The Committee
The Story of the 1976 Union Drive at The New Yorker Magazine
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In 1976, following years of harsh cutbacks to salaries and benefits at the New Yorker, editorial workers - the fact-checkers, copy editors, and other paraliteraries - finally took a stand and began a drive to unionize the storied magazine. But strong-willed longtime editor William Shawn's fierce resistance to unionization kicked off a stalemate between management and their subordinates. Daniel Menaker, author of the acclaimed My Mistake and former fiction editor of the New Yorker and executive editor in chief of Random House, documents that conflict through humorous personal recollections and previously unpublished letters by Shawn himself, providing a revelatory window into the mind of one of the great editors of our time. The Committee, which previously appeared in n+1, is a story of hypocrisy, outrage, courage, cowardice, and dental benefits - all within the offices of the world's greatest magazine.
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Ayn Rand and the World She Made
- De: Anne C. Heller
- Narrado por: Bernadette Dunne
- Duración: 19 h y 36 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 339
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 203
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Ayn Rand is the author of two phenomenally best-selling ideological novels, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, which have sold over 12 million copies in the United States alone. Through them, she built a right-wing cult following in the late 1950s and became the guiding light of Libertarianism and of White House economic policy in the 1960s and '70s. Her defenses of radical individualism and of selfishness as a "capitalist virtue" have permanently altered the American cultural landscape.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great history of both Rand and her era
- De Mark en 08-07-10
De: Anne C. Heller
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Ida M. Tarbell
- The Woman Who Challenged Big Business - and Won!
- De: Emily Arnold McCully
- Narrado por: Emily Arnold McCully
- Duración: 6 h y 42 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 47
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 42
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 41
Born in 1857 and raised in oil country, Ida M. Tarbell was one of the first investigative journalists and probably the most influential in her time. Her series of articles on the Standard Oil Trust, a complicated business empire run by John D. Rockefeller, revealed to readers the underhanded, even illegal practices that had led to Rockefeller's success.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent!
- De AKA1 en 03-16-19
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The Speechwriter
- A Brief Education in Politics
- De: Barton Swaim
- Narrado por: Jonathan Yen
- Duración: 5 h y 54 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 138
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 124
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 124
Everyone knows this kind of politician: a charismatic maverick who goes up against the system and its ways, but thinks he doesn't have to live by the rules. Using his experience as a speechwriter, Barton Swaim tells the story of a band of believers who attach themselves to this sort of ambitious narcissist.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A well-written complainers guide
- De Kindle Customer en 08-03-15
De: Barton Swaim
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The Woman Behind the New Deal
- The Life of Frances Perkins, FDR'S Secretary of Labor and His Moral Conscience
- De: Kirstin Downey
- Narrado por: Susan Ericksen
- Duración: 19 h y 29 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 211
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 185
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 185
Frances Perkins is no longer a household name, yet she was one of the most influential women of the 20th century. Based on extensive archival materials, new documents, and exclusive access to Perkins' family members and friends, this biography is the first complete portrait of a devoted public servant with a passionate personal life, a mother who changed the landscape of American business and society.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An Absorbing Biography
- De Jean en 08-16-17
De: Kirstin Downey
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Good for the Money
- My Fight to Pay Back America
- De: Bob Benmosche
- Narrado por: Sean Pratt
- Duración: 9 h y 33 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 65
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 64
In 2009, at the peak of the financial crisis, AIG - the American insurance behemoth - was sinking fast. It was the peg upon which the nation hung its ire and resentment during the financial crisis: the pinnacle of Wall Street arrogance and greed. When Bob Benmosche climbed aboard as CEO, it was widely assumed that he would go down with his ship. In mere months, he turned things around, pulling AIG from the brink of financial collapse and restoring its profitability.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Worthwhile, informative, and just short of inspiring
- De Preston en 11-17-21
De: Bob Benmosche
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The Forgotten Man
- De: Amity Shlaes
- Narrado por: Terence Aselford
- Duración: 14 h y 34 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,112
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 713
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 715
It's difficult today to imagine how America survived the Great Depression. Only through the stories of the common people who struggled during that era can we really understand how the nation endured. In The Forgotten Man, Amity Shlaes offers a striking reinterpretation of the Great Depression. Rejecting the old emphasis on the New Deal, she turns to the neglected and moving stories of individual Americans, and shows how they helped establish the steadfast character we developed as a nation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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a story of forgotten times
- De Debb Robinson en 10-11-07
De: Amity Shlaes
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American Sketches
- Great Leaders, Creative Thinkers, and Heroes of a Hurricane
- De: Walter Isaacson
- Narrado por: Cotter Smith
- Duración: 9 h y 26 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 227
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 183
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 186
In this collection of essays, Walter Isaacson reflects on the lessons to be learned from Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein, Bill Gates, Henry Kissinger, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, Hillary Clinton and Bill Clinton, and various other interesting characters he has chronicled as a biographer and journalist. The people he writes about have an awesome intelligence, in most cases, but that is not the secret of their success.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not Really Sketches
- De DAVID en 11-04-11
De: Walter Isaacson
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The Good Girls Revolt
- How the Women of Newsweek Sued their Bosses and Changed the Workplace
- De: Lynn Povich
- Narrado por: Susan Larkin
- Duración: 7 h y 43 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 193
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 164
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 168
It was the 1960s - a time of economic boom and social strife. Young women poured into the workplace, but the “Help Wanted” ads were segregated by gender and the “Mad Men” office culture was rife with sexual stereotyping and discrimination. Lynn Povich was one of the lucky ones, landing a job at Newsweek, renowned for its cutting-edge coverage of civil rights and the “Swinging Sixties.” Nora Ephron, Jane Bryant Quinn, Ellen Goodman, and Susan Brownmiller all started there as well. It was a top-notch job - for a girl - at an exciting place. But it was a dead end.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good book read by Ms Robot.
- De careuther en 09-17-16
De: Lynn Povich
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DisneyWar
- De: James B. Stewart
- Narrado por: Patrick Lawlor
- Duración: 25 h y 40 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,195
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,054
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,046
DisneyWar is an enthralling tale of one of America's most powerful media and entertainment companies, the people who control it, and those trying to overthrow them. It tells a story that - in its sudden twists, vivid, larger-than-life characters, and thrilling climax - might itself have been the subject of a Disney classic - except that it's all true.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Really interesting story... No ending.
- De rotinaj en 12-18-17
De: James B. Stewart
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Undelivered
- The Never-Heard Speeches That Would Have Rewritten History
- De: Jeff Nussbaum
- Narrado por: Adam Gifford, Brian Bowles, Elisa Roth, y otros
- Duración: 10 h y 54 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 75
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 62
A fascinating insight into notable speeches that were never delivered, showing what could have been if history had gone down a different path. For almost every delivered speech, there exists an undelivered opposite. These "second speeches" provide alternative histories of what could have been if not for schedule changes, changes of heart, or momentous turns of events.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Recognize that this is a profoundly partisan book
- De Scott en 11-05-23
De: Jeff Nussbaum
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Inside Scientology
- The Story of America's Most Secretive Religion
- De: Janet Reitman
- Narrado por: Stephen Hoye
- Duración: 15 h y 40 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 2,167
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 1,848
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,865
Scientology, created in 1954 by a prolific sci-fi writer named L. Ron Hubbard, claims to be the world's fastest-growing religion, with millions of members around the world and huge financial holdings. Its celebrity believers keep its profile high, and its teams of "volunteer ministers" offer aid at disaster sites such as Haiti and the World Trade Center. But Scientology is also a notably closed faith, harassing journalists and others through litigation and intimidation, even infiltrating the highest levels of government to further its goals.
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5 out of 5 stars
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My cup of tea.
- De MWMcCabe en 08-09-11
De: Janet Reitman
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The Hellhound of Wall Street
- How Ferdinand Pecora's Investigation of the Great Crash Forever Changed American Finance
- De: Michael Perino
- Narrado por: George K. Wilson
- Duración: 14 h y 34 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 35
In The Hellhound of Wall Street, Michael Perino recounts in riveting detail the 1933 hearings that put Wall Street on trial for the Great Crash. Never before in American history had so many financial titans been called to account before the public, and they had come within a few weeks of emerging unscathed. By the time Ferdinand Pecora, a Sicilian immigrant and former New York prosecutor, took over as chief counsel, the investigation had dragged on ineffectively for nearly a year and was universally written off as dead....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Story
- De Lynn en 03-22-11
De: Michael Perino
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The Bully Pulpit
- Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism
- De: Doris Kearns Goodwin
- Narrado por: Edward Herrmann
- Duración: 36 h y 42 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,353
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,913
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,904
Goodwin describes the broken friendship between Teddy Roosevelt and his chosen successor, William Howard Taft. With the help of the "muckraking" press, Roosevelt had wielded the Bully Pulpit to challenge and triumph over abusive monopolies, political bosses, and corrupting money brokers. Roosevelt led a revolution that he bequeathed to Taft only to see it compromised as Taft surrendered to money men and big business. The rupture led Roosevelt to run against Taft for president, an ultimately futile race that gave power away to the Democrats.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Makes You Forget You Live in the 21st Century Good
- De Cynthia en 01-11-14
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Master of the Senate
- The Years of Lyndon Johnson III
- De: Robert A. Caro
- Narrado por: Stephen Lang
- Duración: 8 h y 33 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 302
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 146
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 145
Master of the Senate carries Lyndon Johnson's story through one of its most remarkable periods: his 12 years in the U.S. Senate. At the heart of the book is its unprecedented revelation of how legislative power works in America, how the Senate works, and how Johnson, in his ascent to the presidency, mastered the Senate as no political leader before him had ever done. "There is something uniquely mesmerizing about the wily, combative Lyndon Johnson as portrayed by Caro," says Publishers Weekly.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Abridgement bad
- De Shelly Brisbin en 09-05-04
De: Robert A. Caro