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Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies
- The Real West
- By: Bill O'Reilly, David Fisher
- Narrated by: Tom Wopat
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
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How did Davy Crockett save President Jackson's life only to end up dying at the Alamo? Was the Lone Ranger based on a real lawman-and was he an African American? What amazing detective work led to the capture of Black Bart, the "gentleman bandit" and one of the west's most famous stagecoach robbers? Did Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid really die in a hail of bullets in South America? Generations of Americans have grown up on TV shows, movies and books about these western icons. But what really happened in the Wild West? All the stories you think you know, and others that will astonish you, are here--some heroic, some brutal and bloody, all riveting. Included are the ten legends featured in Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies docuseries -from Kit Carson to Jesse James, Wild Bill Hickok to Doc Holliday-- accompanied by two bonus chapters on Daniel Boone and Buffalo Bill and Annie Oakley.
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Old West
- By JJM on 04-22-15
- Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies
- The Real West
- By: Bill O'Reilly, David Fisher
- Narrated by: Tom Wopat
Entertaining and Interesting
Reviewed: 01-23-25
Easy listen. O’Reilly style - short and sweet. Actually learned a few things as well. Not too much depth but where it does go deep it’s worth it.
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Things That Matter
- Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes and Politics
- By: Charles Krauthammer
- Narrated by: Charles Krauthammer, George Newbern
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
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Listeners will find here not only the country’s leading conservative thinker offering a passionate defense of limited government, but also a highly independent mind whose views - on feminism, evolution and the death penalty, for example - defy ideological convention. Things That Matter also features several of Krauthammer’s major path-breaking essays - on bioethics, on Jewish destiny and on America’s role as the world’s superpower - that have profoundly influenced the nation’s thoughts and policies.
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Charles K, author and narrator ..... enuf said
- By Alan on 12-11-13
- Things That Matter
- Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes and Politics
- By: Charles Krauthammer
- Narrated by: Charles Krauthammer, George Newbern
Ages well
Reviewed: 11-26-24
Raises some good points about Obama’s unilateralism on some accounts.
The very same could be said for Trump’s gutting of the fed
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Arguably: Essays by Christopher Hitchens
- By: Christopher Hitchens
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 28 hrs and 22 mins
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The first new collection of essays by Christopher Hitchens since 2004, Arguably offers an indispensable key to understanding the passionate and skeptical spirit of one of our most dazzling writers, widely admired for the clarity of his style, a result of his disciplined and candid thinking. Topics range from ruminations on why Charles Dickens was among the best of writers and the worst of men to the enduring legacies of Thomas Jefferson and George Orwell.
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Grab it
- By Davol2449 on 09-02-11
- Arguably: Essays by Christopher Hitchens
- By: Christopher Hitchens
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
Great for your ADHD
Reviewed: 07-16-24
Excellent collection of essays. Wish there more to listen to. Organized very well. I’ll keep this review terse so as not to trespass on your time.
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Hitch-22
- A Memoir
- By: Christopher Hitchens
- Narrated by: Christopher Hitchens
- Length: 17 hrs and 29 mins
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Over the course of his 60 years, Christopher Hitchens has been a citizen of both the United States and the United Kingdom. He has been both a socialist opposed to the war in Vietnam and a supporter of the U.S. war against Islamic extremism in Iraq. He has been both a foreign correspondent in some of the world's most dangerous places and a legendary bon vivant with an unquenchable thirst for alcohol and literature.
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Truth, the whole truth and nothing but.
- By Laura on 08-23-10
- Hitch-22
- A Memoir
- By: Christopher Hitchens
- Narrated by: Christopher Hitchens
Humanizing the Humanist
Reviewed: 06-28-24
What you would expect from Hitchens, but also seems like you are hearing him for the first time. Eloquent, blunt, & humorous.
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God Is Not Great
- How Religion Poisons Everything
- By: Christopher Hitchens
- Narrated by: Christopher Hitchens
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
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In the tradition of Bertrand Russell's Why I Am Not a Christian and Sam Harris' recent best-seller, The End of Faith, Christopher Hitchens makes the ultimate case against religion. With a close and erudite reading of the major religious texts, he documents the ways in which religion is a man-made wish, a cause of dangerous sexual repression, and a distortion of our origins in the cosmos.
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5-Star Writing. Perfect Author Narration.
- By Michael on 12-13-09
- God Is Not Great
- How Religion Poisons Everything
- By: Christopher Hitchens
- Narrated by: Christopher Hitchens
Fun listen
Reviewed: 06-06-24
Smart, concise, witty in the right places, snarky in all the wrong places (making it hit the mark more), & he used the word pith at least once that I heard.
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Bloodlands
- Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
- By: Timothy Snyder
- Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
- Length: 19 hrs and 14 mins
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Bloodlands is a new kind of European history, presenting the mass murders committed by the Nazi and Stalinist regimes as two aspects of a single history, in the time and place where they occurred: between Germany and Russia, when Hitler and Stalin both held power. Assiduously researched, deeply humane, and utterly definitive, Bloodlands will be required listening for anyone seeking to understand the central tragedy of modern history.
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a warning for the future
- By judith on 11-06-19
- Bloodlands
- Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
- By: Timothy Snyder
- Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
Excellent
Reviewed: 05-27-24
Great mix of personal narratives & macro-level statistics to give the reader a complete sense of the geopolitics while still maintaining a personal feel.
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Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream
- The Most Revealing Portrait of a President and Presidential Power Ever Written
- By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman, Jim Frangione
- Length: 17 hrs and 1 min
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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.
- By Lynda Rands on 01-22-17
- Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream
- The Most Revealing Portrait of a President and Presidential Power Ever Written
- By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman, Jim Frangione
Excellent
Reviewed: 04-12-24
Great listen, I like how it is set up to be more of a conversation and sometimes in his own words rather than interpretation of a letter or a historian just barking facts at you.
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Discipline Is Destiny
- The Power of Self-Control
- By: Ryan Holiday
- Narrated by: Ryan Holiday
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
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To master anything, one must first master themselves–one’s emotions, one’s thoughts, one’s actions. Eisenhower famously said that freedom is really the opportunity to practice self-discipline. Cicero called the virtue of temperance the polish of life. Without boundaries and restraint, we risk not only failing to meet our full potential and jeopardizing what we have achieved, but we ensure misery and shame. In a world of temptation and excess, this ancient idea is more urgent than ever.
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not about discipline
- By Fernando Gonzalez on 09-30-22
- Discipline Is Destiny
- The Power of Self-Control
- By: Ryan Holiday
- Narrated by: Ryan Holiday
Runs the gamut
Reviewed: 12-22-22
From Lou Gehrig to the Queen, this book examines discipline from a broad range of topics, techniques, and those who have used discipline to make themselves succeed and the people around them more successful as well.
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Killing Reagan
- By: Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff, Bill O'Reilly
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
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Just two months into his presidency, Ronald Reagan lay near death after a gunman's bullet came within inches of his heart. His recovery was nothing short of remarkable - or so it seemed. But Reagan was grievously injured, forcing him to encounter a challenge that few men ever face. Could he silently overcome his traumatic experience while at the same time carrying out the duties of the most powerful man in the world?
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Ronnie Rat
- By Jim on 11-02-15
- Killing Reagan
- By: Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff, Bill O'Reilly
In-Depth Overviews
Reviewed: 12-14-22
Details that are interesting but not too heavy. For as much as they talked about Nancy they could have gone into “just say no” (and how it was a failed policy) in a little more depth.
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Killing the Rising Sun
- How America Vanquished World War II Japan
- By: Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff, Bill O'Reilly
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
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Autumn 1944. World War II is nearly over in Europe but is escalating in the Pacific, where American soldiers face an opponent who will go to any length to avoid defeat. The Japanese army follows the samurai code of Bushido, stipulating that surrender is a form of dishonor. Killing the Rising Sun takes listeners to the bloody tropical-island battlefields of Peleliu and Iwo Jima and to the embattled Philippines, where General Douglas MacArthur has made a triumphant return and is plotting a full-scale invasion of Japan.
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Skimming the surface
- By Mike From Mesa on 10-25-16
- Killing the Rising Sun
- How America Vanquished World War II Japan
- By: Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff, Bill O'Reilly
Stunning
Reviewed: 11-30-22
This should be taught in every high school everywhere. I knew things were bad, but not this horrific.
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