Patrick J. Sheehan
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A World Undone
- The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918
- By: G. J. Meyer
- Narrated by: Robin Sachs
- Length: 27 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 274
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 247
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Story5 out of 5 stars 247
On a summer day in 1914, a nineteen-year-old Serbian nationalist gunned down Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo. While the world slumbered, monumental forces were shaken. In less than a month, a combination of ambition, deceit, fear, jealousy, missed opportunities, and miscalculation sent Austro-Hungarian troops marching into Serbia, German troops streaming toward Paris, and a vast Russian army into war, with England as its ally. As crowds cheered their armies on, no one could guess what lay ahead in the First World War.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A great book!
- By Jodi Bernard on 07-11-23
- A World Undone
- The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918
- By: G. J. Meyer
- Narrated by: Robin Sachs
Best I’ve Heard!
Reviewed: 10-26-23
I’m a WWI buff and have listened to many accounts of the was. This was certainly among the best! Most highly recommend!
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The Terror
- A Novel
- By: Dan Simmons
- Narrated by: Tom Sellwood
- Length: 28 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,899
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,411
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,405
The men onboard HMS Terror have every expectation of finding the Northwest Passage. When the expedition's leader, Sir John Franklin, meets a terrible death, Captain Francis Crozier takes command and leads his surviving crewmen on a last, desperate attempt to flee south across the ice. But as another winter approaches, as scurvy and starvation grow more terrible, and as the Terror on the ice stalks them southward, Crozier and his men begin to fear there is no escape.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Very good then, NOT
- By Randall on 07-24-18
- The Terror
- A Novel
- By: Dan Simmons
- Narrated by: Tom Sellwood
Very strange
Reviewed: 07-09-18
Weird! Not at all as expected. Mixture of historical fiction, Eskimo mythology (?) & quirky imagination. Could have been quite good!
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An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
- Revisioning American History
- By: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
- Narrated by: Laural Merlington
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,306
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,009
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,000
Dunbar-Ortiz adroitly challenges the founding myth of the United States and shows how policy against the Indigenous peoples was colonialist and designed to seize the territories of the original inhabitants, displacing or eliminating them. And as Dunbar-Ortiz reveals, this policy was praised in popular culture, through writers like James Fenimore Cooper and Walt Whitman, and in the highest offices of government and the military.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Useful information, not quite listenable
- By endlessemma on 08-03-15
- An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
- Revisioning American History
- By: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
- Narrated by: Laural Merlington
A screed on the evils of "colonialism" - too bad
Reviewed: 01-11-15
What disappointed you about An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States?
After two chapters of monotonis, politically correct screed on the evils of colonialism - i quit. Just couldn't take it. Never got to the story I hoped to hear. Monnotone, flat naration. Looked interesting, but you can't judge an (audible) book by its cover.
Would you ever listen to anything by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz again?
NO!
Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Laural Merlington?
Ward Churchill
What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?
Primarily disappointment. I was hoping for much more.
Any additional comments?
Dear Roxanne: The Romans did it to the Jews; the English did it to the Irish; the Turks did it to the Armenians; the Germans did it to the Jews (again!). We are not a nice species! Get some perspective and get over yourself!! In the end, as I understand, the Indians were not really all that nice to each other. Your moralizing screed was boring, repetative and myopic. I'm very aware of the injustice done to the American Indian. And, yes, its a tragedy and a national disgrace. But I hoped to hear some objective history, not a parochial rant.
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