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Wastelands
- The True Story of Farm Country on Trial
- Narrado por: Rob Shapiro
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"Beautifully written, impeccably researched, and told with the air of suspense that few writers can handle, Wastelands is a story I wish I had written."—From the Foreword by John Grisham
The once idyllic coastal plain of North Carolina is home to a close-knit, rural community that for more than a generation has battled the polluting practices of large-scale farming taking place in its own backyard. After years of frustration and futility, an impassioned cadre of local residents, led by a team of intrepid and dedicated lawyers, filed a lawsuit against one of the world’s most powerful companies—and, miraculously, they won.
As vivid and fast-paced as a thriller, Wastelands takes us into the heart of a legal battle over the future of America’s farmland and into the lives of the people who found the courage to fight.
There is Elsie Herring, the most outspoken of the neighbors, who has endured racial slurs and the threat of a restraining order to tell the story of the waste raining down on her rooftop from the hog operation next door. There is Don Webb, a larger-than-life hog farmer turned grassroots crusader, and Rick Dove, a riverkeeper and erstwhile military judge who has pioneered the use of aerial photography to document the scale of the pollution. There is Woodell McGowan, a quiet man whose quest to redeem his family’s ancestral land encourages him to become a better neighbor, and Dr. Steve Wing, a groundbreaking epidemiologist whose work on the health effects of hog waste exposure translates the neighbors’ stories into the argot of science. And there is Tom Butler, an environmental savant and hog industry insider whose whistleblowing testimony electrifies the jury.
Fighting alongside them in the courtroom is Mona Lisa Wallace, who broke the gender barrier in her small southern town and built a storied legal career out of vanquishing corporate giants, and Mike Kaeske, whose trial skills are second to none.
With journalistic rigor and a novelist’s instinct for story, Corban Addison's Wastelands captures the inspiring struggle to bring a modern-day monopoly to its knees, to force a once-invincible corporation to change, and to preserve the rights—and restore the heritage—of a long-suffering community.
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“Exceptional. . . heartbreaking. . .Addison reveals how a cadre of dedicated lawyers and long-suffering North Carolina families fought, and won, against Big Pork. . .This high-stakes legal saga is a must-read.”
—Publishers Weekly [starred review]
“In Wastelands, Corban Addison tells the extraordinary story of how some North Carolina residents stood up to a meatpacking company polluting their communities … [A] legal thriller, full of energy and compassion … [and] a damning portrait of how we feed ourselves …”
—Eric Schlosser, The New York Times Book Review
“[F]illed with charismatic, colorful characters … lovingly and sincerely wrought … [T]he satisfaction of a book like Wastelands lies in a truly rare kind of redemption. Goliath is slain. The good guys win. And Addison has the pleasure of being the verdict’s messenger.”
—Leslie Pariseau, The Los Angeles Times
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In Wasteland, journalist Oliver Franklin-Wallis takes us on a shocking journey inside the waste industry—the secretive multi-billion dollar world that underpins the modern economy, quietly profiting from what we leave behind.
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Shocking book
- De John Zalloum en 08-14-24
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Ford County
- Stories
- De: John Grisham
- Narrado por: John Grisham
- Duración: 8 h y 42 m
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John Grisham returns to Ford County, Mississippi, the setting of his immensely popular first novel, A Time to Kill. This wholly surprising collection of stories reminds us once again why Grisham is America's favorite storyteller.
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Sad But True
- De Alan en 11-28-09
De: John Grisham
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The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist
- A True Story of Injustice in the American South
- De: Radley Balko, Tucker Carrington, John Grisham - foreword
- Narrado por: Robert Fass
- Duración: 14 h y 45 m
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In The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist, Radley Balko and Tucker Carrington write a true story of Southern Gothic horror - of two innocent men wrongly convicted of vicious crimes and the legally condoned failures that allowed it to happen. Balko and Carrington will shine a light on the institutional and professional failures that allowed this tragic, astonishing story to happen, identify where it may have happened elsewhere, and show how to prevent it from happening again.
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Gothic Horror-Show, With A Few Digressions
- De Gillian en 03-01-18
De: Radley Balko, y otros
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The Cancer Factory
- Industrial Chemicals, Corporate Deception, and the Hidden Deaths of American Workers
- De: Jim Morris
- Narrado por: Jeff Zinn
- Duración: 10 h y 8 m
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Working at the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company chemical plant in Niagara Falls, New York, was considered a good job. It was the kind of industrial manufacturing job that allowed blue-collar workers to thrive in the latter half of the 20th century—that allowed them to buy their own home, and maybe a small boat for the lake. But it was also the kind of job that exposed you to toxic chemicals and offered little to no protection from them, either in the way of protective gear or adequate ventilation. Eventually, it was a job that gave you bladder cancer.
De: Jim Morris
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The Tears of Dark Water
- De: Corban Addison
- Narrado por: Korey Jackson
- Duración: 18 h y 6 m
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Daniel and Vanessa Parker are an American success story. He is a Washington, DC power broker, and she is a doctor with a thriving practice. But behind the facade, their marriage is a shambles, and their teenage son, Quentin, is self-destructing. In desperation, Daniel dusts off a long-delayed dream - a sailing trip around the world. Little does he know that the voyage he hopes will save them may destroy them instead.
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Best of Both: Entertainment & Learning
- De Snoodely en 11-25-16
De: Corban Addison
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The Innocent Man
- Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
- De: John Grisham
- Narrado por: Craig Wasson
- Duración: 12 h y 28 m
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In the town of Ada, Oklahoma, Ron Williamson was going to be the next Mickey Mantle. But on his way to the Big Leagues, Ron stumbled, his dreams broken by drinking, drugs, and women. Then, on a winter night in 1982, not far from Ron’s home, a young cocktail waitress named Debra Sue Carter was savagely murdered. The investigation led nowhere. Until, on the flimsiest evidence, it led to Ron Williamson. The washed-up small-town hero was charged, tried, and sentenced to death - in a trial littered with lying witnesses and tainted evidence....
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Wake up people...
- De Michael H. Wagner en 10-14-09
De: John Grisham
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Camino Island
- A Novel
- De: John Grisham
- Narrado por: January LaVoy
- Duración: 8 h y 45 m
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Priceless F. Scott Fitzgerald manuscripts stolen in a daring heist; a young woman recruited to recover them, and a beach-resort bookseller who gets more than he bargained for - all in one long summer on Camino Island.
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Grisham wrote this?
- De Dan en 06-13-17
De: John Grisham
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Wastelands
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- R. Alembik
- 12-14-22
Fantastic
This was a hard book to put down. Riveting at a personal and intellectual level. The characters are portrayed in three dimensions as are the court proceedings. I’m also contemplating going full vegan.
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- Kathleen Roberson
- 09-22-22
Land Owners Rights 🙏
Great piece of work about property owners rights vs large industry and reversing as a bell ringer story!
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- Ed B
- 02-04-23
Justice Delayed but Not Denied
An utterly riveting story of the fight for environmental, community and individual justice in North Carolina farm country. The courtroom drama is real, and taken to an exponential level given the complexity and stakes of the cases.
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- H. Winslow
- 07-14-24
Stop eating animals
Listening to this made me want to never eat pork again. The immoral pig companies sacrificing everything—everything!— for filthy lucre. And the fierce fighters who fought them. Great story, very well narrated.
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- Matt
- 06-24-22
Eyes wide open
Great storytelling. Best nonfiction novel in a long time. My heart goes out to those that endured the horrible living conditions. And my anger, a righteous indignation, goes toward those who refuse to acknowledge the hog $#!*. Happy for the history lesson. Can't believe it's a current subject that still needs to be addressed. Much praise for the law team that stood for truth and refused to back down under the Hog empire.
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- Cookie Clark
- 11-05-22
Riveting
À true story so beautifully crafted that it is as exciting to read as any fictional tale. I could not put it down. There is courage and greed, grace and deceit, much to admire and much to despise. The hidden suffering of both people and animals is heartbreaking luckily balanced by bravery, strength and compassion. A rich, very worthwhile read.
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- David
- 06-22-23
Wonderful!
I couldn’t stop listening!
Absolutely riveting and we’ll done!
Corbin is magical!
Next listen now!
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- arnold mortzheim
- 01-27-24
Justice for not only people, but the animals and the land thru the hard efforts of the legal warriors and brave plaintiffs.
Incredibly well written and narrated! What an amazing true story - a must read for anyone who cares about people, farm animals, and the land.
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- MERRY CLARK
- 09-26-22
We need more books like this.
True story, courtroom drama, environmental issue—yes like Civil Action and Erin Brockovich but more than that— it’s about environmental justice. People of color and the poor have always been shoved onto undesirable real estate. And confined animal feeding operations have to go somewhere; it’s not like they’re going to put them in the middle of Beverly Hills.
The connection to appropriate reparations for harm done to people of color is weaved throughout the plot. Atticus Finch even came to my mind during the court trial. The people in this book had ancestors who were enslaved and now white farmers were saying that they didn’t have to respect their property rights. Their right to farm, in their mind, is more important than their neighbors’ right to enjoy their property.
What if that neighbor was the governor?
This story is well told, with description that transports the reader to any location the author wishes. character description is also spot on and the reader starts to imagine various stars who might be cast in these roles.
I love a book with a mission.
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- Amazon Customer
- 11-27-22
Defacement of power
Every once an and awhile the good guys win, advocates find a way to submit the truth in a manner that is believed and power is overcome. This is the story of how this particular collision of right and power came about came about. You won’t want put it down.
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