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Hidden Figures
- The Untold Story of the African-American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race
- ナレーター： Robin Miles
- 再生時間： 10 時間 47 分
- カテゴリー： 政治学・社会科学, 社会科学
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Educated
- A Memoir
- 著者： Tara Westover
- ナレーター： Julia Whelan
- 再生時間： 12 時間 10 分
- 完全版
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総合評価5 out of 5 stars 19
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ナレーション4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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ストーリー5 out of 5 stars 17
Tara Westover was 17 the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned peaches. In the summer she stewed herbs for her mother, a midwife and healer, and in the winter she salvaged in her father's junkyard. Her father forbade hospitals, so Tara never saw a doctor or nurse. Gashes and concussions, even burns from explosions, were all treated at home with herbalism. Then, lacking any formal education, Tara began to educate herself. Her quest for knowledge transformed her.
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Becoming
- 著者： Michelle Obama
- ナレーター： Michelle Obama
- 再生時間： 19 時間 3 分
- 完全版
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総合評価5 out of 5 stars 124
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ナレーション5 out of 5 stars 104
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ストーリー5 out of 5 stars 101
In her memoir, a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling, Michelle Obama invites listeners into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her - from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work to her time spent at the world's most famous address. With unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private, telling her full story as she has lived it - in her own words and on her own terms.
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5 out of 5 stars
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語り口からにじみ出る、手本とすべき人柄。
- 投稿者： Kindleのお客様 日付： 2019/02/07
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Pachinko
- 著者： Min Jin Lee
- ナレーター： Allison Hiroto
- 再生時間： 18 時間 16 分
- 完全版
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総合評価5 out of 5 stars 11
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ナレーション4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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ストーリー5 out of 5 stars 9
Profoundly moving and gracefully told, Pachinko follows one Korean family through the generations, beginning in early 1900s Korea with Sunja, the prized daughter of a poor yet proud family, whose unplanned pregnancy threatens to shame them. Betrayed by her wealthy lover, Sunja finds unexpected salvation when a young tubercular minister offers to marry her and bring her to Japan to start a new life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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It is an amazing book!
- 投稿者： Amazon Customer 日付： 2019/04/19
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Hillbilly Elegy
- A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
- 著者： J. D. Vance
- ナレーター： J. D. Vance
- 再生時間： 6 時間 49 分
- 完全版
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総合評価5 out of 5 stars 2
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ナレーション5 out of 5 stars 1
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ストーリー5 out of 5 stars 1
J. D. Vance grew up in the hills of Kentucky. His family and friends were the people most of the world calls rednecks, hillbillies or white trash. In this deeply moving memoir, Vance tells the story of his family’s demons and of America’s problem with generational neglect. How his mother struggled against, but never fully escaped, the legacies of abuse, alcoholism, poverty and trauma. How his grandparents, ‘dirt poor and in love’, gave everything for their children to chase the American dream. How Vance beat the odds to graduate from Yale Law School.
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Elon Musk
- Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
- 著者： Ashlee Vance
- ナレーター： Fred Sanders
- 再生時間： 13 時間 23 分
- 完全版
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総合評価5 out of 5 stars 12
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ナレーション5 out of 5 stars 9
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ストーリー5 out of 5 stars 8
In the spirit of Steve Jobs and Moneyball, Elon Musk is both an illuminating and authorized look at the extraordinary life of one of Silicon Valley's most exciting, unpredictable, and ambitious entrepreneurs - a real-life Tony Stark - and a fascinating exploration of the renewal of American invention and its new makers.
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The Book Thief
- 著者： Markus Zusak
- ナレーター： Allan Corduner
- 再生時間： 13 時間 56 分
- 完全版
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総合評価0 out of 5 stars 0
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ナレーション0 out of 5 stars 0
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ストーリー0 out of 5 stars 0
It's just a small story really, about, among other things, a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery. Set during World War II in Germany, Markus Zusak's groundbreaking new novel is the story of Liesel Meminger, a foster girl living outside of Munich. Liesel scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can't resist: books.
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Educated
- A Memoir
- 著者： Tara Westover
- ナレーター： Julia Whelan
- 再生時間： 12 時間 10 分
- 完全版
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総合評価5 out of 5 stars 19
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ナレーション4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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ストーリー5 out of 5 stars 17
Tara Westover was 17 the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned peaches. In the summer she stewed herbs for her mother, a midwife and healer, and in the winter she salvaged in her father's junkyard. Her father forbade hospitals, so Tara never saw a doctor or nurse. Gashes and concussions, even burns from explosions, were all treated at home with herbalism. Then, lacking any formal education, Tara began to educate herself. Her quest for knowledge transformed her.
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Becoming
- 著者： Michelle Obama
- ナレーター： Michelle Obama
- 再生時間： 19 時間 3 分
- 完全版
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総合評価5 out of 5 stars 124
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ナレーション5 out of 5 stars 104
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ストーリー5 out of 5 stars 101
In her memoir, a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling, Michelle Obama invites listeners into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her - from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work to her time spent at the world's most famous address. With unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private, telling her full story as she has lived it - in her own words and on her own terms.
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5 out of 5 stars
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語り口からにじみ出る、手本とすべき人柄。
- 投稿者： Kindleのお客様 日付： 2019/02/07
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Pachinko
- 著者： Min Jin Lee
- ナレーター： Allison Hiroto
- 再生時間： 18 時間 16 分
- 完全版
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総合評価5 out of 5 stars 11
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ナレーション4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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ストーリー5 out of 5 stars 9
Profoundly moving and gracefully told, Pachinko follows one Korean family through the generations, beginning in early 1900s Korea with Sunja, the prized daughter of a poor yet proud family, whose unplanned pregnancy threatens to shame them. Betrayed by her wealthy lover, Sunja finds unexpected salvation when a young tubercular minister offers to marry her and bring her to Japan to start a new life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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It is an amazing book!
- 投稿者： Amazon Customer 日付： 2019/04/19
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Hillbilly Elegy
- A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
- 著者： J. D. Vance
- ナレーター： J. D. Vance
- 再生時間： 6 時間 49 分
- 完全版
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総合評価5 out of 5 stars 2
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ナレーション5 out of 5 stars 1
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ストーリー5 out of 5 stars 1
J. D. Vance grew up in the hills of Kentucky. His family and friends were the people most of the world calls rednecks, hillbillies or white trash. In this deeply moving memoir, Vance tells the story of his family’s demons and of America’s problem with generational neglect. How his mother struggled against, but never fully escaped, the legacies of abuse, alcoholism, poverty and trauma. How his grandparents, ‘dirt poor and in love’, gave everything for their children to chase the American dream. How Vance beat the odds to graduate from Yale Law School.
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Elon Musk
- Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
- 著者： Ashlee Vance
- ナレーター： Fred Sanders
- 再生時間： 13 時間 23 分
- 完全版
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総合評価5 out of 5 stars 12
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ナレーション5 out of 5 stars 9
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ストーリー5 out of 5 stars 8
In the spirit of Steve Jobs and Moneyball, Elon Musk is both an illuminating and authorized look at the extraordinary life of one of Silicon Valley's most exciting, unpredictable, and ambitious entrepreneurs - a real-life Tony Stark - and a fascinating exploration of the renewal of American invention and its new makers.
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The Book Thief
- 著者： Markus Zusak
- ナレーター： Allan Corduner
- 再生時間： 13 時間 56 分
- 完全版
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総合評価0 out of 5 stars 0
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ナレーション0 out of 5 stars 0
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ストーリー0 out of 5 stars 0
It's just a small story really, about, among other things, a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery. Set during World War II in Germany, Markus Zusak's groundbreaking new novel is the story of Liesel Meminger, a foster girl living outside of Munich. Liesel scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can't resist: books.
あらすじ・解説
One of AudioFile Magazine's Best Audiobooks of 2016.
Soon to be a major motion picture.
Before Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of professionals worked as 'Human Computers', calculating the flight paths that would enable these historic achievements. Among these were a coterie of bright, talented African-American women. Segregated from their white counterparts, these 'colored computers' used pencil and paper to write the equations that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space.
Moving from World War II through NASA's golden age, touching on the civil rights era, the Space Race, the Cold War, and the women's rights movement, 'Hidden Figures' interweaves a rich history of mankind's greatest adventure with the intimate stories of five courageous women whose work forever changed the world.
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総合評価4 out of 5 stars
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ナレーション4 out of 5 stars
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ストーリー4 out of 5 stars
- 匿名
- 2017/06/20
Women and science
A wonderful account of the role of women in the development of space technology. It describes the path to equal opportunity in the United States.
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総合評価5 out of 5 stars
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ナレーション4 out of 5 stars
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ストーリー5 out of 5 stars
- Kate
- 2017/02/14
Excellent
This was an excellent book, so much more information than the film, yet enhancing the film. The film conflates some things as it has too but certainly captured and brought to life in a very relatable way this incredible history of these amazing black women. Well worth every penny.
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総合評価3 out of 5 stars
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ナレーション5 out of 5 stars
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ストーリー4 out of 5 stars
- manasi
- 2017/04/25
Exceptional story!
Hidden figures is a great story which has been very well written and narrated. Must read for every one to know perseverance can move mountains even in the most difficult and challenging times ! Motivating !!!
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総合評価5 out of 5 stars
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ナレーション5 out of 5 stars
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ストーリー5 out of 5 stars
- Steph Adams
- 2017/01/05
How did I not know about these women?
This book details the struggles and determination of a group of black women to be recognised for their worth. Brilliant mathematicians, they were housed in their own department and endured humiliating segregation socially despite working alongside white male colleagues.
What's really interesting about this book is that it examines the impact of the women becoming successful- good and bad.
The narrative is provided warmly but the underlying steel of the book shines through the narration and it beautifully brings the story to life.
Highly recommended
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総合評価3 out of 5 stars
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ナレーション3 out of 5 stars
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ストーリー2 out of 5 stars
- RocketeerX5
- 2018/01/24
A book of biographies?
I found this audio book to be a laudible, well-researched series of biographies of mid-century African-American women and American civil history.
Unfortunately I am a literary dullard with a short span of attention. I was simply hoping for a cracking good listen about African American women and their involvement in the Space-race.
After 2 hours listening to the biographies, delivered by Robin Miles in a low-key narration style, sadly I gave up.
I really wanted to enjoy this audiobook, but lost enthusiasm to invest more time trying.
Sorry Ms Miles.
Lovers of biographies will enjoy and be fully engaged by this book.
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総合評価5 out of 5 stars
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ナレーション5 out of 5 stars
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ストーリー5 out of 5 stars
- Suswati
- 2017/10/27
So much more than the film
I'm so glad that I watched the film first, otherwise it would have been a total disappointment. The book is extensive, and the story of the film seems quite different to the truth. The bare bones are the same: a trio of remarkable women broke boundaries in both gender and race to be part of one of the most historic events in US and even world history - the space race.
Before Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of professionals worked as ‘Human Computers’, calculating the flight paths by hand that would enable these historic achievements. Among these were a coterie of bright, talented African-American women. Forget Silicon Valley's misogynistic climate - women were the original engineers and mathematicians.
The book is awash with interesting stories of extraordinary people working in a time of segregation and all pervasive racism. It has multiple layers that delve into each character, and gives a comprehensive context into these women's lives. It basically fills in the gaps of the film, but also changes the timeline considerably as Katherine Johnson was much younger than her colleague Dorothy Vaughan. Nevertheles, an extraordinary read and a great tribute to these invisible women.
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総合評価2 out of 5 stars
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ナレーション4 out of 5 stars
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ストーリー1 out of 5 stars
- M G Henault
- 2018/11/30
very slow plot. more history then adventure.
struggled to finish. lots of names. factual. not engaging. there was so much potential, and I was expecting a lot.
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総合評価3 out of 5 stars
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ナレーション2 out of 5 stars
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ストーリー4 out of 5 stars
- Jessica Smith
- 2018/05/15
Never seemed to get started
Struggled to finish this. I loved the film and this really dissapointed me. It just didn't seem to get started and I had listened to 2 hours. The reader was clear but I didn't find it engaging. It might be the book or the reader. I am not sure.
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総合評価5 out of 5 stars
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ナレーション5 out of 5 stars
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ストーリー5 out of 5 stars
- Stitching parent
- 2020/02/29
A wonderful example to the young women of this world
I absolutely adore this book , it is a wonderful example to all the women of the world that no matter what your skin colour, family background or age you can achieve whatever you want in this world if you just work hard enough and believe. Us girls are amazing !
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総合評価3 out of 5 stars
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ナレーション2 out of 5 stars
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ストーリー3 out of 5 stars
- Deanna
- 2019/08/06
Great story, badly written
A great story about some amazing women which is incredibly dully told. The writer rarely brings these women's stories to life. The narrator was very poor too.
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総合評価3 out of 5 stars
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ナレーション3 out of 5 stars
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ストーリー3 out of 5 stars
- Dr Caterpillar
- 2017/10/14
Unfocused
This is a thoroughly researched book that tells an important story. For that reason I wish I could recommend it more.
If you've seen the film you'll know what it's about: the significant role black women played in the space programme despite the prejudice against both their skin colour and their gender. Prior to the publication of this book, and the release of the film, their contribution was largely forgotten or unknown, even by people like myself who are interested in space travel.
So what's wrong with the book?
To my mind, it's the structure that lets it down. We're just told facts, dry facts and lots of 'em. And so many names! The film focuses on three key women, but in the book the names of the main characters are lost among the minor players. There's some moving about in time too, so that it's quite hard to follow, especially as an audio book. It's not helped by the narrator's monotone, which makes the story fall quite flat at times.
If I'd been editor I'd have given chapter titles that clue us in to the purpose of the chapter. Let us know whether a chapter is focused on Katherine Johnson, or Mary Jackson, or relevant historical events, or technological developments at the time, or whatever. This could make the book much more accessible without having to dumb it down.
Don't get me wrong, it's not all dull and worthy. There are breathtaking moments, such as the appearance of Sputnik, John Glenn's precarious landing and so on. Also, the author is not in any way trying to make readers/listeners feel guilty for being white and/or male, and in fact there are heart-warming moments when friendships form that look beyond colour or gender.
At the end of the day, getting through this book is more of an effort than it should be, but is nevertheless worth the effort.
I will probably listen to the book again, or perhaps read a print version. I'll also watch the film again, even though I now know it takes a few liberties with history.
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総合評価2 out of 5 stars
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ナレーション3 out of 5 stars
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ストーリー3 out of 5 stars
- clothbummum
- 2017/03/19
Dry
This is really dry. Not so much a story as a historical recount. Shame. And the lady reading the Audible version sounds a bit robotic.
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総合評価5 out of 5 stars
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ナレーション4 out of 5 stars
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ストーリー5 out of 5 stars
- 匿名
- 2020/08/23
Black Women Rock
This is an amazing account of how a group of African Americans took charge of some of the key parts of NASA's space program. It demonstrates that without these unsung heroes, the sung heroes would have got nowhere or if they had got anywhere have ended in early graves. While the film shows the battle to be accepted as engineers, this gives the battle to be accepted as humans indeed as the exceptionally brilliant and talented humans they were. Just one tiny step in the seemingly endless march towards the status that is owed the African American.
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総合評価4 out of 5 stars
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ナレーション5 out of 5 stars
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ストーリー3 out of 5 stars
- Anju
- 2016/10/05
Amazing narration but weak story
What i liked - average story narrated amazingly.
What i disliked - the story is about what happened to the african-american women who helped NASA win the space race and not on how they helped win the race. If you want to read about the how each one of the characters evolved on a personal front rather than what challenges they faced and how they resolved it, then read along.
Average story but Robin did a great job narrating it. Will definitely go down as one of the best narration i have heard on audible.
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総合評価5 out of 5 stars
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ナレーション5 out of 5 stars
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ストーリー5 out of 5 stars
- Samuel
- 2017/08/28
Fanstastic story, well presented
This story is one of the best I've listened to and it gave me tremendous insight into America's odd racist history, and the huge achievements of the ladies who helped make NASA what it is today. Well read, and a pleasure to listen to.
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総合評価3 out of 5 stars
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ナレーション4 out of 5 stars
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ストーリー3 out of 5 stars
- Craig
- 2017/07/30
Good account of real people in real offence, but…
A fascinating account that shine some well earned recognition onto the women who did so much for the American space industry. Are really important story. But for me, I would've liked a bit more in-depth exploration of the people to build a better narrative. I found it just a little bit dry. Still, worth a read.
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総合評価1 out of 5 stars
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ナレーション2 out of 5 stars
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ストーリー1 out of 5 stars
- Ms
- 2017/07/20
I couldn't finish it
After the hype of the movie I bought this book but was so bored by the story I couldn't finish it. I kept thinking it would get better but it didn't. Shame as the events are so interesting and generally unknown but the book just didn't capture that for me at all.
Stick to the movie unless you have intimate knowledge of the people and the places the book covers.
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総合評価5 out of 5 stars
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ナレーション5 out of 5 stars
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ストーリー5 out of 5 stars
- Kindle Customer
- 2020/12/18
what a delight
one of my new favourite books. so interesting hearing the women grow with the science and visa versa.
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総合評価5 out of 5 stars
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ナレーション5 out of 5 stars
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ストーリー5 out of 5 stars
- Jo-Anne Kelder
- 2019/12/16
Detailed and compelling narrative
Excellent narration and compelling story. Strong message with mountains of evidence of the waste of human intelligence and effort caused by racism.
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総合評価5 out of 5 stars
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ナレーション5 out of 5 stars
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ストーリー5 out of 5 stars
- Tracy
- 2017/10/01
A great story of great women
A fascinating piece of history that needed to be told and was told extremely well.
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総合評価5 out of 5 stars
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ナレーション5 out of 5 stars
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ストーリー5 out of 5 stars
- Caitlin Jordan
- 2017/06/12
loved it
I loved it the story of what they had to contend against and how far they went was just amazing.
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総合評価4 out of 5 stars
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ナレーション5 out of 5 stars
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ストーリー4 out of 5 stars
- Michael
- 2017/04/08
great piece of history
great story. insight into the whole organisations of scientific usa . the struggle of black Americans without pokitical lessons
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総合評価5 out of 5 stars
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ナレーション5 out of 5 stars
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ストーリー5 out of 5 stars
- Annaliesa Rose
- 2017/03/25
Fantabulous!
Very informative history lesson from a perspective not heard in the past as much. I am so thrilled that all these not just women but African-American women and men were recognised for their achievements and that this ripple effect changed the course of history from banning segregation all the way to having an African-American president. May equality for all earthlings keep on going until achieved!