LBJ and McNamara
The Vietnam Partnership Destined to Fail
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“In this book, I have sought to blend personal experience, journalism, and scholarship. It is history written by a journalist who was there.”—Peter L.W. Osnos
Discover untold insights of the critical Vietnam War decisions made by President Johnson and Robert McNamara, their struggles with policy reversals, and the lessons relevant to today’s conflicts. Also featuring a unique audio bonus with exclusive, candid audio from McNamara’s memoir creation.
LBJ and McNamara: The Vietnam Partnership Destined to Fail details how President Lyndon B. Johnson and his secretary of defense, Robert McNamara, made choices central to US strategy in Vietnam, ending in defeat. The portrait emerges of men who knew that conventional victory was impossible but who could not or would not reverse the policies that they and the military pursued.
In their own words, especially McNamara's, how and why this happened is a story never before told with such immediacy and insight. LBJ and McNamara reflects how decisions about policy and strategy were made in the Vietnam era—which in the aftermath of wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and those in Ukraine and Gaza is relevant to our times. The lessons for today's policy-makers are clear. The imperfections of decision-making are always much more apparent in retrospect.
The audiobook also features unique bonus audio in which you will hear McNamara working with his editors as his controversial 1995 memoir In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam was being written, dealing with astonishing frankness on major issues involving President Kennedy, President Johnson, and his own evolving views of the presidents, the Vietnam war, and himself.
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- Narrado por: James Patrick Cronin, Julie McKay
- Duración: 5 h y 9 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,250
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,029
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,019
Navigating the challenges of long-term commitment takes effort - and it just got simpler, with this empowering, step-by-step guide to communicating about the things that matter most to you and your partner. Drawing on 40 years of research from their world-famous Love Lab, Dr. John Gottman and Dr. Julie Schwartz Gottman invite couples on eight fun, easy, and profoundly rewarding dates, each one focused on a make-or-break issue: trust, conflict, sex, money, family, adventure, spirituality, and dreams.
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1 out of 5 stars
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What the F. Robot-reader???!?!?!
- De Anonymous User en 01-21-20
De: John Gottman PhD, y otros
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Ali in Me
- De: Mercury Studios, Treefort Media
- Narrado por: Lonnie Ali, John Ramsey
- Duración: 3 h y 31 m
- Grabación Original
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General5 out of 5 stars 143
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 140
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 140
Muhammad Ali, never afraid to express himself loudly and boldly, stays true to form in Ali in Me, an eight-part audio series that explores his life and legacy, guided by his own words through never-before-heard audio recordings. Hosted by Muhammad’s widow, Lonnie Ali, and his close friend, award-winning broadcaster John Ramsey, Ali in Me goes beyond the boxing ring to delve deeply into the extraordinary life and lasting contributions The Champ made to individuals around the world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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He went hard on everything, especially love
- De 🔥 Phx17 🔥 en 01-31-25
De: Mercury Studios, y otros
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I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn’t)
- Telling the Truth about Perfectionism, Inadequacy, and Power
- De: Brené Brown
- Narrado por: Lauren Fortgang
- Duración: 10 h y 44 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,930
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 5,046
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,989
Based on seven years of ground-breaking research and hundreds of interviews, I Thought It Was Just Me shines a long-overdue light on an important truth: Our imperfections are what connect us to each other and to our humanity. Our vulnerabilities are not weaknesses; they are powerful reminders to keep our hearts and minds open to the reality that we're all in this together.
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3 out of 5 stars
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I'm sure its great if you are a mother ....
- De Leslie A Hill en 08-09-11
De: Brené Brown
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Mythology: Mega Collection
- Classic Stories from the Greek, Celtic, Norse, Japanese, Hindu, Chinese, Mesopotamian and Egyptian Mythology
- De: Scott Lewis
- Narrado por: Madison Niederhauser, Oliver Hunt
- Duración: 31 h y 37 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 710
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 623
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 623
Do you know how many wives Zeus had? Or how the famous Trojan War was caused by one beautiful lady? Or how Thor got his hammer? Give your imagination a real treat. This Mega Mythology Collection of eight audiobooks is for you....
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4 out of 5 stars
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An interesting set of introductions.
- De Kevin Potter en 05-30-19
De: Scott Lewis
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Fingerprints of the Gods
- The Quest Continues
- De: Graham Hancock
- Narrado por: Graham Hancock
- Duración: 18 h y 31 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 8,835
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 7,818
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 7,777
Fingerprints of the Gods is the revolutionary rewrite of history that has persuaded millions of listeners throughout the world to change their preconceptions about the history behind modern society. An intellectual detective story, this unique history audiobook directs probing questions at orthodox history, presenting disturbing new evidence that historians have tried - but failed - to explain.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Classic in Historical Mysteries
- De Kelly en 09-05-19
De: Graham Hancock
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The Thin Line
- Hope vs. Reality in the Era of Weight-Loss Drugs
- De: Scaachi Koul
- Narrado por: Scaachi Koul
- Duración: 4 h y 31 m
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 245
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 240
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 240
Over the next five years, millions of more Americans are expected to take Ozempic and other GLP-1 weight-loss drugs, which are rapidly being recognized as the miracle drugs of this century. If you’re not on them, you’ll probably know someone who is. What are the implications of the widespread use of these drugs, both on our bodies and our society? In this show, you’ll meet people across America who are either taking the jab or thinking about it, and the shocking intentional and unintentional results they are seeing.
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5 out of 5 stars
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More balanced than expected and very comprehensive
- De Summer Rodriguez en 01-03-25
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Most locals in Big Timber, Montana learn to live with the wind. Rick Jarrett sought his fortune in it. Like his pioneer ancestors who staked their claims in the Treasure State, he believed in his right to make a living off the land—and its newest precious resource, million-dollar wind. Trouble was, Jarrett’s neighbors were some of the wealthiest and most influential men in America, trophy ranchers who’d come West to enjoy magnificent mountain views, not stare at 500-foot wind turbines.
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Land with No Sun
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A no-holds-barred, straight-in-your-face account of combat in Vietnam. You know it's going to be hot when your brigade is referred to as a Fireball unit. From May 1967 through May 1968, Ted Arthurs was in the thick of it, humping an eighty-pound rucksack through triple canopy jungle, chasing down the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese in the Central Highlands of South Vietnam. As sergeant major for a battalion of eight-hundred men, it was his job to see them through this jungle hell and get them back home again.
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5 out of 5 stars
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AMAZING BOOK!! One of the best I’ve read/listened to, on the war!
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New Prize for These Eyes
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More than a century of civil rights activism reached a mountaintop with the arrival of a Black man in the Oval Office. But hopes for a unified, post-racial America were deflated when Barack Obama’s presidency met with furious opposition. A white right-wing backlash was brewing, and a volcanic new movement—a second civil rights movement—began to erupt. In New Prize for These Eyes, award-winning author Juan Williams shines a light on this historic, new movement. Who are its heroes? Where is it headed? What fires, furies, and frustrations distinguish it from its predecessor?
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Serving God and Country
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5 out of 5 stars
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Just not Long Enough
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Angel of Death
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In 1895, elderly patients were quietly dying one by one, yet no one sounded the alarm – until an entirely family passed away. All had been in the care of nurse Jane Toppan and suspicions hit the roof. Dilated pupils, feverish bodies, and erratic rambling left doctors baffled, but these weren’t the signs of illness. They were the marks of something far more sinister. Toppan manipulated her patients' dosages, watching them drift between life and death. For her, each fatal dose was not a crime, but a twisted act of mercy—a dark salvation from suffering.
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Most locals in Big Timber, Montana learn to live with the wind. Rick Jarrett sought his fortune in it. Like his pioneer ancestors who staked their claims in the Treasure State, he believed in his right to make a living off the land—and its newest precious resource, million-dollar wind. Trouble was, Jarrett’s neighbors were some of the wealthiest and most influential men in America, trophy ranchers who’d come West to enjoy magnificent mountain views, not stare at 500-foot wind turbines.
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General5 out of 5 stars 6
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Just not Long Enough
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De: Lyle W. Dorsett
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Dereliction of Duty
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- De: H. R. McMaster
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Dereliction of Duty is a stunning analysis of how and why the United States became involved in an all-out and disastrous war in Southeast Asia. Fully and convincingly researched, based on transcripts and personal accounts of crucial meetings, confrontations, and decisions, it is the only book that fully re-creates what happened and why. McMaster pinpoints the policies and decisions that got the United States into the morass and reveals who made these decisions and the motives behind them, disproving the published theories of other historians and excuses of the participants.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Rough narration
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Kaput
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In Kaput, Wolfgang Münchau argues that the weaknesses of Germany's economy have, in fact, been brewing for decades. The neo-mercantilist policies of the German state, driven by close connections between the country's industrial and political elite, have left Germany technologically behind over-reliant on authoritarian Russia and China—and with little sign of being able to adapt to the digital realities of the 21st century. It is an essential read for anyone interested in the future of Europe's biggest economy.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good Book - Cover art ios a litle dumb
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Wiseguys and the White House
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- De: Eric Dezenhall
- Narrado por: Graham Halstead
- Duración: 14 h y 23 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 9
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Gangsters and presidents have long captured the American imagination, but how much does the underworld actually affect presidential power? How deep are their “connections”? As Eric Dezenhall reveals in this eye-opening history, in some instances, one couldn’t have functioned without the other. From Franklin Delano Roosevelt to Richard Nixon to Joseph R. Biden, the mob has done presidential dirty work, including attempts to assassinate foreign leaders, harass America’s enemies, and put our chief executives in office.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Bias
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De: Eric Dezenhall
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The Order
- De: Kevin Flynn
- Narrado por: Gibson Frazier
- Duración: 20 h y 25 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Two courageous investigative journalists deliver an insider’s account of the “silent brotherhood”—the most dangerous radical-right hate group to surface since the Ku Klux Klan. They claim to be patriots, as American as apple pie, but they are this nation’s deadly brotherhood—hate groups that package their alienation against the federal government under such names as the Aryan Nation, the Order, and other white supremacist militias.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not very interesting
- De Anonymous User en 03-05-25
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The Woman Who Knew Everyone
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- De: Meryl Gordon
- Narrado por: Carrington MacDuffie
- Duración: 13 h y 40 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 11
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 11
Perle Mesta was a force to be reckoned with. In her heyday, this wealthy globe-trotting Washington widow was one of the most famous women in America, garnering as much media attention as Eleanor Roosevelt. Renowned for her world-class parties featuring politicians and celebrities, she was very close to three presidents–Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower and Lyndon Johnson. Truman named her as the first female envoy to Luxembourg, which inspired the hit musical based on Perle’s life – “Call Me Madam” – which starred Ethel Merman, ran on Broadway for two years and later became a movie.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Behind the scenes in history
- De Moranna en 02-13-25
De: Meryl Gordon
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Embers of the Hands
- Hidden Histories of the Viking Age
- De: Eleanor Barraclough
- Narrado por: Eleanor Barraclough
- Duración: 10 h y 51 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 15
In imagining a Viking, a certain image springs to mind: a barbaric warrior, leaping ashore from a longboat, and ready to terrorize the hapless local population of a northern European town. Yet while such characters define our imagination of the Viking Age today, they were in the minority. Instead, in the time-stopping soils, water, and ice of the North, Eleanor Barraclough excavates a preserved lost world, one that reimagines a misunderstood society.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Author is an excellent reader!
- De K en 02-11-25
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Countdown 1960
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- De: Chris Wallace, Mitch Weiss - contributor
- Narrado por: Dylan Baker, Chris Wallace
- Duración: 14 h y 12 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 77
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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It’s January 2, 1960: the day that Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy declared his candidacy; and with this opening scene, Chris Wallace offers listeners a front-row seat to history. From the challenge of primary battles in a nation that had never elected a Catholic president, to the intense machinations of the national conventions—where JFK chose Lyndon B. Johnson as his running mate over the impassioned objections of his brother Bobby—this is a nonfiction political thriller filled with intrigue, cinematic action, and fresh reporting.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Better books on the 60s
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Save Our Souls
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- De: Matthew Pearl
- Narrado por: George Newbern
- Duración: 5 h y 47 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 10
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On December 10, 1887, a shark fishing boat disappeared. On board the doomed vessel were the Walkers—the ship’s captain Frederick, his wife Elizabeth, their three teenage sons, and their dog—along with the ship’s crew. The family had spotted a promising fishing location when a terrible storm arose, splitting their vessel in two and leaving those onboard adrift on the perilous sea. When the castaways awoke the next morning, they discovered they had been washed ashore—on an island inhabited by a large but ragged and emaciated man who introduced himself as Hans.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Awful
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The Waiting Game
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- De: Nicola Clark
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- Duración: 11 h y 51 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 23
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Every Tudor Queen had ladies-in-waiting. They were her confidantes and her chaperones. Only the Queen's ladies had the right to enter her most private chambers, spending hours helping her to get dressed and undressed, caring for her clothes and jewels, listening to her secrets. But they also held a unique power. A quiet word behind the scenes, an appropriately timed gift, a well-negotiated marriage alliance were all forms of political agency wielded expertly by women.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of the best!
- De Patt LaPierre en 01-13-25
De: Nicola Clark
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The Last Tsar
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- De: Tsuyoshi Hasegawa
- Narrado por: Gareth Armstrong
- Duración: 13 h y 56 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 7
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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When Tsar Nicholas II fell from power in 1917, Imperial Russia faced a series of overlapping crises, from war to social unrest. Though Nicholas’s life is often described as tragic, it was not fate that doomed the Romanovs—it was poor leadership and a blinkered faith in autocracy. Based on a trove of new archival discoveries, The Last Tsar narrates how Nicholas’s resistance to reform doomed the monarchy.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Confusion
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The Abyss
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- De: Max Hastings
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 198
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 177
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 175
Bestselling author Max Hastings offers a welcome re-evaluation of one of the most gripping and tense international events in modern history—the Cuban Missile Crisis—providing a people-focused narrative that explores the attitudes and conduct of Russians, Cubans, Americans, and a terrified world that followed each moment as it unfolded.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good book, but has some issues
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The Sinners All Bow
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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On a cold winter day in 1832, Sarah Maria Cornell was found dead in a quiet farmyard in a small New England town. When her troubled past and a secret correspondence with charismatic Methodist minister Reverend Ephraim Avery was uncovered, more questions emerged. Was Sarah’s death a suicide...or something much darker? Determined to uncover the real story, Victorian writer Catharine Read Arnold Williams threw herself into the investigation as the trial was unfolding and wrote what many claim to be the first American true-crime narrative, Fall River.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A story worth telling
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