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deon

merredin, Australia | Member Since 2011

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  • Eureka: The Unfinished Revolution | [Peter FitzSimons]
    Eureka: The Unfinished Revolution
    UNABRIDGED

    Eureka: The Unfinished Revolution

    • UNABRIDGED (22 hrs and 14 mins)
    • By Peter FitzSimons
    • Narrated By Robert Meldrum
    Overall
    (12)
    Performance
    (11)
    Story
    (11)

    In 1854, Victorian miners fought a deadly battle under the flag of the Southern Cross at the Eureka Stockade. Though brief and doomed to fail, the battle is legend in both our history and in the Australian mind. Henry Lawson wrote poems about it, its symbolic flag is still raised, and even the nineteenth-century visitor Mark Twain called it: "a strike for liberty". Was this rebellion a fledgling nation’s first attempt to assert its independence under colonial rule? Or was it merely rabble-rousing by unruly miners determined not to pay their taxes?

    Garry says: "A masterful piece of storytelling"
    "All Australian should read"
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    What made the experience of listening to Eureka the most enjoyable?

    gave me and insight into why it happened something that is not told as a kid growing up.


    Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

    yes


    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
  • American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History | [Chris Kyle, Scott McEwan]
    American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
    UNABRIDGED

    American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History

    • UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 22 mins)
    • By Chris Kyle, Scott McEwan
    • Narrated By John Pruden
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (1879)
    Performance
    (1682)
    Story
    (1670)

    From 1999 to 2009, U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle recorded the most career sniper kills in United States military history. The Pentagon has officially confirmed more than 150 of Kyles kills (the previous American record was 109), but it has declined to verify the astonishing total number for this book. Iraqi insurgents feared Kyle so much they named him al-Shaitan (“the devil”) and placed a bounty on his head. Kyle earned legendary status among his fellow SEALs, Marines, and U.S. Army soldiers, whom he protected with deadly accuracy from rooftops and stealth positions.

    William says: "Rough and tumble Texas boy makes USA proud"
    "great listen"
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    What did you love best about American Sniper?

    Down to earth as he sees it


    Who was your favorite character and why?

    Chris he is not perfect and tells his story as he sees it it is not al glory


    What does John Pruden bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

    keeps you listening and gives the character a voice putting your deeper into the storey


    If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

    KILL OR BE KILLED


    0 of 0 people found this review helpful

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