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Manhunt
- The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden - from 9-11 to Abbottabad
- De: Peter L. Bergen
- Narrado por: Mark Deakins
- Duración: 8 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 517
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 449
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 443
From the author of the New York Times best-selling Holy War, Inc., this is the definitive account of the decade-long manhunt for the world’s most wanted man, Osama bin Laden. Al Qaeda expert and CNN national security analyst Peter Bergen paints a multidimensional picture of the hunt for bin Laden over the past decade, including the operation that killed him.
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5 out of 5 stars
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DO NOT MISS THIS ONE!
- De Betty en 05-04-12
- Manhunt
- The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden - from 9-11 to Abbottabad
- De: Peter L. Bergen
- Narrado por: Mark Deakins
Excellent book with narration flaws
Revisado: 02-02-22
The story itself is very compelling; along with Mark Bowden’s The Finish which complements this book well. The narration is a mixed bag. The most glaring error is the continual mispronunciation of Abbottabad. It l has four syllables, not three! Also the affectation of accents and voices is annoying at best and borders on racism and sexism at worst. Just read. The narrator’s voice is pleasant otherwise, but the mispronunciation of the major place in the book and the voices which almost seem like SNL caricatures need to go.
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Snow & Steel
- The Battle of the Bulge 1944-45
- De: Peter Caddick-Adams
- Narrado por: Paul Boehmer, Tim Reynolds
- Duración: 31 h y 40 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 302
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 271
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 272
Between December 16, 1944 and January 15, 1945, American forces found themselves entrenched in the heavily forested Ardennes region of Belgium, France, and Luxembourg defending against an advancing German army amid freezing temperatures, deep snow, and dense fog. Operation Herbstnebel - Autumn Mist - was a massive German counter-offensive that stunned the Allies in its scope and intensity.
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3 out of 5 stars
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fascinating and thorough, painful narration
- De richard en 01-05-15
- Snow & Steel
- The Battle of the Bulge 1944-45
- De: Peter Caddick-Adams
- Narrado por: Paul Boehmer, Tim Reynolds
Narration a major distraction
Revisado: 12-31-14
Is there anything you would change about this book?
As noted by another review, the narration is problematic. The reader constantly overemphasizes the pronunciation of "foreign" words, pausing to put the "correct" pronunciation is an overly-dramatic fashion that detracts from the flow of the book. Moreover, certain English words are mispronounced, with "Ultra" being rendered as "Ooltra." I have never heard the word ultra pronounced that way, I think the narrator thought it was foreign, maybe because its in italics in the book?
What other book might you compare Snow & Steel to and why?
Any of the other books on the Battle of the Bulge, e.g. Tolands Battle, or the newer books on Patton and on Bastogne.
Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Paul Boehmer?
The narrators in Rick Atkinson's liberation trilogy all did credible jobs, although they occasionally missed a pronunciation or were inconsistent. "Scheldt" seems to be a problem for Audible readers in determining a consistent pronunciation, so they seem to use several in the same book.
Could you see Snow & Steel being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?
Although I still enjoy the "Battle of the Bulge" movie with Henry Fonda and Robert Shaw, its laughable as far as historical accuracy. Would love to see a modern, Band of Brothers type treatment, (which did have a Bulge espisode).
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The Drive on Moscow, 1941
- Operation Taifun and Germany’s First Great Crisis of World War II
- De: Niklas Zetterling, Anders Frankson
- Narrado por: Dave Courvoisier
- Duración: 8 h y 49 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 97
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 88
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 85
At the end of September 1941, more than a million German soldiers lined up along the frontline just 180 miles west of Moscow. They were well trained, confident, and had good reasons to hope that the war in the East would be over with one last offensive. Facing them was an equally large Soviet force, but whose soldiers were neither as well trained nor as confident. When the Germans struck, disaster soon befell the Soviet defenders.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Add the maps, lose the accents
- De Carrick en 07-03-14
- The Drive on Moscow, 1941
- Operation Taifun and Germany’s First Great Crisis of World War II
- De: Niklas Zetterling, Anders Frankson
- Narrado por: Dave Courvoisier
Add the maps, lose the accents
Revisado: 07-03-14
Would you consider the audio edition of The Drive on Moscow, 1941 to be better than the print version?
No due to absence of maps available for the audio edition.
What did you like best about this story?
Detailed research
What do you think the narrator could have done better?
I really wish narrators of historical nonfiction would not adopt cheesy accents when reading quoted first person accounts. Just read. Save the acting for fiction titles,
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