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Title: In Love and War

Author: Liz Trenow

Narrator: Katie Scarfe

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-25-18

Publisher: Macmillan Digital Audio

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Three women, once enemies. Their secrets will unite them.

The First World War is over. The war-torn area of Flanders near Ypres is no longer home to troops but groups of tourists. Controversial battlefield tourism now brings hundreds of people to the area, all desperate to witness firsthand where their loved ones fell.

At the Hotel de la Paix in the small village of Hoppestadt, three women arrive, searching for traces of the men they have loved and lost.

Ruby is just 21, a shy Englishwoman looking for the grave of her husband. Alice is only a little older but brimming with confidence; she has travelled all the way from America, convinced her brother is in fact still alive. Then there's Martha and her son, Otto, who are not all they seem to be....

The three women in Liz Trenow's In Love and War may have very different backgrounds, but they are united in their search for reconciliation: to resolve themselves to what the war took from them but also to what life might still promise for the future....

Members Reviews:

Will remain in my memory for a very long time to comeâ

This was a simply beautiful âquietâ read, focusing on three fascinating women who visit the graveyards of Flanders shortly after the end of the First World War, searching for their missing loved ones. As well as searching for her husbandâs grave, Ruby is looking for forgiveness for a deed she bitterly regrets. Aliceâs brother joined up under the Canadian flag and probably under a false name, so her search is never going to be easy â but meeting up with a man from her past life adds an interesting twist. And then there is Martha, searching for her older son, accompanied by her younger son Ottoâ but without the support, and not in the same graveyards.

The story itself is enthralling, as these three very different women strive for the outcomes they hope for. They are perfectly drawn, each of them affected and changed by their experience, strengths and weaknesses exposed in unexpected ways. The backdrop is vividly described â the lush farmlands giving way to devastation and waste as they near Hoppestadt, the trenches still visible and bringing a horrifying reality to the theatre of war, bodies still being recovered nearby, the vast graveyards shocking with their evidence of wasted lives, the visual reminders of the way deserters were dealt with. The insight into the lives of those whose towns and homes were impacted is also superbly handled â with the feelings about the Germany that caused the devastation barely concealed beneath their brave attempts to rebuild and start again.

The emotional impact of this book is enormous â I cried so many times, and ached at the injustice and unfairness of it all. But itâs also immensely uplifting, with its concentration on the goodness and kindness of individuals â and the moving message that people are perhaps better remembered for their actions than by visiting their memorials. This lovely book will remain in my memory for a very long time to comeâ

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Titre: Les refuges de pierre (Les enfants de la Terre 5)

Auteur: Jean M. Auel

Narrateur: Delphine Saley

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 34 hrs and 51 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 12-14-17

Éditeur: Audible Studios

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Résumé de l'éditeur:

Après un long voyage épique à travers l'Europe, Ayla et Jondalar arrivent à l'emplacement de la Neuvième Caverne, un camp de l'âge de pierre situé dans ce qu'on appellera bien plus tard le Périgord. C'est là que Jondalar retrouve la tribu qui l'a vu naître, et qui se réjouit de son retour.

L'accueil fait à Ayla est plus mitigé. Cette femme parle avec un accent curieux et, surtout, elle est suivie par un loup et deux chevaux sur lesquels elle exerce un pouvoir troublant. Mais, si la jeune femme étonne les Zelandonii, ceux-ci la surprennent tout autant par leur façon de vivre dans leurs confortables abris-sous-roche et par la splendeur des peintures dont ils ornent leurs grottes. Plongée dans cet univers étranger, Ayla parviendra-t-elle à gagner la confiance des membres de la tribu de Jondalar ?

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©2002 Presses de la Cité. Traduit de l'anglais (États-Unis) par Jacques Martinache (P)2017 Audible Studios

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Title: 3 - 3 [Dashengkui: The Wealthiest Transnational Trading Firm of the Qing Dynasty 3]

Author: - - Mei Feng, - - Wang Lusha

Narrator: - - Zhou Jianlong

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15 hrs and 5 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-07-17

Publisher: BOVCM

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Please note: This audiobook is in Mandarin.

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Title: We Shall Not All Sleep

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Estep Nagy

Narrator: Hillary Huber

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 1 min

Language: English

Release date: 10-30-17

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Seven Island has two houses. One for Hillsingers and one for Quicks.

The year is 1964. The Hillsingers and the Quicks have shared the small Maine island of Seven for generations. But though technically family - Jim Hillsinger and Billy Quick married Park Avenue sisters Lila and Hannah Blackwell - they do not mix. Now, on the anniversary of Hannah's death, Lila feels grief pulling her toward Billy. And Jim, a spy recently ousted from the CIA on suspicion of treason, decides to carry out the threat his wife has explicitly forbidden: to banish their youngest son, the 12-year-old Catta, to the neighboring island of Baffin for 24 hours in an attempt to make a man out of him.

With their elders preoccupied, the Hillsinger and Quick children run wild, playing violent games led by Catta's sadistic older brother James. The island manager Cyrus and the servants tend to the families while preparing for the Migration, a yearly farming ritual that means one thing to their employers, and something very different to them.

Set during three summer days, Estep Nagy's debut novel moves among the communities of Seven as longstanding tensions become tactical face-offs in which everything is fair game for ammunition. Vividly capturing the rift between the cold warriors of Jim's generation and the rebellious seekers of Catta's, We Shall Not All Sleep is a richly told story of American class, family, and manipulation - a compelling portrait of a unique and privileged WASP stronghold on the brink of dissolution.

Critic Reviews:

"An utterly compelling novel from a brilliant new voice." (M.L. Stedman, author of The Light Between Oceans)

Members Reviews:

Annoying reader, annoying plot.

Hard to tell if this novel would be better if read by someone else. The nasal and often melodramatic tone of the reader was grating. Hard to follow who the characters where and why at times. Few if any characters evoke empathy. I found myself asking "who could care less about these shallow people?

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Titel: Das flammende Kreuz (Outlander 5)

Autor:: Diana Gabaldon

Erzähler: Birgitta Assheuer

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 69 hrs and 38 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 10-26-17

Herausgeber: Argon Verlag

Kategorien: Fiction, Historical

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

North Carolina 1770. Jamie und Claire Fraser haben in den britischen Kolonien Nordamerikas Fuß gefasst, doch die Ruhe und der Frieden auf ihrem Anwesen Fraser's Ridge sind trügerisch. Denn unter den immer zahlreicher einwandernden Siedlern gärt es, immer unwilliger nehmen die Einwohner der Kolonien die Bevormundung durch die britische Zentralregierung hin. Als es zu ersten Aufständen kommt, muss auch Jamie sich entscheiden, auf wessen Seite er stehen will.

Und für Claire ist die Situation noch schlimmer: Sie weiß, dass die Unabhängigkeitskriege ihre und Jamies Liebe auf die härteste Probe seit Langem stellen werden.

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©2001 / 2017 Diana Gabaldon / Deutschsprachige Ausgabe: Knaur Verlag. Ein Imprint der Verlagsgruppe Droemer Knaur GmbH & Co. KG, München. Übersetzung von Barbara Schnell (P)2017 Argon Verlag GmbH, Berlin

Mitglieder Bewertungen:

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Es wäre schön wenn am Ende von jedem Buch eine Liste wäre, in der man gleich sieht, welches das nächste Buch der Saga ist. Das erspart langes suchen.

Five Stars

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Titre: Les pantalons rouges (Les enfants de la patrie 1)

Auteur: Pierre Miquel

Narrateur: Yves Mugler

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 11 hrs and 34 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 10-17-17

Éditeur: Audible Studios

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Résumé de l'éditeur:

Huriel, 1er août 1914 : Léon Aumoine se marie avec Marguerite, une fille Bigouret. Ils ont vingt ans. Mais la messe est à peine finie que le tocsin résonne au loin. Le lendemain, après une nuit de noces à l'hôtel Terminus, Léon embarque à Montluçon. C'est la guerre.

Marie Aumoine voit partir son fils aîné avec courage et résignation. Bientôt, elle le sait, ses trois autres fils suivront. Jean, le bachelier, rejoint le 121e. Raymond, le "mauvais garçon", fait ses classes dans le deuxième contingent. Le plus jeune, Julien, devance l'appel. Ils ont le sentiment patriotique chevillé au cœur, et la conviction que ça ne durera pas. Quinze jours au plus. Sans le savoir ils partent pour la Grande Guerre, le premier conflit mondial de l'Histoire. En France, le plus long et le plus meurtrier.

Les Aumoine sont de Villebret, dans l'Allier. Marie, qui est veuve, va devoir sauver une exploitation agricole sans soutien moral, sans bras, et même sans bétail en ces temps où les chevaux de trait sont réquisitionnés pour l'artillerie et les porcs pour la roulante des soldats. À travers cette famille de la France profonde, et cette unité de Montluçon qui voit se battre les frères Aumoine, c'est la vie quotidienne de l'été 1914 qui défile sous nos yeux.

Et voici mises à nu les hantises ordinaires de ces jeunes gens hagards, épuisés au combat : la faim, la boue, l'atroce agonie des soldats transpercés par la ferraille des obus, l'impuissance des officiers mal informés, la peur impossible à tromper, l'amitié, l'héroïsme et les trahisons. L'amour, aussi. Qu'il s'agisse du furtif élan de Jean devant une gamine de Lorraine accusée d'espionnage ou de la passion qui l'unira à Clélia, belle aristocrate allemande dévouée aux combattants blessés, quel que soit leur camp.

Hallucinante pour les jeunes Européens du début du siècle dernier, cette guerre ne le sera pas moins pour ceux d'aujourd'hui, évoquée par Pierre Miquel avec une puissance qui fait chavirer l'image d'Épinal dans un cauchemar presque à vif.

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©2002 Librairie Arthème Fayard (P)2006 Éditions VDB

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Just Love It

Awesome saga regarding WWI, if you can read French and love war related novels (there are 4 volumes) this book for you!

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Title: The Ever After of Ashwin Rao

Author: Padma Viswanathan

Narrator: Sunil Malhotra

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15 hrs and 44 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-13-17

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

From internationally acclaimed New Face of Fiction author Padma Viswanathan, a stunning new work set among families of those who lost loved ones in the 1985 Air India bombing, registering the unexpected reverberations of this tragedy in the lives of its survivors. A book of post-9/11 life, The Ever After demonstrates that violent politics are all-too-often homegrown in North America but ignored at our peril.

In 2004, almost 20 years after the fatal bombing of Air India Flight 182 from Vancouver, two suspects are - finally - on trial for the crime. Ashwin Rao, an Indian psychologist trained in North America, comes back to do a "study of comparative grief", interviewing people who lost loved ones in the attack. What he neglects to mention is that he, too, had family members who died on the plane. Then, to his delight and fear, he becomes embroiled in the lives of one family that remains unable to escape the undertow of the tragedy. As Ashwin finds himself less and less capable of providing the objective advice this particular family seeks, his surprising emotional connection to them pushes him to face his own losses. The Ever After imagines the lasting emotional and political consequences of a real-life act of terror, confronting what we might learn to live with and what we can live without.

Members Reviews:

A Canadian Disaster & Its Aftermath

On June 23, 1985, Air India Flight 182 en route to London, England from Toronto, Canada exploded off the coast of Ireland. All 329 passengers and crewmembers were killed. Of those dead, 268 were Canadians. Yet, this tragedy received little outrage in Canada - these dead may have been Canadians by birth or choice but the colour of their skin marked them as `other'. To too many Canadians, this was an Indian disaster, not a Canadian one - Brian Mulroney, then Prime Minister of Canada, phoned the Indian President to offer his condolences. It would be almost 20 years before suspects were finally brought to trial. Although, there were several suspects, only one man would ever be convicted and then only of manslaughter and perjury. Author Padma Viswanathan uses this lack of outrage by the larger Canadian population as well as the lack of closure for the victims as the backdrop for her novel, The Ever After of Ashwin Rao.

Ashwin came to Canada in 1969 to study medicine and psychology. He settled into Canadian life with a growing practice and a Canadian girlfriend. However, when his father falls ill, he returns to India and accepts a job there. It is a period of political unrest in India. When Indira Gandhi is assassinated in 1984, Sikhs are blamed, leading to violence against them. As the violence spreads to their neighbourhood, Ashwin and his father hide some of their Sikh neigbours but witness the murder of two men at the end of their street. In 1985, Ashwin's sister plans a trip to India with her two children. Ashwin last speaks to her just as they prepare to leave to catch their flight on Air India Flight 182.

As the 2004 trial of the suspects finally begins for the bombing, Ashwin returns to Canada to do a psychological study of the survivors and their grief. He decides to keep his own loss a secret as he conducts the interviews.

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Title: The Admiral's Baths

Author: Dana Gynther

Narrator: Dana Gynther

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-19-17

Publisher: Dana Gynther

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 10 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Tucked at the end of a narrow, crooked street in the Mediterranean city of Valencia, you may be surprised to come upon an ancient public bathhouse, a surprising relic from another time. The Admiral's Baths have stood sentry here for 700 years, through wars, reconstruction, epidemics, and the Inquisition - and still stand today. If only these walls could talk, you might think. What stories lie beneath those star-carved ceilings, across these tiled floors....

With this novel The Admiral's Baths, author Dana Gynther offers us one possibility. Told from the perspective of four women of different times and circumstances, we witness the unfolding history of the ancient bathhouse through the struggles, desires, tragedies, and triumphs of Fatima, Angels, Clara, and Rachel. Though these characters are separated by hundreds of years, we find that what connects them is more powerful than the passage of time, and we celebrate the enduring human spirit, which stands strong like the Admiral's Baths themselves.

Critic Reviews:

"With captivating prose and vibrant detail, Dana Gynther captures the rich history of Valencia through the eyes of four determined women, separated by centuries, but united by the extraordinary Admiral's Baths." (Jessica Brockmole, internationally best-selling author of

Letters from Skye)

"Rich with fascinating history, Gynther brings the past and present of Valencia, Spain, and the Admiral's Baths to vibrant life. I reveled in reading about these fascinating locations and all of the colorful characters who strolled down Valencia's sun-drenched streets and steeped in the bath's steam-filled rooms." (Anna Lee Huber, best-selling author of the Lady Darby Mysteries)

Members Reviews:

Take a trip through space and time

It's rare to find a book that is so vivid, that it not only paints images in your brain, but conjures up memories you are convinced you had. I never was in Alabama during the tornadoes that decimated Tuscaloosa, but now maybe I think I was. I was never in Spain, especially not hundreds of years ago-- or at a potters wheel or a bakery or a bath house there, but now maybe I think I was. Time and space travel with The Admiral's Baths. Learn about and visit new places such that after the trip, you will know you were there. Dana Gynther is the perfect tour guide and painter of mental images. I love historical fiction. Wait, was that fiction?

History intertwined

Rich character development and wonderful delivery on audio. A literary journey touching on the history of the baths in Valencia through eyes and lives of compelling, unforgettable characters.

From tornadoes in Alabama to the Plague in Spain

Unique and engaging journey through history, this compelling novel creates rich characters who struggle with illness, disaster and loss in real, relatable ways.

Intriguing History of a Spanish Bathhouse

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

Yes, I would. The Admirals Bath is an engaging book that transports the reader back in history through the lives of four women and their connection to The Admirals Bath, which is a bathhouse in Valencia, Spain.

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Title: The Floating Theatre

Author: Martha Conway

Narrator: Amy Finegan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-15-17

Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

1838. A divided nation. To save the lives of others May Bedloe must risk her own....

The Ohio River.

May Bedloe is a seamstress to her cousin, the flamboyant actress Comfort Virtue. When they board the doomed Moselle their paths cross with Mrs Flora Howard, a wealthy abolitionist and notorious opportunist. Mrs Howard is quick to lure Comfort to her cause - a cause, it seems, that has no use for quiet little May.

Casting out on her own for the first time, May lands a job on Hugo Cushin's wondrous Floating Theatre - a flatboat that sails the Ohio performing plays to the townsfolk along the way. Though shy at first, May quickly finds herself drawn into the eccentric troupe of characters aboard her new home: to sanctimonious, haughty Mrs Niffen and her browbeaten husband; to kind and gentle Leo, who steers the theatre from one riverbank town to the next; to sweet, open-hearted Liddy; and most of all, to the inscrutable Hugo himself. As the boat drifts south down the river, May gradually learns what it means to belong on her own terms, and how to fashion a family of sorts from this ragtag bunch of players.

But just as May's new life is beginning to take shape around her, the reappearance of Comfort and Mrs Howard threatens to throw everything off course. To repay an old debt, May is not only compelled to break the law but also to guard a secret which puts the fate of the whole theatre - and all her hopes for a happy future - at risk....

Members Reviews:

The Floating Theatre Troupe

The Ohio River was a boundary separating free and slave states in pre-Civil War Ohio. In 1838, May Bedloe, seamstress and dresser, boarded the steamboat Moselle with cousin Comfort Vertue. Comfort was traveling with May to St. Louis seeking new acting opportunities. Unfortunately, the Moselle was doomed when four boilers exploded. Chaos ensued and May, swimming to shore, was unable to locate Comfort. Days later, May discovered that Comfort was being housed by Mrs. Howard, a wealthy abolitionist. Mrs. Howard thought Comfort was ideally suited to speak at abolitionist rallies. After all, a trained actress could sway a crowd. Mrs. Howard convinces Comfort that May needs to be independent and would love living on her own. Nothing could be further from the truth.

May Bedloe, 22 years old, is socially backward, literal and has a straight forward nature. May derives comfort from sewing a perfectly straight hemline. She believes that a good costume helps an actor feel his or her part. Sewing makes her forget the unfamiliar, strange world she has entered. Mrs. Howard pushes May to leave for home by giving her twenty dollars for the fare. May takes the money but has nowhere to go. Looking for work along the Ohio River, she notices The Floating Theatre, a two -story flatbed boat. Thaddeus Mason, actor, opportunist and fellow Moselle survivor, convinces Floating Theatre owner, Captain Hugo Cushing to hire him as an actor and May as seamstress since May has twenty dollars to lend financially strapped Hugo for a much needed boat pump.

The Floating Theatre is a small acting troupe consisting of five actors and three actresses. They usually give one performance in each town large enough to draw a crowd, working both sides of the Ohio River, performing in free and slave states. May starts to blossom within this family of sorts. Instead of eating meals alone, she now eats family style with the cast. She has become indispensable to Hugo.

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Title: Battle Scars

Author: David M. Salkin

Narrator: Phoenix T. Clark, John Alan Martinson Jr.

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs

Language: English

Release date: 06-08-17

Publisher: David M. Salkin

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Marine Corporal Sean Nichols is wounded in a devastating ambush that takes the lives of his three friends and leaves him an amputee. If not for the heroism of his sergeant, Deke Tilman, who pulled him out of the road, Sean would have surely died with his fire team. With the help of Deke, Sean now embarks on his next mission - recuperate from his serious injuries, and visit the families of his fallen comrades as he tries to make peace with such profound loss. Battle Scars is a thought-provoking drama with compelling characters that illustrates the resiliency and strength of the human spirit, the power of love and friendship, and the ability to overcome even our darkest moments. Gritty realism and original storytelling breathe life into Battle Scars as it inspires us with a surprising tale of heroism and the great sacrifice made by our modern war fighters.

Members Reviews:

One of the most immersive and heatfelt war books

Where does Battle Scars rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far?

I'm relatively new to audiobooks, but this was one of the most amazing books I've read or listened to in my entire life. I'm shipping off to train to be a Combat Medic in the US Army in just a few weeks so this book really hit home. Mr. Salkin really knew how to approach the subject. I really liked the character Sergeant Deke, as that's the kind of guy I hope to be, in terms of being able to project a winning attitude into others, even when they think there's no hope left.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Battle Scars?

After the book sets out to immerse you in the lifestyle and psyche of the marines deployed in Afghanistan, the book diverts into the personal relationships between the soldiers and their own thoughts and struggles, sealing them in the iron-clad brotherhood that develops between "battle buddies," in a warzone. I don't want to spoil anymore of the book, but if you have read titles such as Soldier X or Fallen Angels, you'll know what I mean when I say this book gets really emotional, and I found myself tearing up during several parts of the narration.

Have you listened to any of John Alan Martinson Jr. and Phoenix T. Clark s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Martinson did an excellent job exhibiting the emotion of the dialogue between the characters in the book, as well as the general and dynamic atmosphere in the narration. If Clark was the female nurse in the book, it really adds to the contrast of environments that she is featured in, so it adds a really nice touch which maintains the immersion of the book.

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

I cried some, chuckled some, and felt like I was really there the whole time.

Any additional comments?

I'm glad titles like this are out there, so that people can gather some level of insight as to what our veterans have gone through; much respect to the author and narrator.

An Honorable Service to Wounded Veterans

Mr. Salkin has done an exceptional job of capturing the inner-battle that goes on in the mind of a man who has lost close friends, while also illustrating the physical anguish of having been severely wounded.