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Titolo: Breve storia del Terzo Reich, Vol. 9 [Short History of Third Reich, Vol. 9]

Sottotitolo: La fine di Hitler [The End of Hitler]

Autore: Piero Di Domenico

Narratore: Lorenzo Visi

Formato: Unabridged

Durata: 59 mins

Lingua: Italiano

Data di pubblicazione: 03-13-15

Editore: Area51 Publishing

Categoria: History, 20th Century

Riepilogo Editore:

Questo volume della Breve storia del Terzo Reich si concentra sulla fine della seconda guerra mondiale fino alla presa di Berlino e al suicidio di Adolf Hitler nel suo bunker. Questo audiolibro contiene anche la voce, tratta dai documenti storici, che testimoniano gli ultimi giorni del Führer: l'ultimo messaggio di Hitler all'esercito, il suo messaggio radiofonico al popolo tedesco, il suo testamento politico e, infine, il suo testamento privato.

This volume of A Brief History of the Third Reich focuses on the end of the Second World War until the capture of Berlin and the suicide of Adolf Hitler in his bunker. This audiobook also contains historical documents that bear witness to the last days of Hitler: his last message to the army, his radio address to the German people, his political testament, and finally his private testament.

Please note: This audiobook is in Italian.

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Title: Is Tomorrow Hitler's?

Subtitle: 200 Questions on the Battle of Mankind

Author: H. R. Knickerbocker

Narrator: Kenneth Williams

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15 hrs and 10 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-28-15

Publisher: MonkeyBone Publications

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

With the world in its present state, the foreign correspondent has assumed an enormous importance. H. R. Knickerbocker is one of the ablest and best informed of these 20th-century ambassadors. During the past 18 years he has been in practically all the key places of Europe and Asia and has written about the events which he has seen with clarity and understanding. He has met most of the leading figures of the world crisis, including Churchill, Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, and some of the leading Japanese. This book is an opportunity for the general public to come as closely as possible to sitting down with Mr. Knickerbocker for an informal conversation. Written in question and answer form, it not only conveys an astounding amount of interesting and significant information but does it in a chatty and discursive way which is extraordinarily engaging. Because of its form and the sparkle with which it is set down, it contains an enormous number of new facets and sidelights on the world abroad and the personalities of its leading men which are not to be found in more conventional books.

There are probably few questions which have troubled the average reader which are not covered in this journey through the world with Mr. Knickerbocker. They are indeed the questions which America is asking about the war, its origins, its aims, and America's part in it.

Furthermore, the book has a unity all its own, a unity contributed by Mr. Knickerbocker's own carefully thought out and vigorously held position with respect to what American policy and action should be in the present crisis.

Members Reviews:

Extraordinary insights

Full disclosure: I am H.R.âs granddaughter. Having said that, this book was viewed as valuable enough to bring back in to print, and it is a worthy read. It was originally published six months before Pearl Harbor. He firmly believed that America had to get into the war in Europe, and this book was part of that effort. He had lived in Berlin for years and knew the top brass personally, and as soon Hitler became chancellor, he was kicked out of Germany...

Given current times, you can go at it with a highlighter and see so many similarities. I sent a copy to Rachel Maddow.

Is Tomorrow Hitler's

The very best book I have read about Hitler and all that surrounded him in the lead up to WWII. The author, a pulitizer prize winning war correspondent, had a front row seat and got to know the main characters, which included Hitler, of WWII up close and personal.

H R Knickerbocker was one of the first and one of the strongest voices warning the U S Administration of FDR that we had to become engaged in the war against Hitler or we may be a victim of Hitler's aggression. As is now,a great percentage of the U S population, at that time, was not interested and thought it wrong to participate in squelching Hitler's ambition to take over the world.

Thank goodness for H R Knickerbocker. His persistence, along with his first hand eye witness account, of Hitler's attempt to rule the world helped influence the powers that be to become engaged. Our hides were saved.

Important Book

I have owned this book for over 50 years. I read it at least once a year. I never fail to learn something new. It is as current as today's headlines if you are thinking it through. It was published before WW2 in 1941.

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Title: Long Live Glosser's

Author: Robert Jeschonek

Narrator: Bill Lord

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-23-15

Publisher: Pie Press Publishing

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

The Glosser Bros. Department Store in Johnstown, Pennsylvania has reopened, just for you, in the narration of this one-of-a-kind nonfiction audiobook. For the first time, the whole true story of Glosser's has been told, on the 25th anniversary of the fabled department store's closing. Step through the famous doors on the corner of Franklin and Locust Streets, grab a brown-and-white-striped shopping bag, and smell the roasting peanuts and cashews. You're about to embark on a journey from the humble beginnings of Glosser Bros. to its glory days as a multimillion-dollar corporation and the thrilling battle to save it on the eve of its grand finale.

Listen to the stories of the executives, employees, and loyal shoppers who made Glosser Bros. a legend and kept it alive in the hearts and minds of Glosser Nation. Travel back in time to the places and people that made Glosser's great. Experience the things you loved best about the classic department store, from the roasted nuts to the Shaffer twins to the Halloween windows and amazing sales. Discover secrets and surprises that have never been revealed to the general public until now. Relive the story of a lifetime in a magical tour straight out of your memories and dreams: a grand reopening of a store that never really closed in the hearts of those who loved it.

Members Reviews:

A Great Piece of Americana

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

I loved this book. It's a great story of a wonderful family and a piece of American immigrant history. If you, like me, come from a family of immigrants, you'll appreciate the back story, even if your family came from a different place.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Every character in the book was genuine. I really didn't have a favorite. I think I'd love them all if I met them in person.

What does Bill Lord bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book?

Bill Lord brought the Glosser family right into my living room, sat down with them, and told me their story. I could almost smell the roasting cashews and peanuts! I wish Glosser's Department Store was in MY town growing up.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The very last chapter of the book, the last customer, was beautiful. The author's ability to paint a picture with words, and the narrator's treatment of the passage was poignant and engaging.

Long Live Glossers

Any additional comments?

I absolutely LOVED this book!Being a fan of Johnstown i thought I'd just be gaining a bit of history if I listened to it.I felt like I got to know the folks mentioned in the book.Very interesting and well written.Bill Lord did a fine job with the narration.I was gifted this book for a fair review.

Glosser

Any additional comments?

This audiobook is like a travelogue. I enjoy listening about this place an it's interesting people.

More of a History Book Than Story Book

What did you like best about Long Live Glosser's? What did you like least?

From the beginning of the book it was really interesting to hear about the life of this department store.

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Title: Blessed Are the Peacemakers?

Subtitle: The Destruction of Paradise

Author: Samson Soledad, Constantine Papavasiliou

Narrator: Samson Soledad

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-14-15

Publisher: The Republic of Plato, a cultural program of The ProtoGnosis Institute

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

Imagine you've just been rendered a refugee in the country where you were born--the country that has been the home of your ancestors for more than 2,500 years. You walk hundreds of miles with only what you can carry, until you run out of land. The brutal enemy that's following you is raping, mutilating, shooting, burning, and beheading your friends and neighbors. At the water's edge, you see before you 22 warships flying the flags of the Western democracies. With the city burning behind you and the enemy shooting at you from both sides, you're faced with only one option. You jump into the water and swim for your life. You're relieved to reach the Allied warships anchored in the harbor. But something is wrong! The sailors won't let you come aboard. Instead they use hoses and hot water to prevent you from climbing onboard. You look back toward the quay, but you're too exhausted to swim to shore. Suddenly you realize you're out of options. Is this a bad dream? Would civilized nations of the world order their sailors to stand down and watch you drown? It's finally time to learn the real story of the Peacemakers!

Members Reviews:

Why have I never heard about this before?

What did you love best about Blessed Are the Peacemakers??

The authors have taken the historical records and used them to create a story and timeline that reads like a fictional novel. The only difference is that it is the true story. It's a little upsetting to think that our leaders were part of the problem instead of the solution, but at least the heroes are our American military and American relief workers. I was shocked when I found that much of the dialogue was actually statements of the real people as quoted in newspapers of the day. It is more worrisome that the terrorism of today is identical to what occurred 100 years ago.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Clearly, Asa Jennings is the hero of the 20th century. A YMCA worker trying his best to comfort the 500,000 Greek and Armenian refugees at his station, enter him into a game of liar's poker where his bold bluff results in his appointment as an Admiral in the Greek navy, in command of dozens of ships. The result is the rescue of millions of Greek and Armenian refugees from imminent death at the hands of the Turkish military.

What does Samson Soledad bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book?

His writing has a precision. He manages to create vivid mental pictures so that you feel you are there as it happens. At times, it was so distressing that I had to put the book down.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The moment for me was as Smyrna is completely in flames with 500,000 helpless refugees standing on a pier with fire to their backs, Turkish soldiers on either sides shooting into the crowd and the harbor in front if you thought you would swim to safety. Other than the Allied warships refusing to save these women and children, on board a British warship, the captain ordered his band to play a lively tune, because the screams of people being burned alive was distracting as they could be heard at his officers' dinner table.

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Title: From Blackjacks to Briefcases

Subtitle: A History of Commercialized Strikebreaking and Unionbusting in the United States

Author: Robert Michael Smith, Scott Molly (forward)

Narrator: Kenneth Lee

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-04-14

Publisher: University Press Audiobooks

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

From the beginning of the Industrial Age and continuing into the twenty-first century, companies faced with militant workers and organizers have often turned to agencies that specialized in ending strikes and breaking unions. Although their secretive nature has made it difficult to fully explore the history of this industry, From Blackjacks to Briefcases does just that. By digging through subpoenaed documents of strike-bound companies, their mercenaries, and the testimony of executive officers and rank-and-file strike-breakers, Robert Smith examines the inner workings of the antiunion industry. In a clear and lively style, he brings to life the violent armed guards employed on the picket line or in the coal camps; the ruffians who filled the armies marshaled by the "King of the Strike-breakers," Pearl Bergoff; the labor spies who wrecked countless unions; and, after the Wagner Act, those who manipulated national labor law to serve their clients. In From Blackjacks to Briefcases, Smith follows the history of this ongoing struggle and tells a compelling story that parallels the history of the United States over the last century and a half.

Members Reviews:

An important summary of evolving labor relation in the United States

12/2014 This is a must read for Labor Leaders as well as well as Rank & File activist.It is important for Labor Leaders to understand the pressures workers face when attempting to organize and how this affects outcomes in campaigns. It also addresses the shortcomings of political leaders and how Labor is manipulated by these forces while business receives tangible rewards from politics, workers usually loose any real improvements in labor law which they may expect to receive from political allies. James Hoffa once asserted the point that whatever politicians give to the working class politicians can also take them away, and usually they do as soon as an election is concluded.

If the working class is to gain any improvements in their workplaces they must understand just how strong the forces against them are and the tactics that will be used against them.

Labor Studies Journal review

From Blackjacks to Briefcases: A History of Commercialized Strikebreaking and Unionbusting in the United States. By Robert Michael Smith. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, 2003. 179 pages. $44.95 hardback $16.95 paper. This book is as interesting as the title promises. It is an excellent little volume, succinct and well-researched. The main thesis of the book is compellingly laid out, bringing readers easily to share the author's contention that unionbusting today is much the same as it was in 1880. From Blackjacks to Briefcases deserves a place in the personal lending library of every labor educator and trade unionist in the country, and it should be passed from reader to reader. This book will fire up union supporters with frustration that labor's story is not told. Few people, even in the labor movement, know the tremendous investment and effort put into unionbusting over the past century. The book vividly demonstrates the need for labor history as an integral part of labor education and a stimulus to activism.

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Title: Voices from D-Day

Subtitle: Eyewitness Accounts from the Battle of Normandy

Author: Jon E. Lewis

Narrator: Peter Noble

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-24-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

The extraordinary and compelling story of the 6th of June, 1944, Operation Overlord and the Battle for Normandy is told here through first-hand testimonies from civilians and soldiers on both sides.

It features classic accounts by soldiers such as Rommel and Bradley, together with frontline reports by some of the world's finest authors and war correspondents, including Ernest Hemingway and Alan Melville.

Highlights of this unique collection include the break-out from Omaha beach as told by the GI who led it, a French housewife's story of what it was like to wake up to the invasion, German soldiers' accounts of finding themselves facing the biggest seaborne invasion in history, a view from the command post by a member of Eisenhower's staff, combat reports, diaries, and letters of British veterans of all forces and services, and accounts of the follow-up battle for Normandy, one of the bloodiest struggles of the war.

The Allied armada involved over 5,000 craft, which had by the end of "the longest day" succeeded in landing 156,000 men, and in breaching Hitler's much vaunted defensive wall. Dramatic and historic though the events of D-Day were, they were but the opening shots of a much larger and equally remarkable battle - the battle for Normandy. It took the Allies ten weeks of bloody fighting to get out of Normandy, during which the infantry casualty rate rivalled that of the Western Front in the First World War.

This book is the story of that fateful day, the preparations which led up to it, and the ten weeks of fighting in Normandy which followed it, told by the men and women who were there, who witnessed it at first hand. It is compiled from interviews with scores of veterans, from diaries, memoirs, and letters.

Occasionally, exact chronology has been sacrificed in the interests of communicating better the experience of Normandy, for above all this is a book about how the invasion looked and felt to those who were there. It is often brutally honest, far removed from the comfortable romantic version of D-Day and the battle for Normandy. (For example, there are accounts here of crimes committed against German POWs by Allied soldiers.)

Members Reviews:

Could have been excellent

I really didn't like it. I couldn't get past all the fake accents put on for all the different people's accounts. That's ok for comedy but just sounded wrong in this context. I only got through about 30 mins before I had to stop listening. What a shame as there's quite a lot of interesting accounts from people. I don't need an account from an Australian soldier read out in a Australian accent. If it was done again without the accents I would buy it again.

Amazing Storey

It was a pleasure to listen to the account s of all the great men and women that took part in this epic battle between good and evil.

narration is annoying

I'm all for clear speaking wheb reciting a story but this performance is annoying at best, Americans seem to be unable to speak a whole sentances without pausing between words, the Welsh accent makes everyone sound like a simpleton, German almost gives way to Australian closings.

great book, annoying performer

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Title: Jail Busters

Subtitle: The Secret Story of MI6, the French Resistance, and Operation Jericho

Author: Robert Lyman

Narrator: Peter Noble

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-07-14

Publisher: Quercus

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

In February 1944, the French Resistance in the Amiens area was in turmoil. Its strength had been decimated by German aggression and the work of a number of traitors in their midst, and hundreds of its members languished in the city's formidable jail, awaiting an almost certain death at the hands of their captors. When two Allied intelligence officers were incarcerated alongside them it became clear that immediate action was imperative. What followed was a precision air attack on the prison, of hitherto unrivalled daring, carried out by the RAF's elite 2nd Tactical Air Force. These pilots' bravery and skill created a breach in the prison's walls that allowed the Nazi's captives to break free. Whilst many were recaptured, and controversy over the true reasons for the raid's authorisation rages to this day, Operation Jericho remains one of the most audacious and innovative missions ever flown.

Members Reviews:

Thorough scholarly account on Amiens Prison raid

Would you listen to Jail Busters again? Why?

Yes, to refer back to notable moments and some of the deeply researched details. There is a lot about the French Resistance in the area north of Paris and a lot of attention to all the contributing forces that were needed to make the decision to mount the spectacular airborne raid at all.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Not that kind of book.

Have you listened to any of Peter Nobles other performances before? How does this one compare?

The account was read with authority and pace.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Yes, the mosquito aircraft.

Operation Jerico Limited story

Would you try another book written by Robert Lyman or narrated by Peter Noble?

NO.

I purchased this audiobook hoping to have an in depth report on the R.A.F. raid, this was limited to 1 chapter in 20. If your interest is in the internal politics of MI5, SOE and the Resistance during the war please go ahead and download. If like me you are more interested in R.A.F. history don't bother.

What could Robert Lyman have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

A more equal split of the story into the 3 sections he chose to specialise in.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

no comment

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Jail Busters?

no comment

Interesting Story Well narrated

Amazing Story well told. I enjoyed the section on the mosquito bomber immensely. Lots of detail on the french resistance movement throughout the entire period leading up till the raid. Probably got lost a bit in the detail of the different groups and i became confused with so many french names !

A worthy listen though for any history buffs !

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Title: Lady Secret Agents: Their Lives, Accomplishments, and Punishment

Author: Julian Chitta

Narrator: Sheila Cochran

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-06-14

Publisher: Julian Chitta

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

This audiobook examines the lives, the accomplishments, and the punishment of some of the female secret agents, while they lived and worked during the 20th century, in hot or cold wars. They all were convinced that they were on the right side of the conflicts they participated in, even if some of them were dead wrong. Their lives were never certain, since a bullet in the head could put an abrupt end to their work.

The dynamics of the forces that shaped their careers were never straight, from recruitment to training and through their assignments. In spite of the dangers of being detected, some of them survived.

This audiobook tries to shed a bit of light upon their secret environment where every secret agent lived or died according to her ability to avoid detection and capital mistakes. Ultimately the history was the judge which pronounced the final sentence. The subject of female spies, the lady secret agents, is quite intriguing in itself, and an average listener may find a lot of unique data.

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Title: Sacred Places of San Francisco Bay

Subtitle: with Author Brad Olsen

Author: Patricia Lawrence

Narrator: Phillip Ebert, Patricia Lawrence

Format: Original Recording

Length: 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-05-14

Publisher: Travel Radio International

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

Patricia Lawrence explores three sacred places around San Francisco Bay - Miwok (Native Californian) fertility rock, Mt. Tamalpais, and Grace Cathedral on Nob Hill - with author and travel writer Brad Olsen.

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Title: The Spy Who Changed the World

Author: Mike Rossiter

Narrator: Nigel Carrington

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-05-14

Publisher: Headline Digital

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

The gripping true story of Klaus Fuchs: the spy who sold the nuclear secrets to the Russians.

When the three leaders of the victorious allies, Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union, met at Potsdam in July 1945, President Truman announced to Stalin that the US had a new and devastating weapon. Observers report that Stalin paid no attention to this remark. In fact, Stalin was well aware of the existence of the atomic bomb, and the Soviet Union was rapidly developing its own.

Stalin owed his knowledge to the atomic scientist Dr Klaus Fuchs, who can lay claim to being the most successful spy in history. A refugee from Nazi Germany, entrusted with crucial work at the very heart of the British and American nuclear weapons project, Fuchs gave every piece of information he had to the KGB, the Russian intelligence agency. Then in 1950, his spy mission complete, he made an unprompted confession to MI6.

His espionage accelerated the start of the Cold War between Russia and the West, and caused a split between the US and British governments that forced Britain to build its own atomic weapons. The world that Fuchs helped create remained in the grip of a nuclear stand-off for a generation.

The Spy Who Changed the World uses previously unseen archive documents to bring to life one of the most compelling spy stories on the 20th century.

Members Reviews:

Excellent story and well presented

Would you consider the audio edition of The Spy Who Changed the World to be better than the print version?

Well read, good story and you really want to keep listening when the time to listen runs out. I sat in my car a couple of times to listen to the end of chapter. the book doesnt get bogged down with the technical details of spying, rather it focuses on the story. Really enjoyed it.

Not Hyperbole

For once a book title making bold claims can not be described as hyperbole. Fuchs was a key player in developing the atomic bomb for the US and in ensuring that both the Soviet Union and UK were also able to develop a nuclear capability. Without Fuchs the U.S. and USSR would still , in the first case definitely and in the latter probably, developed the weapon, though not so quickly. Without Fuchs input it is unlikely that the UK could have done so. This is a fascinating tale, the central character remaining, even after you finish reading, an enigma.

Very entertaining!

Any additional comments?

I confess I initially worried that it might be a bit of John Le Carré meets Einstein but not a bit of it. A fascinating personal story and highly recommended.