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Creating Russophobia: From the Great Religious Schism to Anti-Putin Hysteria
- By: Guy Mettan
- Narrated by: Shane Griffin
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 12
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 12
Why do the USA, UK and Europe so hate Russia? How it is that Western antipathy, once thought due to anti-Communism, could be so easily revived over a crisis in distant Ukraine, against a Russia no longer communist? Why does the West accuse Russia of empire-building, when 15 states once part of the defunct Warsaw Pact are now part of NATO, and NATO troops now flank the Russian border? What is the source of the Trump-Russia probe?
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4 out of 5 stars
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Presenting the other side
- By Robert on 08-19-22
Presenting the other side
Reviewed: 08-19-22
This is a great booking detailing the blatant Russophobia of the West and the blatant hypocrisy of the West. it provides much needed balance to the debate about the current confrontation between the West and Russia.
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War with Russia?
- From Putin & Ukraine to Trump & Russiagate
- By: Stephen F. Cohen
- Narrated by: Holden Still
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 103
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 96
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Story4 out of 5 stars 94
America is in a new Cold War with Russia even more dangerous than the one the world barely survived in the 20th century. All of this is exacerbated by Washington’s war-like demonizing of the Kremlin leadership and by Russiagate’s unprecedented allegations. US mainstream media accounts are highly selective and seriously misleading. American “disinformation”, not only Russian, is a growing peril.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A book all Americans should read
- By Glenn Franco Simmons on 02-04-22
- War with Russia?
- From Putin & Ukraine to Trump & Russiagate
- By: Stephen F. Cohen
- Narrated by: Holden Still
A book giving the truth about Russoa
Reviewed: 07-30-22
Rather than demonizing Putin and Russia for the current cold war, Mr. Cohen shows how American actions in the post-Soviet period contributed to it. He is a lone voice daring to speak the truth against the deep state on this issue. If you want to better understand Russia today, I recommend you read this book.
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A Chip Shop in Poznań
- My Unlikely Year in Poland
- By: Ben Aitken
- Narrated by: Will M. Watt
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 20
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 19
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Story4 out of 5 stars 19
Not many Brits move to Poland to work in a fish and chip shop. Fewer still come back wanting to be a Member of the European Parliament. In 2016, Ben Aitken moved to Poland while he still could. It wasn’t love that took him but curiosity: he wanted to know what the Poles in the UK had left behind. He flew to a place he’d never heard of and then accepted a job in a chip shop on the minimum wage. When he wasn’t peeling potatoes he was on the road scratching the country’s surface.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great narration, okay story
- By Anonymous User on 02-26-24
- A Chip Shop in Poznań
- My Unlikely Year in Poland
- By: Ben Aitken
- Narrated by: Will M. Watt
Strong pluses and minuses
Reviewed: 10-07-21
This book has strong pluses and strong minuses which is why I gave it 3 stars. Pluses: some very interesting anecdotes and some great incites into Polish life. Minuses: the author's left-wing biases come into play too much and take away from the story. Also, in so many of the recounted stories the author is either drunk or hungover; the title of the book could have been The Drunk Escapades of a Brit in Poland. A good book if you can tolerate the bias.
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City of Saints
- A Pilgrimage to John Paul II's Kraków
- By: George Weigel, Carrie Gress, Stephen Weigel
- Narrated by: Carrie Gress, Stephen Weigel, Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 18
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 18
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Story5 out of 5 stars 17
In this beautiful spiritual travelogue, New York Times best-selling author George Weigel leads listeners through the historic streets of Kraków, Poland, introducing one of the world's great cities through the life of one of the most influential Catholic leaders of all time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing
- By Lisa P. on 02-20-18
- City of Saints
- A Pilgrimage to John Paul II's Kraków
- By: George Weigel, Carrie Gress, Stephen Weigel
- Narrated by: Carrie Gress, Stephen Weigel, Stefan Rudnicki
Fantastic story of a great Pope and a great city
Reviewed: 06-12-21
John Paul III and the city he lived in and love for 40 years is a story you cannot forget. The history and culture of Krakow shaped Karol Wojtyla who in turn shaped the world. Highly recommended.
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America's Expiration Date
- The Fall of Empires and Superpowers...and the Future of the United States
- By: Cal Thomas
- Narrated by: John Dowd
- Length: 6 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 136
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 120
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 119
In this powerful and prophetic audiobook, nationally syndicated columnist and trusted political commentator Cal Thomas offers a diagnosis of what exactly is wrong with the US by drawing parallels to once-great empires and nations that declined into oblivion. Citing the historically proven 250-year pattern of how superpowers rise and fall, he predicts America's expiration date is just around the corner and shows us how to escape their fate.
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2 out of 5 stars
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No Renewed Hope Here. We’re done!
- By Dave Kuper on 02-02-20
- America's Expiration Date
- The Fall of Empires and Superpowers...and the Future of the United States
- By: Cal Thomas
- Narrated by: John Dowd
Solid advice for America
Reviewed: 01-17-21
Thomas presented a strong case that unless America learns the lessons from past empires that fell, the same downfall will occur to us. His diagnosis as our crisis being a moral and spiritual is spot on. The speeches and analysis of Solzhenitsyn in the appendices are great.
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Donald J. Trump
- A President like No Other
- By: Conrad Black, Victor Davis Hanson - foreword
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 303
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 270
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 269
Conrad Black, bestselling author of Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Champion of Freedom and Richard M. Nixon: A Life in Full, turns his attention to his "friend" President Donald J. Trump and provides the most intriguing and significant analysis yet of Trump's political rise. Ambitious in intellectual scope, contrarian in many of its opinions, and admirably concise, this is surely set to be one of the most provocative political books you are likely to listen to this year.
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5 out of 5 stars
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45th President of the United States of America
- By JEYCEE on 05-16-18
- Donald J. Trump
- A President like No Other
- By: Conrad Black, Victor Davis Hanson - foreword
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
Fair minded biography of Trump
Reviewed: 12-20-20
A solid and even-handed biography of President Trump. Narrator also does a great job. Recommended.
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Wild Men, Wild Alaska
- Finding What Lies Beyond the Limits
- By: Rocky McElveen
- Narrated by: Stephen Bel Davies
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 294
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 266
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 264
In Wild Men, Wild Alaska professional hunting and fishing guide and outfitter Rocky McElveen tells the stories of his own adventures as well as those of some of his well-known clients. The book takes listeners directly into the Alaskan bush, and shares the intense challenges of a majestic wilderness that pushes a man to his limits.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Too Much Religion
- By Chris D. on 06-05-18
- Wild Men, Wild Alaska
- Finding What Lies Beyond the Limits
- By: Rocky McElveen
- Narrated by: Stephen Bel Davies
Enjoyable stories of adventure and life
Reviewed: 10-20-20
This book presents adventurous and interesting stories about treks in the wilderness of Alaska where life lessons and a walk with God can be found.
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Stalin
- New Biography of a Dictator
- By: Oleg V. Khlevniuk, Nora Seligman Favorov - translator
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim
- Length: 18 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 339
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 304
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 303
This essential biography, by the author most deeply familiar with the vast archives of the Soviet era, offers an unprecedented, fine-grained portrait of Stalin, the man and dictator. Without mythologizing Stalin as either benevolent or an evil genius, Khlevniuk resolves numerous controversies about specific events in the dictator's life while assembling many hundreds of previously unknown letters, memos, reports, and diaries into a comprehensive, compelling narrative of a life that altered the course of world history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved it, but wouldn't want to live it
- By Neil on 01-12-20
- Stalin
- New Biography of a Dictator
- By: Oleg V. Khlevniuk, Nora Seligman Favorov - translator
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim
Solid Bio of Stalin
Reviewed: 03-06-20
This is a solid bio of Stalin. It covers all the major events in his life and provides the most up to date info about him (ie, after Soviet archives where opened up after 1991).
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The Russian Revolution
- A New History
- By: Sean McMeekin
- Narrated by: Pete Larkin
- Length: 15 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 505
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 453
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 448
From an award-winning scholar comes this definitive, single-volume history that illuminates the tensions and transformations of the Russian Revolution. In The Russian Revolution, acclaimed historian Sean McMeekin traces the events which ended Romanov rule, ushered the Bolsheviks into power, and introduced Communism to the world. Between 1917 and 1922, Russia underwent a complete and irreversible transformation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Book on the Russian Revolution
- By Nostromo on 09-02-17
- The Russian Revolution
- A New History
- By: Sean McMeekin
- Narrated by: Pete Larkin
Terrific History of the Russian Revolution
Reviewed: 02-06-20
McKeen gives a wonderful history of the Russian revolutions of 1917. Shows how Lenin received massive help from the Germans who were at war with Russia.
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Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
- An African Childhood
- By: Alexandra Fuller
- Narrated by: Lisette Lecat
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,112
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 796
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 792
Alexandra Fuller tells the idiosyncratic story of her life growing up white in rural Rhodesia as it was becoming Zimbabwe. The daughter of hardworking, yet strikingly unconventional English-bred immigrants, Alexandra arrives in Africa at the tender age of two. She moves through life with a hardy resilience, even as a bloody war approaches. Narrator Lisette Lecat reads this remarkable memoir of a family clinging to a harsh landscape and the dying tenets of colonialism.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An African Childhood of Harrowing Proportions
- By Sara on 10-12-15
- Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
- An African Childhood
- By: Alexandra Fuller
- Narrated by: Lisette Lecat
Terrific look at life in Africa in the 70s and 80s
Reviewed: 10-06-19
Fascinating look of a youth's life in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, Malawi, and Zambia in the 1970s and 80s. Terrific insights into social and political life at the time in those countries. Author made you feel like you were actually there. Narrator is the best.
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