Listen to the Best Full Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, Law & Politics

Giovanni's Ring: My Life Inside the Real Sopranos by Giovanni Rocco

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/449753 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/449753] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Giovanni's Ring: My Life Inside the Real Sopranos Author: Giovanni Rocco Narrator: Joe Barrett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 4 minutes Release date: June 7, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: Giovanni's Ring is the story of 'Giovanni Rocco,' a New Jersey police officer, known undercover as 'Giovanni Gatto,' who was the mysterious agent at the epicenter of Operation Charlie Horse, a federal undercover operation that ultimately brought down ten members and associates of New Jersey's DeCavalcante Mafia family, the criminal organization known as 'the real Sopranos.' Giovanni spent nearly three years working his way into the DeCavalcante hierarchy. That lethal assignment brought the undercover operation to an end in March 2015, and the resulting string of high-profile arrests eviscerated the criminal organization. Giovanni's Ring is not simply a chronicle of Giovanni Rocco's adventures in the murky and dangerous Mafia world he inhabited, but also a fascinating window into the psychological struggles that such a life inevitably entails.

Do Right and Fear No One by Leslie Thomas Qc

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/463833 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/463833] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Do Right and Fear No One Author: Leslie Thomas Qc Narrator: Leslie Thomas Qc Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 32 minutes Release date: April 14, 2022 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: 'If deaths are not investigated, then the authorities cannot be held to account and democracy is threatened. And if deaths are not investigated, we are not a society that values human life.' Inspired from a young age to help the marginalised and voiceless, Leslie Thomas KC has dedicated his career to fighting for the underdog and holding the State to account. This intimate and personal record of some of the most significant, controversial and disturbing legal cases of the last fifty years lays bare the very heart of the law enforcement and judicial process. It's an unforgettable account of an idealistic and outspoken lawyer's coming of age as a Black man in London, and a powerful portrait of the lives of those he has fought for. From the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, to the deaths of Christi and Bobby Shepherd by carbon monoxide poisoning, the Birmingham Pub Bombings and the police shooting of Mark Duggan, Do Right and Fear No One present a blistering argument for a level playing field in the pursuit of justice.

One Party After Another: The Disruptive Life of Nigel Farage by Michael Crick

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/460440 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/460440] to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Party After Another: The Disruptive Life of Nigel Farage Author: Michael Crick Narrator: Richard Attlee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 44 minutes Release date: February 3, 2022 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: 'Enormously readable...excellent' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times 'A superb piece of thorough journalism' David Aaronovitch, The Times Nigel Farage is arguably one of the most influential British politicians of the 21st century. His campaign to take the UK out of the EU began as a minority and extreme point of view, but in June 2016 it became the official policy of the nation after a divisive referendum. In Michael Crick's brilliant new biography, One Party After Another, we find out how he did it, despite never once managing to get elected to Parliament. Farage left public school at the age of 16 to go and work in the City, but in the 1990s he was drawn into politics, joining UKIP. Ironically, it was the electoral system for the European Parliament that gave him access to a platform, and he was elected an MEP in 1999. His everyman persona, combined with a natural ability as a maverick and outspoken performer on TV, ensured that he garnered plenty of media attention. His message resonated in ways that rattled the major parties - especially the Conservatives - and suddenly the UK's membership of the EU was up for debate. Controversy was never far away, with accusations of racism against the party and various scandals. But, having helped secure the referendum, Farage was largely sidelined by the successful official Brexit campaign. When Parliament struggled to find a way to leave, Farage created the Brexit Party to ensure Britain did eventually leave the EU early in 2020. Crick's compelling new study takes the reader into the heart of Farage's story, assessing his methods, uncovering remarkable hidden details and builds to an unmissable portrait of one of the most controversial characters in modern British politics.

The Jump: My Secret Journey from the Streets to the Boardroom by Larry Miller, Laila Lacy

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/440199 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/440199] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Jump: My Secret Journey from the Streets to the Boardroom Author: Larry Miller, Laila Lacy Narrator: Jd Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 57 minutes Release date: January 18, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: IN THE MARGINS 2023 TOP TITLE FOR NONFICTION One of the most successful Black businessmen in the country, who has led Nike’s Jordan Brand from a $200M sneaker company to a $4B global apparel juggernaut, tells the remarkable story of his rise from gangland violence to the pinnacles of international business. Jump tells Larry Miller’s journey from the violent streets of West Philly in the 1960s to the highest echelons of American sports and industry. Miller wound up in jail more than once, especially as a teenager. But he immersed himself in the educational opportunities, eventually took advantage of a Pennsylvania state education-release program offered to incarcerated people, and was able to graduate with honors from Temple University. When revealing his gangland past caused him to lose his first major job opportunity, Miller vowed to keep it a secret. He climbed the corporate ladder with a number of companies such as Kraft Foods, Campbell’s Soup, and Jantzen, until Nike hired him to run its domestic apparel operations. Around the time of Michael Jordan’s basketball retirement, Nike Chairman Phil Knight made Larry Miller president of the newly formed Jordan Brand. In 2007 Paul Allen convinced Miller to jump to the NBA to become president of the Portland Trailblazers, one of the first African-Americans to lead a professional sports team, before returning to Jordan Brand in 2012. All along, Miller lived two lives: the secret of his violent past haunted him, invading his days with migraines and his sleep with nightmares of getting hauled back to jail. More than a rags-to-riches story, Jump is also a passionate appeal for criminal justice reform and expanded educational opportunities for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people across the United States. Drawing on his powerful personal story, as well as his vast and well-connected network, Miller plans to use Jump as a launching point to help expand such opportunities and to provide an aspirational journey for those who need hope.

New York's Finest: Stories of the NYPD and the Hero Cops Who Saved the City by Michael Daly

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/429042 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/429042] to listen full audiobooks. Title: New York's Finest: Stories of the NYPD and the Hero Cops Who Saved the City Author: Michael Daly Narrator: Michael Daly, P.J. Ochlan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 14 minutes Release date: December 7, 2021 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: The gritty, true blue story of two remarkable cops and an equally extraordinary nurse who provided the spirit and smarts that transformed Fear City into the safest big city in America. NEW YORK'S FINEST is the story of a city's transformation through the tireless efforts of Detective Steven McDonald, Nurse Justiniano, Jack Maple, and a host of hero cops—including the great niece of Jazz Age great Josephine Baker—the finest of The Finest. The son and grandson of cops, Officer McDonald was shot and paralyzed from the neck down while on patrol in 1986. The doctors said that if he did survive, he would be better off dead. It was then he came under the care of one Nurse Nina Justiniano. Where the teenage gunman was produced by the worst of Harlem's social ills, she personified its many graces, rescuing Steven from despair and urging him to transcend hate and bitterness. McDonald was then promoted to detective at the urging of NYPD Deputy Commissioner Jack Maple, a postal worker's son who sported a bow tie, Homburg hat, and two-tone shoes as he implemented transformative crime-fighting strategies to deter violent subway robberies. Coming up in the force, Maple had been routinely mocked for imagining the impossible: that Times Square would one day be a destination for families and tourists. Now, resentments and tensions are mounting in the same neighborhoods that most benefited from the careful consideration of officers like McDonald and Maple. But as NEW YORK'S FINEST illustrates, their legacies, and those of people like Nurse Justiniano, may well rescue New York City from its present state of unrest and struggle in the wake of protests and the pandemic.