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Juliet Stevenson
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Angela Merkel
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The long-awaited memoir by one of the most important political leaders of our time
For 16 years, Angela Merkel bore the governmental responsibility for Germany, leading the country through numerous crises and shaping German and international politics and society with her actions and attitude. But Angela Merkel was not born a Chancellor. In her memoirs, co-written with her long-standing political advisor Beate Baumann, she looks back on her life in two German states—35 years in the GDR (German Democratic Republic), 35 years in reunified Germany. More personally than ever before, she talks about her childhood, youth, and her studies in the GDR, and the dramatic year of 1989, when the Wall fell and her political life began. She shares insights into her meetings and conversations with the world's most powerful leaders and elucidates, with clear and precise examples, significant national, European, and international turning points and how decisions were made that shape our times. Her book offers a unique insight into the inner workings of power—and is a decisive plea for freedom.
“What does freedom mean to me? This question has occupied me my entire life. Naturally, politically, because freedom needs democratic conditions, without democracy there is no freedom, no rule of law, no protection of human rights. But this question also occupies me on another level. Freedom, for me, is finding out where my own limits are, and pushing my own limits. Freedom is for me not to stop learning, not to have to stand still but to be allowed to continue, even after leaving politics.”–Angela Merkel
A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.
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Six-time New York Times best-selling author and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright - one of the world’s most admired and tireless public servants - reflects on the final stages of one’s career, and working productively into your later decades in this revealing, funny, and inspiring memoir.
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Madeleine Albright is a giant
- By kosta on 04-14-20
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Something Lost, Something Gained
- Reflections on Life, Love, and Liberty
- By: Hillary Rodham Clinton
- Narrated by: Hillary Rodham Clinton
- Length: 13 hrs and 37 mins
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What would it be like to sit down for an impassioned, entertaining conversation with Hillary Clinton? In Something Lost, Something Gained, Hillary offers her candid views on life and love, politics, liberty, democracy, the threats we face, and the future within our reach. She describes the strength she draws from her deepest friendships, her Methodist faith, and the nearly fifty years she’s been married to President Bill Clinton—all with the wisdom that comes from looking back on a full life with fresh eyes.
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She Gives Me Hope - Always
- By IrishB17 on 09-22-24
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Pride and Prejudice
- By: Jane Austen
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 14 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Jane Austen’s most popular novel, originally published in 1813, some 17 years after it was first written, presents the Bennet family of Longbourn. Against the background of gossipy Mrs. Bennet and the detached Mr. Bennet, the quest is on for husbands for the five daughters. The spotlight falls on Elizabeth, second eldest, who is courted by Mr. Darcy, though initially she is more concerned with the fate of her other sisters. This marvelous account of family life in Regency England is read with customary panache by Juliet Stevenson.
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Perfection
- By Tad Davis on 05-24-21
By: Jane Austen
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The Great Transformation
- China’s Road from Revolution to Reform
- By: Chen Jian, Odd Arne Westad
- Narrated by: Feodor Chin
- Length: 14 hrs
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Odd Arne Westad and Chen Jian chronicle how an impoverished and terrorized China experienced radical political changes in the long 1970s and how ordinary people broke free from the beliefs that had shaped their lives during Mao’s Cultural Revolution. These changes, and the unprecedented and sustained economic growth that followed, transformed China and the world.
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A good competent overview of the politics of the 70s.
- By Banyan on 04-08-25
By: Chen Jian, and others
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Madam Secretary
- A Memoir
- By: Madeleine Albright
- Narrated by: Madeleine Albright
- Length: 24 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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A national best seller on its original publication in 2003, Madam Secretary is a riveting account of the life of America's first woman Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright. For eight years, during Bill Clinton's two presidential terms, Albright was a high-level participant in some of the most dramatic events of our time - from the pursuit of peace in the Middle East to NATO's intervention in the Balkans to America's troubled relations with Iran and Iraq.
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SUCH an Interesting Life
- By Grace on 02-28-14
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Vertigo
- The Rise and Fall of Weimar Germany
- By: Harald Jähner
- Narrated by: Sam Peter Jackson
- Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins
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Out of the ashes of the First World War, Germany launched an unprecedented political project: its first democratic government. The Weimar Republic, named for the city where it was established, endured for only fifteen years before it was toppled by the insurgent Nazi Party in 1933. In Vertigo, prizewinning historian Harald Jähner tells the Republic’s full story, capturing a nation caught in a whirlwind of uncertainty and struggling toward a better future.
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How. Did It Happen?
- By Bettyb on 10-19-24
By: Harald Jähner
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Say More
- Communicating at Work, at Home, and in the World
- By: Jen Psaki
- Narrated by: Jen Psaki
- Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins
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Not many White House Press Secretaries capture the nation’s interest the way Jen Psaki did. Refreshingly candid and clear, Psaki quickly became known for her ability to break through the noise and successfully deliver her message. In her highly anticipated book, Psaki shares her journey to the Briefing Room and beyond, taking you along the campaign trail, to the State Department, and inside the White House under two Presidents.
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Great Story and Background info
- By L. Bock on 05-24-24
By: Jen Psaki
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The Art of Power
- My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House
- By: Nancy Pelosi
- Narrated by: Nancy Pelosi
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
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When, at age forty-six, Nancy Pelosi, mother of five, asked her youngest daughter if she should run for Congress, Alexandra Pelosi answered: “Mother, get a life!” And so Nancy did, and what a life it has been. In The Art of Power, Pelosi describes for the first time what it takes to make history—not only as the first woman to ascend to the most powerful legislative role in our nation, but to pass laws that would save lives and livelihoods, from the emergency rescue of the economy in 2008 to transforming health care.
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She is a natural at getting her caucus to agree on difficult. Votes
- By Amazon Customer on 08-11-24
By: Nancy Pelosi
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Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
- By: Tony Judt
- Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
- Length: 43 hrs and 1 min
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Almost a decade in the making, this much-anticipated grand history of postwar Europe from one of the world’s most esteemed historians and intellectuals is a singular achievement. Postwar is the first modern history that covers all of Europe, both east and west, drawing on research in six languages to sweep readers through 34 nations and 60 years of political and cultural change—all in one integrated, enthralling narrative.
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Great book, but not terrific listening
- By History on 10-18-11
By: Tony Judt
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Berlin Diary
- The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent, 1934–1941
- By: William L. Shirer
- Narrated by: Tom Weiner
- Length: 15 hrs and 59 mins
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By the acclaimed journalist and New York Times best-selling author of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, this day-by-day eyewitness account of the momentous events leading up to World War II in Europe is the private, personal, utterly revealing journal of a great foreign correspondent.
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The Real Rise and Fall
- By Robert on 02-26-14
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Ascent to Power
- How Truman Emerged from Roosevelt's Shadow and Remade the World
- By: David L. Roll
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 20 hrs and 5 mins
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Spanning the years of transition, 1944 to 1948, Ascent to Power illuminates Truman’s struggles to emerge as president in his own right. Yet, from a relatively unknown Missouri senator to the most powerful man on Earth, Truman’s legacy transcends. With his come-from-behind campaign in the fall of 1948, his courageous civil rights advocacy, and his role in liberating millions from militarist governments and brutal occupations, Truman’s decisions during these pivotal years changed the course of the world in ways so significant we live with them today.
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Truman defeated Republican use of Dark Psychology
- By sunao mind☯️ heart ❤️ on 01-30-25
By: David L. Roll
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On Call
- A Doctor's Journey in Public Service
- By: Anthony Fauci M.D.
- Narrated by: Anthony Fauci M.D.
- Length: 19 hrs and 12 mins
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Anthony Fauci is arguably the most famous–and most revered–doctor in the world today. His role guiding America sanely and calmly through Covid (and through the torrents of Trump) earned him the trust of millions during one of the most terrifying periods in modern American history, but this was only the most recent of the global epidemics in which Dr. Fauci played a major role. His crucial role in researching HIV and bringing AIDS into sympathetic public view and his leadership in navigating the Ebola, SARS, West Nile, and anthrax crises, make him truly an American hero.
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A man of worth
- By debra on 06-24-24
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How States Think
- The Rationality of Foreign Policy
- By: John J. Mearsheimer, Sebastian Rosato
- Narrated by: Mack Sanderson
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
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To understand world politics, you need to understand how states think. Are states rational? Much of international relations theory assumes that they are. But many scholars believe that political leaders rarely act rationally. The issue is crucial for both the study and practice of international politics. John J. Mearsheimer and Sebastian Rosato argue that rational decisions in international politics rest on credible theories about how the world works and emerge from deliberative decision‑making processes.
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2hours of content crammed into 8 hours of listening
- By Al from Virginia on 02-04-24
By: John J. Mearsheimer, and others
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- jlineback
- 02-14-25
Refreshing and honest
I enjoyed the freshness and honesty and exposure to her own life former chancellor Merkel provides us in this book. I felt that it was very interesting to read and get a better understanding. German politics, a woman who was the first of her time in Europe or in any western nation to hold a major position in politics and European politics overall. I live in the US and I am greatly saddened by the state of affairs of our country and the world at this time. I find myself identifying over and over with much that She outlines in this book. I don’t agree with every position, but I do agree with her honesty and her approach to humanity and working together. Mrs. Merkel would be one person that I would love to meet in my lifetime.
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- Tante Trude
- 03-30-25
The amazing recall of events down to the smallest detail
I really enjoyed this book and relived this period, parts of which I had forgotten. Mrs. Merkel is an amazing woman and I am glad that I met her by listening to her book.
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- Jeff Hittenberger
- 01-12-25
A leader capable of thinking in complex ways about complex realities
In a time when populist leaders rely on emphatic sloganeering, Angela Merkel demonstrates the rare capacity to think in complex ways about complex realities. This capacity will need to be rediscovered by political leaders if humanity is to survive the complex challenges we face.
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- Ben H
- 02-20-25
The people who should read this most probably won’t
Great memoir and message. Interesting look at contemporary history. I hope to find more accounts like this
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- Val Simson
- 01-15-25
Reader should be German
I so admire merkel and was eager to hear her story. I had a hard time with the British reader though. Just did not work for me. Wish they had used a woman from Germany, who could sound like Angela, in English.
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- Grinder
- 01-25-25
Merkel honest & straightforward
As good as expected- an amazing insight into one of the most powerful woman in the world
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- Daphne Haim-Langford
- 01-06-25
Can’t see the forest for the trees
I was missing Dr Merkel’s perspective as one of the key western world leaders in recent years, As a non-German reader the book gave too many details on German politics, dates, parties etc with an offensive tone on various decisions made in the past.
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- Laura Faulkenberry
- 02-14-25
thoughtful and strong
I am so impressed by AM's story, but even more so by her personality, her thoughtfulness and steadfastness.
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- PM
- 04-15-25
Interesting insights and double standards
Merkel provides insights from her career, rationale for decisions, but avoids topics where double standards were applied.
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- Lynn
- 01-30-25
You need to be very knowledgeable of German history and how it’s politic functions
To many acronyms to remember and understanding the words leave the reader wondering what she was saying. You also need to know how German politics and the process works. Disappointed I got lost in the details of the story and missed her life story
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