Where the Rubber Meets the Road
The Bridgestone/Firestone Conspiracy of Death and Destruction
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Where the Rubber Meets the Road: The Bridgestone/Firestone Conspiracy of Death & Destruction, A True Story is an informative, eye-opening, consequential account of what goes on and what goes wrong in the world of big bad, well known corporations and the lives affected due to greed, money, lies, cover-ups and scandals. In this eye-opeening true account, Where the Rubber Meets the Road is the inside story, exposing a large corporations's cover-up of greed, corruption, and conspiracy and the two lawyers. against insurmountable odds, who exposed the truth and won.
Husband and wife law team, Joseph Lisoni and Gail Lisoni spearheaded the Bridgestone/Firestone Steeltex Recall Campaign in the early 2000's, resulting in 11 million Steeltex tires being removed from the roads and highways of the United States.
Specializing in product liability and personal injury cases, Lisoni & Lisoni seemed the ideal team to take on the tire tycoon and seek justice for the hundreds of deaths allegedly caused by the company's shortcuts. This book tells the story of the largest privately financed defecttive tire recall campaign in US history - and how Bridgestone/Firestone was forced to stop manufacturing the tire, after having produced over 30 million of the Steeltex tires over more than a 10 year period of time.
Joseph Lisoni earned his undergraduate degree from St. Mary's College of California and his law degree from the University of California Hastings College of the Law.
Gail Landtbom Lisoni earned her undergraduate degree from Domincan College and her law degree from the University of West Los Angeles. They have practiced law as spouses for over 30 years.
©2019 Joseph Louis Liisoni and Gail Landtbom Lisoni (P)2021 Joseph Louis Lisoni and Gail Landtbom LisoniListeners also enjoyed...
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In June 2009, Wendell Potter made national headlines with his scorching testimony before the Senate panel on health care reform. This former senior vice president of CIGNA explained how health insurers make promises they have no intention of keeping, how they flout regulations designed to protect consumers, and how they skew political debate with multibillion-dollar public relations campaigns designed to spread disinformation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Must Read
- By Randy on 01-11-11
By: Wendell Potter
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Bushwhacked
- Life in George W. Bush's America
- By: Molly Ivins, Lou Dubose
- Narrated by: Anna Fields
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 204
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 22
In their second book on our current White House occupant, Ivins and Dubose take the wire brush to the Bush presidency and show how he has applied the same flawed strategies he used in governing Texas to running the largest superpower in the world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Richly informative & entertaining...
- By Native Texan on 10-29-03
By: Molly Ivins, and others
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The Yugo
- The Rise and Fall of the Worst Car in History
- By: Jason Vuic
- Narrated by: Erik Synnestvedt
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 545
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 351
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Story4 out of 5 stars 356
Six months after its American introduction in 1985, the Yugo was a punch line; within a year, it was a staple of late-night comedy. By 2000, NPR's Car Talk declared it "the worst car of the millennium." And for most Americans that's where the story begins and ends. Hardly. The short, unhappy life of the car, the men who built it, the men who imported it, and the decade that embraced and discarded it is rollicking and astounding, and it is one of the greatest untold business-cum-morality tales of the 1980s.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Better Than The Car!
- By Chris Reich on 08-25-10
By: Jason Vuic
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935 Lies
- The Future of Truth and the Decline of America’s Moral Integrity
- By: Charles Lewis
- Narrated by: Don Lee
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 54
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 50
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Story4 out of 5 stars 47
Facts are and must be the coin of the realm in a democracy. Unfortunately, for citizens in the United States and throughout the world, distinguishing between fact and fiction - always a formidable challenge - is now more difficult than ever, as a constant stream of questionable information pours into media outlets. Lewis argues forcefully that while data points and factoids abound, it is much harder to get to the whole truth of complex issues in time for that truth to guide citizens, voters, and decision makers.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This Is the Book We All Should Read
- By Chris Reich on 07-09-14
By: Charles Lewis
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Profiles in Corruption
- Abuse of Power by America’s Progressive Elite
- By: Peter Schweizer
- Narrated by: Charles Constant
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,002
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,695
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1,686
In Profiles in Corruption, Schweizer offers a deep-dive investigation into the private finances and secrets deals of some of America’s top political leaders. And, as usual, he doesn’t disappoint, with never-before-reported revelations that uncover corruption and abuse of power - all backed up by a mountain of corporate documents and legal filings from around the globe. Learn about how they are making sweetheart deals, generating side income, bending the law to their own benefits, using legislation to advance their own interests, and much more.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Enlightening & Horrifying!!
- By Kay Lo on 01-22-20
By: Peter Schweizer
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The Case for Impeachment
- By: Allan J. Lichtman
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 244
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 212
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 211
What are the ranges and limitations of presidential authority? What are the standards of truthfulness that a president must uphold? What will it take to impeach Donald J. Trump? Professor Allan J. Lichtman, who has correctly forecasted 30 years of presidential outcomes, answers these questions, and more, in The Case for Impeachment - a deeply convincing argument for impeaching the 45th president of the United States.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Every American should read this!
- By Daniel Ballard on 04-24-17
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The Profiteers
- Bechtel and the Men Who Built the World
- By: Sally Denton
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 300
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 255
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Story4 out of 5 stars 254
The tale of the Bechtel family dynasty is a classic American business story. It begins with Warren A. "Dad" Bechtel, who led a consortium that constructed the Hoover Dam. From that auspicious start, the family and its eponymous company would go on to build the world, from the construction of airports in Hong Kong and Doha to pipelines and tunnels in Alaska and Europe to mining and energy operations around the globe.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Your Liberal Bias is showing
- By Anonymous User on 03-29-18
By: Sally Denton
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People vs. Donald Trump
- An Inside Account
- By: Mark Pomerantz
- Narrated by: Mark Pomerantz
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 203
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 172
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 171
People vs. Donald Trump is a fascinating inside account of the attempt to prosecute former president Donald Trump, written by one of the lawyers who worked on the case and resigned in protest when Manhattan’s district attorney refused to act.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Bravo - Easy to Understand
- By Trisha on 02-09-23
By: Mark Pomerantz
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Boardwalk Empire
- The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City
- By: Nelson Johnson
- Narrated by: Joe Mantegna, Terence Winter (foreword)
- Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 688
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 439
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Story4 out of 5 stars 445
From its inception, Atlantic City has always been a town dedicated to the fast buck, and this wide-reachinghistory offers a riveting account of its past 100 year, from the city's heyday as a Prohibition-era mecca of lawlessness to its rebirth as a legitimate casino resort in the modern era.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Unmasked History of Atlantic City
- By Steven Schuster on 08-07-10
By: Nelson Johnson
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Soul City
- Race, Equality, and the Lost Dream of an American Utopia
- By: Thomas Healy
- Narrated by: Larry Herron
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 23
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 23
Author Thomas Healy resurrects a forgotten saga of race, capitalism, and the struggle for equality in this fascinating, forgotten story of the 1970s attempt to build a city dedicated to racial equality in the heart of “Klan Country”.
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5 out of 5 stars
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awesome narrator
- By Arthur F. Jackson on 06-23-21
By: Thomas Healy
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Private Empire
- ExxonMobil and American Power
- By: Steve Coll
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 24 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 760
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 636
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 631
Steve Coll investigates the largest and most powerful private corporation in the United States, revealing the true extent of its power. ExxonMobil’s annual revenues are larger than the economic activity in the great majority of countries. In many of the countries where it conducts business, ExxonMobil’s sway over politics and security is greater than that of the United States embassy. In Washington, ExxonMobil spends more money lobbying Congress and the White House than almost any other corporation. Yet despite its outsized influence, it is a black box.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Please no more accents!
- By Zak on 07-24-12
By: Steve Coll
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Spooked
- The Trump Dossier, Black Cube, and the Rise of Private Spies
- By: Barry Meier
- Narrated by: Kerry Shale
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 65
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 58
A Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist’s journey into a billon-dollar secret industry that is shaping our world - the booming business of private spying, operatives-for-hire retained by companies, political parties, and the powerful to dig up dirt on their enemies and, if need be, destroy them.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Spoofed
- By Klutch Kargo on 06-07-21
By: Barry Meier
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Above the Law
- The Inside Story of How the Justice Department Tried to Subvert President Trump
- By: Matthew Whitaker
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 58
When Attorney General Jeff Sessions resigned in November 2018, two years after Donald Trump's surprise electoral victory, a political outsider named Matthew Whitaker became Acting Attorney General of the United States. Now Whitaker shares the shocking truth that he discovered when he temporarily became head of the Justice Department: that so-called public servants, the people charged with upholding our nation's founding principle of "equal justice under law", have abandoned that principle in order to advance a vicious partisan vendetta against President Trump.
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5 out of 5 stars
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No "there" there
- By Kim Hyneman on 06-10-20
By: Matthew Whitaker
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Putin's Kleptocracy
- Who Owns Russia?
- By: Karen Dawisha
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 14 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 295
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 265
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 267
The raging question in the world today is who is the real Vladimir Putin and what are his intentions. Karen Dawisha’s brilliant Putin’s Kleptocracy provides an answer, describing how Putin got to power, the cabal he brought with him, the billions they have looted, and his plan to restore the Greater Russia.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Who owns Russia
- By Amazon Customer on 11-09-14
By: Karen Dawisha