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The rise of the Barbies

Revisado: 06-29-15

I wasn't expecting to enjoy this particular story as much as others in the series, but I wad pleasantly surprised. I also learned a little bit about"high finance" and monetary theory. Always nice to bed entertained as you learn!

I love the reader, by the way. He really knows how to bring the many distinct characters alive with the smallest inflection of his voice. Very well done!

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Great story!

Revisado: 06-21-15

I really liked this book. I found it as enjoyable as any Hornblower book I ever read. As always, the characters are multi-dimensional, and my favorite couple, Eddie Cantrell and his voluptuous bride, Anne Catherine, are always a delight. Highly recommended!

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Surprisingly entertaining!

Revisado: 06-08-15

I wasn't expecting much when I started listening to this book, but was very surprised at how it grab me with its characters and it storyline. Most of all I was very impressed with the reader who didn't excellent job of portraying the various characters. His enunciation, pronunciation and tonal qualities were the best, I think, I've heard in an audiobook. Good job!

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A Different Take on Jesus

Revisado: 06-01-15

I certainly learned some new things listening to this book. I would have to know a lot more about the research that went into it before I credit everything that I heard as being accurate. But the author's contentions certainly made a lot of sense and coincide with some of my own research and reading-- limited as they are.

The author's reading was good, although his pronunciation of several words jarred in my ear. Knowing that there are many variations of English throughout the world, I won't hold his reading against him.

Definitely recommended!

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Excellent Story

Revisado: 01-05-15

I was pleasantly surprised by how well put together the story was. I loved all of the characters – even the bad ones, who doesn't love to his son but with the bad guys! One of the better 1632 stories!

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A GREAT YARN WITH MANY THREADS!

Revisado: 07-06-12

This was a fascinating story, one not well known to most I suspect. Using the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 as a starting point, the author brings together story lines involving Joseph Lister, proponent of antiseptic surgery, Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, a group of American surgeons, who rejected Lister's techniques, and, of course, James A. Garfield, soon-to-be President of the United States. It is a well told and engaging story from start to finish.

I was particularly gratified to learn about the man, Garfield, and what a great loss to the nation he turned out to be. His presidency came at a turning point in American history, and one can only speculate whether his attitudes and policies about the South, reunification, and the role of African-Americans might have prevented Jim Crow and 75 years of segregation and violence against blacks. These are my own speculations, not those of the author, but she certainly paints a picture of Garfield that makes one wonder!

Good book, well read. Get it!

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