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Serenade to the Big Bird
- The True Account of Life and Death from Inside a B-17 Cockpit in WWII
- De: Bert Stiles
- Narrado por: Gary MacFadden
- Duración: 5 h y 14 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 17
This is the nonfiction memoir of a young pilot, Bert Stiles, who flew 35 missions in the B-17 Flying Fortress over Germany and Italy during World War II. At 22 years of age, Stiles left college and joined the American Air Force. The next year he began his tour of duty as a copilot of a B-17, flying missions high over Germany, Italy, and other European targets, bombing cities far below.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The honesty of the author
- De Tai en 06-24-24
- Serenade to the Big Bird
- The True Account of Life and Death from Inside a B-17 Cockpit in WWII
- De: Bert Stiles
- Narrado por: Gary MacFadden
The honesty of the author
Revisado: 06-24-24
This book is both raw and cultivated, and I found it to be one of the best war memoirs of any war that I have read.
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Knockdown
- De: Dick Francis
- Narrado por: Tony Britton
- Duración: 6 h y 1 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 110
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 94
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 94
For a generous commission, ex-prizewinning jockey Jonah Dereham reluctantly agrees to bid on a young steeplechaser on behalf of a wealthy American woman. But his life is thrust into danger immediately following the auction, when he receives a blow to the head by two thugs demanding ownership of the horse.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Classic Dick Francis Story
- De Gregg MacDonald en 02-16-23
- Knockdown
- De: Dick Francis
- Narrado por: Tony Britton
So entertaining
Revisado: 01-23-24
An absolute classic with drama till the very end and Francis’ beautiful prose. The narrator is among the best that you will hear.
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September Hope
- The American Side of a Bridge Too Far
- De: John C. McManus
- Narrado por: Walter Dixon
- Duración: 14 h y 48 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 131
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 120
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 120
In September Hope, acclaimed historian John C. McManus explores World War II’s most ambitious invasion, an immense, daring offensive to defeat Nazi Germany before the end of 1944. Operation Market-Garden is one of the war’s most famous, but least understood, battles, and McManus tells the story of the American contribution to this crucial phase of the war in Europe.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Go yanks go !
- De Alan en 03-06-13
- September Hope
- The American Side of a Bridge Too Far
- De: John C. McManus
- Narrado por: Walter Dixon
The US Army in Holland
Revisado: 08-12-23
The rest of the story of the ill conceived attack thru Holland in the fall of 1944 expertly researched and relayed by Dr. McManus.
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Surrender
- 40 Songs, One Story
- De: Bono
- Narrado por: Bono
- Duración: 20 h y 25 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 4,993
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 4,532
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 4,516
As one of the music world’s most iconic artists and the cofounder of the organizations ONE and (RED), Bono’s career has been written about extensively. But in Surrender, it’s Bono who picks up the pen, writing for the first time about his remarkable life and those he has shared it with. In his unique voice, Bono takes us from his early days growing up in Dublin, including the sudden loss of his mother when he was fourteen, to U2’s unlikely journey to become one of the world’s most influential rock bands, to his more than twenty years of activism.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic!
- De Josh en 11-04-22
Stark realism
Revisado: 03-12-23
Thank you Bono for the insight into the ‘how’ & ‘why’ of your life. It definitely lowered the barrier between myself and one of my favorite bands. I wish you & the band well in whatever new adventures life brings!
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D DAY Through German Eyes
- The Hidden Story of June 6th 1944
- De: Holger Eckhertz
- Narrado por: P. J. Ochlan
- Duración: 6 h y 4 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,477
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,143
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,142
Almost all accounts of D-Day are told from the Allied perspective, with the emphasis on how German resistance was overcome on June 6, 1944. But what was it like to be a German soldier in the bunkers and gun emplacements of the Normandy coast, facing the onslaught of the mightiest seaborne invasion in history? What motivated the German defenders, what were their thought processes - and how did they fight from one strong point to another, among the dunes and fields, on that first cataclysmic day?
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1 out of 5 stars
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A work of fiction
- De John Lindsey en 05-22-16
- D DAY Through German Eyes
- The Hidden Story of June 6th 1944
- De: Holger Eckhertz
- Narrado por: P. J. Ochlan
Gripping
Revisado: 09-02-19
This was the most graphic and literal war biography I have read; from any side. I was horrified and fascinated. And so thankful that I was not present. I will be listening to this one again as soon as I listen to volume two.
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Parachute Infantry
- An American Paratrooper's Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the Third Reich
- De: David Kenyon Webster
- Narrado por: Alan Sklar
- Duración: 17 h y 57 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 234
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 202
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 202
David Kenyon Webster's memoir is a clear-eyed, emotionally charged chronicle of youth, camaraderie, and the chaos of war. Relying on his own letters home and recollections he penned just after his discharge, Webster gives a firsthand account of life in E Company, 101st Airborne Division, crafting a memoir that resonates with the immediacy of a gripping novel.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Finest Infantry Memoir of WWII
- De Michael Richards en 11-21-16
- Parachute Infantry
- An American Paratrooper's Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the Third Reich
- De: David Kenyon Webster
- Narrado por: Alan Sklar
I really disliked this book.
Revisado: 08-29-19
I am not a military veteran or a hard-line hawk. But I found this author to be self-absorbed to the point of distraction. While some of the information about his engagements and the imperfections of the "greatest generation" to be revealing, it was all about the author and his personal beliefs.
I tried desperately to finish this book; but ran out of patience after 12 hours. A tip of the hat to those of you that endure this boring epic to the end.
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Finding Ultra
- Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World’s Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself
- De: Rich Roll
- Narrado por: Rich Roll
- Duración: 9 h y 48 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,268
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,772
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,777
An incredible but true account of achieving one of the most awe-inspiring midlife physical transformations ever. In October 2006, the night before he was to turn 40, Rich experienced a chilling glimpse of his future. Nearly 50 pounds overweight and unable to climb the stairs without stopping, he saw where his sedentary lifestyle was taking him. Most of us look the other way when granted such a moment of clarity, but not Rich.
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1 out of 5 stars
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incoherent melodrama
- De Randy Stanfield en 06-11-12
Tough to hear
Revisado: 02-10-19
I am not into celebrity train wrecks and therefore did not enjoy 2 hours of listening to Rich’s descent into self injury. I am happy for him coming clean in the end; I just could not force myself to endure 7 more hours of it. This is one of the few books I have ever returned to Audible.
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