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Title: From Wall Street to the White House and Back: The Scaramucci Guide to Unbreakable Resilience

Author: Anthony Scaramucci

Narrator: Anthony Scaramucci

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 6 hours 33 minutes

Release date: May 21, 2024

Genres: Law & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

Learn from the successes, the fights, and the failures of businessman and former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci.Have you just been fired? Did that job you were hoping to get not pan out? Did you recently end up embarrassing yourself in a major way in front of people you really wanted to impress?Not to worry. There’s a way out of whatever you’re going through, and Anthony Scaramucci—or “The Mooch,” as he’s known to his friends—is the perfect person to point you in the right direction. Whatever you’re going through, he’s been through it already. Probably twice. And he’s learned a whole lot of lessons along the way.In From Wall Street to the White House and Back, the Mooch sets down twentysix of these lessons. Along the way, he tells wild tales from his time working in finance, politics, and a few strange places in between.Readers will spend time in the Oval Office with President Donald Trump, visit the Bahamas with the disgraced crypto king Sam Bankman-Fried, and encounter pearls of wisdom from a few other unlikely sources in the world of business, national politics, and publishing.If you’re interested in Eminem, Leo Tolstoy, Sigmund Freud, or Tony Robbins—all of whom are mentioned at least once in these pages—and you want to learn from the mistakes of one of the all-time great mistake-makers of our age, jump in.

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Title: [German] - Becoming Bulletproof: Mein Leben zwischen Survival-Touren, Bushcraft und Bundeswehr

Author: Otto Bulletproof

Narrator: Philipp Oehme

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 5 hours 43 minutes

Release date: May 15, 2024

Genres: Law & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

Im Leben eines Soldaten ist der Tod jederzeit nah. Otto Bulletproof machte diese Erfahrung, als er als Teil einer Fallschirmjägereinheit der Bundeswehr in Afghanistan in Lebensgefahr geriet. Von Raketenbeschuss und heiklen Missionen bis zum Tod eines Kameraden erzählt er in »Becoming Bulletproof« Geschichten aus dieser Zeit und davon, was ihn das Militär über Pflichtbewusstsein, Sinn und Werte gelehrt hat. Und natürlich berichtet er von herausfordernden Survival-Touren wie »7 vs. Wild« oder der »Warrior«-Reihe, die sein Leben bereichern, seitdem er aus dem Militär ausgeschieden ist. Ob als Soldat, Sportler, Geschäftsmann oder YouTuber – Otto hat mithilfe seines unerschütterlichen Mindsets extreme Prüfungen bewältigt. Seine Geschichten entwickeln einen unwiderstehlichen Sog, als würde er sie an einem Lagerfeuer mitten in der Wildnis preisgeben. Sie motivieren und treiben an – und appellieren an Mut und Tatkraft eines jeden von uns.

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Title: A Seat at the Table: The Life and Times of Shirley Chisholm

Author: F. Erik Brooks, Drs. Glenn L. Starks

Narrator: Kim Staunton

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 10 hours 25 minutes

Release date: May 14, 2024

Genres: Law & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisolm rose from being the child of immigrants to running for the highest office in the land. She was both the first African American woman elected to the US Congress and the first African American woman of a major political party to make a serious run for president of the United States.These achievements were not in spite of her background but rather because of it. She persevered by being steadfast in her political convictions and unwilling to compromise on the issues she believed in. Chisholm directly challenged the political establishment and gave a political voice to so many segments of society that were historically ignored—women, racial minorities, young people, the gay community, domestic and agricultural workers, and the poor—not only in her home district in Brooklyn, New York, but across the country.Her run for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination may not have ended in victory, but it was successful in forging a grassroots campaign that united diverse Americans behind a candidate who championed their collective interests. Her efforts laid the groundwork for change then, now, and in the future.Without Shirley Chisholm, there may not have been a Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, or Kamala Harris. “A Seat at the Table is a must-read. The authors share Shirley Chisholm’s personal narrative and convey how she was passionate about equality and education as she navigated racism and sexism in the United States. She is an inspiration to all of uswho serve the public good.”—Dr. Camille M. Davidson, Dean of Southern Illinois University School of Law

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Title: Kennan: A Life between Worlds

Author: Frank Costigliola

Narrator: Paul Brion

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 22 hours 33 minutes

Release date: May 14, 2024

Genres: Law & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

The diplomat and historian George F. Kennan (1904–2005) ranks as one of the most important figures in American foreign policy. Drawing on many previously untapped sources, Frank Costigliola's biography offers a new picture of a man of extraordinary ability and ambition whose idea of containing the Soviet Union helped ignite the Cold War but who spent the next half century trying to extinguish it. Always prescient, Kennan in the 1990s warned that the eastward expansion of NATO would spur a new cold war with Russia. Even as Kennan championed rational realism in foreign policy, his personal and professional lives were marked by turmoil. And though he was widely respected and honored by presidents and the public, he judged his career a failure because he had been dropped as a pilot of US foreign policy. Kennan was a trenchant critic of both communism and capitalism, and a pioneering environmentalist. Living between Russia and the US, he witnessed firsthand Stalin's tightening grip on the Soviet Union, the collapse of Europe during WWII, and the nuclear arms race of the Cold War. An absorbing portrait of an eloquent, insightful, and sometimes blinkered iconoclast whose ideas are still powerfully relevant, Kennan invites us to imagine a world that Kennan fought for but was unable to bring about—one not of confrontations and crises but of dialogue and diplomacy.

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Title: Fat Leonard: How One Man Bribed, Bilked, and Seduced the U.S. Navy

Author: Craig Whitlock

Narrator: Dan Bittner

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 11 hours 11 minutes

Release date: May 14, 2024

Genres: Law & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

#1 New York Times bestselling author Craig Whitlock’s masterful account of one of the biggest public corruption scandals in American history—exposing how a charismatic Malaysian defense contractor bribed scores of high-ranking military officers, defrauded the US Navy of tens of millions of dollars, and jeopardized our nation’s security. All the admirals in the US Navy knew Leonard Glenn Francis—either personally or by his legendary reputation. He was the larger-than-life defense contractor who greeted them on the pier whenever they visited ports in Asia, ready to show them a good time after weeks at sea while his company resupplied their ships and submarines. He was famed throughout the fleet for the gluttonous parties he hosted for officers: $1,000-per-person dinners at Asia’s swankiest restaurants, featuring unlimited Dom Pérignon, Cuban cigars, and sexy young women. On the surface, with his flawless American accent, he seemed like a true friend of the Navy. What the brass didn’t realize, until far too late, was that Francis had seduced them by exploiting their entitlement and hubris. While he was bribing them with gifts, lavish meals, and booze-fueled orgies, he was making himself obscenely wealthy by bilking American taxpayers. Worse, he was stealing military secrets from under the admirals’ noses and compromising national security. Based on reams of confidential documents—including the blackmail files that Francis kept on Navy officers—Fat Leonard is the full, unvarnished story of a world-class con man and a captivating testament to the corrosive influence of greed within the ranks of the American military.

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Title: Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake

Author: Stan Redding, Frank W. Abagnale

Narrator: Barrett Whitener

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 8 hours 26 minutes

Release date: May 7, 2024

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1

Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1

Genres: Law & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

The uproarious, bestselling true story of the world's most sought-after con man, immortalized by Leonardo DiCaprio in DreamWorks' feature film of the same name, from the author of Scam Me If You Can.  Frank W. Abagnale, alias Frank Williams, Robert Conrad, Frank Adams, and Robert Monjo, was one of the most daring con men, forgers, imposters, and escape artists in history. In his brief but notorious criminal career, Abagnale donned a pilot's uniform and copiloted a Pan Am jet, masqueraded as the supervising resident of a hospital, practiced law without a license, passed himself off as a college sociology professor, and cashed over $2.5 million in forged checks, all before he was twenty-one. Known by the police of twenty-six foreign countries and all fifty states as 'The Skywayman,' Abagnale lived a sumptuous life on the lam—until the law caught up with him. Now recognized as the nation's leading authority on financial foul play, Abagnale is a charming rogue whose hilarious, stranger-than-fiction international escapades, and ingenious escapes-including one from an airplane-make Catch Me If You Can an irresistible tale of deceit.

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Title: The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt: The Women Who Created a President

Author: Edward F. O'keefe

Narrator: Edward F. O'keefe

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 14 hours 36 minutes

Release date: May 7, 2024

Genres: Law & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

Includes an exclusive audio postscript featuring archival recordings of the voices of the Roosevelts, including Theodore (one of the first US presidents to have his voice captured on audio), Eleanor, Edith, Corinne, and Alice. An “elegant and illuminating” (Jon Meacham) family love story, revealing how an icon of rugged American masculinity was profoundly shaped by the women in his life, especially his mother, sisters, and wives. Theodore Roosevelt wrote in his senior thesis for Harvard in 1880 that women ought to be paid equal to men and have the option of keeping their maiden names upon marriage. It’s little surprise he’d be a feminist, given the women he grew up with. His mother, Mittie, was witty and decisive, a Southern belle raising four young children in New York while her husband spent long stretches away with the Union Army. Theodore’s college sweetheart and first wife, Alice—so vivacious she was known as Sunshine—steered her beau away from science (he’d roam campus with taxidermy specimens in his pockets) and towards politics. Older sister Bamie would soon become her brother’s key political strategist and advisor; journalists called her Washington, DC, home “the Little White House.” Younger sister Conie served as her brother’s press secretary before the role existed, slipping stories of his heroics in Cuba and his rambunctious home life to reporters to create the legend of the Rough Rider we remember today. And Edith—Theodore’s childhood playmate and second wife—would elevate the role of presidential spouse to an American institution, curating both the White House and her husband’s legacy. A “graceful and powerful book” (Candice Millard) filled with “meticulous research [and] perceptive insights” (The New York Times), The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt celebrates these five extraordinary yet unsung women who opened the door to the American Century and pushed Theodore Roosevelt through it.

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Title: Relentless: My Story of the Latino Spirit That Is Transforming America

Author: Luis A. Miranda

Narrator: Luis A. Miranda

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 45 minutes

Release date: May 7, 2024

Genres: Law & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

Essential reading from an expert voice: Luis A. Miranda Jr.’s personal and political memoir reveals a deep understanding of Latino culture and how to build community to change our world for the better.   A veteran of New York and national politics, Luis Miranda embodies the relentless spirit of progress of American immigrants. There is no one on the Latino, New York, and national political scene with the breadth of experience, passion, and storytelling charm of Luis Miranda. In Relentless, he shares a fascinating narrative of his life and career—from his early days as a radically minded Puerto Rican activist to his decades of political advice and problem-solving. Miranda recounts the thrill of the ascendency of Hamilton, created by his son Lin-Manuel, and he details the suffering after the devastation of Puerto Rico by Hurricane Maria. Amid the triumphs and challenges, Miranda examines what his experience reveals about our ever-changing politics, demographics, and society.

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Title: [Spanish] - Incansable: Mi historia de la fuerza latina que está transformando a los Estados Unidos

Author: Luis A. Miranda

Narrator: Luis A. Miranda

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 42 minutes

Release date: May 7, 2024

Genres: Law & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

Lectura esencial de una voz experta que necesita nuestro país: las memorias personales y políticas de Luis Miranda revelan un profundo conocimiento de la cultura latina y el desarrollo de una comunidad que puede cambiar nuestro mundo para bien.   Siendo un veterano de Nueva York y de la política nacional, Luis Miranda encarna el espíritu progresista e incansable de los inmigrantes estadounidenses. No existe persona alguna en la escena política latina, neoyorquina y nacional con la amplia experiencia, pasión y encanto narrativo de Luis Miranda. En Incansable, nos comparte la conmovedora historia de su vida y carrera, desde sus inicios como activista puertorriqueño con mentalidad radical hasta sus décadas de asesoramiento político y resolución de problemas. Experimentamos la emoción con la exposición de Hamilton, creada por su hijo Lin-Manuel. Además, vivimos el sufrimiento tras la devastación de Puerto Rico por el huracán María. En medio de los triunfos, los desafíos y el arduo trabajo continuo, Miranda examina lo que su experiencia le ha revelado acerca de nuestra política, demografía y sociedad en constante cambio.

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Title: Prison Life Writing: Conversion and the Literary Roots of the U.S. Prison System

Author: Simon Rolston

Narrator: Cam Drynan

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 10 hours 10 minutes

Release date: April 30, 2024

Genres: Law & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

Prison Life Writing is the first full-length study of one of the most controversial genres in American literature. By exploring the complicated relationship between life writing and institutional power, this book reveals the overlooked aesthetic innovations of incarcerated people and the surprising literary roots of the U.S. prison system. Simon Rolston observes that the autobiographical work of incarcerated people is based on a conversion narrative, a story arc that underpins the concept of prison rehabilitation and that sometimes serves the interests of the prison system, rather than those on the inside. Yet many imprisoned people rework the conversion narrative the way they repurpose other objects in prison. Like a radio motor retooled into a tattoo gun, the conversion narrative has been redefined by some authors for subversive purposes, including questioning the ostensible emancipatory role of prison writing, critiquing white supremacy, and broadly reimagining autobiographical discourse. An interdisciplinary work that brings life writing scholarship into conversation with prison studies and law and literature studies, Prison Life Writing theorizes how life writing works in prison, explains literature’s complicated entanglements with institutional power, and demonstrates the political and aesthetic innovations of one of America’s most fascinating literary genres.