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This audiobook is an uplifting story, based on the life of Worthy Patterson; one of the first black players in the NBA. Real life historical events are weaved into Worthy's upbringing, all the way through his final career position as an executive in the record music industry.
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My hometown
- De Jimmy_C en 02-27-25
De: Scott Ellsworth
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A Mighty Long Way
- My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School
- De: Carlotta Walls Lanier
- Narrado por: Peter Fernandez, Lizan Mitchell
- Duración: 10 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 56
In 1951, Carlotta Walls Lanier was one of the nine African-American students to integrate Little Rock High School, and the first to earn a diploma. Here she provides a firsthand account of her experiences - including the bombing that rocked her home, the constant threats she and her classmates faced, and the pressure and bullying her parents endured.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very insightful book
- De karen feek en 01-05-21
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Once in a Great City
- A Detroit Story
- De: David Maraniss
- Narrado por: David Maraniss
- Duración: 13 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 186
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 157
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 153
It's 1963, and Detroit is on top of the world. The city's leaders are among the most visionary in America. It was the American auto makers' best year; the revolution in music and politics was underway. Walter Reuther's UAW had helped lift the middle class. Once in a Great City shows that the shadows of collapse were evident even then. Yet so much of what Detroit gave America lasts.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great read
- De Jordanel en 01-02-16
De: David Maraniss
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The Masters
- Golf, Money, and Power in Augusta, Georgia
- De: Curt Sampson
- Narrado por: Barrett Whitener
- Duración: 10 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 235
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 171
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 167
The Masters golf tournament weaves a hypnotic spell. It is the toughest ticket in sports, with black-market tickets selling for $10,000 and more. Success at Augusta National breeds legends, while failure can overshadow even the most brilliant of careers. But as Curt Sampson reveals in The Masters, a cold heart beats behind the warm antebellum facade of this famous Augusta course.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Okay Listen, but
- De Scott D. Loeffler en 05-02-08
De: Curt Sampson
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The Black Calhouns
- From Civil War to Civil Rights with One African American Family
- De: Gail Lumet Buckley
- Narrado por: Allyson Johnson
- Duración: 11 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 51
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 46
In The Black Calhouns, Gail Lumet Buckley - daughter of actress Lena Horne - delves deep into her family history, detailing the experiences of an extraordinary African American family from Civil War to civil rights. Beginning with her great-great-grandfather, Moses Calhoun, a house slave who used the rare advantage of his education to become a successful businessman in postwar Atlanta, Buckley follows her family's two branches: one that stayed in the South and the other that settled in Brooklyn.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Black Calhouns
- De Marva en 10-15-24
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The Barbizon
- The Hotel that Set Women Free
- De: Paulina Bren
- Narrado por: Andi Arndt
- Duración: 9 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 399
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 341
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 338
Welcome to New York’s legendary hotel for women, the Barbizon. Liberated after WWI from home and hearth, women flocked to New York City during the Roaring Twenties. But even as women’s residential hotels became the fashion, the Barbizon stood out; it was designed for young women with artistic aspirations, and included soaring art studios and soundproofed practice rooms. More importantly still, with no men allowed beyond the lobby, the Barbizon signaled respectability, a place where a young woman of a certain class could feel at home.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Very Enjoyable Non Fiction, Mostly Easy Listening
- De Frank Donnelly en 03-23-21
De: Paulina Bren
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My Remarkable Journey
- A Memoir
- De: Katherine Johnson, Joylette Hylick, Katherine Moore
- Narrado por: Robin Miles
- Duración: 7 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 376
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 327
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 324
The remarkable woman at heart of the smash New York Times best seller and Oscar-winning film Hidden Figures tells the full story of her life, including what it took to work at NASA, help land the first man on the moon, and live through a century of turmoil and change.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Amazing Woman, Interesting Life
- De Grace en 08-20-21
De: Katherine Johnson, y otros
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Good Day!
- The Paul Harvey Story
- De: Paul J. Batura
- Narrado por: Paul J. Batura
- Duración: 6 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 238
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 193
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 192
In Good Day!: The Paul Harvey Story, author Paul J. Batura follows the remarkable life of one of the founding fathers of the news media. Paul Harvey started his career during the Great Depression and narrated America's story day by day, through wars and peace, the threat of communism and the crumbling of old colonial powers, consumer booms and eventual busts.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Should have been better
- De Royce Brown en 12-21-09
De: Paul J. Batura
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The Eagles of Heart Mountain
- A True Story of Football, Incarceration, and Resistance in World War II America
- De: Bradford Pearson
- Narrado por: Feodor Chin
- Duración: 11 h y 26 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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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 1942, the United States government forced 120,000 Japanese Americans from their homes in California, Oregon, Washington, and Arizona and sent them to incarceration camps across the West. Nearly 14,000 of them landed on the outskirts of Cody, Wyoming, at the base of Heart Mountain. Behind barbed wire fences, they faced racism, cruelty, and frozen winters. Trying to recreate comforts from home, they established Buddhist temples and sumo wrestling pits. Kabuki performances drew hundreds of spectators — yet there was little hope.
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2 out of 5 stars
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I wanted to like it
- De Happy Mountain en 06-04-22
De: Bradford Pearson
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Tigerland
- 1968-1969: A City Divided, a Nation Torn Apart, and a Magical Season of Healing
- De: Wil Haygood
- Narrado por: Dominic Hoffman
- Duración: 16 h y 9 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 36
Against the backdrop of one of the most tumultuous periods in recent American history, as riots and demonstrations spread across the nation, the Tigers of poor, segregated East High School in Columbus, Ohio, did something no team from one school had ever done before: They won the state basketball and baseball championships in the same year. They defeated bigger, richer, whiter teams across the state and along the way brought blacks and whites together, eased a painful racial divide throughout the state, and overcame extraordinary obstacles on their road to success.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Flashback to the Late 1960s
- De Toni Bowes en 09-05-19
De: Wil Haygood
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Olympic Pride, American Prejudice
- The Untold Story of 18 African Americans Who Defied Jim Crow and Adolf Hitler to Compete in the 1936 Berlin Olympics
- De: Deborah Riley Draper, Blair Underwood, Travis Thrasher
- Narrado por: Leon Nixon
- Duración: 9 h y 8 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 21
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 19
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 19
From burning crosses set on the Robinsons’s lawn to a Pennsylvania small town on fire with praise and parades when the athletes return from Berlin, Olympic Pride, American Prejudice is full of emotion, grit, political upheaval, and the American dream. Capturing a powerful and untold chapter of history, the narrative is also a celebration of the courage, commitment, and accomplishments of these talented athletes and their impact on race, sports and inclusion around the world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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History I never knew...
- De Malcolm Drewery en 10-01-21
De: Deborah Riley Draper, y otros
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Yale Needs Women
- How the First Group of Girls Rewrote the Rules of an Ivy League Giant
- De: Anne Gardiner Perkins
- Narrado por: Erin Bennett
- Duración: 9 h y 59 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 30
In the winter of 1969, from big cities to small towns, young women across the country sent in applications to Yale University for the first time. The Ivy League institution dedicated to graduating "1,000 male leaders" each year had finally decided to open its doors to the nation's top female students. The landmark decision was a huge step forward for women's equality in education. Or was it?
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Long Struggle
- De Anonymous User en 08-21-20
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Relentless
- Unleashing a Life of Purpose, Grit, and Faith
- De: John Tesh
- Narrado por: John Tesh
- Duración: 7 h y 41 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 181
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 158
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 158
John Tesh has achieved more in life than he ever dreamed possible. But the road to success has been anything but easy - and those challenges have become the secret to his success. Through his story, we can learn how to be relentless, how to achieve what we didn't think was possible, and how to handle our inevitable discouragements.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Powerful with Intention
- De M. Moody en 03-27-20
De: John Tesh
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Meghan: A Hollywood Princess
- De: Andrew Morton
- Narrado por: Charles Armstrong
- Duración: 7 h y 31 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 128
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 114
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 112
From Andrew Morton, the New York Times best-selling author of Diana: Her True Story, comes a revealing, juicy, and inspiring biography of Meghan Markle, the American actress who won Prince Harry's heart. When Meghan Markle and Prince Harry were set up by a mutual friend on a blind date in July 2016, little did they know that the resulting whirlwind romance would lead to their engagement in November 2017 and marriage in May 2018. Since then, our fascination with the woman who has smashed the royal mold has rocketed.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Book offers no new material
- De Jean en 04-24-18
De: Andrew Morton
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My Song
- A Memoir
- De: Harry Belafonte, Michael Shnayerson
- Narrado por: Harry Belafonte, Mirron Willis
- Duración: 19 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 164
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 147
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 146
Harry Belafonte is not just one of the greatest entertainers of our time; he has led one of the great American lives of the last century. Now, this extraordinary icon tells us the story of that life, giving us its full breadth, letting us share in the struggles, the tragedies, and, most of all, the inspiring triumphs.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing
- De Khafre en 12-30-11
De: Harry Belafonte, y otros
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Hughes: The Private Diaries, Memos and Letters
- The Definitive Biography of the First American Billionaire
- De: Richard Hack
- Narrado por: Dan Cashman
- Duración: 17 h y 58 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 688
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 374
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 376
Howard Hughes was a true American original: legendary lover, record-setting aviator, award-winning film producer, talented inventor, ultimate eccentric, and, for much of his lifetime, the richest man in the United States. His desire for privacy was so fierce and his isolation so complete that even now, 25 years after his death, inaccurate stories continue to circulate, and many have been published as fact. Hughes explodes the illusion of his life and exposes the man behind the myth. He was a playboy whose sexual exploits with Hollywood stars were legendary.
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5 out of 5 stars
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GOOD READ
- De Randall en 04-25-09
De: Richard Hack
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A Mighty Long Way
- My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School
- De: Carlotta Walls LaNier, Lisa Frazier Page, Bill Clinton - foreword
- Narrado por: Carlotta Walls LaNier
- Duración: 12 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 38
When 14-year-old Carlotta Walls walked up the stairs of Little Rock Central High School on September 25, 1957, she and eight other Black students only wanted to make it to class. But the journey of the “Little Rock Nine”, as they came to be known, would lead the nation on an even longer and much more turbulent path, one that would challenge prevailing attitudes, break down barriers, and forever change the landscape of America.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- De SWF in Minneapolis en 04-27-24
De: Carlotta Walls LaNier, y otros