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Reagan
- His Life and Legend
- De: Max Boot
- Narrado por: Graham Winton
- Duración: 32 h y 7 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 135
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 123
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 123
In this “monumental and impressive” biography, Max Boot, the distinguished political columnist, illuminates the untold story of Ronald Reagan, revealing the man behind the mythology. Drawing on interviews with over one hundred of the fortieth president’s aides, friends, and family members, as well as thousands of newly available documents, Boot provides “the best biography of Ronald Reagan to date” (Robert Mann).
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1 out of 5 stars
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Has An Agenda
- De CC en 01-07-25
- Reagan
- His Life and Legend
- De: Max Boot
- Narrado por: Graham Winton
A thorough, evenhanded biography
Revisado: 11-10-24
It was even-handed, highlighting his virtues as much (or more) than his foibles. I enjoyed it a great deal.
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Closing Time
- A True Story of Robbery and Double Murder
- De: Anita Paddock
- Narrado por: Perry Daniels
- Duración: 5 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 35
Kenneth Staton was the well-respected owner of a jewelry store in Van Buren, Arkansas. Unknown to him, two men plotted to rob the jewelry store at closing time on September 10, 1980. This senseless, bloody crime rocked the town of Van Buren and set its lawmen, sworn to find the killers, on a fiercely determined hunt that led from Rogers, Arkansas, to Jacksonville, Florida, and all the way to Vancouver, Canada.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Was the author allowed to give approval first?
- De GH en 10-29-21
- Closing Time
- A True Story of Robbery and Double Murder
- De: Anita Paddock
- Narrado por: Perry Daniels
My compliments to the author for a story well told, interesting throughout. I enjoyed it.
Revisado: 10-05-24
Unfortunately, my enjoyment of the book was hampered by what can only be described as incredibly sloppy production of the audio performance. The narrator frequently referred to Sheriff Ball as Bell. That’s inexcusable for a professional production. Additionally, the narrator mispronounces the name of the neighboring city of Alma. It’s Al-Muh, not Ahl-muh. That’s inexcusable. The narrator also gives a roadway in Oklahoma a non-existant name: the Muskeegee Turnpkie. That’s laughable.
I have no doubt the author, given her ties to the community and western Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma, had all the details right in the original publication. However, the producers of the audio performance and the narrator get a massively failing grade their frequent and egregious, yet easily avoidable, mistakes.
I plan to download and listen to the author’s other titles. I hope material got better treatment.
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Why We Did It
- A Travelogue from the Republican Road to Hell
- De: Tim Miller
- Narrado por: Josh Bloomberg
- Duración: 8 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,667
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,487
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,476
As one of the strategists behind the famous 2012 RNC “autopsy,” Miller conducts his own forensic study on the pungent carcass of the party he used to love, cutting into all the hubris, ambition, idiocy, desperation, and self-deception for everyone to see. In a bracingly honest reflection on both his own past work for the Republican Party and the contortions of his former peers in the GOP establishment, Miller draws a straight line between the actions of the 2000s GOP to the Republican political class's Trumpian takeover, including the horrors of January 6th.
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5 out of 5 stars
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No, Tim!
- De Lori Renard en 06-30-22
- Why We Did It
- A Travelogue from the Republican Road to Hell
- De: Tim Miller
- Narrado por: Josh Bloomberg
I expected more
Revisado: 03-12-23
I really expected more insight, more answers to a topic that has absolutely confounded me. I really thought this would offer an important insider’s take. The author got a little too hung up on telling this story through the lens of his personal life. I don’t care what cocktails he likes or the brand of cigarettes he smokes, or even that he smokes at all. I really hoped this book would help me understand why good people backed a bad man. It didn’t.
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One Minute to Midnight
- Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War
- De: Michael Dobbs
- Narrado por: Bob Walter
- Duración: 16 h y 24 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 887
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 742
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 737
In October 1962, at the height of the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union appeared to be sliding inexorably toward a nuclear conflict over the placement of missiles in Cuba. Veteran Washington Post reporter Michael Dobbs has pored over previously untapped American, Soviet, and Cuban sources to produce the most authoritative book yet on the Cuban missile crisis.
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4 out of 5 stars
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On the verge of annihilation.
- De MikeCG en 01-22-09
- One Minute to Midnight
- Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War
- De: Michael Dobbs
- Narrado por: Bob Walter
Very enlightening
Revisado: 01-12-23
I learned a lot of things I did not know about this incident from this book. Not only was it full of great information, but it was presented in a compelling narrative.
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The Man Who Knew the Way to the Moon
- De: Todd Zwillich
- Narrado por: Todd Zwillich, Angelo Di Loreto
- Duración: 3 h y 32 m
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 18,852
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 17,023
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 16,970
Without John C. Houbolt, a mid-level engineer at NASA, Apollo 11 would never have made it to the moon. Top NASA engineers on the project, including Werner Von Braun, strongly advocated for a single, huge spacecraft to travel to the moon, land, and return to Earth. It's the scenario used in 1950s cartoons and horror movies about traveling to outer space. Houbolt had another idea: Lunar Orbit Rendezvous. LOR would link two spacecraft in orbit while the crafts were travelling at 3,600 miles an hour around the moon. His plan was ridiculed and considered unthinkable.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Caveat Emptor: Bone to Pick
- De Judah Family en 07-05-19
- The Man Who Knew the Way to the Moon
- De: Todd Zwillich
- Narrado por: Todd Zwillich, Angelo Di Loreto
Massive fact error crashes, burns this title
Revisado: 09-24-19
I got this title with great expectations, since I love everything Mercury, Gemini and Apollo. Sadly, my experience with this book never got off the ground.
I stopped listening the moment I heard the narrator talk about the baseball game attended by President Kennedy, which featured Ernie Banks of the Chicago WHITE SOX. WHITE SOX.
That is an inexcusable fact error. Even the most cursory review of history quickly reveals that Ernie Banks was Mr. Cub. As a person who spent more than 30 years working in newsrooms, your reporting of the facts is the key to your credibility. When you screw up something this easy, how can I trust you on anything else.
The writer lost me with that glaring mistake,
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