Hell's Angels
A Strange and Terrible Saga
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas author Hunter S. Thompson rocked the literary world with his mind-bending style of Gonzo journalism. First published in 1966, Hell’s Angels is Thompson’s up-close and personal look at the infamous motorcycle gang during the time when its moniker was most feared.
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I was there...
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 871
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This enormously eccentric book takes listeners on a crazy journey with renowned gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson. The Curse of Lono is to Hawaii what Fear and Loathing was to Las Vegas: the crazy tales of a journalist's "coverage" of a news event that ends up being a wild ride to the dark side of Americana. Originally published in 1983, The Curse of Lono features all of the zany, hallucinogenic wordplay for which Hunter S.Thompson became known and loved.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Gangsters vs. Nazis
- How Jewish Mobsters Battled Nazis in Wartime America
- By: Michael Benson
- Narrated by: Gabriel Vaughan
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 119
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 118
As Adolph Hitler rose to power in 1930s Germany, a growing wave of fascism began to take root on American soil. Nazi activists started to gather in major American cities, and by 1933, there were more than one hundred anti-Semitic groups operating openly in the United States. Few Americans dared to speak out or fight back—until an organized resistance of notorious mobsters waged their own personal war against the Nazis in their midst. Gangland-style.
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4 out of 5 stars
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What, you couldn’t find one culturally Jewish narrator?
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The Last Good Heist
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- By: Wayne Worcester, Randall Richard, Tim White
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On August 14, 1975, eight daring thieves ransacked 148 massive safe-deposit boxes at a secret bank used by organized crime, La Cosa Nostra, and its associates in Providence, Rhode Island. The crooks fled with duffel bags crammed full of cash, gold, silver, stamps, coins, jewels, and high-end jewelry. The true value of the loot has always been kept secret, partly because it was ill-gotten to begin with, and partly because there was plenty of incentive to keep its true worth out of the limelight.
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Interesting but not the greatest story.
- By Russell on 07-21-17
By: Wayne Worcester, and others
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Hellhound on His Trail
- The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin
- By: Hampton Sides
- Narrated by: Hampton Sides
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On April 23, 1967, Prisoner #416J, an inmate at the notorious Missouri State Penitentiary, escaped in a breadbox. Fashioning himself Eric Galt, this nondescript thief and con man - whose real name was James Earl Ray -drifted through the South, into Mexico, and then Los Angeles, where he was galvanized by George Wallace's racist presidential campaign. With relentless storytelling drive, Sides follows Galt and King as they crisscross the country, one stalking the other, until the crushing moment at the Lorraine Motel.
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5 out of 5 stars
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History Comes Alive
- By L. Lyter on 06-29-10
By: Hampton Sides
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Policing Saigon
- By: Loren W. Christensen
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Story5 out of 5 stars 46
Policing Saigon isn't Platoon or Apocalypse Now, but the story of Loren W. Christensen's experience as a military policeman (MP) in a city of millions at a time when chaos and fear reigned. As a 23-year-old from a small town in Washington State, the author was plunged into a chaotic city of brawling servicemen, prostitutes, racial violence, enemy rockets, riots, and death. It was a place that would give him a unique opportunity to see up close a different side of the Vietnam War and its effect on the human condition.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Forget about it.
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Storming Las Vegas
- How a Cuban-Born, Soviet-Trained Commando Took Down the Strip to the Tune of Five World-Class Hotels, Three Armored Cars, and Millions of Dollars
- By: John Huddy
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 305
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 157
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Story4 out of 5 stars 161
On September 20, 1998, a Cuban-born former Red Army lieutenant named Jose Vigoa launched a series of raids on the Las Vegas Strip. During a 16-month spree, Vigoa robbed five world-class hotels, three armored cars, and one department store. The casinos hit were the MGM; the Desert Inn; the New York, New York; the Mandalay Bay; and the Bellagio. Lieutenant John Alamshaw, a 23-year-old veteran in charge of robbery detectives, was ordered to stop the robberies at all costs. He knew he was up against a mastermind. What he didn't know was that he was running out of time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I loved it..
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Murder City
- Ciudad Juarez and The Global Economy's New Killing Fields
- By: Charles Bowden
- Narrated by: Charles Bowden
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- Unabridged
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 122
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Charles Bowden writes, “this book is not about how the world ends but how a new world is being born.” Murder City explores this new world, focusing on the idea that Mexico is collapsing into a permanent culture of violence. Bowden focuses on Ciudad Juarez, which lies just across the Rio Grande from El Paso. Infamously known as the place where women disappear, last year alone 1,607 people were murdered, a number that is set to accelerate in 2009.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Listen Up!
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By: Charles Bowden
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The Other Side of the River
- A Story of Two Towns, a Death, and America's Dilemma
- By: Alex Kotlowitz
- Narrated by: Stanley Tucci
- Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 90
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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Story4 out of 5 stars 69
In The Other Side of the River, his eagerly awaited new book, Kotlowitz takes us to southern Michigan. Here, separated by the St. Joseph River, are two towns, St. Joseph and Benton Harbor. Geographically close, they are worlds apart, a living metaphor for America's racial divisions: St. Joseph is a prosperous lakeshore community and 95 percent white, while Benton Harbor is impoverished and 92 percent black. When the body of a black teenaged boy from Benton Harbor is found in the river, unhealed wounds and suspicions between the two towns' populations surface as well.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thought Provoking Book
- By Patrick on 02-03-18
By: Alex Kotlowitz
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Days of Rage
- America's Radical Underground, the FBI, and the Forgotten Age of Revolutionary Violence
- By: Bryan Burrough
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 22 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 588
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 517
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 516
From the best-selling author of Public Enemies and The Big Rich, an explosive account of the decade-long battle between the FBI and the homegrown revolutionary movements of the 1970s. The FBI combated these groups and others as nodes in a single revolutionary underground, dedicated to the violent overthrow of the American government. The FBI’s response to the leftist revolutionary counterculture has not been treated kindly by history, and in hindsight many of its efforts seem almost comically ineffectual, if not criminal in themselves.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing treatment of tough history
- By Steven on 05-13-15
By: Bryan Burrough
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Gangster Squad
- Covert Cops, the Mob, and the Battle for Los Angeles
- By: Paul Lieberman
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 95
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 89
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Story4 out of 5 stars 88
Gangster Squad chronicles the true story of the secretive police unit that waged an anything-goes war to drive Mickey Cohen and other hoodlums from Los Angeles after WWII. In 1946, the LAPD launched the Gangster Squad with eight men who met covertly on street corners and slept with Tommy guns under their beds. But for two cops, all that mattered was nailing the strutting gangster Mickey Cohen. Sgt. Jack O’Mara was a square-jawed church usher, Sgt. Jerry Wooters a cynical maverick....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Nothing Like the movie
- By KEITH on 02-21-13
By: Paul Lieberman
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S Street Rising
- Crack, Murder, and Redemption in D.C.
- By: Ruben Castaneda
- Narrated by: Stephen Bel Davies
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 57
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 58
During the height of the crack epidemic that decimated the streets of D.C., Ruben Castaneda covered the crime beat for the Washington Post. The first in his family to graduate from college, he had landed a job at one of the country’s premier newspapers. But his apparent success masked a devastating secret: he was a crack addict. Even as he covered the drug-fueled violence that was destroying the city, he was prowling S Street, a 24/7 open-air crack market, during his off hours, looking for his next fix.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Some good DC history & time travel
- By Marie on 07-12-16
By: Ruben Castaneda
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Freedom Summer
- The Savage Season That Made Mississippi Burn and Made America a Democracy
- By: Bruce Watson
- Narrated by: David Drummond
- Length: 14 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 190
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 131
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 128
In the summer of 1964, with the civil rights movement stalled, seven hundred college students descended on Mississippi to register black voters, teach in Freedom Schools, and live in sharecroppers' shacks. But by the time their first night in the state had ended, three volunteers were dead, black churches had burned, and America had a new definition of freedom.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Long Hot Summer
- By Roy on 08-01-10
By: Bruce Watson
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Orange Sunshine
- The Brotherhood of Eternal Love and Its Quest to Spread Peace, Love, and Acid to the World
- By: Nicholas Schou
- Narrated by: Stephen Bowlby
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 32
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Story5 out of 5 stars 31
Dubbed the "Hippie Mafia", the Brotherhood began in the mid-1960s as a small band of peace-loving, adventure-seeking surfers in Southern California. After discovering LSD, they took to Timothy Leary's mantra of "Turn on, tune in, and drop out" and resolved to make that vision a reality by becoming the biggest group of acid dealers and hashish smugglers in the nation, and literally providing the fuel for the psychedelic revolution in the process.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Trip down the rabbit hole
- By Casey Doerr on 04-19-22
By: Nicholas Schou
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Among the Thugs
- By: Bill Buford
- Narrated by: Bill Buford
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 208
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 182
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 181
They have names like Barmy Bernie, Daft Donald, and Steamin' Sammy. They like lager (in huge quantities), the queen, football clubs (especially Manchester United), and themselves. Their dislike encompasses the rest of the known universe, and England's soccer thugs express it in ways that range from mere vandalism to riots that terrorize entire cities. Now, Bill Buford, editor of the prestigious journal Granta, enters this alternate society and records both its savageries and its sinister allure.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Riveting
- By Matthew & Nina iles on 10-22-19
By: Bill Buford
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Season of the Witch
- Enchantment, Terror, and Deliverance in the City of Love
- By: David Talbot
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 16 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,140
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 987
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 985
Season of the Witch is the first book to fully capture the dark magic of San Francisco in this breathtaking period, when the city radically changed itself - and then revolutionized the world. The cool gray city of love was the epicenter of the 1960s cultural revolution. But by the early 1970s, San Francisco’s ecstatic experiment came crashing down from its starry heights. The city was rocked by savage murder sprees, mysterious terror campaigns, political assassinations, street riots, and finally a terrifying sexual epidemic.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Gripping, important history - well told
- By The Companion on 05-21-12
By: David Talbot
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Exile on Front Street
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If bad words offend you, don't read.
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The Proud Highway
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Here is the private and most intimate correspondence of one of America's most influential and incisive journalists - Hunter S.Thompson. In letters to a who's who of luminaries, from Norman Mailer toCharles Kuralt, Tom Wolfe to Lyndon Johnson, William Styron to Joan Baez - not to mention his mother, the NRA, and a chain of newspaper editors - Thompson vividly catches the tenor of the times in 1960s America and channels it all through hisown razor-sharp perspective.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Biography
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Hangmen
- Riding with an Outlaw Motorcycle Club in the Old Days
- By: Dale Arenson
- Narrated by: Matt Godfrey
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 126
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 115
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Story5 out of 5 stars 114
Come and ride with the outlaw bikers in California in the glory days of the '60s and '70s. During the wild times of choppers and gang brawls, action and violence that seemed to know no end. Times that cannot be recreated today. Girls, guys, guns, and bikes. Living a life like no other.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A True Biker Classic
- By Amazon Customer on 08-05-22
By: Dale Arenson
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Better than Sex
- By: Hunter S. Thompson
- Narrated by: Scott Sowers
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 89
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 83
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 83
A pioneer of the New Journalism movement, Hunter S. Thompson wrote with a fire that captured the attention of millions. Here Thompson delivers a mind-bending view of the 1992 presidential race, packed with all the horror, sacrifice, lust, and glory that made this campaign so utterly fascinating.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Classic for One Chapter
- By Michael Friedman on 12-08-12
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Vagos, Mongols, and Outlaws
- My Infiltration of America's Deadliest Biker Gangs
- By: Kerrie Droban, Charles Falco
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 654
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 579
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 575
Despite lacking any experience with motorcycle gangs, Charles Falco infiltrated three of America's deadliest biker gangs: the Vagos, Mongols, and Outlaws. In separate investigations that spanned years and coasts, Falco risked his life, suffering a fractured neck and a severely torn shoulder, working deep under cover to bring violent sociopaths to justice.
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2 out of 5 stars
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no good.
- By Raymond on 03-20-16
By: Kerrie Droban, and others
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Songs of the Doomed
- More Notes on the Death of the American Dream
- By: Hunter S. Thompson
- Narrated by: Hunter S. Thompson
- Length: 3 hrs and 2 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 154
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 111
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Story4 out of 5 stars 110
With Thompson's trademark insight and passion about the state of American politics and culture, Songs of the Doomed charts the long, strange trip from Kennedy to Quayle in Thompson's freewheeling, inimitable style. Spanning four decades - 1950 to 1990 - Thompson is at the top of his form while fleeing New York for Puerto Rico, riding with the Hell's Angels, investigating Las Vegas sleaze, grappling with the "Dukakis problem", and finally, detailing his infamous lifestyle bust.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Poor Production Sinks Great Material
- By Bill Bleuel on 05-09-12
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- W Scott
- 07-01-14
Ready to Read Again
Would you listen to Hell's Angels again? Why?
I've heard of Sonny Barger and, ironically, what a good leader he was. Decided to listen to the book to learn more about the lifestyle he led and to see what gave him away as a good leader.
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- Brett
- 03-20-14
Not what I expected
Having just listened to "Fear and Loathing" and having read "Rum Diaries", I expected something different from this book. What I found instead was a straight up journalism piece. Great if you're really interested in the Hell's Angels but terrible if you're looking for Hunter S. Thompson's personal touches. I found it repetitive and somewhat tedious. As for the narration, the narrator seemed to feel he needed to emphasize every sentence with force, which I didn't care for. Overall not a bad book, just not what I was expecting or wanting.
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- BenRias
- 06-12-21
Revealing
I’m not anti-media, but it was disappointing to see how, even back in the sixties, truth took a back seat to sensationalism—turning an average bad apple motorcycle club into some mythical gang of outlaws. The behind the scenes info from this book really clarify all the stories I’ve heard over the years about the Angels. I only wish i listened to this book sooner.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-20-20
it's a classic
Hunter s Thompson's poetic words describing a 60s Americana interrupted but a wild club of the down and out seeking their own slice of the Americana pie.
the performance is okay, but would be read much better in Thompson's unique cadence.
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- Rlikemoney
- 08-17-20
awesome book!
the narrator made this audiobook great, it was really good and interesting but the narrator made it memorable.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Matthew Krider
- 11-26-21
I♥️HST
Hunter speaks in a voice that speaks to my soul. what I wouldn't give to have partied with him just once.
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- TeamDreamCacher
- 09-18-17
Insights Galore!
I'd for years misunderstood the Hell's Angels and have recently come to see that things are never what they seem. This was a great look inside a society that's has outcasted itself and branded as dangerous but a closer look will show you something entirely different!
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- eric white
- 03-12-18
Terrible audio
Great book but the audio is real Skippy and it gets irritating but all around good
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- George
- 06-14-20
Kinda Gonzo
Watching the movie Rum Diaries inspired me to listen to this. It was well written and interesting. Most of the subject matter was dated and just not that interesting. The last few chapters were the best. The narrator did a bang up job.
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- Amazon Customer
- 04-03-19
Evwn more entertaining if you live in Nor Cal
would of been better if the performance was done in a Hunter S. Thompson dialect. I live in Northern California and have heard storys of the Angles from my Folks (grew up in the bay), so the cities and highways runs really gave me great visuals in my head. Hunter's outlandishly deccriptions is very entertaining
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