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Tired of Winning
- Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Old Party
- By: Jonathan Karl
- Narrated by: Jonathan Karl
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 810
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 748
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Story5 out of 5 stars 747
Packed with new reporting, Tired of Winning: Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Old Party tracks Trump’s improbable journey from disgraced and defeated former president to the dominant force, yet again, in the Republican Party. From his exile in Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump has become more extreme, vengeful, and divorced from reality than he was on January 6, 2021. His meddling damaged the GOP’s electoral prospects and his legal troubles were mounting. Yet he re-emerged as the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, and the president-elect.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Compelling and Terrifying
- By Shaz on 11-15-23
- Tired of Winning
- Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Old Party
- By: Jonathan Karl
- Narrated by: Jonathan Karl
Wish it was longer! Some audio level issues
Reviewed: 11-17-23
Having listened to Karl's other books, there's more new crazy revelations with this book but there's also some familiar ground covered. There are also more recorded audio clips used in this story and the differing audio levels made it more challenging to hear the storyline at times. I found myself turning up the recorded clips a lot to discern the content, and having to quickly turn it down when Karl's narration takes over. But, I appreciate the way he mixes in both his recreation of quotes and the actual audio. Great book otherwise, and Karl's one of the best self-narrators you'll find.
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Dark Sacred Night
- A Ballard and Bosch Novel: Harry Bosch, Book 21
- By: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: Christine Lakin, Titus Welliver
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 12,293
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 11,128
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 11,057
Renée Ballard is working the night beat again and returns to Hollywood Station in the early hours only to find a stranger rifling through old file cabinets. The intruder is retired detective Harry Bosch, working a cold case that has gotten under his skin. Ballard kicks him out but then checks into the case herself, and it brings a deep tug of empathy and anger. Bosch is investigating the death of 15-year-old Daisy Clayton, a runaway on the streets of Hollywood who was brutally murdered and her body left in a dumpster like so much trash. Now, Ballard joins forces with Bosch.
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3 out of 5 stars
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I tried to like it but...
- By Suzanne on 11-06-18
- Dark Sacred Night
- A Ballard and Bosch Novel: Harry Bosch, Book 21
- By: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: Christine Lakin, Titus Welliver
Not as good...
Reviewed: 11-14-18
I miss the early Connelly - Bosch days, the franchise is starting to feel stale unfortunately. This is my favorite line of books so it's tough to see things not running at full speed. I especially cringed at the predictable 'put yourself in a very bad position' setup toward the end of the book. Overall, I like the combination and the author somewhat redeems himself at the very end. Let's hope his next book is up to previous specs!
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Artemis
- By: Andy Weir
- Narrated by: Rosario Dawson
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 95,340
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 87,239
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Story4 out of 5 stars 87,037
Jazz Bashara is a criminal. Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon, is tough if you're not a rich tourist or an eccentric billionaire. So smuggling in the occasional harmless bit of contraband barely counts, right? Not when you've got debts to pay and your job as a porter barely covers the rent. Everything changes when Jazz sees the chance to commit the perfect crime, with a reward too lucrative to turn down.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A ferrari with no motor
- By will on 11-18-17
- Artemis
- By: Andy Weir
- Narrated by: Rosario Dawson
Another home run look at our possible future.
Reviewed: 02-20-18
Excellent and plausible look into the future, this time on the moon. I love the Andy Weir gives us a look at what's possible. Great new characters too.
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The Late Show
- By: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: Katherine Moennig
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 13,827
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 12,626
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 12,566
Renée Ballard works the night shift in Hollywood, beginning many investigations but finishing none, as each morning she turns her cases over to day shift detectives. A once up-and-coming detective, she's been given this beat as punishment after filing a sexual harassment complaint against a supervisor. But one night she catches two cases she doesn't want to part with: the brutal beating of a prostitute left for dead in a parking lot and the killing of a young woman in a nightclub shooting. Ballard is determined not to give up at dawn.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Audible and Amazon need to screen narrators better
- By MickeyMarie on 07-19-17
- The Late Show
- By: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: Katherine Moennig
Great new character and narrator IS the character, but still needs work on characterization
Reviewed: 12-17-17
Great to have a new cop running the beat for Michael Connelly. Very believable characters, and don’t worry about the narration. You get used to her lack of defining other character voices. Great book, waiting for more in the series
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Two Kinds of Truth
- New subtitle: Harry Bosch, Book 20
- By: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: Titus Welliver
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 15,800
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 14,341
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 14,266
Harry Bosch, exiled from the LAPD, is working cold cases for the San Fernando Police Department when all hands are called out to a local drugstore, where two pharmacists have been murdered in a robbery. Bosch and the tiny town's three-person detective squad sift through the clues, which lead into the dangerous, big-business world of prescription drug abuse. To get to the people at the top, Bosch must risk everything and go undercover in the shadowy world of organized pill mills.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Bosch Survives Two Career Ending Threats
- By Russell on 11-20-17
- Two Kinds of Truth
- New subtitle: Harry Bosch, Book 20
- By: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: Titus Welliver
Connelly, Bosch and Haller - what a great team
Reviewed: 11-03-17
I eagerly awaited the latest Bosch novel and it's a good book overall. It felt a little light though as I was hoping for a few more twists and turns. It's a nice book overall, and I can't wait for what's next.
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Game of Thorns
- The Inside Story of Hillary Clinton's Failed Campaign and Donald Trump's Winning Strategy
- By: Doug Wead
- Narrated by: Doug Wead
- Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 713
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 635
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 629
Here is the first insider account of the precipitous fall of Hillary Clinton. How the scandals of a lifetime finally reached critical mass. How, in the last few days of the campaign, some on her staff saw the ghostly shroud of defeat creeping over them but were helpless to act, frozen by the self-denial of the group.
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5 out of 5 stars
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President Donald Trump stopped that Clinton Machine
- By Paulette on 03-05-17
- Game of Thorns
- The Inside Story of Hillary Clinton's Failed Campaign and Donald Trump's Winning Strategy
- By: Doug Wead
- Narrated by: Doug Wead
Too much Bill Clinton, not enough 2016 campaign.
Reviewed: 05-10-17
If you're new to the whole back story of Bill and Hillary and their history, then you'll get more out of this book. Otherwise, it spends an inordinate amount of time retelling mainly Bill's exploits and precious little on the actual 2016 campaign. If you want a great book about the 2016 presidential campaign, check out "Shattered".
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Rogue Lawyer
- A Novel
- By: John Grisham
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 12,782
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 11,460
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Story4 out of 5 stars 11,434
On the right side of the law. Sort of. Sebastian Rudd is not your typical street lawyer. He works out of a customized bulletproof van, complete with Wi-Fi, a bar, a small fridge, fine leather chairs, a hidden gun compartment, and a heavily armed driver. He has no firm, no partners, no associates, and only one employee: his driver, who's also his bodyguard, law clerk, confidant, and golf caddy.
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2 out of 5 stars
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A major disappointment!!
- By Wayne on 10-20-15
- Rogue Lawyer
- A Novel
- By: John Grisham
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
Not a Grisham classic...
Reviewed: 11-07-15
Book reads almost like several different short stories, winding into a common timeline toward the end. But the intrigue feels forced and not nearly as good as many of Grisham's other books. Something weird too, the chapters are VERYSHORT at times. You'll literally start a new chapter, then like 3 minutes later, here comes another. Somewhat distracting. Mark Deakins is a good narrator, but I listened to his Days of Fire rendition beforehand, and kept thinking of that book the whole time.
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The Girl in the Spider's Web
- A Lisbeth Salander Novel
- By: David Lagercrantz
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 13 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 23,513
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 21,306
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 21,270
The next installment in the Millennium series: a genius hacker who has always been an outsider; a journalist with a penchant for danger. She is Lisbeth Salander, the girl with the dragon tattoo. He is Mikael Blomkvist, crusading editor of Millennium. One night, Blomkvist receives a call from a source who claims to have been given information vital to the United States by a young female hacker.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good But Will Never Be the Same
- By J.B. on 09-04-15
- The Girl in the Spider's Web
- A Lisbeth Salander Novel
- By: David Lagercrantz
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
Picking up where Steig left off...but the names?!
Reviewed: 10-29-15
Good story overall, though not as much character development as I would expect. And having listened to the previous 3 installments read by Simon Vance, two changes in the new book drove me a little nuts. First, the narrator moved the emphasis from the first to the second syllable in "Salander", making her name sound wrongly pronounced. And Erika Berger is now Erika "Barrier". What gives? Other than this, pretty good.
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The 500
- A Novel
- By: Matthew Quirk
- Narrated by: Jay Snyder
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 339
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 285
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Story4 out of 5 stars 287
A year ago, fresh out of Harvard Law School, Mike Ford landed his dream job at the Davies Group, Washington's most powerful consulting firm. Now, he's staring down the barrel of a gun, pursued by two of the world's most dangerous men. To get out, he'll have to do all the things he thought he'd never do again: lie, cheat, steal - and this time, maybe even kill. Mike grew up in a world of small-stakes con men, learning lessons at his father's knee. His hard-won success in college and law school was his ticket out.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This book is WILD!! Easy 5 STARS...
- By shelley on 04-19-16
- The 500
- A Novel
- By: Matthew Quirk
- Narrated by: Jay Snyder
Just couldn't stand to finish it...
Reviewed: 06-28-14
A decent storyline to start, but it gets more and more ridiculous after the half-way mark. I'm a big fan of Grisham and Michael Connelly, but Quirk's novel just crosses too many lanes of proverbial traffic to hold up. Maybe I'll have the stomach to finish it some day!
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Killing Kennedy
- The End of Camelot
- By: Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
- Narrated by: Bill O'Reilly
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8,957
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7,902
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7,903
More than a million listeners have thrilled to Bill O'Reilly's Killing Lincoln, the can't-stop-listening work of nonfiction about the shocking assassination that changed the course of American history. Now the anchor of The O'Reilly Factor recounts in gripping detail the brutal murder of John Fitzgerald Kennedy—and how a sequence of gunshots on a Dallas afternoon not only killed a beloved president but also sent the nation into the cataclysmic division of the Vietnam War and its culture-changing aftermath.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A book without a purpose
- By Alan on 10-04-12
- Killing Kennedy
- The End of Camelot
- By: Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
- Narrated by: Bill O'Reilly
Good overall facts about "Camelot", O'Reilly??
Reviewed: 01-18-13
O'Reilly's shotgun delivery takes some geting used to. Could have been twice as long and still not done justice to the various characters.
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