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Publisher's Summary
In a riveting daily diary, written in his trademark ebullient style, Salmond takes us into the heart of the YES campaign, revealing what was said and done behind the scenes as the vote reached its nail-biting climax.
He explains how the YES campaign energised the entire Scottish nation and rewrote the rulebook for grassroots political campaigning, not just in the UK but throughout the world.
In a completely new section, he writes exclusively about the final days of the 2015 general election campaign and his dramatic return to the House of Commons as one of 56 new SNP MPs who have made an instant impact on Westminster politics.
Read by Alex Salmond with a contribution by Sir Sean Connery who issues a rallying call for independence.
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- Richy
- 12-05-15
From the horses mouth
If you could sum up The Dream Shall Never Die in three words, what would they be?
Insightful reassuring hope
What did you like best about this story?
The only other autopsy that has proven more interesting than Frankie Boyle's BBC 33 program. Less harsh realities than from Frankie, but a keen insight into the polished politics of project fear and a reassuring nod to the future in which Scotland will eventually break itself away from the war monger img confused mess that is Westminster.
Good book, pick it up
Have you listened to any of Alex Salmond’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
He has a very good voice
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- Sue Reid
- 09-21-15
Not to missed
Really enjoyed listening to Alex must listen to it yourselves as it a must you will not regret it.
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- Angus Farquhar
- 11-07-22
Some man
This is brilliant as nobody better could tell the story but Alec himself. A great insight.
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- A. Robertson
- 04-03-21
What a joyful time in scottish politics
Alex explores and recounts the 100 days leading up to the independence referendum in Scotland. A joyful time in Scottish politics where hope rose high on the back of a hard work and a commitment to Scottish independence. How the political landscape has subsequently changed, and not for the better.
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-18-18
Deserved a better ending ☹
well written and well narrated but it was hard to stomach some of the behaviour of the mainstream media
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- fraserdarling
- 02-10-17
The hour of awakening neareth.
Wonderful. Beautifully writen and read. sets you up nicely for the final push to independence. Bring on indy new!
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- Andrew Stuart
- 06-19-16
Great insight into the Scot. Independence vote
Great to hear from the main man directly if only some of this had been in the public domain at the time the outcome may well have been different. Alex has a relaxed manor when narrating the book and if you have ever met him it is like speaking to the man himself. I simply couldn't put it down,I might have a few questions for him the next time we meet. Very highly recommened.
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 58
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 56
Based on unrivalled access to all the key politicians and their advisors - including Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, George Osborne, Nigel Farage and Dominic Cummings, the mastermind of Vote Leave - Shipman has written a political history that reads like a thriller and offers a gripping day-by-day account of what really happened behind the scenes in Downing Street, both Leave campaigns, the Labour Party, Ukip and Britain Stronger in Europe.
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3 out of 5 stars
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blow by blow, word by word
- By Christian R. Unger on 11-22-18
By: Tim Shipman
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Tip and the Gipper
- When Politics Worked
- By: Chris Matthews
- Narrated by: Chris Matthews
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 170
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 151
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 153
They were the political odd couple - the two most powerful men in the country, a pair who "couldn't be more different or more the same." For six years, Matthews was on the inside, watching the evolving relationship between President Reagan and Speaker of the House O’Neill. Drawing not only on his own remarkable knowledge but on extensive interviews with those closest to his subjects, Matthews brings this unlikely friendship to life in his unique voice.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I didn't want it to end
- By Jim on 10-06-13
By: Chris Matthews
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The Fighting Soul
- On the Road with Bernie Sanders
- By: Ari Rabin-Havt
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 23
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 20
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Story5 out of 5 stars 20
With The Fighting Soul, Ari Rabin-Havt takes us where no profiles or televised interview have been able to go. As a close advisor and deputy campaign manager on Bernie Sanders's most recent—and likely last—presidential campaign, the tireless Rabin-Havt spent more hours between 2017 and 2020 with the Vermont senator than anyone else. Traveling the country for rallies and to support striking workers, the two visited thirty-six states, drove tens of thousands of miles, and ate in countless chain restaurants.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Peter Berkot Is A Good Narrator
- By Riley Williamson on 08-04-22
By: Ari Rabin-Havt
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The Briefing
- Politics, the Press, and the President
- By: Sean Spicer
- Narrated by: Sean Spicer
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 249
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 222
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Story4 out of 5 stars 219
For more than two decades, Sean Spicer had been a respected political insider, working as a campaign and communications strategist. But in December 2016, he got the call of a lifetime. President-elect Donald J. Trump had chosen him to be the White House press secretary. And life hasn’t been the same since. When he accepted the job, Spicer was far from a household name. But then he walked into the bright lights of the briefing room, and the cameras started rolling. His every word was scrutinized. Every movement was parodied. Every detail became a meme. And that’s just the public side.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I did not expect to like this non-fiction book!
- By Wayne on 07-30-18
By: Sean Spicer
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Game Change
- Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime
- By: John Heilemann, Mark Halperin
- Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
- Length: 14 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,702
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,442
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,452
Based on hundreds of interviews with the people who lived the story, Game Change is a reportorial tour de force that reads like a fast-paced novel. Character driven and dialogue rich, replete with extravagantly detailed scenes, this is the occasion-ally shocking, often hilarious, ultimately definitive account of the campaign of a lifetime.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Compelling & frank
- By Michael on 01-15-10
By: John Heilemann, and others
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Destiny and Power
- The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush
- By: Jon Meacham
- Narrated by: Paul Michael
- Length: 25 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,549
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,357
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,355
Drawing on President Bush’s personal diaries, on the diaries of his wife, Barbara, and on extraordinary access to the 41st president and his family, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham paints an intimate and surprising portrait of an intensely private man who led the nation through tumultuous times.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fair and insightful
- By Jean on 12-02-15
By: Jon Meacham
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Renegade
- The Making of a President
- By: Richard Wolffe
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 15 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 112
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 35
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Story4 out of 5 stars 33
Before the White House and Air Force One, before the TV ads and the enormous rallies, there was the real Barack Obama: A man wrestling with the momentous decision to run for the presidency, feeling torn about leaving behind a young family, and figuring out how to win the biggest prize in politics. This book is the previously untold and epic story of how a political newcomer with no money and an alien name grew into the world’s most powerful leader. But it is also a uniquely intimate portrait of the person behind the iconic posters and the Secret Service code name Renegade.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Insights into the greatest Presidential Campaign
- By Carl Laing on 06-21-09
By: Richard Wolffe
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Believer
- My Forty Years in Politics
- By: David Axelrod
- Narrated by: David Axelrod
- Length: 19 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 630
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 546
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 547
The man behind some of the greatest political changes of the last decade, David Axelrod has devoted a lifetime to questioning political certainties and daring to bring fresh thinking into the political landscape. Whether as a child hearing John F. Kennedy stump in New York or as a strategist guiding the first African American to the White House, Axelrod shows in Believer how his own life stands at the center of the tumultuous American century.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Love letter to Obama
- By DaWoolf on 03-15-15
By: David Axelrod
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Double Down
- Game Change 2012
- By: Mark Halperin, John Heilemann
- Narrated by: Robert Fass
- Length: 19 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 998
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 860
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 869
In their runaway best seller Game Change, Mark Halperin and John Heilemann captured the full drama of Barack Obama’s improbable, dazzling victory over the Clintons, John McCain, and Sarah Palin. With the same masterly reporting, unparalleled access, and narrative skill, Double Down picks up the story in the Oval Office, where the president is beset by crises both inherited and unforeseen - facing defiance from his political foes, disenchantment from the voters, disdain from the nation’s powerful money machers, and dysfunction within the West Wing.
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3 out of 5 stars
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About HALF as good as Game Change
- By Jacqueline on 11-10-13
By: Mark Halperin, and others
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The Long Alliance
- The Imperfect Union of Joe Biden and Barack Obama
- By: Gabriel Debenedetti
- Narrated by: Gabriel Debenedetti, Will Damron
- Length: 15 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 27
Gabriel Debenedetti reveals an inside look at the historically close, complicated, occasionally co-dependent, and at-times uncertain relationship between Joe Biden and Barack Obama. The original mismatch between the veteran Washington traditionalist and the once-in-a-generation outsider has transformed repeatedly in ways that have molded not just four different presidential campaigns and two different political parties, but also wars, a devastating near-depression, movements for social equality, and the fight for the future of American democracy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A brilliant summary on an unlikely alliance
- By Lutgart S. on 09-23-22
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Not for the Faint of Heart
- Lessons in Courage, Power, and Persistence
- By: Wendy R. Sherman
- Narrated by: Wendy R. Sherman
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 73
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 64
Few people have sat across from the Iranians and the North Koreans at the negotiating table. Wendy Sherman has done both. During her time as the lead US negotiator of the historic Iran nuclear deal and throughout her distinguished career, Wendy Sherman has amassed tremendous expertise in the most pressing foreign policy issues of our time. Throughout her life - from growing up in civil-rights-era Baltimore to stints as a social worker, campaign manager, and business owner to advising multiple presidents - she has relied on values that have shaped her approach to work and leadership.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This book got me through marathon training
- By Kate Bass on 05-16-19
By: Wendy R. Sherman
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Yes We (Still) Can
- Politics in the Age of Obama, Twitter, and Trump
- By: Dan Pfeiffer
- Narrated by: Dan Pfeiffer
- Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,563
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,439
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,428
The Decade of Obama (2007-2017) was one of massive change that rewrote the rules of politics in ways we are only now beginning to understand (which is why we all got 2016 wrong). Yes We (Still) Can looks at how Obama navigated the forces that allowed Trump to win the White House to become one of the most consequential presidents in American history, why Trump surprised everyone, and how Democrats can come out on top in the long run.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Glad Dan read this himself
- By Debbie Mitchell on 06-20-18
By: Dan Pfeiffer
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Reagan
- An American Journey
- By: Bob Spitz
- Narrated by: Paul Michael
- Length: 32 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 296
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 267
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 266
More than five years in the making, based on hundreds of interviews and access to previously unavailable documents, and infused with irresistible storytelling charm, Bob Spitz's Reagan stands fair to be the first truly post-partisan biography of our 40th president, and thus a balm for our own bitterly divided times. Absorbing and richly detailed, it is a revelatory chronicle of the full arc of Ronald Reagan's epic life - giving full weight to the Hollywood years, his transition to politics and successful run as California governor, and ultimately, his iconic presidency.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Pretty obvious this was written by a Democrat
- By Amazon Customer on 11-04-19
By: Bob Spitz
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The Obamas
- By: Jodi Kantor
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 109
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 90
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Story4 out of 5 stars 90
When Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election, he also won a long-running debate with his wife, Michelle. Contrary to her fears, politics now seemed like a worthwhile, even noble pursuit. Together they planned a White House life that would be as normal and sane as possible. Then they moved in. Filled with riveting detail and insight into their partnership, emotions, and personalities, and written with a keen eye for the ironies of public life, The Obamas is an intimate portrait that will surprise even listeners who thought they knew the president and first lady.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great insight
- By Anthony on 02-18-12
By: Jodi Kantor
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Camelot's End