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Gary E. Casteel

26 years in SAC with the B-52's during the Viet Nam War.

Paisley, Oregon | Member Since 2011

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  • Benjamin Franklin: An American Life | [Walter Isaacson]
    Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
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    Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

    • UNABRIDGED (24 hrs and 45 mins)
    • By Walter Isaacson
    • Narrated By Nelson Runger
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (189)
    Performance
    (155)
    Story
    (149)

    Benjamin Franklin is the founding father who winks at us - an ambitious urban entrepreneur who rose up the social ladder, from leather-aproned shopkeeper to dining with kings. In best-selling author Walter Isaacson's vivid and witty full-scale biography, we discover why Franklin turns to us from history's stage with eyes that twinkle from behind his new-fangled spectacles. In Benjamin Franklin, Isaacson shows how Franklin defines both his own time and ours. The most interesting thing that Franklin invented, and continually reinvented, was himself.

    Jeremy says: "Great read. Some areas disjointed, but solid bio."
    "Althogh LONG, it kept my interest."
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    What made the experience of listening to Benjamin Franklin: An American Life the most enjoyable?

    Excellent performance


    What did you like best about this story?

    The great detail about his personal life


    Have you listened to any of Nelson Runger’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

    No


    Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

    Held my interest and went into great detail


    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • Damn Few: Making the Modern SEAL Warrior | [Rorke Denver]
    Damn Few: Making the Modern SEAL Warrior
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    Damn Few: Making the Modern SEAL Warrior

    • UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 58 mins)
    • By Rorke Denver
    • Narrated By Rorke Denver
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (127)
    Performance
    (123)
    Story
    (124)

    Rorke Denver trains the men who become Navy SEALs - the most creative problem solvers on the modern battlefield, ideal warriors for the kinds of wars America is fighting now. With his years of action-packed mission experience and a top training role, Lieutenant Commander Denver understands exactly how tomorrow’s soldiers are recruited, sculpted, motivated, and deployed. Now, Denver takes you inside his personal story and the fascinating, demanding SEAL training program he now oversees.

    Colleen says: "Excellent story, pretty good listen"
    "Exciting story Excellent performance"
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    What made the experience of listening to Damn Few the most enjoyable?

    Denver takes the listener into the hearts and minds of the warriors giving an insight few that have never been in combat could ever understand. The tight relationship between men that had been so different in civilian life is stressed.


    What other book might you compare Damn Few to and why?

    Several other books look at the acts of war, but this one deals more with the men than their actual battles.


    Have you listened to any of Rorke Denver’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

    This is my first by Denver, but will not be my last


    Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

    The ending was particularly moving, when a few visited Arlington. I have been there and understand.


    Any additional comments?

    To learn about the bravery of young Americans gives us hope for the future. On the evening news you hear about the youth that commit crimes and are failures. Fortunately the majority of our young men are like the ones in this story. The public needs to know about the ones that are the hope for our future.

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