Deborah Lindsay
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Factfulness
- Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World - and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
- De: Hans Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund, Ola Rosling
- Narrado por: Richard Harries
- Duración: 8 h y 51 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 6,591
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 5,676
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 5,645
Factfulness: The stress-reducing habit of carrying only opinions for which you have strong supporting facts. When asked simple questions about global trends - what percentage of the world's population live in poverty; why the world's population is increasing; how many girls finish school - we systematically get the answers wrong. In Factfulness, professor of international health and global TED phenomenon Hans Rosling, together with his two longtime collaborators, Anna and Ola, offers a radical new explanation of why this happens.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great Read not for Listening
- De carlos gomez en 06-01-18
- Factfulness
- Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World - and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
- De: Hans Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund, Ola Rosling
- Narrado por: Richard Harries
A researcher exporting other researchers to humility and admitting failures
Revisado: 06-25-18
This was very good as an audiobook but I’m buying the hard copy to re-read.
Chapter 5 is One of my favorites as it explains the reaction to FEAR and why politicians, activists, and marketers rely on it so heavily.
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To Kingdom Come
- An Epic Saga of Survival in the Air War Over Germany
- De: Robert J. Mrazek
- Narrado por: David Drummond
- Duración: 10 h y 41 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 38
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 27
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 28
On September 6, 1943, 338 B-17 "Flying Fortresses" of the American Eighth Air Force took off from England, bound for Stuttgart, Germany, to bomb Nazi weapons factories. Dense clouds obscured the targets, and one commander's critical decision to circle three times over the city---and its deadly flak---would prove disastrous. Forty-five planes went down that day, and hundreds of men were lost or missing.
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4 out of 5 stars
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38 Planes Were Sent Out. Only 2 Returned.
- De Andrew Scott McClanahan en 11-07-12
- To Kingdom Come
- An Epic Saga of Survival in the Air War Over Germany
- De: Robert J. Mrazek
- Narrado por: David Drummond
Respect!
Revisado: 01-02-17
This is a story well told with insightful details on the personal lives of the men who fought and their families at home. The author provides a great review of the risks and sacrifices to the French Resistance assumed in fighting the Germans and protecting the American servicemen. Good Book - I recommend it.
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Relentless Strike
- The Secret History of Joint Special Operations Command
- De: Sean Naylor
- Narrado por: Sean Runnette
- Duración: 19 h y 18 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,035
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,817
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,816
Relentless Strike tells the inside story of Joint Special Operations Command, the secret military organization that, during the past decade, has revolutionized counterterrorism, seamlessly fusing intelligence and operational skills to conduct missions that hit the headlines and those that have remained in the shadows - until now. Because JSOC includes the military's most storied special operations units - Delta Force, SEAL Team Six, the 75th Ranger Regiment - as well as America's most secret aviation and intelligence units, this is their story, too.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Horrible narrator
- De Michael en 08-19-19
- Relentless Strike
- The Secret History of Joint Special Operations Command
- De: Sean Naylor
- Narrado por: Sean Runnette
So much information.
Revisado: 09-05-16
The last decade has seen unbelievable events unfold in the Middle East, North Africa, and other strategic locations. This book exposes a great deal about how the US responded to the events that have occurred during this time. JSOC, the brain child of McChrystal and an exceptional cadre of professional soldiers developed technologies, strategies and tactics that vastly expanded the capabilities and effectiveness of the US counter terrorism teams.
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With the Old Breed
- At Peleliu and Okinawa
- De: E. B. Sledge
- Narrado por: Marc Vietor, Joe Mazzello, Tom Hanks (introduction)
- Duración: 13 h y 58 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 11,072
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 9,950
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 9,902
The celebrated 2010 HBO miniseries The Pacific, winner of eight Emmy Awards, was based on two classic books about the War in the Pacific, Helmet for My Pillow and With The Old Breed. Audible Studios, in partnership with Playtone, the production company co-owned by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman, and creator of the award-winning HBO series Band of Brothers, John Adams, and The Pacific, as well as the HBO movie Game Change, has created new recordings of these memoirs, narrated by the stars of the miniseries.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This is the second audio book of Sledge's work
- De Richard en 10-21-13
- With the Old Breed
- At Peleliu and Okinawa
- De: E. B. Sledge
- Narrado por: Marc Vietor, Joe Mazzello, Tom Hanks (introduction)
Disturbingly vivid
Revisado: 02-17-16
I'm not sure when I learned that both of my grandpa's were combat vets (infantry - WW1) but I remember as a boy feeling perturbed that they refused to ever tell me war stories. Sometimes they were angry refusals.
Now, thanks to first hand accounts of combat like this, I can clearly see why. I'm sad and slightly embarrassed for that naive young boy whose questions must have churned up such painful and bitter memories.
This story needs to be told and remembered so that others might be spared the agony and horrors of war.
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The Fall of the Ottomans
- The Great War in the Middle East
- De: Eugene Rogan
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 17 h y 25 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,528
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,336
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,324
In The Fall of the Ottomans, award-winning historian Eugene Rogan brings the First World War and its immediate aftermath in the Middle East to vivid life, uncovering the often ignored story of the region's crucial role in the conflict.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Book About A Little Known Part of WWI
- De Nostromo en 06-08-15
- The Fall of the Ottomans
- The Great War in the Middle East
- De: Eugene Rogan
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
Informed
Revisado: 07-08-15
The Ottoman Empire fell just over 100 years ago. I am embarrassed how little I knew about this tumultuous conflict its cost in blood and treasure and its lasting legacy which reaches into and shapes the current affairs of the region.
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Great Expectations
- De: Charles Dickens
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
- Duración: 18 h y 32 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,843
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 5,212
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 5,200
One of the most revered works in English literature, Great Expectations traces the coming of age of a young orphan, Pip, from a boy of shallow aspirations into a man of maturity. From the chilling opening confrontation with an escaped convict to the grand but eerily disheveled estate of bitter old Miss Havisham, all is not what it seems in Dickens’ dark tale of false illusions and thwarted desire.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The narrator!!
- De Dana en 06-13-13
- Great Expectations
- De: Charles Dickens
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
Exceptional Performance
Revisado: 06-26-15
Simon Prebble gives an exceptional performance of a classic and timeless story. I try to read this every couple of years as a treat.
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