Captain Awesome

Great bio

Revisado: 10-17-24

A great biography from a 2nd generation sportscaster. An entertaining story of a good man, his life and times.

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Fascinating

Revisado: 02-13-22

A fascinating dive into the modern history of one of our most important and controversial allies. The story is one of the Son of a once great house who combined a family name, military and political skill to lead Saudi Arabia from a British backwater to economic power, driving force in the Middle East, yet controversial sponsor of terrorism it is today.

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Don’t waste your time or money

Revisado: 06-06-18

The book stops around 1980. It’s not bad, but I didn’t buy and read a book about Keith Hernandez to get tips on how to fight off an inside fastball. Apparently there’s another potential book deal if this sells well enough, but since he’s making bank as the color commentator for the Mets, I highly doubt it would stray from this boring, self-serving tome. Only Mets fans would find this book interesting.

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Great!!

Revisado: 08-26-15

One of the best rock bios I've ever read. Straight forward and uncompromising without being overwrought or boastful. Just like the music.

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Amazing

Revisado: 04-22-15

The author's initial book still reads like a masterpiece. For most, this would be a magnum opus. For him, it's but one of a line of amazing works.

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Great book!

Revisado: 03-29-15

Very interesting study in the dichotomy of the Civil War's two most famous generals. Focuses less on the battles and tactics than on the respective personalities.

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The whole is less than the sum of its parts

Revisado: 07-06-14

What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?

The reader should've familiarized himself with local pronunciations of towns, but otherwise enjoyable.

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

It's an interesting subject, and the story is reasonably well told.

Any additional comments?

The author seems to have a higher opinion of his writing skill than his talent warrants. It comes across as informative, but as if it were written by a precocious sophomore. The author takes certain liberties with his assertions from time to time, and clearly bungles his facts once or twice. The book would serve as a nice, if somewhat overwrought introduction to Robert E. Lee, but it produces no new scholarship or substance on the topic.

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McCullough is great, as always

Revisado: 06-13-11

I only got this book because of the author, and he did not fail to deliver. An excellent read that depicts the a fascinating array of subjects not covered in your typical histories. Another wonderful work by America's greatest living historian.

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One of the best

Revisado: 09-13-10

This is one of the best works of social commentary of the 20th century. What "the jungle" did for the meat packing industry, this book should have done for epidemiology. The audiobook flows nicely, bringing Shilts' prose to life. A must read!

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