{"product_id":"book-g83w","title":"Putin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"In a deep, resonant voice, Jonathan Keeble gives a splendid narration of this long and well-researched biography of Vladimir Putin.\"- \u003ci\u003eAudioFile Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis program is read by award-winning actor Jonathan Keeble.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first comprehensive, fully up-to-date biography of Vladimir Putin, woven into the tumultuous saga of Russia over the last sixty years  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVladimir Putin is the world's most dangerous man. Alone among world leaders, he has the power to reduce the United States and Europe to ashes in a nuclear firestorm and has threatened to do so. He invades his neighbors, most recently Ukraine, meddles in western elections, and orders assassinations inside and outside Russia. His regime is autocratic and deeply corrupt. But that is only half the story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnflinching, hard-hitting, and objective, Philip Short's biography gives us the whole tale, up to the present day. To the fullest extent anyone has yet been able, Short cracks open the strongman's thick carapace to reveal the man underneath those bare-chested horseback rides. In this deeply researched account, listeners meet the Putin who slept in the same room as his parents until he was twenty-five years old, who backed out of his wedding right beforehand, and who learned English in order to be able to talk to George W. Bush.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVladimir Putin is wreaking havoc in Europe, threatening global peace and stability and exposing his fellow citizens to devastating economic countermeasures. Yet puzzlingly many Russians continue to support him. This audiobook is essential listening for anyone who wants to understand the many facets of the man behind the mask that Putin wears on the world stage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePutin\u003c\/i\u003e will be the last word for years to come.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt and Company.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49357521748272,"sku":"BDg83w","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/g83w-Square-cover.jpg?v=1776554629","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-g83w","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}