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Title: Not Just Another War Story

Author: Wayne G. MacDowell

Narrator: Tom Lennon

Format: Unabridged

Length: 18 hrs and 24 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-02-16

Publisher: Wayne G. MacDowell

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 16 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Not Just Another War Story transports the listener back in time in one of the most compelling World War II stories in many years. The author masterfully weaves this true-to-life story through authentic towns and places of conflict that were focal points in the war where we find all the reflections of love, conflict, and hope that wartime brings.

It's been six months since the surprise attack by the Japanese on Pearl Harbor.... Now, it is the spring of 1942....

Steve Carmichael has just graduated from the University of Florida. From the time he was a boy growing up on a Central Florida cattle ranch, he has been flying. His dad had purchased an old mail-route bi-plane when Steve was 11 and, within a year, the youngster was soaring with the birds in the airplane. As young men go off to fight in the war, Steve places a professional baseball career with the Detroit Tigers on hold...making the decision to join the Army Air Corps - his desire is to pilot the four-engine B-17 Flying Fortress Bomber into battle. He has no idea that ahead he will find strength he didn't know he had and a once in a lifetime chance at love. You can almost hear the roar of B-17 engines when you fly along with Steve and his crew as they do battle in the dangerous sky above occupied Europe. Each of the exciting bombing missions flown in Not Just Another War Story is an authentic 305th Bomb Group raid on the enemy.

Experience the action-packed air battles of World War II as the airmen try to survive...only to fly into battle on the next mission with the possibility of being shot down over enemy territory. Evading capture and making it safely back to England...with the help of the Dutch-French Underground would most certainly be the key to survival. This is a story of hope, dreams, and love in a war-torn world. Not Just Another War Story places you in a front-row seat as this world War II adventure unfolds.

Members Reviews:

A Novel that reads like History

Just as I was wondering how the author was going to fill all these hours with just additional bombing runs - the entire book changes. While the first half is very good, the second half which takes place in German Occupied territory is both exciting and very fascinating.A look at the lives of non-combatants I have never seen before.

The narration was excellent in that very quickly I just paid no attention to it at all. I was listening to the characters and the author, not a narrator.

Very matter of fact..

What did you like best about this story?

It no nonsense, the author tell it like it is. I know little about aircraft but how he explains it does not make you feel dumb for not knowing.

Which character as performed by Tom Lennon was your favorite?

The father, because I am also a father and I can relate to how proud he felt when he talked to his son.

Any additional comments?

You can feel the story was a retelling of the author life but he does not bore you with uneventful information. Everything written had a purpose.

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Title: Platinum Doll

Author: Anne Girard

Narrator: Leslie Carroll

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-26-16

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 14 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Set against the dazzling backdrop of Golden Age Hollywood, novelist Anne Girard tells the enchanting story of Jean Harlow, one of the most iconic stars in the history of film.

It's the Roaring Twenties, and 17-year-old Harlean Carpenter McGrew has run off to Beverly Hills. She's chasing a dream - to escape her small, Midwestern life and see her name in lights.

In California, Harlean has everything a girl could want - a rich husband, glamorous parties, socialite friends - except an outlet for her talent. But everything changes when a dare pushes her to embrace her true ambition - to be an actress on the silver screen. With her timeless beauty and striking shade of platinum-blond hair, Harlean becomes Jean Harlow. And as she's thrust into the limelight, Jean learns that this new world of opportunity comes with its own set of burdens.

Torn between her family and her passion to perform, Jean is forced to confront the difficult truth - that fame comes at a price, if only she's willing to pay it. Amid a glittering cast of ingénues and Hollywood titans - Clara Bow, Clark Gable, Laurel and Hardy, Howard Hughes - Platinum Doll introduces us to the star who would shine brighter than them all.

Members Reviews:

Enjoyable but also leaves you hanging.

I really enjoyed this book but was a bit disappointed with the ending point. I wanted the full story as I really did not know a lot about Jean Harlow. I get that we are highlighting the happy aspect but I would be happier with an epilogue.

Good story and narration

I was surprised at how much I enjoyed this story. It was my book club selection, not a topic I was interested in. But the author took me into the story. I enjoyed hearing how Jean Harlow matured throughout the narrative.

PlGreat Book!

Loved it! A great look into the life of a movie star from long ago. I hated to see it end.

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Titre: Codex Botticelli

Auteur: Agnès Michaux

Narrateur: Arnaud Romain

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 8 hrs and 14 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 01-21-16

Éditeur: Audible Studios

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Résumé de l'éditeur:

Florence, 1497 - Bûcher des vanités. Ce matin, des bandes d'enfants ont terrorisé la rue pour confisquer tous les objets incarnant la richesse ou le plaisir. Savonarole peut compter sur son "armée des anges". Le feu qui consumera tout à l'heure le paganisme et l'impiété sera son triomphe. Songeur, Sandro Botticelli observe l'une de ses plus belles œuvres se faire dévorer par les flammes, quand une main se pose sur son épaule. Léonard de Vinci, son vieil ami, son plus grand ami est revenu en terre florentine ! Mais l'artiste apporte une triste nouvelle : sa mère, Caterina, est morte, lui laissant pour tout héritage une étrange lettre indéchiffrable...

Alors entraînés dans une incroyable odyssée, Sandro et Léonard se lancent à la recherche d'un manuscrit aussi puissant que dangereux. Un manuscrit qui, encore de nos jours, hante scientifiques et curieux : le Voynich.

Avec Codex Botticelli, Agnès Michaux plonge l'auditeur dans les secrets de la fin d'une époque : e Quattrocento. Tandis qu'on observe Botticelli converser avec Michel-Ange, Machiavel, Raphaël ou Copernic, on se délecte de ce temps exalté et inspiré qui s'offre à nous, dans la plus belle des langues, et dont on souhaiterait demeurer prisonniers.

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©2015 Belfond (P)2016 Audible FR

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Titolo: Il segreto del Mandylion (All'ombra dell'impero 1)

Autore: Alberto Custerlina

Narratore: Marco Mete

Formato: Unabridged

Durata: 10 hrs and 32 mins

Lingua: Italiano

Data di pubblicazione: 12-04-15

Editore: Audible Studios

Valutazioni: 4 su 5 su 3 voti

Categoria: Fiction, Historical

Riepilogo Editore:

Trieste, primavera del 1902. Il ricordo dei fatti di sangue seguiti al primo sciopero operaio dell'Impero asburgico è ancora vivo nella mente della cittadinanza. A pochi giorni dalla revoca dello stato d'assedio proclamato dal governo di Vienna, un sottufficiale dell'esercito viene trovato morto e sfigurato in un vicolo. Intanto, una preziosa reliquia cristiana, il Mandylion, viene rubata, perduta e infine ritrovata da Davorin, un ragazzino di dodici anni che in seguito a ciò pare acquisire strani poteri.

Anton Adler, padrino di Davorin nonché commissario di Polizia, e il suo amico Artan Hagopian, trafficante di cineserie e legittimo custode della reliquia, si lanciano alla ricerca degli assassini del militare, intuendo il legame tra l'omicidio e il furto. I due diventano così i protagonisti di un'avventura che affonda le radici nel tempo di Gesù, nella Cina coloniale e nel cuore occulto dell'Europa. A complicare l'indagine, il maggiore Ettore Gortan, un ufficiale molto in vista che ha qualcosa da nascondere.

Nel momento in cui tutte le tessere del rompicapo sembrano andare al loro posto, un uomo pericolosissimo riemerge dal passato. Tra oscure minacce celate nell'ombra, ingegnosi inganni e tensioni politiche che rischiano di far esplodere l'Impero asburgico, Adler, Hagopian e il giovane Davorin affronteranno le loro paure e vedranno le loro convinzioni vacillare, fino a un gran finale che rivelerà un nemico inaspettato e letale.

©2013 Baldini & Castoldi Srl. Letto da Marco Mete di LibriVivi (P)2015 Audible GmbH

Recensioni critiche:

Vincitore del Premio Selezione Bancarella 2014

Recensioni dei membri:

Cliffhanger...

Interesting story, and great for learning Italian! Full of twists and turns, though some more predictable than others. Sometimes a bit odd, it's always entertaining. I'd recommend it for sure :)

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Title: Imperfect Pretence

Author: Ann Barker

Narrator: Karen Cass

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-01-15

Publisher: Soundings

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Max Persault loves his seafaring life. When his cousin, Alistair, the newly elevated Duke of Haslingfield, appeals for his help, he finds himself masquerading as the duke and on his way to Cromer while Alistair sets off undercover to France.

Max's talents do not lend themselves to acting, however, and before even arriving at his destination, he has aroused the suspicions of Miss Constance Church.

At first dismissing him, Constance soon begins to suspect that there may be more to him than meets the eye. How will she react when the man who calls himself a duke of the realm turns out to be a landless buccaneer? Will his cover be ruined as gossip about the mysterious duke begins to spread in the town?

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Titel: Dictator

Autor:: Robert Harris

Erzähler: Frank Arnold

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 16 hrs and 6 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 10-09-15

Herausgeber: Random House Audio, Deutschland

Kategorien: Fiction, Historical

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Endlich komplett! Harris' Bestseller-Reihe um den klugen Politiker und brillanten Redner Cicero

Cicero, größter Redner seiner Zeit, weilt mit seinem Sekretär Tiro im Exil. Da er seinen politischen Feind Caesar zu unterstützen verspricht, kann er nach Rom zurückkehren, wo er sich wieder zu öffentlichem Ansehen emporkämpft. Genial und fehlbar, angsterfüllt und doch unbändig mutig - der mit sich ringende Mensch hinter dem Politiker Cicero macht die Geschichte so unwiderstehlich.

"Dictator" umfasst bedeutsame Momente der Menschheitsgeschichte: Den Untergang der römischen Republik, den folgenden Bürgerkrieg, die Enthauptung von Pompeius und den Meuchelmord an Caesar. Das Thema jedoch ist zeitlos: Wie lässt sich politische Freiheit gegen skrupellosen Ehrgeiz, korrumpierte Wahlen und den verderblichen Einfluss endloser Auslandseinsätze schützen?

Frank Arnold setzt das politische Ränkespiel im antiken Rom absolut überzeugend in Szene.

©2015 Robert Harris / Wilhelm Heyne Verlag. Übersetzung von Wolfgang Müller (P)2015 Random House Audio

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Title: Abi of Cyrene

Author: Mary Lou Cheatham

Narrator: Sarah Zimmerman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-15-15

Publisher: Mary Lou Cheatham

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 10 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

In the Bible, this character has no name, but we know who she is. In the last chapter of Romans, the Apostle Paul sends her a greeting because he loves her like his own mother. Simon, her husband, is the last person who performs an act of kindness for Christ before the crucifixion. Her two sons, Alexander and Rufus, appear to be leaders in the early church. It seems she spends her later years in Antioch, home of the first people called Christians.

History has remained silent about this astonishing woman. Abi of Cyrene, an imaginative novel about Simon's wife, uncovers her life as it might have been.

Before moving to Cyrene, she is a young Nubian archer, living near the Nile in the ancient land of Nobatia. The name Abi, meaning her father, alludes to her greatest need, to be loved by a father. The man who contributed to her biological parentage beats and belittles her. Melech, a eunuch slave, loves her as a father should.

The rabbi in her hometown of Meroe tells Abi not to pray to the Father in Heaven, because she is a woman. She prays anyway in every crisis, and she receives blessings. As life's journey takes her from one culture to the next, can her hopes be realized?

Abi of Cyrene, beautifully written and believable, takes the modern listener on a fast-paced adventure through ancient lands.

Members Reviews:

riveting storyline

A well written book. I didn't suspect the Biblical connection in the beginning. Very enjoyable!

An inspiring story of faith

This was a very good read and a great story of faith. It was great to see Abi and Simon both develop as husband and wife and as Christians through the book.

Best book yet by Mary Lou Cheatham!

This is an amazing story! The narration is superb too. I highly recommend listening to this story.

Deep research into ancient world

Cheatham must have spent days researching the world she leads us through in ABI...a good performance by the reader, too, makes it hard to put this down.

Excellent novel and Whispersync also worked well

I happen to enjoy listening when commuting but reading when in locations that require quiet, so this feature can be important. The historical, biblical novel was excellent and the character development was quite well done. Others have commented on the brining to life of the story told in the bible, but this went a little deaper with how this specific family was brought in to witness the events and then have misunderstandings between the wife and husband, with eventual resolution to their disjointed understanding about the events, and how they were brought closer because of those very events. Very uplifting in the end. Told the story without being overbearing or "preachy."

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Title: The Throwaway Children

Author: Diney Costeloe

Narrator: Anne Dover

Format: Unabridged

Length: 17 hrs and 55 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-06-15

Publisher: Lamplight Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Rita and Rosie Stevens are only nine and five years old when their widowed mother marries a violent bully. Under pressure from her new husband, she is persuaded to send the girls to an orphanage.

It is not long before the powers that be decide to send a consignment of orphans to their sister institution in Australia. Among them, without their family's consent or knowledge, are Rita and Rosie, the throwaway children.

Critic Reviews:

"Diney Costeloe has tackled an important subject. We should never forget this terrible injustice!" (John Humphreys)

Members Reviews:

A wonderful novel, beautifully narrated.

I enjoyed this book so much that I just could not stop reading and listening, even though I did not want it to end. I felt totally immersed in the lives of the characters, brought even more vividly to life by the excellent voices of the narrator. The harrowing parts are so powerfully and accurately depicted, but these moments are counterbalanced with heartwarming moments of love and hope. I loved all the twists and turns in the story. There were plenty of surprises and I enjoyed the moments of conjecture, when little clues hinted at what was to come.

I absolutely loved this book. I laughed, I cried and I gasped in amazement, totally transported by this amazing story.

A Gripping Book

Would you listen to The Throwaway Children again? Why?

No. The story is unforgettable so I would not want to listen again but I would listen to any other book written by this author.

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Throwaway Children?

There are so many. I'm a happy ever after kind of lady so enjoyed Gran reading the letter from a grown up Rita.

Which character as performed by Anne Dover was your favourite?

Difficult to say. All the characters were performed really well. If I had to choose just one then it would be Daisy.

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

How can children be treated so cruelly.

Any additional comments?

I was rivetted by this book which spanned the same years as my own childhood.

A real tearjerker!

I loved this right from beginning to end with a few tears along the way. So beautifully written I felt like I was really part of it.

Diney Costeloe does it again!

After listening to, The Girl With No Name by Diney and loving it. I decided to give her, The Throwaway Children a go. I'm so glad I did, as it captivated me just as much.

Based around a shameful chapter in British history. The cruel and heartless deportation of our children then within the "Care System" to Australia.

Although a work of fictional characters. It surely brings to light the treatment and conditions, which many of those real children endured, from what I previously knew about this period.

This makes the story even more heartbreaking at times, knowing events mustn't have been far from the truth for many.

Wonderfully narrated by Anne Dover, as to be expected. How she didn't choke up at times during her narration, I don't know? Because I did! Not through over sentimentality either, I'm not that way inclined. But i imagine she had to do some retakes?

This so deserves to be made into a TV miniseries by the BBC. Period dramas are what they do best in my opinion.

This book is thoroughly recommended.

Thought provoking and heartfelt but riveting easy listen. 17 hrs felt like 4 !

Just love Anne Dover narrating. I'm a sucker for a nostalgic by- gone - year tale.

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Title: Fury of the Tiger

Subtitle: World of Blood and Tanks Book 1

Author: Eric Meyer

Narrator: Jeff Bower

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-03-15

Publisher: Swordworks Books

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

America's greatest military gamble of World War Two, the invasion of France. This is the background for an epic novel of two tanks. The crewmen of the Sherman M4 are an ill-assorted bunch of squabbling Americans, forced to swallow their differences in order to survive. The German Tiger is manned by fanatical young Nazis, Hitler Youth, and led by a tough veteran of the bitter war on the Eastern Front.

The Sherman and the Tiger clash in a series of desperate fights during the early days of the invasion. Only the savage power of the guns and the courage of the crews will decide who survives to emerge victorious. Fury of the Tiger is a powerful and engaging story based on the so-called Battle of the Hedgerows, the Allied struggle for Normandy.

Members Reviews:

A solid, if predictable and clichéd story

As a military history fan i was delighted to find a work based upon the armored conflict of WW2. This book presents a scenario surrounding the D day landing and subsequent move inland of allied armor. The story is a little clichéd with well trodden characters that will be no strangers to anyone. The pace is good and the story progressed well though the narrator's struggles with pronunciation of french placenames and the constant accent shifts between characters becomes grating. Overall, this is a pleasant and worthwhile afternoons listening and in spite of minor technical inaccuracies. The experience manages to highlight some of the challenges of tankmen of both sides of the conflict. so long as no great depth or realism is sought this book will not disappoint.

Historically Laughable, Awful Performance.

It's an 88mm. not 80mm. The panther had a 75mm main gun, not a 76mm. If you are writing a book about armour v armour these things damn well matter.

As far as the vocal performance goes those german accents were sooo bad. Not one single French word was pronounced properly. Pas D'Calais is not paz d callyas. Inexcusable.

Worst of all for me was the uber-violence meted out to the only female character in the book. It felt shoe horned in for shock value, but it was just dumb and senseless.

If there is a book 2 in this delightful series, I'll be avoiding it.

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Title: A Country Gentleman

Author: Ann Barker

Narrator: Gordon Griffin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-01-15

Publisher: Soundings

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Lord Thurlby can only ever recall previous visits of Lavinia Muir, his mothers goddaughter, with a shudder. So it is with undisguised horror that he hears she is to come and stay again.

Her arrival on the common stage, accompanied by the flirtatious Isobel Macclesfield, does nothing to allay his fears. When he learns that Lavinia has become entangled with the rakish Lord Riseholm, his reservations appear to be justified.

With the passing of time, perceptions begin to change, and only with the arrival of Lord Riseholm himself can matters begin to be resolved once and for all.

Members Reviews:

A Country Gentleman by Ann Barker

What made the experience of listening to A Country Gentleman the most enjoyable?

I was happy to find another author to add to my favorites list and get excited about

What did you like best about this story?

the fact that I was kept wondering how Lavinia who was shy and not having any friends was going to extricate herself from the machinations of her friend Isobel and have everything come about and it was a clean story

What about Gordon Griffins performance did you like?

I like a reader who is enthusiastic and not just reads to get thru the project, and he did a very good job and I was well satisfied with the reading

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

yes I did, but with my schedule I was unable to and I'm a person who needs and has (for the most part) regular hours, particularly for sleep, although I did miss my bedtime some but that's ok :)

Any additional comments?

I found A Country Gentle by Ann Barker quite by accident. I have read Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer, more than once and I really like historical fiction, in particular the Georgian/Regency era and I keep alert for other writers of that genre. Ive read many that I like but none that I thought compared to Austen or Heyer. When I found this I decided to give it a try and Im very glad I did. It is a very good, clean read, and it had me looking for other books by this author and I found them, seven so far. Currently on Jilted, now that I found them Ive started with the first and will go through them all. This second promises to be just as good and Ill be looking for more from her.