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Personalized view of Midway

Revisado: 01-17-24

Like novels by Jeff Shaara this story weaves actual characters who participated in the Battle of Midway with some fictional characters and likely dialogue of pilots of that era. The author is eminently qualified to bring this well researched story to life.

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Kept me listening non-stop for days

Revisado: 12-03-22

As a submariner with eighteen years in the submarine force, I found this listen to be excellent. It touches on historical events, and follows the careers of several of the legends of the US Navy in WWII, Admiral Lockwood, Sam Dealy, Richard O'Kane, Mush Morton and others. I only served on nuclear submarines, but the descriptions of life on diesel submarines matches the legend that has been passed down. The story of Charlie's progression from "non-qualified Lieutenant" to Captain of a submarine in two years was a little bit of a stretch, but it made for good reading. Think "Operation Pacific" and "Run Silent, Run Deep" and "Destination Tokyo" rolled into one series of books.

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Great insight into your family pet

Revisado: 08-25-22

I found this book so useful, that I purchased the author's book on dog training. He goes into how much wolf is in every dog's DNA, and how some attributes of wolves have been bred out of certain species over time, and some have been retained. As my interest is centered on one type of dog, I went pretty quickly through breed categories I had less interest in, and that is the reason I only rated the content as a 4 of 5. The narration was excellent.

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Mitch saves the world again

Revisado: 02-05-21

I have read or listened to most of the Mitch Rapp series and this may be the best of all. Started a little slow but picked up into a very fast paced foreign intrigue novel. A lot of good guys and very bad guys and great action scenes.

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A Second gripping read from Kevin Miller

Revisado: 12-31-20

Plenty of excitement for those who love naval/military fiction. This book, like the first in the series, is filled with exciting combat scenes, along with the everyday personalities in ships and squadrons that cross over into how military personnel perform under the stress of adversity. This adds a level of reality that is not found in many books of this genre.
The narration is also excellent, and I recall none of the "annoying" mispronunciations of ships and/or locations in this audiobook.

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Concise summary of the traits of an excellent leader

Revisado: 11-04-20

I have listened to many books about leader ship and leaders. This story of Hal Moore’s life and career is a fine example of all the traits of a great leader. If you were a fan of the book We Were Soldiers and Young you will enjoy learning more about the man portrayed in this book.

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Eye opening

Revisado: 10-22-20

As a grandfather of an “elite” baseball player, I can vouch for the truth of this short treatise on the world of kid’s travel teams. There are so many levels of reality in the wide gulf between parent’s, player’s and coaches’ goals, agendas and expectations that a review can not cover them in any depth. This is about women’s elite softball but it applies to all sports. A must read for parents of aspiring athletes.

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Cute light fare

Revisado: 12-15-19

Enjoyable short story with some unexpected turns and twists. Will leave the reader in a happy place.

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Great story distracting background noise

Revisado: 07-31-19

A truly great story about an engineer with integrity and how he struggled against the NASA bureaucracy. I found the narration excellent, the story was excellent, the scientific facts were presented in a way they could be easily understood by the layperson. The only drawback was background music and background conversations, meant to add an artistic touch to the narration but were distracting and made parts of the book hard to follow.

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Possibly my best non-fiction book listen.

Revisado: 07-09-19

Mike Massimino weaves a story of grit and determination, of love of science, country and fellow space traveler. I laughed and cried at points in the book. It was as easy to read as a spellbinding action novel, with anecdotes about the heroes of early space travel we are familiar with--Glenn, Armstrong, White, Grissom and others.
The author describes accurately stories of how congress and the American people put programs on both banquets of plenty and starvation diets based on popularity, with serious impacts on people, programs, and safety. It is educational as well as inspirational. A great read.

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