Marty P. Smith
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The Desecrators
- Defeating the Cancel Culture Mob and Reclaiming One Nation Under God
- By: Matt Schlapp, Deal W. Hudson
- Narrated by: Mike Romano
- Length: 6 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 33
The enemy is no longer hidden in the dark but instead operates in broad daylight. Its attacks on Americans are clear and intensifying: cancel culture, wokeness, public shaming, urban violence, “whiteness”, and critical race theory. The enemy also seeks to undermine the sacredness of human life. This enemy is called the Desecrators. In this powerfully provocative book, Deal W. Hudson and Matt Schlapp provide firsthand accounts of the Desecrators’ actions and intentions, including their angry and uncharitable treatment of President Donald Trump.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Important message
- By Marty P. Smith on 04-10-23
- The Desecrators
- Defeating the Cancel Culture Mob and Reclaiming One Nation Under God
- By: Matt Schlapp, Deal W. Hudson
- Narrated by: Mike Romano
Important message
Reviewed: 04-10-23
About our culture as it is today, whether the reader is religious or not. Recommended for everyone, but those who most need to read it probably won't.
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A Private Cathedral
- A Dave Robicheaux Novel
- By: James Lee Burke
- Narrated by: Will Patton
- Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,811
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,616
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,602
After finding himself caught up in one of Louisiana’s oldest and bloodiest family rivalries, Detective Dave Robicheaux must battle the most terrifying adversary he has ever encountered: a time-traveling superhuman assassin.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Unrealistic and corny
- By LLM on 08-13-20
- A Private Cathedral
- A Dave Robicheaux Novel
- By: James Lee Burke
- Narrated by: Will Patton
JLB can do no wrong, but....
Reviewed: 05-24-21
Interesting, suspenseful, and descriptive in a way only he can write. But the heavy unrelenting introspection weighs the book down and seems to verge on the autobiographical. Nevertheless, the warning against evil is well taken if not as deftly inserted as one might have come to expect. Still, it's better than most other authors' best. James Lee Burke is still the master.
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The Gates of Europe
- A History of Ukraine
- By: Serhii Plokhy
- Narrated by: Ralph Lister
- Length: 15 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 683
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 583
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 584
Ukraine is currently embroiled in a tense battle with Russia to preserve its economic and political independence. But today's conflict is only the latest in a long history of battles over Ukraine's existence as a sovereign nation. As award-winning historian Serhii Plokhy argues in The Gates of Europe, we must examine Ukraine's past in order to understand its fraught present and likely future.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Superb book; poorly read
- By Bohdan Hodiak on 01-31-16
- The Gates of Europe
- A History of Ukraine
- By: Serhii Plokhy
- Narrated by: Ralph Lister
Excellent short history
Reviewed: 05-12-21
Well written overall picture, esp. useful for making sense of Ukraine's arrival at independence and its current state. My only quibble with the performance is the reader's pronunciation of the names of people and places, even fairly well-known ones, and being inconsistent with some of them. Surely, he must have had the opportunity to learn the correct pronunciations ahead of time?
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The Point of It All
- A Lifetime of Great Loves and Endeavors
- By: Charles Krauthammer, Daniel Krauthammer - editor
- Narrated by: Jeremy Bobb, Daniel Krauthammer
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 985
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 866
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Story5 out of 5 stars 854
Created and compiled by Charles Krauthammer before his death, The Point of It All is an intimate collection of the influential columnist’s most important works. Spanning the personal, political, and philosophical - including never-before-published speeches and a major new essay about the effect of today’s populist movements on the future of global democracy - this is the most profound work yet by the legendary writer and thinker.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brilliant
- By robert on 12-11-18
- The Point of It All
- A Lifetime of Great Loves and Endeavors
- By: Charles Krauthammer, Daniel Krauthammer - editor
- Narrated by: Jeremy Bobb, Daniel Krauthammer
Extraordinary Book
Reviewed: 12-01-20
One can only hope that the son follows in his father's footsteps in the way he lives his life.
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Nut Jobs: Cracking California's Strangest $10 Million Dollar Heist
- An Audible Original
- By: Marc Fennell
- Narrated by: Marc Fennell
- Length: 3 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9,657
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 8,458
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8,438
It’s the $10 million heist you’ve never heard of. In a matter of months, dozens of truckloads disappeared from American highways. But what were they carrying? Nuts. Marc Fennell takes you into a rabbit hole of crime syndicates, stolen identities and private investigators that will change the way you think about food forever. Eighty per cent of the world’s almonds are grown in the heart of California, but this journey will take you to Italy, the Spanish coast, deep under the earth and even into space.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Could have been interesting if...
- By M Ren on 06-09-20
- Nut Jobs: Cracking California's Strangest $10 Million Dollar Heist
- An Audible Original
- By: Marc Fennell
- Narrated by: Marc Fennell
Could have been a great "read."
Reviewed: 11-14-20
Unnecessary music and sound effects throughout. Distracting. Music so loud sometimes that spoken words drowned out. Not all of the music is to everyone's taste. Too long stretches of too loud music at the start of each segment. Too bad because the subject is interesting and the message about water depletion (treated only in the last few sentences) important.
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Hellcats
- The Epic Story of World War II's Most Daring Submarine Raid
- By: Peter Sasgen
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 98
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 78
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 79
The incredible true story of nine Hellcat submarines assigned to penetrate the dense minefields protecting the sea of Japan. In 1945-with no knowledge of the development of the atomic bomb- American submarine commanders, desperate to avoid an invasion of the home islands, believed that if the Japanese merchant fleet was sunk, the enemy would be forced to surrender.
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5 out of 5 stars
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great telling of technology advancements in Ww2
- By Brian on 05-20-18
- Hellcats
- The Epic Story of World War II's Most Daring Submarine Raid
- By: Peter Sasgen
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
Still Controversial
Reviewed: 05-29-19
A thoroughly researched and well written story about a little-known navy operation of WWII that still stirs controversy today. A great read for history buffs of that period.
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Elizabeth II: Life of a Monarch
- An Audible Original
- By: Ruth Cowen
- Narrated by: Jennie Bond, Tim Piggott-Smith, Lindsay Duncan
- Length: 3 hrs and 47 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 14,478
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12,934
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 12,860
Respected royal broadcaster Jennie Bond narrates the life story of Queen Elizabeth II, and takes listeners inside the private life of one of the most public figures in modern history. Learn intimate details of Elizabeth's childhood, her courtship and marriage, and the tragic moments following the death of Princess Diana. Born a minor royal in 1926, Elizabeth is now the longest-reigning British monarch and also the most recognizable woman in the world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thoroughly Enjoyable From Start To Finish
- By Julia on 04-16-16
- Elizabeth II: Life of a Monarch
- An Audible Original
- By: Ruth Cowen
- Narrated by: Jennie Bond, Tim Piggott-Smith, Lindsay Duncan
Noisy
Reviewed: 05-07-19
Good Cliffs Notes type of narrative of the queen's life and times, but the background sound effects were awful and a major distraction. Most of the time it was impossible to tell what the sounds were even with the narration for context.
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The Vanity Fair Diaries
- 1983-1992
- By: Tina Brown
- Narrated by: Tina Brown
- Length: 16 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 516
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 464
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 461
The Vanity Fair Diaries is the story of an Englishwoman barely out of her twenties who arrives in New York City with a dream. Summoned from London in hopes that she can save Condé Nast's troubled new flagship Vanity Fair, Tina Brown is immediately plunged into the maelstrom of the competitive New York media world and the backstabbing rivalries at the court of the planet's slickest, most glamour-focused magazine company. She survives the politics, the intrigue, and the attempts to derail her by a simple stratagem.
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5 out of 5 stars
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There is something about the Brits...
- By Sylvia on 12-11-17
- The Vanity Fair Diaries
- 1983-1992
- By: Tina Brown
- Narrated by: Tina Brown
Speed Read
Reviewed: 09-13-18
Ms. Brown is clearly a woman of many talents, but reading is not one of them. The book would benefit if she did not sound as if she were running from an oncoming train. A slower pace might have allowed for more expression as well. Her story, while interesting, sounds too detached to draw the reader in.
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The Fuzzy and the Techie
- Why the Liberal Arts Will Rule the Digital World
- By: Scott Hartley
- Narrated by: Scott Merriman
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 52
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Story4 out of 5 stars 48
Scott Hartley first heard the terms fuzzy and techie while studying political science at Stanford University. If you majored in the humanities or social sciences, you were a fuzzy. If you majored in the computer sciences, you were a techie. This informal division has quietly found its way into a default assumption that has misled the business world for decades: that it's the techies who drive innovation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Compelling case for a liberal arts education
- By Avid_Prime on 08-07-18
- The Fuzzy and the Techie
- Why the Liberal Arts Will Rule the Digital World
- By: Scott Hartley
- Narrated by: Scott Merriman
Technology vs the liberal arts
Reviewed: 11-13-17
Outstanding and very well documented relationship between the liberal arts and technology. Anyone who has concerns about robots, deep learning, and AI and the future of their children's education and the work force will find answers and reassurances in this book. Immensely informative, too, about what's happening in those areas today.
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Killing England
- The Brutal Struggle for American Independence
- By: Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 6,063
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,371
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Story5 out of 5 stars 5,339
The breathtaking latest installment in Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard's mega-best-selling Killing series transports listeners to the most important era in our nation's history, the Revolutionary War. Told through the eyes of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Great Britain's King George III, Killing England chronicles the path to independence in gripping detail, taking the listener from the battlefields of America to the royal courts of Europe.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Everyone in the U. S. Should read this book.
- By Barbara J. Daly on 12-31-17
- Killing England
- The Brutal Struggle for American Independence
- By: Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
Compelling
Reviewed: 10-30-17
The only text needed to teach the history of the founding of the United States of America.
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