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Crazy Like Us

The Globalization of the American Psyche

de Ethan Watters ...

“A blistering and truly original work of reporting and analysis, uncovering America’s role in homogenizing how the world defines wellness and healing” (Po Bronson).In Crazy Like Us, Ethan Watters reveals that the most devastating consequence of the spread of American culture has not been our golden arches or our bomb craters but our bulldozing of the human psyche itself: We are in the process of ... Leer más

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“A blistering and truly original work of reporting and analysis, uncovering America’s role in homogenizing how the world defines wellness and healing” (Po Bronson).In Crazy Like Us, Ethan Watters reveals that the most devastating consequence of the spread of American culture has not been our golden arches or our bomb craters but our bulldozing of the human psyche itself: We are in the process of
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Wie Amerika den Rest der Welt verrückt macht

de Ethan Watters ...

In den letzten Jahrzehnten haben die Amerikaner die Welt mit ihren Rezepten zur Behandlung psychischer Erkrankungen überschwemmt. Watters beschreibt, wie ihre therapeutische Mission den Rest der Welt verrückt macht. Auf seinen Reisen beobachtet er, wie traditionelle Ausdrucksweisen von Verrücktheit durch westliche Vorstellungen ersetzt werden.Der renommierte Journalist und Autor Ethan Watters ... Leer más

$25.99 USD

In den letzten Jahrzehnten haben die Amerikaner die Welt mit ihren Rezepten zur Behandlung psychischer Erkrankungen überschwemmt. Watters beschreibt, wie ihre therapeutische Mission den Rest der Welt verrückt macht. Auf seinen Reisen beobachtet er, wie traditionelle Ausdrucksweisen von Verrücktheit durch westliche Vorstellungen ersetzt werden.Der renommierte Journalist und Autor Ethan Watters
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Crazy Like Us

The Globalization of the American Psyche

de Ethan Watters ...

Narrado por Patrick Lawlor ...

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8 hora 57 minutos

It is well known that American culture is a dominant force at home and abroad; our exportation of everything from movies to junk food is a well-documented phenomenon. But is it possible that America's most troubling impact on the globalizing world has yet to be accounted for? In Crazy Like Us, Ethan Watters reveals that the most devastating consequence of the spread of American culture has not ... Leer más

$17.99 USD

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It is well known that American culture is a dominant force at home and abroad; our exportation of everything from movies to junk food is a well-documented phenomenon. But is it possible that America's most troubling impact on the globalizing world has yet to be accounted for? In Crazy Like Us, Ethan Watters reveals that the most devastating consequence of the spread of American culture has not
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Bone of the Bone

Essays on America by a Daughter of the Working Class

de Sarah Smarsh ...

Narrado por Sarah Smarsh ...

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11 hora 11 minutos

“A must-read for today’s politics” (San Francisco Chronicle), the brilliant and provocative essays that established National Book Award finalist Sarah Smarsh as one of the most important commentators on America’s class problem are collected in one searing and insightful volume.In Bone of the Bone, Sarah Smarsh brings her graceful storytelling and incisive critique to the challenges that define our ... Leer más

$26.99 USD

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“A must-read for today’s politics” (San Francisco Chronicle), the brilliant and provocative essays that established National Book Award finalist Sarah Smarsh as one of the most important commentators on America’s class problem are collected in one searing and insightful volume.In Bone of the Bone, Sarah Smarsh brings her graceful storytelling and incisive critique to the challenges that define our
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Manufacturing Depression

The Secret History of a Modern Disease

de Gary Greenberg ...

Narrado por Kirby Heyborne ...

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14 hora 10 minutos

"Am I happy enough?" This has been a pivotal question since America's inception. "Am I not happy enough because I am depressed?" is a more recent version. Psychotherapist Gary Greenberg shows how depression has been manufactured—not as an illness but as an idea about our suffering, its source, and its relief. He challenges us to look at depression in a new way.In the twenty years since their ... Leer más

$21.99 USD

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"Am I happy enough?" This has been a pivotal question since America's inception. "Am I not happy enough because I am depressed?" is a more recent version. Psychotherapist Gary Greenberg shows how depression has been manufactured—not as an illness but as an idea about our suffering, its source, and its relief. He challenges us to look at depression in a new way.In the twenty years since their
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Heaven and Hell

A History of the Afterlife

de Bart D. Ehrman ...

Narrado por John Bedford Lloyd ...

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12 hora 24 minutos

A New York Times bestselling historian of early Christianity takes on two of the most gripping questions of human existence: where did the ideas of heaven and hell come from and why do they endure?What happens when we die? A recent Pew Research poll showed that 72% of Americans believe in a literal heaven and 58% believe in a literal hell. Most people who hold these beliefs are Christian and ... Leer más

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A New York Times bestselling historian of early Christianity takes on two of the most gripping questions of human existence: where did the ideas of heaven and hell come from and why do they endure?What happens when we die? A recent Pew Research poll showed that 72% of Americans believe in a literal heaven and 58% believe in a literal hell. Most people who hold these beliefs are Christian and
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So Very Small

How Humans Discovered the Microcosmos, Defeated Germs--and May Still Lose the War Against Infectious Disease

de Thomas Levenson ...

Narrado por Mike Cooper ...

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10 hora 11 minutos

“An elegant, wide-ranging history” (The New York Review of Books) of the centuries-long quest to discover the critical role of germs in disease thatreveals as much about human reasoning—and the pitfalls of ego—as it does about microbes.“Levenson takes readers through an entertaining . . . journey of missed opportunities in microbiology and the eventual advances that arose in this field.” ... Leer más

$22.99 USD

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“An elegant, wide-ranging history” (The New York Review of Books) of the centuries-long quest to discover the critical role of germs in disease thatreveals as much about human reasoning—and the pitfalls of ego—as it does about microbes.“Levenson takes readers through an entertaining . . . journey of missed opportunities in microbiology and the eventual advances that arose in this field.”
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Seven Social Movements That Changed America

de Linda Gordon ...

Narrado por Hillary Huber ...

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17 hora 35 minutos

A brilliantly conceived and provocative work from an award-winning historian that examines how seven twentieth-century social movements transformed America.How do social movements arise, wield power, and decline? Renowned scholar Linda Gordon investigates these questions in a groundbreaking work, narrating the stories of many of America's most influential twentieth-century social movements. ... Leer más

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A brilliantly conceived and provocative work from an award-winning historian that examines how seven twentieth-century social movements transformed America.How do social movements arise, wield power, and decline? Renowned scholar Linda Gordon investigates these questions in a groundbreaking work, narrating the stories of many of America's most influential twentieth-century social movements.
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Into the Amazon

The Life of Cândido Rondon, Trailblazing Explorer, Scientist, Statesman, and Conservationist

de Larry Rohter ...

Narrado por Gary Tiedemann ...

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15 hora 51 minutos

A thrilling biography of the Indigenous Brazilian explorer, scientist, stateseman, and conservationist who guided Theodore Roosevelt on his journey down the River of Doubt.Cândido Rondon is by any measure the greatest tropical explorer in history. Between 1890 and 1930, he navigated scores of previously unmapped rivers, traversed untrodden mountain ranges, and hacked his way through jungles so ... Leer más

$25.99 USD

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A thrilling biography of the Indigenous Brazilian explorer, scientist, stateseman, and conservationist who guided Theodore Roosevelt on his journey down the River of Doubt.Cândido Rondon is by any measure the greatest tropical explorer in history. Between 1890 and 1930, he navigated scores of previously unmapped rivers, traversed untrodden mountain ranges, and hacked his way through jungles so
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Nothing but Courage

The 82nd Airborne's Daring D-Day Mission--and Their Heroic Charge Across the La Fière Bridge

de James Donovan ...

Narrado por Mark Deakins ...

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11 hora 58 minutos

From the bestselling author of Shoot for the Moon and A Terrible Glory comes the dramatic story of the courageous paratroopers and glidermen of the 82nd Airborne, who risked their lives to seize and secure a small, centuries-old bridge in France that played a pivotal role in the success of D-Day.In June 1944, German and American forces converged on an insignificant bridge a few miles inland from ... Leer más

$25.99 USD

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From the bestselling author of Shoot for the Moon and A Terrible Glory comes the dramatic story of the courageous paratroopers and glidermen of the 82nd Airborne, who risked their lives to seize and secure a small, centuries-old bridge in France that played a pivotal role in the success of D-Day.In June 1944, German and American forces converged on an insignificant bridge a few miles inland from
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A Man of Iron

The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland

de Troy Senik ...

Narrado por Pete Simonelli ...

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12 hora 3 minutos

“A thoroughly engaging and enjoyable” (National Review) biography of Grover Cleveland**—one of America’s most unusual presidents and the first one to serve two non-consecutive terms.**“Entertaining and astute” (Booklist), A Man of Ironexplores the remarkable life and extraordinary career of Grover Cleveland—the honest, principled, and plain-spoken president whose country has largely overlooked him ... Leer más

$26.99 USD

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“A thoroughly engaging and enjoyable” (National Review) biography of Grover Cleveland**—one of America’s most unusual presidents and the first one to serve two non-consecutive terms.**“Entertaining and astute” (Booklist), A Man of Ironexplores the remarkable life and extraordinary career of Grover Cleveland—the honest, principled, and plain-spoken president whose country has largely overlooked him
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The Gulf

The Making of An American Sea

de Jack E. Davis ...

Narrado por Tom Perkins ...

Completo

20 hora 45 minutos

Winner of the 2017 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction—the tragic collision between civilization and nature in the Gulf of Mexico becomes a uniquely American story in this environmental epic.When painter Winslow Homer first sailed into the Gulf of Mexico, he was struck by its "special kind of providence." Indeed, the Gulf presented itself as America's sea—bound by geography, culture, and tradition to the ... Leer más

$29.99 USD

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Winner of the 2017 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction—the tragic collision between civilization and nature in the Gulf of Mexico becomes a uniquely American story in this environmental epic.When painter Winslow Homer first sailed into the Gulf of Mexico, he was struck by its "special kind of providence." Indeed, the Gulf presented itself as America's sea—bound by geography, culture, and tradition to the
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