Lynn Venetoulis
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The Demon of Unrest Part 2
- A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
- By: Erik Larson
- Narrated by: Will Patton, Erik Larson
- Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 39
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Story5 out of 5 stars 39
On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln became the fluky victor in a tight race for president. The country was bitterly at odds; Southern extremists were moving ever closer to destroying the Union, with one state after another seceding and Lincoln powerless to stop them. Slavery fueled the conflict, but somehow the passions of North and South came to focus on a lonely federal fortress in Charleston Harbor: Fort Sumter.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great except narration
- By Lynn Venetoulis on 11-29-24
- The Demon of Unrest Part 2
- A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
- By: Erik Larson
- Narrated by: Will Patton, Erik Larson
Great except narration
Reviewed: 11-29-24
Another great book by Eric Larsen. Suggest reading rather than listening. Will Patton is HORRIBLE. Even “all rights reserved” said with breathless over-dramatization. And his imitation of the woman’s voice is cartoonish. Just awful.
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On Call
- A Doctor's Journey in Public Service
- By: Anthony Fauci M.D.
- Narrated by: Anthony Fauci M.D.
- Length: 19 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,322
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,207
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1,207
Anthony Fauci is arguably the most famous–and most revered–doctor in the world today. His role guiding America sanely and calmly through Covid (and through the torrents of Trump) earned him the trust of millions during one of the most terrifying periods in modern American history, but this was only the most recent of the global epidemics in which Dr. Fauci played a major role. His crucial role in researching HIV and bringing AIDS into sympathetic public view and his leadership in navigating the Ebola, SARS, West Nile, and anthrax crises, make him truly an American hero.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A man of worth
- By debra on 06-24-24
- On Call
- A Doctor's Journey in Public Service
- By: Anthony Fauci M.D.
- Narrated by: Anthony Fauci M.D.
Fascinating
Reviewed: 08-25-24
This book is both a history of leadership (and lack therof) in Washington from Reagan. It chronicles all of the many public health emergencies that fell into the lap of Tony Fauci: HIV/AIDS, Ebola, H1N1, SARS, bird flu, bioterrorism, and Covid.
We are indebted to Dr. Fauci for his tenacity, and determination to address these challenges and to his family for sharing him with us.
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The Situation Room
- The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis
- By: George Stephanopoulos, Lisa Dickey - contributor
- Narrated by: George Stephanopoulos, Peter Ganim, Elisabeth Rodgers
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 574
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 508
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 508
George Stephanopoulos, the legendary political news host and former advisor to President Clinton, recounts the history-making crises from the place where twelve presidents made their highest-pressure decisions: the White House Situation Room.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A must read for all no matter your politics
- By Lynne on 05-21-24
- The Situation Room
- The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis
- By: George Stephanopoulos, Lisa Dickey - contributor
- Narrated by: George Stephanopoulos, Peter Ganim, Elisabeth Rodgers
The Trump chapter scared the crap out of me
Reviewed: 07-20-24
Fantastic. I learned a LOT. Really interesting info and great anecdotes. If you support Trump, you’re risking your children’s office. If you don’t read anything else, read the Trump chapter.
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The Return of Great Powers
- Russia, China, and the Next World War
- By: Jim Sciutto
- Narrated by: Jim Sciutto
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 140
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 131
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 131
The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 dawned what Francis Fukuyama called “The End of History.” Three decades later, Jim Sciutto said on CNN’s air as the Ukraine war began, that we are living in a “1939 moment.” History never ended—it barely paused—and the global order as we have known it is now gone. Great powers are reinvigorated and determined to assert dominance on the world stage. And as it escalates, this new order will affect everyone across the globe.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- By Douglas Peifer on 03-14-24
- The Return of Great Powers
- Russia, China, and the Next World War
- By: Jim Sciutto
- Narrated by: Jim Sciutto
Every idiot who supports Trump should be forced to read this book. He is going to get us all killed!
Reviewed: 06-12-24
Learned a lot about how little isolationists honor the military and the sacrifices of WW II soldiers.
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Caste Part 2
- The Origins of Our Discontents
- By: Isabel Wilkerson
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 16
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 16
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 16
In this brilliant book, Isabel Wilkerson gives us a masterful portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America as she explores, through an immersive, deeply researched narrative and stories about real people, how America today and throughout its history has been shaped by a hidden caste system, a rigid hierarchy of human rankings. Beautifully written, original, and revealing, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents is an eye-opening story of people and history, and a reexamination of what lies under the surface of ordinary lives and of American life today.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Framework for this African American existence
- By Rachel Powers on 11-23-24
- Caste Part 2
- The Origins of Our Discontents
- By: Isabel Wilkerson
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
Fascinating
Reviewed: 03-07-24
If this book doesn’t make you think differently about divisions in our country, I don’t know what will.
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Network of Lies
- The Epic Saga of Fox News, Donald Trump, and the Battle for America
- By: Brian Stelter
- Narrated by: Brian Stelter
- Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 232
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 215
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 215
In Network of Lies, New York Times bestselling author Brian Stelter answers these questions by weaving together private texts, unpublished emails, depositions, and other primary sources to tell the chilling story of Trump’s alleged conspiracy to steal the 2020 election, and the right-wing media’s mission to put him back in office in 2024.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Eye opener .
- By catherine weaver on 11-21-23
- Network of Lies
- The Epic Saga of Fox News, Donald Trump, and the Battle for America
- By: Brian Stelter
- Narrated by: Brian Stelter
Excellent
Reviewed: 02-05-24
This book includes a lot of important detail that wasn’t covered well by the news media regarding the Dominion Voting Systems lawsuit against Fox and the a-holes that work at the network. Please keep exposing them, Mr Stelter. Fox is a cancer on American democracy.
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Strongmen
- Mussolini to the Present
- By: Ruth Ben-Ghiat
- Narrated by: Chloe Cannon
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,031
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 890
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 888
Ruth Ben-Ghiat is the expert on the "strongman" playbook employed by authoritarian demagogues from Mussolini to Putin. In Strongmen, she lays bare the blueprint these leaders have followed over the past 100 years, and empowers us to recognize, resist, and prevent their disastrous rule in the future.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascism expert talks fascism
- By sparky on 12-04-20
- Strongmen
- Mussolini to the Present
- By: Ruth Ben-Ghiat
- Narrated by: Chloe Cannon
Fascinating and frightening
Reviewed: 01-01-24
Ruth Ben-Ghiat knows her strongmen! The parallels between Mussolini, Hitler, Putin, Gaddafi and a singular American leader (Donald Trump) make it all too clear why this man can NEVER be President again.
The only thing I didn’t like about this audiobook was the reader. Just AWFUL. She sounds like an old-style telephone operator, mispronounces names and words, and takes away from the intellect of the book.
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Enough
- By: Cassidy Hutchinson
- Narrated by: Cassidy Hutchinson
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4,343
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,951
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3,941
Ever since a childhood visit to Washington, DC, Cassidy Hutchinson aspired to serve her country in government. Raised in a working-class family with a military background, she was the first in her immediate family to graduate from college. Despite having no ties to Washington, Hutchinson landed a vital position at the center of the Trump White House.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Painful
- By Melissa C. on 09-28-23
- Enough
- By: Cassidy Hutchinson
- Narrated by: Cassidy Hutchinson
Good, not great
Reviewed: 10-23-23
Other than her personal background, there’s not much to learn from this book. Her childhood was pretty screwed up, and it’s impressive how far she got in Washinfton on her own initiative and with no real connections.
She def throws her dad under the bus, and he def deserves it. There is much to admire about her bravery before the Jan 6 committee.
Nevertheless, I was left wondering why someone who eagerly read cover-to-cover a book about Alexander Butterfield couldn’t have read a book about Donald Trump before going to work for him. She talks about having “adored” Trump. WTH?!?
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The Threat
- How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump
- By: Andrew G. McCabe
- Narrated by: Andrew G. McCabe
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 5,362
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4,840
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4,823
On March 16, 2018, just 26 hours before his scheduled retirement from the organization he had served with distinction for more than two decades, Andrew G. McCabe was fired from his position as deputy director of the FBI. President Donald Trump celebrated on Twitter: "Andrew McCabe FIRED, a great day for the hard working men and women of the FBI - A great day for Democracy." In The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump, Andrew G. McCabe offers a dramatic and candid account of his career and an impassioned defense of the FBI.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The FBI & DOJ
- By Thom Pierson on 02-19-19
- The Threat
- How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump
- By: Andrew G. McCabe
- Narrated by: Andrew G. McCabe
Excellent!
Reviewed: 08-12-23
Very interesting book. Background on his early time at the FBI in addition to Trump’s effort to destroy the career of an FBI leader. Andrew McCabe is everything Trump is not: a public servant.
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Chasing History Part 2
- A Kid in the Newsroom
- By: Carl Bernstein
- Narrated by: Carl Bernstein, Robert Petkoff
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 2
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 2
The Pulitzer Prize-winning coauthor of All the President’s Men - the chronicle of the investigative report about the Watergate break-in and resultant political scandal that led to President Richard Nixon’s resignation - recalls his formative years as a teenage newspaper reporter in JFK’s Washington - a tale of adventures, scrapes, clever escapes, and the opportunity of a lifetime.
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3 out of 5 stars
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I enjoyed half this book
- By Lynn Venetoulis on 06-16-23
- Chasing History Part 2
- A Kid in the Newsroom
- By: Carl Bernstein
- Narrated by: Carl Bernstein, Robert Petkoff
I enjoyed half this book
Reviewed: 06-16-23
This book was much longer than it should have been. 50% interesting and 50% Bernstein nostalgia about stuff I found tedious. I’m a bit disappointed.
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