Unmasked
COVID, Community, and the Case of Okoboji
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Unmasked is the story of what happened in Okoboji, a small Iowan tourist town, when a collective turn from the coronavirus to the economy occurred in the COVID summer of 2020. State political failures, local negotiations among political and public health leaders, and community (dis)belief about the virus resulted in Okoboji being declared a hotspot just before the Independence Day weekend, when an influx of half a million people visited the town.
The story is both personal and political. Author Emily Mendenhall, an anthropologist at Georgetown University, grew up in Okoboji, and her family still lives there. As the events unfolded, Mendenhall was in Okoboji, where she spoke formally with over 100 people and observed a community that rejected public health guidance, revealing deep-seated mistrust in outsiders and strong commitments to local thinking. Unmasked is a fascinating and heartbreaking account of where people put their trust, and how isolating popular beliefs can be in America's small communities.
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- De: Justin Trudeau
- Narrado por: Justin Trudeau, Colm Feore
- Duración: 8 h y 4 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 65
Justin Trudeau has spent his life in the public eye. From the moment he was born, the first son of an iconic prime minister and his young wife, Canadians have witnessed the highs and the lows, sharing in his successes and mourning with him during tragic times. But few beyond Justin's closest circle have heard his side of his unique journey. Now, in Common Ground, Justin Trudeau reveals how the events of his life have influenced him and formed the ideals that drive him today.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Mesmerizing
- De emilia en 05-04-18
De: Justin Trudeau
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How to Be Black
- De: Baratunde Thurston
- Narrado por: Baratunde Thurston
- Duración: 6 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,147
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,033
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,032
Beyond memoir, this guidebook offers practical advice on everything from "How to Be the Black Friend" to "How to Be the (Next) Black President" to "How to Celebrate Black History Month". This is a humorous, intelligent, and audacious guide that challenges and satirizes the so-called experts, purists, and racists who purport to speak for all Black people. With honest storytelling and biting wit, Baratunde plots a path not just to blackness, but one open to anyone interested in simply "how to be".
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4 out of 5 stars
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Funny yet insightful!
- De Theodore en 02-15-12
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My Two Moms
- Lessons of Love, Strength, and What Makes a Family
- De: Zach Wahls, Bruce Littlefield
- Narrado por: Kris Koscheski
- Duración: 6 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 46
On January 31, 2011, Zach Wahls addressed the Iowa House Judiciary Committee in a public forum regarding civil unions. The 19-year-old son of a same-sex couple, Wahls proudly proclaimed, "The sexual orientation of my parents has had zero effect on the content of my character." Hours later, his speech was posted on YouTube, where it went viral, quickly receiving more than two million views. By the end of the week, everyone knew his name and wanted to hear more from the boy with two moms.
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5 out of 5 stars
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You will not regret listening to this.
- De V. Brown en 06-07-12
De: Zach Wahls, y otros
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The Desperate Hours
- One Hospital's Fight to Save a City on the Pandemic's Front Lines
- De: Marie Brenner
- Narrado por: Kirsten Potter
- Duración: 15 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 40
In the spring of 2020, COVID-19 arrived in New York City. Before long, America’s largest metropolis was at war against a virus that mercilessly swept through its five boroughs. In The Desperate Hours, award-winning journalist Marie Brenner, having been granted unprecedented 18-month access to the entire New York-Presbyterian hospital system, tells the story of the doctors, nurses, residents, researchers, and suppliers who tried to save lives across Manhattan, Queens, and Brooklyn and the northern periphery of the city.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Way too much politics
- De Josh en 07-18-22
De: Marie Brenner
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Paradise Falls
- The True Story of an Environmental Catastrophe
- De: Keith O'Brien
- Narrado por: Eileen Stevens
- Duración: 13 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 100
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 83
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 83
Lois Gibbs, Luella Kenny, and other mothers loved their neighborhood on the east side of Niagara Falls. It had an elementary school, a playground, and rows of affordable homes. In the spring of 1977, pungent odors began to seep into these little houses, and it didn’t take long for worried mothers to identify the curious scent. It was the sickly-sweet smell of chemicals.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Incredible work of everyday people
- De J. C. Edens en 11-20-24
De: Keith O'Brien
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Oddly Normal
- One Family's Struggle to Help Their Teenage Son Come to Terms with His Sexuality
- De: John Schwartz
- Narrado por: John Schwartz, Joseph Schwartz
- Duración: 6 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 54
Three years ago, John Schwartz, a national correspondent for the New York Times, got the call that every parent hopes never to receive: His 13-year-old son, Joe, was in the hospital following a suicide attempt. Mustering the courage to come out to his classmates, Joe had delivered a tirade about homophobic and sexist attitudes that was greeted with unease and confusion by his fellow students. Hours later, he took an overdose of pills.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Effect of Parental Caring
- De Wiliam en 01-16-13
De: John Schwartz
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Radical
- Fighting to Put Students First
- De: Michelle Rhee
- Narrado por: Shannon McManus
- Duración: 8 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 75
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 63
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 64
Part memoir, part manifesto, Radical is this fearless advocate's incisive, intensely personal call-to-arms. Rhee combines the story of her own extraordinary experience with dozens of compelling examples from schools she's worked in and studied-from students from unspeakable home lives who have thrived in the classroom to teachers whose radical methods have produced unprecedented leaps in achievement. Radical chronicles Rhee's awakening to the potential of every child, her rage at the special interests blocking badly-needed change, and her recognition that it will take a grassroots movement to create outstanding public schools.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good read after seeing Waiting for Superman
- De Marie en 04-10-13
De: Michelle Rhee
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Wait, What?
- And Life's Other Essential Questions
- De: James E. Ryan
- Narrado por: James E. Ryan
- Duración: 2 h y 49 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,384
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,137
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,135
In his commencement address to the graduating class of 2016, James E. Ryan, dean of the Harvard University Graduate School of Education, offered remarkable advice to the crowd of hopeful men and women eager to make their marks on the world. The key to achieving emotional connections and social progress, he told them, can be found in five essential questions.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great For Our Jobs, Our Families, Our Lives!
- De Gillian en 05-18-18
De: James E. Ryan
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Promise Me, Dad
- A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose
- De: Joe Biden
- Narrado por: Joe Biden
- Duración: 8 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 6,265
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 5,573
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 5,546
In November 2014, 13 members of the Biden family gathered on Nantucket for Thanksgiving, a tradition they had been celebrating for the past 40 years; it was the one constant in what had become a hectic, scrutinized, and overscheduled life. The Thanksgiving holiday was a much-needed respite, a time to connect, a time to reflect on what the year had brought, and what the future might hold. But this year felt different from all those that had come before.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Sad Memoir
- De Jean en 12-02-17
De: Joe Biden
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The Great Revolt
- Inside the Populist Coalition Reshaping American Politics
- De: Salena Zito, Brad Todd
- Narrado por: Bob Hess
- Duración: 11 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 401
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 356
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 357
Standout syndicated columnist and CNN contributor Salena Zito, with veteran Republican strategist Brad Todd, reports across five swing states and over 27,000 miles to answer the pressing question: Was Donald Trump's election a fluke or did it represent a fundamental shift in the electorate that will have repercussions - for Republicans and Democrats - for years to come.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Explaining Trump's 2016 presidential victory
- De Wayne en 05-10-18
De: Salena Zito, y otros
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Created Equal
- Clarence Thomas in His Own Words
- De: Michael Pack, Mark Paoletta
- Narrado por: Charles Constant, Shamaan Casey, Pamela Klein
- Duración: 10 h y 15 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 231
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 207
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 206
Born into dire poverty in the segregated South and abandoned by his father as a child, Justice Clarence Thomas triumphed over seemingly insurmountable odds to become one of the most influential justices on the Supreme Court. Yet after three decades of honorable service, few know him beyond his contentious confirmation and the surrounding media firestorm. Who is Justice Clarence Thomas, in his own words? Created Equal builds on dozens of hours of groundbreaking one-on-one interviews with Thomas to share a new, expanded account of his powerful story for the first time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Justice Thomas, the epitome of a “Real American Man”!
- De the walton's en 06-23-22
De: Michael Pack, y otros
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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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Inferno
- A Doctor's Ebola Story
- De: Steven Hatch MD
- Narrado por: Steven Hatch MD
- Duración: 11 h y 31 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 28
Dr. Steven Hatch first came to Liberia in November 2013 to work at a hospital in Monrovia. Six months later, several of the physicians Dr. Hatch had mentored and served with were dead or barely clinging to life, and Ebola had become a world health emergency. Hundreds of victims perished each week; whole families were destroyed in a matter of days; so many died so quickly that the culturally taboo practice of cremation had to be instituted to dispose of the bodies.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Good story, spoiled by politics.
- De Roman Vogel en 07-22-17
De: Steven Hatch MD
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The Politician
- An Insider's Account of John Edwards's Pursuit of the Presidency and the Scandal that Brought Him Down
- De: Andrew Young
- Narrado por: Kevin Foley
- Duración: 11 h y 21 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 259
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 102
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 106
Like a nonfiction version of All the King's Men, The Politician offers a truly disturbing, even shocking, perspective on the risks taken and tactics employed by a man determined to rule the most powerful nation on earth.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Politician Phony. A must listen!!!
- De Sherman en 02-09-10
De: Andrew Young
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Clowns to the Left of Me, Jokers to the Right
- Opinionated Columns on American Life
- De: Michael Smerconish
- Narrado por: Michael Smerconish
- Duración: 13 h y 36 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 208
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 182
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 182
Opinionated talk show host and columnist Michael Smerconish has been chronicling local, state, and national events for the Philadelphia Daily News and the Philadelphia Inquirer for more than 15 years. He has sounded off on topics as diverse as the hunt for Osama bin Laden and what the color of your Christmas lights says about you. In this collection of 100 of his most memorable columns, Smerconish reflects on American political life with his characteristic feistiness.
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1 out of 5 stars
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All about Smerc and who cares about the victims
- De Mark J. Rosen en 12-10-20
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Living History
- De: Hillary Rodham Clinton
- Narrado por: Hillary Rodham Clinton
- Duración: 6 h y 59 m
- Versión resumida
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,073
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 471
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 465
You've probably heard clips from Senator Clinton's interview with Barbara Walters. But now you can listen to her full account of her years in the White House. Hillary Clinton vividly describes her pain over her husband's betrayal with Monica Lewinky saying that former President Bill Clinton lied to her about the relationship until the weekend before he admitted the nature of it to a grand jury.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Dare To Read - She Will Dare To Compete in 2008
- De Michael en 06-17-03
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Just Like Us
- The True Story of Four Mexican Girls Coming of Age in America
- De: Helen Thorpe
- Narrado por: Paula Christensen
- Duración: 15 h y 18 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 77
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 61
Just Like Us tells the story of four high school students whose parents entered this country illegally from Mexico. All four of the girls have grown up in the United States, and all four want to live the American dream, but only two have documents. As the girls attempt to make it into college, they discover that only the legal pair see a clear path forward. A coming-of-age story about girlhood and friendship, as well as the resilience required to transcend poverty, Just Like Us is also a book about identity.
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1 out of 5 stars
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I wanted to listen but...
- De PurpleSage en 03-22-14
De: Helen Thorpe