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The Field of Blood
- Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War
- De: Joanne B. Freeman
- Narrado por: Joanne B. Freeman
- Duración: 11 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 522
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 462
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 459
In The Field of Blood, Joanne B. Freeman recovers the long-lost story of physical violence on the floor of the US Congress. Drawing on an extraordinary range of sources, she shows that the Capitol was rife with conflict in the decades before the Civil War. Legislative sessions were often punctuated by mortal threats, canings, flipped desks, and all-out slugfests. When debate broke down, congressmen drew pistols and waved Bowie knives. One representative even killed another in a duel. Many were beaten and bullied in an attempt to intimidate them into compliance, particularly on the issue of slavery.
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5 out of 5 stars
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fascinating look at an untold aspect of US.history
- De P. Cardella en 09-27-18
- The Field of Blood
- Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War
- De: Joanne B. Freeman
- Narrado por: Joanne B. Freeman
Absorbing history; delightful narration
Revisado: 04-27-19
An absorbing examination of physical violence on the halls of Congress in the years leading up to the Civil War—a hidden history revealed through the diaries of one man. The author’s narration makes for thoroughly enjoyable listening. She has a pleasant voice and story-telling cadence that adds emphasis where needed without ever becoming overly dramatic. I kept thinking how much I would enjoy attending a class she taught. And what a pleasure to listen to an audiobook where every word and name is pronounced correctly!
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Kushner, Inc.
- Greed. Ambition. Corruption. The Extraordinary Story of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump
- De: Vicky Ward
- Narrado por: Fiona Hardingham, Vicky Ward - introduction
- Duración: 9 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 745
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 656
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 653
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump are the self-styled prince and princess of America. Their swift, gilded rise to extraordinary power in Donald Trump’s White House is unprecedented, unconstitutional, and dangerous. In Kushner, Inc., investigative journalist Vicky Ward digs beneath the myth the couple has created that depicts themselves as the voices of reason in an otherwise crazy presidency and reveals that Jared and Ivanka are not just the president’s chief enablers, they are, like him, disdainful of rules, of laws, and of ethics.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great story but narrator was a disaster
- De Lmaris en 03-20-19
- Kushner, Inc.
- Greed. Ambition. Corruption. The Extraordinary Story of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump
- De: Vicky Ward
- Narrado por: Fiona Hardingham, Vicky Ward - introduction
Read it; don't listen to it
Revisado: 03-20-19
I'm enjoying the content of this book, but the narration is one of the worst I have heard from Audible. Ms Hardingham has a girlish style that I would describe as "flouncy", and is decidedly over-dramatic. Frequently, her phrasing and pauses indicate that she doesn't really understand the meaning of what she is reading. Also, she inexcusably mispronounces many names of well-known people who are frequently in the news. Did no one listen to her narration before releasing it? I'm adding her to the list of narrators that I will avoid at all cost.
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Born Trump
- Inside America's First Family
- De: Emily Jane Fox
- Narrado por: Emily Jane Fox
- Duración: 11 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 362
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 323
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 321
Who is Donald J. Trump? To truly understand America’s 45th president, argues Vanity Fair journalist Emily Jane Fox, you must know his children, whose own stories provide the key to unlocking what makes him tick. Born Trump is Fox’s dishy, deeply reported, and richly detailed look at Trump’s five children (and equally powerful son-in-law, Jared Kushner), exploring their lives, their roles in the campaign and administration, and their dramatic and often fraught relationships with their father and with one another.
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1 out of 5 stars
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disappointing, a re-hash of all we knew
- De thoughtstomull en 06-23-18
- Born Trump
- Inside America's First Family
- De: Emily Jane Fox
- Narrado por: Emily Jane Fox
Bottom of the barrel narration
Revisado: 08-14-18
Huge disappointment. What a mistake to allow the author to perform the narration! Her millennial monotone made this one of the most excruciatingly dull readings I have experienced on Audible. Every sentence carried the exact same intonation. As for the content, there's no original reporting here. Every incident is ripped from the pages of People magazine.
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The Man without a Face
- The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin
- De: Masha Gessen
- Narrado por: Justine Eyre
- Duración: 10 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 590
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 532
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 530
The Man Without a Face is the chilling account of how a low-level, small-minded KGB operative ascended to the Russian presidency and, in an astonishingly short time, destroyed years of progress, making his country once more a threat to her own people and to the world.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Poor performance mars listening experience
- De Jean MacKenzie en 12-24-12
- The Man without a Face
- The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin
- De: Masha Gessen
- Narrado por: Justine Eyre
Worst narrator ever
Revisado: 09-14-17
Is there anything you would change about this book?
The narrator--without a doubt one of the worst Audible narrators I have listened to. The Boris & Natasha accent was truly cringeworthy at best, and thoroughly enraging when Russian names were ruthlessly mispronounced.
Would you be willing to try another one of Justine Eyre’s performances?
Never. Never again. Ever.
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Bound for Canaan
- The Underground Railroad and the War for the Soul of America
- De: Fergus M. Bordewich
- Narrado por: Fergus M. Bordewich
- Duración: 5 h y 29 m
- Versión resumida
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 10
Interweaving thrilling personal stories with the politics of slavery and abolition, Bound for Canaan shows how the Underground Railroad gave birth to this country's first racially integrated, religiously inspired movement for social change.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Should have used a professional reader
- De MAG en 04-28-16
- Bound for Canaan
- The Underground Railroad and the War for the Soul of America
- De: Fergus M. Bordewich
- Narrado por: Fergus M. Bordewich
Should have used a professional reader
Revisado: 04-28-16
How did the narrator detract from the book?
Generally I like to hear the author read, but Mr. Bordewich has a habit of starting a sentence loudly and trailing off to a half-whisper at the end. It makes it difficult to find a comfortable volume, and very annoying to listen to. Despite an otherwise engaging narrative, I couldn't make it past the first chapter. Maybe I'll try the Kindle version.
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The Witches
- Salem, 1692
- De: Stacy Schiff
- Narrado por: Eliza Foss
- Duración: 18 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 867
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 768
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 767
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Cleopatra, the number one national best seller, unpacks the mystery of the Salem Witch Trials. It began in 1692, over an exceptionally raw Massachusetts winter, when a minister's daughter began to scream and convulse. It ended less than a year later, but not before 19 men and women had been hanged and an elderly man crushed to death. The panic spread quickly, involving the most educated men and prominent politicians in the colony. Neighbors accused neighbors, parents and children accused each other.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Really annoying narration
- De MAG en 11-10-15
- The Witches
- Salem, 1692
- De: Stacy Schiff
- Narrado por: Eliza Foss
Really annoying narration
Revisado: 11-10-15
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Eliza Foss's reading makes me feel like I'm at a kindergarten story hour. I'm 3 hours in and just hating it.
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