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Connie
- A Memoir
- By: Connie Chung
- Narrated by: Connie Chung
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 362
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 350
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 350
Connie Chung is a pioneer. In 1969 at the age of 23, this once-shy daughter of Chinese parents took her first job at a local TV station in her hometown of Washington, D.C. and soon thereafter began working at CBS news as a correspondent. Profoundly influenced by her family’s cultural traditions, yet growing up completely Americanized in the United States, Chung describes her career as an Asian woman in a white male-centered world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Superb.
- By Sondra W. Walters on 02-02-25
- Connie
- A Memoir
- By: Connie Chung
- Narrated by: Connie Chung
Captivating
Reviewed: 03-22-25
The story of my own struggles. However, the chapter about a generation of “Connie’s” was moving and made me realize in all our small ways, we laid the groundwork for future generations to have the ability to chip away male dominance.
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Midnight in Moscow
- A Memoir from the Front Lines of Russia's War Against the West
- By: John J. Sullivan, General Jim Mattis
- Narrated by: John J. Sullivan, Matt Godfrey
- Length: 17 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 47
A memoir of service by the American ambassador who was on the diplomatic front lines when Putin invaded Ukraine, Midnight in Moscow is the first behind-the-scenes account of how U.S.-Russia relations hit their nadir—and a playbook for our unfolding confrontation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This Democrat Learned Details Don't Make Job Easy
- By floweraddict on 01-22-25
- Midnight in Moscow
- A Memoir from the Front Lines of Russia's War Against the West
- By: John J. Sullivan, General Jim Mattis
- Narrated by: John J. Sullivan, Matt Godfrey
This Democrat Learned Details Don't Make Job Easy
Reviewed: 01-22-25
"The Devil Is In The Details" -- and John Sullivan helped me underhand how detailed and difficult being a Department of State, Deputy Secretary and Ambassador. is. A personal view, with all its frustrations like getting Embassy plumbing accomplished, as well as trying to negotiate with the Russians, made for a fascinating read.
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Royal Flush
- By: Rhys Bowen
- Narrated by: Katherine Kellgren
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,587
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,925
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,875
With its posh clientele in the country for the summer, Georgie's housecleaning business has fizzled. So she tries hiring herself out as a dinner and theatre companion. But her first client has quite the wrong idea. To avoid further scandal, Georgie's shipped home to Castle Rannoch, where her summer plans include honoring a promise to Her Majesty to keep Castle Rannoch's divorcedhouseguest from seducing the Prince of Wales.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best of the Early Spyness Novels
- By Charles on 09-20-11
- Royal Flush
- By: Rhys Bowen
- Narrated by: Katherine Kellgren
Engaging
Reviewed: 01-26-24
The reader was terrific at using different voices and accents depict each character. Made the story much more real.
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Oath and Honor Part 2
- A Memoir and a Warning
- By: Liz Cheney
- Narrated by: Liz Cheney
- Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 106
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 106
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Story5 out of 5 stars 106
In the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump and many around him, including certain other elected Republican officials, intentionally breached their oath to the Constitution: they ignored the rulings of dozens of courts, plotted to overturn a lawful election, and provoked a violent attack on our Capitol.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Impressive, Thorough and Fair
- By retired teacher on 09-30-24
- Oath and Honor Part 2
- A Memoir and a Warning
- By: Liz Cheney
- Narrated by: Liz Cheney
Democracy In Peril
Reviewed: 12-30-23
Liz Cheney is from Republican royalty whose roots in the party go back generations. I’m more liberal and don’t find myself agreeing with many of her policy views. But her passion and concern for the rule of law, the constitution and maintaining freedom rather than pandering to a potential dictator is admirable. She has sacrificed much, to document this administration’s destructive behavior and help us all understand the crossroads in history in which we stand. Her passion and sincerity come through in the reading of this book.
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The Rose Code
- A Novel
- By: Kate Quinn
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 16 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 23,811
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 21,348
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Story5 out of 5 stars 21,226
As England prepares to fight the Nazis, three very different women answer the call to mysterious country estate Bletchley Park, where the best minds in Britain train to break German military codes. Vivacious debutante Osla is the girl who has everything - beauty, wealth, and the dashing Prince Philip of Greece sending her roses - but she burns to prove herself as more than a society girl, and puts her fluent German to use as a translator of decoded enemy secrets.
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5 out of 5 stars
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My Favorite Book!!!
- By Jan M on 03-09-21
- The Rose Code
- A Novel
- By: Kate Quinn
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
Fascinating Listening
Reviewed: 08-10-23
Wonderful characters who did a good job of representing real working people both in skill sets and personal issues, good story couldn’t put it down.
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The Diplomat's Wife
- By: Pam Jenoff
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 437
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 391
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 391
It's 1945. Surviving the brutality of a Nazi prison camp, Marta Nederman is lucky to have escaped with her life. Recovering from the horror, she meets Paul, an American soldier who gives her hope of a happier future. But their plans to meet in London are dashed when Paul's plane crashes. Devastated and pregnant, Marta marries Simon, a caring British diplomat, and glimpses the joy that home and family can bring. But her happiness is threatened when she learns of a Communist spy in British intelligence.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Painful Unrealistically Romantic, returned.
- By Karina Busch on 04-06-20
- The Diplomat's Wife
- By: Pam Jenoff
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
Good Summer Reading
Reviewed: 06-18-23
What’s not to like about this book. The primarily character and storyteller is a courageous woman. A handsome man who is loyal and passionate. Enough excitement and plat twists to make interesting. Not real introspective, but good summer reading.
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Friends Divided
- John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
- By: Gordon S. Wood
- Narrated by: James Lurie
- Length: 17 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 448
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 400
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 398
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams could scarcely have come from more different worlds or been more different in temperament. Jefferson, the optimist with enough faith in the innate goodness of his fellow man to be democracy's champion, was an aristocratic Southern slave owner while Adams, the overachiever from New England's rising middling classes, painfully aware he was no aristocrat, was a skeptic about popular rule and a defender of a more elitist view of government.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Great Read
- By Jean on 12-22-17
- Friends Divided
- John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
- By: Gordon S. Wood
- Narrated by: James Lurie
Two Personalities That Shaped The United States History
Reviewed: 06-15-23
This is not just a history of events, but of two men whose background and individual personalities shaped those events.
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I Invented the Modern Age Part 2
- The Rise of Henry Ford and the Most Important Car Ever Made
- By: Richard Snow
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
In many ways, Henry Ford's story is well-known; in many more ways, it is not. Richard Snow masterfully weaves together a fascinating narrative of Ford's rise to fame through his greatest invention, the Model T. A highly pleasurable listen, filled with scenes and incidents from Ford's life, I Invented the Modern Age shows Richard Snow at the height of his powers as a popular historian and reclaims from history Henry Ford, the remarkable man who, indeed, invented the modern world as we know it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A well done history and character study
- By floweraddict on 03-19-23
- I Invented the Modern Age Part 2
- The Rise of Henry Ford and the Most Important Car Ever Made
- By: Richard Snow
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
A well done history and character study
Reviewed: 03-19-23
I grew up in Detroit and
As a schoolgirl, toured the Rouge plant on a ceiling catwalk. Also walked Greenfield Village several times. This book gave insight into so much of what I experienced as a child.
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Never Meant to Meet You
- A Novel
- By: Alli Frank, Asha Youmans
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 11 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 357
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 319
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 317
When tragedy strikes Marjette’s street, and an unexpected child shows up on the first day of school with an uncle who has all the class moms aflutter, Marjette is forced to contend with both her neighbor and her own heartache over losing the life she once thought was guaranteed.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A good story of friendship
- By Darlin on 01-31-23
- Never Meant to Meet You
- A Novel
- By: Alli Frank, Asha Youmans
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
Fun Romantic Story
Reviewed: 02-07-23
Feel good — interesting characters. Just nice, honorable people in a realistic family setting with which it is easy to identify .
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The Chancellor
- By: Kati Marton
- Narrated by: Alex Allwine, Kati Marton
- Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 716
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 629
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 627
Angela Merkel has always been an outsider. A pastor’s daughter raised in Soviet-controlled East Germany, she spent her twenties working as a research chemist, entering politics only after the fall of the Berlin Wall. And yet within fifteen years, she had become chancellor of Germany and, before long, the unofficial leader of the West. In this “masterpiece of discernment and insight” (The New York Times Book Review), acclaimed biographer Kati Marton sets out to pierce the mystery of Merkel’s unlikely ascent.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What a remarkable leader in these trying times!
- By Doug Easterling on 11-30-21
- The Chancellor
- By: Kati Marton
- Narrated by: Alex Allwine, Kati Marton
A Wonderful Window To World Events
Reviewed: 02-04-23
A very interesting view of world events that I have lived through and observed with American eyes. I appreciated a different point of view of our leaders and how their actions were perceived.
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