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The Dissonance
- A Novel
- De: Shaun Hamill
- Narrado por: Soneela Nankani
- Duración: 17 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 25
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 20
"You can never go home again," the saying goes—but Hal, Athena, and Erin have to. In high school, the three were students of the eccentric Professor Marsh, trained in a secret system of magic known as the Dissonance, which is built around harnessing negative emotions: alienation, anger, pain. Then, twenty years ago, something happened that shattered their coven, scattering them across the country, stuck in mundane lives, alone. But now, terrifying signs and portents (not to mention a pointed Facebook invite) have summoned them back to Clegg, Texas.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Dissonance - An amazing new urban fantasy horror novel that grabs your heart and doesn’t let go.
- De Jesse LaCrue en 11-24-24
- The Dissonance
- A Novel
- De: Shaun Hamill
- Narrado por: Soneela Nankani
Loses some steam in the 3rd act
Revisado: 09-17-24
First two acts were great and then it felt like it got kind of out of character for act 3. I still like the very end, but just felt like the build up was so good and had kind of a weird turn.
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The Fleet at Flood Tide
- America at Total War in the Pacific, 1944-1945
- De: James D. Hornfischer
- Narrado por: Pete Larkin
- Duración: 23 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,356
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,207
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,202
With its thunderous assault on the Mariana Islands in June 1944, the United States crossed the threshold of total war. In this tour de force of dramatic storytelling, distilled from extensive research in newly discovered primary sources, James D. Hornfischer brings to life the campaign that was the fulcrum of the drive to compel Tokyo to surrender—and that forever changed the art of modern war.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hornfischer's Philosophical Summary Up to VJ Day
- De Hollywood Dave en 01-08-17
- The Fleet at Flood Tide
- America at Total War in the Pacific, 1944-1945
- De: James D. Hornfischer
- Narrado por: Pete Larkin
One of my new favorite WW2 audio books
Revisado: 07-12-17
This is the best book I've read or listened to about the war in the Pacific and one of the best about the entire war. The focus on Raymond Spruance, Draper Kaufman and Paul Tibbets were all wonderful. Besides Tibbets, I really didn't know much of anything about the other two and their stories are just incredible. I loved that the book was not just the rose tinted version of the history, but addressed the personal failings of the characters it covered, like Kelly Turner, who struggles with a drinking problem throughout the war, and the struggles of Kaufman and other commanding officers as their groups suffer heavy casualties is a reminder that these people were all human. On the other side, the Japanese characters they focus on from Sipan have incredibles stories. Parts of it reminded me of Stephen Ambrose book "Supreme Allied Commander" which was about Eisenhower in Europe, which is one of my all time favorites. This book is for Spruance, what that book did for Eisenhower, but where Ambrose's book has some small lulls, I feel like this book avoided some of those by keeping up with Kaufman, Tibbets, and other rank and file accounts of the moments, as well as the Japanese accounts to avoid a sole focus on Spruance. I'm a big fan of contemporary histories of WW2 and I loved this book. Great narrator and just so well written!
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The Supreme Commander
- The War Years of Dwight D. Eisenhower
- De: Stephen E. Ambrose
- Narrado por: Richard Ferrone
- Duración: 32 h y 48 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 983
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 883
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 878
In this classic portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower the soldier, best-selling historian Stephen E. Ambrose examines the Allied commander's leadership during World War II. Ambrose brings Eisenhower's experience of the Second World War to life, showing in vivid detail how the general's skill as a diplomat and a military strategist contributed to Allied successes in North Africa and in Europe and established him as one of the greatest military leaders in the world.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very Interesting of the politics of war
- De Timothy en 06-28-17
- The Supreme Commander
- The War Years of Dwight D. Eisenhower
- De: Stephen E. Ambrose
- Narrado por: Richard Ferrone
Great character story from WW2
Revisado: 04-29-17
This book should be a Netflix or HBO show. They just do a great job telling the story of Eisenhower and all of the characters around him that shaped the war. I had just finished Nigel Hamilton's "Mantle of Command" and "Commander in Chief" before listening to this one and this is like the perfect companion book to go with those or vice versa. Those FDR books focus more on Roosevelt and Marshall's struggles with Churchill and the BCOS over policy, while "The Supreme Commander" deals more with all of the in the field problems that went into planning and carrying out all of the major campaigns in North Africa, Italy, France and Germany. It stays away from being overly tactical and does a nice job of focusing on the human element of these operations. Great book and even at 30hrs it flew by.
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