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Empire of Pain
- The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
- De: Patrick Radden Keefe
- Narrado por: Patrick Radden Keefe
- Duración: 18 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 9,084
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 7,914
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 7,870
The prize-winning and best-selling author of Say Nothing presents a grand, devastating portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, famed for their philanthropy, whose fortune was built by Valium and whose reputation was destroyed by OxyContin. Empire of Pain is a masterpiece of narrative reporting and writing, exhaustively documented and ferociously compelling.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Full Account of the Sackler Conspiracy
- De Edward Bisch en 04-13-21
- Empire of Pain
- The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
- De: Patrick Radden Keefe
- Narrado por: Patrick Radden Keefe
Investigative journalism at it’s finest
Revisado: 10-23-24
As I’m sure many others have, I’ve seen the productions on Netflix and Hulu that reference the Sackler story. But neither holds a candle to the deep dive done by this writer. He tells the in depth story of personal and business behaviors and advertising tactics this family - repeatedly employed over 3 generations - to move their various pharmaceutical products - without regard to human health or lives.
Staggering that the opioids crisis was in effect a long con: perpetrated by this Sackler family of medical doctors (and complicit parties at the FDA) against their nationwide target: the entirety of medical doctors in our country, A con the Sacklers were quite proud to have pulled off!
Very impressive that this writer had the courage and tenacity to deep dive into this tragedy after so many before him had tried and failed to get the entirety of the story revealed to a suffering public. Stellar job!
Afterthought: Following the 2024 Supreme Court’s ruling against the “bankruptcy settlement” with the participating states, what recourse do the victims/families have left? Civil cases against the Sacklers?
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Para Bellum
- De: S.J.A. Turney
- Narrado por: Robin Laing
- Duración: 13 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 26
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 26
AD 381. Five years have gone by since a Roman governor ordered the deaths of a Gothic king and his attendants at a feast in their honor. This disastrous act led to warfare in the Roman Empire and the death of the Emperor Valens. The Empire is now at peace, but the powerful brother of the murdered king has sworn revenge on the regicides, and will not rest until they are hunted down. For the eight legionaries who carried out the killings, the bloodshed is only just beginning.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Disappointingly mediocre
- De Brother Adrian en 03-06-24
- Para Bellum
- De: S.J.A. Turney
- Narrado por: Robin Laing
Excellent as always...
Revisado: 01-21-24
Really look forward to Historical Fiction books by this author, especially those set in ancient Rome. Please! Keep 'em coming!
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Books that Matter: The Prince
- De: William Landon, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: William Landon
- Duración: 11 h y 1 m
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 553
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 489
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 486
Should leaders be feared or loved? Can dictators give rise to democracy? Should rulers have morals or wear them like a mask? Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince puts forth unsettling questions like these, whose answers redefined centuries of political wisdom. But what does it really mean to be Machiavellian? These 24 lectures are more than just a close reading of one of the great books of Western history.
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1 out of 5 stars
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The history is destroyed by moralizing and biases.
- De Steve Goppert en 08-16-17
- Books that Matter: The Prince
- De: William Landon, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: William Landon
An adventure in multiple perspectives
Revisado: 12-08-23
I found this to be really interesting. The presenter does a great job of unfolding Machiavelli's story in detail, context, and time period. A pleasure to listen to.
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American Sniper
- The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
- De: Chris Kyle, Scott McEwan, Jim DeFelice
- Narrado por: John Pruden
- Duración: 10 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 32,089
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 28,078
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 28,072
From 1999 to 2009, U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle recorded the most career sniper kills in United States military history. The Pentagon has officially confirmed more than 150 of Kyles kills (the previous American record was 109), but it has declined to verify the astonishing total number for this book. Iraqi insurgents feared Kyle so much they named him al-Shaitan ("the devil") and placed a bounty on his head.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Tremendously Enlightening, could not put it down
- De T. Edwards en 01-09-12
- American Sniper
- The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
- De: Chris Kyle, Scott McEwan, Jim DeFelice
- Narrado por: John Pruden
Great boo, abrupt ending...
Revisado: 11-26-23
Was a little disappointed at how the book just abruptly ended. Chris Kyle was an extraordinary individual.
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The Noise of War (A Tale of Ancient Rome)
- The Sertorius Scrolls, Book 2
- De: Vincent B. Davis II
- Narrado por: Joshua Saxon
- Duración: 8 h y 45 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 143
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 130
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 130
The only survivor of a brutal battle, driven by a desperate need to see his family again.... Rome, 107 BC. Quintus Sertorius fought while the enemy slaughtered 90,000 of his brethren in the city’s bloodiest defeat. Battling night terrors and survivor’s guilt, he vows to preserve his beloved Rome and embarks on a covert mission deep into enemy territory. Sertorius grows his beard and disguises himself in the garb of a Gaul, all the while his stomach churns with fear of discovery. But in order to gain vital information about the invaders, he must sink deeper into their ranks.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Narrator Makes It
- De SF en 10-18-19
- The Noise of War (A Tale of Ancient Rome)
- The Sertorius Scrolls, Book 2
- De: Vincent B. Davis II
- Narrado por: Joshua Saxon
Excellent book, Excellent narrator
Revisado: 11-26-23
Really enjoying this Historical Fiction series. Well written and I really like the narrator. He does a great job.
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Bodies in the Tiber: An Ancient Rome Political Thriller
- The Sertorius Scrolls, Book 3
- De: Vincent B. Davis II
- Narrado por: Joshua Saxon
- Duración: 8 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 60
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 60
After years of fighting on the battlefield, Sertorius returns to the city and family he fought for, to find them far different than he remembered. Rome, 100 B.C. The northern menace has been annihilated. Rome has no more foes to conquer, her borders are secure. But the Republic has never been closer to collapsing. At the height of his power and with the love of the people, Marius is a few political connections away from ruling the Republic. Will the august body of the Senate be enough to stop him?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Awesome
- De FB en 02-04-25
- Bodies in the Tiber: An Ancient Rome Political Thriller
- The Sertorius Scrolls, Book 3
- De: Vincent B. Davis II
- Narrado por: Joshua Saxon
Good story, Excellent narrator
Revisado: 11-26-23
I really like this series. Very well written, everything ties together nicely, and most of these stories make me want to listen straight through. But compared to the other books in this series, I found this one not as compelling. Probably just me.
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