Stalin’s Ghost

Saturday, August 9th, 2008 by Book Guy | No Comments »

The investigation leads to the fields outside Moscow where a million soldiers once fought. There, amidst the detritus, Renko must confront the ghost of his own father, a favorite general of Stalin’s. In these barren fields, patriots and shady entrepreneurs collect the bones, weapons and personal effects of slain World War II soldiers, and find that even among the dead there are surprises.

Replete with Martin Cruz Smith’s trademark wit, dark humor and action, Stalin’s Ghost is an unparalleled thriller woven with the depth of humanity found in the greatest literature.

Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Author: Martin Cruz Smith
Narrator: Ron McClarty
ISBN: 0743561201
Normal Price: $29.95
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All The Best, George Bush

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 by Book Guy | No Comments »

A Public Figure, A Private Man.

Read by President Bush, with Barbara Bush, Dorothy Bush Koch, Marvin Bush, Neil Bush, George P. Bush and Jonathan Bush

Though reticent in public, George Bush has openly shared his private thoughts in his correspondence throughout his life. Organized chronologically, the volume begins with eighteen-year-old George’s letters to his parents during World War II when, at the time he was commissioned, he was the youngest pilot in the Navy. Listeners will gain insights into Bush’s career highlights - the oil business, his two terms in Congress, his ambassadorship to the U. N., his service as an envoy in China, his tenure with the Central Intelligence Agency, and of course, the vice presidency, the presidency, and the post-presidency.

A devoted husband, father, and American, his missives include: a love letter to Barbara; a letter to his mother about missing his daughter Robin after her death from leukemia; a letter to his children two weeks before Nixon’s resignation; and one written to them just before the beginning of Desert Storm. His writings are remarkable for their candor, humor, and poignancy.

All the Best, George Bush provides a surprisingly intimate and insightful portrayal of the forty-first president of the United States.

Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Author: George Bush
Narrator: George Bush
ISBN: 0743540972
Normal Price: $30.00
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Battle for the Rhine 1944, The: The Battle of the Bulge and the Ardennes Campaign, 1944

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 by Book Guy | No Comments »

Battle for the Rhine 1944, The: The Battle of the Bulge and the Ardennes Campaign, 1944

"Thoroughly researched Neillands’ volume has a place in any collection
serving World War II history students and buffs."–Booklist

The post-Normandy battles that the Allies fought as they struggled for seven months to
advance from the Seine to the Rhine were complex and controversial. Even after sixty
years, the questions remain of who was responsible for the failure at Nijmegen, the
destruction of the British First Airborne Division at Arnhem, and the failure of Operation
Market Garden. Could the war in Europe have been won in 1944 with better strategies?

Historian Robin Neillands gets to the truth of what really happened. He examines the
often difficult relationships between the Allied generals and the nature of Eisenhower’s
exercise of his role as Supreme Commander. With superb battle narratives throughout
and clear analysis of success and failure at every point, the author casts a new and
informed light on the long-drawn-out and costly struggle for the Rhine.

Publisher: Blackstone Audio Inc
Author: Robin Neillands
Narrator: James Adams
ISBN: 978-0-7861-6824-8
Download Price: $23.95

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Mussolini

Monday, June 16th, 2008 by Book Guy | No Comments »

“[A] well-written and balanced account of one of the more enigmatic figures of the twentieth
century.”Booklist

Historian Jasper Ridley brings us this comprehensive biography of the man who invented fascismBenito
Mussolini, widely regarded as one of the arch villains of the twentieth century. A complex and contradictory
figure, Mussolini won the fascination of many statesmen and writersand their wives. From his early years
raised in the traditions of revolutionary Italian Socialism, to his violent execution by Communist partisans at
the end of World War II, we watch Mussolini’s power ambitions erode his political ideals, as he evolves from
brilliant orator and journalist to empire-building dictator enforcing his authority by death squads. A man initially
praised and admired by such Western luminaries as Winston Churchill, or underestimated as a posturing
buffoon, he eventually showed his true colors as a racist and persecutor of the Jews. He sought equal stature
with Hitler, but his alliance with him would prove disastrous. Ridley’s account of this unforgettable twentieth-century
figure is even-handed and indispensable.

Jasper Ridley has written many successful biographies of forceful and vivid characters in the sixteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries, among them Lord Palmerston, Napoleon III and Eugénie, Henry VIII, and Garibaldi. His books have been acclaimed in the United States, Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic and Latin America. His most recently published book is a biography of Marshal Tito.

Nadia May has been nominated as an AudioFile Golden Voice five years running and is a winner of thirteen AudioFile Earphones Awards. She is the co-founder of TheatreFirst, a theater company in the San Francisco Bay Area where she currently lives.
Publisher: Blackstone Audio Inc
Author: Jasper Ridley
Narrator: Nadia May
ISBN: 0-7861-5128-5
Normal Price: $44.95
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Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War

Monday, April 14th, 2008 by Book Guy | No Comments »

Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War

"Compelling. No other living author could have gotten it all down so
well."–New York Daily News

"Gripping. It is impossible for an American to read this book without pride in what
his country accomplished in those days of enormous challenge."
–Christian Science Monitor

"When Manchester speaks of the awesome heroism and hideous suffering of the
Marines he lived with and fought with, he is reverent before the mystery of individual
courage and gallantry."–Baltimore Sun

"A strong and honest account. Manchester’s combat writing stands comparison
with the best."–New York Times Book Review

"It belongs with the best war memoirs ever written."–Los Angeles Times

In this intensely powerful memoir, America’s pre-eminent biographer-historian, who
has written so brilliantly about World War II in his acclaimed lives of General Douglas
MacArthur (American Caesar) and Winston Churchill (The Last Lion),
looks back at his own early life.

This memoir offers an unrivaled firsthand account of World War II in the Pacific: of what
it looked like, sounded like, smelled like, and most of all, what it felt like to one who
underwent all but the ultimate of its experiences.

Publisher: Blackstone Audio Inc
Author: William Manchester
Narrator: Barrett Whitener
ISBN: 978-0-7861-6923-8
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