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They'll Never Hold Me by Michael Adams

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/818670 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/818670] to listen full audiobooks. Title: They'll Never Hold Me Author: Michael Adams Narrator: Nathan Lang Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 56 minutes Release date: November 7, 2024 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: The life and crimes of Kevin John Simmonds, Australia's most daring fugitive. In 1959, Australians thrilled to every move made by a new criminal underdog, a Ned Kelly for the rock 'n' roll era. Kevin John Simmonds was a charismatic crook whose brazen crime spree had scored him a lengthy prison sentence. But as he was led from court, he boasted, 'They'll never hold me.' Two months later, Simmo made good on his promise, staging a daring escape from Long Bay Gaol. When his bid for freedom took a deadly turn, legendary Detective Ray 'the Gunner' Kelly took charge of the search, putting the fugitive in the crosshairs of the biggest armed manhunt in Australian history. They'll Never Hold Me is the true story of an antihero with a code of honour who captured the public's hearts and minds even as he enraged the cops and the establishment. Brilliantly researched and written by Michael Adams, of the Forgotten Australia podcast, this never-before-told tale takes us beyond the public adventures that made Simmo into Public Enemy No. 1 to reveal the haunting tragedies he was trying to outrun – and the terrible fate that even he might not escape.

Woodrow Wilson: The Light Withdrawn by Christopher Cox

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/770577 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/770577] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Woodrow Wilson: The Light Withdrawn Author: Christopher Cox Narrator: Jonathan Davis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 25 hours 31 minutes Release date: November 5, 2024 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: A timely reassessment of Woodrow Wilson and his role in the long national struggle for racial equality and women’s voting rights. More than a century after he dominated American politics, Woodrow Wilson still fascinates. With panoramic sweep, Woodrow Wilson: The Light Withdrawn reassesses his life and his role in the movements for racial equality and women’s suffrage. The Wilson that emerges is a man superbly unsuited to the moment when he ascended to the presidency in 1912, as the struggle for women’s voting rights in America reached the tipping point. The first southern Democrat to occupy the White House since the Civil War era brought with him to Washington like-minded men who quickly set to work segregating the federal government. Wilson’s own sympathy for Jim Crow and states’ rights animated his years-long hostility to the Susan B. Anthony Amendment, which promised universal suffrage backed by federal enforcement. Women demonstrating for voting rights found themselves demonized in government propaganda, beaten and starved while illegally imprisoned, and even confined to the insane asylum. When, in the twilight of his second term, two-thirds of Congress stood on the threshold of passing the Anthony Amendment, Wilson abruptly switched his position. But in sympathy with like-minded southern Democrats, he acquiesced in a “race rider” that would protect Jim Crow. The heroes responsible for the eventual success of the unadulterated Anthony Amendment are brought to life by Christopher Cox, an author steeped in the ways of Washington and political power. This is a brilliant, carefully researched work that puts you at the center of one of the greatest advances in the history of American democracy.

Uncommon Company: Dissidents and Diplomats, Enemies and Artists by William H. Luers

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/818275 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/818275] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Uncommon Company: Dissidents and Diplomats, Enemies and Artists Author: William H. Luers Narrator: David Colacci Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 42 minutes Release date: November 5, 2024 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: In his revelatory memoir Uncommon Company, William Luers shares stories of his incredible career as a US diplomat to European and Latin American nations, where he introduced art and culture to forge common ground and community, improving the lives of citizens in many countries closed to Western ideas. From touring the Soviet Union with playwright Edward Albee in the 1960s to bringing such famous writers and artists as John Updike, Arthur Miller, William Styron, Peter Matthiessen, Francine du Plessix Gray, Richard Diebenkorn, and Frank Stella to Venezuela and Prague during his ambassadorships in Venezuela and Czechoslovakia, Bill Luers's practice of cultural diplomacy became known as his ability to wield 'soft power' that strengthened US relationships wherever he served. After more than thirty years with the State Department, Luers brought his art expertise to New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art as its president, where he secured the Annenberg Collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works by such masters as Van Gogh, Picasso, and Cézanne, among many other accomplishments. Uplifting and inspirational, William Luers's Uncommon Company is the true story of a life well lived, celebrating the challenges and triumphs found in the virtues of being a servant leader.

Dirty Cop by Anonymous

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/817108 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/817108] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dirty Cop Author: Anonymous Narrator: Colin Mace Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 1 minute Release date: October 31, 2024 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: During the 1990s, the UK police preferred to be accused of racism rather than corruption. Stop and searches for no reason other than the colour of someone's skin had managed to turn many law-abiding citizens into cop haters. But all I ever wanted was to be a good police officer. I thought I could be the smartest, the toughest, the bravest - but also, the fairest - cop in the neighbourhood. I ended up in an elite, compact, anti-narcotics unit given unrestricted authority to wage war on the area's drugs underworld, focusing on criminals in and around a vast housing estate. It was comparable to Rio's shanty town favelas and the concrete jungle estates of Naples where Gomorrah mafia gangsters still live to this day. My beat was complex, a tinderbox front line, where we confronted the brutality, the dead, the victims and the perps all in the name of law and order. But in my upside-down world, those with badges morphed into secret criminals as my unit became the most powerful and feared gang of all. And when my conscience finally got the better of me, I tried to go straight, only to be brought down by the ghosts of the past.

Awakening the Spirit of America: FDR’s War of Words With Charles Lindinbergh – and the Battle to Save Democracy by Paul M. Sparrow

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/798149 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/798149] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Awakening the Spirit of America: FDR’s War of Words With Charles Lindinbergh – and the Battle to Save Democracy Author: Paul M. Sparrow Narrator: Malcolm Hillgartner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 36 minutes Release date: October 29, 2024 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: Franklin Roosevelt awoke on September 1, 1939 to the news that Germany invaded Poland, signaling the start of World War II. The president warned for years that Hitler's fascist regime posed an existential threat to democracy, but the American public remained stubbornly isolationist as fascist sympathizing groups, egged on by right wing media stars promoting anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, plotted to overthrow the president. The situation was dire, and Roosevelt found himself facing an unexpected adversary: Charles Lindbergh. Wildly popular, the famed aviator's youthful charm, plainspoken rhetoric, and media magnetism earned him a massive following as he led an attack on FDR's policies. The German government provided secret funds to Lindbergh's Nazi followers as he led the radical America First Committee in an effort to prevent Roosevelt from aiding England's survival—and the world's. Awakening the Spirit of America shows how Roosevelt overcame the forces aligned against him in a war against fascism. Paul Sparrow, former director of the FDR Presidential Library, reveals how FDR's triumph of leadership was by no means a foregone conclusion. Awakening the Spirit of America provides a riveting account of FDR's ultimate victory over pro-Nazi isolationists and provides vital insight into American history and an iconic president.