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Manson
- The Life and Times of Charles Manson
- By: Jeff Guinn
- Narrated by: Jim Frangione
- Length: 17 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 503
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 467
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 462
Award-winning journalist Jeff Guinn's highly acclaimed Manson has won rave reviews and is a top-pick on must-read lists everywhere. This superb biography answers lingering questions about the Manson Family murders, while delivering stunning revelations about the life of America's most notorious psychopath.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Charles Manson: Even worse than you imagined
- By Ruby Dartz on 09-15-13
- Manson
- The Life and Times of Charles Manson
- By: Jeff Guinn
- Narrated by: Jim Frangione
Great read / listen
Reviewed: 11-09-18
Great book, as well researched as all of Jeff Guinn’s books are. The level of detail is amazing, I thought I already knew a lot about Manson, but I learned even more.
Can’t wait for his next nonfiction book!
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Road to Jonestown
- Jim Jones and Peoples Temple
- By: Jeff Guinn
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 17 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,559
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,196
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,184
In the 1950s, a young Indianapolis minister named Jim Jones preached a curious blend of the gospel and Marxism. His congregation was racially mixed, and he was a leader in the early civil rights movement. Eventually, Jones moved his church, Peoples Temple, to northern California, where he got involved in electoral politics and became a prominent Bay Area leader. But underneath the surface lurked a terrible darkness.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An Important Accurate Historical Report
- By Julia on 08-24-17
- Road to Jonestown
- Jim Jones and Peoples Temple
- By: Jeff Guinn
- Narrated by: George Newbern
Great author
Reviewed: 07-26-18
I truly Iike this author, two books- this one and Going Down Together - well researched, well written, and he doesn’t insert any of his personal opinions in to the story.
Looking forward to his next book
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The Yucks
- Two Years in Tampa with the Losingest Team in NFL History
- By: Jason Vuic
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 51
Long before their first Super Bowl victory in 2003, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers did something no NFL team had ever done before and that none will ever likely do again: They lost 26 games in a row. It started in 1976, in their first season as an expansion team, and it lasted until the penultimate game of the 1977 season, when they defeated Archie Manning and the New Orleans Saints on the road. It was the beginning of a new streak for a team that had come to be called "The Yucks".
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5 out of 5 stars
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Perfect!!
- By Lindsay Barton on 04-13-25
- The Yucks
- Two Years in Tampa with the Losingest Team in NFL History
- By: Jason Vuic
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
What memories!
Reviewed: 07-03-18
I am not a Bucs fan, but I loved the old creamcicles!
Fun story, good narration, and I almost cried when the Bucs wine their first game!
Culverhouse May have been cheap, but at least he is not a knucklehead like Jerry Jones - who fires Tom Landry in such a classless manner?
I got to review a great book and slam Jerry Jones- it’s a good day!
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See You Again in Pyongyang
- By: Travis Jeppesen
- Narrated by: Will Collyer
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 129
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 114
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 113
From terrifying missile tests, its unmissable Olympic cheering squad, and the war of words between President Trump and Kim Jong Un - not to mention stranger-than-fiction stories of purges and assassinations - news from North Korea has dominated global headlines. But what is life there actually like? In See You Again in Pyongyang, Travis Jeppesen, the first American to complete a university program in North Korea, culls from his experiences living, traveling, and studying in the country to create a multifaceted portrait of the country and its idiosyncratic capital city.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Save me from the hippie millennials with a PhD
- By Verified purchaser on 06-21-18
- See You Again in Pyongyang
- By: Travis Jeppesen
- Narrated by: Will Collyer
Save me from the hippie millennials with a PhD
Reviewed: 06-21-18
This guy hates the U.S. with one breath, he talks about the human rights issues in the DPRK, and then he blames it on the republicans. He recently earned his Ph.D. And it must have been in politics, economics, and foreign relations because he has no issue telling us his opinion. Get off your CNN podium and stick to what you know. He literally trashed everything “American”, and we can blame everything on George W. Bush...
This could have been a great story if he had left his politics alone. He could have waited a bit to publish this so he could blame everything on Trump.
He is also kind of pretentious- obviously impressed with his experience in the false and protected world of academia... I heard the word “banal” more in the first half of this book than o have heard in conversation in ten years.
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Death Row: The Final Minutes
- My Life as an Execution Witness in America's Most Infamous Prison
- By: Michelle Lyons
- Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow, John Moraitis, Michelle Lyons
- Length: 7 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 91
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 85
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 84
In 12 years, Michelle Lyons witnessed nearly 300 executions. First as a reporter and then as a spokesperson for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Michelle was a frequent visitor to Huntsville's Walls Unit, where she recorded and relayed the final moments of death row inmates' lives before they were put to death by the state. Michelle was in the death chamber as some of the United States' most notorious criminals, including serial killers, child murderers and rapists, spoke their last words on earth, while a cocktail of lethal drugs surged through their veins.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Might Change Your Mind.
- By Julia on 04-11-19
- Death Row: The Final Minutes
- My Life as an Execution Witness in America's Most Infamous Prison
- By: Michelle Lyons
- Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow, John Moraitis, Michelle Lyons
Somewhat misleading title
Reviewed: 05-28-18
This is an interesting book, but it does not really go into detail about “the final minutes”.
I was very disappointed the narrator consistently mispronounced several words common in Texas such as “San Miguel, Martinez, and Corsicana”. Come on, you’re from Texas and do not know how to pronounce common Hispanic surnames?
I appreciate that the author did not try to convince me the death penalty is wrong, but instead she explains her growth and changes which led to her change of mind.
As far as the conflict with Livingston, he is your boss. Your job is to do what he says, not what your former supervisor thought the job should be. No wonder you were drummed out, but as a former exempt employee, I understand the hypocrisy of those time sheets
Overall, a good listen
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Dear Leader
- Poet, Spy, Escapee - A Look inside North Korea
- By: Jang Jin-sung
- Narrated by: Daniel York
- Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,201
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,022
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,020
As North Korea's State Poet Laureate, Jang Jin-sung led a charmed life. With food provisions (even as the country suffered through its great famine), a travel pass, access to strictly censored information, and audiences with Kim Jong-il himself, his life in Pyongyang seemed safe and secure. But this privileged existence was about to be shattered. When a strictly forbidden magazine he lent to a friend goes missing, Jang Jin-sung must flee for his life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding! A life-changing listen.
- By Gotta Tellya on 09-29-14
- Dear Leader
- Poet, Spy, Escapee - A Look inside North Korea
- By: Jang Jin-sung
- Narrated by: Daniel York
Great book
Reviewed: 03-17-18
I enjoyed this book and have listened to it twice by now. Amazing story, thank you for sharing your story and teaching us about this regime
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John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster
- By: Sam L. Amirante, Danny Broderick
- Narrated by: Robin Bloodworth
- Length: 14 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,876
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,493
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,483
“Sam, could you do me a favor?” Thus begins a story that has now become part of America's true-crime hall of fame. It is a gory, grotesque tale befitting a Stephen King novel. It is also a David and Goliath saga - the story of a young lawyer fresh from the public defender's office whose first client in private practice turns out to be the worst serial killer in our nation's history. This is a gripping true crime narrative that reenacts the gruesome killings and the famous trial that shocked a nation.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Ultimately an excellent listen
- By A.R. on 03-03-13
- John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster
- By: Sam L. Amirante, Danny Broderick
- Narrated by: Robin Bloodworth
Great book
Reviewed: 03-17-18
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and learned so much from it
I would read / listen to more from these two authors.
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Inside the Mind of BTK
- The True Story Behind the Thirty-Year Hunt for the Notorious Wichita Serial Killer
- By: John Douglas, Johnny Dodd
- Narrated by: Jason Klav
- Length: 12 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 919
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 805
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 801
This incredible story shows how John Douglas tracked and participated in the hunt for one of the most notorious serial killers in U.S. history. For 31 years a man who called himself BTK (Bind, Torture, Kill) terrorized the city of Wichita, Kansas, sexually assaulting and strangling a series of women, taunting the police with frequent communications, and bragging about his crimes to local newspapers and TV stations.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Unfortunate choice of narrator.
- By monique on 11-19-11
- Inside the Mind of BTK
- The True Story Behind the Thirty-Year Hunt for the Notorious Wichita Serial Killer
- By: John Douglas, Johnny Dodd
- Narrated by: Jason Klav
Good book, but....
Reviewed: 03-17-18
Every FBI agent I have ever worked with has been self absorbed and overly impressed with themselves, John Douglas is no different.
But this is a very good book and interesting read. Informative, just could have enjoyed it better without the self adulation and promotion.
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Without You, There Is No Us
- My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite
- By: Suki Kim
- Narrated by: Janet Song
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 939
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 820
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 820
Every day, three times a day, the students march in two straight lines, singing praises to Kim Jong-il and North Korea: Without you, there is no motherland. Without you, there is no us. It is a chilling scene, but gradually Suki Kim, too, learns the tune and, without noticing, begins to hum it. It is 2011, and all universities in North Korea have been shut down for an entire year, the students sent to construction fields - except for the 270 students at the all-male Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST).
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4 out of 5 stars
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The King and I meets Mary Poppins
- By Michael on 02-22-15
- Without You, There Is No Us
- My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite
- By: Suki Kim
- Narrated by: Janet Song
Save us from the Millennial Social Justice Warriors
Reviewed: 03-17-18
This is a good book. I found it interesting and the entire time I was wondering how PUST felt it was OK to publish this book. But as with any millennial, they know better than governments, religions, and missionary administrators at PUST. Not only did she lie to PUST, she lied to everyone else- I’m not worried about deceiving the DPRK government. But from the beginning, she let it be known she was smarter than everyone else, and she was going to do what she wanted even if it harmed the mission she volunteered for just to write her own book. Millennials are smarter and know more than everyone and they will get their way regardless of the price others have to pay. Other than that, a good book.
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