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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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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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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
incredible look into history
Reviewed: 11-19-24
incredibly educational and heart wrenching peek at the limits of lost breed capability to suffer
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Two Years Before the Mast
- By: Richard Henry Dana
- Narrated by: Bernard Mayes
- Length: 16 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Richard Henry Dana, a law student turned sailor for health reasons, sailed in 1834 aboard the brig Pilgrim on a voyage from Boston around Cape Horn to California. Drawing from his journals, Two Years Before the Mast gives a vivid and detailed account, shrewdly observed and beautifully described, of a common sailor's wretched treatment at sea, and of a way of life virtually unknown at that time.
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The Uncommon Common Sailor in the Age of Sail
- By Jefferson on 05-24-13
- Two Years Before the Mast
- By: Richard Henry Dana
- Narrated by: Bernard Mayes
every one needs to read this
Reviewed: 11-16-24
best most densely packed history lesson and sailing adventure. I will review listen and take notes and look up questions as the book goes along
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Foxe's Book of Martyrs
- Pure Gold Classics
- By: John Foxe
- Narrated by: Tim Côté
- Length: 12 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Would you suffer persecution, poverty, and prison for Christ? Would you endure cruel tortures that take your mind and body to the brink of death and beyond? Would you watch your children suffering for their faith and urge them to remain faithful to Christ? Two thousand years of martyrs. For nearly 2000 years, courageous men and women have been tortured and killed because of their confessions of Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. The New Foxe's Book of Martyrs tells their stories.
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So good!
- By Julia on 10-11-19
- Foxe's Book of Martyrs
- Pure Gold Classics
- By: John Foxe
- Narrated by: Tim Côté
A must read
Reviewed: 04-04-22
Heart wrenching, historically educating what the true reality of what body of Christ has been going through since his death. I can’t stress the importance of needing to know this history to humble our view of life. Let me never forget the sufferings of the innocence and our Christ, My heart is shattered in prayer for those who hold their faith and goodness through the face of pure evil. Integral love at its strongest.
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Quo Vadis
- A Narrative of the Time of Nero
- By: Henryk Sienkiewicz
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 22 hrs and 6 mins
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Marcus, a Roman officer in Nero's army, risks his career, his family, and even his life when he falls in love with a Christian woman named Callina. In order to win Callina's love, Marcus must come to understand the true meaning of her religion, even as Rome sinks under the excesses of Nero and Christians are thrown to the lions. Quo Vadis brims with passion and life as it explores one of the turning points in history.
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loved every word
- By TruckerOlli on 12-02-10
- Quo Vadis
- A Narrative of the Time of Nero
- By: Henryk Sienkiewicz
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
The most incredible book ever written
Reviewed: 03-17-22
It is a very slow starter, and the narrators voice is extremely painful at first, but grows soo appropriate as the story matures. Faith building, educational, miles above any intelligence we entertain ourselves with in modern times. Next to the extreme level of intellect expressed in this book is an accurate sober expression of the spiritual reality. I could experience this book and audio over and over for the rest of my life so as to not lose sight of the severity and depth of meaning In our short lifes walk on Earth with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
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The Sword of the Lady
- A Novel of the Change
- By: S. M. Stirling
- Narrated by: Todd McLaren
- Length: 21 hrs and 8 mins
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Rudi Mackenzie has journeyed far across the land that was once the United States of America, hoping to find the source of the world-altering event that has come to be known as the Change. His final destination is Nantucket, an island overrun with forest, inhabited by a mere two hundred people who claim to have been transported there from out of time.
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Frustrating Narration
- By D White on 05-22-12
- The Sword of the Lady
- A Novel of the Change
- By: S. M. Stirling
- Narrated by: Todd McLaren
Shrugging and snorting fools lol
Reviewed: 02-04-21
I love the emberverse series!! incredibly well written and poetic. I have read the first 6 books and they lead into each other soo well. The character development is second to none, a very satisfying realistic description of ancient skills needed to survive a post apocalyptic world, and a Uncannily accurate description of the very real spiritual world and experiences that are at work around us ( I’m Christian I love contemplating spiritual experiences of all religions). How ever this guy could write a trilogy on a trip to the bathroom! I wish I would have known going into this that it wasn’t going to conclude anything anytime soon, the first trilogy concluded it’s self very well and maybe I should have stopped there. when I started reading the first book of the second trilogy( sunrise lands) I felt like Rudy’s trip was gonna conclude at least to retrieving the sword in the first book, no such luck!!!! Looks like I’ll be stuck reading these series for a lifetime to try and reach a decent conclusion. That might not be as important for some people but I wish the author balanced describing every little aspect of every scene with some level of reaching a decently satisfying conclusion and progress through the story line. I was pissed how this sixth book ended, wish I had time just to sit down and read the entire emberverse series, I get emotionally involved in theses stories, but I gotta life of my own to live so it’s forfeit now or stay stuck in these series for longer than I’d like to invest in any fictional book. This book series would be great for someone who doesn’t get to emotionally involved in fictional stories and could stand be teased along for eternity with most of your time being consumed with the details of swaying grass, people shrugging and snorting more often than normal. I LOVE IT AND HATE IT!!!!
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