Audiobook Heaven Mailbag #6

Audiobook Reviews from Audiobook Heaven



Hi there folks. It’s Saturday again, the most exciting day of the week. Why is it so exciting? Because on Saturday, we open up the Audiobook-Heaven mailbag to see the new audiobooks that came in this week! Enough chit-chat, let’s see what’s in the bag!



Here’s an audiobook that just came in from Blackstone Audio:

Berlin Diary

by William L Shirer, narrated by Tom Weiner

Subtitle: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent, 1934–1941

By the acclaimed journalist and bestselling author of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, this day-by-day, eyewitness account of the momentous events leading up to World War II in Europe is the private, personal, utterly revealing journal of a great foreign correspondent.

CBS radio broadcaster William L. Shirer was virtually unknown in 1940 when he decided there might be a book in the diary he had kept in Europe during the 1930s—specifically those sections dealing with the collapse of the European democracies and the rise of Nazi Germany.

Shirer was the only Western correspondent in Vienna on March 11, 1938, when the German troops marched in and took over Austria, and he alone reported the surrender by France to Germany on June 22, 1940, even before the Germans reported it. The whole time, Shirer kept a record of events, many of which could not be publicly reported because of censorship by the Germans. In December 1940, Shirer learned that the Germans were building a case against him for espionage, an offense punishable by death. Fortunately, Shirer escaped and was able to take most of his diary with him.

Berlin Diary first appeared in 1941, and the timing was perfect. The energy, the passion, and the electricity in it were palpable. The book was an instant success, and it became the frame of reference against which thoughtful Americans judged the rush of events in Europe. It exactly matched journalist to event: the right reporter at the right place at the right time. It stood, and still stands, as so few books have ever done—a pure act of journalistic witness.



Sounds good! Not much in the bag this week, but wait a minute, what’s this? I think there’s something else, way down in the bottom there. I can barely reach it, but yes, here it is.

Wow! Cool, I’ve been waiting for this one!



From Galaxy Audio, it’s my advance copy of L Ron Hubbard’s Battlefield Earth! This one doesn’t go on sale for a little while yet, and I can’t say much about it right now, but keep your eyes open for more news about this exciting release.

All these audiobook reviews, and more, will be coming soon from Audiobook-Heaven!

Well, that’s it for this week, the Audiobook-Heaven mailbag is once again empty. Until next time, keep your feet on the ground, and keep reaching for the stars!





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