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One Southerners Stories

Revisado: 01-26-22

This book is a compendium of stories by the author. They give his perspective on growing up and living in the South, with a narrative delivered in a refreshingly self-deprecating and humorous southern dialect. It was enjoyable and somewhat enlightening. I highly recommend it for Southerners and anyone with a curious mind who wants to learn more about the Southern U.S.

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An amazing football player"s tale

Revisado: 01-20-22

Danny Wuerffel almost seems too good to be true. Of course he had a very strong upbringing and a lot of resources to get where he did. college and professional Athletics can be grueling unforgiving and ultimately corrupting. However by the grace of the Almighty, Danny seems to have escaped with his morals and his character pretty much unscathed. in this book Danny makes it abundantly clear that he owes his successes to the people around him and to his faith in God. The word that comes to mind for Danny is humility, which is a trait that seems to be all too rare in professional athletes. I enjoy listening to this book which was not very lengthy, particularly very frank description of his personal relationship with and debt of gratitude to Jesus Christ.

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A true American Gothic

Revisado: 01-10-22

This book tells of a time and place that has never been widely known and thus can't be characterized as forgotten. The lives of men and women, who were virtual slaves to the Alabama cotton mills, lived in austere, monotonous physical circumstances, though rich with human relationships. One can asset that in today's world we live in relative luxury, yet are starving for genuine human interactions.

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More than another Hollywood actor

Revisado: 12-16-21

Gary came from being a kid on a path to a meaningless life to becoming the modern day equivalent of Bob Hope for our servicemen and women, and first responders. This book is a biography with a purpose: to draw attention to the enormous price our fighting men and women have paid to insure our freedom. A must listen book.

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A transporting saga

Revisado: 12-06-21

This novel examines the origins of C.S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia in a wistful and well-spun first person-voiced narrative. A wistful meditation on the intersection of life and mythology.

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A harrowing and heartening real life story

Revisado: 11-30-21

The ditching of Flying Tigers Airlines flight 923 with 72 souls on board on September 23rd, 1962 is an amazing and almost unbelievable story. This story combines drama, heroism, existential struggles, and human tragedy in a stranger-than-fiction saga. While the matter-of-fact narration is a trifle bland, the details of this incident and it's aftermath are riveting. A very engrossing but mostly forgotten slice of American history.

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Outstanding audio book and presentation

Revisado: 11-19-21

This book is perhaps the best written and best dramatized of all that I have ever listened to. Hats off to Jody Picoult and the Audible team for an amazing, engaging, and emotionally wrenching tour de force. Don't take my word for it. Get this Audible book.

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A trip with a rick band

Revisado: 11-07-21

I enjoyed this book because it has the ring of veracity about it. The view into the interpersonal realationshops, conflicts, joys and struggles of the individuals in a rick band was very interesting and exceptionally well dramatized.

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An amazing historical survey and prophecy

Revisado: 10-30-21

This book is an amazing journey into the state have medical research in the United States prior to during and following the great influenza of 1918. If you don't read anything else read the Afterward, as it presages the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic with startling accuracy.

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Are you afraid to be all that you can be?

Revisado: 09-24-21

David Goggins tells the story of his journey from a 300lb loser to an extraordinary athlete, Navy Seal, and motivational speaker and author. David reveals the secret of his remarkable self-transformation, and challenges the listener to re-examine their own life in light of their unrealized capabilities. This is a disturbing listening experience, to say the least.

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