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Hard Call
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Hard Call

Written By : John McCain and Mark Salter
Narrated By : John McCain and Daniel Hugh Kelly
Published By : Hachette Audio
Runtime : 8 hours
Categories : American
Price : $39.98 $27.99
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There is a point in everybody's life where a tough decsion will have to be made; a hard call. For inspiration and direction, we can look to the remarkable individuals in John McCain and Mark Salter's book, which dramatically describes the anatomy of a great decision:

-Branch Rickey's decision to offer Jackie Robinson a contract to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the face of public opposition.
-Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf's decision to return to Liberia after receiving an economics degree from Harvard University to face the nightmare of a civil war, imprisonment, and the challenge of leadership.
-General Fred Weyand's decision to redeploy fifteen of his battalions despite resistance from senior American military commanders in Vietnam.

Woven into these stories are McCain's own views on the process and art of decision-making, and stories about hard calls he's faced, and the ones we might all have to face in the future.

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Written By : Bruce Catton
Narrated By : Barrett Whitener
Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc
Runtime : 8 hours
Categories : American
Price : $32.95 $16.95
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Narrated By : Harry Reasoner, Peter Hackes, and Richard C. Hottelet
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Runtime : 3 hours
Categories : 20th Century
Social & Economic
American
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Written By : Jennet Conant
Narrated By : Anne Twomey
Published By : Simon & Schuster
Runtime : 6 hours
Categories : American
Biographical
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Written By : Benjamin Franklin
Narrated By : Grover Gardner
Published By : In Audio
Runtime : 5 hours 59 minutes
Categories : Autobiography
Royalty and Heads of State
American
Biographical
Pre 1900
Price : $24.95 $14.50
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Narrated By : Lloyd James
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Runtime : 9 hours 30 minutes
Categories : American
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