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Title: Escape from Sobibor

Author: Richard Rashke

Narrator: Robert Blumenfeld

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14 hrs and 6 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-10-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 200 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

On October 14, 1943, 600 Jews imprisoned in Sobibor, a secret Nazi death camp in eastern Poland, revolted. They killed a dozen SS officers and guards, trampled the barbed wire fences, and raced across an open field filled with anti-tank mines. Against all odds, more than three hundred made it safely into the woods. Fifty of those men and women managed to survive the rest of the war.

In this edition of Escape from Sobibor, fully updated in 2012, Richard Rashke tells their stories, based on his interviews with 18 of the survivors. It vividly describes the biggest prisoner escape of World War II. A story of unimaginable cruelty. A story of courage and a fierce desire to live and to tell the world what truly went on behind those barbed wire fences.

Members Reviews:

Rashke put a face to the good and the bad!

Would you consider the audio edition of Escape from Sobibor to be better than the print version?

Yes, the narration was excellent and made the pronunciation of the names so much easier

What other book might you compare Escape from Sobibor to and why?

I haven't read anything focused on the holocaust before. But had read and listened to books like "The Liberator: One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau". Both of which are of the highest quality! Both seem extremely well researched, well organised, and both personal. Both do an excellent job at bring to fore the best and worst of humanity.

Which scene was your favorite?

My favourite scene was the beginning of the uprising despite, all the odds being against the captives and any realistic expectation of victory. The grim determination and the description of empowerment were awesome.

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

Could this ever happen again?

Any additional comments?

The must gut wrenching part of the story is when the message from the Jews made it to the allies. The response to that message? Nothing, the rest of the world including the Pope did nothing to help the Jews. How the rest of the world turned abandoned the Jewish people is unbelievable!

Great book about an awful period in Jewish history

What did you love best about Escape from Sobibor?

I do not usually write reviews unless the book is really good or terrable. My bad spelling is one good reason why I don't review many books as I do read those of others and I owe those people a big thank you.. it I s hard for me to call a book or story very good or great when it is about the extermination and physical and mental abuse of millions of innocent people.Both the writing and reading of the book really was interesting. It kept my attention to the point if I think I missed something I would go.back and start over. The author went around the world from south America to Russia to find people who survived the death c a np Sobibor and the massive escape attempt which some survived and did succeed in escaping. Think.what bravery. A massive escape attempt from a Nazi extermination camp. . The author interviewed most/all of the survivors who agreed to be interviewed and incorporated their stories in the book.It reads like a good novel and not at all like a like a dry academic historical book. If you have any interest in the holocaust or how individuals react and survive in condition where they can die a horrible death at any moment.

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Title: The Burglary

Subtitle: The Discovery of J. Edgar Hoover's Secret FBI

Author: Betty Medsger

Narrator: Bronson Pinchot, Betty Medsger

Format: Unabridged

Length: 25 hrs and 36 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-06-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 295 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

The never-before-told full story of the history-changing break-in at the FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania, by a group of unlikely activists - quiet, ordinary, hardworking Americans - that made clear the shocking truth and confirmed what some had long suspected, that J. Edgar Hoover had created and was operating, in violation of the U.S. Constitution, his own shadow Bureau of Investigation.

It begins in 1971 in an America being split apart by the Vietnam War. A small group of activists - eight men and women - the Citizens Commission to Investigate the FBI, inspired by Daniel Berrigan's rebellious Catholic peace movement, set out to use a more active, but nonviolent, method of civil disobedience to provide hard evidence once and for all that the government was operating outside the laws of the land.

The would-be burglars - nonpro's - were ordinary people leading lives of purpose: a professor of religion and former freedom rider; a day-care director; a physicist; a cab driver; an antiwar activist, a lock picker; a graduate student.

Betty Medsger's extraordinary book re-creates in detail how this group of unknowing thieves scouted out the low-security FBI building in a small town just west of Philadelphia, taking into consideration every possible factor.

At the heart of the heist - and the book - the contents of the FBI files revealing Hoover's "secret counterintelligence program" COINTELPRO, set up in 1956 to investigate and disrupt dissident political groups, a plan that would discredit, destabilize, and demoralize groups, many of them legal civil rights organizations and antiwar groups that Hoover found offensive - as well as black power groups, student activists, antidraft protestors, conscientious objectors.

The Burglary is an important and riveting book, a portrait of the potential power of non-violent resistance and the destructive power of excessive government secrecy and spying.

Critic Reviews:

"[I]mpeccably researched and elegantly presented.... The current debate in America over government surveillance of its citizenry has a long and controversial history. It didn't begin on 9/11, and it doesn't need technological wizardry to succeed. For those seeking a particularly egregious example of what can happen when secrecy gets out of hand, The Burglary is a natural place to begin." (The New York Times)

Members Reviews:

Important book for us all - despite its flaws

I was completely enthralled with the beginning half of this book - the author wove a good story and kept me entranced with true events about a disturbing time. I found myself suggesting this to many other "boomers" who might, like I, have protested the Vietnam War in the 60s, didn't know the clear response to people like us from the FBI and have been intrigued by the despotism of J. Edgar Hoover.

It is a good read but not all the way through. I got bogged down with the level of detail that Betty Medsger used and found that her story telling ability didn't continue through the second half of the book.

Like a former reader, I also found it puzzling why a man read the book when it is written by a woman.

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Title: Gangsterismo

Subtitle: The United States, Cuba and the Mafia, 1933 to 1966

Author: Jack Colhoun

Narrator: Steve Coulter

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 8 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-28-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 10 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

Gangsterismo is an extraordinary accomplishment, the most comprehensive history yet of the clash of epic forces over several decades in Cuba. It is a chronicle that touches upon deep and ongoing themes in the history of the Americas, and more specifically of the United States government, Cuba before and after the revolution, and the criminal networks known as the Mafia.

The result of 18 years research at national archives and presidential libraries in Kansas, Maryland, Texas, and Massachusetts, here is the story of the making and unmaking of a gangster state in Cuba. In the early 1930s, mobster Meyer Lansky sowed the seeds of gangsterismo when he won Cuban strongman Fulgencio Batistas support for a mutually beneficial arrangement: the North American Mafia were to share the profits from a future colony of casinos, hotels, and nightclubs with Batista, his inner circle, and senior Cuban Army and police officers. In return, Cuban authorities allowed the Mafia to operate its establishments without interference. Over the next twenty-five years, a gangster state took root in Cuba as Batista, other corrupt Cuban politicians, and senior Cuban army and police officers got rich. All was going swimmingly until a handful of revolutionaries upended the neat arrangement: And the CIA, Cuban counterrevolutionaries, and the Mafia joined forces to attempt the overthrow of Castro.

Gangsterismo is unique in the literature on Cuba, and establishes for the first time the integral, extensive role of mobsters in the Cuban exile movement. The narrative unfolds against a broader historical backdrop of which it was a part: The confrontation between the United States and the Cuban revolution, which turned Cuba into one of the most perilous battlegrounds of the Cold War.

Members Reviews:

Good read.

Fascinating study but more politically-focused that I imagined. It makes a meaningful contribution to the study of organized crime even if the Mafia's role gets lost at times.

Gangsterismo Defined

A well written, extremely well researched telling of the tale of Castro's Cuba and how it got to be his.

Ugly International Politics

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

I brought both the Print and the Audio and followed the Narrative. This is the first time I did it this way. Frankly, For me that worked very well.

What other book might you compare Gangsterismo to and why?

God's Bankers by Posner is the closest I can think of for comparison. Both are well researched and both present shocking insights.

What about Steve Coulters performance did you like?

The Performance was melodious, it did not get in the way of the story.

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

"The Bad and the Ugly"

Terrific book. Misleading title.

This is a fascinating, in depth look at the Cuban revolution and its effects in the mid 20th. century.

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Title: The Boys of '67

Subtitle: Charlie Company's War in Vietnam

Author: Andrew Wiest

Narrator: William Hughes

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15 hrs and 12 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-06-13

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 374 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

When the 160 men of Charlie Company were drafted by the US Army in May 1966, they were part of the wave of conscription that would swell the American military to eighty thousand combat troops in Vietnam by the height of the war in 1968. In the spring of 1966 the war was still popular, and the draftees of Charlie Company saw their service as a rite of passage. But by December 1967, when the company returned home, only thirty men were not casualties - and they were among the first veterans of the war to be spit on and harassed by war protesters as they arrived back home.

In The Boys of '67, Andrew Wiest, the award-winning author of Vietnam's Forgotten Army and The Vietnam War 1956-1975, examines the experiences of a company from the only division in the Vietnam era to train and deploy together in similar fashion to World War II's famous 101st Airborne Division.

Wiest interviewed more than fifty officers and enlisted men who served with Charlie Company, including the surviving platoon leaders and both of the company's commanders. In addition, he interviewed fifteen family members of Charlie Company veterans, including wives, children, parents, and siblings. Wiest also had access to personal papers, collections of letters, a diary, an abundance of newspaper clippings, training notebooks, field manuals,condolence letters, and photographs from before, during, and after the conflict.

As Wiest shows, the fighting that Charlie Company saw in1967 was nearly as bloody as many of the better publicized battles, including the infamous battles of the Ia Drang Valley and Hamburger Hill. As a result, many of the surviving members of Charlie Company came home with what the military now recognizes as post-traumatic stress disorder - a diagnosis that was not recognized until the late 1970s and was not widely treated until the 1980s.

Only recently, after more than forty years, have many members of Charlie Company achieved any real and sustained relief from their suffering.

Members Reviews:

Terrific Narration & Great Book

Where does The Boys of '67 rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far?

Top 10

What did you like best about this story?

How the US soldiers in Vietnam served their country honorably

Which character as performed by William Hughes was your favorite?

John Young

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

The story of Peterson's funeral and his widow's ordeal. The story of the anti-war protests made me angry and sorry for the returning veterans. What the protesters did was in excusable and shameful.

Any additional comments?

First book I have read that portrayed American soldiers in Vietnam in a favorable light. Most other depictions show drug addicted GI's as incompetents, cowards or both; and because if this, innocents are frequently killed. However, Dr. Wiest's book tells a story of Vietnam vets experiencing war a lot like veterans from other conflicts. They are not there by choice but they want to do their duty, they believe in their country, but they ultimately fight for each other - and they serve with pride and distinction. A wonderful book.

Well done

Very well researched and well written. Narrator was perfect. Worth buying even without a credit.

A story that should never be forgotten

The story is depicted in great detail to the point it leaves you with a full understanding of it at the end.

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Title: The Death of a President

Subtitle: November 20 - November 25, 1963

Author: William Manchester

Narrator: Joe Barrett

Format: Unabridged

Length: 33 hrs and 20 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-18-13

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 133 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

As the world still reeled from the tragic and historic events of November 22, 1963, William Manchester set out, at the request of the Kennedy family, to create a detailed, authoritative record of President John F. Kennedy's death, including the days immediately preceding and following the assassination. Through hundreds of interviews, extensive travel, and first hand observation, and with unique access to the proceedings of the Warren Commission, Manchester conducted an exhaustive historical investigation, accumulating 45 volumes of documents, exhibits, and transcribed tapes. His ultimate objective - to set down as a whole the national and personal tragedy that was JFK's assassination - is brilliantly achieved in this galvanizing narrative, a book universally acclaimed as a landmark work of modern history.

Members Reviews:

IMPORTANT HISTORIC BOOK

What you must know from the start is the historic nature of this book. When jfk was killed -Jackie and the Kennedy clan hand picked William Manchester to write the full official account of the assassination from their end for posterity. Manchester was picked for 2 reasons-firstly he was a friend of jfk and secondly he was a very respected writer/ historian.

This is a remarkable account of EVERYTHING that was thought, done and said in the timeframe of the assassination and funeral. It would be hard to imagine a fuller accounting of that week. Every detail pulled me in tighter and tighter till I felt entirely part of the scene. I couldn't put it down! Though I was so wound -up and upset that I had to listen to something else in bed so I could sleep. I feel so emotionally drained by the experience that I too feel like I am in mourning for this president, despite the fact that I'm Canadian and was just 2yrs old when all this happened. Why am I so affected by something so removed and distant? Why were people around the world so intensely effected? It reminded me of when princess DI died, there was the same world-wide eruption of grief out of all proportion. I've meditated on this question- it seems important to learn why this is so. Was it their relative youth,their class, charisma? Those things are factors

but I think that We hang our dreams consciously or unconsciously on those that embody those rare characteristics of goodness and kindness. Those rare "heroes" of good give us hope for good in a relentlessly dark world. That's my conclusion there's one thing that this book makes all too clear and that is that Jackie was as astounding as the president in this regard-this book makes that all too clear

This is an important book that lays bare not just the tragedy but also the triumph of Jackie whose stoic example remains a testament for the ages. A BOOK NOT TO BE MISSED.

A note on the narration- I thought it was perfect.

Great Book, BUT...

I'm a huge Kennedy buff, and devour any of the books I can. This was one of the harder ones to stomach for 33 hours... The narrator was awful!! Whenever he was quoting someone, he would try to read it in what he assumed their voice sounded like, and it was absurd (and at times, flat-out creepy). His Caroline voice was particularly disturbing.

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Title: They Killed Our President

Subtitle: 63 Facts That Prove a Conspiracy to Kill JFK

Author: Jesse Ventura, Dick Russell

Narrator: Jason Culp

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-15-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 176 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

Unless you've been living under a rock for the past 50 years, you're aware of the many hypotheses that the assassination of President John F. Kennedy was not done by one man. Whether you've listened to one or a dozen of the audiobooks on this topic, there's no way to fully grasp the depth of this conspiracy.

For the first time ever, New York Times best-selling authors Jesse Ventura and Dick Russell have teamed up with some of the most respected and influential assassination researchers to put together the ultimate compendium that covers every angle - from the plot to the murder - of JFK. They Killed Our President will not only discuss the most famous of theories, but will also bring to light new and recently discovered information, which together shows that the United States government not only was behind this egregious plot, but took every step to make sure that the truth would not come out.

With 2013 marking the fiftieth anniversary of JFK's assassination, this is the perfect time for They Killed Our President to be available to listeners. The research and information in this audiobook are unprecedented, and there's nobody better to bring this to everyone's attention than the former governor of Minnesota and US Navy SEAL, Jesse Ventura.

Editorial Reviews:

One of the greatest mysteries in American history is that surrounding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. It has spawned countless books, movies, and has generally occupied our collective conscious for the past five decades. Now, approximately 50 years after that fateful day, best-selling authors Jesse Ventura and Dick Russell have produced an engaging and enthralling look at the conspiracies and the truth behind just what led to the murder of JFK. Performed with a chiseled authority by veteran Jason Culp, They Killed Our President is a shocking take on one of the most tragic days in American politics.

Members Reviews:

Fun and informative. And a great reader.

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

Really interesting book on the JFK cover up. I loved it.

What was one of the most memorable moments of They Killed Our President?

The matter of fact way it is told. As if someone is talking or thinking out loud.

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

No. It takes time to digest it all.

Any additional comments?

Off all the books I have this is the best reading performance. I loved his presentation.

surprisingly good

What made the experience of listening to They Killed Our President the most enjoyable?

sometimes we forget Mr. Ventura has a side of intellectual presentation. He shows it off well

What did you like best about this story?

many examples were new and made sense

Which character as performed by Jason Culp was your favorite?

Oswald..a difficult character to capture There is no way a 24 yr old kid has this much intelligence and keeps his cool so well unless he knows his back is covered

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

yes it was

Any additional comments?

yes, a new take on an old topic well worth it

Truth has been out there, this consolidates the tr

Would you listen to They Killed Our President again? Why?

Of course I would. The JFK assassination conspiracy fascinates me for many reasons.

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Title: Verdun

Subtitle: The Lost History of the Most Important Battle of World War I, 1914-1918

Author: John Mosier

Narrator: Wes Talbot

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 57 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-01-13

Publisher: Gildan Media, LLC

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 54 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

Alongside Waterloo and Gettysburg, the Battle of Verdun during World War I stands as one of historys greatest clashes. Yet it is also one of the most complex and misunderstood. Conventional wisdom holds that the battle began in February 1916 and lasted until December, when the victorious French wrested all the territory they had lost back from the Germans. In fact, says historian John Mosier, from the very beginning of the war until the armistice in 1918, no fewer than eight distinct battles were waged for the possession of Verdun. These conflicts are largely unknown, even in France, owing to the obsessive secrecy of the French high command and its energetic propaganda campaign to fool the world into thinking that the war on the Western Front was a steady series of German checks and defeats.

Although British historians have always seen Verdun as a one-year battle designed by the German chief of staff to bleed France white, Mosiers careful analysis of the German plans reveals a much more abstract and theoretical approach.Our understanding of Verdun has long been mired in myths, false assumptions, propaganda, and distortions. Now, using numerous accounts of military analysts, serving officers, and eyewitnesses, including French sources that have never been translated, Mosier offers a compelling reassessment of the Great Wars most important battle.

Critic Reviews:

Mr. Mosier [is] one of the more entertainingly contrarian military historians writing today...An important and groundbreaking audiobook about the Eastern front. (The Washington Times on Hitler vs. Stalin)

The author knows his military history, strategy, and tacticspacked with evidence, much of it ingeniously obtained and argued. (The Washington Post on The Myth of the Great War)

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Title: Forgotten Ally

Subtitle: China's World War II, 1937 - 1945

Author: Rana Mitter

Narrator: Simon Vance

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15 hrs and 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-10-13

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 191 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

The epic, untold story of China's devastating eight-year war of resistance against Japan.

For decades, a major piece of World War II history has gone virtually unwritten. The war began in China two full years before Hitler invaded Poland, and China eventually became the fourth great ally, partner to the United States, the Soviet Union, and Great Britain. Yet its drama of invasion, resistance, slaughter, and political intrigue remains little known in the West.

Rana Mitter focuses his gripping narrative on three towering leaders: Chiang Kai-shek, the politically gifted but tragically flawed head of China's Nationalist government; Mao Zedong, the Communists' fiery ideological stalwart, seen here at the beginning of his epochal career; and the lesser-known Wang Jingwei, who collaborated with the Japanese to form a puppet state in occupied China. Drawing on Chinese archives that have only been unsealed in the past 10 years, he brings to vivid new life such characters as Chiang's American chief of staff, the unforgettable "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell, and such horrific events as the Rape of Nanking and the bombing of China's wartime capital, Chongqing. Throughout, Forgotten Ally shows how the Chinese people played an essential role in the wider war effort, at great political and personal sacrifice.

Forgotten Ally rewrites the entire history of World War II, yet it also offers surprising insights into contemporary China. No 20th-century event was as crucial in shaping China's worldview, and no one can understand China, and its relationship with America today, without this definitive work.

Members Reviews:

The ill fated chang kai-shek

As I believe that I am the first person to write a review on this fast moving account of the china's war of resistance I feel that it is necessary to proclaim how valuable this book is for the WWII buff. Most people are aware of the fact that China was involved in the war but they are not aware to what extent. China in fact was the first theater of WWII and experienced some of the first and most brutal communal war crimes of the war. This book is some what biased towards the Nationalist point of view and that of Chang Kai-Shek in particular. However it explains the communist point of view as well. After reading-listening to this book I came away with a feeling that the communists let the Nationalist camp bare the brunt of all the fighting while waiting for the war to end. Having saved its forces for the upcoming civil war the Communists were better poised to fight then the badly beat National forces. Thus leading to the current communist government in Bejing. As you might be able to tell I was left with a bad taste with the actions of the communist forces durring the battle for Chinas fight for survival.

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Title: The Last Investigation

Subtitle: A Former Federal Investigator Reveals the Conspiracy to Kill JFK

Author: Gaeton Fonzi

Narrator: Noah Michael Levine

Format: Unabridged

Length: 19 hrs and 21 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-03-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 87 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

Gaeton Fonzi's masterful retelling of his work investigating the Kennedy assassination for two Congressional committees is required listening for students of the assassination and the subsequent failure of the government to solve the crime. The Last Investigation is a compelling postmortem on the House Select Committee on Assassinations as well as a riveting account of Fonzi's pursuit of leads indicating involvement by officers of the Central Intelligence Agency.

Editorial Reviews:

Noah Michael Levine delivers a powerful performance of Gaeton Fonzis magnificent nonfiction work The Last Investigation: A Former Federal Investigator Reveals the Conspiracy to Kill JFK. His melodious voice is a perfect complement to the powerful story. Fonzi, a journalist who was an investigator for the House Select Committee on Assassinations, questions the identity of the conspirators who brought forth the presidents death. As well, he reexamines the motives for the crime. What the American government has led us to believe is not the entire truth. Fonzi exposes the lies. This audiobook is considered to be the foremost text on the Kennedy assassination.

Members Reviews:

Utmost Respect for Mr.Gaeton Fonzi

The author, comes across to me, as one of the most credible investigators of the murder of JFK. I would have absolutely loved to have met this man and listened to his wisdom. I remember the day I heard that our President was shot, and I saw Lee Harvey Oswald murdered that weekend, live on TV. Everyone I knew was weeping with intense sadness. It was a horrible day for our country. How could this happen in the great ole USA? And so, our generation had to live with this tragedy and then live with the lies our leaders told us about this event. Gaeton Fonzi has helped me tie up; many of the loose ends I had in my mind about that time in our history in a very credible and detailed book. For me the book is very interesting and it was hard to put it down. Gaeton was one of the true patriots of our day. Great book. Thank-you Audible for allowing the truth to be revealed through this book.

Important for JFK scholars

Fonzi gives us unprecedented insight into the House Special Committee on Assassinations and how agents of the Government kept the truth from coming out...yet again. God rest your soul, Mr. Fonzi.

one of the top five on the topic.

Put this book in your top five list. A must read. Cruicial evidence from a person on the ground and on the inside.

A must read

Brings less talked about theory to the table, truly a must read for anyone interested in the Kennedy Assassination

Redundant

It is interesting in parts. Much too much about Cubans. Could have been far far shorter and more to the point.

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Title: 747

Subtitle: Creating the World's First Jumbo Jet and Other Adventures from a Life in Aviation

Author: Joe Sutter

Narrator: Paul Boehmer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-17-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 406 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

747 is the thrilling story behind "the Queen of the Skies" - the Boeing 747 - as told by Joe Sutter, one of the most celebrated engineers of the 20th century, who spearheaded its design and construction. Sutter's vivid narrative takes us back to a time when American technology was cutting-edge and jet travel was still glamorous and new. With wit and warmth, he gives an insider's sense of the larger than life-size personalities - and the tensions - in the aeronautical world.

Members Reviews:

What a beautiful plane

I found this book fascinating but, of course, I love airplanes. I enjoyed reading about all the details about designing and building the 747. I remember when I first saw the Constellation I thought it was one of the most beautiful planes I had seen. When I saw the 747 I knew this one was absolutely the most beautiful. Joe Sutter tells about his youth growing up near Boeing Field and his desire as a child to design planes. He also tells about his summer jobs at Boeing when he was at University of Washington then going into the U.S. Navy in WWII. The majority of the book is about the 747. I found it interesting that Juan Trippe played such a key role in the design of the plane. I had read a few years about the battles between Howard Hughes (TWA) and Juan Trippe (Pan Am) for control of commercial aviation. I wondered why Hughes did not take an active role with the design of the 747 but maybe he was too busy with Hughes Aviation. I noted Sutter frequently credited his wifes support in helping him succeed at his job. Paul Boehmer did a good job narrating the book. If you are interested in aviation and history you will enjoy this book.

If you are into Aviation, this is a must read.

I am a pilot, and fascinated by books on aviation. This book held my attention throughout. It is written so that even someone that isn't a pilot can understand the difficulties of designing a complex aircraft like a 747, which is still one of the most successful and popular airliners in the world, and will be for some time to come. Excellent book, by the very person that designed the 747.

Great story

What a great story about one of my favorite airplanes. Lots of good technical detail without being overly complicated.

In an era where Boeing is having trouble selling the 747-8, I consider myself lucky to have had a chance to fly on one.

Queen of the Sky's! With book to match!

One of the best airline books I have ever read, well heard! The details, the information, the history! Truly an awesome book and goes with an awesome aircraft!

Good story. Narrator was hard to listen to.

What was one of the most memorable moments of 747?

In general, the formation of the engineering team from the leftovers after the SST and other programs had their fill.

Would you be willing to try another one of Paul Boehmers performances?

No.

Any additional comments?

It was a good story. As others have mentioned, it's a memoir based around the development of the 747, not a nuts and bolts development story. The narration was horrible. He should be narrating the autobiography of the first robot to dance on Broadway. I almost gave up on the book but found that 1.25x speed smoothed over the bizarre pauses and inflections.