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The Fall
- The End of Fox News and the Murdoch Dynasty
- De: Michael Wolff
- Narrado por: Michael Wolff - introduction, Holter Graham
- Duración: 10 h y 32 m
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For almost three decades, Fox News has not only made political careers (see: President Donald J. Trump) but also fundamentally altered the political landscape of the United States. It is a truism: as Fox goes, so goes the nation—into further divisiveness and awash in fake news, a gleefully polarizing company. But just as Fox has pushed America apart, now it too is coming apart. As is the family dynasty behind it.
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Terrific rundown of Fox
- De Iread en 10-05-23
- The Fall
- The End of Fox News and the Murdoch Dynasty
- De: Michael Wolff
- Narrado por: Michael Wolff - introduction, Holter Graham
A Good Read Only If Fan of Fox News & Murdocks
Revisado: 09-29-23
I have listend to two of Michael Wold's book and am a fun. Fail is a good read but only if one is a fan of Fox News, Trump or the Murdocks. Fans will recognize the thousands of names referrenced in this book. Without these referents the book did not hold my attention. Wolf is a good writer with a good sense or humor. Trumps and the Murdock's should go on a picnic together and call it the new Twilight Zone or as Wolf imples a "parallel univere." Hopefully they would invite Ailes, Hanratty and Carlson who are often presented as "batshit crazy." Those that are regular viewers of Fox News will find thies book more interesting, despite the fact that Wolf, as usual, present a very honest appraisal.
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Camelot's Court
- Inside the Kennedy White House
- De: Robert Dallek
- Narrado por: James Lurie
- Duración: 16 h y 50 m
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Fifty years after John F. Kennedy's assassination, presidential historian Robert Dallek, whom The New York Times calls "Kennedy's leading biographer", delivers a riveting new portrait of this president and his inner circle of advisors, their rivalries, personality clashes, and political battles. In Camelot's Court, Dallek analyzes the brain trust whose contributions to the successes and failures of Kennedy's administration - including the Bay of Pigs, civil rights, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and Vietnam - were indelible.
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Well Researched but Critically Flawed
- De brent lloyd en 02-08-22
- Camelot's Court
- Inside the Kennedy White House
- De: Robert Dallek
- Narrado por: James Lurie
Not Much New Here
Revisado: 05-28-21
If you familiar with this time frame and Kennedy administration, you will not likely find anything new More just a straightfoward chronological history, nothing really indepth about the personalities , dispositions or motivation of the people in "Camelots Court." Heavey emphais on Cuba and Vietnam, but you did not get the feeling you were actually there while the decision were being made.Narrator has a pleasant voice, but does not infuse the book with any energy, emotion, tension, or passion.
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A Time for Mercy
- A Jake Brigance Novel
- De: John Grisham
- Narrado por: Michael Beck
- Duración: 19 h y 59 m
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Clanton, Mississippi. 1990. Jake Brigance finds himself embroiled in a deeply divisive trial when the court appoints him attorney for Drew Gamble, a timid sixteen-year-old boy accused of murdering a local deputy. Many in Clanton want a swift trial and the death penalty, but Brigance digs in and discovers that there is more to the story than meets the eye. Jake’s fierce commitment to saving Drew from the gas chamber puts his career, his financial security, and the safety of his family on the line.
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Good but not great
- De ASDQM1 en 10-14-20
- A Time for Mercy
- A Jake Brigance Novel
- De: John Grisham
- Narrado por: Michael Beck
Narrator Leaves a Lot to be Desired
Revisado: 12-01-20
I have read or listen to every John Greshem book
Could not get through this one due to the narration
The narrator is unable to capture southern accents, age differences or character differences
His attempt to capture a a souther woman in her 30's, a dominant character, sounded like some type of cartoon monster
Vocal characterization of the deputy sheriff left a lot be desired.
Publisher really needed to get a female to do the female voices and a narrator capable of doing a southern acccent to enhance the authenticity of the book
Some other reviews seemed to like the narrator, it really grated on my sensibilities and I had to stop listening.
Very dissapointing!
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Washington Journal
- Reporting Watergate and Richard Nixon's Downfall
- De: Elizabeth Drew
- Narrado por: Jo Anna Perrin
- Duración: 22 h y 17 m
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Unfolding over the course of a single year, from September 1973 to August 1974, Washington Journal is the record of the near-dissolution of a nation's political conscience - told from within. In this book, we see corruption in its most prosaic and grandest forms, along with occasional flashes of decency, ethics, and humanity, and other sights rarely witnessed in the wilds of the capital.
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Brilliant reporting
- De Tad Davis en 10-01-14
- Washington Journal
- Reporting Watergate and Richard Nixon's Downfall
- De: Elizabeth Drew
- Narrado por: Jo Anna Perrin
Your pillow will need a pillow."
Revisado: 07-19-20
Rather difficult to make one of the more dramatic political scandals in American history dull, but the author succeeds admirably. /The narrator reminds me of being in a public speaking course in college, where some students would memorize their presentations and bore us to tears. In fairness, even a great narrator could not save this book "Your pillow will need a pillow."
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Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream
- The Most Revealing Portrait of a President and Presidential Power Ever Written
- De: Doris Kearns Goodwin
- Narrado por: Gabra Zackman, Jim Frangione
- Duración: 17 h y 1 m
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Doris Kearns Goodwin's classic life of Lyndon Johnson, who presided over the Great Society, the Vietnam War, and other defining moments in the tumultuous 1960s, is a monument in political biography. From the moment the author, then a young woman from Harvard, first encountered President Johnson at a White House dance in the spring of 1967, she became fascinated by the man - his character, his enormous energy and drive, and his manner of wielding these gifts in an endless pursuit of power.
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Unfortunately simple slant.
- De Lynda Rands en 01-22-17
- Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream
- The Most Revealing Portrait of a President and Presidential Power Ever Written
- De: Doris Kearns Goodwin
- Narrado por: Gabra Zackman, Jim Frangione
I really wanted to like this book
Revisado: 06-20-20
No sure how you can make a book about LBJ hard to listen to, but Goodwin succeeds. Does not provide much backstage insight into American politics, reads and sounds like her dissertation to much of the time. Too much psycho-analysis. Gee you have to think that in LBJ's career there must of been some humorous experiences along the way, few and far between in this book. I was to purchase the book on Lincoln called Team of Rivals, but than I saw if was 41 hours and authored by Goodwin, would certainly want to listen to a sample chaper.
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The Greatest Comeback
- How Richard Nixon Rose from Defeat to Create the New Majority
- De: Patrick J. Buchanan
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 12 h y 52 m
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After suffering stinging defeats in the 1960 presidential election against John F. Kennedy, and in the 1962 California gubernatorial election, Nixon's career was declared dead by Washington press and politicians alike. Yet on January 20, 1969, just six years after he had said his political life was over, Nixon would stand taking the oath of office as 37th President of the United States. How did Richard Nixon resurrect a ruined career and reunite a shattered and fractured Republican Party to capture the White House?
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The comeback kid
- De Jean en 07-23-14
- The Greatest Comeback
- How Richard Nixon Rose from Defeat to Create the New Majority
- De: Patrick J. Buchanan
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
Excellent History
Revisado: 06-20-20
An interesting backstage look at political strategy during an important period in American history. Buchanon is a good story teller.
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