D. Wiley
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Oath and Honor
- A Memoir and a Warning
- By: Liz Cheney
- Narrated by: Liz Cheney
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 7,242
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 6,633
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Story5 out of 5 stars 6,632
In the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump and many around him, including certain other elected Republican officials, intentionally breached their oath to the Constitution: they ignored the rulings of dozens of courts, plotted to overturn a lawful election, and provoked a violent attack on our Capitol.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Most important book I've ever read.
- By James m Finamore jr on 12-07-23
- Oath and Honor
- A Memoir and a Warning
- By: Liz Cheney
- Narrated by: Liz Cheney
The Truth can not be suppressed
Reviewed: 12-08-23
Hearing the Truth about the uprising of January 6th and the painstaking review of evidence and facts should be required reading for every public official. They must uphold their oath of office, else be removed and investigated.
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Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie
- The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR
- By: Lisa Napoli
- Narrated by: Lisa Napoli
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 444
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 391
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 388
In the years after the Civil Rights Act of 1964, women in the workplace still found themselves relegated to secretarial positions or locked out of jobs entirely. This was especially true in the news business, a backwater of male chauvinism in which a woman might be lucky to get a foothold on the “women’s pages”. But when a pioneering nonprofit called National Public Radio came along in the 1970s and the door to serious journalism opened a crack, four remarkable women came along and blew it off the hinges.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Loved the history. Distracted by errors.
- By Debbie Duncan on 06-11-21
- Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie
- The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR
- By: Lisa Napoli
- Narrated by: Lisa Napoli
allowing the author to read the story
Reviewed: 11-27-23
The peril of authors reading their work, is well illustrated here. As is the stilted dialog. I am only still listening beyond chapter one because I do have interest of the story of women in public radio and TV.
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The Coming of Neo-Feudalism
- A Warning to the Global Middle Class
- By: Joel Kotkin
- Narrated by: Traber Burns
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 490
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 415
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 413
Following a remarkable epoch of greater dispersion of wealth and opportunity, we are inexorably returning towards a more feudal era marked by greater concentration of wealth and property, reduced upward mobility, demographic stagnation, and increased dogmatism. If the last 70 years saw a massive expansion of the middle class, not only in America but in much of the developed world, today that class is declining and a new, more hierarchical society is emerging. The new class structure resembles that of Medieval times.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Pretty good but not a lot new
- By ClothingMonster on 01-25-21
- The Coming of Neo-Feudalism
- A Warning to the Global Middle Class
- By: Joel Kotkin
- Narrated by: Traber Burns
Truth or consequences
Reviewed: 10-08-21
This book brings up interesting ideas about society, but it's message is not up to date and in fact is wrong as we see climate problems today. The author also seems to have unique perspectives on known political characters that seem at odds to facts, which my point of view show to be faulty and laughable.
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How to Pronounce Knife
- Stories
- By: Souvankham Thammavongsa
- Narrated by: James Tang, Kulap Vilaysack
- Length: 2 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 525
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 450
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Story4 out of 5 stars 447
In the title story of Souvankham Thammavongsa's debut collection, a young girl brings a book home from school and asks her father to help her pronounce a tricky word, a simple exchange with unforgettable consequences. Thammavongsa is a master at homing in on moments like this—moments of exposure, dislocation, and messy feeling that push us right up against the limits of language.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thought provoking great little listen with sexual
- By McSusie on 09-29-20
- How to Pronounce Knife
- Stories
- By: Souvankham Thammavongsa
- Narrated by: James Tang, Kulap Vilaysack
Not really as advertised
Reviewed: 12-01-20
I bought this thinking it was about the first story, it would have been interesting enough. But when that story line dropped out for others. I found decidedly less entertaining and wished I could return it.
There was nothing I can fault in the performance, I just didn't like the jumping of short unconnected stories .
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D-Day Girls
- The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II
- By: Sarah Rose
- Narrated by: Sarah Rose
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 302
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 263
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 261
In 1942, the Allies were losing, Germany seemed unstoppable, and every able man in England was on the front lines. To "set Europe ablaze," in the words of Winston Churchill, the Special Operations Executive (SOE), whose spies were trained in everything from demolition to sharpshooting, was forced to do something unprecedented: recruit women. Thirty-nine answered the call, leaving their lives and families to become saboteurs in France.
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3 out of 5 stars
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an excellent story ruined by horrible narration
- By Joshua on 04-23-19
- D-Day Girls
- The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II
- By: Sarah Rose
- Narrated by: Sarah Rose
Authors tell stories, Performers present them
Reviewed: 07-19-19
I broke a rule I have about audio books to get this story.
I almost never like to listen to the author telling their story. Why? It's not because they don't know the story, it's usually because they do a pretty lousy "reading" of the book. As in, pauses and inflections that aren't well planned or even sound like a surprise even to them. So I prefer to have an actual performer/actor presenting the story. This is the case here. I Listened to the Sample! I took a chance and I'm finding at chapter 3 it's tedious to listen to.
So be careful out there.
To Sarah Rose, you can get better if you practice your presentation. Or hire a production crew because a good story deserves the best audio version you can give. And you are in good company, I've been "fooled" by a few other notable authors reading their own work.
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Can't Hurt Me
- Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
- By: David Goggins
- Narrated by: David Goggins, Adam Skolnick
- Length: 13 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 204,486
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 180,619
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Story5 out of 5 stars 180,021
For David Goggins, childhood was a nightmare--poverty, prejudice, and physical abuse colored his days and haunted his nights. But through self-discipline, mental toughness, and hard work, Goggins transformed himself from a depressed, overweight young man with no future into a US Armed Forces icon and one of the world's top endurance athletes. The only man in history to complete elite training as a Navy SEAL, Army Ranger, and Air Force tactical air controller, he went on to set records in numerous endurance events.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Opting for the book instead
- By S David on 12-24-18
- Can't Hurt Me
- Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
- By: David Goggins
- Narrated by: David Goggins, Adam Skolnick
#NoFinishLine
Reviewed: 02-10-19
WOW, I am just inspired to get after my own goals, take no excuses, learn from hardship and failure.
This slash podcast was great, loved hearing the challenges and will look them up again.
I especially like the AARs, and will incorporate them into my process planning.
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Why We Sleep
- Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
- By: Matthew Walker
- Narrated by: Steve West
- Length: 13 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 17,157
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 14,585
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Story5 out of 5 stars 14,397
Sleep is one of the most important but least understood aspects of our life, wellness, and longevity. Until very recently, science had no answer to the question of why we sleep, or what good it served, or why we suffer such devastating health consequences when we don't sleep. Compared to the other basic drives in life - eating, drinking, and reproducing - the purpose of sleep remained elusive.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I recommend this to EVERYONE
- By M. Balfour on 12-11-17
- Why We Sleep
- Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
- By: Matthew Walker
- Narrated by: Steve West
America's true epidemic is a lack of SLEEP
Reviewed: 10-07-18
Once you know what your body does during sleep, you will have a glimpse of the damage you self infect when you cheat your sleep.
One night of missed sleep has the same mental impairment as being legally drunk. And if you have a micro sleep while driving NO ONE IS DRIVING THE CAR. More deaths occur because of dozy driving than drink or drug impaired driving, and at All Hours of the day.
Learning is impaired.
Health is impaired, lack of sleep kills.
You need to dream to repair rhe body and store memories.
Sleep loss is preventable make it you health priority.
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Barking to the Choir
- The Power of Radical Kinship
- By: Gregory Boyle
- Narrated by: Gregory Boyle
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,528
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,387
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1,381
A moving example of unconditional love in difficult times, the best-selling author of Tattoos on the Heart, Father Gregory Boyle, shares what three decades of working with gangs in Los Angeles has taught him about faith, compassion, and the enduring power of radical kinship.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Kinship in your life
- By Rose on 12-07-17
- Barking to the Choir
- The Power of Radical Kinship
- By: Gregory Boyle
- Narrated by: Gregory Boyle
its not about reaching, but being reachable
Reviewed: 01-13-18
I had spontaneous tears at every session (audio book read by Fr G).
If you let yourself be touched by the heartbreak and the joy evident in the Homeboy movement, you become part of the Original Program so needed in our world today, and you wonder who can be outside the circle of need?
You are the other me,
I am the other you
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