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The Spy Who Knew Too Much
- An Ex-CIA Officer’s Quest Through a Legacy of Betrayal
- By: Howard Blum
- Narrated by: Steve Hendrickson
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 200
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 185
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 184
On a sunlit morning in September 1978, a sloop drifts aimlessly across the Chesapeake Bay. The cabin reveals signs of a struggle, and “classified” documents, live 9 mm cartridges, and a top-secret “burst” satellite communications transmitter are discovered aboard. But where is the boat’s owner, former CIA officer John Paisley? One man may hold the key to finding out. Tennent “Pete” Bagley was once a rising star in America’s spy aristocracy, and many expected he’d eventually become CIA director.
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2 out of 5 stars
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The, too long, story of an obsession
- By Tony on 10-30-22
- The Spy Who Knew Too Much
- An Ex-CIA Officer’s Quest Through a Legacy of Betrayal
- By: Howard Blum
- Narrated by: Steve Hendrickson
Incredible story!
Reviewed: 03-12-25
I’ll listen to it again — there’s so much info that I want to remember that went by quickly…
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Thucydides: The Reinvention of History
- By: Donald Kagan
- Narrated by: Paul Hecht
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 55
Donald Kagan—Yale’s Sterling Professor of Classics and History—delivers a compelling new look at revisionismin Thucydides’ classic History of the Peloponnesian War. To determine how accurate and dispassionate the Athenian general really was, Kagan exposes his epic to an enlightening and thorough analysis. Using contemporary and modern sources, Kagan reveals the exiled aristocrat’sbiases, prejudices, and his clear intention to spin events in his own way.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Some lessons just don't get shared with sons
- By Darwin8u on 09-24-15
- Thucydides: The Reinvention of History
- By: Donald Kagan
- Narrated by: Paul Hecht
A classic
Reviewed: 01-28-25
Wonderful overview of Thucydides’ work — done by a true great of the classics world. I will listen to it again.
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The Big Guy
- How a President and His Son Sold Out America
- By: Miranda Devine
- Narrated by: Charles Constant
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 97
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 84
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Story5 out of 5 stars 84
It’s rare that a campaign season has anything like an IRS whistleblower and a California US attorney saying they were blocked from pursuing charges, foreign wire transfers of millions of dollars going to several members of politician’s family, suspicious slap-on-the-wrist plea deals, mounds of incrimination texts, a previously unacknowledged child with a stripper, and multiple congressional investigations. It’s unprecedented to have them all tied to one politician like Joe Biden.
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5 out of 5 stars
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mainstream truth better late than never
- By Stephen F. Tate on 09-25-24
- The Big Guy
- How a President and His Son Sold Out America
- By: Miranda Devine
- Narrated by: Charles Constant
Facts
Reviewed: 12-10-24
It’s amazing that the public still doesn’t seem to care — those guys are crooks and those need to be prosecuted.
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Central Banking 101
- By: Joseph J Wang
- Narrated by: Bill Anciaux
- Length: 4 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 23
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 23
Central banking is magic. With a few words, the Fed can lift the stock market out of desperation and catapult it towards euphoric highs. With a few keystrokes, the Fed can conjure up trillions of dollars and fund virtually unlimited Federal spending. And with a few poor decisions, the Fed can plunge the entire world into a recession. The Federal Reserve is one of the most powerful institutions in the world, and also one of the most difficult to understand.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very dense!
- By Timothy on 12-01-24
- Central Banking 101
- By: Joseph J Wang
- Narrated by: Bill Anciaux
Very dense!
Reviewed: 12-01-24
There is so much information that is presented and moved on from that it makes it difficult to follow — it would be very helpful to have printed material (and for me to be a much more intelligent and sophisticated economist.)
Still, a really good book with tons of information!
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The Secrets of the Federal Reserve
- By: Eustace Mullins
- Narrated by: John Riddle
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3
The Secrets of the Federal Reserve* by Eustace Mullins investigates the origins, structure, and influence of the U.S. Federal Reserve System, arguing that it was created not solely to stabilize the economy but to serve the interests of an elite banking group. Mullins traces the Reserve’s formation back to a secret meeting on Jekyll Island and explores how this institution has impacted U.S. and global economics
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting
- By Timothy on 11-28-24
- The Secrets of the Federal Reserve
- By: Eustace Mullins
- Narrated by: John Riddle
Interesting
Reviewed: 11-28-24
There’s a lot of dates, times, names — it’s a little hard to follow, but lots of good information.
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Coup in Dallas
- The Decisive Investigation into Who Killed JFK
- By: H.P. Albarelli Jr., Dick Russell - foreword
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 25 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 33
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 24
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 24
Coup in Dallas leaves speculation and theory aside to give the hard details of who killed President John F. Kennedy, how the murder was carried out, and why Kennedy was assassinated.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Insightful
- By Kristjan Pall on 01-29-24
- Coup in Dallas
- The Decisive Investigation into Who Killed JFK
- By: H.P. Albarelli Jr., Dick Russell - foreword
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
Pack sand with your Trump bashing
Reviewed: 11-23-24
The book was fascinating in its detail when discussing the JFK assassination — really detailed. Unfortunately, the author (and I suspect the co-author) used the epilogues to engaged an inaccurate and personally biased diatribe about the Trump administration in 2016. The characterization of over 1/2 of the US electorate as “nazis” is distasteful, inaccurate, and divisive. Frankly, that ruined the entire book for me.
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A Woman I Know
- Female Spies, Double Identities, and a New Story of the Kennedy Assassination
- By: Mary Haverstick
- Narrated by: Mary Haverstick
- Length: 14 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 48
Independent filmmaker Mary Haverstick thought she’d stumbled onto the project of a lifetime—a biopic of aviation pioneer Jerrie Cobb, the key figure in a group of extraordinary women who in 1960 passed the same tests as the legendary male astronauts of the Mercury 7 but never went to space. Just as casting was set to begin, Haverstick received a mysterious warning from a government agent; soon she began to suspect that there was more to Jerrie’s story than what met the eye. As she dug deeper, she discovered that Jerrie’s life shadowed that of a mysterious CIA agent named June Cobb.
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5 out of 5 stars
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WOW!
- By Denise Freeman on 11-27-23
- A Woman I Know
- Female Spies, Double Identities, and a New Story of the Kennedy Assassination
- By: Mary Haverstick
- Narrated by: Mary Haverstick
Fantastic story
Reviewed: 11-12-24
What an interesting story… I had utterly no idea…
I’ll listen to it again — hopefully all the information will be released in the next few months…
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It Did Not Start with JFK
- The Decades of Events that Led to the Assassination of John F Kennedy
- By: Walter Herbst
- Narrated by: Doug Greene
- Length: 15 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
In It Did Not Start with JFK, author and researcher Walter Herbst examines the decades before Kennedy’s presidency, and how understanding the “why” behind this right-wing group’s interest in removing Kennedy from power is the key to unraveling the assassination riddle. And once "why" is understood, who was responsible becomes clear.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A very good history
- By Timothy on 10-24-24
- It Did Not Start with JFK
- The Decades of Events that Led to the Assassination of John F Kennedy
- By: Walter Herbst
- Narrated by: Doug Greene
A very good history
Reviewed: 10-24-24
Surprisingly, this is really a very detailed history of the players potentially a part of the JFK assassination. The history and the connections are really fascinating — I had no idea…
I think it’s worth listening to and I’ll probably come back to it again…
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The Devil's Chessboard
- Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government
- By: David Talbot
- Narrated by: Peter Altschuler
- Length: 25 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,339
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,050
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,055
An explosive, headline-making portrait of Allen Dulles, the man who transformed the CIA into the most powerful - and secretive - colossus in Washington, from the founder of Salon.com and author of the New York Times best seller Brothers.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Disturbing. Makes you question the company line.
- By KTS on 02-06-16
- The Devil's Chessboard
- Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government
- By: David Talbot
- Narrated by: Peter Altschuler
Dulles
Reviewed: 10-07-24
A very interesting story that is very detailed and complete. Putting together all the pieces from that part of US history is very difficult and this book provides a lot of perspective.
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Social Justice Fallacies
- By: Thomas Sowell
- Narrated by: Brad Sanders
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 556
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 488
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Story5 out of 5 stars 487
The quest for social justice is a powerful crusade of our time, with an appeal to many different people, for many different reasons. But those who use the same words do not always present the same meanings. Clarifying those meanings is the first step toward finding out what we agree on and disagree on. From there, it is largely a question of what the facts are. Social Justice Fallacies reveals how many things that are thought to be true simply cannot stand up to documented facts, which are often the opposite of what is widely believed.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Timely book by 93 year old Thomas Sowell
- By Wayne on 09-27-23
- Social Justice Fallacies
- By: Thomas Sowell
- Narrated by: Brad Sanders
Real social justice explained really.
Reviewed: 08-23-24
As is usual for Dr. Sewell, an outstanding explanation of social justice and how it has been perverted by the left. A must read prior to November 2024…
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