The Yellow Birds
A Novel
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Kevin Powers
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"The war tried to kill us in the spring," begins this breathtaking account of friendship and loss. In Al Tafar, Iraq, 21-year-old Private Bartle and 18-year-old Private Murphy cling to life as their platoon launches a bloody battle for the city. In the endless days that follow, the two young soldiers do everything to protect each other from the forces that press in on every side: the insurgents, physical fatigue, and the mental stress that comes from constant danger.
Bound together since basic training when their tough-as-nails sergeant ordered Bartle to watch over Murphy, the two have been dropped into a war neither is prepared for. As reality begins to blur into a hazy nightmare, Murphy becomes increasingly unmoored from the world around him and Bartle takes impossible actions.
With profound emotional insight, especially into the effects of a hidden war on mothers and families at home, The Yellow Birds is a groundbreaking novel about the costs of war that is destined to become a classic.
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Beginning in the summer of 1939, 14-year-old Jacob Koopman and his older brother, Edwin, enjoy lives of prosperity and quiet contentment. Many of the residents in their small Dutch town have some connection to the Koopman lightbulb factory, and the locals hold the family in high esteem. On days when they aren't playing with friends, Jacob and Edwin help their uncle Martin on his fishing boat in the North Sea, where German ships have become a common sight. When war breaks out, Jacob's world is thrown into chaos.
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Not a typical World War II story
- By Marsha L. Woerner on 01-31-18
By: Devin Murphy
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Mr. Shivers
- By: Robert Jackson Bennett
- Narrated by: T. Ryder Smith
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
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Robert Jackson Bennett makes a stunning debut with this deliciously dark tale sure to hold readers in its menacing thrall. The grinding poverty brought on by the Great Depression is nowhere more apparent than in the untold thousands looking for work along America’s railroad system. But one man haunting the rail camps has been moved by an entirely different brand of desperation: revenge.
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From the Cormac McCarthy Playbook
- By J. Cons on 08-09-10
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Zombies: More Recent Dead
- By: Neil Gaiman, Carrie Vaughn, Caitlin R. Kiernan, and others
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt, Marguerite Gavin
- Length: 20 hrs and 14 mins
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The living dead are more alive than ever! Zombies have become more than an iconic monster for the 21st century: They are now a phenomenon constantly revealing as much about ourselves - and our fascination with death, resurrection, and survival - as our love for the supernatural or post-apocalyptic speculation. Our most imaginative literary minds have been devoured by these incredible creatures and produced exciting, insightful, and unflinching new works of zombie fiction.
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A well blended mix
- By The Lone Mopper on 07-30-15
By: Neil Gaiman, and others
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Fields of Fire
- By: James Webb
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 17 hrs and 1 min
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They each had their reasons for being a soldier. They each had their illusions. Goodrich came from Harvard. Snake got the tattoo - Death Before Dishonor - before he got the uniform. And Hodges was haunted by the ghosts of family heroes. They were three young men from different worlds plunged into a white-hot, murderous realm of jungle warfare as it was fought by one Marine platoon in the An Hoa Basin, 1969. They had no way of knowing what awaited them. Nothing could have prepared them for the madness to come. And in the heat and horror of battle they took on new identities, took on each other, and were each reborn in fields of fire....
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Awesome Read! of course I am Prejudiced
- By Autoteacher on 07-30-15
By: James Webb
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The Girl Who Sang to the Buffalo
- A Child, an Elder, and the Light from an Ancient Sky
- By: Kent Nerburn
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
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A haunting dream that will not relent pulls author Kent Nerburn back into the hidden world of Native America, where dreams have meaning, animals are teachers, and the "old ones" still have powers beyond our understanding. In this moving narrative, we travel through the lands of the Lakota and the Ojibwe, where we encounter a strange little girl with an unnerving connection to the past, a forgotten asylum that history has tried to hide, and complex, unforgettable characters.
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Thought-provoking, though flawed
- By Buretto on 08-06-18
By: Kent Nerburn
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The Breakers Omnibus
- Books 1-3 and Prequel Novella
- By: Edward W. Robertson
- Narrated by: Ray Chase
- Length: 42 hrs and 23 mins
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Books 1-3 and the prequel novella of the Breakers series.
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So glad I downloaded this one.
- By Stevie Havoc on 11-16-15
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The Remaining
- By: D. J. Molles
- Narrated by: Christian Rummel
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
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In a steel-and-lead-encased bunker 20 feet below the basement level of his house, a soldier waits for his final orders. On the surface, a plague ravages the planet, infecting over 90% of the populace. The bacterium burrows through the brain, destroying all signs of humanity and leaving behind little more than base, prehistoric instincts. The infected turn into hyper-aggressive predators, with an insatiable desire to kill and feed. Someday soon, the soldier will have to open the hatch to his bunker, and step out into this new wasteland, to complete his mission....
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Die Hard Meets 28 Days Later
- By G Wallace on 01-10-14
By: D. J. Molles
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Stories
- All-New Tales
- By: Neil Gaiman - author/editor, Al Sarrantonio - editor, Joe Hill, and others
- Narrated by: Anne Bobby, Jonathan Davis, Katherine Kellgren, and others
- Length: 18 hrs and 11 mins
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The best stories pull readers in and keep them turning the pages, eager to discover more—to find the answer to the question: "And then what happened?" The true hallmark of great literature is great imagination, and as Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio prove with this outstanding collection, when it comes to great fiction, all genres are equal.
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Something for Everyone
- By Nicole on 05-24-17
By: Neil Gaiman - author/editor, and others
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The Reapers Are the Angels
- By: Alden Bell
- Narrated by: Tai Sammons
- Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins
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For 25 years, civilization has survived in meager enclaves, guarded against a plague of the dead. Temple wanders this blighted landscape, keeping to herself and keeping her demons inside her heart. She can’t remember a time before the zombies, but she does remember an old man who took her in and the younger brother she cared for until the tragedy that set her off on her personal journey toward redemption.
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Literary Limbo-ing
- By Mel on 04-25-13
By: Alden Bell
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Far North
- A Novel
- By: Marcel Theroux
- Narrated by: Yelena Schmulenson
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
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My father had an expression for a thing that turned out bad. He'd say it had gone west. But going west always sounded pretty good to me. After all, westwards is the path of the sun. And through as much history as I know of, people have moved west to settle and find freedom. But our world had gone north, truly gone north, and just how far north I was beginning to learn.
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Spellbinding!
- By Joan on 01-14-10
By: Marcel Theroux
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The Poet of Tolstoy Park
- By: Sonny Brewer
- Narrated by: Rick Bragg
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
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This book is based on the true life of Henry Stuart. When the 67-year-old former professor finds out he is dying of tuberculosis, he vows to “learn in solitude how to save myself.” He sets off for Fairhope, Alabama, with only the writings of his beloved Tolstoy for company. There, the barefoot poet builds himself a small hut and slowly becomes an inspiration for the rest of the utopian town. When his last few months become his last few years, Henry’s attempt to understand death becomes a lesson on life.
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Great read
- By Jimmy Oaks on 03-23-15
By: Sonny Brewer
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Velva Jean Learns to Drive
- A Novel
- By: Jennifer Niven
- Narrated by: Jenna Lamia
- Length: 14 hrs and 58 mins
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Set in Appalachia in the years before World War II, Velva Jean Learns to Drive is a poignant story of a spirited young girl growing up in the gold-mining and moonshining South. Before she dies, Velva Jean's mother urges her to "live out there in the great wide world." Velva Jean dreams of becoming a big-time singer in Nashville until she falls in love with Harley Bright, a handsome juvenile delinquent turned revival preacher.
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If Jenna Lamia reads it, I'll listen to it!
- By Susan on 12-17-09
By: Jennifer Niven
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- Linda R. Brown
- 05-05-13
how to develop post traumatic stress disorder
Would you consider the audio edition of The Yellow Birds to be better than the print version?
probably because I don't like to read anymore
Who was your favorite character and why?
the main character. he was the "I"
What does Holter Graham bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
Great listen.
If you could rename The Yellow Birds, what would you call it?
how to develop post traumatic stress disorder
Any additional comments?
I work with veterans who won't or don't talk about their experiences. This story helped me understand some of what they might have experienced.
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- Augusto Sarti
- 01-07-18
Wonderful and powerful
I needed to read it, to re-establish my faith in truth-telling... beautiful and poetic in its bluntness, every word is an image, powerful and terrifying...
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- Aston
- 12-11-12
Sobering View of the Mental Effects of War
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
I would highly recommend this audiobook to anyone interested in war, particularly the after effects of being in highly intense, traumatic situations. The novel is detailed, compelling, and quite indicative of the mental and emotional toll the Iraqi war has had on our generation of veterans.
What other book might you compare The Yellow Birds to and why?
I haven't read too many books like this, but I've read in other reviews that this is sort of like the modern day version of "All Is Calm On The Western Front".
What does Holter Graham bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
Graham conveys the emotion of the characters very well, especially during some of the internal monologues.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
Absolutely. About 3/4 of way into the story, there's a particularly epic internal monologue/rant where the main character essentially vents all the pent up emotion at once, and you hear first hand what kind of impact such experiences can have on a young man.
Any additional comments?
A solid first novel from Kevin Powers, the story is captivating and gripping, and I found it hard to put down as soon as I got it.
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- Tony
- 12-08-12
OverRated Cause it's the first real Iraq War Novel
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'The Yellow Birds' is pretty typical war book fare. The one time it gets beyond that is when he comes home and everybody is congratulating hin om killing all those hadjis. Then he knows he is not deserving of praise, because he had unbelievably stronger fire power which he used indiscriminately. A book about the Iraq War from the Iraqi viewpoint would be much more interesting.
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- EM Goodkind
- 12-17-12
Literary novel, Not a "buddy book"
This books deserves to rank among the top modern war novels, but listeners looking for a war adventure or listeners looking for a triumph of spirit will be disappointed. But this well narrated book drills down to capture the alienation of thoughtful soldiers and veterans. I was emotionally and intellectually transported back to my Vietnam days. The plot is in fact a modest mystery that unfolds ingeniously as the narration moves back and forth between the war and the narrator's return to the states. Descriptions are often poetic, dialogue simple and raw. Holter Graham does a great job for me of capturing the young voices (they were all young) of the troops in Afghanistan and the accents of the narrators and his ill fated "charge," Murphy.
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- annacatmc
- 06-27-17
The truth of deployment in fiction.
Although it is fiction it reads like non-fiction. I can't speak to it's realism but it seemed pretty accurate from what I have heard it is like to be deployed in a war zone in the Middle East. It is a depressing story but very interesting and well performed by Holter Graham. Don't look to this book to make you feel good about sending soldiers to fight a war. Look to it for a description of what those soldiers might go through once there.
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- Kenneth Murray
- 01-31-13
Terminology sometime vague for non military reader
What did you love best about The Yellow Birds?
General layout of surrounding, difficult to get a good mental discription of surroundings raison de terre: (reason for being there).
What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?
The attitude of the state of the author's motivations was overlooked. What was the objective?
What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?
The continutity of events: realtive to the rational outlook of the author. The discriotion of the flora and fauna.
If you could rename The Yellow Birds, what would you call it?
The foundation or objective was not stated clearly described. A
Title: What was objective this small group of military persons? Title: The Objective of the mission?
Any additional comments?
This was a reasonably good description of the main theme of warfare but not the longterm reason or objective of the military objective. Was the objective successful?
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- Amy Davis
- 05-24-18
Great book, great audio performance.
I do not write many reviews although I listen to multiple audio books every week. This book was particularly well written and meaningful. The narrator was excellent, conveying the beauty of the author’s cadence and word choices. I highly recommend this book.
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- josh
- 09-25-12
Very atriculate and emotional novel of the Iraqwar
The Yellow Birds, while very emotional and well written has me wondering about the moral message related in this book. Yellow Birds does not, I believe, give you insight into the war or in the stateside portion of it anymore than the movie Apocalypse Now gives a view of Vietnam. While it is short i think it is still worth the credit. I believe the book The Good Soldiers was much better and it is an actual account of the Iraq war.
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- Shakespeare
- 11-13-18
Compelling narrative. A true page turner!
Compelling narrative. A true page turner! It sheds a light on what war does to our soldiers and it underscores the root of PTSD without calling it out by name.
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