Raymond J.
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Dollars for Life
- The Anti-Abortion Movement and the Fall of the Republican Establishment
- By: Mary Ziegler
- Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4 out of 5 stars 7
The modern Republican Party is the party of conservative Christianity and big business—two things so closely identified with the contemporary GOP that we hardly notice the strangeness of the pairing. Legal historian Mary Ziegler traces how the anti-abortion movement helped to forge and later upend this alliance.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Compelling review of the anti-abortion movement.
- By Raymond J. on 04-15-25
- Dollars for Life
- The Anti-Abortion Movement and the Fall of the Republican Establishment
- By: Mary Ziegler
- Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt
Compelling review of the anti-abortion movement.
Reviewed: 04-15-25
Author laid out the history of this political movement with clarity and contrasts. This work will be a key piece in the later understanding of the American slide into autocracy.
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Mosquito
- The Story of Man’s Deadliest Foe
- By: Michael D'Antonio, Andrew Spielman
- Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 25
Now in audio - a fascinating work of popular science from a world-renowned expert on mosquitoes and a prize-winning reporter. In this lively and comprehensive portrait of the mosquito, its role in history, and its threat to mankind, Spielman and D'Antonio take a mosquito's-eye view of nature and man. They show us how mosquitoes breed, live, mate, and die and introduce us to their enemies, both natural and man-made.
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4 out of 5 stars
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New information easily accessed
- By Raymond J. on 03-29-25
- Mosquito
- The Story of Man’s Deadliest Foe
- By: Michael D'Antonio, Andrew Spielman
- Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
New information easily accessed
Reviewed: 03-29-25
Very good review of insects, especially mosquitoes, and resulting health issues Malaria and West Nile Virus.
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A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door
- The Dismantling of Public Education and the Future of School
- By: Jack Schneider, Jennifer Berkshire
- Narrated by: Suzie Althens
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 37
If America's public schools don't survive the COVID-19 pandemic, it won't just be due to the virus. Opponents of public education have long sought to dismantle our system of free, universal, and taxpayer-funded schooling. But the present crisis has provided them with their best opportunity ever to realize that aim.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A well presented view of education in the U.S. being destroyed by misapplied technology and selfish profit motives.
- By Raymond J. on 02-09-25
- A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door
- The Dismantling of Public Education and the Future of School
- By: Jack Schneider, Jennifer Berkshire
- Narrated by: Suzie Althens
A well presented view of education in the U.S. being destroyed by misapplied technology and selfish profit motives.
Reviewed: 02-09-25
Conservative politicians destroying freedom while arguing for individual freedom, smacks of pure profit motives for certain privileged individuals
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The Barn
- The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi
- By: Wright Thompson
- Narrated by: Wright Thompson
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 420
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 405
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Story5 out of 5 stars 405
Wright Thompson’s family farm in Mississippi is 23 miles from the site of one of the most notorious and consequential killings in American history, yet he had to leave the state for college before he learned the first thing about it. To this day, fundamental truths about the crime are widely unknown, including where it took place and how many people were involved. This is no accident: the cover-up began at once, and it is ongoing.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Evocative
- By Mentally in Paris on 09-25-24
- The Barn
- The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi
- By: Wright Thompson
- Narrated by: Wright Thompson
A story of then so pertinent to now,
Reviewed: 11-26-24
I learned much new information about Mississippi, the deeper story of the murder and subsequent outcomes.
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White Evangelical Racism
- The Politics of Morality in America
- By: Anthea Butler
- Narrated by: Allyson Johnson
- Length: 3 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 571
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 495
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 494
The American political scene today is poisonously divided, and the vast majority of white evangelicals plays a strikingly unified, powerful role in the disunion. These evangelicals raise a starkly consequential question for electoral politics: Why do they claim morality while supporting politicians who act immorally by most Christian measures? In this clear-eyed, hard-hitting chronicle of American religion and politics, Anthea Butler answers that racism is at the core of conservative evangelical activism and power.
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5 out of 5 stars
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As a White Evangelical ... or Formally So ...
- By Wigwam on 05-09-21
- White Evangelical Racism
- The Politics of Morality in America
- By: Anthea Butler
- Narrated by: Allyson Johnson
Powerful message
Reviewed: 08-29-24
The history of white evangelical political influence is characterized as dangerous for American culture and future. This book will not be on the bookshelves of many Republicans. Her message however is hopeful that positive change can occur.
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Tired of Winning
- Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Old Party
- By: Jonathan Karl
- Narrated by: Jonathan Karl
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 811
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 749
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Story5 out of 5 stars 748
Packed with new reporting, Tired of Winning: Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Old Party tracks Trump’s improbable journey from disgraced and defeated former president to the dominant force, yet again, in the Republican Party. From his exile in Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump has become more extreme, vengeful, and divorced from reality than he was on January 6, 2021. His meddling damaged the GOP’s electoral prospects and his legal troubles were mounting. Yet he re-emerged as the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, and the president-elect.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Compelling and Terrifying
- By Shaz on 11-15-23
- Tired of Winning
- Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Old Party
- By: Jonathan Karl
- Narrated by: Jonathan Karl
Report of events made for smooth flow maintaining interest
Reviewed: 11-25-23
Organization of book reflected comprehensive understanding of events. This book is one of the better histories of the Trump malfeasance surrounding his actions that were damaging to America.
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The Conspiracy to End America
- Five Ways My Old Party Is Driving Our Democracy to Autocracy
- By: Stuart Stevens
- Narrated by: Jeff Bottoms
- Length: 5 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 220
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 204
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 204
Today’s Republican party is not a “normal” political party in the American tradition. It has become an autocratic movement masquerading as a political party. As Stuart Stevens argues in The Conspiracy to End America, if we look away from that truth, we greatly increase the likelihood that the America we love will slip away, never to return.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Required Reading
- By Arturo Zendejas on 10-27-23
- The Conspiracy to End America
- Five Ways My Old Party Is Driving Our Democracy to Autocracy
- By: Stuart Stevens
- Narrated by: Jeff Bottoms
Analysis of Republican Party degeneracy
Reviewed: 11-20-23
Examples from author’s experience that related to events with consequence increased plausibility. Interesting review of the Republication Party’s adherence with Trump world view.
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Enough
- By: Cassidy Hutchinson
- Narrated by: Cassidy Hutchinson
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4,358
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,964
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3,954
Ever since a childhood visit to Washington, DC, Cassidy Hutchinson aspired to serve her country in government. Raised in a working-class family with a military background, she was the first in her immediate family to graduate from college. Despite having no ties to Washington, Hutchinson landed a vital position at the center of the Trump White House.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Painful
- By Melissa C. on 09-28-23
- Enough
- By: Cassidy Hutchinson
- Narrated by: Cassidy Hutchinson
Unfortunate self-aggrandizing to important events
Reviewed: 11-12-23
Ms. Hutchinson was witness to events that tell a larger story than her repeated recollections of being congratulated by individuals of disrepute. While renderings of events during this pitiful national disgrace are historically useful, this recounting is more a matter of personal success. Her subsequent actions are commendable but this reading is lacking situational focus.
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Renegade
- Defending Democracy and Liberty in Our Divided Country
- By: Adam Kinzinger, Michael D'Antonio - contributor
- Narrated by: Adam Kinzinger
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 440
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 403
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Story5 out of 5 stars 403
On January 6, 2021, Donald Trump incited a violent mob to storm the US Capitol in attempts to overturn the presidential election. It was a betrayal of our Constitution, and one of the darkest days in recent history. Yet to former congressman Adam Kinzinger it was also the culmination of a cultural and political rupture he’d long seen coming. Constructive criticism from within the Republican Party was no longer enough. It was time to stand up, even if it meant betraying his own party.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Critical Work
- By Red P on 11-02-23
- Renegade
- Defending Democracy and Liberty in Our Divided Country
- By: Adam Kinzinger, Michael D'Antonio - contributor
- Narrated by: Adam Kinzinger
Story of current heroic actions and decisions
Reviewed: 11-09-23
Representative Kinzinger reports his experiences in politics and the reality of being caught up in the madness of the recent Trump mania. He lays out his critical decision making process to reach his ethical goals. The main point of the historic recounting is the social/political context American society faces today.
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