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Histoire totale de la Seconde Guerre mondiale
- Auteur(s): Olivier Wieviorka
- Narrateur(s): Philippe Allard
- Durée: 37 h et 35 min
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Tous les fronts dans ce livre audio. Cet ouvrage est né d'un constat paradoxal. Si nous croulons a priori sous les livres portant sur la Seconde Guerre mondiale, il existe en réalité peu de grandes synthèses sur le sujet – et aucune de l'envergure de celle que propose Olivier Wieviorka. Fruit de nombreuses années de travail, elle innove d'abord par son approche globale qui la distingue des classiques anglo-américains qui privilégient les seules opérations militaires.
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Sujet trop vaste pour un seul historien
- Écrit par Paul M. Gareau le 2025-02-21
- Histoire totale de la Seconde Guerre mondiale
- Auteur(s): Olivier Wieviorka
- Narrateur(s): Philippe Allard
Sujet trop vaste pour un seul historien
Évalué le: 2025-02-21
Si l'œuvre est remarquable dans son ensemble, elle laisse entrevoir beaucoup de failles lorsqu'on l'examine attentivement. L’analyse de la politique de Staline est incomplète et pas toujours objective, particulièrement en ce qui concerne ses objectifs révisionnistes en Europe et sa politique d’agression. L’impact du “Prêt-Bail” reprend la version de la propagande russe qui cherche à le minimiser, en occultant son rôle de soutien et de développement de l’économie soviétique et des équipements militaires en dehors des chars, avions et canons. Plusieurs ont critiqué les lacunes de l’analyse militaire de l’auteur. Tout en comprenant le désir de l’historien de vouloir détruire certains mythes qui ont toujours cours, la méthode est parfois déficiente. Ainsi Rommel n’était pas un génie militaire : d’accord, mais quels sont les critères objectifs qui définissent un génie militaire? Le manque de connaissance de l’auteur pour d’autres régions du monde entraine un manque de profondeur (et des erreurs). Ainsi, son analyse de la résistance du Québec à la conscription relève presque des préjugés que l’on retrouve dans une certaine historiographie canadienne-anglaise. Et il a complètement échappé à l’auteur que la réaction des Québécois est conforme à celle des habitants de toutes les Amériques, dont aucun pays n’est rentré en guerre avant 1941. Bref, malgré tous les mérites de l’auteur et l’immense travail qu’il a accompli, il reste qu’un ouvrage aussi ambitieux sur la Seconde Guerre mondiale aurait grandement bénéficié d’être entrepris par un collectif d’historiens de diverses spécialités et de diverses nationalités.
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Aliens: Vasquez
- A Novel
- Auteur(s): V. Castro
- Narrateur(s): Lauren Rodriguez
- Durée: 11 h et 29 min
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Even before the doomed mission to Hadley’s Hope on LV-426, Jenette Vasquez had to fight to survive. Born to an immigrant family with a long military tradition, she looked up to the stars, but life pulled her back down to Earth—first into a street gang, then prison. The Colonial Marines proved to be Vasquez’s way out—a way that forced her to give up her twin children. Raised by Jenette’s sister, those children, Leticia and Ramon, had to discover their own ways to survive.
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Really not worth a read or a listening
- Écrit par Paul M. Gareau le 2024-12-10
- Aliens: Vasquez
- A Novel
- Auteur(s): V. Castro
- Narrateur(s): Lauren Rodriguez
Really not worth a read or a listening
Évalué le: 2024-12-10
I have difficulty understanding how this book found a publisher. The story is mostly about the daughter of Aliens' Vasquez and her twin brother: the Aliens encounters are few and far between, except in the last part of the book. That would not have matter if the character building had not been so weak (almost two dimensional) and if their personal story had been more interesting (and better written). Dialogues are full of clichés and sound artificial - especially in action/combat situation. However, there are some interesting ideas regarding the Aliens and their "weaponization". But the performance is atrocious - so bad I thought it was done by A.I. The narrator does not seem to master the different intonations that goes with punctuation or when expressing different feelings (let's leave it at that). Do not waste a credit on this book.
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Alien: Colony War
- Auteur(s): David M. Barnett
- Narrateur(s): Shiromi Arserio
- Durée: 9 h et 4 min
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On Earth, political tensions boil over between the United Americas, Union of Progressive Peoples, and Three World Empire. Conflict spreads to the outer fringes, and the UK colony of New Albion breaks with the Three World empire. This could lead to a Colony War. Trapped in the middle are journalist Cher Hunt, scientist Chad McLaren, and the synthetic Davis. Cher, seeking to discover who caused the death of her sister, Shy Hunt, uncovers a far bigger story. McLaren’s mission, fought alongside his wife, is to stop the militarization of the deadliest weapon of all—the Xenomorph.
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A Missed Opportunity
- Écrit par Christian Daoust le 2023-08-10
- Alien: Colony War
- Auteur(s): David M. Barnett
- Narrateur(s): Shiromi Arserio
A bad Aliens rip off
Évalué le: 2024-12-06
There is absolutely nothing original in that book regarding the aliens. Those familiar with the movie Aliens will recognize similar situations, similar characters, even similar sentences... However, the performance of Shiromi Arserio is very good: but it can't rescue this bad story. I am glad I got this one free, because it was disappointing and not worth a credit.
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Khaos
- Auteur(s): Jeremy Robinson
- Narrateur(s): R.C. Bray
- Durée: 10 h et 10 min
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Several months after his neighborhood was cloaked in darkness and invaded by the demon-like denizens of a hellish world, life has returned to normal for Miah Gray, a.k.a. Laser Chicken. No longer burdened by PTSD, he is free to enjoy his family and to help pick up the pieces of a pillaged world. At night, he trains with his eight-year-old companion, Bree, a.k.a. Demon Dog, and their neighbors Henry and Sarah, the god-like descendants of Helen of Sparta and the mythological Zeus. All is calm...until new neighbors move in across the street and shatter the peace.
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so many laughs
- Écrit par Mike Shields le 2024-08-01
- Khaos
- Auteur(s): Jeremy Robinson
- Narrateur(s): R.C. Bray
Entertaining... Funny... with Greek Gods!
Évalué le: 2023-12-03
While you are cracking with laughter and fully entertained, you can only marvel at the author reinventing the genre by integrating Greek mythology... on steroids. R.C Bray - outstanding as usual - makes listening to this book a pure delight. Highly recommended.
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Mountain Man: 2nd Prequel
- Them Early Days
- Auteur(s): Keith C. Blackmore
- Narrateur(s): R.C. Bray
- Durée: 12 h et 12 min
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Living off the land and adapting to a changing environment takes a special individual with the unique skills, training, and determination necessary to survive. Gus Berry is not that individual. The former house painter barely made it out of Annapolis as its population underwent a violent transformation, leaving everyone he knew or loved dead—or undead. Now, Gus needs food and booze, weapons and armor, clothing that fits, and above all, toilet paper, preferably two-ply.
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Sad to report it was dissapointing
- Écrit par Diane le 2022-02-19
- Mountain Man: 2nd Prequel
- Them Early Days
- Auteur(s): Keith C. Blackmore
- Narrateur(s): R.C. Bray
Just boring...
Évalué le: 2023-10-12
I love the Mountain Man series but not this one. Other reviews have underline the flaws in this part of the story. I would ad that this could have been an opportunity to explore Gus' past: his family, his relationships, etc. At the very least to help us understand were his deep anxieties / depression come from... Because without those elements, Gus looks nothing like the character he will become. To conclude: not only does this book not had anything to the story, it is just boring... Despite R.C. Bray outstanding performance.
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The Devil's Diary
- Alfred Rosenberg and the Stolen Secrets of the Third Reich
- Auteur(s): Robert K. Wittman, David Kinney
- Narrateur(s): P. J. Ochlan
- Durée: 15 h et 9 min
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A groundbreaking historical contribution, The Devil's Diary is a chilling window into the mind of Adolf Hitler's "chief social philosopher", Alfred Rosenberg, who formulated some of the guiding principles behind the Third Reich's genocidal crusade.
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History written by an FBI agent and a journalist
- Écrit par Paul M. Gareau le 2022-07-23
- The Devil's Diary
- Alfred Rosenberg and the Stolen Secrets of the Third Reich
- Auteur(s): Robert K. Wittman, David Kinney
- Narrateur(s): P. J. Ochlan
History written by an FBI agent and a journalist
Évalué le: 2022-07-23
If you have only general knowledge about Nazi Germany, the Holocaust, and Rosenberg, you might be interested by this book. If, on the other hand, you were looking for Rosenberg’s diary and an in-depth analysis by historians and specialists; then you will be extremely disappointed. This book goes in many directions that are not necessarily irrelevant to its main subject but would be better suited for an introductory book on the period. An important part of the book is also about the life of Robert Kempner, the Jewish German lawyer and Nuremberg US prosecutor, who kept until his death the diaries in his personal files. Again, not necessarily uninteresting, but not what I was expecting. More promising seems "The Political Diary of Alfred Rosenberg and the Onset of the Holocaust", by Jürgen Matthäus and Frank Bajohr.
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Stalin's War
- A New History of World War II
- Auteur(s): Sean McMeekin
- Narrateur(s): Kevin Stillwell
- Durée: 24 h et 56 min
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World War II endures in the popular imagination as a heroic struggle between good and evil, with villainous Hitler driving its events. But Hitler was not in power when the conflict erupted in Asia. His armies did not fight in multiple theaters, his empire did not span the Eurasian continent, and he did not inherit any of the spoils of war. That central role belonged to Joseph Stalin. Drawing on ambitious new research in Soviet, European, and US archives, Stalin’s War revolutionizes our understanding of this global conflict by moving its epicenter to the east.
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Very well written and interesting, but bias
- Écrit par Paul M. Gareau le 2021-10-27
- Stalin's War
- A New History of World War II
- Auteur(s): Sean McMeekin
- Narrateur(s): Kevin Stillwell
Very well written and interesting, but bias
Évalué le: 2021-10-27
Sean McMeekin is a good writer and knows how to tell a story. He is extremely well served by the narration of Kevin Stillwell. But this a history book, i.e. a reconstruction of the past based on evidence. History, like science, constantly revisit knowledge, adds to, or changes it. “New history of…” are therefore much welcomed, if you back them up with solid documents or facts, and that you are extremely prudent in your interpretations. On this level, Stalin’s War is problematic. It presents a lot of hypotheses as thesis, but the demonstration is not always convincing. For example, one can claim that Stalin wished that Japan invaded Manchuria, if there is evidence proving that. But it is not the same as saying that Stalin pushed Tokyo to do it and it worked. Especially if you have not examined in detail the Japanese sources to see what Tokyo’s motivations were. When Stalin did not invade immediately Poland in 1939, it may have been a political maneuver, but there were logistical reasons as well: the Red army was not yet ready to attack - but did nevertheless soon after the Germans complained. World War II is a very complex subject, and one must be weary of monolithic explanations, especially ideologically driven ones. That being said, McMeekin brings a lot of factual and detailed information’s, for example lend-lease figures, that are really interesting.
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Dominion
- How the Christian Revolution Remade the World
- Auteur(s): Tom Holland
- Narrateur(s): Tom Holland, Mark Meadows
- Durée: 22 h et 18 min
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Crucifixion, the Romans believed, was the worst fate imaginable, a punishment reserved for slaves. How astonishing it was, then, that people should have come to believe that one particular victim of crucifixion - an obscure provincial by the name of Jesus - was to be worshipped as a god. Dominion explores the implications of this shocking conviction as they have reverberated throughout history.
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What a Story
- Écrit par Phil J le 2021-01-01
- Dominion
- How the Christian Revolution Remade the World
- Auteur(s): Tom Holland
- Narrateur(s): Tom Holland, Mark Meadows
Disappointing...
Évalué le: 2021-06-01
To write a book on 2,000 years of Christianity is a tremendously ambitious endeavor, and one that an historian should not undertake alone. The subject is too vast and require specialization for several periods and geographical areas. This led, in Dominion, to the distortions of events, like the Crusades, which were not a conflict between two players (Christians and Muslims). There were four major groups : the Muslim Turks, the Christian “Latins”, the Muslim Arabs, and the Christian Romans (which never called themselves Byzantines, contrary to what Mr. Holland claims). At times, Muslims fought Christians but also Muslims, and Christians fought Muslims but also Christians, as politics and economic goals played often a more significant role than religion. Another problem with the book is the preponderance given to religious or spiritual factors to explain events. The question of the celibacy for priests for example, was a also measure to stop the feudalization of the Church, which was in danger of losing its vassals and properties, as bishops were transmitting them from father to son… The Pope was a very temporal ruler as the Head of the Papal States, constituted around 750, from territories “appropriated” from the Emperor of Constantinople (false Donation of Constantine), following an alliance with the Carolingien Franks, an event of capital importance for Western Christendom – not mentioned by Mr. Holland. Few lines as well on the Christian Orthodoxy of the Medieval Roman Empire of Constantinople – even though Christianity was one until 1204 (contrary to what Mr. Holland claims, the schism of 1071 did not mark a permanent rupture). The Roman missionaries brought Christianity to the Slavic world, to Ethiopia and other African countries. The Christian Empire, led by an Empereur (Basileus Autokrator) which claimed to be the lieutenant of God of earth, considered that war was to be avoided at all costs. Killing at war was seen as a murder, a sin, and soldiers had to make penance when they came back. The Romans were horrified during the Crusades when they saw Latin clergymen taking part in battle, as for them it was to commit murder with the same hands that held the body of Christ. Did not that “Eastern” Christianism deserve as much place as Protestantism? For all those reasons, and others, I have found the book disappointing.
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