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The Siege
- A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World
- By: Ben Macintyre
- Narrated by: Ben Macintyre
- Length: 14 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 163
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 150
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 150
As the American hostage crisis in Iran boiled into its seventh month in the spring of 1980, six heavily armed gunman barged into the Iranian embassy in London, taking twenty-six hostages. What followed over the next six days was an increasingly tense standoff, one that threatened at any moment to spill into a bloodbath.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another brilliant book by MacIntyre
- By ian on 09-29-24
- The Siege
- A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World
- By: Ben Macintyre
- Narrated by: Ben Macintyre
Excellent Recount of Something That Few Know Anything About
Reviewed: 02-10-25
Author made the reader feel that he was in the room with the terrorists, police, SAS and hostages. Outstanding work in juggling all sides of this dysfunctional situation.
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Target Tehran
- How Israel Is Using Sabotage, Cyberwarfare, Assassination – and Secret Diplomacy – to Stop a Nuclear Iran and Create a New Middle East
- By: Yonah Jeremy Bob, Ilan Evyatar
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 50
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 50
Yonah Bob and Ilan Evyatar describe how Israel has used cyberwarfare, targeted assassinations, and sabotage of Iranian facilities to great effect, sometimes in cooperation with the United States. Even as it takes lethal action, Israel has managed to alter the politics of the Middle East, culminating in the Abraham Accords of 2020. Arab states such as Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates normalized relations with Israel, and the holy grail of normalization with Saudi Arabia may yet be achieved.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Couldn’t walk away !
- By ADAM on 01-10-24
- Target Tehran
- How Israel Is Using Sabotage, Cyberwarfare, Assassination – and Secret Diplomacy – to Stop a Nuclear Iran and Create a New Middle East
- By: Yonah Jeremy Bob, Ilan Evyatar
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
Well researched and written. Exciting, timely and topical given current events.
Reviewed: 12-31-24
The ending of the book is a bit abrupt for my taste. But at least they didn’t try to explain too much.
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Civilian Warriors
- The Inside Story of Blackwater and the Unsung Heroes of the War on Terror
- By: Erik Prince
- Narrated by: Jeff Gurner
- Length: 13 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,336
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,218
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,212
Blackwater is one of the most misunderstood companies of our time. As Erik Prince, its founder and former CEO, writes: "Hundreds of American citizens employed by private military contractors, or PMCs, would lose their lives helping our government wage wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, only to have their memory tarnished by the unfair and/or ignorant depiction of PMCs as profiteers, jackbooted thugs, or worse."
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4 out of 5 stars
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A different look a Security Contractors
- By Ryan on 01-20-14
- Civilian Warriors
- The Inside Story of Blackwater and the Unsung Heroes of the War on Terror
- By: Erik Prince
- Narrated by: Jeff Gurner
Finally got to hear the other side of the story
Reviewed: 09-06-24
Context and details of complex relationships and issues that had been inaccurately simplified by the media
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The Wealth of Shadows
- A Novel
- By: Graham Moore
- Narrated by: Johnathan McClain
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 76
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 72
1939. Ansel Luxford has everything a person could want—a comfortable career, a brilliant spouse, a beautiful new baby. But he is obsessed by a belief that Europe is on the precipice of a war that will grow to consume the world. The United States is officially proclaiming neutrality in any foreign conflict, but when Ansel is offered an opportunity to move to Washington, D.C., to join a clandestine project within the Treasury Department that is working to undermine Nazi Germany, he uproots his family overnight and takes on the challenge of a lifetime.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Historical Fiction!
- By Diana L. on 05-28-24
- The Wealth of Shadows
- A Novel
- By: Graham Moore
- Narrated by: Johnathan McClain
Excitement of a novel with the underpinnings and background of a history book
Reviewed: 07-05-24
I liked everything about this exciting novel. It gives a real glimpse into life during World War II life in Washington DC, while transcending the complex economic war against the Nazis. Kudos for also taking a glimpse of the admittedly small, but still benevolent efforts to help the survivors of the holocaust. Another great work by Graham Moore.
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Laughing Gas
- By: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrated by: Jonathan Cecil
- Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 257
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 235
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 239
Joey Cooley is a golden-curled child film star, the idol of American motherhood. Reginald, Third Earl of Havershot, is a boxing blue on a mission to save his wayward cousin from the fleshpots of Hollywood. Both are under anesthetic at the dentists when something strange happens - and their identities are swapped. Suddenly Joey can use his six-foot frame to get his own back on his Hollywood persecutors. But Reggie has to endure everything Joey had to put up with in the horrible life of a child star - including kidnapping.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of Wodehouse's most ambitious books
- By John on 05-10-13
- Laughing Gas
- By: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrated by: Jonathan Cecil
Hilarious old school British humor
Reviewed: 02-02-24
Terribly funny old school British humor with plenty of diction eccentricity and malaprop. Of course the plot is ridiculous, but the reader really shouldn’t care. Just go with the patently absurd fun.
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Striking Back
- The 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre and Israel's Deadly Response
- By: Aaron J. Klein
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 722
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 407
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 409
1972. The Munich Olympics. Palestinian members of the Black September group murder 11 Israeli athletes. Nine hundred million people watch the crisis unfold on television, witnessing a tragedy that inaugurates the modern age of terror.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very, very good book. When researched.
- By Roadrunner At Large on 01-26-06
- Striking Back
- The 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre and Israel's Deadly Response
- By: Aaron J. Klein
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
Evenhanded and sober documentation
Reviewed: 01-10-24
Well researched, written and orated. Not a rah-rah entertaining read, but rather a compelling analysis of the benefits and drawbacks of revenge as a military and political tool to combat evil.
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Surely You Can't Be Serious
- The True Story of Airplane!
- By: David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker
- Narrated by: "Weird Al" Yankovic, Arne Schmidt, Barry Diller, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 347
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 310
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 310
Surely You Can’t Be Serious is the first-ever oral history of the making of Airplane! by the creators, and of the beginnings of the ZAZ trio (Zucker, Abrahams, Zucker) – charting the rise of their comedy troupe Kentucky Fried Theater in Madison, Wisconsin all the way to premiere night. The directors explain what drew them to filmmaking and in particular, comedy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absolutely fantastic
- By A. Soergel on 10-11-23
- Surely You Can't Be Serious
- The True Story of Airplane!
- By: David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker
- Narrated by: "Weird Al" Yankovic, Arne Schmidt, Barry Diller, Beau Bridges, Bill Hader, Bob Weiss, David Zucker, Dick Chudnow, Hunt Lowry, James Murray, Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, Jimmy Kimmel, Joe Praino, full cast
Funny history of a very funny movie
Reviewed: 12-27-23
Too many comments from people unrelated to the production of Airplane . Would have been nice to hear more from those involved with Airplane, from studio staff all the way down to set hands.
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The Spy and the Traitor
- The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
- By: Ben Macintyre
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 13 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 10,792
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9,609
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Story5 out of 5 stars 9,575
If anyone could be considered a Russian counterpart to the infamous British double-agent Kim Philby, it was Oleg Gordievsky. The son of two KGB agents and the product of the best Soviet institutions, the savvy, sophisticated Gordievsky grew to see his nation's communism as both criminal and philistine. He took his first posting for Russian intelligence in 1968 and eventually became the Soviet Union's top man in London, but from 1973 on he was secretly working for MI6.
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5 out of 5 stars
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John Lee is GREAT!
- By David on 09-21-18
- The Spy and the Traitor
- The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
- By: Ben Macintyre
- Narrated by: John Lee
Wonderfully written and read. A marvelous and true story.
Reviewed: 09-12-23
An amazing story of historical significance. Written and read in a typically understated manner that could have easily become overly and unnecessarily dramatic. Well done!
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The Birth of Loud
- Leo Fender, Les Paul, and the Guitar-Pioneering Rivalry That Shaped Rock 'n' Roll
- By: Ian S. Port
- Narrated by: Pete Simonelli
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 576
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 497
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Story5 out of 5 stars 495
A riveting saga in the history of rock ‘n’ roll: the decades-long rivalry between the two men who innovated the electric guitar’s amplified sound - Leo Fender and Les Paul - and their intense competition to convince rock stars like the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, and Eric Clapton to play the instruments they built.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Thoughtful Music History
- By E. Protzman on 01-23-19
- The Birth of Loud
- Leo Fender, Les Paul, and the Guitar-Pioneering Rivalry That Shaped Rock 'n' Roll
- By: Ian S. Port
- Narrated by: Pete Simonelli
Good Book and a Great Story
Reviewed: 07-11-23
Excellent job of recreating the time, background and zeitgeist of the period in which the modern electric guitar was born.
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The Bond King
- How One Man Made a Market, Built an Empire, and Lost It All
- By: Mary Childs
- Narrated by: Mary Childs
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 560
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 461
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 462
Before Bill Gross was known among investors as the Bond King, he was a gambler. In 1966, a fresh college grad, he went to Vegas armed with his net worth ($200) and a knack for counting cards. Ten thousand dollars and countless casino bans later, he was hooked, so he enrolled in business school. The Bond King is the story of how that whiz kid made American finance his casino.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Being a good writer does not make you a good narrator
- By John Mallory on 05-14-22
- The Bond King
- How One Man Made a Market, Built an Empire, and Lost It All
- By: Mary Childs
- Narrated by: Mary Childs
Great opportunity missed. Badly written and even more poorly read
Reviewed: 06-05-23
There was a great opportunity missed as the Gross/PIMCO story was a historic chapter in American business. The writer is awful and her reading on her own work is even more miserable. This was a painful listen.
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