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Title: After the War

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Daniel Stern

Narrator: Noah Michael Levine

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-31-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

After a tour of combat abroad, a young man determined to keep to himself is drawn into the dramas of his East Village neighbors. World War II veteran Richard Stone is attempting to transition back into normal life. An aspiring writer, hes surviving off the GI Bill and the help of friends. Living free of attachments and responsibilities, he thinks, is the best way to defend himself from the worlds pain, like his unhappy upbringing or his best friends death in the war. But his neighborhood on Second Avenue wont permit such seclusion. The characters around Richard include a lonely poet, an unhappy literary couple, and a widower who cant stop thinking about the plight of Europes Jews. Gradually they pull Richard into their lives, and even introduce him to the lovely Jemmy Gordon - but life and happiness are not so simple.

Members Reviews:

Excllant Book!

This book is a great find that anyone would love if you like to read about historic events! I reccomend this book to anyone interested in history.

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Title: An Untitled Lady

Author: Nicky Penttila

Narrator: Michelle Ford

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 40 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-30-13

Publisher: Bee Audio

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

A young woman struggles to reconcile a tragic past and an uncertain future in a city on the brink of revolt.

Shocking family news forces Madeline Wetherby to abandon her plans to marry an earl and settle for upstart Manchester merchant Nash Quinn. When she discovers that her birth father is one of the weavers her husband is putting out of work-and a radical leader-Maddie must decide which family she truly desires, the man of her heart or the people of her blood.

An earl's second son, Nash chose a life of Trade over Society. When protest marches spread across Lancashire, the pressure on him grows. If he can't make both workers and manufacturers see reason he stands to lose everything: His business, his town, and his marriage.

As Manchester simmers under the summer sun, the choices grow more stark for Maddie and Nash: Family or justice. Love or money. Life or death.

Members Reviews:

Terrific

I was very impressed with this book, the family dynamics, the love story, and the historical content. Had heard of the Peterloo Massacre but was really not familiar with the details or the context which brought them about. The story's main characters grew throughout into better people, and it was fascinating to see people you started out disliking become someone you liked very much. Intricately woven tale of love, loss, betrayal, redemption amid a time of significant political upheaval & change in England.

Needs a better proofreader

As far as the story goes, it was definitely not your traditional Regency story. There were really two different stories going on within the book: the romance story and the story of the Peterloo riot. They intertwined, but it felt a bit too forced. And while the characters were interesting, I thought the dialogue and descriptions seemed a bit too modern for the time period. However, the biggest flaw with the book was the number of typos I came across. This book definitely needed another once-over by the proofreader before being published.

I was surprised

I began reading this almost under duress as a book club selection. I am not particularly fond of romance novels. As the history, that I am quite fond of, began to weave itself into the romance, I was captured, altogether a good read.

but it is a nice easy read

This book was the pick of my book club, but I am really enjoying reading it. You don't want to stop as the night comes to a close. I admit, this is not the most exciting book I have ever read, but it is a nice easy read.

Good romance lost in details

I love historical novels but this story gets lost in details secondary to the main storyline and becomes difficult to follow. I found myself skipping over sections to pick up on areas where the main characters reappear.

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Title: Gold Rush Dream

Author: Billie Sue Mosiman

Narrator: James B Sherrill

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-30-13

Publisher: BILLIE SUE MOSIMAN

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Rose Donahue was only seventeen when her life was turned upside down. Rose was a young child when her family came from Ireland in hopes of a better life. Things seemed to be going well. They had acquired a tiny homestead in Texas, and her father enjoyed working on the land. Rose being an only child, was close to her parents. A band of Apache Indians attacked the homestead. Rose's mother sent her into a hidey hole under the floor where they kept their potatoes and onions. When Rose came out of the cellar, the house had been burned to the ground, and her parents were dead.

Travis Caldwell has been trapping since he was a young boy, he had always been a loner. When he saw smoke he went to investigate. Seeing Rose rise out of the ashes alarmed him at first. He took her with him. Neither of them realized that one of the Indians that attacked the homestead was watching, and is determined to have Rose for his squaw. Rose convinced Travis to take her to California, where her only remaining family was. Was Travis able to reunite Rose with her family, and was he able to protect her from the Indian, who was obsessed with her?

Gold Rush Dream was a short audiobook, but each moment is chock full of action. Rose was a very tough young lady, the tenacity she showed by overcoming such tragedy, was amazing. With Rose's red hair and blue eyes, the Indian who pursued her believed she had the spirit of fire and water and thought by taking her to his tribe, they would respect him. While the author didn't give a great description of Travis, his kind, caring, compassionate acts toward Rose, allowed the listener to see how beautiful he was on the inside.

Members Reviews:

Wonderful Historic Romantic Suspense

From the very first page of this book I was drawn into this amazing historical wworld that Billie Sue Mosiman paints with her words. My heart breaks more than once in this book for the main female character, Rose Donahue. But she is so strong that you just know that she can overcome anything that she has to endure.

The main male in this book will capture your heart with his kindness and compassion. Travis is a mighty force to be reckoned with and as his love grows he knows that his life will always be complete as long as he has the woman he loves.

The villain of this story is a non stop beast who is surprised at himself for what he is doing. But his obsession with the one he considers his will not let him stop.

When you open this book you don't read it, you hop on the wagon trail and ride along through the adventure for family, gold and a place to call home.

A rare gem for Mosiman fans

This is a rare gem for Mosiman fans. A few years back Billie Sue authored this tale under the name of Naomi Stahl and it slipped past most of her fans, myself included. Though the story is a western with a romance backbone there is a surprisingly dark undercurrent at work here. I read the scathing review earlier and really don't understand the fuss. Nowhere is it stated this book is for children or young adults, and it's not. This the tale of two people thrown together after a horrifying ordeal, not at all uncommon in the days the American Western Frontier and their journey hundreds of miles West from Texas to California, all the while being stalked by an unseen enemy. The hardships Rose and Travis face on this near impossible quest, peppered with some heart wrenching moments one only finds in the best of the romance field, make this an enjoyable cross genre read.

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Title: Cowbob and the Teeter-Totter Gang

Author: Cody Toye

Narrator: Dickie Thomas

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 8 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-20-13

Publisher: Blood Moon Press

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

When his Pa accepts a job in New York City, Robert is ripped from the only world he has ever known. With his farmhouse vanishing in the distance of the rear-view mirror, he is forced to cope with life's problems in the usual way.

He closes his eyes and opens his mind, escaping to a world where he has control. No longer Robert from Arkansas, he takes on the infamous Teeter-Totter Gang as Cowbob. The more Robert struggles to adjust to the new life he was thrust into, the more problems seem to be thrown his way. When Bullies try to take him down, he looks to Cowbob to show him the way.

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Title: Good Advice...Is Just That!

Author: Stanley G. Buford

Narrator: Gregory V. Diehl

Format: Unabridged

Length: 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-20-13

Publisher: TriDreams Productions

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Frank Lewis is an affable old man who just happens to tell "Tall Tells' to pass the time. However, each time he tells a story or gives advice it usually comes to pass. Many family members don't see his "gift" as special as they are too close to the source. One day the governor comes to visit his mom in a nursing home where Frank is visiting his ailing wife. The Governor accepts his advice on an issue (housing for poor and elderly), and wins a 2nd term based on this valued advice! The story is circa 1929 (Depression Era).

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Title: Spearfield's Daughter

Author: Jon Cleary

Narrator: Cat Gould

Format: Unabridged

Length: 19 hrs and 57 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-17-13

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Cleo Spearfield, daughter of famous Australian senator Sylvester Spearfield, travels to Vietnam as a war correspondent in order to prove her own aptitude and independence. But when her story of a massacre there is kept silent by her editors back home, she resigns and relocates to London. Amid her travels she meets three other men, all of whom vie with her father for her attention. Will Cleo succeed in a world governed and owned by men?

©2013 Jon Cleary (P)2013 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

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Title: The Gold Room Bursts with Gould

Subtitle: A Drama of the Price

Author: F. L. Light

Narrator: Jon C. Farrar

Format: Unabridged

Length: 44 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-11-13

Publisher: Rapid Traffic Press

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Jay Gould sought to yoke a corner on the gold market in August and September, 1869. His endeavor came to a head on September 24, a day known as the Gold Panic, or Black Friday. Many merchant houses, banks, and brokerages thereafter failed because of the flagrant volatility in prices. This drama presents the acts and thoughts of Gould, his partner, Jim Fisk, and their brokers during the panic.

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Title: Dance in the Dust

Author: Denise Robins

Narrator: Anne Cater

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-01-13

Publisher: Soundings

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Set in the reign of Queen Anne, this is the bold yet touching story of Magda, a young girl partially disfigured by a childhood riding accident who grows to an otherwise beautiful womanhood.

Her savage stepfather Sir Adam Congrayle tricks handsome young Esmond, Earl of Mornbury, into marriage with Magda without first allowing them to meet. And the night of the wedding, when Esmond sees Magda for the first time, brings its inevitable crisis

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Title: The All Nations Team

Author: Michael Jasper

Narrator: Robert Slone

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-26-13

Publisher: UnWrecked Press

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

An unlikely team of misfit players, and the coach fighting to hold them all together The All Nation Team tells the story of the first fully integrated, "post-racial" baseball team, very loosely based on an actual team that played in the years before World War I.

In his first season as head coach of the All Nations team, former slave George Grunion must contend with racist crowds, flagging team morale, his own loneliness, and even the ghost of the previous head coach. His players are now the only family he has left, ever since his wife walked out on him two decades ago.

And if George can't hold the All Nations together, he loses more than his job. He'll miss his chance to fulfill the prophecy made by his prescient center-fielder Mack - that he will be reunited with his estranged family before the 1918 season ends.

If George doesn't score this final run, he loses everything.

Members Reviews:

I enjoyed it.

This book weaves several types of history--WW I, the era of rampant racism, baseball (black and white) along with some really strange occult stuff. As a history buff and a lover of baseball, I found it doubly fascinating. I'm not much intothe psychic but I understand that baseball players can be notably superstitious so their rather weird beliefs fit smoothly into the plot.

I recommend it.

Baseball

This book has a very interesting twist on the game. It is set in a time when baseball was in its early days.

Five Stars

A very different kind of novel, interesting and kept my attention.

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Title: Wild Violets

Author: Trisha Sugarek

Narrator: Carin Gilfry

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-26-13

Publisher: Trisha Sugarek, Writer at Play

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

It's the roaring twenties in San Francisco, a decade famous for hot jazz and bath tub gin. Violet (The Guyer Girls) has grown into a beautiful woman with children of her own. She has left her small hometown in the Pacific Northwest to pursue a successful basketball career and with her earnings, she has bought a bar and grill. She is a 'flapper' in every sense of the word; working all day and playing all night. While her teenage daughter raises her seven-year-old son, Violet is out on the town with her latest man de' jour.

Dressed in her signature red dress, she is the toast of the town and owner of a speakeasy where she hosts the cream of San Francisco's society, city politicians, Arch Bishops, and Hollywood celebrities. But there is an underbelly of corruption, grifters, the mob, excess, and neglect in Violet's life. Her two children are an afterthought and she chooses her men over their well-being time and time again.

Their childhood needs are always trumped by her self-indulgent desires. The two children are possessions that she can put down or pick up again on a whim. To show off to her current beau or friends and then forgotten. And when they get in her way, she gets rid of them.

Members Reviews:

Highly Recommend Wild Violets!!

I got sucked in immediately! It had a 'Little Women' feel at the homestead in Washington State.. Loved the differences in the sisters, loved Grace, the matriarch.. And loved the heart of Violet. Set in the 1920's from Washington State to prohibition-era San Francisco, Violet is a strong-willed, smart, beautiful woman, flawed and down to earth.. This was so entertaining !!

Wild Violets

I found Wild Violets thought provoking and amusing. Violet with her love/hate personality keeps things rolling.

The Guyers and their children were typical for their time except for one wild one.

Her story will keep you reading to the end.

Hard times made Violet even stronger. Being beautiful made it easier for her to

manipulate any man she thought she needed. There were many.

She had a family of her own. Two kids, Doris and Jack were a joy. Both loving and full of fun. They will bring tears and smiles as you get to know them. How they were mistreated will stun you.

T wanted to know more of this story and what might have happened now that Violet was expecting again.

Loved it

Ijust read Wild Violets and I was so caught up in the characters , It took me a day and a half to finish it. I couldn't put it down. The ending left me wanting to know more...This is the second book I have read by Trisha and she always leaving me wanting more...the characters seem like family...More..

Sherry