Thomas J. Holewinski
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We
- By: Yevgeny Zamyatin
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
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Set in the 26th century A.D., Yevgeny Zamyatin's masterpiece describes life under the regimented totalitarian society of OneState, ruled over by the all-powerful "Benefactor." Recognized as the inspiration for George Orwell's 1984, We is the archetype of the modern dystopia, or anti-Utopia: a great prose poem detailing the fate that might befall us all if we surrender our individual selves to some collective dream of technology and fail in the vigilance that is the price of freedom.
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Interesting history, prose a little outdated
- By Joel D Offenberg on 11-30-11
- We
- By: Yevgeny Zamyatin
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
Ayn Rand’s “Anthem” was better.
Reviewed: 08-30-24
You could tell this story inspired Ayn Rand’s “Anthem” which she much improved in every way. Don’t waste your time with this book.
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Debunking Howard Zinn
- Exposing the Fake History That Turned a Generation Against America
- By: Mary Grabar
- Narrated by: Pam Ward
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
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Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States has sold over 2.5 million copies and is still required reading in some high school and college classrooms. But its polemic rewriting of American history as a story of oppression is an agenda-driven fairy tale that has no place in academia. In Debunking Howard Zinn, Mary Grabar debunks Howard Zinn’s lies and traces the damage his mega-bestseller has done to American education, culture, and politics.
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Pure Alt-Right apologist.
- By K. Bradrick on 05-11-21
- Debunking Howard Zinn
- Exposing the Fake History That Turned a Generation Against America
- By: Mary Grabar
- Narrated by: Pam Ward
Amazing book!! Very important.
Reviewed: 05-01-23
This book is incredibly important to read. It explains the lies, leading questions, reasoning fallacies and other falsehoods which Howard Zinn used… which have sadly permeated into every area of academia today.
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The Hobbit
- By: J. R. R. Tolkien
- Narrated by: Rob Inglis
- Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
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Like every other hobbit, Bilbo Baggins likes nothing better than a quiet evening in his snug hole in the ground, dining on a sumptuous dinner in front of a fire. But when a wandering wizard captivates him with tales of the unknown, Bilbo becomes restless. Soon he joins the wizard’s band of homeless dwarves in search of giant spiders, savage wolves, and other dangers. Bilbo quickly tires of the quest for adventure and longs for the security of his familiar home. But before he can return to his life of comfort, he must face the greatest threat of all.
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Finally! Thank you Audible!
- By Bryan J. Peterson on 10-20-12
- The Hobbit
- By: J. R. R. Tolkien
- Narrated by: Rob Inglis
Amazing book, but the songs are awful
Reviewed: 05-05-22
Read the book. It’s a classic. But skip the songs. It’s the worst part of listening to this having to hear this guy sing out of tune. Instead, listen to the songs in the 1974 “The Hobbit” made for TV movie by Bass-Rankin. Same lyrics but those were done amazingly well.
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Charter Schools and Their Enemies
- By: Thomas Sowell
- Narrated by: Brad Sanders
- Length: 4 hrs and 33 mins
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A leading conservative intellectual defends charter schools against the teachers' unions, politicians, and liberal educators who threaten to dismantle their success.
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Another winner from Thomas Sowell!
- By Wayne on 07-01-20
- Charter Schools and Their Enemies
- By: Thomas Sowell
- Narrated by: Brad Sanders
This is more an academic study
Reviewed: 07-22-20
I love many of Thomas Sowell’s other books. This one is more an academic study. The first 2 chapters is most listing off data and was hard to listen to and focus. The info was still incredibly important, especially the last half of the book which is more commentary and lists all the things the enemies of charter schools do to try and stop them competing against public schools. I’d probably buy this on Kindle instead because it can be more helpful for research purposes. Thomas Sowell is still my hero though.
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Great Society
- A New History
- By: Amity Shlaes
- Narrated by: Terence Aselford
- Length: 17 hrs and 45 mins
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In Great Society, Shlaes offers a powerful companion to her legendary history of the 1930s, The Forgotten Man, and shows that in fact there was scant difference between two presidents we consider opposites: Johnson and Nixon. Just as technocratic military planning by "the Best and the Brightest" made failure in Vietnam inevitable, so planning by a team of the domestic best and brightest guaranteed fiasco at home. At once history and biography, Great Society sketches moving portraits of the characters in this transformative period.
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How have we forgotten how bad these ideas were?
- By Robert S. Allen on 02-09-20
- Great Society
- A New History
- By: Amity Shlaes
- Narrated by: Terence Aselford
Essential reading!!
Reviewed: 07-16-20
This book should be essential reading for schools. It begins in the 1950’s where her previous book, “The Forgotten Man” left off and goes to the early 1970’s. Hopefully there is a 3rd book continuing from there.
This fills in the blanks on so many historical questions I’ve had and puts context on why so many decisions were made. The overall presentation and recording were excellent as well. I highly recommend this book.
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Fahrenheit 451
- By: Ray Bradbury
- Narrated by: Tim Robbins
- Length: 5 hrs and 1 min
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Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, where television rules and literature is on the brink of extinction, firemen start fires rather than put them out. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her television "family."
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Wish I Hadn't Cliff Noted This in High School
- By Joel on 03-27-17
- Fahrenheit 451
- By: Ray Bradbury
- Narrated by: Tim Robbins
I love dystopian books but not this one
Reviewed: 06-12-15
First, Tim Robbin's voice is annoying.
Second, this wasn't that good of a story compared to other books like "1984" and "Brave New World".
Last, the characters were all similar. The main character of Montag could of been the old man, the young girl, or any of the people he met in the Forrest. His wife and all her friends could of been the same character. The only slightly different character was the Fire Chief and he was all knowing which made no sense.
All in all, I was very disappointed in this book as well as most of Ray Bradbury's books so far.
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Brave New World
- By: Aldous Huxley
- Narrated by: Michael York
- Length: 8 hrs
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When Lenina and Bernard visit a savage reservation, we experience how Utopia can destroy humanity. Cloning, feel-good drugs, anti-aging programs, and total social control through politics, programming, and media: has Aldous Huxley accurately predicted our future? With a storyteller's genius, he weaves these ethical controversies in a compelling narrative that dawns in the year 632 A.F. (After Ford, the deity). When Lenina and Bernard visit a savage reservation, we experience how Utopia can destroy humanity.
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Michael York should stick to the stage and leave narration to the pros.
- By SD on 08-21-19
- Brave New World
- By: Aldous Huxley
- Narrated by: Michael York
Great story, not a good presentation
Reviewed: 05-25-15
This is one of my all time favorite stories. "Nigel" from Austin Powers reads this. While I enjoyed him in Logan's run, his reading wasn't that good. He would make Scottish accents for most characters??
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American Sniper
- The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
- By: Chris Kyle, Scott McEwan, Jim DeFelice
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
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From 1999 to 2009, U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle recorded the most career sniper kills in United States military history. The Pentagon has officially confirmed more than 150 of Kyles kills (the previous American record was 109), but it has declined to verify the astonishing total number for this book. Iraqi insurgents feared Kyle so much they named him al-Shaitan ("the devil") and placed a bounty on his head.
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Tremendously Enlightening, could not put it down
- By T. Edwards on 01-09-12
- American Sniper
- The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
- By: Chris Kyle, Scott McEwan, Jim DeFelice
- Narrated by: John Pruden
You need to read this
Reviewed: 04-15-15
Great book, great stories. As someone who works in the same field of course I'm gonna like it but he explains all the military terms in an easy to understand way for everyone to follow.
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Witness
- By: Whittaker Chambers
- Narrated by: John MacDonald
- Length: 30 hrs and 19 mins
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First published in 1952, Witness came on the heals of America's trial of the century, in which Whittaker Chambers accused Alger Hiss, a full-standing member of the political establishment, of spying for the Soviet Union. In this penetrating philosophical memoir, Chambers recounts the famous case as well as his own experiences as a Communist agent in the United States, his later renunciation of communism, and his conversion to Christianity.
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Great history about Communism
- By Susan on 03-04-10
- Witness
- By: Whittaker Chambers
- Narrated by: John MacDonald
Very important book for conservatives and history
Reviewed: 03-30-15
It's scary to hear this inside account of how far Communist spy's infiltrated government. It's scary to think of the influence they've had and the people they've put in powerful positions.
There are a few parts of the book that you can skip since the author went off on a tangent.
- his childhood up to the part where he joins the Communist party
- after Alger Hiss gets convicted he goes on random storytelling about his family life and starlight?
Everything else is indispensable. His stories of spying in the apparatus was the best part of the book. Definitely read this.
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