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The Kingdoms and the Elves of the Reaches
- De: Robert Stanek
- Narrado por: uncredited
- Duración: 5 h y 4 m
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General3 out of 5 stars 1,120
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Narración:2.5 out of 5 stars 141
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Historia2.5 out of 5 stars 140
After the Great War that divided the peoples, the kingdoms of men plunged into a Dark Age that lasted 500 years. To heal the lands and restore the light, the great kings decreed that magic and all that is magical, be it creature, man, or device, shall be cleansed to dust. The cleansing raged for so long that no human could recall a time without it and it is in this time that the Dark Lord Sathar returned from the dark beyond.
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5 out of 5 stars
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No Wonder it Was a Top BookSense 76 Pick!
- De Patrick Y. en 04-24-05
- The Kingdoms and the Elves of the Reaches
- De: Robert Stanek
- Narrado por: uncredited
Well, it's about Princesses and Elves and stuff...
Revisado: 10-31-05
I like SciFi and some Fantasy, but I don't live and breathe it.
The ratings for this series are incredible, so I took a chance and listened to it. It's just another Fantasy series, folks - it seemed a little underwritten to me, but maybe it picks up in later books, I don't know. I'm not going to spend the money to find out.
If you REALLY like this sort of thing, go for it. I was bored.
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Don't Know Much About History
- Everything You Need to Know About American History
- De: Kenneth C. Davis
- Narrado por: Jeff Wooden
- Duración: 18 h y 31 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 587
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 123
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 127
When Don't Know Much About History first appeared, it created a sensation. With humor, great stories, and a trademark conversational style, the audiobook brought Americans a fresh new take on history. Davis proved that Americans don't hate history - they just hate the dull textbook version they were force-fed in school.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Here they go again!
- De Michael en 04-27-03
- Don't Know Much About History
- Everything You Need to Know About American History
- De: Kenneth C. Davis
- Narrado por: Jeff Wooden
You still won't know much!
Revisado: 06-05-03
As a history buff, perhaps I am the wrong person to review this text. You see, I like to read history, and so I have found this text not full of fascinating facts, but rather, a dull book in question and answer format.
Furthermore, and disturbingly, I found that whenever I was listening to a part of American History that I knew well, I came upon errors, or at least questionable conclusions.
I wish I could quote them here for the purposes of this review, but unfortunately I can only go by memory, as these are spoken books. A couple of examples:
In the Civil War section, there is a comment about Grant earning his sobriquet, "Unconditional Surrender" for the battle of Vicksburg (he earned it earlier for the Fort Donelson campaign). Later on, there is a comment about Sherman starting a campaign in "Sheridan" (surely, Meridian??).
The WWI section is miserable, and over simplifies an admittedly complex situation. It is too easy on Imperial Germany's responsibility in starting the war, and implies the atrocities the German army committed in Belgium and France in 1914 are mere stories. Great Britain was not strictly obligated to join in the war. This is all a very complicated subject, and I have to wonder why it is even included in the book, which is about American History after all.
In conclusion, the Q&A format lets the author pick and choose what questions to answer, and by no means do you get a complete story. Perhaps that wasn't his point, but you have to wonder what it was (besides making money, that is).
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An Army at Dawn
- The War in North Africa, 1942-1943
- De: Rick Atkinson
- Narrado por: Rick Atkinson
- Duración: 7 h y 2 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 318
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 129
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 130
The first volume of the Liberation Trilogy, An Army at Dawn is history of the highest order - brilliantly researched, rich with new material and surprising insights, the deeply human story of a monumental battle for the future of civilization. "An absolute masterpiece," says Andrew Carroll, author of War Letters, "This book is storytelling - and history - at its most riveting."
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3 out of 5 stars
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Abridging too far?
- De Jeremy en 02-19-03
- An Army at Dawn
- The War in North Africa, 1942-1943
- De: Rick Atkinson
- Narrado por: Rick Atkinson
Abridging too far?
Revisado: 02-19-03
As an avid WWII buff and audible.com listener, I was looking forward to this history of the US Army in it's earliest campaign in the Atlantic Theater.
The first part of the campaign was a near-disaster, and it was fortunate the Americans had barely motivated Vichy French forces as its first oppenents. The Americans improved, but unfortunately, the British Allied Command retained their negative first impressions of the American Army until very late in the war. Eventually, thanks as much to advantages in air superiority and cryptological intelligence (both subjects not brought up much, although touched on - it is a history of the <ib>Army</ib>, after all) as to improved fighting qualities, the Allied forces prevailed.
The story is well told, albeit briefly. As someone who already knows the general outlines of the campaign, I was looking for detail and new analysis. I didn't get much, listening to this book.
I was interested enough in the book to take a look at it in our local B&N, and I found that the book is far richer in detail - and also had some decent maps, always a help in understanding. So, in my case, I found the abridgment too severe.
One other point: as the previous reviewer suggests, the author is not a professional narrator!
In conclusion, "An Army at Dawn" is interesting, and worth a listen, but it could have been much more. beta inappVoteInfo
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