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The Wright Brothers
- By: David McCullough
- Narrated by: David McCullough
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 14,033
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12,521
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 12,484
Two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize David McCullough tells the dramatic story behind the story about the courageous brothers who taught the world how to fly: Wilbur and Orville Wright.
On December 17, 1903, at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Wilbur and Orville Wright's Wright Flyer became the first powered, heavier-than-air machine to achieve controlled, sustained flight with a pilot aboard. The Age of Flight had begun. How did they do it? And why?
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1 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- By Sara on 07-10-16
- The Wright Brothers
- By: David McCullough
- Narrated by: David McCullough
McCullough a better writer than reader
Reviewed: 07-17-15
Great story containing so much information about the Wright brothers that I never knew. But no, should stick to writing not reading.
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Hunting Eichmann
- Chasing Down the World's Most Notorious Nazi
- By: Neal Bascomb
- Narrated by: Paul Hecht
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,119
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 791
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 779
Best-selling author Neal Bascomb has garnered critical acclaim for such riveting nonfiction as Higher and Red Mutiny. Based on extensive interviews and previously classified details, Hunting Eichmann is a compelling account of the relentless hunt for the nefarious Adolf Eichmann.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Fascinating Story of Eichmann's Capture
- By S. Perry on 03-15-09
- Hunting Eichmann
- Chasing Down the World's Most Notorious Nazi
- By: Neal Bascomb
- Narrated by: Paul Hecht
Amazing recount of events that reads like a novel.
Reviewed: 04-05-12
This is among the best Audiobooks I have read. The book gives a day-by-day retelling of how Eichmann was discovered, captured, and brought to Israel for trial. It reads like an exciting novel that is hard to put down. While the historal facts are widely known the details are not and I found them amazing. The performance is just right too.
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Boomerang
- Travels in the New Third World
- By: Michael Lewis
- Narrated by: Dylan Baker
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,084
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,411
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,421
The tsunami of cheap credit that rolled across the planet between 2002 and 2008 was more than a simple financial phenomenon: it was temptation, offering entire societies the chance to reveal aspects of their characters they could not normally afford to indulge. The Greeks wanted to turn their country into a pinata stuffed with cash and allow as many citizens as possible to take a whack at it. The Germans wanted to be even more German; the Irish wanted to stop being Irish.
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3 out of 5 stars
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If you only listen to one Michael Lewis book...
- By D. Martin on 10-19-11
- Boomerang
- Travels in the New Third World
- By: Michael Lewis
- Narrated by: Dylan Baker
Expected more
Reviewed: 11-22-11
Lewis is a terrific financial writer but the book is not nearly as good as some of his other works. There is so much about other countries that could have been included.
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Redemption Street
- A Moe Prager Mystery
- By: Reed Farrel Coleman
- Narrated by: Andy Caploe
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 87
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 68
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Story4 out of 5 stars 67
In Redemption Street, retired NYPD officer and newly minted PI Moe Prager, travels up to a decaying Borscht Belt hotel to uncover the truth behind a decades-old fire that killed 17 people, including his high-school crush. Away from his beloved Brooklyn and out of his element, Moe finds that the locals aren't as eager to dredge up the painful past or to stir up the embers of that long-dead fire as he seems to be.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very Good, Recommend But....
- By Ted on 08-17-12
- Redemption Street
- A Moe Prager Mystery
- By: Reed Farrel Coleman
- Narrated by: Andy Caploe
A disappoint - save your money.
Reviewed: 10-21-11
The best part of the book was the opening 15 minutes. It went downhill from there. Every tired euphemism is included. The ending is inconceivable. Thus far this is the worst book I have ever had on Audible. Don't bother with this turkey - try something else.
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On the Brink
- Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System
- By: Henry M. Paulson Jr.
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 15 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 461
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 294
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 293
From the man who was in the very middle of this perfect economic storm, On the Brink is Paulson's fast-paced retelling of the key decisions that had to be made with lightning speed. Paulson puts the listener in the room for all the intense moments as he addressed urgent market conditions, weighed critical decisions, and debated policy and economic considerations with of all the notable players.
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5 out of 5 stars
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More Depth than "Too Big to Fail"
- By Michael Moore on 02-22-10
- On the Brink
- Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System
- By: Henry M. Paulson Jr.
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
Firsthand insight on the 2007-08 financial debace
Reviewed: 09-01-11
For those wanting to round out their understanding of the finacial abyss we faced in 2007-08, this book is an excellent addition to The Big Short and Too Big Too Fail. The other two drew me into the events in more riviting narratives. I recomend reading them first. But Paulson was in the middle of things; this book completes the story. I was not a big fan of Paulson before this book. I now understand and appreciate why he, Bernanke, and Geithner did what they had to do. His suggestions for fixing the system are too mportant to miss. Unfortunately, special interests and their lobbyists will never let those corrections go forward.
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The Dragon Factory
- The Joe Ledger Novels, Book 2
- By: Jonathan Maberry
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 16 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8,873
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 8,119
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8,108
In The Dragon Factory, Ledger and his team from the Department of Military Sciences square off against two separate groups of corrupt scientists. The beautiful but twisted Jakoby Twins are creating transgenic monsters and genetically enhanced mercenaries for sale to the highest bidder. Their father, who takes evil to an entirely new level, is using cutting-edge science to complete the Nazi master-race program.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Without the lectures, it's a decent action novel
- By crazybatcow on 06-14-13
- The Dragon Factory
- The Joe Ledger Novels, Book 2
- By: Jonathan Maberry
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
Be prepared to shake your head
Reviewed: 06-06-11
Be prepared to endure every trite expression ever woven into a story. An implausible story with an incomplete and implausible ending. Robert Ludlum light.
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