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Title: Summary: 13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened in Benghazi

Author: Summary Station

Narrator: Ross Elder

Format: Unabridged

Length: 27 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-27-16

Publisher: Summary Station

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened in Benghazi | Summary and Analysis

Book preview:

The controversy surrounding these attacks began as soon as news reports were known to the world. There are many questions that to this day still haven't been answered. Why were the pleas for more security not answered? Who is to blame for the lack of security at the compound? Were these security issues to blame for the deaths of Chris Stevens and Sean Smith? During the attack, why was the team at the annex held for so long? Would a quicker response have saved the lives of the fallen men? After the attacks, was there a cover-up by the State Department to hide who really was to blame for these attacks?

Obama and Clinton claim that the movie Innocence of Muslims, along with the already volatile situation in Benghazi, triggered the attacks. They denied any reports that al-Qaeda played any major role in orchestrating what happened. The Senate Intelligence Committee, which was part of the investigation, noted in its report that the situation could have been prevented had the State Department granted the requests for more security.

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Título: La Independencia del Ecuador: La lucha por la libertad [Independence of Ecuador: The Fight for Freedom]

Autor: Online Studio Productions

Narrador: uncredited

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 37 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 06-10-16

Editor: Online Studio Productions

Categorías: History, American

Resumen del editor:

Tras muchos alzamientos e intentos, y después de lograda la paz de la Gran Colombia en 1829, Ecuador alcanzaría realmente su independencia en 1830, habiendo sido designado presidente de la República el general venezolano Juan José Flores quien gobernó durante cinco años, reafirmando la emancipación y el espíritu de la declaración del 10 de agosto de 1809. Sobre todo lo que pasó en Ecuador para alcanzar su libertad.

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Título: La Conquista del Imperio Azteca: La caída del reino dorado [The Conquest of the Aztec Empire: The Fall of the Golden Kingdom]

Autor: Online Studio Productions

Narrador: uncredited

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 2 hrs and 11 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 06-09-16

Editor: Online Studio Productions

Calificaciones: 4.5 de 5 de 2 votos

Categorías: History, American

Resumen del editor:

Tras la noticia del descubrimiento de América por Colón en 1492, decenas de aventureros emigraron a las nuevas tierras en busca de gloria y riquezas. Uno de ellos, el célebre Hernán Cortés Monroy Pizarro Altamirano, nacido en 1485 en España, sería el protagonista de una verdadera proeza al conquistar el Imperio Mexica, con no más de mil españoles a su mando, un enorme imperio de millones de súbditos.

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Title: A Macat Analysis of Frederick Jackson Turner's "The Significance of the Frontier in American History"

Author: Joanna Dee Das, Joseph Tendler

Narrator: Macat

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 40 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-30-16

Publisher: Macat International Limited.

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

It was the vast frontier stretching out to the west of the developed land on the North American continent that shaped the American character - and the course of US history. That's the argument in historian Frederick Jackson Turner's 1893 essay, "The Significance of the Frontier in American History". Anthologized and reprinted many times, it gave historians a new lens with which to analyze the United States.

Turner argues that in interacting with both the wilderness and Native Americans, settlers on the frontier developed institutions and character traits quite distinct from Europe. The West's surplus of "free land", Turner suggests, helped America become a country of economic opportunity, where democracy and individualism could flourish.

Turner's work captured the imagination of ordinary Americans. Countless television shows, films, novels, and even a theme park - Disney World's Frontierland - have based their depictions of the American West on this important essay.

You can find out more about how Frederick Jackson Turner's ideas have been challenged and applied - and how his work has impacted thinkers in other academic disciplines - by exploring further in the Macat Library.

Macat. Learn better. Think smarter. Aim higher.

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Title: The Grand Strategy of the War of the Rebellion

Author: William T. Sherman

Narrator: John Bell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 29 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-17-16

Publisher: Wetware Media

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 8 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

Twenty-two years after the close of the American Civil War, General William T. Sherman shared his thoughts and insights on the "grand strategy" of the war. He wrote:

"We veterans believe that in 1861-5 we fought a holy war, with absolute right on our side, with pure patriotism, with reasonable skill, and that we achieved a result which enabled the United States of America to resume her glorious career in the interest of all mankind, after an interruption of four years by as needless a war as ever afflicted a people.

"The causes which led up to that war have been well described...innumerable volumes have been published, and nearly all the leading magazines of our country have added most interesting narratives of events.... Editors...applied long ago to have me assist them in their laudable purpose. I declined, but the pendulum of time seems to have swung too far in the wrong direction: One is likely to receive the impression that the Civil War was only a scramble for power by mobs and not a war of high principle, guided by men of great intelligence according to the best light they possessed. Discovering that one branch of the history of that war, 'grand strategy,' has been overlooked or slighted by writers, I have undertaken to discuss it."

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Title: Chang and Eng Reconnected

Subtitle: The Original Siamese Twins in American Culture

Author: Cynthia Wu

Narrator: Kathleen Godwin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-05-16

Publisher: University Press Audiobooks

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

Conjoined twins Chang and Eng Bunker have fascinated the world since the 19th century. In her captivating book, Chang and Eng Reconnected, Cynthia Wu traces the "Original Siamese Twins" through the terrain of American culture, showing how their inseparability underscored tensions between individuality and collectivity in the American popular imagination. Using letters, medical documents and exhibits, literature, art, film, and family lore, Wu provides a trans-historical analysis that presents the Bunkers as both a material presence and as metaphor. She also shows how the twins figure in representations of race, disability, and science in fictional narratives about nation building. As astute entrepreneurs, the twins managed their own lives; nonetheless, as Chang and Eng Reconnected shows, American culture has always viewed them through the multiple lenses of difference.

The book is published by Temple University Press.

Critic Reviews:

"Cynthia Wu has written a brilliant book. It is not only enjoyable to read while revealing new insights and interpretations on the particular case of Chang and Eng Bunker, but it also challenges academic disciplinary perceptions in innovative ways." (H-Net)

"Full of fascinating details unearthed by Wu's thorough research -- not just about the Bunkers, but about the social treatment and subsequent fate of 'freaks' generally." (Fortean Times)

"Wu's book will surely influence many scholars in their analyses of race, ethnicity, sexuality, and disability." (Disability & Society)

Members Reviews:

Chang and Eng

Excellent read with timely shipping

Five Stars

Just amazing, a must-read.

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Title: Summary and Analysis of Karen Abbott's 'Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War'

Author: Summary Station

Narrator: Doris A. Ervin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 59 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-29-16

Publisher: Summary Station

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

Learn About the Brave Women Who Served in the American Civil War in a Fraction of the Time!

It is easy to feel an overwhelming sense of empowerment while listening to Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War. This was in a time where women were considered the weaker or fairer sex, before they were given the vote, and in a time where they were expected to maintain a certain air of etiquette. These four women chose their own fates, involving themselves in a war that pitted neighbors against one another.

Women of the time were expected to back their men up while remaining ignorant of the realities; from knitting and crocheting, to sewing socks, and making blankets for Confederate soldiers, women were expected to remain in the background. However, with the men away and some eventually being killed, women had to take over running homes, farms, and businesses. They had to make sure the slaves they owned carried on working in the fields, often using the threat of violence, and sending men off to join the armies, humiliating those who said no by sending a skirt and crinoline with a note saying, "Wear these or volunteer."

From Emily, who posed as a man for two years to get away from an overbearing father; to Belle, the fiery young woman who did virtually anything she pleased without a care for the consequences; to Rose, who openly flaunted the rules in a tight-lipped Union society; to Elizabeth, who conducted her undercover activities in the violent South (admittedly with a somewhat more covert attitude than Rose); Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War leads you through the war from beginning to end.

Members Reviews:

ok....not great

Good information on each woman, but the book chopped up, and hard to follow.

Disappointing

Summary fair. No real analysis. Didn't even get all the information right. One character Emma misnamed as Emily throughout the "analysis". Not worth the money.

Four Stars

Not bad

History Buffs

This book has lots of Civil War history to keep the reader entertained.

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Title: Robert E. Lee's Orderly: A Modern Black Man's Confederate Journey

Author: Al Arnold

Narrator: Sule Greg Wilson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 37 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-24-16

Publisher: Ravenpheat Productions, LLC

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 8 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

A descendant of Nathan Bedford Forrest's slaves, Al Arnold, tells his journey of embracing his Confederate heritage. His ancestor, Turner Hall, Jr., a Black Confederate, served as a body servant for two Confederate soldiers and an orderly for Gen. Robert E. Lee. Turner Hall, Jr., was celebrated by Blacks and Whites in his community. Hall attended the last Civil War reunion at Gettysburg in 1938. He was interviewed by the national talk radio show, "We, The People". This is a personal journey of faith, heritage, race, and family wrapped around the grace of God through the eyes and honest thoughts of a modern Black man. Arnold argues for African Americans to embrace Confederate heritage to capture the enriched Black history of the Civil War era. He bestows dignity and honor on his Confederate ancestor and challenges the traditional thoughts of modern African Americans. Arnold rests in his faith as the uniting force that reconciles our colorful past to our bright future.

Members Reviews:

A very thoughtful and well written book.

It should be required reading in High schools nationwide. I strongly recommend it for anyone interested in African American issues today.

Excellent story and informative!

I am very pleased with my purchase. This is an amazing story and of value to both White Southerners and Black Southerners who, in fact, share a heritage , once not as equals,, but now as equal citizens of a United States.

Engaging

I thoroughly enjoyed both the book and lively narration. The author has an obvious love for history, his family, God and his country, but he never expresses this in a preachy manner. His narrative is engaging, and the subject is fascinating as he speaks with pride of his Confederate roots and why we should respect the past and not try to erase it. The story of his ancestor, a slave, who participated in the Civil War as a proud Confederate, is compelling.

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Title: A History of Football

Author: Jonathan Digby, Go Entertain

Narrator: Tim Dalgleish

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 11 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-17-16

Publisher: Go Entertainment Group Ltd

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

From its early amateur days played in the Corinthian Spirit, Preston North End's "Invincibles" of 1888 and great players like Stanley Matthews and Pelé, to the Premier League glory days of Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsène Wenger, A History of Football is the story of the dominant teams, memorable occasions, and larger-than-life characters that shaped the game throughout its development. For all lovers of the beautiful game, this is an essential reference to its 150-year history.

Members Reviews:

Decent quick overview

It's a decent overview of football. Kinda short though, they could have gone more in depth with each chapter/year. But there is some good stuff in here

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Title: Gold!

Subtitle: The Story of the 1848 Gold Rush and How It Shaped a Nation

Author: Fred Rosen

Narrator: A. Smith Harrison

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-08-16

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

A riveting true account of gold rush fever in mid-19th-century America, rich with the thrilling exploits of daring fortune seekers and dangerous outlaws.

America was never the same after January 24, 1848. It was on that day that a carpenter named James Marshall discovered a tiny nugget of gold while building a sawmill at Sutter's Fort, just east of Sacramento, California. Marshall's find ignited a fever the nation had never known before, drawing people from all over the country to the West Coast with high hopes of getting rich quick.

Over the next six years, 300,000 prospectors raced to the California gold fields to make their fortunes, leaving their lands and families behind in order to chase a dream of easy wealth but all too often encountering a reality of lawlessness, disease, cruelty, and death.

A former columnist for the New York Times, author Fred Rosen takes listeners back to the seminal moment when the American dream exploded. Chock full of fascinating details, unforgettable characters, and shocking real-life events, the captivating true story of the California gold rush brings an era of unparalleled change to breathtaking life. Rosen's enthralling history of the gold rush of 1848 demonstrates how this golden ideal was supplanted by a culture of selfishness and greed that endures in America to this very day.

Members Reviews:

Rollicking good story

Mr Rosen brings to life the story most Americans have heard or read about in history class. This book tells about how this significant event fits into regional, national and even international history. Engaging and readable. Excellent.

Well written

I'm enjoying it, especially how the stories are woven together. I will recommend it to my book club for next year as we try to do one book that has local color.

How the 49ers changed US history

Unlike other gold rushes in world history, the California 49ers rushed to a place filled with tremendous economic opportunity beyond mining. Moreover it occurred shortly after the Mexican-American War in which the United States obtained New Mexico and California from Mexico, and at the beginning of the "manifest destiny" phase of US westward expansion. For these reasons, the California Gold Rush transformed the country in the decade before the Civil War.

This book tells that story in a series of vignettes about a few key individuals in the Gold Rush, plus a lot of less key folks who were famous for other reasons, like Robert James (father of Frank and Jesse), James Reed (leader of the cannablistic Donner party) and Joseph Smith (founder of the Mormon Church). This gives considerable insight into the effect of the Gold Rush on the entire country, but means there is limited space for discussing the actual discovery, mining and aftermath.

The story is surprisingly tame given how colorful the material is and the author's skill withsensational materialin most of his other books. It's a pleasant and informative history, but it will not keep you at the edge of your seat. It also gives little feel for what life was actually like at the time. The place descriptions are detailed and vibrant, and there is a lot of primary material quoted from letters and newspapers, but the book does not take the reader back in time.