Sean O'Shea
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In Deep
- The FBI, CIA, and the Truth about America's "Deep State"
- By: David Rohde
- Narrated by: Graham Winton
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 100
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 92
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Story4 out of 5 stars 92
Three-quarters of Americans believe that a group of unelected government and military officials secretly manipulate or direct national policy in the United States. This sweeping exploration examines the CIA and FBI scandals of the past 50 years - from the Church Committee's exposure of Cold War abuses, to Abscam, to false intelligence about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, to NSA mass surveillance revealed by Edward Snowden. It then investigates the claims and counterclaims of the Trump era, and the relentless spread of conspiracy theories online and on-air.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Pure Propaganda
- By S Wilkey on 05-21-20
- In Deep
- The FBI, CIA, and the Truth about America's "Deep State"
- By: David Rohde
- Narrated by: Graham Winton
Great insights: important history lessons
Reviewed: 03-11-23
Rohde, once again, has provided valuable historical context to many current political characters from ‘Popi’ George Bush; AG Barr and DJT exposed, once more. Recent Fox revelations, too. Timely!
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Beauty: The Invisible Embrace
- Rediscovering the True Sources of Compassion, Serenity, and Hope
- By: John O'Donohue
- Narrated by: John O'Donohue
- Length: 5 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 560
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 461
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Story5 out of 5 stars 451
The human soul is hungry for beauty; we seek it everywhere in landscape, music, art, clothes, furniture, gardening, companionship, love, religion, and in ourselves. When we experience the Beautiful, there is a wonderful sense of homecoming; we feel fully alive. Our lives become illuminated, and behind the shudder of appearances we come to glimpse the sure form of things. On Beauty: The Invisible Embrace, Irish poet and philosopher John O'Donohue invites us to remember and to awaken the Beautiful.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Stunning book
- By Kelly on 06-19-17
- Beauty: The Invisible Embrace
- Rediscovering the True Sources of Compassion, Serenity, and Hope
- By: John O'Donohue
- Narrated by: John O'Donohue
A Treasure
Reviewed: 02-02-23
John takes me to places to which I have only aspired; but, now experience as wholly accessible. From a ‘Kerryman’ a heartfelt compliment 🙏❤️🙏
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Madam Speaker
- Nancy Pelosi and the Lessons of Power
- By: Susan Page
- Narrated by: Susan Page
- Length: 13 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 442
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 385
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Story5 out of 5 stars 381
The definitive biography of Nancy Pelosi, the most powerful woman in American political history, written by New York Times best-selling author and USA Today Washington bureau chief Susan Page. Featuring more than 150 exclusive interviews with those who know her best - and a series of in-depth, news-making interviews with Pelosi herself - Madam Speaker is unprecedented in the scope of its exploration of Nancy Pelosi’s remarkable life and of her indelible impact on American politics.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Nancy Pelosi, “A True Powerhouse!”
- By Maria on 05-04-21
- Madam Speaker
- Nancy Pelosi and the Lessons of Power
- By: Susan Page
- Narrated by: Susan Page
Daughter of Baltimore
Reviewed: 11-21-22
Susan Page has provided the texture of the Speaker’s life and significant accomplishments under incredibly adverse circumstances. When you consider the ‘hundreds of millions of dollars’ spent by Republicans and their donors to vilify her over the years. She is a most admirable public servant and Ms. Page captures her full picture. Great book!
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Confidence Man
- The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America
- By: Maggie Haberman
- Narrated by: Maggie Haberman
- Length: 17 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,879
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,300
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,261
Few journalists working today have covered Donald Trump more extensively than Maggie Haberman. And few understand him and his motivations better. Now, demonstrating her majestic command of this story, Haberman reveals in full the depth of her understanding of the 45th president himself, and of what the Trump phenomenon means.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This is the only one you have to read
- By Amazon Customer on 10-06-22
- Confidence Man
- The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America
- By: Maggie Haberman
- Narrated by: Maggie Haberman
Best Trump insights….. an American Tragedy
Reviewed: 10-05-22
Maggie’s years of keen observations have produced a book that if paired with Mary Trump’s affords the clearest vision of his purposely opaque personality. He is more than his critics and much less than his adoring acolytes.
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They Want to Kill Americans
- The Militias, Terrorists, and Deranged Ideology of the Trump Insurgency
- By: Malcolm Nance
- Narrated by: Ari Fliakos
- Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,263
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,130
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1,126
They Want to Kill Americans is the first detailed look into the heart of the active Trump-led insurgency, setting the stage for a second nation-wide rebellion on American soil. This is a chilling and deeply researched early warning to the nation from a counterterrorism intelligence professional: America is primed for a possible explosive wave of terrorist attacks and armed confrontations that aim to bring about a Donald Trump led dictatorship.
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5 out of 5 stars
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It's informative and frightening
- By Amazon Customer on 07-17-22
- They Want to Kill Americans
- The Militias, Terrorists, and Deranged Ideology of the Trump Insurgency
- By: Malcolm Nance
- Narrated by: Ari Fliakos
Scary as hell….nonetheless Must Read
Reviewed: 08-04-22
Nance is not given to hyperbole but his searing reviews of what we see a sanitized version in public media is bracing. Heightened awareness is antidote combined with your Vote in November!!!🙏🇺🇸🆘
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Rough Draft
- A Memoir
- By: Katy Tur
- Narrated by: Katy Tur
- Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 634
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 559
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 556
When a box from her mother showed up on Katy Tur’s doorstep, months into the pandemic and just as she learned she was pregnant with her second child, she didn’t know what to expect. The box contained thousands of hours of video—the work of her pioneering helicopter journalist parents. They grew rich and famous for their aerial coverage of Madonna and Sean Penn’s secret wedding, the Reginald Denny beating in the 1992 Los Angeles riots, and O.J. Simpson’s notorious run in the white Bronco.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I loved Katie’s first book “Unbelievable”, this is even better!
- By GB on 06-16-22
- Rough Draft
- A Memoir
- By: Katy Tur
- Narrated by: Katy Tur
A must read/ No: a MUST LISTEN
Reviewed: 06-18-22
Katy Tur; Katy Tur; Katy Tur:
Your book on Audible is extra-ordinary on many levels.
I have wondered, like many, who have observed your NBC/MSNBC interviews, what informs her incisive, fearless questioning?
Well, your ability to transform your acutely painful personal story into your unrelenting journalism is ‘extra-ordinary’.
This is one of those books, read by THE author, which provides courageously searing and self-revealing insights. Truly extraordinary.
Your willingness to share your experiences, I suspect, will allow others to heal, from their own cringeworthy experiences.
Your journalism exemplifies a speak ‘Truth to Power’ commitment by questioning your subjects as part of your training early-in-your-life.
You’ve transformed it powerfully.
Thank you. Gotta hear this book!!!
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This Will Not Pass
- Trump, Biden and the Battle for American Democracy
- By: Jonathan Martin, Alexander Burns
- Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
- Length: 17 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,359
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,190
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,190
This is the authoritative, “deeply reported” (The Wall Street Journal) account of an eighteen-month crisis in American democracy that will be seared into the country’s political memory for decades to come. With stunning, in-the-room detail, New York Times reporters Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns show how both our political parties confronted a series of national traumas, including the coronavirus pandemic, the January 6 attack on the Capitol, and the political brinksmanship of President Biden’s first year in the White House.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Ammerca's Futura does Not included Trump
- By K. Lilja-King on 05-12-22
- This Will Not Pass
- Trump, Biden and the Battle for American Democracy
- By: Jonathan Martin, Alexander Burns
- Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
Democracy Alert: Critical reading matter
Reviewed: 05-15-22
Martin and Burns have joined the current ranks of journalists who are documenting the undeniable assault by Bannon/Trump to “deconstruct the Administrative State”. First time I heard that phrase, I didn’t understand. Five years later, we need to fully grasp that this is not an historical debate about taxes; foreign/domestic policy……not about ‘Left and Right’; but rather fact-based realities and Truthfulness and self-serving, fear-based grievances based on mistruths (we used to call them “Lies”). Read/Listen: you be the judge!!!🙏🇺🇸🙏🇺🇸
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The Making of Donald Trump
- By: David Cay Johnston
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,343
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,165
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,165
The culmination of nearly 30 years of reporting on Donald Trump, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter David Cay Johnston takes a revealingly close look at the mogul's rise to power and prominence. Covering the long arc of Trump's career, Johnston tells the full story of how a boy from a quiet section of Queens, New York, would become an entirely new and complex breed of public figure. Trump is a man of great media savvy, entrepreneurial spirit, and political clout. Yet, his career has been plagued by legal troubles and mounting controversy
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5 out of 5 stars
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A horrifying must read for every voter
- By Tim on 08-15-16
- The Making of Donald Trump
- By: David Cay Johnston
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
Johnston strikes again
Reviewed: 03-18-22
He documents the factual unlike many.
Tough to deny the ‘patterns of practice’ by the former President and current Palm Beach-based Wedding DJ
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Midnight in Washington
- How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could
- By: Adam Schiff
- Narrated by: Adam Schiff
- Length: 18 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2,655
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,298
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2,283
In the years leading up to the election of Donald Trump, Congressman Adam Schiff had already been sounding the alarm over the resurgence of autocracy around the world, and the threat this posed to the United States. But as he led the probe into Donald Trump’s abuses of presidential power, Schiff came to the terrible conclusion that the principal threat to American democracy now came from within. In Midnight in Washington, Schiff argues that the Trump presidency has so weakened our institutions and compromised the Republican Party that the peril will last for years.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Not what I expected
- By Lynn on 10-18-21
- Midnight in Washington
- How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could
- By: Adam Schiff
- Narrated by: Adam Schiff
An absolute ‘Must Read’ for all citizens
Reviewed: 10-15-21
Extremely well written. Both tragic and cogent.
I appreciated learning more about Schiff’s background and training. I did not realize how exquisitely matched he is for this democratic crisis. Very timely.
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This Country
- My Life in Politics and History
- By: Chris Matthews
- Narrated by: Chris Matthews
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 164
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 152
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 150
In This Country, Chris Matthews “has written a love letter to his country” (Joy Reid, host of The ReidOut and author of The Man Who Sold America), offering a panoramic portrait of post-World War II America through the story of his remarkable life and career. It is a story of risk and adventure, of self-reliance and service, of loyalty and friendship. It is a story driven by an abiding faith in our country.
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5 out of 5 stars
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refreshingly authentic
- By Andy on 07-08-21
- This Country
- My Life in Politics and History
- By: Chris Matthews
- Narrated by: Chris Matthews
Impressive insights into Chris
Reviewed: 06-01-21
Having grown up in Philadelphia, having gone to LaSalle, having similar cultural and political values, I can stipulate what a tremendous ‘slice-of-life’ and self-revealing look that Chris has afforded. I have wondered what he has been doing post Hardball. His time has been well spent.
Having pretty much read everything he has written....this is HIS BEST!
Must read
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