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The Dead Hand
- The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy
- De: David E. Hoffman
- Narrado por: Bob Walter
- Duración: 20 h y 46 m
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The Dead Hand is the suspense-filled story of the people who sought to brake the speeding locomotive of the arms race, then rushed to secure the nuclear and biological weapons left behind by the collapse of the Soviet Union—a dangerous legacy that haunts us even today.The Cold War was an epoch of massive overkill.
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Eye opening
- De Brian en 11-16-10
- The Dead Hand
- The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy
- De: David E. Hoffman
- Narrado por: Bob Walter
It’s a wonder we’re alive
Revisado: 05-07-25
Sobering detail of the nuclear, biological and chemical arms race. Sometimes a little dry. But other times comes the realization that we, as a species, were not that far off from making ourselves extinct
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The Kaiju Preservation Society
- De: John Scalzi
- Narrado por: Wil Wheaton
- Duración: 8 h y 2 m
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When COVID-19 sweeps through New York City, Jamie Gray is stuck as a dead-end driver for food-delivery apps. That is, until Jamie makes a delivery to an old acquaintance, Tom, who works at what he calls “an animal rights organization”. Tom’s team needs a last-minute grunt to handle things on their next field visit. Jamie, eager to do anything, immediately signs on. What Tom doesn't tell Jamie is that the animals his team cares for are not here on Earth. Not our Earth, at at least. In an alternate dimension, dinosaur-like creatures named Kaiju roam a warm and human-free world.
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I'm listening with a permanent smile on my face
- De Lucy A. Pithecus en 03-15-22
- The Kaiju Preservation Society
- De: John Scalzi
- Narrado por: Wil Wheaton
Fun ride
Revisado: 03-14-25
This was a fun book to listen to. I usually listen to heavier stuff and thought that this was actually going to be heavy too (I listened to it just from the book title). I’m glad I did. It was fun. Lighthearted. A nice break.
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Countdown to Midnight
- A Novel
- De: Dale Brown
- Narrado por: Rob Shapiro
- Duración: 13 h y 5 m
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Nick Flynn is back in action, and he has a new employer—a shadowy intelligence outfit whose roots go back to the very beginning of the Cold War. But his first mission for them almost becomes his last. While meeting with a high-ranking Iranian dissident in the Austrian Alps, Flynn is ambushed and nearly killed… just after learning that Iran and Russia are working together on a mysterious project—one they have codenamed MIDNIGHT.
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Believe this could really occur
- De Barb Slycord en 07-07-23
- Countdown to Midnight
- A Novel
- De: Dale Brown
- Narrado por: Rob Shapiro
His eyes narrowed
Revisado: 01-18-25
“His eyes narrowed” is a favorite line. So much so that I kinda wanted to start over and keep tally. But the book was cheesy. A lot of wannabe Jack Ryan meets dirk pitt. Parts felt like the villain was taken from an after school cartoon…cobra commander comes to mind
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Predator - Incursion
- The Rage War, Book 1
- De: Tim Lebbon
- Narrado por: John Chancer
- Duración: 11 h y 30 m
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Predator ships stream into human space in unprecedented numbers. The Colonial Marines, controlled by Weyland-Yutani, respond to the incursion, thus entering the Rage War. This terrifying assault by the Yautja cannot go unchallenged, yet the cost of combat is high. Predators are master combatants, and each encounter yields a high body count. Then, when Lt. Johnny Mains and his marines - the VoidLarks - enter the fray, they discover an enemy deadlier than any could imagine.
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I was really wanted to like this book!!
- De jeremy lamarch en 05-15-16
- Predator - Incursion
- The Rage War, Book 1
- De: Tim Lebbon
- Narrado por: John Chancer
Meh
Revisado: 12-21-24
Boring. It’s one of those books that you power through because you’re trying to make the most of the Amazon credits.
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Artemis
- De: Andy Weir
- Narrado por: Rosario Dawson
- Duración: 8 h y 57 m
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Jazz Bashara is a criminal. Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon, is tough if you're not a rich tourist or an eccentric billionaire. So smuggling in the occasional harmless bit of contraband barely counts, right? Not when you've got debts to pay and your job as a porter barely covers the rent. Everything changes when Jazz sees the chance to commit the perfect crime, with a reward too lucrative to turn down.
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A ferrari with no motor
- De will en 11-18-17
- Artemis
- De: Andy Weir
- Narrado por: Rosario Dawson
Weir also spins a good yarn
Revisado: 12-04-24
Loved this. A little bit of a left turn from the Martian, but still similar vibe. Fun and intriguing. I really hope weir writes more
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The Apollo Murders
- De: Chris Hadfield
- Narrado por: Ray Porter
- Duración: 15 h y 15 m
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NASA is about to launch Apollo 18. While the mission has been billed as a scientific one, flight controller Kazimieras "Kaz" Zemeckis knows there is a darker objective. Intelligence has discovered a secret Soviet space station spying on America, and Apollo 18 may be the only chance to stop it. But as Kaz races to keep the NASA crew one step ahead of their Russian rivals, a deadly accident reveals that not everyone involved is who they were thought to be. With political stakes stretched to the breaking point, the White House and the Kremlin can only watch as their astronauts collide.
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Was dubious at first but happily surprised
- De Brett Fluri en 10-17-21
- The Apollo Murders
- De: Chris Hadfield
- Narrado por: Ray Porter
Fun
Revisado: 01-31-24
I liked this book. It had a good number of twists and action. The fact that the author is a former astronaut, added some authenticity to it…to the aerospace dorks amongst us, that means acronyms. Lots and lots of acronyms. Haha
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Wheels Stop: The Tragedies and Triumphs of the Space Shuttle Program, 1986-2011
- Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Space
- De: Rick Houston
- Narrado por: James Killavey
- Duración: 17 h y 51 m
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Humanity's first reusable spacecraft and the most complex machine ever built, NASA's space shuttle debuted with great promise and as a dependable source of wonder and national pride. But with the Challenger catastrophe in 1986, the whole space shuttle program came into question, as did NASA itself, so long an institution that was seemingly above reproach. Wheels Stop tells the stirring story of how, after the Challenger disaster, the space shuttle not only recovered but went on to perform its greatest missions.
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Finished it in three days!
- De Ken en 01-07-16
- Wheels Stop: The Tragedies and Triumphs of the Space Shuttle Program, 1986-2011
- Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Space
- De: Rick Houston
- Narrado por: James Killavey
Boring
Revisado: 01-28-23
I gave this an hour and it was just more painful by the moment. I dreaded the thought of listening to the reader, who sounds like the text-to-speech voice you hear on TikTok videos.
You love yourself too much for this book
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Hogs in the Sand
- A Gulf War A-10 Pilot's Combat Journal
- De: Buck Wyndham
- Narrado por: Jim Seybert
- Duración: 15 h y 46 m
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The mighty, iconic A-10 Warthog was first thrust into battle in Operation Desert Storm. The men who took it through walls of flak and surface-to-air missiles to help defeat the world's fourth-largest army were as untested as their airplanes, so they relied on personal determination and the amazing A-10 to accomplish their missions, despite the odds.
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Weak
- De KL en 12-29-22
- Hogs in the Sand
- A Gulf War A-10 Pilot's Combat Journal
- De: Buck Wyndham
- Narrado por: Jim Seybert
Like brrrrrrtttt!? Well let’s hear about Sarah
Revisado: 10-29-22
For the most part this a decent day to day account of the thoughts and missions of an A10pot during the first Gulf War. About what you’d want and expect from this genre.
However. I didn’t want to spend what felt like a quarter of the book hearing about how he longed after a girl who had friend zoned him and was in a relationship with another man. You will learn to dread the name: Sarah
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Locked On
- A Jack Ryan Novel
- De: Tom Clancy, Mark Greaney
- Narrado por: Lou Diamond Phillips
- Duración: 17 h y 25 m
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Privately training with special forces, he’s honing his combat skills to continue his work within the Campus, hunting down and eliminating terrorists wherever he can--even as Jack Ryan Sr. campaigns to become President of the United States again. But what neither father nor son knows is that the political and personal have just become equally dangerous. A devout enemy of Jack Sr. launches a privately-funded vendetta to discredit him and connect him to a mysterious killing in his longtime ally John Clark’s past. All they have to do is catch him.
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WHAT? WHEN? WHO? WHY? WHERE?
- De Jackie en 11-14-13
- Locked On
- A Jack Ryan Novel
- De: Tom Clancy, Mark Greaney
- Narrado por: Lou Diamond Phillips
Not a Clancy
Revisado: 10-05-22
Clancy is a master. But. This other writer just doesn’t hold up to that standard. The story is full of action but kinda relies on the action to pull it through
It’s missing the intrigue and the web that the original Jack Ryan series possessed.
I’ve only read two of the Jack Ryan jr books. So far they both are formulaic. Not bad books but not the wow factor that came from Clancy
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Dead or Alive
- A Jack Ryan Novel
- De: Tom Clancy, Grant Blackwood
- Narrado por: Lou Diamond Phillips
- Duración: 20 h y 35 m
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It is The Campus. Secretly created under the administration of President Jack Ryan, its sole purpose is to eliminate terrorists and those who protect them. Officially, it has no connection to the American government - a necessity in a time when those in power consider themselves above such arcane ideals as loyalty, justice, and right or wrong.
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Superb! More Clancy/LDP!
- De smb072 en 12-10-10
- Dead or Alive
- A Jack Ryan Novel
- De: Tom Clancy, Grant Blackwood
- Narrado por: Lou Diamond Phillips
Not up to source material
Revisado: 06-07-22
I love the Tom Clancy novels. Listened or read all of them. If you’re holding that level to this author signed off by Clancy, you’ll be disappointed. It’s just not the same. Even the old characters (jack ryan sr) are not the same. The new guy just can’t replicate it
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