Gregory S. McCurdy
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Rough Crossings
- The Slaves, the British, and the American Revolution
- De: Simon Schama
- Narrado por: Simon Schama
- Duración: 11 h y 47 m
- Versión resumida
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 133
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 83
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 82
If you were black in America at the start of the Revolutionary War, whom would you want to win? In response to a declaration by the last governor of Virginia that any rebel-owned slave who escaped and served the King would be emancpated, tens of thousands of blacks voted with feet, escaping to fight beside the British. Originally designed to break the plantations of the American South, this military strategy instead unleashed one of the great exoduses in American history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding book
- De major en 05-12-06
- Rough Crossings
- The Slaves, the British, and the American Revolution
- De: Simon Schama
- Narrado por: Simon Schama
Loved it!
Revisado: 12-26-24
It was great!!! Fascinating story! Extremely well written and read! Schama is a great historian. The original source speak loudly and you feel you are right there.
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Iron Kingdom
- The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600-1947
- De: Christopher Clark
- Narrado por: Shaun Grindell
- Duración: 28 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 978
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 865
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 863
In the aftermath of World War II, Prussia - a centuries-old state pivotal to Europe's development - ceased to exist. In their eagerness to erase all traces of the Third Reich from the earth, the Allies believed that Prussia, the very embodiment of German militarism, had to be abolished. But as Christopher Clark reveals in this pioneering history, Prussia's legacy is far more complex.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Let me make it easier for you.
- De alexyakkavoo en 06-03-20
- Iron Kingdom
- The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600-1947
- De: Christopher Clark
- Narrado por: Shaun Grindell
Great history! Fascinating research! Well written! But the narrator butchered all the German words which was annoying.
Revisado: 12-19-24
The narrator was ok, but he was terrible in pronouncing the many German names and words.
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Aftermath
- Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich, 1945-1955
- De: Harald Jähner, Shaun Whiteside - translator
- Narrado por: Rob Shapiro
- Duración: 12 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 378
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 324
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 324
How does a nation recover from fascism and turn toward a free society once more? This internationally acclaimed revelatory history of the transformational decade that followed World War II illustrates how Germany raised itself out of the ashes of defeat and reckoned with the corruption of its soul and the horrors of the Holocaust - and features over 40 eye-opening black-and-white photographs and posters from the period.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Where are the photos?
- De Cassandra en 01-17-22
- Aftermath
- Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich, 1945-1955
- De: Harald Jähner, Shaun Whiteside - translator
- Narrado por: Rob Shapiro
Interesting and important stuff!
Revisado: 10-01-22
With all the focus on WW2 the aftermath in Germany gets little attention. This book is an important exploration of this cultural and political history. Economics gets little mention.
The narrator does a good job generally, but he butchers German pronunciations totally. That is quite annoying for a German speaker since German words appear in every other sentence.
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The Enemy at the Gate
- Habsburgs, Ottomans and the Battle for Europe
- De: Andrew Wheatcroft
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
- Duración: 11 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 532
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 404
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 405
In 1683, an Ottoman army that stretched from horizon to horizon set out to seize the "Golden Apple", as Turks referred to Vienna. The ensuing siege pitted battle-hardened Janissaries wielding 17th-century grenades against Habsburg armies, widely feared for their savagery. The walls of Vienna bristled with guns as the besieging Ottoman host launched bombs, fired cannons, and showered the populace with arrows during the battle for Christianity's bulwark.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Sad that history has become so politicaly correct
- De Anna en 12-08-09
- The Enemy at the Gate
- Habsburgs, Ottomans and the Battle for Europe
- De: Andrew Wheatcroft
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
Great history, well told and well narrated!
Revisado: 11-25-16
What did you love best about The Enemy at the Gate?
The detail and nuance about Turkish-European tensions and he military history were great!
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Oliver Cromwell
- The Notorious Life and Legacy of the Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England
- De: Charles River Editors
- Narrado por: Saethon Williams
- Duración: 1 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 40
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 39
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 39
For over 1,000 years England has had a monarchy, and though the line of succession did not always pass smoothly, it has almost always been continuous. England has more often been faced with the claims of competing kings and queens than with a period of no monarch at all.
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1 out of 5 stars
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absurdly juvenile biography
- De Mr. en 04-06-19
- Oliver Cromwell
- The Notorious Life and Legacy of the Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England
- De: Charles River Editors
- Narrado por: Saethon Williams
Good but super brief summary of Cromwell's Life
Revisado: 11-25-16
Did Saethon Williams do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?
This "book" is so brief that the characters don't really get much detail.
If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Oliver Cromwell?
No
Any additional comments?
This is like the Cliff's Notes version. This is high school level history.
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