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First into Action
- A Dramatic Personal Account of Life Inside the SBS
- By: Duncan Falconer
- Narrated by: Duncan Falconer
- Length: 13 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance599
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The Special Boat Service (SBS) has long been the forgotten sibling of British Special Forces, but no longer. Duncan Falconer's grippingly personal memoir finally lifts the lid on life, loss, training and operations in the toughest unit of them all—the SBS. From joining up as a teenager, through SBS recruitment, training, and operational detachments, First into Action takes us on a journey through the SBS's history, operations and tactics seen through the lens of Duncan Falconer's remarkable story.
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Much needed Account of the SBS
- By peter on 02-12-22
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First into Action
- A Dramatic Personal Account of Life Inside the SBS
- Narrated by: Duncan Falconer
- Length: 13 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 26-08-22
- Language: English
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First They Killed My Father
- A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
- By: Loung Ung
- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall265
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Performance243
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One of seven children of a high-ranking government official, Loung Ung lived a privileged life in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh until the age of five. Then, in April 1975, Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge army stormed into the city, forcing Ung's family to flee and, eventually, to disperse. Loung was trained as a child soldier in a work camp for orphans, her siblings were sent to labor camps, and those who survived the horrors would not be reunited until the Khmer Rouge was destroyed.
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voiceover is not suited
- By Roisin M. on 01-09-19
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First They Killed My Father
- A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 30-06-11
- Language: English
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First Lady
- The Life and Wars of Clementine Churchill
- By: Sonia Purnell
- Narrated by: Charlotte Strevens
- Length: 15 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall138
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Performance121
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Without Churchill's inspiring leadership, Britain could not have survived its darkest hour and repelled the Nazi menace. Without his wife, Clementine, however, he might never have become Prime Minister. By his own admission, the Second World War would have been 'impossible without her'. Clementine was Winston's emotional rock and his most trusted confidante. Yet her ability to charm Britain's allies and her humanitarian efforts on the home front earned her deep respect.
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Lovely told story of a lovely lady
- By Anonymous on 22-05-18
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First Lady
- The Life and Wars of Clementine Churchill
- Narrated by: Charlotte Strevens
- Length: 15 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 06-07-16
- Language: English
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The Wild Men
- The Remarkable Story of Britain's First Labour Government -- A Waterstones Book of the Year 2024
- By: David Torrance
- Narrated by: Nathaniel Priestley
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall23
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Performance23
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Bloomsbury presents The Wild Men by David Torrance, read by Nathaniel Priestley. A century ago a Labour government took power for the first time, meet the Wild Men who led the way... 'Thoroughly researched… brings superbly to life figures whom history should not have forgotten.' – Simon...
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Not so wild wild men
- By Aurifex on 09-03-24
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The Wild Men
- The Remarkable Story of Britain's First Labour Government -- A Waterstones Book of the Year 2024
- Narrated by: Nathaniel Priestley
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 18-01-24
- Language: English
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Fit to Serve
- Reflections on a Secret Life, Private Struggle, and Public Battle to Become the First Openly Gay U.S. Ambassador
- By: Ambassador James C. Hormel, Erin Martin
- Narrated by: Richard Waterhouse
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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This is the memoir of James C. Hormel - a man who grew up feeling different not only because his family owned the Hormel “empire” and lived in a 26 bedroom house in a small Midwest town, but because he was gay at a time when homosexuality was not discussed or accepted. Outwardly he tried to live up to the life his father wanted for him - he was a successful professional, had married a lovely woman, and had children - but as volatile changes in the late 1960s impeded on the American psyche, Hormel realized that he could not hide his true self forever.
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Fit to Serve
- Reflections on a Secret Life, Private Struggle, and Public Battle to Become the First Openly Gay U.S. Ambassador
- Narrated by: Richard Waterhouse
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 08-02-13
- Language: English
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The First Elizabeth
- By: Carolly Erickson
- Narrated by: Antony Ferguson
- Length: 18 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall20
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Performance18
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In this remarkable biography, Carolly Erickson brings Elizabeth I to life and allows us to see her as a living, breathing, elegant, flirtatious, diplomatic, violent, arrogant, and outrageous woman who commands our attention, fascination, and awe. With the special skill for which she is acclaimed, Carolly Erickson electrifies the senses as she evokes with total fidelity the brilliant colors of Elizabethan clothing and jewelry, the texture of tapestries, and even the close, perfumed air of castle rooms. Erickson demonstrates her extraordinary ability to discern and bring to life psychological and physical reality.
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Elizabeth. Her life and court.
- By Teresa Cooper on 12-01-16
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The First Elizabeth
- Narrated by: Antony Ferguson
- Length: 18 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 19-02-13
- Language: English
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Isabella of Castile
- Europe's First Great Queen
- By: Giles Tremlett
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 19 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall55
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Performance48
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Story48
In 1474, a 23-year-old woman ascended the throne of Castile, the largest and strongest kingdom in Spain. Ahead of her lay the considerable challenge not only of being a young female ruler in an overwhelmingly male-dominated world but also of reforming a major European kingdom that was riddled with crime, corruption, and violent political factionism. Her pivotal reign was long and transformative, uniting Spain and setting the stage for its golden era of global dominance.
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A fascinating but grim tale, very well read.
- By Philadelphus on 17-01-20
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Isabella of Castile
- Europe's First Great Queen
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 19 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 09-02-17
- Language: English
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A Woman Like Me
- The stunning memoir from the UK's first elected Black female MP
- By: Diane Abbott
- Narrated by: Diane Abbott
- Length: 13 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall54
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Performance52
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Brought to you by Penguin. From challenging expectations as a bright and restless child of the Windrush generation to making history as the first elected Black female MP in the UK, Diane Abbott has seen it all. A Woman Like Me takes readers through Diane’s incredible journey, painting a vivid...
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From her mouth to our ears!
- By Ashleigh Applewhaite on 09-05-26
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A Woman Like Me
- The stunning memoir from the UK's first elected Black female MP
- Narrated by: Diane Abbott
- Length: 13 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 19-09-24
- Language: English
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Into the Fire
- A Firsthand Account of the Most Extraordinary Battle in the Afghan War
- By: Dakota Meyer, Bing West
- Narrated by: Zach McLarty
- Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall107
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Performance96
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“The story of what Dakota did . . . will be told for generations.”—President Barack Obama, from remarks given at Meyer’s Medal of Honor ceremony In the fall of 2009, Taliban insurgents ambushed a patrol of Afghan soldiers and Marine advisors in a mountain village called Ganjigal. Firing...
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Incredible !
- By Tash on 28-02-20
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Into the Fire
- A Firsthand Account of the Most Extraordinary Battle in the Afghan War
- Narrated by: Zach McLarty
- Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 25-09-12
- Language: English
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Divining Duterte
- Perspectives, Policies, Performance
- By: Edilberto C. De Jesus
- Narrated by: Joshua Leano
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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First published as opinion pieces, the essays in Divining Duterte provide contemporaneous commentaries on the context, course and consequences of the policies Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte pursued after his 2016 election.Duterte became the first president in seventy years to come from...
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Divining Duterte
- Perspectives, Policies, Performance
- Narrated by: Joshua Leano
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 23-06-26
- Language: English
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First
- Sandra Day O'Connor
- By: Evan Thomas
- Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
- Length: 16 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The intimate, inspiring, and authoritative biography of Sandra Day O’Connor, America’s first female Supreme Court justice, drawing on exclusive interviews and first-time access to Justice O’Connor’s archives—as seen on PBS’s American Experience...
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First
- Sandra Day O'Connor
- Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
- Length: 16 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 19-03-19
- Language: English
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First Women
- The Grace and Power of America's Modern First Ladies
- By: Kate Andersen Brower
- Narrated by: Karen White
- Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6
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Performance5
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the groundbreaking backstairs look at the White House, The Residence, comes an intimate, news-making look at the true modern power brokers at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue: the First Ladies, from Jackie Kennedy to Michelle Obama. One of the most...
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Smart, readable and thoughtful
- By Laura-Tuesday Brickwood on 02-01-26
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First Women
- The Grace and Power of America's Modern First Ladies
- Narrated by: Karen White
- Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 12-04-16
- Language: English
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Surrender at Appomattox
- First-hand Accounts of Robert E. Lee's Surrender to Ulysses S. Grant
- By: Ulysses S. Grant, Wesley Merritt, John Gibbon, and others
- Narrated by: Andrew Mulcare
- Length: 2 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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On the 12th of April 1865, the Army of Northern Virginia marched to the field in front of Appomattox Court-House, stacked their arms, folded their colors, and walked off empty handed to find their distant, blighted homes. These are detailed and moving first-hand accounts from a number of prominent witnesses to Robert E. Lee's surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox.
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Surrender at Appomattox
- First-hand Accounts of Robert E. Lee's Surrender to Ulysses S. Grant
- Narrated by: Andrew Mulcare
- Length: 2 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 29-04-11
- Language: English
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Sisters First
- Stories from Our Wild and Wonderful Life
- By: Jenna Bush Hager, Barbara Pierce Bush, Laura Bush - introduction
- Narrated by: Jenna Bush Hager, Barbara Pierce Bush, Laura Bush
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall16
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Performance14
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Former first daughters share intimate stories and reflections from the Texas countryside to the storied halls of the White House and beyond. Born into a political dynasty, Jenna and Barbara Bush grew up in the public eye. As small children, they watched their grandfather become president; just...
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Great listen
- By Christine lee on 06-01-19
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Sisters First
- Stories from Our Wild and Wonderful Life
- Narrated by: Jenna Bush Hager, Barbara Pierce Bush, Laura Bush
- Series: Sisters First, Book 1
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 24-10-17
- Language: English
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Upstairs at the White House
- My Life with the First Ladies
- By: J. B. West
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 13 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall10
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Performance9
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J. B. West, chief usher of the White House, directed the operations and maintenance of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue - and coordinated its daily life - at the request of the president and his family. He directed state functions; planned parties, weddings, funerals, gardens, playgrounds, and extensive renovations; and with a large staff, supervised every activity in the presidential home.
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Upstairs at the White House
- My Life with the First Ladies
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 13 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 25-10-13
- Language: English
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The Thirty-First of March
- An Intimate Portrait of Lyndon Johnson
- By: Horace Busby, Scott Busby - preface
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Horace Busby was one of LBJ's most trusted advisors; their close working and personal relationship spanned twenty years. In The Thirty-First of March he offers an indelible portrait of a president and a presidency at a time of crisis.
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The Thirty-First of March
- An Intimate Portrait of Lyndon Johnson
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 05-03-24
- Language: English
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Born Trump
- Inside America’s First Family
- By: Emily Jane Fox
- Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall7
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Performance7
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As a writer at Vanity Fair covering the Trump family, Emily Jane Fox has spent the last year doing a deep dive into the lives of the President’s children. Born Trump is the explosive narrative of her findings as an insider within the most influential family in America. Journalist Emily Jane...
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Born Trump
- Inside America’s First Family
- Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 19-06-18
- Language: English
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Otto von Bismarck: The Life and Legacy of the German Empire's First Chancellor
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Mark Norman
- Length: 1 hr and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall11
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Performance7
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In 1832, 17-year-old Otto von Bismarck had just entered university and was already rejecting the republican indoctrination of his grade school years. Unlike so many of his day who had championed representative government, Bismarck longed for the glory of a nation he believed would only be found under a single, strong leader. Though his early university days showed him he would be isolated by this thinking, he strongly believed not only in the ideal of a national German state, but in its possibility.
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very good
- By Edward C Sidsaph on 19-08-20
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Otto von Bismarck: The Life and Legacy of the German Empire's First Chancellor
- Narrated by: Mark Norman
- Length: 1 hr and 45 mins
- Release date: 26-01-18
- Language: English
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Marshal Josip Broz Tito: The Life and Legacy of Yugoslavia's First President
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 34 mins
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Performance5
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The World War II era produced many leaders of titanic determination, men whose strengths and weaknesses left an extraordinary imprint on historical affairs. Josip Broz Tito, better known to history as Marshal Tito, was undoubtedly one of these figures. Originally a machinist, Tito leveraged his success in the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (CPY) and a number of extraordinary strokes of luck into dictatorial rule over Yugoslavia for a span of 35 years. World War II proved the watershed that enabled him to secure control of the country.
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Marshal Josip Broz Tito: The Life and Legacy of Yugoslavia's First President
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 34 mins
- Release date: 29-03-17
- Language: English
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You Can't Spell America Without Me
- The Really Tremendous Inside Story of My Fantastic First Year as President Donald J. Trump (A So-Called Parody)
- By: Alec Baldwin, Kurt Andersen
- Narrated by: Alec Baldwin, Kurt Andersen, Oliver Wyman
- Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall26
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Performance23
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Random House presents the audiobook edition of You Can't Spell America Without Me by Alec Baldwin and Kurt Andersen, read by the authors with Oliver Wyman. Political satire as deeper truth: Donald Trump’s presidential memoir, as recorded by two world-renowned Trump scholars, and experts on...
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Brilliant (when Alec Baldwin reading)
- By C on 05-02-18
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You Can't Spell America Without Me
- The Really Tremendous Inside Story of My Fantastic First Year as President Donald J. Trump (A So-Called Parody)
- Narrated by: Alec Baldwin, Kurt Andersen, Oliver Wyman
- Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 09-11-17
- Language: English
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