Harry Chase has narrated 10 audiobooks on Listento.it by 7 authors, with an average listener rating of 4.8★ across 19 ratings. The most-rated is Tiger Force.
Tiger Force
Summary
At the outset of the Vietnam War, the Army created an experimental fighting unit that became known as "Tiger Force". The Tigers were to be made up of the cream of the crop, the very best and bravest soldiers the American military could offer. They would be given a long leash, allowed to operate in the field with less supervision. Their mission was to seek out enemy compounds and hiding places so that bombing runs could be accurately targeted. They were to go where no troops had gone, to become one with the jungle, to leave themselves behind and get deep inside the enemy's mind. The experiment went terribly wrong. What happened during the seven months Tiger Force descended into the abyss is the stuff of nightmares. Their crimes were uncountable, their madness beyond imagination, so much so that for almost four decades, the story of Tiger Force was covered up under orders that stretched all the way to the White House. Records were scrubbed, documents were destroyed, men were told to say nothing. But one person didn't follow orders. The product of years of investigative reporting, interviews around the world, and the discovery of an astonishing array of classified information, Tiger Force is a masterpiece of journalism. Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for their Tiger Force reporting, Michael Sallah and Mitch Weiss have uncovered the last great secret of the Vietnam War.
©2006 Michael Sallah and Mitch Weiss. All rights reserved. (P)2006 Time Warner AudioBooks. All rights reserved.
Theodore Rex
Summary
The most eagerly awaited presidential biography in years, Theodore Rex begins by following new president Theodore Roosevelt as he takes his emergency oath of office in Buffalo, upon the assassination of President McKinley one hundred years ago. Theodore Rex, full of cinematic detail, moves with the exhilarating pace of a novel, yet it rides on a granite base of scholarship. TR's speed of thought and action, and his total command of all aspects of presidential leadership, from bureaucratic subterfuge to manipulation of the press, make him all but invincible in 1904, when he wins a second term by a historic landslide. Surprisingly, this victory transforms him from a patrician conservative to a progressive, responsible between 1905 and 1908 for a raft of enlightened legislation. Interspersed with many stories of Rooseveltian triumphs are some bitter episodes - notably a devastating lynching - that remind us of America's deep prejudices and fears. Theodore Rex does not attempt to justify TR's notorious action following the Brownsville Incident of 1906 - his worst mistake as president - but neither does this resolutely honest biography indulge in the easy wisdom of hindsight. It is written throughout in real time, reflecting the world as TR saw it. By the final chapter, as the great "Teddy" prepares to quit the White House, it will be a hard-hearted listener who does not share the sentiment of Henry Adams: "The old house will seem dull and sad when my Theodore has gone."Listen to a conversation with Edmund Morris.
©2001 Edmund Morris (P)2001 Random House Audio, a Division of Random House Inc.
The Problems of Work
Summary
From the author of the number one New York Times best seller Dianetics, with over 22 million copies sold With 70 percent of our time spent at work, difficulties on the job can impact every facet of our lives. Contained in this book is not only technology to bring stability to the workplace, but the groundbreaking processes to return joy itself to all of life. Here is a book that does what you don't expect a book to do. It tells you HOW. It tells you the basis of things, and the most basic of things is life itself. This then is a book about life. In this book, learn how to: Gain the confidence to achieve the life you've always wanted Increase stability in the workplace and at home Improve communication skills - the key to achieving success Understand your underlying motivations and master control over your emotions Dramatically increase efficiency, competency and productivity Discover the secret principles to have true happiness Learn the cause of exhaustion and how to restore the vitality of youth Create fulfilling relationships “I must say how much I enjoyed this book, this text, these ideas, and their workable solutions. I feel refreshed. I know how to handle exhaustion. I know that this work thing must be created and that work itself is a game with freedoms, barriers and purposes. I would rate it 5 out of 5. I appreciate the materials and even the packaging. I really, really enjoyed this learning journey." (L.R.) “My way of looking at people and the physical universe has changed, and I feel that my responsibility has increased a lot too. The fact of having this knowledge can be an influencer of environments and people. I will read this book several times because each time we perceive more things. The book showed me that we can help, uplift, empower people and change the environment around us.” (R.G.) “I am using The Problems of Work to help me with communication. I will be a lot more efficient at work and be able to accomplish more. I am also using it to relieve my exhaustion from work. The Take a Walk method is great, this is helpful, especially after work.” (T.B.) Gain practical tools you can use to bring about greater security, competence and efficiency in everyday life. With over 200 million copies of his works in circulation and dozens of international best sellers, L. Ron Hubbard has inspired a movement spanning every continent on earth. All told, those works comprise some 5,000 writings and 3,000 recorded lectures and, as such, stand as the single most embracive statement on the human mind and spirit. His breakthroughs have helped millions lead more successful lives and achieve true happiness. To enhance your audiobook experience, a PDF has been provided that includes articles and an editor's glossary. When you purchase this title, the PDF will be available in your Audible Library. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2007 L. Ron Hubbard Library (P)2007 L. Ron Hubbard Library
Scientology: The Fundamentals of Thought: The Theory & Practice of Scientology for Beginners
Summary
From the author of the number one New York Times best seller Dianetics, with over 22 million copies sold What is the "meaning of life?" So many of us spend most of our lives searching for the answer to this age-old question. Well, what if you have had the answers all along and all you ever needed were the tools to access them? In this groundbreaking book, Scientology: The Fundamentals of Thought, you will embark on a remarkable journey, mastering the tools of life as you uncover the most important discovery you will ever make - the knowledge of you. Learn and immediately apply the fundamental processes and principles that define the primary architecture of how life works. Achieve a complete understanding of the mind, spirit and life. Recognize what motivates your actions and the actions of others, and unblock the barriers of the extraordinary potential you have locked inside. Life is a game - and quite simply, herein are the rules. You can be happier, more capable and play a better game, harnessing all life has to offer. Here are the answers you've been looking for. "The data here is usable and workable for everyday life. I like becoming smarter and more competent and able to understand life better. I have been applying many of these fundamentals already and it has definitely helped me to be successful in life. Besides helping myself, I am able to help my co-workers, family, etc. I highly recommend this book to others.” (J.R.) With over 200 million copies of his works in circulation and dozens of international best sellers, L. Ron Hubbard has inspired a movement spanning every continent on earth. All told, those works comprise some 5,000 writings and 3,000 recorded lectures and, as such, stand as the single most embracive statement on the human mind and spirit. His breakthroughs have helped millions lead more successful lives and achieve true happiness. To enhance your audiobook experience, a PDF has been provided that includes related articles and an editor's glossary. When you purchase this title, the PDF will be available in your Audible Library. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2007 L. Ron Hubbard Library (P)2007 L. Ron Hubbard Library
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
Summary
Available for the first time in audio, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt is the story of seven men - a naturalist, a writer, a lover, a hunter, a ranchman, a soldier, and a politician - who merged at age 42 to become the youngest American President in history. Twenty-one years ago, this classic biography (the first volume of a planned trilogy; the second, Theodore Rex, was published in 2001) won both the Pulitzer Prize and American Book Award, and since then it has never been out of print. Listen to a conversation with Edmund Morris.
©1979 Edmund Morris (P)2002 Random House Inc., Random House Audio, a Division of Random House Inc.
Scientology: A New Slant on Life
Summary
From the author of the number one New York Times best seller Dianetics, with over 22 million copies sold "The truth of the matter is that all the happiness you will ever find lies in you." (L. Ron Hubbard) In this book you'll find the answers to put you in charge of your life. Based on L. Ron Hubbard's discoveries culled from decades of research, it's filled with practical tools that can be applied to improve every area of your life. The articles in this book contain Scientology basics for all parts of existence, answers to questions Man has sought through the ages; answers you hoped could be found somewhere, answers that work. Articles include: is it possible to be happy? Personal integrity man's search for his soul marriage what is greatness? Honesty and ethics "In Scientology: A New Slant on Life I found information that is helping me in a concrete way in the day-to-day activities of life. The understanding of these simple datums, which can seem trivial, was all I needed! Thanks to this knowledge, I solved many problems concerning relationships with other people, allowing me to fully understand that communication is a fundamental element that coexists between two or more individuals." (V.C.) “What are your goals? Where are you going? Why are you here? What are you? Scientology has answers to these questions, good answers that are true, answers that work for you. For the subject matter of Scientology is you.” (L. Ron Hubbard) Open the doors to a new beginning where you can play the game of life with confidence and success. With over 200 million copies of his works in circulation and dozens of international best sellers, L. Ron Hubbard has inspired a movement spanning every continent on earth. All told, those works comprise some 5,000 writings and 3,000 recorded lectures and, as such, stand as the single most embracive statement on the human mind and spirit. His breakthroughs have helped millions lead more successful lives and achieve true happiness. To enhance your audiobook experience a PDF has been provided that includes an article and an editor's glossary. The PDF is available for download with purchase. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2007 L. Ron Hubbard Library (P)2007 L. Ron Hubbard Library
Self Analysis
Summary
From the author of the number one New York Times best seller Dianetics, with over 22 million copies sold “Self Analysis helped me regain motivation and vitality I didn't even realize I had lost. It grew my confidence and helped me realize I could accomplish much more than I thought.” (Eva Mah, actress and entrepreneur) “Self Analysis helped me understand myself and hidden factors that have made me withdraw from life and from reaching my full potential. They are simple methods that you can do alone and that will change your life. Give it an honest go. It is simple and powerful.” (Serge Ramelli, top photography instructor) Do you really know yourself? With this book, you can. Applying a series of light, yet powerful techniques, you embark on the great adventure of self-discovery. The barriers of life are really just shadows. Learn to know yourself, not just a shadow of yourself. "Probably the most neglected friend you have is you. And yet every man, before he can be a true friend to the world, must first become a friend to himself." (L. Ron Hubbard) With Self Analysis you can: Explore your past and improve reactions toward life Improve memory and reaction time Learn the laws of survival and abundance Start on the most interesting adventure in your life. With over 200 million copies of his works in circulation and dozens of international best sellers, L. Ron Hubbard has inspired a movement spanning every continent on earth. All told, those works comprise some 5,000 writings and 3,000 recorded lectures and, as such, stand as the single most embracive statement on the human mind and spirit. His breakthroughs have helped millions lead more successful lives and achieve true happiness. To enhance your audiobook experience, a PDF has been provided that includes accompanying charts and an editor's glossary. When you purchase this title, the PDF will be available in your Audible Library.
©1951 L. Ron Hubbard Library (P)2009 L. Ron Hubbard Library
Long Time Gone
Summary
New York Times best-selling master J. A. Jance brings back J. P. Beaumont, one of the most enduring and endearing characters in contemporary fiction, in a riveting story about a shocking, long-buried case of murder. After more than 20 years of distinguished service with the Seattle Police Department, Jonas Piedmont Beaumont is now working for the Washington State Attorney's Special Homicide Investigation Team or, as it's more commonly referred, the SHIT squad. But the more things change, the more they stay the same. An eyewitness to a 50-year-old murder has just come forward, and Beau has been hand-picked to lead the investigation. While undergoing hypnotherapy, a middle-aged nun unexpectedly recalls the grisly details of a cold-blooded killing she witnessed when she was five years old. Though fear has kept these memories repressed for half a century, they've now risen to the surface to cast a harsh light on a deadly plot that spans two generations. And Beau's caught in the glare, facing a ruthless band of co-conspirators willing to go to any lengths to keep their secrets hidden. Filled with all of the Jance trademarks, heart-stopping suspense, deeply drawn characters, local flavor, intelligence, and humanity, Long Time Gone is a crowning achievement in this best-selling author's career.
©2005 J.A. Jance (P)2005 BBC Audiobooks America and © 2005 HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.
The Shame of the Nation
Summary
Over the past several years, Jonathan Kozol has visited nearly 60 public schools. Virtually everywhere, he finds that conditions have grown worse for inner-city children in the 15 years since federal courts began dismantling the landmark ruling in Brown v. Board of Education. First, a state of nearly absolute apartheid now prevails in thousands of our schools. The segregation of Black children has reverted to a level that the nation has not seen since 1968. Few of the students in these schools know White children any longer. Second, a protomilitary form of discipline has now emerged, modeled on stick-and-carrot methods of behavioral control traditionally used in prisons but targeted exclusively at Black and Hispanic children. And third, as high-stakes testing takes on pathological and punitive dimensions, liberal education in our inner-city schools has been increasingly replaced by culturally barren and robotic methods of instruction that would be rejected out of hand by schools that serve the mainstream of society. Filled with the passionate voices of children and their teachers and some of the most revered and trusted leaders in the Black community, The Shame of the Nation is a triumph of firsthand reporting that pays tribute to those undefeated educators who persist against the odds, but directly challenges the chilling practices now being forced upon our urban systems by the Bush administration. In their place, Kozol offers a humane, dramatic challenge to our nation to fulfill at last the promise made some 50 years ago to all our youngest citizens.
©2005 Jonathan Kozol (P)2005 Random House, Inc., Random House Audio, a division of Random House, Inc.
Eleventh Month, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour
Summary
November 11, 1918. The final hours pulsate with tension as every man in the trenches hopes to escape the melancholy distinction of being the last to die in World War I. The Allied generals knew the fighting would end precisely at 11:00 a.m., yet in the final hours they flung men against an already beaten Germany. The result? Eleven thousand casualties suffered - more than during the D-Day invasion of Normandy. Why? Allied commanders wanted to punish the enemy to the very last moment and career officers saw a fast-fading chance for glory and promotion. Joseph E. Persico puts the reader in the trenches with the forgotten and the famous, among the latter, Corporal Adolf Hitler, Captain Harry Truman, and Colonels Douglas MacArthur and George Patton. Mainly, he follows ordinary soldiers' lives, illuminating their fate as the end approaches. Persico sets the last day of the war in historic context with a gripping reprise of all that led up to it, from the 1914 assassination of the Austrian archduke, Franz Ferdinand, which ignited the war, to the raw racism Black doughboys endured except when ordered to advance and die in the war's last hour. Persico recounts the war's bloody climax in a cinematic style that evokes All Quiet on the Western Front, Grand Illusion, and Paths of Glory. The pointless fighting on the last day of the war is the perfect metaphor for the four years that preceded it, years of senseless slaughter for hollow purposes. This book is sure to become the definitive history of the end of a conflict Winston Churchill called "the hardest, cruelest, and least-rewarded of all the wars that have been fought".
©2004 Joseph E. Persico (P)2004 Random House, Inc. Random House Audio, a division of Random House, Inc.