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Title: American Legends: The Life of Brigham Young

Author: Charles River Editors

Narrator: Michael Gilboe

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 37 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-12-15

Publisher: Charles River Editors

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Religious Figures

Publisher's Summary:

"I know just as well what to teach this people and just what to say to them and what to do in order to bring them into the celestial kingdom.... I have never yet preached a sermon and sent it out to the children of men, that they may not call Scripture. Let me have the privilege of correcting a sermon, and it is as good Scripture as they deserve. The people have the oracles of God continually." - Brigham Young

A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history's most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? In Charles River Editors' American Legends series, listeners can get caught up to speed on the lives of America's most important men and women in the time it takes to finish a commute, while learning interesting facts long forgotten or never known.

Next to Joseph Smith, Brigham Young is one of the best known Mormon leaders and perhaps the most important. After Smith's death, it was Young who led Mormon pioneers westward in a journey that the Latter Day Saints often likened to the Exodus, and Young became popular as "American Moses". At the same time, Young and his group were involved in a seemingly never ending list of controversies, both of their own making and the misconceptions of so many Americans who were unfamiliar with the religion.

As Young's prominence and fame grew, people came from all over the world to meet the Mormon leader. And when they did, they met, by most accounts, an unremarkable man. He was handsome, of six feet height and a continual growth-of-girth over 200 pounds.

Members Reviews:

Nice and quick

It was good, no bias for or against. It was a nice quick read, so although it needed more depth it was meant to be quick. I liked it.

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Title: American Legends: The Life of Joseph Smith

Author: Charles River Editors

Narrator: Michael Gilboe

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 19 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-11-15

Publisher: Charles River Editors

Ratings: 1 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Religious Figures

Publisher's Summary:

Explains Joseph Smith's life and the founding of the Mormon Church.

"Our missionaries are going forth to different nations, and in Germany, Palestine, New Holland, the East Indies, and other places, the standard of truth has been erected: no unhallowed hand can stop the work from progressing, persecutions may rage, mobs may combine, armies may assemble, calumny may defame, but the truth of God will go forth boldly, nobly, and independent till it has penetrated every continent, visited every clime, swept every country, and sounded in every ear, till the purposes of God shall be accomplished and the great Jehovah shall say the work is done." (Joseph Smith)

A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history's most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? In Charles River Editors' American Legends series, listeners can get caught up to speed on the lives of America's most important men and women in the time it takes to finish a commute, while learning interesting facts long forgotten or never known.

Among all the various figures in 19th-century America who left controversial legacies, it is hard to find one as influential as Joseph Smith (1805-1844), the founder of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Mormonism, and the Latter Day Saint movement. Revered as a prophet on the level of Moses by some, reviled as a perpetrator of large-scale fraud by others, what everyone can agree on is that Joseph Smith founded a religious movement that played a crucial role in the settlement of the West, especially in Utah.

Members Reviews:

Slanderous of the Gospel of Jesus Christ LDS

What would have made American Legends: The Life of Joseph Smith better?

If the author of the book wasn't an anti-Mormon.

Has American Legends: The Life of Joseph Smith turned you off from other books in this genre?

Not at all just from this author.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Michael Gilboe?

He was a good narrator.

What character would you cut from American Legends: The Life of Joseph Smith?

All of it because it is slanderous.

Any additional comments?

Definition of slanderous: Webster, Merriam Dictionary. "To make a false spoken statement that causes people to have a bad opinion of someone."

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Título: Las visiones apocalípticas de Hildegarda de Bingen [The Apocalyptic Visions of Hildegard of Bingen]

Autor: Online Studio Productions

Narrador: uncredited

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 29 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 05-01-15

Editor: Online Studio Productions

Calificaciones: 5 de 5 de 1 votos

Categorías: Bios & Memoirs, Religious Figures

Resumen del editor:

En la era medieval, una época gobernada por hombres, el recuerdo de la vida de algunas mujeres notables como Roswitha de Gandersheim, Margarite de Poreté, Catalina de Siena o Santa Gertrudis tiene doble connotación e importancia. Sin embargo, nadie se compara con la genial Hildegarda de Bingen, monja benedictina alemana del siglo XII que ocupó una posición extraordinaria en el mundo intelectual de su época.

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Título: Madre Teresa de Calcuta [Mother Teresa of Calcutta]

Subtitular: La vida y obra de la santa de los pobres [The Life and Work of the Saint of the Poor]

Autor: Online Studio Productions

Narrador: uncredited

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 27 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 05-01-15

Editor: Online Studio Productions

Calificaciones: 4 de 5 de 3 votos

Categorías: Bios & Memoirs, Religious Figures

Resumen del editor:

Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, su verdadero nombre, fue una católica albanesa que radicó durante décadas en la India y fundó las Misioneras de la Caridad en 1950. Por más de cuarenta años sirvió a los pobres, enfermos, huérfanos y moribundos, razones por las que tras su deceso, fue beatificada por el Papa Juan Pablo II en el año 2003.

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Title: Pope Francis: The Historic Life of the first Pope from the Americas

Author: Charles River Editors

Narrator: Bill Fike

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-30-15

Publisher: Charles River Editors

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Religious Figures

Publisher's Summary:

It is March 13, 2013. White smoke is seen coming out of the chimney of the Sistine Chapel where the College of Cardinals have gathered to pray and vote on the election of a successor to Pope Benedict XVI. They had been sequestered for two days, and five ballots had been taken. The press was speculating over who would be elected, and even though it was rumored that Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio had been the runner up or the candidate receiving the second most votes in the consultatory that elected Benedict (then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger) in 2005, hardly anyone had the Jesuit cardinal on their short list. After all, he was a Jesuit who was already 76 years old and from South America.

Despite the odds, when Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran stepped out onto the balcony at the papal palace and announced to the world Habemus Papam (We have a Pope!), the man who was called to step into the shoes of the fisherman, St. Peter, was none other than Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the first Jesuit ever chosen for this honor, the first from the Americas, and the first ever from the southern hemisphere. Like the fictional Pope Kiril in the 1963 MGM movie titled The Shoes of the Fisherman, he shunned the red slippers and the ermine lined mozzetta (cape) of his predecessors, and he also continued to wear the simple iron cross that he had worn as Cardinal Bergoglio, not one of the jewel-encrusted ones usually worn by the Bishop of Rome. In another first, it was announced that he would be known as Francis, after the great Saint Francis of Assisi, a friend to the poor, to animals, and a lover of nature.

Pope Francis: The Historic Life of the First Pope from the Americas chronicles the amazing life of the leader of the Catholic Church and how he came to be pope.

Members Reviews:

Quick, Easy Read that is Packed with Information about Pope Francis, the Pope who is Changing Everything

Length: 63 pages.

UPDATED December 17, 2014:

I believe Charles Rivers Editors will want to rush an update to this booklet by noting the "pivotal role" played by Pope Francis in discussions for normalized relations between the United States and Cuba. At least, I hope CRE does update this book to include this earthshaking development.

This is a short biography of the man who has become the first Pope from either American continent selected to lead the Roman Catholic Church.

The writer has dealt fairly and without prejudice with this man's controversial life. Further, this Pope has dealt with his own shortcomings and sins in a most admirable manner, admitting his own sins most openly.

As a Roman Catholic myself, I am excited at the prospects for the future, due in large part, to the fresh approach of the Pope hailing from Argentina.

Another reason I welcome the future is because this booklet has permitted me a unique vantage point from which I can come to understand, and even to relate to him as a human being first, and as the leader of my church, second.

I encourage all people of faith to read this booklet.

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Title: Legends of the Renaissance: The Life and Legacy of Nostradamus

Author: Charles River Editors

Narrator: Mark Linsenmayer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-23-15

Publisher: Charles River Editors

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Religious Figures

Publisher's Summary:

"I had determined to go as far as declaring in abstruse and puzzling utterances the future causes of the 'common advent', even those truly cogent ones that I have foreseen. Yet lest whatever human changes may be to come should scandalise delicate ears, the whole thing is written in nebulous form, rather than as a clear prophecy of any kind." (Nostradamus)

A lot of time has been spent covering the lives of history's most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? When historians are asked to pick a point in history when Western civilization was transformed and guided down the path to modernity, most of them point to the Renaissance. Indeed the Renaissance revolutionized art, philosophy, religion, the sciences, and math. Individuals like Galileo, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, Dante, and Petrarch bridged the past and modern society. In Charles River Editors' Legends of the Renaissance, listeners can get caught up on the lives of the most important men and women of the Renaissance in the time it takes to finish a commute. And they can do so while learning interesting facts long forgotten or never known.

It's safe to say there have been countless prophets and seers throughout history, but only one Nostradamus (1503-1566). Nostradamus has become a pop-culture fixture even among those who find nothing of note in his work. He is a cult figure among those who pore through his prophecies to look for proof that he foresaw major world events centuries ahead of time.

Members Reviews:

What is the purpose of this book in?

I did not like the Legends of the Renaissance: The Life and Legacy of Nostradamus. The book mainly try to debunk the predictions that were made by Nostradamus which would be okay but the way the book went about this debunking irritated me. The book seemed to be criticizing the various people who tried to interpret Nostradamus's sayings. Also there really was not very much about the life of Nostradamus. I agree save your money and time by not buying and reading this book. I have read a number of books by Charles River Editors and never really found a book I disliked like this one.

NO GOOD

The story of this mans life, is about his PROPHECIES.

Save your money, book not worth buying.

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Title: Death Letter

Subtitle: God, Sex, and War

Author: David W. Peters

Narrator: David W. Peters

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 57 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-21-15

Publisher: Star Circle Publishing

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Religious Figures

Publisher's Summary:

"Everyone writes one. At least, everyone who fights in a war does."

These are the first lines of Army chaplain David W. Peters' genre-defying book, Death Letter: God, Sex, and War. Written in the dark days immediately following his deployment to Iraq, Death Letter is part memoir, part comic lament on his relationship with the three great subjects of our mythic imagination.

Members Reviews:

The Real War

Just finished this minute after reading in less than 24 hours. I'm overwhelmed by what I've read, and amazed that David Peters courage to publish this. It opens an insight into what you go thru when experiencing and returning from war that almost no one has been able to properly capture.

I was in Viet Nam, 66/67, USMC, so my perspective is obviously affected by my personal experience. And I've been trying to understand that for almost 50 years, and I'm not there yet. Thank you for helping David.

I want to add that David Peters is a friend and maybe the best Chaplin I've met. His having been a Marine might affect my judgement.

Just an example of his dedication; when he first got to the old Walter Reed to help the wounded, he spent a full day in a wheel chair to experience a place that was not terribly handicapted friendly.

No one else I know did that.

This book needed to be written, and if you want to understand the Military Experience a little better, it is a must read.

YES, READ THIS. You won't put it down.

This book is brutally honest and savagely funny. I was laughing while I cringed. Or cried.

It's a gritty, truthful look at a topics I have never experienced (war, marital infidelity...), and I'm grateful for the opportunity to read David Peters' unvarnished words. There is sense of humanity and down-to-earthness that belied my expectations for a chaplain (read: he's a "real" human with flaws, feelings, and passion that he does not mask, and is not full of judgment nor is he proselytizing to the reader).

I too read this book in one sitting. Yes, it's that good. Like a Dostoyevsky/Tolstoy-esque soap opera, set it America and Iraq. But, you know, it's a real memoir rather than a novel. I think he's done a great service to his fellow veterans, and those of us who know them, by sharing his insight and excruciating experiences. Bravo.

a book to read

I bought this book and read it. Was hard to read as it was very blunt and open. I am a mother of Veteran who died last year. This book filled in many gaps of who my son became, and at times I felt it was my son writing a letter to me. I would recommend this to Mothers/parents of their wounded warrior's be they physically wounded or emotionally. Thank you David Peters.

A raw look into the life of a veteran...

Peters' story offers unveiled insight into the reality of our veteran soldiers whose lives are defined by war. This is not a masterpiece of literature and prose, but rather a raw, almost diary-like account of one veteran's experience. I immediately identified the author's struggle with that of the veterans in my life and their loved ones, and I have gained a new perspective on their difficulty in returning to ordinary civilian living. As a society, we have open access to war through movies, documentaries, and embedded reporters.

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Title: Sweet Synchronicity

Subtitle: Finding Annie Besant, Discovering Krishnamurti

Author: Elizabeth Spring M.A.

Narrator: Laura Jennings

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-14-15

Publisher: elizabeth spring

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 13 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Religious Figures

Publisher's Summary:

Like the film Julie and Julia, this book is a true story based on the lives of two women who lived at different times and places but who had uniquely intertwined lives. Elizabeth Spring, astrologer and aspiring writer, finds Annie Besant because of unusual similarities in their astrology charts. Annie is a woman who's been lost in history - a woman who was a passionate social reformer and who was declared "an unfit mother" and lost custody of her children because of distributing information on birth control in 1875. After trials and depression, Annie becomes a passionate spiritual seeker; being mentored by the Russian psychic Madame Blavatsky, head of the Theosophical Society. As Elizabeth struggles to write a screenplay of Annie's life she discovers the heartfelt and obsessive story of Annie's adopted son, the young mystic J. Krishnamurti, and the occultist, Charles Leadbeater. Elizabeth questions the role of fate and reincarnation in her own life by what she uncovers about her mysterious relationship with Annie who was born exactly 100 years earlier, in Victorian England in 1847.

Members Reviews:

Very light read but enjoyable

my interest is in Krishnamurti and the teachings so there are some informative details and a colorful storyline. Overall I enjoyed although I found the narrative voice a tad jarring - sounds a bit childlike and simpering for a grown woman.

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Titolo: San Francesco

Sottotitolo: Il giullare di Dio

Autore: Silvia Gabrielli

Narratore: Michele Pompei

Formato: Unabridged

Durata: 1 hr and 44 mins

Lingua: Italiano

Data di pubblicazione: 04-13-15

Editore: Area 51 Short

Categoria: Bios & Memoirs, Religious Figures

Riepilogo Editore:

In questa biografia dallo stile documentaristico, corredata da fonti storiche, ripercorrerai la vita di uno dei santi più amati. Francesco di Assisi conquista per la sua dolcezza, il suo coraggio, ma soprattutto per il suo essere libero. Un uomo e un santo capace di mettere in discussione il mondo e la società oggi come allora.

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Título: Escrivá de Balaguer

Subtitular: La vida ordinaria de un santo [The Ordinary Life of a Saint]

Autor: Online Studio Productions

Narrador: uncredited

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 40 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 02-11-15

Editor: Online Studio Productions

Calificaciones: 4 de 5 de 1 votos

Categorías: Bios & Memoirs, Religious Figures

Resumen del editor:

Sacerdote español fundador en 1928 del Opus Dei y santo de la Iglesia Católica, es conocido como Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer y Albás, y fue beatificado por Juan Pablo II el 17 de mayo de 1992 y canonizado el 6 de octubre de 2002. Su "obra", reverenciada por unos y criticada por otros, cuenta ya con cientos de miles de miembros hombres y mujeres en todo el mundo. ¡Conozca su magna labor junto con nosotros!

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