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Title: The Unwomanly Face of War

Subtitle: An Oral History of Women in World War II

Author: Svetlana Alexievich, Richard Pevear - translator, Larissa Volokhonsky - translator

Narrator: Julia Emelin, Yelena Shmulenson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-25-17

Publisher: Random House Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 45 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

A long-awaited English translation of the groundbreaking oral history of women in World War II across Europe and Russia - from the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.

For more than three decades, Svetlana Alexievich has been the memory and conscience of the 20th century. When the Swedish Academy awarded her the Nobel Prize, it cited her invention of "a new kind of literary genre", describing her work as "a history of emotions...a history of the soul".

In The Unwomanly Face of War, Alexievich chronicles the experiences of the Soviet women who fought on the front lines, on the home front, and in the occupied territories. These women - more than a million in total - were nurses and doctors, pilots, tank drivers, machine-gunners, and snipers. They battled alongside men, and yet, after the victory, their efforts and sacrifices were forgotten.

Alexievich traveled thousands of miles and visited more than 100 towns to record these women's stories. Together this symphony of voices reveals a different aspect of the war - the everyday details of life in combat left out of the official histories.

Translated by the renowned Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, The Unwomanly Face of War is a powerful and poignant account of the central conflict of the 20th century, a kaleidoscopic portrait of the human side of war.

"But why? I asked myself more than once. Why, having stood up for and held their own place in a once absolutely male world, have women not stood up for their history? Their words and feelings? They did not believe themselves. A whole world is hidden from us. Their war remains unknown...I want to write the history of that war. A women's history." (Svetlana Alexievich)

Critic Reviews:

"Alexievich's artistry has raised oral history to a totally different dimension. It is no wonder that her brilliant obsession with what Vasily Grossman called 'the brutal truth of war' was suppressed for so long by Soviet censors, because her unprecedented pen portraits and interviews reveal the face of war hidden by propaganda." (Antony Beevor, author of Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege)

"Whatever you thought you knew about the war, you should put it aside and listen to the voices here." (Library Journal)

Members Reviews:

Oral history at its finest

Listening to this book brought home the horrendous experience of war, particularly for women in the Soviet Union in World War II. The vivid recollections were at times painful to listen to, but important to hear. There are some books which to me have more impact when listened to rather than when read on a page. This is one of them. A monumental work!

Should be compulsory reading

This should be required reading for every school. After reading this no one in their right mind can declare war .

impressive and moving

Powerful stories. Amazing depth and span of narratives. Highly recommended for all interested in the history of WWII and Soviet studies.

the best book about war I've ever read

I'm a combat vet, and I've never thought to consider the role women played in World War II, especially in the Russian army. the voices and stories of these women are incredibly moving, beautiful and horrifying at once. Love, loss, hatred, and Redemption.

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Title: Pegasus Bridge

Author: Stephen E. Ambrose

Narrator: Arthur Morey

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-18-17

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 51 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, a small detachment of British airborne troops stormed the German defense forces and paved the way for the Allied invasion of Europe. Pegasus Bridge was the first engagement of D-day, the turning point of World War II. This gripping account of it by acclaimed author Stephen Ambrose brings to life a daring mission so crucial that, had it been unsuccessful, the entire Normandy invasion might have failed. Ambrose traces each step of the preparations over many months to the minute-by-minute excitement of the hand-to-hand confrontations on the bridge. This is a story of heroism and cowardice, kindness and brutality - the stuff of all great adventures.

Members Reviews:

Great story told in greater detal

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

This is a great story but the narrator would do a better job. Sound quality was not good.

Ambrose books are always great.

Great book. Story moves fast.

Enjoyed hearing about the veterans life's after the war. how many still attended reunion's.

History At Its Best

I've been to Pegasus Bridge several times and actually shook the hand of a 6th Airborne veteran there. The Gondree Cafe is still there and still operated by the family. If you love European history in general ... and WWII history in particular ... you must read this book and visit Normandy.

Genuinely mediocre

Hard to imagine a more detailed account of such a trivial military engagement. Truly puzzling.

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Title: PT 105

Author: Dick Keresey

Narrator: Sean Pratt

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-04-17

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 112 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

Admittedly small and vulnerable, PT boats were, nevertheless, fast - the fastest craft on the water during World War II - and Dick Keresey's account of these tough little fighters throws new light on their contributions to the war effort. As captain of PT 105, the author was in the same battle as John F. Kennedy when Kennedy's PT 109 was rammed and sunk. The famous incident, Keresey says, has often been described inaccurately and the PT boat depicted as unreliable and ineffective. This book helps set the record straight by presenting an authentic picture of PT boats that draws on the author's experience at Guadalcanal, New Georgia, Bougainville, and Choiseul Island. Action-filled, his account describes evading night bombers, rescuing coast watchers and downed airmen, setting down Marine scouts behind Japanese lines, engaging in vicious gun battles with Japanese barges and small freighters, and contending with heat, disease, and loneliness. First published in 1996, the book has been hailed for telling an exciting yet fully accurate story.

Members Reviews:

Highly recommended I couldn't stop listening!

Well done all the way around. Outstanding storyline, good narration, great ending. I highly recommend.

A very good book.

Great story that is history retold by someone that lived it.

Thank you for letting me hear this.

Great Audible narration of an interesting story

I enjoyed the book and the Audible narration was great. It was less about the action they encountered and more about the life of PT boat captain, Dick Keresey, during the war (which is still amazing). It does seem to reflect the reality of the PT boat life versus the glamorous one that is often depicted., but I liked that dose of reality.

Great Book!

Easy to listen too and very done! Love WWII history and is a must read/listen!

Well worth listening to.

Well written, well narrated,good story and captivating a sure enjoying narrative of the war and the participants

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Title: Special Forces Berlin

Subtitle: Clandestine Cold War Operations of the US Army's Elite, 1956-1990

Author: James Stejskal

Narrator: Tim Campbell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-04-17

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 68 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

The massive armies of the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies posed a huge threat to the nations of Western Europe. US military planners decided they needed a plan to slow the juggernaut they expected when and if a war began. The plan was Special Forces Berlin. Their mission, should hostilities commence, was to wreak havoc behind enemy lines and buy time for vastly outnumbered NATO forces to conduct a breakout from the city. In reality it was an ambitious and extremely dangerous mission, even suicidal. Highly trained and fluent in German, each man was allocated a specific area. They were skilled in clandestine operations, sabotage, and intelligence tradecraft and able to act as independent operators, blending into the local population and working unseen in a city awash with spies looking for information on their every move. Special Forces Berlin was a one of a kind unit that had no parallel. It left a legacy of a new type of soldier expert in unconventional warfare, one that was sought after for missions such as the attempted rescue of American hostages from Tehran in 1979. With the US government officially acknowledging their existence in 2014, their incredible story can now be told.

Critic Reviews:

"Reads like a thriller for much of the time - a small, select force ready for action should the Soviets escalate their activities in Western Europe - nothing much has changed in the last sixty years or so!" (

Books Monthly)

Members Reviews:

Important Documentation of Special Ops History

For individuals who served in the military during the Cold War, this book provides an important context for understanding covert operations in Germany/Soviet Union at that time. The author has undertaken an exhaustive survey of all available sources and conducted interviews with soldiers from that special unit. Little of this is documented by the Army itself. My husband and I lived in Germany in the early 70s while he was stationed there as a newly minted graduate of West Point. We were married 40 years before I learned he was transporting nuclear warheads during that period. At a dinner at our home two years ago we learned from a dear friend and classmate that he had been part of that special ops unit. Gives a great context for what we were doing there during the Cold War period.

Interesting stories but not compelling

Stories are clogged with military acronyms; the narrator sounds like a robot. But glad to know these soldiers were well trained and prepared to do difficult tasks if war ever broke out.

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Title: The Russian Revolution

Subtitle: A New History

Author: Sean McMeekin

Narrator: Pete Larkin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15 hrs and 3 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-03-17

Publisher: Hachette Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 155 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

In The Russian Revolution, acclaimed historian Sean McMeekin traces the events that ended Romanov rule, ushered the Bolsheviks into power, and introduced communism to the world.

Between 1917 and 1922, Russia underwent a complete and irreversible transformation. Taking advantage of the collapse of the Tsarist regime in the middle of World War I, the Bolsheviks staged a hostile takeover of the Russian Imperial Army, promoting mutinies and mass desertions of men in order to fulfill Lenin's program of turning the "imperialist war" into civil war. By the time the Bolsheviks had snuffed out the last resistance five years later, over 20 million people had died, and the Russian economy had collapsed so completely that communism had to be temporarily abandoned. Still, Bolshevik rule was secure, owing to the new regime's monopoly on force, enabled by illicit arms deals signed with capitalist neighbors such as Germany and Sweden, who sought to benefit - politically and economically - from the revolutionary chaos in Russia.

Drawing on scores of previously untapped files from Russian archives and a range of other repositories in Europe, Turkey, and the United States, McMeekin delivers exciting, groundbreaking research about this turbulent era. The first comprehensive history of these momentous events in two decades, The Russian Revolution combines cutting-edge scholarship and a fast-paced narrative to shed new light on one of the most significant turning points of the 20th century.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.

Members Reviews:

Great Book on the Russian Revolution

I am avid student of history who has particular interest in WWI and the Russian Revolution. I have never been a big fan of Sean McMeekin (I have read a few of his books in print and also listened to July 1914- available through Audible). That being said, this book was really interesting and kept my attention. The books begins with a history of Russia in the 19th Century and what life was like in the various parts of the Tsarist empire and then follows through the tumultuous years of the Revolution of 1905, World War I and the fall of the monarchy followed by a discussion of how the Bolsheviks under Lenin and Trotsky seized power and eventually won the Civil War. At the beginning of the book, McMeekin takes the listener through a tour of the various parts of the empire by casting the listener into the role of a foreign visitor coming to Russia for the first time. This was a very unique manner for describing what Russian life was like under the Tsars and added greatly to the book. The discussions of the fall of Nicholas II and the Provision Government under Kerensky are also very well depicted and McMeekin sheds light on an alternative theory as to the events that led to the February Revolution. He also does a great job describing how following the July days of 1917 Alexander Kerensky had an opportunity to fortify his rule of Russia only to be driven paranoid the the fear of a right wing putsch. This paranoia led to his turning to the Bolshevik Part for support which eventually led to downfall in October 1917.

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Title: Berlin at War

Author: Roger Moorhouse

Narrator: Derek Perkins

Format: Unabridged

Length: 17 hrs and 17 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-30-17

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 79 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

In Berlin at War, acclaimed historian Roger Moorhouse provides a magnificent and detailed portrait of everyday life at the epicenter of the Third Reich.

Berlin was the stage upon which the rise and fall of the Third Reich was most visibly played out. It was the backdrop for the most lavish Nazi ceremonies, the site of Albert Speer's grandiose plans for a new "world metropolis", and the scene of the final climactic battle to defeat Nazism. Berlin was the place where Hitler's empire ultimately met its end, but it suffered mightily through the war as well. Not only was the city subjected to the full wrath of the Soviet ground offensive and siege in 1945, but it also found itself a prime target for the air war, attracting more raids, more aircraft, and more tonnage than any other German city.

In Berlin at War, acclaimed historian Roger Moorhouse provides a magnificent and detailed portrait of everyday life at the epicenter of the Third Reich.

Berlin was the stage upon which the rise and fall of the Third Reich was most visibly played out. It was the backdrop for the most lavish Nazi ceremonies, the site of Albert Speer's grandiose plans for a new "world metropolis", and the scene of the final climactic battle to defeat Nazism. Berlin was the place where Hitler's empire ultimately met its end, but it suffered mightily through the war as well. Not only was the city subjected to the full wrath of the Soviet ground offensive and siege in 1945, but it also found itself a prime target for the air war, attracting more raids, more aircraft, and more tonnage than any other German city.

Combining groundbreaking research with a gripping narrative, Moorhouse brings all of the complexity and chaos of wartime Berlin to life. Berlin at War is the incredible story of the city - and people - that saw the whole of this epic conflict, from start to finish.

Members Reviews:

A Surprisingly Nuanced History of Nazi Germany

Tells the little discussed history of dissent, dissatisfaction and complicity of civilians in Germany during the Nazi era. Extensive use of diaries, letters and first person interviews. The author has a strong command of the subject. This is a must read for students of World War II history.

A unique study of part of World War II

There are very many books concerning World War II and especially concerning the European Theater of that war. Most of them cover the preparations for the war, the actual fighting, the strategy and, for some, the politics involved in fighting the war. Some, like The Third Reich at War, cover the actions of the German government at home in trying to wage and support the war. None of them that I have read are intended to cover the effect of the war on the civilian population so this book, which does just that, has contributed a great deal to my understanding of what life was like for the civilians of Berlin.

With its concentration on the civilian population this book provides a look into an often neglected part of the war. How did the civilians cope with Germanys gradual slide from victory into defeat, how did the German government try to keep civilian morale high as the German armies began to be beaten back, how successful were they in what they tried to do and what did the civilians know about the war and its progress?

I had expected that this book would follow the progress of the war sequentially from 1939 through 1945 but was surprised to find that the book is thematic instead.

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Title: Never Call Me a Hero

Subtitle: A Legendary American Dive-Bomber Pilot Remembers the Battle of Midway

Author: N. Jack "Dusty" Kleiss, Timothy Orr

Narrator: Mike Ortego, Cassandra Campbell, Patrick Lawlor

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-23-17

Publisher: HarperAudio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 95 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

An extraordinary firsthand account of the Battle of Midway by one of its key participants, timed to the 75th anniversary: American dive-bomber pilot "Dusty" Kleiss helped sink three Japanese warships (including two aircraft carriers), received the Navy Cross, and is credited with playing a decisive individual role in determining the outcome of a battle that is considered a turning point in World War II.

In Never Call Me a Hero, Captain Kleiss (USN, ret.), a US Navy SBD Dauntless dive-bomber pilot with the USS Enterprise's Scouting Squadron Six, tells his full story for the first time, offering an unprecedentedly intimate look at the battle that reversed America's fortunes after the tragedy of Pearl Harbor. Kleiss is notable for being the only pilot from either fleet on those battle-scarred days of legend, June 4-7, 1942, to land hits on three different enemy ships. On the first day of the Battle of Midway, Kleiss planted bombs on two Japanese carriers - Kaga and Hiryu - sinking both, and later, on June 6, he scored a direct hit on a Japanese cruiser, the Mikuma, which also sank.

In his 1967 book Incredible Victory, Walter Lord asserted that the margins of US victory at Midway were so thin that individual participants could rightfully say that their actions turned the tide. Given the amount of destruction inflicted upon the Japanese that day, Kleiss may have been the most important pilot in the air. It is no stretch to say that without him, the Battle of Midway may not have been won, altering the course of the conflict and history itself, for according the US Navy's historians, "The Battle of Midway was far more than an epic WWII clash somewhere far away at sea. It was an American victory that forever changed the course of world history. This is the battle that turned the tide of the war."

But this is not only the memoir of one man; it is the history of this battle and its legacy. In only five minutes, 48 American dive-bomber pilots and their gunners destroyed the pride of the Japanese carrier fleet and exacted retribution on the carrier force that had attacked Pearl Harbor. Never Call Me a Hero is also a story about humility and pushing limits. Throughout his life Kleiss had always looked toward the heavens for spiritual guidance and to serve his country. Throughout his life this humble man considered himself blessed with incredible luck and did his job without complaint. Whenever others referred to his actions as "heroic", he quickly corrected them: "I'm no hero. Never call me a hero."

Members Reviews:

Love the story, disagree with the title.

Would you listen to Never Call Me a Hero again? Why?

An excellent narrative involving war letters and diaries that answer some of the intriguing questions remaining many years after the war. As a student of the Battle of Midway, I find this an invaluable source. Excellent and highly recommended.

Any additional comments?

I find that most members of the Greatest Generation that survived the war consider the ones that died in battle as the real heroes. If I can't call Dusty Kleiss a hero, I don't know who I could. A pivotal player in the most pivotal battle of the South Pacific war.

Midway First Hand

Kleiss did an excellent job in describing his piece of the battle of Midway.

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Title: They Thought They Were Free

Subtitle: The Germans, 1933-45

Author: Milton Mayer

Narrator: Michael Page

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-23-17

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 19 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

First published in 1955, They Thought They Were Free is an eloquent and provocative examination of the development of fascism in Germany. Milton Mayer's book is a study of 10 Germans and their lives from 1933-45, based on interviews he conducted after the war when he lived in Germany.

Mayer had a position as a research professor at the University of Frankfurt and lived in a nearby small Hessian town which he disguised with the name "Kronenberg". "These ten men were not men of distinction," Mayer noted, but they had been members of the Nazi Party; Mayer wanted to discover what had made them Nazis.

Critic Reviews:

"Among the many books written on Germany after the collapse of Hitler's Thousand Year Reich, this book by Milton Mayer is one of the most readable and most enlightening." (New York Times)

Members Reviews:

Well put.

An intriguing and eye-opening look from the "other" perspective, with familiar overtones seen especially today.

Disappointing except for the narrator

I persisted as long as I did before returning the book because of the performance by Michael Page. He almost made an uninteresting and unoriginal book seem good.

Time might change ones behaviour pattern

Would you listen to They Thought They Were Free again? Why?

Yes. It is a detailed account of the thought pattern(s) that led to the destruction of the German nation through the lives of ten average individuals in a small rural town, community.

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

I found it a detailed book. Mr. Mayer, his presentation throughout the book gives the reader a constant barrage of options, in the various acts and behaviour of his 10 nazi friends. The constant how when where or why is always being asked in ones own mind. The book moves quickly from chapter to chapter and as often in my case, does soul searching.

Any additional comments?

I suggest that this book, might be presented to students throughout the world as an "eye opener" in regards to human behaviour. How it all did manage to come together, through no pattern of behaviour that might be deemed as what I call normal. To attempt to obliterate, erase humanity with justification? The world that I know weeps, I weep.

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Title: Alive

Subtitle: The Story of the Andes Survivors

Author: Piers Paul Read

Narrator: Paul Ansdell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-16-17

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 29 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

On October 12, 1972, a plane carrying a team of young rugby players crashed into the remote, snow-peaked Andes. Out of the 45 original passengers and crew, only 16 made it off the mountain alive. For 10 excruciating weeks, they suffered deprivations beyond imagining, confronting nature head-on at its most furious and inhospitable. And to survive, these men and women not only had to keep their faith; they had to make an impossible decision: Should they eat the flesh of their dead friends?

A remarkable story of endurance and determination, Alive is the dramatic best-selling account of one of the most harrowing quests for survival in modern times.

Members Reviews:

An inspiring story

It is get difficult for me to put into words how I felt about this book. This is a story of survival, a story of humanity, a story of faith. Ordinary people who find themselves in magnificent desolation. People who rise to the trials and tribulations set before them and do everything in their power to cling on to life.

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Title: Ravensbruck

Subtitle: Life and Death in Hitler's Concentration Camp for Women

Author: Sarah Helm

Narrator: Christa Lewis

Format: Unabridged

Length: 32 hrs and 38 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-09-17

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 68 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

On a sunny morning in May 1939, a phalanx of 867 women - housewives, doctors, opera singers, politicians, prostitutes - was marched through the woods 50 miles north of Berlin, driven on past a shining lake, then herded in through giant gates. Whipping and kicking them were scores of German women guards. Their destination was Ravensbrück, a concentration camp designed specifically for women by Heinrich Himmler, prime architect of the Holocaust. By the end of the war 130,000 women from more than 20 different European countries had been imprisoned there; among the prominent names were Geneviève de Gaulle, General de Gaulle's niece, and Gemma La Guardia Gluck, sister of the wartime mayor of New York. Only a small number of these women were Jewish; Ravensbrück was largely a place for the Nazis to eliminate other inferior beings - social outcasts, Gypsies, political enemies, foreign resisters, the sick, the disabled, and the "mad". Over six years the prisoners endured beatings, torture, slave labor, starvation, and random execution. In the final months of the war, Ravensbrück became an extermination camp. Estimates of the final death toll by April 1945 have ranged from 30,000 to 90,000.

Members Reviews:

A tale of NAZI horror.

Told in a way that puts you in the death camp and in the heads of the women who suffered and died there. NAZI evil laid bare. Even after 75 years, the whole story of NAZI atrocities has yet to be told. This book fills in another little part of the story and is another warning that we must never fail to oppose those who would recreate a NAZI type vicious and deadly regime no matter where it's ugly head rises from the sewers.

Gripping

A well documented and researched account off the first person perspective of multiple women's perspectives in the camp. Hearing the stories of the "rabbit's" made tears well up in my eyes. I loved the different accents of the women telling their stories, Russian, French and English and German. Taking me three days, I couldn't put it down

Haunting, Chilling, Must Read

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

I didn't read the print version

Who was your favorite character and why?

Numerous people's stories

Which scene was your favorite?

I can't choose one

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

Yes. I will never look at life the same. The horror and torments the women of Ravensbruck had to endure in hopes of surviving, until liberated, is deplorable. I will never have a bad day again where I don't think of these poor souls. My worst days are better than their best days by far. I will be grateful for each and every day of my wonderful life. It is unfathomable the horrors committed by the Nazis. I can't even find the words. This book should be required reading for all.

Well done ladies-

One of the more complete historical books on the camps, but also timely research, as this generations time proves short. Narration is always amazing when you have two or more languages threading through a story line and various dialogue flipping from one country to another. A difficult task but well done.

An important book

The Ravensbruck story should be remembered as one of the worst human tragedies in the history of the world, yet it remains a story largely unknown.