Joseph Campanella has narrated 11 audiobooks on Listento.it by 11 authors, with an average listener rating of 4.6★ across 21 ratings. The most-rated is In Retrospect.
In Retrospect
Summary
As secretary of defense for Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, Robert S. McNamara was one of the chief architects of American foreign policy, and particularly of the strategy that propelled the U.S. into the Vietnam War. Though he at first firmly believed that fighting communism in East Asia was worth the loss of American lives, McNamara eventually found himself at odds with other members of the Johnson administration when he came to see the ever-escalating was as unwinnable. In the years since he resigned his office, he has until now refused any public comment on the unpopular war with which he was so thoroughly identified. Drawing on his personal experience and a wealth of documentation, McNamara presents a classic insider account of how Vietnam policy grew, of exactly how we stumbled into the war and exactly why it quickly became almost impossible to pull out. Both personal and historic, his account reveals the trials of leadership, of how a generation's "best and brightest" led our nation into tragedy, and what we can learn from their mistakes.
©1996 Robert S. McNamara (P)2009 Phoenix
Outrage
Summary
What went wrong in the O.J. Simpson double-murder trial? Former prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi dares to lay bare the bungling he perceived in the case. Incriminating evidence was never presented and lapses in strategy left prosecutors Marcia Clark and Christopher Darden at a disadvantage. These are just a few of the fatal errors that led to a victory for the defense. Listen as Bugliosi weaves his own final summation, laying out the evidence in its proper sequence and forestalling or rebutting the ploys of the defense. Bugliosi is familiar with high-profile murder trials, his most famous one being the Charles Manson case, which became the basis for his book, Helter Skelter.
©1996 by Vincent Bugliosi (P)1996 by Dove Audio, Inc.
Leadership Is an Art
Summary
Learn the leadership skills to build a better, more profitable business with the help of Max DePree. CEO of Herman Miller, Inc. - a firm which ranks high in Fortune magazine's surveys of the most admired, best managed companies, and one of the best companies to work for in America - DePree expounds on an innovative style of business leadership for the 1990s. He emphasizes a humanistic approach, which is responsible for the remarkable success of Herman Miller, Inc. and other respected American companies.
© Max DePree; (P) Dove Audio, Inc.
Hammerheads
Summary
Off the coast of southern Florida, a deadly war is being waged that threatens our national security. Thousands of kilos of illicit drugs are dumped on our shores annually. But "business as usual" takes a quite different turn when Sandra Geffar and Ian Hardcastle (heads of the U.S. Customs Department and the Coast Guard respectively) put their departmental and personal squabbles behind them and team up in a daring plan to put an end to airborne smuggling. The operation is dubbed "Hammerheads", and it proposes nothing less than to fight the Colombian cartel with the latest hi-tech weaponry available, until the smugglers up the ante.
©1991 Dale Brown (P)2009 Phoenix
Night of the Hawk
Summary
In this sequel to Flight of the Old Dog, master of suspense Dale Brown reassembles special operations team Old Dog Zero One to rescue one of their own. David Luger, a crewman who was presumed killed, has actually come out of a coma only to face the death penalty for crimes against the Soviet state. Brad Elliott and Patrick McLanahan lead an assault team to rescue Luger - but they find themselves caught up in a larger crisis when they cross paths with a Soviet officer who defects with 6,000 officers to form Lithuania's first army of independence. This crisis could explode into full-scale war...but the men of the Old Dog have plans of their own.
©1992 Dale F. Brown, Incorporated (P)1992 Dove Audio, Inc.
Firebreak
Summary
In the aftermath of the Persian Gulf War, an inevitable conflagration could set the whole world aflame. A desperate gamble by the President of the United States could postpone the outbreak of World War. Or could it hasten its arrival?
©1991 Richard Herman, Jr. (P)1991 Dove Audio, Inc.
The Making of a Blockbuster
Summary
How Wayne Huizenga Built a Sports and Entertainment Empire from Trash, Grit, and Videotape Thirty-five years ago, Wayne Huizenga rose before the sun to run his garbage-collection route. Today, the sun never sets on the international Blockbuster Video empire he created, and he has emerged from the spoils of the Paramount/Viacom merger one of the most powerful and wealthy figures in the entertainment and sports businesses. The Making of a Blockbuster explores Huizenga's strategy, management style, and deal-making acumen as it traces the evolution of his business empire through a quirky string of profitable ventures. Under Huizenga's guidance, Blockbuster grew from 19 stores to a chain of more than 3,700. And annual revenues leapt from $7 million to $2.6 billion. Huizenga is also the innovative owner of the Miami Dolphins, Florida Marlins, the Florida Panthers, and of Miami's Joe Robbie Stadium. And he has proposed a 2,500-acre sports and entertainment complex in Florida called Blockbuster Park - and aptly nicknamed Wayne's World. Where he'll turn next is anyone's guess, but it is sure to make headlines.
©2009 Gail DeGeorge (P)2009 Phoenix
Day of the Cheetah
Summary
A single pilot can fly the US Air Force's powerful fighter plane, DreamStar - and he's a KGB mole. Captain Kenneth Francis James - a.k.a. Andrei Maraklov - has been ordered to steal DreamStar, an XF-34 fighter that has the frightening ability to respond to its pilot's thoughts and issue its own commands. It's up to Lieutenant Colonel Patrick McLanahan - the hero of Dale Brown's earlier thriller, Flight of the Old Dog - to remove the DreamStar threat. McLanahan and his Air Force compatriots take up the challenge using a modified F-15E called Cheetah, which is designed to capture or destroy DreamStar. Read by actor Joseph Campanella, this nail-biting thriller is high-tech suspense at its best.
©1989 by Dale F. Brown, Inc. (P)1989 by Dove Books on Tape
When Money Is King
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Revlon's C.E.O., financier Ronald O. Perelman is one of the richest men in America. Watched by the financial community with interest, Perelman has built a personal business empire worth an estimated $6 billion over the past fifteen years. Linked to society's most dazzling beauties, Perelman owns palatial estates in Palm Beach, East Hampton, Manhattan, Sun Valley and Bel Air, as well as an impressive art collection, a fleet of automobiles and two G-4 jets. Here, in the first-ever biography about the brilliant entrepreneur, is the story behind Perelman's spectacular financial success and lavish lifestyle.
©1996 Richard Hack (P)2009 Phoenix
Sky Masters
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In the near future, U.S. forces are completing their final withdrawal from bases in the Philippines. The navy of the People's Republic of China lays claim to the Spratly Islands, decimating a Philippine drilling platform when its occupants refuse to knuckle under. The confrontation quickly escalates when the Chinese use a tactical nuke to wipe out the Philippino flotilla, The U.S. Air Force counterattacks with specially equipped B-52s, B-1s and B-2 Stealth bombers, Colonel Patrick "Mac" Maclanahan of the original "Old Dog" flight playing a key role in the harrowing operation.
©1992 Dale Brown (P)2009 Phoenix
The 7 Habits of Highly Defective People
Summary
Better than CliffsNotes, funnier than Monarch Notes, and shorter than the originals - here is a collection of all the best sellers you've heard about! "The Fridges of Marin County": A hip California housewife finds brief happiness in the arms of an Iowa refrigerator "Embarrassed by the Light": A guide for people who are self-conscious about near-death experiences "A Year in Pompeii": Fond pre-Vesuvius anecdotes and recollections "Iron Tom": Help your neutered cat regain his masculinity "The 7 Habits of Highly Defective People": Annoying strategies for getting what you want "The 'Baby You're Hot' Zone": A deadly flesh-eating virus affects Hollywood agents "Listening to Pringles": A psychologist/grocer chronicles his experience in treating depressive patients with prescription junk food And more!
©1996 Cathy Crimmins and Tom Maeder (P)1996, 2017 Dove Audio / Phoenix Books