Robert Schneck
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Beneath a Scarlet Sky
- A Novel
- By: Mark Sullivan
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 17 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 48,347
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 43,326
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Story5 out of 5 stars 43,140
Pino Lella wants nothing to do with the war or the Nazis. He's a normal Italian teenager - obsessed with music, food, and girls - but his days of innocence are numbered. When his family home in Milan is destroyed by Allied bombs, Pino joins an underground railroad helping Jews escape over the Alps, and falls for Anna, a beautiful widow six years his senior. In an attempt to protect him, Pino's parents force him to enlist as a German soldier - a move they think will keep him out of combat.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Best Thing? It Really Happened!
- By Chip Atkinson on 08-07-17
- Beneath a Scarlet Sky
- A Novel
- By: Mark Sullivan
- Narrated by: Will Damron
Beneath a Scarlet Sky
Reviewed: 02-22-19
Great story but not the ending I had hoped for. Will Damron was one of the best perfomers that I have heard.
Overall I would strongly recommend it.
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The Red Fighter Pilot
- The Story of the Red Baron as Told by Manfred Von Richthofen Himself
- By: Manfred Von Richthofen, J. Ellis Barker - translator
- Narrated by: Paul Stefano
- Length: 2 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 56
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 50
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 49
Manfred von Richthofen (1892 - 1918), also widely known as the Legendary Red Baron, was a German fighter pilot with the Imperial German Army Air Service during World War I. He is considered the ace of aces of that war, being officially credited with 80 air combat victories, more than any other pilot. The Red Baron only wrote one book, his "autobiography", Der Rote Kampfflieger. This book was written just before he was killed, and it details his meteoric rise from a cavalryman to one of the most well-known fighter pilots of all time.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Narration was rushed
- By Steve in St. Louis on 12-26-17
- The Red Fighter Pilot
- The Story of the Red Baron as Told by Manfred Von Richthofen Himself
- By: Manfred Von Richthofen, J. Ellis Barker - translator
- Narrated by: Paul Stefano
Insights into the Red Baron
Reviewed: 12-03-18
As a pilot, I found the thoughts and personal notes fascinating from the top fighter pilot and ace of World War 1 with 80 aircraft down. His background and how he got into the Imperial Army Aviation Corp was informative. He was an observer, on the Russians front and was flying, for almost a year, before learning how to fly. His time with the greatest pilot, of his time, Oswald Boelcke, and the influence he had on Rickthofen made him a better fighter pilot. Although a short book, it was an abbreviated auto biography and a must read for historians studying the air war between 1915-1917.
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The Ocean Liner
- By: Marius Gabriel
- Narrated by: Angela Dawe
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,749
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,553
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,552
Cousins Masha and Rachel Morgenstern board the luxury liner the SS Manhattan bound for New York, desperate to escape the concentration camps that claimed the rest of their family. America offers a safe haven, but to reach it they must survive a hazardous Atlantic crossing. Among their fellow passengers fleeing the war, each with their own conflicts, secrets, and surprises, are the composer Igor Stravinsky, making a new start after a decade of tragedy, and Rose Kennedy, determined to keep her four children from harm.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Chapter 13 and I give up…
- By Katrina on 08-02-18
- The Ocean Liner
- By: Marius Gabriel
- Narrated by: Angela Dawe
Fast out of the gate faded on the final turn
Reviewed: 08-11-18
The book was great while on the ship but a let down in the last 1/3. Kind of ran out of steam. Could have fast forwarded to the last two chapters.
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A Bitter Rain
- By: James D. Shipman
- Narrated by: David deVries
- Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 219
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 195
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Story4 out of 5 stars 194
East Prussia, Nazi Germany, 1939. History professor Erik Mueller is a model citizen and a family man. He's also a decorated sergeant in the Gestapo. Proving his courage on the battlefields of Poland and the Soviet Union, and proud of the German army's victories across Europe, he embraces what he thinks is the righteousness of the Third Reich's cause. But his loyalties are soon tested when he crosses paths with his old university friend Trude Bensheim.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent book
- By Ann McNeil on 12-21-17
- A Bitter Rain
- By: James D. Shipman
- Narrated by: David deVries
WWll Thriller
Reviewed: 08-05-18
Although a slow start, the book picked up speed and was spellbinding. I liked the way the author developed two story lines. The setting of Konigsberg, East Prussia a city founded in 1255 and abandoned in 1945, was an interesting choice of venue. David DeVries did a creditable job of narration although his voices of the two children was ludicrous. I liked this book because of the subject matter, in the darkest of times, there are always good people willing to follow their convictions and put their lives ahead of their personal safety, to protect others. The author could have devoted more attention to ending however in fairness, he did devote the last chapter to political foot notes and put the book into historical perspective. Recommended
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