B. MIDDLETON
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Takers Mad
- By: Luke Jerod Kummer
- Narrated by: Khristine Hvam
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
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As newspapers reported in the 1890s, a woman dubbed "Shakespeare" was found dead in a seedy hotel along the waterfront by Manhattan’s South Street Seaport. The chilling scene recalled for press and police alike Jack the Ripper’s victims in London. Panicked New Yorkers worked feverishly to halt that maniac’s spree from expanding across the Atlantic. The city only sighed relief after detectives abruptly arrested a traveling Algerian ex-soldier for the crime.
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Vivid Storytelling
- By David S on 09-03-21
- Takers Mad
- By: Luke Jerod Kummer
- Narrated by: Khristine Hvam
I really did not enjoy this book
Reviewed: 09-09-21
I wonder why so many male writers try to write from the viewpoint of a woman. Some can successfully accomplish it, others just make the woman unlikeable. I did not like the protagonist in the beginning, middle or the end. The premise of the book was strange, the marriage to her husband was strange, her purpose throughout the book was undefined and ridiculous, and her attitude toward all the people she met was very off putting although they all put up with her and answered her questions. I wonder why? In real life, I don't see this happening. Supposedly, she wanted to be a writer and she said she could speak properly, but she just didn't want to so she spoke as someone rude and uneducated . Listening to the poor grammar throughout was annoying and I would expect that her writing if she every did any, would be just as shabby. I listened to the whole book because I wanted to give it a chance, turns out, in the end, the whole book was a scheme to accuse the reader and apparently, all Americans, of being Xenophobic. I don't like writing a bad review, and usually would not do it, but I was mad at myself for dragging through the entire book and giving the author the benefit of the doubt hoping it would get better....... in the end only to be insulted.
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JFK and the Reagan Revolution
- A Secret History of American Prosperity
- By: Lawrence Kudlow, Brian Domitrovic
- Narrated by: Norman Dietz
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
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Who invented supply-side economics - the idea that cutting tax rates can result in more growth, more prosperity at all income levels, and even more tax revenue flowing into the IRS? Most people would credit the economic team that advised Ronald Reagan in the late 1970s and early 1980s. But in fact supply-side economics came of age two decades earlier. And the first president who embraced it was one of the biggest icons of the Democratic Party - John F. Kennedy.
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Turn the speed up to 1 1/2 to 2 times
- By B. MIDDLETON on 09-15-16
- JFK and the Reagan Revolution
- A Secret History of American Prosperity
- By: Lawrence Kudlow, Brian Domitrovic
- Narrated by: Norman Dietz
Turn the speed up to 1 1/2 to 2 times
Reviewed: 09-15-16
Very good book, shows the similarities going back many years between what's happening now and what happened then. And the key is that the bills were bipartisan and people were able to work together in the best interest of the country, unfortunately it took assassination attempts in both cases to get things done. Hopefully we learned our lesson and things will change going forward.
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Marine Sniper
- 93 Confirmed Kills
- By: Charles Henderson
- Narrated by: Kevin Foley
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
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There have been many Marines. There have been many marksmen. But there has been only one Sergeant Carlos Hathcock, a legend of Marine lore. He stalked the Viet Cong behind enemy lines. His record has never been matched: 93 confirmed kills. This is his story. Powerful, chilling, and all true.
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history at its best
- By sheridan on 03-27-08
- Marine Sniper
- 93 Confirmed Kills
- By: Charles Henderson
- Narrated by: Kevin Foley
loved it
Reviewed: 05-25-10
I really enjoyed this book.It was written very realistically . A true story of a real hero.If you ever served in the military you would enjoy this story
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