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"
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
UNABRIDGED (14 hrs)
By Laura Hillenbrand
Narrated By Edward Herrmann
Whispersync for Voice-ready
Overall
(8304)
Performance
(4520)
Story
(4524)
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"
A Short History of Nearly Everything
UNABRIDGED (17 hrs and 48 mins)
By Bill Bryson
Narrated By Richard Matthews
Overall
(5285)
Performance
(1225)
Story
(1221)
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"
The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America
UNABRIDGED (18 hrs and 4 mins)
By George Packer
Narrated By Robert Fass
Whispersync for Voice-ready
Overall
(13)
Performance
(5)
Story
(8)
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!"
American Gun: A History of the U.S. in Ten Firearms
UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 55 mins)
By Chris Kyle, William Doyle
Narrated By John Pruden
Whispersync for Voice-ready
Overall
(8)
Performance
(7)
Story
(7)
At the time of his tragic death in February 2013, former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, the most accomplished sniper in U.S. military history, was finishing a remarkable book that retold American history through the lens of a hand-selected list of firearms. Kyle masterfully argues that guns have played a fascinating, indispensable, and often under-appreciated role in our national story. He carefully chose ten guns to help tell his story, ranging from the American long rifle to the modern M-16, and uses these guns as a platform for exploring American history.
Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot
UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 25 mins)
By Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
Narrated By Bill O'Reilly
Whispersync for Voice-ready
Overall
(1305)
Performance
(1155)
Story
(1156)
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..."
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In an interesting and accessible way this course introduces students to the era of the ancient world, its events and characters.
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