Dr. R. Leggs
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Grant
- By: Ron Chernow
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 48 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 13,230
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 11,815
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Story5 out of 5 stars 11,750
Ulysses S. Grant's life has typically been misunderstood. All too often he is caricatured as a chronic loser and an inept businessman or as the triumphant but brutal Union general of the Civil War. But these stereotypes don't come close to capturing him, as Chernow reveals in his masterful biography, the first to provide a complete understanding of the general and president whose fortunes rose and fell with dizzying speed and frequency.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Book (BUT WHERE IS THE PDF FILES)????
- By Amazon Customer on 10-25-17
- Grant
- By: Ron Chernow
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
This book should be required reading
Reviewed: 09-16-23
For those interested in the history of our nation, owe it to themselves, a full knowledge of our former president, Ulysses, S Grant. This book shed light on not only the humble Kenny’s of this man is brilliant military career, but also his firm, passionate desire for our nation to proceed in harmony post Civil War at a time when our nation is currently very divisive we can learn much how this man strove to bring the people to this great nation together,
The narration of this book is superlative.
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Oliver Twist
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 16 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,753
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,464
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,465
After escaping from the dark and dismal workhouse where he was born, Oliver finds himself on the mean streets of Victorian-era London and is unwittingly recruited into a scabrous gang of scheming urchins. In this band of petty thieves, Oliver encounters the extraordinary and vibrant characters who have captured audiences' imaginations for more than 150 years.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing narration!
- By Karen on 12-11-08
- Oliver Twist
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
Classic Story
Reviewed: 07-25-23
A wonderful glimpse into early industrial revolution in England. Very descriptive. Details of living situation. The characters come to live. An engaging plot. And the narration is superb. Highly recommended.
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Burner
- Gray Man, Book 12
- By: Mark Greaney
- Narrated by: Jay Snyder
- Length: 16 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4,822
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4,184
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,173
When you kick over a rock, you never know what's going to crawl out. Alex Velesky is about to discover that the hard way. He's stolen records from the Swiss bank that employs him, thinking that he'll uncover a criminal conspiracy. But he soon finds that he's tapped into the mother lode of corruption. Before he knows it, he's being hunted by everyone from the Russian mafia to the CIA. Court Gentry and his erstwhile lover, Zoya Zakharova, find themselves on opposites poles when it comes to Velesky. They both want him, but for different reasons.
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5 out of 5 stars
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It’s a MASTERPIECE!!!!
- By shelley on 02-21-23
- Burner
- Gray Man, Book 12
- By: Mark Greaney
- Narrated by: Jay Snyder
A compelling Gray Man experience
Reviewed: 05-15-23
Mark Greaney continues to weave together, a timely and intriguing CIA story with past and newly introduced characters. The connection of the current Ukrainian Dash Russian conflict creates an issue interesting backdrop for the story. The book will not disappoint!
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The Cold War
- A New History
- By: John Lewis Gaddis
- Narrated by: Jay Gregory, Alan Sklar
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 983
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 709
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 704
Drawing on new and often startling information from newly opened Soviet, Eastern European, and Chinese archives, this thrilling account explores the strategic dynamics that drove the Cold War, provides illuminating portraits of its major personalities, and offers much fresh insight into its most crucial events. Riveting, revelatory, and wise, it tells a story whose lessons it is vitally necessary to understand as America once more faces an implacable ideological enemy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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WOW
- By Cordell eddings on 10-13-07
- The Cold War
- A New History
- By: John Lewis Gaddis
- Narrated by: Jay Gregory, Alan Sklar
A MUST READ
Reviewed: 11-27-22
For those interested in post, World War II history, and the so-called Cold War you’ll be amazed how epic and, what it was like during the midst of it, and how it ended. I formally did not recognize it as a war, but I was mistaken. This is a must read for those interested in post World War II history.
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Never
- A Novel
- By: Ken Follett
- Narrated by: January LaVoy
- Length: 23 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4,392
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,937
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Story4 out of 5 stars 3,920
Never is an extraordinary novel, full of heroines and villains, false prophets and elite warriors, jaded politicians and opportunistic revolutionaries. It brims with cautionary wisdom for our times, and delivers a visceral, heart-pounding story that transports listeners to the brink of the unimaginable.
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1 out of 5 stars
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I'll NEVER get through this one
- By Georgia on 11-11-21
- Never
- A Novel
- By: Ken Follett
- Narrated by: January LaVoy
DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME
Reviewed: 06-17-22
Ken Follett book Never develops two storylines that that are interconnected. One takes place in the Sahara desert in the other in Washington DC. The first involves a CIA agent and how he uncovers money supply line for terrorists. He weeves and intriguing story of how terrorists work and operate. However, the other storyline involves a fictional US president who attempts to keep the world safe from nuclear oblivion, but the story is very implausible and far from reality. It’s intermixed with non-purposeful time involving the presidents daughter and her love relationships and that of a failing marriage. These are phardly topics for a good espionage book. Yes it does give a warning as to nuclear war, but in a very unconvincing way.
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All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days
- The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler
- By: Rebecca Donner
- Narrated by: Rebecca Donner
- Length: 13 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 555
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 488
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 486
Born and raised in Milwaukee, Mildred Harnack was twenty-six when she enrolled in a PhD program in Germany and witnessed the meteoric rise of the Nazi party. In 1932, she began holding secret meetings in her apartment—a small band of political activists that by 1940 had grown into the largest underground resistance group in Berlin. She recruited working-class Germans into the resistance, helped Jews escape, plotted acts of sabotage, and collaborated in writing leaflets that denounced Hitler and called for revolution.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Riveting narrative non fiction
- By Sarah Q on 10-22-21
- All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days
- The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler
- By: Rebecca Donner
- Narrated by: Rebecca Donner
What took place in Nazi Germany for those Germans opposed to Hitler
Reviewed: 01-05-22
It was astonishing to learn how people were duped by Hitler, get some were able to see the truth to the propaganda. Their were many souls who risked their lives to speak to the truth. We can learn a lot from them as we address the issues in 2022.
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New York, New York, New York
- Four Decades of Success, Excess, and Transformation
- By: Thomas Dyja
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy, Thomas Dyja - introduction
- Length: 17 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 165
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 144
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 142
Dangerous, filthy, and falling apart, garbage piled on its streets and entire neighborhoods reduced to rubble; New York’s terrifying, if liberating, state of nature in 1978 also made it the capital of American culture. Over the next thirty-plus years, though, it became a different place - kinder and meaner, richer and poorer, more like America and less like what it had always been.
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5 out of 5 stars
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OMG...right on 👍👍👍👍👍
- By howie wine on 04-04-21
- New York, New York, New York
- Four Decades of Success, Excess, and Transformation
- By: Thomas Dyja
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy, Thomas Dyja - introduction
New York, New York
Reviewed: 10-21-21
As a 75 year old man from upstate New York I never realize the complexity nor the intrigue that took place 160 miles south of me. I find a better informed, and have a better understanding of this miracle we call New York City. I regret as an upstater I did not have more compassion what took place down the Hudson River. Enlighten yourself and take a listen.
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Two Years Before the Mast
- By: Richard Henry Dana
- Narrated by: Bernard Mayes
- Length: 16 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 391
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 298
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 292
Richard Henry Dana, a law student turned sailor for health reasons, sailed in 1834 aboard the brig Pilgrim on a voyage from Boston around Cape Horn to California. Drawing from his journals, Two Years Before the Mast gives a vivid and detailed account, shrewdly observed and beautifully described, of a common sailor's wretched treatment at sea, and of a way of life virtually unknown at that time.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Uncommon Common Sailor in the Age of Sail
- By Jefferson on 05-24-13
- Two Years Before the Mast
- By: Richard Henry Dana
- Narrated by: Bernard Mayes
The amazing life aboard a great sailing ship
Reviewed: 05-14-21
The bringing to life narration of life in the 1830’s aboard two of the great sailing ships of the time was a rewarding listen. Little did I know of the demanding life of those who sailed these wooden ships in such precarious seas. A glimpse of early California land and inhabitants contrasted well with life aboard ship. The nautical terminology left me looking up words to my delight. Highly recommended classic.
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Spearhead
- An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives in World War II
- By: Adam Makos
- Narrated by: Johnathan McClain
- Length: 13 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4,075
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3,726
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3,710
From the author of the international best seller A Higher Call comes the riveting World War II story of an American tank gunner’s journey into the heart of the Third Reich, where he will meet destiny in an iconic armor duel - and forge an enduring bond with his enemy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent
- By Msgr. John R. McGrath on 03-11-19
- Spearhead
- An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives in World War II
- By: Adam Makos
- Narrated by: Johnathan McClain
Unique perspective
Reviewed: 04-25-21
Author wall and wonderful story of characters that came alive both on the American and German sides. The story told of the valor and uncertainties of every day existence and described what appears to be a wonderful authentic description of day-to-day fighting in tank warfare. The narrator kept story moving at a good pace and very understandable.
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The One Man
- A Novel
- By: Andrew Gross
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,680
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,319
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,307
1944. Physics professor Alfred Mendel and his family were trying to flee Paris when they were caught and forced onto a train, along with thousands of other Jewish families. At the other end of the long, torturous train ride, Alfred is separated from his family and sent to the men’s camp, where all of his belongings are tossed on a roaring fire. His books, his papers, his life’s work. The Nazis have no idea what they have just destroyed. And without that physical record, Alfred is one of only two people in the world with his particular knowledge. Knowledge that could start a war, or end it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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You gotta have a STRONG stomach.
- By Richard Delman on 09-22-16
- The One Man
- A Novel
- By: Andrew Gross
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
CAPTIVATING
Reviewed: 01-08-21
This WW Ii novel allowed one to dream how persistence, good intentions and courage win out. The story moves along with believable characters with a seemingly impossible mission and good triumphs. The narrations was clear and made easy to know each character. A good listen.
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