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JFK and the Unspeakable

Why He Died and Why It Matters

de James W. Douglass ...

Narrado por Pete Larkin ...

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22 hora 21 minutos

At the height of the Cold War, JFK risked committing the greatest crime in human history: starting a nuclear war. Horrified by the specter of nuclear annihilation, Kennedy gradually turned away from his long-held Cold Warrior beliefs and toward a policy of lasting peace. But to the military and intelligence agencies in the United States, who were committed to winning the Cold War at any cost, ... Leer más

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At the height of the Cold War, JFK risked committing the greatest crime in human history: starting a nuclear war. Horrified by the specter of nuclear annihilation, Kennedy gradually turned away from his long-held Cold Warrior beliefs and toward a policy of lasting peace. But to the military and intelligence agencies in the United States, who were committed to winning the Cold War at any cost,
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The Forging of a Modern American Ranger

de Dick Couch ...

Narrado por Pete Larkin ...

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12 hora 52 minutos

The 75th Ranger Regiment is a unique and distinct culture among the American military establishment. They stand alone, even among our other Special Operations forces, as the most active brigade-sized force in the current Global War on Terrorism. Since 9/11, the Regiment has been the only continuously engaged unit in the Army and has had forty percent of its number deployed in harm's way for the ... Leer más

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The 75th Ranger Regiment is a unique and distinct culture among the American military establishment. They stand alone, even among our other Special Operations forces, as the most active brigade-sized force in the current Global War on Terrorism. Since 9/11, the Regiment has been the only continuously engaged unit in the Army and has had forty percent of its number deployed in harm's way for the
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Who's in Charge?

Free Will and the Science of the Brain

de Michael S. Gazzaniga ...

Narrado por Pete Larkin ...

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8 hora 8 minutos

A powerful orthodoxy in the study of the brain has taken hold inrecent years: Since physical laws govern the physical world and our own brains are part of that world, physical laws therefore govern ourbehavior and even our conscious selves. Free will is meaningless, goesthe mantra; we live in a "determined" world.Not so, argues the renowned neuroscientist Michael S. Gazzaniga in this thoughtful, ... Leer más

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A powerful orthodoxy in the study of the brain has taken hold inrecent years: Since physical laws govern the physical world and our own brains are part of that world, physical laws therefore govern ourbehavior and even our conscious selves. Free will is meaningless, goesthe mantra; we live in a "determined" world.Not so, argues the renowned neuroscientist Michael S. Gazzaniga in this thoughtful,
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Tomatoland

How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit

de Barry Estabrook ...

Narrado por Pete Larkin ...

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7 hora 11 minutos

Supermarket produce sections bulging with a year-round supply of perfectly round, bright red-orange tomatoes have become all but a national birthright. But in Tomatoland, which is based on his James Beard Award–winning article, "The Price of Tomatoes," investigative food journalist Barry Estabrook reveals the huge human and environmental cost of the $5 billion fresh tomato industry. Fields are ... Leer más

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Supermarket produce sections bulging with a year-round supply of perfectly round, bright red-orange tomatoes have become all but a national birthright. But in Tomatoland, which is based on his James Beard Award–winning article, "The Price of Tomatoes," investigative food journalist Barry Estabrook reveals the huge human and environmental cost of the $5 billion fresh tomato industry. Fields are
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Welcome to Your Child's Brain

How the Mind Grows from Conception to College

de Sandra Aamodt, Ph.D., Sam Wang, Ph.D. ...

Narrado por Pete Larkin ...

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9 hora 30 minutos

How children think is one of the most enduring mysteries—anddifficulties—encountered by parents. In an effort to raise our children smarter, happier, stronger, and better, parents will try almostanything, from vitamins to toys to DVDs. But how can we tell marketing from real science? And what really goes through your kid's growing mind—as an infant, in school, and during adolescence ... Leer más

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How children think is one of the most enduring mysteries—anddifficulties—encountered by parents. In an effort to raise our children smarter, happier, stronger, and better, parents will try almostanything, from vitamins to toys to DVDs. But how can we tell marketing from real science? And what really goes through your kid's growing mind—as an infant, in school, and during adolescence
... Leer más
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American Icon

Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor Company

de Bryce G. Hoffman ...

Narrado por Pete Larkin ...

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14 hora 46 minutos

At the end of 2008, Ford Motor Company was just months away from running out of cash. With the auto industry careening toward ruin, Congress offered all three Detroit automakers a bailout. General Motors and Chrysler grabbed the taxpayer lifeline, but Ford decided to save itself. Under the leadership of charismatic CEO Alan Mulally, Ford had already put together a bold plan to unify its divided ... Leer más

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At the end of 2008, Ford Motor Company was just months away from running out of cash. With the auto industry careening toward ruin, Congress offered all three Detroit automakers a bailout. General Motors and Chrysler grabbed the taxpayer lifeline, but Ford decided to save itself. Under the leadership of charismatic CEO Alan Mulally, Ford had already put together a bold plan to unify its divided
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Captain Phil Harris

The Legendary Crab Fisherman, Our Hero, Our Dad

de Blake Chavez, Jake Harris, Josh Harris, Steve Springer ...

Narrado por Pete Larkin ...

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6 hora 40 minutos

Prior to his untimely death in 2010, Captain Phil Harris was a star of Discovery Channel's Deadliest Catch, the hit show that follows the exhilarating lives of Alaskan crab fishermen as they brave the vicious Bering Sea. He led his crew through hurricane-force winds and four-story-high waves, hauling in millions of pounds of crab and raking in millions of dollars.Phil worked hard, but he played ... Leer más

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Prior to his untimely death in 2010, Captain Phil Harris was a star of Discovery Channel's Deadliest Catch, the hit show that follows the exhilarating lives of Alaskan crab fishermen as they brave the vicious Bering Sea. He led his crew through hurricane-force winds and four-story-high waves, hauling in millions of pounds of crab and raking in millions of dollars.Phil worked hard, but he played
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The Fifth of July

A Novel

de Kelly Simmons ...

Narrado por Jennifer O’Donnell, Kevin Pariseau, Tandy Cronyn, Pete Larkin, Jennifer Van Dyck, various narrators, L.J. Ganser ...

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7 hora 17 minutos

Sometimes the people you know best are the ones you should fear the most.Any of the Warners could have been behind the accident. Every one of them had a problem that threatened to tarnish more than their old-money silver.Having spent the past three decades’ worth of summers on Nantucket, the Warners are as much a part of the island as the crust of salt on the ferry. But this year is different: ... Leer más

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Sometimes the people you know best are the ones you should fear the most.Any of the Warners could have been behind the accident. Every one of them had a problem that threatened to tarnish more than their old-money silver.Having spent the past three decades’ worth of summers on Nantucket, the Warners are as much a part of the island as the crust of salt on the ferry. But this year is different:
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Hell Above Earth

The Incredible True Story of an American WWII Bomber Commander and the Copilot Ordered to Kill Him

de Stephen Frater ...

Narrado por Pete Larkin ...

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9 hora 27 minutos

Hell Above Earth tells an unforgettable story of two World War II American bomber pilots who forged an unexpected but enduring bond in the flak-filled skies over Nazi Germany. But there's a twist: one of them was related to the head of the Luftwaffe, Reich Marshal Herman Goering, and the other had secret orders from FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover to kill him if anything went wrong during their ... Leer más

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Hell Above Earth tells an unforgettable story of two World War II American bomber pilots who forged an unexpected but enduring bond in the flak-filled skies over Nazi Germany. But there's a twist: one of them was related to the head of the Luftwaffe, Reich Marshal Herman Goering, and the other had secret orders from FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover to kill him if anything went wrong during their
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Black Mask 3: The Maltese Falcon

And Other Crime Fiction from the Legendary Magazine

Narrado por Jeff Gurner, Pete Larkin, Oliver Wyman ...

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7 hora 37 minutos

From its launch in 1920 until its demise in 1951, the magazine Black Mask published pulp crime fiction. The first hard-boiled detective stories appeared on its pages. Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, Erle Stanley Gardner and John D. MacDonald got their start in Black Mask. The urban crime stories that appeared in Black Mask helped to shape American culture. Modern computer games, films, and ... Leer más

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From its launch in 1920 until its demise in 1951, the magazine Black Mask published pulp crime fiction. The first hard-boiled detective stories appeared on its pages. Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, Erle Stanley Gardner and John D. MacDonald got their start in Black Mask. The urban crime stories that appeared in Black Mask helped to shape American culture. Modern computer games, films, and
... Leer más
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A Man and His Ship

America's Greatest Naval Architect and His Quest to Build the S.S. United States

de Steven Ujifusa ...

Narrado por Pete Larkin ...

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13 hora 14 minutos

At the peak of his power, in the 1940s and 1950s, William Francis Gibbs was considered America's best naval architect. His quest to build the finest, fastest, most beautiful ocean liner of his time, the S.S. United States, was a topic of national fascination. When completed in 1952, the ship was hailed as a technological masterpiece at a time when "made in America" meant the best.Gibbs was an ... Leer más

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At the peak of his power, in the 1940s and 1950s, William Francis Gibbs was considered America's best naval architect. His quest to build the finest, fastest, most beautiful ocean liner of his time, the S.S. United States, was a topic of national fascination. When completed in 1952, the ship was hailed as a technological masterpiece at a time when "made in America" meant the best.Gibbs was an
... Leer más

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Lincoln's Body

de Richard Wightman Fox ...

Narrado por Pete Larkin ...

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12 hora 41 minutos

A groundbreaking, magisterial study that explains why, like Walt Whitman, we "love the President personally."In a stunning feat of scholarship insight, and engaging prose, Lincoln's Body explores how a president ungainly in body and downright "ugly" of aspect came to mean so much to us.nineteenth-century African Americans felt deep affection for their "liberatpr" as a "homely" man who did not hold ... Leer más

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A groundbreaking, magisterial study that explains why, like Walt Whitman, we "love the President personally."In a stunning feat of scholarship insight, and engaging prose, Lincoln's Body explores how a president ungainly in body and downright "ugly" of aspect came to mean so much to us.nineteenth-century African Americans felt deep affection for their "liberatpr" as a "homely" man who did not hold
... Leer más