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- Narrated by
- William OlivarezDelmar Cano
Unabridged
3 hours 29 min
2021
EN
Better Communication will allow you to prove your worth to others and stand up for your reasons, as well as feel more confident in any situation.Have you spent the better portion of your life physically and mentally unable to strive for what you really want, passively riding the waves as they come.Are you constantly considerate of others’ feelings, having made too many compromises in the past that have left you feeling unfulfilled and empty.You may currently be fac...
2019
EN
This book is important and it helped me to grow, now I share the message that children should know.Every child's special in their own way, they love to feel joy and happiness through play.But life can be hard so I hope that this helps to keep that spring in their step with super good health.
Our Noise
The Story of Merge Records, the Indie Label That Got Big and Stayed Small
- Narrated by
- Ray Porter
Unabridged
9 hours 1 min
2009
EN
For twenty years, Merge Records has remained true to their belief that you can sign bands because you love their music and respect what they’re trying to do. As giant corporate labels struggle for survival, Merge has, in the unlikeliest of times, garnered a loyal group of artists and a secure and growing fan base and, most important, has brought us some of the best music of our time.Our Noise tells the story of how Merge did it and continues to do it, through the eyes of c...
Sending People to Heaven
The Undertaker
2022
EN
Sending People To Heaven – The Undertaker pulls back the curtain on the extraordinary life of John, a licensed mortician working within the unseen world of caring for the dead… and the living. Go behind the scenes and experience the profoundly serious and, at times, amusing interactions John has with his staff as they unite in handling the preparation of the dead, and serving the grieving families left behind. John's journey reveals the touching and very delicate nature of his profession, ...
Afghanistan: the Perfect Failure
A War Doomed by the Coalition's Strategies, Policies and Political Correctness
2012
EN
LONG BOOK DESCRIPTION: Unparalleled access to all levels of the Afghan government and coalition forces is the result of John Cooks tenure in Afghanistan. Over the past four and a half years, he has developed an intimate and alarming insight into what has become a hand-wringing quagmire of politically correct, socially and culturally sensitive policies and programs that continue to be implemented, and that can only result in catastrophic failure for the United States, the coalition and the ...
The Rebel Yell: 40 Civil War Soldier Memoirs
Forty Confederate Eyewitness Accounts of Battle, Memory, Defeat, and Southern Mythmaking
- by
- John Esten CookeRobert E. LeeHeros von BorckeGeorge Cary EgglestonJames LongstreetJohn Singleton MosbyEdward M. BoykinArthur Peronneau FordMarion Johnstone FordIsaac HermannGilbert Moxley SorrelWilliam WatsonDaniel P. SmithJames Carson ElliottThomas D. DuncanDavid E. JohnstonFrancis Warrington DawsonJohn A. SloanLa Salle Corbell PickettHenry Lane StoneBasil Wilson DukeWayland Fuller DunawayRufus H. PeckEdward Alexander MooreRaphael SemmesCole YoungerWilliam Meade DameCaleb HuseWilliam G. StevensonCarlton McCarthySamuel Gibbs FrenchRichard L. MauryJ. WilkinsonAlfred J. VaughanLuther W. HopkinsJohn Porter FortJohn Milton HubbardJohn Call DaltonJames H. WoodFrank M. Myers
2024
EN
The Rebel Yell gathers forty Civil War soldier memoirs into a capacious, often contradictory record of Confederate military experience. Ranging from formal recollection and campaign narrative to cavalry adventure, naval testimony, prison memory, and reflections on defeat, the volume illuminates both battlefield immediacy and the retrospective shaping of war. Accounts of major operations, irregular warfare, command, endurance, and home-front loyalties reveal the variety of literary register...
Wearing of the Gray
Being Personal Portraits, Scenes, and Adventures of War
2018
EN
Although John Esten Cooke fought during for the Confederacy during the Civil War, he is best known for his writing. Wearing of the Gray is Cooke's most celebrated work, in which he discusses many scenes during the war including some involving his cousin-in-law JEB Stuart.
2024
EN
"Mohun" is a captivating novеl authorеd by John Estеn Cookе, a prominеnt Amеrican writеr known for his works that еxplorе thе Amеrican Civil War еra. This novеl transports rеadеrs into thе hеart of thе turbulеnt timеs of thе Civil War and offеrs a compеlling narrativе of honor, couragе, and thе harsh rеalitiеs of war. Sеt against thе backdrop of thе Civil War, “Mohun" is a talе that rеvolvеs around thе lifе of its еponymous protagonist, Mohun, a charactеr dееply affеctеd by thе tumultuous ...
The Complete History of the Civil War (Including Memoirs & Biographies of the Lead Commanders)
Memoirs, Leadership, Strategy, and Memory of a Nation Divided
2023
EN
The Complete History of the Civil War gathers military narrative, presidential prose, memoir, biography, and retrospective historical interpretation into a capacious account of the conflict that remade the United States. Its varied materials move from battlefield command and political crisis to personal recollection and sectional memory, revealing how the war was narrated by participants as well as later chroniclers. Memoirs of campaigning and command stand beside biographical portraits an...
2023
EN
In presenting these Reminiscences to the reader the author wishes to say that they were written and compiled by an uneducated man, who is now 63 years of age, with no pretensions to literary attainments, having a very meager knowledge of the common-school branches. In placing these recollections in book form there is an endeavor all along the line to state the facts as they occurred to me. The tragic deaths seen by the author in dance-hall and saloon have been omitted, in this work. But to...
2012
EN
John Esten Cooke and his brother Philip Pendleton Cooke were very successful writers and novelists before the Civil War broke out in the United States in 1861. Hailing from Virginia, John wrote proudly about the state in the 1850s, becoming noted for his writings about Virginian life during the antebellum period. In 1862, Cooke became a volunteer aide for famous cavalry officer J.E.B. Stuart, a position secured through his family ties to Stuarts wife. In May 1862 he was commissioned as a l...
REBEL YELL: History of the Confederacy
Memoirs and Biographies of the Confederate Leaders & Official Documents
2023
EN
REBEL YELL: History of the Confederacy is a compelling anthology that delves into the tumultuous narrative of the Confederate States during the American Civil War. Through a diverse range of literary styles, including historical narratives, personal accounts, and reflections, this collection captures the essence of a pivotal era in American history. The anthology showcases vivid portrayals of wartime experiences, the ideological fervor of the Confederacy, and the enduring impact of the con...











