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Title: The Grand Canyon

Subtitle: The History of America's Most Famous Natural Wonder

Author: Charles River Editors

Narrator: John Gagnepain

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 24 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-23-15

Publisher: Charles River Editors

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

"The wonders of the Grand Canyon cannot be adequately represented in symbols of speech, nor by speech itself. The resources of the graphic art are taxed beyond their powers in attempting to portray its features. Language and illustration combined must fail.... You cannot see the Grand Canyon in one view, as if it were a changeless spectacle from which a curtain might be lifted, but to see it, you have to toil from month to month through its labyrinths." (John Wesley Powell Even)

For those who have never seen it, the Grand Canyon is perhaps the most appreciated and remarkable feature of the American landscape. Indeed, the Grand Canyon has been amazing Americans since explorers first started venturing into the area in the mid-19th century. On one expedition, May Humphreys Stacey wrote in his journal of, "[A] wonderful canyon 4,000 feet deep. Everyone (in the party) admitted that he never before saw anything to match or equal this astonishing natural curiosity."

Cut through by the Colorado River over the course of millions of years, the Grand Canyon is a popular destination spot that attracts millions of tourists annually, and what they come to see can be found nowhere else on the planet. Whether they ride donkeys across steep ledges or visit old Pueblo settlements in the area, which the natives themselves considered a holy site, awe-inspiring spectacles abound. As Jack Schmitt put it, "It's like trying to describe what you feel when you're standing on the rim of the Grand Canyon or remembering your first love or the birth of your child. You have to be there to really know what it's like." Of course, while most people marvel at its beauty, the Grand Canyon is an invaluable scientific boon for researchers.

Members Reviews:

Plagerism by any other name...

Blaitent plagerism. Just a word-for-word repeat of public domain publications from the 1800's and early 1900's.

I am sorry I financially supported this.

Very poor quality

Low quality. All pictures inside are Black and White and cover picture's quality is very poor - pixelated. Plus the book has very little content (and pages). The pages are even numbered, maybe to not make it easy to see how few they are. Buy other books about the Grand, not this one!

Fantastic

The book really goes into details of the Canyon from early history and also explained the Geology of the Canyon also the pictures are super

Well worth it before the trip.

Excellent study. Knowing more about the development and preservation of the canyon really opens my eyes to the millenia of history to be found here. It's not just pretty colors!

Intro to an American Jewel

Very nice but the absence of maps tends to degrade its value. The pictures are outstanding.

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Title: The Greatest Revolutionary War Battles: The New York-New Jersey Campaign

Author: Charles River Editors

Narrator: Michael Gilboe

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 23 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-22-15

Publisher: Charles River Editors

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

After the siege of Boston forced the British to evacuate that city in March 1776, Continental Army commander George Washington suspected that the British would move by sea to New York City, the next logical target in an attempt to end a colonial insurrection. He thus rushed his army south to defend the city.

Washington guessed correctly, but it would be to no avail. Unlike Boston, New York City's terrain featured few defensible positions. The city lacked a high point from which to launch a siege, as the peninsula of Boston was fortunate to have. Moreover, Washington wasn't sure defending the city was necessary, hoping that an expedition launched toward Quebec, like the one Benedict Arnold had led in late 1775, would keep the British away from New York anyway. However, Congress thought otherwise, and demanded that Washington defend New York.

Washington thus did what he was told, and it nearly resulted in the army's demise. In the summer of 1776, the British conducted the largest amphibious expedition in North America's history at the time, landing over 20,000 troops on Long Island. British General William Howe, who had led the British at Bunker Hill and would later become commander-in-chief of the armies in North America, easily captured Staten Island, which Washington was incapable of defending without a proper navy. Washington's army attempted to fight, but Washington was badly outmaneuvered, and his army was nearly cut off from escape. The withdrawal across New York City was enormously disorderly, with many of Washington's troops so scared that they deserted. Others were sick as a result of the dysentery and smallpox plaguing the Continental Army in New York.

Members Reviews:

June 14, 1775, John Adams nominated Washington to be Commander of the Continental Army

Length: 68 pages.

On this date, June 14, 1775, John Adams, who nominated Washington to be Commander of the Continental Army.

The Greatest Revolutionary War Battles: The New York-New Jersey Campaign recounts the nearly impossible actions taken by Gen. George Washington when, somehow, the world witnessed the initial steps taken by the noble experiment that would become the last, best, hope for democracy.

Loved the book, maps and illustrations. Fortunate I read it on Flag Day.

Worth it's weight in gold.

Pretty good synopsis of that otherwise

Washington crossing the Delaware was an after thought. Book was really the battle of New York. Pretty good synopsis of that otherwise. The fight in New Jersey was almost left completely out. No synopsis of that battle so skimpy it should have not been mentioned.

VERY GOOD

Another CHARLES RIVER EDITORS ebook about the United States revolution. This book covers the fighting in and around the New York area.

Four Stars

i think that there were more battles that just were not mentioned.

Two Stars

very narrow- not much detail

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Title: The Start of the Civil War

Subtitle: The Secession of the South, Fort Sumter, and First Bull Run (First Manassas)

Author: Charles River Editors

Narrator: Dan Orders

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-15-15

Publisher: Charles River Editors

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

The secession of the South was one of the seminal events in American history, but it also remains one of the most controversial. The election of Abraham Lincoln was the impetus for secession, but that was merely one of many events that led up to the formation of the Confederacy and the start of the Civil War.

On December 20, a little more than a month after Republican Abraham Lincoln had been elected the 16th president, a convention met in Charleston and passed the first ordinance of secession by one of the states, declaring, "We, the people of the State of South Carolina in convention assembled, do declare and ordain.... That the Union now subsisting between South Carolina and other States, under the name of 'the United States of America', is hereby dissolved." In January 1861, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Kansas followed South Carolina's lead, and the Confederate States of America was formed on February 4 in Montgomery, Alabama, with former Secretary of War Jefferson Davis inaugurated as its president. A few weeks later, Texas joined.

The Confederacy's hope of being let go in peace ended at 4:30 a.m. on the morning of April 12, 1861, when Confederate Brigadier-General P. G. T. Beauregard ordered the first shots to be fired at the federal garrison defending Fort Sumter in the Charleston Harbor, effectively igniting the Civil War. For nearly 36 hours, Beauregard's Confederates unleashed a general bombardment from 43 guns and mortars positioned at various points across the Harbor.

Members Reviews:

Not exactly as advertisedâ

The author of this e-book is anonymous. Only the editor/publisher â Charles River â takes the responsibility for promising a work that âcomprehensively covers the events and political issues that led up to the secession of the Southern states in 1860 and 1861 and the creation of the Confederacy.â

Unfortunately, the only things âcomprehensiveâ about the book are the many tedious quotations from legislative declarations, diary entries, memoirs and accounts from a few of the prominent players (and some not-so-prominent, i.e., Abner Doubleday, of all people)

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The most casual student of the War will understand that it was provoked by Abraham Lincoln, a Machiavellian genius who tried to resupply Fort Sumter after Andersonâs aggressive move there from Fort Moultrie, who ignored a reasonable compromise proposed by Jefferson Davis, and who shamelessly and quickly issued a call for 75,000 volunteers - whose mission was to be the destruction of the nascent Confederate States of America. Lincoln did all he could to goad the CSA into firing the first shot, and he succeeded.

If the reader can stay awake long enough to read the âDeclaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union,â he will see an eloquent document resembling an updated version of the original Declaration of Independence. The fundamental problem â the âelephant in the roomâ â was that South Carolina and the other Southern states advocated life, liberty, and the ownership of human beings.

So, perhaps the Great American Civil War was inevitable, given the tenor of the times.

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Título: Independencia de Chile

Subtitular: La gesta épica de América del Sur [Independence of Chile: The Epic Saga of South America]

Autor: Online Studio Productions

Narrador: uncredited

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 34 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 06-12-15

Editor: Online Studio Productions

Calificaciones: 1 de 5 de 1 votos

Categorías: History, American

Resumen del editor:

Ante la dimisión del gobernador Francisco García, el realista Mateo de Toro y Zambrano tomó interinamente el mando. Su gobierno, que llegó en el clímax de las ideas de libertad producto de la Ilustración, tuvo que enfrentar a la dura divergencia política que se vivía en la metrópoli, Presionado, Toro y Zambrano hubo de acceder en septiembre de 1810 a convocar un cabildo abierto para decidir sobre el futuro político del país. Nadie imaginaba que ese sería el comienzo de la independencia del país.

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Opiniones de los miembros:

Mala de principio a fin

Lo pero lejos fue el relato. La musicalización horrible, la historia en general demasiado resumida.

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Title: The Cooper Union Address

Subtitle: The History of the Speech That Helped Abraham Lincoln Win the Presidency

Author: Charles River Editors

Narrator: Kirk Winkler

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-05-15

Publisher: Charles River Editors

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

"It is surely safe to assume that the [39] framers of the original Constitution and the [76] members of the Congress which framed the amendments thereto, taken together, do certainly include those who may be fairly called 'our fathers who framed the [g]overnment under which we live'. And so assuming, I defy any man to show that any one of them ever, in his whole life, declared that, in his understanding, any proper division of local from federal authority, or any part of the Constitution, forbade the [federal government] to control as to slavery in the federal territories." (Abraham Lincoln)

"[O]ne of the most happiest and most convincing political arguments ever made in this [city] ... No man ever made such an impression on his first appeal to a [New York] audience." (Horace Greeley)

After the Lincoln-Douglas debates made Lincoln a nationally recognized politician, Illinois papers began to mention Lincoln as a Republican candidate for president in 1859. Lincoln was humbled, though a bit dumbfounded. He thought himself more suited for the Senate, where he could orate and discuss ideas. Moreover, there were Republicans of much greater national prominence on the East Coast, particularly William Seward.

Lacking any administrative experience, Lincoln wasn't sure he would enjoy being president, but even being considered was a great honor, and he quietly thought the idea over. In fact, Lincoln was still not considered a real option for the nomination until he delivered a speech at New York City's Cooper Union in February, 1860, just a few months before the Republicans' convention in May.

Members Reviews:

rather tedious.

Long, complicated, rather tedious.

EXCELLENT

A ebook about a speech that affected American histor.

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Title: Buckley and Mailer

Subtitle: The Difficult Friendship That Shaped the Sixties

Author: Kevin Schultz

Narrator: Peter Berkrot

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-01-15

Publisher: HighBridge, a Division of Recorded Books

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 8 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

Norman Mailer and William F. Buckley, Jr., were towering figures who argued publicly about every major issue of the 1960s: the counterculture, Vietnam, feminism, civil rights, the Cold War. Behind the scenes, the two were close friends and trusted confidantes who lived surprisingly parallel lives. In Buckley and Mailer, historian Kevin M. Schultz delves into their personal archives to tell the rich story of their friendship, arguments, and the tumultuous decade they did so much to shape.

From their Playboy-sponsored debate before the Patterson-Liston heavyweight fight in 1962 to their campaigns for mayor of New York City to their confrontations at Truman Capote's Black-and-White Ball, over the March on the Pentagon, and at the 1968 Democratic National Convention, Schultz delivers a fresh chronicle of the '60s and its long aftermath, as well as an entertaining work of narrative history that explores these extraordinary figures' contrasting visions of America and the future.

Critic Reviews:

"One might think that Bill Buckley and Norman Mailer were not at all alike, but Kevin M. Schultz, in his very entertaining book, reminds us to think again. In fact, despite their complicated political differences, these two American originals liked each other, tried to understand each other, and discovered that that they had much in common: a passion for engagement, for literate expression, and perhaps above all the pleasure they took in playing their outsize selves." (Jeffrey Frank, best-selling author of Ike and Dick)

"Kevin M. Schultz has written a sexy, funny, and deliriously good book about two unlikeliest of friends. It will not only change the way that you see Buckley and Mailer, which would be accomplishment enough. It'll also change the way you understand the Sixties." (David Sehat, author of The Jefferson Rule)

"Riveting. In this superbly written account of two of the most fascinating and important 20th-century American intellectuals, Kevin M. Schultz not only brings the spirits of William Buckley and Norman Mailer back to life, he endows us with a subtle yet profound analytical framework for understanding the massive social changes set off during the Sixties. Anyone who wants to understand contemporary American political culture needs to read this book." (Andrew Hartman, author of A War for the Soul of America)

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Title: The Union's Capture of New Orleans During the Civil War

Subtitle: The Campaign for the Confederacy's Most Important Mississippi River Stronghold

Author: Charles River Editors, Sean McLachlan

Narrator: Colin Fluxman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 31 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-27-15

Publisher: Charles River Editors

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

"As the officers and soldiers of the United States have been subject to repeated insults from the women (calling themselves ladies) of New Orleans in return for the most scrupulous non-interference and courtesy on our part, it is ordered that hereafter when any female shall by word, gesture, or movement insult or show contempt for any officer or soldier of the United States she shall be regarded and held liable to be treated as a woman of the town plying her avocation." - Benjamin Butler's General Order No. 28

In 1860, New Orleans was just as unique a city as it is today. It was racially and linguistically diverse, with many French, German, and Spanish speakers, and a population of white, black, and mixed-race inhabitants. Louisiana's population was 47% slave and also had one of the largest numbers of free blacks in the country. Situated near the mouth of the continent's largest river, the Mississippi, it was an international center for trade and industry. New Orleans was the sixth largest city in the country and the largest in any of the states that would end up joining the Confederacy. The volume of trade through its port was second only to New York, and the city's commercial ties with England and Spain and cultural ties with France meant that the European powers would be looking closely at how the city fared in the Civil War, especially after it was occupied by Union forces. The Lincoln administration, fearful of European meddling in the war effort, had to constantly keep European opinion in mind when dealing with the captured city, and the story of New Orleans in the Civil War is one of far-reaching political, racial, and social tensions.

Members Reviews:

AKA "The Battle of the Handkerchiefs"

Surprised there wasn't more of a Civil War battle over what was the sixth largest city in the country at the time with a volume of trade through its' port second only to that of New York City. If the tallies are correct only 37 Union and 81 Confederate soldiers lost their lives from this engagement which seems remarkably low when compared to Vicksburg just up the mighty Mississippi River that resulted in 1581 Union and 1413 Confederate killed by comparison. A short, informative book good for reading around this the week of Memorial day complete with authentic photos and one I have to say I did enjoy!

EXCELLENT

A series of battles, that brought the end of the Civil War, much sooner.

Three Stars

just okay

Basic facts about New Orleans in Civil War.

Preparing for a trip to New Orleans and Vicksburg on a Civil War tour. Good information.

I give it 4 stars for the basic story.

Four Stars

Interesting read and I wished it longer. Hard to believe that's all the research that could have been used.

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Title: The Three Mile Island Accident: The History and Legacy of America's Worst Nuclear Meltdown

Author: Charles River Editors

Narrator: Dennis E. Morris

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 15 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-26-15

Publisher: Charles River Editors

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 14 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

"On Wednesday, March 28, 1979, 36 seconds after the hour of 4:00 a.m., several water pumps stopped working in the unit 2 nuclear power plant on Three Mile Island, 10 miles southeast of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Thus began the accident at Three Mile Island. In the minutes, hours, and days that followed, a series of events - compounded by equipment failures, inappropriate procedures, and human errors and ignorance - escalated into the worst crisis yet experienced by the nation's nuclear power industry. The accident focused national and international attention on the nuclear facility at Three Mile Island and raised it to a place of prominence in the minds of hundreds of millions. For the people living in such communities as Royalton, Goldsboro, Middletown, Hummelstown, Hershey, and Harrisburg, the rumors, conflicting official statements, a lack of knowledge about radiation releases, the continuing possibility of mass evacuation, and the fear that a hydrogen bubble trapped inside a nuclear reactor might explode were real and immediate. ...The reality of the accident, the realization that such an accident could actually occur, renewed and deepened the national debate over nuclear safety and the national policy of using nuclear reactors to generate electricity." - Findings in a report by the Presidential Commission established to investigate the accident.

Members Reviews:

Good testimony

Interesting story about the disaster but lacks of more context and detail about what happened and what is its impact nowadays.

A possible disaster

I've only really heard about three mile Island. This is an eye opener to listen to and see how close we came to a disaster

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Title: The Battle of Yellow Tavern

Subtitle: The History of the Civil War Battle that Ended J.E.B. Stuart's Life

Author: Charles River Editors

Narrator: Michael Gilboe

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 7 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-18-15

Publisher: Charles River Editors

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

Alongside Robert E. Lee, no one epitomized the chivalry and heroism celebrated by the Lost Cause more than J. E. B. Stuart, the most famous cavalry officer of the Civil War. Stuart was equal parts great and grandiose while leading the cavalry for the Confederacy in Lees Army of Northern Virginia. Stuart was a throwback to the past, colorfully dressing with capes, sashes, and an ostrich-plumed hat while sporting cologne and a heavy beard, but he was also brilliant in conducting reconnaissance, and he proved capable of leading both cavalry and infantry at battles like Chancellorsville. As the eyes and ears of Robert E. Lee's army, none was better, despite the fact that he was only in his late 20s and early 30s during the Civil War - far younger than most men of senior rank.

The Battle of Yellow Tavern: The History of the Civil War Battle that Ended J. E. B. Stuart's Life comprehensively covers the events leading up to the battle, the fighting itself, and the aftermath of the battle.

Members Reviews:

Storyline and Performance Issues

The story and quotations are repetitive and the narrator's mispronunciations are distracting while proving his lack of knowledge of history.

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Title: The Battle of Ezra Church and the Struggle for Atlanta

Author: Earl J. Hess

Narrator: Joe Barrett

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-18-15

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

Fought on July 28, 1864, the Battle of Ezra Church was a dramatic engagement during the Civil War's Atlanta campaign. Confederate forces under John Bell Hood desperately fought to stop William T. Sherman's advancing armies as they tried to cut the last Confederate supply line into the city. Confederates under General Stephen D. Lee nearly overwhelmed the Union right flank, but Federals under General Oliver O. Howard decisively repelled every attack. After five hours of struggle, 5,000 Confederates lay dead and wounded while only 632 Federals were lost. The result was another major step in Sherman's long effort to take Atlanta.

Detailing Stephen D. Lee's tactical missteps and Howard's vigilant leadership, Hess challenges many common misconceptions about the battle. Richly narrated and drawn from an array of unpublished manuscripts and firsthand accounts, Hess' work sheds new light on the complexities and significance of this important engagement both on and off the battlefield.

Members Reviews:

Excellent book

An outstanding book on the Battle of Ezra Church. I could not recommend this book more to any Civil War historian.