Written and Narrated By: Jon Ronson
Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
Deep and fraught; shallow and histrionic: Ronson always, ALWAYS provides a hilarious descent into Hell
So You've Been Publicly Shamed
Operation Mincemeat
How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory
By: Ben Macintyre / Narrated By: John Lee
Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
I hear tell this is only for history buffs?!? Well, hallelujah and huzzah: That I most certainly am!!!
A Game of Birds and Wolves
The Year of Magical Thinking
Never Buy a Raccoon at a Gas Station
Them: Adventures with Extremists
The Legend of Griffin
Nagasaki
Hiroshima Diary
The Journal of a Japanese Physician, August 6-September 30, 1945
By: Michihiko Hachiya MD / Narrated By: Robertson Dean
Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
Boooooo, Robertson DEAN! …but at least he didn’t ruin this one…! Verrrry touching, soul-stirring
A Woman of No Importance
The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II
By: Sonia Purnell / Narrated By: Juliet Stevenson
Length: 13 hrs and 54 mins
From the print reviews? I do believe Juliet Stevenson makes this is a grand and daring tale
Max the Miracle Dog
The Elephant in the Room
A Journey into the Trump Campaign and the "Alt-Right"
Written and Narrated By: Jon Ronson
Length: 1 hr and 47 mins
It’s like this, see: I LOVE Jon Ronson, so I loved this book… even tho’ I was ready to shoot m’self by the end…
Jane Austen at Home
Across That Bridge
The Dog Who Could Fly
The Incredible True Story of a WWII Airman and the Four-Legged Hero Who Flew at His Side
By: Damien Lewis / Narrated By: Derek Perkins
Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
LOVED IT!!!
Beasts
What Animals Can Teach Us About the Origins of Good and Evil
By: Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson / Narrated By: Edoardo Ballerini
Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins
Soooo good, but DEFinitely a mixed bag of emotions
Don't Believe a Word
The Surprising Truth About Language
By: David Shariatmadari / Narrated By: Damian Lynch
Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
My “Gosh, I’m such an idiot” Listen for this year…
The Great Mortality
Get Well Soon
History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them
By: Jennifer Wright / Narrated By: Gabra Zackman
Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
Maybe not very Academic, but WILDLY entertaining… Plus, the cover has the Creepy Beak-Doctor from my nightmares…!
The Demon in the Freezer
A True Story
By: Richard Preston / Narrated By: Paul Boehmer
Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
Disjointed? A bit… but soooo exciting: Listened to it in a single sitting!