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Title: Captain John Smith

Subtitle: A Foothold in the New World (Heroes of History)

Author: Janet Benge, Geoff Benge

Narrator: Tim Gregory

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 56 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-08-14

Publisher: YWAM Publishing

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 11 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

The mainsail cracked above them in the ferocious wind as a group of red-faced men descended on John. "You have brought a curse on us. Overboard with you," one of the men yelled. A chorus of cheers went up. It was the last sound John heard before he was dumped over the side of the ship and engulfed by the dark, roiling ocean. Thrown overboard, enslaved by the Turks, captured by pirates, rescued by a princess - the story of Englishman John Smith (1580-1631) would seem unbelievable were it fiction. Young John first sought adventure in Europe, traveling as far as Russia and distinguishing himself in the wars that raged across the Old World. But John Smith's real passion was for the New World, and in 1607 he sailed to North America with the men who would establish the first lasting British settlement - Jamestown. There he fought level-headedly for the policies that would enable the fragile community to survive starvation, disease, and deadly attacks to become a foothold in the New World.

Members Reviews:

I did happen to be the smartest visitor at Jamestown that day with the best questions, thanks to the Benge folks

Listened to this on our trip to Jamestown. Who wants to read a big fat college level book about anyone, anyway? This was so pleasant, and just enough facts that I really don't need to know any more. I did happen to be the smartest visitor at Jamestown that day with the best questions, thanks to the Benge folks.

Five Stars

This is a great read for anyone that loves adventure. John Smith sure had a life filled with adventure!

Captain John Smith

This is written more for younger teens. Pretty basic information, not really a historical or documentary book.

This is a great book!

Here is what our 11 year old son said about this book.

"I definetly reccomend this book. It is very realistic, historacly accurate, and full of excitement! When you read this book you will feel like you are a character from the story. You will smell the salt air as The english settelers sail out over the ocean, You will feel the tension as John is about to be executed by indians, and you will see entire cities go up in flames. If you read this book you will not be sorry!"

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Title: Skygods

Subtitle: The Fall of Pan Am

Author: Robert Gandt

Narrator: Thomas Block

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 1 min

Language: English

Release date: 04-16-14

Publisher: Robert L. Gandt

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 211 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

Originally published by Wm. Morrow, in 1995, Skygods is the saga of America's most glamorous airline - from its meteoric ascent to its plunge to extinction. Pan Am blazed the way across the world's oceans with its magnificent Clipper ships, launched the first international jet service, was the first to fly the behemoth 747, was the lead customer for America's SST and the Concorde, and was even taking reservations for the first commercial flights to the moon.

Told from multiple viewpoints - pilots, stewardesses, management executives - Skygods is the life story of an American icon.

Members Reviews:

An Absorbing Slice of Social History

At the risk of dating myself, I only flew on a Pan Am aircraft once - which is somewhat amazing, as growing up I flew a fair bit. But I'll chalk that up to being Canadian, and therefore I typically flew Canada's carriers. But I distinctly remember that trip - and the awe when I saw that I'd be flying from the Orient to LA on. . . Pan Am. It had a mystique that was unshared by other airlines. For a few years, I parked that memory; but there have been many times, as an adult still travelling internationally, as I've looked at the liveries of the aircraft in Charles de Gaulle or Heathrow, that I've wondered, what whatever happened to Pan Am?

This audio book answers that question. It's a fascinating social history of Pan Am, in an easily digestible, captivating narrative. When I first heard the sound bite, I was concerned about the narrator - but I quickly came to realize he was an inspired choice. At times the book is almost "campy" - the Sky Gods and the Imperial Sky God. But this really fits the story. And the narrator, with his slow, at time exaggerated drawl - perfects the tone of the book.

This was a really enjoyable audio book about a subject that has piqued my interest many times since that first flight. It's very easy to listen to: have a little patience with the narrator to start and you'll soon realize his genius for this book. For those who are interested in the history of aviation - and were taken in by the mythical aura of Pan Am - this will be very enjoyable.

Amazing story of an American institution

The book covered details and provided facts previously unknown regarding PAN AM's key to success and its eventual demise. Such an amazing American icon's story is a must read for anyone interested in American and/ or aviation history.

Excellent aviation book

Would you listen to Skygods again? Why?

Yes I would. As an Air Traffic Controller in Miami during the 1980s and 90s I personally witnessed many of the aspect of this writing. The clear and meaningful flavor of Mr. Gandt's writing puts new spin on many of the things I was part of as they happened.

What did you like best about this story?

The subtle humor that is reminiscent of J Moore's "The Wrong Stuff: flying on the edge of disaster"

Have you listened to any of Thomas Blocks other performances before? How does this one compare?

I've listened to several of Mr Blocks works and this one actually exceeds the excellent quality that I've come to expect.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

I wouldn't.

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Title: The War State

Subtitle: The Cold War Origins Of The Military-Industrial Complex And The Power Elite, 1945-1963

Author: Michael Swanson

Narrator: Larry Wayne

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-21-14

Publisher: Listen and Think Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 70 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

Today when you factor in the interest on the national debt from past wars and total defense expenditures the United States spends almost 40% of its federal budget on the military. It accounts for over 46% of total world arms spending.

Before World War II it spent almost nothing on defense and hardly anyone paid any income taxes. You can't have big wars without big government. Such big expenditures are now threatening to harm the national economy. How did this situation come to be?

In this book you'll learn how in the critical 20 years after World War II the United States changed from being a continental democratic republic to a global imperial superpower. Since then nothing has ever been the same again. In this book you will discover this secret history of the United States that formed the basis of the world we live in today.

By buying this book you will discover:

In this audiobook you will discover this secret history of the United States that formed the basis of the world we live in today.

Members Reviews:

Surprisingly Good

Would you consider the audio edition of The War State to be better than the print version?

I only heard the audio version and had not read the print so I don't have an opinion.

Who was your favorite character and why?

There are no characters in this book. This book is more of an historical narrative and expose so no characters.

What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?

The performance was okay, not great.

Any additional comments?

An old mentor once told me that 'to the naive, things appear to be simple; and to the fool so complex'. The author poses a hypothesis that the federal defense budget is supported by the military-industrial complex. He supports his hypothesis with strong historical facts, written and recorded history and through a complex history of the cold war. His subject is highly complex but he weaves his story very well and with compelling force.

I for one can't wait for his next book.

You're going to want to take some notes...

If you're like me, you have a vague sense of how the Military Industrial Complex came into being and how it continues to grow. After reading this book however, things will no longer be vague.

The author lays it all out in a step by step fashion, and it seems to be fact, after fact, after well documented and researched fact. That being said, the whole thing reads like a Clancy novel, complete with heroes and villains and an alarming plot line.

I wish I could say the book had a happy and optimistic ending, but the ending will be left to ourselves an our posterity to be written. I really hope more people will read this.

Eye-Opening!

Book was well written and researched by the author. Audio was a solid performance. My respect of John Kennedy grew immensely from knowledge learned here.

Cold War Origins

Great, in-depth explanation of the origins of the Cold War. I really appreciated all the time devoted to The Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis, as they were events I was aware of, but didn't really know what happened.

An important book

What did you love best about The War State?

If you want to understand America today, you must read The War State. Swanson provides an insightful historical perspective that explains America's perennial obsession with world dominance.

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Title: The American Experiment

Author: James MacGregor Burns

Narrator: Mark Ashby

Format: Unabridged

Length: 88 hrs and 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-07-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 119 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

James MacGregor Burnss stunning trilogy of American history, spanning the birth of the Constitution to the final days of the Cold War. In these three volumes, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winner James MacGregor Burns chronicles with depth and narrative panache the most significant cultural, economic, and political events of American history.

In The Vineyard of Liberty, he combines the color and texture of early American life with meticulous scholarship. Focusing on the tensions leading up to the Civil War, Burns brilliantly shows how Americans became divided over the meaning of Liberty.

In The Workshop of Democracy, Burns explores more than a half-century of dramatic growth and transformation of the American landscape, through the addition of dozens of new states, the shattering tragedy of the First World War, the explosion of industry, and, in the end, the emergence of the United States as a new global power.

And in The Crosswinds of Freedom, Burns offers an articulate and incisive examination of the US during its rise to become the worlds sole superpower - through the Great Depression, the Second World War, the Cold War, and the rapid pace of technological change that gave rise to the American Century.

Members Reviews:

American History ABCs

American History ABCs

This is really three quite different books, each with its own tone, outlook, and period, and they dont quite form a coherent whole (but are a bargain at one credit). I found each book better than the prior book, as the author seems more comfortable with the modern era.

The title is a bit deceptive. I expected The American Experience to be about, well, the Experience of the people of the United States. Instead this is a very basic, conventional, history of the United States from the constitutional convention (after the War for Independence) up to 1980. Like many other US Histories, this focuses primarily on the presidents, and only tangentially on the historical issues each president faced, and almost not at all on the broader themes and tides of history or the minutia of real peoples lives. The books do cover all the conventional keynotes of US history very well.

The one overarching theme the books does seem to explore the meaning of Liberty, and it seems to conclude this has never been quite clear. Other than that, there is very little analysis or thematic context. Until the last book, almost all analysis is added by quoting other historians (making some point this author chooses to emphasize). This leads to a somewhat namby-pamby, term paper sounding, narrative.

Sporadically some non-political aspects of experience are mentioned (arts, crafts, technology, business, living conditions, religion, science, education, sports, etc.), but these tellings are generally in alignment with the somewhat mythical conventional US history and dont provide enough context to provide a true slice of life.

I am always annoyed when historical spending or wages are quoted in a currency with no context or baseline conversion rate. Of course, one cant convert historical dollars to the current rate of exchange for every reader, but a single benchmark (like 1980 dollars) can be used to place all such values in a single, more understandable, context.

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Title: Causes Won, Lost, and Forgotten

Subtitle: How Hollywood and Popular Art Shape What We Know about the Civil War

Author: Gary W. Gallagher

Narrator: Robert Pavlovich

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-24-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 19 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

More than 60,000 books have been published on the Civil War. Most Americans, though, get their ideas about the war why it was fought, what was won, what was lost not from books but from movies, television, and other popular media.

In an engaging and accessible survey, Gallagher guides listeners through the stories told in recent film and art, showing how they have both reflected and influenced the political, social, and racial currents of their times. The most influential perspective for the Civil War generation, says Gallagher, is almost entirely absent from the Civil War stories being told today. This lively investigation into what popular entertainment teaches us and what it reflects about us will prompt listeners to consider how we form opinions on current matters of debate, such as the use of the military, the freedom of dissent, and the flying of the Confederate flag.

Members Reviews:

Sums Up the Absurdity of Artistic Interpretation

The author lays out his case and backs it up very well. While I did not agree with every single thing he said, I have no doubt that his viewpoint is well justified and on a better foundation than my own.

Once again, Gary Gallagher has challenged me to think twice about whether history is based in fact or opinion.

This is a great book for anyone who is interested in the American Civil War.

Don't believe all that you see

This book discusses the many different way to look at civil war in events. I found it interesting but also a little deep. Of the Gary Gallagher lectures I have listened to I found this one the most tedious. I speed through the last two chapters getting the just of the matter. I Gus's we all like the south because they where the underdog. As most paintings sold depict southern generals. I would like to see Gary do a lecture about Ulysses S Grant.

I have the feeling this man is much maligned in the lexicon of lititure.

I am glad this book was short.

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Title: The Right to Vote

Subtitle: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States

Author: Alexander Keyssar

Narrator: Brian Troxell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 17 hrs and 27 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-14-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

Originally published in 2000, The Right to Vote was widely hailed as a magisterial account of the evolution of suffrage from the American Revolution to the end of the 20th century. In this revised and updated edition, Keyssar carries the story forward, from the disputed presidential contest of 2000 through the 2008 campaign and the election of Barack Obama. The Right to Vote is a sweeping reinterpretation of American political history as well as a meditation on the meaning of democracy in contemporary American life.

Members Reviews:

Five Stars

Very interesting.

Great resource to understand the denial of the vote in ...

Extremely well researched and readable. Great resource to understand the denial of the vote in American history.

Excellent History of the right to vote in the US

THis is an excellent book for history on Voting Rights in the US since the country's inception. I recommend it as a book to help the reader understand what is happening today concerning voting rights and why.

Five Stars

Came in great condition

Excellent and thorough

This must be the definitive history of voting in America. I hold back from giving it five stars because it was a little more than what I was looking for, but this is as thorough as I have ever come across. Also, I love charts and graphs, and he has a great array of tables at the end. Interesting tidbit was the role war played throughout American history in expanding the right to vote. Also, though we all know how the right to vote gradually expanded, but what many of us didn't realize was how the right to vote actually shrunk at various points in American history. That is, some people who had the right to vote had it taken away at various moments in American history. When all is said and done, this is a great book.

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Title: The Twilight of the American Enlightenment

Subtitle: The 1950s and the Crisis of Liberal Belief

Author: George M. Marsden

Narrator: William Hughes

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-11-14

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 23 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

In the aftermath of World War II, the United States stood at a precipice. The forces of modernity unleashed by the war had led to astonishing advances in daily life, but technology and mass culture also threatened to erode the country's traditional moral character. As award-winning historian George M. Marsden explains in The Twilight of the American Enlightenment, postwar Americans looked to the country's secular liberalelites for guidance in this precarious time, but these intellectuals proved unable to articulate a coherent common cause by which America could chart its course. Their failure lost them the faith of their constituents, paving the way for a Christian revival that offered America a firm new moral vision - one rooted in the Protestant values of the founders.

A groundbreaking reappraisal of the country's spiritual reawakening, The Twilight of the American Enlightenment shows how America found new purpose at the dawn of the Cold War.

Members Reviews:

Such a relevant book to our current world

Marsden is a wide ranging and important historian. His biographies of Jonathan Edwards are excellent. He has a number of books about higher education (both histories and theory) and American Christian history. I pick up almost anything of his that I run across (as I did with his biography of Mere Christianity.

This seems to be a particularly good time to pick up The Twilight of American Enlightenment. The parallels to today and the 1950s are surprising to me. We seem to be going through another civil rights era. There is a lot of fear about the direction of the country. Fear as motivation is not only not new, but seemingly all pervasive. Marsden cites a Womens Journal article about raising children that are too well adjusted. It is a good example of how fear can grow to include virtually everything.

The Twilight of the American Enlightenment is about how in post World War II the culture of progress looked to the expert and intellectual to chart a new common course for progress and the United States. Intellectually, the forces of post modernism were shaking the foundations of philosophy and science. Socially despite the perception of Leave it to Beaver uniformity, race, gender, class and other groups were breaking free of cultural restrictions. That freedom to call for justice or to establish their own paths led to a failure to produce a common path forward. Essentially the thesis is that the upheavals of the 1960s were predicted by the cracks in the foundation of American cultural hegemony.

Because Marsden is primarily a religious historian, it is not surprising that religion plays a significant role here. Chapter five on the break down of the Protestant Establishment is particularly helpful for balancing my preconceived ideas about the 1950s as a time of great revival (which in some ways it was.) But I think it is chapter six, charting the course of how Consensus became a problematic idea that is the best chapter of the book.

This is a brief book, 180 pages of real content. And it is one that I should probably read again for full value.

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Title: Wall Street

Subtitle: A History, Updated Edition

Author: Charles R. Geisst

Narrator: Stephen McLaughlin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 27 hrs and 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-29-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 96 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

Wall Street is an unending source of legend - and nightmares. It is a universal symbol of both the highest aspirations of economic prosperity and the basest impulses of greed and deception. Charles R. Geisst's Wall Street is at once a chronicle of the street itself - from the days when the wall was merely a defensive barricade built by Peter Stuyvesant - and an engaging economic history of the United States, a tale of profits and losses, enterprising spirits, and key figures that transformed America into the most powerful economy in the world.

The audiobook traces many themes, like the move of industry and business westward in the early 19th century, the rise of the great Robber Barons, and the growth of industry from the securities market's innovative financing of railroads, major steel companies, and Bell's and Edison's technical innovations. And because "The Street" has always been a breeding ground for outlandish characters with brazen nerve, no history of the stock market would be complete without a look at the conniving of ruthless wheeler-dealers and lesser known but influential rogues.

This updated edition covers the historic, almost apocalyptic events of the 2008 financial crisis and the overarching policy changes of the Obama administration. As Wall Street and America have changed irrevocably after the crisis, Charles R. Geisst offers the definitive chronicle of the relationship between the two, and the challenges and successes it has fostered that have shaped our history.

Members Reviews:

Many books in one; best linking of stories, eras

I have read dozens of books in this genre. Yet, here I had many "gee whiz" moments, understanding in new ways (and sometimes clearly for the first time) how many of these dots connected between personalities, groups in society, financial innovations and eras, and various world players affecting, and affected by, Wall Street. The explanations are sensible and clear, and flow sensibly across time and through these overlapping factors. Many books have picked up some segment of this, and I have heard many of these stories in a fragmented way, but these fragmented books tended to wander into details that can lose the thread of important facts and ideas, or to start and stop at arbitrary points. Half a dozen segments here could be books in themselves.

As for the narration, at first I thought it a bit on the relaxed and plodding side, but as time has passed, I have found it very listenable, and able to hold my attention.

It's like reading headline news.

If you only want a surface level review of wall street history, this may be the book for you. I prefer deep dives into pivotal events and the people involved so this book did nothing for me.

A story of finance

This is a book which brings the history of Wall Street to life, explaining the connections between it and greater world history. I recommend this book to anybody who is even slightly interested in history or finance.

Written from the view of one who hates capitalism

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

Content that was reflective of what the title and description suggested it would be

Has Wall Street turned you off from other books in this genre?

No

What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?

The narrator was adequate. Somewhat monotone and dry, but pronunciation was OK.

You didnt love this book...

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Title: The Internal Enemy

Subtitle: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832

Author: Alan Taylor

Narrator: Bronson Pinchot

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15 hrs and 27 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-28-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 261 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

National Book Award Finalist

This searing story of slavery and freedom in the Chesapeake by a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian reveals the pivot in the nations path between the founding and civil war. Frederick Douglass recalled that slaves living along Chesapeake Bay longingly viewed sailing ships as "freedoms swift-winged angels". In 1813 those angels appeared in the bay as British warships coming to punish the Americans for declaring war on the empire. Over many nights, hundreds of slaves paddled out to the warships seeking protection for their families from the ravages of slavery. The runaways pressured the British admirals into becoming liberators. As guides, pilots, sailors, and marines, the former slaves used their intimate knowledge of the countryside to transform the war. They enabled the British to escalate their onshore attacks and to capture and burn Washington, D.C. Tidewater masters had long dreaded their slaves as "an internal enemy." By mobilizing that enemy, the war ignited the deepest fears of Chesapeake slaveholders. It also alienated Virginians from a national government that had neglected their defense. Instead they turned south, their interests aligning more and more with their section. In 1820 Thomas Jefferson observed of sectionalism: "Like a firebell in the night [it] awakened and filled me with terror. I considered it at once the knell of the union." The notes of alarm in Jefferson's comment speak of the fear aroused by the recent crisis over slavery in his home state. His vision of a cataclysm to come proved prescient. Jefferson's startling observation registered a turn in the nations course, a pivot from the national purpose of the founding toward the threat of disunion. Drawn from new sources, Alan Taylor's riveting narrative re-creates the events that inspired black Virginians, haunted slaveholders, and set the nation on a new and dangerous course.

Critic Reviews:

"Bronson Pinchot's voice is pleasant and engaging, his narration is generally expressive and intelligent, and his modulations adequately match the sense of the text." (AudioFile)

Members Reviews:

one of the best audiobooks I've read recently

Any additional comments?

Terrific book, a micro-history of the Virginia Chesapeake region, slavery, and the War of 1812. The author does a very skillful job providing the context from the American points-of-view, the historical background for both the slavery elements and the War. Taylor then provides a fascinating, blow-by-blow narrative of the War of 1812 in the region, one you can understand very well because of the context he has already served up. I thought the book was going to be mostly about slave escapes, and it is, but without the background that portion would be adrift.

I thought Bronson Pinchot's narrative approach was perfect for a history book. No need for a narrator or narration with different voices or with lots of up & down emphasis. This is a history, not a drama.

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Title: Our America

Subtitle: A Hispanic History of the United States

Author: Felipe Fernández-Armesto

Narrator: David DeSantos

Format: Unabridged

Length: 18 hrs and 20 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-20-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 13 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

An eminent scholar finds a new American history in the Hispanic past of our diverse nation. The United States is still typically conceived of as an offshoot of England, with our history unfolding east to west beginning with the first English settlers in Jamestown. This view overlooks the significance of America's Hispanic past. With the profile of the United States increasingly Hispanic, the importance of recovering the Hispanic dimension to our national story has never been greater.

This absorbing narrative begins with the explorers and conquistadores who planted Spain's first colonies in Puerto Rico, Florida, and the Southwest. Missionaries and rancheros carry Spain's expansive impulse into the late eighteenth century, settling California, mapping the American interior to the Rockies, and charting the Pacific coast. During the nineteenth century Anglo-America expands west under the banner of "Manifest Destiny" and consolidates control through war with Mexico.

In the Hispanic resurgence that follows, it is the peoples of Latin America who overspread the continent, from the Hispanic heartland in the West to major cities such as Chicago, Miami, New York, and Boston. The United States clearly has a Hispanic present and future. And here is its Hispanic past, presented with characteristic insight and wit by one of our greatest historians.

Members Reviews:

A history of America from the West

What did you love best about Our America?

Finally, a more balanced history of the US. We are not all descended from European settlers. The history of America is not just north America. Indians and Mexicans were there before European settlers and their story is often wilfully neglected.

What other book might you compare Our America to and why?

The Mayflower

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

The story of the American West, how it was stolen.

Any additional comments?

This should be part of the curriculum in US high schools.

Great book

This a a beautiful narrative from the Spanish perspective of what is the United States. Excellent book.

Cynical, unedited, hard to follow, egotisical

Would you try another book from Felipe Fernández-Armesto and/or David DeSantos?

No this is not a book but a mess. A nightmare of sentences or disjointed thoughts that that the author says began in his head. Who would say something like that. There is no outline, no story, no reference of order. It could be an attempt at how not to write. Save your money.

What do you think your next listen will be?

History of Spain by Walt Disney.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of David DeSantos?

The narrator reads as if he hates the USA and we should speak Ute.

What character would you cut from Our America?

A character would be a good idea, he uses names but not enough information is given to have a character.

Any additional comments?

I heard the author speak on CPAN Book TV and thought I would give it a try even though I could bare understand him and he appeared insane. My mistake.