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Language
English
Description
What are the consequences if the people given control over our government have no idea how it works? "The election happened," remembers Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, then deputy secretary of the Department of Energy. "And then there was radio silence." Across all departments, similar stories were playing out: Trump appointees were few and far between; those that did show up were shockingly uninformed about the functions of their new workplace. Some...
Author
Publisher
Blackstone
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
9 audio discs (10 3/4 hr.) ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An account of the previously unheralded but pivotal contributions of NASA's African-American women mathematicians to America's space program describes how they were segregated from their white counterparts by Jim Crow laws in spite of their groundbreaking successes.
Author
Publisher
Macmillan Audio
Language
English
Formats
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"Richard Armitage is an excellent choice of narrator for this celebration of the famed British author's work. His deep, resonant voice meanders through the stories of seven different people in the small English town of Chawton...a great casual listen, especially for those familiar with Austen's work." — AudioFile Magazine
This program includes a bonus conversation between the author and Kathleen A. Flynn, author of