Ralph H. Armstrong

profoundly good book

Revisado: 10-26-18

I never thought of the thousands or even tens of thousands of people stranded in Eastern Europe, prisoners of the Germans turned loose in their panic withdrawal. left to the mercy of the Soviets, who would obstruct any attempts at liberation or rescue. a deeply inspiring and moving book. Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg should make a movie series of it.

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the best war story I ever heard!

Revisado: 07-03-18

It was a war story like all the others, full of drama, pathos, Terror,l and courage . but it was told with a Polish which made it marvelously poetic. furthermore, it was read in an incomparable manner . I recommend this most highly.

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beautifully written and narrated

Revisado: 05-30-18

I've read a lot of books on Naval Aviation and enjoyed all of them, but this was the best. and the narrator was superb!

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a most powerful story of Science and religion.

Revisado: 05-16-18

I am a physician Christian who sees science as God's latest revelation of Truth. this book powerfully dramatizes The Awakening realization of the possibilities inherent in the discovery of the harmony of science and faith. but a word of caution, set time aside for reading or listening to the book, as you will not be able to put it down.

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“About Pain" by Rachel Aarons is a must

Revisado: 08-22-16

What made the experience of listening to About Pain the most enjoyable?

I am a psychiatrist/addictionist, and I am also board eligible in neurology. I am a former member of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, where I learned to use that arcane and highly effective method to treat acute and chronic pain. Lastly, I am coincidentally a pain sufferer. Having managed innumerable patients who have suffered pain, a host more who have attempted through addiction to avoid it, and finally to experience my own pain through 3 back surgeries and 15 months of at times almost unbearable L4-5 nerve root pain, I think I can speak with authority about Rachel Aaron’s book. I most enjoyed the book because it spoke accurately and comprehensively about the pain condition..

What did you like best about this story?

The author seeks to develop our empathy for the suffering of others through dramatized case examples, including her own suffering, making this book a useful textbook for medical students, as well as caregivers. We as caregivers need an understanding of pain and what generates it and have an emotional grasp of its experience, but we need to go further and fathom the mind of the pain sufferer. In other words, we need to have a feel for the “pain” patient. "About Pain" admirably accomplishes this

Which scene was your favorite?

Finally, we would like to do something about our sufferer’s pain. This is not a textbook of physical pain management, but it is essential reading for mental health clinicians encountering pain sufferers in practice, for the author gives us a panoply of effective psycho-social interventions to help ease the pain of many patients.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

no

Any additional comments?

I would like to have seen discussion of addiction as a prime means of avoiding pain, given our current national opiate crisis, but that would be the topic for another book.

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