Listened to The Big Rich a month or so ago....really interesting and learned a lot about the people whom a number of streets/buildings/parks are named after across the state of Texas.
The following are the best books I've ever read....if they're available on audiobook I don't think you could go wrong:
Lonesome Dove - McMurtry
Pillars of the Earth - Follett
The Long Walk - Rawicz - true story of several prisoners who escaped a soviet gulag and their trek back to civilization (made into a movie called The Way Back)
We Die Alone - Howarth - true story of Jan Baalrud, a Norwegian commando, and his escape from Nazi occupied Norway after a failed sabotage attempt (made into a movie called The 12th Man)
Band of Brothers - Ambrose - the book the mini-series is based off of
Empire of the Summer Moon - Gwynne - mentioned above
Beneath a Scarlet Sky - Sullivan - based on true story of italian boy who leads an underground railroad of Jews across the Alps to escape Nazi occupied Italy
The Winter Fortress - Neal Bascomb - true story of Norwegian resistances attempt to blow up a Nazi heavy water facility to slow down their attempt at making an atomic bomb
In the Unlikeliest of Places - Berkovits - biography of Nachman Libeskindn written by his daughter. He survived pre-war Polish prison, escaped the Nazis, survived a soviet gulag, escaped to Isreal, then to the US. Insane story.
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