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In the President's Secret Service
- Behind the Scenes with Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents They Protect
- By: Ronald Kessler
- Narrated by: Alan Sklar
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Secret Service agents, acting as human surveillance cameras, observe everything that goes on behind the scenes in the president's inner circle. Ronald Kessler reveals what they have seen, providing startling, previously untold stories about the presidents, from John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson to George W. Bush and Barack Obama, as well as about their families, Cabinet officers, and White House aides.
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President's are just human.
- By 9S on 04-26-12
- In the President's Secret Service
- Behind the Scenes with Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents They Protect
- By: Ronald Kessler
- Narrated by: Alan Sklar
Bad Soap Opera
Reviewed: 09-23-09
This book is a compendium of absolutely useless and trivial information about the Secret Service and the families they guard.
It is a really bad soap opera filling us in with "dirt and stupid stories about the First Families.
Do not waste your time or money
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1776
- By: David McCullough
- Narrated by: David McCullough
- Length: 11 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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In this stirring audiobook, David McCullough tells the intensely human story of those who marched with General George Washington in the year of the Declaration of Independence, when the whole American cause was riding on their success, without which all hope for independence would have been dashed and the noble ideals of the Declaration would have amounted to little more than words on paper.
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Front Seat on History
- By Mark on 10-22-05
- 1776
- By: David McCullough
- Narrated by: David McCullough
Tedious
Reviewed: 06-23-08
An amazing time in American history, written by a great historian, who should never have been allowed to be the narrator. The most boring, dull, flat narration possible and ruined what should have been a fascinating tale
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Halsey's Typhoon
- By: Bob Drury, Tom Clavin
- Narrated by: Eric Conger
- Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
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December 1944, the Pacific Theater. General Douglas MacArthur has vowed to return to the Philippines. He will need the help of Admiral William "Bull" Halsey's Pacific Fleet. But at the height of the invasion, Halsey's ships are blindsided by a typhoon of unprecedented strength and scope. Battleships are tossed like toys, fighter planes are blown off carriers, destroyers are capsized, and hundreds of sailors are swept into the roiling, shark-infested sea.
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Weather and Naval History Masterpiece
- By M. Taussig on 02-17-07
- Halsey's Typhoon
- By: Bob Drury, Tom Clavin
- Narrated by: Eric Conger
Entertaining
Reviewed: 12-20-07
A interesting bit of history and a specific event in the Pacific during WW2, which has not received a lot of publicity for obvious reasons
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Total Access
- A Journey to the Center of the NFL Universe
- By: Rich Eisen
- Narrated by: Rich Eisen
- Length: 5 hrs and 7 mins
- Abridged
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What's this audiobook about? It's about a journey. It's about eating, living, and breathing the most popular sport in the history of America. The passion. The pageantry. The pigskin. Thanks to his role as host of NFL Total Access, Eisen gets to go to virtually every event on the NFL Calendar: the Super Bowl, the Pro Bowl, the Scouting Combine, the NFL Draft, and the Hall of Fame Induction Weekend. Rich Eisen is there, so go along for the ride with him.
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Entertaining
- By Robert on 12-20-07
- Total Access
- A Journey to the Center of the NFL Universe
- By: Rich Eisen
- Narrated by: Rich Eisen
Entertaining
Reviewed: 12-20-07
Entertaining story about the NFL, it's network and commentators. Mindless but a good beach book
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Night
- By: Elie Wiesel
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 4 hrs and 17 mins
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Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and the Congressional Gold Medal, Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel offers an unforgettable account of Hitler's horrific reign of terror in Night. This definitive edition features a new translation from the original French by Wiesel's wife and frequent translator, Marion Wiesel.
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This book consumed me
- By Ella on 01-24-06
- Night
- By: Elie Wiesel
- Narrated by: George Guidall
Disturbing
Reviewed: 12-20-07
This book will bring your emotions to the surface as it so vividly describes the ability of mankind to practice genocide, and specifically the Nazi program of WW2. It is incredibly powerful, well narrated and should be read by anyone who has a conscience and questions man's behavior and cruelty on this planet
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Ireland
- By: Frank Delaney
- Narrated by: Frank Delaney
- Length: 19 hrs and 29 mins
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One evening in 1951, an itinerant storyteller arrives unannounced at a house in the Irish countryside. In exchange for a bed and a warm meal, he invites his hosts and their neighbors to join him by the wintry fireside and begins to tell formative stories of Ireland's history. Ronan, a nine-year-old boy, grows so entranced by the storytelling that, when the old man leaves abruptly under mysterious circumstances, the boy devotes himself to finding him again.
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Best Listen In A Quite While
- By John on 03-17-05
- Ireland
- By: Frank Delaney
- Narrated by: Frank Delaney
Wonderful
Reviewed: 10-21-07
A magical combination of history and fantasy.
What a treat. Great narrator
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The Cleaner
- By: Brett Battles
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
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Meet Jonathan Quinn: a freelance operative with a take-no-prisoners style and the heart of a loner. His job? Professional "cleaner". Nothing too violent, just disposing of bodies. But his latest assignment will change everything. The job seemed simple enough: investigating a suspicious case of arson. But when a dead body turns up, and Quinn's handlers at "the Office" turn strangely silent, he knows he's in over his head. With only a handful of clues, Quinn struggles to find out why someone wants him dead.
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excellent from start to finish
- By Bernie on 07-11-07
- The Cleaner
- By: Brett Battles
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
Boring
Reviewed: 08-08-07
A remake of the many so called "bio-terrorism thrillers" Tired plot, tired characters...nothing new and not worth listening to
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Satan's Circus
- Murder, Vice, Police Corruption, and New York's Trial of the Century
- By: Mike Dash
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 12 hrs and 50 mins
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They called it Satan's Circus, a square mile of Midtown Manhattan where vice ruled, sin flourished, and depravity danced in every doorway. At the turn of the 20th century, murder was so common in the vice district that few people were surprised when the loudmouthed owner of a shabby casino was gunned down on the steps of its best hotel.
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New York, N.Y
- By Robert on 07-11-07
- Satan's Circus
- Murder, Vice, Police Corruption, and New York's Trial of the Century
- By: Mike Dash
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
New York, N.Y
Reviewed: 07-11-07
Having grown up in NY and an avid reader of Pete Hamill, I was interested about this side of Manhatten and an era I knew nothing about. It was a little slow in the beginning and difficult to keep track of the characters, but it caught my attention towards the middle and it was delightful to listen to. Maybe a little overdone on detail but the individuals eventuallylly come to life and I found myself relating to them, of course not in character, but by being overwhelmed by a society out of control, power run amok and being trampled by the system and people interested in only themselves, their achievments and personal success. Certainly not an original concept but one played out in a unique
corner of society. I ended up having compassion for the victim, though certainly not an admirable person, and his loyal, loving wife, and of course the proper disdain for the system and the injustice it perpetrates to self serve individual desires. Not much different than the world of today and our self serving politicians and political figures, but a different and unique scenario.
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