Written by: Many People A few speeches are great in both content and delivery. Some are good content but don’t sound so great. Many were pretty boring. I have to assume there will be even better speeches in the future, so the title feels a little misleading. Length: 1.75 hrs 11/2003: Fortunately this was short.
Written by: Bill Bryson In a nutshell: “First the Earth cooled. Then the dinosaurs came but they got too big and fat and died and turned into oil. Ooh look! There’s a sale at Penney’s!” Actually that’s from Airplane, which was a whole lot funnier than this book. Length: 18 hrs 11/2003: I like Bill […]
Written by: Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns, and Dayton Duncan Follows his life and adventures through his private letters and pubic writings (and statements). Interesting facts about history, but more so showed how awesome Mark Twain was. He was a hilarious, and travelled the world for both inspiration and to create a giant canvas for […]
Written by: Walter Isaacson A great autobiography that teaches not just about Benjamin Franklin, but also the general era and other players during that time. Lots of insight into what he did and why (according to his journals) he did it. Franklin was huge into self-improvement, laying out detailed, long-term experiments and plans for himself […]
Written by: Rick Atkinson Primarily about the war in North Africa from 1942-1943, there is a lot of blowing shit up and people getting shot in the head and other parts. Lots of detailed history and first hand accounts. Length: 7 hrs 5/2003: Very interesting and engaging, plus I learned a lot.
Written by: Mark Kurlansky This book is almost 14 hours long and is all about the history of salt. How awesome is that? Although crazy long, it was actually really interesting and there really is a pretty amazing story to be told. For basically ever prior to refrigeration, which is actually super new relatively, the […]
Written by: Edmund Morris Holy crap Theodore Roosevelt is a total badass. He started as a sickly child, but decided instead he would be awesome and made it happen. Great stories like when he was District Attorney and his way for getting rid of the stupid Blue Laws in New York was to prosecute the […]
Written by: David McCullough One thing is certain, John Adams was a small, small man. Seriously, he was like 4 feet tall. His story is really a backdrop for an excellent history of the United States (and parts of Europe) during the time he lived. You really get a feel for what was going on, […]
whispered words from literary masters, cheesy hacks, inspirational gurus, and fluffy crap artists into my ears. These are there stories.