Christopher Jarrett
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Becoming the Ripple
- Your Guide to Exponentially Increasing Your Professional Success and Influence
- By: Daphne Valcin
- Narrated by: Daphne Valcin
- Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
Becoming the Ripple isn’t just an audiobook—it’s a blueprint for unlocking your potential. Through inspiring stories of successful professionals from diverse fields, discover how to fully engage with your work in a way that feels deeply fulfilling and impactful.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thoughtful and applicable
- By Christopher Jarrett on 03-14-25
- Becoming the Ripple
- Your Guide to Exponentially Increasing Your Professional Success and Influence
- By: Daphne Valcin
- Narrated by: Daphne Valcin
Thoughtful and applicable
Reviewed: 03-14-25
The author presents an easy to digest way to become more impactful with actionable steps and nice stories to demonstrate the lessons. Quick listen and well worth the time.
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The Grift
- The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans from the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump
- By: Clay Cane
- Narrated by: Clay Cane
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 599
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 556
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Story5 out of 5 stars 556
After the Civil War, the pillars of Black Republicanism were a balanced critique of both political parties, civil rights for all Americans, reinventing an economy based on exploitation, and, most importantly, building thriving Black communities. How did Black Republicanism devolve from revolutionaries like Frederick Douglass to the puppets in the Trump era?
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5 out of 5 stars
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the detailed accounting of White hatred and racism and how they used black "Grifters" to aided them maintain total control.
- By joseph carroll on 01-31-24
Very Insightful
Reviewed: 08-02-24
The author makes a great historical argument to support his point. Well worth the time.
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The Age of Entitlement
- America Since the Sixties
- By: Christopher Caldwell
- Narrated by: Christopher Caldwell
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 687
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 597
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 592
A major American intellectual makes the historical case that the reforms of the 1960s, reforms intended to make the nation more just and humane, instead left many Americans feeling alienated, despised, misled - and ready to put an adventurer in the White House. Christopher Caldwell has spent years studying the liberal uprising of the 1960s and its unforeseen consequences. Even the reforms that Americans love best have come with costs that are staggeringly high - in wealth, freedom, and social stability - and that have been spread unevenly among classes and generations.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Do laudable ends justify unconstitutional means?
- By LBJ on 02-08-20
- The Age of Entitlement
- America Since the Sixties
- By: Christopher Caldwell
- Narrated by: Christopher Caldwell
Unfortunately Skewed
Reviewed: 06-23-23
Very few people have all their facts wrong and this author is no exception. There were appreciated historical facts presented, but there was almost an intentional dismissal of the context that would have immediately dismantled many of his narratives and conclusions. It becomes quite evident that this is simply a 11 hour gripe session. He fails to fully acknowledge there was a clear need for changes to the "traditions" and "customs" that left minorities in extremely disparate situations throughout American history. I was hopeful to be presented with reasonable, conservative alternatives to address them, but I was left disappointed at the end.
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Blackout
- How Black America Can Make Its Second Escape from the Democrat Plantation
- By: Candace Owens, Larry Elder
- Narrated by: Candace Owens, Larry Elder
- Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 11,039
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9,786
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Story5 out of 5 stars 9,734
Black Americans have long been shackled to the Democrats. Seeing no viable alternative, they have watched liberal politicians take the Black vote for granted without pledging anything in return. In Blackout, Owens argues that this automatic allegiance is both illogical and unearned. She contends that the Democrat Party has a long history of racism and exposes the ideals that hinder the Black community’s ability to rise above poverty, live independent and successful lives, and be an active part of the American dream.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thought provoking!
- By Girl with curls on 09-16-20
- Blackout
- How Black America Can Make Its Second Escape from the Democrat Plantation
- By: Candace Owens, Larry Elder
- Narrated by: Candace Owens, Larry Elder
Mission failed
Reviewed: 12-23-22
Though this book proposed to encourage a breaking away from the Democratic plantation, she ultimately tries to steer the reader to a new master.
To this end, much of the data she used to make her point was refuted by simple Google searches if her data even addressed the actual topic of discussion. It was quite disappointing to see that the author was willing to provide incomplete data to make her point.
Very few people are wrong 100% of the time, and Owens is no exception here. Unfortunately though, by the books conclusion, this feels like she is simply espousing all the talking points her supporters want to hear as opposed to some genuine plea to black people for whom she holds concern.
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How to Become a Straight-A Student
- The Unconventional Strategies Real College Students Use to Score High While Studying Less
- By: Cal Newport
- Narrated by: Johnathan McClain
- Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 500
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 399
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 395
A breakthrough approach to acing academic assignments, from quizzes and exams to essays and papers, How to Become a Straight-A Student reveals for the first time the proven study secrets of real straight-A students across the country and weaves them into a simple, practical system that anyone can master.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Wish I would've bought the paper book
- By Twomsixer on 02-28-19
- How to Become a Straight-A Student
- The Unconventional Strategies Real College Students Use to Score High While Studying Less
- By: Cal Newport
- Narrated by: Johnathan McClain
Very Insightful.
Reviewed: 04-08-22
Excellent exposure to the techniques students use to maximize their performance in school. All students should have these "secrets".
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How to Be a High School Superstar
- A Revolutionary Plan to Get into College by Standing Out (Without Burning Out)
- By: Cal Newport
- Narrated by: Roger Wayne
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 28
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 28
In How to Be a High School Superstar, Cal Newport explores the world of relaxed superstars - students who scored spots at the nation's top colleges by leading uncluttered, low stress, and authentic lives. Drawing from extensive interviews and cutting-edge science, Newport explains the surprising truths behind these superstars' mixture of happiness and admissions success.
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4 out of 5 stars
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High risk, high reward proposition.
- By Christopher Jarrett on 03-18-22
- How to Be a High School Superstar
- A Revolutionary Plan to Get into College by Standing Out (Without Burning Out)
- By: Cal Newport
- Narrated by: Roger Wayne
High risk, high reward proposition.
Reviewed: 03-18-22
Easy listen. The principles appear sound with great academic tips. Certainly worth consideration for students.
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How the Other Half Banks
- Exclusion, Exploitation, and the Threat to Democracy
- By: Mehrsa Baradaran
- Narrated by: Priya Ayyar
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 286
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 252
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 247
The United States has two separate banking systems today - one serving the well-to-do and another exploiting everyone else. How the Other Half Banks contributes to the growing conversation on American inequality by highlighting one of its prime causes: unequal credit. Mehrsa Baradaran examines how a significant portion of the population, deserted by banks, is forced to wander through a Wild West of payday lenders and check-cashing services to cover emergency expenses and pay for necessities - all thanks to deregulation that began in the 1970s.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Borrowers at the Fringe
- By Darwin8u on 09-13-16
- How the Other Half Banks
- Exclusion, Exploitation, and the Threat to Democracy
- By: Mehrsa Baradaran
- Narrated by: Priya Ayyar
Great info
Reviewed: 09-10-21
Good to know the history of banking as it has so much to do with how or economy has grown and functions.
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Ghetto
- The Invention of a Place, the History of an Idea
- By: Mitchell Duneier
- Narrated by: Prentice Onayemi
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 150
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 129
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 126
On March 29, 1516, the city council of Venice issued a decree forcing Jews to live in il geto - a closed quarter named for the copper foundry that once occupied the area. The term stuck. In this sweeping and original interpretation, Mitchell Duneier traces the idea of the ghetto from its beginnings in the 16th century and its revival by the Nazis to the present. As Duneier shows, we cannot understand the entanglements of race, poverty, and place in America today without recalling the history of the ghetto in Europe, as well as later efforts to understand the problems of the American city.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Impressive
- By Jean on 12-10-16
- Ghetto
- The Invention of a Place, the History of an Idea
- By: Mitchell Duneier
- Narrated by: Prentice Onayemi
Deeply insightful
Reviewed: 08-29-21
Extremely valuable description that clarifies the history of ghettos and how their creations have impacted society today. Well worth the time investment.
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Frederick Douglass
- The Story of an American Slave
- By: Frederick Douglass
- Narrated by: Jim Hodges
- Length: 4 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 883
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 781
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Story5 out of 5 stars 779
Frederick Douglass was born in slavery in Talbot County, Maryland. During service to masters cruel and kind, he nevertheless learned to read and write. After suffering whippings, hunger, heat, cold, and grueling labor, he escaped from slavery in 1838. In 1841 he addressed an Anti-Slavery Society convention and spoke so eloquently that they immediately employed him as an agent. He was such an impressive orator, numerous persons doubted if he had ever been a slave.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Most timely
- By Lisa C on 11-02-20
- Frederick Douglass
- The Story of an American Slave
- By: Frederick Douglass
- Narrated by: Jim Hodges
Deserves a Biopic!
Reviewed: 08-20-21
This was a well written narration by an important figure in American history. He chronicles his suspension journey, while providing insight of the time he lived. It baffles me that this is not a movie or streaming series as the script is mostly written!
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Colorblind
- The Rise of Post-Racial Politics and the Retreat from Racial Equity
- By: Tim Wise
- Narrated by: Tim Wise
- Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Story5 out of 5 stars 19
Focusing on disparities in employment, housing, education and health care, Wise argues that racism is indeed still an acute problem in the United States today and that colorblind policies actually worsen the problem of racial injustice. Colorblind presents a timely and provocative look at contemporary racism and offers fresh ideas on what can be done to achieve true social justice and economic equality.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Tim Wise has the ability to see via another lens.
- By brian on 04-18-22
- Colorblind
- The Rise of Post-Racial Politics and the Retreat from Racial Equity
- By: Tim Wise
- Narrated by: Tim Wise
Well done
Reviewed: 08-16-21
Great, and honest assessment of how politics have played into the quest for equity in America. Worth the time.
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