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About Face
- By: Colonel David H. Hackworth US Army Ret., Julie Sherman
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 40 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2,915
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,557
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2,553
From age 15 to 40, David Hackworth devoted himself to the US Army and fast became a living legend. In 1971, however, he appeared on television to decry the doomed war effort in Vietnam. With About Face, he has written what many Vietnam veterans have called the most important book of their generation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An excellent adaptation of an excellent book
- By Tom Rogneby on 07-18-19
- About Face
- By: Colonel David H. Hackworth US Army Ret., Julie Sherman
- Narrated by: John Pruden
Outstanding
Reviewed: 02-06-25
Long read but worth the time. Invaluable lessons and insights gained from reading the whole book.
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The Wager
- A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
- By: David Grann
- Narrated by: Dion Graham, David Grann
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,662
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,008
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,005
On January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell. They were survivors of His Majesty’s Ship the Wager, a British vessel that had left England in 1740 on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain. While the Wager had been chasing a Spanish treasure-filled galleon known as “the prize of all the oceans,” it had wrecked on a desolate island off the coast of Patagonia.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Gasping for Air
- By Jean Engle on 04-19-23
- The Wager
- A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
- By: David Grann
- Narrated by: Dion Graham, David Grann
Fantastic history and narration
Reviewed: 06-28-23
I’m sorry that others were so turned off by the narration. I acknowledge that the narrator was a bit dramatic for effect, but I enjoyed the story enormously and the performance. Highly recommend.
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Embrace Fearlessly the Burning World
- Essays
- By: Barry Lopez, Rebecca Solnit - introduction
- Narrated by: James Naughton, Rebecca Solnit
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 97
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 82
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 81
An ardent steward of the land, fearless traveler, and unrivaled observer of nature and culture, Barry Lopez died after a long illness on Christmas Day 2020. The previous summer, a wildfire had consumed much of what was dear to him in his home place and the community around it—a tragic reminder of the climate change of which he’d long warned.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Intense and beautifully personal
- By Karen West on 06-28-23
- Embrace Fearlessly the Burning World
- Essays
- By: Barry Lopez, Rebecca Solnit - introduction
- Narrated by: James Naughton, Rebecca Solnit
Fabulous
Reviewed: 02-12-23
I have enjoyed all of Barry’s books and will miss him a great deal. I’m grateful that we got to see him speak just before he got too sick to continue speaking engagements.
James Naughton’s narration is fantastic.
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The Premonition
- A Pandemic Story
- By: Michael Lewis
- Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,703
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,895
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,890
For those who could read between the lines, the censored news out of China was terrifying. But the president insisted there was nothing to worry about. Fortunately, we are still a nation of skeptics. Fortunately, there are those among us who study pandemics and are willing to look unflinchingly at worst-case scenarios. Michael Lewis’ taut and brilliant nonfiction thriller pits a band of medical visionaries against the wall of ignorance that was the official response of the Trump administration to the outbreak of COVID-19.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Why not Michael Lewis?
- By Brian on 05-04-21
- The Premonition
- A Pandemic Story
- By: Michael Lewis
- Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo
Outstanding.
Reviewed: 12-03-21
Another must listen. Invaluable insights into the functioning of our key institutions. Grateful to have committed, talented citizens and non-citizens working to overcome the bureaucratic gaps/failures inherent in our form of government and public health. Wonderful writing and narration.
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Gunfight
- My Battle Against the Industry That Radicalized America
- By: Ryan Busse
- Narrated by: Ryan Busse
- Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 645
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 594
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Story5 out of 5 stars 590
A former firearms executive pulls back the curtain on America's multibillion-dollar gun industry, exposing how it fostered extremism and racism, radicalizing the nation and bringing cultural division to a boiling point.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding
- By Kyle Turner on 10-27-21
- Gunfight
- My Battle Against the Industry That Radicalized America
- By: Ryan Busse
- Narrated by: Ryan Busse
Required reading
Reviewed: 11-26-21
This book was outstanding and is required reading. I will be sharing this fantastic piece of work with all of my friends and family. It was also great to hear this book in Ryan’s voice. He is excellent.
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