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Hillbilly Elegy
- A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
- ナレーター: J. D. Vance
- 再生時間: 6 時間 49 分
- カテゴリー: 政治学・社会科学, 社会科学
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A Promised Land
- 著者: Barack Obama
- ナレーター: Barack Obama
- 再生時間: 29 時間 10 分
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In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world, describing in strikingly personal detail both his political education and the landmark moments of the first term of his historic presidency - a time of dramatic transformation and turmoil.
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21 Lessons for the 21st Century
- 著者: Yuval Noah Harari
- ナレーター: Derek Perkins
- 再生時間: 11 時間 41 分
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Sapiens showed us where we came from. Homo Deus looked to the future. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century explores the present. How can we protect ourselves from nuclear war, ecological cataclysms and technological disruptions? What can we do about the epidemic of fake news or the threat of terrorism? What should we teach our children? Yuval Noah Harari takes us on a thrilling journey through today’s most urgent issues.
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Very intellectual
- 投稿者: Amazon カスタマー 日付: 2020/01/19
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Rage
- 著者: Bob Woodward
- ナレーター: Robert Petkoff
- 再生時間: 13 時間 22 分
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Bob Woodward’s new book, Rage, is an unprecedented and intimate tour de force of new reporting on the Trump presidency facing a global pandemic, economic disaster, and racial unrest. Woodward, the number-one international best-selling author of Fear: Trump in the White House, has uncovered the precise moment the president was warned that the Covid-19 epidemic would be the biggest national security threat to his presidency.
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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
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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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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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Educated
- A Memoir
- 著者: Tara Westover
- ナレーター: Julia Whelan
- 再生時間: 12 時間 10 分
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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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Lifespan
- Why We Age - and Why We Don’t Have To
- 著者: Dr David A. Sinclair, Matthew D. LaPlante
- ナレーター: Dr David A. Sinclair
- 再生時間: 11 時間 55 分
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For decades, the medical community has looked to a variety of reasons for why we age, and the consensus is that no-one dies of old age; they die of age-related diseases. That's because ageing is not a disease - it is inevitable. But what if everything you think you know about ageing is wrong? What if ageing is a disease? And that disease is curable. In Lifespan, Dr David Sinclair, one of the world’s foremost authorities on genetics and ageing, argues just that.
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A Promised Land
- 著者: Barack Obama
- ナレーター: Barack Obama
- 再生時間: 29 時間 10 分
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In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world, describing in strikingly personal detail both his political education and the landmark moments of the first term of his historic presidency - a time of dramatic transformation and turmoil.
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21 Lessons for the 21st Century
- 著者: Yuval Noah Harari
- ナレーター: Derek Perkins
- 再生時間: 11 時間 41 分
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Sapiens showed us where we came from. Homo Deus looked to the future. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century explores the present. How can we protect ourselves from nuclear war, ecological cataclysms and technological disruptions? What can we do about the epidemic of fake news or the threat of terrorism? What should we teach our children? Yuval Noah Harari takes us on a thrilling journey through today’s most urgent issues.
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Very intellectual
- 投稿者: Amazon カスタマー 日付: 2020/01/19
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Rage
- 著者: Bob Woodward
- ナレーター: Robert Petkoff
- 再生時間: 13 時間 22 分
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Bob Woodward’s new book, Rage, is an unprecedented and intimate tour de force of new reporting on the Trump presidency facing a global pandemic, economic disaster, and racial unrest. Woodward, the number-one international best-selling author of Fear: Trump in the White House, has uncovered the precise moment the president was warned that the Covid-19 epidemic would be the biggest national security threat to his presidency.
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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
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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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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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Educated
- A Memoir
- 著者: Tara Westover
- ナレーター: Julia Whelan
- 再生時間: 12 時間 10 分
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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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Lifespan
- Why We Age - and Why We Don’t Have To
- 著者: Dr David A. Sinclair, Matthew D. LaPlante
- ナレーター: Dr David A. Sinclair
- 再生時間: 11 時間 55 分
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For decades, the medical community has looked to a variety of reasons for why we age, and the consensus is that no-one dies of old age; they die of age-related diseases. That's because ageing is not a disease - it is inevitable. But what if everything you think you know about ageing is wrong? What if ageing is a disease? And that disease is curable. In Lifespan, Dr David Sinclair, one of the world’s foremost authorities on genetics and ageing, argues just that.
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The Grapes of Wrath
- 著者: John Steinbeck
- ナレーター: John Chancer
- 再生時間: 19 時間 58 分
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Shocking and controversial when it was first published, Steinbeck's Pulitzer prize-winning epic remains his undisputed masterpiece. Set against the background of Dust Bowl Oklahoma and Californian migrant life, it tells of the Joad family, who, like thousands of others, are forced to travel west in search of the promised land.
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Born a Crime
- Stories from a South African Childhood
- 著者: Trevor Noah
- ナレーター: Trevor Noah
- 再生時間: 8 時間 44 分
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The compelling, inspiring (often comic) coming-of-age story of Trevor Noah, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed. One of the comedy world's brightest new voices, Trevor Noah is a light-footed but sharp-minded observer of the absurdities of politics, race and identity, sharing jokes and insights drawn from the wealth of experience acquired in his relatively young life.
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- 投稿者: Amazon カスタマー 日付: 2019/02/07
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The Better Angels of Our Nature
- Why Violence Has Declined
- 著者: Steven Pinker
- ナレーター: Arthur Morey
- 再生時間: 36 時間 39 分
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Faced with the ceaseless stream of news about war, crime, and terrorism, one could easily think we live in the most violent age ever seen. Yet as New York Times bestselling author Steven Pinker shows in this startling and engaging new work, just the opposite is true: violence has been diminishing for millennia and we may be living in the most peaceful time in our species's existence.
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The Culture Map
- Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business
- 著者: Erin Meyer
- ナレーター: Lisa Larsen
- 再生時間: 7 時間 42 分
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Americans precede anything negative with three nice comments; French, Dutch, Israelis, and Germans get straight to the point; Latin Americans and Asians are steeped in hierarchy; Scandinavians think the best boss is just one of the crowd. It's no surprise that when they try and talk to each other, chaos breaks out. In The Culture Map, INSEAD professor Erin Meyer is your guide through this subtle, sometimes treacherous terrain in which people from starkly different backgrounds are expected to work harmoniously together.
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Great help for multi international team
- 投稿者: Amazon Customer 日付: 2020/08/27
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Permanent Record
- 著者: Edward Snowden
- ナレーター: Holter Graham
- 再生時間: 11 時間 31 分
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Edward Snowden, the man who risked everything to expose the US government’s system of mass surveillance, reveals for the first time the story of his life, including how he helped to build that system and what motivated him to try to bring it down.
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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
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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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It is an amazing book!
- 投稿者: Amazon Customer 日付: 2019/04/19
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Atomic Habits
- An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
- 著者: James Clear
- ナレーター: James Clear
- 再生時間: 5 時間 35 分
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No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving - every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results. If you're having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn't you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don't want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change.
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Homo Deus
- A Brief History of Tomorrow
- 著者: Yuval Noah Harari
- ナレーター: Derek Perkins
- 再生時間: 14 時間 54 分
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Yuval Noah Harari, author of the critically acclaimed New York Times best seller and international phenomenon Sapiens, returns with an equally original, compelling, and provocative book, turning his focus toward humanity's future and our quest to upgrade humans into gods.
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This book does get you thinking
- 投稿者: Vera Pereira 日付: 2019/05/01
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Shoe Dog
- A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
- 著者: Phil Knight
- ナレーター: Norbert Leo Butz, Phil Knight - introduction
- 再生時間: 13 時間 21 分
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In this candid and riveting memoir, for the first time ever, Nike founder and CEO Phil Knight shares the inside story of the company's early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world's most iconic, game-changing, and profitable brands.
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Great memoir by Uncle Phil
- 投稿者: Amazon カスタマー 日付: 2019/06/17
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Guns, Germs and Steel
- The Fate of Human Societies
- 著者: Jared Diamond
- ナレーター: Doug Ordunio
- 再生時間: 16 時間 20 分
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Having done field work in New Guinea for more than 30 years, Jared Diamond presents the geographical and ecological factors that have shaped the modern world. From the viewpoint of an evolutionary biologist, he highlights the broadest movements both literal and conceptual on every continent since the Ice Age, and examines societal advances such as writing, religion, government, and technology.
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Catch and Kill
- Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators
- 著者: Ronan Farrow
- ナレーター: Ronan Farrow
- 再生時間: 10 時間 43 分
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In 2017, a routine network television investigation led to a story only whispered about: one of Hollywood’s most powerful producers was a predator, protected by fear, wealth, and a conspiracy of silence. As Farrow drew closer to the truth, shadowy operatives, from high-priced lawyers to elite war-hardened spies, mounted a secret campaign of intimidation, threatening his career, following his every move, and weaponizing an account of abuse in his own family.
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Talking to My Daughter About the Economy
- A Brief History of Capitalism
- 著者: Yanis Varoufakis
- ナレーター: Leighton Pugh
- 再生時間: 4 時間 49 分
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Random House presents the audiobook edition of Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: A Brief History of Capitalism by Yanis Varoufakis. Why is there so much inequality? In this short book, world-famous economist Yanis Varoufakis sets out to answer his 11-year-old daughter Xenia's deceptively simple question. Using personal stories and famous myths, he explains what the economy is and why it has the power to shape our lives.
批評家のレビュー
"Vance's description of the culture he grew up in is essential reading for this moment in history." (David Brooks, New York Times)
"A beautiful memoir but it is equally a work of cultural criticism about white working-class America.... [Vance] offers a compelling explanation for why it's so hard for someone who grew up the way he did to make it...a riveting book." ( Wall Street Journal)
"Quietly thoughtful, poignant...while the political timeliness of Hillbilly Elegy is undeniable, Vance truly shines when he takes us with him 'down the holler' into an America we thought we knew - until we realized how little of it we truly understood." ( Huffington Post)
"Looking back on his youth, and all he fled, yields a frank, unsentimental, harrowing memoir, Hillbilly Elegy. It's a superb book given an extra layer of importance by its political reverberations: When Vance returns home these days, he sees yard after yard festooned with Trump signs." ( NY Post)
"You will not read a more important book about America this year." ( Economist)
あらすじ・解説
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. And how America came to abandon and then condescend to its white working classes, until they reached breaking point.
Artwork used with permission from Netflix, Inc.
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- 匿名
- 2017/06/07
Great book, insightful and well written.
an inspiring story, personal and honest. Lessons we all can learn from and be inspired by.
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- NIVEDH SHETTY
- 2019/07/26
Honest and thought-provoking
The best feature of the book is the author's honesty in sharing his stories. While the conclusions drawn in the book are debatable, the nature of the arguments are intelligent and well-thought of, and can help drive a good conversation on what upward mobility means to those in the working class.
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- Greg D. Joffe
- 2017/10/14
Fabulous mix of autobiography and social analysis read by the author
I always enjoy autobiographies read by the author and this was an exceptionally good one. Amazing life story surviving incredible poverty and family challenges but also some robust thinking and analysis about what makes a difference and how things work.
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- Jon
- 2020/07/19
Engaging story with surprisingly excellent narrati
I have listened to a number of books narrated by the author, and this has perhaps the best narration of any of them. Typically, I feel like the benefits of listening to the author tell their own story more than offset their lack of polish as a narrator - but in this case there is no tradeoff, Vance is a clear spoken and engaging narrator in his own right.
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- Pieter Reyneke
- 2017/06/21
Wonderful book.
This book gave me a better understanding and I g of my own life and failures. It is more a self help kind of book as one of literary significance. Well written and it answers so many of the questions to socio-economic problems we are trying to solve.
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- Nyaribo
- 2017/06/01
The strangely familiar reality of the American dream
If your like me and your searching for answers about today's world and how to succeed , then J.D Vance takes you closer to the door step of your enlightenment and freedom.
The book is a memoir of an American white man that is rarely shared that transcends race and unites the poor/working class and their struggle for upward social mobility that is strangely familiar.
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- Frank N
- 2018/01/22
hilarious
hilarious but original. an ordinary story that everyone can relate to. I so recommend this book
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- Miss
- 2016/11/15
SUPERB, insightful and addictive - a must listen
In the wake of this new Brexit and Trump reality, I've been looking for books, documentaries and articles to try and understand more about all the viewpoints and reasons for voting either way, regardless of which side of the fence I personally fall - my overwhelming sense is one of a deep lack of communication and consideration between any one part of society and the others.
This audiobook delivers insight and sensitivity in SPADES and I'm so glad I listened. The story of JD Vance's upbringing, childhood community and transition into adulthood is generously and unflinchingly told, and interwoven with just enough detail on the wider political and socioeconomic history of "rust belt" America. The overall impression is of an almost dynastic family saga all the more affecting for being true - I think Anne Tyler must have a long lost nephew from Kentucky, if I were JD Vance I'd be demanding a DNA test!
Most of all, it's a really compelling listen and I wasn't expecting to enjoy it so thoroughly as I did! Top quality both in the writing and the narration. It can be touch and go when authors narrate their own audio, but Vance does an exceptional job.
A very timely book which deserves all its accolades. Don't hesitate!
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- ADRIAN O
- 2019/02/03
Good book, OK performance
The book is good, not great. J.D.'s reading of it is OK, not good. He is a touch on the monotone side, reads too fast, and takes too few pauses. The overall effect is that he's reading words with little feeling, just trying to rush through it as quickly as possible. By the end I was used to his voice and it didn't bother me too much, but it took half the book before I felt comfortable -- it was hard work concentrating just to keep up with the rush of monotonous words. The 'story' is good, and reveals a lot about his life and where he came from. I recognise flashes of his upbringing in my own life, there's some universal truths about certain backgrounds I guess that work across continents and cultures. What made this book disappointing was the rave reviews it got last year. It was good, but I think I hoped for more. The next book I listened to after this was Kevin Hart's 'I Can't Make This Up' and the contrast was amazing. It's a very different book, but his childhood wasn't that different to J.D. Vance's. They had similar problems, similar attitudes, similar expectations of life and similar beliefs. Kevin's telling of that period is so rich, and so well delivered, and it made me appreciate it all the more after just reading this book. I wish this book had been more like that.
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- Sandy
- 2019/01/13
Profoundly moving.
Though from England, I recognise so much of this book in my home town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK. It's a universal story of poverty and communities in crisis.
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- J. Cronin
- 2017/02/17
An important story
Schools, social workers, courts, medical professionals, employers - all have a responsibility to our children and their families in distress; but as JD says, it's the parents of these children that bear the biggest responsibility. When those parents falter, we have to be there.
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- Albie
- 2016/10/05
Inspiring fascinating story
What did you like most about Hillbilly Elegy?
The candid writing style and level of detail about the main and auxillary characters. As well as it's ability to act as a window into a type of life which seems very alien from those you often meet.
What was one of the most memorable moments of Hillbilly Elegy?
Any of the stories which involved Mamal. Sounded like an amazing woman.
Any additional comments?
Absolutely recommend for those who are interested in the social changes our societies are going through as well as the challenges public policy makers have for the future.
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- MR S A MCLAUGHLAN
- 2020/10/30
A story of survival and the power of acceptance
I read the book after talking to a colleague about childhood trauma. I’m always amazed at the universality of the theme of forgiveness sets us free. A very clear, concise description of experience, strength and hope in a young man. I come from Glasgow and in some way I suppose I’m a Scots relative of this hillybilly boy - Just the other side of the water, but I understood every word and they resonated. I can’t help feeling the twelve step programs that he must have been exposed to as a child did in some way seep into his ongoing recovery from ACE. Thank you. Great listen. Somewhat similar to Angela’s Ashes only I feel with a much more contemplative and well educated hero who understands very well the demons of his culture. Well worth a read.
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- Kristin
- 2020/04/28
best nonfiction book I've read
the reality of it was just the spice this book needed. important read for everyone who wants to understand America and, to be honest, the world's almost poor.
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- Qwerty Booster
- 2019/12/09
Vigilantism
The writer seems determined to titillate with tales of how his family believed in taking "justice" into their own hasty hands. I am swiftly returning this audiobook.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2019/04/03
Explained a lot about the rust belt in America.
No problem getting this book read...was facinated from beginning to the end. Explains life for the struggling middle white Americans through a very understable journey. JDVance carries us through each element of Hillbilly life from a micro and macro perspective. Read this and you will understand why the all American dream isnt available to everyone.
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- Richard Mayne
- 2020/05/20
Really enjoyed this
I enjoyed JDs recounting of his lifes journey thus far. The lessons are a lot more universal that he may recognise.
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- AndrewH
- 2017/06/28
An excellent read
For a young man you did extremely well JD Vance. I'm in my 70's and can relate to your memoirs. Your narration is excellent. There is a lot to learn from your story and the way you value the role of each individual who make up that story. Thank you.
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- Heyjools187
- 2016/12/18
window view
I enjoyed this book. It was an interesting and in ways quite a disturbing read about the inequality endured on a daily basis.
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- James
- 2016/10/07
Amazing story about overcoming the odds
Really enjoyed this unique and personal account of a much wider problem in American society. I could relate to JD Vance's story in many ways, despite being a non-American. The audiobook was read very well by the author.
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- Margaret Livingstone
- 2021/01/04
Hillbilly Elegy is a book that inspires
Even though I knew there were hillbillies in my family tree, everything in Hillbilly Elegy was new to me. J.D. Vance tells so many stories about his upbringing, you will wonder how he ever got through it. It is a fascinating story that is will keep you listening. Even though, I wondered how anyone could live the way these hillbillies live, I found so many things in this book inspirational.
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- 2020/12/04
Basket of deplorables
Funny that this book received rave reviews when it came out. It’s really a celebration of ghastliness: awful people doing dreadful things to each other. Beats me why anyone would want to know about the ignorant rednecks the author elegises. The book is indifferently written: poor English (there is no such word as dove- its dived) and poor continuity in this narrative. The book is badly read: monotone, downward intonation at the end of each sentence sounds like a sermon. I have absolutely no idea why this book was written. I guess you have to be American.
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- Emma
- 2020/11/14
Overrated
I didnt get what all the hype was about in the reviews. I found it hard to get into, slow and dry in parts with too much theoretical commentary which I found over simplified things and exaggerated the plight of his people over other groups. I found him to be arrogant at times,stating hillbillies were the toughest people in the world (as if no other group of people has comparable resilience) and America is by far the greatest country... Genuine academics dont talk like that in blanket unmeasured statements so the theoretical social commentary didnt hold value for me. His life stories were interesting and that was what helped me to persevere except the narration was a bit monotone. Overall It was an average listen that has some value in proving insight into working class white America & is engaging in parts but I wouldnt put it in the same category as books like ' Educated'.
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- 2019/01/29
Thank you for the healing!
Amazing to hear the perspective from another person from a similar socioeconomic rung in childhood. Our experiences may differ, however our struggles are the same. Thank you JD!
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- dwabriz
- 2019/01/03
A deep dive into rural poverty in America
J.D. Vance has written a strong very personal memoir about growing up a hillbilly refugee travelling from darkest Kentucky to the more urban badlands on Ohio. We meet his hotch potch family from a loving & terrifying Grandma, his sister & brother to his drug scarred mother and an array of aunts and uncles and grifting men who move in with mom. He kicks down the doors to the middle class and beyond - graduating in law at Yale and joining a prestigious law firm. He marries and, apart from episodic battles with sine ingrained demons, succeeds in breaking with the desperate Appalachian poverty. While there are deep contradictions in J.D.’s politics, the insights into how his people end up where they do are brilliantly sharp and clear eyed. It’s a must read.
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- Marguerite
- 2018/05/15
A book well worth the read
There appears to be such honesty in this frank account of this young mans life. His clever analysis is made all the more impactful because it is his life, his family and his tribe.
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- Layla Sacker
- 2018/05/06
Who knew?
Like most people my knowledge of Hillbillies was based on stereotypes with little understanding of this community. I was fascinated and totally absorbed by the journey of J.D. Vance as it also applied to disadvantaged communities everywhere. I had new insights insight and so appreciated the honest and not self pitying tone of the author.