The Girl with Seven Names
A North Korean Defector’s Story
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An extraordinary insight into life under one of the world’s most ruthless and secretive dictatorships - and the story of one woman’s terrifying struggle to avoid capture/repatriation and guide her family to freedom.
As a child growing up in North Korea, Hyeonseo Lee was one of millions trapped by a secretive and brutal communist regime. Her home on the border with China gave her some exposure to the world beyond the confines of the Hermit Kingdom and, as the famine of the 1990s struck, she began to wonder, question and realise that she had been brainwashed her entire life. Given the repression, poverty and starvation she witnessed surely her country could not be, as she had been told, 'the best on the planet'?
Aged 17, she decided to escape North Korea. She could not have imagined that it would be 12 years before she was reunited with her family.
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 2,781
This New York Times best-seller is the astonishing life story of award-winning humanitarian Ayaan Hirsi Ali. A deeply respected advocate for free speech and women's rights, Hirsi Ali also lives under armed protection because of her outspoken criticism of the Islamic faith in which she was raised.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Tough, Candid Assessment
- De Paul Mullen en 02-18-08
De: Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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The Lightless Sky
- A Twelve-Year-Old Refugee's Harrowing Escape from Afghanistan and His Extraordinary Journey Across Half the World
- De: Gulwali Passarlay
- Narrado por: Assaf Cohen, Susan Duerden
- Duración: 11 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 43
In 2006, after his father was killed, Gulwali Passarlay was caught between the Taliban, who wanted to recruit him, and the Americans, who wanted to use him. To protect her son, Gulwali's mother sent him away. The search for safety would lead the 12-year-old across eight countries, from the mountains of Eastern Afghanistan through Iran and Europe to Britain. Over the course of 12 harrowing months, Gulwali endured imprisonment, hunger, cruelty, brutality, loneliness, and terror - and nearly drowned crossing the Mediterranean Sea.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Face for Refugees
- De Daryl en 12-10-16
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In Order to Live
- A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
- De: Yeonmi Park
- Narrado por: Eji Kim
- Duración: 9 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 6,085
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 5,363
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 5,358
In In Order to Live, Yeonmi Park shines a light not just into the darkest corners of life in North Korea, describing the deprivation and deception she endured and which millions of North Korean people continue to endure to this day, but also onto her own most painful and difficult memories. She tells with bravery and dignity for the first time the story of how she and her mother were betrayed and sold into sexual slavery in China and forced to suffer terrible psychological and physical hardship before they finally made their way to Seoul, South Korea - and to freedom.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow. What a story!
- De Jfm en 02-01-16
De: Yeonmi Park
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Dancing with the Enemy
- My Family's Holocaust Secret
- De: Paul Glaser
- Narrado por: James Anderson Foster, Christa Lewis
- Duración: 7 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 40
The gripping story of the author's aunt, a Jewish dance instructor who was betrayed to the Nazis by the two men she loved, yet managed to survive WWII by teaching dance lessons to the SS at Auschwitz. Her epic life becomes a window into the author's own past and the key to discovering his Jewish roots.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing Unique
- De Nordic Artisan en 05-11-19
De: Paul Glaser
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A Thousand Miles to Freedom
- My Escape from North Korea
- De: Sebastien Falletti, Eunsun Kim
- Narrado por: Emily Woo Zeller
- Duración: 5 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,717
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,452
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,451
Eunsun Kim was born in North Korea, one of the most secretive and oppressive countries in the modern world. As a child, Eunsun loved her country...despite her school field trips to public executions, daily self-criticism sessions, and the increasing gnaw of hunger as the countrywide famine escalated. By the time she was 11 years old, Eunsun's father and grandparents had died of starvation, and Eunsun too was in danger of starving. Finally her mother decided to escape North Korea with Eunsun and her sister.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Not Much New Here, but Courage and Hope to Spare
- De Gillian en 03-25-16
De: Sebastien Falletti, y otros
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They Said They Wanted Revolution
- A Memoir of My Parents
- De: Neda Toloui-Semnani
- Narrado por: Neda Toloui-Semnani
- Duración: 8 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 27
In 1979, Neda Toloui-Semnani’s parents left the United States for Iran to join the revolution. But the promise of those early heady days in Tehran was warped by the rise of the Islamic Republic. With the new regime came international isolation, cultural devastation, and profound personal loss for Neda. Her father was arrested and her mother was forced to make a desperate escape, pregnant and with Neda in tow.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I learned so much. Great pacing, felt like I time-traveled
- De Jess Fuchs en 02-07-22
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Infidel
- De: Ayaan Hirsi Ali
- Narrado por: Ayaan Hirsi Ali
- Duración: 16 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,678
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,776
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 2,781
This New York Times best-seller is the astonishing life story of award-winning humanitarian Ayaan Hirsi Ali. A deeply respected advocate for free speech and women's rights, Hirsi Ali also lives under armed protection because of her outspoken criticism of the Islamic faith in which she was raised.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Tough, Candid Assessment
- De Paul Mullen en 02-18-08
De: Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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Dreams from My Father
- A Story of Race and Inheritance
- De: Barack Obama
- Narrado por: Barack Obama
- Duración: 14 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 590
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 510
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 506
In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a Black African father and a White American mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a Black American. It begins in New York, where Barack Obama learns that his father - a figure he knows more as a myth than as a man - has been killed in a car accident. This sudden death inspires an emotional odyssey - first to a small town in Kansas, from which he retraces the migration of his mother’s family to Hawaii, and then to Kenya, where he meets the African side of his family.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Powerful
- De Gene R. en 10-26-21
De: Barack Obama
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The Wind in My Hair
- My Fight for Freedom in Modern Iran
- De: Masih Alinejad
- Narrado por: Linda Henning
- Duración: 14 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 212
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 190
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 190
A photo on Masih's Facebook page: a woman standing proudly, face bare, hair blowing in the wind. Her crime: removing her veil, or hijab, which is compulsory for women in Iran. This is the self-portrait that sparked "My Stealthy Freedom", a social media campaign that went viral. But Masih is so much more than the arresting face that sparked a campaign inspiring women to find their voices. She's also a world-class journalist whose personal story, told in her unforgettably bold and spirited voice, is emotional and inspiring.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An inspiring journey
- De Krishna Teja Rekapalli en 01-06-19
De: Masih Alinejad
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Daring to Drive
- A Saudi Woman's Awakening
- De: Manal al-Sharif
- Narrado por: Lameece Issaq
- Duración: 10 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 444
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 392
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 395
A ferociously intimate memoir by a devout woman from a modest family in Saudi Arabia who became the unexpected leader of a courageous movement to support women's right to drive.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The rain begins with a single drop
- De Sara en 07-01-17
De: Manal al-Sharif
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Nothing to Envy
- Ordinary Lives in North Korea
- De: Barbara Demick
- Narrado por: Karen White
- Duración: 12 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,164
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,258
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,254
Barbara Demick's Nothing to Envy follows the lives of six North Koreans over fifteen years - a chaotic period that saw the death of Kim Il-sung and the unchallenged rise to power of his son, Kim Jong-il, and the devastation of a far-ranging famine that killed one-fifth of the population. Taking us into a landscape never before seen, Demick brings to life what it means to be an average Korean citizen, living under the most repressive totalitarian regime today.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The man who wants to be GOD
- De Gohar en 05-08-10
De: Barbara Demick
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The Naked Don't Fear the Water
- An Underground Journey with Afghan Refugees
- De: Matthieu Aikins
- Narrado por: Nick Nikon
- Duración: 9 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 143
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 128
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 128
In this extraordinary book, an acclaimed young war reporter chronicles a dangerous journey on the smuggler’s road to Europe, accompanying his friend, an Afghan refugee, in search of a better future.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great story, horrible narration
- De AB en 02-25-22
De: Matthieu Aikins
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The Return
- Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between
- De: Hisham Matar
- Narrado por: Hisham Matar
- Duración: 8 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,021
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 910
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 911
When Hisham Matar was a 19-year-old university student in England, his father was kidnapped. One of the Qaddafi regime's most prominent opponents in exile, he was held in a secret prison in Libya. Hisham would never see him again. But he never gave up hope that his father might still be alive. "Hope," as he writes, "is cunning and persistent." Twenty-two years later, after the fall of Qaddafi, the prison cells were empty, and there was no sign of Jaballa Matar. Hisham returned with his mother and wife to the homeland he never thought he'd go back to again.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Touching memoir. Consider hard copy
- De Joschka Philipps en 02-22-18
De: Hisham Matar
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Midnight in Siberia
- A Train Journey into the Heart of Russia
- De: David Greene
- Narrado por: David Greene
- Duración: 7 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 175
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 162
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 162
Through the stories of fellow travelers, Greene explores the challenges and opportunities facing the new Russia: a nation that boasts open elections and newfound prosperity yet still continues to endure oppression, corruption, and stark inequality. Set against the wintery landscape of Siberia, Greene’s lively travel narrative offers a glimpse into the soul of 20th century Russia: how its people remember their history and look forward to the future.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Long String of NPR Short Reports
- De Sara en 04-13-15
De: David Greene
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Mosaic
- De: Diane Armstrong
- Narrado por: Deidre Rubenstein
- Duración: 19 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 208
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 167
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 171
>i>Mosaic is compelling storytelling at its best - from the fascinating details of Polish-Jewish culture and the rivalries and dramas of family life, to its moving account of lives torn apart by war and persecution, this an extraordinary true story of a family, and of one woman's journey to reclaim her heritage.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absolutely excellent!
- De Roberta en 09-22-11
De: Diane Armstrong
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After the Roundup
- Escape and Survival in Hitler’s France
- De: Joseph Weismann
- Narrado por: J. Clark Allison
- Duración: 5 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 37
On the nights of July 16 and 17, 1942, French police rounded up 11-year-old Joseph Weismann, his family, and 13,000 other Jews. After being held for five days in appalling conditions in the Vélodrome d'Hiver stadium, Joseph and his family were transported by cattle car to the Beaune-la-Rolande internment camp and brutally separated. A thousand children were left behind to wait for a later train. The French guards told the children that they would soon be reunited with their parents, but Joseph and his new friend, Joe Kogan, chose to risk everything in a daring escape attempt.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A “must-listen” book
- De Jonathan R Scupin en 09-25-18
De: Joseph Weismann
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Behind Enemy Lines
- The True Story of a French Jewish Spy in Nazi Germany
- De: Marthe Cohn, Wendy Holden
- Narrado por: Kirsten Potter
- Duración: 10 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 101
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 91
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 92
Marthe Cohn was a young Jewish woman living just across the German border in France when Hitler rose to power. Her family sheltered Jews fleeing the Nazis, including Jewish children sent away by their terrified parents. But soon her homeland was also under Nazi rule. As the Nazi occupation escalated, Marthe's sister was arrested and sent to Auschwitz and the rest of her family was forced to flee to the south of France. Always a fighter, Marthe joined the French Army and became a member of the intelligence service of the French First Army.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing story of a fighter and survivor
- De Magalie Busch en 05-06-19
De: Marthe Cohn, y otros
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Under Red Skies
- Three Generations of Life, Loss, and Hope in China
- De: Karoline Kan
- Narrado por: Allison Hiroto
- Duración: 8 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 109
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 97
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 98
A deeply personal and shocking look at how China is coming to terms with its conflicted past as it emerges into a modern, cutting-edge superpower.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An intimate view of real life in China
- De Lonnie G. Hardy, Jr. en 08-15-19
De: Karoline Kan
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Between Two Worlds
- Growing Up in the Shadow of Saddam
- De: Zainab Salbi, Laurie Becklund
- Narrado por: Josephine Bailey
- Duración: 10 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 144
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 92
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 93
Zainab Salbi was 11-years-old when her father was chosen to serve as Saddam Hussein's personal pilot, her family often forced to spend weekends with Saddam where he watched their every move. As a palace insider, Zainab offers a singular glimpse of what it is like to come of age under a dictator and provides an intimate portrait of the man she was taught to call "uncle". She watched as Saddam pitted friends, spouses, and even children against each other to compete for his approval.
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4 out of 5 stars
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An excellent history lesson
- De Ella en 12-01-09
De: Zainab Salbi, y otros
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While Time Remains
- A North Korean Girl's Search for Freedom in America
- De: Yeonmi Park
- Narrado por: Maureen Taylor
- Duración: 6 h y 28 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 515
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 458
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 457
After defecting from North Korea, Yeonmi Park found liberty and freedom in America. But she also found a chilling crackdown on self-expression and thought that reminded her of the brutal regime she risked her life to escape. When she spoke out about the mass political indoctrination she saw around her in the United States, Park faced censorship and even death threats.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This should be required reading. Amazing book
- De Amazon Customer en 02-15-23
De: Yeonmi Park
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Dear Leader
- Poet, Spy, Escapee - A Look inside North Korea
- De: Jang Jin-sung
- Narrado por: Daniel York
- Duración: 11 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,196
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,017
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,015
As North Korea's State Poet Laureate, Jang Jin-sung led a charmed life. With food provisions (even as the country suffered through its great famine), a travel pass, access to strictly censored information, and audiences with Kim Jong-il himself, his life in Pyongyang seemed safe and secure. But this privileged existence was about to be shattered. When a strictly forbidden magazine he lent to a friend goes missing, Jang Jin-sung must flee for his life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding! A life-changing listen.
- De Gotta Tellya en 09-29-14
De: Jang Jin-sung
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In Order to Live
- A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
- De: Yeonmi Park
- Narrado por: Eji Kim
- Duración: 9 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 6,085
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 5,363
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 5,358
In In Order to Live, Yeonmi Park shines a light not just into the darkest corners of life in North Korea, describing the deprivation and deception she endured and which millions of North Korean people continue to endure to this day, but also onto her own most painful and difficult memories. She tells with bravery and dignity for the first time the story of how she and her mother were betrayed and sold into sexual slavery in China and forced to suffer terrible psychological and physical hardship before they finally made their way to Seoul, South Korea - and to freedom.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow. What a story!
- De Jfm en 02-01-16
De: Yeonmi Park
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A River in Darkness
- One Man's Escape from North Korea
- De: Masaji Ishikawa, Risa Kobayashi - translator, Martin Brown - translator
- Narrado por: Brian Nishii
- Duración: 5 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,952
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,393
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,383
Half-Korean, half-Japanese, Masaji Ishikawa has spent his whole life feeling like a man without a country. This feeling only deepened when his family moved from Japan to North Korea when Ishikawa was just thirteen years old, and unwittingly became members of the lowest social caste. His father, himself a Korean national, was lured to the new Communist country by promises of abundant work, education for his children, and a higher station in society. But the reality of their new life was far from utopian.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Awful! And I don't mean the book . . .
- De DJW en 01-03-18
De: Masaji Ishikawa, y otros
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A Thousand Miles to Freedom
- My Escape from North Korea
- De: Sebastien Falletti, Eunsun Kim
- Narrado por: Emily Woo Zeller
- Duración: 5 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,717
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,452
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,451
Eunsun Kim was born in North Korea, one of the most secretive and oppressive countries in the modern world. As a child, Eunsun loved her country...despite her school field trips to public executions, daily self-criticism sessions, and the increasing gnaw of hunger as the countrywide famine escalated. By the time she was 11 years old, Eunsun's father and grandparents had died of starvation, and Eunsun too was in danger of starving. Finally her mother decided to escape North Korea with Eunsun and her sister.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Not Much New Here, but Courage and Hope to Spare
- De Gillian en 03-25-16
De: Sebastien Falletti, y otros
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Escape from Camp 14
- One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West
- De: Blaine Harden
- Narrado por: Blaine Harden
- Duración: 5 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 57
North Korea is isolated and hungry, bankrupt and belligerent. It is also armed with nuclear weapons. Between 150,000 and 200,000 people are being held in its political prison camps, which have existed twice as long as Stalin's Soviet gulags and twelve times as long as the Nazi concentration camps. Very few born and raised in these camps have escaped. But Shin Donghyuk did. In Escape from Camp 14, acclaimed journalist Blaine Harden tells the story of Shin Dong-hyuk and through the lens of Shin's life unlocks the secrets of the world's most repressive totalitarian state.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Direct honest story of events
- De josephine en 02-08-25
De: Blaine Harden
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While Time Remains
- A North Korean Girl's Search for Freedom in America
- De: Yeonmi Park
- Narrado por: Maureen Taylor
- Duración: 6 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 515
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 458
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 457
After defecting from North Korea, Yeonmi Park found liberty and freedom in America. But she also found a chilling crackdown on self-expression and thought that reminded her of the brutal regime she risked her life to escape. When she spoke out about the mass political indoctrination she saw around her in the United States, Park faced censorship and even death threats.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This should be required reading. Amazing book
- De Amazon Customer en 02-15-23
De: Yeonmi Park
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Dear Leader
- Poet, Spy, Escapee - A Look inside North Korea
- De: Jang Jin-sung
- Narrado por: Daniel York
- Duración: 11 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,196
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,017
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,015
As North Korea's State Poet Laureate, Jang Jin-sung led a charmed life. With food provisions (even as the country suffered through its great famine), a travel pass, access to strictly censored information, and audiences with Kim Jong-il himself, his life in Pyongyang seemed safe and secure. But this privileged existence was about to be shattered. When a strictly forbidden magazine he lent to a friend goes missing, Jang Jin-sung must flee for his life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding! A life-changing listen.
- De Gotta Tellya en 09-29-14
De: Jang Jin-sung
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In Order to Live
- A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
- De: Yeonmi Park
- Narrado por: Eji Kim
- Duración: 9 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 6,085
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 5,363
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 5,358
In In Order to Live, Yeonmi Park shines a light not just into the darkest corners of life in North Korea, describing the deprivation and deception she endured and which millions of North Korean people continue to endure to this day, but also onto her own most painful and difficult memories. She tells with bravery and dignity for the first time the story of how she and her mother were betrayed and sold into sexual slavery in China and forced to suffer terrible psychological and physical hardship before they finally made their way to Seoul, South Korea - and to freedom.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow. What a story!
- De Jfm en 02-01-16
De: Yeonmi Park
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A River in Darkness
- One Man's Escape from North Korea
- De: Masaji Ishikawa, Risa Kobayashi - translator, Martin Brown - translator
- Narrado por: Brian Nishii
- Duración: 5 h y 54 m
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,393
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,383
Half-Korean, half-Japanese, Masaji Ishikawa has spent his whole life feeling like a man without a country. This feeling only deepened when his family moved from Japan to North Korea when Ishikawa was just thirteen years old, and unwittingly became members of the lowest social caste. His father, himself a Korean national, was lured to the new Communist country by promises of abundant work, education for his children, and a higher station in society. But the reality of their new life was far from utopian.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Awful! And I don't mean the book . . .
- De DJW en 01-03-18
De: Masaji Ishikawa, y otros
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A Thousand Miles to Freedom
- My Escape from North Korea
- De: Sebastien Falletti, Eunsun Kim
- Narrado por: Emily Woo Zeller
- Duración: 5 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,717
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,452
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,451
Eunsun Kim was born in North Korea, one of the most secretive and oppressive countries in the modern world. As a child, Eunsun loved her country...despite her school field trips to public executions, daily self-criticism sessions, and the increasing gnaw of hunger as the countrywide famine escalated. By the time she was 11 years old, Eunsun's father and grandparents had died of starvation, and Eunsun too was in danger of starving. Finally her mother decided to escape North Korea with Eunsun and her sister.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Not Much New Here, but Courage and Hope to Spare
- De Gillian en 03-25-16
De: Sebastien Falletti, y otros
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Escape from Camp 14
- One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West
- De: Blaine Harden
- Narrado por: Blaine Harden
- Duración: 5 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 57
North Korea is isolated and hungry, bankrupt and belligerent. It is also armed with nuclear weapons. Between 150,000 and 200,000 people are being held in its political prison camps, which have existed twice as long as Stalin's Soviet gulags and twelve times as long as the Nazi concentration camps. Very few born and raised in these camps have escaped. But Shin Donghyuk did. In Escape from Camp 14, acclaimed journalist Blaine Harden tells the story of Shin Dong-hyuk and through the lens of Shin's life unlocks the secrets of the world's most repressive totalitarian state.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Direct honest story of events
- De josephine en 02-08-25
De: Blaine Harden
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The Last Girl
- My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State
- De: Nadia Murad
- Narrado por: Ilyana Kadushin
- Duración: 12 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 981
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 855
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 852
Nadia Murad was born and raised in Kocho, a small village of farmers and shepherds in Northern Iraq. A member of the Yazidi community, she and her brothers and sisters lived a quiet life. Nadia had dreams of becoming a history teacher or opening her own beauty salon. On August 15, 2014, when Nadia was just 21 years old, this life ended. Islamic State militants massacred the people of her village, executing men who refused to convert to Islam and women too old to become sex slaves.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Heartbreaking Tale of Survival and Hope
- De Leahmgordon en 11-08-17
De: Nadia Murad
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Nothing to Envy
- Ordinary Lives in North Korea
- De: Barbara Demick
- Narrado por: Karen White
- Duración: 12 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,164
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,258
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,254
Barbara Demick's Nothing to Envy follows the lives of six North Koreans over fifteen years - a chaotic period that saw the death of Kim Il-sung and the unchallenged rise to power of his son, Kim Jong-il, and the devastation of a far-ranging famine that killed one-fifth of the population. Taking us into a landscape never before seen, Demick brings to life what it means to be an average Korean citizen, living under the most repressive totalitarian regime today.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The man who wants to be GOD
- De Gohar en 05-08-10
De: Barbara Demick
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The Aquariums of Pyongyang
- De: Chol-hwan Kang, Pierre Rigoulot
- Narrado por: Stephen Park
- Duración: 7 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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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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Stars Between the Sun and Moon
- One Woman's Life in North Korea and Escape to Freedom
- De: Lucia Jang, Susan McClelland
- Narrado por: Janet Song
- Duración: 7 h y 39 m
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Born in 1970s North Korea, Lucia Jang grew up in a typical household - her parents worked in the factories, and the family scraped by on rations. Nightly she bowed to her photo of Kim Il-Sung. It was the beginning of a chaotic period with a decade-long famine. Jang married an abusive man who sold their baby. She left him and went home to help her family by illegally crossing the river to China to trade goods. She was caught and imprisoned twice.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic story. Well read.
- De Jfm en 02-20-16
De: Lucia Jang, y otros
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The Sister
- North Korea's Kim Yo Jong, the Most Dangerous Woman in the World
- De: Sung-Yoon Lee
- Narrado por: Dexter Galang
- Duración: 6 h y 44 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 17
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The first woman ever to issue the threat of a nuclear weapons strike is not even officially a head of state. Kim Yo Jong is the sister of North Korea’s Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un and, as their murderous regime’s chief propagandist, internal administrator, and foreign policymaker, she is the most powerful woman in North Korean history. Cruel but charming, she threatens and insults foreign leaders with sardonic wit, issuing proclamations and denunciations in her own name, a first for any woman in the Korean royal family.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great read, a little long
- De petey.80 en 10-15-24
De: Sung-Yoon Lee
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Without You, There Is No Us
- My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite
- De: Suki Kim
- Narrado por: Janet Song
- Duración: 8 h y 34 m
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Every day, three times a day, the students march in two straight lines, singing praises to Kim Jong-il and North Korea: Without you, there is no motherland. Without you, there is no us. It is a chilling scene, but gradually Suki Kim, too, learns the tune and, without noticing, begins to hum it. It is 2011, and all universities in North Korea have been shut down for an entire year, the students sent to construction fields - except for the 270 students at the all-male Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST).
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4 out of 5 stars
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The King and I meets Mary Poppins
- De Michael en 02-22-15
De: Suki Kim
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The Spartans
- De: Paul Cartledge
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 8 h y 36 m
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The Spartans of ancient Greece were a powerful and unique people, radically different from any civilization before or since. A society of warrior-heroes, they were living exemplars of self-sacrifice, community endeavor, and achievement against all odds, qualities that today signify the ultimate in heroism. Scholars even believe that Thomas More had Sparta specifically in mind when he coined the term "Utopia".
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1 out of 5 stars
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Not a place to go to learn about the Spartans
- De James en 10-22-07
De: Paul Cartledge
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Korea
- The Impossible Country
- De: Daniel Tudor
- Narrado por: James Cameron Stewart
- Duración: 13 h y 44 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 137
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Long overshadowed by Japan and China, South Korea is a small country that happens to be one of the great national success stories of the postwar period. From a failed state with no democratic tradition, ruined and partitioned by war, and sapped by a half-century of colonial rule, South Korea transformed itself in just 50 years into an economic powerhouse and a democracy that serves as a model for other countries. With no natural resources and a tradition of authoritarian rule, Korea managed to accomplish a second Asian miracle.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing book
- De Antoine en 12-14-18
De: Daniel Tudor
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My Holiday in North Korea
- The Funniest/Worst Place on Earth
- De: Wendy E. Simmons
- Narrado por: Jeena Yi
- Duración: 4 h y 38 m
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In My Holiday in North Korea: The Funniest/Worst Place on Earth, Wendy shares a glimpse of North Korea as it's never been seen before. Even though it's the scariest place on Earth, somehow Wendy forgot to check her sense of humor at the border. But Wendy's initial amusement and bewilderment soon turned to frustration and growing paranoia.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Lots of swearing.
- De Gail en 06-21-16
De: Wendy E. Simmons
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The Hard Road Out
- One Woman’s Escape from North Korea
- De: Jihyun Park, Seh-Lynn Chai, Sarah Baldwin - translator
- Narrado por: Rosa Escoda
- Duración: 6 h y 52 m
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North Korea is an open-air prison from which there is no escape. Only a handful of men and women have succeeded. Jihyun Park is one of these rare survivors. Twice she left the land of the ‘socialist miracle’ to flee famine and dictatorship. By the age of 29, she had already witnessed a lifetime of suffering. Family members had died of starvation; her brother was beaten nearly to death by soldiers. Even smiling and laughing was discouraged.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The window to North Korea
- De Anonymous User en 02-25-25
De: Jihyun Park, y otros
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The Sound of Gravel
- A Memoir
- De: Ruth Wariner
- Narrado por: Ruth Wariner
- Duración: 9 h y 4 m
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Ruth Wariner was the 39th of her father's 42 children. Growing up on a farm in rural Mexico, where authorities turned a blind eye to the practices of her community, Ruth lives in a ramshackle house without indoor plumbing or electricity. At church, preachers teach that God will punish the wicked by destroying the world and that women can ascend to heaven only by entering into polygamous marriages and giving birth to as many children as possible.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Unputdownable
- De Lesley A. en 01-16-16
De: Ruth Wariner
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Agrippina
- The Most Extraordinary Woman of the Roman World
- De: Emma Southon
- Narrado por: Teri Schnaubelt
- Duración: 9 h y 27 m
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The story of Agrippina, at the center of imperial power for three generations, is the story of the Julio-Claudia dynasty - and of Rome itself, at its bloody, extravagant, chaotic, ruthless, and political zenith. In her own time, she was recognized as a woman of unparalleled power.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fun!
- De Curatina en 02-27-20
De: Emma Southon
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- Phoenix K
- 10-04-19
Enthralling true story
This book held my attention throughout. There was an element of “what’s going to happen next” throughout! Danger, intrigue, was almost ever-present. I found myself thinking, “what would I do if in this circumstance?” I have so much admiration for the author, her keen mind, and heart. And there were miracles in this story, which I consider divine intervention and tender mercies of the Lord!
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- Pianoman
- 05-23-20
Amaxing, true epic
What is it like to escape North Korea as a teenager and then need to support oneself ? Hide your identity? Not see your mother or brother for more than 10 years? An amazing true story!
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- Rachel
- 11-11-22
wonderful!
I loved the story! I wish the narrator had a Korean accent instead of British.
I think it would have brought more life and realism into Lee's experiences. Even so, I highly recommend!
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- L S
- 07-20-21
favorite book I've read in a long time
Sorry but I'm going to have to take North Korea off my bucket list
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- Barbara T.
- 05-07-20
Fascinating book about a world few know
I learned so much about the hardships placed on the North Koreans and their ability to adapt in order to survive. The author tells her story in a riveting way that keeps the reader engaged to the very last page.
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- Vidoloff
- 02-06-21
good story, slow tempo
good story, slow moving at times. plenty of empathy for her experience and that of all refugee's
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- Cynthia Williams
- 10-13-20
Very Captivating
I listened from beginning to end. Very inspiring and heart wrenching. A story of curiosity, courage, love and family values. Amazingly done.
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- Brenda
- 03-12-20
informative
Interesting to learn more about North Korea and the struggle of one girls escape to freedom.
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- Amazon Addict
- 12-17-21
A Truth Hard Won
We should all be grateful to the author for her amazing perseverance and her willingness to tell the story. We who live in a mostly free world should never take it for granted, as I feel we often do.
I was particularly interested in her take on how propaganda makes it difficult for people to think their own thoughts and how hard it is to unlearn the falsehoods. this seems very relevant in our Western world today.
Worth every minute of your time and I hope that when you're done you will as I plan to do share this book with others.
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- Norman
- 04-21-22
The girl with 7 names
I learned a great deal about North Korean politics, culture and human constraints that are put into each of us. Thanks!
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