James E. Pfeffer

Royal

Revisado: 04-13-25

Believe the many positive reviews. “Unruly” is majestic. It is hilarious. Though I read history in university, I learned more here than I did there.

Many books present what happened. And that’s great. But Mitchell goes farther. He explains and analyzes why things happened , and why they matter.

I hope he writes another book soon.

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Highly entertaining

Revisado: 04-03-25

This is a masterful account of the World Series. The author succeeds in taking a point from, say, a game in the 2006 or 2014 Series and explaining how it compared or differed from one in the 1920s or 1950s. Clearly, Kepner knows the World Series. Indeed, I now believe that he knows everything about every World Series game.

I adored “The Grandest Stage” so much that I have already listened to it twice.

Kepner is also a splendid narrator. I felt so relaxed and interested listening to him describe the games and players, that at times I almost forgot it was a book. It seemed that a friend was telling me a compelling story. He narrates so enthusiastically that I was often surprised that an hour had passed though I thought I had been listening for only half that time.

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The most compelling closing that I have ever heard

Revisado: 04-02-25

The first half I was worried. I wanted to like this audiobook. Because I couldn’t find a character that I liked, though, I just didn’t care about them.

But then I reached the four-hours to go mark. Suddenly, not only was I engaged, I was spellbound. Indeed, I listened to that final four hours without stopping once. I have never had an audiobook capture me that overwhelmingly.

And kudos for the best final line that I have ever heard.

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I can’t wait for the sequel

Revisado: 03-29-25

Atkinson is a master of his craft. Though he has written predominantly about World War II recently, this audiobook is so good that the author seemed a scholar of the Revolutionary War.

The work was so powerful, and I learned so much, that I grew enraged when I learned how terribly the British and Hessians treated American POWs. Nearly two-thirds of Americans taken prisoner after the Crown’s troops conquered Fort Washington on Manhattan. I had known none of this.

The narrator gives a wonderful performance. Rather than try to manage a slew of accents, he trusts the author’s sentence structure to make it abundantly clear who is speaking.

Originally, I read this four or five years ago. I then read it again in March 2025 to help me prepare for the April 2025 release of the second work in the trilogy. I can’t wait!

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Tense; Taut; Tears

Revisado: 03-10-25

The story was engrossing throughout the whole book. Indeed, to keep readers captivated about an accident that they all know is coming can’t be easy. Yet, Captain Bannister succeeds marvelously.

And that voice! My goodness. I have heard of nominative determinism. Perhaps it exists for pilots and their speech. It also makes for an ideal narrator.

I adored “Concorde”.

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Magnificent

Revisado: 02-11-25

I adored this audiobook and recommend it heartily. Because I have no engineering or scientific background, I probably failed to apprehend the more technical parts. Yet, I still found the narrative fascinating. The author did a fine job balancing enough science and in-depth analysis and explanation, with a telling a good story for the general reader such as I.

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Magisterial

Revisado: 02-05-25

What a gem! I adored this book. The buildings, despite their concomitant stories of tragedy, represented a spirit. And the author, in turn, captured their stories wonderfully.

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Essential History

Revisado: 02-02-25

It must be difficult to tell the history of the country’s founding. Every child in the USA studies it in school. And after the musical “Hamilton”, even that lesser-known Founder is also a star.

Yet Winston Groom succeeds with “The Patriots.” He weaves together these three men’s lives in a tale that flows well and is always interesting.

I found the narrator’s voice quiet, but pleasant

I recommend the book.

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Perfection

Revisado: 01-16-25

My first reaction is sadness that the book is done. I listened to this, “State of Emergency”, and Dominic’s book on British culture back to back to back. That is around 90 hours of Sandbrook and his truly outstanding narrator.

I adored every hour. I can’t think of any series that I enjoyed more than these.

I wish only that Audible would let me purchase Sandbrook’s audiobook on 1979-1982. Unfortunately, it is available only on Audible.co.uk.

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Captivating (even to a non-baseball fan)

Revisado: 01-05-25

I didn’t know what to expect, but I adored it. I know nothing about baseball, however, that didn’t matter at all . I loved it. I recommend it fully.

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