Barry Davis
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Landing on the Edge of Eternity
- Twenty-Four Hours at Omaha Beach
- By: Robert Kershaw
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 75
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 68
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Story5 out of 5 stars 67
When Company A of the US 116th Regiment landed on Omaha Beach in D-Day's first wave on June 6, 1944, it lost 96 percent of its effective strength. Sixteen teams of US engineers arriving in the second wave were unable to blow the beach obstacles, as first wave survivors were still sheltering behind them. This was the beginning of the historic day that Landing on the Edge of Eternity narrates hour by hour.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good introduction to first hours of D-Day.
- By Barry Davis on 10-19-24
- Landing on the Edge of Eternity
- Twenty-Four Hours at Omaha Beach
- By: Robert Kershaw
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
Good introduction to first hours of D-Day.
Reviewed: 10-19-24
Well researched and a very fast read. The narrator is clear and knowledgeable on German the language. Good view of both sides.
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One Hell of a War
- General Patton's 317th Infantry Regiment in WWII
- By: Dean Dominique, James Hayes
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Story5 out of 5 stars 10
If you like "Band of Brothers", you will love "One Hell of a War"! Submitted for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize and the Library of Virginia Literary Award. “One Hell of a War” is a fascinating blend of first-hand accounts and the strategic decisions that led to them based on the history of the 317th Infantry Regiment from its initial activation in World War II through the end of the war. This book has all the elements everyone loved in “Band of Brothers” with the added integration of the strategic leadership decisions of Patton, Bradley and Eisenhower. Most interestingly, it contains well ...
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5 out of 5 stars
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I love listening to the history of our military.
- By Benjamin Murray on 03-07-25
- One Hell of a War
- General Patton's 317th Infantry Regiment in WWII
- By: Dean Dominique, James Hayes
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
Great story. Horrible AI narration
Reviewed: 10-08-24
The story was gripping and informative on the life of the infantry officer in the war. However, the AI narration was terrible, with simple mistakes of pronunciation and foreign languages. I think it would have been better to have read the physical copy of this book, rather than sit through the reading by a machine. No soul and no color in that flat voice.
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Clive Cussler: The Corsican Shadow
- Dirk Pitt Adventure, Book 27
- By: Dirk Cussler
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 441
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 408
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 408
In May 1940, as the German army blitzes Europe and Parisians flee their city, the chief curator of the Musée de l’Armée is ordered to get a mysterious piece of cargo out of the country. When he arrives at the port of Le Havre and learns that his intended ship has been sunk, he places the object on a decrepit steamer that sails out under German fire.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Repeat of a repeat of a repeat!! Cmon Dirk Cussler!! Get it together!
- By KellyC on 12-11-23
- Clive Cussler: The Corsican Shadow
- Dirk Pitt Adventure, Book 27
- By: Dirk Cussler
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
A Well Told Story, and a worthy addition to the Pitt Lexicon.
Reviewed: 05-29-24
This story is well constructed and fast paced, and is even better than the early novels. Our dynamic duo once again save the world, or select portions of it all the while tracking down a mysterious world war 2 shipment. The reader will be caught up in the twists and turns of the plot, but will feel well justified in reading this book.
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Parachute Infantry
- An American Paratrooper's Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the Third Reich
- By: David Kenyon Webster
- Narrated by: Alan Sklar
- Length: 17 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 233
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 201
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 201
David Kenyon Webster's memoir is a clear-eyed, emotionally charged chronicle of youth, camaraderie, and the chaos of war. Relying on his own letters home and recollections he penned just after his discharge, Webster gives a firsthand account of life in E Company, 101st Airborne Division, crafting a memoir that resonates with the immediacy of a gripping novel.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Finest Infantry Memoir of WWII
- By Michael Richards on 11-21-16
- Parachute Infantry
- An American Paratrooper's Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the Third Reich
- By: David Kenyon Webster
- Narrated by: Alan Sklar
Good Book on the Airborne from a troopers view.
Reviewed: 05-23-24
A very well written account, that was used in the Band of Brothers series, it is a very down to earth view of the war, the paratroops and the army during World War 2. Insightful and at times uncomfortably truthful about men in combat and how they face their fears and view life and death. A highly readable book and worthy of inclusion in your World War 2 collections.
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And If I Perish
- Frontline U.S. Army Nurses in World War II
- By: Evelyn M. Monahan, Rosemary Neidel-Greenlee
- Narrated by: Susan Ericksen
- Length: 21 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 124
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 107
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 107
In World War II, 59,000 women voluntarily risked their lives for their country as US Army nurses. For more than half a century these women's experiences remained untold, almost without reference in books, historical societies, or military archives. After years of research and hundreds of hours of interviews, Evelyn M. Monahan and Rosemary Neidel-Greenlee have created a dramatic narrative that at last brings to light the critical role that women played throughout the war.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Mind blown! I learned so much!
- By Christine Ciana Calabrese on 05-08-22
- And If I Perish
- Frontline U.S. Army Nurses in World War II
- By: Evelyn M. Monahan, Rosemary Neidel-Greenlee
- Narrated by: Susan Ericksen
A History that is overlooked.
Reviewed: 05-16-24
Excellent book. Super research and a riveting story about the women who served in the United States Army Nurses Corps. A forgotten story of dedication and bravery that needs to be remembered and celebrated. Highly recommended. Give this to your daughters and granddaughters and tell them these women blazed the trails for equality and independence that they take for granted, with their sweat, tears and blood.
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If You Survive
- From Normandy to the Battle of the Bulge to the End of World War II - One American Officer's Riveting True Story
- By: George Wilson
- Narrated by: Brian Keeler
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 725
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 662
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 662
George Wilson has garnered much acclaim for this shattering and enlightening memoir. Detailing his odyssey from July, 1944 until the following summer, If You Survive is a startling first-person account of the final year of World War II. Wilson was the only man from his original company to finish the war. As a Second Lieutenant, he went ashore at Utah Beach after the D-Day invasion amidst burned vehicles, sunken landing craft, and broken fortifications.
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5 out of 5 stars
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the best story of the war in Europe I've read
- By David on 02-18-17
- If You Survive
- From Normandy to the Battle of the Bulge to the End of World War II - One American Officer's Riveting True Story
- By: George Wilson
- Narrated by: Brian Keeler
A Good View of Combat from a Company Officer.
Reviewed: 05-01-24
Great detail, combined with straight forward brevity makes this a superior read for those interested in how the maturity of a combat officer occurs. The author makes no outlandish claims, nor inflates his own accomplishments. You get a simple and invaluable look at what attrition and fate can do to units and their leaders. Highly recommended.
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The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
- How Churchill's Secret Warriors Set Europe Ablaze and Gave Birth to Modern Black Ops
- By: Damien Lewis
- Narrated by: NIgel Carrington
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 238
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 219
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Story5 out of 5 stars 219
From the award-winning historian, war reporter, and author Damien Lewis (Zero Six Bravo, Judy) comes the incredible true story of the top-secret "butcher-and-bolt" black ops units Prime Minister Winston Churchill tasked with stopping the unstoppable German war machine. Criminals, rogues, and survivalists, the brutal tactics and grit of these "deniables" would define a military unit the likes of which the world had never seen.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Dropped many parts of critical chapters.
- By Barry Davis on 07-17-21
- The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
- How Churchill's Secret Warriors Set Europe Ablaze and Gave Birth to Modern Black Ops
- By: Damien Lewis
- Narrated by: NIgel Carrington
Dropped many parts of critical chapters.
Reviewed: 07-17-21
Content was great. Dropped way too much. Fix this. Or do not sell. Frustrating book.
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The Good Shepherd
- By: C.S. Forester
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,712
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,490
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,485
A convoy of 37 merchant ships is ploughing through icy, submarine-infested North Atlantic seas during the most critical days of World War II, when the German submarines had the upper hand and Allied shipping was suffering heavy losses. In charge is Commander George Krause, an untested veteran of the US Navy. Hounded by a wolf pack of German U-boats, he faces 48 hours of desperate peril trapped the bridge of the ship. Exhausted beyond measure, he must make countless and terrible decisions as he leads his small fighting force against the relentless U-boats.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Good Shepherd
- By BookReader on 07-16-20
- The Good Shepherd
- By: C.S. Forester
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
A Wonderful Reading of a Classic
Reviewed: 08-05-20
Take the time to read or reread this World War 2 classic. It is gripping in action and marked touching in its telling of the strain and loneliness of command. The narrator does an exceptional job in expressing the fast changing action. Highly recommended.
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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 13,267
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 11,847
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Story5 out of 5 stars 11,782
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
Great Biography by a Great Biographer
Reviewed: 03-20-19
A wonderfully engaging and page turning biography, which fleshes out a well known but little understood American General and President. With well researched commentary Chernow brings Grant to life with look into his long battle with alcoholism and misplaced loyalty in those he conceived as friends. Grant’s flaws as well as his strengths are showcased in this work, providing new insights into a complex man and a vexing record of business errors and political missteps. But the strength lays in the ability of the author to show how Grant was able to fall, rise. And fall again, finally to triumph in the end. His family stories and military exploits are well covered, but also his relationships with his parents, his wife and the many officers and politicians of his era. A recommended purchase and delightful read.
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