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Ep 7: Probable Cause
- By: Reduced Listening
- Narrated by: Jonathan Maitland, Vanessa Bowles
- Length: 37 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 429
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 401
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 402
Hosts Jonny and Vanessa agree about the most likely cause of death. It’s not what they expected.
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5 out of 5 stars
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fascinating listen
- By Lorna Cox on 17-06-24
- Ep 7: Probable Cause
- By: Reduced Listening
- Narrated by: Jonathan Maitland, Vanessa Bowles
poor
Reviewed: 03-06-24
if you're sort of person who believes jfk was killed by lone gunman..you'll love this.
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Spies
- The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West
- By: Calder Walton
- Narrated by: Dugald Bruce-Lockhart
- Length: 20 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 27
Drawing on a wealth of previously classified intelligence archives, in multiple countries and languages, it reveals how Western and Eastern governments used spies, sabotage, subversion, and information warfare to battle each other during the conflict that dominated the twentieth century. Far from being a closed historical chapter, however, it shows that conflict's ghosts are still alive.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Narrator too excited for my taste
- By Thomas Skwarek on 22-07-23
- Spies
- The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West
- By: Calder Walton
- Narrated by: Dugald Bruce-Lockhart
political bias
Reviewed: 03-04-24
this book contained much good information on espionage..and indeed I would have given a 4 until last couple of chapters.however once he reaches Russia he shows his left bias and rather than give an unbiased narrative it turns into an opinion piece,he glosses over the interception of USA /Allbright call when she is actually planning next Ukraine government, he does point out however USA is now classed as a flawed democracy.
He fails to point out the resignation of Head of GCHQ immediately he learned of Trumps win undoubtedly on fear that the fact GCHQ had been assisting Clinton would be exposed.
so fair to middling
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Agent Running in the Field
- By: John le Carré
- Narrated by: John le Carré
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,622
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,446
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,441
Nat, a 47-year-old veteran of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, believes his years as an agent runner are over. He is back in London with his wife, the long-suffering Prue. But with the growing threat from Moscow Centre, the office has one more job for him. Nat is to take over The Haven, a defunct substation of London General with a rag-tag band of spies. The only bright light on the team is young Florence, who has her eye on Russia Department and a Ukrainian oligarch with a finger in the Russia pie.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Dear Mr. Le Carré, Brilliant work, not so reading
- By Amazon Customer on 17-10-19
- Agent Running in the Field
- By: John le Carré
- Narrated by: John le Carré
excellent but flawed story telling
Reviewed: 30-10-23
Excellent gloriously ponderous storytelling as usual.ive followed all his books screen paperback audible..always relaxing.
pity he let this become a hobby horse for for his left liberal views..obviously written before these views had come to fruition in USA ruined there economy ..Brought anarchy ruin and the verge of WW3..He obviously has a public schoolboys bias against the brashTrump and fails to take into account there were no new wars under him and all he warned about has come to pass.
It is probably a good thing le carre took up writing after his brief spying career as it would be easy to imagine him having gone same way as Philby..and probably getting away with it...as public school boys do.
In summary a decent yarn spoiled by using it for remoaning ..such a pity.
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The Two Towers
- The Lord of the Rings, Book 2
- By: J. R. R. Tolkien
- Narrated by: Andy Serkis
- Length: 20 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 5,569
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4,924
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4,914
The company of the Ring is torn asunder. Frodo and Sam continue their journey alone down the great River Anduin - alone, that is, save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go. This continues the classic tale begun in The Fellowship of the Ring, which reaches its awesome climax in The Return of the King.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Gollum!
- By Jens on 23-09-21
- The Two Towers
- The Lord of the Rings, Book 2
- By: J. R. R. Tolkien
- Narrated by: Andy Serkis
excellent interpretation
Reviewed: 05-10-22
superb interpretation of this classic masterpiece..only thankfully.nobody has let lenny Henry do a version..thank god
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The War on the West
- How to Prevail in the Age of Unreason
- By: Douglas Murray
- Narrated by: Douglas Murray
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2,632
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,313
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2,293
In The War on the West, international best-selling author Douglas Murray asks: if the history of humankind is a history of slavery, conquest, prejudice, genocide and exploitation, why are only Western nations taking the blame for it? It’s become, he explains, perfectly acceptable to celebrate the contributions of non-Western cultures, but discussing their flaws and crimes is called hate speech. What’s more it has become acceptable to discuss the flaws and crimes of Western culture, but celebrating their contributions is also called hate speech.
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5 out of 5 stars
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In the land of the blind …
- By theantlion on 01-05-22
- The War on the West
- How to Prevail in the Age of Unreason
- By: Douglas Murray
- Narrated by: Douglas Murray
spot on
Reviewed: 06-08-22
what an intelligent analysis..absolutely spot on and well read..should be compulsory in schools..what an intelligent man..of course he will be attacked for stating the obvious
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Putin: Prisoner of Power
- By: Dasha Lisitsina, Russell Finch
- Narrated by: Misha Glenny
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,181
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,849
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,849
On New Year's Eve 1999, a young Vladimir Putin appeared on Russian TV screens "” awkward, self-conscious... and the new President. Two decades later, Putin is still in power, standing self-assured and at ease on the world stage. How did a once little known KGB bureaucrat become one of the most dominant figures of twenty first century politics?
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1 out of 5 stars
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Typical BBC type propaganda
- By M on 14-10-19
- Putin: Prisoner of Power
- By: Dasha Lisitsina, Russell Finch
- Narrated by: Misha Glenny
informative in parts but v.biased
Reviewed: 03-05-22
as long as this biased narrative is followed, people of Ukraine will suffer war.
mentions nothing of nato s penchant for regime change and even the leaked conversations of 2014 where usa are picking government.
pushes narrative of Russia wanting trump in Whitehouse, clearly rediculous..they couldn't wait for corrupt compromised clown Biden to be in office ..that was starting gun to present events...God help people of Ukraine with the fires of war being stoked by West
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The Great Oil Conspiracy
- How the U.S. Government Hid the Nazi Discovery of Abiotic Oil from the American People
- By: Jerome R. Corsi
- Narrated by: Fleet Cooper
- Length: 3 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 68
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 62
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Story4 out of 5 stars 62
At the end of World War II, U.S. intelligence agents confiscated thousands of Nazi documents on what was known as the “Fischer-Tropsch Process” - a series of equations developed by German chemists unlocking the secrets of how oil is formed. When the Nazis took power, Germany had resolved to develop enough synthetic oil to wage war successfully, even without abundant national oil reserves.
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1 out of 5 stars
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literally awful
- By Amazon Customer on 20-09-21
- The Great Oil Conspiracy
- How the U.S. Government Hid the Nazi Discovery of Abiotic Oil from the American People
- By: Jerome R. Corsi
- Narrated by: Fleet Cooper
excellent explanation
Reviewed: 22-03-22
excellent long subverted truth that oil is abundant and only second to water in abundance..the misnomer of calling it a fossil fuel invented by marketing men..that keeps the price higj
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Why the Ukraine Crisis Is the West’s Fault
- The Liberal Delusions That Provoked Putin
- By: John J. Mearsheimer
- Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
- Length: 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 155
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 135
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Story4 out of 5 stars 135
Conventional wisdom in the West blames the Ukraine crisis on Russian aggression. But this account is wrong: Washington and its European allies actually share most of the responsibility, having spent decades pushing east into Russia’s natural sphere of interest.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Biased - and why part of my free listens??
- By Familyof4 on 21-02-22
- Why the Ukraine Crisis Is the West’s Fault
- The Liberal Delusions That Provoked Putin
- By: John J. Mearsheimer
- Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
excellent analysis
Reviewed: 19-03-22
should be compulsory in all schools..and to all so called journalists..as we approach ww3 an understanding of this subject is essential..schools so neglect proper education
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Hitler and Stalin
- The Tyrants and the Second World War
- By: Laurence Rees
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 18 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 128
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 109
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Story5 out of 5 stars 108
This compelling book on Hitler and Stalin - the culmination of 30 years' work - examines the two tyrants during the Second World War, when Germany and the Soviet Union fought the biggest and bloodiest war in history. Yet despite the fact they were bitter opponents, Laurence Rees shows that Hitler and Stalin were, to a large extent, different sides of the same coin. Hitler's charismatic leadership may contrast with Stalin's regimented rule by fear, and his intransigence later in the war may contrast with Stalin's change in behaviour in response to events.
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2 out of 5 stars
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poor overall
- By Kendo nagassaki on 14-03-22
- Hitler and Stalin
- The Tyrants and the Second World War
- By: Laurence Rees
- Narrated by: John Sackville
poor overall
Reviewed: 14-03-22
Not a bad collection of facts but very poor analysis of facts , no Dimbleby
Mr Reece approaches everything from his jaded BBC left wing backgroung which explains a lot
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WW2 - the Key Questions, answered by Laurence Rees.
- By: Laurence Rees
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 2
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Story3 out of 5 stars 2
A former Head of BBC TV History programmes, Laurence has specialized in writing books and making television documentaries about World War Two, the Nazis and Stalinism for thirty years. He won a BAFTA and a Peabody for his TV series 'The Nazis: A Warning from History' and a British Book Award for his book on Auschwitz, which is also the world's best selling book on this notorious camp. His book 'the Holocaust: A New History' was described by the Times as 'exemplary' and by the Daily Telegraph as 'the best single volume account of the atrocity ever written'. Educated at Oxford University, for ...
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thought provoking
- By Anonymous User on 21-04-22
political ..left wing rant..
Reviewed: 14-03-22
this is nothing more than a political rant.
completely inaccurate when describing a man who got more votes than any sitting leader in history.
relevant or irrelevant seeing as we are heading into ww3 with biden a completely demonstrably incompetent potus who is undoubtedly the reason putin has took the risk of invading ukraine.
I did not know he had a position at the BBC but his biased and one sided left wing and innacurate comments and views make sense and are completely in keeping with why the BBC are failing and irrelevant in today's world.
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