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Note: The authors receive royalties paid by the audiobook service provider for this free offer. If you do not want your audiobook to be in the podcast please send us an email to info@thebookvoice.com. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/An-Army-at-Dawn-The-War-in-North-Africa-1942-1943-Audiobook/B00CBKIDUG Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa (1942-1943) Subtitle: The Liberation Trilogy, Volume 1 Author: Rick Atkinson Narrator: George Guidall Format: Unabridged Length: 26 hrs and 12 mins Language: English Release date: 04-16-13 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 809 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Pulitzer Prize, History, 2003 The liberation of Europe and the destruction of the Third Reich is a story of courage and enduring triumph, of calamity and miscalculation. In this first volume of the Liberation Trilogy, Rick Atkinson shows why no modern learner can understand the ultimate victory of the Allied powers without a grasp of the great drama that unfolded in North Africa in 1942 and 1943. That first year of the Allied war was a pivotal point in American history, the moment when the United States began to act like a great power. Beginning with the daring amphibious invasion in November 1942, An Army at Dawn follows the American and British armies as they fight the French in Morocco and Algeria, and then take on the Germans and Italians in Tunisia. Battle by battle, an inexperienced and sometimes poorly led army gradually becomes a superb fighting force. Central to the tale are the extraordinary but fallible commanders who come to dominate the battlefield: Eisenhower, Patton, Bradley, Montgomery, and Rommel. Brilliantly researched, rich with new material and vivid insights, Atkinson's narrative provides the definitive history of the war in North Africa. An Army at Dawn is the winner of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for History. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Rick Atkinson) Tue, 16 Apr 2013 08:44:08 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/An-Army-at-Dawn-The-War-in-North-Africa-1942-1943-Audiobook/B00CBKIDUG thebookvoice.com 26:12:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa (1942-1943) Subtitle: The Liberation Trilogy, Volume 1 Author: Rick Atkinson Narrator: George Guidall Format: Unabridged Length: 26 hrs and 12 mins Language: English Release date: 04-16-13 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 809 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Pulitzer Prize, History, 2003 The liberation of Europe and the destruction of the Third Reich is a story of courage and enduring triumph, of calamity and miscalculation. In this first volume of the Liberation Trilogy, Rick Atkinson shows why no modern learner can understand the ultimate victory of the Allied powers without a grasp of the great drama that unfolded in North Africa in 1942 and 1943. That first year of the Allied war was a pivotal point in American history, the moment when the United States began to act like a great power. Beginning with the daring amphibious invasion in November 1942, An Army at Dawn follows the American and British armies as they fight the French in Morocco and Algeria, and then take on the Germans and Italians in Tunisia. Battle by battle, an inexperienced and sometimes poorly led army gradually becomes a superb fighting force. Central to the tale are the extraordinary but fallible commanders who come to dominate the battlefield: Eisenhower, Patton, Bradley, Montgomery, and Rommel. Brilliantly researched, rich with new material and vivid insights, Atkinson's narrative provides the definitive history of the war in North Africa. An Army at Dawn is the winner of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for History. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa (1942-1943) Subtitle: The Liberation Trilogy, Volume 1 Author: Rick Atkinson Narrator: George Guidall Format: Unabridged Length: 26 hrs and 12 mins Language: English Release date: 04-16-13 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 809 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Pulitzer Prize, History, 2003 The liberation of Europe and the destruction of the Third Reich is a story of courage and enduring triumph, of calamity and miscalculation. In this first volume of the Liberation Trilogy, Rick Atkinson shows why no modern learner can understand the ultimate victory of the Allied powers without a grasp of the great drama that unfolded in North Africa in 1942 and 1943. That first year of the Allied war was a pivotal point in American history, the moment when the United States began to act like a great power. Beginning with the daring amphibious invasion in November 1942, An Army at Dawn follows the American and British armies as they fight the French in Morocco and Algeria, and then take on the Germans and Italians in Tunisia. Battle by battle, an inexperienced and sometimes poorly led army gradually becomes a superb fighting force. Central to the tale are the extraordinary but fallible commanders who come to dominate the battlefield: Eisenhower, Patton, Bradley, Montgomery, and Rommel. Brilliantly researched, rich with new material and vivid insights, Atkinson's narrative provides the definitive history of the war in North Africa. An Army at Dawn is the winner of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for History. Members Reviews: What war movies didn't tell you Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why? Yes, because it tells the truth and strips the BS away from the history we were taught. We watched movies like Patton and thought the US was amazing in WW2. The reality is that, like in the build up to Iraq, the Americans were naïve. To me, it was stunning to see how ill prepared and clueless we were going into WW2. Thank god we went to Africa first and got our asses kicked, otherwise we would have gone straight to Normandy, lost, and Germany would control Europe still today. What about George Guidalls performance did you like? I will listen to any thing he narrates. He is the best! The Africa campaign was Real War! What did you love best about An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa (1942-1943)? I loved that, for once, The Africa Campaign was shown for what it was: Intense, gruesome struggles, replete with all the terror and drama that illuminates battles like those on the islands of the Pacific in WWII. I must deduct a star, because this book requires frequent consulting of maps, and I lost a lot by listening, instead of buying hard copy. (To be fair, even hardcopy books often provide sorry maps, tossed in as an afterthought, without serious effort at illustrating towns or topography described in the text.) I wish Audible, or the publisher, or the author, or somebody would supply a web site that contains maps that one could follow. What a difference that would make! Any additional comments? Rick Atkinson's WWII trilogy has been hailed for the superb way it describes WWII. This praise is deserved. But may I also recommend Michael Shaara's four WWII novels, which I consider as enjoyable and informative as Atkinson's, and less map-dependent? Yes, read Atkinson, but also read Shaara. Couldn't Finish It I really wanted to soak up this book, I'd never studied WWII in Africa in detail and I was itching to learn about it. But listening to a detailed book about it was not the right approach for me. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Saboteur-Audiobook/B074KMHXRB Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Saboteur Subtitle: The Aristocrat Who Became France's Most Daring Anti-Nazi Commando Author: Paul Kix Narrator: Malcolm Hillgartner Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins Language: English Release date: 12-05-17 Publisher: Harper Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 52 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: In the tradition of Agent Zigzag comes this breathtaking biography, as fast-paced and emotionally intuitive as the very best spy thrillers, which illuminates an unsung hero of the French Resistance during World War II - Robert de La Rochefoucald, an aristocrat turned anti-Nazi saboteur - and his daring exploits as a résistant trained by Britain's Special Operations Executive. A scion of one of the most storied families in France, Robert de La Rochefoucald was raised in magnificent chateaux and educated in Europe's finest schools. When the Nazis invaded and imprisoned his father, La Rochefoucald escaped to England and learned the dark arts of anarchy and combat - cracking safes and planting bombs and killing with his bare hands - from the officers of Special Operations Executive, the collection of British spies, beloved by Winston Churchill, who altered the war in Europe with tactics that earned it notoriety as the "Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare". With his newfound skills, La Rochefoucauld returned to France and organized Resistance cells, blew up fortified compounds and munitions factories, interfered with the Germans' wartime missions, and executed Nazi officers. Caught by the Germans, La Rochefoucald withstood months of torture without cracking and escaped his own death - not once but twice. The Saboteur recounts La Rochefoucauld's enthralling adventures, from jumping from a moving truck on his way to his execution to stealing Nazi limos to dressing up in a nun's habit - one of his many disguises and impersonations. Whatever the mission, whatever the dire circumstance, La Rochefoucauld acquitted himself nobly, with the straight-back aplomb of a man of aristocratic breeding: James Bond before Ian Fleming conjured him. More than just a fast-paced, true thriller, The Saboteur is also a deep dive into an endlessly fascinating historical moment, telling the untold story of a network of commandos that battled evil, bravely worked to change the course of history, and inspired the creation of America's own Central Intelligence Agency. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Paul Kix) Tue, 05 Dec 2017 16:28:43 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Saboteur-Audiobook/B074KMHXRB thebookvoice.com 07:13:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Saboteur Subtitle: The Aristocrat Who Became France's Most Daring Anti-Nazi Commando Author: Paul Kix Narrator: Malcolm Hillgartner Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins Language: English Release date: 12-05-17 Publisher: Harper Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 52 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: In the tradition of Agent Zigzag comes this breathtaking biography, as fast-paced and emotionally intuitive as the very best spy thrillers, which illuminates an unsung hero of the French Resistance during World War II - Robert de La Rochefoucald, an aristocrat turned anti-Nazi saboteur - and his daring exploits as a résistant trained by Britain's Special Operations Executive. A scion of one of the most storied families in France, Robert de La Rochefoucald was raised in magnificent chateaux and educated in Europe's finest schools. When the Nazis invaded and imprisoned his father, La Rochefoucald escaped to England and learned the dark arts of anarchy and combat - cracking safes and planting bombs and killing with his bare hands - from the officers of Special Operations Executive, the collection of British spies, beloved by Winston Churchill, who altered the war in Europe with tactics that earned it notoriety as the "Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare". With his newfound skills, La Rochefoucauld returned to France and organized Resistance cells, blew up fortified compounds and munitions factories, interfered with the Germans' wartime missions, and executed Nazi officers. Caught by the Germans, La Rochefoucald withstood months of torture without cracking and escaped his own death - not once but twice. The Saboteur recounts La Rochefoucauld's enthralling adventures, from jumping from a moving truck on his way to his execution to stealing Nazi limos to dressing up in a nun's habit - one of his many disguises and impersonations. Whatever the mission, whatever the dire circumstance, La Rochefoucauld acquitted himself nobly, with the straight-back aplomb of a man of aristocratic breeding: James Bond before Ian Fleming conjured him. More than just a fast-paced, true thriller, The Saboteur is also a deep dive into an endlessly fascinating historical moment, telling the untold story of a network of commandos that battled evil, bravely worked to change the course of history, and inspired the creation of America's own Central Intelligence Agency. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Saboteur Subtitle: The Aristocrat Who Became France's Most Daring Anti-Nazi Commando Author: Paul Kix Narrator: Malcolm Hillgartner Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins Language: English Release date: 12-05-17 Publisher: Harper Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 52 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: In the tradition of Agent Zigzag comes this breathtaking biography, as fast-paced and emotionally intuitive as the very best spy thrillers, which illuminates an unsung hero of the French Resistance during World War II - Robert de La Rochefoucald, an aristocrat turned anti-Nazi saboteur - and his daring exploits as a résistant trained by Britain's Special Operations Executive. A scion of one of the most storied families in France, Robert de La Rochefoucald was raised in magnificent chateaux and educated in Europe's finest schools. When the Nazis invaded and imprisoned his father, La Rochefoucald escaped to England and learned the dark arts of anarchy and combat - cracking safes and planting bombs and killing with his bare hands - from the officers of Special Operations Executive, the collection of British spies, beloved by Winston Churchill, who altered the war in Europe with tactics that earned it notoriety as the "Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare". With his newfound skills, La Rochefoucauld returned to France and organized Resistance cells, blew up fortified compounds and munitions factories, interfered with the Germans' wartime missions, and executed Nazi officers. Caught by the Germans, La Rochefoucald withstood months of torture without cracking and escaped his own death - not once but twice. The Saboteur recounts La Rochefoucauld's enthralling adventures, from jumping from a moving truck on his way to his execution to stealing Nazi limos to dressing up in a nun's habit - one of his many disguises and impersonations. Whatever the mission, whatever the dire circumstance, La Rochefoucauld acquitted himself nobly, with the straight-back aplomb of a man of aristocratic breeding: James Bond before Ian Fleming conjured him. More than just a fast-paced, true thriller, The Saboteur is also a deep dive into an endlessly fascinating historical moment, telling the untold story of a network of commandos that battled evil, bravely worked to change the course of history, and inspired the creation of America's own Central Intelligence Agency. Members Reviews: The rest of the story. Well written. very interesting perspective from the French point of view. Atrocities that didn't seem to make their way to my history classes along with a view from "behind the scenes" and within the fight. I believe the author did a excellent job of portraying the emotions and character of those involved. He also gave insight as to how certain factions came to hold differing opinions of others, dependant upon their knowledge and experience of their deeds. Good read. Interesting book This was an interesting story. Was in worth a credit? Well I didnt return it. Fascinating. Well done, historic, shares background information. You feel like you are there. Audiobook keeps your interest. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Eichmann-in-Jerusalem-Audiobook/B004VMDAHS Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Eichmann in Jerusalem Subtitle: A Report on the Banality of Evil Author: Hannah Arendt Narrator: Wanda McCaddon Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins Language: English Release date: 04-07-11 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 299 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Sparking a flurry of heated debate, Hannah Arendt's authoritative and stunning report on the trial of German Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann first appeared as a series of articles in The New Yorker in 1963. This revised edition includes material that came to light after the trial, as well as Arendt's postscript directly addressing the controversy that arose over her account. A major journalistic triumph by an intellectual of singular influence, Eichmann in Jerusalem is as shocking as it is informative - an unflinching look at one of the most unsettling (and unsettled) issues of the 20th century. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Hannah Arendt) Thu, 07 Apr 2011 19:30:60 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Eichmann-in-Jerusalem-Audiobook/B004VMDAHS thebookvoice.com 11:26:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Eichmann in Jerusalem Subtitle: A Report on the Banality of Evil Author: Hannah Arendt Narrator: Wanda McCaddon Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins Language: English Release date: 04-07-11 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 299 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Sparking a flurry of heated debate, Hannah Arendt's authoritative and stunning report on the trial of German Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann first appeared as a series of articles in The New Yorker in 1963. This revised edition includes material that came to light after the trial, as well as Arendt's postscript directly addressing the controversy that arose over her account. A major journalistic triumph by an intellectual of singular influence, Eichmann in Jerusalem is as shocking as it is informative - an unflinching look at one of the most unsettling (and unsettled) issues of the 20th century. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Eichmann in Jerusalem Subtitle: A Report on the Banality of Evil Author: Hannah Arendt Narrator: Wanda McCaddon Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins Language: English Release date: 04-07-11 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 299 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Sparking a flurry of heated debate, Hannah Arendt's authoritative and stunning report on the trial of German Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann first appeared as a series of articles in The New Yorker in 1963. This revised edition includes material that came to light after the trial, as well as Arendt's postscript directly addressing the controversy that arose over her account. A major journalistic triumph by an intellectual of singular influence, Eichmann in Jerusalem is as shocking as it is informative - an unflinching look at one of the most unsettling (and unsettled) issues of the 20th century. Members Reviews: Both a Monster and a Clown This book is amazing. In it, Arendt struggles with three major issues: 1) the guilt and evil of the ordinary, bureaucratic, obedient German people (like Eichmann) who contributed to the attempted genocide of the Jewish people, 2) the complicity of some jews in the genocide (through organization, mobilization, passive obedience, and negotiations with the Nazis, 3) the logical absurdity the Eichmann and Nuremberg Trials, etc. In this book (and the original 'New Yorker' essays it came from) Hannah Arendt isn't going for easy, cliché answers. She isn't asking rhetorical or weightless questions. While some of her positions might not be fully supportable, the very act of asking tough questions (that don't fall into easy boxes) is a gift to humanity. Arendt's tactic of giving no one an automatic free pass, while also not allowing people like Eichmann to become cartoonish characters of evil, allows her the room to push the idea that the potential for evil exists not just in dark, scary places, but in well-lit, and very efficient bureaucracies and we all (even Israel) might be asked to push or pull a lever if we aren't paying close attention. Lest we forget the banality of evil Hannah Arendt, the author, was a courageous woman with an incisive mind. I have been weary of accounts of the Nazis but this book (and related film) provide a timeless, dispassionate accounting and analysis of the slaughter of millions of souls. Should we think we've left that gruesome history behind us, the author provides an inadvertent reminder that the very same evil lurks at the heart of every risk-averse yet ambitious network of bureaucrats. Alas, we've already forgotten. Must listen to! Brilliant! With Eichmann in Jerusalem Hannah Arendt not only cracks wide open the myths we perpetuate about the idea of how evil exists in the world, what form it takes and how it acts, but moreover she forces us to confront our own compliance in the horrific atrocities carried out through our ignorance of how systems of power perpetuate oppression and exploitation around the world. I would highly recommend this book. Expert reading of a great classic Anyone except for a hard-core neo-nazi finds it incredible that educated men like Himmler, Heydrich, and Adolf Eichmann could be brainwashed by their paranoid delusional schizophrenic leader (who was not a normal married family man as they were) into murdering millions of innocent people simply because of their religion. Men in the SS were clearly not morally sound especially at the highest levels, yet Hannah Arendt somehow manages to explain how this horrific catastrophe transpired as seen through the prism of the over-ambitious, social-climbing, deeply insecure Eichmann. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Girls-of-Atomic-City-Audiobook/B00G3EI0ZE Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Girls of Atomic City Subtitle: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II Author: Denise Kiernan Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Length: 12 hrs and 51 mins Language: English Release date: 11-12-13 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1572 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: At the height of World War II, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was home to 75,000 residents, consuming more electricity than New York City. But to most of the world, the town did not exist. Thousands of civilians - many of them young women from small towns across the South - were recruited to this secret city, enticed by solid wages and the promise of war-ending work. Kept very much in the dark, few would ever guess the true nature of the tasks they performed each day in the hulking factories in the middle of the Appalachian Mountains. That is, until the end of the war - when Oak Ridge's secret was revealed. Drawing on the voices of the women who lived it - women who are now in their eighties and nineties - The Girls of Atomic City rescues a remarkable, forgotten chapter of American history from obscurity. Denise Kiernan captures the spirit of the times through these women: their pluck, their desire to contribute, and their enduring courage. Combining the grand-scale human drama of The Worst Hard Time with the intimate biography and often troubling science of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, The Girls of Atomic City is a lasting and important addition to our country's history. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Denise Kiernan) Tue, 12 Nov 2013 19:51:60 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Girls-of-Atomic-City-Audiobook/B00G3EI0ZE thebookvoice.com 12:51:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Girls of Atomic City Subtitle: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II Author: Denise Kiernan Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Length: 12 hrs and 51 mins Language: English Release date: 11-12-13 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1572 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: At the height of World War II, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was home to 75,000 residents, consuming more electricity than New York City. But to most of the world, the town did not exist. Thousands of civilians - many of them young women from small towns across the South - were recruited to this secret city, enticed by solid wages and the promise of war-ending work. Kept very much in the dark, few would ever guess the true nature of the tasks they performed each day in the hulking factories in the middle of the Appalachian Mountains. That is, until the end of the war - when Oak Ridge's secret was revealed. Drawing on the voices of the women who lived it - women who are now in their eighties and nineties - The Girls of Atomic City rescues a remarkable, forgotten chapter of American history from obscurity. Denise Kiernan captures the spirit of the times through these women: their pluck, their desire to contribute, and their enduring courage. Combining the grand-scale human drama of The Worst Hard Time with the intimate biography and often troubling science of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, The Girls of Atomic City is a lasting and important addition to our country's history. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Girls of Atomic City Subtitle: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II Author: Denise Kiernan Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Length: 12 hrs and 51 mins Language: English Release date: 11-12-13 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1572 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: At the height of World War II, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was home to 75,000 residents, consuming more electricity than New York City. But to most of the world, the town did not exist. Thousands of civilians - many of them young women from small towns across the South - were recruited to this secret city, enticed by solid wages and the promise of war-ending work. Kept very much in the dark, few would ever guess the true nature of the tasks they performed each day in the hulking factories in the middle of the Appalachian Mountains. That is, until the end of the war - when Oak Ridge's secret was revealed. Drawing on the voices of the women who lived it - women who are now in their eighties and nineties - The Girls of Atomic City rescues a remarkable, forgotten chapter of American history from obscurity. Denise Kiernan captures the spirit of the times through these women: their pluck, their desire to contribute, and their enduring courage. Combining the grand-scale human drama of The Worst Hard Time with the intimate biography and often troubling science of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, The Girls of Atomic City is a lasting and important addition to our country's history. Members Reviews: Not told very well, but interesting nonetheless What did you like best about The Girls of Atomic City? What did you like least? I like that it focused on the women who helped create the atomic bomb. I didn't like the way it was told. It was difficult to keep track of the characters as well as the science. What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting? The most interesting aspect of the story was how people dealt with uncertainty and the unknown. The least interesting aspect of the story was listening to some of the women's experiences. Did the narration match the pace of the story? Yes. Was The Girls of Atomic City worth the listening time? Yes. More than Just the Girls I left this book in my wish list for a long time. The reviews are somewhat mixed, so I'm glad I took a chance on it. In order to set the stage for the story Ms Kiernan wants to tell there is some background information about scientific discoveries and events leading up to the need to build a facility to separate and purify uranium isotopes. As a baby boomer I felt like I had some historical context for the events that lead up to the building of the Bomb. I had heard about some of the day to day hardships experienced by people on the "home front" with rationing and scarcity for all the people, and employing women in "Rosie the Riveter" jobs for the first time. The vast majority of the book is based on interviews with women and men who were recruited to work at the "Clinton Engineering Works". It is told from their point of view. These individuals ranged from women college graduates with science backgrounds to recent high school graduates from nearby appalachian towns to army recruits literally pulled off troop trains bound for battlefield deployments. Many were recruited without knowing the location of the facility. Instead of a modern, clean facility, think mud with wood plank sidewalks. Oak Ridge was literally built up around these recruits and shrouded in an unimaginable cloak of secrecy. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Forgotten-Man-Audiobook/B002V186MA Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Forgotten Man Author: Amity Shlaes Narrator: Terence Aselford Format: Unabridged Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins Language: English Release date: 06-04-07 Publisher: HarperAudio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 674 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Shlaes also traces the mounting agony of the New Dealers themselves as they discovered their errors. She shows how both Presidents Hoover and Roosevelt failed to understand the prosperity of the 1920s and heaped massive burdens on the country that more than offset the benefit of New Deal programs. The real question about the Depression, she argues, is not whether Roosevelt ended it with World War II. It is why the Depression lasted so long. From 1929 to 1940, federal intervention helped to make the Depression great, in part by forgetting the men and women who sought to help one another. The Forgotten Man, offers a new look at one of the most important periods in our history, allowing us to understand the strength of the American character today. Critic Reviews: "A thoughtful, even-tempered corrective to too often unbalanced celebrations of FDR and his administration's pathbreaking policies." (Publishers Weekly) bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Amity Shlaes) Mon, 04 Jun 2007 20:49:07 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Forgotten-Man-Audiobook/B002V186MA thebookvoice.com 14:33:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Forgotten Man Author: Amity Shlaes Narrator: Terence Aselford Format: Unabridged Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins Language: English Release date: 06-04-07 Publisher: HarperAudio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 674 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Shlaes also traces the mounting agony of the New Dealers themselves as they discovered their errors. She shows how both Presidents Hoover and Roosevelt failed to understand the prosperity of the 1920s and heaped massive burdens on the country that more than offset the benefit of New Deal programs. The real question about the Depression, she argues, is not whether Roosevelt ended it with World War II. It is why the Depression lasted so long. From 1929 to 1940, federal intervention helped to make the Depression great, in part by forgetting the men and women who sought to help one another. The Forgotten Man, offers a new look at one of the most important periods in our history, allowing us to understand the strength of the American character today. Critic Reviews: "A thoughtful, even-tempered corrective to too often unbalanced celebrations of FDR and his administration's pathbreaking policies." (Publishers Weekly) Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Forgotten Man Author: Amity Shlaes Narrator: Terence Aselford Format: Unabridged Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins Language: English Release date: 06-04-07 Publisher: HarperAudio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 674 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Shlaes also traces the mounting agony of the New Dealers themselves as they discovered their errors. She shows how both Presidents Hoover and Roosevelt failed to understand the prosperity of the 1920s and heaped massive burdens on the country that more than offset the benefit of New Deal programs. The real question about the Depression, she argues, is not whether Roosevelt ended it with World War II. It is why the Depression lasted so long. From 1929 to 1940, federal intervention helped to make the Depression great, in part by forgetting the men and women who sought to help one another. The Forgotten Man, offers a new look at one of the most important periods in our history, allowing us to understand the strength of the American character today. Critic Reviews: "A thoughtful, even-tempered corrective to too often unbalanced celebrations of FDR and his administration's pathbreaking policies." (Publishers Weekly) Members Reviews: One of the Best Books On the Subject This is absolutely one of the best books on the subject of the Great Depression. The depth that Ms. Shlaes go to in dealing with such subjects as the Schecters, and the personalities of the "brain-trust" and other details is superb. I'm a former high school teacher and this is one of the books I recommend most often to my former students. Student of history If you want to know what is coming to our country. Look to our past. When socialism was tried it did not work in the 1930's and made the depression even longer and deeper. This book was an EYE opener a story of forgotten times This book really explains what happened in the Great Depression as individuals viewed what was happening.. this is a history that I did not get from any school I attended and I was a history major at an ivy league college.. a very interesting listen.. puts some flesh and bones on this period in our history.. strongly recommend this book. Incredible! This is the history we SHOULD have learned, but didn't, in school. This is the Great Depression as you've never seen it. Even though you know what is coming, you feel the stress and fear of an oncoming train wreck! And I could see many of the same things happening now. I couldn't put it down! Timely While some say this is revisionist history, many of the facts tell a different story. It shows why Capitalism is one of the few economic systems that truly works, whether we like it or not. The comments about "unpatriotic" weathly americans can apply to every person in America and what we all do. Most people are focused on themselves and therefore the economic system of a country needs to flourish when this happens. That is why Capitalism has been successful and why failed Socialistic economies like Russia have moved to it. In a broader sense, this book shows why redistribution of wealth does not work. This is an outstanding book at this time in history. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/World-War-II-A-Military-and-Social-History-Audiobook/B00DJ8ILIS Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: World War II: A Military and Social History Author: The Great Courses Narrator: Professor Thomas Childers Format: Original Recording Length: 15 hrs and 6 mins Language: English Release date: 07-08-13 Publisher: The Great Courses Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1017 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Between 1937 and 1945, approximately 55 million people perished in the series of interrelated conflicts known as the Second World War. No continent was left untouched, no ocean unaffected. The war led to the eclipse of Europe and the emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as global superpowers; ushered in the atomic age; produced, in the Holocaust, the most horrific crime ever committed in the history of Western civilization, and led to the end of Europe's colonial empires around the world. But though World War II defined an entire epoch in human history, pressing questions remain - about whether Hitler could have been stopped earlier, about Pearl Harbor, about saving more people from the Holocaust, about using the atomic bomb, and even about how close the Allies came to actually losing. This engaging series of 30 lectures is rich in detail and near-cinematic portraits of leaders and events. It explores not only the origins of the war, including the impact of the Treaty of Versailles, but also how it unfolded on both battlefront and the American home front, with focused looks at key subjects like Nazism and the Holocaust and the philosophy of strategic bombing and its impact on the future nature of warfare. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (The Great Courses) Mon, 08 Jul 2013 14:35:09 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/World-War-II-A-Military-and-Social-History-Audiobook/B00DJ8ILIS thebookvoice.com 15:06:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: World War II: A Military and Social History Author: The Great Courses Narrator: Professor Thomas Childers Format: Original Recording Length: 15 hrs and 6 mins Language: English Release date: 07-08-13 Publisher: The Great Courses Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1017 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Between 1937 and 1945, approximately 55 million people perished in the series of interrelated conflicts known as the Second World War. No continent was left untouched, no ocean unaffected. The war led to the eclipse of Europe and the emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as global superpowers; ushered in the atomic age; produced, in the Holocaust, the most horrific crime ever committed in the history of Western civilization, and led to the end of Europe's colonial empires around the world. But though World War II defined an entire epoch in human history, pressing questions remain - about whether Hitler could have been stopped earlier, about Pearl Harbor, about saving more people from the Holocaust, about using the atomic bomb, and even about how close the Allies came to actually losing. This engaging series of 30 lectures is rich in detail and near-cinematic portraits of leaders and events. It explores not only the origins of the war, including the impact of the Treaty of Versailles, but also how it unfolded on both battlefront and the American home front, with focused looks at key subjects like Nazism and the Holocaust and the philosophy of strategic bombing and its impact on the future nature of warfare. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: World War II: A Military and Social History Author: The Great Courses Narrator: Professor Thomas Childers Format: Original Recording Length: 15 hrs and 6 mins Language: English Release date: 07-08-13 Publisher: The Great Courses Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1017 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Between 1937 and 1945, approximately 55 million people perished in the series of interrelated conflicts known as the Second World War. No continent was left untouched, no ocean unaffected. The war led to the eclipse of Europe and the emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as global superpowers; ushered in the atomic age; produced, in the Holocaust, the most horrific crime ever committed in the history of Western civilization, and led to the end of Europe's colonial empires around the world. But though World War II defined an entire epoch in human history, pressing questions remain - about whether Hitler could have been stopped earlier, about Pearl Harbor, about saving more people from the Holocaust, about using the atomic bomb, and even about how close the Allies came to actually losing. This engaging series of 30 lectures is rich in detail and near-cinematic portraits of leaders and events. It explores not only the origins of the war, including the impact of the Treaty of Versailles, but also how it unfolded on both battlefront and the American home front, with focused looks at key subjects like Nazism and the Holocaust and the philosophy of strategic bombing and its impact on the future nature of warfare. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. Members Reviews: Misleading title, but a good course The course is interesting and well performed. However, the title is misleading. It should read something along the lines of "The role of USA in the second world war". It focuses almost exclusivly on the US and primarely on the Pacific front of the war against Japan. So if you are looking to understand how the US got involved and how the war was fought by american forces; this is a good course. However, if you want to get a broader understanding of the war besides the american perspective, you have to look elsewhere. To sum up, it is a good course that focuses on a small part of the second world war. If this is the only course you are going to read about the war, you will miss the big picture. But if you have read a bit of other litterature that explains other parts of the war, this course will work well to understand the role of the US. Excellent review of WWII What made the experience of listening to World War II: A Military and Social History the most enjoyable? I did not know much about the details of WWII before listening to these lectures. I now feel that I have a great understanding of all of the theaters of the war and how they were related. What was one of the most memorable moments of World War II: A Military and Social History? He had a good balance of the big picture and then would present personal details of how the war affected different individuals. What about Professor Thomas Childerss performance did you like? He was an excellent lecturer. The content, the pace and his voice made it very enjoyable. Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting? Usually I cannot just sit down and listen to a book on tape but with this one I was drawn in, it was like a novel unfolding and I wanted to see how everything fit together. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Rising-Sun-Audiobook/B00L9GHGQK Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Rising Sun Subtitle: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945 Author: John Toland Narrator: Tom Weiner Format: Unabridged Length: 41 hrs and 8 mins Language: English Release date: 06-27-14 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1461 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: This Pulitzer Prize-winning history of World War II chronicles the dramatic rise and fall of the Japanese empire, from the invasion of Manchuria and China to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Told from the Japanese perspective, The Rising Sun is, in the authors words, "a factual saga of people caught up in the flood of the most overwhelming war of mankind, told as it happened - muddled, ennobling, disgraceful, frustrating, full of paradox." In weaving together the historical facts and human drama leading up to and culminating in the war in the Pacific, Toland crafts a riveting and unbiased narrative history. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (John Toland) Fri, 27 Jun 2014 23:56:10 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Rising-Sun-Audiobook/B00L9GHGQK thebookvoice.com 41:08:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Rising Sun Subtitle: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945 Author: John Toland Narrator: Tom Weiner Format: Unabridged Length: 41 hrs and 8 mins Language: English Release date: 06-27-14 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1461 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: This Pulitzer Prize-winning history of World War II chronicles the dramatic rise and fall of the Japanese empire, from the invasion of Manchuria and China to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Told from the Japanese perspective, The Rising Sun is, in the authors words, "a factual saga of people caught up in the flood of the most overwhelming war of mankind, told as it happened - muddled, ennobling, disgraceful, frustrating, full of paradox." In weaving together the historical facts and human drama leading up to and culminating in the war in the Pacific, Toland crafts a riveting and unbiased narrative history. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Rising Sun Subtitle: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945 Author: John Toland Narrator: Tom Weiner Format: Unabridged Length: 41 hrs and 8 mins Language: English Release date: 06-27-14 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1461 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: This Pulitzer Prize-winning history of World War II chronicles the dramatic rise and fall of the Japanese empire, from the invasion of Manchuria and China to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Told from the Japanese perspective, The Rising Sun is, in the authors words, "a factual saga of people caught up in the flood of the most overwhelming war of mankind, told as it happened - muddled, ennobling, disgraceful, frustrating, full of paradox." In weaving together the historical facts and human drama leading up to and culminating in the war in the Pacific, Toland crafts a riveting and unbiased narrative history. Members Reviews: First rate history Wow. You come away from this book feeling like you actually understand what would posses the Japanese to launch into a war they knew that they would lose if it went on very long and why they fought so hard right to the end. If all history books were this good why would you ever read fiction? A political as well as military history I have read a great many books concerning World War II involving both the European as well as Pacific theaters of war and was not very interested in reading another book centered on the Pacific theater. What drew me to the decision to buy this book is that it offered what was rare in the other books I read, the political background of the Japanese involvement in the war. The Pacific Theater of the war is a sort of neglected step-child of the history books. While there are many very fine books concerning the war in the Pacific, the number is much smaller than those books on the European Theater and those books that do exist mostly concentrate on the battles and the difficulty in fighting a war on such a broad front. What has almost always been missing is the political background explaining how Japan found itself being inexorably drawn into a war with the US when many of its political and military leaders believed Japan could not win such a war, Yamamoto perhaps foremost among them. I have always believed that the reason for the lack of extensive material covering the Japanese decisions leading to the war was the general lack of familiarity among most readers, myself included, concerning how the Japanese political system worked and the daunting task facing a writer in explaining the intricate and unfamiliar process to the general reader. However Mr Toland, who has written much about World War II, has successfully provided the political background very well in this book. This was not a new task as this book is quite old (first published in 1970) but nonetheless feels fresh and new. While some of the material may have been superseded by more recent scholarship this book is still very worthwhile for anyone interested not only in how the war progressed, but in why the Japanese government took the decisions it did. The only problem I found with this book is that some of the Japanese names are very similar and it is easy in the Audible version of this book to mistake one for another. One example is mistaking Tojo for Togo and thus failing to grasp the competing war and peace factions in the government. Tom Weiner does an excellent job in narrating this book and I found it to be both easy to listen to and well worth the time. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Gulag-Audiobook/B007KBQKV0 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Gulag Subtitle: A History Author: Anne Applebaum Narrator: Laural Merlington Format: Unabridged Length: 27 hrs and 45 mins Language: English Release date: 03-15-12 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 211 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Pulitzer Prize, General Nonfiction, 2004 The Gulag - a vast array of Soviet concentration camps that held millions of political and criminal prisoners - was a system of repression and punishment that terrorized the entire society, embodying the worst tendencies of Soviet communism. In this magisterial and acclaimed history, Anne Applebaum offers the first fully documented portrait of the Gulag, from its origins in the Russian Revolution, through its expansion under Stalin, to its collapse in the era of glasnost. Applebaum intimately recreates what life was like in the camps and links them to the larger history of the Soviet Union. Immediately recognized as a landmark and long-overdue work of scholarship, Gulag is an essential book for anyone who wishes to understand the history of the 20th century. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Anne Applebaum) Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:59:00 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Gulag-Audiobook/B007KBQKV0 thebookvoice.com 27:45:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Gulag Subtitle: A History Author: Anne Applebaum Narrator: Laural Merlington Format: Unabridged Length: 27 hrs and 45 mins Language: English Release date: 03-15-12 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 211 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Pulitzer Prize, General Nonfiction, 2004 The Gulag - a vast array of Soviet concentration camps that held millions of political and criminal prisoners - was a system of repression and punishment that terrorized the entire society, embodying the worst tendencies of Soviet communism. In this magisterial and acclaimed history, Anne Applebaum offers the first fully documented portrait of the Gulag, from its origins in the Russian Revolution, through its expansion under Stalin, to its collapse in the era of glasnost. Applebaum intimately recreates what life was like in the camps and links them to the larger history of the Soviet Union. Immediately recognized as a landmark and long-overdue work of scholarship, Gulag is an essential book for anyone who wishes to understand the history of the 20th century. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Gulag Subtitle: A History Author: Anne Applebaum Narrator: Laural Merlington Format: Unabridged Length: 27 hrs and 45 mins Language: English Release date: 03-15-12 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 211 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Pulitzer Prize, General Nonfiction, 2004 The Gulag - a vast array of Soviet concentration camps that held millions of political and criminal prisoners - was a system of repression and punishment that terrorized the entire society, embodying the worst tendencies of Soviet communism. In this magisterial and acclaimed history, Anne Applebaum offers the first fully documented portrait of the Gulag, from its origins in the Russian Revolution, through its expansion under Stalin, to its collapse in the era of glasnost. Applebaum intimately recreates what life was like in the camps and links them to the larger history of the Soviet Union. Immediately recognized as a landmark and long-overdue work of scholarship, Gulag is an essential book for anyone who wishes to understand the history of the 20th century. Members Reviews: Riveting story, flawed performance Would you listen to Gulag again? Why? Perhaps parts of it. I will consult a hard copy in order to digest and remember some of the many facts, statistics and quotations cited by the author. What other book might you compare Gulag to and why? Holocaust histories. Applebaum's history is based on newly opened archival information. Would you be willing to try another one of Laural Merlingtons performances? Not if it's a performance of a Russian-related subject. Her style was over-dramatic in inappropriate places, but worse was her horrendous pronunciation of Russian names, places, and gulag terminology. And it was inconsistently horrendous -- she pronounced the same name two or three different ways -- almost always incorrect. Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting? Way too long for that but in places it was definitely hard to stop. The author livens up her chronological historical survey of the prisons and camps with the fascinating, if dismal, tragedies of individuals. Any additional comments? I find other reviewers' negative comments interesting. Applebaum opens her history with an instructive analysis of the contrast between the wests cultural fascination with Nazi atrocities and its willful ignorance and disregard of Soviet evils. The details of the story are grisly and mind-boggling, but all too true and they deserve attention. The gulag is an important part of 20th century history and it is still relevant in Russia. informative to a degree Anne Applebaum's books are always informative. She is very smug and thin skinned on Twitter. She has a pro-Polish bias. She has a tendency to over hype lesser known Gulag writers at the expense of Solzhenitsyn. That said I will buy every single book she writes. Torture of Russian names If you could sum up Gulag in three words, what would they be? Necessary, frightening, sad What other book might you compare Gulag to and why? "Iron Curtain" by the same author What didnt you like about Laural Merlingtons performance? She ought to have been given at least a one-hour crash course of Russian pronunciation. Many names are simply not identifiable. Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting? That can't be done. GULAG Gulag is an important part of history. No one should forget the brutality, paranoia, and human degradation perpetrated by Joseph Stalin after the revolution of 1917. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Great-Halifax-Explosion-Audiobook/B0742MKC5T Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Great Halifax Explosion Subtitle: A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy, and Extraordinary Heroism Author: John U. Bacon Narrator: Johnny Heller Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins Language: English Release date: 11-07-17 Publisher: Harper Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 55 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: From New York Times best-selling author John U. Bacon, a gripping narrative history of the largest manmade detonation prior to Hiroshima: In 1917, a ship laden with the most explosives ever packed on a vessel sailed out of Brooklyn's harbor for the battlegrounds of World War I; when it stopped in Halifax, Nova Scotia, an extraordinary disaster awaited.... On Monday, December 3, 1917, the French freighter SS Mont-Blanc set sail from Brooklyn carrying the largest cache of explosives ever loaded onto a ship, including 2,300 tons of picric acid, an unstable, poisonous chemical more powerful than TNT. The US had just recently entered World War I, and the ordnance was bound for the battlefields of France to help the Allies break the grueling stalemate that had protracted the fighting for nearly four demoralizing years. The explosives were so dangerous that Captain Aimé Le Medec took unprecedented safety measures, including banning the crew from smoking, lighting matches, or even touching a drop of liquor. Sailing north, the Mont-Blanc faced deadly danger, enduring a terrifying snowstorm off the coast of Maine and evading stealthy enemy U-boats hunting the waters of the Atlantic. But it was in Nova Scotia that an extraordinary disaster awaited. As the Mont-Blanc waited to dock in Halifax, it was struck by a Norwegian relief ship, the Imo, charging out of port. A small fire on the freighter's deck caused by the impact ignited the explosives below, resulting in a horrific blast that, in 1/15 of a second, leveled 325 acres of Halifax - killing more than 1,000 people and wounding 9,000 more. In this definitive account, Bacon combines research and eyewitness accounts to re-create the tragedy and its aftermath, including the international effort to rebuild the devastated port city. As he brings to light one of the most dramatic incidents of the 20th century, Bacon explores the long shadow this first "weapon of mass destruction" would cast on the future of nuclear warfare - crucial insights and understanding relevant to us today. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (John U. Bacon) Tue, 07 Nov 2017 15:04:45 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Great-Halifax-Explosion-Audiobook/B0742MKC5T thebookvoice.com 10:37:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Great Halifax Explosion Subtitle: A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy, and Extraordinary Heroism Author: John U. Bacon Narrator: Johnny Heller Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins Language: English Release date: 11-07-17 Publisher: Harper Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 55 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: From New York Times best-selling author John U. Bacon, a gripping narrative history of the largest manmade detonation prior to Hiroshima: In 1917, a ship laden with the most explosives ever packed on a vessel sailed out of Brooklyn's harbor for the battlegrounds of World War I; when it stopped in Halifax, Nova Scotia, an extraordinary disaster awaited.... On Monday, December 3, 1917, the French freighter SS Mont-Blanc set sail from Brooklyn carrying the largest cache of explosives ever loaded onto a ship, including 2,300 tons of picric acid, an unstable, poisonous chemical more powerful than TNT. The US had just recently entered World War I, and the ordnance was bound for the battlefields of France to help the Allies break the grueling stalemate that had protracted the fighting for nearly four demoralizing years. The explosives were so dangerous that Captain Aimé Le Medec took unprecedented safety measures, including banning the crew from smoking, lighting matches, or even touching a drop of liquor. Sailing north, the Mont-Blanc faced deadly danger, enduring a terrifying snowstorm off the coast of Maine and evading stealthy enemy U-boats hunting the waters of the Atlantic. But it was in Nova Scotia that an extraordinary disaster awaited. As the Mont-Blanc waited to dock in Halifax, it was struck by a Norwegian relief ship, the Imo, charging out of port. A small fire on the freighter's deck caused by the impact ignited the explosives below, resulting in a horrific blast that, in 1/15 of a second, leveled 325 acres of Halifax - killing more than 1,000 people and wounding 9,000 more. In this definitive account, Bacon combines research and eyewitness accounts to re-create the tragedy and its aftermath, including the international effort to rebuild the devastated port city. As he brings to light one of the most dramatic incidents of the 20th century, Bacon explores the long shadow this first "weapon of mass destruction" would cast on the future of nuclear warfare - crucial insights and understanding relevant to us today. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Great Halifax Explosion Subtitle: A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy, and Extraordinary Heroism Author: John U. Bacon Narrator: Johnny Heller Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins Language: English Release date: 11-07-17 Publisher: Harper Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 55 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: From New York Times best-selling author John U. Bacon, a gripping narrative history of the largest manmade detonation prior to Hiroshima: In 1917, a ship laden with the most explosives ever packed on a vessel sailed out of Brooklyn's harbor for the battlegrounds of World War I; when it stopped in Halifax, Nova Scotia, an extraordinary disaster awaited.... On Monday, December 3, 1917, the French freighter SS Mont-Blanc set sail from Brooklyn carrying the largest cache of explosives ever loaded onto a ship, including 2,300 tons of picric acid, an unstable, poisonous chemical more powerful than TNT. The US had just recently entered World War I, and the ordnance was bound for the battlefields of France to help the Allies break the grueling stalemate that had protracted the fighting for nearly four demoralizing years. The explosives were so dangerous that Captain Aimé Le Medec took unprecedented safety measures, including banning the crew from smoking, lighting matches, or even touching a drop of liquor. Sailing north, the Mont-Blanc faced deadly danger, enduring a terrifying snowstorm off the coast of Maine and evading stealthy enemy U-boats hunting the waters of the Atlantic. But it was in Nova Scotia that an extraordinary disaster awaited. As the Mont-Blanc waited to dock in Halifax, it was struck by a Norwegian relief ship, the Imo, charging out of port. A small fire on the freighter's deck caused by the impact ignited the explosives below, resulting in a horrific blast that, in 1/15 of a second, leveled 325 acres of Halifax - killing more than 1,000 people and wounding 9,000 more. In this definitive account, Bacon combines research and eyewitness accounts to re-create the tragedy and its aftermath, including the international effort to rebuild the devastated port city. As he brings to light one of the most dramatic incidents of the 20th century, Bacon explores the long shadow this first "weapon of mass destruction" would cast on the future of nuclear warfare - crucial insights and understanding relevant to us today. Members Reviews: Halifax Explosion - Lesson of caring Would you consider the audio edition of The Great Halifax Explosion to be better than the print version? Not a huge fan of this narrator. Came across very monotone after hours of listening. What do you think the narrator could have done better? More inflection during the story. I know its a historical story, but it would give it more life. If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be? An unlikely friendship begins with tragedy. A LOT of (unnecessary) tangential information Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not? Would not recommend due to much off-topic material that doesn't add to what should be the central theme (and the title) of the book. What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!) Still struggling to get there - and might never.... What about Johnny Hellers performance did you like? Excellent presentation. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-House-of-Government-Audiobook/B0753NXZNP Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The House of Government Subtitle: A Saga of the Russian Revolution Author: Yuri Slezkine, Claire Bloom - director Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki Format: Unabridged Length: 45 hrs and 9 mins Language: English Release date: 08-25-17 Publisher: Blackstone Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 30 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: On the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, the epic story of an enormous apartment building where Communist true believers lived before their destruction. The House of Government is unlike any other book about the Russian Revolution and the Soviet experiment. Written in the tradition of Tolstoy's War and Peace, Grossman's Life and Fate, and Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago, Yuri Slezkine's gripping narrative tells the true story of the residents of an enormous Moscow apartment building where top Communist officials and their families lived before they were destroyed in Stalin's purges. A vivid account of the personal and public lives of Bolshevik true believers, the book begins with their conversion to Communism and ends with their children's loss of faith and the fall of the Soviet Union. Completed in 1931, The House of Government, later known as The House on the Embankment, was located across the Moscow River from the Kremlin. The largest residential building in Europe, it combined 505 furnished apartments with public spaces that included everything from a movie theater and a library to a tennis court and a shooting range. Slezkine tells the chilling story of how the building's residents lived in their apartments and ruled the Soviet state until some 800 of them were evicted from the house and led, one by one, to prison or their deaths. Drawing on letters, diaries, and interviews, The House of Government weaves together biography, literary criticism, architectural history, and fascinating new theories of revolutions, millennial prophecies, and reigns of terror. The result is an unforgettable human saga of a building that, like the Soviet Union itself, became a haunted house, forever disturbed by the ghosts of the disappeared. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Yuri Slezkine) Fri, 25 Aug 2017 14:48:14 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-House-of-Government-Audiobook/B0753NXZNP thebookvoice.com 45:09:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The House of Government Subtitle: A Saga of the Russian Revolution Author: Yuri Slezkine, Claire Bloom - director Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki Format: Unabridged Length: 45 hrs and 9 mins Language: English Release date: 08-25-17 Publisher: Blackstone Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 30 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: On the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, the epic story of an enormous apartment building where Communist true believers lived before their destruction. The House of Government is unlike any other book about the Russian Revolution and the Soviet experiment. Written in the tradition of Tolstoy's War and Peace, Grossman's Life and Fate, and Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago, Yuri Slezkine's gripping narrative tells the true story of the residents of an enormous Moscow apartment building where top Communist officials and their families lived before they were destroyed in Stalin's purges. A vivid account of the personal and public lives of Bolshevik true believers, the book begins with their conversion to Communism and ends with their children's loss of faith and the fall of the Soviet Union. Completed in 1931, The House of Government, later known as The House on the Embankment, was located across the Moscow River from the Kremlin. The largest residential building in Europe, it combined 505 furnished apartments with public spaces that included everything from a movie theater and a library to a tennis court and a shooting range. Slezkine tells the chilling story of how the building's residents lived in their apartments and ruled the Soviet state until some 800 of them were evicted from the house and led, one by one, to prison or their deaths. Drawing on letters, diaries, and interviews, The House of Government weaves together biography, literary criticism, architectural history, and fascinating new theories of revolutions, millennial prophecies, and reigns of terror. The result is an unforgettable human saga of a building that, like the Soviet Union itself, became a haunted house, forever disturbed by the ghosts of the disappeared. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The House of Government Subtitle: A Saga of the Russian Revolution Author: Yuri Slezkine, Claire Bloom - director Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki Format: Unabridged Length: 45 hrs and 9 mins Language: English Release date: 08-25-17 Publisher: Blackstone Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 30 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: On the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, the epic story of an enormous apartment building where Communist true believers lived before their destruction. The House of Government is unlike any other book about the Russian Revolution and the Soviet experiment. Written in the tradition of Tolstoy's War and Peace, Grossman's Life and Fate, and Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago, Yuri Slezkine's gripping narrative tells the true story of the residents of an enormous Moscow apartment building where top Communist officials and their families lived before they were destroyed in Stalin's purges. A vivid account of the personal and public lives of Bolshevik true believers, the book begins with their conversion to Communism and ends with their children's loss of faith and the fall of the Soviet Union. Completed in 1931, The House of Government, later known as The House on the Embankment, was located across the Moscow River from the Kremlin. The largest residential building in Europe, it combined 505 furnished apartments with public spaces that included everything from a movie theater and a library to a tennis court and a shooting range. Slezkine tells the chilling story of how the building's residents lived in their apartments and ruled the Soviet state until some 800 of them were evicted from the house and led, one by one, to prison or their deaths. Drawing on letters, diaries, and interviews, The House of Government weaves together biography, literary criticism, architectural history, and fascinating new theories of revolutions, millennial prophecies, and reigns of terror. The result is an unforgettable human saga of a building that, like the Soviet Union itself, became a haunted house, forever disturbed by the ghosts of the disappeared. Members Reviews: Inside saga of the leaders of Bolshevism & the USSR What a generous & magisterial book! Basically the story of a wide group of leaders, intellectuals & senior bureaucrats and their families, most of whom lived at one time or other in the House of Govt. From the pre-revolutionary backgrounds thru the Oct Revolution, building the new Communist state, collectivization, the 5 year plans, the Great Terror & then the Great Patriotic War. This is s deep social, cultural & intellectual history of how a Bolshevik sect became the state religion of a great country, but it reads more like Tolstoy of War & Peace! Lots of Russian names & families to keep track of. Long, but fascinating, subtle, generous & sympathetic, but never rose tinted. Most highly recommended! Reader was easy to listen to, with the right balance of seriousness (& occasionally, irony). Haunting tour of the temple of the failed deity Engrossing relatable stories, often in their own words, of the thinkers who envisioned the Soviet state. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Tin-Can-Titans-Audiobook/B074JL8LBC Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Tin Can Titans Subtitle: The Heroic Men and Ships of World War II's Most Decorated Navy Destroyer Squadron Author: John Wukovits Narrator: Robertson Dean Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins Language: English Release date: 08-15-17 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 147 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: When Admiral William Halsey selected Destroyer Squadron 21 to lead his victorious ships into Tokyo Bay to accept the Japanese surrender, it was the most battle-hardened US naval squadron of the war. But it was not the squadron of ships that had accumulated such an inspiring résumé; it was the people serving aboard them. Sailors, not metallic superstructures and hulls, had won the battles and become the stuff of legend. Men like Commander Donald MacDonald, skipper of the USS O'Bannon, who became the most decorated naval officer of the Pacific war; Lieutenant Hugh Barr Miller, who survived his ship's sinking and waged a one-man battle against the enemy while stranded on a Japanese-occupied island; and Doctor Dow "Doc" Ransom, the beloved physician of the USS La Vallette, who combined a mixture of humor and medical expertise to treat his patients at sea epitomize the sacrifices made by all the men and women of World War II. Through diaries, personal interviews with survivors, and letters written to and by the crews during the war, preeminent historian of the Pacific theater John Wukovits brings to life the human story of the squadron and its men, who bested the Japanese in the Pacific and helped take the war to Tokyo. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (John Wukovits) Tue, 15 Aug 2017 05:25:10 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Tin-Can-Titans-Audiobook/B074JL8LBC thebookvoice.com 10:47:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Tin Can Titans Subtitle: The Heroic Men and Ships of World War II's Most Decorated Navy Destroyer Squadron Author: John Wukovits Narrator: Robertson Dean Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins Language: English Release date: 08-15-17 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 147 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: When Admiral William Halsey selected Destroyer Squadron 21 to lead his victorious ships into Tokyo Bay to accept the Japanese surrender, it was the most battle-hardened US naval squadron of the war. But it was not the squadron of ships that had accumulated such an inspiring résumé; it was the people serving aboard them. Sailors, not metallic superstructures and hulls, had won the battles and become the stuff of legend. Men like Commander Donald MacDonald, skipper of the USS O'Bannon, who became the most decorated naval officer of the Pacific war; Lieutenant Hugh Barr Miller, who survived his ship's sinking and waged a one-man battle against the enemy while stranded on a Japanese-occupied island; and Doctor Dow "Doc" Ransom, the beloved physician of the USS La Vallette, who combined a mixture of humor and medical expertise to treat his patients at sea epitomize the sacrifices made by all the men and women of World War II. Through diaries, personal interviews with survivors, and letters written to and by the crews during the war, preeminent historian of the Pacific theater John Wukovits brings to life the human story of the squadron and its men, who bested the Japanese in the Pacific and helped take the war to Tokyo. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Tin Can Titans Subtitle: The Heroic Men and Ships of World War II's Most Decorated Navy Destroyer Squadron Author: John Wukovits Narrator: Robertson Dean Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins Language: English Release date: 08-15-17 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 147 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: When Admiral William Halsey selected Destroyer Squadron 21 to lead his victorious ships into Tokyo Bay to accept the Japanese surrender, it was the most battle-hardened US naval squadron of the war. But it was not the squadron of ships that had accumulated such an inspiring résumé; it was the people serving aboard them. Sailors, not metallic superstructures and hulls, had won the battles and become the stuff of legend. Men like Commander Donald MacDonald, skipper of the USS O'Bannon, who became the most decorated naval officer of the Pacific war; Lieutenant Hugh Barr Miller, who survived his ship's sinking and waged a one-man battle against the enemy while stranded on a Japanese-occupied island; and Doctor Dow "Doc" Ransom, the beloved physician of the USS La Vallette, who combined a mixture of humor and medical expertise to treat his patients at sea epitomize the sacrifices made by all the men and women of World War II. Through diaries, personal interviews with survivors, and letters written to and by the crews during the war, preeminent historian of the Pacific theater John Wukovits brings to life the human story of the squadron and its men, who bested the Japanese in the Pacific and helped take the war to Tokyo. Members Reviews: Captivating So much has been written about World War II that anyone writing about it must come up with a different angle. Wukovits chose to write about the destroyers (Tin Cans) which he says were the workhorse of the war in the Pacific. Wukovits describes the story of Destroyer Squadron 21 (DesRon21). He follows the squadron from 1942 to leading the United States Fleet into Tokyo Bay to receive the Japanese surrender in August 1945. The author covers not only the action, the ships, but also the crews that manned the ships. The book is divided into three parts, each containing three or four chapters. The first is on the origins of the vessels, then the squadron organization and lastly the campaigns. All sections are about the crews. In fact, the author makes the book read more like a novel than a history book. The book is well written and researched. The author conduced oral interviews of the veterans of DesRon21 as well as read many diaries. He dissected naval archives and reviewed action reports. The book format has photographs and maps. Destroyer Squadron 21 was the most decorated naval squadron of WWII. Anyone who likes to read about WWII will enjoy this book. The book is almost eleven hours long. Robertson Dean does an excellent job narrating the book. Dean is a multi-award -winning audiobook narrator. Dean is well known to most long-time audiobook readers. Gripping Book This book is a gripping telling of the harrowing lives of those who served on the ships of Destroyer Squadron 21 during World War II. Based on diaries and other writings of the sailors who manned these ships, it provides an amazing array of insights into what it was like to face danger in the battles of the Pacific Theater. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Last-Stand-of-Fox-Company-Audiobook/B002V8MS3Q Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Last Stand of Fox Company Subtitle: A True Story of U.S. Marines in Combat Author: Bob Drury, Tom Clavin Narrator: Michael Prichard Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins Language: English Release date: 02-18-09 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 491 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: As the sun sets on the hill, and the temperature plunges to 30 degrees below zero, Barber's men dig in for the night. At two in the morning they are awakened by the sound - bugles, whistles, cymbals, and drumbeats - of a massive assault by thousands of enemy infantry. The attack is just the first wave of four days and five nights of nearly continuous Chinese attempts to take Fox Hill, during which Barber's beleaguered company clings to the high ground and allows the First Marine Division to battle south. Amid the relentless violence, three-quarters of Fox Company's Marines are killed, wounded, or captured. Just when it looks like the outfit will be overrun, Lieutenant Colonel Raymond Davis, a fearless Marine officer who is fighting south from Chosin, volunteers to lead a force of 500 men on a daring mission that cuts a hole in the Chinese lines and relieves the men of Fox Company. The Last Stand of Fox Company is a fast-paced and gripping account of heroism and self-sacrifice in the face of impossible odds. The authors have conducted dozens of firsthand interviews with the battle's survivors, and they narrate the story with the imm... Critic Reviews: "Bob Drury and Tom Clavin have set the standard for wartime accounts on the Korean conflict.... This is a story that is almost too incredible to be true." (Dr. Charles P. Neimeyer, director of the U.S. Marine Corps History Division) "A paean worthy of one of the most extraordinary battles in Marine Corps history.... A magnificent book." (Nathaniel Fick, New York Times bestselling author of One Bullet Away) bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Bob Drury) Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:48:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Last-Stand-of-Fox-Company-Audiobook/B002V8MS3Q thebookvoice.com 11:43:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Last Stand of Fox Company Subtitle: A True Story of U.S. Marines in Combat Author: Bob Drury, Tom Clavin Narrator: Michael Prichard Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins Language: English Release date: 02-18-09 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 491 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: As the sun sets on the hill, and the temperature plunges to 30 degrees below zero, Barber's men dig in for the night. At two in the morning they are awakened by the sound - bugles, whistles, cymbals, and drumbeats - of a massive assault by thousands of enemy infantry. The attack is just the first wave of four days and five nights of nearly continuous Chinese attempts to take Fox Hill, during which Barber's beleaguered company clings to the high ground and allows the First Marine Division to battle south. Amid the relentless violence, three-quarters of Fox Company's Marines are killed, wounded, or captured. Just when it looks like the outfit will be overrun, Lieutenant Colonel Raymond Davis, a fearless Marine officer who is fighting south from Chosin, volunteers to lead a force of 500 men on a daring mission that cuts a hole in the Chinese lines and relieves the men of Fox Company. The Last Stand of Fox Company is a fast-paced and gripping account of heroism and self-sacrifice in the face of impossible odds. The authors have conducted dozens of firsthand interviews with the battle's survivors, and they narrate the story with the imm... Critic Reviews: "Bob Drury and Tom Clavin have set the standard for wartime accounts on the Korean conflict.... This is a story that is almost too incredible to be true." (Dr. Charles P. Neimeyer, director of the U.S. Marine Corps History Division) "A paean worthy of one of the most extraordinary battles in Marine Corps history.... A magnificent book." (Nathaniel Fick, New York Times bestselling author of One Bullet Away) Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Last Stand of Fox Company Subtitle: A True Story of U.S. Marines in Combat Author: Bob Drury, Tom Clavin Narrator: Michael Prichard Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins Language: English Release date: 02-18-09 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 491 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: As the sun sets on the hill, and the temperature plunges to 30 degrees below zero, Barber's men dig in for the night. At two in the morning they are awakened by the sound - bugles, whistles, cymbals, and drumbeats - of a massive assault by thousands of enemy infantry. The attack is just the first wave of four days and five nights of nearly continuous Chinese attempts to take Fox Hill, during which Barber's beleaguered company clings to the high ground and allows the First Marine Division to battle south. Amid the relentless violence, three-quarters of Fox Company's Marines are killed, wounded, or captured. Just when it looks like the outfit will be overrun, Lieutenant Colonel Raymond Davis, a fearless Marine officer who is fighting south from Chosin, volunteers to lead a force of 500 men on a daring mission that cuts a hole in the Chinese lines and relieves the men of Fox Company. The Last Stand of Fox Company is a fast-paced and gripping account of heroism and self-sacrifice in the face of impossible odds. The authors have conducted dozens of firsthand interviews with the battle's survivors, and they narrate the story with the imm... Critic Reviews: "Bob Drury and Tom Clavin have set the standard for wartime accounts on the Korean conflict.... This is a story that is almost too incredible to be true." (Dr. Charles P. Neimeyer, director of the U.S. Marine Corps History Division) "A paean worthy of one of the most extraordinary battles in Marine Corps history.... A magnificent book." (Nathaniel Fick, New York Times bestselling author of One Bullet Away) Members Reviews: Outstanding story, poor narration The number of mispronunciations was disappointing. I'm not talking about Korean names. I'm talking about the English language. Someone should have told the narrator that "X Corps" is "Tenth Corps", not "x corps". The story is still well worth listening to... Good Story - Confusing Logistics The story is good (4), but it gets confusing trying to remember all the different people and you really need a map to be able to orient yourself to the landscape. Incredible Story, Hard to Follow It tells the incredible story of the Marines and Sailors of Fox Company, but very difficult to follow. Uncommon valor became a common trait. A minute by riveting minute account of a gallant stand by an understrength marine company fighting under horrific conditions against overwhelming odds in an almost forgotten chapter in the history of modern war. Drury and Clavin have brought the men of Fox Company to life, and in the matter of fact way that extrordinary deeds are chronicalled, have made their sacrifices meaningful to those of us who could not have imagined that men could endure, let alone prevail, under those circumstances. Michael Prichard's narration was spot on. Reference maps a must have. I agree the book was excellent (besides the narration errors mentioned in previous reviews). However without maps the progression of the battle and events within it are difficult to follow. I have contacted Audible.com and asked the maps that are in the book be included in the download. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/At-the-Dark-End-of-the-Street-Audiobook/B006CSSALA Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: At the Dark End of the Street Subtitle: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance - A New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power Author: Danielle L. McGuire Narrator: Robin Miles Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins Language: English Release date: 11-28-11 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 122 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: "A black woman's body was never hers alone" --Fannie Lou Hamer, Freedom Fighter Rosa Parks is often described as a sweet elderly woman, whose tired feet caused her to defy the Jim Crow laws on Montgomery's city buses. Her supposedly solitary and spontaneous act, history tells us, sparked the 1955 bus boycott and gave birth to the civil rights movement. The truth of who Rosa Parks was and what really started the 1955 Boycott is far different than anything previously written. Danielle L. McGuire, brilliant historian, tells the never before told history of how the civil rights movement really began, how it was started in protest against the ritualistic rape of black women by white men, begun in 17th century America, continued unpunished throughout the Jim Crow period when white men abducted and assaulted black women, as a form of retribution or to enforce rules of racial and economic hierarchy; sexually humiliating and assaulting women on streetcars and buses, in taxis and trains. The author writes how sexual violence and interracial rape became a crucial battleground upon which African Americans sought to destroy white supremacy and gain personal and political autonomy; how civil rights campaigns had roots in organized resistance to sexual violence and appeals for protection of black womanhood. Often ignored by civil rights historians, we see how a number of campaigns led to trials and convictions throughout the South and how these cases, broke with Southern tradition, fracturing the philosophical and political foundations of white supremacy and challenging the relationship between sexual domination and racial equality. And at the center of it all, Rosa Parks, who in the 1940s, fifteen years before the Montgomery boycott, was a militant woman and an anti-rape seasoned activist, the great granddaughter of a fair skinned slave woman and a Yankee soldier. Her quiet demeanor and steely determination bravely doing battle against white supremacy. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Danielle L. McGuire) Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:49:14 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/At-the-Dark-End-of-the-Street-Audiobook/B006CSSALA thebookvoice.com 10:52:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: At the Dark End of the Street Subtitle: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance - A New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power Author: Danielle L. McGuire Narrator: Robin Miles Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins Language: English Release date: 11-28-11 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 122 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: "A black woman's body was never hers alone" --Fannie Lou Hamer, Freedom Fighter Rosa Parks is often described as a sweet elderly woman, whose tired feet caused her to defy the Jim Crow laws on Montgomery's city buses. Her supposedly solitary and spontaneous act, history tells us, sparked the 1955 bus boycott and gave birth to the civil rights movement. The truth of who Rosa Parks was and what really started the 1955 Boycott is far different than anything previously written. Danielle L. McGuire, brilliant historian, tells the never before told history of how the civil rights movement really began, how it was started in protest against the ritualistic rape of black women by white men, begun in 17th century America, continued unpunished throughout the Jim Crow period when white men abducted and assaulted black women, as a form of retribution or to enforce rules of racial and economic hierarchy; sexually humiliating and assaulting women on streetcars and buses, in taxis and trains. The author writes how sexual violence and interracial rape became a crucial battleground upon which African Americans sought to destroy white supremacy and gain personal and political autonomy; how civil rights campaigns had roots in organized resistance to sexual violence and appeals for protection of black womanhood. Often ignored by civil rights historians, we see how a number of campaigns led to trials and convictions throughout the South and how these cases, broke with Southern tradition, fracturing the philosophical and political foundations of white supremacy and challenging the relationship between sexual domination and racial equality. And at the center of it all, Rosa Parks, who in the 1940s, fifteen years before the Montgomery boycott, was a militant woman and an anti-rape seasoned activist, the great granddaughter of a fair skinned slave woman and a Yankee soldier. Her quiet demeanor and steely determination bravely doing battle against white supremacy. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: At the Dark End of the Street Subtitle: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance - A New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power Author: Danielle L. McGuire Narrator: Robin Miles Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins Language: English Release date: 11-28-11 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 122 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: "A black woman's body was never hers alone" --Fannie Lou Hamer, Freedom Fighter Rosa Parks is often described as a sweet elderly woman, whose tired feet caused her to defy the Jim Crow laws on Montgomery's city buses. Her supposedly solitary and spontaneous act, history tells us, sparked the 1955 bus boycott and gave birth to the civil rights movement. The truth of who Rosa Parks was and what really started the 1955 Boycott is far different than anything previously written. Danielle L. McGuire, brilliant historian, tells the never before told history of how the civil rights movement really began, how it was started in protest against the ritualistic rape of black women by white men, begun in 17th century America, continued unpunished throughout the Jim Crow period when white men abducted and assaulted black women, as a form of retribution or to enforce rules of racial and economic hierarchy; sexually humiliating and assaulting women on streetcars and buses, in taxis and trains. The author writes how sexual violence and interracial rape became a crucial battleground upon which African Americans sought to destroy white supremacy and gain personal and political autonomy; how civil rights campaigns had roots in organized resistance to sexual violence and appeals for protection of black womanhood. Often ignored by civil rights historians, we see how a number of campaigns led to trials and convictions throughout the South and how these cases, broke with Southern tradition, fracturing the philosophical and political foundations of white supremacy and challenging the relationship between sexual domination and racial equality. And at the center of it all, Rosa Parks, who in the 1940s, fifteen years before the Montgomery boycott, was a militant woman and an anti-rape seasoned activist, the great granddaughter of a fair skinned slave woman and a Yankee soldier. Her quiet demeanor and steely determination bravely doing battle against white supremacy. Members Reviews: Listen to This Book What did you love best about At the Dark End of the Street? This book will make you cry. What other book might you compare At the Dark End of the Street to and why? It was similar to The Warmth of Other Suns in the vivid description of the Jim Crow South. What does Robin Miles bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book? Miles is very easy to listen to. Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you? What is truly amazing is that any group of people could survive the treatment that African people have survived in America. The organization and activism of the community, the courage and dignity of the individuals are all a lesson to inform those interested in organizing and activism and restoring the dignity that was stolen from us. Any additional comments? Get it and pass it on! Truth I'm a white woman who grew up on Long Island, NY. I was a young girl in the late 50's and watched the news often with my parents. Harlem was often mentioned. I asked my dad if he would take me there. He did. As we drove down the alleys in Harlem, looking at poor like I never could have imagined, I cried for the people who lived there. At my young age before I was eight, I could not understand how they were allowed to live with so little, and no one was helping them. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Malcolm-X-The-Last-Speeches-Audiobook/B00B1FPTMC Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Malcolm X: The Last Speeches Author: Malcolm X Narrator: Malcolm X Format: Original Recording Length: 1 hr and 39 mins Language: English Release date: 01-18-13 Publisher: BN Publishing Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 293 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: "Any kind of movement for freedom of Black people based solely within the confines of America is absolutely doomed to fail." Speeches and interviews from the last two years of Malcolm X's life. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Malcolm X) Fri, 18 Jan 2013 13:35:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Malcolm-X-The-Last-Speeches-Audiobook/B00B1FPTMC thebookvoice.com 01:39:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Malcolm X: The Last Speeches Author: Malcolm X Narrator: Malcolm X Format: Original Recording Length: 1 hr and 39 mins Language: English Release date: 01-18-13 Publisher: BN Publishing Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 293 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: "Any kind of movement for freedom of Black people based solely within the confines of America is absolutely doomed to fail." Speeches and interviews from the last two years of Malcolm X's life. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Malcolm X: The Last Speeches Author: Malcolm X Narrator: Malcolm X Format: Original Recording Length: 1 hr and 39 mins Language: English Release date: 01-18-13 Publisher: BN Publishing Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 293 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: "Any kind of movement for freedom of Black people based solely within the confines of America is absolutely doomed to fail." Speeches and interviews from the last two years of Malcolm X's life. Members Reviews: loved hearing Malcolm's speeches! great to hear the legend and prophet Malcolm x, it's crazy to know some of the things he was talking about today like the bias press, police brutality, systematic white supremacy, are still things we have to deal with today (50+ years later), even with a half-black president! !! Impeccable His speeches are so for this present time! I've recommend this to friends and family. Heavily Edited Watered down and edited. More sound bites then speeches. The speeches after Malcolm left the Nation are the longest and clearest speeches. Chronologically sporadic Good to hear Malik give several speeches, but being out of order hurts understanding his growth and power. Would have liked context for the speeches I can certainly see why many white Americans feared the rhetoric of brother Malcolm. I don't think his history was accurate on many points, and neither was what was generally understood about our own past correct either. You can see some moderation in his speech. The audio version of this collection lacks any attribution of time or place. Sometimes you can infer from information provided in the speech itself. His post Haj period was so short that I've always been curious to see where that fertile mind might have taken him. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-History-of-White-People-Audiobook/B00CZH0C4K Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The History of White People Author: Nell Irvin Painter Narrator: Allyson Johnson Format: Unabridged Length: 14 hrs and 9 mins Language: English Release date: 06-04-13 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 393 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: A mind-expanding and myth-destroying exploration of notions of white racenot merely a skin color but also a signal of power, prestige, and beauty to be withheld and granted selectively. Ever since the Enlightenment, race theory and its inevitable partner, racism, have followed a crooked road, constructed by dominant peoples to justify their domination of others. Filling a huge gap in historical literature that long focused on the non-white, eminent historian Nell Irvin Painter guides us through more than two thousand years of Western civilization, tracing not only the invention of the idea of race but also the frequent worship of whiteness for economic, social, scientific, and political ends. Our story begins in Greek and Roman antiquity, where the concept of race did not exist, only geography and the opportunity to conquer and enslave others. Not until the eighteenth century did an obsession with whiteness flourish, with the German invention of the notion of Caucasian beauty. This theory made northern Europeans into Saxons, Anglo-Saxons, and Teutons, envisioned as uniquely handsome natural rulers. Here was a worldview congenial to northern Europeans bent on empire. There followed an explosion of theories of race, now focusing on racial temperament as well as skin color. Spread by such intellectuals as Madame de Stael and Thomas Carlyle, white race theory soon reached North America with a vengeance. Its chief spokesman, Ralph Waldo Emerson, did the most to label Anglo-Saxonsicons of beauty and virtueas the only true Americans. It was an ideal that excluded not only blacks but also all ethnic groups not of Protestant, northern European background. The Irish and Native Americans were out and, later, so were the Chinese, Jews, Italians, Slavs, and Greeksall deemed racially alien. Did immigrations threaten the very existence of America? Americans were assumed to be white, but who among poor immigrants could become truly American? A tortured and convoluted series of scientific explorations developedtheories intended to keep Anglo-Saxons at the top: the ever-popular measurement of skulls, the powerful eugenics movement, and highly biased intelligence testsall designed to keep working people out and down. As Painter reveals, powersupported by economics, science, and politicscontinued to drive exclusionary notions of whiteness until, deep into the twentieth century, political realities enlarged the category of truly American. A story filled with towering historical figures, The History of White People forcefully reminds us that the concept of one white race is a recent invention. The meaning, importance, and realty of this all-too-human thesis of race have buckled under the weight of a long and rich unfolding of events. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Nell Irvin Painter) Tue, 04 Jun 2013 06:44:46 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-History-of-White-People-Audiobook/B00CZH0C4K thebookvoice.com 14:09:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The History of White People Author: Nell Irvin Painter Narrator: Allyson Johnson Format: Unabridged Length: 14 hrs and 9 mins Language: English Release date: 06-04-13 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 393 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: A mind-expanding and myth-destroying exploration of notions of white racenot merely a skin color but also a signal of power, prestige, and beauty to be withheld and granted selectively. Ever since the Enlightenment, race theory and its inevitable partner, racism, have followed a crooked road, constructed by dominant peoples to justify their domination of others. Filling a huge gap in historical literature that long focused on the non-white, eminent historian Nell Irvin Painter guides us through more than two thousand years of Western civilization, tracing not only the invention of the idea of race but also the frequent worship of whiteness for economic, social, scientific, and political ends. Our story begins in Greek and Roman antiquity, where the concept of race did not exist, only geography and the opportunity to conquer and enslave others. Not until the eighteenth century did an obsession with whiteness flourish, with the German invention of the notion of Caucasian beauty. This theory made northern Europeans into Saxons, Anglo-Saxons, and Teutons, envisioned as uniquely handsome natural rulers. Here was a worldview congenial to northern Europeans bent on empire. There followed an explosion of theories of race, now focusing on racial temperament as well as skin color. Spread by such intellectuals as Madame de Stael and Thomas Carlyle, white race theory soon reached North America with a vengeance. Its chief spokesman, Ralph Waldo Emerson, did the most to label Anglo-Saxonsicons of beauty and virtueas the only true Americans. It was an ideal that excluded not only blacks but also all ethnic groups not of Protestant, northern European background. The Irish and Native Americans were out and, later, so were the Chinese, Jews, Italians, Slavs, and Greeksall deemed racially alien. Did immigrations threaten the very existence of America? Americans were assumed to be white, but who among poor immigrants could become truly American? A tortured and convoluted series of scientific explorations developedtheories intended to keep Anglo-Saxons at the top: the ever-popular measurement of skulls, the powerful eugenics movement, and highly biased intelligence testsall designed to keep working people out and down. As Painter reveals, powersupported by economics, science, and politicscontinued to drive exclusionary notions of whiteness until, deep into the twentieth century, political realities enlarged the category of truly American. A story filled with towering historical figures, The History of White People forcefully reminds us that the concept of one white race is a recent invention. The meaning, importance, and realty of this all-too-human thesis of race have buckled under the weight of a long and rich unfolding of events. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The History of White People Author: Nell Irvin Painter Narrator: Allyson Johnson Format: Unabridged Length: 14 hrs and 9 mins Language: English Release date: 06-04-13 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 393 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: A mind-expanding and myth-destroying exploration of notions of white racenot merely a skin color but also a signal of power, prestige, and beauty to be withheld and granted selectively. Ever since the Enlightenment, race theory and its inevitable partner, racism, have followed a crooked road, constructed by dominant peoples to justify their domination of others. Filling a huge gap in historical literature that long focused on the non-white, eminent historian Nell Irvin Painter guides us through more than two thousand years of Western civilization, tracing not only the invention of the idea of race but also the frequent worship of whiteness for economic, social, scientific, and political ends. Our story begins in Greek and Roman antiquity, where the concept of race did not exist, only geography and the opportunity to conquer and enslave others. Not until the eighteenth century did an obsession with whiteness flourish, with the German invention of the notion of Caucasian beauty. This theory made northern Europeans into Saxons, Anglo-Saxons, and Teutons, envisioned as uniquely handsome natural rulers. Here was a worldview congenial to northern Europeans bent on empire. There followed an explosion of theories of race, now focusing on racial temperament as well as skin color. Spread by such intellectuals as Madame de Stael and Thomas Carlyle, white race theory soon reached North America with a vengeance. Its chief spokesman, Ralph Waldo Emerson, did the most to label Anglo-Saxonsicons of beauty and virtueas the only true Americans. It was an ideal that excluded not only blacks but also all ethnic groups not of Protestant, northern European background. The Irish and Native Americans were out and, later, so were the Chinese, Jews, Italians, Slavs, and Greeksall deemed racially alien. Did immigrations threaten the very existence of America? Americans were assumed to be white, but who among poor immigrants could become truly American? A tortured and convoluted series of scientific explorations developedtheories intended to keep Anglo-Saxons at the top: the ever-popular measurement of skulls, the powerful eugenics movement, and highly biased intelligence testsall designed to keep working people out and down. As Painter reveals, powersupported by economics, science, and politicscontinued to drive exclusionary notions of whiteness until, deep into the twentieth century, political realities enlarged the category of truly American. A story filled with towering historical figures, The History of White People forcefully reminds us that the concept of one white race is a recent invention. The meaning, importance, and realty of this all-too-human thesis of race have buckled under the weight of a long and rich unfolding of events. Members Reviews: Destroys the myth that race is about skin color What made the experience of listening to The History of White People the most enjoyable? I found this book to be enlightening and even though it contains a huge amount of information it is still bearable. The presentation of illogical, contradictory race theory about different European races really revealed how the concept of race in general is a social construct. Which scene was your favorite? I was surprised to learn about 1920's eugenics and the campaign against "degenerate" families...meaning poor whites... https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Seabiscuit-Audiobook/B0049Q38VE Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Seabiscuit Subtitle: An American Legend Author: Laura Hillenbrand Narrator: George Newbern Format: Unabridged Length: 13 hrs and 13 mins Language: English Release date: 11-16-10 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1611 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Seabiscuit was one of the most electrifying and popular attractions in sports history and the single biggest newsmaker in the world in 1938, receiving more coverage than FDR, Hitler, or Mussolini. But his success was a surprise to the racing establishment, which had written off the crooked-legged racehorse with the sad tail. Three men changed Seabiscuit's fortunes: Charles Howard was a onetime bicycle repairman who introduced the automobile to the western United States and became an overnight millionaire. When he needed a trainer for his new racehorses, he hired Tom Smith, a mysterious mustang breaker from the Colorado plains. Smith urged Howard to buy Seabiscuit for a bargain-basement price, then hired as his jockey Red Pollard, a failed boxer who was blind in one eye, half-crippled, and prone to quoting passages from Ralph Waldo Emerson. Over four years, these unlikely partners survived a phenomenal run of bad fortune, conspiracy, and severe injury to transform Seabiscuit from a neurotic, pathologically indolent also-ran into an American sports icon. Author Laura Hillenbrand brilliantly re-creates a universal underdog story, one that proves life is a horse race. Critic Reviews: Fascinating...Vivid... A first-rate piece of storytelling, leaving us not only with a vivid portrait of a horse but a fascinating slice of American history as well.( The New York Times) Engrossing...Fast-moving...More than just a horses tale, because the humans who owned, trained, and rode Seabiscuit are equally fascinating.... [Hillenbrand] shows an extraordinary talent for describing a horse race so vividly that the reader feels like the rider. ( Sports Illustrated) Remarkable...Memorable...Just as compelling today as it was in 1938." ( The Washington Post) bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Laura Hillenbrand) Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:25:22 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Seabiscuit-Audiobook/B0049Q38VE thebookvoice.com 13:13:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Seabiscuit Subtitle: An American Legend Author: Laura Hillenbrand Narrator: George Newbern Format: Unabridged Length: 13 hrs and 13 mins Language: English Release date: 11-16-10 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1611 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Seabiscuit was one of the most electrifying and popular attractions in sports history and the single biggest newsmaker in the world in 1938, receiving more coverage than FDR, Hitler, or Mussolini. But his success was a surprise to the racing establishment, which had written off the crooked-legged racehorse with the sad tail. Three men changed Seabiscuit's fortunes: Charles Howard was a onetime bicycle repairman who introduced the automobile to the western United States and became an overnight millionaire. When he needed a trainer for his new racehorses, he hired Tom Smith, a mysterious mustang breaker from the Colorado plains. Smith urged Howard to buy Seabiscuit for a bargain-basement price, then hired as his jockey Red Pollard, a failed boxer who was blind in one eye, half-crippled, and prone to quoting passages from Ralph Waldo Emerson. Over four years, these unlikely partners survived a phenomenal run of bad fortune, conspiracy, and severe injury to transform Seabiscuit from a neurotic, pathologically indolent also-ran into an American sports icon. Author Laura Hillenbrand brilliantly re-creates a universal underdog story, one that proves life is a horse race. Critic Reviews: Fascinating...Vivid... A first-rate piece of storytelling, leaving us not only with a vivid portrait of a horse but a fascinating slice of American history as well.( The New York Times) Engrossing...Fast-moving...More than just a horses tale, because the humans who owned, trained, and rode Seabiscuit are equally fascinating.... [Hillenbrand] shows an extraordinary talent for describing a horse race so vividly that the reader feels like the rider. ( Sports Illustrated) Remarkable...Memorable...Just as compelling today as it was in 1938." ( The Washington Post) Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Seabiscuit Subtitle: An American Legend Author: Laura Hillenbrand Narrator: George Newbern Format: Unabridged Length: 13 hrs and 13 mins Language: English Release date: 11-16-10 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1611 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Seabiscuit was one of the most electrifying and popular attractions in sports history and the single biggest newsmaker in the world in 1938, receiving more coverage than FDR, Hitler, or Mussolini. But his success was a surprise to the racing establishment, which had written off the crooked-legged racehorse with the sad tail. Three men changed Seabiscuit's fortunes: Charles Howard was a onetime bicycle repairman who introduced the automobile to the western United States and became an overnight millionaire. When he needed a trainer for his new racehorses, he hired Tom Smith, a mysterious mustang breaker from the Colorado plains. Smith urged Howard to buy Seabiscuit for a bargain-basement price, then hired as his jockey Red Pollard, a failed boxer who was blind in one eye, half-crippled, and prone to quoting passages from Ralph Waldo Emerson. Over four years, these unlikely partners survived a phenomenal run of bad fortune, conspiracy, and severe injury to transform Seabiscuit from a neurotic, pathologically indolent also-ran into an American sports icon. Author Laura Hillenbrand brilliantly re-creates a universal underdog story, one that proves life is a horse race. Critic Reviews: Fascinating...Vivid... A first-rate piece of storytelling, leaving us not only with a vivid portrait of a horse but a fascinating slice of American history as well.( The New York Times) Engrossing...Fast-moving...More than just a horses tale, because the humans who owned, trained, and rode Seabiscuit are equally fascinating.... [Hillenbrand] shows an extraordinary talent for describing a horse race so vividly that the reader feels like the rider. ( Sports Illustrated) Remarkable...Memorable...Just as compelling today as it was in 1938." ( The Washington Post) Members Reviews: See you in the winner's circle I never got around to reading this book when it first came out, but did see the movie and have watched it several times. Because the movie was so perfectly casted with Jeff Bridges, Toby Maguire and Chris Cooper, those were the faces I saw in my head as I listened to the scenes familiar from the film. The real delight was in discovering the details that further fleshed out those characters and the story in general Howards compassionate and feisty wife, Smiths sly tricks to evade the press, the brutal life of virtual indentured servitude jockeys endured to make a dangerous and financially unrewarding living. The book starts somewhat slowly methodically, introducing the three damaged men and the horse, who all needed to come together to mend each others lives. These introductions also laid out necessary information for the reader uninitiated in racing lore to understand the context of the lives in question. For that reason, some readers may feel it moves slowly. But with the foundation laid, the stage is well set for the exciting racing scenes that had me rooting for The Biscuit, sometimes with victory and more often than I had realized with defeat. If there was one weakness, because the excitement of any sporting event depends largely on the visual witnessing of the event, hearing a verbal narration just didnt convey the tension, danger, and exhilaration that raised my adrenalin, especially for the lesser races. The major races (the Match Race, and the 100 Grander) were exceptions very exciting and well written. Narration was good, had the tone of a documentary which this really was. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/One-Summer-Audiobook/B00EFAB442 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: One Summer Subtitle: America, 1927 Author: Bill Bryson Narrator: Bill Bryson Format: Unabridged Length: 17 hrs and 3 mins Language: English Release date: 10-01-13 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3060 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Audie Award Finalist, History, 2014 One of the most admired nonfiction writers of our time retells the story of one truly fabulous year in the life of his native country - a fascinating and gripping narrative featuring such outsized American heroes as Charles Lindbergh, Babe Ruth, and yes Herbert Hoover, and a gallery of criminals (Al Capone), eccentrics (Shipwreck Kelly), and close-mouthed politicians (Calvin Coolidge). It was the year Americans attempted and accomplished outsized things and came of age in a big, brawling manner. What a country. What a summer. And what a writer to bring it all so vividly alive for us in this certain best-seller. Editorial Reviews: Editors Select, October 2013 - When I'm in the mood for nonfiction, Bill Bryson's brand of witty, creative narrative is exactly what I look for, which is why One Summer: America, 1927; is on my list for October. In this book, Bryson takes us on an in-depth journey through a particularly eventful five months in American history: May - September, 1927. Not all newsworthy stories make it to the front page, but Bryson ensures the obscure, peculiar, and downright fascinating details of this summer are not forgotten, seamlessly weaving them into the events of the big headlines - Charles Lindbergh's solo flight, Babe Ruth's home run streak, and Al Capone's rise to power, to name a few. Self-narrated, One Summer is sure to be must-listen for Bryson fans, nonfiction listeners, and anyone who found themselves obsessing over the details in history class. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Bill Bryson) Tue, 01 Oct 2013 16:19:35 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/One-Summer-Audiobook/B00EFAB442 thebookvoice.com 17:03:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: One Summer Subtitle: America, 1927 Author: Bill Bryson Narrator: Bill Bryson Format: Unabridged Length: 17 hrs and 3 mins Language: English Release date: 10-01-13 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3060 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Audie Award Finalist, History, 2014 One of the most admired nonfiction writers of our time retells the story of one truly fabulous year in the life of his native country - a fascinating and gripping narrative featuring such outsized American heroes as Charles Lindbergh, Babe Ruth, and yes Herbert Hoover, and a gallery of criminals (Al Capone), eccentrics (Shipwreck Kelly), and close-mouthed politicians (Calvin Coolidge). It was the year Americans attempted and accomplished outsized things and came of age in a big, brawling manner. What a country. What a summer. And what a writer to bring it all so vividly alive for us in this certain best-seller. Editorial Reviews: Editors Select, October 2013 - When I'm in the mood for nonfiction, Bill Bryson's brand of witty, creative narrative is exactly what I look for, which is why One Summer: America, 1927; is on my list for October. In this book, Bryson takes us on an in-depth journey through a particularly eventful five months in American history: May - September, 1927. Not all newsworthy stories make it to the front page, but Bryson ensures the obscure, peculiar, and downright fascinating details of this summer are not forgotten, seamlessly weaving them into the events of the big headlines - Charles Lindbergh's solo flight, Babe Ruth's home run streak, and Al Capone's rise to power, to name a few. Self-narrated, One Summer is sure to be must-listen for Bryson fans, nonfiction listeners, and anyone who found themselves obsessing over the details in history class. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: One Summer Subtitle: America, 1927 Author: Bill Bryson Narrator: Bill Bryson Format: Unabridged Length: 17 hrs and 3 mins Language: English Release date: 10-01-13 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3060 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Audie Award Finalist, History, 2014 One of the most admired nonfiction writers of our time retells the story of one truly fabulous year in the life of his native country - a fascinating and gripping narrative featuring such outsized American heroes as Charles Lindbergh, Babe Ruth, and yes Herbert Hoover, and a gallery of criminals (Al Capone), eccentrics (Shipwreck Kelly), and close-mouthed politicians (Calvin Coolidge). It was the year Americans attempted and accomplished outsized things and came of age in a big, brawling manner. What a country. What a summer. And what a writer to bring it all so vividly alive for us in this certain best-seller. Editorial Reviews: Editors Select, October 2013 - When I'm in the mood for nonfiction, Bill Bryson's brand of witty, creative narrative is exactly what I look for, which is why One Summer: America, 1927; is on my list for October. In this book, Bryson takes us on an in-depth journey through a particularly eventful five months in American history: May - September, 1927. Not all newsworthy stories make it to the front page, but Bryson ensures the obscure, peculiar, and downright fascinating details of this summer are not forgotten, seamlessly weaving them into the events of the big headlines - Charles Lindbergh's solo flight, Babe Ruth's home run streak, and Al Capone's rise to power, to name a few. Self-narrated, One Summer is sure to be must-listen for Bryson fans, nonfiction listeners, and anyone who found themselves obsessing over the details in history class. Members Reviews: Bryson is really good at what he does- a standout If you have read Bill Bryson before, you know what to expect out of One Summer, but that doesn't make it any less amazing. In fact, in many ways, this is a masterclass in Bryson's unique style: a rapid engaging tour through a series of historical incidents (most of which will be unfamiliar to the reader) organized loosely around an unexpected theme. He has done this with science, with the rooms of a house, and now, oddly enough, with the summer of 1927. This ends up being a particularly interesting choice, since the 1920s is often undercovered in history, and the result is a fascinating glimpse of the world becoming "modern" as talking picture, mass celebrity, airplanes, and a host of technologies become mainstream, even as racism and antisemitism appear in virulent forms. So, we get to hear about Charles Lindbergh, Al Capone, Babe Ruth, and a range of other compelling figures from the summer of 1927. Bryson does not feel particularly compelled to stick with 1927, and the history weaves back and forth, but, simply because Bryson is so good at this, the story stays compelling and suspenseful despite the loose approach to the telling of history and the many rambling directions of the book. And, of course, Bill Bryson is also a great reader. The whole thing is pleasantly gentle and humorous while full of surprising insights into the time. Really, just a wonderful example of popular history set in an understudied time. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Russian-Revolution-Audiobook/B072Y3T488 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Russian Revolution Subtitle: A New History Author: Sean McMeekin Narrator: Pete Larkin Format: Unabridged Length: 15 hrs and 3 mins Language: English Release date: 07-03-17 Publisher: Hachette Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 155 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: In The Russian Revolution, acclaimed historian Sean McMeekin traces the events that ended Romanov rule, ushered the Bolsheviks into power, and introduced communism to the world. Between 1917 and 1922, Russia underwent a complete and irreversible transformation. Taking advantage of the collapse of the Tsarist regime in the middle of World War I, the Bolsheviks staged a hostile takeover of the Russian Imperial Army, promoting mutinies and mass desertions of men in order to fulfill Lenin's program of turning the "imperialist war" into civil war. By the time the Bolsheviks had snuffed out the last resistance five years later, over 20 million people had died, and the Russian economy had collapsed so completely that communism had to be temporarily abandoned. Still, Bolshevik rule was secure, owing to the new regime's monopoly on force, enabled by illicit arms deals signed with capitalist neighbors such as Germany and Sweden, who sought to benefit - politically and economically - from the revolutionary chaos in Russia. Drawing on scores of previously untapped files from Russian archives and a range of other repositories in Europe, Turkey, and the United States, McMeekin delivers exciting, groundbreaking research about this turbulent era. The first comprehensive history of these momentous events in two decades, The Russian Revolution combines cutting-edge scholarship and a fast-paced narrative to shed new light on one of the most significant turning points of the 20th century. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Sean McMeekin) Mon, 03 Jul 2017 02:13:02 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Russian-Revolution-Audiobook/B072Y3T488 thebookvoice.com 15:03:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Russian Revolution Subtitle: A New History Author: Sean McMeekin Narrator: Pete Larkin Format: Unabridged Length: 15 hrs and 3 mins Language: English Release date: 07-03-17 Publisher: Hachette Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 155 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: In The Russian Revolution, acclaimed historian Sean McMeekin traces the events that ended Romanov rule, ushered the Bolsheviks into power, and introduced communism to the world. Between 1917 and 1922, Russia underwent a complete and irreversible transformation. Taking advantage of the collapse of the Tsarist regime in the middle of World War I, the Bolsheviks staged a hostile takeover of the Russian Imperial Army, promoting mutinies and mass desertions of men in order to fulfill Lenin's program of turning the "imperialist war" into civil war. By the time the Bolsheviks had snuffed out the last resistance five years later, over 20 million people had died, and the Russian economy had collapsed so completely that communism had to be temporarily abandoned. Still, Bolshevik rule was secure, owing to the new regime's monopoly on force, enabled by illicit arms deals signed with capitalist neighbors such as Germany and Sweden, who sought to benefit - politically and economically - from the revolutionary chaos in Russia. Drawing on scores of previously untapped files from Russian archives and a range of other repositories in Europe, Turkey, and the United States, McMeekin delivers exciting, groundbreaking research about this turbulent era. The first comprehensive history of these momentous events in two decades, The Russian Revolution combines cutting-edge scholarship and a fast-paced narrative to shed new light on one of the most significant turning points of the 20th century. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Russian Revolution Subtitle: A New History Author: Sean McMeekin Narrator: Pete Larkin Format: Unabridged Length: 15 hrs and 3 mins Language: English Release date: 07-03-17 Publisher: Hachette Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 155 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: In The Russian Revolution, acclaimed historian Sean McMeekin traces the events that ended Romanov rule, ushered the Bolsheviks into power, and introduced communism to the world. Between 1917 and 1922, Russia underwent a complete and irreversible transformation. Taking advantage of the collapse of the Tsarist regime in the middle of World War I, the Bolsheviks staged a hostile takeover of the Russian Imperial Army, promoting mutinies and mass desertions of men in order to fulfill Lenin's program of turning the "imperialist war" into civil war. By the time the Bolsheviks had snuffed out the last resistance five years later, over 20 million people had died, and the Russian economy had collapsed so completely that communism had to be temporarily abandoned. Still, Bolshevik rule was secure, owing to the new regime's monopoly on force, enabled by illicit arms deals signed with capitalist neighbors such as Germany and Sweden, who sought to benefit - politically and economically - from the revolutionary chaos in Russia. Drawing on scores of previously untapped files from Russian archives and a range of other repositories in Europe, Turkey, and the United States, McMeekin delivers exciting, groundbreaking research about this turbulent era. The first comprehensive history of these momentous events in two decades, The Russian Revolution combines cutting-edge scholarship and a fast-paced narrative to shed new light on one of the most significant turning points of the 20th century. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. Members Reviews: Great Book on the Russian Revolution I am avid student of history who has particular interest in WWI and the Russian Revolution. I have never been a big fan of Sean McMeekin (I have read a few of his books in print and also listened to July 1914- available through Audible). That being said, this book was really interesting and kept my attention. The books begins with a history of Russia in the 19th Century and what life was like in the various parts of the Tsarist empire and then follows through the tumultuous years of the Revolution of 1905, World War I and the fall of the monarchy followed by a discussion of how the Bolsheviks under Lenin and Trotsky seized power and eventually won the Civil War. At the beginning of the book, McMeekin takes the listener through a tour of the various parts of the empire by casting the listener into the role of a foreign visitor coming to Russia for the first time. This was a very unique manner for describing what Russian life was like under the Tsars and added greatly to the book. The discussions of the fall of Nicholas II and the Provision Government under Kerensky are also very well depicted and McMeekin sheds light on an alternative theory as to the events that led to the February Revolution. He also does a great job describing how following the July days of 1917 Alexander Kerensky had an opportunity to fortify his rule of Russia only to be driven paranoid the the fear of a right wing putsch. This paranoia led to his turning to the Bolshevik Part for support which eventually led to downfall in October 1917. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Coldest-Winter-Audiobook/B002V5CSPW Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Coldest Winter Subtitle: America and the Korean War Author: David Halberstam Narrator: Edward Herrmann Format: Abridged Length: 13 hrs and 53 mins Language: English Release date: 09-19-07 Publisher: Hyperion AudioBooks Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1007 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Up until now, the Korean War has been the black hole of modern American history. The Coldest Winter changes that. Halberstam gives us a masterful narrative of the political decisions and miscalculations on both sides. He charts the disastrous path that led to the massive entry of Chinese forces near the Yalu, and that caught Douglas MacArthur and his soldiers by surprise. He provides astonishingly vivid and nuanced portraits of all the major figures: Eisenhower, Truman, Acheson, Kim, and Mao, and Generals MacArthur, Almond, and Ridgway. At the same time, Halberstam provides us with his trademark highly evocative narrative journalism, chronicling the crucial battles with reportage of the highest order. At the heart of this audiobook are the individual stories of the soldiers on the front lines who were left to deal with the consequences of the dangerous misjudgments and competing agendas of powerful men. We meet them, follow them, and see some of the most dreadful battles in history through their eyes. As ever, Halberstam was concerned with the extraordinary courage and resolve of people asked to bear an extraordinary burden. Critic Reviews: "Stirring....In a grand gesture of reclamation and remembrance, Mr. Halberstam has brought the war back home." (The New York Times) "Alive with the voices of the men who fought, Halberstam's telling is a virtuoso work of history." (Publishers Weekly) bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (David Halberstam) Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:52:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Coldest-Winter-Audiobook/B002V5CSPW thebookvoice.com 13:53:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Coldest Winter Subtitle: America and the Korean War Author: David Halberstam Narrator: Edward Herrmann Format: Abridged Length: 13 hrs and 53 mins Language: English Release date: 09-19-07 Publisher: Hyperion AudioBooks Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1007 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Up until now, the Korean War has been the black hole of modern American history. The Coldest Winter changes that. Halberstam gives us a masterful narrative of the political decisions and miscalculations on both sides. He charts the disastrous path that led to the massive entry of Chinese forces near the Yalu, and that caught Douglas MacArthur and his soldiers by surprise. He provides astonishingly vivid and nuanced portraits of all the major figures: Eisenhower, Truman, Acheson, Kim, and Mao, and Generals MacArthur, Almond, and Ridgway. At the same time, Halberstam provides us with his trademark highly evocative narrative journalism, chronicling the crucial battles with reportage of the highest order. At the heart of this audiobook are the individual stories of the soldiers on the front lines who were left to deal with the consequences of the dangerous misjudgments and competing agendas of powerful men. We meet them, follow them, and see some of the most dreadful battles in history through their eyes. As ever, Halberstam was concerned with the extraordinary courage and resolve of people asked to bear an extraordinary burden. Critic Reviews: "Stirring....In a grand gesture of reclamation and remembrance, Mr. Halberstam has brought the war back home." (The New York Times) "Alive with the voices of the men who fought, Halberstam's telling is a virtuoso work of history." (Publishers Weekly) Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Coldest Winter Subtitle: America and the Korean War Author: David Halberstam Narrator: Edward Herrmann Format: Abridged Length: 13 hrs and 53 mins Language: English Release date: 09-19-07 Publisher: Hyperion AudioBooks Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1007 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Up until now, the Korean War has been the black hole of modern American history. The Coldest Winter changes that. Halberstam gives us a masterful narrative of the political decisions and miscalculations on both sides. He charts the disastrous path that led to the massive entry of Chinese forces near the Yalu, and that caught Douglas MacArthur and his soldiers by surprise. He provides astonishingly vivid and nuanced portraits of all the major figures: Eisenhower, Truman, Acheson, Kim, and Mao, and Generals MacArthur, Almond, and Ridgway. At the same time, Halberstam provides us with his trademark highly evocative narrative journalism, chronicling the crucial battles with reportage of the highest order. At the heart of this audiobook are the individual stories of the soldiers on the front lines who were left to deal with the consequences of the dangerous misjudgments and competing agendas of powerful men. We meet them, follow them, and see some of the most dreadful battles in history through their eyes. As ever, Halberstam was concerned with the extraordinary courage and resolve of people asked to bear an extraordinary burden. Critic Reviews: "Stirring....In a grand gesture of reclamation and remembrance, Mr. Halberstam has brought the war back home." (The New York Times) "Alive with the voices of the men who fought, Halberstam's telling is a virtuoso work of history." (Publishers Weekly) Members Reviews: Almost as good as The Best and the Brightest Halberstam's The Best and the Brightest has been judged to be one of the best books on Vietnam ever written, and he comes close to that standard with his Korean War book. Alternating between gripping battle scenes (based on interviews with particpants done by Halberstam) and analysis of the politics of the White House, of Congress, and of the military figures, the book races along like a fiction thriller. Here is Gen. Macarthur in all his billiance and in all his egotistical mania....the combination of which led to his downfall. Here is practical, common sense, stalwart Harry Truman....threading his way among generals who were out of touch with the ground forces, a Congress suddenly beguiled by Joe McCarthy's witch hunt, Joe Stalin, who wanted to cause the US some discomfort in Asia and who did not mind if the US caused his Chinese Communist allies some discomfort too, Mao Tse Tung, ready to show the imperialist West that its time in Asia was finished, Kim Il Sung, an over-confident war monger determined to unite Korea under his power, and an American public who saw this sad war as being the wrong war, at the wrong time and in the wrong place. The quality of the audio production is excellent. The narrator's voice is clear, his pacing is varied to suit the needs of the text, and his emphasis is well-placed. Thanks to Halberstam, Korea may no longer be "the forgotten war." Great book, great reader The Coldest Winter is one of the better war history books I've read or heard. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Case-Red-Audiobook/B0778PMGC8 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Case Red Subtitle: The Collapse of France Author: Robert Forczyk Narrator: Michael Page Format: Unabridged Length: 14 hrs and 31 mins Language: English Release date: 11-21-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 12 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Even after the legendary evacuation from Dunkirk in June 1940 there were still large British formations fighting the Germans alongside their French allies. After mounting a vigorous counterattack at Abbeville and then engaging a tough defense along the Somme, the British were forced to conduct a second evacuation from the ports of Le Havre, Cherbourg, Brest, and St. Nazaire. While France was in its death throes, politicians and soldiers debated what to do - flee to England or North Africa, to seek an armistice. Case Red captures the drama of the final three weeks of military operations in France in June 1940, and explains the great impact it had on the course of relations between Britain and France during the remainder of the war. It also addresses the military, political, and human drama of France's collapse in June 1940, and how the windfall of captured military equipment, fuel, and industrial resources enhanced the Third Reich's ability to attack its next foe - the Soviet Union. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Robert Forczyk) Tue, 21 Nov 2017 07:55:10 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Case-Red-Audiobook/B0778PMGC8 thebookvoice.com 14:31:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Case Red Subtitle: The Collapse of France Author: Robert Forczyk Narrator: Michael Page Format: Unabridged Length: 14 hrs and 31 mins Language: English Release date: 11-21-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 12 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Even after the legendary evacuation from Dunkirk in June 1940 there were still large British formations fighting the Germans alongside their French allies. After mounting a vigorous counterattack at Abbeville and then engaging a tough defense along the Somme, the British were forced to conduct a second evacuation from the ports of Le Havre, Cherbourg, Brest, and St. Nazaire. While France was in its death throes, politicians and soldiers debated what to do - flee to England or North Africa, to seek an armistice. Case Red captures the drama of the final three weeks of military operations in France in June 1940, and explains the great impact it had on the course of relations between Britain and France during the remainder of the war. It also addresses the military, political, and human drama of France's collapse in June 1940, and how the windfall of captured military equipment, fuel, and industrial resources enhanced the Third Reich's ability to attack its next foe - the Soviet Union. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Case Red Subtitle: The Collapse of France Author: Robert Forczyk Narrator: Michael Page Format: Unabridged Length: 14 hrs and 31 mins Language: English Release date: 11-21-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 12 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Even after the legendary evacuation from Dunkirk in June 1940 there were still large British formations fighting the Germans alongside their French allies. After mounting a vigorous counterattack at Abbeville and then engaging a tough defense along the Somme, the British were forced to conduct a second evacuation from the ports of Le Havre, Cherbourg, Brest, and St. Nazaire. While France was in its death throes, politicians and soldiers debated what to do - flee to England or North Africa, to seek an armistice. Case Red captures the drama of the final three weeks of military operations in France in June 1940, and explains the great impact it had on the course of relations between Britain and France during the remainder of the war. It also addresses the military, political, and human drama of France's collapse in June 1940, and how the windfall of captured military equipment, fuel, and industrial resources enhanced the Third Reich's ability to attack its next foe - the Soviet Union. Members Reviews: Outstanding This book is excellent in describing some of the factors tat occurred before the start of World War II that weakened both the French and British as opposed to Germany. It is also excellent in its discussion of military actions in France AFTER Dunkirk until the surrender of France weeks later. The perspective of the author is more from the French than the British which is definitely not the standard post-War narrative. Strongly recommend this title for WWI buffs. Great concept, execution was poor The book is overly detailed. He should have focused on telling the story and less on trivial details, with which the reader is inundated. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/History-of-the-Ancient-World-A-Global-Perspective-Audiobook/B00DJUK74W Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: History of the Ancient World: A Global Perspective Author: The Great Courses Narrator: Professor Gregory S. Aldrete Format: Original Recording Length: 24 hrs and 27 mins Language: English Release date: 07-08-13 Publisher: The Great Courses Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 823 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The ancient world has cast a long shadow, influencing our customs and religious beliefs, our laws, and the form of our governments. It has taught us when and how we make war or pursue peace. It has shaped the buildings we live and work in and the art we hang on our walls. It has given us the calendar that organizes our year and has left its mark on the games we play. Grasping the full scope of your bequest from the ancient world can't help but give you a more nuanced base from which to make decisions and choose pathways in your own life. These 48 lectures take you on a multidisciplinary journey that ranges across not only the traditional domains of politics and war that are normally the province of history courses, but also those of religion, philosophy, architecture and the visual arts, literature, and science, and more. You'll examine the ancient world's greatest civilizations from the Mediterranean, Asia, and the Americas - including those of Rome, Greece, China, Persia, India, and the Maya - not in isolation but in the full context of where they came from, the cultures that flourished around them at the same time, and the civilizations that were to come from them. Taking a comparative approach, Professor Aldrete's course includes in-depth analyses of not only key individuals and historical moments, but also history's most important themes, from the nature of rulership and the evolution of religion and philosophy to the practice of warfare and the expression of power through art and architecture. With its mix of nuanced interpretation, vivid description, and constant attention to exploring history as a coherent whole, this is sure to be one of the most informative and thought-provoking history courses you have ever taken. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (The Great Courses) Mon, 08 Jul 2013 21:09:24 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/History-of-the-Ancient-World-A-Global-Perspective-Audiobook/B00DJUK74W thebookvoice.com 24:27:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: History of the Ancient World: A Global Perspective Author: The Great Courses Narrator: Professor Gregory S. Aldrete Format: Original Recording Length: 24 hrs and 27 mins Language: English Release date: 07-08-13 Publisher: The Great Courses Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 823 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The ancient world has cast a long shadow, influencing our customs and religious beliefs, our laws, and the form of our governments. It has taught us when and how we make war or pursue peace. It has shaped the buildings we live and work in and the art we hang on our walls. It has given us the calendar that organizes our year and has left its mark on the games we play. Grasping the full scope of your bequest from the ancient world can't help but give you a more nuanced base from which to make decisions and choose pathways in your own life. These 48 lectures take you on a multidisciplinary journey that ranges across not only the traditional domains of politics and war that are normally the province of history courses, but also those of religion, philosophy, architecture and the visual arts, literature, and science, and more. You'll examine the ancient world's greatest civilizations from the Mediterranean, Asia, and the Americas - including those of Rome, Greece, China, Persia, India, and the Maya - not in isolation but in the full context of where they came from, the cultures that flourished around them at the same time, and the civilizations that were to come from them. Taking a comparative approach, Professor Aldrete's course includes in-depth analyses of not only key individuals and historical moments, but also history's most important themes, from the nature of rulership and the evolution of religion and philosophy to the practice of warfare and the expression of power through art and architecture. With its mix of nuanced interpretation, vivid description, and constant attention to exploring history as a coherent whole, this is sure to be one of the most informative and thought-provoking history courses you have ever taken. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: History of the Ancient World: A Global Perspective Author: The Great Courses Narrator: Professor Gregory S. Aldrete Format: Original Recording Length: 24 hrs and 27 mins Language: English Release date: 07-08-13 Publisher: The Great Courses Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 823 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The ancient world has cast a long shadow, influencing our customs and religious beliefs, our laws, and the form of our governments. It has taught us when and how we make war or pursue peace. It has shaped the buildings we live and work in and the art we hang on our walls. It has given us the calendar that organizes our year and has left its mark on the games we play. Grasping the full scope of your bequest from the ancient world can't help but give you a more nuanced base from which to make decisions and choose pathways in your own life. These 48 lectures take you on a multidisciplinary journey that ranges across not only the traditional domains of politics and war that are normally the province of history courses, but also those of religion, philosophy, architecture and the visual arts, literature, and science, and more. You'll examine the ancient world's greatest civilizations from the Mediterranean, Asia, and the Americas - including those of Rome, Greece, China, Persia, India, and the Maya - not in isolation but in the full context of where they came from, the cultures that flourished around them at the same time, and the civilizations that were to come from them. Taking a comparative approach, Professor Aldrete's course includes in-depth analyses of not only key individuals and historical moments, but also history's most important themes, from the nature of rulership and the evolution of religion and philosophy to the practice of warfare and the expression of power through art and architecture. With its mix of nuanced interpretation, vivid description, and constant attention to exploring history as a coherent whole, this is sure to be one of the most informative and thought-provoking history courses you have ever taken. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. Members Reviews: Outstanding - Informative AND Entertaining For me this was one of those 'Can't put it down' epic audio titles. What's more I feel a better person for having listened to it. Overall, very informative, thought provoking and truly entertaining. I've learned loads and am now looking for more history titles of comparable quality. It's massive in scope and is truly global in that it manages to weave in all the major civilisations of antiquity. I'd say he's best on Mediterranean and European cultures. At least the coverage of these cultures seems more detailed. It seems to me a Westerner's perspective. However, there's some good stuff on China, India and the Americas. I found it gave me a good introduction to these other cultures. It's very easy to turn history into a dry collection of facts and dates. This lecture series strikes a good balance between facts and colourful anecdotes character examinations and other diversions. For example, there is a wonderful section on the mind boggling and downright weird Spartans. I couldn't stop laughing as he talked about them. But at the same time, I learned all about a culture that up until a couple of weeks ago, for me had been little more than the name of an ancient group of war-like people who'd once fought the Persians. His presentation style is really good - full of enthusiasm, wonder and humour. For me he spoke at just the right pace, too. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/World-War-One-History-in-an-Hour-Audiobook/B008MO0XOO Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: World War One: History in an Hour Author: Rupert Colley Narrator: Jonathan Keeble Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 23 mins Language: English Release date: 08-02-12 Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 305 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: History for busy people. Listen to a concise history of World War One in just one hour. World War One brought with it the worlds first experience of Total War, involving all of the worlds great powers, polarized between the Triple Entente, led by Britain, France and Russia, and the Central Powers, dominated by Germany, Italy and Austria-Hungary. Around nine million men lost their lives in a conflict that introduced the horrors of trench warfare, machine guns, and toxic gas attacks. World War One: History In an Hour gives you a clear overview of the road to war, the major turning points and battles, and the key leaders involved, as well as the lasting impact the Great War had on almost every country in the world. World War One: History In an Hour is essential listening for all history lovers. Critic Reviews: "If the past is a foreign country, History in an Hour is like a high-class tour operator, offering delightfully enjoyable short breaks in the rich and diverse continent of our shared past" (Dominic Sandbrook) "The practice of History is ever-evolving, and the History In An Hour idea brings it back up to date for the digital age." (Andrew Roberts, Bookseller) "This is genius." (MacWorld.com) bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Rupert Colley) Thu, 02 Aug 2012 10:38:10 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/World-War-One-History-in-an-Hour-Audiobook/B008MO0XOO thebookvoice.com 01:23:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: World War One: History in an Hour Author: Rupert Colley Narrator: Jonathan Keeble Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 23 mins Language: English Release date: 08-02-12 Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 305 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: History for busy people. Listen to a concise history of World War One in just one hour. World War One brought with it the worlds first experience of Total War, involving all of the worlds great powers, polarized between the Triple Entente, led by Britain, France and Russia, and the Central Powers, dominated by Germany, Italy and Austria-Hungary. Around nine million men lost their lives in a conflict that introduced the horrors of trench warfare, machine guns, and toxic gas attacks. World War One: History In an Hour gives you a clear overview of the road to war, the major turning points and battles, and the key leaders involved, as well as the lasting impact the Great War had on almost every country in the world. World War One: History In an Hour is essential listening for all history lovers. Critic Reviews: "If the past is a foreign country, History in an Hour is like a high-class tour operator, offering delightfully enjoyable short breaks in the rich and diverse continent of our shared past" (Dominic Sandbrook) "The practice of History is ever-evolving, and the History In An Hour idea brings it back up to date for the digital age." (Andrew Roberts, Bookseller) "This is genius." (MacWorld.com) Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: World War One: History in an Hour Author: Rupert Colley Narrator: Jonathan Keeble Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 23 mins Language: English Release date: 08-02-12 Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 305 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: History for busy people. Listen to a concise history of World War One in just one hour. World War One brought with it the worlds first experience of Total War, involving all of the worlds great powers, polarized between the Triple Entente, led by Britain, France and Russia, and the Central Powers, dominated by Germany, Italy and Austria-Hungary. Around nine million men lost their lives in a conflict that introduced the horrors of trench warfare, machine guns, and toxic gas attacks. World War One: History In an Hour gives you a clear overview of the road to war, the major turning points and battles, and the key leaders involved, as well as the lasting impact the Great War had on almost every country in the world. World War One: History In an Hour is essential listening for all history lovers. Critic Reviews: "If the past is a foreign country, History in an Hour is like a high-class tour operator, offering delightfully enjoyable short breaks in the rich and diverse continent of our shared past" (Dominic Sandbrook) "The practice of History is ever-evolving, and the History In An Hour idea brings it back up to date for the digital age." (Andrew Roberts, Bookseller) "This is genius." (MacWorld.com) Members Reviews: Concise review This provides a good overview of the major events of WWI. Obviously, one can not go into detail in an hour when covering such an important and well documented chapter of world history. The author does a good job of progressing from event to event without editorializing or engaging in "what if?" questions. It is a nice refresher of the major players and events from the war to end all wars. Good introduction or refresher Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not? It is an hour well spent brushing up on the basic timelines of WW1. There are a few interesting back stories of the main events and it covers it well. It would be a good introduction to the story of the Great War and is well told. However it is not meant to be a thorough book - it brushes over most of the main points. I have a bookshelf of WW1 books and this skims the surface but it is worth a read especially if you don't know much about the war. Who was your favorite character and why? Archduke Franz Ferdinand???! The best overview of world war 1 In the time taken by this audio book, it couldnt have covered the subject better. It gave the causes of the conflict, how the war went in different theatres, how the allies finally won and how the ground was prepared for the second world war. world war 1 This was an astounding expose of what actually took place in Europe. Short history, but right to the point. A perfect WWI primer It's Memorial Day weekend here in the USA and I wanted to refresh my understanding of the five years of war leading up to Armistice Day. Beautifully read and not at all controversial. Very well-produced and performed. And only an hour. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Stalingrad-Audiobook/B0778V7SPK Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Stalingrad Author: Jonathan M. House, David M. Glantz Narrator: Paul Woodson Format: Abridged Length: 18 hrs and 39 mins Language: English Release date: 11-14-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 16 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Tantor Audio presents the complete audio version of the long-awaited one-volume campaign history from the leading experts of the decisive clash of Nazi and Soviet forces at Stalingrad. Stalingrad is an abridged edition of the five-volume Stalingrad Trilogy. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Jonathan M. House) Tue, 14 Nov 2017 22:58:58 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Stalingrad-Audiobook/B0778V7SPK thebookvoice.com 18:39:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Stalingrad Author: Jonathan M. House, David M. Glantz Narrator: Paul Woodson Format: Abridged Length: 18 hrs and 39 mins Language: English Release date: 11-14-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 16 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Tantor Audio presents the complete audio version of the long-awaited one-volume campaign history from the leading experts of the decisive clash of Nazi and Soviet forces at Stalingrad. Stalingrad is an abridged edition of the five-volume Stalingrad Trilogy. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Stalingrad Author: Jonathan M. House, David M. Glantz Narrator: Paul Woodson Format: Abridged Length: 18 hrs and 39 mins Language: English Release date: 11-14-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 16 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Tantor Audio presents the complete audio version of the long-awaited one-volume campaign history from the leading experts of the decisive clash of Nazi and Soviet forces at Stalingrad. Stalingrad is an abridged edition of the five-volume Stalingrad Trilogy. Members Reviews: An incredible story made mind-numbingly tedious What would have made Stalingrad better? This book was tedious beyond description. This is a made-up but accurate example of quite nearly every single paragraph: "110th Rifle Unit of Zikov's 2nd Army Division surrounded the breakout of the Romanian 4th Infantry and the Hungarian 43rd Division, closing the pincers around the salient on the Don bridgehead established by 15th Corps of the 6th Army suppliemented by the diversion of the remnants of 3rd Tank Corps to 6th Army's flanks. Heavy fighting ensued. Across the Don, Zhukov mustered the 112th Rifles of the 3rd Mechanized Cavalry of 2nd Army, which had been low on rations and ammunition since the advance of 3rd Army on the Operation Neptune breakout of November 2nd, delayed from November 1 because of the failure of the tanker trucks of 32nd Supply Corps to navigate the cratered road from Company Headquarters". Hours and hours and hours of this. Kudos to the narrator for keeping me engaged as long as he did. I eventually decided to give up before finishing. I did not intend it as a bedtime story but I could not stay awak when I listened to the droning on the movement of army divisions. An utterly pointless rehashing of the bureuacratic minutiae of one history's largest, bloodiest, dramatic, and most momentous battles and one that decided the fate of the Third Reich two years before the Western Allied invasion of Normandy. I'm exchanging this for "Enemy at the Gates". What could David M. Glantz and Jonathan M. House have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you? Not write it. Have you listened to any of Paul Woodsons other performances before? How does this one compare? Don't know, but he is an excellent narrator for historical nonfiction in spite of the material. What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment? Anger, sadness, disappoinment. At the book. Good listen Most WW2 obsessives like myself will know all about Glantz. This is a condensed version of his 5 volume epic and it stands well despite being a lot shorter. Obviously being an audible book no maps or photos. Still for anyone looking for an audible book on Stalingrad then this is the one. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Day-of-Battle-Audiobook/B00CC0IV5M Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Day of Battle Subtitle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 Author: Rick Atkinson Narrator: Jonathan Davis Format: Unabridged Length: 32 hrs and 48 mins Language: English Release date: 04-16-13 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 589 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: In An Army at Dawn - winner of the Pulitzer Prize - Rick Atkinson provided a dramatic and authoritative history of the Allied triumph in North Africa. Now, in The Day of Battle, he follows the American and British armies as they invade Sicily in July 1943, attack Italy two months later, and then fight their way, mile by bloody mile, north toward Rome. The Italian campaign's outcome was never certain; in fact, President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill, and their military advisors bitterly debated whether an invasion of the so-called soft underbelly of Europe was even wise. But once underway, the commitment to liberate Italy from the Nazis never wavered, despite the agonizing price. The battles at Salerno, Anzio, the Rapido River, and Cassino were particularly ferocious and lethal, yet as the months passed, the Allied forces continued to drive the Germans up the Italian peninsula. Led by Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark, among the war's most complex and controversial commanders, American troops became increasingly determined and proficient. With the liberation of Rome in June 1944, ultimate victory in Europe at last began to seem inevitable. Drawing on extensive new material from a wide array of primary sources, and written with great drama and flair, The Day of Battle is narrative history of the first rank. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Rick Atkinson) Tue, 16 Apr 2013 05:50:53 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Day-of-Battle-Audiobook/B00CC0IV5M thebookvoice.com 32:48:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Day of Battle Subtitle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 Author: Rick Atkinson Narrator: Jonathan Davis Format: Unabridged Length: 32 hrs and 48 mins Language: English Release date: 04-16-13 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 589 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: In An Army at Dawn - winner of the Pulitzer Prize - Rick Atkinson provided a dramatic and authoritative history of the Allied triumph in North Africa. Now, in The Day of Battle, he follows the American and British armies as they invade Sicily in July 1943, attack Italy two months later, and then fight their way, mile by bloody mile, north toward Rome. The Italian campaign's outcome was never certain; in fact, President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill, and their military advisors bitterly debated whether an invasion of the so-called soft underbelly of Europe was even wise. But once underway, the commitment to liberate Italy from the Nazis never wavered, despite the agonizing price. The battles at Salerno, Anzio, the Rapido River, and Cassino were particularly ferocious and lethal, yet as the months passed, the Allied forces continued to drive the Germans up the Italian peninsula. Led by Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark, among the war's most complex and controversial commanders, American troops became increasingly determined and proficient. With the liberation of Rome in June 1944, ultimate victory in Europe at last began to seem inevitable. Drawing on extensive new material from a wide array of primary sources, and written with great drama and flair, The Day of Battle is narrative history of the first rank. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Day of Battle Subtitle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 Author: Rick Atkinson Narrator: Jonathan Davis Format: Unabridged Length: 32 hrs and 48 mins Language: English Release date: 04-16-13 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 589 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: In An Army at Dawn - winner of the Pulitzer Prize - Rick Atkinson provided a dramatic and authoritative history of the Allied triumph in North Africa. Now, in The Day of Battle, he follows the American and British armies as they invade Sicily in July 1943, attack Italy two months later, and then fight their way, mile by bloody mile, north toward Rome. The Italian campaign's outcome was never certain; in fact, President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill, and their military advisors bitterly debated whether an invasion of the so-called soft underbelly of Europe was even wise. But once underway, the commitment to liberate Italy from the Nazis never wavered, despite the agonizing price. The battles at Salerno, Anzio, the Rapido River, and Cassino were particularly ferocious and lethal, yet as the months passed, the Allied forces continued to drive the Germans up the Italian peninsula. Led by Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark, among the war's most complex and controversial commanders, American troops became increasingly determined and proficient. With the liberation of Rome in June 1944, ultimate victory in Europe at last began to seem inevitable. Drawing on extensive new material from a wide array of primary sources, and written with great drama and flair, The Day of Battle is narrative history of the first rank. Members Reviews: Hard to Listen to, but Very Worthwhile I needed to read this book. None of the history classes I took in high school or college ever discussed World War II; Ive had to learn everything about it on my own over the years. After retiring for good five years ago, I decided to focus heavily on this major 20th century event through biographies, histories, and well-researched historical fiction. I also watched a number of documentaries which included "The War," "Band of Brothers," "The World at War," and "The Pacific" as well as all of the Extras found on the DVD sets. However, nothing I had previously seen, listened to, or read adequately covered the Italian theater. It appeared to be a rather neglected aspect of World War II, or at least it seemed so to me. When Rick Atkinson completed his The Liberation Trilogy on the war in Europe, I knew I had to read them all in order to piece together the European aspect of World War II. I discovered from "An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943" just how totally unprepared the United States had been when we entered this ongoing conflict--how we sent untrained troops and officers into the fray, and how much we learned through fighting with the British, against the Germans. But what of Sicily and Italy? What of the Italian Campaign? In this second volume, "The Day of Battle: the War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1945" I found out more than I had expected. The arrogance, huge tactical errors, and misjudgments of many of the generals caused unbelievable suffering and unnecessary death for our troops and those of our allies in this corner of the war. I knew it had been bad, but its hard to conceive just how horrendous it really was. No wonder this isnt the part of WWII we hear much about! Of course we trumpet the successful landings at Normandy in 1944 rather than those that were so nearly repelled with terrible losses at Salerno in 1943. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Grandma-Gatewoods-Walk-Audiobook/B00QL2QLS6 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Grandma Gatewood's Walk Subtitle: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail Author: Ben Montgomery Narrator: Patrick Lawlor Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins Language: English Release date: 12-16-14 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 658 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Emma Gatewood told her family she was going on a walk and left her small Ohio hometown with a change of clothes and less than $200. The next anybody heard from her, this genteel, farm-reared, 67-year-old great-grandmother had walked 800 miles along the 2,050-mile Appalachian Trail. And in September 1955, atop Maine's Mount Katahdin, she sang the first verse of "America, the Beautiful" and proclaimed, "I said I'll do it, and I've done it." Grandma Gatewood, as the reporters called her, became the first woman to hike the entire Appalachian Trail alone, as well as the first person - man or woman - to walk it twice and three times. The public attention she brought to the little-known footpath was unprecedented. Her vocal criticism of the lousy, difficult stretches led to bolstered maintenance, and very likely saved the trail from extinction. Critic Reviews: "A quiet delight of a book." (Kirkus) bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Ben Montgomery) Tue, 16 Dec 2014 10:11:26 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Grandma-Gatewoods-Walk-Audiobook/B00QL2QLS6 thebookvoice.com 07:54:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Grandma Gatewood's Walk Subtitle: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail Author: Ben Montgomery Narrator: Patrick Lawlor Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins Language: English Release date: 12-16-14 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 658 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Emma Gatewood told her family she was going on a walk and left her small Ohio hometown with a change of clothes and less than $200. The next anybody heard from her, this genteel, farm-reared, 67-year-old great-grandmother had walked 800 miles along the 2,050-mile Appalachian Trail. And in September 1955, atop Maine's Mount Katahdin, she sang the first verse of "America, the Beautiful" and proclaimed, "I said I'll do it, and I've done it." Grandma Gatewood, as the reporters called her, became the first woman to hike the entire Appalachian Trail alone, as well as the first person - man or woman - to walk it twice and three times. The public attention she brought to the little-known footpath was unprecedented. Her vocal criticism of the lousy, difficult stretches led to bolstered maintenance, and very likely saved the trail from extinction. Critic Reviews: "A quiet delight of a book." (Kirkus) Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Grandma Gatewood's Walk Subtitle: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail Author: Ben Montgomery Narrator: Patrick Lawlor Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins Language: English Release date: 12-16-14 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 658 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Emma Gatewood told her family she was going on a walk and left her small Ohio hometown with a change of clothes and less than $200. The next anybody heard from her, this genteel, farm-reared, 67-year-old great-grandmother had walked 800 miles along the 2,050-mile Appalachian Trail. And in September 1955, atop Maine's Mount Katahdin, she sang the first verse of "America, the Beautiful" and proclaimed, "I said I'll do it, and I've done it." Grandma Gatewood, as the reporters called her, became the first woman to hike the entire Appalachian Trail alone, as well as the first person - man or woman - to walk it twice and three times. The public attention she brought to the little-known footpath was unprecedented. Her vocal criticism of the lousy, difficult stretches led to bolstered maintenance, and very likely saved the trail from extinction. Critic Reviews: "A quiet delight of a book." (Kirkus) Members Reviews: I'd like to walk with her... Ben Montgomery has given us a glimpse into Grandma Gatewoods (age 67) walks... yes plural... she did the Appalachian Trail three times and many, many others. She was the first ultra-light camper... carrying only a homemade stuff sack, wool blanket, shower curtain and Vienna Sausages. Ben takes his information from her brief journal notes, newspaper articles, family records and interviews. The third person narrative and the writers obvious desire not to write fiction, limits the beauty of the story... and I didn't like the book at first. I listened at 1.25 (not my normal) because it does drag along. However, the magnitude of what she accomplished outweighed any failures in the rendition of it and I'm glad I continued to listen. This is less entertaining than Bill Bryson's "A Walk in the Woods" but she does complete the hike, which Bryson didn't... leaving me ticked at him still. You learn less about trail hiking than you would with Cheryl Strayed's book "Wild." However, anyone serious about hiking, changing lifestyles to be more active or biting off a big goals will appreciate her grit. I googled her after finishing the book and enjoyed the collection of photo's about her hike. She might not of saved the Appalachian Trail single handed, but she certainly motivated a generation of hikers who realized if "Grandma Gatewood" can do it, I can too. Inspiring story about a strong amazing woman I loved Grandma Gatewood. She's quirky and ornery and stronger than maybe any other character I've ever known. She suffers gracefully and graciously, which of course makes her perfect for the Appalachian trial. I was inspired by her strength on many levels. The story only gets four stars because I felt like Montgomery didn't completely do her justice. I felt like this story just scratched the surface of her and what she experienced. There was too much "filler" in the story about the politics of the time, and other topics that didn't belong in this story. I wished there was a lot more detail about her. The narrator was perfect. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Big-Burn-Audiobook/B002VA3E8M Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Big Burn Subtitle: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America Author: Timothy Egan Narrator: Robertson Dean Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins Language: English Release date: 10-19-09 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1487 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: In The Worst Hard Time, Timothy Egan put the environmental disaster of the Dust Bowl at the center of a rich history, told through characters he brought to indelible life. Now he performs the same alchemy with The Big Burn, the largest-ever forest fire in America, a tragedy that cemented Teddy Roosevelt's legacy. On the afternoon of August 20, 1910, a battering ram of wind moved through the drought-stricken national forests of Washington, Idaho, and Montana, whipping hundreds of small blazes into a roaring inferno that destroyed towns and timber in an eye-blink. Forest rangers assembled nearly 10,000 men - college boys, day workers, immigrants from mining camps - to fight the fire. But no living person had seen anything like those flames, and neither the rangers nor anyone else knew how to subdue them. Egan narrates the struggles of the overmatched rangers with unstoppable dramatic force. Equally dramatic is the larger story he tells of President Teddy Roosevelt and his chief forester, Gifford Pinchot. Pioneering the notion of conservation, Roosevelt and Pinchot did nothing less than create the idea of national forests as our national treasure, owned by and preserved for every citizen. The robber barons fought them, but the fire saved the forests even as it destroyed them: the heroism shown by the rangers turned public opinion permanently in favor of the forests, even as it changed the mission of the Forest Service, with consequences felt in the fires of today. The Big Burn tells an epic story, paints a moving portrait of the people who lived it, and offers a critical cautionary tale for our time. ©2009 Timothy Egan; (P)2009 Brilliance Audio, Inc. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Timothy Egan) Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:46:03 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Big-Burn-Audiobook/B002VA3E8M thebookvoice.com 10:02:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Big Burn Subtitle: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America Author: Timothy Egan Narrator: Robertson Dean Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins Language: English Release date: 10-19-09 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1487 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: In The Worst Hard Time, Timothy Egan put the environmental disaster of the Dust Bowl at the center of a rich history, told through characters he brought to indelible life. Now he performs the same alchemy with The Big Burn, the largest-ever forest fire in America, a tragedy that cemented Teddy Roosevelt's legacy. On the afternoon of August 20, 1910, a battering ram of wind moved through the drought-stricken national forests of Washington, Idaho, and Montana, whipping hundreds of small blazes into a roaring inferno that destroyed towns and timber in an eye-blink. Forest rangers assembled nearly 10,000 men - college boys, day workers, immigrants from mining camps - to fight the fire. But no living person had seen anything like those flames, and neither the rangers nor anyone else knew how to subdue them. Egan narrates the struggles of the overmatched rangers with unstoppable dramatic force. Equally dramatic is the larger story he tells of President Teddy Roosevelt and his chief forester, Gifford Pinchot. Pioneering the notion of conservation, Roosevelt and Pinchot did nothing less than create the idea of national forests as our national treasure, owned by and preserved for every citizen. The robber barons fought them, but the fire saved the forests even as it destroyed them: the heroism shown by the rangers turned public opinion permanently in favor of the forests, even as it changed the mission of the Forest Service, with consequences felt in the fires of today. The Big Burn tells an epic story, paints a moving portrait of the people who lived it, and offers a critical cautionary tale for our time. ©2009 Timothy Egan; (P)2009 Brilliance Audio, Inc. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Big Burn Subtitle: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America Author: Timothy Egan Narrator: Robertson Dean Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins Language: English Release date: 10-19-09 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1487 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: In The Worst Hard Time, Timothy Egan put the environmental disaster of the Dust Bowl at the center of a rich history, told through characters he brought to indelible life. Now he performs the same alchemy with The Big Burn, the largest-ever forest fire in America, a tragedy that cemented Teddy Roosevelt's legacy. On the afternoon of August 20, 1910, a battering ram of wind moved through the drought-stricken national forests of Washington, Idaho, and Montana, whipping hundreds of small blazes into a roaring inferno that destroyed towns and timber in an eye-blink. Forest rangers assembled nearly 10,000 men - college boys, day workers, immigrants from mining camps - to fight the fire. But no living person had seen anything like those flames, and neither the rangers nor anyone else knew how to subdue them. Egan narrates the struggles of the overmatched rangers with unstoppable dramatic force. Equally dramatic is the larger story he tells of President Teddy Roosevelt and his chief forester, Gifford Pinchot. Pioneering the notion of conservation, Roosevelt and Pinchot did nothing less than create the idea of national forests as our national treasure, owned by and preserved for every citizen. The robber barons fought them, but the fire saved the forests even as it destroyed them: the heroism shown by the rangers turned public opinion permanently in favor of the forests, even as it changed the mission of the Forest Service, with consequences felt in the fires of today. The Big Burn tells an epic story, paints a moving portrait of the people who lived it, and offers a critical cautionary tale for our time. ©2009 Timothy Egan; (P)2009 Brilliance Audio, Inc. Members Reviews: A fascinating history of early Forest Service I heard Timothy Egan interviewed on NPR about this book, so downloaded despite two early "2 star" reviews. I was glad I did. His book provides a fascinating history of the early conservation movement and the great fire of 1910 and the role it played in solidifying the Forest Service in the hearts and minds of Americans. BTW, it's a great companion read to "Roosevelt: Wilderness Warrior" which, sadly, is not available in audio format. wonderful audio experience This is an very good book, but an excellent listen. The story is captivating and uplifting as both success and tragedy. The mix of personal adventure and non-wonky political analysis work very well at oral pace. The flaws in the writing (see, e.g., the New York Times review), such as the author's tendency toward over-dramatic or breathless prose, turn out to be little or no problem when listening rather than reading. (You notice the phrases that seem comical out of context if you look for them, but only if you look for them. Otherwise, they glide right by.) Dean's narration is near perfect, and adds much to what is already a very good book. I would definitely recommend this book, and make the rarely-deserved recommendation that listening is much better than reading. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/No-Ordinary-Time-Audiobook/B004Z4R1I6 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: No Ordinary Time Subtitle: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II Author: Doris Kearns Goodwin Narrator: Nelson Runger Format: Unabridged Length: 39 hrs and 18 mins Language: English Release date: 05-04-11 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 948 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Pulitzer Prize Winner, History, 1995 No Ordinary Time describes how the isolationist and divided United States of 1940 was unified under the extraordinary leadership of Franklin Roosevelt to become the preeminent economic and military power in the world. Using diaries, interviews, and White House records of the president's and first lady's comings and goings, Goodwin paints an intimate portrait of the daily conduct of the presidency during wartime and the Roosevelts' extraordinary constellation of friends, advisers, and family. Bringing to bear the tools of both history and biography, No Ordinary Time relates the unique story of how Franklin Roosevelt led the nation to victory against seemingly insurmountable odds and, with Eleanor's essential help, forever changed the fabric of American society. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Doris Kearns Goodwin) Wed, 04 May 2011 15:34:53 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/No-Ordinary-Time-Audiobook/B004Z4R1I6 thebookvoice.com 39:18:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: No Ordinary Time Subtitle: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II Author: Doris Kearns Goodwin Narrator: Nelson Runger Format: Unabridged Length: 39 hrs and 18 mins Language: English Release date: 05-04-11 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 948 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Pulitzer Prize Winner, History, 1995 No Ordinary Time describes how the isolationist and divided United States of 1940 was unified under the extraordinary leadership of Franklin Roosevelt to become the preeminent economic and military power in the world. Using diaries, interviews, and White House records of the president's and first lady's comings and goings, Goodwin paints an intimate portrait of the daily conduct of the presidency during wartime and the Roosevelts' extraordinary constellation of friends, advisers, and family. Bringing to bear the tools of both history and biography, No Ordinary Time relates the unique story of how Franklin Roosevelt led the nation to victory against seemingly insurmountable odds and, with Eleanor's essential help, forever changed the fabric of American society. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: No Ordinary Time Subtitle: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II Author: Doris Kearns Goodwin Narrator: Nelson Runger Format: Unabridged Length: 39 hrs and 18 mins Language: English Release date: 05-04-11 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 948 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Pulitzer Prize Winner, History, 1995 No Ordinary Time describes how the isolationist and divided United States of 1940 was unified under the extraordinary leadership of Franklin Roosevelt to become the preeminent economic and military power in the world. Using diaries, interviews, and White House records of the president's and first lady's comings and goings, Goodwin paints an intimate portrait of the daily conduct of the presidency during wartime and the Roosevelts' extraordinary constellation of friends, advisers, and family. Bringing to bear the tools of both history and biography, No Ordinary Time relates the unique story of how Franklin Roosevelt led the nation to victory against seemingly insurmountable odds and, with Eleanor's essential help, forever changed the fabric of American society. Members Reviews: Great at 1.5 speed What about Nelson Rungers performance did you like? I liked the voice alright. However, I think 10 hours of the 40 hour book were the narrator's pauses between sentences. I listened at 1 and a half speed and loved it then. Fascinating, But Could Have Been Shortened Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt are among the most remarkable people in the 20th century world, and the roles they played out during his 12 years in the White House is an incredible story. This book focuses on the period from May 1940 to FDR's death, and details (and I do mean DETAILS) the day to day activities of the President and First Lady over that period... not every day by any means, but Goodwin has thoroughly presented both the public and private lives and what everyone said about most everything it seems. My only quibble is that, at times, I felt like there was just too much information about who said what to whom and about whom. Now it can be argued that the Roosevelts had so many important relationships that it was necessary to present all of these for context, and I get that. After all, the White House was like a rooming house during their presidency, with many people from outside of the family living there, and so there were lots of relationships. All of this makes for a very long book. That quibble aside, the story is what it is, a story of two very exceptional people who had a flawed relationship (at least in terms of what we traditionally expect marriage to be). Goodwin shows us both the good and the bad, and at times I found myself admring FDR and Eleanor, at times I found myself pitying them, and at time I found myself irritated at them for their obvious foibles. But the real value of this book seems to be in the documentation of the times, and the amazing story of America's movement from isolation to combatant in World War II, and the incredible transformation this movement caused in American society. As I read this book and its story of opportunities for women and for blacks, I found myself eager to talk to my dad about his work as a WAC recruiter early in the war, and in so doing, heard personal stories from he and my mom about their life during the war (they were married in October 1942). https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Blitzed-Audiobook/B06X9ZHMB4 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Blitzed Subtitle: Drugs in the Third Reich Author: Norman Ohler, Claire Bloom - director, Shaun Whiteside - translator Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins Language: English Release date: 03-07-17 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 301 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The Nazi regime preached an ideology of physical, mental, and moral purity. But as Norman Ohler reveals in this gripping new history, the Third Reich was saturated with drugs. On the eve of World War II, Germany was a pharmaceutical powerhouse, and companies such as Merck and Bayer cooked up cocaine, opiates, and, most of all, methamphetamines, to be consumed by everyone from factory workers to housewives to millions of German soldiers. In fact, troops regularly took rations of a form of crystal meth - the elevated energy and feelings of invincibility associated with the high even help to explain certain German military victories. Drugs seeped all the way up to the Nazi high command and, especially, to Hitler himself. Over the course of the war, Hitler became increasingly dependent on injections of a cocktail of drugs - including a form of heroin - administered by his personal doctor. While drugs alone cannot explain the Nazis' toxic racial theories or the events of World War II, Ohler's investigation makes an overwhelming case that, if drugs are not taken into account, our understanding of the Third Reich is fundamentally incomplete. Carefully researched and rivetingly listenable, Blitzed throws surprising light on a history that, until now, has remained in the shadows. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Norman Ohler) Tue, 07 Mar 2017 05:02:15 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Blitzed-Audiobook/B06X9ZHMB4 thebookvoice.com 07:19:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Blitzed Subtitle: Drugs in the Third Reich Author: Norman Ohler, Claire Bloom - director, Shaun Whiteside - translator Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins Language: English Release date: 03-07-17 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 301 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The Nazi regime preached an ideology of physical, mental, and moral purity. But as Norman Ohler reveals in this gripping new history, the Third Reich was saturated with drugs. On the eve of World War II, Germany was a pharmaceutical powerhouse, and companies such as Merck and Bayer cooked up cocaine, opiates, and, most of all, methamphetamines, to be consumed by everyone from factory workers to housewives to millions of German soldiers. In fact, troops regularly took rations of a form of crystal meth - the elevated energy and feelings of invincibility associated with the high even help to explain certain German military victories. Drugs seeped all the way up to the Nazi high command and, especially, to Hitler himself. Over the course of the war, Hitler became increasingly dependent on injections of a cocktail of drugs - including a form of heroin - administered by his personal doctor. While drugs alone cannot explain the Nazis' toxic racial theories or the events of World War II, Ohler's investigation makes an overwhelming case that, if drugs are not taken into account, our understanding of the Third Reich is fundamentally incomplete. Carefully researched and rivetingly listenable, Blitzed throws surprising light on a history that, until now, has remained in the shadows. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Blitzed Subtitle: Drugs in the Third Reich Author: Norman Ohler, Claire Bloom - director, Shaun Whiteside - translator Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins Language: English Release date: 03-07-17 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 301 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The Nazi regime preached an ideology of physical, mental, and moral purity. But as Norman Ohler reveals in this gripping new history, the Third Reich was saturated with drugs. On the eve of World War II, Germany was a pharmaceutical powerhouse, and companies such as Merck and Bayer cooked up cocaine, opiates, and, most of all, methamphetamines, to be consumed by everyone from factory workers to housewives to millions of German soldiers. In fact, troops regularly took rations of a form of crystal meth - the elevated energy and feelings of invincibility associated with the high even help to explain certain German military victories. Drugs seeped all the way up to the Nazi high command and, especially, to Hitler himself. Over the course of the war, Hitler became increasingly dependent on injections of a cocktail of drugs - including a form of heroin - administered by his personal doctor. While drugs alone cannot explain the Nazis' toxic racial theories or the events of World War II, Ohler's investigation makes an overwhelming case that, if drugs are not taken into account, our understanding of the Third Reich is fundamentally incomplete. Carefully researched and rivetingly listenable, Blitzed throws surprising light on a history that, until now, has remained in the shadows. Members Reviews: The best "Gotterdammerung" book I have ever read. I am a 70 year-old physician, specializing in addiction medicine, and still practicing. SUPERB BOOK. Eye opening exposure to German drug use in WW2 A really fascinating look into the drug regimens and cocktails that were being administered to both the average foot soldier and to Hitler himself. It certainly doesn't make any excuse for their actions but it gives the reader some insight as to why certain decisions/actions were taken by the Germans. I definitely recommend it! AUDIBLE 20 REVIEW SWEEPSTAKES ENTRY Story and narrator seamlessly create a great listen. Both the story and the choice in narrator help to create a vivid description of drug use in WW2. Would definitely recommend anyone listen to this if you want to more about the drug use of wartime. Exemplary dissection of third Reich command. They were all tweaking. That on top of an opportunist, obedient culture that struggled to recover from the decadence and aimlessness of the 20s, and the despicable character even while initially sober of their leadership. Without presenting any of these findings as an excuse or relativation this work presents a thoroughly plausible view and weaves a solid time-line that ended in the most horrifying events mankind ever managed to implement thus far. Madness, hubris and false grandeur reached critical mass and subsequent melt-down once paired with narcotics abuse. A lesson for mankind hopefully. Unreal Incredible look into the reality of Hitler's regime and the driving force behind the aggressive push behind the Blitzkrieg. What might have been if it weren't for effects of drugs on Hitler... he effectively defeated himself. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/1917-Audiobook/B075KL3B35 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: 1917 Subtitle: Lenin, Wilson, and the Birth of the New World Disorder Author: Arthur Herman Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki Format: Unabridged Length: 16 hrs and 36 mins Language: English Release date: 11-28-17 Publisher: Harper Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 33 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: This is the story of two men and the two decisions that transformed world history in a single tumultuous year, 1917: Wilson's entry into World War I and Lenin's Bolshevik Revolution. In April 1917, Woodrow Wilson, champion of American democracy but also segregation, advocate for free trade and a new world order based on freedom and justice, thrust the United States into World War I in order to make the "world safe for democracy" - only to see his dreams for a liberal international system dissolve into chaos, bloodshed, and betrayal. That October, Vladimir Lenin, Communist revolutionary and advocate for class war and "dictatorship of the proletariat", would overthrow Russia's earlier democratic revolution that had toppled the all-power czar, all in the name of liberating humanity - and instead would set up the most repressive totalitarian regime in history, the Soviet Union. In this incisive, fast-paced history, New York Times best-selling author Arthur Herman brilliantly reveals how Lenin and Wilson rewrote the rules of modern geopolitics. Through the end of World War I, countries marched into war only to increase or protect their national interests. After World War I, countries began going to war over ideas. Together, Lenin and Wilson unleashed the disruptive ideologies that would sweep the world, from nationalism and globalism to Communism and terrorism, and that continue to shape our world today. Our New World Disorder is the legacy left by Wilson and Lenin and their visions of the perfectibility of man. One hundred years later, we still sit on the powder keg they first set the detonator to through war and revolution. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Arthur Herman) Tue, 28 Nov 2017 04:22:29 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/1917-Audiobook/B075KL3B35 thebookvoice.com 16:36:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: 1917 Subtitle: Lenin, Wilson, and the Birth of the New World Disorder Author: Arthur Herman Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki Format: Unabridged Length: 16 hrs and 36 mins Language: English Release date: 11-28-17 Publisher: Harper Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 33 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: This is the story of two men and the two decisions that transformed world history in a single tumultuous year, 1917: Wilson's entry into World War I and Lenin's Bolshevik Revolution. In April 1917, Woodrow Wilson, champion of American democracy but also segregation, advocate for free trade and a new world order based on freedom and justice, thrust the United States into World War I in order to make the "world safe for democracy" - only to see his dreams for a liberal international system dissolve into chaos, bloodshed, and betrayal. That October, Vladimir Lenin, Communist revolutionary and advocate for class war and "dictatorship of the proletariat", would overthrow Russia's earlier democratic revolution that had toppled the all-power czar, all in the name of liberating humanity - and instead would set up the most repressive totalitarian regime in history, the Soviet Union. In this incisive, fast-paced history, New York Times best-selling author Arthur Herman brilliantly reveals how Lenin and Wilson rewrote the rules of modern geopolitics. Through the end of World War I, countries marched into war only to increase or protect their national interests. After World War I, countries began going to war over ideas. Together, Lenin and Wilson unleashed the disruptive ideologies that would sweep the world, from nationalism and globalism to Communism and terrorism, and that continue to shape our world today. Our New World Disorder is the legacy left by Wilson and Lenin and their visions of the perfectibility of man. One hundred years later, we still sit on the powder keg they first set the detonator to through war and revolution. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: 1917 Subtitle: Lenin, Wilson, and the Birth of the New World Disorder Author: Arthur Herman Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki Format: Unabridged Length: 16 hrs and 36 mins Language: English Release date: 11-28-17 Publisher: Harper Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 33 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: This is the story of two men and the two decisions that transformed world history in a single tumultuous year, 1917: Wilson's entry into World War I and Lenin's Bolshevik Revolution. In April 1917, Woodrow Wilson, champion of American democracy but also segregation, advocate for free trade and a new world order based on freedom and justice, thrust the United States into World War I in order to make the "world safe for democracy" - only to see his dreams for a liberal international system dissolve into chaos, bloodshed, and betrayal. That October, Vladimir Lenin, Communist revolutionary and advocate for class war and "dictatorship of the proletariat", would overthrow Russia's earlier democratic revolution that had toppled the all-power czar, all in the name of liberating humanity - and instead would set up the most repressive totalitarian regime in history, the Soviet Union. In this incisive, fast-paced history, New York Times best-selling author Arthur Herman brilliantly reveals how Lenin and Wilson rewrote the rules of modern geopolitics. Through the end of World War I, countries marched into war only to increase or protect their national interests. After World War I, countries began going to war over ideas. Together, Lenin and Wilson unleashed the disruptive ideologies that would sweep the world, from nationalism and globalism to Communism and terrorism, and that continue to shape our world today. Our New World Disorder is the legacy left by Wilson and Lenin and their visions of the perfectibility of man. One hundred years later, we still sit on the powder keg they first set the detonator to through war and revolution. Members Reviews: Timely and fascinating book. A fascinating look into a year that changed the course of history, and the two men whose decisions shaped it. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Rogue-Heroes-Audiobook/B01KKNO7H8 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Rogue Heroes Subtitle: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War Author: Ben Macintyre Narrator: Ben Macintyre Format: Unabridged Length: 13 hrs and 1 min Language: English Release date: 10-04-16 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 475 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The incredible untold story of WWII's greatest secret fighting force, as told by our great modern master of wartime intrigue. Britain's Special Air Service - or SAS - was the brainchild of David Stirling, a young, gadabout aristocrat whose aimlessness in early life belied a remarkable strategic mind. Where most of his colleagues looked at a battlefield map of World War II's African theater and saw a protracted struggle with Rommel's desert forces, Stirling saw an opportunity: Given a small number of elite, well-trained men, he could parachute behind enemy lines and sabotage their airplanes and war matériel. Paired with his constitutional opposite, the disciplined martinet Jock Lewes, Stirling assembled a revolutionary fighting force that would upend not just the balance of the war but the nature of combat itself. He faced no little resistance from those who found his tactics ungentlemanly or beyond the pale, but in the SAS' remarkable exploits facing the Nazis in Africa and then on the continent can be found the seeds of nearly all special forces units that would follow. Bringing his keen eye for psychological detail to a riveting wartime narrative, Ben Macintyre uses his unprecedented access to SAS archives to shine a light inside a legendary unit long shrouded in secrecy. The result is not just a tremendous war story but a fascinating group portrait of men of whom history and country asked the most. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Ben Macintyre) Tue, 04 Oct 2016 09:02:42 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Rogue-Heroes-Audiobook/B01KKNO7H8 thebookvoice.com 13:01:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Rogue Heroes Subtitle: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War Author: Ben Macintyre Narrator: Ben Macintyre Format: Unabridged Length: 13 hrs and 1 min Language: English Release date: 10-04-16 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 475 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The incredible untold story of WWII's greatest secret fighting force, as told by our great modern master of wartime intrigue. Britain's Special Air Service - or SAS - was the brainchild of David Stirling, a young, gadabout aristocrat whose aimlessness in early life belied a remarkable strategic mind. Where most of his colleagues looked at a battlefield map of World War II's African theater and saw a protracted struggle with Rommel's desert forces, Stirling saw an opportunity: Given a small number of elite, well-trained men, he could parachute behind enemy lines and sabotage their airplanes and war matériel. Paired with his constitutional opposite, the disciplined martinet Jock Lewes, Stirling assembled a revolutionary fighting force that would upend not just the balance of the war but the nature of combat itself. He faced no little resistance from those who found his tactics ungentlemanly or beyond the pale, but in the SAS' remarkable exploits facing the Nazis in Africa and then on the continent can be found the seeds of nearly all special forces units that would follow. Bringing his keen eye for psychological detail to a riveting wartime narrative, Ben Macintyre uses his unprecedented access to SAS archives to shine a light inside a legendary unit long shrouded in secrecy. The result is not just a tremendous war story but a fascinating group portrait of men of whom history and country asked the most. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Rogue Heroes Subtitle: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War Author: Ben Macintyre Narrator: Ben Macintyre Format: Unabridged Length: 13 hrs and 1 min Language: English Release date: 10-04-16 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 475 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The incredible untold story of WWII's greatest secret fighting force, as told by our great modern master of wartime intrigue. Britain's Special Air Service - or SAS - was the brainchild of David Stirling, a young, gadabout aristocrat whose aimlessness in early life belied a remarkable strategic mind. Where most of his colleagues looked at a battlefield map of World War II's African theater and saw a protracted struggle with Rommel's desert forces, Stirling saw an opportunity: Given a small number of elite, well-trained men, he could parachute behind enemy lines and sabotage their airplanes and war matériel. Paired with his constitutional opposite, the disciplined martinet Jock Lewes, Stirling assembled a revolutionary fighting force that would upend not just the balance of the war but the nature of combat itself. He faced no little resistance from those who found his tactics ungentlemanly or beyond the pale, but in the SAS' remarkable exploits facing the Nazis in Africa and then on the continent can be found the seeds of nearly all special forces units that would follow. Bringing his keen eye for psychological detail to a riveting wartime narrative, Ben Macintyre uses his unprecedented access to SAS archives to shine a light inside a legendary unit long shrouded in secrecy. The result is not just a tremendous war story but a fascinating group portrait of men of whom history and country asked the most. Members Reviews: Those Who Dared, Won! General I loved this book! So much so that I started writing this review with just over one hour left to go. I was hooked on this title halfway through the audio sample, but the rest of the book blew me away. That should be enough said, but there remain no other reviews on Audible so I'm the first and Ill touch on the high points to assist in your decision; just in case youre not hooked by the sample. Content - You will not be disappointed by this book if you want to learn a lot about the SAS or even if you already know a lot about the SAS. This is essentially a collection of stories or actions, but they are put together seamlessly and told so well that the book reads like a good suspense novel. Very edge of the seat stuff. I learned a tremendous amount about the history of this elite unit and the writing is so good that I focused on nearly every word finishing it two days after adding it to my library. This is one of those books that you simply dont want to stop listening to. Each story is interesting on its own merits and each supported the book as a whole. The book evoked several emotions and I dare say that if youre a loyal Brit youll probably shed a tear of sorrow and of pride at some of the events told. These are stories of very brave men doing very dangerous things with full knowledge that they would be left behind if seriously wounded and tortured and executed if captured. Yet, they did it anyway. I especially liked how the author managed to inject a good bit of humor throughout the telling. Just enough to lighten the mood, but without being garish or diminishing the seriousness of the subject matter. Length I think the length was just right. The author was able to tell the stories that needed to be told with no filler or useless rhetoric. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Guns-at-Last-Light-Audiobook/B00CJD3K08 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Guns at Last Light Subtitle: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 Author: Rick Atkinson Narrator: L. J. Ganser Format: Unabridged Length: 32 hrs and 24 mins Language: English Release date: 05-14-13 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 748 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The eagerly awaited final volume in Pulitzer Prize-winner Rick Atkinson's New York Times best-selling Liberation Trilogy. It is the 20th century's unrivaled epic: At a staggering price, the United States and its allies liberated Europe and vanquished Hitler. In the first two volumes of his best-selling Liberation Trilogy, Rick Atkinson recounted the history of how the American-led coalition fought its way from North Africa and Italy to the threshold of victory. Now he tells the most dramatic story of all - the titanic battle in Western Europe. With the stirring final volume of this monumental trilogy, Rick Atkinson's remarkable accomplishment is manifest. He has produced the definitive chronicle of the war that restored freedom to the West. His lively, occasionally lyric prose brings the vast theater of battle, from the beaches of Normandy deep into Germany, brilliantly alive. It is hard to imagine a better history of the western front's final phase. Critic Reviews: "Superb The book is distinguished by its astonishing range of coverage [Atkinsons] lively, occasionally lyric prose brings the vast theater of battle, from the beaches of Normandy deep into Germany, brilliantly alive. It is hard to imagine a better history of the western fronts final phase." ( Publishers Weekly, starred review) "Superb The book is distinguished by its astonishing range of coverage [Atkinsons] lively, occasionally lyric prose brings the vast theater of battle, from the beaches of Normandy deep into Germany, brilliantly alive. It is hard to imagine a better history of the western fronts final phase." ( Publishers Weekly, starred review) "[An] extraordinary accomplishment. This is a beautifully written, moving account of one of the most bittersweet chapters in modern history The details build a stunning and precise account of major movementsfrom Normandy to Paris, from the South of France to Grenobleand close-up portraits of famous figures that make them living, breathing beings." ( Smithsonian Magazine) bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Rick Atkinson) Tue, 14 May 2013 16:45:43 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Guns-at-Last-Light-Audiobook/B00CJD3K08 thebookvoice.com 32:24:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Guns at Last Light Subtitle: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 Author: Rick Atkinson Narrator: L. J. Ganser Format: Unabridged Length: 32 hrs and 24 mins Language: English Release date: 05-14-13 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 748 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The eagerly awaited final volume in Pulitzer Prize-winner Rick Atkinson's New York Times best-selling Liberation Trilogy. It is the 20th century's unrivaled epic: At a staggering price, the United States and its allies liberated Europe and vanquished Hitler. In the first two volumes of his best-selling Liberation Trilogy, Rick Atkinson recounted the history of how the American-led coalition fought its way from North Africa and Italy to the threshold of victory. Now he tells the most dramatic story of all - the titanic battle in Western Europe. With the stirring final volume of this monumental trilogy, Rick Atkinson's remarkable accomplishment is manifest. He has produced the definitive chronicle of the war that restored freedom to the West. His lively, occasionally lyric prose brings the vast theater of battle, from the beaches of Normandy deep into Germany, brilliantly alive. It is hard to imagine a better history of the western front's final phase. Critic Reviews: "Superb The book is distinguished by its astonishing range of coverage [Atkinsons] lively, occasionally lyric prose brings the vast theater of battle, from the beaches of Normandy deep into Germany, brilliantly alive. It is hard to imagine a better history of the western fronts final phase." ( Publishers Weekly, starred review) "Superb The book is distinguished by its astonishing range of coverage [Atkinsons] lively, occasionally lyric prose brings the vast theater of battle, from the beaches of Normandy deep into Germany, brilliantly alive. It is hard to imagine a better history of the western fronts final phase." ( Publishers Weekly, starred review) "[An] extraordinary accomplishment. This is a beautifully written, moving account of one of the most bittersweet chapters in modern history The details build a stunning and precise account of major movementsfrom Normandy to Paris, from the South of France to Grenobleand close-up portraits of famous figures that make them living, breathing beings." ( Smithsonian Magazine) Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Guns at Last Light Subtitle: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 Author: Rick Atkinson Narrator: L. J. Ganser Format: Unabridged Length: 32 hrs and 24 mins Language: English Release date: 05-14-13 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 748 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The eagerly awaited final volume in Pulitzer Prize-winner Rick Atkinson's New York Times best-selling Liberation Trilogy. It is the 20th century's unrivaled epic: At a staggering price, the United States and its allies liberated Europe and vanquished Hitler. In the first two volumes of his best-selling Liberation Trilogy, Rick Atkinson recounted the history of how the American-led coalition fought its way from North Africa and Italy to the threshold of victory. Now he tells the most dramatic story of all - the titanic battle in Western Europe. With the stirring final volume of this monumental trilogy, Rick Atkinson's remarkable accomplishment is manifest. He has produced the definitive chronicle of the war that restored freedom to the West. His lively, occasionally lyric prose brings the vast theater of battle, from the beaches of Normandy deep into Germany, brilliantly alive. It is hard to imagine a better history of the western front's final phase. Critic Reviews: "Superb The book is distinguished by its astonishing range of coverage [Atkinsons] lively, occasionally lyric prose brings the vast theater of battle, from the beaches of Normandy deep into Germany, brilliantly alive. It is hard to imagine a better history of the western fronts final phase." ( Publishers Weekly, starred review) "Superb The book is distinguished by its astonishing range of coverage [Atkinsons] lively, occasionally lyric prose brings the vast theater of battle, from the beaches of Normandy deep into Germany, brilliantly alive. It is hard to imagine a better history of the western fronts final phase." ( Publishers Weekly, starred review) "[An] extraordinary accomplishment. This is a beautifully written, moving account of one of the most bittersweet chapters in modern history The details build a stunning and precise account of major movementsfrom Normandy to Paris, from the South of France to Grenobleand close-up portraits of famous figures that make them living, breathing beings." ( Smithsonian Magazine) Members Reviews: Well Written Overview It seems that we will never run out of new books about World War II. That is not a bad thing. World War II saw more combatants than any other war in history. It affected a large percentage of the worlds population. Much of the war was fought between literate soldiers, officers, and civilians on both sides. This has left us with a mountain of material. Every author has his own reading and prejudices that he brings to the study. This means that we will receive many different views of the same subject. Rick Atkinsons The Guns At Last Light: The War In Western Europe, 1944-1945, brings us his view of the war. The book starts with the invasion plans for Normandy. Atkinson goes in to a lot of detail about the logistical troubles that the allies had to prepare for what would be the largest amphibious assault in history. The information on D-Day itself and the Normandy campaign is very comprehensive, but not overwhelming with minutiae. The author points out the successes and failures of the campaign. One of the great failures was the lack of preparation by the commanders for dealing with the hedgerow country. Many books on the campaign in France tend to focus on the Normandy campaign and the subsequent breakout. There was a subsequent invasion of the south of France known as Operation Dragoon. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Last-Hope-Island-Audiobook/B071CVJ33B Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Last Hope Island Subtitle: Britain, Occupied Europe, and the Brotherhood That Helped Turn the Tide of War Author: Lynne Olson Narrator: Arthur Morey, Kimberly Farr Format: Unabridged Length: 18 hrs and 46 mins Language: English Release date: 04-25-17 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 170 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: A groundbreaking account of how Britain became the base of operations for the exiled leaders of Europe in their desperate struggle to reclaim their continent from Hitler, from the New York Times best-selling author of Citizens of London and Those Angry Days. When the Nazi blitzkrieg rolled over continental Europe in the early days of World War II, the city of London became a refuge for the governments and armed forces of six occupied nations who escaped there to continue the fight. So, too, did General Charles de Gaulle, the self-appointed representative of free France. As the only European democracy still holding out against Hitler, Britain became known to occupied countries as "Last Hope Island". Getting there, one young emigré declared, was "like getting to heaven". In this epic, character-driven narrative, acclaimed historian Lynne Olson takes us back to those perilous days when the British and their European guests joined forces to combat the mightiest military force in history. Here we meet the courageous King Haakon of Norway, whose distinctive "H7" monogram became a symbol of his country's resistance to Nazi rule, and his fiery Dutch counterpart, Queen Wilhelmina, whose antifascist radio broadcasts rallied the spirits of her defeated people. Here, too, is the Earl of Suffolk, a swashbuckling British aristocrat whose rescue of two nuclear physicists from France helped make the Manhattan Project possible. Last Hope Island also recounts some of the Europeans' heretofore unsung exploits that helped tilt the balance against the Axis: the crucial efforts of Polish pilots during the Battle of Britain; the vital role played by French and Polish code breakers in cracking the Germans' reputedly indecipherable Enigma code; and the flood of top-secret intelligence about German operations - gathered by spies throughout occupied Europe - that helped ensure the success of the 1944 Allied invasion. A fascinating companion to Citizens of London, Olson's best-selling chronicle of the Anglo-American alliance, Last Hope Island recalls with vivid humanity that brief moment in time when the peoples of Europe stood together in their effort to roll back the tide of conquest and restore order to a broken continent. Critic Reviews: "Lynne Olson is a master storyteller, and she brings her great gifts to this riveting narrative of the resistance to Hitler's war machine. You will be thrilled and moved - and enraged, saddened, and shocked - by the courage and steadfastness, human waste and stupidity, carelessness and nobility, of an epic struggle. Last Hope Island is a smashing good tale." (Evan Thomas, New York Times best-selling author of Being Nixon) "In a series of compelling books in recent years, Lynne Olson has established herself as an authoritative and entertaining chronicler of perhaps the largest single event in human history - the Second World War. Now comes Last Hope Island, a powerful and surprising account of how figures from Nazi-occupied Europe found Great Britain an essential shield and sword in the struggle against Hitler. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Lynne Olson) Tue, 25 Apr 2017 12:25:11 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Last-Hope-Island-Audiobook/B071CVJ33B thebookvoice.com 18:46:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Last Hope Island Subtitle: Britain, Occupied Europe, and the Brotherhood That Helped Turn the Tide of War Author: Lynne Olson Narrator: Arthur Morey, Kimberly Farr Format: Unabridged Length: 18 hrs and 46 mins Language: English Release date: 04-25-17 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 170 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: A groundbreaking account of how Britain became the base of operations for the exiled leaders of Europe in their desperate struggle to reclaim their continent from Hitler, from the New York Times best-selling author of Citizens of London and Those Angry Days. When the Nazi blitzkrieg rolled over continental Europe in the early days of World War II, the city of London became a refuge for the governments and armed forces of six occupied nations who escaped there to continue the fight. So, too, did General Charles de Gaulle, the self-appointed representative of free France. As the only European democracy still holding out against Hitler, Britain became known to occupied countries as "Last Hope Island". Getting there, one young emigré declared, was "like getting to heaven". In this epic, character-driven narrative, acclaimed historian Lynne Olson takes us back to those perilous days when the British and their European guests joined forces to combat the mightiest military force in history. Here we meet the courageous King Haakon of Norway, whose distinctive "H7" monogram became a symbol of his country's resistance to Nazi rule, and his fiery Dutch counterpart, Queen Wilhelmina, whose antifascist radio broadcasts rallied the spirits of her defeated people. Here, too, is the Earl of Suffolk, a swashbuckling British aristocrat whose rescue of two nuclear physicists from France helped make the Manhattan Project possible. Last Hope Island also recounts some of the Europeans' heretofore unsung exploits that helped tilt the balance against the Axis: the crucial efforts of Polish pilots during the Battle of Britain; the vital role played by French and Polish code breakers in cracking the Germans' reputedly indecipherable Enigma code; and the flood of top-secret intelligence about German operations - gathered by spies throughout occupied Europe - that helped ensure the success of the 1944 Allied invasion. A fascinating companion to Citizens of London, Olson's best-selling chronicle of the Anglo-American alliance, Last Hope Island recalls with vivid humanity that brief moment in time when the peoples of Europe stood together in their effort to roll back the tide of conquest and restore order to a broken continent. Critic Reviews: "Lynne Olson is a master storyteller, and she brings her great gifts to this riveting narrative of the resistance to Hitler's war machine. You will be thrilled and moved - and enraged, saddened, and shocked - by the courage and steadfastness, human waste and stupidity, carelessness and nobility, of an epic struggle. Last Hope Island is a smashing good tale." (Evan Thomas, New York Times best-selling author of Being Nixon) "In a series of compelling books in recent years, Lynne Olson has established herself as an authoritative and entertaining chronicler of perhaps the largest single event in human history - the Second World War. Now comes Last Hope Island, a powerful and surprising account of how figures from Nazi-occupied Europe found Great Britain an essential shield and sword in the struggle against Hitler. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Last Hope Island Subtitle: Britain, Occupied Europe, and the Brotherhood That Helped Turn the Tide of War Author: Lynne Olson Narrator: Arthur Morey, Kimberly Farr Format: Unabridged Length: 18 hrs and 46 mins Language: English Release date: 04-25-17 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 170 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: A groundbreaking account of how Britain became the base of operations for the exiled leaders of Europe in their desperate struggle to reclaim their continent from Hitler, from the New York Times best-selling author of Citizens of London and Those Angry Days. When the Nazi blitzkrieg rolled over continental Europe in the early days of World War II, the city of London became a refuge for the governments and armed forces of six occupied nations who escaped there to continue the fight. So, too, did General Charles de Gaulle, the self-appointed representative of free France. As the only European democracy still holding out against Hitler, Britain became known to occupied countries as "Last Hope Island". Getting there, one young emigré declared, was "like getting to heaven". In this epic, character-driven narrative, acclaimed historian Lynne Olson takes us back to those perilous days when the British and their European guests joined forces to combat the mightiest military force in history. Here we meet the courageous King Haakon of Norway, whose distinctive "H7" monogram became a symbol of his country's resistance to Nazi rule, and his fiery Dutch counterpart, Queen Wilhelmina, whose antifascist radio broadcasts rallied the spirits of her defeated people. Here, too, is the Earl of Suffolk, a swashbuckling British aristocrat whose rescue of two nuclear physicists from France helped make the Manhattan Project possible. Last Hope Island also recounts some of the Europeans' heretofore unsung exploits that helped tilt the balance against the Axis: the crucial efforts of Polish pilots during the Battle of Britain; the vital role played by French and Polish code breakers in cracking the Germans' reputedly indecipherable Enigma code; and the flood of top-secret intelligence about German operations - gathered by spies throughout occupied Europe - that helped ensure the success of the 1944 Allied invasion. A fascinating companion to Citizens of London, Olson's best-selling chronicle of the Anglo-American alliance, Last Hope Island recalls with vivid humanity that brief moment in time when the peoples of Europe stood together in their effort to roll back the tide of conquest and restore order to a broken continent. Critic Reviews: "Lynne Olson is a master storyteller, and she brings her great gifts to this riveting narrative of the resistance to Hitler's war machine. You will be thrilled and moved - and enraged, saddened, and shocked - by the courage and steadfastness, human waste and stupidity, carelessness and nobility, of an epic struggle. Last Hope Island is a smashing good tale." (Evan Thomas, New York Times best-selling author of Being Nixon) "In a series of compelling books in recent years, Lynne Olson has established herself as an authoritative and entertaining chronicler of perhaps the largest single event in human history - the Second World War. Now comes Last Hope Island, a powerful and surprising account of how figures from Nazi-occupied Europe found Great Britain an essential shield and sword in the struggle against Hitler. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Ultimate-History-of-Video-Games-Audiobook/B00EIHE3DG Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Ultimate History of Video Games Subtitle: From Pong to Pokemon: The Story Behind the Craze that Touched Our Lives and Changed the World Author: Steven Kent Narrator: Dan Woren Format: Unabridged Length: 21 hrs and 2 mins Language: English Release date: 08-14-13 Publisher: Audiobooks.com Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 571 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The Ultimate History of Video Games reveals everything you ever wanted to know and more about the unforgettable games that changed the world, the visionaries who made them, and the fanatics who played them. From the arcade to television and from the PC to the handheld device, video games have entraced kids at heart for nearly 30 years. And author and gaming historian Steven L. Kent has been there to record the craze from the very beginning. This engrossing audiobook tells the incredible tale of how this backroom novelty transformed into a cultural phenomenon. Through meticulous research and personal interviews with hundreds of industry luminaries, you'll read firsthand accounts of how yesterday's games like "Space Invaders," "Centipede," and "Pac-Man" helped create an arcade culture that defined a generation, and how today's empires like Sony, Nintendo, and Electronic Arts have galvanized a multibillion-dollar industry and a new generation of games. Inside, you'll discover: The video game that saved Nintendo from bankruptcy. The serendipitous story of Pac-Man's design. The misstep that helped topple Atari's $2 billion-a-year empire. The coin shortage caused by "Space Invaders." The fascinating reasons behind the rise, fall, and rebirth of Sega. And much more! Entertaining, addictive, and as mesmerizing as the games it chronicles, this audiobook is a must-have for anyone who's ever touched a joystick. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Steven Kent) Wed, 14 Aug 2013 00:06:26 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Ultimate-History-of-Video-Games-Audiobook/B00EIHE3DG thebookvoice.com 21:02:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Ultimate History of Video Games Subtitle: From Pong to Pokemon: The Story Behind the Craze that Touched Our Lives and Changed the World Author: Steven Kent Narrator: Dan Woren Format: Unabridged Length: 21 hrs and 2 mins Language: English Release date: 08-14-13 Publisher: Audiobooks.com Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 571 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The Ultimate History of Video Games reveals everything you ever wanted to know and more about the unforgettable games that changed the world, the visionaries who made them, and the fanatics who played them. From the arcade to television and from the PC to the handheld device, video games have entraced kids at heart for nearly 30 years. And author and gaming historian Steven L. Kent has been there to record the craze from the very beginning. This engrossing audiobook tells the incredible tale of how this backroom novelty transformed into a cultural phenomenon. Through meticulous research and personal interviews with hundreds of industry luminaries, you'll read firsthand accounts of how yesterday's games like "Space Invaders," "Centipede," and "Pac-Man" helped create an arcade culture that defined a generation, and how today's empires like Sony, Nintendo, and Electronic Arts have galvanized a multibillion-dollar industry and a new generation of games. Inside, you'll discover: The video game that saved Nintendo from bankruptcy. The serendipitous story of Pac-Man's design. The misstep that helped topple Atari's $2 billion-a-year empire. The coin shortage caused by "Space Invaders." The fascinating reasons behind the rise, fall, and rebirth of Sega. And much more! Entertaining, addictive, and as mesmerizing as the games it chronicles, this audiobook is a must-have for anyone who's ever touched a joystick. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Ultimate History of Video Games Subtitle: From Pong to Pokemon: The Story Behind the Craze that Touched Our Lives and Changed the World Author: Steven Kent Narrator: Dan Woren Format: Unabridged Length: 21 hrs and 2 mins Language: English Release date: 08-14-13 Publisher: Audiobooks.com Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 571 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The Ultimate History of Video Games reveals everything you ever wanted to know and more about the unforgettable games that changed the world, the visionaries who made them, and the fanatics who played them. From the arcade to television and from the PC to the handheld device, video games have entraced kids at heart for nearly 30 years. And author and gaming historian Steven L. Kent has been there to record the craze from the very beginning. This engrossing audiobook tells the incredible tale of how this backroom novelty transformed into a cultural phenomenon. Through meticulous research and personal interviews with hundreds of industry luminaries, you'll read firsthand accounts of how yesterday's games like "Space Invaders," "Centipede," and "Pac-Man" helped create an arcade culture that defined a generation, and how today's empires like Sony, Nintendo, and Electronic Arts have galvanized a multibillion-dollar industry and a new generation of games. Inside, you'll discover: The video game that saved Nintendo from bankruptcy. The serendipitous story of Pac-Man's design. The misstep that helped topple Atari's $2 billion-a-year empire. The coin shortage caused by "Space Invaders." The fascinating reasons behind the rise, fall, and rebirth of Sega. And much more! Entertaining, addictive, and as mesmerizing as the games it chronicles, this audiobook is a must-have for anyone who's ever touched a joystick. Members Reviews: Surprisingly awesome! I knew this was going to be a good experience, but it far exceeded my expectations. 20 hours of non-stop information about the beginnings of video games, and crammed full of interviews and quotes from the people who started it all. I'm 26 years old, so most of the events covered in this book were before I was born, but it somehow still made me nostalgic for a generation I didn't get to experience first hand. Focuses on the industry more than the games I was sucked into this book and listened to it fairly quickly, so it didn't disappoint at all. But it's important for game fans to go in knowing that this is really a book about the game companies and their battles for the market. It does offer many neat tidbits about individual games and their creators, but most of the time is devoted to why each game or console succeeded or failed. It does a good job of explaining why one format or another may have done poorly due to supply issues, game quality, release times, pricing, etc. So it helps give you a sense of why the history turned out the way it did. After an initial section on coin-op games, I'd estimate that 35% of the book is devoted to Atari. Considering the generous 22 hour total length of the book, this Atari section could have been a book in itself. I live in Sunnyvale where the company was located, so this was fascinating local history for me. Then it covers the gaming "crash" of 83/84, followed by the later resurgence with Nintendo, Sega and then Sony. Much of this later section gets a bit bogged down by discussions of legal battles between the companies. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Thunder-Below-Audiobook/B00EAXOZMM Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Thunder Below! Subtitle: The USS Barb Revolutionizes Submarine Warfare in World War II Author: Eugene B. Fluckey Narrator: Corey Snow Format: Unabridged Length: 15 hrs and 27 mins Language: English Release date: 08-12-13 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 883 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The thunderous roar of exploding depth charges was a familiar and comforting sound to the crew members of the USS Barb, who frequently found themselves somewhere between enemy fire and Davy Jones's locker. Under the leadership of her fearless skipper, Captain Gene Fluckey, the Barb sank the greatest tonnage of any American sub in World War II. At the same time, the Barb did far more than merely sink ships-she changed forever the way submarines stalk and kill their prey. This is a gripping adventure chock-full of "you-are-there" moments. Fluckey has drawn on logs, reports, letters, interviews, and a recently discovered illegal diary kept by one of his torpedomen. And in a fascinating twist, he uses archival documents from the Japanese Navy to give its version of events. The unique story of the Barb begins with its men, who had the confidence to become unbeatable. Each team helped develop innovative ideas, new tactics, and new strategies. All strove for personal excellence, and success became contagious. Instead of lying in wait under the waves, the USS Barb pursued enemy ships on the surface, attacking in the swift and precise style of torpedo boats. She was the first sub to use rocket missiles and to creep up on enemy convoys at night, joining the flank escort line from astern, darting in and out as she sank ships up the column. Surface-cruising, diving only to escape, "Luckey Fluckey" relentlessly patrolled the Pacific, driving his boat and crew to their limits. There can be no greater contrast to modern warfare's long-distance, video game style of battle than the exploits of the captain and crew of the USS Barb, where the sub, out of ammunition, actually rammed an enemy ship until it sank. Thunder Below! is a first-rate, true-life, inspirational story of the courage and heroism of ordinary men under fire. Critic Reviews: "Fluckey is a fine writer with a lively, colorful style. His book is packed with action and suspense and is rich in details about the day-today operation of a submarine in combat." ( Publishers Weekly) bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Eugene B. Fluckey) Mon, 12 Aug 2013 21:60:53 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Thunder-Below-Audiobook/B00EAXOZMM thebookvoice.com 15:27:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Thunder Below! Subtitle: The USS Barb Revolutionizes Submarine Warfare in World War II Author: Eugene B. Fluckey Narrator: Corey Snow Format: Unabridged Length: 15 hrs and 27 mins Language: English Release date: 08-12-13 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 883 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The thunderous roar of exploding depth charges was a familiar and comforting sound to the crew members of the USS Barb, who frequently found themselves somewhere between enemy fire and Davy Jones's locker. Under the leadership of her fearless skipper, Captain Gene Fluckey, the Barb sank the greatest tonnage of any American sub in World War II. At the same time, the Barb did far more than merely sink ships-she changed forever the way submarines stalk and kill their prey. This is a gripping adventure chock-full of "you-are-there" moments. Fluckey has drawn on logs, reports, letters, interviews, and a recently discovered illegal diary kept by one of his torpedomen. And in a fascinating twist, he uses archival documents from the Japanese Navy to give its version of events. The unique story of the Barb begins with its men, who had the confidence to become unbeatable. Each team helped develop innovative ideas, new tactics, and new strategies. All strove for personal excellence, and success became contagious. Instead of lying in wait under the waves, the USS Barb pursued enemy ships on the surface, attacking in the swift and precise style of torpedo boats. She was the first sub to use rocket missiles and to creep up on enemy convoys at night, joining the flank escort line from astern, darting in and out as she sank ships up the column. Surface-cruising, diving only to escape, "Luckey Fluckey" relentlessly patrolled the Pacific, driving his boat and crew to their limits. There can be no greater contrast to modern warfare's long-distance, video game style of battle than the exploits of the captain and crew of the USS Barb, where the sub, out of ammunition, actually rammed an enemy ship until it sank. Thunder Below! is a first-rate, true-life, inspirational story of the courage and heroism of ordinary men under fire. Critic Reviews: "Fluckey is a fine writer with a lively, colorful style. His book is packed with action and suspense and is rich in details about the day-today operation of a submarine in combat." ( Publishers Weekly) Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Thunder Below! Subtitle: The USS Barb Revolutionizes Submarine Warfare in World War II Author: Eugene B. Fluckey Narrator: Corey Snow Format: Unabridged Length: 15 hrs and 27 mins Language: English Release date: 08-12-13 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 883 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The thunderous roar of exploding depth charges was a familiar and comforting sound to the crew members of the USS Barb, who frequently found themselves somewhere between enemy fire and Davy Jones's locker. Under the leadership of her fearless skipper, Captain Gene Fluckey, the Barb sank the greatest tonnage of any American sub in World War II. At the same time, the Barb did far more than merely sink ships-she changed forever the way submarines stalk and kill their prey. This is a gripping adventure chock-full of "you-are-there" moments. Fluckey has drawn on logs, reports, letters, interviews, and a recently discovered illegal diary kept by one of his torpedomen. And in a fascinating twist, he uses archival documents from the Japanese Navy to give its version of events. The unique story of the Barb begins with its men, who had the confidence to become unbeatable. Each team helped develop innovative ideas, new tactics, and new strategies. All strove for personal excellence, and success became contagious. Instead of lying in wait under the waves, the USS Barb pursued enemy ships on the surface, attacking in the swift and precise style of torpedo boats. She was the first sub to use rocket missiles and to creep up on enemy convoys at night, joining the flank escort line from astern, darting in and out as she sank ships up the column. Surface-cruising, diving only to escape, "Luckey Fluckey" relentlessly patrolled the Pacific, driving his boat and crew to their limits. There can be no greater contrast to modern warfare's long-distance, video game style of battle than the exploits of the captain and crew of the USS Barb, where the sub, out of ammunition, actually rammed an enemy ship until it sank. Thunder Below! is a first-rate, true-life, inspirational story of the courage and heroism of ordinary men under fire. Critic Reviews: "Fluckey is a fine writer with a lively, colorful style. His book is packed with action and suspense and is rich in details about the day-today operation of a submarine in combat." ( Publishers Weekly) Members Reviews: Action, Excitement, & History. A great read! Great read!! Fluckey did a great job putting you right in the action. Those who were there are the best at this. The book doesn't just tell you what happened, it lets you experince it first hand. You also get to know the men on the boat. I feel like I have a bunch of new friends. This book would be great for anyone interest in action, excitement, and history. The production of the Audible portion was one of the best I have ever heard. The reader even pronounces the word " submariner" correctly. If you have ever spoken to an old submarine man he will be quick to tell you it's "submarine-er" not "sub-mariner." This one of several titles that have needed to be on Audible for a long time. If everybody buys this title then maybe Audible will add other tiltes like: Richard Kane's "Wahoo" and "Clear the Bridge," and Edward L. Beech's, "Run Silent Run Deep," "Dust on the Sea," "Cold as the Sea," and "Submarine." I want more! Riveting This is a great story; it is one of those books that grab your attention immediately. Eugene B. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Conquering-Tide-Audiobook/B013XS0LEK Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Conquering Tide Subtitle: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944 Author: Ian W. Toll Narrator: P. J. Ochlan Format: Unabridged Length: 27 hrs and 22 mins Language: English Release date: 09-21-15 Publisher: Recorded Books Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 820 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The devastation of Pearl Harbor and the American victory at Midway were prelude to a greater challenge: rolling back the vast Japanese Pacific empire island by island. This masterful history encompasses the heart of the Pacific War - the period between mid-1942 and mid-1944 - when parallel Allied counteroffensives north and south of the equator washed over Japan's far-flung island empire like a "conquering tide", concluding with Japan's irreversible strategic defeat in the Marianas. It was the largest, bloodiest, most costly, most technically innovative and logistically complicated amphibious war in history, and it fostered bitter interservice rivalries, leaving wounds that even victory could not heal. Often overlooked, these are the years and fights that decided the Pacific War. Ian W. Toll's battle scenes - in the air, at sea, and in the jungles - are simply riveting. He also takes the listener into the wartime councils in Washington and Tokyo, where politics and strategy often collided, and into the struggle to mobilize wartime production, which was the secret of Allied victory. Brilliantly researched, the narrative is propelled and colored by firsthand accounts - letters, diaries, debriefings, and memoirs - that are the raw material of the telling details, shrewd judgment, and penetrating insight of this magisterial history. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Ian W. Toll) Mon, 21 Sep 2015 00:41:15 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Conquering-Tide-Audiobook/B013XS0LEK thebookvoice.com 27:22:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Conquering Tide Subtitle: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944 Author: Ian W. Toll Narrator: P. J. Ochlan Format: Unabridged Length: 27 hrs and 22 mins Language: English Release date: 09-21-15 Publisher: Recorded Books Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 820 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The devastation of Pearl Harbor and the American victory at Midway were prelude to a greater challenge: rolling back the vast Japanese Pacific empire island by island. This masterful history encompasses the heart of the Pacific War - the period between mid-1942 and mid-1944 - when parallel Allied counteroffensives north and south of the equator washed over Japan's far-flung island empire like a "conquering tide", concluding with Japan's irreversible strategic defeat in the Marianas. It was the largest, bloodiest, most costly, most technically innovative and logistically complicated amphibious war in history, and it fostered bitter interservice rivalries, leaving wounds that even victory could not heal. Often overlooked, these are the years and fights that decided the Pacific War. Ian W. Toll's battle scenes - in the air, at sea, and in the jungles - are simply riveting. He also takes the listener into the wartime councils in Washington and Tokyo, where politics and strategy often collided, and into the struggle to mobilize wartime production, which was the secret of Allied victory. Brilliantly researched, the narrative is propelled and colored by firsthand accounts - letters, diaries, debriefings, and memoirs - that are the raw material of the telling details, shrewd judgment, and penetrating insight of this magisterial history. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Conquering Tide Subtitle: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944 Author: Ian W. Toll Narrator: P. J. Ochlan Format: Unabridged Length: 27 hrs and 22 mins Language: English Release date: 09-21-15 Publisher: Recorded Books Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 820 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The devastation of Pearl Harbor and the American victory at Midway were prelude to a greater challenge: rolling back the vast Japanese Pacific empire island by island. This masterful history encompasses the heart of the Pacific War - the period between mid-1942 and mid-1944 - when parallel Allied counteroffensives north and south of the equator washed over Japan's far-flung island empire like a "conquering tide", concluding with Japan's irreversible strategic defeat in the Marianas. It was the largest, bloodiest, most costly, most technically innovative and logistically complicated amphibious war in history, and it fostered bitter interservice rivalries, leaving wounds that even victory could not heal. Often overlooked, these are the years and fights that decided the Pacific War. Ian W. Toll's battle scenes - in the air, at sea, and in the jungles - are simply riveting. He also takes the listener into the wartime councils in Washington and Tokyo, where politics and strategy often collided, and into the struggle to mobilize wartime production, which was the secret of Allied victory. Brilliantly researched, the narrative is propelled and colored by firsthand accounts - letters, diaries, debriefings, and memoirs - that are the raw material of the telling details, shrewd judgment, and penetrating insight of this magisterial history. Members Reviews: Well Researched and Perfectly Detailed History! General - This is the first Ian W. Toll book Ive listened to, but I will definitely listen to his others. I decided to skip over Pacific Crucible for this book simply because the content of the audio sample was more intriguing to me. Upon its completion I was so impressed with the writing that Im listening to Pacific Crucible. Though a minor detail I do want to mention that the chapters on the device actually match the narration all the way through with only a minor glitch at one spot that corrected itself. Content - The Conquering Tide has a wealth of information and Toll somehow managed to tie it all together in a cohesive manner. This made the listening very easy. I already knew a tremendous amount about WW II, but I was astonished by some of the information I learned from this book. While the book failed to evoke much emotion it nonetheless captivated me and, at times, it held my interest to a point where I didnt want to stop listening until I heard the outcome of the story being told. This was despite my already knowing what the outcome would be. Knowing the outcome of a battle or event is not necessarily the same as knowing how the outcome was decided through action and I would find myself not wanting to stop listening until the particular story was concluded. I found Tolls ability in this regard very impressive. Toll provided thorough biographies of the major players and even some minor ones. He gave very good histories within the history in order to lay out settings, or locations, or cities including civilian life and how it interacted with the history. Toll managed to weave incongruent foundational information together to explain the overall history of the islands campaign and the naval; sea, air, and land battles that occurred. Length I didnt find the book too long. Actually, I was impressed by the amount of information provided in a mere 27-hours. I finished the book in 9-days, which is one of my fastest listens. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Pacific-Crucible-War-at-Sea-in-the-Pacific-1941-1942-Audiobook/B0062CHMRE Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942 Author: Ian W. Toll Narrator: Grover Gardner Format: Unabridged Length: 22 hrs and 10 mins Language: English Release date: 11-08-11 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1242 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Audie Award Nominee, History, 2013 The planning, the strategy, the sacrifices and heroics - on both sides - illuminating the greatest naval war in history. On the first Sunday in December 1941, an armada of Japanese warplanes appeared suddenly over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and devastated the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Six months later, in a sea fight north of the tiny atoll of Midway, four Japanese aircraft carriers were sent into the abyss. Pacific Crucible tells the epic tale of these first searing months of the Pacific war, when the U.S. Navy shook off the worst defeat in American military history and seized the strategic initiative. Ian W. Toll's dramatic narrative encompasses both the high command and the "sailor's-eye" view from the lower deck. Relying predominantly on eyewitness accounts and primary sources, Pacific Crucible also spotlights recent scholarship that has revised our understanding of the conflict, including the Japanese decision to provoke a war that few in the country's highest circles thought they could win. The result is a pause-resistant history that does justice to the breadth and depth of a tremendous subject. Critic Reviews: An entertaining, impressively researched chronicle of the tense period between the bombing of Pearl Harbor and American victory at the battle of Midway....Toll gives everyone involved in the conflict a chance to speak, bringing readers into the command centers and cockpits to reveal the humanity of combatants on both sides of the Pacific. (Kirkus) Revealing and poignant, Tolls latest deftly navigates the rough waters of the Pacific struggle with flying colors. (Publishers Weekly) Narrator Grover Gardner gives an applaudable narration of this detailed history of the Pacific Theater in WWIIGardner presents the many historical details in this work with an easygoing pace and precise enunciation that quickly draw in the listener and never let go. Rather than affecting an accent for quotations, he adjusts his inflection slightly, which works well. Novices and history buffs will find this performance a treat and want to hear the continuation of the story. (AudioFile) bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Ian W. Toll) Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:44:37 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Pacific-Crucible-War-at-Sea-in-the-Pacific-1941-1942-Audiobook/B0062CHMRE thebookvoice.com 22:10:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942 Author: Ian W. Toll Narrator: Grover Gardner Format: Unabridged Length: 22 hrs and 10 mins Language: English Release date: 11-08-11 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1242 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Audie Award Nominee, History, 2013 The planning, the strategy, the sacrifices and heroics - on both sides - illuminating the greatest naval war in history. On the first Sunday in December 1941, an armada of Japanese warplanes appeared suddenly over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and devastated the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Six months later, in a sea fight north of the tiny atoll of Midway, four Japanese aircraft carriers were sent into the abyss. Pacific Crucible tells the epic tale of these first searing months of the Pacific war, when the U.S. Navy shook off the worst defeat in American military history and seized the strategic initiative. Ian W. Toll's dramatic narrative encompasses both the high command and the "sailor's-eye" view from the lower deck. Relying predominantly on eyewitness accounts and primary sources, Pacific Crucible also spotlights recent scholarship that has revised our understanding of the conflict, including the Japanese decision to provoke a war that few in the country's highest circles thought they could win. The result is a pause-resistant history that does justice to the breadth and depth of a tremendous subject. Critic Reviews: An entertaining, impressively researched chronicle of the tense period between the bombing of Pearl Harbor and American victory at the battle of Midway....Toll gives everyone involved in the conflict a chance to speak, bringing readers into the command centers and cockpits to reveal the humanity of combatants on both sides of the Pacific. (Kirkus) Revealing and poignant, Tolls latest deftly navigates the rough waters of the Pacific struggle with flying colors. (Publishers Weekly) Narrator Grover Gardner gives an applaudable narration of this detailed history of the Pacific Theater in WWIIGardner presents the many historical details in this work with an easygoing pace and precise enunciation that quickly draw in the listener and never let go. Rather than affecting an accent for quotations, he adjusts his inflection slightly, which works well. Novices and history buffs will find this performance a treat and want to hear the continuation of the story. (AudioFile) Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942 Author: Ian W. Toll Narrator: Grover Gardner Format: Unabridged Length: 22 hrs and 10 mins Language: English Release date: 11-08-11 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1242 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Audie Award Nominee, History, 2013 The planning, the strategy, the sacrifices and heroics - on both sides - illuminating the greatest naval war in history. On the first Sunday in December 1941, an armada of Japanese warplanes appeared suddenly over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and devastated the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Six months later, in a sea fight north of the tiny atoll of Midway, four Japanese aircraft carriers were sent into the abyss. Pacific Crucible tells the epic tale of these first searing months of the Pacific war, when the U.S. Navy shook off the worst defeat in American military history and seized the strategic initiative. Ian W. Toll's dramatic narrative encompasses both the high command and the "sailor's-eye" view from the lower deck. Relying predominantly on eyewitness accounts and primary sources, Pacific Crucible also spotlights recent scholarship that has revised our understanding of the conflict, including the Japanese decision to provoke a war that few in the country's highest circles thought they could win. The result is a pause-resistant history that does justice to the breadth and depth of a tremendous subject. Critic Reviews: An entertaining, impressively researched chronicle of the tense period between the bombing of Pearl Harbor and American victory at the battle of Midway....Toll gives everyone involved in the conflict a chance to speak, bringing readers into the command centers and cockpits to reveal the humanity of combatants on both sides of the Pacific. (Kirkus) Revealing and poignant, Tolls latest deftly navigates the rough waters of the Pacific struggle with flying colors. (Publishers Weekly) Narrator Grover Gardner gives an applaudable narration of this detailed history of the Pacific Theater in WWIIGardner presents the many historical details in this work with an easygoing pace and precise enunciation that quickly draw in the listener and never let go. Rather than affecting an accent for quotations, he adjusts his inflection slightly, which works well. Novices and history buffs will find this performance a treat and want to hear the continuation of the story. (AudioFile) Members Reviews: Superb narrative history I thought Tull's "Six Frigates" was just of average interest, but "Pacific Crucible" is leaps and bounds beyond that. It's just the kind of narrative history I love: the writer is willing to take time to explore the background and side stories at length without losing the momentum of the story. Tull takes the time to show how the American and Japanese navies came to be shaped and then demonstrates throughout his account of the clashes, beginning with Pearl Harbor and ending with Midway, between them. Like Max Hastings, Tull is adept at interweaving personal accounts with the larger historical view. To me, the ultimate test of an audiobook is whether I'm tempted away to listen to other things: in this case, I was held for over twenty hours without ever once experiencing that temptation. A terrific listen! Astonishingly good. I have been reading about World War II for many years, but most of the books I have read cover the war in the European area North Africa, Sicily, Italy, France, Poland and Russia. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Midnight-in-the-Pacific-Audiobook/B073X2GVDT Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Midnight in the Pacific Subtitle: Guadalcanal - The World War II Battle That Turned the Tide of War Author: Joseph Wheelan Narrator: Kevin Stillwell Format: Unabridged Length: 16 hrs and 16 mins Language: English Release date: 08-01-17 Publisher: Hachette Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 102 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: A sweeping narrative history - the first in over 20 years - of America's first major offensive of World War II, the brutal, no-quarter-given campaign to take Japanese-occupied Guadalcanal. From early August until mid-November of 1942, US marines, sailors, and pilots struggled for dominance against an implacable enemy: Japanese soldiers, inculcated with the bushido tradition of death before dishonor, avatars of bayonet combat - close-up, personal, and gruesome. The glittering prize was Henderson Airfield. Japanese planners knew that if they neutralized the airfield, the battle was won. So did the marines who stubbornly defended it. The outcome of the long slugfest remained in doubt under the pressure of repeated Japanese air, land, and sea operations. And losses were heavy. At sea, in a half-dozen fiery combats, the US Navy fought the Imperial Japanese Navy to a draw, but at a cost of more than 4,500 sailors. More American sailors died in these battles off Guadalcanal than in all previous US wars, and each side lost 24 warships. On land, more than 1,500 soldiers and marines died, and the air war claimed more than 500 US planes. Japan's losses on the island were equally devastating - starving Japanese soldiers called it "the island of death". But when the attritional struggle ended, American marines, sailors, and airmen had halted the Japanese juggernaut that for five years had whirled through Asia and the Pacific. Guadalcanal was America's first major ground victory against Japan and, most importantly, the Pacific War's turning point. Published on the 75th anniversary of the battle and utilizing vivid accounts written by the combatants at Guadalcanal, along with marine corps and army archives and oral histories, Midnight in the Pacific is both a sweeping narrative and a compelling drama of individual marines, soldiers, and sailors caught in the crosshairs of history. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Joseph Wheelan) Tue, 01 Aug 2017 20:37:42 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Midnight-in-the-Pacific-Audiobook/B073X2GVDT thebookvoice.com 16:16:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Midnight in the Pacific Subtitle: Guadalcanal - The World War II Battle That Turned the Tide of War Author: Joseph Wheelan Narrator: Kevin Stillwell Format: Unabridged Length: 16 hrs and 16 mins Language: English Release date: 08-01-17 Publisher: Hachette Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 102 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: A sweeping narrative history - the first in over 20 years - of America's first major offensive of World War II, the brutal, no-quarter-given campaign to take Japanese-occupied Guadalcanal. From early August until mid-November of 1942, US marines, sailors, and pilots struggled for dominance against an implacable enemy: Japanese soldiers, inculcated with the bushido tradition of death before dishonor, avatars of bayonet combat - close-up, personal, and gruesome. The glittering prize was Henderson Airfield. Japanese planners knew that if they neutralized the airfield, the battle was won. So did the marines who stubbornly defended it. The outcome of the long slugfest remained in doubt under the pressure of repeated Japanese air, land, and sea operations. And losses were heavy. At sea, in a half-dozen fiery combats, the US Navy fought the Imperial Japanese Navy to a draw, but at a cost of more than 4,500 sailors. More American sailors died in these battles off Guadalcanal than in all previous US wars, and each side lost 24 warships. On land, more than 1,500 soldiers and marines died, and the air war claimed more than 500 US planes. Japan's losses on the island were equally devastating - starving Japanese soldiers called it "the island of death". But when the attritional struggle ended, American marines, sailors, and airmen had halted the Japanese juggernaut that for five years had whirled through Asia and the Pacific. Guadalcanal was America's first major ground victory against Japan and, most importantly, the Pacific War's turning point. Published on the 75th anniversary of the battle and utilizing vivid accounts written by the combatants at Guadalcanal, along with marine corps and army archives and oral histories, Midnight in the Pacific is both a sweeping narrative and a compelling drama of individual marines, soldiers, and sailors caught in the crosshairs of history. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Midnight in the Pacific Subtitle: Guadalcanal - The World War II Battle That Turned the Tide of War Author: Joseph Wheelan Narrator: Kevin Stillwell Format: Unabridged Length: 16 hrs and 16 mins Language: English Release date: 08-01-17 Publisher: Hachette Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 102 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: A sweeping narrative history - the first in over 20 years - of America's first major offensive of World War II, the brutal, no-quarter-given campaign to take Japanese-occupied Guadalcanal. From early August until mid-November of 1942, US marines, sailors, and pilots struggled for dominance against an implacable enemy: Japanese soldiers, inculcated with the bushido tradition of death before dishonor, avatars of bayonet combat - close-up, personal, and gruesome. The glittering prize was Henderson Airfield. Japanese planners knew that if they neutralized the airfield, the battle was won. So did the marines who stubbornly defended it. The outcome of the long slugfest remained in doubt under the pressure of repeated Japanese air, land, and sea operations. And losses were heavy. At sea, in a half-dozen fiery combats, the US Navy fought the Imperial Japanese Navy to a draw, but at a cost of more than 4,500 sailors. More American sailors died in these battles off Guadalcanal than in all previous US wars, and each side lost 24 warships. On land, more than 1,500 soldiers and marines died, and the air war claimed more than 500 US planes. Japan's losses on the island were equally devastating - starving Japanese soldiers called it "the island of death". But when the attritional struggle ended, American marines, sailors, and airmen had halted the Japanese juggernaut that for five years had whirled through Asia and the Pacific. Guadalcanal was America's first major ground victory against Japan and, most importantly, the Pacific War's turning point. Published on the 75th anniversary of the battle and utilizing vivid accounts written by the combatants at Guadalcanal, along with marine corps and army archives and oral histories, Midnight in the Pacific is both a sweeping narrative and a compelling drama of individual marines, soldiers, and sailors caught in the crosshairs of history. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. Members Reviews: Don't start here or you'll be confused. Would you try another book from Joseph Wheelan and/or Kevin Stillwell? Maybe. Guadalcanal is a tough topic. This author tries to bring the personal part of the story home, and frequently does a good job of that, bringing humanity through the voices of the participants. On the other hand, he does a poor job providing the overall context of what's going on. This fight is a huge story of outstanding and poor leadership, of great individual bravery and some cowardice, often by the folks in charge. The author misses some key things. He gives us a great account of Puller going aboard the destroyer and saving his men, he misses the human part of the exchange between Puller and the ship captain about who's got the better life (and potential death). The USS San Francisco kills as many sailors aboard the USS Atlanta than the Japanese kill Marines on Bloody Ridge. Callahan dies on the San Francisco. The author makes assumptions about what Callahan thought during the battle and states them as fact when we can't possibly know. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Guns-of-August-Audiobook/B004UC5EEQ Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Guns of August Author: Barbara W. Tuchman Narrator: John Lee Format: Unabridged Length: 19 hrs and 2 mins Language: English Release date: 03-30-11 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 925 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Barbara Tuchman here brought to life again the people and events that led up to World War I. With attention to fascinating detail, and an intense knowledge of her subject and its characters, Ms. Tuchman reveals, for the first time, just how the war started, why, and why it could have been stopped but wasn't. A classic historical survey of a time and a people we all need to know more about, The Guns of August will not be forgotten. Critic Reviews: "Fascinating.... One of the finest works of history written.... A splendid and glittering performance." (The New York Times) bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Barbara W. Tuchman) Wed, 30 Mar 2011 02:52:60 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Guns-of-August-Audiobook/B004UC5EEQ thebookvoice.com 19:02:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Guns of August Author: Barbara W. Tuchman Narrator: John Lee Format: Unabridged Length: 19 hrs and 2 mins Language: English Release date: 03-30-11 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 925 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Barbara Tuchman here brought to life again the people and events that led up to World War I. With attention to fascinating detail, and an intense knowledge of her subject and its characters, Ms. Tuchman reveals, for the first time, just how the war started, why, and why it could have been stopped but wasn't. A classic historical survey of a time and a people we all need to know more about, The Guns of August will not be forgotten. Critic Reviews: "Fascinating.... One of the finest works of history written.... A splendid and glittering performance." (The New York Times) Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Guns of August Author: Barbara W. Tuchman Narrator: John Lee Format: Unabridged Length: 19 hrs and 2 mins Language: English Release date: 03-30-11 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 925 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Barbara Tuchman here brought to life again the people and events that led up to World War I. With attention to fascinating detail, and an intense knowledge of her subject and its characters, Ms. Tuchman reveals, for the first time, just how the war started, why, and why it could have been stopped but wasn't. A classic historical survey of a time and a people we all need to know more about, The Guns of August will not be forgotten. Critic Reviews: "Fascinating.... One of the finest works of history written.... A splendid and glittering performance." (The New York Times) Members Reviews: Pay attention! Phew, this was a difficult book to digest in the audiobook format. Neither is it easy to digest in a paper book format. It is dense. It is detailed. Names and places and battles are thrown at you in rapid succession. You have to remember who is who, which corps is fighting where and its number, the title of each commander and more. You do not have time to stop and think and recall what was told to you minutes/pages or even hours/chapters before. You need more than a detailed map because you dont have much time to spend looking at that map. What you need most of all is a good memory, a good knowledge of history and geographic knowledge before you even pick up the book. OR you can read this book to begin learning and accept that there will be parts that go over your head. That is what I did, and I enjoyed much of it, but I also spent time exasperated since there were sentences I had to think about and ponder before I understood their implications. I had to rewind and write notes and search on the internet. Does this mean I regret reading it? My response is emphatically no. Much of the book is set in Belgium and France. (It also covers the Eastern Prussian Front.) I have been to many of the towns, cities, citadels, squares, forests and rivers named. Knowing the history of what happened where I have walked is special to me. I am a bit unsure if it would mean as much to one who has not been there. If you have been in the Ardennes you immediately understand the difficulty of moving artillery around there. Having walked in Leuven, Dinant, Mons, Charleroi and Namur, to name a smattering, when you hear of the burning and sacking and murder of hostages, you more intimately understand. I believe my own experiences, rather than the writing made the events real. It is important to know that this book is focused primarily on the military battles of the first month of the war. Why? Because what happened then set the course for the four years that followed. You might as well be told that the primary focus is military because that will not appeal to all. The start of World War One is all about the idiosyncrasies of generals. It is about a lack of communication. It is about men who have decided on a plan and from that they will not budge. The narration by John Lee was fine, but he does not speak slowly and that might have made things a bit easier. Some say he speaks with a Scottish dialect. That is fine by me! I will tell you why I liked this book. I now have the basics for how the war started. I appreciate knowing what has happened to the people living around me here in Belgium; I understand them better. I understand why they so quickly capitulated in the Second World War. Today there is so much squabbling going on between the Flemish and the French people of Belgium. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Lemon-Tree-Audiobook/B00HNETI86 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Lemon Tree Author: Sandy Tolan Narrator: Sandy Tolan Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins Language: English Release date: 02-04-14 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 212 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The tale of a simple act of faith between two young people - one Israeli, one Palestinian - that symbolizes the hope for peace in the Middle East. In 1967, not long after the Six-Day War, three young Arab men ventured into the town of Ramle, in what is now Jewish Israel. They were cousins, on a pilgrimage to see their childhood homes; their families had been driven out of Palestine nearly 20 years earlier. One cousin had a door slammed in his face, and another found his old house had been converted into a school. But the third, Bashir Al-Khairi, was met at the door by a young woman called Dalia, who invited them in. This act of faith in the face of many years of animosity is the starting point for a true story of a remarkable relationship between two families, one Arab, one Jewish, amid the fraught modern history of the region. In his childhood home, in the lemon tree his father planted in the backyard, Bashir sees dispossession and occupation; Dalia, who arrived as an infant in 1948 with her family from Bulgaria, sees hope for a people devastated by the Holocaust. As both are swept up in the fates of their people, and Bashir is jailed for his alleged part in a supermarket bombing, the friends do not speak for years. They finally reconcile and convert the house in Ramle into a day-care centre for Arab children of Israel, and a center for dialogue between Arabs and Jews. Now the dialogue they started seems more threatened than ever; the lemon tree died in 1998, and Bashir was jailed again, without charge. The Lemon Tree grew out of a 43-minute radio documentary that Sandy Tolan produced for Fresh Air. With this audiobook, he pursues the story into the homes and histories of the two families at its center, and up to the present day. Their stories form a personal microcosm of the last 70 years of Israeli-Palestinian history. In a region that seems ever more divided, The Lemon Tree is a reminder of all that is at stake, and of all that is still possible. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Sandy Tolan) Tue, 04 Feb 2014 16:05:00 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Lemon-Tree-Audiobook/B00HNETI86 thebookvoice.com 11:20:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Lemon Tree Author: Sandy Tolan Narrator: Sandy Tolan Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins Language: English Release date: 02-04-14 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 212 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The tale of a simple act of faith between two young people - one Israeli, one Palestinian - that symbolizes the hope for peace in the Middle East. In 1967, not long after the Six-Day War, three young Arab men ventured into the town of Ramle, in what is now Jewish Israel. They were cousins, on a pilgrimage to see their childhood homes; their families had been driven out of Palestine nearly 20 years earlier. One cousin had a door slammed in his face, and another found his old house had been converted into a school. But the third, Bashir Al-Khairi, was met at the door by a young woman called Dalia, who invited them in. This act of faith in the face of many years of animosity is the starting point for a true story of a remarkable relationship between two families, one Arab, one Jewish, amid the fraught modern history of the region. In his childhood home, in the lemon tree his father planted in the backyard, Bashir sees dispossession and occupation; Dalia, who arrived as an infant in 1948 with her family from Bulgaria, sees hope for a people devastated by the Holocaust. As both are swept up in the fates of their people, and Bashir is jailed for his alleged part in a supermarket bombing, the friends do not speak for years. They finally reconcile and convert the house in Ramle into a day-care centre for Arab children of Israel, and a center for dialogue between Arabs and Jews. Now the dialogue they started seems more threatened than ever; the lemon tree died in 1998, and Bashir was jailed again, without charge. The Lemon Tree grew out of a 43-minute radio documentary that Sandy Tolan produced for Fresh Air. With this audiobook, he pursues the story into the homes and histories of the two families at its center, and up to the present day. Their stories form a personal microcosm of the last 70 years of Israeli-Palestinian history. In a region that seems ever more divided, The Lemon Tree is a reminder of all that is at stake, and of all that is still possible. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Lemon Tree Author: Sandy Tolan Narrator: Sandy Tolan Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins Language: English Release date: 02-04-14 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 212 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The tale of a simple act of faith between two young people - one Israeli, one Palestinian - that symbolizes the hope for peace in the Middle East. In 1967, not long after the Six-Day War, three young Arab men ventured into the town of Ramle, in what is now Jewish Israel. They were cousins, on a pilgrimage to see their childhood homes; their families had been driven out of Palestine nearly 20 years earlier. One cousin had a door slammed in his face, and another found his old house had been converted into a school. But the third, Bashir Al-Khairi, was met at the door by a young woman called Dalia, who invited them in. This act of faith in the face of many years of animosity is the starting point for a true story of a remarkable relationship between two families, one Arab, one Jewish, amid the fraught modern history of the region. In his childhood home, in the lemon tree his father planted in the backyard, Bashir sees dispossession and occupation; Dalia, who arrived as an infant in 1948 with her family from Bulgaria, sees hope for a people devastated by the Holocaust. As both are swept up in the fates of their people, and Bashir is jailed for his alleged part in a supermarket bombing, the friends do not speak for years. They finally reconcile and convert the house in Ramle into a day-care centre for Arab children of Israel, and a center for dialogue between Arabs and Jews. Now the dialogue they started seems more threatened than ever; the lemon tree died in 1998, and Bashir was jailed again, without charge. The Lemon Tree grew out of a 43-minute radio documentary that Sandy Tolan produced for Fresh Air. With this audiobook, he pursues the story into the homes and histories of the two families at its center, and up to the present day. Their stories form a personal microcosm of the last 70 years of Israeli-Palestinian history. In a region that seems ever more divided, The Lemon Tree is a reminder of all that is at stake, and of all that is still possible. Members Reviews: A real life account that reads like a novel. Tolan reduces the essence of the Jewish -Palestinian conflict to it lowest common denominator -- personal longing for rootednes. He demonstrates that there is no short or easy route to peace in the Middle East, but it is possible through continual dialogue pressing to see the other as your brother, sister. Empathetic As a Jew by choice I read this book to get some idea of the Israel/Palestine conflict. I wanted a view from both sides and I got one. The fact that the author narrated the story made it that much more powerful. You get the full intention of her work with inflections and emphasis in all the right ways. I would highly recommend. Audible 20 Review Sweepstakes Entry A very small piece of a huge picture. The story is well written and colorfully told but it's perspective lacks the spiritual and much longer history that lies beyond what is told here. Neither of the two main characters here are happy and at peace. Furthermore they cannot yet see a solution to their dilemma. Rethinking history A chance to hear two very personal stories apart from the media's portrayal of historic events; and contemplate the situation at a more mature time in my life. Very worthwhile reading! Just as it is with my own extended family members, I find that I love both families and feel their pain but am helpless to resolve differences. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Dereliction-of-Duty-Audiobook/B06XJ83MB2 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Dereliction of Duty Author: H. R. McMaster Narrator: H. R. McMaster Format: Abridged Length: 3 hrs and 9 mins Language: English Release date: 03-28-17 Publisher: HarperAudio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 207 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: "The war in Vietnam was not lost in the field, nor was it lost on the front pages of the New York Times or the college campuses. It was lost in Washington, DC." (H. R. McMaster, from the conclusion) Dereliction of Duty is a stunning analysis of how and why the United States became involved in an all-out and disastrous war in Southeast Asia. Fully and convincingly researched, based on transcripts and personal accounts of crucial meetings, confrontations and decisions, it is the only book that fully re-creates what happened and why. McMaster pinpoints the policies and decisions that got the United States into the morass and reveals who made these decisions and the motives behind them, disproving the published theories of other historians and excuses of the participants. A gripping narrative, Dereliction of Duty focuses on a fascinating cast of characters: President Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, General Maxwell Taylor, McGeorge Bundy, and other top aides who deliberately deceived the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the US Congress, and the American public. McMaster's only book, Dereliction of Duty is an explosive and authoritative new look at the controversy concerning the United States involvement in Vietnam. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (H. R. McMaster) Tue, 28 Mar 2017 16:06:00 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Dereliction-of-Duty-Audiobook/B06XJ83MB2 thebookvoice.com 03:09:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Dereliction of Duty Author: H. R. McMaster Narrator: H. R. McMaster Format: Abridged Length: 3 hrs and 9 mins Language: English Release date: 03-28-17 Publisher: HarperAudio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 207 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: "The war in Vietnam was not lost in the field, nor was it lost on the front pages of the New York Times or the college campuses. It was lost in Washington, DC." (H. R. McMaster, from the conclusion) Dereliction of Duty is a stunning analysis of how and why the United States became involved in an all-out and disastrous war in Southeast Asia. Fully and convincingly researched, based on transcripts and personal accounts of crucial meetings, confrontations and decisions, it is the only book that fully re-creates what happened and why. McMaster pinpoints the policies and decisions that got the United States into the morass and reveals who made these decisions and the motives behind them, disproving the published theories of other historians and excuses of the participants. A gripping narrative, Dereliction of Duty focuses on a fascinating cast of characters: President Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, General Maxwell Taylor, McGeorge Bundy, and other top aides who deliberately deceived the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the US Congress, and the American public. McMaster's only book, Dereliction of Duty is an explosive and authoritative new look at the controversy concerning the United States involvement in Vietnam. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Dereliction of Duty Author: H. R. McMaster Narrator: H. R. McMaster Format: Abridged Length: 3 hrs and 9 mins Language: English Release date: 03-28-17 Publisher: HarperAudio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 207 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: "The war in Vietnam was not lost in the field, nor was it lost on the front pages of the New York Times or the college campuses. It was lost in Washington, DC." (H. R. McMaster, from the conclusion) Dereliction of Duty is a stunning analysis of how and why the United States became involved in an all-out and disastrous war in Southeast Asia. Fully and convincingly researched, based on transcripts and personal accounts of crucial meetings, confrontations and decisions, it is the only book that fully re-creates what happened and why. McMaster pinpoints the policies and decisions that got the United States into the morass and reveals who made these decisions and the motives behind them, disproving the published theories of other historians and excuses of the participants. A gripping narrative, Dereliction of Duty focuses on a fascinating cast of characters: President Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, General Maxwell Taylor, McGeorge Bundy, and other top aides who deliberately deceived the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the US Congress, and the American public. McMaster's only book, Dereliction of Duty is an explosive and authoritative new look at the controversy concerning the United States involvement in Vietnam. Members Reviews: Abridged Version Anyone Found out after reading along with the actual book that this audio book was missing significant sections from the book. Not happy that abridged wasnt included in the review, but still drove home major points of the past. Not the complete book Where are the remains chapters? This only covers 1-4. This is missing several chapter and the introduction. Didn't know what I didn't know! I grew up during this period with a father that was an NCO in the Marines. This book explains much of what I heard and put the pieces in place, finally. We lost cousins, friends to a war that arrogant intellectuals failed to prosecute and win. After 8 years of a similar presidency, the stakes are even higher for the world. Thank God for McMasters and Trump. Win this one guys--make the world safe for my children! A must-read. Candid, authoritative, expose' Read this for an authoritative account of the secrets, policies and politics that drove us into Vietnam. McMaster's account is controversial, principally because of it's harsh truth and the authoritative, unimpeachable source from which out comes - not because of there being any question about the facts he presents. John Nagl, in his excellent book Knife Fights, describes the sanctions and career damage McMaster was subjected to as a consequent of his his writing Dereliction of Duty. His reading is good also. Must Read for military leaders. Great insight from Gen McMaster. This book paints a clear picture of goings on leading to Vietnam. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-General-vs-the-President-Audiobook/B01LW82RVZ Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The General vs. the President Subtitle: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War Author: H. W. Brands Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Length: 15 hrs and 22 mins Language: English Release date: 10-11-16 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 394 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: From master storyteller and historian H. W. Brands, twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, comes the riveting story of how President Harry Truman and General Douglas MacArthur squared off to decide America's future in the aftermath of World War II. At the height of the Korean War, President Harry S. Truman committed a gaffe that sent shock waves around the world. When asked by a reporter about the possible use of atomic weapons in response to China's entry into the war, Truman replied testily, "The military commander in the field will have charge of the use of the weapons, as he always has." This suggested that General Douglas MacArthur, the willful, fearless, and highly decorated commander of the American and UN forces, had his finger on the nuclear trigger. A correction quickly followed, but the damage was done; two visions for America's path forward were clearly in opposition, and one man would have to make way. Truman was one of the most unpopular presidents in American history. Heir to a struggling economy, a ruined Europe, and increasing tension with the Soviet Union, on no issue was the path ahead clear and easy. General MacArthur, by contrast, was incredibly popular, as untouchable as any officer has ever been in America. The lessons he drew from World War II were absolute: appeasement leads to disaster, and a showdown with the Communists was inevitable - the sooner the better. In the nuclear era, when the Soviets, too, had the bomb, the specter of a catastrophic third world war lurked menacingly close on the horizon. The contest of wills between these two titanic characters unfolds against the turbulent backdrop of a faraway war and terrors conjured at home by Joseph McCarthy. From the drama of Stalin's blockade of West Berlin to the daring landing of MacArthur's forces at Inchon to the shocking entrance of China into the war, The General vs. the President vividly evokes the making of a new American era. Critic Reviews: "Scott Brick's narration shines as he delivers Brands's detailed account of the ultimate battle for military control between a struggling President Truman and a rogue General MacArthur.... Thanks to the talents of narrator and author, a broad audience will find this a riveting listen that goes beyond the simple historical facts to reveal the real men who, for a brief time, controlled the fate of the world." (AudioFile) bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (H. W. Brands) Tue, 11 Oct 2016 09:21:57 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-General-vs-the-President-Audiobook/B01LW82RVZ thebookvoice.com 15:22:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The General vs. the President Subtitle: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War Author: H. W. Brands Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Length: 15 hrs and 22 mins Language: English Release date: 10-11-16 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 394 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: From master storyteller and historian H. W. Brands, twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, comes the riveting story of how President Harry Truman and General Douglas MacArthur squared off to decide America's future in the aftermath of World War II. At the height of the Korean War, President Harry S. Truman committed a gaffe that sent shock waves around the world. When asked by a reporter about the possible use of atomic weapons in response to China's entry into the war, Truman replied testily, "The military commander in the field will have charge of the use of the weapons, as he always has." This suggested that General Douglas MacArthur, the willful, fearless, and highly decorated commander of the American and UN forces, had his finger on the nuclear trigger. A correction quickly followed, but the damage was done; two visions for America's path forward were clearly in opposition, and one man would have to make way. Truman was one of the most unpopular presidents in American history. Heir to a struggling economy, a ruined Europe, and increasing tension with the Soviet Union, on no issue was the path ahead clear and easy. General MacArthur, by contrast, was incredibly popular, as untouchable as any officer has ever been in America. The lessons he drew from World War II were absolute: appeasement leads to disaster, and a showdown with the Communists was inevitable - the sooner the better. In the nuclear era, when the Soviets, too, had the bomb, the specter of a catastrophic third world war lurked menacingly close on the horizon. The contest of wills between these two titanic characters unfolds against the turbulent backdrop of a faraway war and terrors conjured at home by Joseph McCarthy. From the drama of Stalin's blockade of West Berlin to the daring landing of MacArthur's forces at Inchon to the shocking entrance of China into the war, The General vs. the President vividly evokes the making of a new American era. Critic Reviews: "Scott Brick's narration shines as he delivers Brands's detailed account of the ultimate battle for military control between a struggling President Truman and a rogue General MacArthur.... Thanks to the talents of narrator and author, a broad audience will find this a riveting listen that goes beyond the simple historical facts to reveal the real men who, for a brief time, controlled the fate of the world." (AudioFile) Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The General vs. the President Subtitle: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War Author: H. W. Brands Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Length: 15 hrs and 22 mins Language: English Release date: 10-11-16 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 394 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: From master storyteller and historian H. W. Brands, twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, comes the riveting story of how President Harry Truman and General Douglas MacArthur squared off to decide America's future in the aftermath of World War II. At the height of the Korean War, President Harry S. Truman committed a gaffe that sent shock waves around the world. When asked by a reporter about the possible use of atomic weapons in response to China's entry into the war, Truman replied testily, "The military commander in the field will have charge of the use of the weapons, as he always has." This suggested that General Douglas MacArthur, the willful, fearless, and highly decorated commander of the American and UN forces, had his finger on the nuclear trigger. A correction quickly followed, but the damage was done; two visions for America's path forward were clearly in opposition, and one man would have to make way. Truman was one of the most unpopular presidents in American history. Heir to a struggling economy, a ruined Europe, and increasing tension with the Soviet Union, on no issue was the path ahead clear and easy. General MacArthur, by contrast, was incredibly popular, as untouchable as any officer has ever been in America. The lessons he drew from World War II were absolute: appeasement leads to disaster, and a showdown with the Communists was inevitable - the sooner the better. In the nuclear era, when the Soviets, too, had the bomb, the specter of a catastrophic third world war lurked menacingly close on the horizon. The contest of wills between these two titanic characters unfolds against the turbulent backdrop of a faraway war and terrors conjured at home by Joseph McCarthy. From the drama of Stalin's blockade of West Berlin to the daring landing of MacArthur's forces at Inchon to the shocking entrance of China into the war, The General vs. the President vividly evokes the making of a new American era. Critic Reviews: "Scott Brick's narration shines as he delivers Brands's detailed account of the ultimate battle for military control between a struggling President Truman and a rogue General MacArthur.... Thanks to the talents of narrator and author, a broad audience will find this a riveting listen that goes beyond the simple historical facts to reveal the real men who, for a brief time, controlled the fate of the world." (AudioFile) Members Reviews: A Vivid Dramatic Accounting This is a great comparison study. Professor Brands is a master storyteller. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. After World War II MacArthur was extremely popular. The lessons he learned from WWII were absolute: appeasement leads to disaster, and a showdown with the communists was inevitable and as far as Douglas MacArthur was concerned the sooner the better. At the time, Truman was an unpopular president. Truman faced a struggling economy, a ruined Europe and increasing hostilities with the Soviet Union. Senator Joseph McCarthy was in full swing and he had a hostile divided Congress. Also, Truman had to deal with Stalins blockade of West Berlin with the airlift of food. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Master-Switch-Audiobook/B004964ZKM Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Master Switch Subtitle: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires Author: Tim Wu Narrator: Marc Vietor Format: Unabridged Length: 14 hrs and 10 mins Language: English Release date: 11-02-10 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1141 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: A secret history of the industrial wars behind the rise and fall of the 20th century's great information empires - Hollywood, the broadcast networks, and AT&T - asking one big question: Could history repeat itself, with one giant entity taking control of American information? Most consider the Internet Age to be a moment of unprecedented freedom in communications and culture. But as Tim Wu shows, each major new medium, from telephone to cable, arrived on a similar wave of idealistic optimism only to become, eventually, the object of industrial consolidation profoundly affecting how Americans communicate. Every once-free and open technology was in time centralized and closed, a huge corporate power taking control of the master switch. Today, as a similar struggle looms over the Internet, increasingly the pipeline of all other media, the stakes have never been higher. To be decided: who gets heard, and what kind of country we live in. Part industrial exposé, part meditation on the nature of freedom of expression, part battle cry to save the Internet's best features, The Master Switch brings to light a crucial drama rife with indelible characters and stories, heretofore played out over decades in the shadows of our national life. Critic Reviews: Wus engaging narrative and remarkable historical detail make this a compelling and galvanizing cry for sanity - and necessary deregulation - in the information age. (Publishers Weekly) This is an essential look at the directions that personal computing could be headed depending on which policies and worldviews come to dominate control over the Internet. (Booklist) "Theres a sharp insight and a surprising fact on nearly every page of Wus masterful survey. Above all, Wu shows that each new communications technology spawns the same old quest for power." (The Boston Globe) "A brilliant exploration of the oscillations of communications technologies between 'open' and 'closed' from the early days of the telephone up through Hollywood and broadcast television up to the Internet era." (Forbes.com) "My pick for economics book of the year." (Ezra Klein, The Washington Post) bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Tim Wu) Tue, 02 Nov 2010 08:36:11 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Master-Switch-Audiobook/B004964ZKM thebookvoice.com 14:10:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Master Switch Subtitle: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires Author: Tim Wu Narrator: Marc Vietor Format: Unabridged Length: 14 hrs and 10 mins Language: English Release date: 11-02-10 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1141 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: A secret history of the industrial wars behind the rise and fall of the 20th century's great information empires - Hollywood, the broadcast networks, and AT&T - asking one big question: Could history repeat itself, with one giant entity taking control of American information? Most consider the Internet Age to be a moment of unprecedented freedom in communications and culture. But as Tim Wu shows, each major new medium, from telephone to cable, arrived on a similar wave of idealistic optimism only to become, eventually, the object of industrial consolidation profoundly affecting how Americans communicate. Every once-free and open technology was in time centralized and closed, a huge corporate power taking control of the master switch. Today, as a similar struggle looms over the Internet, increasingly the pipeline of all other media, the stakes have never been higher. To be decided: who gets heard, and what kind of country we live in. Part industrial exposé, part meditation on the nature of freedom of expression, part battle cry to save the Internet's best features, The Master Switch brings to light a crucial drama rife with indelible characters and stories, heretofore played out over decades in the shadows of our national life. Critic Reviews: Wus engaging narrative and remarkable historical detail make this a compelling and galvanizing cry for sanity - and necessary deregulation - in the information age. (Publishers Weekly) This is an essential look at the directions that personal computing could be headed depending on which policies and worldviews come to dominate control over the Internet. (Booklist) "Theres a sharp insight and a surprising fact on nearly every page of Wus masterful survey. Above all, Wu shows that each new communications technology spawns the same old quest for power." (The Boston Globe) "A brilliant exploration of the oscillations of communications technologies between 'open' and 'closed' from the early days of the telephone up through Hollywood and broadcast television up to the Internet era." (Forbes.com) "My pick for economics book of the year." (Ezra Klein, The Washington Post) Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Master Switch Subtitle: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires Author: Tim Wu Narrator: Marc Vietor Format: Unabridged Length: 14 hrs and 10 mins Language: English Release date: 11-02-10 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1141 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: A secret history of the industrial wars behind the rise and fall of the 20th century's great information empires - Hollywood, the broadcast networks, and AT&T - asking one big question: Could history repeat itself, with one giant entity taking control of American information? Most consider the Internet Age to be a moment of unprecedented freedom in communications and culture. But as Tim Wu shows, each major new medium, from telephone to cable, arrived on a similar wave of idealistic optimism only to become, eventually, the object of industrial consolidation profoundly affecting how Americans communicate. Every once-free and open technology was in time centralized and closed, a huge corporate power taking control of the master switch. Today, as a similar struggle looms over the Internet, increasingly the pipeline of all other media, the stakes have never been higher. To be decided: who gets heard, and what kind of country we live in. Part industrial exposé, part meditation on the nature of freedom of expression, part battle cry to save the Internet's best features, The Master Switch brings to light a crucial drama rife with indelible characters and stories, heretofore played out over decades in the shadows of our national life. Critic Reviews: Wus engaging narrative and remarkable historical detail make this a compelling and galvanizing cry for sanity - and necessary deregulation - in the information age. (Publishers Weekly) This is an essential look at the directions that personal computing could be headed depending on which policies and worldviews come to dominate control over the Internet. (Booklist) "Theres a sharp insight and a surprising fact on nearly every page of Wus masterful survey. Above all, Wu shows that each new communications technology spawns the same old quest for power." (The Boston Globe) "A brilliant exploration of the oscillations of communications technologies between 'open' and 'closed' from the early days of the telephone up through Hollywood and broadcast television up to the Internet era." (Forbes.com) "My pick for economics book of the year." (Ezra Klein, The Washington Post) Members Reviews: Very interesting history, biased conclusions I've never heard of Tim Wu before reading this, but he really knows his stuff as far as media/technology history goes. The best parts of this book were examining this history of prior "cutting edge" media (Telephony, Radio, Television) through the eyes of what we'd now call the "Open Source" vs. "Closed System" dynamic. Fascinating and informative. I found I couldn't put it down. HOWEVER -- the last hour turns into a very biased analysis of what's going on today. I take his larger point -- that the Internet's open-ended structure which we tend to think of as permanent is not, in fact, unassailable. I think it's a well-supported point and he makes some interesting conjectures as to how that structure could change. But I feel he makes a serious error in his analysis. Specifically, he reduces "fate of the communications future" to a simple dynamic: Apple vs Google, with his preference clearly falling on Team Google. I think this a fairly short-sighted, narrow interpretation. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-War-Below-Audiobook/B00CLERXIA Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The War Below Subtitle: The Story of Three Submarines That Battled Japan Author: James Scott Narrator: Donald Corren Format: Unabridged Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins Language: English Release date: 05-14-13 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 684 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The riveting story of the submarine force that helped win World War II by ravaging Japans merchant fleet and destroying its economy. The War Below is a dramatic account of extraordinary heroism, ingenuity, and perseveranceand the vital role American submarines played in winning the Pacific War. Focusing on the unique stories of the submarines Silversides, Drum, and Tangand the men who skippered and crewed themJames Scott takes readers beneath the waves to experience the thrill of a direct hit on a merchant ship and the terror of depth charge attacks. Its a story filled with incredible feats of courage, including an emergency appendectomy performed with spoons by an inexperienced medic and the desperate struggle of sailors to escape from a flooded submarine stuck on the bottom, as well as tragic moments such as American submarines sinking an unmarked enemy ship carrying some 1,800 American POWs. The casualty rate among submariners topped that of all military branches, a staggering six times higher than the surface navy. The war claimed almost one out of every five boats. But Japan was so ravaged by the loss of precious fuel and supplies that by wars end, Japanese warships lay at anchor while hungry civilians ate sawdust. Scott paints an unforgettable picture of the dangerous life submariners endured, including the atrocious prison camps where the Japanese beat, tortured, and starved captured Allied troops. Based on more than one hundred interviews with submarine veterans and a review of more than three thousand pages of previously unpublished letters, diaries, and personal writings, The War Below allows readers to experience the Pacific War as never before. Critic Reviews: Using voluminous official records plus interviews and an amazing number of unpublished diaries and letters, formerCharleston Post and Courierinvestigative reporter Scott delivers a gripping, almost day-by-day account of the actions of three submarinesMilitary buffs will lap it up, but general readers may find it difficult to resist the tension, drama, and fireworks of this underappreciated but dazzlingly destructive American weapon of World War II. (Kirkus Reviews) This is the most absorbing narrative of submarine warfare that Ive read in years. The research is so deep, and the writing so vivid, I could practically feel the vast ocean closing over me as these three boats ranged the Pacific looking for the kill. (James D. Hornfischer,New York Timesbestselling author) Beautifully researched and masterfully told, James Scotts book is an enthralling and important addition to the story of undersea warfare. (Alex Kershaw,New York Timesbestselling author ofEscape from the Deep) bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (James Scott) Tue, 14 May 2013 17:24:30 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-War-Below-Audiobook/B00CLERXIA thebookvoice.com 14:20:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The War Below Subtitle: The Story of Three Submarines That Battled Japan Author: James Scott Narrator: Donald Corren Format: Unabridged Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins Language: English Release date: 05-14-13 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 684 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The riveting story of the submarine force that helped win World War II by ravaging Japans merchant fleet and destroying its economy. The War Below is a dramatic account of extraordinary heroism, ingenuity, and perseveranceand the vital role American submarines played in winning the Pacific War. Focusing on the unique stories of the submarines Silversides, Drum, and Tangand the men who skippered and crewed themJames Scott takes readers beneath the waves to experience the thrill of a direct hit on a merchant ship and the terror of depth charge attacks. Its a story filled with incredible feats of courage, including an emergency appendectomy performed with spoons by an inexperienced medic and the desperate struggle of sailors to escape from a flooded submarine stuck on the bottom, as well as tragic moments such as American submarines sinking an unmarked enemy ship carrying some 1,800 American POWs. The casualty rate among submariners topped that of all military branches, a staggering six times higher than the surface navy. The war claimed almost one out of every five boats. But Japan was so ravaged by the loss of precious fuel and supplies that by wars end, Japanese warships lay at anchor while hungry civilians ate sawdust. Scott paints an unforgettable picture of the dangerous life submariners endured, including the atrocious prison camps where the Japanese beat, tortured, and starved captured Allied troops. Based on more than one hundred interviews with submarine veterans and a review of more than three thousand pages of previously unpublished letters, diaries, and personal writings, The War Below allows readers to experience the Pacific War as never before. Critic Reviews: Using voluminous official records plus interviews and an amazing number of unpublished diaries and letters, formerCharleston Post and Courierinvestigative reporter Scott delivers a gripping, almost day-by-day account of the actions of three submarinesMilitary buffs will lap it up, but general readers may find it difficult to resist the tension, drama, and fireworks of this underappreciated but dazzlingly destructive American weapon of World War II. (Kirkus Reviews) This is the most absorbing narrative of submarine warfare that Ive read in years. The research is so deep, and the writing so vivid, I could practically feel the vast ocean closing over me as these three boats ranged the Pacific looking for the kill. (James D. Hornfischer,New York Timesbestselling author) Beautifully researched and masterfully told, James Scotts book is an enthralling and important addition to the story of undersea warfare. (Alex Kershaw,New York Timesbestselling author ofEscape from the Deep) Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The War Below Subtitle: The Story of Three Submarines That Battled Japan Author: James Scott Narrator: Donald Corren Format: Unabridged Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins Language: English Release date: 05-14-13 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 684 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The riveting story of the submarine force that helped win World War II by ravaging Japans merchant fleet and destroying its economy. The War Below is a dramatic account of extraordinary heroism, ingenuity, and perseveranceand the vital role American submarines played in winning the Pacific War. Focusing on the unique stories of the submarines Silversides, Drum, and Tangand the men who skippered and crewed themJames Scott takes readers beneath the waves to experience the thrill of a direct hit on a merchant ship and the terror of depth charge attacks. Its a story filled with incredible feats of courage, including an emergency appendectomy performed with spoons by an inexperienced medic and the desperate struggle of sailors to escape from a flooded submarine stuck on the bottom, as well as tragic moments such as American submarines sinking an unmarked enemy ship carrying some 1,800 American POWs. The casualty rate among submariners topped that of all military branches, a staggering six times higher than the surface navy. The war claimed almost one out of every five boats. But Japan was so ravaged by the loss of precious fuel and supplies that by wars end, Japanese warships lay at anchor while hungry civilians ate sawdust. Scott paints an unforgettable picture of the dangerous life submariners endured, including the atrocious prison camps where the Japanese beat, tortured, and starved captured Allied troops. Based on more than one hundred interviews with submarine veterans and a review of more than three thousand pages of previously unpublished letters, diaries, and personal writings, The War Below allows readers to experience the Pacific War as never before. Critic Reviews: Using voluminous official records plus interviews and an amazing number of unpublished diaries and letters, formerCharleston Post and Courierinvestigative reporter Scott delivers a gripping, almost day-by-day account of the actions of three submarinesMilitary buffs will lap it up, but general readers may find it difficult to resist the tension, drama, and fireworks of this underappreciated but dazzlingly destructive American weapon of World War II. (Kirkus Reviews) This is the most absorbing narrative of submarine warfare that Ive read in years. The research is so deep, and the writing so vivid, I could practically feel the vast ocean closing over me as these three boats ranged the Pacific looking for the kill. (James D. Hornfischer,New York Timesbestselling author) Beautifully researched and masterfully told, James Scotts book is an enthralling and important addition to the story of undersea warfare. (Alex Kershaw,New York Timesbestselling author ofEscape from the Deep) Members Reviews: Outstanding work so well researched. My review may be biased as I am the daughter of a WWII submarine skipper. I knew only one of the men but I knew their children. The traits shared by these men come through in the details of this chronicle. It is these details that make this so riveting. A must read (or listen) for those interested in the submarine aspect of WWII. I wish the narrator had put in a little research before he read the script....he mispronounced naval terms and even the name of one of the subs. Unique. Engaging. Worth your credit. Any additional comments? Shortly after the incidents of Dec. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Great-Quake-Audiobook/B0742MQ65Z Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Great Quake Subtitle: How the Biggest Earthquake in North America Changed Our Understanding of the Planet Author: Henry Fountain Narrator: Robert Fass Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins Language: English Release date: 08-08-17 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 108 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: In the best-selling tradition of Erik Larson's Isaac's Storm, The Great Quake is a riveting narrative about the biggest earthquake in North American recorded history - the 1964 Alaska earthquake that demolished the city of Valdez and swept away the island village of Chenega - and the geologist who hunted for clues to explain how and why it took place. At 5:36 p.m. on March 27, 1964, a magnitude 9.2 earthquake - the second most powerful in world history - struck the young state of Alaska. The violent shaking, followed by massive tsunamis, devastated the southern half of the state and killed more than 130 people. A day later George Plafker, a geologist with the US Geological Survey, arrived to investigate. His fascinating scientific detective work in the months that followed helped confirm the then-controversial theory of plate tectonics. In a compelling tale about the almost unimaginable brute force of nature, New York Times science journalist Henry Fountain combines history and science to bring the quake and its aftermath to life in vivid detail. With deep on-the-ground reporting from Alaska, often in the company of George Plafker, Fountain shows how the earthquake left its mark on the land and its people - and on science. Critic Reviews: "The Great Quake explains how one of North America's worst recent natural disasters led to a fascinating insight. Henry Fountain offers a gripping tale of loss, heroism, and, ultimately, discovery." (Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction) "Henry Fountain knows earthquakes, and he knows how to spin a yarn. The Great Quake is the fascinating result. It takes meticulous research and real narrative skill to tell a story that moves this fast yet still feels so complete. The book shines on two levels: as a portrait of two quirky frontier communities before, during and after a stunning disaster, and as the story of an unpretentious geologist whose brilliant analysis of the great quake's causes provided crucial backing for one of the biggest ideas in all of science." (Dan Fagin, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Tom's River) "For five terrifying minutes in 1964, the earth shook beneath Anchorage, Alaska. It devastated the city, and towns and villages throughout the state. In this fast-paced, engaging account of that disaster, Henry Fountain tells us what it was like to be there. His interviews with fortunate survivors bear witness to the pluck and determination of the human spirit - and reveals the better side of our natures in times of crisis. Read this book to better understand nature's power - and our human resilience. Fountain's riveting, 'you were there' account pulls you in, and keeps you turning the pages to find out who survived - and how." (Virginia Morell, author of Animal Wise, a New York Times best-seller) bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Henry Fountain) Tue, 08 Aug 2017 23:10:48 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Great-Quake-Audiobook/B0742MQ65Z thebookvoice.com 09:02:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Great Quake Subtitle: How the Biggest Earthquake in North America Changed Our Understanding of the Planet Author: Henry Fountain Narrator: Robert Fass Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins Language: English Release date: 08-08-17 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 108 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: In the best-selling tradition of Erik Larson's Isaac's Storm, The Great Quake is a riveting narrative about the biggest earthquake in North American recorded history - the 1964 Alaska earthquake that demolished the city of Valdez and swept away the island village of Chenega - and the geologist who hunted for clues to explain how and why it took place. At 5:36 p.m. on March 27, 1964, a magnitude 9.2 earthquake - the second most powerful in world history - struck the young state of Alaska. The violent shaking, followed by massive tsunamis, devastated the southern half of the state and killed more than 130 people. A day later George Plafker, a geologist with the US Geological Survey, arrived to investigate. His fascinating scientific detective work in the months that followed helped confirm the then-controversial theory of plate tectonics. In a compelling tale about the almost unimaginable brute force of nature, New York Times science journalist Henry Fountain combines history and science to bring the quake and its aftermath to life in vivid detail. With deep on-the-ground reporting from Alaska, often in the company of George Plafker, Fountain shows how the earthquake left its mark on the land and its people - and on science. Critic Reviews: "The Great Quake explains how one of North America's worst recent natural disasters led to a fascinating insight. Henry Fountain offers a gripping tale of loss, heroism, and, ultimately, discovery." (Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction) "Henry Fountain knows earthquakes, and he knows how to spin a yarn. The Great Quake is the fascinating result. It takes meticulous research and real narrative skill to tell a story that moves this fast yet still feels so complete. The book shines on two levels: as a portrait of two quirky frontier communities before, during and after a stunning disaster, and as the story of an unpretentious geologist whose brilliant analysis of the great quake's causes provided crucial backing for one of the biggest ideas in all of science." (Dan Fagin, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Tom's River) "For five terrifying minutes in 1964, the earth shook beneath Anchorage, Alaska. It devastated the city, and towns and villages throughout the state. In this fast-paced, engaging account of that disaster, Henry Fountain tells us what it was like to be there. His interviews with fortunate survivors bear witness to the pluck and determination of the human spirit - and reveals the better side of our natures in times of crisis. Read this book to better understand nature's power - and our human resilience. Fountain's riveting, 'you were there' account pulls you in, and keeps you turning the pages to find out who survived - and how." (Virginia Morell, author of Animal Wise, a New York Times best-seller) Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Great Quake Subtitle: How the Biggest Earthquake in North America Changed Our Understanding of the Planet Author: Henry Fountain Narrator: Robert Fass Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins Language: English Release date: 08-08-17 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 108 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: In the best-selling tradition of Erik Larson's Isaac's Storm, The Great Quake is a riveting narrative about the biggest earthquake in North American recorded history - the 1964 Alaska earthquake that demolished the city of Valdez and swept away the island village of Chenega - and the geologist who hunted for clues to explain how and why it took place. At 5:36 p.m. on March 27, 1964, a magnitude 9.2 earthquake - the second most powerful in world history - struck the young state of Alaska. The violent shaking, followed by massive tsunamis, devastated the southern half of the state and killed more than 130 people. A day later George Plafker, a geologist with the US Geological Survey, arrived to investigate. His fascinating scientific detective work in the months that followed helped confirm the then-controversial theory of plate tectonics. In a compelling tale about the almost unimaginable brute force of nature, New York Times science journalist Henry Fountain combines history and science to bring the quake and its aftermath to life in vivid detail. With deep on-the-ground reporting from Alaska, often in the company of George Plafker, Fountain shows how the earthquake left its mark on the land and its people - and on science. Critic Reviews: "The Great Quake explains how one of North America's worst recent natural disasters led to a fascinating insight. Henry Fountain offers a gripping tale of loss, heroism, and, ultimately, discovery." (Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction) "Henry Fountain knows earthquakes, and he knows how to spin a yarn. The Great Quake is the fascinating result. It takes meticulous research and real narrative skill to tell a story that moves this fast yet still feels so complete. The book shines on two levels: as a portrait of two quirky frontier communities before, during and after a stunning disaster, and as the story of an unpretentious geologist whose brilliant analysis of the great quake's causes provided crucial backing for one of the biggest ideas in all of science." (Dan Fagin, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Tom's River) "For five terrifying minutes in 1964, the earth shook beneath Anchorage, Alaska. It devastated the city, and towns and villages throughout the state. In this fast-paced, engaging account of that disaster, Henry Fountain tells us what it was like to be there. His interviews with fortunate survivors bear witness to the pluck and determination of the human spirit - and reveals the better side of our natures in times of crisis. Read this book to better understand nature's power - and our human resilience. Fountain's riveting, 'you were there' account pulls you in, and keeps you turning the pages to find out who survived - and how." (Virginia Morell, author of Animal Wise, a New York Times best-seller) Members Reviews: Fascinating to hear the full story I was in this earthquake. I was 11 years old at the time. I remember much of what was told here, the JCPenney wall falling on the car, 4th street sinking, even the guy with the trumpet and much more. Learning now of the scientific side of the quake was so very enlightening and enjoyable. I'll listen to this book over and over. Only wish my Dad was still alive to hear it. He wrote his account of what all happened to us that day. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Mighty-Eighth-Audiobook/B0756PQ3T2 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Mighty Eighth Subtitle: The Air War in Europe as Told by the Men Who Fought It Author: Gerald Astor Narrator: Kaleo Griffith Format: Unabridged Length: 23 hrs and 11 mins Language: English Release date: 10-10-17 Publisher: Penguin Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 14 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Europe has fallen. Pearl Harbor is in flames. Enter: the Eighth. In 1941 the RAF fought a desperate battle of survival against the Luftwaffe over Britain. Then, from across the Atlantic, came a new generation of American pilots, gunners, and bombardiers, a new generation of flying machines called the B-17 Flying Fortress, the B-24 Liberator, the P-47 Thunderbolt, and the P-51 Mustang fighter. Soon these brave young men were hurtling themselves and their unproven planes across the Channel and into the teeth of enemy firepower, raining down bombs on the German military machine, and going up against Hitler's best fliers in the sky. This is the dramatic oral history of the Army Air Corps and the newly created Eighth Air Force stationed in Britain, an army of hard-fighting, hard-playing flying men who suffered more fatalities than the entire US Marine Corps in the Pacific campaign of World War II. Here, in their own words, are tales of survival and soul-numbing loss, of soldiers who came together to fight a kind of war that had never been fought before - and win it with their courage and their blood. But the road to victory was paved with sacrifice. From its inaugural mission on July 4, 1942, until V-E Day, the Eighth Air Force lost more men than did the entire United States Marine Corps in all its campaigns in the Pacific. The Mighty Eighth chronicles the testimony of the pilots, bombardiers, navigators, and gunners who daily put their lives on the line. Their harrowing accounts recall the excitement and terror of dogfights against Nazi aces, maneuvering explosive-laden aircraft through deadly flak barrages, and fending off waves of enemy fighters while coping with subzero temperatures. Beginning with the opening salvos from a mere dozen planes, crewmen describe the raids on Berlin and Dresden, the fiasco at Ploesti, Romania, and Black Thursday over Schweinfurt. They fell to the terror of seeing aircraft destroyed - helplessly watching as comrades crash and burn, or parachute over enemy territory, where they will attempt to evade enemy capture through the underground. Others tell of mourning downed airmen murdered by vengeful citizens and soldiers, and of those who endured captivity in POW camps. Critic Reviews: "Great reading." (Stephen Ambrose) "Bold, brawny, epic in scope...Astor captures the fire and passion of these tens of thousands of US airmen who flew through the inferno that was the bomber war over Europe." (Stephen Coonts) bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Gerald Astor) Tue, 10 Oct 2017 21:10:56 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Mighty-Eighth-Audiobook/B0756PQ3T2 thebookvoice.com 23:11:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Mighty Eighth Subtitle: The Air War in Europe as Told by the Men Who Fought It Author: Gerald Astor Narrator: Kaleo Griffith Format: Unabridged Length: 23 hrs and 11 mins Language: English Release date: 10-10-17 Publisher: Penguin Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 14 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Europe has fallen. Pearl Harbor is in flames. Enter: the Eighth. In 1941 the RAF fought a desperate battle of survival against the Luftwaffe over Britain. Then, from across the Atlantic, came a new generation of American pilots, gunners, and bombardiers, a new generation of flying machines called the B-17 Flying Fortress, the B-24 Liberator, the P-47 Thunderbolt, and the P-51 Mustang fighter. Soon these brave young men were hurtling themselves and their unproven planes across the Channel and into the teeth of enemy firepower, raining down bombs on the German military machine, and going up against Hitler's best fliers in the sky. This is the dramatic oral history of the Army Air Corps and the newly created Eighth Air Force stationed in Britain, an army of hard-fighting, hard-playing flying men who suffered more fatalities than the entire US Marine Corps in the Pacific campaign of World War II. Here, in their own words, are tales of survival and soul-numbing loss, of soldiers who came together to fight a kind of war that had never been fought before - and win it with their courage and their blood. But the road to victory was paved with sacrifice. From its inaugural mission on July 4, 1942, until V-E Day, the Eighth Air Force lost more men than did the entire United States Marine Corps in all its campaigns in the Pacific. The Mighty Eighth chronicles the testimony of the pilots, bombardiers, navigators, and gunners who daily put their lives on the line. Their harrowing accounts recall the excitement and terror of dogfights against Nazi aces, maneuvering explosive-laden aircraft through deadly flak barrages, and fending off waves of enemy fighters while coping with subzero temperatures. Beginning with the opening salvos from a mere dozen planes, crewmen describe the raids on Berlin and Dresden, the fiasco at Ploesti, Romania, and Black Thursday over Schweinfurt. They fell to the terror of seeing aircraft destroyed - helplessly watching as comrades crash and burn, or parachute over enemy territory, where they will attempt to evade enemy capture through the underground. Others tell of mourning downed airmen murdered by vengeful citizens and soldiers, and of those who endured captivity in POW camps. Critic Reviews: "Great reading." (Stephen Ambrose) "Bold, brawny, epic in scope...Astor captures the fire and passion of these tens of thousands of US airmen who flew through the inferno that was the bomber war over Europe." (Stephen Coonts) Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Mighty Eighth Subtitle: The Air War in Europe as Told by the Men Who Fought It Author: Gerald Astor Narrator: Kaleo Griffith Format: Unabridged Length: 23 hrs and 11 mins Language: English Release date: 10-10-17 Publisher: Penguin Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 14 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Europe has fallen. Pearl Harbor is in flames. Enter: the Eighth. In 1941 the RAF fought a desperate battle of survival against the Luftwaffe over Britain. Then, from across the Atlantic, came a new generation of American pilots, gunners, and bombardiers, a new generation of flying machines called the B-17 Flying Fortress, the B-24 Liberator, the P-47 Thunderbolt, and the P-51 Mustang fighter. Soon these brave young men were hurtling themselves and their unproven planes across the Channel and into the teeth of enemy firepower, raining down bombs on the German military machine, and going up against Hitler's best fliers in the sky. This is the dramatic oral history of the Army Air Corps and the newly created Eighth Air Force stationed in Britain, an army of hard-fighting, hard-playing flying men who suffered more fatalities than the entire US Marine Corps in the Pacific campaign of World War II. Here, in their own words, are tales of survival and soul-numbing loss, of soldiers who came together to fight a kind of war that had never been fought before - and win it with their courage and their blood. But the road to victory was paved with sacrifice. From its inaugural mission on July 4, 1942, until V-E Day, the Eighth Air Force lost more men than did the entire United States Marine Corps in all its campaigns in the Pacific. The Mighty Eighth chronicles the testimony of the pilots, bombardiers, navigators, and gunners who daily put their lives on the line. Their harrowing accounts recall the excitement and terror of dogfights against Nazi aces, maneuvering explosive-laden aircraft through deadly flak barrages, and fending off waves of enemy fighters while coping with subzero temperatures. Beginning with the opening salvos from a mere dozen planes, crewmen describe the raids on Berlin and Dresden, the fiasco at Ploesti, Romania, and Black Thursday over Schweinfurt. They fell to the terror of seeing aircraft destroyed - helplessly watching as comrades crash and burn, or parachute over enemy territory, where they will attempt to evade enemy capture through the underground. Others tell of mourning downed airmen murdered by vengeful citizens and soldiers, and of those who endured captivity in POW camps. Critic Reviews: "Great reading." (Stephen Ambrose) "Bold, brawny, epic in scope...Astor captures the fire and passion of these tens of thousands of US airmen who flew through the inferno that was the bomber war over Europe." (Stephen Coonts) Members Reviews: Courageous Men Who Faced Death Almost Daily, But Still Went Up Good editing of a large number of memoirs and remembrances to put together a pretty good narrative of the horrors of trying to bomb the Nazis into submission. The effort proved the Billy Mitchell theory wrong. It also took boots on the ground to ultimately be the Germans. Unfortunately a great many lives were lost before this was realized by the Generals in charge. Tremendous courage was shown by the vast majority of the aircrew from 1943 through 1945. It's too bad that General Eaker and others underestimated the ability of the German fighters and the flak gunners on the 88s for so long. This cost the Eighth Air Force dearly in the early years. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Rise-and-Fall-of-the-British-Empire-Audiobook/B00DHJ3M6K Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Rise and Fall of the British Empire Author: The Great Courses Narrator: Professor Patrick N. Allitt Format: Original Recording Length: 18 hrs and 8 mins Language: English Release date: 07-08-13 Publisher: The Great Courses Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1207 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: What were the forces that thrust the British Empire to its extraordinary position of greatness and then just as powerfully drove it into decline? And why is nearly every nation on earth, in one way or another, the consequence of the British Empire? In these 36 lectures, Professor Allitt leads you through four centuries of British power, innovation, influence, and, ultimately, diminishment - four profound centuries that literally remade the world and bequeathed the complex global legacy that continues to shape your everyday life. This is a remarkable lecture series; one that will give you fresh insights into world history in a wide range of areas - political, economic, technological, social, and more. And it will also give you a comprehensive overview you won't find offered anywhere else - a context into which you can integrate new knowledge about this country, as well as understand the background of current events in so many other countries that were once part of Britain's empire, from Ireland to China, and in Africa and the Caribbean. Indeed, it seems fair to say that one cannot truly understand the most important aspects of world history without a firm grasp of the history of the British Empire. In giving you that grasp, these lectures draw on a vast range of critical events, riveting personalities, revealing anecdotes, and eloquent quotations. Compelling, comprehensive, and astonishing in the force of its narrative power, each lecture will give you a refreshing new understanding of what made the British Empire both great in its achievements and vulnerable to its eventual downfall. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (The Great Courses) Mon, 08 Jul 2013 10:44:30 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Rise-and-Fall-of-the-British-Empire-Audiobook/B00DHJ3M6K thebookvoice.com 18:08:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Rise and Fall of the British Empire Author: The Great Courses Narrator: Professor Patrick N. Allitt Format: Original Recording Length: 18 hrs and 8 mins Language: English Release date: 07-08-13 Publisher: The Great Courses Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1207 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: What were the forces that thrust the British Empire to its extraordinary position of greatness and then just as powerfully drove it into decline? And why is nearly every nation on earth, in one way or another, the consequence of the British Empire? In these 36 lectures, Professor Allitt leads you through four centuries of British power, innovation, influence, and, ultimately, diminishment - four profound centuries that literally remade the world and bequeathed the complex global legacy that continues to shape your everyday life. This is a remarkable lecture series; one that will give you fresh insights into world history in a wide range of areas - political, economic, technological, social, and more. And it will also give you a comprehensive overview you won't find offered anywhere else - a context into which you can integrate new knowledge about this country, as well as understand the background of current events in so many other countries that were once part of Britain's empire, from Ireland to China, and in Africa and the Caribbean. Indeed, it seems fair to say that one cannot truly understand the most important aspects of world history without a firm grasp of the history of the British Empire. In giving you that grasp, these lectures draw on a vast range of critical events, riveting personalities, revealing anecdotes, and eloquent quotations. Compelling, comprehensive, and astonishing in the force of its narrative power, each lecture will give you a refreshing new understanding of what made the British Empire both great in its achievements and vulnerable to its eventual downfall. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Rise and Fall of the British Empire Author: The Great Courses Narrator: Professor Patrick N. Allitt Format: Original Recording Length: 18 hrs and 8 mins Language: English Release date: 07-08-13 Publisher: The Great Courses Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1207 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: What were the forces that thrust the British Empire to its extraordinary position of greatness and then just as powerfully drove it into decline? And why is nearly every nation on earth, in one way or another, the consequence of the British Empire? In these 36 lectures, Professor Allitt leads you through four centuries of British power, innovation, influence, and, ultimately, diminishment - four profound centuries that literally remade the world and bequeathed the complex global legacy that continues to shape your everyday life. This is a remarkable lecture series; one that will give you fresh insights into world history in a wide range of areas - political, economic, technological, social, and more. And it will also give you a comprehensive overview you won't find offered anywhere else - a context into which you can integrate new knowledge about this country, as well as understand the background of current events in so many other countries that were once part of Britain's empire, from Ireland to China, and in Africa and the Caribbean. Indeed, it seems fair to say that one cannot truly understand the most important aspects of world history without a firm grasp of the history of the British Empire. In giving you that grasp, these lectures draw on a vast range of critical events, riveting personalities, revealing anecdotes, and eloquent quotations. Compelling, comprehensive, and astonishing in the force of its narrative power, each lecture will give you a refreshing new understanding of what made the British Empire both great in its achievements and vulnerable to its eventual downfall. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. Members Reviews: Learn About Great Britain from a Great Briton!!! Any additional comments? This was a masterful survey of the British Empire. It is a lecture series from the Great Courses series. The professor is intelligent, well organized in his thoughts, and very interesting to listen to. He takes you on a sweeping survey of the British empire from its beginnings in late Medieval Europe to its dismantling after the Second World War and beyond. What it Covers: The lectures are thematic with a generally chronological progression. In them you will hear about every major part of the empire and its story, including the American Colonies, Canada, the Caribbean, India, South Africa, other African ventures, the British presence in Egypt and the middle east, Ireland, British East Asia, as well as the colonization and development of Australia and New Zealand. Some Highlights: The professor is thorough and engaging in his covering of the material. He is great at highlighting and bring out the different major personalities that were important to the British Empire such as Cecil Rhodes and Winston Churchill. Touches like this bring life and character to his overview. Likewise he also gives some mention of the arts, especially literature. I also think he was very fair in his approach to the morality of the British empire. He tries hard to be balanced and recognize both the blessings and the curses of British rule. Also, as an added treat, the last few of his lectures go on to talk about Britain in the modern era since the loss of its empire. Some Limitations: As an overview, the professor covers everything in brief but few things in detail. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Forgotten-500-Audiobook/B002VA996I Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Forgotten 500 Author: Gregory A. Freeman Narrator: Patrick Lawlor Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins Language: English Release date: 09-21-07 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1020 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: During a bombing campaign, hundreds of American airmen were shot down in Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia. Local Serbian villagers risked their own lives to give refuge to the soldiers, and for months the airmen lived in hiding, waiting for rescue. In 1944, Operation Halyard was born. The risks were incredible. The starving Americans in Yugoslavia had to construct a landing strip: without tools, without alerting the Germans, and without endangering the villagers. And the rescue planes had to make it through enemy airspace and back: without getting shot down themselves. Classified for over half a century for political reasons, the full account of this unforgettable story of loyalty, self-sacrifice, and bravery is now being told for the first time. The Forgotten 500 is the breathtaking, behind-the-scenes look at the greatest escape of World War II. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Gregory A. Freeman) Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:00:00 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Forgotten-500-Audiobook/B002VA996I thebookvoice.com 10:40:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Forgotten 500 Author: Gregory A. Freeman Narrator: Patrick Lawlor Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins Language: English Release date: 09-21-07 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1020 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: During a bombing campaign, hundreds of American airmen were shot down in Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia. Local Serbian villagers risked their own lives to give refuge to the soldiers, and for months the airmen lived in hiding, waiting for rescue. In 1944, Operation Halyard was born. The risks were incredible. The starving Americans in Yugoslavia had to construct a landing strip: without tools, without alerting the Germans, and without endangering the villagers. And the rescue planes had to make it through enemy airspace and back: without getting shot down themselves. Classified for over half a century for political reasons, the full account of this unforgettable story of loyalty, self-sacrifice, and bravery is now being told for the first time. The Forgotten 500 is the breathtaking, behind-the-scenes look at the greatest escape of World War II. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Forgotten 500 Author: Gregory A. Freeman Narrator: Patrick Lawlor Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins Language: English Release date: 09-21-07 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1020 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: During a bombing campaign, hundreds of American airmen were shot down in Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia. Local Serbian villagers risked their own lives to give refuge to the soldiers, and for months the airmen lived in hiding, waiting for rescue. In 1944, Operation Halyard was born. The risks were incredible. The starving Americans in Yugoslavia had to construct a landing strip: without tools, without alerting the Germans, and without endangering the villagers. And the rescue planes had to make it through enemy airspace and back: without getting shot down themselves. Classified for over half a century for political reasons, the full account of this unforgettable story of loyalty, self-sacrifice, and bravery is now being told for the first time. The Forgotten 500 is the breathtaking, behind-the-scenes look at the greatest escape of World War II. Members Reviews: Must Read for WWII Fans Wow --- what an exciting/excellent story about a little-know rescue of American airmen behind enemy lines during World War II --- was so informative to hear about the aircraft they flew, the training, the missions, the dangers, and some of their personal lives, especially the parts about Yugoslavian-Americans. The book gets slightly bogged down in the middle with political history --- sounds like a text book but dont let that deter you --- was a fascinating, extremely interesting story that I could not stop listening to --- I was sorry when it ended --- highly recommended. I felt so lucky to have selected this one. an amazing tale This is really two tales in one.. the amazing rescue of allied bombercrews who crashed in Yugoslavia during the second world way. There isalso a second story about communist plant5s in the OSS, MI5 and how they manipulated the British and American governments to hand Yugoslavia to Tito and his followers. Both are worth listening too tolearn something asbout a little known portion of the war. Pleasant Surprise Well, after over a year of listening to audible, I finally decided to write a review... As another review mentioned, this is two stories in one. The secondary story, discussing the situation between Tito and Milosevic, and the American handling of Milosevic is truly a story in itself. I have always been an "American History" buff, but now I find myself looking for more on this episode in world history. This book is a great listen, the narration is above average, and the story(s) grab your attention right from the start. The greatest generation, again! Wow, this is another example of why this was the greatest generation. This book was non-stop action that script writers could only hope to come up with. Kudos to Patrice Lawlor in his narration. I also enjoyed him in another worthy read/listen, The Colony: The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai. He is quickly becoming another of my favorite readers. This is the story of downed pilots in Yugoslavia and their life with the Yugoslav peasants as they helped to hide these airmen from the Germans. Simultaneously, the story of the internal struggle for power in Yugoslavia between Tito and Mihailovich was played out along with the Allies analysis of which of these two was their greatest ally. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Martin-Luther-Kings-I-Have-A-Dream-Speech-Audiobook/B00CMCCE2G Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Martin Luther King's I Have A Dream Speech Author: Martin Luther King Jr. Narrator: Martin Luther King Jr. Format: Original Recording Length: 16 mins Language: English Release date: 05-03-13 Publisher: BN Publishing Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 79 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: "I have a dream today." On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King spoke these words as he addressed a crowd of more than 200,000 civil rights protesters gathered at The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. Two months earlier, President John Kennedy had sent a civil rights bill to Congress, but it was struck down. Although Kennedy was concerned about the possibility of widespread violence during this protest, he realized he was powerless to stop it and embraced the movement instead. Known as the "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom," the country expected to hear King deliver strong words to his opponents. Instead, his "I Have a Dream" speech was one of heartfelt passion and poetic eloquence that still echoes in our memory. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Martin Luther King Jr.) Fri, 03 May 2013 02:16:20 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Martin-Luther-Kings-I-Have-A-Dream-Speech-Audiobook/B00CMCCE2G thebookvoice.com 00:16:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Martin Luther King's I Have A Dream Speech Author: Martin Luther King Jr. Narrator: Martin Luther King Jr. Format: Original Recording Length: 16 mins Language: English Release date: 05-03-13 Publisher: BN Publishing Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 79 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: "I have a dream today." On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King spoke these words as he addressed a crowd of more than 200,000 civil rights protesters gathered at The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. Two months earlier, President John Kennedy had sent a civil rights bill to Congress, but it was struck down. Although Kennedy was concerned about the possibility of widespread violence during this protest, he realized he was powerless to stop it and embraced the movement instead. Known as the "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom," the country expected to hear King deliver strong words to his opponents. Instead, his "I Have a Dream" speech was one of heartfelt passion and poetic eloquence that still echoes in our memory. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Martin Luther King's I Have A Dream Speech Author: Martin Luther King Jr. Narrator: Martin Luther King Jr. Format: Original Recording Length: 16 mins Language: English Release date: 05-03-13 Publisher: BN Publishing Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 79 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: "I have a dream today." On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King spoke these words as he addressed a crowd of more than 200,000 civil rights protesters gathered at The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. Two months earlier, President John Kennedy had sent a civil rights bill to Congress, but it was struck down. Although Kennedy was concerned about the possibility of widespread violence during this protest, he realized he was powerless to stop it and embraced the movement instead. Known as the "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom," the country expected to hear King deliver strong words to his opponents. Instead, his "I Have a Dream" speech was one of heartfelt passion and poetic eloquence that still echoes in our memory. Members Reviews: Fills My Heart Martin Luther King,Jr. was a prophet sent by God. This truth is known ever more clearly as time goes by. I was born in 1960 and have seen the progression of phenomenal change in America and the world. I listen to Dr. King today with new wisdom and insight gained from maturity. I encourage others of my generation to listen to Dr. King's speeches through new ears, seasoned with maturity. With this faith we will be able to transform I was born after the 1963 Washington D.C. March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. I don't remember ever not knowing about Martin Luther King, Jr's August 28, 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech. Until I heard an NPR interview of Dustin Volz, who had written a story for The National Journal, I didn't realize that I hadn't ever heard the entire speech. The "I Have a Dream" speech is under copyright protection until 2038. The Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr. Inc. holds the copyright, and enforces it vigorously. Legally, it's entitled to, but there's a huge debate about whether morally, it should, given its historical importance. I'll leave that debate to others - I was more than happy to pay for this Audible to hear the entire speech. King, delivering the speech at the Lincoln Memorial 100 years after Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, gives the famous words "I Have a Dream" historic context, including the 1963 reality of segregation. He builds to a crescendo, with the encouragement of Mahalia Jackson, who can be heard on the Audible. There is so much more to this speech than the common excerpts we see and hear. It is the best speech I've ever listened to. [The title of this review is from a portion of the "I Have a Dream" speech.] Still moving Still moves me and eye opening how relevant it remains in 2017. SAD for USA Truly Inspirational!! Sadly, as relevant today as fifty years ago. Dr. King's speech continues to inspire as we are reminded of the debt owed to the brave workers in the civil rights movement of the 1960's. Their successes serve as inspiration not to be discouraged and continue to work for equality and justice for all. Historic Speech I believe everyone should listen to these words by Dr.. Martin Luther King. I listened today in memory of this great Christian leader. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/PT-105-Audiobook/B072YW27W9 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: PT 105 Author: Dick Keresey Narrator: Sean Pratt Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins Language: English Release date: 07-04-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 112 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Admittedly small and vulnerable, PT boats were, nevertheless, fast - the fastest craft on the water during World War II - and Dick Keresey's account of these tough little fighters throws new light on their contributions to the war effort. As captain of PT 105, the author was in the same battle as John F. Kennedy when Kennedy's PT 109 was rammed and sunk. The famous incident, Keresey says, has often been described inaccurately and the PT boat depicted as unreliable and ineffective. This book helps set the record straight by presenting an authentic picture of PT boats that draws on the author's experience at Guadalcanal, New Georgia, Bougainville, and Choiseul Island. Action-filled, his account describes evading night bombers, rescuing coast watchers and downed airmen, setting down Marine scouts behind Japanese lines, engaging in vicious gun battles with Japanese barges and small freighters, and contending with heat, disease, and loneliness. First published in 1996, the book has been hailed for telling an exciting yet fully accurate story. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Dick Keresey) Tue, 04 Jul 2017 23:38:13 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/PT-105-Audiobook/B072YW27W9 thebookvoice.com 08:28:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: PT 105 Author: Dick Keresey Narrator: Sean Pratt Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins Language: English Release date: 07-04-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 112 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Admittedly small and vulnerable, PT boats were, nevertheless, fast - the fastest craft on the water during World War II - and Dick Keresey's account of these tough little fighters throws new light on their contributions to the war effort. As captain of PT 105, the author was in the same battle as John F. Kennedy when Kennedy's PT 109 was rammed and sunk. The famous incident, Keresey says, has often been described inaccurately and the PT boat depicted as unreliable and ineffective. This book helps set the record straight by presenting an authentic picture of PT boats that draws on the author's experience at Guadalcanal, New Georgia, Bougainville, and Choiseul Island. Action-filled, his account describes evading night bombers, rescuing coast watchers and downed airmen, setting down Marine scouts behind Japanese lines, engaging in vicious gun battles with Japanese barges and small freighters, and contending with heat, disease, and loneliness. First published in 1996, the book has been hailed for telling an exciting yet fully accurate story. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: PT 105 Author: Dick Keresey Narrator: Sean Pratt Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins Language: English Release date: 07-04-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 112 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Admittedly small and vulnerable, PT boats were, nevertheless, fast - the fastest craft on the water during World War II - and Dick Keresey's account of these tough little fighters throws new light on their contributions to the war effort. As captain of PT 105, the author was in the same battle as John F. Kennedy when Kennedy's PT 109 was rammed and sunk. The famous incident, Keresey says, has often been described inaccurately and the PT boat depicted as unreliable and ineffective. This book helps set the record straight by presenting an authentic picture of PT boats that draws on the author's experience at Guadalcanal, New Georgia, Bougainville, and Choiseul Island. Action-filled, his account describes evading night bombers, rescuing coast watchers and downed airmen, setting down Marine scouts behind Japanese lines, engaging in vicious gun battles with Japanese barges and small freighters, and contending with heat, disease, and loneliness. First published in 1996, the book has been hailed for telling an exciting yet fully accurate story. Members Reviews: Highly recommended I couldn't stop listening! Well done all the way around. Outstanding storyline, good narration, great ending. I highly recommend. A very good book. Great story that is history retold by someone that lived it. Thank you for letting me hear this. Great Audible narration of an interesting story I enjoyed the book and the Audible narration was great. It was less about the action they encountered and more about the life of PT boat captain, Dick Keresey, during the war (which is still amazing). It does seem to reflect the reality of the PT boat life versus the glamorous one that is often depicted., but I liked that dose of reality. Great Book! Easy to listen too and very done! Love WWII history and is a must read/listen! Well worth listening to. Well written, well narrated,good story and captivating a sure enjoying narrative of the war and the participants https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Special-Forces-Berlin-Audiobook/B0733Y91Q6 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Special Forces Berlin Subtitle: Clandestine Cold War Operations of the US Army's Elite, 1956-1990 Author: James Stejskal Narrator: Tim Campbell Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins Language: English Release date: 07-04-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 68 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The massive armies of the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies posed a huge threat to the nations of Western Europe. US military planners decided they needed a plan to slow the juggernaut they expected when and if a war began. The plan was Special Forces Berlin. Their mission, should hostilities commence, was to wreak havoc behind enemy lines and buy time for vastly outnumbered NATO forces to conduct a breakout from the city. In reality it was an ambitious and extremely dangerous mission, even suicidal. Highly trained and fluent in German, each man was allocated a specific area. They were skilled in clandestine operations, sabotage, and intelligence tradecraft and able to act as independent operators, blending into the local population and working unseen in a city awash with spies looking for information on their every move. Special Forces Berlin was a one of a kind unit that had no parallel. It left a legacy of a new type of soldier expert in unconventional warfare, one that was sought after for missions such as the attempted rescue of American hostages from Tehran in 1979. With the US government officially acknowledging their existence in 2014, their incredible story can now be told. Critic Reviews: "Reads like a thriller for much of the time - a small, select force ready for action should the Soviets escalate their activities in Western Europe - nothing much has changed in the last sixty years or so!" ( Books Monthly) bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (James Stejskal) Tue, 04 Jul 2017 20:29:08 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Special-Forces-Berlin-Audiobook/B0733Y91Q6 thebookvoice.com 11:25:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Special Forces Berlin Subtitle: Clandestine Cold War Operations of the US Army's Elite, 1956-1990 Author: James Stejskal Narrator: Tim Campbell Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins Language: English Release date: 07-04-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 68 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The massive armies of the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies posed a huge threat to the nations of Western Europe. US military planners decided they needed a plan to slow the juggernaut they expected when and if a war began. The plan was Special Forces Berlin. Their mission, should hostilities commence, was to wreak havoc behind enemy lines and buy time for vastly outnumbered NATO forces to conduct a breakout from the city. In reality it was an ambitious and extremely dangerous mission, even suicidal. Highly trained and fluent in German, each man was allocated a specific area. They were skilled in clandestine operations, sabotage, and intelligence tradecraft and able to act as independent operators, blending into the local population and working unseen in a city awash with spies looking for information on their every move. Special Forces Berlin was a one of a kind unit that had no parallel. It left a legacy of a new type of soldier expert in unconventional warfare, one that was sought after for missions such as the attempted rescue of American hostages from Tehran in 1979. With the US government officially acknowledging their existence in 2014, their incredible story can now be told. Critic Reviews: "Reads like a thriller for much of the time - a small, select force ready for action should the Soviets escalate their activities in Western Europe - nothing much has changed in the last sixty years or so!" ( Books Monthly) Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Special Forces Berlin Subtitle: Clandestine Cold War Operations of the US Army's Elite, 1956-1990 Author: James Stejskal Narrator: Tim Campbell Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins Language: English Release date: 07-04-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 68 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The massive armies of the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies posed a huge threat to the nations of Western Europe. US military planners decided they needed a plan to slow the juggernaut they expected when and if a war began. The plan was Special Forces Berlin. Their mission, should hostilities commence, was to wreak havoc behind enemy lines and buy time for vastly outnumbered NATO forces to conduct a breakout from the city. In reality it was an ambitious and extremely dangerous mission, even suicidal. Highly trained and fluent in German, each man was allocated a specific area. They were skilled in clandestine operations, sabotage, and intelligence tradecraft and able to act as independent operators, blending into the local population and working unseen in a city awash with spies looking for information on their every move. Special Forces Berlin was a one of a kind unit that had no parallel. It left a legacy of a new type of soldier expert in unconventional warfare, one that was sought after for missions such as the attempted rescue of American hostages from Tehran in 1979. With the US government officially acknowledging their existence in 2014, their incredible story can now be told. Critic Reviews: "Reads like a thriller for much of the time - a small, select force ready for action should the Soviets escalate their activities in Western Europe - nothing much has changed in the last sixty years or so!" ( Books Monthly) Members Reviews: Important Documentation of Special Ops History For individuals who served in the military during the Cold War, this book provides an important context for understanding covert operations in Germany/Soviet Union at that time. The author has undertaken an exhaustive survey of all available sources and conducted interviews with soldiers from that special unit. Little of this is documented by the Army itself. My husband and I lived in Germany in the early 70s while he was stationed there as a newly minted graduate of West Point. We were married 40 years before I learned he was transporting nuclear warheads during that period. At a dinner at our home two years ago we learned from a dear friend and classmate that he had been part of that special ops unit. Gives a great context for what we were doing there during the Cold War period. Interesting stories but not compelling Stories are clogged with military acronyms; the narrator sounds like a robot. But glad to know these soldiers were well trained and prepared to do difficult tasks if war ever broke out. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Bloodlands-Audiobook/B0047E9696 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Bloodlands Subtitle: Europe between Hitler and Stalin Author: Timothy Snyder Narrator: Ralph Cosham Format: Unabridged Length: 18 hrs and 15 mins Language: English Release date: 10-18-10 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 685 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Americans think of World War II as The Good War, a moment when the forces of good resoundingly triumphed over evil. Yet the war was not decided by D-day. It was decided in the East, by the Red Army and Joseph Stalin. While conventional wisdom locates the horrors of World War II in the six million Jews killed in German concentration camps, the reality is even grimmer. In 13 years, the Nazi and Soviet regimes killed 13 million people in the lands between Germany and Russia. The majority of these deaths occurred in Eastern Europe, not Germany. In the groundbreaking long-view style of Tony Judt and Niall Ferguson, Tim Snyder, one of Americas foremost historians of Eastern Europe, has written a new history of Europe that focuses on the battleground of Eastern Europe, which suffered the worst crimes of Hitler and Stalin. Based upon scholarly literature and primary sources in all of the relevant languages, Bloodlands pays special attention to the sources left by those who were killed: the letters home, the notes flung from trains, the diaries found on corpses. This is a new kind of European history, one more concerned with suffering than with intention, one that recognizes how stories of progress or victory have excluded the most salient human experience, and one focused on the extreme predicament of the tens of millions of Europeans who found themselves between Hitler and Stalin. The scale of destruction in the lands between Germany and Russia has eluded historians and baffles the cynicism of our new century, but for these very reasons, Bloodlands offers the way forward to a sensible reconstruction of European history. Ultimately, in Snyders matchless telling, the German and Soviet regimes appear not so much as totalitarian twins, but as rivals whose ruthless pursuit of similar goals doomed millions of innocents. Critic Reviews: "A chillingly systematic study of the mass murder mutually perpetrated by the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany. A significant work of staggering figures and scholarship." (Kirkus) This is a book which will force its readers to rethink history. (Norman Davies) History of a high order, Bloodlands may also point us towards lessons for our own time. (Timothy Garton Ash) bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Timothy Snyder) Mon, 18 Oct 2010 13:29:39 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Bloodlands-Audiobook/B0047E9696 thebookvoice.com 18:15:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Bloodlands Subtitle: Europe between Hitler and Stalin Author: Timothy Snyder Narrator: Ralph Cosham Format: Unabridged Length: 18 hrs and 15 mins Language: English Release date: 10-18-10 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 685 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Americans think of World War II as The Good War, a moment when the forces of good resoundingly triumphed over evil. Yet the war was not decided by D-day. It was decided in the East, by the Red Army and Joseph Stalin. While conventional wisdom locates the horrors of World War II in the six million Jews killed in German concentration camps, the reality is even grimmer. In 13 years, the Nazi and Soviet regimes killed 13 million people in the lands between Germany and Russia. The majority of these deaths occurred in Eastern Europe, not Germany. In the groundbreaking long-view style of Tony Judt and Niall Ferguson, Tim Snyder, one of Americas foremost historians of Eastern Europe, has written a new history of Europe that focuses on the battleground of Eastern Europe, which suffered the worst crimes of Hitler and Stalin. Based upon scholarly literature and primary sources in all of the relevant languages, Bloodlands pays special attention to the sources left by those who were killed: the letters home, the notes flung from trains, the diaries found on corpses. This is a new kind of European history, one more concerned with suffering than with intention, one that recognizes how stories of progress or victory have excluded the most salient human experience, and one focused on the extreme predicament of the tens of millions of Europeans who found themselves between Hitler and Stalin. The scale of destruction in the lands between Germany and Russia has eluded historians and baffles the cynicism of our new century, but for these very reasons, Bloodlands offers the way forward to a sensible reconstruction of European history. Ultimately, in Snyders matchless telling, the German and Soviet regimes appear not so much as totalitarian twins, but as rivals whose ruthless pursuit of similar goals doomed millions of innocents. Critic Reviews: "A chillingly systematic study of the mass murder mutually perpetrated by the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany. A significant work of staggering figures and scholarship." (Kirkus) This is a book which will force its readers to rethink history. (Norman Davies) History of a high order, Bloodlands may also point us towards lessons for our own time. (Timothy Garton Ash) Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Bloodlands Subtitle: Europe between Hitler and Stalin Author: Timothy Snyder Narrator: Ralph Cosham Format: Unabridged Length: 18 hrs and 15 mins Language: English Release date: 10-18-10 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 685 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Americans think of World War II as The Good War, a moment when the forces of good resoundingly triumphed over evil. Yet the war was not decided by D-day. It was decided in the East, by the Red Army and Joseph Stalin. While conventional wisdom locates the horrors of World War II in the six million Jews killed in German concentration camps, the reality is even grimmer. In 13 years, the Nazi and Soviet regimes killed 13 million people in the lands between Germany and Russia. The majority of these deaths occurred in Eastern Europe, not Germany. In the groundbreaking long-view style of Tony Judt and Niall Ferguson, Tim Snyder, one of Americas foremost historians of Eastern Europe, has written a new history of Europe that focuses on the battleground of Eastern Europe, which suffered the worst crimes of Hitler and Stalin. Based upon scholarly literature and primary sources in all of the relevant languages, Bloodlands pays special attention to the sources left by those who were killed: the letters home, the notes flung from trains, the diaries found on corpses. This is a new kind of European history, one more concerned with suffering than with intention, one that recognizes how stories of progress or victory have excluded the most salient human experience, and one focused on the extreme predicament of the tens of millions of Europeans who found themselves between Hitler and Stalin. The scale of destruction in the lands between Germany and Russia has eluded historians and baffles the cynicism of our new century, but for these very reasons, Bloodlands offers the way forward to a sensible reconstruction of European history. Ultimately, in Snyders matchless telling, the German and Soviet regimes appear not so much as totalitarian twins, but as rivals whose ruthless pursuit of similar goals doomed millions of innocents. Critic Reviews: "A chillingly systematic study of the mass murder mutually perpetrated by the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany. A significant work of staggering figures and scholarship." (Kirkus) This is a book which will force its readers to rethink history. (Norman Davies) History of a high order, Bloodlands may also point us towards lessons for our own time. (Timothy Garton Ash) Members Reviews: One of the best and scariest books I've ever read Let's start with the end: you should buy this book. It will surprise you, shock you, scare you, enlighten you, inform you and more than anything else, it will make you think. As promised by the description (and from my own time in high school history classes) most Westerners think of WWII from a western perspective, the attack on Pearl Harbor, Germany invades France, the landing at Normandy, the march towards Berlin. But we don't think of the drama in Eastern Europe, the areas between Berlin and Moscow. That was where the real atrocities happened between 1930 and 1945. This book examines these areas, known to our author as the Bloodlands. With wonderful depth, humanity and detail, the author describes what happens throughout Eastern Europe as it is annexed by Stalin, invaded by Russia and Germany, traded back and forth in the war's Eastern front and continually starved, persecuted and purged of "unnecessary eaters". https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Odyssey-of-Echo-Company-Audiobook/B0749YCKYW Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Odyssey of Echo Company Subtitle: The 1968 Tet Offensive and the Epic Battle to Survive the Vietnam War Author: Doug Stanton Narrator: CJ Wilson Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins Language: English Release date: 09-19-17 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 69 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: A powerful work of literary military history from the New York Times best-selling author of In Harm's Way and Horse Soldiers - the harrowing and redemptive account of an American army platoon fighting for survival during the Vietnam War. On a single night, January 31, 1968, some 100,000 soldiers in the North Vietnamese Army attacked 36 cities throughout South Vietnam, hoping to topple that government and dislodge American forces. The 12 American boys of the recon platoon of the 101st Airborne Division, average age 19, are from small farms, California beach towns, and big cities like Chicago, and they are cast into a war they neither understand nor ultimately feel they can win. The fighting was hand-to-hand, nonstop, and waged in endless small battles that forged this group into a lifelong brotherhood of survivors. The Odyssey of Echo Company is about the young men who survived 60 days on the run from the enemy during the Tet Offensive, at the height of the Vietnam War. Each young man lived 100 years in these days and came home to a country that did not understand, and didn't try to understand, what they had survived. They came home winners because they were alive but were losers for having fought there. When they arrived, they landed in San Francisco, took off their uniforms, and walked back into America, where they fell silent and realized that not many wanted to hear the remarkable story they had to tell - until now. Based on hundreds of hours of interviews, dozens of detailed letters written to and from Echo Company soldiers, a huge trove of Pentagon after-action reports, and travel to the scenes of battle with the American soldiers and some of their Vietnamese enemy soldiers, The Odyssey of Echo Company breaks through the wall of time to tell this important story of ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Doug Stanton) Tue, 19 Sep 2017 14:10:03 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Odyssey-of-Echo-Company-Audiobook/B0749YCKYW thebookvoice.com 08:49:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Odyssey of Echo Company Subtitle: The 1968 Tet Offensive and the Epic Battle to Survive the Vietnam War Author: Doug Stanton Narrator: CJ Wilson Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins Language: English Release date: 09-19-17 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 69 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: A powerful work of literary military history from the New York Times best-selling author of In Harm's Way and Horse Soldiers - the harrowing and redemptive account of an American army platoon fighting for survival during the Vietnam War. On a single night, January 31, 1968, some 100,000 soldiers in the North Vietnamese Army attacked 36 cities throughout South Vietnam, hoping to topple that government and dislodge American forces. The 12 American boys of the recon platoon of the 101st Airborne Division, average age 19, are from small farms, California beach towns, and big cities like Chicago, and they are cast into a war they neither understand nor ultimately feel they can win. The fighting was hand-to-hand, nonstop, and waged in endless small battles that forged this group into a lifelong brotherhood of survivors. The Odyssey of Echo Company is about the young men who survived 60 days on the run from the enemy during the Tet Offensive, at the height of the Vietnam War. Each young man lived 100 years in these days and came home to a country that did not understand, and didn't try to understand, what they had survived. They came home winners because they were alive but were losers for having fought there. When they arrived, they landed in San Francisco, took off their uniforms, and walked back into America, where they fell silent and realized that not many wanted to hear the remarkable story they had to tell - until now. Based on hundreds of hours of interviews, dozens of detailed letters written to and from Echo Company soldiers, a huge trove of Pentagon after-action reports, and travel to the scenes of battle with the American soldiers and some of their Vietnamese enemy soldiers, The Odyssey of Echo Company breaks through the wall of time to tell this important story of ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Odyssey of Echo Company Subtitle: The 1968 Tet Offensive and the Epic Battle to Survive the Vietnam War Author: Doug Stanton Narrator: CJ Wilson Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins Language: English Release date: 09-19-17 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 69 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: A powerful work of literary military history from the New York Times best-selling author of In Harm's Way and Horse Soldiers - the harrowing and redemptive account of an American army platoon fighting for survival during the Vietnam War. On a single night, January 31, 1968, some 100,000 soldiers in the North Vietnamese Army attacked 36 cities throughout South Vietnam, hoping to topple that government and dislodge American forces. The 12 American boys of the recon platoon of the 101st Airborne Division, average age 19, are from small farms, California beach towns, and big cities like Chicago, and they are cast into a war they neither understand nor ultimately feel they can win. The fighting was hand-to-hand, nonstop, and waged in endless small battles that forged this group into a lifelong brotherhood of survivors. The Odyssey of Echo Company is about the young men who survived 60 days on the run from the enemy during the Tet Offensive, at the height of the Vietnam War. Each young man lived 100 years in these days and came home to a country that did not understand, and didn't try to understand, what they had survived. They came home winners because they were alive but were losers for having fought there. When they arrived, they landed in San Francisco, took off their uniforms, and walked back into America, where they fell silent and realized that not many wanted to hear the remarkable story they had to tell - until now. Based on hundreds of hours of interviews, dozens of detailed letters written to and from Echo Company soldiers, a huge trove of Pentagon after-action reports, and travel to the scenes of battle with the American soldiers and some of their Vietnamese enemy soldiers, The Odyssey of Echo Company breaks through the wall of time to tell this important story of ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. Members Reviews: Great look into what a Nam solder endured. I would recomend this book to anyone who is interested in the Vietnam War. My father served 2 tours there in the Marines and I have studied this war for years. My father's health is declining rapidly and in listening to this book it gave some of the best insight into my father and his war. An attempt of a historian to be a novelist Listed as history, the author is enamored with melodrama which appears forced and is in fact boring Amazing, enraging and heart wrenching. Would recommend to anyone who enjoys and can handle war books. A must read. d WOW, could not stop listening. I understand better what so many of my friends endured during the conflict. thank you Doug and to all who served. I wasn't a fan. I mean it was ok, it just wasn't my cup of tea. Overall it seemed like nearly every other Vietnam War memoir book. Sorry, I just didn't like this one https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Season-of-the-Witch-Audiobook/B007ZF82FS Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Season of the Witch Subtitle: Enchantment, Terror, and Deliverance in the City of Love Author: David Talbot Narrator: Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Length: 17 hrs Language: English Release date: 05-08-12 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 582 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Audie Award Nominee, History, 2013 Season of the Witch is the first book to fully capture the dark magic of San Francisco in this breathtaking period, when the city radically changed itself - and then revolutionized the world. The cool gray city of love was the epicenter of the 1960s cultural revolution. But by the early 1970s, San Franciscos ecstatic experiment came crashing down from its starry heights. The city was rocked by savage murder sprees, mysterious terror campaigns, political assassinations, street riots, and finally a terrifying sexual epidemic. No other city endured so many calamities in such a short time span. David Talbot takes us deep into the riveting story of his citys ascent, decline, and heroic recovery. He draws intimate portraits of San Franciscos legendary demons and saviors: Charles Manson, Patty Hearst and the Symbionese Liberation Army, Jerry Garcia, Janis Joplin, Bill Graham, Herb Caen, the Cockettes, Harvey Milk, Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple, Joe Montana and the Super Bowl 49ers. He reveals how the city emerged from the trials of this period with a new brand of San Francisco values, including gay marriage, medical marijuana, immigration sanctuary, universal health care, recycling, renewable energy, consumer safety, and a living wage mandate. Considered radical when they were first introduced, these ideas have become the bedrock of decent society in many parts of the country, and exemplify the ways that the city now inspires us toward a live-and-let-live tolerance, a shared sense of humanity, and an openness to change. As a new generation of activists and dreamers seeks its own path to a more enlightened future, Season of the Witch - with its epic tale of the wild and bloody birth of San Francisco values - offers both inspiration and cautionary wisdom. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (David Talbot) Tue, 08 May 2012 21:12:15 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Season-of-the-Witch-Audiobook/B007ZF82FS thebookvoice.com 00:17:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Season of the Witch Subtitle: Enchantment, Terror, and Deliverance in the City of Love Author: David Talbot Narrator: Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Length: 17 hrs Language: English Release date: 05-08-12 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 582 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Audie Award Nominee, History, 2013 Season of the Witch is the first book to fully capture the dark magic of San Francisco in this breathtaking period, when the city radically changed itself - and then revolutionized the world. The cool gray city of love was the epicenter of the 1960s cultural revolution. But by the early 1970s, San Franciscos ecstatic experiment came crashing down from its starry heights. The city was rocked by savage murder sprees, mysterious terror campaigns, political assassinations, street riots, and finally a terrifying sexual epidemic. No other city endured so many calamities in such a short time span. David Talbot takes us deep into the riveting story of his citys ascent, decline, and heroic recovery. He draws intimate portraits of San Franciscos legendary demons and saviors: Charles Manson, Patty Hearst and the Symbionese Liberation Army, Jerry Garcia, Janis Joplin, Bill Graham, Herb Caen, the Cockettes, Harvey Milk, Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple, Joe Montana and the Super Bowl 49ers. He reveals how the city emerged from the trials of this period with a new brand of San Francisco values, including gay marriage, medical marijuana, immigration sanctuary, universal health care, recycling, renewable energy, consumer safety, and a living wage mandate. Considered radical when they were first introduced, these ideas have become the bedrock of decent society in many parts of the country, and exemplify the ways that the city now inspires us toward a live-and-let-live tolerance, a shared sense of humanity, and an openness to change. As a new generation of activists and dreamers seeks its own path to a more enlightened future, Season of the Witch - with its epic tale of the wild and bloody birth of San Francisco values - offers both inspiration and cautionary wisdom. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Season of the Witch Subtitle: Enchantment, Terror, and Deliverance in the City of Love Author: David Talbot Narrator: Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Length: 17 hrs Language: English Release date: 05-08-12 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 582 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Audie Award Nominee, History, 2013 Season of the Witch is the first book to fully capture the dark magic of San Francisco in this breathtaking period, when the city radically changed itself - and then revolutionized the world. The cool gray city of love was the epicenter of the 1960s cultural revolution. But by the early 1970s, San Franciscos ecstatic experiment came crashing down from its starry heights. The city was rocked by savage murder sprees, mysterious terror campaigns, political assassinations, street riots, and finally a terrifying sexual epidemic. No other city endured so many calamities in such a short time span. David Talbot takes us deep into the riveting story of his citys ascent, decline, and heroic recovery. He draws intimate portraits of San Franciscos legendary demons and saviors: Charles Manson, Patty Hearst and the Symbionese Liberation Army, Jerry Garcia, Janis Joplin, Bill Graham, Herb Caen, the Cockettes, Harvey Milk, Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple, Joe Montana and the Super Bowl 49ers. He reveals how the city emerged from the trials of this period with a new brand of San Francisco values, including gay marriage, medical marijuana, immigration sanctuary, universal health care, recycling, renewable energy, consumer safety, and a living wage mandate. Considered radical when they were first introduced, these ideas have become the bedrock of decent society in many parts of the country, and exemplify the ways that the city now inspires us toward a live-and-let-live tolerance, a shared sense of humanity, and an openness to change. As a new generation of activists and dreamers seeks its own path to a more enlightened future, Season of the Witch - with its epic tale of the wild and bloody birth of San Francisco values - offers both inspiration and cautionary wisdom. Members Reviews: A Great Book... to read before this one is Robert Graysmith's Black Fire, which details San Francisco's history up to around the point Season Of The Witch takes over, giving one a complete and comprehensive view of the city and its fiery, tumultuous, literary, and always idiosyncratic history. Talbot's book is an ambitious work, and another critic might complain that it runs in a lot of different directions. But I liked the structure (or occasional lack thereof), as it gives the feeling of San Francisco, a city going everywhere at once and never sure where anything is ever going to end up. My own experience of the city was in 1999 when I spent three of the most interesting days of my life interacting with the homeless and haunted, "making eye contact" in places where it was highly suggested that one not do so. San Francisco is a rich and rewarding experience from the top on down, and Talbot's compelling account of the city's history and development gives one the feel of the personality of one of the most fascinating places on earth. Gripping, important history - well told I *ate* this up - which is not to say it was an easy book to get through. The Bay Area in the 1970s is fascinating, but spooky and disturbing - very violent. Talbot did a great job, very well written book. I loved the accounts of the Diggers and Good Earth Collective, and enjoyed the tales of Hibiscus and the Cockettes. He did a great job with the AIDS crisis. I couldn't buy the whole 49ers thing. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Blood-of-Emmett-Till-Audiobook/B01N5W4PQO Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Blood of Emmett Till Author: Timothy B. Tyson Narrator: Rhett S. Price Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins Language: English Release date: 02-02-17 Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 96 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Mississippi, 1955: 14-year-old Emmett Till was murdered by a white mob after making flirtatious remarks to a white woman, Carolyn Bryant. Till's attackers were never convicted, but his lynching became one of the most notorious hate crimes in American history. It launched protests across the country, helped the NAACP gain thousands of members, and inspired famous activists like Rosa Parks to stand up and fight for equal rights for the first time. Part detective story, part political history, Tyson revises the history of the Till case using a wide range of new sources, including the only interview ever given by Carolyn Bryant. In a time where discussions of race are once again coming to the fore, Tyson redefines this crucial moment in civil rights history. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Timothy B. Tyson) Thu, 02 Feb 2017 21:22:18 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Blood-of-Emmett-Till-Audiobook/B01N5W4PQO thebookvoice.com 08:35:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Blood of Emmett Till Author: Timothy B. Tyson Narrator: Rhett S. Price Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins Language: English Release date: 02-02-17 Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 96 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Mississippi, 1955: 14-year-old Emmett Till was murdered by a white mob after making flirtatious remarks to a white woman, Carolyn Bryant. Till's attackers were never convicted, but his lynching became one of the most notorious hate crimes in American history. It launched protests across the country, helped the NAACP gain thousands of members, and inspired famous activists like Rosa Parks to stand up and fight for equal rights for the first time. Part detective story, part political history, Tyson revises the history of the Till case using a wide range of new sources, including the only interview ever given by Carolyn Bryant. In a time where discussions of race are once again coming to the fore, Tyson redefines this crucial moment in civil rights history. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Blood of Emmett Till Author: Timothy B. Tyson Narrator: Rhett S. Price Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins Language: English Release date: 02-02-17 Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 96 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Mississippi, 1955: 14-year-old Emmett Till was murdered by a white mob after making flirtatious remarks to a white woman, Carolyn Bryant. Till's attackers were never convicted, but his lynching became one of the most notorious hate crimes in American history. It launched protests across the country, helped the NAACP gain thousands of members, and inspired famous activists like Rosa Parks to stand up and fight for equal rights for the first time. Part detective story, part political history, Tyson revises the history of the Till case using a wide range of new sources, including the only interview ever given by Carolyn Bryant. In a time where discussions of race are once again coming to the fore, Tyson redefines this crucial moment in civil rights history. Members Reviews: Edifying In 1955 an all-white male jury found the two white defendants not guilty of killing a black boy even though they had confessed to the crime. This is one of the worst incidents of Southern Justice in our nations history. The victim was a fourteen-year-old black boy from Chicago who was visiting a relative in Mississippi. The boy who had polio when younger was accused of provoking a white woman, Carolyn Bryant, with a wolf whistle and flirtation. Her husband, Roy Brant and her half -brother, J. W. Milan, then beat-up and lynched the boy. Many books have been written about this case. What sets Tysons book apart is the broad view he used to examine the lynching. Tyson does an excellent job with the courtroom scenes. The book is well written and meticulously researched. Tyson examined the records including the trial transcripts and interviews of most of the people involved, including a rare interview with the late Carolyn Bryant. Apparently, Carolyn Bryant wrote her memoir. The manuscript and related papers have been sealed until 2038. The author delves into the social and economic forces that drove Roy Bryant and J. W. Milan to kill Till. Tyson then ties up the case to include the ongoing problems of inequality of justice for blacks today. Tyson is a historian at Duke University so the book is more academic than many books written on the subject. The book is just over eight and a half hours long. Rhett S. Price does a good job narrating the book. Price is an actor and audiobook narrator. Still Relevant A very important & sad bit of history. Narrator mispronounced Mamie. It is pronounced May-me. Real history Good look at the beginnings of the civil rights movement! ET'S murder cause many in the north to see the south in a new light. great historical read. Gripping Tale and Story. Rhett S price did a terrific job narrating the story; he really made it come to life. Excellent overall The overall research was awesome. This case was heartbreaking when I learned about it as a child and remains heartbreaking. I loved how the author saw it's correlation to BLM. This story made me cry for the countless Emmet Tills and Trayvon Martins but the narrator was lacking. His mispronunciation of Mamie Till's name was horrible. Instead of Mamie he called her Mammy. But the actual text was so powerful I listened anyway. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/African-Kaiser-Audiobook/B01NAWL3ZH Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: African Kaiser Subtitle: General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck and the Great War in Africa, 1914-1918 Author: Robert Gaudi Narrator: Paul Hodgson Format: Unabridged Length: 18 hrs and 7 mins Language: English Release date: 01-31-17 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 349 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The incredible true account of General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck and his exploits in World War I Africa with the legendary "Schutztruppe". As World War I ravaged the European continent, a completely different theater of war was being contested in Africa. And from this very different kind of war, there emerged a very different kind of military leader.... At the beginning of the twentieth century, the continent of Africa was a hotbed of international trade, colonialism, and political gamesmanship. So when World War I broke out, the European powers were forced to contend with each other not just in the bloody trenches - but in the treacherous jungle. And it was in that unforgiving land that General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck would make history. With the now legendary "Schutztruppe" (Defensive Force), von Lettow-Vorbeck and a small cadre of hardened German officers fought alongside their fanatically devoted native African allies as equals, creating the first truly integrated army of the modern age. African Kaiser is the almost-forgotten true account of Wiemar Germany's military escapades on the dark continent. A story of 1,000-mile marches through the harshest landscapes; of German officers riding bicycles into battle through the bush; of battleships hidden in jungle rivers teeming with crocodiles; of improbable Zeppelin voyages; of desperate men living off hippo lard and facing dangers in both man and nature. But mostly it is the story of von Lettow-Vorbeck - the only undefeated German commmander in the field during World War I, and the last to surrender his arms in final defeat. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Robert Gaudi) Tue, 31 Jan 2017 09:46:33 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/African-Kaiser-Audiobook/B01NAWL3ZH thebookvoice.com 18:07:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: African Kaiser Subtitle: General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck and the Great War in Africa, 1914-1918 Author: Robert Gaudi Narrator: Paul Hodgson Format: Unabridged Length: 18 hrs and 7 mins Language: English Release date: 01-31-17 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 349 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The incredible true account of General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck and his exploits in World War I Africa with the legendary "Schutztruppe". As World War I ravaged the European continent, a completely different theater of war was being contested in Africa. And from this very different kind of war, there emerged a very different kind of military leader.... At the beginning of the twentieth century, the continent of Africa was a hotbed of international trade, colonialism, and political gamesmanship. So when World War I broke out, the European powers were forced to contend with each other not just in the bloody trenches - but in the treacherous jungle. And it was in that unforgiving land that General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck would make history. With the now legendary "Schutztruppe" (Defensive Force), von Lettow-Vorbeck and a small cadre of hardened German officers fought alongside their fanatically devoted native African allies as equals, creating the first truly integrated army of the modern age. African Kaiser is the almost-forgotten true account of Wiemar Germany's military escapades on the dark continent. A story of 1,000-mile marches through the harshest landscapes; of German officers riding bicycles into battle through the bush; of battleships hidden in jungle rivers teeming with crocodiles; of improbable Zeppelin voyages; of desperate men living off hippo lard and facing dangers in both man and nature. But mostly it is the story of von Lettow-Vorbeck - the only undefeated German commmander in the field during World War I, and the last to surrender his arms in final defeat. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: African Kaiser Subtitle: General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck and the Great War in Africa, 1914-1918 Author: Robert Gaudi Narrator: Paul Hodgson Format: Unabridged Length: 18 hrs and 7 mins Language: English Release date: 01-31-17 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 349 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The incredible true account of General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck and his exploits in World War I Africa with the legendary "Schutztruppe". As World War I ravaged the European continent, a completely different theater of war was being contested in Africa. And from this very different kind of war, there emerged a very different kind of military leader.... At the beginning of the twentieth century, the continent of Africa was a hotbed of international trade, colonialism, and political gamesmanship. So when World War I broke out, the European powers were forced to contend with each other not just in the bloody trenches - but in the treacherous jungle. And it was in that unforgiving land that General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck would make history. With the now legendary "Schutztruppe" (Defensive Force), von Lettow-Vorbeck and a small cadre of hardened German officers fought alongside their fanatically devoted native African allies as equals, creating the first truly integrated army of the modern age. African Kaiser is the almost-forgotten true account of Wiemar Germany's military escapades on the dark continent. A story of 1,000-mile marches through the harshest landscapes; of German officers riding bicycles into battle through the bush; of battleships hidden in jungle rivers teeming with crocodiles; of improbable Zeppelin voyages; of desperate men living off hippo lard and facing dangers in both man and nature. But mostly it is the story of von Lettow-Vorbeck - the only undefeated German commmander in the field during World War I, and the last to surrender his arms in final defeat. Members Reviews: Well Written, Well Read, Well Done! General - 'African Kaiser' provided copious amounts of information on a part of World War One I knew little about and a person I knew nothing about. It has a wealth of interesting information about the colonial conflict in Africa and it was told in a very engaging style. Content Robert Gaudi set good background information; first about the history of airships used in the war, then about the conditions the troops faced, in particular the entomology in the area, then about the colonial subjugation of Africa, and finally, about the early life of Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck. All of this was done without getting too deep into the weeds like some authors tend to do with books like this. The book evoked some emotions, primarily that creepy-crawly feeling down the back when the narrator described some of the bugs, diseases and depravations the troops on both sides suffered during their time in the bush. For the most part this book held my interest to a point where I didnt want to stop listening. Overall, the book read like a very good novel; being part romance, part war, and part spy-thriller. I dont mean to make light of this horrific time in human history by saying that, Im simply trying express the feel the book had for me. I made five bookmarks with notes for future reference that, for me, is always a barometer of a really good book. Length This book did not seem like it was 18-plus hours in length. I believe the length was perfect for the subject matter. I finished the book in 12-days, which may seem a long time, but aside from having to work fulltime I was also listening to six books simultaneously. Of those books, this was my go-to every day until I finished it. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Second-Coming-of-the-KKK-Audiobook/B076H71MWM Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Second Coming of the KKK Subtitle: The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s and the American Political Tradition Author: Linda Gordon Narrator: Jo Anna Perrin Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins Language: English Release date: 10-24-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 16 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: By legitimizing bigotry and redefining so-called American values, a revived Klan in the 1920s left a toxic legacy that demands reexamination today. Boasting four to six million members, the reassembled Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s dramatically challenged our preconceptions of hooded Klansmen, who through violence and lynching had established a Jim Crow racial hierarchy in the 1870s South. Responding to the "emergency" posed by the flood of immigrant "hordes" - Pope-worshipping Irish and Italians, "self-centered Hebrews," and "sly Orientals" - this "second Klan," as award-winning historian Linda Gordon vividly chronicles, spread principally above the Mason-Dixon Line in states like Indiana, Michigan, and Oregon. Condemning "urban" vices like liquor, prostitution, movies, and jazz as Catholic and Jewish "plots" to subvert American values, the rejuvenated Klan became entirely mainstream, attracting middle-class men and women through its elaborate secret rituals and mass "Klonvocations" before collapsing amid revelations of sordid sexual scandals, financial embezzlement, and Ponzi-like schemes. The Klan's brilliant melding of Christian values with racial bigotry and its lightning-like accretion of political power now becomes a sobering parable for the 21st century. Critic Reviews: "This clear-eyed analysis illuminates the character and historic power of America's own 'politics of resentment.'" ( Publishers Weekly) bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Linda Gordon) Tue, 24 Oct 2017 22:31:07 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Second-Coming-of-the-KKK-Audiobook/B076H71MWM thebookvoice.com 07:43:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Second Coming of the KKK Subtitle: The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s and the American Political Tradition Author: Linda Gordon Narrator: Jo Anna Perrin Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins Language: English Release date: 10-24-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 16 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: By legitimizing bigotry and redefining so-called American values, a revived Klan in the 1920s left a toxic legacy that demands reexamination today. Boasting four to six million members, the reassembled Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s dramatically challenged our preconceptions of hooded Klansmen, who through violence and lynching had established a Jim Crow racial hierarchy in the 1870s South. Responding to the "emergency" posed by the flood of immigrant "hordes" - Pope-worshipping Irish and Italians, "self-centered Hebrews," and "sly Orientals" - this "second Klan," as award-winning historian Linda Gordon vividly chronicles, spread principally above the Mason-Dixon Line in states like Indiana, Michigan, and Oregon. Condemning "urban" vices like liquor, prostitution, movies, and jazz as Catholic and Jewish "plots" to subvert American values, the rejuvenated Klan became entirely mainstream, attracting middle-class men and women through its elaborate secret rituals and mass "Klonvocations" before collapsing amid revelations of sordid sexual scandals, financial embezzlement, and Ponzi-like schemes. The Klan's brilliant melding of Christian values with racial bigotry and its lightning-like accretion of political power now becomes a sobering parable for the 21st century. Critic Reviews: "This clear-eyed analysis illuminates the character and historic power of America's own 'politics of resentment.'" ( Publishers Weekly) Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Second Coming of the KKK Subtitle: The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s and the American Political Tradition Author: Linda Gordon Narrator: Jo Anna Perrin Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins Language: English Release date: 10-24-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 16 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: By legitimizing bigotry and redefining so-called American values, a revived Klan in the 1920s left a toxic legacy that demands reexamination today. Boasting four to six million members, the reassembled Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s dramatically challenged our preconceptions of hooded Klansmen, who through violence and lynching had established a Jim Crow racial hierarchy in the 1870s South. Responding to the "emergency" posed by the flood of immigrant "hordes" - Pope-worshipping Irish and Italians, "self-centered Hebrews," and "sly Orientals" - this "second Klan," as award-winning historian Linda Gordon vividly chronicles, spread principally above the Mason-Dixon Line in states like Indiana, Michigan, and Oregon. Condemning "urban" vices like liquor, prostitution, movies, and jazz as Catholic and Jewish "plots" to subvert American values, the rejuvenated Klan became entirely mainstream, attracting middle-class men and women through its elaborate secret rituals and mass "Klonvocations" before collapsing amid revelations of sordid sexual scandals, financial embezzlement, and Ponzi-like schemes. The Klan's brilliant melding of Christian values with racial bigotry and its lightning-like accretion of political power now becomes a sobering parable for the 21st century. Critic Reviews: "This clear-eyed analysis illuminates the character and historic power of America's own 'politics of resentment.'" ( Publishers Weekly) Members Reviews: Necessary History This text sheds light on a recent period of American history that still echoes in our present more than most what to believe. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Ethnic-Cleansing-of-Palestine-Audiobook/B077KDZRCX Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine Author: Ilan Pappe Narrator: Paul Boehmer Format: Unabridged Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins Language: English Release date: 12-14-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 5 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Renowned Israeli historian Ilan Pappe's groundbreaking book revisits the formation of the State of Israel. Between 1947 and 1949, over 400 Palestinian villages were deliberately destroyed, civilians were massacred, and around a million men, women, and children were expelled from their homes at gunpoint. Denied for almost six decades, had it happened today it could only have been called "ethnic cleansing." Decisively debunking the myth that the Palestinian population left of their own accord in the course of this war, Ilan Pappe offers impressive archival evidence to demonstrate that, from its very inception, a central plank in Israel's founding ideology was the forcible removal of the indigenous population. This is an indispensable book for anyone interested in the current crisis in the Middle East. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Ilan Pappe) Thu, 14 Dec 2017 01:35:56 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Ethnic-Cleansing-of-Palestine-Audiobook/B077KDZRCX thebookvoice.com 12:39:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine Author: Ilan Pappe Narrator: Paul Boehmer Format: Unabridged Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins Language: English Release date: 12-14-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 5 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Renowned Israeli historian Ilan Pappe's groundbreaking book revisits the formation of the State of Israel. Between 1947 and 1949, over 400 Palestinian villages were deliberately destroyed, civilians were massacred, and around a million men, women, and children were expelled from their homes at gunpoint. Denied for almost six decades, had it happened today it could only have been called "ethnic cleansing." Decisively debunking the myth that the Palestinian population left of their own accord in the course of this war, Ilan Pappe offers impressive archival evidence to demonstrate that, from its very inception, a central plank in Israel's founding ideology was the forcible removal of the indigenous population. This is an indispensable book for anyone interested in the current crisis in the Middle East. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine Author: Ilan Pappe Narrator: Paul Boehmer Format: Unabridged Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins Language: English Release date: 12-14-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 5 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Renowned Israeli historian Ilan Pappe's groundbreaking book revisits the formation of the State of Israel. Between 1947 and 1949, over 400 Palestinian villages were deliberately destroyed, civilians were massacred, and around a million men, women, and children were expelled from their homes at gunpoint. Denied for almost six decades, had it happened today it could only have been called "ethnic cleansing." Decisively debunking the myth that the Palestinian population left of their own accord in the course of this war, Ilan Pappe offers impressive archival evidence to demonstrate that, from its very inception, a central plank in Israel's founding ideology was the forcible removal of the indigenous population. This is an indispensable book for anyone interested in the current crisis in the Middle East. Members Reviews: Hidden from the west, ethnic cleansing of Palestine is ... Hidden from the west, ethnic cleansing of Palestine is one of the main issues feeding the ongoing conflict, beside the occupation a disaster This is an excellent description, though not a blow-by-blow account, of the 1948 ethnic cleansing or Nakba. The author uses Zionist materials to show how the plan to expel the Palestinians was developed and carried out. I would have liked a more detailed description of the line from Plan Aleph to Plan Daleth, the final solution used by the Haganah. Courage to tell the Truth Ilan Pappe is one of the few Israelis to have the courage to look at Israel's original sin, and he has paid for that courage. This book details the planning and execution of the theft of the Palestinians' land by the Zionists. Well written and documented, by an author who can hardly be called "anti-semitic". very interesting The information contained is really startling. I never knew about the tactics used by Israel when creating a state. This book is an eye opener written by an Israeli Jew who seems to want peace and reconciliation. A little biased toward the Palestinians but it portrays detailed picture the events. A Must Read! Incredible and disturbing. Putting a spotlight on the actions of the terrorist state of Israel will help people understand why Americans must learn the truth. Our government and media are virtually controlled by AIPAC and other pro-Israel organizations. All one has to do is google Douglas Feith and Larry Franklin to see how our politicians have been duped into invading Iraq, etc. After reading this book it is vital that you read Mearsheimer and Walt's "THE ISRAEL LOBBY AND U.S. FOREIGN POLICY". Then you will begin to really understand what is going on. With books like "The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine" one can begin to understand the importance of taking back our country from these vile lobbyists. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Katharine-the-Great-Audiobook/B077ZDVCGG Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Katharine the Great Subtitle: Katharine Graham and Her Washington Post Empire Author: Deborah Davis Narrator: January LaVoy Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins Language: English Release date: 12-07-17 Publisher: Graymalkin Media, LLC Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 5 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: An unauthorized account of the secret power behind the Washington Post, and the woman who took down President Nixon. In the early 1970s, Katharine Graham was one of the most powerful women on earth. As the publisher of the Washington Post, she published the Pentagon Papers, which shed light on the darkest corners of the war in Vietnam, and she oversaw the investigation into Watergate that would bring down President Richard Nixon. Her story is one of the greatest triumphs in the history of American journalism, but she may have had a secret ally: the Central Intelligence Agency. In this stunning biography, veteran reporter Deborah Davis unearths the truth about the Washington Post and the family that ran it. Upon the first printing of Katharine the Great, the original publisher pulled the book under pressure from Katharine Graham and her editor-in-chief, Benjamin Bradlee, who demanded that it be destroyed. Nothing in the book was ever disproven, and it stands today as a testament to dogged reporting and the unmatched power of the intelligence community. Don't miss the new Steven Spielberg film, The Post, starring Meryl Streep as Katharine Graham and Tom Hanks as Benjamin Bradlee. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Deborah Davis) Thu, 07 Dec 2017 22:26:05 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Katharine-the-Great-Audiobook/B077ZDVCGG thebookvoice.com 10:31:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Katharine the Great Subtitle: Katharine Graham and Her Washington Post Empire Author: Deborah Davis Narrator: January LaVoy Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins Language: English Release date: 12-07-17 Publisher: Graymalkin Media, LLC Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 5 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: An unauthorized account of the secret power behind the Washington Post, and the woman who took down President Nixon. In the early 1970s, Katharine Graham was one of the most powerful women on earth. As the publisher of the Washington Post, she published the Pentagon Papers, which shed light on the darkest corners of the war in Vietnam, and she oversaw the investigation into Watergate that would bring down President Richard Nixon. Her story is one of the greatest triumphs in the history of American journalism, but she may have had a secret ally: the Central Intelligence Agency. In this stunning biography, veteran reporter Deborah Davis unearths the truth about the Washington Post and the family that ran it. Upon the first printing of Katharine the Great, the original publisher pulled the book under pressure from Katharine Graham and her editor-in-chief, Benjamin Bradlee, who demanded that it be destroyed. Nothing in the book was ever disproven, and it stands today as a testament to dogged reporting and the unmatched power of the intelligence community. Don't miss the new Steven Spielberg film, The Post, starring Meryl Streep as Katharine Graham and Tom Hanks as Benjamin Bradlee. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Katharine the Great Subtitle: Katharine Graham and Her Washington Post Empire Author: Deborah Davis Narrator: January LaVoy Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins Language: English Release date: 12-07-17 Publisher: Graymalkin Media, LLC Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 5 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: An unauthorized account of the secret power behind the Washington Post, and the woman who took down President Nixon. In the early 1970s, Katharine Graham was one of the most powerful women on earth. As the publisher of the Washington Post, she published the Pentagon Papers, which shed light on the darkest corners of the war in Vietnam, and she oversaw the investigation into Watergate that would bring down President Richard Nixon. Her story is one of the greatest triumphs in the history of American journalism, but she may have had a secret ally: the Central Intelligence Agency. In this stunning biography, veteran reporter Deborah Davis unearths the truth about the Washington Post and the family that ran it. Upon the first printing of Katharine the Great, the original publisher pulled the book under pressure from Katharine Graham and her editor-in-chief, Benjamin Bradlee, who demanded that it be destroyed. Nothing in the book was ever disproven, and it stands today as a testament to dogged reporting and the unmatched power of the intelligence community. Don't miss the new Steven Spielberg film, The Post, starring Meryl Streep as Katharine Graham and Tom Hanks as Benjamin Bradlee. Members Reviews: This book was censored at its first publication! In a dead up to the recent release of the movie "The Post" I wanted to know more about some of the real-life central characters within the Washington Post. I chose this one because the other tome available on Katharine Graham was 30 hours of listening! This is about 7, and within it, a great history of how the Post has made its way in the political swamp of Washington DC and how Katharine Graham came to lead it. Very, Very interesting factual narrative! I really enjoyed this book it was a great look back at what all happened during Watergate and Beyond. it certainly does point out the fact that Washington really is a swamp and continues to be and always has been. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Operation-Paperclip-Audiobook/B00HLPHNNE Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Operation Paperclip Subtitle: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America Author: Annie Jacobsen Narrator: Annie Jacobsen Format: Unabridged Length: 19 hrs and 26 mins Language: English Release date: 02-11-14 Publisher: Hachette Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 337 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The explosive, dark secrets behind America's post-WWII science programs from the author of the New York Times best seller Area 51. In the chaos following WWII, some of the greatest spoils of Germany's resources were the Third Reich's scientific minds. The U.S. government secretly decided that the value of these former Nazis' knowledge outweighed their crimes and began a covert operation code-named Paperclip to allow them to work in the U.S. without the public's full knowledge. Drawing on exclusive interviews with dozens of Paperclip family members, colleagues, and interrogators, and with access to German archival documents (including papers made available to her by direct descendants of the Third Reich's ranking members), files obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, and lost dossiers discovered at the National Archives and Harvard University, Annie Jacobsen follows more than a dozen German scientists through their postwar lives and into one of the most complex, nefarious, and jealously guarded government secrets of the 20th century. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Annie Jacobsen) Tue, 11 Feb 2014 19:09:39 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Operation-Paperclip-Audiobook/B00HLPHNNE thebookvoice.com 19:26:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Operation Paperclip Subtitle: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America Author: Annie Jacobsen Narrator: Annie Jacobsen Format: Unabridged Length: 19 hrs and 26 mins Language: English Release date: 02-11-14 Publisher: Hachette Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 337 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The explosive, dark secrets behind America's post-WWII science programs from the author of the New York Times best seller Area 51. In the chaos following WWII, some of the greatest spoils of Germany's resources were the Third Reich's scientific minds. The U.S. government secretly decided that the value of these former Nazis' knowledge outweighed their crimes and began a covert operation code-named Paperclip to allow them to work in the U.S. without the public's full knowledge. Drawing on exclusive interviews with dozens of Paperclip family members, colleagues, and interrogators, and with access to German archival documents (including papers made available to her by direct descendants of the Third Reich's ranking members), files obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, and lost dossiers discovered at the National Archives and Harvard University, Annie Jacobsen follows more than a dozen German scientists through their postwar lives and into one of the most complex, nefarious, and jealously guarded government secrets of the 20th century. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Operation Paperclip Subtitle: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America Author: Annie Jacobsen Narrator: Annie Jacobsen Format: Unabridged Length: 19 hrs and 26 mins Language: English Release date: 02-11-14 Publisher: Hachette Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 337 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The explosive, dark secrets behind America's post-WWII science programs from the author of the New York Times best seller Area 51. In the chaos following WWII, some of the greatest spoils of Germany's resources were the Third Reich's scientific minds. The U.S. government secretly decided that the value of these former Nazis' knowledge outweighed their crimes and began a covert operation code-named Paperclip to allow them to work in the U.S. without the public's full knowledge. Drawing on exclusive interviews with dozens of Paperclip family members, colleagues, and interrogators, and with access to German archival documents (including papers made available to her by direct descendants of the Third Reich's ranking members), files obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, and lost dossiers discovered at the National Archives and Harvard University, Annie Jacobsen follows more than a dozen German scientists through their postwar lives and into one of the most complex, nefarious, and jealously guarded government secrets of the 20th century. Members Reviews: The Osenberg list In 1945, Operation Overcast (renamed Operation Paperclip for the paperclips attached to the dossiers of the scientist) began. More than 1600 German scientist were secretly recruited to work for the United States. There was a race between the United States and the U.S.S. R. to obtain these scientists. At the time Albert Einstein, Eleanor Roosevelt and Rabbi Steven Wise publically opposed the program. In 1998 President Clinton signed the Nazi War Crimes disclosure Act, which pushed through the declassification of Americans intelligence records, including F.B. I., Army Intelligence and C.I.A. files of German agents, scientists and war criminals. Jacobsen accessed these documents, along with her research in various special collections, interviews with former intelligence personnel and relatives of the scientists. This makes Jacobsens account the most in-depth to date. The author tracked 21 of these Nazi scientists. Eight of her subjects worked directly with the upper echelon of the Nazi government. Some of these are Werner Von Braun, Hubertus Strughold, Walter Dornberger, and Arthur Rudolph, Fritz Hoffman. The author described in detail the hunt for the Nazi secret chemical and biological warfare sites and the hunt for the scientist. Jacobsen focuses mostly on biologists, chemists and physicians. She said the rocket scientist had already been widely written about. The author painstakingly covers the various scientist works for the Nazis; I wish she would have equally covered their work in American. We know the benefit of the work by the rocket scientist in developing the Saturn rocket. German Chemist Fritz Hoffman was assigned by the U.S. to research toxic agents for military use. He is credited with the development of Agent Orange. It was used to defoliate trees in Vietnam. Hoffman died in 1967. Other German scientist worked in the area of aeronautical medicine, research into diabetes, neurological disease and also developing equipment. I believe one of them developed the ear thermometer. The book is an achievement of investigative reporting and historical writing. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Storm-of-War-Audiobook/B005B1MMU4 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Storm of War Subtitle: A New History of the Second World War Author: Andrew Roberts Narrator: Christian Rodska Format: Unabridged Length: 28 hrs and 35 mins Language: English Release date: 07-07-11 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 716 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The Second World War lasted for 2,174 days, cost $1.5 trillion, and claimed the lives of more than 50 million people. What were the factors that affected the war's outcome? Why did the Axis lose? And could they, with a different strategy, have won? Andrew Roberts' acclaimed new history has been hailed as the finest single-volume account of this epic conflict. From the western front to North Africa, from the Baltic to the Far East, he tells the story of the war - the grand strategy and the individual experience, the cruelty and the heroism - as never before. In researching this magnificently vivid history, Roberts walked many of the key battlefields and wartimes sites in Russia, France, Italy, Germany, and the Far East, and drew on a number of never-before-published documents, such as a letter from Hitler's director of military operations explaining the reasoning behind the Fuhrer's order to halt the Panzers outside Dunkirk - a delay that enabled British forces to evacuate. Roberts illuminates the principal actors on both sides and analyzes how they reached critical decisions. He also presents the tales of many little-known individuals whose experiences form a panoply of the extraordinary courage and self-sacrifice, as well as the terrible depravity and cruelty, of the Second World War. Meticulously researched and masterfully written, The Storm of War gives a dramatic account of this momentous event and shows in remarkable detail why the war took the course it did. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Andrew Roberts) Thu, 07 Jul 2011 05:21:25 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Storm-of-War-Audiobook/B005B1MMU4 thebookvoice.com 28:35:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Storm of War Subtitle: A New History of the Second World War Author: Andrew Roberts Narrator: Christian Rodska Format: Unabridged Length: 28 hrs and 35 mins Language: English Release date: 07-07-11 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 716 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The Second World War lasted for 2,174 days, cost $1.5 trillion, and claimed the lives of more than 50 million people. What were the factors that affected the war's outcome? Why did the Axis lose? And could they, with a different strategy, have won? Andrew Roberts' acclaimed new history has been hailed as the finest single-volume account of this epic conflict. From the western front to North Africa, from the Baltic to the Far East, he tells the story of the war - the grand strategy and the individual experience, the cruelty and the heroism - as never before. In researching this magnificently vivid history, Roberts walked many of the key battlefields and wartimes sites in Russia, France, Italy, Germany, and the Far East, and drew on a number of never-before-published documents, such as a letter from Hitler's director of military operations explaining the reasoning behind the Fuhrer's order to halt the Panzers outside Dunkirk - a delay that enabled British forces to evacuate. Roberts illuminates the principal actors on both sides and analyzes how they reached critical decisions. He also presents the tales of many little-known individuals whose experiences form a panoply of the extraordinary courage and self-sacrifice, as well as the terrible depravity and cruelty, of the Second World War. Meticulously researched and masterfully written, The Storm of War gives a dramatic account of this momentous event and shows in remarkable detail why the war took the course it did. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Storm of War Subtitle: A New History of the Second World War Author: Andrew Roberts Narrator: Christian Rodska Format: Unabridged Length: 28 hrs and 35 mins Language: English Release date: 07-07-11 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 716 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The Second World War lasted for 2,174 days, cost $1.5 trillion, and claimed the lives of more than 50 million people. What were the factors that affected the war's outcome? Why did the Axis lose? And could they, with a different strategy, have won? Andrew Roberts' acclaimed new history has been hailed as the finest single-volume account of this epic conflict. From the western front to North Africa, from the Baltic to the Far East, he tells the story of the war - the grand strategy and the individual experience, the cruelty and the heroism - as never before. In researching this magnificently vivid history, Roberts walked many of the key battlefields and wartimes sites in Russia, France, Italy, Germany, and the Far East, and drew on a number of never-before-published documents, such as a letter from Hitler's director of military operations explaining the reasoning behind the Fuhrer's order to halt the Panzers outside Dunkirk - a delay that enabled British forces to evacuate. Roberts illuminates the principal actors on both sides and analyzes how they reached critical decisions. He also presents the tales of many little-known individuals whose experiences form a panoply of the extraordinary courage and self-sacrifice, as well as the terrible depravity and cruelty, of the Second World War. Meticulously researched and masterfully written, The Storm of War gives a dramatic account of this momentous event and shows in remarkable detail why the war took the course it did. Members Reviews: A very interesting book with some shortcomings. I have been reading about the Second World War for the last 50 years and so did not expect to find anything really new in this book. I bought it thinking that it would be good to have a single volume that covered both the European and Pacific theaters and with the thought that there might be something new and interesting in it. What I found was a book that was very interesting; not so much because of new material, but rather because the book centers on the "whys" of what happened and contained a great deal of "back story" about the time that is missing in other books (examples - the actions in North Africa before the German troops were deployed there, the importance of the spy operations on both sides, the actions in generally neglected threaters of the war such as Burma, the fact that the Germans had broken the British Naval codes and so on) as well as a good overview of the major actions of the war. Add to that the excellent narration by Christian Rodska, including his ability to make his voice sound exactly like many of the political figures of the time, and this is a hard book to top if you want something on World War 2. There are some inaccuracies - (a) a rise of 500 feet over a length of 1000 feet does NOT make a 45 degree hill. A simple check of the trig tables shows this to be about 27 degrees, (b) a quote from Churchill (to his war cabinet) wrongly attributed to Hitler, (c) a statement, with no supporting evidence, that Churchill invented the story of Lord Halifax almost being offered the premiership. This flies in the face of every other book about the period and thus requires some supporting evidence, (d) aside from the Philippine Islands, Iwo Jima and Okinawa, very little detail about the Pacific war (with nothing about MacArthur's island hopping campaign). https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Longest-Day-Audiobook/B007FWL18Q Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Longest Day Subtitle: June 6, 1944 Author: Cornelius Ryan Narrator: Clive Chafer Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins Language: English Release date: 03-02-12 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 540 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The classic account of the Allied invasion of Normandy.... The Longest Dayis Cornelius Ryans unsurpassed account of D-day, a book that endures as a masterpiece of military history. In this compelling tale of courage and heroism, glory and tragedy, Ryan painstakingly re-creates the fateful hours that preceded and followed the massive invasion of Normandy to retell the story of an epic battle that would turn the tide against world fascism and free Europe from the grip of Nazi Germany. This book, first published in 1959, is a must for anyone who loves history, as well as for anyone who wants to better understand how free nations prevailed at a time when darkness enshrouded the earth. Critic Reviews: What I write about is not war but the courage of man. (Cornelius Ryan) Fifty years from now, the history of D-day, I am sure, will lean heavily on this book. ( New York Times Book Review) A dramatic, moving masterpiece, a living memorial to the men who died, and as suspenseful as the most gripping mystery story. ( Chicago Sunday Tribune) bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Cornelius Ryan) Fri, 02 Mar 2012 16:00:09 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Longest-Day-Audiobook/B007FWL18Q thebookvoice.com 08:46:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Longest Day Subtitle: June 6, 1944 Author: Cornelius Ryan Narrator: Clive Chafer Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins Language: English Release date: 03-02-12 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 540 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The classic account of the Allied invasion of Normandy.... The Longest Dayis Cornelius Ryans unsurpassed account of D-day, a book that endures as a masterpiece of military history. In this compelling tale of courage and heroism, glory and tragedy, Ryan painstakingly re-creates the fateful hours that preceded and followed the massive invasion of Normandy to retell the story of an epic battle that would turn the tide against world fascism and free Europe from the grip of Nazi Germany. This book, first published in 1959, is a must for anyone who loves history, as well as for anyone who wants to better understand how free nations prevailed at a time when darkness enshrouded the earth. Critic Reviews: What I write about is not war but the courage of man. (Cornelius Ryan) Fifty years from now, the history of D-day, I am sure, will lean heavily on this book. ( New York Times Book Review) A dramatic, moving masterpiece, a living memorial to the men who died, and as suspenseful as the most gripping mystery story. ( Chicago Sunday Tribune) Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Longest Day Subtitle: June 6, 1944 Author: Cornelius Ryan Narrator: Clive Chafer Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins Language: English Release date: 03-02-12 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 540 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The classic account of the Allied invasion of Normandy.... The Longest Dayis Cornelius Ryans unsurpassed account of D-day, a book that endures as a masterpiece of military history. In this compelling tale of courage and heroism, glory and tragedy, Ryan painstakingly re-creates the fateful hours that preceded and followed the massive invasion of Normandy to retell the story of an epic battle that would turn the tide against world fascism and free Europe from the grip of Nazi Germany. This book, first published in 1959, is a must for anyone who loves history, as well as for anyone who wants to better understand how free nations prevailed at a time when darkness enshrouded the earth. Critic Reviews: What I write about is not war but the courage of man. (Cornelius Ryan) Fifty years from now, the history of D-day, I am sure, will lean heavily on this book. ( New York Times Book Review) A dramatic, moving masterpiece, a living memorial to the men who died, and as suspenseful as the most gripping mystery story. ( Chicago Sunday Tribune) Members Reviews: Seen the movie? Read the book: it is worth it Any additional comments? Have you seen the movie? They make such a prominent statement in the opening credits that it is "based on the book by Cornelius Ryan" that I've always had a mind to read it. After all, while the story is epic, the movie just "tries too hard" in parts. Isn't the breaching of Fortress Europe enough of a plot? No! Movie-goers also need a schmaltzy love story too. Surely the book can't be that contrived? The good news is that it is not. It shares the "tell a story through a mosaic of slice-of-life vignettes" approach, yet does it with compelling integrity. It is gritty and unrelenting; sometimes poignant, but always authentic. The book's most rewarding and fascinating aspect is how it shows in rich detail the diverse impact of action and inaction, decision and indecision - and often just plain luck - in the final outcome of the day. Horrendous narration makes it impossible to listen What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you? A different narration. What didnt you like about Clive Chafers performance? Every sentence dragged on with the exact same rhythm. How can you make such interesting material so impossible to bear???? Any additional comments? This is one of the saddest disappointments I have ever experienced on Audible. a different take This book gives a different take on the d day landings. Using interviews and letter etc it tells the story from the thoughts and feelings of those involved. A very good listen. Excellent book, unpleasant narration voice This is an exceptional written work. Unfortunately I found the narrator's voice to be so unpleasant that I was unable to listen to the entire book. OMG....kill me now..... Would you be willing to try another one of Clive Chafers performances? NEVER!!! Any additional comments? I could not get past Chapter 2.... The narrator was sooooo monotone and drove me to rip my earphones out..... https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Allies-Strike-Back-1941-1943-Audiobook/B076VZLQKY Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Allies Strike Back, 1941-1943 Subtitle: The War in the West, Book 2 Author: James Holland Narrator: David Baker Format: Unabridged Length: 24 hrs and 8 mins Language: English Release date: 11-07-17 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 15 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: By June 1941, Germany's war machine looked to be unstoppable. The Nazi blitzkrieg had taken Poland, France, and Holland with shocking speed. The Luftwaffe had bombed London, while German U-boats wrought havoc on Allied shipping on the Atlantic. And yet, as James Holland shows at the start of The Allies Strike Back, 1941-1943 - the second volume in his magisterial narrative of World War II in the West - cracks were already appearing in Germany's apparent invincibility. Shortages of food and materiel were becoming critical. And, having failed to defeat Britain, Adolf Hitler fatefully pivoted east to invade the Soviet Union - territory he felt compelled to conquer for Germany's protection - and on June 22, 1941 precipitated the largest clash of arms the world had ever seen. Built for speed and quick conquest, German forces by that fall were bogged down in a horrible war of attrition that blunted the Nazi momentum. The Allies Strike Back offers fascinating new perspective on the critical middle years in World War II's western theatre, as the advantage between Axis and Allied forces swung back and forth on the Atlantic and eastern front, and in north Africa and Europe. Acclaimed historian James Holland has spent years conducting original research and interviews, mining newly available archives, visiting battlefields and uncovering letters and diaries previously unread. Acknowledging that strategy and tactics have been the focus of previous histories, he gives equal space to the logistics and supply of men and materiel without which no war can be fought. Allied and Axis leaders criss-cross Holland's narrative, but he also memorably introduces listeners to heretofore unknown participants: Sgt. Ralph Schaps, who experienced the Louisiana Maneuvers that propelled him into Europe; Colonel Hermann Balck, in command of a German panzer regiment in Africa; U-boat captain Teddy Suhren, operating against Allied shipping in the Atlantic; Billy Drake, squadron commander in Britain's Desert Air Force that helped turn the tide in North Africa; and many others. Following the acclaimed first volume of his trilogy, The Rise of Germany, and offering frank assessments of successes and failures on both sides, James Holland has crafted a masterful and gripping narrative of the events that ultimately determined the outcome of World War II. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (James Holland) Tue, 07 Nov 2017 17:19:04 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Allies-Strike-Back-1941-1943-Audiobook/B076VZLQKY thebookvoice.com 24:08:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Allies Strike Back, 1941-1943 Subtitle: The War in the West, Book 2 Author: James Holland Narrator: David Baker Format: Unabridged Length: 24 hrs and 8 mins Language: English Release date: 11-07-17 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 15 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: By June 1941, Germany's war machine looked to be unstoppable. The Nazi blitzkrieg had taken Poland, France, and Holland with shocking speed. The Luftwaffe had bombed London, while German U-boats wrought havoc on Allied shipping on the Atlantic. And yet, as James Holland shows at the start of The Allies Strike Back, 1941-1943 - the second volume in his magisterial narrative of World War II in the West - cracks were already appearing in Germany's apparent invincibility. Shortages of food and materiel were becoming critical. And, having failed to defeat Britain, Adolf Hitler fatefully pivoted east to invade the Soviet Union - territory he felt compelled to conquer for Germany's protection - and on June 22, 1941 precipitated the largest clash of arms the world had ever seen. Built for speed and quick conquest, German forces by that fall were bogged down in a horrible war of attrition that blunted the Nazi momentum. The Allies Strike Back offers fascinating new perspective on the critical middle years in World War II's western theatre, as the advantage between Axis and Allied forces swung back and forth on the Atlantic and eastern front, and in north Africa and Europe. Acclaimed historian James Holland has spent years conducting original research and interviews, mining newly available archives, visiting battlefields and uncovering letters and diaries previously unread. Acknowledging that strategy and tactics have been the focus of previous histories, he gives equal space to the logistics and supply of men and materiel without which no war can be fought. Allied and Axis leaders criss-cross Holland's narrative, but he also memorably introduces listeners to heretofore unknown participants: Sgt. Ralph Schaps, who experienced the Louisiana Maneuvers that propelled him into Europe; Colonel Hermann Balck, in command of a German panzer regiment in Africa; U-boat captain Teddy Suhren, operating against Allied shipping in the Atlantic; Billy Drake, squadron commander in Britain's Desert Air Force that helped turn the tide in North Africa; and many others. Following the acclaimed first volume of his trilogy, The Rise of Germany, and offering frank assessments of successes and failures on both sides, James Holland has crafted a masterful and gripping narrative of the events that ultimately determined the outcome of World War II. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Allies Strike Back, 1941-1943 Subtitle: The War in the West, Book 2 Author: James Holland Narrator: David Baker Format: Unabridged Length: 24 hrs and 8 mins Language: English Release date: 11-07-17 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 15 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: By June 1941, Germany's war machine looked to be unstoppable. The Nazi blitzkrieg had taken Poland, France, and Holland with shocking speed. The Luftwaffe had bombed London, while German U-boats wrought havoc on Allied shipping on the Atlantic. And yet, as James Holland shows at the start of The Allies Strike Back, 1941-1943 - the second volume in his magisterial narrative of World War II in the West - cracks were already appearing in Germany's apparent invincibility. Shortages of food and materiel were becoming critical. And, having failed to defeat Britain, Adolf Hitler fatefully pivoted east to invade the Soviet Union - territory he felt compelled to conquer for Germany's protection - and on June 22, 1941 precipitated the largest clash of arms the world had ever seen. Built for speed and quick conquest, German forces by that fall were bogged down in a horrible war of attrition that blunted the Nazi momentum. The Allies Strike Back offers fascinating new perspective on the critical middle years in World War II's western theatre, as the advantage between Axis and Allied forces swung back and forth on the Atlantic and eastern front, and in north Africa and Europe. Acclaimed historian James Holland has spent years conducting original research and interviews, mining newly available archives, visiting battlefields and uncovering letters and diaries previously unread. Acknowledging that strategy and tactics have been the focus of previous histories, he gives equal space to the logistics and supply of men and materiel without which no war can be fought. Allied and Axis leaders criss-cross Holland's narrative, but he also memorably introduces listeners to heretofore unknown participants: Sgt. Ralph Schaps, who experienced the Louisiana Maneuvers that propelled him into Europe; Colonel Hermann Balck, in command of a German panzer regiment in Africa; U-boat captain Teddy Suhren, operating against Allied shipping in the Atlantic; Billy Drake, squadron commander in Britain's Desert Air Force that helped turn the tide in North Africa; and many others. Following the acclaimed first volume of his trilogy, The Rise of Germany, and offering frank assessments of successes and failures on both sides, James Holland has crafted a masterful and gripping narrative of the events that ultimately determined the outcome of World War II. Members Reviews: book one, voice actor much better. why are you pronouncing Von Luke's name as Soon luck? this is a lazy mistake. Superb, thorough, professional historian James Holland is a superb, professional historian who has done the exhaustive work necessary to expose the critical understory of the war and its prosecution. Highly illuminating perspectives await the reader or listener that provide a vivid understanding of the ebbs and flows of the stages of WWII. No reader will be disappointed! https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Never-Call-Me-a-Hero-Audiobook/B06Y4BX6QB Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Never Call Me a Hero Subtitle: A Legendary American Dive-Bomber Pilot Remembers the Battle of Midway Author: N. Jack "Dusty" Kleiss, Timothy Orr Narrator: Mike Ortego, Cassandra Campbell, Patrick Lawlor Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins Language: English Release date: 05-23-17 Publisher: HarperAudio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 95 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: An extraordinary firsthand account of the Battle of Midway by one of its key participants, timed to the 75th anniversary: American dive-bomber pilot "Dusty" Kleiss helped sink three Japanese warships (including two aircraft carriers), received the Navy Cross, and is credited with playing a decisive individual role in determining the outcome of a battle that is considered a turning point in World War II. In Never Call Me a Hero, Captain Kleiss (USN, ret.), a US Navy SBD Dauntless dive-bomber pilot with the USS Enterprise's Scouting Squadron Six, tells his full story for the first time, offering an unprecedentedly intimate look at the battle that reversed America's fortunes after the tragedy of Pearl Harbor. Kleiss is notable for being the only pilot from either fleet on those battle-scarred days of legend, June 4-7, 1942, to land hits on three different enemy ships. On the first day of the Battle of Midway, Kleiss planted bombs on two Japanese carriers - Kaga and Hiryu - sinking both, and later, on June 6, he scored a direct hit on a Japanese cruiser, the Mikuma, which also sank. In his 1967 book Incredible Victory, Walter Lord asserted that the margins of US victory at Midway were so thin that individual participants could rightfully say that their actions turned the tide. Given the amount of destruction inflicted upon the Japanese that day, Kleiss may have been the most important pilot in the air. It is no stretch to say that without him, the Battle of Midway may not have been won, altering the course of the conflict and history itself, for according the US Navy's historians, "The Battle of Midway was far more than an epic WWII clash somewhere far away at sea. It was an American victory that forever changed the course of world history. This is the battle that turned the tide of the war." But this is not only the memoir of one man; it is the history of this battle and its legacy. In only five minutes, 48 American dive-bomber pilots and their gunners destroyed the pride of the Japanese carrier fleet and exacted retribution on the carrier force that had attacked Pearl Harbor. Never Call Me a Hero is also a story about humility and pushing limits. Throughout his life Kleiss had always looked toward the heavens for spiritual guidance and to serve his country. Throughout his life this humble man considered himself blessed with incredible luck and did his job without complaint. Whenever others referred to his actions as "heroic", he quickly corrected them: "I'm no hero. Never call me a hero." bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (N. Jack "Dusty" Kleiss) Tue, 23 May 2017 16:49:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Never-Call-Me-a-Hero-Audiobook/B06Y4BX6QB thebookvoice.com 09:38:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Never Call Me a Hero Subtitle: A Legendary American Dive-Bomber Pilot Remembers the Battle of Midway Author: N. Jack "Dusty" Kleiss, Timothy Orr Narrator: Mike Ortego, Cassandra Campbell, Patrick Lawlor Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins Language: English Release date: 05-23-17 Publisher: HarperAudio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 95 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: An extraordinary firsthand account of the Battle of Midway by one of its key participants, timed to the 75th anniversary: American dive-bomber pilot "Dusty" Kleiss helped sink three Japanese warships (including two aircraft carriers), received the Navy Cross, and is credited with playing a decisive individual role in determining the outcome of a battle that is considered a turning point in World War II. In Never Call Me a Hero, Captain Kleiss (USN, ret.), a US Navy SBD Dauntless dive-bomber pilot with the USS Enterprise's Scouting Squadron Six, tells his full story for the first time, offering an unprecedentedly intimate look at the battle that reversed America's fortunes after the tragedy of Pearl Harbor. Kleiss is notable for being the only pilot from either fleet on those battle-scarred days of legend, June 4-7, 1942, to land hits on three different enemy ships. On the first day of the Battle of Midway, Kleiss planted bombs on two Japanese carriers - Kaga and Hiryu - sinking both, and later, on June 6, he scored a direct hit on a Japanese cruiser, the Mikuma, which also sank. In his 1967 book Incredible Victory, Walter Lord asserted that the margins of US victory at Midway were so thin that individual participants could rightfully say that their actions turned the tide. Given the amount of destruction inflicted upon the Japanese that day, Kleiss may have been the most important pilot in the air. It is no stretch to say that without him, the Battle of Midway may not have been won, altering the course of the conflict and history itself, for according the US Navy's historians, "The Battle of Midway was far more than an epic WWII clash somewhere far away at sea. It was an American victory that forever changed the course of world history. This is the battle that turned the tide of the war." But this is not only the memoir of one man; it is the history of this battle and its legacy. In only five minutes, 48 American dive-bomber pilots and their gunners destroyed the pride of the Japanese carrier fleet and exacted retribution on the carrier force that had attacked Pearl Harbor. Never Call Me a Hero is also a story about humility and pushing limits. Throughout his life Kleiss had always looked toward the heavens for spiritual guidance and to serve his country. Throughout his life this humble man considered himself blessed with incredible luck and did his job without complaint. Whenever others referred to his actions as "heroic", he quickly corrected them: "I'm no hero. Never call me a hero." Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Never Call Me a Hero Subtitle: A Legendary American Dive-Bomber Pilot Remembers the Battle of Midway Author: N. Jack "Dusty" Kleiss, Timothy Orr Narrator: Mike Ortego, Cassandra Campbell, Patrick Lawlor Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins Language: English Release date: 05-23-17 Publisher: HarperAudio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 95 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: An extraordinary firsthand account of the Battle of Midway by one of its key participants, timed to the 75th anniversary: American dive-bomber pilot "Dusty" Kleiss helped sink three Japanese warships (including two aircraft carriers), received the Navy Cross, and is credited with playing a decisive individual role in determining the outcome of a battle that is considered a turning point in World War II. In Never Call Me a Hero, Captain Kleiss (USN, ret.), a US Navy SBD Dauntless dive-bomber pilot with the USS Enterprise's Scouting Squadron Six, tells his full story for the first time, offering an unprecedentedly intimate look at the battle that reversed America's fortunes after the tragedy of Pearl Harbor. Kleiss is notable for being the only pilot from either fleet on those battle-scarred days of legend, June 4-7, 1942, to land hits on three different enemy ships. On the first day of the Battle of Midway, Kleiss planted bombs on two Japanese carriers - Kaga and Hiryu - sinking both, and later, on June 6, he scored a direct hit on a Japanese cruiser, the Mikuma, which also sank. In his 1967 book Incredible Victory, Walter Lord asserted that the margins of US victory at Midway were so thin that individual participants could rightfully say that their actions turned the tide. Given the amount of destruction inflicted upon the Japanese that day, Kleiss may have been the most important pilot in the air. It is no stretch to say that without him, the Battle of Midway may not have been won, altering the course of the conflict and history itself, for according the US Navy's historians, "The Battle of Midway was far more than an epic WWII clash somewhere far away at sea. It was an American victory that forever changed the course of world history. This is the battle that turned the tide of the war." But this is not only the memoir of one man; it is the history of this battle and its legacy. In only five minutes, 48 American dive-bomber pilots and their gunners destroyed the pride of the Japanese carrier fleet and exacted retribution on the carrier force that had attacked Pearl Harbor. Never Call Me a Hero is also a story about humility and pushing limits. Throughout his life Kleiss had always looked toward the heavens for spiritual guidance and to serve his country. Throughout his life this humble man considered himself blessed with incredible luck and did his job without complaint. Whenever others referred to his actions as "heroic", he quickly corrected them: "I'm no hero. Never call me a hero." Members Reviews: Love the story, disagree with the title. Would you listen to Never Call Me a Hero again? Why? An excellent narrative involving war letters and diaries that answer some of the intriguing questions remaining many years after the war. As a student of the Battle of Midway, I find this an invaluable source. Excellent and highly recommended. Any additional comments? I find that most members of the Greatest Generation that survived the war consider the ones that died in battle as the real heroes. If I can't call Dusty Kleiss a hero, I don't know who I could. A pivotal player in the most pivotal battle of the South Pacific war. Midway First Hand Kleiss did an excellent job in describing his piece of the battle of Midway. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Lawrence-in-Arabia-Audiobook/B00DLKWTPA Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Lawrence in Arabia Subtitle: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly, and the Making of the Modern Middle East Author: Scott Anderson Narrator: Malcolm Hillgartner Format: Unabridged Length: 23 hrs and 44 mins Language: English Release date: 08-06-13 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1753 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: A thrilling and revelatory narrative of one of the most epic and consequential periods in 20th-century history: the Arab Revolt and the secret game to control the Middle East. The Arab revolt against the Turks in World War I was, in the words of T. E. Lawrence, "a sideshow of a sideshow". As a result, the conflict was shaped to a remarkable degree by a small handful of adventurers and low-level officers far removed from the corridors of power. Curt Prüfer was an academic attached to the German embassy in Cairo whose clandestine role was to foment jihad against British rule. Aaron Aaronsohn was a renowned agronomist and committed Zionist who gained the trust of the Ottoman governor of Palestine even as he built an elaborate anti-Ottoman spy ring. William Yale was a fallen scion of the American aristocracy who traveled the Ottoman Empire on behalf of Standard Oil, dissembling to the Turks in order to gain valuable oil concessions. At the center of it all was Lawrence. In early 1914 he was an archaeologist digging ruins in Syria; by 1917 he was riding into legend at the head of an Arab army, as he fought a rear guard action against his own government and its imperial ambitions. Based on four years of intensive primary document research, Lawrence in Arabiadefinitively overturns received wisdom on how the modern Middle East was formed. Sweeping in its action, keen in its portraiture, acid in its condemnation of the destruction wrought by European colonial plots, this is a book that brilliantly captures the way in which the folly of the past creates the anguish of the present. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Scott Anderson) Tue, 06 Aug 2013 22:16:42 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Lawrence-in-Arabia-Audiobook/B00DLKWTPA thebookvoice.com 23:44:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Lawrence in Arabia Subtitle: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly, and the Making of the Modern Middle East Author: Scott Anderson Narrator: Malcolm Hillgartner Format: Unabridged Length: 23 hrs and 44 mins Language: English Release date: 08-06-13 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1753 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: A thrilling and revelatory narrative of one of the most epic and consequential periods in 20th-century history: the Arab Revolt and the secret game to control the Middle East. The Arab revolt against the Turks in World War I was, in the words of T. E. Lawrence, "a sideshow of a sideshow". As a result, the conflict was shaped to a remarkable degree by a small handful of adventurers and low-level officers far removed from the corridors of power. Curt Prüfer was an academic attached to the German embassy in Cairo whose clandestine role was to foment jihad against British rule. Aaron Aaronsohn was a renowned agronomist and committed Zionist who gained the trust of the Ottoman governor of Palestine even as he built an elaborate anti-Ottoman spy ring. William Yale was a fallen scion of the American aristocracy who traveled the Ottoman Empire on behalf of Standard Oil, dissembling to the Turks in order to gain valuable oil concessions. At the center of it all was Lawrence. In early 1914 he was an archaeologist digging ruins in Syria; by 1917 he was riding into legend at the head of an Arab army, as he fought a rear guard action against his own government and its imperial ambitions. Based on four years of intensive primary document research, Lawrence in Arabiadefinitively overturns received wisdom on how the modern Middle East was formed. Sweeping in its action, keen in its portraiture, acid in its condemnation of the destruction wrought by European colonial plots, this is a book that brilliantly captures the way in which the folly of the past creates the anguish of the present. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Lawrence in Arabia Subtitle: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly, and the Making of the Modern Middle East Author: Scott Anderson Narrator: Malcolm Hillgartner Format: Unabridged Length: 23 hrs and 44 mins Language: English Release date: 08-06-13 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1753 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: A thrilling and revelatory narrative of one of the most epic and consequential periods in 20th-century history: the Arab Revolt and the secret game to control the Middle East. The Arab revolt against the Turks in World War I was, in the words of T. E. Lawrence, "a sideshow of a sideshow". As a result, the conflict was shaped to a remarkable degree by a small handful of adventurers and low-level officers far removed from the corridors of power. Curt Prüfer was an academic attached to the German embassy in Cairo whose clandestine role was to foment jihad against British rule. Aaron Aaronsohn was a renowned agronomist and committed Zionist who gained the trust of the Ottoman governor of Palestine even as he built an elaborate anti-Ottoman spy ring. William Yale was a fallen scion of the American aristocracy who traveled the Ottoman Empire on behalf of Standard Oil, dissembling to the Turks in order to gain valuable oil concessions. At the center of it all was Lawrence. In early 1914 he was an archaeologist digging ruins in Syria; by 1917 he was riding into legend at the head of an Arab army, as he fought a rear guard action against his own government and its imperial ambitions. Based on four years of intensive primary document research, Lawrence in Arabiadefinitively overturns received wisdom on how the modern Middle East was formed. Sweeping in its action, keen in its portraiture, acid in its condemnation of the destruction wrought by European colonial plots, this is a book that brilliantly captures the way in which the folly of the past creates the anguish of the present. Members Reviews: A Middle East Built on Lies In this well-researched, detailed but highly interesting story, Scott Anderson travels back to World War I and the tottering Ottoman Empire to set the stage for the Middle East we know now. Lawrence of Arabia has a large role, but it's not primarily his story -- it's the story of how war, oil, greed, imperialism, chicanery, empty promises and personalities interacted to fertilize the creation of Saudi Arabia, Israel (then known as Palestine), Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and their neighbors. T.E. Lawrence is the flywheel of the story, and his deeds lubricate the story, but there is oh so much more, from a wide range of Zionists to the scion of the family that founded Yale, to the Turks and Arabs and military leaders who had a hand in the battles and negotiations. Lawrence isn't idealized -- in fact, no one is idealized. It's not the David Lean movie! But it *is* fascinating. I found Malcolm Hillgartner a terrific narrator. He uses voices, but he uses them so smoothly and carefully that it's not jarring. (I tend to like my narrators to read rather than dramatize, but Hillgartner's approach could please everyone.) One note: I found myself often referring to a map. You'll likely find that having one to consult occasionally is helpful. The sideshow to end all sideshows In the words of author Scott Anderson, history is often the tale of small moments, chance encounters, casual decisions, or sheer coincidences, that seem of little consequence at the time, but somehow fuse with other small moments to produce something momentous. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Three-Days-in-January-Audiobook/B01LZN1D2O Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Three Days in January Subtitle: Dwight Eisenhower's Final Mission Author: Bret Baier, Catherine Whitney Narrator: Danny Campbell, Bret Baier Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins Language: English Release date: 01-10-17 Publisher: HarperAudio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 499 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: In this debut history from one of America's most influential political journalists, Bret Baier casts the three days between Dwight Eisenhower's prophetic "farewell address" on the evening of January 17, 1961, and his successor John F. Kennedy's inauguration on the afternoon of January 20 as the final mission of one of modern America's greatest leaders. As president, the former supreme commander of Allied forces during World War II successfully guided the country out of war in Korea, through the apocalyptic threat of nuclear war with Russia, and into one of the greatest economic booms in world history. In this last address to the nation, Eisenhower looked to the future, warning Americans against the dangers of elevating partisanship above national interest, excessive government budgets (particularly deficit spending), the expansion of the military-industrial complex, and the creeping political power of special interests. Baier explores the many ways these visionary words continue to resonate today; he also explains how Ike embodied the qualities of political leadership that the country is urgently hungering for at the present. Seeking to prepare a new generation for power, Eisenhower intensely advised the 43-year-old Kennedy in the intervening time between the speech and the inauguration. Dwight Eisenhower left the public stage at the end of these three days in January 1961 having done more than perhaps any other modern American to set the nation "on our charted course toward permanent peace and human betterment". Despite their differences in party affiliation, President Kennedy would continue to seek his predecessor's advice and counsel during his time in office. Five decades later Baier's Three Days in January illuminates how Eisenhower, an underappreciated giant of US history, still offers vital lessons for our own time. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Bret Baier) Tue, 10 Jan 2017 02:19:55 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Three-Days-in-January-Audiobook/B01LZN1D2O thebookvoice.com 10:34:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Three Days in January Subtitle: Dwight Eisenhower's Final Mission Author: Bret Baier, Catherine Whitney Narrator: Danny Campbell, Bret Baier Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins Language: English Release date: 01-10-17 Publisher: HarperAudio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 499 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: In this debut history from one of America's most influential political journalists, Bret Baier casts the three days between Dwight Eisenhower's prophetic "farewell address" on the evening of January 17, 1961, and his successor John F. Kennedy's inauguration on the afternoon of January 20 as the final mission of one of modern America's greatest leaders. As president, the former supreme commander of Allied forces during World War II successfully guided the country out of war in Korea, through the apocalyptic threat of nuclear war with Russia, and into one of the greatest economic booms in world history. In this last address to the nation, Eisenhower looked to the future, warning Americans against the dangers of elevating partisanship above national interest, excessive government budgets (particularly deficit spending), the expansion of the military-industrial complex, and the creeping political power of special interests. Baier explores the many ways these visionary words continue to resonate today; he also explains how Ike embodied the qualities of political leadership that the country is urgently hungering for at the present. Seeking to prepare a new generation for power, Eisenhower intensely advised the 43-year-old Kennedy in the intervening time between the speech and the inauguration. Dwight Eisenhower left the public stage at the end of these three days in January 1961 having done more than perhaps any other modern American to set the nation "on our charted course toward permanent peace and human betterment". Despite their differences in party affiliation, President Kennedy would continue to seek his predecessor's advice and counsel during his time in office. Five decades later Baier's Three Days in January illuminates how Eisenhower, an underappreciated giant of US history, still offers vital lessons for our own time. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Three Days in January Subtitle: Dwight Eisenhower's Final Mission Author: Bret Baier, Catherine Whitney Narrator: Danny Campbell, Bret Baier Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins Language: English Release date: 01-10-17 Publisher: HarperAudio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 499 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: In this debut history from one of America's most influential political journalists, Bret Baier casts the three days between Dwight Eisenhower's prophetic "farewell address" on the evening of January 17, 1961, and his successor John F. Kennedy's inauguration on the afternoon of January 20 as the final mission of one of modern America's greatest leaders. As president, the former supreme commander of Allied forces during World War II successfully guided the country out of war in Korea, through the apocalyptic threat of nuclear war with Russia, and into one of the greatest economic booms in world history. In this last address to the nation, Eisenhower looked to the future, warning Americans against the dangers of elevating partisanship above national interest, excessive government budgets (particularly deficit spending), the expansion of the military-industrial complex, and the creeping political power of special interests. Baier explores the many ways these visionary words continue to resonate today; he also explains how Ike embodied the qualities of political leadership that the country is urgently hungering for at the present. Seeking to prepare a new generation for power, Eisenhower intensely advised the 43-year-old Kennedy in the intervening time between the speech and the inauguration. Dwight Eisenhower left the public stage at the end of these three days in January 1961 having done more than perhaps any other modern American to set the nation "on our charted course toward permanent peace and human betterment". Despite their differences in party affiliation, President Kennedy would continue to seek his predecessor's advice and counsel during his time in office. Five decades later Baier's Three Days in January illuminates how Eisenhower, an underappreciated giant of US history, still offers vital lessons for our own time. Members Reviews: Stimulating The author puffed out the book with a brief biography of Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy. Also included was Eisenhowers farewell address. Ike stressed the critical need for bipartisanship and balance in all governmental and foreign affairs. The complete speech is in the appendix of the book. I found the speech most interesting considering all that has happened since it was given. When Ike took office, the relationship between Truman and Ike was strained. According to the author, Ike wanted to help the new presidents transition into office, as he apparently admired John F. Kennedy. Baier tells about the last three days in office where Ike attempted to prepare JFK for the current and ongoing problems he would be facing as president. Ike warned JFK about the military industrial complex, and the enormous federal funding that needed to be restrained. I found this part of the book quite interesting. I wish the author had gone more in depth about the discussions between Ike and JFK. I realize that there may be a limited amount of information available. I was most disappointed in the rest of the book because of the numerous factual errors, particularly in the biographical sketch of Eisenhower and about WWII. Most books have one of two minor errors, but this book goes beyond that. I dont know whether it was due to sloppy editing or sloppy research. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Ravensbruck-Audiobook/B071NL8YLX Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Ravensbruck Subtitle: Life and Death in Hitler's Concentration Camp for Women Author: Sarah Helm Narrator: Christa Lewis Format: Unabridged Length: 32 hrs and 38 mins Language: English Release date: 05-09-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 68 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: On a sunny morning in May 1939, a phalanx of 867 women - housewives, doctors, opera singers, politicians, prostitutes - was marched through the woods 50 miles north of Berlin, driven on past a shining lake, then herded in through giant gates. Whipping and kicking them were scores of German women guards. Their destination was Ravensbrück, a concentration camp designed specifically for women by Heinrich Himmler, prime architect of the Holocaust. By the end of the war 130,000 women from more than 20 different European countries had been imprisoned there; among the prominent names were Geneviève de Gaulle, General de Gaulle's niece, and Gemma La Guardia Gluck, sister of the wartime mayor of New York. Only a small number of these women were Jewish; Ravensbrück was largely a place for the Nazis to eliminate other inferior beings - social outcasts, Gypsies, political enemies, foreign resisters, the sick, the disabled, and the "mad". Over six years the prisoners endured beatings, torture, slave labor, starvation, and random execution. In the final months of the war, Ravensbrück became an extermination camp. Estimates of the final death toll by April 1945 have ranged from 30,000 to 90,000. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Sarah Helm) Tue, 09 May 2017 23:27:21 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Ravensbruck-Audiobook/B071NL8YLX thebookvoice.com 32:38:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Ravensbruck Subtitle: Life and Death in Hitler's Concentration Camp for Women Author: Sarah Helm Narrator: Christa Lewis Format: Unabridged Length: 32 hrs and 38 mins Language: English Release date: 05-09-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 68 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: On a sunny morning in May 1939, a phalanx of 867 women - housewives, doctors, opera singers, politicians, prostitutes - was marched through the woods 50 miles north of Berlin, driven on past a shining lake, then herded in through giant gates. Whipping and kicking them were scores of German women guards. Their destination was Ravensbrück, a concentration camp designed specifically for women by Heinrich Himmler, prime architect of the Holocaust. By the end of the war 130,000 women from more than 20 different European countries had been imprisoned there; among the prominent names were Geneviève de Gaulle, General de Gaulle's niece, and Gemma La Guardia Gluck, sister of the wartime mayor of New York. Only a small number of these women were Jewish; Ravensbrück was largely a place for the Nazis to eliminate other inferior beings - social outcasts, Gypsies, political enemies, foreign resisters, the sick, the disabled, and the "mad". Over six years the prisoners endured beatings, torture, slave labor, starvation, and random execution. In the final months of the war, Ravensbrück became an extermination camp. Estimates of the final death toll by April 1945 have ranged from 30,000 to 90,000. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Ravensbruck Subtitle: Life and Death in Hitler's Concentration Camp for Women Author: Sarah Helm Narrator: Christa Lewis Format: Unabridged Length: 32 hrs and 38 mins Language: English Release date: 05-09-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 68 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: On a sunny morning in May 1939, a phalanx of 867 women - housewives, doctors, opera singers, politicians, prostitutes - was marched through the woods 50 miles north of Berlin, driven on past a shining lake, then herded in through giant gates. Whipping and kicking them were scores of German women guards. Their destination was Ravensbrück, a concentration camp designed specifically for women by Heinrich Himmler, prime architect of the Holocaust. By the end of the war 130,000 women from more than 20 different European countries had been imprisoned there; among the prominent names were Geneviève de Gaulle, General de Gaulle's niece, and Gemma La Guardia Gluck, sister of the wartime mayor of New York. Only a small number of these women were Jewish; Ravensbrück was largely a place for the Nazis to eliminate other inferior beings - social outcasts, Gypsies, political enemies, foreign resisters, the sick, the disabled, and the "mad". Over six years the prisoners endured beatings, torture, slave labor, starvation, and random execution. In the final months of the war, Ravensbrück became an extermination camp. Estimates of the final death toll by April 1945 have ranged from 30,000 to 90,000. Members Reviews: A tale of NAZI horror. Told in a way that puts you in the death camp and in the heads of the women who suffered and died there. NAZI evil laid bare. Even after 75 years, the whole story of NAZI atrocities has yet to be told. This book fills in another little part of the story and is another warning that we must never fail to oppose those who would recreate a NAZI type vicious and deadly regime no matter where it's ugly head rises from the sewers. Gripping A well documented and researched account off the first person perspective of multiple women's perspectives in the camp. Hearing the stories of the "rabbit's" made tears well up in my eyes. I loved the different accents of the women telling their stories, Russian, French and English and German. Taking me three days, I couldn't put it down Haunting, Chilling, Must Read Would you consider the audio edition of Ravensbruck to be better than the print version? I didn't read the print version Who was your favorite character and why? Numerous people's stories Which scene was your favorite? I can't choose one Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry? Yes. I will never look at life the same. The horror and torments the women of Ravensbruck had to endure in hopes of surviving, until liberated, is deplorable. I will never have a bad day again where I don't think of these poor souls. My worst days are better than their best days by far. I will be grateful for each and every day of my wonderful life. It is unfathomable the horrors committed by the Nazis. I can't even find the words. This book should be required reading for all. Well done ladies- One of the more complete historical books on the camps, but also timely research, as this generations time proves short. Narration is always amazing when you have two or more languages threading through a story line and various dialogue flipping from one country to another. A difficult task but well done. An important book The Ravensbruck story should be remembered as one of the worst human tragedies in the history of the world, yet it remains a story largely unknown. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/And-the-Band-Played-On-Audiobook/B002V1CBSU Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: And the Band Played On Subtitle: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic Author: Randy Shilts Narrator: Victor Bevine Format: Unabridged Length: 30 hrs and 44 mins Language: English Release date: 08-11-09 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 422 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: By the time Rock Hudson's death in 1985 alerted all America to the danger of the AIDS epidemic, the disease had spread across the nation, killing thousands of people and emerging as the greatest health crisis of the 20th century. America faced a troubling question: What happened? How was this epidemic allowed to spread so far before it was taken seriously? In answering these questions, Shilts weaves the disparate threads into a coherent story, pinning down every evasion and contradiction at the highest levels of the medical, political, and media establishments. Shilts shows that the epidemic spread wildly because the federal government put budget ahead of the nation's welfare; health authorities placed political expediency before the public health; and scientists were often more concerned with international prestige than saving lives. Against this backdrop, Shilts tells the heroic stories of individuals in science and politics, public health and the gay community, who struggled to alert the nation to the enormity of the danger it faced. And the Band Played On is both a tribute to these heroic people and a stinging indictment of the institutions that failed the nation so badly. As an added bonus, when you purchase our Audible Modern Vanguard production of Randy Shilts' book, you'll also receive an exclusive Jim Atlas interview. This interview where James Atlas interviews Larry Kramer about the life and work of Randy Shilts begins as soon as the audiobook ends. Critic Reviews: "The most thorough, comprehensive exploration of the AIDS epidemic to date.... It is fascinating, frightening, and essential reading." (San Francisco Chronicle) "And the Band Played On is about the kind of people we have been for the past seven years. That is its terror, and its strength." (The New York Times Book Review) "A heroic work of journalism." (The New York Times) bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Randy Shilts) Tue, 11 Aug 2009 09:53:55 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/And-the-Band-Played-On-Audiobook/B002V1CBSU thebookvoice.com 30:44:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: And the Band Played On Subtitle: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic Author: Randy Shilts Narrator: Victor Bevine Format: Unabridged Length: 30 hrs and 44 mins Language: English Release date: 08-11-09 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 422 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: By the time Rock Hudson's death in 1985 alerted all America to the danger of the AIDS epidemic, the disease had spread across the nation, killing thousands of people and emerging as the greatest health crisis of the 20th century. America faced a troubling question: What happened? How was this epidemic allowed to spread so far before it was taken seriously? In answering these questions, Shilts weaves the disparate threads into a coherent story, pinning down every evasion and contradiction at the highest levels of the medical, political, and media establishments. Shilts shows that the epidemic spread wildly because the federal government put budget ahead of the nation's welfare; health authorities placed political expediency before the public health; and scientists were often more concerned with international prestige than saving lives. Against this backdrop, Shilts tells the heroic stories of individuals in science and politics, public health and the gay community, who struggled to alert the nation to the enormity of the danger it faced. And the Band Played On is both a tribute to these heroic people and a stinging indictment of the institutions that failed the nation so badly. As an added bonus, when you purchase our Audible Modern Vanguard production of Randy Shilts' book, you'll also receive an exclusive Jim Atlas interview. This interview where James Atlas interviews Larry Kramer about the life and work of Randy Shilts begins as soon as the audiobook ends. Critic Reviews: "The most thorough, comprehensive exploration of the AIDS epidemic to date.... It is fascinating, frightening, and essential reading." (San Francisco Chronicle) "And the Band Played On is about the kind of people we have been for the past seven years. That is its terror, and its strength." (The New York Times Book Review) "A heroic work of journalism." (The New York Times) Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: And the Band Played On Subtitle: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic Author: Randy Shilts Narrator: Victor Bevine Format: Unabridged Length: 30 hrs and 44 mins Language: English Release date: 08-11-09 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 422 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: By the time Rock Hudson's death in 1985 alerted all America to the danger of the AIDS epidemic, the disease had spread across the nation, killing thousands of people and emerging as the greatest health crisis of the 20th century. America faced a troubling question: What happened? How was this epidemic allowed to spread so far before it was taken seriously? In answering these questions, Shilts weaves the disparate threads into a coherent story, pinning down every evasion and contradiction at the highest levels of the medical, political, and media establishments. Shilts shows that the epidemic spread wildly because the federal government put budget ahead of the nation's welfare; health authorities placed political expediency before the public health; and scientists were often more concerned with international prestige than saving lives. Against this backdrop, Shilts tells the heroic stories of individuals in science and politics, public health and the gay community, who struggled to alert the nation to the enormity of the danger it faced. And the Band Played On is both a tribute to these heroic people and a stinging indictment of the institutions that failed the nation so badly. As an added bonus, when you purchase our Audible Modern Vanguard production of Randy Shilts' book, you'll also receive an exclusive Jim Atlas interview. This interview where James Atlas interviews Larry Kramer about the life and work of Randy Shilts begins as soon as the audiobook ends. Critic Reviews: "The most thorough, comprehensive exploration of the AIDS epidemic to date.... It is fascinating, frightening, and essential reading." (San Francisco Chronicle) "And the Band Played On is about the kind of people we have been for the past seven years. That is its terror, and its strength." (The New York Times Book Review) "A heroic work of journalism." (The New York Times) Members Reviews: The subtitle says it all! If you could sum up And the Band Played On in three words, what would they be? Shocking, well-told story What was one of the most memorable moments of And the Band Played On? The constant conflicts between truth and politics (and money) are just unbelievable--what people did to "protect" their interests while scores of people died is unthinkable, yet it happened. Which scene was your favorite? It's all my favorite. Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry? I was constantly astounded by the infighting of the various factions that put their own interests in front of public health--and that at times the public's health was completely ignored. The very fact that the blood banks denied there could possibly be a threat was the ultimate triumph of "looking good" over public health and common sense. Any additional comments? I tried to read this book many years ago and never made it through even the first few chapters. Listening to it instead made it so much more accessible. Unputdownable! I, too, had forgotten This book is meticulously researched by a reporter who followed the entire story from beginning to end. And he pulls no punches - there is plenty of blame to go around. Politicians, gay leadership, scientists, journalists, business people, they all contributed to the crisis that was AIDS in the 1980s. Shilts unravels the story piece by piece. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Persian-Empire-Audiobook/B00DEPR5K6 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Persian Empire Author: The Great Courses Narrator: Professor John W. Lee Format: Original Recording Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins Language: English Release date: 07-08-13 Publisher: The Great Courses Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 402 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: For the past 2,500 years, we've heard about the Persian Empire as a decadent civilization run by despots, the villains who lost the Battle of Marathon and supplied the fodder for bad guys in literature and film. But it turns out this image is inaccurate. As recent scholarship shows, the Persian Empire was arguably the world's first global power- a diverse, multicultural empire with flourishing businesses and people on the move. The key is to look at the Persian Empire from the Persian's perspective. Over the span of 24 fascinating lectures, you'll take on the role of a history detective to discover the truth about this grand civilization. You'll discover the key to the empire's success lay in its greatest rulers, each of whom played a critical role in shaping and strengthening a civilization we still remember today. But while the great kings were administering justice or waging wars, everyday Persians were just as important to the success of the empire. Professor Lee shows you a whole new history of the ancient world - a perspective largely unknown even by students of history. These lectures capture the people, the strength, the rise and the downfall of this great empire, revealing the complexity behind centuries of a previously one-sided history. Take this opportunity to complete your understanding of the ancient world and discover the humanity of the ancient Persians. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (The Great Courses) Mon, 08 Jul 2013 06:11:58 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Persian-Empire-Audiobook/B00DEPR5K6 thebookvoice.com 11:59:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Persian Empire Author: The Great Courses Narrator: Professor John W. Lee Format: Original Recording Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins Language: English Release date: 07-08-13 Publisher: The Great Courses Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 402 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: For the past 2,500 years, we've heard about the Persian Empire as a decadent civilization run by despots, the villains who lost the Battle of Marathon and supplied the fodder for bad guys in literature and film. But it turns out this image is inaccurate. As recent scholarship shows, the Persian Empire was arguably the world's first global power- a diverse, multicultural empire with flourishing businesses and people on the move. The key is to look at the Persian Empire from the Persian's perspective. Over the span of 24 fascinating lectures, you'll take on the role of a history detective to discover the truth about this grand civilization. You'll discover the key to the empire's success lay in its greatest rulers, each of whom played a critical role in shaping and strengthening a civilization we still remember today. But while the great kings were administering justice or waging wars, everyday Persians were just as important to the success of the empire. Professor Lee shows you a whole new history of the ancient world - a perspective largely unknown even by students of history. These lectures capture the people, the strength, the rise and the downfall of this great empire, revealing the complexity behind centuries of a previously one-sided history. Take this opportunity to complete your understanding of the ancient world and discover the humanity of the ancient Persians. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Persian Empire Author: The Great Courses Narrator: Professor John W. Lee Format: Original Recording Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins Language: English Release date: 07-08-13 Publisher: The Great Courses Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 402 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: For the past 2,500 years, we've heard about the Persian Empire as a decadent civilization run by despots, the villains who lost the Battle of Marathon and supplied the fodder for bad guys in literature and film. But it turns out this image is inaccurate. As recent scholarship shows, the Persian Empire was arguably the world's first global power- a diverse, multicultural empire with flourishing businesses and people on the move. The key is to look at the Persian Empire from the Persian's perspective. Over the span of 24 fascinating lectures, you'll take on the role of a history detective to discover the truth about this grand civilization. You'll discover the key to the empire's success lay in its greatest rulers, each of whom played a critical role in shaping and strengthening a civilization we still remember today. But while the great kings were administering justice or waging wars, everyday Persians were just as important to the success of the empire. Professor Lee shows you a whole new history of the ancient world - a perspective largely unknown even by students of history. These lectures capture the people, the strength, the rise and the downfall of this great empire, revealing the complexity behind centuries of a previously one-sided history. Take this opportunity to complete your understanding of the ancient world and discover the humanity of the ancient Persians. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio. Members Reviews: Ancient History Does Not Get Much Better Than This Would you consider the audio edition of The Persian Empire to be better than the print version? Not sure. I do not have the print version of any of the Great Courses. This category of Audible products is unique. Have you listened to any of Professor John W. Lees other performances before? How does this one compare? Not yet but if he has any others available I definitely will consider purchasing them. Any additional comments? John Lee really made the history of the Persian Empire come alive for me. This is a difficult subject to teach because so much of the evidence was destroyed by Alexander the Great--and then buried under so many later layers of history. However, John Lee did a fantastic job of putting all of the evidence in context (in a manner that did not require one to have a PHD in Archaeology to understand) which allowed listeners to form more complex conclusions about the ancient Persians than the remaining biased sources state. Fantastic thematic historical exploration As a student of history, I found this exploration to be filled with both crucial details that made me re-think ancient times and anecdotal cultural cues that wove a fascinating tale in my mind. Great balance of archaeological historical evidence, secondary sources and myth debunking! Completely worthwhile! I never really gave the Persians too much thought, and certainly almost no credit in terms of their success. Professor Lee frames the entire course in a more balanced perspective of the Persian empire than is typical. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Soul-of-a-New-Machine-Audiobook/B01FCTJAHC Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Soul of a New Machine Author: Tracy Kidder Narrator: Ben Sullivan Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins Language: English Release date: 05-17-16 Publisher: Hachette Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 138 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Computers have changed since 1981, when Tracy Kidder memorably recorded the drama, comedy, and excitement of one company's efforts to bring a new microcomputer to market. What has not changed is the feverish pace of the high-tech industry, the go-for-broke approach to business that has caused so many computer companies to win big (or go belly up), and the cult of pursuing mind-bending technological innovations. The Soul of a New Machine is an essential chapter in the history of the machine that revolutionized the world in the 20th century. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Tracy Kidder) Tue, 17 May 2016 06:44:08 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Soul-of-a-New-Machine-Audiobook/B01FCTJAHC thebookvoice.com 09:03:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Soul of a New Machine Author: Tracy Kidder Narrator: Ben Sullivan Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins Language: English Release date: 05-17-16 Publisher: Hachette Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 138 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Computers have changed since 1981, when Tracy Kidder memorably recorded the drama, comedy, and excitement of one company's efforts to bring a new microcomputer to market. What has not changed is the feverish pace of the high-tech industry, the go-for-broke approach to business that has caused so many computer companies to win big (or go belly up), and the cult of pursuing mind-bending technological innovations. The Soul of a New Machine is an essential chapter in the history of the machine that revolutionized the world in the 20th century. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Soul of a New Machine Author: Tracy Kidder Narrator: Ben Sullivan Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins Language: English Release date: 05-17-16 Publisher: Hachette Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 138 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Computers have changed since 1981, when Tracy Kidder memorably recorded the drama, comedy, and excitement of one company's efforts to bring a new microcomputer to market. What has not changed is the feverish pace of the high-tech industry, the go-for-broke approach to business that has caused so many computer companies to win big (or go belly up), and the cult of pursuing mind-bending technological innovations. The Soul of a New Machine is an essential chapter in the history of the machine that revolutionized the world in the 20th century. Members Reviews: Reading this book changed my life I read this book shortly after it was published, and have re-read it every few years since. In fact, it was the first Kindle book I purchased. So I was really excited to get it as an audiobook. Unfortunately, I was a little bit disappointed. Let's start with the story itself: It is definitely a bit of a hagiography to the 32-bit Eclipse team at Data General. While the author tries to tell the story in an unbiased way, nowhere in the book is it mentioned that Tracy Kidder was college roommate's with Tom West, which is how he came to be writing that story. Still, all of that being said, Mr. Kidder does an excellent job of explaining the technical issues clearly to an educated layman. As a long time professional software developer myself, I must credit him for (for example) his terrific explanation of double-page faults. He definitely took the time to get the technical details simplified but correct. So from the point of view of content, the book is a good read, whether in dead tree form, Kindle ebook, or audiobook. However, the audiobook performance leaves some things to be desired. For example, the reader has clearly never heard certain words pronounced correctly, and rather than looking them up, guessed, and guessed wrong. Two in particular are "adjutant" and "wan." When a reader mispronounces a word, it yanks me out of the flow, hard. So a note to readers: If you are doing either a technical non-fiction book, or a science-fiction/fantasy book, grab a dictionary, and look up any word you don't personally know and use on a daily basis. These kinds of books tend to use a lot more uncommon English words, and the listeners tend to know those words and use them, themselves. So hearing the reader get it wrong really spoils the listen. Second, the reader really didn't do any voice characterisations. I know that it's harder when these are real people, not characters. But many of the people have their voices described well enough that a good reader could get close enough to how they should sound. Instead, the reader just read it. And barring the vocabulary problems mentioned above, he did an okay job. But okay isn't what I've come to expect from audiobooks here. I've heard a number of books where, after listening, I thought, "This is what those characters sound like." This read could almost have been done by a decent TTS system. So paying good money for a mediocre reading smarts. Any road, if you are old enough to remember the mini-computer and personal computer revolutions, this book will be quite nostalgic. And if you are too young to remember, you might find this an interesting insight into the industry. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Second-World-War-Audiobook/B008CPVW4S Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Second World War Author: Antony Beevor Narrator: Sean Barrett Format: Unabridged Length: 39 hrs and 18 mins Language: English Release date: 06-20-12 Publisher: Hachette Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 593 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Over the past two decades, Antony Beevor has established himself as one of the world's premier historians of World War II. His multi-award winning books have included Stalingrad and The Fall of Berlin 1945. Now, in his newest and most ambitious book, he turns his focus to one of the bloodiest and most tragic events of the 20th century, The Second World War. In this searing narrative, which takes us from Hitler's invasion of Poland on September 1st, 1939 to V-J day on August 14th, 1945, and the war's aftermath, Beevor describes the conflict and its global reach - one that included every major power. The result is a dramatic and breathtaking single-volume history that provides a remarkably intimate account of the war that, more than any other, still commands attention and an audience. Thrillingly written and brilliantly researched, Beevor's grand and provocative account is destined to become the definitive work on this complex, tragic, and endlessly fascinating period in world history. It confirms once more that he is a military historian of the first rank. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Antony Beevor) Wed, 20 Jun 2012 02:52:46 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Second-World-War-Audiobook/B008CPVW4S thebookvoice.com 39:18:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Second World War Author: Antony Beevor Narrator: Sean Barrett Format: Unabridged Length: 39 hrs and 18 mins Language: English Release date: 06-20-12 Publisher: Hachette Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 593 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Over the past two decades, Antony Beevor has established himself as one of the world's premier historians of World War II. His multi-award winning books have included Stalingrad and The Fall of Berlin 1945. Now, in his newest and most ambitious book, he turns his focus to one of the bloodiest and most tragic events of the 20th century, The Second World War. In this searing narrative, which takes us from Hitler's invasion of Poland on September 1st, 1939 to V-J day on August 14th, 1945, and the war's aftermath, Beevor describes the conflict and its global reach - one that included every major power. The result is a dramatic and breathtaking single-volume history that provides a remarkably intimate account of the war that, more than any other, still commands attention and an audience. Thrillingly written and brilliantly researched, Beevor's grand and provocative account is destined to become the definitive work on this complex, tragic, and endlessly fascinating period in world history. It confirms once more that he is a military historian of the first rank. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Second World War Author: Antony Beevor Narrator: Sean Barrett Format: Unabridged Length: 39 hrs and 18 mins Language: English Release date: 06-20-12 Publisher: Hachette Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 593 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Over the past two decades, Antony Beevor has established himself as one of the world's premier historians of World War II. His multi-award winning books have included Stalingrad and The Fall of Berlin 1945. Now, in his newest and most ambitious book, he turns his focus to one of the bloodiest and most tragic events of the 20th century, The Second World War. In this searing narrative, which takes us from Hitler's invasion of Poland on September 1st, 1939 to V-J day on August 14th, 1945, and the war's aftermath, Beevor describes the conflict and its global reach - one that included every major power. The result is a dramatic and breathtaking single-volume history that provides a remarkably intimate account of the war that, more than any other, still commands attention and an audience. Thrillingly written and brilliantly researched, Beevor's grand and provocative account is destined to become the definitive work on this complex, tragic, and endlessly fascinating period in world history. It confirms once more that he is a military historian of the first rank. Members Reviews: It Fills in Gaps I Didn't Know Existed I've been reading histories of WWII and watching the documentaries for forty years or so. (If I count the High School books about WWII fighter battles it's more like 50 years.) I'd recently gone back and listened to ???The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich,??? a book I hadn't read since 1970. I thought that I had a pretty good handle on the major events. Yet, time and again Beevor was able to illuminate some aspect of the events that I had either never considered or had never heard about. His skillful blending of macro historical details with first-hand accounts from soldiers' letters home made listening to the book a riveting experience. If you are interested in the history of this global conflict, it is definitely worth the two credits. Covers everything and loaded with facts Every major step of the war is covered in detail with its significance to the overall outcome of the war. The author speaks with historical authority and corrects many misconceptions that I had about the war. The book is choke full of facts but the most pleasant part is for every major battle the author finds a diary or a letter from a low level participant and personalizes the engagement through the participants eyes. After having listened to this book, I can't even imagine listening to any other book about the second WW. He covers the material that well at both the big picture and the personnel level. Wide ranging history of World War II I bought this history of the Second World War because I had previously read Mr. Beevors book on D-Day and thought it was both well written and thorough and this book is no different. It covers all of World War II including those theaters like Burma and China which are often ignored because they do not seem to have played a central role in the conflict. He logically follows the events of the war in chronological order and this often has chapters switching around the globe to follow what is happening. Some, like me, will need a map to follow events in places where their knowledge of the geography is skimpy. Mr. Beevor covers events thoroughly with descriptions of the battles often describing attempts to take little known but important hill positions or road junctions. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Imperial-Cruise-Audiobook/B0036KJVQK Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Imperial Cruise Subtitle: A Secret History of Empire and War Author: James Bradley Narrator: Richard Poe Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins Language: English Release date: 11-24-09 Publisher: Hachette Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 163 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: On this trip, Taft concluded secret agreements in Roosevelt's name. In 2005, a century later, James Bradley traveled in the wake of Roosevelt's mission and discovered what had transpired in Honolulu, Tokyo, Manila, Beijing, and Seoul. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (James Bradley) Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:09:15 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Imperial-Cruise-Audiobook/B0036KJVQK thebookvoice.com 09:05:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Imperial Cruise Subtitle: A Secret History of Empire and War Author: James Bradley Narrator: Richard Poe Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins Language: English Release date: 11-24-09 Publisher: Hachette Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 163 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: On this trip, Taft concluded secret agreements in Roosevelt's name. In 2005, a century later, James Bradley traveled in the wake of Roosevelt's mission and discovered what had transpired in Honolulu, Tokyo, Manila, Beijing, and Seoul. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Imperial Cruise Subtitle: A Secret History of Empire and War Author: James Bradley Narrator: Richard Poe Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins Language: English Release date: 11-24-09 Publisher: Hachette Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 163 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: On this trip, Taft concluded secret agreements in Roosevelt's name. In 2005, a century later, James Bradley traveled in the wake of Roosevelt's mission and discovered what had transpired in Honolulu, Tokyo, Manila, Beijing, and Seoul. Members Reviews: Bradley is showing excellent promise was historian If you could sum up The Imperial Cruise in three words, what would they be? Thought provoking What was one of the most memorable moments of The Imperial Cruise? Discussion of the Philippines insurrection Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you? Not a particular scene as much as the consequences that lay the history of WWII and the last half of the century. Over the Top - Why did I waste my time? Bradley's sloppy so-called history is either revisionist history or cheap propaganda. It is page after page of deliberate truth bending, cherry-picked facts, inaccurate details, and out of context quotes. Its conclusions are not sustainable when contrasted to factual history. It was not worth my time and money. Bradley has an agenda that is dishonestly left out of the publisher's summary. Early in the book you hear about white "Aryan" racism setting the theme for Western Civilization. Those who want to believe could easily come away from his discussion believing that America was founded on white "Aryan" racist principles instead of those of Judeo-Christian tradition. He suggests the founding fathers were white "Aryan" racists who set in motion American westward expansion because it was the destiny of the master race. Bradley over-uses the term "Aryans" throughout. The passages on the "Aryan American Army"; and "Aryan Admiral Dewey" challenged me to find the intestinal fortitude to continue reading. This read like Bradley had a personal axe to grind with Theodore Roosevelt. He took every opportunity to be critical of Roosevelt. Negative information was frequently used without the context of relevant positive information. Professional historians don't succeed using the cherry picking methods used by Bradley. Those who have read much about Roosevelt will find this treatment grossly unbalanced. This book is a continuous political rant. The writing is more at home in an extreme leftist blog or a juvenile freshman essay, but it continues for hundreds of pages. Don't waste your time. Demagoguery and repetition Bradley presents a picture of 19th century Americans as racist imperialists. And nothing but racist imperialsts. While that description certainly has some truth, Bradley repeats the same charge over and over for such a long time that he loses credibility... and starts boring the listener to death. He does not try to conceal his disdain for the Anglo-Saxon Americans of the late 19th and early 20th century, characterising them as genocidal imperialists out to eradicate all other people from the earth with no redeeming qualities. This could have been an interesting tale, but the interminable and very biased preaching makes it very difficult take if you are a listener with a more balanced perspective. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Mein-Kampf-A-New-Translation-for-American-Readers-Audiobook/B01NAGDEFG Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Mein Kampf: A New Translation for American Readers Author: Adolf Hitler, Stephen R. Pastore - editor, Jack Sterling - translator Narrator: Jack Wynters Format: Unabridged Length: 15 hrs and 17 mins Language: English Release date: 12-07-16 Publisher: Grand Oak Rare Books Inc Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 30 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: This famous essay/work now has an all-new translation for American readers and listeners, with introductions by both the translator and editor. They discuss the influence of the title for the past several decades and how it affects the world today. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Adolf Hitler) Wed, 07 Dec 2016 12:24:54 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Mein-Kampf-A-New-Translation-for-American-Readers-Audiobook/B01NAGDEFG thebookvoice.com 15:17:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Mein Kampf: A New Translation for American Readers Author: Adolf Hitler, Stephen R. Pastore - editor, Jack Sterling - translator Narrator: Jack Wynters Format: Unabridged Length: 15 hrs and 17 mins Language: English Release date: 12-07-16 Publisher: Grand Oak Rare Books Inc Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 30 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: This famous essay/work now has an all-new translation for American readers and listeners, with introductions by both the translator and editor. They discuss the influence of the title for the past several decades and how it affects the world today. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Mein Kampf: A New Translation for American Readers Author: Adolf Hitler, Stephen R. Pastore - editor, Jack Sterling - translator Narrator: Jack Wynters Format: Unabridged Length: 15 hrs and 17 mins Language: English Release date: 12-07-16 Publisher: Grand Oak Rare Books Inc Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 30 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: This famous essay/work now has an all-new translation for American readers and listeners, with introductions by both the translator and editor. They discuss the influence of the title for the past several decades and how it affects the world today. Members Reviews: okay worth reading once.. hitler is quite a talent when it comes to convincing. .... .. Great Performance Mien Kampf is a book I had studied in my 20s and, since the hysteria following Trump's election with everyone getting called "Literally Hitler", I thought I would revisit it. I am glad I did. I didn't understand it as a 20 year old, however since I had read it I thought I had. As a work of Literature it is what it is. It is a glimpse into history. What really impressed me was the matter of fact narrative style Jack Wynters brings to it. It is perfect. The temptation to insert one's self into the performance was there. Jack didn't. It is a very professional read. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/Education/The-New-Education-Audiobook/B074WCXV1L Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The New Education Subtitle: How to Revolutionize the University to Prepare Students for a World in Flux Author: Cathy N. Davidson Narrator: Carolyn Cook Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 1 min Language: English Release date: 09-05-17 Publisher: Hachette Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 20 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: A leading educational thinker argues that the American university is stuck in the past - and shows how we can revolutionize it to prepare students for our age of constant change. Our current system of higher education dates to the period from 1865 to 1925, when the nation's new universities created grades and departments, majors and minors, in an attempt to prepare young people for a world transformed by the telegraph and the Model T. As Cathy Davidson argues in The New Education, this approach to education is wholly unsuited to the era of the gig economy. From the Ivy League to community colleges, she introduces us to innovators who are remaking college for our own time by emphasizing student-centered learning that values creativity in the face of change above all. The New Education ultimately shows how we can teach students not only to survive but to thrive amid the challenges to come. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Cathy N. Davidson) Tue, 05 Sep 2017 00:59:46 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/Education/The-New-Education-Audiobook/B074WCXV1L thebookvoice.com 11:01:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The New Education Subtitle: How to Revolutionize the University to Prepare Students for a World in Flux Author: Cathy N. Davidson Narrator: Carolyn Cook Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 1 min Language: English Release date: 09-05-17 Publisher: Hachette Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 20 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: A leading educational thinker argues that the American university is stuck in the past - and shows how we can revolutionize it to prepare students for our age of constant change. Our current system of higher education dates to the period from 1865 to 1925, when the nation's new universities created grades and departments, majors and minors, in an attempt to prepare young people for a world transformed by the telegraph and the Model T. As Cathy Davidson argues in The New Education, this approach to education is wholly unsuited to the era of the gig economy. From the Ivy League to community colleges, she introduces us to innovators who are remaking college for our own time by emphasizing student-centered learning that values creativity in the face of change above all. The New Education ultimately shows how we can teach students not only to survive but to thrive amid the challenges to come. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The New Education Subtitle: How to Revolutionize the University to Prepare Students for a World in Flux Author: Cathy N. Davidson Narrator: Carolyn Cook Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 1 min Language: English Release date: 09-05-17 Publisher: Hachette Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 20 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: A leading educational thinker argues that the American university is stuck in the past - and shows how we can revolutionize it to prepare students for our age of constant change. Our current system of higher education dates to the period from 1865 to 1925, when the nation's new universities created grades and departments, majors and minors, in an attempt to prepare young people for a world transformed by the telegraph and the Model T. As Cathy Davidson argues in The New Education, this approach to education is wholly unsuited to the era of the gig economy. From the Ivy League to community colleges, she introduces us to innovators who are remaking college for our own time by emphasizing student-centered learning that values creativity in the face of change above all. The New Education ultimately shows how we can teach students not only to survive but to thrive amid the challenges to come. Members Reviews: There is no doubt that education is both more important ... There is no doubt that education is both more important than ever and, at the same time, suffering from a wide range of challenges, attacks, self-doubts, and crises. The New Education reminds us of two crucial ideas, at least concerning higher education. First, that the current structure of higher education--the structures of disciplines, the particular ways scholarship and teaching are unequally tethered together--are historical developments. The university has been changed in profound ways before as it endeavored to meet the challenges of its world, and to take advantage of the resources that world made available. The point is, the university can and should be changed--in fundamental ways. And second, that our understandings of the goals, means and practices of education also have and have to change, again in response to the changing demands and possibilities of the world we live in. But more than just make these arguments--compassionately AND persuasively, Davidson provides us with a series of truly inspiring examples of people and groups that are doing something about the crises of education now. I have been teaching a long time. Since reading The New Education, I have been thinking about pedagogical possibilities I had not even imagined before. If there is an academic equivalent of a page-turner, this is it. Important and Timely As a new professor, I have a good deal to learn about contemporary higher education. Brass tacks: I can safely say that I am more informed about the industry's challenges, opportunities, and history after reading Davidson's book. Davidson points out the numerous and formidable challenges inhibiting higher ed. (Her tale of Alexander Coward at the UC Berkeley Mathematics Department reminded me of 'Dead Poets Society.') At the same time, though, she provides real solutionsâand not just from a pedestal. Rather, she details a number of innovative programs, professors, and universities. The latter include my employer Arizona State University, Georgetown University, and many community colleges. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Inferno-Audiobook/B006K4G74S Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Inferno Subtitle: The World at War, 1939-1945 Author: Max Hastings Narrator: Ralph Cosham Format: Unabridged Length: 31 hrs and 31 mins Language: English Release date: 12-09-11 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 620 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: From one of our finest military historians comes a monumental work that shows us at once the truly global reach of World War II and its deeply personal consequences. World War II involved tens of millions of soldiers and cost sixty million livesan average of twentyseven thousand a day. For 35 years, Max Hastings has researched and written about different aspects of the war. Now, for the first time, he gives us a magnificent, singlevolume history of the entire war. Through his strikingly detailed stories of everyday peopleof soldiers, sailors, and airmen; British housewives and Indian peasants; SS killers and the citizens of Leningrad, some of whom resorted to cannibalism during the two year siege; Japanese suicide pilots and American carrier crewsHastings provides a singularly intimate portrait of the world at war. He simultaneously traces the major developmentsHitlers refusal to retreat from the Soviet Union until it was too late, Stalins ruthlessness in using his greater population to wear down the German army, Churchills leadership in the dark days of 1940 and 1941, Roosevelts steady hand before and after the United States entered the warand puts them in real human context. Hastings also illuminates some of the darker and less explored regions under the wars penumbra, including the conflict between the Soviet Union and Finland, during which the Finns fiercely and surprisingly resisted Stalins invading Red Army, and the Bengal famine in 1943 and 1944, when at least one million people died in what turned out to be, in Nehrus words, the final epitaph of British rule in India. Remarkably informed and wide-ranging, Inferno is both elegantly written and cogently argued. Above all, it is a new and essential understanding of one of the greatest and bloodiest events of the 20th century. Critic Reviews: This is the book [Hastings] was born to write: a work of staggering scope and erudition, narrated with supreme fluency and insight, it is unquestionably the best single-volume history of the war ever written. ( Sunday Times) bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Max Hastings) Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:06:59 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Inferno-Audiobook/B006K4G74S thebookvoice.com 31:31:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Inferno Subtitle: The World at War, 1939-1945 Author: Max Hastings Narrator: Ralph Cosham Format: Unabridged Length: 31 hrs and 31 mins Language: English Release date: 12-09-11 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 620 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: From one of our finest military historians comes a monumental work that shows us at once the truly global reach of World War II and its deeply personal consequences. World War II involved tens of millions of soldiers and cost sixty million livesan average of twentyseven thousand a day. For 35 years, Max Hastings has researched and written about different aspects of the war. Now, for the first time, he gives us a magnificent, singlevolume history of the entire war. Through his strikingly detailed stories of everyday peopleof soldiers, sailors, and airmen; British housewives and Indian peasants; SS killers and the citizens of Leningrad, some of whom resorted to cannibalism during the two year siege; Japanese suicide pilots and American carrier crewsHastings provides a singularly intimate portrait of the world at war. He simultaneously traces the major developmentsHitlers refusal to retreat from the Soviet Union until it was too late, Stalins ruthlessness in using his greater population to wear down the German army, Churchills leadership in the dark days of 1940 and 1941, Roosevelts steady hand before and after the United States entered the warand puts them in real human context. Hastings also illuminates some of the darker and less explored regions under the wars penumbra, including the conflict between the Soviet Union and Finland, during which the Finns fiercely and surprisingly resisted Stalins invading Red Army, and the Bengal famine in 1943 and 1944, when at least one million people died in what turned out to be, in Nehrus words, the final epitaph of British rule in India. Remarkably informed and wide-ranging, Inferno is both elegantly written and cogently argued. Above all, it is a new and essential understanding of one of the greatest and bloodiest events of the 20th century. Critic Reviews: This is the book [Hastings] was born to write: a work of staggering scope and erudition, narrated with supreme fluency and insight, it is unquestionably the best single-volume history of the war ever written. ( Sunday Times) Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Inferno Subtitle: The World at War, 1939-1945 Author: Max Hastings Narrator: Ralph Cosham Format: Unabridged Length: 31 hrs and 31 mins Language: English Release date: 12-09-11 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 620 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: From one of our finest military historians comes a monumental work that shows us at once the truly global reach of World War II and its deeply personal consequences. World War II involved tens of millions of soldiers and cost sixty million livesan average of twentyseven thousand a day. For 35 years, Max Hastings has researched and written about different aspects of the war. Now, for the first time, he gives us a magnificent, singlevolume history of the entire war. Through his strikingly detailed stories of everyday peopleof soldiers, sailors, and airmen; British housewives and Indian peasants; SS killers and the citizens of Leningrad, some of whom resorted to cannibalism during the two year siege; Japanese suicide pilots and American carrier crewsHastings provides a singularly intimate portrait of the world at war. He simultaneously traces the major developmentsHitlers refusal to retreat from the Soviet Union until it was too late, Stalins ruthlessness in using his greater population to wear down the German army, Churchills leadership in the dark days of 1940 and 1941, Roosevelts steady hand before and after the United States entered the warand puts them in real human context. Hastings also illuminates some of the darker and less explored regions under the wars penumbra, including the conflict between the Soviet Union and Finland, during which the Finns fiercely and surprisingly resisted Stalins invading Red Army, and the Bengal famine in 1943 and 1944, when at least one million people died in what turned out to be, in Nehrus words, the final epitaph of British rule in India. Remarkably informed and wide-ranging, Inferno is both elegantly written and cogently argued. Above all, it is a new and essential understanding of one of the greatest and bloodiest events of the 20th century. Critic Reviews: This is the book [Hastings] was born to write: a work of staggering scope and erudition, narrated with supreme fluency and insight, it is unquestionably the best single-volume history of the war ever written. ( Sunday Times) Members Reviews: A different kind of history This is one of many books that I have read about The Second World War over the years. I have read enough books about this period that I almost did not buy this one, but I found Mr Hastings' approach very fresh and very different. Instead of following battles through army and division movements Mr Hastings decided to follow the flow of the war through individual diaries and letters. This approach made the period much more personal for me and taught me, as no other book did, what the war was like for those who had to live through it. I was and have remained impressed by his presentation of the war. I also appreciated his global prospective. Here I read about the battles in the lesser battlefields of the war - Burma, India, China and so on. Previously I had to read books such as Stillwell And The American Experience In China to find much about what was going on outside of Europe and The Pacific. Balanced against the positives I feel the need to mention some negatives. 1) Mr Hastings keeps referring to all information gained by breaking the enemy codes as Ultra in spite of the fact that the effort to break and utilize the German codes was known as Ultra and the effort to break and utilize the Japanese codes was known as Magic. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Things-Our-Fathers-Saw-Audiobook/B06ZZCWDR3 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Things Our Fathers Saw Subtitle: The Untold Stories of the World War II Generation from Hometown, USA - Voices of the Pacific Theater Author: Matthew A. Rozell Narrator: Hillary Huber, Sean Runnette Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins Language: English Release date: 05-02-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 52 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: At the height of World War II, LOOK Magazine profiled a small American community for a series of articles portraying it as the wholesome, patriotic model of life on the home front. Decades later, author Matthew A. Rozell tracks down over 30 survivors who fought the war in the Pacific, from Pearl Harbor to the surrender at Tokyo Bay. The book resurrects firsthand accounts of combat and brotherhood, of captivity and redemption, and the aftermath of a war that left no American community unscathed. Here are the stories that the magazine could not tell, from a vanishing generation speaking to America today. It is up to us to remember - for own sakes, as much as theirs. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Matthew A. Rozell) Tue, 02 May 2017 15:19:39 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Things-Our-Fathers-Saw-Audiobook/B06ZZCWDR3 thebookvoice.com 06:15:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Things Our Fathers Saw Subtitle: The Untold Stories of the World War II Generation from Hometown, USA - Voices of the Pacific Theater Author: Matthew A. Rozell Narrator: Hillary Huber, Sean Runnette Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins Language: English Release date: 05-02-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 52 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: At the height of World War II, LOOK Magazine profiled a small American community for a series of articles portraying it as the wholesome, patriotic model of life on the home front. Decades later, author Matthew A. Rozell tracks down over 30 survivors who fought the war in the Pacific, from Pearl Harbor to the surrender at Tokyo Bay. The book resurrects firsthand accounts of combat and brotherhood, of captivity and redemption, and the aftermath of a war that left no American community unscathed. Here are the stories that the magazine could not tell, from a vanishing generation speaking to America today. It is up to us to remember - for own sakes, as much as theirs. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Things Our Fathers Saw Subtitle: The Untold Stories of the World War II Generation from Hometown, USA - Voices of the Pacific Theater Author: Matthew A. Rozell Narrator: Hillary Huber, Sean Runnette Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins Language: English Release date: 05-02-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 52 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: At the height of World War II, LOOK Magazine profiled a small American community for a series of articles portraying it as the wholesome, patriotic model of life on the home front. Decades later, author Matthew A. Rozell tracks down over 30 survivors who fought the war in the Pacific, from Pearl Harbor to the surrender at Tokyo Bay. The book resurrects firsthand accounts of combat and brotherhood, of captivity and redemption, and the aftermath of a war that left no American community unscathed. Here are the stories that the magazine could not tell, from a vanishing generation speaking to America today. It is up to us to remember - for own sakes, as much as theirs. Members Reviews: Very powerful Love it. It helped me appreciate even more the sacrifices of my father and his generation. They were the greatest generation of all-time. Many tears shed A very moving book. My oldest brother was killed in the Philippines and reading about the war is always an emotional experience. Thanks to Mr Rozell and his stide Great Book Would you consider the audio edition of The Things Our Fathers Saw to be better than the print version? I hardly ever read non-fiction but I have an undying respect for WWII vets and all they had to endure during those years. So I thought I would give this book a go and glad I did. The stories here need to be told and as the author says in the book almost all the WWii vets are passing away and soon no-one will be around to tell their stories. If you want to know what these vets went through listen or read this book as it is well written and you can almost picture these men as they tell their stories to the author. I think you will enjoy this book. Excellent book! Mainly recounts the war in the pacific. A collection of first person accounts covering the entire war woven together in a concise, chronological fashion. The voice talent are the excellent! https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Rise-and-Fall-of-Soviet-Communism-A-History-of-20th-Century-Russia-Audiobook/B00DHJ251S Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Rise and Fall of Soviet Communism: A History of 20th-Century Russia Author: The Great Courses Narrator: Professor Gary Hamburg Format: Original Recording Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins Language: English Release date: 07-08-13 Publisher: The Great Courses Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 235 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: From the Oval Office to the streets of Moscow, world leaders and ordinary citizens alike share interest and concerns about Russia. Can democracy survive there? What does the future hold for the once expansive and still powerful Russian nation? Is Soviet Communism truly dead? These are the kinds of questions diplomats struggle with every day. And now, through this series of 16 incisive lectures by an acclaimed scholar of Russian history, you can begin investigating them for yourself as you take a probing historical journey through the recent history and near future of a key world power. Whether your chief interest is Russian or world history, political theory, or international relations, you'll take away fresh knowledge and insight as Professor Hamburg examines the improbable origins of Communist rule in Russia, the ascent of the Red Star to its zenith, and its decline and apparent end in the wake of 1989's events. Using new material from previously sealed Soviet archives and covering recent controversial findings by both Russian and Western scholars, he begins with the failures of the czarist regime and the horrors of the First World War, then takes you through the bloody era of Josef Stalin's purges and beyond to Mikhail Gorbachev's perestroika to offer you a thoroughgoing analysis of the Soviet experiment. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (The Great Courses) Mon, 08 Jul 2013 01:00:42 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Rise-and-Fall-of-Soviet-Communism-A-History-of-20th-Century-Russia-Audiobook/B00DHJ251S thebookvoice.com 12:13:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Rise and Fall of Soviet Communism: A History of 20th-Century Russia Author: The Great Courses Narrator: Professor Gary Hamburg Format: Original Recording Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins Language: English Release date: 07-08-13 Publisher: The Great Courses Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 235 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: From the Oval Office to the streets of Moscow, world leaders and ordinary citizens alike share interest and concerns about Russia. Can democracy survive there? What does the future hold for the once expansive and still powerful Russian nation? Is Soviet Communism truly dead? These are the kinds of questions diplomats struggle with every day. And now, through this series of 16 incisive lectures by an acclaimed scholar of Russian history, you can begin investigating them for yourself as you take a probing historical journey through the recent history and near future of a key world power. Whether your chief interest is Russian or world history, political theory, or international relations, you'll take away fresh knowledge and insight as Professor Hamburg examines the improbable origins of Communist rule in Russia, the ascent of the Red Star to its zenith, and its decline and apparent end in the wake of 1989's events. Using new material from previously sealed Soviet archives and covering recent controversial findings by both Russian and Western scholars, he begins with the failures of the czarist regime and the horrors of the First World War, then takes you through the bloody era of Josef Stalin's purges and beyond to Mikhail Gorbachev's perestroika to offer you a thoroughgoing analysis of the Soviet experiment. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Rise and Fall of Soviet Communism: A History of 20th-Century Russia Author: The Great Courses Narrator: Professor Gary Hamburg Format: Original Recording Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins Language: English Release date: 07-08-13 Publisher: The Great Courses Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 235 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: From the Oval Office to the streets of Moscow, world leaders and ordinary citizens alike share interest and concerns about Russia. Can democracy survive there? What does the future hold for the once expansive and still powerful Russian nation? Is Soviet Communism truly dead? These are the kinds of questions diplomats struggle with every day. And now, through this series of 16 incisive lectures by an acclaimed scholar of Russian history, you can begin investigating them for yourself as you take a probing historical journey through the recent history and near future of a key world power. Whether your chief interest is Russian or world history, political theory, or international relations, you'll take away fresh knowledge and insight as Professor Hamburg examines the improbable origins of Communist rule in Russia, the ascent of the Red Star to its zenith, and its decline and apparent end in the wake of 1989's events. Using new material from previously sealed Soviet archives and covering recent controversial findings by both Russian and Western scholars, he begins with the failures of the czarist regime and the horrors of the First World War, then takes you through the bloody era of Josef Stalin's purges and beyond to Mikhail Gorbachev's perestroika to offer you a thoroughgoing analysis of the Soviet experiment. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. Members Reviews: Prof. Hamburg Randomly Picked Topics Would you try another book from The Great Courses and/or Professor Gary Hamburg? I may pick other Great Courses but I will be more careful to see when the actual date that the lectures were taped. Bill Clinton was still president of the United States and Yeltsin was President of Russia when these lectures were taped. Professor Hamburg was given his predictions on what would happen in Russia after the fall of Communism. More than 14 years have gone by since they lecture were taped and much has happen. As a result, the last lecture was very out of date and gave no preceptive what Russia has actually become under Putin. The "release date" stated 2013 but this is obviously meaningless because it has no relation to when the lectures was actually taped. What could The Great Courses have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you? Discussed the date that the lectures were given. What character would you cut from The Rise and Fall of Soviet Communism: A History of 20th-Century Russia? N/A Any additional comments? It does not appear that the professor actually tried to explain why the USSR fell. He randomly picked topics to include but skipped crucial events. He did not include Poland and East Germany's efforts and final success in breaking away from the USSR and the USSR's decision not to send in troops to stop them from breaking away as a prellude to the USSR republics also seeking to break with it. He did not even discuss the USSR's defeat in Afghanistan as a factor in the eventual breakup of the USSR. Not really a good effort. Great introduction but leaves lots of questions I really enjoyed the professor and the course. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Boys-of-Winter-Audiobook/B06X9GS1F4 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Boys of Winter Subtitle: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team Author: Wayne Coffey Narrator: Kirby Heyborne Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins Language: English Release date: 02-28-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 53 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Once upon a time, they taught us to believe. They were the 1980 US Olympic hockey team, a blue-collar bunch led by an unconventional coach, and they engineered perhaps the greatest sports moment of the 20th century. Their "Miracle on Ice" has become a national fairy tale, but the real Cinderella story is even more remarkable. It is a legacy of hope, hard work, and homegrown triumph. It is a chronicle of everyday heroes who just wanted to play hockey happily ever after. It is still unbelievable. The Boys of Winter is an evocative account of the improbable American adventure in Lake Placid, New York. Drawing on hundreds of hours of interviews, Wayne Coffey explores the untold stories of the US upstarts, their Soviet opponents, and the forces that brought them together. Critic Reviews: "Well-written and thoroughly researched.... Filled with primary interviews and exceptional insight, Coffey's effort should delight more than just hockey fans." ( Publishers Weekly) bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Wayne Coffey) Tue, 28 Feb 2017 18:05:00 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Boys-of-Winter-Audiobook/B06X9GS1F4 thebookvoice.com 08:37:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Boys of Winter Subtitle: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team Author: Wayne Coffey Narrator: Kirby Heyborne Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins Language: English Release date: 02-28-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 53 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Once upon a time, they taught us to believe. They were the 1980 US Olympic hockey team, a blue-collar bunch led by an unconventional coach, and they engineered perhaps the greatest sports moment of the 20th century. Their "Miracle on Ice" has become a national fairy tale, but the real Cinderella story is even more remarkable. It is a legacy of hope, hard work, and homegrown triumph. It is a chronicle of everyday heroes who just wanted to play hockey happily ever after. It is still unbelievable. The Boys of Winter is an evocative account of the improbable American adventure in Lake Placid, New York. Drawing on hundreds of hours of interviews, Wayne Coffey explores the untold stories of the US upstarts, their Soviet opponents, and the forces that brought them together. Critic Reviews: "Well-written and thoroughly researched.... Filled with primary interviews and exceptional insight, Coffey's effort should delight more than just hockey fans." ( Publishers Weekly) Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Boys of Winter Subtitle: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team Author: Wayne Coffey Narrator: Kirby Heyborne Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins Language: English Release date: 02-28-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 53 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Once upon a time, they taught us to believe. They were the 1980 US Olympic hockey team, a blue-collar bunch led by an unconventional coach, and they engineered perhaps the greatest sports moment of the 20th century. Their "Miracle on Ice" has become a national fairy tale, but the real Cinderella story is even more remarkable. It is a legacy of hope, hard work, and homegrown triumph. It is a chronicle of everyday heroes who just wanted to play hockey happily ever after. It is still unbelievable. The Boys of Winter is an evocative account of the improbable American adventure in Lake Placid, New York. Drawing on hundreds of hours of interviews, Wayne Coffey explores the untold stories of the US upstarts, their Soviet opponents, and the forces that brought them together. Critic Reviews: "Well-written and thoroughly researched.... Filled with primary interviews and exceptional insight, Coffey's effort should delight more than just hockey fans." ( Publishers Weekly) Members Reviews: great story but not the right narrator the overall story is great. loved hearing about the background of the players and coaches, but the some of the game's narration was a bit too detailed. I don't think that this was the right narrator for this story. something about his voice ... Just didn't match my expectation for a hockey story. WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD... THE AMERICANS WIN What made the experience of listening to The Boys of Winter the most enjoyable? This event combined with a phenomenal sophomore NHL season by a guy named Wayne Gretzky helped turn me into a huge hockey fan. I thought I knew this whole story by heart. i was wrong. There was so much I didn't know. I knew the players by number, position, and school, but I never knew the men behind the uniforms. This book gives great insight into them by using a very clever framing device. it will appeal to both the casual fan who may not have been around to experience the "miracle" and to the sports know-it-all. What did you like best about this story? The storytelling was really well done. It sounds corny, but I actually got chills as the final seconds of the game ticked off. Have you listened to any of Kirby Heybornes other performances before? How does this one compare? Heyborne did a pretty good job, but after only a few minutes of listening it became very evident to me that he knows very little about hockey. He paces well and gives the text a lot of flair, but each time he said "blue line" as two separate words I would lose my mind. Hulk would have smashed his iPod. Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry? It makes me smile. It's just a wonderful story about a bunch of college kids who were able to defeat the greatest team in the world. Any additional comments? Good story for a hockey family to listen to on a long trip. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/George-Nicholas-and-Wilhelm-Audiobook/B003BF4E7G Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: George, Nicholas and Wilhelm Subtitle: Three Royal Cousins and the Road to World War I Author: Miranda Carter Narrator: Rosalyn Landor Format: Unabridged Length: 21 hrs and 14 mins Language: English Release date: 03-23-10 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 285 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: In the years before the First World War, the great European powers were ruled by three first cousins: King George V of Britain, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. Together, they presided over the last years of dynastic Europe and the outbreak of the most destructive war the world had ever seen, a war that set 20th-century Europe on course to be the most violent continent in the history of the world. Miranda Carter uses the cousins correspondence and a host of historical sources to tell the tragicomic story of a tiny, glittering, solipsistic world that was often preposterously out of kilter with its times, struggling to stay in command of politics and world events as history overtook it. George, Nicholas and Wilhelm is a brilliant and sometimes darkly hilarious portrait of these men - damaged, egotistical Wilhelm; quiet, stubborn Nicholas; and anxious, dutiful George - and their lives, foibles, and obsessions, from tantrums to uniforms to stamp collecting. It is also alive with fresh, subtle portraits of other familiar figures: Queen Victoria - grandmother to two of them, grandmother-in-law to the third - whose conservatism and bullying obsession with family left a dangerous legacy; and Edward VII, the playboy arch-vulgarian who turned out to have a remarkable gift for international relations and the theatrics of mass politics. At the same time, Carter weaves through their stories a riveting account of the events that led to World War I, showing how the personal and the political interacted, sometimes to devastating effect. For all three men, the war would be a disaster that destroyed forever the illusion of their close family relationships, with any sense of peace and harmony shattered in a final coda of murder, betrayal, and abdication. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Miranda Carter) Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:46:33 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/George-Nicholas-and-Wilhelm-Audiobook/B003BF4E7G thebookvoice.com 21:14:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: George, Nicholas and Wilhelm Subtitle: Three Royal Cousins and the Road to World War I Author: Miranda Carter Narrator: Rosalyn Landor Format: Unabridged Length: 21 hrs and 14 mins Language: English Release date: 03-23-10 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 285 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: In the years before the First World War, the great European powers were ruled by three first cousins: King George V of Britain, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. Together, they presided over the last years of dynastic Europe and the outbreak of the most destructive war the world had ever seen, a war that set 20th-century Europe on course to be the most violent continent in the history of the world. Miranda Carter uses the cousins correspondence and a host of historical sources to tell the tragicomic story of a tiny, glittering, solipsistic world that was often preposterously out of kilter with its times, struggling to stay in command of politics and world events as history overtook it. George, Nicholas and Wilhelm is a brilliant and sometimes darkly hilarious portrait of these men - damaged, egotistical Wilhelm; quiet, stubborn Nicholas; and anxious, dutiful George - and their lives, foibles, and obsessions, from tantrums to uniforms to stamp collecting. It is also alive with fresh, subtle portraits of other familiar figures: Queen Victoria - grandmother to two of them, grandmother-in-law to the third - whose conservatism and bullying obsession with family left a dangerous legacy; and Edward VII, the playboy arch-vulgarian who turned out to have a remarkable gift for international relations and the theatrics of mass politics. At the same time, Carter weaves through their stories a riveting account of the events that led to World War I, showing how the personal and the political interacted, sometimes to devastating effect. For all three men, the war would be a disaster that destroyed forever the illusion of their close family relationships, with any sense of peace and harmony shattered in a final coda of murder, betrayal, and abdication. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: George, Nicholas and Wilhelm Subtitle: Three Royal Cousins and the Road to World War I Author: Miranda Carter Narrator: Rosalyn Landor Format: Unabridged Length: 21 hrs and 14 mins Language: English Release date: 03-23-10 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 285 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: In the years before the First World War, the great European powers were ruled by three first cousins: King George V of Britain, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. Together, they presided over the last years of dynastic Europe and the outbreak of the most destructive war the world had ever seen, a war that set 20th-century Europe on course to be the most violent continent in the history of the world. Miranda Carter uses the cousins correspondence and a host of historical sources to tell the tragicomic story of a tiny, glittering, solipsistic world that was often preposterously out of kilter with its times, struggling to stay in command of politics and world events as history overtook it. George, Nicholas and Wilhelm is a brilliant and sometimes darkly hilarious portrait of these men - damaged, egotistical Wilhelm; quiet, stubborn Nicholas; and anxious, dutiful George - and their lives, foibles, and obsessions, from tantrums to uniforms to stamp collecting. It is also alive with fresh, subtle portraits of other familiar figures: Queen Victoria - grandmother to two of them, grandmother-in-law to the third - whose conservatism and bullying obsession with family left a dangerous legacy; and Edward VII, the playboy arch-vulgarian who turned out to have a remarkable gift for international relations and the theatrics of mass politics. At the same time, Carter weaves through their stories a riveting account of the events that led to World War I, showing how the personal and the political interacted, sometimes to devastating effect. For all three men, the war would be a disaster that destroyed forever the illusion of their close family relationships, with any sense of peace and harmony shattered in a final coda of murder, betrayal, and abdication. Members Reviews: interesting and entertaining work of history This is a very good work of narrative, popular history. It reminds you that, not so long ago, in the lives of our grandparents and great-grandparents, the reign of kings, kings with real power. That was certainly the case for the kings of Germany (only so recently combined into a nation-state) and of Russia, much less so for Britain ... even still their Queen Victoria & her two successors had more apparent power than the current regime, if only on the diplomatic level, with their relatives elsewhere in Europe. The details of the lives of these various heads-of-state, their international networks and the political leadership, is a great story. I am not sure you can say the 3 leaders on the eve of World War I, together, had a great influence on the breakout and course of war, although the author does a great job showing that Kaiser Wilhelm (an extraordinarily peculiar person) did have a role in this. The book is well organized, it does not have too many characters (although I am familiar with the general history) and is well narrated. Essential history in the centennial year One hundred years ago this July, events began to unfold which would change the world forever. This book examines of some of the factors which led up to them as they relate to three of Queen Victoria's grandchildren. Miranda Carter is outstanding and her book is likely to appeal to many. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Unwomanly-Face-of-War-Audiobook/B07452NFBH Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Unwomanly Face of War Subtitle: An Oral History of Women in World War II Author: Svetlana Alexievich, Richard Pevear - translator, Larissa Volokhonsky - translator Narrator: Julia Emelin, Yelena Shmulenson Format: Unabridged Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins Language: English Release date: 07-25-17 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 45 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: A long-awaited English translation of the groundbreaking oral history of women in World War II across Europe and Russia - from the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. For more than three decades, Svetlana Alexievich has been the memory and conscience of the 20th century. When the Swedish Academy awarded her the Nobel Prize, it cited her invention of "a new kind of literary genre", describing her work as "a history of emotions...a history of the soul". In The Unwomanly Face of War, Alexievich chronicles the experiences of the Soviet women who fought on the front lines, on the home front, and in the occupied territories. These women - more than a million in total - were nurses and doctors, pilots, tank drivers, machine-gunners, and snipers. They battled alongside men, and yet, after the victory, their efforts and sacrifices were forgotten. Alexievich traveled thousands of miles and visited more than 100 towns to record these women's stories. Together this symphony of voices reveals a different aspect of the war - the everyday details of life in combat left out of the official histories. Translated by the renowned Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, The Unwomanly Face of War is a powerful and poignant account of the central conflict of the 20th century, a kaleidoscopic portrait of the human side of war. "But why? I asked myself more than once. Why, having stood up for and held their own place in a once absolutely male world, have women not stood up for their history? Their words and feelings? They did not believe themselves. A whole world is hidden from us. Their war remains unknown...I want to write the history of that war. A women's history." (Svetlana Alexievich) Critic Reviews: "Alexievich's artistry has raised oral history to a totally different dimension. It is no wonder that her brilliant obsession with what Vasily Grossman called 'the brutal truth of war' was suppressed for so long by Soviet censors, because her unprecedented pen portraits and interviews reveal the face of war hidden by propaganda." (Antony Beevor, author of Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege) "Whatever you thought you knew about the war, you should put it aside and listen to the voices here." (Library Journal) bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Svetlana Alexievich) Tue, 25 Jul 2017 10:18:56 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Unwomanly-Face-of-War-Audiobook/B07452NFBH thebookvoice.com 14:17:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Unwomanly Face of War Subtitle: An Oral History of Women in World War II Author: Svetlana Alexievich, Richard Pevear - translator, Larissa Volokhonsky - translator Narrator: Julia Emelin, Yelena Shmulenson Format: Unabridged Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins Language: English Release date: 07-25-17 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 45 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: A long-awaited English translation of the groundbreaking oral history of women in World War II across Europe and Russia - from the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. For more than three decades, Svetlana Alexievich has been the memory and conscience of the 20th century. When the Swedish Academy awarded her the Nobel Prize, it cited her invention of "a new kind of literary genre", describing her work as "a history of emotions...a history of the soul". In The Unwomanly Face of War, Alexievich chronicles the experiences of the Soviet women who fought on the front lines, on the home front, and in the occupied territories. These women - more than a million in total - were nurses and doctors, pilots, tank drivers, machine-gunners, and snipers. They battled alongside men, and yet, after the victory, their efforts and sacrifices were forgotten. Alexievich traveled thousands of miles and visited more than 100 towns to record these women's stories. Together this symphony of voices reveals a different aspect of the war - the everyday details of life in combat left out of the official histories. Translated by the renowned Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, The Unwomanly Face of War is a powerful and poignant account of the central conflict of the 20th century, a kaleidoscopic portrait of the human side of war. "But why? I asked myself more than once. Why, having stood up for and held their own place in a once absolutely male world, have women not stood up for their history? Their words and feelings? They did not believe themselves. A whole world is hidden from us. Their war remains unknown...I want to write the history of that war. A women's history." (Svetlana Alexievich) Critic Reviews: "Alexievich's artistry has raised oral history to a totally different dimension. It is no wonder that her brilliant obsession with what Vasily Grossman called 'the brutal truth of war' was suppressed for so long by Soviet censors, because her unprecedented pen portraits and interviews reveal the face of war hidden by propaganda." (Antony Beevor, author of Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege) "Whatever you thought you knew about the war, you should put it aside and listen to the voices here." (Library Journal) Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Unwomanly Face of War Subtitle: An Oral History of Women in World War II Author: Svetlana Alexievich, Richard Pevear - translator, Larissa Volokhonsky - translator Narrator: Julia Emelin, Yelena Shmulenson Format: Unabridged Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins Language: English Release date: 07-25-17 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 45 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: A long-awaited English translation of the groundbreaking oral history of women in World War II across Europe and Russia - from the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. For more than three decades, Svetlana Alexievich has been the memory and conscience of the 20th century. When the Swedish Academy awarded her the Nobel Prize, it cited her invention of "a new kind of literary genre", describing her work as "a history of emotions...a history of the soul". In The Unwomanly Face of War, Alexievich chronicles the experiences of the Soviet women who fought on the front lines, on the home front, and in the occupied territories. These women - more than a million in total - were nurses and doctors, pilots, tank drivers, machine-gunners, and snipers. They battled alongside men, and yet, after the victory, their efforts and sacrifices were forgotten. Alexievich traveled thousands of miles and visited more than 100 towns to record these women's stories. Together this symphony of voices reveals a different aspect of the war - the everyday details of life in combat left out of the official histories. Translated by the renowned Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, The Unwomanly Face of War is a powerful and poignant account of the central conflict of the 20th century, a kaleidoscopic portrait of the human side of war. "But why? I asked myself more than once. Why, having stood up for and held their own place in a once absolutely male world, have women not stood up for their history? Their words and feelings? They did not believe themselves. A whole world is hidden from us. Their war remains unknown...I want to write the history of that war. A women's history." (Svetlana Alexievich) Critic Reviews: "Alexievich's artistry has raised oral history to a totally different dimension. It is no wonder that her brilliant obsession with what Vasily Grossman called 'the brutal truth of war' was suppressed for so long by Soviet censors, because her unprecedented pen portraits and interviews reveal the face of war hidden by propaganda." (Antony Beevor, author of Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege) "Whatever you thought you knew about the war, you should put it aside and listen to the voices here." (Library Journal) Members Reviews: Oral history at its finest Listening to this book brought home the horrendous experience of war, particularly for women in the Soviet Union in World War II. The vivid recollections were at times painful to listen to, but important to hear. There are some books which to me have more impact when listened to rather than when read on a page. This is one of them. A monumental work! Should be compulsory reading This should be required reading for every school. After reading this no one in their right mind can declare war . impressive and moving Powerful stories. Amazing depth and span of narratives. Highly recommended for all interested in the history of WWII and Soviet studies. the best book about war I've ever read I'm a combat vet, and I've never thought to consider the role women played in World War II, especially in the Russian army. the voices and stories of these women are incredibly moving, beautiful and horrifying at once. Love, loss, hatred, and Redemption. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Berlin-at-War-Audiobook/B0711SRPGZ Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Berlin at War Author: Roger Moorhouse Narrator: Derek Perkins Format: Unabridged Length: 17 hrs and 17 mins Language: English Release date: 05-30-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 79 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: In Berlin at War, acclaimed historian Roger Moorhouse provides a magnificent and detailed portrait of everyday life at the epicenter of the Third Reich. Berlin was the stage upon which the rise and fall of the Third Reich was most visibly played out. It was the backdrop for the most lavish Nazi ceremonies, the site of Albert Speer's grandiose plans for a new "world metropolis", and the scene of the final climactic battle to defeat Nazism. Berlin was the place where Hitler's empire ultimately met its end, but it suffered mightily through the war as well. Not only was the city subjected to the full wrath of the Soviet ground offensive and siege in 1945, but it also found itself a prime target for the air war, attracting more raids, more aircraft, and more tonnage than any other German city. In Berlin at War, acclaimed historian Roger Moorhouse provides a magnificent and detailed portrait of everyday life at the epicenter of the Third Reich. Berlin was the stage upon which the rise and fall of the Third Reich was most visibly played out. It was the backdrop for the most lavish Nazi ceremonies, the site of Albert Speer's grandiose plans for a new "world metropolis", and the scene of the final climactic battle to defeat Nazism. Berlin was the place where Hitler's empire ultimately met its end, but it suffered mightily through the war as well. Not only was the city subjected to the full wrath of the Soviet ground offensive and siege in 1945, but it also found itself a prime target for the air war, attracting more raids, more aircraft, and more tonnage than any other German city. Combining groundbreaking research with a gripping narrative, Moorhouse brings all of the complexity and chaos of wartime Berlin to life. Berlin at War is the incredible story of the city - and people - that saw the whole of this epic conflict, from start to finish. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Roger Moorhouse) Tue, 30 May 2017 19:04:18 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Berlin-at-War-Audiobook/B0711SRPGZ thebookvoice.com 17:17:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Berlin at War Author: Roger Moorhouse Narrator: Derek Perkins Format: Unabridged Length: 17 hrs and 17 mins Language: English Release date: 05-30-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 79 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: In Berlin at War, acclaimed historian Roger Moorhouse provides a magnificent and detailed portrait of everyday life at the epicenter of the Third Reich. Berlin was the stage upon which the rise and fall of the Third Reich was most visibly played out. It was the backdrop for the most lavish Nazi ceremonies, the site of Albert Speer's grandiose plans for a new "world metropolis", and the scene of the final climactic battle to defeat Nazism. Berlin was the place where Hitler's empire ultimately met its end, but it suffered mightily through the war as well. Not only was the city subjected to the full wrath of the Soviet ground offensive and siege in 1945, but it also found itself a prime target for the air war, attracting more raids, more aircraft, and more tonnage than any other German city. In Berlin at War, acclaimed historian Roger Moorhouse provides a magnificent and detailed portrait of everyday life at the epicenter of the Third Reich. Berlin was the stage upon which the rise and fall of the Third Reich was most visibly played out. It was the backdrop for the most lavish Nazi ceremonies, the site of Albert Speer's grandiose plans for a new "world metropolis", and the scene of the final climactic battle to defeat Nazism. Berlin was the place where Hitler's empire ultimately met its end, but it suffered mightily through the war as well. Not only was the city subjected to the full wrath of the Soviet ground offensive and siege in 1945, but it also found itself a prime target for the air war, attracting more raids, more aircraft, and more tonnage than any other German city. Combining groundbreaking research with a gripping narrative, Moorhouse brings all of the complexity and chaos of wartime Berlin to life. Berlin at War is the incredible story of the city - and people - that saw the whole of this epic conflict, from start to finish. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Berlin at War Author: Roger Moorhouse Narrator: Derek Perkins Format: Unabridged Length: 17 hrs and 17 mins Language: English Release date: 05-30-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 79 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: In Berlin at War, acclaimed historian Roger Moorhouse provides a magnificent and detailed portrait of everyday life at the epicenter of the Third Reich. Berlin was the stage upon which the rise and fall of the Third Reich was most visibly played out. It was the backdrop for the most lavish Nazi ceremonies, the site of Albert Speer's grandiose plans for a new "world metropolis", and the scene of the final climactic battle to defeat Nazism. Berlin was the place where Hitler's empire ultimately met its end, but it suffered mightily through the war as well. Not only was the city subjected to the full wrath of the Soviet ground offensive and siege in 1945, but it also found itself a prime target for the air war, attracting more raids, more aircraft, and more tonnage than any other German city. In Berlin at War, acclaimed historian Roger Moorhouse provides a magnificent and detailed portrait of everyday life at the epicenter of the Third Reich. Berlin was the stage upon which the rise and fall of the Third Reich was most visibly played out. It was the backdrop for the most lavish Nazi ceremonies, the site of Albert Speer's grandiose plans for a new "world metropolis", and the scene of the final climactic battle to defeat Nazism. Berlin was the place where Hitler's empire ultimately met its end, but it suffered mightily through the war as well. Not only was the city subjected to the full wrath of the Soviet ground offensive and siege in 1945, but it also found itself a prime target for the air war, attracting more raids, more aircraft, and more tonnage than any other German city. Combining groundbreaking research with a gripping narrative, Moorhouse brings all of the complexity and chaos of wartime Berlin to life. Berlin at War is the incredible story of the city - and people - that saw the whole of this epic conflict, from start to finish. Members Reviews: A Surprisingly Nuanced History of Nazi Germany Tells the little discussed history of dissent, dissatisfaction and complicity of civilians in Germany during the Nazi era. Extensive use of diaries, letters and first person interviews. The author has a strong command of the subject. This is a must read for students of World War II history. A unique study of part of World War II There are very many books concerning World War II and especially concerning the European Theater of that war. Most of them cover the preparations for the war, the actual fighting, the strategy and, for some, the politics involved in fighting the war. Some, like The Third Reich at War, cover the actions of the German government at home in trying to wage and support the war. None of them that I have read are intended to cover the effect of the war on the civilian population so this book, which does just that, has contributed a great deal to my understanding of what life was like for the civilians of Berlin. With its concentration on the civilian population this book provides a look into an often neglected part of the war. How did the civilians cope with Germanys gradual slide from victory into defeat, how did the German government try to keep civilian morale high as the German armies began to be beaten back, how successful were they in what they tried to do and what did the civilians know about the war and its progress? I had expected that this book would follow the progress of the war sequentially from 1939 through 1945 but was surprised to find that the book is thematic instead. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Winston-S-Churchill-The-History-of-the-Second-World-War-Volume-2-Their-Finest-Hour-Audiobook/B005MJV4NG Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Winston S. Churchill: The History of the Second World War, Volume 2 - Their Finest Hour Author: Winston S. Churchill Narrator: Michael Jayston Format: Abridged Length: 2 hrs and 46 mins Language: English Release date: 09-12-11 Publisher: The Copyright Group Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 63 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: In this short and intense period of the war, Churchills sense of history is profound. 'If the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say this was its finest hour.' In this second volume, Britain stands alone in combat against the mortal threat posed to civilisation, liberal democracy, and human decency. Between May 1940 and January 1941, the world witnessed some of the most spectacular military victories of all time. The audacity and brilliance of Hitlers Blitzkrieg staggered both France and Britain. The Allies had prepared for a repeat of the entrenched First World War instead of something altogether more terrifying, mobile, and destructive. The consequences were almost fatal. Dunkirk was a victory plucked from the jaws of defeat. The Battle of Britain was defiance against the odds but mastery of the skies remained in British hands and 'Never in the field of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few.' In the deserts of North Africa the outnumbered British forces went from victory to victory against Mussolinis conscripted men. There were many hardships and disasters to come, but Churchill could rightly proclaim 'Alone but up-bourne by every generous heart beat of mankind we had defied the tyrant in the height of his triumph.' The overview is read by Winston S Churchill, MP, and the volume narrated by Michael Jayston. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Winston S. Churchill) Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:02:03 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Winston-S-Churchill-The-History-of-the-Second-World-War-Volume-2-Their-Finest-Hour-Audiobook/B005MJV4NG thebookvoice.com 02:46:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Winston S. Churchill: The History of the Second World War, Volume 2 - Their Finest Hour Author: Winston S. Churchill Narrator: Michael Jayston Format: Abridged Length: 2 hrs and 46 mins Language: English Release date: 09-12-11 Publisher: The Copyright Group Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 63 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: In this short and intense period of the war, Churchills sense of history is profound. 'If the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say this was its finest hour.' In this second volume, Britain stands alone in combat against the mortal threat posed to civilisation, liberal democracy, and human decency. Between May 1940 and January 1941, the world witnessed some of the most spectacular military victories of all time. The audacity and brilliance of Hitlers Blitzkrieg staggered both France and Britain. The Allies had prepared for a repeat of the entrenched First World War instead of something altogether more terrifying, mobile, and destructive. The consequences were almost fatal. Dunkirk was a victory plucked from the jaws of defeat. The Battle of Britain was defiance against the odds but mastery of the skies remained in British hands and 'Never in the field of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few.' In the deserts of North Africa the outnumbered British forces went from victory to victory against Mussolinis conscripted men. There were many hardships and disasters to come, but Churchill could rightly proclaim 'Alone but up-bourne by every generous heart beat of mankind we had defied the tyrant in the height of his triumph.' The overview is read by Winston S Churchill, MP, and the volume narrated by Michael Jayston. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Winston S. Churchill: The History of the Second World War, Volume 2 - Their Finest Hour Author: Winston S. Churchill Narrator: Michael Jayston Format: Abridged Length: 2 hrs and 46 mins Language: English Release date: 09-12-11 Publisher: The Copyright Group Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 63 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: In this short and intense period of the war, Churchills sense of history is profound. 'If the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say this was its finest hour.' In this second volume, Britain stands alone in combat against the mortal threat posed to civilisation, liberal democracy, and human decency. Between May 1940 and January 1941, the world witnessed some of the most spectacular military victories of all time. The audacity and brilliance of Hitlers Blitzkrieg staggered both France and Britain. The Allies had prepared for a repeat of the entrenched First World War instead of something altogether more terrifying, mobile, and destructive. The consequences were almost fatal. Dunkirk was a victory plucked from the jaws of defeat. The Battle of Britain was defiance against the odds but mastery of the skies remained in British hands and 'Never in the field of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few.' In the deserts of North Africa the outnumbered British forces went from victory to victory against Mussolinis conscripted men. There were many hardships and disasters to come, but Churchill could rightly proclaim 'Alone but up-bourne by every generous heart beat of mankind we had defied the tyrant in the height of his triumph.' The overview is read by Winston S Churchill, MP, and the volume narrated by Michael Jayston. Members Reviews: Brilliant succinct and to the point. Churchill is a great writer. who better to tell the tale? https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/War-Against-All-Puerto-Ricans-Audiobook/B013S31H3Y Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: War Against All Puerto Ricans Subtitle: Revolution and Terror in America's Colony Author: Nelson A. Denis Narrator: Peter Berkrot Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins Language: English Release date: 08-25-15 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 136 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: In 1950, after over 50 years of military occupation and colonial rule, the Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico staged an unsuccessful armed insurrection against the United States. Violence swept through the island: Assassins were sent to kill President Harry Truman, gunfights roared in eight towns, police stations and post offices were burned down. In order to suppress this uprising, the US Army deployed thousands of troops and bombarded two towns, marking the first time in history that the US government bombed its own citizens. Nelson A. Denis tells this powerful story through the controversial life of Pedro Albizu Campos, who served as the president of the Nationalist Party. A lawyer, a chemical engineer, and the first Puerto Rican to graduate from Harvard Law School, Albizu Campos was imprisoned for 25 years and died under mysterious circumstances. By tracing his life and death, Denis shows how the journey of Albizu Campos is part of a larger story of Puerto Rico and US colonialism. Through oral histories, personal interviews, eyewitness accounts, congressional testimony, and recently declassified FBI files, War Against All Puerto Ricans tells the story of a forgotten revolution and its context in Puerto Rico's history, from the US invasion in 1898 to the modern-day struggle for self-determination. Denis provides an unflinching account of the gunfights, prison riots, political intrigue, FBI and CIA covert activity, and mass hysteria that accompanied this tumultuous period in Puerto Rican history. Critic Reviews: "A pointed, relentless chronicle of a despicable part of past American foreign policy." ( Kirkus) bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Nelson A. Denis) Tue, 25 Aug 2015 11:15:08 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/War-Against-All-Puerto-Ricans-Audiobook/B013S31H3Y thebookvoice.com 09:09:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: War Against All Puerto Ricans Subtitle: Revolution and Terror in America's Colony Author: Nelson A. Denis Narrator: Peter Berkrot Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins Language: English Release date: 08-25-15 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 136 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: In 1950, after over 50 years of military occupation and colonial rule, the Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico staged an unsuccessful armed insurrection against the United States. Violence swept through the island: Assassins were sent to kill President Harry Truman, gunfights roared in eight towns, police stations and post offices were burned down. In order to suppress this uprising, the US Army deployed thousands of troops and bombarded two towns, marking the first time in history that the US government bombed its own citizens. Nelson A. Denis tells this powerful story through the controversial life of Pedro Albizu Campos, who served as the president of the Nationalist Party. A lawyer, a chemical engineer, and the first Puerto Rican to graduate from Harvard Law School, Albizu Campos was imprisoned for 25 years and died under mysterious circumstances. By tracing his life and death, Denis shows how the journey of Albizu Campos is part of a larger story of Puerto Rico and US colonialism. Through oral histories, personal interviews, eyewitness accounts, congressional testimony, and recently declassified FBI files, War Against All Puerto Ricans tells the story of a forgotten revolution and its context in Puerto Rico's history, from the US invasion in 1898 to the modern-day struggle for self-determination. Denis provides an unflinching account of the gunfights, prison riots, political intrigue, FBI and CIA covert activity, and mass hysteria that accompanied this tumultuous period in Puerto Rican history. Critic Reviews: "A pointed, relentless chronicle of a despicable part of past American foreign policy." ( Kirkus) Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: War Against All Puerto Ricans Subtitle: Revolution and Terror in America's Colony Author: Nelson A. Denis Narrator: Peter Berkrot Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins Language: English Release date: 08-25-15 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 136 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: In 1950, after over 50 years of military occupation and colonial rule, the Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico staged an unsuccessful armed insurrection against the United States. Violence swept through the island: Assassins were sent to kill President Harry Truman, gunfights roared in eight towns, police stations and post offices were burned down. In order to suppress this uprising, the US Army deployed thousands of troops and bombarded two towns, marking the first time in history that the US government bombed its own citizens. Nelson A. Denis tells this powerful story through the controversial life of Pedro Albizu Campos, who served as the president of the Nationalist Party. A lawyer, a chemical engineer, and the first Puerto Rican to graduate from Harvard Law School, Albizu Campos was imprisoned for 25 years and died under mysterious circumstances. By tracing his life and death, Denis shows how the journey of Albizu Campos is part of a larger story of Puerto Rico and US colonialism. Through oral histories, personal interviews, eyewitness accounts, congressional testimony, and recently declassified FBI files, War Against All Puerto Ricans tells the story of a forgotten revolution and its context in Puerto Rico's history, from the US invasion in 1898 to the modern-day struggle for self-determination. Denis provides an unflinching account of the gunfights, prison riots, political intrigue, FBI and CIA covert activity, and mass hysteria that accompanied this tumultuous period in Puerto Rican history. Critic Reviews: "A pointed, relentless chronicle of a despicable part of past American foreign policy." ( Kirkus) Members Reviews: Great story, Mispronounced Spanish This story is so important and everyone should hear it. But unfortunately, Mr. Berkrot's excellent rhythmic delivery as the narrator is seriously hampered by how badly he pronounces Spanish words. As a Puerto Rican, I was seriously annoyed by what seemed to me to be a lack of quality control by whoever it is who has the final say at Audible. Berkrot is a talented guy with great chops, great rhythm, and excellent dynamics. As for his Spanish pronunciation..."Que lástima." Is there any way he could go back and punch in or dub the Spanish words again? The subject matter is too important and Peter Berkrot is way too skilled to let the mechanical remain in its current form. Most comprehensive story about Puerto Rico a 100 years story opressed American citizens living in Puerto Rico. Coherent, cohesive story of US economic abuses and supported by detailed facts. A Brilliantly Presented Bit of Omitted History An infuriating and eye opening account of events that schools omitted from history class. Brilliant story-telling, albeit overly dramatic narration at times, and investigation that leaves you with a bitter taste about events that shaped PR's life, culture, economy, and ties it all up with its current unfortunate condition, and the key role that the US government played. Bravo Mr. Denis. wow, very big eye opener A most read for every American. it is amazing what anyone can uncover with FOIA. Thank you Nelson for all the research and time you have put into this informative book. A must rear This book opened my eyes to many thing I was unaware of. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Into-the-Black-Audiobook/B01DUV8W32 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Into the Black Subtitle: The Extraordinary Untold Story of the First Flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia and the Astronauts Who Flew Her Author: Rowland White, Richard Truly Narrator: Eric Meyers Format: Unabridged Length: 15 hrs and 51 mins Language: English Release date: 04-19-16 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 292 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The real-life techno-thriller from a best-selling author and aviation expert that recaptures the historic moments leading up to the launch of the space shuttle Columbia and the exciting story of her daring maiden flight. Using interviews, NASA oral histories, and recently declassified material, Into the Black pieces together the dramatic untold story of the Columbia mission and the brave people who dedicated themselves to help the United States succeed in the age of space exploration. On April 12, 1981, NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia blasted off from Cape Canaveral. It was the most advanced, state-of-the-art flying machine ever built, challenging the minds and imagination of America's top engineers and pilots. Columbia was the world's first real spaceship: a winged rocket plane, the size of an airliner and capable of flying to space and back before preparing to fly again. Onboard were moonwalker John Young and test pilot Bob Crippen. Less than an hour after Young and Crippen's spectacular departure from the Cape, all was not well. Tiles designed to protect the ship from the blowtorch burn of reentry were missing from the heat shield. If the damage to Columbia was too great, the astronauts wouldn't be able to return safely to Earth. NASA turned to the National Reconnaissance Office, a spy agency hidden deep inside the Pentagon whose very existence was classified. To help the ship, the NRO would attempt something never done before. Success would require skill, perfect timing, and luck. Set against the backdrop of the Cold War, Into the Black is a thrilling race against time and the incredible true story of the first space shuttle mission that celebrates our passion for spaceflight. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Rowland White) Tue, 19 Apr 2016 22:54:15 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Into-the-Black-Audiobook/B01DUV8W32 thebookvoice.com 15:51:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Into the Black Subtitle: The Extraordinary Untold Story of the First Flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia and the Astronauts Who Flew Her Author: Rowland White, Richard Truly Narrator: Eric Meyers Format: Unabridged Length: 15 hrs and 51 mins Language: English Release date: 04-19-16 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 292 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The real-life techno-thriller from a best-selling author and aviation expert that recaptures the historic moments leading up to the launch of the space shuttle Columbia and the exciting story of her daring maiden flight. Using interviews, NASA oral histories, and recently declassified material, Into the Black pieces together the dramatic untold story of the Columbia mission and the brave people who dedicated themselves to help the United States succeed in the age of space exploration. On April 12, 1981, NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia blasted off from Cape Canaveral. It was the most advanced, state-of-the-art flying machine ever built, challenging the minds and imagination of America's top engineers and pilots. Columbia was the world's first real spaceship: a winged rocket plane, the size of an airliner and capable of flying to space and back before preparing to fly again. Onboard were moonwalker John Young and test pilot Bob Crippen. Less than an hour after Young and Crippen's spectacular departure from the Cape, all was not well. Tiles designed to protect the ship from the blowtorch burn of reentry were missing from the heat shield. If the damage to Columbia was too great, the astronauts wouldn't be able to return safely to Earth. NASA turned to the National Reconnaissance Office, a spy agency hidden deep inside the Pentagon whose very existence was classified. To help the ship, the NRO would attempt something never done before. Success would require skill, perfect timing, and luck. Set against the backdrop of the Cold War, Into the Black is a thrilling race against time and the incredible true story of the first space shuttle mission that celebrates our passion for spaceflight. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Into the Black Subtitle: The Extraordinary Untold Story of the First Flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia and the Astronauts Who Flew Her Author: Rowland White, Richard Truly Narrator: Eric Meyers Format: Unabridged Length: 15 hrs and 51 mins Language: English Release date: 04-19-16 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 292 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The real-life techno-thriller from a best-selling author and aviation expert that recaptures the historic moments leading up to the launch of the space shuttle Columbia and the exciting story of her daring maiden flight. Using interviews, NASA oral histories, and recently declassified material, Into the Black pieces together the dramatic untold story of the Columbia mission and the brave people who dedicated themselves to help the United States succeed in the age of space exploration. On April 12, 1981, NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia blasted off from Cape Canaveral. It was the most advanced, state-of-the-art flying machine ever built, challenging the minds and imagination of America's top engineers and pilots. Columbia was the world's first real spaceship: a winged rocket plane, the size of an airliner and capable of flying to space and back before preparing to fly again. Onboard were moonwalker John Young and test pilot Bob Crippen. Less than an hour after Young and Crippen's spectacular departure from the Cape, all was not well. Tiles designed to protect the ship from the blowtorch burn of reentry were missing from the heat shield. If the damage to Columbia was too great, the astronauts wouldn't be able to return safely to Earth. NASA turned to the National Reconnaissance Office, a spy agency hidden deep inside the Pentagon whose very existence was classified. To help the ship, the NRO would attempt something never done before. Success would require skill, perfect timing, and luck. Set against the backdrop of the Cold War, Into the Black is a thrilling race against time and the incredible true story of the first space shuttle mission that celebrates our passion for spaceflight. Members Reviews: Great Story About a Flawed Spacecraft This book was really very good. It's largely a biography of John Young and Bob Crippen, the first two space shuttle astronauts, and the team that was involved in getting the program off the ground. The book also covers Joe Engel, Richard Truly and other astronauts involved in the early shuttle missions. I found the background on Crippen's tenure with the USAF Manned Orbiting Laboratory, a planned observation platform for military intelligence, absolutely fascinating. The program was canceled, but was quite ambitious. I knew almost nothing about this program, even though I grew up in the 1960s and am a bit of a space flight junkie. The back story about getting USAF support for the shuttle program was also fascinating. The USAF had a love-hate relationship (perhaps a little more hate!) with the shuttle. The author is an unabashed fan of the shuttle, although he covers the story warts and all. I'm not. Although it was certainly impressive to put something as big as the shuttle into space, it never got out of low earth orbit. Building it with solid fuel boosters was just a mistake--one we learn that gave John Young much trepidation. Of course, the heat shield made of ceramic tiles was a problem for the spacecraft from the first flight to the last. I had forgotten that there were tiles knocked off on the first flight. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Hitlers-Hangman-Audiobook/B01KN1UEZG Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Hitler's Hangman Subtitle: The Life of Heydrich Author: Robert Gerwarth Narrator: Napoleon Ryan Format: Unabridged Length: 16 hrs and 14 mins Language: English Release date: 08-30-16 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 161 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Reinhard Heydrich is widely recognized as one of the great iconic villains of the 20th century, an appalling figure even within the context of the Nazi leadership. Chief of the Nazi Criminal Police, the SS Security Service, and the Gestapo, ruthless overlord of Nazi-occupied Bohemia and Moravia, and leading planner of the "Final Solution," Heydrich played a central role in Hitler's Germany. He shouldered a major share of responsibility for some of the worst Nazi atrocities, and up to his assassination in Prague in 1942, he was widely seen as one of the most dangerous men in Nazi Germany. Yet Heydrich has received remarkably modest attention in the extensive literature of the Third Reich. Robert Gerwarth weaves together little-known stories of Heydrich's private life with his deeds as head of the Nazi Reich Security Main Office. Fully exploring Heydrich's progression from a privileged middle-class youth to a rapacious mass murderer, Gerwarth sheds new light on the complexity of Heydrich's adult character, his motivations, the incremental steps that led to unimaginable atrocities, and the consequences of his murderous efforts toward recreating the entire ethnic makeup of Europe. Critic Reviews: "This admirable biography makes plausible what actually happened and makes human what we might prefer to dismiss as monstrous." ( The Wall Street Journal) bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Robert Gerwarth) Tue, 30 Aug 2016 03:06:26 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Hitlers-Hangman-Audiobook/B01KN1UEZG thebookvoice.com 16:14:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Hitler's Hangman Subtitle: The Life of Heydrich Author: Robert Gerwarth Narrator: Napoleon Ryan Format: Unabridged Length: 16 hrs and 14 mins Language: English Release date: 08-30-16 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 161 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Reinhard Heydrich is widely recognized as one of the great iconic villains of the 20th century, an appalling figure even within the context of the Nazi leadership. Chief of the Nazi Criminal Police, the SS Security Service, and the Gestapo, ruthless overlord of Nazi-occupied Bohemia and Moravia, and leading planner of the "Final Solution," Heydrich played a central role in Hitler's Germany. He shouldered a major share of responsibility for some of the worst Nazi atrocities, and up to his assassination in Prague in 1942, he was widely seen as one of the most dangerous men in Nazi Germany. Yet Heydrich has received remarkably modest attention in the extensive literature of the Third Reich. Robert Gerwarth weaves together little-known stories of Heydrich's private life with his deeds as head of the Nazi Reich Security Main Office. Fully exploring Heydrich's progression from a privileged middle-class youth to a rapacious mass murderer, Gerwarth sheds new light on the complexity of Heydrich's adult character, his motivations, the incremental steps that led to unimaginable atrocities, and the consequences of his murderous efforts toward recreating the entire ethnic makeup of Europe. Critic Reviews: "This admirable biography makes plausible what actually happened and makes human what we might prefer to dismiss as monstrous." ( The Wall Street Journal) Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Hitler's Hangman Subtitle: The Life of Heydrich Author: Robert Gerwarth Narrator: Napoleon Ryan Format: Unabridged Length: 16 hrs and 14 mins Language: English Release date: 08-30-16 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 161 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Reinhard Heydrich is widely recognized as one of the great iconic villains of the 20th century, an appalling figure even within the context of the Nazi leadership. Chief of the Nazi Criminal Police, the SS Security Service, and the Gestapo, ruthless overlord of Nazi-occupied Bohemia and Moravia, and leading planner of the "Final Solution," Heydrich played a central role in Hitler's Germany. He shouldered a major share of responsibility for some of the worst Nazi atrocities, and up to his assassination in Prague in 1942, he was widely seen as one of the most dangerous men in Nazi Germany. Yet Heydrich has received remarkably modest attention in the extensive literature of the Third Reich. Robert Gerwarth weaves together little-known stories of Heydrich's private life with his deeds as head of the Nazi Reich Security Main Office. Fully exploring Heydrich's progression from a privileged middle-class youth to a rapacious mass murderer, Gerwarth sheds new light on the complexity of Heydrich's adult character, his motivations, the incremental steps that led to unimaginable atrocities, and the consequences of his murderous efforts toward recreating the entire ethnic makeup of Europe. Critic Reviews: "This admirable biography makes plausible what actually happened and makes human what we might prefer to dismiss as monstrous." ( The Wall Street Journal) Members Reviews: Book=Amazing. Reader=Comically Bad The book exceeded my expectations, but I almost had to stop and read it the old school way, from ink on paper! The reader and the edits in the audio were so poorly done, it was distracting and was possibly a dis-service to the memory of many who died under this man's tyranny. The main characters name is inserted, in about half it's appearances, as an audio clip. So the name does not match the sound of the audio around it and whilst discussing the extermination of hundreds of thousands of innocent people, Heydricks last name pops up in the nararrators voice as if he were speaking of butterflies or flowers. I have never had this experience with an audio book before. A different perspective on the Third Reich This is an important book for anyone interested in WWII. Robert Gerwarth is a master story-teller, skillfully documenting Heydrich's life and the influences on his development and thinking from his birth to his death. Having the lesser-known Nazi, Heydrich, as the central figure in the story brings a different perspective to this fateful era of modern history. The atrocities committed in the aftermath of Heydrich's death bring this necessarily grim book to its all-too-predictable terrible conclusion. To complement the master story-teller, Napoleon Ryan is the master narrator - perfect voice for the topic: accent, tone, pauses, voices spot-on, and he is proficient with German pronunciations (at least to my non-German ear). Few things ruin a good book so much as mangled attempts at foreign words. Essential reading Drawing on more recent scholarship than earlier accounts detailing the life and crimes of Reinhard Heydrich, this book is all the more terrifying a read. Heydrich has often been portrayed as arriving of arriving as Hitler's hang man fully formed. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/War-and-Genocide-Audiobook/B01N2B22LZ Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: War and Genocide Subtitle: A Concise History of the Holocaust Author: Doris L. Bergen Narrator: Collene Curran Format: Unabridged Length: 13 hrs and 14 mins Language: English Release date: 02-13-17 Publisher: University Press Audiobooks Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 20 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: In examining one of the defining events of the twentieth century, Doris L. Bergen situates the Holocaust in its historical, political, social, cultural, and military contexts. Unlike many other treatments of the Holocaust, this revised, third edition discusses not only the persecution of the Jews, but also other segments of society victimized by the Nazis: Roma, homosexuals, Poles, Soviet POWs, the disabled, and other groups deemed undesirable. In clear and eloquent prose, Bergen explores the two interconnected goals that drove the Nazi German program of conquest and genocide - purification of the so-called Aryan race and expansion of its living space - and discusses how these goals affected the course of World War II. Including firsthand accounts from perpetrators, victims, and eyewitnesses, her book is immediate and human. Critic Reviews: "A book that will likely be required reading in college-level courses for years to come.... A detailed overview of the Holocaust." ( History in Review) "This succinct book is remarkably comprehensive, making it unusually accessible to nonexperts. Highly recommended." ( CHOICE) "This is a book that will find its place on the bookshelves of most Holocaust scholars and should be included in any Holocaust library." ( Jewish Book World) bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Doris L. Bergen) Mon, 13 Feb 2017 10:17:32 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/War-and-Genocide-Audiobook/B01N2B22LZ thebookvoice.com 13:14:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: War and Genocide Subtitle: A Concise History of the Holocaust Author: Doris L. Bergen Narrator: Collene Curran Format: Unabridged Length: 13 hrs and 14 mins Language: English Release date: 02-13-17 Publisher: University Press Audiobooks Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 20 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: In examining one of the defining events of the twentieth century, Doris L. Bergen situates the Holocaust in its historical, political, social, cultural, and military contexts. Unlike many other treatments of the Holocaust, this revised, third edition discusses not only the persecution of the Jews, but also other segments of society victimized by the Nazis: Roma, homosexuals, Poles, Soviet POWs, the disabled, and other groups deemed undesirable. In clear and eloquent prose, Bergen explores the two interconnected goals that drove the Nazi German program of conquest and genocide - purification of the so-called Aryan race and expansion of its living space - and discusses how these goals affected the course of World War II. Including firsthand accounts from perpetrators, victims, and eyewitnesses, her book is immediate and human. Critic Reviews: "A book that will likely be required reading in college-level courses for years to come.... A detailed overview of the Holocaust." ( History in Review) "This succinct book is remarkably comprehensive, making it unusually accessible to nonexperts. Highly recommended." ( CHOICE) "This is a book that will find its place on the bookshelves of most Holocaust scholars and should be included in any Holocaust library." ( Jewish Book World) Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: War and Genocide Subtitle: A Concise History of the Holocaust Author: Doris L. Bergen Narrator: Collene Curran Format: Unabridged Length: 13 hrs and 14 mins Language: English Release date: 02-13-17 Publisher: University Press Audiobooks Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 20 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: In examining one of the defining events of the twentieth century, Doris L. Bergen situates the Holocaust in its historical, political, social, cultural, and military contexts. Unlike many other treatments of the Holocaust, this revised, third edition discusses not only the persecution of the Jews, but also other segments of society victimized by the Nazis: Roma, homosexuals, Poles, Soviet POWs, the disabled, and other groups deemed undesirable. In clear and eloquent prose, Bergen explores the two interconnected goals that drove the Nazi German program of conquest and genocide - purification of the so-called Aryan race and expansion of its living space - and discusses how these goals affected the course of World War II. Including firsthand accounts from perpetrators, victims, and eyewitnesses, her book is immediate and human. Critic Reviews: "A book that will likely be required reading in college-level courses for years to come.... A detailed overview of the Holocaust." ( History in Review) "This succinct book is remarkably comprehensive, making it unusually accessible to nonexperts. Highly recommended." ( CHOICE) "This is a book that will find its place on the bookshelves of most Holocaust scholars and should be included in any Holocaust library." ( Jewish Book World) Members Reviews: Agency - the capacity or state of exerting power Any additional comments? I was looking for a comprehensive history of The Holocaust, and Goodreads pointed me toward Timothy Snyder. I read Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin and Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning.... Still, I needed something more. Doris Bergen's book was exactly what I didn't know I needed. Her history is concise, as titularly promised, but also complete. In the first chapter, she addresses not just the question of why did World War II happen but also the often forgotten question of "Why the Jews?" as the author puts it. She lay to rest many of my preconceived notions and mythology that I'd embraced as "cultural literacy." Bergen also resists laying the entire Holocaust at the feet of one man, nor does she hold entire nations responsible. Specifically and deliberately, the author indicts those who actively and passively created and perpetuated mass murder. Jarring and brutal, Bergen's language consistently used the voice of agency in describing the events of the Holocaust. Nobody "died" in the concentration camps described in War and Genocide; they were murdered by starvation, work, disease, gas, torture, suffocation (buried alive), gunshot, hanging, beating, or some other depravity that had a specific perpetrator and victim. And Bergen does not allow either to be a faceless entity in the shadows of history. Through well-developed anecdotes, she brings the murderer and the murdered out of the darkness and names them. Her scorn or respect has an individuality that, for me, echoed the voice of God that each will surely hear on judgement day. The author never descends into collective nouns that tend to lull the reader into a complacency; instead you get the names and descriptions. You understand the person, the people, the Humanitynot the Six Million, the Jews, the Gypsies, the Gays, the Jehovahs Witnesses, the Poles, the dead. Likewise, the author notes that everyone who survived the Holocaust was saved by someone. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Where-Wizards-Stay-Up-Late-Audiobook/B00AQMK3H2 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Where Wizards Stay Up Late Subtitle: The Origins of the Internet Author: Matthew Lyon, Katie Hafner Narrator: Mark Douglas Nelson Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins Language: English Release date: 12-20-12 Publisher: Katie Hafner Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 346 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Twenty-five years ago, it didn't exist. Today, 20 million people worldwide are surfing the Net. Where Wizards Stay Up Late is the exciting story of the pioneers responsible for creating the most talked about, most influential, and most far-reaching communications breakthrough since the invention of the telephone. In the 1960s, when computers where regarded as mere giant calculators, J.C.R. Licklider at MIT saw them as the ultimate communications devices. With Defense Department funds, he and a band of visionary computer whizzes began work on a nationwide, interlocking network of computers. Taking listeners behind the scenes, Where Wizards Stay Up Late captures the hard work, genius, and happy accidents of their daring, stunningly successful venture. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Matthew Lyon) Thu, 20 Dec 2012 06:04:25 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Where-Wizards-Stay-Up-Late-Audiobook/B00AQMK3H2 thebookvoice.com 10:19:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Where Wizards Stay Up Late Subtitle: The Origins of the Internet Author: Matthew Lyon, Katie Hafner Narrator: Mark Douglas Nelson Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins Language: English Release date: 12-20-12 Publisher: Katie Hafner Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 346 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Twenty-five years ago, it didn't exist. Today, 20 million people worldwide are surfing the Net. Where Wizards Stay Up Late is the exciting story of the pioneers responsible for creating the most talked about, most influential, and most far-reaching communications breakthrough since the invention of the telephone. In the 1960s, when computers where regarded as mere giant calculators, J.C.R. Licklider at MIT saw them as the ultimate communications devices. With Defense Department funds, he and a band of visionary computer whizzes began work on a nationwide, interlocking network of computers. Taking listeners behind the scenes, Where Wizards Stay Up Late captures the hard work, genius, and happy accidents of their daring, stunningly successful venture. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Where Wizards Stay Up Late Subtitle: The Origins of the Internet Author: Matthew Lyon, Katie Hafner Narrator: Mark Douglas Nelson Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins Language: English Release date: 12-20-12 Publisher: Katie Hafner Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 346 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Twenty-five years ago, it didn't exist. Today, 20 million people worldwide are surfing the Net. Where Wizards Stay Up Late is the exciting story of the pioneers responsible for creating the most talked about, most influential, and most far-reaching communications breakthrough since the invention of the telephone. In the 1960s, when computers where regarded as mere giant calculators, J.C.R. Licklider at MIT saw them as the ultimate communications devices. With Defense Department funds, he and a band of visionary computer whizzes began work on a nationwide, interlocking network of computers. Taking listeners behind the scenes, Where Wizards Stay Up Late captures the hard work, genius, and happy accidents of their daring, stunningly successful venture. Members Reviews: Absolutely fascinating and we'll researched Not only a gripping read, but beautifully researched, and organized. Having lived through most of the advances covered in this book, I still learned a lot. I don't see this often enough where the authors covered the why of each advance and the missteps, rather than simply reporting the technical milestones. I've listened to this book three times so far. Hardcore, old school, geek Get your geek on with this deep look at the origins of what is now the Internet. If you what to examine networking history, is a great audiobook. Loved it! Love From a Techie This book will appeal to technically versed people who are interested not only in the history of the internet but also in the inner-workings of networks and how the various protocols of the internet (TCP, TCP/IP, FTP, SMTP, etc) came into existence. Soundtrack to a coma. Compared to a few other computer-history books I've bought recently, Especially Hackers by Steven Levy, and When Computing Got Personal by Matthew Nicholson, this book reads like an extended Wikipedia page. Extraordinarily lifeless and flat. Requred reading, shouldn't be read by MDN Would you consider the audio edition of Where Wizards Stay Up Late to be better than the print version? Not with this narrator What did you like best about this story? The history of one of the most important technologies of the last 60 years How did the narrator detract from the book? He has a monotone voice and almost no vocal range. It's like listening to my accountant uncle read a book I really want to read for myself. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Go-Like-Hell-Audiobook/B00FRILUTK Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Go Like Hell Subtitle: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans Author: A. J. Baime Narrator: Jones Allen Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins Language: English Release date: 10-21-13 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 425 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: By the early 1960s, Ford Motor Company, built to bring automobile transportation to the masses, was falling behind. Baby boomers were taking to the roads in droves, looking for speed not safety, style not comfort, and Ford didnt offer what these young drivers wanted. Meanwhile, Enzo Ferrari lorded over the European racing scene, crafting beautiful, fast sports cars that epitomized style. Baime tells the remarkable story of how Henry Ford II, with the help of a young visionary named Lee Iacocca and a former racing champion turned engineer named Carroll Shelby, concocted a scheme to reinvent the Ford company. They would enter the high-stakes world of European car racing, where an adventurous few threw safety and sanity to the wind. They would design, build, and race a car that could beat Ferrari at his own game, at the most prestigious and dangerous race in the world, the 24 Hours of LeMans. Go Like Hell transports readers to a golden era in racing when Fords innovative strategy led to victories on the track and renewed respect for the American automobile. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (A. J. Baime) Mon, 21 Oct 2013 21:13:50 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Go-Like-Hell-Audiobook/B00FRILUTK thebookvoice.com 08:49:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Go Like Hell Subtitle: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans Author: A. J. Baime Narrator: Jones Allen Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins Language: English Release date: 10-21-13 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 425 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: By the early 1960s, Ford Motor Company, built to bring automobile transportation to the masses, was falling behind. Baby boomers were taking to the roads in droves, looking for speed not safety, style not comfort, and Ford didnt offer what these young drivers wanted. Meanwhile, Enzo Ferrari lorded over the European racing scene, crafting beautiful, fast sports cars that epitomized style. Baime tells the remarkable story of how Henry Ford II, with the help of a young visionary named Lee Iacocca and a former racing champion turned engineer named Carroll Shelby, concocted a scheme to reinvent the Ford company. They would enter the high-stakes world of European car racing, where an adventurous few threw safety and sanity to the wind. They would design, build, and race a car that could beat Ferrari at his own game, at the most prestigious and dangerous race in the world, the 24 Hours of LeMans. Go Like Hell transports readers to a golden era in racing when Fords innovative strategy led to victories on the track and renewed respect for the American automobile. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Go Like Hell Subtitle: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans Author: A. J. Baime Narrator: Jones Allen Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins Language: English Release date: 10-21-13 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 425 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: By the early 1960s, Ford Motor Company, built to bring automobile transportation to the masses, was falling behind. Baby boomers were taking to the roads in droves, looking for speed not safety, style not comfort, and Ford didnt offer what these young drivers wanted. Meanwhile, Enzo Ferrari lorded over the European racing scene, crafting beautiful, fast sports cars that epitomized style. Baime tells the remarkable story of how Henry Ford II, with the help of a young visionary named Lee Iacocca and a former racing champion turned engineer named Carroll Shelby, concocted a scheme to reinvent the Ford company. They would enter the high-stakes world of European car racing, where an adventurous few threw safety and sanity to the wind. They would design, build, and race a car that could beat Ferrari at his own game, at the most prestigious and dangerous race in the world, the 24 Hours of LeMans. Go Like Hell transports readers to a golden era in racing when Fords innovative strategy led to victories on the track and renewed respect for the American automobile. Members Reviews: A Very Entertaining Audiobook Any additional comments? Let me put a little of my bias right up front: I don't watch NASCAR, I occasionally watch CART, I always watch F1 (until a single driver is dominant two thirds through the season), and I always make sure I capture a little bit of the 24 Hrs of Le Mans - after all, who can watch the whole thing?!. But I love all the characters and the history of motor racing - and I really love stories about it - in the same way that I love hearing about the Space Race - regardless of how often I hear them. With that prelude, I really enjoyed this audiobook: the narrator was exceedingly good - and between he and the author, it was a very well told story that succeeded in creating suspense at each stage of the story. If you don't like racing at all, then it's probably not for you; but if you're looking for a good story - and not inclined to fixate if some details are glossed over in the interest of good story-telling, then this is well worth the investment. Goldern age of racing What did you love best about Go Like Hell? Having not been there, the story unfolded wonderfully. It is well researched, captivating, and the narrator is great. I learned a significant amount from this book. Who was your favorite character and why? Carrol Shelby, slightly over Henry Ford II and Enzo Ferrari. They're all legends, but having witnessed the aura of Shelby a little and recently visiting his shop/museum in Vegas, that man is a notch above everyone else in the book and racing history. There are many stories and quotes from Shelby, it's great (including the voice the narrator uses for him). Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry? Thank God safety in racing has increased so much. Any additional comments? This book (story and narration) is so good I had to put off finishing (everything after the flag drops at Le Mans in '66) for about three weeks. I didn't want it to finish. The book does end a little abruptly. The epilogue is less than 20 minutes, but could easily be 60+ minutes without being boring. There is supposed to be a film adaptation in the works. I'd be satisfied if it was 1/3 as good as this book. Too bad Shelby cannot have a cameo. Great Book Just a great book. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Marys-Mosaic-Audiobook/B00EVU1PPO Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Mary's Mosaic Subtitle: The CIA Conspiracy to Murder John F. Kennedy, Mary Pinchot Meyer, and Their Vision for World Peace Author: Peter Janney Narrator: Noah Michael Levine Format: Unabridged Length: 17 hrs and 40 mins Language: English Release date: 09-04-13 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 139 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: A shocking expos on the life and death of political peace activist Mary Pinchot Meyer, whose relationship with John F. Kennedy sheds new light on the circumstances surrounding his assassination. Who really murdered Mary Pinchot Meyer in the fall of 1964? Why was there a mad rush by CIA counterintelligence chief James Angleton to immediately locate and confiscate her diary? What in that diary was so explosive and revealing? Had Mary Meyer finally put together the intricate pieces of a bewildering, conspiratorial mosaic of information that revealed a plan to assassinate her lover, President Kennedy, with the trail ultimately ending at the doorstep of the Central Intelligence Agency? And was it mere coincidence that Mary Meyer was killed less than three weeks after the release of the Warren Commission Report? Based on years of painstaking research and interviews, much of it revealed here for the first time, author Peter Janney traces some of the most important events and influences in the life of Mary Pinchot Meyer - including her first meeting with Jack Kennedy at the Choate School during the winter of 1936, her explorations with psychedelic drugs, and finally how she supported her secret lover, the president of the United States, as he turned away from the Cold War toward the pursuit of world peace. As we approach the fiftieth anniversary of President Kennedy's assassination - and Mary Meyer's - Mary's Mosaic adds to our understanding of why both took place. This edition has been updated and revised with a significant postscript that focuses on Meyer's alleged assassin, who the author finally located and confronted in person in August 2012, as well as the ongoing saga of Janney's attempt to reopen the case based on new evidence. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Peter Janney) Wed, 04 Sep 2013 11:36:30 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Marys-Mosaic-Audiobook/B00EVU1PPO thebookvoice.com 17:40:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Mary's Mosaic Subtitle: The CIA Conspiracy to Murder John F. Kennedy, Mary Pinchot Meyer, and Their Vision for World Peace Author: Peter Janney Narrator: Noah Michael Levine Format: Unabridged Length: 17 hrs and 40 mins Language: English Release date: 09-04-13 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 139 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: A shocking expos on the life and death of political peace activist Mary Pinchot Meyer, whose relationship with John F. Kennedy sheds new light on the circumstances surrounding his assassination. Who really murdered Mary Pinchot Meyer in the fall of 1964? Why was there a mad rush by CIA counterintelligence chief James Angleton to immediately locate and confiscate her diary? What in that diary was so explosive and revealing? Had Mary Meyer finally put together the intricate pieces of a bewildering, conspiratorial mosaic of information that revealed a plan to assassinate her lover, President Kennedy, with the trail ultimately ending at the doorstep of the Central Intelligence Agency? And was it mere coincidence that Mary Meyer was killed less than three weeks after the release of the Warren Commission Report? Based on years of painstaking research and interviews, much of it revealed here for the first time, author Peter Janney traces some of the most important events and influences in the life of Mary Pinchot Meyer - including her first meeting with Jack Kennedy at the Choate School during the winter of 1936, her explorations with psychedelic drugs, and finally how she supported her secret lover, the president of the United States, as he turned away from the Cold War toward the pursuit of world peace. As we approach the fiftieth anniversary of President Kennedy's assassination - and Mary Meyer's - Mary's Mosaic adds to our understanding of why both took place. This edition has been updated and revised with a significant postscript that focuses on Meyer's alleged assassin, who the author finally located and confronted in person in August 2012, as well as the ongoing saga of Janney's attempt to reopen the case based on new evidence. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Mary's Mosaic Subtitle: The CIA Conspiracy to Murder John F. Kennedy, Mary Pinchot Meyer, and Their Vision for World Peace Author: Peter Janney Narrator: Noah Michael Levine Format: Unabridged Length: 17 hrs and 40 mins Language: English Release date: 09-04-13 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 139 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: A shocking expos on the life and death of political peace activist Mary Pinchot Meyer, whose relationship with John F. Kennedy sheds new light on the circumstances surrounding his assassination. Who really murdered Mary Pinchot Meyer in the fall of 1964? Why was there a mad rush by CIA counterintelligence chief James Angleton to immediately locate and confiscate her diary? What in that diary was so explosive and revealing? Had Mary Meyer finally put together the intricate pieces of a bewildering, conspiratorial mosaic of information that revealed a plan to assassinate her lover, President Kennedy, with the trail ultimately ending at the doorstep of the Central Intelligence Agency? And was it mere coincidence that Mary Meyer was killed less than three weeks after the release of the Warren Commission Report? Based on years of painstaking research and interviews, much of it revealed here for the first time, author Peter Janney traces some of the most important events and influences in the life of Mary Pinchot Meyer - including her first meeting with Jack Kennedy at the Choate School during the winter of 1936, her explorations with psychedelic drugs, and finally how she supported her secret lover, the president of the United States, as he turned away from the Cold War toward the pursuit of world peace. As we approach the fiftieth anniversary of President Kennedy's assassination - and Mary Meyer's - Mary's Mosaic adds to our understanding of why both took place. This edition has been updated and revised with a significant postscript that focuses on Meyer's alleged assassin, who the author finally located and confronted in person in August 2012, as well as the ongoing saga of Janney's attempt to reopen the case based on new evidence. Members Reviews: Another peace lover dies by violence. Would you consider the audio edition of Mary's Mosaic to be better than the print version? I haven't read the print version. What was one of the most memorable moments of Mary's Mosaic? Discovering more about Ben Bradley beyond the Watergate scandal, the real (?) story about Phil and Katherine Graham and the Luces, and the author's agonizing discovery about his father. Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you? It was interesting all the way through. Any additional comments? This was a murder that morphed into a bizarre conspiracy. I am not surprised that the CIA may have been behind the coverups and killings. Their arrogance likely led them to make some mistakes that helped the defense counsel for the patsy in the long run. Amazing book!! This is the most complete and well presented book that I have read so far concerning President Kennedy and the power intrigues of the CIA reaching into even the personal lives of people just trying to get to the truth . I admire the author's courage to print the truth in spite of the pain it must have caused him. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Wine-and-War-Audiobook/B007OXC1US Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Wine and War Subtitle: The French, the Nazis, and the Battle for France's Greatest Treasure Author: Petie Kladstrup, Donald Kladstrup Narrator: Todd McLaren Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins Language: English Release date: 03-27-12 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 171 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: In 1940, France fell to the Nazis and almost immediately the German army began a campaign of pillaging one of the assets the French hold most dear: their wine. Like others in the French Resistance, winemakers mobilized to oppose their occupiers, but the tale of their extraordinary efforts has remained largely unknown - until now. This is the thrilling and harrowing story of the French wine producers who undertook ingenious, daring measures to save their cherished crops and bottles as the Germans closed in on them. Wine and War illuminates a compelling, little-known chapter of history, and stands as a tribute to those extraordinary individuals who waged a battle that, in a very real way, saved the spirit of France. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Petie Kladstrup) Tue, 27 Mar 2012 05:57:29 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Wine-and-War-Audiobook/B007OXC1US thebookvoice.com 09:22:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Wine and War Subtitle: The French, the Nazis, and the Battle for France's Greatest Treasure Author: Petie Kladstrup, Donald Kladstrup Narrator: Todd McLaren Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins Language: English Release date: 03-27-12 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 171 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: In 1940, France fell to the Nazis and almost immediately the German army began a campaign of pillaging one of the assets the French hold most dear: their wine. Like others in the French Resistance, winemakers mobilized to oppose their occupiers, but the tale of their extraordinary efforts has remained largely unknown - until now. This is the thrilling and harrowing story of the French wine producers who undertook ingenious, daring measures to save their cherished crops and bottles as the Germans closed in on them. Wine and War illuminates a compelling, little-known chapter of history, and stands as a tribute to those extraordinary individuals who waged a battle that, in a very real way, saved the spirit of France. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Wine and War Subtitle: The French, the Nazis, and the Battle for France's Greatest Treasure Author: Petie Kladstrup, Donald Kladstrup Narrator: Todd McLaren Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins Language: English Release date: 03-27-12 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 171 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: In 1940, France fell to the Nazis and almost immediately the German army began a campaign of pillaging one of the assets the French hold most dear: their wine. Like others in the French Resistance, winemakers mobilized to oppose their occupiers, but the tale of their extraordinary efforts has remained largely unknown - until now. This is the thrilling and harrowing story of the French wine producers who undertook ingenious, daring measures to save their cherished crops and bottles as the Germans closed in on them. Wine and War illuminates a compelling, little-known chapter of history, and stands as a tribute to those extraordinary individuals who waged a battle that, in a very real way, saved the spirit of France. Members Reviews: Good story, terrible performance The book is a collection of interesting, moving stories about people from various wine regions of France during the German occupation. The performance is so theatrical it nearly ruins the book. The text is a collection of essentially unrelated stories covering 1939-46 France. There are some recurring characters, but mostly the stories are self contained and told at a very personal level. There is some reflection about the war in general and the currents of history, but the focus of the book is on individuals. The stories are funny, passionate, sad and inspirational. The writing is very good and all major regions get a nod. The performance is terrible. The reader affects an outrageous French or German accent (think Monty Python accents) every time a character speaks--even though they are all speaking in English. He even has some English and American accents later in the book. When you have a German arguing with a Frenchman the rapidly switching accents require tremendous effort to follow and I felt it contributed nothing to the text. Add in some over-acting and his Hitler is almost unbearable. Most history books mention that France quickly fell and then was liberated several years later but the time in between is rarely examined. The authors do a good job of describing the daily uncertainty and moral ambiguities of living and working in an occupied country. They do not appear to have a bias and manage to portray some of the occupying Germans as complicated characters, not caricatures. I enjoyed the text but almost couldn't finish the book because of the overly dramatic performance. In Vino Veritas This is a vino-centric history of WWII. It is told in an anecdotal style that is quite entertaining if at times somewhat disjointed. The broader scope of the war and the global impact it had on the formation of the modern world are beyond the scope of this lighthearted work. This book relates the triumph of the human spirit over adversity and does it in an engaging feel-good manner. For me it was a nice departure from the usual WWII histories I delve into. Much of the book revolves around the ways the French wine makers managed to preserve some of their best vintages from the hands of their Nazi occupiers. At times it has a Hogans Heroes vibe to it with the French underground seeming to run circles around the oblivious German overlords. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Pope-and-Mussolini-Audiobook/B00HZS2UFS Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Pope and Mussolini Subtitle: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe Author: David I. Kertzer Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki Format: Unabridged Length: 14 hrs and 11 mins Language: English Release date: 01-28-14 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 175 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: From National Book Award finalist David I. Kertzer comes the gripping story of Pope Pius XIs secret relations with Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. This groundbreaking work, based on seven years of research in the Vatican and Fascist archives, including reports from Mussolinis spies inside the highest levels of the Church, will forever change our understanding of the Vaticans role in the rise of Fascism in Europe. The Pope and Mussolini tells the story of two men who came to power in 1922, and together changed the course of 20th-century history. In most respects, they could not have been more different. One was scholarly and devout, the other thuggish and profane. Yet Pius XI and "Il Duce" had many things in common. They shared a distrust of democracy and a visceral hatred of Communism. Both were prone to sudden fits of temper and were fiercely protective of the prerogatives of their office. ("We have many interests to protect," the Pope declared, soon after Mussolini seized control of the government in 1922.) Each relied on the other to consolidate his power and achieve his political goals. In a challenge to the conventional history of this period, in which a heroic Church does battle with the Fascist regime, Kertzer shows how Pius XI played a crucial role in making Mussolinis dictatorship possible and keeping him in power. In exchange for Vatican support, Mussolini restored many of the privileges the Church had lost and gave in to the popes demands that the police enforce Catholic morality. Yet in the last years of his life - as the Italian dictator grew ever closer to Hitler - the pontiffs faith in this treacherous bargain started to waver. With his health failing, he began to lash out at the Duce and threatened to denounce Mussolinis anti-Semitic racial laws before it was too late. Horrified by the threat to the Church-Fascist alliance, the Vaticans inner circle, including the future Pope Pius XII, struggled to restrain the headstrong pope from destroying a partnership that had served both the Church and the dictator for many years. The Pope and Mussolini brims with memorable portraits of the men who helped enable the reign of Fascism in Italy: Father Pietro Tacchi Venturi, Piuss personal emissary to the dictator, a wily anti-Semite known as Mussolinis Rasputin; Victor Emmanuel III, the king of Italy, an object of widespread derision who lacked the stature - literally and figuratively - to stand up to the domineering Duce; and Cardinal Secretary of State Eugenio Pacelli, whose political skills and ambition made him Mussolinis most powerful ally inside the Vatican, and positioned him to succeed the pontiff as the controversial Pius XII, whose actions during World War II would be subject for debate for decades to come. With the recent opening of the Vatican archives covering Pius XIs papacy, the full story of the Popes complex relationship with his Fascist partner can finally be told. Vivid, dramatic, with surprises at every turn, The Pope and Mussolini is history writ large and with the lightning hand of truth. Critic Reviews: "David Kertzer has an eye for a story, an ear for the right word, and an instinct for human tragedy. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (David I. Kertzer) Tue, 28 Jan 2014 07:42:30 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Pope-and-Mussolini-Audiobook/B00HZS2UFS thebookvoice.com 14:11:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Pope and Mussolini Subtitle: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe Author: David I. Kertzer Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki Format: Unabridged Length: 14 hrs and 11 mins Language: English Release date: 01-28-14 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 175 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: From National Book Award finalist David I. Kertzer comes the gripping story of Pope Pius XIs secret relations with Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. This groundbreaking work, based on seven years of research in the Vatican and Fascist archives, including reports from Mussolinis spies inside the highest levels of the Church, will forever change our understanding of the Vaticans role in the rise of Fascism in Europe. The Pope and Mussolini tells the story of two men who came to power in 1922, and together changed the course of 20th-century history. In most respects, they could not have been more different. One was scholarly and devout, the other thuggish and profane. Yet Pius XI and "Il Duce" had many things in common. They shared a distrust of democracy and a visceral hatred of Communism. Both were prone to sudden fits of temper and were fiercely protective of the prerogatives of their office. ("We have many interests to protect," the Pope declared, soon after Mussolini seized control of the government in 1922.) Each relied on the other to consolidate his power and achieve his political goals. In a challenge to the conventional history of this period, in which a heroic Church does battle with the Fascist regime, Kertzer shows how Pius XI played a crucial role in making Mussolinis dictatorship possible and keeping him in power. In exchange for Vatican support, Mussolini restored many of the privileges the Church had lost and gave in to the popes demands that the police enforce Catholic morality. Yet in the last years of his life - as the Italian dictator grew ever closer to Hitler - the pontiffs faith in this treacherous bargain started to waver. With his health failing, he began to lash out at the Duce and threatened to denounce Mussolinis anti-Semitic racial laws before it was too late. Horrified by the threat to the Church-Fascist alliance, the Vaticans inner circle, including the future Pope Pius XII, struggled to restrain the headstrong pope from destroying a partnership that had served both the Church and the dictator for many years. The Pope and Mussolini brims with memorable portraits of the men who helped enable the reign of Fascism in Italy: Father Pietro Tacchi Venturi, Piuss personal emissary to the dictator, a wily anti-Semite known as Mussolinis Rasputin; Victor Emmanuel III, the king of Italy, an object of widespread derision who lacked the stature - literally and figuratively - to stand up to the domineering Duce; and Cardinal Secretary of State Eugenio Pacelli, whose political skills and ambition made him Mussolinis most powerful ally inside the Vatican, and positioned him to succeed the pontiff as the controversial Pius XII, whose actions during World War II would be subject for debate for decades to come. With the recent opening of the Vatican archives covering Pius XIs papacy, the full story of the Popes complex relationship with his Fascist partner can finally be told. Vivid, dramatic, with surprises at every turn, The Pope and Mussolini is history writ large and with the lightning hand of truth. Critic Reviews: "David Kertzer has an eye for a story, an ear for the right word, and an instinct for human tragedy. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Pope and Mussolini Subtitle: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe Author: David I. Kertzer Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki Format: Unabridged Length: 14 hrs and 11 mins Language: English Release date: 01-28-14 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 175 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: From National Book Award finalist David I. Kertzer comes the gripping story of Pope Pius XIs secret relations with Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. This groundbreaking work, based on seven years of research in the Vatican and Fascist archives, including reports from Mussolinis spies inside the highest levels of the Church, will forever change our understanding of the Vaticans role in the rise of Fascism in Europe. The Pope and Mussolini tells the story of two men who came to power in 1922, and together changed the course of 20th-century history. In most respects, they could not have been more different. One was scholarly and devout, the other thuggish and profane. Yet Pius XI and "Il Duce" had many things in common. They shared a distrust of democracy and a visceral hatred of Communism. Both were prone to sudden fits of temper and were fiercely protective of the prerogatives of their office. ("We have many interests to protect," the Pope declared, soon after Mussolini seized control of the government in 1922.) Each relied on the other to consolidate his power and achieve his political goals. In a challenge to the conventional history of this period, in which a heroic Church does battle with the Fascist regime, Kertzer shows how Pius XI played a crucial role in making Mussolinis dictatorship possible and keeping him in power. In exchange for Vatican support, Mussolini restored many of the privileges the Church had lost and gave in to the popes demands that the police enforce Catholic morality. Yet in the last years of his life - as the Italian dictator grew ever closer to Hitler - the pontiffs faith in this treacherous bargain started to waver. With his health failing, he began to lash out at the Duce and threatened to denounce Mussolinis anti-Semitic racial laws before it was too late. Horrified by the threat to the Church-Fascist alliance, the Vaticans inner circle, including the future Pope Pius XII, struggled to restrain the headstrong pope from destroying a partnership that had served both the Church and the dictator for many years. The Pope and Mussolini brims with memorable portraits of the men who helped enable the reign of Fascism in Italy: Father Pietro Tacchi Venturi, Piuss personal emissary to the dictator, a wily anti-Semite known as Mussolinis Rasputin; Victor Emmanuel III, the king of Italy, an object of widespread derision who lacked the stature - literally and figuratively - to stand up to the domineering Duce; and Cardinal Secretary of State Eugenio Pacelli, whose political skills and ambition made him Mussolinis most powerful ally inside the Vatican, and positioned him to succeed the pontiff as the controversial Pius XII, whose actions during World War II would be subject for debate for decades to come. With the recent opening of the Vatican archives covering Pius XIs papacy, the full story of the Popes complex relationship with his Fascist partner can finally be told. Vivid, dramatic, with surprises at every turn, The Pope and Mussolini is history writ large and with the lightning hand of truth. Critic Reviews: "David Kertzer has an eye for a story, an ear for the right word, and an instinct for human tragedy. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Run-of-His-Life-Audiobook/B011W2Y2CQ Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Run of His Life Subtitle: The People v. O.J. Simpson Author: Jeffrey Toobin Narrator: Stephen Bel Davies Format: Unabridged Length: 18 hrs and 46 mins Language: English Release date: 09-29-15 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1538 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: This New York Times best seller was the inspiration for the first season of American Crime Story on FX, starring Cuba Gooding, Jr.; John Travolta; David Schwimmer; and Connie Britton. The definitive account of the O. J. Simpson trial, The Run of His Life is a prodigious feat of reporting that could have been written only by the foremost legal journalist of our time. First published less than a year after the infamous verdict, Jeffrey Toobin's nonfiction masterpiece tells the whole story, from the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman to the ruthless gamesmanship behind the scenes of "the trial of the century". Rich in character, as propulsive as a legal thriller, this enduring narrative continues to shock and fascinate with its candid depiction of the human drama that upended American life. Please note: This audiobook is a recording of the original 1996 edition of The Run of His Life. It does not include an Afterword added to the 2013 reissued edition. Critic Reviews: "This is the book to read." (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times) "This book stands out as a gripping and colorful account of the crime and trial that captured the world's attention." (Boston Sunday Globe) "A real page-turner.... Strips away the months of circuslike televised proceedings and the sordid tell-all books and lays out a simple, but devastating, synopsis of the case." (Entertainment Weekly) bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Jeffrey Toobin) Tue, 29 Sep 2015 18:11:18 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Run-of-His-Life-Audiobook/B011W2Y2CQ thebookvoice.com 18:46:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Run of His Life Subtitle: The People v. O.J. Simpson Author: Jeffrey Toobin Narrator: Stephen Bel Davies Format: Unabridged Length: 18 hrs and 46 mins Language: English Release date: 09-29-15 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1538 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: This New York Times best seller was the inspiration for the first season of American Crime Story on FX, starring Cuba Gooding, Jr.; John Travolta; David Schwimmer; and Connie Britton. The definitive account of the O. J. Simpson trial, The Run of His Life is a prodigious feat of reporting that could have been written only by the foremost legal journalist of our time. First published less than a year after the infamous verdict, Jeffrey Toobin's nonfiction masterpiece tells the whole story, from the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman to the ruthless gamesmanship behind the scenes of "the trial of the century". Rich in character, as propulsive as a legal thriller, this enduring narrative continues to shock and fascinate with its candid depiction of the human drama that upended American life. Please note: This audiobook is a recording of the original 1996 edition of The Run of His Life. It does not include an Afterword added to the 2013 reissued edition. Critic Reviews: "This is the book to read." (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times) "This book stands out as a gripping and colorful account of the crime and trial that captured the world's attention." (Boston Sunday Globe) "A real page-turner.... Strips away the months of circuslike televised proceedings and the sordid tell-all books and lays out a simple, but devastating, synopsis of the case." (Entertainment Weekly) Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Run of His Life Subtitle: The People v. O.J. Simpson Author: Jeffrey Toobin Narrator: Stephen Bel Davies Format: Unabridged Length: 18 hrs and 46 mins Language: English Release date: 09-29-15 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1538 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: This New York Times best seller was the inspiration for the first season of American Crime Story on FX, starring Cuba Gooding, Jr.; John Travolta; David Schwimmer; and Connie Britton. The definitive account of the O. J. Simpson trial, The Run of His Life is a prodigious feat of reporting that could have been written only by the foremost legal journalist of our time. First published less than a year after the infamous verdict, Jeffrey Toobin's nonfiction masterpiece tells the whole story, from the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman to the ruthless gamesmanship behind the scenes of "the trial of the century". Rich in character, as propulsive as a legal thriller, this enduring narrative continues to shock and fascinate with its candid depiction of the human drama that upended American life. Please note: This audiobook is a recording of the original 1996 edition of The Run of His Life. It does not include an Afterword added to the 2013 reissued edition. Critic Reviews: "This is the book to read." (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times) "This book stands out as a gripping and colorful account of the crime and trial that captured the world's attention." (Boston Sunday Globe) "A real page-turner.... Strips away the months of circuslike televised proceedings and the sordid tell-all books and lays out a simple, but devastating, synopsis of the case." (Entertainment Weekly) Members Reviews: I wanted more after the 2016 mini-series... STORY (historical) - I didn't watch the live coverage of OJ trial back in 1994, so I really had no personal opinion about his controversial not guilty verdict. I did, however, watch the 2016 mini-series, so now I get what all the fuss was about. OMG, he was so incredibly guilty!! But at the conclusion of the series, I still had lingering questions about different things, so I started this book to hopefully fill in some cracks. I am very glad I did. This book contains tons more detail about the evidence, the trial and all the players. The author obviously believes OJ was guilty, but his investigation is thorough and he presents both sides of the case from the beginning of the investigation until slightly after the trial. Great book. PERFORMANCE - The narrator does a good job, but I'm not in love with his voice. OVERALL - There is detailed analysis of the gruesome crime scene and the victims' injuries. There is a small amount of cursing and, of course, discussion about Mark Fuhrman and his use of the racist N-word. Even if you find these things offensive, I would still highly recommend this book for anyone interested in more info on the OJ trial. It's fascinating. Fear and Loathing in Los Angeles I saw Jeffrey Toobin, the author of "The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson" (1996) asleep on CNN a couple of weeks ago. The demands of commenting on FX's "American Crime Story" (2016) mini-series based on this book and his ongoing analysis of the death of Antonin Scalia and President Obama's (so far) unproductive nomination of Merrick Garland to the US Supreme Court must have overwhelmed him. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/D-Day-Audiobook/B0036NA8PK Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: D-Day Subtitle: The Battle for Normandy Author: Antony Beevor Narrator: Cameron Stewart Format: Unabridged Length: 19 hrs and 44 mins Language: English Release date: 10-30-09 Publisher: Penguin Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 308 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The Allied fleet attempted by far the largest amphibious assault ever, and what followed was a battle as savage as anything seen on the Eastern Front. Casualties mounted on both sides, as did the tensions between the principal commanders. Even the joys of liberation had their darker side. The war in northern France marked not just a generation, but the whole of the postwar world, profoundly influencing relations between America and Europe. Beevor draws upon his research in more than 30 archives in six countries, going back to original accounts, interviews conducted by combat historians just after the action, and many diaries and letters donated to museums and archives in recent years. D-Day will surely be hailed as the consummate account of the Normandy invasion and the ferocious offensive that led to the liberation of Paris. Critic Reviews: "It is a dramatic, important and instructive story, and Beevor tells it surpassingly well....Readers fortunate enough to know his previous books...are aware that his fascination with warfare is compounded by a deep knowledge, not always encountered in military histories, that war is hell. People looking for romanticized combat or Greatest Generation sentimentality will not find an ounce of either here." (The Washington Post) bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Antony Beevor) Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:13:33 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/D-Day-Audiobook/B0036NA8PK thebookvoice.com 19:44:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: D-Day Subtitle: The Battle for Normandy Author: Antony Beevor Narrator: Cameron Stewart Format: Unabridged Length: 19 hrs and 44 mins Language: English Release date: 10-30-09 Publisher: Penguin Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 308 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The Allied fleet attempted by far the largest amphibious assault ever, and what followed was a battle as savage as anything seen on the Eastern Front. Casualties mounted on both sides, as did the tensions between the principal commanders. Even the joys of liberation had their darker side. The war in northern France marked not just a generation, but the whole of the postwar world, profoundly influencing relations between America and Europe. Beevor draws upon his research in more than 30 archives in six countries, going back to original accounts, interviews conducted by combat historians just after the action, and many diaries and letters donated to museums and archives in recent years. D-Day will surely be hailed as the consummate account of the Normandy invasion and the ferocious offensive that led to the liberation of Paris. Critic Reviews: "It is a dramatic, important and instructive story, and Beevor tells it surpassingly well....Readers fortunate enough to know his previous books...are aware that his fascination with warfare is compounded by a deep knowledge, not always encountered in military histories, that war is hell. People looking for romanticized combat or Greatest Generation sentimentality will not find an ounce of either here." (The Washington Post) Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: D-Day Subtitle: The Battle for Normandy Author: Antony Beevor Narrator: Cameron Stewart Format: Unabridged Length: 19 hrs and 44 mins Language: English Release date: 10-30-09 Publisher: Penguin Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 308 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The Allied fleet attempted by far the largest amphibious assault ever, and what followed was a battle as savage as anything seen on the Eastern Front. Casualties mounted on both sides, as did the tensions between the principal commanders. Even the joys of liberation had their darker side. The war in northern France marked not just a generation, but the whole of the postwar world, profoundly influencing relations between America and Europe. Beevor draws upon his research in more than 30 archives in six countries, going back to original accounts, interviews conducted by combat historians just after the action, and many diaries and letters donated to museums and archives in recent years. D-Day will surely be hailed as the consummate account of the Normandy invasion and the ferocious offensive that led to the liberation of Paris. Critic Reviews: "It is a dramatic, important and instructive story, and Beevor tells it surpassingly well....Readers fortunate enough to know his previous books...are aware that his fascination with warfare is compounded by a deep knowledge, not always encountered in military histories, that war is hell. People looking for romanticized combat or Greatest Generation sentimentality will not find an ounce of either here." (The Washington Post) Members Reviews: A commendable book Beevor gives a thoroughly readable account of the familiar D-Day story, enlivened by a number of telling anecdotes from generals to privates and unvarnished sketches of all the key participants on the Allied and German sides. Nor does Beevor spare us the truly gory details of the battles and the systematized killing that was the Normandy campaign. War is always a bloody business and Beevor rightly refuses to ignore it. This is a refreshingly unsentimental view of things that should never be seen as anything but what they were. The book is not faultless, however. There are annoying factual and grammatical errors that could have been prevented by an attentive copy editor with minimal knowledge of the era: in the most striking example, Beevor writes of a bombing attack carried out by "B-24 Flying Fortresses" and "B-17 Liberators," when the opposite terminology is of course the correct one. My late father-in-law, a "mickey operator" on Eighth Air Force B-17s in 1944-45, would have turned even greyer at the hearing. And Beevor's troops are forever becoming "disorientated." The correct word is "disoriented." The narration is technically competent and Cameron Stewart moves it along crisply in a strong, clear voice, but he has an unfortunate habit of adopting rather bad American, French and German voice accents when recounting stories from archival material, military orders, personal diaries, and the like. The Germans all sound like bad actors in a B movie. A straightforward narration in his own voice throughout would have been the better course. Nevertheless, this is a fine account of one of the world's most significant battles and its ensuing military campaign--one that changed our civilization forever for the better. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Strange-Career-of-Jim-Crow-Audiobook/B00I5QH5UE Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Strange Career of Jim Crow Author: C. Vann Woodward Narrator: Sean Crisden Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 31 mins Language: English Release date: 03-11-14 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 61 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: C. Vann Woodward, who died in 1999 at the age of 91, was America's most eminent Southern historian, the winner of a Pulitzer Prize for Mary Chestnut's Civil War and a Bancroft Prize for The Origins of the New South. Now, to honor his long and truly distinguished career, Oxford is pleased to publish this special commemorative edition of Woodward's most influential work, The Strange Career of Jim Crow. The Strange Career of Jim Crow is one of the great works of Southern history. Indeed, the book actually helped shape that history. Published in 1955, a year after the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education ordered schools desegregated, Strange Career was cited so often to counter arguments for segregation that Martin Luther King, Jr. called it "the historical Bible of the civil rights movement." The book offers a clear and illuminating analysis of the history of Jim Crow laws, presenting evidence that segregation in the South dated only to the 1890s. Woodward convincingly shows that, even under slavery, the two races had not been divided as they were under the Jim Crow laws of the 1890s. In fact, during Reconstruction, there was considerable economic and political mixing of the races. The segregating of the races was a relative newcomer to the region. Hailed as one of the top 100 nonfiction works of the twentieth century, The Strange Career of Jim Crow has sold almost a million copies and remains, in the words of David Herbert Donald, "a landmark in the history of American race relations." bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (C. Vann Woodward) Tue, 11 Mar 2014 06:57:30 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Strange-Career-of-Jim-Crow-Audiobook/B00I5QH5UE thebookvoice.com 06:31:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Strange Career of Jim Crow Author: C. Vann Woodward Narrator: Sean Crisden Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 31 mins Language: English Release date: 03-11-14 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 61 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: C. Vann Woodward, who died in 1999 at the age of 91, was America's most eminent Southern historian, the winner of a Pulitzer Prize for Mary Chestnut's Civil War and a Bancroft Prize for The Origins of the New South. Now, to honor his long and truly distinguished career, Oxford is pleased to publish this special commemorative edition of Woodward's most influential work, The Strange Career of Jim Crow. The Strange Career of Jim Crow is one of the great works of Southern history. Indeed, the book actually helped shape that history. Published in 1955, a year after the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education ordered schools desegregated, Strange Career was cited so often to counter arguments for segregation that Martin Luther King, Jr. called it "the historical Bible of the civil rights movement." The book offers a clear and illuminating analysis of the history of Jim Crow laws, presenting evidence that segregation in the South dated only to the 1890s. Woodward convincingly shows that, even under slavery, the two races had not been divided as they were under the Jim Crow laws of the 1890s. In fact, during Reconstruction, there was considerable economic and political mixing of the races. The segregating of the races was a relative newcomer to the region. Hailed as one of the top 100 nonfiction works of the twentieth century, The Strange Career of Jim Crow has sold almost a million copies and remains, in the words of David Herbert Donald, "a landmark in the history of American race relations." Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Strange Career of Jim Crow Author: C. Vann Woodward Narrator: Sean Crisden Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 31 mins Language: English Release date: 03-11-14 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 61 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: C. Vann Woodward, who died in 1999 at the age of 91, was America's most eminent Southern historian, the winner of a Pulitzer Prize for Mary Chestnut's Civil War and a Bancroft Prize for The Origins of the New South. Now, to honor his long and truly distinguished career, Oxford is pleased to publish this special commemorative edition of Woodward's most influential work, The Strange Career of Jim Crow. The Strange Career of Jim Crow is one of the great works of Southern history. Indeed, the book actually helped shape that history. Published in 1955, a year after the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education ordered schools desegregated, Strange Career was cited so often to counter arguments for segregation that Martin Luther King, Jr. called it "the historical Bible of the civil rights movement." The book offers a clear and illuminating analysis of the history of Jim Crow laws, presenting evidence that segregation in the South dated only to the 1890s. Woodward convincingly shows that, even under slavery, the two races had not been divided as they were under the Jim Crow laws of the 1890s. In fact, during Reconstruction, there was considerable economic and political mixing of the races. The segregating of the races was a relative newcomer to the region. Hailed as one of the top 100 nonfiction works of the twentieth century, The Strange Career of Jim Crow has sold almost a million copies and remains, in the words of David Herbert Donald, "a landmark in the history of American race relations." Members Reviews: the truth is Stranger Than Fiction infuriating but is true its history what can you do . narration was kind of monotone in beginning kind of made it hard to pay attention but seemed to improve a little as the story continued on Essential Reading If you want to understand the history of injustice in the US and civil rights, then you need to read this book. It's a seminal pathbreaking work. I am not going to claim that it is perfect by any means. Vann Woodward does not make that claim either. As one example, his discussion of the "radical black" political movement in the 1960s and 1970s sounds completely at odds with everything that precedes it. It makes no sense to condemn black political frustration and aggression right after documenting a century of calculated racial aggression from white society. The point is, this isn't the final word on the topic. But it's an impressive first attempt that everyone should read. The narrator is clear. His style is a little odd. But I had no trouble understanding everything he read. It's not easy to read non-fiction. So I appreciate the performance. Worthwhile history lesson Well written book on the struggle to abolish segregation. Thoroughly enjoyed it and if your a history buff like myself you'll enjoy it also! Very Informative. Almost put it down. Glad I didn't - LOTS of information. An invaluable history lesson. A definite re-read. Jim Crow has yet to retire Unfortunately I didn't learn about Jim Crow laws until I was older and felt I needed to learn. Woodward traces the history of Jim Crow and reconstruction in clear and concise terms. He is able to give a contextual picture of the laws and the forces behind them. I would recommend all teachers, politicians and curious citizens read this. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Guadalcanal-Diary-Audiobook/B01MG5845H Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Guadalcanal Diary Subtitle: 2nd Edition Author: Richard Tregaskis Narrator: Pete Cross Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins Language: English Release date: 10-27-16 Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 65 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: This celebrated classic gives a soldier's-eye-view of the Guadalcanal battles; crucial to World War II, the war that continues to fascinate us all. Unlike some of those on Guadalcanal in the fall of 1942, Richard Tregaskis volunteered to be there. One of only two on-location news correspondents, he lived alongside the soldiers: sleeping on the ground - only to be awoken by air raids - eating meager rations, and braving some of the most dangerous battlefields of World War II. He more than once narrowly escaped the enemy's fire, and so we have this incisive and exciting inside account of the groundbreaking initial landing of US troops on Guadalcanal. This second edition features a new introduction by Mark Bowden, renowned journalist and author of Black Hawk Down. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Richard Tregaskis) Thu, 27 Oct 2016 12:39:32 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Guadalcanal-Diary-Audiobook/B01MG5845H thebookvoice.com 08:59:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Guadalcanal Diary Subtitle: 2nd Edition Author: Richard Tregaskis Narrator: Pete Cross Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins Language: English Release date: 10-27-16 Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 65 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: This celebrated classic gives a soldier's-eye-view of the Guadalcanal battles; crucial to World War II, the war that continues to fascinate us all. Unlike some of those on Guadalcanal in the fall of 1942, Richard Tregaskis volunteered to be there. One of only two on-location news correspondents, he lived alongside the soldiers: sleeping on the ground - only to be awoken by air raids - eating meager rations, and braving some of the most dangerous battlefields of World War II. He more than once narrowly escaped the enemy's fire, and so we have this incisive and exciting inside account of the groundbreaking initial landing of US troops on Guadalcanal. This second edition features a new introduction by Mark Bowden, renowned journalist and author of Black Hawk Down. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Guadalcanal Diary Subtitle: 2nd Edition Author: Richard Tregaskis Narrator: Pete Cross Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins Language: English Release date: 10-27-16 Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 65 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: This celebrated classic gives a soldier's-eye-view of the Guadalcanal battles; crucial to World War II, the war that continues to fascinate us all. Unlike some of those on Guadalcanal in the fall of 1942, Richard Tregaskis volunteered to be there. One of only two on-location news correspondents, he lived alongside the soldiers: sleeping on the ground - only to be awoken by air raids - eating meager rations, and braving some of the most dangerous battlefields of World War II. He more than once narrowly escaped the enemy's fire, and so we have this incisive and exciting inside account of the groundbreaking initial landing of US troops on Guadalcanal. This second edition features a new introduction by Mark Bowden, renowned journalist and author of Black Hawk Down. Members Reviews: WOW, GREAT TRUTH FOR THOSE POOR BOY'S If you could sum up Guadalcanal Diary in three words, what would they be? WOW!!! What other book might you compare Guadalcanal Diary to and why? HELMET FOR MY PILLOW Have you listened to any of Pete Crosss other performances before? How does this one compare? NO BUT IT WAS WONDERFUL Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry? CRY!!! Any additional comments? I LOVE WWII DOCUMENTARIES. IN HISTORY WE HAD 1 CHAPTER WHICH ONLY COVERED THE EUROPEAN CONFLICT! TERRIBLE, I ONLY HOPE ALL GENERATIONS WILL LEARN FROM THIS & ALL WARS. Great first person account of the Marines on Guadalcanal Until I encountered "Guadalcanal Diary," I had only read books about WWII in Europe. After reading Richard Tregaskis' description of what it was like for himself and for the Marines who lived and fought in the terrible terrain and wretched conditions there, I knew I had to find out more about the theater of operations where WWII began and ended for the US. Years later, it was fascinating to listen to this account of the first months on Guadalcanal in the context of greater knowledge of that aspect of the war. In my opinion, however, a different narrator would have made it even more pleasurable to listen to. Mr. Cross seemed to me to sound both too young and too detached to do justice to the people and events described in this book. Great Story, Execution a Bit Off If you could sum up Guadalcanal Diary in three words, what would they be? Great first-hand account Did the narration match the pace of the story? I don't think so. The narrator was hard to get used to. He seems to be bored at times, especially in light of the fact that he was retelling battle scenes. Any additional comments? This was the first meaningful offensive ground action in the Pacific theater in WWII. I don''t believe that this was ever intended to be a comprehensive account of the campaign. I first encountered this book in the 60s while researching the campaign for a high school paper. Not everything is told in this book, but it does tell the stories of individual Marines in times of stress and distress. What Tregaskis has done is to tell the tale in a realistic, yet uplifting manner. I doubt that, even if he had wanted to, the Defense Department would have allowed the publication in 1943 of a book that shows how the chaotic "Operation Shoestring" developed from inception and the lessons to be learned from those who became expert in the difficult task of amphibious assault actually was. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Acid-Test-Audiobook/B00MPWQOSS Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Acid Test Subtitle: LSD, Ecstasy, and the Power to Heal Author: Tom Shroder Narrator: Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Length: 14 hrs and 14 mins Language: English Release date: 09-09-14 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 388 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: A fascinating, transformative look at the therapeutic powers of psychedelic drugs, particularly in the treatment of PTSD, and the past fifty years of scientific, political, and legal controversy they have ignited, by award-winning journalist Tom Shroder. Its no secret that psychedelic drugs have the ability to cast light on the miraculous reality hidden within our psyche. Following the discovery of LSD less than a hundred years ago, psychedelics began to play a crucial role in the quest to understand the link between mind and matter. Compounds such as LSD and MDMA have proved to be extraordinarily effective in treating disorders such as posttraumatic stress - yet the drugs remain illegal, out of reach of the millions of people who could benefit from them. Tom Shroders Acid Test is a meticulously researched history of LSD and the controversy surrounding psychedelics, as well as a striking look at the unprecedented healing properties of drugs that have for decades been characterized as dangerous, illicit substances. Shroder covers the first heady years of experimentation in the 50s and 60s through the backlash of the '70s and '80s, when the drug subculture exploded and uncontrolled experimentation with street psychedelics led to a PR nightmare that would set therapeutic use back decades. Acid Test is a fascinating, transformative look at the therapeutic powers of psychedelic drugs, particularly in the treatment of PTSD, and the past fifty years of scientific, political, and legal controversy they have ignited. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Tom Shroder) Tue, 09 Sep 2014 17:56:45 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Acid-Test-Audiobook/B00MPWQOSS thebookvoice.com 14:14:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Acid Test Subtitle: LSD, Ecstasy, and the Power to Heal Author: Tom Shroder Narrator: Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Length: 14 hrs and 14 mins Language: English Release date: 09-09-14 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 388 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: A fascinating, transformative look at the therapeutic powers of psychedelic drugs, particularly in the treatment of PTSD, and the past fifty years of scientific, political, and legal controversy they have ignited, by award-winning journalist Tom Shroder. Its no secret that psychedelic drugs have the ability to cast light on the miraculous reality hidden within our psyche. Following the discovery of LSD less than a hundred years ago, psychedelics began to play a crucial role in the quest to understand the link between mind and matter. Compounds such as LSD and MDMA have proved to be extraordinarily effective in treating disorders such as posttraumatic stress - yet the drugs remain illegal, out of reach of the millions of people who could benefit from them. Tom Shroders Acid Test is a meticulously researched history of LSD and the controversy surrounding psychedelics, as well as a striking look at the unprecedented healing properties of drugs that have for decades been characterized as dangerous, illicit substances. Shroder covers the first heady years of experimentation in the 50s and 60s through the backlash of the '70s and '80s, when the drug subculture exploded and uncontrolled experimentation with street psychedelics led to a PR nightmare that would set therapeutic use back decades. Acid Test is a fascinating, transformative look at the therapeutic powers of psychedelic drugs, particularly in the treatment of PTSD, and the past fifty years of scientific, political, and legal controversy they have ignited. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Acid Test Subtitle: LSD, Ecstasy, and the Power to Heal Author: Tom Shroder Narrator: Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Length: 14 hrs and 14 mins Language: English Release date: 09-09-14 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 388 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: A fascinating, transformative look at the therapeutic powers of psychedelic drugs, particularly in the treatment of PTSD, and the past fifty years of scientific, political, and legal controversy they have ignited, by award-winning journalist Tom Shroder. Its no secret that psychedelic drugs have the ability to cast light on the miraculous reality hidden within our psyche. Following the discovery of LSD less than a hundred years ago, psychedelics began to play a crucial role in the quest to understand the link between mind and matter. Compounds such as LSD and MDMA have proved to be extraordinarily effective in treating disorders such as posttraumatic stress - yet the drugs remain illegal, out of reach of the millions of people who could benefit from them. Tom Shroders Acid Test is a meticulously researched history of LSD and the controversy surrounding psychedelics, as well as a striking look at the unprecedented healing properties of drugs that have for decades been characterized as dangerous, illicit substances. Shroder covers the first heady years of experimentation in the 50s and 60s through the backlash of the '70s and '80s, when the drug subculture exploded and uncontrolled experimentation with street psychedelics led to a PR nightmare that would set therapeutic use back decades. Acid Test is a fascinating, transformative look at the therapeutic powers of psychedelic drugs, particularly in the treatment of PTSD, and the past fifty years of scientific, political, and legal controversy they have ignited. Members Reviews: Inspiring, Upsetting, Grounded and Useful What did you like best about this story? I suffer from PTSD. With the help of loving friends and carefully following the protocol outlined in the FDA approved study, this book helped me bridge the gap from being anti-drug use, to profound gratitude for the way MDMA can heal my body, heart and world. My personal world is 300% bigger, more satisfying and abundant based on the specific actions I've taken as a result of my six sessions. This book changed my life. This is not a book about the dark side of medicine. This is not a book that convinces kids to do drugs. This is a book about the medical practices of very intelligent people in a way that can help those suffering from PTSD and similar illnesses live with out the need of prescription drugs. Rick, Michael and Nick are all incredible people. Especially Rick for all of his hard work. It's a great book for adults of all ages to read. I strongly encourage college student to read this. Extremely informative and interesting book! If you've ever once said you "love our veterans" or even claimed to have cared for the wellbeing of people suffering from PTSD (victims of sexual trauma, combat veterans, etc), this book should be a must listen! In the U.S., we have a tendency to not care about things unless they directly affect us, missing the bigger picture. The information is shared in an interesting and compelling manner in which the author shares people's stories, which keeps the listener engaged while also learning about the content. Not familiar with the narrator, but he also did an outstanding job. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/To-Marry-an-English-Lord-Audiobook/B00K6PUBN0 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: To Marry an English Lord Author: Carol McD. Wallace, Gail MacColl Narrator: Kate Reading Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins Language: English Release date: 05-27-14 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 216 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: From the Gilded Age until 1914, more than 100 American heiresses invaded Britannia and swapped dollars for titles - just like Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham, the first of the Downton Abbey characters Julian Fellowes was inspired to create after reading To Marry An English Lord. Filled with vivid personalities, gossipy anecdotes, grand houses, and a wealth of period details-plus quotes and the finer points of Victorian and Edwardian etiquette - To Marry An English Lord is social history at its liveliest and most accessible. Critic Reviews: "In your very flattering article about books that might please fans of Downton Abbey, I was sorry that one title was missing: To Marry an English Lord.... It is a marvelous and entertaining study." (Julian Fellowes, writer and creator of Downton Abbey) bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Carol McD. Wallace) Tue, 27 May 2014 14:56:42 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/To-Marry-an-English-Lord-Audiobook/B00K6PUBN0 thebookvoice.com 09:12:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: To Marry an English Lord Author: Carol McD. Wallace, Gail MacColl Narrator: Kate Reading Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins Language: English Release date: 05-27-14 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 216 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: From the Gilded Age until 1914, more than 100 American heiresses invaded Britannia and swapped dollars for titles - just like Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham, the first of the Downton Abbey characters Julian Fellowes was inspired to create after reading To Marry An English Lord. Filled with vivid personalities, gossipy anecdotes, grand houses, and a wealth of period details-plus quotes and the finer points of Victorian and Edwardian etiquette - To Marry An English Lord is social history at its liveliest and most accessible. Critic Reviews: "In your very flattering article about books that might please fans of Downton Abbey, I was sorry that one title was missing: To Marry an English Lord.... It is a marvelous and entertaining study." (Julian Fellowes, writer and creator of Downton Abbey) Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: To Marry an English Lord Author: Carol McD. Wallace, Gail MacColl Narrator: Kate Reading Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins Language: English Release date: 05-27-14 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 216 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: From the Gilded Age until 1914, more than 100 American heiresses invaded Britannia and swapped dollars for titles - just like Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham, the first of the Downton Abbey characters Julian Fellowes was inspired to create after reading To Marry An English Lord. Filled with vivid personalities, gossipy anecdotes, grand houses, and a wealth of period details-plus quotes and the finer points of Victorian and Edwardian etiquette - To Marry An English Lord is social history at its liveliest and most accessible. Critic Reviews: "In your very flattering article about books that might please fans of Downton Abbey, I was sorry that one title was missing: To Marry an English Lord.... It is a marvelous and entertaining study." (Julian Fellowes, writer and creator of Downton Abbey) Members Reviews: Love Downton Abbey? If you love the British TV show, Downtown Abbey, you'll love this book. It is the true tales of rich American girls in search of a nobleman. And noblemen in search of money to save their ancestral homes and the lifestyle someone of their rank was entitled to. Not Great on Audio The organization of the book did not fit well with audio. I can see why the author would have made the lists of people, estates, etc., but they don't work very well here. They interrupt the flow of the text because the narrator reads "the box" that has the extra information. I listened to about half the book, but then I gave up. Fantastic The narrator was excellent! She pronounced everything superbly and brought the authors' wonderful words to life. I find 19th century "society" fascinating and this book did not disappoint. Bravo! Interesting The storyline was extremely interesting but you need to fast forward through the endless list of names, this added no value to the story. Interesting Read If you could sum up To Marry an English Lord in three words, what would they be? Interesting historical information. Would you be willing to try another book from Gail MacColl and Carol McD. Wallace ? Why or why not? Sure. As a long time reader of historical fiction, this book gives a lot of information about the time period I enjoy reading about. Have you listened to any of Kate Readings other performances before? How does this one compare? Kate Reading gives an excellent performance in this audio book. Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry? No, it was just a pleasant, informative read. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Agent-Zigzag-Audiobook/B002V1BQJA Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Agent Zigzag Subtitle: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal Author: Ben MacIntyre Narrator: John Lee Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins Language: English Release date: 09-26-07 Publisher: Books on Tape Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 841 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: In 1941, after training as a German spy in occupied France, Chapman was parachuted into Britain with a revolver, a wireless, and a cyanide pill, with orders from the Abwehr to blow up an airplane factory. Instead, he contacted MI5, the British Secret Service. For the next four years, Chapman worked as a double agent, a lone British spy at the heart of the German Secret Service who at one time volunteered to assassinate Hitler for his countrymen. Crisscrossing Europe under different names, all the while weaving plans, spreading disinformation, and, miraculously, keeping his stories straight under intense interrogation, he even managed to gain some profit and seduce beautiful women along the way. The Nazis feted Chapman as a hero and awarded him the Iron Cross. In Britain, he was pardoned for his crimes, becoming the only wartime agent to be thus rewarded. Both countries provided for the mother of his child and his mistress. Sixty years after the end of the war, and 10 years after Chapman's death, MI5 has now declassified all of Chapman's files, releasing more than 1,800 pages of top secret material and allowing the full story of Agent Zigzag to be told for the first time. A gripping story of loyalty, love, and treachery, Agent Zigzag offers a unique glimpse into the psychology of espionage, with its thin and shifting line between fidelity and betrayal. Critic Reviews: "[An] intriguing and balanced biography." (Publishers Weekly) bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Ben MacIntyre) Wed, 26 Sep 2007 06:56:59 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Agent-Zigzag-Audiobook/B002V1BQJA thebookvoice.com 10:54:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Agent Zigzag Subtitle: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal Author: Ben MacIntyre Narrator: John Lee Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins Language: English Release date: 09-26-07 Publisher: Books on Tape Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 841 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: In 1941, after training as a German spy in occupied France, Chapman was parachuted into Britain with a revolver, a wireless, and a cyanide pill, with orders from the Abwehr to blow up an airplane factory. Instead, he contacted MI5, the British Secret Service. For the next four years, Chapman worked as a double agent, a lone British spy at the heart of the German Secret Service who at one time volunteered to assassinate Hitler for his countrymen. Crisscrossing Europe under different names, all the while weaving plans, spreading disinformation, and, miraculously, keeping his stories straight under intense interrogation, he even managed to gain some profit and seduce beautiful women along the way. The Nazis feted Chapman as a hero and awarded him the Iron Cross. In Britain, he was pardoned for his crimes, becoming the only wartime agent to be thus rewarded. Both countries provided for the mother of his child and his mistress. Sixty years after the end of the war, and 10 years after Chapman's death, MI5 has now declassified all of Chapman's files, releasing more than 1,800 pages of top secret material and allowing the full story of Agent Zigzag to be told for the first time. A gripping story of loyalty, love, and treachery, Agent Zigzag offers a unique glimpse into the psychology of espionage, with its thin and shifting line between fidelity and betrayal. Critic Reviews: "[An] intriguing and balanced biography." (Publishers Weekly) Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Agent Zigzag Subtitle: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal Author: Ben MacIntyre Narrator: John Lee Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins Language: English Release date: 09-26-07 Publisher: Books on Tape Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 841 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: In 1941, after training as a German spy in occupied France, Chapman was parachuted into Britain with a revolver, a wireless, and a cyanide pill, with orders from the Abwehr to blow up an airplane factory. Instead, he contacted MI5, the British Secret Service. For the next four years, Chapman worked as a double agent, a lone British spy at the heart of the German Secret Service who at one time volunteered to assassinate Hitler for his countrymen. Crisscrossing Europe under different names, all the while weaving plans, spreading disinformation, and, miraculously, keeping his stories straight under intense interrogation, he even managed to gain some profit and seduce beautiful women along the way. The Nazis feted Chapman as a hero and awarded him the Iron Cross. In Britain, he was pardoned for his crimes, becoming the only wartime agent to be thus rewarded. Both countries provided for the mother of his child and his mistress. Sixty years after the end of the war, and 10 years after Chapman's death, MI5 has now declassified all of Chapman's files, releasing more than 1,800 pages of top secret material and allowing the full story of Agent Zigzag to be told for the first time. A gripping story of loyalty, love, and treachery, Agent Zigzag offers a unique glimpse into the psychology of espionage, with its thin and shifting line between fidelity and betrayal. Critic Reviews: "[An] intriguing and balanced biography." (Publishers Weekly) Members Reviews: Intrigue and True I found this book as I so loved John Lee's reading. Lee, does a superb job. His tone is rich, full of a multitude of vocal inflections that carries the imagination deeply into this historical adventure. And like a great actor - he never shines so brightly on the material that his 'acting' takes precedence over the reading. This is a true story about a very large character. Everything in this account comes full circle - and in a very poignant way. Without giving anything away I am going to mention one person. Cary Grant. You will not believe how he fits into this well told story. real name:scott stambler What a great character Eddie Chapman is a real live spy in this amazing non-fiction story that "reads" like a novel. He is a larger than life gentleman criminal who discovers that he is a loyal British subject who was born to be a double agent. Wonderfully narrated by John Lee (one of the best in my opinion), Eddie cons the Germans who are only too happy to send him back to England to spy for them and he then wastes no time convincing the Brits that he can be an effective double. You can't make this stuff up but the amazing thing is that its all true, and the contributions Eddie Chapman made to the allied war effort are extraordinary. We root for Eddie the whole time and he clearly has nine lives. This is great movie material--I just hope Tom Cruise doesn't get the role. A great audiobook Agent Zigag is a riveting and informative audiobook; I looked forward to my long commute, just so I could listen to the story. The author spins a delightful narrative, recounting numerous real life exploits of a WWII spy. The story contains a wonderful balance of history, intrigue, romance and action. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Dispatches-Audiobook/B002V8H3BI Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Dispatches Author: Michael Herr Narrator: Ray Porter Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins Language: English Release date: 03-11-09 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 575 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: One of the greatest examples of war journalism ever written, Michael Herr's clearheaded yet unsparing retellings of the day-to-day events in Vietnam take on the force of poetry, finding clarity in one of the most incomprehensible events in our modern era. A National Book Critics Circle finalist and highly acclaimed upon its publication, Dispatches still retains its resonance as America finds itself amidst another military quagmire. ©1977 Michael Herr; (P)2009 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Critic Reviews: "The best book I have ever read on men and war in our time." (John le Carré) "The best book ever to be written about the Vietnam war." (New York Times Book Review) "Tough, profane, relentless...elegant." (Newsweek) bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Michael Herr) Wed, 11 Mar 2009 05:37:42 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Dispatches-Audiobook/B002V8H3BI thebookvoice.com 08:27:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Dispatches Author: Michael Herr Narrator: Ray Porter Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins Language: English Release date: 03-11-09 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 575 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: One of the greatest examples of war journalism ever written, Michael Herr's clearheaded yet unsparing retellings of the day-to-day events in Vietnam take on the force of poetry, finding clarity in one of the most incomprehensible events in our modern era. A National Book Critics Circle finalist and highly acclaimed upon its publication, Dispatches still retains its resonance as America finds itself amidst another military quagmire. ©1977 Michael Herr; (P)2009 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Critic Reviews: "The best book I have ever read on men and war in our time." (John le Carré) "The best book ever to be written about the Vietnam war." (New York Times Book Review) "Tough, profane, relentless...elegant." (Newsweek) Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Dispatches Author: Michael Herr Narrator: Ray Porter Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins Language: English Release date: 03-11-09 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 575 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: One of the greatest examples of war journalism ever written, Michael Herr's clearheaded yet unsparing retellings of the day-to-day events in Vietnam take on the force of poetry, finding clarity in one of the most incomprehensible events in our modern era. A National Book Critics Circle finalist and highly acclaimed upon its publication, Dispatches still retains its resonance as America finds itself amidst another military quagmire. ©1977 Michael Herr; (P)2009 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Critic Reviews: "The best book I have ever read on men and war in our time." (John le Carré) "The best book ever to be written about the Vietnam war." (New York Times Book Review) "Tough, profane, relentless...elegant." (Newsweek) Members Reviews: One of the GREAT war memoirs of ALL TIME! I could say this is one of the best memoirs I've read. I could also say it is one of the most brilliant books on war I've ever read. It would probably be easier, however, for me to just acknowledge I haven't read many books that have the power, the poetry, the intensity, the vividness, the bathos and the pathos that Herr pushes through every single page of this amazing book. This is a book that haunts you hard while you read it and resonates both the horror of war and the surreal qualities of war and the men who fight it. A singular piece of work I've read dozens of books dealing with war and Dispatches stands apart from nearly all of them. This is not meant to be an authoritative historical overview of the conflict in Vietnam. Rather it's a deeply personal account of Herr's time spent with the guys in the mud, doing the fighting, marking their time and hoping to make it home in one piece. Plenty of books have been written from this perspective before. But Herr's jazz-like prose, keen observations and raw honesty paint a picture that's so immersive it will be hard to forget. Put it in your shopping cart now. Brought me closer to Vietnam Vets and the War This was a fantastic audible! It brought me closer to the Vietnam Vets and what they experienced as they fought in it and those that laid down their lives in Vietnam. The author, Michael Herr, wrote in such a way that you felt close to his emotions and the emotions of the soldiers. With his descriptions you could visualize the images that he saw as a journalist in Vietnam. He did an awesome job of telling his story and theirs. You could easily put yourself in his place. You could also understand how it had such ravaging effects of the soldiers. The performance by Ray Porter was superb. I was definitely glad that I purchased and listened to this audible. Great read, very interesting, Thought provoking I have listen over the last couples of months with fascination. The reading is well paced not monotone. The scientific explanations are will written and easy to understand. I have really enjoyed this audio book and would recommend it just for the historical perspective alone. It provides a startling and sometimes grotesque picture in words on subject almost forgotten by today generations. Makes you think before saying “just nuke them”. Excellent Novel, Sub-par Narration. story was excellent. Narrator had trouble coping with the stream-of-consciouness writing. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/When-the-World-Seemed-New-Audiobook/B0778Q6X76 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: When the World Seemed New Subtitle: George H. W. Bush and the End of the Cold War Author: Jeffrey A. Engel Narrator: Bob Souer Format: Unabridged Length: 20 hrs and 6 mins Language: English Release date: 11-21-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 6 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The end of the Cold War was the greatest shock to international affairs since World War II. In that perilous moment, Saddam Hussein chose to invade Kuwait, China cracked down on its own pro-democracy protesters, and regimes throughout Eastern Europe teetered between democratic change and new authoritarians. Not since FDR in 1945 had a US president faced such opportunities and challenges. As the presidential historian Jeffrey Engel reveals in this hard-to-pause history, behind closed doors from the Oval Office to the Kremlin, George H. W. Bush rose to the occasion brilliantly. Distrusted by such key allies as Margaret Thatcher and dismissed as too cautious by the press, Bush had the experience and the wisdom to use personal, one-on-one diplomacy with world leaders. Bush knew when it was essential to rally a coalition to push Iraq out of Kuwait. He managed to help unify Germany while strengthening NATO. Based on unprecedented access to previously classified documents and interviews with all of the principals, When the World Seemed New is a riveting, fly-on-the-wall account of a president with his hand on the tiller, guiding the nation through a pivotal time and setting the stage for the 21st century. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Jeffrey A. Engel) Tue, 21 Nov 2017 07:21:42 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/When-the-World-Seemed-New-Audiobook/B0778Q6X76 thebookvoice.com 20:06:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: When the World Seemed New Subtitle: George H. W. Bush and the End of the Cold War Author: Jeffrey A. Engel Narrator: Bob Souer Format: Unabridged Length: 20 hrs and 6 mins Language: English Release date: 11-21-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 6 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The end of the Cold War was the greatest shock to international affairs since World War II. In that perilous moment, Saddam Hussein chose to invade Kuwait, China cracked down on its own pro-democracy protesters, and regimes throughout Eastern Europe teetered between democratic change and new authoritarians. Not since FDR in 1945 had a US president faced such opportunities and challenges. As the presidential historian Jeffrey Engel reveals in this hard-to-pause history, behind closed doors from the Oval Office to the Kremlin, George H. W. Bush rose to the occasion brilliantly. Distrusted by such key allies as Margaret Thatcher and dismissed as too cautious by the press, Bush had the experience and the wisdom to use personal, one-on-one diplomacy with world leaders. Bush knew when it was essential to rally a coalition to push Iraq out of Kuwait. He managed to help unify Germany while strengthening NATO. Based on unprecedented access to previously classified documents and interviews with all of the principals, When the World Seemed New is a riveting, fly-on-the-wall account of a president with his hand on the tiller, guiding the nation through a pivotal time and setting the stage for the 21st century. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: When the World Seemed New Subtitle: George H. W. Bush and the End of the Cold War Author: Jeffrey A. Engel Narrator: Bob Souer Format: Unabridged Length: 20 hrs and 6 mins Language: English Release date: 11-21-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 6 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The end of the Cold War was the greatest shock to international affairs since World War II. In that perilous moment, Saddam Hussein chose to invade Kuwait, China cracked down on its own pro-democracy protesters, and regimes throughout Eastern Europe teetered between democratic change and new authoritarians. Not since FDR in 1945 had a US president faced such opportunities and challenges. As the presidential historian Jeffrey Engel reveals in this hard-to-pause history, behind closed doors from the Oval Office to the Kremlin, George H. W. Bush rose to the occasion brilliantly. Distrusted by such key allies as Margaret Thatcher and dismissed as too cautious by the press, Bush had the experience and the wisdom to use personal, one-on-one diplomacy with world leaders. Bush knew when it was essential to rally a coalition to push Iraq out of Kuwait. He managed to help unify Germany while strengthening NATO. Based on unprecedented access to previously classified documents and interviews with all of the principals, When the World Seemed New is a riveting, fly-on-the-wall account of a president with his hand on the tiller, guiding the nation through a pivotal time and setting the stage for the 21st century. Members Reviews: The fall of Communism brilliantly recounted in a page-turner you can't put down. The most eloquent and mesmerizing history book about an ineloquent president who found himself at a critical turning point in the 20th century. Jeffrey Engel, the Director of the Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University, has written a page turner more familiar in the fiction genre. Researching the Bush 41 archives, interviewing most of the still living participants and poring through thousands of documents and contemporary news sources, Engel artfully explores the essential conundrum of America's reaction to the cascading fall of Communism. Was it really the end? What if the light at the end of the tunnel is indeed an oncoming train? George H.W. Bush was wise enough to refrain from gloating, and disciplined enough to refrain from embracing Gorbachev's gambit lest it was a trap. Engel tells the story with great wit and an eye for the absurd. I keep rereading the chapter about the fall of the Berlin Wall, which probably was the result of a tired press secretary mistakenly announcing that the gates would be opened immediately, followed by an unanswered phone call from the Brandenburg Gate commander seeking confirmation. As the rumors spread, the flailing Communist regime was suddenly gripped by terror that controlling the thousands of East Berliners at the gate, and the thousands of West Berliners waiting to embrace them, could end in a river of blood as it had in Tienanmen Square just weeks earlier. And the Communist commander did the unthinkable: he opened the Gate. Within hours, instead of rivers of blood there were thousands of young drunk Germans kissing and dancing on the Wall and passing the bottle to their tormentors who traded The Party for the party. But more than anything the story that Engel weaves is of President Bush, in the face of Right Wing resistance, cautiously embracing the realization that the end of the Cold War was at hand and the challenge of not getting in it's way.When the World Seemed New: George H. W. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/To-End-All-Wars-Audiobook/B004YX3N0I Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: To End All Wars Subtitle: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918 Author: Adam Hochschild Narrator: Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Length: 16 hrs and 25 mins Language: English Release date: 05-04-11 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 349 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: World War I stands as one of history's most senseless spasms of carnage, defying rational explanation. In a riveting, suspenseful narrative with haunting echoes for our own time, Adam Hochschild brings it to life as never before. He focuses on the long-ignored moral drama of the war's critics, alongside its generals and heroes. Thrown in jail for their opposition to the war were Britain's leading investigative journalist, a future winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, and an editor who, behind bars, published a newspaper for his fellow inmates on toilet paper. These critics were sometimes intimately connected to their enemy hawks: one of Britain's most prominent women pacifist campaigners had a brother who was commander in chief on the Western Front. Two well-known sisters split so bitterly over the war that they ended up publishing newspapers that attacked each other. Today, hundreds of military cemeteries spread across the fields of northern France and Belgium contain the bodies of millions of men who died in the "war to end all wars". Can we ever avoid repeating history? Editorial Reviews: It is simply an auditory tour de force as Arthur Morey reads Adam Hochschild's To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918. Hochschild provides vivid and riveting descriptions of the world that lurched itself into World War I. Arthur Morey gives that world palpable energy as he voices empire proponents, socialist dissenters, xenophobic war supporters, radical suffragettes, and, most dramatically, soldiers on the various hellish battlefields. Hochschild sets the scene for the cataclysm to come by beginning his work with Queen Victoria's elaborate Julbilee Celebration of her 60 years on the throne. It was 1897, England was at the height of imperial power, and the world was on the cusp of social change. There were growing movements for workers rights and women's suffrage, but also powerful, aristocratic colonialists whose assumptions included an accepted truth that non-whites could never rule themselves. Most damagingly, this point of view also never envisioned a world where the new weaponry of machine guns could or would ever be used against other Europeans. Such inventions were to be used against savages only. Morey emphatically portrays the unique Pankhurst women, mother Emmeline, daughters Christabel and Sylvia, as they became more and more strident in their call for women's right to vote. Morey then deftly changes tone for Emmeline and Christabel when they became unabashed, jingoistic proponents of England's place in the war. Sylvia remained passionately committed to peace throughout the war and also to workers rights, to the needs of women and their children, and to Englands conscientious objectors. Morey gives extraordinary vocal force to the dynamo that was Emily Hobhouse, the archdeacon's daughter who could not be intimidated in her decades of work for peace and humanitarian treatment of women, children, and prisoners during wartime. Interlaced throughout the book is the personal story of writer Rudyard Kipling, another clarion of unflagging support of the empire, whose tone became jaundiced and nativist once his own young son was killed. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Adam Hochschild) Wed, 04 May 2011 18:06:42 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/To-End-All-Wars-Audiobook/B004YX3N0I thebookvoice.com 16:25:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: To End All Wars Subtitle: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918 Author: Adam Hochschild Narrator: Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Length: 16 hrs and 25 mins Language: English Release date: 05-04-11 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 349 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: World War I stands as one of history's most senseless spasms of carnage, defying rational explanation. In a riveting, suspenseful narrative with haunting echoes for our own time, Adam Hochschild brings it to life as never before. He focuses on the long-ignored moral drama of the war's critics, alongside its generals and heroes. Thrown in jail for their opposition to the war were Britain's leading investigative journalist, a future winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, and an editor who, behind bars, published a newspaper for his fellow inmates on toilet paper. These critics were sometimes intimately connected to their enemy hawks: one of Britain's most prominent women pacifist campaigners had a brother who was commander in chief on the Western Front. Two well-known sisters split so bitterly over the war that they ended up publishing newspapers that attacked each other. Today, hundreds of military cemeteries spread across the fields of northern France and Belgium contain the bodies of millions of men who died in the "war to end all wars". Can we ever avoid repeating history? Editorial Reviews: It is simply an auditory tour de force as Arthur Morey reads Adam Hochschild's To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918. Hochschild provides vivid and riveting descriptions of the world that lurched itself into World War I. Arthur Morey gives that world palpable energy as he voices empire proponents, socialist dissenters, xenophobic war supporters, radical suffragettes, and, most dramatically, soldiers on the various hellish battlefields. Hochschild sets the scene for the cataclysm to come by beginning his work with Queen Victoria's elaborate Julbilee Celebration of her 60 years on the throne. It was 1897, England was at the height of imperial power, and the world was on the cusp of social change. There were growing movements for workers rights and women's suffrage, but also powerful, aristocratic colonialists whose assumptions included an accepted truth that non-whites could never rule themselves. Most damagingly, this point of view also never envisioned a world where the new weaponry of machine guns could or would ever be used against other Europeans. Such inventions were to be used against savages only. Morey emphatically portrays the unique Pankhurst women, mother Emmeline, daughters Christabel and Sylvia, as they became more and more strident in their call for women's right to vote. Morey then deftly changes tone for Emmeline and Christabel when they became unabashed, jingoistic proponents of England's place in the war. Sylvia remained passionately committed to peace throughout the war and also to workers rights, to the needs of women and their children, and to Englands conscientious objectors. Morey gives extraordinary vocal force to the dynamo that was Emily Hobhouse, the archdeacon's daughter who could not be intimidated in her decades of work for peace and humanitarian treatment of women, children, and prisoners during wartime. Interlaced throughout the book is the personal story of writer Rudyard Kipling, another clarion of unflagging support of the empire, whose tone became jaundiced and nativist once his own young son was killed. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: To End All Wars Subtitle: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918 Author: Adam Hochschild Narrator: Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Length: 16 hrs and 25 mins Language: English Release date: 05-04-11 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 349 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: World War I stands as one of history's most senseless spasms of carnage, defying rational explanation. In a riveting, suspenseful narrative with haunting echoes for our own time, Adam Hochschild brings it to life as never before. He focuses on the long-ignored moral drama of the war's critics, alongside its generals and heroes. Thrown in jail for their opposition to the war were Britain's leading investigative journalist, a future winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, and an editor who, behind bars, published a newspaper for his fellow inmates on toilet paper. These critics were sometimes intimately connected to their enemy hawks: one of Britain's most prominent women pacifist campaigners had a brother who was commander in chief on the Western Front. Two well-known sisters split so bitterly over the war that they ended up publishing newspapers that attacked each other. Today, hundreds of military cemeteries spread across the fields of northern France and Belgium contain the bodies of millions of men who died in the "war to end all wars". Can we ever avoid repeating history? Editorial Reviews: It is simply an auditory tour de force as Arthur Morey reads Adam Hochschild's To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918. Hochschild provides vivid and riveting descriptions of the world that lurched itself into World War I. Arthur Morey gives that world palpable energy as he voices empire proponents, socialist dissenters, xenophobic war supporters, radical suffragettes, and, most dramatically, soldiers on the various hellish battlefields. Hochschild sets the scene for the cataclysm to come by beginning his work with Queen Victoria's elaborate Julbilee Celebration of her 60 years on the throne. It was 1897, England was at the height of imperial power, and the world was on the cusp of social change. There were growing movements for workers rights and women's suffrage, but also powerful, aristocratic colonialists whose assumptions included an accepted truth that non-whites could never rule themselves. Most damagingly, this point of view also never envisioned a world where the new weaponry of machine guns could or would ever be used against other Europeans. Such inventions were to be used against savages only. Morey emphatically portrays the unique Pankhurst women, mother Emmeline, daughters Christabel and Sylvia, as they became more and more strident in their call for women's right to vote. Morey then deftly changes tone for Emmeline and Christabel when they became unabashed, jingoistic proponents of England's place in the war. Sylvia remained passionately committed to peace throughout the war and also to workers rights, to the needs of women and their children, and to Englands conscientious objectors. Morey gives extraordinary vocal force to the dynamo that was Emily Hobhouse, the archdeacon's daughter who could not be intimidated in her decades of work for peace and humanitarian treatment of women, children, and prisoners during wartime. Interlaced throughout the book is the personal story of writer Rudyard Kipling, another clarion of unflagging support of the empire, whose tone became jaundiced and nativist once his own young son was killed. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Hiroshima-Audiobook/B002UZMUCO Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Hiroshima Author: John Hersey Narrator: Edward Asner Format: Unabridged Length: 5 hrs Language: English Release date: 12-16-99 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 182 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: August 6, 1945. Hiroshima, Japan. The first atom bomb was dropped on this city, killing 100,000 people. Considered a journalistic masterpiece, Hiroshima tells the story of 6 survivors during the days that immediately followed the bomb. It also includes a final chapter, "Aftermath," written 40 years afterward to explore the fates of those survivors. This timeless, powerful, and compassionate work has become a classic that stirs the conscience of humanity. (P)1995 by The Audio Partners Publishing Corp. Critic Reviews: "It speaks for itself, and in an unforgettable way, for humanity." (The New York Times) "Though it is imbued with a profound moral sense, it does not preach. It does not hector. It simply tells." (The New Yorker) bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (John Hersey) Thu, 16 Dec 1999 23:24:59 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Hiroshima-Audiobook/B002UZMUCO thebookvoice.com 00:05:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Hiroshima Author: John Hersey Narrator: Edward Asner Format: Unabridged Length: 5 hrs Language: English Release date: 12-16-99 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 182 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: August 6, 1945. Hiroshima, Japan. The first atom bomb was dropped on this city, killing 100,000 people. Considered a journalistic masterpiece, Hiroshima tells the story of 6 survivors during the days that immediately followed the bomb. It also includes a final chapter, "Aftermath," written 40 years afterward to explore the fates of those survivors. This timeless, powerful, and compassionate work has become a classic that stirs the conscience of humanity. (P)1995 by The Audio Partners Publishing Corp. Critic Reviews: "It speaks for itself, and in an unforgettable way, for humanity." (The New York Times) "Though it is imbued with a profound moral sense, it does not preach. It does not hector. It simply tells." (The New Yorker) Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Hiroshima Author: John Hersey Narrator: Edward Asner Format: Unabridged Length: 5 hrs Language: English Release date: 12-16-99 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 182 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: August 6, 1945. Hiroshima, Japan. The first atom bomb was dropped on this city, killing 100,000 people. Considered a journalistic masterpiece, Hiroshima tells the story of 6 survivors during the days that immediately followed the bomb. It also includes a final chapter, "Aftermath," written 40 years afterward to explore the fates of those survivors. This timeless, powerful, and compassionate work has become a classic that stirs the conscience of humanity. (P)1995 by The Audio Partners Publishing Corp. Critic Reviews: "It speaks for itself, and in an unforgettable way, for humanity." (The New York Times) "Though it is imbued with a profound moral sense, it does not preach. It does not hector. It simply tells." (The New Yorker) Members Reviews: What was it really like? Since 1945, generations of thoughtful people have considered and debated the morality of nuclear warfare in general and Hiroshima/Nagasaki in particular. The debate usually proceeds with the focus on loss of life, and this involves lots of zeroes, because there was no way out of WW II without lots of lives being lost. That debate is fine as far as it goes, but if we're honest with ourselves we have to admit that we can't really comprehend what 100,000 deaths (or more) are really like. No one can claim to really appreciate the dignity of all those people when they're in such a large group, any more than a person can claim to really appreciate the dignity of all the people living in Beaverton, OR, Abilene, TX, or Erie, PA. It's too many people. That's where this book comes in. By following six Hiroshima survivors, John Hersey's 1946 book told the world, very matter-of-factly, what it was like to be in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. What did one hear? What did one see? What was it like when the city was in flames? What sort of shape were the survivors in? How did the hospitals cope? In this updated edition, a 1985 article by Hersey (written in exactly the same style) provides a bit more retrospection, but nothing about the book is any way preachy. This is a book that will fill in details you've probably never imagined. You may still think that it was right to drop the bomb in Hiroshima (and indeed, some of the survivors in this book seem to agree) -- or not -- but whatever you decide, you'll know what you're really saying. Until you've read this book, you probably won't have any real appreciation of what nuclear warfare is really like. Both informative, troubling and hopeful One of the great things about this book is that is that it really seems to be objective in the presentation of the bombing of Hiroshima. That said, you will probably never be nonchalant about the use of nuclear weapons after reading this book. The images that stick with you from this book are very troubling, in much the same way as "All Quiet on the Western Front". While the strength of the book is in the description of the blast and the events immediately afterward, the subsequent lives of those who are chronicled leave the reader with a sense of hope. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Nuremberg-Trial-Audiobook/B00BFT8OI0 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Nuremberg Trial Author: Ann Tusa, John Tusa Narrator: Ralph Cosham Format: Unabridged Length: 25 hrs and 51 mins Language: English Release date: 02-15-13 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 300 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Here is a gripping account of the major postwar trial of the Nazi hierarchy in World War II. The Nuremberg Trial brilliantly recreates the trial proceedings and offers a reasoned, often profound examination of the processes that created international law. From the whimpering of Kaltenbrunner and Ribbentrop on the stand to the icy coolness of Goering, each participant is vividly drawn. Editorial Reviews: Courtroom dramas have always consumed the public's attention. There is a certain high-stakes drama that takes place in the halls of justice.Ann and John Tusa have collaborated to capture those emotions in their historical study of The Nuremberg Trial. The Nuremberg Trial isn't some bland textbook; the Tusas' personable narration delivers to listeners the countless personal stories at the heart of one of history's most infamous court battles. A deft performance by Ralph Cosham only serves to accentuate the care Ann and John Tusa have taken in relaying the facts of Nuremberg with humanity and insight. Critic Reviews: Fascinating The Tusas book is one of the best accounts I have read. (The New York Times) bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Ann Tusa) Fri, 15 Feb 2013 19:17:10 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Nuremberg-Trial-Audiobook/B00BFT8OI0 thebookvoice.com 25:51:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Nuremberg Trial Author: Ann Tusa, John Tusa Narrator: Ralph Cosham Format: Unabridged Length: 25 hrs and 51 mins Language: English Release date: 02-15-13 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 300 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Here is a gripping account of the major postwar trial of the Nazi hierarchy in World War II. The Nuremberg Trial brilliantly recreates the trial proceedings and offers a reasoned, often profound examination of the processes that created international law. From the whimpering of Kaltenbrunner and Ribbentrop on the stand to the icy coolness of Goering, each participant is vividly drawn. Editorial Reviews: Courtroom dramas have always consumed the public's attention. There is a certain high-stakes drama that takes place in the halls of justice.Ann and John Tusa have collaborated to capture those emotions in their historical study of The Nuremberg Trial. The Nuremberg Trial isn't some bland textbook; the Tusas' personable narration delivers to listeners the countless personal stories at the heart of one of history's most infamous court battles. A deft performance by Ralph Cosham only serves to accentuate the care Ann and John Tusa have taken in relaying the facts of Nuremberg with humanity and insight. Critic Reviews: Fascinating The Tusas book is one of the best accounts I have read. (The New York Times) Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Nuremberg Trial Author: Ann Tusa, John Tusa Narrator: Ralph Cosham Format: Unabridged Length: 25 hrs and 51 mins Language: English Release date: 02-15-13 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 300 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Here is a gripping account of the major postwar trial of the Nazi hierarchy in World War II. The Nuremberg Trial brilliantly recreates the trial proceedings and offers a reasoned, often profound examination of the processes that created international law. From the whimpering of Kaltenbrunner and Ribbentrop on the stand to the icy coolness of Goering, each participant is vividly drawn. Editorial Reviews: Courtroom dramas have always consumed the public's attention. There is a certain high-stakes drama that takes place in the halls of justice.Ann and John Tusa have collaborated to capture those emotions in their historical study of The Nuremberg Trial. The Nuremberg Trial isn't some bland textbook; the Tusas' personable narration delivers to listeners the countless personal stories at the heart of one of history's most infamous court battles. A deft performance by Ralph Cosham only serves to accentuate the care Ann and John Tusa have taken in relaying the facts of Nuremberg with humanity and insight. Critic Reviews: Fascinating The Tusas book is one of the best accounts I have read. (The New York Times) Members Reviews: A really interesting listen Ralph Cosham did a good job reading and did not intrude on the content I found I needed to go back and read or listen again to other books to learn 'who is who'. And then do a Wikipedia search on the Trial and the Defendents. (Shirer's Berlin Diary and Rise and Fall did convey the gut wrenching reactions of the time.) Most interesting were the motivations of Judges and Lawyers involved compared to the Governments and politicians. And to my thinking, a person only needs a genuine interest in the Second World War to find this book valuable. Good because its so detailed What other book might you compare The Nuremberg Trial to and why? I listened to this book immediately after my 2nd trip through William L. Shirer's Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. It was a very good complement, picking up the story of the Nazis that survived the war. But make no mistake, while Shirer's book is a reasonably thorough history of German politics from 1920-1945 at roughly 57 hours, this book is packed with a huge amount of detail, clocking in at almost 26 hours and covering the events of barely a year. Try reading at 1.25 speed. Any additional comments? I really enjoyed this read of the trials of the century. It was a little slow at points for those who aren't too familiar with lawyer jargon but the sections dealing with the courtroom and the prosecuted was by far the best parts and kept the book flowing fairly well. Detailed and rewarding listen for history buffs When I look for books on Audible, I check the reviews first, especially the negative ones. Usually those will highlight things which are immediate deal breakers. So let me start with the negatives first: ------ CONS 1) There's a level of background knowledge needed for this book. The authors provide a sufficient summary of World War II, which of course sets the stage for the Nuremberg Trials. However, I feel that some questions may go unanswered if someone doesn't understand why the Soviet Union was hellbent on summary execution of the defendants, for example. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-First-World-War-Audiobook/B06WVJ5SS6 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The First World War Author: Hew Strachan Narrator: Clive Chafer Format: Unabridged Length: 13 hrs and 40 mins Language: English Release date: 03-07-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 44 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: A century has passed since the outbreak of World War I, yet as military historian Hew Strachan argues in this brilliant and authoritative new book, the legacy of the "war to end all wars" is with us still. The First World War was a truly global conflict from the start, with many of the most decisive battles fought in or directly affecting the Balkans, Africa, and the Ottoman Empire. Even more than World War II, the First World War continues to shape the politics and international relations of our world. Strachan has done a masterful job of reexamining the causes, the major campaigns, and the consequences of the First World War, compressing a lifetime of knowledge into a single definitive volume tailored for the general listener. Written in crisp, compelling prose, The First World War re-creates this world-altering conflict both on and off the battlefield - the clash of ideologies between the colonial powers at the center of the war, the social and economic unrest that swept Europe both before and after, the military strategies employed with stunning success and tragic failure in the various theaters of war, the terms of peace and why it didn't last. Critic Reviews: "This serious, compact survey of the war's history stands out as the most well-informed, accessible work available." ( Los Angeles Times) bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Hew Strachan) Tue, 07 Mar 2017 00:31:49 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-First-World-War-Audiobook/B06WVJ5SS6 thebookvoice.com 13:40:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The First World War Author: Hew Strachan Narrator: Clive Chafer Format: Unabridged Length: 13 hrs and 40 mins Language: English Release date: 03-07-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 44 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: A century has passed since the outbreak of World War I, yet as military historian Hew Strachan argues in this brilliant and authoritative new book, the legacy of the "war to end all wars" is with us still. The First World War was a truly global conflict from the start, with many of the most decisive battles fought in or directly affecting the Balkans, Africa, and the Ottoman Empire. Even more than World War II, the First World War continues to shape the politics and international relations of our world. Strachan has done a masterful job of reexamining the causes, the major campaigns, and the consequences of the First World War, compressing a lifetime of knowledge into a single definitive volume tailored for the general listener. Written in crisp, compelling prose, The First World War re-creates this world-altering conflict both on and off the battlefield - the clash of ideologies between the colonial powers at the center of the war, the social and economic unrest that swept Europe both before and after, the military strategies employed with stunning success and tragic failure in the various theaters of war, the terms of peace and why it didn't last. Critic Reviews: "This serious, compact survey of the war's history stands out as the most well-informed, accessible work available." ( Los Angeles Times) Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The First World War Author: Hew Strachan Narrator: Clive Chafer Format: Unabridged Length: 13 hrs and 40 mins Language: English Release date: 03-07-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 44 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: A century has passed since the outbreak of World War I, yet as military historian Hew Strachan argues in this brilliant and authoritative new book, the legacy of the "war to end all wars" is with us still. The First World War was a truly global conflict from the start, with many of the most decisive battles fought in or directly affecting the Balkans, Africa, and the Ottoman Empire. Even more than World War II, the First World War continues to shape the politics and international relations of our world. Strachan has done a masterful job of reexamining the causes, the major campaigns, and the consequences of the First World War, compressing a lifetime of knowledge into a single definitive volume tailored for the general listener. Written in crisp, compelling prose, The First World War re-creates this world-altering conflict both on and off the battlefield - the clash of ideologies between the colonial powers at the center of the war, the social and economic unrest that swept Europe both before and after, the military strategies employed with stunning success and tragic failure in the various theaters of war, the terms of peace and why it didn't last. Critic Reviews: "This serious, compact survey of the war's history stands out as the most well-informed, accessible work available." ( Los Angeles Times) Members Reviews: Outstanding narrative of the military action Hew Strachan, more than most other authors on the First World War, gives a sense of its global involvement. The initial war in Serbia is described in some detail; the Eastern front gets almost as much attention as the Western front; the war in the Aegean consists of more than just Gallipoli; and there's a whole chapter devoted to the war in Africa. This is probably the best one-volume description of the military action of the war. Where Strachan falls short is in his evocation of the impact of the war on the soldiers fighting it: the mud, the despair, the endless shelling, the body parts blown out of the ground by fresh shelling. But in terms of what he set out to do, it's an outstanding account. The narration by Clive Chafer is serviceable but not particularly emotional. Narrator hard to deal with I don't know if it was my OCD, but the narrator used a distinct and consistent cadence that I found hard to get past. His sentences had a distinct speaking pattern that never seemed to vary and made the material very dull. The story seemed to assume a lot of geographic knowledge that the newcomer to this history probably wouldn't have. If you had some significant knowledge of WW1 before you read this book, it might be better. If you know basics of the War and want to get more in depth, this probably is not a good book to go with. Outstanding Single Volume History of Great War This is a great single volume history of the Great War. I recommend John Keegans book for a more complete version but this one gives more depth in certain areas that are not quite as well-covered in other single volumes, like Eastern front, Japans involvement. This is truly a global approach to covering this WORLD WAR. It doesnt spend 90% of its time on the Western Front as is expected in most general history books on the war. I highly recommend this book. great loved this book, ww2 has been done to death,not a lot is done to detail the who,what,where,and why of the Great war. Sadly it acheived not the end of all wars,just a reshuffling of the deck. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Hitler-in-Los-Angeles-Audiobook/B075XQBPSX Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Hitler in Los Angeles Subtitle: How Jews and Their Spies Foiled Nazi Plots Against Hollywood and America Author: Steve Ross Narrator: Peter Berkrot Format: Unabridged Length: 13 hrs and 59 mins Language: English Release date: 11-14-17 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 9 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The chilling, little-known story of the rise of Nazism in Los Angeles, and the Jewish leaders and spies they recruited who stopped it. No American city was more important to the Nazis than Los Angeles, home to Hollywood, the greatest propaganda machine in the world. The Nazis plotted to kill the city's Jews and to sabotage the nation's military installations: plans existed for hanging 20 prominent Hollywood figures such as Al Jolson, Charlie Chaplin, and Samuel Goldwyn; for driving through Boyle Heights and machine-gunning as many Jews as possible; and for blowing up defense installations and seizing munitions from National Guard armories along the Pacific Coast. US law enforcement agencies were not paying close attention - preferring to monitor Reds rather than Nazis - and only Leon Lewis and his daring ring of spies stood in the way. From 1933 until the end of World War II, attorney Leon Lewis, the man Nazis would come to call "the most dangerous Jew in Los Angeles", ran a spy operation comprised of military veterans and their wives who infiltrated every Nazi and fascist group in Los Angeles. Often rising to leadership positions, this daring ring of spies uncovered and foiled the Nazis' disturbing plans for death and destruction. Featuring a large cast of Nazis, undercover agents, and colorful supporting players, Hitler in Los Angeles, by acclaimed historian Steven J. Ross, tells the story of Lewis's daring spy network in a time when hate groups had moved from the margins to the mainstream. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Steve Ross) Tue, 14 Nov 2017 15:29:11 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Hitler-in-Los-Angeles-Audiobook/B075XQBPSX thebookvoice.com 13:59:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Hitler in Los Angeles Subtitle: How Jews and Their Spies Foiled Nazi Plots Against Hollywood and America Author: Steve Ross Narrator: Peter Berkrot Format: Unabridged Length: 13 hrs and 59 mins Language: English Release date: 11-14-17 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 9 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The chilling, little-known story of the rise of Nazism in Los Angeles, and the Jewish leaders and spies they recruited who stopped it. No American city was more important to the Nazis than Los Angeles, home to Hollywood, the greatest propaganda machine in the world. The Nazis plotted to kill the city's Jews and to sabotage the nation's military installations: plans existed for hanging 20 prominent Hollywood figures such as Al Jolson, Charlie Chaplin, and Samuel Goldwyn; for driving through Boyle Heights and machine-gunning as many Jews as possible; and for blowing up defense installations and seizing munitions from National Guard armories along the Pacific Coast. US law enforcement agencies were not paying close attention - preferring to monitor Reds rather than Nazis - and only Leon Lewis and his daring ring of spies stood in the way. From 1933 until the end of World War II, attorney Leon Lewis, the man Nazis would come to call "the most dangerous Jew in Los Angeles", ran a spy operation comprised of military veterans and their wives who infiltrated every Nazi and fascist group in Los Angeles. Often rising to leadership positions, this daring ring of spies uncovered and foiled the Nazis' disturbing plans for death and destruction. Featuring a large cast of Nazis, undercover agents, and colorful supporting players, Hitler in Los Angeles, by acclaimed historian Steven J. Ross, tells the story of Lewis's daring spy network in a time when hate groups had moved from the margins to the mainstream. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Hitler in Los Angeles Subtitle: How Jews and Their Spies Foiled Nazi Plots Against Hollywood and America Author: Steve Ross Narrator: Peter Berkrot Format: Unabridged Length: 13 hrs and 59 mins Language: English Release date: 11-14-17 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 9 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The chilling, little-known story of the rise of Nazism in Los Angeles, and the Jewish leaders and spies they recruited who stopped it. No American city was more important to the Nazis than Los Angeles, home to Hollywood, the greatest propaganda machine in the world. The Nazis plotted to kill the city's Jews and to sabotage the nation's military installations: plans existed for hanging 20 prominent Hollywood figures such as Al Jolson, Charlie Chaplin, and Samuel Goldwyn; for driving through Boyle Heights and machine-gunning as many Jews as possible; and for blowing up defense installations and seizing munitions from National Guard armories along the Pacific Coast. US law enforcement agencies were not paying close attention - preferring to monitor Reds rather than Nazis - and only Leon Lewis and his daring ring of spies stood in the way. From 1933 until the end of World War II, attorney Leon Lewis, the man Nazis would come to call "the most dangerous Jew in Los Angeles", ran a spy operation comprised of military veterans and their wives who infiltrated every Nazi and fascist group in Los Angeles. Often rising to leadership positions, this daring ring of spies uncovered and foiled the Nazis' disturbing plans for death and destruction. Featuring a large cast of Nazis, undercover agents, and colorful supporting players, Hitler in Los Angeles, by acclaimed historian Steven J. Ross, tells the story of Lewis's daring spy network in a time when hate groups had moved from the margins to the mainstream. Members Reviews: Phenomenal read! This book was fascinating from start to finish. I highly recommend for anyone who is a fan of WW2 era content. Concerned Citizens Infiltrated Nazi Groups Between 1933 and 1946 a Jewish attorney and other concerned citizens infiltrated various Nazi and fascist organizations in Los Angeles and nearby areas. Reports were made to local police who often seemed supportive of the groups or to military concerns and finally to FBI and the HUAC committee in congress. Plans for subterfuge of various industries or assassination plots were conveyed to people who could act on the information. The influence of Hitler's representatives to the movie studios in Hollywood is amazing for the bullying studios into censoring scenes for the marketing to Germany and actual threats regarding actors or personnel who still had family in Germany. I have enjoyed listening to this book twice already. The author should be commended for the research involved to create this excellent book. Historians certainly seem to have whitewashed the communist and Nazi groups that were functioning in the USA during this period. Everyone should read this book because educators sure do not cover material like this. People might look at the old movies differently if they knew of the influences Hitler and Stalin's minions had. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Breaking-the-Chains-of-Gravity-Audiobook/B015QIZNKC Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Breaking the Chains of Gravity Subtitle: The Story of Spaceflight Before NASA Author: Amy Shira Teitel Narrator: Laurence Bouvard Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins Language: English Release date: 10-22-15 Publisher: Audible Studios for Bloomsbury Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 338 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: NASA's history is a familiar story, culminating with the agency successfully landing men on the moon in 1969. But NASA's prehistory is a rarely told tale, one that is largely absent from the popular space-age literature but that gives the context behind the incredible lunar program. America's space agency wasn't created in a vacuum; it was assembled from preexisting parts, drawing together some of the best minds the non-Soviet world had to offer. With a central narrative woven from the stories of key historical figures, Breaking the Chains of Gravity tells the story of NASA's roots in an engaging and accessible way. The book begins with Wernher von Braun, the engineer behind the V-2 rocket, who dreamt of sending rockets into space. He orchestrated a daring escape from the ruins of Nazi Germany and was taken to America, where he began developing missiles for the United States Army. Ten years later his Redstone rocket was the only one capable of launching a payload into orbit. Just what payload von Braun's rockets would launch was under consideration at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. While working out how to get a nuclear warhead through the atmosphere, NACA pioneered a round-bottomed capsule that could also keep men safe when returning from space. Meanwhile, US Air Force pilots rode to the fringes of space in balloons to see how humans handled radiation at high altitude, while NACA test pilots like Neil Armstrong flew cutting-edge aircraft in the thin upper atmosphere. Breaking the Chains of Gravity looks at the evolution of America's nascent space program, its scientific advances, its personalities, and the rivalries it caused between the various arms of the United States military, right up to the launch of Sputnik in 1957. At this point getting a man in space became a national imperative, leading to the creation by Dwight D. Eisenhower of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Amy Shira Teitel) Thu, 22 Oct 2015 22:28:24 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Breaking-the-Chains-of-Gravity-Audiobook/B015QIZNKC thebookvoice.com 10:30:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Breaking the Chains of Gravity Subtitle: The Story of Spaceflight Before NASA Author: Amy Shira Teitel Narrator: Laurence Bouvard Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins Language: English Release date: 10-22-15 Publisher: Audible Studios for Bloomsbury Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 338 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: NASA's history is a familiar story, culminating with the agency successfully landing men on the moon in 1969. But NASA's prehistory is a rarely told tale, one that is largely absent from the popular space-age literature but that gives the context behind the incredible lunar program. America's space agency wasn't created in a vacuum; it was assembled from preexisting parts, drawing together some of the best minds the non-Soviet world had to offer. With a central narrative woven from the stories of key historical figures, Breaking the Chains of Gravity tells the story of NASA's roots in an engaging and accessible way. The book begins with Wernher von Braun, the engineer behind the V-2 rocket, who dreamt of sending rockets into space. He orchestrated a daring escape from the ruins of Nazi Germany and was taken to America, where he began developing missiles for the United States Army. Ten years later his Redstone rocket was the only one capable of launching a payload into orbit. Just what payload von Braun's rockets would launch was under consideration at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. While working out how to get a nuclear warhead through the atmosphere, NACA pioneered a round-bottomed capsule that could also keep men safe when returning from space. Meanwhile, US Air Force pilots rode to the fringes of space in balloons to see how humans handled radiation at high altitude, while NACA test pilots like Neil Armstrong flew cutting-edge aircraft in the thin upper atmosphere. Breaking the Chains of Gravity looks at the evolution of America's nascent space program, its scientific advances, its personalities, and the rivalries it caused between the various arms of the United States military, right up to the launch of Sputnik in 1957. At this point getting a man in space became a national imperative, leading to the creation by Dwight D. Eisenhower of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Breaking the Chains of Gravity Subtitle: The Story of Spaceflight Before NASA Author: Amy Shira Teitel Narrator: Laurence Bouvard Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins Language: English Release date: 10-22-15 Publisher: Audible Studios for Bloomsbury Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 338 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: NASA's history is a familiar story, culminating with the agency successfully landing men on the moon in 1969. But NASA's prehistory is a rarely told tale, one that is largely absent from the popular space-age literature but that gives the context behind the incredible lunar program. America's space agency wasn't created in a vacuum; it was assembled from preexisting parts, drawing together some of the best minds the non-Soviet world had to offer. With a central narrative woven from the stories of key historical figures, Breaking the Chains of Gravity tells the story of NASA's roots in an engaging and accessible way. The book begins with Wernher von Braun, the engineer behind the V-2 rocket, who dreamt of sending rockets into space. He orchestrated a daring escape from the ruins of Nazi Germany and was taken to America, where he began developing missiles for the United States Army. Ten years later his Redstone rocket was the only one capable of launching a payload into orbit. Just what payload von Braun's rockets would launch was under consideration at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. While working out how to get a nuclear warhead through the atmosphere, NACA pioneered a round-bottomed capsule that could also keep men safe when returning from space. Meanwhile, US Air Force pilots rode to the fringes of space in balloons to see how humans handled radiation at high altitude, while NACA test pilots like Neil Armstrong flew cutting-edge aircraft in the thin upper atmosphere. Breaking the Chains of Gravity looks at the evolution of America's nascent space program, its scientific advances, its personalities, and the rivalries it caused between the various arms of the United States military, right up to the launch of Sputnik in 1957. At this point getting a man in space became a national imperative, leading to the creation by Dwight D. Eisenhower of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Members Reviews: An enthralling and concise look at the birth of the space race! Quite an amazing and thorough telling of the historical stumbles, strides and political gambles taken toward the goal of being the first to conquer air and space! It is fascinating to learn in more detail about the beginnings of modern rocketry and how it's brain trust defected to the United States out of Nazi oppressed Germany. I was particularly tickled to see such attention given to Edwards Air Force Base and the X-15! My grandfather worked on camera systems for the X-15 project and worked for the NACA when it transformed into NASA. He was even bestowed an inconel plaque for his service. This was a truly wonderful book and I eagerly await more from the deep knowledge and exacting research of its author. Thank you! -Jonathan Redman Great Historical Book, Performance Weak Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why? Absolutely. I bought the book (paperback) for my father, and he's loved it. I would absolutely recommend the book, audio or hardcopy, to those who might be at all interested in the subject matter. How did the narrator detract from the book? Words were mispronounced, the enthusiasm and word stressing was all over the place. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Holocaust-Audiobook/B071YDM8HC Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Holocaust Subtitle: A New History Author: Laurence Rees Narrator: Eric Vale Format: Unabridged Length: 19 hrs and 28 mins Language: English Release date: 04-18-17 Publisher: Hachette Audio Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 52 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: On June 1944, Freda Wineman and her family arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau, the infamous Nazi concentration and death camp. After a cursory look from an SS doctor, Freda's life was spared and her mother was sent to the gas chambers. Freda only survived because the Allies won the war - the Nazis ultimately wanted every Jew to die. Her mother was one of millions who lost their lives because of a racist regime that believed that some human beings simply did not deserve to live - not because of what they had done, but because of who they were. Laurence Rees has spent 25 years meeting the survivors and perpetrators of the Third Reich and the Holocaust. In this sweeping history, he combines this testimony with the latest academic research to investigate how history's greatest crime was possible. Rees argues that while hatred of the Jews was at the epicenter of Nazi thinking, we cannot fully understand the Holocaust without considering Nazi plans to kill millions of non-Jews as well. He also reveals that there was no single overarching blueprint for the Holocaust. Instead, a series of escalations compounded into the horror. Though Hitler was most responsible for what happened, the blame is widespread, Rees reminds us, and the effects are enduring. The Holocaust: A New History is an accessible yet authoritative account of this terrible crime. A chronological, intensely listenable narrative, this is a compelling exposition of humanity's darkest moment. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Laurence Rees) Tue, 18 Apr 2017 13:54:12 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Holocaust-Audiobook/B071YDM8HC thebookvoice.com 19:28:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Holocaust Subtitle: A New History Author: Laurence Rees Narrator: Eric Vale Format: Unabridged Length: 19 hrs and 28 mins Language: English Release date: 04-18-17 Publisher: Hachette Audio Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 52 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: On June 1944, Freda Wineman and her family arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau, the infamous Nazi concentration and death camp. After a cursory look from an SS doctor, Freda's life was spared and her mother was sent to the gas chambers. Freda only survived because the Allies won the war - the Nazis ultimately wanted every Jew to die. Her mother was one of millions who lost their lives because of a racist regime that believed that some human beings simply did not deserve to live - not because of what they had done, but because of who they were. Laurence Rees has spent 25 years meeting the survivors and perpetrators of the Third Reich and the Holocaust. In this sweeping history, he combines this testimony with the latest academic research to investigate how history's greatest crime was possible. Rees argues that while hatred of the Jews was at the epicenter of Nazi thinking, we cannot fully understand the Holocaust without considering Nazi plans to kill millions of non-Jews as well. He also reveals that there was no single overarching blueprint for the Holocaust. Instead, a series of escalations compounded into the horror. Though Hitler was most responsible for what happened, the blame is widespread, Rees reminds us, and the effects are enduring. The Holocaust: A New History is an accessible yet authoritative account of this terrible crime. A chronological, intensely listenable narrative, this is a compelling exposition of humanity's darkest moment. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Holocaust Subtitle: A New History Author: Laurence Rees Narrator: Eric Vale Format: Unabridged Length: 19 hrs and 28 mins Language: English Release date: 04-18-17 Publisher: Hachette Audio Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 52 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: On June 1944, Freda Wineman and her family arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau, the infamous Nazi concentration and death camp. After a cursory look from an SS doctor, Freda's life was spared and her mother was sent to the gas chambers. Freda only survived because the Allies won the war - the Nazis ultimately wanted every Jew to die. Her mother was one of millions who lost their lives because of a racist regime that believed that some human beings simply did not deserve to live - not because of what they had done, but because of who they were. Laurence Rees has spent 25 years meeting the survivors and perpetrators of the Third Reich and the Holocaust. In this sweeping history, he combines this testimony with the latest academic research to investigate how history's greatest crime was possible. Rees argues that while hatred of the Jews was at the epicenter of Nazi thinking, we cannot fully understand the Holocaust without considering Nazi plans to kill millions of non-Jews as well. He also reveals that there was no single overarching blueprint for the Holocaust. Instead, a series of escalations compounded into the horror. Though Hitler was most responsible for what happened, the blame is widespread, Rees reminds us, and the effects are enduring. The Holocaust: A New History is an accessible yet authoritative account of this terrible crime. A chronological, intensely listenable narrative, this is a compelling exposition of humanity's darkest moment. Members Reviews: Grim but important Makes for grim but important listening. Rees traces the rise of Hitler and the progressive stages of the Holocaust with great clarity. There are several important points to take away. Hitler's views on the "final solution" evolved over time; he managed to convey his intentions to his subordinates without actually writing anything down; and one of his key maneuvers was to repeat The Lie again and again, in the absence of evidence and even after his claims had been positively refuted. Other points: the Allies had the full details on the death camps by 1944; they chose to do nothing for reasons that sound hollow; and the ordinary people who made it possible for Hitler to carry out his extermination were neither hypnotized nor, in many cases, especially conflicted about what they were doing. Another point, although it's one the author doesn't make explicitly (at least as far as I can remember): unless we are forever vigilant, it could happen again. Eric Vale is an energetic and expressive narrator. FANTASTIC BOOK, BUT HORRIBLE READING What did you love best about The Holocaust? The information is very detailed and thoroughly researched. It could not possibly be any better in that respect. What other book might you compare The Holocaust to and why? Night by Elie Wiesel. How could the performance have been better? The performance was terrible. Mr. Vale was not the right person to narrate this book. He could not even pronounce names correctly, such as saying Joseph Goebbels name as GO-BELLS, instead of GUR-BELLS, and saying Hermann Göring name, as GORE-ING, instead of GAIR-ING, or even worse saying Lebensraum as LEEBEENSRAM, instead of LAY-BENS-RUM. This book needed a quality, thoughtful, strong voice, with excellent diction. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Alive-Audiobook/B071S4NX7L Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Alive Subtitle: The Story of the Andes Survivors Author: Piers Paul Read Narrator: Paul Ansdell Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins Language: English Release date: 05-16-17 Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 29 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: On October 12, 1972, a plane carrying a team of young rugby players crashed into the remote, snow-peaked Andes. Out of the 45 original passengers and crew, only 16 made it off the mountain alive. For 10 excruciating weeks, they suffered deprivations beyond imagining, confronting nature head-on at its most furious and inhospitable. And to survive, these men and women not only had to keep their faith; they had to make an impossible decision: Should they eat the flesh of their dead friends? A remarkable story of endurance and determination, Alive is the dramatic best-selling account of one of the most harrowing quests for survival in modern times. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Piers Paul Read) Tue, 16 May 2017 23:21:09 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Alive-Audiobook/B071S4NX7L thebookvoice.com 11:11:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Alive Subtitle: The Story of the Andes Survivors Author: Piers Paul Read Narrator: Paul Ansdell Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins Language: English Release date: 05-16-17 Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 29 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: On October 12, 1972, a plane carrying a team of young rugby players crashed into the remote, snow-peaked Andes. Out of the 45 original passengers and crew, only 16 made it off the mountain alive. For 10 excruciating weeks, they suffered deprivations beyond imagining, confronting nature head-on at its most furious and inhospitable. And to survive, these men and women not only had to keep their faith; they had to make an impossible decision: Should they eat the flesh of their dead friends? A remarkable story of endurance and determination, Alive is the dramatic best-selling account of one of the most harrowing quests for survival in modern times. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Alive Subtitle: The Story of the Andes Survivors Author: Piers Paul Read Narrator: Paul Ansdell Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins Language: English Release date: 05-16-17 Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 29 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: On October 12, 1972, a plane carrying a team of young rugby players crashed into the remote, snow-peaked Andes. Out of the 45 original passengers and crew, only 16 made it off the mountain alive. For 10 excruciating weeks, they suffered deprivations beyond imagining, confronting nature head-on at its most furious and inhospitable. And to survive, these men and women not only had to keep their faith; they had to make an impossible decision: Should they eat the flesh of their dead friends? A remarkable story of endurance and determination, Alive is the dramatic best-selling account of one of the most harrowing quests for survival in modern times. Members Reviews: An inspiring story It is get difficult for me to put into words how I felt about this book. This is a story of survival, a story of humanity, a story of faith. Ordinary people who find themselves in magnificent desolation. People who rise to the trials and tribulations set before them and do everything in their power to cling on to life. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Vanquished-Audiobook/B01MQCK9WZ Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Vanquished Subtitle: Why the First World War Failed to End Author: Robert Gerwarth Narrator: Michael Page Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins Language: English Release date: 11-15-16 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 95 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: In The Vanquished, a highly original and gripping work of history, Robert Gerwarth asks us to think again about the true legacy of the First World War. In large part it was not the fighting on the Western Front that proved so ruinous to Europe's future but the devastating aftermath, as countries on both sides of the original conflict were savaged by revolutions, pogroms, mass expulsions, and further major military clashes. If the war itself had in most places been a struggle mainly between state-backed soldiers, these new conflicts were predominantly perpetrated by civilians and paramilitaries and driven by a murderous sense of injustice projected onto enemies real and imaginary. In the years immediately after the armistice, millions would die across central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe before the Soviet Union and a series of rickety and exhausted small new states would come into being. It was here, in the ruins of Europe, that extreme ideologies such as fascism would take shape. As absorbing in its drama as it is unsettling in its analysis, The Vanquished is destined to transform our understanding of not just the First World War but the 20th century as a whole. Critic Reviews: "Gerwarth's fascinating and finely crafted book is a rich combination of military, political, cultural and social history...an impressive work of highly accessible scholarship." (The Irish Times) bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Robert Gerwarth) Tue, 15 Nov 2016 19:29:41 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Vanquished-Audiobook/B01MQCK9WZ thebookvoice.com 10:49:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Vanquished Subtitle: Why the First World War Failed to End Author: Robert Gerwarth Narrator: Michael Page Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins Language: English Release date: 11-15-16 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 95 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: In The Vanquished, a highly original and gripping work of history, Robert Gerwarth asks us to think again about the true legacy of the First World War. In large part it was not the fighting on the Western Front that proved so ruinous to Europe's future but the devastating aftermath, as countries on both sides of the original conflict were savaged by revolutions, pogroms, mass expulsions, and further major military clashes. If the war itself had in most places been a struggle mainly between state-backed soldiers, these new conflicts were predominantly perpetrated by civilians and paramilitaries and driven by a murderous sense of injustice projected onto enemies real and imaginary. In the years immediately after the armistice, millions would die across central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe before the Soviet Union and a series of rickety and exhausted small new states would come into being. It was here, in the ruins of Europe, that extreme ideologies such as fascism would take shape. As absorbing in its drama as it is unsettling in its analysis, The Vanquished is destined to transform our understanding of not just the First World War but the 20th century as a whole. Critic Reviews: "Gerwarth's fascinating and finely crafted book is a rich combination of military, political, cultural and social history...an impressive work of highly accessible scholarship." (The Irish Times) Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Vanquished Subtitle: Why the First World War Failed to End Author: Robert Gerwarth Narrator: Michael Page Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins Language: English Release date: 11-15-16 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 95 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: In The Vanquished, a highly original and gripping work of history, Robert Gerwarth asks us to think again about the true legacy of the First World War. In large part it was not the fighting on the Western Front that proved so ruinous to Europe's future but the devastating aftermath, as countries on both sides of the original conflict were savaged by revolutions, pogroms, mass expulsions, and further major military clashes. If the war itself had in most places been a struggle mainly between state-backed soldiers, these new conflicts were predominantly perpetrated by civilians and paramilitaries and driven by a murderous sense of injustice projected onto enemies real and imaginary. In the years immediately after the armistice, millions would die across central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe before the Soviet Union and a series of rickety and exhausted small new states would come into being. It was here, in the ruins of Europe, that extreme ideologies such as fascism would take shape. As absorbing in its drama as it is unsettling in its analysis, The Vanquished is destined to transform our understanding of not just the First World War but the 20th century as a whole. Critic Reviews: "Gerwarth's fascinating and finely crafted book is a rich combination of military, political, cultural and social history...an impressive work of highly accessible scholarship." (The Irish Times) Members Reviews: little-known period following WWI is illuminated great, detailed, and thorough book re Eastern and Central Europe and its revolutions and wars Very interesting I found this book really thought provoking . It lays out the case that world war 1 never really ended and just paused before war broke out once again. The world is still dealing the the effects of this conflict For those who would know An interesting, of not un-biased, account of the unrest, suffering, and pain of inter-war Europe. Vanquished - will there ever be unity? It was a very informative book about how politically fractured, especially, white Europe was and caused the countries they've touched since WWI to be. It gave great detail to how Russia, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire fought and failed to retain their borders or increase their borders and peoples. But I do not understand why the author refused to write the word Istanbul, though he referred to other cities by their several names.. curious. Kept calling it Constantinople... but it hasn't been that since the 15th century ?! https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Last-Stand-at-Khe-Sanh-Audiobook/B00J27VHIG Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Last Stand at Khe Sanh Subtitle: The US Marines Finest Hour in Vietnam Author: Gregg Jones Narrator: William Hughes Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins Language: English Release date: 04-01-14 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 277 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The vivid, fast-paced account of the siege of Khe Sanh told through the eyes of the men who lived it. For seventy-seven days in 1968, amid fears that America faced its own disastrous Dien Bien Phu, six thousand US Marines held off thirty thousand North Vietnamese Army regulars at the remote mountain stronghold called Khe Sanh. It was the biggest battle of the Vietnam War, with sharp ground engagements, devastating artillery duels, and massive US air strikes. After several weeks of heroic defense, the besieged Americans struck back in a series of bold assaults, and the North Vietnamese withdrew with heavy losses. Last Stand at Khe Sanh is the vivid, fast-paced account of the dramatic confrontation as experienced by the men who were there: Marine riflemen and grenadiers, artillery and air observers, platoon leaders and company commanders, Navy corpsmen and helicopter pilots, and a plucky band of US Army Special Forces. Based on extensive archival research and more than one hundred interviews with participants, Last Stand at Khe Sanh captures the courage and camaraderie of the defenders and delivers the fullest account yet of this epic battle. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Gregg Jones) Tue, 01 Apr 2014 01:49:08 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Last-Stand-at-Khe-Sanh-Audiobook/B00J27VHIG thebookvoice.com 11:54:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Last Stand at Khe Sanh Subtitle: The US Marines Finest Hour in Vietnam Author: Gregg Jones Narrator: William Hughes Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins Language: English Release date: 04-01-14 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 277 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The vivid, fast-paced account of the siege of Khe Sanh told through the eyes of the men who lived it. For seventy-seven days in 1968, amid fears that America faced its own disastrous Dien Bien Phu, six thousand US Marines held off thirty thousand North Vietnamese Army regulars at the remote mountain stronghold called Khe Sanh. It was the biggest battle of the Vietnam War, with sharp ground engagements, devastating artillery duels, and massive US air strikes. After several weeks of heroic defense, the besieged Americans struck back in a series of bold assaults, and the North Vietnamese withdrew with heavy losses. Last Stand at Khe Sanh is the vivid, fast-paced account of the dramatic confrontation as experienced by the men who were there: Marine riflemen and grenadiers, artillery and air observers, platoon leaders and company commanders, Navy corpsmen and helicopter pilots, and a plucky band of US Army Special Forces. Based on extensive archival research and more than one hundred interviews with participants, Last Stand at Khe Sanh captures the courage and camaraderie of the defenders and delivers the fullest account yet of this epic battle. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Last Stand at Khe Sanh Subtitle: The US Marines Finest Hour in Vietnam Author: Gregg Jones Narrator: William Hughes Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins Language: English Release date: 04-01-14 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 277 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The vivid, fast-paced account of the siege of Khe Sanh told through the eyes of the men who lived it. For seventy-seven days in 1968, amid fears that America faced its own disastrous Dien Bien Phu, six thousand US Marines held off thirty thousand North Vietnamese Army regulars at the remote mountain stronghold called Khe Sanh. It was the biggest battle of the Vietnam War, with sharp ground engagements, devastating artillery duels, and massive US air strikes. After several weeks of heroic defense, the besieged Americans struck back in a series of bold assaults, and the North Vietnamese withdrew with heavy losses. Last Stand at Khe Sanh is the vivid, fast-paced account of the dramatic confrontation as experienced by the men who were there: Marine riflemen and grenadiers, artillery and air observers, platoon leaders and company commanders, Navy corpsmen and helicopter pilots, and a plucky band of US Army Special Forces. Based on extensive archival research and more than one hundred interviews with participants, Last Stand at Khe Sanh captures the courage and camaraderie of the defenders and delivers the fullest account yet of this epic battle. Members Reviews: Great Book Where does Last Stand at Khe Sanh rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far? I would rank this book among the best Vietnam stories I have read Which scene was your favorite? All of them If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be? Khe Sanh a living hell Any additional comments? I was a Special Forces Medic and was at Khe Sanh when the siege begain on 1/21/68. I was only there for two weeks before going back to Phu Bi. It was living hell for the two weeks I was there . This book filled in all the rest of the story that I was ,for a short time part of . I new some of the people mentioned in the book. It was well written and was hard to stop listing too. The narrator was excellent. God bless all the Marines who fought of so hard at Khe Sanh for there buddies and for freedom. WHO RAHHH! Thanks. If you could sum up Last Stand at Khe Sanh in three words, what would they be? Sobering, awe-inspiring, and humbling... What did you like best about this story? The truth. It's refreshing to read accounts that are largely straightforward accounts of the situations and the people who experienced them. Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting? The topic is too much to sit and listen to in one sitting. It's obviously not a novel... One can take only so much heart-wrenching details and accounts in "one sitting". Any additional comments? The topic and reality of what this book covers is sobering. My respect for both our country and her military defenders increased substantially, thanks to this superb and honest book. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Candy-Bombers-Audiobook/B002V19ZQG Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Candy Bombers Author: Andrei Cherny Narrator: Jonathan Davis Format: Unabridged Length: 24 hrs and 22 mins Language: English Release date: 08-21-09 Publisher: Recorded Books Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 199 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Acclaimed author Andrei Cherny tells the gripping saga of a rag-tag band of Americans - with limited resources and little hope for success - keeping West Berliners alive in the face of Soviet tyranny, winning the hearts and minds of former enemies, and giving the world a shining example of fundamental goodness. ©2008 Andrie Cherny; (P)2008 Recorded Books, LLC Critic Reviews: "[Written] with the flair of a novelist ..." (strong Kirkus Reviews) bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Andrei Cherny) Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:29:53 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Candy-Bombers-Audiobook/B002V19ZQG thebookvoice.com 24:22:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Candy Bombers Author: Andrei Cherny Narrator: Jonathan Davis Format: Unabridged Length: 24 hrs and 22 mins Language: English Release date: 08-21-09 Publisher: Recorded Books Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 199 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Acclaimed author Andrei Cherny tells the gripping saga of a rag-tag band of Americans - with limited resources and little hope for success - keeping West Berliners alive in the face of Soviet tyranny, winning the hearts and minds of former enemies, and giving the world a shining example of fundamental goodness. ©2008 Andrie Cherny; (P)2008 Recorded Books, LLC Critic Reviews: "[Written] with the flair of a novelist ..." (strong Kirkus Reviews) Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Candy Bombers Author: Andrei Cherny Narrator: Jonathan Davis Format: Unabridged Length: 24 hrs and 22 mins Language: English Release date: 08-21-09 Publisher: Recorded Books Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 199 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Acclaimed author Andrei Cherny tells the gripping saga of a rag-tag band of Americans - with limited resources and little hope for success - keeping West Berliners alive in the face of Soviet tyranny, winning the hearts and minds of former enemies, and giving the world a shining example of fundamental goodness. ©2008 Andrie Cherny; (P)2008 Recorded Books, LLC Critic Reviews: "[Written] with the flair of a novelist ..." (strong Kirkus Reviews) Members Reviews: Wonderful Story, Well-Read Some people would give it four instead of five stars. This might be due to the detailed descriptions of the behind-the-scenes maneuvering. However, for me, it is a wonderful, get-out-yer-hankies (in spots), well-read book. After I had a run of middlin' books from Audible, this is a grand slam home run!! More than just the Airlift This book is a real surprise. Not only does it give a history of the Berlin Airlift, the men who dropped the candy to the children in Berlin and the men who planned and orchestrated the over 240,000 flights that saved the city from the Russian blockade. You meet the generals and civilians in charge and the others involved. It takes you to Berlin after the end of WWII and the savage and brutal treatment of the citizens of Berlin by the Russian troops. Cherny also describes the 1948 presidential election, the candidates and their campaigning, the infighting among the State Department, Joint Chiefs of Staff, James Forrestal and Truman. Jonathan Davis is a terrific reader. Interesting HIstory I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this book. Cherny made history live by providing background to all facets of this incredible feat. He focused on several central players and provided their history and interwove this information into the greater story. I felt as if I was hearing a cliffhanger who-done-it even though I knew that the airlift happened. It was interesting to see how chance events came together to cause this bit of history. Cherny also speculates about the impact the Berlin Airlift had on the American image overseas and the USAs pre-eminence in the second half of the 20th century. Overall a great book. Candy for the ears This was an excellent story with facts about the end of WWII, Berlin, Truman politics and Gale Halverson. Gale was from Utah and so am I so it struck a good cord. His kindness to the sad Berlin children helped to galvanize the West Berliners against communison and changed their hearts about their US conquerers. Well narrated and worth the listen. A Great Historical Read This book was interesting throughout - I never tired of listening to it. It isn't just one story - it is a combination of several stories involving people, history, and and the impact of an often overlooked piece of history. So much background is provided that the reader gets an indepth and fascinating picture of the world and its political realities after WW2. The narration is excellant and gives the book an edge that I don't think would be there in the print version. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/One-Minute-to-Midnight-Audiobook/B002V1LBIQ Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: One Minute to Midnight Subtitle: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War Author: Michael Dobbs Narrator: Bob Walter Format: Unabridged Length: 16 hrs and 24 mins Language: English Release date: 08-29-08 Publisher: Books on Tape Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 438 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Here, for the first time, are gripping accounts of Khrushchev's plan to destroy the U.S. naval base at Guantánamo; the accidental overflight of the Soviet Union by an American spy plane; the movement of Soviet nuclear warheads around Cuba during the tensest days of the crisis; the activities of CIA agents inside Cuba; and the crash landing of an American F-106 jet with a live nuclear weapon on board. Dobbs takes us inside the White House and the Kremlin as Kennedy and Khrushchev agonize over the possibility of war. He shows how these two leaders recognized the terrifying realities of the nuclear age while Castro - never swayed by conventional political considerations - demonstrated the messianic ambition of a man selected by history for a unique mission. Dobbs brings us onto the decks of American ships patrolling Cuba; inside sweltering Soviet submarines and missile units as they ready their warheads; and onto the streets of Miami, where anti-Castro exiles plot the dictator's overthrow. Critic Reviews: "One Minute to Midnight is nothing less than a tour de force, a dramatic, nail-biting page-turner that is also an important work of scholarship. Michael Dobbs combines the skills of an experienced investigative journalist, a talented writer, and an intelligent historical analyst. His research is stunning. No other history of the Cuban missile crisis matches this achievement." (Martin Sherwin, co-author of American Prometheus) bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Michael Dobbs) Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:04:39 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/One-Minute-to-Midnight-Audiobook/B002V1LBIQ thebookvoice.com 16:24:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: One Minute to Midnight Subtitle: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War Author: Michael Dobbs Narrator: Bob Walter Format: Unabridged Length: 16 hrs and 24 mins Language: English Release date: 08-29-08 Publisher: Books on Tape Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 438 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Here, for the first time, are gripping accounts of Khrushchev's plan to destroy the U.S. naval base at Guantánamo; the accidental overflight of the Soviet Union by an American spy plane; the movement of Soviet nuclear warheads around Cuba during the tensest days of the crisis; the activities of CIA agents inside Cuba; and the crash landing of an American F-106 jet with a live nuclear weapon on board. Dobbs takes us inside the White House and the Kremlin as Kennedy and Khrushchev agonize over the possibility of war. He shows how these two leaders recognized the terrifying realities of the nuclear age while Castro - never swayed by conventional political considerations - demonstrated the messianic ambition of a man selected by history for a unique mission. Dobbs brings us onto the decks of American ships patrolling Cuba; inside sweltering Soviet submarines and missile units as they ready their warheads; and onto the streets of Miami, where anti-Castro exiles plot the dictator's overthrow. Critic Reviews: "One Minute to Midnight is nothing less than a tour de force, a dramatic, nail-biting page-turner that is also an important work of scholarship. Michael Dobbs combines the skills of an experienced investigative journalist, a talented writer, and an intelligent historical analyst. His research is stunning. No other history of the Cuban missile crisis matches this achievement." (Martin Sherwin, co-author of American Prometheus) Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: One Minute to Midnight Subtitle: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War Author: Michael Dobbs Narrator: Bob Walter Format: Unabridged Length: 16 hrs and 24 mins Language: English Release date: 08-29-08 Publisher: Books on Tape Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 438 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Here, for the first time, are gripping accounts of Khrushchev's plan to destroy the U.S. naval base at Guantánamo; the accidental overflight of the Soviet Union by an American spy plane; the movement of Soviet nuclear warheads around Cuba during the tensest days of the crisis; the activities of CIA agents inside Cuba; and the crash landing of an American F-106 jet with a live nuclear weapon on board. Dobbs takes us inside the White House and the Kremlin as Kennedy and Khrushchev agonize over the possibility of war. He shows how these two leaders recognized the terrifying realities of the nuclear age while Castro - never swayed by conventional political considerations - demonstrated the messianic ambition of a man selected by history for a unique mission. Dobbs brings us onto the decks of American ships patrolling Cuba; inside sweltering Soviet submarines and missile units as they ready their warheads; and onto the streets of Miami, where anti-Castro exiles plot the dictator's overthrow. Critic Reviews: "One Minute to Midnight is nothing less than a tour de force, a dramatic, nail-biting page-turner that is also an important work of scholarship. Michael Dobbs combines the skills of an experienced investigative journalist, a talented writer, and an intelligent historical analyst. His research is stunning. No other history of the Cuban missile crisis matches this achievement." (Martin Sherwin, co-author of American Prometheus) Members Reviews: On the verge of annihilation. In October 1962, my Troop Carrier Air Force Reserve Squadron at the Air Force Reserve section (now gone) of O'Hare Field was activated because of the "Cuban Crisis." During the day my day job was to "play soldier" (the Army equivalent of a Clerk/Typist) and at night I would drive to my home on Chicago's south side. No one worried about nuclear incineration, and in due course we were deactivated and returned to our civilian careers. It is truly said that ignorance is bliss. If I had know then what I know now, after reading One Minute to Midnight, I don't think I would have slept as soundly as I did. That's why I listened to this book, and why I recommend it. Somewhat more detailed than necessary, it discusses some facts never before disclosed, and points out that the Soviets kept secret for over 40 years that they had deployed tactical nukes in Cuba, in addition to Intercontinental Missiles that targeted, among many other U.S. cities, Washington and New York! I simply never realized how close we came to Armaggedon. Worth reading if you lived through it, and for historical purposes if you didn't, but it brings home the fact that Kennedy and Khrushchev were both level-headed leaders that understood the horrors of war and were therefore able to avoid it, that Castro was willing to plunge the world into nuclear holocaust for the sake of his revolution, and that the "terrorist world" in which we now live does not seem to have the same rational inhibitions to prevent it should a similar confrontation again arise. Well worth your time, especially if your a student of 20th century American history. Superb Audiobook and Narrator The book and the narration are top notch. You stay riveted as you listen, or at least I did. I listen to a lot of audio books and this is in the top tier...highly recommended. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/JFK-and-the-Unspeakable-Audiobook/B00507LPX4 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: JFK and the Unspeakable Subtitle: Why He Died and Why It Matters Author: James W. Douglass Narrator: Pete Larkin Format: Unabridged Length: 22 hrs and 23 mins Language: English Release date: 05-16-11 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 303 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: At the height of the Cold War, JFK risked committing the greatest crime in human history: starting a nuclear war. Horrified by the specter of nuclear annihilation, Kennedy gradually turned away from his long-held Cold Warrior beliefs and toward a policy of lasting peace. But to the military and intelligence agencies in the United States, who were committed to winning the Cold War at any cost, Kennedy's change of heart was a direct threat to their power and influence. Once these dark "Unspeakable" forces recognized that Kennedy's interests were in direct opposition to their own, they tagged him as a dangerous traitor, plotted his assassination, and orchestrated the subsequent cover-up. Douglass takes listeners into the Oval Office during the tense days of the Cuban Missile Crisis, along on the strange journey of Lee Harvey Oswald and his shadowy handlers, and to the winding road in Dallas where an ambush awaited the president's motorcade. As Douglass convincingly documents, at every step along the way, these forces of the Unspeakable were present, moving people like pawns on a chessboard to promote a dangerous and deadly agenda. Critic Reviews: "The best account I have read of this tragedy and its significance.... But dont take my word for it. Read this extraordinary book and reach your own conclusions." (Oliver Stone) bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (James W. Douglass) Mon, 16 May 2011 16:01:07 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/JFK-and-the-Unspeakable-Audiobook/B00507LPX4 thebookvoice.com 22:23:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: JFK and the Unspeakable Subtitle: Why He Died and Why It Matters Author: James W. Douglass Narrator: Pete Larkin Format: Unabridged Length: 22 hrs and 23 mins Language: English Release date: 05-16-11 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 303 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: At the height of the Cold War, JFK risked committing the greatest crime in human history: starting a nuclear war. Horrified by the specter of nuclear annihilation, Kennedy gradually turned away from his long-held Cold Warrior beliefs and toward a policy of lasting peace. But to the military and intelligence agencies in the United States, who were committed to winning the Cold War at any cost, Kennedy's change of heart was a direct threat to their power and influence. Once these dark "Unspeakable" forces recognized that Kennedy's interests were in direct opposition to their own, they tagged him as a dangerous traitor, plotted his assassination, and orchestrated the subsequent cover-up. Douglass takes listeners into the Oval Office during the tense days of the Cuban Missile Crisis, along on the strange journey of Lee Harvey Oswald and his shadowy handlers, and to the winding road in Dallas where an ambush awaited the president's motorcade. As Douglass convincingly documents, at every step along the way, these forces of the Unspeakable were present, moving people like pawns on a chessboard to promote a dangerous and deadly agenda. Critic Reviews: "The best account I have read of this tragedy and its significance.... But dont take my word for it. Read this extraordinary book and reach your own conclusions." (Oliver Stone) Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: JFK and the Unspeakable Subtitle: Why He Died and Why It Matters Author: James W. Douglass Narrator: Pete Larkin Format: Unabridged Length: 22 hrs and 23 mins Language: English Release date: 05-16-11 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 303 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: At the height of the Cold War, JFK risked committing the greatest crime in human history: starting a nuclear war. Horrified by the specter of nuclear annihilation, Kennedy gradually turned away from his long-held Cold Warrior beliefs and toward a policy of lasting peace. But to the military and intelligence agencies in the United States, who were committed to winning the Cold War at any cost, Kennedy's change of heart was a direct threat to their power and influence. Once these dark "Unspeakable" forces recognized that Kennedy's interests were in direct opposition to their own, they tagged him as a dangerous traitor, plotted his assassination, and orchestrated the subsequent cover-up. Douglass takes listeners into the Oval Office during the tense days of the Cuban Missile Crisis, along on the strange journey of Lee Harvey Oswald and his shadowy handlers, and to the winding road in Dallas where an ambush awaited the president's motorcade. As Douglass convincingly documents, at every step along the way, these forces of the Unspeakable were present, moving people like pawns on a chessboard to promote a dangerous and deadly agenda. Critic Reviews: "The best account I have read of this tragedy and its significance.... But dont take my word for it. Read this extraordinary book and reach your own conclusions." (Oliver Stone) Members Reviews: Awesome Any additional comments? At first I was a bit skeptical about what angle a thelologian would take on this subject. Boy, was I surprised. Is one of the finest history books I have ever read (and listened to in my car) and perhaps the finest book I have read on the JFK assassination. Well worth the investment. One Book EVERY AMERICAN Needs to Read If you could sum up JFK and the Unspeakable in three words, what would they be? See "Additional Comments" Come on- - - three words to summarize a book this powerful, this revealing and this important. You must be kidding. Who was your favorite character and why? The author for his courage and dedication to impeccable research and maintaining as much impartiality as is possible for a book of this kind. Which character as performed by Pete Larkin was your favorite? Can't say. Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you? When it became clear that both Khruschev AND JFK were determined to avert the nuclear wars that both of their generals and admirals were trying so hard to initiate. Any additional comments? This book is the absolute best book I have ever read on the subject of the reasons-for and the results-of the JFK assassination. Douglass brings to light truths about JFK's devotion to co-creating a peaceful world with Premier Khruschev and the fact that JFK had faced his own death for so long and in so many ways that he was more prepared to fight the valiant battle plan than any President before or after. Douglass brilliantly brings out the humanity of both Kennedy and Khruschev and the nightmarish battles they had to fight with their own subordinates, who wanted to start preemptive wars between our two nations. The documentation of other assassination scenarios in the U.S. which were overlooked or completely obfuscated and the way that evidence was discarded made this book stand high above most I have read. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Never-Give-In-Audiobook/B00HQ14LTM Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Never Give In! Subtitle: The Best of Winston Churchill's Speeches Author: Winston S. Churchill - compilation, Winston Churchill Narrator: Winston Churchill Format: Original Recording Length: 17 hrs and 16 mins Language: English Release date: 01-07-14 Publisher: BN Publishing Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 58 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Winston Churchill was the most eloquent and expressive statesman of his time. It was as an orator that Churchill became most completely alive, and it was through his oratory that his words made their greatest and most enduring impact. While the definitive collection of Churchill's speeches fills eight volumes, here for the first time, his grandson, Winston S. Churchill, has put together a personal selection of his favorite speeches in a single, indispensable volume. He has chosen from his grandfather's entire output and thoughtfully introduces each selection. The audiobook covers the whole of Churchill's life, from the very first speech he made to those of his last days. It includes some of Churchill's best-known speeches as well as some that have never before been published in popular form. Today, Sir Winston Churchill is revered as an indomitable figure and his wisdom is called upon again and again. Listening to these speeches, from the perspective of a new century, we can once again see Sir Winston Churchill's genius and be moved and inspired by his words. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Winston S. Churchill - compilation) Tue, 07 Jan 2014 19:13:56 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Never-Give-In-Audiobook/B00HQ14LTM thebookvoice.com 17:16:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Never Give In! Subtitle: The Best of Winston Churchill's Speeches Author: Winston S. Churchill - compilation, Winston Churchill Narrator: Winston Churchill Format: Original Recording Length: 17 hrs and 16 mins Language: English Release date: 01-07-14 Publisher: BN Publishing Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 58 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Winston Churchill was the most eloquent and expressive statesman of his time. It was as an orator that Churchill became most completely alive, and it was through his oratory that his words made their greatest and most enduring impact. While the definitive collection of Churchill's speeches fills eight volumes, here for the first time, his grandson, Winston S. Churchill, has put together a personal selection of his favorite speeches in a single, indispensable volume. He has chosen from his grandfather's entire output and thoughtfully introduces each selection. The audiobook covers the whole of Churchill's life, from the very first speech he made to those of his last days. It includes some of Churchill's best-known speeches as well as some that have never before been published in popular form. Today, Sir Winston Churchill is revered as an indomitable figure and his wisdom is called upon again and again. Listening to these speeches, from the perspective of a new century, we can once again see Sir Winston Churchill's genius and be moved and inspired by his words. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Never Give In! Subtitle: The Best of Winston Churchill's Speeches Author: Winston S. Churchill - compilation, Winston Churchill Narrator: Winston Churchill Format: Original Recording Length: 17 hrs and 16 mins Language: English Release date: 01-07-14 Publisher: BN Publishing Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 58 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Winston Churchill was the most eloquent and expressive statesman of his time. It was as an orator that Churchill became most completely alive, and it was through his oratory that his words made their greatest and most enduring impact. While the definitive collection of Churchill's speeches fills eight volumes, here for the first time, his grandson, Winston S. Churchill, has put together a personal selection of his favorite speeches in a single, indispensable volume. He has chosen from his grandfather's entire output and thoughtfully introduces each selection. The audiobook covers the whole of Churchill's life, from the very first speech he made to those of his last days. It includes some of Churchill's best-known speeches as well as some that have never before been published in popular form. Today, Sir Winston Churchill is revered as an indomitable figure and his wisdom is called upon again and again. Listening to these speeches, from the perspective of a new century, we can once again see Sir Winston Churchill's genius and be moved and inspired by his words. Members Reviews: The Great Orator It is great to listen to Winston Spence Churchills speeches. The slight lisp makes him seem vulnerable. The book is a compilation of WSCs speeches compiled by his grandson Winston Churchill. The book also contains sections of Churchill reading excerpts of his writings with explanations about why and when he wrote them. Winston, the grandson, provides the introduction to each speech with a bit of historical context and scene setting. I enjoyed his speech explaining about the British Parliament and how it had evolved into its current format along with pros and cons of its current form. There were a number of speeches such as the one about parliament I had never heard probably because they were given in parliament rather than over the radio to the world. The opening was great considering this is the anniversary of World War One. He says It is the eleventh day of the eleventh month just before the eleventh hour and I am standing looking out across Trafalgar Square watching Big Ben getting ready to strike the eleventh hour. I could picture it as if I was standing there with him. I can now understand why he was such a great orator. I felt he was speaking to me as an individual even over my iPod. I have been a fan of WSCs writings and of his exquisite use of the English language but listening to him I could hear the eloquence and rhythm of his spoken word. This book is a must for the fans of Winston S. Churchill and would make a great gift. ..Churchill Was the Anti-Nahzee.. Winston Churchill is a towering figure in the history of the twentieth century, and a master of the English language. I recommend that you listen to the three volume, 132 hour-long, biography by William Manchester (vol. 3 with Paul Reid) titled collectively, The Last Lionin order to get a picture of the man Churchill before delving into his voice in these speeches. Churchill has been called a great orator, and that is certainly true, but this not because he possessed a Stentorian voice, or even great talent of diction. On the contrary, his voice is almost comically wispy and his annunciation is often muddled. He had a slight speech impediment that brings to mind Elmer Fudd when you hear him speak. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Midnights-Furies-Audiobook/B013TOU0ZS Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Midnight's Furies Subtitle: The Deadly Legacy of India's Partition Author: Nisid Hajari Narrator: Sunil Malhotra Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins Language: English Release date: 08-25-15 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 109 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Nobody expected the liberation of India and birth of Pakistan to be so bloody - it was supposed to be an answer to the dreams of Muslims and Hindus who had been ruled by the British for centuries. Jawaharlal Nehru, Gandhi's protégé and the political leader of India, believed that Indians were an inherently nonviolent, peaceful people. Pakistan's founder, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, was a secular lawyer, not a firebrand. But in August 1946, exactly a year before Independence, Calcutta erupted in street-gang fighting. A cycle of riots - targeting Hindus, then Muslims, then Sikhs - spiraled out of control. As the summer of 1947 approached, all three groups were heavily armed and on edge, and the British rushed to leave. Hell let loose. Trains carried Muslims west and Hindus east to their slaughter. Some of the most brutal and widespread ethnic cleansing in modern history erupted on both sides of the new border, searing a divide between India and Pakistan that remains a root cause of many evils. From jihadi terrorism to nuclear proliferation, the searing tale told in Midnight's Furies explains all too many of the headlines we read today. Critic Reviews: "A carefully restrained and delineated account makes for chilling reading." ( Kirkus) bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Nisid Hajari) Tue, 25 Aug 2015 12:10:58 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Midnights-Furies-Audiobook/B013TOU0ZS thebookvoice.com 11:43:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Midnight's Furies Subtitle: The Deadly Legacy of India's Partition Author: Nisid Hajari Narrator: Sunil Malhotra Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins Language: English Release date: 08-25-15 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 109 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Nobody expected the liberation of India and birth of Pakistan to be so bloody - it was supposed to be an answer to the dreams of Muslims and Hindus who had been ruled by the British for centuries. Jawaharlal Nehru, Gandhi's protégé and the political leader of India, believed that Indians were an inherently nonviolent, peaceful people. Pakistan's founder, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, was a secular lawyer, not a firebrand. But in August 1946, exactly a year before Independence, Calcutta erupted in street-gang fighting. A cycle of riots - targeting Hindus, then Muslims, then Sikhs - spiraled out of control. As the summer of 1947 approached, all three groups were heavily armed and on edge, and the British rushed to leave. Hell let loose. Trains carried Muslims west and Hindus east to their slaughter. Some of the most brutal and widespread ethnic cleansing in modern history erupted on both sides of the new border, searing a divide between India and Pakistan that remains a root cause of many evils. From jihadi terrorism to nuclear proliferation, the searing tale told in Midnight's Furies explains all too many of the headlines we read today. Critic Reviews: "A carefully restrained and delineated account makes for chilling reading." ( Kirkus) Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Midnight's Furies Subtitle: The Deadly Legacy of India's Partition Author: Nisid Hajari Narrator: Sunil Malhotra Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins Language: English Release date: 08-25-15 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 109 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Nobody expected the liberation of India and birth of Pakistan to be so bloody - it was supposed to be an answer to the dreams of Muslims and Hindus who had been ruled by the British for centuries. Jawaharlal Nehru, Gandhi's protégé and the political leader of India, believed that Indians were an inherently nonviolent, peaceful people. Pakistan's founder, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, was a secular lawyer, not a firebrand. But in August 1946, exactly a year before Independence, Calcutta erupted in street-gang fighting. A cycle of riots - targeting Hindus, then Muslims, then Sikhs - spiraled out of control. As the summer of 1947 approached, all three groups were heavily armed and on edge, and the British rushed to leave. Hell let loose. Trains carried Muslims west and Hindus east to their slaughter. Some of the most brutal and widespread ethnic cleansing in modern history erupted on both sides of the new border, searing a divide between India and Pakistan that remains a root cause of many evils. From jihadi terrorism to nuclear proliferation, the searing tale told in Midnight's Furies explains all too many of the headlines we read today. Critic Reviews: "A carefully restrained and delineated account makes for chilling reading." ( Kirkus) Members Reviews: Amazingly detailed account of this tragedy i gigan Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why? This book is badly needed successor to Freedom at Midnight. Very well researched and detailed account of the atrocities committed by both sides: Sikhs and Hindus on one side and the Moslems on the other side. The detailed account of the most tragic figure in this Drama: Mohammed Ali Zinnah, and the ultimate irony. He wanted to build a secular Pakistan. The characters, personalities and the relationship between Pandit Nehru ad Sardar Ballabh Bhai Patel is very revealing. What was one of the most memorable moments of Midnight's Furies? The tragedy that played out over the lives of literally 10s of millions of people, was crafted by a British bureaucrat only over a month's time, with practical no knowledge of India. The calousness of the British government how they left India is beyond imagination. Which character as performed by Sunil Malhotra was your favorite? Nehru & Patel Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting? I practically did. Any additional comments? Thank you Nisid very informative. I learned a lot great book, well read. I learned a lot more than I anticipated. got me interested to know more Absolutely Rivetting If you could sum up Midnight's Furies in three words, what would they be? Fast, Factual and Furious What was one of the most memorable moments of Midnight's Furies? The part about the Princely State of Junagadh & Hyderabad being absorbed into India Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting? Wanted to, but its too big for one sitting This is why India and Pakistan conflict never ends Nisid Hajari has done his research and provided a good amount of details on India and Pakistan partition. I remember my grandfather telling me some of these accounts and how it was very tense moment in history of India's independence. I was able to relate to many of those incidents that my grampa was telling me that Nisid has put together in this book. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Envoy-Audiobook/B004750M3Y Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Envoy Subtitle: The Epic Rescue of the Last Jews of Europe in the Desperate Closing Months of World War II Author: Alex Kershaw Narrator: George Guidall Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins Language: English Release date: 10-14-10 Publisher: Recorded Books Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 75 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Hailed as a master storyteller (Booklist), Alex Kershaw routinely climbs best-seller lists with his narrative histories. In the waning months of World War II, SS Colonel Adolf Eichmann sent over half a million Hungarians to their deaths at Auschwitz. But one Jewish ghetto remained, and only one man - a Swedish diplomat named Raoul Wallenberg - could stop Eichmann. Critic Reviews: "A tense, fast-moving narrative that shows Wallenberg as a match for Eichmann in intelligence and determination as he utilized fake documents, safe houses, and a variety of other methods to save thousands of Jewish lives. This is an inspiring story that illustrates how one dedicated human can make an impact, even against a monstrous tyranny." (Booklist) bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Alex Kershaw) Thu, 14 Oct 2010 23:15:54 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Envoy-Audiobook/B004750M3Y thebookvoice.com 07:34:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Envoy Subtitle: The Epic Rescue of the Last Jews of Europe in the Desperate Closing Months of World War II Author: Alex Kershaw Narrator: George Guidall Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins Language: English Release date: 10-14-10 Publisher: Recorded Books Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 75 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Hailed as a master storyteller (Booklist), Alex Kershaw routinely climbs best-seller lists with his narrative histories. In the waning months of World War II, SS Colonel Adolf Eichmann sent over half a million Hungarians to their deaths at Auschwitz. But one Jewish ghetto remained, and only one man - a Swedish diplomat named Raoul Wallenberg - could stop Eichmann. Critic Reviews: "A tense, fast-moving narrative that shows Wallenberg as a match for Eichmann in intelligence and determination as he utilized fake documents, safe houses, and a variety of other methods to save thousands of Jewish lives. This is an inspiring story that illustrates how one dedicated human can make an impact, even against a monstrous tyranny." (Booklist) Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Envoy Subtitle: The Epic Rescue of the Last Jews of Europe in the Desperate Closing Months of World War II Author: Alex Kershaw Narrator: George Guidall Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins Language: English Release date: 10-14-10 Publisher: Recorded Books Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 75 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Hailed as a master storyteller (Booklist), Alex Kershaw routinely climbs best-seller lists with his narrative histories. In the waning months of World War II, SS Colonel Adolf Eichmann sent over half a million Hungarians to their deaths at Auschwitz. But one Jewish ghetto remained, and only one man - a Swedish diplomat named Raoul Wallenberg - could stop Eichmann. Critic Reviews: "A tense, fast-moving narrative that shows Wallenberg as a match for Eichmann in intelligence and determination as he utilized fake documents, safe houses, and a variety of other methods to save thousands of Jewish lives. This is an inspiring story that illustrates how one dedicated human can make an impact, even against a monstrous tyranny." (Booklist) Members Reviews: an amazing story This is a moving, tragic story of Raol Wallenberg's efforts to rescue Jews of Hungary using his diplomat's status and strategy. It exposes the cruelty of the Nazi's the Hungarian Nazi party and the role of Eichman in the deportation. Such cruelty is hard to imagine, Also hard to imagine is the courage of Wallenberg. The tragic end of Wallenberg and the impact on his family, make this book an important addition to the history of WW2 The Envoy I don't typically read or listen to books of this nature. I was pleasantly surprised that it flowed very well. The book has alot of focus on Budapest and provides the reader with more information on this lightly covered area of the Holocost. It is a an excellent narration by George Guidall Raoul Wallenberg and what he did should be taught in schools Surprisingly, as a WWII history buff, I had never heard of Raoul Wallenberg until I read this excellent book. His exploits to save the last of the Jews in Europe, along with how the soviets "disappeared" and later murdered him, should be more well known, and taught in schools everywhere. This book is an excellent telling of his story, and some of the people he saved. Outstanding. A+ all around. Excellent writing and narration. Kershaw and Guidall are a great combo. Exceptional. Perhaps the most important book I have ever "read" This is a wonderful story! Raoul Wallenberg would have been a remarkable person in any decade of the past century, but it seems as though he was the necessary hero to live in Hungary during the 1940s in order to save so many from murder by the Nazis. He consciously chose to give up all for strangers, people whom he did not know. This book is written with intrigue, providing a clear view of what it was like to live during those horrific times,, It develops a very human and riveting picture of Wallenberg, who did not simply supply false papers that often meant the difference between life and death for those who received them. He repeatedly personally confronted Eichmann, his henchman, and the Iron Guard of Hungary, personally saving Jews from certain death. This book makes it possible to begin to understand how one man could save tens of thousands of lives through sheer will. This is a story that all should read. And a lesson in heroism that our children and their children should learn from. It provides new (to me) and needed facts about what happened to Wallenberg once the war was ended. I am sorry to the book ended. It was gripping throughout. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Battle-of-Midway-Pivotal-Moments-in-American-History-Audiobook/B0084F1TYE Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Battle of Midway (Pivotal Moments in American History) Author: Craig L. Symonds Narrator: James Lurie Format: Unabridged Length: 14 hrs and 52 mins Language: English Release date: 05-22-12 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 667 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: There are few moments in American history in which the course of events tipped so suddenly and so dramatically as at the Battle of Midway. At dawn of June 4, 1942, a rampaging Japanese navy ruled the Pacific. By sunset, their vaunted carrier force (the Kido Butai) had been sunk, and their grip on the Pacific had been loosened forever. In this absolutely riveting account of a key moment in the history of World War II, one of America's leading naval historians, Craig L. Symonds, paints an unforgettable portrait of ingenuity, courage, and sacrifice. Symonds begins with the arrival of Admiral Chester A. Nimitz at Pearl Harbor after the devastating Japanese attack and describes the key events leading to the climactic battle, including both Coral Sea - the first battle in history against opposing carrier forces - and Jimmy Doolittle's daring raid of Tokyo. He focuses throughout on the people involved, offering telling portraits of Admirals Nimitz, Halsey, Spruance, and numerous other Americans, as well as the leading Japanese figures, including the poker-loving Admiral Yamamoto. Indeed, Symonds sheds much light on the aspects of Japanese culture - such as their single-minded devotion to combat, which led to poorly armored planes and inadequate fire-safety measures on their ships - that contributed to their defeat. The author's account of the battle itself is masterful, weaving together the many disparate threads of attack - attacks which failed in the early going - that ultimately created a five-minute window in which three of the four Japanese carriers were mortally wounded, changing the course of the Pacific war in an eye-blink. Symonds is the first historian to argue that the victory at Midway was not simply a matter of luck, pointing out that Nimitz had equal forces, superior intelligence, and the element of surprise. Nimitz had a strong hand, Symonds concludes, and he rightly expected to win. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Craig L. Symonds) Tue, 22 May 2012 01:28:44 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Battle-of-Midway-Pivotal-Moments-in-American-History-Audiobook/B0084F1TYE thebookvoice.com 14:52:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Battle of Midway (Pivotal Moments in American History) Author: Craig L. Symonds Narrator: James Lurie Format: Unabridged Length: 14 hrs and 52 mins Language: English Release date: 05-22-12 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 667 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: There are few moments in American history in which the course of events tipped so suddenly and so dramatically as at the Battle of Midway. At dawn of June 4, 1942, a rampaging Japanese navy ruled the Pacific. By sunset, their vaunted carrier force (the Kido Butai) had been sunk, and their grip on the Pacific had been loosened forever. In this absolutely riveting account of a key moment in the history of World War II, one of America's leading naval historians, Craig L. Symonds, paints an unforgettable portrait of ingenuity, courage, and sacrifice. Symonds begins with the arrival of Admiral Chester A. Nimitz at Pearl Harbor after the devastating Japanese attack and describes the key events leading to the climactic battle, including both Coral Sea - the first battle in history against opposing carrier forces - and Jimmy Doolittle's daring raid of Tokyo. He focuses throughout on the people involved, offering telling portraits of Admirals Nimitz, Halsey, Spruance, and numerous other Americans, as well as the leading Japanese figures, including the poker-loving Admiral Yamamoto. Indeed, Symonds sheds much light on the aspects of Japanese culture - such as their single-minded devotion to combat, which led to poorly armored planes and inadequate fire-safety measures on their ships - that contributed to their defeat. The author's account of the battle itself is masterful, weaving together the many disparate threads of attack - attacks which failed in the early going - that ultimately created a five-minute window in which three of the four Japanese carriers were mortally wounded, changing the course of the Pacific war in an eye-blink. Symonds is the first historian to argue that the victory at Midway was not simply a matter of luck, pointing out that Nimitz had equal forces, superior intelligence, and the element of surprise. Nimitz had a strong hand, Symonds concludes, and he rightly expected to win. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Battle of Midway (Pivotal Moments in American History) Author: Craig L. Symonds Narrator: James Lurie Format: Unabridged Length: 14 hrs and 52 mins Language: English Release date: 05-22-12 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 667 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: There are few moments in American history in which the course of events tipped so suddenly and so dramatically as at the Battle of Midway. At dawn of June 4, 1942, a rampaging Japanese navy ruled the Pacific. By sunset, their vaunted carrier force (the Kido Butai) had been sunk, and their grip on the Pacific had been loosened forever. In this absolutely riveting account of a key moment in the history of World War II, one of America's leading naval historians, Craig L. Symonds, paints an unforgettable portrait of ingenuity, courage, and sacrifice. Symonds begins with the arrival of Admiral Chester A. Nimitz at Pearl Harbor after the devastating Japanese attack and describes the key events leading to the climactic battle, including both Coral Sea - the first battle in history against opposing carrier forces - and Jimmy Doolittle's daring raid of Tokyo. He focuses throughout on the people involved, offering telling portraits of Admirals Nimitz, Halsey, Spruance, and numerous other Americans, as well as the leading Japanese figures, including the poker-loving Admiral Yamamoto. Indeed, Symonds sheds much light on the aspects of Japanese culture - such as their single-minded devotion to combat, which led to poorly armored planes and inadequate fire-safety measures on their ships - that contributed to their defeat. The author's account of the battle itself is masterful, weaving together the many disparate threads of attack - attacks which failed in the early going - that ultimately created a five-minute window in which three of the four Japanese carriers were mortally wounded, changing the course of the Pacific war in an eye-blink. Symonds is the first historian to argue that the victory at Midway was not simply a matter of luck, pointing out that Nimitz had equal forces, superior intelligence, and the element of surprise. Nimitz had a strong hand, Symonds concludes, and he rightly expected to win. Members Reviews: You may knock US down, but you can't knock US out Would you listen to The Battle of Midway (Pivotal Moments in American History) again? Why? Absolutely. I had already planned on doing that when I was still listening. There is simply too much information to fully absorb at one time. I've studied Midway in the past and each time I learn more about how close we were to the edge, but how those who fought there never felt defeated. Who was your favorite character and why? Not a character because this is non-fiction, but my most heroic person, individually, would be Lt. Commander John C. Waldron of VT-8. A real life leader and hero. Which scene was your favorite? None. This was a horrible, but necessary event in history. Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you? Yes the story of all of the torpedo squadrons and their attacks, but in particular the attack by squadron eight (VT-8) from the U.S.S. Hornet; this piece of history get's me every time. Here were 15 aircraft each carrying three young men in the prime of life. They didn't want to be there and they didn't want to die. Despite that and knowing full well they were outgunned, without fighter air cover, without dive bomber help for a coordinated attack, and flying slow obsolete aircraft; they went in on their attack runs. They knew the odds were heavily against them, but they brought the planes down low, slow and straight and pressed forward their attack. Each in turn. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Gestapo-Audiobook/B00BEMIKQY Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Gestapo Subtitle: A History of Horror Author: Jacques Delarue, Mervyn Savill (translator) Narrator: Eric Brooks Format: Unabridged Length: 19 hrs and 56 mins Language: English Release date: 02-18-13 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 139 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: A history of Nazi Germany's secret police written by one of their victims, with a new introduction by the author. From 1933 to 1945, the Gestapo was Nazi Germany's chief instrument of counter-espionage, political suppression, and terror. Jacques Delarue, a saboteur arrested by the Nazis in occupied France, chronicles how the land of Beethoven elevated sadism to a fine art. The Gestapo: A History of Horror draws upon Delarue's interviews with ex-Gestapo agents to deliver a multi-layered history of the force whose work included killing student resisters, establishing Aryan eugenic unions, and implementing the Final Solution. This is a probing look at the Gestapo and the fanatics and megalomaniacs who made it such a successful and heinous organization: Barbie, Eichmann, Himmler, Heydrich, Mller. The Gestapo's notorious reign led to the murder of millions. The Gestapo is an important documentation of what they did and how they did it. Editorial Reviews: The Gestapo: A History of Horror is a thoroughly researched and ultimately terrifying in-depth study of the inner workings of history's most ruthless and deadly secret police. Jacques Delarue, former member of the French resistance, combines firsthand accounts from his own run-ins with the Gestapo with information from countless interviews and primary documents. The Gestapo: A History of Horror is excellently performed by Eric Brooks whose clear and methodical narration conveys the weight of one of history's greatest tragedies. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Jacques Delarue) Mon, 18 Feb 2013 21:36:53 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Gestapo-Audiobook/B00BEMIKQY thebookvoice.com 19:56:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Gestapo Subtitle: A History of Horror Author: Jacques Delarue, Mervyn Savill (translator) Narrator: Eric Brooks Format: Unabridged Length: 19 hrs and 56 mins Language: English Release date: 02-18-13 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 139 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: A history of Nazi Germany's secret police written by one of their victims, with a new introduction by the author. From 1933 to 1945, the Gestapo was Nazi Germany's chief instrument of counter-espionage, political suppression, and terror. Jacques Delarue, a saboteur arrested by the Nazis in occupied France, chronicles how the land of Beethoven elevated sadism to a fine art. The Gestapo: A History of Horror draws upon Delarue's interviews with ex-Gestapo agents to deliver a multi-layered history of the force whose work included killing student resisters, establishing Aryan eugenic unions, and implementing the Final Solution. This is a probing look at the Gestapo and the fanatics and megalomaniacs who made it such a successful and heinous organization: Barbie, Eichmann, Himmler, Heydrich, Mller. The Gestapo's notorious reign led to the murder of millions. The Gestapo is an important documentation of what they did and how they did it. Editorial Reviews: The Gestapo: A History of Horror is a thoroughly researched and ultimately terrifying in-depth study of the inner workings of history's most ruthless and deadly secret police. Jacques Delarue, former member of the French resistance, combines firsthand accounts from his own run-ins with the Gestapo with information from countless interviews and primary documents. The Gestapo: A History of Horror is excellently performed by Eric Brooks whose clear and methodical narration conveys the weight of one of history's greatest tragedies. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Gestapo Subtitle: A History of Horror Author: Jacques Delarue, Mervyn Savill (translator) Narrator: Eric Brooks Format: Unabridged Length: 19 hrs and 56 mins Language: English Release date: 02-18-13 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 139 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: A history of Nazi Germany's secret police written by one of their victims, with a new introduction by the author. From 1933 to 1945, the Gestapo was Nazi Germany's chief instrument of counter-espionage, political suppression, and terror. Jacques Delarue, a saboteur arrested by the Nazis in occupied France, chronicles how the land of Beethoven elevated sadism to a fine art. The Gestapo: A History of Horror draws upon Delarue's interviews with ex-Gestapo agents to deliver a multi-layered history of the force whose work included killing student resisters, establishing Aryan eugenic unions, and implementing the Final Solution. This is a probing look at the Gestapo and the fanatics and megalomaniacs who made it such a successful and heinous organization: Barbie, Eichmann, Himmler, Heydrich, Mller. The Gestapo's notorious reign led to the murder of millions. The Gestapo is an important documentation of what they did and how they did it. Editorial Reviews: The Gestapo: A History of Horror is a thoroughly researched and ultimately terrifying in-depth study of the inner workings of history's most ruthless and deadly secret police. Jacques Delarue, former member of the French resistance, combines firsthand accounts from his own run-ins with the Gestapo with information from countless interviews and primary documents. The Gestapo: A History of Horror is excellently performed by Eric Brooks whose clear and methodical narration conveys the weight of one of history's greatest tragedies. Members Reviews: Interesting Information but.... Where does The Gestapo rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far? It was okay but hard to stay interested because of the narrator but not the worst I have heard. Any additional comments? I love WW2 and the stories of the Allies and the Axis and this one had really good info but not they best. I still recommend it....at least once. Once read never fogotten!! Where does The Gestapo rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far? This is a great book. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/A-Night-to-Remember-Audiobook/B007QI2PEI Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: A Night to Remember Subtitle: The Classic Account of the Final Hours of the Titanic Author: Walter Lord Narrator: Martin Jarvis Format: Unabridged Length: 5 hrs and 3 mins Language: English Release date: 08-19-15 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 55 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: One hundred years ago, the mightiest "unsinkable" ship began her maiden voyage to cross the Atlantic. An engineering feat 11 stories high, the Titanic contained a list of passengers collectively worth $250 million when she left port on April 10, 1912, but she would never reach her destination. The Titanic collided with an iceberg on the night of April 14, and 1,500 people died in the freezing waters as the ship met her watery grave. Spectacular in many ways, it's a story that has spurred legends and still sends shivers down the spine a century later. This minute-by-minute account of the sinking is based on over 20 years of research and offers amazing detail of that fateful night. Read by Martin Jarvis, it's a riveting account of one of the world's biggest maritime disasters and the behavior of the passengers and crew. Some sacrificed their lives, while others fought like animals for their own survival. Wives beseeched husbands to join them in lifeboats; gentlemen went taut-lipped to their deaths in full evening dress; and hundreds of steerage passengers, trapped below decks, sought help in vain. From the initial distress flares to the struggles of those left adrift for hours in freezing waters, this audiobook brings that moonlit night in 1912 to life for a new generation of listeners. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Walter Lord) Wed, 19 Aug 2015 00:48:35 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/A-Night-to-Remember-Audiobook/B007QI2PEI thebookvoice.com 05:03:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: A Night to Remember Subtitle: The Classic Account of the Final Hours of the Titanic Author: Walter Lord Narrator: Martin Jarvis Format: Unabridged Length: 5 hrs and 3 mins Language: English Release date: 08-19-15 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 55 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: One hundred years ago, the mightiest "unsinkable" ship began her maiden voyage to cross the Atlantic. An engineering feat 11 stories high, the Titanic contained a list of passengers collectively worth $250 million when she left port on April 10, 1912, but she would never reach her destination. The Titanic collided with an iceberg on the night of April 14, and 1,500 people died in the freezing waters as the ship met her watery grave. Spectacular in many ways, it's a story that has spurred legends and still sends shivers down the spine a century later. This minute-by-minute account of the sinking is based on over 20 years of research and offers amazing detail of that fateful night. Read by Martin Jarvis, it's a riveting account of one of the world's biggest maritime disasters and the behavior of the passengers and crew. Some sacrificed their lives, while others fought like animals for their own survival. Wives beseeched husbands to join them in lifeboats; gentlemen went taut-lipped to their deaths in full evening dress; and hundreds of steerage passengers, trapped below decks, sought help in vain. From the initial distress flares to the struggles of those left adrift for hours in freezing waters, this audiobook brings that moonlit night in 1912 to life for a new generation of listeners. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: A Night to Remember Subtitle: The Classic Account of the Final Hours of the Titanic Author: Walter Lord Narrator: Martin Jarvis Format: Unabridged Length: 5 hrs and 3 mins Language: English Release date: 08-19-15 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 55 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: One hundred years ago, the mightiest "unsinkable" ship began her maiden voyage to cross the Atlantic. An engineering feat 11 stories high, the Titanic contained a list of passengers collectively worth $250 million when she left port on April 10, 1912, but she would never reach her destination. The Titanic collided with an iceberg on the night of April 14, and 1,500 people died in the freezing waters as the ship met her watery grave. Spectacular in many ways, it's a story that has spurred legends and still sends shivers down the spine a century later. This minute-by-minute account of the sinking is based on over 20 years of research and offers amazing detail of that fateful night. Read by Martin Jarvis, it's a riveting account of one of the world's biggest maritime disasters and the behavior of the passengers and crew. Some sacrificed their lives, while others fought like animals for their own survival. Wives beseeched husbands to join them in lifeboats; gentlemen went taut-lipped to their deaths in full evening dress; and hundreds of steerage passengers, trapped below decks, sought help in vain. From the initial distress flares to the struggles of those left adrift for hours in freezing waters, this audiobook brings that moonlit night in 1912 to life for a new generation of listeners. Members Reviews: an excellent account. Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why? I would recommend the book to anyone who really wants to relive the ship's last night. What did you like best about this story? I liked the interesting things I learned about the time period such as the class system on the ship that no longer exists today. I was also interested to find out why there had been so little life boat storage on the ship. What about Martin Jarviss performance did you like? Jarvis's performance was excellent. When you want to listen to someone read an account like this, I would recommend Jarvis as a perfect narrator for historical accounts. Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry? My reaction to the book was sadness for all those lost at sea. I also think that ship builders should now think twice before they declare a ship unsinkable based on what this book tells us. Any additional comments? I have listened to another Walter Lord account on the Titanic titled the night lives on. This book is not posted on audible, but you can read this in print. I have the cassette edition. Yes, I still have a cassette player. Even though these books are the same in most respects, the night lives on delves into some of the myths surrounding the ship in greater detail rather then just posing the questions. I would strongly recommend reading this account as well. This I think is better then watching the hit movie from 1997. If you don't care for the love story in the film, the account I have mentioned along with this book are well worth your time. just incredible taking an unbiased and generally non sensationalised account of times and people and delicately out into time line... https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/We-Wish-to-Inform-You-That-Tomorrow-We-Will-Be-Killed-with-Our-Families-Audiobook/B002UZYSLA Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families Subtitle: Stories from Rwanda Author: Philip Gourevitch Narrator: Jeff Cummings Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins Language: English Release date: 08-20-07 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 185 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: National Book Critics Circle, Nonfiction, 1999 In April of 1994, the government of Rwanda called on everyone in the Hutu majority to kill everyone in the Tutsi minority. Over the next three months, 800,000 Tutsis were murdered in the most unambiguous case of genocide since Hitler's war against the Jews. This haunting work by Philip Gourevitch, staff writer for the New Yorker, is an anatomy of the killings in Rwanda, a vivid history of the genocide's background, and an unforgettable account of what it means to survive in its aftermath. Critic Reviews: "A sobering, revealing, and deeply thoughtful chronicle." ( Boston Globe)"[It is the] sobering voice of witness that Gourevitch has vividly captured in his work." ( New York Times Book Review)"The most important book I have read in many years....Gourevitch examines [the genocidal war in Rwanda] with humility, anger, grief and a remarkable level of both political and moral intelligence." ( Los Angeles Times) bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Philip Gourevitch) Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:18:20 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/We-Wish-to-Inform-You-That-Tomorrow-We-Will-Be-Killed-with-Our-Families-Audiobook/B002UZYSLA thebookvoice.com 11:23:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families Subtitle: Stories from Rwanda Author: Philip Gourevitch Narrator: Jeff Cummings Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins Language: English Release date: 08-20-07 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 185 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: National Book Critics Circle, Nonfiction, 1999 In April of 1994, the government of Rwanda called on everyone in the Hutu majority to kill everyone in the Tutsi minority. Over the next three months, 800,000 Tutsis were murdered in the most unambiguous case of genocide since Hitler's war against the Jews. This haunting work by Philip Gourevitch, staff writer for the New Yorker, is an anatomy of the killings in Rwanda, a vivid history of the genocide's background, and an unforgettable account of what it means to survive in its aftermath. Critic Reviews: "A sobering, revealing, and deeply thoughtful chronicle." ( Boston Globe)"[It is the] sobering voice of witness that Gourevitch has vividly captured in his work." ( New York Times Book Review)"The most important book I have read in many years....Gourevitch examines [the genocidal war in Rwanda] with humility, anger, grief and a remarkable level of both political and moral intelligence." ( Los Angeles Times) Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families Subtitle: Stories from Rwanda Author: Philip Gourevitch Narrator: Jeff Cummings Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins Language: English Release date: 08-20-07 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 185 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: National Book Critics Circle, Nonfiction, 1999 In April of 1994, the government of Rwanda called on everyone in the Hutu majority to kill everyone in the Tutsi minority. Over the next three months, 800,000 Tutsis were murdered in the most unambiguous case of genocide since Hitler's war against the Jews. This haunting work by Philip Gourevitch, staff writer for the New Yorker, is an anatomy of the killings in Rwanda, a vivid history of the genocide's background, and an unforgettable account of what it means to survive in its aftermath. Critic Reviews: "A sobering, revealing, and deeply thoughtful chronicle." ( Boston Globe)"[It is the] sobering voice of witness that Gourevitch has vividly captured in his work." ( New York Times Book Review)"The most important book I have read in many years....Gourevitch examines [the genocidal war in Rwanda] with humility, anger, grief and a remarkable level of both political and moral intelligence." ( Los Angeles Times) Members Reviews: Worth your time I have educated myself on the conflict in Rwanda somewhat, but this book opens your eyes even wider. Good background information, honest, exposes the hypocritical governmental and religious authorities involved. A thinking person can't help but ask, "What would I do in this situation?". Plus there are examples of fundamental good, by individuals who have determined to be governed by a higher moral standard (or you might say a MORAL standard period.) One that reflects simple human decency and responsibility to ones fellowman. Dry but informative A bit dry. Very journalistic. Credible. Good narration. This book filled in the blanks I had watched the movie "Hotel Rwanda" a few years ago and this audio "fleshed out" that story for me. Very sad that all this killing and violence continues. Many gruesome details, but important for us to know. I've been on an Africa "kick" reading lots of books about different countries of that continent, some fact some fiction. Put this on your list. More important than ever in 2016 I listened to this book because it was mentioned by a guest on Ezra Klein's podcast (I can't even remember which guest now) as being very influential to his worldview. I started listening just after the 2016 US presidential election. The lessons from Rwanda seem more important and pressing now than ever. The truth of the Rwandan Genocide... Would you try another book from Philip Gourevitch and/or Jeff Cummings? Absolutely. How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable? I wouldn't change the truth. What aspect of Jeff Cummingss performance would you have changed? Nothing. Could you see We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be? No. The book tells it all. No need for a movie. Any additional comments? Read this interesting book and learn the real truth. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Deluge-Audiobook/B00P0050ZU Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Deluge Subtitle: The Great War, America and the Remaking of the Global Order, 1916-1931 Author: Adam Tooze Narrator: Ralph Lister Format: Unabridged Length: 21 hrs and 57 mins Language: English Release date: 11-13-14 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 118 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: In the depths of the Great War, with millions dead and no imaginable end to the conflict, societies around the world began to buckle. The heart of the financial system shifted from London to New York. The infinite demands for men and materiel reached into countries far from the front. The strain of the war ravaged all economic and political assumptions, bringing unheard-of changes in the social and industrial order. A century after the outbreak of fighting, Adam Tooze revisits this seismic moment in history, challenging the existing narrative of the war, its peace, and its aftereffects. From the day the United States enters the war in 1917 to the precipice of global financial ruin, Tooze delineates the world remade by American economic and military power. Tracing the ways in which countries came to terms with America's centrality - including the slide into fascism - The Deluge is a chilling work of great originality that will fundamentally change how we view the legacy of World War I. Critic Reviews: "Tooze's grand economic history is stimulating, persuasive, and surprisingly accessible." (Publishers Weekly) bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Adam Tooze) Thu, 13 Nov 2014 12:53:60 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Deluge-Audiobook/B00P0050ZU thebookvoice.com 21:57:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Deluge Subtitle: The Great War, America and the Remaking of the Global Order, 1916-1931 Author: Adam Tooze Narrator: Ralph Lister Format: Unabridged Length: 21 hrs and 57 mins Language: English Release date: 11-13-14 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 118 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: In the depths of the Great War, with millions dead and no imaginable end to the conflict, societies around the world began to buckle. The heart of the financial system shifted from London to New York. The infinite demands for men and materiel reached into countries far from the front. The strain of the war ravaged all economic and political assumptions, bringing unheard-of changes in the social and industrial order. A century after the outbreak of fighting, Adam Tooze revisits this seismic moment in history, challenging the existing narrative of the war, its peace, and its aftereffects. From the day the United States enters the war in 1917 to the precipice of global financial ruin, Tooze delineates the world remade by American economic and military power. Tracing the ways in which countries came to terms with America's centrality - including the slide into fascism - The Deluge is a chilling work of great originality that will fundamentally change how we view the legacy of World War I. Critic Reviews: "Tooze's grand economic history is stimulating, persuasive, and surprisingly accessible." (Publishers Weekly) Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Deluge Subtitle: The Great War, America and the Remaking of the Global Order, 1916-1931 Author: Adam Tooze Narrator: Ralph Lister Format: Unabridged Length: 21 hrs and 57 mins Language: English Release date: 11-13-14 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 118 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: In the depths of the Great War, with millions dead and no imaginable end to the conflict, societies around the world began to buckle. The heart of the financial system shifted from London to New York. The infinite demands for men and materiel reached into countries far from the front. The strain of the war ravaged all economic and political assumptions, bringing unheard-of changes in the social and industrial order. A century after the outbreak of fighting, Adam Tooze revisits this seismic moment in history, challenging the existing narrative of the war, its peace, and its aftereffects. From the day the United States enters the war in 1917 to the precipice of global financial ruin, Tooze delineates the world remade by American economic and military power. Tracing the ways in which countries came to terms with America's centrality - including the slide into fascism - The Deluge is a chilling work of great originality that will fundamentally change how we view the legacy of World War I. Critic Reviews: "Tooze's grand economic history is stimulating, persuasive, and surprisingly accessible." (Publishers Weekly) Members Reviews: Excellent study of the period There was very little that was brand new in this narrative, but it is one of the very best synthesis I have ever read on the period. I would recommend this book to any one studying or interested in the interest period. It provides an understanding and layout of the dynamics of international affairs as the world began its slide into the diplomacy of the 1930s. It is the single best volume on this period. Interesting book marred by poor reading The reader has an unusual and very annoying cadence. He continuously drops his voice as if to signal the end of a sentence or an independent clause when he simply between phrases or about to begin an adjective or adverb clause. I have never experienced this kind of reading before. It makes the presentation very choppy and more difficult to follow. It affected my opinion of the book enough to think that I can't otherwise critique it. Insightful and compelling A great read. A major work of history that illuminates little understood forces and social change of the interwar period. Not For The Faint of Heart This is serious discussion of post ww1 economics that helps explain the progression of German, Japan and Russia to high levels of military power prior to ww2. It identifies economic policies and the decisions that opened the way for eventual conflict. However, none of that predicted Hitler. And Frances reluctance to oppose Hitler in the Rhineland is not discussed at all, even though France showed no such reluctance to fully occupy The Rhineland to enforce reparations earlier and that is discussed at length. I recommend this to patient, curious readers. Tour de force WW I history Integrating a deep understanding of economics into the political narrative of the Great War provides a new perspective on understanding the forces that drove the world to war and back again. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Marines-of-Montford-Point-Audiobook/B00BLRB41K Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Marines of Montford Point Subtitle: Americas First Black Marines Author: Melton A. McLaurin Narrator: Adam Lazzare White, JD Jackson, Karole Foreman, William Harper, Daxton Edwards, David Carpenter Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins Language: English Release date: 04-11-13 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 61 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: With an executive order from President Franklin Roosevelt in 1941, the United States Marine Corps - the last all-white branch of the U.S. military - was forced to begin recruiting and enlisting African Americans. The first black recruits received basic training at the segregated Camp Montford Point, adjacent to Camp Lejeune, near Jacksonville, North Carolina. Between 1942 and 1949 (when the base was closed as a result of President Truman's 1948 order fully desegregating all military forces) more than 20,000 men trained at Montford Point, most of them going on to serve in the Pacific Theatre in World War II as members of support units. This book, in conjunction with the documentary film of the same name, tells the story of these Marines for the first time. Drawing from interviews with 60 veterans, The Marines of Montford Point relates the experiences of these pioneers in their own words. From their stories, we learn about their reasons for enlisting; their arrival at Montford Point and the training they received there; their lives in a segregated military and in the Jim Crow South; their experiences of combat and service in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam; and their legacy. The Marines speak with flashes of anger and humor, sometimes with sorrow, sometimes with great wisdom, and always with a pride fostered by incredible accomplishment in the face of adversity. This book serves to recognize and to honor the men who desegregated the Marine Corps and loyally served their country in three major wars. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Melton A. McLaurin) Thu, 11 Apr 2013 04:42:23 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Marines-of-Montford-Point-Audiobook/B00BLRB41K thebookvoice.com 07:53:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Marines of Montford Point Subtitle: Americas First Black Marines Author: Melton A. McLaurin Narrator: Adam Lazzare White, JD Jackson, Karole Foreman, William Harper, Daxton Edwards, David Carpenter Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins Language: English Release date: 04-11-13 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 61 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: With an executive order from President Franklin Roosevelt in 1941, the United States Marine Corps - the last all-white branch of the U.S. military - was forced to begin recruiting and enlisting African Americans. The first black recruits received basic training at the segregated Camp Montford Point, adjacent to Camp Lejeune, near Jacksonville, North Carolina. Between 1942 and 1949 (when the base was closed as a result of President Truman's 1948 order fully desegregating all military forces) more than 20,000 men trained at Montford Point, most of them going on to serve in the Pacific Theatre in World War II as members of support units. This book, in conjunction with the documentary film of the same name, tells the story of these Marines for the first time. Drawing from interviews with 60 veterans, The Marines of Montford Point relates the experiences of these pioneers in their own words. From their stories, we learn about their reasons for enlisting; their arrival at Montford Point and the training they received there; their lives in a segregated military and in the Jim Crow South; their experiences of combat and service in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam; and their legacy. The Marines speak with flashes of anger and humor, sometimes with sorrow, sometimes with great wisdom, and always with a pride fostered by incredible accomplishment in the face of adversity. This book serves to recognize and to honor the men who desegregated the Marine Corps and loyally served their country in three major wars. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Marines of Montford Point Subtitle: Americas First Black Marines Author: Melton A. McLaurin Narrator: Adam Lazzare White, JD Jackson, Karole Foreman, William Harper, Daxton Edwards, David Carpenter Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins Language: English Release date: 04-11-13 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 61 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: With an executive order from President Franklin Roosevelt in 1941, the United States Marine Corps - the last all-white branch of the U.S. military - was forced to begin recruiting and enlisting African Americans. The first black recruits received basic training at the segregated Camp Montford Point, adjacent to Camp Lejeune, near Jacksonville, North Carolina. Between 1942 and 1949 (when the base was closed as a result of President Truman's 1948 order fully desegregating all military forces) more than 20,000 men trained at Montford Point, most of them going on to serve in the Pacific Theatre in World War II as members of support units. This book, in conjunction with the documentary film of the same name, tells the story of these Marines for the first time. Drawing from interviews with 60 veterans, The Marines of Montford Point relates the experiences of these pioneers in their own words. From their stories, we learn about their reasons for enlisting; their arrival at Montford Point and the training they received there; their lives in a segregated military and in the Jim Crow South; their experiences of combat and service in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam; and their legacy. The Marines speak with flashes of anger and humor, sometimes with sorrow, sometimes with great wisdom, and always with a pride fostered by incredible accomplishment in the face of adversity. This book serves to recognize and to honor the men who desegregated the Marine Corps and loyally served their country in three major wars. Members Reviews: Well done What a testament to the values that the corps instills in it's recruits, draftees, and volunteers, where in the last chapters none of the gentlemen who endured so much hatred, and unfairness harbor any I'll will to the body they served. Wow. Just wow! I felt like I was in the room with these men. Every story, each voice, I could feel the emotions of the men being interviewed. Well done! Great narrative to put contributions of the first black Marines in perspective. I greatly enjoy d this book. I'm a history buff by heart and a retired Marine. I would recommend this to any person looking to further their knowledge of the military, the Marines and the sacrifices that these Marines made. Semper Fi Outstanding Book! I learned so much from this book. So glad they were interviewed these heroes before their story is lost or forgotten by the general public. Even as a 20 year USAF veteran, these interviews are eye opening. Semper Fi Very informative Personal story narrative kept me engaged... It was as if the I was being told the story in person. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Losing-Ground-Audiobook/B007P4WV74 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Losing Ground Subtitle: American Social Policy, 1950 - 1980 Author: Charles Murray Narrator: Robert Morris Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins Language: English Release date: 03-27-12 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 81 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Beginning in the 1950s, America entered a period of unprecedented social reform. This remarkable book demonstrates how the social programs of the 1960s and 70s had the unintended and perverse effect of slowing and even reversing earlier progress in reducing poverty, crime, ignorance, and discrimination. Using widely understood and accepted data, it conclusively demonstrates that the amalgam of reforms from 1965 to 1970 actually made matters worse. Why? Charles Murrays tough-minded answers to this question will please neither radical liberals nor radical conservatives. He offers no easy solutions, but by forcing us to face fundamental intellectual and moral problems about whom we want to help and how, Losing Ground marks an important first step in rethinking social policy. Charles Murray is the W. H. Brady Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. He first came to national attention in 1984 with Losing Ground. He received a bachelors degree in history from Harvard and a doctorate in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He lives with his wife in Burkittsville, Maryland. Critic Reviews: "Without bile and without rhetoric it lays out a stark truth that must be faced." ( Business Week) "A great book." ( Wall Street Journal) A remarkable book. Future discussions of social policy cannot proceed without taking the arguments and evidence of this book into account. (James S. Coleman, University of Chicago) bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Charles Murray) Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:43:28 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Losing-Ground-Audiobook/B007P4WV74 thebookvoice.com 09:26:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Losing Ground Subtitle: American Social Policy, 1950 - 1980 Author: Charles Murray Narrator: Robert Morris Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins Language: English Release date: 03-27-12 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 81 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Beginning in the 1950s, America entered a period of unprecedented social reform. This remarkable book demonstrates how the social programs of the 1960s and 70s had the unintended and perverse effect of slowing and even reversing earlier progress in reducing poverty, crime, ignorance, and discrimination. Using widely understood and accepted data, it conclusively demonstrates that the amalgam of reforms from 1965 to 1970 actually made matters worse. Why? Charles Murrays tough-minded answers to this question will please neither radical liberals nor radical conservatives. He offers no easy solutions, but by forcing us to face fundamental intellectual and moral problems about whom we want to help and how, Losing Ground marks an important first step in rethinking social policy. Charles Murray is the W. H. Brady Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. He first came to national attention in 1984 with Losing Ground. He received a bachelors degree in history from Harvard and a doctorate in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He lives with his wife in Burkittsville, Maryland. Critic Reviews: "Without bile and without rhetoric it lays out a stark truth that must be faced." ( Business Week) "A great book." ( Wall Street Journal) A remarkable book. Future discussions of social policy cannot proceed without taking the arguments and evidence of this book into account. (James S. Coleman, University of Chicago) Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Losing Ground Subtitle: American Social Policy, 1950 - 1980 Author: Charles Murray Narrator: Robert Morris Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins Language: English Release date: 03-27-12 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 81 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Beginning in the 1950s, America entered a period of unprecedented social reform. This remarkable book demonstrates how the social programs of the 1960s and 70s had the unintended and perverse effect of slowing and even reversing earlier progress in reducing poverty, crime, ignorance, and discrimination. Using widely understood and accepted data, it conclusively demonstrates that the amalgam of reforms from 1965 to 1970 actually made matters worse. Why? Charles Murrays tough-minded answers to this question will please neither radical liberals nor radical conservatives. He offers no easy solutions, but by forcing us to face fundamental intellectual and moral problems about whom we want to help and how, Losing Ground marks an important first step in rethinking social policy. Charles Murray is the W. H. Brady Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. He first came to national attention in 1984 with Losing Ground. He received a bachelors degree in history from Harvard and a doctorate in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He lives with his wife in Burkittsville, Maryland. Critic Reviews: "Without bile and without rhetoric it lays out a stark truth that must be faced." ( Business Week) "A great book." ( Wall Street Journal) A remarkable book. Future discussions of social policy cannot proceed without taking the arguments and evidence of this book into account. (James S. Coleman, University of Chicago) Members Reviews: A real eye-popper What did you love best about Losing Ground? What a great book. I enjoyed the pace of the narration, not too fast or slow, understandable. About the book: Having lived through the events depicted, I found myself feeling as though I was tied down, watching a small child crawl slowly to the edge of a cliff, helpless to save him. I'm now listening to his book "Coming Apart". Interesting material poorly read If you don't like statistics this book isn't for you. That said, "Losing Ground" is a very compelling sociology book and a great argument against big government programs that make liberals feel good but do little to improve the plight of the poor and under-privileged. However, as an audiobook it falls short. Mostly because it lacks the graphs making it difficult to digest the data being analysed, but also due to distractions in the performance. Robert Morris reads this books as though he is completely bored with it. At times he shows inflection but overall it is a flat read. Mr. Morris' read, however, is quite tolerable compared to his sound engineer. Throughout the book we can hear the engineer answering the phone or conversing with visitors and perhaps giving Morris cues. At some points I could understand some of what he was saying, especially when he answers the phone (no ring just, "hello"). He is never silent for more than a few minutes, I think I timed a 30 minute stretch where his voice was not heard. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Frozen-in-Time-Audiobook/B00BUPJ8A2 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Frozen in Time Subtitle: An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II Author: Mitchell Zuckoff Narrator: Mitchell Zuckoff Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins Language: English Release date: 04-23-13 Publisher: HarperAudio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 463 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Audie Award Finalist, History, 2014 On November 5, 1942, a U.S. cargo plane slammed into the Greenland ice cap. Four days later, a B-17 on the search-and-rescue mission also crashed. Miraculously, all nine men on the B-17 survived. The U.S. military launched a second daring rescue operation, but the Grumman Duck amphibious plane sent to find the men vanished. In this thrilling adventure, Mitchell Zuckoff offers a spellbinding account of these harrowing crashes and the fate of the survivors and their would-be saviors. Frozen in Time places us at the center of a group of valiant airmen fighting to stay alive through 148 days of a brutal Arctic winter until an expedition attempts to bring them to safety. But that is only part of the story. In present-day Greenland, Zuckoff joins the Coast Guard and North South Polar Inc. on a dangerous expedition to recover the remains of the lost plane's crew. Frozen in Time is a breathtaking blend of mystery, adventure, heroism, and survival. It is also a poignant reminder of the sacrifices of our military personnel and their families - and a tribute to the important, perilous, and often overlooked work of the U.S. Coast Guard. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Mitchell Zuckoff) Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:15:36 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Frozen-in-Time-Audiobook/B00BUPJ8A2 thebookvoice.com 08:57:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Frozen in Time Subtitle: An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II Author: Mitchell Zuckoff Narrator: Mitchell Zuckoff Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins Language: English Release date: 04-23-13 Publisher: HarperAudio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 463 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Audie Award Finalist, History, 2014 On November 5, 1942, a U.S. cargo plane slammed into the Greenland ice cap. Four days later, a B-17 on the search-and-rescue mission also crashed. Miraculously, all nine men on the B-17 survived. The U.S. military launched a second daring rescue operation, but the Grumman Duck amphibious plane sent to find the men vanished. In this thrilling adventure, Mitchell Zuckoff offers a spellbinding account of these harrowing crashes and the fate of the survivors and their would-be saviors. Frozen in Time places us at the center of a group of valiant airmen fighting to stay alive through 148 days of a brutal Arctic winter until an expedition attempts to bring them to safety. But that is only part of the story. In present-day Greenland, Zuckoff joins the Coast Guard and North South Polar Inc. on a dangerous expedition to recover the remains of the lost plane's crew. Frozen in Time is a breathtaking blend of mystery, adventure, heroism, and survival. It is also a poignant reminder of the sacrifices of our military personnel and their families - and a tribute to the important, perilous, and often overlooked work of the U.S. Coast Guard. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Frozen in Time Subtitle: An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II Author: Mitchell Zuckoff Narrator: Mitchell Zuckoff Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins Language: English Release date: 04-23-13 Publisher: HarperAudio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 463 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Audie Award Finalist, History, 2014 On November 5, 1942, a U.S. cargo plane slammed into the Greenland ice cap. Four days later, a B-17 on the search-and-rescue mission also crashed. Miraculously, all nine men on the B-17 survived. The U.S. military launched a second daring rescue operation, but the Grumman Duck amphibious plane sent to find the men vanished. In this thrilling adventure, Mitchell Zuckoff offers a spellbinding account of these harrowing crashes and the fate of the survivors and their would-be saviors. Frozen in Time places us at the center of a group of valiant airmen fighting to stay alive through 148 days of a brutal Arctic winter until an expedition attempts to bring them to safety. But that is only part of the story. In present-day Greenland, Zuckoff joins the Coast Guard and North South Polar Inc. on a dangerous expedition to recover the remains of the lost plane's crew. Frozen in Time is a breathtaking blend of mystery, adventure, heroism, and survival. It is also a poignant reminder of the sacrifices of our military personnel and their families - and a tribute to the important, perilous, and often overlooked work of the U.S. Coast Guard. Members Reviews: Best book I've read in a long time! This is a must read. Gripping, emotional and true. Makes you appreciate Zuckoff's brilliant writing, research and his dedication to getting the story right complete with helping us to know these heros. Thanks for a super book. Interesting Survival Story This is an interesting non-fiction account of the loss of several planes carrying American military officers in Greenland during WWII and of the attempts to rescue the survivors. As it's non-fiction, not all the characters survive. The historical tale from November 1942 to April 1943 is intertwined with the modern tale of the attempt to pull together a team to search for the lost Grummond Duck in 2012. It is always clear which time frame is being referred to. The stories are different, and the contemporary tale is told from the author's first person perspective and is told in the present tense. The WWII story is interesting and is brought to life fairly well. This is a good fast listen and will appeal to history buffs. For those itnerested in travel, particularly in the Arctic, it's full of interesting factual tidbits. Zuckoff does a good job of turning the frozen and unforgiving landscape into a central character. Having said that, I think that Mitchell Zuckoff was not the best choice to narrate the story. He's a good writer but not a good reader. There's a difference between someone who tells a story and someone who reads a story. Zuckoff mispronounces several words -- after about the 30th instance of pronouncing ration as RAY-tion, I wanted to scream. He also has a tendency to slur his words and this affects his reading and the story. There were a couple of times when I wanted to turn the whole thing off and find another book to listen to, but the story kept me going. I'd say the story is very good, but the narration is only fair. I'd probably give this about a 3.5 stars overall. Sounds like a recent graduate's first book. Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not? I was disappointed with this book. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Darkest-Summer-Audiobook/B0031XXY4M Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Darkest Summer Subtitle: Pusan and Inchon 1950: The Battles That Saved South Korea---and the Marines---from Extinction Author: Bill Sloan Narrator: Michael Prichard Format: Unabridged Length: 13 hrs and 44 mins Language: English Release date: 12-28-09 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 62 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The outcome of the Korean War was decided in the first three months. The Darkest Summer is the hour-by-hour, casualty-by-casualty story of those months---a period that saw American and UN forces almost driven into the sea by the North Korean invaders, then stage an incredible turn-around that reversed the entire course of the war. Drawing on exclusive author interviews, unpublished memoirs, and oral histories, the book recounts the most dramatic and historically important portion of the war from the perspective of the soldiers and Marines on the ground. Bill Sloan takes the listener into muddy foxholes, across endless rice paddies, and up hotly contested ridges with the men who fought and fell there. ©2009 Bill Sloan; (P)2009 Tantor Critic Reviews: "Sloan has crafted another superb narrative. Strongly recommended." (Library Journal, Starred Review) bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Bill Sloan) Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:59:45 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Darkest-Summer-Audiobook/B0031XXY4M thebookvoice.com 13:44:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Darkest Summer Subtitle: Pusan and Inchon 1950: The Battles That Saved South Korea---and the Marines---from Extinction Author: Bill Sloan Narrator: Michael Prichard Format: Unabridged Length: 13 hrs and 44 mins Language: English Release date: 12-28-09 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 62 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The outcome of the Korean War was decided in the first three months. The Darkest Summer is the hour-by-hour, casualty-by-casualty story of those months---a period that saw American and UN forces almost driven into the sea by the North Korean invaders, then stage an incredible turn-around that reversed the entire course of the war. Drawing on exclusive author interviews, unpublished memoirs, and oral histories, the book recounts the most dramatic and historically important portion of the war from the perspective of the soldiers and Marines on the ground. Bill Sloan takes the listener into muddy foxholes, across endless rice paddies, and up hotly contested ridges with the men who fought and fell there. ©2009 Bill Sloan; (P)2009 Tantor Critic Reviews: "Sloan has crafted another superb narrative. Strongly recommended." (Library Journal, Starred Review) Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Darkest Summer Subtitle: Pusan and Inchon 1950: The Battles That Saved South Korea---and the Marines---from Extinction Author: Bill Sloan Narrator: Michael Prichard Format: Unabridged Length: 13 hrs and 44 mins Language: English Release date: 12-28-09 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 62 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The outcome of the Korean War was decided in the first three months. The Darkest Summer is the hour-by-hour, casualty-by-casualty story of those months---a period that saw American and UN forces almost driven into the sea by the North Korean invaders, then stage an incredible turn-around that reversed the entire course of the war. Drawing on exclusive author interviews, unpublished memoirs, and oral histories, the book recounts the most dramatic and historically important portion of the war from the perspective of the soldiers and Marines on the ground. Bill Sloan takes the listener into muddy foxholes, across endless rice paddies, and up hotly contested ridges with the men who fought and fell there. ©2009 Bill Sloan; (P)2009 Tantor Critic Reviews: "Sloan has crafted another superb narrative. Strongly recommended." (Library Journal, Starred Review) Members Reviews: Better Told Elsewhere This book tells of the travails of the UN forces in Korea in 1950. There is little here that is not in the Fehrenbach classic "This Kind of War" which deals with the war in its entirety. This book lacks focus if you are familiar with the basic plot, counterplot and subplot (MacArthur). It spends far more time with the Marines than with the details of what happened to Army 1st Cav, 2d, 24th and 25th Div and practically nothing on the ROK. Ex-Marines will like this book a lot. Great intro to Korea This book did exactly what I wanted. It threw me into the day-to-day events of the Korean war and gave me a broad overview. I thought the narration was perfect. I was not bored for a second, and saw this as a good starting point. I would like to read/listen to more in-depth about the how and the why of the conflict. Very thorough Very thorough examination of the events in the first several months of the Korean War https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Pegasus-Bridge-Audiobook/B071WKW5H4 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Pegasus Bridge Author: Stephen E. Ambrose Narrator: Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins Language: English Release date: 07-18-17 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 51 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, a small detachment of British airborne troops stormed the German defense forces and paved the way for the Allied invasion of Europe. Pegasus Bridge was the first engagement of D-day, the turning point of World War II. This gripping account of it by acclaimed author Stephen Ambrose brings to life a daring mission so crucial that, had it been unsuccessful, the entire Normandy invasion might have failed. Ambrose traces each step of the preparations over many months to the minute-by-minute excitement of the hand-to-hand confrontations on the bridge. This is a story of heroism and cowardice, kindness and brutality - the stuff of all great adventures. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Stephen E. Ambrose) Tue, 18 Jul 2017 23:45:56 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Pegasus-Bridge-Audiobook/B071WKW5H4 thebookvoice.com 05:58:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Pegasus Bridge Author: Stephen E. Ambrose Narrator: Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins Language: English Release date: 07-18-17 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 51 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, a small detachment of British airborne troops stormed the German defense forces and paved the way for the Allied invasion of Europe. Pegasus Bridge was the first engagement of D-day, the turning point of World War II. This gripping account of it by acclaimed author Stephen Ambrose brings to life a daring mission so crucial that, had it been unsuccessful, the entire Normandy invasion might have failed. Ambrose traces each step of the preparations over many months to the minute-by-minute excitement of the hand-to-hand confrontations on the bridge. This is a story of heroism and cowardice, kindness and brutality - the stuff of all great adventures. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Pegasus Bridge Author: Stephen E. Ambrose Narrator: Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins Language: English Release date: 07-18-17 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 51 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, a small detachment of British airborne troops stormed the German defense forces and paved the way for the Allied invasion of Europe. Pegasus Bridge was the first engagement of D-day, the turning point of World War II. This gripping account of it by acclaimed author Stephen Ambrose brings to life a daring mission so crucial that, had it been unsuccessful, the entire Normandy invasion might have failed. Ambrose traces each step of the preparations over many months to the minute-by-minute excitement of the hand-to-hand confrontations on the bridge. This is a story of heroism and cowardice, kindness and brutality - the stuff of all great adventures. Members Reviews: Great story told in greater detal Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why? This is a great story but the narrator would do a better job. Sound quality was not good. Ambrose books are always great. Great book. Story moves fast. Enjoyed hearing about the veterans life's after the war. how many still attended reunion's. History At Its Best I've been to Pegasus Bridge several times and actually shook the hand of a 6th Airborne veteran there. The Gondree Cafe is still there and still operated by the family. If you love European history in general ... and WWII history in particular ... you must read this book and visit Normandy. Genuinely mediocre Hard to imagine a more detailed account of such a trivial military engagement. Truly puzzling. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Dunkirk-Audiobook/B072YNJG3H Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Dunkirk Author: Joshua Levine Narrator: Jonathan Keeble, Leighton Pugh Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins Language: English Release date: 06-27-17 Publisher: Harper Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 61 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The epic true story of Dunkirk - now a major motion picture written and directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hardy, and Mark Rylance. The Battle of Dunkirk, in May/June 1940, is remembered as a stunning defeat yet a major victory as well. The Nazis had beaten back the Allies and pushed them across France to the northern port of Dunkirk. In the ultimate race against time, more than 300,000 Allied soldiers were daringly evacuated across the Channel. This moment of German aggression was used by Winston Churchill as a call to Franklin Roosevelt to enter the war. Now historian Joshua Levine explores the real lives of those soldiers, bombed and strafed on the beaches for days on end, without food or ammunition; the civilians whose boats were overloaded; the airmen who risked their lives to buy their companions on the ground precious time; and those who did not escape. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Joshua Levine) Tue, 27 Jun 2017 08:56:60 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Dunkirk-Audiobook/B072YNJG3H thebookvoice.com 10:43:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Dunkirk Author: Joshua Levine Narrator: Jonathan Keeble, Leighton Pugh Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins Language: English Release date: 06-27-17 Publisher: Harper Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 61 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The epic true story of Dunkirk - now a major motion picture written and directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hardy, and Mark Rylance. The Battle of Dunkirk, in May/June 1940, is remembered as a stunning defeat yet a major victory as well. The Nazis had beaten back the Allies and pushed them across France to the northern port of Dunkirk. In the ultimate race against time, more than 300,000 Allied soldiers were daringly evacuated across the Channel. This moment of German aggression was used by Winston Churchill as a call to Franklin Roosevelt to enter the war. Now historian Joshua Levine explores the real lives of those soldiers, bombed and strafed on the beaches for days on end, without food or ammunition; the civilians whose boats were overloaded; the airmen who risked their lives to buy their companions on the ground precious time; and those who did not escape. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Dunkirk Author: Joshua Levine Narrator: Jonathan Keeble, Leighton Pugh Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins Language: English Release date: 06-27-17 Publisher: Harper Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 61 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The epic true story of Dunkirk - now a major motion picture written and directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hardy, and Mark Rylance. The Battle of Dunkirk, in May/June 1940, is remembered as a stunning defeat yet a major victory as well. The Nazis had beaten back the Allies and pushed them across France to the northern port of Dunkirk. In the ultimate race against time, more than 300,000 Allied soldiers were daringly evacuated across the Channel. This moment of German aggression was used by Winston Churchill as a call to Franklin Roosevelt to enter the war. Now historian Joshua Levine explores the real lives of those soldiers, bombed and strafed on the beaches for days on end, without food or ammunition; the civilians whose boats were overloaded; the airmen who risked their lives to buy their companions on the ground precious time; and those who did not escape. Members Reviews: This is more about the movie than the event Save your money unless you want to know about the movie in great detail. I expected to hear about the event and too some extent that's true. However, much of this book is about how the movie was made. I waisted my money. I want a refund! Disappointed I thought this was going to be about what led up to Dunkirk and a more in-depth history of the contribution. Made by small craft. But instead it seems to be about soldiers getting sex. Really! I didnt finish it and I dont recommend this book I am so pissed I can't believe I spent money for a hours long , movie trailer! This book is a total rip off Too slow, not exciting, good history lesson though. I couldn't wait for this book to come out and now that it is I'm disappointed. I hope the movie is better so that I can have competition. last chapter is a boring distraction. delete the last chapter. i saw the movie, don't care about how it was made https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Hell-in-a-Very-Small-Place-Audiobook/B01L7YKRPU Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Hell in a Very Small Place Subtitle: The Siege of Dien Bien Phu Author: Bernard B. Fall Narrator: Robertson Dean Format: Unabridged Length: 19 hrs and 41 mins Language: English Release date: 09-06-16 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 115 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Like Gettysburg, Stalingrad, Midway, and Tet, the battle at Dien Bien Phu - a strategic attack launched by France against the Vietnamese in 1954 after eight long years of war - marked a historic turning point. By the end of the 56-day siege, a determined Viet Minh guerrilla force had destroyed a large tactical French colonial army in the heart of Southeast Asia. The Vietnamese victory would not only end French occupation of Indochina and offer a sobering premonition of the US' future military defeat in the region but would also provide a new model of modern warfare in which size and sophistication didn't always dictate victory. Before his death in Vietnam in 1967, Bernard Fall, a critically acclaimed scholar and reporter, drew upon declassified documents from the French Defense Ministry and interviews with thousands of surviving French and Vietnamese soldiers to weave a compelling account of the key battle of Dien Bien Phu. With Fall's thorough and insightful analysis, Hell in a Very Small Place has become one of the benchmarks in war reportage. Critic Reviews: "A thorough account of a brave, sanguinary battle that has since turned out to have immense historic importance." ( The New Yorker) bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Bernard B. Fall) Tue, 06 Sep 2016 15:54:24 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Hell-in-a-Very-Small-Place-Audiobook/B01L7YKRPU thebookvoice.com 19:41:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Hell in a Very Small Place Subtitle: The Siege of Dien Bien Phu Author: Bernard B. Fall Narrator: Robertson Dean Format: Unabridged Length: 19 hrs and 41 mins Language: English Release date: 09-06-16 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 115 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Like Gettysburg, Stalingrad, Midway, and Tet, the battle at Dien Bien Phu - a strategic attack launched by France against the Vietnamese in 1954 after eight long years of war - marked a historic turning point. By the end of the 56-day siege, a determined Viet Minh guerrilla force had destroyed a large tactical French colonial army in the heart of Southeast Asia. The Vietnamese victory would not only end French occupation of Indochina and offer a sobering premonition of the US' future military defeat in the region but would also provide a new model of modern warfare in which size and sophistication didn't always dictate victory. Before his death in Vietnam in 1967, Bernard Fall, a critically acclaimed scholar and reporter, drew upon declassified documents from the French Defense Ministry and interviews with thousands of surviving French and Vietnamese soldiers to weave a compelling account of the key battle of Dien Bien Phu. With Fall's thorough and insightful analysis, Hell in a Very Small Place has become one of the benchmarks in war reportage. Critic Reviews: "A thorough account of a brave, sanguinary battle that has since turned out to have immense historic importance." ( The New Yorker) Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Hell in a Very Small Place Subtitle: The Siege of Dien Bien Phu Author: Bernard B. Fall Narrator: Robertson Dean Format: Unabridged Length: 19 hrs and 41 mins Language: English Release date: 09-06-16 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 115 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Like Gettysburg, Stalingrad, Midway, and Tet, the battle at Dien Bien Phu - a strategic attack launched by France against the Vietnamese in 1954 after eight long years of war - marked a historic turning point. By the end of the 56-day siege, a determined Viet Minh guerrilla force had destroyed a large tactical French colonial army in the heart of Southeast Asia. The Vietnamese victory would not only end French occupation of Indochina and offer a sobering premonition of the US' future military defeat in the region but would also provide a new model of modern warfare in which size and sophistication didn't always dictate victory. Before his death in Vietnam in 1967, Bernard Fall, a critically acclaimed scholar and reporter, drew upon declassified documents from the French Defense Ministry and interviews with thousands of surviving French and Vietnamese soldiers to weave a compelling account of the key battle of Dien Bien Phu. With Fall's thorough and insightful analysis, Hell in a Very Small Place has become one of the benchmarks in war reportage. Critic Reviews: "A thorough account of a brave, sanguinary battle that has since turned out to have immense historic importance." ( The New Yorker) Members Reviews: The complete story of Dien Bien Phu Would you listen to Hell in a Very Small Place again? Why? It's likely I'll listen to this again - it's easy to miss something in a complex history, and this one more so than others. It's hard to remember what each unit is - something that is easily remedied in print and one of the few downsides of audiobooks. What did you like best about this story? The battle is famous but not well-discussed in most other sources. The detailed research is excellent and the analysis generally pretty good. It's the completeness of the relating of the battle's events that really makes this book worthwhile. Which scene was your favorite? Since there's very little to feel good about in this history, there really isn't a "favorite scene". If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be? France's Stalingrad Any additional comments? The book's weaknesses as an audiobook include a non-adherence to linear time. Some parts of the story are told until the end and then we're returned to a point in the battle without quite recognizing how it meshes with what we just heard. This is less a problem when reading, but in an audiobook makes it hard to follow at times. Still, it's not nearly as dry as it could have been and one appreciates the comprehensive nature of the book. awesome book Very good account. I felt like I was there. the Author really brought it all together A tragic battle deliberately blundered into What made the experience of listening to Hell in a Very Small Place the most enjoyable? It was a memorable debriefing of a terrible affair, full of facts and tidbits and explanations as well as telling you if a certain point isn't known for certain, or if it is just believed to have happened in a certain way. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/A-Wretched-and-Precarious-Situation-Audiobook/B0749RMYB2 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: A Wretched and Precarious Situation Subtitle: In Search of the Last Arctic Frontier Author: David Welky Narrator: Joel Richards Format: Unabridged Length: 15 hrs and 5 mins Language: English Release date: 07-28-17 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 10 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: A Kirkus Reviews best nonfiction book of 2016. A remarkable true story of adventure, betrayal, and survival set in one of the world's most inhospitable places. In 1906, from atop a snow-swept hill in the ice fields northwest of Greenland, hundreds of miles from another human being, Commander Robert E. Peary spotted a line of mysterious peaks looming in the distance. He called this unexplored realm "Crocker Land". Scientists and explorers agreed that the world-famous explorer had discovered a new continent rising from the frozen Arctic Ocean. Several years later, two of Peary's disciples, George Borup and Donald MacMillan, assembled a team of amateur adventurers to investigate Crocker Land. Before them lay a chance at the kind of lasting fame enjoyed by Magellan, Columbus, and Captain Cook. While filling in the last blank space on the globe, they might find new species of plants or animals, or even men; in the era of Jules Verne and HG Wells, anything seemed possible. Renowned scientific institutions, and even former president Theodore Roosevelt, rushed to endorse the expedition. What followed was a sequence of events that none of the explorers could have imagined. Trapped in a true-life adventure story, the men endured howling blizzards, unearthly cold, food shortages, isolation, a fatal boating accident, a drunken sea captain, disease, dissension, and a horrific crime. But the team pushed on through every obstacle, driven forward by the mystery of Crocker Land and faint hopes that they someday would make it home. Populated with a cast of memorable characters, and based on years of research in previously untapped sources, A Wretched and Precarious Situation is a harrowing Arctic narrative unlike any other. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (David Welky) Fri, 28 Jul 2017 12:41:17 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/A-Wretched-and-Precarious-Situation-Audiobook/B0749RMYB2 thebookvoice.com 15:05:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: A Wretched and Precarious Situation Subtitle: In Search of the Last Arctic Frontier Author: David Welky Narrator: Joel Richards Format: Unabridged Length: 15 hrs and 5 mins Language: English Release date: 07-28-17 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 10 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: A Kirkus Reviews best nonfiction book of 2016. A remarkable true story of adventure, betrayal, and survival set in one of the world's most inhospitable places. In 1906, from atop a snow-swept hill in the ice fields northwest of Greenland, hundreds of miles from another human being, Commander Robert E. Peary spotted a line of mysterious peaks looming in the distance. He called this unexplored realm "Crocker Land". Scientists and explorers agreed that the world-famous explorer had discovered a new continent rising from the frozen Arctic Ocean. Several years later, two of Peary's disciples, George Borup and Donald MacMillan, assembled a team of amateur adventurers to investigate Crocker Land. Before them lay a chance at the kind of lasting fame enjoyed by Magellan, Columbus, and Captain Cook. While filling in the last blank space on the globe, they might find new species of plants or animals, or even men; in the era of Jules Verne and HG Wells, anything seemed possible. Renowned scientific institutions, and even former president Theodore Roosevelt, rushed to endorse the expedition. What followed was a sequence of events that none of the explorers could have imagined. Trapped in a true-life adventure story, the men endured howling blizzards, unearthly cold, food shortages, isolation, a fatal boating accident, a drunken sea captain, disease, dissension, and a horrific crime. But the team pushed on through every obstacle, driven forward by the mystery of Crocker Land and faint hopes that they someday would make it home. Populated with a cast of memorable characters, and based on years of research in previously untapped sources, A Wretched and Precarious Situation is a harrowing Arctic narrative unlike any other. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: A Wretched and Precarious Situation Subtitle: In Search of the Last Arctic Frontier Author: David Welky Narrator: Joel Richards Format: Unabridged Length: 15 hrs and 5 mins Language: English Release date: 07-28-17 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 10 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: A Kirkus Reviews best nonfiction book of 2016. A remarkable true story of adventure, betrayal, and survival set in one of the world's most inhospitable places. In 1906, from atop a snow-swept hill in the ice fields northwest of Greenland, hundreds of miles from another human being, Commander Robert E. Peary spotted a line of mysterious peaks looming in the distance. He called this unexplored realm "Crocker Land". Scientists and explorers agreed that the world-famous explorer had discovered a new continent rising from the frozen Arctic Ocean. Several years later, two of Peary's disciples, George Borup and Donald MacMillan, assembled a team of amateur adventurers to investigate Crocker Land. Before them lay a chance at the kind of lasting fame enjoyed by Magellan, Columbus, and Captain Cook. While filling in the last blank space on the globe, they might find new species of plants or animals, or even men; in the era of Jules Verne and HG Wells, anything seemed possible. Renowned scientific institutions, and even former president Theodore Roosevelt, rushed to endorse the expedition. What followed was a sequence of events that none of the explorers could have imagined. Trapped in a true-life adventure story, the men endured howling blizzards, unearthly cold, food shortages, isolation, a fatal boating accident, a drunken sea captain, disease, dissension, and a horrific crime. But the team pushed on through every obstacle, driven forward by the mystery of Crocker Land and faint hopes that they someday would make it home. Populated with a cast of memorable characters, and based on years of research in previously untapped sources, A Wretched and Precarious Situation is a harrowing Arctic narrative unlike any other. Members Reviews: Dry history This was a very dry straight forward history. Partly because most arctic exploration is a story of hardship and disappointment and of course the shadow of shackletons shadow looms over all polar exploration. But still feel the story could have had more life. The narrators voice and tone were fine but his pronunciation of words like Inuit were miserable. The good news is a much great appreciation for Macmillan who is often under pearys shadow. Would like to learn more about his adventures in the Bowdoin. My favorite thing of the book is learning that I can sign my name just like Macmillan with bowdoin 98 exactly 100 years between our graduations. Outstanding book! Fascinating story expertly woven together from first person accounts - a piece of forgotten history that needed to be uncovered. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Black-Earth-Audiobook/B014RKK62A Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Black Earth Subtitle: The Holocaust as History and Warning Author: Timothy Snyder Narrator: Mark Bramhall Format: Unabridged Length: 16 hrs and 29 mins Language: English Release date: 09-08-15 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 255 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: In this epic history of extermination and survival, Timothy Snyder presents a new explanation of the great atrocity of the 20th century and reveals the risks that we face in the 21st. Based on new sources from Eastern Europe and forgotten testimonies from Jewish survivors, Black Earth recounts the mass murder of the Jews as an event that is still close to us, more comprehensible than we would like to think and thus all the more terrifying. The Holocaust began in a dark but accessible place, in Hitler's mind, with the thought that the elimination of Jews would restore balance to the planet and allow Germans to win the resources they desperately needed. Such a worldview could be realized only if Germany destroyed other states, so Hitler's aim was a colonial war in Europe itself. In the zones of statelessness, almost all Jews died. A few people, the righteous few, aided them, without support from institutions. Much of the new research in this book is devoted to understanding these extraordinary individuals. The almost insurmountable difficulties they faced only confirm the dangers of state destruction and ecological panic. These men and women should be emulated, but in similar circumstances few of us would do so. By overlooking the lessons of the Holocaust, Snyder concludes, we have misunderstood modernity and endangered the future. The early 21st century is coming to resemble the early twentieth, as growing preoccupations with food and water accompany ideological challenges to global order. Our world is closer to Hitler's than we like to admit, and saving it requires us to see the Holocaust as it was - and ourselves as we are. Groundbreaking, authoritative, and utterly absorbing, Black Earth reveals a Holocaust that is not only history but warning. Critic Reviews: "Timothy Snyder is now our most distinguished historian of evil. Black Earth casts new light on old darkness. It demonstrates once and for all that the destruction of the Jews was premised on the destruction of states and the institutions of politics. I know of no other historical work on the Holocaust that is so deeply alarmed by its repercussions for the human future. This is a haunted and haunting book - erudite, provocative, and unforgettable." (Leon Wieseltier) "In this unusual and innovative book, Timothy Snyder takes a fresh look at the intellectual origins of the Holocaust, placing Hitler's genocide firmly in the politics and diplomacy of 1930s Europe. Black Earth is required reading for anyone who cares about this difficult period of history." (Anne Applebaum) "Timothy Snyder's bold new approach to the Holocaust links Hitler's racial worldview to the destruction of states and the quest for land and food. This insight leads to thought-provoking and disturbing conclusions for today's world. Black Earth uses the recent past's terrible inhumanity to underline an urgent need to rethink our own future." (Ian Kershaw) bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Timothy Snyder) Tue, 08 Sep 2015 16:27:13 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Black-Earth-Audiobook/B014RKK62A thebookvoice.com 16:29:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Black Earth Subtitle: The Holocaust as History and Warning Author: Timothy Snyder Narrator: Mark Bramhall Format: Unabridged Length: 16 hrs and 29 mins Language: English Release date: 09-08-15 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 255 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: In this epic history of extermination and survival, Timothy Snyder presents a new explanation of the great atrocity of the 20th century and reveals the risks that we face in the 21st. Based on new sources from Eastern Europe and forgotten testimonies from Jewish survivors, Black Earth recounts the mass murder of the Jews as an event that is still close to us, more comprehensible than we would like to think and thus all the more terrifying. The Holocaust began in a dark but accessible place, in Hitler's mind, with the thought that the elimination of Jews would restore balance to the planet and allow Germans to win the resources they desperately needed. Such a worldview could be realized only if Germany destroyed other states, so Hitler's aim was a colonial war in Europe itself. In the zones of statelessness, almost all Jews died. A few people, the righteous few, aided them, without support from institutions. Much of the new research in this book is devoted to understanding these extraordinary individuals. The almost insurmountable difficulties they faced only confirm the dangers of state destruction and ecological panic. These men and women should be emulated, but in similar circumstances few of us would do so. By overlooking the lessons of the Holocaust, Snyder concludes, we have misunderstood modernity and endangered the future. The early 21st century is coming to resemble the early twentieth, as growing preoccupations with food and water accompany ideological challenges to global order. Our world is closer to Hitler's than we like to admit, and saving it requires us to see the Holocaust as it was - and ourselves as we are. Groundbreaking, authoritative, and utterly absorbing, Black Earth reveals a Holocaust that is not only history but warning. Critic Reviews: "Timothy Snyder is now our most distinguished historian of evil. Black Earth casts new light on old darkness. It demonstrates once and for all that the destruction of the Jews was premised on the destruction of states and the institutions of politics. I know of no other historical work on the Holocaust that is so deeply alarmed by its repercussions for the human future. This is a haunted and haunting book - erudite, provocative, and unforgettable." (Leon Wieseltier) "In this unusual and innovative book, Timothy Snyder takes a fresh look at the intellectual origins of the Holocaust, placing Hitler's genocide firmly in the politics and diplomacy of 1930s Europe. Black Earth is required reading for anyone who cares about this difficult period of history." (Anne Applebaum) "Timothy Snyder's bold new approach to the Holocaust links Hitler's racial worldview to the destruction of states and the quest for land and food. This insight leads to thought-provoking and disturbing conclusions for today's world. Black Earth uses the recent past's terrible inhumanity to underline an urgent need to rethink our own future." (Ian Kershaw) Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Black Earth Subtitle: The Holocaust as History and Warning Author: Timothy Snyder Narrator: Mark Bramhall Format: Unabridged Length: 16 hrs and 29 mins Language: English Release date: 09-08-15 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 255 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: In this epic history of extermination and survival, Timothy Snyder presents a new explanation of the great atrocity of the 20th century and reveals the risks that we face in the 21st. Based on new sources from Eastern Europe and forgotten testimonies from Jewish survivors, Black Earth recounts the mass murder of the Jews as an event that is still close to us, more comprehensible than we would like to think and thus all the more terrifying. The Holocaust began in a dark but accessible place, in Hitler's mind, with the thought that the elimination of Jews would restore balance to the planet and allow Germans to win the resources they desperately needed. Such a worldview could be realized only if Germany destroyed other states, so Hitler's aim was a colonial war in Europe itself. In the zones of statelessness, almost all Jews died. A few people, the righteous few, aided them, without support from institutions. Much of the new research in this book is devoted to understanding these extraordinary individuals. The almost insurmountable difficulties they faced only confirm the dangers of state destruction and ecological panic. These men and women should be emulated, but in similar circumstances few of us would do so. By overlooking the lessons of the Holocaust, Snyder concludes, we have misunderstood modernity and endangered the future. The early 21st century is coming to resemble the early twentieth, as growing preoccupations with food and water accompany ideological challenges to global order. Our world is closer to Hitler's than we like to admit, and saving it requires us to see the Holocaust as it was - and ourselves as we are. Groundbreaking, authoritative, and utterly absorbing, Black Earth reveals a Holocaust that is not only history but warning. Critic Reviews: "Timothy Snyder is now our most distinguished historian of evil. Black Earth casts new light on old darkness. It demonstrates once and for all that the destruction of the Jews was premised on the destruction of states and the institutions of politics. I know of no other historical work on the Holocaust that is so deeply alarmed by its repercussions for the human future. This is a haunted and haunting book - erudite, provocative, and unforgettable." (Leon Wieseltier) "In this unusual and innovative book, Timothy Snyder takes a fresh look at the intellectual origins of the Holocaust, placing Hitler's genocide firmly in the politics and diplomacy of 1930s Europe. Black Earth is required reading for anyone who cares about this difficult period of history." (Anne Applebaum) "Timothy Snyder's bold new approach to the Holocaust links Hitler's racial worldview to the destruction of states and the quest for land and food. This insight leads to thought-provoking and disturbing conclusions for today's world. Black Earth uses the recent past's terrible inhumanity to underline an urgent need to rethink our own future." (Ian Kershaw) Members Reviews: Tough book but worth it! What did you like best about this story? completely new perspective What about Mark Bramhalls performance did you like? good pacing Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you? Wow. Justwow. I completely misunderstood what this book was going to be about. I first heard the author as a participant in a discussion of some of the current ISIL/Syria/Iraq issues on the radio. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Red-November-Audiobook/B003IWR6PE Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Red November Subtitle: Inside the Secret U.S.-Soviet Submarine War Author: W. Craig Reed Narrator: Tom Weiner Format: Unabridged Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins Language: English Release date: 05-04-10 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 455 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Red November is filled with hair-raising, behind-the-scenes stories that take you deep beneath the surface and into the action of the Cold War. Few know how close the world has come to annihilation better than the warriors who served America during the tense, 45-year struggle known as the Cold War. Yet for decades, their work has remained shrouded in secrecy. Now, in this riveting new history, W. Craig Reed, a former navy diver and fast-attack submariner, provides an eye-opening, pulse-pounding narrative of the underwater struggles and espionage operations between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. that brought us to the brink of nuclear war more than once. Red November is filled with hair-raising, behind-the-scenes stories that take you deep beneath the surface and into the action during the entire Cold War period from 1946 through 1992. Reed served aboard submarines involved in espionage operations, and his father was a top military intelligence specialist intimately involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis. Reed is one of the first authors to obtain so many in-depth interviews with dozens of navy divers, espionage operatives, submariners, and government officials on both sides (including several Soviet submarine captains) about the most daring and decorated missions of the conflict, including top-secret Ivy Bells, Boresight, Bulls Eye, and Holystone operations. Transcending traditional submarine, espionage, and Cold War accounts, Red November is an up-close examination of one of the most dangerous times in world history and an intimate look at the men and women who participated in our countrys longest and most expensive underwater war. Critic Reviews: If Tom Clancy had turned The Hunt for Red October into a nonfiction thriller, W. Craig Reeds Red November might be the result. Here is the full-throttle and riveting story of espionage, secret missions, and the never-before-told tales of submariners on the front lines of a clandestine war. Not to be missed! (James Rollins) bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (W. Craig Reed) Tue, 04 May 2010 01:11:59 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Red-November-Audiobook/B003IWR6PE thebookvoice.com 12:37:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Red November Subtitle: Inside the Secret U.S.-Soviet Submarine War Author: W. Craig Reed Narrator: Tom Weiner Format: Unabridged Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins Language: English Release date: 05-04-10 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 455 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Red November is filled with hair-raising, behind-the-scenes stories that take you deep beneath the surface and into the action of the Cold War. Few know how close the world has come to annihilation better than the warriors who served America during the tense, 45-year struggle known as the Cold War. Yet for decades, their work has remained shrouded in secrecy. Now, in this riveting new history, W. Craig Reed, a former navy diver and fast-attack submariner, provides an eye-opening, pulse-pounding narrative of the underwater struggles and espionage operations between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. that brought us to the brink of nuclear war more than once. Red November is filled with hair-raising, behind-the-scenes stories that take you deep beneath the surface and into the action during the entire Cold War period from 1946 through 1992. Reed served aboard submarines involved in espionage operations, and his father was a top military intelligence specialist intimately involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis. Reed is one of the first authors to obtain so many in-depth interviews with dozens of navy divers, espionage operatives, submariners, and government officials on both sides (including several Soviet submarine captains) about the most daring and decorated missions of the conflict, including top-secret Ivy Bells, Boresight, Bulls Eye, and Holystone operations. Transcending traditional submarine, espionage, and Cold War accounts, Red November is an up-close examination of one of the most dangerous times in world history and an intimate look at the men and women who participated in our countrys longest and most expensive underwater war. Critic Reviews: If Tom Clancy had turned The Hunt for Red October into a nonfiction thriller, W. Craig Reeds Red November might be the result. Here is the full-throttle and riveting story of espionage, secret missions, and the never-before-told tales of submariners on the front lines of a clandestine war. Not to be missed! (James Rollins) Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Red November Subtitle: Inside the Secret U.S.-Soviet Submarine War Author: W. Craig Reed Narrator: Tom Weiner Format: Unabridged Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins Language: English Release date: 05-04-10 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 455 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Red November is filled with hair-raising, behind-the-scenes stories that take you deep beneath the surface and into the action of the Cold War. Few know how close the world has come to annihilation better than the warriors who served America during the tense, 45-year struggle known as the Cold War. Yet for decades, their work has remained shrouded in secrecy. Now, in this riveting new history, W. Craig Reed, a former navy diver and fast-attack submariner, provides an eye-opening, pulse-pounding narrative of the underwater struggles and espionage operations between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. that brought us to the brink of nuclear war more than once. Red November is filled with hair-raising, behind-the-scenes stories that take you deep beneath the surface and into the action during the entire Cold War period from 1946 through 1992. Reed served aboard submarines involved in espionage operations, and his father was a top military intelligence specialist intimately involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis. Reed is one of the first authors to obtain so many in-depth interviews with dozens of navy divers, espionage operatives, submariners, and government officials on both sides (including several Soviet submarine captains) about the most daring and decorated missions of the conflict, including top-secret Ivy Bells, Boresight, Bulls Eye, and Holystone operations. Transcending traditional submarine, espionage, and Cold War accounts, Red November is an up-close examination of one of the most dangerous times in world history and an intimate look at the men and women who participated in our countrys longest and most expensive underwater war. Critic Reviews: If Tom Clancy had turned The Hunt for Red October into a nonfiction thriller, W. Craig Reeds Red November might be the result. Here is the full-throttle and riveting story of espionage, secret missions, and the never-before-told tales of submariners on the front lines of a clandestine war. Not to be missed! (James Rollins) Members Reviews: Blind Man's Bluff meets Cuban Missile Crisis This 2 part book really is in two parts. The first part covers the beginning of the nuclear age, and covers some, though not nearly all, of the espionage stories detailed more completely in Sherry Sontag's excellent "Blind Man's Bluff". There is an interesting and significant portion of this that talks about how we figured out how to track the Soviet subs by their transmissions. Then the second part segues into how subs helped the American side during the Cuban Missile crisis and the Cold War, including the Jennifer Project. There are some excellent stories, and a few gripping moments, but mostly it isn't a compelling, edge of your seat read. If you want to be informed, get this book. If you are looking to be entertained, there are better ones. Good for fans of "Hunt For Red October" "Red November: Inside the Secret U.S.-Soviet Submarine War" wasn't quite what I expected but it was a very good listen anyway. I had expected an account of most if not all the most interesting Col War sub-vs-sub encounters. Instead it's a more detailed account of certain key episodes in the U.S.-U.S.S.R naval interactions during the Cold War, with an emphasis on thosemissions directly related to the author's service history and that of his father. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Freedom-from-Fear-Audiobook/B0043G86F8 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Freedom from Fear Subtitle: The American People in Depression and War, 19291945 Author: David M. Kennedy Narrator: Tom Weiner Format: Unabridged Length: 31 hrs and 28 mins Language: English Release date: 09-20-10 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 350 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Between 1929 and 1945, two great travails were visited upon the American people: the Great Depression and World War II. This Pulitzer Prize-winning history tells the story of how Americans endured, and eventually prevailed, in the face of those unprecedented calamities. The Depression was both a disaster and an opportunity. As David Kennedy vividly demonstrates, the economic crisis of the 1930s was far more than a simple reaction to the alleged excesses of the 1920s. For more than a century before 1929, America's unbridled industrial revolution had gyrated through repeated boom-and-bust cycles, wastefully consuming capital and inflicting untold misery on city and countryside alike. Freedom from Fear explores how the nation agonized over its role in World War II, how it fought the war, why the United States won, and why the consequences of victory were sometimes sweet, sometimes ironic. In a compelling narrative, Kennedy analyzes the determinants of American strategy, the painful choices faced by commanders and statesmen, and the agonies inflicted on the millions of ordinary Americans who were compelled to swallow their fears and face battle as best they could. Both comprehensive and colorful, this account of the most convulsive period in American history, excepting only the Civil War, reveals a period that formed the crucible in which modern America was formed. Please note: The individual volumes of the series have not been published in historical order. Freedom from Fear is number IX in The Oxford History of the United States. Critic Reviews: An engrossing narrative of a momentous time. (New York Times Book Review) bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (David M. Kennedy) Mon, 20 Sep 2010 04:43:48 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Freedom-from-Fear-Audiobook/B0043G86F8 thebookvoice.com 31:28:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Freedom from Fear Subtitle: The American People in Depression and War, 19291945 Author: David M. Kennedy Narrator: Tom Weiner Format: Unabridged Length: 31 hrs and 28 mins Language: English Release date: 09-20-10 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 350 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Between 1929 and 1945, two great travails were visited upon the American people: the Great Depression and World War II. This Pulitzer Prize-winning history tells the story of how Americans endured, and eventually prevailed, in the face of those unprecedented calamities. The Depression was both a disaster and an opportunity. As David Kennedy vividly demonstrates, the economic crisis of the 1930s was far more than a simple reaction to the alleged excesses of the 1920s. For more than a century before 1929, America's unbridled industrial revolution had gyrated through repeated boom-and-bust cycles, wastefully consuming capital and inflicting untold misery on city and countryside alike. Freedom from Fear explores how the nation agonized over its role in World War II, how it fought the war, why the United States won, and why the consequences of victory were sometimes sweet, sometimes ironic. In a compelling narrative, Kennedy analyzes the determinants of American strategy, the painful choices faced by commanders and statesmen, and the agonies inflicted on the millions of ordinary Americans who were compelled to swallow their fears and face battle as best they could. Both comprehensive and colorful, this account of the most convulsive period in American history, excepting only the Civil War, reveals a period that formed the crucible in which modern America was formed. Please note: The individual volumes of the series have not been published in historical order. Freedom from Fear is number IX in The Oxford History of the United States. Critic Reviews: An engrossing narrative of a momentous time. (New York Times Book Review) Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Freedom from Fear Subtitle: The American People in Depression and War, 19291945 Author: David M. Kennedy Narrator: Tom Weiner Format: Unabridged Length: 31 hrs and 28 mins Language: English Release date: 09-20-10 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 350 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Between 1929 and 1945, two great travails were visited upon the American people: the Great Depression and World War II. This Pulitzer Prize-winning history tells the story of how Americans endured, and eventually prevailed, in the face of those unprecedented calamities. The Depression was both a disaster and an opportunity. As David Kennedy vividly demonstrates, the economic crisis of the 1930s was far more than a simple reaction to the alleged excesses of the 1920s. For more than a century before 1929, America's unbridled industrial revolution had gyrated through repeated boom-and-bust cycles, wastefully consuming capital and inflicting untold misery on city and countryside alike. Freedom from Fear explores how the nation agonized over its role in World War II, how it fought the war, why the United States won, and why the consequences of victory were sometimes sweet, sometimes ironic. In a compelling narrative, Kennedy analyzes the determinants of American strategy, the painful choices faced by commanders and statesmen, and the agonies inflicted on the millions of ordinary Americans who were compelled to swallow their fears and face battle as best they could. Both comprehensive and colorful, this account of the most convulsive period in American history, excepting only the Civil War, reveals a period that formed the crucible in which modern America was formed. Please note: The individual volumes of the series have not been published in historical order. Freedom from Fear is number IX in The Oxford History of the United States. Critic Reviews: An engrossing narrative of a momentous time. (New York Times Book Review) Members Reviews: Good summary of a pivotal time. While not very deep, this book presents a balanced overview of the Roosevelt presidency and provides a good jumping off point for those (like myself) who are interested in exploring selected topics from this era in greater detail. "Freedom from Fear" provides a balanced view of FDR, citing his accomplishments, but not sugar coating the mistakes and personal flaws of this most controversial figure. Outstanding As good as it gets. Well read with a quick pace, the book moves quickly painting a panoramic view of these years, scanning across the US as well as its relationship to the rest of the world. Very rapidly paced, well research, outstandingly read and presented. A great part of the Oxford history series. highly recommended. Well done, But a little off target There was too much emphasis on statistics and Franklin Delano Roosevelt in this book for my taste. I wanted to hear what the times were like in the words of people who lived through them.The author chose to portray the select circle of the movers and shakers. The book that was written was well done. The writing had a good flow and there were many interesting details about events and people. The author went out of his way to give Herbert Hoover credit for being a good President who was overwhelmed by circumstances. Many of the issues of the times were set forth well.It was made clear that Roosevelt suffered a long term loss in prestige when he proposed the court packing plan. I have enjoyed the Oxford series and several are outstanding books. I didn't think this was one of the best but it is a well written and thoroughly researched work of history. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Renas-Promise-Audiobook/B00GI0VYTC Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Rena's Promise Subtitle: A Story of Sisters in Auschwitz Author: Rena Kornreich Gelissen, Heather Dune Macadam Narrator: Heather Dune Macadam Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins Language: English Release date: 11-07-13 Publisher: Rena's Promise LLC Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 156 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: "I do not hate. To hate is to let Hitler win." - Rena Kornreich Gelissen. On March 26, 1942, the first mass transport of Jews - 999 young women - arrived in Auschwitz. Among them was Rena Kornreich, the 716th woman numbered in camp. A few days later, her sister Danka arrives and so begins a trial of love and courage that will last three years and 41 days, from the beginning Auschwitz death camp to the end of the war. Rena's Promise stands out from other memoirs not only for the mere length of time she spent in the camps (no other survivor from the first transport has ever written about her experience) but for her dedication to honoring the bonds between mothers, daughters, and sisters, prisoners, and even guards. From her escape from Dr. Mengele's experiment detail to her surreal meetings with SS woman Irma Grese, Rena tells a dynamic tale of courage and compassion that reminds us of the resiliency of the human spirit, and the power of people to help one another in unimaginable circumstances, be they Gentile or Jew, German or Pole, kapo or prisoner. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Rena Kornreich Gelissen) Thu, 07 Nov 2013 04:19:53 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Renas-Promise-Audiobook/B00GI0VYTC thebookvoice.com 09:11:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Rena's Promise Subtitle: A Story of Sisters in Auschwitz Author: Rena Kornreich Gelissen, Heather Dune Macadam Narrator: Heather Dune Macadam Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins Language: English Release date: 11-07-13 Publisher: Rena's Promise LLC Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 156 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: "I do not hate. To hate is to let Hitler win." - Rena Kornreich Gelissen. On March 26, 1942, the first mass transport of Jews - 999 young women - arrived in Auschwitz. Among them was Rena Kornreich, the 716th woman numbered in camp. A few days later, her sister Danka arrives and so begins a trial of love and courage that will last three years and 41 days, from the beginning Auschwitz death camp to the end of the war. Rena's Promise stands out from other memoirs not only for the mere length of time she spent in the camps (no other survivor from the first transport has ever written about her experience) but for her dedication to honoring the bonds between mothers, daughters, and sisters, prisoners, and even guards. From her escape from Dr. Mengele's experiment detail to her surreal meetings with SS woman Irma Grese, Rena tells a dynamic tale of courage and compassion that reminds us of the resiliency of the human spirit, and the power of people to help one another in unimaginable circumstances, be they Gentile or Jew, German or Pole, kapo or prisoner. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Rena's Promise Subtitle: A Story of Sisters in Auschwitz Author: Rena Kornreich Gelissen, Heather Dune Macadam Narrator: Heather Dune Macadam Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins Language: English Release date: 11-07-13 Publisher: Rena's Promise LLC Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 156 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: "I do not hate. To hate is to let Hitler win." - Rena Kornreich Gelissen. On March 26, 1942, the first mass transport of Jews - 999 young women - arrived in Auschwitz. Among them was Rena Kornreich, the 716th woman numbered in camp. A few days later, her sister Danka arrives and so begins a trial of love and courage that will last three years and 41 days, from the beginning Auschwitz death camp to the end of the war. Rena's Promise stands out from other memoirs not only for the mere length of time she spent in the camps (no other survivor from the first transport has ever written about her experience) but for her dedication to honoring the bonds between mothers, daughters, and sisters, prisoners, and even guards. From her escape from Dr. Mengele's experiment detail to her surreal meetings with SS woman Irma Grese, Rena tells a dynamic tale of courage and compassion that reminds us of the resiliency of the human spirit, and the power of people to help one another in unimaginable circumstances, be they Gentile or Jew, German or Pole, kapo or prisoner. Members Reviews: Excellent Content / Horrible Production You could fairly say I am addicted to Holocaust survival stories. I never tire hearing about peoples challenges and how they overcame the worst possible odds its an amazing testament to human resilience. Always impressive. The production value of this audio book however is the pits! Its as if it was recorded in 3 different rooms, and then spliced together to make one audio file. The sound is jumpy, the volume is inconsistent, I even thought the narrator had changed on occasion it did the subject matter a huge disservice as the cuts were so jarring and distracting. I wish there was a way to rate this other then lumping it in with performance in Audibles star rating system because this is not a critique of the narrator. Overall, it was great content, just a terrible assembly. Amazing I love this book. I chose this memoir for my college Holocaust history corse research paper. It's incredible what those girls had to go through and they still used their agency to live happy successful lives. It's also wonderful how it brings to life the actual people who were sent to these camps, how they were just that. People. not statistics or numbers but actual people who were cast down by their society because of their religion. It's devastating what happened to those people and it should never be forgotten. I believe everyone should read this book. If we don't educate ourselves on subjects like this, if we act ignorant or disassociate ourselves with these people then mass genocide will continue. I also very much appreciate the authors not at the very end about her cat. It brought a smile to my face :) Holocaust Memoir Overshadowed by Poor Organization Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not? Yes; although hard to follow this book shows how the love, mutual commitment, and wit of two sisters helped them to survive years in a concentration camp. Would you recommend Rena's Promise to your friends? Why or why not? Yes, see above. Did the narration match the pace of the story? Yes Was Rena's Promise worth the listening time? Well yes. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Glock-Audiobook/B006TJX0UI Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Glock Subtitle: The Rise of America's Gun Author: Paul M. Barrett Narrator: Kiff VandenHeuvel Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins Language: English Release date: 01-10-12 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 462 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Based on 15 years of research, Glock is the riveting story of the weapon that has become known as Americas gun. Today the Glock pistol has been embraced by two-thirds of all U.S. police departments, glamorized in countless Hollywood movies, and featured as a ubiquitous presence on prime-time TV. It has been rhapsodized by hip-hop artists, and coveted by cops and crooks alike. Created in 1982 by Gaston Glock, an obscure Austrian curtain-rod manufacturer, and swiftly adopted by the Austrian army, the Glock pistol, with its lightweight plastic frame and large-capacity spring-action magazine, arrived in America at a fortuitous time. Law enforcement agencies had concluded that their agents and officers, armed with standard six-round revolvers, were getting "outgunned" by drug dealers with semi-automatic pistols. They needed a new gun. When Karl Water, a firearm salesman based in the U.S. first saw a Glock in 1984, his reaction was, Jeez, thats ugly. But the advantages of the pistol soon became apparent. The standard semi-automatic Glock could fire as many as 17 bullets from its magazine without reloading. (One equipped with an extended 33 cartridge magazine was used in Tucson to shoot Gabrielle Giffords and 19 others). It was built with only 36 parts that were interchangeable with those of other models. You could drop it underwater, toss it from a helicopter, or leave it out in the snow, and it would still fire. It was reliable, accurate, lightweight, and cheaper to produce than Smith and Wessons revolver. Made in part of hardened plastic, it was even rumored (incorrectly) to be invisible to airport security screening. Filled with corporate intrigue, political maneuvering, Hollywood glitz, bloody shoot-outs - and an attempt on Gaston Glocks life by a former lieutenant - Glock is at once the inside account of how Glock the company went about marketing its pistol to police agencies and later the public, as well as a compelling chronicle of the evolution of gun culture in America. Critic Reviews: This book - from a top-notch reporter - will enlighten you about both gun culture and business culture. Its fascinating, even-handed, and packs considerable punch! (Bill McKibben, best-selling author of The End of Nature, Deep Economy, and The Age of Missing Information) Glock is a riveting tale with masterful pacing and meticulous research. Paul Barrett knows his subject intimately, and it shows.... Its a must-read for anyone with an interest in handguns or the firearm industry or even American pop culture. (Cameron Hopkins, editor in chief, Combat Tactics magazine; American Riflemans Industry Insider blog) With his customary insight and crystal-clear style, Paul Barrett has told the story of how a simple toolmaker from Austria came to be the dominant force in the manufacture and sale of pistols in the United States.... Glock is not at all just for the gun enthusiast. This book is for anyone concerned about the level of gun violence in America, and that should be all of us. (Richard Aborn, president, Citizens Crime Commission of New York City; former president, Handgun Control, Inc.) bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Paul M. Barrett) Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:23:13 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Glock-Audiobook/B006TJX0UI thebookvoice.com 08:14:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Glock Subtitle: The Rise of America's Gun Author: Paul M. Barrett Narrator: Kiff VandenHeuvel Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins Language: English Release date: 01-10-12 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 462 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Based on 15 years of research, Glock is the riveting story of the weapon that has become known as Americas gun. Today the Glock pistol has been embraced by two-thirds of all U.S. police departments, glamorized in countless Hollywood movies, and featured as a ubiquitous presence on prime-time TV. It has been rhapsodized by hip-hop artists, and coveted by cops and crooks alike. Created in 1982 by Gaston Glock, an obscure Austrian curtain-rod manufacturer, and swiftly adopted by the Austrian army, the Glock pistol, with its lightweight plastic frame and large-capacity spring-action magazine, arrived in America at a fortuitous time. Law enforcement agencies had concluded that their agents and officers, armed with standard six-round revolvers, were getting "outgunned" by drug dealers with semi-automatic pistols. They needed a new gun. When Karl Water, a firearm salesman based in the U.S. first saw a Glock in 1984, his reaction was, Jeez, thats ugly. But the advantages of the pistol soon became apparent. The standard semi-automatic Glock could fire as many as 17 bullets from its magazine without reloading. (One equipped with an extended 33 cartridge magazine was used in Tucson to shoot Gabrielle Giffords and 19 others). It was built with only 36 parts that were interchangeable with those of other models. You could drop it underwater, toss it from a helicopter, or leave it out in the snow, and it would still fire. It was reliable, accurate, lightweight, and cheaper to produce than Smith and Wessons revolver. Made in part of hardened plastic, it was even rumored (incorrectly) to be invisible to airport security screening. Filled with corporate intrigue, political maneuvering, Hollywood glitz, bloody shoot-outs - and an attempt on Gaston Glocks life by a former lieutenant - Glock is at once the inside account of how Glock the company went about marketing its pistol to police agencies and later the public, as well as a compelling chronicle of the evolution of gun culture in America. Critic Reviews: This book - from a top-notch reporter - will enlighten you about both gun culture and business culture. Its fascinating, even-handed, and packs considerable punch! (Bill McKibben, best-selling author of The End of Nature, Deep Economy, and The Age of Missing Information) Glock is a riveting tale with masterful pacing and meticulous research. Paul Barrett knows his subject intimately, and it shows.... Its a must-read for anyone with an interest in handguns or the firearm industry or even American pop culture. (Cameron Hopkins, editor in chief, Combat Tactics magazine; American Riflemans Industry Insider blog) With his customary insight and crystal-clear style, Paul Barrett has told the story of how a simple toolmaker from Austria came to be the dominant force in the manufacture and sale of pistols in the United States.... Glock is not at all just for the gun enthusiast. This book is for anyone concerned about the level of gun violence in America, and that should be all of us. (Richard Aborn, president, Citizens Crime Commission of New York City; former president, Handgun Control, Inc.) Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Glock Subtitle: The Rise of America's Gun Author: Paul M. Barrett Narrator: Kiff VandenHeuvel Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins Language: English Release date: 01-10-12 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 462 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Based on 15 years of research, Glock is the riveting story of the weapon that has become known as Americas gun. Today the Glock pistol has been embraced by two-thirds of all U.S. police departments, glamorized in countless Hollywood movies, and featured as a ubiquitous presence on prime-time TV. It has been rhapsodized by hip-hop artists, and coveted by cops and crooks alike. Created in 1982 by Gaston Glock, an obscure Austrian curtain-rod manufacturer, and swiftly adopted by the Austrian army, the Glock pistol, with its lightweight plastic frame and large-capacity spring-action magazine, arrived in America at a fortuitous time. Law enforcement agencies had concluded that their agents and officers, armed with standard six-round revolvers, were getting "outgunned" by drug dealers with semi-automatic pistols. They needed a new gun. When Karl Water, a firearm salesman based in the U.S. first saw a Glock in 1984, his reaction was, Jeez, thats ugly. But the advantages of the pistol soon became apparent. The standard semi-automatic Glock could fire as many as 17 bullets from its magazine without reloading. (One equipped with an extended 33 cartridge magazine was used in Tucson to shoot Gabrielle Giffords and 19 others). It was built with only 36 parts that were interchangeable with those of other models. You could drop it underwater, toss it from a helicopter, or leave it out in the snow, and it would still fire. It was reliable, accurate, lightweight, and cheaper to produce than Smith and Wessons revolver. Made in part of hardened plastic, it was even rumored (incorrectly) to be invisible to airport security screening. Filled with corporate intrigue, political maneuvering, Hollywood glitz, bloody shoot-outs - and an attempt on Gaston Glocks life by a former lieutenant - Glock is at once the inside account of how Glock the company went about marketing its pistol to police agencies and later the public, as well as a compelling chronicle of the evolution of gun culture in America. Critic Reviews: This book - from a top-notch reporter - will enlighten you about both gun culture and business culture. Its fascinating, even-handed, and packs considerable punch! (Bill McKibben, best-selling author of The End of Nature, Deep Economy, and The Age of Missing Information) Glock is a riveting tale with masterful pacing and meticulous research. Paul Barrett knows his subject intimately, and it shows.... Its a must-read for anyone with an interest in handguns or the firearm industry or even American pop culture. (Cameron Hopkins, editor in chief, Combat Tactics magazine; American Riflemans Industry Insider blog) With his customary insight and crystal-clear style, Paul Barrett has told the story of how a simple toolmaker from Austria came to be the dominant force in the manufacture and sale of pistols in the United States.... Glock is not at all just for the gun enthusiast. This book is for anyone concerned about the level of gun violence in America, and that should be all of us. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Last-Call-Audiobook/B005QDO0KW Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Last Call Subtitle: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition Author: Daniel Okrent Narrator: Richard Poe Format: Unabridged Length: 17 hrs and 54 mins Language: English Release date: 09-29-11 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 251 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: A brilliant, authoritative, and fascinating history of Americas most puzzling era, the years 1920 to 1933, when the U.S. Constitution was amended to restrict one of Americas favorite pastimes: drinking alcoholic beverages. From its start, America has been awash in drink. The sailing vessel that brought John Winthrop to the shores of the New World in 1630 carried more beer than water. By the 1820s, liquor flowed so plentifully it was cheaper than tea. That Americans would ever agree to relinquish their booze was as improbable as it was astonishing. Yet we did, and Last Call is Daniel Okrents dazzling explanation of why we did it, what life under Prohibition was like, and how such an unprecedented degree of government interference in the private lives of Americans changed the country forever. Writing with both wit and historical acuity, Okrent reveals how Prohibition marked a confluence of diverse forces: the growing political power of the womens suffrage movement, which allied itself with the antiliquor campaign; the fear of small-town, native-stock Protestants that they were losing control of their country to the immigrants of the large cities; the anti-German sentiment stoked by World War I; and a variety of other unlikely factors, ranging from the rise of the automobile to the advent of the income tax. Through it all, Americans kept drinking, going to remarkably creative lengths to smuggle, sell, conceal, and convivially (and sometimes fatally) imbibe their favorite intoxicants. Last Call is peopled with vivid characters of an astonishing variety: Susan B. Anthony and Billy Sunday, William Jennings Bryan and bootlegger Sam Bronfman, Pierre S. du Pont and H. L. Mencken, Meyer Lansky and the incredibleif long-forgottenfederal official Mabel Walker Willebrandt, who throughout the 20s was the most powerful woman in the country. (Perhaps most surprising of all is Okrents account of Joseph P. Kennedys legendary, and long-misunderstood, role in the liquor business.) Its a book rich with stories from nearly all parts of the country. Okrents narrative runs through smoky Manhattan speakeasies, where relations between the sexes were changed forever; California vineyards busily producing sacramental wine; New England fishing communities that gave up fishing for the more lucrative rum-running business; and in Washington, the halls of Congress itself, where politicians who had voted for Prohibition drank openly and without apology. Last Call is capacious, meticulous, and thrillingly told. It stands as the most complete history of Prohibition ever written and confirms Daniel Okrents rank as a major American writer. Critic Reviews: This is history served the way one likes it, with scholarly authority and literary grace. Last Call is a fascinating portrait of an era and a very entertaining tale." (Tracy Kidder) Last Call is - I can't help it - a high, an upper, a delicious cocktail of a book, served with a twist or two and plenty of punch. (Evan Thomas, Newsweek) A triumph. Okrent brilliantly captures the one glaring 'whoops!' in our Constitutional history. This entertaining portrait should stimulate fresh thought on the capacity and purpose of free government. (Taylor Branch) bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Daniel Okrent) Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:38:49 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Last-Call-Audiobook/B005QDO0KW thebookvoice.com 17:54:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Last Call Subtitle: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition Author: Daniel Okrent Narrator: Richard Poe Format: Unabridged Length: 17 hrs and 54 mins Language: English Release date: 09-29-11 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 251 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: A brilliant, authoritative, and fascinating history of Americas most puzzling era, the years 1920 to 1933, when the U.S. Constitution was amended to restrict one of Americas favorite pastimes: drinking alcoholic beverages. From its start, America has been awash in drink. The sailing vessel that brought John Winthrop to the shores of the New World in 1630 carried more beer than water. By the 1820s, liquor flowed so plentifully it was cheaper than tea. That Americans would ever agree to relinquish their booze was as improbable as it was astonishing. Yet we did, and Last Call is Daniel Okrents dazzling explanation of why we did it, what life under Prohibition was like, and how such an unprecedented degree of government interference in the private lives of Americans changed the country forever. Writing with both wit and historical acuity, Okrent reveals how Prohibition marked a confluence of diverse forces: the growing political power of the womens suffrage movement, which allied itself with the antiliquor campaign; the fear of small-town, native-stock Protestants that they were losing control of their country to the immigrants of the large cities; the anti-German sentiment stoked by World War I; and a variety of other unlikely factors, ranging from the rise of the automobile to the advent of the income tax. Through it all, Americans kept drinking, going to remarkably creative lengths to smuggle, sell, conceal, and convivially (and sometimes fatally) imbibe their favorite intoxicants. Last Call is peopled with vivid characters of an astonishing variety: Susan B. Anthony and Billy Sunday, William Jennings Bryan and bootlegger Sam Bronfman, Pierre S. du Pont and H. L. Mencken, Meyer Lansky and the incredibleif long-forgottenfederal official Mabel Walker Willebrandt, who throughout the 20s was the most powerful woman in the country. (Perhaps most surprising of all is Okrents account of Joseph P. Kennedys legendary, and long-misunderstood, role in the liquor business.) Its a book rich with stories from nearly all parts of the country. Okrents narrative runs through smoky Manhattan speakeasies, where relations between the sexes were changed forever; California vineyards busily producing sacramental wine; New England fishing communities that gave up fishing for the more lucrative rum-running business; and in Washington, the halls of Congress itself, where politicians who had voted for Prohibition drank openly and without apology. Last Call is capacious, meticulous, and thrillingly told. It stands as the most complete history of Prohibition ever written and confirms Daniel Okrents rank as a major American writer. Critic Reviews: This is history served the way one likes it, with scholarly authority and literary grace. Last Call is a fascinating portrait of an era and a very entertaining tale." (Tracy Kidder) Last Call is - I can't help it - a high, an upper, a delicious cocktail of a book, served with a twist or two and plenty of punch. (Evan Thomas, Newsweek) A triumph. Okrent brilliantly captures the one glaring 'whoops!' in our Constitutional history. This entertaining portrait should stimulate fresh thought on the capacity and purpose of free government. (Taylor Branch) Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Last Call Subtitle: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition Author: Daniel Okrent Narrator: Richard Poe Format: Unabridged Length: 17 hrs and 54 mins Language: English Release date: 09-29-11 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 251 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: A brilliant, authoritative, and fascinating history of Americas most puzzling era, the years 1920 to 1933, when the U.S. Constitution was amended to restrict one of Americas favorite pastimes: drinking alcoholic beverages. From its start, America has been awash in drink. The sailing vessel that brought John Winthrop to the shores of the New World in 1630 carried more beer than water. By the 1820s, liquor flowed so plentifully it was cheaper than tea. That Americans would ever agree to relinquish their booze was as improbable as it was astonishing. Yet we did, and Last Call is Daniel Okrents dazzling explanation of why we did it, what life under Prohibition was like, and how such an unprecedented degree of government interference in the private lives of Americans changed the country forever. Writing with both wit and historical acuity, Okrent reveals how Prohibition marked a confluence of diverse forces: the growing political power of the womens suffrage movement, which allied itself with the antiliquor campaign; the fear of small-town, native-stock Protestants that they were losing control of their country to the immigrants of the large cities; the anti-German sentiment stoked by World War I; and a variety of other unlikely factors, ranging from the rise of the automobile to the advent of the income tax. Through it all, Americans kept drinking, going to remarkably creative lengths to smuggle, sell, conceal, and convivially (and sometimes fatally) imbibe their favorite intoxicants. Last Call is peopled with vivid characters of an astonishing variety: Susan B. Anthony and Billy Sunday, William Jennings Bryan and bootlegger Sam Bronfman, Pierre S. du Pont and H. L. Mencken, Meyer Lansky and the incredibleif long-forgottenfederal official Mabel Walker Willebrandt, who throughout the 20s was the most powerful woman in the country. (Perhaps most surprising of all is Okrents account of Joseph P. Kennedys legendary, and long-misunderstood, role in the liquor business.) Its a book rich with stories from nearly all parts of the country. Okrents narrative runs through smoky Manhattan speakeasies, where relations between the sexes were changed forever; California vineyards busily producing sacramental wine; New England fishing communities that gave up fishing for the more lucrative rum-running business; and in Washington, the halls of Congress itself, where politicians who had voted for Prohibition drank openly and without apology. Last Call is capacious, meticulous, and thrillingly told. It stands as the most complete history of Prohibition ever written and confirms Daniel Okrents rank as a major American writer. Critic Reviews: This is history served the way one likes it, with scholarly authority and literary grace. Last Call is a fascinating portrait of an era and a very entertaining tale." (Tracy Kidder) Last Call is - I can't help it - a high, an upper, a delicious cocktail of a book, served with a twist or two and plenty of punch. (Evan Thomas, Newsweek) A triumph. Okrent brilliantly captures the one glaring 'whoops!' in our Constitutional history. This entertaining portrait should stimulate fresh thought on the capacity and purpose of free government. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Dream-Machine-Audiobook/B003L2FUVI Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Dream Machine Subtitle: The Untold History of the Notorious V-22 Osprey Author: Richard Whittle Narrator: Kevin Foley Format: Unabridged Length: 18 hrs and 32 mins Language: English Release date: 05-07-10 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 74 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: When the Marines decided to buy a helicopter-airplane hybrid "tiltrotor" called the V-22 Osprey, they saw it as their dream machine. The tiltrotor was the aviation equivalent of finding the Northwest Passage: an aircraft able to take off, land, and hover with the agility of a helicopter yet fly as fast and as far as an airplane. Many predicted it would reshape civilian aviation. The Marines saw it as key to their very survival. By 2000, the Osprey was nine years late and billions of dollars over budget, bedeviled by technological hurdles, business rivalries, and an epic political battle over whether to build it at all. Opponents called it one of the worst boondoggles in Pentagon history. The Marines were eager to put it into service anyway. Then two crashes killed 23 Marines. They still refused to abandon the Osprey, even after the Corps' own proud reputation was tarnished by a national scandal over accusations that a commander had ordered subordinates to lie about the aircraft's problems. Based on in-depth research and hundreds of interviews, The Dream Machine recounts the Marines' quarter-century struggle to get the Osprey into combat. Whittle takes the listener from the halls of the Pentagon and Congress to the war zone of Iraq, from the engineer's drafting table to the cockpits of the civilian and Marine pilots who risked their lives flying the Osprey - and sometimes lost them. He reveals the methods, motives, and obsessions of those who designed, sold, bought, flew, and fought for the tiltrotor. These stories, including never-before-published eyewitness accounts of the crashes that made the Osprey notorious, not only chronicle an extraordinary chapter in Marine Corps history but also provide a fascinating look at a machine that could still revolutionize air travel. Critic Reviews: The Dream Machine expertly weaves telling technical details with heart-stopping human drama into a riveting, fast-paced history of one of the military's most controversial war machines. (The New York Times) bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Richard Whittle) Fri, 07 May 2010 20:22:18 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Dream-Machine-Audiobook/B003L2FUVI thebookvoice.com 18:32:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Dream Machine Subtitle: The Untold History of the Notorious V-22 Osprey Author: Richard Whittle Narrator: Kevin Foley Format: Unabridged Length: 18 hrs and 32 mins Language: English Release date: 05-07-10 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 74 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: When the Marines decided to buy a helicopter-airplane hybrid "tiltrotor" called the V-22 Osprey, they saw it as their dream machine. The tiltrotor was the aviation equivalent of finding the Northwest Passage: an aircraft able to take off, land, and hover with the agility of a helicopter yet fly as fast and as far as an airplane. Many predicted it would reshape civilian aviation. The Marines saw it as key to their very survival. By 2000, the Osprey was nine years late and billions of dollars over budget, bedeviled by technological hurdles, business rivalries, and an epic political battle over whether to build it at all. Opponents called it one of the worst boondoggles in Pentagon history. The Marines were eager to put it into service anyway. Then two crashes killed 23 Marines. They still refused to abandon the Osprey, even after the Corps' own proud reputation was tarnished by a national scandal over accusations that a commander had ordered subordinates to lie about the aircraft's problems. Based on in-depth research and hundreds of interviews, The Dream Machine recounts the Marines' quarter-century struggle to get the Osprey into combat. Whittle takes the listener from the halls of the Pentagon and Congress to the war zone of Iraq, from the engineer's drafting table to the cockpits of the civilian and Marine pilots who risked their lives flying the Osprey - and sometimes lost them. He reveals the methods, motives, and obsessions of those who designed, sold, bought, flew, and fought for the tiltrotor. These stories, including never-before-published eyewitness accounts of the crashes that made the Osprey notorious, not only chronicle an extraordinary chapter in Marine Corps history but also provide a fascinating look at a machine that could still revolutionize air travel. Critic Reviews: The Dream Machine expertly weaves telling technical details with heart-stopping human drama into a riveting, fast-paced history of one of the military's most controversial war machines. (The New York Times) Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Dream Machine Subtitle: The Untold History of the Notorious V-22 Osprey Author: Richard Whittle Narrator: Kevin Foley Format: Unabridged Length: 18 hrs and 32 mins Language: English Release date: 05-07-10 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 74 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: When the Marines decided to buy a helicopter-airplane hybrid "tiltrotor" called the V-22 Osprey, they saw it as their dream machine. The tiltrotor was the aviation equivalent of finding the Northwest Passage: an aircraft able to take off, land, and hover with the agility of a helicopter yet fly as fast and as far as an airplane. Many predicted it would reshape civilian aviation. The Marines saw it as key to their very survival. By 2000, the Osprey was nine years late and billions of dollars over budget, bedeviled by technological hurdles, business rivalries, and an epic political battle over whether to build it at all. Opponents called it one of the worst boondoggles in Pentagon history. The Marines were eager to put it into service anyway. Then two crashes killed 23 Marines. They still refused to abandon the Osprey, even after the Corps' own proud reputation was tarnished by a national scandal over accusations that a commander had ordered subordinates to lie about the aircraft's problems. Based on in-depth research and hundreds of interviews, The Dream Machine recounts the Marines' quarter-century struggle to get the Osprey into combat. Whittle takes the listener from the halls of the Pentagon and Congress to the war zone of Iraq, from the engineer's drafting table to the cockpits of the civilian and Marine pilots who risked their lives flying the Osprey - and sometimes lost them. He reveals the methods, motives, and obsessions of those who designed, sold, bought, flew, and fought for the tiltrotor. These stories, including never-before-published eyewitness accounts of the crashes that made the Osprey notorious, not only chronicle an extraordinary chapter in Marine Corps history but also provide a fascinating look at a machine that could still revolutionize air travel. Critic Reviews: The Dream Machine expertly weaves telling technical details with heart-stopping human drama into a riveting, fast-paced history of one of the military's most controversial war machines. (The New York Times) Members Reviews: Innovation runs into government The book is about one aircraft. But author Richard Whittle provides insight into how government (bureaucrats and officers, processes, budgeting) and private companies and their executives affect one product, a military aircarft. The books gets into the Pentagon, Bell and Boeing, but is driven by key civilian and military players in the development of new aviation technology. Importantly, Whittle shows how key decisions trickle down, and can mean life and death to the lives of our servicemen and women. Well Written Book on the V-22 Would you listen to The Dream Machine again? Why? No, I wouldnt listen again. The book lacks a depth to its writing, its very biographical and informational. The stories that are included are good and entertaining, but theyre not absolutely captivating. What was one of the most memorable moments of The Dream Machine? The best part about this book is that it details the post-capture phase of the V-22 program, and lets the reader in on how the V-22 came to be. Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting? No, it wasnt a fun read, but thats mainly because I had to read it for work. Fascinating It is difficult to understand that a single machine required so long to be developed. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Lucky-666-Audiobook/B01LXP6BGJ Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Lucky 666 Subtitle: The Impossible Mission Author: Bob Drury, Tom Clavin Narrator: Jeremy Bobb Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins Language: English Release date: 10-25-16 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 475 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: From the authors of the New York Times best-selling The Heart of Everything That Is and Halsey's Typhoon comes the dramatic untold story of a daredevil bomber pilot and his misfit crew who fly their lone B-17 into the teeth of the Japanese Empire in 1943, engage in the longest dogfight in history, and change the momentum of the war in the Pacific - but not without making the ultimate sacrifice. It is 1942, the Japanese war machine has rolled up nearly all of the Pacific Theater, and American forces are clinging to what little unconquered territory remains. While US Marines claw their way across Guadalcanal, small contingents of US Army airmen make their way to the lonely, embattled Allied airbase on Papua New Guinea. Their mission: to defend Australia from invasion, harass Japanese supply lines, fly perilous bombing missions over enemy-held strongholds, and make reconnaissance runs to provide intelligence for America's nascent island-hopping campaign. Among these men are pilot Captain Jay Zeamer and bombardier Sergeant Joseph Raymond Sarnoski, whose swashbuckling reputations precede them. Zeamer, who cannot convince his superiors to give him his own plane, teams up with Sarnoski to recruit a crew of fellow misfits to rebuild a dilapidated B-17 bomber from spare parts in the base's junkyard. They christen the plane Old 666, naming it from its tail identification numbers. In June 1943, Zeamer and Sarnoski and their crew volunteer for a 1,200 mile suicide mission into the heart of the Japanese Empire that may well change the course of the war - but that only one of the two friends will survive. In Lucky 666, Drury and Clavin bring to vivid life one of the last great untold stories of World War II. Featuring personal letters, diaries, US Army Air Force after-action reports, even the translated Japanese Imperial Air Force's official account of the longest dogfight in history, Lucky 666 is a tale of friendship, heroism, and sacrifice set against the horrific backdrop of vicious aerial warfare, wounded crewmates, and a white-knuckle emergency landing in the jungles of New Guinea - a must-listen for anyone who loves pulse-pounding narrative nonfiction. bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Bob Drury) Tue, 25 Oct 2016 06:35:58 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/Lucky-666-Audiobook/B01LXP6BGJ thebookvoice.com 09:03:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Lucky 666 Subtitle: The Impossible Mission Author: Bob Drury, Tom Clavin Narrator: Jeremy Bobb Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins Language: English Release date: 10-25-16 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 475 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: From the authors of the New York Times best-selling The Heart of Everything That Is and Halsey's Typhoon comes the dramatic untold story of a daredevil bomber pilot and his misfit crew who fly their lone B-17 into the teeth of the Japanese Empire in 1943, engage in the longest dogfight in history, and change the momentum of the war in the Pacific - but not without making the ultimate sacrifice. It is 1942, the Japanese war machine has rolled up nearly all of the Pacific Theater, and American forces are clinging to what little unconquered territory remains. While US Marines claw their way across Guadalcanal, small contingents of US Army airmen make their way to the lonely, embattled Allied airbase on Papua New Guinea. Their mission: to defend Australia from invasion, harass Japanese supply lines, fly perilous bombing missions over enemy-held strongholds, and make reconnaissance runs to provide intelligence for America's nascent island-hopping campaign. Among these men are pilot Captain Jay Zeamer and bombardier Sergeant Joseph Raymond Sarnoski, whose swashbuckling reputations precede them. Zeamer, who cannot convince his superiors to give him his own plane, teams up with Sarnoski to recruit a crew of fellow misfits to rebuild a dilapidated B-17 bomber from spare parts in the base's junkyard. They christen the plane Old 666, naming it from its tail identification numbers. In June 1943, Zeamer and Sarnoski and their crew volunteer for a 1,200 mile suicide mission into the heart of the Japanese Empire that may well change the course of the war - but that only one of the two friends will survive. In Lucky 666, Drury and Clavin bring to vivid life one of the last great untold stories of World War II. Featuring personal letters, diaries, US Army Air Force after-action reports, even the translated Japanese Imperial Air Force's official account of the longest dogfight in history, Lucky 666 is a tale of friendship, heroism, and sacrifice set against the horrific backdrop of vicious aerial warfare, wounded crewmates, and a white-knuckle emergency landing in the jungles of New Guinea - a must-listen for anyone who loves pulse-pounding narrative nonfiction. Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Lucky 666 Subtitle: The Impossible Mission Author: Bob Drury, Tom Clavin Narrator: Jeremy Bobb Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins Language: English Release date: 10-25-16 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 475 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: From the authors of the New York Times best-selling The Heart of Everything That Is and Halsey's Typhoon comes the dramatic untold story of a daredevil bomber pilot and his misfit crew who fly their lone B-17 into the teeth of the Japanese Empire in 1943, engage in the longest dogfight in history, and change the momentum of the war in the Pacific - but not without making the ultimate sacrifice. It is 1942, the Japanese war machine has rolled up nearly all of the Pacific Theater, and American forces are clinging to what little unconquered territory remains. While US Marines claw their way across Guadalcanal, small contingents of US Army airmen make their way to the lonely, embattled Allied airbase on Papua New Guinea. Their mission: to defend Australia from invasion, harass Japanese supply lines, fly perilous bombing missions over enemy-held strongholds, and make reconnaissance runs to provide intelligence for America's nascent island-hopping campaign. Among these men are pilot Captain Jay Zeamer and bombardier Sergeant Joseph Raymond Sarnoski, whose swashbuckling reputations precede them. Zeamer, who cannot convince his superiors to give him his own plane, teams up with Sarnoski to recruit a crew of fellow misfits to rebuild a dilapidated B-17 bomber from spare parts in the base's junkyard. They christen the plane Old 666, naming it from its tail identification numbers. In June 1943, Zeamer and Sarnoski and their crew volunteer for a 1,200 mile suicide mission into the heart of the Japanese Empire that may well change the course of the war - but that only one of the two friends will survive. In Lucky 666, Drury and Clavin bring to vivid life one of the last great untold stories of World War II. Featuring personal letters, diaries, US Army Air Force after-action reports, even the translated Japanese Imperial Air Force's official account of the longest dogfight in history, Lucky 666 is a tale of friendship, heroism, and sacrifice set against the horrific backdrop of vicious aerial warfare, wounded crewmates, and a white-knuckle emergency landing in the jungles of New Guinea - a must-listen for anyone who loves pulse-pounding narrative nonfiction. Members Reviews: GOOD, BUT ALSO A LITTLE DISAPPOINTING Any additional comments? There is no doubt at all these gentleman were beyond brave, & still as of this day remain the flight crew who have been awarded the highest medals of any combat crew. So why am I disappointed. Well, the righting is very good as is the narration, but the first half of the book basically outlines the history of the war in the Pacific, I felt that detracts from keeping the focus of these stunningly brave men. After all the war in the Pacific went on for many years & involves many islands so it seems rushed to try & include the entire history of it in such a short book. The background story is relevant to the main characters stories, but would have much rather the author go into so much more depth about the combat crew as they are the heroes, & the story should be focused more on them. It could also be that their real feat of staggering bravery is encapsulated in one single stunning mission. So maybe it was just a case of padding the book out a little by including a broad view of the war in the Pacific. It is good, but I would recommend, "Unbreakable" or "A Higher Call". https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Second-World-War-A-Captivating-Guide-to-World-War-II-and-D-Day-Audiobook/B078HD1J6L Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Second World War: A Captivating Guide to World War II and D-Day Author: Captivating History Narrator: Duke Holm Format: Unabridged Length: 4 hrs and 6 mins Language: English Release date: 12-20-17 Publisher: Captivating History Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 51 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Explore how the Second World War began, the aftermath, and the events in between, while also getting an in-depth look into the extraordinary military operation called D-Day. Two captivating manuscripts in one audiobook: The Second World War was one of the most traumatic events in human history. Across the world, existing conflicts became connected, entangling nations in a vast web of violence. It was fought on land, sea, and air, touching every inhabited continent. Over 55 million people died, some of them combatants, some civilians caught up in the violence, and some murdered by their own governments. It was the war that unleashed the Holocaust and the atomic bomb upon the world. But it was also a war that featured acts of courage and self-sacrifice on every side. D-Day, the Allied invasion of German-held Normandy, was one of the most extraordinary achievements not only of the Second World War but in the whole of military history. Millions of Allied personnel were involved in launching the greatest sea-borne invasion ever undertaken. Incredible acts of cunning and of courage ensured success in an operation that changed the face of the war, opening a vast new front. It led to the liberation of France and the defeat of Nazi Germany. Why was this extraordinary operation launched? How was it done? And what happened in the aftermath? Listen to this audiobook now to learn more about World War 2 and D-Day! bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Captivating History) Wed, 20 Dec 2017 10:03:37 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/The-Second-World-War-A-Captivating-Guide-to-World-War-II-and-D-Day-Audiobook/B078HD1J6L thebookvoice.com 04:06:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Second World War: A Captivating Guide to World War II and D-Day Author: Captivating History Narrator: Duke Holm Format: Unabridged Length: 4 hrs and 6 mins Language: English Release date: 12-20-17 Publisher: Captivating History Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 51 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Explore how the Second World War began, the aftermath, and the events in between, while also getting an in-depth look into the extraordinary military operation called D-Day. Two captivating manuscripts in one audiobook: The Second World War was one of the most traumatic events in human history. Across the world, existing conflicts became connected, entangling nations in a vast web of violence. It was fought on land, sea, and air, touching every inhabited continent. Over 55 million people died, some of them combatants, some civilians caught up in the violence, and some murdered by their own governments. It was the war that unleashed the Holocaust and the atomic bomb upon the world. But it was also a war that featured acts of courage and self-sacrifice on every side. D-Day, the Allied invasion of German-held Normandy, was one of the most extraordinary achievements not only of the Second World War but in the whole of military history. Millions of Allied personnel were involved in launching the greatest sea-borne invasion ever undertaken. Incredible acts of cunning and of courage ensured success in an operation that changed the face of the war, opening a vast new front. It led to the liberation of France and the defeat of Nazi Germany. Why was this extraordinary operation launched? How was it done? And what happened in the aftermath? Listen to this audiobook now to learn more about World War 2 and D-Day! Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Second World War: A Captivating Guide to World War II and D-Day Author: Captivating History Narrator: Duke Holm Format: Unabridged Length: 4 hrs and 6 mins Language: English Release date: 12-20-17 Publisher: Captivating History Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 51 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Explore how the Second World War began, the aftermath, and the events in between, while also getting an in-depth look into the extraordinary military operation called D-Day. Two captivating manuscripts in one audiobook: The Second World War was one of the most traumatic events in human history. Across the world, existing conflicts became connected, entangling nations in a vast web of violence. It was fought on land, sea, and air, touching every inhabited continent. Over 55 million people died, some of them combatants, some civilians caught up in the violence, and some murdered by their own governments. It was the war that unleashed the Holocaust and the atomic bomb upon the world. But it was also a war that featured acts of courage and self-sacrifice on every side. D-Day, the Allied invasion of German-held Normandy, was one of the most extraordinary achievements not only of the Second World War but in the whole of military history. Millions of Allied personnel were involved in launching the greatest sea-borne invasion ever undertaken. Incredible acts of cunning and of courage ensured success in an operation that changed the face of the war, opening a vast new front. It led to the liberation of France and the defeat of Nazi Germany. Why was this extraordinary operation launched? How was it done? And what happened in the aftermath? Listen to this audiobook now to learn more about World War 2 and D-Day! Members Reviews: Very Well Written This is a well written and detailed account of the events of June 6, 1944. Between the personal anecdotes from the soldiers and the overall picture presented, I felt that I really got a good picture of the magnitude and history of that day. Now, I know what happened actually A great blow by blow account including the huge amount of planning and preparation involved. A compilation of historical recount and direct observation from many interviews. Those direct observations made it very personal and all the more compelling. The author doesn't pull any punches on the mistakes in planning and execution by all those involved. Interesting and educational If you're a fan of trivia/interesting facts or stories, you'll love this book. I enjoyed the layout of this book, with short chapters ending with some trivia questions to help you think more about what you listening. comprehensive overview It is an amazing description of the events of WWII. Full of details and presented in a very organized way. I am loving this book. It is really helping me understand the full history. Great detail. The book itself is excellent in most aspects though. It was a unique and mostly interesting approach to look at each day of the war and see the events unfold before us in a day-by-day, blow-by-blow approach. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/They-Thought-They-Were-Free-Audiobook/B072F819J6 Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: They Thought They Were Free Subtitle: The Germans, 1933-45 Author: Milton Mayer Narrator: Michael Page Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins Language: English Release date: 05-23-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 19 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: First published in 1955, They Thought They Were Free is an eloquent and provocative examination of the development of fascism in Germany. Milton Mayer's book is a study of 10 Germans and their lives from 1933-45, based on interviews he conducted after the war when he lived in Germany. Mayer had a position as a research professor at the University of Frankfurt and lived in a nearby small Hessian town which he disguised with the name "Kronenberg". "These ten men were not men of distinction," Mayer noted, but they had been members of the Nazi Party; Mayer wanted to discover what had made them Nazis. Critic Reviews: "Among the many books written on Germany after the collapse of Hitler's Thousand Year Reich, this book by Milton Mayer is one of the most readable and most enlightening." (New York Times) bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Milton Mayer) Tue, 23 May 2017 07:02:15 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/They-Thought-They-Were-Free-Audiobook/B072F819J6 thebookvoice.com 10:22:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: They Thought They Were Free Subtitle: The Germans, 1933-45 Author: Milton Mayer Narrator: Michael Page Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins Language: English Release date: 05-23-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 19 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: First published in 1955, They Thought They Were Free is an eloquent and provocative examination of the development of fascism in Germany. Milton Mayer's book is a study of 10 Germans and their lives from 1933-45, based on interviews he conducted after the war when he lived in Germany. Mayer had a position as a research professor at the University of Frankfurt and lived in a nearby small Hessian town which he disguised with the name "Kronenberg". "These ten men were not men of distinction," Mayer noted, but they had been members of the Nazi Party; Mayer wanted to discover what had made them Nazis. Critic Reviews: "Among the many books written on Germany after the collapse of Hitler's Thousand Year Reich, this book by Milton Mayer is one of the most readable and most enlightening." (New York Times) Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: They Thought They Were Free Subtitle: The Germans, 1933-45 Author: Milton Mayer Narrator: Michael Page Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins Language: English Release date: 05-23-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 19 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: First published in 1955, They Thought They Were Free is an eloquent and provocative examination of the development of fascism in Germany. Milton Mayer's book is a study of 10 Germans and their lives from 1933-45, based on interviews he conducted after the war when he lived in Germany. Mayer had a position as a research professor at the University of Frankfurt and lived in a nearby small Hessian town which he disguised with the name "Kronenberg". "These ten men were not men of distinction," Mayer noted, but they had been members of the Nazi Party; Mayer wanted to discover what had made them Nazis. Critic Reviews: "Among the many books written on Germany after the collapse of Hitler's Thousand Year Reich, this book by Milton Mayer is one of the most readable and most enlightening." (New York Times) Members Reviews: Well put. An intriguing and eye-opening look from the "other" perspective, with familiar overtones seen especially today. Disappointing except for the narrator I persisted as long as I did before returning the book because of the performance by Michael Page. He almost made an uninteresting and unoriginal book seem good. Time might change ones behaviour pattern Would you listen to They Thought They Were Free again? Why? Yes. It is a detailed account of the thought pattern(s) that led to the destruction of the German nation through the lives of ten average individuals in a small rural town, community. Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry? I found it a detailed book. Mr. Mayer, his presentation throughout the book gives the reader a constant barrage of options, in the various acts and behaviour of his 10 nazi friends. The constant how when where or why is always being asked in ones own mind. The book moves quickly from chapter to chapter and as often in my case, does soul searching. Any additional comments? I suggest that this book, might be presented to students throughout the world as an "eye opener" in regards to human behaviour. How it all did manage to come together, through no pattern of behaviour that might be deemed as what I call normal. To attempt to obliterate, erase humanity with justification? The world that I know weeps, I weep. https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/All-Your-Base-Are-Belong-to-Us-Audiobook/B00VGQUS6S Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: All Your Base Are Belong to Us Subtitle: How Fifty Years of Videogames Conquered Pop Culture Author: Harold Goldberg Narrator: Eric Martin Format: Unabridged Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins Language: English Release date: 04-01-15 Publisher: Harold Goldberg Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 124 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Through the stories of gaming's greatest innovations and most-beloved creations, journalist Harold Goldberg captures the creativity, controversy - and passion - behind the videogame's meteoric rise to the top of the pop-culture pantheon. Over the last 50 years, video games have grown from curiosities to fads to trends to one of the world's most popular forms of mass entertainment. But as the gaming industry grows in numerous directions, and everyone talks about the advance of the moment, few explore and seek to understand the forces behind this profound evolution. How did we get from Space Invaders to Grand Theft Auto? How exactly did gaming become a $50 billion industry and a dominant pop culture form? What are the stories, the people, the innovations, and the fascinations behind this incredible growth? Through extensive interviews with gaming's greatest innovators, both its icons and those unfairly forgotten by history, All Your Base Are Belong to Us sets out to answer these questions, exposing the creativity, odd theories - and passion - behind the 21st century's fastest-growing medium. Go inside the creation of: bdssaigon.net2@gmail.com (Harold Goldberg) Wed, 01 Apr 2015 16:15:05 GMT https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/pd/History/All-Your-Base-Are-Belong-to-Us-Audiobook/B00VGQUS6S thebookvoice.com 12:29:00 no Listen to full audiobooks for free on thebookvoice.com Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: All Your Base Are Belong to Us Subtitle: How Fifty Years of Videogames Conquered Pop Culture Author: Harold Goldberg Narrator: Eric Martin Format: Unabridged Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins Language: English Release date: 04-01-15 Publisher: Harold Goldberg Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 124 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Through the stories of gaming's greatest innovations and most-beloved creations, journalist Harold Goldberg captures the creativity, controversy - and passion - behind the videogame's meteoric rise to the top of the pop-culture pantheon. Over the last 50 years, video games have grown from curiosities to fads to trends to one of the world's most popular forms of mass entertainment. But as the gaming industry grows in numerous directions, and everyone talks about the advance of the moment, few explore and seek to understand the forces behind this profound evolution. How did we get from Space Invaders to Grand Theft Auto? How exactly did gaming become a $50 billion industry and a dominant pop culture form? What are the stories, the people, the innovations, and the fascinations behind this incredible growth? Through extensive interviews with gaming's greatest innovators, both its icons and those unfairly forgotten by history, All Your Base Are Belong to Us sets out to answer these questions, exposing the creativity, odd theories - and passion - behind the 21st century's fastest-growing medium. Go inside the creation of: Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/546/]]> to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: All Your Base Are Belong to Us Subtitle: How Fifty Years of Videogames Conquered Pop Culture Author: Harold Goldberg Narrator: Eric Martin Format: Unabridged Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins Language: English Release date: 04-01-15 Publisher: Harold Goldberg Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 124 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: Through the stories of gaming's greatest innovations and most-beloved creations, journalist Harold Goldberg captures the creativity, controversy - and passion - behind the videogame's meteoric rise to the top of the pop-culture pantheon. Over the last 50 years, video games have grown from curiosities to fads to trends to one of the world's most popular forms of mass entertainment. But as the gaming industry grows in numerous directions, and everyone talks about the advance of the moment, few explore and seek to understand the forces behind this profound evolution. How did we get from Space Invaders to Grand Theft Auto? How exactly did gaming become a $50 billion industry and a dominant pop culture form? What are the stories, the people, the innovations, and the fascinations behind this incredible growth? Through extensive interviews with gaming's greatest innovators, both its icons and those unfairly forgotten by history, All Your Base Are Belong to Us sets out to answer these questions, exposing the creativity, odd theories - and passion - behind the 21st century's fastest-growing medium. Go inside the creation of: Members Reviews: Some noticable flaws and incorrect information. Pretty good but got noticable things wrong including calling the twisted metal clown calypso in stead of Sweet Tooth which is the characters name. Also it states that from the get go the Xbox 360 had simple wifi connection when in reality, the first generation required a separate add on to access wifi. The last issue was small but he mistook the name of South Park's character Kyle for Lyle. Proofreading is important. A History of Game Developers, Not Games The book's title is somewhat misleading. Instead of an exploration of the effects that video games have had on pop culture, it reads much more like a collection of short scattered biographies of the men and women that made them, often spending far more time on the childhood and business practices of developers than the games that they created. Although the information provided is interesting, the writing becomes dull after the repetitive use of certain phrases and devices. The book also suffers from horrible organization, mentioning Nintendo in the 80's, EA in the 90's, then jumping back to Sierra in the 70's, and then to Nintendo again in the 2000's. It's obvious that the book could not be completely comprehensive of video game history, but for a book claiming to be about the effects on pop culture it has some very odd entries and omissions. The author praises "Crash Bandicoot" for it's soundtrack but never mentions Koji Kondo or his compositions for the Mario and Zelda series's, which are arguably the most recognizable soundtracks of all time. The creation of the failed 3DO gaming console gets its own entry, yet Sega's long history is barely a footnote used for comparison to a few other companies. Pokemon, the third highest selling franchise of all time, that has spawned card games, 19 movies, a tv show about to start its 20th season, comics, physical stores, and it's own theme park, doesn't even warrant a mention in this title.