izzeldin Abuelaish
- Narrado por: Patrick Lawlor
- Duración: 8 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 123
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 99
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 98
Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish---now known simply as the "Gaza doctor"---captured hearts and headlines around the world in the aftermath of horrific tragedy: On January 16, 2009, Israeli shells hit his home in the Gaza Strip, killing three of his daughters and his niece. By turns inspiring and heartbreaking, hopeful and horrifying, I Shall Not Hate is Abuelaish's account of an extraordinary life.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A story worth reading, but terrible narration
- De BL Lucas en 04-11-12
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You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
- A Personal History of Our Times
- De: Howard Zinn
- Narrado por: David Strathairn
- Duración: 8 h
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General5 out of 5 stars 258
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Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States, tells his personal stories about more than 30 years of fighting for social change, from teaching at Spelman College to recent protests against war. A former bombardier in World War II, Zinn emerged in the civil rights movement as a powerful voice for justice. Although he's a fierce critic, he gives us reason to hope that by learning from history and engaging politically, we can make a difference in the world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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mind blowing
- De WILLIAM en 11-27-19
De: Howard Zinn
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Concussion (Movie Tie-in Edition)
- De: Jeanne Marie Laskas
- Narrado por: Hillary Huber
- Duración: 9 h y 50 m
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Jeanne Marie Laskas first met the young forensic pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu in 2009, while reporting a story for GQ that would go on to inspire the movie Concussion. Omalu told her about a day in September 2002, when, in a dingy morgue in downtown Pittsburgh, he picked up a scalpel and made a discovery that would rattle America in ways he’d never intended. Omalu was new to America, chasing the dream, a deeply spiritual man escaping the wounds of civil war in Nigeria.
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4 out of 5 stars
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If you know, come forth and speak.
- De Cynthia en 12-14-15
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They Called Me a Lioness
- A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom
- De: Ahed Tamimi, Dena Takruri
- Narrado por: Dena Takruri
- Duración: 8 h y 11 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 190
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Ahed Tamimi is a world-renowned Palestinian activist, born and raised in the small West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, which became a center of the resistance to Israeli occupation when an illegal, Jewish-only settlement blocked off its community spring. Tamimi came of age participating in nonviolent demonstrations against this action and the occupation at large. Her global renown reached an apex in December 2017, when, at sixteen years old, she was filmed slapping an Israeli soldier who refused to leave her front yard. The video went viral, and Tamimi was arrested.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Powerful
- De Mary en 03-30-24
De: Ahed Tamimi, y otros
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Don't Give Up, Don't Give In
- Lessons from an Extraordinary Life
- De: Louis Zamperini, David Rensin
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 4 h y 53 m
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In Don't Give Up, Don’t Give In, Louis Zamperini offers never-before told tales that embody his simple, yet essential secrets of success: how his relationship with God, his ever-positive attitude, his constant pursuit of accomplishment - and a healthy dose of mischief - have helped him lead a long and fulfilled life, lessons we can all use to transform our own.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Never give up
- De Adela Garcia en 09-15-21
De: Louis Zamperini, y otros
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Destined to Witness
- Growing Up Black in Nazi Germany
- De: Hans Massaquoi
- Narrado por: Peter Jay Fernandez
- Duración: 19 h y 58 m
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What would life be like for a Black boy growing up in Nazi Germany? This unprecedented autobiography answers that question with the spellbinding true story of Hans J. Massaquoi’s life in Hamburg during the height of Hitler’s regime. Hans is the son of a Black Liberian diplomat father and a white German mother. His father returns to Africa at the beginning of the war, leaving them behind in poverty without the means to flee. Within this tense atmosphere, increasingly violent Nazi policies and Allied bombing raids make Hans and his mother’s lives a day-to-day survival struggle.
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3 out of 5 stars
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An important story, marred by lackluster writing.
- De Christopher en 03-04-15
De: Hans Massaquoi
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The Enemy Within
- Saving America from the Liberal Assault on Our Churches, Schools & Military
- De: Michael Savage
- Narrado por: Cameron Beierle
- Duración: 8 h y 58 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 75
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Michael Savage's powerful, unmatched mix of razor-sharp wit and explosive socio-political commentary has made him into a cultural phenomenon, becoming not only one of America's most popular radio talk-show hosts, but also a best-selling author. This is his latest assault on the corrosive effects of liberalism on American culture.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Still applies
- De gary lee johnson en 02-05-19
De: Michael Savage
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The General's Son
- Journey of an Israeli in Palestine
- De: Miko Peled
- Narrado por: Miko Peled
- Duración: 8 h y 35 m
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The journey that Peled traces in this groundbreaking memoir echoed the trajectory taken 40 years earlier by his father, renowned Israeli general Matti Peled. In The General's Son, Miko Peled tells us about growing up in Jerusalem in the heart of the group that ruled the then-young country, Israel. He takes us with him through his service in the country's military and his subsequent global travels...and then, after his niece's killing, back into the heart of Israel's conflict with the Palestinians.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Thought Provoking and Powerful
- De FatherRobC en 05-10-16
De: Miko Peled
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Infamy
- The Shocking Story of the Japanese American Internment in World War II
- De: Richard Reeves
- Narrado por: James Yaegashi
- Duración: 10 h y 11 m
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Less than three months after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor and inflamed the nation, President Roosevelt signed an executive order declaring parts of four western states to be a war zone operating under military rule. The US Army immediately began rounding up thousands of Japanese-Americans, sometimes giving them less than 24 hours to vacate their houses and farms. For the rest of the war, these victims of war hysteria were imprisoned in primitive camps.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Disjointed, disconnected narrative
- De Triple A en 05-22-15
De: Richard Reeves
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Limonov
- The Outrageous Adventures of the Radical Soviet Poet Who Became a Bum in New York, a Sensation in France, and a Political Antihero in Russia
- De: Emmanuel Carrère, John Lambert - translator
- Narrado por: Vikas Adam
- Duración: 12 h y 26 m
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This is how Emmanuel Carrère, the magnetic journalist, novelist, filmmaker, and chameleon, describes his subject: "Limonov is not a fictional character. There. I know him. He has been a young punk in Ukraine, the idol of the Soviet underground; a bum, then a multimillionaire's butler in Manhattan; a fashionable writer in Paris; a lost soldier in the Balkans; and now, in the fantastic shambles of postcommunism, the elderly but charismatic leader of a party of young desperadoes."
De: Emmanuel Carrère, y otros
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A Man of Honor
- The Autobiography of Joseph Bonanno
- De: Joseph Bonanno
- Narrado por: Tom Perkins
- Duración: 14 h y 53 m
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Born in Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, Joseph Bonanno found his future amid the whiskey-running, riotous streets of Prohibition America in 1924, when he illegally entered the United States to pursue his dreams. By the age of only 26, Bonanno became a don. He eventually took over the New York underworld, igniting the "Castellammarese War", one of the bloodiest Family battles ever to hit New York City.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A must read
- De E. Orlando en 05-03-17
De: Joseph Bonanno
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The Train to Crystal City
- FDR's Secret Prisoner Exchange Program and America's Only Family Internment Camp During World War II
- De: Jan Jarboe Russell
- Narrado por: Andrea Gallo
- Duración: 14 h y 38 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 136
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The dramatic and never-before-told story of a secret FDR-approved American internment camp in Texas during World War II, where thousands of families - many US citizens - were incarcerated.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I didn't know...
- De Graham Emslie en 02-27-17
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Arab and Jew
- Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land
- De: David K. Shipler
- Narrado por: Robert Blumenfeld
- Duración: 27 h y 55 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 164
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 46
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 48
David Shipler delves into the origins of the prejudices of Jews and Arabs that have been intensified by war, terrorism, and nationalism. Focusing on the diverse cultures that exist side by side in Israel and Israeli-controlled territories, Shipler examines the process of indoctrination that begins in schools; he discusses the far ranging effects of socioeconomic differences, historical conflicts between Islam and Judaism, attitudes about the Holocaust, and much more.
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3 out of 5 stars
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'Arab and Jew' Needs a Good Editor
- De Robert W. Gillespie en 10-23-03
De: David K. Shipler
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- Susan E.
- 05-03-24
Great book with an amazing story And super advice
I liked the whole
Book!
The book as
Very interesting…his
Life…his role at Nuremberg and his desire for world peace. Very inspiring!
Good read for high school
Students and all adults.
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- Lenny
- 10-20-22
I love this man!!!
He is wise and wonderful. Something caught my attention when I was browsing the store and I bought this. Later I forgot why I bought it and listening to the introduction, I almost decided not to listen… it’s about WWll which I recently listened to a couple other books taking place around that time… I wasn’t sure I wanted to listen to another one.
Am I glad I did! This is the best book every, with very wise words from an extraordinary man!!! The introduction is important because it tells us who he is.
I highly recommend this book to everyone and anyone!!! Ms Lenny Lunden
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