Michael

Great book beautiful narration.

Revisado: 06-15-24

Great storytelling brilliantly read. The narrator did a wonderful job of building tension with his voice especially in the battle scenes. He gave each character a unique voice

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Fun exciting well written historical novel

Revisado: 06-13-24

loved this book a fun read with great detail of Roman life in Britain exciting fast moving narrative. A historical novel with suspense great villains friendship brotherhood and even a little romance. The narrator is excellent.

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Great Book

Revisado: 07-18-23

Good unbiased narrative of the financial crisis. Lowenstein has a great talent in explaining economic complexities in an understandable even entertaining way. Deserves a second read. Excellent performance but a very disturbing book.

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Fantastic

Revisado: 07-13-23

I've read and listened to all of the six books in the series. This was a great finish. The performance was brilliant, the tension building fantastic and the character development superb. When author and narrator can make the characters come alive you've done something special. When these great historical novels are written by a great historian it makes the whole era come alive. Nice depiction of Hadrian as well. As for pure entertainment all books in the series are just FUN reads. Not once when I started one of these books could I put it down until finished.

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Important little Book

Revisado: 06-30-23

Am excellent review of the worst economic crisis since the great depression by the three principle players who navigated us successfully through it. I've read their three individual memoirs of the crisis already but this look back has the advantage of a ten years distance from it. It's also a lesson in politics as the art of the possible. They did an unbelievably great job; the proof is in their success. But that's not why they wrote the book. These three are problem solvers. They want to help us in planning so it doesn't happen again. The narration is excellent. If you have time to read just one book about the crisis I think this should be it. Forewarned is forearmed!

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One of the Best books I've listened to.

Revisado: 06-28-23

This is my second time through the "Courage to Act" and it was even better the second time. It is a fascinating personal history of one of the most disruptive and dangerous moments in our economic history by one of the principal players in saving us from catastrophe. Nobody narrates better than Grover Gardner. What worries me most after listening to this book is whether our increasingly dysfunctional government will be able to handle the next crisis that certainly will come our way. This is a marvelous thought provoking book. Thank you Mr. Bernanke for being among those with the courage to act.

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A great narrative history of the crisis

Revisado: 06-24-23

Ross Sorkin did a very good job of humanizing the financial crisis. He was pretty even handed in his narrative. However I don't think he gave enough credit to Bernanke Geithner and Paulson. I believe their actions during the crisis were nothing short of heroic. William Hughes does a masterful job of narration. Personally I wish they had saved Lehman Brothers. They certainly wanted to but with the political circumstances at that moment in time it was impossible. This book is taylor made for audible. That format fits nicely with the narrative. All things considered, a great audible book.

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A fascinating Story

Revisado: 06-22-23

This is a great read about an historic crisis and those dedicated people that saw us through it. Beautifully written and performed by Dan Woren it's also very disturbing. It exposes a dysfunctional government where far to many are apparently more interested in politics than patriotism. Though I don't agree with some of Paulson's solutions in his afterward I never doubt his patriotism or his good intentions. The one glaring omission in his conclusions is the cost of our several wars during the Bush Administration. We will be paying the price for those for sometime. Nothing however detracts from his heroic stand during the crisis. He is part of the leadership team that saved us from the collapse of the Global financial system. These people were heroes, largely unsung heroes, and they should be recognized as such!

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Deserves 6 stars

Revisado: 06-19-23

A great book with a superb performance; it simple does not get better on audible than this. Branagh is that rare star who has a total mastery of the spoken word and that shines through this performance!

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Terrific

Revisado: 06-13-23

REALLY LOVED THIS BOOK! MICHAEL PAGE as ALWAYS Gave a wonderful performance. A must for anyone interested in Roman History. Especially loved the sections on Brutus and Anthony & Cleopatra! 5 stars all the way.

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