David J. Corsi
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The Godfather: A Film We Can't Refuse
- By: Paramount Pictures
- Narrated by: Rebecca Keegan
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
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With exclusive insights from the legendary cast, including Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Robert De Niro, and Talia Shire, and commentary from a diverse array of film experts and ardent aficionados, we dissect the film’s magnetic allure and its pervasive influence across our culture. Journey alongside Rebecca Keegan, acclaimed senior film editor at The Hollywood Reporter, as she explores the heart of this cinematic masterpiece through a new lens.
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Deep dive into The Godfather
- By C.F. on 08-28-24
- The Godfather: A Film We Can't Refuse
- By: Paramount Pictures
- Narrated by: Rebecca Keegan
Disappointing
Reviewed: 09-04-24
I was really looking forward to this selection.
Very disappointing. It quickly turned into psycho babble, overanalyzed to death.
We learned a lot about the "feelings" of many of the interviewees, which made it more about them then the story.
For example in the 3rd episode, the narrator and her guest, stated how evil Michael was compared to his father. Apparently because Michael killed people while Vito wanted peace as evidenced by Vito Coreleone stating at the mobster conference he swore off revenge.
In other words they missed the whole point as to when Michael came home, what his father was training him for. Apparently they thought the Don was teaching Michael how to grow the olive oil business.
The narrator and her guests bemoaned there was not more character development of the women in the movie, a movie about the Mafia.
This is akin to complaining that Fried Green Tomatoes and Dolores Claiborne did not fully develop the male characters.
The navel gazing of the participants never ended.
Very, very disappointing.
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The Man Who Invented Christmas
- How Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol Rescued His Career and Revived Our Holiday Spirits
- By: Les Standiford
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Just before Christmas in 1843, a debt-ridden and dispirited Charles Dickens wrote a small book he hoped would keep his creditors at bay. His publisher turned it down, so Dickens used what little money he had to put out A Christmas Carol himself. He worried it might be the end of his career as a novelist. The book immediately caused a sensation. And it breathed new life into a holiday that had fallen into disfavor, undermined by lingering Puritanism and the cold modernity of the Industrial Revolution.
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Beautifully Told!
- By JodyB on 12-01-17
- The Man Who Invented Christmas
- How Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol Rescued His Career and Revived Our Holiday Spirits
- By: Les Standiford
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
Very good with one caveat
Reviewed: 12-20-23
Good story, moved at a good pace. The only think I question
is the choice for narrator.
He has a terrific voice and delivery but one would think for the quintessential English writer the narration would be better served with an English accent narrator.
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Laptop from Hell
- Hunter Biden, Big Tech, and the Dirty Secrets the President Tried to Hide
- By: Miranda Devine
- Narrated by: Richard Cefalos
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
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When a drug-addled Hunter Biden abandoned his waterlogged computer at a Mac repair shop in Delaware in the spring of 2019, just six days before his father announced his candidacy for the United States presidency, it became the ticking time bomb in the shadows of Joe Biden’s campaign.
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I knew the laptop was bad, but wow!
- By brewcitydep on 12-04-21
- Laptop from Hell
- Hunter Biden, Big Tech, and the Dirty Secrets the President Tried to Hide
- By: Miranda Devine
- Narrated by: Richard Cefalos
A Wake Up Call
Reviewed: 02-23-22
Well written and balanced in the sense that hyperbole was kept to a minimum.
Much of the material is the Biden Family’s own words and writings.
Should be read by along with Peter Schweizer’s book “Redhanded” by every American sick of the corruption and sleaziness of many of American’s elected leaders and bureaucrats.
President’s Eisenhower and Kennedy warned that this day may come.
It is up to us to fix the problem.
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Red-Handed
- How American Elites Get Rich Helping China Win
- By: Peter Schweizer
- Narrated by: Charles Constant
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
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Peter Schweizer says that, in a quarter-century as an investigative journalist, this is the scariest investigation he has ever conducted. That the Chinese government seeks to infiltrate American institutions is hardly surprising. What is wholly new, however, are the number of American elites who are eager to help the Chinese dictatorship in its quest for global hegemony.
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A Must Read
- By Issac Singer on 01-25-22
- Red-Handed
- How American Elites Get Rich Helping China Win
- By: Peter Schweizer
- Narrated by: Charles Constant
Important Book on US - China Relations
Reviewed: 02-03-22
Hats off to Mr. Schweizer for bringing to light the relationship between America's elite and the Chinese Government. The author names names and does an impressive of job of pointing out facts.
It is important for the American people to know who is selling out to the Chinese Government, along with the why and how (what companies they own, which lobbying firms they control, etc.).
Turns out there are a lot more than the Biden Family involved in this scandal. And it is from both sides of the aisle. Both Democrats and Republicans are outed here.
This is a must read and should give pause to the American public.
Hopefully this book will serve as a wake-up call.
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Building Wealth One House at a Time: Updated and Expanded, Second Edition
- By: John Schaub
- Narrated by: Scott R. Pollak
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
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Building Wealth One House at a Time, Second Edition provides you with a practical way to create wealth through an ethical approach of buying, financing, and managing property. Renowned real estate expert John W. Schaub takes you through his nine-step program and explains how to accumulate one million dollars’ worth of houses debt free in any market, while earning a steady cash flow.
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Will be A Reference Book
- By SHAY D. POTTER on 11-16-19
- Building Wealth One House at a Time: Updated and Expanded, Second Edition
- By: John Schaub
- Narrated by: Scott R. Pollak
A Real World Look at Real Estate Investing
Reviewed: 10-16-21
John Schaub has been investing in real estate since the 70’s.
In a world of get rich quick gurus John is the real deal. This book is a condensed version of John’s live seminars and courses dealing with all aspects of single family real estate investment.
I have been a student of John’s for over 30 years as well as the President of one of the largest and oldest real estate investor associations in the nation.
John’s materials and seminars are where I point all our new members, as well as anyone considering taking the plunge, to learn the proper way to evaluate, purchase and manage residential property.
I highly recommend this book!
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Building Wealth One House at a Time (Updated and Expanded, Second Edition)
- By: John Schaub
- Narrated by: Scott R. Pollak
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
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The collapse in real estate prices from 2007 through 2012 was the most significant event in the real estate industry since the Great Depression. But today, with the real estate market rebounding, a new generation of investors is entering the field, eager to make their fortune. Building Wealth One House at a Time, Second Edition provides you with a practical way to create wealth through an ethical approach of buying, financing, and managing property.
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Will be A Reference Book
- By SHAY D. POTTER on 11-16-19
A Real World Look at Real Estate Investing
Reviewed: 10-16-21
John Schaub has been investing in real estate since the 70’s.
In a world of get rich quick gurus John is the real deal. This book is a condensed version of John’s live seminars and courses dealing with all aspects of single family real estate investment.
I have been a student of John’s for over 30 years as well as the President of one of the largest and oldest real estate investor associations in the nation.
John’s materials and seminars are where I point all our new members, as well as anyone considering taking the plunge, to learn the proper way to evaluate, purchase and manage residential property.
I highly recommend this book!
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Chasing Ghislaine
- The Untold Story of the Woman in Epstein's Shadow
- By: Vicky Ward
- Narrated by: Vicky Ward
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In an explosive Audible Original investigative series, executive produced by James Patterson, veteran journalist and New York Times best-selling author Vicky Ward chronicles her 19-year quest to uncover what - or who - is behind Jeffrey Epstein’s wealth, influence, and criminality.
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nothing new
- By marlene grippin on 07-16-21
- Chasing Ghislaine
- The Untold Story of the Woman in Epstein's Shadow
- By: Vicky Ward
- Narrated by: Vicky Ward
Uneven Story
Reviewed: 07-28-21
Ms. Ward and her Editor, whose name I did not catch, seemed determined to blame the entire solid affair on "male power".
The episodes, with her having discussions with the Audible Editor, were particularly lame.
The parts with lawyers Bois and Dershowitz pretty much showed why lawyers have such a low reputation.
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The Psychology of Money
- Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness
- By: Morgan Housel
- Narrated by: Chris Hill
- Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
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Money - investing, personal finance, and business decisions - is typically taught as a math-based field, where data and formulas tell us exactly what to do. But in the real world people don’t make financial decisions on a spreadsheet. They make them at the dinner table, or in a meeting room, where personal history, your own unique view of the world, ego, pride, marketing, and odd incentives are scrambled together. In The Psychology of Money, award-winning author Morgan Housel shares 19 short stories exploring the strange ways people think about money.
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Could be summarized in one sentence
- By Alex on 05-30-21
- The Psychology of Money
- Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness
- By: Morgan Housel
- Narrated by: Chris Hill
Well thought out, intelligent, extremely practical
Reviewed: 04-28-21
The author did a terrific job. Real world practical advice that is sorely needed in a world full of silly economists spouting inane theories along with a media that is sorely lacking.
Well worth reading.
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Discrimination and Disparities
- By: Thomas Sowell
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins
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Discrimination and Disparities challenges believers in such one-factor explanations of economic outcome differences as discrimination, exploitation, or genetics. It is listenable enough for people with no prior knowledge of economics. Yet the empirical evidence with which it backs up its analysis spans the globe and challenges beliefs across the ideological spectrum.
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Hard Pill To Swallow - I’m better for it
- By Charles on 01-14-19
- Discrimination and Disparities
- By: Thomas Sowell
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
Another solid performance by Dr Sowell
Reviewed: 03-19-18
The material presented has been included in other books by Dr Sowell. That being said he has an uncanny knack for adding a different dimension and way of analyzing the information which makes you think about the cause and effect of the actions of “the anointed”.
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The Butchering Art
- Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine
- By: Lindsey Fitzharris
- Narrated by: Ralph Lister
- Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
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In The Butchering Art, the historian Lindsey Fitzharris reveals the shocking world of 19th-century surgery on the eve of profound transformation. She conjures up early operating theaters - no place for the squeamish - and surgeons, working before anesthesia, who were lauded for their speed and brute strength. They were baffled by the persistent infections that kept mortality rates stubbornly high. A young, melancholy Quaker surgeon named Joseph Lister would solve the deadly riddle and change the course of history.
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Not one boring moment!
- By WRF on 12-22-17
- The Butchering Art
- Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine
- By: Lindsey Fitzharris
- Narrated by: Ralph Lister
Fascinating history of the dawn on modern surgery
Reviewed: 12-03-17
Well paced, audio book narrator was perfect choice. Never bogs down. Well worth a listen.
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