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Letters of Note: War
- Narrado por: Louise Brealey, Simon Callow, Benedict Cumberbatch, Colin Firth, Natascha McElhone, Juliet Stevenson, Ben Kingsley, Adrian Edmondson, Stephen Fry, Neil Gaiman, Toby Jones, Jude Law
- Duración: 2 h y 50 m
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- Blood, Guts, and Prayer
- De: Michael Keane
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 6 h y 49 m
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No one in the history of warfare was less likely to follow that advice than George S. Patton, Jr. His place was in front of his men, and he paid the price, when he lay bleeding to death in a bomb crater in France. Patton’s survival that day at the end of World War I was nothing short of miraculous. It confirmed the powerful sense of destiny that guided him through three decades of war and made him a military legend. Patton has been venerated and despised but rarely understood. In Patton: Blood, Guts, and Prayer, Michael Keane penetrates the fog of legend and reveals as compelling a human character as any in American history.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A different view of Patton
- De Jean en 06-19-13
De: Michael Keane
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My Fellow Soldiers
- General John Pershing and the Americans Who Helped Win the Great War
- De: Andrew Carroll
- Narrado por: Andrew Carroll
- Duración: 11 h y 32 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 118
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Andrew Carroll's intimate portrait of General Pershing, who led all of the American troops in Europe during World War I, is a revelation. Given a military force that on the eve of its entry into the war was downright primitive compared to the European combatants, the general surmounted enormous obstacles to build an army and ultimately command millions of US soldiers. But Pershing himself - often perceived as a harsh, humorless, and wooden leader - concealed inner agony from those around him.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Don’t pass this up
- De PineappleSmoothy en 03-29-18
De: Andrew Carroll
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A Worse Place than Hell
- How the Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg Changed a Nation
- De: John Matteson
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 21 h
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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December 1862 drove the United States toward a breaking point. The Battle of Fredericksburg shattered Union forces and Northern confidence. As Abraham Lincoln's government threatened to fracture, this critical moment also tested five extraordinary individuals whose lives reflect the soul of a nation. The changes they underwent led to profound repercussions in the country's law, literature, politics, and popular mythology. Taken together, their stories offer a striking restatement of what it means to be American.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic Intertwining!
- De Peter H. Christensen en 09-02-21
De: John Matteson
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Lafayette in the Somewhat United States
- De: Sarah Vowell
- Narrado por: Sarah Vowell, John Slattery, Nick Offerman, y otros
- Duración: 8 h y 7 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,620
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,260
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,241
From the best-selling author of Assassination Vacation and Unfamiliar Fishes, a humorous account of the Revolutionary War hero Marquis de Lafayette - the one Frenchman we could all agree on - and an insightful portrait of a nation's idealism and its reality. Lafayette in the Somewhat United States is a humorous and insightful portrait of the famed Frenchman, the impact he had on our young country, and his ongoing relationship with instrumental Americans of the time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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You likely haven't heard it this way...
- De William L. Scott III en 06-04-16
De: Sarah Vowell
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Being George Washington
- De: Glenn Beck
- Narrado por: Ron McLarty
- Duración: 9 h y 42 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,213
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,071
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,076
If you think you know George Washington, think again. This is the amazing true story of a real-life superhero who wore no cape and possessed no special powers—yet changed the world forever. It's a story about a man whose life reads as if it were torn from the pages of an action novel: Bullet holes through his clothing. Horses shot out from under him. Unimaginable hardship. Disease. Heroism. Spies and double-agents. And, of course, the unmistakable hand of Divine Providence that guided it all.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Awe Inspiring!!
- De Bryce en 12-14-11
De: Glenn Beck
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Saving My Enemy
- How Two WWII Soldiers Fought Against Each Other and Later Forged a Friendship that Saved Their Lives
- De: Bob Welch
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 9 h y 10 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 85
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 78
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Saving My Enemy is the touching true story of two soldiers on opposite sides of WWII whose unlikely friendship, forged in their 80s, dissolves six decades of guilt and shame that had pushed both men to despair.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Our story!
- De Marianne McNally en 04-27-21
De: Bob Welch
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Breaker Morant
- De: Peter FitzSimons
- Narrado por: Cameron Goodall
- Duración: 23 h y 4 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Most Australians have heard of the Boer War of 1899 to 1902 and of Harry 'Breaker' Morant, a figure who rivals Ned Kelly as an archetypal Australian folk hero. Born in England and emigrating to Queensland in 1883 in his early 20s, Morant was a charming but reckless man who established a reputation as a rider, polo player and writer. He submitted ballads to The Bulletin that were published under the name 'The Breaker' and counted Banjo Paterson as a friend.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Horrors of war
- De David R. en 04-15-21
De: Peter FitzSimons
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The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Volume I: Visions of Glory 1874-1932
- De: William Manchester
- Narrado por: Frederick Davidson
- Duración: 41 h y 19 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,641
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,140
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 2,134
Winston Churchill is perhaps the most important political figure of the 20th century. His great oratory and leadership during the Second World War were only part of his huge breadth of experience and achievement. Studying his life is a fascinating way to imbibe the history of his era and gain insight into key events that have shaped our time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Superb - Review of Both Volume I & Volume II
- De Wolfpacker en 01-23-09
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Abraham Lincoln
- A Man of Faith and Courage: Stories of Our Most Admired President
- De: Joe Wheeler
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 9 h y 21 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Author Joe Wheeler brings to this insightful audiobook the knowledge gleaned from over 10 years of study and more than 60 books on the life and times of Abraham Lincoln. Skillfully weaving his own narrative with direct quotes from Abraham Lincoln and poignant excerpts from other Lincoln biographers, Joe Wheeler brings a refreshingly friendly rendition Lincoln's life, faith and courage.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Retreads
- De J B Tipton en 04-22-09
De: Joe Wheeler
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For Cause and Comrades
- Why Men Fought in the Civil War
- De: James M. McPherson
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 9 h y 13 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 80
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James McPherson shows that, contrary to what many scholars believe, the soldiers of the Civil War remained powerfully convinced of the ideals for which they fought throughout the conflict. Motivated by duty and honor, and often by religious faith, these men wrote frequently of their firm belief in the cause for which they fought: the principles of liberty, freedom, justice, and patriotism. For Cause and Comrades lets these soldiers tell their own stories in their own words to create an account that is both deeply moving and far truer than most books on war.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Ambitious idea but falls short
- De Matt M en 08-03-20
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The Long Way Home
- An American Journey from Ellis Island to the Great War
- De: David Laskin
- Narrado por: Erik Synnestvedt
- Duración: 13 h y 21 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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The United States has always been a nation of immigrants---never more so than in 1917 when the nation entered the First World War. Of the 2.5 million soldiers who fought with U.S. armed forces in the trenches of France and Belgium, some half a million---nearly one out of every five men---were immigrants. In The Long Way Home, David Laskin, author of the prizewinning history The Children's Blizzard, tells the stories of 12 of these immigrant heroes.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Incredible story of immigration and war
- De Daryl en 01-06-14
De: David Laskin
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Last Christmas in Paris
- A Novel of World War I
- De: Hazel Gaynor, Heather Webb
- Narrado por: Alex Wyndham, Billie Fulford-Brown, Morag Sims, y otros
- Duración: 8 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,064
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Evie and Thomas experience a very different war. Frustrated by life as a privileged young lady, Evie longs to play a greater part in the conflict - but how? - and as Thomas struggles with the unimaginable realities of war, he also faces personal battles back home, where War Office regulations on press reporting cause trouble at his father's newspaper business. Through their letters Evie and Thomas share their greatest hopes and fears - and grow ever fonder from afar. Can love flourish amid the horror of the First World War, or will fate intervene?
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3 out of 5 stars
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As a sappy romantic, not what I had hoped for
- De FoCoBuzz en 05-25-18
De: Hazel Gaynor, y otros
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End of a Berlin Diary
- The Berlin Diary Series, Book 2
- De: William L. Shirer
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 15 h y 14 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 144
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A radio broadcaster and journalist for Edward R. Murrow at CBS, William L. Shirer was new to the world of broadcast journalism when he began keeping a diary while on assignment in Europe during the 1930s. Shirer’s Berlin Diary, which is considered the first full record of what was happening in Germany during the rise of the Third Reich, appeared in 1941. Shirer returned to the European front in 1944 to cover the end of the war. End of a Berlin Diary chronicles this year-long study of Germany after Hitler.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Mr Shrier might is an excellent Historian but pass
- De Clarence Nelson en 07-19-20
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An Album of Memories
- Personal Histories from the Greatest Generation
- De: Tom Brokaw
- Narrado por: Tom Brokaw, a full cast
- Duración: 10 h y 20 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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In this beautiful American family album of stories from the Greatest Generation, the history of life as it was lived during the Depression and World War II comes alive and is preserved in people’s own words.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A heart touching story
- De Randall en 07-03-16
De: Tom Brokaw
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To End All Wars
- A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918
- De: Adam Hochschild
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 16 h y 26 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 461
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 379
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World War I stands as one of history's most senseless spasms of carnage, defying rational explanation. In a riveting, suspenseful narrative with haunting echoes for our own time, Adam Hochschild brings it to life as never before. He focuses on the long-ignored moral drama of the war's critics, alongside its generals and heroes. Thrown in jail for their opposition to the war were Britain's leading investigative journalist, a future winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, and an editor who, behind bars, published a newspaper for his fellow inmates on toilet paper.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A story of personalities
- De Tad Davis en 06-09-11
De: Adam Hochschild
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The War Lovers
- Roosevelt, Lodge, Hearst, and the Rush to Empire, 1898
- De: Evan Thomas
- Narrado por: Richard Davidson
- Duración: 14 h y 1 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 54
On February 15, 1898, the USS Maine exploded in Havana Harbor. Although there was no evidence that the Spanish were responsible, yellow newspapers such as William Randolph Hearst's New York Journal whipped Americans into frenzy by claiming that Spain's "secret infernal machine" had destroyed the battleship. Soon after, the blandly handsome and easily influenced President McKinley declared war, sending troops not only to Cuba but also to the Philippines.
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2 out of 5 stars
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A Rather Poor History
- De Paul C. White en 08-17-10
De: Evan Thomas