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Failure Is Not an Option
- Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond
- By: Gene Kranz
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
- Length: 18 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,184
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,767
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,760
Gene Kranz was present at the creation of America's manned space program and was a key player in it for three decades. As a flight director in NASA's Mission Control, Kranz witnessed firsthand the making of history. He participated in the space program from the early days of the Mercury program to the last Apollo mission, and beyond. He endured the disastrous first years when rockets blew up and the United States seemed to fall further behind the Soviet Union in the space race.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Book!
- By Kevin on 02-19-13
- Failure Is Not an Option
- Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond
- By: Gene Kranz
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
Great Read
Reviewed: 03-03-15
This book has inside stories that I have not heard before about the various space programs from the very beginning up to the end of the Apollo missions. Gene has a great way with words, which makes it easy to imagine what it must have been like going through all of the stages of the programs.
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Pirate Latitudes
- By: Michael Crichton
- Narrated by: John Bedford Lloyd
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 3,683
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,558
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,562
For Captain Charles Hunter, gold in Spanish hands is gold for the taking, and the law of the land rests with those ruthless enough to make it. Word in port is that the galleon El Trinidad, fresh from New Spain, is awaiting repairs in a nearby harbor. Heavily fortified, the impregnable harbor is guarded by the bloodthirsty Cazalla, a favorite commander of the Spanish king himself. With backing from a powerful ally, Hunter assembles a crew of ruffians to infiltrate the enemy outpost and commandeer El Trinidad, along with its fortune in Spanish gold.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Cheesiest book of all time
- By Randall on 04-11-10
- Pirate Latitudes
- By: Michael Crichton
- Narrated by: John Bedford Lloyd
What was that?
Reviewed: 03-16-12
What would have made Pirate Latitudes better?
The story was disjointed and campy. My guess was an outline was created with maybe 12-15 points and everything else was fluff to get to the points - and then they were quickly and predictidly run through. This book should just not have been published.
What do you think your next listen will be?
I have a number of backlogged books. I will probably listen to The Periodic Table next.
What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?
I was pretty disappointed with this book. To this point I have like Michael Crichton novels, but clearly this was completely out of his realm.
Any additional comments?
I would advise skipping this novel. It was just poorly written.
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Impact
- By: Douglas Preston
- Narrated by: Scott Sowers
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,872
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,013
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,006
A brilliant meteor lights up the Maine coast... and two young women borrow a boat and set out for a distant island to find the impact crater. A scientist at the National Propulsion Facility discovers an inexplicable source of gamma rays in the outer Solar System. He is found decapitated, the data missing. High resolution NASA images reveal an unnatural feature hidden in the depths of a crater on Mars... and it appears to have been activated. Sixty hours and counting.
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2 out of 5 stars
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***Explicit Language Warning***
- By Ben on 01-08-10
- Impact
- By: Douglas Preston
- Narrated by: Scott Sowers
Laughable!
Reviewed: 12-24-10
Where to begin...
The story is not believable. In some of the simplist of dialogs you are expected to just accept certain things that in the real world would just not happen.
I don't know if there is supposed to be a "Part II", but the ending was, well, pretty darn poor.
There are a number of unexplained subplots that were not explored past a certain point.
The characters are either cheesy or unbelievable.
I couldn't recommend this book to anyone. I have read some of Mr. Preston's other books and this work is poor in comparison.
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Broke
- The Plan to Restore Our Trust, Truth and Treasure
- By: Glenn Beck, Kevin Balfe
- Narrated by: Glenn Beck, Brian Sack
- Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 606
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 251
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 253
In the words of Harvard economist Niall Ferguson, the United States is “an empire on the edge of chaos.” Why? Glenn Beck thinks the answer is pretty simple: Because we’ve turned our backs on the Constitution. Yes, our country is financially broke, but that’s just a side effect of our broken spirit, our broken faith in government, the broken promises by our leaders, and a broken political system that has centralized power at the expense of individual rights.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Finally book that has done the reasearch...
- By dah551 on 10-31-10
- Broke
- The Plan to Restore Our Trust, Truth and Treasure
- By: Glenn Beck, Kevin Balfe
- Narrated by: Glenn Beck, Brian Sack
It's Okay
Reviewed: 12-24-10
There are lots of historical references (I did not verify), but it seems some of the opinions expressed were a bit off the wall and incomplete. Being fiscally conservative and anti-big government, the book is a good read (listen) but doesn't ring well with the conclusions. Question government motivations and question the thought processes and conclusions of this book.
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