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Profiles in Leadership: Historians on the Elusive Quality of Greatness
Walter Isaacson · 2010
🎙 Narrated by Nicholas Hormann
85/100
👍 Worth It
Isaacson pulled together serious historians for this one, and it shows — these are substantive, well-researched profiles rather than another round of pop-leadership platitudes. It's best for readers who already like American history, and Nicholas Hormann's narration carries the anthology's shifting tones well.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
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🎙 Narration: good Random House Audio production; Hormann handles the historical range with a steady, professional read.
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