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Braiding Sweetgrass
- Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
- By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Narrated by: Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Length: 16 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 11,385
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9,873
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Story5 out of 5 stars 9,847
As a botanist and professor of plant ecology, Robin Wall Kimmerer has spent a career learning how to ask questions of nature using the tools of science. As a Potawatomi woman, she learned from elders, family, and history that the Potawatomi, as well as a majority of other cultures indigenous to this land, consider plants and animals to be our oldest teachers.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Finally, Words
- By Donovan P Malley on 06-30-19
- Braiding Sweetgrass
- Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
- By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Narrated by: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Inspiring Intellectual Intersections
Reviewed: 07-29-22
Absolutely loved this book. It was a wonderful treasure that showed the profound intersections of Indigenous culture, knowledge, and wisdom with scientific research. I simply loved it. The author is a thoughtful, compelling, and artful writer.
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Heartland
- A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth
- By: Sarah Smarsh
- Narrated by: Sarah Smarsh
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 977
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 865
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 862
During Sarah Smarsh’s turbulent childhood in Kansas in the 1980s and 1990s, the forces of cyclical poverty and the country’s changing economic policies solidified her family’s place among the working poor. By telling the story of her life and the lives of the people she loves, Smarsh challenges us to look more closely at the class divide in our country and examine the myths about people thought to be less because they earn less.
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5 out of 5 stars
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My favorite memoir of 2018
- By NMwritergal on 11-25-18
- Heartland
- A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth
- By: Sarah Smarsh
- Narrated by: Sarah Smarsh
Poetic and Historical Narrative
Reviewed: 11-08-18
This was a poetic interweaving of family narrative and historical-political culture that thoughtfully tells a story of poverty is that familiar yet unknown. Smarsh is a brilliant writer who writes artfully and honestly. Everyone will be better for having read this book because of its authenticity, honesty, and compelling insight into life, work, struggle, and family.
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Evicted
- Poverty and Profit in the American City
- By: Matthew Desmond
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6,026
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5,345
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,328
In Evicted, Princeton sociologist and MacArthur “Genius” Matthew Desmond follows eight families in Milwaukee as they each struggle to keep a roof over their heads. Hailed as “wrenching and revelatory” (The Nation), “vivid and unsettling” (New York Review of Books), Evicted transforms our understanding of poverty and economic exploitation while providing fresh ideas for solving one of twenty-first-century America’s most devastating problems. Its unforgettable scenes of hope and loss remind us of the centrality of home, without which nothing else is possible.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Former Property Manager
- By Charla on 05-18-16
- Evicted
- Poverty and Profit in the American City
- By: Matthew Desmond
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
Moving Account of Inequality an Displacement
Reviewed: 08-01-18
Desmond's ethnography reveals an important and overlooked reality of material hardship in America. He writes about the intertwined life narratives of those living in poverty with grit and honesty. A must read for anyone who is ready to face some of the country's harshest truths. This book reminded me of the humanity and resilience that resides in ghettos, slums, and other marginalized communities. A very moving book and critical book.
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Letter to My Daughter
- By: Maya Angelou
- Narrated by: Maya Angelou
- Length: 2 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2,202
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,826
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1,814
Dedicated to the daughter she never had but sees all around her, Letter to My Daughter reveals Maya Angelou's path to living well and living a life with meaning. Told in her own inimitable style, this book transcends genres and categories: guidebook, memoir, poetry, and pure delight. Here in short spellbinding essays are glimpses of the tumultuous life that led Angelou to an exalted place in American letters and taught her lessons in compassion and fortitude.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wisdom that not only experience can give...
- By Theodore on 09-17-11
- Letter to My Daughter
- By: Maya Angelou
- Narrated by: Maya Angelou
Profound
Reviewed: 01-25-18
Maya Angelou's words are profound. Her wisdom is found in the journey of her life's narratives. This collection of stories is particularly thought provoking and heart compelling.
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Born a Crime
- Stories from a South African Childhood
- By: Trevor Noah
- Narrated by: Trevor Noah
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 215,923
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 195,338
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Story5 out of 5 stars 194,369
In this award-winning Audible Studios production, Trevor Noah tells his wild coming-of-age tale during the twilight of apartheid in South Africa. It’s a story that begins with his mother throwing him from a moving van to save him from a potentially fatal dispute with gangsters, then follows the budding comedian’s path to self-discovery through episodes both poignant and comical.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book and perfect narration
- By MarilynArms on 12-15-16
- Born a Crime
- Stories from a South African Childhood
- By: Trevor Noah
- Narrated by: Trevor Noah
Absolutely fantastic!
Reviewed: 08-25-17
This was an authentic life story filled with joy, fear, honesty, and meaning. I have been moved.
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