Karl Scheffrahn
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1633
- By: Eric Flint, David Weber
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 22 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,471
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,305
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,310
New York Times best-selling author Eric Flint’s 1632 presented listeners with a fascinating alternate history of the Thirty Years’ War, through the eyes of a West Virginia community tossed back in time to 17th-century Germany. Here, Flint teams up with acclaimed science fiction author David Weber to continue his epic tale. In 1633, the West Virginians attempt to use their modern-day knowledge to build a resistance against the forces of France, Spain, and England.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Audible Get the Rest of This Series Online!
- By Lack of Warning on 06-12-12
- 1633
- By: Eric Flint, David Weber
- Narrated by: George Guidall
blending history of what real people could have done
Reviewed: 01-01-25
The dialogue between characters was real and gripping
michael sterns seems a real and flexable character
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Rejected By Heaven: An Urban Fantasy Action Adventure
- The Unbelievable Mr. Brownstone Series, Book 2
- By: Michael Anderle
- Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 199
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 183
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Story5 out of 5 stars 183
Brownstone now has a young lady to support. What is he going to do? He requests a special Oriceran artifact the Professor is willing to trade....for a price. Shay is willing to help, so long as everyone understands her help is not free. Brownstone will do whatever it takes to help Allison, and while he is at it...the orphanage that helped him is insolvent.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A man's man hero story, with heart and sympathy
- By Karl Scheffrahn on 12-17-24
- Rejected By Heaven: An Urban Fantasy Action Adventure
- The Unbelievable Mr. Brownstone Series, Book 2
- By: Michael Anderle
- Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds
A man's man hero story, with heart and sympathy
Reviewed: 12-17-24
Well written, spicy dialogue, engaging characters,
imaginative plot lines, what's not to like??
Police, and local street gangs are thoughtfully
included in plots, The priest and professor and
irish humor made me laugh!
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1636
- The Saxon Uprising
- By: Eric Flint
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 355
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 321
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 320
A cosmic accident sets the modern town of Grantville, West Virginia, down in war-torn 17th century Europe, and a new nation is forged. Now, when United States of Europe ally King Gustavas of Sweden invades Poland, the US of E is dragged into a full-scale European war against ruthless opponents. Meanwhile Mike Stearns, wily and courageous leader of the up-time West Virginians, has been turned out of office in an election. But, like Churchill before (and after) him, Stearns is not done yet.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Awful narrator
- By G. Amundsen on 07-11-16
- 1636
- The Saxon Uprising
- By: Eric Flint
- Narrated by: George Guidall
The best of the 1632 sequels
Reviewed: 07-13-24
It doesn't get any better, the cast the production,
the story, the gentle humor, most of all it makes the german people appealing and fun.
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The Persian Gamble
- A Marcus Ryker Novel, Book 2
- By: Joel C. Rosenberg
- Narrated by: Adam Grupper
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,333
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,054
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,032
In the follow-up to the New York Times bestselling Kremlin Conspiracy, Rosenberg’s international thriller tracks a terrifying nuclear alliance among three world powers - Russia, Iran, and North Korea - and the deadly mission former US Secret Service Agent Marcus Ryker must risk to halt their deadly strategy. Shot out of the air in enemy territory in the middle of the greatest international crisis since the end of the Cold War, former US Secret Service agent Marcus Ryker finds himself facing an impossible task.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Decent story marred by clumsy bible thumping
- By C. Mucha on 05-29-19
- The Persian Gamble
- A Marcus Ryker Novel, Book 2
- By: Joel C. Rosenberg
- Narrated by: Adam Grupper
Dramatic story
Reviewed: 06-27-24
this is joel rosenberg's best story so far I loved it I want to re listen soon!!
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1638: The Sovereign States
- Ring of Fire
- By: Eric Flint, Gorg Huff, Paula Goodlett
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 21
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 21
The United Sovereign States of Russia struggles to set in place the traditions and legal precedents that will let it turn into a constitutional monarchy with freedom and opportunity for all its citizens. At the same time, they’re trying to balance the power of the states and the federal government.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Tying ALL the USSR and Holmes stories together
- By Rigger76 on 05-08-24
- 1638: The Sovereign States
- Ring of Fire
- By: Eric Flint, Gorg Huff, Paula Goodlett
- Narrated by: George Guidall
Giving a better vision of what Russia could have become!!
Reviewed: 12-04-23
Tzar Michael becomes an enlightened monarch finding
his visionary dream team to support and sustain him.
He uses charm, horse trading, and military power to
weaken and to defeat the Russian church and the Russian nobility with the social traditions, and serfdom that all handcuff Russia. He has hostile bordering
tribes and nations He faces lack of education, health care and a frightful climate and shortge of natural trade routes. He meets all with a soft and disarming
personality on His way to modernity.
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Fatal Discord
- Erasmus, Luther, and the Fight for the Western Mind
- By: Michael Massing
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 34 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 295
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 258
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 254
This deeply textured dual biography and fascinating intellectual history examines two of the greatest minds of European history - Desiderius Erasmus and Martin Luther - whose heated rivalry gave rise to two enduring, fundamental, and often colliding traditions of philosophical and religious thought.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent work - up until the discussion of America
- By Michele Esposito on 08-24-19
- Fatal Discord
- Erasmus, Luther, and the Fight for the Western Mind
- By: Michael Massing
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
best political & religious history of the west I’ve read
Reviewed: 11-20-23
Deep dive into personalities of Luthet and Erasmus,
sensative portrait of convictions and struggles of both.
 Accurate on their stories and impact on the modern
World. All book cheracters are sympathetically put into
Their historical context, This is a gteat blend of storytelling, Personalities and disputes that put
Them on history’s central stage. I thoight I knew
This story, but after this book my insights doubled.
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Red Inferno
- 1945
- By: Robert Conroy
- Narrated by: Paul Costanzo
- Length: 14 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 305
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 278
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 278
In April 1945, the Allies are charging toward Berlin from the west, the Russians from the east. For Hitler, the situation is hopeless. But at this turning point in history, another war is about to explode. To win World War II, the Allies dealt with the devil. Joseph Stalin helped FDR, Churchill, and Truman crush Hitler. But what if "Uncle Joe" had given in to his desire to possess Germany and all of Europe? In this stunning novel, Robert Conroy picks up the history of the war just as American troops cross the Elbe into Germany. Then Stalin slams them with the brute force of his enormous Soviet army.
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3 out of 5 stars
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barely OK
- By Clayton on 12-28-18
- Red Inferno
- 1945
- By: Robert Conroy
- Narrated by: Paul Costanzo
The first literary historical description of the sufferings of the german people in WW2
Reviewed: 07-31-23
Virtually all ww2 stories focus on the sufferings of the Jews, and minorities in the war. This book also accurately
describes the greatest population of innocent Germans. when hitlers armies marched east there were no patriotic crowds sending them off, by
1942 most german civilians knew that their leaders
were insane. The Regular german army knew virtually nothing about the Jewish extermination camps except by rumors. Look at life of Bonhoffer!!
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To End in Fire
- The Honor Harrington Series: Crown of Slaves Saga, Book 4
- By: David Weber, Eric Flint
- Narrated by: Peter Larkin
- Length: 25 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 217
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 191
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 190
The Solarian League lies in defeat, crushed by the Grand Alliance of Manticore, Haven, and Grayson. Obedient to the Alliance's surrender demands, the League is writing a new Constitution, to prevent the reemergence of out-of-control bureaucrats, like the "Mandarins" who led it to disaster. Frontier Security has been disbanded, the outer worlds have regained control of their own economic destinies, and multiple star systems will soon secede from the League entirely.
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5 out of 5 stars
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wraps up Honor Harrington series
- By Karl Scheffrahn on 01-12-23
- To End in Fire
- The Honor Harrington Series: Crown of Slaves Saga, Book 4
- By: David Weber, Eric Flint
- Narrated by: Peter Larkin
wraps up Honor Harrington series
Reviewed: 01-12-23
superb conclusion of Honor Harrington series
It wraps up the destiny of the Alignment,
and shows the basis of Manticore's
superior moral structure And reconclies
the enemy planets.
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1636
- The Cardinal Virtues
- By: Eric Flint, Walter H. Hunt
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 187
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 160
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 161
After carving a free state for itself in war-torn 17th-century Europe, citizens of the modern town of Grantville, West Virginia, must contend with France's infamous Cardinal Richilieu, who is determined to keep his grip on power no matter what history says.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful
- By Nelson A Hill on 07-23-15
- 1636
- The Cardinal Virtues
- By: Eric Flint, Walter H. Hunt
- Narrated by: George Guidall
cardinal virtues is a stunningly great book
Reviewed: 06-20-22
In the line of the 1632 series it puts the listener into the minds and circumstances of the French court after Cardinal Richleu's death. Filled with historically accurate and finely crafted verbal fencing of the high court it is a treat for all who long to understand thisi world long past. It creates mental pictures much sharper than any movie I have ever seen. Highest reccomendation!!!
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Uncompromising Honor
- Honor Harrington, Book 14
- By: David Weber
- Narrated by: Allyson Johnson
- Length: 30 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,456
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,220
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,214
The Solarian League's navy counts its superdreadnoughts by the thousands. Not even its own government knows how enormous its economy truly is. And for hundreds of years, the League has borne the banner of human civilization, been the ideal to which humanity aspires in its diaspora across the galaxy. But the bureaucrats known as the "Mandarins," who rule today's League, are not the men and women who founded it so long ago. They are corrupt, venal, accountable to no one...and they've decided the upstart Star Kingdom of Manticore must be destroyed.
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5 out of 5 stars
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AWESOME!
- By J. Linch on 10-05-18
- Uncompromising Honor
- Honor Harrington, Book 14
- By: David Weber
- Narrated by: Allyson Johnson
Grand finish to Honor harrington series
Reviewed: 10-23-21
A satisfying dramatic ending to the honor harrington epic. Great dialog, many clues to further stories, and marvelous characters.
Even villians are redeemed and made interesting in the context of their feelings and choices. Its hard to think of a more family centered ending.
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