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Título: Una historia de la Guerra Civil que no va a gustar a nadie [A Civil War Story That No One Will Like]

Autor: Juan Eslava Galán

Narrador: Jordi Varela

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 10 hrs and 31 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 08-04-17

Editor: Audible Studios

Calificaciones: 4 de 5 de 1 votos

Categorías: History, American

Resumen del editor:

¿Otro libro sobre la guerra civil? Pues sí, otro, pero con una diferencia: no confunde con datos innecesarios y relata lo ocurrido en aquellos tres años de locura homicida sin catequizar sobre quiénes eran los buenos y quiénes eran los malos.

No es una novela, porque todo lo que cuenta ocurrió (incluso las menudas historias que espantan o que mueven a risa), pero se oye como una novela y pretende instruir deleitando. Por eso está grabada en el tono que ya usó el autor en su Historia de España contada para escépticos.

Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.

Opiniones de los miembros:

a mí me gusta mucho...

Muy bien escrito, buena mezcla de las grandes líneas y de detalles y pequeñas historias tan expresivas. Y sobre todo un esfuerzo intelectualmente honesto de presentar y describir del conjunto de la situación, teniendo en cuenta ambos lados vistos de dentro y de afuera.

Nice book. Muy interesante para ver OTRO punto de ...

Nice book.

Muy interesante para ver OTRO punto de vista de la guerra civil española.

Four Stars

Excellent summary of a very difficult period in Spain written with an entertaining point of view

One Star

Parece un libro de chismez

Una crónica palpitante de nuestra guerra civil

Es el primer libro de Eslava Galán que he leído y no será el último. La guerra civil española todavía levanta pasiones y debates 80 años más tarde. Eslava Galán no abre ningún campo nuevo en este episodio doloroso de la historia de España (pocas veces me encontré con detalles que no sabía antes), pero lo aliña con anécdotas picantes, detalles truculentos y macabros que hacen la lectura amena. En sus páginas, aparecen los angeles y demonios de ambos bandos (por eso es que no le va a gustar a nadie) y es acertado el pensar que, a pesar que hubo un vencedor y un vencido, la guerra la perdimos todos. Aunque sabemos el desenlace final de la Guerra Civil, el autor escribe este libro como un verdadero thriller, que deja nuestro conocimiento en suspenso y nos hace vivir la guerra como si estuviéramos en ella. Altamente recomendable.

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Title: You Are There! US History

Subtitle: Dramatizations of US History

Author: CBS Radio - producer

Narrator: CBS Radio, John Daly

Format: Original Recording

Length: 13 hrs and 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-18-17

Publisher: Jim Hodges Productions

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

Bring history back to life through Jim Hodges' historically accurate, exciting, and edifying audio recordings. You Are There radio dramatization begins with "live" background coverage of the historical event, and then the "on the scene reporters" take over. Everybody knows there were no radio announcers onboard the Nina, Pinta, or Santa Maria (or from Ancient Greece, Medieval France, or the Battle of Gettysburg either!), but you will be transported back in time anyway as the show "broadcasts" from the ships, the shore, and Spain. The dialogue is very believable, historically accurate, and very much in character. It is apparent that the producers of this show did their homework! Let's listen to the announcer now....

"CBS takes you back to 1492. All things are as they were then, except for one thing: When CBS is there, You Are There! You Are There is based on authentic historical fact and quotations. And now, on to our story."

Look for the Old Time Radio Show Collection from the 1930s, '40s, and '50s! These classic stories will capture your attention as they reenact history in short programs.

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Title: Rum Curious

Subtitle: The Indispensable Tasting Guide to the World's Spirit

Author: Fred Minnick

Narrator: Nick Sullivan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-01-17

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

The recipe for a great audiobook, Rum Curious teaches how to fully appreciate this versatile and varied spirit!

Once the drink of sailors and swashbuckling pirates, rum is the most versatile - and the most varied - spirit in the world. It is consumed neat as a sipping drink, on the rocks, and in a dizzying variety of cocktails like the mai tai, mojito, and piña colada.

In Rum Curious, author Fred Minnick first takes the listener on a whirlwind tour of the world of rum, describing its many styles, explaining the great variety of fermenting, distilling, and maturing processes, and highlighting distillers and distilleries. He then teaches the listener about tasting rum - revealing the experience offered by brands ranging from the familiar to the unusual and obscure. A final section provides recipes for classic and innovative rum cocktails from around the world.

Rum Curious is the one book the listener will need to understand and appreciate rum in all its glorious variety.

Members Reviews:

Rum Curious Review

Minnick takes the novice rum drinker and turns them into an expert. This book helps you become an informed buyer. The world of rum is an interesting and complicated one. This book is a guide to making the right rum decisions. However, you may end up spending way too much money on rum after reading!

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Title: Lincoln's Pathfinder

Subtitle: John C. Fremont and the Violent Election of 1856

Author: John Bicknell

Narrator: Bob Souer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-01-17

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

The 1856 presidential race was the most violent peacetime election in American history. War between proslavery and antislavery settlers raged in Kansas, a congressman shot an Irish immigrant at a Washington hotel, and another congressman beat a US senator senseless on the floor of the Senate.

But amid all the violence, the campaign of the new Republican Party, headed by famed explorer John C. Fremont, offered a ray of hope: a major party dedicated to limiting the spread of slavery. For the first time, women and African Americans actively engaged in a presidential contest, and the candidate's wife, Jessie Benton Fremont, played a central role in both planning and executing strategy and was a public face of the campaign. Even enslaved blacks in the South took hope from Fremont's crusade.

The 1856 campaign was also run against the backdrop of a country on the move, with settlers continuing to spread westward facing unimagined horrors, a terrible natural disaster that took hundreds of lives in the South, and one of the most famous Supreme Court cases in history, which set the stage for the Civil War. Fremont lost, but his strong showing in the North proved that a sectional party could win a national election, blazing the trail for Abraham Lincoln's victory four years later.

Members Reviews:

Fascinating

The first presidential election to feature a Republican candidate was in 1856. General John C. Fremont was the first Republican candidate for president of the newly created Republican Party. His opponents were James Buchanan of the Democratic party and Millard Fillmore of the American Party, also known as the Know Nothing Party.

The author states this 1856 presidential election year was the most violent in our history. The hostility between the proslavery and antislavery was becoming violent. The Kansas-Nebraska act erupted into a what is called bleeding Kansas. A congressman shot an Irish immigrant at a Washington Hotel. Another Senator beat a fellow senator senseless on the floor of the Senate.

General Fremont was a very popular candidate. For the first time, his wife played a central role in the campaign. Usually the wife stayed in the background even if they were active in their husbands campaign. The violence was building in the Dred Scott v Sandford case and the Supreme Court came out with its verdict in 1857. As the violence was building and in spite of Fremonts popularity, the votes started to turn. There was widespread feeling that things were falling apart and the voters turned to who they thought would be the safer choice, James Buchanan. Recently, I read a biography of Buchanan and it was stated he was the worst president we have had to date.

The book is well written and researched. The book is easy to read and provides a lot of details about the 1856 election. Bicknell does an excellent job explaining how events got elevated into political symbols. My only complaint is Bicknell did not have much detail about Fremont even thought he was the key figure in the book. Bicknell calls it a year of passion and partisanship.

The book is ten and a half hours long. Bob Souer does a good job narrating the book. Souer is voice over artist and audiobook narrator.

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Title: To Sleep with the Angels

Subtitle: The Story of a Fire

Author: David Cowan, John Kuenster

Narrator: Sean Runnette

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-14-17

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 12 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

If burying a child has a special poignancy, the tragedy at a Catholic elementary school in Chicago more than 50 years ago was an extraordinary moment of grief. One of the deadliest fires in American history, it took the lives of 92 children and three nuns at Our Lady of the Angels School, left many families physically and psychologically scarred for life, and destroyed a close-knit working-class neighborhood.

This is the moving story of that fire and its consequences, written by two journalists who have been obsessed with the events of that terrible day in December 1958. It is a story of ordinary people caught up in a disaster that shocked the nation. In gripping detail, those who were there - children, teachers, firefighters - describe the fear, desperation, and panic that prevailed in and around the stricken school building on that cold Monday afternoon. But beyond the flames, the story of the fire at Our Lady of the Angels became an enigma whose mystery has deepened with time: Its cause was never officially explained despite evidence that it had been intentionally set by a troubled student at the school.

Members Reviews:

One of the saddest stories

This book, is one of the saddest stories I've ever read/listened to.

I listen or seek out this kind of book in an effort to get the story behind the headlines, beyond the sound bite. The personal stories mixed with the factual information was very well done.

I remember hearing about this fire when I was growing up but I certainly didn't know the whole story, and it's probably a good thing that I did not. I recommend this book though I have to say be prepared...

Cant put it down

This book made me weep for the families who lost and the families who were destroyed

You felt like you were there at each step of the way

The history from the day of the fire to present is astonishing

Sad read but the triumph of all involved fire law dr and nurses make this proud to be of the human race

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Title: American Heritage History of the American Revolution

Author: Bruce Lancaster

Narrator: Paul Boehmer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-14-17

Publisher: HighBridge, a Division of Recorded Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 11 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

Bruce Lancaster starts his story with an examination of colonial society and the origins of the quarrel with England. He details the ensuing battles and military campaigns from Lexington and Concord to the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, as well as the tense political and social situation of the new nation. The American Heritage History of the American Revolution details the birth of America with insight and depth.

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Title: Fallen Glory

Subtitle: The Lives and Deaths of History's Greatest Buildings

Author: James Crawford

Narrator: John Lee

Format: Unabridged

Length: 20 hrs and 35 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-07-17

Publisher: Random House Audio

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 8 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

An inviting, fascinating compendium of 21 of history's most famous lost places, from the Tower of Babel to the Twin Towers.

Buildings are more like us than we realize. They can be born into wealth or poverty, enjoying every privilege or struggling to make ends meet. They have parents - gods, kings and emperors, governments, visionaries and madmen - as well as friends and enemies. They have duties and responsibilities. They can endure crises of faith and purpose. They can succeed or fail. They can live. And, sooner or later, they die.

In Fallen Glory, James Crawford uncovers the biographies of some of the world's most fascinating lost and ruined buildings, from the dawn of civilization to the cyber era. The lives of these iconic structures are packed with drama and intrigue. Soap operas on the grandest scale, they feature war and religion, politics and art, love and betrayal, catastrophe and hope. Frequently their afterlives have been no less dramatic - their memories used and abused down the millennia for purposes both sacred and profane. They provide the stage for a startling array of characters, including Gilgamesh, the Cretan Minotaur, Agamemnon, Nefertiti, Genghis Khan, Henry VIII, Catherine the Great, Adolf Hitler, and even Bruce Springsteen.

The 21 structures Crawford focuses on include The Tower of Babel, The Temple of Jerusalem, The Library of Alexandria, The Bastille, Kowloon Walled City, the Berlin Wall, and the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. Ranging from the deserts of Iraq, the banks of the Nile, and the cloud forests of Peru to the great cities of Jerusalem, Istanbul, Paris, Rome, London, and New York, Fallen Glory is a unique guide to a world of vanished architecture.

Members Reviews:

Engaging History Based on Structures

I thoroughly enjoyed reading "Fallen Glory: The Lives and Deaths of History's Greatest Buildings." The book is both well written and edited and flows effortlessly from chapter to chapter. Each chapter is, more or less, an essay containing factual information concerning how various civilizations have built and used structures. The structures themselves are also explained in reference to their historical influence (e.g., Temple of Jerusalem, Hippodrome, Old St. Paul's Cathedral, Twin Towers).

Crawford includes numerous endnotes, which provides the reader with additional sources of information concerning each structure. Note that every structure discussed in the book has been covered at length by numerous authors and researchers. Watson's "value-added" is that he weaves the historical events, places/regions, and people together with a particular structure. Furthermore, Watson adds his own philosophical perspective that makes the reader think a bit more deeply about the influence that architecture, buildings, and structures have on culture and human behavior.

The only negative, or distraction, of the book, in my opinion, is the chapter on GeoCities.

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Title: American Heritage History of the Indian Wars

Subtitle: American Heritage Series

Author: Wilcomb E. Washburn, Robert M. Utley

Narrator: David Drummond

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-14-17

Publisher: HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

Acclaimed historians Robert M. Utley and Wilcomb E. Washburn examine both small battles and major wars - from the Native rebellion of 1492 to Crazy Horse and the Sioux War to the massacre at Wounded Knee.

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Title: Jim Bridger

Subtitle: The Life and Legacy of America's Most Famous Mountain Man

Author: Charles River Editors

Narrator: Mark Norman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-07-17

Publisher: Charles River Editors

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

Exploration of the early American West, beginning with Lewis and Clark's transcontinental trek at the behest of President Thomas Jefferson, was not accomplished by standing armies, the era's new steam train technology, or by way of land grabs. These came later, but not until pathways known only to a few of the land's indigenous people were discovered, carved out, and charted in an area stretching from the eastern Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, and the present-day borders of Mexico and Canada. Even the great survey parties, such as Colonel William Powell's exploration of the Colorado River, came decades later. The first views of Western America's enormity by white Americans were seen by individuals of an entirely different personality, in an era that could only exist apart from its home civilization.

The American mountain man, with his practical skills, could endure isolation in a way most could not. He lived in constant peril from the extremes of nature and from the hostilities of cultures unlike his own. In an emergency, assistance was rarely available, and he rarely stayed in one place long enough to build even a simple shelter. Travel in the American West relied upon a specific calendar, and to ignore it could be fatal, as many discovered, to their misfortune. Winter in the mountainous regions of the Rocky Mountains and Cascades was lethally cold to explorer and settler alike, but desert areas and grass plains presented difficulties as well. The network of rivers flowing west of the Mississippi on both sides of the continental divide served as early highways to the Wyoming and Montana regions, the Oregon Territory, Utah and Colorado, and the California southwest. Some were placidly tranquil, while others raged through the extreme elevations, all but defying navigation. Contact with indigenous tribes was problematic enough with linguistic and cultural barriers, but to survive required a sensitivity to tribal food sources and sacred areas when traveling. The profession of trapping was, in itself, a trespass on Native American resources, and yet the mountain man's existence was fueled, in part, by the tangible rewards of the fur trapping trade. Beaver hats were all the rage in Europe, and the market had to be satisfied by a group of courageous individualists. Apart from fashion, the beaver pelt provided a "warmth [and] luxurious texture" not found in other land animals. As American beaver pelts flooded European markets, North American companies - such as Hudson's Bay, the American Fur Company, the Rocky Mountain Fur Company, and Manuel Lisa's Missouri Fur Company competed for Western resources thought to be limitless. The effort to acquire pelts was laborious and dangerous, but as long as the price per pound remained high, wealth awaited individuals committed to the rigors of the trade.

Apart from such realities, the mountain man's poetically obsessive kinship with undiscovered lands and unspoiled nature, free from society's trappings, was secondary. The aesthetic aspect was a luxury to be enjoyed once work had been done and safety assured.

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Title: King Philip's War

Subtitle: The History and Legacy of the 17th Century Conflict Between Puritan New England and the Native Americans

Author: Charles River Editors, Jay Moore

Narrator: Colin Fluxman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-17-17

Publisher: Charles River Editors

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 8 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

What was the bloodiest war in American history? Most people with at least a little knowledge of history would quickly say that it was the Civil War (1861-65), and they would certainly be correct overall. In recently-updated numbers, it is thought that over 750,000 Americans died in the Civil War from battle wounds, diseases, and other causes. In a single day at the battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862, almost 27,000 soldiers were killed, wounded and missing. However, when historians go farther back in time and include colonial wars and look at casualties per capita, the correct answer would be the much-lesser known conflict known as "King Philip's War" (1675-76). While a significant 2.5% of the US population perished in the Civil War, 5% of New England's white settler population died during King Philip's War, during which 13 towns were destroyed and 600 dwellings were burned by the natives.