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Freaks of a Feather
- A Marine Grunt's Memoir
- De: Kacy Tellessen
- Narrado por: Patrick Kirchner
- Duración: 8 h y 56 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 62
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 57
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 56
Kacy Tellessen is a grunt. After completing high school in rural Washington, he enlisted in the Marine Corps and began the hero's journey he imagined might parallel those epic tales he'd consumed throughout adolescence. But what Tellessen lived through—from boot camp to the battlefield and home again—had little in common with Homer's tales or Hollywood's depictions. In his memoir, Tellessen offers a truer account of life as an infantryman: the complicated, conflicting, adrenaline-pumping, and traumatic experience of war.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The full arch of the GWOT grunt experience
- De Josh C. en 04-11-22
- Freaks of a Feather
- A Marine Grunt's Memoir
- De: Kacy Tellessen
- Narrado por: Patrick Kirchner
An irreverent and real look at life in a combat unit
Revisado: 04-29-22
This book captures the fighting spirit of boys who voluntarily force themselves into manhood. It’s an egotistical memoir (not in a bad way) that is honest about how young men think before, during, and after wartime.
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No Joy
- A Recon Marine's Tales of (Self) Destruction
- De: David Rose
- Narrado por: Scott Sowers
- Duración: 9 h y 13 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 118
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 107
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 104
Joining the Marines in 2002, David Rose signed up to go fight...and to go die. On this grim path, rather than finding a violent death, he would find family, purpose, and a brotherhood amid the misfit world of the war fighter. No Joy sees David recounting madcap tales of Muay Thai bouts in seedy garages, a bizarre stint as a street cop, being on the other side of the badge, becoming a veteran of the psych ward, and more. It's an irreverently told story that doesn't just tell one man's tale, but speaks to the necessary question: What really draws modern young men to war?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Damn! This is seriously awesome!
- De Gordy en 09-22-17
- No Joy
- A Recon Marine's Tales of (Self) Destruction
- De: David Rose
- Narrado por: Scott Sowers
A realistic, irreverent, no-holds-barred poetic memoir of a Recon Marine living a rockstar’s life.
Revisado: 04-14-22
Only David Rose could breed morbid degeneracy with military honor to create a memoir that rode to hell and back, on fire, shooting machine guns and nailing sloots along the way.
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The Brothers
- John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and Their Secret World War
- De: Stephen Kinzer
- Narrado por: David Cochran Heath
- Duración: 13 h y 28 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,818
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,609
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,604
John Foster Dulles was secretary of state while his brother, Allen Dulles, was director of the Central Intelligence Agency. In this book, Stephen Kinzer places their extraordinary lives against the backdrop ofAmerican culture and history. He uses the framework of biography to ask: Why does the United States behave as it does in the world?
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4 out of 5 stars
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A duel biography
- De Jean en 09-26-14
- The Brothers
- John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and Their Secret World War
- De: Stephen Kinzer
- Narrado por: David Cochran Heath
A compelling piece of forgotten history.
Revisado: 11-21-21
This should be required reading for every American. Two brothers truly shaped the future of a nation, for better and worse.
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In Extremis
- The Life and Death of the War Correspondent Marie Colvin
- De: Lindsey Hilsum
- Narrado por: Lindsey Hilsum
- Duración: 13 h y 25 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 181
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 160
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 160
When Marie Colvin was killed by an IED in Homs, Syria, in 2012, at age 56, the world lost one of its most fearless, accomplished, and iconoclastic war correspondents, an eye-patch wearing, party-throwing, and risk-taking female combat reporter who covered the most significant and destructive global calamities of her lifetime. In Extremis: The Life and Death of War Reporter Marie Colvin, written by Colvin’s friend and prizewinning fellow reporter Lindsey Hilsum, is a thrilling and powerful investigation into Colvin’s epic life and tragic death.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Troubled Charismatic Brilliant
- De Dan en 01-18-19
- In Extremis
- The Life and Death of the War Correspondent Marie Colvin
- De: Lindsey Hilsum
- Narrado por: Lindsey Hilsum
What a life
Revisado: 08-26-21
This was such a fascinating biography. The world needs more brave people like Marie Colvin.
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Grant
- De: Ron Chernow
- Narrado por: Mark Bramhall
- Duración: 48 h y 2 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 13,270
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 11,849
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 11,784
Ulysses S. Grant's life has typically been misunderstood. All too often he is caricatured as a chronic loser and an inept businessman or as the triumphant but brutal Union general of the Civil War. But these stereotypes don't come close to capturing him, as Chernow reveals in his masterful biography, the first to provide a complete understanding of the general and president whose fortunes rose and fell with dizzying speed and frequency.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Book (BUT WHERE IS THE PDF FILES)????
- De Amazon Customer en 10-25-17
- Grant
- De: Ron Chernow
- Narrado por: Mark Bramhall
Grant becomes your friend
Revisado: 03-09-20
A beautiful and thorough memoir on a man seldom given the attention he deserves in our public history. The only constructive criticism is that I wish the author wrote more about the Grant family after his death, and more particulars about his history.
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Mulgara
- The Necromancer’s Will
- De: David Rose
- Narrado por: Greg Tremblay
- Duración: 4 h y 34 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 8
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 6
When Maecidion dies, the reading of the will is an outrage. Irion, the dead necromancer's kin, watches as coveted heirlooms are given to his enemies. Himself no stranger to black magic, Irion soon embarks on a bitter skirmish to retrieve what should rightfully be his. A composite novel: Tinged with traces of horror and humor, erotica and satire, the world of Mulgara plays host to an ensemble of dark characters.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Unique and interesting way of telling a story
- De DugFinn en 02-26-24
- Mulgara
- The Necromancer’s Will
- De: David Rose
- Narrado por: Greg Tremblay
Dark, gritty, hilarious, and fun. Unmatched prose in a fantastic horror-fantasy world.
Revisado: 12-14-19
Mulgara was a fun journey! The book was short and broken up into three distinct stories which intertwined to build a cruel, cold, fun, and imaginative horror-fantasy world. The use of magic in the book was creative and unique. Rose’s prose is incredible, especially in the most crude parts of the book, testifying to his background as an overseas scholar and US Marine. I recommend Mulgara to any adult looking for a weekend literary adventure into this unique and brilliant fantasy world. I have a feeling we will be seeing more of the Mulgara world. On the audible version, the reader’s voice is pleasant and he does a great job managing the different characters.
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