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A riveting account of the role of Americans in the evolution of the Tokyo underworld in the years since 1945.
In the ashes of postwar Japan lay a gold mine for certain opportunistic, expatriate Americans. Addicted to the volatile energy of Tokyo's freewheeling underworld, they formed ever-shifting but ever-profitable alliances with warring Japanese and Korean gangsters. At the center of this world was Nick Zappetti, an ex-marine from New York City who arrived in Tokyo in 1945 and whose restaurant soon became the rage throughout the city and the chief watering hole for celebrities, diplomats, sports figures, and mobsters.
Tokyo Underworld chronicles the half-century rise and fall of the fortunes of Zappetti and his comrades, drawing parallels to the great shift of wealth from America to Japan in the late 1980s and the changes in Japanese society and US-Japan relations that resulted. In doing so, Whiting exposes Japan's extraordinary "underground empire": a web of powerful alliances among crime bosses, corporate chairmen, leading politicians, and public figures. It is an amazing story told with a galvanizing blend of history and reportage.
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"Among the most important archives in the CIA's vaults are those concerned with how the US rigged Japan's postwar political system and made the place into a docile satellite for America's Cold War foreign policies. Robert Whiting has, on his own, investigated the US government's postwar use of the neo-fascist right and the criminal underworld in its activities (much as it did in postwar Italy). Tokyo Underworld is a powerful glimpse into the real world of the Japanese economic 'miracle' and the costs the US government and the American people paid to maintain their empire in East Asia." (Chalmers Johnson, author of Japan: Who Governs?)
"Tokyo Underworld is a fascinating look at some fascinating people who show how democracy advances hand in hand with crime in Japan." (Mario Puzo, author of The Godfather)
"Richard Whiting has delivered a thoroughly engrossing story of Japan's post-war underground empire. Tokyo Underworld is a comprehensive and intriguing expose of the unholy web that consisted of many colorful gangsters, politicians, ex-GI's, and corporate titans. Whiting has presented a riveting slice of history that is little reported or known in the West. (Gerald Posner, author of Killing the Dream)
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Havana Nocturne takes listeners back to Cuba in the years when it was a veritable devil's playground for mob leaders Meyer Lansky and Charles "Lucky" Luciano. Thanks to strong ties with the island's brutal dictator, President Batista, the mob soon owned the biggest luxury hotels and casinos and launched an unprecedented tourist boom. But their dreams collided with those of Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, and others.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Not for reactionaries
- De sunsolid en 02-17-09
De: T. J. English
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The Plaza
- The Secret Life of America's Most Famous Hotel
- De: Julie Satow
- Narrado por: Jefferson Mays
- Duración: 11 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 286
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 252
The Plaza is the account of one vaunted New York City address that has become synonymous with wealth and scandal, opportunity and tragedy. With glamour on the surface and strife behind the scenes, it is the story of how one hotel became a mirror reflecting New York's place at the center of the country's cultural narrative for over a century.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Don't need your politics, Julie
- De Debra Noe en 03-29-20
De: Julie Satow
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The Mob and the City
- The Hidden History of How the Mafia Captured New York
- De: C. Alexander Hortis
- Narrado por: LJ Ganser
- Duración: 9 h
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 519
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 456
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 453
Forget what you think you know about the Mafia. After reading this book, even life-long mob aficionados will have a new perspective on organized crime. Informative, authoritative, and eye-opening, this is the first full-length book devoted exclusively to uncovering the hidden history of how the Mafia came to dominate organized crime in New York City during the 1930s through 1950s.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Hard one to rate....
- De Jeffery D. Giuliani en 09-24-20
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"The Rest of Us"
- The Rise of America's Eastern European Jews
- De: Stephen Birmingham
- Narrado por: Mel Foster
- Duración: 18 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 31
The wave of Eastern European Jewish immigrants who swept into New York in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by way of Ellis Island were not welcomed by the Jews who had arrived decades before. These refugees from czarist Russia and the Polish shtetls who came to America to escape pogroms and persecution were considered barbaric, uneducated, and too steeped in the traditions of the "old country" to be accepted by the more refined and already well-established German-Jewish community. But the new arrivals were tough, passionate, and determined.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Book 3 of 3
- De Etoile NEOhio en 11-15-22
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Kleptopia
- How Dirty Money Is Conquering the World
- De: Tom Burgis
- Narrado por: Tom Burgis
- Duración: 10 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 303
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 266
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 266
In this real-life thriller packed with jaw-dropping revelations, award-winning investigative journalist Tom Burgis weaves together stories that reveal a terrifying global web of corruption. Glimpses of this shadowy world have emerged over the years. In Kleptopia, Burgis connects the dots. He follows the dirty money that is flooding the global economy, emboldening dictators, and poisoning democracies. From the Kremlin to Beijing, Harare to Riyadh, Paris to the White House, the trail shows something even more sinister: the thieves are uniting. And the human cost will be great.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Lazy Journalism in long narrative form
- De Jeremy en 02-14-21
De: Tom Burgis
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Fulfillment
- Winning and Losing in One-Click America
- De: Alec MacGillis
- Narrado por: Danny Gavigan
- Duración: 12 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 202
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 170
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 170
Alec MacGillis’ Fulfillment is not another inside account or exposé of our most conspicuously dominant company. Rather, it is a literary investigation of the America that falls within that company’s growing shadow. As MacGillis shows, Amazon’s sprawling network of delivery hubs, data centers, and corporate campuses epitomizes a land where winner and loser cities and regions are drifting steadily apart, the civic fabric is unraveling, and work has become increasingly rudimentary and isolated.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Missing some important angles
- De D. Zimmerle en 08-19-21
De: Alec MacGillis
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Havana Nocturne
- How the Mob Owned Cuba...and Then Lost It to the Revolution
- De: T. J. English
- Narrado por: Mel Foster
- Duración: 13 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,315
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 924
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 934
Havana Nocturne takes listeners back to Cuba in the years when it was a veritable devil's playground for mob leaders Meyer Lansky and Charles "Lucky" Luciano. Thanks to strong ties with the island's brutal dictator, President Batista, the mob soon owned the biggest luxury hotels and casinos and launched an unprecedented tourist boom. But their dreams collided with those of Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, and others.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Not for reactionaries
- De sunsolid en 02-17-09
De: T. J. English
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Red Roulette
- An Insider's Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption, and Vengeance in Today's China
- De: Desmond Shum
- Narrado por: Tim Chiou
- Duración: 9 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,024
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 882
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 875
As Desmond Shum was growing up impoverished in China, he vowed his life would be different. Through hard work and sheer tenacity he earned an American college degree and returned to his native country to establish himself in business. There, he met his future wife, the highly intelligent and equally ambitious Whitney Duan who was determined to make her mark within China’s male-dominated society. Whitney and Desmond formed an effective team and, aided by relationships they formed with top members of China’s Communist Party, the so-called red aristocracy.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Desmond Shum is not a rube! He knows about wine, ok?
- De Peter L Hansen en 10-06-21
De: Desmond Shum
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The Vapors
- A Southern Family, the New York Mob, and the Rise and Fall of Hot Springs, America's Forgotten Capital of Vice
- De: David Hill
- Narrado por: George Newbern
- Duración: 9 h y 31 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 211
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 173
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 172
Back in the days before Vegas was big, when the Mob was at its peak and neon lights were but a glimmer on the horizon, a little Southern town styled itself as a premier destination for the American leisure class. Hot Springs, Arkansas was home to healing waters, Art Deco splendor, and America's original national park - as well as horse racing, nearly a dozen illegal casinos, countless backrooms and brothels, and some of the country’s most bald-faced criminals.
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1 out of 5 stars
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If you don’t live in Arkansas…
- De JohnFern0813 en 08-14-20
De: David Hill
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McMafia
- A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld
- De: Misha Glenny
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 15 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 260
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 203
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 202
Misha Glenny's groundbreaking study of global organized crime is now the inspiration for an eight-part AMC crime drama starring James Norton (War and Peace), Juliet Rylance, and David Strathairn. In this fearless and wholly authoritative investigation of the seemingly insatiable demand for illegal wares, veteran reporter Misha Glenny travels across five continents to speak with participants from every level of the global underworld. What follows is a groundbreaking, propulsive look at an unprecedented phenomenon from a savvy, street-wise guide.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Worthwhile Overview
- De Roy en 05-14-10
De: Misha Glenny
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Vegas and the Mob
- De: Al W. Moe
- Narrado por: Jason Sullivan
- Duración: 5 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 106
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 90
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 91
Las Vegas was the Mob's greatest venture and most spectacular success, and through 40 years of frenzy, murder, deceit, scams, and skimming, the FBI listened on phone taps and did virtually nothing to stop the fun. This is the truth about the Mob's control of the casinos in Vegas like you've never heard it before, from start to finish.
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3 out of 5 stars
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From Bugsy to Binion
- De Patrick King en 08-20-14
De: Al W. Moe
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Paddy Whacked
- The Untold Story of the Irish American Gangster
- De: T. J. English
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 21 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 577
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 510
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 509
In Paddy Whacked, best-selling author and organized crime expert T. J. English brings to life nearly two centuries of Irish American gangsterism, which spawned such unforgettable characters as Mike "King Mike" McDonald, Chicago's subterranean godfather; Big Bill Dwyer, New York's most notorious rumrunner during Prohibition; Mickey Featherstone, troubled Vietnam vet turned Westies gang leader; and James "Whitey" Bulger, the ruthless and seemingly untouchable Southie legend.
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4 out of 5 stars
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First Half - 4 Stars - Second Half - 2 Stars
- De Lulu en 08-29-16
De: T. J. English
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New York, New York, New York
- Four Decades of Success, Excess, and Transformation
- De: Thomas Dyja
- Narrado por: Jacques Roy, Thomas Dyja - introduction
- Duración: 17 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 162
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 142
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 140
Dangerous, filthy, and falling apart, garbage piled on its streets and entire neighborhoods reduced to rubble; New York’s terrifying, if liberating, state of nature in 1978 also made it the capital of American culture. Over the next thirty-plus years, though, it became a different place - kinder and meaner, richer and poorer, more like America and less like what it had always been.
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5 out of 5 stars
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OMG...right on 👍👍👍👍👍
- De howie wine en 04-04-21
De: Thomas Dyja
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At the Sands
- The Casino That Shaped Classic Las Vegas, Brought the Rat Pack Together, and Went Out with a Bang
- De: David G. Schwartz
- Narrado por: Eric Jason Martin
- Duración: 9 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 60
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 47
The lights are coming down. Frank, Dean, and Sammy are about to take the stage. This is the moment we remember, when Las Vegas became classic. And it was at the Sands. Built in 1952 over the ashes of Hollywood Reporter publisher Billy Wilkerson’s last chance in Las Vegas, the Sands was a collective effort. Underworld figures like Meyer Lansky, Doc Stacher, and Frank Costello provided the cash.
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5 out of 5 stars
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At the Sands
- De Deedra en 10-14-21
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Boardwalk Empire
- The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City
- De: Nelson Johnson
- Narrado por: Joe Mantegna, Terence Winter (foreword)
- Duración: 11 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 684
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 435
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 441
From its inception, Atlantic City has always been a town dedicated to the fast buck, and this wide-reachinghistory offers a riveting account of its past 100 year, from the city's heyday as a Prohibition-era mecca of lawlessness to its rebirth as a legitimate casino resort in the modern era.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Unmasked History of Atlantic City
- De Steven Schuster en 08-07-10
De: Nelson Johnson
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The Day the Bubble Burst
- A Social History of the Wall Street Crash of 1929
- De: Gordon Thomas, Max Morgan-Witts
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 21 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 37
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 37
The New York Times best seller that tells the story of an overheated stock market and the financial disaster that led to the Great Depression of the 1930s. A riveting living history about Black Tuesday, October 29, 1929. Captures the era, the intoxicating expectancy, the hope that ruled men's heart and minds before the bubble burst and the black despair of the decade that followed.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thorough and fascinating
- De Bowen Florsheim en 04-23-21
De: Gordon Thomas, y otros
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The Bourbon King
- The Life and Crimes of George Remus, Prohibition's Evil Genius
- De: Bob Batchelor
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 13 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 36
October 2019 marks the 100th anniversary of the Volstead Act, which put the enforcement teeth into Prohibition. But the law didn't stop George Remus from cornering the boozy, illegal liquor marketplace and amassing a fortune that eclipsed $200 million (the equivalent of $4.75 billion today). As eminent documentarian Ken Burns proclaimed, "Remus was to bootlegging what Rockefeller was to oil." Author Bob Batchelor has unearthed a treasure trove of untapped historical archives to cover the life, times, and crimes of the man who ran the largest bootlegging operation in America.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- De Amazon Customer en 06-02-20
De: Bob Batchelor
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"Our Crowd"
- The Great Jewish Families of New York
- De: Stephen Birmingham
- Narrado por: Mel Foster
- Duración: 19 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 300
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 259
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 258
They immigrated to America from Germany in the nineteenth century with names like Loeb, Sachs, Seligman, Lehman, Guggenheim, and Goldman. From tenements on the Lower East Side to Park Avenue mansions, this handful of Jewish families turned small businesses into imposing enterprises and amassed spectacular fortunes. But despite possessing breathtaking wealth that rivaled the Astors and Rockefellers, they were barred by the gentile establishment from the lofty realm of "the 400," a register of New York's most elite, because of their religion and humble backgrounds.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Finance heavy
- De Shayla en 03-28-21
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The Last Kings of Shanghai
- The Rival Jewish Dynasties That Helped Create Modern China
- De: Jonathan Kaufman
- Narrado por: Joel Richards
- Duración: 9 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 606
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 514
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 512
Jonathan Kaufman tells the remarkable history of how two rival families participated in an economic boom that opened China to the world, but remained blind to the country's deep inequality and to the political turmoil at their doorsteps. In a story stretching from Baghdad to Hong Kong to Shanghai to London, Kaufman enters the lives and minds of these ambitious men and women to forge a tale of opium smuggling, family rivalry, political intrigue, and survival.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great story with careless flaws
- De pjdusa en 10-20-20
De: Jonathan Kaufman
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Follow author Robert Whiting (The Chrysanthemum and the Bat, You Gotta Have Wa, Tokyo Underworld) as he watches Tokyo transform during the 1964 Olympics, rubs shoulders with the Yakuza and comes face to face with the city’s dark underbelly, interviews Japan’s baseball elite after publishing his first best-selling book on the subject, and learns how politics and sports collide to produce a cultural landscape unlike any other, even as a new Olympics is postponed and the COVID virus ravages the nation.
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Japan is the forge of the world’s fantasies: karaoke and the Walkman, manga and anime, Pac-Man and Pokémon, online imageboards and emojis. But as Japan media veteran Matt Alt proves in this brilliant investigation, these novelties did more than entertain. They paved the way for our perplexing modern lives.
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The Yakuza and the Triads
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A pack of men in sharp, tailored suits and dark sunglasses strut down the street. Their eyes are shielded, but the icy scowl on their faces is a clear sign to stay out of their paths. A few of their collars hang open, showing off a glimpse of the vibrant and intricate ink work on their chests, and presumably, their entire bodies. Tattoos are the norm these days, but then, one suddenly spots a man with a peculiarly pint-sized pinkie.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Decently done for the cheap price and short length
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Vulgar Favors
- The Assassination of Gianni Versace
- De: Maureen Orth
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On July 15, 1997, Gianni Versace was shot and killed on the steps of his Miami Beach mansion by serial killer Andrew Cunanan. But months before Versace’s murder, award-winning journalist Maureen Orth was already investigating a major story on Cunanan for Vanity Fair. Culled from interviews with more than four hundred people and insights gleaned from thousands of pages of police reports, Vulgar Favors tells the complete story of Andrew Cunanan, his unwitting victims, and the moneyed world in which they lived . . . and died.
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5 out of 5 stars
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ONE OF THE BEST TRUE CRIME BOOKS IN MY LIBRARY!
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The Life We Chose
- William “Big Billy” D’Elia and the Last Secrets of America’s Most Powerful Mafia Family
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The “adopted” son of legendary organized crime boss Russell Bufalino, for decades D’Elia had unequaled access to the man the FBI and US Justice Department considered one of the leading organized crime figures in the United States. But the government had no real idea as to the breadth of Bufalino’s power and influence—or that it was Bufalino, from his bucolic home base in Pittston, Pennsylvania, who reigned over the five families in New York and other organized crime families throughout the country.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I think the frankness of both Billy and author Matt
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Tokyo Vice
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From the only American journalist ever to have been admitted to the insular Tokyo Metropolitan Police press club: a unique, firsthand, revelatory look at Japanese culture from the underbelly up.
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Memoir, crime story and travelogue in one package
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De: Jake Adelstein
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Tokyo Junkie
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Follow author Robert Whiting (The Chrysanthemum and the Bat, You Gotta Have Wa, Tokyo Underworld) as he watches Tokyo transform during the 1964 Olympics, rubs shoulders with the Yakuza and comes face to face with the city’s dark underbelly, interviews Japan’s baseball elite after publishing his first best-selling book on the subject, and learns how politics and sports collide to produce a cultural landscape unlike any other, even as a new Olympics is postponed and the COVID virus ravages the nation.
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A pack of men in sharp, tailored suits and dark sunglasses strut down the street. Their eyes are shielded, but the icy scowl on their faces is a clear sign to stay out of their paths. A few of their collars hang open, showing off a glimpse of the vibrant and intricate ink work on their chests, and presumably, their entire bodies. Tattoos are the norm these days, but then, one suddenly spots a man with a peculiarly pint-sized pinkie.
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MBS is the untold story of how a mysterious young prince emerged from Saudi Arabia’s sprawling royal family to overhaul the economy and society of the richest country in the Middle East - and gather as much power as possible into his own hands. Since his father, King Salman, ascended to the throne in 2015, Mohammed bin Salman has leveraged his influence to restructure the kingdom’s economy, loosen its strict Islamic social codes, and confront its enemies around the region, especially Iran.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Suffers from 'Objective Journalism' Syndrome
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The Man Who Ran Washington
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For a quarter-century, from the end of Watergate to the aftermath of the Cold War, no Republican won the presidency without his help or ran the White House without his advice. James Addison Baker III was the indispensable man for four presidents because he understood better than anyone how to make Washington work at a time when America was shaping events around the world. The Man Who Ran Washington is a pause-resisting portrait of a power broker who influenced America's destiny for generations.
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The Last Yakuza
- Life and Death in the Japanese Underworld
- De: Jake Adelstein
- Narrado por: Brian Nishii
- Duración: 12 h y 36 m
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Makoto Saigo is half-American and half-Japanese in small-town Japan with a set of talents limited to playing guitar and picking fights. With rock stardom off the table, he turns toward the only place where you can start from the bottom and move up through sheer merit, loyalty, and brute force―the yakuza. Saigo, nicknamed “The Tsunami”, quickly realizes that even within the organization, opinions are as varied as they come, and a clash of philosophies can quickly become deadly. One screw-up can cost you your life, or at least a finger.
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5 out of 5 stars
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absolutely astounding work. you will not put this down.
- De I_am_Guts en 01-31-24
De: Jake Adelstein
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Wanderlust
- An Eccentric Explorer, an Epic Journey, a Lost Age
- De: Reid Mitenbuler
- Narrado por: Peter Noble
- Duración: 19 h y 13 m
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Deep in the Arctic wilderness, Peter Freuchen awoke to find himself buried alive under the snow. During a sudden blizzard the night before, he had taken shelter underneath his dogsled and become trapped there while he slept. Now, as feeling drained from his body, he managed to claw a hole through the ice only to find himself in even greater danger: his beard, wet with condensation from his struggling breath, had frozen to his sled runners and lashed his head in place, exposing it to icy winds that needed only a few minutes to kill him. If Freuchen could escape that, he could escape anything.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazingly in-depth look at an amazing person.
- De Dave en 06-18-23
De: Reid Mitenbuler
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The Wizard and the Prophet
- Two Remarkable Scientists and Their Dueling Visions to Shape Tomorrow's World
- De: Charles C. Mann
- Narrado por: Bronson Pinchot
- Duración: 18 h y 56 m
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In 40 years, Earth's population will reach 10 billion. Can our world support that? What kind of world will it be? Those answering these questions generally fall into two deeply divided groups - Wizards and Prophets, as Charles Mann calls them in this balanced, authoritative, nonpolemical new book. The Prophets, he explains, follow William Vogt, a founding environmentalist who believed that in using more than our planet has to give, our prosperity will lead us to ruin.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic
- De BKATX en 01-26-18
De: Charles C. Mann
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Crooked
- Outwitting the Back Pain Industry and Getting on the Road to Recovery
- De: Cathryn Jakobson Ramin
- Narrado por: Cathryn Jakobson Ramin
- Duración: 13 h y 59 m
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The acclaimed author of Carved in Sand - a veteran investigative journalist who endured persistent back pain for decades - delivers the definitive book on the subject: an essential examination of all facets of the back pain industry, exploring what works, what doesn't, what may cause harm, and how to get on the road to recovery. In her effort to manage her chronic back pain, investigative reporter Cathryn Jakobson Ramin spent years and a small fortune on a panoply of treatments.
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3 out of 5 stars
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If you're like me, skip this book.
- De Matthew I. Greenfield en 12-14-17
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Confessions of a Cartel Hit Man
- De: Martin Corona, Tony Rafael
- Narrado por: Jacob Vargas
- Duración: 8 h y 4 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,227
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,077
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Martin Corona, a US citizen, fell into the outlaw life at 12 and worked for a crew run by the Arellano brothers, founders of the Tijuana drug cartel that dominated the Southern California drug trade and much bloody gang warfare for decades. Corona's crew would cross into the United States from their luxurious hideout in Mexico, kill whomever needed to be killed north of the border, and return home in the afternoon. Martin Corona played a key role in the downfall of the cartel when he turned state's evidence.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Rather Disappointing
- De Betty Von Schnuuglestein en 08-03-17
De: Martin Corona, y otros
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Undercooked
- How I Let Food Become My Life Navigator and How Maybe That's a Dumb Way to Live
- De: Dan Ahdoot
- Narrado por: Dan Ahdoot
- Duración: 5 h y 43 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Despite an impressive résumé as an actor and writer, Dan Ahdoot realized that food has been the through line in the most important moments of his life. Growing up as a middle child, Ahdoot struggled to find his place in the family until he and his father discovered their shared love for la gourmandise. But when the tragic death of his brother pushed his parents to strengthen their Jewish faith and adopt a strictly kosher diet, Ahdoot and his father lost that savored connection.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very descriptive writing
- De Latia Daquila en 02-17-24
De: Dan Ahdoot
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Early
- An Intimate History of Premature Birth and What It Teaches Us About Being Human
- De: Sarah DiGregorio
- Narrado por: Ann Marie Gideon
- Duración: 9 h y 47 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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The heart of many hospitals is the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). It is a place where humanity, ethics, and science collide in dramatic and deeply personal ways as parents, doctors, and nurses grapple with sometimes unanswerable questions: When does life begin? When and how should life end? And what does it mean to be human? Nearly 20 years ago, Dr. John D. Lantos wrote The Lazarus Case, a seminal work on ethical dilemmas in neonatology. He described the NICU as “a strong, strange, powerful place”. The
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5 out of 5 stars
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Gripping read for this late preterm infant mom
- De R. Ash en 08-08-21
De: Sarah DiGregorio
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Action Park
- Fast Times, Wild Rides, and the Untold Story of America's Most Dangerous Amusement Park
- De: Andy Mulvihill, Jake Rossen
- Narrado por: Michael Satow
- Duración: 9 h y 41 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 438
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Often called "Accident Park", "Class Action Park", or "Traction Park", Action Park was an American icon. Entertaining more than a million people a year in the 1980s, the New Jersey-based amusement playland placed no limits on danger or fun, a monument to the anything-goes spirit of the era that left guests in control of their own adventures - sometimes with tragic results. Action Park is the first-ever unvarnished look at the history of this DIY Disneyland, as seen through the eyes of Andy Mulvihill, the son of the park's idiosyncratic founder, Gene Mulvihill.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating, but lacking in substance
- De That Guy From the Video Store en 09-05-20
De: Andy Mulvihill, y otros
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Sandworm
- A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers
- De: Andy Greenberg
- Narrado por: Mark Bramhall
- Duración: 12 h y 2 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,067
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,724
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,720
In 2014, the world witnessed the start of a mysterious series of cyberattacks. Targeting American utility companies, NATO, and electric grids in Eastern Europe, the strikes grew ever more brazen. They culminated in the summer of 2017, when the malware known as NotPetya was unleashed, penetrating, disrupting, and paralyzing some of the world's largest businesses—from drug manufacturers to software developers to shipping companies. At the attack's epicenter in Ukraine, ATMs froze. The railway and postal systems shut down. Hospitals went dark.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thru the eyes of the Sandworm's hunters and prey
- De ndru1 en 11-12-19
De: Andy Greenberg
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The Billionaire Raj
- A Journey Through India's New Gilded Age
- De: James Crabtree
- Narrado por: Shridhar Solanki
- Duración: 14 h y 42 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 144
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In megacities like Mumbai, where half the population live in slums, the extraordinary riches of India’s new dynasties echo the Vanderbilts and Rockefellers of yesterday. James Crabtree’s The Billionaire Raj takes listeners on a personal journey to meet these reclusive billionaires, fugitive tycoons, and shadowy political power brokers. Crabtree dramatizes the battle between crony capitalists and economic reformers, revealing a tense struggle between equality and privilege playing out against a combustible backdrop of aspiration, class, and caste.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Engaging, authors politics could be reduced
- De Chris en 06-17-23
De: James Crabtree
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Tokyo Underworld
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- Kindle Customer
- 09-01-20
A Man with a fork in a world of soup
This book is fantastic and anyone interested in Japan and the cross-currents of history, culture, crime, the underworld and politics will be fascinated. The life story of Nick Zappetti is as unique as they come and full of black comedy as well. Whiting has chronicled a once in a lifetime character as well as made the Japan(s) of his era live and breathe. Great narrator with good command of Japanese phrases and words.
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- Tony Choueke
- 03-02-21
Great story and great performance
This is a very interesting and exciting true story. I hope that the author will continue to write more books
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- Amazon Customer
- 10-13-23
Loved this book
An interesting look into a life I could live. Along side a unique view of US and Japanese history
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