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Second time around.

Revisado: 12-13-20

Excellent telling with an appropriate narration to go with it. Read several works on Gettysburg, this is the finest. Ed Sala, is a master reader.

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My Fourth Book On Guadalcanal

Revisado: 01-03-20

My fourth book on Guadalcanal. Naturally, hard to put 6 months of battle in anything succinct. Cox does a good job and there are a number of things I learned. Unfortunately the narrator repeatedly made me cringe as he never got Japanese pronunciation correct. Other than that though I liked his style.
The book ends after the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands and therefore cuts out several significant naval and land engagements. I would have liked a bit more detail on the engagements but it's a huge topic he chose.

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One of the best I've read.

Revisado: 11-16-16

I very much enjoy Audible. Have listened to at least 100 books. This is one of my favorites. Not only the interesting anecdotes and details into Stonewall's character but those of his contemporaries and enemies. The author's ability to describe a battle and give me a sense of timing, strategy and even a closeup peak at the action is comparable to the best battlefield historians I've read.
The narrator is fabulous. He uses the author's exquisite pacing precisely how I believe she would have wanted it.
The book is not just informative but compelling. May I also say, her depiction of Stonewall and his faith is actually the most unique I've ever heard in that she shows his quirks yet overlays it with his true virtue as a Christian.

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A very good story, well read

Revisado: 04-07-15

I enjoyed beyond bloody Ridge, I thought it was a good story, not a great one but a good one. The reader was excellent. The story flowed well and gave some interesting facts and incidences that I enjoyed

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Master Movie Makers And World War 2

Revisado: 07-02-14

What did you love best about Five Came Back?

I very much enjoyed the bios of 5 of the most famous movie directors America produced. The vignettes about some of my favorite movies as well as period stars was tantalizing. Harris tells fascinating stories about WW2 through the lives of these extraordinary men. I really liked this book. The narrator was excellent as well.

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Trash Fit For A 13 yr Old Bully

Revisado: 03-19-13

What would have made Badass: Ultimate Deathmatch better?

Dispense with the foul language and crude manner. I guess I should have known better. In this case you sure CAN know a book by it's cover.

What was most disappointing about Ben Thompson’s story?

High on crudity and very low on facts with regard to the story. I only listened to the Assyrian Persian and Greek sections and turned it off. This book is awful.

Any additional comments?

This book is more geared toward a juvenile delinquent. This is a first for me on Audible. Never have I outright rejected a book I've downloaded in all the years I've subscribed.

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Hornfischer does it again.

Revisado: 02-05-11

Just like The Last Stand Of The Tin Can Sailors, Hornfischer draws me into a sometimes chaotic battle, and this one far greater in scope and length than the previous, giving me just enough detail without losing the big picture. His descriptions aren't cumbersome or tedious but paint an epic of heroes, monstrous destructive machines and the struggles of men just like you and I. I've read several books on the Guadalcanal Campaign and Neptune's Inferno with ease, reveals the desperate situation the USA as well as the USN grappled with in the Summer of 1942. He made me yearn to hear more of the plight of the Marines and Cactus Airforce but gave enough to round out the telling and still stay focused. Perhaps in another book?

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Loved It!

Revisado: 02-05-11

What a lovely writer and what a wonderful story. I am grateful that Laura Hillenbrand herself is "Unbroken" and has had the "resilience" to fashion another tale that inspires us. Her descriptions of Louie's redemption is told with an objectivity that doesn't lose the deep intimacy and as she describes it, "beauty", of how his life was changed. Fascinating to learn that over 100,000 Japanese POWs credit Hiroshima for saving their lives. Tragic is the price they paid at the hands of their captors for the rest of their lives.

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Revisado: 05-26-10

Excellent story. Can't imagine what those men went through under the freezing conditions they faced with the little training and poor equipment. Inspiring how our country men could hold on and overcome in the face of certain defeat.

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Just like Huckabee

Revisado: 04-25-10

This book is indeed just like Huckabee, humorous, entertaining, insightul, and truth revealing. You get a great view of the down to earth lifestyle of a man and wife who live what they believe. It is interesting to here Huckabee's side as he reveals the reality of how the press can twist and distort truth to meet their preconceived ideas and agendas. My wife and I enjoyed it to the point we didn't want it to end.

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