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Civil War of 1812
- American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels, & Indian Allies
- De: Alan Taylor
- Narrado por: Andrew Garman
- Duración: 20 h y 36 m
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Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Alan Taylor tells the riveting story of a war that redefined North America. In a world of double identities, slippery allegiances, and porous borders, the leaders of the American Republic and the British Empire struggled to control their own diverse peoples. Taylor’s vivid narrative of an often brutal—sometimes farcical—war reveals much about the tangled origins of the United States and Canada.
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A proper history of an obscure epoch
- De margot en 04-22-12
- Civil War of 1812
- American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels, & Indian Allies
- De: Alan Taylor
- Narrado por: Andrew Garman
Fascinating Approach and Analysis
Revisado: 07-17-25
Taylor's skill as a historian and writer is on full display in this new analysis of the War of 1812, focusing on the internal conflicts of Americans, Loyalists and late Loyalists, not to mention Native Americans, Federalism, and Republicans. Featuring an especially interesting analysis of how the war shaped Canadian identity (in competition and conflict with Americans), there is plenty here regarding the military conflict. Highly recommended study of this important but often overlooked war.
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One Soldier's Story
- WWII Service Record: Leyte & Okinawa
- De: Jacob Wesley Zimmerli, Michael Zimmerli
- Narrado por: Virtual Voice
- Duración: 4 h y 29 m
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From the small town in southern Minnesota where he had grown up, he was sent around the world to a place called the Philippines. It was World War 2, and Jacob Wesley Zimmerli was part of the US Army. Specifically, he was a member of the 96th Infantry, a division called The Deadeyes. This is the story of his days in service to his country, from enlistment until he was home again. Relatives of soldiers from WWII who have never heard their father's or grandfather's story of their time in the war will find this a great resource. Told without fanfare or gory details, this is the story so many ...
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Interesting Listen About A Local Vet (To Me)
- De Chris Hummel en 07-14-25
- One Soldier's Story
- WWII Service Record: Leyte & Okinawa
- De: Jacob Wesley Zimmerli, Michael Zimmerli
- Narrado por: Virtual Voice
Interesting Listen About A Local Vet (To Me)
Revisado: 07-14-25
A solid overview of one soldier's service, well integrated into the history of his unit. The listening experience, unfortunately if obviously, didn't include the many photos included in the paper version. As someone who has interviewed WW2 vets in my own region (Pipestone County), within about an hour's travel of Wes' Minnesota hometown of Jackson, I found this especially interesting. It also gave me an idea about how my own interviews into a good finished product. Well done.
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The Poisoner's Handbook
- Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
- De: Deborah Blum
- Narrado por: Coleen Marlo
- Duración: 9 h y 14 m
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In The Poisoner's Handbook, Blum draws from highly original research to track the fascinating, perilous days when a pair of forensic scientists began their trailblazing chemical detective work, fighting to end an era when untraceable poisons offered an easy path to the perfect crime.
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Fascinating book marred by production errors
- De Reagan Kelly en 03-02-10
- The Poisoner's Handbook
- Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
- De: Deborah Blum
- Narrado por: Coleen Marlo
Interesting Story Well Told
Revisado: 07-12-25
The story of Norris, Goettler and other pioneers in forensic science in the New York crime lab is both valuable and fascinating. Though recent criminology has sometimes gone astray, it is through no fault of such well intentioned and straight shooting pioneers, who left a legacy that still inspires.
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If You Survive
- From Normandy to the Battle of the Bulge to the End of World War II - One American Officer's Riveting True Story
- De: George Wilson
- Narrado por: Brian Keeler
- Duración: 8 h y 29 m
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George Wilson has garnered much acclaim for this shattering and enlightening memoir. Detailing his odyssey from July, 1944 until the following summer, If You Survive is a startling first-person account of the final year of World War II. Wilson was the only man from his original company to finish the war. As a Second Lieutenant, he went ashore at Utah Beach after the D-Day invasion amidst burned vehicles, sunken landing craft, and broken fortifications.
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the best story of the war in Europe I've read
- De David en 02-18-17
- If You Survive
- From Normandy to the Battle of the Bulge to the End of World War II - One American Officer's Riveting True Story
- De: George Wilson
- Narrado por: Brian Keeler
Honest, No Frills Account Still Holds Up
Revisado: 07-05-25
Wilson's straightforward, war-focused memoir of his experiences has rightly been praised. With dramatic but never overdone accounts of battles, wounds, and death, Wilson tells his story of a replacement officer serving in two different divisions after D-Day. He does an exceptional job showing the high casualties in his units, especially among officers, giving an especially chilling (in more ways than one) account of the terrible toll of the fighting in the Hurtgen Forest prior to the Battle of the Bulge. Wilson, still in his early 20s by the end of the war, shows the effect of nearly 8 months of almost unbroken frontline service on both his physical and mental well-being, ultimately resulting in his emergence of a different and often more forceful and confident human being. Given that this was written fairly early among the "last narratives" of frontline soldiers and officers (in the 1980s), it isn't surprising that it doesn't comment much on the long term emotional effects of the war on Wilson and he shows a middle of the road view on what is today called PTSD. While noting that some men never recovered from their war experiences and that each man has a breaking point past which they could not psychologically endure, he also states (and I think accurately and honestly in this case) that men sometimes used "combat fatigue" as an excuse to avoid frontline service. Company Commander would be a good book to read alongside this account. Highly recommended.
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Vengeance Is Mine
- The Mountain Meadows Massacre and Its Aftermath
- De: Richard E. Turley, Barbara Jones Brown
- Narrado por: T. Ryder Smith
- Duración: 17 h y 29 m
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Published in 2008, Massacre at Mountain Meadows was a bombshell of a book, revealing the story of one of the grimmest episodes in Latter-day Saint history, when settlers in southwestern Utah slaughtered more than 100 members of a California-bound wagon train in 1857. In this much-anticipated sequel, Richard E. Turley Jr. and Barbara Jones Brown examine the aftermath of this atrocity. Vengeance Is Mine documents southern Utah leaders’ attempts to cover up their crime by silencing witnesses and spreading lies.
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One of the best historical audible books ever
- De Tonuster en 08-18-23
- Vengeance Is Mine
- The Mountain Meadows Massacre and Its Aftermath
- De: Richard E. Turley, Barbara Jones Brown
- Narrado por: T. Ryder Smith
Detailed, But Not Boring, Assessment
Revisado: 06-19-25
Well sourced follow up to this controversial incident, it provides an adequate description of the massacre to set up what follows. Manages to make what might have been a painful discussion of the Massacre's political and legal fall out interesting, though the narrators often well done characterization can be a little over the top at times.
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The Nail in the Skull and Other Victorian Urban Legends
- De: Simon Young
- Narrado por: Jonathan Johns
- Duración: 7 h y 44 m
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In the last 50 years, folklorists have amassed an extraordinary corpus of contemporary legends including "the Choking Doberman," "the Eaten Ticket," and "the Vanishing Hitchhiker." But what about the urban legends of the past? These legends and tales have rarely been collected, and when they occasionally appear, they do so as ancestors or precursors of the urban legends of today, rather than as stories in their own right. In The Nail in the Skull and Other Victorian Urban Legends, Simon Young fills this gap for British folklore (and for the wider English-speaking world) of the 1800s.
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Fun, Fairly Light Listening
- De Chris Hummel en 06-19-25
Fun, Fairly Light Listening
Revisado: 06-19-25
Convincing proof, drawn largely from online newspapers, that "urban legends" are probably as old as civilization. If I have any real complaint, it might be that some incidents/legends are so short or seem to amount to running jokes more than full blown stories.
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Persians
- The Age of the Great Kings
- De: Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
- Narrado por: Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
- Duración: 18 h y 42 m
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The Achaemenid Persian kings ruled over the largest empire of antiquity, stretching from Libya to the steppes of Asia and from Ethiopia to Pakistan. In Persians, historian Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones tells the epic story of this dynasty and the world it ruled. Drawing on Iranian inscriptions, cuneiform tablets, art, and archaeology, he shows how the Achaemenid Persian Empire was the world’s first superpower—one built, despite its imperial ambition, on cooperation and tolerance. This is the definitive history of the Achaemenid dynasty and its legacies in modern-day Iran.
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Good History and Historiography
- De David A en 04-19-22
- Persians
- The Age of the Great Kings
- De: Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
- Narrado por: Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
Well-written Valuable History
Revisado: 05-22-25
A good knowledge of the Persians is vital to understanding ancient history. This is a great place to start. Based on careful research, good historical imagination (in the best sense), and realistic analysis, the author provides a corrective both to the Herodotan view that the Persians were oppressors determined to destroy Greek culture or an entirely peaceful and beneficial presence to their subject peoples. Very highly recommended.
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Europe Against the Jews
- 1880-1945
- De: Gotz Aly
- Narrado por: Sean Runnette
- Duración: 14 h y 41 m
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The Holocaust was perpetrated by the Germans, but it would not have been possible without the assistance of other countries. If we are to understand how and why the Holocaust happened, Götz Aly argues in this groundbreaking study, we must examine its prehistory throughout Europe. We must look at countries as far-flung as Romania and France, Russia and Greece, where, decades before the Nazis came to power, a deadly combination of envy, competition, nationalism, and social upheaval fueled a surge of anti-Semitism, creating the preconditions for the deportations and murder to come.
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this is on par with Bloodlands
- De Denis Chernyi en 02-24-21
- Europe Against the Jews
- 1880-1945
- De: Gotz Aly
- Narrado por: Sean Runnette
Highly Recommended
Revisado: 05-15-25
Aly's vital and challenging work successfully argues the connection between early German anti-semitic policies and the nationalist policies of various countries, political leaders, and parties. This includes population exchange policies, especially after WW1, and a growing anti-semitic emphasis generated by Jews' perceived economic and educational success, especially in Eastern European countries like Romania, Poland, Bulgaria, and Lithuania, but also visible in France and the Netherlands to some extent. Though never losing sight of Nazi Germany's responsibility for the Holocaust, Aly persuavily argues for coinciding goals of the much of the nationalist leadership and populist supporters of many of these nations in seeing the Jews excluded from the national circle of identity, if not outright eliminated. In some cases, this resulted in direct participation in the killings (notably in Romania and the Baltic States), in others, more or less voluntary assistance in locating, assembling and deporting Jews to their ultimate fate by extermination (as in Poland and France). Everywhere anti-semitism influenced local leaders and populations, Aly argues, this greatly assisted Nazi perpetrators, in contrast to the relatively few places (such as Denmark and parts of Italy, for example) where these sentiments did not exist in in powerful or popular circles. Aly further concludes that the rise of better educational opportunities and popularly elected governments actually provided new outlets for anti-semitism based on envy and resentment of Jewish (perceived) success or advantage. Democracy and dictatorship worked hand in hand in some cases to produce the Holocaust, with the obvious preconditions provided by war and social conflict. So too did Nazis often enroll or at least silence people and governments in occupied Europe by sharing the material and financial spoils of appropriating Jewish property and wealth. Once corrupted, few would speak out for the preservation of the Jews, also demonstrated in the often negative reception Jewish survivors received when they attempted to resettle in their pre-war homelands. A sobering and highly recommended work.
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The Vanquished
- Why the First World War Failed to End
- De: Robert Gerwarth
- Narrado por: Michael Page
- Duración: 10 h y 49 m
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In The Vanquished, a highly original and gripping work of history, Robert Gerwarth asks us to think again about the true legacy of the First World War. In large part it was not the fighting on the Western Front that proved so ruinous to Europe's future but the devastating aftermath, as countries on both sides of the original conflict were savaged by revolutions, pogroms, mass expulsions, and further major military clashes.
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little-known period following WWI is illuminated
- De John en 02-16-17
- The Vanquished
- Why the First World War Failed to End
- De: Robert Gerwarth
- Narrado por: Michael Page
Useful Review of an Underexamined Period
Revisado: 05-07-25
While those with a strong background in the Russian Revolution and the origins of Weimar Germany may be familiar with some of what the book covers, even those with broad knowledge of European history are likely to find something new to them here. The main focus is the pivotal period of 1917-1923, when remarkable numbers of new countries were formed, borders established, and often a surprising number of casualties were inflicted in little known conflicts. In addition to filling in the blanks of historical knowledge for many of us (from Finland to Turkey, from Romania to Greece), this work also points us toward the common impact of the Great War on (especially eastern) Europe's history and government. Though you will want to learn more about these countries, this is an excellent start.
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The Borgias
- Power and Depravity in Renaissance Italy
- De: Paul Strathern
- Narrado por: Julian Elfer
- Duración: 11 h y 12 m
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The Borgia family have become a byword for evil. Corruption, incest, ruthless megalomania, avarice, and vicious cruelty - all have been associated with their name. And yet, paradoxically, this family lived when the Renaissance was coming into its full flowering in Italy. Examples of infamy flourished alongside some of the finest art produced in western history.
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Gossip
- De Amazon Customer en 10-02-19
- The Borgias
- Power and Depravity in Renaissance Italy
- De: Paul Strathern
- Narrado por: Julian Elfer
Deep and Engaging
Revisado: 04-17-25
Fine work, as usual, by this author. Strathern's interesting, balanced, and un-sensationalized account of this famous/infamous family shines a spotlight on a fascinating era in Italian history. He places Machiavelli, Da Vinci, and other key figures successfully and seamlessly into his account and goes far to explain both the author of The Prince and later scholars' fascination with this daring and conniving would-be dynasty.
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