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Title: Gaining Ground

Subtitle: A Story of Farmers' Markets, Local Food, and Saving the Family Farm

Author: Forrest Pritchard

Narrator: Roger Wayne

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-30-13

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 893 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

One fateful day in 1996, after discovering that five freight cars' worth of glittering corn have reaped a tiny profit of $18.16, young Forrest Pritchard vows to save his family's farm. What ensues - through hilarious encounters with all manner of livestock and colorful local characters - is a crash course in sustainable agriculture. Pritchard's biggest ally is his renegade father, who initially questions his son's career choice and rejects organic foods for sugary mainstream fare. But just when the farm starts to turn heads at local farmers' markets, his father's health takes a turn for the worse. With poetry and humor, this inspiring memoir tugs on your heartstrings and feeds your soul long after you've finished.

Critic Reviews:

"By the end of his wonderful book, Pritchard lies in a field pondering his own slim margin of success from slowing things down in our fast paced world; a well-deserved moment of happiness for this important new spokesperson of the future of agriculture and poet of the earth." (

Publishers Weekly Starred Review

"Roger Wayne's warm, lively reading of Forrest Pritchard's memoir of saving his family's farm in the Shenandoah Valley is a hopeful and conversational experience.... integrity is heard in Wayne's performance." (

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Members Reviews:

Loved it! I wanted it to go on further

What made the experience of listening to Gaining Ground the most enjoyable?

I listened to this book as I tended my own chickens. I could have never been so candid about my farming foibles, but I'm glad Forrest was.

What other book might you compare Gaining Ground to and why?

I had just finished Joel Salatin's book - This Aint Normal - and loved it. I thought at first this would be a litte like that. Some farming techniques may be similar, but Forrest's story is really funny, articulate, and humble - one to which other back to the farm types might be able to relate more readily.

What about Roger Waynes performance did you like?

Perfect. Sounded like a budding farmer might sound.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

How to survive your first job, ask for a promotion, or get the corner office when your boss is Mother Nature

Surprisingly good.

What did you love best about Gaining Ground?

It's well written--reads like a good novel. I like Pritchard's sense of humor and how well he characterizes people.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Gaining Ground?

There story was full of memorable moments. The goat riding shotgun in the pickup was one of the funniest.

What about Roger Waynes performance did you like?

Wayne's performance was close to flawless. He gives everyone a unique voice, but doesn't go overboard.

Any additional comments?

Some books surprise expectations. This is one of them.

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Title: High Price

Subtitle: A Neuroscientist's Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society

Author: Carl Hart

Narrator: J. D. Jackson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-17-13

Publisher: HarperAudio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 409 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

A pioneering neuroscientist shares his story of growing up in one of Miami's toughest neighborhoods and how it led him to his groundbreaking work in drug addiction.

As a youth, Carl Hart didn't realize the value of school; he studied just enough to stay on the basketball team. At the same time, he was immersed in street life. Today he is a cutting-edge neuroscientist - Columbia University's first tenured African American professor in the sciences - whose landmark, controversial research is redefining our understanding of addiction.

In this provocative and eye-opening memoir, he recalls his journey of self-discovery and weaves his past and present. Hart goes beyond the hype of the antidrug movement as he examines the relationship among drugs, pleasure, choice, and motivation, both in the brain and in society. His findings shed new light on common ideas about race, poverty, and drugs, and explain why current policies are failing.

Though Hart escaped neighborhoods that were dominated by entrenched poverty and the knot of problems associated with it, he has not turned his back on his roots. Determined to make a difference, he tirelessly applies his scientific research to help save real lives. But balancing his former street life with his achievements today has not been easy - a struggle he reflects on publicly for the first time.

A powerful story of hope and change, of a scientist who has dedicated his life to helping others, High Price will alter the way we think about poverty, race, and addiction - and how we can effect change.

Members Reviews:

Outstanding!

Any additional comments?

High Price by Carl Hart is one of the very best audio books I have listened to in the last year. As a reader, I am always intrigued by how others become successful. Given that Dr. Hart grows up in a broken home with minimal positive supports in Carol City Miami exposed to violence and frequent drug use only makes his journey to a tenured professorship at Columbia University more captivating.

Dr. Hart is able to pinpoint the key behavioral moments and environmental conditions that permitted him to move toward the next opportunity. As you are reading High Price, you may say to yourself "How does this guy eventually become a tenured Columbia professor ?" Dr. Hart conveys his incredible journey in a manner that keeps the reader/listener fully engaged and locked in.

High Price is not only about the Carl Hart story. Instead Dr. Hart educates the reader/listener about the history of drug enforcement, drug addiction, the chemical structure of illegal drugs, and the racism disguised as the war on drugs. Dr. Hart challenges the basic assumption many Americans have about street drugs that is propagated by the media, drug associations, and politicians. He also exposes the reader to peer reviewed research that refutes many of our long-standing and commonly held assumptions about drug use in inner city America.

Finally, the strongest part of High Praise is Dr. Hart's explanations of human behavior based on the science of behaviorism as espoused by BF Skinner. Dr. Hart does not rely on the verbal musings and explanatory motivations that drive behavior. Instead, Dr.

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Title: Sergeant Rex

Subtitle: The Unbreakable Bond Between a Marine and His Military Working Dog

Author: Mike Dowling

Narrator: Rob Shapiro

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-15-13

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 105 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

Deployed to Iraq's infamous Triangle of Death in 2004, Sergeant Mike Dowling and his military working dog Rex were part of the first Marine Corps military K9 teams sent to the front lines of combat since Vietnam. It was Rex's job to sniff out weapons caches, suicide bombers, and IEDs, the devastating explosives that wreaked havoc on troops and civilians alike. It was Mike's job to lead Rex into the heart of danger time and time again, always trusting Rex to bring them both back alive.

Dowling had turned twenty-five and Rex three just after they arrived in Iraq. Neither of them had any idea what to expect, and no training could fully prepare them for this job. An animal lover since childhood, Dowling had fostered and trained dogs for Guide Dogs for the Blind, and he was determined to serve in the military's K9 unit after joining the Marines. On their first patrols in Iraq, Rex suffered a seemingly incurable fear of explosions and gunfire, but with Mike at the other end of his leash, Rex gained the courage to perform his duty.

Dowling takes us into the searing 130-degree heat, the choking dust, and the ever-present threat of violent attack that seemed to permeate Iraq's streets. We experience Dowling's visceral fear of walking down an IED-laden alley where dismemberment or death can come with any footstep, only his trusted partner, Rex, by his side.Loyalty is one of the hallmarks of any good Marine, and nowhere is that quality more evident than in this astonishing account of Mike Dowling and Rex's wartime experiences.

A moving story of how a man and a dog developed complete trust in each other in the face of terrible adversity, Sergeant Rex is an unforgettable tale of sacrifice, courage, and love.

Critic Reviews:

"The best kind of nonfiction - an impossible-to-put-down true life story." (

San Francisco Chronicle

Members Reviews:

Book That You Will Not Want To Put Down

Military Working Dogs have not been used since the Vietnam war. Rex was a puppy when he met Sergeant Mike Dowling. The bond between this man and dog was inspirational. They worked together, ate together, even slept together. That was if Rex could find room in the small beds provided in Iraq where they were deployed. He'd start out trying to lay beside Mike, then on top of him, gave up and slept in his own sleeping quarters.

Rex proved to be an excellent choice for becoming a Military Working Dog. The bond between man and dog was so tight that either of them would die for the other one.

Rex had one problem when he arrived in Iraq. He had never been introduced to such a high volume of noise when a battle was occurring. Mike employed the use of the rule book in his head and taught Rex how to manage and banish his fears.

Rex's jobs were to find IED's, weapons caches and suicide bombers. Any one of these jobs could easily kill Rex, Mike or the both of them. Rex went first and when Mike voiced the word, "seek," Rex went to work. He totally loved his job. If Rex did his job well, both he and Mike would return to their barracks.

This true story was a great read. I do love dogs and understand how man and dog can become almost more than a family member. The narrator was great for this book. The book was a good read from beginning to end.

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Title: An Appetite for Wonder

Subtitle: The Making of a Scientist

Author: Richard Dawkins

Narrator: Richard Dawkins, Lalla Ward

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-24-13

Publisher: HarperAudio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 251 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

In his first memoir, Richard Dawkins shares a rare view into his early life, his intellectual awakening at Oxford, and his path to writing The Selfish Gene. He paints a vivid picture of his idyllic childhood in colonial Africa, and later at boarding school, where he began his career as a skeptic.

Arriving at Oxford in 1959, Dawkins began to study zoology and was introduced to some of the university's legendary mentors as well as its tutorial system. It's to this unique educational system that Dawkins credits his awakening. In 1973, provoked by the dominance of group selection theory and inspired by the work of William Hamilton, Robert Trivers, and John Maynard Smith, he began to write a book he called, jokingly, "my best seller". It was, of course, The Selfish Gene.

This is an intimate memoir of the childhood and intellectual development of the evolutionary biologist and world-famous atheist and how he came to write what is widely held to be one of the most important books of the 20th century.

Members Reviews:

Only for Dawkins' Fans

I have been a great fan a Dawkins since I read The God Delusion - then I read all his other books, which was a treat as I am a science nut. I have also watched every video he has ever made that was available in the US. I was so excited to read his autobiography that I pre-ordered the physical book, plus the audible version. He and his wife do a masterful job of reading his work.

I hate to say, but I found this book a disappointment. It was rather boring - filled with the names of all his friends, mentors, teachers, etc. He mentions his first wife, Marion Stamp, only as a scientific collaborator, without a word about her personality or their relationship. It really was about the making of a scientist. Period.

I certainly didn't expect a class act like Dawkins to write a tell-all autobiography, but this was way too dry. Very few tidbits about about his personal life, pets, or other interests would have been a treat.

This book is for die hard Dawkins' fans only.

The Memoir of a Genius

Dawkins from boy to young man, grad student to professor, science author to prolific and ardent spokesperson of disbelief. This book is the memoir of one of the greatest evolutionary biologists and an interesting character indeed. Very little science can be found inside, but you will get the full story of how Richard Dawkins came to be who he is today.

This is not exactly fascinating stuff unless you're a Dawkins fan, so I'd advise you to keep that in mind. If you are a Dawkins fan, it's a worthwhile read.

A few grains of gold in an ordinary biography

Richard Dawkins is an amazing scientist. I have always thought so and this first part in his autobiography trilogy do reinforce my favorable view on Dawkins. His greatness, in my opinion, primarily lies in his unequaled ability to convey science to the general public using a language which should make him eligible for the Nobel prize in literature (seriously!). His book, the selfish gene is probably the book that have meant the most to me personally, all categories, and reading excerpts from it in this book made me remember what a great book it was, and still is.

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Title: Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking

Subtitle: A Memoir of Food and Longing

Author: Anya Von Bremzen

Narrator: Kathleen Gati

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 36 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-17-13

Publisher: Random House Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 78 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

A James Beard Award-winning writer captures life under the Red socialist banner in this wildly inventive, tragicomic memoir of feasts, famines, and three generations

With startling beauty and sardonic wit, Anya von Bremzen tells an intimate yet epic story of life in that vanished empire known as the USSR - a place where every edible morsel was packed with emotional and political meaning.

Born in 1963, in an era of bread shortages, Anya grew up in a communal Moscow apartment where 18 families shared one kitchen. She sang odes to Lenin, black-marketeered Juicy Fruit gum at school, watched her father brew moonshine, and, like most Soviet citizens, longed for a taste of the mythical West. It was a life by turns absurd, drab, naively joyous, melancholy - and ultimately intolerable to her anti-Soviet mother, Larisa. When Anya was 10, she and Larisa fled the political repression of Brezhnev-era Russia, arriving in Philadelphia with no winter coats and no right of return.

Now Anya occupies two parallel food universes: one where she writes about four-star restaurants, the other where a taste of humble kolbasa transports her back to her scarlet-blazed socialist past. To bring that past to life, in its full flavor, both bitter and sweet, Anya and Larisa, embark on a journey unlike any other: they decide to eat and cook their way through every decade of the Soviet experience - turning Larisas kitchen into a "time machine and an incubator of memories". Together, mother and daughter re-create meals both modest and sumptuous, featuring a decadent fish pie from the pages of Chekhov, chanakhi (Stalins favorite Georgian stew), blini, and more.

Through these meals, Anya tells the gripping story of three Soviet generations - masterfully capturing the strange mix of idealism, cynicism, longing, and terror that defined Soviet life. The stories unfold against the vast panorama of Soviet history: Lenins bloody grain requisitioning, World War II hunger and survival, Stalins table manners, Khrushchevs kitchen debates, Gorbachevs disastrous anti-alcohol policies. And, ultimately, the collapse of the USSR. And all of it is bound together by Anyas passionate nostalgia, sly humor, and piercing observations.

Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking is that rare book that stirs our souls and our senses.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio.

Editorial Reviews:

"A delicious, intelligent book. When I read it, I can taste the food but also the melancholy, tragedy, and absurdity that went into every bit of pastry and borscht." (Gary Shteyngart, author of Super Sad True Love Story)

Critic Reviews:

"The funniest and truest book I've read about Russia in years. Ms. von Bremzen had the brilliant idea of transporting us back to the Soviet era of her youth by way of its hilarious, soulful, mayonnaise-laden, doctrinally-approved cuisine. This is both an important book and a delight." (Ian Frazier, author of Great Plains and Travels in Siberia)

Members Reviews:

Does Pronunciation Matter?

Any additional comments?

Very good, very sad book. Kathleen Gati has a warm voice and reads smoothly, but makes no attempt at getting Russian pronunciations right. People, places and Russian words range from slightly off to laughably wrong.

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Title: Loud in the House of Myself

Subtitle: Memoir of a Strange Girl

Author: Stacy Pershall

Narrator: Stacy Pershall

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-10-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 128 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

Stacy Pershall grew up as an overly intelligent, depressed, deeply strange girl in Prairie Grove, Arkansas, population 1,000. From her days as a 13-year-old Jesus freak through her eventual diagnosis of bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder, this spirited memoir chronicles Pershall's journey through hell and her struggle with the mental health care system.

Critic Reviews:

"An utterly unique journey down some of the mind's more mysterious byways...ranges from the shocking to the simply lovely." (Marya Hornbacher)

Members Reviews:

A difficult and somewhat annoying listen

Would you listen to Loud in the House of Myself again? Why?

No, I probably would not listen to the audio edition again. It took me days to get through the book the first time. The story was not too bad, but the narrator's voice grated on my ears. However, since I was interested in the subject, I pushed through to the end. I think that if the listener can tolerate the narrator's voice, they would find the book more entertaining.

Did the narration match the pace of the story?

I was not fond of the narrator. Her voice was high and grating, which irritated my ears. But if another listener does not mind her voice, I think they will appreciate the story.

Any additional comments?

The story is about a woman's difficulties is trying to deal with her bipolar disorder. I found the subject interesting, but the story was a bit jerky as it jumped from one scene to another. The other problem I had with the book was that I felt it was a little too self-congratulatory. Often I felt that the author was bragging about how sick she was, how bright and intelligent she was, etc. It have me the impression that she was saying that she was better than others. Not that I exactly expected self denigration. But I did get tired of the author patting herself on the back. Whether this was the product of the book itself or the audio narration, I do not know.

Short, but Intense Memoir

If you could sum up Loud in the House of Myself in three words, what would they be?

Informative, Intriguing, Dark

What did you like best about this story?

Beyond the memoir, the author speculates on the mental health world of diagnosis, medication, and treatment.

Any additional comments?

I found this to be a very intriguing and information memoir, focusing not only on the authors individual experiences, but also going into detail about the way the mental health system works for those diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder and Bipolar. It serves as a source of experiential knowledge for those who may not understand these disorders and the hardships involved both for the suffering and for the psychiatric teams who sometimes struggle to help those with BPD due to the very nature of the disorder.

Pershall relates to a quick overview of her life and the instances that defined her as she grew up and moved through the system. Its relatively short, but I found it to be an interesting, well written work that doesnt sound whiny or unrealistic or embellished.

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Title: The Road to Burgundy

Subtitle: The Unlikely Story of an American Making Wine and a New Life in France

Author: Ray Walker

Narrator: Sean Crisden

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-11-13

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 200 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

Ray Walker had a secure career in finance until a wine-tasting vacation ignited a passion that he couldn't stifle. Ray neglected his work, spending hours poring over ancient French winemaking texts, learning the techniques and the language, and daydreaming about vineyards. After Ray experienced his first taste of wine from Burgundy, he could wait no longer. He quit his job and went to France to start a winery - with little money, a limited command of French, and virtually no winemaking experience.

Fueled by determination and joie de vivre, he immersed himself in the extraordinary history of Burgundy's vineyards and began honing his skills. Ray became a pioneer in his use of ancient techniques in modern times and founded Maison Ilan. In 2009, Ray became the first non-French winemaker to purchase grapes and produce a wine from Le Chambertin, long considered to be one of the most revered and singular vineyards in the world.

Along with his struggle to capture his wine's distinct terroir, Ray shares enthralling stories of late-night tastings, flying down the Route National on a vintage Peugeot bicycle with no brakes, and his journey to secure both the trust of his insular Burgundian neighbors and the region's most coveted grapes. Capturing the sunlight, the smell of the damp soil, and the taste of superlative wine, The Road to Burgundy is a glorious celebration of finding one's true path in life, and taking a chance - whatever the odds.

Members Reviews:

Inspiring story: I wish he'd learn some humility!

I picked up the book because I liked the premise; mid-career American guy gets bitten by the wine bug, drops everything and moves to Burgundy to make wine. Lots of great press too. Modern day "American Dream".

Unfortunately, I couldn't stand the self-aggrandizing tone that the book is written in. The first few chapters REALLY got to me. He starts off with a belief that wine is just alcohol, nothing special, then he has a great wine in Italy, then he goes all bonkers over Bordeaux just by name-chasing the classified growths, and almost refuses to taste Burgundian wine because he thought it was inferior to Bordeaux (at the wine tasting that eventually changed his life). At first I thought he would talk about his erroneous prejudices and how he learnt to temper his appreciation of wine, but it seemed like he just converted his classified-growth-chasing obsession for Bordeaux to a terroir-chasing obsession in Burgundy. A true oenophile would love all wine -- some more than others -- but would never have such a narrow-minded, bigoted approach to wine. (And obviously, you should NEVER interview at a Napa/Sonoma winery and tell them how Burgundy is obviously better than them. come on dude.)

Also, for all his respect for Burgundian tradition and terroir, his traveling to Burgundy with "just one harvest", having never made wine, not speaking a word of understandable French, and with the arrogant belief that someone would sell him their precious grapes and allow him to make wine, is just plain hypocritical. People apprentice for YEARS to learn how to make wine, it's an art and a science.

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Title: All Souls

Subtitle: A Family Story from Southie

Author: Michael Patrick MacDonald

Narrator: Michael Patrick MacDonald

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-04-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 390 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

A breakaway best seller since its first printing, All Souls takes us deep into Michael Patrick MacDonald's Southie, the proudly insular neighborhood with the highest concentration of white poverty in America. Rocked by Whitey Bulger's crime schemes and busing riots, MacDonald's Southie is populated by sharply hewn characters like his Ma, a mini-skirted, accordion-playing single mother who endures the deaths of four of her eleven children. Nearly suffocated by his grief and his community's code of silence, MacDonald tells his family story here with gritty but moving honesty.

Members Reviews:

If I could' I would've finished the book in a sing

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes. I downloaded All Souls on 6/17 and and finished all 8 hours and 24 minutes of it by this 6/21. And this is with a full time job that includes travel, a 2 year old at home and assorted other activities. I was hooked from the moment I started. I am about as far removed from Southie as can be. I was born in India to middle class parents with the means to educate me, came to the US when I was 28 and being in IT, have managed to carve out a comfortable suburban existence for the 15 years I have been in the US. But I have always been in part fascinated and in part befuddled by the poverty in America. In India, and in other 3rd world countries, the poor are everywhere and in your face. In the US they remain hidden in places like Southie and even there too there is a narrative that seems to cast this sheen of quasi prosperity on them. I think America is in denial about its poor and books like these are a window into their lives. And with one political party capable of only mean spiritedness towards the poor and the other making only half hearted attempts towards any form of poverty alleviation, people like Michael Macdonald play an indispensable role today in educating us of our problems as well as suggesting concrete steps towards helping the poor.I think the best way to describe the book was that by the end, I felt a sense of kinship and connection with all the characters in the book, particularly the mother. And this, when I have very little in common with them. That is a sign of a good book, one that appeals to your emotions and exposes you to a world beyond your own and motivates you to take action.Highly recommended.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Michael's mother.

Have you listened to any of Michael MacDonalds other performances before? How does this one compare?

No.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

YES!

An Irish Ballad

I generally don't like memoirs and don't usually like when authors read their own work. In this case I enjoyed both. To say I "enjoyed" the book is not exactly correct, it was an awesome book, but really sad, just like an Irish ballad. The author brought the world of his childhood to life and I felt like I was there with his family, sitting in their apartment and looking out their window. The sorrows and the joys, the hopefulness and the tragedies, he describes them all in an unflinchingly honest way.MacDonald is a testiment to the human spirit, he turned his life around and used his pain to help others.

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Title: Warrior Soul

Subtitle: The Memoir of a Navy SEAL

Author: Chuck Pfarrer

Narrator: Chuck Pfarrer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14 hrs and 57 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-22-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 370 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

"Since the first navy frogmen crawled onto the beaches of Normandy, no SEAL has ever surrendered," writes Chuck Pfarrer. "No SEAL has ever been captured, and not one teammate or body has ever been left in the field. This legacy of valor is unmatched in modern warfare."

Warrior Soul is a book about the warrior spirit, and it takes the listener all over the world. Former Navy SEAL Chuck Pfarrer recounts some of his most dangerous assignments: On a clandestine reconnaissance mission on the Mosquito Coast, his recon team plays a deadly game of cat and mouse with a Nicaraguan patrol boat. Cut off on the streets of Beirut, the authors SEAL detachment must battle snipers on the Green Line. In the mid-Atlantic, Pfarrers unit attempts to retrieve - or destroy - the booster section of a Trident ballistic missile before it can be recovered by a Russian spy trawler. On a runway in Sicily, his assault element surrounds an Egyptian airliner carrying the Achille Lauro hijackers.

These are only a few of the riveting stories of combat patrol, reconnaissance missions, counter-terrorist operations, tragedies, and victories in Warrior Soul that illustrate the SEAL maxim "The person who will not be defeated cannot be defeated."

Members Reviews:

An amazing story

What made the experience of listening to Warrior Soul the most enjoyable?

Overall, I really enjoyed this audio book. I think Mr Pfarrer did an outstanding job narrating the book.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Warrior Soul?

Several moments, some made me laugh and others made me sad.

Excellent book and excellent author!

Would you consider the audio edition of Warrior Soul to be better than the print version?

I have not read the print version, but hearing it from the horse's mouth so to speak means a lot to me.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Of course my favorite is Chuck. He's the real deal!

Which scene was your favorite?

Impossible to choose. I loved every minute of the book.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

I'm not into catchy tag lines. The story speaks for itself.

Any additional comments?

I completely disagree with what others have said in their reviews about Chuck not being a good narrator for this book. I found his voice not monotone, but calm and soothing. Exactly what you would NOT expect from a true ass-kicker. He's intelligent, trustworthy, and a true American hero. One of my favorite books of all time for sure.

Damn fine book!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes, I would recommend this book. It is a very entertaining, informative, and down-to-Earth book. If you want to know what it is like to be a Navy SEAL, minus all the hype, this is the book to read. Mr. Pfarrer talks about the human side of being a SEAL. SEALs are people like everyone else with fears and personal failings. Sometimes this fact can be lost on those of us who get lost in the media inspired SEAL image.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Warrior Soul?

I was surprised to discover that Mr. Pfarrer had written the movie "Navy SEALS" (among others). I didn't know that the movie was written and inspired by an actual Navy SEAL. I had thought that "Navy SEALS" was strictly a Hollywood creation with little basis in reality.

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Title: Torn

Subtitle: Rescuing the Gospel from the Gays-vs.-Christians Debate

Author: Justin Lee

Narrator: Justin Lee

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-14-13

Publisher: Hachette Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 238 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

As a teenager and young man, Justin Lee felt deeply torn. Nicknamed "God Boy" by his peers, he knew that he was called to a life in the evangelical Christian ministry. But Lee harbored a secret: He also knew that he was gay. In this groundbreaking book, Lee recalls the events - his coming out to his parents, his experiences with the "ex-gay" movement, and his in-depth study of the Bible - that led him, eventually, to self-acceptance.

But more than just a memoir, Torn provides insightful, practical guidance for all committed Christians who wonder how to relate to gay friends or family members - or who struggle with their own sexuality. Convinced that "in a culture that sees gays and Christians as enemies, gay Christians are in a unique position to bring peace," Lee demonstrates that people of faith on both sides of the debate can respect, learn from, and love one another.

Members Reviews:

i loved this book.

i loved it.. this book really helps not only straight but gays that are struggling with their attractions and as the author it can go both ways but i choose to be as christ like and loving as possible and not blame either party.

Great book to read on Christianity and Homosexuali

I am glad to have listened to this book. Although I am a straight, married Christian, I feel it is important to study for myself what the biblical truth about homosexuality. It was great hear Justin's story and his interpretation of the Bible verses that referred to homosexuality. I am most interested to know his view of Ephesians 5 (the verse most folks point to when describing Biblical marriage) or Adam and Eve story, and what implications those verses have on his view of Biblical relationships. Because he didn't explore such topics in this book, I felt the book was complete. However, I would certainly recommend this book to others interested in exploring this topic.

a must read to love people and stop judging

Tears listening to this moving , authentic book. The author shares his experience beautifully to open hearts. In finding acceptance of others, we find acceptance of ourselves, and move closer to what God wants us to be.

Ideas Into Words

As a man that's always been torn between these two worlds, Lee's book gives me both hope and a voice. This is something I've always wanted to explain to my fellow Christian, as well as, my fellow LGBT community members, but could never formulate the ideas into words. Justin does it very well.

Thanks from a Christian mom desperate for Info

I was looking for information that would help me be able to understand and support my teenage gay daughter.

I am so dreading the prejudice and heartache she will encounter as she lives her adult life as an openly gay woman.

While I still don't have all the answers, this book has given me so much hope, peace, and has made me feel more confident about standing up for my daughter in front of people who will unavoidably judge her.

Thank you, Justin for this book.