Weapons of the Weak
Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance
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James C. Scott
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This sensitive picture of the constant and circumspect struggle waged by peasants materially and ideologically against their oppressors shows that techniques of evasion and resistance may represent the most significant and effective means of class struggle in the long run.
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With the publication of Essay on the Principle of Population and its projection of food shortages in the face of ballooning populations, British theorist Thomas Robert Malthus secured a leading role in modern political and economic thought. In this startling new interpretation, Deborah Valenze reveals how canonical readings of Malthus fail to acknowledge his narrow understanding of what constitutes food production.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very insightful!
- De Consumer Expert! en 07-21-23
De: Deborah Valenze
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Against the Grain
- A Deep History of the Earliest States
- De: James C. Scott
- Narrado por: Eric Jason Martin
- Duración: 8 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 876
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 730
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 725
Why did humans abandon hunting and gathering for sedentary communities dependent on livestock and cereal grains and governed by precursors of today's states? Most people believe that plant and animal domestication allowed humans, finally, to settle down and form agricultural villages, towns, and states, which made possible civilization, law, public order, and a presumably secure way of living. But archaeological and historical evidence challenges this narrative.
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4 out of 5 stars
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World without Women
- De Paul Richards en 04-28-18
De: James C. Scott
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Seeing Like a State
- De: James C. Scott
- Narrado por: Michael Kramer
- Duración: 16 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 476
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 389
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 385
Why do well-intentioned plans for improving the human condition go tragically awry? Author James C. Scott analyzes failed cases of large-scale authoritarian plans in a variety of fields. Centrally managed social plans misfire, Scott argues, when they impose schematic visions that do violence to complex interdependencies that are not - and cannot - be fully understood. Further, the success of designs for social organization depends upon the recognition that local, practical knowledge is as important as formal, epistemic knowledge.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Beats a dead horse and then beats it again
- De Nathan Parker en 10-29-20
De: James C. Scott
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Two Cheers for Anarchism
- Six Easy Pieces on Autonomy, Dignity, and Meaningful Work and Play
- De: James C. Scott
- Narrado por: Jeremy Arthur
- Duración: 4 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 192
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 159
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 155
James Scott taught us what's wrong with seeing like a state. Now, in his most accessible and personal book to date, the acclaimed social scientist makes the case for seeing like an anarchist. Inspired by the core anarchist faith in the possibilities of voluntary cooperation without hierarchy, Two Cheers for Anarchism is an engaging, high-spirited, and often very funny defense of an anarchist way of seeing - one that provides a unique and powerful perspective on everything from everyday social and political interactions to mass protests and revolutions.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Three cheeers for Two cheers for Anarchism
- De doodoo en 01-16-16
De: James C. Scott
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The Democracy Project
- A History, a Crisis, a Movement
- De: David Graeber
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 9 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 302
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 259
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 260
Democracy has been the American religion since before the Revolution - from New England town halls to the multicultural democracy of Atlantic pirate ships. But can our current political system, one that seems responsive only to the wealthiest among us and leaves most Americans feeling disengaged, voiceless, and disenfranchised, really be called democratic? And if the tools of our democracy are not working to solve the rising crises we face, how can we - average citizens - make change happen? David Graeber, one of the most influential scholars and activists of his generation, takes listeners on a journey through the idea of democracy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Must-read: such insight, an awakening!
- De Kevin en 10-15-14
De: David Graeber
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Domination and the Arts of Resistance
- Hidden Transcripts
- De: James C. Scott
- Narrado por: Alex Boyles
- Duración: 10 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 1
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 1
Confrontations between the powerless and powerful are laden with deception—the powerless feign deference and the powerful subtly assert their mastery. Peasants, serfs, untouchables, slaves, laborers, and prisoners are not free to speak their minds in the presence of power. These subordinate groups instead create a secret discourse that represents a critique of power spoken behind the backs of the dominant. At the same time, the powerful also develop a private dialogue about practices and goals of their rule that cannot be openly avowed.
De: James C. Scott
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The Invention of Scarcity
- Malthus and the Margins of History (Yale Agrarian Studies Series)
- De: Deborah Valenze
- Narrado por: Suzanne Toren
- Duración: 8 h y 1 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 7
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 6
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 6
With the publication of Essay on the Principle of Population and its projection of food shortages in the face of ballooning populations, British theorist Thomas Robert Malthus secured a leading role in modern political and economic thought. In this startling new interpretation, Deborah Valenze reveals how canonical readings of Malthus fail to acknowledge his narrow understanding of what constitutes food production.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very insightful!
- De Consumer Expert! en 07-21-23
De: Deborah Valenze
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Against the Grain
- A Deep History of the Earliest States
- De: James C. Scott
- Narrado por: Eric Jason Martin
- Duración: 8 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 876
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 730
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 725
Why did humans abandon hunting and gathering for sedentary communities dependent on livestock and cereal grains and governed by precursors of today's states? Most people believe that plant and animal domestication allowed humans, finally, to settle down and form agricultural villages, towns, and states, which made possible civilization, law, public order, and a presumably secure way of living. But archaeological and historical evidence challenges this narrative.
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4 out of 5 stars
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World without Women
- De Paul Richards en 04-28-18
De: James C. Scott
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Seeing Like a State
- De: James C. Scott
- Narrado por: Michael Kramer
- Duración: 16 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 476
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 389
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 385
Why do well-intentioned plans for improving the human condition go tragically awry? Author James C. Scott analyzes failed cases of large-scale authoritarian plans in a variety of fields. Centrally managed social plans misfire, Scott argues, when they impose schematic visions that do violence to complex interdependencies that are not - and cannot - be fully understood. Further, the success of designs for social organization depends upon the recognition that local, practical knowledge is as important as formal, epistemic knowledge.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Beats a dead horse and then beats it again
- De Nathan Parker en 10-29-20
De: James C. Scott
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Two Cheers for Anarchism
- Six Easy Pieces on Autonomy, Dignity, and Meaningful Work and Play
- De: James C. Scott
- Narrado por: Jeremy Arthur
- Duración: 4 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 192
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 159
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 155
James Scott taught us what's wrong with seeing like a state. Now, in his most accessible and personal book to date, the acclaimed social scientist makes the case for seeing like an anarchist. Inspired by the core anarchist faith in the possibilities of voluntary cooperation without hierarchy, Two Cheers for Anarchism is an engaging, high-spirited, and often very funny defense of an anarchist way of seeing - one that provides a unique and powerful perspective on everything from everyday social and political interactions to mass protests and revolutions.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Three cheeers for Two cheers for Anarchism
- De doodoo en 01-16-16
De: James C. Scott
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The Democracy Project
- A History, a Crisis, a Movement
- De: David Graeber
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 9 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 302
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 259
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 260
Democracy has been the American religion since before the Revolution - from New England town halls to the multicultural democracy of Atlantic pirate ships. But can our current political system, one that seems responsive only to the wealthiest among us and leaves most Americans feeling disengaged, voiceless, and disenfranchised, really be called democratic? And if the tools of our democracy are not working to solve the rising crises we face, how can we - average citizens - make change happen? David Graeber, one of the most influential scholars and activists of his generation, takes listeners on a journey through the idea of democracy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Must-read: such insight, an awakening!
- De Kevin en 10-15-14
De: David Graeber
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A Century of Tomorrows
- How Imagining the Future Shapes the Present
- De: Glenn Adamson
- Narrado por: Glenn Adamson
- Duración: 11 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 1
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 1
A Century of Tomorrows offers an illuminating account of how the world was transformed by the science (or is it?) of futurecasting. Beneath the chaos of competing tomorrows, Adamson reveals a hidden order: six key themes that have structured visions of what’s next. Helping him to tell this story are remarkable characters, including self-proclaimed futurologists such as Buckminster Fuller and Stewart Brand, as well as an eclectic array of other visionaries who have influenced our thinking about the world ahead.
De: Glenn Adamson
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Tip of the Spear
- Black Radicalism, Prison Repression, and the Long Attica Revolt
- De: Orisanmi Burton
- Narrado por: Leon Nixon
- Duración: 12 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 3
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 2
Tip of the Spear boldly and compellingly argues that prisons are a domain of hidden warfare within US borders. With this book, Orisanmi Burton explores what he terms the Long Attica Revolt, a criminalized tradition of Black radicalism that propelled rebellions in New York prisons during the 1970s. The reaction to this revolt illuminates what Burton calls prison pacification: the coordinated tactics of violence, isolation, sexual terror, propaganda, reform, and white supremacist science and technology that state actors use to eliminate Black resistance within and beyond prison walls.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Mr. Nixon excels in delivering Dr. Burton’s peerless analysis
- De Michael Bolds en 12-19-24
De: Orisanmi Burton
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The Science of Why We Exist
- A History of the Universe from the Big Bang to Consciousness
- De: Tim Coulson
- Narrado por: Tim Gerard Reynolds
- Duración: 15 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General2 out of 5 stars 1
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Narración:0 out of 5 stars 0
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Historia0 out of 5 stars 0
Have you ever wondered why you exist? What had to happen for you to be alive and conscious? Scientists have come a long way in answering this question, and this book describes what they have found out. It also examines whether our existence was inevitable at the universe's birth 13.77 billion years ago—or whether we are just incredibly lucky. The book is aimed at those who are interested in science but are not experts.
De: Tim Coulson
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A Concise History of the Middle East, 13th Edition
- De: Arthur Goldschmidt, Ibrahim Al-Marashi
- Narrado por: John Lescault
- Duración: 21 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General3 out of 5 stars 1
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Narración:1 out of 5 stars 1
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 1
A Concise History of the Middle East provides a comprehensive introduction to the history of this region. Spanning from the pre-Islamic era to the present, it explores the evolution of Middle Eastern institutions and culture, the influence of European colonialism and Western imperialism, regional modernization efforts, the struggle of various peoples for political independence, the Arab–Israel conflict, the reassertion of Islamist values and power, the issues surrounding the Palestinian Question, and more.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Narration is robotic
- De Rana R. en 01-04-25
De: Arthur Goldschmidt, y otros
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Feel-Good Finance
- Untangle Your Relationship with Money for Better Mental, Emotional, and Financial Well-Being
- De: Aja Evans
- Narrado por: Diana Blue
- Duración: 5 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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General0 out of 5 stars 0
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Narración:0 out of 5 stars 0
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Your mindset about money is more important than ever before, especially for women and people of color. Feel-Good Finance will prepare you to rewrite your wealth narrative, help you heal your relationship with money once and for all, and attain the financial freedom you deserve.
De: Aja Evans
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The Finance Collection: 6 Essential Books on Wealth and Economics
- The Richest Man in Babylon, The Science of Getting Rich, Think and Grow Rich, As a Man Thinketh, The Wealth of Nations, Capital: Volume 1
- De: Wallace D. Wattles, Karl Marx, Adam Smith, y otros
- Narrado por: Peter Kenny, Malk Williams, Ben Allen
- Duración: 92 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 2
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 2
The Finance Collection is a wide-ranging collection of 6 classic works focused on the building of wealth, economics, and critiques of capitalism itself. Including works by authors as diverse as James Allen, George Samuel Clason, Adam Smith, and Karl Marx
De: Wallace D. Wattles, y otros
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The Archaeology of Knowledge
- And the Discourse on Language
- De: Michel Foucault
- Narrado por: James Gillies
- Duración: 12 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 1
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 1
Madness, sexuality, power, knowledge—are these facts of life or simply parts of speech? In a series of works of astonishing brilliance, historian Michel Foucault excavated the hidden assumptions that govern the way we live and the way we think. The Archaeology of Knowledge begins at the level of things aid and moves quickly to illuminate the connections between knowledge, language, and action in a style at once profound and personal. A summing up of Foucault's own methodological assumptions, this book is also a first step toward a genealogy of the way we live now.
De: Michel Foucault
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Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia
- De: David Graeber
- Narrado por: Roger Davis
- Duración: 5 h y 10 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 48
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 48
Pirates have long lived in the realm of romance and fantasy, symbolizing risk, lawlessness, and radical visions of freedom. But at the root of this mythology is a rich history of pirate societies—vibrant, imaginative experiments in self-governance and alternative social formations at the edges of the European empire.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A fun historical analysis of Pirate political systems
- De Ian Turner en 01-30-23
De: David Graeber
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Equality
- What It Means and Why It Matters
- De: Thomas Piketty, Michael J. Sandel
- Narrado por: Derek Dysart, Stephen Graybill
- Duración: 2 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 5
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 5
In this compelling dialogue, two of the world’s most influential thinkers reflect on the value of equality and debate what citizens and governments should do to narrow the gaps that separate us. Ranging across economics, philosophy, history, and current affairs, Thomas Piketty and Michael Sandel consider how far we have come in achieving greater equality. At the same time, they confront head-on the extreme divides that remain in wealth, income, power, and status nationally and globally.
De: Thomas Piketty, y otros
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The Roads to Rome
- A History of Imperial Expansion
- De: Catherine Fletcher
- Narrado por: Catherine Fletcher
- Duración: 13 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
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General0 out of 5 stars 0
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The Roads to Rome is a journey into a past that remains intimately connected to our present. Traveling from Scotland to Cádiz to Istanbul and back to Rome, the listener meanders through nations and empires that have risen and fallen. We encounter spies, bandits, innkeepers, a Byzantine noblewoman on the run, aristocrats on their Grand Tour, Napoleon, John Keats, the Shelleys, Frederick Douglass, and Mussolini.
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The Troublemaker
- How Jimmy Lai Became a Billionaire, Hong Kong's Greatest Dissident, and China's Most Feared Critic
- De: Mark L. Clifford
- Narrado por: Kayden Lukakis
- Duración: 8 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 8
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 7
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 7
The astonishing story of the billionaire businessman Jimmy Lai, who became one of Hong Kong’s leading activists for democracy and is China’s most famous political prisoner.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful read
- De Jim Berg en 12-27-24
De: Mark L. Clifford
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Agent Zo
- The Untold Story of a Fearless World War II Resistance Fighter
- De: Clare Mulley
- Narrado por: Kristin Atherton, Clare Mulley
- Duración: 13 h y 50 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 9
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 8
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 8
During World War II, Elzbieta Zawacka—the WWII female resistance fighter known as Agent Zo—was the only woman to reach London as an emissary of the Polish Home Army command. In Britain, she became the only woman to join the Polish elite Special Forces, known as the "Silent Unseen." She was secretly trained in the British countryside, and then she was the only female member of these forces to be parachuted back behind enemy lines to Nazi-occupied Poland.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Agent Zo
- De Cam en 03-05-25
De: Clare Mulley