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Title: The Battle of Midway (Dramatised)

Author: Kenneth Allen

Narrator: Stephen Thorne, James Berwick, Ed Bishop, Blain Fairman

Format: Original Recording

Length: 1 hr and 1 min

Language: English

Release date: 09-20-07

Publisher: Ivan and Inge Berg

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 12 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

The Japanese advance in the Pacific was stemmed and turned in the Midway Sea. It was one of the decisive actions of the Second World War, and a story of extreme drama and heroism. It demonstrated once and for all the superiority of air power over naval might.

© and (P)1977 Ivan and Inge Berg

Editorial Reviews:

Voice actors Stephen Thorne, James Berwick, Ed Bishop, and Blain Fairman lend their not inconsiderable skills to this ensemble performance of W3 The Battle of Midway, which explains how the United States air force prevailed against Japanese ships in the Midway Sea during World War II, critically impacting the ongoing global conflict.

Written by Kenneth Allen, this historical dramatization is urgent and engaging, and its voice actors are flexible and dynamic, revitalizing old letters and transmissions and capturing, together, the tension and deep uncertainty surrounding wartime operations. WW II buffs will find it easy to press play and travel at once back in time to one of the most riveting and pivotal moments in the history of modern warfare.

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Title: The Hindenburg Disaster (Dramatised)

Author: John Burke

Narrator: Nigel Lambert, John Ringham, John Graham

Format: Original Recording

Length: 58 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-20-07

Publisher: Ivan and Inge Berg

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

How did a German airship, the pride of the Third Reich, equipped as a flying five-star hotel, burst into flames before landing in New Jersey and being destroyed in less than a minute? Was it sabotage or an accident waiting to happen? This fascinating programme reconstructs the event and the subsequent investigation.

© and (P)1976 Ivan and Inge Berg

Editorial Reviews:

Nigel Lambert, John Ringham, and John Graham contribute nuanced and compelling performances to this historical dramatization, written by John Burke, which constructs with careful attention to detail a rich depiction of the circumstances surrounding the shocking and nearly instantaneous destruction of the infamous commercial German airship the Hindenburg, in 1937.

W2 The Hindenburg Disaster contains a combination of straight narration and skilled reenactment, with actors bringing life to a variety of roles including those of terrified and distraught onlookers. This production has been intricately and effectively arranged and produced, and contains much of interest to amateur historians and air travel enthusiasts alike.

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Title: The Sinking of the Lusitania (Dramatised)

Author: Michael Hardwick

Narrator: John Graham, John Ringham, Nigel Lambert

Format: Original Recording

Length: 56 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-20-07

Publisher: Ivan and Inge Berg

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

It was one of the most horrifying single acts of destruction in the First World War, and it was instrumental in bringing America into the war. Was it cold-blooded mass murder or a justifiable Act of War? This programme dramatically presents all sides of the story, as the German submarine U-20 stalks her giant prey.

© and (P)1975 Ivan and Inge Berg

Editorial Reviews:

While many British passenger vessels were conscripted into military action against Germany during World War One, the RMS Lusitania kept making her normal route between Liverpool and New York City. On May 7, 1915, the vessel was struck by torpedoes from a German submarine. The result of the action was 1,198 noncombatants killed and the hastening of the United States toward war.

This audiobook portrait of the disaster moves beyond pure historicity and gives the listeners imagination a real prod. Great British actors, including John Ringham, act out plausible scenarios - complete with sound effects - that help the listener imagine the event from all sides, including the German. At just under an hour, this audiobook will transport you to 1915.

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Title: Forgotten Voices of the Falklands

Author: Hugh McManners

Narrator: Sean Barrett

Format: Original Recording

Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-31-07

Publisher: Random House AudioBooks

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 11 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

In April 1982, Argentina surprised the world by invading the Falkland Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. The tiny islands had long been the subject of a fierce territorial dispute between Argentina and the UK, and the occupation quickly escalated into a terrifying full-blown conflict between the two countries.

Overcoming the difficulties of conducting a war at the most enormous distance from home and during the Antarctic winter, British troops successfully landed on the Falklands; the Argentine response led to growing casualties on both sides. At sea, losses included HMS Sheffield and Coventry and the Argentinian cruiser General Belgrano.

Facing extreme conditions, British troops fought their way across demanding territory to retake the Falkland Islands. This is a record of the defeat of the Argentines in a series of engagements the names of which have become legendary - Goose Green, Two Sisters, Mount Tumbledown - and ends with the liberation of Port Stanley itself.

Drawing upon the vast resources of the Imperial War Museum's Sound Archive, Forgotten Voices of the Falklands presents the first complete oral history of the Falklands War. This audiobook is a unique and essential chronicle of the conflict from all sides and perspectives, told in the participants' own voices.

Critic Reviews:

"Forgotten Voices of the Falklands, the latest Imperial War Museum oral history, brings sharply home the heroics and obscenities of war. Hearing those involved talk about the 1982 conflict conjures up images more vivid than any photograph...." (Christina Hardyment)

Members Reviews:

Fractured

This recordings audio is terrible, it contains various people recounting their stories but was not mixed in anyway. Some passages are loud some are soft and alot of background noise at times. The hodgepodge of information makes it all but impossible to piece together the order of the conflict. I would not recommend this to anyone, and I listened to all three books.

Excellent series one person mumbles

The who Forgotten Voices series is quite excellent. There is, unfortunately, one individual who when interviewed (Gerald Cheek) who mumbles so badly that he is unintelligible at very best. They should have read this persons responses. There are times when you can't understand a single word. Every other person interviewed is clear as a bell by comparison.

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Title: A History of Modern Britain

Author: Andrew Marr

Narrator: Andrew Marr

Format: Abridged

Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-07-07

Publisher: Pan Macmillan Publishers Ltd.

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 14 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

Throughout this audiobook, Britain is a country on the edge: first of invasion, then of bankruptcy, then on the vulnerable front line of the Cold War, and later in the forefront of the great opening up of capital and migration now reshaping the world. This history follows all the political and economic stories, but deals too with comedy, cars, the war against homosexuals, '60s anarchists, oil-men and punks, Margaret Thatcher's wonderful good luck, political lies, and the true heroes of British theatre.

Members Reviews:

A History of Modern British Politicians...

I did not see and therefore cannot judge the television series, but this audiobook is most enjoyable and informative. Too often professional actors do not seem to follow or to care much about what they are reading, but Andrew Marr delivers his own text with verve and enthusiasm .He has decided views on many of his topics and characters and conveys his interest to the listener. He should not give up his career in journalism to become a mimic but his imitation of their speech adds to the vividness of his portrayal of some politicians As a work of history this is very much a political rather than social history - he is clearly fascinated by politicians and is not greatly concerned with everyday lives -and many aspects of modern Britain receive scant notice, but Marr has a shrewd view of politicans and an eye for fascinating detail and telling anecdotes. The text is clearly abridged (this should be made clearer ) and possibly the audiobook exaggerates the concentration on politicians. One measure of the success of this audiobook is that it makes me and I'm sure many others keen to read the full text of the printed book .

Highly recommended, essential brain download

I completely missed the TV series when it was on, but heard great things about it so was really excited to see this on Audible. Andrew Marr's narration is brilliantly entertaining, even down to his impressions of the figures in his historical account. Seriously this guy does an amazing Tony Benn, Winston Churchill and Blair. There is simply so much essential information as to the history of Britain that I want to listen over and over again. Not just dull history, but the scandalous, intriguing back stories they wouldn't dare tell you at college. It's my first ever history download from Audible... I'm keen to find more of the same!

Mr Marr really has come up trumps.

On the surface the subject matter may seem dry and boring and I'm sure in the wrong hands it definately could be.

However, Andrew Marr lends this book his own indomitable flair and passion. His unbiased narrative is both informative and interesting. The whole book reads like an epic screenplay across the century.

Andrew Marr really is a natural and I highly recommend his book.

If you are in two minds about this book I urge you to give it a go - you won't be disappointed!

Different to the TV Series

Getting this for my Birthday, I was dreading that it was just a rehash & a promotion of the series on TV.

Indeed, it has many similarities, but there is enough fresh in here to make full use of the different medium.

As something of a history & politics buff, I found his assessment of most of our post-war leaders to be fair & frank & that he is not as pessimistic as some historians have been about this period (e.g.

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Title: Radio Fights Jim Crow

Author: American RadioWorks

Narrator: uncredited

Format: Original Recording

Length: 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-04-04

Publisher: American Public Media

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

Project Producer: Stephen Smith

Coordinating Producer: Sasha Aslanian

Associate Producer: Stephanie Curtis

Researchers: Tina Tennessen, Ahndi Fridell, Melissa Mendelson

Executive Producer: Bill Buzenberg

A co-production with BBC World Affairs, producers Maria Balinska and Jennie Walmsley.

American RadioWorks is the national documentary unit of American Public Media.

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Title: The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

Author: John Snagge

Narrator: John Snagge

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 21 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-21-08

Publisher: Saland Publishing

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

This rare archive recording of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II from 1953 has been digitally restored. The Coronation Service in its entirety.

©2008 Saland Publishing; (P)2008 Saland Publishing

Members Reviews:

A great look back into history.

An excellent look back at the crowning of the UK's current queen, which I've only heard clips of until now.

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Title: Hell's Traces

Subtitle: One Murder, Two Families, Thirty-Five Holocaust Memorials

Author: Victor Ripp

Narrator: David Colacci

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-31-17

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

In July 1942, the French police in Paris, acting for the German military government, arrested Victor Ripp's three-year-old cousin, Alexandre. Two months later, the boy was killed in Auschwitz. In Hell's Traces, Ripp examines this act through the prism of family history. In addition to Alexandre, 10 members of Ripp's family on his father's side died in the Holocaust. His mother's side of the family, numbering 30 people, was in Berlin when Hitler came to power. Without exception they escaped the Final Solution.

Hell's Traces tells the story of the two families' divergent paths. To spark the past to life, he embarks on a journey to visit Holocaust memorials throughout Europe.

A memorial in Warsaw that includes a boxcar like the ones that carried Jews to Auschwitz compels Ripp to contemplate the horror of Alexandre's transport to his death. One in Berlin that invokes the anti-Jewish laws of the 1930s allows him to better understand how his mother's family escaped the Nazis. In Paris he stumbles across a playground dedicated to the memory of the French children who were deported, Alexandre among them. Ultimately, Ripp sees 35 memorials in six countries. He encounters the artists who designed the memorials, historians who recall the events that are memorialized, and survivors with their own stories to tell.

Critic Reviews:

"[Ripp] takes a journey of remembrance as he attempts to make sense of his family's past...With a deft touch, [he] has written one of the more unusual yet effective Holocaust histories. He doesn't preach, just shows." (Library Journal)

Members Reviews:

You will never look at these memorials the same way again.

"Hell's Traces" by Victor Ripp tells of one man's musings on how to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust. To do that, he wanders from memorial to memorial in several countries to analyze how they have chosen to remember their fellow citizens who were murdered (or not), and his impressions of how (or if) the memorial in question meets the intent. Some of them are simply offensive or confusing, some dismissive, and a few actually seem to honor and respect the victims and their suffering.

Five Stars

Great book awesome ending.

great book

great book

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Title: The Kings of Casino Park

Subtitle: Black Baseball in the Lost Season of 1932

Author: Thomas Aiello

Narrator: Claton Butcher

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-05-12

Publisher: University Press Audiobooks

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

In the 1930s, Monroe, Louisiana, was a town of 26,000 in the northeastern corner of the state, an area described by the New Orleans Item as the "lynch law center of Louisiana." Race relations were bad, and the Depression was pitiless for most, especially for the working class - a great many of whom had no work at all or seasonal work at best. Yet for a few years in the early 1930s, this unlikely spot was home to the Monarchs, a national-caliber Negro League baseball team. Crowds of black and white fans eagerly filled their segregated grandstand seats to see the players who would become the only World Series team Louisiana would ever generate, and the first from the American South.

By 1932, the team had as good a claim to the national baseball championship of black America as any other. Partisans claim, with merit, that league officials awarded the National Championship to the Chicago American Giants in flagrant violation of the league's own rules: Times were hard and more people would pay to see a Chicago team than an outfit from the Louisiana back country. Black newspapers in the South rallied to support Monroe's cause, railing against the league and the bias of black newspapers in the North, but the decision, unfair though it may have been, was also the only financially feasible option for the league's besieged leadership, who were struggling to maintain a black baseball league in the midst of the Great Depression.

Aiello addresses long-held misunderstandings and misinterpretations of the Monarchs' 1932 season. He tells the almost-unknown story of the team-its time, its fortunes, its hometown - and positions black baseball in the context of American racial discrimination. He illuminates the culture-changing power of a baseball team and the importance of sport in cultural and social history.

The book is published by The University of Alabama Press.

Critic Reviews:

"An excellent study of black baseball and history, The Kings of Casino Park covers a lot of unknown history about the Negro Southern Leagues in the post-Depression era and their interactions with southern residents before the civil rights movement." (Larry Lester, author of Black Baseball's National Showcase)

Members Reviews:

Excellent

If you could sum up The Kings of Casino Park in three words, what would they be?

Unknown story told!

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Kings of Casino Park?

The courage and struggle to accomplish a dream

What does Claton Butcher bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book?

He has a wonderful voice that expresses the author's intent. The emotion and the calmness made it a pleasure to listen to and experience.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

It amazes me to always be learning more. The book brought smiles and tears and an understanding of the struggle, dream, and goals of the men. Claton's voice made that possible. I held on to every word!

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Title: Bombing Hitler

Subtitle: The Story of the Man Who Almost Assassinated the Führer

Author: Hellmutt G. Haasis, Odom William (Translator)

Narrator: Gregory St. John

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-27-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

A ticking time-bomb set to blow right under Hitlers nos will the plan work?

Georg Elser was just an ordinary working-class citizen living in Munich, Germany. He was employed as a carpenter and had spent some time working in a watch factory. That all changed when he took it upon himself, without telling his family or friends, to single-handedly attempt to assassinate the most powerful man in all of Germany: the Führer, Adolph Hitler.

Elsers plan was centered on the Munich Beer Hall, where he knew Hitler would be making a speech. Working slowly and in secret, he started to assemble the bomb that he would use to try to kill Hitler. When finished, the bomb was hidden in a hollowed-out space near the speakers podium.

The bomb went off successfully, killing eight peoplebut Hitler was not one of them.

Bombing Hitler is an incredible tale that takes you back to 1939, and recreates the steps that led Elser from the Munich Beer Hall, to his attempted escape across the Swiss border, and sadly, to the concentration camp where his heroic life ended. Hear for the first time the epic and tragic story of a man who stood up for what he knew was right, opposed the most powerful man in Germany, and came close to single-handedly ending the war.

Members Reviews:

Well Researched

BombÂing Hitler: The Story of the Man Who Almost AssasÂsiÂnated the Führer by HellÂmut G. HaaÂsis, (transÂlated by William Odom) is the true story of Georg Elser and his failed attempt on Hitler's life.

BombÂing Hitler by HellÂmut G. HaaÂsis tells of Georg Elser's deciÂsion to assasÂsiÂnate Hitler in a Munich Beer Hall. Elser's said that he simÂply wanted to" preÂvent even greater bloodÂshed through my act". Elser, a blue colÂlar worker, worked and planned for months in order to plant a bomb in a pilÂlar which supÂports the roof of the beer hall. The bomb worked, killing eight peoÂple, but missÂing its intended tarÂget who had to leave early for Berlin (cutÂting his speech from 2 hours to a mere hour).

The book is a well researched docÂuÂment, using interÂviews from first hand sources as well as hisÂtorÂiÂcal docÂuÂmenÂtaÂtion, the author is not afraid to also proÂvide some comÂmenÂtary as well as objecÂtive analyÂsis which is a pleaÂsure to read. HaaÂsis takes the reader on a jourÂney through a frightÂenÂing police state, Elser's bruÂtal interÂroÂgaÂtions (with Himmler's perÂsonal involveÂment), until he is exeÂcuted in Dachau.

One of the books main goals is to resÂurÂrect Elser's repÂuÂtaÂtion. In the years after the war, Elser has been accused to being an SS agent, howÂever through research and docÂuÂmenÂtaÂtion, HaaÂsis shows that he was anyÂthing but. In fact Elser put in danÂger all those he came in conÂtact with and the whole town he grew up in.

Mr. HaaÂsis did an excelÂlent job recreÂatÂing the steps Elser took to in his attempt to assasÂsiÂnate the oppresÂsor, his escape attempt and time at the hands of the bruÂtal SS.