Kevin G. Cunningham
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Stories of Your Life and Others
- By: Ted Chiang
- Narrated by: Abby Craden, Todd McLaren
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,976
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,469
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,478
Stories of Your Life and Others presents characters who must confront sudden change-the inevitable rise of automatons or the appearance of aliens-while striving to maintain some sense of normalcy. In the amazing and much-lauded title story (the basis for the 2016 movie Arrival), a grieving mother copes with divorce and the death of her daughter by drawing on her knowledge of alien languages and non-linear memory recollection.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing collection of short stories
- By Carolina on 09-15-14
- Stories of Your Life and Others
- By: Ted Chiang
- Narrated by: Abby Craden, Todd McLaren
disgusting incel propaganda
Reviewed: 08-11-18
not really anything else to say except that the last story in pure incel propaganda. in case you don't know, incels think it is oppression when they don't get to have sex with whoever they want whenever they want. it's a scumbag ideology of rapey spoiled rotten trash people who no one wants to be with because they are disgusting human parasites. also they commit and celebrate mass murder. and no, it's not their physical features that makes them disgusting, it's their narcissism and rapey ideas about entitlement to other people's bodies. never regretted reading a book before this
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Alif the Unseen
- By: G. Willow Wilson
- Narrated by: Sanjiv Jhaveri
- Length: 15 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 409
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 365
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Story4 out of 5 stars 364
In an unnamed Middle Eastern security state, a young Arab-Indian hacker shields his clients — dissidents, outlaws, Islamists, and other watched groups — from surveillance and tries to stay out of trouble. He goes by Alif — the first letter of the Arabic alphabet, and a convenient handle to hide behind.
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4 out of 5 stars
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21st Century Arabian Nights
- By Ryan on 05-28-14
- Alif the Unseen
- By: G. Willow Wilson
- Narrated by: Sanjiv Jhaveri
captivating and original
Reviewed: 07-01-18
The only problem with this book is that they haven't made a movie out of it yet. No spoilers, just read/listen to it. Great reading made the audiobook even better. Easy to follow and lots of classic concepts but filled with original ideas and all blended together in a very creative way. Unlike anything else I've ever read. Stop reading my review and start reading the book!
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We Were Eight Years in Power
- An American Tragedy
- By: Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Narrated by: Beresford Bennett
- Length: 13 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,383
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,108
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2,094
"We were eight years in power" was the lament of Reconstruction-era Black politicians as the American experiment in multiracial democracy ended with the return of white supremacist rule in the South. Now Ta-Nehisi Coates explores the tragic echoes of that history in our own time: the unprecedented election of a Black president followed by a vicious backlash that fueled the election of the man Coates argues is America's "first White president".
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4 out of 5 stars
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Come on dude
- By Ryan Bailey on 10-04-17
- We Were Eight Years in Power
- An American Tragedy
- By: Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Narrated by: Beresford Bennett
Essential Reading
Reviewed: 02-06-18
Each essay is good as a stand alone piece. Each reflection provides a particular insight. The collection and progression through them all is an experience everyone should go through so that it could be a baseline to which we could collectively refer during the much needed conversations going forward. I don't share TNC's perspective or agree with all his analysis, but he presents his perspective and analysis with such integrity that you have to respect it even when you disagree with it. The key points of historical and contemporary facts he points out and contextualizes are often overlooked but essential. The reparations series feels like a call for truth and reconciliation as much as anything and the book is itself a great effort to push forward on both those fronts.
PS - it is clear after reading this book that much of the popular criticism of it (not to name names but you know who I'm talking about) comes from people who haven't read the book or even the introduction. That is the problem right there, unrepentant ignorance. I guess haters are going to hate, but still, it is very disappointing from some people.
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And Still I Rise (Unabridged Selections)
- A Book of Poems
- By: Maya Angelou
- Narrated by: Maya Angelou
- Length: 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,657
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,430
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1,406
Maya Angelou’s unforgettable collection of poetry lends its name to the documentary film about her life, And Still I Rise, as seen on PBS’s American Masters. “It is true poetry she is writing,” M. F.K . Fisher has observed, “not just rhythm, the beat, rhymes. I find it very moving and at times beautiful. It has an innate purity about it, unquenchable dignity.... It is astounding, flabbergasting, to recognize it, in all the words I read every day and night...it gives me heart, to hear so clearly the caged bird singing and to understand her notes.”
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing
- By Jean on 06-04-14
- And Still I Rise (Unabridged Selections)
- A Book of Poems
- By: Maya Angelou
- Narrated by: Maya Angelou
Stop reading reviews, just get it
Reviewed: 05-15-16
Maya Angelou is a true icon, so having her read some of her favorite works is almost too good to be true. Her rhythm in delivery was truly amazing.
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Showdown
- Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America
- By: Wil Haygood
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
- Length: 14 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 249
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 228
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 227
Thurgood Marshall brought down the separate-but-equal doctrine, integrated schools, and not only fought for human rights and human dignity but also made them impossible to deny in the courts and in the streets. In this stunning new biography, award-winning author Wil Haygood surpasses the emotional impact of his inspiring best seller The Butler to detail the life and career of one of the most transformative legal minds of the past 100 years.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Haygood is master of the ticktock narrative
- By Jean on 12-12-15
- Showdown
- Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America
- By: Wil Haygood
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
Must read US history, legal history, civil rights
Reviewed: 03-08-16
Very well done. The life and times of Thurgood Marshall could never be captured in a single book, but this author weaves the various contextual threads together rather seamlessly and really just brilliantly. Must read for any lawyer, civil rights advocate, or historian, if it were up to me they would use this book in high school history classes, it revolves around the hearing but it is so much more.
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Between the World and Me
- By: Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Narrated by: Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 31,214
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 27,568
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Story5 out of 5 stars 27,384
Americans have built an empire on the idea of “race”, a falsehood that damages us all but falls most heavily on the bodies of Black women and men - bodies exploited through slavery and segregation and, today, threatened, locked up, and murdered out of all proportion. What is it like to inhabit a Black body and find a way to live within it? And how can we all honestly reckon with this fraught history and free ourselves from its burden? Between the World and Me is Ta-Nehisi Coates’ attempt to answer these questions in a letter to his adolescent son.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Heartfelt Self-aware Literary Masterpiece
- By T Spencer on 07-30-15
- Between the World and Me
- By: Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Narrated by: Ta-Nehisi Coates
Believe the hype
Reviewed: 09-19-15
A book for the generations, literally, sure to become required reading for true American history
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Devil in the Grove
- Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America
- By: Gilbert King
- Narrated by: Peter Francis James
- Length: 17 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2,353
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,108
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2,099
Arguably the most important American lawyer of the 20th century, Thurgood Marshall was on the verge of bringing the landmark suit Brown v. Board of Education before the US Supreme Court when he became embroiled in a case that threatened to change the course of the civil rights movement and to cost him his life. In 1949, Florida's orange industry was booming, and citrus barons got rich on the backs of cheap Jim Crow labor with the help of Sheriff Willis V. McCall, who ruled Lake County with murderous resolve....
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5 out of 5 stars
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the fight for civil rights
- By Jean on 01-17-14
- Devil in the Grove
- Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America
- By: Gilbert King
- Narrated by: Peter Francis James
Must read American History
Reviewed: 05-23-15
This history won a Pulitzer prize for a reason. this audio book won a production award for a reason. how they say the truth is stranger than fiction, wow
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Capital in the Twenty-First Century
- By: Thomas Piketty, Arthur Goldhammer - translator
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 24 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,566
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,991
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,969
What are the grand dynamics that drive the accumulation and distribution of capital? Questions about the long-term evolution of inequality, the concentration of wealth, and the prospects for economic growth lie at the heart of political economy. But satisfactory answers have been hard to find for lack of adequate data and clear guiding theories.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Financial Times' Critique Doesn't Detract
- By Madeleine on 05-22-14
Important work that should be taught in schools
Reviewed: 04-04-15
Great interdisciplinary approach to a subject too often clouded by dogma pretending to be science. Finally, an intellectually honest approach to modern economics. Should be foundational for all educations.
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Parable of the Sower
- By: Octavia E. Butler
- Narrated by: Lynne Thigpen
- Length: 12 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 13,609
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 12,135
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 12,095
God is change. That is the central truth of the Earthseed movement, whose unlikely prophet is 18-year-old Lauren Olamina. The young woman's diary entries tell the story of her life amid a violent 21st-century hell of walled neighborhoods and drug-crazed pyromaniacs - and reveal her evolving Earthseed philosophy. Against a backdrop of horror emerges a message of hope: if we are willing to embrace divine change, we will survive to fulfill our destiny among the stars.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Dystopia before dystopia was cool...
- By Amber on 05-28-14
- Parable of the Sower
- By: Octavia E. Butler
- Narrated by: Lynne Thigpen
wow. walking dead without zombies, epic
Reviewed: 03-24-15
kind of like the walking dead without zombies, except better because it is so real, so frighteningly realistic.
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