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Kelly
- More Than My Share of It All
- By: Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson, Maggie Smith, Brig. Gen. Leo P. Geary USAF - ret. - foreword
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson led the design of such crucial aircraft as the P-38 and Constellation, but he will be more remembered for the U-2 and SR-71 spy planes. His extraordinary leadership of the Lockheed "Skunk Works" cemented his reputation as a legendary figure in American aerospace management.
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Memoir of a Legend
- By Jean on 08-26-19
- Kelly
- More Than My Share of It All
- By: Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson, Maggie Smith, Brig. Gen. Leo P. Geary USAF - ret. - foreword
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
Not a great history of his designs
Reviewed: 11-19-22
I am not a big fan of autobiographies, as most lack humility, but I took a chance on this one and proved my instincts. The book could have been a bit better in discussing more of his designs and far less about his ranch life away from work. What I did find interesting is how his concepts of fighter designs never evolved to accommodate other advancing technologies and the US experience in Vietnam
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Snakes in Suits, Revised Edition
- Understanding and Surviving the Psychopaths in Your Office
- By: Paul Babiak PhD, Robert D. Hare PhD
- Narrated by: Todd McLaren
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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In Snakes in Suits, Hare, an expert on the scientific study of psychopathy, and Babiak, an industrial and organizational psychologist and a leading authority on the corporate psychopath, examine the role of psychopaths in modern corporations and provide the tools employers can use to avoid and deal with them. Together, they have developed the B-Scan 360, a research tool designed specifically for business professionals.
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The Book flip flops from great to unbearable
- By ricodiva on 03-15-22
- Snakes in Suits, Revised Edition
- Understanding and Surviving the Psychopaths in Your Office
- By: Paul Babiak PhD, Robert D. Hare PhD
- Narrated by: Todd McLaren
Boring
Reviewed: 10-06-22
Less psychology and insightful than I expected and more on how to run an HR department.
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Iron Curtain
- The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956
- By: Anne Applebaum
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 26 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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At the end of World War II, the Soviet Union to its surprise and delight found itself in control of a huge swath of territory in Eastern Europe. Stalin and his secret police set out to convert a dozen radically different countries to Communism, a completely new political and moral system. In Iron Curtain, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Anne Applebaum describes how the Communist regimes of Eastern Europe were created and what daily life was like once they were complete.
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Important story, imperfectly executed
- By jackifus on 12-08-12
- Iron Curtain
- The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956
- By: Anne Applebaum
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
Long and repetitive
Reviewed: 04-10-22
While interesting the 90 min chapters are very slow moving and repeats topics already covered in depth. The book could be less than 20hrs without miss any points. If you like Stephen King’s books, especially the longer ones he has re-issued, you will like Applebaum’s long winded and often irrelevant writing style.
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Radicalized
- New Jihadists and the Threat to the West
- By: Peter R. Neumann, Alexander Starritt - translator
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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The 2015 Paris and San Bernardino terrorist attacks heralded the beginning of a new wave of terrorism - one rooted in the ongoing conflict in Syria and Iraq that shows the possibility of foreign attackers working with citizens of the country. As ISIS seeks to expand its reach in the Middle East, its territory serves as a training and operations base for a new generation of jihadis.
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Drink every time he says “milieu”
- By Anonymous User on 12-31-21
- Radicalized
- New Jihadists and the Threat to the West
- By: Peter R. Neumann, Alexander Starritt - translator
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
Good overall
Reviewed: 12-16-21
I liked the book and found it informative, however by 2021 it seems a bit dated and could benefit from some updates through footnotes. I also feel there is a greater validity to the author’s opinions as he is a German academic and does not seem to be pushing a specific policy proposal that the nations most at risk of a terror attack need to seek
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Bridge of Spies
- A True Story of the Cold War
- By: Giles Whittell
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
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Who were the three men the American and Soviet superpowers exchanged at Berlin’s Glienicke Bridge and Checkpoint Charlie in the first prisoner exchange of the nuclear age? Bridge of Spies vividly traces their paths to that electrifying moment on February 10, 1962, when their fates helped to define the conflicts and lethal undercurrents of the most dangerous years of the cold war.
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Bridge of Spies
- By BookReader on 09-28-15
- Bridge of Spies
- A True Story of the Cold War
- By: Giles Whittell
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
Good overall listen
Reviewed: 10-22-21
Obviously the book gives much better depth to the story than the movie of the same name and reminds entertaining. It does a very good job of summarizing both Powers book and Donovan’s of these events. I think I would have like a bit more discussion of these first of their kind negotiations and how they affected later negotiations of the next three decades.
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Inked
- The Ultimate Guide to Powerful Closing and Negotiation Tactics That Unlock YES and Seal the Deal
- By: Jeb Blount
- Narrated by: Jeb Blount
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
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Each year, sales professionals leave billions of dollars on the table because they are out gunned, out maneuvered, and out played by savvy buyers, who have been schooled in the art and science of negotiation. Because today's buyers have more power than ever before - more information, more at stake, and more control over the buying process-they almost always enter sales negotiations in a much stronger position than the salespeople on the other side of the table. The results are sadly predictable: Salespeople and their companies end up on the losing end of the deal.
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This is the raw step by step negotiation book!
- By Anonymous User on 05-28-20
- Inked
- The Ultimate Guide to Powerful Closing and Negotiation Tactics That Unlock YES and Seal the Deal
- By: Jeb Blount
- Narrated by: Jeb Blount
Very good info in a great structure
Reviewed: 09-30-21
The book is very good overall and really liked the structure of many short chapters to make it easy to reference again without having to use book marks. The author realistic in his presentation of the material, he is oddly not trying to sell you on his own greatness and how this book will save you, just offing up options that worked for him and likely you as well.
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The Interrogator
- An Education
- By: Glenn L. Carle
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Here are the confessions of a senior CIA operative who ran the interrogation of one of the highest profile al-Qaeda captives. Carle’s journey is a tale of international intrigue, deceit, and betrayal—and an extraordinary and intimate portrait of our war on terror.
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We the author ever stop?
- By Steve S on 10-07-21
- The Interrogator
- An Education
- By: Glenn L. Carle
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
Good narration of a boring story
Reviewed: 04-08-21
I think the author wrote this book for himself to let you know how smart he finds himself (as a Haavaad man) with his idea of relevant quotes before EVERY chapter and righteous he finds himself over the deeds he was apart of committing. His credentials as a former CIA case officer adds no insight to the story as it is only about only one data point— his single case and nothing else
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Deep
- Freediving, Renegade Science, and What the Ocean Tells Us About Ourselves
- By: James Nestor
- Narrated by: James Nestor
- Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
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Deep is a voyage from the ocean's surface to its darkest trenches, the most mysterious places on Earth. Fascinated by the sport of freediving - in which competitors descend to great depths on a single breath - James Nestor embeds with a gang of oceangoing extreme athletes and renegade researchers. He finds whales that communicate with other whales hundreds of miles away, sharks that swim in unerringly straight lines through pitch-black waters, and other strange phenomena.
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More than I expected!
- By P. Wilson on 11-13-17
- Deep
- Freediving, Renegade Science, and What the Ocean Tells Us About Ourselves
- By: James Nestor
- Narrated by: James Nestor
Not only about free diving, but very interesting overall
Reviewed: 07-16-20
The topic of free diving is not really enough to make a book but the other deep water subjects covered and what I think are tangential to the title are interesting.
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Adventures in My Youth
- A German Soldier on the Eastern Front 1941-45
- By: Armin Scheiderbauer
- Narrated by: James A. Gillies
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
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The author could be described as a veteran in every sense of the word, even though he was only age 21 when the war ended. Armin Scheiderbauer served as an infantry officer with the 252nd Infantry Division, German army, and saw four years of bitter combat on the Eastern Front, being wounded six times. This is an outstanding personal memoir, written with great thoughtfulness and honesty.
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Heartfelt, vivid and sober story
- By Alek on 01-07-18
- Adventures in My Youth
- A German Soldier on the Eastern Front 1941-45
- By: Armin Scheiderbauer
- Narrated by: James A. Gillies
Boring
Reviewed: 08-26-19
Very dull story made more so by the rather deadpan narration. The author seems to still harbor Nazi sympathies and a notion they were in pursuit of a noble cause years after the fact. In order to follow the story the reader needs to understand a good bit of Wehrmacht structure and ranks in German. I think Guy Sajer’s book is much better listen.
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The Red Circle: My Life in the Navy SEAL Sniper Corps and How I Trained America's Deadliest Marksmen
- By: Brandon Webb, John David Mann
- Narrated by: Jon Bailey
- Length: 12 hrs and 40 mins
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Brandon Webb's experiences in the world's most elite sniper corps are the stuff of legend. From his grueling years of training in Naval Special Operations to his combat tours in the Persian Gulf and Afghanistan, The Red Circle provides a rare and riveting look at the inner workings of the U.S. military through the eyes of a covert operations specialist. Yet it is Webb's distinguished second career as a lead instructor for the shadowy "sniper cell" that makes his story so compelling.
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Decent story, narration left a lot to be desired.
- By Robert on 08-06-12
Boring
Reviewed: 08-01-18
Suggest skipping the book; there is less about his deployments and far more about the other parts of his life which are fairly irrelevant to the overall story line of the book to include 30 min of personal thanks to friend which I could care less about.
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