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An examination of WASP culture through the lives of some of its most prominent figures.
From politics to fashion, their style still intrigues us. WASPs produced brilliant reformers - Eleanor, Theodore, and Franklin Roosevelt - and inspired Cold Warriors - Dean Acheson, Averell Harriman, and Joe Alsop.
Yet they were unhappy. Descended from families that created the United States, WASPs felt themselves stunted by a civilization that thwarted their higher aspirations at every turn. They were the original lost generation.
Yet out of the neurotic ruins emerged a group of patriots devoted to public service and the renewal of society. In a study of the WASP revolution in American life, Michael Knox Beran brings the stories of Henry Adams and Henry Stimson, Learned Hand and Vida Scudder, John Jay Chapman and Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney to life. These characters were driven by a vision of human completeness, one that distinguishes them from the self-complacency of more recent power establishments founded on money and technical know-how.
WASPs shaped the America in which we live, so much so that it isn't easy to understand our problems without a knowledge of their mistakes.
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Nietzsche wrote that all philosophy is autobiographical, and in this vividly compelling, myth-shattering biography, Sue Prideaux brings listeners into the world of this brilliant, eccentric, and deeply troubled man, illuminating the events and people that shaped his life and work. I Am Dynamite! is the essential biography for anyone seeking to understand history's most misunderstood philosopher.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating; tragic
- De Cineaste21 en 12-30-18
De: Sue Prideaux
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The Education of Henry Adams
- De: Henry Adams
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 19 h y 27 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 132
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 89
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As a journalist, historian, and novelist born into a family that included two past presidents of the United States, Henry Adams was constantly focused on the American experiment. An immediate bestseller awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1919, The Education of Henry Adams recounts his own and the country's education from 1838, the year of his birth, to 1905, incorporating the Civil War, capitalist expansion, and the growth of the United States as a world power.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Book EVERYONE should read once.
- De Darwin8u en 04-17-12
De: Henry Adams
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Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know
- De: Colm Toibin
- Narrado por: Colm Toibin
- Duración: 6 h y 7 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 47
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Elegant, profound, and riveting, Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know illuminates not only the complex relationships between three of the greatest writers in the English language and their fathers, but also illustrates the surprising ways these men surface in their work. Through these stories of fathers and sons, Tóibín recounts the resistance to English cultural domination, the birth of modern Irish cultural identity, and the extraordinary contributions of these complex and masterful authors.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Eminently re-readable
- De Ellen-A en 01-02-19
De: Colm Toibin
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The Club
- Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an Age
- De: Leo Damrosch
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 15 h y 1 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 378
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 315
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In 1763, the painter Joshua Reynolds proposed to his friend Samuel Johnson that they invite a few friends to join them every Friday at the Turk's Head Tavern in London to dine, drink, and talk until midnight. Eventually, the group came to include among its members Edmund Burke, Adam Smith, Edward Gibbon, and James Boswell. It was known simply as "the Club". In this captivating audiobook, Leo Damrosch brings alive a brilliant, competitive, and eccentric cast of characters.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful survey
- De Tad Davis en 05-10-19
De: Leo Damrosch
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The Fellowship
- The Literary LIves of the Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Owen Barfield, Charles Williams
- De: Philip Zaleski, Carol Zaleski
- Narrado por: John Curless
- Duración: 26 h y 31 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 502
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C. S. Lewis is the 20th century's most widely read Christian writer and J. R. R. Tolkien its most beloved mythmaker. For three decades they and their closest associates formed a literary club known as the Inklings, which met weekly in Lewis' Oxford rooms and a nearby pub. They read aloud from works in progress, argued about anything that caught their fancy, and gave one another invaluable companionship, inspiration, and criticism.
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4 out of 5 stars
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If You Love Literature...
- De Ray M en 07-14-16
De: Philip Zaleski, y otros
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The Warburgs
- The Twentieth-Century Odyssey of a Remarkable Jewish Family
- De: Ron Chernow
- Narrado por: Jonathan Reese
- Duración: 35 h y 21 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 502
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 442
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Bankers, philanthropists, scholars, socialites, artists, and politicians, the Warburgs stood at the pinnacle of German (and, later, German American) Jewry. They forged economic dynasties, built mansions and estates, assembled libraries, endowed charities, and advised a German kaiser and two American presidents. But their very success made the Warburgs lightning rods for anti-Semitism, and their sense of patriotism became increasingly dangerous in a Germany that had declared Jews the enemy.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Warburg's Dynamic Family History
- De Darwin8u en 10-22-18
De: Ron Chernow
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Eleanor Roosevelt
- Volume I, 1884-1933
- De: Blanche Wiesen Cook
- Narrado por: Kate Reading
- Duración: 22 h y 8 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 213
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 188
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 189
Eleanor Roosevelt was born into the privileges and prejudices of American aristocracy and into a family ravaged by alcoholism. She overcame debilitating roots: in her public life, fighting against racism and injustice and advancing the rights of women; and in her private life, forming lasting intimate friendships with some of the great men and women of her time.
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4 out of 5 stars
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One of the Great Americans I knew too little about
- De Ray M en 07-19-20
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A Torch Kept Lit
- Great Lives of the Twentieth Century
- De: William F. Buckley
- Narrado por: Tony Pasqualini
- Duración: 9 h y 29 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 179
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 163
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 165
In a half century on the national stage, William F. Buckley Jr. achieved unique stature as a polemicist and the undisputed godfather of modern American conservatism. He knew everybody, hosted everybody at his East 73rd Street maisonette, skewered everybody who needed skewering, and in general lived life on a scale, and in a swashbuckling manner, that captivated and inspired countless young conservatives across that half century.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent...inspiring imagery!
- De Lisa Hill en 10-14-16
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Natasha's Dance
- A Cultural History of Russia
- De: Orlando Figes
- Narrado por: Ric Jerrom
- Duración: 29 h y 23 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 141
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 124
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 122
Beginning in the 18th century with the building of St. Petersburg - a 'window on the West' - and culminating with the challenges posed to Russian identity by the Soviet regime, Figes examines how writers, artists, and musicians grappled with the idea of Russia itself - its character, spiritual essence and destiny. He skillfully interweaves the great works - by Dostoevsky, Stravinsky, and Chagall - with folk embroidery, peasant songs, religious icons and all the customs of daily life, from food and drink to bathing habits to beliefs about the spirit world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Kaleidescopic panorama of an enigmatic culture.
- De Tarquin en 02-13-19
De: Orlando Figes
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Emerson
- The Mind on Fire
- De: Robert D. Richardson
- Narrado por: Michael McConnohie
- Duración: 26 h y 8 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 285
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 253
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 254
Ralph Waldo Emerson is one of the most important figures in the history of American thought, religion, and literature. The vitality of his writings and the unsettling power of his example continue to influence us more than a hundred years after his death. Now Robert D. Richardson Jr. brings to life an Emerson very different from the old stereotype of the passionless Sage of Concord.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Finally!
- De Douglas en 08-15-14
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Isak Dinesen
- The Life of a Storyteller
- De: Judith Thurman
- Narrado por: Davina Porter
- Duración: 21 h y 23 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 74
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Isak Dinesen earned international fame for Seven Gothic Tales and Out of Africa, and other stories that skillfully combine elements of fable, social conflict, and psychological drama. She was twice nominated for the Nobel Prize. Yet the story of her life - her travels, affairs, and friendships - remains the greatest story of all.
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3 out of 5 stars
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over-written
- De Jacqui Good en 10-19-18
De: Judith Thurman
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Louisa
- The Extraordinary Life of Mrs. Adams
- De: Louisa Thomas
- Narrado por: Kirsten Potter
- Duración: 15 h y 42 m
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 83
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Born in London to an American father and a British mother on the eve of the Revolutionary War, Louisa Catherine Johnson was raised in circumstances very different from the New England upbringing of future president John Quincy Adams, whose life had been dedicated to public service from the earliest age. And yet John Quincy fell in love with her almost despite himself. Their often tempestuous but deeply close marriage lasted half a century.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Insightful
- De Jean en 05-18-16
De: Louisa Thomas
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Romantic Outlaws
- The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Her Daughter Mary Shelley
- De: Charlotte Gordon
- Narrado por: Susan Lyons
- Duración: 22 h y 31 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 309
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Charlotte Gordon's new work is a fresh look at the lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley, who together comprise one of the most illustrious and inspiring mother-daughter pairs in history.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Tons of info, poor format choice.
- De Gotta Tellya en 02-06-17
De: Charlotte Gordon
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A Wicked Company
- The Forgotten Radicalism of the European Enlightenment
- De: Philipp Blom
- Narrado por: James Patrick Cronin
- Duración: 14 h y 32 m
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The flourishing of radical philosophy in Baron Thierry Holbach’s Paris salon from the 1750s to the 1770s stands as a seminal event in Western history. Holbach’s house was an international epicenter of revolutionary ideas and intellectual daring, bringing together such original minds as Denis Diderot, Laurence Sterne, David Hume, Adam Smith, Ferdinando Galiani, Horace Walpole, Benjamin Franklin, Guillaume Raynal, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. In A Wicked Company, acclaimed historian Philipp Blom retraces the fortunes of this exceptional group of friends.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Book on Radical Enlightenment
- De EJJ en 02-15-15
De: Philipp Blom
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The Consolations of Philosophy
- De: Alain de Botton
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 6 h y 3 m
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Alain de Botton has performed a stunning feat: He has transformed arcane philosophy into something accessible and entertaining, useful and kind. Drawing on the work of six of the world's most brilliant thinkers, de Botton has arranged a panoply of wisdom to guide us through our most common problems.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Cheering, empathic, helpful
- De Austin en 11-11-09
De: Alain de Botton
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Looking for Lorraine
- The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry
- De: Imani Perry
- Narrado por: LisaGay Hamilton
- Duración: 8 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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Lorraine Hansberry, who died at thirty-four, was by all accounts a force of nature. Although best-known for her work A Raisin in the Sun, her short life was full of extraordinary experiences and achievements, and she had an unflinching commitment to social justice, which brought her under FBI surveillance when she was barely in her twenties. While her close friends and contemporaries, like James Baldwin and Nina Simone, have been rightly celebrated, her story has been diminished and relegated to one work—until now.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Radiant
- De Rose Brookins en 03-20-19
De: Imani Perry
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The Republic of Imagination
- America in Three Books
- De: Azar Nafisi
- Narrado por: Mozhan Marnò
- Duración: 10 h y 8 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 56
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 50
Blending memoir and polemic with close readings of her favorite novels, she describes the unexpected journey that led her to become an American citizen after first dreaming of America as a young girl in Tehran and coming to know the country through its fiction. She urges us to rediscover the America of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and challenges us to be truer to the words and spirit of the Founding Fathers, who understood that their democratic experiment would never thrive or survive unless they could foster a democratic imagination.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Love
- De Rebecca en 05-29-16
De: Azar Nafisi
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Heroes
- From Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar to Churchill and de Gaulle
- De: Paul Johnson
- Narrado por: James Adams
- Duración: 11 h y 4 m
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 43
In this enlightening and entertaining work, Johnson presents heroism through examples in history. From Alexander to Joan of Arc and George Washington to Marilyn Monroe, here are men and women from every age and corner of the world who have inspired and transformed their cultures and the world itself.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Interesting, but deeply flawed
- De Kennet en 12-27-07
De: Paul Johnson
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre WASPs
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Ejecución5 out of 5 stars
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- Charlotte Beyer
- 07-04-24
Extraordinary history while very readable and engaging
Erudition and context of history were fantastic! Loved the reader, too, whose accent was perfect
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