Review:Some books make us laugh, cry, scream or jump with joy. Nothing to Tell did something greater. Not often do we find a book that touches a part of our souls. I grew up in Montana on a cattle ranch, and this book took me back to being six years old, running through alfalfa fields, climbing trees, making apple cider, and eating strawberries and carrots right out of my grandparent's garden. This type of freedom is slowly being lost in history. It was bitter sweet being taken back to those memories. ... Read more

Review:The book is a towering work and this audio version makes it easier to digest. The narrators style is appropriate but perhaps a little too fast as the text demands your attention - which is why I have only given it four stars, .The book itself deserves SIX stars. If you get distracted for a few moments, you can often find you have missed a key moment in the story. I have tried to slow it down on my iPhone, but the slowed version sounds like the narrator has suffered a partial stroke, and the voic... Read more

Review:First rate telling of the host of problems and lack of solutions that swallowed this empire. Provides a much more detailed description of the individuals and issues that were, or were not, dealt with in the course of the power vacuum and collapse. Read more

Review:I consider this book very informative, and believe it or not, enjoyable! However, the writer has a very high intellectual writing style, and if you have problems with reading definitions, you may want to have a dictionary ready! I love the old writing style! Read more

Review:An absolutely terrific book, and anyone who wants to understand the mess in the Middle East should fully absorb it. First-rate scholarship and writing. Do not read the review--read the book.

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Review:I consider this book very informative, and believe it or not, enjoyable! However, the writer has a very high intellectual writing style, and if you have problems with reading definitions, you may want to have a dictionary ready! I love the old writing style! Read more

Review:The book is a towering work and this audio version makes it easier to digest. The narrators style is appropriate but perhaps a little too fast as the text demands your attention - which is why I have only given it four stars, .The book itself deserves SIX stars. If you get distracted for a few moments, you can often find you have missed a key moment in the story. I have tried to slow it down on my iPhone, but the slowed version sounds like the narrator has suffered a partial stroke, and the voic... Read more

Review:I can all but warn from reading this book because once you'll read it, you'll be hooked on history books for the rest of your life. I originally read other genre books, when my attention fell on a book by Adrian Goldsworthy, "How Rome Fell: Death of a Superpower". As the decline and fall of the Roman Empire is a subject of interest for many people, I was intrigued by the title as well and spontaneously decided to read it. It was a nice, easily understandable book that delineated chronologically ... Read more

Review:I consider this book very informative, and believe it or not, enjoyable! However, the writer has a very high intellectual writing style, and if you have problems with reading definitions, you may want to have a dictionary ready! I love the old writing style! Read more

Review:Michael tells a great many tales. Each is full of historical "I didn't know" thats. I read it last year from the library and recently decided this was a book I had to add to my collection. I will share this with my family and friends. Read more