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Catherine de Medici
- Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France
- By: Leonie Frieda
- Narrated by: Sarah Le Fevre
- Length: 21 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance98
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SOON TO BE THE TV SERIES 'THE SERPENT QUEEN', STARRING SAMANTHA MORTON The bestselling revisionist biography of one of the great women of the 16th century Orphaned in infancy, Catherine de Medici was the sole legitimate heiress to the Medici family fortune. Married at fourteen to the future...
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Only for Non French Speakers
- By R S on 02-01-21
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Catherine de Medici
- Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France
- Narrated by: Sarah Le Fevre
- Length: 21 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 04-10-18
- Language: English
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Winter King
- The Dawn of Tudor England
- By: Thomas Penn
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 14 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall301
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Performance236
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A fresh look at the endlessly fascinating Tudors - the dramatic and overlooked story of Henry VII and his founding of the Tudor Dynasty - filled with spies, plots, counter-plots, and an uneasy royal succession to Henry VIII. Near the turn of the sixteenth century, England had been ravaged for decades by conspiracy and civil war. Henry Tudor clambered to the top of the heap, a fugitive with a flimsy claim to England’s crown who managed to win the throne and stay on it for 24 years.
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A Lesser-Known But Fascinating King
- By Olivier on 23-09-12
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Winter King
- The Dawn of Tudor England
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 14 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 06-03-12
- Language: English
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Miles Gone By
- A Literary Autobiography
- By: William F. Buckley Jr.
- Narrated by: William F. Buckley Jr.
- Length: 18 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9
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Performance6
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In this autobiography, woven from personal pieces composed over the course of a celebrated writing life of more than 50 years, you'll meet William Buckley the boy, growing up in a family of 10 children; Buckley the daring young political enfant terrible, whose debut book, God and Man at Yale, was a shocking New York Times best seller; Buckley the editor of National Review, widely hailed as the founder of the modern conservative movement; and Buckley the husband and father.
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Witty and illuminating
- By Amazon Customer on 02-07-18
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Miles Gone By
- A Literary Autobiography
- Narrated by: William F. Buckley Jr.
- Length: 18 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 01-08-05
- Language: English
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The Kennan Diaries
- By: George F. Kennan, Frank Costigliola - editor
- Narrated by: William Dufris
- Length: 27 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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A landmark collection, spanning 90 years of U.S. history, of the never-before-published diaries of George F. Kennan, America’s most famous diplomat. On a hot July afternoon in 1953, George F. Kennan descended the steps of the State Department building as a newly retired man. His career had been tumultuous: early postings in eastern Europe followed by Berlin in 1940-41 and Moscow in the last year of World War II. In 1946, the 42-year-old Kennan authored the "Long Telegram", a 5,500-word indictment of the Kremlin that became mandatory reading in Washington.
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For the Kennan purist?
- By Mister Peridot on 29-09-14
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The Kennan Diaries
- Narrated by: William Dufris
- Length: 27 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 16-02-14
- Language: English
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Hero of the Empire
- The Making of Winston Churchill
- By: Candice Millard
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall21
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Performance18
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Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition Hero of the Empire by Candice Millard, read by Simon Vance. 'Completely engrossing' Andrew Roberts From The New York Times bestselling author Candice Millard, this is the gripping true story of one dramatic - and emblematic - year...
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Great Addition to Our Knowledge of the Great Man
- By H. W. W. Kirby on 01-10-19
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Hero of the Empire
- The Making of Winston Churchill
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 20-04-17
- Language: English
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How Tyrants Fall
- And How Nations Survive
- By: Marcel Dirsus
- Narrated by: Richard Burnip
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall13
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Performance13
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Meeting with a revolutionary (codename 'Satan') who risked Stasi capture to undermine an oppressive regime, an American-Gambian activist who plotted to liberate his homeland on breaks during his construction job and the unapologetic former leader of a Burundian rebel group which carried out a massacre, internationally renowned security expert and political scientist Dr Marcel Dirsus draws on extensive field research and personal interviews with coup leaders, rebels and soldiers to examine the workings and malfunctions of tyrants.
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There is hope—a lot.
- By Echternacher on 05-08-24
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How Tyrants Fall
- And How Nations Survive
- Narrated by: Richard Burnip
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 18-07-24
- Language: English
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On Bloody Sunday
- A New History Of The Day And Its Aftermath – By The People Who Were There
- By: Julieann Campbell
- Narrated by: Annie Farr, Eleanor Methven, Gordon Griffin, and others
- Length: 14 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall67
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Performance56
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***** 'A momentous chronicle, timely and vital, which highlights that the burden of change rests, as always, upon the shoulders of those who suffered and yet, have nurtured the desire that lessons be learned.' - Michael Mansfield QC, who represented a number of families during the Bloody Sunday...
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Captivating
- By Tracey Millar on 08-03-22
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On Bloody Sunday
- A New History Of The Day And Its Aftermath – By The People Who Were There
- Narrated by: Annie Farr, Eleanor Methven, Gordon Griffin, Julieann Campbell, Maggie Ollerenshaw, Melanie MacHugh, Niall Cusack, Pat Lynch, Simon Nelson
- Length: 14 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 20-01-22
- Language: English
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The Grit in the Pearl
- The Scandalous Life of Margaret, Duchess of Argyll
- By: Lyndsy Spence
- Narrated by: Lucy Rayner
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall81
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Performance68
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Margaret, Duchess of Argyll (1912-1993) was an international celebrity in her youth. But in 1963, the year of the Profumo Affair, the 11th Duke of Argyll shocked the country when he alleged that his adulterous wife had slept with over 80 men behind his back. The duke won a divorce, and Margaret was abandoned by most of her friends. Lyndsy Spence tells a tragic story of the life and downfall of this fascinatingly complex woman, and shows how she fell victim to a cruel husband, harsh social mores, and an unforgiving class.
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Narrator is sing song and drove me nuts..
- By OSAGE on 25-01-20
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The Grit in the Pearl
- The Scandalous Life of Margaret, Duchess of Argyll
- Narrated by: Lucy Rayner
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 03-12-19
- Language: English
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Sinatra and the Jack Pack
- The Extraordinary Friendship Between Frank Sinatra and John F. Kennedy - Why They Bonded and What Went Wrong
- By: Michael Sheridan, David Harvey
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall26
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Performance23
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Frank Sinatra desperately wanted to be part of John F. Kennedy, Jr.'s gang. He had his own famed "Rat Pack", made up of hard drinking, womanizing individuals like himself - guys like Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Peter Lawford - but the guy "Ol' Blue Eyes" really wanted to hang with was Lawford's brother-in-law, the real chairman of the board, John F. Kennedy. In Sinatra and the Jack Pack, Michael Sheridan delves deep into the acclaimed singer's relationship with the former president.
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Sinatra
- By Linda T on 05-01-24
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Sinatra and the Jack Pack
- The Extraordinary Friendship Between Frank Sinatra and John F. Kennedy - Why They Bonded and What Went Wrong
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 15-08-16
- Language: English
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Crown of Blood
- The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey
- By: Nicola Tallis
- Narrated by: Charlotte Strevens
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall76
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Performance69
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'Good people, I am come hither to die and by a law I am condemned to the same.' These were the words uttered by 17-year-old Lady Jane Grey as she stood on the scaffold on a cold February morning in 1554. Forced on to the throne by power players at court, Queen Jane reigned for just 13 days before being imprisoned in the tower, condemned for high treason and executed.
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Absorbing and well read episode of Tudor history.
- By ColCam on 02-10-17
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Crown of Blood
- The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey
- Narrated by: Charlotte Strevens
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 18-09-17
- Language: English
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Unspeakable
- The Sunday Times Bestselling Autobiography
- By: John Bercow
- Narrated by: John Bercow
- Length: 18 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall303
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Performance250
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When John Bercow retired as Speaker of the House of Commons on 31 October 2019, he had become one of the most recognisable and iconoclastic figures in British politics, occupying a ringside seat during one of the most febrile periods in modern British history. In his no-holds-barred memoir, he...
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Pompous
- By Adrienne on 17-02-20
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Unspeakable
- The Sunday Times Bestselling Autobiography
- Narrated by: John Bercow
- Length: 18 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 06-02-20
- Language: English
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On Call
- A Doctor's Journey in Public Service
- By: Anthony Fauci M.D.
- Narrated by: Anthony Fauci M.D.
- Length: 19 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall24
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Performance22
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#1 New York Times Bestseller The memoir by the doctor who became a beacon of hope for millions through the COVID pandemic, and whose six-decade career in high-level public service put him in the room with seven presidents “An eventful autobiography [and] a classic American story…Gripping...
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A beautiful legacy
- By JamesO on 08-06-25
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On Call
- A Doctor's Journey in Public Service
- Narrated by: Anthony Fauci M.D.
- Length: 19 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 18-06-24
- Language: English
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House of Music: Raising the Kanneh-Masons
- By: Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason
- Narrated by: Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall28
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Performance27
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Seven brothers and sisters. All of them classically trained musicians. One was Young Musician of the Year and performed for the royal family. The eldest has released her first album, showcasing the works of Clara Schumann. These siblings don’t come from the rarefied environment of elite music schools, but from a state comprehensive in Nottingham. How did they do it? Their mother, Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason, opens up about what it takes to raise a musical family in a Britain divided by class and race.
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The vulnerability of the author is heartwarming
- By ZeMummy on 11-01-26
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House of Music: Raising the Kanneh-Masons
- Narrated by: Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 25-03-21
- Language: English
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Power and Glory - As seen on Channel 4’s Edward vs George
- Elizabeth II and the Rebirth of Royalty
- By: Alexander Larman
- Narrated by: Sophie Roberts
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Power and Glory begins with the fallout from the revelation of the Duke of Windsor's wartime treachery, and ends with the Coronation of Elizabeth II on 2 June 1953. In between, it depicts a monarchy - and a country - struggling to cope with the aftermath of World War Two, in an era where old...
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EXCELLENT BOOK
- By Pixie Girl on 16-02-26
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Power and Glory - As seen on Channel 4’s Edward vs George
- Elizabeth II and the Rebirth of Royalty
- Narrated by: Sophie Roberts
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 28-03-24
- Language: English
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Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician
- By: Anthony Everitt
- Narrated by: John Curless
- Length: 15 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall222
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Performance194
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In this dynamic and engaging biography, Anthony Everitt plunges us into the fascinating, scandal-ridden world of ancient Rome in its most glorious heyday. Accessible to us through his legendary speeches but also through an unrivaled collection of unguarded letters to his close friend Atticus, Cicero comes to life here as a witty and cunning political operator.
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An excellent history
- By StevenCF on 05-03-17
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Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician
- Narrated by: John Curless
- Length: 15 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 18-11-14
- Language: English
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Marine A
- The Truth About the Murder Conviction
- By: Alexander Blackman
- Narrated by: Jake Wood
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall215
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Performance194
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For the first time, a blistering, highly charged account from the man known as 'Marine A' who was at the centre of the controversial murder of a wounded Taliban fighter. His case led to an unprecedented wave of public support which raised over £800,000 to fund his appeal. The nerve-shredding situations Sgt. Blackman operated within, under sustained attack for long periods, living in the unrelenting horror of a theatre of war, took their toll mentally and physically.
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Interesting book spoilt by the narrator
- By Phippo on 21-06-20
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LBJ: The Mastermind of the JFK Assassination
- By: Phillip F. Nelson
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 27 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall140
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Performance122
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The case against Lyndon B. Johnson and his role in Kennedy's assassination has never been sounder. LBJ aims to prove that Vice President Johnson played an active role in the assassination of President Kennedy and that he began planning his takeover of the U.S. presidency even before being named the vice presidential nominee in 1960. Nelson's careful and meticulous research has led him to uncover secrets from one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in our country's history.
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History is slowly giving up its secrets
- By lowryboy on 15-06-17
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LBJ: The Mastermind of the JFK Assassination
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 27 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 03-02-13
- Language: English
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Thorns, Lust and Glory
- The betrayal of Anne Boleyn
- By: Estelle Paranque
- Narrated by: Anna Wilson-Jones
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall14
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Performance14
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Brought to you by Penguin. A queen on the edge. Anne Boleyn has mesmerised the English public for centuries. Her tragic execution, orchestrated by her own husband, never ceases to intrigue. How did this courtier's daughter become the queen of England, and what was it that really tore apart this...
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Poorly treated and manipulated by men it seems
- By T R Stock on 28-08-25
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Thorns, Lust and Glory
- The betrayal of Anne Boleyn
- Narrated by: Anna Wilson-Jones
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 02-05-24
- Language: English
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My Own Words
- By: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Mary Hartnett, Wendy W. Williams, and others
- Narrated by: Linda Lavin
- Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall94
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Performance73
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The first book from Ruth Bader Ginsburg since becoming a Supreme Court Justice in 1993—a witty, engaging, serious, and playful collection of writings and speeches from the woman who has had a powerful and enduring influence on law, women’s rights, and popular culture. My Own Words offers...
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Poor sample, excellent audiobook
- By GC on 17-10-20
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My Own Words
- Narrated by: Linda Lavin
- Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 04-10-16
- Language: English
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Nixon and Kissinger
- Partners in Power
- By: Robert Dallek
- Narrated by: Eric Conger
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
- Abridged
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Overall26
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Performance18
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More than thirty years after working side by side in the White House, Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger still stand as two of the most compelling, contradictory, and powerful leaders in America in the second half of the twentieth century. Both were largely self-made men, brimming with ambition...
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WARNING: not the unabridged version
- By Adam on 05-03-14
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Nixon and Kissinger
- Partners in Power
- Narrated by: Eric Conger
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 24-04-07
- Language: English
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