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About Face
- De: Colonel David H. Hackworth US Army Ret., Julie Sherman
- Narrado por: John Pruden
- Duración: 40 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 2,931
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2,572
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 2,568
From age 15 to 40, David Hackworth devoted himself to the US Army and fast became a living legend. In 1971, however, he appeared on television to decry the doomed war effort in Vietnam. With About Face, he has written what many Vietnam veterans have called the most important book of their generation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An excellent adaptation of an excellent book
- De Tom Rogneby en 07-18-19
- About Face
- De: Colonel David H. Hackworth US Army Ret., Julie Sherman
- Narrado por: John Pruden
A great lesson in leadership
Revisado: 04-04-25
The book is a great lesson and engaging the entire time. It’s a classic and a must read for anyone aspiring to be a leader.
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Churchill, Hitler, and 'The Unnecessary War'
- How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World
- De: Patrick J. Buchanan
- Narrado por: Don Leslie
- Duración: 15 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 667
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 525
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 527
In this monumental and provocative history, Patrick Buchanan makes the case that, if not for the blunders of British statesmen - Winston Churchill first among them - the horrors of two world wars and the Holocaust might have been avoided and the British Empire might never have collapsed into ruins.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A classic of history books
- De Benedict en 04-04-09
- Churchill, Hitler, and 'The Unnecessary War'
- How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World
- De: Patrick J. Buchanan
- Narrado por: Don Leslie
A patriots perspective
Revisado: 12-19-24
A great book that tells the side of history that is lost when the victors recount it.
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Powers and Thrones
- A New History of the Middle Ages
- De: Dan Jones
- Narrado por: Dan Jones
- Duración: 24 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,792
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,549
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,543
When the once-mighty city of Rome was sacked by barbarians in 410 and lay in ruins, it signaled the end of an era—and the beginning of a thousand years of profound transformation. In a gripping narrative bursting with big names—from St Augustine and Attila the Hun to the Prophet Muhammad and Eleanor of Aquitaine—Dan Jones charges through the history of the Middle Ages. Powers and Thrones takes listeners on a journey through an emerging Europe, the great capitals of late Antiquity, as well as the influential cities of the Islamic West.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hard to take a break from it!
- De Mariano's Music en 12-09-21
- Powers and Thrones
- A New History of the Middle Ages
- De: Dan Jones
- Narrado por: Dan Jones
One of the best to date
Revisado: 10-02-24
A great book with great narration. It tells to story so well. The author does a great job of making a forgotten age, an unforgettable story.
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The First World War
- A Complete History
- De: Martin Gilbert
- Narrado por: Roger Clark
- Duración: 33 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 499
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 439
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 439
It was to be the war to end all wars, and it began at 11:15 on the morning of June 28, 1914, in an outpost of the Austro-Hungarian Empire called Sarajevo. It would officially end nearly five years later. Unofficially, however, it has never ended: Many of the horrors we live with today are rooted in the First World War. The Great War left millions of civilians and soldiers maimed or dead. It also saw the creation of new technologies of destruction: tanks, planes, and submarines; machine guns and field artillery; poison gas and chemical warfare.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Unbiased true facts of the first world war
- De troy a myers en 07-27-20
- The First World War
- A Complete History
- De: Martin Gilbert
- Narrado por: Roger Clark
Great, well rounded telling
Revisado: 08-08-24
A great and balanced telling over the big and small pictures of the Great War. It jumps between the fronts often but remains coherent and manages to keep it grounded.
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Lawrence in Arabia
- War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East
- De: Scott Anderson
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duración: 23 h y 45 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 306
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 271
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 271
A thrilling and revelatory narrative of one of the most epic and consequential periods in 20th century history - the Arab Revolt and the secret “great game” to control the Middle East. Lawrence in Arabia definitively overturns received wisdom on how the modern Middle East was formed. Sweeping in its action, keen in its portraiture, acid in its condemnation of the destruction wrought by European colonial plots, this is a book that brilliantly captures the way in which the folly of the past creates the anguish of the present.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Comprehensive, Compelling Biography
- De Lester Gesteland en 10-05-20
- Lawrence in Arabia
- War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East
- De: Scott Anderson
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
The tragedy of a triumph
Revisado: 05-02-24
This combined with Horton’s ‘Enough already’ really bring home the failures in our attempts to orchestrate sovereign people. TE Lawrence was truly one of a kind. Anyone considering this book should read Seven Pillars prior to this. Once you’ve read through both you’ll have a good idea of his life, the triumphs and tragedy. This is a great biography and the author did a great job of balancing the multitude of stories and personalities involved.
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SPQR
- A History of Ancient Rome
- De: Mary Beard
- Narrado por: Phyllida Nash
- Duración: 18 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,021
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,409
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,374
In SPQR, world-renowned classicist Mary Beard narrates the unprecedented rise of a civilization that even 2,000 years later still shapes many of our most fundamental assumptions about power, citizenship, responsibility, political violence, empire, luxury, and beauty.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Shallow and unsatisfying
- De Joe en 02-19-17
- SPQR
- A History of Ancient Rome
- De: Mary Beard
- Narrado por: Phyllida Nash
I was left wanting.
Revisado: 04-17-24
Not greatly detailed yet not a cohesive vivid narrative either. It’s a good telling yet as mentioned in other reviews it fails to put together a consistent narrative. It comes across as broken and lacking continuity from one chapter to the next. A good overview.
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The Roald Dahl Audio Collection
- Includes Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James & the Giant Peach, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Enormous Crocodile & The Magic Finger
- De: Roald Dahl
- Narrado por: Roald Dahl
- Duración: 3 h y 40 m
- Versión resumida
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,607
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,221
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,220
Roald Dahl’s wickedly funny novels have turned him into the world’s number one storyteller. In this collection five splendiferous stories are brought to life by the author himself.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Shame that's abridged, but wonderful nonetheless
- De Julieta de los espíritus en 02-24-14
- The Roald Dahl Audio Collection
- Includes Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James & the Giant Peach, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Enormous Crocodile & The Magic Finger
- De: Roald Dahl
- Narrado por: Roald Dahl
Not the whole book
Revisado: 02-27-24
Was listening to James and the Giant Peach with my child when all of a sudden it skipped over all of the cloud-men chapters, my child’s favorite part. I feel like this was a scam to sell me the abridged version when I bought the whole thing. The author is fast paced when reading it and does little emoting but is good enough. I would definitely want a refund.
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A Brief History of Japan
- Samurai, Shogun and Zen: The Extraordinary Story of the Land of the Rising Sun
- De: Jonathan Clements
- Narrado por: Julian Elfer
- Duración: 8 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 332
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 287
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 287
With intelligence and wit, author Jonathan Clements blends documentary and storytelling styles to connect the past, present, and future of Japan, and in broad yet detailed strokes reveals a country of paradoxes: a modern nation steeped in ancient traditions; a democracy with an emperor as head of state; a famously safe society built on 108 volcanoes resting on the world's most active earthquake zone; a fast-paced urban and technologically advanced country whose land consists predominantly of mountains and forests.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Brief Review of the Book
- De Than en 12-07-19
- A Brief History of Japan
- Samurai, Shogun and Zen: The Extraordinary Story of the Land of the Rising Sun
- De: Jonathan Clements
- Narrado por: Julian Elfer
A good introduction
Revisado: 12-19-23
The book has great narration and a narrative. The author does a good job of quickly summarizing an huge topic into a quickly consumable intro.
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Musashi
- De: Eiji Yoshikawa, Charles S. Terry - translator
- Narrado por: Brian Nishii
- Duración: 53 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,060
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 4,548
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,540
The classic samurai novel about the real exploits of the most famous swordsman. Miyamoto Musashi becomes a reluctant hero to a host of people whose lives he has touched and by whom he has been touched. Inevitably, he has to pit his skill against the naked blade of his greatest rival.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good Historical Novel
- De The Walking Dude en 08-11-19
- Musashi
- De: Eiji Yoshikawa, Charles S. Terry - translator
- Narrado por: Brian Nishii
A great experience and adventure
Revisado: 11-25-23
An absolute must for anyone interested in foundation literary classics. The narrator does a great job reading this classic piece of history.
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The Vikings
- A New History
- De: Neil Oliver
- Narrado por: James A. Gillies
- Duración: 11 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 448
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 392
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 390
Drawing on the latest discoveries that have only recently come to light, Scottish archaeologist Neil Oliver goes on the trail of the real Vikings. Where did they emerge from? How did they really live? And just what drove them to embark on such extraordinary voyages of discovery over 1,000 years ago? The Vikings: A New History explores many of those questions for the first time in an epic story of one of the world's great empires of conquest.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Intriguing for a broad audience.
- De Grant en 08-07-18
- The Vikings
- A New History
- De: Neil Oliver
- Narrado por: James A. Gillies
Context is Key
Revisado: 10-31-23
This book masters the art of putting a story in context. It seems like a lot of tangents but it all accumulates to tell the story within its context. You’ll come out understanding the period nearly as well as the Vikings. It’s a difficult topic due to the minimal known about them but the author does well. Great narration as well.
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