Bill Bryson has been an enormously popular author both for his travel books and for his books on the English language. Now, this beloved comic genius turns his attention to science. Although he doesn't know anything about the subject (at first), he is eager to learn, and takes information that he gets from the world's leading experts and explains it to us in a way that makes it exciting and relevant.
Corby says:
"Very informative, fun to listen to"
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
UNABRIDGED (14 hrs)
By Laura Hillenbrand
Narrated By Edward Herrmann
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Overall
(8310)
Performance
(4526)
Story
(4530)
Why we think it’s a great listen:Seabiscuit was a runaway success, and Hillenbrand’s done it again with another true-life account about beating unbelievable odds. On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared.....
Janice says:
"Indescribable"
The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America
UNABRIDGED (18 hrs and 4 mins)
By George Packer
Narrated By Robert Fass
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Overall
(14)
Performance
(6)
Story
(9)
In The Unwinding, George Packer, author of The Assassins’ Gate: America in Iraq, tells the story of the United States over the past three decades in an utterly original way, with his characteristically sharp eye for detail and gift for weaving together complex narratives. The Unwinding portrays a superpower in danger of coming apart at the seams, its elites no longer elite, its institutions no longer working, its ordinary people left to improvise their own schemes for success and salvation.
Janet Pittman Henley says:
"Can't understand the low ratings!"
Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot
UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 25 mins)
By Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
Narrated By Bill O'Reilly
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Overall
(1309)
Performance
(1158)
Story
(1159)
More than a million listeners have thrilled to Bill O'Reilly's Killing Lincoln, the can't-stop-listening work of nonfiction about the shocking assassination that changed the course of American history. Now the anchor of The O'Reilly Factor recounts in gripping detail the brutal murder of John Fitzgerald Kennedy—and how a sequence of gunshots on a Dallas afternoon not only killed a beloved president but also sent the nation into the cataclysmic division of the Vietnam War and its culture-changing aftermath.
JerryL says:
"Good book..."
The Astronaut Wives Club: A True Story
UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 46 mins)
By Lily Koppel
Narrated By Orlagh Cassidy
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Overall
(4)
Performance
(4)
Story
(4)
As America's Mercury Seven astronauts were launched on death-defying missions, television cameras focused on the brave smiles of their young wives. Overnight, these women were transformed from military spouses into American royalty. Together with the other wives they formed the Astronaut Wives Club, meeting regularly to provide support and friendship. As their celebrity rose - and as divorce and tragic death began to touch their lives - they continued to rally together, and the wives have now been friends for more than fifty years.
Cynthia says:
"Sea of Tranquility Ocean of Storms"
The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945
UNABRIDGED (32 hrs and 24 mins)
By Rick Atkinson
Narrated By L. J. Ganser
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Overall
(18)
Performance
(16)
Story
(17)
It is the 20th century's unrivaled epic: At a staggering price, the United States and its allies liberated Europe and vanquished Hitler. In the first two volumes of his best-selling Liberation Trilogy, Rick Atkinson recounted the history of how the American-led coalition fought its way from North Africa and Italy to the threshold of victory. Now he tells the most dramatic story of all - the titanic battle in Western Europe. D-Day marked the commencement of the war's final campaign, and Atkinson's astonishingly fresh account of that enormous gamble sets the pace for the masterly narrative that follows.
David says:
"Well Written Overview"
Publisher's Summary
The book contains a story about the gods of ancient Greece, written on the basis of the great works "Iliad", "Odyssey", "Aeneid".
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