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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/569042 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy Author: Larry Tye Narrator: Ben Jaeger-Thomas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 12 minutes Release date: July 7, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: The definitive biography of the most dangerous demagogue in American history, based on first-ever review of his personal and professional papers, medical and military records, and recently unsealed transcripts of his closed-door Congressional hearings In the long history of American demagogues, from Huey Long to Donald Trump, never has one man caused so much damage in such a short time as Senator Joseph McCarthy. We still use “McCarthyism” to stand for outrageous charges of guilt by association, a weapon of polarizing slander. From 1950 to 1954, McCarthy destroyed many careers and even entire lives, whipping the nation into a frenzy of paranoia, accusation, loyalty oaths, and terror. When the public finally turned on him, he came crashing down, dying of alcoholism in 1957. Only now, through bestselling author Larry Tye’s exclusive look at the senator’s records, can the full story be told. Demagogue is a masterful portrait of a human being capable of immense evil, yet beguiling charm. McCarthy was a tireless worker and a genuine war hero. His ambitions knew few limits. Neither did his socializing, his drinking, nor his gambling. When he finally made it to the Senate, he flailed around in search of an agenda and angered many with his sharp elbows and lack of integrity. Finally, after three years, he hit upon anti-communism. By recklessly charging treason against everyone from George Marshall to much of the State Department, he became the most influential and controversial man in America. His chaotic, meteoric rise is a gripping and terrifying object lesson for us all. Yet his equally sudden fall from fame offers reason for hope that, given the rope, most American demagogues eventually hang themselves.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/600868 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chasing Black Gold: The Incredible True Story of a Fuel Smuggler in Africa Author: Robert Stone Narrator: Robert Stone Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 15 minutes Release date: June 1, 2020 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: For two decades, Robert Stone made his living on the high seas, as a diver, fisherman, treasure-hunter - and smuggler. He spent the last ten of his smuggling years operating in the Niger delta under the most corrupt regime in the world, buying diesel directly from refineries and selling his illicit black cargo to legitimate and illegitimate businesses worldwide. Protected by the military, his smuggling empire made him millions of dollars - until a friend's betrayal and US law enforcement brought it all crashing down. Chasing Black Gold is an incredible true story of cash and corruption that puts Hollywood to shame.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617078 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy Author: Tim Tate, Brad Hunter Narrator: Lewis Hancock Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 35 minutes Release date: February 11, 2019 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: At 12.16 a.m. on Wednesday, June 5, 1968, Senator Robert F. Kennedy was shot and mortally wounded in the service pantry of the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles. A 24-year-old Palestinian immigrant, Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, was found holding the smoking gun and convicted of murder. That is the official history - but Tim Tate and Brad Johnson have uncovered a different story. After 25 years spent scrutinising over 100,000 official documents and previously unknown recordings, and conducting new interviews with key figures, they show that Sirhan could not have fired the fatal bullets - and reveal evidence of a murderous conspiracy involving organised crime and the CIA....

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619600 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Naughty Author: Mark Chester. Narrator: Mark Chester. Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 1 minute Release date: February 8, 2018 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: An updated and revised version of Naughty. An Autobiography. Mark Chester was a founder member of the N40 hooligan firm, followers of Stoke City Football Club.. One of the most brutal and highly organised criminal gangs in the United Kingdom for over four decades.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/622891 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What Really Happened: John Edwards, Our Daughter, and Me Author: Rielle Hunter Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 34 minutes Release date: June 26, 2012 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: The John Edwards–Rielle Hunter affair made headlines for years. 'One of the biggest political scandals of all time,' 'a fall from grace,' 'a modern-day tragedy'—it's a story that has been reported, distorted, and spun over and over again by the media, by political aides, by the US government, and by supposed friends. There is, however, someone who actually knows the truth, someone who lived it from day one—the woman at the heart of the story itself: Rielle Hunter. In What Really Happened, Hunter offers an extremely personal account of her relationship with John Edwards: the facts of how they actually met, how their accidental love started and escalated, what it was like to fall in love with a married man who decided to run for president, the surprise of becoming pregnant during the campaign, how the affair became public, the extensive cover-up, and finally, what happened in the years after Edwards publicly admitted to being the father of their daughter, Frances Quinn. Meet Edwards' political players and get an intimate look at how they really operated. Learn about the evolution of friends, enablers, and do-gooders, their involvement with the affair and Edwards' 2008 presidential campaign, and where the money from Rachel 'Bunny' Mellon and Fred Baron actually went. This book doesn't spin the truth to achieve a prettier picture or a better story. It isn't about changing anyone's mind. It's simply the facts, the truth of what really happened.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/624174 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Confessions Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau Narrator: Frederick Davidson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 30 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 10, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: Dr. Johnson may have been correct in saying that 'Rousseau was a very bad man,' but none can argue that his ideas are among the most influential in all of world history. It was Rousseau, the father of the romantic movement, who was responsible for introducing at least two modern day thoughts that pervade academia: (1) free expression of the creative spirit is more important than strict adhesion to formal rules and traditional procedures, and (2) man is innately good but is corrupted by society and civilization. The Confessionsis Rousseau's landmark autobiography. Both brilliant and flawed, it is nonetheless beautifully written and remains one of the most moving human documents in all of literature. In this work, Rousseau 'frankly and sincerely' settles accounts with himself in an effort to project his 'true' image to the world. In so doing he reveals the details of a man who paid little regard to accepted morality and social conventions.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/566885 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Sprenger persönlich: im Gespräch mit Karin Röder Author: Reinhard K. Sprenger, Karin Röder Narrator: Karin Röder, Reinhard K. Sprenger Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 37 minutes Release date: March 12, 2012 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: Der wichtigste Managementvordenker Deutschlands im persönlichen Gespräch mit Karin Röder. Hier spricht Reinhard K. Sprenger selbst über sein Verständnis von Führung und Verantwortung, über das, was in deutschen Unternehmen heutzutage entscheidend ist für nachhaltigen Erfolg und eine Kultur des Vertrauens, die echte Werte schafft. Und er spricht offen und intensiv darüber, was ihn persönlich antreibt, worauf sich seine Visionen und Theorien gründen und warum für ihn persönlich Vertrauen und Selbstverantwortung den entscheidenden Unterschied machen.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/603011 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Kreisky Erzählt... Author: Bruno Kreisky Narrator: Bruno Kreisky Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 57 minutes Release date: October 7, 2011 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: Bruno Kreisky war zweifellos der prominenteste und einflussreichste Politiker im Österreich der Nachkriegsjahre. Etwa dreißig Jahre lang gestaltete er die Politik seines Landes und hob dessen Ansehen in der ganzen Welt, zuerst als Staatssekretär (1953-1958), dann als Außenminister (1959-1966) als Vorsitzender der damals in der Opposition befindlichen sozialdemokratischen Partei und schließlich als Bundeskanzler (1970 bis 1983). Während seiner langen Amtszeit erreichte Österreich einen bis dahin noch nie gekannten Wohlstand. Kreisky nutzte sie, um Reformen des Wahlrechts, des Erziehungssystems und der Justiz vorzunehmen. Auch vereinzelte Skandale überstand er souverän. Kreisky versuchte, die Demokratie in Österreich gleichermaßen zu erweitern und zu vertiefen und den Dialog auf internationaler Ebene zu verstärken Anlässlich des 70. Geburtstages von Bruno Kreisky am 22. Jänner 1981, erzählt er über wichtige Eckpunkte und Erlebnisse seines Lebens. Über seine Kindheit, seine politischen Entscheidungen, Weggefährten, persönliche Empfindlichkeiten und vieles mehr. Gott sei Dank ist dieses Zeitdokument nicht verloren gegangen: 30 Jahre später, anlässlich seines Jubiläumsjahres 2011 zum 100. Geburtstages gibt es diese historische Wichtigkeit erstmals auf CD.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577787 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Margaret Thatcher In Her Own Words Author: Margaret Thatcher Narrator: Margaret Thatcher Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 33 minutes Release date: September 26, 2011 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: In interviews ranging from 1975 to 1990, Margaret Thatcher talks about being a woman in politics; managing men and women; her response to the media attacks she received in the early days of her career, and the importance of wearing the right clothes. She also recalls her memories of home, including working in her father's grocery shop; the radio and TV programmes she enjoyed (including The Two Ronnies) and following sports like cricket and tennis. Also mentioned are her first meeting with her future husband Denis; her worries about her son Mark when he went missing in the Sahara desert; her interest in science, and her love of porcelain and sculpture. Lastly, she discusses her stamina and her worst moment as Prime Minister (during the Falklands War). Interviews include: Jimmy Young, BBC Radio 2 (first broadcast 19 February 1975); Pete Murray's Late Show, BBC Radio 2 (first broadcast 7 March 1982); Radio interview for Central Office of Information, BBC Radio (first broadcast 13 December 1985); Favourite Things, BBC One (26 July 1987); Wogan, BBC One (first broadcast 12 January 1990); Woman's Hour, BBC Radio 4 (first broadcast 17 May 1990). Due to the age and nature of this archive material, the sound quality may vary. ©2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580384 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Die Mutter des Erfolgs: Wie ich meinen Kindern das Siegen beibrachte Author: Amy Chua Narrator: Doris Wolters Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 19 minutes Release date: May 9, 2011 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: Schlachthymne einer Tiger-Mutter oder warum Eins minus eine schlechte Note ist. Hart, streng, erbarmungslos. So wirkt es, wenn die erfolgreiche Anwältin Amy Chua von der Erziehung ihrer Töchter Sophia und Louisa erzählt - denn die chinesischstämmige Amerikanerin ordnet das Leben ihrer Kinder nach dem Leistungsprinzip. Die Mädchen dürfen nicht bei Freunden übernachten, fernsehen oder selbst gewählten Hobbys nachgehen. Bringen sie eine Eins minus mit nach Hause, werden sie gefragt, warum sie so schlecht seien. Stundenlang drillt die Mutter ihre Kinder an Klavier und Geige, droht Stofftiere zu verbrennen und verbietet Nahrungsaufnahme und Toilettengang, bis das Musikstück perfekt klingt. Doris Wolters liest den ebenso radikalen wie provokanten Ratgeber einer chinesischen Tiger-Mutter in der ungekürzten Hörbuchfassung.