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Bad Blood
- Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
- Narrado por: Will Damron
- Duración: 11 h y 37 m
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- Jonas Salk and the Conquest of Polio
- De: Jeffrey Kluger
- Narrado por: Michael Prichard
- Duración: 13 h y 12 m
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Salk became a cultural hero and icon for a whole generation. Now, at the fiftieth anniversary of the first national vaccination program, and as humanity is tantalizingly close to eradicating polio worldwide, comes this unforgettable chronicle. Salk's work was an unparalleled achievement, and it makes for a magnificent listen.
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Excellent book
- De Tim en 08-10-06
De: Jeffrey Kluger
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How to Survive a Plague
- The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS
- De: David France
- Narrado por: Rory O'Malley
- Duración: 24 h y 28 m
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A riveting, powerful telling of the story of the grassroots movement of activists, many of them in a life-or-death struggle, who seized upon scientific research to help develop the drugs that turned HIV from a mostly fatal infection to a manageable disease. Ignored by public officials, religious leaders, and the nation at large, and confronted with shame and hatred, this small group of men and women chose to fight for their right to live by educating themselves and demanding to become full partners in the race for effective treatments.
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Read This Book!
- De Kay M Hawklee en 05-30-17
De: David France
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The King of Content
- Sumner Redstone’s Battle for Viacom, CBS, and Everlasting Control of His Media Empire
- De: Keach Hagey
- Narrado por: Gabra Zackman
- Duración: 10 h y 51 m
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Sumner Murray Redstone, once feared as the “mad genius” of media who would dump his CEOs for mere wobbles in his companies’ stock price, had built one of the world’s greatest media empires through a series of audacious takeovers constructed to ensure that he always maintained control. Today he controls 80 percent of the voting shares of both Viacom and CBS, meaning that on a whim he could replace the entire boards of two public companies with a combined value of $40 billion.
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Feels biased. Well researched, but not engaging.
- De Anonymous User en 04-03-19
De: Keach Hagey
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Freezing Order
- A True Story of Russian Money Laundering, State-Sponsored Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin's Wrath
- De: Bill Browder
- Narrado por: Adam Grupper
- Duración: 10 h y 29 m
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When Browder’s young Russian lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, was beaten to death in a Moscow jail in 2009, Browder cast aside his business career and made it his life’s mission to pursue justice for Sergei. One of the first steps of that mission was to uncover who had killed Sergei and profited from the $230 million corruption scheme that he had exposed. As Browder and his team tracked the money that flowed out of Russia—through the Baltics and Cyprus and on to Western Europe and the Americas—they discovered that Vladimir Putin himself was one of the beneficiaries of the crime.
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Red Notice Part II —- The Empire Struck Out
- De R. Alembik en 04-16-22
De: Bill Browder
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Losing the Signal
- The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry
- De: Jacquie McNish, Sean Silcoff
- Narrado por: William Hughes
- Duración: 11 h y 29 m
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Losing the Signal is a riveting story of a company that toppled global giants before succumbing to the ruthlessly competitive forces of Silicon Valley. This is not a conventional tale of modern business failure by fraud and greed. The rise and fall of BlackBerry reveals the dangerous speed at which innovators race along the information superhighway.
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Fascinating
- De Gerardo A Dada en 09-05-15
De: Jacquie McNish, y otros
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DisneyWar
- De: James B. Stewart
- Narrado por: Patrick Lawlor
- Duración: 25 h y 40 m
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DisneyWar is an enthralling tale of one of America's most powerful media and entertainment companies, the people who control it, and those trying to overthrow them. It tells a story that - in its sudden twists, vivid, larger-than-life characters, and thrilling climax - might itself have been the subject of a Disney classic - except that it's all true.
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Really interesting story... No ending.
- De rotinaj en 12-18-17
De: James B. Stewart
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Lie After Lie
- The True Story of a Master of Deception, Betrayal, and Murder
- De: Lara Bricker
- Narrado por: Tanya Eby
- Duración: 7 h y 59 m
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A seemingly perfect world held an even more unlikely killer... Julie Keown had a great job, financial security, and a perfect husband who was attending Harvard Business School. But after Julie suddenly died, and doctors discovered she’d been poisoned with the main ingredient in antifreeze, her parents began to suspect that her husband, James, was not so perfect. This blow-by-blow account shows how investigators and state police unraveled James Keown’s chilling web of deceit.
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Boring writing and lack of any narrative arc
- De Josh en 11-21-18
De: Lara Bricker
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Missing Man
- The American Spy Who Vanished in Iran
- De: Barry Meier
- Narrado por: Ray Porter
- Duración: 8 h y 25 m
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In late 2013, Americans were shocked to learn that a former FBI agent turned private investigator who disappeared in Iran in 2007 was there on a mission for the CIA. The missing man, Robert Levinson, appeared in pictures dressed like a Guantánamo prisoner and pleaded in a video for help from the United States.
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Important story
- De Richard F. Callahan en 08-03-16
De: Barry Meier
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Paradise Falls
- The True Story of an Environmental Catastrophe
- De: Keith O'Brien
- Narrado por: Eileen Stevens
- Duración: 13 h y 5 m
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Lois Gibbs, Luella Kenny, and other mothers loved their neighborhood on the east side of Niagara Falls. It had an elementary school, a playground, and rows of affordable homes. In the spring of 1977, pungent odors began to seep into these little houses, and it didn’t take long for worried mothers to identify the curious scent. It was the sickly-sweet smell of chemicals.
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Informative!
- De Amazon Customer en 04-20-24
De: Keith O'Brien
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Red Notice
- A True Story of High Finance, Murder and One Man's Fight for Justice
- De: Bill Browder
- Narrado por: Adam Grupper
- Duración: 14 h y 7 m
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Red Notice is a searing expose of the wholesale whitewash by Russian authorities of Magnitsky's imprisonment and murder, slicing deep into the shadowy heart of the Kremlin to uncover its sordid truths.
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This is an absolute "YES" as your next read/listen
- De William en 02-07-15
De: Bill Browder
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The Antidote
- Inside the World of New Pharma
- De: Barry Werth
- Narrado por: Sean Pratt
- Duración: 16 h y 27 m
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In 1989, the charismatic Joshua Boger left Merck, then America's most admired business, to found a drug company that would challenge industry giants and transform health care. Barry Werth described the company's tumultuous early days during the AIDS crisis in The Billion-Dollar Molecule, a celebrated classic of science and business journalism. Now he returns to tell a riveting story of Vertex's bold endurance and eventual success.
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For me this was not interesting
- De Yan en 06-26-17
De: Barry Werth
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The Friendly Orange Glow
- The Untold Story of the PLATO System and the Dawn of Cyberculture
- De: Brian Dear
- Narrado por: George Newbern
- Duración: 21 h y 6 m
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At a time when Steve Jobs was only a teenager and Mark Zuckerberg wasn't even born, a group of visionary engineers and designers - some of them only high school students - in the late 1960s and 1970s created a computer system called PLATO, which was not only years but light-years ahead in experimenting with how people would learn, engage, communicate, and play through connected computers.
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Memory lane for the cyberist.
- De Robert C. Hickcox en 08-08-18
De: Brian Dear
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Where Wizards Stay Up Late
- The Origins of the Internet
- De: Katie Hafner, Matthew Lyon
- Narrado por: Mark Douglas Nelson
- Duración: 10 h y 19 m
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Twenty-five years ago, it didn't exist. Today, 20 million people worldwide are surfing the Net. Where Wizards Stay Up Late is the exciting story of the pioneers responsible for creating the most talked about, most influential, and most far-reaching communications breakthrough since the invention of the telephone. In the 1960s, when computers where regarded as mere giant calculators, J.C.R. Licklider at MIT saw them as the ultimate communications devices.
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Absolutely fascinating and we'll researched
- De Elsa Braun en 10-01-16
De: Katie Hafner, y otros
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No Place to Hide
- Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State
- De: Glenn Greenwald
- Narrado por: L. J. Ganser
- Duración: 9 h y 49 m
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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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Best Read in Print Format
- De Alfredo Ramirez en 11-22-14
De: Glenn Greenwald
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Spearhead
- An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives in World War II
- De: Adam Makos
- Narrado por: Johnathan McClain
- Duración: 13 h y 33 m
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From the author of the international best seller A Higher Call comes the riveting World War II story of an American tank gunner’s journey into the heart of the Third Reich, where he will meet destiny in an iconic armor duel - and forge an enduring bond with his enemy.
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Excellent
- De Msgr. John R. McGrath en 03-11-19
De: Adam Makos
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Crashed
- How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World
- De: Adam Tooze
- Narrado por: Simon Vance, Adam Tooze
- Duración: 25 h y 27 m
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Current events have deep roots, and the key to navigating today’s roiling policies lies in the events that started it all — the 2008 economic crisis and its aftermath. Despite initial attempts to downplay the crisis as a local incident, what happened on Wall Street beginning in 2008 was, in fact, a dramatic caesura of global significance that spiraled around the world, from the financial markets of the UK and Europe to the factories and dockyards of Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America.
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A vaccine against substance free deceivers
- De Gary en 08-19-18
De: Adam Tooze
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American Predator
- The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century
- De: Maureen Callahan
- Narrado por: Amy Landon
- Duración: 9 h y 3 m
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The names of notorious serial killers are usually well-known; they echo in the news and in public consciousness. But most people have never heard of Israel Keyes, one of the most ambitious and terrifying serial killers in modern history American Predator is the ambitious culmination of years of interviews with key figures in law enforcement and in Keyes's life, and research uncovered from classified FBI files. Callahan takes us on a journey into the chilling, nightmarish mind of a relentless killer, and to the limitations of traditional law enforcement.
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Why you shouldn’t listen to Reviews
- De jofi00 en 10-23-19
De: Maureen Callahan
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On the Trail of the Serpent
- The Epic Hunt for the Bikini Killer
- De: Richard Neville, Julie Clarke
- Narrado por: Homer Todiwala
- Duración: 12 h y 57 m
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Charles Sobhraj remains one of the world's great con men, and as a serial killer, the story of his life and capture endures as legend. Born in Vietnam to a Vietnamese mother and Indian father, Sobhraj grew up deprived of a sense of identity, moving to France before being imprisoned and stripped of his multiple nationalities.
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EXHILARATING
- De Jeffrey W. Rudisel en 05-01-21
De: Richard Neville, y otros
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To Start a War
- How the Bush Administration Took America into Iraq
- De: Robert Draper
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
- Duración: 15 h y 30 m
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Even now, after more than 15 years, it is hard to see the invasion of Iraq through the cool, considered gaze of history. For too many people, the damage is still too palpable, and still unfolding. Most of the major players in that decision are still with us, and few of them are not haunted by it, in one way or another. Perhaps it's that combination, the passage of the years and the still unresolved trauma, that explains why so many protagonists opened up so fully for the first time to Robert Draper.
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If you’ve grown weary of the current GOP administration’s incompetence...
- De Marynelle en 09-04-20
De: Robert Draper
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No Place to Hide
- Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State
- De: Glenn Greenwald
- Narrado por: L. J. Ganser
- Duración: 9 h y 49 m
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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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Best Read in Print Format
- De Alfredo Ramirez en 11-22-14
De: Glenn Greenwald
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Spearhead
- An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives in World War II
- De: Adam Makos
- Narrado por: Johnathan McClain
- Duración: 13 h y 33 m
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From the author of the international best seller A Higher Call comes the riveting World War II story of an American tank gunner’s journey into the heart of the Third Reich, where he will meet destiny in an iconic armor duel - and forge an enduring bond with his enemy.
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Excellent
- De Msgr. John R. McGrath en 03-11-19
De: Adam Makos
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Crashed
- How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World
- De: Adam Tooze
- Narrado por: Simon Vance, Adam Tooze
- Duración: 25 h y 27 m
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Current events have deep roots, and the key to navigating today’s roiling policies lies in the events that started it all — the 2008 economic crisis and its aftermath. Despite initial attempts to downplay the crisis as a local incident, what happened on Wall Street beginning in 2008 was, in fact, a dramatic caesura of global significance that spiraled around the world, from the financial markets of the UK and Europe to the factories and dockyards of Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America.
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A vaccine against substance free deceivers
- De Gary en 08-19-18
De: Adam Tooze
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American Predator
- The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century
- De: Maureen Callahan
- Narrado por: Amy Landon
- Duración: 9 h y 3 m
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The names of notorious serial killers are usually well-known; they echo in the news and in public consciousness. But most people have never heard of Israel Keyes, one of the most ambitious and terrifying serial killers in modern history American Predator is the ambitious culmination of years of interviews with key figures in law enforcement and in Keyes's life, and research uncovered from classified FBI files. Callahan takes us on a journey into the chilling, nightmarish mind of a relentless killer, and to the limitations of traditional law enforcement.
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Why you shouldn’t listen to Reviews
- De jofi00 en 10-23-19
De: Maureen Callahan
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On the Trail of the Serpent
- The Epic Hunt for the Bikini Killer
- De: Richard Neville, Julie Clarke
- Narrado por: Homer Todiwala
- Duración: 12 h y 57 m
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Charles Sobhraj remains one of the world's great con men, and as a serial killer, the story of his life and capture endures as legend. Born in Vietnam to a Vietnamese mother and Indian father, Sobhraj grew up deprived of a sense of identity, moving to France before being imprisoned and stripped of his multiple nationalities.
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EXHILARATING
- De Jeffrey W. Rudisel en 05-01-21
De: Richard Neville, y otros
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To Start a War
- How the Bush Administration Took America into Iraq
- De: Robert Draper
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
- Duración: 15 h y 30 m
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Even now, after more than 15 years, it is hard to see the invasion of Iraq through the cool, considered gaze of history. For too many people, the damage is still too palpable, and still unfolding. Most of the major players in that decision are still with us, and few of them are not haunted by it, in one way or another. Perhaps it's that combination, the passage of the years and the still unresolved trauma, that explains why so many protagonists opened up so fully for the first time to Robert Draper.
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If you’ve grown weary of the current GOP administration’s incompetence...
- De Marynelle en 09-04-20
De: Robert Draper
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The Glass Universe
- How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars
- De: Dava Sobel
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 12 h y 43 m
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Number-one New York Times best-selling author Dava Sobel returns with the captivating, little-known true story of a group of women whose remarkable contributions to the burgeoning field of astronomy forever changed our understanding of the stars and our place in the universe.
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But the seeing, which was everything, was better
- De Cynthia en 01-07-17
De: Dava Sobel
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Fire Cannot Kill a Dragon
- Game of Thrones and the Official Untold Story of the Epic Series
- De: James Hibberd
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
- Duración: 14 h y 44 m
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It was supposed to be impossible. George R.R. Martin was a frustrated television writer who created his best-selling A Song of Ice and Fire fantasy novels to be an unfilmable saga bound only by the limits of his vast imagination. Then a pair of first-time TV writers teamed with HBO to try and adapt Martin's epic. We've all seen the eight seasons of the Emmy-winning fantasy series that came next. But there is one Game of Thrones tale that has yet to be told: the 13-year behind-the-scenes struggle to pull off this extraordinary phenomenon.
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a bit of a stretch
- De Anonymous User en 07-15-21
De: James Hibberd
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Manhunt
- The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer
- De: James L. Swanson
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
- Duración: 15 h y 33 m
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The murder of Abraham Lincoln set off the greatest manhunt in American history. From April 14 to April 26, 1865, the assassin, John Wilkes Booth, led Union cavalry and detectives on a wild 12-day chase through the streets of Washington, DC, across the swamps of Maryland, and into the forests of Virginia while the nation, still reeling from the just-ended Civil War, watched in horror and sadness.
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Written by a Booth fanboy.
- De Alan en 08-18-16
De: James L. Swanson
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Spillover
- De: David Quammen
- Narrado por: Jonathan Yen
- Duración: 20 h y 47 m
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The emergence of strange new diseases is a frightening problem that seems to be getting worse. In this age of speedy travel, it threatens a worldwide pandemic. We hear news reports of Ebola, SARS, AIDS, and something called Hendra killing horses and people in Australia - but those reports miss the big truth that such phenomena are part of a single pattern. The bugs that transmit these diseases share one thing: they originate in wild animals and pass to humans by a process called spillover. David Quammen tracks this subject around the world.
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Fascinating, but not Riveting
- De L. M. Roberts en 03-08-14
De: David Quammen
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The Truth at the Heart of the Lie
- How the Catholic Church Lost its Soul
- De: James Carroll
- Narrado por: James Carroll
- Duración: 14 h y 6 m
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James Carroll weaves together the story of his quest to understand his personal beliefs and his relationship to the Catholic Church with the history of the Church itself. From his first awakening of faith as a boy to his gradual disillusionment as a Catholic, Carroll offers a razor-sharp examination both of himself and of how the Church became an institution that places power and dominance over people through an all-male clergy.
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The personal story is far from relatable and not inspiring
- De Peachy en 10-26-21
De: James Carroll
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The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara
- De: David I. Kertzer
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 15 h y 44 m
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Bologna, 1858: A police posse, acting on the orders of a Catholic inquisitor, invades the home of a Jewish merchant, Momolo Mortara, wrenches his crying six-year-old son from his arms, and rushes him off in a carriage bound for Rome. His mother is so distraught that she collapses and has to be taken to a neighbor's house, but her weeping can be heard across the city. With this terrifying scene - one that would haunt this family forever - David I. Kertzer begins his fascinating investigation of the dramatic kidnapping.
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Too much detail
- De L. WILLIAM en 03-03-24
De: David I. Kertzer
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Spying on the South
- An Odyssey Across the American Divide
- De: Tony Horwitz
- Narrado por: Mark Deakins, Tony Horwitz
- Duración: 17 h y 11 m
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In the 1850s, the young Frederick Law Olmsted was adrift, a restless farmer and dreamer in search of a mission. He found it as an undercover correspondent in the South for the up-and-coming New York Times. For the Connecticut Yankee, pen name "Yeoman", the South was alien, often hostile territory. Yet Olmsted traveled for 14 months, by horseback, steamboat, and stagecoach, seeking dialogue and common ground. Tony Horwitz rediscovers Yeoman Olmsted amidst the discord and polarization of our own time. Is America still one country?
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Great final story from a talented author
- De Ericka en 06-29-19
De: Tony Horwitz
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Blackbeard
- America's Most Notorious Pirate
- De: Angus Konstam
- Narrado por: Eric G. Dove
- Duración: 11 h y 7 m
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Of all the colorful cutthroats who scoured the seas in search of plunder during the Golden Age of Piracy in the early 18th century, none was more ferocious or notorious than Blackbeard. As unforgettable as his savage career was, much of Blackbeard's life has been shrouded in mystery - until now. Drawing on vivid descriptions of Blackbeard's attacks from his rare surviving victims, pirate expert Angus Konstam traces Blackbeard's career from its beginnings to his final defeat in a tremendous sea battle near his base at Ocracoke Island
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It’s alright
- De B. Williams en 02-26-21
De: Angus Konstam
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Ghostland
- An American History in Haunted Places
- De: Colin Dickey
- Narrado por: Jon Lindstrom
- Duración: 10 h y 48 m
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Colin Dickey is on the trail of America's ghosts. Crammed into old houses and hotels, abandoned prisons and empty hospitals, the spirits that linger continue to capture our collective imagination, but why? His own fascination piqued by a house hunt in Los Angeles that revealed derelict foreclosures and "zombie homes", Dickey embarks on a journey across the continental United States to decode and unpack the American history repressed in our most famous haunted places.
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A fluffed-up college essay writ large.
- De Gavin en 10-13-16
De: Colin Dickey
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Indianapolis
- De: Lynn Vincent, Sara Vladic
- Narrado por: John Bedford Lloyd
- Duración: 18 h y 39 m
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Just after midnight on July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis is sailing alone in the Philippine Sea when she is sunk by two Japanese torpedoes. For the next five nights and four days, almost 300 miles from the nearest land, nearly 900 men battle injuries, sharks, dehydration, insanity, and eventually each other. Only 316 will survive. Lynn Vincent and Sara Vladic tell the complete story of the ship, her crew, and their final mission to save one of their own.
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As good as In Harm's Way but different
- De tru britty en 07-13-18
De: Lynn Vincent, y otros
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Moth to a Flame
- De: Ashley Antoinette
- Narrado por: Nicole Small
- Duración: 8 h y 41 m
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In the little city of Flint, Michigan, the good die young, and the people left standing are the grimiest of characters. With reign over the city's drug trade, Benjamin Atkins made sure that his precious daughter, Raven, was secluded from the grit that the city had to offer. But when Raven's young heart gets claimed by Mizan, a stick-up kid in search of a come-up, there's nothing Benjamin can do about losing her to the streets.
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Book was a little difficult to listen to.
- De Queen Cypress en 04-15-15
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Legacy of Ashes
- The History of the CIA
- De: Tim Weiner
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
- Duración: 21 h y 37 m
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This is the book the CIA does not want you to read. For the last 60 years, the CIA has maintained a formidable reputation in spite of its terrible record, never disclosing its blunders to the American public. It spun its own truth to the nation while reality lay buried in classified archives. Now, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter Tim Weiner offers a stunning indictment of the CIA, a deeply flawed organization that has never deserved America's confidence.
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Flawed but Important
- De Michael en 07-18-08
De: Tim Weiner
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- LEE
- 05-29-18
Extreme retaliation against former employees
Theranos lab employees were under continuous observation - camera surveillance, email scrutiny, the works. Fake baritone voiced Elizabeth Holmes and her cruel boyfriend Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani held them tightly in mortal fear, pursuing the few who thought they could resign and rebuild their lives. No lab employee could be allowed to expose the fraud.
The multi-billion dollar secret at the time: Theranos was phony baloney; it had no device that could run all types of blood tests with just a drop of blood and then provide instant accurate test results. It didn't have anything to change the world. All those Theranos devices being used by the U.S. military in Afghanistan - pure fabrication. But nobody could prove it wasn't being done and besides, the board of directors included: George Shultz; James Mattis; Henry Kissinger; and many other famous heavy hitters.
The suspense built and built. Author and narrator matched up nicely, building strength as the book progressed. They made me feel the fear a Theranos lab technician who had to pretend miracles happened. One former lab director was driven to suicide, a mere pawn in this game. Former lab employees discovered the hard way they could run but not hide (those who tried to hide were found by Theranos investigators).
George Shultz's grandson was caught more than once trying flip his grandfather, and his family was made to spend an obscene amount (I think it was $400K) trying to defend against Theranos lawsuits. Legal bills were only part of the harassment. Holmes and her crew ruined people's reputations and careers.
Elizabeth Holmes remains a mystery. Carreyrou says she was an outstanding sales person. She relieved big money out of sophisticated investors - $150 million from the Walton family, $121 million from Rupurt Murdoch, $100 million from Betsy DeVos (her father-in-law was co-founder of Amway), $120 million from the Cox family that controls Cox Media Group, and so on.
Bad Blood shows how an apex con artist dupes important people by appealing to ego and greed. Jim Cramer said her company was changing healthcare the same way Amazon changed retail. President Clinton publicly asked her for advice on reducing inequality. She made the Time Magazine 100 List. She talked pure nonsense without interviewers being aware of it. Instead they probably saw a female Steve Jobs; we all wanted to see a female Steve Jobs. Although it tries, the book doesn't explain what Holmes said and did behind closed doors that captured sophisticated investors and government leaders. It's still a mystery. I keep thinking about it.
In retrospect, all those employees who lived in fear were never the target. Holmes targeted billionaires, and to a lesser extent, famous people with big egos. Holmes dealt with these people directly. She made them wait; she made sure her security detail was more numerous than theirs; she decided when the meeting was over; she put the pants on them and dipped them. How on earth did she pull it all off?
True crime is an exciting genre, and this book succeeds for two reasons: 1. The author was part of the story from the beginning, as he understood a crime was occurring and the villain worked at shutting him up. 2. The story was told from the perspective of lab employees living the nightmare of running from a monster that gives pursuit.
(Separately, I keep thinking about the non-disclosure agreement (NDA) Theranos used on employees, how they weaponized this basic legal contract. One can imagine why lab scientists and technicians signed since this was a condition of employment.)
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- Veronica
- 01-16-19
Thank the gods for real journalism in this era
The narration was spot on and Carreyrou kept me hooked for days. Do not skip this one.
There was an amazing passage in this book that could've been talking about anyone from the current administration. Unsurprisingly, many conservatives directly involved in the Trump administration had joined this cult of greed and lies then helped to prop up this destructive farce. I can't call it a company because it clearly was a criminal organization. Jim Mattis's actions are especially disgusting. He was all to happy to use our troops as guinea pigs for untested medical devices because he sat on the board and directly stood to profit. Don't worry though, there were a couple Dems in there now and again.
The scariest thing about this book is that the very important agencies and regulatory bodies may never have stepped in if it wasn't for the bravery of a few former employees and John Carreyrou's willingness to call BS. So many people knew from the beginning how dangerous this "technology" was and what a scam they were running, yet lawyers managed to terrify them all into submission.
The Theranos scam is a result of the complete erosion of rights for employees, patients, and consumers and the rise of the silicone valley cult of greed (with a lot of help from our corporate politicians.) Journalists are our last and best hope and despite my depression at the state of our nation, this is one of the few bright lights. If this woman and her weird partner aren't in prison there truly is no law rich people answer to.
THANK YOU JOHN!!
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- JL
- 04-03-19
Fascinating story, annoying narrator
Fascinating story, sometimes it dragged a tad, but overall I binged this in 3 days.
Note to the narrator: bro, stop with the "female" voice impressions. It's annoying, distracting, INSULTING and also inappropriate considering Elizabeth's well known "baritone" speaking style.
Otherwise, the narration was fine.
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- laurel howard
- 07-30-18
Narrarator
The man who reads this book does an “impression” of female speakers that, in my opinion, borders on mocking. We know Elizabeth Holmes is a lady. We know what ladies sound like in a general way. I don’t need this dude to affect some high pitched effeminate tone to let me know who he’s quoting when he says “she said”. Just read the book.
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- cliffordbdavid
- 02-26-19
Fascinating True Story
America needed a young woman who was a self-made success. It produced and nurtured a sociopath .
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- Dina D, Strachan, M.D. (Dr Dina MD)
- 01-20-19
I cannot wait to see the movie!
As a physician, I was suspicious from the start when I first heard about Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos. It was always sold so hard without presenting actual data about efficacy--even at medical meetings. If they really had the technology to do what they claimed, they would've been doing it because everyone would prefer it. Instead there was marketing and lobbying. It was curious to see even medical luminaries crow about articles in Forbes--rather than science. Now having listened to Bad Blood, I know understand the story to be much darker than I ever imagined. This book is a public service and a lesson in not believing hype.
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-23-18
Exceptional Investigating and Captivating Writing
This is one of the absolute best works of investigative journalism, and a riveting tale of fraud and sociopathy. Carreyrou's style is crisp and elegant. His facts are well-developed and fully supported. I could not stop listening.
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- jason
- 12-15-18
journalism at it's best
nice work, thoroughly researched. the story is stand alone entertaining. I'm glad to have read it.
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- Laura C
- 11-09-18
Fascinating
I couldn’t stop listening! The story was well organized and paced. The narrator was great. Highly recommend!
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- Cem84
- 03-07-19
Everyone must read this
So many lives were nearly destroyed and one actually was at the hands of Holmes and Balwani and their callous disregard for the truth, reality. This wasn't just tech, this is blood testing that can actually kill
people with the wrong treatment due to false results. They should both go to jail.
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