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Blowout
- Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth
- By: Rachel Maddow
- Narrated by: Rachel Maddow
- Length: 15 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 9,063
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 8,006
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Story5 out of 5 stars 7,959
In 2010, the words “earthquake swarm” entered the lexicon in Oklahoma. That same year, a trove of Michael Jackson memorabilia—including his iconic crystal-encrusted white glove—was sold at auction for over $1 million to a guy who was, officially, just the lowly forestry minister of the tiny nation of Equatorial Guinea. And in 2014, Ukrainian revolutionaries raided the palace of their ousted president and found a zoo of peacocks, gilded toilets, and a floating restaurant modeled after a Spanish galleon.
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5 out of 5 stars
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chilling...
- By Kindle Customer on 10-12-19
- Blowout
- Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth
- By: Rachel Maddow
- Narrated by: Rachel Maddow
Blowout Rocks!
Reviewed: 11-08-19
Rachel Maddow is the Tina Turner of Journalism... she is SIMPLY THE BEST. Full Stop
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No Place to Hide
- Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State
- By: Glenn Greenwald
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,940
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,616
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,610
In May 2013, Glenn Greenwald set out for Hong Kong to meet an anonymous source who claimed to have astonishing evidence of pervasive government spying and insisted on communicating only through heavily encrypted channels. That source turned out to be the 29-year-old NSA contractor Edward Snowden, and his revelations about the agency’s widespread, systemic overreach proved to be some of the most explosive and consequential news in recent history, triggering a fierce debate over national security....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Best Read in Print Format
- By Alfredo Ramirez on 11-22-14
- No Place to Hide
- Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State
- By: Glenn Greenwald
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
powerful
Reviewed: 08-19-14
What did you love best about No Place to Hide?
Informative. Makes you want to live off the grid.
What does L. J. Ganser bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
Smooth narration
Any additional comments?
"In questions of power then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution."
-Thomas Jefferson
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