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Essential American Political Reading

Revisado: 10-12-23

A well detailed extraordinary memoir. Her story is one of great courage which will be significant to American history.

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Brilliant

Revisado: 12-07-22

Insightful. Well told and amazingly organized. I’ve lived through what she writes about and she tells it better.

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Fair handed and fun bio of a unique man

Revisado: 09-05-21

Engaging. Culturally loaded, and with enough touchstones that it is quite relatable. I’m thankful that Mike Nichols lived a nice long life into his 80’s. He leaves behind him a huge wave of art—some average some bad but much that is undeniably brilliant. This book was fair handed and not overly laudatory. A very good read.

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Excellent

Revisado: 07-23-21

Such great storytelling and an enthralling reader! An privilege to hear these stories from such an intimate vantage point. Bravo to Mr. Obama for his phenomenal writing, and to his mother for bestowing him with THAT voice.

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My Second Time Through It

Revisado: 03-19-21

Arthur Morey’s voice, more than even the sinewy plot lines of this book made me want to listen to it a second time. I remember liking it a lot, but I would never have remembered all of it. Now I can’t forget it. It’s such a good book, of rich complexity; just the right length— all you naysayers are wrong. What a gem. Arthur Morey, you sure can rock a forty hour book.

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My second time

Revisado: 12-31-20

I remember liking this book, but not the details of why. I gave it another listen and it has captivated my attention the entire time through. I needed to take my mind off of 2020 and the world around me. What great writing. Good characters. Dark subjects and bad people. Excellent. Also a phenomenal performance by the reader, Stephen Lang. Just a great listen.

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Barbara Rosenblat Rocks this Book!

Revisado: 08-10-19

Pair a great story with Barbara Rosenblat-- hell, PAIR THE PHONEBOOK WITH BARBARA ROSENBLAT--and you've got lightning in a bottle. You forget that there is only one person reading--she is a vocal chameleon. This is such a great book which I've read a few times. It really came alive with her reading it. Can't wait to re-see the movie. Just Brilliant!!

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Good book, flawed by technical and narrative issue

Revisado: 11-07-16

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

The topic of film agency was fascinating, well-researched and thorough. The book is very well written as well.

What other book might you compare Powerhouse to and why?

The Agency by Frank Rose. Similar topic and scope.

Did the narrators do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?

There are three readers. Two males and one woman. The female and one male are professional, enjoyable and clear. The other male is the author, who has a voice like a cartoon dog. He is given the least to read--transitional topics and chapter introductions, but it doesn't help that his phrasing is jarring and odd. He doesn't understand commas, which is odd since he wrote the book, and often pauses at odd places within his sentences. Perhaps the producer was afraid to correct him because he is the author. He is gravelly and annoying, and I cringe when he opens his mouth. Otherwise, cool book!

Any additional comments?

The audio production could be improved. All hard consonants, B's, CH's, TH's etc. are lopped off the front of words. Give it a listen, and calm the filters down, boys. Very obvious in many books I've recently listened to.

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Chilling and True

Revisado: 10-01-09

Forget the controversy surrounding the tale's authenticity--it's irrelevant. This is a very powerful story containing great lessons about tragedy and redemption. Phillips has survived so many trials that would have incapacitated so many other people, and beat the odds to tell her story. I'm glad she found the words and the strength to give it voice.

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Amazing book ruined by absurd pronunciations

Revisado: 05-01-09

I have to agree with earlier posts. I love Hollywood, and I could love this book so much more ( a solid 5 stars!) but it's marred by the reader. Great to see others were also annoyed by the massacre of names and concepts by this ill-guided, ill-produced narrator. Even "foreign" names like Richard Burton are clammed. It takes something away from the experience, as another listener mentioned, to wince at howlers like biopic, (it doesn't rhyme with myopic!!). This guy shouldn't read without adequate supervision. It's so bad that Tantor should consider re-recording this book properly.

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