William R. Croninger
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Rogue Heroes
- The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War
- De: Ben Macintyre
- Narrado por: Ben Macintyre
- Duración: 13 h y 1 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,517
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,188
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,183
Britain's Special Air Service - or SAS - was the brainchild of David Stirling, a young, gadabout aristocrat whose aimlessness in early life belied a remarkable strategic mind. Where most of his colleagues looked at a battlefield map of World War II's African theater and saw a protracted struggle with Rommel's desert forces, Stirling saw an opportunity: Given a small number of elite, well-trained men, he could parachute behind enemy lines and sabotage their airplanes and war matériel.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Those Who Dared, Won!
- De Matthew en 10-07-16
- Rogue Heroes
- The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War
- De: Ben Macintyre
- Narrado por: Ben Macintyre
Brave Men
Revisado: 04-09-25
Engrossing, does an excellent job of detailing the story of the origin and history of the SAS. The losses at war’s end are exceptionally painful to learn. Well told.
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Princess Leia Orgasma
- A Sexy Sci-Fi Parody
- De: Riley Rose
- Narrado por: Nikki Monroe
- Duración: 1 h y 28 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 2
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2
Princess Leia Orgasma is the most beautiful princess in the galaxy. She's also one of the leaders of the Rebel Alliance, fighting against the evil Empire. But now Leia has to tackle her most important mission: rescue the love of her life from the vile gangster Jabba the Butt. When Leia goes undercover and is captured, Jabba expects her to be his sexy concubine. While at first repulsed, Leia realizes Jabba can do wonderful things with his huge tongue. Plus, there's two beautiful Twe'erk dancing girls who can't keep their hands off Leia's gorgeous body.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hilarious
- De William R. Croninger en 03-30-25
- Princess Leia Orgasma
- A Sexy Sci-Fi Parody
- De: Riley Rose
- Narrado por: Nikki Monroe
Hilarious
Revisado: 03-30-25
This was the first Riley Rose work I’ve listened to. The concept is clever to say the least and the author weaves her story into the original very well. Erotic? Found myself laughing too much to go there. An enjoyable listen.
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Tracing Time
- Seasons of Rock Art on the Colorado Plateau
- De: Craig Childs
- Narrado por: Craig Childs
- Duración: 7 h y 23 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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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 17
Craig Childs bears witness to rock art of the Colorado Plateau—bighorn sheep pecked behind boulders, tiny spirals in stone, human figures with upraised arms shifting with the desert light, each one a portal to the open mouth of time. With a spirit of generosity, humility, and love of the arid, intricate landscapes of the desert Southwest, Childs sets these ancient communications in context, inviting listeners to look and listen deeply.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent!
- De Lizzie en 04-21-24
- Tracing Time
- Seasons of Rock Art on the Colorado Plateau
- De: Craig Childs
- Narrado por: Craig Childs
Great way to prepare to visit
Revisado: 02-19-25
I will be in this area a few months from now. The friend who will be my guide has traveled these places for more than 50 years, introducing the young to its mysteries. For him it is a place of solace, his chosen therapy from the memories of our generations war. Listening to Childs work has increased my desire to be among the signs of “the Old ones.”
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Ordinary Grace
- De: William Kent Krueger
- Narrado por: Rich Orlow
- Duración: 10 h y 59 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 15,045
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 13,521
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 13,482
Award-winning author William Kent Krueger has gained an immense fan base for his Cork O’Connor series. In Ordinary Grace, Krueger looks back to 1961 to tell the story of Frank Drum, a boy on the cusp of manhood. A typical 13-year-old with a strong, loving family, Frank is devastated when a tragedy forces him to face the unthinkable - and to take on a maturity beyond his years.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful Wonderful - In Every Way
- De tooonce72 en 03-29-13
- Ordinary Grace
- De: William Kent Krueger
- Narrado por: Rich Orlow
Masterfully written and performed
Revisado: 02-12-25
A story that has more twists and turns than you can imagine. Tragic in so many ways but this is a story that will stay with you for a long time. I think that is about as much of the story as I will tell, but worth the listen... many times over.
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Starship Troopers
- De: Robert A. Heinlein
- Narrado por: R.C. Bray
- Duración: 8 h y 15 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,180
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2,032
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,032
Johnnie Rico never really intended to join up—and definitely not the infantry. But now that he’s in the thick of it, trying to get through combat training harder than anything he could have imagined, he knows everyone in his unit is one bad move away from buying the farm in the interstellar war the Terran Federation is waging against the Arachnids. Because everyone in the Mobile Infantry fights. And if the training doesn’t kill you, the Bugs are more than ready to finish the job.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The definitive version!
- De Kristopher G. Hesson en 10-03-24
- Starship Troopers
- De: Robert A. Heinlein
- Narrado por: R.C. Bray
Well worth the listen.
Revisado: 11-13-24
Have been a fan of Heinlein for decades, hey I'm old. I had watched the original 1997 film and enjoyed it but wouldn't have rated it as excellent. Listened to this recording, not initially expecting it to different than then the movie. In many ways it's a coming of age story about a mobile infantry trooper, Johnny Rico. Buried in it, Henlein provides a critique of society of the 1950's as well as alternatives to government, politics and the military. Some have criticized the work in terms of mysogny, militarism and politics. I found the story to be interesting; forcing me to at least consider beliefs contrary to my own. Worth the listen.
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Masters of the Air
- America’s Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany
- De: Donald L. Miller
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 24 h y 19 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 745
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 675
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 675
Masters of the Air is the deeply personal story of the American bomber boys in World War II who brought the war to Hitler’s doorstep. With the narrative power of fiction, Donald Miller takes you on a harrowing ride through the fire-filled skies over Berlin, Hanover, and Dresden and describes the terrible cost of bombing for the German people.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Depth of Detail was incredible!
- De Gentry S en 03-19-24
- Masters of the Air
- America’s Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany
- De: Donald L. Miller
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
A much deeper look into the air war in Europe
Revisado: 11-01-24
I have always been fascinated by military aviation, primarily the air battles during WWII. At 76 I've had an opportunity to review many tales but I would say that I honestly learned much new material listening to this book. It provides a deeper look at why the Allies elected to send these young men to the targets that the "brass" chose. Also a view from the Axis side that usually gets overlooked.
The loss of so many pilots and aircrew is deeply sobering in terms of young lives lost and the numbing fear the flyers experienced. . What was new for me was the close look at the experiences of German civilians, particularly during the latter part of the war. Literally Hell on earth for everyone. Mr Barrett's narration was always excellent, but I have never enjoyed listening to narrators trying to use accents of languages that are not native for them. It's a trivial issue but it was the main reason I did not give this work 5s across the board.
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The Samurai's Garden
- A Novel
- De: Gail Tsukiyama
- Narrado por: David Shih
- Duración: 8 h y 48 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 501
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 437
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 433
The daughter of a Chinese mother and a Japanese father, Gail Tsukiyama uses the Japanese invasion of China during the late 1930s as a somber backdrop for her unusual story about a 20-year-old Chinese painter named Stephen who is sent to his family's summer home in a Japanese coastal village to recover from a bout with tuberculosis. Here he is cared for by Matsu, a reticent housekeeper and a master gardener. Over the course of a remarkable year, Stephen learns Matsu's secret and gains not only physical strength, but also profound spiritual insight.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Novel Painted with a Master's Brush
- De Bay Area Califa en 06-25-18
- The Samurai's Garden
- A Novel
- De: Gail Tsukiyama
- Narrado por: David Shih
The heart of a Samurai
Revisado: 10-26-24
Five years ago I took up the study of Iaido, a 400 year old Japanese sword art. Thus the title easily caught my eye, even though I had a hunch that the work would not be about the sword. My teacher will occasionally treat us to talks he calls, "Coffee with Sensei; an attempt to relate some of the teaching of this art to our current lives.
I found this to be true of this work. No action, no pulse pounding fights but rather what I would call a look at the "soul" of a warrior. I rather think that the devotion, dedication and compassion that Matsu and Sochi share well illustrates that of the Samurai. The younger, Stephen and Keiko enhance the telling with their own tale of first love and loss.
No happy endings, but no tragic ones either. I do feel that I understand some of what my Sensei has tried to teach we iaidoko (students) lucky enough to work with him a little better. A great "read," enhanced by the narrator David Shah.
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The Women
- A Novel
- De: Kristin Hannah
- Narrado por: Julia Whelan, Kristin Hannah
- Duración: 14 h y 57 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 48,550
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 46,337
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 46,340
Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these words, it is a revelation. Raised in the sun-drenched, idyllic world of Southern California and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing. But in 1965, the world is changing, and she suddenly dares to imagine a different future for herself. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows his path.
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5 out of 5 stars
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WOW. Just Wow
- De Joanne DeVuono en 02-08-24
- The Women
- A Novel
- De: Kristin Hannah
- Narrado por: Julia Whelan, Kristin Hannah
How Many Times??
Revisado: 09-24-24
I’ve worked in health care for 38 years and as I read this work I found myself thinking “how many times in those years have I worked beside a nurse veteran, neither of us knowing that there were two vets in that room?”
The description of a FNGs arrival in country was spot on and took me back to my own memories: sights, smells, humidity and fear. We men saw the horrors of war episodically; the nurses day after day. That it took so many years to recognize their contributions and trauma is one of the great tragedies of our war.
Some have criticized the 2nd half of the book. The criticism focuses on Frankie. I more focus on how her “sisters” stood beside her through it all, just as male vets stand beside each other. She made some terrible decisions, yes. But tell me, how does a society or parents prepare a young woman or man for war? When we returned we were not, nor will ever again be the boys and girls we were.
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The Foundations of Western Civilization
- De: Thomas F. X. Noble, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Thomas F. X. Noble
- Duración: 24 h y 51 m
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,687
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,448
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,433
What is Western Civilization? According to Professor Noble, it is "much more than human and political geography," encompassing myriad forms of political and institutional structures - from monarchies to participatory republics - and its own traditions of political discourse. It involves choices about who gets to participate in any given society and the ways in which societies have resolved the tension between individual self-interest and the common good.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not Engaging or Very Interesting
- De Tommy D'Angelo en 03-05-17
Superb
Revisado: 09-10-24
One of the few works that I honestly hated to reach the end of. Very nicely done!
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On Call
- A Doctor's Journey in Public Service
- De: Anthony Fauci M.D.
- Narrado por: Anthony Fauci M.D.
- Duración: 19 h y 12 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 1,352
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,230
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 1,230
Anthony Fauci is arguably the most famous–and most revered–doctor in the world today. His role guiding America sanely and calmly through Covid (and through the torrents of Trump) earned him the trust of millions during one of the most terrifying periods in modern American history, but this was only the most recent of the global epidemics in which Dr. Fauci played a major role. His crucial role in researching HIV and bringing AIDS into sympathetic public view and his leadership in navigating the Ebola, SARS, West Nile, and anthrax crises, make him truly an American hero.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A man of worth
- De debra en 06-24-24
- On Call
- A Doctor's Journey in Public Service
- De: Anthony Fauci M.D.
- Narrado por: Anthony Fauci M.D.
A Hero in So Many Ways
Revisado: 08-05-24
Listening to Dr Fauci relate the experiences of his life one gets the impression that this is both a great as well as a humble man. His narration was, for me, as interesting as the story of how he and his fellow researchers sought to understand the contagions that arouse over the decades of his service to this country and mankind. Educational and enjoyable.
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