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As hundreds of rescue workers waited on the ground, United Airlines Flight 232 wallowed drunkenly over the bluffs northwest of Sioux City. The plane slammed onto the runway and burst into a vast fireball. The rescuers didn't move at first: nobody could possibly survive that crash. And then people began emerging from the summer corn that lined the runways. Miraculously, 184 of 296 passengers lived. No one has ever attempted the complete reconstruction of a crash of this magnitude.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Therapeutic
- De Quiltedwings en 05-07-15
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The Great Halifax Explosion
- A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy, and Extraordinary Heroism
- De: John U. Bacon
- Narrado por: Johnny Heller
- Duración: 10 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 325
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 287
From best-selling author John U. Bacon, a gripping narrative history of the largest manmade detonation prior to Hiroshima. On Monday, December 3, 1917, the French freighter SS Mont-Blanc set sail from Brooklyn carrying the largest cache of explosives ever loaded onto a ship, including 2,300 tons of picric acid, an unstable, poisonous chemical more powerful than TNT.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Too much hostility towards Americans
- De bigdaddyKT en 12-14-19
De: John U. Bacon
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Southern Storm
- The Tragedy of Flight 242
- De: Samme Chittum
- Narrado por: Keith Sellon-Wright
- Duración: 6 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 48
On the afternoon of April 4, 1977, Georgia housewife Sadie Burkhalter Hurst looked out her front door to see a frantic stranger running toward her, his clothes ablaze, and, behind him, the mangled fuselage of a passenger plane that had just crashed in her yard. The plane, a Southern Airways DC-9-31, had been carrying 81 passengers and four crew members en route to Atlanta when it entered a massive thunderstorm cell that turned into a dangerous cocktail of rain, hail, and lightning. Forced down onto a highway, the plane cut a swath of devastation through the small town of New Hope.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Compelling read.
- De teri en 06-19-18
De: Samme Chittum
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Race to Hawaii
- De: Jason Ryan
- Narrado por: Keith Sellon-Wright
- Duración: 11 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 186
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 165
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 163
Almost a century ago, the first flights to Hawaii required a nerve-racking and uncertain 26-hour journey to isolated and elusive islands located in the middle of the world's largest ocean. Pilots prayed they would encounter land after flying a full day and night across 2,400 miles of the open Pacific. Race to Hawaii chronicles the thrilling first flights to Hawaii in the 1920s, during the Golden Age of Aviation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Calm winds and Clear Skies
- De Anonymous User en 04-05-22
De: Jason Ryan
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Dead Wake
- The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
- De: Erik Larson
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 13 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 13,860
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 12,314
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 12,290
On May 1, 1915, with WWI entering its tenth month, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool, carrying a record number of children and infants. The passengers were surprisingly at ease, even though Germany had declared the seas around Britain to be a war zone. For months, German U-boats had brought terror to the North Atlantic.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Naivety VS Barbarians Of War
- De Sara en 03-05-16
De: Erik Larson
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So Close to Home
- A True Story of an American Family’s Fight for Survival During World War II
- De: Michael J. Tougias, Alison O’Leary
- Narrado por: Elijah Alexander
- Duración: 7 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 202
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 180
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 180
On May 19, 1942, a U-boat in the Gulf of Mexico stalked its prey 50 miles away from New Orleans. Captained by 29-year-old Iron Cross recipient Erich Würdemann, the submarine set its sights on the freighter Heredia with 59 souls onboard. Most of the crew were merchant seamen, but there were also a handful of civilians, including the Downs family, consisting of the parents, Ray Sr. and Ina; along with their two children, eight-year-old Ray Jr., nicknamed "Sonny", and 11-year-old Lucille.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Couldn't Stop Listening
- De Reader7347 en 03-08-18
De: Michael J. Tougias, y otros
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Collision Course
- The Classic Story of the Collision of the Andrea Doria and the Stockholm
- De: Alvin Moscow
- Narrado por: Mel Foster
- Duración: 11 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 75
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 64
One of the largest, fastest, and most beautiful ships in the world, the Andrea Doria was en route to New York from Italy. Departing from the United States was the much smaller Stockholm. On the foggy night of July 25, 1956, 53 miles southeast of Nantucket, the Stockholm sliced through the Doria's steel hull. Within minutes, the sea was pouring into the Italian liner. Eleven hours later, she capsized and sank into the ocean.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thorough Account of the Tragedy
- De Admiralu en 10-22-21
De: Alvin Moscow
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Rescue Pilot
- Cheating the Sea
- De: Jerry Grayson
- Narrado por: David Thorpe
- Duración: 7 h y 45 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 41
Jerry Grayson is an ordinary man who chose an extraordinary career. At age 17 he became the youngest helicopter pilot ever to serve in the Royal Navy. By age 25 he was the most decorated peacetime naval pilot in history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great tales of adventure with fascinating facts about helicopters
- De david y muramatsu en 07-17-23
De: Jerry Grayson
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Simple Courage
- The True Story of Peril on the Sea
- De: Frank Delaney
- Narrado por: Frank Delaney
- Duración: 9 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 329
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 208
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 211
Drawing on historical documents and contemporary accounts and on exclusive interviews with Carlsen's family, Delaney opens a window into the world of the merchant marine. With deep affection, and respect, for the weather and all that goes with it, he places us in the heart of the storm, a "biblical tempest" of unimaginable power. He illuminates the bravery and ingenuity of Carlsen and the extraordinary courage that the 37-year-old captain inspired in his stalwart crew.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Well written and read
- De AMS en 03-03-08
De: Frank Delaney
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In Harm's Way
- The Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors
- De: Doug Stanton
- Narrado por: Mark Boyett
- Duración: 8 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 6,113
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 5,585
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 5,570
On July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed in the South Pacific by a Japanese submarine. An estimated 300 men were killed upon impact; close to 900 sailors were cast into the Pacific Ocean, where they remained undetected by the navy for nearly four days and nights. Battered by a savage sea, they struggled to stay alive, fighting off sharks, hypothermia, and dementia. By the time rescue arrived, all but 317 men had died. The captain's subsequent court-martial left many questions unanswered
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5 out of 5 stars
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Captivating
- De Clarence Sparks en 10-22-16
De: Doug Stanton
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Escape From the Deep
- The Epic Story of a Legenday Submarine and Her Courageous Crew
- De: Alex Kershaw
- Narrado por: Richard Poe
- Duración: 6 h y 1 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 158
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 123
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 122
In the harrowing war saga Escape from the Deep, he recounts the incredible exploits of the U.S. Navy's deadliest World War II submarine, U.S.S. Tang. From one end of the Pacific theater to the other - dodging mines and depth charges from hundreds of enemy vessels along the way - the 80 men of the Tang became legends.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Gripping Story of Survival from WW2 Submarine Sink
- De Tom en 06-11-12
De: Alex Kershaw
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Ship Ablaze
- The Tragedy of the Steamboat General Slocum
- De: Edward T. O'Donnell
- Narrado por: Joel Richards
- Duración: 11 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 37
There were few experienced swimmers among over 1,300 Lower East Side residents who boarded the General Slocum on June 15, 1904. It shouldn't have mattered since the steamship was only chartered for a languid excursion from Manhattan to Long Island Sound. But a fire erupted minutes into the trip, forcing hundreds of terrified passengers into the water. By the time the captain found a safe shore for landing, 1,021 had perished. It was New York's deadliest tragedy prior to September 11, 2001.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I love learning the “rest of the story”
- De Mark Mears en 07-17-18
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Titanic's Last Secrets
- The Further Adventures of Shadow Divers John Chatterton and Richie Kohler
- De: John Chatterton, Richie Kohler, Brad Matsen
- Narrado por: Henry Leyva
- Duración: 6 h y 5 m
- Versión resumida
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 154
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 93
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 93
Why did Titanic sink as quickly as it did? Two of the greatest wreck divers in the world, the heroes of Shadow Divers, solve the mystery of history's greatest wreck. Titanic's Last Secrets peers into the lives of scientists, financiers, adventurers, and industrialists to bring listeners a thrilling and revelatory work of history and contemporary adventure.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not much diving but interesting story
- De Jonas en 10-17-08
De: John Chatterton, y otros
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Miracles on the Water
- The Heroic Survivors of a World War II U-Boat Attack
- De: Tom Nagorski
- Narrado por: Graeme Malcolm
- Duración: 12 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 18
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 18
An unforgettable story of children in wartime, of heroism at sea, and - above all - of courage and the power of the human spirit. On September 17, 1940, at a little after 10 at night, a German submarine torpedoed the passenger liner S.S. City of Benares in the North Atlantic. There were 406 people on board, but the ship's prized passengers were 90 children whose parents had elected to send their boys and girls away from Great Britain to escape the ravages of World War II. They were considered lucky, headed for quiet, peaceful, and relatively bountiful Canada.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Riveting history
- De appreciative reader en 05-21-17
De: Tom Nagorski
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Wreck of the Carl D.
- A True Story of Loss, Survival, and Rescue at Sea
- De: Michael Schumacher
- Narrado por: Gary D. MacFadden
- Duración: 7 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 34
On November 18, 1958, a 623-foot limestone carrier - caught in one of the most violent storms in Lake Michigan history - broke in two and sank in less than five minutes. Four of the 35-person crew escaped to a small raft, to which they clung in total darkness, braving 30-foot waves and frigid temperatures. As the storm raged on, a search-and-rescue mission hunted for survivors, while the frantic citizens of nearby Rogers City, Michigan, anxiously awaited word of their loved ones' fates.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A harrowing story of survival and loss
- De Ron T en 03-25-16
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The Finest Hours
- The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Most Daring Sea Rescue
- De: Michael J. Tougias, Casey Sherman
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duración: 5 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,768
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,502
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,505
In the winter of 1952, New England was battered by the most brutal nor’easter in years. As the weather wreaked havoc on land, the freezing Atlantic became a wind-whipped zone of peril, setting the stage for one of the most heroic rescue stories ever lived. On February 18, while the storm raged, two oil tankers, the Pendleton and the Fort Mercer, were in the same horrifying predicament. Built with “dirty steel,” and not prepared to withstand such ferocious seas, both tankers split in two, leaving the dozens of men on board utterly at the Atlantic’s mercy.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Two Times Terrific!
- De Carole T. en 01-31-16
De: Michael J. Tougias, y otros
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Fatal Flight
- The True Story of Britain's Last Great Airship
- De: Bill Hammack
- Narrado por: Bill Hammack
- Duración: 4 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 82
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 76
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 76
Fatal Flight brings vividly to life the year of operation of R.101, the last great British airship - a luxury liner three and a half times the length of a 747 jet, with a spacious lounge, a dining room that seated 50, glass-walled promenade decks, and a smoking room.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Probably better in a visual media
- De Aner en 08-22-17
De: Bill Hammack
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Rocket Men
- The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon
- De: Robert Kurson
- Narrado por: Ray Porter, Robert Kurson
- Duración: 12 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 2,519
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2,277
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 2,272
By August 1968, the American space program was in danger of failing in its two most important objectives: to land a man on the moon by President Kennedy's end-of-decade deadline and to triumph over the Soviets in space. With its back against the wall, NASA made an almost unimaginable leap: It would scrap its usual methodical approach and risk everything on a sudden launch, sending the first men in history to the moon - in just four months.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Men Who Saved 1968
- De Gillian en 04-04-18
De: Robert Kurson
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Fire in the Sky
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- CKB
- 04-01-16
Couldn't Take It!
What would have made Fire in the Sky better?
I love non-fiction, but I didn't make it past the first 15 minutes of this. The narration make it painful - like nails on a chalkboard.
How could the performance have been better?
A better narrator
What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?
Disappointment
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- Anne Wargo
- 06-30-17
Stay away from this book!
While the book itself is tolerable, the reader is too monotonous and boring. Stay away from this book like the plague!
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